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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21

PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING COAL TO
the Public Schools OF Jersey City.
Sealed proposals are hereby invited for the
furnishing, delivering and placing In the
proper receptaeles five hundred tons, mere cr
less. &bf the best quality Of Lehigh, Glen
wood, .Scrantan. Consolidated. Susquehanna.
Green Ridge or Wilkesbarre coal in egg. stove,
nut and pea sizes, 10 the Public Schools of
Jersey City. n. J.. for the hscal year Begin
min Dseember /, 1896, and ending November
SO, 1897.
Said coal must be furnished at 2.248 los. to
the ton, well screened. and to be delivered in
SUCH Quantities as the Committee on Fuel
or the Board may direct.
The Bidder viii state the company and
mine Breaker from which he win supply coal.
Proposals TO be presented at the next regu-
lar meeting of the Board, to be held FRIDAY.
November q. 1896.
The Board reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bids in whole or in part.
The names of suretes 10 oids
for the performance of contract.
By order of the Board Of Education
DAVID R.. DALY.
EDWARD N. WATSON.
H. BEACH
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21

Last night in San Francisco Jimmie
Carroll was defeated in ten round by
Jack McAuliffe on points. The fight was
for a purse Of $1,000 and a SIDE bet Of
$1,000 mora
The Gotham Athletic Club held It's open
ing bout in New York last night Frank
Zimpfer of Buffalo and Dan Mcmahon OF
Detroit met in a battle at ten rounds. In
the seventh round Zimpfer had his man
0 and the referee stopped the fight:
Bobby Dobbs defeated Joe Fielding and
Charles Strong of .ewark won a hard
battle with Henry Baker Of Chicago. IL
was to have been twelve rounds, but
strong had his mar all but out in the
tenth and he won.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21
CORPORATION NOTICE.

dated Jersey city, November %. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21
CORPORATION NOTICE

Dated Jersey city. November
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21
HIT By A FALLING HAMMER.

dated Jersey city. November q. lsgs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-21

To make cranberry jelly, wash care
fully a qua of selected berries and put
them In a porceiain-lined kettle with a
small cup Of water and hall a pound of
good white sugar; allow them to boil
steadily for twenty minutes and then
press through a jelly bag into a mould
which has previously been rinsed with
cold water. says the ladies Home Jour
nal" Set away in a cool place for sew
eral hours, when 1T Will be ready to
serve. This quantity should be sufficient
for six persons.
Some Of the most up-to-date tea tables
have ornamental brass handles on each
side. so they can be conveniently carried
from room to room. 1t is a fad now for
mfIady to make tea In which ever room
she happens to be, and have 'the noun
tain brought to Mahomet" after the
English fashion; or. in other words, tt
have the tea service carried to her.
The herald., 1896-12-13

''Since thes ale of our former home to
the United States for Lincoln museum"
said Mr. Peterson, efforts have been made
to get these pillow cases for this museum.
The climax was reached when bona fide
offer of $1,000 was made me for these sad
reminders of the most tragic incident in
our country's history. There was no neces-
sity for me to part with these pillow cases,
and so informed the intending purchaser.
He told me incidentally however. that they
were not to be placed on exhibition in the
Lincoln museum here, but he had instruc-
tions to buy them if possible for private
individual
There is nothing attrattive either in
workmanship or design about these pillow
cases. which are of the plainest imaginable
description, without lace or other trim
ming or even hemstitched. They were
needed by Surgeon General Barnes. who
attended the martyred president In his
closing hours, and were procered by Master
Peterson from his mothers linen closet.
After President Lincoln was removed from
the Peterson residence to the White House
these pillow cases, stained with patriotic
blood, were secured by Fred Peterson and
he has owned them ever since that mem
orable Friday night in 1S65.-Chicago Tri-
bune,
The herald., 1896-12-13
NOTES OF THE DAY.

To play football was crime In Eng
land during the reign of Henry VIII.
The total capital represented by the
roads in this country in the hands of
receivers on June 80, 1885, was 81, 439, ,144,-
5O3.
After the fly season Is over, fishermen
on the Coos river in Oregon caught large
numbers of trout by using salmon eggs
for bait.
The salaries of 5000 teachers of Georgia
due on November 1, have not yet been
paid, because there is no money in the
state treasury.
Instead of celebrating their victory
in the usual way, the Republicans of
Shelbyville, Ind, determined to distrib-
ute potatoes among the poor.
Gold in large quantities has been dis
covered in the interior of New Guinea
by Sir William McGregor, the governor,
who recently travelled across the island.
Two Paris aeronauts are going to try
to beat the balloon record by remaining
twentyfour hours In the air. The rec
ord is now held by CASTOR Tissandier,
The herald., 1896-12-13

piled with trumpets. of which these ami
mails are afraid.
A Canadian paper calls attention to a
nursing bottle advertisement which con-
cludes with the words: when the baby
is done drinking it mist be unscrewed gnd
laid in cool place under tap. If the
baby does not thrive on fresh milk it
shoulty be boiled"
Under the operation of the Vermont H.
brary law fifty-nine towns have established
libraries within the last two years, making
a total of 1l8 public libraries in Vermont:
The cost of books given by the state, in
Guiding the expense of the library commits
sion, is placed at only about $4,000
1t is said that almost every morning a
score or more dead birds are found at the
base of the Washington MONUMENT at the
national capital. They lose heir lives by
flying against the shaft in the dimness Of
twilight or-daybreak. All kinds of birds
meet death in this way, but the English
icle.
The herald., 1896-12-13
NOTES OF THE DAY

A young Englishman from Johannesburg
now in Washington says that shop-keepers
in that town make at least 100 per cent
profit, Everything is booming and wages
are high. W
In the safe of a certain undertaken in
Augusta there are five envelopes. which
contain fun instructions from people now
living as to what TO do with their bodeis
after death.
A bird-lover of louisville writes deplor-
ing the extinction of song birds in the south,
and says that for three years he has not
heard a r1ockdng bird in the woods where
they used to abound.
Russia will take a general census of the
empire on February January rs, old
two or three weeks earlier in the more re-
mote districts of Siberia and Central Asia.
A pleasant guess is to name how many
dollar bills would be required to weigh as
much as a $40 gold piece. Answers f1uctu-
ate between 900 as the lowest and 1000 the
correct number being thirty-four.
Another of the Chilean thirty-knot torpe-
do-boat destroyers The Captain Munos
Camera. built by the Lairds, Brkenhead
England. has been tested. making an aver
age of S0.42 knots an hour on the official
trial.
Though the Cook islands in the South Pa
cfic have been annexed to the British en-
pire for but eight years. their federal coun-
Gil has passed bill to keep out persons
of bad character, drunken habits and un-
sound mind.
On Victorian railways "station mistress
es" are rapidly replacing station masters
Over 200 women are now holding the post
and they do their work as well as men
Their average annual salary is 500, where
as the station masters received $780,
Shipping at Hamburg amounted to $685.
900 tons in 1895. while Liverpool has only
$685. ,959 tons to its credit for the same year.
In ten years Liverpoors shipping has in
creased about 40 per cent while Hamburgs
shows an increase of about 70 per cent.
Wild dogs, as dangerous as wolves have
lately been abundant in those parts Of
Japan that were devastated by the tidal
wave of June Is. They killed several coun-
try postmen. until these ofl1cials were sup.
The herald., 1896-12-13
MR.. VANDERDL'S TASK
He Is Learning to Write His
Name
HIS RIGHT HAND USELESS
Lesson Of the Head Of the Great
Family
Engaged an Instructor of Penmanship
to Teach Him to Use Pen With
His Left Hand.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA man who is
worth 500, ,000,0 600 and who controls more
than $400,000.000, yet cannot write his
own name, is something of an oddity.
But this Is precisely the position that
Cornelius Vanderbilt, head of the most
powerful family in the country, is in.
Moreover, he is now learning to write,
and for that purpose has been laboring
with pen and paper just as studiously as
the very small boy In school room.
Mr.. Vanderbilt lost his ability to write
when he was taken with paralysis last
summer. AS all the world knows, his
affiiction was brought about by worry
ing over the engagement of his son,
Cornelius, jr., to Miss Grace Wilson. It
was while arguing with the boy that the
tiny clot of blood settled upon his brain,
producing the paralysis which almost
cost him his life.
This happened nearly five months ago.
Since then Miss Wilson has become Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., and the eldest
daughter of the afflicted millionaire has
become Mrs. Harold Payne Whitney
These domestic excitements, together
with the recent death Of his mother.
have retarded his recovery seriously,
The herald., 1896-12-13

storm; in the latter five times. More
over, the violence of the lightning was
much less in the former case.
Illinois has q greater number of miles
OF railroad than any other state, 10, SO.
Pennsylvania is second, with 1866 miles:
Texas third, with 9222.SS miles. Rhode
Island has the least mileage, 221.06. New
York has S07S.25 miles; Ohio $500 23; In
diana 6295. 2S.
German explorers in New Guinea, DR..
Lauterbach, DIR. Keruting and Herr Tap
penbeck, discovered in October, at the
foot of the Bismarck mountains. a navi-
gable stream flowing through a fruitful
and thickly populated plain, over which
they travelled for 200 miles. This is the
first well-populated area that has been
discovered in the interior of New Gui-
nea.
The herald., 1896-12-13

who, in March, 1875, made balloon
journey of twenty-four hours and forty
minutes.
1t is related of a Durham cattle man
that he went to Kansas City, Kan, and
while drunk bought a block of town lots,
which few days afterward he sold at
5000 profit.
A Lincolnshire (England) rector,
writing in the London Times, says he
has an income of exactly $1,000 year,
and this year he has paid 1920 out Of 1t in
rates and taxes.
Prussia's high executioner, Herr
Reindel being about to retire, hundreds
of applicants for his position have ap-
peared He gets $37 for each execution
and his travelling expenses.
The proprietor of an omnibus plying
between Kilburn and Liverpool street,
London, offers as an inducement to pas
sengers free insurance against accidents
to all who ride thereon.
Ks User Wilhelm is extending his idea
of artistic collaboration. He is now said
to be at work on a historical drama,
which young poet of Wiesbaden will
put into German verse for him.
The eminent Hebraist, Prof Meyer Of
the University of Bonn, is quoted as
authority for the assertion that the Ian
guage spoken by Jesus Christ was not
Hebrew, but Aramaic, language now
extinct.
A religious sect at Orissa, in the Ben
gal presidency, worships Queen Victo-
ria as it's chief divinity. 1t has been dis
covered that she is also an object of
worship in one of the temples at Toom-
loong, in Tibet.
A French inventor proposes, seriously
it would seem, to scare away rats, moles,
ETC., by placing about artificial figures
of cats, made of plaster of terra Gotta,
and having eyes of phosphorescent ma
teral.
A scientific authority on physical de-
velopment has recently given his ideal
} of a theory for perfect physical condi-
ton, as follows: Exercise moderately
and temperately for short time at the
save relative hour every day Of your
life"
Recurrent appendicitis has cause c..
B. Martin of Shelbina, Mo-, to undergo
four operations within eighteen months.
The new British torpedo boat destroyer
Express is to have speed of thirty
three knots, or thirty-eight miles, an
hour.
India has Just celebrated h1k annual
cocoanut day, sacred to the worship of
its god of the sea. In order to propitiate
this diety, cocoanuts are thrown upon
the sea by the Brahmin priests. but the
practical Mussumans gather these vo-
! tive offerings from the waves and sell
them again.
Telephone wires seem to have an i'm
portant influence in preventing light
ming from striking. according to the in
vestigations of the German telegraph
department. Three hundred and forty
towns with telephone systems, and 500
towns without them were under obser-
walton. In the former the lightning
struck three times for every hour of
The herald., 1896-12-13
Rupture Cured in Three Months After
Twenty-Five Years of Suffering
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. 1896.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. 1896.
State of California, County of Los An
geles, IS:
Before the undersigned notary public,
within and for the county of Los Ange-
les, state of California, this 18th day
of November, 1896, came Ed. Ehrlich, of
lawful age, who by just duty sworn
says:
/ live at Mentone, San Bernardino
county, in the state Of California was
troubled for twenty-five years with a
severe case of rupture. During all these
years l have consulted many physi-
clans and have worn many trusses of
many kinds but without any benefit
whatever. BY chance I saw testimoni-
ais from people who were cured of long,
standing ruptures through Prof Jos.
Fandry, of S21 South Broadway, Los
Angeles. l made up my mind, as last
resort, to see the European Specialist
On August 5, 1896, ] visited Prof. Fam
dry in regard to my case. He furnish
ed me with his handmade Truss,
(Which is patented), with full instruc-
tions how to use it. l followed care
fully the directions, and today, three
months after putting on the Fandry
Truss 1 am perfectly cured of rupture
of twenty-five years standing. On the
18th day of November again visited
Prof. Fandrey, and told him felt that
I was cured He asked me as favor
to go before the most prominent doctors
in Los Angeles and let them examine me.
| was examined by four doctors and
they gave me certificates (Which can
be seen at Prof. Fandrey's office) that
was perfectly cured of rupture.
In witness whereof ] have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 18th day of
November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six.
(Signed) ED. ENRICH. Gso
Sworn and subscribed before me this
18th day of November d. 1895.
(Signed) JOS. e. WISEMAN,
Notary Public in and for Los Angeles
county, state of California.
The herald., 1896-12-13

and today he is far from being we'll
man, although he has made as much
progress as could reasonably be ex-
pected.
For several months he gave no atten-
tion whatever to business matters, but
about two months ago, when he was still
at his Newport palace, The Breakers, it
became necessary to attend to certain
financial affairs. He is practically in
control of the fortunes of all his sisters,
and brothers. as well as his own, and
there are certain matters in relation to
the management of this wealth which
devolve personally upon him. He must
either perform these duties, or the intri-
cate machinery which keeps the Wander
bilt millions in motion must be complet-
ly altered.
HIS RIGHT HAND USELESS.
One of the first requisites, of course,
was his signature to various documents
This Cornelius Vanderbilt was unable
to perform The paralysis had attacked
his right side. and today his right arm
and hand are practically useless. mis-
fortune of this kind might have unnerv-
ed some men, but Mr.. Vanderbilt was
unwilling to give up the struggle and re-
tire to live a quiescent life amid the lux
uries of his wealth.
Chauncey Depew was with him at The
Breakers when he made the attempt to
write his name and failed. Turning to
his chief adviser, Mr.. Vanderbilt said:
"It seems, Depew, that can't write with
my right hand, but my left side Is good
and strong. Other men have learned to
write with their left hands, and / will
have to do it,
The same day his private secretary
was sent out to hire the best instructor
of penmanship in Newport. He was dl-
rected to hunt up Col. John r. Leslie,
head master of the Rogers high school,
and when that gentleman was informed
ed to teach Mr.. Vanderbilt how to write
he was naturally surprised
TWO HOURS SCHOOLING A DAY
But the lessons began the next day,
and for two hours each day thereafter
the millionaire pupil received the same
instructions that had been given him
forty-odd years ago, when he was q
small boy living in very modest home
in the down town section of New York
Mr.. Vanderbilt was not content to
write his signature with facility; he
wanted to be able to write letters and
write them rapidly, too. So Col. Leslie
nut him through a complete course. Copy
books with various commendable words
family outlined were furnished him. and
he traced the letters as carefully as the
small boy around examination time. he
was shown how to hold the pen so that
the end of the holder pointed toward his
left shoulder. He practiced making
strings of the letter 0 for half an hour
at a time, and then made long success
sion of loops ranging from big one to
very small one. He was progressing
finely when the death of Mrs. w. H. Van
derbilt occurred, and then he came to
New York to attend the funeral
Since his return to his Fifth avenue
The herald., 1896-12-13
OUR BOARDING HOUSE

What, queried the boarder, who loves
conundrums, as he too kthe piece of toast.
"is the difference between, a wagon filled
with hickory. saplings and the mornings
work of police magistrate?"
There was a silence broken only by the
loud breathing Of the butter. Then the
conundrum boarder looked about him and
One is q load Of poles and the other is
q poll Of loads"
There was crash as the servant girl
dropped tray and raised the deuce.-Oma- :
ha-World-Herald.
The herald., 1896-12-13
HISTORIC PILLOW CASES.
Lincoln's Head Rested Upon Them at tn
Last-The Owner Refused $4,000.

An offer of $1,000 for pair of plain linen
pillow cases was refused in Washington
many housewives will follow this prece-
dent.
In this case. however. the pillow cases
have historic as well as intrinsic value. in
which the martyred Lincoln ISssed his
last hours. more than thirt-one years ago.
These pillow cases came into the possession
of Fred Peterson. to whose house President
Lincoln was conveyed after being shot by
J. Wilkes Booth at Fordrs theater, across
the street from the Peterson mansion, and
he has retained possession Of them ever
since, the precious relics being kept in q
large tin box made for them.
The herald., 1896-12-13
ONE
BOTTLE
CURES

ney's Kidney and Bladder Cure cured
v. CARLSON, NO. ago 10th St, Dem
Curtis sts., Denver, Colo., irldorsts Nc
E. H. Mansen, 1928 Coona St., Denver,
Kidney and Bladder Cure and have been
3iOi Stout ST., Denver, Colo, says:
Kidney and Bladder Cure and am en-
The herald., 1896-12-13

home he has practiced permanship
daily, but without the supervision of an
instructor Now he is able to sign checks
and other documents, and it would al
most require the eye of an expert to de-
tect any difference between his left-hand
signaturs and those executed by his
right hand prior to his Illness.
The physicians are hopeful that in time
Mr.. Vanderbilt will recover the use of his
right side, but even at the best this will
be a matter of considerable time.
The herald., 1896-12-13
SEAL.
Offlce or
The WherrcIl Institute

For the cure of lnebriety, Opium, Tobac-
co Habit and all Nervous Diseases.
43I1a S. Spring ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. H. 1896.
This is to certify that have this day
examined Mr.. Ed. Ehrlich, who said
that he had been ruptured for twenty
two years; that he had been wearing
Prof Fandrey's Truss since August Sd,
1896, and was pronounced cured. After
careful examination found no evidence
whatever of rupture.
c. G. CAMPBELL. MD.
General Medical Director.
The herald., 1896-12-13
HE WILL SIOUxICIDE NOW

There was a young man in Sioux Ctv
Who thought chorus girls were tioux
pretty:
So he spent all his dough
On the girls in the shough
And now that he's broke fioux pity.
.t.. Omaha World Herald
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05

The polls have been closed nearly
twenty-four hours and although Nc
Kinley's election is claimed by Re-
publicans and conceded by the lead
ing free silver papers of Chicago and
New York, yet the Democratic NOM
inee, William J. Bryan, has chances
and States from which full returns
have not been received may mater
tally change the result. At the hour
of going to press it is impossible for
the LEDGER to approximate the num-
Der of electoral votes each Presiden-
tial candidate will receive. The fol-
lowing from Chicago is the latest es-
innate:
ELECTORAL VOTE AT 8 O'CLOCK.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 4, 3 p. MAS
sociated Press dispatches received up
to this hour indicate McKinley's cleo
tion by the following electoral votes:
New England, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa
Maryland, Illinois, Kentucky, Wesi
Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Mime
sofa, South Dakota. Total, 25s.
For Bryan: South Carolina, Geor.
gia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
Louisiana, Arkansas, Montana, Idaho,
Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Texas, Ten
nessee, Virginia, Nebraska, Missouri.
North Carolina, Kansas. Total, 1853.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
MAD WAGER.
Two Campaign Sports Who Startled
the Community.

From the Washington Star.
elbow Is the election going7n asked
o Star reporter of one Of the oldest I'M
"I d'no," was the reply. "This IL
the fust time I didn't feel sble to VEN
ture aguess. But I can'trisk myreppy-
tation ez q f~ar-seein' man by given
ont NO opinions"
"But I understand that some OF the
men here r so positive that they've
bet on the election
aThet's what makes me 90 skittish.
I never zoe anything like the doIn's
that are afoot ct the present time.n
stSome Of the bets made are very
unusual, / understand.n
@Some of 'em ID the fooiishestI ever
heard on.n
some man, they tell me, has agreed
to 60 for one year with nj side OF his
whiskers shaved on II Bryan il elect
ed.n
soThat's . fack. AM the Teller thet
bet weth him says thet ct he loses HEN
ride . calf ter town every mornin, fur
q week.
a suppose sevsralwaasrs have been
made by which the Iosers wheelthe
winner around in wheelbarrows7n
ayes, thet's been done, too. And
Jud swinker, he made q bet wsth 81
-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-11-05
County Court News.

1t is ordered by the court that the
State Auditor be requested to draw
his warrant in favor of F. V. Gentry,
Treasurer of Audrain county, for the
amount of county foreign insurance
tax fund money apportioned to said
county by the State Auditor on Oct.
/, 1896, as required by section 4 Of the
act OF March 20, 1895.
It is by the court ordered that the
polling place in Thompson precinct,
No. Is, is hereby designated the same
as was used at the general election in
1894, provided the same can be secur-
ed; If not, then the blacksmith shop.
The following bills were allowed:
j. B. Woolery, change road sec
ton 2o-5I-10. ...............s is 50
L. 7. Shootman, quarterly sal
arg as janitor Court House. 40 90
A. Pftzer, bridge lumber. is "a
H. Schambach, bridge lumber. 80 Sc
Wm. Diesel, bridge irons 81 a
J. N. Stephens,acct. as Sheriff. az 80
P. NJ. Morris, as Circuit Clerk. 40 &c
A. P. johnson, as Constable. u
]. III. Davis, boarding jury State
va. January SO 81
w. W. Mundy, bridge lumber. 100 q