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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

Of nerve force.
These are the objective points aimed at
and attained by Paine's celery COM
pound!
This remarkable remedy permanently
cures every form of nervous debility, neur-
algia, sleeplessness, melancholy, hysteria,
headaches, dyspepsia and heart palpita-
tion. Primarily the nerves. and then
every organ governed by them is in
duced to work In a normal and orderly
manne
Mothers should give their children
Paine's celery compound now it is spring,
instead of some hearsay blood purifier
that can have no power of correcting an
impure state of the blood or regulating
SO complicated parts of the body as the
brain and nerves. Debility and disease
are cured by Paine's celery compound. 1t
is not in the power of any other remedy
to make people SO permanently and so
completely well as this astonishing nerve
and brain strengthened and r~estorer and
blood purifier, Paine's celery compound.
One needs simply to give it a trial to be
satisfied.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

and will. It is reason enourb for on
gaging in petitionary prayer, that the
CONFESSION in words of our wants to
500 enables and pledges US in a clearer
c~onsclousness to work out more rever-
emily and patiently the Divine conditions
OF thelr supply. Thus it is that through
prayer the individual will strives toward
UNITY Win the Universal will. To i'm
pute to the leaders of religious thought
loaay the crude. primitive fancy of bend
ing the Divine will into line with the hui
Keep abreast of the worlds advancing in.
ieingence, The true function of prayer
Is 70 III the will Of man into line with the
IN clarifying moral insight, deepening
Ievenent convictions of responsibility. and
aedicating self more thoroughly to Divine
World no sooner or more fully than men
oevote themselYes to their fuiflment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
PALLAo1Es CONCERNING PRAYER

The question which some still think it
worth while to ask, says Rev. James M.
Wilton, IN the May Forum" why does
a loving God, who knows our needs, re-
quire us to petition for their upply?
both reveals the fundamental misconcep-
ton and brings into contrast the funda-
mental trath In regard to the whole SUBJ
ject. DR.. Edward Card has noted, as a
strange Survival of the pagan mode of
thought among Christians. THAT some of
them still conceive of prayer as an at
tempt to yet God to do ans win. rather
than as en- inspiration to get Gods will
done by rnen. Jesus has expressly eau
toned us not to think that either He
prays or we pray for the purpose Of in
forming God about our needs or induc-
ing Him to supply them. What end.
then, is served by ~petitionary prayer for
the things GOD knows We need, n that
He wills to lbestow? Surely no thinker
is unaware that verbal expression has
much to do with both clearness Of
thought lind the conception OF attention
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
TWO ABUSIVE TRAMPs.

George F. Curtis, Of No. 5I4 Jersey ave-
nue., and James Connors. of Homestead,
N. j., wandered into the yard at the
rear of the postoffice on Ferry street, Ho-
boken, about one o'clock this morning.
When Frank Rowland, thu Waterman in
the building ordered them out, they be-
came abusive n challenged Rowland to
fight. The men were locked up charged
with being drunk and d~isorderly. They
were each flned Ave doilara his morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
AMUsEMENTS.
Ran ron

The attraction for next week at the
Bon Ton Theatre is known as the Monte
Carlo B~urlesque,, and Is said to contain
4 score Of pretty girls and clever COM
edians, among whom are 9 number or
Jersey City favorites:-Frank e. McNish,
the original silence and fun, assisted by
John j. Cain; Frank 0'Brien, the tramp
i-mpersonator; the Orion Trio, composed OF
the old time minstrel "a Tom Ward and
Dutch Comedian Eva ~Swfnburne, Irene
Hernandez, the Misses Rogers and Smilax
the original Big Four and q chorus OF
The performance throughout is clean
and refned and suitable for q lady
audience, nothing being said or lone 70
cffend the most fastid4ous, The usual
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
This paper as Democratic principles
and is independent in its rse.ps on all local
questions.
The boulevard Association.

The Hudson County Boulevard Associa-
ton is so much offended at it's meetings
being accurately reported in the newspa-
pers that the member nave resolved, it
- said. to exclude reporters in future.
This is characteristic. The people who
have 4 petty selfish end to accomplish
regardless of the general good, invariably
court secrecy for their proceedings. Pub
licity is death to them and their schemes.
The present ordinance regarding the
Boulevard prohibits its use for heavy
trucking after three O'Clock P. NJ. Down
to that hour. the road is open for all
eral. On similar pleasure ways in other
cities. heavy trucks are excluded alto
geuher, and they should be. This road
was not built for business purposes.
There was ample means of travel for
trucks and delivery wagons before it
was thought of. 1t was built for the
pleasure of the people, for drivers of
horses for pleasure purposes, for bicy-
clists and for promenaders. There was
no eoncealment or misrepresentation
about the object. 1t was quite distinctly
avowed.
The number of persons who desire to
abus the road according to the platform
of this association. is not one in five hum
dred Of the inhabitants of the county.
They are chiefly the crew of bottlers,
whose income is vastly increased by the
road itself. These people, who live on
h cyclers, have the e~ffrontery to as
sail them, and, for the sake of a petty
convenience, seem willing to drive riders
out of the county to other places where
the roads are less crowded by business
vehicles.
No association has ever been started in
this city with a meaner, smaller or more
contemplate purpose than this one. No
citizen who has a particle of public spirit
would belong to 1t. Gag law and secret
plotting are ft methods for the objects 1t
seeks to accomplish.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
Low PRICES FOR TELEPHONE STOCK

In the advertisements in the daily
papers for the regular auction sale of
securities by Adrain H. Muller & Son.
for May Is, 1897, the following securities
among others were advertised. They
sold at the priced noted
Price at
which sold.
Co, LIST mtge. 6.p. c. bonds,
1906 (hypd.). 500 eh...... .$100.O 90 for lot
so shares Home Telephone
Co., of Trenton, N. j.,
Beneficial Certf. (hypd.), $40
each-..- - ..-..... 800 for lot
T%elephone Co. 500 EACH. 10000 for lot
patch Go. of N. j. fhypd.),
800 each 500 for lot
18 shares Smith Vassar Tele-
phone Co.. 500 each......... 500 per sh,
The Merriewold Park Hotel Co. is a
scheme of W. j. Atkinson, as is also the
Home Telephone Co., of Trenton, N. T.,
Of which SO shares of SO each were sold
at s. for the lot. The above mentioned
prices, being the highest that could be
OBTAINED a public, sale advertised for a
w'eek in advance, do not indicate a very
strong confidence in the minds OF the in
vestfpg public in the value Of securities
of the so-called Independent Telephone
Companies. Mr.. Eastman is a Director
Of the New York Telephone n Tele-
graph Construction Company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

THE local knowledge of the imported
management of the Evening Journal is
very refreshing to old timers. A week
ago, the Dear sheet gave the public the
startling information that John r. Nc
Pherson was nearly eighty years of age.
Yesterday it printed a highly inaccurate
article about the plans for the extension
Of the New Jersey Title Guarantee and
Trust Co., in the course of which it
spoke OF DIR. John Alvin Young as as
sistant secretary of the company, and of
Mr.. John G. Besson as one of the direc-
tors. Mr.. Young left the Title Company
about two years ago to become an officer
Of the Waxehouse Trust in Brooklyn. NJ.
John C. Besson has been dead about the
same time.
The journal" fs not what it used to
be, IN more senses than one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22


Sealed proposals will be received by the
at s O'clock P. M for the
TAKING DOWN AND REMOVING OF OLD
SCHOOL BUILDING NO. 1
and buildings adjoining, the taking down Of
which is necessary 10 the construction of new
building; the same to be done in accordance
with specifications on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the, Board, City Hall. where blank
forms OF bid and agreement Of sureties must
be obtained.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopesy endorsed Proposals for the Taking
Down and Removing of Old Buildingsy' d.
rected to David R. DAILY. Chairman Of
the Committee on School No.. ~ and handed
to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting
when called for in the order Of business re-
lating to proposals and bids.
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or
all proposals IL it considers that the best in
doing. e
By order of the Board Of Education.
JAMES J. WISEMAN,
May q. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

prices will prevail. The p will
remain the entire week and give two per-
formances daily.
Manager Dinkins of the Bon Tor Thea
ire will tender a benefit at the closing of
place on Monday evening, May 81, at eight
= "A. A strong programme is in prep
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

800 for lot
10000 fol lot
! 500 for lot
emnar ~
T~ONIGHT's EVENTS.

There will be an enrolment of volun-
teefs tonight at the quarters on Harrison
avenue.
Central Division, No. 157. B., Of Z. g.,
giyesSan entertainment tonight at Ma
sonic Hall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF STOCK, A-lS31
for ten shares in name of Cassatt & Co;
A-1SS2 for ninety shares in name of Werner
& Co., and cancelled certificate IT'S for one hun
dred shares. The above certificate being of no
value to finder. a suitable reward will be
paid for their return to
CONSOLIDATED TRACTION COMPANY,
1 Exchange Place,
Jersey CITY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

The Journal has been printing ugly
little items for the last week or two,
suggesting that the new Board of Edu-
cation purposed interfering politics into
the schools. Dismissals of teachers have
been limited at and shiftings of assign
ments to duty have been discussed.
Among the most vicious rumers was one
thar Principal Haskell was to be trans
ferred from the High School to No. IA,
over which Mr.. w. S. Sweeney presides,
and that Mr.. Sweeney was to be sent
back to the High School.
We, believe there is no truth in any of
the rumors, and least of all in the one
specified. The High School has never be-
fore been so efficient as it is at present.
1t has a corps of teachers of altogether
uncommon ability. Mr.. Haskell is one
of the abiest and most progressive edu-
Gators in the city. Perfect harmony and
perfect organization exist in the school.
It would be positively criminal to inter-
fere with it in any way. and the people
would sternly resent any such inter
ference.
The Board of Education is well aware
of all this. 1t is not a political body. Its
members are gentlemen of high standing,
anxious only for the educational good of
the city. They will nal no change for
the mere sake of change and there is
not the least fear that they will do any
ching detrimental to the interests of the
schools.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22

-OSo.So ptOpOSdlS WILL Do received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
tuesday. June l. 1897. az 2 O'Clock P. NJ,
IN the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hail,
IMPROVEMENT OF HENRY STREET.
from Waldo avenue to Chestnut avenue.
said improvement to be made conformabIy
TO the provisions Of Chapter 2l7 of the laws
on i ne h IN th a s ofsos Of ts with ci sgseia DC .s9
Board. SOU
Blank forms Of bid and agreement of sure
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 200 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 100 cubic yards of rock excavation.
Anou~ 0o cubic yards of sand or gravel fill
About $50 square yards OF Belgian paving.
ABOUT 1850 square yards of macadam paw
About $50 lineal feet of curb stone.
Apout tso square feet of bridge stone.
About 80 square yards of repaving.
About 225 lineal feet of reset curb stone
About 80 square feet Of reIaid bridge Stones
about l,S4o square feet of relaid tagging. N
Tins allowed for the completion of the work,e
40 wEking days. ia
The making Of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners Of the
property liable to more than one-haIf the as
sessment therefor. en- the basis of prelimi-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the I'M
provement of Henry Street" directed
mittee on Streets and Sewers" and handel to
the Clerk of the Board In open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating
to sealed proposals.
No City official viii be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution Of sureties be allowed.
Act above cited. exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention Of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1881
under the terms whereof no contract shall he
binding upon the city, or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered BY the
contractor have been approved as to SUM
iaro nv this Rnord anA &c e. g.
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
By order of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T.. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
BUSINESS CHANCES

GET RICH QUICKLY|send for 900 Inven-
tons Wanted Book free. Edgar Tate &
Co.. 245 Broadway, New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
WANTED.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
Bright young men to prepare for mi
ton soon to be held for Clerks and Carriers in
Jersey City Postoffice. Particulars about all
Government positions, dates, salaries, etc.,
free of NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE IN
STITUTE, I'd Natl Bank Bldg, Washington,
D. c..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will b. reeeived nv the
Board OF Street and Water Commissioners on
IueSday. June !, 1887, az 9 O'clock p NJ.
IN the Assembly Chamber OF the City Hail,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Dated Jersey City. May 81. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
c-oRPoRATIoN NOTICE.

Dated Jersey city, May p. L
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
Re al Estate Notice

The undersigned having en-
tered into the LAND agency
business" at Pungoteague, Ac-
comac county, Va, desire to
call the attention of the public
to the fact.
We propose to give the bust
ness our strict attention adver-
Using extensively and be cap
able of finding purchasers for
lands in Accomac and North
ampton counties that private in
dividuals cannot reach. All per-
sons having real estate and wish
ing to dispose of it or those
wishing to purchase land or
property on the Eastern Shore,
Va are invited to communicate
with us. All classes of town
property, water fronts, &C., are
desired. Persons communicate
ing with us, having such prop
erty for sale, the same will be
examined by US and advertised
Immediately. Business entrusted
to us will be strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
WINDER, WARD & Co.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
Senator pettus, Prophecy.

This is u story that an Alabamian
tells about Senator Pettus and ex-Sena-
tor Pugh: During Mr.. Cleveland's
first administration Mr.. Pettus was
anxious to fill the place on the supreme
court bench to which Senator Lamar
was afterward appointed. He applied
to his friend Senator Pugh, and the
latter made an earnest and sincere APP
peal for the appointment of Mr.. Pettus.
The president inquired rs to the age of
Pettus, and when informed said he was
too old. Senator Pugh communicated
this fact to Pettus, and also suggested
to another eminent but younger lawyer
in lis state TO apply for the place, as 1t
was Il settled fact that southern man
would surely succeed to the vacancy.
Senator Pettus heard of Senator Pugh's
letter to the other friend, and it made
him mad Coming to Washington. he
called OIL Pu2h and asked him why he
did not stand cut for him. Pugh ex-
planned that Mr. Cleveland would not
alter his determination about not ap-
pointing man of Pcttus age, but this
did not satisfy Pettus. Before leaving
Push Pcttus said, Well, l may be too
old TO sit OH tic supreme bench of the
land, but am not too old to sit in the
senate, and your seat will just about fit
me. Pettus was us good as a prophet.
He succeeded Senator Pugh on the 4th
of March last, and if am not mistaken
occupies the identical seat which Pugh
occupied during former term. Sena-
tor Pugh WAS ~ last December. Sena-
tor Pcttus is 7G. Washington Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
INVASION OF WASHINGTON.
Admiral Cocliburn's British Soldiers Loot
ed and Fired the Public Buildings.

Admiral CocLburn's British Soldiers Loot
ed and Fired the Public Buildings.
1.-The last glimmer of twilight was
fading away when CATER the battle at
Bladensburg, two miles distant from
Washington into the we'll nigh desert
ed city rode the redoubtable Cockburn
at the head of his band of marauders, ="
writes Clifford Howard i'll The Ladies'
Home Journal of the invasion and burn
ing of our national capital by the Brit
ish forces under Admiral Cockburn i'll
August, 1914 "Elated ut their decisive
victory over force nearly twice as
large as their own and thirsting for
spoils, the red coated soldiers marched
triumphantly toward the capitol. Dis
charging their firearms at the windows,
the soldiers burst III the doors and with
a shout OF triumph carried their leader
to the speakers chair, from which, with
mock gravity, he put the question,
Shall this harbor OF the Yankee democ-
racy be burned:' a yell of affirmation
rang through the hall, and without fur
ther preliminaries papers and other
combustibles were piled under the desks
and set OF fire. In u few minutes this
noble edifcc that had been in course Of
construction more than 20 years and
containing the library OF congress and
vast quantities Of official documents OF
great historical value was destroyed.
Nov thoroughly aroused to their
work of plumber, a bowling crowd of
the desperate marauders hurried to the
White House in the hope perchance Of
capturing the president and his wife.
Finding the house locked and deserted,
they battered down the doors, and, con-
selling themselves for the loss Of their
distinguished captives by a ruthless de-
struction OF the furniture, they raided
the larder ard RECALLED themselves with
a hastily prepared feast in the state
dining room. Then, destroying the re-
naming provisions and breaking and
mutilating whatever they could readily
lay their hands on, they concluded their
visit By setting fire to the nome of the
president. Numerous other public and
private buildings were also destroyed
by fire
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31

When viewed through good tele-
scope. the planet presents most beau
tiful sight-a huge golden ball, crossed
by parallel belts Of brownish tinge,
and capped at the poles with blush
or greenish gray, and, most wonderful
OF all, surrounded by thin, broad, fat
ring, likewise of a golden hue AS if
this were not enough, ii is accompanied
by retinue Of at least eight satellites
Or moons, some of which will be in the
field of view.
Under very favorable conditions faint
markings can be discerned on the belts,
which seem in every way similar to
those Of Jupiter, and like his may safe
~ be assumed to be masses of rolling
clouds ranged in belts parallel to the
equator by currents analogous to cur
trade winds. 1t seems very probable
that these clouds may be mostly aque
Gus, and we may thus regard them as
the future oceans Of these planets, sus-
pended i'll the air at present because the
surface is not yet sufficiently cool to al
low them to settle and remain as bodies
of water upon it.-Clifton a. Howes in
Popular Science Monthly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
warwickshirc's Duckinc Stools.

Warwickshire boasts the possession of
a larger number Of ducking stools than
any other English county, and two of
the Oldest have just been brought into
public notice The Warwick town coun-
Gil have carefully repaired the curious
instrument of punishment which visit
ors to the crypt of the famous Beau
champ church there are familiar with,
Kenilworth also possesses a well pre-
served ducking stool which is said to
have been in use as means of bringing
scolds to reasonable frame of mind so
long ago as the period when Elizabeth
graced Earl Leicester's castle with her
presence and before the Amy Robsart
legend became in az way associated
with the building. Westminster Ga
Zette
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
A Carpet Knight.

The following curious definitions of a
carpet knight were recently given i'll an
English examination: "Ono who re-
ceived his knightins upon the field of
the cloth Of gold, ia knight who stood
Oh carpet and had another thrown
over him while being knighted, the
common black beetle, which, when
squashed, resembles all the different
shades Of brussels carpet, " "a knight
which sleeps on carpet, "a man
like, for instance, Sir X. & Co., who is
one of the best. carpet makers, and be-
cause he did make them so we'll he was
make Il knight. y
A shot Was said to go off because
the sudden sleek in a sort of way
frightens the bullet" And it was de-
clared that dog turns around several
times before settling down to sleep to
make sure he is rot sitting on any un-
pleasant objcct, such as black beetle,
ninn etc
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-31
THE WoopPECKER.
Four Characteristics OF the Little Drum-
u1rr of tho WOOdS.


There is IN article by Frank NJ.
CHAPMAN in ST. Nicholas on 1.-The
Little Drummer Of the Woods, giving
much curious information concerning
the woodpcckcr Mr. Chapman says;
If we had woodpccker i'll our hands,
we should SEQ i'll the beginning that Its
bill is not slightly hooked, with tho
upper mandiblo turned down at It's end
and overlapping the under mandible, rs
in the crow and other birds that pick
ND living" but that both mandibles
are of equal length and cut squarely
off at the tip. 1t is, therefore, like Il
wedge or chisel.
Perhaps the tip of tho birds tongue
will be seen appearing through its near
~ closed mandibles, and our attention
is at once attracted by its peculiar
shape. We discover that it is remark
ably long, and when fully extended
reaches almost if not quite an inch be-
yond tho point of the bill. 1t is not
flat, like the crows, but round aud
fieshy, and has sharp, horny point,
which, by looking at it very closely, we
see has series of barbs OH both sides.
In the meantime our hands have
doubtless been pricked by the birds
tail feathers, each feather being stiff,
bristly and pointed ut the end. Some
of the larger woodpcckcrs-tho pileated
and ivorybill, for instance-havo this
singular kind of tail feather highly de-
vcloped. The main stem or shaft of tho
feather is much larger than usual, and
each barb growing from this shaft is
curved downward and inward and is
strong and pointed. Comparing this
feather with the flat tail feather of "a
crow, we see ut once how different it is
III form.
The wings do not impress us as III
any way unusual. They are neither
very long nor very short, but the ar
rangemcnt of the toes is so peculiar
that they were ut once commented upon
by blind girl, to whom had handed
specimen of one of these birds. In
stead of the disposition common tom most
birds, three toes directed forward and
one backward, we discover two front
toes and two hind ones, and we will
note also that each toe is armed with .
strong curved nail.