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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
How Russian ExiIes Live.

On his arrival the prisoner is driven
straight to the police ward, where he
is inspected by police officer who is
absolute lord and master of the district.
This representative of the government
requires Of him to answer the following
questions: His name? How old? Mar
ried or single? Where from? Address
of parents or relations or friends? An
swers to all which are entered in the
books. A solemn written promise is
then exacted of him that he will not
give lessons of any kind, or try to teach
any one; that every letter he writes
will go through the ispravnik's hands,
and that he will follow no occupation
except shoemaking, carpentering or
field labor. He is then told that he is
free-but at the same time is solemnly
warned that should he attempt to pass
the limits of the town he shall be shot
down like dog rather than be allowed
to escape, and should he be taken
alive shall be sent off to Eastern Siberia
without further formality than that of
the ispravnik's personal order.
The poor fellow takes up his little
bundle, and fully realizing that he has
now hidden farewell to the culture and
material comfort Of his past life he
walks out into the cheerless street. A
group of exiles, all pale and emaciated,
are there to greet him, take him to
some Of their miserable lodgings and
feverishly demand news from home.
The newcomer gazes on them as one in
q dream; some are melancholy mud,
others nervously irritable, and the re-
mainder have evidently tried to find
solace in drink. They live in commu-
mites of twos and threes, have food, a
scanty provision Of clothes, money and
books in common, and consider it thei1
sacred duty to help each other in every
emergency, without distinction Of sex,
rank or age. The noble by birth gel
sixteen shlllings a month from govern
ment for their maintenance, and com
moners only ten. Winter lasts eighl
months, period during which the sur
rounding country presents the appear.
ance of noiseless, lifeless, frozen
marsh-no roads, no communication
with the outer world, no means d
escape. In course of time almost every
individual exile is attacked by nervou:
commissions, followed by prolonged
apathy and prostration. They begin te
quarrel, and even to hate each other
Some OF them contriEe to forge false
passports, and BY miracle, as il were
make their escape; bnt the greater ma
4 jority Of these victims OF the Third Sec
ti0n either go mad, commit suicide b
die Of deliIium tremens.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
ODDITIES.

The bee-beetle can draw forty times
its own weight.
At Blinah, Algeria, may be seen euca-
lypti, only five years old, sixty feet
high.
In the State of New York setting fire
to an apple tree is known as arson in
the fourth degree.
Over sixty steamers plying in West
e1n and Southern waters have adopted
the electric light, thereby greatly les
sening the liability to accident from
fire.
Iron was SO scarce In England during
the ereign Of Edward III. that the pots,
spits and frying pans in the royal
kitchen were classed among the kings
jewels.
Six months ago party Of hunters
tried to smoke out q fox that had taken
refuge in hole ten miles west OF Som
erset, KY. In 50 doing they set fire to
bed of coal, which has been burning
ever since.
The sea-cucumber, one Of the curious
jelly bodies that inhabit the ocean, can
practically efface himself when in danger
by squeezing the water out Of his body
and forcing himself into narrow crack
so narrow as not to be visible to the
naked eye. He can throw out nearly the
whole of his inside and yet live and
grow itagain.
The octopus has a gland which se-
cretes an inky fluid, and this he squirts
out, making thick, dark cloud behind
him which battles his pursuer at the
same time that it helps itself to dart
away. Mr.. Darwin asserts that the oc-
topus often takes deliberate aim at an
enemy when it squirts out this unpleas-
ant fountain.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
NUMBER 40.
The skeln we wind.

If you and ], to-day
Should stop and lay
Our life-work down, and let our hands ian
where they will
Fall down To Iie quite sttll
And ifsome other hand should come and HseeP
to find
The threads we carried % That i could wind,
Beginning where we stopped; if it should coma
to keep
Our Hfe-work going; seek
To carry on the good design
Distinctively made yours, Of mine
What would it fnd7
Some work We must b doing truecr false;
Some threads we wind; some purpose n exAlts
Itself that we look up TO il, or down,
As to crown
To bow before, and we weave threads
or different lengths and thickneas-some mere
shreds-
And wind them round
TIL all the skein ofIifs Is bound.
Sometimes forgetting at the tasl
To ask
The value Of the threads, or choose
Strong stuff to use.
No hand but winds some thread
It cannot stand quite still tin 1t ID dead
But what it spins and winds little skein.
God made each hand for work-not toil-staiu
Is required, but every hand
Spins, though but ropes Of sard.
If love should come,
STOPPING above when we are done.
To find bright threads
That we have held, that it may spin them longer
find but shreds
That break when touched, how cold
Sad, shivering, portionIess, the hands will hold
The broken strands and know
Fresh cause for woe.
George KIiHgEs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
Culture Of Celery.

Celery needs rich, friable, deep soil,
and much moisture. 1t is very impa-
tienb of any check. The best Of treat
ment will not restore plants that have
been once stunted to condition of
free, tender growth until much time
has been lost, and the season probably
passed. It grows very slowly at first,
and does not endure transplanting well
when large. So, as it must have the
whole season in order to attain large
size growing best when the air is
rather cool and humid-it is customary
to SOW the seed In small bed or frame
in May, to set the plants out, four
inches apart, as soon as they can be
handled, and then lifting them to their
final rows, where they must be much
further apart, in ground that has been
well manured for some such early crop
as potatoes, onions or peas. The hot
weather which ripens these also stops
the growth of the celery. During this
partial resin July--the celery plants
can be lifted each with good ball, or
else carried with the roots in water OF
otherwise moist and then, if set neatly
and rapidly, and watered freely, they
will grow on without dropping, and the
barbarous practice of covering them
completely dark with boards need not
be resorted to. If there are slugs is
the soil, set bran to attract them tc
their death, or keep the surface rough
and dusty, impossible to them by fre-
quent strewingof sifted dry coal ashes
~, charrnd r71hhish
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
Gave Him a Thrashing.

Carl Schumann, Of Cincinnati, wrote
communication which was printed in
German socialistic paper in Chicago.
The article reflected ON Matthew Burg
helm, German publisher of Cincinnati,
and his dead wife. Burgheim, when he
saw the article, flew into rage and
threatened violence. Schumann had
him arrested. at hearing in the
police court Burgheim was discharged.
On leaving the court. and within a
square of it, he met Schumann, whipped
him soundly and surrendered to the
police. Next day, in the police court,
Justice Wilson asked Burgheim:
Did you beat that man q"
The answer was I" Yes" The justice
then asked Schumann:
Did you write that article I"
Yes, was the answer.
Then" said Justice Wilson, " / dis
miss this case, for the man who wouldn't
thrash the writer Of such al article
about himself ought to be sent to the
workhouse.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02

There occurred on Saturday and
Sunday nights, says y recent issue cf
the New York Looming Post, two cpl
sodes SO peculiarly shocking that the
heart almost stands still In the pres
ence of their atrocity and horror. Pat
rick Quinlan, an umbrella maker, shot
his mother last night In tile head and
arm with revolver. She is likely I'd
die, and thus to atone for her otfense
against her son, which was that AZ re-
fusing to give him money with which
to buy drink. "A similar, IL less fright
full, crime was that Of Rosa Smith, who
on Saturday night broke her mothers
leg with q chair becauso She interfered
to prevent the dutiful daughter from
assaulting her father. We have unhap-
PLY seen Of late years t0o many proofs
Of weakening sense of the obligation
to honor their fathers and mothers, or,
in6aed, anybody or anything else 0n
the part Of the younger members of fha
community, and that, it may be added.
in no one social grade. But that such
impiety should go the length of the Inn
Fiction Of grievous bodily hurt, and,
yet further, to assassination, seems aI-
most incredible. One cannot well read
Of such things without wishing To fol-
low the familiar precedent Of CID Rome.
This was furnished at time when n0
punishment was set down III tile stat-
utes for the crime of parricida. Such
a crime was deemed impossible. Bud
when at last miscreant appeared who
was capable of committing it, he va
forthwith sewn Mp ia d sack and pitched
into the Tiber.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
A United States Boundary Line.

The northern boundary of this coun-
try is marked by stone cairns, iron. pill
lars, wood pillars, earth mounds and
timber posts. A stone cairn is seven
and half feet by eight feet, an earth
mound seven feet by fourteen feet, an
iron pillar eight feet high. eight inches
square at the bottom and four inches at
the top, timber posts five feet high and
eight inches square. There are 382 of
these marks between the Lake of the
Woods and the base of the Rocky
mountains. That portion of the bound
ary which lies east and west OF the Red
river valley is marked by cast-iron pill
lars at even mile intervals. The British
place one every two miles and the Uni
ted States one between each British
post. Our pillars or markers were
made at Detroit, Mich. They are hol-
low iron castings, three-eighths of an
inch in thickness, in the form of trun-
Gated pyramid, eight feet high, eight
inches square at the bottom and four
inches at the top, as before stated.
They have at the top a solid pyramidal
cap, and at the bottom an octagonaI
fange one inch in thickness. Upon the
opposite faces are cast in letters two
inches high the Inscriptions, (" Conven-
vention of London" and "October 20,
161S." The Inscriptions begin about
four feet six inches above the base, and
read upward. The interiors of the
hollow posts are filled with well-sea-
soned cedar posts, sawed to fit, and Sc
curely spiked through spike holes cast
in the pillars for the purpose. The
average weight of each pillar is eighty
five pounds. The pillars are all set
| four feet in the ground, with their in
scription facing to the north and south,
and the earth is well settled and
stamped about them. For the wooden
posts well-seasoned logs are selected,
and the portion above the ground
painted red, to prevent swelling and
/ shrinking. These posts do very well,
but the Indians cut them down for fuel,
and nothing but iron will last very
long Where the line crosses lakes,
mountains Of stone have been built, the
bases being in some places eighteen feet
under water and the tops projecting
eight feet above the lakes surface at
| high-water mark. In forests the line is
marked by telling the timber rod wide
and clearing away the underbrush.
The work Of cutting through the tim.
bered swamps was very great, but il
has been we'll done and the boundary
distinctly marked by the commissioners
the whole distance from Michigan tc
| Alaska.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02

ward, and are easily slipped higher
when earthing, saving time and trouble.
The earthing should be deferred until a
good growth has been made, yet il
must be done while there is yet two OF
three weeks Of September or October
growth, as neither thu leaves nor the
stems whiten merely by being kept in
the dark-warm and growth are requi-
site for it. Celery stored in dark
cellar at a low temperature
Gust above freezing) will come
out with the leaves Of as fine a green
as when put in, and stems equally un-
changed. A grower on a large scale
keeps his celery by leaving the middle
of three or five rows stand in place,
ridged up. The rows on each side are
dug about November /, and the plants
set leaning against the ridge Of the
middle row, with tops down. The whole
is covered with soil. Manure or straw
is added before December, and boards
may cover all. The plants dug and re-
versed come out with leaves green and
stems entire-in better order than the
row left in place, in which there may
be, here and there, a plant touched
with rot. Although celery wants much
moisture while growing, it cannot en-
dure wet while in its winter sleep, either
either about the feet or head.-N Neao
! 0rk Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
Religious News and Notes,


San Francisco has ITO churches Of all
denominations.
The recent statistics of the Wesleyan
Methodist gives a summary of go, ,527
members, with 1885 on probation.
They sustain 519 missionaries, and have
raised for this purpose this last year
about $500, 900. They raised for the
theological schools about $50, 900, and
for home missions and other purposes
$35, 900 more. They have 6,676 Sun
day-schools in Great Britain alone, with
7S7, 1873 scholars.
The colored Baptists in the United
States number about 100000.
The American Baptist Missionary
Union closed its financial year with 8
debt of less than $40, The Home
Mission society will carry over debt
Of $50, 900.
The report of the Illinois Sunday.
school association states that there are
6,316 Sunday-schools in Illinois, with 6
total membership of 553, 800 and 487,,
470 in regular attendance.
An evangelist exclaimed in Spring
field, Mass, few nights ago: ssIf any
of the churches are too nice for pool
people, I hope God will strike then
down with lightning !"
The west front of st. Adams Abbey
England, is to be restored at an esti
mated cost of 1925, 600.
The Presbyterians have decided t,
hold a Sunday school assembly at AS
bury Park, N. j., commencing Angus
12, 1881, under the auspices Of tn,
committee on Sunday-schools Of III,
synod Of New Jersey.
| The 382, 800 Congregationalists in tn,
United States gave last year for their re
ligious work So, ,692, ,922. "a, or an aver
age of nearly $40 per member
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02

Let the war on weeds begin early and
keep it up without cessation. When
ever there is the shadow of chance
weeds assert themselves, and if not
quickly subdued soon monopolize pas
lures, meadows, fields and gardens.
A sovereign remedy for most weeds
is thorough cultivation. A weedy field
planted to corn and cultivated early and
late, especially early, for season or
two, will generally lose even the tough
est characters among extraneous
growths. A sharp-toothed culsiyator
viii accomplish much, and where this
misses, hand hoes will finish the rest.
When it is not practicable to place
weed-infested fields under continued
cultivation, much may be accomplished
by digging noxious growths up by the
roots, moving them down repeatedly or
smothering them out, according as they
propagate from seed, root, or from both.
70 carry on the war intelligently farm
ers must know somewhat of the nature
and growth of the weeds. White daisies,
one of the worst pests meadows have to
contend with, spread from both root and
seed; they should be dug out, there
fore, before the blossom natures, that
the seed crop for that year may be
destroyed as well as the germ
which produces the stem and
blossom the next. This, by the
way, is most readily Accomplished
when the ground is soft from recent
ram The same may be said of the
iron-weed that is Of similar habit.
Burdocks will finally suceumb to re-
peated cuttings provided they are cut
three or four inches under the surface.
Elders and briers may in time be over
come by repeated mowings and then
pasturing with sheep. Milkweed can
be exterminated by continued cuttings,
never allowing the plant to show long
above ground. Plantain, if not permit
ted to mature its seed for two years,
will die out. May and August are fit
ting months in which to NOW such
weeds as succumb from loss of leaves.
The Canada thistle is perhaps most
quickly checked by the rank growth OF
some field crop which overtops it and
smothers it out. Great care should be
exercised to prevent all classes ofweeds
from forming their seed. -NeD York
IVortd.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02

tAcCApeHs
ASPARAGUS OMELET. two pounds
of tender, fresh-cut asparagus in very
little water, with small portion of salt,
or, what is better still, steam the aspar-
agus without water until it is tender
chop it very fine, mix it with the yolks
of five, ard whites of three, well-beaten
eggs, and two tablespoonfuls of sweet
cream, fry and serve quite hot.
GREEN PEA SoUP.-Put two quarts of
green peas with four quarts of water,
boil for two hours, keeping the steam
waste supplied by fresh boiling water
then strain them from the liquor, re
turn that to .the pot, rub the peas
through sieve, chop an onion fine, and
small sprig of mint, let it boil ten
minutes, then stir tablespoonful of
-four into two of butter, and pepper and
salt to taste, stir it smoothly into the
boiling soup. Serve with well-buttered
sippets of toasted bread.
APPLE JEL1Y.-Make syrup of q
pound of sugar, putting in sufficient
water to dissolve it. When boiled enough
lay in it the peeled and cored halves
of some large sour apples. Let them
simmer till tender, then lay them care
fully in dish so that they will remain
unbroken and in good shape. Add an
other pound of sugar to the syrup, let
it boil, skim it and when partly cool
pour it over the apples. When the dish
gets cold each dainty piece of apple
will be surrounded by delicious jelly.
Eat with cream.
STRAWBERRY CUsTARD. Make a nice
boiled custard Of a quart of milk and
the yolks of five eggs properly sweet
ened. Boil in q double kettle till ut
thickens to the right consistency; take
it off the fire and put in the favoring.
Take o gill of sugar and a pint Of ripe
berries; crush them together and pass
through fine strainer. Take the whites
of four Of the eggs, and while beating
them to stiff froth add a gill Of sugar,
little at a time. Then to the sugar
and eggs add the sweetened strawberry
juice, beating all the while to keep it
stiff. This makes beautiful pink
float, which is to be placed on top Of
the custarl.
QUAKER OAIELET.-A quaker omelet
is a handsome and sure dish when care
is taken in the preparation. Three eggs,
half q cup of mix, one and half table
spoonfuls of corn starch, one teaspoon
full Of salt, one tablespoonful of butter.
Put the omelette pan and cover that
will fit close on to heat. Beat the yolks
of the eggs, the corn starch and the salt
very well together. Beat the whites to
stiff froth, add to the well beaten yolks
and corn starch. Stir all together very
thoroughly, then add the milk. Now
put the butter in the hot pan, and when
melted pour In the mixture, cover and
place on the stove where it will brown
but Lot burn. Cook about seven MN
utes, fold, turn on q hot dish and serve
with the cream sauce.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02

Always willing to give his note-Ihe
music teacher.
Jogh Billings says be has never known
sekund wife but what was boss of the
situashun.
"Will the coming man tiyy He
probably will when the coming woman
gets after him.
The Detroit Free Press advises you TO
make weather predictions II you want
to be talked about.
The Rochester Democrat hears Of
couples being married on the run Old
man after them with shotgun per-
haps.
We know a man 80 near-sighted that
he can't recognize q creditor When he
passes one on the street.-Ke0kuk Gafs
Ciy.
Soldiers are always the most adept
lovers, because they learn how to pre-
sent arms and salute. Baltim0rs Er@y
Saturday.
This is his first season ont farm, ana
he has planted ten acres with tomato
cans. He expects the ground viii pro-
duce heavy crop OF canned tomatoes.
PHILADELPHIA Chronicle.
When o baseball club l. beaten with
out making run they are said to be
& whitewashed, hut We notice they
generally look pretty black All ths
same.-Bostoz Commercial.
A horse died IN Campton, N. IT,, tile
other day in whose stomach was found
fifty shingle nails and pieces Of hoop
iron. Indigestion is the curse Of our
modern civilization.-Loarsll Citizen
A "three-year-old" disccS-=slz=the
neighbor's hens in her yard scratching.
In a most indignant tone she reported
to her mother that Mr.. Smiths hens
were wiping their feet on our grass
Of all sad words of tongue OF pen,
The saddest are these: Have you ten n
-KeokuEh Constitution.
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: We haven't ten. =
-lSteltbearille H7uld
We hear of a man who lustifes his
meanness toward his wife by asserting
that he and she are one, and, therefore,
by refusing to furnish her money he
practices the heroic virture OF sell
denial
Can anybody tell us why woman,
emerging from crowded car, always
makes believe she is going to get out
at one side Of the platform, until two or
three men have jumped or il the mud.
and then steps off at the other side 2
She always does il; and we want
to know the reason why.-P PhGladelp lphsaz
Bulletin
The young folks will never be en-
t1rely resigned to the introduction Of
the electric light into private residences
until some means of turning it down
are invented and applied. AS il now
is, you must have the full blaze Oh
Egyptian darkness. The latter is not
exactly proper, and the former, for ob-
vious reasons, will never do.-Eleratsd
RGilicay Journal
A youth was heard to remark tD
jolly and fat Teutonian as the circus
pageant passed the city hall this morn
ing: Haven't seen You before? Your
face looks familiar CTS dot 50 gp
said Hans. When you get SO old AS
me your face will look familiar, toe"
and strolled up Delaware avenue, hum
ming " Embdy is de baby. his cradles
gone. ."-Bt6dl0 NegCS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-02
The IdyI Of the Baggage Man.

With many curve the trunks pitch,
With many shout and sally;
At station, siding, crossing, switch,
On mountain grade or valley.
4 heave, push, sling, 1 toss,
With vigorous endeavor;
And men may smile, and men mar grow cross,
But sling my trunks forever,
Ever Everl
The paper trunk from country town
balances and dandles;
turn it once or twice around,
And pull out both the handles
And grunble over travelling bags
And monstrous sample cases,
But can smash the makers brags
Like plaster paris vases
They holler, holler, as go,
But they can't stop me never;
For they will learn just what know,
A trunk won't last foreyerl
Everi Neveri
And in and out wind about,
And here smash kiester;
/ turn grip-sack inside out
Three times day at least, sir;
tug, I jerk, swear, sweat,
toss the light valises;
And what's too big to throw, you bet,
I'll fire it round in pieces.
They murmur, murmur, everywhere,
But / will heed them never
For women weep and strong men swear,
I'll claw their trunks foreveri
Ever Ever
III bust trunks forever,
I've cowed the preacher with my wrath.
scorn the judges ermine;
I've spilled both brief and sermon,
And books, and socks, and cards, and strings
Too numerous to mention;
And babies clothes and women's things,
Beyond my comprehension,
I've spilled, and scattered, and slung
As far as space could sever;
And scatter, scatter, old or young,
Pll scatter things foreverl
Eyeri Ever
Scatter things forever.
R. j. Burdette.