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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
Thieves Who Live Luxurious lives.

There are a number of wellknown
thieves and burglars who live in good
and even luxurious style in this city.
The majority have led a life of crime,
and many have carefully put away the
proceeds of heavy robberies or bank
burglaries, the interest on which ena-
bles them to live well. Being known
to the police their actions are carefully
noted, and every move they make is
reported to the chief Of the detectives.
They know this and consequently are
seldom seen together. They do not
engage in any business, but at times
follow the races, and manage to add to
their accumulations BY gambling. |
could mention scores who in their
prime have been thieves and pickpock
cts and are now gamblers, but it
would not be square to give them away
as long as they keep straight. Then
there are others who, being clever as
well as lucky, live entirely off the pro-
ceeds Of robberies, and manageto elude
the vigilance of the police But they
must sooner or later come into the hands
Of the law, and meet the fate Of all
wrongdoers. This they seem to real
ize and make hay while the sun shines.
-Nezo York Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
Teaching Girls 10 Work.

An exchange, in discoursing upon the
necessity and also the propriety Of
teaching girls to work, says that moth
ers often make a great mistake in SO
neglecting this teaching. The idea
that the whole time out of school
should be devoted to play is fallacy.
Many girls grow up to womanhe0
without knowing how to perforF
simplest duties of home, because
patience to teach her was not possessed
by the mother. 1t is astonishing how
much may be accomplished by little
hands trained to do the lighter house.
work Of a family. If each child is
made to feel that she is Of some i'm
portanee, and that the work that she
has to do is to help mother, it will
make the duty pleasure rather than
task. Each child should have certain
duties to perform, and do them regu-
larly and well. Utmost Of the work is
done by servants, perhaps it is not
necessary that the daughters be
obliged to do much houseWork, but
they should have some duties to
perform, so that they may learn how
to work and how work should be
done. One Of the first things to be
taught girls is the care of their room.
As soon as children are old enough
they should have their own room, with
convenient places for their clothing.
and should be obliged to keep their
things in order. When they take Off
garments they should hang them up or
arrange them in their proper places,
and never leave them for some one else
to put away. busting furniture nicely
requires a good deal of time, and may
be done well by small hands which are
not strong enough to do sweeping.
Washing dishes and putting them care
fully in their places is an accomplish
ment which they can learn also. Other
things they can learn gradually as they
grow older, until they have fully mas
tered the art Of housekeeping. If the
task Of training is not an easy one
mothers will feel amply repaid in after
years for all their patient teaching
when they see their daughters grow up
with self-reliant, useful womanhood.
learned in all the love of which women
should be mistresses, making q home
that shall be beautiful and glorihed by
her own hands and her own spirit Of
indRnendenca.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
Citizenship and Marriane.

A novel and interesting point as to
the effect of marriage on the citizen
ship Of woman has been passed upon
by the Federal court in Michigan.
The United States statues provide
that woman who marries citizen of
the United States, "and who might her
self be naturalized." shall be deemed a
citizen. The words quoted have been
construed to mean an alien woman
capable of being aaturalized in this
country. All free white persons and
aliens of African nativity or descent
may be naturalized, and hence foreign
women within these limits acquire
citizenship by marriage with citizen.
But Chinese are excluded from the
right OF naturalization, and hence no
Chinese woman can gain citizenship by
marrying an American.
1t is well settled, then, that any for
eign woman capable of being natural
izvf~ who marries citizen of the
United States becomes for certain pur-
poses citizen herself. And this
is equally true whether she marries an
A merican citizen resident in the Uni
ted States or in foreign country, and
whether she resides with her husband
in this country or abroad.
The case that arose in Detroit was
this: A French woman was married
to an American citizen living in this
country. She thereby acquired Amer
can citizenship. Her first husband
died and she married second, who
was Frenchman, not naturalized, and
therefore not a citizen. The court
holds that by the second marriage she
lost the citizenship acquired by the first
The second husband, though resident
Of the United States, was citizen of
France. By the marriage the French
citizenship of the husband became the
citizenship of his wife.-Ne,o York
Herald,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
The Coming Crowd.

"If the various countries maintain
their present rate of increase" says Mr..
Gosselin, secretary Of embassy at
Berlin, fifty years hence the United
States viii have population of 190,-
100000. Russia approximately 159, ,000,-
900, Germany 100000, the United
Kingdom 63,OOO,0O0, Austria hungary
and Italy both 100000, France only
100000. Germany has already in
round numbers I, 100000 more inhabi-
tants than France: but in this reckon
ing Algeria is not taken into account"
Fer war purposes, however, it is OBJ
served that the balance is not so heav-
i y against France, for whereas in Ger
many there are only 965 males to every
thousand females. in France there are
99l. Germany has. therefore, only
three and half millions more than
France,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
WOODBURY., N. j.. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1888.
breakfast and eating scarcely

manding breakfast and eating scarcely
a mouthful. Then she ordered the
parlors opened and aired at once, and
she flew to the windows so often that
her maid hurried up to the room of
Mrs. Mattleway's invalid mother and
made alarming reports. The clock
struck nine, after which Mrs. Mattle-
way counted the moments, and looked
expectantly at every carriage that
passed, but alas they merely carried
gentlemen downtown to busi-
ness. At half-past nine she seemed
to lie in fever at ten she was half
indignant and half heart-sick. Two
or three moments later carriage
stopped with crash at the door, but
not before Mrs. Mattleway was at the
window. Twas hel Should she re-
main and seem to be waiting for him,
or should she hurry to her room and
come down cool and composed? She
tried to escape, but her maid, who had
been as close to the door as her mis-
tress had to the window, admitted Mr..
Barth so quickly that Mrs. Mattleway
almost ran into his arms.
And how pretty she looked as she
took both his hands firmly in her ownl
Much thought and little sleep. great
excitement and earnest feeling, had
made her face more sensitive than
usual. She seemed scarcely to know
what to say; she was so embarrassed
that she forgot to drop her visitors
hands; but she finally made great
effort and exclaimed:
"Mr. Barth, you are the best man ]
ever knew r
"Really ?" said the journalist raising
his eyebrows.
Really. 1 never can thank you
enough. I-now that 1 know you are
SO good, wish ever SO much yov
weren't going away. L"
Her voice failed, but she grasped his
hands more tightly. Could any man
in Barth's position have avoided what
happened, which was that the journal
ist disengaged one hand and pressed
Mrs. Mattleway close to his heart.
81 will try to make you very happy" I"
he finally said by way of explanation.
81 know you will succeed" she said
in reply; "but must you take that
dreadful steamer this morning?"
"Not at all; I hadn't the slightest
idea Of sailing in her. My letter was
a mere trap with which to catch the
woman wanted as a wife"
"And did you think" said the widow,
trying to disengage herself, but taking
great care not to succeed, that such a
shameful trick would be successful ?''
'I seemed to have thought cor
rectly," explained Barth.
"Oh, oh-won't 1 punish you for
this" murmured Mrs. Mattleway. But
she never did.-Neao York Hour.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05

J. E. Morris. M. D., in the Clinical
Brief, says in regard to trichina in swine
that it is well established fact that
the real source of infection in swine
lies entirely in the rat. A committee
of Vienna physicians found in Nora
via thirty-seven per cent. of rats ex-
amined trichinous in Vienna and its
environs ten per cent; and in Lower
Austria about four per cent. The
well-known voracity of the hog, and
its special fondness for meat, cause it
to feed upon the flesh of other ami
mails infested with these parasites, and
especially rats and mice. To prevent
trichinous swine it is highly important
to cut off all the sources of disease in
the diet Of these animals.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
VOLUME V.
AMONG THE FIELDS OF CLOVER.

Twas June, and at the close of day
We roamed across the meadows,
With falling dews around our paths,
Meath gathering twilight shadows;
Bewitching Sue and I-ah, me,
but bashful lover,
She fairer than the opening buds
Among the fields of clover.
The birds sang blithesome evening songs
While Sue and ], we listened;
Her rosy cheeks took deeper hues,
And how her bright eyes glistened,
When low breathed words 1 stammered out.
And one deep blush spread over
Her face, as we kept wandering on,
Among the fields of clover.
Oh golden day of gladstone hours,
Full well do / remember
How tremblingly my Sue said YES"
And" early in September"
Twas many years ago, and now
Dear Sue and /, her lover,
Are happy that we roamed at eve
Among the fields Of clover.
-CIay,1c W. BltJGn
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
a City Built Over a Cave.

The Knoxville (Tenn. Tribune pub
fishes an account of curious accident
which occurred the night before on
Reservoir hill, when portion Of the
bottom of the north reservoir dropped
out, precipitating five hundred thou
sand gallons Of water into the hitherto
unknown cayernous depth below, and
says: We visitor Reservoir hill yester
day and found the north reservoir
entirely empty, and great hole in the
bottom at the southeast corner Just as
described yesterday. The water had
disappeared, and there was nothing to
indicate the exact course it had taken.
The hole seemed to be an opening be-
tween two lodges Of limestone rock.
In this case the cost of making the
bottom of the reservoir secure will not
be very large. Yesterday morning
muddy water was discovered issuing
from spring on First creek, in East
Knoxville. Though this spring is half
a mile from the reservoir, it is doubt
less the outlet for portion of the five
hundred thousand gallons Of water
which dropped into the yawning chasm
Of the mountain the night before. Of
course much of the water is yet in the
subUerranean vaults and Will not run
out. 1t is not generally known that
Knoxville is built over mammoth
cave. 1t is doubtless a fact that there
are natural subterranean passages be-
meath the city. Their extent is unknown,
and it is uncertain to what extent their
existence endangers the city or any
portion of it. 1t is asserted that one
subterranean passage beneath the city
was several years ago explored to the
extent of half mile. tits also claimed
that during the war a refugee wan
dered several days in the caves under
the city, travelling several miles in all.
There is an entrance to cave near the
river, afew hundred yards below Second
creek. This is said to lead into great
cavern under College hill, and this is
supposed to be connected with the
mysterious vaults under the older por-
ton of the city. In different locations
in the older part of the city, between
First and Second creeks, openings to
these caverns have been discovered by
the sinking of pits and the dropping
through of the bottoms of cisterns.
On State street, in the rear Of the
Hattie house, is cavern of unknown
dimensions which was discovered when
the foundations were being dug for
that building. On the same street
farther north the same or another
chasm has been dug into. On or near
Union street, not far from the market
house, the bottom dropped out of a
cistern few years ago and the water
sunk to unknown depths. In the reaI
of the billiard hall nearly opposite the
Tribune Office there is a bottomless pit
or one which is very deep. A few
years ago the bottom dropped out of &
cistern at the Lamar house, and many
Of the guests were frightened for feal
the hotel would sink into a ehasm
Perhaps the first intimation of tht
hollowness of Knoxville's foundation
was received a number Of years ago
when the bottom dropped from the
cistern at the Franklin house.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
Hon BIo was Peier ihe ereal.

The old man was reading about
Peter the Great, when after hs was
through and was walking the fioor for
exercise, little Johnny asked:
"How big was Peter the Great,
paps"
Wen, he was man about my
size"
Then why amt you greatg"
ssThat'n do, now. Say your prayers
and go to bed. ~ K Kestuekg State .Jour-
mal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05
camphor for MoseuiIoss.

Somebody says: II have tried the
following and find that it works like "
charm: Take or gum camphor piece
about one-third the size OF an egg and
evaporate it BY placing II In q tin vca-
sci and holding it over a lamp or
candle, taking care that it does not ie-
mite. The smoke will soon fiji the
room and erpel the mosquitoes. One
night. not long since, | was terribly
annoyed with them, when ! thought
and tried the above, after which II
neither saw nor heard them that night.
and next morning there was not one
to be found In the room, though fhB
window had been left open all night
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05

"When Oscar Wilde went away, /,
said a Broadway New York; florist
z the demand for sunfowers stopped.
I continue to exhibit the Newport sun
flower, small variety, in my show
windows, but they appeal in vain to
passersby. The common field daisy,
which came into fashion with the sun
flower, retains its popularity, but roses
are used for corsage bouquets where
daisies reigned year ago"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05

The Southern wheat crop increased
from $4,000. 900 bushels in 1873 to 67,-
o00,Co0 bushels in 1880.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05

The lilac grows 70 The slze pf Il trRb
In New Mckee, and specimens whose
trunks are foot in diameter are com.
mon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-07-05

Entomologists in Great Britain con.
slider the year 1882 remarkable for the
scarcity of insects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
V0yEY And BUSINESS.

The tremendous floods at the West have
affected business considerably during the past
week Traffic, travel and mails have been
greatly interrupted, and enormous losses have
been sustained which check the disposition TO
purchase freely. How far the Goods and the ex-
IRENE changes Of temperature have injured the
winter wheat cannot vet be determined, but
much aprehension il expressed in advlccs from
the West. If this injury does not prove to be
serious all the other losses sustained, grleV0us
though they have been to many individuals,
will have only a temporary elect upon tue gem
cral current Of trade. 1t is remarked, too, as Il
partial compensation fer possible injury TO
crops i'm this country, that Great Britain, Ger
mauy and other countries Of Europe seem to
he suffering severely from excessive rains, so
that full crop next fall can hardly be e1-
pect,d. and the demand for American products
Is likely to bc large.
Uncertainty as to legislation has been greatly
increased during the past week by the rapid
changes Of temper in the Senate and tho House
in regard to internal taxes and the tariff. This
uncertainty causes many failures, some OF
which are important, though ii naturally affects
those concerns most unfavOrably that have ex-
banded their business unwiscly in expectation of
a continued increase III traffic, or have operated
beyond their capital in over-confdencc that
prices would advance. 4" If 'tweIe done when
tits done, 'twcIe well 'twefe done quickly" but
the difficulty is that If Congress adjourns with
out action that will only prOlong the nncer-
tainty Though the year. rhe injury sustained
by reason Of some IL judiciOIs changes would
probably be less than the injury that nine or
ten months of apprehension would lnfict
Prices of gram have advanced on account OF
actual or expected injury to crops here and
abroad, but. as usual, speculation has been alto
gcther beyond reason. AT New-York over
"a. OOO. 600 bushels of wheat were sold last
week. and over 10, O0O 900 on Thursday, which
is said to be che largest quantity ever sold here
in a day Sales of corn amounted to Is 100000
bushels last year the sales for the correspond.
ing week were about 6,O00,0O bushels aud Of
wheat about $4,000, 900 bushels. But the
speculation in cotton HIS been very moderate,
sales amounting to only 10000 bales, whereas
Inst year it was rampant, and the sales were
over /. 400, 900 bales. Prices closed about as
they opened the fear OF injury from overflow
of the Mississippi having caused IL slight adj
vance on Thursday. The exports were only
1O2, 051 bales, but a year ago the record was
only 9,01S bales and the total shipments for
the crop year thus far are nearly 100000 bales
in excess of those of last year to date. Specu-
latiol in lard has also been very active, with IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19

immense affair fifteen inches in diameter two inches
thick and weighing sixty pounds. Being simple
minded he thought he must take 1t though 1t did not
suit And being foot and unable TO carry his
purchase he attached 1t to piece Of rope and dragged
u Through the streets TO carry gtln1e IN ths way
Is not contrary to the la OF Vermont but nevertheless
it attracted the attention of watohul policeman who at
arrested Mr.. Brown for carrying OFF OF the ctys
hydrants The poor kept in prison all day Sun
matters to the local nogbeys and Mr.. Brown went ri-
umphanty home with his sixty pound gridde, where it
is TO be hoped he will enjoy his pancakes in peace.
In letter to a gentleman in Rochester, Mr..
f. Stone Virgins, the unueky Canadian weather
prophet complains that people who looked for his
OF February were wrong in expecting a storm that
would rap over every mans doOrknOb sunrise and
scalp every IN America at the second OF time"
When people," he says, get such idea of the Inn
possible the they get it the better" He
peats his statement about his having made in
noting the time the storm would and again claims
appeared the Pacific on February 8. Closing
his letter Says This is the only storm evor fore
told that did not come though predicted all the heavy
storms Of 1892 with absolute correctness months before
they took place But this Will satisfy the public.
They expected storm the like Of which God never sent
over the world, and they furious in their anger
and frantic IN their persecution. But will meet them
at Phppi.' March will more than give sunshine
for the cloud that have wreabed by careessness about
my brow. But after ALL TO my mind my predieto1
was fulfilled. This storm generated by three forces
Ohe began over tne west coast OF Norway ana passed
over England strewing her shores with wrecks the
evening OF the 7h taking its through Western
Ontario, and on to Mexico The second west OF
North Africa crossed the Gulf OF st. Lawrence az tho
of fOry-hve miles and crossed York State
toion its northern neighbOr In the Pacific where they
were met by the one from the South Atianto. which
passed up the Gulf OF Mexico that instead Of meeting
south Of Newfoundland they met IN the Pacific and my
storm gun instead OF bringing down planet overshos
the tai get Mr.. VennOr has written letter say
ing my prediction IN a measure fulfilled.
only predict positively wind storms, movements OF
the atmosphere through the influence or the heavenly
bodies" Mr.. Wggins's method Of tracing storms would
seem show that he is innocent a babe OF any
knowledge OF the movement Of storms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
GENERAL NOTES.

An eccentric but good old miser
recently died in the village of North Lima Ohio. When
"a young man he had loved pretty German maiden, but
through the Efforts Of her father they prevented
from marrying The young man. losing all interest in
life came TO America and became recluso, and the
maiden became insane, and has been in that condition
for the last ftyeght years The will of the old man
WAS discovered after his death; and IL found that
he gave the savings OF lifetime TO his early love- whose
mind impaired for her even to understand the sig
ni1cance OF the act
Tie Virginia city Enterprise tells of a fight
that recently occurred in that city between eat and
hive OF bees I'm which the bees got decidedly the best
OF IT, The cats attention attracted by the bees ana
thinking they were some new kind Of game. dabbed
yciousy at them they passed In and out Of tho hive
At last day the bees got angry and poured out OF the
hive by the hundred and darted for the fur Of tabby
The cat rolled herself into ball. and bit spiuttered and
cawed with all her might but with effect the bees
kept stnging rs diligently After time. she
was taken away and was week recovering from tho
ELECT OI the stings She cannot be persuaded To 20
near the hive any more.
The burlington Free Press tells this story of
the ways OF "A Vermont policeman Mr. Rufus Brown
Is small farmer of nelghboring village, who short
time ago ordered grddle to be made in foundry in
Burlington. Through some mistake they made him an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
nITLES ~ STERL.

On Saturday the failure Of J. b. Ayers Sons.
an important iron establishment at Chicago
which controlled mills at Youngstown, Ohio,
was announced The firm was thought to have
done Il larger business last year than any other Of
the kind in the country its sales having amount
ed 10 $50, 500 900 1t WAS the largest stock holder
in the Brown, Bonnell g. Co. rolling II i'll, which
employs several thousand men in mills, furnl-
aces and mines near Cleveland. On the same
day the Fox River Iron Company, of Green Bay,
made an assignment, having been dragged down
by the failure of the Union Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Chicago. And on the same day also the
Laclede rolling mill at st. Louis stopped WORK,
throwing 600 men out of employment. These
events impart an especial interest to the discus
sion which will take place in the Senate to-day
upon the amendment offered by Senator Sher-
man on Saturday. Mr. Sherman, rs is not I'M
natural feels keenly tie effect of threatened
legislation upon the industries Of Ohio when
large establishments at Youngstown and Clcve-
land, close to his own home, are already
involved. But the embarrassment of the iron
and steel business extends throughout the coun-
try and cannot truly DO attributed alto gether
to the influence of the threatened legislation
1t car be SAID with justice that this embarrass-
ment has been greatly aggravated by the uncer-
tainty as TO Congressional action and the pos
sibilty that dangerously low duties on some
forms of iron and steel would be adopted. 1t
may be asked with great reason, therefore,
whether the Ser ate can afford to take any step
that may increase or prolong the prostration Of
this great industry.
II is now said that the fate of both tariff bills
will depend upon the decision of the Senate on
Mr.. Sherman's motion, because those who rep
resent the steel industry maintain that the du-
ties as they stand in the bill would be runous.
On this ground some Senators and Represent
atives have announced that they will feel COM
PEELED to defeat the bill if they can, unless its
provisions shall be changed. Defeat Of legisla-