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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Coffee Tarerns.

An English lady writes that coffee
taverns are not only great promoters of
temperance, but also pay their way as
investment. One Of the best coffee tav-
erns is in town in Hertfordshire. The
window lis painted halfway up, show
ing the words "Ooffee Tavern" and
above hangs small sign telling that
lodging can be had, and nice, neat rooms
they are, with pretty frilled muslin cur
tains, fit for lady's boudoir.
The large shop is fitted up with coun-
ters for the huge tea and coffee urns;
small tables are dotted about, as in a
foreign restaurant, and at the side there
is large table given up to newspapers
and magazines; in the bar parlor there
is bagateile board.
If properly managed, the experience
of most of those who have established
coffee taverns over the country is, that
they are not only self-supporting, but
remunerative; and TO bring this about
the eatables and drinkables must be Of
the best, and the place rendered as at
tractiye as possible. Such establish
ments are calculated to improve, raise
and refine the general character Of the
people. A breakfast cup Of tea or coffee
is sold at the rate of two cents, and a
slice of bread and butter for one cent.
The cheap coffee restaurants here charge
five cents, and the stuff is anything but
inviting; the places, too, are dingy and
miserable looking.
LIST the temperance people get up q
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20


in his hand, but he was not allowed
time to use it-a club descended vigor-
ously npon his head and felled him to
the ground.
A woman, distracted with terror, at
this moment threw herself on the post
mans body.
"Ohl how wretched I am r. cried she.
foresaw it; he has killed him !"
Madam Andre had not been able to
subdue her uneasiness and, at the hour
she supposed her husband ought TO ar
rive, she had come to wait for him; at
the report of the gun, she had run for
ward precipitately.
Jeanne" said her husbsnd to her,
reassure yourself; T am unhurt p
It was not you? Who then has he
assassinated ?"
They bent over Martins body, and
recognized him in the moonlight which
at that instant Illuminated his face and
uniform.
The husband and wife carried him to
their home, where he lived only twenty
four hours. He related how he had
allowed to be stolen from him theletter
in which Georges Andre had announced
his return, and how he had decided to
prevent, at any price, the consequences
of his negligence, even if he should be
compelled to offer his life in exchange
for that Of the factor Of family whom
he had involuntarily helped to place in
peril.
Obscure victim of duty, he had added
another act to the list OF those unknown
sacrifices which are made daily, without
being encouraged by the hope Of any
recompense, without even having for
indemni6cation the remembrance they
should leave behind him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Duration Of Life.

Baron g. +. Kolb, German statisti.
clan, has recently published the results
of his researches upon the duration Of
life in countries where records of this
character are kept with some approach
to accuracy. His figures show connlu-
sively that every advance In healthful
and profitable labor, in morality and in
useful knowledge, increases the Ion
gevity Of the people. Baron Kolb gives
statistics which are startling In the
enormous difference of the NOR ality
rates they disclose; for they show that
while among infants sucked by their
mothers 1872 per cent. die during the
FIST year, no fewer than eighty per
cent. die among those brought up in in-
stitutions. The influence OF the anxiety
of providing for bare subsistence is q
potent factor in shortening tho lives Of
the laboring classes, for the baron finds
that, taking thousand welI-to-do per-
sons and the same number of poor per.
sons, at the end Of five years there viii
remain of the prosperous 943, Of the
poor only 655, a difference which goes
on increasing, until at the end of seventy
years the numbers viii be respectively
234 and sixty The average dura-
tion Of life among the prosperous he
puts at fifty years; Of the poor at thirty
two wears.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

The poets corner in Westminster Ab
bey is indebted for its renown To tha
great names of the mighty dead who lie
within its gloomy walls. Ohaueer wna
buried in 1400 In the cIoisterB nf thn
Abbey, without the building, but re-
moved TO the south aisle In 1555. Her
bert Spencer lies near him. Beaumont
Brsyton, CowIey, Denham, Dryden,
Gay, Rowe, Ben Jonson, Sheridan.
Oongreve, CHARLES Dickens, Campbell
David Garrick, all lie within Westmin-
ster Abbey Izaak Walton's grave An
in Silkstede's chapel, near thn
city of Winchester. Shelley's body
was cremated, but his heart, which
would not take the fame, is now pre-
served in spirits of wine. Shakespeare
was buried in the chancel of the church
at Stratford. Dean Swift Is buried Ia
the churchyard Of st. Pafrick's, Dnblins
Milton in ST. Giles, Cripplegate; Chap
man and Shirley at st. Giles, ID the
Fields; Fletcher and Philip Massingar
in the churchyard Of st. SaviOr's, South
wark; Thomas Oiway's burial place -
not known; Samuel Butler In tho
churehyard cfSt. PauTs, C0Tent GaTdens
4AdAAO BOAuO "a. Z dul > DcyDACAp5 LII N4ttt-
Waller in Beaconfeld churehyardS
Thomas Gray in the churchyard On
Stoke-Pogis. where he conceived his
Elegy;9 William Cowper in the church
at Dereham Oliver Goldsmith id the
churchyard of the Temple church
William Falconer was drowned at Sea
Lord Byron in the chanceI of tha
church at Hncknall. near Newstead
abbey; Sir Walter Scott in DrybHrgh
abbey !; Robert Burns in ST. Michaera
churchyard, Dumfries Samuel Cole
ridge in the church at Hi-hgate
Southey in Crostnwaite church. rear
Keswick Chatterton in the church
yard belonging to the parish 0f
st. Andrews, Holburn DR. Watts
and John Bunyan in the vii
cinity Of the celebrated chapel called
the Tabernacle of Good Old Whitfield;
Thomas Hood, Douglas Jerrold aud
William Thackeray are buried ID Ken
sal Green cemetery; Wordsworth IN he
pleasant hills Of Wess essmoreland; Thomas
Carlyle il the churchyard of Eccles-
fechan, Scotland; George Washington
at Mount Vernon; Audubon in Calvary
cemetery, New York; Nathaniel Haw-
thorn under a group of pines on the
brow Of hill in Sleepy Hollow cenle-
tery, Concord, Mass; William Cullen
Bryant in Greenwood cemetery, New
York; Washington Irving at SunnYside,
on the banks of the Hudson. and Edgar
Allan Poe in a cemetery in Baltimore.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
A Cows end.

The situation, the structure and THE
size Of the rumen or paunch point it ont
as the first and general receptacle for
the food, which receives in the mouth
only sufficient mastication to enable the
animal to swallow it. When swallowed
it is then received by the rumen, and
morsel after morsel is taken until this,
the first of the animals four stomachs,
is comparatively full. A sense of w.
pletion precedes rumination, during
which act this animal generally prefers
q recumbent posture. 1t is not to ba
supposed that all food taken is again
ruminated it il only the bulky 0E
solid portions that undergo the process.
When the rumen is moderately full 1T
will contract on its contents, nnd frst
squeeze out the fluid portions, which
will pass onward into the third OK fourth
stomaehs, while the solid part wiAA ba
embraced by the nsophagua oE stomach
pipe, and returned to the mouth BT
The term 4 loss Of the cud is meant NJ
cessation Of the chewing of the end.
| which occurs as symptom oi mnst ann
ternaI disease Ill cattle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Thc Farming we Need.

A correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph says: The time has now
come when nothing but high farming
will pay in this section Of ,country,
since the cheap and fertile lands of the
West are brought into such close and
sharp competition by cheap freights
and rapid transit. Old habits which
are not now paying must be abandoned,
and newer and better paying ones
adopted. Every acre of tillable land
must be made to yield its treasures with
the least possible expense. When one
hundred bushels of corn per acre can
be produced, we must not be satisfied
with fifty bushels. If new imple-
ment can do the work of two men with
an old one, the old one should be
laid by and the new one used. II there
is not enough manure to go all over the
common ground, we must buy some
well-tried fertilizer that will increase
the product. 1t is all folly to continue
to farm poor land when it is possible to
enrich it. The expense of farming poor
land is greater than that attending richer
land, and the labor more discouraging.
There must be moro general attention
given to dairy products, the cultivation
of small fruits and the raising Of poul-
try. The oldsystem of pastIirage will
have to give way before the onward
march Of soiling and the no-fencing sys-
tenn. The road master, with his gang
Of full hands and half-grown boys,
must yield to the new road scraper and
smoother. To which we may add that
the time has arrived, even in our neigh
boring counties, where more systematic
method and higher farming are expe-
dient, in order to produce satisfactory
results. On our best bottom land the
Eold corn and hay and clover methods
may yet satisfy the farmer, but even he
could experience benefit by needing the
admonitions Of the above extract.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Life,s True Significance.

Deeper than all sense of seeing
Lies the secret source of being,
And the soul with truth agreeing,
Learns to live in thoughts and deeds;
For the life is more than raiment,
And the earth is pledged for payment
Unto man for all his needs.
Nature is our common mother,
Every living man our brother,
Therefore let us serve each other;
Not to meet the laws behests,
But because through cheerful giving
We shall learn the art of living;
And TO live and serve is best.
Life is more than what man fancies
Not game of idle chances;
But it steadily advances
Up the the rugged heights of time,
Till each complex web Of trouble,
Every sad hopes broken bubble,
Hath meaning most sublime.
More of religion, less ofprofession;
More of f1rmness, less concession;
More of freedom, less oppression,
In the church and in the state;
More OF life and less of fashion;
More oflove and less of passion;
That will make US good and great.
When true hearts divinely gifted,
From the chaff of error gifted,
On their crosses are uplifted,
Shall the world most clearly see
That earth's greatest time of trial
Calls for holy self-denial,
Calls on men to do and be.
But forever and forever
Let it be the souls endeavor
Love from hatred to dissever,
And in whatsoe'er we do
Won by loves eternal beauty,
To our highest sense Of duty
Evermore be firm and true.
-Strdtford Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


A writer in an exchange says: No
farmer who has owned head Of i'm
proved poll cattle will ever again have
cattle with horns. A dozen Of the
polled cattle will drink at the same
time from trough which would accom-
modate but one animal having horns.
The same number will crowd together
under shed for shelter the whole space
which one horned animal would CON
slider necessary for its comfort, driving
its fellows out. With these polled cat
tie the farmer and the shipper Of stock
need have no fear of damage resulting
from the goring of horns. There is
now a demand from all parts Of the
country for young bulls OF this breed,
the progeny from cross of these on
horned cows being for the most part
hornless. The bulls are notably quiet.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
NUMBER g..

plains. So quickly does the eucalyptus
grow that plant three feet high, sat
in the ground near Mentone in 1863,
had attained in 1874 height Of ov9E
fifty feet and diameter of forty inches
three feet from the ground.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

An italian naturalist has been study
ing the eucalyptus tree, and finds it as
valuable for destroying miasma as the
most sanguine Californians have ever
claimed it to be. 1t has extraordinary
powers of absorption, the trunk of a
full tree taking up ten times its
own weight Of water from the soil in
which it stands. This alone is often
enough to purify fever district, the
superhuous miasma- breeding moisture
in the earth being absorbed by the tree.
Experiments with eucalyptus planting
in miasmatic regions have given sur
prising results. The vicinity of the
Convent Dele tire Fontane, near Rome,
was one CT the most pestilental spots in
Italy, but monks sent there in 1868 to
plant groves Of these trees made it q
healthful region within five years. On
farm near the Algerian borders, where
previously no human being could live
for any length of time. ], 300 eucalyptus
plants set in 1867 have counteracted
every tendency to fever. Similar ex-
periments have been successful also in
Alsace and Lorraine. The home of the
tree is in Australia and Tasmania. Ii
composes in great measure the forests
of Australia. In California all varie-
ties of the tree are To Be found. 1t Il
planted there chiefly on account OF its
rapid growth, to obtain shade and wood
land On some of the otherwise treeles'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

AOeal e. - l. =, oH-s ,,.'
The Southern States suffered largely
from the drought, and Ehs corn crop in
Kentucky reaches only 40, 500, 500 IN
1881 against Sc, 6,039, 600 In 1880, Ten
nessee reports a shortagel5f If forty-eight
per cent.-Virginia and Texas forty per
cent and nearly the same for West
Virginia. Altogether the corn crop of
the United States of 1881 is short about
one-third Of usual yield.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

Mr.. Arthur is thesixth President who
went wifeless to the White House. His
predecessors in this respect were Jeffer-
son, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler
and Buchanan, Oil but the bachelor
Buchanan having been widcwers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Wheat and Corn Crops.

The wheat and corn crops for 1881
are given in summary published by
BradstresfS, of New York. A recapitu-
Iation Of the returns shows a total
ame unit Of yields Of wheat IN 1881 as
follows:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

1t appears that If any one wants to go
out in the ocean three miles from the
American or British shore and cut a
telegraph cable he can do 80 with i'm
punity. No country would have iuris-
diction over him. It would not seem
that there could be much danger Of
cable-cutting SO far out, but the elec-
trio congress in Paris wants protective
measures taken.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

Aotai- .-.... ooo, So<I uvy
This is against 4SO, 600, 600 bushels in
1880, showing a loss Of Ill, ,U3S, ,000
bushels.
Returns Of the corn crop are less
favorable than those Of wheat. Sum
married the corn crop of 1881 Is as fol-
1oxuc-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

An Ohio farmer says: During he
winter and spring gather together all
the fine manure ! can, such as hog
manure with the cobs raked out, hen
manure, barnyard scrapings, etc. After
the melons are planted I load this mix
ture on the wagon, and if not wet
enough throw few pals Of water on
it, drive into the field and straddle one
row, and with another hand take two
rows, one on each side OF the wagon,
and put small shovelful of this mix
ture on each hill. By soaking the seed
before planting over night, it will be
necessary then to examine a few hills
in course of five days, to see if they
are making their way though the inch
of dirt that was first covered on seed !;
if SO, then the manure should be showed
to one side with the back of a rake.
After the melons are beginning to get
their third leaf, I take mixture Of
two-thirds of Stacked lime, one third
plaster, and dose each hill with about
half spoonful, getting the greater part
on the dirt around the plants. With
this method I get 1000 good, salable
melons per acre, and always get pre-
MUM at our county fairs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20
Weeds.


How shall we kill weeds and how rid
the soil of the species? A very simple
matter indeed, if we would use the same
common sense Shown in other things.
Will a field of corr, oats or wheat, or a
hill of squashes or melons produce good
seed if cut close to the ground just, as
the flowers are forming? Every annual
plant or weed we know of viii surely
die if cut at the surface just before it
blooms. Gut a little higher, above q
portion Of the leaves, and life may be
continued until new sprouts come out,
which, in time, may produce seeds. In
ordinary cultivation we are quite apt to
keep root and top together, and to let a
portion of the roots remain In contact
with moist earth. Weeds treated in this
way do not make so handsome growth,
but they will continue the species quite
well enough. A young plant, buried
root and branch in the soil to a good
depth, will surely die. 1t must have
air, warmth and sunlight. Ordinary
cultivation early In the season kills the
larger part Of the weeds Of a field, and
If cultivation were frequent enough and
thorough it would kill everything that
grows from the ground. In season
moist enough to sprout seeds it takes
but very few weeks to rid a field
almost absolutely of both weeds and
weed seeds. A plow, harrow and roller
are all the tools needed. Plow 70
bring up the seeds from the under soil
and harrow Just as often as a crop of
seeds start, rolling the ground each time
to compact the soil that other seeds may
germinate A dry season is not half so
good as wet one for killing weeds by
this method Almost all our dooryards
and barnyards are nurseries of weeds,
from which continual streams are fow-
ing unobserved to other parts of the
farm. .-Neac England Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

Vaccination as practiced in China has
two peculiar features. The subject is
not operated on the arm or leg. but in
the nose; and the government, while it
does not compel people to submit to
the operation, practically reaches the
same end that it would by doing SO, by
offering to parents for every child vac
cinated premium of 100 copper cash,
which amounts to about ten cents, and,
for poor Ohinaman in his own country
a sum not altogether to be despised.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-20

The Mormon priests, in their ser
mons, are telling their deluded follow
ers that if they had been called they
could have saved the Presidents life
simply by laying on of hands. The
Salt Lake Tribune, a fearless paper,
that has for years been painful thorn
in the side of the Mormon church, per-
tinently asks the wise healers: Why
didn't they save their Prophet Brigham
in that way2 Why didn't they save the
sixty Mormon children that died in
Salt Lake in August by that simple
process? The frauds shouldn't all
answer at once"
, 1881-06-02

At present these streets nro brushul by hand IN
daytime, and undor tho new contract they will
be cleaned at night. when tho dust mud dirt will
not annoy rcopso.
THE following building permits wcro Issued
yesterday: william Nietnan1. twO.Btoty DWELL
INK, II by ~ feet, l,0 Lincoln street, to coat
f.,o0: William John, oMe-story cottage, q by
4 iGot, 20 smnuriar struet; to cost fi.Mo: =.
IL by &! fcet ,yun Huron u,ld l.asl,, streets. q
cost SOON: W. II; Gnant. iwn,stnry and ln,se.
,nent dwcIi,la. ~ By T feet: West Moarne md
ptnllnn STRUTS. 10 inst II .4O0; JnIntsu Tull.
!nau. tlrcr.story and cellar .t,yeill,s. u by q
f:ct. Sc@y.,s'sn,r @ s,, strut. ncnr NHsth avGn,r t.
by i, toct, Nineteenth street, ne1s l,ae
f,sa 3r,Sk nn.en,t i,,, Sy H. T: fvsot t,.sa 9
twt-atory dwelling, 2lM by ~ fert, .aSeU UaEhicl
street. to cost 81 ,Stl; John Fulton. onc-story
ltobcy st!cct, to cost Il 1us,: j. Q: A'at,s: i've
story and basement atore. d3 by 1lN feet. 4, ~,
and @:9 WRbaat, avenue. to eost s6oMo; T: isaR-
Kerty, brick basement, ~ by 10 fcct III Mtltun
md basement trunk Factory = ~ 10 fce. rnlk,
erly, ior a!x;.tory ana basement stonc-fr9nt
business building and thoatro, ~ by lHl flet, l0I
lut, lO3, and ITO Monroe strcok, to cost $lhD,QD.
, 1881-06-02
CORNERSTONE LAYING.
Laying or tho Cornerstone Of the New
Cptsr4~zzouse ut Marion, 1std.t by tho
N1nAons md Odd-NettosvNs

Laying or tho Cornerstone Of the New
Ntn%ons md Odd-Fetfosvs.
Special DApateh to 1hs Chicago 7rtbuns.
MARION, Ind, Juno 1.-The lnrEest crowd TINT
over 8,lthorGd Ia Marion wus present to-t1ay to
witness tic laying Of tho cori,er- r-stone OF tho
nav Grant County Conrt-Ifouso. This event
closes tho ilftioth year of tho settlement OF tho
couiitY a,i,l town. Tho old Co,rt- House, which
gives way for tho now. WIS built forty-ono years
ago. 1twas l'llt FROM tho proceeds Of the salo
Of town lots donated to tho county by
tho poopio who laid out tho county-aoat.
1t cost "a 100, and was regarded at that
tln,o aa Il magnificent structure. thnt would
meet tho wnnts Of tho county for tho
next two hundred years, hut Gro onc-quartor Of
TINT tin,o had kuno It had TO give way for new
Btrnctnre4 which will cost, wtDn finished,
Fl33 CO. or more. The MusOnic and Odd Fel,Owa'
fratornittes OF Central Indiana wcro present to
perform tho ceremony t}rund Master Frntlur.
Df tho Grand a[asunlc Lodge, Mssfstel ny 0ther
Masonic 1ft!elats. d!l the speculative plrt of tho
york. snl nrsnd % , NastGr r. ,Causaek. or the r..
aN urhtiou Of mi hour In lnnKth, that wus one Of
the best efforts OF hts life. rho many things
conccrnlnR tho history Uf the plst and present
Of Tho county and town wore deposited tn tho
cnrner-afotte. Tho day whs bot. and but for tho
excellent water-Wnrks OF tho tuwn dronphitiY
the streets With wltcr the dust would hAvo been
tntofcrable. The day was n memorable unc In
pHoplo. Will not TO disappointing! IN the now
Court-Gfuilae, which they clasln will be second to
none outside Ut IntliArapolis for bcnuty and III
ness for tho purpose tor which IL Is designed.
, 1881-06-02
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK,

Tho Supreme Court or California Do
clure1 El,oan Not bio IL onuons
for Tho Opinion.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL, Juno 1.-Tho Supreme
Court bus dunicd tho application Ut John II.
Isurke for writ OF usauJamus to compel tho
Assessor to nsscss certificates Of stock.
lit lccldlnK tho ansp, Justice tt0as. In detfvcr-
inR tho opinion, held that tho Constitution VI
tho htMte Aucs not require Or nuthurzc dnub!n
taxutlon. On thu contrary, It's language otearIy
ssts of Its franchise and sugh otsior proporty W
tho corporation nay own. Whs.l, tharckare, n1l
Of tho property OF 4 corporation Ia M&Bgasua Its
franchise nIl1 Mtt OF itB Utlcr property of ntcrk
curpHrtuo IL AGsCssGtt ltld tho ntu9ldAtC Ut tho
Constitution Ia compiled with. This property ta
hell by tho corporation IN tr.lal fHr thu stDuls
hoit1rs. who hro ownprs ut 1t and u cprtn|n pro-
portion called shnres, and wlllc, lr0 usually
evidenced by oertttlcutes nf stock. A sharo Ut
ouch stockho!slor Ii undoubtedly property, but
1t ls III Interest In tho vDry property held by the
corporatl0u,-nothIng ln0rc. When tho pruper-
ty or tho corpOrMtfon Is aasessn.t ind tho tux
thereon paid. whO hut tho stockholders pay 1T
the corporation hatnro tho n,uney shorcsn is
dvdul hut II Is substantially tho sIsrnc thing rs
II paid from the poaketa Ut tho Individual stock
holders.
Justices Bharpsteiu, Mckee, Thqrnton, and
McaeInsley CONCUR In the decision. Clef.1ns-
tlcn Morrison conulira 81 fur ns tho opInlhn re-
latrs TO savings bunk deposits, expressing MU
tiiicatos OF Stock Jlxtigo Mulstck cotlours, ox-
copt ia to tho assessment Ut EavlnHa-bank d.
pod!ts, OH which subject hn Expresses tiu upln-
iul. III business etrcies tho decision gives gr9Ae
BattsfnotOl 4t,d ia considered to hAyc i'm lm-
portant bcarlug on tho intcrests OF tho SMta. a.