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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-04

There who fail to get rich, and die poor
there others who fail in order to get rich and
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-04

The number of people in this world who have rheu-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-04

Nervous 1rritabty, scatica, and all painful Nervous
Diseases-A treatise by q well-known physician, a
specialist these subjects, concludes as follows;-
"Neuragia is Of the most painful Of diseases, and
Is attended with less nervous irritation. Sci
atica is also form Of neuralgia, and all painful ner-
vous diseases come under that name. Neuralgia means
nerve ache, and therefore you suffer with neural
gia in any part Of the body the nerves supplied
to every part
have for many years closely studied the cause Of
neuralgia and the nature Of the nervous system, with
the many diseases that Ia subject to- and have found
by actual experience that the true and primary cause
Of neuralgia is poverty Of the nervous fluid II be-
comes impoverished and poor, and IN some cases
starved not because the patient does not eat but be-
what is eaten Ia not appropriated to the nervous
system. There many causes for this, but DR.. @.
W. BeDson's Celery and Chamomile Pills have in my
hands proved perfect remedy for this condition and
these diseases.
Sold by all druggists. Price, 80 cents a box. De-
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Two hoxea for 81 sx boy for 400 10
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-04
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EVERY DAY!
LADIES', Gents and ChiIdren's
Underwear, all qualities.

LADIES', Gents and ChiIdren's
Underwear, all qualities.
Best line Of Bennington goods
yet---the best are the cheapest.
All who use them want them again.
Prices all right.
Splendid line ga and GA Elan
mel Suitings.
Black and COlOred Cashmeres at
prices that can't be beat.
Ladies', Children's and Misses
ClOaks, DOlmanS Il Walking Jack
cts, best styles and lowest prices.
New ShaWls-.-lOts Fringes, Vel
vets, Buttons, Gloves and Hosiery.
Headquarters for COrsets and all
kinds of small wares.
BIG STOCK OF LOWELL EX-
IRA CARPETS,
At less than Boston or New York
prices.
Cotton Chain Carpets, Hemps,
Oil Cloth, Rugs, Mats, &C., &C., all
cheap.
r7-COme and see them at the store
of
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
The Holy We'll at Mecca.

The princes Of Islam maintain at
Mecca keepers OF the Holy Well, who
annually supply them with water to be
used on great occasions and in great
emergencies, as when stricken with
disease. Every pilgrim to Mecca and
thousands come thither from all conn.
tries-visits the well and is purified by
drinking the water or pouring it over
his person, or both. The water is de-
scribed as unpleasant in taste and
cathartic in effect qualities which are
now to be accounted for without re-
course to miracle.
With Occidental irreverence the
British Consul General at Jeddah has
sent bottle of the water to the Royal
College of Chemistry at South Kensing-
ton to be analysed. DR.. E. Frankland,
in his report Of the analysis, says that
the water is Of the most abominable
character. "In fact, it is sewage more
than seven times as concentrated as
London sewage, and it contains no less
than 579 grains OF solid matters per
gallon. Knowing the composition of
this water, and the mode Of propagation
Of Asiatic cholera by excrementitious
matters, 1t is not to be wondered at that
outbreaks OF this disease should often
| <>oar,,. -, -, - III l.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
Preserving Autumn Leaves.

Last fall, writes a correspondent Of
the Ladies' Floral Cabinet, was particu-
larly rich in bright-colored leaves. I
entered into the business Of preserving
them with great ardor, and have been
well repaid for my trouble. All winter
my room was brilliant with their gay
colors, and they are still as beautiful as
when / broke them from the trees.
When pressed, leaves of solid color
do not have as striking an effect as
those with green or yellow centers
slightly touched with crimson on the
edges. Young maple trees usually have
brighter foliage than those of maturer
growth. Oak leaves, if sought early,
are sometimes found OF great brilliancy,
and these are particularly pretty be-
cause of their graceful form.
Handsomer decorative effects are pro-
duced with boughs or twigs than with
detached leaves. Three OF four graceful
branches form very handsome cor
nice for lace curtains, and there is no
richer frame for somber old engraving
than a few sprays Of many-colored
maple leaves, or cluster of graceful
oak leaves. The boughs themselves
form a pretty picture if tastefully
grouped and nailed against q white or
delicately tinted wall. Quite large
boughs may be pressed between news
papers, two thicknesses of newspapers
between each bough. The papers must
be changed every day for about ten
days, or the leaves will mildew and lose
all their brightness. Some people pre-
fer coarse brown paper, as that need be
changed only once in two days.
After the leaves are dry, sprinkle
them with resin, and pass hot iron
rapidly over them. Be careful not to
have the iron too hot, or the leaves will
shrivel up. Resin gives slight but
very beautiful gloss to the leaves and
preserves them better than prepared
varnish, linseed oil, paraffine and ice
water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
How Paris Walters Cheat.

III is, perhaps, not unnecessary to
caution readers, and more especially
those who are strangers to this city-a
fact which they may be sure the OBJ
servant Partisan viii at once detect
to look sharply after their change at all
cafes and restaurants, save few estab-
lishments where the honesty of the
walters il beyond suspicion. The Paris
waiter is not free from some very disa-
greeable characteristics, in spite of his
smoothness, celebrity and polish, and
among bis little failings is propensity
to flch whatever he can OF the coin be
fingers. The dishonest ruses Of the
walters are numerous. Some invari-
ably bring back the change for any sum
one or two sous short, by which means,
if regularly successful. considerable
sum may be amassed III time. Others,
flying at higher game, are overtaken by
such unaccountable fits of abstraction
when they are bringing back the
balance for ten-franc piece, for in
stance, that they only give change for
FIVE; or, il thecoin rendered be q louis,
for ten. In the case of the angry re-
monstrance which is made almost
always, to assume an air Of injured
innocence, and allege an error; while if,
with some absentlninded customer, the
trick goes down there is a five OF a ten
frame piece to their good without any
difficulty. Another Of the .schange-lift-
ing" lodges is to slip two Or three
coins under the bill for dinner when
bringing back the scattered remnants
OF the sum given to defray the cost Of
the repast. If the diner be large
minded-about money matters he care
Iessly pushes away the plate, which IL
removed as soon as possible. In
several large and well-conducted cafes
OF the boulevard, these and various in
genious devices are put in practice
every day, and as Id addition To their
disagreeable little pilfering qualities
the walters are often rude and aggres-
sive to an almost disconcerting degree,
knaves knowing full we'll what legal
obstacles prevent one in France from
gaming an insolent lackey-we would
recommend the interesting Ganymedes
Of these establishments to turn high
way robbers at once.-P Paris american
Reqistsr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
NUMBER 10.
WORDS or WISDOM.

The intellect Of the wiseis like glass
it admits the light and reflects II.
A mans character is like . fence-it
cannot be strengthened BY whitewash.
The virtue Of prosperity il temper
ance, the virtue Of adversely is forti-
tude.
A house il no home unless if contains
food and fire for the mind as well as for
the body.
We have but.few faults which are
not more excusable than the means We
employ to hide them
Do you know that wise and good
man does nothing for appearance, but
everything for the sake Of having acted
well.
A holy life is a voice il speaks
when the tongue is silent, and Is neither
a constant attraction nor pepetuAl r.
proof
Though ayarice viii preserve q man
from being necessitouzIy poor, It gen.
orally makes him too timorous to be-
wealthy.
1t is ever proof that the falsehood
Of proposition is felt By those who use
coercion, not reasoning to procure its
admission
Reflect upon your present blessings,
Of which every man has many; not on
your past misfortunes, of which all men
have some.
When Mohammed captured Mecca.
which had been regarded for ages by
his countrymen as place Of peculiar
sanctity, he interfered with the worship
Of the Black Stone (ptobably meteo-
rite) which the angels had brought from
heaven, and Of the Zemzem, Or Holy
Well Of Hagar, only 80 TAR a. to sup
press the ancient polytheistic rites
This we'll is close beside the Caaba OF
Square House, the chief sanctuary Q
the Mohammedan world.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.


The frst Normal school in America
was established in Concord, vt, in
1928.
Intimidation was practiced by the
Egyptians from the most remote period
to the sixth century Of the Christian
era.
Forks are mentioned in charter Of
Ferdinand I. Of Spain. 11O1. They
were introduced into England il the
sixteenth century.
Among the Greeks of the time Of
Homer, tables were not covered with
linen, but were carefully wiped between
the courses with wet sponges.
On the Colorado desert species Of
tortoise grows TO weight Of twenty
five pounds, and the meat Of this is
considered great delicacy among the
Indians.
Porcelain comes 'front.' the Portuguese
word porcelana, which means cups.
The name was adopted from the fact Of
the Portuguese having been the first
importers Of the ware from China.
Hidage, in former English days, was
royal aid or tribute raised in such
proportion on every hide of land. The
hide Of land, or plosO land, was as much
as one plow could cultivate in a year.
In the reign Of Charles II. the people
ate no supper, but took buttered ale,
composed of sugar, spice, butter and
beer brewed without hops, as substi-
tute for the wine used among the
rich.
A recent historian writes of Russian
peasants that in some parts Of the
country they take the weekly yapor
bath, which plays an important part in
their lives, in the household oven,
where the bread is baked
From the Norman conquest to the
accession Of Queen Mary, a period Of
nearly five hundred years, there is not
a single instance when the female heir
to the English throne has not been for
cibly deprived Of her regal rights.
When We say OF shiftIess fellow
that he does not e'earn his SALT we
allude to an ancient custom among the
Romans. Among them a man was said
to be in possession Of salary who had
his saloriuns, his allowance of salt
money, or Of salt, wherewith to flavor
the food by which he lived. Thus
''salaryn comes from salt" and in this
view Of the word, how many there are
who do not earn their salt"
A gentleman had his curiosity
aroused, while the trees were covered
thickly with ice, as to the relative
weight of the ice and wood it surround
ed. So he cut off q limb and found
that it weighed two and three quarter
pounds after the ice was melted it
weighed two ounces. Two hours later
another trial was made; at first the
limb weighed four and one half pounds; /;
after the ice was removed it weighed
three ounces. Another trial showed
weight of thirty two pounds, while the
limb alone weighed two pounds, making
thirty pounds Of ice.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
Lookinu.GIass supsrstitlons.

Most readers are no doubt acquainted
with Bonaparte's superstitions regard
ing the breaking of looking glass.
During one Of his campaigns in Italy he
broke the glass over Josephine's por-
trait. So disturbed was he at this, as
he thought. ominous occurrence, that
he never rested until the return of the
courier whom he had forthwith dis
patched to convince himself Of her
safety, so strong was the impression Of
her death upon his mind.
In Cornwall, breaking looking. glass
is believed to insure seven years of sor-
row; and Yorkshire pro7erb informs
us that q Y an unfortunate occurrence
entails ''se7en years trouble but no
want" In Scotland, to smash look
ing-glass hanging against wall is re-
garded as an infallible sign that amem-
Der Of the family will shortly die.
Grose, alluding to this superstition,
says it foretells the speedy decease of
the master Of the house. It has been
suggested that this popular fancy dates
very many years back, and probably
originated in the destruction Of the re-
fected human image an interesting IL
lustration OF how the association of
ideas in the formation Of superstition is
often determined by mere analogy.
In thesouth of England it is regarded
as highly unlucky for bride On her
wedding day to look in the glass, when
she is completely dressed, before start
ing for the church. Hence very great
care is usually taken to put on glove
or some slight article Of adornment
after the last lingering and reluctant
look has been taken in the mirror.
The idea, we are informed, is that
any young lady who is too fond Of the
looking glass win be unfortunate when
married. This il not, however, the
only way in which superstition inter-
feres with the grown-up maiden's peep
in the looking glass. Thus, Swedish
damsels are afraid Of looking in the
glass after dark, or BY candlelight. lest
by SO doing they forfeit the good will
Of the other sex. On the other hand,
in England the looking glass occasion
ally holds prominent position in love
divinations..
Belgian girls who desire to see their
husbands in dream lay their garters
crosswise at thefoot Of the bed and a
looking glass under their pillow in
the glass they believe the desired image
Will appear. The practice Of covering
or removing the looking glass from the
chamber Of death still prevails in some
places.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
The Demand for Cows.

Food and Health, published in New
York, says That there is scarcity of
COWS in this country il plain. Prices
have been going higher for some time
and the demand is sharp. There is no
immediate prospect that lower prices
Will rule very soon. The increasing
consumption of dairy products at home
and abroad is one thing that keeps
prices high. Besides there is
stronger demand in towns and cities for
good milch cows than has been known
heretofore. A large number Of persons,
whose means admit Of keeping COW
for their own use, prefer doing 20 than
to pay for milk largely diluted with
water. An exchange published west
Of us says that butchers have nearly al
much trouble to get stock as the
dealers. and have to pay steadily stiffen-
ing prices. The shipments to Europ
and the immensely increased demand
for meat in our country will shortly
divert the attention of farmers in Tho
Mississippi Valley more exclusively to
the production Of beef and mutton and
less to wheat. Our dairymen viii have
to manage their COWS better and get
more milk from q smaller number until
they can raise some Of their own, d
thing they will be Obliged to do for
economic reasons Farmers viii have
study up and apply tho methods nf
business men ID their business.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03

deficit Of SO, 900. smaller deficit than
the board has been able to report for
a few years past.
II there is subject vitality important
to the welfare Of civilized community
it is that all matters affecting the physi-
cal health Of it's people should be thor
oughly supervised. The declaration
of Independence wisely places "the
right to life " asthe first right our gov
ernment was instituted to secure to all
the human beings under its charge.
Whatsoever injuriously affects that, the
Sentry holds to be fitting subject for
Legislative condemnation and annihi-
lation, whether it be found in the food
Of the people or in the way in which,
in some cities, they are housed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
dear little Trip barking until he was

dear little Trip barking until be was
hqarse."
81 wouldn't stay here if you would
pay me thousand dollars week, said
Mrs. Montagu Prout, thinking Of her
pink silk party dresses and twelve-button
kid gloves.
We'll" said Uncle jerks, drily, cit
amt Just the location should have
selected for summer residence, but
amt going off to leave Hugh and his
wife while / can manage to be useful to
them r.
So the company departed, with various
adieux and insincere protestations of
regard, and only Uncle jerks was left.
And then Mr.. Haven took his cigar out
from between his lips.
"Uncle jerks" said he, suppose we
go up and see how the carpenters and
painters are getting along with the CON
servatory up at the housel"
"At what house ?" said Uncle jerks.
Mine" said Mr.. Haven.
Don't you live here~ said Uncle
jerks.
s'Not all the time" said Mr.. Haven.
"We only came here to accommodate
such Of our relations as merely desire
to make convenience of ne.
"Ohr' said Uncle jerks, slow smile
beginning to break over his shrewd,
brown face.
And Mary Haven confessed chat her
husbands advice had proved its own
excellence.
Uncle jerks, the only one Of the
troop who really cared two straws for
them. was with them still-the rest had
all been frightened away by the rusti-
cities of the Lake Wiscomac cottage.
'And / wish them bon voyage r. said
Mr.. Haven, calmly.
$50 do l." agreed Mary.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03
RELIGIOUS READING.


SEEhkSE 9t4MBrH ttuEs
A bad habit, one which harnesses soul
and body for years, is hard to eradicate,
Few who have tried in their own
strength to overcome one Of these
| tyrants have come off conquerors. Su,
perhuman aid is needed to insure vic
tory. fact supported by experience and
illustrated by this anecdote told in the
AdUdace
Striker Stowe was a tall, powerful
Scotchman, whose position as Boss
Striker at the steel works made him
generally known. Nearly all Of the
men in his department were hard
drinkers, and he was no exception to
the rule.
But one day ii was announced among
the workmen that he had become re-
ligious, and sure enough, when pressed
to take drink he said, =,
:" ] shall never drink mair, lads. Ma
droonkard can inherit the kingdom O.
God.H
The knowing ones smiled, and said,
g Wait bit. Wait until hot weather.
until July. When he gets as dry as a
gravel-pit he viii give in. He can't
help it."
But right through the hottest months
he toiled, the sweat pouring off in
streams ; yet he seemed never to be
tempted to drink.
Finally, as / was taking the mems
time. one evening, I stopped and spoke
with him. r Stowe" said i, "you
used to take considerable liquor. Don't
you miss it ~
"Yes," said he, emphatically.
"How do you manage to keep away
from itg'
"weel. just this way. 1t is now tan
o'clock, isn't ti"
"Yes."
Weel, to-day is the twentieth o the
month. From seven till eight, | asked
that the Lord would halp me. He did
SO an ! put down dot on the calen-
dar, right near the twenty.
"From eight till nine He KEEP me,
and I put down another dot. From
nine till tan He's lep' me. an moo gle
Him the glory as I put down the third
dot.
"Just as I mark these, I pray, %
Lord halp me-halp me to fight it off
for another hour"
"Hcw long shall you keep this up ?"
/ inquired.
SAL O my life," was the earnest
reply. cit keeps me sac full o peace
an happiness that I wouldna gle it up
or anythin G.
"It is just as if He tookame by the
hand and said, 'Wark ava, Striker
Stowe, I'm WI he. Dinna' be fearful.
You teek care O yeer regular work an
I'll see to the dell an the thirst, an
they shillna trouble ye.'"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-11-03

The Roman Catholic Church claims
to have 4O0, 900 converts in China.
The $4,000 Methodists in Iowa. it is
stated, are building churches at the rate
of one every fortnight.
A pastor in one OF the Western Pres
byterian churches has formed q Bible
class to study the revised New Testa-
ment.
The autograph of Martin Luther was
recently sold for $3.50; that of Melanc-
thon for $50, and that Of voltaire for
s2,25O.
Mr.. William P. West, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, has left 100000 to Tufts
College, the principal literary institu-
ton Of the Universalists.
DIR. E. w. Herndon, of Columbia,
Mo-, proposes to publish a quarterly
review representative OF the principles
Of the Disciples Of Christ.
A preachers institute, TO train young
men for the lay ministry, is to be
organized in connection with the gen.
eral Baptist churches in London.
A collection recently taken up by
the King Of Sweden for the benefit Of
q Lutheran church in Philadelphia has
produced about 600 crowns, or 81, 800.
Mayor Kalloch, Of San Francisco,
has Withdrawn from his Baptist CON
nections, and henceforth the church
to which he breaches will be indepen-
dent.
The British Wesleyan Church reports
this year in Great Britain $50, ,956 mem
bers and 80, ,707 on trial. The num-
Der OF new members fully received is
1854.
The visit of DR.. Sheldon Jackson to
Alaska is for the purpose Of erecting two
mission chapels there. He is known as
the Presbyterian Home Missionary
Bishop.
The first Presbyterian church in
Canton, China. was organized nineteen
years ago with six members. Now
there are three organized churches,
with nearly 400 members.
Twelve Presbyterian churches in the
United States return ] 200 members and
over, and 56 churches more than 500
members. DR.. Cuyler's and DR.. Tai
mage's churches in Brooklyn lead the
list
The Rev. John A. Lansing locke
up in New York, has .teen unable to
give bail, on the charge Of swindlinp
Mrs. Upham, the widow Of Professor
T. O. Uphan, Of Bowdoin College, oi
$14,0 900.
The Methodist Episcopal mission te
the Chinese in California, employing {
missionaries and 10 teachers, has 5 sta.
tions, 4 native helpers, III church
members. and 800 scholars in the
schools.
The receipts Of the American Board
for the financial year just closed wers
s451, ,214. The year closes with