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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

his body is fraiI, and his eyes are mild
and blue. His head, however, is massive
and well shaped, and his long white hair
and beard give him the appearance of q
patriarch.
For nearly 80 years he labored with
tongue and pen to have set aside the pro-
visions of the law which compelled all
English parents to rave their children
y~accinated, and on Aug. 10 he saw his la
bors crowned with success, for on that
day the queen signed the measure allow
ing conscientious parents to make q dec
~laration Of objection to vaccination before
a magistrate and thus free themselves
from what they consider persecution. This
victory was not won without a mighty
struggle and a vast outlay of laoney and
energy. 1t is estimated that the a~ntivac-
cinists spent S., 900, 600 in the cause. 1t is
known that Mr.. Tebb alone contributed q
fortune-how much he is too modest to
say.
During the characterization agitation
Mr.. Tebb circled the earth several times
seeking information to aid him In the
fight. For 81 year, he devoted a consider
able part of his time to travelling in Great
Britain, the yarious states of Europe,
America and the English colonies to in
quire into the methods and results of vac
cination. The amount Of information he
acquired on the subject was enormous,
and he spread it broadcast by means of
public lectures and letters to the press.
Although the antivaccinists nave won
their victory in England, Mr.. Tebb say
that the league will not be digbanded. 1t
Is the intention of the members to push
tho crusade against compulsory VAGINA
ton in other countries, particularly in
Germany, whers the law Is very stringent.
1t is the intention Of the league also to
start an agitation in this country against
regulations Of boards of health which
make it necessary for children to be vacci-
mated before they can enter the public
schools and also against tho federal law
requiring all immigrants to be v~accinated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
KRUGERsS


Hand Man.
COON Paul" the president of tho
Transyaal, is probably one Of the most
unique chief executives of whom anycivi-
lized nation can boast. Perhaps the most
striking evidence Of his singular character
is the man who acts in the capacity Of his
confidential adviser. This man is Peter
Gillinghain. Peter is no more a Boer than
a potato is a cabbage. He was born in
Cape Town of Irish parents, and, although
he has adopted Dutch customs and can
speak the language of the Transvaal with
out a trace OF brogue, he has the quick
Celtic wit and the ready tongue which are
the heritage of all Irishmen.
Peter Dillingham;, who is virtually the
political boss of the Transyaal and the
power behind tho presidential chair, is by
trade a baker. The only Office he holds is
that of justice of tbs peace. Yet when
matters of moment in connection with the
affairs of the great Dutch republic are to
be settled 1T is to the Irish baker that
Kruger listens with the most attention,
not that he acts on all of Dillingham; 3 nd
vice, for sOoin Paul" is as stubborn as
the best of the Beers, but there are few
men TO whom he will listen at all.
Though born under the English flag,
Gillingham has no love for it, and that Is
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

JUNAs GRASpED BILLY IN e TRUNK.
spirited the baby away and then lay down
on the ground in another end OF the tent
to watch the rawlings Of the big elephant,
which seemed to delight the many hun
dreds Of sightseers who were In the men
agerfe at the time.
Whom the big beast missed her babe, she
became more frantic than ever and sfter
fretting and calling the little one for some
time, all the while Juggling away at hsr
chain, she quieted down, u the perpe-
TRAITORS of the cruel joke, who had bsen
Watching her, fell asleep and forgot to re-
turn her lost one
Aftersthe men had fallen asleep the big
beast again became frantic over the alb
senee of her baby and made Tho effort Of
her life to free hersSlk
She finally succeeded and instead of go
ing in search of the lostanerushed through
the crowded tent to whnre the men lay
aslesp.
Bsfore billy woks up Che picked him
out from all the other astRerers and had
him securely in har trunk. AIEidthe cries
of her keeper and attendants and the
screaming of women and children she
hurled h-arrtormentor to the ground sew
eral times with ~terriHo.force, breaking al
most every bone in his body. Then, toss
ing him aloft, sine gave q shrill cry and
when the man oame down upon the
ground trampled him TO death. After
satisfying herself that Dilly-was dead the
animal returned to her stake and was
made fast. Her keepers had learned a
1aekm
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
An dmeret OF White Ants.

Africa seems to be the great country for
insect eating. Large quantities of ~locusts,
caterpiIlars and beetle grubs are consumed
by the natives, and in certain parts white
ants or termites are esteemed a welcome
addition to the bill Of fare. These ants
may be prepared in various ways. One is
to boil them down in water to the consist
ency Of porridge, or they may be eaten
simply dried over the fire. Cooked with
beaten up eggs they make a not unsavory
omelet, or they may be used in meat pies
instead of flesh. A European traveller in
Africa remarks that white ants taste
something like meat stuffing. He received
about so loads of them for the use of his
people.
The same traveller tells us how on his
marches he used small ants nests, mush-
room shaped and about the size OF a mans
head, as ~hearthstones, three Of them being
arranged in a MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
ELEPHANT VENGEANCE.
How Junas Killed the Man Who
kidnapped Her Baby.
NEARLY EVERY BONE BROKEN.

Hurled to h Ground with Terrific
Force and TrampIed to Death.
strange Case of Animal sasacity
and Fnry
George Oily of Logan, W. Va, met =
horrible death at Ronceyerte a few days
ago. While the circus vas stationed there
billy and two others employed by the
show as canvas men seemed to take great
delight in annoying a large female eie-
plant, Junas, and her babe. Although
repeatedly warned by the keeper to desist,
they paid ne heed to his warnings, Dut
persisted In tcrmenting the animal IN
many ways, the most annoying OF all be-
ing the spiriting away of her baby while
she was tied to her stake.
The mar would do this frequently, and
the big beast with almost human instinct
would cry aloud for the babe and pull at
Aer stakes in a frantic effort to go to her
offspring, but she had never succeeded,
and after keeping the babe away for some
time it would be returned to her.
While at Roncevepte Billy, who was u
20 years old, together with the men, after
old Junas had been made fast ohe stake,
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the secret of his popularity with President
Kruger, who, though a mighty shrewd
old hunter and politician, has points OF
weakness bordering on faulty Gilling-
ham made his first coup with Kruger at
the time OF the Ja1nison raid, when Eng
land threatened to wipe out the little re
public. With the hosts of England ar
rayed against the Transyaal and no
friends, this plucky Irishman got together
some Of his oountryrnen and offered TO
raise a regiment to fight for it against tho
British. Furthermore, he communicated
with Irishmen in America and proposed
that they arm and equip forces to send
down to aid thu Beers.
Kruger, who is just as generous as he is
vindictive, was quito overcome by this
offer, and he has ever since kept q warm
spot In his heart for the Irish. More than
this, however, G~illingham has a long head,
knows when TO advise, when to keep quiet
and is 80 genial and adaptable that be is
always on the right side.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
HYPNOTIC EYE.
A Maddened Sailor succumbs To Mes
merle GAGE.

A Maddened Sailor Succumbs To Mes
merle Gaze.
Hypnotism was employed recently by a
New York hospital surgeon in subduing a
man In a fit whom five policemen could
not overcome. DR.. Wheeler, the surgeon,
was on an ambulance which had bscn
sent 10 Third avenue ard Sixteenth street
to the aid of a sailor who had fallen in the
street. He found the man in charge of a
policeman.
The sailof rose to his feet and triad to
get away. File was suffering from a vio-
lent form of epilepsy, and he threw the
policeman around the pavement as ii he
were o figure Of straw. The policeman
raped for assistance, and four other blue
coats came to his aid.
The sailor, who had developed all the
strength Of mania, handled the five police
men as If they were children. The officers
were about to use their clubs when the
ambulance surgeon arrived on the scene.
aLet the man CO." he said. All the
policemen ~relinquished their hold, and the
sailor ran into the middle of Sixteenth
street. DR.. Wheeler followed him up and
caught his eye. The doctor is slight of
build, and the bluejacket, who belonged
to the Brooklyn, was nearly s feet tall and
had muscles like iron.
This surgeon followed the man with his
magnetic eye. The sailor gazed into the
face of the doctor, and an expression OF
establishments and Of fear came into his
eyes. The surgeon made mystic passes
about the mans head. The sailor, with
his eyes ~intently fixed upon the physician's
face, initiated the movements
The doctor stepped to one side, and the
jackie followed him.
Turn in, y said the Doctor, leading the
way toward the ambulance and going
through motions similar TO those of sling
ing a hammock.
The sailor followed him. The walk of
the sailor grew a little unsteady, and he
lurched against a post. This distracted
his attention from the hypnotic eye. 1t
acted much like swapping the finger and
the shrilI wake up" Of the stage Sven
gals.
Having lost his view of the doctors
face, the subject partly recovered his
senses. He started to run. DR.. Wheeler
jumped upon him and bore him to the
earth. The sailor struggled a little, and
then the doctor again made strange and
weird passes. The sailor was helpless. He
gazed into the doctor face and muttered
something which sounded like AYE, aye,
sir" The policemen lifted up the limp
form and placed it In the ambulance.
The doctor kept the man under control
while the ambulance hurried up Third
avenue. He resembled a lion tanner sit
ting on a narrow bench in the Gage of a
restless king Of beasts. By the time the
sailor reached the hospital he had recov-
cred from his fit and was easily managed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
A FAMOUS MEETING.
Major Marchand's First Encounter
with the English at Fashsda.

MAJOR MarcnAnG'B fIrHE Jun
With the English at Fasheda.
This is a picture Of an incident which
for soine time looked as though it might
BE tho climax to a situation which was to
involve two of the greatest of European
nations in a war to the death. 1t shows
the meeting of Major Marohand with the
FIRST English officers to arrive at Fashoda.
The plucky Frenchman who had raced
half way across the continent and seized
an Important strategic spot at the headwa-
tiers of the Nile was having his first
glimpse of the English who were TO dis
pute his position. AT that time he proba-
bly, did not know that these helmeted Off
GERS were the representatives Of the yictori-
Gus sirdar who rested on his arms with
his great army only a few days march
down the Nile. Marchand was probably
ready TO bid defiance to the British and
hold what he had gained at all hazards.
We know how he changed his mind later.
The picture is made from a sketch taken
by one of the English officers. Lord Cecil
is just introducing Captain Keppel, COM
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

- - - e ffaNU - 49,
by his daughter and is located in the come
terry at INVERSION, Lancashire. It stands
in a prominent position only 20 yards from
the main road and attracts much atten-
ton.
There are IS steps leading to the door of
the lighthouse, the door to which and the
10 windows being represented in every de-
tail. On a shield above the doorway is
carved tho letter "W,' the initial letter of
tho deceased's name, the whole being sur
mounted by a carved white marble dome,
supported on four pillars, and between
these is a lantern, with ~radiating lights.
Above are foEr arms supporting a white
marble globe.
From the ground TO the apex the height
Is some 90 feet. The gas main has been
laid to it from a distance Of about 400
yards. The light is 40 candle power and
will be kept burning all the year round.
The light is SO powerful that mica will
nave to give place to glass.
Over TWO years were required to build
the monument, and rs tons of marble
were used. The total cost of the light
house was over $10,0 900, while the gas will
cost abont 500 per year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

sells parted, and in a few moments lost
sight of each other. Concluding that his
wife was on tho Balmoral, Captain Davies
as G as he reached Montevideo made
all arrangements for her reception. Mean
while he secured a nurse for his little girl
and settled down to await word Of the ar
rival of the Balmoral.
When the Balnloral arrived, it was learn
ed that Mrs. Davies had slipped when she
leaped; that the sailor on whose arm shs
depended had released her to save himself,
and that the ~skipper's wife had met an
awful death instead of landing upon the
deck of a friendly ship.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

mander Of tho river gunboat Sultan, whose
funnel shows In the distance. Major Mar
chand looks little like a soldier. AS the
officer says IN the descriptive note which
he sends with his sketch:
There was no indication of any mill.
tary position in Major Marchand's attire.
He was simply dressed as a planter or ex.
plorer In whibo clothes, with ~topboots and
a soft felt hat, with the ribbon of the
Legion OF Honor pinned on his left breast.
Contrary to the usual way French officers
wear their hair, Majer Marchand had his
dressed English fashion, shaving his chin
and allowing his whiskers to grows as long
as those OF the famous Lord pundreary.
Indeed the major seemed entirely to an
swer the description in Lord ~Salisbury's
reply to the French foreign office when the
premier stated that tho British govern
ment could not refuse to transmit n mes
sage s'to a French explorer IN Q difficult
position on the Nile.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
SIX YEARS OF SILENCE.
Well Kept Vow of a Prisoner In the
CALIFORNIA; State Prison.

C~al1fOxn1& StuTe FrtSOE.
Edward J.. Cunningham was released
from San Quentin recently after serv-
ing q sentence of six years for burglary
committed in Orange county, and with
his liberation there passed from the prison
walls one of the stEangast characters that
ever wore the striped garb OF the penioen-
tiary.
When Cunningham was landed within
the walls of San Quentin prison, Returned
to the sheriff who had conducted him
hither from the southern part of the state
and swore a heavily solemn oath that no
word would escape his lips during the PEE
Rod of his incarceration. Cunningham
stood by his oath through The long, weary
years of his sentence, and his tongue never
loosened until he stepped without the
prison walls yesterday a free a
Whenever it became necessary for Cum
ningham to co~mmunfcate his needs or
wants to others he did 80 in writing or by
motfons. After being confined in the prfs-
on a short time he vas thought to be in
sane and was sent to the Ukiah asylum.
Here he was confined but a short time, for
it was soon Hscertained he was in his right
mind and merely acting in a stubborn
manner. Word was sent TO the prison off
Gals and Guard Miller was sent to the
asylum to bring the prisoner back. When
near Santa Rosa, he jumped through a
car window, but was captared aftsr a
hard chase. After his return he still pre-
served an inviolable silence and was put
into what is known as "crank alloy" Here
all kinds. Of influence were brought to bear
upon him to cause him to speak, hut
without avail. He also refused to Ia his
hair cut, and when released yesterday
morning his hair was measured n was
found to be 81 inches la length.
When relieved of his prison garb, a emile
o~verspread his ~countenance. Several peo-
pie spoke to him, but be only grinned.
Once outside the prison gate Cunningham
made up for lost time. He condemned cy-
cry one around the prison for his confins-
ment. When asked how he managed to
control himself and preserve an unbroken
silence for so many years, be angriiy re-
piled that he had no explanation to make.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
Irish Moss.

One OF the many useful things which
absolute priyation has been the means of
making known to the world is Irish MOSS.
The poor inhabitants of the Irish coast
were driven TO its use by the pangs Of hun
ger. When boiled it produces q thick,
nourishing and not ~unpalatable jelly. 1t
is most beneficial for diseases of the throsf
and lungs
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

fsBelieve me, Mr.. ~Spoonalnore, : replied
the young woman, with feeling. 8that |
am sensible Of the honor you have done
me in Offering Inc your hand ! appre-
ciate H.
She paused, coughed slightly and went
o II
AT III r1nl value
Nothing further was eaid and presently
the young ii took his hat and fadoa
aways@Chicaxc Tribunds
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SAD SEA STORY.


-
Mrs. Davies was drowned on Aug. 20
off Cape Horn while trying to leap from
her husbands ship, the Glenericht, to the
British ship Balmoral, while the yessels
were locked yardarm to yardarm. Her
home was on board her husbands ship.
Her death was a particularly sad one.
When the ships came into collision, Mrs.
Davies rushed on deck, and, seeing several
sailors jumping for the Balmoral, which
seemed to be tearing the Glenericht TO
pieces, she climbed on to b bulwarks
and. with a sailor holding her arm, made
q Jump for the Balinoral.
Captain Davies saw the sailors jump,
saw thom land safely on the other vessel.
He saw bis wife jump and concluded that
she had been as fortunate al the sailors.
A sacond after she took the leap the yes
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
AGAINST VACCINATIONS.

Mr.. Tcbb VIII Try to Duplicnte Here
Eaa victory IN England.
Mr.. William Tebb, founder OF the Anti
vaccination League OF England, having
succeeded In securing a revision Of the
compulsory vaccination law in Great Brit
ain, is now in this country for the purpose
OF starting a similar campaign.
Mr.. Tebb is anything bat a physical
giant, and his personal appearance gives
no Indication of the perseverance which
marked the fight he made for years against
what he considered a violation of personal
liberty as we'll as direct interference with
parental authority. His figure is slight,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

bly, the only light
house monument
in the world has
just been erected
in an English
cemetery. 1t is a
full sized light
house, not q min
iature, and it
stands on a base of
white Italian a
BILE 25 feet in cir
conference. On
this base is carved
a representation of
waves, just as II
the shaft stood out
at sea. Around
the base is strewn
white sea sand,
and the idea Is.
further carried Quit
by having a real:
signal light burn
ing in the tower. |
This unique lnon-'
ulnent has been
erected to the
memory of the late
ny w VIM
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didn't work.

Smythe-I dropped a h~alfpcnny in front
Of q blind beggar to-day to see II he'd pick
It mp.
Tonpkins-Well. did hep
Smythe-Not q bit Of it. He said,
MAKE it q sixpence, governor, and III
forget myself. London Tit-Bits.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

The term infantry, /" meaning foot sol
diers, originated with the spanish. 1t WAS
first applied to the military force employed
by an ~infapte, or young prince OF Spain, 70
rescue his father from the Moore
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
Blind to RAYS.

It is aid that one person in 300 Is blind
to the x rays-that is, when looking
through the Horoscope they cannot see the
bones of the hand, coins in a book, etc.
This is no doubt analogous to color blind
ness
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
AN ODD MONUMENT.

White Marble Lighthouse Which
Stands In @ Cemetery.
Some odd oonceits have been given form
in the making of monuments, but proba-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
u or ~EnUcsTrON.

lOluci1f- 1T2ctSGlH&S
Regular meeting Of the Board Of Edp-
cation held in the Assembly Chamber,
city Hall, Thursday evening, October Y
ROLL CALL.
Present-President Firm and Messrs-
higgins, Nimmo, Mulvaney, Broderick,
Finn Rice. Gallery, Mersheimer and Eg-
Absent-Messrs Mooney. quinn and
HEADING AND APPROVAL or MIN
UTES.
On motion of Mr.. Miggins the reading
OF the minutes of the last regular meet
ing was dispensed with and they were
approved as printed.
TIoNs.
From Estelle Robertshaw. thanking the
members for having appointed her a
teacher in our Public Schools.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Department of School Adj
ministration. requesting the Board to send
a committee to discuss school questions
at their mex meeting, to be held during
Received and ordered filed.
From Miss Edith M. Hammond resign
ing her position as a teacher in Public
Received and accepted.
To the Honorable Board of Education
Gentlemen-I herewith return to your
the resolution passed at the meeting he'd
September %, 1898, and of which the en-
closed is certified copy.
/ have taken this action for the follow
ing reasons.-The Board of Finance am
nually a~ppropriates a large sum Of money
for books, stationery and supplies-lasr
year the sum was $4,000, SO that every
child as nearly as possible might be sup.
piled with the necessary implements OF
learning. I am quite sure that the law
compelling the city to furnish these sup-
plies did not contemplate, under existing
circumstances, the furnishing Of such
costly books for the use Of the Principa.
as sets called Historical Characters and
Famous Events costing thirty-lve dol
lars. While was a member of the Board
of Education, I learned that the amount
appropriated for the schools were appor-
toned according to the number of pupils.
Now, by purchasing such costly books,the
amount Of other supplies, such as readers,
pencils, pads and other stationery would
suffer, the appropriations tyr that purpose
being decreased by so much. thus COM
polling children to call upon their parents
for money to buy what should be fur
nished by the city.
Respectfully submitted,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12

Regular meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation held in the Assembly Chamber,
City Hall, Thursday evening, October ~.