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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

EXCUSE ME-, SIR, U l CAME TO TELL YOU
THAT MY MOTHER HAS KILLED HERSELF"
while the sergeant, hardened by 80 years
of looking upon sin and sorrow, blinked
SO often and SO frowningly that he could
not see the record he was writing, Alice
slid softly from her chair and lay, a little
sorrowful heap upon the floor.
The children had been spared the sight
nat would always haunt her. Her terri
BILE story was told. Her duty was done.
She had tainted.
Mrs. Oliver was the victim of hereditary
insanity and TOOK her life in a ct of NOR
bid brooding. The story of the tragedy as
told by little Alice is as follows:
Mamma had been to the store, and I
saw when she came back that she was
worse. / watched her. She went down
stairs and came bach right away talking
to herself. There wasn't anybody there.
Then she went into her bedroom, and l
heard her open a drawer and something
click. l know now it was the razor. She
came into the sitting room looking
strange. She said we children should go
into our bedroom and stay until we were
called. A little while afterward l heard
something fall, and Iwcnt out to see what
it was. l went into the kitchen and saw
my lying there and saw the knife
and heard the strange sound in her throat,
and then I knew what she had done. I
shut the door SO that my little brother and
sister would not see her."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18
A GIRL BILL ANTHONY.
How Little Alice olive Reported =
Dreadful Tragedy.

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Dreadful Tragedy.
With the same calmness that enabled
brave Bill Anthony to report in cool, pre-
up of the Maine Alice Oliver, a 10-year-
old girl. walked up to the desk Of a New
York police station and announced one Of
tho most terrible tragedies of which her
childish mind could conceive.
Courage has nc geographical limita-
lions. In Cuban waters and New York
tenement, by brave marine and drawer lit
tie maiden, the spirit of heroism Is shown
alike. alice Oliver came upon the body
of her mother, dead by her w hand, in
their home. Her little brother and sister,
playing in an adjoining room, saw on
Alice's face nc shadow of the awful sight.
By means Of more aIluring p~laythings she
coaxed them into a room farther removed
from the shut in, haunting horror.
.sShall we go for q car rider" she said
in cheerful tone. She dressed each of tho
little ones carefully, and the three setforth
in the storm. More than 80 blocks dis
tant was the home of a friend. Arrived
there, little Alice drew the woman into
the lex room, whispering, that the youn-
ger ones might not hear: win you take
care of the children while I am gone?
Mother has killed herself"
Out into the storm again went the child,
grown under stress of sorrow q woman
Her head did not reach the desk upon
which the sergeant was writing. He did
not hear her tired little voice. She had to
repeat her story.
Excuse me, sir, but I came to tell you
that my mother has killed herself"
She gave them the number of her home,
gave them her fathers name, duly told
the details of the tragedy and how she had
tried to hide it from the children, and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

foundation is when q new piece OF ~
shown. There are coverts, bedfprds, chevi-
OTIS and boucles IN oil SORTS Of designs, and
they resemblh tho wooden goods - closely
that l defy any one to fell cool in n
There are numbers pf these cotton stuhs
woven IN plsids,A Is perfect and cns may say
as handsome DIS any OF tho plaid wooiens.
These are woven and not printed, and, as
the threads have been yarn dyed, the col
ors are fast.
Almost all the made up gowns for sum
mer are Of the thin, light materials over
silken Innings, and these are legion. The
great majority have ruffles and f1ounccs at
the bottom and tucks and ruffies at the
waist. Have plenty ruffies and YOU will
be all right.
/ saw one pretty pinkish organdic with
a cream colored lining and cream colored
ribbon sash and stock collar. There were
three nounces around the bottom six inches
deep each and cut on the straight. A very
SNOWY afternoon dress was OF turquoise
blue liberty silk with one deep lounce
around the bottom headed by an insert OF
two inch white lace insertion. The French
waist was trimmed BY overlaid insertion,
and the belt and collar were also overlaid
on the blue. Turquoise blue is not on
the new color card.
There are many very pleasing new fou-
lard silks. These are good for ordinary
wear, as they are usually in dark grounds
and are not SO very expensive. Satin du-
cheese in colors and in black is to be one of
the prime fayorites for fall. Nearly all the
bayaderc stripes are limited to the rich
heavy cords laid over aplain surface. This
is especially desirable in Irish poplin.
Scarcely any of the gowns for late sum-
mer are seen Without some arrangement
Of trimming where ribbon is at least a
component part. Blu there are few float
ing effects, the preference being for fla
lines in lattice, straight lines or frills
made by drawing the ribbon over one cord,
sometimes over both, making a narrow
raised putting, which can be wrought into
any curved design. and it is really pretty
and rich. Theribbon should mover meas
ure more thar half IN inch wide.
Bias satin folds of the exact shade OF o
gown, be it black or in %colors, make a very
effective trimming for woolens and poplins
and also the rich corded goods.
No letter relating to fashions iscomplete
without mention of the patriotic devices
in such yogue. There are hatpins now
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18
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M AND HOME.
AWoMAN WHO IS THE WORLDS MOST
FAMOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.

hi Value Of . Home-Difference Between
Men and Women-Baths of Varied Ma
ture-A Typical Old Maid-The Charm
OF a shapely Hand.
The worlds most famous mountain
climber is q woman. Miss Annie Peck
has scaled the highest peaks ever reached
by man. She has stood on the summit of
the Matterhorn and waved a greeting to
friends who were watching through a tele-
scope Il, 900 feet below. From the dizzy
heights Of Mount Orizaba she has plunged
down through snow and ashes, one hand
grasping her ice ak, the other arm clasped
by a guido.
Miss Peck climbed the nine peaks of the
Presidential range all in one day, a feat
which for endurance and pluck has never
been equaled. However, she doesn't talk
about climbing the White mountains.
She climbed" Orizaba, 49, 900 feet high,
but she just walked up" Mount Madison,
% trihing ascent of 5000 feet above sea
level.
Miss Peck was born with a love for
climbing. When a child, she says, she
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18
Baths of Varied Nature.

The employment of baths goes back to
antiquity and was INDUCED in to the
point of excess by the Greeks and Romans.
The Jewish and oriental religions enjoin
frequent additions as part Of their creed,
unconsciously contributing to the health
and well being of the deyout.
Baths arc almost as varied in nature as
fashions, even though they all tend to one
end-cleanliness. The warm water bath
stands pre-eminent in the list, and there is
but n danger in its free uss1-remaining
in the water too long.
A good bath for persons suffering with
debility is made by mixing q quart Of
cheap whisky with a t~eacupful of rock
salt. Dip crash towel in this mixture
and go quickly over the entire surface of
the body, allowing the fluid to dry into
the skin.
An alcohol sweat bath is beneficial when
suffering from colds or exhaustion caused
by excessive mental or physical labor.
Procure a small alcohol lamp, I'LL and
light it and place it under an ordinary
can't seated chair, on which several thick
nesses of paper have been placed. Divest
the person of all clothing. After being
seated in the chair wrap one or two large
blankets around the person, chair and all.
Leave no opening for the heat to escape,
but let the blankets reach well to the floor.
Wiring q thick towel out in hot water and
place on the head, and over that a light
wooden covering. After perspiring freely
take 6 plunge bath in a tubo Of clear water,
without soap, and rub the body thorough
" dry with q crash towel. Retire directly.
Baths for children should be given &C.
cording to age and constitution. Some re-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

from my subject, which was the new col
ors. First come the military blues, for
ever foreign dyers are clever enough to
know h nothing would please every
true American better than to clothe herself
in the colors worn by her father, brother,
husband or lover. So there are the soft
frosty cadet blue, the darker blue worn by
the soldier boys for coats n caps and the
grayish blue In use for army oyercoats.
All these are offered with certainty, n
the blues have already arrived, +" while
the others are coming.
For summer a very pretty combination
is a skirt of cadet blue or some other light
blue shade trimmed with a couple of
stripes of wide white braid down the
seams. The waist, whatever It's style,
should be Of darker shade and trimmed
with white or tiny red cording in a man
ner to suggest the military coat
There are suits of blue and white striped
linen with Jackets OF plain dark blue linen,
and there are blouses of the same striped
linen, called Dewey blouses. These are
made with 8 Garibaldi strap down the
shoulders and front and back gathered to
that. 1t is 90 arranged that the stripes
are bias and meet with a point In the CEN
ter. The 'front.' closes with a couple of
dozen tiny round gilt buttons. The col
lar, cuffs and draped belt are all OF deep
red linen or turkey rcd cotton.
After the blues, which will of a certainty
be more popular than n other kind OF
color or tint, brown, it is thought, will be
a fayorite. 1t has not had very great
vogue for several seasons. There are seven
or eight shades Of brown, ranging from
seal to a rich gold color, and mordore is
also among them. Mordore Is a beautiful
warm brown, with o g0iden luster in the
day and garnet at night. Most OF the
browns bear the names of different furs.
We have three shades of crushed straw
berry and two of crushed raspberry, 1t
being understood that they are mixed with
cream.
All the yellows possible to imagine are
among the new colors save the +
orange. That looks too Spanish. There
are six or eight shades of lavender n the
blue Of the flag lilies, violet and the blush
puppies.
Gray is among the most refined OF the
new colors. The most Of them are In ex-
ceedingly delicate shades These grays
and old rose and also ashos Of roses are very
beautiful produced IN fine cashmere, n
they make exquisite gowns for elderly la
dies and for babies too. I may add while
on the subject of colors that green bids
fair to be very popular and is offered in all
the cool aqueous tints and many OF the al
ways pretty rcseda tints. There are also
darker shades of green, mostly Russian,
hunter and Robin Hood.
Cotton goods are so oddly woven this
season that one EcarcolX knQua what-tha
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

Much injury is often done to teeth by
using improper tooth powder. Powdered
chalk sifted through muslin is approved
by all dentists and should be used once ev-
cry day. The toothbrush should be used
after every meal n floss silk pressed be-
tween the teeth to remove food lodged
there. This method viii usually leave the
teeth from decay till old age. 1t is the
custom in some families to rinse the mouth
with warm aromatic water after eating.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

0~A~NJ 1891 F
as, the second, who in turn became the ia
ther of John Thomas, who was the father
of the present Winfield Scott Schley.
John Thomas Schley named his son aft
er his friend General Winfield Scott. John
Thomas married George Ann Mcclure, 3
very beautiful Baltimore girl.
The commodore's mother was only 90
years Of age at the time of her death,
which left the Schley children to grow up
motherless at Richfield. i
After awhile there was q stepmother,
and the family scattered, never to be re-S
united. Today there are only the commo-
dore and his sister, Mrs. Parks Fisher,
left of the family of seven children. Mrs.
Fisher now lives in Baltimore. OF course
she is proud of her commodore brother
and can tell many interesting stories
about him.
One of these has to do with a boyish
battle in which he took a leading part. A
boy twice the size of Scott thought TO
amuse the crowd by bullying the smaller
boy into a fight, with the odds against
him. Young Scott, who was wiry and
muscular, turned the sympathy Of the
crowd by giving battle in fine style. punl-
melting his adversary on the nose until it
bled and the big bully cried outfor mercy.
Thomas Schley, the father of the COM
modore, had several brothers. One of
these, Edward Schley, was a man of con-
siderable importance in military affairs.
1t was at Colonel Edward farm that the
future commodore resented the charge of
laziness to the extent of working for the
period of a week and q day at harvesting.
1t used to be said that Colonel Edward
Schley owned "the richest land, the black
est 'niggers' and the finest horses" in the
state. Naturally the young men about
Frederick were very 0 of visiting at
Colonel Edwards farm.
The Schleys always had a foudness for
the sea. For three successive generations
they were anxious to go into the navy,
but parental opposition kept out john,
grandfather off he present commodore,
and his son, Jol Thomas. When ssSeot-
ty" Schley made up his mind to go into
the navy, however, he went.
Richtleld farm, the birthplace of Com
modore Schley, is beautifully situated be-l
tween two romantic streams of water-fhel
Monocacy river and the characterization
house an old fashioned brick, -semieolonial|
two story with dormer windows in roof
porch the length OF the front, hall through
the center with an extension of one story
on the front end for kitchen pantries.
Years ago it passed into other hands andi
much Of its glory has faded.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18
The Value of a Home.

One of the principal expenses of board
ing is one generally overlooked by those
who are advocates fora way of living origi-
nally intended for old bachelors and old
maids or those on the high road to become
so. 1t is this: The entire lack of a place
to put anything. Why that should be an
uneconomical circumstance may not at
first appear, but any housekeeper who is a
housekeeper will understand at once what
a drain On the purse may result from the
quantity of things not wanted for present
use which the possessor of a house often
lays by for future contingencies, such as
old skirts of silk dresses, useful for lin
ings, old linen or old cotton for sickness,
and millions of things of like kind, which
in boarding, where sufficient closet room
cannot possibly be had, are not retained.
Every housekeeper knows how invalu-
able is the old drawer or trunk or bag or
tanning just these little n-ecessaries, as
good m often better than new, not to
speak of tho trouble of running OUT to
make purchases at inconvenient times.
And, smart as the young BRIDES trousseau
may be, there comes a time when moth
er's trunk or drawer or bag of soft linen
or silk is worth all her bridal trinkets and
embroidery.
1t is all very well for a married woman
to talk of the 'scares of housekeeping"
Some Inconvenience, Of course, attend ev-
cry situation. 1t is a great Inconvenience
to be changing help constantly. 1t is n
noying to take up carpets and clean the
house, but half the unpleasantness arises
from the bad way of managing it
Is it no cause for anxiety hat your lit
tie children, weary of the confinement OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

money every week, and a committee on
packing and shipping the cases has been
formed, which will attend to the sending
of them off every two weeks until the
wal is over. The goods are all to be sent
to one of the girls houses, which will he
kept open all summer, If the family goes
away, and any donations of sensible and
practical articles of food which are easily
transported are very gracefully received.
Would you take up the very latest idea?
Then cover your bathroom, walls, ceiling
and floor, every inch of it, with oil cloth.
This is a plan hat has aroused much en-
thusiasm, and the oilclothed bathroom is
now exceedingly correct. Oilcloth IS less
expensive than thing. and even easier to
keep clean. 1t is made nowadays in SO
many patterns that every ones tastes can
be suited, and, though those that have
never seen a bathroom decked in this
manner may not be inclined to think so,
a bathroom that from top to toe, as it
We're, is of oilcloth, is a very artistic
affair."
The oil cloth chosen should be of a pat
tern that closely resembles tiling. and it
is best to varnish it thoroughly. One of
the prettiest designs in the market-a de-
sign, by the way, that is used in several
well known New York houses-is of a
white ground with a blu figure. The Dor
der is of the Wal of Troy variety. AM
other good pattern is of green and White.
No h~ousekeeper can afford to be with
out a scrapbook for the preservation of
the thousand and one things that impress
her as worth referring to a second time.
Pending their final arrangement, a tempt
ing arrangement that has proved especial
~ satisfactory. is the utilization of large
envelopes. a dozen or so, marked with the
various subjects they contain, stiffene1
with pasteboard. The pa s.board is cul IN
two pieces the size of the envelopes, while.
the linen is wide enough 10 cover tie
sides and leave abundance of room sor
the back. Two stout silken threads
piercing the lower edges Of the envelopes
and loosely tied hold them N place. The
envelopes may be marked Sick Diet
The Nursery, Furnishings, !" SAM
tary Hints" "Luncheons,'' Entertain
ing" and the like, to correspond with their
several contents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

are worn. The standing linen collar with
a string or log Ascot tie is the proper
thing, or the driving stock of white
pioue with attached puifed tie. Some of
the Ascots are of a sufficient size to
answer for a vest when pinned down.
Red. white ard olaek seem the favorite
eolors fow them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18

will always be both offered freely and
accepted courteously.
Florence Hull Winterburn discussing
can Office OF Motherhood" in the June
"Woman's Home Companion" has this
to say of an old Fashioned duty sometimes
overlooked by mothers Of today
ssThe first natural duty eff a mother is
to protect her young; to create around Il
a shelter, in the midst of which the ten
der thing can grow, secure from shocks
and seeing and hearing only what Is good
for it to hear. and see. = y : By learI-
ing the signs of fear in q young child,
and knowing how to distinguish true fear
from wilfulness, they will be able TO exert
a soothing and protecting taeaenee at tie
right moment, and avert danger whose
ECU are serious almost beyond
belief in the case of our highly organized
excitable, modern children.
ut is the mother, rather than father.
who is called upon to secure the blessing
Of a sound Imagination 70 her children.
She ought to begin away back in the
beginning-with the very first surrounding
of the new horn infant. Let it find its
early life peaceful. quiet and unhurried.
And when infancy merges into hat older
period when young faculties are sprlnging
forward in rapid development, and each
day the little one takes on more Of the
hue of its larger fellow-creature, let her
be doubly careful that no dntimely scare
stunts its intelligence. 1t is said to be
afraid of shadows in an inevitable
passing experience of childhood. Yet I
know one small fodder who never has
shown any such disposition but whose
great delight is to play with her W
shadow and other shadow when the light
are brought in each night. She is a pecu-
liarly sensitive. sympathetic little thing,
and could easily be made timid by unwise
treatment. But under the sheltering care
of fond and judicious parents, she is
remarkable for not knowing what it is
to be afraid: and although size is given to
unpleasant dreams as many young children
are, and often awakened with a start, a
low word or touch soothes her into seren-
ity. Happy above others is the little child
who thinks of his mother as a ~veritablai
refuge from trouble. a bulwarlz agains.
danger, and a sympathizing presence.
The record-union., 1898-08-20

en- have no right to tamper with love or
matrimony. 1t is best for themselves and
best for the human race that they should
not 1t is not a hard matter for men and
women to preserve their health if they
wish 1t is far from impossible for them
to restore it after it has been lost. That
being the case, the modern Cupid is right
in looking with disfavor upon matrimonial
matches between sick men and unhealthy
women Ill-health in woman Is generally
the result of some weakness or disorder of
the distinctly feminine organism that is
slowly sapping her vitality. At first,
little pain and slight indispositions which
seem to her quite unimportant They grow
steadily worse until she suffers all the time
from burning and dragging sensations, and
occasionally has to take to her bed Fin
ally they completely unfit her for wifehood
and motherhood. Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is an unfailing remedy for all
7nents of this kind. 1t acts directly on the
delicate and important organs concerned
in maternity and makes them well and
strong 1t transforms weak, sickly, nerv-
Gus invalids into healthy, happy wives and
mothers Medicine dealers sell it. No hon
est druggist will recommend a substitute.
Since I wrote you we have had baby girl
born to us +" writes w. R. Malcolm, of Knoebel,
CLAW Co. Ark MY wife took DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription during the expectant period
and until confinement, and she had no trouble
to mention A stouter, healthier child was never
born Our child will be one year OF age on the
Sth inst, and she has not been sick day. has
not had SO much as the collie"