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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05
Tennyson and the Flower.

Ore day. WahentL ord4 Tenpyson and Dean
Farrar WeresMalking alone up and down a
long walk Ia the garden at Freshwater
they were discussing ! d theme on which
they were .entfeyxyat one, namely, the
very HmitetfAnature of bur knowledge.
Tennysoa ssoopade down and plucked one
of the garden flowers beside the path.
How utterly Ignorant we are of ali sgne
laws that tlnderIie the life Of even this
single f10Weri's he said. sBut YETI he
added, this one flower taken by itself is
quite sufficient to tell us all that 1t is most
essential for us TO know. 1t proves to us
the love OF Gody-Rhdladelphia Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05
SCORE BY FRAMES.
Clio Whee1men:-
los 2Ol sos 800 4ss 5ss s5s 757 1854 s72
Tourist Cycle Club
Is 100 275 26a 4d6 547 e21 7n2 72a 27a

The Bayonne Rowing Association rolled
the Central New Jersey League with the
team of the Westield A. C. The home
team was made to hustle in the opening
game, the Westfield forcing them to a
high score. Both broke the average
mark. and with In exciting windup the
B~ayonnes rolled enough credits to give
them a lead of 16 pins. Every member
Of the Bayonne team beat the 100 mark.
Love rolled the highest score for Vest
field, 1913. In the second game it was
and the visitors held the lead. Bayonne
began to pull up and won by a margin of
80 pins. Score:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05
VIII Play All Conner. at Check.rs

Tonight at the headquarters of the
Jersey City Checker Club. Grand and
Henderson street, DR.. Schaffer. the
famous checker expert Of New York. will
give a sitting against all corners in a
series of games. The doctor will play
a special series with G. Van Loon, the
local champion, who will begin his series
of matches tomorrow at Orange with
Murray for the championship of the
State and q side bet of SIS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05
Cottage Riae Club Tournamen..

Ihe cottage Rif1e Club will begin a two
days tournament this evening at the
club range, No. 517 West Side avenue,
which will be open to all corners. The
shooting will be done on the German ring
target and there will be ten prizes, the
highest being $40. Two extra premiums
viii be offered for most tickets. The az
engagements are in charge of P. o'Hara.
w. A. Tewes, A.. P. Alexander. G. Thorn
as and j. Miliar. At the last meeting the
Cottage members got in some good Drac-
tfce work and count on carrying off sew
eral of the prizes. Their best scores
were-Tewes 246; Russell, 239; Thomas.
Brinkmann, 230; Alexander, 232. Lambo1Ir
235; Captain M;llar. 219.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05

OF that officer, to be deposited to the cred
Il OF February, 1887, interest, as follows:-
On general account .,....... S44. $50 90
On water account .,.,........... 1862. 90
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05

The small, snug Russian toque is a COM
Portable and w~ell-favored head covering
this winter. and it Is worn alike with
skating, driving, walking and handsome
dress" costumes, according to the quail
ity and quantity Of materials and garni-
lures which compose it. Popular and be-
coming toques of a beautiful shade of
Russian blue or golden-brown velvet,
have soft crowns of very moderate
height, the brims bordered narrowly with
sable, mink or otter fur, with a small
animals head In front, and as a trim
ming an aigrette Of fur tails resting on
a full pompon Of grown marabout feath-
ers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05

Crinkled bandeaux, curls, fluffy patches
to cover the ears and ringlets to frame
the faces Of fair maids, is the decree of
the tickle leaders of fashion.
No. matter how uncompromisingiy
straight a girls hair may be by nature,
she must torture and twist it into some
semblance of the prevailing mode.
This process, on, some heads. requires
infinite trouble and pains. Nor does it
end here; for mere than often a fine suite
of hair has been utterly ruined by a sea-
sons torture under the iron or with the
tortnring kids.
After a month or so Of f~rizzling the
hair becomes dry and harsh, breaking
off at every curling until the head is
one mass of frozen fuzz, with which it
is impossible to do anything satisfac-
tory.
To avoid this undesirable state Of af-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05

The fashionable evening headdress of
two or three feathers with an aigrette
or two arranged high on the crown of
the head, has an Importance in the
screening business which is rarely sur
passed by the correct evening bonnet
and a pretty Partisan suggestion is a
wreath of violets around the coil of hair,
whether it is done upon the top of the
head or on the nape of the neck. Wired
loops of black velvet ribbon thickly span
gled with gold and silver, form one of the
many styles of headdress worn at the
opera, but three short curling ostrich tips
in black, with n short aigrette, ar
ranged SO that two of the tips curl down
close to the hair and one stands up, make
the prettiest possible decoration for light
brown hair.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-05

From the Commissioners Of ASSESS
ment=
Jersey City, Jan. is, 1891.
To the Hon. the Board of Street and Wa
ter Commissioners
Gentlemen-In accordance with YOU re-
quest we lave examined the property
situated on jackson place and Bartholidi
place, proposed to be taken for an addi-
ton to a park site offered by Mr.. Henry
Lenlbeck, and would respectfully report
the value of lots fronting on Jackson
place, which is an open street, to be 500
each, and lots fronting on Bartholdi place
to be $3.50 each. The figures on Bartholdi
place do not include the cost of the pres
emf Improvement.
ResnectfulIv submitted
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
COCKTAIL WENT WRONG.
Circumspect Man and Superse rviceabls
Waiter Pleased the Woman.


Walter Pleased the Woman.
There is a certain young man who
Is just at present Eliminating over the
truism that you can never tell about
women, says the New York Tribune.
He came to New York few years ago
from western city more noted for it's
piety than anything else and has been
of late living at an uptown hotel. Odd
ly enough, the early piety instilled in
him was not lasting; he had slipped
from grace at divers times and in a
certain way cultivated taste for the
cup that cheers. There arrived at his
hotel recently little party from his
home city. The party consisted of an
old gentleman, his wife and their
daughter. The old man was a friend
of the young mans father, and the
young man had a slight acquaintance
with both father and daughter. The
elderly man asked the younger man to
dine with him in the evening, and the
invitation was accepted. When the
dinner hour rolled around the little
party strolled into the dining-room.
They found the room filled to over
flowing and 1t was impossible to get
four seats together. After some delay
1t was arranged that the elderly couple
should sit at one table and the young
man and the daughter sat at another.
This man had acquired habit of pre-
facing dinner with cocktail. He
knew well the feeling of his host on
this subject, but he wanted the cocktail
badly. He knew the waiter also, and,
calling him over, told him quietly to
bring cocktail in teacup. The
waiter smiled knowingly and went off.
Shortly he returned with teacup and
the young man alone knew it contained
a cheering mixture of whisky and bit
tiers. The waiter was in his day and
generation wise man. He had seen
this particular man drink in the house
under all conditions, but never by
stealth. He set his gigantic brain to
work and he evolved the idea that the
secrecy was for the benefit of the girl.
and so he set the cup down directly in
front of her and smiled with a self
satisfied smirk at the man. The man
glowered and choked, but could
say nothing. The girl looked suspi-
ciously at the cup, and then picked
it up and smelled 1t. Then a great
light came into her face and she fairly
beamed. She raised the cup to her lips
and, pausing, smiled across at the
man and said softly. at was so kind
of you! Just what wanted. No one
but you would have thought of it. Pos
itively, you are genius" and while
the mellow liquid flowed down the
girls throat the man sat and blinked
and blinked. Now he thinks that the
generation of that village is
not so bad after all, and he is talking
Of making a postponed visit to
home.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05

stand on the low banks and with
dash Of his fore paw land out one or
two fish at stroke.
The Indian hunter knows these
creeks and rivers, and 1t is on their
banks he sets his traps with some
tempting bait such as musquash meat
or corn with maple syrup mixed to-
gether, neither of which is it possible
for Mr.. Bear to pass without making a
try for.
Wooden traps, or deadfalls, are made
in the same shape as the well-known
figure-of-four trap for marten and 9TH
er small animals, only many times larg
err, and the crushing weight or load as
much as two strong men could lift.
The bait is tied on to loop of twist
ed roots, and the latter is caught over
the wooden trigger that supports the
loaded cross-bar, and then on the peg
at back of the trap. The bear, after
drawing in strong whiffs Of the tempt
ing morsel from the entrance, ventures
boldly in The depth of the trap is
almost equal to the length of his body,
so when he tugs at the bait the middle
of his body is directly under the cross
bar. The loop slips off the peg and the
weight of the logs and stones crash
down on poor old Mus-Kwa.
The Indian prefers using the steel
trap, as 1t is more certain, and the bear
keeping alive for several days, the
hunter is not required to visit his traps
so often.
During the hot spring days bear in
a deadfall very soon becomes fly-blown
and rotten, and the meat useless, and
very frequently the skin also.
1t is in the spring of the year Wa
Sa-Kejic takes his twenty-pound new
house trap and makes his way to a
small connecting stream between two
lakes. 1t is the spawning ground of
carp. Here along the bank is we'll
trodden bear path. Fishing bears have
frequented this trail for years. Here
out from the trunk of large spruce
for distance of four feet; the opening
in front is about twenty inches wide.
A tempting bait is placed on a forked
stick at the back of the Enclosure near
the base of the tree. He next cuts a
sound, young birch seven or eight feet
long, diameter at small end five inches,
and six or seven at the thickest end.
The weight of such a stick in the sap
is about seventy-five pounds. About
one-third I'D this drag the ring of the
chain is firmly wedged, and the i'm
mense jaws of the trap is opened. A
hollow in the entrance of the house is
made, so that when the trap is placed
the hole is nearly on level with the
ground. A bent root of small tree or
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
MARTIN HUNTER m NXLEDGER Uh

In describing the manner of taking
some of the fur-bearing animals Of
the Hudson Bay territory, the bear
comes first by its coat being earliest
prime of all other animals of the north
country.
The Indians, who, since the finishing
OF their last years hunt in June have
become tired of fish diet, are anxious
ly looking forward to the 25th Of Sep
TENDER. On and after this date the bear
skins have market value with the
company, and the Indians go into the
berry patches and swamps in quest Of
bruin, who has for the past six weeks
been fattening undisturbed.
Considerable bravery is shown by the
Indian in hunting these strong and fe-
rocious animals at this time of year.
Few Of them have other than a single
barrel, muzzle-loading gun, and if they
miss fatal spot when firing, The re-
suit is to them serious, if not death.
l cannot do better in these series Of
hunting stories than to follow the foot
steps of Wa-Sa-Kejic, who was one of
our most successful all-around hunters.
He had liking for the whites in gen.
eral and. from his kindness, for me in
particular. At any time when it was
convenient for me to leave the post he
welcomed my company on his shooting
and trapping tours. Still, hunting
the bear in fiat and dry berry patch
tion to make it day Of profit. Wa-Sa-
Kejic lands from his canoe on the lee
ward side of the patch he Is going to
reconnoitre and ascends large noun
tain, whose wooded southern side runs
down to the river shore; from the top
of this he scans the burned lands be-
meath him with great minuteness for
several seconds. At last his face lights
up with satisfaction, for his eye rests
on a large black bear feeding to the
windward Of clump of alders. Be-
fore starting to stalk the game, he
notes the direction of the wind, the
lay of the country and the number Of
points of concealments between him
and his quarry. All these essentials
mentally impressed on his memory, he
loads his gun carefully and descends
the mountain. Wa-Sa-Kejic makes his
way swiftly from the base for about
a quarter of a mile; after that he goes
with greater care. At last there is on
ly one intervening stack of willows be-
tween him and the bear. FHm my
vantage point of view 1 notice all his
movements and also that of the bear,
which is lazily feeding on the ripe, full
berries.
At the extreme left-hand point Of the
clump stands an immense rock,
brought there, no doubt, at the glacier
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05

period; toward this the Indian is
sometimes crawling, at others crouch
ing: at last he is safe in its shelter,
with heart beating with excitement.
When he left the mountain top the
bear was feeding toward this very rock,
and had so continued. With gun on the
full cock, Wa-Sa-Kejic carefully ad-
vances his head around the base; in an
instant it is brought back to cover, for
he has caught sight of bruin not thirty
feet away and busy eating the luscious
fruit still toward the rock.
Wa-Sa-Kejic waits five minutes
longer Git appears hours to me as 1
watch), and then. with belt-axe well in
front and gun seized firmly in his
hands, steps boldly out from his hid
ing place. AS usual with bears when
surprised at close quarters, the ami
NAL assumes an erect position, and at
the same moment the gun belches forth
its death-dealing bullet and the mon
ster falls pierced through the heart.
That night the Indians squaw and
children feast on berry-fed bear meat,
and the growing boys listen breathless-
ly to their fathers description Of how
he killed "Mus-Kwa."
The foregoing is one way Of hunting
bear, and the other is by trapping
either deadfall or steel traps. This
mode of trapping is only practiced in
the spring. Shortly after the bears
come out of their dens they resort to
creeks and small rivers. where carp
and small trout spawn at that season.
Brtin rs an expert fisherman. and will
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05

shrub about as thick as the little fin
ger is placed under the palate to make
the trap harder to set off. This is done
so that small animals, such as marten,
fox or fisher, cannot spring the trap
should they be drawn to the bait.
A layer of white moss or that from
about decayed stump is then placed in
one sheet carefully over the whole trap
and pulverized rotten wood or earth Is
then sprinkled over the moss to take
away the newness, and the trap is
ready. Four or five days have passed,
during which time Wa-Sa-Kejic has
been busy setting other traps at differ
ent points, and now, according to the
signs, it is time he visits the traps we
saw him set.
He energies from the forest on a
small hill overlooking the trap-house.
One look, he sees the drag-log is off.
Torn-up ground and bitten twigs and
branches mark clearly the way the
beast has gone. Wa-Sa-Kejic rams a
bullet into his gun and follows the
signs. With a twenty-pound trap and
drag-log almost as heavy as man
can carry, it is a marvel how far bear
will travel after being caught. But In
this case bruin is not far off: an OBJ
struction of some considerable strength
has caught the drag, and as he hears
the approach of the hunter he rattles
his chain and let's out defiant growl.
Wa-Sa-Kejic draws nearer and sees
he is well caught. e., high up the
foreleg. He is unable to do the trapper
any harm, and the latter calmly locks
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
THIS AND THAT.

Gambling mania is now accepted IN
France as a ground for divorce.
Few people in India eat more than
twice day, and thousands only once.
The greatest cape in the world is
Cape Horn, precipitous mountain
over 5000 feet high.
There are in India 100000 widows
age between ten and fourteen years,
and $4,000 less than nine years old.
The relative size of the earth as com.
pared with the sun is, approximately,
that of grain of sand to an orange.
AS far as calculations can decide, the
temperature Of comets is believed to be
1900 times fiercer than that Of red-hot
iron.
recent invention is cradle that
rocks by means of clockwork mechan-
ism, and, at the same time, plays baby
tunes.
She-Isn't Colonel Oldbore the worst
fellow for firing off old saws and say
ings? He-A regular maxim-gun, Ell?
Brooklyn Life.
Notwithstanding all the efforts Of in
ventors, no ono has been able to dis
cover q substitute for leather. For
shoes, betting, harness and thousand
other uses, there's nothing like leath-
err"
Toronto hotels have been bothered
by man who persists In putting six
names on tho register and ordering six
rooms, although no one accompanies
him and he represents nobody but HIM
self
Didn't you forget something, SIR"
asked the waiter. YES" replied
Gimpy, reaching for his hat. You
were so long bringing my dinner that
forgot what l had ordered. "-Phila-
delphia North American.
First Passenger-Would you-ah--
lend me your spectacles a moment,
please? Second Passenger-Certainl
sir. First Passenger-Ah, thank you;
now, as you can not see to read your
paper, would you mind letting me have
1t, pleases-Tit-Bits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
SALADS AS A DIET.
Most Wholesome Food and Should 10
Eaten Every Day.

Most wholesome Food and Should Ne
Eaten Every Day.
1.-THE beauty and wholesomeness Of
the salad should commend 1t to every
American housekeeper," writes Mrs. s.
r. Rorer in the Ladies Home Journal.
81 do not refer to those highly sea-
soned combinations of hard-boiled eggs
and mustard, but to dainty dinner or
luncheon salads made with dressing
of olive oil, few drops Of lemon juice
and a light seasoning Of salt, garlic and
pepper.
"The salts necessary for the we'll be-
ing of our blood are bountifully given
in these green vegetables. Then, too,
it is a pleasant way of taking fatty
food. All machinery must be we'll
oiled to prevent friction, and the won
derful human engine is not an excep-
ton to the rule. Look carefully to 1t
that you take sufficient fatty food.
"The Americans do not use enough
oil to keep them in perfect health.
While butter is served in some families
three times day, and is better than
no fat, its composition is rather against
it as compared to sweet vegetable oil.
Fats we'll digested are the salvation Of
consumptives, or those suffering from
any form of tuberculosis. For these
reasons a simple salad composed Of any
green vegetable and French dressing
should be seen on every well-regulated
table 365 times year. Those who live
out of town can obtain from the fields
sorrel, long docks, dandelions and
lambs quarters for the cost Of picking.
Where desserts are not used, and
wish for health's sake. they might be
abolished, salad with bit Of cheese
and bread or wafer or cracker, with
a small cup Of coffee, may close the
meal. Where a dessert is used the
salad, cheese and wafer are served just
before it, to prick up the appetite that
it may enjoy more fully the sweet. At
a large dinner the salad is usually
served with the game course"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05
on the great beast for moment or two
heiora giving him his nuiafus

on the great beast for moment or two
before giving him his quietus.
Indians can carry immense weights.
Suspended by leather thong from the
forehead, bears weighing up to three
hundred pounds they can carry in this
way across a portage Of half mile
without resting.
But Wa-Sa-Kejic had one now even
heavier than that, so he opened him up
and removed the paunch and entrails to
tighten his load. The trap was reset,
and the successful hunter made his way
to the canoe and then to his camp to
bring smiles and laughter to his wife
and family.
Some of the poorer Indians who do
not possess steel traps and are too lazy
to make deadfalls, sometimes set snares
In the bear roads. but this mode OF
hunting is not successful as a rule.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-11-05

rat or house of entertainment bearing
the name OF Mouche dor. Besides the
sanded salon. with its marble tables
and its buffet. presided over by giddy
damsel of forty, there is dining
chamber up stairs, so low that tall
man standing upright can almost touch
the ceiling with his head, and so badly
lit by a narrow window that light of
some sort is necessary even by broad
day.
In this upper chamber, one foggy af-
ternoon in autumn, three years after
the occurrence of the events described
in the last chapter, man was seated
alone and busily writing at one of the
wooden tables.
The man WIS about forty years of
age; corpulent, wit jet-black hair and
mustache, but otherwise clean shaven.
He wrote rapidly. almost furiously,