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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
Pain and the Weather.

1t is a familiar experience that certain
bodily pains vary in their phases accord
ing to the weather, but probably few
have made exact scientific observations
of this to any considerable extent. A
series of such observations, made with
much ability and perseverance, has lately
been reported to the American Academy
of Science by Prof. Mitchell. They are
by Capt. Catlin, of the United States
Army, who lost a leg during the war,
and since that time has suffered good
deal from traumatic neuralgia. He
carefully noted. during five years, the
effects produced on him by changes of
the weather. For the first quarters of
these five years there were 2,47I hours
of pain; for the second quarters, 2,IO2
hours; for the third quarters, 2,O56
hours; and for the last quarters, 1921
hours. The best "yield of pain -" is in
January, February and March, and the
poorest in the third quarter-July, Au
gust and September. During these five
years, while the sun was south of the
equator. there were 1862 hours of pain,
against A, l58 hours while it was north Of
the equator. The average duration of
the attacks for the first quarters was
twenty-five hours, and for the third
quarters only 17.9 hours. Now, taking
the four years ending January l, 1879, it
is found that ofthe 537 storms chartered
by the Signal Bureau, 298 belong to the
two winter quarters, against 239 for the
summer quarters. The average distance
of the storm-center at the beginning of
the neuralgia attacks was $50 miles.
Storms from the Pacific coast are felt
flrthest off very soon after, or as they
are crossing the RockYmountains, while
storms along the Atlantic coast are as
sociated with milder forms of neuralgia,
which are not felt till the storm-center is
nearer. Rain is not essential in the pro-
duction of neuralgia The severest neu-
ralgic attacks of the year were those ac-
companying the first SHOWS Of Novem-
her and December One other interest
ing observation is as follows: Every
storm sweeping across the continent con-
sists of a vast rain area, at the center of
which is a moving space of greatest
barometric depression. The rain usu-
ally precedes this storm center by $50 to
600 miles, but before and around the
rain lies belt, which may be called the
neuralgic margin of the storm, and
which precedes the rain by $50 miles.
The fact is very deceptive, because the
sufferer may be or the tar edge of storm
basin of barometric pressure, and seeing
nothing of the rain, yet have pain due to
the storm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
Horses Comfort.

The health and comfort of horses have
of late years been improved by the bet
ter construction of stables. They are
made more roomy and lofty, and pro-
vided with means of thorough ventila-
ton. In many new stables lofts are
done away with, or the floor of the loft
is kept well above the horses heads,
and ample shafts are introduced through
the lofts to convey away foul air. By
perforated bricks and gratings under
the managers, and elsewhere round the
walls, and also by windows and venti-
lators, abundance Of pure air is secured
for the horses; while being introduced
in moderate amount, and from various
directions, it comes in without draught.
Too much air is almost an unknown
stable luxury. To secure constant
supply of pure air, horses require more
cubic space than they generally enjoy.
Even when animals are stabbed only at
night, minimum of 1900 cubic feet
should be allowed. In England, the
newer cavalry barracks give minimum
Of 500 cubic feet, with a ground area of
fully ninety square feet per horse; and
the best hunting and carriage horse sta
bles have more room.-Jou77aal of Chem
SSt3U
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
The Emigrant.

She clasped her hands on my arms,
She laid her cheek on my shoulder;
The tide Of her tears fell warm
On hands that trembled to hold her.
l whispered plying word,
As the ship moved slowly apart,
And the grief Of the friendless poured
Its choking weight on my heart.
For graves in the evening shade
Were green on a far-of hill,
Where the joys of her life were laid
With love that had known no chill,
But however her heart might yearn,
We were facingthe freshening breeze,
And the white wake heightened astern
On the rolling floor OF the seas.
She quenched the fire Of her tears,
Uplifting her meek, brave head.
"Or dark or bright be the years,
I will take courage" she said.
Smoothing back her loose-blowing hair,
And her shawl drawing closer the while
So she drank in the strong sea air,
And left the old shore with a smile.
-Unirersity Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

Baron Won Gleichen, German diplo-
matist, used to tell story of favorite
cat as a proof that the feline race can
think and draw practical conclusions.
The cat was very fond of looking in mir
rors hung against the walls, and would
gnaw at the frames, as if longing to
know what was inside. She had, how
ever. never seen the back side of a mir
ror. One day the baron placed cheval-
glass in the middle Of the room, and the
cat instantly took in the novelty Of the
situation.
Placing herself in front, and seeing q
second cat, she began to run round the
mirror in search of her companion.
After running round one way several
times. she began to run the other, until
fully satisfied that there was no cat be-
side herself outside Of the glass. But
where was the second catp
She sat down in front of the glass TO
mediate on the problem. Evidently
inside, as she had often before imagined
Suddenly a new thought occurred to
her.
Rising deliberately, she put her paws
on the glass in front and then behind,
walked round to the other side. and
measured the thickness in the same way.
Then she sat down again to think.
There might be cavity inside. but 1t
was not large enough to hold cat. She
seemed to come to the deliberate con-
clusion that there was mystery here
but no cat, and it wasn't worth while ~
bother about 1t. From that time tne
baron said she lost all curiosity about
looking rlasSes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
A Sea Serpent as thick as a Mast.

Captain DAWSON, master of the Mitsu
Bishi steamship Kiushiu Maru, gives
the following relation of what passed
before his eyes on his voyage from Riu
Kiu to Kobe. The statement is duly
signed by himself and countersigned by
Mr.. John McKechnie, the chief officer,
and its authenticity appears to be beyond
question: At Ills A. NJ, Cape SATANIC,
distant about nine miles, the chief officer
and myself observed whale Jump clear
outsof the sea, about quarter of a mile
away. Shortly after it leaped out again,
when | saw there was something at
tached to it. Got glasses. and on the
next leap distinctly saw something hold
ing on to the belly of the whale. The
latter gave one more spring clear of the
water, and myself and the chief officer
then observed what appeared to be a
large creature of the snake species rear
itself about thirty feet out of the water.
1t appeared TO be about the thickness of
junk's mast, and after standing for
about ten seconds in an erect position, it
descended into the water, the upper end
going first. With my glasses / made
out the color of the beast to resemble
that of . pilot fish.-16kio (Japd7a)
Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
TIMELY TOPICS.

A telephone has been placed in the
Congregational church, at Mansfield, O.,
the wires leading to the houses of several
aged and invalid persons. 1t sur
mounts floral decoration on the table
in front of the open platform, where it
is hardly seen. The speaker pays no at
tention whatever to it, yet every word
uttered in the auditorium is easily heard
in the rooms of the dwellings which the
wires reach. The first message from
the minister was from Scripture: ''The
worG is nigh unto thee;" His word
runneth very swiftly"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Playing with dice is shaky business.
Low rents-Tears in the sole of
shoe.
The knobbiest part of a house is the
door.
London has eighteen daily news
papers.
A mad dog is pronounced instance
of cur-rage.
Good Thunder is town in Blue Earth
county, MINI.
Venezuela produces $1,000 pounds of
coffee annually.
A bycyclist in England re entity fell
dead while riding.
A doubtful compliment-Tel a
clown that he's no fool.
Twenty-seven daughters cheer th
family Of Cleveland On. C.) man.
Admission to the degree Of barrister
is subject to tax of $3.50 in England.
The spur of the moment may have
something to do with the fight of time
Two families never, under any circum-
stances. occupy the same house in
Arabia.
Railways are aristocratic. They
teach every man to know his own
station and to stop there.
At the national convention of brew
ers, in st. Louis, a resolution was passed
to establish a Brewers Academy " for
the purpose Of educating" brewers
sons and others in the :" science of beer
brewing.
Justus Schwab, q communist leader
in New York, has recovered $50 dam
ages against Police Sergeant Rooney for
arresting him for keeping his saloon
open part Of Sunday night, about which
the law is silent.
A brace Of hungry tramps, espying
sign on restaurant reading, Meals at
all hours" entered and asked the loan Of
a breakfast. On being refused, they re-
luctantly took their departure, dryly re-
marking, 'Those meals are not at all
ours"
Milley Williams, a miser Of Enson
Crossroads, N. c., was accustomed to
invest her earnings in gold, one dollar
at n time. Her dwelling was recently
destroyed by fire, and Jumps of melted
gold, worth about $4,000, were taken
from the ruins.
Smoke is not, as many persons imagine,
lighter than air. 1t is, however, carried
up by the heated air, which, being
lighter than the surrounding atmos-
phere, is pressed upward. Smoke as
cends because it is intermixed with
vapors, gases and warm air.
1t is known that the first aerial voyage
was made by Pilatre de Rozier, in COM
pany with the Marquis d 'Arlandes, in a
Montgol6ere, or heated air balloon, on
November 81, 1888. Pilatre was also
the first victim of aerostation; he per-
ished along with his companion Roman
by the fall of balloon at Boulogne.
Razor blades with the exception of
cast-iron ones) are forged from cast
steel, the bars being tilted to one-halfinch
in breadth, and thickness equal to the
back of the razor. The blades are heated
in a coke or charcoal fire. and dipped
into the water obliquely. In tempering,
they are laid on their backs upon clear
fire, about half-a-dozen together, and
they are removed, one at time, when
the edges, which are as yet thick, come
down to pale straw color Should the
backs accidentally become heated beyond
straw color, the blades are cooled in
water, but not otherwise.
Riches take wings
And SO do flies,
The cheeky things
Buzz in our eyes,
Fill up our ear,
And nip and tuck
Without fear,
And the best of luck.
Won't some human try
Andget through bill
To choke off fly
When he's got his NIL
-.Nelc YORK People.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17
The Subscriber.


1t was the old subscriber,
His eyes were old and dim,
But " he want takin' no paper
That was polin' chaff at him."
For he picked his paper up one day
And it went to his heart like rocket;
"Whom the gods love, die young, it said,
But they whose hearts are dry, T" he read,
4" As summers dust, burn to the socket"
Then he looked through the paper with
wrath and doubt,
And his heart with anger burned;
For he found t had been LETT out
And he found an o that was " turned"
And he lifted his voice with mighty shout
As the sheet with his feet he spurned.
He stopped his paper; he would not read
Such blundering, villainous sheet;
OF the news it contained he had no need,
He could hear the news on the street.
Only ten days later, he sold his corn.
But he pounded his head full of dents,
When he learned, after selling for twelve
tuQ h-udlly
1t was quoted at forty-two cents.
And his farm was sold for taxes, because
He didn't know when they were due,
And he bet on race three days after date,
And he bet on the wrong horse, too.
He was fined nine dollars and seventy cents
For going out shooting on Sunday,
For he didt know, with no paper to read,
Whether twas Sunday or Monday.
He came to town to the Fourth of July,
But it had been gone for a week,
And he felt SO mad, that he wanted to cry,
For he didn't know how to speak.
He thought that Grant was President yet,
And he never had heard Of Hayes;
1t was worry, and blunder. and trouble, and
fret,
All OF his weary days.
So he came to town, one summer morn,
And "signed for his paper again,
And went back home to his wheat and corn,
The happiest man among men.
Burlington Hawkeye
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

The large collection stored in the
vaults of the Smithsonian Institution,
at Washington, are in fair way to be-
come exposed to public view one of these
days, work having begun on the National
Museum, for which Congress appropri-
ated $3.50. 900. The building is to cover
two and a half acres, and will be finished
next spring.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

When the Zulus rushed in on the
small British detachment of Col Wood,
and while there was yet an open road in
one direction, Col. Weatherly, an Eng
lish cavalry officer, clapped his son, a
boy of thirteen-who was with him, on
horseback-kissed him, and told him to
fly for life. The lad jumped from the
saddle, striking the horse lash which
sent it galloping off, and said: Father,
I'll die with you" The father handed
his revolver to the child just as the
Zulus reached, over British bodies, the
spot where they stood. Weatherly slew
five Zulus before he fell, but the son was
killed at once.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

A teaspoonful of coal oil to . gallon of
water will exterminate all the insects
that infest beautiful and delicate plants
and flowers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

+ Strange mischances with fatal results
are daily happening here and there. A
Boston butcher ran against knife that
lay on block, severed an artery, and
bled to death. A Denver woman caught
her foot in railroad frog, and could not
get loose before a train ran over her. A
Vermont farmer sneezed with straw in
his mouth, drew it into his lungs, and
died choking. A horse kicked Michi-
gan boy into deep well, where he was
drowned The shoe flew off the foot Of
a kicking mule, in Nashville, and frac-
tured the skull of baby. An Oregon
girl swallowed her engagement ring. and
lived only week afterward. While
standing on his head, on the top of
high fence post, an Iowa boy lost his
balance, fell into tub of hot water, and
was fatally scalded. A stone, thrown
by a playfellow, broke a glass from
which St. Louis boy was drinking,
driving some of the pieces down his
throat and he died few days afterward
in great agony. Looking up to watch
the flight of an arrow, a Nashville wo-
man did not see it descending directly
over her head, and the sharp metal point
penetrated her brain throug Oh one of her
eyes, killing her instantly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

Apropos to the inter-oceanic canal
across the isthmus of Darien, CORES
pondent in Buffalo writes to the New
York Graphic, suggesting the construc-
tion of an enormous railway across the
isthmus, constructed and equipped to
carry ships of any tonnage. He would
have the track at each end of the route
run down into water deep enough to
support properly built dock, SO that a
ing this approach to the track, and then
be docked and drawn across the isthmus
on wheels. The writer does not profess
any engineering skill, and modestly ad-
mits that there may be difficulties in the
way of his scheme which he does not
see. If SO, others will probably see
them. He thinks such road might be
built for one-tenth Of 5000, 900, 900, the
estimated cost of the proposed canal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

The police statistics Of large cities are
often more impressive than long and
rhetorical sermon could be. Take those
of Chicago, for example. The annual
arrests number about 10000, one-half
for drunkenness, and of the total, 5000
are women, Without going into elabo-
rate comparisons of figures, it may be af-
firmed that Chicago is not greatly worse
than other large cities; it may not be as
bad as some others. AT the best we OBJ
tain a glimpse of an incalculable
amount Of crime and misery and
when we remember that the infu-
enee of evil examples spreads like con-
tagious disease, the subject is seen to be
one of terrible moment. Mere preach
ing to those whose surroundings alone
render virtue almost impossible on the
one hand, and mere attention to physical
wants on the other, will not meet the
exigencies Of the case. Nothing will
effect an immediate or general cure, but
there should be a union of all the
methods which common sense and un-
common charity can devise.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-06-17

1t was the old subscriber,
His eyes were old and dim,
But " he want takin' no paper
That was pokin' chaf at him."
The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
Drier Leeals.


The democrats are In working order.
: A prominent butcher left town sud-
denly yesterday.a-f sa5 ..
reviied crabs at Fullmer's.
The water In the Brandy wine is: low.
Over two hundred thousand dollars Of
city and school taxes, was collected last
mouth.
The most popular excursion of the sea-
son, is The Wasiling'On Fire Co.'S Aug
14th. Tickets $1.G.
1t takes over four million gallons Of
Water day to supply The citizens Of
Wilmington.
Now. where is Jackson the hootblack?
eau Oysters at FuliT es's.
1t still! persists In being hot.
The market this morning WAS large
one.
Farmers are coming in with their new
wheat and oats.
Rem mber the excursion 10 New York
and COney Island, on August 2Stn.
Cape May excnrsion by the Washing
ton 3. r. r. Co. Aug. 18th A pleasan,
time for verybOdy who goes. Tickets
only $1.0O. ,-,s.a .I.
Tender loin steak at Fullmer's.
The Building Committee of the Lovy
Court met again on Monday next.
Turtle soup Al Fullmer's.
Another excursion to Ocean City OF
Thursday next.
Extra fine lunch to- night at Freye'
II f. Second street.
Wal: and gn on the Washington Fir'
CO.'s excursion to Cape May, Angus
| 14th. Tickets only 41.OO.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
A DAYLIGHT BURGLARY.
A HOUSE RNTKHkD AND RANsACKED Bl
ROBBERS.

HOUSE RNTEkkD AND RANSACKED BY
ROBBERS.
A most daring and audicious burglary
tack place In this city yesterday after
noon, by which thieves entered the resi-
dencs Of Fisher Hall, on Thirteenth be-
tween Washington and Jefferson streets
was entered by robbers yesterday after
noon in the absence of the family, aud
everything taken upon which maraudels
could lay their hands.
Mr.. Hall is carpenter and works at
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.'S yard.
He was at work and his wife and child
were in Philadelphia on visit to rela-
tives. He knew nothing of the robbery
until he returned from his work shortly
after 9 o'clock las. evening, and on enter
ing the house scene of the widest confu-
sion met his gaze. Things were thrown
about in the greatest disorder, and the
hasty work OF thieves fearful Of discov~
cry was evidenced everywhere. Not
withstanding this they did their work
completely. Every thing Of any value
"gutted" 20 10 speak.
All the clothing about the building
was taken and not even . change oi
garments was left for Mr.. Hall. In ad
dition to this, MI. Hall's gold watch
Mrs. Halls gold breastpin and golt
bracelets and several other small articles
of jewelry were taken. Some money
was also stolen, but Mr.. n. will not know
the amount until his wife returns.
The robbery took place in the after.
noon, for girl employed in Mrs. j
Parke Postles house, near by says sht
heard noise about3 O'Clock land though
it was Mrs. Hall who had come back
There il NO clue to the thieves.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
Holy Trinity Church.
BEET SUGAR TO BE MANUFAC-
TURED IN MAR YLAND.

BALTIMORE, August IA practical
commencement has been made towards
the establishment of the beet root sugar
manufacture in Maryland. Beets have
been grown on the Eschol Brook farm
at Pikesville, from seed brought from
Germany, and being tested here produc-
ed twelve per cent Of saccharine matter
A body of German manufacturers have
offered to come to Baltimore and pro-
vide all the capital required for the en-
terprise, and to bring over machinery OF
the latest invention, which will extract
every particle of the sacchartne juice
from the beet They also agree to bring
with them their skilled workmen to run
the factory The only stipulation they
make is that they shall be guaranteed
that two thousand acres of land or more
shall be planted with German sugar
beet, the product of which will pay them
for running the sugar house They con-
tract to take the whole crop and as much
more as they can get at S. per ton As
nod land will produce thirty tons per
acre. beets it is said, will yield great
er profit than any other crop Prospects
now are that next spring many thousands
of acres will be planted in beets, and
that within yeal the factory will be IL
| full operation.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
ABSCONDED.
A wELL-KNowN BUTCHER LEAVES THE
CITY SUDDENLY.

A WELL-KNOwN BUTCHER LEAVES THE
CITY SUDDENLY.
This morning there was one butcher
less in the Second street market house,
that butcher being Peter Durham, who
is well-known throughout the city.
Mr.. Durham sold his two stalls to
Fred. Kienle, and yesterday he was paid a
large bill by the Trustees of the Poor. he
having served the Almshouse with meat
for the past three months. This money
he put in his pocket, together with that
he obtained fer his stalls, and all the
available cash he could get, amounting
in all to about $1,000.
Mr.. Durham was well liked by his
fellow tradesmen, and one of them re-
marked this morning that 'instead OF
Pete going away with three thousand
dollars in his pocket, he might have
had ten thousand, as he had unlimited
credit among them"
As it is he leaves behind him several
unpaid bills the largest amounts being
owed to Joseph Il. Gould, and William
Clavey.
When they were approached on the
subject this morning they declined giving
any information on the subject, saying
that he was welcome to all he owed them.
He also owed several other bills in the
C ty. His departure was very sudden,
his family not knowing that he had left
the city. Mr.. Durham was accompanied
by Joseph Richardson, and it is reported
that their destination is Colorado.
The daily gazette., 1879-08-02
CUT HIS PARAMOUR'S THROAT
AND SHOT HIMSELF.

PITTsBURG, August 1.-Some time
ago John b. Weisse, shoemaker, came
to this city from Altoona with Mrs. Jul a
M Irwin, whose husband resides at that
place. They we'd to. ether as man and
W fe, and on Thursday had quar- |
which resulted in Mrs. Irwin throwing
Weis, e's trunk out OF doors. About mid
night be gained an entrance to her bed
room and tried to cut her throat while
asleep. He inflicted terrible cash on
her neck and cheek, but her outcries
caused him to jump from the window and
take refuge in an clubhouse whera lie
was found by the police. Being Cal ed
upon to surrender, he commenced t r ng
whenO officer McKe ma retur. ed the sh It's.
When the door was forced open Weisse
wa. found lying dead on the floor, a
bullet having entered his mouth and
passed up through his brain. From Il e
nature Of the wo und it is evident Weisse
shot himself. The woman, who bears
an un.nviable reputation, will recover
Weisse, who was about 45 years of age
is 50 to have wife in Worcester, Mass