Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1878-12-24
Tariefifs.

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"A company With 50 900, go capital
| has been formed at London, Ont, to
make india rubber from the juice Of the
milk-weed. f l.
The King Of Siam has 5000 wives
He is bald.
Minister Welsh has been invited to
lay the corner stone Of the hospital to
1 be established III London for American
patients.
When you want to hail a public
/ conveyance in some Of tile South Amer
lean cities, you lasSo the dliyer.in order
to secure his attention.
Talk about a joke which requires
explanation-how is this for explaining
/ things? A Vermont legislator said IN
1 a speech: 6 My wife, who is married
womanl''-N. Y. Mai.
The total receipts Of the principal
Paris theatres during the Exhibition Of
1867 were 81, 790, 600. The receipts of
\ the same theatres during the present
Exhibition were s2,155,Q00.
Providence, r. l., spent s., 900, 600
for city hall, and at the first meeting
in the new chamber the City Council
voted the apartment failure in its
acoustic arrangements. .,.-.f
An advertiser in the Hartford
| CoaTdnt for some decent occupation for
a reasonable salary offers his employer
diamond ring asa guarantee fo4. the
faithful performance Of his duties.
"A Liverpool man was recently CON
4 victed and fined the fifteenth time for
j refusing TO have his childferi Tacci-
mated. He continues to refuse, aud is
likely to be the subject of permanent
| tax in fines and costs.
Mrs. J. H. Bryant, of Benton, Ala,
during theprevalence of ftheyellow fever
cut her hair, forty-twe inches long,
\ from her head, and sent it to New
York city to be-sold FOR the benefit Of
| the sufferers. r
Detroit is the only city not ,rtled
by tax-eaters. - Co,trier-,Jour1eaL
Thank you. You might also state
that we haven't noisy cat in town,
no fsh-horns, no hand-organs--no
mother-in-law ever comes here, and
/ lightning strikes on the Canada side.-
! Detroit Free Press. -"
Willow leaves have been so exten-
sively used to adulterate the. last har
vest of tea at Annoy, China, that the
consuls have complained to the gov
ernment. Consequently proclafna
tion has been issued. censuring the
practice, and offering rewards for the
detection of offenders.
The Fifth Royal Fusileers, a Mon
/ treal volunteer regiment, resolved to
j compliment the Marquis of 1zorne by
adopting the Highland costume and
the Lorne tartan. They wrote to Scot
land for samples, Of the Lorne tartan,
and got three samples, all different and
each declared to be genuine
Mr.. Peter Al. Tighe, Of Memphis,
died of yellow fever, and so did the
doctor who attended him, the-under-
taker who laid him out, and the clergy
man who ot1iciated at his funeral, an
insurance company which requifed
l their certificate has refused to pay over
the sum for which his life WAS insured.
The Cathedral at Pisa, Italy, be-
gins to assume some of its ancient
splend0r. The restoration is progress
ing rapidly The little gems inmOsaic
which adorn the narrow fringes above
the rows of light galleries forming the
ornamental front of the building have
in particular been admirably renovatt',
and now give very beautiful effect.
"A lady, who saw a sailor beaten
and pounded by brutal captain, was
made SO i'll that she remained below
deck for several days, When she once
more made her appearance on deck,
the sailor was at the wheel. In great
sympathy she went to him, full of the
memory of the dreadful event, and
said: "How is your head to-day?" He
had himself forgotten the little circurn
stance, and, glancing at the compass,
cheerfully replied: g West, no'west,
and running free, madam. y
When William w. went down to
Portsmouth to inspect the British
seventy-fours, the guide allotted to him
was a battered old lieutenant, who,
lacking ssfriend at court, had served
for years without promotion. As-the
veteran removed his hat to. salute has
royal visitor, the latter remarked his
badness, and said jestingly .s@'9 7 see,
my friend, you have not spared your
hair in your country's service. 7 Why,
your Royal Highness,n Y answered the
old salt, $50 many young fellows have
stepped over my head that it's sa.won-
der I've got any hair left. p
LET HER BE.-A Detroit mercan-
tile gentleman, while travelling east
ward, went to the clerk of one of the
Ontario boats, to be shown his state
room. The clerk handed the applicant
key, at the same time pointing to a
door at some distance, marked. b. The
traveller went in the direction indi-
Gated, but opened the door next to his
own, marked A, and discovered a lady
passenger making her toilet, who, upon
the strangers appearance, uttered. a
scream. Go awayl Go away ~ cried
the lady Letter B P' yelled the