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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
MRS. AGNEW's MODEST DEMAND
Asks Cashier Rice for the Paltry
sum OF S4O.O 100000.


A young and extremely attractive wom-
an, with a fashionable hat on her head
and a valuable fur cape on her pretty
shoulders, walked into the Second Ma
tional Bank this morning, and walking to
the paying ~teller's window, said with an
engaging SMILE
please. will you cash this@
Mr.. Herbert Rice, who was thus adj
dressed, was visibly affected by the APP
partition, and vainly tried to look business
like n Indifferent as he took the
check; but, dear me, what a long time IT
took to take thai check! He glanced at
it. opened his eyes in amazement and
gasped:-
"Eh! What the DEUCE and then recov-
ering himself, for Mr.. Rice is the very in
c~arnation of politeness, said, Pray,
madame, from whom did you receive this
extraordinary document?"
..The Second National Bank. will
please pay Ann Agnew $4,000 plunks, z
earned by her in the Tobacco Factory,
and unnecessarily kept from aer; Ais 50
$4U, U0D, eco, $54.G00 and SO. SOL, O00, with ac-
crued interest.
Singed in my presence.
JIMMY, THE SHANGHAI.
To James G. Masking, Cashier.
eThe draft is all right I presume"
.coldly returned the young woman, sit is
in proper form is it not? Perhaps you
want me to be identifed?" and then after
a pause she said with chilling hauteur,
perhaps you haven't the money at pre-
sent?"
ssThat's it exactly" returned Mr.. Rice
hunting for some excuse to get RID or
the visitor, who began tothroW DeWltcn-
ing and utterly irresistible chances at
him.
"Well that's in-convenient," replied the
fascinating Mrs. Agnew, "but perhaps as
your bank is so rich you will be able
to make up the sum by this evening. and
would you oblige me by bringing 1t to my
house where / shall be delighted to re-
ceive you at dinner"
Mr.. Rice in despair looked around Tor
help, a policeman or a club, none OF which
objects of protection were at the moment
handy. He made signals to Mr.. flask
ing. who pretended not to see them.
There was no help for it. He must DO
something heroic or else there was no
telling to what extent Mrs. AgneWs SUD
den passion might lead. Others would
nave thought of disappearing in the safe,
but Mr.. Rice. whose heart is not exactly
adamantine, is not the man to run because
a pretty woman smiles at him.
HAh.' said he to. himself suddenly as
an acquaintance entered the bank. here
is my Deus ex Machina,'" ana then
turning to the fair Mrs. Agnew said
pointing to the acquaintance, do you
see that gentleman there? He is the
cashier and he will L have no DOUBT
cash our note"
Mrs. Agnew to his great relief left the
window and approached the new conner,
i who informed her that if she would re-
turn tomorrow she would be accommo-
dated. Mr.. Rice may therefore expect
another visit, which it is to be hoped
will be as agreeable as the last.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18

ity, upon cause shown. to remove any
manager. Of New Jersey Home for Dis
abled Soldiers.
Mr.. Embellishments the act relative
to executors and administrators.
alton of P~leasantviIle, Atlantic county,
Mr.. Porter-Provides all aeknowled-
ments of deeds taken six years and over
ago shall not be invalidated because OF
errors in such Acknowledgements.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
Lehigh Valley System

Leave PennsyivanIa r.. r. Depot.
6.42 A. M. daily Sunday 7.12 A. NJ for
MAUCH CHUNK and intermediates stations.
1913 A. M. daily for W~ILKESBARRE,
SCRANTON (week days.. ELMIRA (week
days.. ITHACA. GENEVA. ROCHESTER,.
BUFFALO. and the West.
and principal local points. Dining Car and
Chair Car to Buffalo.
1214 P. NJ. daily. except Sunday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
rEIL AND BROKE HIS ANKLE.

Martin Harvey, 3S years old, of No.
472 Henderson street, had his left ankle
broken yesterday afternoon by the fall
ing of a bale of jute upon it,. Harvey
was employed as a freight handler at the
freight depot of the Central Railroad at
CommuuipaW.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
POLICE TRIAL DAY.

This is trial day at Police Headquarters.
Among other cases to be considered is
that Of Sergeant Soloman, who was tardy
in turning out the reserves at the Oak
land avenue station on Friday night and
thereby permitted the escape of two
thieves
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To Thomas H. Stewart and J. Augustus Stan
wood
BY virtue Of an order OF the Court of Chane-
ery of New Jersey. made on the day of the
date hereof, in a cause wherein Ludovic Ben
net is complainant and you and others are
defendants, you are required to appear, plead,
answer or demur to the bill of said complain
ant on or before the fourth day Of March
next or the said bill will be taken as con-
fessed against you.
The said bill is fled to foreclose a mortgage
given by Rudolph c. Grossmann and wife to
Ifudoyic Bennett. dated September p. eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, on lands in Jersey
CITY: and you, Thomas H. Stewart, are made
defendant because you hold a mortgage on
the said lands; and you. ]. Augustus Stan
wood are made a defendant because you have
recovered a Judgment against Rudolph c..
crossmann and one John H. Cowenhoven.
Dated January 3. 1898.
HENRY S. WHITE,
Solicitor and Of Counsel with Complainant.
Ohice and Post Office Address.
7s Montgomery st. Jersey City, n. j.
= m
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
COSMOS u MEETING.

Only eight members of the Cosmos Club
turned up last night. Mr.. H. w. Conduit
presided and a charming paper was READ
by Rev. DR.. Cornelius Brett or. poetry.
afterwards a discussion ensued.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
(Sale No. 2707.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

AUDITORS sALE-HUDsoN coUNTY CIR
cult Court.
sey VS.. John D.. Kurtz Crook and Aaron q.
Perham, Individually, and as partners trading
as Crook & Perham.
In attachment. On contract.
The subscriber. Auditor appointed in the
above stated cause, by virtue of an order
made therein on the 5th day of January, A. D.
1898, will sell and make assurance at puohc
vendue, on
MONDAY, the 18th day of February, A. ~
at two o'clock in the afternoon. at the Real
Estate Salesroom of Frank stevens, 50 Mont
gomery street, Jersey City, n. j., the FOL
lowing goods and chattels, rights and credits,
moneys and effects, viz.
The money due and to grow due from the
Bulls Ferry Land Company on a bond in the
penal sum of Sl20. 00o.oe, made and executed
by it to the said John d.. kurtz CTook ana
Aaron G. Perham, dated February 18th, 1895;
and as we'll also all the right, title and inter-
est of the said John D. Kurtz Crook and Aaron
G. Perham in and to a mortgsge Tor oooo'Vo
said Crook and Perham to secure the payment
of said last mentioned bond. which said mort
gage is dated February 18th, 1898.
All the defendant John D.. kurtz Crooks
right, title and interest in and to 900 shares,
more or less, of the capital stock or the Buils
Ferry Land Company. a corporation of the
state of New Jersey,~standing in the name of
said Crook on the books of the SAID company.
All the defendant Aaron =, 400 nernam rgnt,
n less. of the capital stock of the Bulls Ferry
hand Company, a corporation OF the state OF
New Jersey, standing in the name of said
Aaron G. Perham on the books of said COM
pa ny shove were attached and seized sBy Will
lam Heller. Sheriff of the County of Hudson,
as The nroperty of said John D. Kurt Crook
and Aaron G.. Perham. the above named de-
PENDANTS, by virtue of a writ OF attachment
issued in the above. cause.
Terms cSsh.
FRANK p. McDERMOTT. Auditor.
25g Washington Street, Jersey City, N. J.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
COURT CALENDARS.
ro cnre ! cold ta0ncpay.

Wednesday, January 10, 1885,
349, $50, ISL, 352, 1853, 354.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure.
25c. The genuine has Z. B.Q. on each tablet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18

| NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT = NOTICE IS
hereby given that the account of the sub
| scriber, executor Of the estate of Catharine
Carroll, deceased. will be audited and stated
by the Surrogate of the County OF Hudson.
2Sth day of January, 1895
Dated November "a. A. D.. 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18

NOTICE or SETTLEMENT NOTICE IS
hereby given that the final account Of the
subscribers. executors of the estate OF Fannie
a.. Coughlin, deceased, will be audited and
stated BY tae Surrogate Of the County Of Hud-
son, and reported for settlement theme on Friday,
the DIST day Of January, 1898.
Dated November Is. A. D. 1897.
MARGARET e. GARRETSON,
GEORGE II. COuGHLIN.
WILLIAM G. BuMSTED.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
HUDSON Be DAMNED.
Speaker Watkins Deliberately
Unfair and Injurious
Committee List.
Especial to erhe Jersey city News."l

TRENTON. Jan. Is 1SsS.-The Speaker
announced his committee last night as
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18

M j.
Clerk.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
TOlstOi's Colonies.

TolstOi colonies are increasing in
Russia. The Tolstoians, Of course, live
together, having constructed their own
houses and their own furniture: there
Is nothing new in this, the tale has been
told before. What is remarkable Is
the arrangement Of the mutual dining
table In the Tolstoi table d'hote. The
bowl of the community-a bowl OF
SOUPS shared among six persons.
each dipping into the same dish. but
having the right of personal property
IN the matter of Il wooden spoon and
salt. Bread also Is private to the in
dlvidual. Thus the six consumers GET
a fair start and then they are nil Off
together. But one would have thoupht
this fatal arrangement Age. teeth
and digestion are sadly unequal. What
is there to prevent the venerable grand.
mother from being left hopelessly be-
hind by Ivan the Terrible, her yonth-
rul grandson, who treats the Whola
course as point-to-point race. and 50
shows forth the eternal ineoro1i+v 90
things? 1t IS added that there il 81
beautiful simplicity and decencv In
these repasts. and that there are three
napkins to each symposium. Thus we
nave six consumers TO one bowl and
three napkins to six consumers. Rrt
some will do we'll to avoid tho +ahIo
dhote Ia Tolstoi
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29

as an aid In building up our carrying
trade, could be made by the same author
ity. If any European complications as
TO the Use of the canal arose, our Govern
ment would not be hampered by the exist
ence Of canal company, nor by being
obliged to obtain the current action Of
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but would be
in a position TO decide for itself what
course to take. The possible claims of
England to joint control of the canal I'M
der the Clayton-Bulwer treaty should be
ignored. Those claims could never be al
lowed, and We probably would hear little
Of them after we had constructed the
canal with our own money and We're in
full possession. The Suez canal has been
ncutralized by an agreement between the
great powers, but that waterway IS close
~ connected with the Eastern question,
the balance Of power, and other large sub
jects involving the nations of Europe
There is no analogy as to naturalization
between the situation at Suez and that at
Nicaragua"
Estimates OF Probable Revenue.
Mr.. Sheldon's estimates Of the probable
revenue to be derived from the canal are
encouraging. AS the conditions are so
similar, it is necessary, in taking Il broad
view of probable earnings, TO consider the
business transacted by the Suez canal.
The results there shown are more helpful
than mere estimates they are ascertained
facts. That company deals with the
worlds commerce, just as will be done in
Nicaragua. In 1895 its business amount
ed to $4,000 tons 1t had then been in
operation twenty-five years. The first
year. 1870. its business was only 436, 900
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
IN TIE eRoOMCoRN BELT.
From Proves Profitable In Certain
Parts of Illinois.

Tho busy day for the broomcorn
grower Is harvest time. The time eH-
tnnds from the 1st of August until oct
I This IS arranged by the time OF
nlanting. which is during the months
of MAY and June. The farmer plants
his broomcorn so that II will ripen at
different times during the harvesting
period. Great judgment must be used
in cutting or harvesting It. II 1t Is cut
before ready 1t will not weigh well ana
the fiber Is not up TO standard. linen
If It IS ripe, or nearly so, 1t VIII De
colored and that will detract from the
price. The ground is plOyed and thor
ouchly pulerlzed before planting. The
cultivating is after the manner OF In
dian corn. When ready to harvest the
farmer gathers his force.
4 man walks between two rows
hrealling the stalks and laying them
across each other so as to form ia
bic about three feet high. y man
masses along on each side Of the table
and cuts off the heads or tops OF the
broomcorn. From four to eight inches
of the stalk Is left with each head. The
tool used for cutting broomcorn Is a
knife similar to the ordinary shoe
knife. The breaking of these tables
serves two purposes. 1t places the
heads in position so they may be cut
off readily and form place to lay the
heads. -Four rows of heads are placed
on each table. Teams pass through
the field between the table rows ard
the corn Is loaded and hauled to the
thrashing place. Here 1t IS placed on
long tables, which extend TO the seeder.
On these tables it Is Strengthened out
and placed on carrier belt, which car
ries it through the seeder. From the
seeder it Is carried to a barn or shed
prepared with shelving, where 1t Is
scattered out and left to dry from two
to four weeks. When sufficiently dry 1t
IS placed In bales of 200 to 800 pounds
each.
1t requires a large amount of addi-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29

tional farm help and coming at a time
of the year when the farm work of
other kinds Is slack a great body of
men from the adjoining country flocks
to the broomcorn fields. The broom
manufacturer visits the farmer and
purchasers the crop. Sometimes he de-
ponds upon a broomcorn broker. 1t is
sold by the farmer at so much per ton.
The price varies from $50 to 500 per
ton. a ton is the product of from two
to three acres. In recent years large
part Is manufactured in the broom
corn belt, This broomcorn belt covers
but small part of Illinois. 1t extends
from Neoga on the south to Tnscola on
the north, and from Shelbyville on the
west to Paris on the east Broomcorn
Is not the exclusive crop in this belt,
for other crops are grown.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29

S243, 100000 in 1894, we supplied only
SlO,o0O,0D. We were good buyers, how
ever, taking SO 600, 600 of her products.
Our diplomatic agents report that with
more alertness and enterprise we could
have furnished to Japan, and at a reason
able profit, GO per cent Of al her foreign
purchases in 1894. One reason why the
people of our gulf States are so unani-
nous for canal in Nicaragua, Is that it
will open an additional market for their
cotton. The United States is the chief
producer of the worlds cotton. and prices
for this product have been deplorably low
Of late years, entailing great priyations in
many Southern homes. 1t is the old story.
We have been producing more cotton than
we could find markets for. The new buy
er of cotton is Japan. That country il
going strongly into the manufacture of
cotton goods, such as are used by the peo-
pie of the warm countries, and now not
only exports these goods to China, but
undersells the English manufacturers in
their own dependency of India
Favors Government Ownership.
Mr. Sheldon takes strong ground in ia
vor of absolute ownership and control of
the Nicaragua canal by the United States
Government. Congress could prescribe
the tolls to be paid by ships using the
canal, making the charges sufficient to
meet the expenses Of operation and a suit
able interest on the capital invested in the
undertaking and also, If considered advis-
able, for an annual payment into a sink
ing fund, TO meet, at maturity, any Gov
| ernment bonds which might have been
issued.
"As commerce increased, the tolls could
be lowered, and any other reduction in
favor of American ships, found desirable
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29

tons; in 1871, 100000 tons; in 1872, 1,1OO,-
OOO tons, and there has been a fairly
steady Increase ever since, up to the
amount in 1895. During all this time the
volume Of the worlds commerce has stead
lily increased. Not only has trade more
and more adjusted itself to the Suez route,
but also the aggregate amount of trade
has become much larger. Some allowance
should be made for the advantages pos
scssed by the Suez canal as now we'll
established route. Taking its business
eight years ago may be a fair offset for
this item. The amount for 1883 exceeded
100000 tons. The earlier Suez tolls We're
SIT per ton which have been gradual
~ reduced the past twenty years, and
traffic Is not prepared now to stand heavy
charges In any direction. A moderate
tariff will be In every way desirable. A
favorable, but approximate, estimate of
the possible revenues In Nicaragua vould
be as follows: With tolls ut 81 so per ton
at the outset, and a business of at least
100000 tons after the canal Is fairly in
operation, a gross Income Of S0,OOO.U 90
would be obtained. Administration, M! a.
tenance and operation for 1885 cost the
Suez canal about $780, 900. Taking into
account all the dam and embankment
work at Nicaragua, as we'll as the heavy
rainfall, an allowance Of SO, 0OO, 900 as an
annual average for expenses may be fair.
leaving a net income of S6,O0O,OOO. An
undertaking Of this character Is TO be
gone into only as long-term investment.
and the earnings for the first few years
after 1t Is completed are not to be consid-
cred as sufficient for final Judgment. The
greatest earnings will come later on.
The canal route, as at present project
ed, is to be ia miles long from Brito on
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
ANCIENT STATUS OF ACTORS,
They We're Classed Among "Rogues,
Nagabonds and Sturdy Begyars."

There Is common idea that actors
are by law considered as vagabonds,
the historic basis being a contempla-
tion OF the statutes regarding vagran-
cy. These statutes, crude and general
In terms as were all or most of the
early enactments, having been made
and renewed between the twenty-t third
year of Edward III. and the fifth wear
OF Queen Elizabeth, were variouslv re-
pealed and consolidated In 1872. rho
act being the 14th Elizabeth, CHAPTER Z.
In this act strolling players unlicensed
are certainly classed among "roeues.
Vagabonds and sturdie beggars," who
are In the preamble of the act termed
outrageous enemies to the common
Weall,' the penalty on conviction heinz
that then immediatelie he or She shal,
be adjudged to be grievouslie whipped
ana burnt through the gristle of the
rlght care with hot yron of the com.
passe OF an inch about'-a puujshmant
only to be Abated by some responsible
householder taking him, or her. in1o
service for a full year under proner roo.
ognizance. y second offense becouo a
felony. t
The cause of the act "expressins
what person and persons shall baa So
extended, within this branch 70 ho
fogues, yagabonds, and sturdIa hoe
CARS includes the following. "pro
.enued proctors, gamesters, persons
raining themselves to have !, nowled 90
III phlsnomie, palmestrie, or other
abused sciences, quasi-labourers who
VIII VIII not work, unlicensed jugglers nod.
10 80 uhkers' petite chapmen, counter.
feetours, and users Of ,cansoS 'ei
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29
MAP SHOWING ROUTE PROPOSED NICARAGUAN CANAL

be AGO miles. The ordinary railroad
freight service consumes from seventeen
to twenty-one days. The canal line will
be only about go per cent longer than the
rail line.
Needed in the Time of War.
"Our country Is SO widely extended,
5000 miles from east to west, that cheap
and speedy water transportation ike this
Is almost absolutely needed to bind and
hold it more closely together. At present,
In time of war such parts of our growing
navy as might be on either the Atlantic
or the Pacific side would be for a consid-
cradle time of no use on the other ocean.
The canal, when built, win promote the
development of better markets for our
manufactures in foreign countries border
Ing on the Pacific. These are less exposed
than those on the Atlantic to European
competition. This nation cannot be con-
sidered a tirst-class power when our peo-
pie are only buyers from the rest of the
world. Exporting agricultural products
does not make great nation The French
ana the Germans do not engage in such
expectation, finding other activities u be
more profitable. a glance at the principal
food-eXporting countries shows the truth.
They are such countries as Southern Rus
STA. India and, latterly, the Argentine
Republic, and they are poor, and they stay
poor. We need TO keep our wheat, feed
our operatives with it, and send abroad
the products they manufacture. The
change cannot come suddenly. but We
should plan and work for it. Some neg
lected markets are near us. The Rio
Grande is quite d small stream. One can
ride q horse across it from Texas into
Mexico and entering the first hotel, one
finds an English cloth on the table in the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-29

dining room. The cups and plates are
English, the cutlery from Germany and
the walters wear a suit of German
clothes. There probably will not be an
article imported from the United States
in the house except sewing machine. The
demand is there, but we have carelessly
almost good-naturcdly, made no effort to
sell
I'm building up q foreign trade our nat
ural course will be to begin with the coun-
tries where we shall meet least competi-
ton In order to be profitable, trade re
quires to move along the lines Of least
resistance. Our geographical situation is
such that we are the natural producers
for all countries bordering on the Pacific
ocean. The relative distance of European
manufacturers, as compared with our
own, gives us great advantage. The
idea of trying to sell much Of our products
to China and Japan is new to our people;
but those countries are entering on ca
reer OF great development, and why should
not the American people have share in
supplying their wants? The trade reports
tell the story Of their awakening. The
purchases of their silver were:
In 1855. SOS, 000O 600
In 1894. ............. ..... 113.00O, 900
China bought from foreign countries:
In 1885. 1872, 900. 900
In 1884. ..-....... 24o,O000D
I'VE have not been alive to this demand
OF Japan's purchases abroad Of Sl13,00D,-
600 in 1894, we sold her only S11 900 900
We exceled in paying money to her, how
ever, for in that year we bought Of her
goods amounting to S143 100000 or
(bir1'S MIRO hDSnS from athor tinDc ,f