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on the Atlantic Atlu Pacific cO1Rta or Centfal
America and tho American 1athtnus. lie
asked for lts present consideration.
1fr. Cockruli objected 10 measure dcclnr-
Ing tic policy OF this Government in nj, it,
tarnattonal question being brought IN In tho
last two and half hours Of the session, and
tho resolution was placed OH the calendar.
concurrent resolution, allowing Congrcsston-
nj employees OIL the roll fifteen days extra
pay upnn tile adjournment Of Congress.
Afr. Ingalls, objected. ard 1t went over.
The Scnuto bll1 for the relief Of Dodd,
Brown & Co. was passed. 1t allows Do,ld,
Brown & Co.'s clatm for $4,000 Oh certain
Indian contracts approved by the Commits
Bioner Of Indian Affairs. +
Mr. Mcdonald moved tQ take up the bill
for the construction, of public building at
Fort Wayne.
Mr. AntIlony-Thcre ls message from the
President on tho table.
Several Senators on tho Democratic side
We will take that up presently.
Mr.. McDona1tt's motion was agreed to and
tho bill passed.
AZ o:4o 81: Randolph moved to go Into ex-
Mr.. Anthony. hope the Senator will with
draw that lnntion In order to consider tho
'ueessagte Of tlle President. ~,
Mr. Randolph and others-fhatc bedone
Mr., AUTHORIZATION hope tho motion will
rho President pro TEN. said tho motion was
not detatable, and put the question. The
s nasn spssn was ffsa voSs ya s S s EsgBSS Bs
Gratis faye" md the doors were closed.
When, the doors were rcopgned, Mr. Harris
moved to consider House bills in the calen.
Mi. Anthony said It was dtseourtcous to
tho President not to consider tho veto lnea-
saRe, and demanded the yeas and nays.
MI; harris said that could be done after
Tie motion wus carried bya party vote, ex-
ccpt Plumb, Booth. and! fill, Of Colorado,
who ,y.Asd Yen, Y,, t!ld md. Farley. llay: Three or
,,, " AR, Losan's 'nottnn, ,J.bEag the EghtinouF
to a third reading, and It lies OH tue table.
The bfli for the relief Ut Deu Ifotta.lar WIS
made the specta order for Tie first Wednes-
d9y ~ December next.
employees months extra pay wns amended,
a. On motion of NJ. Blaine, so rs to include tho
Mr. Bailey Then moved to inclnde ~ TIE
Government, Wishing, rs he admitted. to XIII
tho resolution, wlIlcll. WAS thercupon tabled.
The uRilnf resolutions. Of tlnnks to the
Vicc-pres1dcnt and President pro tenn. were
Oh motion OF Mr., Conkling, tho bill fixing
tho duty On barlcy-Mnlt WIS taken np, and
pending tho debate 4ir. Garland moved to
tukc mp the Presidents message. Which was
tnhled m his motion last night
Mr.. ConkIng saitl by had tried to have tho
message read last night, but now insisted on
the regular ortcr.
Mr. Thurman read the clause In the Con-
i veto n!cssage tho body ahn]l enter oblcc-
tt0Ns at large OIL Its journal, and proceed to
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
A HeartIess Hoax.

A letter writer from Louisville to the
Savannah Nes0S gives the following ac-
count of a heartless hoax: A few days
ago a housewife, putting together one
of those treasured mosaies, yclept a
quilt overturned a shred Of silk
| whereby hung a tale of no ordinary
interest. 1t was scrap of satin, of the
most elegant quality, once white, but
now yellowed and time-stained. Here
| is its history: About twenty years ago
| st. Paufs church in Louisville reioiced
| in the possession of q pastor who was
the idol of his congregation. During
his ministrations he lost his wife, and
consequently, as an interesting widower,
developed new charms in the views of
the feminine portion of his flock. Among
his most devoted and answering ad-
mirers, though personally unknown to
him, was a maiden lady of uncertain
age, many peculiarities and independent
circumstances. The fact of her intense
admiration for man to whom she had
never spoken became known to many,
and party of.young people laid plans
Tor what proved to be heartless hoax.
A letter was addressed to the young lady
purporting to come from the reverend
gentleman, containing professions of
admiration and esteem, asking for a
correspondence and requesting profound
secrecy. The victim fell into the trap
at once, and the correspondence thus
begun continued until the pastor ac-
cepted call to church in Savannah,
when 1t eliminated in a proposal OF
marriage. This, of course, was readily
accepted, and the final letter announc-
ing his approaching departure and still
QT7Jn dol IL,
circumstances, also declared his prob
able return at any moment to claim his
bride. In the meantime the minister,
soon after entering upon his charge in
Savannah, died of yellow fever, and
the authors of the cruel Jest, salts
lied with its success, dropped the matter,
but nothing could shake the perfect con-
fidence of the expectant bride; her
frie nds tried to reason her out of her In
fatuation; members of the church visit
ed her and endeavored to prove how
impossible it was that her hopes could
be fulfilled. She triumphantly showed
her letters and refused to credit her
lovers death, or anything other than
the belief that he might arrive at any
moment to claim her. As time passed
she lost her friends, and her property
dwindled to mere pittance. She was
thrown among strangers, but where
ever she went she carried her trousseau,
taking it occasionally from the trunks
to air it, and packing it up again with
jealous care At last her mental and
physical imfirmities became more pro-
nounced. She kept her room and ad-
mitted no one but the landlady. On
her death-bed she requested this at
tendant to inform her lover of her death,
and to robe her for burial in her bridal
dress. When it was taken from her
trunks it was found that these trappings
were too ghastly for the corpse of a
white haired woman, and they gradu-
ally found their way, piece by piece, into
other hands.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
Words Of Wisdom.

Truth is the shortest and nearest way
to our end. carrying US thither In a
straight line.
In the assurance of strength there is
strength. The strongest are weak with
out confidence.
He who despises praise will not be
likely to practice the virtues that would
entitle him TO it.
Many a sweet fashioned mouth is
made hideous by the fiery and untamed
tongue within it.
Memory is not so brilliant as hope;
but it is almost as beautiful, and o
thousand times as true.
In some apparently amiable natures
there are unsupported and unfathom-
able DEPTHS of resentment
Melanthon said: Trouble and per-
plexity drive me to prayer-and prayer
drives away perplexity and trouble
The mind of youth cannot remain
empty; If you do not put into it that
which is good, it will gather elsewhere
tnat which is evil.
There is no time in mans life when
he is so great as when he cheerfully
bows to the necessity of his position
and makes the best of it.
The law OF the harvest is to reap more
/ than you sow. Sow an act and you
reap habit; SOW habit and you reap
n character; sow q character and you
! reap q destiny,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Gold was discovered in California in
1846.
Why is the. letter d like sailore
Because it follows the G.
The first almanac was printed by
George Won Purbach in 1850.
Until 1776 cotton spinning was per-
formed by the hand spinning-wheel.
The first steam engine on this con-
tinent was brought from England In
1853.
Ships are frequently on speaking
terms, and they lie to.-BoSton Tran
script.
Scandal is fed by as many streams as
the Nile, and there is often as much
difficulty in tracing it to its sources.
1t is odd, and sometimes melancholy,
to see man trying to make up his
mind" when he has no material on hand
to work with.
The difference between sailor and
pugilist is, that one is lasted to the mast
and the other mashed to the last, or
ought to be.--Oil City Derrick.
In round numbers 1000 900, or one
third of the French people, live in cities
and towns. In the United States the
proportion is one-fiith, and is rapidly in
creasing.
The first sovereign who adopted the
phrase, In the year of our Lord, was
Charles Ill, Emperor of Germany, 679.
1t is now the accepted mode of designat-
ing the year in all Christian countries.
The Smithsonian institute has sent
commission to the Pacific coast to make
complete collection Of all the fish found
in the sea, lakes and rivers of California
and the neighboring States and Terri
tories.
There are 10000 locomotives in the
United States, and each contains 2, 800
different pieces, requiring renewal every
ten or twelve years. This conveys a
notion of the industries which railroads
foster.
The reduction in the aggregate de-
posits in the Irish savings banks during
the last three years amounts to SIS, $780,
COO In the three years of distress,
l660-l-2. the reduction was Sl5.375 600,
aud in 1878 the decrease was Sl9, 725,-
COO.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
A Louisiana Swamp.

And what surroundings Endless
colonades Of expresses; long. motion
less drapings of gray moss; broad sheets
of noiSonle waters, pitchy black, resting
on bottomless ooze; cypress knees stud
ding the surface; patches of floating
green, cleaning brilliantly here and
there; yonder where the sunbeam
wedge themselves in, consultations of
water lilies, the many hued iris, and
multitude Of flowers that no man had
named; here, too, serpents great and
small, of wonderful colorings, and the
dull and loathsome moccasin sliding
welril off the dead tree; in DINNER re-
eesses the cow alligator, with her nest
hard by; turtles century old owls and
bats, raccoons, opossums, rats, cent?
pedes and creatures of like vileness;
great vines of beautiful leaf and scarleE
fruit in deadly clusters, maddening mos
qnitoes, parasitic insects, gorgeous drag
on tiies and pretty water Lizards, the blue
heron, the snowy crane, the red bird,
the moss-bird, the night-haw and the
wilrs-widow; a solemn stiffness
and stifed air only now and then dis
turbed by the call or whir of the SUM
mer-duck, the dismal yentriloqnons
note Of the rain-cr0w, or the SPLASH oi NJ
den branch falling into the plsar E5Ak
| l3fslRsA bayou. e'syfener.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
Anecdote Of John b. Cough.

Most public speakers who have been
introduced to their audiences have su f
fered from the high e>.logiums passed
upon them beforehand by their misjudg-
ing il PRODUCERS The natural effect is to
arouse expectation that cannot be met,
and to produce marked disappointment.
John B. Cough relates how he once
managed, before London assembly, to
avoid such a result. His intrOducer had
pronounced him the greatest orator who
had ever lived, and ended a fulsome
eulogy by telling the people to prepare
themselves for such burst of eloquence
as they had never before listened to-
Cough, knowing that the best effort he
had ever made would, under such cir
cumstances, fall far short Of antieipa-
tion, determined to practice a ruse, and
the ruse was to affect stupidity. He
opened by stammering and hesitating,
by beginning his sentences, and leaving
them unfinished, until, as he said, the
worst speaker in England could not
have done worse. He soon overheard
those on the platform whispering their
disapprobation and censure. one man
saying: "Oh, this will never do here.
you know 1t may be all very well In
America, you know; but in England,
YOU KNOW, IL Is 4ulte u uiAeLeut t1in4
He still continued in his dull, discon-
nected way until he had seen that he
had background for his verbal pic
lures. Then he gradually adopted his
natural manner, and rs sentence after
sentence rolled out vivid and resonant
from his lips, his audience grew enthu-
siastic and fairly roared with applause
He had never been more rapturously
rrepted than he was then and there
Those who heard him declared that
they had never known man to change
so after he had once warmed up.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01

woven into the pathway of every walk
Of life, we entirely fail to appreciate how
necessary and important it is, and must
ever be, in all the works of human ex-
istence What would the world he
without the ability to command sheet
of paper? 1t is the chief foundation
stone of all business structures, and is an
actual and necessary component part of
the ordinary conduct of social, political,
literary and religious life as well. While
paper manufacture has reached notable
height, no one will believe that it has
yet reached the zenith of its advance
ment and power In the articles which
enter into the product there are new dis
eoveries every few days. Formerly it
was believed that only rags could be
used as the chief body of the material,
but now straw and wood largely take
their place, and hence reduction in
price, and a consequent more useful fac
tor is obtained in the dissemination of
intelligence among the masses.-Bostoa
Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
Pleading For His Own Life.

The Dallas (Tex.) Times recites the
details of a case that certainly presents
some of the most remarkable features
known in the history of Jurisprudence
in this country. This occurred at
Waxahachie, during the last term of
the Ellis county district court. A col
ored man was indicted for entering into
conspiracy to murder. He was
brought to trial, the evidence was
strong, and. in spite of the good fight
made in his defense by his attorney, he
was convicted. A motion for a new
trial was made. and the judge, seeing
that no error of law was made, and be-
lieving the evidence sufficient, promptly
overruled the motion. When the pris-
oners were brought in to be sentenced,
this negro was among them. When
asked ii he had anything to say why
sentence should not be passed upon him,
he said he knew anything he might say
would have no weight with the court,
as all the forms of law had been COM
piled with, and he knew he must go to
the penitentiary, but that he had some
thing to say for the benefit of his col
ored friends, and, with the permission
of the court, he would make a few re-
marks. The court told him that he
would listen. The negro started of
slowly and deliberately, reviewing the
testimony, showing the inconsistencies
of witnesses statements, and then, car
ried away with the idea of the wrong
done him, be burst forth in strain o.
eloquence seldom heard. When he sal
down the judge said: Sam, thought
yoi guilty; / don't believe so now, and
will set aside the judgment overrulina
your motion Tor new trial, and give yor
another chance. So eloquently had tht
negro presented his case that the county
attorney then dismissed the case, anf
tina prisoner walked out of the cour'
room free man. This is the first cas-,
in Texas, at least, where a man brought
up to be sentenced was ever turne(
loose. Every person present says tha
the effort was the finest one ever heard
/ The negro Is uneducated and q common
! Held hand.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
WOODBURY., N. J., THURSDAY, APRIL l. $780,

done, but gained his point by walking
off with Mercy.
II don't understand said Norris,
presently.
| do" answered Frannie. "Mercy
and were both making Auntie Randall
a visit. Early in the spring Mercy fell
on the ice and hurt herself, so that she
could not walk for some months. She
is engaged to Mr.. Kendrick, who, by the
way, isn't dead bit, but returned to the
city about the time you thought so. i,
having no love affair of my own, natu-
rally took a great interest in hers, and
was her messenger. Indeed, think
was almost as glad as she when the let
ters came"
6 If you hadn't looked so glad, I
wouldn't have made such mistake, y
said Norris.
/ am very sorry" she said, meekly,
"that I looked so. Til never do it
again"
Never look gladp" said Norris.
's Please look so now, and tell me if
have found the flower l lost"
Didn't give you rose once?n she
answered; but her glad eyes told the
rest.
"What pair of fools we werer' said
Con, when it was explained to him.
g We might have thought of that's being
the way of it,
why should we?" said Norris. al
don't care now"
"It is so ridiculous" said Con, "to
think of your. wasted sentiment over the
wrong NAME"
:" 1t wasn't the wrong girl, though" !"
returned Norris.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
VOL. II.
Off the Coasts Of Sleep.

land know, aiar, yet near,
emote and dim, yet close and clear
A broad rich realm, by man unfamed,
Our very own, yet all unclaimed.
Out from hfe's daily jar and fret
1t shines, in tranquil borders set;
Upon its shores earth's burdens fall,
And fancy takes the rein DER all.
Dark closed the day; the twilight chill
In deeper gloom wrapped field and hill
The angl winds howled loud and hoarse,
And shook the walls with savage force;
The air with snow and sleet was piled,
For winters Jury gathered wild.
Spent with his wrath, stole away
To greet brighter, kindlier day.
Oh, soft upon that distant coast
The flashing waters leaped and tossed;
The white sails filed with halcyon air;
Green were the woods hung pictured there;
TRANCE iruitage there the sun doth kiss;
Lapt in those airs, 'tis rife with bliss;
1t subtle wine my pulses stirred,
Like rhythmic music family heard
On sunny slopes thick set with bloom
The senses thrill with strong perfume;
More vivid, yet more trail, those flowers
Than any blown in mortal bowers;
They nod, they bend, they glow, they move;
They mimic human strife and love,
As all things meath those iar-off skies
Do gaily mock our earthly eyes.
Freed from all trouble, pain and care,
Our hearts burst into blossoms there;
Tongues are unloosened; the poets fire
Burns in each breast with new desire;
On wondrous harmonies OF song
The golden hours are borne along,
Til soul and sense, transtused, seem one
In new-made forms of lie begun.
ID. II. r. GoodGle, in Lippincott.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
NO. 81.
In a Time Of Trouble.

In a Time OF Trouble.
As an eagle from the height,
Looking down upon the lands,
On forests black as night,
Fair fields and desert sands,
Sees the traveller below
Losing heart, as league on league,
Long wilderness show
No end to his fatigne
So faith amid her tears,
Beholding far beneath
The bright or gloomy bars
In the web of life and death;
Sees weary hearts that deem
The dark breadth is the whole,
Sees happy hearts that dream
The bright rays all their goal.
OH let this faith be ours
That even mid the pain,
Above the present towers,
And sees the nearing gain;
While breadth by breadth, appears,
As from the weaver's hand,
The pattern Of the years
Which God himself has planned.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

A mine which has recently been pur-
chased in Denver, Col, for $65, 900, was
discovered by two children aged nine
and ten years. They were "playing
mine F" at the time and had dug down
four feet on the Little Chief, Lear Ruby
hill, drilling and blasting five feet more
until a valuable body of ore was
brought to light. Their father, who
owned the claim, gave them 8 900 each.
and now has sold his interest.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01

There is district in Belgium where
a chain of villages along the valley Of
the Geer form sort of immense street.
The soil is clayey, but crossed at inter
walls with chalk, which gives to straw
raised there an exceptional strength,
pliability and brilliancy. This district
is the seat of the Belgian straw trade,
in which some 10000 persons are en-
gagged, who earn upward of $500, ,OOO
Every spring four or five thousand mi
crate to work in the principal cities for
few weeks. The chief seat of this in
dustry to-day is Roclenze, a beautiful
village, surrounded by the villas of
wealthy strawmakers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01

There has.lately been exhibited in the
wind ow of the halter under the Conti-
mental hotel, Philadelphia, hat which
has excited widespread attention 1t il
thirty two inches in the crown, while
the brim is nearly u yard in circum-
ference, and has been made for Chas.
A. Erling, aged twenty-seven, son of a
farmer near Bridgeboro' Erling is
within half an inch of five feet high,
with very short legs. and a very long
body. His chest is forty-fOur inches
round, and his stomach forty-one and
half. He has for yelrs been obliged
to lie down, because his body will not
carry his head Medical men say that
this enormous size of the head is not
caused either by water on the brain or
maltormation, but is merely the result
of an oyergrowth. He has perfect
health, and they are of opinion would,
under proper surgical care, have been
gradually enabled to support his head.
He has been, up to a recent period, kept
in bed in the sane room for twelve
years, and is totally uneducate6, as his
friends thought it would do him harm
to learn any lessons. He has been
treated like child, and taught TO sing
g Mary Had a Little Lamb" and sun
dry other ditties. The hat made for
him is twenty sizes larger than that Of
Daniel Webster, and Erling's brain is at
least thrice as large as an average brain.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01

The United States and Canada com.
bined, with population greatly exceed
ing Great Britain, consume little more
bread and cheese for luncheon are the
staple articles. When hired man goes
from one farm to another on an errand
he is RECALLED with bread and cheese.
When one farmer visits another, after
looking over the stock and the crops, he
is invited into the house, and if be does
not stay to dinner, or it is after dinner,
bread and cheese are placed upon the
table, and home brewed beer is never
forgotten. If man or boy goes on an er-
rand to a gentleman's house, bread,
cheese and beer are always offered.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01

The sagacious elephant has a well for
titled thinking apparatus. Mr.. Horna-
day, an elephant hunter, said in a lee
ture at Rochester: "An elephant to be
killed by the first ball must be shot
through the brain. But it is no easy
matter to reach this in the elephant, as
ii is surrounded by an enormous large
skull, and is very small in proportion to
the rest of the body. The skull is SO
large in order to give surface Tor the at
tacIment Of the muscles Of the trunk, of
which there are about 10000. The skull
is moreover composed OF two walls, and
between these are connected long cells.
The brain being thus protected, it is ex-
tremely difficult to reach, and elephants
are often fired into as often as fifty Ior
sixty times before being brought down.
The range of vision in the elephant is
limited, his hearing is not good, his
powers of smelling are poor, SO that it is
an easy matter to stalk him. Tie ele-
phant has four vulnerable points: these
are the temple. the ear and eye, and the
center OF the forehead -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-04-01
A WORLD OF PAPER.

One-Third of the Product Made I'm
America--The First Discovery In a
Hornets Nest--Faper's wonderful
Uses and Probabilities.