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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
AMUSEMENTS.
OF mnsic.

MIR. Maurice Barrymore and his COM
pany have received ample testimony of
their popularity here in the big houses
that have welcomed them each night. The
town has pronounced Roaring Dick a
success.
Next week the Academy will present
James j. Corbett's new play. 1.-The Naval
Cadet which was given for the first
time last week at the Grand Opera House,
New York, where crowds were turned
away each night. This week at Jacobs
Theatre. Newark, the standing room only
sign appears nightly.
James ]. Corbett plays the part of the
hero. Ned Cornell. and critics agree that
he shows a wonderful improvement since
he first took to the stage. He is support
ed by a good company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
MEWAE AS 4 SPOKESMAN.

A Washington despatch in the "True
American of this morning says:-
The combination effected between the
and Republicans on the Board
OF Freeholaers in jersey City yesterday
was made the occasion Of t.rae@y comment
Congressman McEwa today. He said
that he was not surprised AT the action,
this dis nor prevent him from de-
il in bitter serms. There is
no Justification for the retention Of the
400 employees of the Board, sail he. Il
do not say this because l want to see
Democrats thrown out n Republicans
put in. for If the circumstances were re-
versed n the Republicans a been
In as many years as the Democrats /
would be In favor Of a change" Mr.. Me-
Evan talked quite freely about corruption
In the Board and denounced some Of the
members with exceeding vigor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
MRS. BLAKE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake delivered a
lecture last night to the Civic League
of Whittier House on Woman Suffrage"
Mrs. Blake said the time is long past
when those opposed to woman suffrage
have any arguments to offer in support
Of their position. Woman suffrage is no
longer a theory or al experiment, it is
a fact. There are four free States, States
where women have the right to vote. In
reply to the statement that women should
not vote because they are unfit for mill
tary duty, Mrs. Blake said that there are
many men who are unfit for military duty
yet they are not d~isfranchised. She also
said that in wartimes women serve their
country fully as much and as well as do
the men. Many women in nursing the
soldiers lave given their lives. Mrs.
Blake said it must be said to the shame
of this country that twenty years after
the war no pensions had been granted
to the women who did military duty as
nurses and many of whom permanently
injured their health in sick camps.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09

Stomach, sometimes called w~aterbrash,
and burning pain, distress, nausea,
dyspepsia, are cured by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. This it accomplishes because
with its wonderful power as q blood
purifier, Hoods Sarsaparilla gently
tones and strengthens the stomach and
digestive organs, invigorates the liver,
creates IN appetite, gives refreshing
sleep, and raises the health tone. In
cases of dyspepsia and indigestion it
seems to have "a magic touch"
aFor over IL years I suffered from soul
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
ST. MARY's HOSPITAL FAIR.
Singers, Night Celebrated by Vocal
and Instrumental Music.

Last night vas singers night at St.
Mary's Hospital fair, in Hoboken. The
Einthract Singing Society of Union Hill
helped entertain the audience for a good
part of the night with singing popular
selections. The Juvenile orchestra from
st. Peters Church, Jersey City, of ten
pieces. also added to the evenings en-
joyment. The orchestra was under the
leadership Of Prof. John B. Ferry.
There were two donations of money
Holste, on behalf Of the Piatdnetschers'
Verein OF Hudson county, of SIS, which
was handed over to the soda water
and one by Il. Marschaii. N behalf 81
the Inter Uns of Hoboken, of $40. which
was handed over to Mrs. Lawrence Fa-
gan. IN charge of the grocery booth;
Angora sheep by Mr.. Samuel Maggie of
the Jersey City Abattoir.
The voting contests at the closing
For the most popular in Hudson coun-
ty-Mayor Pagan. first; Mayor Simon
Kelly, of Weehawken. second.
in Hoboken.sI geant Good. Of the Sec
ond precinct, INST. Sergeant Flattery, OF
the First precinct. second;
Gemuethliche, first; Hogan's Alley, sec
ond.
For the most popular Tcacher-Miss
r. CARING. first; Miss McFarlane. sec
For the most popular Schuetzen Cap
tain-Henry Exmeyer. first: Emil Tietje.
second.
For the most popular Baby-Charles
Koch, first: May Hesse, second.
For the most popular Fire Company
Chemical Engine No. 4. first; No. 1
Truck, second.
Those who won articles on chances
last night Were:-R- j.. Moore, seal
muf; ]. Lamburt, clock; Miss Fitzpat-
rick, cushion; Charles Horstman, doll;
A. Wisinger. toilet set; j. Coyle, tea set;
H. Hengstler, tickets for Herald Square
Theatre; M. Crane, lady's gold watch:
p. Fisher, barrel of potatoes; Eva
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09

Governor Griggs appears to have sat
down hard on the proposition to send the
entire National Guard Of the State to
washington for the inauguration. This
g right. The cost Of the expedition would
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
PERSONAL.

Ex-Congressman Geissenhainer and ex-
Congressman Fielder are in Washington
TO witness the opening of Congress and
meet their old friends.
Senator James Smith of Essex was q
member of the committee appointed to
notify the President that Congress was
ready to receive his message.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
ToNIGHT's EVENTS.

The James ]. Tremble Association holds
its inaugural ball tonight at Woods
Hall.
Company H holds its reception at Pohl-
mann's tonight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09

with severe pains across my shoulders,
and great distress. I had violent nausea
which would leave me very weak and
faint, difficult to get my breath. These
spells came oftener and more severe. !
did not receive any lasting benefit from
physicians, but found such happy effects
from a trial Of Hoods Sarsaparilla, that !
took several bottles and mean to always
kept in the house. ! am now able to
do all my own work, which for six years
/ have been unable to do. Ny husband
and son have also been greatly bene-
fted by Hoods sarsaparilla-for pains in
the back, and after the grip. ! gladly
recommend this grand blood medicine =
MRS. PFrFR BURBY. Leominster. Mass.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the New Jersey Title Guarantee
and Trust Company will be held at the
Companys Office, in Jersey City. on Tuesday.
December 10, 1896. at two O'Clock in the after
noon, for the election Of a Board Of Fifteen
Directors, and for such other business an
may properly come before the meeting.
J. E. HULSHIzER. JR-,
Secretary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
LOST.


LOST-FOx PUP, NAME NORA
from No. 24 Tonnele avenue. Suitable re
ward paid for return OF same. b
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WANTED.

wANTED-s.5N CARTS FOR CARTING
Snow. Cartmen, call n register
their names and address and number
of carts they can furnish for the pur-
pose of carting Snow from streets Of
New York. g. NJ. Furman, C~ontractork
Is Chambers street. New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1896.

This paper is Democratic in principles
and is independent in its uieaus ON all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
EDUCATIONAL.
MEETINGS.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 8. 1896.
Notice is hereby given that an election for
eight Directors Of this Bank will be held
az the Banking House. on Tuesday. the 1ztn
day Of January, 1897.
The polls viii be open from Il NJ to /
q. W. coNKLIN.
Cashier.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
UnhaDpy EinanCicr.

It Is said that Nathan Mayer Roths.
child, tho third son Of the founder of
the great banking house who esta blish,
cd the London branch at the beginning
of the present century, lived In fear of
assassination for years before his death
and slept with loaded pistols close at
hand.
In reply to man who said, after Sec
ing the luxuries with which the banker
was surrounded, that he ought to be q
happy man. he exclaimed bitterly:
"What, happy? when just az you are
going to dinner q letter 10 placed In
your hands, saying, II you do not send
me five hundred pounds I will blow
your brains out!"
One day two tall. dark men present
ed themselves Mt his Office. They bow
ed In response to his bow, but said
nothing. Their hands. however, began
to tumble In their pockets, and the
banker took alarm.
"Here are the long-expected assas.
sins!" he said to himself, and seizing a
ledger he hurled 1t at the two strangers
and shouted for help.
When he learned that the men were
bankers from another city, bearing let
tiers of Introduction to him for which
they were nervously hunting at the
time Of his unexpected onslaught, his
chagrin knew no bounds.
"POOr. unhappy me-" he exclaimed.
"A victim to nervousness and fancicd
terr0rs, and all because Of my money!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
An African Chief

KambOmb0 Is q tall fellow about 80.
He was seated on a mat, dressed with
the usual loin-clOth, head shaved, but
wore a tight-ftting cap of plated cord,
a bunch of small buckh0rns about three
inches long sewn to tho cap just over
his forehead; he had snuff-bOx, the
beautifully beaten iron of which shOne
as though 1t were silver, also an isanje,
a musical instrument, upon which no
played very well. His favOrite wife sat
near him on the mat, her hair daubed
with clay and fat, In which some very
nice skewers of copper, iron, and ivory
We're stuck; she had beaded bracelets,
and wore In her upper lip an immense
iron-dish ornament holding as much as
a champagne glass; her under lip was
studded with an ivory peg; she Is a
hideOus creature, but the chief thinks
much of her; she had a girl attend
Ing her pipe, which she had to smoke
out of the corner Of her mouth because
of the lip ornament. noticed that
inferior strangers In approaching the
chief first squatted, then lay down ON
the right side In front of the chief as
evidence of obeisance. which no &C.
knowledged by slight grunt and q
nod.--Century.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
The Cooks Mistake.

A Prairie avenue capitalist who
gained the larger part of his wealth In
the sawmlll and numbering Industry In
Northern Wisconsin, Is noted for the
vigilance with which he watches the
small details Of his big business. As
an example of this characteristic q
story Is told Of tour Of inspection
made by him to his logging camps In
the pine woods.
On this trip the Chicago lumberman
was grleved to notice that some of his
teamsters used too many oats In feed
ing their horses, and was shocked by
n few other evidences Of petty extrava-
gance, but what panied him most was
the amount Of provisions consumed at
the camps. He believed that this was
due to the wastefulness of the cooks.
though such waste 10 dificult to detect.
Hut the Chicago man soon hit upon an
Ingenious detective scheme By which
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
Tho EtiitOr'n I.ittlc Joke.

The proprietors OF the Scotsman had
once to pay damages because their
famous editor. Alexander Russell, In
a leading article, called some local CO.
lebrity a serpent" AZ the calling Of
"bad" names IL illegal In Scotland, Rus
sell had practically no defense. Yet
lie made fight, and on being worsted
he went straight back to his office to
attack the triumphant serpent" anew.
On his arrival, by a singular accident.
he found on his table Il pamphlet which
the serpent" had just issued. This
pamphlet, then, he proceeded to make
the subject Of leading article; and In
1t he presently noticed certain statistics
which somehow were all wrong In their
additions. So he quoted the statistics,
pointed out their blunders, and then
wrote:
"Thus, II Mr.. - Is not serpent, he
yet seems to be a particularly bad
adder"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24

be vas able to teii wiener q not ~
cooks were economical in the use of
supplies.
At oil the camps pig was kept and
fed on the scraps from the woodsmen's
tables. After a visit to the pig pen he
approached the cook with a friendly
smile, and said:
"Ah, Antoine. that's a very fine, fat
pig you have there. Couldn't you just
ps well feed anOtherT
AS Antoine was wise in his genera
ton. he replied: !
mo; we can't keep more than one.
We haven't enough scraps"
At the next camp the same question
vas asked the unsuspcctlng Peter, and
he promptly replied:
"Why, yes! We could feed another
pig just rs well as not Send us one"
Then the lumbcrman found the camp
foreman and said:
"OBricn, you will have to discharge
taat cook of your. lie can feed too
many pigs"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
LII Hung ChanR's sermon.

Here's a short sermon that the Vice.
roy delivered to one pretty young wo.
man who told him that she wasn't mar.
ried. "A woman can afford to be ca.
PRECIOUS rs long as she IL young; but
even American women, beautiful 40
they are. must eventually grow old.
Time creeps on. even In the cases Of
:he fairest, and when woman reaches
10 years she will find she cannot make
tho conquests she did Mt 30. Every
woman should get married. Marriage
IL her mission, and she will be happier
with a good husband than alone, wan.
derlng about the world" Ii can preach
as well rs no can probe.-Plttsburg Dis.
mitch
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
RATS DISPLAY WISDOM.
Frustratc Plot to Drown Them b,
Their Own Cutcncss.

Ffustf0tc PIOt TO drown Tncnn Dy
Their Own Cutcncss.
The employees of the Jersey City
Printing Company have for long time
been troubled with rats. The rodents
are Of unusual size and are extremely
bold. They are boldest after dark and
think nothing Of running over the feet
Of the employees.
Several cats were placed in the build
ing with the hope that they would ex-
terminate the rats, but the latter made
II 10 warm for the cats that they were
driven away.
Various schemes have been worked
to entrap the rodents. but with little
success. Finally Engineer August
Krone hit upon u scheme that for
time badc fair to be just the thing. He
secured IN old zinc oil tank, about
three feet In height. and then fastened
on the edge two-foot piece Of board.
Then he arranged the board so that
1t would swing up and down, with one
end inside the tank. lie placed piece
OF bologna sausage, fastened with q
rubber band, on the edgo Of the board
which projected over the inside of the
tank, and half filed the vessel with
water. A few pieces Of cheese were
placed along the other end Of the board
to coax the rats on.
The trap was set where rats are
thickest, In the basement, md In a
few minutes a rat climbed upon the
end Of the board which protruded out.
side the tank and rested upon sup
port. Tho rodent ate the cheese and
then went for the bologna. AZ II
reached the bait the other end Of the
board tipped up, and the rat, with a
sQueal. fell into the water and was
drowned.
"Oh, that's the trick" said the engl-
neer, and his assistant said August had
o great head.
Within ten minutes six more rats
walked the plank, and then there was o
remarkable display Of rat cuteness.
Two rodents climbed the pile Of pm.
pcrs, and, while one stood on the safe
end Of the board, the other carefully
made Its way to the tempting bologna
and devoured half Of It. Tho rats then
changed places. and the other ate the
rest Of the bologna and half the rub.
Der band.
The engineer scratched his head md
the other spectators said something
about people going to a lot Of trouble
for nothing.
During tho nfternoon M moro rots
were caught, but a lot Of cheese was
eaten by them. The engineer solemn
ly AYERS that he saw tho rats not only
balance one another on the board
while the tempting bait was devourcd,
but the rodents actually engaged In a
game Of seesaw simply for amusement.
August still has. faith in his patent
trap, but nobody else has.-Newark
Daily Advertiser.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24

alton, Public Loan Bureau, Dmploy.
ment Agencies, etc.
4.-PHILANTHROPIC.
Development Of the Central Relief
Association to . thorough systemisa-
ton Of the organized charities Of Chi.
cago.
6.-MORAL.
The suppression Of gambling. obscene
literature. etc.
6.-EDUCATIONAL.
Ample school facilities - Improved
methods In teaching, and the Develop
ment Of . greater interest In The
schools BY the parents.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
speedily Changed Her Mind.

She was the college girl of lofty
ideals and superior attainments, such
us college girls have In their early days.
When she left her family to rest In the
mountains for awhlie she said Taught.
lily: mo; Ill not take an evening gown.
And please don't put any Of that paper
covered literature In my trunk. have
some philosophy to read and l don't
intend to mix with the hotel people.
Nature, my work and serge frocks are
enough for me-" Then she departed.
At the end Of four days her mother
was startled by telegram. 1t read:
"Send two party frocks, a hammock
and some reliable face powder Mt once"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
Didn't Like Scum.

Once. us a lieutenant colonel, indlg.
ynntly Mt the wholesale waste Of excel
lent soup bones, ordered the master
cook to insure, under pain Of my dis.
pleasure, that large caldrons filed with
hhe otherwise unutilizcd materials
GhOuld be kept simmcrlng for my In.
spectl0n three times a week To this
hc was to add peamcal, seasoning, and
~ forth, at the cost of few pence, not
charged to the men; and as a guarantee
of obedience he was habitually to send
In to my orderly room, just before the
mems dinners, a specimen Of Ills brew.
Respectful circumstances came from
cooks and sergeants, to which blandly
replied:
Eyes. I understand your objections;
but--the soup shall be made"
After n weeks trial spokesman from,
the messes addressed to me further and
urgent complaints. always with the ut.
most respect.
1--WE don't like this here soup, SIR;
Iasty, thick. greasy, poor stun, with
nothing to feel between the teeth; VIC
de- not like to see 1t before us on the
table,"
But you do not pay ono farthing fol-
It," / pointed out to the malcOntents
'YOu need not consume this gratuitous
food IL you do not like 1t, and you are
not deprived of one ounce of your ra
ton meat. My instructions must bt
carried out. and kettles of soup mus,
le placed In the rooms until further
orders"
They retired. sllcnced. but uncon
WINGED.
About three weeks later ascertainet
the further development of my innova
ton. For few days the soup hat
continued to be eyed with anger, and
untasted to be relegated to the gutter
Then by degrees one or two of the mel
thought they might as well swallow 6
little OF the savory food. Their exam
pie was soon followed, and finally /
was generally hailed as delicious al
JitiOn to their heal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
FARE ONE DOLLAR.


He was Quict.f.ookins Man, but ne
Knew How TO shoot.
The ticket agent at Big Bend was not
the man for the place. and he realised
1t as well as many others. lie was O
nice man and knew his business, but
lie lacked sand. The fare from Big
Eend to Black Hill was n dollar, but
when any Of the crowd wanted to 70
down they handed in two or three quar-.
tcrs, as the case might be, poked five or
six inches Of revolver through the
window, and called out
"Ticket fur Black Hill, ana don't
waste too much time over IT,
The agent always handed out ticket
ind pretended that things were all
right, and the boys played 1t on him
till he had to throw up his job. One day
the old man went and the new one took
his place, and four or five Of the gang
went down to the depot to size the lat
ter up. When they returned to camp
there was majority and minority re-
port. Bill Thompson was spokesman
for the majority, and he said:
files the softest thing in these we're
parts. I'm not goin' to buy any more
tickets, but Ill scare 'em outer him.
The sight of a gun will make his ha'r
curl"
Bob williams was spokesman for the
minority, and was also the minority rs
well. He looked very serious rs he
said:
lies a pale.faced, humble-lookin'
critter, but don't make no mistake on
him. He carries his forehngcr curled
up, rs IL pullln' trigger, and the first
nan who shovcs u gun In on him 10
goin' to git hot lead in return"
The camp was divided on the ques.
ton, and after much talk Bill Thomp.
son offered to make the test and settle
the problem. In a day or two n score
cf us went down to witness the per.
Torrance. We were lounging about
the waiting-room when In walked Bill
with whoop, and advancing to the
.'cket window he gruilly inquired the
fare to Black Hill.
zone dollar" was the reply.
~ dollar fur me-Bill Thompson"
"Yes. sir, for you or anybody else"
"And you won't take n half?"
"No, sir"
"YOu won't take It with this thing
behind IT." continued Bill rs lie showed
the coin along with the muzzle Of his
gun.
mo. sir, and-w And there was Q
Pop! pop! pop! and six bullets were
chasing each other into williams an.
ctomy. He lost a finger, had IN ear
split, and an eyebrow shot OF, got o
rake across the chin and another across
the scalp, and he didn't have time to
fall until all was over. Then the agent
opened the door Of his Office and looked
us over and said:
Il didn't shoot to kill, and he isn't
hurt much. Tho fare to Black Hill ID
one dollar-cxactly one dollar. Any
one else want TO get to Black Hill for q
| Vuarter?"
Without a word in reply we picked
Bill up and lugged him of. He was
also very silent man. We had got
him all bnndagcd up and put to bed DO.
fore he was rcndy to talk, and then he
simply inquired:
Boys, who did all that shooting"
Why, the Teller you said you could
blur" answered one Of the boys.
60! but thought dldw he growl.
ed. rs he turned his face to the wall
md shed tears.-M. Quad, In Washing.
ton Star.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24

That man or woman never Lived who
was not Q coward.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
Iufant Mortality In London.

During 1906 1887 inquests were held
in London, an increase Of II per cent
on the number In 1904. One hundred
and seven persons Of the subjects"
died from swami, cold and exposure"
Five hundred and seventy-two children
were suifocated during the year by
drunken or careless parents In bed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
Churchgoing Made Easy.

'sThis must be pretty religious
town, judging from the number Of
churches 1t has" said the traveller.
ut amt that. mister. The people 10
40 durn lazy that there had to be lots
of churches set around handylike to
git them to so to any Of 'em."-India.
napOlis Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24

l.-POLITICAL.
The selection Of honest. capable men
70 govern the city. State and munich.
pal legislation for Chicago. Honest
elections. A general interest In the prl.
naries.
2.-MUNICIPAL.
Clean streets and alleys-prompt 70.
noval Of garbage - improved urban
traf{ic-less smoke-more water-h0n-
cradle police-cheaper and better &C.
commodations for the people of Chica-
70 In all rections-elevatlon Of rail.
road tracks, etc.
B.-INDUSTRIAL.
Establishment of Boards Of Concili.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24

Times are 80 hard that when honest
people ind lost money these days they
Keep y