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can right" said l. ave will stay
right here in the family soom and see i
out. / don't think it vii do ANYTHING
but take the roof off,"
why, it tore Mr.. MunfAl's big strong
barn all TO pieces and killeN his mules
said she, at wouldn't mini this house
at ALL"
Then where are you all gobg,' said l,
and there was silence for "a season.
Finally Mrs. Arp said she Santed to
move somewhere where thereSwere no
storms or cyclones. There isNo such
place." said |, "this side Of heay@."
Last night my women folks s,dsed up
at nabor Freeman's to tea and abost ten
O'Clock he came down alone aud sud he
wanted somebody to 60 up attee my
folks.
"Wby didn't they come down wah
you 7? said l. afraid" said he. "AfrSd
of what?" said |. Cyclones" said liz.
| was about to express my indgnatics
when he said they had all been talking
about spirits and ghosts aud his wife
didn't want to be left alone anl 80 he
left my folks up there while he came
down. 1t does look like spirits and mag
natism and cyclones are about to take
this country and man don't hardly
know whether it is worth while to plant
crop or not, but reckon we will plant.
We have been sowing oats all the week
as hard as we can aud are still living in
hope that sunshine aud the seasons will
continue and the earth give its increase
and this year be better one than the
last.
So mote it be. BILL ARP.
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An Old story Revised and Impraved.

An I.ishn.gn, finding his cash at low
ebb, resolved to adopt "the road" as q
professional means of refreshing the ex.
chcqder; and having provided himself
vita huge horse.pistol, proceeded forth
with to the conventional "lonely com.
mon" and lay In wait. The no less con-
yentional farmer returning from the mar.
ket with "bag of money" of course,
soon appeared, to whom entered Pat with
the regulation highwayman offer of
shoice, "Your money or your liz, W a
hmark fortified by the simultsnet 4s ex-
Hbition of the frearm In the usual way.
TAe farmer, who was Quaker, essayed
to ofemporize ~ would not have thee
stafq thy soul with ain, friend; and didst
ihoH rob me of my gold, 1t would be
thefti and didst thou Kill me, it would
be muFder. But hold A bargain is no
sin, but a commerce between two honest
men. Y will give thee this bag of gold
for the histol which thou holdest at my
ear" The unsuspecting amateur Mac.
beth, yelling, perhaps, to the Quaker's
logic and splicitude for his spiritual wei.
fare, made \the exchange without mo.
ment's hesitation. "Now, friend" cried
the willy Ephraim, leveling the weapon,
"give me back my gold or I'll blow thy
brains OUT" "Blaze away thin, darlint r.
said Pat. "Snle, there's niyer dhrop
Of powther in it." The result was sold
| Quaker.
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Good Advice.

Edison Gaylord, of Floyd County,
Iowa, advocates setting trees in leaning
posture, to prevent them from being
killed by the combined effects of the
wind and the sun on their Southwes
side. Prof. J. l.. Budd, of the Iowa
Agricultural College, says, in confirma.
tion Of Mr.. Gaylord's view, he saw hun.
dreds Of the finer cherry and plum trees
in Russia planted at an angle of AS To-.
wards the l o'clock sun. He Gays that
only for short time will trees thus set
have an awkward appearance. Other
parties than those named, and in other
States than Iowa, have recommended
this method Of planting some kinds of
fruit trees. The rationale of tho recon.
mendation IL, that the effect of the Fays
of the sun on the sides of the tree stock
is diminished, thus lessening the risk Of
what is called "sun scald," go detrimep-
tai to apple trees, particularly after severe
freezing in Winter, which injGres the
bark on the Southwest side of the stocks,
and ultimately destroys the trees.
When the large peach orchards were
planted out in the vicinity of Aiken
some thirty years ago, which gave rep.
utation to the fruit in New York and
Charleston markets, this plan was adop-
ted Of setting the trees with slight
inclination to tho Southwest, for the
very purpose mentioned above.
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Governor McDaniel's Wounds.

/ have before me letter from Mr.. s.
E. Keller, of Baltimore, In which there
is an interesting s'ory. Mr.. Keller writes
that he lived during the war near Funks.
town, Maryland. As Lee was retreating
from Gettysburg a sharp skirmish oc-
Cured in front of his home. While the
fight was raging wounded Confederate
was brought into the yard and laid on
the pavement. He was horribly wound.
ed in the stomach and the entruils were
protruding. His death was considered
certain, and this fact was announced to
him. He replied very deliberately {:
"Dulce est decorun, patria mori-I am in
the hands of my Maker--and Southern
soldier knows how to die" Mr.. Keller
adds that the scene made profound i'm.
preston on him and he had often won
dered what became Of the brave Confed.
crate, who was shortly afterward moved
from his house. He says: "His name
was Mcdaniel, he was Major of Geor.
gia regiment and had an impedimcnt In
his speech. I have seen that o man
named Mcdaniel il elected Governor OF
your State, and thought he might know
something of the matter OF which ! have
written" ~ rs a
Governor Mcdaniel was himself che
Georgia Major alluded 10, and DR.. Roach,
Of this city, was the Confederate surgeon
whose prompt and skillful treatment
saved the Governor from death as BY q
miracle. The Governor still suffers from
the effects of the wound, esd day and
nigat wears plate that fits over the spoi
ut; which tho bullet entered. II this
plate were displaced. by accident, fatal
certainly, serious, results might follow
Henry ". Grady in Atldnta Qnstitution
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To a Young Hossekeeper.

think you will find tho followiau
rules very good. Though the time ier
upon The time they have Seen gathered
and the more quickly the! are cooked.
Always let the water boil before putting
them in, and continue to boil until done.
Turnips. Should be scrlbed before
boiling, boil from 40 minuss to ono
hour. If mashed, press the water out
first.
Beets. Should never be cut u scraped.
Boil from ! to 2 hours, when done put
them one ut time into pan of cold
water and slip the skins of.
Boil from 20 minutes 10 ali hour and q
half.
Spinach. Should boil ~ hours.
Parsnips. From 20 to 80 minutes.
Orions. Are best boiled in or
waters, adding milk the last time. Boil
from 20 to 80 minutes.
String Beans. From hour to u
hours.
Shelled beans. Require from ! al
hour to l hour.
Green Corn. From 20 to 80 minutes
Green Peas. Should be boiled in q
little water as possible, for 20 minutes.
Asparagua. Same as peas; serve OF
toast with cream gravy.
Winter Squash. Out In pieces art
boil 20 to 40 minutes in small quantit,
of water; when done press the wate
out, mash, smooth and season with butter
pepper and salt. %
Cabbage and Dandelions. Boil from
] to l hour in plenty Of water, If th,
cabbage Is large II hours. II salt j
used in greens or cabbage put In Will,
boiling. 4 !,S,f 81
Old potatoes. Are better to have III,
skins cut of the seed end, and bette
still to be pared and put into cold waite
2 or 8 hours before boiling then pm
them In fresh water; when done, pou
of the water, put the kettle on the tol
Of the stove uncovered until the potatoe
are dry.
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A lieartless Swain.

ST. Louis. March 2-M:ss Carrie
Swain, the actress, who is so we'll known
by her work in Cad, the Tom Boy" has
begun suit for divorce in the st. Louis
Circuit Court. In her petition ahe al
leges that she was married to Samuel @.
Swain at San Francisco, Cal, on the 18th
day Of February, 1875, and lived with
him up to October, 1881; when he deser-
ted her. Dispositions taken this after
noon at the office Of Mrs. Swain's attor;
neys revealed a case of deception on the
part of the husband aud devotion on the
part of the wife which ia, to say the
least, interesting. Mrs. Swain testified
that about three years ago her husband
fell i'll and it became necessary, as he and
bis doctor alleged. that he should GO to
the Bermudas. Dir. Swain left California
for the Bermudas with the agreement
from his wife that she should remit to
him half of her salary. She was then
getting $50 week and remitted to his
bankers in New York every week the
sum of $40. Happening to go to New
York Mrs. Swain told some friends about
her husbands illness and trip to the
Bermudas, when she was astonished 10
learn that he had frequently been seen
about New York. These statements
coupled with the fact that her remittance
had always been sent to New York awoke
suspicion, which was verified when she
called at house where she learned Mr..
Swain was living. Asking for him she
was told he was out, "but she could see
Mrs. Swain" She did see Mrs. Swain,
and from her learned that she and the
erriug Samuel had been living together
rs man aud wife on the money sent by
her faithful self. She never saw Swain
again and he has no. answered her com.
plant for divorce, so that it will proba'
bly, be granted by default. Mrs. Swain'a
testimony was corroborated by her sister,
Mrs. Sophia Thias.
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uow 10 Stop bleeding.

If a man Is wounded so that the blood
flows, that flow is either regular, or by
Jets or spurts. If it flows regularly, a
q vein has been wounded, and astring
should Sbe bound tightly around below
the wounded part, that Is, beyond It from
tho heart. If; the blood comes ont by
leaps or jets, an artery has been severed,
and the person may bleed 70 death In Q
few minutes; to- prevent which 2appiy
the cord above the wound, that Is, be.
tween the wound and the heart In case
q string or cord is not at hand. tie the
two opposite corners Of a handkerchief
around the limb, put q stick hetseen and
turn it around until the handkerchief ia
twisted suifi iciently tight to stop the bleed.
Ing, aud keep It SO until physician ca can
be- had.
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FIN this ISSUE" said an exchange,
IS an article headed what will the
caaing girl wear7" We rather think,
however, she won's wear snything-w when
abe comes" ,s,s
-"How Is the earth divided Z" asked
ponpous examiner. who had already
worn out the patience Of the class. "By
eaftheaakes," replied one, boy, after
which tbs examiner found ihat he had
enonghof that class. &.t,
- a Vt Of women voted III Bingham.
tom Nea York, the other day, and when
theis Tickets were handed them they
wanted 70 take them home and rnn d
hem arogd tho edges so they wouldn't
rayel out. a woman knows LOIS absnt
the ballot.
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,Woman's Tenacity OF Life.

1t appears from the gathered statistics
of the world that women have a greater
tenacity of life than men. Nature wor.
ships the female in all It's varieties.
Among insects the male perishes at q
relatively early period. In plants the
Beminate blossoms die earliest and are
produced in the weaker limbs. Female
quadrupeds have more endurance than
males. In the human race, despite the
intellectual and physical strength of the.
man, the woman endures longest, and
will bear pain TO which the strong man
succumbs. Zymotic diseases are more
fatal TO males, and more male children
die than female. Deverga asserts that
the proportion dying suddenly is about
100 women to $50 men; 1,OS0 men in
the United States in 1870 committed sui
eide to 285 women. Intempsfance, apo.
plexy, gout, hydrocephalus, affections of
the heart or liver, scrofula, paralysis, are
far more fatal to males than fema, ,es.
Pulmonary consumption, on the other
hand, is more deadly to tho latter. Fe-
males in cities are more prone to con-
sumption than in the country. All old
countries not disturbed by immigration
have majority of females IN the popu.2
lation. In the royal families the static
tics show more daughters than sons.
The Hebrew woman is exceptionally
long lived; the colored man exception
ally short lived. The married state is
favorable to prolongation of life among
women. DIR. Hough remarks that there
are from two to six per cent. more males
born than females, yet there are more
than ak per cent. excess If females in,
the living populations. From which
statistics we conclude that all women
who can possibly obtain one Of those
rapidly departing men ought 70 marry,
and that, as men are likely to become 90
very scarce, they cannot be sufficiently
priced blythe other sex. 5'!.3
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- In the North Carolina Penitentiary
there are 1l8 whites and 1914 blacks.
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IN
hen Spofford comes we'll have him. y
when Spofford came and went out to
st Cash. it would appear that, unlike
I'll he simply went, was seen and was
sAuered.
IRVING at Cash's residence, accompa.
by only one man-King Timmons,
of Perkins's pals and henchman OF
n-he was cordially met ut the door
he Colonel, who extended his hand,
I'd him in, aud expressed himself as
poyed to zee Sheriff Spoaord. Tim.
44s remained on his horse ut the front
but the Colonel waved him to dis.
si5nt, insisting that he should enter
Partake of his hospitality. He did
i course, for how could gentleman
ing Timmons's calibre be so. rude as
iuse so agreeable an Invitation from,
Cash7
the inside the Sheriff aud Timmons
@ well. The noble old feudal Lord
decanter and with his own royal
s prepared a toddy for his guests.
im6ibing, smacking their lips and
q their stomaebs In ecstacy, they
pwn TO discuss the passing events %!
ssiod. The Colouel led the conver'
and BY o nnasterly fank movemen,
y came to the, topic nearest his
1.-The heroic action Of his son In
fw the 1ay before. Fc poke q,
upon the anbjeSk;d- ring him
ell pleased With the deed, but ex
5s az sincere regret that Began should
.one such poor sllooting. Said he
ust ought TO have been there and
way, II Richards dop't die, he hat
lyself. - ~
q Pnsl no Cash then sour.sously. Inform
sheriff that he could nos see Bo
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-06
Breaking a Mustang.

In an entertaining paper in the st.
Nicholas entitled I" Among the Mustangs, .
Noah Brooks gives the following graphic
account Of the methods Of capturing and
breaking the wild horse of the prairies
''Riding at full speed the Mexicans
career over the plains like wild men,
whirling their coiled lariats, or lassos,
over their heads as they fly. Their horses
are covered with foam, and often bleed
ing from the cruel spurs with which they
are urged on The earth trembles under
the tramp of many hoofs beating the
solid ground, as pursuer and pursued
gallop madly far and wide Suddenly
the lariat sings through the air, its moose
opens itself and drops over the head of a
terrified fugitive, the hunters steed in
stantly braces itself with its forefeet
and drops on its launches SO as to make
an anchorage, as it were, for the caught
mustang. And there is no escape now
1oI tuo Cdptlfe.
tsThe hunter next blinds his prize,
takes turn Of the lariat around its fore
legs, forces heavy bit into its mouth,
and at once begins to break it to the
saddle How do you suppose the poor
mustang feels when it finds itself sad
died, bridled, and straddled by tyrant
manl In vain it Jumps stif-legged, !
plunges, and kicks No animal in the
world has so many tricks and antics as a
newly-captured wild horse; but man, its
conquerer, is equal to all of these. In a
few hours, the poor beast, so lately a
free and careless creature, wild rover of
the boundless plains, is reduced to abject
subjection Its spirit is broken, and
though it may still retain some of its
native viciousness, it is the slave of its
owner Henceforth it never forgets the
lasso. 1t knows and breads the sight of one ;
and if it escapes, there is very little diff
Guilty in catching it again. But its rider,
too, must never forget that the hapless
captive is only half tanned. He must
watch it narrowly; for often afterward,
when he least suspects such insubmis-
sion, the steed he rides will try to throw
him, and will struggle under the saddle
as if it were but newly shared"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-06
ODD HAPPENINGS

AMAzIAH JORDAN, Of Hartland, Ne, in b
ct OF insanity cut of his toes, one at q time
A FEW weeks ago butterflies were nuuler-
GUS in England, peas were above ground and
roses were in leaf.
A Young dog was recently frightened e.
death near Lafayette, Ore, BIZ q Child who
dressed up as bugaboo and chased the ami
nal.
A sHORT-HoRx heifer named Lille Dale
belonging to J. W Dawson, of Russe1vile,
KY, died four hours after eating leaf oE
tobacco
MRS NELLIE KELLER, of Hyde Park, Vt,
was severely barne1 in the face, hands and
arms by the explosion Of a douganus which
she was frying.
j. H. SHOOT, OF Owen county, KY, cut ~
tree recently in which big hollow was flls4
with honey, upon which a colony Of flying
squirrels were living.
LIN Minnesota Il wei that freezes hf d
depth OF seventy feet, but not at the surface
of the water. A draugbt OF cold air IS ries
from the well strong enough to take OF tbs
hat Of man standing at its mouth
A LARGE lump OF dry Nile mud, with "a hn'r
in one side showing that a mud fish was
within it, has been in the possession ot the
Rev J. G. Wood for four years He receu flV
cut the lump open and found the fish in good
condition. doubled un with its tail uveH itH
head, itst as when ii went to sleap more thAM
twenty years ago
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-06

lasted more than hundred years, during
which the world made mighty progress,
did not thoroughly disappear until just
before the war in this country and about
the same time abroad" Since then a
dozen different fashions have prevailed,
one following another and each distinc-
tive. Young men did not wear full
boards until the Prince of Wales set the
fashion two OF. three years ago. That
individual is really the leader of this
style The Dundreary whiskers, seldom
seen now, were originared by sothern in
the character by that name. That style
was immensely popular at one time. The
last Napoleon left us the long military
imperial and waxed moustache. The
American goat beard was once very
popular, but now it is very rarely SEEN
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-06
COMMITTEE WORK.
Work Done in the Committee Rooms
of Congress.


of Congress.
Senator Harrison reported from the com
mittes on Territories an original bill to
enable the people Of Southern Dakota to
form constitution and State government
and for the admission Of that part Of the
present +" Territory of Dakota as Stats
aad the erection of the northern Fart into
separate Territory. 1t provides for the hold
ing of a convention OF delegates to frame
constitution at Yankton on the second Tues
day of December. 1854
Representative Watson. chairman of the
committee on invalid pensions, prepared
report TO accompany mis- bill providing for
the increase Of the pensions 10 soldiers wild
ows and dependent relatives from S3 to
$12 per month. The report says that the
total number of widows and dependent rela-
tives of soldiers in the late war now on the
pension roll is 72, 130: the number CT claim
ants that will probably secure pensions,
s., ,603; the number OF widows of soldiers of
1872. together with claimants who viii prob
ably receive pensions, 1S,600. Inc total
number Of pensioners whose rates viii be
increased by the bin is estimated at 124, ,S33,
and the aggregate annual increase Of pen
sions at s., 967, 1884. The report says that,
owing to the age Of those who will be affect
ed BY the LII, the pension list will rapidly
decrease.
The House committee on commerce agreed
to report Representative Stewards bill tc
regulate interstate commerce and provide
for the appointment OF a commission.
Representative Doutelle was authorized by
the House committee on naval affairs TO re-
port favorably bill removing the charge OF
desertion from men in the navy and marine
corps who served faithfully in the war, but
by reason Of absence from their command
at the time of the discharge failed to be mus
tered out The bill also applies to persons
charged with desertion who voluntarily
returned and served until mustered out
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-03-06
How We Treat Our Feet.

IA well-formed FOOT says Chapman,
in the american Dra,cing- Book, .'is rarely
to be met with in our day, from the Ia
mentable distortion it is doomed to en-
dure by the fashion Of our shoes and boots.
Instead of being allowed the same free
dom as the fingers to exercise the purpos-
es for which nature intended them, the
toes are cramped together, and are Of lit
tie more value than if they were all in
one; their joints enlarged, stiffened, and
distorted, forced and packed together,
often overlapping one another in sad con-
fusion, and wantonly placed beyond the
power Of service. AS for the little toe
and its neighbor, in shoe-deformed foot,
they are usually thrust out of the way al
together, as if considered supernumerary
and useless, while all the work is thrown
upon the great toe, although that too is
scarcely allowed working room in its pris-
on-house Of leather. tits, therefore, hope
less to look for a foot that has grown
under the restraints of leather, for perfec
ton Of form; and hence the feet of chill
dren, although less marked in their ex-
ternal anatomical development, present
the best models for the study and exercise
of the pupil in drawing"
Camper, who wrote, in the seventeenth
century, " On the Best Form of Shoe
says that his treatise originated in a jest
made with his pupils, who " did not
believe should dare to make public
work on such subject, which indicates
the small estimate that was put upon the
foot as an organ of the body. He begins
by deploring the perversity which wholly
neglects the human feet, while forcing
the greatest attention to the feet Of
" horses, mules, oxen, and other animals
Of burden, ard declares that from the
earliest infancy the foot-coverings worn
serve but to deform them, and make
walking painful, and sometimes impos-
sible; and he lays the blame on the ig-
norance of shoemakers.
james Dowie, practical and scientific
Scotch shoemaker, in his excellent little
book, makes the same statements as the
artist; and the great Dutch surgeon, whose
treatise he had translated into the Eng
lish language, also laments that the sub
ject of the feet is SO neglected by those
who are competent to instruct US about
them. Lord Palmerston said to Dowie
hat shoemakers should all be treated
ike pirates, put to death without trial or
mercy, as they had inflicted more suffer
ing on mankind, than any class he knew.
Popular Science Monthly.