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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
Beans as Food.

The nutritive value of beans is very
great greater than almost any other
article Of food in common use. Con-
sidering their richness they are proba-
bly, thecheapcst food we have, but some
what difficult Of digestion, probably
owing to the fact that we rarely cook
them enough and masticate them in
sufficiently. In preparing beans for
the table they should first be well
soaked in cold water and then thrown
into boiling water and cooked until Of
a medium consistency-between a fluid
and a solid-neither too thick nor
too thin. They require some acid on
them when eaten, and a sufficient
amount Of salt to render them
palatable. They may be eaten
with potatoes or other vegetables
which contain more starch and less
albumen rather than with too much
bread or meat. In Germany there is a
process patented BY which beans and
all leguminous seeds are reduced to
very fine flour and rendered capable of
being used as food by the most deli
cate persons. We have samples OF
this -four which equal in fineness the
best wheat flour, and it is used ex-
tensively for making soup for invalids.
These soups are worth a hundred times
as much as beef tea There is a for
tune awaiting any one who will pre-
pare a -four from beans as perfect as
this -four from Germany. Bean soup.
rightly made, is exceedingly delicious
and wholesome and ought to be used
more extensively than it is.-Sdni-
tartan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
The Nosfoc Plant.

When Paracelsus was seeking, in
1873, for the "elixir of life,' he dis
covered astrange vegetable mass which
he called ssNostoc." This is the sub
stance found in the so-called "hesh
showers" of which we now and then
receive accounts. The '.Nostoc" is a
gelatinous growth, Of which there are
about fifty species. The spores or
seeds work through the gelatinous
cover, and are carried hither and
thitherfor great distances by the winds,
and when they alight where the soil is
damp, or recent rains have fallen, they
grow 50 rapidly as to cover miles Of
ground in a few hours with strings Of
this strange substance. Icebergs in
the ocean have been found covered
with it. and the prevailing opinion,
which is Of course erroneous, attributes
its origin to a shower of flesh from the
upper regions. This impression is
heightened by the fact that one variety
Of the plant is fesh-colored. AS its
origin is mysterious, SO strange virtues
have been attributed to it. 1t is used
as an application to wounds in the
East Indies. Eastern nations also
consider it as choice article of food.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
Origin Of the Sandwich.

Those who have read Trevelyan's
early life of Charles James Fox and
other memoirs Of thatperiod willremem-
Der numerous references to the profit
gate Earl Of Sandwich, but many per
sons may have forgotten under what
circumstances he invented the combina-
tion of bread and meat which bears
his name the world over. Sandwich
was member Of the sHell Fire {"
club and played high. On one occa-
sion, when for twenty-four hours he
was too engrossed to leave his seat at
the gaming table, he ordered waiter,
by a happy inspiration. to bring him,
from time to time, slices Of meat placed
between slicesof bread. The idea took
in the club and immortalized the Earl
of Sandwich -Neso York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
The Fruit Of California.

At the beginning Of the present
year California possessed about 5000,
600 fruit trees, among them were
100000 apple, 100000 peach, 100000
pear, 100000 plum and prune, 10000
cherry, $780, 900 apricot, 50,OO0tig, 1000
900 orange, and 100000 lemon trees.
The canning factories have a market
in Europe for all the fruit they can
export, and the demand for their
wares is constantly increasing. Thou
sands Of men, women and children
find employment in them. The *
ports of the present year are likely TO
fall behind those of previous years, the
fruit having ripened later than usual
and 50 nearly at the same time tbat
the canneries were unable to handle *
to the best advantage. This has caused
rise in the prices.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
Home.

Home.
Obi what is home? that sweet companion
ship,
Of life the better part;
The happy smile of welcome on the Lip
Upspringing from the heart.
It is the eager clasp of kindly hands,
The long-remembsred tone,
1he ready sympathy which understands
All feeling by its own.
The rosy cheek of little children pressed
To ours in loving glee;
The presence of our dearest, and our best,
No matter where we be.
And, failing this, a prince may homeless live
Though palace walls are nigh;
And, having it, desert shore may give
The JOY wealth cannot buy.
Ear-reaching as the earth's remotest span,
Widespread as ocean foam,
One thought is sacred in the breast of man
1t is the thought of home.
That little word his human fate shall bind
With destnies above,
For there the home of his immortal mind
Is in Gods wider love.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

AS early as the middle Of the seven
teenth century wooden rails were used
at the collieries near Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. The first iron railroad sane
toned by the English parliament was
the Surrey railway, from the Thames,
at Wandsworth, to Croydon, in 1901.
In 1902 Richa-d Trevithick, Cornish
miner, patented the first locomotive
used in England, and placed it on the
Merthyr-Tydvil railway, in 1904. But
the first railway built for general traffic
was the Stockton and Darlington, con-
structed by Edward Pease and George
Stephenson, in 1925. The Liverpool
and Manchester railway was fin
ished in 1880. Gridley Bryant and Col
I. H. Perkins projected and built the
first railroad in America, at Quincy
Mass, in 1926. It was two miles long
and used for carrying granite from the
quarries. In the following year the
Mauch Chunk railway thirteen miles
long) was laid to the Lehigh river, for
the transportation Of coal. In the
same year, February 27, 1927, the
Maryland legislature granted charter
for the Baltimore and Ohio road,
which was opened to Ellicott's Mills,
twelve miles, in 1880. "A railroad was
finished in 1881 from Honesdale to the
terminus Of the Delaware and Hudson
canal. The Mohawk and Hudson rail-
road. chartered in 1926, was opened
September 10, 1881.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05
Gambling IN New York.


GATH" the New York correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Commercial, in
one Of his letters says Gambling is
booming in New York. In the belt
across bounded by Park place on the
north and Liberty street on the south
there are no less than seventeen games
in full blast every week day from
early in the afternoon until 10 o'clock
and sometimes until midnight. There
are only two or three Of these that run
on bank as small as 5000. Their
general capital is $4,000, and there are
three or four Of them with double that
amount constantly in the drawers to
tempt all comers but there is not one
now in the city that finds it necessary
to have bank of $4,000, as one big
uptown Morrissey combination game
did during the war. That game has
now reduced its capital in hand to
$4,000. In Broadway and Twenty
sixth street are two, at least, of the
heaviest games in New York at this
time. The proprietors Of one of these
also run a big day game in Fulton
street, and during the summer season
carry on the establishment formerly
run by John Morrissey at Saratoga.
The season at Saratoga is short, but
very lively while it lasts, from $4,000
to $4,000 changing hands every night.
Midnight suppers are no longer the
feature they were before the war. The
gambler may offer to the player with
whom he is acquainted social glass
of very good liquor, or fine cigar, but
he no longer thinks of tempting custom
by bird suppers and expensive wines.
It is said by gamblers in this line Of
play that the percentages in the banks
favor with the way that the game is
now played, do not allow sufficient
margin Of profit for them to indulge in
any such extravaganza. In one very
old gaming-hotise on Barclay street two
meals are set each day for the employees
and partners Of the house, and
If any patrons are present at
the time of the meal they are
welcome to partake, but there is no
marked endeaEor to get up particu-
larly attractive spread. Three of the
best uptown games still midnight
suppers for their employees, at which
players are invited to share, and the
suppers are not feasts. The limit of
the game has been much reduced since
the war. Then in two or three Of the
larger games it was $3.50 to cases and
$400 to doubles. Now it is down so
that the highest, apart from some rare
exceptional cases, is only 500 to cases
and 5000 to doubles.
Policy, although by no means wiped
OUT, is very lar from being what it
was two years ago, when nearly 800
offices aourished in New York. Now
there are not more than 200 offices. a
feature of the lottery business now is
that 300 or 400 men, and some women,
are going about town constantly ped
ding tickets among their friends and
acquaintance. They penetrate into
stores, factories, meetings, lodge rooms
everywhere, indeed, that there is
hope Of finding purchasers. Many Of
these persons also write policy slips,
which are rewritten for them by some
regular Office that pays them a small
percentage for their trouble.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

A recent explosion in Paris of the
boiler Of bone-boiling establishment
scattered the contents Of the building
far and wide, md revealed to the
astonished Parisians the fact that pigs
were fed on a paste made Of flesh Of
horses killed at Knacker's yards OF the
city, and 50 presumably diseased in
most instances.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

been 50 completely hoaxed, Kittie felt
that she could afford to be teased, for
the termination Of her troubles was
as happy as the close Of fairy tale.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

The annual payment for salaries in
the civil service Of the United States
ID round numbers is $50, 0,O00. 900.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

There IS an enormous sponge crop
along the Florida coast.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

~ It was warm day in the middle Of
July when the neWly-married couple
reached Merri6eld. Kittie had written
to Hannah to meet them at the rail-
road station, and that worthy spinster,
who was dozen years older than the
bride, was duly on hand with horse
and light wagon.
A.Oh, Hannah, / am SO glad to see
your cried Kittie, as she rushed to
embrace her sister.
But didn't the Cranches come p"
asked Hannah.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-05

The location Of the colored and the
foreign elements Of our population, as
shown by the census, is, in a high de-
gree, complemental. In general, where
the one element is largely found, the
other is absent.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

The Hagerstown steam engine
works have temporarily suspended +,
throwing about two hundred men
out of employment.
We are pleased to learn that Mr..
H. N. Gallaher, the senior editor of
the Charlestown Free Press, is con-
valescing
Pork is selling at IS per hundred
in Morgan county.
The large frame house of Mr.. Ma
thias Wedmyer, in Morgan county,
3 miles east of Berkeley Springs, was
entirely destroyed by fire last week.
The fire originated from ashes kept
in the smOke-house near the dwell
ing
Jacob Burkhart, one of the oldest
citizens of Washington county, Nd,
died on Sunday last.
The Baptist congregation of Win
chester is raising funds to purchase
a lot on which to erect a church
building.
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MARRIED..


Dec. 10, by Rev. John Landstreet,
CHRISTIAN f. KRAUsE to Miss AN
ME AMELIA, daughter Of William
Robinson, all of Berk eley county.
AT the residence of the brides
parents, near Duflields, ON Tuesday,
December IL, by Rev. d. M. Moser,
assisted by Rev. j. A. Scott, Mr..
OSCAR j. BLACKFoRD to Miss EN- :
NIL j. RONEMUs, daughter of Mr..
Henry ROnemus, both of Jefferson
county.
In the Presbyterian church,
Charlestown, Thursday, December
5, by Rev. A. e. Hopkins, Mr.. S.
LEE PHILLIPS, of CharlestoWn, to
Miss MAGGIE r. RISsLER, daughter
of Samuel l.. Rissler, Esq. :, of Jeffer-
son county.
In Philadelphia, Thursday, De-
cember 21st, in st. Johns Church,
by the Rev. Father Donnally, DR..
CHARLES HEDGES, of West Vir-
ginia, to Miss MARY ANNE ROCHE,
of Baltimore, daughter of the late
Richard Roche, Esq. of Washington
city.
At the residence of the brides
father, Mr.. Geo. w. Robbins, North
Mountain, on the 10Th December,
1882, by the Rev. w. T.. Leavell, rec
tor of Mt. Zion Church. Hedgesville,
Mr.. LEMUEL 5. DIRDING and Miss
RUTH h. ROBBINS, all of Berkeley
county, w. Va.
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Honesty.
Eds. Independent i:

buS. IHttpeTtueft6
The recovery of a SO bill lost by
Mr.. A. Sheig, on Thursday morning
of last week on the street, land picked
up by young Frank Hollis (son Of
the late Thomas Hollis, of this
place. and returned by him the same
day, was almost a miracle. When
the average honesty of mankind
would claim sole ownership of any
or all small sums of money they
might pick up in the street, we feel
that we but express the sense of the
community, when we give due praise
to the honest act of young Frank in
returning the money to the owner as
soon as he found out his name and
we hope the principles Of honesty so
palpably shown in him, may find
many examples in the present and
future lives of others Of the growing
young men of our cities. Honesty
is the best policy, it follows that an
"honest man is the noblest work of
God. A CITIZEN.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

IT begins to look q little like
General Sherman had the Presi-
Dental bee in his bonnet. 1t is
announced from Washington that
he will retire from the army next
summer, although under the com
pulsory retirement act, the term
of his commission would not ex-
pire until the spring of 1884. This
announcement is taken as an evi-
dence of the willingness on the
part of the General to go into
training for the presidential race
Immediately after the November
elections, Bob Ingersoll amour
ced that the Republicans could
not hope for success in the presi-
dental campaign of 1884 unless
they took General Sherman for
their candidate. The idea was
Immediately seized upon by a
number Of western journals, who
at once run up his name at the
head of their columns The idea
of General Sherman's candidacy
is, that he would receive the sup
port of the entire Republican par
ty, not having been mixed up in
the faction fights in the several
States. Perhaps the Republicans
could not do better, but it would
seem that in the present state of
the public mind, no man could be
elected who has only a war record
to run upon A first-class states
man is what is wanted now
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
CHRISTMAS.


The festivities Of dear old Yule
are the last relic of that iovial era
now lang syne, ere the refinement
of civilization had embittered wine
and wassail with it's carkiug cares.
We ought to cling with desperate
tenacity to the observance of its
customs, for, once departed, they
are gone forever, and no repentant
whim of posterity can recall their
pristine charms. But it is a pleas
ure to know that the holidays
were never lest apt to be shorn Of
their honors than they are at
present.
A man who is impervious to the
gladdening sight of the holiday
season possesses q most unenvia-
BILE spirit. A walk along the bus
mess thoroughfares of the city
should warm the coolest heart.
Christmas shopping is such con
tagious Joy that the least favored
mortals enjoy the sight of the mer-
ny buyers. The children, whose
bright eyes revel in the displays
at the shop windows, the package
laden mothers, with here and there
a sombre but satisfied looking
father, form a pleasing panorama,
tide of happy humanity, which
is now at its heighth. The veriest
Scrooge cannot be proof against
the sight.
He who said, Suffer little chill
dren to come unto me, was the
great founder of the gladstone
1eaSt OF Christmas, ana 1t is IN Ills
honor that we uphold the feast
and gladden. the hearts of the lit
tie ones He loved SO dearly 1t is
a pleasure, a holy pleasure, to
make their smiles brighter, their
laughter cheerier and more mu-
steal.
Happy, happy, happy Christ
mas, that can win us back to the
decisions of our childish days );
that can recall to the old man the
pleasures of his youth that can
transport the wanderer, thousands
of miles away, back to his own
freside and quiet home.
A merry Christmas to all.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

A $4,000 BIBLE REWARD. The
publishers of Rualcdge's Monthly offer
twelve valuable rewards in their
monthly for January, among which
is the following:
We will give $1,000 in gold to the
person telling us how many verses
there are in the New Testament
Scriptures mot the New Revision)
containing but two words each, by
January 10th, 1883. Should two or
more correct answers be received,
the reward will be divided The
money will be forwarded to the win.
ner January 18th, 1888. Persons try
ing for the reward must send 20
cents in silver mo postage stamps
taken) with their answer, for which
they will receive the February
Monthlg, in which the name aud ad-
dress of the winner OF the reward
and the correct answer will be pub
lished. This may be worth $50. 90 to
you; cut it out. Address RUTLEDGE
PUBLIsHING COMPANY, Easton,
Penna.
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PROPOSALS

WILL BE RECEIVED by the County
w Court Of Berkeley County, West
Virginia. until 10 O'Clock A NJ, the SrH
DAY OF JANUARY, 1883, for a proper
person to take charge of the Aims House
AID County Farm. Said person will be
required to take charge of all the paupers
in the house, or that may be sent to the
house during the year, to keep the farm
and stock in proper condition, and be at
the whole expense for all the labor reouir.
ed in the house and on the farm, making
all clothing for the paupers do the
entire work on the farm, keep up the
fences; haul the wood and coal reouired
on the place; farm from ] 5 to Is acres of
corn, 10 of oats, and 80 of wheat; cutand
make what hay will be necessary lor the
stock; hire and pay all hands to cut and
put up the harvest and thresh.
The County Court wish to have the
House and Farm carried on as heretofora
and have it done for special sum. Their
aim is to have the work well done and nc
cheap as possible. The proposals to state
the amount the person is willing to do if
for and the court reserves the right to
reject any end all bids.
Term TO commence April l, 1889 and
ending April l, 1884. Bond and security
will be required for the Performance of
the duties
By order of the Court,
Test; G. w. DOLL, G. B. C.
Dec7, l8S2.4t
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
POLYGAMY.

After all the legislation to check
the progress of polygamy in Utah,
the Federal Attorney is in Wash
ington to say that it has amounted
to nothing. Good things were
hoped for from the Edmunds law,
but the attorney speaks of it in
terms Of contempt, saying that in
the course of hundred years
perhaps it might accomplish what
it aims at. Another bill is to be
brought in to help out the Ed
munds law. Polygamy, like the
poor, is always with us, and it
looks as if it were going to stay
for good while yet. That vice
was attacked before the public
sentiment of the country was fully
aroused against slavery, its twin
relic of barbarism, and SO far as
appears from the reports of Fede-
raj officers in Utah, the vice is as
strong to-day as it ever was. All
the men now dealing with it will
be in their graves before it is de-
stroyed. Public sentiment can be
aroused against it, as when the
Edmunds bill was passed, but
polygamy being away out in Utah,
it is hard to keep the sentiment
awake and efficacious.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
GOOD BUILDINGS.

Excellent Water, Fruit, and is located at
Orleans Station On the B. and Q. railroad.
1t will be sold for debt due the Citizens
Mutual Building Association of Martins
burg, W. Va, amounting on day of sale
to the sum of $9l3.07 and for the costs of
sale.
TERMS.--One-third cash on day of
sale and balance in two equal payments
at nine and eighteen months, with inter-
est, and to be secured by lien reserved in
the deed or deed of trust, at option of
Trustee.
J. NELSON WISNER,
deco Trustee.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Ind
ana, is improving in health, altho'
very slowly, and is now strong
enough to leave his bed the greater
part of the day. The wound on his
foot has healed entirely, but one of
bis toes continues affected.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1888
HOUSE AND LOT

situated on the southeast corner of King
street and Church Alley, 5l2 feet front
and running back 200 feet being part of
Lot No 1913, as designated in the plat of
said town. Possession will be given on
the first day of April, 1888.
TERMS OF SALE One third cash on
day Of sale, and balance in six and twelve
months, with interest from day of sale,
the deferred payments to be secured by
either deed OF trust upon the property,
or lien retained in peed as the Trustee
may deem best
deco JOHN N. ABEL, Trustee.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

The FIRE0IEN's FAIR.-We wish
to remind our citizens that they
are not giving the support and en-.
couragement expected of them to
the Firemen's Fair. The object is
certainly worthy of their most lib
eral support. 1t is a mistaken idea
to suppose that the Fair has been
gotten up ercluSively by the Firemen
and is to be conducted eTcluSirely by
them. The Fair is for the exclusive
benefit of the Firemen, but it was in
tended and expected that all citizens
who desired to do so should lend u
hand in managing and conducting
it. The appeal is now made to all
citizens of the town TO come for
ward and aid, as best they can, to
make it success. The fremen
never fail to respond promptly when
their services are needed. The cti-
zens should be as prompt to rally to
their support in this instance. Let
there be a full turn out this (Satur-
day evening and during every night
next week, and thus contribute to
its success.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

Beginning two yards and half to the
northward of an ash oh the banks of the
Potomac river corner to Philip Pendle-
ton s; then leaving the river and with
Pendleton's line 50 E $50 poles to a
hickory and two white cakes on descend
ing ground, corner to said Pendleton and
Jacob W. Light, then leaving Pendleton
and with Lights partition line N AZ E "a
poles to stake on the west side of gully
on the bank of the river; thence up the
meandering of the same N IS w % poles,
N 50 poles W so poles, N 81. W So, N Ga,
W 20 poles, N "a, W 20 poles, N SO, W
IL poles, N SO, W 80 poles, S 80, W Sc
poles, S rs, W 20 poles, 70, W So poles,
S Sc, W poles S 49, W IA poles, S "a
w Is poles, S 81, W IA poles, and S IL,
w 81 poles to the beginning, containing
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-12-23

TIE Forty-eight Congress win
be composed of 191 Democrats,
121 Republicans, 6 Readjusters, 3
Independent Democrats and 2 In
dependent Republicans The
Democrats will have a majority Of
50 over Republicans, Readjusters
and Independents, and the major
ity will probably not be changed
by the result of the elections to
fiji the vacancies caused by death,