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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

BY Mr.. Bailey
Resolved, That a warrant be ordered
drawn upon the City Treasurer. in favor
of that officer, for the sum of 5000, to
transfer from special street account to
general account the following payment
made from general account in error
Account special street Improvement. $1,000
BY Mr.. Bailey
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn Upon the City Treasurer. in favor
of that officer. to transfer from adjusted
lien account collections made January %,
lows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-04

Every housewife knows that the. most
seryiceable SPLASH for use behind sinks
or washstands IS one of rubber cloth or
oil cloth. But a prettier one, which is
easily made and of much more service
than the ordinary linen or scrim, may be
cut from Holland shade cloth. such as
is used for window shades It may be
bought in all colors ands widths. Get
q tint to harmonic with the paper or
toilet appointments of the room. For de-
corating, a border may be painted with
OH colors adj around the edge. Any one
can paint straight lines or overlapping
rings or squares First pencil the lines,
rings or squares of whatever design you
may select. The rings may be OF differ
ent sizes. Take two spools, a large and q
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

because he was from the country. but
don't you fool yourself, them country
people won't do thing to city guy
if they ever get him out where they.
can take good, fair crack at him."
''It was all in fun, though, wasn't iii"
asked Miller.
"Oh, sure; they thought they were
givin' me good time. There was kid
cousin O mine, Rutherford Hayes
Blanchard-wouldn't thai name frost
you?-that jollied me into ridin' bare
back on one of the old pelters they had
around the place. I was up in the air
most O. the time, and after I got through
ridin' maybe you think wasn't sore.
That same kid took me down to the
crick to go swimmin'. Iburned the skin
off my back, got peach of a stone bruise
on my foot, and while was in 'Lias an
Spencer came over an tied my clothes
and made me up for farmer, but I
couldn't play the part. They used to
make me try to hitch up the team with
out anyone helpin', and then they'd all
stand around an kid me when made
mistakes. 1 didn't know whiffietree
from a tug. Then they had me milkin',
too. / don't know whether you're on
to it or not, but if you try to play up
to cow on the wrong side of her she's
liable to make a sassy pass and land
the knockout blow. Well, the first night
they took me out to milk they steered
me up against the bum side of the
cow. I'm purity game myself, and l
didn't want to quit, but she was too
good for me. She kept me busy for
about five minutes, and then 1 went to
my corner and said had enough. Say,
the whole push had been leanin' on
the fence laughin' at me till they cried.
1 guess they had more fun around that
place while I was there than they ever
had before. i stood it for about ten days,
helpin' 'em work in the fields, gettin'
all tanned up and roundin' in to sup
per every night smellin' like a laun-
dry, and then I kind O. figured it out
that farm life was too swift for me.
1 kind O. wanted to see the electric
lights and the tall houses again. So I
said 1 was goin'. They made an awful
kick for me to stay. They knew they
had a good thing But broke away"
''Then you're not fond of the coun-
try?"
''It's this way. Iwouldn't mind goin'
out for awhile if could play myself off
as company, but when it comes to bein'
one of the family-nit, nit. t."-Chicago
Record,
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four When he said that didn't know
what kind of combination I'd struck." ="
81 guess people out in the country
often get up that early in the summer
time, especially in the busy season, F"
said Miller.
They'd never get me up, I'll tell you
those, only that fresh cousin of mine
grabbed me by the leg and pulled me
out. Oh, he's playful guy, all right.
Well, l put on my clothes and went
downstairs, dead on my feet. You see
Twas shy four or five hours sleep. When
they saw me they all gave me horse
laugh, even the hired girl. My aunt
asked me what time 1 got up when
was in town, and I said never before
seven o'clock, and then they all yelled
again. They seemed to think l was
wrong in my head out there. Every
thing I done or said they gave me the
ha-ha."
"Of course life in the city is much
different" Miller said.
"Well, guess yes. know this town
like a book. I can begin at the first
card and go through the deck, but out
there-they lose me. They had me look
in like a Reub all the time. The worst
one was the hired hand. His name was
Elias. L saw him up here the time of the
worlds fair, dodgin' cable cars and look
in up at the skyscrapers. He was dead
lucky to get out O. town without havin'
his clothes lifted, and, at that, I ain't
sure he did. But down at the farm he
was the wise guy and l was the soft
mark. What do you think? The Sec
ond day 1 was there 1 goes out into the
field where they was cuttin' down the
oats with one O. them bindin' machines,
and 'Lias asked me to go back to the
barn and ask Uncle Matt if he had a
left-handed monkey-wrench. How was
1 to know? l amt up in monkey
wrenches. Gee, / went drillin' back
to the barn through the hot sun, an
when 1 sprung the left-handed monkey
wrench on the uncle it made a horrible
hit with him. He hollered around till
l got kind o. sore. Then he went into
the house and told them and they all
had fit about it. But you ought o
seen 'Lias when he came in at night
He was all swelled up over the way he
throwed it into me. He thought he
was better comedian than Nat Good
win. He must a gone for two miles
all around tellin' that monkey-wrench
story, and lot O. the hands used to
come over and kid me. They'd laugh
an slap their legs and say: By Jing!'
They had me crazy. used to think it
wasn't on the square to josh man
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
A RAIN SONG.

After long days of golden glare
How sweet the music of the rainl
And how ecstatic on the air
The cat-bird's silvery straini
see him In his cloistral gown,
This tuneful eremite in gray,
Swaying In rapture up and down
On yon althea spray!
His passionate runs and tremolos
Transcend the clearest notes of art,
AS doth the peerless summer rose
Its winter counterpart.
His throat seems filled with lyric fire,
And listening there thrills me through
A touch of that divine desire
The elder poets knew.
My soul would search the secret springs
Where life's supremest meanings throng
Would set sublime celestial things
To chords of earthly song.
A sudden mellow change, and lol
The impulse like ray is gone,
AS from the clouds the vermeil glow
At the full burst of dawn.
Yet who shall say such sounds are sent
Unto the spirit-sense in vain?
Did 1t not hide some large intent,
That bird-song in the rain?
Clinton Scollard. In Congregationalist.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

it throwed into me 50 hard that : was
good and sore, too. Four years ago
this ssummer-thatWasb beforemy father
died-my Uncle Matt, that's got farm
little way from Galesburg, wrote for
me to come down and visit 'em. The
old gentleman asked me if / wanted
to &C, and said: Sure thing. In min
ute.' I'd been readin' them con story
books about pickin' flowers and goin'
fishin' and dublin around the woods
out in the country, an thinks to my
self: This is cinch. I'll go down there
and dazzle them jays So 1 went down
there, and cousin O. mine, Spencer
Blanchard, met me at the train with a
buggy and drove me out. got there
in time for supper, and they all gave
me the glad hand and jollied me up,
and kind o. thought that first night
that I'd be warm proposition out
there. Well, holy smoke, about the
time they got the dishes washed up
the uncle says to me: Iguess we'd bet
ter turn in What do you mean? I
says; go to bed?' Sure thing says he.
We've got to get all kinds of an early
start in the morning. couldn't stand
for that. I put up holler right at the
jump. l told 'em 1 was just usually be-
ginnin' to enjoy myself at nine o'clock
in the evening. They said could set
up if wanted to, and then they ducked
and turned in. Well, sufferin' Cor
nelius, there was nothin' to keep me
up. 1 set out by the pump for a little
while smokin' and listenin' to the katy
dds gettin' in their work, and then /
went in the house and went to bed, but
I couldn't get to sleep before midnight.
It seemed to me I'd been poundin' my
car about ten minutes, when somebody
walloped me in the back and hollered:
Get up!' Well, set up in bed and hon
est, Miller, this amt no kid, it was
dark outside. What's the trouble? I
says. rs the house on fire?' 1t was my
cousin Spencer that gave me the jolt
in the back. It's time to get up he
says. I asked him what time it was,
and what do you think he said? This is
ON the level, too. He says: It's past
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
Dog Anecdotes.

Oscar, my Newfoundland dog, once
brought home from Edenmouth wild
ducks nest full of eggs, which he
Matched out. When he conceived that
the nestlings were of an apt age he car
ried them to the curling pond, where he
superintended their education in swim
ming. When they grew up he brought
Mr. -, a local sportsman whom he
often accompanied, to the spot, and his
purpose obviously was to acclimatize
wild ducks within easy distance, and
save the walk to the mouth of Eden.
This appeared to be good evidence of
rudimentary reasoning powers in the
dog. He was very fond of cat named
Peter, whom he would often take out
for long swims on his back when the
weather was fine. Uuluckily. storm
arose one day. Peter was swept over
board and drowned. Oscar brought the
poor animal in, dead, buried him above
high-water mark, erected biscuit box
to his memory and often visited the
sepulchre with offerings of bones.-An-
drew Lang, in Longman's Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
Yellowstone Park

Is more and more impressing itself upon the
public, as the years, 60 by, as being. the
Of 1t is the fact that it is not man made
park. True enough man has built roads
and bridges and hotels in order that he may
see the park, but he has not yet tried his
hand at constructing new tangled geyseTs.
or re-adorning or re-sculpturing the Grand
canyon of the Yellowstone. These are as
God left them. There, too. the elk, bear,
deer and other animals are not enclosed in
wire fences. They wander free and un-
fretted whithersoever they will. Mans
handiwork is but little seen and the park is
the grander for it. Send Chas. S. Fee,
General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific
Railroad, six cents for Wonderland 96, and
read about the park.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

BOYS around the union station comm
in with their red-topped boots and high
hats and paper grips well, when you
see them fallin' into coalholes and bein'
snaked out by fake hotel-runners, you
think they're purity new, don't you?
Well, say, there amt one of them that's
half the horrible mark that some Chi
cago dub is when he goes up against
that farm game. If he don't look like
a yellow clarinet in "a hours you can
mark me down for sucker. They
can't spring none O. that happy-child-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. business
on me. I've been next, I'll tell you."
''I didn't know that you were ever on
a farm" said Miller, laughing"
81 was there once, all right, an got
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
TO THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION
With the Celebrated Republican Flam-
beau Club.

With the Celebrated Republican Flam-
beau Club.
A special vestibuled train of sleeping cars,
dining and baggage cars, will be run from
Minneapolis anu st. Paul to st. Louis June
14th via the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST.
PAUL RAILWAY (he popular ''Hedrick
Route'O to accommodate the Republican
Flambeau Club and their friends through
out the Northwest.
Leave the Twin Cities afternoon of june
l4th and arrive st. Louis next day.
This train VII De side-tracked at point
within two blocks of Auditorium Conven
ton Hall and six minutes walk to the prin
cipal hotels. Passengers desiring to do sc
can occupy the sleepers during the conven
ton at low rates.
The service, in every particular, will be
absolutely tirst-class, and all may depend
upon thoroughly comfortable and pleasant
accommodations, both going and returning
and while occupying the cars in st. Louis.
The Republican Flambeau Club is com
posed Of leading business and professional
men in Minnesota, and their trips to formel
National Conventions and Inauguration:
have always done great creditto the North
west
The railroad rate is one fare for the round
trip. For exact information as to sleeping
car rates and accommodations, meals, etc:
address Frank p. Nantz, Secretary Republl
can Flambeau Club, 604 Oneida Bio k, Min
neapolis, or j. T. Conlev, Assistant Genera
Passenger Agent c., NJ & ST. P. Ry., st
Paul.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
BOON FOR SUMMER COTTAGES.
The Ever Fresh and Useful Denim Is
with Us Again.

Denim is a material of great possibil-
tiles. 1t is being used this spring in
many new ways, and the latest denims
are most artistic-looking fabrics. They
may be bought in yellow, sage green,
delft blue, deep red, brown, cream color
and white. have stamped design
which is either floral or antique. The
mythical Pegasus is the most popular
design this season. These denims are
cent yard.
In decorating country houses they
may be used in a variety of ways. Dem
inns may take the place of wall paper
in many rooms, and as carpet it is
much to be desired. 1t will wear mucl,
better than a filling, and makes an ex-
cellent background for rugs. For por-
there's it is always in demand.
Some of the new denim tablecloths
are things of beauty. The art denims
only come yard wide, and, as the or
binary dining-room tablecloth is gen.
orally three or four yards wide, it is
necessary to have the strips of denim
ScWtu OliC ldDlCClOlH SCCH IC.
Gently was made of yellow denim. The
four yards which were used were fas-
tened together by yellow satin ribbon,
embroidered in conventional design,
with heavy black silk floss. In each
corner Pegasus, in black, was embroi-
dered, and the cloth was finished with a
denim frill bound with narrow black
satin ribbon.
Piazza sofa cushions in denim are
seen in many new designs. Sage
green and delft blue cushions are the
most popular. Many have an en-
broidered design worked upon them or
some appropriate quotation.
In the way of wearing apparel denim
is useful in making clothespin aprons,
and for petticoats for outing wear it
is most servicea ble.-St. Louis Republic.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
BARRIERS IN AUSTRIA.

They Mast serve In All Cases . Three
YeerS Apprenticeship.
Tho Austrians take no chances with
their BARRIERS, says the New York World.
They must be good, ana the BARRIERS
and Wigmake1' union Of Vienna sees
to IL tLat they are. Provision is also
made in their code for women BARRIERS
who desire to carry ON the business OF
Of their husbands In case of the latter's
death or illness.
But in order to do this the wife must
have been enrolled In the union as an ap-
prentice for three years. Apprentices,
by the rules of the union, must appear
in Vienna in the presence of judges Of
the union and show their skill before
they are allowed to open shops of their
own.
A properly certified barber must have
a knowledge of and pass an examination
in shaving. hair-cutting, hair-curling
and wig-malsing, and during the period
before the issuance of certificate the
poor and others who are frugal serve
as subjects for experiment.
At the examination the young men
have their razors dulled by four strokes
in q pine plank, and they must then
sharpen them. A subject is assigned to
each, who must be tonsorially perfect,
iu the opinion of the judges, when the
apprentice has released him.
After this certificate is issued and
the apprentice serves two years as a
iourpevman before ho NAV oDeD q Shop
as an employer. The average age of ap-
prentices when they begin to learn their
trade is 13 years.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
HOw's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r j. CHENEY Il Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. ).
Cheney for the last ID years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
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out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
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WALpING, KINNAN G. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio:
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price s5c. per bot
tie Sold by all Druggists. Testimo onlals
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

toned their vests. They worked list
lessly, and occasionally one of them
would lean back and gaze sleepily out
ribbon of lake, now dotted here and
there with moving specks.
"a man ought to be pinched for work
in day like this" Artie finally OBJ
served
"Isn't it delightful" said Miller.
''This is the time of year when a man
feels like getting out into the country"
''That amt no lie, either. You don't
see very many Johnny -jump-ups grow
in along Dearborn street, do you?"
"Do you expect to get away from
town often this summer"
Gee, can't go very far. Since I've
started plantin' my stuff in the bank
and plunkin' in few cases every month
on the buildin' and loan game, I've got
to play purity close to my bosom, I'll
tell you those. Night before last,
though, I was fixin' it up with Name to
take little run over to St. Joe or up to
Milwaukee on the boat. When they let
you ride all day on the boat for dollar
a throw, why, that's where I cut in
freely. But they don't get my game
at any O. them summer resorts where
they set you back five big, elegant
bucks a day for room about as big as
that telephone box over there. Then if
you want anything to chew you've got
to square the waiter every time you go
in the dining-room. went up against
one O. them places last summer. 1 com
menced owin' money to that hotel be-
fore got off the train
eff I'm going to take vacation" said
Miller, I'D rather get right out into the
country. Don't you like it in the coun-
try?"
'Well, I amt dead sure about that.
I s'pose the country's all right to man
that's lived there, but you take some
wise boy that was brought up in town
and you throw him cut on farm and
he's the worst ever. You've seen them
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
That JOYFUL Feeling

With the exhilaratirg sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, is unknown to the few who have not
progressed beyond the old-time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes Of
fered but never accepted by the well-in-
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
"Among tn Q Ozarks. {"

The Land of Big Red Apples, is an attrac-
tive and interesting book, handsomely illus
trated with views of South Missouri seen
ery. including the famous Olden fruit farm
of 5000 acres in Howell county. 1t tpertains
to fruit raising in that great belt of Amer.
ica, the southern slope of the Ozarks, and
will prove of great value, not only to fruit
growers, but to every farmer and home
seeker looking for farm and home.
Mailed free. Address j. E. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
Halls Family Pills are the best.

FRANKsTowN-"Hot weather is appro
pirate to the beginning of the baseball sea
SON." Why?" Frankstown-
sit gives appropriate exercise to the FANS
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

BILzIM-"Ive found one good way to get
around the high hat nuisance when l so to
the theater" Jabzin-'You have! Let's
hear it," Bilzin-"Why, buy seat in the
front row, of course" ."-Roxbury Gazette.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

ENGLAND has made up its mind that we
are a portion of the human race that. it
ought to elevate" remarked one benighted
native. s.Well, there are several ways of
doing that,'' replied another. eyes, but
unfortunately the quickest way is to blow
US up.'-Washington Star
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

TEACHER TO the class in chemistry
"What does sea-water contain besides the
sodium chloride that we have n,entlonedr
Bobby Smith-"Fish, SIR"
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03
A COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
BY GEORGE ADE.

VERY breeze that
came in at the
open windows was
as soft as velvet.
The warm sun
shine /, had tenn
pered it until the
last sting of win
ter was gone.
Miller and Artie
had removed their
coats and unbut-
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

The average age of dog is ten
years, but in isolated cases these ami
mails have been known to live 20
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

SEIZE life where you will, it is interest
ing.-Goethe.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

A DOCTOR may be able to speak but one
language, but he is supposed to have some
knowledge of all tongues. States
man.
The Ely miner., 1896-06-03

MRS LAKE FRoNr-ssf know I've met that
Mr.. Jaybird somewhere before. l told him
so, but all he answered was that he knew
my former husband. The man must be an
idiot" Mrs. Hyde Park-"Why so2" Mrs.
Lake Front-'sT've had four former hus.
bands !"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Ogden, July 80.
A BEAR STORY.

Bert Farr, Wallie Farr, Lee Taylor,
Jeddie Pidcock and j. C. Blake have
just returned from a. camping trip up
in Beaver canyon, where they had an
adventure with a bear. Sunday eve
ming two OF the boys went out hear
hunting, having seen unmistakable
signs of bear in the neighborhood They
had not proceeded far when a vicious
gTowl apprised them that the bear was
hunting them. Now for them to hunt
the bear was all right, but to have the
order thus reversed was such a, totally
unheard of proceeding that they
FASTENED back to camp to report
Bruins curiosity was whetted by their
peculiar conduct and he numbered
along toward the camp, arriving about
the time the hunters had finished the
tale of their hair-breadth escape In
passing it may also be noted that by
this time four of the boys were up the
Only tree Whereabouts, and as there was
only four limbs 70 the tree, the fifth
boy was left ON the ground Conclud-
ing that valor was the better part of
discretion, he took the gun and fired at
the place where the moving bushes
showed the bear ought to be. The shot
was successful, for though diligent
search was made. there was not piece
Of bear found big enough to bring
home as a souvenir. The above tale is
vouched for by
ONE or THE ROWS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-30
FAMOUS FOLK ON WHEELS.

A ]. Balfour, NJ. P, has accepted the
presidency of the National Cyclists union
Mr.. Balfour now has an aluminium BIZ
cycle of American make weighing only IS
pounds.
The little king Of Spain, Prince Charles
and Prince Christian of Denmark. the
king of Portugal and the Grand Dukes
Sergius and Paul of Russia are often
seen riding bicycles.
The Gear Nicholas II, Emperor William,
Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince VALDEZ
mar of Denmark, the Grand Duke Michael
Michaelovitch and Prince Alphonse of
Bavaria are all ardent cyclists
The Princess Maud has lately abandoned
the tricycle. for the bicycle. The greater
number of the royal princesses Of Eng
land are intrepid cycle women, and it is
the same with the princesses of the i'm
perial family of Russia
The Due de Noailles, whose appointment
to the French embassy at Berlin, is much
talked about, is, although 66 years of age
an ardent cyclist and may be seen daily
plying the pedals in the less crowded
quarters of the Bots de Boulogne
George Vanderbilt is in the delightful
position where he can scorch on his own
roads if it so pleases him. Mr. Vanderbilt
is an ardent wheelman, and in the O., GO
acres which comprise his estates in North
Carolina there are 100 miles of fine mac
adamized roads.
Bicycling cabinet ministers NAV bava
to be restained. Mr.. Richie president of
the British board of trade, was lately UNI
able to attend an important debate in the
commons concerning his department he
cause he was laid. up from the results of
a fall from his bicycle