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Daily Republican., 1883-01-01
All AbOus Junping Jack

A bloody affray occurred at a prayer
meeting at the Ilff school house aear
Abilene, Kansas, on Wednesday eve
ming. The cause Of the trouble was
tho placing of jumping jack on the
Christmas tree the Monday evening
previous for young lady named Fore
ruan. Her friends took it as an insult
and bloodshed then and there was pre-
vented with difficulty. 1t was claimed
that Arthur Shadinger put the toy on
the tree. Wednesday evening her three
brothers, her brotheriu law, James
johnson, and her lover, Thomas Cooper,
went TO the prayer mesting, where
they knew Shadinger would be. After
tie services they assaulted him. Shad-
inger's friends came to the rescue, one
Of them being armed with revolver.
Cooper fred three shots at Shadinger,
morally wounding him. AS he fell
Shadinger drew a revolver aud shot one
of the Foremans. The battle went on,
the ladies screaming and endeavoring
TO stop the bloodshed. Nearly all the
were wounded, some Sc
rlOusly.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01

In Monroe County, Mo-. three weeks.
&go a young man named Staten rot
married and took his wife 10 his moth
er's house to live. A younger brother
viewed the marriage with great dis.
favor, &nd, after broodins over themat
tor for two weeks. he rose from his bed
early last Sunday morning, and, with
out dressing, went to his brother room
and shot and killed him W 9 asleep
by his wifes side. The murtrrer fed,
but few hours later returned and sur.
rendered to the authorities. He is IN
doubtodly insane.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01

There we're 80 bodies brought hero
for irterment and 1862 sent away tor
iptermeht elsewhere G3 persons died
IN ths ainshouse there were G4 chill
1reD still torn. aud during the year the
Coroner held 58 inquests anG investiga-
tlons. Tue CREATES nun,ber of deaths
were in August, when 13O persons died,
and the smallest humber in June and
November, each of whici months show
ing but ~
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01
End ~ amended adopted, but the way

End ~ amended adopted, but the way
II now stands it Is questionable II bstch'
srs can stsrd on Madison street, a.
section lst says that both streets shalI
be used exclusively for farmers and
truckers to sell fruits, vegetables fo~ls
and meats raised upon the lands oi
which they ara the owners or renters
or farmed GU the Shares
The "a section WAS then taken mp ana
after being amended 80 as to locate the
Jersey market on Fourth street, from
King 10 French street WAS hnaily
passed. .,
On molten Council adjourned until
I. 80 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01

John 7. Henlrickson, Of Mill Creek
Hundred, slaughtered four pigs few
day age which were 22J days old, that
brought down the scales at 226, $50, $50
and ISL pounds. This is doing pretty
well. as it is q good pig thst averages
pound b day for the time 1t lives,
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01
He had u Heart.
From the San Fiancisco Call.

rom tne San i ffaHClsc1 JaIt.
After all. these Virginia City miners
have big, generous hearts. The other
evening one Of them, who was finishing
up n weeks spree IN Frisco, stepped
ont Of the Pacific hotel after dinner and
ran against haggard looking, shabby.
genteel woman, who was weeping on a
corner. "What is the matter, marin ?"
said the miner. She told him n sad
story-poyerly, sickness, large fami-
ly Of children, nothing to do, nothing
to wear. Is that the besJ rock you se
got ?" said the rough fellow, gently.
She said it was. He fell in his pocket.
It contained Just one $50 pisca, which
he had intended to devole to wilma and
wickedness that evening. "Stop here
a moment, lnarm," and he lodged
around corner and into q dry goods
store. In few minutes he returned
and pressing small bundle in the poor
~onan's hand, disappeared with the
air of . man who had done q kind ac-
tIon gratefully. The starving female
eagerly undid the pacsage. Itcontain-
Ell pair OF am broidsred silk stockings.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01
AaIne Maiden's Protective Union.

Some time ago number of girls In
Maine form ed n sort OF protective un-
ion and adopted u series OF resolutions
FOR their government One of their by
laws was that they would marry no
men who had not learned seme bust
ns's. or engaged In some steady eu-
p!oyment, and no man who was not pa
tron OF tho leading paper in the neigh
borb0od. The President of the SOcie.
ty ran away from home in two weeks
with tho piano player OF concert sa-
loon. The following week the Secre-
lary was m.rried to man who rot on
ly did not lake newspaper, but could
neither read nor write, and in lass
than tbret months six other membe
had violated their ptotsctv oblige-
tious in { q way or another, leaving
ono old maid as The sole faithful repre-
OF o union, whose wise pur.
poses certainly cannot he questioned.
And yet some of the wurnen folks are
because they cannot become
Masons.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01

Judge Fillsy, of Pittsield, Mass.
was cured Of rhe umatisn by st. Jacobs
Oil.
Daily Republican., 1883-01-01

Holland will make one large photo
graph with frame for Sl.25, retouched
In the fioest style; no fiuer made in the
city; 3 inc retouched cabinets for 81 ;
$ cards finely retouched for 81, and pic
lures copied and enlarged in same style
at the very lowest prices. The only
cheap, tirst-class galleries in the city.
No. 307 Market street.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
SINGLE COPY FIVE cen y
NUMBER u.
FUN.


The dark ages-a woman's between
twenty-five and sixty.-Free Press.
Very few men are 50 stingy that they
will not share kiss with a pretty girl.
Sad jest by policemen with q largo
family: " Yes, I'm cop, and I've many
little copies"
A word to farmers: Widows weeds
about an old bachelors garden seldom
do any harm.
It won't do for a married man to say
to his wife, never mind" She il apt
to take him at his word.
A man may say he has got the boss
wife without intimating that he Is hen.
pecked. -SomerpilJe Journal.
A Baltimore woman by the name Of
Charity struck her husband over the Lcsd
with boot, and came near killing him.
Charity begins at home
A little girl at Newport, seeing the
willow phaetons for the first time, ex-
claimed: Why, mamma, everybody
rides out in their baskets here. 2
Miss Aver, the doctors daughter, j.
single and Ayeress to an estate Of IS, 00O,-
900. We do not know whether She i
handsome, but she certainly has a fne
figure.
Where our storms come from, . read
Mr.. Broughne, in a scientific paper. well,
I know where a great maaT of them come
from" " he mentally calculated, looking
up and glancing at his wife.
A sporting paper says Sullivan cam
not find his match" He shouldn't let
that worry him. Since the stamp duty
has been removed from matches he can
get two boxes " for three cents.
eyes, said the high school girl, II
removed the letter surreptitiousIz Z
No, you didn't" replied her brother
Jim; "you sneaked up to the parlor
table and Jabbed 1t IN your gr1psack-
The various phases of the tender pas
sion have thus been exemplified: A ship
is foolishly in love when she is attached
to buoy; she is prudently in love when
she leaves the buoy for the pier; she
places her affection beneath her when she
'anchoring after a heavy swell, and she i
is desperately in love when she is tender
to man-of-war
An item of society intelligence from
Kansas says that elopements are becom-
ing things of the past in that state. It
is becoming the rage now says the
writer, " for neighbors to take the BRIDES
father into the next room and sit on him,
SO that he can't interrupt the wedding
ceremony, and to get the mother upstairs
discussing new styles of bonnets."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
How the Mint is Guarded.

''It would not be healthy for a burglar
to attempt any of his tricks about the
MINT said Colonel A. Loudin Snowden.
g About a year ago caused all the mus
kets to be changed for repeating rifles
and seven-shot carbines that are darlings.
Our outside watchmen who patrol the
streets about the place are well supplied
with firearms. In fact, they are walking
arsenals. We can readily arm every
person in the building who can handle a
pistol or gun. There is no trouble
apprehended that I know of and
l cannot divine why the secretary Of the
treasury has ordered Calling guns and
carbines for the mints. have not re-
quested any, because we are sufficiently
armed. At this time there are being
turned out over million Of standard
dollars each month and we frequently
have SIS, 600, 600 in silver IN the vaults.
But it would take little army with
cannons to get at it. N" Philadelphia
Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
carrIer-Piaeon vs.. Pony.

When at its ordinary speed carrier
pigeon is supposed to fly somewhat faster
than an express train. The experiment
which was tried some time ago of race
from Dover to London between a pigeon
and the Continental Mail resulted tn
umphantly for the bird by somewhere
about half an hour; but then it must be
remembered that a pigeon can take a per-
fectly straight line across country from
one point to another, thus effecting con
siderable shortening Of distances as com
pared with the curves and deviations in
railroads and ordinary highways. To
race a pony against pigeon would, Of
course, be foregone conclusion in favor
of the latter; but it has been shown,
by a race which has taken place at Bed
worth, that a pigeon can fly rather
more than double as fast as a pony.
While the four-footed creature was en-
gagged in galloping half mile, the pig
con completed mile with eighty yards
to spare. It will be generally thought
that the pony should have made better
time; but, Of course, it i .diffiault to or
ganize a race Of this sort 50 as to call
forth all the speed possessed by the an
imal, who never runs so quickly when
there is nothing in sight to compete with
1t was the pace at which they fly, as well
as their small size, which commended
pigeons to the French during the siege
Of Paris, as a means Of taking messages
out Of the city into the provinces !; and
at the present moment a regular arm
of the German military establishment is
a service of trained pigeons, kept in
readiness at all the great Teutonic for
tresses. The pigeon has, in fact, solved
the great problem Of flying in given
direction in any state Of the wind, se-
cret which seems utterly beyond tho
reach Of balloonists and inventors 81
aerial machines. London Telegraph.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
A Queer RECOGNITION.

When Jane Welsh, who ma rried Thomas
Carlyle, was a girl, she was so full of life
and energy as to be match for the boys
in running and leaping Oneof thefeats,
which made her famous in her native vii
lage, was the ease with which she could
surmount wall, seven feet high, around
the cemetery.
Years afterward when she had become
an old lady, she revisited the village, but
walked the streets without being recog-
nized by any of the companions of her
youth. A single action, however, be-
trayed her. She had made an arrange
ment with the sexton to be at the ceme-
terry, at early morn, to unlock the gate.
she was present earlier than the ap-
pointed hour, and after waiting some
time grew impatient, for she was eager to
look on the graves of her revered parents.
In her vexation at the long delay, she
remembered the feat of her girlhood, and
although the suppleness Of youth had
gone, she managed to repeat the feat with
toIerable ease. One Of the old residents
saw it, and soon after, meeting her in the
cars. ventured to ask: " Is not this Jen-
ME Welsha thought it must be you, for
there was never another girl in town who
would get over the wall in that fashion u
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
Hodge-Podge.


One of Scotland's minor poets thus
celebrates the excellence of "hodge-
podge," a famous national dish, made Of
divers things jumbled together:
" Then here's to ilka kindly Scot;
WI many good broths he boils his pot,
But rare hotch -potch beats a the lot,
1t smells and sInacks sac brawley.n
An amusing story is told of the late
Prince Consort's first introduction to this
mingle-mangle of dishes, which oc-
Cured during one Of the earlier visits Of
the royal family to Balmoral:
Prince Albert, dressed in simple man
ner, was crossing a Scotch lake in a
steamer. Being curious to note the cook
ing, he looked into the galley, where a
brawny Highlander was preparing pot
of hodge-podge.
"What's that 2" asked the Prince, who
was not known to the cook.
"Hodge-podge, sir"
How is it made z"
"Why," answered the cook, "there'a
mutton intill't, and turnips intill't, and
carrots intill't, and ~
eyes, yes" interrupted the Prince,
Z" but what is intilIit ~
"Why, there's mutton intilrt, and car
rots intill't, and turnips intill't, and -
"Yes, 1 see; but what is intill't ?"
The cook looked at him, but seeing
that the Prince was serious, he answered,
There's mutton intill't, and turnips In
till't, and -
eyes, 7 know; but what is intill't,
intilltG
"Mon!' yelled the Highlander, bran
dishing his big ladle, "am I no tellin' ye
what's intill't9 There's mutton intill't,
and -
Here one of the Princes suite came up
and explained toh him that intill't" sim.
ply meant "into it,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
naities In Disrrsce.

The Deities Of Tonquin have been in
great disgrace with their followers for
allowing the French to maintain their
position in the province, and, according
to correspondent in the Paris Temps,
the Tonquinese intended to starve out
the obdurate gods as punishment. At
a village near Hanoi-the citadel held by
the French, whence the disastrous sortie
took place-all the BONES from many
miles round assembled in the pagoda,
and held a service of intercession before
highly venerated huge bronze figure of
Buddha, under whose protection they
had placed the citadel. After solemnly
perambulating the village, performing
various ceremonies and making a great
noise, they sternly reproved the god for
his inaction, and decided that no offer
ings should be presented to him for
certain period. If by that time the
French invaders have not disappeared,
the deity was to be dethroned and
another god set up in his stead, the
BONES being charged meanwhile to find
out more propitiouz divinity.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
THE DARKEST HOUR IS ON THE
VERGE OF DAY.

Despair not, Poet, whose warm soul aspires
To breathe the exalted atmosphere of fame;
Give thy heart words, but purify its fires,
So that thy song may consecrate thy name;
Sing on, and hope, nor murmur that the
crowd
Are slow to hear and recognize thy lay;
Thy time will come if thou art well endow'd
The darkest hour is on the verge of day.
Despair not, Genius, whereso'er thou art,
What'er the bent and purpose of thy mind !;
Use the great gifts with an unfaiIing heart,
And wait till Fortune deigneth to be kind
The world is tardy in its help and praise,
And doubts and dangers may obstruct the
way,
But light oft pierces through the heaviest
haze:
The darkest hour is on the verge of day.
Despair not, patriot, who in dreams sublime
See'st for thy country glories yet unborn,
And fain would'st chide the laggard wings of
Time,
Because they bring not the transcenden
moon.
Be firm in thy devotion: hour by hour
We travel on a sunward way,
And what seems dubious now may yet be
clear;
The darkest hour is on the verge of day.
Despair not, Virtue, who in sorrows hour
Sigh'st to behold some idol overthrown,
And from the shade of thy domestic bower
Some green branch gone, some bird Of
promise flown;
God chastens but to prove thy faithfulness,
And in thy weakness He will be thy stay
Trust and deserve, and He viii soothe and
bless;
The darkest hour is on the verge Of day.
Despair not, Man, however low thy state,
Nor scorn small blessing THAT around thee
fall,
Learn to disdain the impious creed of fate,
And own the Providence who governs all.
If thou art bafIled in thy earnest will,
Thy conscience clear, thy reason not astray,
Be this thy faith and consolation still
The darkest hour is on the verge of day.
John CritcIsley Prince
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15

face, with a real composure which he

lace, WIFI real composure WHICH ne
found it difficult to comprehend.
She had "style" enough now. The
budding promise of her youth had
blossomed in the fullness of royal beauty.
Indeed, he felt that she was condescend-
ing to him. as she had allowed him to
touch the tips of her exquisitely- -gloved
fingers for second.
'You are thinking of our first meet
ing" she said, with the slightest eleva-
ton of her perfectly arched brows. '.Ah.
my poor Alderney calf often wonder
what has become Of her."
The laughing sentence broke the ice,
and Captain Martindale took Mrs. Falk-
land into supper.
In the course of the evening he
learned why she had adopted the name
of the old aunt, who had taken her to
Europe, and was still living here with
her-an eccentric sister of the Catskill
farmer. And Cora Carson, the untut-
ored child of the wilderness, was now
cultivated, graceful woman, rich in all
that makes life beautiful and attractive.
'It is like magic transformation"
Captain Guyon Yartindale declared to
himself. II never could have be-
ieved it if | had not witnessed it with my
Chof Ia r
ever saw In my life. 1t is no wonder
that the American society in Rome is
wild about her But I can't think it
true that she really likes that young col
onel of hussars, who follows her about
like her shadowg'
When jealousy takes the field love is
not far off. And Captain Guyon Mar
tindale began positively to hate Colonel
Sandifer Willoughby.
Gam I in love with my brothers
w1dow?" he asked himself. "Alas, it is
rather late to question the state of my
hearth"
He asked Cora to be his wife one
purple summer twilight, as they sat in
the oleander-wreathed balcony Of the old
palazzo where Mrs. Falkland lived.
mo" she said, calmly. "I will not
marry you, Captain Martindale. do not
love you. There was time once when
| might have learned to care for you.
You remember it, perhaps-when | was
newly-widowed and alone. But you
were cold and unsympathetic-even cruel
to me. You never could see, you said,
How Fred came to fancy me. was but
burden-an incubus And the country
milkmaid had more penetration than you
believed, Captain Guyon Martindale. The
past is past, but if ever in the future you
have to deal with wounded and mex
perienced spirit, try to be more gentle
and considerate.
And she married the English colonel
of hussars, after all
1t was cruel blow to Captain Guyon
Martindale, but he could not deny that
he had deserved it.
IF one could only foresee the futureln
he groaned, within himself. .-HeIeg
Forrest Grages.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
More Gold Len.

Notwithstanding that the search for
gold has been carried on for thirty years
in the colony Of New South Wales, new
fields or new deposits are continually Be-
ing discovered. some Of them in localities
which were supposed to have been thor
oughly examined Some Of the fields re-
Gently discovered promise to equal in ex.
tent and richness any discovered in the
early days, while the Oldest fields, though
apparently exhausted, 50 far A The miner
unaided BY capital and skill, i capable
Of exhausting them, Yet contain deposits
Of gold which will yield richer harvest
to the skilled miner who shall bring to
bear upon them applia-aas si'eh as are
being successfully employed elsewhere.
Gold has always been found il asscoia-
tion with certain formations, and The cx
tent Of country occupied BY theseisabcut
10000 square miles, Or nearly one-fourth
Of the whole area Of the colony d con
siderable portion Of which has not yet
been touched by the pick Of the miner.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15
What He LeR

'sAh," said Mr. Augustus, coming
back into the parlor, where he had just
bade good night to Miss Eveline,
haven't left something2n
eyes, think you have"
.'What was it; a pair of glovesf
"No, Mr. Augustus, it was 9 very
good impression. Merchant IravcIer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15

The Norwegian population multipliez
faster than IL can divide itself br cniigix.
ion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15

For he next three mcnths reduction Of
It1A PER CENT. will be made from our
pIeseat Very low prices. Parties wishing
gcol W rk viii find It 10 their dEsntsge 10
cal and see Whit can b. boucht Tor a very
small amount of money. My b ect in max
ing the above reduction is to clesn up large
stock on hand, vi i h co not want TO carry
over tie wine. Thanking the people of
Voc dbury and SUR ounding country for their
liberal patronage hope, by Fair and Square
Dealing, to merit a contirua ance of the same.
DAN'L r. HAWTHORN,
Cccrar Sir CO. Nnnt t-,1.,r N L
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15

Under certain circumstances it makes
d man feel mean to have people give him
a wide berth, but somehow it never does
when travelling on a steamboat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-11-15

In England the tendency is to a de-
creased acreage devoted to wheat culture.
IN nine years this decrease has reached
twenty eight per cent.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-06
SeIg.EducatiOn.

The education, moral and intellectual.
of every individual, must chiefly be
his own work. There is prevailing
and fatal mistake on this subject. II
seems to be supposed that if young
man be sent, first to a grammar school,
and then to college, he must Of course
become a scholar and the pupil him
self is apt to imagine that he is to bethe
mere passive recipient of instruction, as
he is Of the light and atmosphere which
surround him. But this dream of in
dolence must be dissipated, and you
must be awakened to the important
truth that, if you aspire to excellence,
you must become active and vigorous
co-operators with your teachers, and
work out your own distinction with an
ardor that cannot be quenched-a per
severance that considers nothing done
whilst any thing yet remains to be done.
How else should it happen that
young men, who have had precisely the
same opportunities, should be continu-
ally presenting us with such different
results, and rushing to such opposite
destinies? Difference Of talent will not
solve it, because that difference is very
often in favor of the disappointed can
didate.
Daily Republican., 1883-04-06

MilInud, the banker and nrwspaper
sprruIai"r, who died recently in Paris,
and who founded the Paris Petite Jour
nal, which a' one time had Il daily cir
culation Of nearly half n million copies
vas an enthusiastic believer in the ad.
vantag"s Of liberal advertising. One
10y j." '"rd At hi '1he nearly all the
pr"prir'"r> Of the leading Paris dailirs.
'h'y rpnNrrSru about advertising.
Miliaud asserted That the most worth.
les, "Itirl" could h sold in vast ullnnti-
ties, if librra'ly advertised. Elni de
Girardin, Of La Pr,'sSe, who was pres
rnt, took issue with him on the subject:
" What will you bet, rXcIaimed Mil
laud, hat | cannO' sell in one week
one hundred tbouSanG francs worth of
the most common cabbage seeds under
the pretcxt that it will produce man.
moth cabbage heads? Al have to do
is to advertise II at once in awhOe page
insertion Of the daily papers of tins
city" Girardin replied that he would
give him II page in his spaper for nothing
if he should win his wager. The OF her
newspaper publishers agreed to do the
same thlng. At the expiration Of the
week they inquired of MiIAud how the
cabbage seed mad tlourlshcA He show
ed them his books triumphantly, and
satisfied them that he 'iad sold nearly
twice as much Is h" had promised
while ordt rs were still pouring in; but
be sad The joke must stop there; and no
further orders would be filled.