Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1878-11-26
Tariehes.

Ten years ago over one million of
acres we're devoted to potato culture
in Ireland; now only about $4,000
acres are thus employed. The decrease
is attributed to the great uncertainty
attending the cultivation of the crop,
and to new methods of foraging cattle.
"A splendid new throne of carved
oak has lately been erected for the
Bishop in Salisbury Cathedral, Eng
land. 1t cost $500. Salisbury has
the highest spire in England. The an
cient grandeur Of the prelacy is seen in
their seats being still called thrones
and their homes palaces.
"A Texan family attended the circus
at Sherman the other day. The hus-
band sold a load of wood for 81, al d
the wife a jar Of butter for SIPS, then
they were Is cents short, but the fail
pawned his boots and barefoot led the
way to the splendors Of the arena.
The Illinois Supreme Court has de-
cided that city cannot by ordinance
compel citizen to remove snow from
a sidewalk in front Of his premises, any
more than to remove distractions from
the middle of the street, the interest
that he has therein being only the in-
terest common TO all citizens.
in the last twenty years land to the
value of S20,000,000 has been sold in
large estates-not to mention what has
been sold in small-in Shropshire, Eng
land. There is a common delusion that
it is difficult to buy land in England.
A glance at the advertisement columns
of the Times and Field will readily dis
pei this.
Princess Helen Demidoff has esta-
blished in Florence for the winter, at
her own expense, an economical kit
chen, for issuing to the poor as much
bread, meat and soup as they can con-
sumo in day, at the trifiing charge of
four cents to every applicant. Such
prices would be ruinOus to the laz-
zaroni Of Naples.
The Russian InUdlide puts the num-
Der of troops engaged in actual fight
ing during the last war at 2S2, ,0OO in
fantry, 81 900 cavalry, or 319,O0O men
with l,2oS field guns. The artillery
used 204, g23 charges, and the infantry
and cavalry 10, 0,057 ,764 cartridges The
Turks are reported to have lost al
together nearly 100000 killed and
wounded.
The stock returns Of New South
Wales Capital, Sydney, the oldest Of
the Australian colonies, for 1S77-8,
show that in the first quarter Of this
year there were in the colony 35, ,661
stock Owners-an increase of ], ,9S1 over
last year-with grand total of horses,
sheep and cattle of 24,226, 400. Over
81, 900 horses, 384 ,629 cattle, and g.
al, IA sheep died last year from thirst.
General Ducrot, soldier whose
judgment as tactician and adminis-
TRAITOR none contest, emphaticaly con-
delnns volunteer armies. In the fourth
volume of his defence OF Paris he
says that the presence of the 800, 900
National Guards was as detrimental
as if 10000 men had been Withdrawn
from The regular arlny.''
At one Of the recent shooting par
ties in French forest the Prince de
Joinville, when pursuing wild boar,
escaped a serious accident. The fero-
cioas animal turned to bay, and the
Princes horse received two wounds on
his right shoulder. The rider was un-
hurt. The boar, after manning eight
dogs, at last was killed.
Hundreds of thousands of peasants
in Italy are without work, and those
who are employed are glad to labor
| twelve hours day for nineteen cents
and food, which invariably consists Of
dry black bread at 10 A. NJ, and aqua
sale soup at the close of the day-the
said soup being bowl of hot water.
salted and Favored with few drops of
olive oil.
1t is said that the steamship Great
Eastern has been purchased by COM
pany who intend to use her as a cattle
boat to ply between Texas and London.
| She is now being fitted out at Milford
| Haven, and is to have new engines and
boilers, manufactured BY the Clyde
Iron Works, at cost OF $500, 900.
| Refrigerators will be built in her for
the purpose Of carrying fresh beef. 1t
is estimated that she will carry 2,200
head OF cattle and J, 800 head of sheep.
Russian soldiers are sorted, as far
as practicable, according to their size
and complexion. The late Emperor
Nicholas was especially exact i'll this.
| He had huzzar regiment entirely COM
posed Of dark-haired men pitted with
smallpox, and another of light-haired
men similarly scared. The soldiers of
one regiment all had fair hair, blue
eyes, slight figures, and of another
swarthy features and hooked noses.-
Assortments are less exact at present,
but care is taken to bring men together
speaking different dialects, in order to
guard against mutiny.
A mural tablet will soon be placed
in the Park Church, at Hartford,
Conn, as a memorial of the late DIR.
Horace Bushnell. 1t viii be nine feet
high and four feet broad. In the centre
will be a bas-relief head of DIR. Bush
nell, of excellent workmanship. Just
beneath, the following inscription is
cut: Horace Bushnell, ID. d., Ii. ID.