Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-05-13


each, cheviot shirts at four cents apiece
heavy overalls at fifty cents per dozen
and woolen trousers at ten cents q pair
are some facts cleaned by society of
ladies who are investigating the condi-
ton of the sewing women of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Although the existence of petroleum
in several of the provinces of Japan is
said to have been known for /, 200 years,
the japanese did not know how to refine
it till about six years ago. Now, how
ever. refining establishments are spring
ing up rapidly, and its manufacture is
becoming an important industry.
Taking the entire length of the New
York Elevated railroad, on both the east
and west side lines, and multiplying it
/ by the number of trains run during the
twenty-four hours, and again by the
number Of locomtives and cars, it is
found that the distance travelled in one
day is 1852 miles, or nearly one and a
/ half times around the world; the pro-
portion of miles travelled on the west
side, as compared with the east side,
being about one to seven.
You attempted to take the life of the
king; the king gives you life, !" were the
1 words of the Italian attorney general,
! who communicated to the assassin Pas
sanante in prison King Hunbert's COM
mutation of his sentence of death to
| imprisonment for life. Passanante is
said to have displayed considerable emo
ton and expressed his deep gratitude.
! lie will finish his existence with hard
/ work in irons. The kings popularity
| has been increased by this act. Mon
archs, as rule, dislike to sign the DEATH
warrants of their would-be assassins.
\ Drunkenness in Sweden and Norway
! is cured in the following manner: The
drunkard is put in prison, and his only
nourishment is bread soaked in wine.
During the first day the prisoner receives
the bread and wine with much pleasure.
On the second day the food is not so ac-
ceptable. After that he takes his food
with great repugnance. In general, eight
or ten days of this treatment suffices to
produce such disgust of liquor that the
unhappy man is compelled to absolute
abstinence. After leaving prison his
drunkenness is radically cured, with an
occasional exception, and the odor OF
liquor produces an inVincible repulsion.
The venerable Peter Cooper has
device for propelling the cars of the ele-
waited railroads in New Y York by means
Of an endless wire or chain, and he has
written letter to show how simple,
cheap, noiseless and safe his system
would be. He offers to turn over the
invention to the east side road for $780,
900 in their stock, to be Immediately
made over to the trustees of the Cooper
Union as a fund for it's support. and
| thinks it would be no more than fair that
| they should take it at those figures, mas
much as the institute has suffered a great
deal from the proximity OF the road,
which has interfered with the students
and cut down the income from the rooms
in the building that are rented.
The great tunnel under the Detroit river
will be completed within two years. and
viii cost about 81 500, GOO Mr.. Tilling-
hast. the president Of the Canada South
ern Railway Company, says that the To-
cation chosen for this great under taking
is the only one where the tunnel can
be made through the rock, as il comes
! within twenty-five feet of the slu face OF
/ the water at the points selected. At De-
/ troit the rock is nearly one hundred feet
| below the surface. Amherstburg is
fourteen miles below that city. The
4 proposed location of the tunnel will ac-
commodate traffic from both the North
west and the Southwest The tunnel
Twill be built under the supervision Of
/ z. @. Cheseborough, of Chicago, who
has had experience in the construction
| of both road and river tunnels.
Hereafter let nothing be said disre-
i T. III al. ~
\ imprisoned in the mine III NFlkesbalre,
1 Pa, who were rescued in 4 lair condi-
| tion. after being entombed tor over five
| days by the fallen roof, owe their lives to
| a member of this mucli-:lbused species,
/ for they killed him amt tcI four days
| lived upon him. Had the mule been as
/ positive in his character as mules are re-
putea to be, he might have refused to
die, in which case carving him might
| have proved a dangerous operation.
| All's vel that ends well, and that must
! have been an exciting moment when the
seven men " ho Lad been in such imnli-
nent danger of death were liberated in
the presence of eight thousand persons,
having been shut out from the blessed
sunlight since the previous Tuesday
morning ssrr f
s "a cotton mill is to be established IN
China. The prime mover in the enter
prise is said to be Chinaman. 1t is
stated that $4,000 taels have been al
ready paid down as bargain money to
the firm which has secured the CONTRACT.
The contract is said to be 255, 900 taels
for everything delivered in Shanghai
The mill is to be erected in Shanghai,
and is to contain 800 looms 1t is un-
derstood that China cotton will be used,
and as this is short staple, it may be
assumed that only coarse calico viii be
turned out, asathe staple is Unsuitable
for the manufacture of fine goods. 1t
has been estimated by the promoters
that 6, 600 bales per year, calculating the
bale as containing fifty pieces, win be
turned out. This is equivalent to pro-
ductien of seven and a half pieces per
| loom per week,
IT, QS Repartee in Rhyme.