The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
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The Dandy Fourth has gone to the
front, and as a consequence IN jersey
city there is a dearth Of young men lhe
women remain in plenty. In fact inc eits
had not evidently awakened 70 is ~, ~,
mense population of the tar SEA uiiN'i
Tuesday afternoon, when, amid tears anu
cheers. the Fourth Regiment marcheu
away. Such a power were these Wonhei.
that The soldiers lost control of them
selves. as well as the populace, ana con-
fusion reigned supreme. as down the
streets marched the soldiers net ~
serrled ranks but arm in arm with their
suyaethearts wives and sisters. Even the
no,;ce and there are 500 of them. were OF
no avail. At the P. r. r. station the or
der was issued that 40 women were 20 pc
allowed in the ~trainshed for the purpose
of bidding the soldiers farewell, put thsy
were nearly four hundred strong, ana the
euards were to be pitied. 1t is hard to
get the best of a woman, even WheA
courtesy is entirely disregarded, and when
the ladies focked to the ticket WINDOW Dy
the hundred demanding return tickets TO
Newark the astonished agent had no
choice but hand them out.
This was only one of the s~trategies used
bv womanly ingenuity to gain ADMISSION
to the trafnshed. Even the p. r.. r. time
cable was disrespected by these conquerofs
of the hour. The train carrying the SOL
diers moved out of the depot at least
twenty minutes late. a thfng scarceiy
known in the history of the P. r. r. Ana
all on account of the women. Military
buttons and feminine handkerchief ex-
changed hands as parting souvenirs, ana
the boys In blue fell easy victims 10 the
hugging and kissing scenes which lasted
all the way from the Armory to the tram
$50
And now there is but one subject OF
conversation among the maidens in Jersey
civ: the soldiers and Sea Girt. Many
narties have already been formed to visit
the camp and in all probability the custom
Of tossing the soldier. who has been seen
with a pretty girl, in a blanket, will have
10 he abandoned at Sea Grit. unless the
,,nfortunates who have no girls wish to
rer.ain up all night to punish the gulty,
hut fortunate offenders. Even in that
case it is doubtful if there would pc
blankets enough to go around, at an aver
age of one for every twenty-five men.
There will be no dearth of girls at sea
Girt this summer unless the troops
should receive a prompt order for the
march to Cuba.
This has been a patriotic week, and not
withstandfng the fact that so many people
are away there was probably never a
greater display of bunting and flags than
during the week. Although the greater
part of this display was in honor of the
Fourth Regiment and had to be taken
down Tuesday on account Of the rain, 1t
was interesting to note with what
promptftude the flags went up all over
the city as soon as the news of the
American victory at Santiago reached
here about four O'Clock Thursday after
noon.
Mrs Hunt. of Belmont avenue, is the
oossessor of an antique and valuable Ger
man clock. The clock is no ordinary
structure and although the works could
easily be placed in a good-s1zed cigar
box. the clock requires a case when
stands exactly eight feet six inches from
the floor. This is necessary on account
of the various weights, by means of which
the clock is an. The clock itself is about
four feet square, with a beautiful dial
perhaps eighteen inches in diameter.
Hound this dial are old fashioned paint
iugs on metal. while above is a painting
of the same class representing the story
of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. The
clock was built in f712, making it nearly
200 years old, and has two cylinders Of
eight tunes. each. There is a regular pipe
organ arrangement by means of which
IN 49, a --fztonoo Of opa nf the rNliQ-
ders tunes in vogue over a century ago
are p1ayed for ten minutes before the
clock strikes the hour. Above the dial
is a German orchestra of six figures,
which move the various instruments they
are represented as playing, simultaneously
with the music. OF course the musical
mechanism of the clock can be controlled
something after the manner of an ofdi-
nary alarm clock, so that during the night
the inmates of the house will not be pes
tered with music every hour. New
cylinders of more modern tunes may Of
course be made to order, but it would
take away the sense Of real antiquity one
feels on seeing this massive piece of fur
nifure. if instead of playing these old
fashioned tunes which nobody today
recognizes, the familiar airs of the
.Babbie Waltz Liberty Ben,7 or The
Stars and Stripes Forever Should be
heard. The clock is certainly an antique,
interesting and valuable acquisition to the
Hunt home.
Another article Of household furniture
quite as interesting, though not as antique
as the clock. is a card receiver of silver
and gold. owned by Mr.. Thomas Williams