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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
EDNA LYALL's PARSONAGE
Authoress ofssDonovan,.,"W Two,ss
etc. Tells OF Her Literary Work.

Authorizes ofssDonovan,,"WeT wo,s,
etc. Tells Of Her Literary work.
Edna Lyall, the famous English author
ess, writes of my Early Literary Iniu-
ences'' in January Ladies' Home Journal,
and says concerning her methods of work
and some of her characters: 1T was not,
however, hero-worship of the great char
acters of the past alone which influenced
my future career as a novelist. OFTEN a
character in real life would suddenly
stand out, as it were, from its surround
ings, and become to me for no particular
reason the hero or heroine of nay next
story. A child. who at a Christmas tree
seemed intent on finding out what the
other children wanted, and seeing in an
unobtrbsive, tactful way, that the hostess
understood their wishes, became. for a
time my heroine. A consumptive-looKing
assistant in a music shop, who seemed
too good for his surroundings, but was
alert and ready and civil, though ap-
parently with one fo9t n me mes gr ss,9
ed Mervyn's Ordeal. remember there
was a wicked uncle in it.. who forged the
hero's name. and made him falsely sus-
pected by his employers, and that agony
point was reached when the fa1sely-ac-
cused sMervyn,' suffering mental and
physical torments, was set to tune
tiers. I chose their lodgings for them in
a dreary sid street, leading out of Kings
Road, and recollect that their diet con-
sisted largely of Dutch cheese! This was
the forerunner of the Hardy Norseman.'
But no one brought so much pleasure
to me in school room days as the cele-
rated Welsh singer, Edith Wynne-for
whom ! must always feel gratitude and
affection. Quite Unknown to herSelf, she
was. by her beautiful voice and perfect
oratorio-singing, giving untold delight to
her small devotee at Brighton, who at
that time. being orphaned and unhappy.
doomed moreover from frequent attacks
of ~ophthalmia to spend many weeks in
idleness, sorely needed help and comfort.
This devotion to a public singer led me
to take the greatest interest in the musi-
cal world, and whenever the state Of my
eyes permitted it ] was scribbling at a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
RUssIA's ROYAL oBRIsTENINGs,

The curious ferns and ceremonies
which surround the christening of "a roy
al infant in Russia would fill a respec-
table bulky pamphlet. from the time it
is borne in state. on a cloth-of-gold COW
cred cushion, to the baptisnral font
down. to the fanfare of trumpets, which
proclaims it's departure in the newly-ac-
uuired character of Christian. The royal
babies loudly protest at the triple Dip
ping in holy water, and have to be. con-
soled occasionally, like more ordinary
morals. with a sugary ffnger-tip. Two
curious customs are the presentattons, Of
a white shirt by the godmother n a
er is put on the child at baptism as an
emblem of purity. and the cross lays its
small owner under. obligations to wear
on the child at death = says the ~officiat-
ing priest, ne shaN not have Christian
Kings, So much for baptism in Holy
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
DEAD In HIS ROOM.

Mrs. Alberter. who keeps q boarding
house at NO. 1853 First street, Hoboken,
notified the police Saturday night that
one Of her boarders, Edward Dewey, a
pocketbook maker, had not been seen
to leave his room since Friday evening,
She thought something must be the
matter With him Deteetiye Q ana1
Of the room, and on receiving no re-
Spouse, burst open the door. Dewey
been complaining of sickness for the
past week, and 1t is believed that he
died of heart disease. He was thirty.
seven years old. The bod was removed
to Coroner Volk's morgue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

The diseases Of thinness
are scrofula in children,
consumption in grown
people, poverty Of blood in
either. They thrive on
leanness. Fat is the best
means Of overcoming them.
Everybody knows cod-liver
oil makes the healthiest fat.
In SCOTS Emulsion Of
cod-liver oil the taste IS
hidden, the oil is digested,
it is ready to make fat.
When. you aek for Scott's Emulsion and
your druggist gives yon q package Ina
salnlonscolured wrapper with the pict~
ure OF the man and fieh on it-yor can
trust that mani
50 cents and 500
soo4r 4 gowSa, Chemists, New York
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Pool Exhibition.

This evening at st. Georges Hotel.
Greenyille, an exhibition pool match will
be played for $1o0 a side by Professor
OToole and M. Dolan, 900 points up.
The match to be continued Tuesday and
Thursday might. The great Sherman
from Trenton will give an exhibition in
shots. Well-known pool s'sharps'' will
be present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
DON'T Let KISS b Bab,
un.e,f.b .J.es of Deceit.

OF course, deceit is an a~bomination, and
yet it has its uses. It's very like poison
something to be Stunned in everyday ire,
but extremely valuable at certain crises;
When good temper can be preserved and
harsh feeling escaped by a little deceit,
then it should be used-or, at least, SO
saws the social philosopher.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
THE TURKEYS WISH BONE.
The Girl with Sentiment VIII Try
Her Fate With HI.

The sentimental girl viii have III OPP
portunity on Christmas Day of finding
out for a certainty whether she or heI
bosom friend win be married first. The
wishbofie of the Christmas turkey is in
fallible in that respect. The most ap-
proved method Is for two friends tc
pull the wishbone. the one getting the
larger piece with the fiat end being the
one who will first be married.
successful in getting the larger end
says you can't fail to get 1t il you sim
ply. hold YOU end and let the other one
pull.
After you have pulled the bone and
hang it up on the door to see. whom you
will marry, or you may find 1t gu in
Have a friend write the names of Ave
men you know on separate pieces OF
paper and fold the papers up. On two
GER and "old maid" Then have your
friend place the wishbone. and the seven
them UP. Place the envelope under your
pillow for seven consecutive nights,
a morning drawing out one slip. The
the words q old maid, you have the
consolation Of knowing that your friend
he same fate. for, according to the way
the bone broke, you are to be married
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Pfess.
Genuine English Plum Pudding.
The Hartford s'sTimes'' gives the follow
ing as a recipe for traditional English
plum-pudding that has Stood the test
of generations of use:-
Sift three pans of -four; beat eight
eggs with one and one-half pan OF
sugar till very light; two pans of beef
suet, chopped fine; two pans of currants
and a little salt; one and one-half pans
~raisins, stoned and cut in halves; two
grated nutmegs, one tablespoonful OF
cinnamon and mace; q wineglaSsful OF
brandy and wine; essence Of lemon TO
taste; one pint or more of milk to make
It Of pr 9pt5 the thickness an and beat 1,s all and very ps
careful not to let the water boil over the
pudding.
For the sauce-Work oneIhalf a teacup
of sugar with the same of butter, heat
one pint of win and simmer together.
DON'T Let KISS the Rabv
Your baby is the most lovely that was
ever born writes Isabel A. Mallon in
january Ladies Home Journal" 'but
do not let strangers, in their desire to ex-
press their admiration of it, kiss the
little lips thai cannot object, or clasp
tightly in their arms the little body that
is. as yet, 50 tender. So many nttie
that the wise mother tells the nurse tina
once she knows that outsiders are per
mitted to kiss the baby her discharge
without a reference viii promptly. fol-
low. Hardhearted? No, indeed. Nurse
must consider, first of all, her charge,
even if, to the rest of the world, she is
unwilling to display the baby entrusted
to her care"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Athletes Will Dance

The Lenox Athletic Club will hold its
annual invitation reception this evening
at WOODS Hail n the organization ex-
poets TO reap a greater success thar in
seasons that have passed. The members
have worked hard and feel greatly en-
prominent clubs of the city will be rep
resented and an enjoyable evening is pre-
dlcled. Inc committee in charge will
De Freq Lake, chairman; P. C. Gillespie,
\; p Pearce. Fred w. Cooper and M. a..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
OCEAN DEPTHS.

sHow deep Is the scar The answer
depends entirely upon the particular sea
The average depth in yards q the Pa
3s5S: Antartic. 5000: Arctic, 169oi Medi-
t~erranean. l476. Irish. 2i0: English
Channel. 110: Adriatic, As. Baltic. 49,
Phitadefphia Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Rig Records on a Range.

The weekly handicap of the Cottage
Rifle Club on Saturday resulted in higher
scoring than usual. S. ]. Russell, 24
P. ]. O'Hare, 241; A. P. Alexander. PAS;
r. H. Mclean, 236; f.. Bowen, 232; C.
Walls, 230; ]. Millar, 222.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Local Sportsmen Defeased.

Arthur c. Clarkson and Ned Holcomb
of the New jersey Club were defeated
Saturday in a team match by Messrs.
Taylor and Halstead OF the Newburgh
Gun Cub at Newburgh. The match was
Tor slcV a side, at twenty-five birds per
man.. The score was:@Tayior. 20: Hal
stead, q: total, Al. Clarkson, II; Hol-
COMBS, u: total. IS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
FOR TIRED SHOPPERS.

when is very tired after a Journey or Q
shopping expedition, X II the word Of q
physical eultitrsst that to throw ones self
| for a time in q large STUFFED chair n what
lis usually known as a heap~-that Ia with
every part Of the body absolutely RELAXED
lis beneficial and restful, philadelphia
! Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
ComnanY R,s Now Trainer.

Company B of the Fourth Regiment
has secured a trainer who has the men
on the floor nightly. Charles v. A..
Walsh is one of the most enthusiastic
of BIS athletic members.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
viii Ride the old year Out.

The Clio Wheelmen win celebrate the
demise of the old year tomorrow night
and the advent of the new with a club
run on the Hudson County Boulevard.
Kings Som will ride the old wear out
tomorrow night with a run to Orange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

or Brooklyn players to members of the
Jersey City Club and will always be
ready with the money.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Ccnterviues in a Tie Gam

The second eleven of the Centreville
A. c. of Bayonne and the Bay Ridge A.
C. played a tie game of football yesterday
afternoon at Bay Ridge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

story about d charming Irish soprano
named Cecil Keoghn,' who was the pro
totype OF Doreen. 4
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

Wash doilics and other silk enbroideries i'll q strong
suds Of Ivory Soap, press With a hot iron on the wrong
side while they are quite wet. Use no starch.
TsP srrH & csMns Co.. mL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
BOWLING.
standing of Jersey City Clubs in "a
Respective Leagues.

The standing up to date of Jersey City
Bowling clubs in the various bowling
leagues is as follows
NEW JERSEY Y. M C. A. BOWLING
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

More interest was attached to the
game Saturday night on the Peoples
Palace alleys between t the nem 4ba team n
4. League rolled here this season. The
bowlers of these organizations. and the
games attracted a large audience. Live
" roofing was lone, ard ~ IN IL the - flGst
ing, until the last frame, when the z
NJ. G. A. rolled 100 pin and pulled II, the
game ! out by a I'M margin T!s,a II II : Pins ms w Yhe
and they led to the end, winning by 50
pins. The highest scores We're made by
Eye. Totals were:-
M ss 4 T iss: Roberts. 1sss; Brake, 1soo::
sf Psna1sss; P e. rots y n Z. A.-Ege. 1879;
Black. 113: Williams. l2s; Ramsey ls:
Lcngheld, 1879. Total, 726.
SECOND GAME.
N ysTssy sly fsa: R q N; & Is: A.D Draks, l 81:
sehna5bel' 1ss. Total, So.
Peoples Palace Y. NJ c. A.mEge, 1872;
Longield, 100. Total. 755.
A match has been arranged for Fri
day might W the ten men cams
Tbs Peoples Palace bowlers viii visit
South Orange tonight and roll two
week in various leagues. The bowlers
will begin the new year with renewed
The Lindens. of Greenviile are. tied
with the cracks of New York in the
WITH wafle the sac Emp s2arn Golden' R safa and s par.
tan teams, with ) games won and one
defeat.
The New York A.. c. has the lead in
the Athletic League. Rossville is Sec
ond and Jersey City third.
Astbe Handball Courts.
Considerable interest is manifested
among the haneball players in this Vi
| entity over the match to be played next
| club day at the Greenpoint court between
Pat Scott of the Jersey City I'll and
Ed Lawlor of Greenpoint for $50. 1t will
| consist of best in eleven games. Five
| games in ali win be played in Green
point and the remaining six at the Jer-
sey City court January &c. The match
is the outcome of a recent contest be-
tween Pat FIaherty and Isawlor. in
which the latter won easily. The Jersey
city contingent felt sore over the money
lost, and offered to back Scott against
The GreenpoiDt player for double the
original stake, which was accepted.
Pat Barrett of the local club, who Is
matched TO play a series OF hest III
f fsok,v ga Foe s2o wi' Is s ssaIS M n pr r,ror fix
and is confident of winning. The open
ing set will be played at Casey''s court
n ha,l Iss f, fhyg cily n one week eei d later. nj n nr ne
games yesterday at the local court Ear.
rett did some very clever work \
bv having q slow partner and was beaten
in the team match. with Larry Forde
and Pat Scott, having Tom Dunno for
James Dnrkin Of Manhattanville IS out
with a challenge to play p. Hopkins OF
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21
Why He Shook the Child.

A man riding in Broad street omni
bus the other day, with small child in
his arms, was the object of many frowns
rom the other passengers, because he
persisted in vigorously shaking the lit
tie one on account Of her crying The
shakings he gave the child did not ap-
pear to have any effect except to make
her cry the harder The women in the
bus glared at the man aud said mean
things about him to Zach other The
men looked over the tops Of their papers
occasionally and swore inaud.bly The
father wore worried look, and the baby
continued to cry. Occasionally it would
stop, and its head would nod sleepily
Then the father would shake the young
7ter vigorously, waking it up and start
Ing its tears afresh
Finally woman, who had been nerv
umsly watching the unnatural father,
walked oyer and asked him why he Was
maltreating the youngster. why. "
said he, 1--we got to shake her to keep
her awake. She swallowed some kind
Of drug, and if she goes to sleep shell
die. y just then the bus stopped at
Broad and Thompson, and the father
and child got off and entered the Chil-
d,pn's hospital philadelphia Record
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21
Married.,

A very quiet but pretty weddin g
took place at the residence of Mr.. Jno.
McLaurin last night, when Mr.. Peter
McLaurin was welded to Miss M. Scott
of Grand Marais.
Rev. w. l.. H. Rowand conducted IN
ceremony which took place at $50 while
Miss Kate McLaurin acted as bridesmaid
and Mr. Hugh Piper assisted the groom
L he bride was dressed in beauti uI
costume of mauve serge trimmed with
surah silk and presented a charming
appearance.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
tie company repaired to the dining
room where sumptuous repast was
partaken of, after which vocal and in.
strunental selections were rendered auo
enjoyed by those present.
The newly welded couple will take uE
their residence in Fort William. anC
The Journal and their many friends wisl
them long years of happiness and pros
perity.
The above was taken from the Fort
William Journal of the 3rd inst. Miss
Scott has a host of friends here with
whom The HERALD JOINS in wishing the
young couple long and happy married
life,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21

Further experience in India tends to
establish the value of Prof. Heffkine's
,noculations against cholera. DR.. Simp-
son, health officer of Calcutta, reports
one instance in which a fatal case Of
cholera led to the incubation, two DAYS
>afterward, of eleven of the eighteen
remaining members of the HOUSEHOLD, and
IN second outbreak of the disease these
eleven escaped while four of the seven
uninoculated were attacked, three fatally
After an outbreak in ANOTHER loca?ity
ll6 persons we're inoculated out Of about
200 in the district. This was followed
by ten casAs-seven fatal of cholera and
choleraic diarrhoea. not one occurring
among the inoculated persons. The
discomfort of the iooculati,ns is stated
to be milder and of shorter duration
than that of vaccination against sinai :
pox. For complete protection. inocuu-
ton with a mild vaccine shonid Be TO-
lowed after five days by the use OF a
stronger vaccine The operations are
always harmless.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21
Tho First Lesson of an Arab Gov.

The very first lesson which an Aral
baby learns when he begins to talk i!
to keep facts to himself It does no
sound very friendly put in that way
but it saves deal Of trouble. Foreign
ers do not understand Arabs. They asl
them pointed questions and receive Pc
culiar answers. They construe the al
swers to please themselves, and con
away to tell the world that the Aral
are nation CT liars. They are not a liz.
ton of liars. Perhaps if they should tel
the foreigners to mind their own affairs
and let them and theirs alone the for
eigners would understand them letter
"Yamcud,' Ey Henry Willard French
in St. Nicholas.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21

Numerous rubber-producing plants
exist@in w est Africa. From a genus of
climbing shrubs, with stems four to SIX
inches III diameter and numerous bran
ches which support themselves, on neigh
boring trees, an important industry was
started 90 the Guild Coast in 1882 by
SIR Alfred Mal"ney, and in 1893 The pro-
duct had reached an annual value Of
81 100000. In 1894 the Governnr of
Lagos brought experienced rubher-col-
Letting natives from the Gold Coast to
his colony. a new rubber yelling tree,
known to the natives as "Irt,' or "Irai,"
was soon found to be abunaant in the
Interior Of the colony, and the rub Der
export of Lager is already important.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21
:OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Q. J..Johnson and Gust Peterson left
lover tho trail Wednesday morning for
Duluth.
The infant child OF Mr.. and Mrs. AL.
Scott died Tuesday morning and was
buried Wednesday afternoon.
John and William Howenstine re-
turned "Wednesday evening from a trip
to Gun;lint John left this morniug for
his home in Itasca, Wis.
The lighthouse board has issued notice
that on Dec. IA fixed white lantern
light Will be established on the outer
end of the breskwater at the east-rly
side of the entrance to Two Harbors,
westerly spart of Lake Superior. The
focal plane of the light will be thirty
feet above the mean lake level and the
lantern will be suspended from brown
iron post erected on the end of the break
water.
The Booth steamer s. B. Barker went
to Grand Marais yesterday with full
cargo of freight and passengers. Upon
her rnturn today or early tomorrow she
will commence taking out several car
goes of south shore camp supplies to
various points and will probably be en-
gagged at that work for four or five days.
Afterthat is competed,if weather permits
she will make several north shore trips.
Duluth Herald of,the 18Th inst.
In conversation with one Of the Oldest
Indians here, this morning, We were
uniformed that their treaty with the gov
ernment gives them the privilege OF
killing game on their reservations. If
this is the case they are perfectly safe in
doing so as United States district Judge
has recently decided that Indians can kill
game contrary to the state law, provid-
ed their treaty with the government
gave them that privilege. That is, the
treaty is paramount to the state law.
This settles long mooted question.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21
THE .FtSH'S BALLOON.
A Mystery That Scientists Fave Not Ye
Been Able to Ss.:yA

A Mystery That Scientists Fave Not Yet
Been Able to Solve.
Naturalists long ago studied the com.
position of the gas contained in the
swimming blndder of fishes and discov
cred that it consists of the PRINCIPAL
constituents. Of the air-nanlely, oxygen,
nitrogen and carbonic acid But these
constituents are not ming led in the fish s
balloon in the same proportions as they
are in the atmosphere, and besides their
proportions do not remain always the
same in the fish Sometimes the bladder
contains hardly any oxygen, at others
oxygen constitutes niue-tenths Of the
whole contents
The variation III tho quantity Of oxy
gen is somewhat mysterious, and nat
1ralists have offered several different
suggestions as to the cause Of it Some
thi1 the fish may DO ssuIe to coitro the
quantity of oxygen in it's bladder by it's
own will Blot, a distinguished French
naturalist, thought he had solved the
problem by discovering that the proper.
ton OF oxygen was larger III fish that
lived at great depths and smaller in
those that lived nea, the surface of the
sea.
But quite recently new observations
made from the Prince of Monaco s yacht,
Prnlcess Alice, seem to prove that Blot
was mistaken and that the deep dwell
ing fish carry 40 more oxygen in proper.
ton than do those living ia shallow wa
ter Some Of the fish whose swimming
bladders were examined by the natural
lists Oh the Princess Alice came from /,
depth Of no less than d mile
They were compared with fish which
seldom descend below 200 feet III depth
and with others which prefer a depth of
about 500 or 600 feet, and all had near
ly the same proportion Of oxygen to aid
them in swimming
The variations mentioned above seem
therefore to depend upon some othe,
cause than the depth of the fish $ dwell
ing place.
1t is these unsettled questions that Of.
fer to young natural lists some Of their
most brilliant opportunities for distinc-
ton 1t is a great mistake Co suppose
that there does not remain a plenty of
room for discovery in science Youth s
Companion
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-12-21

The frankness of the Minnesota ply
siclan who made the following affidavit
is worthy of commendation from all men
"This is to certify that Sarah Langen,
supposed to be single, died on February
8, 1895. I have no memorandum stat
in just the cause of death, and have
had more to think about in caring for
the living than thinking about the dead.
However. l am quite certain that she
is dead, and have certified to that fact
at least once before. She was patient
of mine, and hat ought to at least give
me authority whereof I speak, and pos
slbIy that ought to be sufficient guar
antee that she il dead.'