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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

CHINA.
ed by American influence. It Will be just
across a small bag from Victoria, the port
of the island Of IIongkong, II with II
will form a great An~glo-saxon center OF
trade.
The Yang -tse KiaIgs the valley CT which
will be developed by the opening Of the
AHeriean read, has its source in the un
explored Eecesscs OF Tibet, and flows to the
sea over a COURSE z, 500 Eailes long throngh
the heart Of tho Chinese empire. In this
rich valley, teenaing with q busy Ecpplas
ton, whioh has been practically shut eff
from the rest Of the world for centuries,
are produced many articles Of which ciyili-
zation has need.
1t ID along the banks Of the Yang tse-
Kiang that the silkvTorin industry most
prevails. On the lower part Of the riyer
every lsttle village Is a station for the sale
Of ooeoons, which are collected BY honts
sent NJ the river frein Shanghai, The
boats 60 up once q yena, and q single boat
via take along do much az $500, ogoE TO pt.F
the natives for the seeoans. Along tho
river flourish i liglg lngexud gentry known
as 4sercaE pirates. Ialeg hide III creeks
with their armed boats and pounce down
upon natives.
With the American Railroad completed
it would not Hi long before . regular Esae
of river steal1ers wqklid liz rlJing AZ agsd
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

in The early morning cautiously, their
rifles at 'spert arms, for a tiger, Gagged Or
free, trapped or frisling, is not a beast to
take chances with.
Wheh they were yet a considerable way
down the jungle path, they heard a strange
moan or whine, quite different from the
usual lordly roar of the jungle king.
Advancing with infinite precaution,
they presently caught sight Of the crea-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
LaFAyETTE's DIRTY STREETS.

Lafayette street n Pacific venue. in
the Lafayette portion Of the city, most
certainly needs some attention from Con-
tractor Henry Byrne. These thorough
fares haye not been swept for weeks and
the alarmed citizens fear that they will
wake one morning to find themselves
buried in leaves, rubbish and dirt. Please,
Mr.. Byrne, hurry up and get out your
sweepers and carts.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
UNIVERSITY CLUB TO MEET.

There will be a meeting Of the Univer-
cent and Clinton venue on Wednesday,
Committee on Revision OF the Constitution
Will make its report. There viii be an adj
dress by Professor Andrew F. West Of
Princeton. Refreshments will be served
There will be a post prandial talk by Mr..
Wilbur Chamberlain. who was the New
York Suns correspondent at Santiago.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
MISSED THE OLD HORSE CAR.

Say. amt the Grove street cars %runnin'
was standing at the corner of Washing
ton and Newark streets, Hoboken, in the
rain last night.
Certainly replied the one spoken to.
but I've been waiting here an hour
continued the questioner, "and I amt seen
a horse car pass yet"
When Informed hat trolley cars had
taken the place Of the horse cars the man
was apparently surprised. He boarded
the next car.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
NO PAY SINCE JUNE.
Bad Plight Of the Water Depart
manx,s Worhunsr.

Mayor Hoos today received a letter
from a laborer who works on water
pipes, complaining that he has received
no pay since June The Mayor sent the
letter to the Street and Water Board.
There is some money in the water ae-
count but not sufficient to pay all the
claims and payrolls which are hung up.
City Treasurer Dickinson say he will
pay the payrolls as 500 as he has a
sufficient fund to meet them. and also
provide for the water account interest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
sars,ats,sssr ygnr.h weadang.

no persons ii search Of light reading we
can confidently recommend THE Journal
OF the Chemical seciety. According 70
i4s SeDtenaber number two gentlemen
have found that Dienioridsnethoxy uuin-
one dinethsldt8eety laeetal. prepared by
the seton Or acetgic chloride on the So
diuna sslt of Observation-Disclosures aaiaene-
Observation-Disclosures chrystallizes from &
mixture ar chlarifeFna alca3l ii white
1slonr6fsgic yasssgs or rEan1bie pla1SS.
nssi2iau at III Ede&rcsS to IS degrees
TINS will make a. Naiast5le addition tn the
EsdgG Guilds 10 MISUNDERSTANDING
Globe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
HORSE RAN AWAY.

A horse attached to Undertaken P. II.
Gilroy's wagon in front Of No. $40 West
Side ven late yesterday afternoon
ran away, demolishing the wagon. Tae
vehicle was upset as the horse turned
abruptly from West Side avenue avenue
into Duncan avenue. No one was injured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
ON HIS DAUGHTERS COMPLAINT.

Patrick Manion was charged, before
Justice Potts, in the Second District
Criminal Court, this morning, with ass
sauit and battery. The complainant was
Elizabeth Manion, his daughter. She tes-
titled that he annoyed her constantly,
and that any money she ever gave him
was Immediately spent for rum. Manion
was sentenced to thirty days in the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
BOULEVARD IN DARKNESS.

about the electric lights, (which don't
light IN the Boulevard. Bicyclists aid
drivers OF vehicles say that a part or The
road Is Id darkness for four Ii five nights
III a week. and II Is extremely dangerous
to uze the road.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
GOOD HORSES FOR SALE,

M. {. a. Tissot, an aucttoneer, will sell
next TUESDAY, November q, one hundred
ana twenty-five horses. at the stables Of
the North HUDSON County Railway Conn
pany. No. Gss Summit avenue, For
further particulars see advertisements In
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
THOUGHT TO Be INSANE.

MARY Kerl. thirtg-one years old, of No.
"a Vivian avenue was arrested last night
by Patrolman Rehanhn ~ seaview asx-
as dangerous Iunatc. Justice Fetta
Ill the Second Distr3tt Criminal Court to-
oar held her for exanainallon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

Ars. WIEaIo1e's Sec<hlnz syrup fas eki8fex
tee1iing should always be used for cAltzfk1
while fexthsne. Il so5seas the EuraS. &i14ss t41e
ptins eNfes wind Segae ard is The best remedy
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

Yankee Enterprise VIII Throw Open,
the Interior OF the Flowery King
dou, and Connect I2o,ooo,ooo People
with Our Markets.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
Does Not Pay.

Farmers are conservative, but too much so at times. They have as per sistently objected to improved stock and newer varieties of vegetables as the mechanics have in their opposition to labor-saving machinery. But few enterprising farmers in a community have been encouraged by their neigh bors in their efforts to introduce better stock and better methods of farming. There are thousands of farmers who consider cows that average two pounds of butter week as good animals, al- though there are farmers who have herds in which each individual will average from eight to ten pounds of butter per week. Some farmers are progressive, and quickly fall into line in the work of improvement, yet there Is not a county in the United States lacking in those farmers who still re- fuse to believe that one breed is better than another, or that the scrub is not fully as good as the pure-bred anmal. Until the farmer accepts conditions as they exist and realizes that the strong est competitor against him Is the farm CT with better stock, he will not be able to make farming pay. This Is progress sive age, and farmers must be alive to all the advantages that will assist them in securing larger profits.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01

If there is any one thing more thar l another for which the American people
 should offer thanks it is their nationa | temperament. It is temperament tha does not merely invite success, but thai practically assures it. In spite of Oul hurry and hustle" there is, in the American makeup, kind of imper
 turbable calmness and assurance that is akin to the British or German qual- ity, and that is the thing we call, for want of a better term, Anglo-SaXOn, and whose basal elements are Teutonic. An editorial writer in the Outlook a short time ago related conversation overheard by him in a railroad train, in which one of two men, who were commenting on the chances of a com mon friend for election to public of flee, said: He's showed how bad he wanted it, and don't you know 1f you know a man wants a thing as bad as that, it kind of goes against you to vote for him? That's human nature." The writer proceeds to show how this in stinct, common to all of us, so far from being mean or perverSe, is in fact a part of the forces making for public soundness. The nominee 'intolerably anxious to win votes'' is, in all proba- bility, not the ideal man for the place, and, while he may be morally superior to his opponent, he lacks the tempera- ment of which the best political leaders are made. The Outlook writer support ed his theory by other instances and attenuated-it somewhat, but the gist of his remarks was that the ideal leader does not set his heart on any given vic tory, because for him victory more or less does not greatly matter-he knows preserves his inner calmneSs, even when fighting desperately for the i'm mediate issue. This is the temperament that wins, that is never defeated even when its bearer Is ground into the dust. It is the temperament that fights best when its cause is just, and that for that reason whenever it has been pitted against itself, as in the Revolution and the Rebellion, has turned the balance in favor of right rather than might It is the temperament that has led a peaceful nation into war which at the outset seemed likely to enlist all the powers of the earth against the defend CT of the weak. It is the temperament that stands behind the greatest civiliz- ing forces of the earth at this present moment. and that would survive any and all adverse forces external to itself, so long as it had moral foot
 hold. It is the temperament which.
 even if the great blind, dense mass of
 Slavism could throw itself in the track
 of civilization, would still rise, with
 keen untroubled face" above the seem
 ing ruin, and would triumph in the end.
 For the one thing that the Anglo
 Saxon has never yet learned Is the les
 son of final and real defeat. It is, above
 all others, the invincible temperament.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
Handling Bees.

When handling bees the absence of fear and quiet treatment are essential to success. Never strike at a bee Never move comb hastily, nor hold new comb horizontally; if you do it will probably break and fall. Blow a little smoke into the en- trance; after a minute or so (while the bees are gorging themselves with honey and so lessening their inclina- tiOn to sting), take off the top and blow a little into the hive at each end.
 Lift the quilt gently and opening part only of the hive; the carbolic cloth is very useful on the top besides a little smoke below.
 Never open a hive in cold or rainy weather.
 In cold districts, before winter make the bees snug with quilts and adjust ment of the dividing boards.
 Don't breathe on the bees, or brush the combs upwards.
 If stung when manipulating, pull out the sting and put little honey on the wound.
 If you have no real liking for the bees, do not attempt to keep them for profit.
 Bees are the most pesky things about a farm; and although they do not in- volve laborious work they demand pe- culiar attention.
 Do not keep many bees In places where they must depend mainly on or chard trees and garden flowers for food supplies.
 If you are nervous, or if you have not plenty of native flora to hand, do not handle bees at all.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
< DEPART@ENT PREPARED FOR
 OUR RURAL FRIENDS
Why Beet suEar Production Is Need ed-COnseryatisn Anon. Farmers that Does Not Pay-How to Prevent HiIlsides Washing-Notes on Bees,
Need of Beet sugar Production.

Need of Beet Sugar Production.
 We have a home market for sugar which will consume the product of at least 100000 acres. The per capita consumption of sugar is rapidly in- creasing which, with the great increase inpopulation, creates and insures con- stantly increasing demand. The pro- luction of sugar beets at a profit in this country has been clearly demon strated and has therefore ceased to be an experiment. The culture of the su- gar beet, when understood, is simple, and does not require skilled labor. Beets can be sent direct from the har- vest field to the factory without fur ther preparation or storage. The cuI- ture of the sugar beet does not require any considerable investment of capital by the grower. The implements re- quired for the production of sugar beets are simple and inexpensive as compared to those required for the pro- duction of wheat. Soil upon which beets have been successfully raised is left in prime condition for other crops. There Is very large area of compara- lively low priced lands upon which su- gar beets can be successfully raised. The profit to the grower is greater than the average of other crops. Four months after the crop Is planted it can be harvested and at once converted into money.-EXchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
War Chat.

The Franco German war cost $3,OOO,- OOO,OOO
 Santiago bombardment powder cost $1,OOOOOO.
 England's ordnance survey map cost $2O,OOO,OOO.
 The army of Germany boasts eight women colOnels.
 Yellow fever killed 11,5OO Spanish soldiers in Cuba.
 A Red Cross nurse won a husband among her patients.
 Spain has sent to Cuba 1000 tons of medicines, etc., in three years.
 Our oldest vessel still in service, the schooner Polly, was built in 1895.
 To escape from Ceuta jail a prisoner must swim the Strait of Gibraltar.
 The demand for cavalry horses has revived the equine industry in Wyo- ming.
 Our coast signal service system ex- tends all the way from Bar Harbor to Galveston.
 Profanity Is forbidden by both the army and the navy regulations of the United States.
 By the sword of my father' is one of the most convincing oaths French man can use.
 The Constitution forbids the Presi- dent leaving the United States while he Is President.
 The sword of Napoleon was laid un- sheathed on the pillow where rested his lifeless head.
 During the siege of Paris no fewer than 22,OO0,O00 letters sailed out of the city in the fifty-four balloons.
 The breaking of the sword in halves and throwing the weapon at the feet ot an enemy is the expression of insub- ordination, the spirit that admits de- feat, but remains unconquered.
 Searchlights are such good targets Tor the enemy's guns that the Germans are arranging to throw the light first on a mirror and thence on the enemy, thereby concealing it's real source.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
PRISONERS OF WAR.
The Custom of the Nations in Dispos-
 ing of Them.

One of the least pleasant incidents for the individual during the war with Spain would be to be taken prisoner. Still, as Spain makes claim to civiliza- tion, 1t would not be so bad as though she were an absolutely savage or even barbarOus country. The usages of civilized nations regarding captives conform in a general way to these prin- clples and rules.
 All members of an enemy nation are enemies, though all are not treated alike. The general rule obtains that mo use of force againt an enemy Is lawful unless it is necessary to accom- plish the purposes of war;" and the practical application of 1t, refined through centuries, has led to exempt ing many classes from capture.
 The custom of nations eXempts from capture the persons of the sovereign and his family, officers of the civil gov ernment, women and children, farmers, mechanics, artisans, laborers, men of science and letters, and generally all those engaged in ordinary civil pur- suits, unless actually taken in arms.
 Count Bismarck even maintained in 1870 that the crews of merchant yes sels could not be made prisoners.
 The Geneva or Red Cross convention exempted hospital and ambulance at. tendants and chaplains attached to hos. pltals and ambulances from capture as prisoners.
 By early custom soldiers, when talx. en in war, were killed. They may he killed to-day in case of absolute necas. sity-for example, if prisoners impede the movements of an army necessary to its preservation.
 Later, captives were made slaves
 During the seventeenth century ex. changes of prisoners became freuuent but exchanging prisoners is not obliga. tory if the captors prefer to hold for ransom or to leave their own com rades in the enemy's hands.
 Prisoners are frequently allowed to return to their own country on promise not to engage again in hostilities against the captors.
 Perhaps the world will some day ac. knowledge the nobility of the spy. but 1t is doubtful If contending forces will ever cease to hang or shoot him whep he Is taken and convicted.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
Gypsy Dancing Girls of Seville.

In The Century MT. Stephen Bonsal | writes of "Holy Week In Seville" '" He says: On returning homeward we enter gypsy garden, where, in bowers of jasmine and honeysuckle, the Gaditan dancing girls disport them selves as they did in the days of tine poet Martial. Penthelusa is as graceful and as lissom today as when, in the ages gone, she captured Pompey with her subtle dance-as when Martial de- scanted upon her beauties and graces in classic words centuries ago.
 The hotel keepers in Seville are gen. erally very careful to introduce their patrons only to gardens where the Bow dlerized editions of the dance are per formed, but I commend to those who think they can "sit it out" the archaic versions which are danced naturally to- day, as they were in the days of the Caesars, by light limbed enchainers of hearts and flamenco girls with brown skins and cheeks that are soft like the side of the peach which is turned to the ripening sun, and in their dark, lus- GEOuS cyeS yOu IcCau oS p4dlH ho pIAH1 OuO story of the sorrows and the joys of a thousand years of living.
 Now they dance about with the grace of houris, the abandon of manads or of nymphs before Actaon peeped, and now. when the dance is over, the mo- ment of madness past, they cover their feet with shawls, that you may not see how dainty they are, and withdraw se- dately and sad from the merry circle and sit for hours under the banana trees, grooming softly some mournful cuplet in the crooked gypsy tongue.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01

by some friendly Indians and taken to a surgeon. The operation was a sue cess, and in a few months he resumed his old calling. When the late Gov ernor Gilpin visited Oregon in 1S40-'43 Smith was employed to guide him, and the Governor in his narrative records the incident. After the discovery of gold in the mountains of California, Pegleg turned prospector and travelled through the mountains from Oregon to Arizona until he became noted as the most daring and most thoroughly post ed prOspector and guide.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
The Hnrae,s Power nf Sc.nt

There Is one perception which a horse possesses to which little atten- tion has been paid, says a prominent horseman, and that is the power of scent. With some horses It is acute, as with the dog, and for the benefit of those who drive at night, such as physicians and others, this knowledge is invaluable. I never knew it to fail, and 1 have ridden hundreds of miles of dark nights, and in consideration of this power of scent this is my simple advice: Never check your horse at night, but give him a free head, and you may rest assured that he will never get off the road, and he will carry you safely and expeditiously. In regard to the power of scent in a horse, I once knew one of pair that was stolen and recovered mainly by the track being made out by his mate, and that after he had been absent six or eight hours.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01

Learn Spanish, young man Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines will tone, two or all of theml soon be open ed to American enterprise, and there will be great opportunities for youths of energy, ability and character to get ahead. Indeed, all Spanish-America Is a land scarcely touched as yet. The mOney-making possibilities of Cuba alone are far greater than those offered by the Klondike There will be chances for the best kind of men-men who are willing to build up fortunes by steady work and the application of intelli- gence. Plantations that under proper management will produce enormous fortunes will be open to purchase cheap, and there will be a demand for the services of OverSeers, engineers, clerks and all kinds of subordinates with educated brains. Cuba is a mar velously rich country. Under a free government property will be safe and public order secure. The Cubans will welcome American capital and Ameri- can immigration of the healthy kind. The young man who goes to Cuba with a knowledge of the language, good hab- its, determination to get on, a will ingness to work and equipped by train ing for business will land on his feet.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
Feed for Ynuna Pigs.

The growth Of 8 young animal IS the main factor in the increase If its weight, and when the food Is both ni- trogenous and carboRaceous there is a greater gain than when the food Is mostly carbona ceous, as when corn alone is used. At the Alabama axper- iment station pigs pastured on nearly matured COW peas, and supplied with corn, made almost three times the gain in live weight made by similar pigs fed exclusively on corn. Pigs also gained more rapidly O. ground COW peas and corn than on corn alone. In effect 5.2S pounds of the mixed food was equal to 8.O6 pounds of ground corn. One pound of corn meal, however, proved superior to three pounds of sweet potatoes.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01

Until it was discovered that Porto Rico possessed great value as a ''strat- egic center" of naval operations, the fair isle slumbered undisturbed, merely luk and no important one, in the emerald chain that separates the At lantic and the Caribbean. Suddenly naval folk became aware of its import anee; they saw that while it borders on the Caribbean Sea, yet it breasts the fUugh Atlantic waters; that 1t is equidlsJant, ar about a thousand miles, from Key West and Colon; from New fork L5U0 miles, which is half the dis t3nce from Cadiz; 1900 from Newport News which Is half the distance to the Canaries. 1t les, in fact, at the very point that we should have selected for a coaling station, had we unrestricted choice of location. All the arguments that have been advanced for the ac- Quisition Of the island of St. Thomas. sixty miles distant, and for which at one time We were almost ready to pay
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01
Tomato Diseases

A disease that attacks the tomato, egg plant and potato is indicated by a sudden willing of the foliage, which may occur on a single shoot or the whole plant may be affected, and usn- ally destroys the plant. It progresses more rapidly in young than in old plants, and especially in very warm weather. The woody tissue turns black or brown, and with potatoes the tuber is also attacked, dark ring being very conspicuous in a section of the tuber. An offensive soft rot follows the dark oiscoloration. The disease can be cas- uy spread by potato beetles, which at- tack also tomato and egg plants. The remedy is to destroy the beetles as ran- Idly as they appear and burn all tops, ssing new ground every year if pos sible.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-10-01

The bitterest venom of Spanish car tOOnists is being discharged at the Yankee pigs" as land grabbers who want the earth. And yet in the days of the founder of modern Spain, Philip IT,, when Spain herself, was grabbing her vast domains from the Indians, the proud dons proclaimed an even haught- fer ambition on their imperial arms. These were a globe representing the world, horse leaping upon it, and in the horses mouth a scroll with the motto, Non sufficit orbis'-even the earth is not enough.