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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13

Ia Zaeatecas letter to the Springfield
Republican, we find the following:
As an instance Of how little regard the
government has for life, let me tell you
pitiful story: A child was missing from
a mining settlement at the edge of Zacat-
ecas, and as weeks went by bringing no
trace Of him, the distracted parents i'm
agined that be had been kidnapped.
Thereupon, some thirty persons, most Of
them laboring men about mines, were
taken out and shot on the merest suspic-
len that they might know something
about the lost boyl About three months
afterward somebody happened to look
down into a deep hollow probably on
abandoned prospect hole not many yards
from the fathers house. and discovered
something therein which excited his curl
osity. Closer investigation revealed a
small skeleton, the poor child having IN
doubtedly fallen in during one Of the cpl
leptic fits to which he was subject, and
had starved to death within sight Of
home. I happened to be present when
the little moldy jacket and muddy shoes
were brought up, amid crowd who wept
in sympathy for the mourning mother:
but nobody had thought for the thirty
victims mostly fathers Of families-who
were sacrificed in the unavailing search.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13
cannsn.Makina in the United States.

Save an experimental gun, at long in
tervals, America has made no cannon
since the war. The immense private
plant at South Boston, where two can
non week were cast during the most
active periods Of the civil war, has lain
die. The same may be said of the only
other plant in the country, at West Point,
N. Y, where cannon can be made Eng
land has its government foundry at Wool
wich; Germany has Krupp's immense
works at Essen, guaranteeing him so
much work each year and further sup
porting him by exempting large part
Of his army of workmen from military
duty. The United States has had only
unfulfilled promises with which to keep
these two plants in readiness for the
emergency which might at any time
come. 1t is due to the pluck of the COM
pany that the cannon works in Boston
have not gone to decay, but are to-day
the most complete of any in the country,
and fit, even, to compete with foreign
foundries. And yet no cannon has been
made here for six years; in 1877 q large
twelye-inch rife, weighing eighty-four
tons, was cast for experimental purposes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13
Ear.West RastauranL.

"You IDIOT Can't you understand
plain English9 I want glass Of water
water to drink-and ! want it quick n
In desperation the waiter hunted up the
proprietor and told him the story. The
landlord looked puzzled, and himself en-
tered the dining-room and approached
the stranger and said:
Excuse me, sir, but my waiter is a
little hard Of hearing. will take your
order"
81 ordered glass Of nothing
but straight water
'Tm sorry, replied the landlord, .
"but can't accommodate you. There
is SO little call for those foreign drinks
here that it doesn't pay to keep
'em. We've got some prime kentucky
whisky in the bar if you can get along
on that. Z
The stranger finished his meal in ST.
lence TX Bismarek (Dat. 7riEuns.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13
feeding His Vanity.

s'Are not men as vain of the possession
of small feet as are women?n asked Sun
reporter of New York shoe-dealer.
''Fully as vain, was the reply, "until
they approach middle life; after that. as
rule, not so much so. But then, on
the other hand, I think that men with
exceptionally large feet are more NOR
bidly sensitive on the subject than are
women in the same category. l suppose
it's mainly because they can't hide the
defect SO well as women can; for the
flowing skirts of the latter afford them
certain degree of concealment which no
amount of spring or voluminousness to
the bottom of the tronser legs could ade-
quately supply. A young lady came in
here the other evening, when the store
was quite full, to buy pair of fancy
slippers for her husband, and asked for
the largest size. offered her pair of
elevens, but, after criticising 'em fore and
aft, she didn't think they would be big
enough. we don't build 'em any larger
here, ma'am, said I but believe there
are some yards where they lay keels for
twelves and even thirteens.' If
that's the case, said she, laughing.
I'll take these, and he'll have to squeeze
into them somehow. The trouble with
49, I,,,ebo11 - 4Lo+ b;c Sod 49, - IL
proportionatety large at all, for he is a
very large man all over, but he imagines
them to be monsters, and he is so sensi-
tive that he will never even get measured
for pair of shoes when any other GUS
toner is present. Another case in point
was told me by the wife of the gentleman
it concerns, and will show how cleverly
she takes advantage of his weakness, or
vanity. He has very small feet, of which
he is highly proud. She has succeeded
in fattering and petting this vanity to
such an inordinate pitch that he has kept
on wearing tighter and tighter boots,
with every new pair he orders, SO that
now he is only too happy to exchange
them for his slippers the moment he gets
home from business, with no desire to re-
sumo them till the following morning.
She thus keeps him confined to her own
society, and, from having been an ap-
parently incorrigible club-lover and all
hours man about town, he has become
very self-satisfied and resigned domestic
person, without ever suspecting the cause
of the change"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Luminous creatures are probably much
more numerous than is generally sup
posed. According to Professor @. Col
lingwood, every class of animals except
that of birds includes representatives
which, under certain circumstances and
conditions, have been proved capable Of
giving out light.
Experiments have given the following
facts regarding illuminants. The heat
produced is in this ratio: The arc cleo
tric lamp, 81 to 1853; the incandescent
electric lamp, 29O to 536; the argand
gas burner, 1880; the colza-oil lamp,
$500; the fat-fow petroleum lamp,
1900; the parafine candle, $500, and
the talIow candle, 300.
Sir Samuel W. Baker, the African ex-
plorer, states that the camel will cross
the deserts with a load of 400 pounds at
the rate Of thirty miles day in the burn
ing heat of summer, and require water
only every third or fourth day. In the
cooler months the animal will work for
seven or eight days without water; and
if grazing on green foliage without labor
will drink only once fortnight.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the
business of raising sweet-scented flowers
for their perfume alone may be gathered
from the fact that Europe and British
India consume about $50, 900 gallons of
handkerchief perfumes yearly; that the
English revenue from eau de cologne is
$40, 900 annually, and that the total rev
enue of other perfumes is estimated at
5000. 900 annually. There is one great
perfume distillery at Cannes, in France,
which uses yearly 100, pounds of
acacia flowers, 40, 900 pounds of rare
flower leaves, 80, 600 pounds Of jasmine
blossoms, 10000 of tuberose blossoms,
and an immense quantity Of other ma
terial.
The transmission Of power by wire
ropes-now no longer question of ex-
periment-is found practicable and ad-
vantageous for distances ranging all the
way from fifty feet up to several miles,
As an example of long transmission, that
furnished in Schaffhausen, Switzerland,
at the falls of the Rhine, is quite notable.
There some 800 horse power is carried
diagonally across the line and extended a
distance Of two miles, being there dis
tributed among the fifty different manu-
featuring establishments, situated in
every imaginable position, and embracing
all the varied arrangements of changing
directions. This method has been in
creasingly produced in Europe, the wire
rope transmission coming into use at the
point where belt or line of shafting be-
comes Of too great length to be employed
proftably, in point Of economy being
much cheaper than its equivalent either
in shafting or betting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13

Washington never made a speech. In
the zenith Of his fame he once attempted
it, failed, and gave it UP, confused and
abashed. In framing the constitution Of
the United States the labor was almost
wholly performed IN committee Of the
whole, of which George Washington was
chairman He spoke twice during the
convention; but his words were u few
that they could not fifty be termed
speeches. The convention, however, ac-
knowledged the master spirit, and histo-
rians affirm that, had it not been for his
personal popularity and the sincerity
with which he spoke. the constitution
would have been rejected by the people.
Thomas Jefferson never made a speech.
He couldn't do It Napoleon. whose ex-
ecutive ability was almost without rar5
allel, said that bis greatest trouble yas in
finding men Of deeds, rather than words.
When asked how he maintained his iriisi.
ence over bis superiors III age ana expert
ence, when commander-in-cii of llAa
army in Italy, hesaia, By reserve Tha
greatness of man " nul W ~ measured
hE tho length Of his speeches ar thHlr
number
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13

of the stream was the ferry rapidly ad-
vancing with Ned Baggett at the wheel;
a dozen blue coated soldiers and officers
were the passengers. She could see the
bayonets glistening in the moonlight;
and she knew that these men were in
search of her lover and his friends, and
that in twenty minutes they would be
made prisoners and led away to almost
instant death.
"Heavensm she gasped; "What shall
1 do2 I must save him; but how2'
Ali HOWE
A glance of fire flashed from her eyes
as she looked in the direction of the ap-
preaching ferry. Her lips closed firmly
together. She had made up her mind
Quick as thought she flew to the wood
shed, secured bright and sharp ak, and
returned to the spiles, where the great
hawser was straining and creaking.
Up in the air went the bright axe
blade Down One-two-three-
crash And the great guide-rope
snapped asunder.
There came ringing cries of alarm
from the river. The ferry, with the men
in blue and the perfdions Ned Baggett
rushed madly on with the current that
flowed like the speed of the wind. In
ten minutes the old scow had disap-
peared from view around bend of the
river.
Phil. Barker and his two companions
slept peacefully on through the night,
quite obivious of the danger from
which they had SO narrowly escaped by
the quick wits of determined young
woman.
On the following morning Irene re-
lated all the circumstances attending the
events of the night.
Barker and his friends, after resting
for day, were able to resume their
journey and made good their escape.
The old ferry boat went ashore near
the mouth of the river, and all on board
landed in safety, with the exception of
Ned Baggett, who had in his terror
leaped into the stream, and in his at
tempt to swim ashore had been drowned.
The writer of this story learned these
facts from the lips of the heroine her
self, and her name is Mrs. Barker.-A.
@. Monson, in Teras SJJtings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-13

footsteps, at incredible distances, on the
pavement, and even in buildings a square
or more away. He has, with this strange
sense, followed the footsteps of person
for three squares, and heard the person
enter house that distance away, walk
up two flights of stairs, and enter room,
distinguishing every movement, pause,
and fuctuation Of gait, as exactly as
though he could see through brick walls.
At first this unnatural sensitiveness to
vibration disturbed him exceedingly. He
could not sleep; the bed seemed to be
tangle of vihratory phenomena, discord-
ant and harmonious, mixed and com
mingled inextricably. After while,
however, his nerves became habituated
to these phenomena; and they subserved
the purposes Of sensation and perception
in the most extraordinary way. He can
tell red, yellow, green, blue and violet
lights from one another by the manner
in which they effected the tips of his
fingers or the nerves Of any exposed sur
face-not by the difference in tempera-
ture alone, although that is perceptible
to him, but by some strange influence
that each exercies. independent Of mere
temperature. He knows the cars on the
different lines of street railway in the
city from one another by the different
vibrations produced by them when in
motion, and can distinguish an Eighth
avenue car from Sixth at Vesey street
with certainty.
Z never trouble myself to inquire, " he
said, 'tany more than one of you would,
and / never get into the wrong car.
Some would call it hallucination; but the
vibrations of the atmosphere about me,
when others would say that it is not in
motion at all, are just as distinct to my
ear as the sound of voice or musical
instrument. And they are wonderfully
beautiful, strangely melodious sometimes,
worth losing ones eyes to hear. You
have no conception OF the low, singular,
musical notes that tree makes in grow
ing. often put my ear against the
trunk of sapling for the pleasure OF
listening to a music that is beyond de
scription beautiful; and last summer,
when was in the country, I learned to
tell an oak from a maple, pine from
hickory, and so on, by the music of each,
for each has its own peculiar melody and
pulsation. Icould almost write book
on the subject now; but mean to take
another summer to. it if l should live SC
long. The white pine has a low, soft,
swelling, continuous pulse, which though
monotonous, of course, when listened to
for more than few moments, possesses
a cadence and rhythm such as practised
elocutionist gives to Longfellow's 'Waif,
for example:
"I see the lights Of the village
CLEAN through the rain and mist,
And a feeling Of sadness comes Ger me
That my soul cannot resist.
'The oak, on the other hand, has an
abrupt, peculiar, explosive note, Of very
short pulsation, while the maple gives o
smooth, slow, sonorous movement, the
wave of which is as long as that Of the
pine, but has less swell, and is less dis
.tinctly separated from its predecessor
and successor. Oh, could lecture an
hour on the music Of trees, and never tell
you half of the beautiful things they have
revealed to me eln-NeD York SIN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
UNREQUITED

Oh. fair sweet Love with tender eyes OF brown,
You with your pure Madonna face you
seemed
To me an angel from the skies set down,
When first the sunlight of your presence
strcamed
Across my vision glorious as the dawn.
And IL IN those dear after days | dreamed.
Pure hearted one, while. / lay at your feet,
That l might win you, chide me not, Oh
Sweet;
Drunk with the love-Iight in your eyes 1
deemed
The purifying power Of love had drawn
Nv soul from out the cloud of sin that lay
Above 1t ike pail. 90 my way
Loving you none the less since have known
Ny dream Of dreams for many days, was
GER
Oh. heart of gold 1 dared to think my own,
Loving so much / cannot love you more.
The chance acquaintance Of summers day
am 10 YOU: but 1 while life endures,
Av. after death. will love you. for know,
And glory in the thought, Oh, Love, that
tho
YoU are not mine am forever yours.
-CLlreHcs L. Darts, IN Current.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
PROPOSALS.
ALACHUA COUNTYCoURT HOUSE AT GAINEs-)
VILE, FLA,
GAINESVILLE Nav 90 1884


GEALED proposals viii be received at the
- County Clerks office in the city of Gaines
ville Fla, until June "a, 1884, for furnishing
of all material and labor required in the
erection, construction and completion of q
court house in the city of Gainesville, for the
county Of Alachua, according to plans and
specifications for the same by III. j. Campbell,
Architect and Civil Engineer, of Palatka, Fla.
Plans and specifications can be seen in the
Clerks office. An early date for completion
of said building will be one consideration for
the Board.
All proposals must be accompanied by
certified bond in the sum of $4,000 that the
bidder or bidders will give a good and salts
factory bond, If awarded the contract. No
bids will be considered unless accompanied
by such bond. The contractor will be paid
in monthly estimates as the work progresses,
and in accordance with the statute laws of
the State of Florida, chapter 342l, No. 9, sec
tion D Act of 1888. All bids must be in the
regular form of proposals. The Board re-
serve the right to reject any and all bids.
All bids and communications should be adj
dressed to j. A. CARLISLE, Clerk Circuit
Court. Gainesville, Fla.
Bids must be Endorsed on their cover Bids
for building court house for Alachua county,
Fla" j. A. CARLISLE,
Clerk Circuit Court and County Auditor,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when Children are
cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little suf-
ferer at once: it produces natural, quiet
sleep By relieving the child from pain, and
the little cherub -awakes as bright as a
button.0 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t
soothes the child. softens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
The bowels, and is the best known remedy
f1r diarrhea, whether arising from teeth
in or other causes. % cents a bottle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF IT.

Table Linen, pure linen, worth Csc, at 1Sc.
Table Linen, pure linen, worth 35c., at Csc
Table Damask, good quality, worth Soc, at
CSC.
Table Damask, superior quality, worth 75c., at
Table Damask, very good quality, worth 81, at
75c.
Table Damask, extra good. worth 81 50, at 81.
Table Damask, the very best, worth 81, at 81 so,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF IT.

Colored Satins reduced to &c.,, were soc,
Colored Satins reduced to 5Oc., were use,
Colored Satins reduced to 75c., were 81.
Black Satins reduced to 75c., were 81.
Black Satins reduced toSl, were 81 so.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
list THINK OLE IT

Black Silks reduced to 81 70, were 81 %.
Black Silks reduced to 81 9S, were 81 so.
Black Silks reduced to 81 %, were 81 rs.
COlored Silks reduced to 81 %, were 81 Is
Colored Silks reduced to 81 so, were 81.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF IT.
JUST THINK OF IT.
list THINK oF 1T.

Laces. which were cheap at Soc, reduced to
ISe.
Laces, which were cheap at 4Oc., reduced to
Csc.
Laces, which were cheap at Soc, reduced to
35c.
Laces. which were cheap at 75c., reduced to
soc.
Laces, which were cheap at 81, reduced to
Laoes, which were cheap at 81 so, reduced to
81
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
1rtI 00ooa.
JUST THINK OF r!
JUST THINK OF 1T.

Colored Cashmeres reduced TO 5Oc., were 81.
COlOred Cashmeres reduced to 75c., were 81,
Black Nuns Veilings reduced TO 6Oc,. were Il
Black Nuns Veilings reduced to 25c., were S5c
Colored Nuns Ceilings reduced to pc, were 85c'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF 1T.
JUST TuINK OF 1T.

A 9s-Inch Pure Linen Towel, worth 15c., at
10c.
A 42-Inch Pure Linen Towel, worth sOc., at
PIC.
a 4-Inch Fine Damask Towel, worth 4Oc., at
Csc.
A Damask Towel. with Knitted Fringe, for
25c.
A Superior Huckaback Towel, worth 5Oc., at
35c.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF IT.

Laces, which were cheap at &C., reduced to Sc.
Laces, which were cheap at &c., reduced to &C.
Laees, which were cheap at l0c., reduced to &c.
Laces, which were cheap at l213c., reduced to
SC.
Laces, which were cheap at 15c., reduced to
I0c.
Laces, which were cheap at Csc, reduced to
l5c.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
ADVICE to Mothers.

DR.. E. Cotter, Boston, Mass, says; 81
found it to realize the expectations raised,
and regard 1t as a reliable article"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF 1T.
JUST THfNK OF 1T,

Fancy Dress Goods redueed to Pic, we're zoe.
Fancy Dress Goods reduced to 15c., were 25c.
Fancy Dress Goods reduced to 25c., were 35c.
Fancy Dress Goods reduced to 35c., were soc.
Fancy Dress GOods reduces to 50c., wers T5e.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01
JUST THINK OF IT.
JUST THINK OF 1T,
4 very fine Hemstitched Linen Handkerchief

A very fine Hemstitched Linen Handkerchief
at 10c.
A better one. worth 20c., at 1215c.
A superb quality, worth 35c., at 20c.
Come and see our 35c. Corset.
Come and see our soc. Corset.
Come and see our 75c. Corset.
Come and see our 81 Corset.
Come and see our 81 30 Corset.
Come and see our 81 Corset.
Come and see our z. d. Corset
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-05

The following patents were granted
10 citizens OF Indiana. week ending
Aug. 2sth. 1884, itportcd expressly for
this paper byJoe. H. Hunter, Solicitor
OF American and Foreign Patents, y36 n
street, Washington, ID. G.:
VIM. r. Jenkins and Jas. Z. Strccter.
Muscle, live poultry car; Caleb &. Polk.
Richmond, railway crossing; Robert 4.
Reid, Lyons, roller skate; John Scsrist-
snd Ellss yuncannen. Marion, brick
spade Or shovel handle John a. M. Cox.
Indianapolis, evsporating apparatus:
Geo. w. Warren, Bristol, vehicle spring:
Hugh r. Hogan. Rockville, refrigerator
car II. l. Kern, Frankfort, vehicle epuing.
Dan1 d. MavfleId, CasantviIe, wenthrr
strip r. ~. MonRcr and x. +. Monger,
automatic belt-shiftcr; Elijah
Keff, Rochester, pump; Jas. s. Ostran>-
der. Richmond, feed regulator FOR lamps :
WIN. =. Colman, Richmond, bird caee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-05

retained lAe position ihiitecn years and
leaving X after but ten day Aotp'e nisl-
ont indebtedness 10 tie depnl iinpnt or
ttot'ble u ny bondsn,ei n All iiis eonl-
lment necc<Sary.
III his interview. Msjor Call..ns .rNs.
lnas far as the assessment i soncsf., u.
Mrs Duncan probably did receive cir
|cnlar letter. % all The others did. md 1
che did pa <'o III tie Si2.r
M:. Caikins knew that was poor md
had ai ~ cd msn hcf. az inys''A iangllcr
and two SIailfischiIdrcn - Nnitiori ha
knew thai ought moi aAd u,d nVi pay
one penny Of the assessment lie knows
that his letter 70 me Mas not circular.
but that IL Na9' . written letter on gov
ernnlcnt WrIli,fE paper. lie 6aya my
money cuf no figure ~ my rsmcynl."
but etaics That ''bofore iic would .grnye
me he had his,coDmistee scn|i n.r ~"
About tonr months after I received no
assessment lu;ter .etler came II sli,
from LaForfe, containing $40. with n
statement that lit was ecnt 10 ne H. +.
Part ofthc sufplos oftne csmraign fund.~
l was surprised, but - Il Wa sail 10 be
= surplus campaign f1nd" retained It
and replied that ] would hold II ID trust
for upe Ia the next campaign. - seems
that the supposition thar I lai bocn as-
sesscd created conscientious aiflicn,;es.
and for this reason the $40 was sent TO
me, and reaIly did "cuf some figure" Ia
conclusion may say that about the only
part of Mr.. Calkins' statement thai Is
true Is where hc commeuds NJ ~. M..Ale
prcscnt n. NJ. She Is . worthy lady.
and has three children. If Major Cnlk-
ins las anything more TO say about This
post-0fice matter hope he v III be care
ful 20 tell the trnth. II be hid done this
IN his interview 4 would not have felt
obliged 10 defsnd myself from his 'also
statemenIs. Mas. Il. "a. Dur CAN.