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The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
TRAPPISTS IN JAPAN.
A Sect Greatly Appreciated by the
People Of that Country.

There are two colonies of Trappists in
Japan, in the northern island of Yezo.
not far from Hakodate. One is colony
of monks the other of nuns; and they are
about seventeen miles apart. They have
been there for some time, and have lived
SO quietly as until recently to he practi-
cally unknown to the world. It was at
first eonjectured by the japanese that
they were Russian convicts escaped from
Saghalien.
The male recluses number seven French
men, four Dutchmen, one Italian and one
Canadian. They have four horses and six
oxen, which they use for agricultural pur-
poses only. as they are vegetarians. They
make butter and cheese and cultivate a
large area OF land. The japanese authori-
ties are said to appreciate highly "the
excellent models they furnish and the
good agricultural methods they teach to
the people of the country They divide
their time between prayer and farm work.
silence is imposed on them during several
hours daily. They rise at A. M. and
employ themselves in regular tasks. ac-
cording to the direction of their leader,
whom they obey implicitly.
The sisters number only eight. but two
Japanese candidates have recently pre-
sented themselves. They are said to
spend their tue n gaTIaenlngi I, my tne cu5lvas a
in reading and meditation. These Trap
pist fathers and sisters belong TO the fam
Gus order Of cisterelans, founded d. IN the
tercians. it Is said. choose by preference
the most insalubrious and least infre-
uuented lands and by their efforts fertii-
they ar are located in one of the best por-
ti0us.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
/ WILL THE ZULU0
/ FIGHT THE BRITISH? !? !
Possible Complication In Boodess and Most Sue
'ss South African 3 ss.,.s' : s'.s4 /


pnoulu the 1u.1s sae oppoTtun1Ss
offered by the Transyaal war to strike
for freedom, says the New York Herald,
England would have her hands full.
Should the bold Basutos join arms with
their fierce cousins South Africa would
become hot soil for the British foot for
many long months to come.
Both Of these uprisings are threatened: !:
both are greatly feared The Zulu situ-
alton in particular is watched with anx
ious eye England for awhile was over
matched in the last Zulu war, and yicto-
ry was bought in the end with rivers Of
English blood. Scarcely any greater mis-
fortune could come just now than an up
rising such as this.
The Zulu Ii undoubtedly the best ma
ti-A Eeh ne South Af1iaz- A-a sia- r-t4s=-
fca1Iy Q splendid savage, fierce, powerful
and enduring. Add to this the memory Of
a magnificent past, the traditions and
courage of a race unwhipped except by
white men and by them only at fearful
odds, and you have worthy foeman-
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Polite.

A little girl, before going out to tea
party, was coached in conduct by fond
mamma. 'sYou may take cake twice II it is
offered you, but II you are asked third
time you must say with all possible POI
iiteness, No, thank you.
On her return home she gave assurance
that she had remembered and followed
the maternal instructions. But she
added, 'fhe servant brought the cake to
me a fourth tiIne.n
"And what did you say then?" inquired
mamma.
"Oh," was the rcjoinder. then /
thought Of what papa does sometimes,
and said, Take It away and don't
bother =
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
QUEER CHURCH, THIS.
Bones Fastened to the Walls in Odd
and Fantastic DESIGNS.

One of the queerest places of worship
in the world Is the Church Of st. Ursula,
in Cologne 1t is erected in memory of a
Christian maiden, Ursula, who, with H.
900 companions, is said to have been tor
tured to death by the Huns, 451 A. D.
1t hardly seems probable that either Il, 200
maidens, or one-hundredth part of that
number, could have been found in Cologne
in the fifth century If you venture to
hint this to the guide who is showing you
the grewsome mysteries of the church,
however he will look at you contemptu-
ously, and. waving his hand scornfully
around the interior of the edffice, will
ask where all these bones came from
then.
And you feel inclined to ask the ques-
tion yourself The church is large, and
the walls of immense height. Yet every
square inch of surface is ornamented with
bones, fastened to the walls, so as to form
odd and fantastic designs. There are NUM-
erous shelves along the walls and from
these scores and scores of skeletons grin
down at you.
Occasionally you notice round opening
and, looking into it, you find that the hol-
low walls are filled with bones. II these
bones all belong to the martyred compan-
ions of st. Ursula, they must have num-
bered nearer II. 100000 than 11,ooot In the
Golden Room" so called because it is
richly adorned with gilt is the shrine OF
St Ursula Skulls adorn the shrine. skulls
n.lafd with pearls, rubies and emeralds
The effect is indescribalble. It very nearly
verges on the ludricous. Father Stein,
who shows the visitors around the church,
calls each of the skulls glibiy by name,
and even gives anecdotes concerning some
Of the persons. While much OF false ira
dition is interviewer with the stories WHICH
is the only church of the kind in the
world-a church of bones and skulls.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

tunate in having had his juvenile taste
catered to by an indulgent father. He is
In the habit of wearing a little uniform
just like those worn by the Boer officers.
He has little sword and diminutive
gun, and before the actual outbreak OF
hostilities he used to a1nuse the soldiers
in his fathers command by telling what
he would do to the Ruineks il he got the
chance.
Fritz, as may be imagined, is general
favorite in johannesburg, where he is
known as 'sThe Little Lieutenant" His
fame has even gone as far as Cape Town
and London
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

ucated at Phillips Andover academy and
was afterward instructor in mathematics
and military tactics at Cornwall, N. Y.
During residence at Omaha he was cap
tain of the Omaha Light guards, which
organization recently served with distinc
tion in the Philippines.
In 1898 Captain Howard lived on Gov
ernors island as pension office employee
under Colonel Frank G. Loveland and
while there commanded four companies
of the Boys brigade connected with the
Newark Congregational church. At pres
ent his business connections are in Phila-
delphia, and he makes Mount Holly, n.
j.. his home.
He feels that it would be extreme pre-
sumption for him, practically civilian,
to offer to fill the place Of his brother,
who had seen more than % years service
in the regular army and had spent years
of study, but he is eager to do what be
can to avenge his brothers death.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
BY
Charles Warner


In sending number OF army officers to
South Africa TOR tfe purpose OF watching
the war from WITHIN the British Lines our
war department betrays no sympathy
with the British any more than does our
state department whea 1t instructs our
consular agent IN Pretoria to act as me-
dium OF communieation between the Bo-
ers ana tne hfitlshs " merely follow
well estaDiisned custom
Ine war department. SENDS It's repre-
sentatlyes g the Ifonl because q wishes
60 nave on the scene o. action trained OBJ
servers, VINO should gather much yalua-
pie information concerning the develop
ment OF modern war machines and de-
wees.
Inc reason our omeers are detailed TO
go wlth me BRITISH Iorees ana not with
the boefs Is that Y IS conceded that the
fatter mas tne pest ana most modern.
equipment q secondary consideration Is
tnat tne propapilty q tne eventual sue
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

enoe with the movements of the Dutch
and the English, who soon after swarmed
over the land.
But while taught to respect the white
man the Zulu nursed his traditions, bis
pride and his fer6city. 1t was q disgrace
in his eyes to labor except Ia the prusecu-
ton OF war Under Cetewayo. the great
chief whose power England broke Ia z
war in which she met several terrible re-
verses and lost hosts Of splendid men< the.
Zulu was at heart the Zulu Of the great
Tshaka's days.
And this is the people who now threat
en- to avail Of England,s troubles to re-
gain their freedom. They are the same in
spirit and are rich in resentment. For
years they have nursed their wrongs
What they Fave lost in savage ferceness
by a generation OF peaceful subjecfion is
more than matched, say recent writers,
BY their gains In knowledge. They stu
retain their terrible stabbing nssagai.
but they have added the rife and are
splendid marksnen. They dream Of re-
storing the splendors Of their past and,
II they rise, can be counted Q terrible
foe.
ZnluIand today has 3 population of
about 1901 coo natives and less than 1,500
whites. The only occupation Of the ma
tiyes is the raising Of cattle. There are
$500 square miles in the district, and
the government is British protectorate.
The Basutcs, while by no means the
peers Ia war Of the zulus, occupy
strong position. Basutoland is bounded
by Cape Colony. the Orange Freq State
and Natal They have discouraged tho
white man, and there are only 600 Euro
peans In their entire territory. 4
The country is splendid grain pros
ducer, and the Basutos are thrifty and
rich. There are wild mountain districts
to serve in time Of need.
They were once warlike power Of
some consequence, and In 1879 they
stood off England in war over disarma-
ment to a compromise By which the Cape
government has since paid them 500, COO
u year toward the cost Of government \
They are in large measure self governs
ing. Of course under British dictation,
and enjoy considerable measure Of civ
ilization. About 1900 out Of popula-
tion of 100000 have been converted to-
Christianity
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
VAST .,..ao. ISM.



There had been some talk in Phenix
of firing a salute IN sympathy with the
demonstration in honor of Admiral Dew
ey, says The Republican of that city, but
the matter was allowed to drop, as so
many things do In Phenix. City Con-
tractor Arthur, seeing that nobody was
about to pick it up, did SO himself. He
bought II sticks of dynamite, for it had
been agreed upon all over the country
that nothing less than II shocks would
express h proper appreciatson Of Admiral
Dewey's worth, and he went into the
lower part. of the town to touch them
off. Mr.. Arthur did not tell anybody
what he was going teAdo, for he had a
right to suppose that an explosion Of II
half pounds of dynamite, one after an
other, would advertise itself, invite in
quiry and draw crowd. When the
first stick went off, Mr.. Arthur saw a
woman stick her head cut of q doorway
and look around as If She thought she
had heard something, but was not quite
sure of it.. She withdrew her head and
did not appear again during the FIR
ing of the; national salute. A boy
playing with a dog in vacant
lot half block away stopped
after one discharge and listened intently
for a moment and went on playing with
the dog An Indian passed just as Mr..
Arthur was lighting. the fuse of another
cartridge, and when the explosion oc-
Cured applauded IT with a smile and
said. big frecracker." In this way
Mr.. Arthur succeeded In half attracting
the attention Of dozen or more persons,
but nobody but the Indian knew precise
" what was going on. The explosions
and the smell OF the burning dynamite
brought on q severe headache.
The next morning he arose, his head
still aching, and opened the papers. Gu
rious to know how the public had taken
the Dewey celebration in Phenix. There
was not only not word abol Hthe salute,
but it was expressly stated and lamentcd
that no salute had been fired. Mr.. Ar
thur was inclined to believe that the
morning press had coHspired to suppress
the factsln and boycott a patriot. He came
down town and asked people if they had
heard a salute. Nobody had heard It,
Then he went to the scene OF the DEM
onstration and inquired in that neighbor-
hood Several persons said they had seen
him in that vicinity, but had paid no at
tention to him, thinking he was engaged
In his official business about the bitches.
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Arthur found
couple OF men at Five Points who said
they were pretty sure they had heard the
explosion. One had remarked something
about It at the time, and the other had
said that he expected it was Dewey sa,
lutte.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

and his sharp, black eyes refuse to meet
one in steady gaze. He is Sioux
through and through, suspicious of all
things and persons with whom he comes
in contact
His garb is stained buckskin suit,
well supplied with leather fringes and
which in places yet shows gayly colored
edges. His hair. coarse and black, hangs
in loosened wealth upon his shoulders,
adding picturesqueness and romance to
the personality of him who is head of
tribe fast becoming extinct
He is well educated and speaks the
English language with perfection that
is surprising. Yet education has done but
little for him, save to tame the wilder in
stincts which predominant in the race.
Show is his god, and rather would he be.
the subject OF an admiring crowd than
ruler of his people.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

1t was the habit of John B. Cough for
40 years to carry two overcoats on his
lecture tours. After his lectures he put
both of them on, the first, a light
one, which he buttoned up tight, and
then the second, very heavy one, n
sort Of combination Of heavy ulster and
the regulation oyercoat.
His two hour lecture was an unbroken
succession of .contortions and antics that
left him dripping in perspiration- 1t re-
quired all this covering to protect his
body from the air before he changed his
wet clothing for dry.
On his rv1urn to his hotel, Mrs. Cough
was always in waiting with fresh cloth
ing. A valet at once set to work rubbing
him down, exactly as is the custom OF
grooming race horse at the end of the
heat. After this process he appeared
apparently as fresh as ever. He would
eat bowl of bread and milk and always
wanted an old fashioned bowl
Mrs. Cough was his constant compan-
ion, but did not attend the lectures.
During the last IL years Of their travel
together she did not hear him once
Major ]. B. Pond in Saturday Evening
Post.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

COLONEL SAMUEL 8. SUMNER.
a Pennsylvania and is 81 years old. He
served during the civil war and was sew
eral times promoted. In 1896 he was
made colonel and given command of the
Sixth United States cavalry.
He viii be accompanied to South Afri-
ca by Major Storey, who has been sta
toned at Governors island; Captain Glib
son, an ordnance officer from Indianapo-
lis, and Captain Slocum, who was United
States military attache at Lisbon.
These officers viii travel with the Brit
ish generals and will be rated as noncom-
batant members of their stats. Any
deliberate attempts against their lives or
safety will be considered as unfriendly
acts.
They will wear their regulation United
States uniforms and will be loaned Brit
ish warehouses;. They will move in the
field with the British commanders and
their stats, viii eat with them, share
quarters with them and expect from them
every courtesy and protection which
guest expects Of his host.
Uncle Sam viii see to it that all Of his
representatives in Africa. consular and
military, respect to the letter all laws of
war relating to neutrality. Our consular
representatives will act under instruc-
tions to cultivate the utmost friendliness
with President Kruger, while our mill
tary attaches must dosthe same with re-
spect to the British officers. Necessarily
they must not offer military assistance
to either side. 1t will be a serious breach
of neutrality for them to accept even tenn
porary command of troops.
Our consular representatives have
thousand American subjects to care for
in the two Boer republics. The Beers
will consider all British colonies legiti-
mate objects of attack, just as we consid-
cred Spain's colonies.
American subjects in Natal-England'
colony, surrounded on all sides except its
seaboard by Boer territory will be pro-
tected by our consular agent at Durham.
while those in Cape Colony adjacent to
Boer territory on the south will be guard
cd by consul general and vice consul
general at Cape Town and consular
agents at Port Elizabeth and East Lon
DON Especially IN Cape Colony sharp
lookout will have to be maintained.
Our representatives will have their
hands full II the savage tribes Of south
and central Africa take part In the war,
as prophesied. In the midst Of the very
lowest degree OF savage warfare many
American lives and great wealth in Amer
ican property will be threatened.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

rNo man who knows the noers as DO
wants to see 'enn win in this war ! have
lived among 'em. an | knows em. They
treats black men as slaves an white
men as serfs an allows nobody any rights
except themselves. | have fought ,em
too, an believe am the only man in
America who went through that fight at
Majuba III"
The speaker was John Wilson, Mid
dlesex county fOnt.) farmer. He is a
native of England, and be joined the
army in South Africa, accompanied BY
two boon companions, Joe Davies and
Bill Smith, To representative Of the
Detroit News-Tribune Wilson described
the battle OF Maiuba Hill as follows:
Everything bein quiet in the direction
of the enemy. we was about to turn In
" zen the order come for the company to
'old itself in readiness for night march,
witch we found to be up the side of Ma
juba III. 1t was long, ard climb, an
we wasn't able to take field guns with us.
We could have taken Gatlin's, but We
didn't. Wen day broke, there we was,
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

The most ignobie of all OCCUPATIONS in
Washington is that of the man who
stands at the side of chief of bureau
and blots his signature. That is all he
has to do--just blot his signature Every
bureau chief has a human blotter. a
bureau chief sits all day and signs his
name and signs his name and signs his
name and barks at people who arrest him
temporarily in the occupation. and at his
side stands man who blots his sigma
ture and biots his signature and blots his
signature The monotony OF the thing
would drive an ordinary man frantic. If
they would only employ boys to do the
blotting! 1t Is such a CALLING thing to
see man who could toss a barrel Of
-four on his shoulder patiently doing the
blotting Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11

+, the Gordons an the bluejackets 'ad made
several charges, but the Beers was too
many for 'em an drove 'em down the i'll
| till they gets under shelter of the British
guns.
I'VE worked around Cape Town for
awhile till one day one of the Cape
Mounted rifles tells US that there was d
big demand for carpenters at the mines
up country, so we packs all we has into
a wagon an starts off. 1t was 'ot durin
the day on the veldt, but cool at night.
One night we camped near Kimberley,
an as we was cookin our supper dra-
goon chap rides up.
'Ulloa, matey, says we. Come an
have a bite.
s'E pulls up an looks at us suspicious
| like. You've seen saryice yourselves,
says e.
".W'ich we ave- says /. We was at
Majuba.'
"'An bloomin nice job you made of
it, says e as e dismounted. After sup
per we tells i'm the story of the fight, an
'e tells us what e was doin. 'E was de-
sertin, e says, an was goin to sell Is
'orse an is rifle to some Boer farmer, an
next day e would give hisself up an lead
a picket to the 'ouse of the farmer what
'ad bought 'em. The farmer would have
to give 'em up, an there would be LASH
in's of drink for them dragons out Of the
farmers money. That's 'ow we're gettin
even for Majuba,' says e.
'We worked around Kimberley for
three years an then moved to Johannes
burg, gettin sometimes as much as a
pound day each, witch is not bad pay
ff,..a Aor
an me was havin wet wen we ears d
Boer BLOWN about the number of red
coats e 'ad shot at Majuba, an wen l
turns round | sees my old acquaintance
with the scar over is right eye. / was
fair bilin.
"1t's true, gentlemen says l, but
they was lyin wounded wen e shot en-
"'E gave me the lie, an with that !
smashed is face with the pewter pot |
'ad in my and 'E was laid out an the
blood runnin all over the floor. | says to
the others:
That sneakin cowardly 'ound did
shoot wounded men, an e smashed my
ribs vile | was a-lyin 'elpless. Now
we're even
Serve i'm right says they, but
you'd better clear out before the police
comes.
Il got out, an we went back to our
diggin's, but about midnight the foreman
wakes me up an tells me there's a war
rant out for me an I'd better get back o
Rhodesia ] wanted to wait an face it
out but e tells me / would have no
chance against d Boer I'm might get sew
en- years, so | packs MY belongin's in a
wagon, gets q native boy for guide an
tricks back to Cape Town"
The Jersey City news., 1899-11-11
.flFTY YEARS ApRIFT.


t<C ~ 80 - - -
Iceberg.
One OF the most curious finds eyer
made from the sen was that which came
to the Azores in 1868. The island Of
Corvo was then in possession OF two
beach combers, runaway. English sailors.
There came drifting into q little harbor
one morning craft which had evidently
been frozen in the ice for lifetime and
had lately been released. 1t had come
down from Davis strait and was an an
Gent and battered hulk without masts,
bulwarks or name. The craft had been
a brig, and she was d Russian. Her
hatches were on md her cabin doors fast,
and the hulk was buoyant. She had come
out of the belly of an iceberg She had
little cargo, and that consisted Of skins
and furs in prime condition. No papers
were found in her cabin, but it was fig
ured that she was sealer or trader, car
rying a. crew OF 10 or 12, and that she
had been provisioned for a year, The
-four found aboard tnsted like chalk, but
the beef was perhaps better than the day
it was put on board. She had been aban-
doned when frozen in, and the dark color