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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
FOR THE FREE BATH FUND.
Young Ladies' VIII Five an Enter
taiDment in Hasbrouck Hail..

The free bath III is the absorbing
topic now for the boys of Jersey City.
The first move is by the young ladies of
Hasbrouck Institute, with the patronage
of the Rambler Club, who will give next
Wednesday evening in their hall, corner
of Harrison and Crescent avenues, 9Th
Princess"
Thirty ladies will appear in h cast,
directed by Miss Amelia B. Myers, and
the proceeds will be appropriated for the
bath fund. A reception will follow the
entertainment and all who ave ever at
tended one OF the Hasbrouek receptions
know what a good time IS expected. The
people of the city who are interested in
This noble free bath charitable work of
the Peoples Palace should mot fail to at
tend next Wednesday evening, May 27,
at 8 o'clock. This evenings stereopticon
lecture on Paris, the Beautiful, City
will be given in the Assembly Hall of the
Peoples Palace for the w. c. T. U.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Harper,s MagazIne for june.

The opening article in "Harper's Maya
zine for June is an account of a recent
Visit to Athens by. Bishop Doane, Of
drawings by Gus Rose illustrate this at
tractive paper. John Kendrick Bangs
appears as the author Of a romance, "A
in two parts, the completion appearing in
the July sHarper's." 1t is Illustrated by
smedley. H. F: B. Lynch. an old travel
founded BY a Russian sect in Armenia.
including the palace of its peasant queen.
The article is Illustrated by T. de Thul-
Painter of Modern Germany" DR., Charles
Waldstein constributes a biographical and
critical paper on Adolf Mcneil, Illustrated
with many examples OF the artists
sketches and completed work. The Sec
ond of Howard Pyle's papers Through
Inland Waters is given this month. This
account Of a canal boat journey up the
Hudson to Lake Champlain is charming
ly illustrated from the authors own paint
ings. Miss Wilkins. is the author Of q
long story called .Evelina's Garden" 1T
tions, and is illustrated by clifford Carle-
ton. Brander Matthews contributes a
tale of New York life. the hero and
Contracted circles than the aristocratic
personages in so many of this authors
stories. A spirited article Of outdoor life
is given under the name 1.-THE Ouananicne
ard its Canadian Environment" The au-
thor is E. T. d. Chambers. Poultney
Bigelow's papers on 'SThe German Strug-
gle for Liberty" conclude with an account
Of the entry of the allied armies into Paris
n the conclusion of the treaty which
left France in so much. better. position
than Prussia after the downfall of Ma
poleon. Like the others of the series,
the article is illustrated with drawings
by Mr.. R. Cation Woodville. An extreme
ly Interesting paper in popular science, en-
titled 9Th Battle of the Cells is by
DR.. Andrew Wilson, of Edinburgh, and
the paper clears up for the general reader
the subject of the germ theory of disease.
'"rhe Thanks of the Municipality" a
study of municipal life in politics. is coa-
trihuted by James Barnes. Charles Dud-
lev Warner, in the Editors Study dis
cussess the question Of common school
education in the United States,. reaching
a conclusion not very complimentary to
the nuhlic school system,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
Amateur saeaks and spies.

1t is a pity so useful a man as Mr..
Scudder SHOULD be found multiplying his
good work by advocating the amateur
spy system. One cannot blame him for
his general position on the liquor ques-
tion, one can only differ from him. He
Is entitled to his honest opinion. and it
is his unquestioned right to preach what
he believes and to make converts by ar
gument and persuasion if he can.
But neither Mr.. Scudder nor anyone
else has a right to organize immoral
plans to force his ideas upon the COM
munity or upon individual members
thereof. When he tells us that some
young men, stimulated by him, are go
ing to assume the role of sneaks and
spies, when he tells us that, with these,
he is going over the heads of the police
to the Grand Jury to urge ON the legal
prosecution of his ~neighbors, we plainly
tell him he is doing a thing which is
indefensible in morals, which is unsanc-
toned by religion and which is d~epraving
to the young men whom he employs.
The act of the professional detective,
who tempts a man into a legal offense
for the purpose of arresting him is scan
dalously immoral and illegal. but it is
pure and innocent IL comparison with
that of the ordinary young man who de-
liberately goes out of his way to bait a
hook for the weaker brother with the
temptation to sin. We do not believe
that any young men of naturally good
disposition and decent instincts would en-
gage in such work. If misled into it,
they would very soon become demoralized.
The kind of young men who will enter
into such schemes are those who afford
the material for ribald jests against Sun
day-schoois and churches after they
transfer the scene of their activity to the
Canadian side of the frontier.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday. June l. 1896. at two o'clock P. NJ,
IMPROVEMENT OF e1FFoR PLACE
from Bergen avenue TO Hudson Boulevard, in
accordance with specifications on file In the
Office Of the Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sure
Mercer street. Jersey City. N. ].
ds the sn proposed qS s;r, Improvement re is (, te be made un-
of 1894, and was applied for on April q,
1886 by = p MulshIser and others:
About 500 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
About S,12e square yards of asphalt paving.
About 10 lineal feet of curb stone.
About 50 square yards of Belgian repaving.
About 1-5s0 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 6 manhole heads reset.
Inspectors fees, 80 days, at So per day, 800.
Time allowed for the completion of tho
The award Of contract will be subject to
filing by the owners of a majority Of the
lineal feet Of the property on the line of the
Street and Water Commissioners of a petition
in writing, requesting that the contract be not
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes. endorsed Proposals for the
t to IMT JOHN e {. s slif9Ea Chairman RiaGfia d IF tsa
on Streets and Sewers and hand
ed to the Clerk OF the Board in open meeting
when called for in the order of business re-
lating TO sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution OF sureties be allowed
The attention Of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1A of the Laws Of 1891,
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
sufhcieney by this Board, and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President OF this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
By order of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners
GEO. t. BouToN.
GkGIk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
PATRIoTIO SERVICES.

In the Wayne Street Church last even
ing the Rev. Robert K. Wick CAV an
illustrated sermon before Van Houten
Post, 6. A. r.. the members of which
were present on invitation, together with
their friends, in numbers that filled the
church, gallery, aisles and all. The theme
was "a Good Soldier" and the speaker
gave an interesting ccount of the origin
and end of the slavery question in Amer
lea.
cornet solo by w. H. Starten, and an
Illustrated solo, .sThe Star Spangled Ban
ner,'' was given by The precentor, VIM.
j. Mach.m. following which some battle
scenes and pictures of famous Generals
and of President Lincoln were shown.
Miss Katalina Davis sang an appropriate
church was prettily decorated with flags.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

Theatre. Hoboken. will be q great suc-
cess. John w. Kelly, the great rolling
mil man, viii appear, besides forty others
of the very best vaudeville artists ON the
the wonderful child actress; Miss 81.
Bindley and Maggie Fielding. In
'sSharps and Flats, and the popular fav-
orite. Frank Bpslls with the original Bis
Four, late Primrose 8 Vests minstrels.
nesday and Thursday for the sale of
seats, and the manner in which they are
now going indicates that those who do
not get around pretty soon Will have to
stand 'up, il rhey wish to see the per-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
Color in Animals.

While, in animals. color is greatly in
their numerous enemies, plants rarely
heed 70 be concealed and obtain pro.
teciion by their hardness. their spines.
secretions. There Seem to exist hous
ever, a few eases of true protective col
loring, the most remarkable being h
~ ~ lhe stone observation-disclosures of the
Sape OF GOOD Hope, which in form and
eoIof closely resembles the stones
among which it grows; and Dr.. Bureh.
eli, VINO first discovered it, believes that
seap,es the notice of the cattle and wild
n~enplVorous animals. Mr.. J.. p M
WeaIe has also noticed that many
plants growing in the stony Karoo have
thelr tuberous roots above the soil. and
these SO perfectly resemble the stones
a among which they grow that, when not
i teGll u IS ALMOST impossible to dis
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

18th day Of May, 1895. the Commissioners Of
Assessment filed in the office of the Clerk Of
the Board of Street and Water Commissioner
their final assessment map and report for tina
acquiring of lands and the construction of
A lain SEWER
upon a line located as follows:-
Beginning at a point in West Side avenue.
% feet south of the SCUM side of Williams
avenue; thence southerly along the centre line
Yale avenue; thence westerly along the centre
line of Yale avenue to the centre line of
Mallory avenue; thence northerly along the
centre line of Mallory avenue to the centre
line of Hatch avenue; thence westerly along
the centre line of Hatch avenue and Hatch
avenue If produced lover lands acquired) to
Newark Bay.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
of are included in said assessment, namely:-
WEST SIDE AVENUE.
from Williams avenue to a point about 14i
feet south of Yale avenue.
YALE AVENUE.
from West Side avenue to Mallory avenue.
MALLORY AVENUE,
from Yale avenue to Hatch avenue.
HATCH AVENUE
from Mallory avenue to East Canal street.
1896, at 2 O'Clock P. NJ. and the meeting room
of the Board of Street and Water Commits
sicners are hereby fixed as the time and place
when and where the Board Of Street and
slider and adjudicate upon all objections to
said assessment map and report.
All objections thereto must be presented in
writing.
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Dated Jersey city, Nav q. 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
pated Jersey city. MAJ 2.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals viii be received by the
Monday, June !, 1886, at two o'clock p. NJ.
for the construction Of a 15-ineh vitrihed
SEWER IN FIFTH STREET,
from Newark avenue to Brunswick street, and
through Brunswiek street to and connecting
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 2l7 of the Laws of 1895.
and in accordance with specifications on file
in the office of the Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sure
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and
Mercer street jersey City. n. J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About $40 lineal feet 15-inch vitrified pipe
sewer.
About 5000 feet B. NJ sheathing and bot
About . receiving basins.
About 100 lbs. 12d. nails.
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work, 40 working days
The making of the above Improvement and
the award OF contract therefor will be sub
1ect to the remonstrance of owners of the
property liable TO more than one-haif the
assessment therefor. on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Construc-
tion of Sewer in Fifth Street, etc. directed
to Mr.. John C. Kaiser, Chairman Of the
Committee on Streets and Sewers and hand
ed to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting
when called for in the order of business re-
latins to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution or SuretleS De allowed.
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 especially called
to Section Z. Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to
suficiency by this Board, and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President Of this
Board having power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
NOTICE no -FouNDRYMEN. ]

NOTICE TO FOuNDRYMEN, DEALERS IN
Hydrants and Valves, Dealers in Meters,
Dealers in Stopcocks, Dealers in Solder and
Lead and General Contractors
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June I. 1896, at two o'clock P. NJ,
for the furnishing and delivering, in accord
ance with specifications on file in the office Of
the Clerk of said Board. from date of con-
tract until May /, 1897, of Special Castings,
Hydrants, Valves. Meters, Corporation Stop
cocks, Solder and Lead, etc, as may be re
quired by said Board during the term above
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
Chief Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and
Mercer street, Jersey City. n. J.
The bidding WILDE divided into three sec
lions, each Of which will be a distinct propo-
sition on which bids must be submitted under
separate cover, as
First-For Furnishing and Delivering Special
Castings.
Third-For Furnishing and Delivering Cor
poration Stopcocks. Meters, Solder and Lead.
A bidder may, if he so elect, submit a pro-
posal for anyone or more of the foregoing
propositions; but if it is desired to submit a
proposal for more than one. each must be
enclosed and submitted separately; and the
Board, in subsequently making awards of con-
tracts, will consider each proposal SO sub
mitted as individual and without reference to
any proposal for another proposition which
a proposal submitted for any proposition but
not naming a price for each item included in
said proposition will be considered informal ana
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Drop
osition specified" and directed TO 1.-THE Clerk
of the Board and handed to that officer
in open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official win be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution of s~ureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals. if it considers that the best
interests of the city can be conserved there
by.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 Of the Laws of 1891,
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to
suficfency by this Board, and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel. the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending May
%, 1896, was as follows:-General works,
IS; philosophy, 26; religion. 80; sociology,
1871: philology, 6: natural science, 1T:
useful arts, 10; fine arts, 60; literature,
5e7. fiction, 4,229; Juvenile fiction, 1874;
history, 140; biography, III; travels, 2l4.
Total, 1916.
OF this numbe there were delivered
through the delivery stations, 4,216.
Number of borrowers registered dur
ing the week.. 50.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
RUN OVER TWICE.
Scorchers Knock Down eve Year
Old John Wallace.

John Wallace, seven old, Of No.
204 Ninth street, had an unpleasant ex-
perience with careless wheelmen Satur-
day night. He was crossing the asphalt
pavement around Hamilton Park when
he was run into; knocked down and run
over by John Kelly. of No. 4s7 Grove
street. Before the boy could regain his
feet. a wheel, ridden by Archie Scott. 81
No. 244 First street, passed over his body.
He wassoaInied and home and attended
by DR.. Hoffman. He was not DANGEROUS
~ injured. No arrests were made.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
HELD UP ON Newark AVENUE.

Frank Harrison, 80 years old, of Bay
onne, was in Justice Potts court this
morning charged with attempted high
way robbery by William Kavanagh, of
No. 1853 Third street. Yesterday morning
at about two o'clock he was on his way
home when at Newark avenue n Second
street he was accosted by Harrison who
demanded money. Kavanagh said he
had none, but his assailant seized him,
he alleges, and went through his pockets.
Harrison is held for a further examina-
Tim
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
BICYCLE FRIGHTENs A HORSE.

Min year old George Meyer, of No. 1888
Newark avenue, was riding horseback
Saturday night on the Boulevard. When
near Cottage street the horse took fright
at a bicycle and reared up ON hind legs.
striking his head against the curbstone'
He was badly cut about the face and
hands. He was taken to his home by
friends
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
MR. LoWR1E ON THE CONFERENCE

The Rev. D. D. Lowrie, of the Emory
M. E. Church, preached last evening upon
the recent Methodist General Conference
held in Cleveland and to which he was a
delegate. DR.. Lowrie spoke in most glow
ing terms upon the treatment accorded by
the Cleveland residents, and also upon the
showing made at the Conference. The
reports of the officers were very encour-
aging and satisfactory.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
MR. MEURY's MEMORIAL SERMON

Pastor Meury of the Second Reformed
Church on Central avenue preached a
Memorial Day sermon last night to the
member of the George NJ. Thomas Post,
6. A. r., who attended his church in a
body. The members met at the h~eadquar-
tiers on Palisade avenue at tbs O'Clock
and marched to the church, headed by
a fife and drum corps.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
WEST BERGEN GLEE CLUB TO SING

At the first UniversaIist Church on
Wednesday evening the West Bergen Glee
Clu will sing. The members of the
club are Edward Taylor, Harry H. Stivers,
first tenors James #. Burrows and James
Crawford and William H. Stone, first
bassos, and ]. Harvey Swenarton and John
S. Lyons, second bassos.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
DATED Jersey city. Man q. ]
CORPORATION NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of November, 1895, application was
made to the Board of Street and Water Cora-
missioners by Henry Raver and others for
the construction of a 15-inch vitrifed pipe
IN STREET,
from a point about 80 feet west OF Central
avenue to and connecting with the sewer in
Summit avenue.
Said sewer to be built c~onformably to the
provisions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws OF 1885,
and in accordance with the established plan
of sewerage, together with all the necessary
manholes, receiving basins and appurtenanees.
Notice is also given that on the 18th day
of May, 1896, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Board OF Street
sketch for said Improvement, showing the
probable total cost of the contemplated i'm
provement. and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited there
spection in the Office of the Clerk of said
Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof
is included in said assessment, namely:-
HORNE TREET
from a point about 106 feet west of Central
avenue to a point about liz feet east of Suns
nit Avenue.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited, the LIST dey of June,
1896, at 2 o'clock p. NJ, and the meeting room
of the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners are hereby fixed as the time and place
when and where the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners will meet to hear par
m~onstrances against the said proposed inn
provement that may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board OF Street and Water
GEO T. RoproS.
Dated Jersey City, May 22, 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
London,s Big Ktosk-

a refreshment kiosk is to be erected in
Hyde Park. London, at a cost Of 81 4oo nh
concession has been made to the society ey.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

wANTED-REERuITS FOR THE U. S,
Marine Corps ahlespodied; unmarried men
q. s. Marine sseoruiting ONCE. No. los West
street, New York City,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
HOTEL


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Chemists. London, ENGLAND.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
For your Protection
ELYsS
CREAM BAL N

opens and CIeanseS the
Nasal Passages, AllaYE
Rafn and Inflammation
Heals the Sores. Proteets
the Membrane from
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June /, 1896, at two o'clock p. NJ,
for the construction of a 15-ineh vitrifed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Dated Jersey city, May q, 1886
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25

colds. Restores the Sens,
Balm Is quickly abaofbe
Price 30 cents At BrugE1s|
EK bkQRHk Wl
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-25
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Dated Jersey city. May %.
The morning times., 1896-04-05
ANNOUNCING AN ENGAGEMENT.

lust why women insist upon keeping up
Il q pretense OF not being really engaged
all through Lent in the hope of sur
prising' their friendsa EaSteriS not known.
The fact remains, however. for some girls
have almost denied any special interest in
an individual until at an Easter dinner
they have most innocently announced their
decision to take for better or worse some
particular young man. Sometimes the
young woman is dismayed to receive a
few cups and sauCcrs. which imply that her
nearest and dearest girl friends are not to
be hoodwinked and she wonders how they
ever could have guessed. Ii is quite tue
thing however, quietly to ignore the beau
tiful gifts until the dessert is taken off
the able Easter. An engagement will be
made public on April Just in this way.
1t will be at a family dinner. though
friends have been invited for the evening
The mother of the brde-elect has quietly
planned to array the dining room fora feast,
though her daughter is not in the secret
SmilaX and fragrant Easter lilies are to
be the keynote of the decorations Her
costume has been carefully considered, a
simple white gown. and she will carry n
| great bunch OF green orchids and lilies
which che is to send her. OF course
the young couple will wonder how
everybody found il ont when the great sur
prise they intend to give their friends
proves not so great after all. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.