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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
Light. Not Noise.

One of the members of the bar in
Saratoga. who thoroughly enjoys a
good joke, relates the following, and
applies the moral to himself: Not
long since, he was counsel in a case be-
fore Judge Pratt, referee, and during
the progress of the trial became little
bit noisy, as he sometimes does, when
the judge looked up and said to him !:
Mr.. -, did you ever hear ofthe man
who was lost in the woods during a
thunderstorm" ?" On being answered
in the negative, the Judge continued !:
A man, in attempting to pass through
piece of woods, lost his way, ant
while he was in that predicament a
fearful thunderstorm came up. The
woods grew awfuliy dark. The roaring
of the wind and the crashing of the
thunder was terrific. The man was
frightened and started to pray, but not
being used to that business, said Oh,
Lord, give us a little more light. and a
little less noise!' g I don't mean you
Mr.. added the Judge, but this
audience supposed all the time the judge
did mean him, and now that he thinks
Of II himself he inclines to that opinion
also.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
Fashion Facts.

Wooden handkerchief gowns are sub
stituted for the gingham ugliness of last
year. They are made up in rather sub
dued styles. but nothing can make them
pretty.
Linens with bright figures are cooler
than calicOes or any cotton goods, and
although more costly are far more desir-
ahle. They are made up in combination
with plain linen.
Many of the French dressmakers use
find plating Tor the center forms in the
back of basques and gather them into
fine shirrings at the waist. This style
is becoming to thin women.
Ten rows of elastics are placed in some
new Isle thread gloves, and in conse-
quence the wearers' hands will look as
if threatened with apoplexy, and their
arms look like zebra skins.
White pique comes up again this year,
but it is usually plaided by small bars.
1t serves for princess dresses, or for
coats to be worn over costumes of thin
ner goods. Pique braids are also used
for trimming.
Aisntles with sleeves are worn with
half trained skirts this season. The
sleeve is formed by lengtheniag of the
side form. and is lightly caught together
at the wrist. The trimming is profuse,
as it is on all the mantles.
Favorite materials for summer dresses
are batiste, which comes in dress
lengths, with party-colored embroidery
for trimmings, and Canton and Japan
ese pongees to be worn over skirts of
velvet or silk. French bunLing5 will
also be much worn, made up in COM
bination with challies out IN bric-a-brac
designs. French foulards are another
popular material for associating with
pain goods. Lace, embroidered and
plain grenadines will all be much worn.
MantIes and shoulder-capes in black
and in colors. trimmed with passemen-
teries and fringe, divide favor with the
walking-coats and redingOtes ms wraps.
In millinery rich yellow Leghorn and
Tuscan straws prevail, but not TO the
exclusion of black and white chips,
which are furnished for all who require
them. The fancy for gold lace, gold
shades in ribbons and satins and gilt
ornaments has not in the least abated.
The bonnets exhibited during Easter
week Just past expressed the growing
tendency to yellow and straw shades
and the new heliotrope blue in flowers
and other trimmings.
Made-up suits for little people show
liberal employment Of cotton monte
cloths, which are reasonable in price
and easily laundered. These and other
colored slips are designed to be worn
over an underskirt, finished with a
white embroidered tiounce.
Wash dresses of gay-colored cotton
goods are some of them very pictur-
esque, as for instance kilt round skirt
of solid colored calico with an over
dress of figured cotton monte cloth, the
waist OF which may be double-breasted
basque. Scotch ginghams in pretty
shades are also made up with plaid or
striped ginghams. The plain color
forms the round skirt, which is trimmed
with draperies of the figured goods.
Seersucker ginghams trimmed with
open patterns of white Hamburg en-
broidery and polka-dotted eambrics
finished with gathered ruffies edged
with Russian Torehon or ser lace, are
counted among popular wasA 7resses.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
Small Beginnings.

A traveller through dusty road strewed
acorns on the lea;
And one took root and sprouted up, and grew
into tree.
Love sought its shade, at evening time, to
breathe its early vows;
And age was pleased, in heats OF noon, to
bask beneath its boughs;
The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, the
birds sweet music bore;
It stood a glory in its place, a blessing ever
more.
little spring had lost its way amid the grass
and fern,
A passing stranger scooped a well, where
weary men might turn;
He walled it in, and hung with care ladle at
the brink;
He thought not of the deed he did, but judged
that toll might drink.
He passed again, and lol the well by summers
never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parching tongues,
and saveda lie beside.
A dreamer dropped random thought; twas
old, and yet twas new;
A simple fancy OF the brain, but strong in
being true.
Itshone upon genial mind. and 10! its light
became
A lamp of lie. beacon ray, monitory
flame.
The thought was small; its issue great; a
watchfire on the hill;
1t sheds its radiance far adown, and cheers
the valley still!
A nameless man, amid crowd that thronged
the daily mart,
Let iall word OF hope and love, unstudied
from the heart;
A whisper on the tumult thrown-at transitory
breath
It raised brother from the dust; it saved
soul from death.
Oh germI Oh tount Oh word of love! Oh
thought at random casti
Ye were but little at the first, but mighty at
the last.
= Charles .Mackay.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
An Echo.

Some years ago very fine echo was
discovered on an Englishmans estate.
He was proud of it, of course, and ex-
cited consider able envy by its exhibit
bition. A neighbor, who owned an
adjoining estate, felt especially scha-
grined, but was greatly encouraged by
an Irishman who went over the lands
with the hope of finding one elsewhere.
He declared himself successful in find
ing the most wonderful echo ever
heard, and he stood ready to unfold his
secret for a very large sum of money.
The nobleman listened to the echo, and,
although there was something peculiar
about the echo, he paid bis money. An
afternoon was set for his friends to
come and listen to the marvellous dis
covery.
s.Hulloin cried in stentorian tones
the Hibernia1 who had promised to
find an echo.
Hullo!e came back from the hi IL
side yonder.
How are you?n yelled one of the
company, and an echo answered, in a
suspiciously different key.
How are you?a
All went well, until just before retir-
ing one of the company, putting bis
hands to his mouth, cried:
Will you have some whisky"
Such question would discover the
character of ally reasonable echo. Ii
was certainly too much for the one
which had been discovered on that
estate. Judge of the surprise OF the
party when the answer came back ID
clear, affirmative tones:
Thank you, surr. l will, if you
please. y
The poor fellow who had been sta.
toned at distance to supply the place
of an echo, simply succumbed to too
great temptation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
The Fashion In Dressing the Hair.

A New York paper says: 1t is ex-
ceedingly difficult to keep in fashion in
respect Of the style of dressing ones hair.
The coifure must be suited to the gen
eral character of the face and form of
the head, and whatever the style may be,
there are always many persons who can
not adopt it. The fashion at present is
to have the hair fiat over the temples
and taken back to form torsades, which
are fastened so that they are quite fiat
and small and do not show from the
front. For this way of dressing the
hair to be becoming the face should be
oval, or at least the head should be small
and round. This stylen ust not be adopt
ed ifthe forehead is either too high or too
low. For balls and evening dress but
few flowers are used, fancy ornaments
are preferred such as gold pins, daggcrs,
stars and arrows. These articles are
made in gold or imitation. Birds and
insects made of precious stones are also
used for the same purpose Young la
dies wear mostly ornaments of gold, sill
yer. or filigree work, or pins. For dress
ing hair, large pins in light shell or real
Jet. matching the combs, are placed in
different parts of the hair. A very sim
pie way of arranging the hair is to crimp
it slightly in front, taking it back g a
l'antique,n with golden band to divide
it. On one side of the back hair is dressed
with cache-peigne Of flowers A
short curl hangs over the shoulder.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
How Ther Vote il AnnenzeIl.

Near to Sargans the Rhine becomes
the dividing line between the Austrian
Tyrol and East Switzerland. The Swiss
canton of Appenzell-" the little land
of Appenzell with its pastoral people
and its queer customs, runs in here to
get a peep at the passing river These
Appenzellers are very democratic peo-
pie, even for democratic Switzer-
land. II is not only that every man has
a voice in the law-makiIg g that it is
democratic, but it is also in the primi-
tive way in which that will is expressed.
There was a time when people chose
their kings by meeting en- masse on
field and giving the tallest man the
crown. Something very similar is
praeticed even now in little Appenzel.
Every May-day the whole voting ropu-
lation of the canton meet, and, armed
with swords and umbrellas, and led by
band Of music, march out to =
meadow, where the affairs of state and
the election of officers are settled in
short time by the sovereign people
The women of Appenzell occasionally
join in this procession. and the grave
looking officials. rigged in the uniform
Of state, gaIiantly give TO the ladies the
best standing-room on the green "a
little platform for the town grandees ii
elevated, around which the procession
halts and listens to a prayer. Then
follow the affairs of state, decided SIM
ply by a show of hands. Taxes are
voted, fines laid and officers chosen for
the next year@ In q lew hours Appen-
zell's outdoor parliament is finished,
and the people 60 to their homes and
lay their swords and flags away TO rest
for another year. This has been Appen-
zell's parliament for 500 years. .-Har-
per's MAGAZINE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
Story of a Defalcation,

A defalcation in the great banking
concern of the Rothschilds is such an
extraordinary occurrence that the Eu-
ropean papers devote much space to the
late affair in Vienna. It seems that the
Vienna branch of the house had long
had in its employ man named Straffer
He entered its service in 1864 at the age
of twenty -one, obtained numerous pro-
motions by his zeal and fidelity, and in
1874 was given the important post of
cashier of the stock and bond depart
ment of the bank. He was quiet, indus
trious man, and was to all appearance
wholly devoted to his employers. whose
entire confidence he enjoyed. Nothing
in his way of living excited suspicion.
He was a bachelor, and his salary of
SO, 900 year seemed ample for his ex-
penses. A short time since Straffer
called upon the principal attorney of the
Rothschilds and confessed that for sew
eral years he had been specializing on the
Bourse with funds obtained by hyDothe-
eating the securities placed in his charge,
and that he had covered up his opera
tions by false entries in the books Of the
bank. A series of heavy losses had
made it impossible for him longer to
conceal his guilt, and he made clean
breast of the whole affair. He was led
to speculate by the belief that he could
safely initiate the operations of the bank,
of which he had early knowledge. His
mistake was IN not taking into account
the fact that he knew only of the trans
actions of one branch of the reat firm
which has its agencies in every money
center of the world, and that the Roths.
childs might choose to lose in Vienna
for the sake of winning in London OF
Paris. Straffer's defalcation amounts tc
| S25. 600; not enough to make much OF 8
sensation in New York, perhaps, but sui
| ficient to cause considerable excitement
in Vienna.-Neso York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29

a Young Clergyman in SpTing1eIds
Mass. has been rewarded handsomely
for preaching sermon which was not
his own. and announcing the fact In the
pulpit before he began to speak. His
other duties had been so great, he said
chat he was unable to write one him
self. In the congregation there hap-
pened to be a native Of Springfield.
who had made fortune in California
and when the sermon was over he spoke
with the clergyman IN praise -.
sermon. and was told who tho NA
was. Bishop Shelley whereuMcfmf.
prosperous Californian remarked
rs tlie church was about 40 build
cdiiice. he would give $500 teWf
TIE sermon itself hp sa{7. E
that much no hiul, afd he RF
| {or THE e<nczzt q.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
Goodnight Wishes.

A blessing on my babes tonight,
A blessing on their mother;
A blessing on my kinamen light,
Each loving friend and brother.
A blessing on the toiler's rest;
The over-worn and weary;
The desolate and comfortless,
To whom the cath is dreary.
A blessing on the glad ro-night;
A blessing on the hoary;
The maiden clad IN beauty bright,
The young man in his glory.
A blessing on my felIow-race,
Of every cline and nation;
May they partake His saving grace
Who died for our salvation.
II any man hath wrought me wrong,
Still blessings be upon him;
May I in love to him be strong,
TIL charity have won him.
Thy blessings on me, from Of old,
My God! I cannot number;
I wrap me up in their ample told
And sink in trusttul slumber-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29
FOB THE FAIR SEX.


Countess Henkel. one of the richest
women in Europe. is now the owner Of
the famous pearl necklace formerly
possessed by the Empress Eugene. It
was sold for $72, 600. The countess had
some of the pearls less beautiful than
the others removed and added two
other rows-one which came from the
jewels sold by the Queen of Naples, the
other from the necklace of the Virgin OF
Atocha, sold by great Spanish person
age. At present the suite Of pearls he
longing to the countess, earrings and
brooch, included, is worth about $780,
900 and is said by connoisseurs to be the
finest set of pearls in the world.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-29

Fity tons Of specimens of American
fish. alive and dead, were shipped "
ss.5 sB|ls & IS s Z 's; e e s'ls 'eEs ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17
Alcoholic lSitfers.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA, February IL, 1850.
Editors Dispatch: You will please al
low me space enough ia your popular paper
TO make the following statement-to-wH:
Last fall one year ago the United States
Government conceived the idea OF requir-
inp 4 * special liduor-lceRse tax OF drug
cists and others dealing in medicinal alco-
holic bi,ters, but after consulting manu-
featuring houses. United States 1eVe-
nue. officers, and druggists as to what
would be The result Of such law the Gov
yernment determined to abandon TINS
scheme as Iniudicious, consequently THESE
bitters" were exempt. was notified by
Captain S. j. Quinn, the Uniied states reVe-
nue. officer for this district, or sucD eXemp-
tions, and continued dealing in them. 10
levy such tax would force these goods out
OF the hands OF retail and prescription
druggists, and would give the eXc'u-
siyc control OF such goods to liquor
merchants, from the fact that retail drug
gists do not sell enough Of such goods to
Justify taking out this license. We have
four drugstores here, and j feel perfectly
safe in stating that not ore Of the four
would take out this license. The Govern
ment not only eXempts medicinal alcoholic
bitters. but also eX, mpls any mixture (me-
dicinaO prepared with alcohol by retail
druggists. The Government is thoughtful
enough and considerate enough TO give
druggists the benefit OF these articles to
meet prescription purposes. thus enabling
us to give "suffering humanity" some
guarantee as to the purity OF the article we
offer: whereas If we were compelled to go
out OF our legitimate business for medicinal
bitters, &c, we could not guarantee the
article. II would be well for Senator
Fulkerson's bill 10 make such eX.
emptIons in regard TO this class OF
alcoholic bitters as are already made and
provided for in the United States internal
revenue laws, subiecting the same to
Stale.stamp duty, thus requiring druggists
to put State stamps on all alcoholic medi-
cinal bitters they handle and offer for sale.
Such bitters are daily prescribed by phvsi-
clans, consequently it would not be prudent
for judiciou>) TO take this class OF goods
out OF the hands Of professional pharma-
cists, competent to Judge OF their strength,
virtues, DC. Make such exemptions as are
already made by the Government and it
WILL BE GOOD.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17
That's a hard yarp.1

PLAYED OUT.-We have never known
anything play out as elfectuaIly as the re.
adjustment of the public debt. No one be
neves the Legislature intends to do any
thing with the debt. They will attempt to
borrow money, get what they can to run
the government, hut there will be no cal n
est or persistent cfioit to settle with or pay
the creditor, and no scheme approaching
unanimous agreement in the party will
be passed or pressed. A ReadiuSter does
not now mean one anxious to compro'
mise the debt upon easy terms, nor does 1t
now mean one looking to the control OF the
State government. The spoils have been
divided, and that is passed. A R'adiuster,
as public man, now means one looking
for place and pay under The Federal Gov
eminent, based on some arrangement 10 be
made with the party having control OF the
Government.
shortly 1t will lie party that can be car
ried in one small mans breeches-pocket.-
Lynchburg Ne1oS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17

RAILROAD CONTRACTS LET-The Lexing
ton and Big Sandy Railroad Company ha,
let to Messrs. Tabier a. Warner tbirty-sever
miles OF its line from Mt. Sterling 10 Trip
let's tunnel. From theuce 10 Stewards
twenty-nine mIIes-bas been or will be LEI
to either Mason & Shannahan or McClOud
Il Myers. these firms having the lowest bids
nled. Stewards is the point on the general
survey of this road at which the Ashland
Coal road will connect. and there Is only
eight miles OF a gap between the present
terminus OF the latter road and Stewards,
which will be built bv Mr. Means, OF Ash
land. From Ashland TO Callettsburg-
seven nIles-aDd thence 10 Huntington
niue miIes-will probably be let before June
next Huntington advertiser.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17
SPECIAL NoTiCEs.
E DON'T 10y NOW.


Az VINO IN 10 pay more for their goods than they
can now oe had at advised not to purchase them
now. All who wish TO save money are advised to
r,dschase at once.
Many articles can be had much cheaper now than
In a few weeks hence. So delay notJn making your
purchases unless you wish 10 pay more for you
goods.
A large assortment Of SPRING PRINTS, PER-
GALES, and CAMBRICS;
BUNTINGS, LINEN. and ORGANDY LAWNS;
CHECKED and STRIPED MUsLISs;
PiQUEs in great variety;
CAMEL's-HAIR and other styles Of goods for
CIRCULARS and ULsTEns;
TORCHON, BARBRANT, LANGUED0C, GRO
Chef, sAXONY, VALENClENNES, and
other styles OF LACEs;
One hundred and 1fly patterns of HAMBURG
EDGlNG and INSERTINGS;
LADIES' READYMADE GARMENTS Of our
own manufacture;
GENTLEMEN's SHIRTS Of our own manufac
ture;
sUsPENDERs In great variety at great Bargains;
Buy your BLANKETS at old prices. You will have
TO pay so per cent. more for them next fall.
WHITE QUILTS AT 1926 worth $3.50;
MARsEILLES CRIB-QUILTs at 75c., would b
cheap at so;
CURTAIN MUSLIN at 10c. per yard just half ~
value;
A few pieces of CARPET LETT will be sold at ole
prices. There has been an advance of so pei
cent. in carpets.
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS and NOT
TINGHAM LACE for CURTAINS at astoni,h
ingly low prices;
Bargains in MATS, RUGS. HASSOCKS. and WIN
DOW SHADES;
Money can be saved in the purchasing Of TRUNKS
aud SATCIELS:
A large assortment Of NEW STYLES JET. GILT
and GOLD-PLATE JEWELRY:
new assortment Of SCRAP-BOOh PICTURES
UMBRELLAS direct from the manufacturers. see
our 81 UMBRELLA that would be cheap al
1925.
large stock of HOSE for WOMEN and chill
DREN;
ard hundreds Of other articles all to be sold at great
bargain; at Re III LEVY BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17

,,cnees and TO repeal all laws he1.oicre IN
force relating to The storage and inspection
nv Mr.. WITT: Bin to incorporate qua,
Grand Lodge OF Independent Order Oh
Good Templars Of Virginia.
THE RoTuNDA PIoHT.
The specill committee appointed TO IN
yestigate the rotunda fight submitted re-
port. [see local page.l
CHARTER RICHMOND.
Mr.. CHAMBERLAYNE presented the petitiou
OF about 1900 citizens against any change
OF the city charter. Referred.
TUTRD.srREET CHURCH.
On motion OF Mr.. WITT, Senate Dill ta
amend an act authorizing The Tbird-stree
Coored Methodist church TO borrow money
was taken up out OF its order and passed.
CANAL BILL.
On motion Of Mr.. LINKENH0KER the canai
railroad bill was made the special order Iol
Friday at O'Clock. rr'.
LURAY MINERAL COMPANY.
This bill came up, and was discussed un
III the hour OF adjournment.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17

MURDER AND SUICIDE BY JEALOUS WO.
MAN.-On Saturday double tragedy star
tied the occupants OF second-class hotel in
Syracuse, n. Y. The previous evening
julius MantZ, a musician, who has been 4
leader Of local bands, engaged a room for
himself and a young girl, Amelia Mantz, a
COUSIN Of his. She had been seduced by blm
under promise Of marriage, aud she APP
ptared to be devOtcdly attached TO him. Not
appearing in the morning, the room was
broken open and the unhappy pair were
both found dead. ana had been so for about
ten hours. 1t IS supposed that quarrel
had taken place between them, and the girl,
having gone to the room prepared TO Kill
him, waited till he was asleep. He was
found in bed with pistO-ball in his head,
that must have killed him instantly, while
she was living on the floor, having clenched
in her left hand a small dressing-mirrOr, by
means OF winch she had directed the bullet
that took her own life. In the pockets Of
MantZ were found letters signed eta"
written by woman travelling with thea
tTical company. Miss Manlz had probably
found some Of these letters, and in a jealous
fury killed her unfaitbful lover. She was
an orphan.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17

THE CHICAGO FIRE OF SATURDAY NIGHT.
Chicago, February 15.-The Fire Depart
ment succeeded in combining the tire 10 the
free-warehOuse section OF the building, thus
saving the goods stored in the bonded
house. A revised list OF the losses is as fol-
lows: Wadsworth & Dickinson, on build
ing $4,000, and on machinery $4,000;
Wallace, KIngman Il Co. had in store about
49,, 900 worth OF seeds, mostly timothy, OF
which the firm owned $4,000 worth, but
were secured by warehouse receipts and
insurance. The other owners were Robert
Colgate IL Co., OF New York, $4,000; Nc
Gowan Brothers, OF Steubenvilie, $4,000 ;
Conkling IL Keller, of BiDghamton, n. Y.
$4,000; and various Chicago firms the re-
mainder. Chaplin d Gore lost 5000 barrels
Of choice brands OF whiskey valued at S125,-
900 10 Sl50,O0O; +. p. Howell & Co., -four,
60 060; Foster, Lee d Co., -four and seeds,
$4,000; Sprague, Warner 4 Co., dried
fruits, $4,000; .. +. Gibbs IL Co., seeds,
$4,000; and tue Phoenix Distiling COmpa-
ny, seeds, $4,000. The origin OF the fire
is a complete mystery.