Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-02-11
Taristies.

The silver yield Of Montana in 1878
exceeded that Of the gold by $3.50, 900.
-Rubinstein is threatened with total
blindness. He is in Dresden, where
one of his operas will soon be per-
formed.
Mr.. Carre, Of Paris, finds it neces-
sary to extend his establishment for
the manufacture of carbons for the
electric light. There are more than
$500 feet Of earbons per day turned
out at his works at present.
"A German paper asserts that prus-
sic acid only causes suspension of life
at first, and that one who takes it can
be restored to animation by the pour
ing Of acetate of potash and salt, dis
solved in water, on the head and spine.
The tribute which'the workingmen
Of England viii present to Lord Bea-
consfeld is of unique character. 1t
is to be laurel wreath of gold. Each
town will contribute one leaf. Sub
scriptions were limited to one penny
An accompanying address will contain
the names OIL Jhe donors.
"A man in New Haven, Conn,
whose house was infested with sewer
rats, tried the experiment of catching
one Of them in trap, and leaving it to
starve to death, believing that its cries
would frighten away its old associates.
Its shrieks of rage and despair had the
desired effect. The trial was made six
months ago, and not rat has been
heard from or seen withinathose walls
since.
Scott G. Goodwin, of New Hart
ford, Conn.,, who with his wife was in
jured at the time Of the bridge disaster
at Tariffville, sued the Connecticut
Western Railway Company, and at
tached a locomotive. This he stored
in a small frame building which
he erected for the purpose at Winsted.
This brought the company to terms; a
settlement has been effected, and the
engine released to resume its service on
the road.
An Auburn fisherman, few days
since, while fishing through hole in
the ice, caught trout so large that he
could not be brought through the ORR
fee The fisherman, however, gently
played with the fish with one hand,
while he chopped ice with the other
until the opening had been enlarged
sufficiently, then with a skillful jerk
be brought out dead cat with brick
on its neck, the entire prize weighing
over nine pounds.
Can photographer legally sell to
any one copy of the photograph OF a
private individual who has had his or
her portrait taken by him for private
use? This impor tant question is to be
brought up before the English courts
for decision. A lady refused her pho
tograph to an admirer. He, net to be
baked in his passion, went to her pho
tographer and bought copy of her
picture. Whereupon the lady brings
suit to punish, if possible, the Offend
ing artist for selling her without per
mission.
AT ball given recently in honor
of the Prince of Wales, small table
in an alcove was reserved at supper for
His Royal Highness and his intimates.
The ball was at its height; the Prince
led one of his partners to the table, fol-
lowed bv some of the most distinguished
guests. Two chairs, however, remained
unoccupied. "A heated parsOn, support
ing a still more heated partner, de-
scried the vacant places and immedi-
ately swooped down upon them. In
vain the courtiers nodded, winked, and
beckoned; his reverence meant supper
and was not to be denied. AT last
Lord Charles Beresford, always fertile
in resource, dropped on his knees, and,
crawling under the table, pulled the
parson by the leg 1t was of no avail;
the reverend gentleman merely kicked
out. and continued his attack on the
good things intended for royalty
London World.
Tourists to Paris will find renewed
interest in the ever romantic history Of
Abelard and Heloise, in consequence of
the recent restoration of the celebrated
tomb. Abelard dying first, was buried
by Heloise at the Abbey Of the Para
ciete, Of which she was abbess, and upon
her death the remains of the lovers
were not separated, In 1892 the Para
clete was sold and the bodies were re-
moved to the Church Of Nogent-sur-
Seine. Eight years later they were ex-
humed and placed in the garden of the
Musee Francais, in Paris, and in 1917
were deposited in the cemetery of Pere
la Chaise, at Paris, beneath canopy
which had been erected over the re-
mains of Abelard at the priory of st.
Marcel, shortly after his death in l142.
The reclining statues were made from
casts taken from the skulls. II is scarce
" possible that one out of ten pleasure
travellers has visited Paris since 1917
without making pilgrimage to the
celebrated tomb. In its restored condi-
tion it win be more attractive than