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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
C~ORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NO11C6 III ONlfSAGIOf
Sealed proposals viii be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September IS, 1897, at two O'Clock
Hall, for the
IMPROVEMENT OF CHURCH STRICT,
from Jordan avenue to Bergen avenue.t
Said Improvement to be made eonformably TIC
the provisions of Chapter 27 Of the Laws of
file in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of %sureties
Engineer. City Hall, Jersey City, \. ].
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 800 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 80 cubic yards of sand or gravel fill
ing.
About 1870 square yards of asphalt paving.
/ About 1000 1ineal feet of curb stone.
About 1.050 square feet of tagging.
About so square yards of repaying.
About 500 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 10 lineal feet of cribbing.
About 9 manhole heads to be reset.
work, 90 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis Of preliminary
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of Church street." directed to Mr.
Ferd Heintze, Chairman of the Committee on
on Streets and Sewers and handed to the
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for IN the order of business relating to
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board "a copy of which is or
file in the office of the Chief Engineer) or they
will be declared informal and rejected.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject any
or all proposals..
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 7, Chapter 1874, of the Laws of 1891
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upON the clty or become effective OF
operative until the bondslnen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hay
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
commissioners
Clerk.
Datad Jarsav citx- Sent Q 1907
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
NOTICE 10 cREpIToRs-EsTATE OF MOI

NOTICE 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF NOR
rs e. Washbrrn. deceased: Elizabeth A.
Bauich. administratrix of Morris. e. Washburn.
deceased. by order Of the Deputy Surrogate of
Hudson County. dated July ~. 1897, hereby
gives notice 10 the creditors OF said decedent
against the estate of said decedent, under oath
or affirmation. within ninf months from the
date of said order. or thay Will be forever
barred Of any action therefor against said
ELIZABETH A. BAuLcH.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
HOTEL
WORh WANTED


HAVE YOUR FIREPLACE HEATERS AND
Furnaces repaired and fixed and put in order
now. before the winter rush sets in.
cheap and quick, we also have all kinds of
repairs and fixtures for all classes of heaters.
ranges and furnaces.
Drop US a postal and we will call on you.
JACOB RINGLE & SON,
Nos. S3-S5 Newark Avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER I. 1897.

This paper is Democratic sa principles
and is indcpendeat in ats rsescs on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
NOTICE.

pated Jersey city. septeml
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
NOTICE TO

Dated Jersey City, September 3, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Dated Jersey city, September 3, 1897.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
How 10 Live Long.

Fix deeply in mind the grand truth
that life power rules the body and that
it alone can cure disease.
Life power lives on air, water and
food only. All else is hurtful.
Make cleanliness your motto and
watch against filth in both house and
grounds.
Few starve for food, but many for
air Breathe deeply hundred times
daily. Wear no tight clothing. Above
all, ventilate your sleeping room.
Bewore of gluttony. If the sppo-
tite is dull, eat fruit only or nothing
Use no fiery condiments, but live chiefly
on natural grains, vegetables and
fruits. Never ask your stomach to
chew your food-employ your teeth.
Adorn your table not only with viands,
but with flowers and smiles ana kindly
words.
Deforrhity is not awkwardness only,
but danger. A high chest will give
freedom TO breathing and digestion
and help 10 cure many diseases.
Thick blood causes colds and count
less other diseases. Keep the lungs
active by deep breathing, the skin by
baths and friction, the kidneys by FREQ
drafts Of warm water, the bowels by
correct eating, and the blood will be
pure.
Spend part of each day in muscular
work. part in study and part in good
deeds to men.-Neo York Ledger.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

A case was recently submitted TO a
jury in Kentucky, which for its nov
city and happy result deserves =
place in "the reports."
II arose from the following circum-
stances: Two men, living near neigh
bors, had falling out about the COW
Of one Of the parties frequently get
ting into the enclosure Of the other,
and which finally resulted in the
death Of the COW she having been set
on by dogs and chased till she ran
against stump and broke her neck.
The case was submitted to jury Of
respectable and wealthy farmers. Az
ter hearing related all the circnm-
stances, the jury made up their minds
that the owner Of the COW could not
afford 10 lose her, and that the owner
Of the dogs was not able 10 pay for
her; they therefore rendered the fol-
lowing verdict that the jury should
pay the value of the COW, the magis-
trate treat the party. and the consta-
bic pay the costs. The verdict was
Immediately ratified and satisfied TO
the great JOY Of the entire nsighbor-
hood.-Kentucky Democra.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
BABY GONE TO SCHOOL.

The baby has gone to school; ah, me!
What will mother do,
With never a call to button or pin,
Or tie little shoe?
How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little "hindering thing" away
Another basket TO fill with lunch,
Another goodbye" to say,
And the mother stands at the door TO see
Her baby march away,
And turns with a sigh that is half relief
And half something akin to grief.
She thinks of possible future morn
When the children, one by one,
Will 90 from their home out into theworld
To battle with life alone,
And not even the baby be left to cheer
The desolate home of that future year.
She picks up garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste,
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced.
If the house were always still as this,
How could she bear the loneliness?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
Beware
OF the Knife.

Mr.. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshheld, Mo-,
writes: "For six years 1 have been
sufferer from a scrofulous affection OF
the glands of my neck, and all efforts
of physicians in Washington, d. G,
Springfield, ILL.,, and st. Louis failed to
reduce the enlargement. After six
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit to re-
moval of the gland. Atthis critical mo-
ment a friend recommended S.S.S.,
and laying aside deep-rooted prelu-
dice against all patent medicines, be-
gan its use. Before l had used one bot
tie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it is entirely gone. though am
not through with my second bottle yet.
Had only used your SIS. long ago,
would have escaped years OF misery
and saved over $3.50"
This experience is like that of all who
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles.
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitless or fatal. SIS. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root OF
the disease and forces it out perna-
nently.
Q G /o,,,1,,11tseI bH,;ely z,epsfdbLe)
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
NEW VOL. 33.--NO. 4.
An Italian Solomon.

The Duke of 0ssone, while viceroy
of Naples, delivered many curious and
clever judgments. The case is related
where young Spanish exquisite
named Bertrand Solus, while lounging
around in the busy part Of the city.
was run against by porter carrying
a bundle of wood on his shoulder.
The porter had called out, make
way, pleasel" several times, but with
out effect. He had then tried to get
by without collision, but his bundle
caught in the young mans velvet dress
and tore it. Solus was highly indig-
nant, and had the porter arrested.
The viceroy, who had privately IN
vestigated the matter, told the porter
to pretend he was dumb, and at the
trial to reply by signs to any question
that might be put to him.
When the case came on and Solus
had made his complaint the viceroy
turned to the porter and asked him
what he had to say in reply. The
porter only shook his head aud made
signs with his hands.
What judgment do you want me
to give against a dumb man ?" in
quired the viceroy.
"0h, your Excellency, replied So
lus, falling into the trap, "the man is
an impostor. assure you he is not
dumb. Before he ran into me dis
tinctly heard him cry out, Make
way
"Then," said the viceroy, sternly,
"if you heard him ask you to make
way for him why didn't your The
fault Of the accident was entirely with
yourself, and you must give this poor
man compensation for the trouble You
have given him in bringing him here.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

A train is throbbing swiftly north
ward, bearing among its passengers
two that have that day been made
man and wife. The bridegroom sits
absorbed in his thoughts, seeming OBJ
Iivious to the fact that what should be
all the world to him sits by his side.
1t is not that one deftly thrown slip
per has made bruise on his forehead,
nor that sundry grains of rice had
slipped down between his collar and
his neck. What, then, was the cause ?
What makes you so quiet, dear ?"
asks the bride.
He starts as one called from another
world.
Il am bewildered, love. Those
messages, how real and yet how very
impossible. l cannot believe, and yet
there, l know not what to think"
Doris laughs little musical ripple
then, laying her hand on his arm and
nesting closer, she says:
"Shall l explain the mystery, love
/ sent them"
"You How could you? The gas
was locked. I mean the door-I-I
but you-how could you?"
Il will tell you, but you must not
let papa know. The paper came from
India, wrapped around some presents
that | had sent to me. The writing
did with my left hand with the moist
ened point of stick Of India ink.
but the locked room p intepected
Sydney.
"Then I rolled it up very small and
stood it upright on a projection Of the
chandelier and fixed it there with 9
tiny bit of wax from candle. When
the gas had been alight little while
the wax melted, and down fell the
message with its weight. See2 But
you will keep my secret from papa ?"
Il
And Mr.. Shirley does not under
stand the mystery to this day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

came upon marginal note giving ref
erence to another work which necessl-
tated a visit to the bookshelves at the
other end of the room. He soon found
the passage referred to, and was about
to resume his seat when he uttered an
exclamation of surprise and cast a
frightened glance around the room.
There, on the pages of the book open
where he had been reading, was some
thing which was not there when he left
the table-a little roll Of paper.
With quivering hand and beating
heart he picked it up and unrolled it.
Apparently the paper was of foreign
manufacture, and the characters on it,
although English, did not seem to be
inscribed with any Of the materials in
common use in our country. With
indescribable feelings OF wonder and
awe he read
Coercion is abhorrent to US. Vex
thy offspring no longer. 1t is our com
mand. Tibet AUG. pa"
A message from the Mahatmas in
far-off Thibet, and dated that very
day Could there be trickery? he
wondered, and to place the matter be
yond the shadow of doubt he made
an exhaustive examination of the room
and itscontents. The window was fast
ened, the door was locked and the
chimney closed. and there was no 9TH
er opening in the walls. Continuing
the search on his hands and knees,
under the table, chairs and couch, he
covered every square inch of the car
pet, and then rose convinced that the
room contained no living being be-
sides himself.
And there on the table lay the in
disputable evidence that time, space
and brick walls were as nothing to
Mahatma. Was there ever such
charitable creed that the innermost
circle should interest itself on behalf
of one who had openly expressed his
opinion that such manifestations were
"bosh"?
The next meeting of the theoso-
phists, before whom Mr.. Shirley de-
tailed the circumstance and produced
the evidence, unanimously agreed
that his bodily health and perhaps his
very life might be imperiled if he still
persisted in opposing the wishes of his
masters.
They implored and abjured him to
relent, and worked on his feelings to
such an extent that he went home i'm
pressed with an awful sense Of some
impending doom, some terrible calam-
ity that was about to burst on his Of
Tending head.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

Two freight engines collided near
the Kentucky town of whitIock re-
Gently. Both were pretty badly
damaged, and one engineer was dis-
charged for careIessness and disobe-
dienee Of orders. The funniest thing
about the matter was the answer OF
the disobedient engineer TO the other,
who asked, Didn't you have orders
TO meet me at Whitlockg" well,
darn IT, baint ! met your said the
engineer who caused the head-end
collision.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

The story was told of an Alabama
man who turned Radical after the
war. He was making a Republican
speech one day, when some one asked
him if he had not said in that very
town before the war that "we could
whip the Yankees with pOP-guns.
He replied that he had said so, but
"the darned Yankees would not fight
US with pOp-guns.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
A Veteran Rattlesnake.
November 5, 1897.

A huge rattlesnske has for htty
years been known 10 live in the cliffs
of Jennie Creek, johnson county, KY,
and many attempts have been made
to capture it. One day last week a
COW belonging to Dan Davis, who lives
in the neighborhood, was bitten by
snake, and by marks in the sand and
weeds in the pasture-feld Davis con-
cluded at once that the COW was bitten
by the huge rattler, and offered S25
to any one who would kill it. One Of
Davis farm hands armed himself with
two 38-caliber pistols and followed the
trail about mile to cave in the cliffs.
Climbing a sapling overlooking the
mouth of cave, he remained there
between three and four hours, when
the monster appeared. The hunter
fred nine shots into the snake before
he killed it, and on measuring it, it
was found to be eighteen feet long.
It's body in circumference measured
twenty-nine inches. The rattlss Of its
tail were two feet long and eight
inches broad. Citizens Of sixty and
seventy years Of age who live in the
vicinity say that when they were
young they heard people talk Of a
monster snake inhabiing those cliffs
and signs of the reptile have been seen
every few years.-LO'tisrille cOr~ier-
Journal.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

therein expressed nave seuG iOf "
to give my consent to your union with
my daughter, and I am not without
hopes that the mysterious message you
have before you may be the means OF
converting you by its tangible exist
ence and the forgiving nature of its
contents"
Sydney gazed at the paper bewil-
cred, speechless. This was a complete
foorer.
"Well, now, go to Doris, she awaits
you in the drawing-room. Leave the
paper here. 1t is too precious to trust
out of my sight. I have to go out
now on business, but if you will give
me call, say tomorrow evening at
eight o'clock, I shall be prepared to
discuss matters with you.
1t is needless to attempt to describe
the rapturous meeting of the reunited
lovers. Those readers who have ex-
perienced such blissful moments can
picture it for themselves, and those
who have not may rest assured that to
them the gates of Paradise still stand
unrevealed.
The next evening Sydney kept his
appointment with Mr.. Shirley, whose
exuberant delight seemed to show that
a heavy load had fallen from his mind.
Then he would go through the in
cidents of the mysterious arrival
again, taking Sydney by the arm and
leading him around the room, all the
while explaining how matters stood on
the eventful night.
"You see, the gas was alight, just
as it is now, and the window was
fastened-look at it-cannot be opened
from the outside; and the blind was
drawn right down, like this. The
only other means of ingress is the door,
locked. All I have not locked it, "
and as he spoke he shot the bolt. At
the same instant a loud ting caused
both men to spring round and rush to
the table. There, floating on the liq-
uid in one of the glasses, was another
tiny roll of paper. Shot from some
where, it had evidently struck the
glass, making it ring. 'Unfolded, the
contents ran:
at is well. We are satisfied"
Again from Thibet, and the date Of
the current day. 1t was with very
different feelings that the two men
gazed at the piece of paper. Mr..
Shirley's face bore calm expression
which told of thankfulness that dan
ger was past, and that he felt once
more at peace with his masters; while
Sydney stood aghast in the unfathom-
able, his hair bristling on his head and
his teeth chattering from fear. At
last he could bear it no longer, and
finging open the door, he rushed out,
nor paused until he found himself out
side the front door in the pure night
air, with the canopy of heaven and
twinkling stars above him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

A sergeant in volunteer corps be-
ing doubtful whether he had distribu-
ted rifles to all the men. called out:
"All you that are without arms
hold up your hands"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
I I I

Meanwhile the situation had be-
come as unbearable to Sydney as it
had to Doris; all their plans for COM
municating had so far failed, the nat
ural course of events having taken a
turn for which no provision had been
made. A love SO intense as his could
stand the separation no longer.
That very afternoon he would 60
boldly to the house and ask to see his
beloved her father might say or do
as he pleased. The resolution once
formed he was in a state of feverlsh
impatience to put it into practice.
He would start at once. And start
he did, wondering what reception he
would receive at the hands Of her pa
rent, and hoping he might not be in
vested with the Order of the Boot.
But Providence had prepared for him
a surprise, one those kaleidoscope
changes which ever make the "best
laid schemes of mice and men gang aft
aglee."
Scarcely had he reached the gate
when a telegraph boy ran up and
handed him a message. Sydney first
thought, of course, was Doris-then
some dire disaster. As soon as his
impatient hands had ripped off the
covering he read:
Come at once in friendship"
RICHARD SHIRLEY.
An invitation from the very man
whom he had been mentally picturing
as kicking him out of the house.
"Say I'll be there ike shot, he
said to the astonished messenger
then collecting himself, "No answer,
and the next instant he was speeding
to the station to catch the train. His
reception surprised him as much a;
the telegram. He was welcomed at
the threshold by Mr.. Shirley and
taken into the study, his host beam
ing with affabiity. After a few pre-
liminary "haws' and vicious clearings
of his throat, Mr.. Shirley addressed
him thus;
"In refusing your ardent request
for the hand of my daughter l be
lieved that was acting in the best in
interest Of my only child. l know
nothing against you; indeed, mucl
| to your advantage; but the principl
reason that induced me to take tn
course that did was your openly eI
pressed disbelief of matters which yoT
could not possibly be the judge
Young man, read that" and with
dramatic flourish he handed him tn
message.
After minutely detailing the Gil
cumstances ofits arrival, he continued
| "In compliance with the conman
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

Many man after marriage wishes
be had one-tenth Of the money he
fooled away on other girls to buy a
baby carriage with.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
The MahatmaS' Message.

In the deepening twilight OF an au-
tumnal evening Doris Shirley paced
to and fro beneath the trees, waiting
with feelings of doubt and uncertainty
the issue of the most momentous event
of a maiden's lifetime-the interview
between her lover and her parent. AT
the sound of advancing footsteps she
paused, and as a manly figure reached
her side it needed but one glance at
his face to tell that his mission had
been one of failure.
He has refused ?" she queried.
Eyes, love; absolutely and without
hope"
"Did he say why he would not con-
sent?"
"He said that you are aware that
his wishes run in another direction.
Then the daughters heart rose in
hot rebellion against her sire and her
eyes flashed fire as she cried:
HE wants me to marry Joshua
Bentworth because he is theosophist,
but | will not, so there He is nearly
double my age, and hate him. Ever
since my father embraced theosophy
he has been quite a different man.
His whole heart and soul is in it, and
everybody and everything must be
subservient to his creed. Marry
Joshua Neverl" And then in softer
tones: "You know, Sydney, that in
Is months shall be of age, and then"
Eighteen months, pet-what a
long, long time to wait.
"Is it not better than never? Well,
if you do not care to wait, we will say
goodbye now" and she held out her
hand, pretending to be offended. The
result was, of course, what she antlci-
pated. She found herself encircled by
her lovers strong aims, while kisses
of contrition greeted her brow.
"Wait, darling l would wait twen-
ty years, but l could not live without
hearing from or seeing you, and your
father forbade me to do either after
this last interview"
And then, as in thousands Of SINH
lar prohibitions, they plotted as to the
ways and means by which they might
hold communication unknown to the
antagonistic parent.
A week passed away it seemed like
a month to Doris; and she wondered
how she could endure Is months like
it. Her father had told her OF his IN
terview with Sydney, and requested
that the subject might never be men
toned again, and Doris had given him
to understand that under no circum-
stances would she marry any one else.
And now a week had passed-seven
long, weary days-without hearing
from or seeing Sydney, and poor Doris,
driven to desperation, had been Won
dering how she might best broach the
subject to her father and try to induce
him to reconsider his decision. But
the task seemed hopeless she felt that
she might as well appeal to stone
wall as to his stubborn will. Was
there no way but wait?
II.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
A Real Blood Remedy.

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it cures the most obstinate cases OF
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ETC., which other so-called blood reme-
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root of the disease and forces 1t out per-
manently. Valuable books will
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