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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

There were five of us hunting and fish
ing in the Queensland bush, says the sgd
ney Herald, when one rainy day a stranger
appeared. He said he was a tramp bar
Der, and as none of us had been shaved
for a fortnight we gave him half a days
work.
About four hours after he had left us a
band of six men rode up, and the leader
inquired if we had seen a tall, roughly
dressed mar pass that way. We told him
of the barber, and he looked from man to
man and exclaimed.
aGood gracious, but you are all freshly
shaved?"
aYes, we gave the barber a job"
ssAnd he shaved every M of you?'
"He did and did it we'll"
"Eoys, do you hear that?" shouted b
man as he turned to his companions.
What of it?" asked one of our party.
"Why, he went insane yesterday and cut
o mans throat in his barber chair over at
Unadilla, and we're after him to put him
in an asylum"
They rode away at a gallop and next
morning returned to our cainp with the
a who had been captured after a hard
fight and was tied ON his horse. He seemed
to remember us when he was given a drink
of water, and as he handed the cup back
he quietly observed:
~ say, gentlemen, please excuse me. /
meant to finish off the last man who got
shaved, but / got thinking of something
else, and it slipped my 1nind!"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
Tbe vgar,tim. Canal.

The late Prince Consort once said with
profound judgment: Seas do not divide
continents; they unite them" The sea is
the great highway which nature has pro-
vided for the service of humanity, the
means by which produce can be distrib-
uted and thus rendered universally ser
vieeable.
But while seas unite, they are them
selves divided; hence the Suez canal, with
its wealth of benefit to the families of
mankind: hence. too, will be the Panama
canal, the construction OF which Is one
of the most pressing necessities Of our
own tinne.-a construction which is actu-
ally progressing, and in respect Of which
majority Of people even imagine,-so
much. indeed, that the practicability Of
the completion Of the great inter-oceanic
waterway has been demonstrated, actu-
ally proved by trial. and hat the expen-
diture of money and of time required for
completion can be, has been, forecast, and
will be f~oretold with little less than abb
solnte p-recision.-~The Engineering Mag
azinets for December.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
Out of His Line.

"Do you know cautiously inquired a
young man who was making his first trip
on an ocean steamer, approaching a group
of passengers on the deck, whether
there's a doctor on board?"
yes replied a fun loving passenger.
"That is one Standing over there near the
rail"
The young man fastened over TO the
grave, elderly parsonage who had been
pointed out to him.
beg pardon" he said hurriedly, Shut
you're 9 doctor, amt your"
Yes" replied the other with q slight
smile, doctor Of laws"
"Well, DR.. Uylaws, ~rejoined the young
man, II wish you would come down to
the cabin with me. My wife is awfully
sick to her stummick. Youths Com
panion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
THIS BEAR LAUGHED.
How a Big Black Brute Had Fun
with Billy Gromer.

- =
Il have often heard IL asserted salu
Billy Gromer, the bear hunter' 10 0ne -.
Louis Globe-Democrau thao eae aner-
icsn black bear mas q Keen sense ~ Tag
humorous, and now peiieVe u Whsn7
bear feels Jhat ne Is IN no h~nIheultec uan,
ger, he loves his little Joke ailnoso as wen
as he loyesa dinner OF Iao mutton OF polA.
There are plenty OF olaek pears ~ ehe
PENNSYLVANIA TINS season, as
well as deer, turkey anu other ganie' anu
! had gooe sport every Gay l was oue eA-
cept one. Ihat day q pear hau INC spor',
and was the victim.
u started out early u anu
before noon had tramIed more than ten
miles over the nils ever sssN,
w1thout catcnlng u gummPse Oh any larger
game .na a. siay eIuliio
tracks ana o1ner sigls ! iouiu i,oi'
TO Tune knew 1nau onere "e.c oeaio "hu
deer an ABOUT, anu l was se.sils uiss usT
ed WIN my iuck' IN auui.ioh ~ una
was preuty wen 'iiea ouo = ny nIs
ana ohinplhs, any, 1onalns
creek, ! sie uoMn " NY pa MuAJ =
eat the iuncn q cneeso anu oleoAoA onAs
nad IN my pocAee. ~
fiacing my gun ssall.so o. ~, eron,
GOWN On a large seone $50 - leo1
the bank Oh lhe creeA anu oesai " uesoo1
my lunch. nao almost nnisneu mseni
was staroleu by d iouu IusoiinS u uo
pusnes rlgne pehi,u me ioiio"1u ~ {
rlfc growing ana swapping: spials "
my fee5 anu ran VA l nlsa, uoNe eua nop'
before l tnrheo- Mhen : mheeioo aiou lnl
ifound mysen Iaclhg e. sinaiious .
ing n shaggy placA peal as ! esel sam
.Ihe oia lelioW opp ior a - 4u
ana IN enap elnne ne sesiiie s : oaA 49,, - uv
whole sltuabioh. no slinoeu W "noio ny
gun was leaning asalhse 'ne efee' oooA on
snln at the remaln =, nly cliceso alua
crackers ana 1nen ~ iooAeu " q
with an EXPRESSION On ils ia Wal SIs' T,Sa rot
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

be bribed and is not subject to political
influence. The new devise insrrres that
each blow will be administered with ex-
actly the same force. In other words, 1T
may be depended upon to administer
fundamentally correct justice.
The principle of the machine is simple.
The victim is first lashed securely to the
post with his arms above his head. The
whipper is a large wheel which turns free
" on an upright. The whip or thong is
attached to the rim of the wheel, and as
the wheel revolves it is swung violently
around.
The wheel is lowered or raised to bring
it on a level with the victims back. The
wheel is reyolved by a small motor at the
base Of the upright connected with the
axle by a rear wheel.
The motor is controlled by an electric
button. When the whipper touches the
button, the wheel is released and the whip
swung at a high speed. In moving
around this circle it travels about 20 feet,
which serves to give it momentum.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21


from Indian corn on exhibition at Paris
-cornmeal, corn flour, honliny, starch,
sugar, sirups, caramels, candies of all
kinds, oil, soap, the substitute for gut
ia percha and corn pith cellulose-in
fact, everything produced from this
American cereal by mill and machinery
and glucose works.
Besides hin display it is proposed to
establish an Indian corn kitchen and
restaurant, where the people coming
from all lands can themselves be served
with well prepared and well cooked
corr bread, corn buildings, corn fritters,
corn dodgers, johnnycake, hoecake.
corn griddle cakes, popcorn, hominy
mush, s~uccotash and all he nnumer-
able dishes that Americans relish.
A feature of the exhibition that will
probably be a very popular one will be
the free distribution of samples of corn
meal, corn -four and hominy. With the
free samples will be given pamphlets.
printed in various languages, setting
forth the best way to o the delica-
cies dormant in the corn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
THE o
How VIII Purvis Was Hanged and
subsequently P~ardoned.

subsequently Pardoned.
A case of modern Judgment has just
been brought to the attention of many
who had forgotten the strange case of viii
Purvis of Mississippi through the pardon
that was granted to him recently by Gov
ernor McLaurin.
In 1895 Purvis was accused of the muir
der of Will Buckley, a fellow White Capper
of Marion county. Buckley had fallen out
with the band of which Purvis was said
to have been n of the most aggressive
members, and he had made open threats
that he would divulge their secrets and
bring them all to punishment. One of the
paths of the band prescribed to each mem
Der upon initiation was that the first nan
who turned traitor should suffer death.
Whether innocent or guilty, Purvis was
sentenced to be hanged, and the day of ex-
ecution was fixed and the gallows erected.
The hanging was to be a public one, and
rs there had not been in many a year
In the neighborhood crowds from all over
the country gathered to witness the grew
some event. There were the usual prelim-
inaries which attend such occasions. The
prisoner was led upon the scafold and al
lowed to say a last word. A minister of
the gospel walked with him in the shadow
of death and offered up prayers for the sal
walton of his soul.
AT last tho fatal moment came. The
black cap was pulled down over the horri-
fed eyes of the prisoner, and the moose was
made fast around his neck. There was a
hush in the great multitude of spectators,
a pause, and then the trap was sprung and
the body shot downward through it.
Many sickened at the sight and turned
away.
Tor a moment the body writhed and
quiyered in midair, and then the knot
slipped and the prisoner fell heavily to the
ground.
A wild shout greeted this de~nouement,
the first of it's kind the good people of
Marion county and the adjacent counties
had ever witnessed.
Eagerly the crowd pressed forward and
assisted Purvis to his feet. As oon as he
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

DARK. The police were ultimately aroused
to action and succeeded in learning the
secrets n the membership of the Mani
gos. Punishment, however, proved to be
difficult.
1t has been denied that judges and other
officials were members of the Mango
t'iuegos." The best opinion is that many
of them were members. The explanation
is that many young men during the loose
period of growth-which is very loose in
Latin countries - contracted alliances
which threw them into association with
negroes and mulattoes. Under these ASSOC
Citations they became identified with the
Nanigos. AS they grew older they shook
off their associations and became respecta-
BILE members of society and filed govern
ment positions. But the Mango oath
once taken cannot be ~repudiated. h
t~1juegos'' never lose sight of their menu
bers. In this way they become assured OF
protection from officials. Money does
much with Spanish officials, but money
alone was not q suffieienS explanation OF
the persistence with which the Nanigos
were protected.
When Weyler came to take command In
Cuba, the full workings of the Mango So
cieties were known. He took advantage
of the opportunity to deport a large num-
Der of Cubans against whom no definite
charge of conspiracy in the insurrecion
could be proved, but he also deported the
Manages by the hundred and without
troubling himself about Judicial processes.
In this manner the Nanigos were broken
up. Havana became a habitable city, as
free from crimes of violence as any town
of the same population in the United
States. It was the one creditable page in
Weyler's black record in CUBA. 1t was
left for Blanco and the Madrid govern
ment to return these Nanigos to Cuba to
embarrass the American military authori-
ties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21


started IN to exterRinate the pirates, they
were to be found everywhere, and when
they completed their work they had de-
stroyed more than 1000 vessels that had
flown the black flag and killed more than
3d. 900 of the men who hAd manned the
ships.
General Juan Arolas, formerly governor
general of the Philippines and recently
military governor OF Havana, is the only
mar that Spain over sent to the islands
who could subdue the Mindanaos. He at
tackled them in their stronghold at NAL
bun and cowed them as they never had
been cowed before. 1t is not unlikely that
the United States will nave some trouble
with these people, and a close watch will
have to be kept on them, as they are likely
at n time to make an attempt to return
to the evil practices Of their forefathers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

DID,
joy at my situation. He would look down
at me with q quizzical sort Of expression,
as though he wanted to ask me how |
liked it.
1.-The current was SO swift I could make
no Roadway up stream, so l turned and
started to wade down. The bear simply
walked along the bank, keeping even with
me, and the first time I stopped to swear
at him again he just lay down and rolled
over he was SO tickled. 1t was undoubt-
eddy the funniest thing he ever saw, and
there was no doubt that he was enjoying
1t fully.
my situation was getting desperate.
I was chilled to the bore and had to keep
struggling through the water as hard as |
could to keep my blood circulating. For
a time it looked as if the bear meant to
keep me there in the water until l froze,
but fortunately for me an accident upset
his plans.
GA short distance down the stream the
bank became very steep. It was also part
ly covered with loose stones, and the bear
found it o little difficult to keep his foot
ing. / had stopped and was slapping my
numbed hands together to keep the blood
in them circulating. Tho bear evidently
thought that was q part of the circus l
was providing for him, and, unable to ex-
press his mirth in any other way, he lay
down and rolled over.
"That time he forgot the steep, slippery
bank, and when be turned he lost his bal
ance and came tumbling down into the
creek, striking the water within six feet
of me. He went n for a moment, and
when he rose to the surface he had evil
IDENTIFY lost his bearings or else he had
enough Of the joke at my expense. Any
way, he struck out for the other side of
the creek and did not once look back to
see what had become of me"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

Iondon's knowing staircase waits for
no man or woman it goes up and up,
and down and down, and the passengers
standing on the stairs must drop off at
the different floors quick. or get smashed.
The person wishing to ascend merely
steps on the staircase, and it carries her
up with it, the handrail moving, too. A
man waits at the foot and sees the way
farers off, enjoining them, according to
Truth, not to move. Another mar
awaits them at the top. directing them tc
step off at once, and then the thing dis,
appears.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
Traits of the Cat.

All the eats habits show it to be by ma
ture a solitary animal, says Louis Robin
son in sWil6 Traits In Tame Animals"
Even in early life, when family ties bring
out the instinct of association, this is APP
parent. If you compare the play of puppies
with that of kittens, you will find in one
case that companionship of some kind is
essential. for if q puppy has no playmate
of his own species he will always try to
make one of the nearest biped; whereas q
cork or q biz of string is all that is neces-
sary to satisfy the requirements OF the kit
ten. Che. way in which the cat takes its
food is a sure sign that in its natural state
it is not in the habit of associating with
greedy companions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

mat, for it was understood when he was
sent TO Vienna in 1897 that he accepted
the post after some hesitation. The fact
is that Mr.. Towers business interests
were so large that he did not think he
could afford to let them run themselves
for SO long a time. Probably he has
found that his interests do not suffer
from his absence as greatly Is he ex-
pected.
Mr.. Tower was born in Philadelphia
in 1913 and was graduated from Har-
ward university in 1872. He spent four
years in study and travel in Europe
and while in Spain in 1873 received his
first insight into the workings of diplo-
matte machinery, serving for six months
as attaehe to the American legation I'M
der General Sickles.
Or his return to Philadelphia Mr..
Tower studied law and was admitted to
the bar in 1878. He removed to Duluth
-four years later and became president
of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad
and managing director of the Minneso-
ia iron company. He returned east in
1887 ard a year later married in Oak
land, Cal, Kiss Helen Smith, daughter
of G. Frank Smith He has five chill
dren-three SONS and twa daughters.
Mr.. Tower possesses a fortuEe esti-
mated at $40, 00O, 900, the bulk of which
was inherited from his father, who was
a large coal operator in the anthracite
coal regions of Pennsylvania. He is a
close student of historical subjects and
has published several historical works,
the best known being THE Marquis de
Lafayette In the American Revolution"
which won him the degree of Ii. D.
from Lafayette college. He is a trustee
of the University of Pennsylvania, vice
president of the Historical Society OF
Pennsylvania and a member of the
Academy of Natural Sciences.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
WHIPPING BY ELECTRICITY.
1t Is Proposed to Punish Cana
dian Wife Beaters.

If the representations which the Mont
real Society For the Protection of Women
and Children are about to make to the
Quebec government favoring a return to
the whipping cost as the most effective
means of punishment for men guilty of
wife beating and assault are acted upon,
whipping may be introduced on quite a
large scale in criminal cases.
An electric whipping post, the invention
of MI. Newton Harrison, z. E., editor OF
The Electrical Age, is receiving interest
ing attention in this connection owing to
the Discrimination of sheriffs to administer
corporal punishment. The greatest adj
vantage of the electric whipping post is
the fact that it is absolutely just under all
conditions and to all prisoners. 1t cannot
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

Dean Pigou says that many clersymen
cannot trust themselves to repeat the
most familiar prayers of the liturgy from
and he tells how Archdeacon
was much put u because ne
Dean Plgou9 sat directly behind him at
a public meeting. The Dean was puz-
zled, but understood all when the Arch
deacon removed his hat and knelt TO pray.
In the crown of his hat was printed in
large type. "Prevent us. 0 Lord" etc
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

Dorothy, | saw a beautiful gown in a
shop window today"
What was it, Julius?"
ssWell-it was hat zigzaggy kin of
1t had those braided thingx
across the front and down the back, n
some awful stylish pointed things on the
skigt-I wish Q would get one jusl like
~it..'-Brooklyn Life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21

Two lefters-"Dear vaseline: A person
named Sarah Boyle has applied for the
position of cook for me. She refers to you.
Ought / to take her? With kind regards,
Yours ever. Mauve."
"Dear Mauve: 1t is quite true that !
gave Sarah permission to refer to me.
she was with me last Lent, and ! found
her Invaluable as a spiritual discipline
Yours always, yaseline brooklyn Life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
MANGO BANDS IN CUBA
None but Murderers Admitted to
Membership.
CRIMINALS LET LOOSE BY SPAIN.

How Blanco and the d Govern
usent Have Filled Cuba With Com
victs with the Evident Purpose of
Embarrassing American Military
Authorities.
This Nanigos of Cuba are banded crimi-
mails. They stand for organized crime.
General Bianco, before he resigned his
office as captain general, turned them
loose OF the island. They were pardoned
and allowed to come back from the prisons
on the Isle of Pines and the penal settle
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
Spoiled by Cooking.

my life was spoiled, lady" said the
traveller, ssby my wife's cooking"
Twas it SO very bad?"
"Nc, lady, it was good. So good that
my friends ate me out of house md home
What to Eat. -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
FamiIy Pride.

"My pas . ~yestryman, my ma jus toll
me- boosted Willie Andrews.
Huh sneered Tommy Erskine, 'sthat
amt muffin. / jes' heard my ma tell the
hired girl that my pas a confirmed repro
bate. Detroit Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
LIKES BEING A DIPLOMAT.
OmciaI Career of Our New Embassa-
dor to Russia Has Been Short.

For a man who never held office until
about two years ago Charlemagne Tow
err, who has just been advanced from
minister to Austria to United States
ambassador to Russia, is making a brill
liant success as a public servant. Evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Tower likes being a diplo-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
~BEEcHER,s PULPIT.


Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. who
has been called to Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, and who is to fill the pulpit
made famous by Beecher. and Lyman
Abbott, has been for several years the
most prominent divine in the west. AS
pastor Of the Central church of Chicago
he has ably filed the place left vacant
by the retirement Of Professor David
Swing. His congregations have num-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
DYNAMITE ON THE SIDE
Jim Blacks Troubles In Running
an Indiana Saloon.
HIS PLACE HABITUALLY BL0WNUP.

How He Proposes to outwit His Ene-
mics by Building a Bombprcof Gin
mill. where Thirsty HOLSTERS Can
Drink In Peace and Safety.
EVERY year about this time the anti
rum people go on the warpath with their
dynamite" said Jim Black Of Burling-
ton, Cass county, Ind, to the Chicago In
ter Ocean. II reckon it's their idea Of
peace on earth, good will to men. Because
the temperance party isn't strong enough
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-21
SANS PIRATES.
The Only Genuine Sea Robbers
Are Now Our Own.
SUBJECTS OF THE sULU SULTAN.

Absolute ~ndiaerenc to B~Ioodshed
Characterizes the Fiends of the
Philippine Archipelago Victims
Condemned to slavery.
Among the congeries of peoples, pure or
hybrid, of various shades of color which
the fortunes of war have placed beneath
the folds of the starry flag are certain va
rieties of the human race that could be
proftably dispensed with. Conspicuous
among these are the piratical inhabitants
of the Sulu archipelago and the no less
practically inclined people of southern
Mlndanao, one of the large islands of the
Philippines. True, the Spanish govern
The evening times., 1899-10-18

patriotism the faisehood is maintained by
the Hoar, Schurz, and Atkinson element.
less the Admiral. They know enough now
TO leave him out Of the story Based upon
what they have left, Schurz offers the fol-
lowing brilliant solution of the trouble in
the Philippines;
Let there be at once an armstice between our
forces and the Filipinos. Let the Philippine
islanders at the same time be told that the
American people viii be glad TO see them establish
independent government, and TO aid them In
that iasS tar may be necessary; that II the
different tribes composing the population OF the
Philippines are disposed, as al least most OF them,
II not all, are likely 10 be, TO attach themselves
IN some way to the government already existing
under the presidency of Aguinaldo, shall
cheeFfully accept that solution OF the question,
and even, il required, lend good offices TO
bring II about; and that meanwhile we shall deem
II our duty TO protect them against interference
Of other foreign powers-in other words that with
regard TO them mean honestly 10 live up TO the
righteous principles with the profession of which
we commended TO the world our Spanish war.
And then" continues this remarkable
parsonage, in order to carry out this
not small politician, nor a meddiesome
martinez, but a statesman of large mind
and genuine sympathy, who will not mere
ly deal in sanctimonious cant and oily
promises with a string to them; who will
keep in mind that their government is not
merely to suit US, but to suit them In
short, just such a noble, self sacrificing,
commanding figure as Carl Schurz, as he
proudly views himself