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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
CITY NEWS NOTES.


The Hoboken Republican Club held an
uneventful meeting last night at its
headquarters, Hoboken and Oakland ave-
nues. Beyond a preliminary report from
the committee who are revis ng the by
laws no business of Importance was trans
acted.
The paving of Paterson avenue, between
the Boulevard and Paterson Plank Road,
has been completed.
Hague street, between Boulevard and
Paterson Plank Road, is being curbed and
paved.
The Five Corners Republican Club held
a short meeting last night in the Avenue
House. Two new members were adj
mitted and several who had allowed their
dues to accumulate were dropped from
the rolls.
Court Congress. T.. Of A, held a srno-
ker last night in Pohimann's Hall. The
number being added as the spirit NOV
The Arion Society win hold an enter
house, On Hutton street.
While boarding a Court House car ali
Newark avenue and Henderson street
cific avenue, lost q u valued at SO.
She did not discover her loss until af-
ter the car had reached Baldwin ave-
nue..
of Peter Graham, at Grand and Hudson
streets, caused a fire las. night, which
did $50 damage.
Good Government Association No i
win hold a meeting tomorrow Night at
Arcanum Hall. Among other things to
be discussed IS that OF further street inn
provements.
This receipts OF the building and loan as
sociations at Prior and LandrIne's last
night were:-Crescent, S2s4.iO. Montgom-
cry. 1853. rs; Highland, s4oo.62.
An OH and Weii-trIed Rrmedy.
~ 49, yxyfA-rA-~fAZ MA&LL@TH&&
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- on Furniture. Planos, and all
Z &&ss kinda of Household 8oox16. You
y ~ Aar0 the dHezo4 the money and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09

Mrs. Winslow,s Soothing Syrup for
for children while teet15uEs If softens
the gums, allaYs the pain, cures wind
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Pooling the VuItures.

Some sports recently took place at
a station at Upper Burmah, one of the
events being what is popularity known
as a Victoria Cross race" that is, tlSe
competitors have to ride some dis
lance, taking two or three hurdles on
their way, to a point where there are
arranged a number of figures in stuff
ed cases, shaped like human bodies ;
they then dismount, fire a round Of
blank cartridges, pick up dummy
each and race back. - H..
In this case, after. the sports were
over, the dummies were left on the
ground and in about half an hour after
the ground was deserted, noticed a
vulture settle on the ground close to
the dummies; in about announcer five
minutes more than thirty had col
lected. ,....,. ~ ~ r .
The birds seemed much puzzled as
they carefully inspected each lay fig
ure, walking from one to the next all
along the line, and eventually, after
sitting in a circle for short time, flew
away. The birds must have discovered
the dummies by sight, though I have
often heard that vultures rely on their
sense Of smell as well.-Pearsons
Weekly 49,, ~ TT
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Mays Love Philter

A good many boys and girls have felt
sad about the rain that was coming on
a rainy day. Girls and boys don't see
much use in rain, and it does spoil SO
many pleasant plans!
But one girl that I knew didn't care
bit. She was staying at her grand
pas, where there was a wide, chintz-
covered sofa, which you could put your
feet on, right under the east window :
For long quiet hour there was no
sound in the library except the patter,
patter Of the .raindrops outside, and
the rustling Of grandpa's big New
York paper.
Then. suddenly, a question came
from the chintz sofa.
Grandpa, what is love philter?'
Why. Mousie," cried grandpa, "are
you there? A love philter, indeed!
What is that to you?'
Here's young man in story book,
grandpa. who went to a witch to get
love philter. What does it mean?'
1T means something to make people
love YOU
rs there any such thing, grandpa %
There isl said the old gentleman,
smiling; "but no witch could give it.
Your grandma has one; watch her, and
see if you can find out what makes ey-
.erybody love her. .
Why, grandpa, she loves everybody
first
That's it, Mousie,'' he said, nodding
and smiling; that is the best love phil
ter IN the world; it never fails.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Fun With a. Mirror

A good deal of amusement can be
had out of little experiment with a,
long mirror, if you have one in the
door of bookcase or a wardrobe. Let
q boy stand by the side of the ward
robe in such way that only one-half
of his body may be seen, the other
half being concealed by the wardrobe.
3 To persons standing at the other
side, at certain distance it will seem
that they see his whole body, for the
half that is visible will be reflected
from the glass so as to produce that
illusion. If he raises the arm that is
in sight, another arm will appear to
rise in the glass, and thus it. will seem
that both his arms are raised.
I That is. not at all extraordinary, for
anybody can lift both arms at once.
Let him raise the leg that is in sight,
however, and the illusion becomes
somewhat remarkable, for it repre-
sents a person with both feet in the
air at the same time. Even that feat
may ordinarily be accomplished, at
quick intervals, but this illusion gives
the spectators the image of a person
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20

along the road, and then the sound.
became suddenly mufaed. as IL the We
hicle was being driven over the grass.
Laughter and the sound Of glad voices
succeeded, and by some magical power
they penetrated to the dull brain Of
Dumb Dick, and made him dream for
one brief moment of paradise. Deep
in his dream he heard the music of a
Woman's voice, and he saw the radiant
beauty Of woman's face! and then
and then-still in his dream-some en-
vious fend seized his wrist in the
grasp of a red-hot hand, and he awoke
in agony.
A roar of anguish burst from Dumb
Dick as he leaped to his feet, holding
his wrist, and stamping madly about
in the bracken.
Frank pulled in his bay.
Hello, Dick" he cried. Sim afraid
you are hurt. Did the wheel go over
your wrist? How could you be such
an ass as to stick your hand outg'
In his momentary excitement Frank
poured out questions upon one who
had no power to answer them. AS for
Dumb Dick, he turned upon the ques-
toner VITA eyes which blazed with
fury; and, for moment, he looked
ready to drag him from the cart and
tear him in pieces But he caught
sight of Daisy's plying glance, and
instantly the fire died out Of his eyes.
Without any warning Daisy sprang
to the ground, and, timidly approach
ing the spot where Dumb Dick stood,
she laid her hand upon his wounded
wrist. 1t was as cool and white as
snowflake upon the hot, hairy hand;
and he at once surrendered to her will.
Showing no signs of fear or disgust,
but with only tender pity in her
glance, Daisy examined the great hand,
knotted and clawed like the paw Of a
wild beast. She saw that, light though
the wheel Of the dog-cart was, it's iron
tire had cut the flesh nearly to the
bone; and, taking the white silk scarf
from her neck, she deftly bound it
around the wounded wrist, and
stopped the bleeding.
BY this time Frank was standing by
her side. U ~
"This isn't work for you, my dar-
ling" he said; s1et. him go to the near.
est DOCTOR" Here, Dick, he added.
''see how soon this will heal your cut"
AS he spoke he tossed a half-sov-
ereign on te ground at Dumb Dicks
feet, slipped his hand through Daisy's
arm, and dextrously lifted her back
into her seat. In another moment the
cart had been driven away.
Dumb Dick watched it until it was
hidden from sight, and then he stopped
and picked up Franks half-sovereign.
There was a sudden fash of light,
and tiny disc Of gold went singing
through the air in the direction of the
wood. b.. 49, -:... .s-us
Dumb Dicks next act was to tear
Daisy's white scarf from his wrist;
and then he walked away along the
road, marking his track with blood.
Ingratitude? UnkindlineSs? Of
course; what else could be expected
from such as Dumb Dick? ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
The Resting PLACE Of Columbus.


It is generally believed that the
bones of Columbus repose under
church in Havana, Cuba, but the re-.
cent discoveries Of an English author
make livery doubtful if lie is buried
there. He was first buried at Valado-
lid, Spain. This was in 1906. After
wards his remains were transferred to
a monastery in Seville. Between the
years l54l and 1919 the exact year is
not known-the bones Of Columbus
We're removed to Hispaniola and bur
led in the San Domingo cathedral.
This was done upon the request of co..
.lumbus daughter-in-law, to whom he
expressed the desire to be buried in
the new world he had discovered.
When the island of Hayti was coded to
France, in 1895, the Spanish authori-
ties gave orders for the removal Of the
bones Of Columbus to Havana, that
they might still rest in Spanish soil.
"a casket containing bones was, there
fore, removed, which casket was sup
posed to contain the bones Of the great
sdiscoverer. Before this last remov-
al the bodies Of his two sons had been
removed from Spain and Inferred in
the San Domingo cathedral, near the
body of their father. The English au-
thor above referred to now asserts
that the body removed to Havana was
the body of one Of the sons Of Column
bus, and that the body of the great
navigator still rests under the San Do
mingo cathedral. He describes, with
much minuteness, the finding of
casket under the San Domingo cathe-
dral in 1877, on which was the name Of
Columbus, calling him the discoverer
1t is known by letter which Column
bus wrote to the king of Spain, that
before his death he suffered greatly
from wound that would not heal, and
in this late-found casket, amid the per-
ishing dust Of a human body, was
found a leaden bullet of an ancient
make. 1t is we'll known that a bullet
wound, when the ball remains, is very
difficult to heal, sometimes breaking
out into a running sore. The English
writer is, therefore, very certain that
the bones of Columbus are still in
Haytien soil.-Youths' Instructor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
GEORGES large Ears

One summer evening Yorkshire
l15li] l was leaning over his garden
gate, facing the road, enjoying his pipe,
when conceited young farmer hap
pened to be passing. The miller, in a
friendly tone, said:
Good evening, George
"AW didn't spake, said George gruf-
il. .
oh. said the miller, I thought you
did. but it must have been your ears
Tapping Answers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Purchasing FertiIizers.

8 II you know what you are going to
need in the matter of fertilizers for
spring crops, enter into correspo ndence
with nlanu ira at once and ar
factories are to be found all over this
country. and in carload lots the very
lowest figures can always be secured.
Most all makers will sell to farmers,
clubs, il they have no local agent to
ect.Epitom
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III that every one believed that shS
must die.
During this time Wilbur was very
srepentant, and the terrible conse-
quences Of what he had done quite
cured him of his habit Of tasting
things to see if they were nice to eat
New York Ledger.
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who remains in that suspended condi-
ton for a long time.
# You see now how easy it is for the
boy to initiate the acrobatic perform
ance of a jumpingjack, for if he moves
his visible leg UP and down, the re-
Election of it from the glass. makes it
appear that his act includes both legs
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
EIectrOcutlng the Crow.

A few years ago there was great
demand for the plumage Of the swal-
low, the wings and head of which it
was then the fashion to use for the
adornment Of ladies' headgear Large
quantities Of the skins Of the bird were
sent from place in the South of
France where the swallows were
known to rest while migrating to a
warmer climate. The extraordinary
number of birds killed at that time
was accounted for by the statement
that wires were placed at the points
where the birds We're most numerous,
ami as soon as sufficient number
Of the tired travellers had lighted there
on, the current was turned on. and
the ground was bestrewn with dead
swallows. This idea seems to have
appealed to an electrician in India,
who according to an engineering jour
nal in that country, has been turning
his attention to the question of how
to circumvent and annihilate the pes
tiferous crow which so sorely tries the
temper Of the Anglo-Indian by his
persistent depredations and impudent
effrontery. This electrical philanthropy
list proposes to make the crow electro
cute himself Between two metallic
nOf1ZOnJtaI bars, Which are the positive
poles of a powerful battery, is hung
wire basket, which is the negative
pole of the battery. In the basket is
placed moistened food, which can only
be got at by a bird perching on either
of the aforesaid horizontal bars. The
birds can not see each other from the
bars. Below is fixed q large box, with
slanting pivoted tops, which is got at
from an inner room, so that the birds
are not alarmed. las saan as a crow
perches on one of these bars and be-
gins to draw the moistened bait out
from between the meshes of the cage
he establishes the circuit, is killed,
and drops on to the slanting lid Of the
box, which revolves, and after drop
ping him for future cremation in the
box, readjusts itself, and so hides the
criminal from further view
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Saved by Slang.

BE mine he urged.
u Nit, she answered.
Crushed utterly in his fondest hope,
he would have left her forever had she
not relented
Il mean no, she faltered.
He was thereupon Transformed with
joy and gathered her to his BOSOM
Detroit Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
A Little Game of See-Sa,

"a. A Little Game of See-Saw
above the other. Then a drop will fall
from the opposite end, and a general
oscillation will begin, which gradually
Increases in speed, until the little fig
ures at the end will perform the most
surprising antics at their game of see
saw. ~yas.-. ~ ...s
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olution between the palms of the
hands and the tips of the fingers.
Then, upon the hands being turned
back to back, the scissors will assume,
naturally, the position shown in Fig. 3.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
The Scissors Trick

Nine hundred and ninety nine people
out Of every thousand, if asked to sus-
pend a pair Of scissors by passing the
little fingers through the handles, as in
Fig. l, and then to swing the scissors
over by an upward movement, with
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
A See-Savv Experiment.

Take two heated pins and stick
them into the center of a candle at
right-angles to, the wick, which should
be left exposed at both ends. Then
rest the pins on the edges of two wine
glasses and trim the candles to bal
ance. =
Light the wicks, and beyond the
flames at each end, by means of a
piece of wire, fasten two little figures,
with their joints hinged.
r. Now, as the candle begins to melt, a
drop of grease will drop from one end
lit is advisable, by the way, to put
something beneath to catch it in) and
that end Of the candle will rise little
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20

the points away from the operator,
will find that on turning the hands
back, the scissors will be pointing
downward.
If you are in the know you can do
apparently the same evolutions, but
with the result that the points of the
scissors will be uppermost. This trick
will prove source of much interest
to those who have never tried it be-
fore.
The crucial point in it's successful &C
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20

complishment is when the scissors
have been wung over so that the points
are directed toward the operator.
At that moment only the last joints
Of the little fingers should hold the
handles, as in Fig. 2. This will permit
the scissors to describe a complete rev
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-20
Repartee at the, Lunch Counter,

q Rephrtee AZ the Lunch Counter.
s'sBeans ?'' si.
No beans q
'ssOf course I do
ssDo what?''
Know beans, Won idiot Indianapv
lis Journal. So
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-16
Committee on Justices Accounts

Committee on Justices Accounts
Supervisors w. V. Gull, Jr.,
Harding Crow, John B. Kupfer.
| Committee on Tramps and Poor
Supervisors John Williams, A. G.
Pacey Ward Bloss
Committee on County Buildings
and Printing Supervisors VIM.
Gunter; Enoch Fiaigh, John Engel-
hardt
Committee on Assessment--Sup-
ervisors Frank Ell Hall, Ward Bloss,
George Curtis
Committee on General Bills
Supervisors John Engelhardt, VIM.
Speigelhoff, John Williams.
Committee Oh Official Bonds
Supervisors Harding Grow, John
Engelhardt, Frank III. Hall.
Committee on County Agent $ and
County Clerks Accounts Supervis-
ors A. G. Pacey, w. V. Gull, Jr.,
John Williams.
Committee on Treasurer S Accounts
Supervisors VIM. Speigelhoff
George Curtis, A. G. Pacey.
On motion the report of commit
tee was accepted and adopted.
Motion made and carried that the
committee on printing be instructed
to have the names of the standing
committees printed on covers of the
journals of last year for the use OF
the members of the board
The clerk presented the following
claims against the county, the same
having been filed in his office since
the last meeting of the County
Board. The same were referred to
appropriate committees as follows :
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as follows: O. W. Eddy, ]. p, fees,
$10.06; Gail North, con. fees, So. 27;
VIM. Spitzman, deputy sheriff fees,
$1.26.
No. 5. Charles Spoor, taking
care of insane man, one John Dyer,
and assisting in taking him before
county juoge, reported by commit
tee and on motion was allowed
Amount, So. 90.
! No ID. Good Shepherd Indus
trial School, board of Ella Hector,
reported by committee and on mo-
ton was allowed. Amount, $26. 90
No. Is. Boys Home Industrial
School, board of VIM. Hector, re-
ported by committee and on motion
was allowed. Amount, S32. so.
No. 10. G. IT, Gonnerman, cor
oner, inquest fees, reported by
committee and on motion allowed as
follows: f. w. Boyer, $500; T. W.
bond, So 90; Mich. Mahaney, 90;
Hans Sorenson, $500; Matt Gras-
ser, $500; J. A. Mayo, $500; c.
H. Gonnerman, $500; VIM. F..
Halliday, $3.50
No. 81. C. Ell. Gonnerman, cor
oner inquest fees, reported by com
mittee, and on motion was allowed
as follows: Matt Stahl, So go; Mar
shall f. Barber, So. go; J. c. New
house, So. 60; Jas. Filben, $3.50;
John Milward, So. go; H. E. Rob
bins, So. so; c. H. Gonnerman,
$12 so; Frank Andre, M. d., So. 20;
Henry Halves, ST. 5; Mich. Har-
kins, 83c; E. D. Gokey, $1.31;
Mich. Farley, 83c; E. L. WILDER,
| $1.31; John Alderman, So. Is; Geo.
B. Villas, 83c; Chas. Bigoness,
$3.15; L. A. Bixler, $1.31
No. 80. John B. Maloney, ex-
penses in attending county super
intendent convention, reported by
committee and on motion was al
lowed Amount, 1886
No. 40. f. E. Stephens, ex-
penses and fees incurred in exami-
nation of Anna Schmuckle, reported
by committee and on motion was
allowed. Amount, $4,000.
No. 50. Thomas Hansen, funer-
al expenses of Pat Brown, an indi-
gent soldier, reported by committee
ard on motion was allowed Amt,
$50. 90.
No. So Ward Bloss, delivering
judicial election ballots, reported by
committee and on motion was al
flowed. Amount, 800
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No. g. Frank G. Kingman, ser
vices as chairman of county board,
reported by committee and on mo-
ton was allowed. Amount, $50. 90.
No. IS. w. w. Baker, delivering
judicial election ballots for sprin g
election Of 1895, reported by com
mittee and on motion was allowed.
Amount, 800.
No. 43. Chas. G. Theleen. fun
eral expenses of VIM. Munger, re
ported by committee and on motion
was referred to county agent.
Committee on Superintendent $
report reported favorably, and on
motion the report was accepted.
Moved and carried to adjourn
until nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing HERBERT E. ROBBINS,
County Clerk
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MORNING SESSION,
November IA, 1895.

The County Board of Supervisors
convened pursuant to adjournment
and were called to order by Chair
man Curtis.
Roll called and all were present.
Minutes of session of November
18th read and approved.
County Superintendent Malopey
appeared before the board and pre-
sented his report as county super
intendent, which was on motion &C
cepted and ordered spread on the
minutes and printed with the pro
ceedings Of the county board.
A petition was presented to the
board regarding highway on the
town line between the towns of
Brighton and Burlington in Racine
County, by Mr. Battle Gleason.
Supervisor Kupfer moved that
the prayer of the petitioner be
granted, which was seconded by
Supervisor Speigelhoff.
Supervisor Hall moved an amend
ment to Supervisor Kupfer's mo-
ton, that action be deferred until
two o'clock p. M, which amend
ment was accepted by Supervisor
Kupfer, and carried
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County Treasurer Thomas Hansen
presented his report as County
Treasurer accompanied with county
orders and court certificates paid
by him, and the same was referred
to committee on county treasurer S
accounts
Justice Of the Peace John C.. Sla-
ter's report was presented and re-
ferred to committee on Justices
accounts.
Justice of the Peace Frank M
Mathews report was presented and
referred to committee OH justice s
accounts.
The report of the Soldiers Relief
Commission was referred to commit
tee on treasurer's accounts.
County Clerk Herbert E. Rob
bins report was presented and re-
ferred to committee on county clerk
and county agents account.
County clerks report in regard
to tax certificates held by county,
was presented and referred to COM
mittee on county clerks and county
agent accounts.
District Attorney A. E. Buck
master presented his report and the
same was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
County Superintendent John B.
Maloney's report in regard to all
person S examined by him, since the
passage of the act known as the
County Institute Fund, was pre-
sented and referred to committee on
Justices accounts.
Court Commissioner Henry J.
Hastings presented his report and
the same was referred to committee
on Justice accounts.
The clerk presented to the board
one bid for county funds, which was
from the Northwestern Loan and
Trust Company, offering an interest
on daily balances, to be paid month
ly, of three per cent.
On motion of Supervisor Kupfer
the bid was accepted and the North
western Loan and Trust Company
was designated. as the county de-
pository for the ensuing year.
The reports Of the several super
visors on examining Justices dock
cts were presented to the board by
the clerk, and the same was referred
to committee on treasurer's ac-
counts.