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West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

THE MYSTIC STEERSMAN.

o fragile bark upon an unknown sea,
Whose solemn surges find no echoing strand
Who is the SteerSman that so patiently
Does at the magic wheel forever stand?
When angry pillows sleep, and skies are fair,
And sails fly idly in the fitful wind
Anxious to learn my bearings, what they are,
turn and shout into the dark behind;
Then listen. But no echo comes again;
DiSc0nS0late turn me round, and now
Attempt with straining eyes to scan the main,
But see no further than my vessels PROV.
l sometimes wonder why so frail thing
Was ever launched upon 80 vast sea;
But what aviis my dreamy wondering
What answer has it ever brought to me?
Yet in the soul hear meek whsperings.
And sounds from fairer climes float on the air
While Faith, luxurious plumes her dropping wings
And gives herself to loving trust and prayer
When dismal, chilling fogs of doubt shut down,
Broodng like night through many weary miles.
Then love, that many waters cannot drown,
Looks up-through riffs of blue the sunshine
smiles.
II storms arise, and hoarse wild seas run high,
And fears that all is lost come with the swell,
Let me but hear the whispered at is L.
And there is calm more sweet than can tell
When passions whirlwind hOwls across the deep,
And signs of danger threaten more and more
Straightway call the Master. Does he sleep?
Ah no! Who sails with him comes safe to shore.
Therefore trust my faithful, unseen Guide
nd,meekly sappliant, lift the outstretched hand
Begging my sanity Watcher to abide,
And bring my frail bark safe to fatherland.
-I1adependent.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

meeting and also advertised in or more of the public
newspapers of said county for least days. and when
so assembled may by plurality of voices of such of said
citizens then present. elect number exceed
ing of said citizens be of said society,"
which said trustees and their in Office hereby
constituted body polite and corporate in law by what
they shall agreeaby to the directions
of this
And be it enacted That the said trustees when they
take upon themselves a shall certify such
der their hands and seals and transmit such certificate
the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county,
whose duty it shall be forthwith record the same and
he may receive dollar the fee of recording the
;. And be it enacted, That said trustees and their
shall by such of incorporation be able and
capable acquire purchase receive have and hold any
lands enements and personal property for the of said
for erection of and preserving mementos of
historic
4 And be it enacted That for the purpose of perpe
uatlng line OF succession in the of every such
society shall and may be lawful for the members of said
society to assemble any time they may think proper
giving notice thereof, hereinbeore directed for the
election OF the lrst trustees for the election of
other trustee in the stead of those those before
elected IN case they for the removal of of
said trustees; provided said removal shall be less
than one year after his their election into Office and
also to l up the vacancy which may be occasoned by
the death resignation of his moving
OF the limits of the said society.
s. And be it enacted that the said body corporate by
its trustees majority OF said trustees shall make all
such bylaws, rules and regulations, and elect such Off
annually may be proper and necessary
therof.
g. And be it enacted that this shall take effect i'm
mediately
Approved March 27, 1873.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

WHAT WE ARE CoMPosEd OF. The
constituents of the human body, taking Gle
ments the names of which will be familiar to
the general reader, rather than compounds,
are sixteen in number, seven of them being
metals, and nine nonmetalic The metals
weigh altogether II stone, or 154 pounds
eeine taking as the standard weight of the
whole body (someth;ugle less than five pounds,
nearly four of which are calcium the basis
oflime supplying the chief part of the bones
and teeth. Ofiron there are sixty five grains,
small amount, but very Important as Civ
ing color to the blood. Among non-metal-
lie elements oxygen is the most important,
amounting to no less than 100 pounds, and
next to this carbon weighing not quite nine
teen pounds. Ofphosphorus, which, ifsome
psychologists are to be believed, supplies the
motive power of the whole. there is one
pound, twelve ounces, twenty five grains.
The weight of water in the body, to speak
of compounds, not elements, is almost ex-
actly the same as that of oxygen in the other
list. The practical science of food is of
course, to keep up the supply of these sub
stances to their normal quantity.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

A colored preacher in Florida thus held
forth: "My brudring, the Israelites went
over the Red Sea on the ice. They got over
all safe; and dat's de reason why Moses
sung de song OBJ praise. In de morning,
when de sun was up hot, Pharaoh and de
Egyptians come wild DER great numbering
chariots of iron. Dey broke through de
ice, and went to the bottom of de sea-"
sStop dere!' exclaimed a hearer. 81 want
to ask question. I've read Geography, and
Egypts hot country. It's under de
Tropics, its near the 'Quator, and dare aint
no ice dere. How could dey go over on de
ice, and dere no ice dere ?'' To which the
preacher responded: 81 am glad you asked
that question. Now 1 can 'splain. That
comes of reading Geography instead of de
Bible My brudring, when de childen of
Israel 60 ober de Red Sea, dat was a great
while ago; before dere was any Tropics,
before dare was any 'Quator. OATS dc
reason dere was ice, my brudring."
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
TIT FOR TAT.

A Jersey tavern-keeper, who had become
than the abundance of his tables, met with
a sharper as sharp as himself ON one occa-
sion.
A Yankee, happening to pass through
that region, stopped at this mans hotel and
ordered dinner. When he came to pay the
bill he was astonished to find it stretched
out to six dollars. This rather startled the
Yankee, and he demanded to know what
charged The landlord replied. 'The bill
will show you" On consulting it, he found
several kinds of wines and extras
"Well, look here, l didn't have none of
that ERE stuff brought on for me, and l
won't pay the BILL
go, we never wait for orders here, we
know our business, responded the landlord; !;
"the wine was on the table, and you could
drink it or not; that was your business, not
ours"
The Yankee saw there was no use in
quarreling about the matter, so with a
broken heart he paid the bill.
Three months after that our Eastern
friend again made his appearance at the ho-
tel, and called for dinner. When he sat
down to the table he laid twenty dollar
bill at the side of his plate, and ordered all
the delicacies he could think of, and all the
wines he could stomach. While eating his
dinner, he called the attention of the land
lord to the bin as to whether it was genu-
inc or not. The landlord looked at it re-
piled that it was and handed it back As
soon as the Yankee had finished, he put the
money in his pocket, walked out of the
house and jumped into his wagon.
''Hellon' said the landlord, 'here, you've
not paid your bill.''
otis your own fault" said the Yankee.
81 never wait to have bill presented to me
the money laid on your table, and you
could have taken it or not, just as you told
me about the wine three months ago yes
terday."
The landlord swore few oaths as the
Yankees horse spattered the mud on the
road.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
A TUSSLE WITH A KING.

Victor Emmanuel one day, hunting in the
neighborhood of Rome, shot at a hare at
the very moment when stout citizen, ont
enjoying the pleasure of the chase, dis
charged his piece at the same object The
King claimed that he had killed the hare.
and the citizen, ignorant of the person of
his rival, declared in impolite terms, that
he himself was the successful marksman.
The result was a regular trial of strength for
possession of the game-a tussle, which
resulted in favor of the King, who walked
off with the prize, while the citizen poured
upon him perfect flood of abuse such as
only an Italian of certain sort has COM
mand. At the city gate the King ordered
the commandant of the guard to follow the
angry citizen and report his name and resi-
dence.
After few hours the officer was able to
say that the unknown hunter was an honest
when the King sent one of his carriages to
fetch him to the palace. Naturally the
man was terribly anxious as we'll as full of
wonder why he should be wanted at the
palace, and he was not much relieved when
he recognized in the King the man VIII ON
he had abused. "Master Salvini," said his
Maiesty-and at the sound of his owr
name from royal lips the man tremb'ed ir
every nerve-"Master Salvini, have sen
for you because have found shot differen
from mine in the hare; we both hit th
| beast. Come we will eat the hare togeth
err" and thereupon the door of the dinin,
room opened, where, between two plate
with appurtenances, smoked the hare, prop
| erly roasted.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

Hon J. B. Howe, OF Indiana, has written
a book on "The Political Economy of Great
Britain, the United States, and France, in
the Use of Money" and he is so confident
that he has got hold of the right clue, that
he calls his work 'sa new science of produc-
tion and exchange" If he is correct in his
estimate of the value of the work, the
whole world will be unspeakably indebted
to Mr.. Howe. Perhaps never in the history
of the world, certainly never in the history
of this country, has there been time when
earnest and profound thought on the sub
ject of political economy has been more
welcome than it would be to-day.-Mr
Howe has prepared d thin book on "Mone-
tary and Industrial Fallacies," which can
not fail to attract attention. Both books
will be published by Houghton, Osgood
& Co.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
NO. 1873
MARY'S LITTLE LAMB.

The world has become accustomed to hav-
ing its heroes of history-William Tell, the
ideal Pocahontas of the school histories, and
some other pet characters-proved to be
myths, but laborious matter of fate is in
store for the lovers of poetry and fiction
Already, an effort has been made to elevate
Homer from his rank as poet to the high
level of a local reporter, so devoid of the
imaginative faculty that every line of his
description of Troy is taken to be literally
true. The people of Massachusetts, have
gone still further. They have published
what purports to be the true story of
sMary's Little Lamb" and, what is worse,
they are selling the wool of that indentical
lamb to raise funds with which to purchase
the Old South Church. The story as it has
been told SO oftenin thousands of nurseries,
will lose it's charm for children, if it should
become known that the lamb was after all
nothing but commonplace sheep, which
in the end neglected to follow Mary, and
was reduced to mutton by ''a COW with
sharp horns" This is descriptive phrase
used by Boston reporters, which is no doubt,
intended to relieve the readers mind of any
suspicion that the COW might have been the
one with the crumpled horn, frequently
mentioned in the same books that tell of
Mary and her lamb. The exposure of these
facts, accompanied by the information that
Mary is "a vigorous lady over seventy years
DID, can do no good, and will certainly de-
s.roy pleasant fiction now enjoyed by
many children, including the latest "child
of genius'-the phonagraph-which the
lamb has following about with quite as much
devotion as it ever attended on the footsteps
of Mary.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CUMBERLAND ORPHANS COURT.
MAY TERM, 1878
SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the accounts
~ of Jonathan Elmer, Administrator of James
II. Trenchard, dec
William E. Potter and J. Boyd Nixon, Trustees
under last will of William Stratton, dec.
Jonathan Lore, Executor of Wm Madden decd.
Isaac d. Woodruff, Administrator of William
English, dec.
George Tomlinson, Executor of Ami Sheppard
deceased.
Fanny R. Whitaker and James j. Reeves, Exec.
utOrS of James L. Whitaker, dec
John H. Poole, Assignee of Joseph I. Allen
James COOmbs Executor of Henry Casper, dec
Thomas S. Simmons, Administrator of Phebe A.
Pedrick dec.
Henry Danzenbaker and John Danzenbaker,
Executors of Henry Danzenbaker, dec.
George w. Blinn, Administrator of James D.
Camp, dec
B.. Rush Bateman. Assignee of George P De-
mariS.
Charles R. Scu and Alphonso Woodruff Ad-
ministrators Of Davis X. Scull, dec.
William Conner and Charles 0. NewcOmb, Ad-
ministrators OF William Conner, dec
Jonathan Elmer Executor of Clarissa Holmes,
deceased.
Keziah S. Dubois, Guardian of Ruth E. Dubois,
VIII be audited and stated by the Surrogate, and
reported for settlement at the Orphans Court of
the County OF Cumberland on Tuesday the Seventh
day Of May, A. D.. 1878.
JOHN SMALLEY, Surrogate.
Bridgeton, March Z, lS782m
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

Down IN A SILVER MINE.-It is more ex-
hilarating to be the owner of profitable
silver mine than it is to work in one as an
ordinary miner. What the sufferings of the
latter are can be surmised from the follow
ing description in the Virginia City Enter
prise:
every few even of the old residents of the
Comstock would care to descend into the
steaming regions below and not one eastern
man out of thousand could be induced to
make trip after seeing the men popped out
at the top of the shaft, steaming as though
just lifted out of cauldron of boiling water.
Though they are shirtless-naked as at birth
from the waist up-and wear cotton over
alls, they are dripping as if but a moment
out of pond of water; yet this is from
steam and perspiration. But for the i'm
mense amount of ice-water they drink, the
men could not endure the great heat III
which they are placed or the floods of pers-
piration pumped from their pores. They
swallow gallons on gallons of it, and it never
hurts them in the least.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

A number of boys were yesterday daily
ing in front of a Chinese wash-house on
Woodward avenue, when John came out
and ordered them away, and took hold of
one who didn't want to go.
you're heathen - yelled the boy.
'.Me same you-me have all Mclean hol-
daJs!" replied John.
"No, you don'tn' prote sted the boy.
"You kin jine in with New Years, hang up
yer Stocking on Christmas and foller the
pursession on Fourth of July, but when it
comes to April fool you've got to stand way
back in the woods and not mix in! We're
one ahead of you, old pig-tail, and I'll git
even for this shaking up"'-DetroH Free
Press
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

JUST THE STARLIGHT.-Old Mr.. Thorp
went into the parlor, the other night, at the
witching hour of II As, and found the room
unlighted, and his daughter and dear
friend occupying tete-a-tete in the corner.
"Evangeline, the old man said, sternly,
"this is scandalous. eyes, papa, she
answered, sweetly, 'It is candleless, but
because times are so hard and lights cost SC
much, Ferdinand and said that we would
try and get along with just the starlight
And the old gentleman turned about in
speechless amazement, and tried to walk
out of the room through panel in the wal
paper.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

The cheapness of farm crops affords no
argument in favor of the farmer retiring
from active operations. The smaller the
profts-so long as they are profts-the
stronger is the argument for increasing our
crop areas. If we get little profit from one
acre, we may still derive satisfactory
years income by cultivatng many acres.
The smaller the profits the more the farmer
must work to earn them. 1t is on this
principle that many enterprising farmers
are laying out their plans for the spring.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

A supplement to entitled fAn regulate the
practice of courts of law (revsion) approved March
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy four
of the State of New Jersey That any suit by the
habtants of any township in their corporate capacity up
the bond of any township collector there may be in
cuded all claims of such township in its right in
the right of another person corporation, for public
moneys which have the hands Of such collector
for purpose whatever, and with which he legally
chargeabe.
And be it enacted, That this shall take effect
Immediately.
Approved March 70, 1873.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
A correspondent of a West

A correspondent of a Western paper de-
tails several experiments which show that
when clover sod is turned up in May, after
the clover in up some inches, corn planted
thereon is far less liable to be troubled by
the cut-worm than if the land we're plowed
the fall before or early in spring. The
worms seed on the clover instead of the
corn. Besides, if the clover is in rank,
growing condition when turned under, and
the roots full of sap, it will be more rotten
at August than if plowed earlier, when the
roots are full of sap.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

Is Mr. Hubbell in?'' asked Mr.. Cook Of
his old friends wife, on whom he called af
ter they returned from short residence in
France. " No, Mr.. 'Hu5bell lis not in,"
she replied, with evident pique, I" but Mr..
Hoo bels is in" Every we'll ma am" re-
Joined the caller, please tell Mr.. Hoo-5e1e
that his old croney, Mr.. Coo-hook, would
like to see himp'
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CHAPTER c.
CHAP Elk Z.
Supplement to an act entitled can act to establis

of public instruction, approved March tweny-sev-
enth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly
of the State of New jersey That in all in which
the public schools of any city under the management
tendent and board of trustees shall be lawful for said
body corporate borrow temporarily, in anticipation of
receipts and the legal of interests sum OF money
exceeding the total annual appropriation from the
mill tax such body corporate and to gvea note
other evidence of Indebtedness therefor signed
effected the next moneys coming the hands Of said
body corporate shall be applied the payment thereof
until the whole principal and interest," is paid provided
en and trustees made by their of incorporation
the direct custodans of the appropriated by the
state of New Jersey for school purposes
And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
Immediately.
Anproyed March 2I, 1873.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

Some time ago the son of very distin-
guished English nobleman, entered crack
cavalry corps, and his brother officers, find
ing that he was nervous, eccentric, and
credulous, of course begant to play tricks on
him. The regiment happened to be stationed
at York, aud the Colonel asked the Arch
bishop to dine at mess. The invitation
was accepted, and day or two before the
dinner took place, a wicked wag said to
Mr.. R. "Do you know your catechism?"
'Not at all well," said poor R. 1--we al
most forgotten it." "Well, by Jove, then
you'd better lose no time in setting to work
Don't you know that it is always the custom
for the Archbishop, when he dimes at mess,
to put the junior cornet through it, and
you youngest cornet? | woulden't lose a
minute. Not to know it would be to dis
grace the regimentn' Poor R. rushed for
prayer book and stuck manfully to his task,
but found it tough work. The fatal evening
came. He couldn't eat mouthful for ner-
vousness. Dessert was put on the table,
then coffee came, and then his Grace rising,
du'@uOou, sulllnS ucHlSnly, IoWdIuS tho
lower end of the table, intending in the
pleasantest manner to make acquaintance
with the junior officers and invite them to
call at the palace. Approaching R. he
said, 81 don't think that quite caught your
| name when we where introduced before
| dinner" Now. innocent as the words sound,
| they were at once misconstrued by the un-
! happy youth addressed, into a crafty and
Iesuitical mode of asking the familiar
| question with which the catechism opens
-"What is your names' Poor R. felt the
ground sinking from under him, every word
he had learnt seemed erased from his men,
ory, and, to the amazement of the Arch
bishop. with one bound he disappeared
from the mess room.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CHAPTER XCIX
CHAPTER XIIX.
further supplement act entitled An act res


further supplement entitled &c An regu-
late fees, approved April fifteenth eighteen hundred
and forty-six.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly
of the State of New jersey That in those counties whose
population ascertaned by the last of this
is forty thousand and less than forty thousand
inhabitants the salary of the prosecutor of the pleas shall
be fifteen hundred dollars per annum, which shall be
paid him by the county collector in quarterly install
ments and shall be in lieu of all fees and costs
ceived by him which he is might be by any
law entitled in criminal cases, which said fees and costs
shall be collected by the sheriff and be by him paid
to the county collector for the of the county.
And he enacted, That all acts general and special
inconsistent with the provisions of this be- and the
same are hereby repealed.
e. And be enacted that this shall take effect i'm
mediatey.
Approyed March 21 1873
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CHAPIER XCIII

An extend the time for completion of horse rail-
roads whose charters have shall expire during the
years eighteen hundred andseventyseven and eighteen
hundred and seventy eight where work has been per-
thereon
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly
of the state of New Jersey, That whenever the time linn
tied for the completion of any horse railroad authorized
to be constructed within this under special acts shall
or have expired during the years eighteen hundred and
seyentyseven and eighteen hundred and weight
such time shall be and the hereby extended for
further period of three years provided however, that
this shall apply unless money has been actually
expended in surveys and locations of route, acquiring
rights of way or construction
And be it enacted, That this shall take effect
Immediately
Approved March 20, 1875
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CHAPTER CVIIJ

An relating the purchase of land and rights
by boards of commissioners, and issuing bonds
therefor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey That in all where there
is any city of this state aquedct board board of
water commissioners it shall be lawful for such board
make issue any bonds for the purchase
of any land rights for the purpose of supplying
said city with water, without having first obtained the
consent of the common council other governing body
of such city thereto.
And be it enacted, That this shall take effect
Immediately.
ADnroved March 27th
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25

not name, has kept the following memo
randum of important events
General Forrest was buried the day my new hat
came home.
Hayes was inaugurated the spring made over
my old silk.
Dickens died when Jennie was baby.
Lincoln was killed when Mary was creeping.
The civil war broke out when Sallie was cutting
her teeth.
The king of Spain was born the year was
married.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-04-25
CHAPTER elk.

An act to enable gasght companies under
the laws Of this state to increase their
r, A.,a,,h,,.
of the of New Jersey, That whenever may 9e
laws Of this state to their bonded
for any other purpose then and in that case the sald
having obtained the consent of majority OF the stock
holders representing least sixty 6o per OF the
capital stock be and they hereby authorized 70 IN
ceeding twothirds of the Of the capital STOCK
of said company the said increase aforesaid to oe
erncd by the law and pursued under the mode directed
by the of incorporation Of such gaslght company
nd be it enacted, That this act shall take enect
Immediately.
Approved March, 27 1873