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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
Sinuinu Fishes in the Ohio.

A correspondent of the Cleveland
(Ohio) Leader writes: In miscellan-
eous column of your paper notice an
article copied from ChamIers' Journal
headed " Musical Fishes" This state
ment is not new and it has been re
ceived with more or less doubt as one
of the stories Of India On reading it
l was reminded that singing fishes was
one Of the first things l remember to
have heard mentioned as belonging to
the Ohio river. l heard it said when
| was child, and in the faith Of child
hood listened when 1 first came to that
stream for the song of these fish, yet I
seldom heard it, though old boatmen
spoke of it in the quiet days of fat
boats as quite common. One evening
l advert to when heard the singing
Of the fish as distinctly as could be
wished. One afternoon, late in the
summer Of 1887, l stepped on to fat
boat then used at Martins ferry, oppo-
site Wheeling, West Va, when 7 was
attracted by the sweet, Rolian harp
like sound arising from the water. I
had forgotten the singing fish, and
asked the ferryman what it was. He
replied as if speaking of common
matter. SAYING that it was the white
perch, which he said followed under
the boat back and forward across the
river at the season, when the water was
warm and low. He was thoroughly
posted in the habits Of the fish, being
bred to the work of fisherman and
ferryman, and intelIigently described
the habits Of the white perch Of the
Ohio. which, he said, had always been
noted for this habit of singing.
might mention, historically, that my
informant was Ebenezer Clark, a son
of Elizabeth Zene, famous as the hero
inc who, at the siege Of the fort at
Wheeling. carried the powder to the
fort through a shower Of Indian bull
lets. This does not materially affect
the musical fish. ! listened to their
music while he told me about them
The sound was very much like that
produced by silk thread placed be-
tween the meeting rails of Window
sometimes called an Rolian harp. If
the perch can sing in the Ohio he may
n India
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07

Bees are geometricans. Their cells
are so constructed as, with the least
quantity of material, to have the
largest sized spaces and least possible
loss of interstice.
So also is the ant-lion-his funnel
shaped trap is exactly correct in its
conformation, as if it had been made
by the most skillful artists of our
species, with the aid Of the best instru-
ment.
The mole is meteorologist.
The bird called the nine-killer is an
arithmetician SO also is the crow, the
wild turkey and some other birds.
The torpedo, the ray and the electric
eel are electricians
The nautilus is a navigator. He
raises and lowers his sails, casts and
weighs anchor, and performs other
nautical evolutions.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians
The beaver is an architect, builder
and woodcutter; he cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams.
The marmot is civil engineer. He
not only builds houses, but constructs
aqueducts and drains to keep them
dry.
The white ants maintain a regular
army of soldiers.
The Eat India ants are horticultur-
lists; they make mushrooms, upon
which they feed their young.
Wasps are paper manufacturers.
Caterpillars are silk-spinners.
The bird ploeeus textor is weaver;
he weayes web to make his nes-.
The primia is a tail'r; he sews the
leaves together to make his nest.
The squirrel is a ferryman with
chip or piece of bark for a boat. and
his tail for sail, he crosses a stream.
Dogs, wolves, iackals, and many
others are hunters.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
NUMBER Al.
FUN.

A sand witch-A pretty girl In
Jathing costume.
After popping the question, next in
order is to question the Pop.
The reason men succeed who mind
their own business is because there is
so little competition
This is the season when garden seeds
come up quickly, on account Of the
hens Waterloo Observer.
"What? Not lend paltry ten to
me-to your other self?' My dear
fellow, should never get it back-I
know myself too well"
1t has often been charged that the
Indians are lazy. and it may beso, but
they manage to keep the United States
troops pretty busy.-S1tftings.
A clergyman meeting an inebriated
neighbor, exclaimed: Drunk again,
Wilkins r. 10 which Wilkins, in
semi-confdential tone, responded:
"Sho am /, parson r.
"Where are the springs Of long ago?"
writes Edith NJ. Thomas, in sweetly-
flowing verse. Give it up, Edith.
Some of them may be hanging in that
old hoopskirt in the attic.-PtcGylIrse.
"Now, then, witness" said the
cross-examining counsel, sternly, " does
the preceding witness enjoy your
entire con6dence?" Great Scott, mol
Why, that's my wife, San Francisco
Post.
German dispatches speak Of the
american hog in diplomacy" Just
who the "American hog" who has en-
tered diplomacy is they do not say.
Perhaps the hog does not want his
namemade pubic.-ElecGted Railroad
Journal.
Of what benefit is it to this country
that learned professor has discoy-
cred, after two years research, that the
potato bug lays fifty eggs in success
sion, instead Of forty, as had previously
been supposed? Now, if he had dis
covered way to make common hen
jay fifty eggs in succession without
stopping in the middle of her duties to
sit down in an insane effort to hatch
something out of doorknob or lump
Of chalk, that would have been some
thing in the shape Of great national
boon.-Sifftnqs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The Chinese are so superstitious in
regard to death that they seldom men
ton the word itself, but substitute
"having become immortal" or sim
liar expression.
A Montreal clergyman was too i'll
to preach on a recent Sunday, but he
wrote sermon, and by the use of a
telephone heard it delivered in his
church by another preacher as he lay
on his sick bed in his chamber.
Statistics show that about two per
sons in every 1000 stammer. This
would make about 100000 stammer-
ers in the world. But as stammering
among North American Indians was
unknown in Catlin's time, it is proba-
bly, disease of advanced civilization
only.
Arabians say that it takes forty days
to purify the mouth that has been
puckered in whistle. In Tonga and
Iceland whistling is considered to be
disrespectful to God. In North Ger
many the peasants claim that to
whistle in the evening viii make the
angels weep.
In the country Of Lubuku, or Friend
ship, in Africa, where enmity is pro-
hibited, the eccentric savages do not
approve of privacy. As in ancient
Sparta, the individual lives in public.
Doors are scarcely known, and the use
Of bars and bolts is strictly forbidden
TO inhale the intoxicating vapors Of
hemp is pleasure invested with the
sanctity of religious rite by this
amiable tribe Of sayages, who indulge
in the weed to an extent unknown in
the rest of the dark continent. Another
curious custom mentioned by Lieuten-
ant Wissman, a recent traveller, is that
natives adore speechifyiug to such a
degree that each word passing an
orators lips is repeated by the whole
audience.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
WORDS or WISDOM.

To confide too much is to put your
lemon into another mans squeezer.
Without content, we shall find it
almost as difficult to please others as
ourselves.
No man ever offended his own con-
science, but first or last it was re-
venged upon him for it.
Trust him little who praises all, him
less who censures all, and him least
who is Indifferent about all.
The conqueror is regarded with awe;
the wise man commands our esteem;
it is the benevolent man who wins our
affections.
The temperate are the most truly
luxurious. By abstaining from most
things, it is surprising how many things
we enjoy.
How abundant are men and women
who crave martyrdom in leadership
How few are willing to honor them
selves in the loyalty Of service
Beautiful is the activity which works
for good, and beautiful the stiffness
that waits for good; blessed the sacri-
fee of the one, and blessed the self
forgetfulness of the other.
New fallen snow does not more GER
tainly receive and reveal the foot
prints Of the person that passes over it
than mans spirit records the impress
Of every thought, word and deed.
The best way to discover the mani
fold uses Of friendship is to cast about
and see how many things there are
which a man cannot do for himself,
and then it will appear that it was a
sparing speech of the ancients to say
that a friend is another himself" for
a friend is more than himself.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
An Emperor,s Wardrobe.

An interesting and extensive ward
robe is that of Emperor William, of
Germany. His uniforms comprise one
of each of the regiments of the guards
and of the body regiments one each of
Baden, Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtem-
burg four Russian uniforms, and one
each Of his Austrian regiments Of the
line and hussars. The civilian suits
are elegant and chiefly dark, although
light pair Of pantaloons is now and
then tolerated the regular head cover
ing is the high silk hat. The hunting
suits are rarely renewed, on the princi-
pie the older the better and more
comfortable. Most of the interesting
pieces have long been sent to different
museums, except the dress worn on
the day Of Nobiling's attempt. Per
haps the most remarkable piece is the
emperor's brownish-gray havelock,
which he wears in the spring and fall
on his drives, and with which, although
nearly twenty-five years old, he is not
willing to part. All his uniforms and
suits are made by member of the
same family, whose predecessors pre-
sented the young Prince William with
his uniform. Numerous as the con-
tents Of the wardrobe have been and
still are. it has never held an article
which nearly every citizen looks upon
as an Indispensable one, viz, a dressing
gown. Hdtter'S Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
Not Left Ont.

There were five of 'em on the cor
ner. One said that his wife was clean
ing house and had every room upset.
The second observed that he had
just left six painters at work at his
house.
The third said he was tearing out
partitions and building on wing.
The fourth smiled sadly and added
that he was going to have four cell
ings whitewashed, three rooms re-
papered, a chimney torn out and his
hall widened.
Gentlemen" said the fifth man as
he drew a long breath, 81 don't like to
be looked upon as one who is trying to
crawl out of his fair share of this
worlds misery, and | therefore take
this opportunity Of informing you
that in order to buy new carpets and
a parlor suit | have been obliged to
mortgage my house and shall probably
lose Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
POPULAR SCIENCE.

In Great Britain the loss to the gov
ernment by worn silver withdrawn
from circulation because of deficiency
of weight caused by wear and tear
amounted last year to $4,000.
At Salez, in the Swiss canton of st.
Gallen, some sixty bronze hatchets
have been dug up from depth Of about
yard beneath the surface of the
ground. The implements are believed
to be at least $500 years old.
Professor Pfieger states that in some
German schools from seventy to eighty
per cent. of the scholars are suffering
from defective vision, while not a
single pupil at the Heidelburg gym
nasium has perfect eyesight.
A series of photographs, illustrative
Of some experiments made by Profess
sor Won Ziemssen, formed a curious
exhibit at the Munich electrical exhi-
bition. These pictures showed a hui
man face bearing the expressions Of
Joy, pain, surprise, doubt, disgust, ETC.,
the various changes having been each
excited in turn by bringing a current
of electricity to act upon the different
facial nerves Of the person photo
graphed. Under the electric influence,
each set of nerves produced its own
peculiar contortions Of the counte-
nance.
Some lakes are distinctly blue; others
present various shades Of green, SO that
in some cases they are hardly dis
tinguishable from their level, grass
covered bank; few are almost black.
The Lake of Geneva is azure hued, the
Lake Of Constance and the Lake
Lucerne are green the color of the
Mediterranean has been called indigo.
The Lake Of Brienz is greenish yellow,
and its neighbor, Lake Thun, is blue.
New York has both green and blue
lakes. The colors of rivers differ yet
more widely. The Rhone is blue and
SO is the Danube, while the Rhine is
green.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
Salt

In 1882 there were 100000 barrels
Of salt consumed in the United States.
Nearly three-fourths Of the quantity
was made in this country, Michigan
alone producing about 3,25000o
barrels. Salt was FIRST made at SYRIA
cuse by white men in the year 17s2,
when the annual product was 100
barrels in 1880 it was l.6e0.0al
barrels The first salt was made in
Michigan in 1860. when the annual
product was 400 barrels !; in 1877 il was
1861 900 barrels.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
General Duties.

An Austin widow has been receiv-
ing a great deal Of attention from
Colonel Bingham. A friend calling to
visit her, asked :
"What do you do all day TO kill
time?'
"Well, most of my time is taken up
with general duties"
General Duties Why, | never
heard Of him. You tickle creature.
What win the colonel say when he
finds the general cutting him out in
that way2'- -SJft5ngs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
The Man who Made Pins.

Jarvis Brush, who helped tomakethe
pin practical success, died recently.
Dr. ]. J. Howe in 1886 devised d ma
chine for making pinsout Of wire. and
Jarvis Brush established in 1910 tile
American Howe Pin company, Of Bir-
mingham. Conn, and sent out the first
solid-headed pins that the world
had seen. For years this company
manufactured all the pins that were
used in this country and exported large
quantities to Europe One Of Mr..
Brush's most usefal inventions was
for sticking tile pins ia paper an
operation that haa been previously
do1e tediously BY hand, few being
iaserted at 4 time and Six dozen papers
being regarded as full days work.
This be superseded by self-asting 1is;s-
chinery. dispensing with many manual
operations and eaabiing one hand to
stick one or two hundred dozen napasA
4 day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
green
The Bad Boy.

"Hold on a minute" said the gro
Gerry man to the bad boy, as he wound
a piece of brown paper around a cob
and stuck it in syrup Jug he had just
filed for a customer, and then licked
his fingers, " want to ask you ques-
tion. What has caused you to change
50 from being bad? You were about
as bad as they make 'em, up to a
few weeks ago, and now you seem to
have soul, and get in your work
doing good about as well as any boy
in town. What is it that ails you?"
"Oh. sugar, 1 don't want to tell, .
said the boy, as he blushed, and wig
gled around on one foot, and looked
silly. "But if you won't laugh I will
tell you. 1t is my girl that has made
me good. It may be only temporar y
If she goes back on me / may be tuff
AGAIN, but if she continues to hold out
faithful l shall be daisy all the time.
Say, did you ever love a girl? 1t would
do you good. If you loved anybody,
regular old-fashionel, the way l do,
people could send little children here
to trade, and you wouldn't palm off
any wilted vegetables on to them, or
give them short weight. If you was
in love, and felt that the one you loved
saw every act Of yours. and you could
see her eyes every minute, you would
throw away anything that was spoiled
and not try to sell it, for fear you
would offend her. | don't think any
man is fit to do business honestly, un-
less he is in love, or has been in love
once. Now, couldn't do anything
wrong if 1 tried, because 1 should hear
the still small voice of my girl saying
to me, 'Henery, let up on that I
slipped up on banana peel yesterday,
and hurt myself, and was just going
to say something offul. and could see
my girls bangs raise right up. and
there was a panied look in her face.
and a tear in her eye, and. by gosh, 1
lust smiled and looked tickled till her
hair went down and the smile came
back again to her lips, though it hurt
me like blazes where 1 struck the
sidewalk. l was telling pa about it.
and asked him if he ever felt as though
his soul was going right out toward
somebody, and he said he did once on
steamboat excursion, but he eat a
lemon and got over it. Pa thinks it is
my liver. and wants me to take pills
but L tell you, boss. it has struck il. Inc
too deep for pills, unless it is one that
weighs about hundred and forty
pounds and wears a hat with feather
on. Say. if my girl should walk right
into a burning lake of red-hot lava and
beckon me to follow, / would take
hop, skip and jump, and
"Oh, give us a rest, said the gro
Gerry man. as he took basin Of water
and sprinkled the floor, preparatory to
sweeping out. "You have got the
worst case ever saw, and yon better
GO out and walk around block" and
the boy went out and forgot to hang
out any sign.-Peck's Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
"How viii that do?" asked Lon.

Chow will that do?" asked Lon.
"It's little too"
"No, it isn't" he interrupted; mot
a bit too And 1 shan't alter a word
of it,"
That settled it, for I couldn't alter it
without betraying myself so l had
Lon inclose it in three envelopes, on
each of which he, under my direction,
drew some mysterious hieroglyphics,
and sealing it with red seal, dis
patched it to Philippa with little
note
"DEAR MISS DAYToN-I send you the for
tune evoked from your auburn tress. hope
it may prove satisfactory one. Twill be at
the wedding if possible. With love to your
father and mother and Tim,
al am yours, most faithfully,
"ToM LovEJoY.n
And, true to my word, assisted at
Melinda Wells wedding on the 1st of
March. 1t took place early in the
afternoon, and after it was over, Phil
ippa and I walked home together along
the banks of the yet scarcely awakened
little brook. And as we drew near
the farmhouse, she suddenly turned to
me and said-the wind blowing her
fluffy ringlets all about her pretty face,
and reddening her cheeks and chin:
Il must thank you for the trouble
you took with that lock of hair. I
dare say it seemed very foolish thing
to do, but he did tell so true about
Melinda that 1 thought thought"
And she paused, and looked shyly at
me in way very unusual to her.
"And didn't he tell you true, too?"
l asked, with great calmness.
"No-o-o-because-that is, he de-
scribed a person as my-my-who
has for a long time been somebody
else's."
"How do you know this?"
"Oh, Roderick said-I mean"
And in her confusion she actually
burst out crying, and her tears told me
the happiest story l had ever been told
in my life.
1 clasped her in my arms. "Roderick
said what, my darling?" [ demanded,
as she struggled to free herself.
"That you were engaged to a lovely
young girl" she sobbed. "who often
came to your Office, and that she went
to England last summer, and SO you
came here because you couldn't bear
to go to any nicer place without her.
"Philippa, that lovely young girl is
my cousin, the youngest daughter OF
my Uncle John, and she went to Eng
land on her wedding trip last summer.
And there is no nicer place in all the
world than this for me, and if a certain
dearest of girls, Philippa Dayton by
name, will promise to be my wife. 1
shall spend all the holidays OF my life
here"
"Then it's all right" said Philippa,
clasping her hands and smiling through
her tears. "He described you exactly"
And I never had the heart to un-
deceive her. -Margaret Eytinge, in
Harper'S Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07
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 fall that thou hast made.
To be by their mem'ries haunted.
Courage to see thyself grow old,
Thy place usurped by the young and bold,
Their vigor before thee Haunted.
Courage to face those 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, 1883-06-07

Portable houses are coming into
vogue in England, especially at the
seashore The same kind of houses
would be handy at our own watering
places.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-07

According to the United States COM
missioner of education, SOL 1,475, ,000has
been given by private individuals for
educational purposes in this country
within ten years
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-08
EASTLAND COUNTY.
Hotel Change-Cisco an Educational
and Religions Town Proypccfors.


Correspondence of the Gazette
Cisco, November G.--The CITY botel
of this place will undergo n chanye n,
ploprietorshlp some time between the
10th and 30th of this month. under
management of j. II. Chandler and
Mr.. Fisher, both prompt, active and
business young men of this place and
favorably known to the travelling
public, as they both have been engaged
In one of the largest commercial estab-
lishments in our town since the town
began.
Our people are strictly church
going people. Churches are better nj
tended in Cisco and the behavior bet
ter than can be found in larger and
Older cities, and our town is supporting
the gospel creditably. We have the
Baptist, Methodist and PRESBYTERIAN
churches, all in hourishlng and har-
nlonious condition.
Cisco Is certainly in the lead of any
young and growing town in the way
OF promoting education and the morals
of the youth, for in addition to our
well attended church regulations we
have one of the best schools in West
ern Texas, presided over by one of the
tlemen that it has been our good
| pleasure TO meet in the West
Besides being ripe scholar, he is a
Christian gentleman of the highest
order.
We have several gentlemen among
US who are prospecting with the view
of investing money in real estate and
| live stock. Among them very
prominent gentleman from Missouri,
who is very favorably impressed vita
our town and country. Some are
| prospecting with the view of invest.
ing in first-class Touring mill and
cotton gin, Verify the capitalists are
turning their attention to this invit-
ing field.
The Bible society met at the Bar,
fist church last night for the transact.
ion of such business ms pertains to
their mission, that Of spreading thu
"word of lifep among the unsupplied