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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN ENTERTAIN

The Association of Volunteer Firemen
of the Heights, gave an entertainment
and hop last evening at Kessler's Hall,
Central avenue. The officers of the as
ISOLATION are Jacob SCHNEIDER, Presi-
dent; William Vogel, Vice President;
Fred Kiessling, Secretary; August Dun
ken, Treasurer; and Christian Krat,
Sergeant-at-Arms. The evenings enter
tainment commenced with Haley and
Sanford's comic piece entitled 1.-THE
Ph~onograph," which was well received
Master William Kempel played several
selections on the cornet entitled "Old
Folks and "Emmett's Lullaby" Miss
Minnie Dewitt who is a charming bal
ladist, was very entertaining in her
choice selections, and comic songs were
sung by Jack Alexander. The dashing
song and dance artist, Miss Marie Wes-
ton, made a great hit, and was recalled
several times with loud applause. Mr..
Holmes the baritone, also sang.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
JERSEY CITY A GOOD PLACE.
The Rev. DIR. Brettss Address Before
shn GnnR Gauernmenf Cl NIB.

The Good Government Clup
The Good Government Association met
in Arcanum Hall last night and listened
to an address by the Rev. DR.. Corneius
Brett on, rs Jersey City a Good Pace
to Live IMP He took the sensible ground
that it is a good place to live in' ana
| suggested a few ways in which the pop
| ulation can make it a much better place
| than it now is. He pointed out ITS nat
uraI advantages, situated as it is at
the gateway of the continent. The Gil
mate is all that can be desired; the sum
mer heat is tempered by the preezes
from the Bay, and the winter cold by
the warm and settled vapors.
1--WE have no droughts," the Speaker
continued: mo billiards., and no hurrl-
canes to destroy our property. We
have good drainage, and if the people
are taken i'll through bad sewerage 1t
is their own fault. Then there is the
proximity to New York. We are but
three miles from the City Hall Park
and five miles from the Grand Central
Depot
He graphically pictured the magnifi-
cent Views 10 be obtained from the
hirh ground of our beautiful ridge.
Jersey City, he said, should controi the
business OF a great faiiiodu
The city was beginning TO awaken
seize its natural advantages for the oene,
fit of its community. He talked on RAPID
transit and said it was too rapid ror the
the heanties of the new Boulevard, which
f he described as one of the finest drives
in this country and touched on the i'm,
provements of the past few years m
social life and of the club life. The
clubs, he thought, could be made the
centres of usefulness for the uplifting
schools were needed, and dwelt for, a
few minutes on the many charitable
institutions which appeal to the comroun-
ity for support. After a short reVl ths
Of the religious advantages oftered me
citizens of Jersey City he closed with
a few words of praise for all associa-
lions, such as the Good G~oyernnlsnI AS
socj9tion. There is great need of them,
he said. and they can do much to make
onr CITY what it should be.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
STATE FINANCES EXAMINED.
Joint Legislative Committee Inspect
the Treasurer,s Account.
S,ecSnJ to tbe Te,seu 1Sf4t Ne9re
Npeeial % the JeYsey ca NeWs.

TRENTON, Nov. %, 1S94.-The Joint
Committee of the Legislature met yes
terday and examined the Treasurer's
accounts. The accounts and vouchers
were found to be all correct. The bal
ance on hand is 1886, S55. 81. The receipts
during the year were ST. 9 ,073. OF, and the
disbursements s1,9S0, 255. %. NE School
Fund received $3.50. 500. Is, and disbursed
s25S, 529.53. The committee were all pres
ent except Senator Nintor, of Bergen,
and Assemblyman Schuchardt. of Allan
tic. The clerical force was commended
for it's excellent work. The two financial
officers, the custodian and the clerical
force n committee dined at the Tren-
ton House.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
LBHIGH VALLEYS COAL PRICES.

NEW YORK, Nov. %, 1S94.-The Lee
high Valley Railroad yesterday a%nnounc-
ed its acceptance of the demand of the
Individual coal mine owners that line
prices and tide water prices for coal
should correspond. The owners put the
coal on the cars at the pit mouth for
60 per cent of tide water prices. The
railroad carried the coal up the line to
the interior and got fancy prices, while
at tidewater all the companies competed
and prices were kept down.
This surrender of a carrying company
to a producer is q marked event in coal
circles and already predictions of many
changes are rife. It is not unlikely that
it may result in the producers of the
coal becoming their own sales agents
and the r~elegation of the roads to their
legitimate occupation of carriers at fair
rates to be fixed by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. This would mean
cheap coal to consumers at all times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
UP TO DATE CLUB.

The organizers and original member
of the Up-to-Date Social and
Circle of Jersey City Heights reorgantzed
the circle last night under the name of
The Merry Maids Social Circle. There
were twenty-six young lady members
present. Miss Marie Codezo, who was
President OF the Up-to-date Club, Is now
PRESIDENT of The Merry Maids. Miss
Jessie White was appointed Vice Presi,
dent; Miss Alice Craig, Secretary, and
Miss Mamie Dorazio, Treasurer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
s%ANGERBUND's CONCERT.

The Jersey City Sangerbund gave a
vocal and instrumental concert lasSAven-
ing at the Avenue House. The pro-
gramme was we'll rendered. 1t consisted
of solos and duets by Mr.. L. Schueler,
Miss M. Orthen, Mr.. A. Haas, Mr.. John
Wanzenreid, Mr.. H. Menge, Mr.. j.. Won
Brathen and Mr., Michael Ernes. The
ladies' choir sang several selections also.
The programme ended with a farce en-
titled 'The Greatest Plague in Life" the
characters in which were represented by
Miss o. Schueler, Miss A, Burbridge, Miss
p, Hosbach, Miss J. Wohlleben, Miss ].
Zechler, Miss M. Kopp, Miss M. Miltner
and Miss M. Hosbach. Dancing followed
until a late hour,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
Highest Of all in Lcavening P-owor-Latest I. S. Govt Report

home of Mr.. Underhill. Both
condition.
1t is probable that The Rev. and Mrs.
j. L. Scudder with their daughters.
Misses Addie and Alice Scudder,, will
leave Jersey City in February for a
tour through Palestine and the Holy
Land All arrangements have not as yet
been fully decided, but Mrs. Scudder and
her daughters expect to be gone for
quite an extended trip.
Cards are out for the wedding of Mr..
Walter Nelson Inee and Miss Mary s.
Heath, December 5, at Grace Church;
A reception will follow at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Heath, No. 1872 Coles
street.
Miss Bunting of Brooklyn, is visiting
Major and Mrs. Purdy of No, 50 SUM
nit avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
MOTOR BURNS OUT IN MID AIR.

Trolley Car No. 7a4of the Boulevard
Line of the North Hudson County Rail
way Company, had its motor brushes
burned out last night while it was on
the elevated structure, over the Meadows
$50 feet in the air. There was much
oommotion among the passengers which
was heightened when car No. SO which
came up behind it struck 1t with such
force as to throw passengers from their
seats, No pne was Injured, however, and
NO. se pushed No. rs to the repair shop.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
Central Railroads Coal Traffic,

WILKEsBARRE, Nov. 20, 1894.-It was
rumored in coal circles here last night
that the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sew will mine and carry all the coal it
possibly ear to tidewater. In spite of
denials, it is also claimed that the Cen
trail has r~ecently come into possession
of Valuable mines in the Lehigh region.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
parental ~Solicituae.

Daughter-"But. ma, 1 don't like him."
Mother-'He is an only son, and his father
is very rich
swell, as to that, his father is a widower,
and may marry again
s'True. 1 did not think of that. Perhaps
you'd better marry the father."-New York
Weekly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
blessed Are They That Mourn.

Young Mrs. Lucfe (who has recently mar
ried old Mr.. LucreyE'You are quite sure moth
ing has been heard from Mr.. Leere since the
powder mill went upf"
Bridget-"Not a word. mum.
Young Mrs. Lucre (wiping away a tear
swell, no news is good news. You ~will see,
| Bridget, that Grape is put on the front door
J as soon as possible.s,~-P. & 8. Bulletin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23

THE "world' awoke this morning to
the fact tina there was some sale OF
horse meat for food going on in kearny.
Now, we will have a sensation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23

THE net result of the recount of the
votes, to dssfAeppears to be the election
of three more Democratic Assemplymen
from ths. county. The discovery of an
error in the Hoboken returns sends
Messrs. woIsert, Mullin and Jacob ahead
Of the three lowest Republicass on the
list. This alone is sufficient to repay all
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1894.

This paper as Democratic m principles
and is Independent an ats ris,0s IN u" '0o@e
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
A LEPBR IN NEW JERSEY.
Jim Wing, a Chinaman in Paterson,
the Victim.
spcctal to the jersey Cttu Nelrs.

HpSCtQt 10 tWC JtTSeY Guy heNS.
PATTERSON, Nov. %. 1S94.-A case of
leprosy was reported to the health de-
partment yesterday afternoon. Jim
Wing, the owner of a laundry at No. IS
Hamburg avenue, is the victim. Wing
has been here for six years. The first
indication OF the disease became appar-
ent on the back of Wings hands, and
the symptoms spread over his entire
body.
The Cinnamon in the laundry said that
Wing a gone to New York. Wing is
believed to be in hiding in this city, and
the health authorities are looking for
him.
A Fair Exchange.
An Oregon man wants to trade a mule for
a wife. Some men never know when they are
we'll off.-Tammany Times.
The Dogs Travels.
1t is quite possible for a dog to be ground
to death in Chicago and turn up in Frank
- 1oror, Tranunnn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
rndispensabIe

straugAr-sGeem to me this crowded street
is 4 a,esr place for q hospital" .
Natiye-aWeil | don't know. Two trolley
lines meet here. Me- kork weekly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23

the trouble that mas been taken. But
there may be greater gains yet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23
A Fair Exchange.
The Dogs travels

1t is quite possible for a dog to be ground
to death in Chicago and turn UP In Frank
fort.-Adams' Freeman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-23

Moritz E. Schwarz to Commercial Invest
ment Building and Loan Association, for
81, 500, on lots % and "a. in Block 5S1, Lexing-
ton avenue.
Ferdinand Treide to Henry Husler, for $500,
lots rs and rs. on West street, West Hoboken.
John w. Gerth to Hudson City Savings
Bank, for $1,000, lot at Hoboken and Central
avani1es
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-26
Tho Kabyles of Algeria.

Civilization has not yet made much i'm
preston on these gentry. They still live
in wgwams Of boughs, covered over with
a patchwork of rags-in which you may
perchance behold a Partisan pair of dis
carded trousers rudely incorporated--and
they herd together in the smoky and flea
infested interior like cattle in stall,
or rather pigs in a pen. The 10
rams injunctions for the repression
of anger do not strike them as
worthy of acceptance. In fact, they are
as keen in vendetta as the Corsican.
A murder has to be atoned for by a muir
der. The man who refuses to exact blood
for the blood of his relatives is pointed at
as coward. Among certain of them tho
procedure is as follows: As soon as muir.
der is committed, the relatives Of the muir
derer hasten 10 the relatives of the victim
and demand pardon, at the same time offer.
ing the price of blood-about 80 francs, OF
g1O. This money is set aside in a cows
horn, put in the corner of the dwelling and
kept there until 4 member of the murdered
mans family las avenged him. 1t is then
returned to the relatives of the first MUIR
derer, and the accounts considered squared.
The saying, Such a one has his horn full, "
implies that the family indicated is on tho
lookout for a chance of assassinating
member of a certain other family.-All tho
Year Round.
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HOOPS PILLS cure all Liver Ills, Bilious
ness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache.
Why Cholera Kills.

When an adventurous scientist declared
that he had swallowed any amount of chol
era cultures without injury, there was q
good deal of incredulous head shaking, and
while the doubters could not really dispute
the statements made they insisted that
there must be something behind it all, fol
if cholera bacilli were really themselves
and nobody else why didn't the man diet
And now it appears that it isn't the well
bred, properly conducted bacillus that does
the mischief, but a substance that they
manufacture from the contents of the hui
man interior where they take up theil
abiding place The bacilli proceed to form
what is known as nitric, a most deadly
poison. This substance is by the bacilli
generated from many vegetables, especially
caulifower, lettuce, beets and turnips.
Meat contains but limited amount OF
convertible material hence the prevailing
idea that vegetables are to be eaten with
prudence during cholera seasons, while
meat in small quantities and Indian corn,
barley and the like are much safer articles
of diet 1t is further asserted that there are
other bacteria found in the intestines of men
and animals that are capable of generating
nitrltes, but that the cholera bacillus pro.
duces over 40, 600 times more than any Other
creature. If there is no suitable substance
found by the cholera bacilli upon which tG
work, they form Tactic and other acids, but
these rarely cause serious ills. They some
times give rise to what is known as choler
inc, which frequently prevails to consid-
cradle extent during epidemics of cholera.
New York Ledger -
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What Superstition Led Many People to Do
In Former Times.


The superstitious people of mediaval
times had some very odd remedies based
upon superstition. Among other absurdi-
ties of ignorance it was bcld that chip
from the gallows on which several persons
had been hanged, worn in a bag around
the neck, was a cure for ugue. A halter
by which some criminal had been hanged
was bound around the temples as an infal-
lible cure for headache. Tumors of tho
glands are said to be "driven away" by
nine blows of dead mans hand while
the hand of a man who had been cut down
from the gallows was said to work similar
wonders.
A ring made from a coffin was applied
for the relief of cramps, which were also
said to be dispelled by a rusty sword hang
ing over the patients head. If any one
had the toothache, he was told to go and
drive nails into an oak tree, which, 1t Is
true, would not kill the pain, but was a
sure preventive against future attack.
A stone with hole in it, hung at the head
of bed, was sure to cure nightmare, the
cause of that evil being thought to bel
witches, who sat on the patients chest
hence the pendant and stone was called(a
"hagstone. The "hagstone" was used
generally as safeguard against all the Flls
which are ascribed to impish interfereHce.
1t is astonishing to find many SUCH old
practices-the relics of superstition land
ignorance-still kept up by people who
ought to know better. 1t is, for instance,
q custom to this day for people of certain
class to steal meat from the butcher, rub
it on warts and then bury it, the warts
being expected to vanish as the process Of
decomposition sets in. Pricking wart
with pin till the blood came and then
throwing the pin away was also said to
drive warts away, the warts being prompt
ly transferred to the hands Of whoever
picked up the pin. A potato carried in
the pocket is still recommended for rheu-
matism, and hundreds of like practices are
in vogue at the present day.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
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The Influence of Trihes.

eyes" said well known pulpit orator,
'trifles change the course of mans life,
and there's no telling what may guide a
man to his choice of profession or calling.
l feel highly amused to think that velvet
suit with shining brass buttons decided my
life My dear mother had with loving care
arrayed me in a suit of the then stylish
black velvet for 6-year-old boys, and in this
l proceeded with her to be introduced to
school life.
II was given seat in a room in a school
on Twelfth street, but hadn't been there
but few minutes when the other little fell
lows began TO poke fun at my velvet with
the brass adornments. 1t was too much
for my boyishness, and with quick juvenile
tears 1 went out of that schoolroom never
to re-enter. Although the teacher came to
my house and sought to persuade me,
would not go back. was taken to another
school on the same thoroughfare and there
in after years met the boy who led me to
study for the ministry. So l ascribe my
choice to a tiny velvet suit, and I'd like to
see it now."-Philadelph Call.
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A Large Waist

Is not generally considered adjunct to
the grace, beauty or symmetry of the
womanly form. Within the body, how
ever, is great waste made necessary &C.
cording to the conitiOn of things-con-
tinually in process and requiring the per-
feet action of all bodily functions to alb
sorb or dispel the refuse. When there
is irregularity or inaction, ladies who
value clean, pure, healthy body will
take DR.. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription
the only remedy for woman sold with
a positive guarantee to right all her Pc
culiar lgrOngS.
To those about to become mothers, it
is a priceless boon, for it lessons the
pains and perils of childbirth, shortens
labor, promotes an abundant secretion of
nourishment for the child and shortens
the period of confinement.
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-10-26
How Chinese Use Opium.

Missionaries have dwelt upon tho evil
effects of opium smoking in districts in
China given over to the culture Of tho
poppy, but experts who are entirely I'M
prejudiced declare that opium has very
little influence on the Chinese race. The
power of controlling the hSbit appears to
be given to the Mongoi1an, whereas the
European is robbed of all his will power
by the insidious drug. A Chinese of good
rank uses opium as an Englishman or an
Ar" erican uses brandy or liquors-as
luxury. He will smoke pipe during a
business transaction exactly as European
would take glass Of brandy and soda or
a dash of Chartreuse or anisette. He never
dreams of Supplying himself with the
drug or of deliberately setting about an
opium debauch. Even the common people
in China are very abstemious in the use of
opium, and among the greater number
the drug serves to increase the bodily vigor
and to ward off many diseases. The sub
ject of opium among the Chinese is one
which offers fine field for the observer
who will approach it as a student and not
as reformer.-Shanghai Correspondent
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Saved by a Runaway Horse.

I remember once, while our calvary
troops were out upon a skirmish, we took
a vantage position upon hill that rose out
of plain. From there we could see the
enemy gradually surrounding u.s. This, to
one of my temperament, caused extreme
nervousness When there was but small
opening remaining at one point, and that
slowly being closed, went to the COM
manding officer and suggested that he had
better order a retreat while such thing
was possible. He refused to do it, saying
that he was going to stand his ground.
knew this was sure death, and would have
readily put spurs to my horse and ridden to
safety had not my sense of duty and pride
impelled me to remain with my officer He
was sitting on his horse calmly taking in
the situation when / came to him a second
time to make the suggestion.
But l did not have to speak. An all
wise Providence did my work for me in a
manner that prevented argument The
bullets were flying about thick and fast,
and just as / was about to address the off.
Ger stray one struck him in the wrist OF
the hand which held the reins. The ball
shattered the bone, and the reins dropped
from the helpless hand. Before the officer
could recover the reins with his other hand
the horse bolted, and strangely started on
a dead run for the one place which offered a
way of escape 1t was my duty to follow
the officer, and it was the most cheerful
duty found during the war. l spurred my
horse and soon was at his heels. We got
away all right, but the company of cavalry
men on the hill were, with few exceptions,
captured and held as prisoners of war. That
is how runaway horse saved my life
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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The House ofLords,

The mental power of the peers general
ly is probably upon a level with that Of
any other educated body of men, while
such as are above the average in capacity
find no scope for their powers sitting, as
they do, in an assembly where almost
everything that is done is Of a destructive
character. Nor is this all. The country
does not get full benefit from those men
who have been raised to the peerage by
way Of reward for eminent services
Every great statesman, lawyer or philoso-
pher who is honored with peerago is lost
in a legislative body which is without di-
rect influence, and all statesmen recognize
this so fully that they only accept " or
age when about to retire from active nlg-
ticipation in political life. Thcv rr a.l "a
seat in the house of lords as equ..".v..( u
extinction.--Westm Review.
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What Is 1t?

"What is there about a carriage" ex-
claimed Penink rather testify, that i'm
lbues a man who rides in it with such a
'superabundance of affected dignity? Imet
a carriage this morning with one lone man
sitting in it. 1t was nobody but Jones, a
fellow that l can slap on the back and
punch in the ribs when meet him on the
sidewalk; but, bless you, when he passed
me in a carriage this morning. he bowed
slightly and with as much dignity as if he
were president of a half dozen healthy re-
publics. Now he was in the carriage by
himself-three seats around him-and he
could very easily have yelled to me to join
him in the ride without sacrificing his good
character He didn't do it, however. He
drove straight ON without more than stiff
bow. A buggy doesn't have that effect on a
man, ride on horseback doesn't, an electric
car doesn't-then there must be something
in a carriage conducive to haughtiness. "
Atlanta Journal.