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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
FOR THE LADIES.


| In going about AIgiers, what strikes
one most is the endless variety in the
costumes Of the inhabitants-Jew
Arabs, Kabyles, Mozabites, Negresses,
etc., all dressing differently, and in
bright, beautiful colors. The Arab
women with the hdik and white veil
covering all but their dark eyes, look
like ghosts gliding in and out Of the
crowd; but when at home they, too,
dress In q gorgeous way. The Jewels
they wear are quaint and Of very
rough beauty; for, If the stones are
real, they do not mind Of their being
full OF flaws, and irregular in shape
and color; their pearls are rough, and
the Arab women grease them that their
color may be yellow; the diamonds are
set in lead, which give them dull,
heavy look.
We went once to an Arab wedding,
and as both the families were rich, the
dresses and jewels worn by the ladies
were most splendid. The bride herself
"a poor little thing Of fourteen looked
anything but happy, seated on cush-
lon on the floor, while her mother and
a professional dresser, painted, pow
dered, and gilded her face, plated her
hair. and then dressed her up in costly
clothes. with all the family Jewels
heaped upon her. All the time her
toilet was going on, three frightful ne
crosses played and sang wild Arab
music close to the brides ear, and
others, down stairs, uttered the curious
cry Of joy which is sort Of trill on
ono high note.
Little garlands Of white jessamine
blossoms were given to every one, and
when all was ready she was led to her
husband, who was waiting her in an
other room He was very ugly man,
more than twice her age, and when the
poor little bride saw him she burst into
tears in most pitiful way. We wished
very much that an artist could have
been with Us, for there were SO many
beautiful Arab ladies sitting round on
dlvans and cushions; but as no man ex-
cept a near relation may see a woman
unveiled, our wish was vain one. On
our way downstairs after the wedding,
We saw the servants Of the household
seated in ring on the floor, eating
from one large dish of conscoussou,
which is the principal food of the Arabs;
it is made OF the emoule of Algerian
hard wheat, and if only mixed with
good butter it is very nice to eat. But
what the Arabs generally give us is
made with bad butter, and it is almost
impossible to swallow it, however much
we wish to please the kind giver, who
stands close by, urging us to eat more.
and almost forcing it into ones mouth
in his hospitality. Matters were not
mended by a friend of mine, who dex-
teriously conveyed the rancid morsels
into handkerchief on her lap; for as
in hasty search for coppers the CON
tents of the handkerchief were scattered
over the upturned faces Of an expectant
crowd, it must somewhat have dimin-
ished the satisfaction which her ap-
parent good appetite had afforded her
host Leisure Hour.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY

A put up job-preserves.
The sorel nag il horse reddish.
How does Father Tim 4ra7el2 81
cycles, Of course.
What is that which ne man wishes4o
have, and no man wishes To loseg A
bald head.
What word is there Of five letters,
from which, if you take away two, you
leave six? Sixty.
g Watermelon choly scene, said the
small by when the farmers dog chased
him out Of the patch. Modern Argo.
It is a grave offence to rob soldier
when on duty. The other night, how
ever, 3 sentry was relieved OF his watch.
Be careful about trusting secret 10
old father Time, for there IL proverb,
you know, that Time will tell. Some
vale Journal.
When man puts plenty of provisions
in his will they should amount to val
liable legal currency at current prircg.
- Wheeling Journal.
An exchange suggests that perhaps
nAC 4CtrOA WY " uAOcOON Put3CA w NO IT,
Gently suspended was that it actually
published en- item Of news.
When the Emperor Of Russia yawna,
those about him look in awe upon the
wonderful czar-chasm which he dis
plays. Detroit Free Press.
"There's always room at the top
said the customer when he saw the way
the grocer filed the measure with po-
atoes--Steuben1ilLe Herald.
What is that which, if you divide into
two parts, you have only one-quarter
remaining. Did we hear you murmnr
fifty cents ~ Yonkz's Statesman
Some men when they go to church,
never think of studying the frescoing on
the ceiling until the collection plate is
being passed around. NOrTiStown Her
aid.
Dame Fortune il blind, but her
Miss Fortune, has her eyes
wide open and can easily lay hold of
the wisest Of the sons Of men. Boston
Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
Recipes.

SPIoED APPLE TARTs.--Rub stewed
tart apples through sieve; sweeten and
flavor with mace or cinnamon. Line
soup plates with crust, fill with the
apple, and lay bars OF crust a quarter Of
an inch wide over the top Of the tart.
Bake till the crust is done.
PLAIN WAFFLEs. Es.-One pint Of sour
milk, two eggs, whites beaten separate
", two tablespoonfuls Of butter, one
tablespoonful Of sugar, one full pint Of
-four, and two-thirds teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in cne tablespoonful Of
boiling water, put in the last thing be-
fore baking.
GINGER COOKIES. If you wish to
make ginger cookies without eggs it may
be done by taking three teacups of mo-
lasses, thirteen tablespoonfuls of lard,
one cup of boiling water, three good
teaspoosnful of Soda, one tablespoonful
of ginger, little salt. Nix at night,
and let them stand until morning be-
fore baking.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
At Easter let your clothes be new,
Or elsa be 81 re Won will il ri1a.

In Yorkshire, when married #oman's
apron falls off it is sign that some
thing is coming to vex her; when, how
ever the apron Of an unmarried girl
drops down she is frequently the object
Of laughter. as there is considered no
surer sign than that she is thinking
about her sweetheart. My auguries
are still gathered from the shoe. Thus
young girls on going to bed at night
place their shoes at right-angles to one
another, in the form Of the letter T, re-
peating this rhyme:
Hoping this night my true love to see,
place my shoes in the form Of T.
It is frequently found that even
strong minded persons are not exempt
from the prejudice against sitting down
to dinner when there are only thirteen
present. Many amusing anecdotes are
recorded Of the devices resorted to for
avoiding the consequences supposed to
be incurred by the neglect of this su-
perstition-the notion being that o-e Of
the thirteen, generally the youngest,
will die within the next twelve months.
To upset the salt cellar indicates ap-
preaching trouble to drop knife
means that visitor is coming.
1t is the height of ill-luck to see the
new moon reflected in looking glass
or through window-p pane; and some
mothers studiously prevent their young-
est child looking in one until year
old. 1t is also associated with mar
riage and death. Thus, in the sonth
of England it is regarded as bad omen
for a bride on her wedding morning to
take last peep in the glass when she
is completely dressed in her bridal
attire before starting fer the church.
Hence very great care is generally ta=
ken to put on a glove or some slight
article Of adornment after the final lin
gering and reluctant look has been
taken in the mirror. The idea is that
any young lady who is too fond of the
looking glass vii be unfortunate when
married.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
Population Of Africa.

People who have forgotten their
school statistics may be surprised to
learn that the population Of Africa is
much greater than that Of North and
South America. We are apt to think Of
Africa as mostly desert and wilderness,
with here and there few tribes OF
Arabs or villages Of negroes. Beyond
the borderland with which civilization
is familiar, it is natural to think of the
inhabitants Of Africa as few and far be-
tween, like our Indians. As matter
of fact, Africa is much more thickly in
habited than America. Authorities
which set the population of the latter
at 84, ,542, 900, give the former 2O3,
100000. In the Soudan the population
is rated at $4,000, 900, one town on the
Niger containing 10000 inhabitants.
East Africa is rated at 10000, 600, ana
equatorial Africa is rated 10000, GOO
souls. 1t is estimated that the mem
bers Of the negro race number 130, ,000,-
600. Many of the tribes. says our au-
thority, are above the condition of saw
ages. They have fixed habitations,
though merely mud huts, defended by
stockades, and they have some laws or
customs favorable to commerce. Among
several tribes the native merchant IS
greatly esteemed, and property is safe
even during the war. The land is cul-
tivated the inhabitants wear dyed
cotton clothes; gold and iron are in
geniously manufactured, and certain
kind Of intelligence seems TO be very
slowly spreading.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

Kissing says an exchange, may be said
to be like swimming. The kisser must
abandon himself wholly to the business
close his eyes, as it were, and trust to
the natural buoyancy of his body to re-
cover himself after the ecstatic plunge.
A girl takes kissing as kittens take to
sport, with natural aptitude for the
quintessence Of it's delight. Under the
tuition Of any girl the most bashful
youth soon learns the operation Of the
lips, and, once learned, the art is never
lost. No rules can be given for the pur-
suing or the placing Of the lips. The
suggestion that it might be practiced
before the mirror is not worth consider
ing, as there is an intellectual process in
the artistic development Of kiss which
cannot be stimulated or invoked save
under the eye of the owner of the lips
that invite and under the tender spell
that transforms those lips into the on
object in all the world that the lover
yearns to taste. The sign Of right
sort Of kiss is unmistakabIe. There
is mounting color in the cheek and q
softer glitter in the eyes that tells the
story with youth OF maid. There is q
theory that the mustache plays lead
ing part In the perfect kiss, but this
must be q matter of option, as Byron
who was SO fond of kisses, longed to
have all the kissable lips in the world
made into one mouth that he might kiss
it-had one mustache. julius Caesar,
too, who dropped into kissing as re-
Taxation, had no beard. Indeed, the
chronicles Of kissing would probably
show that the beardless gallants, whose
kissing made Tile happiness of the
queens 0i beauty Uf old, were none the
less effective with Lips that knew NO
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
The Washington Monument.

Some time siLge information was re-
ceived by the government authorities
that the king Of Siam was about sending
a stone as q contribution to the Wash
ington monument. The king has fol-
lowed out his good intention, and the
stone has arrived. The letter accompa-
nying 1t states that it was excavated by
his maiesty's orders from the quarries
in the Korat hills, distant about one
hundred miles from the city Of Bangkok.
His majesty, during his youth, while
prince of the realm, conceived pc
culiar fondness for America and her
liberal institutions, derived in great
part from the instructions Of our mis-
sionaries resident there, and assumed
the title of George Washington. For
many years prior to his elevation to the
throne he was Familiarity addressed as
"Prince George Washington" and even
to-day enjoys reference to that circum-
stance. The king left it optional with
his agents to have the inscription on
the stone engraved in English or
Siamese. As it was found difficult tc
correctly engrave the Siamese characters,
the English were adopted. The orig
inal Of the inscription in Siamese Ian
guage is, however, inclosed on q slip OF
paper. The full name and title of the
royal doner is ''His Majesty Krom Phra
Ratcha Wang Berwang. Satan MoDg-
kong, Second King of Siam" The
stone is small, being about six inches
by twelve, and is of o peculiar yellowish
rown color. The inscription saysb
s'Presented to the Washington Monu
ment Association by His Majesty, ths
Second King Of Siam"
Mr.. Larkin G. Meade, sculptor, who
is now in Florence, some years ago
made q proposition to embe1lish the
monument by four bronze panels on
the sides OF the shaft near the base,
giving base relief representations of
scenes marking epochs in Washington's
life. Mr.. Meade has already made de-
signs in clay for two of these panels.
The first represents the surrender OF
CORVALLIS. The second has just been
completed, and Mr.. Meade has sent
a photograph Of the design to the Mon
ument Association. 1t represents the
Inauguration of Washington on the
portico Of the old custom house In New
York. The proposition to place these
panels OF the sides of The shaft has
met with some favor, though no official !
action has been tatea. Work on the
monument is progressing favorably
the shaft is now 227 feet high, sixty
feet having been added since the work
was resumed. It is expected that be- |
fore the first Of next January at least !
forty feet more will be added to It's !
height WASHINGTON Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
Che Bows and Girls.

Inc BOYS ana GIftS.
God wants the boys, the merry. merry boys,
The noisy boys, the funny boys,
The thoughtless boys
God wants the boys, with all their joys,
That he as gold may make them pure,
And teach them trials to endure;
His heroes brave
He'll have them be
Fighting for truth
And purity.
COP WANTS TIE BOYS.
God wants the happy-hearted girls,
The loving girls, the best of girls,
The worst of girls
God wants to make the girls his pearls,
And so reflect his holy face,
And bring to mind his wondrous gface,
That beautiful
The world may be,
And filed with love
And purity.
Cop WANTS THE GIRLS.
-Sund0v-school Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
Some common SnnerstItIons.

There is scarcely an article of dress,
scarcely an article of furniture or scarce
ly an articleof food about which do not
cluster numerous superstitions. Ac-
cording to well-Enown piece Of folk
lore most persons We new clothes on
Easter day, mindful Of the old admoni-
tio,,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

President Hammett. of North Caro-
lima cotton company, says that his ex-
perience demonstrates the feasibility Of
getting an annual profit Of fifteen to
twenty per cent on the investment in
a mill of 10000 to 10000 spindles
anywhere in the cotton regions of the
South.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15
NUMBER 3.
Compensation.

For every leaf OF green,
A golden leaf
For every fading flower.
A Aripened sheaf
For every parching beam,
A drop Of rain
For every sunny day
The stars again.
For every war1.pg wave,
A pretty shell /;
For every sound Of woe
A joyous bell
For every passing care,
A mothers kiss:
And what could better be,
Dear child, than this
Georgr Cooper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

Chains and linked rings are among
the new designs Ii satin and velvet bro
cadas. They are prettier than the
spades; clubs, hearts and diamonds 0f
last year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

California, which once SO distanced
all other States in the production of
gold and silver, now stands second in
the list. Colorado is the banner State,
having produced last year $23, O00, 600
worth. Nevada. which led during the
decade ending 1880, now stands third,
having produced last year $15. 900, 600.
California being second with $19, ,000,-
900. Following in order are Utah, Da-
kota, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Oregon
and New Mexico.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

Adam ID The patron saint 0f the West
err pork raiaers, because Be had the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

The flow of italian emigration to this
country is comparatively small, and one
reason is that South America has proved
more attractive region for them. The
Argentine republic already contains
100000 Italians, and they constitute
more than one-half of the population of
Buenos Ayres. They lately opened and
carried on successfully an Industrial ek-
hibition, in which the raw and manu-
factured products of the country and
the machinery and mechanical inyen-
tions chiefly used by the Italian resi-
dents were brought together. The re-
suits were astonishing to the native
Spaniards. The Italians seem likely at
no distant day to become the dominant
people of the South American republic
as the English-speaking races are of the
United States.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

Some people have such odd ideas Of
a joke! A man on board an Australian
steamer just leaving Plymouth Harbor
shouted Man overboaedp' r. The life
boat was lowered, but became entangled,
and two men were drowned. AS nobody,
except the two, were missing, it was be-
lieved that somebody shouted sman
overheard " for the fun OF it." Again,
peaceable man was walking the streets
of New York. when he heard man say
to another in an excited manner +" Let
me go; I'll have his hearts blood"
Breaking away from his companion, he
approached the peaceable citizen, raised
his clenched fist, and then whipped out
his knife. The citizen cut his hand in
struggling with the ruffiian, but finally
knocked him down. Upon being taken
before magistrate, the rowdy explained
that be was "only fooling little.''
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

The White House cellar has been
converted into curiosity shop, with a
miscellaneous collection of traps sent
on from all parts of the country for the
benefit of President Garfield. There
are at least twenty-five beds, including
one which is five and one half feet long,
and was sent all the way from Mime
sofa for the accommodation of man
over six feet high. A Michigan man
sent a cage with two white mice to
amuse the Presidents children, and q
lady in the remote west contributed a
stuffed humming bird "to relieve the
monotony of the sick ROOM"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

Garfield's wonderful power of endur-
ance under the operations performed
upon him recalls other instances of the
kind even more marvellous, as having oc-
CURED in days when surgery was far
less skillful and humane than now.
Lord Peterborough, the conqueror of
Spain under Queen Anne, underwent
the most frightful operation known to
science when past sixty, and week
later started on journey across Europe
with post-horses, feeling no i'll effects
whatever. Nelson, naturally sickly,
and having already lost an eye and
arm, was struck at the battle of the
Nile by On iron splinter, which literally
ripped from the bone the entire flesh
Of his upper face, leaving it hanging like
a veil over his eyes and mouth, vet he
not only preserved his consciousness
during the dressing Of this horrible
wound, but actually continued to direct
the course OF the battle. Luigi Cornaro,
the famous Venetian senator, nephew
OF the celebrated Doge of that name,
having broken the bone of his thigh at
eighty three, bore the setting Of it
without finching, and subsequently re-
covered the full use Of the limb. Equally
resolute, though less fortunate, was
Duke Albrecht, Of Austria, who, when
the court surgeon shranB from operating
upon his diseased limb, placed the edge
Of battle-ax on the joint, and with one
blow Of his mace drove it right through.
He survived this primitive surgery only
three days.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

The Chinese government, for some
reason not stated, recently issued de
cree commanding its subjects to abstain
from shaving the head for period Of
100 days. Detected in the act of dis
obeying this arbitrary regulation, be-
tween fifty and sixty persons in the
city of Foochow alone were on the
eleventh of June sentenced to receive
castigation with bamboo rods and to pay
each a fine of 5000 cash 1861. It is
stated by the local journals that before
liberation the heads Of the offenders
were, as wholesome warning to others,
carefully painted and vanished.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

The American express company has
introduced into New York the system
Of Harvesting three horses abreast, after
the fashion Of the London omnibuses.
The change has been made on two OF
the wagons for an experiment, with very
satisfactory results. The wagons are
supplied with two poles instead of one,
and each of the three horses is attached
to separate whifletree This is found
to be decided improvement over the
system sometimes used of putting one
horse in shafts and another at each side.
The harnessing is practically the same
as with two horses, with two poles in
stead Of one. The experiment is tried
upon the wagons that deliver goods in
the upper part Of the city, not only be-
cause the loads are frequently too heavy
for two horses, but to enable the driv
ers to make up for lost time with an in
creased rate of speed, when from any
cause they are delayed from the start.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-09-15

And all this life romance had grown
out Of Helen's month at the seaside.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-03-09

A vote taken In the Newton Presbyter-
ian Church on Sunday, as to the question of
Local Option, stood 2O5 in favor and Is
against. A number did not vote either way
The Delaware. Beet Sugar Company offer
the farmers of South Jersey from $3.50 to
49, so per ton, according to quality, for all the
sugar beets they can raise. It is said that
fifteen tons can be raised TO the acre.
DEATH OF Ex.JUDGE WooDHULL.-Hon
Georges Woodhnll, late Judge of the State
Supreme Court, died at Camden on Friday,
after few days illness, from pneumonia.
aged sixty.fve years. He was a native of
Monmouth county. NJ. His grandfather,
Rev. John Woodruff, d. D., was an eminent
divine, and for more than forty years pastor
of the old Tennent Church, located about
three miles from Freehold, while bis father,
John T Woodruff, NJ. D., who died In 1869
at the age OF SO, was a leading practitioner Of
the county. s.fs
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-03-09
DEATHS.

ELYIn Lambertville M arch 6, 1885, Gervas Bernard
son of Geryas and Caroline H. Ely, aged months and
ii Gsys. tfss
non NsoN5-In Lambertville February 81, 1881, Ed.
ward NJ son o. Amos s. and Josephine Johnson aged
8 months.
BALDWIN--In Iambarty sle, February "a 1851 Velma
g., daughter oil Emily D. All Emma h BALDWIN, aged
months and days.
KAIRNs in LambertyilIe, March ) 1881 , Lizzie
daughter OF Michael and Kate Kairns, as eu years
3 months and 9 days Hs
SNYDER--In Hopewell township Mercer county, n:
j.. February 20 1881, Rachel Caldwell Snyder aged
5S years and months. 44
ATCHLEY I'm fitusville, N. j., February 10, 1881,
Philip Hart Atehley aged rs years,
YOUEG.-fn Rngoes March A, 1881, Theodore J.
Young in the cath year This age
BUNNEL-At Stewartsvie, Warren county Feb 25,
1881, Georgianna, only daughter OF Mahlone Bunfel,
formerly OF this county, in the 18th year OF her age
BIRD.-At Washington, Warren county. Feb. 26, 1881,
Wellington Bird, in thu 6ist year OF his age.
mir. Bird was native of Hunterdon, and well known
here.
GRoss-In Frenchtown, Feb 20, 1881, Mrs Elizabeth
Gross, aged 50 years and days
RolnsayeH, aged about ~ years
SALTER.At Baptisltown, Feb. 49, 1881 Sarah wife OF
John slater aged about ~ years. i.ia8 sta
WEST-ln Frank lin tow nship Jan. o. 1881 Harvey G.
of Jacob e. and Frances A. West aged years, ~
months and "a days.
WILDMAN-In solebufy, Pa, February 10. 1881 Alice
T. whitman, wife of Paxson Wildmap, aged 50 years
and ~ days.
CooN--In Pennington, February IS 1881, Mrs Sarah
Coon rellet OF the late Thomas Coon, formerly of
Newton in the 18TH year 0 her age.
ATCHLEY suddenly in Hopewen township, Mercer
county, N j. March 1881, sarah Atehley. aged Is
years.