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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
A Russian Tragedy.

A sanguinary tragedy has occurred in
Russia, taking its rise from the recently
inaugurated wholesale slaughtering OF
plague-infected cattle. All the cattle in
the Cars dominions are subjected to q
strict veterinary examination. Such as
are ague-suspected, or as exhibit ten
denotes likely to expose them to danger
Of. infection, arc 1T once ruthlcssly
slaughtered. The carcasses are burned
and the owners remunerated, unless they
have striven to conceal the existence "a
the pest among their herds.
One Ivan Borksomvitch did, or IS al
legged to have dene, this. The inspector,
however, discovered that his cattle were
diseased and came to slaughter them.
Ivan refused to permit it unless ne was
paid. The inspector declined to sign the
indemnification papers A quarrel en-
sued. when Ivan assailed him with one
Of the slaughtering knives and disem-
boweled him at the first blow. Inc
murdered mans assistants ftllon the as
sassin, and in the melee which followed
three Of them were very seriously ir--
iured. Borksomvitch was finely secured
and locked up. Next morning he Was
found dead. lie Lad broken \ tile from
the porcelain stove which heated his cell
and cut his throat with it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
AOueer House.

An eccentric Englishman has recently
built house in the Quarter Tivoli for
the residence of himself, his wife and
eight children, which is the talk of all
Paris. 1t is circular, and has neither
door nor window externally, The ap-
proach TO it is from the ground floor on
to the roof by means of a ladder, which
is moved up and down by machinery
similar to that Of drawbridge. There
is only one floor, and that contains IS
eighteen apartments. more OF less small
IN dimension. looking into the center,
which is lighted from above by glazed
cupola. One stove for all these rooms is
in the middle, and in summer its place
IS to be occupied by an exquisite parterre
of flowers. A circular balcony, open to
All the apartments, surrounds this space
The motive for this oddity is, Of course
only known to the author of it, but
everybody can see that two points art
Gained by it-immunity from the taxes
on doors and windows, and a perfect pre-
vcntative Of any attempt at burglary
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
The Family Hammer.

There is one thing no family pretends
to be without. This is a hammer. And
yet there is nothing that goes to make
up the equipment of domestic estab-
lishment that causes one-half as much
agony and profanity as hammer. 1t is
always an old hammer with handle
that is inclined to silver. and always
bound to sl;p. The face Is as round as
a full moon, and as smooth as glass.
When it strikes nail full and square,
which it has been known to do, the act
will be found to result from combina-
ton of pure accidents.
The family hammer is one of those
rare articles we never profit by. When
it glides off nail head, and mashes down
a couple of fingers, we unhesitatingly de-
posit it in the yard, and observe that we
will never use it again. But the blood
has hardly dried on the rag before we
are out of doors in search Of that ham,
mer. and ready to make another trial.
The result rarely varies, but we never
profit by it. The awful weapon goes on
knocking off our nails and MASKING off
joints and slipping off the handle, to the
confusion of the mantel ornaments and
breaking the commandments and cutting
up an assortment of astounding and un-
| fortunate antics without let or him
derance. And yet we put up with it,
and put the handle on again, and lay il
where it won't get lost, and do up our
mutilated and smarting fingers, and il
the outrageous thing should happen to
get lost we kick up regular hullabaloc
until it is found again. Talk about the
tyrannizing influence ofa bad habit II
is not to be compared to the family ham
mer-- Young Scientist
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
Thoreau's Thoughts.

When we cease to syr1pathize with,
and to be personally related to men, and
begin to be universally related, then we
are capable of inspiring others with the
sentiment of love for US.
What is peculiar in the life of man
CONSISTS not in his obedience, but his op-
position to his instincts, in one direction
OF another he strives to live sttper-
natural life.
Do you know on what bushes a little
peace, faith and contentment grow? Go
is-berrying early and late after them.
Woe to him who wants companion,
for he is Unfit to be the companion even
of himself.
What does education often do? 1t
makes a straight-cut ditch out of Il
free meandering brook.
Cheap persotis will stand upon cere-
mony because there is no other ground !;
but to the great of the earth we need no
introduction, nor do they need any
to us.
That virtte we appreciate is as much
ours as another's. We see SO much only
as we possess.
Make the most of your regrets; never
smother your sorrow, but tend and
cherish it till it come to have a separate
and integral interest. To regret deeply
is to live fast. BY so doing you will
be astonished to find yourself restored
once more to all your emoluments.
There is nowhere any apology for de-
spopdency. Always there is life while
life lasts. which, rightly lived, implies a
divine satisfaction.
Whatever your sex or position, life is
battle in which you are to show your
pluck, and woe be to the coward
Whether passed on bed of sickness OF
in the tented field, it is ever the same
fair flag, and admits of no distinction
Despair and postponenent are cowardice
and defeat. Men were born to succeed,
not to fail.
Nothing is more saddening than an in
efectual and proud intercourse with
those of whom we expect sympathy and
encouragement / repeatedly find my
self drawn toward certain persons but
to be disappointed. No concessions
which are not radical are the least sat
isfaction. By myself / can live and
thrive, but in the society Of incompati-
BILE friends starve. To cultivate their
SOClCby ID W ClSI1SIl d So1O W4t4OA Seaii
only be healed by abandoning them.
No fields are so barren to me as the
men from whom l expect everything but
get nothing In their neighborhood |
experience painful yearning for society
which cannot be satisfied, for the hate is
greater than the love.
The blue sky is distant reflection OF
the azure serenity that looks out from
under human brow.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
Words of wisdom.

He that gets out of debt grows rich.
Light burdens long borne grow heavy.
Open your mouth and purse cautiously.
Where the will is ready the feet are
light.
Agreeable counsels are rarely useful
counsels.
One triumphs over calumny only in
scorning it.
Talking comes by nature; silence by
understanding.
1t is only for innocence that solitude
can have any charms.
No man ever yet looked on the dark
side of life without finding it.
Manner is one of the greatest engines
of influence ever given to man.
Flattery is false coin which has cir
culation only through our vanity.
Conscience is the voice Of the soul;
the passions are the voice of the body
Men seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to copy
after.
We live to learn, but death comes to
thousands ere they have mastered the
alphabet Of common sense.
Men spend their lives in heaping up
colossal piles of treasure, which stand AT
the end like the pyramids in the desert
sands, holding only the dust of kings.
How many useful hints are obtained
by chance, and how often the mind, hur-
ried by her own ardor to distant views,
-neglects the truths that lie open before
her.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please
itself with very mean advantages; and
envy feels not its own happiness but
when it may be compared with the misery
of others
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26

Nh
the nature of the influence which the
weird, pale face and strange presence had
had upon my friend.
The strong but subtle link, which no
time. or absence can quite sunder, exist
ing between mother and son, had made
itself felt the instant those two sat face
to face, for the unhappy woman was in
deed none other than Jacks own mother
He had never been told-in fact, it had
been carefully kept from him. Why
run the risk of clouding for life that
bright and happy temperament He
was only four years old when the dread
full business happened. Hence he had
SCARCELY known a mothers care; she was
lost to him and to the world as COM
pletely as if she had died. Nay, death
would have been mercy by compari-
son, and it was generally assumed that
she was dead; only very few intimate
friends knew the truth.
The poor lady's mind had given way
suddenly after the birth of a child, who
did not live. Within a week, the homi-
cidal mania possessed her; by Che
merest chance she had been prevented
from committing some frightful outrage
upon her little boy, my poor friend Jack !;
and restraint not having been put upon
her in time-for her ma1ady had hardly
been suspected, so unlocked for was its
appearaf1ce-sl consumlnated her dead
ly propensity upon her eldest child, q
girl fifteen years of age--killed her, in a
word, as she lay asleep.
And here, after lapse of twenty years,
was the climax and end of the tragedy, as
dreadful as anything that had gone be-
fore. The order for release, when it came,
brought with it as much suffering (to all
but ,one) as had the order for captivity
No wonder that Jack was an altered
man. | have never seen smile on his
face since-though trust that time, with
its healing influence, may at least soften
the blow
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
NO.52..
The OwI,s Mathis.

Behold the East with gates aiar,
Through which the morning peeps.
Hail, dawning light and fading star
Awake the world that sleeps
Sing heigh no to whit, to whoo
Fair Phebus upward leaps.
The glow-worm pales her amorous Light
The freely fiickers dim.
The god OF day shuts out the night,
And lights the oceans rim
Sing neigh no to whit, to whoo
The world awakes to him.
In flaming glow his orbit see,
High DER the mountain crest,
Drips sparkling light from out the sea
And lights the owlet's nest.
Sing heigh no to whit, to whoo
take my fight to rest
-ChristopHer q. Merritt.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26
Watering the Hills.

'Hewatereth the hills from His chsmbers."-Ps
civ, Is.
Oh the rippling and the foaming,
Falling not from dawn till gloamifig
Where the rapids are descending, as for ages
they have done;
On each downward platform taking
just a moments rest, then breaking
Into sweet enchanting laughter at the gleeful
triumph won;
All the latent echoes waking
With the fun!
Sweeping from their rocky portal,
ss Robed at once in light immortal,
Bringing infinite revealings from the silences
protound;
How the little eddies whiten,
And the longer reaches brighten,
2 AS the showers OF brilliant dewdrops on their
slivery slopes rebound;
Falling into gems that tighten
-Y. All around.
- When the sunbeams come unbidden
'- To behold the marvel hidden,
All the waters take them captive, to adorn
their raiment white;
DuJ lile IalHOOW lellS Une WOuuer
OF the radiance lying under,
And the sun in regal beauty stoops to claim
his own by right,
e. Till the ripples fall asunder-
Lost in light
On the brink the moses glisten,
And the grasses stop TO listen
To the never-ending music of the waters
flashing by;
Overhead the elm-trees stately,
In their hearts rejoicing greatly
At the springs OF welcome GOODNESS that be-
meath their strongholds lie,
Spread their myriad leaves sedately
To the sky.
When ut night the stars assemble
In the far blue heavens, and tremble
At their own reflected splerdor, ohthe torrent
borne away,
Then the laughing waves discover
How the moon--earths timid lover
Watches for the perfect mirror they have
broken in their play;
Watches-with the stars above her
Till the dny. ~
Through all seasons varied phrases,
Still the waters speak their praises
OF the Power that sweeps them outward, in
their fnllness to the deep;
All their rush aud tumult guiding, =
For each drop path dividing,
Till in far-olf hreadtlis OF ocean each its des-
tined place shall keep.
And at l;,st, ir calm subsiding,
Fall asleep.
-.Hary Rowles, in Sunday .MagaSine
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-08-26

The editor who can cause the names
of two subscribers to be written down
where only one was written before, is
greater than the man who invented the
patent inside system Quincy Modern
Argo. And the man who invented the
patent inside system enabled thous-
ands of editors to write down the names
Of two subscribers g where only one was
written before You'll have to ac'
knowledge that fact after Dooley con
sidering it-Moathly Union.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
CaneeIing POSTAGE Stnmps,

Detroit Free Press.
Every now and then a paragraph
goes the rounds to the effect that
some eccentric individual will give SO
many hundred dollars for 1000, 5000
Cancelled postage stamps. Several
persons have succeeded in collecting
the 100000, and in some instances
$500 or $500 were paid for their col.
lection. Those who ~inuocently aid in
making these collections little think
that, in most cases, they are helping
to defraud the government. Adj
vanced as scientific knowledge is at
the present day, there has as yet been
discovered no preparation for cancel
ing postage stamps that will not wash
off. 1t is estimated that the govern
ment loses $l,000,000 every year by
the use of washed stamps in the post
office alone. The loss through
washed revenue stamps is also great.
A million cancelled 3-eent stamps.
when washed, are worth 100000.
This being the case, it is easily seen
g bNNh
that the man who %invents an uncan.
cellable ink will make his fortune.
Hundreds of inks and devices have
been tried, but it is curious to note
that the most complete canceling ap-
paratus yet known is the remote
country postmaster with his pen and
ink. Some time ago a maj travelled
from st. Louis to Washington with 4
bottle of his ink, being unwilling to
risk his secret by allowing the stuff to
60 out Of his hands and perhaps be
analysed.
He reached the department. and
proudly cancelled a stamp in the pres.
ence Of the authorities, who took il
and quickly washed it clean with
soapy water. His ingenuity in trying
different antidOtes for his ink had
not led him to the use of the simplest
means procurable. Hundreds of
chemical combinations have been
tried by the different inventors. Acids
of all kinds have been combined with
inks in common use, and for all of.
~
them some other combination has been
found that will remove all traces and
leave the stamp clean as it was. Inks
have been offered which eat away the
paper it is put on, so strong are the
acids, but, while there is no doubt Of
their efficiency, the objections to their
use are obvious. The chemist of the
patent office for a long time found
chemical means of washing out every
body else's ink, and then presented
an Invention of his own which he
could not wash out. 1t wasgiven to a
Smithsonian Institution chemist, and
he soon found out how to wash it
clean. After this the department
ceased to expect that an indelible ink
would be found.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
Cotton.

The Ii o'clock telegram from New York
this forenoon quotes cotton quiet; mid
ding, IL 8-l6c, a decline of Lice from
Saturdays quotations. Futures barely
steady at l1@l1.02c for August deliveries
lO.92@10.94c for September l0.S5@lO.S7c
for October lO.1S@l0.14c for November
l0.l2@l0.l4c for December. The 1915
telegram from Liverpool quotes cotton
EASIER uplands, ED; Orleans, 8 9-l6d.
Futures I'd cheaper. Deliveries for Au-
gust, 6 5-lG@6 9-S2d; August and Septem-
Der, 6 5-l6d September and October,
6 1l-S2di October and November, 6 S-l6d;
November December and January, Cd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

having left the steamer at DR.. Brunson's
place, % miles below Pine Bluff. lie
came down the Arkansas in a skff. The
steamer Maumelle is running between
Pine Bluff and Little Rock
The steamer Batesville and a barge
passed Evansville going up the Ohio last
Thursday night. The hull of Captain
Randal's new boat, now in course Of con-
struction near the foot Of Jefferson street,
by Mr.. Singleton will be ready to launch
in a few days. 1t is to be towed to the St.
Francis river for completion.
1t makes little difference whether or
not the fever Is officially declared epi-
demic. We have it in liberal doses, and
in some cases it is of as violent a grade as
has ever been known or heard Of. The
proportionate number of light cases is
greater than has been usual here, bat
many patients have had deaths mark
upon them as oon as the fever got hold.
In the Masonic list of sick all are re-
ported doing well to-day, and there is no
increase OF sickness. The Knights of
report their sick, eight in number,
doing well except Mrs. George Getz, now
in her second day. Her daughter, aged
about five years, was taken sick last even
ing, The step-son of Mr.. Getz, named
Louis Kreison, died last night.
individuals who occupy petty offices
and in their swollen imagination affect to
what a news journal is to print,
are about as low down and unworthy of
in the news-gatherer's estimation
as the persons who think facts should be
suppressed. This item is for the benefit
Of the last class, several of whom have
been edging around within the past few
days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

Butter lAIal News.l
George Wilson. who lives a few
miles south of town, while seated in
his door reading one day last week,
heard his little two-year old son, who
was playing in the yard near by, utter
a peculiar sound, as though trying to
attract attention, and, looking up, was
Mortified to see the little fellow ap-
preaching him with a rattlesnake
grasped in his hands. The child held
the yenomous reptile about midway of
its body, and yet, strange to relate,
escaped without being bitten.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
NOTICE.

HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 10 MADISON ST., /
August 9Th, 1870.
PUBLICATIONS. for Nurses for the INDECENT
"A sick from physicians in good standing,
will be filled by me when applied TO at office
No. 10 Madison street.
Nurses otherwise placed on duty, by physi-
clans or others, will not be paid for By this
Association.
j. II. EDM0NDSON,
lSi-l@ supt. Nurse Department.
Appeal and Avalanche copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

Henry Berg tells how to stop the
squalling of cats at night, You must
purchase a COW. Then, when The mu-
sic commences, you must dress your
self and 60 out of doors with a pail Of
milk. Empty the milk in saucers,
and place the saucers where the
tabbies can get at it, and there you
arc
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
MEALS 25 cents at Henry Luchrmann's.

The families Of Robert and James Hes
ter desire to return their heartfelt thanks
TO Major F. Cook, who, with a devotion
seldom met with in these times, nursed
them through the fever. He is deserving
Of all praise, and we can, and do cheer
fully recommend him as one of the best
fever nurses in the city, and as a man
noted for his honesty and integrity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

Schurz's Unsuccessful COurtship.
Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
There is not a little talk here among
the few stay-at-hom fashionables,
those who have not either the means
or inclination to leave the capital,
about the failure of Carl SEIZURE to
win one Of the eleven daughters. Of
Secretary Eyarts. Schurz has been
very devoted all the winter to the fair
one, and it has been the much-talked
Of coming event in high life, but il
seems that it is not to come after all,
There is an ugly rumaP that Carl has
been too devoted to one of his fair
countrywomen, a sweet singer, who, 1t
is said, has been provided with a sine.
cure in one OF the departments. and
that this story coming TO tho ears pI
Miss Eyarts, tho secretary Of the
interior was snubbed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

The man that goes a fishing and sits
in a camp-meeting posture on a narrow
thwart from early morn till dewy eve,
and calls it fun, is the same chap that
never goes to church because the pews
are not comfortable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

"John, did you take the note to
Mr.. Jones?" Yes; but | don't
think he can read it," Why so,
John" Because he is blind, sir.
While | was in the room he axed me
twice where my hat was, and it was
on my head all the time
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

The fool, says the Detroit Free
Press, goeth out in a sailboat when he
doesn't know a boom from a breaker,
but the wise mar picks up pebbles on
the shore and hirts with the girl in a
pink dress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

What a feeling of relief comes over
woman as she enters a church and
discovers that her neighbor's wife has
the same feather on her spring hat
that she wore last season.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

VA. ]. COha's wholesale and retail
cigar and tobacco store, corner Main and
Jefferson street, wiz be open during the
yellow fever from 7 am. to 8 pm. l57
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
NOTICE.
Howard Associat'n
No. 10 Madison Street.

August 4, 1879.
WNHE following resolutions are published
l. for the information Of the public:
Resolved, That this association propose to
furnish physicians, nurses, medicines, etc,
to the INDECENT sick only.
Resolved, That each drug store designated
to fill prescriptions for this association be
furnished with the names Of the physicians
regularly in its employ whose prescriptions
they win ell without further orders. Pre-
seriptions Of physicians not in the employ Of
this association must be approved by a mem
Der Of the association before being filled.
lA 1879 T. r. WARING, Secretary.
Appeal and Avalanche copy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
o MUEHLES
AT +. J..
23A Main st. !
The Lotteries.

The renowned Louisiana Lottery draws
on the 18th Of August Those who feel
like riskiHg their fortune would do
well to choose q number and send for
a ticket without delay to No. 6 West
Court street. l24t
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05

The impression seems to prevail that
all stores new open here are charging
exorbitant yellow fever prioes;" this is
not true, in rcase, at least-for deprived
by a rigid quarantine of the trade of the
surrounding country; shut up in the city
almost entirely depopulated of its money
ed inhabitants, and, mo4ever, no money
Of any consequence having been rs yet
disbursod by the Towards the present
stagnancy in business is without parallel
in the history of our city and we would
be only too glad to dispose of our large
stock of ready-made clothing and gents
furnishing goods at our usual reasonable
figures. Having sent our books to our st,
Louis house our terms during the cpl
demic will be strictly cash.
GguRBs, AUsTIx & Berry,
1873 1923 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-05
blaine Tied Up i'm Maine.

Washington Special to the Baltimore Sun.
Senator Blaine writes here that be
will have to cancel his engagements
for Ohio. 1t seems that the campaign
in Maine promises to be very active on
all sides, and the Republicans feel that
they are far from being sure of a VIC
tory. The quarrels between the Re-
publican leaders have not been adjust
ed, so that there still exists a luke
N9rmRess among the disappointed.
The succession to Hamlin in the SEN
ate is the great bone of contention.
Congressman Frye and Reed aud az
Congressman Eugene Hale aud Peters
are candidates, Blaine Is acting as
peaeemakeT. Another reason Blaine
has for not going to Ohio is that Cen
eral Ewing is his cousin, aud there
exists betWeaB them a warm personal
sFiendship.