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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
The Tears cf Animals.

The monkey tribe is grotesquely like
man even in the display Of his Joy and
sorrow. Many Of them actually smile
when amused. The broad grin which
is usually associated with q sense of fun
is developed in the orang outang, and
was also observed by Livingstone in the
soko. The laughter Of certain apes is
said to be analogous to mans own, in
that it is noisy and hilarious. So close,
indeed, is the resemblance that the
grave Turks compare laughing Western
Europeans to apes. The chimpanzees
if tickled, chuckles. Livingstone de-
scrites the soko SIS giggling, and Oar
win notes that tittering occurs among
monkeys when they are pleased. "A
sense of fun or humor is also unmlstzik- a.
ably exhibited by practical jokes and
sports or games. Their grief is demon
strated just as unmistakahly as their
pleasure. True tears ara shed under The
emotion of grief, especially that arising
from bereavement, by the soko. chin
panzee, orang-outang. and other apes or
monkeys; and also by the elephant, dog.
horse, mule, donkey, and various deer.
A young gsoko, Livingstone tells Us, If not
taken up in the arms like child, when
appealed to be so carried, engaged in
the most bitter, human-like weeping.
Bontius describes the weeping Of al
orang-outang as resembling that Of
woman, and DR.. WAN mentions one that
wept when a mango was taken from
him, Just as child would have done.
Chimpanzees in Sierra Leone, that have
been trained to carry water-jugs for
man, weep bitterly when they let them
fall, and see them in pieces at their feet.
DR.. Boerlage shot female mother ape
in Java, that fell mortally wounded from
tree, tightly clasping young one IN
her arms, and she died weeping. All
these instances clearly prove that the
monkey tribe are capable Of experience
ing both Joy and sorrow
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
NUMBER 9.
'FUN.'


The acrobat is the fellow Who never
has to wait for something to turn UP.
The prize fighter peeIS before he
strikes, but the bell docs not peal until
it is struck.
The last definition Of The legal
phrase, "moying for new trial" ~
counting second wife.
Half the beauty and charm Of
brilliant thought d lost when conveyed
to the hearer with the flavor Of
onions.
A poser for Ingersoll; # there j. no
hell will Colonel IngersoIl be 90 kind
as to tell Us where Guiteau will spend
eternity.
Lot used to speak of bis wife IS the
salt Of the earth. She was never ac-
cused Of being too fresh after that So
dom and Gomorrah episode
A student at Oxford Un rersity, on
being asked VINO was E sau2" re-
piled: g Esau was man who wrote
fables and sold his copyright for mess
Of potash
Portraits Of Christopher Columbus
are in such great demand at present that
q man with long hair and q sharp
nose can get S5a dsy sitting for them
Detroit Fres Press.
He was q green dry goods clerk,
and when the lady asked him II the
calico would wash, he gravely answered,
" No, mann; when it becomes soiIed
you've got to wash it. gonasrrills jour
nal.
A prominent clergyman, being asked
why he accepted the call Zone Of manyl
with the largest salary, replied that he
desired to 60 where there was the most
sin-consequently located where the
money was most plenty"
Schoolmaster to new scholar: a Now,
my boy, be industrious. Remember,
what you have once learned no one can
take away from you" New boy Yes
sir; but it'll be Just the same i'll don'd
learn anything at all. I'd like to know
what anybody could take away from me
thenl"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
A Great Shot.

A Paris letter to the Philadelphia
Press tells of wonderful shot. There
is man giving exhibitions in shooting
at one of the cafe concerts in the
Champs Elysees who is the peer in skill
of any marksman I ever saw, and I
have seen the best Of them. His
name is Leo, and he is a Belgian,
He became famous marksman when
a boy. At twenty he drew ga bad
number" and went into the army,
where he got to be an officer, where
upon, there being no wars, he resigned
and rushed off to India to shoot PAN
theirs and tigers and elephants. He
used to "knock 'em cold" but one day
lion which he had shot through the
brain revived sufficiently to break
Lso's thigh bone with ole blow Of his
paw, and the q mighty hunter {"
returned to Belgium. On his re-
covery he went into the show business,
and, as have already stated, is now
in Paris giving exhibitions which are
really wonderful. I have seen him
shoot three balls into one place on
top of the other, and SO accurately
that it seemed as though one bullet
had passed the iron. I have seen him
cut in twain q telegraph wire at thirty
PAGES, which was SO fine that I could
just see it at the same distance. He
is not trick shooter like DR.. Carver,
nor pigeon slaughterer like Captain
Bogardus, nor long range rifeman
like Bruce and Sumner and Gregory
and Rathbone and nearly hundred
others wnom 7 could mention, but his
Is at short range one Of the most
ski1lfu1 in The world. and his attempte
are nightly watched BY large and infer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
VOLUME ".
The Round Of Lie.

Two children down by the shining strand,
With eyes as blue as the summer sea,
While the sinking sun fills all the land
With the glow of golden mystery:
Laughing aloud at the sea-mew's cry.
Gazing with joy on it's snowy breast
Till the first star looks from the evening sky,
And the amber bars stretch over the west.
A soft green dell by the breezy shore,
sailor lad and maiden fair;
Hand clasped in hand, while the tale of yore
Is borne again on the listening air.
For love is young, though love be old,
And love alone the heart can fill;
And the dear old tale, that has been told
In the days gone by, is spoken still
A trim-built home on a sheltered bay
A wife looking out on the glistening sea;
prayer for the loved one far away,
And prattling imps meath the old roof-tree;
A lifted latch snd.e radiant face
By the open door in the falling night;
A welcome home and a warm embrace
From the love of his youth and his children
bright.
An aged man in an old arm chair;
golden light from the western sky;
His wife by his side, with her silvered hair,
And the open Book of God close by,
Sweet on the bay the cleaning falls,
And bright is the glow of the evening star:
But dearer to them are the jasper walls
And the golden streets of the Land afar.
An old churchyard on green hillside,
Two lying still in their peaceful rest;
fnet Sherman's boat going out with the tide
In the fiery glow fthe amber west.
Children's laughter and old mems sighs,
The night that follows the morning clear.
A rainbow bridging our darkened skies,
Are the round of our lives from year to year.
Alexander Lamont.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27

Heredity . nscomes out strong in
case Of criminals stronger, perhaps,
than in case Of saints. For the offspring
of saints are often far from saint-like,
while the children Of burglars and
other criminals are almost sure to pay
their ancestors the honor Of initiating
them. A few days ago in New York
criminal court George Lyons, a slender
youth of II, was brought up for SEN
tence for an attempt to commit bur
glary, he having been once in the
County Penitentiary. Lyons" the
Recorder said, "your father Is in State
Prison, T believe r. This is my case,
Judge. not my father's," the hardened
youth replied bluntly. I" Your mother
is also in State Prison p Yes she Is, =
ssYou are come Of bad stock. / am
informed" the Recorder went on. 81
suppose 7 do," Lyons answered. The
Judge remarked that Lyons wanted to
~ w 0OhtO l. 44COA1g cho a 3 e5AeNAuH1-1A-3 0-hu
that he should allow him one more
chance for reformation and send him to
the Elmira Reformatory under charge
OF Mr.. Prockway. "You'd better have
me hung, Judge" was the sullen reply.
He expressed, however, some dread
Of the discipline Of the reformatory on
his way there. His father is Ned Lyons,
the desperate burglar, who has been
sick Of a wound in Connecticut and has
now gone to the State prison there.
His mother, Lyons wife, is not by any
means unknown in these parts, although
her son is mistaken in thinking that she
is just at this moment in prison.
She happens to be ont just now. Young
Lyons is the leader Of gang of sneak
thieves in New York, and Mr.. Brockway
can try his own patent reformatory plan
On him.-Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
The Seat Of Emotion.

/ must give here as my opinion,
founded on what I observed, that lips
become more OF less contracted in the
course Of years, in proportion as they
are accustomed to express good humor
and generosity, or peevishness and o
contracted mind. Remark the effect
which a moment of ill-humor and
grudgingness has upon the lips, and
Judge what may be expected from an
habitual series Of such moments.
Remark and reverse, and make rim
liar Judgment. The mouth is the
frank part Of the face; it can the
least conceal its sensations.
We can hide neither ill-temper with
it, nor good; we may affect what we
please, but affectetion will not help us.
In wrong cause it will only make
our observers repent the endeavor to
impose upon them: The mouth is
the seat of one class OF emotions, as
the eyes are Of another; or rather, it
expresses the same emotions, but in
greater detail and with more irrepres-
sible tendency to be in motion. 1t is
the region Of smiles and dimples and
OF trembling tenderness, Of sharp
sorrow, Of full breathing Joy, Of can
dor, Of reserve, Of carking care, Of
d liberal sympathy Leigh Hunt.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27

amazement shining out Of his dark
eyes.
'sI don't quite understand" " said he.
s'Why should she object p
because because Of your misfor-
tune" said I, shyly hanging down my
head.
"What misfortune ?" he insisted.
"You think I do not know II" I said,
bravely summoning up all my falling
courage. But do; and, oh, love
you thousand times better for It'll and
it shall be my LIES care to hide itfrom
the world"
"Know what, Kitty% he persisted.
Hide what p
'sYour insanity" I whispered, burs-
ting into tears.
"But I am not insane !" he cried out
"You are one of Doctor Sedgewick's s
PATIENTS said I.
"Granted; but that does not prove
my insanity, little Kate"
'sssI Is not this a-private asylum ~ T
faltered.
Nothing Of the sort. We are here
simply to enjoy the mountain air and
health giving breezes, and for no ulte-
riorreasons whatever. NY little dar-
ling, is it possible that you have been
under such delusion, and that you
were willing to give yourself to mad
man, simply because that madman
was-myself?r
II loved you r was all that could
answer.
"And you will love me still, even
though T Chance to have all my wits
about meg' he laughed. s
And what could I answer but eyes" !?
Aunt Betsey Larkins had been wrong.
The " Sanitarian was not an Insani-
tartan " at all. Doctor Sedgewick's pa
tients were all sound in brain, whatever
their physical condition might have
been. And am to be Franks wife, and
preside over his little Connecticut parish
and he is to help educate the boys, and
dear mother is the proudest and happi-
est woman in the world except me. I
think that am prouder and happier
still.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

lu6 pctcu WIS DfOuBub HUH cEhtds
The LARGEST animals are fast disap-
pearing.
Pearl fishery in England is as old as
C@sar's time.
Nearly 100000 acres Of land in Ire
land consists of bogs.
The average man measures about five
feet three and one. half inches.
The human skeleton consists Of more
than two hundred distinct bones.
In 1863 Nantucket Island was decided
by Thomas Mayhem in ten purchasers,
for thirty pounds and two beaver hats.
Arkansas has more coal than Great
Britain. At least three other States in
the Union have-Pe Pennsylvania. Ohio
and Illinois.
Opium kills about 100000 persons
annually in China, and missionaries
refuse to admit opium smokers to church
membership.
There are more than five hundred
separate muscles in the human body,
and an equal number Of nerves and
blood vessels
Benefit clubs, with common chest
and monthly payments for relief OF mem
bers in distress, existed among the
ancient Greeks.
In the Middle Ages right to have
common slaughter-house, where all the
inhabitants were to have their beasts
killed, was feudal privilege.
There is bank Of coal about two
miles from Ell Moro, Col; high up on
the mountain north Of the town, that
has been on fire for upward Of thirty
years.
The Oldest relic in the world is
mummy, the record upon whose coffin
plainly shows it to be that Of king
who reigned in Egypt more than cen
tury before Abraham.
The poor people Of Sussex, England,
though starving for the want of food,
did not know how to catch any fish till,
in the seventh century, Bishop Wilfrid
instructed them in the use OF nets
A fabulous story Of the manufacture
of glass is that the Israelties set fire to
forest, and the heat, becoming in
tense, made the inter and sand melt
and flow along the mountain side, where
it melted as glass.
It is proposed to use stiff canvag
stretchers in place Of the ordinary berths
in sleeping cars. They are comfortable
and can be SO cleverly slowed away
during the day that one would think
himself in an ordinary drawing room
car. The canal-packet men knew this
fifty years ago.
Roman gladiators received sometimes
as much as $4,000 per year by the sale
of mixture Of il, and sweat, called
strigamenta, which was scraped from
their bodies after their contests. This
mixture was made into pills which were
sold as tonic for endowing strength
and prolonging life.
At the Paris electrical exhibition is
shown chair, in which criminal con-
demned to death viii be seated. The
Judge who sentences the victim to death
pulls crank. statue Of justice beside
the chair drops on the head Of the con-
demned man one Of the balances in her
hand, and he dies instantaneously and
painlessly.
A curious experiment is being tried
in several corps Of the Russian army.
This consists in the introduction of dogs
instead Of men as sentries. For this
duty the wolf-dog Of the Ural Noun
tains is found most suitable, as this
animal will growl at the presence Of an
intruder instead Of barking outright,
and thus melting all the dogs in camp
to do likewise.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27
Chinese cillzenshIp.


The following is supposed to be a
translation Of that provision of the Chi
nese penal code which binds Chinese
subject to perpetual citizenship: "All
persons renouncing their country or
devising the means thereof shall be
beheaded. and in the punishment Of this
offense no distinction shall be made be-
tween principals and accessories. The
property of all such criminals shall be
confscated, and their wives and chill,
dren distributed as slaves to the great
officers Of state. The parents, grand
parents, brothers and grandchildren Of
such criminals, whether habitually liv-
ing with them under the same roof or
not, shall be perpetually banished TO
the distance 'of 1900 leagues. ALI
those who purposely conceal or con
nive at this crime shall Be srrangled.
Those who inform against criminals OF
this class shall be rewarded with the
whole of their property. II the plan is
coDtrived but not executed, the princi-
pals are 70 be ssrangled and the acces-
sories punished with blows and Danish
ment.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-10-27

A little girl has an uncle who has
taught her to open and shut his crush
hat. The other evening, however. he
appeared with an ordinary silk one.
Suddenly he saw the child coming, with
his new silk hat wrinkled like an accor-
deon. "Oh, uncle, she aaid. this one
is very hard ? I've had to sit on it /; but
/ can't get it more than half shut"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-11-11
Assignments for the Benefit Of
Creditors

Jackson Comet
This subject has attracted
during the past twelve months
very great attention both in mer-
camille and legal circles, especially
In the Federal court. Our supreme
court delivered its first utterance
on the subject yesterday morning
in a case originating in this city
Il. Richardson VS.. Marqueze & Var
ney. The opinion of the court was
delivered by Chief Justice Chal-
mers, and is quite elaborate. It
takes, on several topics, posi-.
tions antagonistic to those held by
Judge Hill Of the United States
court. We subjoin a brief synop-
sis OF the opinion.
l. The law in Mississippi enter.
tains no prejudice against assign
mcnts giving preference among
creditors. Such instruments stand
on the same legal footing, as those
making pro ratio distribution among
all creditors, and are equally en-
titled to favor and protection, If
bona tide.
2. A reservation in an assign
ment conveying all the grantor's
property, or so much Of it as is by
law exempt from execution, Is good.
1t neither avoids the deed Of assign
ment, nor is it void In itself by
reason Of failure, specifically to
describe tho property claimed a.
exempt.
8. A requirement 10 the decd, that
the property shall be sold on credit
renders the instrument fraudulent
and void on its face. A discretion
confided to the trustee to sell for
cash or on credit, as in his opinion
will best promote the interest Of
creditors, does not render the deed
fraudulent In law. Whether it was
inserted for the benefit of the debt
or Of the creditor, is a question Of
fact. II for the benefit of the debt
or, it is fraud In fact. If the bene-
tit of the creditor, the deed Is good.
The chancellor or jury must Judge
asa question of fact, Of the gran
tors intention in insertingit.
4. If the deed authorizes the a.
signee to continue the business Of
the grantor, by buying aud selling
10 the usual course Of trade, the a.
signment is fraudulent on its face.
II no such provision is inserted, but
the deed was executed with the in
tention and for the purpose Of
having this done, IL Is fraudulent
in fact. If the assignee conducts
the business in this manner, wheth.
er authorized By the deed to do 20
or not, he should be removed and
q receiver appointed. An assignee
cannot make advances or embark
In speculation. His sole duty Is to
collect assets, sell property and
pay debts.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-11-11

A HAVANA dispatch Of the LIST
says an abundant sugar crop Is
predicted in Cuba this fall. Ac-
counts from Cienfuegos give assur.
ance that the crop will exceed more
than 80 per cent. of the crop OF
years of good product, and that It
will exceed moro than 80 per cent.
last years crop. Ia the jurisdic.
tion Of Cardinas, Matauzas, and
Colon the probable proportion OF
excess is given BY some accounts
as amounting to % and 40 per cent.
A commercial paper at Sasua re-
CARDS these estimats as exaggera-
tions. It thinks the excess will
not reach higher than Is per cent.
The prospects Of next years tobae'
90 crop, also, is very encouraging
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-11-11
cHlscRRY CoURT-7rn DISTRICT.
GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor.

Jackson county, first Monday Of March
s.d September, continuing 9 days.
Harrison county, second Monday In
March and September, continuing days
Hancock county, third Monday In
March and Sept ember, continuing 6 days
Marion county, second Monday after
he fourth Mon lay In Mrch and Septem-
ber, continuing 8 days.
Perry county first Monday after the
eth Monday in March nd September, con
tinuing 6 days.
Greene county. fourth Mondays in
March aud September, continuing q days.
Wayne county, fourth Monday after the
fourth Monday Of March and September,
continuing 6 days.
Clarke county, first Monday in May and
November, continuing days.
Laudsrdale county, third Monday OF
NAY aud November, continuing IL dnys.
Kemper county, second Monday In May
November, continuing 8 DAYS
Nenthly Rules Of Chancery Court on
the second Monday In each mouth.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-11-11

piles will be sturated with hot ereo-
sote oil before the caps ara placed
on them. This treatment OF the
timber protects it against the Dor
ing worm (toredo) and makes il
more durable. Creosoted lumber
will last at least four times as long
as ordinary timber, aud the piles
in the lake which have been sub
jected to the process should last al
least thirty years.
"What are you going to do about
lumber p
awe will build several sawmills
OF our own-one, say on the New
or Old Basin, one on the Bonfouca,
another on the line Of the road
above Gainesville, on Pearl river
But of course We will buy all the
lumber offered to MS at reasonable
rates.
"when will work begin on the
railroad prolerf'
"The company has advertised
for bids to construct 100 miles OF
the line from Meridian, and the
bids will be opened on the 21st
instant.
Bids for forty-five miles on the
Vicksburg, Shreveport aud Pacific
railroad will also be opened on the
same day. This Is the portion of
the road from Acadia to Monroe.
We are raising the roadbcd of the
same line from Ave to eight feet
between Delta and Monroe, 80 as
to elevate the track above high wa.
ter. Our firm has also other con
tracts tocarry out. We are coDstruc.
ting three railroads In Tennessee,
and doing work for the Cincinnati
Southern. We take all kinds OF
railroad contracts.n
"When will the road from here
to Meridian be completed n
alt must be finished in twelve
months. This is a provision Of our
contract, aud the same stipulation
applies to the other contracts
tor building the line. Unless the
work is done in the time specified
we forfeit q certain amount for
every day completion to the con-
tract is delayed. ] learn that the
rails will be laid from New Orleans
out to the lake ut once, aud also
from the northern shore of the lake
to Gainesville. Iron for the track
will be sent here immediately
"Do you consider the construc-
tion of the bridge and trestle. work
| a very difficult undertakingf1
"No, sir. There do not seem to
be any special difficulties in the
way. The road will run along the
lake shore to Pointe aux Herbes,
and across the lake at u point
where it is six miles wide, and with
a maximum depth OF not over
eleven feet"
In concluding, Mr.. Wesenberg
said that he had come to New
Orleans for the purpose of making
arrangements to begin work. He
intended to have pile drivers aud
other machinery constructed here
as spcadily as possible, and would
proceed to make all the other
necessary preparations. He is quar-.
tered at the St. Charles, and will
probably remain in the city for at
least q week
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-11-11
The Tax on the Pres.

Mobile Register.
A contemporary says:
Next to the theatres, the press
Is taxed heaviest for charitable pur.
poses. Any scheme to beniiit the
public they arc compelled to adver-
tise gratuitously, and during the
year an astonishingly large portion
Of the space Of our journals Is given
to gratu;tons articles and notices,
in which there is no mony, aud
which have no public interest, but
which it would seem mean for the
papers to refuse to print.
We do not see why the expression
"next to the theatres should have
been used, for the press Is taxed
far more than the theatres 10 the
matter referred to. Aud, generally
speaking, the press bears this tax
cheerfully and ungrudgingly. Il
does cross the MUD Of q proprietor
or editor occasionally, however,
that a little more appreciation on
the part OF those benhted would
be, to say the least, becoming.
People are too much IN the habit
of looking at such gratuitous
publication as a maoter of course.
They forget that evegy lins they
read in a newspaper cosl mony to
eset up aud print, aad that wheR
q asproprietor gives gratuitous
notice to q benevolent or other
object, he just as much gives money
as ii he were to put his hand in bis
pocket.
Some Of the people benefited In
the way alluded to have quite IN
original way of showing their Grat-
itude. The flrst chance they got
they abuse the paper for not doing
more for them. This conyinooo ths
journalist Of the fact that Il takes
Ill sots Of people to mako : world,
and that gratitude is getting to b
one Of the lost arts.