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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04
CHAPTER cxLIv.

CHAPTER CXLIV.
An Act in regard to honorably dis
charged Union soldiers and sailors
holding public office or position
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey, That no person holding or
hereafter holding a public office or po-
sition under the government Of any
city or county Of this State, whoss
term of office is not liked by law, and
who receives a salary from the city
or county, and who is an honorably
discharged Union soldier or sailor
having served in the war Of the re-
bellion, shall be removed from such
Office or position except for good
cause shown after hearing, but such
person shall hold his Office during good
behavior, and shall not be removed
for political or partisan reasons
2. And be it enacted, That all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with
his act are hereby repealed, and this
act shall take effect Immediately.
Passed April 9. 1889. e
1t viii no doubt be of a great deal OF
interest to veterans of this State to know
that Foster NJ. Voorhees,. the Republican,
candidate for Governor, was the only
man to vote against it Not only was
he the only man to vote against it, bus
was the only one opposed to it. A proof
Of this assertion can be found in the fol-
lowing verbatim copy of the minutes Of
the Assembly
Assembly bill No. Ssl, entitled IAN Act
in regard to honorably discharged Union
soldiers and sailors holding public offies
or position"
Was taken up, read a third time, ana
passed by the following vote
In the affirmative were-Messrs. Bale
Brown, Chambers, Cheesman, Cole. Cut
ter, Davis, De Ronde. DonnelIy, Boron,
Pagan, Farrell, Feeney. Francois, Gill;
Goble. Hansell. Harrington, Harris, Hep-
penheimer. Higgins A. A, Higgins G.. H-s
Holt. Hoover. Hudson, Hudspeth Speak
err, Kalisch, Kane, Keys, Klotz, Marshs
Martin. McDermit, MCGOWAN, MeekeEz
Mutchler. Naughright, O'Neill, Patterson
Potts. Riker, Schmelz, Schroth, Smitns
Trenchard, Trier, Trimmer. Ulrich, WEIGH.
West, Wiedenmayer. Woodward-52-
In the negative was-Mr. Voorhees,
A bill, similar to the above, intro-
duced by Assemblyman Peter DonnellHx
of this city. on February IS, 1883. was
passed by the Assembly on February g.
but did not become a law, for the reason
tina the above bill was deemed all thas
was necessary. Mr.. Voorhees, was con<
sistent with his action on the above bilk
by voting against Mr.. Donnelly's bill
which was drawn by the law firm Of
Collins & Corbin. The following Assem-
blymen voted in the Affirmative
Bale, Brown, Cheeseman. Cole, Davisx
De Ronde, Donnelly. Doron. Feeneys
Francois, Gill. Goble. Hansell. Harris
Heppenheimer. Herbert, Holt. Hudsons
Hudspeth, Kalisch. Keys, Martin, Mcs
Gowan, Meeker. Mutchler, Naughrighs
Nevin. o'Neill, Patterson. Potts. Rikers
schroth. Smith. Trenchard. Trier, Tins
mer, welch, West and Woodward.
In the negative was Foster NJ. voorhees,
the only man opposed to it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04

Your candidate, the Governor, knows,
and you. Mr.. Editor, are aware that Jer-
sey City. Newark, Bayonne and almost
every other city IN the State is p6werless
to issue a dollars worth Of bonds for
school purposes and utterly unable 70
build a school house until the State, by
its Legislature and Governor, gives the
necessary permission, though AL the
those cities may be willing q anxious
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04
VOORHEES, AND
THE VETS
Republican Seeker for Gov
ernorship Opposed Ten
ure Of Office Act.
HIS TIE ONLY VOTE AGAINST II
Bill Became a Law at the
Session Of the Legisla-
ture in 1889.
VOTED AGAINST SIMILAR BILE
introduced by Donnelly and
Voorhees, Was It's Only
Opponent.
VOTED AGAINST SIMILAR BILE

Nobody can deny u that the following
bill. passed by the Legislature IN 1889,
was of a great deal of benefit to ths
veterans Of this State:-
The herald., 1898-05-29
Ancient BUILDINGS,

The excavations in progress of the
home of Guatama Buddha have
brought to light building more ancient
than any yet found in India 1t will be
recollected that a pillar marking the
site, and erected by Emperor Asoka in
the third century, was discovered acct
dentally three years ago. Since then
the place has been visited by ANTIGUA
ries, who report that it lies in the midst
of thick jungle, and is of vast ex-
tent. For many years Kapilavastu,
as the place was called, has been eag-
erly sought for in vain. 1t was de-
stroyed in Guatama's own lifetime, and
was mass of ruins when it was visited
by a distinguished party of Chinese pill
grims in 410 A. D. Kapilavastu was the
capital of a small Raja, whose son Qua
tama was. The actual birthplace of the
latter is known as the Lumbini Garden,
also marked by a column of Asoka,
which is now being excavated. A tumu-
lus which was found contains no less
a relic than the bones of the Buddha
himself. These We're inclosed in q wood
en- box, with an inscription of the same
date as the pillars, and strongly in
cased in massive Golfer cut out of a
solid block of sandstone. With the box
were crystal vases of exquisite work.
manship, containing gold and gems.
The herald., 1898-05-29
What People Really Talk About

A certain young woman, living AZ
Eastbourne, England, who was much
addicted to the pleasures of the table.
was the happy possessor Of a perfect
treasure of a cook, whose dishes were
the delight and the envy of her friends.
Last spring she was sought in marriage
by struggling solicitor the native Of
a neighboring town, to whom life OF
ease seemed preferable to one Of unre-
munerative drudgery.
His pretensions were laughed to
scorn. But she had to deal with man
of resources. He took his rejection in
excellent part, and forthwith turned his
affections upon the cook, who, delighted
beyond measure at her good fortune.
joyfully accepted the addresses her
mistress had scorned.
The spinster became alarmed. Sure
ly, she asked, he was not in earnest?
He assured her that he intended to
marry her servant. Then she would
lose her cook? Probably. Good heav-
ems. what should she do? Her dinners
her digestion would be ruined! Was
there no alternative? There was one,
he limited. The gastronomic spinster
stormed-but surrendered.
Alas! her sacrifice was of no avail,
for on the very morning of her mar
riage, the cook, enraged at the heart
less treatment she had experienced,
gave notice, and, but for q most hand
some consideration, would undoubtedly
have brought an action for breach Of
promise.
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it, for he linked his arm in mine and
began again:
Il know your great-aunt, too, Polly
Hawkshaw Dreadful old girl. l hear
she can tack ship as well as the adj
mral; knows to a shilling what his
mess bill Is, and teaches him trigo-
nometry when he is on leave"
This was, of course, a villification
and Lady Hawkshaw's name was not
Polly, but Apollonia; but | blush to
say 1 spoke not one word in defence of
either her or her name. 1t occurred to
me that my new friend was person
who could give me much information
about my outfit and uniforms, and /
candidly stated my case to him.
Come on" he cried. There's a ras-
cal of g. haberdasher who lives off His
Majesty's officers, and I'll take you
there and fit you cat; for Sir Peters
the man to have his young officers
smart. A friend of mine-poor fellow
happened to be caught in muft in the
Ajax the other day, and Sir Peter had
all hands turned up for an execution.
Ny unhappy friend begged that he
might be shot instead of hanged, and
Sir Peter, I'll admit, granted him the
favor. The poor fellow tied the hand
karchief over his eyes himself, forgave
all his enemies, and asked his friends
to pay his debts. POUNDS, twas the
most affecting scene / ever Witnessed
] plainly perceived that my compan-
ion was talking to frghten me. and
showed it by thrusting my tongue into
my cheek, which caused my companion
to burst out laughing. He presently
became grave, however, and assured
me solemnly that a sea- officer had his
choice of dressing handsomely, or be-
ing courtmartialled and shot. For,
said he, the one hundred and forty
fourth regulation of the service reads
that, All of His Majestys a-officers
are commanded to marry heiresses and
in these cases, the usual penalties for
the abduction of heiresses are remit
ted Now, how can one abduct
heiresses. or even get them to look at
us. without fine clothes? Women, my
boy, are caught by the eye alone-and
1 know EN-, by Gad!"
This trifing speech remained in my
memory, and the day came when I re-
called the idle talk of us two laughing
midshipmen as prophetic.
We went together to a shop, where.
under his direction and that of an oily
tongued shopman. I ordered one of the
handsomest outfits any midshipman
could possibly have, including two
dozen of silk stockings. as my new
found friend informed me that every
man on board His Majesty's ships,
from the admiral down to the jack-o'-
the-dust, always wore silk stockings,
because in the event of being struck by
a ball or q pike or cutlass in action,
the danger from inflammation was
much less with silk than with cotton
or wool.
All went Ewimmingly. until it was
time to pay for the things. Then,
acknowledge, was at loss. The shop
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A Clever Wav to Win a Bride.

A man with a lot of time on his hands
has tried to find out what people really
talk about Accordingly, as he trav-
elled about, he made notes of what peo-
pie were saying, and the words most
commonly used. He also made notes Of
the various classes of takers. The re-
suits of his observations are embodied
in the following:
Married Women Mentioned-She, 400
times; party, 1926; dress, 324; splendid,
316 money, 2O1; trimming, 1877; yards,
49, price, ISL; society, 1870; baby, 916;
clothes, "a; weather, 81; rich. 60; lovely,
So; perfectly awful, 40; doctor, 49, medi-
cine, "a; music, 6; literature, 0; art, 0.
Married Men Spoke of-Money, 4.216
times; business. POS: railways, PIP:
stocks, 1853; work. 81; son, So; daughter,
II; wife, 4; literature. 0; music, 0; art, 0.
Young Unmarried Women-Lovely,
500 times just perfectly lovely, 491;
horrid, 476 fellow 400; engaged, 1857;
dress. 81; love, 295; party, POL; wear,
2S4 she, 206; theatre, 10S; ring, 81;
mamma, 2S papa, 16; music, 8; moth
er, /; picture, /; poem, L; art, 1.
Young Unmarried Men-Base ball or
football, SOP times; winner 1902; bicycle,
2S4; money, PSI; dance, 104; party, 81;
old man. SO; fight, 70; money, 70; cigar
cite, 81; college, /; literature, o.; music,
@: art O.
The herald., 1898-05-29

generally does,-that hat, dear boy, Is
kicked and cursed as proxy for your
respected grand-uncle. Now understand
your position in the cockpit is that of
this hat In fact, you will take the
hats place." which l found to be true,
and l was called to account every day
for some part of the conduct of Ad-
miral Hawkshaw, although 1 did not
see him twice in the week.
Mr.. Buxton, our first lieutenant, was
a fine officer, and celebrated fer lick
ing midshipmen into shape; and il l
learned my duty quickly, he, rather
than /, deserves the credit
My experience CT other ships convinces
me that the juniors In the Ajax We're
clever fellows; but Giles Vernon was
undoubtedly the smartes st officer among
them and cock of the walk between
decks. He had innumerable good quail
tiles, but the beggarly virtue of pru-
dence was not among them. He had,
however, another virtue in high de-
gree,-a daring and inyincible courage.
That, and his smartness as an officer,
made Mr.. Buxton his friend, and
caused many of his peccadilloes to be
overlooked.
The fact that at nineteen Giles YER
non was still only a midshipman made
me think that he was without fortune
or influence: but l was soon enlightened
on the subject, though not by him. He
was the distant cousin and heir of Sir
Thomas Vernon of Vernon Court, near
York, and of Grosvenor Square, Lon
don. This man was generally spoken
of as the wicked Sir Thomas, and a
mortal hatred subsisted between him
and his heir. Giles had been caught
trying to induce the money sharks to
take his postobits: but as Sir Thomas
was not yet fifty years of age and it
was quite possible that he should
marry, the only result was to fan the
flame of animosity between him and his
heir, without Giles getting a shilling.
The next heir to Giles was another
cousin. remote from both him and Sir
Thomas, one Captain Philip Overton of
the Guards, who was as much disliked
by Sir Thomas as was Giles Giles, who
had been at sea since his twelfth year,
knew little or nothing of Captain Over
ton. although he swore many times in
q month that he meant to marry the
first woman who would take him, for
the purpose of cutting off Overton's
hopes; but it occurred to me, young as
was. that Giles was not the man to
give up his liberty to the first woman
who was willing to accept of it.
We were fitting for the Mediterra-
mean. and the ship lay in the inner
harbor at Portsmouth, waiting her turn
to go in dry dock to be coppered. There
was plenty for the seniors to do, but
not much for the midshipmen at that
particular time: and we had more runs
on Shore than usual. The rest of us
were satisfied with Portsmouth. but
Giles was always raving of London and
the London playhouses.
knowing how long had lived in Lon
don, he said to me one day:
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her coarse, handsome face all afiame
another was the landlady, who followed
him too the door, Sinking and tanning
herself; and the third was a venerable
Quakeress, who was about entering the
inn, and who beamed benevolently on
him as he bowed gallantly in passing.
l know not why this should have made
such an impression on me; but being
young and fool, 1 thought beauty was
as highly priced by women as by men,
and it surprised me that a fellow with
a mouth so wide and something dan
gerously near a squint should be such
a lady-kilier. 1t was common enough
for young gentlemen holding midshlp-
mans warrants to come down by the
coach, and as soon as he saw me this
young officer called out:
"Halloo, my hearty Is it a ship of
the line or frigate you are booked
for? Or is it one of those damned gun
briggs which are unfit for gentleman
10 serve in?"
Now the peculiar circumstances of
my bringing up had given me a ridicu-
lous haughtiness,-for Betty Green had
never ceased to implore me to remem-
Der my quality,-so I replied to this off,
hand speech in kind:
"A ship of the line. Damme, do you
think I'd serve in a gun-brig?"
He came up a little closer to me
looked at me attentively, and said:
cts an infant Rodney, sure. Was
not Americas Vespucius your grand
father? And what not your grand
mother in love with Noah when he was
oakum boy at the Portsmouth docks?'
1 considered this very offensive and
drawing myself up, said:
MY grandfather was baronet and
my grand-uncle is Admiral Sir Peter
Hawkshaw. commanding the Ajax
seventy-four."
Il know him WELL" responded my
new acquaintance. I'VE were drunk
together this night week. He bears fol
arms Lots wife after she was turned
into pillar of salt, with the device, i
thirst
This was in allusion to the drysalter
For I soon found that the young gen.
tlemen in the cockpit were intimately
acquainted with all of the antecedents
glorious or otherwise, of their superio,
officers.
The lie in the early part of this sen.
! tence was patent to me, but so great
was the power to charm of this squirt
ing, -mouthed fellow, that felt
myself drawn to him irresistibly, and
something in my countenance showed
The herald., 1898-05-29
Found Myself in the Presence of My Lady Hawkshaw.

sure we were very circumspect
The day was in April and was bright
throughout; and the relays of horses
were SO excellent that we reached Lon
don at four in the afternoon. having
! left Portsmouth at nine in the morning.
We went straight to a chop-house, for
we were ravenously hungry
And now, Dicky boy" said Giles to
me. keep bright lookout for any of
our men; and if you see one, cut your
cable and run for it, and if we are sep
! arated. meet me at the White Horse
Cellar at twelve o'clock tonight to take
the midnight COACH
BY the time we had got our dinner,
it was time to go to the play. We
marched off. and made our way
through the mob of footmen, and got
seats for the pit; and when we went in,
and saw the playhouse lighted up and
the boxes filed with beautiful crea-
lures, / was near beside myself. Giles
laughed at me, but that l did not mind.
I gaped about me until suddenly Giles
gripped my arm. and whispered to me =:
Don't look to the left. There is a
box with Peter Hawkshaw in it, and
Polly, and two gir!s,-one of them the
I
slip of girl. If Peter or Polly sees
us. Lord help us!''
1 did not look around Immediately,
but the desire to have a glimpse of the
adorable Lady Arabella made me steal
a glance that way. She was very
beautifully dressed, and though but lit
tie more than sixteen, such a vision of
loneliness as to fairly rival reigning
beauties of several seasons standing.
own that ] saw little Daphne sitting by
Lady Arabella, but l noted her but lit
tie.
Nor could Giles keep his eyes off
Lady Arabella; and noticed that even
when the divine Sylvia, as he called
her, was on the stage, he was not
strictly attentive to her, but rather
sought that fateful box where so much
beauty was enthroned.
The divine Sylvia was a delightful
actress, 1 must admit, and in spite of
being forty if she was a day, and
though raddled with paint, she had
something winning in her air and face,
and I could understand her tremendous
popularity with the young bloods.
Neither Sir Peter nor Polly, as Giles
called her, showed any signs of having
recognized us in the crowd in the pit
and we began to congratulate our
selves. There was vacant seat next
to us held by a gentleman's servant
and presently he gave way to a re-
markedly handsome young man, of six
or seven and twenty.
A few words passed between master
and man, and then We knew that the
handsome gentleman was Captain
Philip Overton, Of the Second Life
Guards. Giles exchanged significant
looks with me.
Captain Overton seated himself quiet
ly, and after a careless glance at the
house, seemed to retire into his own
thoughts, quite unmindful of the stage
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man, suddenly changing his tone, cried
out to my companion:
Mr.. Giles Vernon, / remember the
last REFER you brought here bought
near boat load and paid with the fore
sail, as you gentlemen of the sea call it.
l will not be done this time, I assure
you"
At this, Giles Vernon promptly drew
his sword, which did not disturb the
shopman in the least, as l found out
afterwards young gentlemen of Giles
age and rank, in Portsmouth, drew
their swords whenever they could not
draw their purses. But 1 was very I'M
happy, not on Giles account. but on
that of the poor shopman, whom 1 ex-
pected to see weltering in his blood
After wordy war, Giles left the shop,
taking me with him, and menacing the
shopman, in case my purchases did not
come aboard the Ajax that night.
/ thought it well to suggest that
should now go aboard, as it was well
on to three o'clock. Giles agreed with
me. I had forgotten to ask him what
ship he was attached to, but it sudden
ly occurred to me that he, too, might
be in the Ajax, and l asked him. I'M
agine my delight when he said yes.
II.
My introduction into the cockpit of
the Ajax was pretty much that of every
other REFER in His Majestys navy. 1
was. of course, told that l showed the
most brazen presumption in daring to
wish to enter the naval service; that 1
ought to be a choir boy at st. Paurs
that hay making was my profession by
nature; to say nothing of an exchange
of black eyes and bloody noses with
every midshipman of my size in the
cockpit. Through all this Giles Vernon
was my chief tormentor and best
friend. He proclaimed the fact of my
drysalting ancestry, and when 1 impru-
IDENTIFY reminded him that I was the
grandson of baronet, he gave me one
kick for the drysalter and two for the
baronet. He showed me battered old
cooked hat hung on a nail in the steer
age country
DO you see that hat, you young
raprascallion?" he asked.
l replied that l did, and shocking
bad hat it was, too.
THAT hat was once the property of
that old pirate and buccaneer, Sir
Peter Hawkshaw, ViceAdmral of the
White. 1t is named after him, and
whenever his conduct displeases the
Junior officers on this ship,-which it
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"Pheenix Inn, Portsmouth, Friday.

Dear Sir:
This Is to inform you that I met
with most unfortnit axerdent while
coming down on the coach. My friend
and messmate, the infant admiral
which you saw with me, read
the story of Gehu in the Bible or
Homar, forget which, and aspired to
drive four horses Which he did, with
the result that my right arm was
rentched out of plaice, and the rascally
doctor who sett it says I cannot use Il
for some days. This il most unfortnit,
as it delays the pleasure we antissi-
pated in our meeting. You will here
from me as soon as am recovered.
The only thing which disturbs me is
that if we both go to Davy Jones's, twill
please that old curmudgin, Sir Thomas
Vernon, bad luck to him. Believe me,
sir, Your very obliged, and
Most obedient servant,
GILES VERNON,
mid. on H. M. s. Ajax"
Giles gave me this to read, and I
pointed out several mistakes in SPELL
ing, although the tone of the letter was
gentlemanlike, as everything was that
Giles did. With great vexation and
some difficulty, he added postscript.
"P. S.-Please excuse spelling, as my
arm is very paneful. G. ""
At that moment q marine from tho
Ajax bounced, breathless, in the room.
I'VE are to sail with the tide, to-
night, SIR he said. 1.-THE admiral
passed the messenger on the road; the
jib is loose, and the blue peter flying"
and out he ran, to notify the other alb
sentees.
Giles seized the paper and added la
boriously:
Up. S. No. al am just enformed that
the Blue Peter is flying from the Ajax,
and that, my dear sir, signifies that we
are about to sail. Our meeting must
be postponed, for god knose when we
will eat fresh butter again. But you
shall hear from me. G.. W"
And that night we sailed with the
tide.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The herald., 1898-05-29
An Army Corps Composed Of Skaters.

The Norwegian corps of skaters, q
force peculiar to the army of that coun-
try, is a body of soldiers armed with
rifles, who can be Unanswered upon ice
or over the snow fields of the noun
tains with a rapidity equal to that of
the best trained cavalry. The skates
used are admirably adapted for travel
ling over rough and broken ice or froz-
en- snow, being 6 inches broad and be-
tween and 10 inches long. In ascend
ing steep slopes the men take a zigzag
course lacking up the mountain side as
a ship does against head wind. As an
instance of the speed at which they can
go. it is mentioned that messenger
dispatched from Roerass at o'clock in
the morning arrived at Drontheim ct
$3.50 in the evening of the same day.
having consequently accomplished 12s
miles in 1874 hours