Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
B. E. Will.
n vein-The blood.

I LIVING IN Veln-1ne DlOOu-
Ours to mankind-The dog-days.
The weather in England has been go
ing very much against the grain.
Cleanliness is the foe that slays yellow
jack, cholera and all other allies of the
grave
Sleepy Tom, who made at Chicago the
faste% pacing time on record-one mile
in @ l24-is an Ohio horse
"Your time has come p remarked Mrs.
Nobbs, as the jewelers. boy brought in
her husbands watch.-NeaO York Ne1Os
Business carried on without pub
icity" must be the motto of the man
that doesn't advertise.
A mummy's head recently brought to
England from Egypt became drenched
with sea-Water and looked life like when
unpacked.
"A little girl in New York caused the
arrest of female thief, who had stolen
ring from the little one and was max
ing off with it.
The net earnings of the railroads Of
the United States for 1878 were Sl87, ,575,-
III, gain of SI7,Oo0,OOO over the net
earnings for 1877.
Mr.. Loo of the Chinese legation at
Washington fiourishes fan upon which
is some poetry supposed to have been
written 5000 years ago.
Archeries in England have for cen
turies been supplied with bows of Eng
lish make. Two years ago the manu-
facttlre was begun in this country, and
American bows are now largely exported
to England
Three rival lovers of Miss Hudson, at
I.akey Bend, Ill, formed a combination
against fourth and more favored suitor.
They seized him as he was going to call
on her, threw him into a pond, and let
him drown
johnny said fond mother TO her
bov. = which would you rather do, speak
French or Spanish?'' r / would rather,h
said Johnny, rubbing his waist-band and
looking impressively at the table, "
would rather talk Turkey. y.n--I0scG State
Register.
ALoldiness is occasioned by the growth
of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, leather
and seeds most frequently suffer from and
by it. A Glove viii preserve ink; any es=
sential oil answers the same purpOsed
Alum and rosin are used to prevent book
binders paste from mOlding.
tt is said to be quite the custom in
Dublin for pawnbrokers to receive from
washerwomen on pledge clothes belong
ing to respectable families which they
have received to be washed. The arti-
cles are. usually pawned early in the week.
and released in time to be sent home on
Saturday.
The whole population of the thirteen
colonies in 1850 is estimated at 100 600,
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania being
the most populous. To-day we estimate
the population of the United States at
As. 600, ,000 There were at the time re-
ferred to $4,000 slaves in the New Eng
land States.
The painter Z has comical little
servant the other day Madame 2
scolded her for being away All day.
MADAME does not know replied the
ingenious soubrette. 8 that Monsieur or
dered me to go to the salon and remain
all day?' "Whas for?" ITO be a
crowd in front of his pieture!"
The Imperial museum at Vienna has
lately become possessed Of some of the
instruments used by Australian savages
TO induce their gods to give them rain.
These are small lancet-shaped pieces Of
wood smeared with red ocher and rudely
engraved. They are used in mysterious
ceremonies attended with incantations-
When A city gent attempts to row in
4" home made boat and gIides gently
overheard, there is nothing that will
bring out the high-toned conversation
that he has picked up among the elite of
the metropolis so thoroughly as to have an
unsophisticated native shout from tn
shore: How do you like swimming
with boots n?"-NeIo HdUeFs Register
OH, WHY?
f'Oh youth, with smooth, d-papered pate,
The night is dark, the hour is late,
Why do you hnger on my gRtc?"
III stay to help your daughter hold
This gate upon its hinges old;
Go in, old man, you're catching cold.'
The old man sought his little bed
And on It laid his patient head;
o think my gate is safe, he said.
-Cincinnati Star.