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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BEnI.-Bell, the telephone man, is worth
100000.
PoE-The house at Fordham, N. Y, once
occupied by Edgar A. Poe, the poet, was sold
recently at auction.
CoNovER.-Ex-Senator Conover. of Flor
ida, is practicing medicine at the Marine
hospital in Philadelphia.
BARrHoIDI.- colossal statue of
liberty for Bedloe's island, New York har-
Dor, will be completed in November.
YoUSG.-Ann Eliza Young, nineteenth de-
gree widow of the late Brigham, was recently
married to W. R. Dsnning, of Michigan.
PRINCE LEoPo1.D.-Prince Leopold is by
far the most accomplished and highly edu-
Gated Of Queen Victoria's sons. He is an
effective orator.
ADMIRAL PoRTER.-Admiral Porter has en-
tirely recovered from his recent illness, and
is now enjoying better health than he has
for a number of years.
WAITE have no opinion in politics.
In my situation that subject is out of the
question" F" said Chief Justice Waite to a Chi
cago reporter the other day.
MAoKAY.-Itis reported that Mr.. Mackay,
the millionaire, contemplates the erection
in New York of a gigantic hotel. tits to be
eight times the size of the;Eifth Avenue hotel.
and is to contain almost everything under its
roof.
MoRRrL1.- Governor Anson P. Morrill,
celebrated his eightieth birthday anniversary
recently at his home in Augusta, Me. Mr..
Morrill, is yet worker. and he is out of bed
every morning before o'clock. During his
long and busy life he has hardly been sick a
day.
PARKER.-Barnes, the ssmountain evanrel-
ist,' writes from London Of a recent visit
which he paid with his daughter to the Rev.
DR.. Parker, the great preacher. Mr.. Barnes
thinks him one who {" knows sweeter
Gospel than any other minister in this great
metropolis"
RIcE-Ex- Governor A. H. Rice, Of Ma ssa-
chusetts, has been unfortunate in his love.
His first wife died early. His wedding day
was appointed with second lady, but she
died shortly before. He became engaged to
a third lady, whom he married, but she be-
came insane shortly afterward.
GLADSTONE "A nephew of Gladstone was
asked in New York The other day if the ru-
NOR of the premier's retirement at the end
of the present session was likely to be real
ized2 To this can answer emphatically,
no; my uncle, although very old, is still hale
and hearty, and as full Of work as ever; his
mind is as active and his brain as vigorous
as they were In his palmiest days He in
tends to serve his country as long as he is
able, and hopes to die in harness. Work to
him is recreation, labor a pastime.
LAMAR.-Senator Lamar's mode of life il
simple. He has generally a large suite of
rooms, strewn with books and papers. He
lives alone. He eats when he Is hungry, ana
at the nearest hotel or restaurant wherever
he may happen to be- He used to have his
wife with him, but now, poor lady, she has
become a hopeless invalid through much
sorrow from domestic Rriefs. Lamar is as
careless g. child In money matters. He
never knows how much he has. and often
pa5s tho same bill tTiee ID dishonest trades
men,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
. FUN.

"Pm mending," as the sick shoe
maker said the first day he resumed
the bench.-Drunn1er.
The place to see fencing, boxing and
flooring is not gymnasium. A lum-
Der yard is where you will see most of
It.-,SVtings.
1t has been whispered that the inn
mense stock Of liver pads cleft over .
In this fair land have been worked up
into lawn tennis shoes.-H Hosokeye.
did you dust the furniture this
morning, Mary?" asked the mistress.
mo, ma'am," replied Mary; at didn't
need it; it had all the dust on it that
it could easily hold" Boston Tran
script.
Tit for tat /: Ais the baron at
homer" B.-"No, he sends word to
you that he has just gone out" A
"Goodl Give the baron my compli-
ments, and say 1 didn't call."-F7ie-
ge7lde BLatter.
A little sketch going the rounds of
the press is headed "a Young Woman
With History" We think she was
here few days ago; in fact, she fire.
quently visits this city. Sometimes
She has history in fifty-two parts, and
sometimes volume of poetry that
'.should be in every intelligent house
hold. ."-Stilza0ater LatnpbermGn.
Peternal wisdom in the city: "Pa
what is ensilage?" "Why-h'm-
ensilage, my son, is-un- ensilage is
oh, something like mucilage, my
son; something like mueilage; used
to stick things together, You know.
There, now, run away to your play,
and don't disturb me now." And that
boy thinks his pa is a very encyclopedia
of wisdom.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
The OLDEST SOLDIER RETIRED,

A Philadelphia dispatch says: The Times
is informed that the garrison of Fort Mifiiin,
in the Delaware, will depart for Washington
tomorrow under the express orders of the
President to receive commission and DO
placed on the retired list of army officers
The garrison is, and has been for many
years, composed of one man, buthe has sfncs
his enlistment on March 80. 1885. seen enough
service for a dozen. His name is George W.
Bromley and his rank is ordnance sergeant.
He was part of the serried columns
that q blazed y at Osceola, the Seminole
chief, from 1871 to 1874. When the Mexican
war broke out he was one Of those to plunge
through the surf and plant Scott's batteries
on the beach before the walls Of Vera Cruz.
After fighting at Palo Alto. Resaca de Ia
Palma and Camargo, he fell with ball
through his leg while leading his c0fBpSnp
in tie charge on the Queen; n
bridge at Monterey, after his cap
tain and lieutenant had becA shut
down. He has refused commission thraa
times before; he has been Ia charge Of Fort
Mifiiin for many xears, Nhila among his Vis
it0rs have been numbered officers 1i tha
highest rank, intending General Sherman
He has served The longest and iA thd eldest
soldier ia The active service mi Nav nnumfnt
8I,a was born "A Norwich. Edhns Anrn4f a
IrlXa +. |''
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21

the regret that he had robbed the
Edgerly witch of her vengeance on
Penraven.
1t was a story for the press-the
first strange will the theft Of the
second revoking quite the former; its
mysterious recovery; the mad despair
of the witch Monnie the happiness
of the two lovers it concerned. But
the most enterprising reporter never
once dreamed that, in the midst of it
all, the grave head clerk at Benham &
Keats had gone seeking a little wife.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
Earminn In Ianan.

| 0fhhut4 W SdpdAs
Labor in Japan is exceedingly cheap.
The ordinary farm hand averages
from $40 to $50 per year, without
board and lodging. As the land is in
general very minutely divided the
farmers cultivate their own lands
with their own hands. There are
about 100000 acres of land under
cultivation at the present time, and
the people engaged in farming are
about 15,500,000, so that the average
extent of land per farmer is little
less than one acre. The wives of
farmers not only perform their house
hold duties, but also constitute a part
OF the regular farm force, taking the
easier kinds of work, such as picking
up potatoes. transplanting rice, etc.
The Japanese farmers subsist upon a
simple diet, but they enjoy robust
health, and are very hospitable. In
the northern provinces of Japan the
farmers emigrate to the island of
Hoktaido after harvest is over, and
engage in the salmon and herring
fisheries, where their labor commands
about $50 for five months service with
board. This is considered as the high
est wages in Japan.
The manure, the most important
item in farming, is carefully economized
by the japanese farmer. He never
wastes what will contribute to the
fertility of the soil. The chemical
analysis of fish guano shows that it con-
tains nine parts of nitrogen and three
parts Of phosphoric oxide. This fish
guano is made on the northern coasts
and used in southern provinces. Pay
ing great attention to the economical
application of manure, the Japanese
farmer next considers the thorough
tillage Of the land. The soil is finely
pulverized by a rude implement, some
what similar in construction to a COM
mon hoe, and the weeds are carefully
pulled up or plowed under.
The japanese farmer eyer allows
weeds to grow and draw elements of
fertility from the soil. Every farm,
every field, looks like garden. From
this point of view, japanese farming
may aptly be called gardening rather
than farming. 1t is joyous time for
every farmer when the wedding of the
rice field begins. Men, women and
children all go out into the field and
pull up every weed they can find, and
leave the fed in the incest condition.
They do not mind how deeply they
must get in the mellow mud of the
rice field, but proceed with their work
singing merrily and heartily, and when
their labor is over they have a big
Feast in a family circle, and look for
future blessing from heaven. Rice
may be understood as the staple crop
in Japan, and the japanese farmer de-
pends entirely upon this one crop; but
rice needs water for its growth, hence
the water question in Japan becomes
most important one. At present
every water system is carefully utilized
for the irrigation of rice fields, and the
system of irrigation is such that when
the rice ripens its seed, and is ready for
its harvest, the water is drained off,
and the field is made accessible for men
to work-American AaricNZt1rist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
VOLUME V.
THE COURAGE OF LIFE.


Courage to look on coming years,
Their slender hopes, their certain tears,
With spirit still undaunted.
Courage to strive for ev'ry gain,'
For Genius, even, must work amain,
| And struggle for what is wanted.
Courage to see illusions fade,
Thine idols fade that thou has made.
To be by their mem'riAs haunted.
Courage to see thyself grow old,
Thy place usurped by the young and bold,
Their vigor before thee faunted.
Courage to face the dark, dark hours
When all things seem beyond the powers
Of the faith that thou hast vaunted.
Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
japanese Gardening.

The Japanese market gardeners sup
ply the city Of Yokohama with flowers
all the year round without any fire
heat, although they have frosts and
cold weather several months every
year. They employ pits covered with
sash for their plants, and protect them
atnight with mats. 1t is very certain
they must use great deal of care to
select the kinds Of plants that will
thrive and produce flowers with this
treatment. Vick.
A time-honored courtroom The
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21

COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Yale College has won the championship
pennant for 1883. The record up to the
ninth showed that every game except two
had been played, and that Yale could not
possibly lose the championship:
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Magazine Notices.

Every article in the April number of Har-
per's Magazine, for one reason or another,
invites especial notice; and no better NUM-
Der, from an artistic point of view, has ever
been issued. The Frontispiece is an engrav
ing from the portrait of Washington Irving
by Gilbert Stuart Newton, and is Published
APP ropos of the centenary of Irving's birth.
Mr.. George William Curtis gives, in the
Editors Easy Chair, an interesting and APP
preciative sketch of the writer, whom he
styles New York's ''most famous SON" Phe-
be Earle Gibbons's English Farmers is a
close study of rural life in Sussex, and Mr..
Remnants sketches OF the subject are de-
lightful. George II. Boughton's fourth pa
per on Holland Is even more interesting
than those which have preceded 1t; and the
Illustrations have the same quaintness and
novelty that characterize the text. Colonel
Higginson, in the sixth chapter of his
American History, entitled An English Ma
ton, gives concise and comprehensive re-
view of the early English settlements in
this country This chapter is very effective
ly illustrated from drawings by Howard Pyle
aud other sources. Mr.. George Ticknor
Curtis contributes the first of two papers on
The Treaty of Peace and Independence, rat
fed century ago, with six portraits. A
Home Lawn is a subject of universal inter
est very carefully ueaied by Mr.. S. B. Par
sons, one of our best authorities in horticul--
ture, and is illustrated from drawings by
Alfred Parsons. The Hon. John Bigelow,
in an ar ticle entitled The Heir Presumptive
to the Imperial Crown of Mexico, gives an
interesting chapter of secret history connect
ed with Maximilian's unhappy reign in Mex
leo. The subject of the article is Prince
Don Augustin de Iturbide, who, when an
infant, was taken from his mother snd kept
for years by Macmillan, Notwithstanding
her constant remonstrances and sollcita-
tions. A fine portrait Of the Prince accom-
panies the article. Professor Simon New
comb contributes an interesting account of
his recent interview with Cetysayo. the
Zulu King, and gives fac-simile Of the lat
ters autograph. Miss Woclson's For the
Major, and Blacks Shandon Bells are both
concluded in this number; and strong
short story is contributed by A Working
Girl. Poems are contributed by t. B. Al
drich, R. Fl. Stoddard, and John B. Tabb.
Besides these, there is a quaint little story
in verse, entitled The Little White Beggars.
by Helen w. Ludlow, illustrated BY DEL
man. The Editorial Departments are full
of timely and interesting matter The
Drawer for this month is conducted by its
earliest editor, DIR. S. /. Prime
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Carlyles Queries Concerning In
dian Meal.

In letter from Carlyle to Emerson, of
date of December, 1913, he says: There Is
another practical question, but IL is from the
female side Of the house to tho female side, and
in fact concerns Indian meal, upon which
Mrs. Emerson, or you, or the miller of Con
cord III be have any tincture of philosophy
are now to instruct as. The fact is, pota.
toes having vanished here, we are again
with motives large and small trying to
learn the use Of indian meal; and, indeed,
do eat It daily to meat at dinner, thou, h
hitherto with considerable despair, Cues
ton first, therefore: Is there by nature a
litter final taste, which makes the throat
smart, and dlsheartens much the apprentice
ia Indian meal, or is 1t accidental, and to be
avoided2 We surely anticipate the latter
answer, but do not yet see how. At first we
were taught the meal, all ground on your
side Of the water, had got fusty, ra,o; an eff
feet we are well used TO In oaten and other
meals; but last yer we had bushel of Ii
ground here, and the bitter taste was there
as before with the addition of much dirt and
sand, our millstones, | suppose, being too
soft; whereupon we incline to surmise that
there is, perhaps, DIS in the case of oats, some
pellicle or hull that ought to be rejected In
making the meal? Pray ask some phllo-
sophie miller, IL Mrs. Emerson or you do
not know, and as a corollary this second
question: What is the essential difference
between aehite Tor brown gray white) Indian
meal and yeltoto 1.-THE kind we now have
beautiful as new guineas, but with an inef
faceable taste kin Of SCOT in it)P And, ques-
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A novelty is announced on the other side
of the water, in the shape of a water marked
paper of a peculiar character. Hitherto
water-markngs have been confined to COM
paratively simple devices, and have shown
themselves merely as light lines ON the dark
gray of the paper when a sheet is held up to
the light. The new invention consists of re-
producing photographs, portraits. and, in
fact, anything having difference of light
and shade, in the substance of the paper by
varying its thickness, in the same way as
the ordinary waieI-mark. Visiting cards,
note paper, bills of exchange, checks and
commercial paper generally can all be orna-
mented in this way by the reproduction Of
Photographic pictures. The method en-
ployed is to reproduce the photograph in re-
lief on the roller which produces the design,
and thus obtain the necessary variations in
the thickness of the paper.
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Kate Chase sprague in the Gallery

[SpripgEeld Republicans Washington letter.
Among the ladies in the private gallery Of
the Senate on Friday evening before the ad-
ioarnment was Mrs. Sprague, who is now
with her three daughters at 'Edgewood, 2
the old country home OF her father, the late
Chief Justice Chase. And ex-senator
Sprague was married yesterday Mrs.
Sprague sat in the gallery with Representa-
tive and Miss Crowley, Of New York, but
hink few about knew Der, or perhaps had
ever seen her before. They were all new
faces, belonging to the present, but she
seemed to belong TO the past, brilliant past
1t was, when she was an acknowledged lead
er in Washington society, and one of the
most beautiful women here. She Is a pretty
woman even now, and win always retain
much Of her beauty. II is true that her
face looks faded, and about the lovely dark
eyes there are worn, tired lines. But the
proud pose Of the small, fnely-formed head
is as marked as ever, and the mouth as
naughty. but yet beautiful as In the old
days, when the lips were parted ia smiles
that were so fascinating | saw her soon
after the death of her father, and then her
face framed in the little black bonnet, had
touch of Madonna sweetness that softened
all the proud bearing. She has resumed col.
ors, and dresses with the same exquisite
taste for which she was quite noted in her
best days-those days when she entered this
gallery BY her right as the wife of Senator,
and her husband sat below, a Senator from
Rhode Island. And now she takes her seat
as stranger, and al much stranger as any
Of the visitors sitting there. Among num-
Der of notable portraits In one OF the first
Photographic establishments on the avenue
is one Of Kate Chase. II must have been
painted nearly twenty years ago, as the
dress is the fashion Of that day, having
plain full skirt, without ruffie or touch of
trimming. II has plain round waist, and
is low, showing the pretty shoulders and
long, slender neck. Harriet Lanes portrait
used 20 hang by the side Of this one Of KATE
Chase, and, though she'was a handsome wo-
man, there could be no comparison, for the
pretty head and eyes Of the Ohio girl were
too beautiful 70 be rivaled by the other. Her
hair was without cump or curl. aud combed
low over the ears as smooth and glossy as
satin, and put up in small coil at the back
Of the head. With all this severe simplicity
of dress and hair, II is beautiful woman
looking out from the canvas.
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, AUGUSTA, Me, |
Afar,h IL 14Sp

March u. 1888.
Tho Governor aud Council, in behalf Of the state,
will receive sealed proposals Tor the publication OF
the Fourth Revision OF the Statutes, provided for
by resolves o. the Legislature, as follows:
Resoired. That as coon ~ may be the governor and
council may contract with the responsible person
eersons making the lowest bid, for the publication
Of the revised statutes OF the State, with the con
atitution thereof. the constitution of the United
States the repeating act, the reference icdex tables
of the revising commissioner, and such additional
matter may necessary, in style rot inferior in size
Of page and With Of margin, printing paper and
binding 90 that Of the last edition Of the public
tatutes Of Massachusetts, but with the same size OF
type as that of the revised statutes of Mana of
1871; and the person or persons with whom said
contract Is made shall be required TO supply the
State with three thousand copies OF the statutes so
Published. The Governor aud Council shall reserve
the right TO iset any and all bids; and they may
make said contract upon such terms and conditions
~ they deem necessary for the Interests Of the
State; and I'll time for completion Of the contract
and the retail price at which the statutes pub
lished shall be- sold shall DO limited and specified In
the same contract.
Resoired, That the secetary OF state shall secure
the COPYRIGHT Of said new revision for the use of
the State; and no tion Of the same shall be pub
lisbed by any person other that the contractor
aforesaid, until the expiration OF five years from
the first day Of July in the year Of Lord 1883.
b Resoieed, That two Thousand copies Of tho revised
statutes belonging to the state, SHALL when printed.
be deposited by the publisher thereof, IN the flee
Of the secetary of state. Said statutes 10 he printed
aud published in the style aforesaid be completed
as far the end of the text as rapidly may be,
and in any event TO be delivered at the office OF the
secretary OF state before the 25th day of Au-
gust. 1888.
The proposals must be Of price per page for vol.
anne of 1900 pages more or less for printing and of
price per volume for biuding The retail price Of
the statutes for the public not TO exceed SO vol
une Tho right to reject any and all bids reserved
Address proposals 10 Governor and Council, Angus
Ia, Maine, envelope being marked Proposals for
Publishing Revised Statutes" and must be received
prior 10 o'clock of Monday tho 26th inst
w W. BOLSTER Committee of
JOSEPH A. LOCKE. Executive
NICHOLAS FEsSENDEN) Council
mai19 div
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Godfrey Turner, in Maemlllan's Magazine. ]
PLAIN English The Better.

Your servant says: "a man told me so .
the most learned and elegant Of your ac-
quaintance would be more likely TO say, on
the same occasion, "a certain person in
formed" Here the person is not certain
but an uncertait one, and the thing told
may have nothing in it of information. Year
by year our language loses something of its
propriety and force. 1t is doubtful whether,
in the no longer unlettered, but still igno-
rant, ranks of the English people, a sound
and honest vulgarity exists as it did when
Lander wrote. A footman nowadays would
be more likely to say he had been inform
ed'' than that he had been told" The
plain yeoman who, at that period, might
have said it had cost him deal Of money to
build house, would now tell us that he had
expended considerable sum in erecting a
residence. We no longer eat and drink: we
''partake Of refreshment," and we contriye
by some miracle to "partake" even when we
dine alone. Affected rusticity of speech is
as much to be stunned as affected anything
else. The true vulgar were never guilty Of
1t. Those whose vulgarity has been named
Philistinism" -ana tue term is terrib Y
slgnihcant-are guilty Of all affecta;ions
That plain mans mind can conceive and
defest. But if we need not be rustic we
need not be roundabout. The simplest
words are always the best; and 50 unerring
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ton third, which includes all, how to cook
mush rightly, at least without bitter?
Long-continued boiling seems to help the
oracle speak. l .ell all people our staff of
life is in the Mississippi valley henceforth:
and one of the truest benefactors were an
American Minerva, who could teach us 10
cook this meal, which our people at present
Il included) are unanimous in finding nigh
UNBEATABLE and loudly exclaimable against.
Ellhu Burritt had string of recipes that
went through all the newspapers three years
ago, but never sang there oracle of longer
ears than that, totally destitute of practical
significance to any creature here"
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In the university of Jena the dueling ma
MIA is again carrying off victims, although,
the sword being the usual weapon, the rem
counters are often as safe as French dueling
The occasion for fighting is often absurdly
slight. At Heidelberg, the other day,an En-
glisAman being much put out at the way a
stu1ent used his knife at dinner, at length
ventured to suggest that he might cut his
mouth II he continued the operation. The
student remarking that he had birthlight
to lacerate his mouth to his hearts content,
left the hall and sent challenge, and was
subsequently shot dead by the Englishman.
There were recently 40 students of Jena at
the hospital who had been blood poisoned
while fighting with arms not properly
aped,