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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
SQUIRRELS and Ccnvicts.

The feeding Of the pigeons in st. Marks
square in Venice has become proyerbial,
yet we have a custom in our country that
is quite as pretty, though not SO universal
ly known.
In Richmond the state convicts are CIV
en- the care of the grounds about the gov
ernor's mansion, the statehouse and the
public library. Some n of their number
is given the duty of daily feeding the
squirrels. At the plaintive little pipe of a.
tin whistle the squirrels come by hundreds
from every tree, nook and corner to the
old square to receive their rations Of nuts
from the hands of the convict feeder.
Then with the coveted prize they disap-
pear as silently as they came, free to go
where they will, while the man to whom
they are indebted for the food looks visit
fully after, sadly Illuminating on the
strange fnte which has made him bound
and them free.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
HERO OF cALoocAN.
A Kansas Boy Who Distinguished
Himself In That Battle.

One of the many men who have be-
come heroes of the hour for having done
some brilliant deed of daring in the
curse of the fighting around Manila is
Sergeant Dan Hewitt, one of the Kan
sas volunteers. He is a nephew of
Abrams S. Hewitt, the former mayor of
New York, and a son of former Post
master Hewitt of North Topeka.
The young man evinced rare military
ability prior to the departure of the
Kansas volunteers for the coast. He
was highly praised by his superior eff
GERS, who predicted big things for him
if he was ever given an opportunity. AS
soon as war seemed inevitable young
Hewitt declared he would go to the
front when the time came for action,
and he was one of the first to enlist.
The hero of Caloocan is a native of
Indiana, but he has lived in Topeka
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
WOES or BRIGANDAGE.
Story of a Greek Outlaw Slain
by His Countrymen.
FATE OF sARRANT0s FERRONTOs.

How He Was obliged to Give Up an
Honorable Military Career and Be-
come Desperado-Daring Exploits
and Narrow Escapes.
A few months ago the Greek colony of
Sew York city was excited by the discov-
cry that a fierce man among them was
none other than Sarrantos Ferrontos, the
most famous brigand of the Greek nation,
who is said to nave once made an attempt
to assassinate King George. The New
York Greeks were SO terrorized that they
hesitated to give evidence against Fer
rontos when he was arrested for a local Of
Tense. His recent murder, under circum-
stances which seem to implicate his coma
tionalists, adds new interest to his strange
career.
Before his death Ferrontos gave to The
World a sketch of his life.
Before l was IL I was a student in the
preparatory college for officers sons at
Corfu. We heard of insurgent bands who
ravaged the Turkish frontier and rumors
of risings in Macedonia in the attempt to
throw of the Turkish rule. Fourteen stu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
A LITERARY CAPITALIST.
New owner of The North American
Review and His Career.

Colonel George b Mcclellan Harvey,
who has recently purchased hat staid
and patrician periodical, The North
American Review, is better known as a
f%inancier and capitalist, but he began
his career in the world of letters. Prob
ably he intends to devote some of his
leisure time, now that he has made for
himself a big fortune, to the congenial
field of literature.
Colonel Harvey is still a young man
If IS, and it was only about Is years
ago that he went to work on a New
York paper as a reporter at a very
small salary. Now he owns banks and
railroads, controls corporations and is
the chief figure in immense business
enterprises. He was born in Vermont
and with the equipment of a grammar
school education went to Springfield,
Mass, to do newspaper work. He work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

ever since he was a lad. He was n OF
the brightest pupils in the North Tope-
ka schools, and his education was fin
ished at the State Normal school in
Emporia. When the Kansas troops
went west to the coast and camped al
San Francisco, Hewitt wrote home ex-
pressing his regret at not being around
where the fighting was going on and
seemed anxious to be sent to the Phil
ippines. He is the kind of stuff out OF
which soldiers of the first class are
made, and his mental qualifications ARK
as high grade as is his physical cour-
age
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
A Klnylx Criticism

Here is a good cello story told by that
master of his art, Auguste Van Biene:
Some years ago / played before our late
King of Holland. William III. After ! had
finished he sent for me and said; You
heard all the great '~cellists in the world
q bowed; / have heard Patti (another
bow from me-, Gervais Glow ag3lng;
DavedoY (+Oh. your Majesty, thanks, /"
and more bows from me). but of all the
great '~celists you tprofuse bowingl GER
tainly perspire the most" Exit Van
Biene.-seThe Sketch"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

TRIBUNE OF CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
Deroulede, the Radical Socialist, is one
of these. He is a picturesque figure,
with his bristling mustache n his
waving arms. What he says is seldom
known, for his appearance on the trib-
une is always the signal for a torrent
of shouts and catcalls, but the general
tenor OF his remarks is well known.
They are fiery and denunciatory of ev-
erything and everybody.
M. Baudry d'Asson, the Royalist
member, is another disturber. At ev-
cry congress he takes advantage Of the
most exciting crisis to rush up the steps
of the tribune and before the ushers can
suppress him to shout "Vive lie roll"
two or three times. This done, he goes
quietly back to his seat and takes no
further part in the riot. He was once
imprisoned for two days because of one
Of these outbreaks. but it had no per-
manent effect on his enthusiasm.
The other day. when the senators and
deputies were in joint session and had
before them the serious work of electing
a president of the French republic, the
session was just as noisy and undignl-
fled as usual. Deroulede, as usual, was
one of the chief participants. When it
came his turn to mount the tribune and
cast his vote, he tried to address the
chamber in spite of the rules against
speaking while a vote was in progress.
Being hooted down. he turned to Presi-
lent Loubet and shouted up at him
some sentiments which were doubtless
very uncomplimentary. M. Louber
shouted back and rang his bell.
This to US is one of the odd features
about the French chamber of deputies.
The speaker of our congress pounds
with a gavel on his desk. The speaker
of the house Of commons shouts: "Or-
deri Order." The French speaker
rings a gong. If he cannot quiet a dis
turbance, he has the recourse of putting
on his hat, and this mere act adjourns
the session. The speaker of the house
of can leave the chair and
thus suspend a sitting when his boys
are ungovernable.
In both Paris and London the presid-
ing officer can name" a member, fine
him or suspend him temporarily from
membership. The speaker at Washing
has no such arbitrary power con-
ferred on him by rule or law. Neither
In France nor in England is such a
thing permitted as appealing from the
decision Of the speaker, and in France
there is no such paddock game as NOV
ing the previous question.
The house of chooses its
speakers rather for their popularity
than owing to any gifts of firrnness or
intelligence which they are supposed to
possess. The president of the chamber
of deputies is chosen by the members
who are in a majority. n he is a ia
vorite of or supposed to represent the
ideas of the party in power. As a mat
ter of fact, there are half a dozen par
ties in the Palais Bourbon, not n OF
whom has an absolute majority, but
when it comes to electing a speaker
several of the more moderate Republic
an groups combine their strength on
one candidate so as to prevent the cleo
ton of a Radical or a Royalist.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
-Artssf Anuar.

1t is traditional that to keep sailors
bnsv at sea they are sometimes set to
pounding the cable and scraping the an
chor There is an old story about the work
done under such circumstances on a man
of-yar on q long voyage. It is said that
the man that painted the anchor after
they had got it scraped painted it in imi-
tation of cork and made it look SO natural
that, when thoy finally came to the dis
tant port for which they were bound and
put this anchor overheard TO anchor thu
Ship by, it 1sstod-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
The Kind OF steps.

Not long ago a number Of constables
were assembled at Scotland Yard, Lon
don, for the purpose of being examined in
matters relating to police duty, previous
to being appointed as sergeants. The fol-
lowing question was asked a candidate by
a member of the examining board: You
are on duty in the vicinity of a menagerie,
and you are informed that a lion has
broken loose and is roaming about the
streets. What steps would you takes'
Jolly long steps, siri'' replied tho con-
Sfnhla--css@ Fvn~os~rN N~~~~r.rt
Few women realize that what they eat
and drink affects not only the blood,
ual as well as material forces.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
FIERCE Lion FIGHTING.
Battle With a Hungry Horde In
California.
BIG BRUTEs DEFY RIFLE BULLETS.

How a Party Of Ranchmen Saved
Their Flock of Thoroughbred AM
goras-One Lion Was Nine Feet
From Tip to Tip.
The Conklin brothers, whose ranch is
near MELVILLE, Cal, suffered a loss of near
ly $1,000 in three days by the ravages of
mountain lions. Their fine herd of An
CORA goats was so cut into that the end
would have been only a few days off had
they not begun war on the goat eating
lions. 1t was not SO much what the lions
ate as the number OF goats they killed for
the pure fun of slaughter.
Lou Conklin recently went out to sea
how his goats were getting along and ran
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
DRAWING THE OCTOPUS
How a Yale Student Catches
Devilfsh by the Dozen.
WEIRD BATTLES UNDER THE SEA.
The Successful Devilasherman Must
Dive Straight For the Octopus and
Grab the Ugly Monster From the

Devilfishing is quite the newest and at
the same time the most curious and excit-
ing sort of sport. The ethics of the game
are, first, that you must catch the creature
alive, and, secondly, that your sole equip
ment be a bathing suit and a fiat bottom
boat. Indeed, n may do very well at
the sport and leave out the bathing suit.
This method of devilfishing is a Yankee
invention, says the New York Herald, and
was used for the first time last summer by
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

Rush chairs occasionally loruse TO staEd
upright and must then be thoroughly
soaked, either with rain or by means Of a
garden hose. The water rushes out of
which the chairs are made crave moisture
and should be soaked about once every
month.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

There is a satin finish creeping into
everything, even upon the crepe de chimes
and colored brooches. Satin foulards are to
be in great favor, and as for plain satins,
you cannot go astray in buying them.
Black satin gowns with white lace inser-
tions and incrustations will carry into
summer and winters craze for black ana
white.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
UP TO DATE

coil of rope around his waist andssticks of
dynamite, a can of gunpowder, a number
of dynamite caps, fuse, Keys, a wire cutter,
a jimmy and a file bestowed in different
pockets of his clothing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

On account of the scarcity Of raw ma
terial for the paper mills Of Holland, they
now us6 the ak of the potato plant,
which can be bought of the farmers for
four shillings per ton.