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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
Her Kind of wife.

The subject under discussion was wives,
and n woman thought she knew a per-
feet woman from a mans standpoint.
being a woman" she said, 81 know ex-
actly what sort of a wife l would like If /
were a man. 1t would be one who would
never say, L told you So, or, You are not
getting any younger; dear, or, .You
d-d-don't love me as you used 1t would
be one who would never stay at home and
sit up for me when Invent to the club, but
would take her own pleasure in a reason
able way; one who wouldn't want her
mother, her aunts, her sisters and her
cousins to stay with her, nor have a fam
lily party on Christmas day, nor expect me
to got to church when WANTED to do some
thing else, nor sniff when I bring home
chum Smith to take potluck. I would
have a wife who never got old, nor bad
tempered, nor jealous when / talked to
Mrs. B~larneytcn; one who never said silly
things, who always looked bright, capable
and better looking than other mems
wives; one who dressed on nothing q year;
one who never had a filtration and was al
ways well. That is all, / think There
was silence for the space Of half q minute
and then-well, she wished she had not
been SO sure OF her ability to define a good
wife.-Elmira Telegram,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

Keep your children busy at some whole
some work or play, and this is more to the
young mind than long homilies on vice,
which only tend to direct their attention
constantly to it. By occupying their time
every minute of the day they will bSmore
thoroughly helped and cleansed than
would be possible in any other manner.
The majority of parents do no realize
the importance of the duty laid upon them
or else they are too lazy or incapable to at
tend to it.
The first duty of the rich is to be indus
trious and to inculcate habits of industry
in their children. If they are taught to
keep constantly busy in some useful and
ennobling employment, the chances of
their evolution into honorable men and
women are a million times increased.
The making of collections and the hard
study Of almost any branch of natural his
tory are likely to interest children. The
making Of machines, the intricacies Of
music, the management Of a printing press,
are ali useful in keeping the young mind
occupied in q wholesome and healthy a
ner.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
SIOvenliness.

Worse even than overdressing, although,
thank heaven, less prevalent, is s~lovenli-
ness. Certainly there is nothing more re-
pellent than the sight of waist and skirt
that do not properly connect, of dragging
ruff1es or of pins that call attention to
gaps which q few neat stitches would eff
f~ectually conceal. No woman who is anx-
ious to preserve the respect that is due her
from every man will be careless in her
attire even in her own home. I do not
suppose that it is easy to nave ones gar
ments always fresh and neat in appearance,
but it is worth a considerable sacrifice of
time and effort. Richness in material can
not hide this laxity, but rather accentu-
ates it. I don't believe that a mar of rein
ed taste ever Willingly marries aewoman
who is dowdy in her dress, and if he does
the chances are that he isn't worth marry
ing. Fussiness is likewise unpleasant.
There are women of whom one instinc-
lively feels that he must not approach
them closely for fear Of their clothes. They
are the most unsatisfactory. creatures in
the world. They cannot move about at
eese or they will disarrange the perfect fit
of their costumes. Now, dress is an impor-
tant thing, but it ought not to assert It.
self too prominently, and women should
be able to rise above the rank Of the unim-
pressive forms on which mi1liners make
their window displays. Here, again, sim
plicity is the best remedy -Elmira Tele-
gram.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
MISS ELLA EWING.

offers of museum managers, but finally
in 1885,, when a mortgage on her IA
theirs farm was about to be foreclosed,
she decided to lend herself for purposes
of exhibition. Since that time she has
spent most of her time sitting on a
museum platform and selling her pho-
tographs. She has not only made
enough money to a off the mortgage,
but she keeps her whole family in COM
Portable circumstances!
Recently Miss Ewing paid a visit to
her old Missouri home. She is still sin
gle, although it is limited that several
museum freaks of various kinds have
made tender advances. The young men
of CORN, however, even her old school
mates, look upon her tremendous pro-
portions with awe. In an impersona1
way the whole country takes pride IN
Miss Ewing and points to her as one Of
the local products.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

prompted the secretary to ask Miss
Cockrel1 to christen what will be one OF
the finest battleships of the American
navy.
The Missouri will be launched in Oc-
tober from the shipyard at Newport
News, Va, where the work is progress
ing rapidly. The launching will be cele-
brated by the citizens of st. Louis and
the state in a royal manner. Special
trains will be run to Washington, car
rying the governor and state officials
and invited guests. connecting there
with steamers for Newport News.
From Washington the Missourfans
will be accompanied by the president
and his cabinet and as many Of the fed
eral officials and their families as may
be favored with an invitation.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
A Lenrned Rakar.

The diploma of the Ecole du Louvres,
Paris, has recently been awarded to a.
working baker for a successful thesis on
the book of Daniel. 1t fell to NJ. Lee
drain, professor of the Ecole du Louvre,
and M. Oppert. member of the institute,
to examine the thesis, and they and
others were convinced of the profound
and accurate knowledge of Hebrew pos
sessed by the baker. So brilliant is the
thesis that an effort is being made to in
terest the state in its publication. NJ.
Gale, this scholar in humble life, has
ceased to make rolls. He is now a cor
rector for the Imprimerie Rationale, and
1t is expected that he viii save even the
most learned from making plumbers ia
their books.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
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AANNNANNNANN
In Woman'S World.
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stead of in the mail-box, he knows that
he is in the wrong, and the knowledge
makes him defiant. He is guarded on that
side, and is ready to max sharp retort
to the first r~eproachful word. But he is
unguarded on another side-the sugar plum
side-and by this doorway the tactful wo-
man can come in and disarm him and
make him feel his so keenly
that he will resolve not to let it happen
again. The resolve does him good, even if
seems to me that 1t must be more pleas
ant or the woman.
This fashion, say an English magazine,
OF employing only female servants
was started some years ago, and it is GER
tainly gaining considerable ground, be-
cause where one person kept a parlor-
maid in past years, fifty do so now. They
have many advantages in quickness and
cleanliness. In England, they mostly
wear black dresses and open jackets, with
white or colored waistcoat; but in Ameri-
ca some of the housekeepers have supple
mented the black and white caps, collars,
and aprons with knots of colored ribbon
placed on the pockets of the apron and on
the white cap, the color denoting their
position in the house. Those who open
the door appear in some one tint; those
who wait in the dining-room wear only
white; while the housemaids have pink. A
noted hunting woman in the States robes
her maids in scarlet; while an e~cclesiastic
has his servants arrayed in bright purple
and white aprons and stole ends
Here are four things that are certain
ounce bottle. Squeeze into it the juice
That women who do much sewing FREE
quently suffer a great deal from sore
ness of the mouth, and are at a loss to
ascertain the cause of the trouble.
a half the time it is simply the re-
suit of biting off the thread instead of
using a pair of scissors for cutting it.
That in the case of silk thread the dam
ger is quite marked, because it is usual
to put the thread in acetate of lead, part
ly to harden it, and also, perhaps, to in
crease its weight somewhat.
That if thread-biting is followed regu-
larry, and very much silk thread is used,
the results nay be quite serious and lead
to blood-poisoning.
A skin infringement calls for a ten
ounce bottle. Squeezing into it the juice
of one cucumber, which should yield
about three tablespoonfuls. Half fill the
bottle with elder flower water, add two
tablespoonful of cologne. Shake well;
then add slowly half ounce simple tine
ture OF b~enzoin, shaking now and then.
Fill up the bottle with elder flower water
and the lotion is ready to use. After face
has beef washed in hot water this as
trlngent contracts the pores.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
THE TALLEST WOMAN.
A Missouri Girl Who Is Eight Feet
Two inches In Height.

A Missouri Girl Who Is Eight Feet
Two Inches In Height.
Something more than "divinely tall"
IS Miss Ella Ewing of CORN, Mo. Her
height is s feet 2 inches. She is the
tallest woman in the United States, and
there is probably no man in this coun-
try taller han she, although this point
has not been established. She weighs
256 pounds.
Miss Ewing is now 80 years old and
probably has her full growth. 1t was
not until she was about 10 years of age
that she began to develop abnormally.
AT II she was the wonder of Glasgow
county. An through her teens she kept
on growing until she lowered far above
ever the tallest men.
None of her ancestors was remark
ably tall, and her parents are merely
ordinary M~issourians of good height.
Her father is 6 feet 1 inch, while her
mother is 5 feet 10 inches in height For
several years she refused the t9mpting
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
To Clean Gsass over pictures.

To clean the glass over pictures dip q
piece of channels in alcohol, wiring nearly
dry, and wipe thoroughly, yet lightly.
Polish with a piece of dry channels. The
gilded frames may be cleaned with the al
cohol. II oil paintings need cleaning
thoroughly, dalnpen a soft cloth in warm
water in which some CASTLE soap has been
dissolved. Dry carefully and then varnish
lightly with some thin, clear French ssre>
touching" varnish. 1t is we'll to consula
an artist in regard to the best yarnish
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
A Woman,s Power.

A woman may dazzle when she is mer-
ry, but she is most charming when she is
tender and sympathetic. When her voice
takes a softened ono and her eyes look
words that her lips hesitate to say-then,
II she only knew her power, it would be a
bad time for the world at Target Only she
never knows it. Possibly she charms the
most when she is unconscious Of it. The
very Inconsistencies Is q part Of the
charm.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
A Noted Cat.

The most noted cat in Phenixville, Pa,
has died. At the time of the Johnstown
flood it was asleep in a cradle with a
baby The cradle was swept along on
the rushing waters and the child drown
ed, but the cat saved itself by clinging
to the top till It was rescued.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

ibid the minister say anything com.
forting?' asked the neighbor of the wid-
ow recently bereaved.
Indeed he didn't" was the quick re-.
ply. He said my husband was better
off.,t-yonkers Statesman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
A ON GUARD.


Nan Who FolndeN IL
The New Hampshire Sentinel, pub
1ished In Keene, recently c~elebTated the
hundredth anniversary OF IT. birth
by issuing a handsome centennial edi-
ton. There are only IA other aewspa-
pers In the United States which have
enjoyed a continuous existence for a
century.
The New Hampshire Sentinel was
founded in 1883 by John Prentiss. He
edited the paper for almost half aseen-
fury before retiring from active BUSH
ness, but continued to contribute to its
columns for mar ears after, as he
lived to be s5 years old. His grandson,
William H. Prentiss, is now city ed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
A PRINCELY GIFT.


New Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Among tho many wedding presents
sent 10 Virginia Fair, now Mrs. Will
liam x. Vanderbilt. Jr., was the costli-
est piece Of Jewalry ever manufactured
in America. 1t was the gift Of John w.
Mackay to the daughter Of his old part
ner, with whom he worked years ago
when beth were poor miners In the
days before the Comstock lode was dis
covered.
This princely gift Is unique in size and
shape. 1t is something like a breast
plate, but perhaps more like a stomach
er. 1t is large enough to cover the
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22

waters, engage in such a contest as has
Just taken place and be treated with fair
ness. The condition Of English opinion
with reference to American standards
Of honor which Is involved in this declar-
alton Of Sir Thomas Lipton's cannot very
easily be overlooked or misunderstood.
1t involves the settled conviction that
Americans are ever prepared to go to dis
honorable lengths In the accomplishment
Of their purpe ses. All the victories OF
American yachts for forty-five years
were. according to Sir Thomas Lipton's
statement, uafairly. won. in the est ma
ton of our British cousins. Americans.
of course. are too familiar with this line
Of opinion to regard it seriously In this
case. We have left no doubt Of -An:eri-
can superiority both In seamanship and
naval architecture, and we are content
as a people Il at the results shall remain
as the only response to be given to such
unsportsmanllke and hostile opinion.
The chief value Of the recent victory
will never be realized until American
public sentiment has crystallized in de-
mand, which cannot be ignored, that the
national authorities shall take such steps
in the immed.a to future as will give prac-
teal direction and scope to the genius OF
the American people as seafaring race.
All such victories must be barren Of is-
suits Until an American merchant marine
Is established competent to contest with
England for the ocean-carrying trade OF
the world. The impetus given to naval
construction by the events OF the recent
Spanish v. ar is sufficiently strong to offer
the fulle st assurance that such mer-
chant marine hen established will have
the needed backing of q powerful Ameri-
can navy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22

splendid means by which to avoid the
consideration Of details Of local admins
tration which might be embarrassing to
them.
Nothing short of the fullest interchange
of opinion will ever suffice to enable
clear understanding to pe reached as to
the best form of charter likely to be ap-
proved by the people. There is more fg-
norance prevailing on the subject OF mu-
nicipal government that on any other
topic of political concern. 1t Is only by
discussion and agitation that we
can finally arrive at conclusion which
will be generally acceptable and which
may be embodied in the form Of charter
fairly assured of adoption by the peo-
nj
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22
THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL.

1t is more than likely that the great
be a delineation of life as it Is found In
the Industrial centers of the United
States The mighty middle class, the
working people, is infinitely more inter-
esting than is cultured wealth or loath-
some poverty Lazarus in the gutter,
and Dives among his Golfers, are accord
attaches to the Isolated, the morbidly ex-
treme but the busy wealth creators of
the world have a life too varied, too in
tense. not to be fraught with great hu-
man interest.
Compared to the other sections Of the
United States, the Middle West-particu-
larly the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Illinois-has produced little of a
characteristic literature.
Right here in ST. Paul there is wide
field teeming with rich material for the
novelist, and themes for stories stand
awaiting the coming of the artist who
shall possess the skill to draw them.
There could scarcely be more pic
turesque surroundings for thrilling
drama than these environments Of the
upper Mississippi with that undercurrent
of wondrous, changeful life which has
come with the growth of the city.
The coming writer must be one who
has grown UP amid the charm Of these
surroundings, and his merit will lie in
ability to make the reader feel his love
for the city of his birth.
Minneapolis, with the distinctive life
that attaches to her great saw mills and
flour mills does not lack in suggestions
for the writer. Further north, there Is
the history of the numbering region about
Minnesota's lakes, history which has
furnished the basis for few superficial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22

another fatal picnic Alphonse met and
was ro-enamored OF coy and artless
maiden named Mary Helwege. Speaking
of hearts bowed down. Minnie, on learn
ing Of this, was attacked with serious
case Of that melancholy indisposition.
She called on the 'other woman" and
proved by oral and documentary ties l.
mony that she and Alphonse were en-
gagged to be married, and urged Mary to
ALLURE Alphorse and heroically tell h m
to go back to the woman who for nine
years had loved him and paid his run
ming expenses. This appeal was uhavail-
ing. Mary couldn't hear Minnie.
And SO they were married, Alphonse
and Mary, and with great guIp of grief
Minnie started for a law Office with fat
retainer in her pocket and vengeance in
court. But he filed an answer in which
he denied that he had ever promised 10
marry Minnie. At this the indignant
young lady identified one Of his letters in
which the false one had inadvertently
and passionately written:
II wonder how long I will have to walt
before you will be willing to marry me.
am sure you cannot complain Of my
Inconsistency. and my aim has been to
make you my wife. Surely you can trust
your happiness in my keeping"
Other testimony developed the fact that
at no time had Minnie been any more
reluctant to trust her happiness in his
keeping than she had been to trust her
money with him.
There are few If any, who will refr ain
from bestow'ng on the plaintiff the SYM
pathy to which she appears jus ly en-
titled. That the verdict was compro-
mise goes without saying. Some men
don't believe In damages for breach Of
promise, anyway, and these men often
get on juries and queer the whole course
Of justice. Aiphonse had the money, had
married the woman of his latest 8 &C.
ton after nine IL ng years contemplation
OF the SUBJECT or maIrlfnony, una II WIS
right that ne should be made to Cough
up" not only the $500 borrowed money
but nine thousand four hundred other
plunks as slight compensa ton for the
havoc he had wrought In the Thomas
meyer household ana in the confiding
heart of Minnie.
Such are the simple annals of q breach
of promise suit in a New York court CT
justics. The jury gave the fair Plaintiff
5000 and are. doubtless, glad Of it. So
far as editorial comment has gone it has
all been favorable to Mss Minnie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22

larger galaxy Of the finest talent and
offer nearly 100 great artists and enter
tainers with reserved seats at prices
ranging from slips to $3.50.
Too much cannot be said in praise of
the talent making up the course. 1t con-
tains such famous singers as Heinrich
Meyre, Of Berlin; Carl E. Duff, now ac-
knowledged to be the leading oratorio
basso Of this country; Edward c. Towne,
formerly leading tenor in Seidrs New
York City Wagner Festivals. now Of the
Redpath Grand Concert company; E. E.
Bullock. E. F. Weber, Robert Bruce, B.
Quartette; Ragna Lime, whose remark
able soprano so delighted ST. Paul when
introduced few seasons ago by the
Schubert club; Mary Louise Clary. the
superb contralto Of the Theodore Thomas
Worlds Fair Festivals, and Marion Titus.
formerly soprano Of the Boston Sym
phony orchestra, now with the Redpath
Grand Concert company. During the
series such well known violinists as
Bernhard Listemann, Adolph Rosen-
becker. Helen Won Fursch, and such great
pianists as Sherwood. Frey and Kober
will be introduced. The lectures have
been carefully selected to cover the whole
range Of oratorical excellence, including
DR.. James Hedley, the exquisite humor-
list; Hon. George r. Vending, the king
Of statesmen orators: Rev. Russell H.
Conwell, who breaches each Sunday to
the largest congregation in America at
the Peoples Temple Of Philadelphia, and
Prof. John B. De Motto, author, philos-
opher and sage. The popular entertain
ers Of the course will consist Of Leland
7. Powers, impersonator; Elyie Everett
Burnett, reciter: "Maro," the wonder
worker. and Clara Murray. the harpist
Of the Chicago Conservatory Of Music.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22
WHAT TT SHOULD LEAD TO.

1t would have been more grateful to
Americans had the two remaining races
between the American and the British
yachts been sailed before the final result
Of victory was achieved. AS the
G o b e has contended from the outset.
there never was possibility Of the sub
stantial defeat of the Columbia Moth
ing short of accident could have resulted
in sending the cup to England but it
would have been more exciting, as W, II
as more instructive, had the contest been
fought TO the end.
The result of Fridays contest cou d
f1dence of the American sailors was evil
dent from the outset. With such breeze
and under such circumstances, but one
conclusion could have been arrived at
from the result, and that conclus ion has
been fully and fairly expressed by Sr
Thomas Upton. The Columbia Is the su-
is as far superior to the Shamrock as has
any Of the former successful American
yachts been the superior of it's British
competitor.
| We have looked in vain for some ex-
pressioa on the part of the writer's in
the London daily press which would tend
to minimize the victory of the Columbia.
That no expression has appeared is in
itself the highest testimony that could
have been offered of the completeness of
the American victory In his address at
the conclusion of the races Sir Thomas
| Upton felt called upon to say that he
had succeeded in demonstrating to the
satisfaction of the British public that an
! English yacht could come into American
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-22
GREAT V. nj. C. A. COURSE.

The announcement made by the Young
Mems Christian association of the reduc-
ton in the price of seats for its enter
tainment course is very generally COM
association to furnish a seasons course
Of ten fine entertainments at a nominal
expense to the people Is certainly worthy
of every encouragement. The theory of
placing the price so low as to require
every seat to be sold in order to assure
financial success Is worthy of the spirit
of enterprise which has characterized
every movement Of the board Of directors
now managing the new association. The
committee of the board, Messrs Fred r.
Bigelow, William J. Dean and Arthur B.
Driscoll, who have. the entertainment
course in charge are sacrificing much
time and pains to permanently establish
course which will furnish the very best
talent to st. Paul people at prices within
reach Of the poorest citizen. When the
association announced last year that it
would furnish the people of St Paul
nearly fifty of the most eminent must
clans, orators and entertainers with re-
served seats In thesEPe0ple's church for
from 81 to $3.50, many predicted that 1t
could not be done without loss of money.
This year they have engaged much