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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
MENKEN ASSOCIATION PICNIC.

The Conrad Merken Association com
pleted all the arrangements for its in.
augural picnic which will be held In
schuetzen Park on August Is.
The following are the oficers.l r
Spengeman, President; F. Thomas. vice.
presidents; j. Donavan. Secretary. G
geant-at-Arms. 1
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
CITY NEWS T

The Injunction suit to prevent the
Hackettstown Water Company from cuf-
ting off y stream on IN estate belong
ing to Mr- William Oxford OF Jersey CITY.
'bers here. Counsellor g. x. Seguine will
appear for Mr.. oxford.
Charles Anderson, Of No. rs summit
was committed by Justice Potts
today for assaultfng Edward Lawlor with
q club: He q his head badly in :
'cfal places
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
LIQUOR DEALERS GET V1RTuoUs

Especial to THE Jersey City News.p1
GLOUCESTER. June %, 1s97.-A num-
Der of salocnkeeprs who failed to be
granted a retail liquor license at various
of City Council, have circulated
a petition in this city for signers. The
petition protested gains the existence
Of alleged d~isorderly saloons here. but
has. met with so much opposition ii will
probably be withdrawn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23

AND WOOD. Ere.
Bs sssIea j. P g,4ses and w W., Be sessm,s.. y the
Tuesday, July G, 1897, at 2 O'clock p. Nj. in
the Assembly Chamber Of the city Hall, for
FURNISHING AND DELIVERING OF MA
TERIALS
herein.after specified and III accordance with
sperllie e ss,a en- On ale in the office Of the
t,s nlaS Soa i0r ps e e sia pna agreement q sure
Chief Engin &c 0" city aa5 e. .1 fns 9f vs. Of the
The bidding viii be dix Divided HsIsf Into ny i've = sec g
tons, specifications being Individual for each
by itself upon which bids VIII BE- sena,ateiy
received and considered:-
First-For furnishing and delivering hy-
s~econd-For furnishing and delrverraA .,on-
cocks, meters. lead and solder ~
Third-For furnishing, and delivering various
'Flourth-For furnishing and delivering paints.
Fifth-For furnishing and DELIVERING stove
coal blacksmith coal. coke and wood.
or all proposals il it IS deemed 8 for rej tha b sny
interests Of the city SO to do.
nor will q substitution Of sureties be allowed
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed zen
%velopes,, endorsed Proposals for the Furnish
ing and Delivering of (item speciledS - az
rected to tho Clerk of the Board. y ana band-
ed to> that officer in open meeting when
sealed proposals..
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 4. Chapter ls4. Of the Laws ea''e Of
1891, under the terms whereof no Contract
shall be binding upon the city, or become
offered BY the yp Contractor uh have 'h been b ssnEaasa
as to suliciency by this Board and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel. the Presi-
dent Of this Board having the power to ex-
anime the proposed bondsmen under oath
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
SEQ. T. BouToN..
Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
BR4DLEY'S LATEST aPETp

Especial to ssThe Jersey City News.nl
AsBURY PARK. June %. lss7.-senator
Bradley's famous sea-lion was rought
here last night from Smithsonian Insti-
tuition Washington, p. c. accompanied
sonal escort of Mr.. Bradley, the lion
was transferred to the beach aquarium
Mr.. Bradley called his pet Jubilee. in
honor of Queen Victoria
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23

Brigadier General Wanser has issued
important brigade orders regarding the
approaching ncampment at Sea Grit.
They are as follows
Headquarters First Brigade.
n. g. N. J..
c.u Jersey City, N. j, June IS, 1897.
This Brigade win encamp by regi-
gents upon the State Camp Ground. at
70 SATURDAY. July 81 next inclusive, as
First Regiment, Saturday, july 10 to
Fourth Regiment, Saturday. July II, to
: Second Regiment. Saturday, fully a. to
First Troop Cavalry, Saturday, July 10.
to Saturday, July II.
Gatling Gun Co. A Saturday, July "a,
TO saturday. July 81
lin honor of his Excellency the
Governor and commandments, and
by ms permission, the encampment will
De named Camp Grfggs.
lII-commandants will arrange for the
necessary transportation, so as to arrive
IN camp with their respective organiza-
mander not later than five O'clock p. M.
on the date named for the beginning of
their e-ncarnpment.
VIII pc observed:-Reveille, $50 A. M;
breakfast: Gas; surgeons call, 1880; bat
talon / drill $3.50; recall, Hoo; dinner.
- - 1865 cA4N 1.Cu L = ~ >
recall 2:3G, guard mounting, Ais; dress
70; duarfers lo;l5; taps. 1880. Sunday-No
Divine Service. 1920 A. M.
V.-Roll will be. called and absentees re-
ported at al drills and parades in addi-
ton to reyeille and retreat.
W:-Companies will march to and from
meals meas ana no provision. will be made for
formation for meals.
VII.-The Quartermasters of the several
organizations, with a detail not exceeding
one mar from each company, viii report
to the Quarternlaster-Gen General upon the
camp ground on Friday preceding the be-
ginning of their respective encampments,
circumstances will this detail be enlarged
or arrive earlier than the time named.
during the ncampmen and will be
cooked by van employed BY the
Suartermaster-General- Rations in kind
issued, but no pay allowance will be made
for their servants or hostlers.
iA.-Attentlon Is directed to the several
Division National Guard of New Jersey.
BRTG4pIERzGENERAL wANsER.
Assistant Adjutant General.
The following ompan orders have been
Fourth Regiment, N. G., N. =.
Company G.
Jersey City, June q, 1897.
In compliance with Orders No. u, C. S.,
from Regimental Headquarters, notice is
nereny given that an election will be held
IN this company, Friday evening. June Is,
at $50 o'clock. to fill vacancies caused by
the resignation of Captain Samuel e.
Bouker, First Lieutenant Wallace MI
vreeland and Second Lieutenant James
A. O'Neill.
BY order of
A. LA RUE CHRISTIE.
First Lieutenant Co. B.,
E- Commanding.
Official.
Lieutenant Christie has been asked to
accept the nomination for captain of
Company c., but has declined.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
Lehigh Valley System
Leave PennsyIyania r II n.no.

6.52 A. M. daily Sunday TIP A. MI for
Y CHUNK and intermediate stations
SSs A, NJ daily for WILKEsBARRE,
days., ITHACA, GENEVA. yMSgH
BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS and The
West. and principal local points. Dining Car
and Chair Car to Buffalo.
1850 A. M Sundays only, for BOUND
BROOK and intermediate stations.
u.03 A. NJ daily, except Sunday. for MATCH
CHUNK and intermediate points.
12.14 p. NJ. daily, except Sunday
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23

Single Entry, Section A. prize. William
NJ. Sullivan; Single Entry, Section B,
prize, Michael E. Farrell.
This college began to confer degrees in
the year of 1889 and this year the largest
number of graduates that ever left the
college was graduated. Studies will be
resumed on Tuesday, September z. 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
ORDERS FOR SEA GRIT
General Wanser Issues Regu-
lations for the Eneamp-
ment : Company G's
Troubles.

Brigadier General Wanser has issued
important brigade orders regarding the
approaching encampment at Sea Grit.
They are as follows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Dated Jersey City. june 10. 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
Scientific views on Irrigation.

When the ultra scientific. fellows go
into details on irrigation it is time for
the common run of us to stand aside
and hold up our hands. Professor
KONG of Munster. Westphalia, says
that irrigation water properly applied
is a powerful means of oxidation and
of publication of the soil from harmful
products. This oxidation results in the
formation of carbon dioxid. which
largely increases the solution of lime
The action is greater in summer than
at other seasons, hence the need of
greater caution i'm the use of water at
this time The fertility which the water
contains is a very important factor in
irrigation, especially during the grow
ing season. The benefit derived from
this source is due chiefly to the fertility
taken UP directly by the plant and to
much less extent to that absorbed by
the soil. The benefit is greater on
poor soils than on those of better
quality. In fact. on rich soils there is
a loss of fertility by irrigation. The
amount OF the different constituents so
removed does not depend upon their
absorbability. nitrate apparently being
taken UP in as large quantities as am
monia potash, and phosphoric acid
The benefit to be derived from the use
of irrigation water depends therefore
largely upon the fertility of the soil
and the vigor and extent of plant
growth The poorer the soil and the
larger and more vigorous the plant
growth the greater the benefit from the
fertilizing constituents of the irrigation
water. AS compared with the other
soils experimental with. the sandy soil
gave the best results from irrigation.
This was especially true when sewage
and similar materials which require
free access Of oxygen for their DECOR
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
SIMPLICITY AT WHITE HOUSE.
President and Mrs. Mckinley Set Up
Some Informal Customs.

Washington Dispatch to the New York
Journal: President McKinley's Demo-
cratic informally IN regard to many of
those matters hedging about his official
position is decidedly in marked contrast
to the rigid formality with which matters
of official etiquette were treated during
the lcst administration.
This is shown perhaps in no way more
openly than in the matter OF going out
for a drive On Sunday the president ana
Mrs Mckinley went for a drive in their
open carriage. accompanied By the lat
ter's aunt, Ms. Saxton- The elect of
fashionable society We're duly horrired to
observe that the president. conf rdTE 10
precedent sat with his back to the horses.
According to presidential etiquette, as
inaugurated by the late President Arthur.
and always strictly adhered 10 by Presi-
dent Cleveland. this should not have
been. 1t seems there is . regular IRON
clad rule. which stipulates that the presi-
dent OF the United States must reverse
the rule OF etiquette the world over for
private individuals. The president must
always enter carriage first, even tax
ing precedence of his wife. Moreover.
he must occupy the seat OF honor on the
right Further. the president should be
the first to alight from his carriage.
When there are other ladies in the car
rage with him the wife of the president
should occupy the seat beside him. and
invariably the other occupants should sit
with their back to the horses How
ever. each president may make his own
great kings
Mrs Mckinley follows the president in
this agreeable formaity as regards the
reception of callers al the White House.
Just at present there has been no special
person delegated to the duty of answer
ing the many notes that pour in on her
requesting that a special time be set for
calls uoon the first lady in the land
This accounts for the fact that not a few
of those desirious of this honor have so
far failed TO receive replies to their notes
Everyone now understands that Mrs.
Mckinley is far too great an invalid to
attempt to conform to the arduous social
duties OF the White House. Therefore.
when Mrs Mckinley is not feeling suffi-
GENTLY well to receive company. even
though she may have made appointment
with certain Of the official or unofficial
set to do so. she goes out for a drive,
instead of remaining indoors To the
forming the disappointed ones that Mrs.
McKinley's health rendered il imperative
for her to go for drive and thus cancel
the social engagements for the afternoon
Mrs. Olney. Mrs. John C. Carlisle and
Mrs. Harmon. who have. Of course. been
duly drilled IN the strict rules of Off
cial etiquette required of observance by
his cabinet from the ex-Dresident. re-
Gently wrote that Mrs. Mckinley set a
time at which they might call upon her
Through some chance the replies to these
notes failed to reach the three cabinet
ladies' mentioned. This. however. did not
deter them from calling at the White
House.
Mrs Robert MCGEE. daughter of ex-
President Harrison, was among the call
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
CYCLISTS ARE A POWER.
Railroads and Legislatures Bowling
to Their Will.

Cyclists now seem to be the most in
fiuential class of people in the world,
says the st. Paul Globe. Legislation in
favor of road improvement has been
successfully promoted in many of the
states. and the free transportation of
cycles as personal baggage by railroads
has been largely secured. either through
influence brought 10 bear upon rail-
road managers and traffic associations.
or by the enactment of laws making
such transportation compulsory. For
improved roads Massachusetts eXpend-
ed S400, 900 in 1895. $500, 900 in 1896, and
viii probably spend $500, 900 during the
year 1897. The convicts are at work
upon the public roads of North Caro-
lima. and are doing excellent work at
small cost. The national government
has shown its interest in the good roads
question by issuing bulletin from the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
Idaho Field Pea.

While there is a good deal being said
about the Idaho field pea these days
and tenderfoot correspondents are
sending wonderful tales about it t6 the
eastern papers as something new, it
might be well to correct a few errone-
Gus impressions in regard to its origin.
AS early as 1880 the cicer arierinum
the species under discussion as well as
the cicer album, were received from
old Mexico ard planted on the agri-
cultural college farm at Fort Collins
by Professor Blount. For nine years
up to 1890, they were raised there in
small quantities by way OF experiment
The yield during that time was very
large and somewhat astonishing. but
it seems the time had not yet come
when they We're TO become so famous.
1t has been grown in old Mexico and
southern New Mexico from time i'm
memorial, not only as a substitute for
coffee, but for pea-soup, and for dish
similar to those made of other peas.
The Mexicans call it garbanso. and not
only use it for coffee, but for a fine
dish for the sick, after roasting and
reducing it to a flour. which with milk
is very nourishing to the invalid. 1t is
universally employed by the natives all
through Mexico for these purposes, and
greatly preferred by them to the COM
mon garden peas we see everywhere.
Samples of both these species were at
the station at Fort Collins from 1880 TO
1880, and during that period could be
seen growing on the farm alongside the
white, blue and the yellow lupines,
which, by the way, are very nearly
allied to this pea. in their nourishing
qualities and as feed for stock. All
these were exhibited at the worlds fair
in New Orleans. also at Montgomery
in 1885. and at the St. Louis exposition
in 1SS7.-Field and Farm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
UP HIS SLEEVE.
Ex-senator ingalls, Kept a Big Scoop
of the Carson Mill.

st. Louis Ppst-Dispatch: Ex-senator
Ingalls, will never become shining light
in newspaperdom. He IS an excellent
ilustra ton oftthe fact that newspaper
men are born, not made No matter how
easy his pen, unless he possesses the news
instinct he can never be a newspaper
man. He may oe-ehance become
journalist but that is something different.
Because OF the lack OF the news instincL
the graduate of the college OF journalism
is often amazed TO find that his course
of study has only taught him at best
how TO write. and not what to write The
ex-senator does not know what scoop
is f he meets one in the road. He does
not know plain. every day news. He
had the only SCOOP OF the big fight OF
Carson, and he kept it carefully con-
cealed from March II until April 2. be-
fore he turned ii loose. Then II took
corkscrew to pull il out. On that day
in an interview he stated that FitZSim-
mons had told him on the night of the
fight. that the. blow which knocked out
Corbett was a chance one. For more
than two weeks that blow had been ex-
plotted as the one Fitz had up his sleeve
all along only waiting for the opportunity
to deliver it. Mr.. ingalls, went to Carson
as the correspondent of New York
newspaper. doubtless at a fancy price
And he failed to send the only important
if true-item which the paper did not
get from other sources. 1t took him II
days to unload-the item. and then he
gave ii away p for nothing to another
paper. Mr.. Ingalls, must be clasSed among
the journalistic freaks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26

agricultural department, showing that
muddy highways effect an annual loss
to the United States of $3.50, 000. 200.
The necessity for better roads is uni
versally admitted, and the question has
become to be one of finance The road
tax has been doing its work ever since
civilization taught mankind how to use
the shovel and hoe. But the road tax
has not made much Roadway in max
ing permanent roads Put few mill
ions a year into Improving the thor
oughfares of a state. and in ten years
there would not be a mile of highway
legally laid out in that state but would
be converted into permanent stone
road This amount would not be ma
terial increase of taxation in many or
the states, when considered in connec-
ton with the direct loss sustained in
the hauling of farm produce through
the mud There are times when the
demOralized condition of the business
of this country may be traced directly
10 bad roads. Stringency in the money
market may be attributed as often to
bad roads as to any other cause Hard
times, dull times, labor unemployed,
fluctuating prices, reduced railroad
earnings. are often the results of bad
roads. There are certainly arguments
sufficient in number and force to show
the benefit of good roads to every class
of people. and cyclists are keeping up
an agitation of the subject which seems
to be irresistible.
The agitation of the bicycle baggage
question is equally systematic and even
more successful. The chairman of the
transportation committee of the League
of American Wheelmen is 3. b. Ayers
of Chicago. formerly a railroad traffic
agent. who seems to know how to
make the wants OF wheelmen known to
the different railroads and TO have the
courage of his convictions. Recently
Mr. Ayers was in communication with
the Pennsylvania railroad company,
which had made application for trans
porting the league members from the
west 10 the national meet at Phila-
delphia during the first week in August.
Mr. Ayers informed the company that
its eastern division was one of the bit
terest foes of the league. compelling
wheelmen to pay for the transportation
of their wheels and opposing the pas
sage OF the wheelmen's baggage bill in
New JERSEY, and that only under one
condition would he consider the re-
quest-namely. that the company in
struct the employees of the eastern di-
vision TO carry bicycles free of charge
as baggage. not only in New Jersey,
but all along its line.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-26
sULrAN's ABJEcT coWARD1cE.
It is the Dominant Feature of a Not
Unattractive Character

New York World Victor Berard. in
writing on Turkey and the sultan for
Partisan review, has told some very
interesting facts. For several years
he was a college professor in Con-
stantinople, and knows his subject
thoroughly. He blames the sultan and
Russia for the Armenian massacres,
and holds the sultan up to scorn as
perhaps the most abject coward hold
ing a high position in Europe.
So fearful is the sultan of dynamite
that he will not allow electricity to be
used in CcnStantinople as it is gener-
ated by dynamos. He says that for
months no Turkish minister in other
countries has drawn pay. the army is
unpaid, and the money that should be
so used is spent Ito pay a swarm of
spies an6 the immense imperial guard,
to send presents to European SOW
ereigns, diamond decorations to con-
tinental ministers and their wives, and
to bride German, French and American
papers"
Here is the pen-picture he draws of
the sultan:
Abdul Hamid is a gentle, shy. civil
man. rather cold at a first interview.
but whose manner becomes winning on
better acquaintance His temper is
even, his address affable, his native in
telligence above the average, but his
culture is nil. The gross farces of the
Turkish stage and penny horrible
French literature are his great de-
light. He has ordered the whole of
Xavier de Montepin 10 be translated
for him. His piety, perhaps simulated,
is narrow and superstitious, and his
private life serious and indeed austere
The most severe young Turks admit
that for centuries the Ottoman throne
has not been occupied by a man so
little sensual. Ambassadors have ali
been charmed by Abdul Hamid. and
many have not got over this pleasant
impression. 1t is due TO the extreme
politenesS of this autocrat to his at
tention to their remarks. his apparent
assent to every one of their conclusions
The proofs he gives of hard work.
good will and scrupulousness appeal to
even the most liberal young Turks,
like Murad Bey. A great effort or
long habit is necessary to nistrust or
disbelieve a man who seems so upright
and who certainly is unhappy. Every
thing in his attitude. words and even
silence, his sudden pinching of the
lips, starts of the body, wandering
looks and the pallor of the cheeks.
disguised by powder-eVerything shows
incurable fear of the sue
cessor of the unfortunate AZiZ and
Murad. 1t is the key of his character.
Fear has subdued in him pride. passion
and vices. but it has also killed gener-
osity, aightforwardness. honor and
all sentiment further than that of self
preservation.