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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
TEACHERS ENTERTAINMENT.

In the chapel of the Lafayette M. E.
Church. last evening, the Teachers AS
ISOLATION gave an entertainment for the
benefit of the Sunday School. The pro-
m opened with an overture on the
plan by Messrs. Anderson and Borst.
Miss Mamie Hecht then played Homer
Bartlett's .Polke de Concert" and Mr..
Harry Moore told 1.-THE Sergeant's Story"
Miss Grace Black sang "of Thee I'm
Thinking, Margaretha.' by Meyer-Hei-
mund. Two itableaux, entitled The, Sc
cret' and Hush" were displayed at
this point. Mr.. Robert Anderson then
played a cornet solo, and another tab
leau, 1.-THE Artists Dream" was ,ex-
posed. Miss Flora Wittpenn played a
violin solo.
The second part opened with an over
ture by Messrs. Anderson and Borst.
This was followed by two tableaux,
"Santa's Mistake and The First Kiss,
Master Edison Heck SAM sweetly and
Mr.. Harry Moore had another story to
tell, that of Jamie and the Owl" Miss
Flora Wfttpenn again played a violin
solo, and after two more tableaux, THE
Ride and give O'Clock Tea" were
shown, Mrs. Walter Williams sang, A
chorus, Shaking Quakers," and a dia-
logue, entitled Our Old Maids" recited
by Mrs. Walter Williams and the Misses
Milfe Wilson, Bessie Roberts and Sadie
Wilson, closed an evening of delightful
ENTERTAINMENT.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

position, and n In which = politician
ike lCosey, who would work the office
for, the benefit Of his party, has no
business. Gordon was appointed py
Governor Green, and mas been there
ever since. From what Republican leaders
say there As little prospect OF mis- being
disturbed by Governor Grlggs.
The next branch the colored tree shot
out was the. doughty Colonel MlIrFell,
TOO. He went sailing Through the CORR
corruption and trickery of every. mig
gen" athat is the word he uses himSe!D
in the State. and looking for the IN
fiuence of members to secure the appoint
ment of his boy as a age. But recently
the tree put forth man branches. most
of whom are beseiging the G~overnor.eiect
by petition and otherwise In behalf or
Henri Herbert, the wela-to-do cigar man,
ufacturer of Trenton. They set forth al
Republican paaty and claim recognition
usual recognition that lis given them; the
privilege of blacking boots In the state
House, the position Of polisher IN chief
of the brass works or a high private, IN
the snow cleaning or ~scrIbbing bfigades,
but a position on one of the State
Boards. with all its accompanying honof,
responsibility n emoluments.. They
think that the State Board of Assessors
IS about their size, and that Mr.; HsT-
lers to be rstailed ct three for ten. has
nj useful INFORMATION which will en-
able him to intetiigently assess corpor-
ate property. is about the right mar for
the place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
RANK CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Under This Regime Democratic
Portraits Can't Hang on the
State House Walls.
Special to the jersey cstp Wees.

TRENTON, Dec. IS, 1Ss5.-The rampant
craftsmanship of the present Republican
regime in the State House world be
comical if it was not so silly. Its latest
manifestation has been made in con-
nection with the hanging OF portraits.
Those who recall the old Assembly cham
Der villa remember that the walls were
adorned with oil paintings of Lincoln,
Washington. Zoe Parker and Phil
Kearny, New Jerseys great soldier.
When the new chamber was built all
these portraits were carefully put away.
Some were hung in the Committee rooms
while others were slowed away behind
c~upboards. Last winter Mr.. Derousse
secured the passage of a resolution di-
recting the custodian ito bring out
Washington and Lincoln and hang them
up on the walls of the chamber. When
this lax been done, some one asked why
Parker and Kearny were not hung up
too and was comteanptuousiy told that
they were Democrats.
Better judgement seems to have crept
into the party some time afterward and
General Kearny's portrait was placed
In the rotunda to the right of the cor
rider. As the Statesmen passed through
the rotunda yesterday they We're sur
prised TO lind that General Kearny's
portrait had given place to that of a
gentleman who was unknown to most OF
them. They approached n found on
the plate on the frame, Edward
BEETLE. President of the Senate 1ST1-72.
Inquiry developed the fact that MT.
! Bottle was a Camden Republican and one
Of Gen. Sawelf's most trusted political
| agents. 1t was also learned that Cen
oral Phil Kearny, whose military career
| ali the Republican place hunters and
conpqratioa hsrsclsnssn could eyer n9 3
B BaaSSn eahln ariv s!s co oIlses. N CUSTODIAN
the s aaggestion 81 the State House Com
e y eminen as1 Jerseymen VINO are deceased
| Is present the State with. portraits. e
be hung In the great rotnnda Of the
rSe spisssd With The result that the. walls
s s',o rat, 5 : a9 %in a IS or I Safleadles VIII e
no xwe ma1 naaaq 9hirfy SIX n n s ali. The S pss'
Raaas work r a nd ssen tns 81 permits sasafsa ar 4
Of a rare and valuable COLLECTION
States late g%ssoi59glst. osher paintings
VA ! agIv Be t huns si n th bei5 order sp II nu Which fhe s 5aes
on the, frst ftoor firsf and then proceed
up nnaong the portraits that. have beer
lafe William Walter. Phelps and Georg'
a. Hasely. Others that are approaching
!goas H1f. as GEN. ah0s Not 9f Gen. PsSrias
HHs saM s}isas HORACE Fsed II Cougar K. 'po Tnog aas
No preference 1. 10 pc given n por
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
AN APPROPRIATE GIFT
Sculptor Partridge's Present Of
a Bust Of Whittier to the
Whittier House.

Whittier House. as ''The News" an
nounced last week. will be presented in
February with a bust of the poet Whit
tier by the sculptor Partridge. The story
of how that honor was conferred upon
Whittier House is an interesting one.
Miss Cornelia Bradford. head worker
of Whittier House. was invited some
time ago to. speak in All Souls Church,
an Unitarian Church. New York, about
college settlements. and aid them IN
starting one in their wi church. She
accepted the invitation and told them
about the work of Whittier House, how
1t was organized and it's present four
ishing condition. Miss Bradford gave
them much valuable information about
Settlement work, and with her assist
anss they organized Friendly AID
House, a Settlement which is now do
ing excellent work.
Miss Bradford, was entertalned at thee
home of Dr& Theodore Wtlllams, the
pastor Of An. Souls Church, After the or
ganization of .sFriendly Aid House, pr.
Williams said to Miss Bradford, "Y0u
Element. isn't there something we uyS Sah
DO for ys1,a? Hays Hay efo you , a 6nsf 81 she W had
IlefTs and rs br. W Rfaa59na s ss6.'e awouid you
In your hail? The sculptor, Partridge, is
a great friend of mine. and WIZ see
A short time ago Dr. Williams visited
Whittier House and told Miss Bradford
that the bust would be given to WhittieI
himself would present it. and would at
that time tell the STORY OF his friendship
for Whittier, and how the poet came 70
Sit for the bust, The bust will be pre-
sented to whittier House some evening
in February. =
A free d~ispensary has been opened at
Whjftra- House. which Is In charge OF
Dr.. Florence De Hart. After the holi.
days DR.. De Hart win he assisted "
the d~ispensary by another physician Wns
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
EXCESSES In ADMINISTRA-
TON.
From the Newark sunday Car

From the Newark Sunday CARL.
The charge to the Grand jury, by Judge
Depue or Tuesday suggests the inafct-
ment Of the Police Gommissl9ners d ROT
Y who Ns yiol At , Fhe ,a3sor e. s 5Sata m laWs
S50neps is 70 me snf snri BY the c Jaage az
evidence of deliberate Intention by the
Commissioners to ignore the law, while
s Z msw II RiIita asy0PTs Park & on 4 sunasy m mrn,
ing, is ~instanced as demonstrating me
general violation, of the statutes The
quiry that the case of drunkenness was
not due to open saloons, but TO the pri-
yate boetle n VIII q Mtfho 14n n 8
ishment.. even to those who work Ior
the public. The measures against the
!a,1,s - commisstonsrs. II , The suT Iess,s fe in
such a manner. would probably. take
the phase of a general arrangement
q sal oficiels for aT, not p saa g All Iof,
tax, Sidewalks, streets, lighting, rail-
roads, liquor and the rest.
form an excessive task If the officials at
win SO regard 1t. Certainly, II the ,Po-
initiate Mr.. Roosevelt. it would be no
more rharl fair. no more than consist
emit. that the Grand Jury, should Fook
county and City and township govern
ments; in the Freeholders. in the very
courts. Thu enforcement of every stat.
ute in the vast column of the Jaws of
New Jersey would make a very inter
esting situation in this community. 1t
would. indeed, not leave any part of
government unsca thed, and reminiscent
ces of the recent past could be cited with
effect, Are even the lawyers of Newark,
accountability?
To enforce one law against every OBJ
stacle. ruthlessly against public senti-
ment and In defiance of custom and at
vast expense of money, labor and dis
comfort, has been tried without success
in New York and in Newark, to the in
Jury of public order. 1t is true the Leg
fslature ought to give relief n max
the laws according to pubIic sentiment,
but .rhe Legislature will not act for New
ark or Jersey city, but according to the
views which Senators from each of
conditions radically different from those
easier to refuse to act. Relief which
proved may come-wdth the millennium.
and until it arrive and all laws are on
ON Grand Juries. In. the Mayors chair,
in the Council Chamber. and ON the COM
missions will do their best with condtt-
ions as they are, seeking to deal fairly
with all interests, to respect true pub
Lc opinion, to maintain public order. to
CONSULT public convenience and TO en-
courage virtue. And not be afraid.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
THAT QUEER FEELING
To Meet aud BE Friends with b
Girl Who Has Refused You.

l wonder how many young gentlemen
Inc even old ones-there are going about
in society who ave popped the ques-
tom to young ladies whom they meet
more or less constantly. and have been
rejected. The proper observation, / I'M
derstand. for the lady to max after this
painful n delicate duty has been per-
formed is, "But ] trust we shall remain
friends" The man may shake his head
and mutter: Friends be hangedr but
there Is no help for 1t.
AS they move In the same set they can
not avoid meeting one another, and, of
course, in a friendly way. 1t is only in a
very much lower rank in society that the
rejected one swears no other man shall
have his beloved object, and buys a Sec
ond hand pistol to prevent 1t. But
there Is probably always a certain queer
feeling between them, as OF a semi at
tached couple who might have been for
life but for that monosyllabie n scarce
ly articulate mo-" AS a matter OF fact,
she never does say No." but wraps up
the negative, as it were, in silver paper:
Il respect and honor you, Mr. Jones'
twho hoped to be called "Edwin!") "be-
yond everything, but what you asked
can never be."-London Illustrated News.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
HOW HALL GAME WROTE THE
DEEMSTER.T

"a Son of Hagar', (Hall Gaines sec
ond novel; produced three hundred
pounds ~(ifteen hundred dollars, and
has now achieved an immense success,
but its reception at the time was a fee
Bile one. Hall Gaines ground his teeth and
clenched his fist and said: Il will write
one more book; l will put into 1t all
the work that is IN me, and il the world
still remains Indifferent and contempt
nous. ! viii never write another" In
the meanwhile he had decided to fol-
low Rossettis advice, to write a Manx
novel;: and having Thought out the plot
of ''The Deemster." went to the Isle
Of Man to write. It was written in six
on the Egplanade at Douglas, in a fever
Of wounded pride. 7 worked oyer 1t
memories into it" he says: In the
meanwhile he maintained his family
with the best papers IN England. 'The
Deemster'' was sold for one. hundred
and fifty pounds (six. hundred ~doliars).
the serial rights having produced four
hundred pounds 1.-TWO Thousand 'dollars).
He would be glad to-day to purchase
Observation-Disclosures McClure's
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
PASSION OF MONEY-GETTING.
Evil OF Teaching Boys that Educa-
lion Han Only a erciAl Value.


Rev. Charles H.. Parkhurst, D. d. In
writing of 1.-THE Passion OF Money-Mak-
ing'' in December Ladies' Home Journal
says, concerning the prevalent idea re-
garding the value of an education to
boys: I'VE are considering the effect
which is going to be had upon the boy
by being led to feel that the value of his
training, whether 1t be obtained In asbusi-
ness college or in any other kind of a col
lege. is determdnable by the amount in
cash, stocks and securities in which it
may be expected ultimately to eventuate.
That is an indirect-but none the less
effect for being indirect-way of telling
the boy that mons Is so consequently
great a thing that the only value that
anything else can have is it's efficiency
in contributing to that end. 1t Is an in
direct way of telling him that the only
mental energy, the only value of a dis
ciplined brain. in fact. Is its al value;
which amounts substantially to listing
intelligence and putting it upon the mar
ket in mercantile competition with wheat
leather and railroad stock. OF course
| there is no intention as this on the part of
parents when they hurry their sons into
the store or the clearinghouse or on to
tie exchange, but the effect just stated
comes. is bound to come, n is damning
in its consequences"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL.
The Old Sailor Was Expected to Be-
UeYe Too Much.

AT one time a wealthy and not over
reverent retired s~eafaring man deter
mined that his reputation for respecta-
bility demanded his Joining the Baptist
Church. Forthwith he appeared before
the deacons for examination.
All progressed ~favorably until one of
the examiners asked If he believed that
Daniel was cast in a den of lions and
came out unframed. and that the wicked
keepers were deyoured, The Did man
hesitated a moment, but upon receiv-
ing an encouraging poke from the
brother who had him in charge. he &C
mitted hat 1t must be true, inasmuch
as 1t appeared in the Bible.
He. was then asked if he believed that
Jonah really existed three days and
three nights in the belly of a whale. and
was then cast forth u%nharmed, TO this
and a mental reservation. The next
query was as to whether he believed
actually. put into a furnace heated to
seven times its natural temperature,
and that they escaped unscorched. This
was too much for the old man. No.
he burst forth, Tn darned if do
Then. with incrsasing iret he added,
last fish story. either. Boston Budget
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
THE BENEFITS OF FICTION.
In This Age of Harsh P~ractfcaiities
1t Does Great Good.

Speaking at Lincoln, Engs recently
Of the taste for reading which distin-
guished the present age. Professor Jebb
observed that regret had sometimes
been expressed that works of fiction
formed so large a proportion of the
books borrowed from public libraries.
One of the best reasons for reading
novels was that they tended. to keep
the imagination alive, and the torpor
or extinction of the Imaginative faculty
teal life than was commonly recog-
njzed. "A dormant imagination meant
a deminshed power of understanding
rowing Of their human sympathies.
and this, in turn, implied a contraction
CONSEQUENT loss Of efficiency for tho
work of life. The supporters of a Mbra-
ry such as that ought not TO feel ary
disbursement If the lighter literG
ture, and especially the fiction. wes
found to be very largely In demand.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
Highest Of ali ii Leavening power.-Laeesss us. Govt Report
Rfs sMfs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
il he does he viii cut her wages away

or If he does he viii cut her wages wa
down.
But the girls are driven. by extreme
need, to go 10 work young, and the
amount they are now paid is q living
minimum.
Deprive she.c of work or reduce their
pay any further, and rhey must resort
to Illicit means to raise money Or else
go and jump Off q dock.
The evil % the age is too much lcgisla-
tion-too rcuch government.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
HoBNoB OF ARoANUMITEs.

The officers of the Grand Council OF
the Royal Arcanum of this State paid
their ANNUAL VISIT to William T. Sher-
man Lodge No. 1870 at Arcanum Hail,
last evening. They were Hospitality re-
ceiyed and partook OF a collation.. There
were also representatives from other
Jersey City lodges and there were many
speeches about the order in all parts of
the State.
Present at the hobnob and supper
were: Grand Regent Otis. Grand Regent
Vice Regent Apgar, Grand Chaplain
Grand Regents Douglass and Kaiimann,
Supervisory Deputies Lightfoot and
Sachs. Regent Battey, of Guiding Star
Regent Batfey Of Jersey City Council,
and many others prominent in Area
NUM- circles.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

to them under the peaelty frank. thus
avoiding postage.
1t is claimed the franAins WIS not
strictly in accordance with law. II it
was not, an amendment should be in
simultaneously ~intredrced in Congress
which viii make it legal. Every instinct
Of good policy and good seeling favors
providing our soldiers with the best men-
tai food, There Is no better work than
that OF the benevolent people who are
doing this ana The government SHOULD
contribute IT'S share to the work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
a%REENVILLB's NEW COP.

Matt yreeland, who was appointed a
chanceman at the last meeting of the
Police Commissioners. began his duties
in the Greenville precinct yesterday morn
ing. vreeland is a resident of G~reenyilic
and the fact that he Is stationed In his
there. He has already received the
sobriuuet of "the finest man on the
force,b because of his height, he meas
uring over six feet In his stockings,
Vreeland passed an excellent examina-
zion before the Police Commissioners and
was highly complimented by President
Abarpafhn M
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
BAY VIEW LODGE F. 4 A. M.

At the regular weekly communication
of Bay View Lodge. No. LAG, +. and AM.
at Linden Hall, Greenville, tomorrow
evening, the Master Mason degree will
Be conferred upon Mr.. William Cox,
Worshipful Master John J. Yuhl cordially
invites the craft to be present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
FINA NCIAL.
Money to Loan on Household
Furniture, Pianos. .sjs5

and personal property without removal. TIA
can have the use 0f both the property and
the money and you can have the money As
long as you desire. and you can pay IT NJ
fnstailments- Furniture leases paid AZ 4k<n6
more money advanced. Loans made promtt-
iy at the lowest rates. e,t
Cor. Grove St. Booream Building. Room No. 4.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

This paper is Democratic in principles
end is Independent in its vie:cs on all local
cuestlcuS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
MEETTNGS.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
JERSEY CITY. Dec. II, 1895,
Notice is hereby given that an election
for eight Directors of this Bank will be
held at the Banking House Tuesday, the
18th day of January next.
The polls will be open from u NJ. to /
P. M.
G. w. coNKLlN.
49,. .E..... -. Ca Shiar u
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18


1T is sad that there should be any
other voice raised han that of patriot
ism at such a time: but of the
ssSun', and the Post were bound to as
cribe the meanest motives to the Presi-
dent. The third term boom" is the
only thing they can think of.
It is hardly too much to say that the
President never thought of the effect OF
this act upon his future. Right or
wrong. there can be no doubt but the
message was dictated by h purest and
highest conviction OF right. and was
written only as a matter of stern duty
in contravention Of every personal de-
sire and instinct.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
Preslseat oleve,ana,. ms..age.

There is no ignoring the fact that
President Cleveland's Message on the
Venezuelan question takes UP a wholly
new position in diplomacy. and one
which will find scant favor outside OF
the American Continent. It is practically
tration.
It is indeed a novel proposition that. II
one nation refuses to arbitrate its differ
ences with another. a third shall step In
and say. Very we'll. if You will not agree
TO refer this matter to impartial arbi-
traitors. we will arbitrate it ourselves,
and we will undertake to enforce such
conclusion as we may come to-"
This is just what President Cleveland
proposes, stripped of all verbiage. There
is only one point open to doubt. If the
conclusions of our Commissioners were
adverse to Venezuela, would We. in thai
case, undertake to enforce them for En-
glands benefit. If not. why not?
On the other hand, the Presidents
logic is sufficiently direct and conclu-
siye. If We are to resist all acquisitions
of territory or power upon this continent
by all European powers, the present
quarrel is ais much our affair as any
other that is likely to arise. We Will
even be showing remarkable moderation
in making a preliminary enquiry before
ordering England off the disputed terri
tory under penalty of war. 1t is at least
evident tina the case is far different
from the Corinto one. There, England
simply enforced compensation for alleged
outrages on her subjects. Here, a terri
torial claim Upon American soil is made.
If the title does not airtedate the term
of President Monroe. we are obviously
Obliged to resist the claim or surrender
the Monroe Doctrine as a mere senti-
ment.
One fine result of the Presidents firm
appeal to Congress IS the patriotic re-
Spouse of both parties. 1t is good to see
that the capacity for warlike sentiment
Is still so great in a people who might
be thought to nave grown surfeited with
wealth ease. 1t may seem a small
matter that the Jersey City Board of
Aldermen adopted resolutions In en-
dorsement of the President a few hours
after the message was read: but there
is nothing small about it. 1t is the all
important thing. for it shows that the
people are devoted to their country. its
institutions and its traditions. and that
at the call of the Federal Government
they are ready to give their blood and
their treasure to assert our place among
nations.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

THE War Department he's issued IN
ssruotfons to officers in command o.
headquarters in the large cities that
magazines ard periodicals sent to en-
listed men at the various forts and posts.
which rave been contributed by certain
societies. Clubs, etc, for the benefit OF
soldiers, csnro be sent unless regular
postage is paid upoa tsAs matter.
This is an a~Doniuab.e piece OF national
nominees. FOR some tinas past religious
organizations and clubs, which subscribe
for these ~nagazines, haze after reading
them turned them over to army officers
In tho various cities to he sent to es-
listed men for their entertainment end
%--et. Tfis matter sres been forwarded