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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17
carrrInn HIs skeIslon OuEsIde.

The tortoise has not accomplished
the feat Of taking off it's flesh and
sitting in its bones, but it has done the
next thing to it. It is the first example
of skeleton brought to the surface !;
the back isincapable Of movement, and
the ecales with which less ambitious
reptile is content have developed into
the horny shield which covers it, whiA
the bones Of the breast have developed
into box capable Of containing the
creature, head and legs and All. Tn
fact, if we belonged to past genera
ton when inane plays upon words were
taken for wit, we should have most
probably said that the chest of the tor
toise is box to hold its trunk The
horny integument Of the SclaIa-E7'cFes
9 nshield- toad" as our Teutonic breth-
rem so graphically cali him, is scarcely
less rich in associations than his family
name, suggesting, among crowd Of
other memories, the high tortoise-shlp-
combs, short waists, whist and pumel
room manners Of the beauties Of the
Regency. The arrangement for wear
ing the skeleton outside, and packing
the whole body away in the case formed
BY it, is convenient, but not an absolute
protection against foes. The 1.-THE and
willy panther, for instance, has habit
of inserting his paw into the opening
left for the protrusion of the head, and
thus extracting the animal. The turtle,
moreover, is ut disadvantage when
turned over on its back, which is q
favorite method Of securing those
which come ashore to lay their eggs.
Against ordinary dangers the thick
shield is very useful safeguard but
the impossibility Of receiving any i'm
preston through the skin Of the body
must have its disadvantages, too. How,
for instance, does tortoise manage IA
those cases which COW provides against
by rubbing post2 SupposiDg It to be
possible fer him TO suffer from any such
inconvenience, he would be even worse
off than medieval Knight armed cap
pie, beneath whose steel panoply 4
specimen Of domestic pller had &C.
creted itself.-Sdtardav Recielo.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

Recent botanical research has shown
that the trunks Of trees undergo daily
changes in diameter. From early morn
ing to early afternoon there is regular
diminution till the minimum Is reached,
when the process is reversed, and the
maximum diameter IS attained at the
time Of twilight; then again CONFESS dim
mutton. to be succeeded by an increase
about dawn-an increase more marked
than that in the evening. Variations in
diameter are believed to coincide with
the variations Of tension, but they ere
shown to be inverse to the temperature,
the maximum of the one corresponding
roughly to the minimum of the other
and go on. In connection with these in
vestigations it may be remarked that
the height Of man is greater ID the
morning than III the afternoon, and
again that othei influences being sus-
pended, the barometer is higher il tha.
morning than in the afternoon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17
NUMBER -.


In all the Indian villages the trade
tional handicraftsmen are still To bs
found at work. Outside the entrance,
on an exposed rise Of grouEd, thehered-
itary potter sits by his wheel molding
the swift-revolying clay by the natural
curves OF his hand. AT the back OF the
houses which form the low, irregular
street, there are two or three looms at
work in blue and scarlet and gold, The
frames hanging between the acacia:
trees, the yellow flowers OF which drop
fast on the webs as they are being
woven. In the street the brass and
coppersmiths are hammering away ~
their pots and pans and farther down,
in the veranda of the rich mans house,
is the jeweller, working rupees and gold
mobes into fair iewelry- gold and silver
earrings and round tires like the moon,
bracelets and tablets and nose rings
and tinkling ornaments for the feet,
taking his designs from the fruit and
flowers around him, or from the tradi-
tional forms represented in the paint
ings and carvings Of the great temple
which rises over the grove Of mangoss
and palms at the end Of the stree
above the lotus-covered village tent.
At half-past three or four in the dreamy
still afternoon, the whole street il
lighted up by the moving robes Of the
women going down to draw water from
the tank, each with two or three water
jars on her head and, 30 going and
returning in single file, the scene gloWs
like Titian's canvas, and moves like the
stately procession of the Panathenaic
frieze. Later, the men drive in the
milk-gray kline from the moaning jun
gle, the looms are folded up, the cop
persmiths are silent, the elders gather
in the gate. the lights begin to glimmer
in the fast-falling darkness, the feasting
and the music begin, and the songs are
sung late into the night from the Ra
mayana or Mahabharata. The next
morning, with sunrise, after simple ab-
lutions and alterations performed u the
open air before their houses, their same
day begins again.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

mother of the girl you saved wants
to see you." continued Mr.. Yule.
"Come in and let her have look at
you"
Dick hesitated for his character had
nothing in it of vanity, and he was
abashed at the thought of receiving
thanks for SO natural service.
But just then feminine voice was
heard at the cabin door, and there step
ped out on the deck woman OF some
forty-eight years, but still very fresh ;
with the ssmantling crimson Of the
island blood"
She began speaking to Mr.. Yule;
then glancing towards Dick, started and
looked at him steadfastly.
The young sailor started no less than
she, and upon both sides there was q
joyful lastonishment.
Richard Richard Oswald r. heard.
'sOh. heaven be praised r.
"Mother-oh, my motherp
The mother and her truant boy were
for moment locked in each others arms,
unable TO say more.
s They presently retired into the cabin,
and when Richard again appeared he
told me that NOT only his mother was on
board, but his sisters also, whom he had
not seen since they were children, and
one of whom was the young lady he had
saved from drowning.
His father was already in the United
States, where he had provided for the
family comfortable home, and whittier
they were now going.
It was. no wonder that among six
teen busy sailors on the forward part of
the deck, the blue-shirted tar should
not have been recognized by his mother,
even if, which was very doubtful, she
had observed him at all.
''I shall never taste liquor again,
said the new second mate, on the day
we made the land and s'ran down" the
Long Island shore.
And he has kept his word, rising
thereby in four years to the command
of a fine ship.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

and attention TO improving the gun
which bears his name, and the success
which has attended his Inbors seduced
him from the more congeniaI field d
peaceful invention.
Inventive talent has also been brought
to bear upon soap. Several materials
have been avowedly and openly mixed
with soaps as improvements. The use
of resin has been utilized. Slick,
either as sand or in the form Of "water-
glass" or soluble glass nitrate OF soda),
is one Of the most common, and soaps
made in this way are extremely efficient
and useful. Modified soaps for various
special purposes are now made by mix
ing Iimewater, dissolved alum, etc.,
with soap already made.
1t is gratifying fact to note that in
ventors are taking advantage of the
great capabilities Of iron for beautify-
ing forms, as shown in its use for archi-
tecbural purposes. Its strength makes
it suitable for structures and tracery Of
light and graceful effect, altogether
beyond what is possible in wood or
stone. In it can now be rendered both
the simpler and the richer beauties OF
the Greek orders, the characteristic
arches and qualifications Of Rome, the
points and pinnacles of Gothic design
and the traceries and arabesques,
domes and pinnacles OF the Moors.
Some of the combinations recently
produced by union of Light castings
and wire or road work in trellises and
verandas- are wonderfully rich and light
in effect.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17
The Grass Crop.

Aquestion widely discussed involves
the relative value of the wheat. cotton,
tea and hay crops of the world. Which
of these products involves the greatest
amount of the worlds capital? It is
said by. the " Hay Reporter" that hay
leads the rest, and the items that enter
into the account as stated are somewhat
startling. Cotton and tea are local
crops, while hay is produced everywhere
the world over, and the hay crop gen.
orally outweighs either of the other two
The aggregate reported value of all
farm products in the United States for
1870 was 12,477,53S.65 but as this
includes additions to stocks, s'bet-
terments." etc., it was probably too
high then, but the census of 1880 will
no doubt show even larger figures.
Now, the hay crop for 1870-that is, the
grass dried or cured for use or solids
reported at over27 600, 900 tons. This,
at half the selling price in the large
cities, would amount to $405, ,OOO, 900,
and is far greater than the aggregate
home value of the cotton crop or any
other crop. But the ''cured" hay is
but portion Of the grass crop. The
other portion is used on the ground,
and it requires considerable calculation
to get at the value so used, even in the
toughest way.
Inthe first place, live stock, including
horned cattle, horses, sheep, swine, etc.,
to the value of 81, ,525, 900, 600, were fed
from it that year. Averaging the lives
of these at 5 years, we have one-ffth of
that sum as representing the grass fed
to them in 1870-viz., $305, 600, 900,
next, we find the value Of animals
slaughtered for food in that year to be
$309, 900, 900; and as this is an annual
product, the whole of it will for the
present be credited to the grass crop !;
next, we find that the butter crop of
1870 was 514, 900, 900 pounds, which at
the low average Of 25 cents, amounts
to SIPS, 100000, and this goes to the
credit of grass next, we have 225, ,000,-
600 gallons of milk, which average
at the low estimate of 10 cents
per gallon, adds s25, 600, 900 more to the
credit Of the grass crop; then we have
100, ,000, 900 pounds of wool at 25 cents
per pound, adding $25, 900, 900 more,
and, finally, 53,o0o,oOO pounds of
cheese at 10 cents, adding over IS. .0OO,-
900 to the total Of these credits to the
grass crop Of 1910, which aggregates
1887, 900, 900.
Now, says the Hay Reporter, let us
add the value Of the shay crop as
given above-viz: $4O5. .OO0, OOO--and
we have grand total for shay" and
tie products Of grass consumed on the
ground amounting to 81, 292, ,00O, 600.
Thisis, of course. subject to deduction as
the meat, butter, milk, cheese, and the
wool producing animals consume other
food besides grass and hay. To make
ample allowance for this, we deduct
the entire value of corn and oats Of
1870, estimated at $270, O00, 600. and
this leaves a remainder Of 81 ,082, ,OOO, 900
to be credited to the hay and grass
crop of that year, when the reported ag-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

The New York Yearly Meeting III
Friends has, during the last three years,
added four hun1 1red and ffty-one mem
bers by request, and one hnndisz and
eleven by birth, and has had 90 in-
crease Of one hundred and ninety-nine
members above the losses. This gair.
which is unusual IL the history " ihe
society, is ascribsd to the influence 1T
he revival seryicea which the meetingst
have recently permitted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17
IhanksoIvIna.


On, meni grown sick with toll and care,
Leave forsawhile the crowded mart;
Oh, women sinking with despair,
Weary Of limb and faint Of heart,
Forget your cares to-day, and come
As children back to childhood's homel
Follow again the winding rills;
Go to the places where you went,
When, climbing up the summer hills,
In their green lap you sat, content;
And softly leaned your head to rest
On Natures calm and peaceful breast.
Walk through the sere and fading wood,
So lgtasy trodden by your feet,
Whpnth t'ou knew of life was good,
And all you dreamed of life was sweet;
And let fond memory lead you back,
Ger youthful loves enchanted track.
Taste the ripe fruit of orchard boughs,
Drink from the messy well once more:
Breathe fragrance from the crowded mows
With fresh, sweet clover running DER;
And count the treasures at your feet,
OF silver rye and golden wheat.
uo, SIT beside the hearth again,
Whose circle once was glad and gay;
And IL from out the precious chain
Some shining links have dropped away,
Then guard with tenderer heart and hand
The remnant of your household band.
Draw near the board with plenty spread,
And if in the accustomed place
You see the fathers reverend head,
Or mothers patient loving face;
Whste'er your life may have of Ill,
m God that these are left you still.
Andhough where home hath been, you stand
Tday in alien loneliness;
Thofh you may clasp no brothers hand,
AZ claim no sisters tender kiss;
Thogh with no friend or lover nigh,
The asst is all your company
Thar Gcd for friends your life has known,
Fol every dear, departed day.
The hesad past is safe alone
God gves, but does not take away;
He onlysafely keeps above
For us ne treasures that we love.
Phoebe Cary.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17
A STORY OF THE SEA.

The ship Switzerland, to which be-
longed, had dropped down the Thames
from London, but the wind breezing up
ahead, and making it impossible to pass
Dover, we brought her to in the Downs.
Some of our original hands having
deserted, others had been shipped in
their stead, and among these was a
young tar, called Dick, whose appear
ance interested me.
Dick and ] were mates that night in a
two hours anchor watch, and I found
him remarkably well read for fore
mast hand. He appeared alive to every
thing of importance in British history j;
but his heart was with the sea, and his
brain seemed marked like marine
chart.
"I believe he said, ssthe very gales
we're harder once than they are now.
At least it seems SO, as we read Of them.
Right here, at the very place we are
now swinging at anchor, Admiral Beau
mont was lost, in 1903, with thirteen
ships of war. That, you know, was in
the great London storm, when there
was complete sweep of the Downs,
and the shore was piled with wrecks.
There have been some terrible disasters
between here and Lands End" he con-
tinued. you've seen the Rocks of
Scilly, no doubt-saw them as you came
up the channel in this ship. Well,
you know it is on them that Admiral
Shovel was lost, with the Association,
the Eagle, the Romnev and the Fire
brand. Hardly anybody was saved, for
though it was almost calm. there was a
tremendous swell-a kind Of fog swell ?
'Did you ever meet with any acci-
accident in the channel 2"
''Oh, yes; the very first ship sailed
in went upon the Goodwin Sands, and
I drifted On the top Of the decks cabin
away over to the coast of France, for the
wind was northwest. It was in 1870,
while the Prussians were there"
He would say little about his past life
except to regret that it had been was
ted.
81 meant to go home before now
was his remark; ''but, shipmate, you
know what wild sailor is p
ssHow long since have you seen youl
folks p / asked.
s'Seven years. And in all that time
they haven't heard from me, or / from
them"
"But you are right from London now.
Why don't you go and see them What
part of England do they live in 2
I'm Stratford-upon-Avon. Why didni
go aad see them? Shipmate, I hard.
y saw daylight after stepping ashore
from an East Indiaman, till found
myself going down the Thames on board
This ship ] didn't mean to drink
again. ] thought, coming up the chan.
tgIss that I'd never taste another drop,
but here I ann and that's the whole
story p
Next morning, with a fresh, fail
breeze, We got under way, while great
fleet of vessels, stretching out here and
there about us, also hove anchor: Dick,
in blue shirt and duck trousers, .sprane
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

The Shah Of Persia lately underwent
the operation OF having tooth extract
ed. Prayers for his safe passage
through the ordeal were offered up in
the mosques, and be made his will and
took an affectionate farewell Of all bis
wives. Happily, however, he survived
the pain and his faithful subjects
showed their thankfulness by sending
him congratulatory offerings amounting
to not less than 5000 ducats.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-17

Darwin says the tendency 70 painful
blushing is inherited.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
PAY THE STATE DEBT,


We are now paying over $50 ,OOe of the
dept each year, and If the debt ls fund.
ed IN bonds bearing per cent interest
We can pay annually an average of S75..
900 or so0,000 on the principal, winch
Will pay the debt nearly off Ia the next
Ten wears. We say, therefore, without
hesitation, that the payment of no part
OF the debt should be postpOaed longer
than ten years. III the bonds are to be
retuuded, lei the right of payment at any
tme De expressly reserved to the State
fhe bankers aud men who have money
t' invest would doubtless like to have
long bonds. But the interest of the
state and not the wishes of investors
snolld be Consulted. The bonds Will
SAL as readily on short as long tIme, and
IL would be uuwise 10 flsten long debt
upon upon thepeople at the suggestion
OF Drexel Il Co. or any other capitalist,
oihker or broker, nor does the Sta q
neeh The Intervention of bankers or
brokers TO negotiate the sale of it's
ponds. The State Treasurer by adver-
using lor bids to the loan Can, we be-
heVe sell every bond at OF above mar in
isss than thirty days. We will only add
mat our own people should have the
preference 20 far as they may desire 70
ihyest IN the bonds, which should be OF
ulHsrent denominations so a. TO accom-
mouate persons Of limited means.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
DEATH OF A MINISTER'S WIFE

The wife Of Rev. Mr.. Chase, pastor of
CeciIton NJ. E. Church, died of consump-
ton, with which she has been suffering
for along time. Three weeks ago lit
tie daughter of the deceased died after
short illness OF Group. Mr.Cbase came to
the Wilmington Conference only recen-
tIy and with view to benefitng the
health of his wife. The sftlction has
been sad one, indeed, to him, but in
bis sorrow he has had the heartfelt sym
pathy oi his congregation who have done
everything in their power to console and
comfort him. Mr.. Chase started this
week 'or Troy, with remains of his wife
aud child. They will be Inferred there
IN the burial ground Of their relatives
Cecil Democrat.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
THIRD EDITION
Is THIs CnARLEY ROSS 2


: LONDON, Ont, Feb. 3. "A reporter
) osterday visited the boy supposed to
be Charley Ross. The much talked
vf boy recolleeted having lived in a
large city under the care of a woman
Lscalled Betsey. One day, while he
as playing in the street, two men
"rove upin buggy, and Immediately
seizing the lad, lifted him in and drove
away. He recollected nothing further
nutil his arrival among the Indians -
lie was placed in charge of an Indian
family on the 1uscarora Reserve, near
Brantford. In October last he found
. secure haven of rest with the kind
farmer in whose hands he at present
remains. The lad says he wore pin
afore frock and knickerbockers at the
time of the abduction.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
RECOVERY OF AN ANCESTRAL
ESTATE

John w Cullen, Esq, and wife yes
terday delivered deed Of purchase to
Professor Cornelius G. Comegys, NJ.
d., of Cincinnati, Ohio, of the old
homestead of the Comegys family,
known as Gherbourg This is one of
the best farms in the county of Kent,
and contains near 400 acres. Dir.
Comegys was born aud raised on the
place. lie is in the first rank IN his
p ofession as teacher and practitioner
III Cincinnati. His medical education
was acquired in Philadelphia and
Paris. Every one who knows him can
testify to his intense love and venera.
tion for his native State. He has
been waiting for years Tor the time
when it would be convenient to buy
the old place back into the family and
thus become proprietor of the home OF
his father and maternal ancestors. 1t
IS not, however, his sntention to re-
side upon it or leave CINCINNATI
DeLdNdredH.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
LOCAL TAME TABLE.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINoTON

FoR PHILADHAPHIA.-l.5s 2.2s, $50 I.U
$40 y.OO, v.44, lO.U2, lp.5O, a. M; H. 1928
f2.4s, ,2OS ASO, ,I.Ov, OH, 7.uO, 955, 1000, p. IN
on Sundays, LOS, 2~, S.lO.a. m.; 6sOO, 6.l7
FoR Sew YoRK.-l.5s, 2.2s6.so 100. 1882
am; I2.26, l2.4S, 2.Ls, 6.l7, p. IN. On
Sundays, LOS, 2.2s =. M. b.l7 p. m.
lz.5l, zUS, 2.l5, 7.s5, ,S.35, a. IN. IZ55, I.Oa
l5i.5.OO, 7.0e, p. m. On Sundays, l25l. 2.p3,
~, IS am.
FoR BALTIMORE, bay Line eonnection
T.O8 p, m. No sunday trains.
For NEW CAsTLR.-6.OO 40, a. M: l.Ds
800, $50, p. IN, No sunday trains,
FoR DELAWARE X. ls-9.30 a. M; l.Uo
$50, p. IN. No sunday trains.
For WILMINGTON 4 NoRTHERN X. Ii. -
90, a. M; 800. s.Oo p. m. No Sunuav
For DELAWARE WESTERN Il. R.-7.I5
ESQ a. M; $50 p. IN. No sunday traiI 6.
TRAINS ARRIVE IN WILMINGI uk
FROM PHILADELPHIA.-I2.i3. l.5S, 10.
..52, $50; 30, ~ M; I2.lo, Lao l.O2, 2.1J
i4J 40, 4oO,o ~, o.2o, 7.VO, o.UU. 49, u.lO y.
u. On sundays, lz.id, i.5S, 2.Oo, 7.32 lO.lv
a. M: ~ y. III.
FROM NEW YoRK.-l.5s. 2Os, 1862, D. ~, ID.
m; lx.i9, l.O2. 4.5O.7OO y. IN. onSu lays.
l.on, 2.uo, 7.5Z u. III.
FROM BALTIMoRE.-l.55, 2I7, 9.3S }. %. a
M; L2.zU, I-.4l, 100, 90, S.Aj, y. III. sun
days, .56, al a. IN. O.U7 Y.oO y. II.
FROM WAshINGrok.-l.5S, Az. q. IA.
I22J, 1881, Z.Uo, 6.OI, $50 p. IN. GA Sun
lays. 6.U7, v.5O p. IN,
FROM New CAsrLE.-s.4s. e.s5, I2lOa. m.;
S.lt, on y. IN. No sunday trains.
FRoM DELAWARE X. R.-s.oO, IL IN.
90 y. IN. No sunday trains.
From WILAIHGroN u NORTHERN X. H.
S.Ue, LIS a. NJ; o.45 p. In. No SUNDAY
trains.
FROM DELAwARR WESTERN X. R.-sU.
a. H. 10, y. IN. no SUNDAY trains.
RAINS EoR WILMINGTON LEAVE
PHILADELPHIA.
FROM BRoA b STREET AND W AsHINGToh
ANsSuH-7Uo, '., 5.I1, IU.1J, IA III, IL. u "a. IA
l.SJ, $40, 5.oO 40, 4.jJ, j.l1, GU 10 500
s.t1, lI.dO y. IN. On sundays, s.l5 a. In.
so, S.4J, il.JJ y. III.
FROM THIRTY SECOND AND MARkEq
SrkEEns. --7.oV, lido a. III l2.2J, 4.vU,
IN; I.UV d. III. On nuudays, l.U0, u IN.
NofE.-Ine black figures represent the
Limited Express" On wnlvn an extra
are is charged.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
THE FEBRUARY COURT.

The February term of Court, known
as the Quarter Sessions" will COM
nence Monday morning, in the new
Court House, til city. The usual
variety of criminal business will be
o rial, with the addition of the case
of VIM. Guthrie, for attempted rape,
unless his counsel should apply for and
be granted continuance until the
May term,
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
AGREAT INVENTION.

PARIS, Feb. 5.-The feminine world OF
Paris is greatly exercised over a new
machine invented by Frenchman for
10 manufacture OF real lAces. Its in.
Nsntor claims that 1t will manufacture
every lace yet made by the bCbbln. Ii IL
itihlls its promise 1t will, of course, pro-
luce an enormous depreciation in the
valuable wardrobes, and will be hailed
with great joy by all siIngy husbands.
AN INTEREsTING EXHIBITION.
L went yesterday to an experimental
xhiOltion of the machine AT a factory
ear Paris where l saw 1t at work. 1t is
certainly one OF the most ingenious
pieces OF mechanism ever Invented. IL
as four or five distinct movements on a
tngle bar, and initiates 5ob0In weAvluk
by the human hand 10 perfectlon.-
Ionde, Valenclennes aud thread laces
we're woven IN the presence ot the Wis
ors with extreme rapidIty, and IN III,
pinion OF several lady conuUlsseuls
present all the specimens shown, Will
one exception, were fully equal 10 lace.
made by hand.
The daily gazette., 1881-02-07
DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.

Nineteen deaths have been reported
to Z. B. Frazer, Registrar of Deaths
and Burials, as having occurred in
this city for the present week as fol-
lows:
Born in the United States, 10; white
0; black, 10; male, o; female, 10; Coro-
ner's cases, 2; brought here for inter
ment, 2; sent way, /; S ill born, 1;pre-
mature birth, /.
The deaths by Wards were First
Ward, 4; Second, /; Third, /; Fourth,
i Sixth, 5; Seventh, l; Eighth, /;
Ninth, 2; Tenth, 3.