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of the country. In the face of powerful re-
sistance from these men the fugitive was ar
rested and lodged in Jail. Impartial people,
intent only on the unfolding of the laws,
hoped that this uncommonly atrocious crime
would be punished so severely that its repe-
tition would never be attempted. Did the
people of the region where this innocent
man was murdered rise en- masse, storm the
jail and hang the murderer? Or was he
speedily tried and 'srailroaded' to the pepi-
tentlarya No! he was admitted to bail in
small amount, and is now at liberty to wreck
more trains and take the lives of other nno-
cent and estimable men. This is What peo-
pie outside of Pennsylvania call failure of
Justice
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

Nasty don't keer who makes the plat
forms for the Dimocrisy, so that we nv the
South kin do the constrooin'."
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YOUNG women clerks in New York shoe
shops are complained of by fastidious moth
ers for kissing the children whom they fit
with Shoes
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

GEN. GRANT wrote to Virginia inquirer
that at Appomattox, Lee made no offer of
his sword, and there was no demand for it.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

DAVID DAVIS will release the American
Eagle from the forum at Pek:n, Illinois, Ju
ly4
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

AN intending interviewer called on David
Davis the other day, and to the first ques-
tion as to what he would do if the Demo
Gratis should nominate him for the presl-
dency, Mr.. Davis replied that it was none of
the callers business. The interview was
short
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Ehe Public Library

WILL be closed every evening at o'clock sx-
w cept edussdays and Saturdays from
July LIST TO Sept. LIST. iu29d3t
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Union wharf.

Fs1IiE eemi-annual meeting of the stockholders
4 will be held at their office on Tuesday, p. M,
at O'Clock, July 18th.
1st.--ro receive the Treasurer's report.
a2d.--Report of Wharf Committee, relative to
wharf lines and TO authorize said committee to
make an adjustment Of said lines by deed or other
WISE
3d.-For the transaction Of any other business
then legally presented.
n. o. CRAM, Clerk.
Portland June Goth. je2Gd7t
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ENTRIES.


&~LW - u a LIN -
Races to be best and to harness. governed by the
rules Of the National Trotting
Association.
No horse distanced except for foul driving. Catch
weight.
Admission 80 cents. Ladies, Carriages and Grand
Stand free.
IRA P. WOODBURY., Secretary.
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EXTRA TRAINS.
Every Accommodations TO get People
Here Safely and PROMPTLY.

The Maine Central, Portland q ogdensburg,
Portland Rochester, Boston h Maine, Grand
Trunk ard Eastern Railroads will all run special
trains at greatly reduced rates, and will afford ev-
cry facility for those desiring to come to the city
The steam boat lines will also make the usual reduc
tisns. je26dtd
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
Tied 10 a Doo,s Tail.

Some Wisconsin people were aston
ished to see their dog come into the
house with piece of paper tied to his
tail. They paid no further attention
to it. except to laugh at his comical ap-
.pearance, until he began going round
to different members of the family, al
ways tail first, and sticking it at them.
This ludicrous action at last made them
see that there was writing on the paper,
which proved to be as follows: my
legs are broke. Please help me" They
carefully examined his legs, but found
them all right, when somebody recog-
nized the writing Of a woman who lived
half mile away. They went to her house
and found her helpless from a fall
which broke her legs. She could not
stir, nor attract anybody's attention,
and she might have starved or frozen
to death but luckily the dog came in,
and crawling to table she managed
to write the note and fasten it to his
tail.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
Blood-Hounds.

A writer in the Toronto Globe says
Of blood-hounds: This is one Of the
breeds that is fast dying out. Plenty
of half-breeds can be found, but few
thoroughbred. Opinions differ as to
where they originally came from, but
from such information as have been
able to obtain 1 am inclined to refer
them to the West Indies. What use
the animals are in a civilized country
I am at a loss to understand. They ere
certainly neither handsome nor good
tempered, and can seldom be trusted:
while a bad-tempered bloodhound is as
bad and dangerous as any wild beast
Few people seem to have any idea OF
what bloodhound proper is like, and
l have seen animals put forward as
thoroughbreds that had not one charac-
teristic Of the bloodhound about them
I am told that in the island Of Cuba
there is a rough variety bred, but up
to the present time l have not come
across one Of this kind. The present
race Of blood-hounds bred and ex-
hibited in England is smooth-coated
dog. and there is famous kennel Of
them up in the North.
Recently, before leaving England. 7
was commissioned to obtain blood
hound for client, my limit as to price
being e100, but I was unsuccessful in
getting satisfactory specimen even at
that price. This will show the value
placed on these animals as rarities.
The general idea about bloodhound
and his scent-tracking qualities needs
correction. True, bloodhound viii
follow an uncrossed trail, but viii
always, for choice, take the newest
scent, and, in many instances, has led
his followers on the track Of some
animal. instead Of the trail he was set
on to hunt. Not much reliance can be
placed on the tales we hear of slave
hunting, although if there be but one
runaway, and he has taken an IN
frequented path, where, probably, no
other scent is likely to cross his track,
the chances of his being hunted down
are great. In conclusion, I should dis
suade any one asking my advice en- BE-
coming the possessor Of what at
present, I can only regard as a useless
and dangerous incumbrance.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
NUMBER 25.
FUN.

A money-making man-The eoun-
terfeiter. 4
"Know thyself," was Plato's motto.
No beans is DR.. Tanner's-LozoeH
Courier. I
When convict's watch runs down
it does not necessarily follow that his
time has expired.
1t is always at the SWEETEST recep-
tions that man learns he left home
without handkerchief or pair Of
cuffs.-PlIcE.
"The art that conceals art" as the
thief remarked when he slid an ex-
pensive oil painting under his coat
Boston Transcript.
Handsome tides are placed on satin
covered sofas, not so much as aguar-
antee of good faith as to cover up the
spot that is worn through.-Puck.
Il keep good company, " said tough.
"Yes," answered a passer-by, "you
keepit so far away from you that you
don't feel its influence. Drummer.
1t is said Of Frank James that he
never killed a man unless he felt that
it was positively necessary. This re-
lieves him of much suspicion.-FTes
Press.
Many male brute who snarls and
growls at his wife in public is very
loving and tender when no one else is
around. He has to be-PhtladeiPhfG
Nea0s.
1t was cold day for that Judge who
threatened to finea party $40 for cough
ing in court when the disturbing ele-
ment informed his honor that he would
be willing to pay twice that sum to
have it stopped.-DenOer Rltstler.
Whats the crowd aboutT queried
stranger, as he noticed a stream Of
visitors going into a fashionable resi-
dence. "It's a silver weddin'," obIig-
ingly replied his informant. What's
a silver weddin'?'' "why, chaps
been married twenty-five times, and
he's celebratin' of it"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Warren county, Mississippi, comes
to the front with an antique relic in the
shape Of negro 1873 years old.
There is a tree in Arizona which,
when seasoned, is so hard as to turn
the edge of an ak. 1t is known as the
desert ironwood tree, and makes mag
nifeent charcoal
The gold product of California from
the discovery of the precious metal by
James w. Marshall in the tail-raee Of
Suffers mill, January 10, 1848, to
June 30, 1881, amounted to 81, 10000
900.
In olden times people had more
mulish obstinacy than is seen nova
days. In 1875 there died in Fleet
prison, London, man named Yardly,
who had been confined for ten years
for debt Of $500. He persistently
refused to pay, though he left a for
tune.
The smallest bird of America is the
humming-bird; and Of Europe the
golden-crested wren. The smallest
quadruped in the world is the pygmy
mouse of Siberia. The most diminu-
tive plant is the Arctic raspber ry,
which is SO small that six-ounce vial
viii hold the whole, branches, leaves
and all.
The famous blue laws of Connecti-
cut, enacted by "the people Of the do
minion of New Haven were so called
because printed on blue paper. They
prohibited the ceremony of marriage
being performed by parson, on the
ground that magistrate might per
form it with less scandal to the church.
Adultery was punished with death.
Wearing clothes trimmed with gold,
silver or lace above one shilling yard
involved tax on the persons estate
of SIS. mo one to cross river on
Sabbath but authorized clergymen. No
one shall travel, cook, make beds,
sweep houses, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath. No one shall kiss his or her
children on the Sabbath or fasting
days. The Sabbath day shall begin at
sunset Saturday"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
A Curious Taste.

The Malagasy taste for tomb-build-
ing was another frequent cause Of de-
lay. Among the Hoyas large sums
are spent on their tombs, which are a
kind of vault, made of immense slabs
of undressed blue basalt rock. A man
will live in house which has not cost
more than from ten to twenty dollars
but he will cheerfully expend two
hundred or three hundred dollars upon
his tomb. AS soon as young man
mMries and settles in life he begins
preparations for building his family
vault; and all of his spare time aad
most of his spare money are spent upon
this work. The basalt slabs are often
brought for two Or three miles dis
lance, dragged by hundreds Of people.
iall the family connections going to as
sist. Although the portions under
ground in these toinbs are Of un-
dressed stone, above ground q massive.
and often elaborate, Structure Of
dressed stone is erected. with bold
holdings and sometimes with Eooa
deal OF carving. 7y4s p4tfvsr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
Origin Of Gold.

The question of the origin of native
gold always has been and is quite like
ly to remain disputed question
among geologists and mineralogists.
Professor J. S. Newberry now contests
the theory that the grains and nuggets
found in placers are formed by precip-
itation from chemical solution. He
holds that geology teaches, in regard
to the genesis and distribution of this
precious metal, that it exists in the
oldest known rocks, and has been
thence distributed through all the
strata derived from them that in the
metamorphosis of these derived rocks
it has been concentrated into segre-
gated quartz veins by some pro-
cess not yet understood; that is, it
is a constituent Of fissure veins of
all geological ages, where it has been
deposited from hot chemical solutions,
which have reached deeply buried rocks
Of various kinds, gathering from them
gold with other metallic minerals, and
that gold has been accumulated through
mechanical agents in placer deposits
by the erosion of strata. containing au-
riferous veins. According to the re-
port of Special Agent Clarence King, of
the census, based upon information di-
rectly from the producers of bullion, a
comparison Of the annual output Of
different States shows that the United
States produce 33.13 per cent. of the
gold yield of the whole world, 50.59
per cent. of the silver, and 40.91 per
cent. Of the total. Of the aggregate
supply of the precious metals North
America furnishes 1913 per cent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
The Elephant and the Practical Joker.

The Rev. Mr.. Watson gives a very
curious story in illustration of this
animals wonderful long memory Of a
wrong suffered. One Of those pests Of
society, "a practical JOKER" visited a
caravan in west of England fair and
tried his stupid tricks upon an ele-
phant there. He first doled out to it,
one by one, some gingerbread nuts
and when the grateful animal was
thrown off its guard, he suddenly prof
fered it large parcel wrapped in
paper. The unsuspicious creature ac-
cepted and swallowed the lump, but
Immediately began to exhibit signs of
intense suffering, and snatching up
bucket, handed it to the keeper 70
water. This being given to it, it eager
ly swallowed quantities Of the fluid
"Ha I" cried the delighted joker, 81
guess those nuts were trife hot, old
fellow" "You had better be of" ex-
claimed the keeper, "unless you wish
the bucket at your head" The
focl took the hint just in
time, for the enraged ami
NAL having finished the sixth bucket
full. hurled the bucket after its tor
mentor with such force that had he
fingered a moment longer his life
might have been forfeited. The af-
fair had not, however, yet concluded.
The following year the show reyis-
tied the same town, and the foolish
Joker, like men OF his genus, unable
to profit by his experience, thought to
repeat his stupid trick on the elephant.
He took two lots of nuts into the show
with him-sweet nuts in the one
pocket and hot in the other. The ele-
phant had not forgotten the jest
played upon him, and therefore ac-
cepted the cakes very cautiously. At
last the Joker preferred hot one, but
no sooner had the injured creature
discovered its pungency than it seized
hold of its prosecutor by the coat-tails,
hoisted him up by them, and held him
until they gave way, when he fell to
the ground. The elephant now ir-
spected the several coat-tails. which,
after he had discovered and eaten all
the sweet nuts, he tore to rags and
flung them after their discounted
Chambers Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
What Farmers Talk About.

At the farmers clubs nowadays the
discussions are not confined entirely to
the details Of practical farm-work,
though these, of course, are not lost
sight of. For instance, here are the
questions lately treated by essayists,
and then discussed by members Of a
New England farmers club: "How
can farmers best improve their social
and political standing?" Pleasure
and profit of farming" SIS it for the
best interest Of farmers to have pro
tective TARIFF" money at interest
compared to investments and improve
ments on the farm" Failures of
farmers due to their credulity in adopt
ing new crops and new methods which
are mere humbugs." Are the rights of
farmers in their lands sufficiently pro-
tected by law?'' "Does pay a farmer
to build silos ?" To become citizens in
the highest sense, and to be capable Of
holding any position of the highest trust
and responsibility is becoming the am
bition Of the farmers ofto-day. tits of
no use for them to be eternally com
planning Of the evils of legislation and
the laxity of laws so long as the farm
ers themselves take so little intelligent
part in legislative affairs.--Chicago
Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

appeared, and a few roasting ears
could be gathered. Colonel Wright, Of
Atlantic City, agreed with Mr.. Tru-
slow, and said that he had never cut
field Of corn for ensilage that had not
some ears fully developed. Before
final adjournment the congress passed
a resolution expressing to NJ. Auguste
Goffart, of France, their appreciation
of the great value Cf the system Of
ensilage discovered and introduced by
him. They recommended to thefarm-
ers of the United States its universal
adoption as the cheapest and best
method Of preserving fodder crops"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15
The Happy Islands.

He roams about the town from dawn till
dark,
An old man with bent form and whitened
hair,
Who dreams the earth he treads on is a bark
That sails to find shore forever fair,
The shore SO many seek and do not find.
Among the busy crowd, he heeds it not,
But goes and comes to all our pleasure blind;
The world he lives in seems by him forgot.
Sometimes he stops one in the crowded
throng
And questions thus: "why do we sail so
far?
know full well the vessels course is wrong.
For farther south the Happy Islands are,
And we are near them, for last night heard
The sound of music coming from their
shores,
And caught the scent of flowers, and one
bright bird
Flew homeward, over us, to roam no more.
Il almost thought Isaw them in the dawn,
Fair as the ros.-r peaks of Paradise;
But when the day broke fully they were gone
Far, farther south the shore we search for
les
Pray God they turn the We 81 ere too late
Must we sail by, as mar ines before?
They make mistakes, an lit all to Fate
That we have never reach I'd the longed-for
shore"
And as he talks the old mans eager eyes
Are looking southwark, where he hopes to
The purple peaks, crowned with strange
glory, rise
Meath fairer skies than those of Italy.
No sight of land breaks on his hopeful eyes.
All, we have missed them, as SO oft
before
And we were near, so near to them" he cries.
"Must we sail on and on forever more?,
Where are our Happy Islands? Must we
sail
Foreverpast them when so near they seem?
Blow from the shores we left, O favoring
gale,
And watt Us to the shores that haunt each
dream
o fellow voyagers, pray God we find
The land we seek and do not pass it by!
Oh, blow Us to the south, inconstant wind
For there, we think, the Happy Islands lie
-E5en E. Rerfor5, in The Continent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

frozen by being without shelter, on
last Christmas day-when it seemed as
if all the world was filled with holiday
joys, and mirth held high carnival even
in the remotest corners of the
earth-she was admitted to an institu-
tion of this kind. The once lovely face
had now so changed that there was
not even the shadow of resemblance
between its now hideous distortions
and contractions and the lily and roses
commingled, and the beaming blue
eyes which charmed all beholders only
ten brief years ago. And the stately,
graceful figure, once so envied by every
woman who saw it, had now shrunk
into miserable burlesque upon what
it once had been. In few weeks this
sorrowful and eventful life was
brought to close by the advent of the
king of terrors. A few hours before
her death she feebly wrote the follow
ing sorrowful note, which shows that
she was only too glad to escape from
the woes Of her life and the anguish Of
her existence:
"Ihave not only ruined my life, but
| have ruined that Of my loving hus-
band, and am truly his murderer; Just
as much so as if l had personally dealt
him a death-blow; had killed him with
my own hand. lam going to die in
very few hours, and am thankful to
God that the end to my wretched,
weary existence has come at last. My
only hope now is that 1 will meet my
dear husband in the next world, what
ever that may be for me. Opium
ruined me, and by destroying me killed
him. After acquiring the fatal ap-
petite for that damnable drug 1 could
never resist its terrible seductions.
Great God. how have suffered; how I
have wildly fought, but all in vain
all in vain. See what 1 am, how I
die, and what l might be and my dear
loving husband might be, too, had it
not been for that awful appetite. I
do not fear the hell ministers talk
about in the next world-the
world l very soon shall be
in-for even in its worst aspect it
cannot be more terrible hell than l
have suffered here for five years past.
Oh, if this is made public, if it should
happen to get into the papers, girls,
women, you Of my own sex who read
it, beseech you never touch opium in
any one of its many seductive forms.
No matter what your family doctor
may say, never, never think"
Here the note came to an abrupt
termination. The wretched sufferers
strength had evidently failed her at
this mement and she could write no
more. Her hand was stilled forever
by the icy touch of death. She was
quietly buried by the authorities, and
the once beautiful blonde Baltimore
belle, Of only ten years ago, now rests
beyond all the cares and sorrows of her
bitter life of anguish in a nameless
pauper's grave.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

Anew York dressmaker has built
a dress containing eighteen hundred
buttons. When the edicts Of fashion
compel a man to wear a coat and a
pair of trousers with eighteen hundred
buttons there's going to be trouble and
profanity especially If heis member
Of a FIRE company and there is an alarm
at midnight. Half of the town would
be burned down before ne had but
toned the ten hundreth button. Nor
rfstown Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

Proctor says that Jupiter Is in the
state that our earth was $4,000 years
ago. Proctor has the longest memory
we ever encountered. We can't re-
member half as far back in the dim and
misty past.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

In the United States one person in
2S5 is said % be a pauper; in Eng
land one in t1lirty-five.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-02-15

men expressssdl sai.' J,vss
disappointment ina
suit. but would not
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