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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

Bonnet strings are immensely wide.
Beaded bonnet crowns are all the
rage.
Leopard sets are worn by young
ladies.
Plush flowers grow more and-mOre
popular.
old-cashioned miet-tail sacks are
revived.
sealskin sacks remain the popular
fur wrap.
Viii toilets are In best taste for even
ing dress.
Fur collars and capes have -takenlthe
place of boas.
Russian and Lapland turs are worn
this wintsr.
Silver and blue fox are among the
favorite fancy furs.
A handsome millinery set " consists
of bonnet and muf to match.
Long gloves, reaching above the
elbow, are de rigueur, with short
sleeves.
The priucesse sack form for chill
dren's dresses remains the preferred
style.
The Albani Isl long cloak with dol
man sleeves, set in far back, so as to
to give narrow effect in the back.
Grecian lynx and africa chineailla
remain the fashionable furs for young
ladies and misses in their teens.
The American frock is the favorite
dress of little London girls. It is one
piece garment in saeque style. trimmed
to simulate kilt skirt and jacket.
The ssMother Hubbard is a new
English cloak, much shirred about the
neck, back and front, and with elbow
sleeves. also shirred, the skirt long, plain
and close.
Circular fur-lined eloaks continue in
vogue, but are not in as high fashion as
the fancy fur visites sold under the new
names af the Mandarin, Richelieu, La
hore. Mother Hubbard, Rajah and
Medici.
One of the prettiest millinery sets y
seen this winter is bonnet or toque of
maroon plush with a garnet satin guile d
border in place of a brim, and a lon G
ostrich plume fastened on one side IN d
waving dawn the back; on the opposite
side Of the toque are some red plush
rosebudS. The muff of maroon plush is
trimmed at the ends with garnet satin
quilting and red silk lace. On the front
of the muf, instead of bow, red
paroquet is placed fiat, its head cover
ing the steel clasp Of concealed port
monnaie. The cord which suspends the
mutf is of heavy garnet chenille.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
TITLES in Rnssia.

A New York Sun CORES pondent says
that in Russia all the members of the
families of princes, counts and barons.
both male and female, when addressed,
are always addressed by their titles. The
members of princeiy families are ad-
dressed as Prince, Prince N. N, or
Serenity. Some princes are called Most
Serene; for instance, the SuYorofs. A
count may be addressed simply as Count,
or Count n N, or Illustriousness. The
serene and illustrious persons may be
caught in the act Of picking pockets (as
some have been), yet in court they are
always spoken of and to by their titles (;
and if a judge, for instance, were to ask,
" Mr.. Dolgorouky, you are accused of
having stolen five rubles, what have
you to say?" Prince Dolgorouky would
keep silence until given his title. A
baron may be addressed as Baron, or
Baron N N, or Excellence. All generals
are addressed by persons of inferior
rank as Excellence, and by those OF
superior rank as General, or General n.
n The chief generals are addressed as
High Excellence. The colonies and
majors are called Height Nobility, and
the officers simply Nobility. The same
forms are strictly observed in speaking
to civil officers. The bishops are ad
dressed as rminence, the archbishops as
High Eminence, the priors as Reverence,
and the priests as Benediction. Every
city mayor, alderman, or village elder,
is addressed as Honor. Even plain
clerks pretend on the title of Dignity.
The latter title is liked and much useu
among the me- chants. Persons of the
same rank. intimate friends. near &C.
quaintances, call each other by the
Christian name and the father's name,
the latter being Lit lie changed. For
instance, Petr Ivanovitch, Ivan Petro.
witch, Derimedout Feostiriktovitch; and
among women, Anna Ivanovua, Snan.
dulia Petrovna, Filikitata Trankvill-
movna.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
no. l4.
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Hoods.


Hoods are seen upon nearly every
style of cloak or wrap, and also upOr
many bodice waists Most of these arc
gaily lined with scarlet. antique gold or
a mixture of many colors, III plaids or
stripes. 4 silk cable cord and tassel are
Usually added. TIE Russian cloak ID q
reat fav0rite with young ladies. 1t Is
II the shape of o long casaqDe, and is
trimmed with twenty or thirty rows OF
fine white silk braid The color Of the
cloak is Russian blue and The long
pointed hood is lined with white sat n
sublime. The trimmings and hood lin
ings of some of these cloaks are made OF
bright tartan braids and silk plaids.
Very elegant hoods are seen upon the
white brocaded velvet opera cloaks,
lined with white satin, and finely shir-
red around the neck and terminating IN
Maria Antoinette fraise five inches
high. The revers on the hood are
trimmed with white marab0ut feathers
to match the trimming on the wide
Chinese sleeves and on the bottom OF
the wrap These opera cloaks are
mostly seen with panisr effects in the
back.
News and NOtesi for Women,
The bride and bridegroom at Nash
vile wedding had only one leg apiece.
A young man died Of heart disease at
st. Paul while asking q girl to marry
him.
Alexander Dumas youngest daughter,
Nile. Jeannine, is mentioned as beau-
tiful young creature, with large lntelll-
gent eyes and features very like her
fathers.
The young daughter of the Duchess
La Tore, who has just been married 70
wealthy Cuban, wore bridal wreath
made of diamond orange blossoms, ana
among the wonders Of her trousseau were
hose Of point d d'Alencon.
The hotel keepers of New Orleans,
who have decided to employ white girls
as walters, say that they have no trouble
In securing them, and say that respeeta-
bic families apply almost daily Tor places
for their daughters. The girls Ike the
work and give satisfaction, both TO en-
ployers and their guest.
& young lady was asked By her fancee
on the eve of the marriage what OF al
things she would like best that he should
give her as a wedding present. Pay
4pa's debts" said she, land ! shall be
the happiest girl in the world" And,
nN0 Ll5 uSaTs ROOI OcOAE - A1@ -
that he is, he did it -NelC York lMatt.
Alta recent reception in London where
the Princess of Wales was present many
of the ladies, including the princess, car
ried punches of white lilies in their
hands. The fancy among leaders OF
fashion to adopt some one particular
flower and its corresponding perfume
seems 10 have lost none OF its prestige
All artificial flowers are perfumed with
the odor Of the flowers they are intended
to represent The wood violet very sue
cessfuily produces the perfume Of the
natural flower, SO that as one inhales
faint odor of these sweet blossoms one
can reasonably imagine it to be. fresh
from the heart of the vernsl woods.
Some one having propounded the
query, "What invention would most
benefit the community at large| A
suspicious married woman replies: "A
glass SO framed that when the husband, s
out. the wife, at home, can see what he's
about.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
The SILK Industry in the United State,

According to we'll informed writer
in the November Atlantic, as fine d
quality of silk can be raised in the
United States as in any part of the
world, but the silk cannot be produced
here and reeled as cheaply as the raw
silk can be imported from China and
Japan. These facts are proved by many
experiments in silk culture extending
through more than 200 years and made
in almost every part of the country. The
climate of California is admirably
adapted to silk raising. Cocoons and
eggs of excellent quality have been
raised there. But those who have en-
gagged in the industry have found it more
profitable to ship the eggs to France
than to rear them for silk. a we'll
organized effort to make silk culture
successful and profitable in this country
is row in progress In Kansas. 1t was
started by Mr.. de Boissiere, who came
from France and settled in Franklin
county He has established a small
mill, and with Mr.. Crozier, the author
of a treatise on the raising of silk worms,
is working with hope and enthusiasm
among the farmers Of kansas. But the
success of their experiment remains to
be esta olished.
While silk culture has so far proved a
failure in the United States, the manu-
facture of silk has been remarkably
successful industry. The first mill on
the continent was built st Mansfield,
Conn, in 1910. To-day 279 firms are
engaged in the silk manufacture in this
country, the most of them being in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Con-
nfcticut and Massachusetts,. They have
Sis. 900, 600 capital invested, employ 49,,
600 operatives, pay annually more than
$6 900, 900 wages and yearly produce
goods worth $27 900 600. The greatest
center of the industry is Paterson. N j..
the Lyons of America, where thirty-two
firms are engaged in the business with
.OnO operatives and an invested capital
OF S5 600 900 Nearly every variety Of
silk manufacture il represented in the
United States, while the quality OF the
work" says the writer above cited,
will compare with, and in some de
partments is superior to, that OF any
other country in the world" Indeed,
the goods of one firm, whose mill at
South Manchester, Conn, is the largest
in the United States, are now initiated
in Europe. The display of American
silks at Philadelphia in 1876 surprised
Americans themselves hardly less than
foreign experts Oar marked success iu
this field is due in no small measure to
the improvements we have made in
machinery. In silk machinery the Cen
tennial Judges declared this country to
be ahead of all others.-Neao York
HeTnld
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
Hot Ice.

A correspondent of NIture, after num-
erous experiments on the boiling points
of substances under low pressures, came
to the conclusion that it would be posi-
BILE to have solid ice at temperatures far
above the ordinary melting point. He
says: After several unsuccessful al
tempts | was so fortunate as to obtain
the most perfect success, and have OBJ
tanned solid ice at temperatures so high
that it was impossible to touch it with
out burning ones self. This result has
b I obtained many times aud with the
greatest ease, and not only so, but on
one occasion small quantity of water
was frozen in a glass vessel which was
so hot that it could not be touched by
the hand without burning it. | have
had ice considerable length of time at
temperature far above ordinary boil
ing point, and even then it only
slblimed away without any preyic us
meeting. These results were obtained
by maintaining the superintendent
pressure below forty six nm. of mer-
cury-that is, the tension of aqueous
vapor at the freezing point of water
| Other substances also exhibit these samt
phenomena, the most notable of which
is mercurial chloride, for which latter
the pressure need be reduced to only
420mm. On letting in the pressure th'
substance at once liquifies.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
Catching HaIIbut.

The halibut season, says the Sea
World, lasts from the middle of January
to the first of Decem Der. At one time
New London, Conn, was an important
halibut port, thirty sail of vessels hay
ing been owned there at one time. By
reason of the business not paying for
length of time, however, the feet has
been gradually reduced by loss to ten
schooners at the present time engaged
in the catch. These are tine-going
schooners of fifty TO sixty tons, and
there are no better sea boats of sail or
steam aioat. Their average eOsr was
about SO OOO They fish on Georges
Banks and the coast of Nova Scotia,
round voyage ineluding the running of
fares to New Z orb, recurring month.
The more ventureSOme commanders sail
in January, although it is considered
dangerous to start thus cary, and the
more careful masters will not venture
out till later The service is q very
perilous one, although no men or vessels
have been lost from New London in two
or three years. This good fortune can
not be counted on to continue, and the
| hardy mariners verify go forth with their
lives in their hands. One master in
forms us that of the men who were in
the feet when he first engaged in it, all
have perished on fishing trips. Three,
and even four, vessels have been lost in
q sinel year. There are various circum-
stances attending the loss of halibut
men, the terrible storms which sweep
the fishing grounds be ng a fearful
element of destruction. Next to the
peril by storm is the danger OF being
run down by passing vessels. during
dark nights, or the impenetrable logs,
which cover the grounds like q pail
during so many days in the year The
halibut catchers tell of wonderful
escapes from dire destruction through
this terrible agency, which constantly
| fill their lives with grave forebOdings-
| The greatest danger is from the collision
of European steamers as frequently the
damage produced by sailing ships IS not
| fatal. The fishermen, however, exercise
a commel dable degree of conservatism
in this matter toward the steamers,
averring that in general the steamship
captains keep sharp lookout when of
the banks, and do all in their power to
avert calamity. Often in the darkness
and fog the tiny haliblt vessels are not
seen until they are almost upon them,
when il requires time to change the
sheer of their long hulls, and very many
times the lucklesS haHbutmen are run
down and sunk beneath the waves
Tue average crew consists Of eight
men, two men going out in each dory,
of which there are three, two men being
left to manage the vessel. Twenty-Five
fathom lines are put out from each Gory
to which are attached from 800 to 325
hooks The men are often lost from the
vessel by the presence of a sudden gale,
or the setting in of fog. The late
treaty entered into with Great Britain
has operated against the hahbut feet,
and the men are hoping to see the objec-
tional features revoked. Or informant
wa confident that more vessels would
engage in the business ere long, and
hoped to see the feet built up to respect
bic size; for, despite its peril, capital
suus invested pays very fair margins OF
profit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
Guided.

Gu1deds
Up the long, slippery slopes we toll and strains
Amid the ice and snow,
Untrodden heights above US to attain,
Untrodden depths below;
Danger to left and danger to the right,
All wearily we go.
Cruel and beautiful the blue crevasse
Yawns close beside the way,
The avalanches topple DER the pass,
Their oil, white torrents stay
Only moment ere they roar and plunge
To rend and whelm and slay.
Each following each, we mount, as we are led
Up the long, steep incline;
Our Guide walks calm and fearless at the head
OF tho long faltering line.
And shows the narrow path where safetyis
Byword and look and sgu.
Marking His footsteps, treading where He trod,
Close following on His track,
We cannot faint or fall or miss the road,
Though deep the SHOWS, and black
The precipices yawn, and rough and steep
The forward path and back.
Intent on Him, we 90 not mark or see
These hard things by the way.
II is enough that we are led, and He
Whose guidance we obey
Has gone before and knows how hard it Is;
What He has done we may.
Above the mists we catch faint, far chime,
And glimpses heavenly fair
Shine through, and seem to beckon as we
climb
How distant, bright they are!
Dear Guide, lead onl We do not ask TOR rest
Would God that we were therei
Cs,soo NooI;doo
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
Rhxmfng Made Easy.

The Tribune has fitted up room for
the exclusive use OF its poets, and has
introduced its new system of rnyming
charts, which are designed to aid these
of our songsters who never have any
difficulty in whooping up the sentiment,
bat are occasionally 3 liatle shy on the
Jingle part of their otherwise high v
creditable productions. The charts cor
tain words that rhyme pretty well, ard
are adapted to any kind of poetry, from
the Papa's-stepped-or mothers 5union
order to the weird. mowing-machine
verses of Swinburne. When a poet
wants something that goes along smooth
and easy, like Maud S. or the price of
wheat, he has only to glance at the on.
syllable chart. which contains words
like:
Lime, Time,
Crime, Dime.
If he is in search of something with a
little more get-up to it. he can refer to
the next one, which contains words
like:
Item, Renison,
Fly-timc, Venison,
Redress, Despot,
Maud s., Guess Not
If the Swinburne metre is what he
wants, Chart No. may be studied to
advantage. 1t reads:
Azure Sky, Daffodirs Glow,
Refrigerator, Sorrel Horse.
| And 80 forth. All poets are cordially
invited to come in and try the scheme
Take the ell vator. 1t may fall somt
dag. Chicag3 Tribftne.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
John B. Cough and the Clears.

John B. Cough, who had faced over
s 900 audiences, acknowledges that on
one occasion, and one only, he encoun-
tered an embarrassment he could not
overcome. It wss his own fault, he
says, and proved a sharp lesson he
never forgot. In his own words:
| was engaged to address large num-
ber OF children in the afternoon, the
meeting to be held on the lawn back OF
the Baptist church in Providence, Z. /.
In the forenoon friend met me and
said:
II have some first-rate cigars, viii
you have few"
g No, thank you"
" Do take half dozen.
81 have nowhere to put them"
"You can put half dozen IN your
pocket"
| wore cap in those day, and l put
the cigars into it, and at the appointed
time I went to the meeting. l ascended
the platform and faced an audience OF
more than 1900 children. As it was
out of doors kept my cap on for fear OF
taking cold, and [ forgot all about the
cigars Toward the close Of my speech
I became more in earnest, and after
warning the boys against bad company
bad habits and the saloons, said:
"Now, boys, let Us give three rouslng
cheers for temperance and for cold
water. Now, then, three cheers. Hur-
rahr'
And taking off my cap | waved it
most vigorously, when away went the
cigars right into the midst Of the audi
dence The remaining cheers were very
faint and were nearly drowned in the
laughter of the erowi. | was NOR
titled and ashamed, and should have
been relieved could have sunk through
the platform out of sight. My feelings
were still more aggravated by q boy
coming up to the steps of the platform
with one of those dreadful cigars. say
ing Here's one of your cigars, Mr..
Cough"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

In the October number of the organ
of the German Baptist mission the
statistics Of the churches are given, from
which it appears that there are l34
churches in Germany, with 26 656 mem
bers, 497 stations, and only IL 8I3 San
day school scholars, instructed by S74
teachers. There are sixteen churches
with more than 400 members each. one
Of these reporting l I70 members and
another IT'S. Fifty me churches have
q membership Of less than 100. and a
few of these report very small mt mbsr-
ships mine in one case. eight in another.
and four in third.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02
Butter at Forty Dollars a Pound.

Gilhooly strayed into De Smith s
grocery yesterday, accompanied by his
dog. Suddenly the grocer cried out, as
if in great pain:
Your blame dog has eaten up two
pounds of nice fresh countr, butter -
/" Well, If it don't hurt the cog it's all
right, but want you to understand he
is valuable dog, and if he dies you will
have to pay about $40 pound for that
oleomargarine p GalDe ston NetDs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

Paper, as every one knows, burns well
when scrunched up, but is not by any
means so indammaole as wood, and in
the form of books is somewhat difficult
to burn at all. La the olden time there
was considerable trouble taken in de-
stroying heretical books, which were
placed on large wooden platforms, but
after all the care taken to annihilate them
from the face of the earth, masses were
found in the embers sufficiently uncon-
snmed to be easily readable, and it was
thought this was brought about by the
wiles of the evil one.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

A st. Louis boy spent dollar Of the
money that he had collected for his
father, who whipped him for the offense.
The. oungster went directly to the river
AMI drowned himself.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

Wooden posts have been brought to
premature decay by painting them be,
fore their moisture had evaporated.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

Ifhens have a warm house and enough
to eat, and of the right kind, they Will
lay in winter as well sa summer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-12-02

The sea OF Galilss containsLtwelvc
species Of fish,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-29
STA Il PRESS REVIEW

Cr r.. NJ. Gano, ofDallas, called on us yes.
terd. V. He is always welcome visitor In
many respects he is u remarkable man. lilo
was a gallant Confederate General; he is
now Christian preacher, and in the latter
he is MS brave ne no was in the former. He
has been blown up, he has been shot, he has
never tasted coffee, or tobacco, or whisky (;
has never sworn an oath, and is to-day one
of the truest and pures. men Of Texas, and
by his purity and bravery he is one of the
most popular men in the State. Wisely,
therefore, has his name beon suggested
as a candidate for Governor. Gen.
Gano is not a politician, yet Il is hoped that
he will consent to wear the high honors and
discharge the important duties for the peo-
pies good of the Gubernatorial chair. We
realize that there is D crisis in this State. The
issue is whether pure, good honest, virtuous,
conscientious men shall be elected TO office
for their country's good, or whether moral
lepers and time-servng par.isans shall work
their way ip, through the inactivity and tor
pidity of good men, for their own selfish in
terests. 1t is not so much mans politics as
the man. AS to politics, General
Gano is Democrat and has always
been, but he is not blind partisan, and Just
now there are not few Democrats and MEM
bers of other political parties who are tired
of merely partisan war and who are no
longer willing to blirr1ly follow part lead
ers. Necessity gives birth to the indopen-
dent idea in politics. The atmosphere puri-
ies itself through storms. When political
parties become corrupt aud look 70 theirown
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT instead of the public
good, there is need of a Strong
independent element to bring them
to their senses and teach them
that the foundation of political parties rests
on principles, and when they drift off of
them they deserve dis olution. We honestly
believe that the members of all political par
ties in the State could not do better than TO
call out such man as Gen. Il. NJ. Gsno, of
fine old Kentucky blood, brilliant war re-
cord, the highest type of moral excellence,
intellectually strong and in the very vigor of
manhood what more could be desired in
candidate for Governor