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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20
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In the manufacture of tobacco, mo
lasses, hcorice, paste de coction of figs
and glycerine are useo to impart sweet
taste. Common salt and other salts are
used for tlavoring, and nitrate of potash
or soda is added to increase itE combus-
tibility. Anise and other aromatics are
added for their flavor, and smoking to-
hacco has its odor, if not its taste, i'm
proved by the introduction of cascariIla
bark. Cabbage aad other leaves are
often used to adulterate chewing to
bacco.
In cold weather, horses which have
been driven rapidly. or have become
heated from eNertion, throw Off great
quantities of steam or vapor. The
reason of this is that the heat thrown
off from the body on coming in contact
with the colder ain is condensed in the
form of vapor. The princlpie Is the
same as that which causes the windows
of a close room to become covered with
ice on a cold day In winter. The warm
air OF the room becomes condensed on
the cold glass, and ii il congealed In the
| form of ice.
Previous to the time of Queen Eliza
| beth stairs were all constructed on a
circular plan, and were called turret or
corkscrew stairs. During the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries stalrcases
with wide, straight flights were first in
! troduced, and We're made the leading
features in mansions OF the Elizabethan
style. They had usually massive oak
| balusters with carved panels and pen
| dants. StaircaseS of this description
are still in common use, but are lighter
in style, light cast-iron being used in
s.ead OF oak balusters.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20
A Morning Star Of Memory.

The Chicago Times relates sad but
beautiful incident Of woman's devotion.
In the fashionable west division Of the
city there lived young couple who
were engaged to be married, but ere the
ceremony had been performed the gen.
tleman was taken down with that most
loathsome of diseases, smallpox, and
was conveyed to the pest-house. Thither
the yoang lady followed, and there she
nursed him back to life but not to one
of its greatest blessings. The case de-
veloped into the dreadful type known
as continent" and when the young
lover arose from his couch he realized
the doom of desolation entailed upon
him-he was stricken blind. And now,
says the Times, while the warm sun is
waking into vernal beauty park and
boulevard. and while the shade trees
are throwing out their outrageous love-
liness, a stalwart man, erect and stately
still, although destitute of vision and
with a face SCARED by that fell malady,
may be seen walking slowly amid the
beauties of the summer time, and by his
side young girl, upon whom he leans for
guidance, and who is to him the morn
ing star of memory that cannot fade or
faint, or die until the last dread sum
mons make even such sublime devotion
vain to preserve life that must be,
without such solace. worthless and desc
late beyond expression.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20
Al CaremOnioHs NahOh.

I have told you. writes an English
traveller, very little about the nahob
(of the Carnatic), although no day
passes without messengers from him
in the morning to inquire how l slept,
and in the middle of the day to present
q gift of fruit and flowers. He insists
on my seeing these messengers with
great silver sticks and returning my
salaams by them, which is great and
grievous bore twice day. After my
first visit he sent me a dinner of at least
fifty dishes. each OF which was brought
on the head of a black damsei. This
feast was displayed on the floor of the
colonnade, and | was brought forth to
see the embroidered covers taken of, and
to admire the cook-shop.
| made my salaam, and the repast was
devoured BY Lord Williams body guard.
The present Of dinner is an established
custom in the East The nabob is 3
very fat, thick-bearded person, about
thirty AT my first visit he received
me at the door of my coach, having bar
gained that / should do the like when
he returned my visit He embraced me
as soon as I was out Of the coach with
most affecti0nate hu9s, saying each
time: "How dye do, governor
general?n This l thought very suit
able salutation at Our meeting, but 1t
seemed less neat and appropriate az my
departure, G, when, st the coach door. he
repeated the four embraces, with : How
aye DO, governor generalPn four times
again.
During the recep ton he sat on sofa
in d great hall, in which was also the
musnud or throne, I on his right side,
Lord William or his left. Then our in
terpreter made US mutually happy by
assurances of each others perfect health,
and the nabob returned thanks to God
for the health OF the king, the que5n,
the Prince Of Wales and the princes
and princessess, the court Of directors,
the house of peers, and all the members
OF the house of commons, every one
Of whom | assured him had lett in the
most blooming health.
We were then still more deeply
affected by our extreme attachment for
each other, and by the singular felicity
OF heholding each others taces- Many
other similar affairs Of state W IRE trans
acted between Us, and when tic pain
full moment for parting arrived, hiS
| hiahness dropped few drops Of attar
/ of roses on my handkerchief, then
sprinkled me profusely all over my best
| Vienna embroidered coat with rose
| water. SAYING affactionately thai he
1 knew he was spoilings " coat (p4t
| what is coat to the atfusions ol Friend
shiny. Then be put On NV neck y ahr-
\ land Of white flowers. gave me tWu
packets of hetelnut and them tWo zgses
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20
rEHs OF INTEREST.

Two persons die every second.
The rest of the week-Sunday-
A two-foot rule-Don't stumble.
Slow rivers flow four miles per hour.
The average human life is thirty-one
years.
Pretense we rs transparent domino
in the masquerade of life.
Tobacco chewing has increased eight
per cent. in the past year.
The carriage-maker never tires. The
blacksmith does that for him.
In Henry county, Ga, whole drove
Of hogs, while lying in a heap, were
killed by lightning.
A man in st. Helena, Cal, makes a
living by the manufacture Of fishing
lines from the Ebers of the century
plant.
The lower jawbons of mastodon has
been found in a sand bar in the Loup
river, about twenty-five miles from
Kearney, Neb.
Household decoration makes great
progress in tenement quarters. WenoEe
that old hats have taken the place Of
cast-off clothing in broken window
panes.-PNck.
When deep sleep falls on man he
does not mind it so much as when
few square yards of plastering come
down or q chimney tumbles over on
him.-Keogatb Gate Oity.
When you see a man take off his hat
to you it is sign that he respects you.
But when he is seen divesting himself
of his coat you can make up your mind
that he intends you shall respect him.
Statesman.
A mining company at St. Clair, I'LL,
dispensed with the services Of a hum
dred men at 81 day by the use Of
labor-saving machinery; but they en-
ployed fifty men at 80 q day to guard
the apparatus.
Remains of lake dwellings have been
discovered in a peat bog near Milan,
and in street in Milan excavations for
a house have brought to light what
are believed to be vestiges of the old
Roman theater.
This years Russian famine, says n
Berlin dispatch to the London Standard,
mainly affects the Caucasus. In hun
dreds of Armenian and Mohammedan
villages the whole of the inhabitants
me dead. The Russian press dare not
allude to the subject.
Only woman's hair,
Binding the now to the past,
Only single thread
Too irail to last.
Only woinan's hair
Threading tear and sigh,
Only a woman's hair
Found to-day IN the pie.
-Steu5espiie Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

delphia so prolonged as to justify his
most sanguine hopes, wrote to announce
his engagement to an entirely wrong
Miss Ashurst. " A girl withouta penny,
sir, ] give you my word and it was
long before the old gentleman could
forgive the outrage. He never did for
give it, in fact, till Mrs. Alexander
Ashe came to Boston in propria persona,
and then she made such a conquest of
Uncle Nat as left him nothing to say in
his own justification or to the reproach
of his nephew. He lived to thank
heaven for his own bad handwriting.
For" as he would explain, . if the
tails of my SIS had been one whit less
indistinct than they are, you would
never have gone astray in Hemlock
street that night, my boy, and we should
never have had this little jewel of ours
for our own, and a sad thing that would
have been for US all-hey. now. wouldn't
itp"
To which Alex Ashe replied, with
emphasis: rl"-Harper's Bazar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20
VOL. II.
Husband Mine, That is to Be.


1hough would not make it public
Lor pocketiul of gold,
Yet I'd like to know secret
That has never yet been told;
In your ear now let me whisper
Lest my bushes you might see
This: If 1 am to have husband,
Pray, who is the man for me?
Is be pale or is he ruddy ?
Is he weak or is he stronst
Is he fillel with prou ambitionf
Or content to plod alongi
Will ne make me very happyl
lis lottery, you'll agree,
All about this strange enigma
Husband, mine, that is to bel
Is he sad or is he merryf
Is he short, or is he tall
Eyes of gray or black or azure
Which will hold my heart in thralli
Will he love me as no otheri
And shall as constant be,
Rendering homage TO the helpmate
Sent by heaven to comfort me1
Pray don't think me bold or forward,
For no maiden in the land
But would like to take a sly peep
Dust for fun-you understandf)
at the "object" of the future
That delightful mystery,
That so makes ones poor heart nutter-
Husband mine, that is to be!
M #. Ridder, in Bald,oin's Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

Doctor Lauder Lindsay in his new
book, mind in the Lower Animals in
Health and Disease" observes that
'even as regards man himself it must
be borne in mind that there are count
less thousands-many whole races -
that are intellectually and morally the
interiors of many well-trained man.
mails, such as the chimpanzee, orang,
dog, elephant or horse; or birds, such
as the parrot, startling, magpie, lack
daw and various crows"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

The first thing a man does when he
gets miffed al his local paper, because
it failed to notice in plea type that he
had whitewashed his hen-house, is to
come in and order ii stopped, just as
though the whole concern would stop
because one paper had been discon-
tinued - Waterloo ObserUer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

During the past thirty years 2, 500
900 people have emigrated from Ger
many.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

The great map of the moon, completed
by DIR. Julius Schmidt, of Athens, after
twelve years of labor, shows 30, $50 crat-
ers and ring-like formations on the lunar
surface, and 346 rills and clefts. DIR.
Schmidt estimates that the number
would be increased to 100, GOO craters in
q complete chart, showing the moon as
seen with a magnifying power Of 600.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

Cant: The word Of weak man (ssI
can't''), and the practice of bad man.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-05-20

The american Journal of Science has
been giving Edison'S electric light q
thorough investigation, and its conclu
sion is as follows: Provided the lamp
can be made either cheap enough or dur
able enough, there is no reasonable
doubt of the practical success of the
light, but this point will evidently re-
quire much further experiment before
the light can be pronounced practicable
That Mr.. Edison will finally overcome
the difficulty, however, no one who
knows him can doubt.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-01


"Do you know the prisoner well p
asked the attorney.
aNever knew him dck," replied the
witness.
No levity," said ths lawyer, sternly
Now. SIR, did you evsr sse the prisoner
at the bar ?''
"Took many dzinl with him at the
barr
aAnswer my Question, ~" yelled th.
lawyer. How long have you known the
prisoner ?'
From two feet up to five feet ter
inches"
Will the Court make the"
al have, jedge," said the witness, an
ticipating the lawyer; 81 have answered
the question I knowed the prisoner
when he was boy two feet long and q
man five feet ten"
Your honor"
"It's fac jedge I'm under my oath, y
persisted the witness.
The lawyer arose, placed both hands on
the table in front of him, spread his legs
apart, leaned his body over the table, and
asked:
"Will you tell the Court what you
know about this case ?"
"1'hat amt his name," replied the wit.
ness.
"What amt his nameP"
"Case."
"Who said it was 2"
"You did. You wanted to know what
l knew about this Case-his name il
Smith"
Your honor" howled the attorney
plucking his beard out by the roots, " viii
you make this man answer p
Witness" said the Judge, you must
answer the questions put to you"
"LAnd o. Goshen, jedge, hain't / bin
doin' it Let the blamed cuss FIRE away
I'm ready"
"Then" " said the lawyer, "don't bea,
about the bush any more, You and this
prisoner have been friends"
Never" promptly responded the wit
ness.
"What! Wasn't you summoned here
as friend p
"No, sir; I was summoned here as q
Presbyterian. Nary one of us was ever
Friends-he's an old-line Baptist, without
. drop of Quaker in him"
"Stand down." yelled the lawyer in
disgust.
"Hey ?"
"Stand down."
"Can't do it. I'll sit down or stand
up"
"Sheriff, remove that man from the
box"
Witness retires, muttering; Well, il
he amt the thick,headest cuss / ever laid
eyes on."-Des Moiaes Register.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-01

sTRAMIN0 OUT DEM0cATIc eNA1D AND swAL-
LOWING REPUnLTcAH cAnKLs-TnEY navE AT
LEN0TH HEARD FnoA MAnsK Ann AnR How
AFRAID THEY WILL HEAR RRoM ONO
Qron our Regular corsspond-at)
WAszneTOx. D. c., Sep. Is, 1880
1t appears thai the Chairman OF the Demo
cratic Campaign COMMITTEES IN Washington has
attempted to hank through the mails, sas cam
paign literature, so@s speeches. made by ex-
Congressmse and ez6enason who are no,
entitled 70 fsAnkipg privileges II ii were not
mistake, - be claims, it would be crime for
him 70 do sn; bat. when we remember that the
Republicans are doing the same thing on much
larger scale; when we know that they are de-
nauding the govern nent by requiring campaign
work and campaign money Of govenEaent en-
ployees; when Ne know thai there are only two
oficen At their posts, and that the publie service
Is moss Grosaly neglected through absentreism 10
all iis branches on elecsioneenpg service, the
noise that has been made over three packages Of
Democratic mail matter by the fraudulent
minions Of fraudulent administration is more
ridiculous than huFiGeqne fury
Since the results Of the Maine election have
become definitely kpown, Republicans Here seem
to hsve collapsed i The apathy Of despair, re-
asisisg thst the four years that they have eaten
the dishonest bread Of maud are nearly ended,
and that the great majority that elected TiIden
win now ssesnly demand vacation, under the
management Of Hancock, Of al their stolen
places Then think We may hope fof civil ser
vice reform. for no matter how great may be the
rapacity for place and once among the Demo
cruts. II viii be impossible for them, lacking as
thsg ass ia experiences, to iii the departments
with a. many useless incompetent suFesmumerar
ries ~ have held plqDs and drawn pay since the
war. II the people Of this country could only
know the immense snms they are paying to
thousands Of elegant loafers who do not work
thirty minutes per day civil service reform would
be forced into prominence over all oiher issues
II, when the Democrats come Ia, they shah show
the same ingenuity q Republicans have shown
in making useless Offices and bureaus, appoint
ing incompetent men to ill them, ard then ap-
pointing STATS of Incompetent assistants, male
and female. to help the chiefs do nothing, shall
jain the opposition. p
The Republican organ Of this city sounds
note Of alarm this morning with difference to
Ohio, In . long and carefully written editorial.
"a concedes that there is danger Of the State 60
ing against them in October, and gives reasons
for the fear in long quota,ions from the Dayton
journal. one of the ablest Of the; Republican
journals.
With warning from Maine, with the half
hearted support of Conkling, with Aissensions in
their own hanks, and NAL management by jew
ell, the Republican canse has neyer appeared
Gloomier. Noihipg short Of decided majorities
in Indiana and Ohio can help the party thai re-
ccived national coudemnatiop in the Centennial
year
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-01

UAeinnpd k4Qairey. eepiamber 81
Does the Democratic strength in this
country all come from the Southern
Statesi The Iilden ELECTORS received
from the sixteen Southern States 1884,
200 votes, and from the Northern States
2,67O, ,165 votes. Almost two-thirds of
the voters of the United States who be-
heve in the Democratic Iarty are voters
IN the Northern States. The Northern
States furnish million more voters to
the Democratic party thsn are furnished
by the Southern States. And it should
not Be forgotten that fur years ago 8
large majority Of 81 ths people Of the
United States were On record in favor Of
the Denocratic party. Ii the Democratic
party, then, . sectional psrtyi l. il mot
the other party tbs. fsedson sectionalism Z
The political story Of he last few years
reveals facts still more interesting IN con-
nection with this chsrgetthat Democrats
voters are wholly u tho South. Within
ak years We have seen fourteen Norshesn
States pass, for time. ftom the hands Of
the Republicans TO the l,ands Of the Dem
ocrasA Dces this indicate that the Dem-
ocrssic voters ara all sosth Of the Ohiog
Within six years, farthermore. We have
sesn the RePablicsn pasty in the minority
d m the 6eatss of tha Union save fve.
Which party, jthen. il she national parsy.
and which he secsieneaf u Il he party
that has . majority Of he votes il only
Eve Of tie thirty sht1 1ssais4l But dir
i lie party thst kssrs sliys q ssesiossl
~ alpnes and i he y assared najoritgs
spcqsp Tenure, y oali cns,e ghth e the
GnEssy .s9s
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-01
A CUTE ONE.


A New Wrfnkle That Lies Over Pre-.
vi0us Dead.beas gseriss.
"Talk about your hotel BEATS" said q
clerk In one of the hotels of the
city the other evening, " heard of one
of the toughest cases, which happened .
short time ago. I got the first part of the
story from the proprietor of prominent
restaurant, to whom the fellow had told .
history of the affair before he skipped out
of town. He said that one evening this
fellow came in and sat down to table,
giving his orders with the air of q million
sire. He was nicely dressed, and wore .
long, handsome ulster. After he had fin-
ished his supper he started out, seeming
to forget that he hadn't paid. The pro-
prietor stopped him with . reminder of
the fact, when it was found that the fel-
low was beat, and hadn't cent of mon
ey. The restaur1teur was angry and
about TO administer dose Of leather be-
meath the tails of that elegant ulster,
when the fellow begged OF, and said he
would leave his pantal0one with the pro-
prietor % security till morning. The
gentleman, in order 70 test him, consented,
and the fellow went behind the screen
and divested himself Of the afore-men-
toned garment, leaving only the light
covering of his underclothing. With his
ulster buttoned Close around him, he still
had the appearance Of > finely y-dressed
gentleman with his pantaloons stuffed in
Ris boot-tops. He LEFT the breeches and
went out. catering certain prominent
hotel, he walked to the register, entered
his name, demanded 90 be shown to his
room, and instructed the clerk to have
him called = ei9hs o'clock in the mora
when the boy called him ~ eight o'clock
the cir about that room was blue with
profanity, and the fsllow ordered the boy
TO send the landlord up immediately.
The landlord, thinking something terri
ble had happened, immediately repaired
70 the room and found his guest appar-
emily In terrible rage. He wanted "a
know what kind Of d-d house they
kent there full Of petty sneak-thievess-
+" Just look herr" |" ssid he, my pantaloOna
containing my pocket-book and watch
are gone, and some one connected Win
this house teok sAean, Cor they must have
crawIed The over sransom- tell you by
-, I'll give this place away 10 every
man on the road. The landlord was consid
erably chagrined about the matter, and
sent out for 3 pair of pansaa00nA. and -
the rest Of the cleshes were very elegant
IN eleeant pair was purchased. The fel
low was then taken . breakfast and
shown the bet afteption the house conld
aRsa A. hvnak4an4 fhn laa11or6 uMwt
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-01

In the suit OF the Commonwealth
Distribution Company to restrain the post
master from obeying orders of the Post
Office Department, recently issued by As
sistant General Hazen, the Cir
cult Court of the United States, at Louis
vile, has granted an injunction restrain
ing the Post-ofice Department from en-
forcing the department orders
Census Enumeration Potter of Orange
county, after fling his return in the clerk
Office, was permitted to take it home and
add some names he said had been over
looked It is now on file again with an
entire new list, containing 422 additional
names, of which s27 are simply designa-
ted as male, with nothing to indicate
race, color or age. So says the Orlando
Reporter.
-Messrs. McClenny, Upton and Nc
Murray, who have assumed the contract
for building the Jacksonville and Way
cross road from this point to Callahan,
began work yesterday morning with one
hundred hands. They advertise for one
thousand men, and as the contract calls
for the job to be completed by December
18th, they will need them. None have
now an excuse to remain idle Union,
Sept. 2sth.
The gentlemen from Arredondo, men,
toned elsewhere, have procured land for
truck gardening. They intend to plant
twenty-five acres in tomatoes alone, and
about forty acres in vegetables. They
have been on tour through East and
South Florida looking for land and suit
able location for gardening, and think this
is the best point they have seen. Vegeta-
bles can be shipped from this section two
weeks ahead of Lees6asrg
Adc0nce
MIR. G. l. Newbern, of Cork, was in
to zee MS Tuesday and presented US with
the caudal appendage of a rattlesnake
consisting of l6 rattles and button.
The snake was 7 feet and inches long.
Mr.. John Dominy killed one feet long
with IL rattles, and Mrs. E. B. Allen
killed one feet inches with l6 rattles.
We presume that fhe accumulation of
water on the low grounds has driven
these reptiles from their lairs.- Tampa
IFs5s<ne, esd.
We learn through Conservative
Democratic candidates that their pros
poets are very fattering. Republicans,
disgusted with the wrangling of party
leaders and factional divisions, are seri-
ously considering whether it will not be
the most proper thing TO step clear out OF
the Republican ranks and select Conser-
vatiye Democrats TO represent them In
the Legislature. We certainly believe
that they could not take wiser step
Gainesvisk 6sm-
General Grant, in his late letter to
General Logan, seems to think the Solid
South ? very bad thing and the South
ern people hard lot In 1856, says the
Konsas City Times, when General Grant
made tour Of inspection through the
South, and made . report of affairs there
70 President johnson, his opinion wa
not 90 bad Of those people. Some time
ago, on his return from Mexico, TO which
place he had gone to make boom when