Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-10-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A new Austrian peer has the title Of
Baron Max Washington.
Ninety persons in Great Britain have
incomes exceeding S250,O00.
A Stratford (Conn man has read the
Bible through 100 times since 1927.
A call for arms-The baby's wild yell
in the middle of the night PHILADELPHIA
Bulletin.
Bret Harte is said to have suffered
much in health from the climate of his
consular post, Crefeld, in Rhenish
Prussia.
The fact that half barrel of kussed-
ness is frequently found in a two-quart
boy, has never been explained.
acGter Latnaberns n.
During August, 1879, l07 sailing yes
sells of various nationalities, including
twenty-six American vessels and ten
steamers, were reported lost.
Iowa boasts of farmer who for thir-
teen months past has drank an average
of ten gallons of water day, and cannot
even then satisfy his morbid appetite.
At Princeton the student who stands
highest during his third year of study
in an examination in Hebrew, to take
place each April, will receive fellow
ship worth $500.
All flesh is grass. That is why the
young mans arms assumes grass-hook
curve when he thoughtlessly enciFcles
the waist of-at this point let the gas ne
turned low.-Nes0 Hduen Register.
Gold mining in Upper Georgia is be-
ing prosecuted with more energy, and
is employing more capital than at any
previous period of Georgia history. All
new methods for saving gold and new
machinery for crushing are rapidly being
placed.
When a young society youth arrives
late, and in state of perspiration at
party, the opinion of his friends is divi-
ded as to whether his delay was caused
by the urgencies of business or a pro-
tracted argument with grasping wash
erwoman.-Riqgs.
"Great snakes!'' Philadelphia has just
added eighteen boa constructors to its
Geological Garden. These sweet pets
will require 81, 900 rats year. If rats
have any sense at all they will leave
Philadelphia quicker than they would
sinking ship.-Free Press.
A child of six years of age, having the
story of the fall explained to her, medi-
tated for a considerable time on it, when
she suddenly broke out. Aunty, when
Adam and Eve disobeyed God, why did
He not kill them and make new pair? ?"
Home Journal.
In New York city one hundred and
fifty persons killed themselves in 1878.
In Paris, the number was an average of
GAG suicides for every one million Of in
habitants. London, in the same time,
had the low average OF ninety-six for
every million.
"Why do guns burstpn asks con-
temporary, and then devotes nearly
column to answering the question. Guns
burst because powder is put into them.
Y ou might use a gun seven hundred
years and it wouldn't burst if you kept
powder out of it.
1t is proposed to adopt, in the British
service, new pattern revolver, which Is.
self-extracting, and only requires one
hand to load, is very simpIein its action,
and has patent safety hammer. The
invention is that of Captain Graves.
Twentieth Hussars.
"A little Chambersbtrger was called
upon in Sabbath-school to say a text
from the Scriptures. When the time
came she had forgotten her verse, but
] from her general knowledge of holy writ,
she solemnly quoted, Little children
should be seen, not heard.
Propagating sponges by cutting the
live ones tito small pieces, attaching
them to Jumps of rock and sinking them
to proper depths in suitable places, j.
proposed by Professor Schmidt. He
| thinks in three years they will be mar
ketable and yield a handsome profit
A Rockland man read that one should
endeavor to draw something useful from
everything he saw, and nobly resolved
to profit by the teaching. Tnat night
\ he essayed to draw number of useful
| cord-wood sticks from his neighbor's s
woodpile. and got filed so full of rock
salt out Of a gun that he won't be Il IA
to taste anything fresh for the r. ,,oo ,'olS y
his natural life R0ckland n ,al1allOo Y