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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
NUMBER z.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT..
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At recent examination for clerk
ships in the London pcstoface $500
women presented themselves.
The president Of the university at
Colorado Springs advertised f0r an e.
pert cheesenmker to instruct the young
lady students.
The women Of Denver have orga-
nized themselves into an industrial as-
sociation, for the purpose Of circum-
venting unscrupulous spectators.
Judge Deady invited tho learned
woman attorney Of San Francisco,
Clara S. Foltz, to seat beside him
self, and introduced her to the other
lawyers present, when she attended
the United States circuit court in Ore
gun lately.
Miss Mary Berger, Of Portland.
Oregon, on returning from picnic,
found the timbers Of the Elk Creek
bridge on fire. She disrobed, dipped
her clothes into the creek, wrapped
them about the burning timberss and
thus kept the fire in check until help
arrived.
The English railway companies for
some time have employed women as
ticket and audit clerks, as also have the
Credit Foncier and several banks and
public companies in France. The cor
poration Of the cityof Paris mean also
to employ women in their Offices, and
800 situations are offered
Sister Mary Frances Clare, Of the
convent at Knock, county Mayo, Ire
land, has taken the most practical and
useful way Of helping her young c0un-
trywomen by establishing an indus
trial school for Irish girls, in which
they are taught cooking, sewing and
all practical home duties. The care Of
fowls and bees, the making Of butter
and knitting viii also be taught In the
House Of Industry.
Mrs. Cartwright of fSnowden Springs,
Oregon, and a lady from Eugene, who
happened to be passing that way, dis-
covered the railroad bridge, three
quarters of a mile south Of Drain, to
be on fire. There was no time to be
lost in summoning assistance. and hav-
ing no vessel at hand they went to the
branch under the bridge, and, using
their aprons and clothing to carry the
water, they extinguished the fire, after
burning and destroying most Of their
clothing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12

Doctor, you have my secret-you
surely win not betray it?"
Il am pledged to silence, madame"
Ireturned, coldly 'but the deceit
sIt is my fate, doctor" walled the
woman, "it is my fate. How / endure
it scarcely know; were to pause
and think, I should 60 mad. The man
who died tonight was my son I Colonel
Hadden knows nothing Of my first
marriage nor of this dreadful secret
Of my sons criminal life, that has
weighed me down for years. Oyer and
over again I have thought to escape
from it, but it has followed upon my
footsteps like doom. Tonight closes
that chapter of my life-oh, heaven |
how dreadfullyi But my secret is
safe-the diamonds provided for that"
"But your husband, Mrs. Hadden ?"
She covered her pallid, beautiful face
with her hands.
81 know what you would say, DR..
Meller. love him and honor him be-
yond all men; but what can I do2 Be
lieye me, I have never willingly
wronged or deceived him. I never
dreamed of-of-"
She paused abruptly. Colonel Had
den was entering the room, and the
smiling, casual remark she addressed
to him filed my heart with amazement
almost admiration.
Irode home to my blue-eyed little
Eleanor, feeling, as I entered the snug
sitting-room, as if were returning to
the homely, happy atmosphere Of every
day life. But never forgot the ter
rible excitement, the feverish suspense
Of that November night.
The desperadoes who had attempted
to rife Haddenleigh hall were never
detected or taken; all trace Of them
seemed to have vanished utterly out Of
the earth.
And were it not for the bank note
which had most literally recompensed
my services, and the everlasting wit
ness borne by Mrs. Hadden's lovely,
startled face, I should almost have
been tempted to fancy that all the
events of that marvellous November
midnight were the fragments Of a
dream.
This was my adventure-the first
and last that ever crossed the pathway
of nv life
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
Anasshetic Bullets.

A German chemist has invented a
new kind of bullet which, he urges,
viii, if brought into general use,
greatly diminish, if not altogether re-
move, the horrors of war. The bullet
is Of brittle substance, breaking di-
rectly it comes in contact with the
object at which it is aimed. 1t con-
tains powerful anasthetic, producing
instantaneously complete insensibility,
lasting for twelve hours, which, except
that the action of the heart continues,
is not to be distinguished from death.
a battlefield where these bullets are
used viii in a short time be apparently
covered with dead bodies, butin reality
merely with the prostrate forms Of
soldiers reduced for the time being to
state of unconsciousness. While in
this condition they may, the German
chemist points out. be carefully packed
in ambulance wagons and carried off
as prisoners. Whole cities may in like
manner be reduced to helplessness by
means Of shells charged with the same
compound. The anasthetic bullet is
also strongly recommended to the
burglar and the householder, NO risk Of
hanging being involved BY its use
st. James Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
A SINGULAR Revenge.

Prince Bismarcl's traditional three
single hairs as the sole ornaments of
his massive head have long been a IA
vorite subject of caricature with the
Berlin comic journals, but the chancel-
lor may now recognize this character
istic Of his appearance depicted in
stone over several windows in Pots
dam. The owner of these houses, ac-
cordingto the american Register, is a
rich capitalist who has worked his way
up from simple mason with only one
disaster in his ife-the loss Of his only
son in the Franco-Prussian war. He
regards Prince Bismarck as the author
Of the war, and therefore as his sons
murderer, and so adopts somewhat
singular method Of revenging himself
upon his enemy. Over the grave Of his
son in Potsdam cemetery he has erected
a splendid mausoleum, surmounted by
an nowl with the face of Prince Bismarck,
three hairs and all. On one Of his
houses the Bismarck head looks over
the corniee of each window, with the
three hairs represented by small can
non. On another building, similarly
adorned, three serpents take the place
of the hairs; while third house is
now being built, and the capitalists
neighbors are eager to see what fresh
fattering ornament win be bestowed
on the princes head. London Graphic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12

The new cloaking materials have
repped surfaces, either lengthwise Or
across the cloth.
Alligator skin slippers in various
shades of tan and fawn are novelties
for morning wear.
Ottoman plushes have heavy repped
grounds on which are designs in thick
and long pile plush.
Printed satines with large figures cn
dark colored and tinted grounds are
used for cloak Innings.
The fashionable linen collar j. "a
standing military band with vine Of
embroidery near the edge.
Shrimp pink, strawberry red and
electric blue velvet bows are worn at
the neck with linen collars.
The Phrygian cap, projecting far
over the face, appears among other
millinery novelties in Paris
New blues take such names as cleo
tric, cobalt, gentian, infantry, hussar.
and darker shades approaching indigo
are called imperial
Women who wear bustles generally
seem to have curvature of the sps-es
but it is only artificial and accidental
crookedness of the tournure.
Rich silks and novelty woolen dres
stuffs show designs in shaded ballss
drops, rings, eggs and pear-shnped
figures in changeable colOrs on grounds
Of terra Gotta, huzzar blue and other
fashionable tints.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
THE HOME DOCTOR.


SORE THROAT.-An excellent gargle
for ordinary sore throat may be made
by pouring pint Of boiling water over
powder composed Of an ounce Of
sumach berries and half an ounce Of
chlorate Of potash, allowing 1t to sim
mer in an earthen vessel, with occa-
sional stirring, to three-fourths of a
pint, straining and using In the ordinary
manner. DR.. Foote's Health Monthly.
WHAT TO DO WITH Ours OR
WoUNDs-Farmers who live far from
surgical aid and those who 70 off on
hunting and other excursions are
often at aloss what to do when an ac-
cident occurs. In many families some
kind Of a liniment or application is
kept which is regarded as an universal
remedy, but it is often the worst thing
that can be applied. In all cases Of
wounds recollect that nature makes an
immediate attempt to repair damages,
and the best thing we can do is to give
her chance and aid her.
In the majority Of wounds, where
no important artery or vein is cut, all
that we have to do is to bring the
edges Of the wound together and hold
them there, and if the wound is
not a ragged one, healing win com
mence at once. Should, however, the
edges Of the wound be much torn, then
use cold water dressings, until surgi-
cal aid can be had; these may be lint,
or any soft cloths, wet in the coldest
obtainable water and kept wet over
the wound. Should an artery be
wounded. the fact win be known by
the blood coming out in jerks or spurts,
and one must make use of such anat-
omical knowledge as he may have
Keep cool. If the wound is on limb,
applying a compress somewhere be-
tween the wound and the body will stop
the bleeding. Tie a handkerchief
around the limb, and use stick to
twist it in such a manner as to bring
pressure on the artery. A wounded
vein is much less difficult to manage
A bit of lint bound firmly over
the wound will usually stop the
bleeding. In all such cases an
abundant use Of the coldest water is
advisable. Perfect quiet is essential /;
make the wounded person keep abso-
lutely at rest, and having dispatched a
messenger for the nearest surgeon,
apply cold water dressing, avoiding the
use Of all ..Balsams," '.Pain-Killers, 4
"Relefs," and the like, which are Of a
highly infammatory nature. though
wounds sometimes get well in spite Of
them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
HOTELS.
'RT HOTEL,
BRIDGEPORT. Nj.
VOLUME v.

The undersigned would respectfully inform the
people OF Gloucester County that he has leased
tne brIdgepors Hotel and intends to keep a we'll
regaia[ed public house, The hotel has been
newly furnished. The table will always be well
snppne1, and the Bar stocked with the best Lilo.
uors, Wines. Ales, Cigars. &C.
ELWOOD USINGER.
F. S--This hotelis located near one of the best
fgunning marshes in South Jersey and gunners
will be furnished with boats and pushers by the
proprietor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12

lied 10 make all widths from one to one and one
qaas.ter yards wide. Prices ranging all the way
rom 2S cents mp to 50 cents per yard, according
width and quality. Satisfaction guaranteed
4ve received the past year, solicit continu.
nee Of the same. Bring along your rags or send
Nord and Will come and get them and de-
II Green's new building, two doors below g..
f-en Block. Entrance on upper side, nex1
70 n. r. II. 6ailers house. You can'r niigs IL
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-10-12
Insurino an AupIe crop.

Singular modes are still taken to i'm
prove the apple crop in different parts
Of Great Britain. 1t is the custom To
offer prayers in some countries; in
others drinking and poetry are used;
and in one district instrumental music
is added. In the Manuale in Hymn
Larum,' now in the vicarage library
Of Marlborough, England, there were
two beautiful Latin prayers to be said
on st. James and st. Christopher's
day (February 28) In the orchards,
when the trees were to be sprinkled
with holy water. In Devonshire
bowl of toast and cider is taken out
into the orchard on Christmas eve and
piece Of toast put in the principal
tree and verses repeated as follows:
Apple tree
We wassail thee
To bear and to blow
Apples enow.
Hurrahl hurrahl hurrahl
In Somersetshlre q similar custom
prevails, but the poetry ID extended 10
fourteen lines; and in Sussex is Gus
tom called blowing the trees or
y wassailing,p which i performed by
a number Of young men blowing cows
horns under the apple trees, and each
taking hold Of q tree and repeating
verses little different, but evidently
Of the same origin as those repeated In
the other countries. The custom also
prevails in Normandy.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26

Many persons say that they saw Presi-
dent Arthur at Coney Island on Sunday.
He was first observed at the Flatbush
avenue gate, where he was greeted by a
conductor who met him in Washington
many time. AS it was raining very
hard the conductor told him to go into
the close car, where it was warmer and
where he could smoke if he chose. The
President thanked his old friend for his
kin 1ness and promised him a good place
as soon as he returned to Washington.
After rattling through the rain for
twenty minutes the train with its pre-
cious freight, arrived at Coney Island.
There the President stepped out of the
car and into the hotel, where he was met
by his old acquaintance Breslin, who
had been already notified of his coming
by telegraph. They shook hands cor,
daily, and though Mr.. Breslin was
rather surprised at such an I'M
expected meeting and the fact
the President was alone, he
made no special remark about it and
ordered a few bottles of wine to be
placed on ice. AS soon as the extra dry
had time to get properly cooled Mr..
Breslin and his guests toasted the health
of the Union, its President and all others
in authority. in foaming goblets. 1t is
said that after the wine was drunk the
gentleman who had thus far been taken
for the President, revealed the fact that
he vas none other than the proprietor of
a Fulton street shoe shop, who knowing
his very close resemblance to President
Arthur, thought it might not be out of
place on such rainy day to make a
little fun where all seemed so gloomy
and cherries. Meanwhile there is only
one word which described the feelings of
his entertainer at the Brighton. and that
is "Mumm. - Brooklyn Eagle.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26

jumped from the fence, she would have
landed on the minister's side. I made
up my mind that would not tell her
what had passed. for maybe, after all,
Miss Elyira would decide that I was no
real Tnckerite. But the very next day
she sent word to me that she would like
to, have me join the choir.
1 told mother that was wanted in the
children's choir because / had good
voice, and I never said word about be-
ing Tuckerite.
"A children's choir" said she. That's
real good idea--a beautiful idea"
''She never suspected how l was de-
ceiving her.
Well, we had real fun practicing That
week we learned chant and two hymns.
One day Miss Green came in.
How does she happen to be here?"
heard her ask Miss Elvira, with signifi-
cant look at me.
"Oh, she has real good voice." an
swered Miss Elvira, laughing. 'Mosf of
the children who can sing are on the
Tuckerite side. Besides, from some
thing she said to Abby Ann, think at
heart the Halls sympathize with us"
What would my folks have said to
that? i felt half sick of the whole affair,
and went home and leased mother to let
me 20 and visit Mary Jane.
never shall TO- get the Sunday sang
in the choir. Miss Elvira played for us
on the organ, for when the real organist
heard that only the Tuckerite children
were to belong to it she refused to
play. Everybody seemed surprised to
see me in it, and even DIR. Scott looked
at me in mournful sort of way. as if he
thought the Halls had gone over to the
enemy. What troubled me most,
though, was the look mother gave me
when she first realized that the choir was
formed only of the Tuckerite children,
and that she had not found it out before.
But, in spite of all this, enjoyed the
singing. We sat, a long row of us, in
the singers seats up in the gallery. AT
ter the hymn was given ont and we stood
up, Miss Elvira nodded to me and whis--
pered: "Now, don't be afraid, girls.
Sing as loud as you can"
Mercy! how we did sing! Twice as
loud as the grown-up choir. Luella
Howe said, afterward, that we looked as
if we were trying to swallow a meeting
house.
But never sang but just once in the
choir From "A story of a Very
Naughty Girl, by A. G.. Plympton, in
st Nicholas for October.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26
COlOred VS.. White Soldiers.

According to the subsistence branch
Of the United States army, the negro
troops use almost four times as much
tea as white troops, and the question
naturally presents itself, why the col
ored race should be so very fond of tea.
1t is not owing to the fact that the white
men prefer rum, for the negroes also re-
quired twice as much of that substance
as the whites. 1t may be that they
needed it to float the pickles, of which
every man of them ate three to the white
soldiers one. 1t may have some connec-
ton with the consumption of soap, of
which the Ethiopian needs also four
times as much as a Caucasian, but if so
the connection must be very subtitle
one. Altogether the colored troops are
rather an expensive body to keep, for
not only do they eat more and drink
more. but they get sick more frequently
and die faster than the whites. During
the past year the average rate of mortality
in the white regiments was nine per 1000,
while in the negro regiments it was
twenty per 1000, while in the former the
discharges for disability was thirty four
per 1000, and in the latter fortytwo per
1000. As matter of economy, there
fore, the colOred troops should be dis
pensed with.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26
A Beauty's Ambition

Canonchet seems to be a woman e
whim in architecture, the designs being
controlled by voluptuous taste. The
mantels are upheld by carved oak mer.
maids with plumpness of arm, a
bulbousness of development, and such
low.cut fnny trains that the merry
oaken Bacchus from the opposite side
board seems to glance most wickedly at
them. The god OF pleasure seems to
have been the household god.
What was Mrs. Sprague's idea in
building this placer"
American political life for o grand salon
OF which she could be exclusive mis-
tress," said one who knew her. "She
found the spot opposite Newport, IL g
Mecca of the rich, the aristocratic,
and the powerful, aid her design
was to have such entertainments here
that would make party leaders and
social leaders covet their invitations
and to tabe care that she should be the
only woman to command. The fact is
that Canonchet was political device
to help her father, Justice Chase,
toward the Presidency. The one aim of
her life was to become mistress of the
White House, and she never would have
married William Sprague but for the
hope and belief that great wealth, which
was not otherwise at her command would
help her to attain that end. She mod
eled her plans upon those of the famous
French women at court She knew all
about Maintenon, Pompadour and Nine.
de Chatelet, and the power that women
welded behind men, and studied their
political methods. She showed great
fertility OF resource in her plans, but
when they all failed the light went out
of her life."
Had she no political am bition for her
husband?"
"Not in the least. She never be-
lieved in any political future for him.
She was, however, ambitious for Conk-
ling, and believed she would see him
President. = st. Louis Republican.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26
Odd Wedding Rings.

"There is no jewelry about which
women always show so much interest as
the betrothal and wedding rings" re-
piled dealer to a reporters question.
"The first has altered noticeably in
shape and setting. A pure white dia-
mond, the only suitable gem, is under
set in short claws so that the stone hides
the setting completely. Polished gold
is pref rred to Roman gold. The shank
is oval and tapers from the gem. There
is neither enamel nor engraving on its
surface, and inscriptions are cut inside.
as the purchaser may order. 1t is but
an old fashion revived, and one which
will be liked. In the last thirty years
wedding rings have changed in sty he,
from the narrow, double circlet to the
polished oval; and lastly the plain. wide
fiat band, which is now preferable in
polished gold. A fourth style, and one
eminently in harmony with the present
temper of romantic sentiment, might
we'll revive the ornament which decora-
tel a ring discovered long ago in ancient
Egyptian ruins. 1t represented two
cats sitting back to back, and between
them the GODDESS of love. who smiles
sweetly on vacancy, while they glare
around at each other in genuine Kilkenny
fashion,"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26

The iron palmetto is the greatest work
of art in the State House yard at Colum-
bia, s. G. This is casting wholly Of
iron, commemorating the death of,many
of Carolins's slain, whose names are
found in raised letters on two bras. tab
lets at the base. The success o. the
casting consists in its perfect imitation
of the living palmetto-the favorite tree
of South Carolina. We had heard of
this statue in other places, but had
never been able to believe the stories OF
the flexible leaves bending in the breeze,
supposing this phenomenon an optical
delusion; but such is really the case.
The long, thin leaves of iron, lifelike
even to the hair-like fibers OF the twigs
and branches, wave tremulously in every
zephyr, and the whole tree, painted ar
tistically, has so close q resemblance to
the real tree as to deceive the acutest OBJ
server at a ce.-ISyracuse Stan
dard.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26
BIRTHDAYS.

! am content
To let. the added years
that come 10 me
Roll back in The past so far
That memory
Can only find along the shore
Some perieet shells, and nothing more.
am content
That seaweed. bits of wreck
Ard pebbles grav,
Diff out Of sight into the sea-
For them to stay
Would be to cherish grief and pain
! would not, must not feel again.
lam content
That none OF life
Can ever be
No more to me
Will former song, or book, or toy,
Fill the new measure of my joy.I
am content
To live all of o-day:
And when dream
lie. fancy rcve IN the light
That hope hath seen
Beyond the present. and altar
steadfast. sweetly beck ing star.
] am content
For age upon the neart
Can never creep:
And when, at last, in stillest night
| seen 10 sleep,
A birthday comes TO me in truth;
The gilt il brings-immortal youth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-10-26
Booths Grave.

Everything about Booths last resting
place reminds one of hjm-the poor
handful of dust that managed to work so
much mischief in its short life. All
this broad panorama of activity-the
city stretching out to the waters of the
river which joins the great Chesapeake
in carrying the commerce of q busy port
out to the seals inseparably connected
with him. for in the midst of it he was
born, only about forty-two years ago,
though his career has been ended seven
teen long years.
This Booth monument formerly stood
in the old Baltimore cemetery, where
it marked the resting place of Junius
Brutus Booth only. Towards the
close of the war Edwin Booth and
bis mother (who still lives) bought this
lot and removed the remains and the
marble to this spot. Later the collins of
the children were taken mp from the old
Booth homestead. in Hartford county.
that all might sleep together.
The lot containing these graves is
framed by low stone coping, with
granite posts at each of the four corners.
Close to each post grows beautiful
pine tree, nicely shaped and trimmed,
showing evidence of careful attention.
To the right Of the monument, in cor
ner Of the same enclosure, is an old mar
BILE headstone, showing that the insidi-
ous tooth OF time" has been busy,
which marks the grave of John Wilkes
grandfather, Richard Booth, who died
in 1885, Cincinnati Commercial.
Ex-Postmaster General Jewell is TAX
inc life Sn~av "A Qha1doo Slvxvsnuu