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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

TWO FORMS OF INFRINGEMENT.
trees could be cut and a log revetment
made, about four feet high, and the earth
thrown up against 1t from the outside.
During the war head cover was obtained
by what was known as a head log placed
q few inches above the top of a parapet to
allow of firing Under. It was supported
on long skits, 30 that if struck by q cam
non ball it would slide down over the
heads OF the men instead Of falling on
them.
Trenches to be strongly defended should
have two men for about every three feet IN
lcngth-one man In the firing line and
one in reserve to provide for casualties and
act as q support.
For different soils, the thickness which
will resist the penetration Of modern rifle
bullets Is for sand 16 inches, loam "a
inches and clay ~ inches. AS a factor Of
safety an additional one-third should 10
added to these figures in the construction
Of intrenchmentss
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.

About 800 tons of stone which viii pass
through a one % inch ring...-....
About 5000 tons of stone which will
pass through a one and one-hah QA)
Fol- use of ten (0) ton roller per day
of ten 10 hours
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

BOARD oF STREET AND WATER COMMISSIONERS.
IOmctal Proceedmgs4 q *@ ~ -*s
Monday. April 49, 1898 at w oclok +. N.
Present at Roll Cau-Commisdoners Brown Ient2es Nolan, Haul m
President Botwood. I4#&E
On motion, thu Jules were suspended n business was proceeded with under
Rule No, TO-
OPENING OF SEALED PROPOSALS.
Proposals fori Improvement of Jefferson avenue from Oakland avenue to PAIL
SADIE avenue were called for, ad three 81 in number we're resented, as follows:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

Stephen P. Yoe offered to furnish
of the above standard
las j. Harrington offered to furni.
900 of the above standard
Rehin & Edwards offered to furni
"A 6-10So of the above standard.
Henry Byrne offered to furnish all
of the above standard.
Received and referred to the Comm
on motion the Board took a recess for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

Il material and do al the work for 190a5
h all material and do all the work for
h all material and do all the work for
and do an the work for 81 s-laS
ittee on Streets and Sewers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About $40 cubic yards Of earth excav.

The Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
work for 1870 Of above standard.
Atlantic Alcatraz Asphalt 20. offer
for 1879 of above standard.
New Jersey Mexican Asphalt Co.
work for 1919 of above standard.
Proposals for Improvement of Faii
the Belgian paving 1T Boland str
were presented, as follows.-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07

IN Elections
SIT be paid to each of the
persons for rent of pol
for registry and cleo
April 12gS--
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
AN INTERPRETING .L4W,

An interesting and important experi- in Massachusetts after September l, when a new law giving grocers and provision dealers power to collect small accounts will become effective
 Heretofore it has been almost useless ors unless the bill were for more than $200 or the debtor were receiving a sal ary of more than $1o a week; but the new act enables the dealer to collect those numberless small accounts which many debtors contract without any real intention to pay. The new law, which applies only to bills for recessaries con- judgment has been obtained through a suit the debtor may be summoned into cumstances. On the condition of the latter will depend the decree, which
 may require the debtor to pay the judgment in full or by installments, and which may subsequently, be chang ed if the debtors circumstances should change for the better or worse. Failure to comply with the decree will be con- sidered contempt of court, to be pun ished accordingly. Any judgment debt or may apply for the benefits of the law. It is said by those who have deal ings with grocers that the fact that this act has passed has already had a beneficial effect, and that debtors are paying their bills more promptly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
AND FORTY ENLISTED MEN.


 In General Merritt's dispatch concern ing the assault on Manila we find the following: "Wounded: Captain Sea beck, 18th Minnesota, seriously; Cap tain Bjornstad, same regiment, badly; Lieutenant Bunker, same regiment, slightly, and forty enlisted men,"
 And forty enlisted men," Of course it costs money to telegraph from Hong Kong, and the names of forty enlisted men would make many words. But the United States government is rich, and it could well afford to give by telegraph the friends of the forty enlisted men the information they want. It doesn't look well to give the names of the wounded officers and then add ''and forty enlisted men," just as if the forty enlisted men were of no special account. General Merritt was too economical or thoughtless when he wrote and sent that dispatch. An enlisted man who is wounded for country like this is at least entitled to have his friends noti- fled immediately and to have his name spelled with as much care as if it were the name of an officer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
EYPECTED.

''Well, peace has been concluded, remarked Mrs. Snaggs. T thought 1t was the war which had been conclud- ed" replied MT. Snaggs.-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
 Surpassed Did your picnic fulfih your expectations?" "Oh, my, yes. It surpassed them. We fully expected it to rain, but hail was more than we an- ticipated, 't--Cincinnat Enquirer. Looking Towards the Links.-Seth Haskins-That's suthin' like that game of shinny we used ter play, aint it? Lem Pusley-Them sticks are like 1t; but the clothes aint, by gum!-Puck.
 He is the silliest boy you ever heard of. He writes me twice a day"
 How absolutely foolish. Nell, what does he do the rest of the day?"
 "He says he spends it in reading the letters I write him" ."-Harper's Bazaar.
 Overheard in A. D. 1910.-"What a uniform look of disappointment there is on the faces of Billson's youngest children" 'Yes. Ellison, you remem- Der, was one of the volunteers of 1893, who didn't get chance to do any fight ing. ."-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
 An officer in the army, seated at the tabled hote of an hotel, looking signiti- cantly at a clergyman opposite, said: "If I had son who was an idiot would make him a clergyman" "Evi- dently your father was not of that opinion" quietly responded the clergy man.-Tit-B Bits.
 
 His Specialty.-Old M. D.-Are you having much practice? Young M. D. Yes, quite a good deal, thank you. An, I'm glad to hear it. Are you mak- ing speciality of any particular thing Young M. D.--Yes, indeed. About nine tenths of my time is devoted to the pratice of conomy.--Chicago News.
 A Great Moral Lesson.-First Young Lady Gndignantly)-Littl boy, don't you know it is wrong for you to steal those dear little blue-bird eggs? Don't you know that each of those dear little eggs would be dear little bluebird Second Young Lady {more indignantly Yes! And don't you know that stuffed bluebirds are 25 cents apiece now, and getting searcer and scarcer every year you miserable little wrecth.
 An Extreme view.-"Tm glad said young Mrs. Torkins, earnestly, that peace has finally been declared.' Are, you?" responded her husband l rather indifferently
 Yes; especially for the Kings sake They were spending all his money or the war while he was sick in bed with the measles, and if it had kept up much longer I don't suppose he'd have had enough to get prescription filled al the corner drug store. Washington | Star.
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mercial methods, currencies, weights, measures and customs of foreign coun- tries. The education of such men re- quires certain specialized courses of study which the commercial schools of Germany, and, to some extent, of Bel gium and England, furnish, but which
 those of the United States, with per haps some exceptions, do not. The all round education provided by American colleges and high schools turns out
 young men more or less fairly equipped
 for successful careers at home; but the
 competition for export trade has now
 become so sharp as to require the work of experts, which only specialized edu-
 cation, supplemented by practical ex-
 perience, can provide, It will hence- forth be necessary that a largely in
 creased class of young men shall pre- l pare themselves for, and accept defi- nitely, as so many thousands do in
 Great Britain and Germany, the career of mercantile employees in foreign lands, in which social sacrifices and the dis
 comforts and even dangers of alien cli- mates are balanced by the material ad Vantages which such a career offers to
 energy, perseverance and trained ca pacity.
 The Hartford Times suggests that
 Trinity college might offer the training | needed So it might, but why should Hartford be allowed to excel New Ha- ven in that way?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
SOMETHING IN TT.

The Boston Globe suggests that we guage be used in drawing up the treaty of peace with Spain, and that the Eng fish copy rather than the French trans lation be the standard for reference.
 There is something in this suggestion. Of course the French language has got itself recognized as the language of diplomacy, and it is certainly good language to say things in. But things can be we'll said in English too, and the present indications are that the English will soon be ahead of the French language in general use. Per- haps it is a good time for us to give the effete old world a new sensation by having our treaty with Spain writ ten in English. French is neither the language of Spain nor of this country, and there Is no vital reason why this country should use it. Of course it would be polite to France to use it, and very likely Spain will want it used but the United States might very properly take this opportunity to assert the worth and the fitness of it's own lan- guage to make treaties in. It is cer- tainly good for that use, and if it is to be the dominant language of the world, it is not too soon to begin using it in diplomacy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
 END OF MIR. SOAPY SMITH.

Invited Death by His Bold Operations
 at Skaguay-Killed by a vigilante-
 Was Too Tough to Suit the Prospec-
 tors-A Character That Was Famous
 in Western Criminal History.
 'Soapy' Smith, the all-star bad man of the Skaguay country, is dead. He was killed by the leader of a vigilance committee on July g. For some time past Smith, with a band of twenty heel CTS, rounders and cappers, had been running the shell and other sure-thing games. and robbing the Klondikers on the trail to the lakes.
 Soapy Smiths methods were many. Among his recent operations was to have cabins fixed up for his business at different locations around town. Regu- lar business signs over the doors de- ceived strangers, for members of his gang stood over all these traps.
 On the arrival of the passenger ves- sells at Skaguay "Soapy'' would detail his men at the wharf to hoodwinl strangers and bring them to his dens. Some of the places would ostensibly be information bureaus; others were con- ducted as pack-train offices, and others as cut-rate ticket offices for Dawson. he office for the pack-train service was the most successful, as most every one reaching Skaguay has more or less packing to do. Soapys rates for work were always little better than those in the actual business houses. After getting a victims promise to carry an outfit, Soapy would ask for deposit; just guarantee, as he said, that the freight would not be given to any one else. When the victim would take out his wallet to make the payment some member of the gang woud grab the sack from his hand. Then some one else in the gang would pretend to get indignant and swear he would not stand by and see a man robbed in that way. The whole gang would then make a rush for the thief. In the scuff1e some one would knock down the victim. By the time the was strengthening up the gang would be gone
 These robberies were openly practiced by day as well as night. The gang was bold and indifferent to all law and or der, and did pretty much as they pleased.
 July 9th the first lot of miners came in from Dawson City on their way to their homes, with their winters clean up Of gold-dust. So much dust in tran sit about town was too good thing for Soapy' gang to let pass. So one of his men was detailed to cultivate the Friendship of some of the returned Klondikers This fellow readily made the acquaintance of one J. D. Stewart, and induced him to exhibit his gold
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

cent vibrio, both of which do not occur in the water of the Rhine. At inter vals of half an hour, samples were taken from the second pit, and cultures made in the usual way on gelatine plates. It was found that in an hour the mieroccccl and in two hours the vii brios had passed through the twenty four feet of gravel separating the pits. the micrococci passed into the water of a tube-well, drawing it's supply through gravel from a distance of lures of the bacteria were placed in the water near the surface.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
FASHION NOTES.
New Rules for Skirts.

The open skirt. either actually open over an inside petticoat, or opened over a panel, or so trimmed as to stimulate an opening over a panel, is very sty- fish. But remember that we have be- come so wise that the plain skirt will never be entirely out of fashion, though now even the plainer skirts are cut with apron front or Spanish flounce. Such are especially preferred if the skirt is severe with the apron front, the line between apron and lower part
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
4 PRESSING NEED.

Consul Mason again calls the atten- tion of the people of this country to the fact that the Germans are now the ablest masters of the methods of build ing up trade which are founded on the theory that the exporter who succeeds best is, other things equal, he who learns most accurately the wants of his customers and supplies them most
 nearly in the currency and on the terms and conditions to which the buy CT is accustomed. MT. Mason thinks we shall excel in this line when once we realize it's importance. Probably we shall, as we are very smart, but it is time now to wake up in this important matter. What is needed in this coun- try is, as Consul Mason points out, a class of competent, well trained young men, with good manners, a practical command of French, German and Span- ish-one or alI-combined with intimate practical knowledge of a certain class of manufactured goods, and the con-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
The Tax on MarrinUea.

To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Under the title of Tax on Marriages in a recent issue you seem to think that the certificates which clergymen quite generally give to newly married couples must be ornamented with an internal revenue stamp for ten cents. Being out of the State do not know what, if any, answers have been made to the above. But I am surprised that several pastors quoted in the article should seem to acquiesce in the claim made. I must demur, at least, until better in- formed.
 The law, as you give it, reads: Ger tificates of any description required by law" As far as I know, the only certi- ficate of marriage required by law" is the blank form attached to the license which must be filled out and returned to the town clerk or registrar of vital statistics. This is exempt as comply ing with the health laws, etc. The laws require no other certificate of marriage.
 If a person applies to me for a certifi- cate of moral character or of church membership I am not required to at- tach a revenue stamp, because such certificates are not required by law.
 Clergymen usually give marriage cer- titicates, some only when requested merely as pleasant mementoes or sou Yenirs of the occasion, and not in com pliance with the requirements of any law Wherefore then should they Dt subject to stamp tax of ten cents?
 The conclusion, therefore, to which come is this: These marriage certifi-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

being either corded or strap scanned The skirt ruffied to the hips is no long, CT to be favored, though trimming with groups of ruffles all dipping to the front and lifted at the hips will still be prac- ticed. Tiny ruffles in groups of seven and eight will be used much like braid- ing and set on following zig-zag or scroll designs.
 The liking for the open skirt is so strong that one embodying a novel ar engagement of this device is especially desirable, so the picture shown here is of general interest. It presents a gown that combined beige cloth and a green and white striped stuff. Panel, skirt, yoke and bodice, including sleeves, were of the striped goods, the plain material supplying the remainder of the skirt and the cape. For trimming there were on the plain portions two folds, one plain, the other striped, both taken bias. Across the panel were two bands of black lace insertion, and the belt was to match-striped cloth covered with insertion.
 Belts are narrow again and leather ones are less worn than last season be- cause they have been so cheaply elab- orated that it is difficult to keep in ex- elusive taste with them. A new fancy in belts is hardly serious enough mat ter to deserve the name of belt. It is bias band of velvet drawn tight and wrinkled, a little wider in front than at the back, where it Is hardly more than string, as indeed, the whole belt is called Such a belt in black, bright blue or red is worn with any dress that calls for a belt. Almost all belts are dipped little in front.
 FLORETTE
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements, One Gent Word each in sertlon. Five Cents Word for full week tseven tlmes).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in, sertion, S1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, $3.20; one month, $lo one year, $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse;. l5 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals 50 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobJectlonable) and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

cates, usually given by clergymen to newly-wedded couples, not being re- quired by law, are not subject to taxa tion. Not having the State law con cerning marriage at hand, l am unable to refresh my memory, but the above is my conviction of the matter,
 N. J. SQUIRES.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

That surface water is able to trans fer bacteria from one point to another is apparently proved by experiments
 made in clearing of some forest land, on the banks of the Rhine near Strass- burg, In an article which was pre- pared by Prof. E. Pruhl, there is given a description of the tests. Two pits were dug in the ground, one 3.3 feet in depth, in which the ground water rose to a height of within 1.6 feet of the sur face. Distant from this pit was a trench slightly deeper, and S9 feet in length. In the first pit were introduc- ed cultures of two species of bacteria, Microccus prodigiosus and the 1oures-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

The amount of money spent for in toxicating drink in this country annu- ally exceeds the total outlay of flour, meat, potatoes and sugar and molasses by 5.O0O,OOO
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

Five young men, totally blind, from the Missouri School for the Blind, in St. Louis, are making a tour of the small towns in Missouri and Illinois, giving gymnastic exhibitions, combin- ed with some literary and musical ex- ercises. It is said that they are quite skillful on the trapeze and flying rings and do some excellent tumbling.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

A Boston physician says that insom- tice of deep breathing. Draw into the lungs as much air as possible, and do not exhale it until obliged to, and then as slowly as possible. It is somewhat of task when the night is oppressive 1y warm, but if persisted in is fairly brain which every day folk call wake fulness.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, It CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s3FoR SIX MONTHS, $6 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

THE WEEHLI JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

As a result of the operations of the laws against the importation of adul- terated and trashy teas, and the addi- ton of a duty of ten cents pound by the war revenue act, the quality of im- ports has greatly improved. A tea merchant in New York says that all the teas now admitted can be drank with pleasure, but that those of high price are the cheapest, because of their superior strength and flavor. The duty of ten cents a pound has greatly dis couraged the trade in low grades. This is good news. For years this country was the dumping ground of trash from Asia. The law against importing worth less teas shut out last year about 6O,O0O half chests. Most of this stuff was worse than nothing because it was un- wholesome.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

THE oNPUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

Greater New York has to pay great taxes. Thus, in the boroughs of Man. haitian and Bronx alone there must be raised by taxation this year $47, 1856, 6S3 13. The total assessed value of real and personal property is $2.365, ,49O,372 This is an increase of $196, ,S54,516 over the as- easements levied last year. The in- crease this year of the value of real es- tate amounts to about $6O,00o,Oo0, and that of personal property about s134,- 00O, ,OOO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
 LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

It is we'll known that the production of intoxication by ether is a vice preva- lent among the peasantry in the north of Ireland and in some of the western counties of England Recently it has come to the notice of scientific men that ether tippling is alarmingly prevalent, especially in Prussia. The habit was Imported there from Russia, it being in some districts of the Muscovite en- pire perniciously prevalent. Mere chil- dren, it is said, often come to school with signs of having imbibed ether be- fore leaving home; mothers give it to their babies to quiet them, and in ve- hicles or on market days a distinct odor of ether is noticeable in great crowds Of people.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-22

They must have 'em. South Africa imported $1,437, ,534 worth of bicycles in 1897, of which the United States fur nished $174692. The United States in crease for this year is estimated at i'll per cent. In that country Malays as well as whites use wheels. In the min ing city of Kimberley there are 5000 bicycles, or one for every seven of the population. The duty on wheels is g per cent, and they sell in South Africa at about the prices obtaining in the United States, with the freight and duty added. The importation of some American cheap wheels has injured the American market to some extent. The country is rough, and it has been found that cheap wheel is a dear wheel.