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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
Early Refrigeration.

The most ancient method of making ice
is practiced in India. Holes are made in
the ground, dry straw is put at the bottom
of these, and on it at the close OF the day
are placed pans of water which are left
until the next morning, when the ice that
is found within the pans is collected. This
industry is carried on only in districts
where the ground is dry and will readily
absorb the vapor given off from the water
in the pans. The freezing, of course, is
due to the great amount OF heat absorbed
by the vapor in passing from it's liquid to
its gaseous form.
Another process was practiced in the
day of ancient Rome when the wealthy
are said to have had their wines cooled by
having the bottles placed in water into
which saltpeter was thrown, the bottles
being the while rotated.
DR.. Cullen in 1856 discovered that the
evaporation of water could be Facilitated by
the removal of the pressure of the atmos
pheTe, and that by doing this water could
be frozen. Marin in 1777 discovered that
%sulphuric acid would absorb the vapor of
water If placed in a second vessel separate
from that containing the water, but con-
nected with it. This discovery he put to
use in 1910 by constructing an apparatus
for absorbing the yapor of the water that
it was desired to cool or freeze. This APP
paratus greatly facilitated the freezing
operations Of a acuum freezing machine.
Coasters Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
CHURCH BUILT BY o0NvTCTs.
one or the Sights OF Great Brita1n's
Penal settlement.

In the stony Businesses of Portland's
rugged isle, or rather promontory-in
whoe penal settlement the notorious
Jabez Balfour is at present expiating his
misdeeds-there is a sight which tourists
often overlook, says the London Mail
y The beautiful garrison Church of st.
Peters is convict work throughout, with
the exception only of the colored mosaics
in the reredos, which were inserted by an
italian artist. The church is, of course,
of Portland stone. The same material of
which st. CPauls Cathedral, the law
courts. the monument, Westminster
Bridge and the banqueting room at
Whitehall have been built. st. Peters is
situated just outside the prison domains,
and is for the use of the line regiment
stationed at Verne citadel, the highest
point in the island.x
The interest attaching to such a build
ing is heightened by the circumstances
that the verger-an ex-warder of Portland
prison-can tell you whose work is repre-
sented in particular parts. The border
round the porch and the mosaic pave
ment of the sanctuary are the delicate
handiwork of Constant Kent, the lady
of gentle birth who murdered her step
mOuIlGT, anu was liuuCSQ L SoiiS90 -
crime by a Brighton clergyman. The
stone pulpit, the body of which is in one
piece, was erected by the Irish Fenians.
The font at the door and the lectern in
the centre were chiseled by young White
chapel thieves. who proved to be such eX-
ceptionally skillful artisans that it was a
pity they ever took to thieving. This wild
corner of England contain a practically
i~nexhaustible supply of the famous white
stone. and as many of the quarries are
owned by the Government, the Portland
eonvicts are employed to work them.
almost any day. Ten or a dozen of them
viii be Juggling a rope attached to a troll
ley, on which some huge mass of stone
is being borne along a narrow line OF
rails. and the scene forcibly reminds one
of a famous picture in which Egyptian
slaves are depicted auarrying stone for
the temples and palaces of that ancient
empire.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
Captain Kida,s Treasure.

SIN reference to the hunt for Captain
Kidd's treasure in the Delaware writes
John Page, of Maud, Bucks County, Il
believe the parties in search of it are on
the right track says the Philadelphia
Record" while fishing in the Della
ware one day last September Casper
Banes and John Woolverin and | got our
net tangled in something on the bottom of
the river, just below the old Aurora
wharf We pulled on it for half al hour,
and then decided to under-run our net.
We cama finally to the part that was
fast, and after pulling a long while we
got it loose and began to haul It to the
surface. There was something heavy
stuck in the net, and when it got to
the surface it proved OF be a large anchor
o fancient design. We couldn't get it into
the boat, so we called for assistance.
About a dozen men came to help us, and
with their help we got the anchor up to
the stern of our boat. Then we noticed
a large barrel-shaped object attached to
the anchor. All, lads!' cries Woolverin,
it's Cap'n Kidd's gold The next moment
the supposed treasure box slipped off the
anchor and went back to the bottom.
We hauled our net over the place several
times, but without success. h barrel
probblya dropped down between rocks.
Mr.. Banes still has ~theAanchor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
Hrtssltne wssh prosperity.

Are thep people of Egypt materially bene-
flied by English rule?
Unquestionably they are. Unpopular as
it is with nearly every class in Egypt, and
condemned throughout Europe, the eccu-
patton has lone vast good. No fair in
y~estigator can witness the present condi-
ton of Egyptian f~ellaheen, knowing what
if was before the advent of the English,
without conceding this. For half a dozen
years Egypt has fairly bristled with pros
perity. The story of that country's
emergence from practical bankruptcy, I'M
til its securities are quoted nearly as high
as English ~consols, reads like a romance;
and there IS nc better example of economi-
cal progress, through administrative re-
form. than is presented by Egypt under
British rule.
Security is assured to person and prop
erty; slavery has been legally abolished;
official corruption is almost unknown;
forced labor for public works is no longer
permitted, and native courts have now
more than a semblance of justice. lily
gienic- matters have 4 been so carefully
looked after that the population has in
creased from seven to nine millions IN a
decade or more. Land taxes have been
lowered and equalized, and are systematic
ally collected, and scientific irrigation is
generally employed that the cult1vable
area has been considerably extended.
Egypt was probably never SO prosperous
as at the present time.-North American
Raviewg
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
CUR COAST OFFENCES
Major General Miles Wake Sugges-
tlona in the Forum.

+ During the last fifteen years the sub
ject of coast defences has attracted the
attention of the entire people OF his
country. The press, the legislative and
executive departments of the nation have
all considered the Importance of the sub
ject; and in several Presidential messages
the ACCESSIBILITY of putting the coasts in a
condition of defence and security has been
referred to.
To defend our coasts Adequately was one
of the first measures adopted by Washing
ton; and some of the Notifications erected
by him still stand in good condition-evi-
dences of his wise administration for the
defence of the nation. By their presence
alone, these expensive n powerful forts
have for a hundred years contributed
largely to the security and welfare of our
country. i g = These forts have fulfilled
their mission; and, now that they have
become obsolete, a different system of de-
fence is being adopted which, | trust, Will
be equally effective for the next hundred
years in maintaining peace, security and
prosperity for our people and country
To cripple or subject a country to ire
parable loss, it is not necessary to invade
it. The ~biockading of the Southern ports
during the civil war by the Federal navy
did more to cripple the Confederacy tina
any other act of the Government. 1t pre-
vented those States from sending out their
products. especially cotton, to the mar
kets of the world. 1t prevented them
from obtaining absolutely essential muni-
tions of war, as we'll as the elements
requisite to their war, purposes, and rem
dered it impossible for them to obtain the
necessaries of life, even depriving them
of medicines-especially quinine, which
+, was SO much in demand for their hospi-
tails. The capture of the forts on the
COAST of China enabled a nation one
tuelfth her size, and very much her in
ferior in material resources and strength,
to subiugate that vast empire and bring
it to terms.
1t is fair to estimate that the British
navy has cost five hundred millions OF
dollars, and that the navies of Germany,
France and Italy nave each cost more
tina one-half that amount; and, Whlle We
believe in having our navy as AeffectlVe
as possible. it is assumed that the United
states will not at present authorize the
construction of a fleet capable OF DESTROY
ing any of the navies above mentioned.
Even if we had a navy of that magnitude,
if would be utterly impossible for it to de-
fend a coast four thousand miles in ex-
tent. The bitter experience of China II.
illustrates the utter impracticabillty OF
Such an effort.
Hence, it has been wisely determined to
adopt a more economic system OF de-
fence-namely, the planting OF batteries
on 7Serra firma, where the guns nave
great ADVANTAGE over those that are SUD
iect to the rolling sea. and where they can
he constructed at the least cost and at
the same time possess the greatest power
for defence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

If you don't know how to talk English
you will not feel at home in the Cherry
Mountain district of North Carolina. A
correspondent who was travelling in that
neighborhood gives his experience as fol-
lows:-sI went to see a wonderful hog and
told the enthusiastic crowd that / had
seen a hog that weighed 1900 pounds.
They said l handled the truth very care
1essly. I asked them as to feeding him
potatoes. One long-haired, beetle-browed
patriarch asked me what in the blank
ety-blank was | talking about. One young
man, after c~ogitating some thirty min
utes. said:-Tll bet he means Eaters" :
In the course of my remarks I asked if /
could buy any onions in that neck of
the pine forest. They said, no, sir, they
had been tried there and did no good.
After / left / learned that the same
thoughtful young man remarked:-Boys,
I'll bet that he meant ingens, and we've
Just got odlins OF ingens.'-Atlanta Con-
StitutiOn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
Travel as an Educator.

The usefulness of travel for rightly
trained and constituted lads is SO general
ly recognized that it is not at all unusual
for parents who wish to give their sons ev-
cry chance possible to increase in wisdom
to offer them the choice between spending
several years in Europe or going to college
at home. Each of us knows one or W
men who have pursued education in this
way, and we are used to compare them
with their college bred coevafs and pass
opinions as to which method of intellec-
tual development resulted best. Every
year there are lads who were fitted for col
lege-and perhaps entered--but went
abroad. To compare them 8 or s or 10 or
20 years later with their schoolmates who
went on and took their college degree is
perhaps the most available test Of the re-
s~pective efficiency of the two methods, and
it seems safe to say that, according to that
test, the educational fruits of travel n
study abroad compare very we'll with the
products of the domestic tree of knowl-
edge.-s'The Point of View" in Scribner's-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

a SAGAnr0ua GOOSE.
Reared u MofherIcEs Puppy on tho
Rahxss HEflu Hzoltie.

~
II never hear a reference to the old
gray goose of fiction" remarked jenkins
yesterday, 'but l think OF a little episode
III relation TO another gray goose that
came within my observation. | happened
to be. the father OF a little baby and the
proud owner of a setter dog, with a single
pup, and an old goose with motherly
proclivities. The mother of the pup hap
pened to be suddenly called to the great
dog beyond, and the pup was left to the
tender mercies of the world and might
nave miserably persisted had it not been
for old goose. The good old thing no
sooner understood thai the pup was moth
erless than she undertook the office with
much cackling and kissing. The pup took
to the old goose with a good grace, and
the two managed to get along nicely.
81 found, however, that the goose was
caused much trouble nd-~inconvenience
owing to the little dog foraging under her
Wing, thinking possibly that geese We're
constructed on the same plan as quad
rupeds in general. The goose stood it for
a. while, and then came the denouement.
l noticed the goose one day standing near
my little baby, then lying onaa rug in the
backyard. The baby was pulling Justify at
a bottle, and finally the rubber nipple
dropped from its wee mouth and it slept.
Then came the goose.
.'Slyly she slipped toward the baby and
with a rapid movement sneaked the bot
tie with it's nipple and silently fed into a
corner of the yard, where the puppy lay
sleeping in the sunshine. Dropping the
bottle alongside of the dog, he goose
quacked loudly, and as the pup Enclosed
his eyes to ascertain the occasion for the
uproar on the part of its ungainly friend,
the goose picked the rubber nipple in its
beak and proceeded to insert IT between
the small white teeth of its protege.
The latter grasped the situation, and,
recognizing a long-lost necessity, greedily
gulped at the bottle and managed with
but little difficulty to drain its contents.
The whole affair was SO unique and well
managed that l permitted the bottle to re-
main with the ill-assorted pair, and gave
orders to refill it at least once q day.
Such sagacity and observation deserved
reward, and it got what it deserved
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
ono Joy In Amateur Poultry Raising

The. secretary and treasurer turned car
pe~nter-and spent enough in tools to have
a small poultry house built. I do not
grudge it. l feel that l owe much to
those fowls. But for them I might have
never known the keen pleasure that an
artisan feels over a good job. 1t is more
than satisfaction-anyS successful mem
Der of Congress can feel that. It is more
than the joy of the artist in the first
moments of creation, before the black fit
comes. 1t is the artists joy combined
with an ndescribable physical stimulus
such as exercise of the muscles alone can
give. 1t is content with an edge to it
and there is no black fit afterwards.
There is, too, something very pleasant
about all the processes OF the carpenters
trade-the smell of the fresh crisp shay
the lovely gloss that follows a sharp
plane over a good bit of cypress or oak,
even the ring of the hammer, and the
drone of the saw eating steadily through
the wood. And pleasaltest of all IS the
fitting the pieces, measured apart togeth-
err. and beholding each fall into its APP
pointed place trig and square and snug.
All. / were an migrate did ] not give a
pensive gratitude TO the CHICKEN yard to
which / owe my initiation into the first
mysteries of an ancient nj noble craft
Harper's Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
The Cors of Wifi.

There is a list of goods which was re-
Gently paid by a young man in our en-
ploy to a father-in-law who had an eye
for business before the. young man Sc
cured his wife. And the time will never
come when his father-inlaw will not re-
gard it as his perfect right to ask his SON
in-law for anything more he may want.
The list is thus:-Eighty neptunes, five
guns, thirty-two marks about So worth
of cloth, three goats, five cases of gin,
three kegs of powder, two zinc trunks,
two umbrellas, one coat, two chairs, two
tall hats, three felt hats, one flag, four
shirts, one tin of sugar, eight drinking
glasses, twelve plates, n lamp, two
brass kettles, four small iron pots, one
knife, twenty-five pipes, two jugs, one
large iron pot, thirty brass wires, four
pairs of scissors and about twenty-three
marks in ash (5.75).
Quite a long costly list for this country,
when it is remembered that this young
man receives but twenty marks (about
So per month for his wages upon which
he must clothe himself as well as divide
with others. When the father-in-law con-
cludes that the son-in-law has paid him
enough, for the time being, for his daugh-
ter, he then gives her over to the young
man, and she becomes his wife.-Church
at Home and Abroad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
An Alaska Legend.

The Indian legends, with their mixture
of superstition and poetry, are not un-
Interesting in connection with The story
of this great country.
One pertaining to the origin of the
native tribes is thus told:-'A long time
ago the earth sank beneath the water
and the water rose and covered the high
est places so that no man could live. 1t
rained so lard it was as if the sea
fell from the sky. All was black, and it
became SO dark that no man knew an
other. Then a few people ran here and
there and made a raft of cedar logs, but
nothing could stand against the white
waves, and the raft was broken in two.
On one part hoated the ancestors of the
Thlinkits, on he other the parents OF all
other nations. The waters tore them
apart, and they never saw each other
again. Now their children are all differ
ent, and dc not understand each other
Josephine L. Bannister in Godey's Maya
zine for January.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
BOARD OF POLICE COM MISSION
ERS.
[omcial Proceedings.l

Regular meeting Of the Board Of Police
Commissioners held in First Criminal
Court room, Tuesday, December rs. 1897.
Present-President Abernethy and Com
missioner West.
Abseut-Commissioner Feeney.
Minutes of last meeting approved as
printed.
disposed OF as folows:- .
Communication from Clerk Of the Board
Of Finance enclosing resolution directing
Comptroller to set aside the sun Of $3.50
to the credit Of Board of Police Com
missieners for Insurance Filed.
Communications from Chief of Police
Ordered spread on minutes.
Chiefs Office, Police Department.
Jersey City, Dec. rs. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

adopted on December s. 1887 requested the
Board of Finance to apportion the appro-
p~riation of 81. 800 to said Board for insur-
ance fiscal year, 1897-1S9S, among the
Boards herein named.
Resolved, That the City Comptroller be
and is hereby directed to set aside the said
sum of 81, 500 to the credit OF the following
Boards, and in the sums named, Board OF
Education, 81, $50; Board of Police Commits
sioners, $3.50; and
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board
be and is hereby directed to send a copy
OF this resolution to the Board of Educa-
ton and Board of Police Commissioners,
and also to the City Comptroller
Received and ordered fled.
From the City Wharinger, Morgan
Street Dock
Rendering statement of all monies re-
ceived and expended from December J.,
1897, to January s, 1895.
Received and ordered filed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

H. Cunningham, seOS.14, on account o.
contract No. $40.
Frank J. Hall, $685., on account of cor.
tract No. LOT.
Sheridan & Shea Co., s1,4OO, on account
of contract No. 1,020.
Fred Reineman, $500, on account of CON
tract No. 1,02S.
Joseph II. Jones, s9s.13, retained per
centage on account of contract No. 93S.
Received and referred to their appro.
pirate committees.
From the same officer
In the matter of change of location OF
pump at Hish Service.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Pumping and Reservoirs.
From the same oficer:-
Submitting specifications for furnishing
and delivering 1000 tons of coal at High
Received and referred to the Committee
on Pumping and Reservoirs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
american Horse for a King.

The Atlantic transport liner Manitoba has
taken away for London a large number Of
prizes in horsehesh. There were thirty-six SUI
perb coach animals for the King OF Wur-
temburg. They are for the Kings private
driving and occasions of display. They were
picked up by an agent at different points II
brofher of Isinglass, was one Of the famous
sfeeds on board. He is bound for England
Boston Transcript
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
REPORT on THE CLERK.

Hon. Board Street and Water Commits
Sioners.-
conference.-the Commissioners of AS
sessment filed with me. under date of De-
cember q, 1887, final assessment maps and
reports for the following
Opening and extension of Jackson place,
between Old Bergen Road and Hudson
Boulevard.
Improvement of Boyd avenue, between
Hudson Boulevard and West Side avenue.
Improvement of st. Pauls avenue, be-
tween Summit avenue n Tonnele ave
nue..
Construction of sewer in West Side ave-
nue.. between Belmont and Duncan ave-
nues, and laterals.
All of which have been duly advertised.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE 7. BOUTON, -
Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
oFFIcIAL COMMUNICATIONS.

From the Board Of ~FInance;-
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board December q, 1897, and approved by
fhe MAYOR, December rs. 1876.
Whereas, Under Section 2, Chapter 142
OF the Laws of 1897, the construction, fur
public school. police and fire department.
buildings have been transferred ITO tho
Boards OF Education, Police and Fire.
and
ter Commissioners have. by resolution
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

sessment fled with the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners their pPelimin-
ary sketch for said Improvement; and
Whereas, On the 9th day of December,
1897. this Board met and heard all parties
interested in said application who APP
peared, and all remonstrances against
the said improvement that were presented
in writing; and
Whereas, No objections were presented,
alleged or known against the same; there
fore
Resolved, That by and with the concur
renee of the Board of Finance the said
Improvement be made, and that the con-
tract for said work and materials be
awarded to NJ. T. Connolly, he being the
lowest bidder for the whole work and ma
terials, and that the Corporation Attor-
ney be and is hereby directed to prepare
and have executed the necessary contract
for the same.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
PREsFNTATION OF CLAIMS.

The following claims were presented
]. C. Supply Co.. s535. 45, $2:f4, sl6.2O;
E. A. Dugan. s2.7o, $50; Frank McDer-
mott, 500; John Lehey, $50; Jas. F.
Stewart Co.. $l05; j. M. Guns Disinfect-
ing Co. $52; P. f. DAILY, $40; Ed. O,Don-
nell, $1SS; Refill & Edwards, SIS; A.. e.
Nolan. $11; John Boyd. 500, SIS; East Jer-
sew Water Co. $3.50. 861. 80: J.. c.. Electric
Light Co, 81. 240: Sheridan & Shea Co.,
$345. so, $3.50. 1924. 40; James Muldoon, $3.50;
James Afchison. s1.50; pay rolls, paved
streets, 1898. %; cleaning sewers and basins,
s796. %: repaving over street openings,
$143.
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

Regular meeting of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, held on Mon
day, January 10, 1898, at two o'clock P. M.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

Adopted by the following vote on a call
for thesayes and nays
Ayes-All the members of the Board,
five 90 in number
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
REPoRTs OF CHIEF ENGINEER.

The Chief Engineer reported certificate
in favor Of
tract No. 1,016.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Pumping and Reservoirs and. Com
mittee on Assessments and Extensions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

On motion, the Board adjourned.
GEORGE T. BOUTON,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

Adopted by the following. vote on a
call for the ayes and nays
Ayes-All the members of the Board,
five 90 in number.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

Present at roll call -Commissioners
Brown, Heintze, Nolan, Hauck and Presi-
dent Boltwood.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15

The Committee on Engineering and
Survey presented the following
Resolved, THAI $3.50 be paid to Jacob
Eller, for repairs, steel tapes, December,
1897, claim No. $50.