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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

based on the ground that Clinord's
execution would be violation or the
eighth amendment to the United States
Constitution. which prohibits cruel and
unusual punishment. He contended that
Clifford is insane and that it would be
cruel and unusual to hang an insane man.
Judge Grey denied the application and
the appeal was at once filed. Judge Grey
allowed the appeal and made it return
able on March 80. Argument will be heard
on the question at the October term OF
the United States Supreme Court.
When Warden Sullivan informed Clifford
this morning that the papers had been
served and were in proper form he grasped
the Warden's two hands and exclaimed
Thank God. that is the closest call I
ever hadl''
Nothing of special moment except
Peshall's visit occurred at the Jail last
night. Father Foye and Father McGinley
relieved each other in their aSuendance on
the condemned men, and not a moment
priests being present. During the night
Clifford was anxious and nervous about
the prospect of having another respite.
change and he was anxious to live. al
Though only few hours before he had re-
scented PeshaHs interference IN his behalf
His spiritual adviser advised him not TO
be too hopeful as the disappointment
would be all the greater If his hopes Prov
ed to be without foundation.
G1mgnion Esf was noa adRnigtgS BfF tSnsgbf
Brown retired shortly afterward and sleT1t
soundly until six O'Clock this morning
Clifford, however, paced the floor The
greater part of the night and when Re
slept his sleep was restless and broken.
The police arrangements to prevent the
assembling of a crowd were excellent
Inspector Archibold had detailed seven
sergeants, three roundSmen and f1fty
patrolmen. He took personal Command
of the force and was assisted by Captain
Farrier of the Third precinct. The police
lines extended along Newark and Pavenia
avenue from Willow court to Baldwin
avenue, and no one was allowed to ltnger
on the sidewalks.
Detectives Doyle and Clark were de-
tailed to guard Hangman Van Hise. The
old man is getting nervous and was afraid
that something might happen to him on
his way. home. The detectives were an
structed to see him safely on his way
home, as far as the Hackensack River.
Lawyer Jos. M.fNoonan went to Tren-
ton yesterday to see Governor Voorhees,
in the interest of Brown. He failed TO
find the Governor, but left a message Tor
him. In the afternoon Mr.. Noonan re-
ceived this despatch:-
am without power to interfere.
FOSTER NJ. VOORHEES,. y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
TEST AND ANNUAL COST.

Mr.. Ferris contended that the question
was one of dollars and cents. The op-
portunity was given to- save ,dollars. 1t
was not a theory but fact. Concerning
Mr.. Coles objection that $50,000 annually
was insufficient to maintain the work. He
said if that sum was in his hands he
would guarantee to cover the expenses.
BY purchasing the plant the city he main
tanned would save $6,5o0,0oo, which it
could not otherwise save by paying by the
million gallons.
Mr.. Blau asked how long was reason
ably required in which to make a proper
test.
'If they are properly constructed said
Mr.. Ferris, 1.-TWO months would suffice
But we will have one year and eleven
months in which to make the test"
s'Bat would it test the adequacy of the
water shed?' Mr.. Ferris was asked.
.'The water shed could furnish 111,Ooo,oOoI
covers 6215 square miles and furnishes
but 50oOO,ooo gallons. We have shed
covering 12l1s miles from which to draw
7O,O00,O00."
Counsellor Anderson and Mr.. Blau
wanted to know about the storage cap
acity and what would be the effect in case
of an unusual drouth.
Mr. Ferris said the reservoir had a
storage capacity of 1900, 900 gallons. There
need be no fear that the storage capacity
will not meet the demand. The figures
were based on the driest season ever
known. The reservoir would furnish fifty
million gallons daily for one hundred and
fiuty days if not a drop of water ran into
it during that period.
Michael B. Holmes wanted to know
whether If it was decided not to purchase
the plant next Tuesday, could it be ae-
cepted some other time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
LEBBEUS WARDS REASONS

Mr.. Cole was not entirely satisfied He
said his questions were not fully an
swered. He wanted to know what guar
antee the city had that there would not
be a great number Of sinecures in con-
nection with the maintenance of the
plant. The estimate of $4,000 he insisted
was entirely too low He thought the city
would be warranted in estimating this
cost ait $4,000 a year. This he based upon
a study of files of the cost OF mainte-
nance of the New York and Brooklyn
water plants
He said he had no sympathy with the
chairman's expression of opinion that dire
calamity would overcome the city If the
people refused to vote to make the pur-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
ANDREW REASoNER DEAD.
He Was superintendent for Many
5 Years ofa Division of ofLaokawanna

Andrew A. Reasoner, who for more than
thirty years was superintendent of the
Morris & Essex Division of the Delaware,
Iackawanna and Western Railroad, died
at three o'clock this morning at his home
in East Orange. He was about seventy
years Of age. He had been in i'll health
for several months and his death was not
unexpected.
When the management of the Delaware,
IIackawanna & Western Railroad was
changed, about a year ago, he was re-
tired on a pension. All flags on the rail-
road buildings In Hoboken were at half
mast this morning in his memory.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
ToNIGHTs EVENTS.

sFfello, Billl" at the Academy OF Music.
Terry McGovern and the Gay Morning
Glories at the Bon Ton Theatre.
Drill, Third Battalion, Fourth Regiment.
at the ArmorY.
Meeting, Republican County COMMITTEES.
Meeting Greenville Musical and Social
ClIIh BelYedere Hall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
BOUTON'S STATEMENT.

clerk George Bouton in reply read the
following prepared statement, which he
ss,sa rwould answer all three questions and
aoantr more that would naturally arise
during the course Of the discussion: =:
.4Accord3ng to the specifications nere-
tofore adopted by the Board of street ana
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

Ecfntillate scintillate. globule vivifc;
Wondering1y contemplated by men scien-
tific;
Elevated and poised in the ether capa-
cious,
Resembling coruscant gem carbona-
ceouS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

eyes, your f1ighness,v said the aide.
land shall post this proclamation In q
conspicuous placer,
NO., replied Aguinaldo, you'd better
have enough copies printed to give one
to each man, SO that all who run may
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
ARIINGTON OEmET ERR'

was the nrst Landscape Lawn Cemetery ID
the State. Lot owners have no expense for
care OF grounds, for fencing. If you need
4 cemetery lot (and every family needs onelS
Won will be interested in its beauty and neaks
ness its moderate prices and easy terms Of
payment. Office IN Jersev City. $50 Washing
ton street, over Rroyident Savings Bank Teiss
phone No. s2lz
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 1S99-Forecast for
the thirty-six hours ending P. NJ, Satur-
day, February 10, for New York City and
vicinity E -
Cold wave tonight and Saturday, with
generally fair weather. Slight northwest
winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
An Old and wen Tried Remedy.

children teething should always be used
for children white ssething. It sofJens the
gums, allays the pain. cures wind colo
Twenty-Five cents per oottisa
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

New Jerseys best hour costs &c. more per
barrel than ordinary Aourl but worth dollar
extra Wholesale only at p. f. cleary Co.'S
stores, Greene and Montgomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09
Hartnett's Thermometrioal Report

CURE YOUR COLD an one hour WITH
Hoxsie's Group Cure. NO remedy acts 81
quickly. No opium. so cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

sDif7cu1t{es give way to diligence. and
disease germs Ind blood htlulors disappear
when HOODS Saraaparllla Is faithfully
Itaken-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-09

hanged on Aprils1s, 1899. His lawyer took
the case to the U. S. Supreme Court,
which affirmed the decision of the State
Courts December 28 last. On January 20.
1900, he was sentenced again to die on
February g., and that sentence was car
ried out today.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Situate your buildings on an emin- ence, and never in a hollow.
 The man who lets his work drive him, if he can help it, is slave.
 Have the courage to thin your fruit. You will lose nothing, but will gain.
 Do you know where things needed in spring work are? It will save you time to find out now.
 A smoking manure pile means loss of ammonia. Open up the pile, or better cart it to the land.
 Don't cultivate any more land than you absolutely have to, which means better cultivation and less land.
 Make study of what will be best for the road before you try to improve it. Sometimes one of the worst things is to build road up in the center.
 In tests with Irish potatoes, deep planting with level culture yielded 254 bushels per acre, and shallow planting with hill culture gave yield of 224 bushels.
 So long as sawdust remains on top of the ground it is all right as mulch for strawberries, but if it gets into the ground it may sour and be injurious Western Plowman.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A London bankrupt has been or tiered to pay debt to green grocer at the rate of five shillings week. It will take him 37 years to do it.
 ; A municipal regulation in Madge- burg, Germany, makes the distribution of a circular impossible, unless it meets with the appreciation of the Po- lice.
 It was early in 1s40 that the first daugerreotype was taken in this coun- try, and the man who faced the camera on that occasion is still alive. Dr. Charles E. West, of Brooklyn, now over 90, was the subject, and he retains the faded plate.
 The American officials who have been engaged in making a census of Cuba report having found in the mountains of the interior tribes of In- dians whose existence was previously unknown, and they ran across intelli- gent white persons who were unaware that the United States government had taken control of the island.
 Three safe crackers who belong to a burglar organization known as the ''Yegg Fraternity" have just been cap tured by the police in Newark, N. J. Their burglars tools for safe opera tions are simply bar of yellow soap and bottle of nitroglycerin. They make a gutter around the cracks of the safe door, fill it with nitro glycer:ne, and set it off with fuse and Illuminating cap.
 The soldiers at the Fitch home for soldiers and sailors at Norton, Conn.,, have presented Gov. George E. Louns- bury a unique cane. It is of natural haywood. and the carvings on it were done with jack knife and file. They consist of excellent like nesses of Gov. Lounsbury and Admiral Dewey. the battleship Maine, the state arms, the state capitol and representa- tions of marines. cavalrymen and in- fantrymen, flags and cannon.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27

Pullman, H., Is Made Commonplace by Decree of the Supreme
 Court.

Pullman, H., used to be model town to look at. It is no longer good to look at; people who live there say that it's a better town to live in, hut there's less fame in that.
 No more will travelling Englishmeu exclaim at it's wonders, or French monographists write learnedly of it without seeing it.
 The change of Pullman into an OrCi- nary humdrum suburb is due partly to the extension of Chicago's city limits, but mainly to a decision of the Illinois supreme court that the Pullman com pany was formed for building cars and not for landscape gardening, municipal government and the sale of eaOOages and baking powder at retail.
 The company has five years in which to sell such of it's effects as do not con cern the making of cars Two of the three parks are destroyed and the tracks of the Illinois Central railroad run across the famous athletic field, once one of the finest in the country.
 The stone wall and gate that once fenced in the town are removed AuitS streets are part of the Chicago system now. The Pullman Gas company has been sold to the Chicago gas trust, the city has taken oyer the water pipes and the steam-heating may go out of bUsi- ness.
 The residents are getting gas, water and groceries cheaper-fOr Chicago marketmen can now sell at their doors but they are little nervous about the prospects about getting along without steam heat.
 A new company will probably be formed to take the residences and un- used land under a charter that will per init these functions But the old Pull man company, is going to build ears and nothing else. The model village is a model no more.
 As superintendent says:
 ''The company has no more consider ation for its employees than the en- ployes have for the company It was their complaint that brought about the outrageous attack upon Mir Pullman and ended in the decree of the supreme court.
 ''They got what they demanded from the state, and why should they expect the company to continue the violation of it's charter by maintaining parks for them? The company needs the land and will put it to use.7
 So Pullman as a model town dies with it's founder.-N. I. World.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
NAVY WITHOUT ENGINEERS.
Peculiar Condition Which Appears to Threaten the Gov
 ment.

If the opinion of John Edward Jenks
 be correct, the United States is threat
 ened with the peculiar condition of
 being without naval engineers, and this at a time when modern navies rep resent the highest mechanical develop ment, when ships of war are floating
 hulls of machinery, and when those who operate them must know more
 about engineering than about naviga- tion. The situation is not deliberate blight, although it might well have been wreck of personnel and system accomplished by the enemies to the sue cess of the naval establishment. It is a foreboding illustration of the calam- itCus compromise which follows tire less controversy. It is the result of the protracted and pitiless warfare of line and staff in our navy, and it constitutes rot only fatality of naval engineering, but distinct menace to the service.
 The controversy was hot and bitter one, and it interfered with contem- plated legislation intended to correct the evils and inconsistencies of naval personnel. This obstruction to the en- actment of corrective laws finally ter minated while MT. Roosevelt was as- sistant secretary of the navy in the or ganization of board with that official as its head, to formulate plan for the increase of the navy and the relief of it's personnel. The branches affected mainly were the line and the engineer corps, and the approved measure, as in- corporated on the statute books, pro- vided for the amalgamation of the line and engineer corps. Officers below certain grade were to be transferred to the line. Other officers were to elect to remain as engineer officers or to be- come line officers, and still other en- gineer officers, those of the highest i grade, were to continue on engineering duty, but all of them were to have line titles. The course at the naval academy has been changed in accordance with the so-called personnel law so as to af- ford the cadets knowledge of steam engineering, while the special course in that study has been abandoned. With the amalgamation of the line and the former engineer corps, there will oe eventually and at an early day no engineer officers on board ship who are trained in the rapidly developing and constantly broadening speciality of naval enginering.-N. Y. Independent.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
EARLY CULTIVATION.
It Means Much Hard Work, But It Is Work That Pays for Itself More
 Than Twice Over.

With all cultivated crops it is the tant. The weeds are easiest killed when they first make their appearance above ground, and if the weeds can be kept down and the soil in good tilth until the plants get we'll started to growing it is much easier to maintain good growth. One decided advantage in hav- ing the soil we'll prepared when the seed is planted is that it will be possible to begin the cultivation earlier.
 In most cases when the cultivation is commenced in good season in the gar den sharp steel rake or prong hoe, and, in the field, good smoothing harrow will be foundthe best and most econom- ical implements. Properly used, they will destroy the weeds that may have started up and at the same time will fine the soil and keep it in a good tilth With all crops the cost.of cultivating is quite an item, and when the condi- tion of the soil will admit using them in no way can the weeds be killed out so effectually and the soil be so thor oughly fined as when these implements are used.
 Then the cultivator can be used, talk ing pains to work as close to the plants as possible. There is no advantage in working the soil deep. Thoroughly stir the surface, and better growth can be secured than by stirring deep, while shallow cultivation is easier on man and team.
 Under ordinary conditions one good Narrowing and three good cultivations should be given within the first six weeks of plant growth. Once the plants get we'll started to growing, it is com paratively easy to keep them growing. St. Louis Republic,
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
Not what she Expected.

A young lady of the city who is somewhat noted for her coquetry was talking a few days ago to one of her numerous beaus.
 "Oh,' she said, in most pitiful tone of voice, nobody loves me-"
 As she paused for reply the young man said with that tenderness which always appeals to the feminine heart:
 q am quite sure that somebody does love you"
 Her face frightened very percept- ibly as she said with great deal of interest:
 q wonder who on earth it can be? Do you know?"
 ooh, yes" he replied. God and your mother."-Memphis Scimitar
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
LIFE's PATHWAY.

A maiden meath the linden stood
 One fragrant summer day; The breezeg rippled through the wood
 Like sportive elves at play. They touched her cheek, her braided hail
 They kissed her lips and brow. The maiden smiled. Life is so fair,
 Could love but bless 1t now!' A woman to the linden came,
 With children at her knee;- They plucked the lily's ruddy flame.
 And laughed in careless glee; For her the robins clearest lay,
 The sweets of bush and pine. life is so bright" she said, to-day,
 If only wealth were mine" Beneath the bending linden tree
 An aged woman passed, When shadows deepened OCT the lea.
 Uncertain, vague and vast. "Oh love may fail," she said, 'and gold
 Grow dark as humid sod; Life's path Is fair, when all Is told,
 Because 1t leads to God" -Lalia Mitchell. in Good Housekeeping.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27

venient shelter, such as piece of board, log, etc, and here transforms into the fly or adult stage. There is difference of opinion as to how the grub gets un- der the skin. Some entomologists claim that the egg is taken into the stomach by the animals licking themselves, hatch there, adhering to the walls, then the grubs gradually work their way toward the surface, where they remain until fully grown. Others hold that the eggs hatch where they are laid and the young larvae bury themselves at once
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
DIFFERENT STAGES OF PUPA AND
 ADULT FLY.

under the skin. Whatever method is employed the results are the same.
 The best way to get rid of the pest is to kill the maggot. This may be done by squeezing them out. Place the thumbs near the base of the swelling and press firmly untilI the grub is forced out. To prevent the attacks of the fly in summer, mixture of four ounces flowers of sulphur, one gill of spirits of tar with quart of train oil rubbed along the spine, loins and ribs is useful. Train oil can be used alone. As the fly does not move about from place to place freely, its eradica- ton on individual farms depends al- most completely upon the owner.- Orange Judd Farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
4 Born Diplomat.

He-Miss Smyth-Clara, I love you. Will you be my wife?
 She-Really, Mir. Brown, this is so sudden. I must lave time to-
 "As you please. This solitaire dia- mond ring will keep ntil-"
 "As I was saying when you inter- rupted me, I must have time to at least try on the ring before giving you the answer you wish. Chicago Evening News,
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
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THE OK MARBLE FLY.
Best and Most Efficient Way to Get Rid of the Pest Is to Destroy
 the MagGot.

The warble or swelling on the back of cattle is caused by the larva of a fly which attaches its eggs to the hair on the legs, Hanks and neck of the animal. These hatch and the larvae establish themselves under the skin, usually on either side of the backbone. Here they feed upon the animal juices until ready to pupate, causing the swelling or war ble. When growth is completed the grub leaves the warble, drops to the ground, crawls under the most con-
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
Moi a Winninr PIatform

The Father of His Country couldn't tell a lie, they say, He stuck unto the truth regarding things immense and small; Ut if he came relying on that platform here. today He'd be one of those who "also ran." and that, no doubt is all. Chicago Daily News.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27

A pint bottle of ''the strongest v1o- let extract" was recently advertised for sale by the customs authorities at Baltimore. It was seized for under valuation. The importers entered it as worth $15O. Investigation dis closed that it was valued at $645 in England. With duties which are high on 'necessaries" of this kind added, the upset price at the advertised sale will be $1,2OO. The product is called "ionone."
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
Washingtonian Chestnuts
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StayinrItO Of.

Teacher-Yes, Willy, to-day is Washing tons birthday and we will have special ex- eIcises.
 Wiily-Then here's request from the committee!
 Teacher-What does it say?
 Wii.y-It says: Dear Teacher: Fur Heavens sake don't tell us the story Of ;'eorge Washington and the cherry tree!"- 'uck
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
One Wax nntnfIt

Sunday School Teacher (wishing to show how easily George Washington might have falsifed)-Now, children, little George didn't know but that he'd be severely whipped for confessing that he chopped down the cherry tree. What might he have done in order to keep peace with his father?
 Patsy-Buried the hatchet, mum.-Judge.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
s,mD1e and Satisfactory.

Employer-Miss Jimms, have you any rules for punctuation in your type writer work?
 Miss Jimms-Yes, sir, of course; every time I stop to get my breath I put in a comma; and, always, at the bottom of the page, I make period IndianapoIis Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
In nnRfOn.

Teaeher-Nov, Ibsen, what can you tell me about Washington and the cherry tree?
 Ibsen Browning-I believe, madam, that there is fictitious report to the effect that the father of his country was instrumental in felling a delicious plant, but there is no evidence to support the bypoThesis.-Judge.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
Hia One Great FRuIt.

He was trudging along to school the morn ing after his holiday.
 "Oh, s'pose Washington's ali right" he said, disgustedly, 'but he wasn't born often enough. ."-Chicago Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
A MlsappIied Quotation.

Jack-Thinking of getting married, eh? You remember George Washington's ad- vice?
 Tom-No. What was 1t!
 Jack-"Beware of entangling alliances. = P11nL
The St. Johns herald., 1900-10-27
Hia Stnte of Mind.

"Your bookkeeper is subject to fits of ill-humor, isn't he?"
 "No; he has widely isolated attacks of amiability."-Chicago Record.