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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
An Incident in the Life of Million
aire.

The following story of Jacob Ridg-
way, o wealthy citizen of Philadelphia,
who died many years ago, leaving a
fortune of five OF six million dollars, is
taken from an article in the I7ste77G-
tio7aGl RevaeeC:
"Mr. Ridgway." said a young man
with whom the millionaire was con-
versing. "you are more to be envied
than any gentleman / know" :. Why
so," responded Mr.. Ridgway; Il am
not aware Of any cause for which l
should be particularly envied.n "What,
sir!' exclaimed the young man in as
tonishment; why, you are million
aire. Think of the thousands your in
come brings you every month"; y
Well, what of that?" replied Mr.
Ridgway. All get out of it is my
victuals and clothes, and I cannot eat
more than one mans allowance or wear
more than one suit at a time. Pray,
cannot you do as much?n 'sAhi but, .
said the youth, think of the hundreds
Of fine houses you own, and tine rentals
they bring you" What better am /
off for thats" replied the rich man; II
can only live in one house at time.
As for the money | receive for rents,
why, | can't eat it or wear it. can
OhlJ tAoC ~ W D0J Ol1AOl AOloOo lOt ObllCI
people to live in; they are the benefi-
ciaries, not l." But you can buy splen-
did furniture, and costly pictures, fine
carriages and horses; in fact, anything
you desire" And after have bought
themP" responded Mr. Ridgway, g what
thenP / can only look at the furniture
and pictures, and the poorest man who
is not blind can do the same. l can
ride M easier in a fine carI.iapn than
you can in an omnibus for five cents,
without the trouble o. attending to
drivers, footmen and hostlers; and as to
anything l desire, L can tell you, young
man, that the less we desire in this
world the happier we shall be. All my
wealth cannot buy me a single day
more of life; cannot buy back my youth !;
cannot procure me power to keep aiar
off the hour Of death; and then what
will all avail, when, in few short years
at most, | lie down in the grave and
leave it all, forever. Young man you
have no cause to envy me-"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
An Orphans Work.

The other morning an orphan was
abroad on Cass avenue. The sun had
scarcely risen when he rolled barrel of
water-Gme not yet unheaded from in
front of new building down the street
to large pile of leaves, and in ten min
utes the barrel was deity and neatly
hidden from sight. A Pawnee indian
out on the war path might have sus-
pected :" old That " hidden there, but no
white man ever could. When his work
was done the poor orphan walked away
about half block and sat down in front
of house. The frosty air had just be
gun to make his teeth click together
when a milk-man drove up and rang his
bell. After he had delivered his milk
he noticed the boy and asked:
Bub, why are you sitting here in the
cold?"
I'm waiting to see the rats come out
from under that big pile of leaves there, "
replied the boy.
''Rats under the leaves? Well, I'll
fetch 'em mighty quick"
He seized the reins, gave the horse a
sharp cut and headed him for the rats
nest. The wagon struck the heap, rose
up, and next instant lay broadside on
the pavement, while the milk jumped in
all directions. The driver scrambled
up. caught and quieted the horse and
then looked around for the orphan. No
one was in sight If he could have seen
around corner and down alley he
would have beheld a boy crawling
through hole in the fence, but he
couldn't have caught him not by q Jug
full Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
The obeIisk Destined for New York.

General Loring, late of the Egyptian
army. was questioned as follows, by a.
st. Paul (Minn.) reporter concerning
the obelisk. which the Khedive of Egypt
presented TO New York, 71.
sHow is that obelisk regarded in
FITS the only -object'of great historical
interest left in Alexandria. and it won't
be there long. 1t is the first object you
see in approaching the city from the sea-
The obelisk that went to England had
been buried for 100 years in the sand
some thirty feet from the one standing.
Both were brought from Heliopolis by
Cleopatra and placed in front Of the
palace of the Caezars. The New York
obelisk is much better preserved than
the English trophy, and the writing on
it is more distinct. 1t is one Of the old
est obelisks in the world, and was con-
structed during that splendid era Of art
of the twelfth dynasty, LOCO years years
before Joseph. Not a man in Egypt
could realize that the khediye had given
it away. They were all wonderstruck-
When England was moving her obelisk
there was general rejoicing in Egypt
when the rumor came back that it was
lost in the sea.
What is tie color of the New York
belisk?"
"It is the color of a brown-stone frons
on Fifth avenue. It came from the
famous quarry 600 miles above Cairo
think it is about seventy feet nigh. The
granite, fresh from the quarry, sparkles
like Jewels. The grandest Of al obelisks
is still sacred in the temple of Karnak.
It is 100 feet high. and is the most beau
tifully cut and engraved of all known
obelisks. The one in Paris was in this
temple, and is the second in height in the
world. There is one in the quarry ike
the one at Karnak. The New York ohe-
lisk is 1000 years older than either Of tae
others. The most interesting one. his-
toTically, is still at Heliopolis. II was
cut 3,064 years B. c., and preserves all
the style and grandeur Of the finest
sculpture of that brilliant epoch Of
Egyptian art. 1t il the only object left
of the splendid city of sOn.h 1t stood i'm
front of the temple Of the sun. Of which
Joseph's father was the priest, whFre
Moses learned bis Egyptian wisdom and
where Plato, Solon and Pythagoras
learned their philosophy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
A Country Clergyman Among CITY
Sharpers.

The simple, unaffected and truthful
manner in which the Rev James R.
Page told his story in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions before Judge Gildersleeve,
provoked smiles even in the Jury box.
The reverend gentleman is pastor Of a
Presbyterian church in Rushviile, III.
He was in this city visiting some friends,
| and strolled through Canal street, where
he was met by man who claimed to be
nephew of Mr.. Rae, one of the clergy
mans parishioners, and led him to a
saloon at No. 4O4 Canal street. There
he showed him some specimens of tea
in which he claimed to deal. Just at this
important crisis very tall, lank man
staggered into the rear apartment, and,
saluting the man who called himself
Rae, said in a careless tone, 1--we Just
come from Tennessee and sold my mules
for 81, ,30O." To make good his word he
drew out huge pile of what seemed to
be greenbacks, and said he had lost $500
the night before in gambling while on
spree, at the same time producing three
cards to explain how he lost the money.
Ah,n said the generous tea merchant,
8 sit down, and I'll show you how they
cheated YOU" Down sat the big fellow
from Tennessee TO learn the mystery.
The tea merchant was "skort = and re-
quested a loan from the clegyman. Two
five dollar bills, one ten and one twenty
were innocently handed over and rapidly
disappeared into the capacious pocket of
the Tennessee man. Suddenly the bar
keeper rushed into the room exclaiming,
Stop this at once or I will have you
arrested for gambling" All hands dis
appeared, and Mr.. Page had been
swindled by an old confidence trick. A
detective found the tea sampler to be
James Lynch, and on McDermott, the
barkeeper, were found Mr. Pages $40.
When arraigned for trial by Assistant
District Attorney Rollins McDermott
made q general denial The jury, how
ever, found him guilty OF grand larceny
Lynch, pleaded guilty, and both were
remanded for sentence. The mule
trader from Tennessee has noE yet been
found.-NeD York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
4 a Partisan sharper,s Ruse.

A gentleman irreproachably dressed
goes into confectioner's store and saws
to the gentlemanly confectioner: &
want hundred and fifty Of the choicest
cream tarts you can make. -
"a hundred and fiftyi That IS a
pretty large order; do you want them
at oncep ?"
Within three hours at the LATEST
. II can have them ready in that time.
Ahemi it is customary to ask deposit
on such order-say ten francs -
Certainly, my friend. Here are your
ten francs
About two hours later a gentleman
irreproachably dressed goes into 3
tailor's shop across the way from the
pastry-coOk's and asks to be shown some
overcoats. He selects one of the incest
and asks the price.
"One hundred and twenty live frances,
sir.n aaffi aiit. -.r
"Very well, will take it. have
some money to collect at the confec-
TONERS across the way. l presume you
have no objection to letting one of your
young men come over with me to get
Certainly not A worthy man is my
friend Mr.. Puff --s5 - n
To confectioner enter irreproachablv
dressed gentleman now wearing an over
coat and tailor's young man. The con-
fectioner greets the former with the re-
speetful friendliness due to good Gus
toner. '.srff.
All. Puff, I've called round for that
$50. You promised to have them for
me at half-past two.n f
:" You shall have them in five minutes
sir.l' of lsl5 d75
:Very well. have to 60 round the
corner TO see man. You will will give
this Young gentleman 125 of the $50.
will return and the remaining twenty
five myself in a few moments"
with pleasure, sure"
Five minutes later the confectioner
gives tailor's young man l25 cream -tarts
and a bill for balance thereon, twenty
one francs twenty-five centimes.
One minute thereafter a confectioner
and a tailor's young man are securing
the neighborhood in search Of an ire
proachably dressed gentleman with a
new overcoat, whom the great city, with
its ceaseless hustle and confusion has
swallowed up as yellow dog swallows
an oyster-cracker
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
Saving and Having.

Either a man must be cont ent with
poverty all his life, or else be willing to
deny himself some luxuries, and save.
to lay the base of independ ence in the
future But if a man deties the future,
and spends all that he earns (whether
his earnings be one dollar or ten dollars
every day) let him look for hunger and
want at some future time-for it will
surely come. no matter what he thinks.
To save il absolutely the only way to.
get solid fortune; there is no other
certain mode. Those who shut their
eyes and ears to these plain facts will be
forever poor, and for their obstinate re-
lection of the truth, mayhap will die in
rags and filth. Let them so die and
thank themselves. But, MOI They take
a sort of recompense in cursing fortunes
Great waste of breathl They might as
well curse mountains and eternal hills
For | can tell them fortune does not
give away her real and substantial goods.
She sells them to the highest bidder, to
the hardest, wiseSt worker for the
boon. Men never make so fatal mis-
take as when they think they are mere
creatures of fate; It's the sheerest folly
in the world. Every man may make
or mar his life, whichever he may choose.
Fortune is for those who. by diligence,
honesty, frugality, place themselves IN q
position to grasp hold Of fortune when
it appears in view The best evidence
of frugality is the FIVE hundred dollars
or more standing in your name st the
savings bank. The best evidences of
honesty is both diligence and frugallty.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
WOODBURY., n j, Thursday NOVEMBER 90 1871
The Human Ear.

I
| Prof. G.F. Foster, of Carbondale. Ill.
gives the following description Of the
human ear: The internal ear is a won
derland, a diminutive one. it is true. but
really great-astonishingly great In its
| very littleness-a fairy land, full Of the
realizations of dreams, to be found in
oriental story. In space of less than
one-haf of a cubic inch, ,excavated out of
the petrous portion of the temporal bone,
there are to be found curiosities which
the finest museum in the world cannot
afford. In the vestibule are miniature
lakes; here, with pebbly otoconia or
| otolothes bathed in its depth, there,
with whole forests of hair-like rods,
looking like clusters of reeds, growing
| in the shallow water of some pond.
while the whole is almost constantly
tremulous with wavelets of sound trans
mitted from the objective world within.
Here in one place are to be found peculiar
winding canals, each swelling at one
extremity into strange, vase-like dila-
tions, or ampull@, while in another
hangs chain of minute bones, curious
caricatures of. familiar objects, all united
| together by the smallest ligament.s and
moved by muscles so tiny that each will
scarcely weigh more than single grain.
! Here in recess of the bony cave, stands
| a wonderful small-shell tower, with
several pairs of spiral stairs or scallse.
leading from the base, around a modio-
lus of bone to.the helicotremous summit.
Nor does this tower la * for rooms, or
windows, or doors. Here, within a
peculiar spiral room, with bony ledge
for a floor, the basilar membrane for
carpet, and the membrane tectoria for
the ceiling, we find the most.minute, and
yet one of the most exquisitely formed,
musical instruments in all the world--a
veritable harp or piano, with no less
than three thousand strings, SO wonder
fully formed, SO delicately adjusted, that
it trembles in responsive action to the
slightest sound-now vibrating with
tremulous delight as the incoming waves
of sweet and delicious music float over
its strings; then grating with tremulous
disgust as the passage of hard and dis
cordant noise. Ever faithful and true
to its trust, it initiates perfectly every
sound which comes to it from the out
side world. Beneath the sounding
board of this delicate little instrument is
a nervous arrangement, which far out
rivals the powers of the celebrated tele-
phone. Here innumerable pearl-white
threads of philaments. attached to the
harp strings or corsian fibers, bear on
ward in some mysterious manner, all the
music. of the instruments above, in all
its original accuracy and distinctness,
with all its variations in pitch and
quality, and here by process, initiated
in the phonoglaph, the music is sealed
up, and properly labeled, and stored
away in some one Of the secret recesses
of the brain, to reappear again, it may
be, scores of years thereafter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20

IT the dead, lying under the grasses,
| Unseen inger near the tho bereff,A
Having knowledge and sense IL wat passes
In the hearts and the homes they AVE left,
What teardrops, than sea wafers saltsr,
Must fall as they watch the strifs
When they see how we iail; how We .falter,
How we miss in. the duties 81 iite.
II the great, who go out with their faces
Believed by weeping worlds tears,
Stand near and can see how their PLACES
Are filed, while the multitude chears;
II the parent, whose back Is bent double
With delivering for riches ana gold
Lends an ear to the wrangle and trouble
About him before he is cold
If the wife, who left weeping and sorrow
Behind her, bends down from aboge,
And beholds the tears dried on t1e morrow,
And the eyes newly burning with love;
II the gracious and royal -souled mother,
From the silence and hush Of her tomb,
Can hear the harsh voics of another
Slow-blighting the fruit of her womb;
Il the old hear their early -begotten
Rejoicing that burdens are gone;
II the young know how soon they're forgotten,
While the mirth and the reve go on - -
What signing OF sorrow and anguish I
Must sound through the chambers Of spaces
What desolate spirit must languish,
In that mystic and undescribed place!
Then lie was farce with its burden,
And death but a terrible jest
But they cannot. The grave givesits guerdon
OF silence and beautiful rest.
Ella Wheeler
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
Cremation.

The idea of cremation seems to be
making reasonable advance both in this
country and in Europe. Our conserva-
tive neighbor, the Tribune, speaks true
word in its favor, in regard especially
to such places as New Orleans and
Memphis. The Municipal Council of
Berlin has recommended the universal
adoption of the practice of cremation,
going back to the custom which, ac-
cording to Tacitus, was in use among
the Germans a thousand years ago
There are indications that the English
may also return, in no very distant
future, to the ancient usages of their
Saxon forefathers in this respect. At a
meeting of the National Social Science
society, held recently in Manchester,
the bishop Of that diocese delivered an
address upon the subject of eduaction
and sanitary science, in which, while
considering the latter topic, he stated
that 1.-The disposal of the dead was a
problem which must shortly be faced
more practically and seriously than
heretofore. Cemeteries were becoming
not only difficulty but a danger in
English cities The earth,' he added,
significantly, twas made for the living,
not for the dead" Dr. Frazer (the
bishop is man of exceptional force of
intellect and strong practical sense. He
confessed frankly that cremation was
repugnant to his feelings, as it is to those
OF most people, bur alleged that it was
no longer q matter to be settled by SEN
timental dislike, since it concerned the
health and life of the next generation
The English papers, in commenting upon
the address, are disposed to coincide
with the bishops views on this point,
and regard the matter impartially, as
one of santa Importance. New York
Home
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Last falls tile is not this falls stgle.--
Tnanou Qa1aa

A "a nmN
Last falls tile is not this falls stgles--
LoaOeN Sun. -.s Ny, y. -...,.
When does farmer act with greats
rudeness toward his corn?-W WAen~hs
pulls its ears. -s..-
Twenty-Five hundred bushels ofpecau u
nuts were raised in San Saba county,
Texas, this year.
A colt is usually badly beaten before
he is well broken. With an egg it Is l
different 1t has TO be broken before it /,
is beaten.
Crude rubber is so scarce that before
the winter is over one may have to pay
100 per cent. more for his rubbers than
last spring. a 4aa .s.....,...s
1t is proposed to propagate sponees.
on the Florida coast by cutting the live
sponges into small bits and attaching
them to pieces of rock. iF ss- re
In Missouri recently two boys have
at different times been killed while
looking through apertures ii circus
tents by having rocks thrown at them
by circus men. .s4 s., .,.,s+-is;4
The FIandrau Indians, who now,
number three hundred and fifty souls.
and live In respectable houses in Moody
county, Dakota, shave raised 10000,
bushels of wheat this year. .,fl.
Almonds are gathered, hulled and.
sacked by Cinnamon in California at
two cents pound. The .cultivatorsff
say that the almond will grow at all
points on the Atlantic coast WflereN
peach trees thrive.
Men often jump at conclusions"
says the proEerb. So do odogs. Wesaw
a dog jump at the conclusion of cat,,r
which was sticking through the open
ing of a partly-closed door, and it
created more disturbance than church L.
Standardization Post.
Entomologicaily speaking, the butter
fly gets up from its grub and floats
through the air with the greatest of ease.
Physiologically speaking, the boy makes
the butter fly by putting it down with
his grub, with the greatest of grease.
Scientifically considered, both are cli-
matological. Please pass the butter =
my well-bred friend. -y
Steam has at last been harnessed down
to the oyster dredging business. The
New Haven Register tells of new steam
dredger that will haul up oysters from
forty feet of water. This steamer is of
forty tons burden and sixty-three
feet long, built in the peculiar shape
necessary for this business. One engine
Dropels the boat while another hauls up
the oy sters. When two hundred bushels
are caught the steamer goes to its dock
in Fair Haven and unloads.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20

The ingenuity exhibited in the differ
ent modes Of spelling quite common
name is curiously illustrated in the fol-
lowing incident. A lumber .aler in
Minnesota, whose given name was Isaac,
had quite an extensive correspondence.
His bookkeeper made a memorandum of
every time his name was misspelled in
letters directed to him, and the list
reads as follows: Isiac, Hsac, Icaack,
Iscac, Ysac. Isaag, Izic, Isiace, Icac,
Isach, Isle, Isiaac, Isaacc, Icaas. Icks,
Iaasic, Aisec, Isaar, Iaasac, Isaach,
Iceic, Isaas, Isica. Iaac, Iassac, Tx,
Sic, Issech, Isac. Isick, Issacc, Isaace,
Isekc, Issick. Isaak, Iisace, Isak, Isaack,
Icaac, Sick. Isich, isaac, Issac, Jssee,
lsoac, lsice, Isaic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20

Tickling induces laughter, except tickling in
the throat, which causes coughing - at once
removed by DIR. BULBS Cough Syrup. rs cents
bottle
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20

ANY one who is quick at repartee
must necessarily have q great response
ability. Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
HOTELS.
NEWToN's HOTEL

(Formsrly Wilis'),
MAHLON W. NEWTON, Proprietor.
Cor. Broad and Delaware Streets,
WOODBURY.. N. J.
This hotel has been reftted and newly fur
nished throughout. Its accommodation are
frst-class. A large number of new rooms have
lately been added to its previous accommcda.
tions. 1t has also attached new stables and
sheds
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
NEWToN's HoTELl
BRIDGEPORT. N. J

bhIDJEFOhI. N. J
Good accommodations for all who become
its guests. The taole and bar always supplied
with the best. Visitors to this attractive
neighborhood viii hnd hero a pleasant and
quiet home.
SAMuELcS. NEWTON. Pronrietor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
PATRICK LEAvY,

S. W. Cor. Lehigh Ave. & Martha St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
CHOICE WINES.
LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
Sept. Is, 1879.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-11-20
NEWToN's HOTEL!

MANTUA, n. j.
The Bar is always supplied with the best
brands of Liquors and Cigars, and he Table
with the Choicest Delicacies Of the season.
Daily Republican., 1879-05-03
TIE Brave Post Office Boys
For the Republican.

For the Republican.
MEssRs. EDlroEs:-In speaking Of
yesterdays fire in the Office of Levi
c. Bird, it is but justice to say that
the fire was extingnished through the
heroic efforts Of Sergeant Whelan and
Thomas NJ. Culbert, Esq. The latter
named gentleman crawled through the
binding smoke on his hands and knee.
seeking for the fire which he found as
you described in yesterdays edition of
the REPUBLICAN. When Mr.. Ayers took
the lin. Of hose in the room Ee found
Mr.. Culberi lying on the floor and for
moment thought him dead, from the
choking smoke, but the stream of
water soon revived him, and be did not
leave his dangerous position until the
fire had been squelched. The victors
cane cut at last, with Swtlled eyes
and soiled garments, for all the world
like IRE laddie of "ye. .olden-,lavs.n
In fact Mr.. Culburt answered the joke
Of friend by saying, "that's the way
we used to do the thing, when | ran
with the machine" Also please let
me add, that Mr.. Frank Stout, letter
carrier, did not pull the Delaware
steamer over by himself, twas the hose
carriage. hope MIR. Bird will also
remember Joseph Duffy and Joseph
Rigby, b t. letter carriers, who signal
ly distinguished themselves.
Yours, DUKE,
Daily Republican., 1879-05-03
IsnpO rta 4 to Peach Growers.

w. d-Clitford OF Mt. Savage, Alle-
ghany county, Maryland. has invented
a process by winch peaches can be de-
livered fresh from til. trees into the
markets Of Europe after long voyages.
He was succ ssful in sending 30 bush
els from New York to London which
were 10 days on the way, having broken
down on the voyage, and only nine of
the peaches were but slightly injured,
though 25 days had elapsed since the
peaches had been plucked from the
trees. Mr.. deClilord is prepared to
make large shipments by his new pro-
cess, and desires correspondence With
the principal peach growers Of thu PEN
iGsula and if any of them should see
this article they would do we'll to cor
respond with Mr.. deCitford, Mt say
asr, Allegheny County, Md.