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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
TRAFFIC IN LONDON.
over Seventy-Five Million People In
ssBusses.o

wv
ssBusses.,s
In 1862, in the city of London. with its ex-
cellent pavements, numerous ''busses," and
a population of about 100000, the General
Omnibus Company carried annually about
Al, O5S, 900 passengers at an average fare OF
Z cents, while the cost to the company was
81 cents, writes Lewis Haupt in LtppancottS.
The ratio of riders to the population was l4.6.
The underground road was started In 1904,
but it was some years before enough mileage
was completed to bring it into general use.
In 1871 tramways, or street cars, were added,
with the p~arodoxical result that instead OF
diminishing the travel of the omnibus
company it rapidly increased, and, al
though the fares were reduced; the cost
was likewise reduced to three and one7half
| cents, and the company paid twelve and one
half per cent. dividend. For nearly ten years
the traffic of the s'busses" remained nearly
| constant at about $4,000, 600, but after the
opening of the competing" lines it increased
SO rapidly that in twenty years 1t had nearly
doubled, being over 75,000,0O0, or nearly the
same as the traffic of the Metropolitan, which
was nearly 10000, 900; while in addition to
the District" (also underground carrying
%. 500. 900, and the "tramways" l9,250,0 OO,
giving an aggregate in 1884 of 30S, 1921, 600 as
Compared with AZ, $40, 900 in 1854.
That this growth of traffic was not due to
increase of population will appear at once,
for the growth of the latter was but 80 per
cent. in twenty years, 1.S per cent. per an
mum. while that of the traffic was 4I0 per
cent, or 2315 per cent per annum. Inc ratlo
of patronage to population has risen from
14.6 to n.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
AMERICAN CLIMATE AND NERVES

AS to the comparative effect of the Ameri-
can climate ON the differenet races of man
kind, it is too early to form any very con-
ident Judgment. But this much is certain.
White races are affected more than colored.
Full blooded negroes are found to be entire
ly exempt from some of the worst and most
prevalent form of nervous disease, and even
a slight trace of color seems to be a safe
guard. The Anglo-Saxon Americans are
the greatest sufferers from the ma
tional disease, and especially those in
the higher walks of life. Females
are more under the influence of this
terrible scourge than males, and town dwell
ers than country folk. The prevalence Of
the more serious nervous diseases is shown
to be in almost exact proportion to the con
gestion of population. There is no surer test
of the nervous condition of any people than
this-Can the women, when they become
mothers, nurse their children themselves
In America it is found that, whereas in the
rural districts from seven-tenths to nine
tenths of the women can do so, in the cities
the proportion is not more than one-half;
and Doctor Mitchell declares that he would
not be believed if he were to say now many
even of these are unfit to be wives OF mothers
at aH.-McC ture's for February.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
DIDN'T STRIKE LUCK.
A Worthless Purchase at a
Sale Of Unela
Baggage.

A huge pile of boxes, trunks, bags, sacks
| and bundles on the American pier at the
foot of Grand street this morning, attracted
a motley looking crowd as seedy and dingy
as the unclaimed baggage which AuctioneeI
w. j. Montgomery was selling to the highest
bidder.
This collection of personal baggage had
been lying in the shed at the International
Navigation Company for years. No one ap-
pearing to claim any of it, the Company adj
vertised it for sale.
There were big boxes, little boxes, boxes
with lids and boxes without; boxes corded
and strapped, boxes covered with foreign
labels and boxes without any Distinguishing
mark upon them.
MIR. MoNTGoMERY'S GALLANTRY.
s'Now, gentlemen" began Mr.. Montgom-
cry; but seeing three elderly looking ladies'
with shawls over their heads and baskets
ovel, their arms, cycling critically a plethora
looking bundle, he made a low bow to
them and started i'll afresh with, "Now,
ladies and gentlemen, | am going to sell these
boxes and bundles. | don't guarantee that
you viii find diamonds and gold in them, but
you might he added with a chuckle, and,
turning to a NEWS reporter beside him,
whispered, 81 don't think not"
The first lot was the box he was standing
on, and the standing bid was tin clnts,"
offered by a jolly-looking gentleman who
wore an old sack over his shoulders. From
a dime the bid climbed to % cents, and the
box was purchased by him of the sack cape
who gave his name. as "Misther Patrick
Fitzjarl."
Tie next box was a long toy box contain
ing books, the majority of which were Eng.
FL. -al~oIl~11,, Tho how pvo lahnltad
'~sTrondjhem'' and marked .'emigrants' lug
gage" These went for a song. Then came
a row of boxes which brought sums ranging
from one to two dollars.
One box over which there was a brisk
competition went for three dollars.
A DISAPPOINTING BOX.
"Ah.n said Mr.. Montgomery, 'this box
looks as if it belonged to a nobleman and
may, | say, contain an elegant wardrobe
The shrewd auctioneef talked about what it
might contain and SO excited the cupidlty OF
a small group of old clothes dealers of the
Hebrew persuasion that they almost came to
blows in their desire to possess the box.
After a brisk bidding it was knocked down
for $3.50 to a sharp-nosed dealer in
secondhand garments. He was so
anxious to see what he had pur-
chased, that when he paid the
money he dragged his prize behind a pile Of
cotton bales and with nervous fingers began
to open the box. Alas its contents were
about as disappointing as those in the box
which Miss Pandora of old meddled with.
In her case, however, hope remained at the
bottom, while in this instance all that re-
manned was an old pair of boots ~severakslzes
too large for the purchaser.
Holy Moses, Ike" said one of the by
ISLANDERS, what have you struck"
Ike looked as if he would strike him who
spoke, but vented his rage in kicking the
sides of the box in and saying something not
usually found in Sunday school books.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
NICKEL IN THE SLOT GAMBLING

MAIDEN, Mass, Jan. 25, 1S94-The Ev-
erett ''nickel in the SLOT case was settled by
the Maiden court today, when Freeman L.
Wallace, the proprietor of the store in
which the slot machine was used by
Mayor Batchelaer of Everett was
ined SIS and placed under 500
bonds to keep the peace for three
years, and not to be found engaged in any
gambling game in that time. He paid the
fine and furnished bonds. 1t was the inten-
ton of the Judge to impose a sentence of six
months imprisonment, but the Chief of Po-
lice and the Mayor of Everett expressed
themselves satisfied, as the object desired was
to put a stop to further use of the
machines. Wallace's counsel stated that an
appeal was to have been made to the Supe-
ritor Court, as they expected the cooperation
of the machine company, who, it was sup
posed, would furnish money to fight the
case. The company had not taken any ae-
ton, however. As the machine has been
confiscated by the Court, the stockholders
are now liable and may be prosecuted for
aiding and abetting a game of chance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
VAST N TALK.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25, 1S94.-Two hun
dred men and women who are prominent in
the movement of municipal reform as
sembled at the Art Club this morning when
a two days session of the National Confer
ence for Good City Government began. The
hall was prettily decorated with evergreen
and flags and bunting, Two banners
upon which were inscribed ''The Corruption
of the city is the Menace of the State" and
National Parties for National Affairs,
Municipal Parties for Municipal Affairs
occupied a conspicuous place on either side of
the Speakers table.
James C. Carter, president of the City
Club of New York, was chosen to preside,
and, in a brief %impromptu address he ac-
copied the honor.
George Burnham, Jr., president of the
Philadelphia Municipal League, welcomed
the delegates.
A series of addresses, outlining the muni-
cipal condition of some leading cities, were
then delivered by prominent citizens from
the respective municipalities.
The first speaker was Mr.. Moorfield Storey
of Boston.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
MATINEE F~O0TsT0OLs.

We went to the matinee together. did Mrs.
Van Kortlandt and I, the other day, and of
course we carried our stools. We have be-
come as dependent on our little stools as the
far-away Japanese theatre-goer is on her
cheering cap of fresh-brewed tea between
the acts. Our matinee footstools are first
made of wood, and are so arranged that
their legs fold under them when it is neces-
sary for us to tuck them away in some nook
of the carriage. Over the hard, unsympa-
thetic wood is a coat of paint, enamel, or,
may be, gliding, and then the top of the
stool is upholstered in colored SAX OF
leather.
We rustled down the aisle, crushed past
women's knees to our seats, midway of the
orchestra, and when wraps had been laid
aside the stools were unfolded, set in the
right place for the comfort OF ones feet, and
we genuinely enjoyed our matinee. One alb
surd woman, | know, who suffers with cold
when in the theatre, has the tufting of her
stools top buttoned down on one side, and
can so introduce a little fiat japanese stove
under the tufting and keep her feet at toast's
temperature throughout the play. Demo
rests Family Magazine for February.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
MELTING IRON FROM THE ORE
Impurities and Excess of Carbon
Must he Burned Out.

Impurities and Excess of Carbon
Must he Burned u
Iron making is a kind of cookery on a
huge scale. The earthly impurities must be
roasted OF melted out from iron ore; the
necessary carbon must then be properly
mixed in from the fuel, OF the unnecessary
carbon burned out. This is of manufacture.
A wrought iron bar or plate is always OBJ
tanned from a puddle ball, an aggregation
OF grains of iron in a pasty, semi-fused con-
dition, inteIspersed with q greater or less
amount of cinder or Stag. Under the pow
erful action of the rolls the grains are
welded together, and a large part of the
cinder is squeezed out. but enough remains
~interposed between the iron granules to pre-
vent them from welding thor
oughly and forming a homogeneous
mass. The welded humps elongate
under the process of rolling, and the re-
sulting bar resembles a bunch of iron fibres
or sinews with minute particles of Stag in
terspersed here and there. Such iron varies
III resistance according to whether tire power
is applied with or against the fibre. Steel is
the the result of a flsing process. IL may
be crucible, Bessemer, or -Open-hearth steel,
but in all cases it has been cast from a
thoroughly melted and fluid state into an
ingot mold, where it solidifies and
is ready for subsequent treatment, such
as hammering or rolling. The Stag being
lighter than the steel, 1t rises IN top of the
melted bath, and does not mingle with the
metal, which remains clean and ulobstructed,
and, after being cast i'll the mould, cools
into q crystalline homogeneous mass in which
no amount Of rolling can develop a fibre.
Thus steel possesses a structure more regular
and compact than wrought iron. Its resis-
tance to strains and stresses is more equal in
all directions, and its a~daptabihty to stluc-
burial use is vastly increased.-R. Il. Bofrfe7',
IN Hayper,s for February.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
A HALF-POUND DIAMOND.
A Pure White Stone Weighing 81
Carats Unearthed in Africa.

SOAA
ssThe largest diamond ever discovered was
unearthed in the Jagersfontein mine, in the
Free State, the other night, and has now
been brought to London. 1t is described as
a pure white diamond weighing not less than
971 carats. Curiously enough, the previous
largest stone came from the same mine, a
very perfect stone of some 500 carats, having
been found in Jagersfontein in 1881. The
largest diamond ever found in Griqualand
West was discovered near the west end OF
Du Toit's pam mine on September 20, 1885.
It was a large, irregular octahedrou stone,
slightly spotted, of yellow color. and weighed
404 carats. or nearly three ounces. In the
month of February previous a similar stone
of 352 carats was found near the east END OF
the mine. The largest diamond found on
the Vaal River diggings, known as the
.Spalding' or Stewart diamond, was dis
covered at Waldek's in November, 1oI2. 1t
weighed 2SS carats, but on cutting was re.
duced to 12S carats. Two stones, one of
14sL carats and the other of 14719 carats,
were also found at the river diggings. The
finest diamond ever found in South Africa
was the famous Porter Rhodes discovered
in Claim 375, near the center of Kimberley
mine, on February IL, 1880. 1t was a pure
white octahedron, weighing $50 carats, and
was valued at 100000, The latest Jagers-
fontein find breaks the worlds record
London Colonies and India.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
A MAUPAssANT RBMINISCENOE.

An amusing coincidence is worth record
ing here, though Maupassant has told the
story Of his preface to a French translation
Of Mr.. Swinburne's poems, More than
twenty years ago, when the future novelist
was a mere lad, he was sailing his yacht out
side the white cliffs of Normandy, when he
saw approaching an object of unusual form
and color. 1t was the figure of Mr.. Swim
burne, who had been carried out by. the tide
while swimming, and was now in a very
perillous condition indeed. The poet was
saved, and during his return voyage to
Dieppe this | think is an unpublished parti-
cular), sat in the stern sheets wrapped in a
sail. and recited the poems of Victor Hugo.
In return for his succor, the square built and
ruddy young Norman who locked aa as little title
as possible like a future man OF letters was
invited to dine with Mr.. Swinburne, who
was then living near Dieppe. Legend re-
ports, and 1 think 1 r~eco1lect that poor
Maupassant confirms. that roasted monkey
formed the piece de resistance on this classic
occaSion,-CIItic.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
HIGH SCHOOL

The Midwinter Glass and Their Es-
says.
The winter list of graduates in the High
School was given ont today by Principal
Sweeney and is as follows:
-Four wears course-Ethel Ingersoll Bene-
dict, James B.. Brockhurst, Frank e. Cole,
Agnes MacKellar Crawford, Laura j..
Dawson, Anna Louise Darsley, Louise
Fuller DeHart, Edith Earl Guilford,
David Gluckman, Cora Hopkins, Emily
Klingenberg, Frederick C. Rowland, Eliza
beth Cecilia Tunnard, Edythe Isabel Wal
lace, John j. VOORHEES,, Jr., Lucy J. Howell,
Ida May Jackson, Adelaide Els
telle Packer, Agnes Cecilia Scully,
Marie Eloise Wedin, Martha q. Ioeiler,
Commercial Course-Bernard Henry Borg
stede, Oliver Theodore De Soucey, Mary
Elizabeth Lockwood, Lizzie Maclean, Ed
ward Kirk Stretch, Max Herman Sehwei-
der, Thomas Joseph Coleman, William
Ewald, Benjamin Mervin Lupton, Mar
guerite Sharp, Spencer Stanley, Frederick
Worfolk.
The subject of essays and writers are
Ethel Benedict, "The Good Old Times;
James Brockhurst, War;. Frank Cole,
Commerce; Agnes Crawford, Wealth
and Money!; Laura Dawson, "What Next,
and Howls Anna Darsley, Art Apprecia-
tom; Louise DeHart, Our Outlook" Edith
Guilford, ga Teacher and Her Work,
David Gluckman, Our Great Republic;
Lucy Howell, San Object in Life; Cora
Hopkins, ideals and Hobbies; Ida Jack
son, ''The Influence Of Home Training;
Emily Klingenberg, THE Work of Woman
in America; Addie Packer, 9TH Advance
of Woman; F. Rowland, ''The White City;
Agnes Scully, 1.-THE Glory OF the Present;
Lizzie Tunnarrd, character; Lulu Wedin,
"A Step Forward: Edythe Wallace, 'oThe
Education of the Negro; Martha Zoeller,
Perseverance,; John Voorhees,, Public
Schools
Fifteen of the graduates will enter the
training school; two will study law, two
will enter college, one will become a doctor
and one will study art. The average age OF
class 1871 years.
In the commercial course one will return,
eleven enter business, Average age of class
16.S wears.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
MEXICO 400 A AGO.

Relics PIowed Up and Ruins Still
standing of a Former Civilization.
Every where about the valleys of New
Mexico, invariably upon eminences, and
usually upon high 1at-topped mesas or table
hills, are the ruins of houses of the
ancient, semi-civilized Indian population
that lived here and titled the soil tefore
the coming OF the Spaniards, four centuries
ago.
only vaguely inferred by the numerous cob
blestone foundations of their houses, still
well defined above the surface of the ground,
and by the debris of the fallen walls which
constitute hillocks, grass-grown and inter
mixed with occasional old stone utensils and
countless fragments of potters.
This pottery when turned up by the spade
is found to be handsome and varied in color
and as fresh of tint as it could have been
when the village was destroyed or aban-
doned, and every tradition Of its existence
lost in prehistoric past.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
sAToLLI CELEBRATES MASS.

New York, Jan. a5, 1S94.-The Apostolic
Delegate, Mgr. satolli, at ten A. M. to-day
celebrated the solemn pontifical mass at the
patronal feast of the Paulist Fathers in
the Church of st. Paul the
Apostle at Ninth avenue and Sixtieth
street. The large sanctuary was decorated
with tall palm trees and the high altar was
lighted up with over 30 wax tapers. All of
the ten affairs around the church were also
deliberately ornamented with flowers and
lighted tapers.
The ministers of the mass were the Rev.
DR.. Thomas O'Gorman of the University at
Washington, as assistant priest; Rev. Will
liam D. Hughes and Rev. Michael P. Smith
as deacons of honor, Rev. Arthur M.
Clarke as deacon of the mass; Rev.
Thomas OCallaghan as sub-deacon, and the
Rev. A. Russell Nevins and the Rev. Tim
othy Mention as masters of ceremonies:
The throne was occupied by Archbishop
Corrigan, attended by the Rev. James N.
Connolly and the Rev. Alexander P. Doyle.
The congregation numbered over. $500
nnrS0OS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
WANSER fBRPLEHED.
The Mayor Does Not Know
What to Do About Mr..
Edelstein's Place.

Mayor Wanser is in an uncertain frame OF
mind regarding his power to appoint at this
time a successor to John Edelstein, who,
under the decision of the Supreme Court,
was given the seat occupied in the Board of
Finance by John D. Fraser, Mayor Wanser's
appointee.
Mayor Wanser, has been advised, it is said,
that it is i'll his power to name a successor to
Edelstein at this time, notwithstanding the
fact that Nh. Fraser, through his counsel.
ex-Mayor Collins, has filed an appeal against
the decision of the Supreme Court.
THE ago E
Mayor Wanser declines to discuss the sub
ject, but he is quoted as saying that ne Will
not act in the matter until the Court of
Errors and Appeals disposes of it.
Ex-Mayor Collins believes that Mr..
Fraser's appeal will be argued at the March
term of court. As to who has the right to
act in the board, pending a decision, Fraser
or Edelstein, Mr.. Collins declines to say.
Mr.. Edelstein will demand his seat in the
board at the first meeting held, and Mr..
Peterson, who is acting in concert with
Edelstein, will also demand the seat now
held by Mr.. Detwiller. There will be no
meeting of the Board of Finance
until February 2, at least, and it is highly
probable that neither Mr.. Edelstein or Mr..
Peterson will be notified of it.
Commissioner Simpson was at the City
Hall this morning, and stated at his belief
that Mr.. Detwiller, who is now in the South,
will remain away for a month, at least.
THE LAW OFFICERS TO TAN
Mayor Wanser's vetoes of the appoint
ments of William Brinkerhoff as Corpora
ton Counsel and James Erwin as City At
torney is still worrying the Finance
Commissioners Mr.. Bedell states bold
ly that the appointments will stand.
None of the Finance Commissioners,
however, cares to oppose the Mayor in the
stand he has taken. There will be two va
cancies in the Board in April, n the re-
than the honor of holding their appointees to
the law offices.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
POSTAGE STAMP FACTORY LOCA-
TTON.

NEW YORK, Jan. %, 1s94.-Great interest
is being taken by the various labor organi-
cations in this city in the important con-
ference to be held tomorrow January 26)
in Washington, upon the proposition to
transfer the manufacture of the postage
stamps from New York to Washington, the
effect of which would be to throw
out out of employment here many employees
both men and women. Heretofore this
work has been done in New York by private
contract, but Secretary Carlisle's PROPOSE
ton is to nave the work lone by the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving, a department of
the Government.
The conference tomorrow is to be between
Secretary Carlisle, Postmaster General Bis
sell and the bidders for the contract and
other interested parties. Several labor Or
CARNATIONS here are proposing to send
delegations to the conference to protest
against the transfer of the Washington
Bureau.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
CLUBS.

Theatre clubs are popular organizations in
these tin de steele days, when even the
smartest people look with favor or a Clutch
treat These clubs are composed of from a
dozen to twenty members, congenial spirits
who enjoy the theatre, with enough young
matrons among them to act as chaperons,
and once a fortnight attend in a body the
performance at some theatre decided upon
by vote at a social meeting at one of the
ladies' houses on an evening in the inter
vening week. The men divide between
them the expense of tickets and car fare
for these clubs are avowedly economical in
their expenditures, and discard carriages,
flowers and similar costly frivolities-and
the ladies provide on the same plan the
petit so~uper1which follows the play at the
house Of one of the matrons.-Demorest's
Familu Mdqazine for FebrMarA.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
WENT TO BED IN THE FROST.

WEST wINsTED, Conn, Jan. Is, 1S94.-The
body OF Miss Minnie L. Porter, who has
been missing from home for a few weeks,
was found in Norfolk yesterday by a wood
chopper. Miss Porter escaped from a luna
qic asylum some time ago and parties have
been searching for her in the mountains in
hope of obtaining the hundred dollars re-
ward offered for he. The body was found
under a tree and was partially undressed,
as though she had disrobed to retire to
bed. Coroner Higgins rendered a verdict
of death from exposure. Miss Porter was
quite well to do.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
LOST In THE SNOW.

SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 25, 1s94.-The par
ty which started out from Kendrick, Idahe,
to hunt for George Collegiate, who was left
in the mountains by the Carlin party, has
returned. The party reached the mouth Of
the Black Cannon, where the snow was five
feet deep, and the Clearwater River checked
with ice. The Post Falls party reached
Haanilton's Cabin, eighteen miles below the
canon, where it met the Kendrick party
coming back. Martin of Rathdrum, Idaho,
who led the Post Falls party. will winter on
the Clearwater and, asearly as possible, go
in search Of the lost man. All hopes Of find
ing Colgate alive are gone.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-25
PETROLEUM TO CURE DIPHTHERIA

Paris medical men continue to give their
opinions vaguely on the treatment of diph-
liberia by petroleum as carried out by DIR.
Flahout, a provincial physician. All unite
in testimony as to the fact that such a treat
ment i Shy no means original. DR.. Fauvel,
a celebrated throat specialist, says that in
pulmonary maladies the application of pure
petroleum has produced splendid results.
Moreover, during the American war Of
secession wounds were dressed with the oil.
The doctor, however, counseled mothers
whose children are effected by the dreadful
malady of diphtheria or Group to put their
trust for the present in pure lemon JUICE,
which should be sponged or brushed over
the threats of the sufferers,-London 1ete-
O1adDh,