Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-01-22
BREyITIES.


THERE are now zoe men On the BOs
ton police force. lie EAa e ts4ss4 "a
SAN ANTONIO is rapidly becoming the
great wool marketaof Texas. fssFEk IA,
WEST TEXAS doctors now speak cf
that section as the health belt. a3 a. 81
a MAN died In Ireland last year aged
l06, who left daughter 10 years old. b
In the public schools OF mississippi
there are more colored than white chill
dren. ia1 srgls9 wy aE y
THE sum of $35O,OOO was spent for
beer in Cincinnati during the saenger
fest week. sl essfs.i
AS rule mankind finds 1t more
blessed to give than to receive a prac-
tical joke.
"a PROJECT to rebuild Carthage upon
the site Of the ancient city is before the
Bey Of Tunis.
The 1890 miles of French railroad
brought in last year revenue Of
$181, ,177 ,043.
@No MORE campmeetings with Sun
day trains is the decision of the Ba1ti-
AA4OAO ROOC4Cs
The operation of removing the right
eye has been successfully performed on
Mr.. PImsol, M. P, the sailors friend.
The apple crop throughout Western
North Carolina was almost wholly de-
stroyed by severe frosts in the month.of
May.
HANNAH NEAL, Swedish girl OF New
York, took nitrous oxide for the extrac-
ton Of nineteen teeth, and laughed her
self insane.
| A GENTLEMAN who had been struck
by the young lady's beauty was deter
mined to follow the injunction, and
kiss the rod tnat smote him"
IT is asserted that the women in ST
IBERIA comprise only 15or 90 per cent. OF
the population, and that dreadful
| state of Generalization is the result.
81 CANNOT tel" says an old convict,
how many crimes are arranged In
prison and afterward successfully car
"ied out, but their name is legion
LILLE DUER, who shot and killed
Ellen Hearn, at Snow Hill, Md, has
written love story for the Philadelphia
Times, and contemplates lecturing
tour.
DR.. HITCHCOCK insists that knowl-
edge is preventive of disease, showing
that the insane in Massachusetts are
nine-tenths uneducated paupers, and
SO are $4,000 of the $4,000 in asylums
IN England.
A BOY had always declined to eat oat-
meal, although his mother had urged it
upon him ao a strengthening diet. Sud
denly he surprised her by one morning
eating liberal plateful and calling for
more. When she asked for an explana-
ton, he replied: am bound to eat
oatmeal till I get strong enough to whip
George Scott"
A FARMER in Holden, Me-, relates
that, being much annoyed with crows
pulling up his corn, he placed large
umbrella in his field in order to frighten
them away. He was good deal sur
prised one wet day at finding a good
flock seeking shelter under it from the
rain. The umbrella is now used for
another purpose. u
HOMES for friendless children in En-
gland do not appear to be oyermuch
homelike and comfortable. The
founder and Lady Principal of home
/ for friendless girls was recently on
trial in London for neglect and cruelty,
and the testimony showed that the
poor children in her charge were
nearly starved, dirty. iil-clad, and un-
healthy, and were sometimes fogged
with rope.
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Tick's Monthly says that plants with
| white blossoms have larger proportion
of fragrant species than any others;
next come red, then yellow and blue,
and lastly orange and brown. The
flowers Of spring are white and highly
| fragrant; those of summer are red and
yellow, and less fragrant; those Of au-
tuTnn and winter are darker, and with
less perfume. .+r
The British Museum is about to ac-
quire wen-preserved Egytian papyrus,
belonging to the time cfthe later Ptole-
mics It contains nearly the whole of
the thirty fourth book Of the "Ilia1." The
museum has secured another papyrus,
even more ancient, recently found In an
Egyptian tomb, and containing an al
most complete transcript Of the eight
eenth book of the @Iliad."
FIVE outlaws were hanged by mob
in Henry county, KY, several years ago,
and until lately that section was free Of
robbers. A new gang, however, has
proved its existence by particularly
! fendish crime Raiding on farmers
premises at night, they murdered three
persons and burned the buildings, for
the sake of stealing things worth less
than $500. Gov. McCreery says, in q
proclamation offering reward, that
Kentucky cannot afford to let the Grim
inals escape.
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