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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
THE PRICE OF GREATNESS.

Personal Freedom and the Pleasure of
Being Human Must Be Sacrificed.
The more eminent the man the less his
personal freedom. There is. to my mind,
something not altogether satisfactory iu
the contemplation Of that plain truth. 1t
IS as though we set up a god and placed
him on a lofty pinnacle, and set MIN apart
and kept him there. How much better
of are we little ones in the green pastures
far beneath!
we can no, and which, say, Mr.. alstone
or the Marquis OF Salisbury cannot. We
may take a hand ut penny nap every
night of our lives, or wen shilling nap, If
we have shillings in our purses, and who
shall say us nay ? We should very
properly regard that person as an
interfering ass who in our hearing
criticised our pursuits. If he were so
foolish as TO attempt TO prevent our
playing nap, there would, not impos-
sibiy, be a case of assault and battery aud
a verdict of served him right. But let
MI. Gladstone or the Marquis of Sails
bury play a nightly game of nap, and let
the TACT OF their DOUG so be known, and
1t IS quite on the cards that hundreds of
thousands of hands will be stretched out
to hurl them where a recently deceased
lrlshman was hurled.
We can be guilty of ahundred peccadil-
!oes, and we are guilty of them every day.
We are in q chronic state OF guilt. am
bound to own L am. But no Que thinks a
penny the worse of us. But let Mr..
Gladstone be found out in one-and what
a hubbub would be raisedl We little ones
know that this is a world of give and
take; that we are but human; that il is
human to err. But in the case of a great
man we decline to allow that he is hu-
man. His is a case in which the one rift
III the Lutte makes all the music mute.
Let him fall away ia one thing, he falls
away in all thiugs.-AU the Year
Round.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
THE OPIUM HABIT.
The Story of a Man Who Conquered 1t
After a Hard Struggle.

The Story of a Man who Conquered 1t
After a Hard Struggle.
One day I realized, writes O former vic
tim of the opium habit in the SOectdtor,
that my word was no longer a symbol of
truth, and the moral nature I had not
quite drown ed leaped up in the dark and
called me harp to the face.
Tnsu | awoke, ald f,r Gue first time in
many a day l prayed. Then also came
the resolve, the determined resolve, come
what may, TO be done with this damnable
tyranny. AT q O'Clock that evening a
hearty meal of meat principally, and a
little very little) red wine.
1t was June 10, 1868, | had determined
to walk into the summer night, walk till
L died IL necessary, but walk till I won
my battle, If | lived through the ordeal.
l left my watch at home that l might not
pawn 10 for opium; l took no honey with
me. Even as l left home and struck
across the dawns 1 felt The craving com
ing on (the kour for my day dose was at
hand), and l knew my temptation was
with me, and realized how long aud Bit
ter the struggle was to be.
The craving seemed to me q psl1abIe
shape that walked besides me-a presence
that outran me and lost me, aud came
back to me like a faithful dog that would
not lose or leave me, that | could not
losel Sometimes I sung, sometimes |
raVed ana SWore, sometimes L prayed and
wept; out never once, thank God, did my
resolution falter.
Much of that night l cannot remember.
Dim things come back to me at times
such as a fall l had once, hurting my
knee. | think l frightened some one
who asked me some question, and l be-
lieve | can recellect that | myself grew,
at one time, full of fear-fear of hurting
myself, not others; and then I suffered
thlrst-such thirst, such awful thirst
but l must have Stacked it somewhere,
for III the morning my clothes and neck
tie were all wet, and SO was my hair.
At seven O'Clock i'll the morning OF the
next day found myself leaning on a gate
and locking out on the landscape before
me with q sort of curious wonder as to
how l can there, my head dropped on
my hands. l slept for q think) only a
few minutes, and awoke quite well.
Since that day | ave never touched 1t,
and have never been tempted to touch it.
OF course. l am well aware that the
doses to which | had become accustomed
We're not very large, but | am also sure
that they were on the increase, aud hay
ing told my experience lately to a dis
tinguished English physician, he begged
me, for the sake of others, to put on rec
ord these simple facts,
This | now do, and If I do so anonym-
ouslY, it is only because / believe no FUR
ther good could follow the knowledge of
my identity or name.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
CobbIsr and Cr.ain-

So many men have graduated from the
cobbler's bench and achieved fame in the
literary aud artistic pursuits that ths
proverb Ne sutor ultra crepidamn let
the cobbler stick to his ast-is not one it
would have been we'll to follow always.
Its origin was with the artist Apelles.
who lived about 800, B. c.. He was the
friend Of Alexander and painted his por-
trait. Apelles was went to place his
pictures. when they were nearly flashed.
outside his house. and. concealing himself
behind them, listen TO The criticisms of
pRssers-by. Once n cobbIer stopped to
examine a picture aud pointed out to a
bystander IL fault in the painting of a
shoe. Apelles found the coDbler's idea
was correct and rectifed the error. The
picture was again displayed. The cob
lblec saw it the second time, and, obsery-
ng that the blemish he had discovered
was corrected. became highly critical and
took exception to the leg. The altist. en-.
ragged at this, rushed from his hiding
place, exclaiming:-"Let the cobbler stic6
to his shoes."-Shoe and Leather Re.
porter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

~ massacred by the p~easantryor 1ruxl1
10, and he was threatened with the In
death. But the noble youth had prom
ised not to fail, and not a word, not an
accent, not a gesture or look betrayed
him.
Leckinski, when taken back to his
prison, hailed it with a sort of joy. Fol
twelve hours he had had nothing but
gibbets and death in its most horrid
forms before his eyesAexhibited to him
by men with the looks and the passions
of demons. He slept, however, after tho
~harrassing excitement of the day, and
soundly, too, when in the midst of his
deep and deathlike slumbers the door
opened gently, some one drew zeal his
couch, and the same voice whispered in
his ear:
"Arise and come with me. We wish
to save your life. Your horse is ready
And the brave young man, hastily
awakened by the words, "We wish to
save your life; come" answered still in
German, "What do you want?'
C~astanos, when he heard of this expert
ment and its result, said the Russian
was a noble young man; he saw the true
state of the case.
The next morning early four men
came to take him before a sort of court
martial, composed of officers of C~astanos'
staff. During the walk they uttered the
most horrible threats against him, but
true to his determination he pretended
not to understand them.
When he came before his Judges he
seemed TO gather what was going on
from the arrangements of the tribunal
and not from whath he heard said around
him, and he asked in German where his
interpreter was? He was sent for, and
the examination commenced.
It turned at first upon the motive of
his journey from Madrid to Lisbon. He
answered by showing his dispatches to
Admiral Siniavin and his passport.
Spite Of the presence and the vehement
assertions of the peasant, he persisted in
the same story and did not contradict
himself once.
"Ask him." said the presiding officer
at last, "if he loves the Spaniards, as he
is not a Frenchman?"
Certainly" said Leckinski, 81 like
the Spanish nation, and I esteem it for
its noble character. I wish our two ma
lions were friends"
Colonel" said the interpreter to the
president, "the prisoner says that he
hates us because we make wal like BAN
ditti; that he despises US, and that his
only regret is that he cannot unite the
whole nation in one man, to end this
odious war at a single blow"
While he was saying this, the eyes of
the whole tribunal were attentively
watching the slightest movement of the
prisoners countenance, in order to see
what effect the interpreters treachery
would have upon him. But Leckinski
had expected to be put to the test in
some way, and was determined to baf-
fe all their attempts.
"Gentlemen, said Castanos, sit seems
to me that this young MAI cannot be
suspected; the peasant must be deceived.
The prisoner may pursue his journey,
and when he reflects on the hazard of
u position he will find the severity
we have been obliged to use e~xcusable."
Leckinski's arms and dispatches were
returned, he received a free pass, and
thus this noble youth came victorious
out of the severest trial that the human
spirit a be put to,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
A DiSfiguring Habit.

'If girls only knew" remarked a
woman eminent in her profession as a
physician, ''how they disfigure them
selves by continually biting their lips, 1
think they would make The effort to
break themselves of the habit.
in infancy. the red line at the lower
edge of the lip is very clearly defined.
Constant irritation with the upper teeth
sometimes extend the red color for half
or three-quarters of an inch below the
original line and destroys the symmetry
of the mouth. The lips become thickened
and sometimes infiamed. frequently there
are deep creases or cracks and the wind
and sun burn and discolor it until il is
lmosJa a positive deformity.
IAN ugly mouth is often the result of
a habit which has its rise in the possess
SIGN of Il dimple. Who has not seen girls
aud even middle-aged women in street
cars making themselves absolutely ridic-
ulous ia their efforts TO create u dimple
by biting their lips? Every sensible per
son in the car VINO took the trouble to
observe them at all was doubtless laugh
ing at them for their folly, out, all I'M
conscious, they kept on with the silly
practice. Absolute repose of the features
should be taught every child as a part of
its earliest lessons"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
RAILROADS.
READING RAILROAD SYSTEM
STATION FOOT OF LIBERTY ST., N, a
Time table in effeet Nov. 13, 1892,

Trains leave via
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
BUFFALO AND CHICAGO EXPRESs
DAILY, 8:15 AM, 1880 M.
SCRANTON EXPRESS, EXCEPT SUM-
DAY. S;I5 AM 1880 M, III P.Ms
1870 PM.
rur Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls
and the Nest.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuri1S
cleanliness and comfort
Pm.
For Easton, ZOO, SIS A. NJ, 1890, 2:15. s:4s,
5:15, 5:S0 Pm Sundays, f:O4, SIS, Ii:O5 a. NJ,
For bethlehem, Allentown, and Mauch Chunk,
zoo, s:l5 A. NJ, 1890, C2;15, except Mauc6
Chunk 3:45, 5:l5. 1880 P. d. Sundays, 7:O1
e:l5, HOO A. NJ, $40, 7:30P. N.
for Pottsyille, S:l5 A. NJ, 1890, 3:45 P. NJ
Sundays. HOO a. II.
For Hazelton s:15 A. NJ, 1890, 3:45, 7:3o P.
d.. Sundays, s:l5. 11:00A. NJ, T:3O P. VI.
FOR points in the Mahanoy coal region at 8:15
a. N, f ~
For Wiikesbarre, Pittston, and Scranton, s:ls
a.. NJ, 1913, S;45, 7:30 p. NJ. Sundays, except
scranton, e:l5 a. n, e:30P. NJ.
days, e;l5 a. NJ, 1880 T. H..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
The Greatest Road Makers.

1t Is believed that the ancient Peruvians
were the greatest OF all road makers. The
remains still attest the former magnid-
cence of that road which led from Quito
through Cusco into the CHILEAN dominions.
Its breadth was twenty feet, and it was
conducted for 1900 miles over painless
mountains buried IN o along galleries
u for leagues through the living rocks;
across rivers spapned by bridges of osiers
that swung III the air; scaling precipices
by stairways hewn out OF the ma
tive bed; over ravines of hideous
depth hlled up with solid masonry;
IN short e~ncouuCering ana over
coming all the difficulties that beset
a wild and mountainous region, and
which might well appall the most coura-
geous engineer of modern times. 1t was
built Of heavy flags Of freestone, and
upon it, as upon all The other great routes
OF the country, were posts OF small build
iEgs. above five miles apart, attached to
which were y n Der of runners, whose
business it was to carry forward the dis
patches of the Governments. By means
of these messengers fresh fish caught one
day at Lurin, on the Pacific, are said to
have been eaten the pext day at Cusco,
The distance between these places is 800
miles. and the road traverses the. widest
and most mountainous country In the
world.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

hereby directed to report to this Board at
its next meeting the number of employees
now employed under him. also the bust
ness OF each emplove, together with the
date OF resolution appointing each per-
son or persons and the salary of each en-
ploye.
Adopted.
By F~reeholder Ellis:
Resolved, That The Clerk of the Board
is hereby directed to report the number
OF feet of frontage in the deeds delivered
to him on the New Public Road to the
Board at its next meeting.
Adopted.
BY Freebooter Noonan:
Whereas, The Commissioners, in con-
domination on section l of the New Public
Road, have filed their report with the
county Clerk for the property hereinaf-
ter described by the case numbers used
by the said Commissioners.
Resolved, That warrants be and are
hereby ordered drawn in the form recon-
mended by the Counsel to the county
upon the County Collector, for the
amount of such respective awards TO the
property owners entitled thereto, accord
ing TO the schedules ~hereunto annexed
and made a part of this resolution.
And be 1t further ordered, That the
amount OF such respective awards be paid
to the persons entitled thereto, upon the
certlhcate OF the Counsel to the County,
or IL requested by the Counsel to the
county. upon the certificate of the Special
Counsel. upon such section tina the per-
sons applying for such awards are entitled
to the same.
Questlon being taken on the motion on
yeas and nays, there voted as follows:
Yeas-Al the members of the Board
present-9-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
A True Wife.

1t is a shame to any mother who fails
to train her daughters to take q serious
view OF life, instead OF a frivolous. selfish
view; to remember that their highest
duties, whether they be married or single,
is to be homemakers. A great writer on
this subject has said: wherever a true
wife comes. this home is always around
her. The stars may be over her head; the
Glow-worm in the cold grass at night
may be the only fire at her feet. But
home is yet wherever she is, and for a
noble woman IL stretches far around her,
better han ceiled with cedar or painted
with vermilion. shedding its quiet light
far for those who else were homeless.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
Mouth Breathing in New York.

In the city of New York and vicinity,
owing to the extreme variations of the
temperature and climate from day to
day, it is indeed a rarity to find among
the people who have lived here n time
a perfectly healthy nose and throat.
Such repeated sudden extremes of not
and cold damp weather, which are SO
common in this location, are ruinous to
the Threats of even temporary visitors
with perfectly healthy respiratory organs,
n the effect is so marked, the condi-
ton so universal among the Inhabitants
of this city. that children of catarrhal
parents are born with a swollen, catarr-
hal condition of the inside of the nose
and throat which within very few years
closes tue nostrils SO that proper resDira-
ton is impossible, and the child becomes
what physicians call a mouth breaGher."
We meet these children constantly in the
streets. The climate of Brooklyn is even
worse in this respect.-Dr. Il. M. Fan
ming in Popu lar Science Monthly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

morning and performs her duties with
just as much zeal as if she had not
worked half the night. One day I said to
her, How could you marry u man who,
rs o knew, never could sport you?'
Why she replied, what could | do? 1
could not forsake him?' Such a thing as
being disloyal seems never to have en-
tered her mind. "-ChicdGo Inter-O Ocean.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
Mud Baths.

Mud baths were common among the
a%nclents, the mud on the seashore aud
the slime of rivers being especially priced
for this purpose. The Tartars ana
Egyptians still use them IN certain dis
eases. They are taken by people at many
places on the continent of Europe, among
which may he named Driburg, EIlgen.
Neandorf, PgrfnonJ, Spf, Marienbad.
Ffanzensbraum. Eyer. Klssengen and
Iepiitz.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

Thewoman who has once tried
Psarklme is suited. 1t suits
millions of women who are
using it; and millions more
are following suit. 1t washes
easily, to save your clothes and.
your strength it cleans thor
oughly, to save your time and
your temper. Do you know
that with Pearhnethereis little
or no rubbing? 1t is the rub,
rub, rubbing that wears out
your clothes and wears off your
paint. You will like RearAsme,
because it is sure; there is
nothing like it, because it is
safe.
Beware &C limitations. eaa JAMES Pv7r ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

The chfsdren's health must not be neg
lected. Cold in the heIdscausss ,catarrh. Ely's
Cream Balm cures at once. 1t is perfectly safe
and is easily applied into the nostriis. The
worst c8ses yielding 10 it. Price, t0s.A
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

WEST SHORE RAKLRoAD.-N. Y. G. s. H. R. R.
" R. Co. Lessee. -
New York as follows, and ten minutes earlier
from West Thirteenth street,
phosnicia hunter, Kaare:skm Grand Hotel S9i,
M Non, 9tIn SIsfior bioomHllie, Palenvtlle Catskiu
LII Lakes Mohonk and M~innewaska and west os
I;i5 A, Nj. Daily Tor Albany; except sunday 10.
Palenyille. Cairo and catskifl Mountain station.
Pariof cars to Alb9ny sundays only
Ro oss H5 bu RsdS N SGa Ale1 paIis U tn22o,t SgyFEa3 eas
sIcept saturday for Toronto; except sunday for
sill 4. N; Daily except Sunday for Kingston.
tio9t n Sta;mf hGdIoT l oomx9nakin GraPd Hotel Sta
Aohonk and Mtnnewaska. ~
ParIor cars to Phoenicia, Grand Eotel Station.
SI1,s5 A. NJ. Daily except Sunday for Kingston,
kill, Cairo. Catskin Mountain Stat on, PaIenyiIla,
New Palz, lakes jMohonk and waska Al
ParIor cars to Phoenicia, Bloc N vflls. saratoya
lis T: NJ. Saturday only for Kingston, Phoeuicis
Grand Hotel Station, Stamford. BloomyilIe. hua-
Parior car to BloomvnIe
r6 a5a 81 Nc asr psly R eaefe sta siS@ds yrt fS Vile KiH9g sI1se
Keagerskill. New Palt1 axes, MohoEk and mime
W yifIe. A Ea1S; q saTa1oga A9 and satS SsiH9n; on fSi s5.
Bloomville and Caldwell Lake George.
Parlor ears to Grand Hotel station and Sara
toys Earlor car through to BIoomv,uo. SATURDAYS
a40QP NJ Daily except sunday for Albany.
,6l5P. NJ. Daily for Albany Montreal Utica
troit. Chicago, st. Louis; except saturday, Ts
$50 F. d., daily, except sunday for Newpurx
Albany, Saratoga and Montreal.
& Is Z. M daily for albany, Utica, Syracuse.
hoeEester, BI1o!o' Aiagara Falls, Toronto. Detroit
$50 <. ~, Catskui Nountstn night lac. Sunday
only, sleeping ears to Phoenicia and Bloom Vile.
s5a- Leaves Brooklyn BY Annex 5000. +0bA
NJ, a&0 T: NJ, Jersey City T. r. R. Station. $40 ~
Haverstraw Locals, 2.45, +l45 F. NJ.
..Hewburgh Locals, S.2U, 'l0,l5 a. NJ; 4. l5 ASlaM
$3.50, I1.45 2. NJ.
Sleeping cars for Buffalo, Niagara Fails, Toronto.
Detroit, Chicago. st. Louis, on all through
trains.
%Daily. For tickets. timc tables, parIor ami
sleeping car stions or information, ap-
ply on1ees, Brooklyn, No. SS Washington street.
No. 126 Fulton street, Annex Office foot Fulton
street; New York City, Nos. lis 211. 36S 7S5, ga
Broadway, No. l43 B0wery. No. 81 East Fourteehta
street. No 5S West 10th street, and at stations.
C. E.
General Passenger Agent.
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BOARD OF STREET AND WATER COM
MISSI0NERS.
ToFFICIAL P~RoCEEDINGS.l
Continued.

communal.
analysls or in making biological and mi
eroscoplcal examination in connection
Herewith, and 60 secure the cooperation
OF the State Board of Health or its
officers in making u sanitary inspection
of the Rockaway water shed. and to OBJ
tain the opinion of Doctor E. NJ. Hunt,
the Secretary of said Board, as to whether
the Rockaway River would furnish a per-
manently pure ana wholesome water sup
ply for this city, the cost of such expert
services to not exceed the sum of $3.50.
Commissioner Dugan moved the adop-
ton of the resolution.
Commissioner Voc moved to amend, to
table, which was carried by the following
vote on the call for the yeas and pays:
.Ayes-Presldent Madden and Commits.
sioners zoe aud Cook.
Nays-Commissioners Dupan and
Somers.
The Board on motion adjourned.
GEO. L. BoUToN,
.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

TTtFHUIUIT DIIIS INOVHu UhaG WRrraNtS
be ordered drawn i'll favor of the
of said Claims. y
Question being taken on the motion on
yeas and nays, there voted as follows:
Yeas-All the members of the Board
preseut-9.
Absent = Freeholders German and
Kelly-3.
The Director at Large declared the mo-
ton adopted.
Claims New Public Road:
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to Printers

GEALED PROPOSALS VIII BE RECEIVED
Collector Of HUDSON County, n. j., S4S Grove street,
in Jersey City, on the
18th day of December, 1898,
for the printing OF one thousand copies of the
County Collectors snuual report Of receipts and
expenditures for the last fiscal year, also the report
of Sinking Fund Commissioners for the same
period.
The copy and full particulars as to the work to be
scriber,
The right to reject any and all proposals is re-
served.
HUGE DUGAN,
County Collector.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

Adjourned meeting of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, held on
Thursday, December s. 1892. at 10 o'clock
A. M.
NO quorum being present, the Clerk
declared the Board adjourned.
GEORGE L. BoUToN, Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13

GAHAAA ~ W - ~ IN 10 " %1,NOO.
Adopted.
Freeholder Ellis moved that warrants
be ordered drawn in favor of the aymen
of said cltims.
Question being taken on the resolution
on yea and nays, there voted as follows;
Yeas-Freeholders Coyle, Ellis, Hen
nessey- hlmmerly. Noonan, Ptngsten
u Iierney-7.
Nays-Freeholders Perry and Nelson
q.
Absent-Freeholders German and
Kelly--2.
The Dlrector-at-Large declared the mo-
ton adopted.
On molten of Freebooter Ellis the
claims of William d. Edwards for the
sum of $1,000 was referred back to the
COMMITTEES on New. Public Road.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Freebooter Ellis:
Resolved, That the Chief Engineer is
hereby directed to report to The Board at
It's next meeting the amount of frontage
aud numbsr of feet of same on the New
Public Road between the Kill Won KulI
and the Canal in Greenville.
Adopted.
By Freeholder Ellis:
Rese4ysd, That the Chief Engineer is
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
BORAD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

IoFFICIAL PRocEEDINGs.1
Continued.
Observation-Disclosures German and Kelly
The Director at Large declared the mo-
inn nGnntnI