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Puppies and Flower Beds.

We once watched the united efforts Of
litter Of setter puppies, the particular
object being the destruction Of a fine
bed of geraniums, an enterprise which
promised maximum of result" with
o set off Of mere triae of an effort, If
once O protecting fence of wire netting
could be surmounted. One after another
the puppies charged the fence, only to
fall back baffled, but not discouraged.
Failure only made them more deter
mined. With savage barks and growls
they returned again to the attack until,
after desperate leap and scramble, the
biggest puppy rolled over among the
eeraniums. For q moment he was I'll
most awed by his success. He squeaked
and sat down, but only for a moment.
Then he hurled himself into the thickest
part Of the bed and tore the geraniums
IN nieces. Cornish.
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EMlR OF BOKHARA.
Bows Gracefully to the VIII OK the Rus
sian Government.

Bows Gracefully Co Cle w III OA VIC 1Suo-
sian Government.
The emir of Bokhara is one of the
most cautions and calculating of orien
tails, who knows how to bow gracefully
to the inevitable and to take credit to
himself for not gathering his own ven
cradle head against granite wall. I
remember striking incident that char
acterizes his practical philosophy and
his Unborn sagacity.
Some time ago the finance minister,
NJ. Witte determined to erect a custom
house in Bokhara and to levy duties Oh
all products and manufactures entering
into the country. 1t was generally be-
lieyed that this innovation would dis
please the emir, who enormously sup
posed that the proceeds of the customs
would go to FIJI the Russian exchequer.
The finance minister, therefore, called
upon him with number of statistical
documents and official returns, q careful
study Of which would, he thought, con-
vince the emir of the advantages of the
measure, but that careful study never
took place The minister began the con-
versation by asking whether he was
aware Of the nature of the proposed
change. The emir said he was. ut is
in your own interest" remarked the
finance minister, "as you can convince
yourself from these documents. But
the oriental prince merely asked, "Is
this being done with the knowledge and
consent of his majesty the czar?" Gun
doubtedIy it Is, replied M. Witte.
'"rhen his majesty's will be done, F." ex-
claimed the Asiatic potentato, and the
conference came to sudden and salts
factory end.
The emir has made strenuous an
persevering efforts to introduce Russia.
civilization into his dominions, and it
cannot be gainsaid that in this respect
his subjects Of today compare most ia
vorably with their barbaric fathers.
This is one of the reasons why he is
liked and honored in Russia. He is a
very wealthy man. with simple tastes
and q passionate love Of that species Of
shopping which in England is reserved
for the ladies. His food differs In no.
wise from that of his suit, and one Of
the ever recurring dishes consists Of
cake fried in the fat Of rams and known
in the vernaoular as parvanitshi, which
would give Pantagruel himself fit Of
fatal indigestion. The emir knows the
cost of every quality Of silk. calico,
chintz and cotton stuff in every city Of
Russia. and he haggles for u long time
over farthiug in the price Of the yard.
He never visits that country without
purchasing large quantities of these
stuffs, which he, in his capacity as
monarch, can take home duty free.
Then he sells them at a considerable
profit TO his native merchants, who en-
joy no such privileges. No man is more
careful of his money than the Prince Of
Bokhara, and yet on occasion he can be
| as generous as the most prodigal:
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Bicycle Statistics.

We knew it would come. The stats
tically minded individual was sure to
start on bicycles sooner OF later, and
now we have some of his figures.
A cycling journal estimates that there
are at least 0, 900, 900 of cycles in use in
the various countries Of the world. On
fine holiday it is fair to assume that
quite half that number Of cyclists will
mount their machines and go for spin
of 20 miles The 5000, 600 cyclists con-
sequently traverse total distance of
100, 600, 900 of miles-more than 4, 600
times round the world-in one dayl
The two wheels of the machine make
about 1900 revolutions per mile; conse-
quently the 10000, 900 wheels have put
in total of $40, 200, 600, 900 revolu-
lions. London TitBits.
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An Effectual Remedy.

His firmly set lips and the square cut
of his side whiskers showed at glance
that he was accustomed to surmount
obstacles instead Of yielding to them.
eve were day late in getting that
piece of work out, he remarked to the
superintendent of his business.
Yes Itwas one of those unfortunate
things that couldn't very we'll be avoid
ed.
"What was the matter?"
"You will remember that the order
reached US on Friday morning. 1t was
q pretty big job OF work, and the fore
man hated like everything to begin it
on Friday The men all looked kind of
glum when we talked about taking it
mp on that day, and, to tell you the
truth, didn't like to begin it on Fri
day myself. "
whats wrong with FridayP"
Nothing. Only you know the old
superstition about its being all unlucky
day. OF course, every body feels little
ashamed Of it. but, just the same. ev-
erybody recognizes it and is more or
less afraid of it. -
And you mean to tell me that this
superstition has saturated these shops
so that we're liable to be delayed Oh @
contractif Friday happens to interfere "
I'm afraid that is the case
"Wcll. I'll fix that
1T will be hard to do.
''No, it won't. It will be the easiest
thing imaginable. You notify the book
keeper and the cashier that hereafter.
instead of paying of on Saturday, all
employees will get their money Oh Fri
day. That'll arrange things so that in
stead of regarding Friday as unlucky
they'll spend the other six days Wishing
snr it To coma arouf1d NsgtssSs{e- nzsZss
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WAGON

R. a. Nicholas, Superintendent;
I've - Cape Charles. Va.
r B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight nd Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk. Va.
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leave Crisfeld fol Balti.
w more. on arrival of last down train.

Freight ana passengers recoIveG FOR oil points
on the N. y, phild.. 9nd Norfolk, Wlcomico and
Pocomoke II. Il. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads.
Positively no freight received after 90 p, II.
and must he prepaid to all points. except
on the n. z. .9hlla. and Norfolk Railroad
Willard Thomson, p h. Clark,
Genl Manager. GEM Agent.
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Mondays aud Thursdays FOR Ford's. Crlsneld,
Finnoys. Onancock, Chcsconnossox, Hunting
Creek and Mossongo RETURNINd-le leave
Messongo. Wednesday and Saturdays am.
Hunting Creek O. Chosconno9sex 11:30, OnHn-
cock $50, Flnncys 3, Cri5iield 6, Ford's 1850
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SUMMER sCHENULE suepr
or THE E55rrs
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Railway COMPANY

Railway COMPANY
Untilfurthor notice, viii run their s,osmorD &c
follows. twenthor porinlt.lng,l leaving South ST.
Wharf at $50 o'clock y. III.
Steamer POCUMOKE.
CAPT. HEwARD.
Tuesday and Friday for Crlsneld ,TanglerIslnnd,
Finneys ,Onancock, shelltown, Pitts Wharf Ce-
dar Hall, Rehoboth, Powells, Pocomoke City,
Mattoponl, and Snow Hill. RETURNING
Mondays ana Thursday, leaves Snow Hill
n. M, MattLponl $3.50, P0comOse City 3, Powell's
$3.50, Rohoboth 9, Cedar Hall $50, Pitts wharf
10, Shelltown 10:l5, Onanccok 2:30 p. ~, Fin
noy's 5, TGngior Island 4.30. Crishold G.
Stenm er EASTERN SHORE.
CAPT. g. II. RAYNoR.
Wednesday and Sunday for Orlsfleld. Har-
horton. Evans Boggs'. Cedar View, Nandua,
Concord, Reads, Dovis', Shields and Rue's.
RETURNING-leaves Rue's Tuesdaysand Fri
days $50 a. M, Shlclds'9, Davis 10, Reads
1920, Concord II, Nandua 1890. Cedar View
12.45, Boggs 2.45,Evans' 8. Herborton 3.l6. pm.
Crisheld 6.
steamer TANGKER,
CAPT. W. ". MATTHEW'S.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
DANGEROUS INTERFERENCE.

Policeman Sturges was informed by a
FitizeE shortly before one o'clock this
morning that a man was beating a wom-
an on Grand street, between Warren and
Van Worst streets. He ran TO the place
Rnd found a colored woman lying on the
1deWalk and a man, also colored, stand
hlg over her. Upon the officer asking the
man # the woman was his wife he an
sWered with abuse, showing that he was
Under the influence of liquor. Sturges at
tempted to pick the woman up, when
both she and the mar attacked him and
pc was obliged to call assistance to ar
rest them.
They gave their names as '.Mr. and
MrS. r.. Marshall, No. 1853 Grand street"
Police Justice Potts fined them s. each
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
AsPIRITUALIsT'S FUNERAL.
Mrs. Levy Sent Rhymfpg FarewelIs
to Mourners by Her Grave.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. 1s96.-At the
funeral of Mrs. Levy, the well known
s~piritualist, which took place at Oak Hill
Cemetery yesterday, there were. accord
ing to the assertions of some of her
friends and co-workers in spiritualistic
seances, some very strange happenings.
The number of attendants at the cere-
mony was somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of FIVE hundred. and while many
of those present were impelled to attend
the services merely by curiosity. no
slight number were there to attest their
respect for the dead mediums claims
while living to communicate with the
dead.
The services were conducted by a Mrs.
Jacques, q regularly ordained minister
of the spiritualist sect and a lifelong
friend of Mrs. Levy, who, when the body
of the deceased was lowered into the
grave. declared that the spirit of the
dead had communicated certain things to
her, and the sorrowing family surround
ing the grave were each comforted with
a message in rhyme from their departed
relative.
The scene then manifested had quite a
singular effect upon many of those pres
ent and such a gruesome picture and pc
culiar service over the dead was alto
gether novel to the ancient and sacred
shades of Oak Hill Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
ONTONAGON'S AGONY.

CALUMET, Mich, Sept. 2, 1850 dis
tressing has become the condition of the
fire sufferers in Ontonagon that they have
nearly reached a condition of harbarism.
The food contributed is away below the
demand and the strong and able-bodied
fight back the weak and take the sus-
tenance for themselves, leaving the weaker
to starve. The authorities there have
been unable to meet the condition, and
yesterday a squad of Company D, Fifth
Regiment, left for the fire district to pro-
tect the supplies against the raids of the
half crazed sufferers.
Governor Rich was appealed to and
win send the entire State militia in the
upper peninsula to guard the food If
necessary. Every soldier is supplied with
twenty rounds of ball cartridges and
goes equipped for active war. Thieves
and pillagers will be shot down if neees-
sary to protect the weak.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Detective Keenan, and family left this
morning for an extended trip through
New York State and lower Canada. They
will be gone for two or three weeks.
Mr.. Eugene Kinkead and Miss Sara
Kinkead of the Heights have just re-
turned from a visit to Narragansett pier.
The Carteret Building and Loan Asso-
citation will meet tonight at Garrisonss,
on Bergen avenue.
Miss Sarah Gushing, Is years old. of No.
258 East Forty-second street. New York.
was Ill on Halliday street. this
morning. She was removed to the City
Hospital.
Proprietor Beal. Of the 1.-TWO Pines,
last night presented to the Clio Wheel
men a handsome six banner as a mark
of his appreciation of their appearance
In the bicycle parade Of Saturday. Mr..
Beal also presented Miss Ida NJ. Buck
bee. who rode at the head of the Clos,
with a gold medal for graceful riding.
Fire Headquarters Is In charge OF As.
sistant Chief Denmead, Chief Conway
having left this morning upon bis vaca.
tfon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
SIXTY DAYS ALL AROUND.

John Kapp, a tramp, with no home, was
arrested on Newark avenue early this
morning. He had an axe under his arm
and could give no good account Of him
self He was sent up for sixty days.
John Doe. a common, ordinary good
ior-nothing-stay-out-all-night loafer. was
also sent up for sixty days. IT was said
IN court that Doe=was the black. sheep
OF a respectable family living upon the
Heights, whose name, of course, is not
James Finley, John O'Brien and James
Donnelly were arrested by Detective Hol-
Tie for holding people up and demanding
the price of a pint" The gang has
peen a menace to pedestrians on Garfield
avenue for some time, and the police of
the Communipaw venue precinct have
repeatedly arrested member of 1t. but
sfill failed to break it up. Each of the
prisoners got sixty days at Snake Hill.
tiniey was also held for examination on
charge of grand larceny, a warrant
paving been issued by Police Justice
Potts for his arrest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
JEALOUSY OR WHAT7
Brftisher objects 10 the High speed
of Our Liners.

LONDON, Sept. 2. ~1Ss6.-Baron Colville
of Culcross, Chairman of the Great
Northern Railway Company. has ad
dressed a letter to the pro-
testing against the risk TO life and prop
erty resulting from the high rate of speed
maintained by the American liners in the
narrow waters OF the Solent.
IN the course of his letter Lord Colville
gives a number of instances of the danger
attending the running of big ships at
great speed through the Solent. one of
which involves the American line steamer
st. Paul, a wave from which vessel. Lord
Colville asserts. nearly swamped a small
steamer off cowes as the liner was pass
ing out on Saturday last. Under another
recent occasion, he declares, a wave from
the steamer Spree dashed upon shore .and
overthrow and severely injured a woman
who was walking on the foot-path of
the Cowes Road.
A representative of the United Assoc
ciated Presses made inquiry in regard TO
Lord Colviile's statements at the Office
of the American Line Steamship Com
pany where 1t was denied hat the ships
of that company run at a high rate of
speed in the Solent. The speed record
of the outgoing American liners, the Off
cials declare begins at the Needles.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02

Henry Utterly and Jacob Unger are
rival hotel runners, the former for Spit
zer's Hotel, No. 10 Exchange place, and
the latter for a house, No. II Greenwich
raigned before Police Justice Potts
charged with assault and battery on OF
terly on August q. The two men got into
a wrangle in the Pennsylvania Railroad
baggage room over the consignment of
some passengers when, as Utterly alleges,
Unger beat him over the head with his
umbrella, the stick of which had a gall
yanized point by which his scalp was
badly cut Utterly stated that Unger con-
tinued the assault until he was almost
senseless and blood from the wound on
his head covered the floor.
Unger claimed that Utterly first at
tackled him. What he lone to him was
merely in self-defence. The Court i'm
posed on the defendant a fine of IS and
costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
OATsKILL ROMANCE.
Mrs. Salisbury's Alleged Infatuation
for a Stra nue Wan.

lOF n StIatl1t N1 N II. KS s
James Salisbury, of No. 600 Bloomfield
strest, Hoboken, is keeping Rouse alone
now. Until three weeks go he had a
pretty young wife to share his joys and
sorrows The other day Mrs. Salisbury
disappeared, and her husband is ignorant
of her whereabouts. Before she left,
her husband says. she avowed her love
for a strange man and the loss Of her
affection for her husband. She agreed
to leave him and went off, but hot from
Hoboken. She met the strange man in a
New York summer resort whittier her
husband had sent her to enjoy the noun
tam breezes while he labored in the
steamboat business in Hoboken. He is
employed by the Starins.
There is an interesting story in connec-
tion with the young wife's sudden infatu-
bands discovery of the pair IN a Catskill
village. About three weeks ago Sails
bury sent his wife away to the little vii
tains. He had always lived happily with
his wife, and she continued ito send him
endearing letters from her summer home.
feminine hand arrived for Salisbury. He
opened it and nearly had a fit. 1t was un-
signed, n stated that his wife had
shocked and scandalized the whole VIII
lage of Cairo by her behavior with an
other man. That she had come to the
village as a married oma but her. ac-
tions with a stranger had outraged every
sense of decency.5
Salisbury packed his grip and started
for the Catskiils. On reaching Cairo he
put up ait a house which commanded a
view of his wife's room in the hotel just
across the way. That evening he saw
enough to convince him tina the writer
of the letter was correct He saw his
wife, he SAYS, at the open window in the
| embraces of a strange man.
The next morning he went over to the
hotel, and a stormy scene ensued. His
wife boldly confessed her love for the
stranger and said she was willing to
leave Salisbury and cast her lot with the
unknown.
Salisbury was almost too dazed to OBJ
ject. She packed up her things at once
and left with the stranger. whose name
she refused to give. Salisbury does not
know whittier she went.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
S2RANGLED IN BED.
Dutch Maggie Found Dead by
Her Common Law Husband
Murder Or Suicide.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2, 1S9G.-A mar
dressed in a light suit of clothes and
wearing a straw hat rushed out of the
hallway of No. 2g East Twenty-nsntn
street. at l:s0 o'clock this morning shout
ing murder and police" al The top Of
his voice. Two police ran up and the
man told them that his wife had been
murdered.
The policemen accompanied him back
to the house. On a bed in a back room
lay the body of a woman about % years
old. About her neck was bound
stocking. which was tied in a double
knot at the left side just under the ear
The. body, which was still warm, was
clad in a light wrapper.
The man who had given the alarm said
his name was Samuel Myers, and thai
the woman was his wife Annie. He
said he left the house at $40 o'clock last
O'clock with friends in Attorney street
He returned to his home at 1.30 o'clock
ard let himself into the rooms VITA 4
latch key. Then ne discovered the con-
dition OF his wife and summoned the
police.
Myers c~ontradicted himself severai
times regarding the our at which he had
left the house last night. He was placed
under arrest. He said he was IS years
old and a pedlar Of jewesry by occupa-
fion Tho ~Ttep ~ev ~ have good
reason to believe thai he is a gam
and thar he carried On his trade Of pedleI
as a pretense. He frequents the He
brew quarters east of the Bowery. He
is a man of dark complexion, five feet
eight inches in height and ooks lii a
Cuban. although he is a Russian Jew.
The woman found dead was Of sandy
complexion and hair and of common APP
pearance. She was well known to the
police of the east side as "putch Mag
gie.'S The woman had been living with
Myers for about four years and their
quarrels had been many: careful
search of the room where the met
her death failed to reveal any satisfactory
clue.
The police are working on the theory
that the woman was murdered, and are
trying TO fix the responsibility upor
Myers AS yet they have discovered
nothing to support that theory. There
is much if not more reason for believing
that the woman killed herself. The kno;
was tied at the left side of the neck in
such a manner that 1T could easily have
been lone by one wishing to end her
own life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
VALLEY RAILROAD
raava p-annsvtyaui n ~ 0aao,
;. Depot.

$50 A. NJ. daily Sundays 7.ls A. NJ for
MAUCH CHUNK and intermediate stations
$50 A n daily for ITHAcAs GENEVA.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE and the West, and
principal local points Dinins Car 10 sus-
pension Bridge: Pullman vestt5uls Sleeper 10
nie 4. NJ. daily except Sunday for MAUcH
cHT7NK and intermediate points; Connections
for Reading and Harrisburg.
fSIl noon daily. except Sunday, BLACK
NJ Through car 10 Rochester. Pullman YES
tiyn,ied DAY Coaches and Parlor Cars. Dining
car Service. Meals a la carte.
- Is P. NJ. daily, except Sunday. FOR L. & B.
,aacgior and intermediate points
k p. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for L &
r JUNCTION and all intermediate stations,
Chair Gar TO s Mnhsseaf onlv. for NAt-rrs
rHsfNx and HAzLEToN and all intermediate
~ p. NJ. daily. except sunday. for L. &
s%tations. Pullman Ru1et psrlor Car 10
SWiitesbarre; connections for PottsviIle.
So P. NJ. daily for EASTcN and interme-
a1ss :. H. daily for BUFFALO NIAGARA
~ Us ana all points West; Pullman SIeep-
er vestisuied train frosn New York to Csi-
cago; Sleeper 70 Buffalo and Toronto; eonneo-
aIa p. NJ. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA
ROCHESTER,. BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS
ans. all points West; Pullman Sleepers to
Cn.cago and Bafasos Chair Car 10 Wilkes
Il Il A. NJ. daily. except Monda :. for EAST
on and intermAdiate poin s.
Ald,;ioa9glo I LSssi .1rs5salnDsR daily except s.n-
foFats leave as follows; s-16 A. NJ. IA P. NJ.
4ss P. NJ. and 6.2 P. NJ.
Tickets and Pullman accommodations at
Pennsylvania r. r. Depot
The New York Tr@nsfer Company VIII call
for and check baggage from hotel or resi-
deEce through 70 destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-02
RUN DEALER LOST.
The Board Of Aldermen Refused
to Grant Badendieek
a License.

The Board of Aldermen gave Mr.. Carl
Badendieck a black eye last night in re-
flsing to grant him a license for saloon
on ~Stuyvesant avenue, near the Boule-
vard. in the neighbernood of Jersey Clty's
best residences. The applicant has been
for some time ~endeavor.ng to get asli-
cense for a liquor store in that ~neighbor-
hood. When he presented his petition
several remonstrances were filed against
1t. The names of Messrs. z. +. G..
Young, Charles B. Thurston and W X.
Harrison were on the remonstrances.
The Board went even further, it passed
a resolution that no application for a IL
cense for a saloon at No. 10 S~tuyvesant
avenue should be considered hereafter:
the member being of the unanimous
opinion that a saloon there would ruin
that portion as a desirable residential
quarter.
Last night many people were IN the
lobby at the Aldermanic meeting expect
ing a stiff fight, but to ~eyerybody's sur
prise both Democratic and Republican
Alderman voted against it. There was
not one mo- against the resolution OF
the License Committee disappearing of
the license. The Board granted several
transfers and 10 licenses with the permis-
sions to peddlers and junkmen, etc.
The next most important eatur q1 the
meeting was the resolution OF Alderman
Gu.ton recommending certain mango IN
the precinct lines. These changes We're
made for the convenience of voters. and
occur in only three wards, Third, Ninth
and Eleventh.
Building Inspector Kelly presented his
report for July, during which ne had
granted perm IT'S for "a buildings, al,
terat.onS. 40 extensions. s ratings, . re-
novels and 3 condensed build ngs, at a
total cost of $214,243. Distrfbuted through
out the various wards the buildings are
as follows:-
First ward, permits. SIS, sos; Second
ward. none; Third ward. S3l.9So;
Fourth. 4, 81, 200: Fifth. l. 500; Sixth. 9,
Sl2.500: Seventh, 10, SO. SIS; Eighth. Z SILL
so; Ninth, 10, 81. $50; Tenth. IS. 81 2S5;
Eleventh, u. $29. 903: Twelfth. q sS3,32S;
total. l@ permits, $214.243.
Fer the month of August the figures
were:-First ward. 5 permits, cost, 81. 400;
Second. 4. S4.547:> Third. 5. 81. $50. Fourth.
3. $50, 500; Fifth. none: Sixth z, S20.072;
Seventh. II, SIS. 1876; Eighth. 3 Sl5.Sso,
Ninth, s. S4.440; Tenth. s s10395; Eleventh,
g s1S.050: Twelfth, 5, 1884; total, $40,
sl71, sci
c. Dolan asked for permission to erect
a. frame building on Monmouth street. TO
cost $1,000. but complaint was lodged
,-ainst the house from several residents.
matter was referred.