Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1878-12-03
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opening speech three hours long.
There is a house in Scotland over
the door Of which is the date 1178, and
the same family has lived in it for
thlrty-eight generations.
AT the Paris Exhibition one Of the
curiosities is a clock with pistol in it,
which is fired off by the mechanism Of
the time-piece every hour.
An engineer of Springfield, Massa-
chusetts, has put into successful opera
ton. a 'twine telephone" which ex-
tends across the Connecticut River,
distance Of 1926 feet.
The largest estate ever left in Cali
lornia, that of the late William S.
O'Brien, has just been officially ap-
praised and filed at over So, $50, 900, ex-
elusive of mining stocks.
Gold has been struck in the Mag
dala mine shaft, which is the deepest
in the colony Of Victoria, at the depth
of ,9o6 feet below the surface. This
discovery is causing great excitement
in Australia.
The manufacture Of gas in the
United States was first tried at Balti-
more. They didn't have success at first,
but in 1921 the new interest was well
established. Boston in 1922, and New
York in 1923, started gas companies.
There are now about five hundred COM
panies in the United States alone.
In 1909, street lamps were used in
Pail Mall, London, and i'll 1913 West
minister Bridge was lighted by gas
But even Sir Humphrey Davy (he
wasn't ''Sir'' Humphrey then, though)
laughed at the idea, and when they put
gas into the House Of Commons all the
pipes were placed half foot from the
walls, so that the heat shouldn't set fire
to the building.
MIR. William b. Astor's country
place, near Rhinebeck-on-the-H Hudson
comprises about eight hundred acres,
employing forty men the year round.
There are one hundred and ten horses
in the stables, thirty Of which are road
horses. Among these is the famous
stallion Frederick the Great. All Mr..
Astor's more valuable steeds are named
after monarchs distinguished in his
tory.
-Pearl-diying has been vigorously
prosecuted by divers during the past
season in the Clyde, between Boutwell,
Bridge and Low Blantyre. a con
siderable number Of the ''findsn are Of
a rich pinkish tint; but many Of the
specimens are Of darkish hue, and Of
little value. Nevertheless, to Judge
from the number of divers engaged in
the pursuit, the trade seems to be
profitable one, as merchants follow the
divers, and ready market is obtained
even for the more inferior sorts.
Justice Clifford, of the United
States Supreme Court, who has been
longer on the bench than any of his
associates, when he left Portland for
Washington, few days since, had not
had days rest for the summer, except
on the Fourth Of July, when he cele-
brated his golden wedding at his sons
house in Portland. He is seventy-six
wears old, but has this summer written
and delivered forty most important
equity opinions, requiring the eXamina-
ton Of from two hundred to seven
hundred pages Of printed testimony
each, and during July wrote seventeen
opinions in twenty-one days.
Dean Stanley was graduated from
Oxford University in 1888, and during
the twelve following years resided
there, being at one time tutor to the
Prince Of Wales. In 1851 he became
Canon of Canterbury, and from 1856 to
1864 was Regius Professor of Ecclesi-
astical History at Oxford. From this
position he was transferred to the emf
nent place he now holds. He is well
known by his History Of the Jewish
Church, 4 his Life of Thomas Arnold, Y
and his memorials Of Westminster
Abbe.'' In 1S47 he was elected Lord
Rector of the University Of st. An
drews.
"A pleasant little anecdOte Of the
Crown Prince of Germany il told by
Mrs. Hooper 1t was at the beginning
Of the Franco-Prussian war that the
King and Prince passed through HON.
burg on their way to the field. A young
American girl, staying with her par
cnts at one Of the hotels, hung q large
American flag from her balcony, and as
the royal couple passed, waved an en-
thusiastic handkerchief The King and
his son looked up and bowed, and, like
the courteous gentleman he is, the
Prince summoned an aide-de-camp and
gave an order, which was passed down
the line-an order for each regiment
as it went by to salute the stars and
stripes.
"A novel and striking feature in
connection with the Chinese Minister'S
entertainment in London, was the new
departure taken by his Excellency from
the established custom of his country
in allowing his wife to be present to do
the honors as hostess. What will his
fellow countrymen in China say to such
| a concession. to the foreigner, such q
deviation from their social system?
The higher classes Of Chinese, like true
Orientals, keep their women strictly
secluded from the vulgar gaze. Wo-
mems position in China is not an en-
yiable one. She il looked down upon
as an inferior, is seldom educated, md
| il rnuarded more in the light of an ap-