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The Globe-republican., 1895-12-19

preached. large flakes were still be-
ing driven hither and thither by the
furious wind. which howled and roared
in the chimneys, shook the carefully
closed windows, and died away In the
distance like the last despairing wall
of lost soul.
In one of the most miserable houses
OF wretched street. in the worst quar-
ter Of the town. a woman by the din
light Of pickering candle watched be-
side the sick-bed Of her last remaining
child. She was weeping bitterly. but
strove to stifle her sobs for fear of dis
turbiug the fitful slumbers of the suf-
ferer. AS the furious tempest shook
the dilapidated tenement, she trembled
as IL she already felt the dread presence
of the Angel of Death. No Christmas
fagot blazed on the miserable hearth.
the happy voices Of laughing children
and kind friends had for her long been
stilled, and the cold, sorrow, and pow
erty which reigned within seemed but
a counterpart Of the desolation without.
Behind the lowered curtains Of the bed
could be heard from time to time the
short cough and labored breathing Of
the child. who at last, suddenly awak-
ing. raised herself on her elbow. and
looked across the room, where. as in a
vision. she again beheld the Christmas
trees Of her earlier years, with their
accomplishments of tapers, bon-bons,
toys and golden stars, cleaning amid
the darkness Of that somber room. She
was a young girl of twelve or fourteen
years Of age. and the sweet, pale face,
although in the last stage of emacia-
ton. still retained traces Of delicate
youthful beauty.
With her dying voice she still con-
tinued to talk of the fete-days Of long
ago. when she was rosy. healthy little
child. and her brothers and sisters,
Eric. John, Anton, Hilda and Bertha,
crowded around her with their pretty
Christmas offerings; when her father
danced her on his knee, and her mother
sang sweet lullabys by her cradle.
Those days seemed far away. Eric and
her father had persisted in a shipwreck;
then, one by one, the others had fol-
lowed. till death had left behind only
the grim sisters, sickness and misery,
as the sole companions Of the widow and
her child.
The vivid remembrance of past hap
piness had brought a strange light into
Greta's eyes, and soon these childish
"reminiscences gave place to hope. She
spoke of the spring which would bring
back the birds and flowers, and in CIV
ing life to all else would surely not en-
tirely forget herself.
You know. mother, the doctor said
that, when the roses came. my suffer-
ings would be over. Will the roses
soon be in blo0m?'
81 have seen some already" replied
the mother: "the governors wife and
daughter had them in their hair when
saw them get into the carriage. but
those roses. I think. only grow in the
lighthouses of the rich"
There was silence, broken only by
Greta's short cough. All at once. carried
away by one solitary fixed idea, such
as so often haunts the brain of the sick,
she began to talk again about the roses.
to pine sorrowfnlly for their posses
sion, and by alternate beseeching, coax
The Globe-republican., 1895-12-19
A Hint.

I wish you a merry Christmas!
Let's try while we're repeating
The dear old-fashioned greeting,
To add a kind, unselfish act,
And make the wish q blessed fact.
The Globe-republican., 1895-12-19

The Stars.
Upon the nights black stem, behold
A million shining buds unfold
And light her gardens azure lawn
Where walks the moon from dusk II
dawn.
The Globe-republican., 1895-12-19

T was a stormy
Christmas Eve, and
the little town of
TromsOe was COM
pletely enveloped
in the ermine man
tie of mid-winter.
Snow had been fall
ing all day, and as
t he night ap-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
BURIED IN SUPERB JEWELS.

The following most curious account OF
a remarkable discovery appears in the
.Academy'' of March Is, which says:
ssMr. H. Villiers Stuart writes to the Sec
rotary of The Egypt Exploration Fund
from Cairo, under date March 4, as fol-
lows: "A few days ago there were d.scov-
cred at Dashour the graves of two
princesses of the XIIth Dynasty intact.
The coffins had mouidered away, n the
munmies each lay with a coronet on her
head. and wearing other jeWelry. When
an attempt to move the mumm1ies was
made they fell to fragments. The jew
nets was. in fact, q wreath OF forget
me-nots. made of precious stones,
mounted in gold stems. At intervals oc-
Cured Maltese crosses and precdous stones
set in gold. This lovely wreath was as
perfect and looked as fresh as on the
day it was made-a couple of centuries
before the time of Abraham!-nore than
1900 years ago. 1t illustrates a passage in
the poetic epitaph on the funeral pail ct
flowers every day" visited Dashour
which these treasures were found, as also
that of the other princess; She ALSO mad
a lovely ~coronet, lifted with a socket in
which was inserted a spray of various
flowers made in jewels, with gold stems
and gold foliage. Besides these, there, are
necklaces, bracelets. armlets, anklets,
daggers,' charms. etc. These most inter,
and sagacity of NJ. de Morgan, Director
General Of Egyptian Antiquities, ably
seconded by Mime. de Morgan, his gifted
Wife A eH rA.r-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS.

For the first time in his life Mr.. Walker
had received a pass from the railroad
company and as it was for himself and
one he had invited his wife to go with him
TO the city, 100 miles or SO away. She was
thar he was, and they sat up of night for
a week studying the pass and making a
note of every line and word upon it, not
excepting the conditions upon which tray
elerS use passes. 1t was good for thirty
days, and they were two weeks in getting
ready for their eyentful journey. At the
end of that time they Were all fixed and
an hour before train time. Mrs. Walker
was fidgeting about the house in mortal
train was pulling out Of Il. the husband,
was calmer,, as is the manner of men,
but he was eager, and they We're on hand
half an hour before the starting time.
They got away at last, and for the first
fifty miles they were as happy as two
children on g. holiday. Then, as the train
few around a sharp curve, there came a
grinding and a dragging; passengers be-
gan to scream, and finally, with a great
car toppled half over and rested there.
For an instant, as always in such cases.
there was a profound silence, and then
Mrs. Walker. rose from the aisle and
dragged her usban from between the
seats. ~ ::
ssOh, Henry" she screamed, 1--WE shall
be killed: we shall be killed; / know We
shall, n we are travelling on a pass and
can't sue the company"
Nobody was hurt, but everybody was
hysteric, and as the good lady's wall of
anguish fell upon the dusty air of the car
such a laugh went up as almost made the
accident ludicrouS.-Detroit Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
IT WAS LOST TOO.

"A young Irishman. in wan of a IS note,
wrote to his uncle as follows:
Dear Uncle-If you see how 1 blush
for shame while I am writing, you would
pity me. Do 0 know why? Because !
have to ask you for a few pounds and do
not know how to express myself. 1t is
impossible for me to tell you. 1 prefer to
die.
Il send you this by messenger, who will
wait for an s. Believe me, my dear
est uncle, your most obedient and affec-
Tomato nephew.
'P. S.-Overcone with shame for what
I have written, / have been running after
the messenger in order to take the letter
from him, but ] mo catch him up.
HEAVIER grant that something may hap
pen to stop him or that my letter may
get lost
The uncle was naturally touched, but
was equal to the emergency. He replied
as follows:
my Dear Jack-Console yourself and
blush no longer. Providence has heard
your prayers. The. messenger lost your
letter. Your affectionate uncle. -
Liverpool Mercury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
A SCOTCH PROFESSOR.

A story used to be current among
the students in Aberdeen which showed
that. up to a comparatively recent
date. ancient prejudices were retained
by the old-fashioned Scotch professors.
1t related to the late professor Prize,
who had a weakness for the refinement
of life.
Just after cat home" cards became
fashionable. one of the driest speci-
c.mens of the old professional regime
was surprised to receive a missive which
Principle and Mrs. Prize present
their compliments to Professor T.
Pirie Will be AT home on Thursday
evening at 8 O'Clock"
This was something which evidently
required an answer, but the recipient
of it was quite equal to the occasion
Professor sT.-returns. the compli-
ments of Principal and Mrs. Pirie
and Informs them that he is very we'll
Professor tt. is glad to hear that
Principal and Mrs. Prize will be at home
on Thursday evening. at 8 O'Clock. Pro
fessor T. will also be at home.
han
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
Lansing. miserable sApoIogy.,

Dr, L~ansing's makes IN apology" this
morning for his scurriious attack on the
President. In it, he INDUCES in at least
as much untruth as in the original at
tack. He shows himself, besides, a cow
s-d and a dodger, The material parts
Of his letter are as follows
MY allusion made In a temperance adj
dress at Salem on Thursday. April 4, to
the drinking habits Of the President OF
the United States WAS based partly on
comnon report and partly on the testi-
mcny of eyewftnesses.
This is ever more contemplate false
hood than the first accusation. There is
no common report to the effect that the
President is incorporate, still less il
there any to the effect hat he vas in
toxicated on the occasions specified by
Lansing.
The names of the witnesses. obviously.
] cannot with propriety reveal, SINCE.
sharing their knowledge in common with
many Others, they might justly SHRINK
verify that of which not only they, but
others, equally with themselves, had
ocular proof.
If Lansing had any regard for him.
sell, not ia speak Of respect to the Presf-
dent or consideration for public decency
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
WOMEN IN UNIVERSITIES.
Grievances to Which They are Sub.
iccted In those of Europe.

The University of Cambridge grants no
degree to women, and this is their most
serious grievance, and one which cries out
apt to be misunderstood outside the pre-
cincts of the University, and particularly
in foreign countries. Instead the Univer-
sfty confers a certificate (Which men do
not receive). stating that the woman IN
question has passed the required prehm1-
Der of terms, passed the examination of
the particular tripoS, and been placed in a
certain class. The certificates are signed
by the v"ice-ohancellor, and bear the uni
versity seal. The women's class list is
printed in the university calendar after
nations admits women to the study. of
classics, mathematics, natural science,
history, philosophy, modern languages,
Oriental languages, law and theology, but
not Of medicine. They may take the ex-
animation for a degree in music.
AT oxford matters are not very dissimi-
lar, though the history of the movement
has passed through different stages. In
1878 the Association for the Higher Edu-
cation CT Women was started at Oxford,
ems studies have always been in its hands
instead of in the direction of the indivi-
dual colleges. The course for a degree
at Oxford requires three examinations.
BY special arrangement with the authori-
ties women maj use the libraries and mu-
from the University, but from the dele
gacy of the local examinations. Hence
their connection with the University is
less formal than that of their sisters at
Cambridge; but here too they have, OBJ
tjained the substance, though the formal
acknowledgment BY the right to use the
degree will be immensely valuable when
once it is cbtained.-April Forum.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
A REPUBLICAN HAT.

Lord Justice Barry, whose retirement
from the Irish judicial bench. owing to
n-health, was recently announced, is a
typical Irishman. As a former member
for Dungarven he to is we'll known to
parliamentarians, who remember the racy
stories he used to tell of his countrymen
in the most fascinating OF brogues; a
but one IS we'll worth recalling at tbs
present time. While at the bar IN the sos
he was engaged in the defense Of a pollt.
ical suspect who was a~rraigned on tins
charge Of being a member Of the Irish
Republican Brotherhood, and in the
course of the evidence a policeman de-
posed that the accused habitually wors
a republican hat.
What sort of a hat Is THAR asked tht
Il suppose. my lord" interjected Barry
that it will be a hat without q crown.
Bench, bar, prisoners, policemen, ant
spectators Joined in a hearty peal. o.
laughter, and it was some time Before
business should be REIMBURSEMENT
Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
AM USEMEN
ssSpider and Fly' al the Academy OF
Music.

,- N, 3 Lea .TEs sgg Gggs0g aBa sP Pse fIy'@
last night with a wealth of beagtiful
costumes. gorgeous scenery, sparkling
music, novel gpecialties and a host OF
Of comedy, pantonime and opera, with
numerous specialties thrown in. Old
Moneybags has q daughter, Fanchette,
who is in love with Bowline, a poor sailor
lad. He invokes the aid of zamiel, an
exile spirit, to destroy Bowline, so that
his daughter can marry a rich lora;
zamiers efforts effort nt to G DO so are re fr pnaea Of
the Mermaids, and finally Old Moneybags
relents, the lovers are happy, and a
grand Transformation scene taxes pIia efe
choruses and marches, the March of the
Queens Guards, which k place, in
Oceana's Palace, under the sea, was ciev-
famous Borani Brothers. better known
as the Disappearing Demons, present
their speciality in disappearing and re-
AS contortionists these artists have few
equals. Miss Anna Suits, in her char
acter songs and changes, was very good,
ballads. The L%ovenburg Sisters, in songs
and dances, proved themselves adopts in
their line and were heartily a~ppiauded.
Steve Cory sang a lumber OF parodles
1.-The Spider and Fly will be at the
Academy all week with usual matinees'
Anniversary Week at tue Ron Ton
An excellent programme is presented
this week by Manager Dinkins to cele-
| brate the first anniversary of the opening
| of the Bon Ton as a continuous perform
| ance house. At the head Of the list are
| the Tive American Macs" VINO create
no end of amusement in their funny
! knockabout specially, .The Battle of Get
tysburgh.,. Miss Nettie Fields, a petite
| miss, displays considerable ability as q
| Two old-time Jersey City favorites, Mag.
gle Willett and Harry Thorne, assisted
by James Gaylor and Tiny Graf, pre-
Uptown Flat" Emma Cortrelli. is 6
| juggier of no mean ability. Others or
| the bill are Meeker and Mack, black
face comedians; Kittie Rose. character
| singer; Reyna and Ronda. lightning car
| toonists; Borelli and Zelma and theil
singing dog "Chrio"; Edward Bennett
bone s~oloist; Phil and Bessie Maher
| sketch artists; Harry Williams, come.
| dian, and the Ryders.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
The Income FAX Decision.

The exact effect of the Income Tax
decision cannot be ascertained, off hand.
There can be no doubt that it cuts off
an enormous amount of revenue, but
whether or not it leaves enough to meet
the expenses of the Government is a
matter for abstruse calculation or per-
haps of actual experiment.
The SUM- as might be expected, takes
the result with ghoulish glee, without the
least regard to the needs of the Govern
ment or the effect on business. 1t makes
the occasion a mere political one, and
heaps Islander on the administration Here
is a specimen:-
Justice White. the junior member of the
court, delivered an apparently off-hand
excitement, in which he.defended the law
In ell its particulars: His opinion sound
ed sSa5 nn9 3 ,l ,iSe E ppf plsfieac stump ana M Spses sa,
cepted by his astenished hearers as the
Indignant protest Of the Administrator
against Gripping the operations OF its
pet reyenue-raislng measure.
This is a wholly unwarranted attack
on the Justice, who spoke in a forcible,
but altogether dignified way, and ad.
vanced many strong reasons for his
broad Interpretation of constitutions
right, being distinguished thereby from
his associates, who seem to W deali
with the questions involved as matters
of finesse.
The description of the Income Tax at
a pet Administration scheme is an alb
surd libel. It is as notorious as anything
can be that the President barely extend.
ed his liberation to it. Secretary Car.
Isle probably was more favorable to it
but as a whole the Administration re-
garded it as a disagreeable necessity
rather than a desirable method of rails
ing revenue. No doubt a sufficient tariff
on sugar would go much further to NEE
the views of the Cabinet and the trut
Democratic leaders of the last Congress
In all his calculations, Secretary Car
Isle has foreshadowed a surplus of man,
millions in the revenue of the curreni
. fiscal year. His figures, of course, wer,
based on the assumed validity of tn
income tax system as a whole. Per
haps the deduction from the revenue
due to the Supreme Cour decision ma,
not much more than offset the expected
surplus.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
L~AoE-gDGED RUFFs.

Rufus are in all kinds of fabrics. from
from velvet to gaize. Lace edged, they
are light and becoming. With smart
wings. well spread out. they are suggest
i've of one of the Christy Ministries. But
it takes a lot of ridicule to kill an alb
surdfty. Perhaps the newest thing IN
material is the cut-out cloth to be worn
over color. Lik cut embroidery. the de-
signs are limitless. The star pattern has
had a great run. SVelveteen is treated
in the same nanne and thick satines
and me.res. Capes are fashionable made
effective, and they are lightened with the
guprue of pure Maltese. The fashion
beneral, but the taste is doubtful
general. but the taste Is ~doqghtful.-
Fashion Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10

captured the country, the interest OF
Major Kingsland was sold at pubic auc-
ton, by order of an "Acte of Con1sca-
ton under date of September 20. the same
year, to Jacob Melyn and others, for the
behoof of themselves and the inhabitants
CT the town New Work"
The instrument was signed at Fort
William Hendrick, in New Netherlands,
November %, 1878, by order of the Lord
Governor-General A. Colve. When ~the
English recovered possession of the coun-
try, Kingsland. however, again came into
possession of this estate, and, by his will,
dated March IA, 1855, he left one.third to
a nephew, Isaac Kingsland, and the other
two-thirds to his children. 1t was a son
of this Isaac Kingsland, Edmund by
name that sold the famous "Fair Lawn
property to Aren't Schuyler, In 1n0.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
ELECTRIC WIRE AMBULANoEs.
How North Hudson County Com
pany Repairs Breaks.


The wires on the Elevated Railway of
the North Hudson County Railway Com
pany broke down this morning at half
past nine, between Willow avenue and
Henderson street and delayed traffic for
nearly a half hour. As soon as the acc--
several repair stations, and within five
minutes after the accident, two anlbu-
lances were on hand with a corps OF
Gt certain distances all along the en-
fire lines Of the railway are situated
these patrol stations with from three to
five men stationed in each one, who hold
Themselves ready to answer the call to
repair breaks. The cornpany's system
Is exactly the same as the fire system,
ana an accident, no matter how serious,
rarely occurs but what it can be repaired
In from ten to thirty minutes.
The officials of the North Hudson Coun-
iipon having the best ambulance railway
system in the world.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
ELECTRICITY AND VEGETATION.

III physiological effects of electricity
and the electric light upon the growth
OF plants nave deem carefully studied
for a number of years, and the results
already. reached are highly interesting
portance. The studies have had to do
with the application of electricity d.
rectly to the plants themselves, some
times with currents thrugh the earth
in which their roots are Embedded,
sometimes with the effects of the
electric arc light maintained a part or
the whole of the time when sunlight
was absent.
Plants kept in the light from an elee-
trio arc not only grow as in the sun
light. but some grow much faster and
larger: they produce chlorophyl In album
dance they reach out ftoward the
source ofsfhe light and twist this way
or that, they assimilate more potash,
produce more albumtnoids and yield a
larger amount of ash. This phenomena
show that the physiological quality of
the arc light is the same as that of the
sun -C0SmoDlitan
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
COMPOSING AN OPERA IN BED.

TIL oddities of genius are always in
teresting. The famous Italian composer
Rossini, who wrote the operas William
Tell' and "Semiramide," was remarkable
sbove most for his curious methods of
OF work. When he was young and poor.
he worked. but never consecutively or
Having an opera to compose, and six
weeks to do it in, he spent four of them
IN idleness, and them by the aid of his
fertile genius, did the work in the remain
ing two. His ideas flowed with astonish-
ing rapidity. He asked only for pen,
him, never hesitated for a moment as to
what. he should write. He would compose
in bed. and, so incredible was his laziless
that, when a fine duet which he was
writing and had almost finished slipped
off the bed and beyond his reach, rather
than get up for it. he took another sheet
and composed another duet quite differ
ent from the drst.-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
WOMEN WHO WRITE DRAMAS.

Though we can count women novelists
by he score, the number of women dra-
matists is extremely limited. and can
easily be told off on the fingers" says
..All the Year Around To see two
plays written by women and produced at
leading london theatres is a most I'M
usual experience. This has been the
case during the theatrical season of
1894. IAN Aristocratic Alliance adapted
by Lady Greville for the English stage,
and produced a the Criterion, was
speedily followed by Miss Fletcher's
play OF Mrs. Ies,nghaln' at the Gar
rick. Though neither made c~onspicu-
THAT modern women are not without the
dramatic faculty, and are capable of
writing for the stage. In the last CEN
fury all literary young ladies' tried their
prentice hands at a tragedy"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
MT. HOLLY MANS MARROW ESCAPE
Special to the jersey Citu Neacs

MOUNT HOLLY, April 9, 1S95.-James
Assay. of this city, had a narrow escape
from death at Merchantville yesterday.
He was crossing the railroad track
when a trolley car rushed upon him
at a high rate of speed. The horses We're
knocked off the track and sustained
was pushed aside and the driver thrown
out. Mr.. Assay say he did not see the
car until it was too late. He claims
that the motorman was away from his
post ait the time, Sitting in the car talk
ing to the conductor, and that there was
a policeman on the rear end.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-10
VIOLATED THE LAW.
Commissioners Report Against Mid
diesex EreehOIders.
Ca,cniaI Il fLn Tn,.nc.. Ill. nruaux.

NEW BRUNSWICK. April. 9, 1854
careful and comprehensive review is
made of the Albany Street Bridge mat
ter in the report of the investigation into
Middlesex County affairs conducted by
Commissioners Richard Stevens and
Rutherford Coleman, which has just
been filed in the County Clerks office.
the report declares that il. the opinion OF
holders violated the law in permitting
the expenditures in the erection of the
bridge to exceed $100, 900. 1t is probable
that the Senate Investigating Committee
will spend a portion of its Tine in this
city before it concludes its labors, and an
effort VIII be made to shed some light
upon some of the lark places of the
financial management of Middlesex
County during the past fifteen years,
when the government has been in the
control of the Democrats.