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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
PETS ON WARSHIPS
Living Mascots by Whom
Jack Sets Great
Store.
BILLY GOAT A TERROR
Dumb Friends of The Yankee Man.
o'-War's Aan-0Id Tom,
the Names Cat.

Every warship in our navy numbers at
least one animal pet among Its crew, and
most of them rave several. These pets tho
sailors, with traditional fondness for SUI
perstition, regard as mascots. AS there is
but littse variety in Jacks life, he has
much time and interest to bestow upon
pet dogs, cats and the like.
Most sailors seem to have a natural fond
ness for pets, but while IN board ship they
must be content with animals which are
shared in common by the whole crew. II
every sailor were allowed a pet, the ship
would be little more than a floating me-
nagerie. So pets are only allowed ON board
by the express permission of the captain.
Having been established by such high au-
thority, they are virtually members of the
crew, and some of them often serve longer
terms than many of The men.
Probably one of the most famous mas
cots in the navy was Billy Major, the vet
eran goat who ended his service and his
life on March IA last while ON the flagship
New York, stationed off Key West. Glut-
tony, Billy Majors n weak point and
the falling which had often threatened to
terminate his naval career, finally finished
him. He consumed a whole bucketful OF
white lead at one meal.
Billy Major had been in the navy for
more than 10 years. He was shipped at a
West Indian port, being entered on the
ships articles as a "kid; trade, general
scavenger; rating, mascot" At his de-
cease he was given a shore burial with all
the honors suitable to a faithful shipfnate.
In one of the ~pigeonholes of the captains
cabin on the New York is a well worn en-
velope, stamped and sealed. 1t is the rec
ord of Billy Major, duly fitted out in all
particulars with an account of his various
transfers and an official history of his on
duct.
Another goat in the navy that has at
tracted a good deal of attention lately is
Billy the Terror, who makes his home on
the monitor Terror. This goat seems to be
eappy on the limited deck space Of the
monitor, where he frequently lives for
weeks at a time without going ashore. He
is an educated goat, much time having
been spent in teaching him tricks. The
Terror's crew lavish their affections on
Billy, and he figures in almost every pho
tograph taken on board the Monitor.
The i'll fated Maine carried three cats,
one of which is the senior cat In the Unit
ed States navy, and a dog. Two of the
cats, which had been bought in Cuba, per-
ished with the ship, but Tom, the Oldest
cat in the navy, and the dog were among
the survivors. Tom was born IS years ago
in the navy yard in Brooklyn and has been
in active service ever since. There is scarce
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

there are silk null ties in black and white
with light tracings of gold thread along
the edge, becoming heavier at the n d
I notice among the novelties dotted net
with a narrow lace edge sewed to it, and
une ~whole>slightly stiffened. This used to
be called footing. tits quilted up just as
full as it can be made for neckwear. Some
of it has white net footing with black edge,
and vice versa. Others are all of n color.
These quillings make a very light and in
expensive finish to the neck of a dress, or,
in fact, any place wherever it is put.
Ruchings of this are made to trim the bot
toms of light and transparent skirts.
Lace dress patterns are shown in the
most exquisitely beautiful designs and
traoeries. These have the skirts all pre-
pared, lacking only to be sewed to a band.
There are all over pieces with narrower
edgings to match to use in making the
bodice and sleeves. Naturally a silk or
satin underdress is to be worn with a lace
one. Blue in the palest tints, orange,
straw, lilac and pink are the colors which
show prettiest through the meshes of Ell
ther black or white lace. Some of these lace
skirts are ST. aight; others are woven into
a sort of circular shape. This has a very
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the requirements of all light dresses.
Chiffonettes and soft lisses are among
the newest of the dress materials for very
dressy occasions, especially for the young.
Silk mousselines are not quite SO we'll
liked. The tissues of silk or silk and fine
wool are among the prettiest of light
stuffs, and their colors are in the main
pleasing, though very bright. Faience,
Saxony and peacock blues are all brought
out in the tissues with fine effect.
In some cases these tissue dresses are
made up over silk and have a N oyerdress
of black chantilly, generally In the umbrel-
la or circular shape, which shows the de-
sign in all its beauty without wrinkles.
1t is said that black thread and, in fact,
nearly all nice black laces will be very
much worn by tho most dressy ladies this
season.
Wooden bareges and veilings are shown
in many varieties Of weight and color.
There is a chiffon Of cotton which is as
pretty as tho silk, and this will be largely
used to make dainty summer and evening
blouses and bodices where the silk chiffon
would be too dear.
I saw any number of capes of black
chantilly. They reach a bit below the ell
bow and are wrought into shape as they
are made. They are lined with silk of
some color best adapted to the rest of the
wearer's wardrobe.
Lace wells are wonderful in the way they
are woven. Very large double meshes are
made with big black chenille dots on every
fourth corner. Others have a light ori-
entail tracery lone in such a way as to
frame the face. All the rest is dotted net
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ther was supposed to have left a comfort
able fortune. but legal complications fol-
lowing his death swallowed much of it.
Her sympathy for the suffering manifested
itself early in life, and she spent much
time porting over her fathers medical
books learning how to alleviate pain, and
her first practical work was done while
she-was a schoolgirl in Paris during the
siege.
While her mother nursed the wounded
she made bandages and taught the conya
lesoing soldiers to knit socks and comfort
ers for their comrades. About this time
she acquired the reputation in her family
of being a youthful miser. Not a penny of
her allowance was found in her pockets,
and she was never known to spend any
money. At last she was taken with
measles, and then her secret was disclosed.
In the bottom drawer of her wardrobe was
found a complete miniature hospital, with
36 patients in pretty little wooden bed
steads and with a house surgeon and
~apothecary. All the figures had been
clothed with garments made by her own
hands while the other members of her
family slept.
She studied for the Indian medical serv-
ice and graduated, but did not pass in
surgery, as she declined to enter the dis
secting room or to operate, for as a woman
she could not infiict pain, even to alleviate
it. After serving through several wars she
was put on the list of available nurses of
the Greek consul in London.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

the severe tailor costumes. All the new
capes have much ribbon, sometimes in lat
tioework, sometimes as O fringe in mar
rowwidths, and sometimes there is q wide
bow at the throat with ends reaching near
1yAto tho knees. There are moires. double
faced satins, ~velvets, tartan t~affetas, plain
and occasionally an iridescent taffeta and
numbers OF striped effects in grosgrain
poplin in plaids and stripes and striped
gauzes.
In one house I think ] must have seen
ten tons of ribbon. The colors are for the
most part vivid. The plaids predominant.
Next to plaids are plain blacks in GUAM
stity,
IN that great importing house ! was told
that for autumn the leading silk will still
be taffeta for all occasions except where
magnificent costumes are required. For
these moires with whatever new device
may be invented will be the preferred
weave. 1t is expected that ~bayaderes in
black ground and colored stripes will be
liked. They will certainly be offered. So
will small brocades on MORE surface. Satin
duchesse is one Of the autumn weaves and
Is shown in all sorts Of oolors, the faience
and ot~herlustrous blues having the prefer
ence. Black is always there.
Some excellent effects in summer tailor
made gowns are produced with the SIM
plest of all materials, the unbleached cot
ton crashes. These are made up with the
greatest care and cut on lines quite as
carefully as the finest cloths. There are
three or four styles of this stuff, birdseye,
hcneycomb and twilled, and also duck.
The most of the gowns had the tunic OF
French skirt outlined by blue, blue and
white or white and black braid. There are
blouse waists and jackets, whichever one
prefers. No one could imagine seeing
these graceful garments from across the
room that they were made of such ordi'
nary goods.
Linen crashes, duck and cheviot are all
made up after the same styles. Some are
intended for country wear, some for yacht
ing gowns and others for tennis. A very
pretty fancy that comes to my mind in
this connection is one that I saw in one
house. 1t was a white crash or duck dress.
A black fichu cape of duchess lace was
thrown over the shoulders and then
brought around to the back, where it was
tied loosely, the pattern of the lace show
ing up beautifully against the white.
There are very many short capes of black
silks, satins or lace lined with silk. Near
ly all rave the fronts extending quite to
the bottom Of the gown. Where these tabs
are not made wide MORE or double faced
satin ribbon take their place. Around the
neck there is quilting or ruching of striped
silk null.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

which he had committed during their
eourtship. Before their marriage, he said,
he was employed at the New York post
office, and later, after marriage, when he
staid out very late, he said he was on the
night relay Of men. He is a remarkably
progressing fellow and fond Of society.
In court Hester gave his wife a savage
look. which she paid little attention to.
She said she did not intend to have her
husband disgrace her further, and as he
had deceived her she would not be an
noyed with him any longer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

ly a sailor in the navy who has not made
the acquaintance of this cat in some re-
mote corner of the world. Tom is a black
cat, the color in cats which every good
sailor believes insures the best of luck.
How it ohanced that the Maine was
blown up with a black cat aboard, and old
Tom at that, is a problem which puzzles
the sailors a good deal. Tom never seemed
to belong to any one in particular, but
was considered common property or ships
property and was cared for by every one.
He would occasionally show a preference
for some sailor, accompany him aloft and
run about the rigging in any kind of
weather with a security born of lifelong
experience and great natural aptitude.
At the time of the Maine disaster Tom
was sleeping peacefully three decks down,
or a distance of nearly so feet below the
upper deck. How he managed to escape is
a mystery, but he did. In the confusion
of that awful night Tom was lost sight of,
but the next morning he vas discovered
crying pitifully, crouched on the part Of
the wreck which remained above water.
He was first discovered by Commander
Wainwright, who FASTENED to take him off
in a boat and remove him to the Fern,
WDtf6 bU6 SutlOIo ICC6lfGO I'LL do al O10
friend, and where he has once more as
summed his post as the senior cat of the
United States navy.
The other survivor of the Maine was
Captain Sigshee's little pug dog Peggy.
Peggy was asleep in the captains state
room when the explosion occurred and
was forgotten in the. confusion which fol
lowed. The ship was in complete dark
ness. but Peggy managed to find her way
to the deck, and when the captains boat
was finally lowered Peggy was found
standing at the place she had been taught
to take when that particular boat was to
be lowered.
One of the cats which sails with the
Minnesota, in order to be out of the way
and find a perfectly safe shelter, often
crawls into the yawning mouth of n of
the She has found from expert
ence that this a very quiet place for an n
interrupted nap, and when the gun is not
wearing its canvas cover, or "overeoat,'
she is usually to be found there.
The little mascots are often equipped
with little uniforms bearing the name and
the military buttons of the ship. which
they wear on all dress parades of state oc-
casions. One of the most picturesque of
these is the monkey, or "lFhe Monk" as
it is called aboard the Detroit. Monkeys
wearing little caps and jackets with gold
lace are common, but this monkey owns a
full naval uniform, with sailor cap, which
it takes off by way OF salute In the correct
naval fashion. The old receiving ship
Vermont at the Brooklyn navy yard is
we'll equipped with cats, dogs and a parrot.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
WEST~SHORE
=RAILROAD=
PICTURESQUE LINE OF TRAVEL TO THE
NORTH AMI WEST

NORTH AMI WESTs
THE NIAGARA CALLS Roue
New evans YORK rs.ss as ~ fo iSesss GsSSed' n nsssls m ssasl9e:
salai' station 1a0@ 1851 q s Msea.aks sSsss +. i j., = can Ii $.
reached via trains Of y J. J; Rd. leaving
$40 A NJ. DAILY. Local to Bufaio.
7:So A. N. Daily, Local TO Albany, SaraSo-
ga and Montreal.
lO;l5 A. NJ. Daily, for Albany. Utica, Syracuse.
Wayne. TOLEDO. Cleveland and Chicago Par
a loE Ssf a \ 1 M Dai Iuh' eScep onis suna.v ;.
Catskill Mountains. New Paitz, Lakes Mo-
n no9sws and Min M=ians caassa A Aae1aS salst0g1-
c.I9 P. NJ. Daily. except sunday, for AZ
800 2. NJ. Daily. for Albany. Montreal utioa
syracuse. Rochester. Bufaio. Niagara Faiis
Toronto. Detroit. Cleveland. Chicago AID St
SO ?. M. Daily. except Sunday. for Newburr.
Albany. Saratoga and Montreal Sleeping ca
Rochester and Bunalo:
Rochester. B1faio. Niagara Fails. S TorOuso..
Detroit, Cleveland. Chicago and st. Louis.
me- p e sNas T. Il; b Jsassy ci q + kn4 r. il. s ssas,o 4:
BIi.o A. M. CSC r. M.
500. 1000 and .il.d5 p. NJ. .so' ssN
Newburgh Locals. s.l5 a. NJ: ILL. Els. 80
.DaiIy. ..sundays only. Kingston Local Ii
wagner sleeping Cars for Albany. ut:ca.
Toronto. Detroit. Cleveland and Chicago on
through trains.
car accommodatlons or informaIon apply
osices:-Brooklyn. Nos SsS. 3sasS 726 Fulton
N ssess' York X City: Nos w lis. sss. s71 ssld "a s ssTsss.
way; No. 81 West One Hundred aud Twenty
atts street + sa aPa st Staten as6I p.ss.nr
No. S Vanderbilt Avenue. Ats~ YORK
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FASHIONS OF new YORK
Many New Features In
Laces, Wells and
Rlbbnns.
WORN IN PROPULSION
Tailor Made Crash Gowns for
Summer Wear-spring Capas
and Jackets.


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ciation.l
/ never saw such a profusion of laces as
now and fer such a variety of require
ments. Lace neckwear W. see every day
and everywhere and in a b~ewildering va
riety of designs.
Many of the made up arrangements for
the neck are of colored lace or of brilliant
chiffon with ruff1es and ends of light lace
in some color, the present popular one be-
ing burned orange. But turquoise blue,
pink, scarlet and other colors are often
seen.
There are ties and sashes of liberty silk
and ~ohiffonette, and these have large
round dots of chenille with frilled ends of
the same. These are very odd, but pretty.
Chiffon and silk null ties are made with
clusters of tucks at the bottom and no 9TH
or trimming. Then perhaps the next one
shown will be ruffied at the bottom and
have three or four rows of gathering
above it. Many of these are made OF
washable material and ruffied with lace
only.
Some of the ties to wear with the open
blouses and tailor suits are Of heavy reps
in white or very pale lilac or lavender.
Others are of the brilliant plaids now In
vogue, some being wide and to form vari-
Gus fancy combinations, others having
very little material. These are to tie in
small bows at the neck. Wide fancy rib
bon ties are shown in overwhelming num-
bers. These are all fringed at the bottom
with knotted work heading the fringe.
Some black gauze ties have plaid figuring
on them in bright colors. These are very
pretty. There are string ties, ascot ties,
stocks, four in hands and derbies all in the
brightest of the plaids. Certainly there
are black satin ties as we'll as sashes and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
BLACK DIAMOND EXPnEsSD

arrives Buffalo s:55 \. NJ Pullman VestibulsA
Day Coaches and Partor Cars. Dining CA
Service, Meals a Ia carte. Connects at Bl&-
falo with through sleepers TO Detroit aha
lis T. NJ. daily. for EAsToN, MAuGE
days., and Coal Branches. Chair
Cal to Mauch Chunk
4:22 p. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for
BARRE, PITTSTON, and brincj-
nal intermediate stations. Connects FOR all
points in coal regions. Pullman BUFFET Parior
4.33 P. M. daily. except Sunday. for MAUCE
HUN and intermediate stations. Chair Car
5:2s P. NJ, Sundays only. for Mauch Chunk
and intermediate stations.
6:23 P. Ii. daily except Sunday. for EASToH
and principal intermediate stations.
TEA p. NJ. daily for BUFFALo.
FALLS and all points West. Pullman Sleepe-
Vestibule Train, New York to Chicaso. Sleep
ers to Buffalo and Toronto.
BETHLEHEM, MAUCH CHUNK. SAYRE,
GENEVA. ROCHESTER. BATAVIA. BUF-
FALO and TORONTO. Pullman Sleeper for
BUFFALO. None but Sleeping Car passengers
carried. No baggage carried.
ROCHESTER, BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS
and all points West. Pullman Sleeper to Hhr
AGA.
Additional local trains daily. except Sunday,
for OUT PLAINFIELD. BOUND BROOK.
and intermediate points, leave as follows
s:45. 1880 Sundays oniy9, 1:os A. NJ; z:A.
5:34 and 6:42 P. NJ.
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
N. Y. Transfer Co. will call for and cheek
baggage fiom hotel or residences through t.
destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Adaptive Daughter was the title re-
Gently conferred upon Miss Clara Barton
by the City Council of Jarucha, but no
string of titles ever meant more, 50 far
as sincerity and heartfelt gratitude go.
In another stricken town an immense
crowd followed Miss Barton to the church
where it knelt and thanked God for send
ing her to them, Miss Barton's record
in Cuba has a more han personal or
even d national significance; it Is an
honor shared by her entire sex. Women
may be denied the right to bear Trims
but no one can question her sacred privi-
lege to bear with those who must bear
misery.-sHarper's Bazar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
sHER IS sALE-IN cHANcERY OF new

sHER rs SALEM CHANCERY OF NEW
fsaS i The Chancellor of the state Of New
Jersey al. complainants. and The Pequan-
mock LaA-d and Building Co. ct al, defendants.
Fl. ia.
Returnable October Term, A. d. 1898.
w. B. Williams, Solicitor.
BY virtue of the above stated writ, to me d.
rected and delivered. ! shall sch by public
vendue, at f. G. Wolbert's Real Estate and
Auction Rooms, No. AZ Montgomery street,
Jersey City, on
MONDAY, the eighteenth day of April, A. %.
1855.
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the fol-
lowing described land and premises, with the
appurtenances, being the same described In
said writ that is to say
All those lots of land and premises situate,
lying and being in Jersey City, formerly in the
the County Of Hudson and State of New Jer-
sey, which on a certain map entitled Map Of
building lots on the line of the Newark and
New York Railroad, twenty minutes from New
Jersey. made by l. B. and d. E.. Culver, city
surveyors, Jersey City, 1861" fled in the Office
of the Clerk ef said County on or about May
1G, 1867. are known and distinguished as lots
numbered twenty-one CID and twenty-five (22l,
in block numbered one ~; lots numbered
thirty-three (39 to thirty-eight (3s). both in
sixty 900, in block numbered two t21: lots
numbered one q, two ~, three 80, eight tS)
and seventy-fve (I5), in block numbered six
{63: lots seventeen %, eighteen {1S) ana nine
numbered thirty-nine 500 to forty-two 42,
both inclusive, and lots numbered i7fty-six (5S}
and 6fty-seven t5l. in block numbered eleven
an, and lots numbered twenty-six C26l, TWEEN
ty-seven go, twenty-eight (2S, twenty-nine
COO and forty-three GS, in block numbered
EDWARD R. STANTON.
Dated March 18th. lsss.
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Adam Neglected.

1t was Mark Twain, if / remember right
ly, who pointed out the ingratitude and in
consistency of the human race IN neglect
ing, during all these years. to put up a
memorial to Adam, to whom (under Provi-
dence) the whole race particularly owes
its existence, while erecting monuments
to so many WORTHLESS of later date, whose
services to posterity are comparatively IN
significant. We are getting on in that di-
%re9ction, however. King Alfred is to AVE
a commemoration, n q take for
granted a statue. Hengist and Horsa
will no doubt nave their turn next. There
is hope for Adam yet. Everything comes
to him who can wait.
Women al the English Universities
A meeting of the undergraduates of the
Durham University was held last night to
discuss a proposal to allow lacy students
who have recently been attached to the
University to become members of the
University Union, After & long discus 3
votes to IS. There is a general express
sion of disapproval among the students
al the admission Of women to the Uni
versity, the Durham students taking the
same attitude in this matter as those of
Oxford and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gazette"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
SWELL AND

Sensational Charges Made by a New York
Woman Against Her Husband.
The spectacle of a youthful bride of a
month appearing in a criminal court
against her husband and charging him
with burglary was recently witnessed in
New York. The honeymoon had been
happy until the young wife, searching in
her husbands pockets in a way that many
married women have, found pawn tickets
for two gold watches. On being ques-
toned about them the husband confessed
he had stolen the watches and told his
wife if she revealed the fact he would kill
her.
The young couple were Mr.. and Mrs. j.
H. Hester. The man confessed to one theft
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
NOBLE sISTER MARY.

She Cared For injured Maine Sailors In
the Havana Hospital.
While the injured sailors Of the Names
crew were recovering in Havana they were
most tenderly cared for by Sister Mary
'Wilberforcc, d trained nurse attached to
st. Ambrosis hospital. She is an English
woman, but went to Havana because she
heard in London that there were 40, 900 i'll
and wounded men in the capital OF Cuba.
Sister Mary Wilberforce was fitted al
most by birth for the lifework upon which
she has entered. She is the only child of a
successful English physician, but she has
been an orphan for many years. Her ia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
pretty story of Hall caine,

Have YOU heard that pretty story about
Hail Game which has just come out? 1t
occurred during his visit, to Philadelphia
some months back. The novelist was be-
ing banquetted at Girard College. The
festivity closed at a late hour. As the
guest of honor was about to depart he
said:-"You've shown me everything but
the dormitories.'' He was taken upstairs
without delay and ushered into one of the
hare military looking rooms, very still.
with its narrow curtainless fots n it's
fifty sleeping children. Suddenly in the
quiet of the room Gaines voice whispered
an impromptu prayer: aOh, Lord, Watch
over these innocent little ones" he said
fervently. His own eyes We're wet. There
was not a dry one among those who
listened.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

Carmen Sylvia, as Queen Elizabeth of
-Roumania is known to the literary world,
has just received her diploma constitut-
ing her a doctor of letters and honorary
member of the University of Buda-Pesth.
The diploma is a veritable work of art,
and is inclosed in an artistic case of
great intrinsic value. Accompanying it is
a letter from the council of the univers-
ity written in four languages-Hungari-
an, Wallachian, Latin n French.