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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11
On His Native Nerve.

THAT was strange experience" ad
mitted the travelling man when some
one had recalled the incident to him
"Pll tell you on the level that 1t con.
verified me to the theory that there Is a
destiny that shapes our end and that
the fellow who Is willing to drift is no,
such a chump after all.
'As the boys say, was on my up
pers. No one questioned my ability on
the road. | could sell goods to men
who had no real use for them, and
you'll admit that to be the supreme test
OF q drummer. If | had one forte
above another, II was that of selling
stoves. | could get rid of hard-coaI
burner In a soft-coal district, and !
could place a consignment OF wood
stoves IN the middle Of 4 prairie dis
trict
"One morning ] walked up in the mod
ern Troy of New York, without cent
and without a job. TO most men the
situation would have been as cold as
polar expedition, but, as intimated, I'm
fatalist After jollying the bartender
for patriotic cocktail and the barber
for shave, went 10 the nearest stove
factory The clock struck II just as
entered the place. Before the hand
some young man at the desk could say
word | had told him that | was on
time. l think the remark was the IN
spiration Of an extremity.
"'We'n not stop to discuss terms al
this time he said. You have an hour
In which to catch 4 train. Here's your
expense money. 1t IS a new route but
1t viii serve to Try you OUT ! was
knocked datfy but took the money,
caught the train, and sold stoves right
and left. In week had a letter from
the house asking who in the world l
was and where | came from. The 9th
er fellow for whom / was mistaken,
had shown up and claimed the job. But
they told me to fire away, and they
raised nay salary. I'm with EN- yet
Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

and sofas were uneasy until he had
made wise choice. He was prosper
Gus In business and fond of farce-com-
edy. When he was dressed for a call
or a dinner he smelled Of musk. Mrs.
Johnson became accustomed TO him,
and at the end of year and half she
was Mrs. Mortimer.
The wedding was quiet, and even the
bridegroom was comparatively quiet.
There was a journey; New York and
Washington hotels entertained "Mr.
Mortimer and lady" and the routine of
daily life began in the nat in which
young Mr.. johnson had reigned.
SUNDAY came, and Mr. Mortimer
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11
LEGAL EXAMINATION.
How One Lawyer Was Admitted to
the Bar.

how One Lawyer Was Admitted to
the Bar.
Counsellor Bill Brien tells the fol-
lowing story of how he passed his ex-
animation rs counselor at law and OBJ
tanned his license.
4 had my papers flled ont and walk
rdoycr TO Judge Joe G. Gin to pass my
examination and have my papers sign
ed. 1t was in the afternoon, and Judge
Hill, as everybody who knew was
aware, was an ardent and successful
t-rtmam At that time he had Orphan
Girl In training for the Maxwell Hotel
Stakes, TO he run ut Nashville, and
brakeman, who was thought TO have
pretty good chance of winning the Mer-
chants Stakes at St Louis, both races
being set down for the same day.
Il walked into his Office with my
papers in my hand, and looking up
pleasantly the Judge greeted me as fol
lows:
Good morning, William I under
stand you want to pass your examina-
ton and be a lawyer
Yes, sir; that's what I'm here for
this morning
Were you out on the track this
morning TO see the horses workY
Yes. sir
Did you see that Kentucky crack.
LeloN. and my mare, Orphan Girl,
work.
Yes, sir, they both went n mile. ana
You know this track was bit slow
Orphan Girl finished Up strong and
swinging all through the last furlong in
O:iI, and LoloX was all out, ana had the
boy kicking him in O47l2.'
" 1 reckon my mare has a pretty good
chance for the Maxwell.
at looks like certainty. Lclox is
all she has to beat, and he's as good "a
done already
What kind Of plan would it be to
send Alcock to st Louis with Brake
man for the Merchants StakesT
The horse is good now. and he has
nothing TO beat over there Land him
IN st. Louis all right, and it's as good as
WalkOycr.'
~ think I'll send him. Let me see
All! | thought ] was forgetting some
thing; we forgot all about the examina-
ton; hand me your papers, William,
and see me sign them.'"
Counselor Bin" walked ont with his
duly attested license, and a short time
/ later Judge Gil won the Maxwell
! House Stakes and the Merchants
Stakes with Orphan Girl and Brake
man.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

proclaims that help is at hand for III
and wounded soldiers. The originator
of the Red Cross Society, NJ Henri
Dunaut. of Geneva, has now proposed
another international movement which,
alasl is needed in every country under
the sun. Its object is the protection
and rescue of women and girls from
the snares which ScoundrelS set for
them. The Green Cross is its insignia.
NumberIess are the means that might
be useful for the purpose, but not more
numerous than are the pitfalls cum,
ningly prepared for victims. The
most obvious. and perhaps the most
usual way TO help women and girls
who are encountering dangers of
agents of the Green Cross at the rail,
way stations of the great cities, and
protect arriving passengers at the mo,
ment when they are most helpless. The
organization is already at work in
Switzerland. Arrangements are being
made to introduce ii in all the coun.
tries of Europe. and no doubt the
movement will have devoted and ener.
getic promoters on this side of the At.
lantic. There is no more worthy ob.
iect Of humane endeavor than this, of
world wide importance, that remains
and needs to be done.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

The first typewriter was a machine
with raised letters invented by Henry
Mil Of England, IN TIA for the use of
the blind; but beyond marking the era
of mechanical writing machines it was
of no value, and for nearly 40 years no
step forward was made. Nearly all the
improvements, and certainly the credit
for the general introduction Of the type
writer, belongs to America. To-day
there is one firm in this country which
manufactures more than fifty styles OF
machines, in all languages and even in
business ciphers. In these last the key
board is lettered as usual, but the char
acters are printed In cipher.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

One Of the preachers says he is half
afraid to give out the hymn, Awake,
my soul, stretch every nerve" because
there are many who have already car
ried the erve-str4tching business too
far On the other hand, he must not
say too much about spiritual rest and
peace, because lazy hearers will accept
1t as an excuse for looping down on the
cushions and going 10 sleep. His con-
gregation may be taken as n represpn-
tative OF our modern void. Millions of
men and women are feeling somewhat
blindly for the golden mean between
OVERRIDING and UNDERGOING.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

A Mexican correspondent of the Con
sular Journal of Great Britain gives
this direct pointer as to how trade may
be obtained in that country: ut cannot
be got by correspondence. You can
write for years to IA Mexican business
man that you understand is in the mar
ket for a certain line of goods, and you
will have your trouble for nothing, He
won't even answer your letters. They
will go promptly into the waste basket
You can only get business in Mexico by
personally seeing your man. Then if
you get his friendship and confidence
you get his trade, and if you please a
Mexican once you will have his trade
ever after. He won't question your
prices, but will send you his orders
right along for whatever he needs"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

A twentieth century thank offering
of twenty millions dollars-one half to
be devoted to the educational, the other
half TO the charitable, enterprises of
the church--has been invited by the
Methodist Episcopal bishops. They ask
that it he subscribed and paid during
the next three years, and have named
a commission Of clergymen and lay
men TO carry the plan into effect. 1t is
a vast amount that is demanded, vast
enough to test the faith and courage Of
even this great and generous denomina-
ton; but ours is not a day of small
things" in Christian benevolence, and
there should be inspiration in the
thought of the great things that TWEEN
~ million dollars will do.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

The Turkish woman Is marriageable
at the age of 8 years, and by Turkish
law, at that age, If married, she is COM
petent to manage her property and dis
pose of one-third of her fortune. The
law allows her to abandon her hus-
bands house for just cause, and will
protect her in so doing. She cannot be
compelled to labor for the support Of
her husband.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Some of the cheap novel writer's are
In a hurry to get their pay, otherwise
they would revise their work, and not
allow such startling statements as the
following TO appear in type:
81 grew up to manhood without ever
knowing what the love of a parent
really was, as my mother died when
my eldest brother was born
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

cut he was extremely neat, and he in
listed on shaving himself. lie argued
hat it was necessary to have many
,azors to have one always ready. There
were the razors that his father had
lsed before him, they were of French
make, handle with several extreme
" thin blades: there was n fat razor of
boarding school days that was includ-
I'd in a swap of sled for a banjo; there
were razors of English and American
make but young Mr. Johnsons favor
tie was white handled, and it was to
him as the apple of his eye.
Mr.. Johnson married when he was
about % years old a pretty girl of 20.
She danced, and played waltzes on the
piano, and she was sweet and amiable.
They were happy, especially Sunday
mornings when Mr.. Johnson did not
leave the house. They breakfasted late.
and 1t was one of the wife's amuse-
ments to watch her husband shaving at
his leisure. Those days he chose his
white-handled razor. She would laugh
Mt him when his face was covered with
lather; she would keep saying. "Don't
cut yourself, dear" and when his chin
and cheeks appeared. smooth and
shining, she would throw her arms
about him, and cuddle against his
breast. and say, Il never could love
you If you had beard" and then she
would kiss him In the neck. And Mr.
Johnson, holding the razor in the air
above his head, would smile eompla-
Gently.
They were happy In this foolish fash
Ion for year or so.
One morning Mr.. johnson did not
leave the house, although the day was
/ Tuesday, not Sunday. He did not
shave himself; In fact, he had not
shaved himself for two or three days.
! The next week a barber came and
brought his favOrite razor, and Mr..
Johnson was clean and smooth for his
coffin.
At first Mrs. Johnson insisted that
her husbands things should remain
Just where he left them. And so in the
bathroom the straps and the homes and
/ Aut III uSuts anu Luc soaps were ready
to be used, and the razors were in
order. The white-handled one was
nearest the glass, and the othcrs ac-
knowledged it's claim.
Mrs. Johnson would look at these
things, and tears would come to her
eyes. For the first month she kissed
the white-handled razor daily. Her
sister Maria, who had come to live
with her-''until | die" said Lucy, ''for
| know shall follow Harry soon"-dis
couraged her in such nonsense" And
gradually Mrs. Johnson began to find
pleasure in life. One night when Mr.
Mortimer called she was persuaded to
play a waltz, and she even sang a pref,
ty song. entitled, Love for Eternity
Mr.. Mortimer's calls were frequent
He was a thick-set fellow, with bushy
black beard. His vitality in a room
stirred the pictures on the wall; chairs
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

The proposition TO make Havana a
health resort is an audacous one, but
American engineering and energy is
equal to its accomplishment. The con-
version Of such pest hole into a resort
for inyalids would be a shining object
lesson of the difference between Span
ish and American methods.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11
Hand Iluck story from Kansas.

When the Kirby bank failed In Abb.
lene a Santa Fe conductor had In 1,
$1,000, which represented the savings
of many years. In the course OF time
he received $1,000 in dividends from
the bank receiver, and this sum he de.
posted In the Cross bank at Emporia,
which In turn failed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

1t Is said n process has been invented
by which eyes may be colored to suit
the taste of their owner. 1t differs
probably from the old process of color
ing eyes in direct opposition 10 the taste
of their owner.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

A man who has four living wives
has confessed and given himself up 10
the police. He is supposed to have been
actuated by remOrSe, but it is dollars
to doughnuts that he has one eye on a
dime museum.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Perhaps the severest test of love is
when man is expected to wear pair
of homemade slippers deliberately dec
grated with colored glass beads.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Judging from present indications,
Santiago, the orphan, is likely to be
kept cleaner than some of the children
of the household
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Don Carlos is counting on securing
something out of Spain, which suggests
that Don Carlos is something of bar
gain counter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Under the circumstances Hobson,
embarrassed at that point in the pre-
liminaries when she asks him If she's
the first girl he ever kissed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

man without q beard-he isn't man"
And she cuddled against his breast and
kissed him below the right ear. dis
Greet maid coughed near the door and
said: breakfast is served. Boston
Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Count Ito, the Japanese statesman,
gives China three years to 90 to pieces.
But the pieces are already being pick
ed up by Russia, England and the rest.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Considering they evidently don't see
what's before them the hard road of
the transgressOrs might rather be look
ed upon as a sort of blind alley.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

1t seems a great pity that the men
who wrote the constitution could not
have lived to have some of the states
men of to-day tell them what it meant
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

The Cars proposition that disagree
duel" shows that he is in earnest in his
philanthropic aims. He probably has
In mind the French duel.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

1t may be remarked in passing that
the peace treaty was not exactly job,
as it was largely done by Days work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Posterity is going to have n serious
tussle with the girls who kissed Hob
son.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

As yet nobody has proposed to give
back to Spain those warships raised in
Manila harhOr
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11
= DUNG Mr.. Johnson

DUNG Mr.. Johnson
had already several
Zors when he
bought a set of seven,
each marked with a
day of the week and
arranged in order in
"a case. His beard
was not heavy in
deed, his mustaChe
was palp and WiSDV--
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

Wherever there is war the Red Cross,
waving over a hospital, blazoned upon
an ambulance, or worn upon the sleeve.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

The woman who always wears 0
smile Il faultlessly dressed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-22
WITH THE BOWERS.
Eastmead Defeated Kennel
Series at Hoboken.

A hot series of tenagames were bowIed
yesterday afternoon on Hefich's alley be-
tween Eastmead of the Quinn Cyclers and
Kennel of the Homestead Club. The
take was a $25 bet. Eastmead won.
The conditions were best six games in
ten, and the entire ten were rolled before
a winner was declared. The scores:-
First game-Eastmead. ISL; Kennel, 1888.
Second game-Eastmead, al; Kennel, 164.
Third game-Eastmead. liz; Kennel, 1l3.
Fourth game-Eastmead, 2G2; Kennel, 1853.
Fifth garne-Eastmead. 157; Kennel, 15o.
Sixth gane-Eastmead, 1859; Kennel, 100.
Seventh game-Eastmead, 1855; Kennel, 166.
Eighth game-Eastmead. 1859; Kennel, 155.
Ninth game-Eastmead. 15T; Kennel, 145.
Tenth game-Eastmead, 100; Kennel, la3.
The Letter Carrier Bowling Club holds
on well. They met Saturday night at
Henn's alleys and made these scores:-
Team No. 1-Wescott. us; Biggane, 16i;
Manion, 151; Looney, al; Crawford, 81
Total, 722.
Team No. 2-Herke, III; Galway, 151;
Reinhardt, AS; Marinus, 176; Blind, Us.
Total. IT'S.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-22
ST. BRTDGET,S.
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE MEET.
Jersey City Finishes Second to Boys
High of New York.

The first annual meeting of the High
School League of the Metropolitan district
| was held Saturday at Knickerbocker
Field, Bayonne. There was a big crowd
of pretty girls and leather lunged boys on
hand to cheer on their respective favor
ties. The meet was a highly successful
one. The attendance was about 600, and
would have been betert but for threaten
ing weather.
The championship was won by the Boys
High School of New York. and jersey
City High School was second. Stuart won
the individual trophy and Mulry Of this
city was second. Stuart is a promising
boy. Mulry did excellent work and car
ried all the honors on the track. Stuart
was best in the field events. Mulry
shows speed and a good head. He is not
quite heavy enough for the half mile.
most school boys a lot of trouble to beat
him. Foupel, who was entered in the
mile bicycle race, showed nerve. He got a
bad spill in the first heat but that did not
kepe him out of the final. The company
was not too fast for him, but he was
imid and slowed down where he had fall
len at first. The summarizes
1oo-yard dash (seniorl-Won by Wolf,
Mixed High School; Fiegus, M. H. S.,
second. 4 Time-10 As seconds.
ie0-yard dash( junior)-Won by Wilsey,
". H. s.; Engleman, NJ. H. s., second.
Time-12 seconds.
44-yard run-Won by Stuart. Boys
High School; Mulry, Jersey City High
School. second. Time-56 seconds.
One mile bicycle raee-Won by Downs.
NJ. III. s.; Jessup, y. II. s., second; Voss,
3. H. s.. third. Time-2m. 46 3-5s.
12O-yard hurdie--Won by Stuart, B. H.
s.; solomon, NJ. H. s., second. Time
Is seconds
berg. B. H. s.; Downes, NJ. H. s., second;
Jessup, B.. Fl. s., third. Time 80 seconds
Half-mile run-Won by Ahearn, B. H.
S.; Mulry. JIG. H. c., second: Reynolds,
3. H. s., third. Time-2m. Is 4-5s.
22o-yard dash, seniors-Won by Wolf, M.
N. H. s.. third. Tine-2S gas.
22O-yard dash. juniorsAWon by Wilsey,
NJ. H. s.; Engleman, NJ. Fl. s., second;
Wrede, NJ. H. S, third. Time 26 as.
220-yard hurdle-Won by Stuart, B. H.
s.; solomon, NJ. H.. S., second; Farrell,
T.. c. Fl. s., third. Time % los.
one-miie relay raee-Won by Boys
School t~eam-second; Mixed High School
team. third. Time, I'M. 3As.
Running broad jump-W0n by Butterick,
M. T. H., at 5 it. 1112inches; Mulry, J. G..
H. s., second, at feet Il inches; Arnold,
B. H. s., third. at 4 feet 9 inches.
Putting 12-poEng shot-Won by Levine.
NJ. H. s., with put Of "a feet I iches;
Stuart. B. H. s., second with put of 81 feet
/ inches; Fiegus, Nj. II. S., third, with put
OF 81 feet 2 inches.
Pole vault-Won by Stuart, B. H. s., 9
feet 4 inches; Odinet, B. H. s., second, 6
feet 6 inches.
Running broad jump-Won by Odinet,
B. H.. S., Is feet 2 inches; Eberlen, M. T.
H.. second. II feet 10 inches; Reynolds,
NJ. H. s., third. Time-17 feet 2 inches.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-22

Jersey.
Between Susan j. Wortendyke, complainant.
and Elizabeth A. Holmes, Marcus Bollhardt
and Metropolitan Investment Company, a cor
poration, defendants.
Fl ia. For Sale of Mortgaged Premises
Returnable May Term, 1899.
Carrick & Wortendyke, Solicitors.
BY virtue of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered, I shall sell by public
vendue, at Il. G.. Wolbert.s Real Estate Sales
room. No. AZ Montgomery street. Jersey City.
on
thursday, the twenty-ffth day of May,
at two o'clock in the afternoon. all the follow
ing described land and premises. with the
appurtenances. being the same described In
said writ, that Is to say;-
All those certain lots, tracts or parcels of
land and premises hereinafter particularly
described, situate, lying and being in the City
of Bayonne, County of Hudson and State of
New Jersey, known and described as lots
thirty-nine (S9, forty-one cd, forty-three NSl,
forty-fve 45) and forty-seven t4D, in block
three HUNDRED and. twehty-eight (S2S) also lot
twenty-five (29, in block three hundred and
forty-four A (S4+A), which are laid down and
shown on a certain map flied in the Registers
Office of the County of Hudson, State OF New
Jersey, entitled MAP of property of Charles
S. Clarke, Je, situate in Bayonne City, New
jersey
Sheriff.
Dated April is, 1899.
Jersey City News and Bayonne Budget.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-22
SPORTS and
SPORTSMEN.
Jersey City Club Defeated
New Haven Yesterday
2 at West End
Other Games.
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE MEET
Boys High School Wins
With the Bowlers-Club
Day Handball-Gen-
eral News,
HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE MEET.

The New Haven Club, which has made
a good showing in Connecticut for years
came to this ely yesterday, and met the
Jersey City Club and defeat. The home
team played good ball throughout,
though it was not such an excellent game
as that seen last Sunday when the visit
ing team won from the Meridens. The
visitors did not play so well. and there
was no need of hard work for the Jer-
sey City team to win. They played all
around New Haven. and made many new
admirers. The crowd was the largest
that has been seen on the grounds this
season, and. it looks as if the public WAS
getting on to the fact that Hudson coun-
TVS strongest baseball team plays at the
West End grounds. The score:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-22

Jersey.
Between Albert Ammon ct al, complainants,
and Eleonora Coma ct, al, defendants.
Fl. IA For Sale of Mortgaged Premises.
Returnable May Term, 1899.
Carl G. A. Schumann. Solicitor.
By virtue Of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered. I shall sell by public
vendue, at F. G. Wolbert's Real Estate Sales
room. No. A Montgomery street. Jersey City.
on
THURSDAY, the twenty-second day of June,
A. ID. 1889,
at two o'clock in the afternoon, ali the fol-
owing described land and premises, with the
appurtenances, being the same described in
said writ, that is to say
All that certain lot. piece or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in the Town of West
Hoboken, County of Hudson, State of New
Jersey, which on a certain map entitled Map
of building lots situated in the Town of West
Hoboken, Hudson County. N. j., belonging to
Adam Siegfried, surveyed and laid out by
James Moylan. Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
1892 and filed in the Office of the REGISTER
of said County of Hudson, on the 18th day
of April, 1892, is known, laid down and desig-
mated as lot number twelve Q2l, in block mum
Der one hundred and thirty (130, fronting on
the southerly side of Shipper street, as by
reference being had thereto will fully appear.
VIM. HELLER
Sheriff.
Dated May 16, 1899.
Jersey City News and West Hoboken Reporter.