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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30


The abrupt order to " Shut ycur
mouth" is not SO indecorous as it may
seem in the ordinary slang Of conYeTsa-
tion. It means that the mouth was
never designed as breathing apparatus.
Its functions are purely masticatory and
gustatory. 1t is shaped and designed
for two essential purposes. IT j. the
recipient of food and, SO far as the voice
is concerned, the organ Of articulate
sound. Or, to state it otherwise, the
mouth is the organ pipe through which
wind may escape. To the nose belongs
the function of inhalation. The wind
comes In at one door and goes OUT at
the other. g Mouth breathing" is an
awkYardness and a violation of all the
rules Of health. To suck q current Of
air through wide-open orifce directly
upon the larynx Of the lungs is wrong
either IN hot weather or in ccld-in hot
weather because all the air we breathe
is impregnated with dust, While-elsss-
mouth has no arrangement to close out
the dirt, which goes Ia as SO much nm
necessary filth which the lungs have
no use for and must expel again by
convulsive cough, at considerable waste
and wear Of physical force, ana in cold
weather, no matter hd pure the air
may be, because the sudden shock of
cold upon the delicate textures Of the
lungs is what an engineer would call too
much "cold injection On the con-
denser." Air when it reaches the lungs
ought to pass through heating ap-
paratus and through series of warm
pipes, on precisely the same principle
that it is fed to tubular Oiler through
narrow and tortuous m-eating surfaces.
That idea of steam creating surface and
saving in the cost of fuel is original In
the human nose -E1rchdnqs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Agassiz once had an opportunity to
carefully measure large jelly fish as it
lay at the surface of the sea. It's disk
was seven feet in diameter and its ten
tacles 112 feet long.
The houses spiders web will last for
many weeks, while the garden-spider
must spin afresh or mend his web every
twenty-four hours The former some
times lives from six to eight years.
In various parts Of Ireland, Scotland
and Wales are remains Of beehive
shaped huts, underneath which are
chambered burial places. These huts
are Of great antiquity.
About the year 400 of our era died
Simon Stylites, a Syrian, who had lived
in sef-imposed martyrdom for thirty
years on the top of granite column
thirty or forty feet high.
"Boot stretcher to the royal family"
is decidedly rare title, yet there still
lives at Baden an old man who for many
years filed this Office to the father of
the present Austrian emperor. His only
duty was to wear the archduke's new
boots until they were sufficiently easy
for his royal master, and the old re-
tainer now enjoys comfortable pension
for his services.
A close observer claims to have dis
proved the story about an owl wringing
its head off by looking at man who
was walking around it. He writes that
he laced an owl on post, and began
to walk rapidly around it. The large
round eyes followed him through three
circles, and he began to wonder why
the head didn't drop off, when he dis
covered that the neck had a fy-back
motion which, when the head had been
turned half way round, whisked it back
through the circle, and brought the
gaze again on him with such precision
and so quickly that the movement had
three times escaped his notice.
A wild goose joined the flock Of a
farmer of London, Canada, but only ap-
peared at meal times. After satisfying
It's appetite it was noticed to pick up an
ear of corn and fy away. After circling
about it dropped apparently into the
river. It was discovered that it car
ried the corn to sick and disabled
companion that could neither walk nor
fly. Finally the visits ceased, but shortly
afterward the sick gander wandered
into the camp and gobbled up the corn
itself. He remained all winter, and the
indications are that he has made up his
mind to settle down and go to house.
keeping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
A Liberal Reward WIN be Given

To the woman who, upon trying on
new bonnet, never mentioned that her
hair wasn't fixed.
To the writer for the press who never
said that his contribution was dashed
off.
To the person, age or sex immaterial,
who, when relating an accident of which
he or she was witness, did not lay par
ticular stress upon what II did " or IT
said"
To the young man who doesn't think
the girls are all dying after him.
To the young woman who wouldn't
choose an ice cream to substantial
meal.
To the same young woman who never
retired to the cupboard, upon reaching
home, for "just bite"
To the woman over thirty who never
had an offer.
To the storekeeper who never said,
GAS it is you, I will call it SO and SO, !"
and then charged double price.
To the schoolboy who does not at all
times look upon the schoolmaster as
his mortal foe.
70 the young lady graduate who
would not rather have white satin
dress than high class honors at the
graduation exercises.
To the married man who never con-
sidered the possibilities Of second
marriage.
To the married woman who does not
sometimes wonder how she ever came
to say Yes"
To the Clergyman who doesn't feel
just little proud OF the tears he calls
up al funeral.
To the man who never inquired els
this hot enough for you?" or els this
cold enough for you?"
To the Butcher who weighs his meat
without the bones.
To the man who ever exchanged UNI
brellas and went off with worse one
than he left behind.
To the nan who never said it rained
Just because he didn't take his umbrella
with him.
To the small boy who never whistled.
To the small boy who never sighed
to be hunter, an Indian fighter or q
pirate.
To the doctor who has the hardihood
to tell a wealthy patient that nothing
ails him.
To the undertaken who hears Of death
with. feelings Of unmingled grief.
To the boy Of eighteen who doesn't
know more than his parents.
To the Sunday school that has not
experienced spasmodic growth just
before Christmas or the picnic season.
To the housekeeper who hasn't said
there was plenty more in the cupboard
when pressing the last slice of cake on
her company.
To the amateur farmer who never
drew the long bow when dilating upon
his agricultural achievements.
To the widow who does not like to
have her mourning becoming.
To the druggist who does not make 8
profit of one hundred per cent. on every
thing he sells.
To the drug clerk who has grown rich
enough to retire.
To the man, woman or child who
isn't tired and sick Of the dull weather
Of this present year of grace 1881
Boston Transcript
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
Elephants IN A New RaIc.

The Detroit FIRE. Press says: An emf
nent chemist has been making an analy-
sis Of elephants milk supplied BY the
female elephant Hebe, who had calf
several months since. The globules of
cream are wonderful in size and very
transparent. In flavor and odor it is
superior to goats milk and fully equal
to cows. The elephants alf, weighing
223 pounds at its birth, March 10, 1880,
gained 700 pounds in one year on this
milk diet. Now that it has been de-
monstra ed that elephants are product
i've in captivity, it would be something
of an addition to American wealth i'm
live stock to include the elephant. A
good-sized herd would supply an ordi
nary city with milk and do all the heavy
pulling, loading and unloading in busi-
ness. The Parisians, too, learned to eat
elephant steaks when they were obliged,
while the african hunters All declare
that elephant meat IS very palatable.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
Hair.


Not less than ninety per cent. of the
women and five per cent. Of the men in
this country wear more or less false
hair. This enormous consumption of
the artificial and natural product sug-
gests the fact, fearful but true, that nine
women out of every ten about the
street, in the church, OF on the cars,
charming or ugly to line, have on q
wig or weft, bandeau OF a prepared
net, bangs OF waves, arranged at the
hairdressers.
Some people think that blondes never
grow gray-headed. The fact is, one
third of white shreds may be mingled
with such hair, and few will notice it.
The same proportion of blonde-headed
people turn gray as those with any
other colored hair.
The proportion of people who dye
their hair is also surprising. Some
twenty per cent. are said to do this. OF
course, the greater proportion OF this
class are often, though not always, a
sign Of life Of trouble.
The dresser is more than often
amused by requests from the country
lO1 OO1NA WdOCI 414LLCcs 4n0OS, VI
course, comprise an article which will
curl easily by application Of water and
are easily supplied. Curly hair has
been the fashion for year or more.
Of the two, human hair is the most
called for. Embarrassing" is sort Of
industry in Europe. The peasant girls,
who are much in the open air, get their
heads cropped once year, and thus
furnish portion of the supply. They
are satisfied with stipend so small
that an American women would scorn
to touch six times its value. OF the
material imported France supplies half
the trade and England and Germany
divide the rest. The raw material finds
its way here in great quantities, and is
made up on this side of the water. The
business is young yetin this country
NsO York Grdphic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
Indians Killing Cattle.

One Of the most novel and interesting
features of ration day at the Los Pinos
agency, In Colorado, is the killing Of the
cattle by the Indians preparatory to the
distribution Of their carcasses. Arecent
visitor at the agency thus describes the
scene: After the rations of -four, sugar
and coffee had been issued, the entire
assembly of Indians repaired to the cor
raj Six fat cattle were there. The
Indians mounted the corral fence. They
had their Winchester rifles and their
long -barreled revolvers. The squaws
sharpened the scalping knives on stones.
Some had small axes. When each had
chosen his position on the fence, all was
ready for the slaughter. The cattle be-
came nearly frantic at. sight of the
Indians on the fence. They ran wild
about the corral for some moments.
When they became quiet the ''selector,"
as he is called, chose the Indian for the
first shot. a rife was aimed, the word
given to fire, and steer dropped. This
was beautiful shot at hundred yards
distance. It killed th5 steer almost in
stantly. The second shot was made by
a young Indian, apparently not more
than eighteen years of age. 1t was made
with United States army pattern c. It's
revolver. The distance was about sixty
yards. It brought down the steer BY q
shot over the left eye. The other four
shots were perfect. At the last shot,
so soon as the sixth steer had dropped,
men and squaws rushed pell-mell into
the corral. They began skinninp the
cattle while yet kicking. The novelty
of the sight was amusing. Within
twenty minutes these Indians had these
six steers g butchered IF butchering
it may be called-and portions selected
lashed upon their ponies. In aseparate
corral two cattle were likewise killed
for the chiefs. Chepita, Ouray's widow,
gets q hindquarter from this lot, in
honor Of her deceased husband.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
NUMBER "A.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Wagons are born tired.

Wagons are born tired.
EVERYBODY should take newspaper
but not from other folks doorstePs.
To be short in bis accounts ", in~
a cashier, a crime; in reporter ~ lg
virtue.
Will the coming man eat dried apples
Central City lem If he wishes 70 De
cIassed as swell he probably viii
The man who has invented o flying
machine should make his trial trip now:
There have never been more flies onh
than at this present time. -PSca5fE1e-
The Brooklyn Eagle gives the follow
ing as q Boston lads definition OF hls
stomach: Something that goes across
the teachers knee when get licked
Ground for objection ssMe buy the
property, sor? Me be landlord and ~
shot in the back ! Shure, there's to De
no more landlords were all gem ~
be tinnants ?'-Pu'ach.
We warn newspaper men against
counterfeit 800 bill now In circulation.
Probably no professional men handle 50
many bills of that denomination as the
pencil pushers, and we hope our timely
WARNING VIII pI6FCHb NAy @AS-A4 D~'~-G
caught. Rochester Express.
An elderly gentleman says to little
miss Of seven: Say, SISSY, will yoH
marry me ~ The child, taking the Pr
position gravely, curls up her mouth as
If considering the subject Come
sissy, says her mother, ''wil you marry
the gentleman % "Yes, n, but
(asidel-ma, I'd like never husband
FINANCIALLY EMBARRASSED.
man in business often ies
You'll find. perpIexed and harrasseds
But when he's walking down the street,
With his best girl so trim and neat
And ice cream signs his eyes do meet.
With not cent to stand the treat.
The girl may look him in the phlzS
And ut such times he surely is
Financially embarrassed.
- TOmkers Statesman.
Some one has formed 1,051 English
words Of not less than four letters from
the letters in the word " regulations"
The above item is having an extensive
circulation through the newspapers.
a glance at the word regulations
shows that it contains all the yowels
and six Of the most frequently used
consonants, SO there isn't anything won
derful In the feat mentioned. The per-
son who accomplished i could have
done more for humanity by sitting at
the forks of q road aud acting e. an
automatic guideboard.-Nsso Harea
Register.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

The United States commissioner Of
pensions says that there are 13O,00
cases on file in his Office waiting pre-
iminary information as to service from
the war department, and that the num-
ber is increasing at the rate Of 100
day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

The extensive cultivation OF flowers
for perfumery purposes is about to be
started in California. In Europe it is
very remunerative, a good crop Of layen-
der yielding 81, 800.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

An extreme drought is the cause of
great anxiety among the population of
the district Of Orenburg, in Russia. The
crops have failed for three successive
years, and the danger that is now i'm
pending seems to stife all hope. The
people form professions, with images
Of the saints, and march about the
fields. A dry west wind is. blowing
without intermission, and not a cloud
appears in the sky. This is accom-
panied by an unusualhigh temperature.
As if this was not bad enough, the en-
bryo Of a locust that last year caused
wide devastation in some places has
been found in large numbers about the
fields.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Referring to the large number Of
cases of deaths by lightning this season,
the New York Herald says: "The
scientists will probably find some
plausible explanation of the violence Of
these electric disturbances. They will
talk learnedly of possible troubles with
in the earth's own crust, of sun spots
and meddlesome comets but none of
these things can quiet the apprehen-
sions that have been reused in nervous
minds by electricity's many recent va
garies. The best way to abate such
fears is to note that most of the casual
ties, fatal and otherwise, befell people
who were transgressing the ordinary
precautions to be observed during
severe thunder-storms. Two boys.
who were killed, had taken refuge
under solitary tree. Some Of the men
who were injured were under an iso a.
ted clump Of trees. Most OF the others
were handling metallic tools or utensils,
and one, who was on the water, proba-
bly, attracted the lightning with the
long oyster tongs which he held. Light
ning's delight in metal is well known,
buu 30 - lbS phItia11ty 4OE 010VhblOns
like church spires, hagstaffs, lone trees
and houses that are not near any other
objects above the ground level. Pru-,
dence dictates that all such elevations
should be given wide berth in thun-
der-storm, even at the risk Of soak
lag. Prudence also protests against
the handling of metallic tools out of
doors while the storm is attending to
business.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Morse, who invented the telegraph,
and Bell, the inventor of the telephone,
both had deaf mute wives. Little COM
ment is necessary, but just see what a
man can accomplish when everything is
quiet. --L0sceH Citizen.-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

According to the recent census the
population Of London is 3,SI4,571, and
the analysis shows that 3,SI4, 600 called
K, Iroquois orse.-Puck.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

They seem to have very summary
way of vindicating an authors rights in
China. According to DIR. J. M. Mcgowan
there is no special provision in the
penal code on the subject of literary
property, which is placed on the same
footing as any other possession. A per-
son printing and selling the works of
an author, without his permission, is
liable to a punishment of 100 blows and
three years deportation. If he has
stopped short at printing, and has not
begun to sell, the penalty is fifty blows,
together with the forfeiture of the books
and blocks from which they are printed.
The rights Of an author descend in per-
petuity to his heirs and assigns.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Mayor Grace, of New York, was once
employed as a waiter in one Of the city
restaurants. He did his work grace
fully.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

In Kansas the prohibitory law forbids
the sale OF intoxicating liquors, and
provides that call liquors or mixtures
thereof by whatever name called that
will produce intoxication shall be con-
sidered and held to be intoxicating
liquors within the meaning Of this act. :"
A druggist was indicted under the law
for selling bay rum, tincture Of gentian
compound end other mixtures. The
court decided that these articles were
within the act SO far that special per-
nit was necessary to authorize their
sale. But the act vests the power to
grant such permits in the Judge Of the
probate court; and Judge Crozier holds
that such an extension of the jurisdic-
ton of that court is unconstitutional.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Speaking of the coming cotton expo
sition at Atlanta, the Detroit Free Press
says, editorially /: There is interesting
evidence of the advancement which the
South is making in the determination
to hold an " International Cotton Expo
sition" at Atlanta, Georgia, beginning
on the fifth of October and remaining
open until the end of December. Al
though the exposition, being the first
worlds fair ever held in the South,
naturally derives its title from the staple
which forms the nucleus of the widest
range Of Southern industry, the pros
pectus shows that it is not by any means
to be limited to cotton or to the indus
tries connected Herewith. The sched-
ule Of articles, whereof exhibition is in
vited, covers wide range, classified in
six departments, forty-one groups and
two hundred and twenty-five classes.
The buildings now in process OF erec-
tion are on an ample scale, the principal
one being a model cotton mill. The
South cannot fail to profit largely by an
enterprise which Will show so much
more satisfactorily and conclusively than
mere statement what she is really capa-
bic of and actually doing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

The crop reports Of the department
OF agriculture are discouraging. With
the best possible weather from now to
harvest time the wheat yield viii fall
considerably short Of that Of last year.
The acreage sown to spring wheat fell
eff f to eighty six per cent. Of that Of
1880, by reason, no doubt, Of the low
prices of last fall and winter, and the
winter wheat yield is likely to be seri-
ously reduced by weevil in the West
and cold weather in California. An in
crease of one per cent. in the area eul-
tivated to cotton is reported, but this
is likely to be more than counterbal-
anced by the poor condition of the
crop. The New York Tribune says that
speculators who are calculating on
prolongation of the conditions which
made the past year one of such great
prosperity, must revise their estimates
in one respect, for our export trade in
grain and cotton will show marked
decline.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-30

Women who have not tine teeth laugh
only with their eyes,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-17
MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL

4 better sad more hopeful Zee ilg prevails 10
| all clssses Of The business community, md eve
| ryoody Eel M Impressed with the idea tbs! q
brighter Gag has GaRLed upon our city. There
| Is 10 longer daub! OF the establishment here OF
! hpoftsL: AID extensive industries, and alresdy
The BOON" i; having lis beLeti, ist tif- c:s. The
| A;ca! yea. so Il. closing will show the city - be
| in healthy and satisfactory fnsnci.l condition.
| AID with Tho coLtrued economical aI,nn.tra
ton Of lie Affairs mus. further impraye Fnsn.
| ciaIiy there II continued 4 iiet. 1hrra il no
pressing demand for money, ard loans On good
colalela's ere o:iiy placed. In Baltimore the
money market is easy. Tho supply Of fundG is
ample, and losns Arc readily obtained on best
collateral 81 - per cent. Prime marca1!ilc
paper passes 1T Sac per cart, sid desirable
! amount OF best Known names would rrobshly 90
at even lower fyurs. Tho New York mCnoy
| market is wilhou! rercep!lb'e change. There
were free offerings yesterday Of capital at per
cant On stocks, AID at 2il! per Can't On govern
merit bonds q. s. bonds ere G ahs ado stronger
for the per cents, and fraction easier for the
per cents. The "a per cents closed yesterday
l074al03i for the oztsnded is cisss, and 1923,
1917 for tho extended 81. Sale bonds are quic!
but FIRM. Virginia conso,l sold yesterday at 81
which was bid n. tho close, but the Offering,
were light; tho 10 i0j wcro quoted at 6Ss5Gi,
Southern railroad securities sre dull and nomi-
nal Bonds are neglected and tho trsnsactiors
limited Rich & Dsn 1850, sold at l(S; Atlantis
and Charlotte lists at III; Yireiais Midland 81
sold at los. We quote:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-17

Tho market cIoses au;Cs and USsy. There ia
no change 10 no!o in Fcur. bat prices ho.d firm
at quotations. But i.tIo Wheat va; received
10 dsy, and prices Wero Dropping; no LanCa?tcr
WAS offered. About 1tC0 bushels OF Corn were
offered, which cold q! 90 for yellow and co fer
white. No Rye or Gals reported. Country
produca is quiet ari unchanged. Bacon is
shade iigher. Wool il coming in freely, but
there Is 10 change in nric,s