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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
TO ONE A EYE, SIS.

John Murray, of No. 300 Third street,
was fined IS and costs by Police Justice
Potts in the First Criminal Court this
for assaulting officer Phillip
SeidelI of the S. P. c.. A. Seidell and
Alonzo Calhoun were shooting a horse in
front of the s.. P. c.. A. shelter on Grove
street yesterday when Murray, who was
drunk, interfered and wound up by hit
ting Seidell in the eye.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
STEEL. STOLEN.

George Reddick of No. rs Hudson street
was held for examination by Police JUS
tice Potts in the First Criminal Court
this morning for stealing a steel casting
from in front of a shop on Hudson street.
He was arrested by Chanceman Driscoll
as he was carting it away on a wheel
barrow, with the assistance of two other
mon. The other men will be arrested.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
JACKSON avenue TROLLEY.

The Jackson venue trolley project has
taken a lull and a number of property
owners in the Greenville seation are be-
ginning to get uneasy over the delay. The
committee which was appointed to wait
on the Traction Company have performed
hear from the company. The company
was to have notified the committee last
week OF its intentioi1s, but as yet no
line is still in favor, snd if Jackson ave.
nue. is still to be heightened that will
probably be the way Inc street will Re
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
GOT OFF TOO EASILY.

James Cannon. q years old, of No. 4s4
Grove street, and Dennis Leary, So years
old, of No. 81 Pavonia avenue. raised a
disturbance early Sunday morning on a
Grove street car. They attempted to
thrash the conductor. Patrolman Booth
saw the rumpus and arrested them. They
fought the officer and In the scrimmage
Booth had his thumb badly sprained. Po-
lice Justice Potts in the First Criminal
Court this morning fined each of the pris-
oners $40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.

The Council of Education of the State
will meet in the rooms of the Board of
Education in this city on Friday evening
and Saturday morning. The question of
d uniform system of licensing teachers
and the effect Of dark class rooms in inn
pairing the sight of teachers and pupils
will be discussed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
FIVE DOLLARS WORTH OF FUN.

Thomas Hart, while drunk on Saturday
raised a disturbance in the Saliva
ton Army lodging house, No. SO Mont
gomery street, where he lodged. Charles
M. Flanders, one of the Salyationists in
charge of the place. had him arrested.
Police Justice Potts, in the First Grim
inal Court this morning, fined him IS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
somsshfns WRONG with the scale

The story is Of a young and devoted
father. told by London .sTid-Bits." The
baby was his first and he wanted to
weigh it.
are the scales?"
THE domestic hanted III an old fashion,
ed pair that had come down from a for
mer generation. 1t was the only weigh
ing machine in the house. The baby,
wrapped in fieecy folds of some light
fabric, was suspended from the hook.
and the proud young father assumed
charge Of the operation.
sri try it at eight pounds, he said,
sliding the weight along the beam at
II Won't do. She weighs ever so
much more than that
He slid the weight along several
BY George he said. She weighs
more than Ten pounds. Eleven--tweive-
fhirte en-fourteen. Is it possibie2"
He set the baby and the scales dow
II rested himself for a moment.
biggest baby / ever saw" he painted,
resunling the Weighing process. Fifteen
and q h~alf-slxteen. This thing wont
weigh her. Seet Sixteen IS the notch,
and She jerks 1t up like a feather Go
get i big pair Of scales at q neigh-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
GREENvILLE IMPRovERs.

The Citizens Improvement Association
of Greenville viii hold a meeting tomor-
row evening in Columbia Hall, Ocean and
Gator The committee which
was appointed to select a man to All the
position Of President Of the association
and to tx 4 permanent meeting night, will
The by-laws and constitution
will be drawn up and submitted Tor APP
prevail, and many other important mat
tiers. discussed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

boris. I'll bet a tenner that she weighs
oyer twenty pounds. Millie.' he shout
ed. rushing into the next room, shes
the biggest baby in this country. Weighs
owe sixteen pounds"
What did you weigh her on?' In
CURED the young mother.
ION the old scales in the Kitchen"
1.-THE figures on those are only ounces,
she replied, quietly. Bring me the baby,
Iohu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

contract No. 1867.
Also claims OF John Tully, $685.: Henr,
Co.. 81; Jersey CITY News. s5s.so Evenins
Journal Association, 1865, as correct. and
tive 90 petitions for signs, ETC.. favor.
From the same committee
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of Jersey
City.
Your Committee on Streets and Sewer
to whom was referred March q. 1898. thu
application of James Keufts and others
for the construction of a sewer in Plain
can avenue to connect with sewer In
Duncan avenue, conformably to the pro-
visions Of Chapter 27. Laws Of 1885, re-
spectfully report in favor of granting the
prayer of the petitioners, we believing
that the Improvement is one which should
be made
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of Jersey
City.
Your Committee on Streets and Sewers
to whom was referred March p. 1888. the
application of George f. Gantz and others
for the Improvement of Lexington axes
nue., between West Side and Marcy ave-
nues, eonformably to the provisions OF
Chapter 2I7, Laws of 1885, respectfully res
port In favor of granting the prayer oil
the petitioners, We believing that the i'm
The reports were accepted.
me committee on Munlclpdl LlEnLlnB
reported on claim of John Bowd, sos,
$l3-25, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Pumping and Reser-
voirs reported on certificates of Chief En-
gineer in favor Off
J. F U%nderhill, $685. on account Of con-
Charles Wagner. sls.25. on account Of
contract No 1.044.
Also. claims of James F. Stewart Co.
s3eo.sS. s4s1.74 1855, s2s.7s, sls, s4sS.21; SAN
ford & Stillman Co., $245. S472.50. 1890,
1862; VIM; p. Stivers, sl0.2I: n. Y. Luz
sss. 20! IIerse on c,f Co. Ss va; 10 y y: +, 9 M saa.
ply Co., SALT, $l72.s0, sl20.09; Evening
Journal Association. S7.S5: James coyle.
PA SOS 4; s4i2l2 s22o;sS; s21s.ls; slss4 q:
s1S.72; United Gas Improvement Co., SIZES,
as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Assessments and Ex-
tensions reported on certificates of Chief
Engineer in favor off,
James Coyle. $685., on account of con-
Charles Wagner, sS4.75, on account of
contract No. 1.044.
Also claims of United Gas Improvement
S, sl,s7, $3.50. SIS; E. A. Dugan, $40, s4.4s,
s.. SIS, $3.50, $40; Jersey City News.
$3s7; A, 80 ss; a E; Nolan, sl5;4o. s2s; Jas.
PdHSs SOW, @A2-1os TidHh w. 1OWS9, %o.W,
J. Driscoll, 81; John A. Vile. $500; Mrs
P. Sherry, s21, $40; ]. c. Manure Co,
$3.50: A. Walter &Sons, S2.50; Jas. F.
Stewart Co., $3.64. s23.01, 5000; D.. ]. Smith,
$3.50; N. Y. and N. ]. Telephone Co.,
1858. 49,; E. A. Pyle, s1.25; Brinkman &
Hauck, S5.35; e. w. Bullinger, Sc, Nander-
beck & Sons. IS. as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported on claims Of
Inhn RPn-vnInaZ R1O0s Rdnf NJ Cara Tdin
S25; A. e. Nolan, S30.25, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

On motion the reading of minutes of
regular meeting held on Monday, March
q, 1898, was dispensed with, and they
were on motion approved as engroSsed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
PRESENTATION or CLAIMS.

IIahn TT,Ilu sSs ~ Jnhn RR,,rEa Sim
SIS. Is. James F. Stewart Co, $50; O. c,
S~tringham. S126. John 5. Refill, $45; p.
Maypother, 500; Chas. P. Knoeller, SOS. 10;
M. eKarney, $685. Patrick Welsh, 81. %.
Received and referred to their appro
PIRATE committee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

On motion VIM. A. Tolson was ap
pointed Clerk pro tenn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
BOAR OF STREET AMI WATER
OMMISSIONERS.
[OMcIaI PROCEEDINGS.

Regular meeting of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners held on Mon
day, March Is, 1898, at two o'clock 2. M.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

Present at roll call-Commissioners
Brown. Heintze, Nolan, Hauck and Presi-
dent Boltwood.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

The Committee on Municipal Lighting
reported on claim of John Bowd, $l00.
$l3.25, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

Resolved, That al proceedings heretofore
taken by this Board in the matter of the
proposed Improvement of Lexington ave-
nue., between West Side avenue and Mar
cy avenue, as petitioned for on July 6.
1897. b. George F. Can't andothers, be
n the same are hereby reconsidered
n rescinded, and that all action on he
basis of said petition cease
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04
FINED FOR 4 QUEER REASON.

The burned building belonged to {
Sautier estate.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported on claims OF
John Brownlee, 500; Benz. NJ. Gerardin,
$25; A. e. Nolan, s30.25, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
O a. So T @ E4 IA.
Bears tho H1he Kind You Have always Bought
''S's'''' os I@laH1zeezMx
The Home Paper.

"Yow paper tells us when to go
to church, to county court and pro-
bate court" says an eminent divine,
"and when to send your children to
school. 1t tells US who are dead,
who is married, who is sick, who is
born and many other things you
would like to know. 1t calls atton-
ton to public enterprises and advo-
Gates the best of schools, Of law and
order in town. 1t records the mar
riage of your daughter, the death of
your son and the illness of wife, free
of charge. 1t sets forth the advan-
tages and attractions of your town,
invites immigration and is the first
to welcome newcomers. Yet in spite
of all these benefits, some people say
the home paper is not half 30 good
AZ the city paper, that has no interest
in your business or success. The
home paper, like the home church, is
too often neglected by those who are
benefited by t."-Exchange.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
A Purely Vegetable Blood
Remedy is the Only
Cure.

If the people generally knew the
true cause of Rheumatism, there
would 10 no such thing as lini-
ments and lotions for this painful
and disabling disease. The fact is,
Rheumatism is q disordored state
of tho blood-it can be reached,
therefore, only through tho blood.
But all blood remedies can not cure
rheumatism, for it is an obstinate
disease, ono which requires a real
blood remedy--somothing moro than
more tonic. Swift's Specific is
tho only real blood remedy, and it
promptly goes to the very bottom
of even the most obstinate case.
A few years ago was taken with in
flammatOry Rheumatism which though
mild at first, became gradually so in~
tense that [ was for weeks unable to
walk. tried several prominent physi-
clans and took their treatment faith
fully, butwas unable to get the slightest
relief. In fact, my condition seemed to
grow worse, the pains spread over my
entire body, and from November to
March suffered agony. I tried mauy
patent medicines, but mono relieved me-.
Upon the advice Of friend decided to
try =. 8. 8. Before allowing me to take
IL, however, my guardian, who was n
chemist, analysed the remedy, and pro-
nounced 1t free Of potash or mercury.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Speak Evil OF No Man,

There is rule in the Methodist
discipline which forbids "unchari-
table conversation, especially speak
ing evil of magistrates and OF minis
ters." This rule is based upon the
Biblo injunction, "speak evil of no
man."
Violations of this rule and dis
obedience to this command are very
frequent. Evil speech is ono of the
growing and hurtful habits of the
lines. Motives are ruthlessly called
in question and Judgment proceeds
without a hearing. We are shocked
in periods of political campaigns, but
these arc only the occasions that ex-
pose to tho public gaze the evil
which is already inwrought in tho
texture of society. The hard things
that arc so frequently seen in printed
papers arc but giving publicity to a
prevailing habit.
No class seems to- constitute an ex-
ception. Christian men indulge as
freely as men of the world, and some
times Christian ministers 80 far for
get themselves as by their practice
to give encouragement of the evil.
We urgently need reformation
along this line. Who that reads
these lines can recall that sometime
as he has walked away from a COM
pany, maybe Of brethren, he found
himself wondering what they would
say of him in his absence! / have
distinctly incorporated it as an arti-
Gle i'll my creed that every mans
character and reputation shall be as
sacred and as safe in my hands in
his absence as in his presence.
have a serious proposition to
make. 1t is this: That everyone of
us bind ourselves in a solemn cove
nant not to sit in judgment upon the
motives of our fellows without giving
them a hearing; and that we will
religiously abstain from all evil
speaking. Do not lightly lay this
aside without thought. Let the best
men amoung US be, first to enter into
this covenant. Without making
any insinuations, as ministers are
looked to to take the lead in all good
things, let them be first to take their
places on the roll. Let us build a
solid wall against this rising tide
which is coming in upon all our bor-
dcrs, and present an unbroken front
to this subtle enemy of character,
homo and religion.-J. S. Bcasley in
Southern Christian Advocate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Thirteen billion tons of coal have been
mined during the ninctcnnth conturx.

Thlrteen billion tons of coal have been
mined during tho nineteenth century.
Tho Democratic part of tho Wyoming
Legislature is in perfect accord. There
is only ono man in it.
between 1860 and 1882 more than 49,
OO00O0 buffalo wcro killed and t.
"nimal Is now nearly tii,Ct.
In four or five counties of Texas there
were hOmicdcs on election day. Six or
ten people were killed and wounded.
1t is singular that tho groutest election
riot Of tho year should no in South Caro-.
lima whore wo had no election to speak of.
Of 1000 mon who marry it is found
that 332 marry young women, hG7 marry
women OF tho same age, an4 80 old
women.
1t is said that South Carolina stood to
win both ways In the recent Now York
election. Both Van Wyck and Roosevelt
had South Carolina stock in thom.
Tho Washington Post says: "When
South Carolina goes cunning the coroner
can always depend on job" 1t Is pro-
por to always havo good aim and ac-
complish 1t.
A telephone line has just boon COM
plotcd connecting Bar Harbor, Maine
with Austin, Texas, % distance of z,6U0
miles, being tho longest telephone limo
in tho world.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
! lessons for the soatl,ern Negro.


Lessons Tor the soatl,ern Negro. B B
4 The trouble lin 3 the Carolinas is
perhaps over. Peace has heen re-
stored, and order and civilization
have been Ire,enthroned by the only,
methods that could possibly have
succeeded. Northern doctrinaries
may harl philosophical cohdemna-
tion atithe Southern 7#.iisses 20 tth.sci;,, their,
hearts content. They may prato
Of violence and babble about barba,
rism. The objects Of their disap.
proyal care less than nothing about
that. The preservation Of social
order, tho protection of property
and the purity and intelligence of
government sre of more concern to
them than the olamor of mere theo-
rists and dreamers. Barbarism is
one thing TO the metaphysician. 1t
is a very different thing to the man
whose material interests, whose feel
ings, whose very fireside, are sub
iected to its sinister and abhorrent
touch. The Southern whites have
done just what the Northern whites
would have done under similar con-
ditions-~they have dropped party
politics in the presence of a great
emergency, and have restored the
regime of enlightenment and Chris
tianity.
Wo wisl, however, to call the at
tention of our colored friends to one
lesson of the episode which they will
do we'll to take to heart. We ask
them to consider for moment
the value of those pretended cham
pions of theirs who have fattened
on tho Offices procured by their votes,
who have intlamed them by evil
counsel, and deluded them with
false excitement. What became of
those champions in the hour of
peril? Where was that boasted
valor which expressed itself in inso-
lent bombastics and offensive trucu-
lence2 What became of these de-
ceitful white schemere and these
uproarious negro .braggarts--the
beneficiaries of the ignorant and
crcdulous loyalty of the colored
masses-whcn the white man flew to
arms and put thom to tho test9 The
employers of North Carolina, upon
whose enterprise and capital nine-
tenths of the colored population of
the State subsist; who pay 95 per
cent of the taxes which maintain their
schools and hospitals and poor
houses; who conduct, every industry
that furnishes employment fer the
poor, and to one or another OF whom
every helpless and afflicted neg 60
appeals--ncver without unqucstion-
ing response-in the hour of his
extremity-these white men are now
calling in the refugees to peaceful
homes and profitable occupation.
while the former office. seekers and
office holders of both races and colors
are hiding in Northern refugees from
the storm which their rapacity and
insolcncc provoked.
The Carolina negroes have been
dupes and victims. They have been
deluded into dreaming that they can
grasp and hold power in communi-
ties in which they represent practi-
cally nothing of the true basis of
civilized society-neither wealth nor
culture, neither property nor sub
stance. a lesson has been offered
them. The question is whether they
will profit by it.-Washington Post.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
score ana I'aiIy

TO SIl keep SCORE and 20 keep tally are
colhlr,iln q y ~
Of the ardent boys and girls who
keep the3score of anSexciting game
Of base ball, aud afterwards compare
score cards to see if}the records tally,
have anyidea where these two words
were derived. d !
Originally, they were exact syno.
nyms; a score being to soar or notch
upon q tally-stiak, wniie tally comes
direct from the French taller, to out,
whittle ornotch. The use of tally
sticks, ono would think, must belong
either to remote antiquity or to re-
gions beyond civilization and its nc
companying school arithmetics |; yet
such is by no means the case. That
it still survives in rural France is at
tested by Mr.. S. Barring Gould, who
writes Of tallies in recent English
magazine. ..EsT j., ....
Sitting among group of blue
bloused peasants before tho fireplace
of a country inn, the landlady Of
which also conducted the village
bakery, he noticed hanging from the
mantle two great bundles of sticks
Examining them, he found that each
rod swas about 18 inches in length,
and was split up more than three
quarters of its length, tho split por-
ton being covered with notches,
while upon the handle was inscribed
a name. The mistress of the inn
observed him puzzling over these
mysterious objects, and coming to
his side good naturedly explained that
they were tallics, and that all the
bakery accounts of the house were
kept in this manner.
"Every customer was provided
with a hazel stick split through tho
greater part of its length, and with
his name written on the handle. The
split-off piece of wood was retained
by the customer; an,3 the principal
stick by the baker. When the GUS
toner desired q loaf or two he camo
to the shop with his stick, it was
placed in connection with the piece
from which it had originally been
taken and then with knife notch
was cut at the point of contact at
one side, 80 as to mark both pieces
of wood. When one side had thus
been scored full, the score was carried
down the other junction. AS soon
as the account was paid, the tally
stick was thrust into the fire."
The visitor carried away tho tally
stick as a curiosity, but on showing
it at home was surprised to learn that
farmers wife in his own noighbor-
hood kept her account for butter and
milk on notched stick. She did
not, however, employ tho checking
system of the split-off piccc-a sys-
tenn which, simple and fashioned
as it is, renders Justification on either
side impossible.
Records of elections were kept on
tally sticks until 1926, in the English
house of commons, and an overhcated
stove in which useless and discarded
tallies were burned, in 1854, started
a conhagration which destroyed both
houses of parliament.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-11-24
Tie Number Seyens

nent a part the figure 7 plays in the
history of the world ? I dare say
you have not. The speaker was q
we'll known insurance man, who had
compiled the facts. "It is remark
able," he continued, "and ifyou will
jot down what I tell you about the
numeral l dare say you will find it
very interesting. In the first place,
when God made the earth he rested
on tho 7th day. There are 7 days in
a week Z letters in tho name Jeho-
yah. We all know of tho Fat and
7 lean kline; the 7 years of plenty
and the 7 years of famine; the 7
fruitful ears of corn and the 7 bar
rem ears. Jacob served years for
Rachel, was cheated with Leah, and
waited 7 years more for his reward (;
Laban, his father-in-law, followed
Jacob for 7 days, and when Jacob
died Joseph lamented 7 days. At
the siege of Jericho 7 priests with 7
trumpets went around the city, and
at the 7th blast the walls fell. Seven
times ten Hebrew scholars translated
the old testament in to Greek for the
Alexandrian library. When Peter
asked the Lord, how many times [
must forgive my brother; is it enough
7 times2 Jesus replied, Il say unto
you, not 7, but 70 times 7.
A just man falls seven times and
riseth up again, says the proverb.
There are 7 attributes of the
Almighty, 7 gifts of the Holy Ghost,
7 psalms of pennance, 7 supplications
in the Lord's Prayer; the Catholic
church has 7 sacraments there are 7
wounds on Christ on the cross. In
Revelations there are 7 angels with
chalices filled with divine wrath
also 7 lamps with 7 flames are there
mentioned. Rome is built On hills,
as are also Constantinople, Furem-
burg, Hamburg and Lisbon. We al!
know of the 7 sleepers, the 7 youth
full Christians martyrs, who escaped
to cave near Ephesus, fell asleep,
and slumbered for two centuries.
"Thcre are 7 wonders of the world,
7 wise men of Greece; Mohammed
had 7 heavens in his paradise; dur
ing the 7 years. war under Frederick
II, history mentions 7 very impor-
tant battles; the war in Spain
between the Carlists and Christians
lasted years and the Franco -Prus-
sian war lasted 7 mouths, and the
Seventh regiment was the first to
distinguish itself and here in New
York the 7th regiment is the crack
militia body. Ancient Thebes, also
Athens. Bagdad and Morocco each
had 7 gates; 7 cities claimed the
honor of being Homer's birthplace
there are 7 steps to the tomb OF
Darius, tho Persian king, and steps
to tho throne of Solomon.
"Thc human head has openings
the river Nile 7 mouths there are 7
Canary Islands, 7 Iona Islands, 7 col,
ors in the rainbow, 7 tones to musi.
cal scale, 7 precious metals, I stars in
the constellation of the Pleides; there
are 7 cardinal virtues tho entrance
to the celebrated dome at Cologne
has 7 pillars set upon 7 pedestals sur
mounted by 7 statues.
"That is all / can think of at pres.
ent, but | think it will show that
is the most prominent of all the
numerals" ."-Exchange.
Cen q Christian run q liquor dis
pensary? is the question that is agita,
ting the Baptists of Athens. Mr.
Macon johnson, the manager of the
hx.,, IL =, 81