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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

Many persons, especially ladies, are
great sufferers from that form of nansea
and headache known as car sickness ''
A journey by rail has for them all the
discomfort ara suffering that an ocean
voyage has to the majority of travellers.
a lady who had occasion to take short
trip on the Lowell road and she never
travels by rail for pleasure was, as is
usual with her, as thoroughly sick rs
ever landsman is On the "heavine
Deep" by the time she had ridden
dozen miles. The cUa--.-ator OF the
palace-car, who was apparently veiv
familiar with such cases, told the suffer
er's companion that sheet OF writing
paper, worn next TO the person, directly
over the chest, was sure preventive 0f
the trouble IN nine cases out of ten. Ha
had recommended it to hundreds cf
travellers, and rarely knew It to fail
The prescription seemed very Like w
" charm "a horse chestnut carried iii
the pocket to ward of rheumatism, on III
red string around the neck To prevent
bleeding at the nose. But it was SIM
pie, and could at least do no harm. For
the return trip sheet of common
writing note paper was fastened inside
the clothing as directed. Result
perfectly comfortable journey, without
hint of the old sickness that had for
years made travel by rail horror.
1t was so like q superstition, OK 3
happy accident, however, that the lady
would not accept it as real until sgbs
jected to more severe test. Thisrame
in day journey to New York, and that
hardest trial Of ala night trip in ON
"alleged " sleeping-car. Both were
taken in triumph. The "charm
worked.
The lady writes The day journey
was perpetual wonder and delight Ia
me. / could sit up and read, and look
at the landscape through which wrI
whirled, and act as other people D
And still didn't feel ready to cs1fess
to cure until I had tried th,-.s9aepinp-
car, which has always been a horror to
me. But even here the spell worked.
ate hearty supper in the dining-car
and kept 1t Slept soundly all night,
got up as comfortable and dressed with
as level head and as steady a hand qs
though had been lii my own room.
1sOau uAtA DIeh1AIASu-b1In6--h buAl&
have never before done on the cars-ano
was hungry for my morning meal. Iti
really wonderful, almost too good TO lp
real. For the first time Ia my life + have
experienced the pleasure Of travelling.
/ wish that conductor to be specially
thanked. wish also that knew hia
name. 1 would like to cali the Lord
particular attention to his case, and
don't want to make any mistake and
have the blessing descend upon the
wrong man. p-Boston Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

| Sanitary errors: /. To believe that
| the more hours children are at their
studies the faster they learn. 2. To
believe that the more person eats the
stronger and fatter he will become. 3.
To believe that if exercise is good for
one it should be taken at all hours and
seasons, the more violent the better the
result. 4. To imagine that the small
est room in the house is large enough
| to sleep in. 5. To eat without appe-
tite. 6. To eat hearty supper the last
thing at night.
A superior remedy for q sore throat
is, on retiring to rest, to rub on the out
side little volatile 1iniment, and swal-
low slowly q few drops of paregoric,
letting it dissolve in the saliva, and
spread along down the infamed parts.
The iniment is generally sufficient
alone. Volatile liniment is simply a
mixture of sweet oil and aqua ammonia
(called liquid hartshorn). These are
put into vial and shaken, using such
proportion as to form a semi-liquid
soap. An ounce or two can be got
cheaply at the druggists, and if tightly
corked it will keep for months. Rub it
on with the fingers. This is also good
for soreness Of the chest or joints, or
for lameness, stiff neck, etc.
One Of the simplest and best reme-
dies to be given to children If they are
troubled with worms is poplar bark. A
well-known physician has used this for
years with marked success. It can be
bought at any drug store, and little
paper costing five cents will often pre-
vent sickness and possibly save large
doctors bill. If child looks white
around the mouth, with flushed cheeks
and bad breath, it is safe to infer that
he is afflicted with worms I take o
little pinch of the bark, about as much
as one would naturally take up on the
point of penknife, and give it before
breakfast. 1t has clean, bitter taste,
and there is no difficulty in getting a
child to take it if you explain what it is
for. A good way to regulate child's
stomach and bowels is to give him a
little bowl of oatmeal and milk every
day for breakfast and dinner. See that
it is well salted, as salt promotes diges-
ton. The ailments of child who is in
normal condition almost always pro-
ceed from the stomach, and much may
be done for our children by paying
some attention to their diet and SO avoid
giving medicine as much as possible.
My little boy eats everything just the
same as the rest of us, coffee and tea
and all, said lady to me with an air
of pride and satisfaction. Now my
little boy did not eat everything and
never tasted of coffee or tea, and at the
age of six years he was a perfectly
healthy child and full half head taller
than the sallow, dyspeptic little fellow
who ate everything. .-Neac Fork Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
Silent Influence

We are touching our fellow-beings on
all sides. They are affected for good or
for evil by what we are, by what we say
and do, even by what we think ssand feel
May-fowers in the parlor breathe their
fragrance through the atmosphere.
We are each of us silently sat
urating the atmosphere about us
with the subtitle aroma Of our charac-
ter. In the family circle, besides and
beyond all the teaching, the daily life
of each parent and child mysteriousIy
modifes the life Of every person in the
household. The same process on a
wider scale is going on through the
community. No man hveth to himself
and no man dieth to himself. Others
are built up and Strengthened BY our
unconscious influence. Congregational
ist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
NUMBER 39.
Lullaby.
Sleep, little one, sleep


Sleep, little one, sleep
Let slumber gently steep
Dim eyes o'eradazzHed by the dry
Soft limbs o,er-wearied by their play
Sleep, little one, sleep
Sleep pretty ONE sleep
The flowers II alumber deep
Lie huahed on the darn breast cfniGhk
As you upon your pillows rhite
Sleep, pretty one sleep
Sleep, happy one, sleepi
Why should yon wake or weep
Your sins you shake of in your prayers
Your cares-you have no thought ofcares
sleep, happy one, sleeP'
Sleep. precious one sleepf
God viii thy treasure keep
Safer than zheltering mother-arms
Nor earth nor he'll shall work him HARM
Sleep, precious one, sleep
Sleep, cherished one, sleep
I hear bis hreathing deep
Behind sleeps curtain as it shifts.
An older baby, when i lifts
To-morrow, forth viii creep
Mrs G. NJ Harris.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

Recent advices speak of the discovery
of new gold field in the most inland
part Of New South Wales, which is caus-
ing some excitement among the gold
mining community. The scene of the
find is the Grey Ranges, wild elevated
country in the extreme northwest of the
colony, and on the borders of South
Australia. Apart from the nature Of the
deposits, which are said to be rich, the
discovery is interesting as matter of
science, as being a deviation from the
rule which has hitherto prevailed that
all Of the mineral wealth, and especially
the gold deposits, in Australia have
been found within short distance from
the coast. The nearest village to the
Grey Ranges is Wilcannia, on the Dar-
ling river, some 600 miles from Sidney,
and 200 miles from the gold field.
Water is scarce, and only to be met
with at distances of fifty miles apart, so
that intending prospectors will have to
encounter more than the usual amount
Of difficulty.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
A TANGLE STRENGTHENED.

Dick Powers dropped his letter with
groan. 1t fell by the side of it's long,
! slim envelope on the table. The envelope
bore upon its back the faint impress
sion of dove holding in its bill float
ing ribbon, upon the ends of which was
written, IN a quaint and fine little hand,
the direction to Mr.. Richard Powers.
Again that man groaned, throwing his
arms on the table, and hiding his dis
tressed face in his sleeve.
The other occupant Of the room sat
with his heels on the window-sill, and
his chair tilted back at fearful angle.
He smoked, raised his eyebrows, looked
at his miserable companion, and went on
smoking.
The letter, half folded upon its pre-
else and lady like creases, lay face up
ward, and the lines betrayed the same
quantity girlish handwriting, all the
down strokes primly shaded, each capi-
tai fancifully twirled. "Dear Richard, .
it began, quakerishly, and then it said,
tearfully, 81 haven't heard from you
for so long" There was touch OF
tenderness in every sentence, and a
something that told how simple the
little writer must have been Somehow
it all gave rise to picture of a sun
bonnet, and calico dress, pair of
timidly affectionate eyes, and peaked
chin with dimple in it. On the next
page the letter went on, plaintiyely
" Grandpa isn't very well since he has
had that sickness last winter, and when
he coughs SO, it shakes him all over.
A Hrd ,l. oh md ,f, ],
is going to be we'll again. Wouldn't it
be dreadful to have him die and me
here all alone without you ~ Then
followed wealth of confidence in the
words But ii grandpa should die,
should come straight to you, and oh,
how happy we would be then, wouldn't
WEI" Wandering on in this loving
strain till the end of the third page, the
letter closed with, sAf'ectionately, your
own Martha .
By-and-bye the young man in the
lifted chair. eyeing his friend medita-
vely, s id:
Your letter don't seem to make You
happy, somehow, Dick.
"Oh AL il you could. only know
what villain ami was the rejoinder,
in a mufied tone from the folds Of the
sleeve.
At last one eyebrow went up and one
came down. q Well, it's very likely.''
He looked lazily through the window at
q group of Ioungers before the hotel
opposite, and then continued, indiffer-
emily: What's 1t all about, anyhow r.
Just read that r was the reply, as
Dick nassad 81 saffnctif,,afalv a xr<,,1,. ,x,1,,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A drum is quite an instrument for
producing noise, but drummer can
beat it all hollow.
In some instances man must yield
the palm of superiority to woman.
For instance, man cannot wear q straw
hat all winter.
haven't tasted drop ia the last
ten years" as the tramp said when the
serving maid rendered him y glass OF
Water.-St. Louis Spirit.
A cloud about the size Of aone-dollar
note has risen upon the brow Of the
young man, indicative Of coming ice-
cream. m.-Iudiana polls Herald.
Professor Proctor seems determined
that the world is to come to an end
soon, but then he has Just married b
Widow.-Nea1 York Commercial.
The old style Of doctors used to bleed
the arms Of their patients. The new
style bleed their pockets. The change
however, is IN favor Of life.-P Picoyane.
Now doth the rural matron
Prepare her garden patch;
Erstwhile the hen appeareth,
To scratch, and scratch and scratch
-W1t and Wisdom
Pie Steubenville Herald thinks that
20 whenever you see a woman talking
straight at a man and beginning to nod
her head and keep time to it with her
appraised index finger, it u about tins
for somebody to climb tree.
A young man who had commenced
telling spinster what kind OF tea he
liked best, said: have loved CO.
long" The maiden turned scarlet and
declared that she would not be made
the subject of puns at this age Of life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

The value Of rice as food is set forii
by the Sdnitn-fn:
Rice is almost the only diet Of thV
people in China, India and all Eastern
countries. In those countries 1t is uBet
as substitute for potatoes. Az th
present low price Of domestic rice it i
the cheapest food obtainable.
Potatoes contain about eighty nf
cent. Of water, and 10 not gain much
the process of cooking. Rice has
waste whatever, contains only tWen
two per cent. of water, ana in boiH.
gains three times its original buii
Hence, one pound Of riee At * and oA
fourth cents per pound makes thm
times as much as when cooked eau
to three pounds of potatoes at two an
one-half cents per pound, Or seven nX
one-half cents.
Rice properly prepared should cun
upon the the table dry, each grain ~
broken, and served with the condirnpn
used on potatoes; and bt partaken XII
vegetable with meats and mot cyl
dessert
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
VOLUME III.
Wild Fantasies.


Oh, wild and woful wind
Cease for one moment thy complaining dreary
And tell me if thou art not sad and weary,
And If thy travel is not long and eerie,
Oh, wild and woful wind
Oh houselsss, homeless wind
1t wrings my heart to hear thy sad lamenting
Hast thou wound whose pain knows no re-
lenting.
Canst never lay thy burden by repenting?-
Oh, houseless homeless wind
Oh, sad and mournful wind
From what wild depths Of human pain and sor-
Could'st thou those tones of restless anguish
borrow,
As of a soul that dreams off tomorrow p
Oh, sad and mournful wind
Oh, solitary wind
We know not whence thou com'st or whittier
goest,
When round our homes thy wizard blast thou
blowest,
No home no shelter, thou, poor pilgrim, know
Oh solitary wind
Most melancholy wind
Is thine requiem Ger the dead and dying,
Or art thou some despairing spirit signing
Ger lost Paradise behind thee lying P
Most melancholy wind
Tell mel long to know
Art thou wild and weary penance doing,
Through the lone wilderness thy way pursuing
hased by the secret Of thine own undoing p
Tell me; long to know
Hast thou no other voice,
No words to whisper thy most grievous story,
Where thou did'st lose thine ancient crown of
glory,
Ere thou vert banished to these deserts hoary
Hast thou no other voice7
Oh, thou art fierce and wild
Thy mighty chariot through the black skies
lashing,
The cloud-shapes round the mountain submits
dashing,
The waves of ocean round the wrecked bark
crashing
Oh, thou art fierce and wild
Yet, art thou full of woe,
Perchance, thou vert -earth's angel when was
lighted
Sims lurid torch, and all her bowers were
bIghted,
Thy poor heart by that awful shock benighted,
Thou art 50 full of woe.
Hast thou no hope, no hope
That thy poor, weary pinion thou art finging
Against the STAR paved floor, with echoes ring
ing
OF angel footsteps and their anthem Singing
Hast thou no hope, no hope2
And hast thou never heard
That sins torch is quenched in blood atoning,
And that in days to come creations groaning
Will cease, and rapture fill the place of moan
ing
Oh, hast thou never heard?
But thou wilt one day hear
For heaven and earth will stand in silent won
der,
When love unites what sin hath rent asunder,
Proclaiming victory in music-thunder-
And thou wilt that day hear.
In heaven will all be joy,
And there thy wailing, too will cease forever,
And thou, perchanoe, will float o'er life's full
river,
And join the melody that ceaseth never s
In heaven, where all is joyl
rT-l- n
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

A test of the capacity and inclination
of American college students and grad
uates for practical journalism is about
to be made. Mr.. w. r. Ba1ch, the ed
itor Of the Philadelphia american, offers
81, 500 in prizes for the best editorials,
the best special essays and the best
poems written by college students or
college graduates. There are two sets
of prizes twenty one in all offered by
the Americdn. One set is for college
students only; the second set Of prizes
is for those who have been graduated
from American colleges, The topics
are not limited.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

Extended crop reports recently pub
lshed in the Chicago Times indicate
that the Northwest will more than make
up for the partial failure of the winter
wheat crop by an increased acreage and
assured yield of spring wheat. Mime
sofa and Dakota alone promise to make
good the deficit
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

Iris colors are the soft hues Of the
flag flower, and are becoming to young
girls with yellow hair,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

George Morton, Canadian cheese ex-
porter, viii undertake scheme for q
great dairy colony in the Northwest.
There are to be 224 farms Of 100 acres
each, stocked at the outset with thirty
cows each. The novelty will be mar
ro w-gauge railroad, with a station on
each farm, SO that milk can be carried
to central cheese factory twice day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

A writer in a French paper ascribes
the exceptional healthiness of butchers
to their inhaling the nutritive principles
of meat, and French physician of emil
nence deduces from this the desirability
of vapor baths charged with vitalizing
principles. Cooks, at this rate, ought
to be amazingly full of vitality. The
good health of butchers is probably
due to their living entirely in the open
air, the same cause which gives SO many
more years Of life, on the average, to
the grocer's clerk than to his dry goods
brother. Thirty years ago butchers in
London never wore hats when at work,
but drove all over the town barehead-
ed, as many young butchers do now.
This inhaling idea is, like all others,
old. A century ago consumptiye pa
tients were sent to live over cow-houses.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

A dangerous counterfeit Of the stand
ard American silver dollar has made its
appearance. They have the ring Of the
genuine metal, the milling is perfect,
and there is an absence Of that greasy
substance which is found by running the
thumb over the general run of base
coins. They are, however, too light,
and trife thicker than the genuine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

The days when nothing was sold in
San Francisco for less than dime, and
even that minimum price was almost
badge of disgrace in the eyes Of people
who remembered the golden days of the
half-dollar, have passed away forever.
Californians have passed their period of
contempt for small coins and the chink
of the nickle is heard in the land. The
Bulletiaa regards this fact as an indica-
tion of the healthy financial condition
of the community. People purchase
less Of what they do not want and of
necessary articles only what they need,
and have ceased to fear the derision of
those who still refuse to recognize any
sum of money smaller than one "bit."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

The ratio Of ministers to members
varies greatly in different denomina-
tions, as the following table Will show:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

Churches. a
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-26

United Brethren in Christ, one minister to
every {
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-03
State Capitol Burned.

Last evening "wednesday at about
9:l5 o'clock, the State capitol building
at St. Paul, was discovered to be on
fire. Both branches Of the legislature
were in session, and the galleries were
unusually crowded and fully 300 peo-
pie were in the capitol at the time of
the fire, and the scene is described rs
appalling in the extreme when the
door of their only escape WAS opened
and volume of fire and smoke burst
into the room. According to the Tri.
bune, "a thousand thoughts rushed
through their excited minds. and the
distance from the windows to the
ground was measured with anxious
eyes. "Shut the doors!'' ''Shut the
doors!'' "Don't make draf:!'' ''Act
like menu yelled the excited crowd,
who rushed about the room measur-'
ing every possible mode of escape.
''Some one should move to ADJOURN"
shouted the secretary, and Senator
Crooks made the motion, which was
put and responded to with an unani-
nifty of sentiment not usually encoun-
tered. The doors were closed. but y
second attempt revealed the fact that
the cloud of smoke had raised some
how, and 4 pell-mell dash was made
for the stairs, down which tho men,
bers of the House and the spectators
of the gallery were already passing"
Every one escaped without injury.
The loss of the building is about $780,
600. The State library. which con-
tanned 1850 volumes, of which only
1000 were saved; the money value of
these books was $4,000. The fire.
will occasion the necessity of an ex-
ira sessions Of the legislature.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-03
'EIIEPIONEER PRESS
1 9 g l.
I 9 9 1.

Tho POWER PnEss" says tho Saltwater Lumber
mar. "s incidentally the representative paper Of tho
Northwest. Tic amount Of money expended on it
and itS enterprise in the collection Of State AMI nation
al news are unsurpassed AMI unelalcl 1t In to
western Wisconsin. northern Iowa. southern Nanf*o
ba, Dakota. and all If Mancxo:a moro than an
paper in the State OF New York-nore i'll fact than
any paper is to any part of the East. The
features. railroads. agriculture and entire business of
the Northwest fad such an organ and representative
III the PIONEER Press can he found nowhere else in
the United States. for any other part Of this cont
nent" This is but sample Of tho universal tcstino
ny from a quarters 10 the superiority of the PIONEER
Press in all the essentials of rste1ass metropolitan
aewspaer. AMI to its conceded position tho fro:s
rank Of the great American journals If tho day. 1t
has substantially competitor in the vast territory
which forms the field of It's circulation and which it
occupies almost to the exclusion of any other morning
newspaper 1ts circulation, which has never Increased
rapidly than during the past six months is four
or 1--WE times as great as that of any other newspaper
in the Northwest outside of Chicago and st. Louis
Only the leading papers in those cities pay much
the PIONEER PnEss for telegrzphio specials, and
except these. no othor paper in the Northwest main
ains so large corps Of news correspondents. It has
its paid representatives at every great considerable
news center of the United States well At all local
points in Minnesota and the adjacent States and the
Territory of Dakota It's arrangements for 1881 en-
brace still more comprehensive system of Geographic
correspondence at Washington. New York. Boston.
C1uC1uQ6us Chca8Os Milwaukee,, ana uum0EO0N OtncF
cities. well At all tho important State capitals.
and still widely extended system Of local
collection from this and neighboing States. In tho
fulness and accuracy safely
challenge comparison with any other western journal
Believing tho Republican party to DO the safest
tory Of the great trusts Of the government the Pro
xEER PRESS is Republican newspaper without being
party organ. It holds the sphere of the Journalist
to be above all parties and his true function to be that
Of faithful historian of public events. just candid
n<
and fearless and independent exponent Of the best
opinion on all public questions.