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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
L HOMESTEAD
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CRICKET
Annual Meeting Eseld Last Evening
and Officers Chosen.

The Metropolitan District League held
it's annual meeting last evening and talked
over plans for the approaching champion
ship season. The New Jersey Athletic
Club of Bergen Point were presented with
the trophy won last year. The attend
ance was not up to the usual number.
Those present were:-H. c.. Wright, F.. F.
Kelly and Alex Forbes, New Jersey a. C.;
w. Fenwick and Jerome Flannery, Man-
haitian c. c.; E. A. Smith, New York G.
c.. The Staten Island Club was not rep
resented, but their delegate sent word that
he was detained through sickness.
Officers elected were.-PreSident, David
A, Munro, Manhattan c.. c.: Vice Presi-
dent, r. st. G. Walker, Staten Island c..
c.; Secretary and Treasurer, W. Fenwick,
al East N~inety-s.xth street, New York,
Manhattan C. c.; Executive Committee,
F. F. Kelly, New Jersey A c.; R. St. G.
Walker, Staten Island c. c.; Jerome
Flannery, Manhattan c. c., and E. A.
Smith, New York G.. c..
The schedule of matches was not drawn
up, and will not be made until the Elk
ecutive COMMITTEE holds its annual
meeting on March l. The question will
then come up regarding the number of
games each club will play. The opinion
clubs Is reduced the number of games
each is to play should be increased.
The attention Of the Secretary was
called to the fact that some clubs fail to
make reports of Their games at the proper
time, and he was Instructed to inforce
the rule calling for 81 fine for his negii-
gence in future
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03

patty, any moneys on. account of the apr
p~ertionnent made, as h~ereinBefsre provide
ed, or as soon thereafter as practicable,
ties, the character Of which shall be ap-
proved by the Governor of this State, ex-
cept so much thereof as may be required
the current year. and all such funds, and
the securities in which the same or any
part thereof shall be invested, and the in
tereSt received therefrom. shall be held,
used and applied by the said Board as q
sinking fund to meet and pay the interest
and principal on the bonds issued by
this act, and for no other purpose what
ever, until all such bonds and all ar
rears Of interest thereon are fully pa.ds
port to the Governor annually, q when
ever required, the amount Of money re-
ceived by d. for the. purposes Aforesaid,
received, and the investment OF tho
same: and the said Board shall keep a
record and account Of all bonds issued
and place of payment, and the rate Of
interest thereon, and of the amount re-
eeiyed on the sale or disposition thereof.
moneys invested, held and used as a
sinking fund, and of the securities in
which the same may be invested; the
ments of the said Board shall be open
to the inspection of the Governor er
any person that he may appoint to in
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in case the said board shall issue bends
which shall fall due and become payaSla
at stated periods legs than thirty years,
or shall retain in any such issue the ep-
ton to redeem bonds prior to the date
at which they would otherwise fall due
as h~ereinbefOre provided, then 1t shall
be lawful for the said Board to make APP
plication of the moneys received by it
from the several municipalities and Of
the. funds temporarily invested by the
said Board 50 received, for the purpose
of paying off and dfscharging the Raid
obligations according to their tenor and
effect.
%. During the veal preceding The
year in which the bonds issued under The
authority of this act shall fall due. the
said Board shall cause q careful COM
putation to be made Of the moneys that
will be available for the payment of the
same, and If IT shall be found that any
deficiency will exist in the fund that will
be available therefor, after the application
of moneys received and the use of ala
securities held. such deficiency shall be
apportioned and allotted to the SAID mu-
the same basis as the original apporsfon-
ment, and shall be added to the amount
50 levied, assessed, collected and RaAd by
the said municipalities respectively IN
the Succeeding year: and If any excess
shall be found to exist In sJoh fund, the
surplus shall be credited to each of the
said municipalities in the same proportton
and deducted from future estimates OF
the respective shares or proportions 60
such municipalities Of the cost and ex-
pense of maintenance. operation and re-
pairs.
.d9. This act SHAH take effect immedi-
atalr
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
SAVAGEs REST STANDING.
d Attitudes Assumed i'm Different
Chimes and Countries.

Men who do not sit have two attitudes
for resting; women use one of their own.
Squatting ION the heels is favored in In
dia and China. In this position the weight
Of the body falls upon the toes and to
keep the balance comfortable the arms
must lie over the knees, the hands dang
ling. A European trussed in this manner
promptly feels a pain in his calves, but
he can understand that the habit makes it
a restful posture. In fact, our golfers use
There is a legend current In North Stat
fordshire referring to the embodiment OF
militia or volunteers-for authorities differ
early in the century. After divers eccen-
trio manoeuvres, the officer cried: "Stand
at easel When his order has been ex-
planned, every man squatted on his heels
like an ndian collie. There is, however. a
mode OF resting practised by some jungle
tribe which is utterly incomprehensible.
Being fatigued, these people stand on one
leg and curl the foot of the other round
the calf. The same extraordinary custom
is seen in Africa.
We ask IN bewilderment. why on earth
they Go not lie, or at least squat? It
may be hazarded as a mere conjecture,
without any p%retence of justification. that
they or their fo~refatheFs dweft IN swamps
especially malarious. But the custom
devise before 1t occurs to them to sit
down like Christians"
The croSS-legged attitude Is general
from Siam eastward through the Malay
countries. In the jungle you will see a
nan crouch, the knees raised, the arms
folded over them and the chin resting on
the arms. Some tribes. as the Dyahs,
carry a mat dangling behind as part OF
their ordinary costume to shield them
from the damp soil. But seldom, indeed,
will a man sit upon a log or a root, though
there be plenty around. The idea does
not enter his mind. More rarely still, If
that be possible. will you observe him
I squatting. Women always crouch, upon
the floor, of course, with the knee bent
sideways, thus resting on the outer part
of one thigh: a mighty uncomfortable
posture, as it seems to us!
1t may be assumed, therefore, that sit
ting down is an acquired habit. If any
savages practice it-as a convenience sim
ply have neither seen. nor heard OF
them. But we are all convinced nova
lays that the ideas and usages of the
| natural man were everywhere much alike
in that stage Of development. If so. II
follows that the inhabitants of Europe
squatted, or stood on one leg, or, al
least, did not s.t.-New Review.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03

The fads and fancies and a~musements of
prominent women are always Of interest to
other women Queen Victoria's faporite pas
time is a game of whist and her Majesty is
accounted an excellent player. The Queen of
the Belgians is fond of games that savor
of chance and magic and mysticism. Nine.
Norica is devoted to boxing and the Duchess
Of Fife formerly Princess Louise of Walesl is
a very clever fencer. Lady Henry Somerset
enjoys driving and is very fond OF horses.
She is also an artist in oils. Ellen Terry
collects photographs and is a good amateur
photographer herself. Mrs. Asquith spends
most of her time visiting the prisons and min
istering to the unfortunate and evildoerS. The
Duchess of Westminster is an enthusiastic
cricketer and Countess Cowper spends her leis.
sician. Olive Schreiner ~perforce divides her
attention now between her writing and car
ing for her domestic affairs. She and her
husband live in three small rooms and to-
getEer do all their work. Their chief in
to the wife from the sale of her books
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
walked BY

The Johnstown Telephone Company has
all-night service at its central office and
has established In connection Herewith a
unique method Of helping out Hlose OF
it's subscribers whosdo not care To trust
themselves to get up at a certain desired
hour without some outside assistance. 1t
Is a call system. something on the style
of thai now In vogue ait the hotels. The
subscriber who wishes to wake a a GER
tain u calls up centarl and tells the
operator, who makes a note on II"
When the set hour arrives the operator
rings up the subscriber who made the re-
quest. If he turns over and fondly mag
ines it's only an alarm clock he Is badly
fooled. as the telephone bell will keep
jingling until an answer is turned in at
central. giving assurancesth the: sleeper
IS awake.
called for andScannot be reached, if re-
quested, he will be notified ofathe call as
soon as he can be reached, and told
hen it caMe.-Johnstown Tribune.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
CABLES HIGH SCORES
The Team Made a Strong
Showing in the Har-
lem League.
GREENyILLE Y. c. OFFICERS
Annual Meeting Of the Betropoli-
tan Cricket League Ball Clubs
Forming--Among the
Boxers.
GREENYILLE Y. c. OFFICERS

The Gables rolled two games last night
in the Harlem Palace League and as
tonished their associates by putting up
remarkably high averages. They rolled
in a clever fashion and bowled down the
pins in a manner that gave the opposing
teams heart disease. They bowled all
aroun the Prospects in their first game
and acked onlyAl5 pins of the 300 mark.
This was not their limit, however, for in
the second game the team made one of
the largest records of the reason in
Harlem and the Jerseymen were declared
to be wonders. Boehm rolled 233, while
Holden with 17s was low. In the third
game the Old Homesteads beat the Pros
poets. The scores were:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
POL0'S NEW DEPARTURE,
Will Give Four Bouts Of Ten
Rounds

Instead Of having one twenty-round bout
and two preliminary ones of ten ounds
each the club will put on four ten-round
bouts, thus affording forty rounds of
boxing. and adding more variety to the
entertainment. Good and evenly matched
men will meet in each contest. Three
bouts rave already been arranged by
Manager Newman as follows:-Bily Hill,
the P~ickaninny," will meet Pepper
Griffin at 1873 pounds; Frank Brennan n
Joe Bateman at us pounds. and Billy
Rochfort and Patsey Broderick at lis
pounds. With the other bout, to be
hereafter announced, the bill should prove
as good as has yet been given by the pop
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Weicott and West will Fight To-
sos nHoBf pa

There is a great deal of interest in the
twenty-round battle to be fought this
evening at the Broadway Athletic Club
between Joe Wolcott, the colored cyclone,
and Tommy West of Boston. Sometime
ago West surprised everyone by his stand
a draw the men will have it out this even
ing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
sfevers and Mennfnger TO Bowl for
a stake.

Bowlers are interested in the match be-
tween Gus Sievers and J. Menninger for
a wager of 800. which will be decided
tonight on Thom's alleys. 1t will be
best six in eleven games. 1t will be the
third meeting between them. SieFers re-
Gently defeated his opponent and the next
er is not satisfied, and says he will make
Sievers bowl harder than ever his time
to beat him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Finals Tht Evening.
The local

TIT local boxers who AVE done so well
in the amateur tournament at the Be-
hemian Sporting Club will meet those of
New York and Brooklyn tonight in the
final ounds for the prizes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Around she whist TabIc

Last night the thirteenth match for
the New Jersey State trophy was played
at the rooms Of the New Jersey Whist
Club in Newark, between the Park Club
Of Plainfeld and the Orange Whist Club,
and to the surprise of the Park Club thel'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Fan club. orranizInr.

AL the LAST regular meeting of the Ath-
letic Committee of ST. Michaeps Club, a
ball nine was organized and Mr.. Timothy
Donivan selected as captain. All cams
wishing to arrange dates for games kind
" address, Mr.. william Quinn, Baseball
Manager, care of st. Michaers Catholic
Club.
The Volunteer A. C. would like to ar
range anne with h following clubs
Ordtani, Orange A. c.. Manhattan College,
Y n. 6 A. Of Woodbridge. Y. M. G. A.
G., and Boonton. Address G.. Heanlein,
Secretary. 1882 Amsterdam avenue.
st, Louis College expects to have one
or the strongest Semi-professiona1 teams
in the field the Coming season. and wo11d
like to hear from all strong clubs within
100 miles Of this city and offering suitable
West Thirtv-sfx street.
Greeuvillr Yacht Club Electfou.
The annual meeting of the GreenyilIe
Yact Club was held last evening. when
these officers were elected+Eommodore.
Alfred Renshaws Vice Commodore. Alex,
Reid; Secretary. VIM. n Hicks: Finan-
ciaI Secretary, Charles Simpson; Treas
urer, Sam Renshaw: Measurer. Charles
J. Leach; Trustees. A. Renshaw. r. W.
Hicks A.. Renshaw. H. Queen and G. p.
Morton; Sergeant-at-Arms, A. Ldghtbody;
Representatives to N. Y. Y. r. A.. Com
modore Renshaw, w. Il Hicks.and G. j.
Leach; Regatta Committee. DR.. S. A.. Hol-
lister, DR.. Hartnett and c. p. Morton:
Committee or Anchorage Alex. Reid, G.
p. Morton and Sam Renshaw; Entertain
ment Committee, w. Hicks, A. Hogan,
II. Queen and C. J.. Leach. The Green
villes predict a more successful season
than ever this coming year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Hudson County whecImen WIFI
Build.

The Hudson County Wheelmen are en-
crossed in the proposed erection of a new
clubhouse ON the Boulevard in the vicin-
ity of Belmont and C-ommunipaw venues
The club has a cosy home, one of the
best in the city, but there is a desire on
the part of the members to get nearer
the Boulevard, which will greatly in
crease their membership. The plans are
about completed and call for a house the
cost of which will be $1,000. It is said
ground will be broken in April and that
the building will be in readiness by
June>1.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03

OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IS
hereby given that tie final account Of the
subscriber, administrator of Nelson l.. Arms,
deceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate of the County Of Hudson and re-
ported for settlement on Friday, the 5th day
of March, 1897.
Dated ,eeember 90, A. D. 1855.
AMo RETT ARMA
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03

When the front hair Is dressed a la
p~ompadour, like the beautiful dainty
miniatures of Marie Antoinette, a little
cushion Is often used to raise the hair
from the head. This is more frequently
placed under the hair. when IT is rolled
plainly over 1t. Where It Is ~fiuffy-and
this is the fashion adopted by the maids
and young matrons-the fuiness is given
by having the, hair slightly ave- This
does not want to be done with a small
iron, however. Al s.friz' IS to be avoided
like a pest, and II the wave Is acquired
by heat = good-sized curling tongs
should be used. The hair even when
parted, is frequently waved. though
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03
Renting. VictOrs, 500 Installments
Fent0ns. SIOO

We're beaten and have lost the champion
ship cup, which they have held so sue
fessfully against all corners.
The Orange players won by six tricks.
The players were:-
Park Clubs. T. Rogers. Charles F.
Reed. j. H.. Howell and S. Townsend.
Orange Club-R. Rodman, G. w. Wal
lace, T.. w. Foster and Z. C. Herring.
Tonight the members of the Jersey City
Club will engage in the opening games
of an inter-ciub series with the Staten
Island Athletic Club at Staten Island.
The teams will be made up of twenty
men each.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-03

K -EHE
A popular wedding present Of the day
Is a larged-sized mattress pincushion of
white brocade, with q spray Of forget-me-
not and orange br,d worked in q me-
dalion in the centre, and the BRIDES
initial letter or letters in elongated
tracery, passed apparently through the
outline of the medallion, as If 1t was of
gold wire, and lightly hung or.
At the four corners are whfte pins,
two being of coIored beads, while all
round the side are put In small and large
black and white guarded pins. with a pearl
headed one at each corner.
They are not new by any means these
mattress pincushions. but during the past
few months they seem to have caught
on amazingly. Perhaps the secret IS
that q royal princess purchased one foe
her toilet table at a fashionable bazaar,
or that they are handsome and conven-
lent and contain every pin that the fem
mime mind can possibly desire or dress
require.
Stone steps may be kept free from
greenness. and will become less slippery,
by adding a small quantity OF chloride Of
lime TO q pail of water when washing
them
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-17
OUR FLAG IN ENGLAND.
1t is Literally Displayed There on Public
Occasions.


An English friend of the Companion
and of the United States, at Oxford,
England, writes to US that when the
Prince and Princess of Wales lately visit
ed that town with their hosts, the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough, the stars
and stripes were to be seen everywhere
The biggest flag hung out across the
busiest street was the American flag. He
says also that at Christmas it is a COM
mon custom to use almost as many little
American flags as Union Jacks and royal
flags in decorating Christmas trees. He
adds:
And the school children and other chill
dren for whom these trees are got up all
know it, and learn to look upon the Brit
ish and American flags side by side as
those of two brother nations. / am not
thinking of Christmas trees in any spe-
cially 'AmGricanized' spot Gf such there
be-, but in country parishes and town
school celebrations. Curiously enough l
never heard anyone refer to it or speak of
it as eXceptional-it is done quite as a
matter of course, as being the natural
thing to do.
1T is a sort of quiet friendly feeling
that has long been growing, and finds one
of its expressions in this very simple, I'M
emotional shape, but | am glad to think
that our children here learn to look upon
the American flag as they do
1t is to be feared that similar display
of English flags, with the stars and
stripes on festive occasion in an Amer
lean city would draw upon those who
used them strong suspicion of disloyal-
tV-YOuth'S Comma MON
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-17
CHINESE DKUG-SHOP.
Full of All sorts of Queer Odds and Ends
Used for Medicine.

Used Tor Medicine.
In the February st. Nicholas there is
an article by Theodore Wores, the artist,
entitled "Ah Gau's New Years Celebra-
tom Mr.. Wores gives the following
description of Chinese drug store IN
San Francisco: The interior of this
shop presents O strange and oriental as
pect. One corner was occupied by the
household shrine, the chief feature OF
which was a highly -colored picture of
some favorite god. The smoke of burn
ing incense, issuing from the brightly
polished brazen vessel rose from the al
tar before this deity and filled the air
with its mysterious fragrance. Besides
the shrine, ON a table, was an abundant
supply of refreshment, consisting of
cakes, both red and yellow; of ichi
nuts, oranges, candied ginger, number
of boxes of G. CARS; and last, but not
least, of bottles containing sam-Sheu,
the favOrite beverage of the Chinese.
All Gau's uncle, dressed in a long vel
low silk blouse, was standing near this
table. busily engaged in doing the honors
to his numerous callers. He greeted his
nephew and his friends with great cor
diality, and invited them to partake of
refreshments but All eau modestly con-
tented himself with a handful of dried
watermelon seeds, which he dropped into
his capaciOus inside pocket.
OHe size Oh the SuOp WAS TAKEN up ny
a long counter; and shelves and drawers
extended all around the room. These
were covered and filled with a great and
miscellaneous collection of strange and
rare herbs and roots. Deer horns, in
their velvet stage were suspended from
the ceiling. These, after being sliced
as thin as waters, are boiled and prod
duce what is supposed to be a valuable
medicine. Dried lizards, neatly spread
on thin bamboo sticks, occupied a bas-
ket at one end of the counter. Dried
toads, sharks tails, and many other Gu
rious objects used in the preparation of
Chinese medicines, Uttered the shop from
end to end; and a richly-carved and
gilded openwork screen, with two drag
ons in the center, extending across the
middle of the ceiling.
The Chinese are very much behind
hand in their knowledge of medicine
Their methods, which are based on ig-
norance and superstition, are quite as
absurd and primitive as were those of
the Europeans of the middle ages.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-17
HOW MUCH WATER TO DRINK.
The Season of the Year and Kind of
Food Eaten Regulates the Demand.

The Season of the Year and Kind of
Food Eaten Regulates the Demand.
According to Prof Allen, we should
drink from one-third to two-ffths as
many ounces as we weigh III pounds.
Therefore, for a man weighing 16S
pounds, there would be required 56 to GA
ounces daily, or from one and one-half
to four pints. This the journal of Hy-
giene regards as Il very indefinite an
swer. The amount of water required de-
ponds on the season of the year, the
amount of work done and the kind of
food eaten. In hot weather we require
more than in cold, because of the greater
loss through the skin, though this is in
part made up by the lesser amount passed
away through the kidneys If a man la
bors very hard he requires more than If
his labor is light. A man working in Il
foundry, where the temperature is high
and the perspira ton profuse, not infre-
quently drinks three or four gallons daily.
If the food is stimulating and salty, more
water IS required than if it is bland.
Vegetarians and those who use much
fruit require less water than those who eat
salt fish and pork and often get along
on none except what is in their food. In
most cases our instincts tell us how much
water to drink far better than any hard
or fixed rule. For ages they have been
acquiring knowledge of how much to
drink, and transmitting that knowledge
to descendants, and if we follow them we
shall not go lar out of the way. 1t IS
of more use to us to know that pure wa
ter is essential, and that impure water
is one of the most dangerous of drinks.
than to know how much of it is required
daily. If one lives in a region where the
water is bad, it should be boiled and put
away in bottles well corked in an ice
chest. and, in addition, one should eat
all the fruit one can, if fruit agrees
Fruits contain not only pure water. but
salts which are needed to carry on health
fully the functions of life.-The Medical
Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-17
CHAIN LINKS KILLED HIM.
An Indiana Farmer Carried Them in Hi
Body Thirty Years.

Philip Brew died at New Carlisle, Ind,
from the effect of two links of log chain
thirty years. Shortly after the close of
the War of the Rebellion Brew attended
q logging bee. A heavy chain broke and
two links struck him on the left side
above the heart, pushed directly through
shoulder blade. He did not have the
links removed, and they bothered him
ever since, appearing sometimes in one
part of the body, sometimes in another
The last few days he bled profusely from
the mouth
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-02-17
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE

Mr.. Goodman, Williams County, ILL.,,
writes US: From one package Salzers
German. Coffee Berry / grew 800
pounds of better coffee than can buy
in stores at 80 cents a pound"
A package Of this and big seed cata-
logue Is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La C-osse, Wis. upon receipt
Of Is stamps and this notice.