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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

dresses for the young girls about to take
their first communion. I had almost for
gotten that II was so nearly timefor them.
/ find a greater variety Of goods involved
in their development than Ihave ever seen
before. Anything that is white, ivory or
cream seems to be considered proper.
The first were made neatly but simply
in blouse and yoke waists with plain hem
med skirts of dotted swiss. Belt and
shoulder knots were Of mat white satin
ribbon, and q little lace was at the neck
and wrists. Next were white organdies
and batistes and plain lawns, trimmed
and made In nearly the same way, but
with often a few tucks at the bottom Of
the skirt or perhaps one or two ruffles. A
few were made of heavier stuff and so
planned as to be useful all summer as well
as for this special occasion, and others
again wero Of silk null or crepe lisse.
Liberty silk was also employed to de-
velop two of them. The trimming CON
sisted Of fine plaitings and white MORE
ribbon. There were a number made OF
cream gloria wash silk, with lace n rib
bon trimming. Cream surah and wash
silk were also there in blouse costumes and
also in the prettier yoke waists. Japanese
silk, pure white and cream, made pretty
dresses, and SO did the soft cream and
white cashmeres and henriettas.
There were several for the larger girls
of brooaded silk and satin sublined. These
had very fancy blouses covered with chiffon
and with sleeves one mass of putting or
rufding of the same over silk. These are
really too fine and not in the best taste for
the occasion fraught with SO great a So
lemnity, but There always will be fond
mothers and foolish girls, hence these rich
gowns.
The Episcopal service requires a close
white lace or lisse or null cap with or
without a veil as the service is high or low
church. The Catholic service requires a
wreath Of white flowers and a veil. Where
the weather permits white shoes should be
worn, but black boots are not debarred.
White gloves, generally Isle thread, are
worn. There should be no touch OF color
anywhere except the green of the foliage
In the wreaths.
There are some very dainty new spring
and summer goods just displayed. They
show new achievements in colors. The
prettiest among them are old blue, sevres,
volga, artichoke green, plaster, silver
gray, sultan red, raspberry, iodine (whlch
is a little darker than burned orange),
beaver violet and leaf pink. The old blu'
is of a soft indigo like a faded calico.
Sevres is that deep blue associated in tbs
mind with the old porcelaiRs. Indigo is 4
good color for wearing and for beauty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

sorts o.! equerries and chamberlains and
gold sticks in waiting out to find her, and
when she is found he merely says, "Tut,
tut, my dear" or whatever happens to be
the royal word for fond disapproyal.
The last royal hunting party, which was
organized q few days ago, has not been
successful. The princess had been occupy
ing the magnificent villa of II Paradise,
at Cimiez, when the cry went up that she
was again lost. Comic Keglevitch, the
last gentleman with whom Prince Phi
lippe de Coburg fought a duel, had been
staying at Nice. and as he N the prin-
cess disappeared at the sane time much
concern was felt lest these two had wan
dered off hand in hand like IN cid edition
of the Babes In the Woods. When the
hunting party arrived at Cimiez, they
could find no trace of the princess except
her debts, which amounted to 100, 600
francs. And tie irate tradesmen to whom
she owed them were told to keep quiet and
the princess family would pay the entire
amount. Whereupon the hunting party
mounted their royal coaches and turned
their locomotive heads toward Vienna,
where the lady was not to be found. If
this catches tie eye Of any one knowing
the whereabouts Of the princess he or she
will have tho bliss Of comforting a favor
on quite a number of royalties by making
known the same.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

As a ground for figures nothing can ba
Discriminating ever has been. All these
colors are produced in poplin and will
make up for tea and reception gowns and
for evening wear. Poplin by sheer fore ,
has been brought into a certain degree CT
popularity.
There are some novelty goods in silk and
wool in plaids with thick n fine thread
which form the design. Some of them
have apparently ribbon laid along tb'
goods, but his is woven in the pattern ant.
the lines forming tho plaids are thrown
over it. This is very handsome and i
called Japan plaid. French challies finer,
softer and more exquisite than ever befor'
are put forward. Some are polka dotted.
some have the dainty flowers we all SO like,
and others nave a sort of Kaleidoscope de-
sign in many colors. Others are striped
or plaided with satin lines. These chal'
lies are produced in no less than 80 shades
and colors.
For gowns for late spring and earls
summer nothing is handsomer than tn
silk grenadines. The iron frame grena'
dine done in sewing silk is strong, as it
name indicates, and likewise handsome,
though less snowy than ONE Of the others.
There are lacelike grenadines, bayadere.
rice and camel's hair. The last has littll
whitish hairs forming a fuzz all over tha
surface. The rice has little Jumps in tho
weave, which give it the name. The baya'
dere has transverse satin stripes. All
%grenadine is more or less transparent and
is therefore made over a bright colored silk
lining unless one wishes an all blaci:
dress. This material is as suitable for out
door as indoor wear. Comparatively 1t Il
not expensive.
There is a stuff of a silky fiber. looking
as though crushed, and this is called shred
ded wheat. Another is named oatmoal
cloth. These are both of uncertain colo;
and such as blends with almost anything
Spider web is another new material. All
three of these are entirely novel and VII
be- popular for summer gowns.
Violets as massed trimming on hats and
bonnets arc unexpectedly popular. Ths
twisted shepherdess hats are literally GOV
cred with them. All the shades furnished
by that flower are used. Pink buds and
violets are mingled as trimming on much
of tho millinery. Some dainty bonnetS
and hats are made of braiding composed
of loosely rolled strands of chiffon and silk
null, sometimes in %colors, again in all
white and white and black. Bands of this
arrangement are often seen around the
sailor and the shepherdess shapes.
AT
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

bridIed and tied in a secret place IN tad
brush the next night and that Seeta and !
must try to make our escape. / told hen
that on the day I was captured and whik
being led into the village ! had thrown a
buckskin bagful of gold dust into tbs
thick brush at a certain place beside tAe
trail and that l had not been detected IN
doing 30. I told Annota that II she could
find this bag of gold she could keep 1t as q
reward for the assistance she had given
me.
SAT 10 o'clock the next night Annota,
true to her word, crawled Quietly to me on
her hands md knees and thrust my re-
volver, my penkrife and, to my surprise,
the little bag Of gold dust into my pockets.
She hastily informed me that two saddled
and bridled ponies were in waiting. She
cut the thongs that bound me, and / then
cut the thongs and released Seeta. The
night was inky black and deathly still.
"Now came the flight, and / shall never
forget 1t. Annota sat astride the pony and
I behind her, and she led the way along a
secret trail. Seeta followed on his pony.
The sound of the revolver and musket
shots had aroused the whole village, and
the Indian dogs were bowling, and there
was great comlnotion. Annota had pre-
pared for the flight by quietly stampedin8
all the ponies Of the village earlier in tho
night SO that they would run to a pasture
some distance away. BY this trick the
Indians could not get their ponies imme-
diately, and we had a good start. Annota
led the way along a trail straight up q
sloping mountain 2, 1000 feet high, until We
stopped on a level plateau on the backbone
of the ridge. The regular Indian trail was
around the bottom4 of the bluff, and by
going up the side of the mountain to the
top we eluded our pursuers. Once on top
of the mountain, Annota kissed me good
by and said I must come back and find
her again. She said she would have TO
work her way back to the camp again
quickly, before her absence was discovered.
"Seeta and l rode along the top OF the
mountain all night. At daybreak we
looked down and saw the Indians follow
ing the other trail in the valley below.
They followed us for three days, and then
we saw them return in disgust. The buck
shot made my leg swell, and the pain u
fever were severe. The second night ! picked
put the buckshot with a penknife Ammo
ia had fortunately given me, and / washed
the wounds in snow water and then made
a poultice of wild balsam bark and tied it
around my'leg with a part OF my shirt.
The balsam reduced the fever and swell
ing. / couldn't bear any weight on the
lame leg. I travelled that way for one
week and went down into the valley on
the other side Of the mountain, 1875 miles
from where / was captured, and there See
ia and I found a lodge of friendly Chile
cotin Indians.
81 have never been able to learn any
thing about Annota since she kissed me
goodby on the mountain top"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
CAUGHT BY CHILKA7S
Thrilling Story of a Vet
eran Klondike Pros
pector.
RESCUED BY AN INDIAN MAIDEN
Long Nights Of Cruel Torture
Romantic Warning Of Doom
Dash for Liberty.
RESCUED BY AN INDIAN MAIDEN

+ 1T p~rospected the Yukon country ten
years ago. said veteran Arthur Jordan
to the St. Louis GLOBE emocrat. "My
sole companion was a friendly Chilkat In
named Seeta. By the summer of 1883
we had come as far south as the Skeena
The Chilkat Indians at the time
were in an uprising against the white
hunters, but I knew nothing about it.
One fine afternoon Seeta and I rode into a
beautiful valley that lay between two tall
mountain peaks. I was admiring the
scenery, as natur was there displayed in
all her rugged and primitive beauty. Sud-
denly Seeta, whose Indian mind was keen
and alert, called my attention to the fact
that we were nearing a Chilkat Indian
village. l was c-ongratulating myself on
this fact, as | was glad to reach even an
Indian village after three years spent with
only my Indian companion in the noun
tains and plains to the north. I was con
semplating a friendly greeting at the vii
iage as an Indian dog banked sayagely at
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
NEW YoRK's SCHOOL CHIEF.
Superintendent Maxwell Has Charge Of
an Army Of 100000 Pupils.

Superintendent Maxwell Has Charge Of
an Army of 100000 Pupils.
William 81. Maxwell, recently elected
central superintendent of the school sys-
tenn of the city of New York, has been for
ten years at the head Of the Brooklyn
schools. He was selected for this tmpor-
tant position after DR.. Draper, president of
the University of Illinois, positively de-
clined to accept the position.
DR.. Maxwell was elected to his third
term as superintendent Of public instruc-
ton in Brooklyn last Tune and has been
one of the NEST successful educators ever
il charge of the Brooklyn schools. The
only opposition to his candidacy was In
spired by a number of teachers in Brook
lyn with whom he was unpopular because
of his strict insistence on discipline.
DIR. Maxwell was born near Stewards
town, County Tyrone. Ireland, in 1889.
His father was a Presbyterian minister.
He entered Queens university IN 1869 and
received the degree Of NJ. A. in 1874.
From 1879 to 1875 DR.. Maxwell taught in
the Victoria College For Women in Belfast
and also in the Royal institution. In 1874
he came to America and entered the field
of journalism, eventually becoming man
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
FASHIONS OF new YORK
Some New Reform Garments
Designed for Young
Girls.
DRESS FOR FIRST COMMUNION
Handsome But Hygienic Suits and
How Some Of Them Are Made
Summer Goods.
fCopyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
ciatiOn.1

copyright, 1898, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
We have Thought that as Far as reform
byglenlc were concerned We
were far in advance OF any other nation,
but from positive Information wehnd that
the Germans go much beyond us IN such
matters. Particularly DO the motners OF
growing girls favor the healthfui reform
garments, as they call them: English
mothers put stiH stays upon thelr young
daughters when they are ABOUT IS no
make a FORM. ana as Iass as tne enliu can
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
SHE GETS LOST.
Sensational Habit of Princess Louise OF
E G,vo-Eolrn{

Sensational Habit of Princess Louise of
Saxe-Cobu
Getting lost has seemingly become a
fixed habit with her highness the Princess
Louise of Saxe-Coburg. On such occasions
her husband fights a duel with some me
ANY one-because honor must be salts
fed, and the princess goes to Italy until it
has all blown over, whom she comes back
to court and no one thinks any more about
it until the next time she gets lost. OF
course when the princess begins to play
her annual game of hide and seek her ia
ther, King Leopold of the Belgians, like
the good, kind father he is, joins in the
search by proxy. He is rather fond Of
playing the game of hunt the slipper him
self, is good King Leopold of the Belgians,
particularly when the slipper is on the
foot of a pretty ballet girl, SO be never
does anything more severe than send all
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
4 KISS Thrown In.

The Knoxville s7Sentinel' says:-A Ken
lucky girl, Miss Beatrice Cunningham, OF
Cadiz. has written a book which she calls
stPink Root Blossoms" and she is travel
ing agent for has own book. She throws
a kiss in with each copy. At Fulton !
real estate agent bought four copies ane
received four kisses. Miss Cunningham,
is said to be a pretty girl, and "Pink Roof
Blossoms is having a large sale down
in the Purchase. She could doubtless dis
pose of a few copies of Pink Root Bios
sons" in his community, where the love
of literature ranges from "Lucile" to
Walt Whitman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

freedom. A few months after the family
settled and put up a log house the father
returned home from fishing one evening
and found a big P-assamaquoddy Indian
kissing his daughter, who, instead of tax
ing his caresses as an insult, seemed to be
enjoying the company of her copper hued
admirer. There was q bounty on Indians
In those days, SO the father shot his daugh-
ter's admirer and, hanging the scalp over
the fire to dry for the Boston market, asked
Nell for an explanation Of her conduct.
When she informed him that the dead
brave was her promised husband, the IA
ther got angry and told her that if she
liked Indians SO well she would have to go
where they were. Greatly to his surprise
she took him at his word, left home at
once and passed the rest of her life among
the tribes of Maine and New Brunswick.
After the fall Of Quebec in 1863 and the
overthrow Of French rule in America she
went to Grand Falls, on the upper St.
John, and taught In the French schools
until 1775, when en- March l she appeared
in Jonesboro mong her old n%eighbors and
told them to get ready for war. As there
was no shorthand reporter present her ex-
act language has not been preserved, but
tradition has it that she foretold the battle
of Bunker Hill, which was to come soon
after, and then went ON and told the whole
story of the Revolution from the Declara-
ton Of Independence to the surrender or
CORVALLIS. Two years later, in February,
1777, she was arrested and brought to st.
John as a Yankee spy. Though a lot or
Indians and several white men who knew
her well testified to her good conduct and
charitable deeds, she was found guilty and
hanged as a spy. Standing on the gallows
| with a rope about her neck, che addressed
the people in English, French and Indian.
! After telling the story of her life she In
formed the spectators that She would come
back from the dead whenever the country
was threatened with war and let the PEG
pie know in time to arm themselves for
battle. In order that there might be no
doubt about her identity and the objects
of her mission she said that whenever war
was imminent she would appear upon the
big rock ON Hilton's neck in the town of
Jonesboro at sunrise on the first day OF
March and wave her hands and give the
Passamaquoddy ~warwhoop.
Her body was claimed by the Passama-
quoddy Indians, who took it to the tribal
reservation and buried 1t on Peter Dana's
point, overlooking Passamaquoddy bay.
On March /, 1912, Charles and Edgar
.Wass, two fishermen, rowing out by Hill
toms neck early in the morning, heard
some one utter the tribal warcry Of the
Passamaquoddies. Looking up, they saw
q long haired, aged woman standing on
the big rock, and as they gazed the sun
came up from the Atlantic. Then, re-
Wondering the prediction of Nell Hilton,
they rowed back home and told the citi-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
Collecting Old Debts.

"What do you mean by starting out 50
earIy?', asked a Muleville citizen Of the re-
tired merchant who had commenced .
vigorous canvass for coroner. "It's q long
time until election vet"
eyes, but it will take me nearly q year
to get round and spend one night with
cry man in tho county that owes me. I
am trying to board out my bad debts,
don't you see?''-Atianta Constitution.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
Boston Judge.

Said a lawyer in court the other day, in
the course of a plea to the jury, "This
man, your honor, with all due respect to
you, is the biggest fool lever saw" And
the officer raped on his desk for silence
Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

Timidity is the synonym of cowardice
in public affairs u often masquerades as
prudence. 1t never did and never Will
win a battle.-Indianapolis News
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

Al trade Journal tells OF a man whose
checked suit was 50 loud that 1t disturbed
the nap Of his SILK hat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-02

"Of course, much Of the evidence on
which the allegation of premature
burial is based depends on the fact that
bodies on exhumation have been occa-
sionalIy found distorted, thereby foster
ing the notion that this or that occu-
pant of the coffin has died from suffo-
cation, theory which is supported by
the favorable condition of other ex-
humed bodies.
but the idea is altogether wrong, in
fact and in principle. 1t is well known
among those who have made it study
that the apparent distortions, instead
of demonstrating a living burial, pure
ly depend upon natural causes brought
about by decomposition, the influence
of which is sufficiently strong enough
to bulge out, and even burst, leaden
collins This phenomenon does not hap
pen in every case, but it does in a great
many.
mo, mol l shall not go so far as to
say that IS premature burial has never
taken place, but it has not occurred so
often as is thought. l dare say it may
occur in times of plaques and pesti-
lences. where the presumed dead are
buried within few hours of death.
That is where much mischief lies. But
when panic prevails where does thought
come in?
"In plaques, such as cholera, the
state of collapse is so profound that it
may perfectly simulate death ITSELF but
the custom Of burying the dead on the
day of daath is fortunately on the wane
even during advanced epidemics. 1t is
probable that IN the absence of medical
aid III panic times In country places
abroad it has led TO living burial-in-
deed it must have done But the last
end of all under such conditions is mer-
ciful, for it must not be forgotten that
if you are unconscious only while be-
ing hermetically sealed in your coffin
you will never again experience volun-
tarY motion or sensation.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-02
SCituate Tax, 1898.
Assessors Notice

The Undersigned Assessors OF Taxes, in
and for the Town OF Scituate, will meet at
the Town Clerks Office, in said Scituate,
on Monday, Sept. 9Th, and Monday, Sept, II,
lS.jS, at 10 O'Clock, a m, each day, TO assess "A
tax on the ratable property therein, in ac-
cOrdance with vote passed at meeting of
the electors of said town, holden on the 9th
day of June, A. ID. lS9s, ordering an assess
ment of a tax of eighty cents on each one
hundred dollars value thereof and require all
persons and bodies corporate, liable to taxa
tiOn 10 bring into them at the times and place
above named, a true and exact account of
all his ratable estate describing and speci-
flying the value of every parcel of his real
and personal estate, and every person bring
ing in such account shall make oath before
some one of the assessors that the account
by him exhibited contains, to the best of his
knowledge Gnl belief, true and full account
and valuation of all his Tatable estate and
whoever neglects or refuses to bring in
such account, if overtaXed shall have no
remedy therefor.
FRANKLIN p. OWEN,
JOHN 4. BATTEY,
ALTON j. HILL.
WILLIAM r. ANGELL, Assessors.
JOSEPH q. FORD,
HENRY 7. CApWELL,
WILLIAM 4. OLNEI,
Scituate, 4. l., Aug. 3, 1ss's
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-09-02
ALIVE In THE GRAVE.
THE CHANCES FOR SUCH A FATE ARE
EXTREMELY REMOTE.

In Times of Plague and PestiIence the
Greatest Danger of Premature Burial
Exists-The Death Test That Is Applied
In Vienna.
Most of Us have lingering love Of
life, and the thought that there is just
the barest possibility of being buried
alive sends a shudder through Us.
Medical men know that the human
body in time of illness and at other
times, too, is liable to assume all the
outward appearances Of death without
the final separation having actually
taken place There are the coma, cata-
leptic and other forms of the uncOh
scious state. each one bringing in its
trend the very stimulation of death itself.
Happily, medical man nowadays"
said physician TO a reporter, "expe-
riences no difficulty in declaring his pa
tient to be dead, as a general rule, but
it may perhaps happen once i'll his life
time that he may have a doubt, IN
which case conviction either way fol-
lows upon his findings. which are sim
pie and conclusive, and in which he
cannot be mistaken.
''It is unfortunately true that there
are thousands of nervous people now
walking about in fear of being buried
alive. this morbid conviction coming
about through reading of an isolated
case happening here and there, where
perhaps some one has had a narrow es-
cape of b5ng subjected to living burial
"These escapes greatly outnumber
those of the actual occurrence itself.
The cataleptic usually show signs of
life just in the nick Of time TO disap-
point the undertakers and to relieve sor-
rowing friends.