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The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17
PROPOSED
TO THE
GTATE OF NEW JERSEY.
DEPARTMENT. or STArr

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
- DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
AS required by an act entitled "An act to
provide for submitting proposed f.mend
ments to the Constitution of This State tn
the people thereof approved May %, 1897
notice Is hereby given that on Tuesday, the
twenty-eighth day of September, 1897, n
SPECIAL ELECTION
will be held in the several election districts
or precincts of this State, at such places as
the clerks of the several townships. cities
and municipalities of the State shall pro
for members of the Legislature to vote for
or against each of the following proposed
amendments to the Constitution.
GEORGE WURTs.
Secretary OF State.
Proposed amendment to the Constitution n,
relating to lotteries and gambling.
Amend paragraph 2 of section VII of arti-
Gle Nv, so rs to read as follows:
2. No lottery shall be authorized by the
legislature or otherwise in this state and
no ticket In any lottery shall be bought or
SOLD within this state, nor shall pOol-selling,
book making or gambling of any kind be
authorized or allowed within this state, nor
shall any gambling device, practice or game
OF chance now prohibited by law be legal
tied, or the remedy, penalty or punishment
now provided therefor be in any way dimin-
ished.
Proposed amendment to the Constitution,
relating to appointments to office.
Add the following to section XII of arti-
Gle v:
No person who shall nave been nominated
to The senate by The governor for any Office
of trust or profit under the government of
this state. and shall not have been con-
hrmed before the recess of the legislature,
shall be eligible for appointment to such
office during the continuance of such re.
cess.
Proposed amendment to the Constitution
providing for woman suffrage.
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17

"My boy" asked the old gentleman
who had been watching him with in
terest for several minutes, 'may l in
quire what you are doing ?"
"I'm pumping up my tires" replied
the young oyclist with a feeling of pity
for such ignorance.
"Ah !! And what do you call that Inn.
element you are using, may l ask ?"
cts a pump"
"No, my boy" responded the elderly
party, patting him on the head. at is
not a pump. A pump is a thing that
works by suction. It extracts. 1t
empties. 1t does not fill. That thing
you are using is a suffer. Remember
that my boy. Suffer, not pump"
And he patted the urchin onoe more
on the head and walked away with his
nose in the air Chicago Tribune.
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17

Diet cures more than physic.
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17
A Life Worth Living.

That young man enters life. He is
buffeted. he is tried, he is perplexed. A
grave opens on this side and a grave
opens on that side. He falls, but he
rises again. He gets into a hard battle,
but he gets the victory. The main
course of his life is in the right direc-
ton. He blesses everybody he comes in
contact with. God forgives his mis-
takes and makes everlasting record of
his holy endeavors, and at the close of
it Gcd says 10 him: "Well done, good
and faithful servant. Enter into the joy
of thy Lord. My brother, my sister,
l do not care whether that man dies at
30. 40, 80, so, 10 Or 80 years of age;
you can chisel right under his name on
the tombstone these words, "His life
was worth living"
m the hills of New Hampshire, in
olden times, there sits a mother, There
are six children in the household-four
boys and two girls. Small farm. Very
rough. hard work to coax a living ont
of it. Mighty tug to make the two ends
OF the year meet. The boys go to school
in winter and work the farm in sum-
mer. Mother is the chief presiding
spirit. With her hands she knits all the
stockings fer the little feet, and she is
the mantGa maker for the boys, and she
is the milliner for the girls. There is
only one musical instrument in the
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17
A LITTLE FUN.

Gotham-PeopIe are so different hers
il i3usE"n. See how sad everybody
loo: =.
4okbay-Naturally. How could they
look otherwise when they think of the
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17

REV. DR.. TALMAGE DISCUSSES THIS
MOMENTOUS QUESTION.
The Kind of Life That Is Not Worth Liv-
ing and the Kind That Opens Into Eter-
nity-The Struggle For Wealth, Position
and Happiness.
The Monitor-register., 1897-09-17

So the idea of worldly approval. If
that be dominant in a mans life, he is
miserable. Every four years the two
most unfortunate men in this country
are the two men nominated for the
presidency. The reservoirs of abuse and
diatribe and malediction gradually fill
up, gallon above gallon, hogshead above
hogshead, and about midsummer these
two reservoirs will be trimming full,
and a hose will be attached to each one,
and 1t will play away on these nom
inees. and they will have to stand il
and take the abuse, and the falsehood,
and the caricatnre. and the anathema,
and the caterwauling, and the filth,
and they will be rolled in it and rolled
owe and over in it until they are
ohoked and submerged and strangulated.
and at every sign of returning con
sc%icucness they will be barked at by all
the hounds OF political parties from
ocean to ocean. And yet there are a
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
Different Name. For Waves.

They have curiously different names
for waves about the coast of Great
Britain The Peterhead folk call the
large breakers that fall with a crash
on the beach by the grim name of
"Norrawa (Norway) carpenters On
the low Lincolnshire coast, as on the
southwestern Atlantic fronting shore
of these islands, the grandly long, un-
broken waves are known as "rollers."
Among East Anglians n heavy surf,
tumbling in with an off-shore wind or
in calm, is called by the expressive
name of .slog," while II well-markcd
swell, rolling in independently of any
blowing. is called "homc." "Therc is
no wind" a Suffolk fisherman will say,
"but nasty home on the beach," Suf-
folk men also speak of the bark" of
the surf, and a sea covered with foam
is spoken of as Feather white" The
foam itself is known as spoon drift
So in the vernacular we have it: 1.-The
sea was all Il feather white with spoon
drift."-New York Marine Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
To Rexu,ate vivl.cctlon.

Congress Is asked to set IN example
for the states in the regulation OF vlvi-
section and other surgical experiments,
and one of the Senate committees re-
portcd bill which was prepared by
the Humane Society. 1t provides that
anesthetics shall be used in all sur
gical experiments upon living animals,
so-called inoculation experiments, how
ever, being exempt. 1t requires all sur
geons and other persons who desire to
make experiments to obtain licenses
therefor, which are not granted until
the board of health is satisfied OF the
integrity and ability of the applicant.
Vivisection in public, with the eXcep-
ton of medical and surgical schools,
is prohibited. and no spectators can be
allowed except those who are studying
medicine and surgery. All experiments
in vivisection are to be under the SUI
pervision of the board of health, which
has the power to interrupt or prohibit
any practices that are inhumane and
prosecute and punish those who com
nit them. The board of health has the
power to appoint inspectors. who have
the right to appear at any time at clin-
les and other surgical exhibitions.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
Foreign Notes.

There are nearly 1000 building socie-
ties in the united Kingdom. with an ag-
grcgate membership of nearly 10000.
An absolutely fircproof chimney, tif-
ty feet high, has been built of paper in
Breslau. Ii is the only one of the kind.
Two new telephone cables, each with
two circuits, are to be laid across the
English channel at once. This will
make practically six lines for the Lon
don-Paris service.
A large syndicate has been formed in
London 10 buy up all the poultry COM
ing into the market, in anticipation of
an enormous demand during jubilee
week. The birds are being kept in cold
storage.
In Belgium railway carriage has
been fitted up as hospital. 1t con-
tains twcnty-four beds with wire
springs, and complete outfit of medi-
cal and surgical appliances.
Aluminium helmets have not proved
entirely successful in the German
army, the saving in weight being more
than offset by the metals storing heat,
even to blistering the foreheads of the
wearerS.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
RAILROAD VALUES.
ASSESSMENTS FOR THIS YEAR
The State Board of Equalization Makes
Few Changes From Last Year But
Those Favor Colorado Lines.

Denver, May 20.-The State Board of
Equalization has completed its work OF
assessing the railroads of the state.
There have been no changes made
from last year in tlR assessments on
the main lines of the Rock Island, San
ta Fe, burlington II Missouri and I'm
ion Pacific. The Rock Island system
as whole, which WAS assessed lower
than the other outside roads last year,
has been raised very nearly to their
level This is $7.iOO per mile. The
Burlington x Missouri. Santa Fe and
Rock Island We're raised slightly on
their connecting lines. Practically no
change was made on the Union Pacific
systems assessment.
Quite number of departures We're
made from last years figures on the
Colorado roads. The Denver & Rio
Grande suffered net raise of S125, 600
on its trackage and rolling stock. AT
some points on this system the assess
ment was lowered. notably on the line
west of Leadville. which was cut about
Sl0O per mile; mt others ii was raised
a little. The S125,OOO advance falls
chiefly on the rolling stock. Since a
year ago large additions have been
made to the Rio Grande's rolling stock,
and now it is considered one of the
best equipped systems in this partlcu-
lar in the United States.
The South Park. or Denver. Leadville
& Gunnison road was given the sub
stantial reduction of S64,oOO. This was
largely due to the representations made
TO the board by Receiver Frank Trum-
bull. relative to the past and present
condition of the South Park system.
When the road went under Mr.. Trum-
bulls management it was doing next to
no business. but now it is rapidly ap
preaching n paying basis. on the Gulf
system Il net reduction of about $4,000
was made.
The Colorado K Wyoming line, which
is a Burlington connection. was re,
duccd $500 per mile for its full length
of 1ii miles, giving total reduction OF
$4,000. This may be pared down later
on 10 something like $4,000 or $50, 900.
Lack of business on the Colorado 4
Wyoming line caused the reduction.
The assessment of the Colorado Mid
land system was reduced by the sum of
$4,000. An advance was made in the
Midland Terminal line sufficient to
cover the new trackage. on which con
struction work was started last year.
This extra tracLage is now in operat-
ing order. No change was made on the
Florence S Cripple Creek line.
1t is the purpose of the board to reach
true values on all the taxable property
which comes within its province. 1t is
claimed that the boards action in con
sidering preliminary assessments. be
hind closed doors has greatly expedited
The work. When the open meetings
are held some further equalizing is To
he done. and then the figures reached
will he the official schedule of the
years assessments.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
Uncompnhgrc Dispute Settled.

Washington. May is. The conference
of the two houses of Congress to-day
reached an agreement on the provision
in the Indian appropriation bill con
cerning the uncompahgre Indian reser-
walton in Utah. the only item remaining
in dispute between the two houses.
Following is the text of the compro-
mise:
"The secretary of the interior is here
by directed to at once allot agricultural
lands in scveralty TO the Uncompahgre
Ote Indians now located upon or be
longing TO the Uncompahgre Indian res
ervation in Utah. said allotments to be
upon the Uncompahgre and Ulntah res,
ervations, or elsewhere in said state;
that all of the lands of the said Uncom-
Dahgre reservation not heretofore al
loted in severalty TO said Uncompahgre
Utes shall on and after the first day of
April, 1898, be open for location and EN-
try under allotment laws of the United
States
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
Autonomy For Crcte

Canea, Crete, May 21.-The Crctan
insurgents have received Instructions
from Athens to accept an autonomous
form OF government on condition that
the Turkish troops shall be previously
withdrawn from the island. The III
surgents appear to approve of this plan
for the settlement of their grievances
The Mussulmans of Crete. however.
have telegraphed to the Sultan protest
ing mt being placed in the power of
the majority, which betrayed such hos
tility to the AIussulmans, by the earn
age at Sitia. and the destruction of all
the Mohammedan villages" adding:
Autonomy under such circumstances
cannot fail to pcrpetuntc race wars
and will only briefly postpone the re-
vival of the annexation question with
all it's disastrous consequences"
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28

Manslaughter in this country has in
creased from ,44S in 1886 to more than
$4,000 in 1896, says Texas Farm and
Ranch. Italy has long been considered
the most homicidal of nations, but we
surpass her more than ten times over
and more than five times in proportion
to population. Our increase in this one
crime has been 100 per cent per an
mum, or 1000 per cent in ten years.
This is not all-other crimes against
persons and property are similarly in
creasing Convictions for crime are
not keeping up with the ghastly pro.
cession. There are two reasonable eX-
plantations of this disagreeabe fact:
AS people we are becoming altogeth-
er too clamorous for personal liberty"
and hence tolerate, and often champion
customs and institutions that breed
crime. Also, cur courts have ceased
to be a terror to evil doers The en-
tire legal fraternity, from the highest
Judge to the most contemplate petit
fogger, unite in their devotion to alb
surd formalities and obsolete prece
dents which multiply indefinitely the
chances of the guilty to escape punish
ment. The proof of guilt may be new
er SO absolute, yet unless all the musty
formalities be fully complied with, no
final conviction can be had. Thus the
law has become a thing for public con-
tempt, and inspires but little fear on
the part of the criminally inclined.
There is another cause which no doubt
operates to a considerable extent to in
l. ~,
a contrlbutary factor in criminal an
nails. This poverty may be real, or
merely comparative-the result is the
same. Unless an unexpected reform
shall soon be an accomplished fact, the
result in the near future is fearful to
contemplate.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Annual Agitation to Have 1t Enlar

Annual Agitation to Have 1t Enlarged.
Every four years an attempt is made
to persuade Congress to erect new
White House or enlarge the present one
so that 1t will be a fit residence for the
President. The usual movement has
begun. President Mckinley has dis
covered the limitations and the incon-
yeniences ofthe old structure. and Col
onel Bingham, the new commissioners
of public buildings and grounds, who
looks after matters over there, has al
ready discovered how difficult it is to
make the venerable mansion what IL
ought to be. Colonel Bingham will
send letter to Congress advising ehe
improvement and enlargement of the
building upon Il plan similar to that
suggested by Mrs. Harrison. which pro
vides for duplication of the present
building to the south of it, for connect
ing the two long corridors, which
would inclose n court in which there
might be a fountain. statuary and fo-
liage plants. He has a second plan
which provides for the removal of the
greenhouses from the west to the south
side of the White House, and the cree
ton in their place of wing which
would furnish plenty of room for the
accommodation of the Presidents fam
lily. On the east side would be another
wing for official quarters. In carrying
out either of these plans the simplici-
ty of architecture. which makes the
White House beautiful. could be pre-
served, although it would he necessary
to build the new part of granite or
marble. because the sandstone in the
present structure does not endure the
weather very well.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
ANOTHER SUNDAY TRAGEDY.
a Sunday Fight Results In the Death of
Two Men,


Two Men.
Denver. May 2l.-In n quarrel over
water rights at Joseph loves ranch on
South Broadway at Gas o'clock last
night Samuel ii. Mccall. a gambler,
was shot to death, and John McKenna.
formerly n New York city saloon man.
was fatally wounded. Jacob Kistharu
and his son, Daniel Kisthard, admit
having done the shooting. The father
is siNty-four wears of age and occupies
ranch adjoining Joseph loves place.
Daniel Kisthard is thirty-nlne years
old and is employed at McFarlane &;
Co.'S machine shop, 1874 Fifteenth
street.
1t was while Jacob Kisthard, Daniel
Kisthard and other relatives We're
working on flume which would turn
the ditch water from running for 200
feet upon loves ranch that the trouble
drose. Jacob Kisthard claims to have
shot in sclf-defense. stating that party
of loves employees and hangers-on had
made an attack on the Kisthards. John
Phillips, one of loves farm hands.
who says lie was within twenty feet of
the scene of the fatality. states that
Mccall and McKenna We're shot down
In cold blood having taken no part in
the discussion over the ditch.
At o'clock this morning Joe Lowe
and his man Phillips We're arrested and
placed in the county Jail in connection
with the shooting of Mccall and Nc
Kenna.
ON later investigation by Under Sher-
1T Clay he found evidence which con
vinced him that Joe Lowe fired the first
shot in the melee, firing it from the
porch of his house.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
HAVE REACHED PARIS.
American BImetallic Commission Ready
for Buslness.

Paris, May 19.-The United States Bl
metallic commission, consisting of Sen
ator Edward q. Wolcott of Colorado,
ex-Vice President Stevenson of Illinois
and General Charles j. Paine of Massa
chusetts, has arrived here.
The commission will not take any
steps officially until General Horace
Porter, the new United States ambas-
sador to France. has presented his ere
dentials. Then, through General Porter,
the commission will ask President
Faure for an audience. Upon that oc-
casion the commissioners will present
their credentials to the president and
will await the appointment by the
French government of delegates with
similar powers as their own, with
whom they will confer
The commissioners are staying at the
Hotel Vendome. They will remain
here for about Il month and will then
proceed to London, where they will de
termine upon their future plans.
| According to the French premier. NJ.
| Meline. there is not the remotest likeli-
| hood of France taking the initiative in
calling a monetary conference until
Great Britain agrees TO take part in
such conference if it is called
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
a Failure.

A certain professor in one of the leading
schools of this city was not long since de-
sirous of incorporating some negro dialect
in n story he was preparing. Not being very
well versed in their manner of speech. -
bcthout him that 1t would he II good Idea
to study the language in Its purity undefled.
with this end in view he bctook himself -
the vicinity of the union depot. near which
representatives of the ebon race are always
to be found.
One effort was enough Meeting coal
black negro driving wagon rather well
loaded, and accosting him ''Uncic John"
pretty heavy load. uncle. Can you get
up the hill with it?"
~ do not know sir. but presume So
Such an example of pure and undciilcd
English coming from such an unexpected
source almost paralyzed the professor. who
muttcrcd something about the '.degcncracy
of the modern negro" and. mentally decid-
ing to consult the work Of ''tnclc Rcmus.'
he rctraccd his steps TO his apartmcnts.-
Nashville American.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS.

A correspondent writes: 81 was drunk
on and off for over twenty years, drunk
when had money, sober when had none.
Many dear friends / lost, and numbers
gave me good advice to no purpose; but,
thank God, an angel hand came at last in
the form of my poor wife, who administer
ed your marvellous remedy, "Anti-Jag," :"
to me without my knowledge or consent
i am now saved and completely trans
formed from worthless fellow to sober
and respected citizen"
If "Anti-Jag' cannot be had at your
druggist, it will be mailed in plain wrapper
with full directions how to give secretly,
on receipt of One Dollar, by the Renova
Chemical Co., &C Broadway, New York, or
they will gladly mail full particulars free
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28

Prof. r. O. Becker, music teacher in
Marion, Ohio, has received letter from
his father in Germany notifying him
that the military court at Leipsic de-
mands his return to Germany and his
appearance before the military court by
April rs to show cause why he left the
German military service, and that a
levy has been made upon his father by
the German government of $1,000 year
ly for his absence. To this the profess
sor says Nit" People who have been
good citizens of this country for six
years, as Prof. Becker has, are not
likely to do army duty-not if they
can help it. If they are hankering for
army life they can get 1t right here,
provided they are worthy.
The Springfield herald., 1897-05-28
MUST PAY OR SHUT UP.
Webb McNaII's Uitimatum to an Eastern
Insurance Company.


Topeka. Kan, May 22.-Webb Me
Nall, superintendent of Insurance. to-
day revoked the license of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company of
New York and ordered the company TO
cease doing business in Kansas. The
action grows out of the company's re
fusal to pay certain death claims held
by Mrs. Josie l.. Dunn of this city and
Mrs. Pertha C. Emery of Kansas City,
Kansas. McNall to-day sent the fol
lowing letter to Haley Fiske, vice pres
ident of the company in New York:
81 have received your communication
dated May 10th concerning the claim
of the heirs of Pertha C. Emery. / also
note that you say that you will not pay
the death loss accrung on such policy
rs requested by this department and
that the parties are at liberty to sue as
soon as they see fit: that you propose
to contest said claims upon the ground
that Pertha C. Emery made false and
fraudulent representation TO your com
pany at the time the aforesaid policies
We're issued.
Permit me to say that | know of no
reason why you should not contest ev.
cry policy in existence In this state up
on which n loss occurs. but while YOU
are doing so you will be required by
this department to refrain from doing
business in this state; hence / have this
day revoked your license granted to
you on the 9th day of February. 1897
You will govern yourselves according.
ly and cease soliciting business. recciy.
ing premiums and issuing policies af.
ter this date in this state'