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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
Crabs ana cocoanuts.

Cocoanuts are essentially shore loving
trees, and thrive best in the Immediate
neighborhood of the sea. Among the
fallen nuts. the clumsy looking thief Of
crab (his appropriate Latin name is Birgua
LutrO) makes great and dreaded havoc
To assist MIN in his unlawful object hs
has developed pair Of front legs, with
specially strong and heavy claws, sup
plemented BY last or tail end pair
armed only with very narrow and slender
pinceTs. He subsists entirely upon
cocoanut diet. Setting TO work upon
big fallen nut-with a husk on, cocoa
nuts measure in the raw state about
twelve inches the long way-he tears of
all the coarse fiber bit by bit, and gets
down at last to the hard shell Then he
hammers away with his heavy claw on
the softest eye-hole till he has pounded
an opening right through it. This done
he twists round his body SO as to turn
his back upon the cocoanut he IL operat-
ing upon (crabs arc never famous either
for good manners or gracefulness) and
proceeds awkwardlv but effectualIy to
extract all the white kernel or pulp
through the breach with his narrow pair Of
hind pincers. Like men, too, the rob
ber-crab knows the value of the outer
husk as well as of the eatable nutsitself,
for he collects the fiber in surprising
quantities to line his burrow, and Lies
upon it, the clumsy sybarite, for a lux
urious couch Alas, however, for tha
he1rIessness of crabs and the rapacity
and cunning Of ali-appropriating man !
The spoil-sport Malay digs up the nest
for the sake of the fiber it contains
which spares him the trouble of picking
junk on his own account, and then he
eats the industrious crab who has laid il
all up, while he melts down the great
lump of fat under the robbers capacious
tail, and sometimes gets from it as much
as good quart Of what may be practi-
cally considered as hmpid cocoanut oil
Sic vos non vobis is certainly The melan-
cholv refrain Of all natural history. The
cocoanut palm intends the oil for the
nourishment Of its own Seeding; the
crab feloniously appropriates it and stores
it up under his capacious tail for future
use; the Malay steals it again from the
thief for his own purposes; and ten to
one the Dutch or English merchant be-
guiles it from him with sized calico on
poisoned rum, and transmits it to Europe,
where it serves to Tighten our nights and
assist at our matutinal tub, to point 4
moral and adorn our present tale. Conn
hiI Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
Soil Heating.

The plan Of forcing vegetation by heat
ing the soil itself by means of hot pipes
placed underground, not indirectly by
means of heated air, is attracting con
siderable attention. French vine dressers
are trying it with success with the pipes
running underground and at intervals
rising to the surface to heat the air.
Steam or heated air can be used to warm
he pipes in the ordinary way, but we
also learn that Signor Cirio has utilized
the hot springs Of Aqui by circulating
their waters in earthenware pipes laid
under the soil. The water is brought
from the baths Of the town after it has
been used, and the gardens supplied are
close to the bath establishment. Here
are 10, 900 asparagus, A, 600 chiccory and
1000 lettuce plants being forced in this
manner, We may add that the Japanese
are about to utilize the hot springs of
Toxic in similar way; and it il also
proposed to utilize the hot gases Of
Volcanic districts for this purpose, - c4l-
kDut0x.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
"A CLEAN OF SUNSHINE.


Days when the skies were leaden,
Days when the clouds were low;
When the bare trees looked disconsolate
And the flowers were afraid to grow;
So one day followed another
Without CHEEKY glow.
At last there came as respite
A break in the pail Of gray;
A sprightly wind from the westward
Scattered the clouds away;
And the sun shone forth in its splendor
And quite transformed the day.
Nothing was unresponsive,
The sun cheered everything;
The robbins and even the thIushes
Began for joy to sing.
And the daisies smiled in their grassy beds
For the coming of the spring.
There was wondrous radiance
Where dullest shade had been;
The young corn in the valley
Shown forth in vivid green:
And brown things put on golden hues
To beautify the scene.
Such change to joy from sadness
A little sunshine wrought.
That the old earth was scarce the same
With such new glory frought;
And trees and fields, and birds and men,
New songs for praises brought.
And SO it will be presently
For sad hearts that remain;
A little while the sorrow stays,
A little while the pain;
But soon the voice Of God will bid
The sunshine forth again.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
THE DocToR's BOY

Years few over DO tn of our heads be-
ore | called him by any other name than
the Doctors Boy. The village knew that
he was founding, because ne had been
left at the door Of old DR.. Hart's house
one cold Christmas-eve, but it was di-
vided in opinion as to whether be was
bad boy or good one Some thought
he was the latter, some the former.
was perfectly satisfied that he was
wretchedly iniquitous youth, and 1 told
him so. He burst into tears, and said 1
would change my opinion of him some
day.
But at first he certainly gave me no
reason to do 50. He compounded for me
a dose once to cure headache (for DIR.
Hart was not above keeping drugs and
making up his own prescriptions that
brought me to deaths door, and the old
doctor was put to his Wits end to cure
me. But the Boy went to nv mother and
told her that it was his fixed intention to
become great doctor and chemist. and
had given him his first opportunity to
test his knowledge of medicine. He had
given me the wrong drug, he acknowl-
edged; but he said it was all in the in
terests Of science, and he promised never
to do SO any more. So my mother for
gave him, and persuaded DR.. Hart to re-
tain him in his service.
1t certainly was not on account OF the
Boys good looks that his first misad-
venture resulted harmlessly to him. He
was an angular Boy. He was red-haired
Boy. He was freckled Boy. But he
was frank Boy (at least my mother said
SOY, and for two years more he was al
lowed to go about the village distributing
the doctors nostrums, and making him
self, as I thought, very Objectionable.
DR.. Hart had no particular liking for
the Boy. He said the Boy was a Christ
mas gift, and, like all such presents.
called for something in return. Thus he
had been obliged to board and clothe
the lad for seventeen years, and he al
ways protested that be was not worth
the outlay. Still, those who knew the
doctor best were well assured of the fact
that if the Boy had not earned his board.
clothing, and lodging, he would not
have received them. He was called, in
later years, Ebenezer Dorking, though
what right he had to that name nobody
IN the village knew.
At last the Doctors Boy disappeared.
/ He stole Quietly away in the nighttime.
leaving not a line of writing behind him
to say where he had gone; so Mrs.
Hart suggested that he had robbed the
till in the drug store. A search was at
once made, and the fact was developed
that not only had no money been taken
from the drawer, but a new crisp five
dollar bill had been added to its con
tentsl There seemed to be no doubt
that the Doctors Boy had placed it there,
and the matter was a nine days wonder
for the village. Then the doctor hired
another boy, who interested nobody, and
was soon discharged.
Isuppose it was due to the subject
matter of conversation furnished by the
Boys departure that found myself more
frequently than before in the doctors
sitting room. Agnes Hart was bcauti-
fnl girl, about sixteen years Of age, and
she laughed % merrily at my tales Of the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17

Some of the public athletic feats are
more curious and diverting for spectators
than is imagined by folks who never go
near anything of the kind, says New
York letter to the Chicago Tribune The
breaking of the amateur record for q
standing hop, step and jump this week
was an illustrative instance. 1T occurred
in the annual games Of the New York
Athletic club. The man was NJ. wv.
Ford, and he had been training months
for this special effort The distance
which he undertook to exceed was twcn-
ty-eight feet three inches and half.
Standing stock still, he slowly lifted one
foot, swung 1t far back, and with the.
movement Of the leg and his arms gained
a sort Of momentum. The hop covered
about seven feet, and looked d great
deal like the jump Of frog, 10 sudden
and kicky was It The ensuing step was
d wild exaggeration Of tho common dpsS
perate stride across the gutter; and thcn
came free, swinging jump. from both
feet squareiy. The series Of efforts wss
grotesque rather than graceful, and it fell
a little short Of what was required. a
repetition, however, broke the rcc5rd
by an inch, and the third trial
measured twenty ysnine feet two ant2 4 lIa|
inches.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
In 1s4e charles. Barret. Of Ashburn.

In 1916 Charles, Barret, of Ashburn-
ham, Mass, took out life-insurance
policy in New Haven association. He
is now ninety-six year old. Recently he
received check for 81, 034.1a from the
insurance association from which he took
the policy, accompanied BY letter say
ing that as he had reached the extreme
limit of life according to the mortality
table upon which the business of the as
sociation was based, he was entitled to
the full. amount of his policy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-04-17
ONLY A CALL.

L
We differed in the parlor,
And we qua1reled in the hall
Ihastened from the doorway
And thought heard her call,
But that was ALI
II.
In the middle of the ocean,
Where the ships, hard breathing, craw
Up the sides of water-mountains
That roar and break and fall,
A sweet face fitted by me
And l thought heard call,
But that was all!
III.
I saw sad procession
That writhed behind pail,
And looked into coffin,
But | could not hear the call,
And that was ALL
Oh, am old and lonely,
And ready now to fall,
But the blossom-lips are faded
Whose fruit was but call,
And that is ALI
Jerome W. Turner. IN Free Press.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

81 say it, says she, and sided up
to him and topped herself down on
his new blue breeches. I know
you'uns won't believe that, but its
50, and it made Malindy Jane tur-
rible mad. Its the talk that her
and Jake is engaged. Law! I aim
ed to tell you how they played and
kissed (others, not me, and dane
ed tel after midnight, and about
Cap gwine home longer me, and
power that I haint got time to write,
fur its gittin' too dark to- see how
to spell, SO no more at present.
Yourn,
BETSY HAMILTON.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Furniture House,
EASLEY, S. c.
COME ONE, COME ALL

A ND furnish your Houses in elegant
IA style for the Summer with a nice
Line of Bcdsteads, Mattresses, Blu
rcaus, Tables. Stands, Chairs, Rockers,
&c &c. Dssa- A general assortment
OF Landscape chromos in 22x3O inch
frames, chord, &C.. al ready for hang
ing on the walls. Also, on hand, a line
OF cabinet, promenade, panel and card
>izc photograph frames. all in artistic
style. Always on hand full line Of
UNDERTAKINGS SUPPLIES.
Caskcts and cotfins, all sizes aud STYLES.
Burial Robes for each sex. all qualities
and prices. Ready 1T all hours to wait
upon customers. Coilins trimmed in
amy style, and when SO desired, will be
trimmed and shipped to any point on
Railroad free OF extra charge.
Thanking you for past favors, and
soliciting your further patronage, | am
Respectfully yours,
A. M. RUNION'
feb g. 8m
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
A LETTER FROM BETSY HA3IIL-
TON.
THE LOG ROLIIN

Mahaly's, and the quiltin' at Miss
Goodwen's but I haint never told
you about the log rollin' at the old
man Hasher's. Pap lows, them as
never has tried to clear thick
timbered new ground mought think
it was easy as whittlin' of a stick
or takin' a chaw tobacco; and it is
when they set off and watch 10th
er folks do it, but jes let 'em lay
holt and hep awhile if they want
to know what it's cracked up to be;
and one man needn't think he can
do it all by hissclf; he is obleesc
to ax hands to hep him.
The Hashers had little strip of
ncw-ground twix them and the pri-
ces, that they was a fixin' to clccr
and plant in corr. They cut down
AL the under bresh and the trees,
'cept a few whoppin' big'ns, here
and yam, and they chopped around
them when the sap was up and it
deadened 'cm. They split big
chance of rails Out'n the trees that
was fittin', and them that wasn't
tittin' for nothin' had to be got
outn't the way Of the plow.
They had done all they could do
by theyseves, SO they turned in an
axed hands to log rollin', and
the women folks had a quiltin' the
same day.
Old Miss flasher lowed her rule
alters was "work fust and play af-
terwards,' git the ground c!cercd
and the quilt out, and then frolic
to thcr "sadifaction," and she was
plum willin' to iced 'em if they
could eat sich vittles as she had,
and they was more'n welcome.
We knowcd in reason thar was
gwine to be big crowd, bekase
we seed 'em gwine by in gangs by
time it Was light that morning.
The Bates boys went by with
ther hounds like they was gwinc a
huntin', and pap lowed if they was
fool enough to carry ther dogs he
wasn't to take his it was too dam
gersomc, they was shore to run in
way ola log and git kilt or crippled.
You see they are nosin' around for
rabbits, and they think you are
turnin' over the logs to git 'em,
and you can't skasely beat 'em out
NV the way. Nav she fastened up
old "Scrouge," and "Tigc," to
keep 'em from follcrin' Of us, she
lowed she'd ruther they'd howl all
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

S1cu VIII pumpkin PIES, ana 40
believe pap wouldn't have thought
it was log rollin without them
pumpkin pies. He calls it "wood
pile desert,' bekase you can take
pie in your hand and set on the
wood pile and eat it, and that S the
way they done over thar that day;
some Of 'em stood around the ta-
bic and ct but the most of 'em tuck
ther vittles iD thcr hands and sot
on the fence, and on the wood pile
and ct it = them as wasn't too
drunk to eat.-and they all pearcd
to have sight Of fun. Jes let Bud
Hamilton, or Ky Robertson or Jake
Lofts airy one open they mouths
and tothers all laughed. You
mought have thought after rollln
all them logs, and pillin that bresh,
them boys would be too tired to
play, but l jes wish you could
have saw EN-.
a few of 'cm sot about on the
wood pile, too shame to come in.
but thar wasn't no shame in 10th
ers. Buddy, and Cap Dewberry,
and Ky Robertson, and Buck Simp-
son, and Jake Lofts and them can
look a mule out'n countenancc,
thcy haint afecrcd of nothin nor no.
body airy one Of them can walk
right up to a gal they never saw
before, without any Introduction
and talk to her like they had knowcd
her alters. Jake he thought he
was "mighty much of a man" that
night with his new blue breeches
his NAV had wove and made for
him. Thcodosia Williamson-thcv
call her ''Dosh' h'--is a good heart
ed, fat, simple mined sort of a gal,
and she was takin' on about Jake,
laughin' at ever thing he said, and
t'other 8 all maxim fun Of her kasc
they knowed in reason he didn't
keer straw for her. Their WASH It
cheers enough for all !; some was
settin on the beds, and some Of
the gals settin' in one another's
laps, but the biggest part Of the
gang was standin' up. Jake he
was settin' on a three-legged stool
and some Of the boys was tryin' to
make him git up. "I shant do it,
says he. "Oh, git up Jake,' says
Jim Wiggins, git up and gin Miss
Dosh that ar STOOL" Jake he pat
ted his knee and lowed: "Come
here Dosh AMI set on my new blue
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28

y =
to see 'cm at work. Pap and bud
dy was already thar; they are
both brag hands at a log rollin' :;
Buddy's exile can't be found, fur
as liftm is consarned. 1t was gin
up thar that day that he could beat
airy two on the ground. Most all
the settlement boys was thar. Jake
LOFTS, ky Robertson, Cap Dew
berry Lum Gabriel, Jim Wig.ins,
and all that gang, and l tell you
they was a clcarin, that land in a
hurry. Some was plllin bresh,
some rollin logs, some piIlin 'em
in heaps, some gwinc along frin,
and the blaze WAS high and red,
and the smoke rctched the sky.
All Of en- had off their coats, and
thcr faces looked like the blood
would pop out, cept a few that
was o'ack Win pine smoke. Ma
una" Jane hollcreo at Jake Lofts:
Hey Jake, what makes your face
80 o''cN N'ze smoke follows
pretty folks, says Jake, then they
"'' 'lo'io"e" ana !"nShcd ockase
Il a ,e,f
''Ne = INDUSTRIOUS ugly 1hey
was ali maxim a powerful fuss hol-
'erlh' "hooplh, la"gh'n> and haVln
'0'''' i'n''''l ri9s aA" jokes on one
'''lo'''er' an" CncV h"" 'oFmcntcd
o'o poo' '''''' 'el '' was most
le'"y 20 cry' ana pap loWcd We
0'''' ''l" '!'o'''e' "o'" % n'n'
- - '''p '''o '''e '''V NV ''''"' so
'''S 'o' ''''i' ''o''e i"'cN' 'o' "hen
p'p Spe'N' '"e9 N'''" ~ means
""''' ''e Day >
lhcy wasn't sca>c of whiskry.
Dot IL tooI 'em time gItun it
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-08-14
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION

In compliance with resolution adopted y County
held Dover Pope County Ark me l4 LAY q June
voting precincts county SATURDAY,
evariou county and Representatives
And for holding said election the Democratic Central
Committee appointed the following Judges
Of said election for the townships named. follows:
Allen townshipWm Eyan james Fekins and Scott Page
townhpWm Nordin JOSIAH Womble Hopper Taylor
CLARK township-W A. Baker John j. Rye Sam W. Swami
townshpA Mathews r Davis Robert Duval
Gumlog townshpJohn Aman j. T. Purvance O. Morton.
Gala Rock Alton Warren Bell and George sekcr
Griffin townspo Hills Thos Richardson and F. p MONTGOMERY
Illinois Bergman, John Williamson and a. w Brown
Independence
townslipW. Clifton H. G. Bredsoe G. H. Williams
Moreand townshpG W. Type, r. Hamilton and n eagle
township NJ Gooch, Thomas W. Sherman
Spring townshp-H G. Mobley
Wilson ownhipJ Samuel Hartwk and W. a. Galloway
The Judges precinct will Clerks Of election said
hold said election the legal elections
lup with the poll books By OF the Judges
said primary election the Judges win strictly observe the fol-
ballots qualified
electors the and ticket OPPOSITION the Dem
ocac the time of the primary election will be received without
ballots be support
ticket the the time Of the
ary election will be rejected without questions
3D. Those whose politics known Judges will be asked
such questions viii be to ascertain whether they demo
and entitled under the above instructions
1t hoped that and fair dealing and feeling
democratic those supporting ticket opposition to the demo
cratic the time primary attempting impose
County distinctly understood that
entitled under the above should vote
said primary election their ballots will positively thrown this
Committee without for and the remain
ing ballots recounted, j. NJ HARKEY,)
- d. C. BROWN
enCaS of pnlh ooka nd r. kpt
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-08-14
foFFfCiAT IA
PROPOSED AM EEDbA EMIT
TO THE -
CONSTITUTION Or ARKANSAS

No. Joint Resolution, proposing an
Amendment 10 the Constitution Of
the State.
Resolved By the State and House Of
Representatives Of the General Assem-
bly, Of the State or Arkansas, majority
Of Ill the menbcrseIcctedt 10 each House
agreeing thereto:
That the following Article shall be
proposed as an amendment IL tile Con-
stitution offle State OF Arkansas which.
when agreed to by majority Of All the
members elected to each House, and
adopted by q majority Of the electors OF
the State, voting at the next general
election for Senators and Representa-
ltives. shall become part Of the Consti-
tuition. namely:
! ARTICLE Xxx. The General Assem-
bly, shall have no power to levy any tax.
or make any appropriations to pay eith-
er the principal or interest. or any part
thereof, of any OF the following bonds
of the State, or the claims or pretended
claims upon which they may be based,
| to-wit: Bonds issued nnde. an act of
the General Assembly OF the State Of
Arkansas, entitled IAN Act to provide
for the funding of The public debt Of the
Slate,v approved April 9Th. A. ID. 1869,
and numbered from four hundred and
ninety-one To eighteen hundred and
sixty, inclusive, being the ssFnnding
Bonds" delivered to r. w. Caper, and
sometimes called "f1olford Bonds. !" or
bonds knowH as Railroad Aid Bonds,
issued under an act Of the General As
sembly Of the State Of Arkansas, enti-
tied: An Act to Aid in the Construction
os Railroads. approved July n, a. d.
1865; or bonds called "Levee Bonds, =
heing bonds issued under an net Of the
General Assembly of the State Of Ar
kansas, entitled, "An providing for
the building and repairing tie Public
J-evees of the State, and for other pnr-
poses," approved, March 10th, A. u.
! 1869; and the supplemental act thereto,
approved April II, 1863: and the act
tentitled, can Act to amend an Act en-
titled, an Act providing for the Build
! ing and Repairing of the Public Leyees
of this State" approved March 20, AID.
1871; and any law, providing for any
such tax or appropriation, snail be null
and void.
Approved January 30th, 1888.
/. Jacob FrolIch, Secretary of State
for the State OF Arkansas, do hereby
rcertify that the foregoing is true copy
of joint Resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State, adopted by the General Assembly
of the State Of Arkansas, and approved
by the Governor on tho 30th day of JAM
uary, A. ID. 1888, as appears from COM
pairing the same with the original rolls
filed IN this office.
In testimony whereof have
liereunte set my hand rs such
tSeall 10 s s ~ ala nt,;ea ., I';stle
Rock, this the 18th day of Feb
riiary, A. ID. 1884.
tsignedi JACOB FROLICH,
Secretary OF State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-08-14
Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given that we will,
on the 18th day OF August. 1884, be-
tween the hours prescribed by law for
judicial sales, sell for cash la hand, al
public QiSery, in the town of RUSSELL
vile, tonne highest and best bidder,
the following described property to-
wit: One burial casket, large collins
with glass. small collins with glass,
small collins without glass. metallic
case, $40 feet of moulding, bed spring,
2 breakfast tables, Kitchen aud dining
table, ] walnut bed stead. , imitation
walnut bed steads, 2 common bed
steads, wash stands with frames, ,
wash stands incloscd. 8 stand tables, ?
safes. bureau, 4 looking glasses, 3
trundle beads, | lounge and bed
trimming for II collins. hat racks, 2
cribs, l full sett Of cabinet tools, 6 setts
eastors, Is drop handles, . doz bureau
knobs, lbs gIue, J doz'sn,all locks.
10 satisfy balance OF fiftv three
dollars on mortgage executed to Da-
Wis a Son, which mortgage Is Of rr.
cord aud executed bv y. Griflee 10 said
Davis & Son, for $l63.j3 said sale
will take place une,er aud ty virtue oi
the power given IL said mortgage,
which mortgage was executed on the
10Th, day OF June, 1854.
Davis q Son.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-08-14

We are authorized to announce that Z. J
Rollow is a candidate for assessor, subject Il
the action OF the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce that A. H.
Williamson is q candidate for assessor, subject
to the action Of the democratic party,
We are authorized to announce that W q,
Bullock j. a candidate for assessor, subject Ia
the action of the democratic party.
We are authorized to announce that W. i.
sheriff. is candidate for assessor. subject Ia
The action of the democratic party.
We are authorized 10 announce that Ezra III.
shinn Is acandidate for assessor, subject u
the action of the democratic party.
We are authorized To announce that r. ID.
Love is a candidate for ass essor. subject to
the action OF the democratic party
We are authorized to announce. that d. Il
Grant a. a candidate for assessor, subject to the
action Of the democratic party
We are authorized To annotare Il at :. G.
Harris is "a candidate for Assessor, subject 10
the action of the democratic party.