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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27
How to be Independent of Dry weather.

We have lived in the Arkansas val
ley for nearly nine years. From the
first we have been Of the opinion that
this country will, eventually, support
in abundant prosperitya dense popula-
ton, who will produce from the soil
crops not excelled for yield or certainty
in any part of the world. The soil is
Of surprising fertility, the lay of the
land is admirable and the temperature
is of the mean between the cold of the
North and the heat of the South;
most favorable for grains and fruits
The only thing wanting is regularity Ia
the supply of moisture.
Some expect that this will correct it.
self, and when good rain comes assert
that the seasons are changing, growing
more rainy. The experiences OF last year
and this have almost dissipAted this
theory.
What then is the remedy for drouth
There is abundance of water At short
distance below the surface. The wind
is willing to work for nothing and to
raise TO the surface an unlimited amount
Of it. 1t remains for the ingenuity and
skill Of man to harness the wind TO the
work, and to apply the water iuaiciously
to the soil. Some say this viii be in-
practicable and expensive. Expensive
il NAV be. but it is not impractiGahle.
In Holland they have emptfed lakes
and even q sea in order to cultivate the
soil at their bottom. Constant vigilance
is necessary to keep the water out. Yet
all is done at profit.
Less expensive will ii be to irrigate
the plains OF Kansas, than to dry the
lakes and seas of Holland. The lakes of
Holland were not dried in day. neither
will the Arkansas valley be irrigated In
day, but by preparation beforehand
and the accumulation of supply of
water on the surface to be in constant
readiness when needed, the long dry
spells will be deprived of their power to
ruin the prosperity of the country.
How is this to be doneP
We should say. select the highest
pointon the land sought to be Watercd |;
with plow and scraper make heavy
dirt wall around a large basin; keep It
wet with windmill and water eleya-
tor: feed your hogs in this pen for few
weeks and let them wallow the entire
surface so ms to make 1t hold water \
plant cotton wood cuttings all over the
| dirt wall, then let you windmills devote
/ the winter and spring to filling up this
has n. By the time the water is needed
| for the crops in the spring, the water
4 will be warm and fit To apply. AR
I these supplies of surface wafer Are an'
\ creased d greater amount of moisture
/ will be found to exist at ali times ia the
/ air. ,7i<rifn1 hni5.} Grce{tf.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27
VOL. II.
Endurance.

How much the heart may bear and yet no
break,
How much the flesh may suffer and not die!
question much if any pain or ache
OF soul or body brings our end more nigh.
Death chooses his own time, till that has come
All evils may be borne.
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife
Each nerve recoiling from the cruel steel
Whose edge seems searching for the quivering
life;
Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal
That still, although the trembling flesh be
torn,
This, also, can be borne.
We see a sorrow rising in our way,
And try to flee from the approaching i'll;
We seek some small escape, we weep and
pray,
But when the blow falls, then our hearts
are still
Not that the pain is oi its sharpness shorn,
But yet it can be borne.
we wind our life about another life;
We hold it closer, dearer than our own
Anon it taints and falls in deadly strife,
Leaving us stunned, and stricken and alone;
But, oh, we do not die with those we mourn;
This, also can be borne.
Behold, we live through all things, famine,
thirst,
Bereavement, pain, all griet and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On sould and body, but we cannot die,
Though we be sick and tired and faint and
worn;
LIZ, all things can be borne.
-ELizGbeth .dkers Allen.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27
Longevity in Europe.

Herr Max Waldstein, of the statistical
department at Vienna, says, in recently
published pamphlet. that the number
of persons in Europe who are upward of
ninety years old is IL, ,s3l. Ofthose who
are over 100 years old there are 24f
women and l6l men in Italy, 229 women
and 1873 men in Austria, and 526 women
and 524 men in Hungary. There are in
Austria l,508, ,359 persons over sixty
years of age, comprising rs of the whole
population. It is found that the per-
centage of old people is much higher
among the Germans than among the
Slavs. In the German provinces of
Upper Austria and Salzburg it is ll,5.
while in Gallicia it is only four. In
Hungary there are more old men than
women, which is explained by the fact
that the excess of women over men il
less in Hungary than in any other coun-
tries. There are in Austria 100 women
and eighty-six men who are 100 years
old, and sixty eight women and sixty
men who are rising Of l0I years Of age.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27
Listen.
We borrow

We borrow
In our sorrow-
From the sun OF some tomorrow
Hall the light that gilds to-day
And the splendor
Flashes tender,
0'er hope footsteps, to defend her,
From the tears that haunt the way
We never
Here can sever
Amy now from the forever,
Interclasping near and far.
For each minute
Holds within it
AL the hours of the Infinite,
As one sky holds every star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27
TIMELY TOPICS.

TIMELY TOPICS.
Sixty million dollars is the estimated
cost of the projected Euphrates Valley
railroad, which is intended to facilitate
the intercourse of England with India.
The road will be over thousand miles
long, and will be very difficult to build.
The Hartford Courd7st gives list of
parties who have been reported as killed
by lightning this season, and adds as q
noticeable thing about the list that none
of the accidents occurred in cities or in
the presence of telegraph wires and ac-
cumulations of metal. These seem TO
act as safeguards.
Previous to the current year, the
largest number of emigrants from Eu-
rope to the United States was in 1854,
when the records showed 3I9, 200. From
this mum Der there was decline to S.
600 in 1877. In 1879, the tide in this di-
rection began again, reaching l39, 600,
and this year promises to APPROACH 400,-
600, or some have thought 100000.
The latest plan for crossing the Eng
lish channel is embodied in a model
now before the admiralty for monster
floating railway station, which is to
carry trains from England to France
across the channel at the rate of four
teen knots an hour. It is stated that
each train would provide aceommoda-
tions for 2, 900 passengers. which would
require sixty or more railway car
riages.
Southern mocking birds well deserves
the name. They initiate not only the
songs of other birds, but human whist
lers as well. A lady of Macon, Ca,
relates that her pet moeking bird often
deceives all the inmates Of her house
by its clever imitation Of the post
mans whistle. They go out to get the
letters, and find Jack on spray near the
fence, blowing his whistle and looking
entirely innocent of any intention to
hoax the family.
Superintendent Peaslee, Of Cincin-
natl, says that the greatest mistake that
is being made in the American schools
is the constant drive in arithmetic at
the expense of composition and litera-
ture. Mr.. Peaslee wants less examining
for per cents and more education-to
set before pupils higher aims for study
than monthly averages. His convic-
tions have led to the establishment in
the Cincinnati schools of T" Poets Days, -
and the systematic study Of literature.
The children are made to not only
memorize poetic selections of the high
est character. but to learn something
about the authors, and to talk about
them.
A considerable steel-making industry
exists in the present day in China, on
the Upper Yangtze, whence the steel is
sent to Tien-tsin for shipment and dis
tribution. 1t brings much higher prices
than the Swedish steel imported into
the country The Chinese metallurgists
recognize three kinds of steel, namely,
that which is produced by adding un-
wrought to wrought iron while the mass
is subject to the action of fire, pure iron
many times subjected to fire, and native
steel, which is produced in the south
west. The different names for steel are
twan kang. or ball steel, from its rounded
form; kwan kang, or sprinkled steel Z;
wei tee, or false steel. The Chinese,
apparently have known how to manu-
facture steel from the very earliest ages.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27

The Hartford CowrGnt gives list of
parties who have been reported as killed
by lightning this season, and adds as a
noticeable thing about the list that none
of the accidents occurred in cities or in
the presence of telegraph wires and ac-
cumulations of metal. These seem TO
act as safeguards.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-27

Sixty million dollars is the estimated
cost of the projected Euphrates Valley
railroad, which is intended to facilitate
the intercourse of England with India.
The road will be over a thousand miles
long, and will be very difficult to build.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10
not only the railroad, but the appliances for
transferring the ships from the water to the

not only the railroad, but the. appliances for
transferring the ships from the water to the
rail.
In addition to the large number Of ehgfav-
ings, illustrative of engineering works, itivehA
tions and new discoveries which appear week.
", the Scientific Amsrican has, during the
past year, devoted considerable space to illus
trating and describing leading establishments
devoted to different manufacturing industries.
This feature has added very much TO the
attractiyeness and usefulness Of the paper.
More than fifty Of the most important indus.
trial establishments Of our country have been
illustrated, and the processes of the different
manufactures described ia It's columns. The
Scientific dneriean has been published for
more than thirty-four years By Mum q Co..
81 Park Row, New York, and has attained a
larger weekly circulation than all similar pa
pers published in the country. The publish
ers assure the public that they have not
printed less than 10000 copies week for
several months.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
BY the President Of the United States Of America

BY the President Of the United States OF America:
PROCLAMATION.
AT no period in their history since the United States
became Nation, has this people had so abundant and
universal reasons for JOY and gratitude the favor
Almighty God or been subject to so profound an obii-
cation to give thanks for His lovinaekindness and
humbly TO implore His continued care and protection
HEALTH wealth. and prosperity throughout aour hord-
ers; peace, honor and friendship With all the world
firm and faithful adherence by the great body Of our
population to the principles of liberty and justice which
have made greatness Nation, and TO the wise
institutions and strong frame of Government and soce-
ty which win perpeuate itior all these let the thanks
of happy and united people, with voice ascend
In deyout homage to the Giver OF all good.
Therefore recommend that Thursday, tho twenty
fifth day o November next. the people meet in their
respective places Of worship make their acknowledge
ments to Almighty God for His bounties and His pro-
ecton and to offer to Him prayers for their continu-
ance.
In witness whereof 7 have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States t, be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington. this first day Of No
yember, In the OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty and Of the Independence of the
s United States the one hundred and Afth.
r. b. HAYES
By the President.
WILLIAM M. EvaRTs.
Secretary Of State.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

Commenting on tho result Of the election
the Atlanta, Georgia, Constitution says "It
Is the elimination of a series of bunders be-
ginning with the Potter Committee and end
ing with the surrender Of the party to the
selfish wbims of an element which had Mr.
John Kelly fJr IT'S eonsmahdipg general and
Mr.. Thomas A. Hendricks as 4 volunteer adj
jutant, blunders thanked aud supported and
almost overShadowed by battling, lmpine
campaign, which crippled itself afresh al
every corner. Whatever regrets we may
have over the result are largely tempered by
the fact that, as Ear assthe Democratic party
Is concerned, 1t will be effective In bringing tc
the front the new forces, new issues, new M en-
Thoughtful Democrats will draw from it the
consolation that much of the rubbish which
has formed the stock 10 trade OF shiftless poll
ticians and reckless leaders viii be swept
away and room made for issues that are prac.
tical and paramount.
" 1t would appear that the line of sectional.
ism has been sharply drawn by the voters oil
the North, but there is nothing depressing In
this fact. We are willing that tho North
should draw the sectional line IN politics. II
the South be permitted to draw the sectional
line with respect to the progress aud improve.
ment of those conditions and forces which
make people happy In their fields, their work.
shops and their homes. We have n prosper
GUS future before us, and to this end we should
look intently. We have the cause of public
education 70 promote and the welfare Of agri-
culture in growing sections to foster The
South expected little more from General Han.
cocks administration than it will ask from
General Garfeld's. We want nothing more
than simple, exact absolute justice. If the
new President owes nothing to the South, he
at least owes something to the country, and
we shall be glad to see him cancel this debt,
giving us an administration as fair, as Just
and as clean as that Of Mr.. Hayes"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

cAYT4 DYE ms Smpiis d4wAY The Set
entifc american Of this week contains two
full page Illustrations of Captain Eads' pro-
posed railway for transporting ships with
their cargo across Continents. ne siat
Captain Eads claims by his plan to be able
to take loaded ships of the largest tonnage
from one ocean to the other across the Isthmus
Of Panama, as readily as can be done by a
canal after the Lessup plan, and at much
less cost for engineering construction.
The project is certainly bold and ingenious,
and the protector anticipates no serious diff.
culties in carrying forward bis enterprise.
The engravings referred to in the Scientific
american show the proposed construction Of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10
For THE RECORD
a AGRICULTURAL FAIRS As AT PRE-
SENT COND UGTED.

Mr.. EDITOR :-On taking an outside view
of the fair near your town, and fairs in gen.
eraI, and bringing 1t to our test book-the
Bible-there is only one conclusion tina: we
can come to, that all agricultural fairs, as at
present conducted, are great evil in all their
tendencies. They draw together the gamblers,
drunkards and the viIe--in fact, all the army
OF the Evil One. Aid after all, who is bene.
fitteds You may say that many respectable
people go to them. That is just what is most
strange in this matter. But what is stranger
still, is to see the church members in such
company-those who profess to be the follow
ers of the meek and lowly Jesus, at an agri-
cultural horse race-those who have promised
before God and man to renounoe the. devil
and all his works and devote their lives to the
service of God, and SO live that they may not
only escape the wrath to come, but also in
herit mansion at Gods right hand, eternal
in heaven, which Jesus has gone to prepare
for those that love Him yes, who have
promised TO try to work for tho cause of our
Master and for the good of never. dying souls |;
who also profess to have known their sins for
given and their names written in the Lambs
Book of Lifej who pray, or ought to pray,
every day, Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.p For such to be seen at
a horse race, their influence all on The side Of
the devil, is deplorable In the extreme; all
who go deliberately over to the, DEVILS side
and train under his banner. deny their Lord
and Master and put Him to open shame, and /,
like Christian, the pilgrim, must lose their
roll out of their bosom, and it may cost them
many weary steps to regain it, If indeed they
ever regain 1t at all, for straight is the cato
and narrow is the way that leads to eternal
life, and few there be that find it." There is
no room for race track III that narrow way,
the way that leads to glory. Is 1t surprising
that the church loses its power for good when
its members are found on doubtful ground,
much less on the devils ground9 And the
members themselves sometimes wonder why
it is that the preached word has 80 little effect
on sinners, when the whole trouble is that the
members do not I've the religion they profess
I" How can we cast the mote out of our bro
TIERS eye when, behold, a beam is in our own
eye2 We have indeed great need to pray
with the Psalmist, /" Restore unto me the joy
of thy salvation and guide me by thy free
spirit, SO shall teach transgressors thy way
and sinners shall be converted unto thee
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

AN ACE OF IMPROVEMENT We live in
an age of improvements as is evident to all
when we consider the wonderful discoveries
which are coming to light day by day. One
of the latest and most wonderful is the dis
coyery Of Kepdall's SPAWN Cure, which will
cure SPAWN, splint, curb, Gallons or ring
bone, and remove the enlargement without
even bistering or causing sore, and it has
recently been tested for deep-seated pains,
rheumatism, ehlargements and, many similar
difficulties on man as we'll as beast, and il has
been found to work so well that It is now be-
lieved to be the very best linlment for extei-
nal use on man, that has ever been discovered
1t can be Used full strength at all seasons of
the year with perfect safety. Read the adj
vertisement for Kendall's SPAWN Cure.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

-Rcv. BIS. Sharp, formerly of the New
Jersey NJ. z. Conference, died at Greenwich,
New York, on Tuesday Of last week. He was
an undergraduate of Wesleyan University,
Middbtown. Connections, and Joined the New
Jersey Conference in 1851. During bis con-
nection with it he was stationed at Squar vii
lage, Amwell (near 1ambertville), Toms
River, Lower Cape May, Swedesboros, Trinity
Church, Trenton Liberty Street Church,
New Brunswick. and Broad Street Church,
New Brunswick. He was then transferred to
the Troy Conference, New York. and, pre-
yious to the time of his death, was stationed
at several points in that State.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

&c. II. w. Van Solver Colonel command
ing the Garfield and Arthur Battalion of this
city, has issued the following congratulatory
orders to his command
Headers Garfield and Arthur Battalion,
Lambertville Nov 10, 1880. {
General Orders No. 2.
I. An overwhelming victory having crown
ed the efforts Of cur party, The Colonel COM
handing desires to congratulate this command
for the unabated interest It has shown through
out the campaign. thus assisting tosa great
extent IN securing sucli success.
III. Wherever it has been your province to
parade during the campaign, your soldierly
bearing, efficiency in drill, and gentlemQniy
conduct have won for the Battalion golden
opinions, which win make the recollection OF
the late contest among Che most pleasant
of any ever before participated IN.
III. In relinquishing the command of the
BattalioD. / desire to express my warmest
thanks to the officers aud men of the various
Companies for their uniform Kindness, prompt
attention and Obedience TO all orders that
have been given, thus securing a uniformity
of action which has made our reputation
what it is.
By order of 4u
- G. H. w. VAN ScfvER,
Colonel Commanding Battalion.
Official Benz. II JOINER,
First Lieut.. and Adjutant.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

4 "A few nights ago the post Office at New
town, Bucks county, was broken into and
robbed of $3.50 in postage stamps, s3c IN
money, and yalueless $500 Newtown rail-
road bond. The outer doors were forced
open and the safe was blown open.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10
Mathews ever Stout, $780,
IBLY--eEcoND DISTRICT.

--Jardine's Arabian Horse and Cattle Pow
der. The best Condition Powder in use, price
s5 cts. For sale at Central Drug Store, Al
N. Union street. ]. 20.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

MtssrNe.-zA 12-year-old daughter Of Will
liam Virgins living near Annandale, left the
school theirs, at P. Nc, on the 18th ult.,
since which time her friends have no tidings
of her. She wore q dark calico dress. and
sun bonnet Any information addressed to
her father,at Clinton F. OF, win DO thank
fully received.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-11-10

The first communion since the dedication
Of the new auditorium 10 the M. E. Church
was observed on last Sunday morning. The
New Hope Methodists have church they
may well be proud Of, -. a.r