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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
MRS. JOHN M. PALMER.
tl7, W r. $500 - 4 81
The Talented wife OF tho Lead or Of the
&5H Gold Democracy.

Tho Talented Wife OF the Leader OF the
~. Gold Democracy.
Mrs. John NJ. Palmer is 50 years Of age.
Her maiden name was Hannah Mather,
Lamb. Her father was James L. Lamb,
an early settler of Springfield, ILL.,, and
for many years one of the leading bust
ness men Of the city. He acquired con.
siderable wealth. and his family en-
joyed such advantages as wealth can
sbestow. She was graduated at Month
cello seminary, and is a lady of superior
education and refinement. When quite
young she was united in marriage 10
Leigh Kimball, q railroad man, who died
a few years afterward. She remained
a widow for 80 years, and about nine
years ago was married to Gen. Palmer,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24

1865, for faithful and meritorious serv-
ices in the quartermaster's department
during the sameeperiod.
The official record of his services is as
follows: He served with his regiment
in Minnesota from September, 1854, to
July, 1855; in Nebraska and in Kansas
participating in the Sioux expedition
June to October, 1850 to April 1858;
on frontier duty at posts in California
(quartermastero of the Colorado River OK
petition, California, February TO April,
1852 to July 10, 1861.
In charge of quartermaster depot at
Perryville, Nd, August, 1861, to March,
1862; at Fort Monroe, Va, forwarding
troops and supplies to Army of the Poto-
mac, to May, 1862, and as assistant in
charge of transportation in that army to
September, 1862; acting chief quarter
master Army OF the Potomac, Septem-
Der to November ~, 1862; chief quar-
termaster Second army corps, Novem-
Der ~, 1862, to January "a, 1868; chief
quartermaster right grand division,
Army of the Potomac, to February, 1868,
and of the Cavalry corps to June, 1868;
assistant chief quartermaster Army of
the Potomac, June 21 to August 6, 1863;
chief quartermaster of the cavalry bu-
reau to February IS, 1864; chief quar-
termaster United States forces on the
Rio Grande, Tex, to April 30, 1864; in
charge of transports and supplies for
Gen. Banks army in the field in Louisi-
ana, to June 6, 1864.
Chief quartermaster military division
west Mississippi June 6, 1864, to June 2,
1865; of the military division of the
southwest to July II, 1865; of the de-
partment of the gulf and Fifth military
district to August, 1867; in charge of
clothing depot and assistant to the
depot quartermaster in New York city
to April, 1869; chief quartermaster de-
partment of California to August, 1879;
of the third quartermaster's district,
department of the east and division Of
the Atlantic, to July, 1874, and of the
firstquartermaster's district to October,
1876; post quartermaster at New York
city to November 10, 1877; chief quar-
termaster, department of the east, to
March, 1878; of the department of the
Columbia, also depot quartermaster at
Vancouver, Washington, May. IA, 1878,
to April 9, 1881.
Chief quartermaster department of
the south April 81, 1881, to April 81,
1852; of the division of the Atlantic and
department of the east May !, 1882,
to October 90, 1883; on duty as as
sistant in Office of quartermaster gen
eral, Washington, D. c., to September
20, 1890; depot quartermaster Philadel-
phia, Pa, to September 1, 1894, and at
Governors island. N. Y, as chief quar-
termaster department of the east, which
assignment he still holds.
Gen. Sawtelle will retire from the
active list of the army in May, 1898.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Hottentots Eat Locusts.

The Hottentots are said to rejoice ut
the appearance Of q swarm of locusts,
although the destructive insects do
YOUR all the verdure in the district. The
natives eat them in such quantities
that they soon grow perceptibly fatter.
They also gather the eggs and make of
them a kind of brown coffee-co1ored
SouD
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Americans a. Fror-Eaters.

From present indications America
will soon be outdoing France in the con-
of frog flesh. The city of
New York alone consumes 100000
'hams'' Of frogs during the year.
These delicacies are now sold in tin
boxes like other conserTed meats.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
High Price for Wh.lebope,

The market price of whalebone is
now something like $1,000 a ton, and
it is approaching in value all the time:
This leads an English paper jokingly
to suggest the adoption of a whalebore
currency, for there Is no chance for an
oversupply Of the article, and It cannot
be initiated. --Ass iir2s wsass'-~ "''>.>
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Revolvin1 Sky-scraper.

Plans for q revolving sky scraper 4ot
feet high and built of steel have been
submitted to the Paris exhibition COM
mission. The "A stories are to be let
for restaurants, concert halls, theaters,
and so forth. The building will turn
slowly on it's axis like q merry-go-
round, and enable visitors to survey the
whole country around Paris while they
eat their dinnera /"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Horse Butcherlng In Paris.

There are at least 200 horse butche-:
shops in Paris. The first one dates
from July 1, 1866, since when the con-
sumption has grown continually. In
1872, 5,O34 horses were eaten in Paris;
in 1879, 10000; in 1894, 21,o27; in 1905,
more than 10000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Hornet,s Sting Il Poisonous.

The pain produced by hornets sting
is caused by a poison injected into the
wound, and so instantaneous in its ef-
feet as to cause the attack of this insect
to resemble violent blow in the face.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
Presents to NorweRlan Brides.

Every guest at a Norwegian wedding
brings the bride a present. In many
parts key of butter is the usual gift,
and, ifthe marriage takes place in win
ter, sailed or frozen meat Is offered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
DANIEL J. CAA1PAU.

Der of years his influence has been felt
in the councils Of the national party. He
was a delegate to the convention that
nominated Mr.. Cleveland in 1884, and
was collector OF the port of Detroit dur
ing the first Cleveland administration.
He is one of the few old members of the
national committee who was reelected
this year. AS the candidate of his party
for United States senator from his dis
trict in 1898 he made strong showing.
It is o notable coincidence that as chair
man of the campaign committee he will
bear the same relation to this campaign
that his political rival, DON NJ. Diclkin-
son, bore to that of four years ago. Mr..
Campau is a substantial and successful
business man. He holds large interests
in real estate and is widely known as an
authority on turf matters. BE is presi-
dent of the Detroit Driving club and of
the Detroit Jockey club, and is owner
of the Chicago Horseman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
CITY NEWS NOTES.

movement is on foot to organize a
rev Republican club on rhe West Side to
tgake the place of the defunct West Side
CITIZENS Club. A meeting will be held
shortly and a constitution adopted. The
association will meet at No. 16S Wesi
Side avenue.
The West Side Bergen Republican AS
sociatlon held a short meeting last even
hng ana disposed of regular business. An
outing will be held during July. The ex-
Act date has not yet been fixed.
A regular meeting of the Wanser Club
VIII be held tomorrow evening. The ex-
Gurslon committee through Chairman
Frank ]. Higgins will make a report.
The Greenville Republican League
meets this, evening at the headquarters
stated yesterday that the meeting was
10 be held last evening.
Greenville Lodge. No. 10, /. o.. q r
held a meeting last evening at Linden
Hall, and elected one new member. Next
TUESDAY evening the lodge will have an
imitation and work the third degree.
There is to be an important meeting of
Board of Finance tomorrow evening.
John Deyine, thirty-1ve years old. who
mas no home. was arrested on BERGEN
avenue about half past one this morning
for begging.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Bergen
&Raptist Church will tender a supper to
<the officers of the church in the chanel
pm Thursday evening, Tune IL
A fire was caused by an oyer-heated
Etcye at NO. 316 Belvidere avenue at an
early hour this morning. Patrolman
Clements discovered the fire and exiting
hished 1t before any damage was done.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
Vegetarian MuItitudes.

We never seem to realize that a large
proportion of the inhabitants of this coun-
try are practically vegetarians at the
present moment. It is true that they are
How much meat can an agricultural la
borer's family nave out of a wage of
fifteen shillings a week? If a small guam
tity of salt pork be occasionally eaten, it
is of value chiefly as respiratory food.
Yet our laborers, who AVE s1bsisted on
this diet for generations are strong.
In other European countries the peas
for all practical purposes. Ever in Rus
STA, according to Prince Krapotkin. the
peasants get only corn, and not enough
of that sometimes. Yet the Russian peas
amt is not wanting In vigor. The evidence
is the same if we glance at non-European
The hardy Arab or Soudanese is salts
fled with his dates, the Zulu with meal
ies,' the Hindu with grains and pulse.
The Japanese v a similar diet, varied
occasionally with fish. Stanley says of
the Waganda:@sWith the banan plant
he is a famished, disconsolate, woe-be-
gone wretch. THE Jats Of Rajpootana are
described as "a very intelligent fine race,
while both men and women attain great
age As a. rule, the lower classes do not
eat meat"
These instances, which might be multi
piled, are quoted to show that vegetarian
races which are not amons the lowest,
and which shows no sign of race deterfo-
ration. In face of these facts, the mere
random assertion sometimes made that
vegetarians are subject to .'poorness Of
blood must be taken for what it is
may be committed by vegeterians as well
as by other peole.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
CLEVER sWINDLERS IN HOBOKEN
They Work a New Game on a store

keeper.
Two clever swindlers are working Ho-
boken with a new game. They worked
1t successfully last Wednesday morn
ing upon Mrs. John K. Kirker of Ninth
and Garden streets.
Mrs. Kirker was behind the counter
when a man attired in working clothes
entered the store and asked for the
change of a 50 bill. She gave him the
change and about five minutes later a
large man, with a book under his arm
came In and asked if Mrs. Kirker was
at nome. She said that she was the
lady,, and then he told her that he was
sent py the Fire Department to inform
her that the awning in front of her
store was too large and must be altered.
as IN case OF fire the firemen could not
get around it easily
MRS. kirker went outside to look AT the
awning, while the man explained to her
what needed to be done, and while she
was busily engaged with him the first
man entered the store unnoticed by her
and robbed her of $37. She told her h1s-
band OF the affair in the evening when
he returned from business and he re-
ported it to the police of the second
precinct. As yet the men have NOT henn
apprehended, but it is not known
whether h have swindled any one else
or not.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
MRS. ROOSTER.
MI. Berg Complains 10 the Board of
Health That 1t Keeps Him Awake.

MI. Berg Complains 10 the Board of
Health That 1t Keeps Him Awake.
Mr.. Henry Berg, of No. 21 Second
street. has been a long suffering man, but
he does not propose to suffer if there is
any law in the land. The cause of Mr..
Berg's suffering is a Rooster, a rooster
with a big R, as will be seen from Mr..
Berg's communication, which follows.
This rooster without any regard for de-
cency or propriety gets off his perch at
precisely three o'clock every morning and
begins to crow. He is the personal pro-
perty of a Mrs. Rothwell. who lives at
No. 81 Erie street, just around the corner
from Mr. Berg's backyard.
Mr.. Berg has. appealed to Mrs. Roth
well a number of times but in vain to
muzzle her rooster, make fricasse or pot
pie Of him, or even make soup of him.
anything to eliminate his vocal chords
neighborhood. Mr.. Berg is not the only
one in the. vicinity whose rest is disturbed
by Mrs. Rothwelps rooster. He claims
that everybody in the entire block must
awake when the rooster begins to sing
and remain awake until he finishes his
solos. He, therefore, in the interest of
himself and. all his suffering ~neighborS,
has made an appeal to the Board of
Health to ajbate the nuisance by abating
the rooster. That Mr.. Berg has become
ratified by the ROSTERS performances is
evident from the fact that he dates his
complaint July 2 instead Of June. This
is the story of his grievance
Jersey City, July 2, 1896.
To the Honorable Board Of Health:-
Gentlemen would .aost respectfully
call your attention to an evil in my imnle-
date neighborhood. A Mrs. Rothwell, re-
siding at No. 81 Erie street. is the owner
of a ROOSTER. Said Rooster is in the
habit Of Growing regularly every morn
ing at the unreasonable hour of 8 O'Clock
A. NJ, and said Rooster crows in such an
unmusical key that the whole neignbor-
hood is disturbed and our personal com
fort and health endangered by the crow
ing of said Rooster.
We pray your Honorable Board to abate
this crying (the writer probably meant
croWlng) evil, that the peace and quiet
turbed.
Respectfully yours,
HENRY BERG,
261 Second street 7 n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
TONIGHT'S EVENTS.

The Bergen Republican Club win meet
this evening.
a special meeting of the Old. Maids
Bowling Club will be held this evening al
the residence of Miss Tony Mussehl on
Summit avenue. Reporters will not be
admitted on account of their sex.
The Henry F. Jungensen Association
holds a picnic tonight at Pohlmann's Pa
vilion.
Rev. Charles Herr, D. D., lectures on
Africa tonight in the First Presbyterian
Church..
The U~nabhenigen Pioneer verein holds
its annual picnic tonight at Greenville
Schuetzen Park
Robert Davis Association meets tonight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
The Size of Ii Sun.

The sun, provided we measure only the
disk seen with the smoked glass, is eight
hundred and sixty-six, thousand miles in
diameter, i e. one hundred and eight
by side across the disk. To cover the sur
fill the interior we should need one million
three hundred thousand. On a smaller
scale we might represent the sun by a
ball two feet in diameter and the earth BY
a good-sized grain Of shot. Let the sun
be followed out. then place the earth at
its centre, and let the moon revolve about
1t at its real distance of two hundred and
forty thousand miles. There would yet
remain nearly two hundred thousand
miles of space between the moons orbit
and, the iinclosings shell Of the sun; In
deed, to journey from one side of the sun
to the other, through the centre, would
take one Of cur swift express trains nearly
TWO; wears and a half. So vast a globe
mtssfabe heavy Since its density is only
one-auarter that OF he earth. It only
weighs as much as three hundred and
thlrty7two thousand earths, cr two oefil-
Hons OF tcust#The attraction or gravity an
ats SURFACE WoaM cause a man whose
weight WIS one hundred and fifty pounds
ia Tune Ladies' Home 5oufnal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
RADKAU DIES AT THE HOSPITAL
Sad Ending of a Young and Promfs-
ioo Life.


'euiy Naohau' VINO Daetefeo ms heao
asaiAsl tne PRISON pafs OF the fiopokeh
ponce stauon winnie sunerlng from oe-
~ 'lsinens, oieo inis morning Y %.
=" > Hospitai- rs vas onis thirty
osis Years. oiu' anu Z lew years aso
was paosperous ary sooos inercliant IN
Hamburg, Germany.
He married a Young and handsome girl
ahout aioht = aasss - "a
~ eisne seaiS dso anu came " Inns
country. where he embarked in the same
business. Things were not as prosperous
,,;+t Ia, /, III. -.,-
~ 't ~ 'i ra4s "a snas county a. .ney were
saved enough from the wreck however
- i've oaroeortah1u 81. sonsa -
~ = aus ior sohne eine' anu
maintain his position in the best Of Ger
man social circles. He was in those DAVIS
] nro,,inant mon,hor ~ ~ 80 ci,a,na
: ptoniinen. hneiiper u the Lsra singing
Society and other German organizations.
Business troubles, however. soon began
NJ war ,,non HE MIND ana ba hs..n -
- wear upoh ms hiihu anu ne oesaL 70
drink heavily. In a short time he was
a physical wreck. His young wife. how
o.an $500 ~, h...s 5.S ~ -.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
WESTERN GOLD FIELDS.
Profit Caused by the Slump in
silver.

Silver.
That the slump in silver has been indi-
rectly d great benefit to Western mining
districts is no longer a question.
Only a few years ago silver was the
principal product of the Colorado miner,
and the mines were giving employment
to thousands of miners. When the bot
tom fell out of silver the mine owners
concluded to reduce their output, and a
large percentage of the miners were
thrown out of employment. Some turned
their hands to other things, but there
was not room for all, so many went out
prospecting for gold, with the result that
Cripple Creek and many districts of less
notoriety were discovered and are now
producing gold and giving employment
to all who lost their position in the
silver mines and to many more workers.
Now the silver mines command but lit
tie attention.. they are still and will be
worked to full capacity when the condi-
gold and gold mines are at a premium.
This premium on gold mines had the
same beneficial effect upon the Black
Hills of South Dakota 1t started every
old prospectOr and miner who was UNI
employed into hunting for gold. 1t fur
nished an incentive for the scientific man
to find some way of getting the gold out
of the Silicious ores that were known
to exist on the Black Hills, but which
had never been successfully treated.
Simultaneous with this era of prospect
ing for gold came a development of min
ing ground that had been idle for years.
Everyone seemed possessed with a desire
to find out what he had IL this ground,
with the result that where, three years
ago, it was supposed that the s~ilicious
ores were confined to an area of five
miles square. The operation of a few
small concerns have given away to such
companies as the Golden Reward, one
third interest in which recently sold for
$500, 600, and the Horseshoe canadian cap
itaD working hundreds of men and large
COLONIZATION works.
This same wave of development swept
over the territory around Rockford Hill
City, Keystone, and Cluster City, in the
southern Black Hills, and has, where
mines, opened such mines as the Key
stone, Holy Terror, Bismarck, Big Hit,
Tea, Eldorado, Crystal Slipper, Grizzly
Bear, Sunnyside and Mandolin.
Hardly a day goes by that a new pro
Queer is not added to the list, and capt.
tai does not nave to be invited to come
in. Only last week a party headed by
Ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania,
made a trip Out here to look over some
ground which they have under bond and
to consider the question of erecting a
mert of Black Hills ores. The report of
their expert, w. A. Parish, being favor
able on both propositions, they Will I'M
doubtedly buy the mines and erect the
smelter thus still further swelling the
list of producers.-Chicago Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
TIE FEARS OF THUNDER.
SafesI,Place During a storm is in tn,
House. Where There is No Draught

~ INV
House, Where There is No Draught.
Electric storms are far less dangerous
han the majority of people imagine
writes Edward w. Box in June Ladies'
Home Journal" THAT a severe lightning
storm is terrifying admits of no aues-
ton, and will sometimes bring uneasiness
to the heart of the strongest man. But
the real danger is slight. The chance
of lightning striking a house, for ex-
ample, is not one in a million. Particu-
larry is this true in cities, strung as most
of them are with electric wires. The
greater danger from electric storms is
in the country, n even there the danger
may be lessened If the simplest and most
common-sense of precautions are exer-
ciSed. The surest electric is
a draugiht, and if, when a thunderstorm
1T is seen that all windows
and doors liable to occasion a draught
are kept closed, the danger is at once re-
caught cut in a thunderstorm the
safest shelter is a house; the most dan
gerous a tree, particularly an oak tree.
1t is a peculiar, but nevertheless a proven
fact, that the oak is the most susceptible
OF all trees to a current of-eleetricity.
Over fifty per cent. of trees struck by
lightning storms during one summer the
Government statistician tells US, were
oaks, while the beech tree was the least
harmed. Therefore, the worst possible
place OF shelter in an electric storm is
under an oak tree, while by all odds.
the safest place is in a house and out Of
a draught. The actual danger Grom an
electric storm is. in truth, not from the
lightning nor the thunder but from the
nervous condition into which women
allow themselves to fall. And this is a
danger which they a avoid. A little
calm thought and a few grains of com
mon sense will do it,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
Dated Jersey City, May Is, Il
NOTICE TO


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
CENTRAL AVENUE
from Congress street to the Paterson Plank
formally to the provisions of Chapter 217 of
the Laws of 1895, and in accordance with speei-
ications on file in the office of the Clerk of
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About LOO cubic yards of earth excava-
About 5 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About $50 cubic yards of sand or gravel
About 1900 square yards of paving.
About $500 lineal feet of curbstone.
About 800 square feet of bridge stone.
About 50 square yards of repaving.
About 400 iineal feet of reset curb stone.
About $50 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About 240 lineal feet Of ~cribbing.
About Is receiving basin heads to be reset.
About II manhole heads to be reset.
About l receiving basin, connections COM
IN. H. Co. Railway Company pave IS
Inches either side of rail.)
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, 40 working days.
the award of the contract therefor will be
subject to the responsiveness Of the owners of
the assessment therefor on the basis of pre-
Mminary sketch.
PROPOSALS must De enclosed IN sealed en-
provement of Central avenue directed to
M John c. Kaiser. Chairman Of the
Committee on Streets and Sewers and
handed to the Clerk Of The Board in open
meeting, when called for in the order Of bust
ness relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution Of sureties be al
lowed.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is asDanfn1J v co1lad
to Section Z. Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city, or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sufficiency
by this Board. and as to form by the Cor
poration Counsel. the President of this Board
having power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEORGE T. BoUroN,.
Clerk.