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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
DU MAURIBR's DISLIKBS.
A Chapter ON the ritter and 1ilus-
traitor BY q Friend.

Du Maurier disiiked the earnest atti-
tude, and we often disagreed Git only
made us more intimately about ia it
does for enjoyment, I regarding it as the
very gate OF gustatory mouth of pleas
ure, annd he, willing enough indeed to
take 1t for a door, but a door closed in
ones face. However, no man could have
liked to like or more not to, and we often
came out by roads of very different adj
venture at the very same finger-post. His
sense of things had always been. and
had essentially to be. some lively emo
ton about them-just this love or just
this hate, and he was full of accumulate
ed, inspiring experience because he was
full of feelings, a~dmirations, affections.
repulsions.
The world was, very simply. divided
for him into what was beautiful and
what was ugly, and especially into what
looked so, and so far as these divisions
were-wiih everything they opened out to
"a complete account of the matter, moth
ing could be more vivid than his view
of more interesting. It was a view for
the expression of which, from mis- earli-
est time, he had had the happiness OF
finding a medium close to his hand; he
had begun to draw because all life over
flowed. for him, with forms and figures;
then he had gone OH IN seeing all HE
in forms and figures because that mlnisN
tered Infinitely to his craft.
If ever a man fully found his express
sion it was, l think, Du Maurier; a
truth really confirmed by the informal
nature of his eventual literary manner,
which rendered all the better because it
was loose and whimsical the thing he
cared most to render, the free play of
sensibility in the presence of the human
envelope. His forty years of pictorial
work form not merely a representation,
or a collection. of SO many images given
him by so many subjects" but come as
near, probably, as an artists
total, that scanty sign of the inward
sum, ever, at the best, does come to a
complete discharge of obligations.
His particular chance was that if there
was still, for The observer-the observer.
/ mean, of his inspiration--to be any mis-
take, he achieved a practical summary
of it afresh, at the last, with the aid of
another art; Astounding again in the af-
firmation of sensibiiities and humors,
and moods, of the PERSONAL, the beauti-
full, the ugly, Astounding in all immedi-
ate perceptions and ~surrenders, the down
right loves and hates, the natural gai-
ties and .glooms, that were to make the
unprecedented fortune Of an unpremedi-
tated stroke, and be answerable for a
trio of books which, as he lived them,
as it were, SO much more than wrote
them, gave others also the rare and
charming sense of their being more lived
than read.-HarperNS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
COR OR4TION NOTICE
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 2SHl day
of Julv. 1897. application was made 10 the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
I. D. witheriell ecarteret Club and Others
IMPROVEMENT or cHURCH STREET.
between Jordan avenue and Bergen avenue.
said Improvement to be made conforsnably to
the provisions OF Chapter III of the Laws. of
1895, and in the following manner, including
To have the street for the full width thereof
graded to the established grade by exeavating
To have new 20-inch curb set on either side
thereof.
2o-inch curb set where necessary.
10 have new blue stone tagging, 4 feet
wide, laid on the southerly sidewalk
fasging laid where necessary.
70 have the carriageway paved with asphalt
And ali other work done that may be nee
essary to provide for the flow OF the surface
water and to complete the Improvement in a
good and substantial manner.
Notice Is also given that on the sd day Of
ment fled in the Office Of the Clerk Of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
their preliminary, mar for, for said improvement
templated Improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed on property
is now open to public inspection in the
office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice Is also given that the following
streets Or avenues or particular sections there
Of are included in said assessment. namely
CHURCH STREET.,
from Jordan avenue to Bergen avenue.
TUERS AVENUE,
from a point about 275 feet north of Church
street to a point about 212.5 feet south Of
Church street.
And that in accordance with the provisions
Of the Act above cited, the 4th day Of Octo-
Der, 1897. at two o'clock P. NJ, and the
Assembly Chamber of the City Hall are
hereby fixed as the time and place when and
where the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners will meet to hear all parties interest,"
ed in said application and ali rernonstrances
against the said proposed Improvement that
may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board CT Street and Water
GEORGE T.. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
Trying TO BREAK UP A GANG.
Capaafst Nugsntt~ Police Make . Movs
In the HI.iut Direction.

For the past week the police of the
Ocean avenue station have been receiving
complaints from several people who live
in the vicinity OF Jackson and Fulton
avenues that a gang of toughs infest that
corner and terrorize the people. The gang
has been In existence for years. but the
police have never been able to catch any
of the Offenders.
Several rohberies have taken place with
in a short distance of that corner and the
police have good reason to believe that
some Of these young toughs are the Of
tenders.
Last evening Roundsman Green sur
prised the gang by coming up jackson
avenue and arrested two of them. They
were taken to the station house. where
they gave their names as Errests Cook,
seventeen years old. and Thomas OaNeil1.
eighteen years old Both live on jackson
avenue. They were held. The police hope
to break VI this gang shortly and they
consider the arrests made last night as
an important step in that direction.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
CAPE NAY POLITICAL FINANCE
Ex-senator mtIlsf,a Suis Against FL
MAJOR Edmnuudx Up for Tr1al.

Especial to .The Jersey City NeNs-"I
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Sept. %.
1ss7.-At the opening Of the Cape May
County Courts the suit Of ex-senator
Lernuei q. Miller against his erstwhile
bosom friend. ex-Mayor James H. Ed
munds. was the drawing card of the
term. Miller's and Edwards paths have
been diyergins for some time and this
suit was brought to recover a consider
able sum Of money which the Senator in
sists he loaned Edmundz a part Of It for
campaign uses In 1898. when Edmunds
was elected Mayor Of Cape May. The
later admitted receiving $500 from Mil
Ter It that time. but said Il WAS money
sent him from Trenton for political pnr-
roses. After Miller's counsel Insisted
i1p0n having the name of the person In
Trenton. and the our indicated its In
fention Of sustaining h demand the de-
Tense said they preferred losing the
money to divulging the name Of the doEi-
or, Several times during the day Il
looked as If the sensational campaign of
1Ssf. when Miller defeated 3. c. Cole for
Senator, was to be fully ventilated. and
there was no more eager listener In the
cgowdsd court room than was Mr.. Coils
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

The first hah of the first column of the
first page of the Tribune was given
over yesterday to an article headed THE
Qeheit Vanishing" 1t purported to show
that there were reasons for hoping that
by January ! next, the receipts Of the
Government would equal the dishurse-
ments.
When you read the article, you dis
covered that II the offer of the Reorgani-
zasioA Committee Of the Union Pacific is
accepted, about 50. eoo. eco will be added to
the apaiizbie cash in the Treasury and
the january payments on account of the
Faciic roads viii be reduced about ST.
ooa.aOan
This i certainly as strange a way of
bridging the deficit ehasm and proving the
success Of the Dingley tariff as can well
be imagined. For pure. unadulterated inn
pJdApee. II surpasses even the device by
which a favorable balance was struck in
the hast year Of the Harrison admins
tpatiops
There are some other amusing things in
the a rfbunefs" article. Here is one:-
The excess Of expenditures over receipts
50 far this month amounts TO something
over !, 2ss0.OQQQg but Il s expected that By
october i this excess will have been re-
dneedT IL :. 0o0 or iess-
when the above was written. the deficit
for the month was q. 81. o0c. as was shown
In another column Of the Tribune itself.
So faf from showing any sign Of re-
dnction, 1t teok 4 jump Of nearly 500, ooG
yesterday, being today, according to the
..Trtbuns's'' own figures 8. 7oo.oss.
Here, Is another amusing proof Of the
success Of the Dingley tarins' eulled from
the same articIe:-
Internal revenue ofieials call attention
to the fact hat the receipts from internal
revenue already exceed those Of last year
byfabout n, oo0.u0o. and confidently predict
that by JAnuafy / this increase Will nave
reached 47,0d9000, and possibly $6,000,000.
The receipts from customs 80 far show no
material gains.
The averaee man may entertain some
doubt al to whether the ineSsased con,
sunaptieA or beer. whiskey n tobacco
IN consequence Of the passage Of the
pdneley bnrs viii continue SUFFICIENT to
petpefuate any such Increase in the in
ternal revenue receipts - the Treasury
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
ButIer 10 th. Queen.

The salary of the Queens chief butler.
who looks after the beer, wines and
spirits. is E500 a year. This functionary
must nave a palate of exquisite delicacy,
as in him is vested the purchase of the
wines drunk by royalty. He is also ex-
pected to superintend the ~deeanting of
the wines, which he accompanies to the
royal table with an air of affectionate
soiicitude. and sees that they are par
taken of at the prope moment. The
present holder of the office is said to be
the finest judge of Rhine wines in the
world. Her Majesty's chief butler is
also responsible for the laying of the
table, the actual work being performed
by two principal table deckers. with G200
a wear each.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

has enjoyed for the last three months.
On the contrary. a marked slump in this
soufce of revenue may be expected at any
moment.
AS for the expected increase in receipts
from customs. 1t is peculiarly f~arcical in
a protectionist paper gloating over the
effects OF a protection law.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
How Fa.hfops Are Horn.

The curious way in which the most
serious catastrophes are reflected in the
world of frivolty sets one to. wondering
whether anything is really serious or
really frivolous. The shocking holocaust
of the charity bazaar in Paris is having
a perceptible influence on fashion there,
not by making it less thought Of, but by
white. Persons who have lost no relative
or intimate friend by the accident, never
theless adopt this fashion, young men
wearing black gloves Inc young women
black and white figured gowns.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

This paper Is Democratic en- principles
asa "a tsdepeadens tn its ristss on al local
Question& a


The vote on the Constitutional amend
ments.'' yesterday. was a great triumph
for liberty and ~rectitude. a victory of
good government, of republican, institu-
tiops over the forces which are at work
to undermine and destroy them. 1t is a
blow at chureh domination. which ought
TO have good effects for twenty, years
to come. Best of all. 1t Is a blow at
clerical dietation struck by the church
members themselves.
There can be no mistaking the meaning
OF his vote. 1t is that the people. the
church people in particular, thought for
themselves. and deliberately and inten-
tienally refused to obey the behests of
the clsrics and the fanatics. They real
ICED that the meddiing of extremists had
y gone as far as was consistent with the
safety of the State and the freedom of
to cali a halt. and they called one.
The details Of the vote in this city af-
ford a curious study. There was every
reason to expect that the Eighth and
NiBth wards, which are the great church
centres and the headquarters of puritan
ism, would have given very large majori-
ties for the amendment. They failed to
do SO. The thinking men of the two
wards refused to endorse anything so
u,aSrIr sronoat+sn 1.t,1r -o-ol,@11x- .+o.,
ed away from the polls in spite of the
frantic efforts made 10 drag them there,
thus REDUCING improper clerical interfer-
enee in purely mundane questions. in the
most efectual way.
ssThe, News" yesterday. summarized
the arguments against the proposed
amendment in the following manner;-
I'VE do not believe in converting the
Constitution into q code of police regu-
lations,
Legislature of the powers which average
civilization ooHfides in such bodies.
Ave do not believe in the doctrine
that the representatives of the people are
I've do not believe in curtailing the
liberty or restricting the pleasures of the
many on account of the weakness of the
few
I've do not believe in the right of any
element OF caste to dictate rules for the
private lives OF the rest of the commun-
Eve d not believe that morality can
be cultivated by Law.
I'VE deduce from historic precedent
and scientific records the fact that at
tempts to control the natural p~ropensities
OF mankind by the mechanical operation
OF Law, or by the application of penalties.
invariably leads to increased abuse and
excess In the indulgenees which it is
sought TO abolish.
We said that we saw reason to hope
that these reasons would rave weight
With men Of thought. reading and mod
eration Of spirit. We nave not been dis
appointed.
On the side of the fanatics, were all
the forces of corruption and trickery in
the State, the Republican County Com
mittee n the New York yellow news
papsrs. The Democratic organizations
were absolutely neutral, Indifferent. 1t
was q fight Of sheer common sense and
moderation against combination. organic
alton. dictstien. The victory is, there
fore, all the more significant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

NOTICE OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is,
hereby given hat the final account of
the subscriber, administrator of the es-
be audited and stated by the Surrogate
of the County of Hudson and reported
for settlement on Friday, the 18th day
sof November next.
Dated September l6. A. d. 1897.
CHARLES E. MacBRIDE.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
An Eel That w hi.aIes.

A remarkable eel has been discovered
| in the Fiji Islands. 1t has a peculiar
formation in it's throat, which causes 1t
10 whistle when in an excited state. The
| eel is fifteen feet long, and several inches
in girfh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

FOR BARGAINS IN ALL WORK RE,
lating to Painting, Kalsominlng and
Papering. go to Frank A. Bergstrom, No.
2T2 Warren street, north of Montgomery
street. orders by mail or otherwise
promptly attended t.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
WORH WANTED


FAVE YOUR FIREPLACE HEATERS AND
Furnaces repaired and fixed and put in order
now. before the winter rush sets in.
we have good facilities for doing this WORK.
cheap ana Quick; we also have al kinds of
repairs and nxtures for all classes of heaters.
ranges and furnaces.
Drop us a postal and we will call on you
JACOB RINGLE & SON.
Nos. $685. Newark Ayelge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, October A, 1897. at two O'Clock +. M,
in the Assembly Chamber of the City Han,
for the -A
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29

dated Jersey city. september y, 1881.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
How an Elephant Won n Battle.

IN one of the battles founght between
the Mahrattas and the Moguls during
the eighteenth century, before Brit
ans Indian empire was established,
the Mahratta state elephant bearing
the standard was told by his mahout
to stand still. Just as the order was
given the mahout was killed. AS the
battle went on the M%ahrattas fell back
before the Moguls, and would have lost
the day, but seeing the state elephant
still standing immovable with the
standard still flying, they rallied again
and again, and won the fight. When it
was over the elephant refused to move
from the spot, remembering the COM
mand of his dead mahout. At last
some one recollected that the mahout
had occasionally put the elephant in
charge of his little son. So the child
was sent for, but the village was a
day n a half's journey, so that three
days elapsed before the boy arrived.
During those three days the animal
stood there on the battlefield, and food
had to be brought. When the child
came on the morning of the third day
the elephant knew him directly, and
remembering that the mahout had
sometimes delegated his authority to
the child, the wise and faithful animal
obeyed the boys order, and walked
quietly away with him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
ITO BE
Booth aud the Cream Pun.

booCn aud the Cream Pun.
II once say Edwin Booth have a very
trying experience" said a well-known
actor.
1T befell him while he was having 4
quiet little stroll all by himself in n
of the small cities where he was acting.
Seeing some particularly delightful
looking cream puffs in a conspicuous
part of a restaurant, he stepped in and
purchased one. Without stopping to
ponder upon the peculiarities of cream
puffs, Mr.. Booth, in the most calculat-
ing and enthusiastic manner, bit exact
ly in the center Of the spongy delicacy.
OF course, a small stream of cream
3ozed out at each side of the bite and
gathered itself together on Mr.. Booths
cheeks. Just at this juncture some ono
in the shop recognized the t~ragedian
and cried out: Why, that's Edwin
Booth
"Half a score Of people crowded about
and eyed the figure with interest. It
was a trying position for a great trag-
edian, who was conscious Of being in
anything but a tragic role. But he
went calmly on with his r~efreshment,
eating with as much and en-
joyment, apparently, as if he were far
from the maddening crowd
But he said a%fterward, with a
twinkle in his eye, I never did a bet.
ter bit of acting in my li1e.'"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03

the Sati Of southern Syria. sIere the
Egyptians are seen armed with the
early hattleaXes, a stick to the end of
which & thin piece of metal is. attach
ed. The Sati are armed. with. bows
and arrows. Some Of the Sati lie dead.
pierced with arrows; others are en-
gagged. in a hand-to-hand struggle with
their enemies, while others still break
their bows in token Of submission. In
the owest register Of this mural deco
ration an Egyptian is seen, carrying off
a Sati girl on his shoulder, while 9TH
ers among the victors are driving the.
male captives onwards-the only repre-
sentation yet discovered which shows
the Egyptians bearing away the spoils
of a vanquished foe. Within the walled
fort of the Sati is the most curious
scene of this very interesting fresco.
At first sight the battle appears to be
between men and women, and, though
the women clearly belong to the Sati
tribe, the men are neither Egyptian nor
Sati.. The natural supposition is that
II are the Bedouin allies OF the
Egyptian who, like the modern Bed
ouin, prefer plumber to fighting. These
seeing the Sati defeated in
the field, have scaled the walls by
means of a ladder, only to be, met and
discounted by the women. In every
register Of this fresco the Bedouin are
seen stabbed, tripped up, pulled down,
and utterly defeated by the Sati women
IN the middle register is the Sati chief,
who tears his hair on hearing the news
of the defeat of his people; a Bedouin
who tries to force his way into the
chlef's presence is killed by a woman.
On the lowest register are two Egyp-
t1ans armed with long picks, mining
under the wall: they have almost made
their way through. Within the wall
are two of the Sati men listening in
tently to the sound of the picks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
way are seen across the solid salt sur
faces, and a horse and vehicle are seen
near the rocks that rise in the middle.
The white Horse, of Derk.h,re.

wi Il
Perhaps the biggest horse in the
world is the white Horse" of Berk-
shire, England. 1t is a figure of ITO
yards long, cut in the side of a hill.
A long way off it looks as though
drawn in chalk lines, but the outlines
are really deep bitches in the soil, kept
clean and free from grass by the peo-
pie, who take great pride in it. The
bitches are six yards wide and two feet
deep. The eye of the horse is four feet
across, and the ear is fifteen yards
long. 1t can be seen for sixteen miles.
When the time comes to clear out the
bitches, the people make a kind of pic
mic of it, and play all sorts of rustic
games. Who made the white Horse
or what for, is rot known for certain,
though King Alfred has been mention
ed in connection with it. 1t is certainly
very old.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
CHAPTER III.--(CONTINuED.)

CHAPTER III.-(CONTINuEp.)
"You have something to say to me,
MI. Grant?" remarked.
Eyes. l am only considering how to
say it. l am something Of a physi-
ognomist, and have been studying your
face for my guidance"
smiled scornfully, but said no more.
He was welcome to look at me all night
II he chose to do so. Suddenly, in a
sharp, abrupt way, he spoke.
Why are you passing under a false
name?" he asked.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
Battle Scene Pictured in a Tomb.

On one of the walls of a tomb re-
Gently discovered in Egypt by Profess
sor Flinders Petrie, is pictured a battle
scene anterior in date to anything vet
found Of that description. Previous to
this discovery the earliest representa-
ton of a battle is that found at BENZ
Hasan of twelfth dynasty date, which
is a poor and tame depletion when
compared with this campaign against
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
Salt-Incrusted Lake.

One Of the great curses of the gold
bearing districts Of Western Australia
is lack of water. The government con-
structs rain water "soaks" or reser-
voirs, and the owners of sheepruns
sink spouting artesian bores, and vet
in some parts decent water fetches IS
cents a gallon and upwards. Black
Flag lake, shown in accompanying pic
ture, serves to indicate the dreary DESC
lateness OF the region. The lake is in
crusted with salt, much as a lake in
more favored climes might be covered
with ice. The tracks Of a regular high.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03

HE ATTACK WAS
so unexpected that
I crimsoned, and for
a nome n t w a S
speeches.. I knew
that my true mo-
%tive:for the conceal
ment was, in re-
spect to Viola, if
unWorthil Y o II =
ceived, at least free
from evil. This
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03

Between 1878 and 1881, in a single
Roman village district, 797 heads OF
families in a population of 1900 fam
lilies were fogged for not paying their
taxes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03

cattle Scene Pictured Dn :. yomH~-How
An Elephant Won Il Battle-The
White Horse" OF Berkshirs-A Salt
InCruSted Lake.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
CHAPTER w.

'Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to d~eceive!'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-09-03
Grace Dazzling.
published by Reuuest.l

1-l1 ocean = waves,
rolled wild and
high,
And angry SurSeS
roared,
While tiercely down
a stormy sky
UnCeasing torrents
poured.
The lightning's fit
ful II d $ H. i Il. s
showed
A wreckin2 vessels
form,
That tossed on giant