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The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Reslovea. That fhe Corporation Coun-
sci be ard is hereby requl sted to advise
this Board as to its legal right to cause
the removal of coal shnte now existing
and overhanging on West Newark ave-
nue. adjoining the Pennsylvania Rail-
road
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

On motion the Board adjourned.
GEO. I. BOUTON.
Cierk
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

From Department of Health
Directing attention to the eontamina-
tion of water supply.
Received and referred to the Com
mittee on New Water Works.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

The foregoning were each separately
adopted by the following vote on call
for the ayes and Nays
Ayes--Commissione Berry, Knox,
Nolan Rooney and President Hauck.
Nays--None.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

as IOHOWS, to-Wlt:-
Ordering paid the following claims
S25 to Charles Walker. claim No. $50.
81 toJ. G. Supply Co., claim No. 1851.
Charge Lafayette Park Improvement.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That $4710 be paid to j. VIII
. liam Griffin for cash expended, October
and November, 1906. claim No. 321.
Charge Water Account, New Water
: Works.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That $S1 be paid to Chas.
j. O'Sullivan, for services as inspector
relief sewer, Division street, 2T days,
October 1906, at So, claim No. 4O4
Charge Special appropriation, this Im-
proVement
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

From Robert Carey, Cooperation At
to ney:-
Submitting copies of correspondence
relative to execution of contract for con-
struction of Congress Street Stairs.
Received ana ordered filed.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That $50. .25 be paid to J.
William Griffin, for cash expended. suit
Jersey City vs.. Water Co., November,
1906 claim No. 326.
Charge Water Account, New Water
Works.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

The Committee on New Water Works
presented the following:-
Resolved. That $416.66 be paid to E.
kuchling for services as consulting en-
gineer, October, 1906. claim No. 29S.
Charge Water Account, New Water
Works.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That an extension of time
of IS days be and is hereby granted to
the contractor for the completion Of Ok
ford avenue. from West SIDE avenue to
Mallory avenue, (uvalde Asphalt Paving
Co.l said CONTRACTOR having petitioned
for such exttnsion1and the Chief Engi-
neer having approved Of same.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That an extension of 40
DAYS be and is hereby granted to the con-
tractor for the improvemt mt of Sixteenth
street, from Grove street to Jersey ave-
nue. Philip Tumulty) said contractor
having petitipned for such extension and
the Chief Engineer having approved of
same
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by
said Board October "a. 1906, and ap-
proved by the Mayor October .26, 1906.
Resolved That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners October s, 1906,
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

R solved That ssh be paid to Ber-
nard Garvey, for services as inspector,
seeons trnf ting sewer. Jackson avenue,
days, October, 1906, at So, claim No.
8o0.
Charge Special Appropriation. this Inn
proyement.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

INW IJF- o. II. DIckluNOIb3 cnalfnlan
Of AZ, submitting report Of result of in
re tigation of the watersh 4.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved That 1885, be paid to United
ELECTRIC Co. y. j., for electric current,
beileyllle Turnpike, August "a to Ooto-
Charge Water Account, p. & r.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That S186.76 be paid to n.
NJ. Vile, on account of contract No. 1874,
for furnishing and delivering hay, straw,
feed etc.
Charge Water Account, A. & e.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

1t was adopted by the following vote
on call 1or tie syes and nays:
Ayes-4fsc.aln issiuasefs Berry, Nolan,
Rooney and President Hauckx
NayS-None
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on call
for the ayes and Nays
Ayes-Commission Berry, Knox,
Nolan, Rooney and President Hauck.
Nays-None.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That S2,32935 be paid to
Henry Byrne, on account of contract No.
1881, for sweeping and removing ashes
and garbage from the streets of Jersey
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved That the plan, profile and
sectisa presented q BY the Chief Engineer
ON this date, for the opening and im-
pr6Yanlen 1ofs PariIell Place etc, be and
ar ehereby adopted and ordered fled.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-11

Resolved, That $105 be paid TO John
Winters. for services as inspector, re-
spaviIgg Van Worst street. s days; Aug
ust. Z days; September. 20 days; Octo-
Der. 80 days 1906, at SO, claim No. 596.
Charge Special Street Account, this
IMPROVEMENT
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
Historical Records.

The announcement that chair which
formed part of the furniture Of Napo'
Icons house at ST. Helena Is to be sold
by auction suggests to the Gaulols
some notes on the prices that have
been paid for historical relics in Eng
land. The pens with which the treaty
of Amiens was signed in 1901 were
sold for 1900. A tooth alleged to have
been drawn from Napoleons head at
ST. Helena fetched $38. For Kants
wig only $40 could be obtained, but
Sterne's wig was valued at $1,000. Two
hundred dollars is said to have been
given for Describes skull, whereas
S3,4OO was given for one of Sir Isaac
Newtons teeth, and $4,000 was Of
fered for one of the teeth Of Heloise at
the time when her body was exhumed
and removed to the Petits Augustins.
The waistcoat worn by Rousseau has
been priced at $3.50; his watch at 500.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
Drink Bill of Manhattan.

The borough Of Manhattan annually
consumes about 100000 barrels OF
whisky, which cost the consumers $2,'
100000. To this item must be added
10000 barrels of other spirits, sold for
S50O,OOO; 100000 cases Of champagne,
for which S5,5OO,OO0 is paid, 100000
gallons Of other wines and brandies,
costing S27,OOO,0OO, and last, but not
least important, 5,OOO0O( barrels OF
beer, selling for $1OOO00,000.
This makes a total of $135,5OO,OOO,
a sum sufficient to create and main
tain forever a greag university like
Yale or Harvard.
1t is a fact rathet interesting to con-
slider that if all Of this beer and liquor
were put into a tank and were allowed
to run through On ordinary water tap
at the rate of a. gallon a minute the
receptacle would require ninety years
and thirty-six days to empty ITSELF
Pearson's Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06

PRINCIPAL Hoffman of the Hiawatha
academy is a good story teller, and ne
does not hesitate to tell one on him.
self He confesses to being little aD-
sentminded at times, especially in re-
gard to his personal appearance lie
was called to preach a sermon in a
German church once. His wife sat dl-
rectly in front of him, and he noticed
a frown on her face when he began
He felt for his tie. That was all right
He looked at his shoes. Nothing wrong
with them. Careful examination show
ed his clothes were all right Still the
frovn was there. He did not give up
but kept up some hard thinking in con
nection with his discourse. Finally ne
found the reason for the frown-hf
was preaching in English. - Kansas
City Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
NUMBER 20
THE PITCHER PLANT.
It's "Bite" Not So Vicious as IL Has
Been Pictured.

A sensational and resourcefUl re-
porter is to blame for a most amusing
and somewhat annoying state Of things
in the biological department OF the
University Of Pennsylvania. 1t Is noun
ING out of the common for Professor
]. NJ. Macfarlane to receive a letter
from a remote part Of this country Oh
from some foreign land anxiously ask
ing about the dangerous plants sup
posed to be harbOred in the green
houses which are maintained in con-
nection with Biological hall. One In
genuOus masculine adult wrote asking
if it were safe to bring little children
to the botanic garden, because If there
were really plants that attacked full
grown rats a small child would Ger
tainly not be safe within their reach.
This probably because fakir reporter
from a New York paper wrote story
about the pitcher plants, which occupy
a house all by themselves. He had
evidently heard of plants that live
upon animal food, resorting to various
expedients for attacking and hanging
on to their victims, which they absorb
and digest at their leisure. With this
as a basis, he lost no time in coming
over to the university and was evident
ly armed with a large dead rat. AT
any rate, he acquired rodent in some
way and thrust it part way into one OF
the largest pitchers-the queer baglike
extensions that hang from the leaves
of these plants. Then he snapped his
kodak and had a narrowing example
of "a savage plant in the act Of swal'
lowing a full grown rat!'
As matter Of fact the largest crea'
lures ever known to be captured by
one Of these hungry plants is a cock
roach. and that was unusual. The
sundews and Venus fly traps are con-
tent with almost microscopic prey, and
that is the usual fare Of the sarrace'
MAS. though those fine fellows do oc'
casionally catch one Of the "big bugs"
which look more in accord with their
size. Anxious parents and other curl
GUS or timid inquirers are assured as
often as they write asking about it that
II is perfectly safe to come themselves
and to bring their offspring. Some
cautious parents think it more dis
Greet, however, to come alone first and
offer a finger to one Of these plants.
If the finger remains intact they are
reassured. We may yet see people
saying boo to pitcher plants, just td
see how far they may go with then. -
Philadelphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
saddle Worth 100000.

"The costliest saddle in the world
belongs to the khedive Of Egypt" said
a fashionable saddler. ut is made OF
black leather, though there Is more
gold than leather visible, and it cost
$4,000. 1t is really four saddles in
one. 1t is q four horse saddle, and the
royal grooms sit in it to guide the tour
horses of the royal coach on state oc-
casions.
"The lightest saddle in the world be-
longs to Archer, the jockey. 1t was
made in London and 1t weighs sixteen
ounces. The pigskin had to be scraped
with glass down to the thickness OF
one-eighth Of an inch to give such a
light weight as this. The saddle IS a
fine strong one, and it cost $3.50.
1--WE occasionally get orders.for Mexi'
can saddles from South American gen
erals and from Indian rajahs. sucn
saddles are often mounted with gold
and silver and even jewels. They cost
all the way from 500 to s1i0QQ"-Ns"
Yogk Rrssa ssa~y Es.s4 y ~
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
life In the Antarctic.

DIR. lean Charcot, who led the recent
French antarctic expedition, thus de-
scribes the food his party lived upon
near the south pole in the winter OF
10000: Besides the plentiful stores
taken with US the seals killed in some
numbers at the beginning of winter
and kept In Ice never failed us, though
il should be noted that we sometimes
went several weeks without securing
any. The meat is excellent, and the RAJ
proved very useful for melting large
quantities Of ice. The cormorants,
which were equally good eating, never
left us, while the penguins, although
they abandoned their rookery at the be-
ginning of winter, frequently returned
to the island in some numbers except
in August and September. During ths
whole winter the sheath bills lived
around the vessel like chickens or pi'
geons. eating the fragments thrown
overheard. Lastly, we obtained a con-
siderable number of good fish either
from the open water or from holes
made in the ice, not to speak OF the
| barnacles easily gathered from the
y ranksr
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
ChamberIaln's Cough Remedy Abso'
IuteIy Harmless.

The fault of giving children mediss
cine containing injurious substances,
is sometimes more disastrous than the
disease from which they are suffering
Every mother should know that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly
safe for children to take. 1t contains
nothing harmful and for coughs, colds
and Group is unsurpassed. For sale by
B. S. Ashby & Co.
Accomac, All County Agencies
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
A Self Acting Telephone Directory.


The newest idea for the telephone
users is based upon the automatic an
nunciator idea. 1t consists Of a cir
cular plate on the desk, which has upon
its outer circumference spaces for from
fifteen to fifty names and telephone
numbers. To notify the operator to
call a desired number it is not neces'
sary to shout the name through the
desk telephone and then wait while
the number is looAed up. The indi'
Gator on the dial IS moved to the dc.
e;rad number hell Is RING and the
Office central operato1 buds the name
and number indicated upon dupli'
cate dial. Another dnd similar device
for keeping telephone numbers where
they are handy is intended where Dut
single instrument is IN use. The trans
mitter is surrounded by a collar form
ed of Aangcs which are lettered alpha
betically. On each fiange there is room
for dozen names, and the numbers are
always handy to the phone.-NeW forE
Herald
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06

past in the year which is to come by
guarding against the most awful mis-
take we made in past years. We have
tried to fight the battle Of life alone.
We have tried to conquer in our
own strength rather than in the
strength of the Lord God Almighty,
who has always promised to sustain
us If we would put our trust In him.
We can now grip a hold of the arm Of
the Almighty God If we will. And oh,
my friends, if we put our trust in
Christ do you not believe that with his
help we could during the coming years
overcome many Of the mistakes Of the
past? We can make the past, purified
Of its evils, live and breathe again in
the future. We can! Yes, we can! II
we only enter the new year with
Christ's help we should be able to undo
many Of the wrongs of the past, be-
sides taking advantage of the blessed
opportunities of the future.
Not only that, but still another bless
ing may be ours. In Christ we may be
able to live again during the years OF
the coming eternity with those who
have made the past years for us so
happy. We shall not be at that time
like the old lady who lived for many
years in the city Of Los Angeles. She
died there at eighty-four years of age
in November, 1905. When she died 1t
was found out that for the last twen-
ty-eight years of her life she had con-
cealed in her attic the dead body Of her
oldest daughter. This was the body OF
a young girl of twenty-seven years,
who had breathed her last in the far
east, aud her body had been shipped
from Amherst, Mass, to the home OF
her mother in the far west. For nearly
thirty long years this broken hearted
mother had clung to the body Of her
child and carried it wherever she went.
So some Of us have been clinglng to
the dead bodies Of our loved ones
which were buried many, many years
ago. But If we will only give our
hearts to Christ here and now on the
last Sunday Of the year Christ will
some day give our loved ones alive
back to us. Then we will not have to
choose between wife and mother or
husband and father or brother and
child. Then we shall have them all to-
gether again. Then the past and the
present and the future shall be united
into one. Then father and mother,
brother and sister, wife and husban
children and grandchildren shall all
semble together before the throne OF
God to forever sing the song Of Moses
and the Lamb. Oh, my friends, will
you let your past life live again in
| Christ?
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
Stomach Troubles and Constipation

"Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are the best thing fo ,stom-
ach troubles and constipation have
ever sold" says J. R. Cullman, drug
gist of Potterville, Mich. Th sy are
easy to take and always give tus1ac-
tioD. l tell my customers to ty them
and if not satisfactory to cor 9 oacK
and get their money, but hav never
had a complaint For sale By
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Aceomac, and All County Agencies
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06

Do you not remember that awful
struggle you had to get established III
business? Night after night you USED
TO walk the floor Then, when you
lust got a foothold and things seemeS
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06

Our past lives cannot be lived with
out surrendering the present; but,
thank God, we can live out the future
with the present and the past to a
great extent combined into one. And
we can combine the present and the
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-01-06
A joyful Ending.

Thus in closing this sermon on the
last Sunday Of the year l do not feel
a sense of sadness such as ! have Of
ten felt upon similar occasions in the
past. Whenever : have attended the
watch night meetings Of previous New
Years eyes the ringing Of the bell
when the clock struck u has always
sounded to me like the tolling Of a
dirge. 1t has been to me death
knelI 1t has been like the tOlling Of
tNe bell when the hearse enters the
ceA ADetery. AS the clock struck j, 2, 8,
=. go a.. % Ue ~? ~ AZ? .s'-.----s-s - +
call: Dead and gone! The years of
1900 aud 1901 and 1902 and 1903 and
1904 and 1905 are dead and gone!
They are dead and gone forever! Hear
it. We living. Dead and gone forever
But as / hear the clock striking the
midnight hour tonight it will not be a
dIrge, but a promise Of reunion. 1t
will ring: "The year Of 1903 IS not
dead and gone forever. Thou shalt
meet it with its sanctifed joys and
sorrows. Thou shalt meet it again
smiling with the faces Of those who
have made thy last twelve months
happy and blessed Thou shalt meet
the year Of 1905 coming forth to greet
thee. O Christian, with the sacred
wears Of 1890 and 1880 and 1870 by its
side. All these years shall live again
if thou wilt put thy faith in Christ
and have him live in thee and thou in
him" My friends, on this last Sun
day of the year, wilt thou have the
midnight bell toll for thee a dirge or
ring out for thee a gospel triumph
You can here and now decide II you
shall live over again your happy past.
Thou blessed past with our hallowed
dear ones! Art thou alive? snail II
come forth to greet us at the day OF
Judgment and, purified of all evil, live
with us through all the coming eternl'
ties? 1t will Thou year OF l9Oo, &c
forth and assemble for us the dear
wears that are gone. Assemble them
TO greet us when, like Christ, we shall
rise from our ascension mount, ahu
time for us shall be no longer except
as we spend that time with Christ.
rcopvright. 1906, by Louis Klopsch.1
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15
A Storage Pit.

In regard to storing apples when
space is scarce American Cultivator
says: Apples may be stored, like roots,
In pit, covering them with straw at
first and afterward with earth when
colder weather requires it. The bottom
of the pit should be covered with
boards or straw to keep the apples
from touching the earth, which is apt
to give them an earthly taste. This
method is only advised as a makeshift
In case no room can be found to store
the apples. more conveniently.
Making pit for storing produce is a
simple matter, and yet roots stored thus
nre often lost by carelessness in put
ting them in too deeply, so that they
heat, grow and rot. The pit for pota-
toes, beets and carrots should not be
piled over two feet deep with roots,
and for turnips and horseradish it IS
best not to have them over a foot deep
Cover lightly at first and increase the
covering as cold weather comes Oh.
bearing in mind that there is more
danger from heat than from frost. Veg
ptables we'll stored in a pit come out
very fresh and nice in the spring.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15

seems unfair I" hy >houiu 10
the state, ti.rOugn it's legi~ a'u
take hold Of thls wos k in II sui
stantial manner?" was d que
ton asked many times by vi>l-
tors to the car Monday. Mea J.
time Fond du Lac admIre> til,
pluck of the Grassland couu
ties and hopes to see them kee
the magnificent car on tt4t3 road
When this Welt nameu ''palac,
on wheels leaves this city 10
morrow morning, it viii ue Will
the invitation Of all Of our pee
pie to visit Us again al The EARL
est opportunity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15

two by ten inch material and the other
side and ends two by eight. These
troughs are simply toe nailed in be-
tween the division posts. SO that they
can be removed easily and replaced
when necessary. We like the V shaped
troughs in preference to any fat bot
toned sort in the piggery. because the
pigs can clean them more readily and
thoroughly. and there is practically no
contact at the floor except for the short
end pieces. AS a result filth and mois-
ture do not accumulate beneath them.
trough next the alley the floor is al
ways dry. and on the pen side it can
be cleaned thoroughly and is always
exposed to the air"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15
IN THE PlGGERY,
Movable Partitions That Protect
Feeding Tr0Eghs.

Feeding TrOEghs.
An authority on such matters is quot
ed by an exchange rs follows in Civ
ing plan for swinging partitions in
tie pen: This is no new invention for
the device. With many notifications is
I'D il numerous farmers pggeries
The OILY wonder is that it is not more
C>-'T2"snlly used. The top of this
swinging partition consists of a two
- four from which the three foot par
ton made Of inch boards swing by
hinges. This partition is held in place
al I'll times by Il half inch iron rod
which slips up and down in staples,
being received at the bottom in holes
bored ia hardwood cleat nailed across
the center Of the trough. This fasten-
Ing prevents the pigs from moving the
partition at any time. If the pens are
over ten feet in width the swinging
partitions are too cumbersome to work
well. They should not be made to
swing into the pen past the edge OF
the trough when fastened or the pigs
will soon gnaw the edge of the bottom
board off. These partitions are made
to swing back until they stand straight
up overhead. resting at the ends be-
tween the posts. This permits pigs to
be driven out or in or the cleaning of
the pens from the alley. In this case
doors connecting the alley and pens
were purposely omitted. The troughs
were made of two inch hemlock, con
structed in V shape. one side being
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15
Irrigation bitches.

Among the weeds, cat tail (Typha
latifolia), often called tule, has been
found to almost completely clog and
choke lateral in two years. One
method Of clearing channels in such q
condition is to stop the flow. and while
the ditch bottom is still wet dig tnS
cat tails out with sharp shovels.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15
A Kamr Story.

This Kaffir story is true: A Christian
Zulu-Kaffir was heard recounting to an
other Kaffir vision Of heaven Of which
he had had a dream. "And saw you
any Kaffirs there?' inquired his listen
er. The teller Of the story pondered
awhile, and then NO." said he, "for
I did not look into the kitchen"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15

At one time during the life Of John
Bright there were no fewer than seven
members Of his family with seats in
the house Of commons.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-11-15
The Silver Lining.

Mrs. Suburbs (after the crash) There
is another Of my china dishes gone!
Suburbs-Never mind, dear; it has stop
ped the cooks singing.