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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-23
TIHE sTATE TROOPS

Field outfit for an infantry oh1cef
Bedding-One mattress, thin, inches
preferably one blanket with long over
coat; one canvas with straps to roll Ded-
ding in; one shelter tent, half; one mos
quito bar, small.
Equipments and belt, revolver,
haversack, containing knife, fork, spoon
and meat can; canteen and tin cup, Watcn.
gocket knife, small compass, notebook
aAd pencil.
hat, blouse, trousers, legg1ngs, stout
shoes, blue flannel shirt, ershdrt,
drawers. socks; he carries extra one plue
flannel shirt, one undershlrt, one drawers,
two pairs socks, one pair stout shoes, one
overcoat one pouch.
Toilet articles-NVash basin, canvas;
pail, canvas; one bath towel, two small
towels. comb, brush, toothbrush, rae razor
Books-U. S. Army Regulations, Drill
Regulations, Wagner's Catechlsm OF Out-
post Duty, maps and almanac OF the
country.
Such trifies as handkerchefs, tobacco,
etc. and obvious articles of regular sup
ply as ammunition, have not been IN
cluded above.
GERS; staff officers and officers above the
rank of captain will require other articles
not above included.
1t is expected that the baggage allow
anCe OF all OIUceIS Will De lllfl1ttu py ttiS
General commanding When pushed up
close to the enemy officers may be forced
to dispense with their beddings rolls ana
carry the blanket roll like the soldier.
The cooking for company officers should
be done at the company Kitchen, Messes
may be formed and mess furniture ear
ried if allowed; but such mess furniture
is not included in the field outfit OF q
company officer.
While it is said that the Fourth will not
at ant xrn
tinguished military authority put 1t last
night: There's no telling when we might
have to co. Colonel Smith and his ofn-
GERS are going ahead with arrangements
SO that when the call comes the Fourth
will be ready to give good account OF
itself.
The ambulance corps of the regiment
are actively engaged in overhauiirlg their
belongings ir readiness to acall Tor ser. ser.
vice in the fisld Their drill last night by
Captain Roy Inglis was loudly applauded.
The litter drill was splendidly executed,
and the spectators had an object lesson N
real battle spread before their eyes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-23
NO VOLUNTEERS YET
Adjutant Tells Board Of Trade
That National Guard will
be Called First.


Mr.. Frank 0. Cole. chairman of the
committee recently appointed by ths
Board of Trade to raise a regiment Of
infantry, should the Governor give his
consent, yesterday received this reply tc
a letter which he sent to the Governor
State of New Jersey,
Office of the Adjutant General,
TRENTON, April %, 1885,
Committee of Board of Trade of DER
sey City
Your letter of April q, addressed to
His Excellency the Governor, has
been referred to me for reply. He is
fully aware of the patriotic action of
the Board of Trade of your city. 1t
now looks as though the National
Guard would be the first to be called
upon for a quota of men and imme-
diately afterwards call for volun-
teers would issue. That would be
the time for you to exert yourselves
in getting recruits.
Yours truly,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-23
.FOUR7H'S PREPARATIONS
Orders Issued to Captains Of
Companies Last Night
as to Equipment.

A large and very enthusiastic crowd
filled the galleries of the Fourth Regiment
Armory last night to witness the Third
Battalion drill. Major H. Lohmann was
in command of three companies. The
drill evoked loud cheering and through
out the evening there was much excite
ment among ofiicers and men as to war
news and particularly the possibility Of
the boys of the Fourth marching to war.
Colonel r. G. Smith was besieged with
callers and almost invariably the ques-
tion put to him was: Are you going to
the 'front.' Coionel?
.Adjutant b. Gerardin was as usual as
busy as bee, running hither and thither
with papers and dodging this one and
that, who wanted to-know ou-know: In
the office adjoining sat Lieutenant Colonel
r. H. Bumsted discussing war. bloody
war with Captains M Gleason, J. II.
Springsted, r. Romaine. Steele and the
Judge Advocate w. Klink. The discus
sion waxed exceedingly warm when the
Adjutant appeared and gave to each cap-
tain the following list of requirements
for actual service -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this offit g with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Invent to the old united Presbyterian
kirk" said Mr.. Johnson, Eat Savoch,
about mile from our farm, and l was
reminded of good story about the
minister some sixty years ago. His
name was Rev. David Cav and he was
very diminutive, standing only about
5 feet inches. He led to the alter a
strappin' handsome lass some five or
six inches taller than he, and her name
was Grace Wilson. The Sunday after
the wedding he got neighboring min
lister to preach for him, so that he could
sit with his bride on the first Sunday.
The minister was something of a
wag, so Mr.. Cav made him promise
faithfully that he would not allude in
his sermon to himself his bride
nor the fact of his marriage
So he promised that in his serman he
would make no allusion of that kind
watever, but Mr.. Cav nearly sank
through the floor when the text was
given out, Ephesians iii, 8: "Unto me,
who am less than the least of all saints,
is this Grace given"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

The Texas Prison Bulletin has lost
its editor and it's poet laureate both by
the memorable hand of the law, which
ruthlessly turned them out from a lit
erary career and landed them into the
cold, cold world although when 1
come to think of it, Texas is not part
of the cold world, being according to
the late Gen. Sherman, only sort of
graduate annex to hades. So we
hope the boys will both get warm re-
ception and that the paper will sur
vive, although it has lost one wing by
this accident, and as a consequence
has seen fit to reduce its subscription
price.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

In Braemar there lived a good old
Scotch farmer whose portion of worldly
goods was fair one, except that they
included scolding wife. She was not.
ed all up and down the shire for her
sharp tongue, and her husband, best of
all, was prepared to judge for this. One
day she died to all appearances. Prep.
aratiOns were made for the funeral,
and indeed it had progressed so far as
the carrying out of the coffin, when in
the narrow passage the well-meaning
but awkward pallbearers jostled against
it, and it was hit smartly upon the cas-
ing of the door. The next minute the
scolding and only partly departed wife
had come to life, and sat up in her cere-
ments. What she said is not recorded,
but few years after that she died again
and this time they were fairly sure that
they were dealing with the real thing.
But when they bore her down the hall
again the bereaved husband called out
in shrill and anxious treble:
"Ca canny. Ca cannyw 60 carefully.
1t was there that she came roun' last
time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
DUST Do Your Best.

The signs are bad when folks commence
A-findin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the earth don't shake
At every prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Eff stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My dOctern is to lay aside
Contentious, and be satisfied
Jest do your best, and praise er blame
That follers that counts jest the same.
I've alters noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles, more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest,
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

smith is one of the few who has not
been supplied with one of the new
canes, and when he applied for one he
was told to go up in the green house
and pick one himself But, alas, the
heavy frost of few nights since had
blighted the crop, and besides Mr.. G.
has sinse been informed several times
that it is against the rules to raise cain
any more either in the greenhouse or
elsewhere around here, so it looks now
as though he would have to get along
without.
The exchange columns of The MIR
ROR are unique feature containing
as they do the gems from the country
press of Minnesota, than which there is
not brighter in any state of the I'm
ion. Many papers outside the state
reprint large portions of these selections
which are in themselves a very clever
advertisement for the state.
The turkeys office was invaded
Monday night by large and voracious
muskrat, who was probably attracted
by the supply of musk-melOns, although
l don't know whether there is any rela-
ton between them. The muskrat was
Immediately ordered out, but refused
to go, upon which the night turnkey
cleared for action and brought his star
board battery into play. The combat
was soon decided in favor of the State
of Minnesota and the finish of the
muskrat was Spanish. The military
training of the night turnkey stood him
in good stead in this action, which was
most sanguinary, the invading force
being totally annihllated.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
MOVEMENTS OF OUR POPULATION

Patients undergoing treatment in
hospital, 4.
Prison population Sept. 22 Males,
465; females, 9; total, 474.
Prisoners received during the week
ending Sept. % two; Discharged, 2;
paroled, 0.
Grade standing: first grade, $50; sec
ond grade 100; third grade IA.
Milton Williams, Mower county,
murder first degree, life sentence.
Samuel Davis, LIE Sueur county, rob-
berry second degree, four years.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Hop Sing has board in his apart
ment with lot of notches on it which
he marks out one at a time. The num-
Der of notches remaining is getting
limited, and fears are entertained that
we shall lose our antipodean contribu-
tor in the course of few moons.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Most of the guards here have been
provided with nice new canes with a
shepherds crook on one end. That
crook is to catch crooks with, presum-
ably. These canes were all raised in
our own greenhouse by Sinbad the Sail
or, under the supervision of Deputy
Warden Lemon. Night Turnkey Gold
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

The Board of Pardons held an extra
meeting last Friday at which the case
of Milton Williams, under sentence of
death, was taken up. The Board de-
cided to commute the sentence to i'm.
prisonment for life. Williams was re-
ceived at the prison last Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Steward Benner is now taking his
annual vacation which he will
spend at Duluth and West Superior in
company with his daughter, Mrs. Tice
of MINNEAPOLIS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Mr.. Stilkey is temporarily acting as
storekeeper and Mr.. McFall as cell.
house keeper while the regular occu-
pants of these positions are otherwise
employed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

The editor of the Summary. of FL
mira, n. Y. has jumped his yob. That
sort of thing is getting to be epidemic
among prison editors.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Mr.. Fred. Bordwell, the storekeeper
of the prison, is acting steward during
the absence of Mr.. Benner.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. j. H. ALBERT and Rev. FIR CORCORAN
chaplainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Miss Horace Greedy Perry paid hur-
ried visit to the prison last Monday.
She is booked for an extended trip to
the Yellowstone National Park
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

that is not SO bad as to have a hOr-
net buzzing about ones ears, as is
the case with certain other gentle
men connected with the military
establishment"
Some people 60 through this
world like a fretted porcupine-
their bristles all turned the wrong
way.-Blue Earth City Post.
A Boston girl has sued her en-
ployer $4,000 for kissing her. He
must have a kisser that explodes
like dynamite bomb to do that
much damage. st. Louis HUI
morist.
Many a good man has gone
wrong" because there was no
guide board to direct him on the
right road.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The early bird turned in his
sleep. "One good turn deserves
another,'' said the observant worm,
land this worm will turn" With
that he wiggled away. It was his
way of worming out an existence.
Pioneer.
An Idaho undertaken has knock
ed the we'll known advertisement
you press the button, we do the
rest" with the following startling
one: "You kick the bucket, we do
the rest."-St. Louis Humorist.
In the Denver morgue a Hiber-
MAN dame entered the dead room
to identify corpse supposed to
be that Of her husband, and i'm
mediately after entering said to
the attendant: "Yez naadent un-
coover his face. It isn't Moike or
he wud have t'rown oop his hands
in an attytood av defnse when he
heard me approach.-Denver Post.
A shark got after a preacher in
the surf on the Jersey coast the
other day and came mighty near
taking him in. The good broth
er's followers firmly believe it was
the devil in fshy disguise.-Den-
yer Post.
Word comes that Kentucky has
discovered a new brand Of whisky
called Popcorn" After a man
has two drinks of it in him he
will ''pop' most any kind Of a
question. Girls, here is chance
for you-a half-pint may do the
business.-Brownsdale Leafet.
"The wickedest man on the
Bowery" committed suicide in
New York last week on account
of the heat. He probably jumped
from the frying pan into the fire.
denver Post.
In selecting a man with a cool
head it is not necessary to pick
out a man with icy blood-unless
you are going 10 start up a cold
storage plant. Warm hearted gen.
erous, impulsive men are not any
more likely to go wrong than the
fsh-like cuss-who is always cal
culating what is best-for himself.
Fargo Forum.
Col. Blees, a Missouri million
aire, has refused to run for sena-
tor. The old name was good
enough for him and he didn't
care about changing it to Bleed
Walsh County Record.
The expulsion of lola from the
Legion Of Honor indicates that
that body is rather a legion Of cor
rupt men: and it can less afford to
be without lola than he can af-
ford to have anything to do with
it.-Joliet Times.
A burglar down at Albert Lea
the other night broke into the
house of lawyer by mistake, but
he was lucky enough to escape
with only the loss Of his watch
and chain.-Minneapolis Tribune.
It may be edifying to learn that
the real cause of the late hot spell
was a freckIe on the Suns face,
but the information comes a little
late to be of much use.-Oswego
Times.
Theodore Roosevelt will without
doubt be the next governor Of
New York. It's a pity Helen
Gould could not 60 the ticket
with him.-Tacoma WASH Led
ger.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

Deputy Warden Albert Garvin of the
Jeffersonville, Ind, Reformatory, has
been spending his vacation in this vi
cinity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22
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the head?"
"I've got 'em all in my head,
professor; but [ can't give them"
A little girl. attending a party,
was asked by her mother how she
enjoyed herself. "Oh," said she,
II am full Of happiness. I could
not be any happier unless I could
grow"
A gentleman, coming into the
room Of the late DR.. Bartou, told
him that Mr.. Vowel was dead.
"Whatr' said he. "Vowel dead?
Let us be thankful it was neither
u nor 'Tp'-Oil City Derrick.
When the Civil War was Just
under way, and Lincoln was an
unknown quantity to many in the
North, Father Taylor, the famous
preacher at the Boston Seamen's
Bethel, was moved to pray: Lord
save him from these diving, wrig-
boring keel-worms May nothing
pierce the sheathing Of his integ-
rityw
It happened in the Sunday
school. The subject under dis
cussion was Solomon and his wis
dom. A child was asked to tell
the story Of Solomon and the wo-
men who disputed the possession
Of child. She timidly rose up
and answered: "Solomon was a
very wise man. One day two wo-
men went to him quarreling about
baby. One woman said, This is
my child and the other said, No;
this is my child But Solomon
spoke up and said; No, no. do not
quarrel. Give me my sword; and
l will make twins of him, so each
can have halfr'
A Jersey City woman recently
entered a store, and tried for half
an hour to warm her feet at an
iron safe. "She never did like
them kind of stoves" she said.
AS brick fell from carriers
bod, it knocked down a Spanish
flag displayed from the store front
below. ''That must have been an
American BRICK" said a passer-by.
"Yis," said the hod-carrier above;
"but it was of Oirish DESCENT"
"Say, MAJ remarked the small
boy, isn't it funny that everybody
calls my little brother bouncing
baby?" "Why do you think it is
funny, William?" returned his
mother. because, when L drop
ped him on the floor this morning
he didn't bounce bit. He cried"
Said Phelim: "The O'Tooles are
a great family. Sure, wan was
raised to the throne of ould Dire
land" ''And what's that to the
ORyans?' said Pat, for the hon.
or Of his family. '"Twas Organ
they raised to the Hivins, and
made constellation of him and
there he is to this day"
Two ministerial candidates
named Adam and Low recently
preached in a Scottish church.
Mr.. Low preached in the morning
and took for his text, adam,
where art thou?" He made a most
excellent discourse and the con-
gregation was much edited. In
the evening MIR. Adam preached
and took for his text. "Lo! here I
am"
How do you think she went
back on me?''
"Goodness knows"
"She quit answering my letters.
and sent me word that the cable
WAS cut.=Detroit Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

There are weeks when over $1,000
are taken in for visitors fees at the
Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

The ignorant judge persons as
they judge gems-the richest, in
their estimation, being the ones
to be most admired.-Blue Earth
City Post.
: The late George Ebers, the
Psychologist and novel writer, was
a lifelong invalid and cripple, who
had to be wheeled about in a chair
whenever he moved from place to
place. Yet he was one Of the
most productive workers Of the
age. If one SO handicapped can
do SO much, ordinary men should
not despair of achievement
Youths Companion.
A pretty girl of San Francisco
thinks nothing of afour- mile swim
out into the Pacific. She will have
the osculatory bulge on the rest of
the girls when Dewey's ship is
sighted at his home coming
Denver Post.
When a man who does know
patiently listens to a fool who
doesn't know, it's a sure sign the
latter has much money or a very
handsome sister. L. A. w. Bulle-
tin.
If the dress reformers succeed
in abolishing corsets, the dear
girls will have no staying quail
ties left.-Orange (Va.) Observer
A woman can wear her hat in
any way she chooses, but let a
man wear his hat on one side of
his head and he is either a tough
or rowdy. Funny isn't it?-
Glencoe Register.
The man who was filled with
amazement had no room for his
dinner-but it wouldn't be safe to
ask him to take drink on a SINH
lar presumption.-Ora (Va.D
Observer.
Two quite severe earthquake
shocks were felt at Santiago the
other day. Caused, no doubt, by
the island endeavoring to get the
kinks out of its back after Gen.
Shafter stepped off of it.-Denver
Post.
Occasionally parties get hit by
a squib in the paper, and take Of
Tense at it, when the editor was
aiming at someone else. When
the shoe fits it seems they put it
on and lace it up.-Lamberton
Star.
1t is strange thing that in this
age there are hundreds who will
try to beat another man at his
own game.-St. Peter Herald
A woman who will nurse a pug
dog and hire nurse for the baby,
is afflicted with an allopathic dose
of hereditary softening Of the
brain, that would warrant her hus-
band in having her confined in an
asylum with lunatics.-St. Louis
Humorist
Professor Packard of Brown Uni
versitY saws man was origin allv a
fish. AS we gaze around upon the
great number Of sharks and suck
ers now wearing the guise of hu-.
mainly we feel inclined to believe
him.-Denver Post.
Danl Ambrose, a colored post
master at Pickens, Miss, made a
will in which he bequeathed the
postoffice, job and all, to a Mr..
Pinkston. He evidently thought
that a public office is a private
snap.-Spring Valley Sun.
A Brooklyn woman has taken
an action against a Brooklyn
young bachelor for $4,000 for
breach Of promise of marriage.
The young woman has just COM
pleted her twentieth year. She
evidently bids we'll and high
Montreal True Witness.
There are lots of little things
that wise men do not understand
but it is generally believed that
hens lay eggs because they can't
stand them on end.-Alden Ad-
vance.
There is pretty girl in Jersey
City who becomes deathly sick if
she eats ice cream, and the num-
Der Of beaux that girl has had this
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

A mans conscience should be
his jury. To condemn a fellow
man unjustly and misjudge his
acts and do him harm for the
qualification of spite or envy is
but space removed from savage
life and habit. Florida T.-U.
Citizen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-09-22

A Jersey City woman recently
entered a store, and tried for half
an hour to warm her feet at an
iron safe. "She never did like
them kind of Stoves" she said.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-14

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE 300-word
cipher dispatch received from Minister
Woodford Saturday night has been
translated at the state department, but
no intimation of It's import could be Sc
cured from official sources. Assistant
Secretary Of State Day, who has been
entrusted with the whole correspond
ence by the president, refused to dis
cuss the message. He said merely that
there 8a3 no development i'll the case
which properly ceu3d be made public at
this time. IN one instance he supple
mente this atement by the remark
ha. The mere fact of information being
Withhold was not to be taken as a seri-
Gus indication. Secretary Day dined at
lie White House, Mrs. Day still being
cut OF town
The president would make no state
ment.
1t was stated at the White House,
however. THAI here was no truth in the
rdmor Of a censure upon Minister
Wocdfard for allowing Dupuy De LONE
to forestall him il presenting the appli-
cation for the minister's recall. Min
lister Woodford's course, it was stated
had been entirely satisfactory and any
criticism at this time was unfopnded
and unfair.
1t could not be ascertained positively
whether or not am answer to Minister
Woodford's last dispatch has been sent.
1t is almost certain, however, that a
reply has been drafted.
The Duke d'Arcos, mentioned in
Madrid dispatches as a possible sue
cessor to Dupuy De LONE, has been the
guest Of Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Maclzey-
Smith OF this city during the past week
With him is the Duchess d'Arcos,
formerly Miss Virginia Lowery of
Washington. The duke was ambassa-
dor to Mexico and is stopping in Wash
ington enroute to Spain