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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

Professor TAFT describes three forms
of mirage. The first, and most COM
mon, is that seen in the desert, where
the sunlight is reflected from the heated
layer Of air resting upon the sand to the
eye of the observer, and irresistibly
gives rise to the impression Of reflect
lg surface Of water at the point in the
d sert from which the rays are pro-
jected. A second form is that observed
in the Arctic regions, Of which many
beautiful illustrations have been given
by Scoresby. The incipal phenome-
non is what is called "looming1-dis-
tant objects showing an extravagant in
crease Of vertical height without altera-
tion in breadth. Distant hummocks of
ice are thus magnifed into immense
towers and pinnacles, and a ship is
sometimes abnormally drawn out until
it appears twelve or fourteen times as
high as it is long. The celebrated
'ifata morgana'' Of the Straits Of Mes
sina is Of this character. Rocks are
seen drawn up to ten OF twelve times
their proper height; and houses, as
well as human beings and animals, ap-
pear in like exaggerated shape. The
most remarkable instance of this kind
of mirage was observed in 1898 when
from Hastings portion Of the French
coast, forty Of fifty miles away, was
seen as plainly as though but few
miles distant. although ordinarily hid
den by the earth's convexity. The third
and perhaps most extraordinary form Of
mirage is that observed by Vince in
1899, in which ship at sea showed
three distinct imases--a lower and an
upper one in an upright position and
an intermediate one in which the object
ltood inverted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

Raw silk underwear is in much use.
Handsome black silk guipure lace is
again in vogue.
Moire is the chief element in lately
imported costumes.
Drab and violet are combinations Of
color for spring wear.
Simplicity at last prevails in young
ladies' evening toilets.
Lace is the most fashionable Of all
trimmings for evening dresses.
Muslin petticoat breadths are sewed
up in back Of evening dresses.
Very short skirts are regulated to the
use of only very young ladies.
Sunfowers and lilies. peacock feath-
ers and poppies, are in demand.
Shoes for dancing are made of satin
of the same shade as the dress.
Black satin shoes with Rhine crystal
buckles are chosen for the house.
Velveteen has long been iavorite
dross fabric with English women.
There is as great variety in the hats
and bonnets as in dresses and wraps.
There is war between short skirts
and demi- trimmed ones for evening
wear.
Stripes Of white and black and white
and color are feature in new spring
goods.
Kid arabesques are sewed with gold
thread on plush ornament skirts Of
Paris suits.
It is impossible for woman to look
as dignifed in short skirt as in a
trained dress.
Parisiennes have their initials en-
broidered on their gloves and shoes in
self colored silks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
sufferInas 81 a Convict.


A recently discharged convict was
convicted in Owen county, Kentucky,
Of crime committed by others, that
crime being grand larceny. He was a
stranger, and was assured that. by con
senting to plea Of guilty, his punish
ment would be but light one. He
was sentenced to a servitude Of two
years, and his laboE with that of forty
seven others, white and black, was con-
tracted to a firm known as Warner,
Tabler & Co., to work on railroads.
They were afterward sub-let to Irwin
& Long, and put to work in Bath county,
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
These men, according to the convict's
story, were quartered in miserable
cabin twenty feet long by twelve feet
wide, and compelled to labor fourteen
hours day. They were allowed no pay
for extra work, although the law made
different provision. Dnring the rigor-
GUS weather of last winter they were
constantly kept out, working on the
railroad each secular day and cutting
wood for their taskmasters on Sunday
Their own fires were insufficient to keep
them warm, and the convict :
soften and often I have gone in from
work late at night with my clothing
frozen stiff, and would. have to 60 to
bed without being allowed to make a
fire TO thaw and dry myself" He was
good draughtsman by occupation
and unused to hard work, but was
placed between two negro men and
compelled to perform as much labor as
they did. Failing to a. IS keep up he
was ordered to be 'hipped, and the
negro convict appointed to infict the
Iashing, not performing the duty In ac-
cordance with the wishes Of the fiend In
charge, was savsgely beaten with an az
handle. and died two days afterward
from the effect of the blows. In con-
tinuation of his story the convict says /:
81 belonged to gang Of seven-six
negro convicts and myself--and before
spring came the six negroes were dead,
but / stood it through. John DoweIl,
negro, had his hands badly frozen
and begged the boss to let him 60 to
the fire and warm them. The boss said
he was playing off; but, in order to con-
vince him that he was not, Dowell
struck his fingers on the cartwheel and
they ratified like stocks, but he was not
allowed to warm them. His fingers
dropped off shortly afterward, and he
was not able to work any more. We
were locked up in the log shanty
on Saturday night and not even allowed
to go after water until Monday morning,
and, unless the bosses wanted us to do
something for them, the door was not
opened in the meantime. Before the
State Inspector Of Convicts would ar
river to look after us we were quietly
informed that If we gave him any in
formation we would pay dearly for it. =
--LosisUille Courier Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
LADIES' COLUMN.
The welsh Maid.

That any employment for women
should rank below that of domestic
servant in popular estimation, is an idea
which strikes the American mind as
quite novelty. An American girl will
do almost anything than be servant.
A factory girl ranks in the United States
as far more important member Of So
ciety than domestic servant. This is
not the case in Wales, nor, / believe, in
Great Britain generally. The servant
girl holds herself far higher in the
social scale than the tip girl, or indeed
any other girl who works with her
hands, unless it be the girl sin busi-
ness is what Americans politely call a
''saleslady," though in Great Britain
she is not infrequently seller Of gin
and beer-or in other words barmaid.
Barkeepers Of the masculine gender, it
may be remarked by the way, are nearly
unknown in Wales, unless as an exotic
of American origin.
The masculine bartender of America
is an outgrowth of pioneer roughness-
condition of society in which pistols
and bowieknives were many, and women
few. There is hardly better servant
in the world than a really good Welsh
maid. She more nearly approaches the
best French model than any other l
have known. OF course she has no
the trainingin certain polished customs
which the French servant has. but her
dizziness, alacrity and politeness are
equally great. The politeness Of SER
want to an employer is as clear and fair
thing as any politeness on earth. It's
absence is great loss to both parties !;
in America it is very generally absent,
its expression being thought servility.
The servant in Wales who is not polite
is thought to be lacking in the social
culture benefiting his or her station.
The wages of servants, while very much
below those common in the United
States, are, as a rule, better than
the earnings Of any other women on
their social plane.-Ranbles IN South
Wales.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

This test Of butter will be read with
surprise by some. 1t is from the Paris
Journal de Pharmacie Rub some Of
the suspected butter on piece Of
broadcloth. If the butter disappears
without leaving stain it is pure, how
ever poor. But if it leaves 'sgrease
spot" it has been mixed with fat.
Perhaps readers will recall to mind
how singularIy free from spots Of any
kind the clothing Of dealers in butter
usually is, although these men in
samp)ing their goods not unfrequently
find that some butter has been dropped
on their dress. The fact is that butter
instead Of soiling broadcloth is useful
for cleaning il.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.


Irs Cost, It's Size, Its Character, and rho
ResnfE OF the Exhibition
The cost of the exhibition was $780,
900. Of which $15O,OOO in round figures
was in buildings and improvements, and
the balance paid ont for running expen-
ses, printing, etc. The receipts were
from $22O, 900 to $3.50, 900, Of which
$115, 900 came from stock, $15, 900 from
privileges, $4,000 from entry fees,
$50, 900 from gate receipts, and $5, 600
frcm miscellaneous resources. Add to
those receipts whatever the buildings
will bring, and we have about the total
receipts of the International Cotton Ex-
position. Putting the gate receipts at
800, 900, which is fair estimate on the
figures, we see that we have about q
quarter Of a million visitors at the ex-
position. AT 80 cents each, 800, 900
would give 100000 people. 1t must be
remembered, however, that on several
days children were admitted at 25 cents,
and that in many cases schools and col
leges were passed in at these reduced
rates, and that every dag during the ex-
position hundreds of children were
carried in through the gates by their
parents without paying for them at all.
There must be added to this q large
number Of complimentary tickets, OF
tickets to employees and exhibitors, of
which it is said there were over five
thousand issued. and invitations for the
opening and closing exercises, and for
special days during the three months.
1t is safe to say, we think, that quar-
ter of million people Witnessed the
Cotton Exposition. Outside of these
three points, however, the expofition
did vast amount Of gocd in the direc-
tion Of improved agriculture through
out the South. The amount Of sales
made Of improved machinery was sim
ply marvellous. The exhibitors all
agree that they never saw a better sell
ing exposition. There is scarcely a
neighborhood in the Southern States
into which an improved stump puller,
post hole borer, rlow, cotton planter,
manure distributor, sulky plow, cuIti-
vator or barrow, has not gone, and which
when introduced will induce the pur-
chase Of others. The benefits which
will come from the sale Of improved
machinery may be accounted among the
very best benefits to be derived from
the exhibition.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
A corn-crusher Wanted.

a Louisiana sugar planter writes us
that there is great need in the South
for a machine that will crush or grind
unshucked ears of corn, as they come
from the field, into coarse meal Of
corn, cob, and husks, and do it rapidly.
He is aware that there is machine that
will crush corn in the ear thor
oughly, one ear at time
what he wants is something that
will receive bushel Of ears or nubbins
at once, and crush, say, twenty bushels
an hour. One Of the great troubles Of
sugar planters, he says, is the prepara-
tion Of food for their mules. To crush
corn in the ear with existing appliances,
the corn has to be husked, costing
much labor, and there is apt to be
great loss of small ears. "a fortune
awaits the inventor of machine to
crush BY the wholesale corn, cob, and
shucks together" The problem does
not seem to be difficult one, and some
Of our inventive readers may find ii
profitable to undertake its solution
Scientific Ansericdu.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
NUMBER 25.
FUN


A man named Onion lives il neigh
boring town. He does not care scent
about his queer name.
Boiling hair in solution of tea
will darken it, says an exchange but
some folks don't Like to have their tee
darkensd in that way.
A Michigan girl tried to commit
suicide BY swallowing thirty-six shirt
buttons. Fortunately her digestion
mistook them for railway restaurant
beans and she was saved.
A drop OF ink may make % mil-
Lion think-Byron. Yes and, it may
make one woman express In very
strong terms, her thoughts regarding
man who can't write two lines without
getting it ON his shirt cuffs.-Syifsings.
An out-of-town druggist entered
Boston apothecary shop and had sim
pie prescription put up. The charge
was S1.5O. He remarked that 1t was
rather dear, because, as he was drug
gist himself, be knew the price Of the
ingredients. ''That alters the case.
was the response; Seventeen cents.
please"
That was a sorrowful sight presented
on one of our streets yesterday. A blind
man and his one-armed deaf and dumb
companion ground music from an orgnin-
cite for some time, in front OF a re-
Gently vacated ice cream saloon. When
the deaf and dumb man went To the
door and found it locked he commenced
swearing In the most terrible manner
The eruption was something wonderful
for one-armed man.-Oz CITY Derrick.
We are too busy to 60 down to New
York and welcome Oscar Wilde TO this
country, the home Of the sunfower, aa
it were. Nevertheless we rejoice that
he is with us. In honor of his presence
we have endeaYored to dine off long
look at lily, and we found that the
more we stared that lily out Of counte-
nance the more hungry we grew. There
was nine hours after breakfast frenzy
at work in our gastric juice factory that
refused to be satisfied. When We g.
sumo the role Of the aesthetic again
it viii be on corn beef and cabbage
basis.-NelC HaDen Register.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
A Montana Farm.

Mr.. Curtiss has fruit farm in Helena.
Montana, says a correspondent, on
which he has 5000 currant bushes and
5000 gooseberry bushes. IIasf year no
gathered of this farm 1000 quarts Of
strawberries, gooseberries and rasp-
berries. and ripened 1000 bushels Of
tomatoes. His sales Of fruit during the
fruiting season often ran ~ high AZ
$500 per day. But why say more
This one little farm yields Mr. Curtiss
from $4,000 to $1,000 per annum, and
he could sell ten times as much fruit ais
he does if he could raise il. Straw
berries bring forty cents to 81 pe1
quart. Raspberries fifty cents, cur
rants forty to sixty cents per gallon,
tomatoes ten to twenty-five cents per
pound, and all other small fruits twenty
Ave cents to forty cents per quart and
gallon. Turkeys sell u 50 80 each,
chickens at ffty cents 10 $1 eachs and
butter Ut fifty cents to sixty cents per
pound all the year round. "
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
Torturinq Russian Soldiers

During the proceedings OF a court
martial recently held at st. Petersburg
upon five hussars Of the Imperial
Guard, accused of having assassinated
sergeant Of their squadron, it came
out In evidence that the murdered man.
in obedience to orders received by him
from his superior officer, Prince Chow
ansky, had tortured the men under his
command with the most revolving bar
barity. He vas want to dive them,
bare-footed, about barrack yard be-
strewn with sharp fints, and then TO
steep their woundsin petroleum. Other
torments OF an altogether indescribabIe
character were inflicted upon his
victims by the heartless miscreant.
Prince Chowansky, examined by the
court with respect to these horrors,
ayowed that they had been perpetuated
By his order, and had the audacity to
add shat nobody but person utterly
ignorant Of military matters could ex-
perience any surprise at his method Of
dealing with insubordinate soldiers. .
His comrades took occasion to disavow
this assertion publicly the court &C.
quilted the accused from the charge Of
murder, and the colonel of the regi-
ment. Baron Meyendorf, forthwith re-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16
Lille bv IiHIe.

Little by little the time goe
Short if you sing through 1t, you sigl
Little by little, an hour, a day,
Gone with the years that have vanished ava,
Little by little the race is run,
Trouble and waiting and toll are done
Little by little tie skies grow clear;
Little by little tl6 sun comes near;
Little by little the days smile out
Gladder and brighter on pain and doubt;
Little by little the seed we SOW
Into beautiful yield will grow.
Little by little the world grows strong,
Fighting the battle of right and wrong;
Little by little the wrong gives way
Little by little tho right has sway.
Little by little all longing souls
truggle up nearer the shining goals.
Little by little the good in men
Blossoms to beauty, for human ken;
Little by little the angels see
Prophecies better of good to be;
Little by little the God of all
Lifts the world nearer the pleading call.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

The wife of the new Chinese min
lister, lady Of high rank in her own
country, Will not at present enter Wash
ington society. She speaks only her
own language, her little feet will not
permit her to 60 about unsupported,
and she is to crown all, exceedingly
bashful.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

There are forty-6ve different kinds 3
wood growing On one farm ia Glover
Vt.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-02-16

A man named Onion lives il . neigh
boring town. He does not care scent
about his queer name.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-24
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An advertisement to the effect that ladies
~,uld bs besufihed. Il not forever. for q
tll.-fuI sssson ct least. and that is treat
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WA1AIIhCIiIls.
Correspondence Of tho Herald,

Correspondence Of tho Herald.
WA1AnAomE, August Is, lSS2.--hppear'
ances to-day indicate that we will have
more ram, much against the wishes Of the
farmers, for they live in daily dread Of that
terrible enemy to cotton, the boil worm.
Many farmers are using lamps in their cot
ton fields, which they keep burning
through the night and under these
lamps they have basins with water and oil in
them, rs q means Of destroying the fly.
Some arc OF the opinion that it is an eilec-
tive means Of destroying the worm, Others
seem to doubt its efficacy. There is one
thing certain, il the worm don't come the
cotton crop Of Ellis county will average a
bale per acre.
The marriage association fever is pre-
vailing to considerable extent here
The Dallas company seems to have the
preference. II nothing else is accom-
pli.hed il serves as means OF letting the
public know who are the prospective can
didates for matrimony.
The commissioners court adjourned this
evening. Many new roads were
ordered laid out, and several
donations made for building
new bridges. The candidates for the
various offices are becoming considerably
enthused as the election approaches.
Mr.. w. 7. Holman,a citizen of Ellis cosn-
ty, was buried to-day.
Your efficient agent, Mr.. Montgomery,
is here laboring with good success in the
interest of the HERALD.
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Correspondence NJ me Herald
Clrnrnyr, August 49, Mesur Crowley
& Parker passed down the Santa ~ This
morning These gentlemen have boon for
several days ON the iiuo Of The Di'los
branch huryng things mp. only n few
days more and Wa can reach Dallas ON
time and be sure when we will reach home.
The people ofour section look upon the
Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe with as much
pride ns o parent does on n child. II OUR
rOad--Tcgun In everything. Mr. Crawley,
M the wreck the other day, didn't play boss
nor the railroad magnatc, but was among
those who labored TO get those who trav-
ollcd to their destination.
Mr.. II. II. Niles, who has travelled from
Maine to California and WHO has spent the
last twenty-five years of his life in Texas,
accompanied his daughter, Miss Nellie, to
Fort Worth on her way to school 81 Leba-
non, Tennessee Perhapsi IL was excitement
but report says IL was certain cheek that
he got in lieu of quarter for transferring
Fort Worth man to the depot in Ole
burne at all events, Miss Nellie took the
train to Alvarado instead of TO Paris, and
Niles consoles himself that she saw the
country
The gun club met yesterday evening
Messrs Thompson and Lester were the
champion shots.
Mr.. Harry A. Scrip, of the Dallas transfer
line was at the LeClede last night making
arrangements for the transfer Of baggage
and passengers. We are every day draw
ing nearer and nearer Dallas.
Captain H. ID. Patrick, representing the
g., G. & S. +. at Navasota, is at the Lee
Clede. He was out to-day looking for old
landmarks, this being his first visit before
in eight years,
Mr.. William Carton left last night for
Mineral Wells, not particularly for his
health.
Cotton-buyers are eagerly watching for
the first bale. Yesterday evening a
wagon drove in with two bales and
a rush was made for it. Major Baird, who
had purchased them, was showing the
sample, and several embryo cotton buyers
pronounced it fine for so early. They
were old bales.
There is some talk of county conven-
ton to nominate candidate for the legls-
ature. Uncle" owen Brown and Captain
Smith are out. The greenbackers have not
yet spoken.
The HERALD will soon be on time again,
and it will be the first to reach US in the
morning. Then the commercial reports
will be of usefulness. Our merchants say
that the columns of the commercial page
are more reliable to them than any paper
they get, being always the latest.
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