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Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
One of Our Annoyances.

One Of the serious annoyances
and nuisances of daily life is the
filthy condition of a great many of
the bank notes and greenbacks
which are in circulation. The
danger of disease from this foul
smelling and dirt encrusted
currency which passes through SO
many i'll kept hands. is very serious.
The Federal authorities and
National banks ought to take steps
promptly to remedy this evil as
far as possible. The condition of
much Of our paper currency is
disgraceful. At the same time we
do not wish to be understood as
being so worked up over their
condition as to refuse to accept
any that may be due us for
subscription, job work or
advertising. If yon 1--WE us, kind
reader, don't stand back because
your currency is a little sCiled.
We will accept all such at its face
value, and try to dispose Of it so
that disease shall not be spread
over the neighborhood. We take
all the risks and would like to
take the money as we'll
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
Agreeable Business Methods

81 frd the Anderson Lumber
Company the incest people to deal
with I know of, said a well known
business man and resident to a
RECORD representative the other
day. " Not only are their mater
ials offull weight and quality, but
their methods of doing business
are so agreeable and prompt that
| always give them the preference
now when in need of any of
the commodities in which
they deal. | frequently do work
for members of the firm, or their
families, and payment is always
sure and prompt"
Such a testimonial as this, unso.
licited, is certainly credltable but
as to the fitness Of it there isn't a
doubt. Courteous treatment
prompt deliveries, and a regular
monthly settlement of all local ac-
counts are characteristics of the
Anderson Lumber Company, Of
PasSaic
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
Business Men, Read This.

Here is what Peter Cooper, who
died worth many millions, said or
a newspaper: In all towns where
a newspaper is published every
man should advertise in it, if
nothing more than a card stating
his name and the business he is in
II not only pays the advertise rbut
it lets the people at distance
know that the town in which you
reside is prosperous community
OF business men. AS aseed is sown
so it recompenses. Never pull
down your sign while YOU expect to
do business.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
'TWould Smoother the Rough
Edges of Business.

An unlimited credit system is a
curse to any town, and especially
to Passaic. Never in the history
of the RECORD Office were we more
in need of the money due us by
customers than on September Ist.
Special mention of this fact was
made to all whose accounts were
due, and to the few who responded
promptly we extend hearty assur-
ance of appreciation. To those
whose accounts are still unsettled
land herein we include some of our
most prominent business men and
residents) we will say that by their
early remittance we will be enabled
to meet maturing obligations and
keep the wheels running smooth
ily." IF all who incur small ac-
counts would settle them promptly
the rough edges of business would
be materially lessened, every man
would receive his due, and all
would be happy.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
A DISHONEST PRACTICE.
Not IN Passaic, We Hope, but Else-
where.

The almost universal practice of
physicians receiving commission
from the druggists who fill their
prescriptions is very dishonest
piece of business and should be
discontinued among respectable
physicians at once. There is not
doctor in the city who does not
know how to charge an ample fee
for his services, and why he should
use the druggist to extort additional
money from his patrons is a ques-
ton he could only answer by
simply saying, 1T is the custom
among our profession. s
1t is a most outrageous as well
as dishonest practice, and no
good, Conscientious physician
would take commission from a
druggist when he knows that it
has been extorted from a patient
who has amply paid him for his
services. We hope the respectable
druggists of this city will revolt
and expose to the world the dis
honest practitioners who have
used them as tools to defraud their
suffering patients. We can assure
the druggists who decline to aid
physicians in their practice of this
robbery that this paper will render
them all the assistance they need
if they will free themselves from
the dishonest yoke placed about
their necks. California World.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
His Twenty-Fifth Business An
niverSary.

Mr.. Richard Outwater, the
"Orange King" and popular grocer
of corner Main avenue and Park
Place, last Tuesday celebrated the
twenty fifth anniversary of his
starting in business in Passaic
by giving his employees a half
holiday and drive to Eagle Rock,
where they had a delightful time
Twenty-Five years of actual busi-
ness life in such city as Passaic,
going through the ups and downs
and the tangled experience of an
intimate connection with our peo-
pie during that time, should fit a
man, if anything can, to be a good
citizen, one whose advice and
counsel on matters pertaining to
the welfare and prosperity of our
city, it.would be we'll to heed We
are glad to say that Mr. Outwater
is held in such high esteem by
neighbors and friends that few
matters of any considerable
moment are entered upon, or pro-
posed, without his opinion being
asked. A man may be wealthy
and generous in other ways than
that of money possessions or money
giving. If by reason of quality of
mind and Judgment, to which are
added the experience of long and
successful business life, during all
of which there rests no shadow on
his honor, he becomes rich in ju-
dicious advice and counsel, and he
is free-handed and open in shar-
ing these with his fellows, who
will deny but that such a person
is far more to be commended and
deserving, than those who give OF
their money alone. Such man
| is Mr.. Outwater. But, still more
there are few men, anywhere, who
give more largely in proportion to
means, than he does in the shape
Of aims giving and substantial aid
We know Of a number of instances
and from the nature of things
there must be many that never are
heard OF, where his quiet helping
hand has put to shame the more
pretentious benefactions of those
who give not for the good they re-
cieve or bestow, but for the public
approval, and where this aid ma:
been bestowed in such manner
as to make it indeed a blessing
Friend Outwater is good citizen
and our people know it; he is
strong Republican, staunch ane
true; he is an enterprizing man
careful and practical in his under
takings. and always successful, ane
it is our private opinion, publicly
expressed, that he cannot dt
better than to relegate his bushes:
to younger hands. and devote
himself to enjoying life by trave
or in some other congenial way
Much as we should dislike to SCI
him lost to our business circles, we
| think he deserves vacation.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
MASSACRED BY PIRATES.
ACHANESE ECUTTHROATSCAP-
TURE A STEAMER.

Twenty Four of the Passengers and
Crew Slaughtered = The Helms
man Cut Down and the Ship
Grounded-TwoA American Women
Taken Prisoners.
The coast of Acheen, Dutch province on
the Island of Sumatra, has been haunted for
months by band of native pirates, who IN
frequent encounters, even with Europeans.
have shown themselves to have nerve as we'll
as cunning. Their operations reached cii-
max on August 4, when the private steamer
of the Chinese Consul at Penang fell into
their hands, twenty-four men aboard being
murdered, fifteen seriously injured and 3d.
600 falling into the hands OF the laWioes
horde.
Particulars received BY the steamship Ex-
press of China, which has arrived at Victoria.
British Columbia, are as follows The Con-
surs steamer, r. Z. Atjeh, left Telop Semawe,
July 81. at 5 o'clock. and three days later one
of q gang of twelve Cinnamon. who embarked
as passengers. went on the bridge and asked
the man at the wheel If they were then pnsg-
ing Sim Pang OHM. Receiving an Affirmative
answer, a Chinese who was armed with
klewang instantly cut the helmsman down
and Mr.. Alexander, of Brooklyn, standing
near, shared the same fate immediately after
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Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
DEATH OF HAMILTON FISH.
Ex-Governor, Ex-senator and Elk
Secretary of State.

Ex-Governor, Ex-senator and Ex-
Secretary of State.
Hamilton Fish, ex-secretary Of State, died
in Garrison's. n Y, at his country residences
Hamilton Fish was born in New York City
on August 8, 1908 He was the son Of
Nicholas Fish, who was prominent In Reyo-
lutionary time as soldier and as an intimate
friend OF Washington and Alexander Hamil
ton His mother was descendant OF Peter
Htuyvdeant
bia College in 1927 He studied Law during
the next three wears and was admitted 70 the
bar in 1880. He attained considerable prom
inence as . young lawyer and was Tor several
wears Commissioner of Deeds
Mr.. Fish began to take part IN politics II
1884 In that year he was candidate ol tho
Whig Party for the State Assembly, but was
defeated In 1912, however, he was elected
member OF Congress from the Sixth Dis
trict of New York.
He served one term in Congress. and IN
1876 Was the candidate Of the Wing Party for
Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Fish was defeated.
although John Young, the Wing candidate
for Governor, was elected Addison daro-
ner. the Democratic candidate who W.
elected over Mr.. Fish. resigned in 1847. how
ever. In order 10 go on the bench Of tbs
Court Of Appeals, and Mr.. Fish was elecfed
in his place.
In l84S be ran for Governor and was cleo
ted by about 80 900 majority. John A. pix
and Keuben H. Wallace were tne opposing
candidates.
M. Fish was elected United States Sanafor
to succeed Daniel g. Dickinson il 1851 Hn
Senatorial career was marked by his stron8
opposition tokhe repeal OF the Missouri Com
promise. He voted with tho kepubi1c1n
Party, but was not particularly promlnenf -
the party He went to Europe n l5ex 80
rnrnsined there until about the beginning 0f
the war. He suppors Cd Abeaham Lincoln foF
the Presidency.
Ii 1859 Gsneral Grant appointed him
Seorekary of state, and he SERVED during
Grants fWo terms-
aro Aimee then be has spent most of -
time ii lis connfry seat il tbs Hn<lson Mxsx
Valley s;|
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Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
GLEANINGS.

A bunch of common red clover
hung up in room will drive away
more flies in half a day than all
the patent fly-paper will catch in a
week.
A good story is told by an east
ern editor of one of his subscribers.
Every time this subscriber gets
drunk he comes to the Office and
pays a years subscription, and
won't take no when told he is al
ready ahead. By so doing he is
now paid up to the year 1927 and
he is expected in any day with a
jag. on and money in hand -Ex-
How many people, do you sup
pose, have any idea of the penalty
imposed for retaining letters or
papers that come through the
mail addressed to others? Very
few. To get such a letter and hold
it merely because the holder does
not feel like taking the trouble to
return it to the Post Office, seems
a small matter. but in reality it is
a grave offence. Opening a
letter addressed to another is pun
ishable by a heavy fine or imprison-
ment or both.
In nine cases of ten whatever
may appear in newspaper COM
plimentary or aattering to an in
dividual is taken as a matter of
course; very rarely is the writer
ever thanked for his courtesy; but
if the least thing derogatory ap-
pears, the average man gets mad
and nothing but the fragments of
an editor will appease his wrath
We don't try to please any one; our
object is to do right no matter what
the consequences are. A local pa
per doing any thing else is shield
for humbug and wrong doing, IN
stead of the public.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
A stag party is one from which
the dears are excluded.

A stag party is one from which
the dearS are excluded.
While vacation always begins
with v, it always ends with a
scarcity of them.
1t is sweet to have a friend you
can trust, but it is sweeter to have
a friend who will trust
Mr.. S. Strong will have charge
of the Presbyterian Prayer meeting
next Wednesday evening.
If sunshine had to be paid for
there are people who would declare
that candle light could beat it.
The return to school last Tues
day of nearly 1000 scholars was
an interesting and pleasing sight.
The nut crop this year promises
to be very large Chestnut trees
are full of burrs. and hazelnut
bushes are loaded.
The BLACK Crook" appears to
be one of the most popular attrac-
tions of the metropolis with strang-
ers en- route to or from the Colum-
bian Exposition at Chicago, as the
audiences each evening are largely
composed of foreigners Of all ma
tions.
1t is a mistaken idea that there
is law which prevents the handl-
ing of body of a person who has
committed suicide in any manner
until a coroner has viewed it. 1t
is simply tradition; there is moth
ing to prevent the proper care Of
the body.
Now that the regular theatre
season has opened, it is a more diff
fcu1t matter to know what to do
with the people that attend Proc
tors every morning, than it is to
find out how to get them there.
Every kind of speciality known
to vaudeville stage will be given
during the comhfg week.
The Field Day of the High
School Cadets last Monday will
long be remembe as a very
pleasant one. The>sorchard west
of the Lackawanna station was
dotted with people all day. The
boys acquitted themselves remark
ably well, and Capt. Shearman may
justly feel proud of the success he
has achieved.
What makes US talk of putting
on coat and vest? Who puts on a
coat before vest. We also say
we put on on our shoes and
stockings. Who puts on their shoes
first? We also put up signs telling
people to wipe their feet when we
mean their boots and shoes, and we
don't mean to wipe them, either
but to brush them without touching
them with the hands. A father
means to warm a boys pantaloons
when he says he will warm his
jacket.
A good meal may be made on
cut peaches, with sugar and cream,
bread and butter. After a meal of
this variety person will feel more
like attending to the duties of the
afternoon than if he or she
indulged in heavy foods. Peaches
are good before breakfast and
after dinner; they are good for
the digestion, good for the blood
and good for the complexion.
Some people eat them without
sugar and cream and with good
result The fruit is SO rich in sugar
.and acid that it preserves its flavor
"a long while, but to get the full
benefit it should be eaten as soon
as it is CIT
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09

The republicans are accused Of
getting the country ina bad fix.
Well, didn't we tell the democrats
to stay out, That it would be
better to let the republicans man
age the animal while we were
crossing the river, etc. But no,
they would get into the muss, and
now like little boys they point to
the republicans and cry Ma
those are the bad boys who did it.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
Brief Matters Of Record.
PERSONAL AND oTHER WISE.

Local news solicited. short and to the
pot, with the sender's name as guar
antee Of good faith, bat not for publi-
uation.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09

The democratic hard times are
just beginning to affect real estate
Hard pan has not yet been reach
ed in dirt, and until after reaction
comes in manufacturing and
money interests, there will be no
change in realities.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09

Stop the $S and $Iz pensions
and send the old soldiers to the
home. 1t costs $40 so per month
to keep the inmates of the home.
Here is more democratic hnancier-
ing.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09

New Jersey has reason to be
proud of the statement made by
National Bank Comptroller Eckles.
that out of her one hundred and
two National Banks not one has
failed during the recent abnormal
pressure. If Jersey men every
where continue to act with the
same common sense that they have
hitherto shown, our State will
maintain this splendid record
intact.
Tanks En9lish ladies' are winning fame -
hunters this year. Mrs. z. b. Tya0ko, with
hcr husband, hrs shot the largest p4mber OF
bears ever killed In one season tn KRlu, IN
tho Central Himnlayas Nn. Alan Gardner,
y hunting cheetahs, shooting panfhen and
sficktng pigs in Indta, and Lady Hopetown,
Ws1sol <is oesGEadx ~ EIsnsztn, - grsak
o. olayG.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

From Eureka Springs (Ayk.) Fountain
Mr.. Cleveland is declared to be
in a very unhealthy condition
physically. Mentally he never
was sound
Evening star., 1893-12-15
LOBENGULA STILL. FIGHTING.
The Willy Mntebeie in Keeping tn
English Guessing.

En9I1sn GueSs1ng.
Official dispatches dated at Buluwayo on
December say: Mai. Forbes messen-
gers who left him at sundown on December
4. have arrived. Maj. Forbes left Shelo on
November 25. He followed Lobengula TWEEN.
ty miles.
gems slow, and Maj. Forbes selected Ito
men, with whom he proceeded, carrying the
food on the spare horses and sending the
wagons with 1So men to Emshlangane. On
the evening of December Forbes reached
the Shangani river Capt. Wilson, with f1f-
teen men, crossed and captured a Mata-
belle, who informed him that the kings wa
gon was stuck hard by.
Wilson sent the information to Forbes,
who sent forward Capt. Barrow with twenty
rnen. Barrow overlook Wilson before day.
light. Upon reaching the wagon they called
for somebody to come out. The natives at
once began the attack. Wilson retreated 800
yards, losing four horses. Messengers who
were sent to Forbes escaped with difficulty.
They left Wilson fighting. Upon nearing
the river they heard firing In Maj. Forbes
camp.
They swan the river. and when they join
ed Forbes at O'Clock in the morning. they
found that he had been attacked at dawn by
the Matabele, whom he repulsed after he
had suffered a loss of four wounded. Food
and apmunition have been sent to the front
from Buuwayo.
Jameson and Willoughby also are pro-
of Maj. Grey's column has been ordered for
ward, The natives continue to surrender
amongst them Marswie, lately in charge of
Gambo's regiment.
Evening star., 1893-12-15
HINTS AT JEALOUSY.
Mr. Van Allen on the Attacks of a Ger
tain Newspaper,

A~ NG"SP0PCFs
]. j. Van Allen. who declined the appoint
ment to be United States ambassador to
Italy, arrived at Liverpool Wednesday on
the steamship Majestic. When seen In Lon
don yesterday he said: MY movements
here are uncertain. i have not decided def
nitely to cruise in the Mediterranean during
the winter and spring. l have not even
chartered yacht for such a trip, although
L have one in view. All depends upon two
Of my Newport neighbors. gentleman and
his wife, who intended to accompany me-
but were temporarily prevented My stay
in London Will be short. 1 shall visit rela
tives in Cheltenham. and return to London
by Christmas. 1 shall go then to Paris,
Pau and Cannes"
As to his declining the appointment to be
ambassador In Rome, Mr.. Van Allen said
Department and myself were published, and
they left nothing further to be said. Mr.
Cleveland urged me to reconsider my re-
fusal and vindicate my appointment, show
ing my fitness by my performance OF the
duties Of the post. have received endless
letters from friends and strangers, demo-
Gratis and republicans, commencing my at
titude in the matter, but regretting my re-
fusal. The Senate was favorable to me with
the exception of a few republicans. / have
not received any intimation as to whom Mr..
cleveland will appoint in my stead. 1 dare
say they will get somebody who will repre-
sent the country far better than L could.
put they will never get man who would
Try harder to do so than should. 1 do not
care TO refer personally to the New York
journal whose attacks upon me were so
virulent and groundless, but shall maintain
toward 1t the attitude adopted by me at the
time or its first attack-the attitude of
silent, dignifed contempt. This, indeed.
man. l am. and have been from the begin
nlng. greatly consoled by the reflection that
tne newspaper in question in no wise rep
resents american Journalism. Since it's un-
JUST ATTACKS began l have received fnnumer-
able letters, showing that 1t is sinking great
~ IN puollc estimation. 1t has been limited,
whether truly or not 1 am unable to say.
tnat thls newspapers attacks were prompt
ousy.'