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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
WILL VISIT WASHINGTON.

Ex.Director Emil Steger and his daughter,
Miss Emily, started today for Washington to
remain ons week. Mr.. Stegsr says he anti-
cipatss a great time. He will take e look Ct the
way Congress does work, be says.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
FATHER CoRRTGAN ought to make
a retreat.


WE hope o o to see a good bat
talon organized in Hoboken. In a
population OF nearly $4,000. there
ought to be four or five hundred men
who would make first rate National
G~uardsrnen. Ho5oken needs II mill
tary organization. No city is COM
plete without one. 1t tones up the
young men. 1t encourages manliness
and fosters respect for government.
It is an antidote I o anarchy and So
cialisin and a school of patriotism.
AS Secretary McAdoo is fond Of say
ing, tile success of free institutions
depends on the existence of the
fial spirit in the people. The best
way to keep up that spirit is to train
up soldiers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
nea IN In Cairo.

CAIRO. Sept. rs. lSD3.-A death from
cholera occurred mere to-day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
BOARDERS WANTED


WASTED-FOGR RESPECTABLE
- good Recommendations Inquire 26 Railroad
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1889.
The Functions of

This paper is Democratic in principles aud is
Independent an its pis,rs on oil local questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18

THE JERSEY CRY News consisted
of sixty-four columns last Saturday.
It vas the best daily edition Of any
newspaper. eyer published in Jersey
C;f.. -rN-Fn ie,9Yetia- 80 :.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18
Ross, Hobpken Theatre.

There will be fun fast and furious tonight at
the first representation Of the Two Johns,''
which will continue until Wednesday evening,
including the regular matinee.
The last two nights and the Saturday matinee
of this week comes to US at the Ross Hoboken
Theatre that magnetic and pleasing German
American comedian, Gus Williams. Introducing
his laughing success, april Fooi.m
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-18


A RTHUR S. BARBER : son ARE READY 10
"a consult With all who wish to have Decorating,
No l7S MUnticello avenue. Designs furpishad FOR
Fresco.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

DOUBT as to the death of Emin
Pasha is again expressed in Germany.
A letter was received in Berlin re-
Gently from Herr Schweinfurth, the
African traveller, saying that it was
probable that Emin had joined the
Belgian expedition to the equatorial
provinces, led by Kerckhoven. He
declares that Chief Masamforii, whose
brother was first quoted as authority
for the statements regarding the
murder Of Emin by the Manyemas
near the Ituri, knows nothing about
his death and doubts the truth of the
report. He told Schweinfurth that
Emin had departed for the Congo
River region under the leadership of
Kowana, the Arabian, with whom he
had made treaty of brotherhood
some time ago.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Curiosity Of Cookery.

The following is a copy of the bill
of fare Of what is called a regular
mandarin supper, given by Sir Charles
Macdonnel at Hong Kong, in 1867, to
the Duke de Penthievre, the Comte
Beauvoir, and some other French
gentlemen: Preserved fruits; fish
roe in sweet caramel sauce; almonds
and raisins; shark fms in gelatinous
sauce; cakes of coagulated blood;
hashed dog, with lotus sauce; BIRDS
nest soup; lily seed soup; whale
nerves. with sweet sauce; kwai-poh-
Hing ducks; surgeons gills in COM
pote: croQuettes of fish and rat:
sharks fat soup; stewed sea snails,
with tadpoles; sweet dish composed
of fms. fruit, ham. almonds, and es-
sences; lotus and almond soup as des-
sert, with medicated wine and warm
arrack."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
The Ei(ler.Iuck.

In a country so poor as Iceland the
down OF the eider-duck is an appreci-
able source OF wealth, and the bird
has been practically dcnesticated.
Close to every little handel-stad, or
trading station, Ii there is conven-
lent island, there is sure to be a colony
of eider-ducks, and the birds are TO
be seen by hundreds swimming and
fluttcring about their islaud home, or
squatted upon it's shores in conscious
security from the foxes which infest
the mainland. From the largest of
these "duckeries" as much a three
hundred pounds is cleared annually,
the down being worth about SOW
ereiga per pound on an average. The
ducks make their nests among the
rough hummOcks characteristic of all
grassland in ] and, laying their
large olivegreen eggs upon neat little
beds Of down, $50 soft and brown. 1"
They are perfectly tame, allowing
themselves to be lifted off their eggs
and replaced with only a few querul-
GUS notes of remonstrance. When
the nest has been repeatedly robbed
of the down, and the poor duck finds
difficulty in replacing it, the drake
comes to the rescue and recognizes his
paternal responsibility by furnishing
a supply of down from his own breast.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
The Feet.

Doctors very strongly recommend
foot baths for those whose feet trouble
them. Walking heats the feet,
standing causes them to swell, and
both are tiresome and exhaustive
when prolonged. There are various
kinds of foot baths, and authorities
differ as to their value. Hot water
enlarges the feet by drawing the
the blood to them; when used they
should be rubbed or exercised be,
fore attempting to put on a tight
boot Mustard and hot water in a
foot bath will side-track a fever if
taken in time, cure a nervous head
ache, and induce sleep. Bunions,
corns, and callousness are Natures
protection against bad shoe leather
Two hot foot baths week and a lit
tie pedicuring will remove the cause
of much discomfort.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

The theory of all the vagrant laws
in this country is that every man
must work and keep at work. 1t is
said that it is hard to enforce such a
theory when there is no work to be
had. But that is much rarer oc-
currence than people believe. There
are very few States in the Union,
and very few seasons of the year, In
which man who really wants work
cannot earn wages. There Is no sea-
son Of the year, and no year in the
decade, when labor, more or less
skilled, cannot find market. The
market is not always in the same
place. Sometimes it may be in the
logging camps in Washington; some
times on the ranches in CALIFORNIA;;
sometimes on the water front in the
cities; sometimes on the mines in the
sierras; sometimes on the cattle
ranges in the territories. In one or
more Of these willing laborer can
always find employment. II he takes
to the road it is from choice, and he
is bound to justify his choice, which
he cannot do. AS an abstract propo.
sition, society has right to deprive
him Of his liberty and to require of
him compulsory labor. Whether this
discipline can be relied upon to ahate
the tramp nuisance is another ques-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Use the Right Word.

Pronouns are stumbling blocks to
many who speak the mother tongue
correctly as a rule. "A person does
not know what to do with their
hands," they say, or, Zone doe, not
give their best things away for
nothing" II speaking of two per.
sons, you will hear that "Rubv has
invited John and l to sumner" or
Lawrence is going to Chicago with
Mildred and l." The placing Of
another name before the conjunction
blinds them to the awkwardness Of
setting l in the objective case. The
word mice" is frequently misused
and taken from its significance of
neat, delicate, dainty, to stand for
agreeable, charming or yirtuous
mus, the term "a nice girl" often
does duty in describing youno
woman who, whatever else she NAV
be, is more than nice il she is gentle
good winsome and well-bred. and
whose niceness ought to be taken
for granted. Lovely" in the same
way, Is applied equally to a beloved
friend, fine painting, or fayorita
pudding! o''oo
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
The Tower of Silence.

When a Parsee dies the body is
wrapped in white, and the mourners,
as they go to the burial place, are
clothed in white. Two by two they
walk behind the white-robed corpse
as it is carried to the "tower of ST.
lence," which is its final resting place.
This is large stone tower, on which
the body is placed and left to be-
eaten by the vultures. There are
five such towers in Bombay, and the
big birds constantly hover about
them in large numbers. They are
treated as If they were sacred birds.
lis this form of burial q good one
from a sanitary standpoint" was
asked of Parsee. "We believe it is.
Cremation is doubtless the best from
this standpoint, but in India the
people are so poor and fuel is so
scarce that the Hindus are not able
to practice cremation universally.
Moreover, the Parsee believes it is
better to be eaten by birds than by
worms. Burial in a grave is repul-
sive to us"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
RUINS OF Militia.

ediflces, the walls Of which were OF
adUbes, or sun-dried bricks, or indura-
ted clay faced with cut stones, SO ar
ranged as to form ornamental ng-
ures in relief, strikingly like those OF
the ancient Etruscans. The build
ings were all raised on terraces and
arranged around the four sides II a
auadrangular court. They had long
and wide halls, the ceilings OF which
were supported by columns. The
walls of some of these were highly
ornamented with regular figures.
Passages led from them to small,
dark, unventilated chambers, now
robbed of the poor human relics they
we're intended to preserve. These
tombs were opened by the Spaniards,
who even sought in graves the gold
that was the aim Of many Of their
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
HIS HARD LUCK.

4 Valuable leo Mine that Had Hoodoo In
1t Somewhere.
The man with the negligee shirt
vas talking of hard luck, says the
Buffalo Express.
"It's Just this way" he said; "when
things get to going against you
there's no stopping them. Luck and
1ard luck run in streaks with every
nan, and when things get to coming
your way there's no stopping them
any more than there is when they get
to going againstyou.
"As an illustration, let me tell you
Of an experience had. About three
years ago began to have hard luck.
/ lost everything had one way or
another, and got into all sorts Of
trouble. Finally l landed in Rich
mond, Va, stone broke, without a
friend to whom could apply for aid
and nothing ahead of me but a turn
on the roads as tramp 1 could get
nothing to do in Richmond, and
started out to tramp up North.
1T was as hot as Tophet. l tramp
ed along day after day, sleeping on
the ground and stealing what / had
to eat, which was not much, let me
assure you. One day 1 struck Stony
Creek, which is in wild part of the
State. / followed up along the creek
until reached Stone mountain, and
there I made a discovery. I found
an ice mine. It was fully an acre in
extent, and the ice was as clear as
crystal. l realized what the find
meant, and after taking my bearings
carefully l made my way back to
Richmond.
ut didn't take me long to get some
capitalist interested in it, and we
formed stock company, with me as
President, to work the ice the next
summer. 1t looked as If had for
tune in my grasp.
EARLY the next summer we started
to work it, but my hard luck came
tOddling along and did me up. There
wasn't a month that summer when
we didn't have frost, and there was
absolutely no demand for ice. That
left me stranded again in worse shape
than before"
Il don't see why" put in the
doubling Thomas, who wore a broad
brimmed straw hat. why didn't
you wait aud work it the next sum-
mer?"
Il told you I was in hard luck,
didn't II" asked the man with the
negligee shirt, severely. well, l
was. Although the summer was cold
the winter was so warm that it melt
ed every blamed bit of the ice and
left nothing but pool of water
there, which was of no earthly use to
anybody"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

The Nautical Magazine contains
an article by DR.. J. B. Stocker for
the special instruction Of sailors in
the art Of avoiding cholera. The
principal point made is that cholera is
"a water borne disease" and that,
therefore, it is we'll to beware of the
drinking water under all conceivable
circumstances. The writer says the
Chinese are reported to be exempt
from cholera because they drink
nothing but tea, and he asks II the
true reason be not couched in the
fact that proper tea con only be
made with boiling water. II the
Chinese are exempt from cholera, as
claimed, it must be that they never
drink water that has not been boiled
previously. Hence, if sailors will
take only pure water on board and
filter and boil all the water they use
there will be practically no carrying
of cholera from one country to an
other by trading vessels which start
on the voyage with a clean bill of
health. This information should be
equally valuable to "landlubbers" as
to those go who down to the sea in
ships. There need be little fear of
cholera If the precaution be taken te
boil before using all water that is
intended to be taken inside the sys-
tenn and avoid the eating of food
which has begun to decay.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

home. Mrs. Lamont was born at
Cortland, N. Y, in 1857, the
daughter of prosperous farmer. She
attended school in an adjoining town
and afterwards went to Elmira Col
lege. When she was about Is years
old her parents moved to McGraw-
Vile, small town near Cortland,
and it was here that she met Mr.. La
mont, then a young college fellow
who came home to McGrawville to
spend his vacation. Most of the
courtship of the young couple was
carried on during college days and
finally the fiery Daniel induced his
sweetheart to forsake the Elmira
halls of learning and be blushing
bride instead Of a sweet girl gradu-
ate. They were married soon after
this, in June, 1876, and went to Al
bany to live. There their two eldest
children were born; and there they
lived until Mr.. Lamont was made
Mr.. Cleveland's private secretary in
1884. The next four years were spent
in Washington, where their third
child was born and named by Mrs.
Cleveland herself, Frances Cleveland
Lamont. The last four years Mrs.
Lamont has spent principally in New
York, her longest absence being last
year, when the entire family went
abroad in March and travelled until
October.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Preferred Arrest.

A thief broke into large mansion
early the other morning and found
himself in the mushroom. Hearing
footsteps approaching he hid behind
screen.
From to s o'clock the eldest
daughter had lesson on the piano.
From to o'clock the second
daughter took singing lesson.
From 9 to 10 O'Clock the eldest son
had a violin lesson.
From 10 to ii o'clock the other son
had a lesson on the flute.
At IL all the brothers and sisters
assembled and studied an ear-split.
ting piece for piano, violin, flute and
voice.
The thief staggered out from be-
hind the screen at 1870 and, falling
at their feet, cried:
@For mercy's sake, have me locked
up or give me rest!"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

THE managers of the convent OF
La Rabida at the Worlds Fair have
issued public request that all visit
ors take off their hats in the pres
ence of one of the old Spanish manu-
scripts on exhibition in glass case.
This Is all right, but VII ere VIII it all
end? Hereafter we presume visitors
to the Javanese village will be re.
quested to take off their shoes be-
fore entering, and visitors to the Da-
honey village will be politely request
cd to leave their trousers with the
gatekeeper.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

The edge of a razor consists of in
Vulnerable points or teeth" which,
II the razor is Of good material, fol-
low each other throughout its whole
length with great order and clear
ness. The unbroken regularity of
these minute teeth" go to make up
the blades excessive keennesS The
edge acts upon the beard not so
much by direct application of weight
or force as it does by slight "see-
saw" movement, which causes the
successive @teeth" to act rapidly on
one certain part Of the hairy growth.
The best razors, according to the mi
crcscopists, have the teeth of their
edges set as regularly as those of a
perfectly set saw. This explains the
magic effect of hot water on the
razor's blade-the act of dipping it
thoroughly cleansing the teeth of
amy greasy or dirty substance with
which they may have been clogged.
BARRIERS often claim that razors get
tired" of shaving, and that they will
Ibe all right after awhile IL permitted
TO take . rest. When in this tired"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

possession of the nest and contents.
In about an hour the swallow re-
turned to the barn, bearing in its
mouth bunch OF something resem-
bling long horse hairs. The bird went
directly and noiselessly to its nest,
threw itself on the back of the spar
row, and before that astonished bird
had recovered from the shock caused
by the sudden and violent return OF
its vanquished foe, the swallow put
a horse-hair moose around The spar
rows neck, and somehow fastened
the other end Of the lasso to the
lest or to the rafter. The sparrow
soon choked to death on it's unex.
pected gallows, where it hung for
several days.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Biz Rank Notes.

1t is said that two notes fer one
hundred thousand pounds each and
two for fifty thousand pounds each
were once engraved and issued. A
butcher who had amassed an inn
mense fortune as an army contractors
ia wartime went with one of thu
ffty thousand pound notes to pri.
vate banker, asking for loan of five
thousand pounds, and wished to de-
posit the large note as security with
the bank, stating that it had been in
his possession for several years. The
sum asked for was of course handed
over at once; but the flnancier took
occasion to hint to the holder the
folly of which he was guilty in hoard.
ing such sum and so sacrificing the
interest.
"That is all very true and sound
sense, sir" replied the man; "but I
likes the look O. the critter SO very
well that have got t'other one Of
the same at home"
A wealthy but eccentric gentleman
in London once framed bank post
bill for thirty thousand pounds and
exhibited it in his study. At his
death, which occurred five years la
ter, the extraordinary picture was
promptly taken down from the wall
and cashed by his heirs.
1t is said that several years ago, at
nobleman's house in the neighbor-
hood of the Marble Arch, a dispute
arose about a certain passage which
was declared to be scriptural. A
learned dean who was present deny
ing that there was any such text in
the sacred volume, a Bible was called
for. After quite search dusty old
Bible which had lain upon a shelf
since the death of the peers mother
was produced. When the volume
was opened, a book-marker was
found in 1T which upon examination
proved to be a bank post-bill for
forty thousand pounds. Why it had
been placed there was never discoy-
cred. Perhaps the lady had thought
IT good means of inducing her son
10 search the Scriptures.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Queer Matrimonial Methods.

A convenient way they have in
Holland and Batavia of tying the
matrimonial knot when the lady is
in one country and the gentleman in
the other. For the Hollanders are
such a thrifty, industrious people
that they like not to lose time even
over the most solemn services. The
marriage is affected by procuration.
The watches of the two parties-the
one say in Amsterdam and the other
in Batavia-are regulated to accord.
or the difference in longitude allowed
for. Then at the same instant OF
time the marriage ceremony is per.
formed in both places, and the thing
is done
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
THE ATTRACTION FTHE ABYSS.
Why People Long to Throw Themselves
from High Places.

Why People Long to Throw Themselves
from High Places.
Chevreuls well-known experiments
with the exploratory pendulum and
the divining rod show that If we
represent to ourselves a motion in
any direction the hand will uncon-
sciously realize it and communicate
it to the pendulum. The tipping
tables realize movement We are an
ticipating through the Intervention
of real movement OF the hands, Of
which we are not conscious. Mind
reading by those who divine by TAX
ing your hand where you have hidden
anything, is reading of impercepti-
BILE motions by which your thoughts
are translated without your being
conscious Of them. In cases of fasci-
nation and vertigo, which are more
visible among children than among
adults, a movement is begun the
suspension of which is prevented by
paralysis of the will, and it carries
us to suffering and death. When a
child I was navigating a plank on
the river without thought that l
might fall. All at once the idea
came like diverging force project
ing itself across the rectillinear
thought, which had alone previously
directed my action. 1t was as il an
invisible arm seized me and drew me
down. I cried out and continued
staggering over the whirling waters
till help came to me. The mere
thought OF vertigo provoked it. The
board lying on the ground suggests
no thought Of fall when you walk
over it, but when it is over a preci-
pice and the eye takes the measure
of the distance to the bottom the
representation of a falling motion
becomes intense, and the impulse to
fall correspondingly so. Even II you
are safe there may still be what is
called the attraction of the abyss.
The vision of the gulf as fixed idea,
having produced an Inhibition" on
hll your ideas or forces, nothing is
left but the figure of the great hole,
with the intoxication Of the rapid
movement that begins in your brain
and tends to turn the scales of the
mental balance. Temptation, which
is continual in children because
everything is new to them, is moth
ing else than the force of an idea
and the motive impulse that accom-
panies it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

condition q microscopic examination
Of the edge shows that constant
stropping by the same person has
caused the teeth or f1bers to arrange
themselves in one direction. A month
Of disuse causes these fine particles
to rearrange themselves SO that they
again present the heterogeneous. saw
toothed edge. After this little re-
creation each particle Of the fine
edge is up and ready to support his
fellow, and it again takes some time
to spoil the grain of the blade. st.
Louis Republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02
Telepathy.

FOR evening entertainments ex.
perlments In telepathy are lust now
IN ,,1 favor; An interesting one, that
may include a number of nersons
consists In blindfolding one Of them
and forming circle In which All
stand with hands joined. A cnrd ia
selected selected from a pack, and placed
wnere 1t may be plainly seen nv al
out the person blindfolded. lie 10
u uassina TO maintain a perfectly
passive state, while the attention ~
the Others is fixed exclusively on ,s =.
card. After time the image Of the the
, oDJect on the card is Suggested tn
Inc mind and named. In ono Nv :"
TAM where this experiment. was
.h neu =, =, Sne a, ten OF diamonds was on
.ne caro- selected, and the blindfolaed
serson, being ignorant of the object
1eclded upon, described ten real '; Sio
Monds that he saw arranged as thav
"ouid DC upon the card. ''
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-02

CALIFORNIA would seem to be try
ing to regain her old reputation as a
gold producing State. During the
last three months the Bank of Cali
fornia has received SO, 5000 from
the gold mines and smelters of the
State, and it would not be surprising
II the next three months saw a still
larger auriferous yield. Gold can be
produced much more cheaply now
than. formerly, and the result is that
Californians are paying more atten.
tion to the industry than they have
done for years.