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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
women's Rights in Mississippi.

The new code of Mississippi has cut
up by the roots all the ancient disabili-
ties Of married women, and they are
now free and equal in every respect TO
their husbands. 1t is the most radical
legislation yet had upon the subject.
Susan B. Anthony and Mrs Meriwether
should at orce move to that Sta g and
not cease this agitation till the ight to
vote has been secured as thor Aghly as
the rights of property have been.
"Section 1l67. The common law, as to
the disabilities of married women, ana
it's effect on the rights of property of tae
wife, is totally abrogated, and marriage
shall not be held to impose any disability
or incapacity on a woman as to the
ownership, acquisition or disposition OF
property of any sort, OF rs to her capacity
to make contracts, and do all acts in
reference to property which she could
lawfully do if she were not married !:
but every woman now married, or here
after to be married, shall have the same
capacity to acquire, hold, manage, con-
troll, use, enjoy and dispose of all prop
erty, real and personal, in possession or
expectancy, and to make any contract in
refel ence to it, and to bind herself per
sonally, and to sue and be sued, with all
the rights and liabilities incident thereto,
as if she was not married"
"Sec. 1lG8. Husband and wife can sue
each other.n
"Sec. 1859. A married woman may
dispose OF her estate, real and personal,
by last will and testament, in the same
manner as if she was not married"
Sec. ITO. Dover and courtesy, as
heretofore known, are abolished"
Other sections conform the general
laws to these radical changes. Husband
and wife inherit from eech other all
their respective property if there be no
children, and eacL achild's part if there
be. children or the descendants of chill
dren. They may dissent from each others
wills and take of each others estates ac-
cording to law, except that if there be
no childrt n, in case u such dissent the
dissentienL gels only half of the estate if
he or she mas no estate of his or her
own. II the dissentient has property of
his own or her own, equal to one-fifth
of what he or she would be entitled to
in the others's estate, then the deficiency
is to be made up out of the others es-
tate.-Menaphis (Is,sss.) Avalanche.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
Words Of wisdom.

1t is no vanity for a man to pride
himself on what he has honestly got
and prudently uses.
Proud hearts and Lofty mountains are
always barren
With the wicked. rs with a bad dog,
silence is more formidable than noise.
The desire of power in excess caused
the angels to fall; the desire Of knowl-
edge in excess caused man to fall; but
in charity there is no excess
In taking revenge . man is but even
with his enemy; but in passing 1t over
he is super ior, for it is princes part to
pardon.
True courage is cool and calm The
bravest of men have the least OF a
brutal, bullying insolence, and III the
very time OF danger are found the most
serene and free.
There are habits contracted by bad
example or bad management, before we
have judgement to discern their ap-
proaches, or because the eye OF reason i
laid asleep. or has not compass OF view
sufficient to look around on every quar-
ter.
Cheerfulness is just as natural TO the
heart Of a man in strong health rs 1lor
"a his cheek; and wherever theie IS
habitual gloom there must be either
bad air, unwholesome io0d, Improperly
severe labor, or erring habits IN hts-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30

the proper width, and no more. Spec
tacles to fasten behind the ear are more
generally useful than the pince-nez
which is balanced on the nose. The
latter, however, is less liable to be lost,
as it is usually worn attached by very
light chain or cord to the dress. and can
be used in moment; but for reading or
writing, or any kind of work that takes
up time, spectacles are infinitely to be
preferred. In purchasing spectacles
guarantee should be had from the op-
tician that they are properly seen
tered" that is, that the thickest
or thlnnest (as the case may be)
portion of the lens is really in the cen
ter. Ii they then fit your sight,
you can try them on In front Of a
mirror; if your pupils are right in the
center, the glasses are properly framed,
if for distant sight. If only meant for
reading, the pupils should be a little
nearer the nose than the center of the
lens. The frames themselves should
always. when the wearer can afford it,
be made of gold. Pebbles. wear better
than glass; they may, too, be simply
wiped with the handkerchief, but bit
of Wash-leather must be kept for glass
lenses. Spectacles, if you have man
aged to procure really good and useful
pair, should be taken the utmost care of; !;
they should, when not in use, be put in
their case, and the case in the pocket.
Spectacles with colored lenses should
never be used unless under the advice of
a medical man.-Harper's Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
Results OfThrashing Editors,

Mr.. Flood. Jr., of San Francisco, has
thrashed an editor for publishing re-
port of the rupture OF a marriage en-
gagement between his sister and Mr.
Ulysses Grant, Jr., as well as the why's
and Wherefores of such rupture. In
this account there was nothing, so far
as reported, disrespectful or scandalous
relating to Miss Flood. The news
seems to have been current gossip in
San Francisco. To be consistent Young
Mr.. Flood should set to work and thrash
every man who verbally spread this re-
port. What is gained by this thrashing?
Five thousand papers which might
otherwise have never noticed the matter
will now publish it with every style Of
comment. Five hundred paragraphers
will let themselves loose on Ulysses and
the young lady. Five hundred thousand
tongues which wagged over the occur
renee will now wag the more, and 5, ,000,-
900 tongues will wag which never wag-
ged before. Such are some OF the results
of thrashing editors.
The great gain in thrashing editors is
notoriety of all parties concerned Usu-
ally such notoriety, if properly handled,
benefits the editor. 1t gives his paper
an enormous advertisement gratis, ex-
tending through all the States and Terri
tories and sometimes to other kingdoms
and countries 1t sometimes causes
the name of the editor to be published
in French, German, Spanish, Italian
and Russian journals and read in all the
capitals of Europe. This is another re-
suit of trashing an editor.
Then it seldom redresses the evil for
which the thrashing is done. 1t bruits
it abroad anew; it distorts, magniies
and misrepresents it.
The murder of the editor of the San
Francisco Bulletin by q ruffian twenty
four years ago placed that paper on a
firm foundation of repute and prosperity
Such are other results from thrashine
editors. II young Mr. Floods aim in
thrasbing an obscure editor was no
toriety, he has attained it for himself
and family. Or fit was intended as 8
blessing in disguise. to lift the obscure
editor to the public gaze, he has attaint d
that. For these are certain results oi
thrashing editors --NeU YorS Graphic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
Elegant Journalism,


The Boston Globe replies as follows to
a young man ambitious of becoming a
journalist: 1t is hard to tell from this
distance whether Sou are fitted for the
hard life of a newspaper writer or not.
That is the only question to be decided,
for qualification is quite immaterial
You must be prepared to rise from your
bed as early as l0A. NJ, in order that you
may have finished reading your private
mail by noon. Lunch is always paid
for by the Office, but you have got to
accustom yourself to but five courses
and only two kinds Of wine-some
papers stand three, including cham
payne, but they are the exceptions
rather than the rule. At 2 Pm you
are expected to read the morning papers;
and, if you are not too much exhausted
by the effort, you can have game of
billiards. for no well-regulated news
paper office is without well-appointed
billiard room. At 7 PM. you are
expected to tell the city editor where
you will spend the evening, so that he
can send for you in case your friends
call, and then YOU can 20 to the theater,
opera, ball or dog. fight, to which
tickets and carriage will be provided.
If you think you can stand such labori-
Gus work, come on and we will see what
we can do with you; but you must un
derstand that there is none of the luxury
to which you have been accustomed in
newspaper office. Plain velvet carpets
are good enough for this class Of
laborers; lounging chairs are, of course,
indispensable, but they are upholstered
in plain satin, with no tides. Only one
roll-top desk and four gold pens are fur
nished by the office; if you need any
more you will be expected to buy them
yourself. Only one sofa and one silver
drinking cup are allowed to each man,
so you can see that there are some dis
comforts to be put up with.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
How Andre Looked.

The Continental officer who had
charge Of Major Andre after he was
brought to South Salem, near the Con-
necticut line. by an adjutant and four
miiitiamen, described the prisoners ap-
pearance- as follows in letter written
in 1917: He looked somewhat like q
reduced gentleman. His small clothes
were nankeen, with long white top
boots, in part his undress military suit
His coat, purple with gold lace, worn
somewhat threadbare, with q small
brimmed tarnished beaver on his head.
He wore his hair in queue, with long,
black band, and his clothes somewhat
dirty. In this garb / took charge of
him. After breakfast my barber came
in to shave me, after which requested
him to undergo the same operation,
which he did When the ribbon was
taken from the hair l observed it was
full of powder This circumstance with
others that occurred induced me to be-
lieve that / had no ordinary person in
charge. He requested permission to
take the bed while his shirt and small
clothes could be washed told him
that was needless, for a change was al
hisservice, which be accepted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30

law and the Constitution and the iudg-
ment of Congress. And his vote was the
eighth vote against seven that decided that
they should not go behind the returning
board. AS Mr.. Julian said when he stood
in the House, it was Garfield speaking, but
when he was upon the commission it was
the party demanding power, money and
Office. (Applause) Let me read you
this oath he took. l take it from Mr..
Julian's speech: i, james A. Garfield,
do solemnly swear that 1 will impartially
examine and consider all questions sub
mitted to the commission of which am
member, and a true judgment render
thereof agreeable to the Constitution and
the laws, SO help me God (Applause and
laughter.) They say he is a preacher.
Qaughter) l don't pretend to anything
but wicked lawyer-that's all-but there
is not wealth enough in the State of Indi-
ana to get me in my place in the House or
in the Senate of the United States to say:
If you pass this law hold that it opens the
door to investigation, and we can 90 down
to New Orleans and ascertain how the vote
was in fact, and then, after l got upon the
commission, to turn around and say that
the returning board and its findings is con-
elusive upon us and we cannot investigate
at all. would not do it for a thousand
years tenure in the great Office for which
he is candidate. (Applause.) I state to
you that whatever the truth might be
about the De Golyer pavement, whether he
did take fee against the interest of the
government when he was Representative
receiving salary, or whatever the facts
might be about the Credit Mobilier,
whether it was terrible fraud or not, l
will not stop to speak of that until this
greater question is settled. Whether as
representative of the people, as a juror
sitting between myself and Wheeler and
Tilden and Hayes, he was true man or
false man. (Applause.) And if I have
case in your court and you are called upon
as juror, and no questions are asked you
at all, and you have bitter prejudice
against me and a judgment against me,
and there is no verdict at all except against
me, would you go and take your seat /?
Would not it come up to you? My oath
would not allow me to do it, and know
that yours would not. Yet Garfield, after
be had helped to make up the case down
at New Orleans, comes to Washington, and
without protest or apology or excuse he
takes his seat and he votes day after day
contrary to what he said in the House was
the law. No, gentlemen, he will never be
President of the United States. CA voice
-"No, neyer.") He is man Of ability
and the more ability such man possesses
the worse it is for the Office. l don't want
him, because when 1 have President in
Washington, whatever his politics may be,
| want to feel that he is as much my Presi-
dent as yours, and as much yours as he is
mine, and that as President he is free from
those preiudices and passions which per-
vert the judgment and destroy opinion"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
NO. s..
Cleaning.

Twilight downward softly ioateth;
All, once near, seems dim and far;
High aloft now family gIeameth,
Pa.e and clear, the evening star.
All in doubtful shadow quavers;
Up and up the slow mists creep;
Down the lake, mid deepest darkness,
Mirroring darkness, lies asleep.
On the eastern sky appearing,
Lo! the moon, bright, pure and clear;
Slender willows waving branches
Sport upon the waters near.
Through the playful, fitting shadows,
Quivers Luna's magic shine;
Through the eye this freshness stealing,
Steals into this heart OF mine.
From the German Of Goethe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30

Life, liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness," is an Americans inalienable
birthright. He keeps up the pursuit of
hapDiness, but very seldom catches him.
- KeokuE Gate City.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30

Each citizen of Edwards, Miss, is as
sessed three dollars annually for the
Improvement of the streets, and in de-
fault of payment he has to work on the
streets for ten days.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-09-30
Size of New England.

The following table shows the area of
the New England States and the number
of miles of railroad in each:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21
Closing Exercises Of Richmond Semi


The closing exercises OF Richmond Semi
nary-J. ii. Powell principsl-took place
on Saturday evening in the presence OF the
principal, teachers, and few friends.
Mr.. Powell announced hrst tue certin'
Gates of distinction, after which diplomas
were awarded to the successful pupils.
Prizes Awarded for Best Essays and Com
positions-In senior department, Miss lsa'
belle Campbell; in intermediate depart
ment. Miss Florence McRae; in primal
department, Miss Sally Marshall.
Those who passed the session witnou'
demerits were Misses Rob.na Sbanks, Sarah
Powell, Maggie Parham, Helen owen
Helen Morrison, Jessie Keesee, Annie
Dunn. Miriam Armstrong, Isabelle Camp
hell. Iily Bowers, Leila Hillsmap, louie
Mccarthy. Lizzie Christian, Lulu Stover
Florence Warwick, Mary Morrison, Dori'
Hoppe. s,o..
French: NJ. Sims, Fanny Archer, salilt
Anderson. Sarah Powell, Florence Mckae
English Language and Literature Molii'
Sims Sarah Powell, Isabelle Campbe'i, Lem
Eggleston. p.,rn, Molus Sims
Maggie Parham, J. Campbell, Sarah Powell
Ellie Peticolas, Leila Eggleston' NJ, uor
Arithmetic: Rebecca fowe', neIs" Msn, W..
rison, Florence McRae, Annie o's"' "a''
Jones. -, ,,.oa. Uels,
Rutherford, Sally Anderson, JESSIE pnSs nvn,
Mapgie Parham, Annie Cartef' Ann,G s. DT%n Wn1
Shaw's English L'teFasu's ss" ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21
. LOCAL MATTERS.

DEATH OF A VENERABLE LADY.-Mrs. Re-
becca Woodbridge, relict OF the late Rev.
DR.. George Woodbridge, died Saturday
about l O'Clock p. NJ. The deceased was
widely known and dearly beloved and re-
spected as woman Of deep piety and as a
bright eXempiar OF all womanly virtues.
During the long pastorate Of her lamented
husband at the Monumental church she was
a shnrer both in such labors as become the
sphere Of the fsitbful minister's companion
and in the affectionate love and regard OF
the congregation. Several days since Mrs.
Woodbridge was stricken with paralysis,
and continued 10 a sinking state until death
resulted, as above stated. Mrs. Wood
bridge died in the house in which she had
resided from the time that she was three
years OF age. The funeral was announced
to take place from the Monumental church
Sunday evening at 6 O'Clock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21
MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP.

REV. SYLvANUs COBB thus writes In the Boston
Christian Freeman: We would by no means re-
commend any Kind of medicine which we did not
know 10 he good-particnarly for infants. But of
MRS. wINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP we can
speak from knowledge; In our own family IL has
proved blessing indeed, by giving an infant trou-
bed with collie pains quiet sleep and It's parents ul
broken rest at night Most parents can appreciate
these blessings Here is article which works TO
perfection, and winch Is harmless; for The sleep
which 1t affords the infant Is perfectly natural, and
the little cherub awakes as bright as button"
And during the process of teethng Its value is in
calcuable. We have frequently heard mothers say
they would not be without 1t from the birth Of the
child TIL It had finished with the teehing sitge on
any consideration whatever. Sold 10y all druggists.
Twenty five cents a bottle. dc 31-eOdlw
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21

I FAMILY MARxErIxa-RErAM ParCrs.--
The following were the prevailing price,
for family marketing on Saturday:
Meats Beef, s to f2i 018fc. per pound:
mutton, 10c. per pound; spring lamb
12ac. per pound; lamb-chops, 12ac. pei
pound; veal, 8 to 10G12ic. per pound
pork, 10c. per pound; sausage, l0c. PEI
pound; smoked sausage, 10c. per pound
bacon, to 10G12Ac. per pound; Clipped
beef, 15c. per pound; beei-tongue, 12Ac
per pound; corn-beef, 8 to 1Oc. pei
pound; liver, SC. per pound; chitlins, &C.
per pound; tripe, &c. per pound.
! Fouls and Butter. Gc.-Live chickens,
80 to 40c. apiece, or 70 TO Soc. per pair. a
per dozen; spring chickens, 80 to Csc.
apiece, or 81 to S1.25 per pair, 81 to 80 per
dozen; live ducks, rs to 30c. apiece, or 80
to 6Oc. per pair, SO per dozen; spring
ducks, 35c. apiece or 75c. per pair,
$3.50 per dozen; live turkeys, 35c. apiece ;
guinea fowls, % to zoe. apiece; squads, 15
TO zoe. apiece or 30 TO 40c. per pair; eggs,
l5c. per dozen. All fowls and poultry are
very scarce and high. Cheese, 1910. per
pound choice butter, 20 to 25c. per pound {;
butter for cooking, Is TO 2oc. per pound ;
sweet milk, SC. per quart, or 25c. per gal
Ion; buttermlk, 4c. per quart, or 15c. per
gallon.
Yegetables.-Tomatoe csc. per dozen
cQcumbers, 80 to 40c. per dozen cymliDs,
10c. per dozen; cabbages, s to 10c. per
head; beeis, SC. per b6nch; sweet pota-
toes, zoe. per hali-peck, or 40c. per peck ;
Irish potatoes, new, SC. per quart, 20c. per
balf-peck, 40c. per peck-Old ones, 15c.
per half-peck, or 25c. per peck, 4c. per
quart; lettuce. 25 to 30c. per dozen; spring
onions, DC. per bunch; potatoes, Zoe. per
quart; spring kale, 10c. per peck; Eng
lish or garden peas, 15c. per per half-peck,
or 30c. per peck; carrots, &c. per bunch ;
snaps, Is to zoe. per balf-peck. or rs TO
35c. per peck; white snaps, sc. per quart
corn-rOasting-e ear-25c. per dozen; soup
herbs, 1c. per bunch. or 1Oc. per dozen
bunches.
FiSh.-Small croakers, 20 to 25c. per
bunch; black club, 10 to 123c. per pound ;
sheephead, 12ic. per pound; hogtish, SOC.
per dozen; sturgeon, 6lc. per pound;
crabs, 30 to SOC. per dozen; clans, 1Oc. per
dozen, or three dozen for 25c. catfish, 10c.
per bunch. All fish are very scarce and
high.
FruitS.-June apples, &c. per quart.
or 15c. per half-peck, 30c. per peck (;
peaches. good ones, 25c. per dozen; cher
ries. SOC. per bushel whorteberrles, 12fc.
per quart; backberres, &c. per quart; rasp.
berries, 15c. per quart; plums, Sc. per
quart, or two quarts for 15c. garden kerns,
Csc. per quart; pine.appes, 25 to 3Oc.
apiece; gooseberries, &c. per quart;
oranges, 25c. per dozen; lemons, 20 per
dozen.
Dried Fruits -Raisins, 12ac. per pound /;
prunes, 10c. per pound; kerns, Zoe. per
pound; apples, Sc. per quart; peaches, 1Oc.
per pound.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21
University school OF Richmond.

The fifteenth session OF this school ended
Friday, June 18th, with the distribution OF
certificates Of distinction and prizes. The
prizes were awarded as follows:
l. Elementary English: James l.. Maury-
Jones's Lee, Around the World in the
Yacht Sunbeam, Burnes's Poems.
III. Higher English Hayward CARING
ton-Shakspeare, ten volumes.
III. Arithmetic: c. &. Candy-McCau-
lays Essays, two volumes; From the Lake
Of Killarney 10 the Golden Horn (Field),
Percy's Reliques.
~. Higher Mathematics 4: st. John
Clarke-Faine's English Literature, Ameri-
can Prose, Pope's Had and Odyssey, Shell
ley's Poems.
V. Latin: William p. Trent-Harper'
Latin Dictionary, Bacon's Essays.
vi. Greek: William z. Trent-Cole-
ridges Poems.
VII. French: William p. Trent-Long-
fellows Poems, Library Notes, Don Quix.
otte.
VIII. German William p. Trent-Tay-
lor's Goethe's Faust, Junius Letters, Re-
collections Of Authors.
Matthew +. Maury and Henry Wenzel
received gold pens for improvement in
writing.
In addition 10 the regular prizes, Rich.
nond l.. Brown won prize Of $40, offered
by friend Of the school, for excellence in
penmanship.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21

CHEAP ExCuRsI0Ns.-A most attractive
trip is that offered by the Richmond anu
Danville railroad TO Bon Air this evening
THE train leaves Richmond at O'Clock z.
NJ, and returns at 81 O'Clock. Kessnich's
full band will accompany the party. Fare
for the round trip only % cents. Refresh
ments at Bon Air at city prices. There
will be ample time for the inspection OF the
new hotel and all the surroundings. Inc
train will stop in Manchester going ana re-
turning.
The Petersburg Railroad Company are
now issuing round-trip tickets for the cheal
evening excursion to Chester. Inc Train
leaves Richmond at $40 2. NJ, and return
ing, reaches Richmond shortly after
o'clock. Excellent accommodations, shade
water, &C., will be found at Chester.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-21

HENRICO NEws.-The Henrico County
Court was in session Saturday. Frank
Sherry, charged with selling liquor on sun
day, was tried and acquitted.
The court was engaged several hours IN
hearing the case OF the county against the
Brook Turnpike Company. Argument was
concluded about 4 O'Clock In the afternoon,
when the court adjourned over until Wed
nesday, at which time decision In the case
Will be rendered.
The grand jury will also meet Wednes'
day to further examine into the dueling
case.
Sllss Willis (colored) was committed to the
county fail Saturday in default OF surety to
be of good behavior for twelve months.
Seventy.two conveyance deeds were ad'
mitted TO record in the clerks office OF the
County Court between the May and June
farms