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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Camille Flammarion, the we'll known
French astronomer and meteorologist,
joins his authority to the theory which
explains the red sunsets by the great vol
canic eruptions in and around Java.
AFrench meteorologist has, in the ex-
posed court of his house, two bars of
iron planted in the earth, to each of
which is fixed conductor Of coated wire
terminating In telephone receiver. His
practice is to consult the apparatus twice
Or thrice every day, and it never fails,
through its indications of earth currents,
to give notice of the approach of storm
twelve to fifteen hours ahead.
The president of the London Zoologi-
gal society, Professor w. II. Fowler, says
on the origin of whales: The evidence
is absolutely conclusive that they were
not originally aquatic, but sprang from
land mammals of the placental division,
animals with hairy covering and with
sense organs, especially that of smell,
adapted for living on land; animals,
moreover, with four completely developed
pairs of limbs on the type of the higher
yertebrates, and not that of fishes.
In lecture at the Lowell Institute,
Boston, Professor Wood gave some very
interesting details regarding the phe-
nomena of spider life. The female is
much larger and fiercer than the male,
who, while paying addresses, is CON
stantly in state of danger Three diff
ferent kinds of thread are spun by spiders
for their webs. A scientific experiment
ter once drew 8, 4sO yards of thread or
spider silk from the body of single
spider. Silk may be woven of spiders
thread which is more glossy and brilliant
Than that of silkworm.
Twenty comets which have been
studied with the spectroscope have ap-
peared to be essentially alike in chemi-
cal composltlon, while each comet Is
continually varying in temperature,
density and the amount Of vapor emitted
by its nucleus. Huggins states that the
substance of these bodies undoubtedly
contains carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen,
and probably oxygen. Meteorites are
evidently Of the rqme nature as comets,
and, while consisting chiefly of iron and
other solids, can often be made to give
up several times their volume of gases.
The idea that the light of comets and
the phenomena of their tails are pro-
duced by electricity is thought to be
gaining in favor among students of these
subjects.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
What is Made from Paper.

One of the most remarkable uses to
which paper has been put to of late years
is the manufacture of zylonite, sub
stance which at the will Of the manu-
facturer, may be made in imitation of
horn, rubber, ivory, tortoise shell, amber
and even glass The uses to which
zylonite are adaptable are almost infinite,
but perhaps the most extraordinary is the
manufacture of cathedral windows. The
discovery was made about fifteen years
ago, but it is only within the last two
years that company has been formed
for its manufacture. The basis of
zylonite is plain white tissue paper
made from cotton or cotton and linen
rags. The paper is treated first to bath
of sulphuric and other acids, undergoing
chemical change The acid is then care
fully washed out and the paper treated
with another preparation Of alcohol and
eamphor, assuming an appearance very
much like parchment. 1t is then capable
Of being worked up into plates of any
thickness, rendered almost perfectly trans
parent, or given any of the brilliant col
ors that silk will take. 1t is much more
flexible than either horn or ivory and less
brittle. Combs or other articles made of
it in imitation of tortoise shell are said
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
A Giant President.

A Hayti letter to the Chicago Herald
says: The other day I saw that most re-
markable man, Louis E. Solomon, the
president Of the Black republic. He is a
massive, broad -shouldered giant, at least
six feet six inches in height, with the
physical proportions of gladiator, a
profile dark as the ''night's plutonian
Shore with snow-white locks, keen,
restless eyes, glittering like diamonds in
setting Of jet, high, intellectual fore
head, and form, despite his advanced
age, erect as pillar of stone, with
dignifed air He was accompanied by
numerous retinue Of ebony aides-de-
camp, resplendent in military trappings
of fanciful designs and colors, decor
ated with numerous medals won in imag-
mary battles, and a profusion of gold
lace and brass trimmings that dazzle the
plebeian lookers-on. A noticeable fact
was that the entire group of warriors re-
sponded to the title of general There
SENS to be no minor rank in the forces Of
the republic. Under the present regime
private citizen cannot hold any lands
in his own right, and here is the dulcet
harp upon which Solomon has played
with such cunning. He has promised
the poorer classes division of the pub
lie lands, the establishment cf free
schools, national banks, railroads, ETC.,
all of which he is utterly powerless to fill.
Processing to affect extreme republican
simplicity, yet his every action smacks OF
royalty, his official documents being pro
mulgated from an antiquated structure
yclept the ''National Palace,n and
signed in kingly form, "Salomon. His
proclamations are invariably written in
the French language, and remind any
one of the famous manifesto of Plon
PIon on the walls of Paris. Educated at
one of the most famous colleges in Paris,
Solomon is a person of no ordinary
ability, being brilliant conversational
ist and linguist, and crafty diplomat.
Totally indifferent to the welfare Of his
people, be has by plausible misrepresenta-
tions succeeded in becoming the mest
popular parsonage in his party. Still, in
view of the inevitable collapse which he
is shrewd enough to foresee, he has
''feathered his own nestf with princely
bank account in Kingston, Jamaica, and
purchased several properties on neigh
boring islands. Salomon married
French lady some two years ago whom
he had met in Paris, and the nuptials
were performed here. This matrimonial
venture threatened at one time to over
throw his popularity, the natives accusing
him Of attempting to give the country
over to the whites, for it is useless to dis
guise the fact that they are extremely
Jealous Of the Caucasian, or any but their
own color.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
NUMBER 27.
Fun.

Like other vessels the courtship has
fgurehead, and it is case of figuring a
to which shall be the head
Some malicious persons assert that The
letters HM. D." which are placed after
physicians names, mean Money Down
The man who throws pan Of ashes iD
the street during wind storm is the
man "who fills the public eye."- Var
saso Wasp.
Probably the most difficult thing to do
in this world is to get a ten year-old boy
to bed at night, unless, perhaps, il i to
get him up in the morning.
Who is the first lady in the land7n
nervously inquired the New York COM
nlercias. We do not know who is, but
we have faint idea that Eve was.
II am certain, wife, that I am right
and you are wrong; I'll bet my ears on
it." Indeed, husband, you shouldn't
carry betting to such extreme lengths .
"Miss Gimps," said lady to another
during recent call, "why don't you
join the daughters Of Temperament"
"Cause.D "Cause whygs why
why" was the blushing reply. aIin-
tend joining one of the sons next
month"
~ say, old fellow, you can do me a
great kindness" Well, what is itq'
~ am $50 short this morning, and If
you can lend me that amount you VIII
place me under lasting obligation. ?
HIN, yes; lasting obligation, quite
likely. Good morning. -Eclipssd Ez-
press.
A New York restaurateur offers pie
and piece Of poetry for ten cents. If
the pie fails to double a man up, the
poetry will floor him every time. P. s.
It may not be out of place to state that
the restaurant man is also the junior
partner Of an undertaking frm--Bis
nd7cE Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

dress, her hair, her apron, I know not
what, about my neck and face, and then
knew no more for many hours.
When I recovered consciousness /
found myself uninjured, save by the
shock, but Milly-my poor, generous,
wronged love-Milly was dying.
She had thrown herself before me,
screening me from the smoke and steam
She was bruised, crushed, scalded al
most past recognition, only the gentle
eyes, full of mingled agony and love
looked up into my face, unchanged.
'sDon't cry,n she whispered, as I knelt
beside her bed, in all the misery of re-
morse and self-reproach. SIT is SO much
better thus. It's only life that am
losing now. Had I lived longer
should have lost you, and 1 loved you
dearer than my life."
May had been sent for. It was mid
night ere she arrived, and Milly was
sinking fast.
She frightened at the sight of the
weeping girl, though.
mo tears" she said. "I meant to
give you to each other by and by, as soon
as I could conquer my own heart.
knew you loved, but that you were good
and true to me. But should have been un-
happy, confess, and it is much better
now Think of me sometimes when
am gone l die happily-happily for
your sake, whom loved dearer than my
life.n
Her faint voice ceased, her sweet eyes
closed. Her pain and grief were over.
My little, gentle, generous love had
passed from earth to heaven
Years passed ere May and forgot that
mournful hour, and when at last we
married, as was Milly's wish, shade of
regret was cast, even on our welded hap
piness, by the memory of the devoted,
tender girl who had loved me so much
dearer than her life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
A Pepper plantation.

While at Penang, says correspondent,
my gharrie driver took me to see
Chinese pepper plantation. Pepper is
very profitable crop. The vine begins to
bear in three or four years after the cut
tings have been planted and yields two
crops annually for about thirteen years.
1t is an East Indian plant, rather pretty,
but Of rambling and untidy growth, a
climber. with smooth, soft stems, ten or
twelve feet long, and tough, broadly
ovate leaves. 1t is supported much as
hops are. When the berries on spike
begin to turn red they are gathered, as
they lose pungency if they are allowed to
ripen. They are placed on mats, and
are either trodden with the feet or rub
bed by the hand to separate them from
the spike, after which they are cleansed
by winnowing. Black pepper consists
Of such berries wrinkled and bIackened
in the process Of drying. and white
pepper of similar berries freed from the
skin and the fieshy part of the fruit by
being soaked in water and then rubbed.
The nutmeg tree is a beautiful tree,
from forty to fifty feet high when full
grown, with shining foliage, somewhat
resembling that Of the bay, and its fruit
looks like very large nectarine One
fully ripe was gathered for me. It had
opened and revealed the nutmeg with
It's dark brown shell shining through its
crimson reticulated envelope Of mace, the
whole lying in bed Of pure white, .
beautiful object.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

his spirit and raised him up supporters.
The judge Of the county, the clerk and a
few others took their places with him at
the Jail door, and when the mob returned
the battle was resumed on more even
terms, and the defence was maintained
till the rioters were beaten off. Cotton
received two wounds, several of the mob
were killed and more wounded, the law
was indicated and took its course with
the prisoner. The affair created great
stir all through the mines, and the young
sheriff was the hero Of the day. Governor
Bigler in recognition Of his services for
law and order, appointed him brigadier-
general of militia of Northern California
Another display of Colton's dashing
courage was afterward made even more
romantic than the defense of the jail. A
friendly Indian revealed to him plot to
massacre a solitary family Of whites named
johnson. To get assistance to thwart this
plot it was necessary to pass through
defle known to be ambuscaded With
out hesitation he dashed into it, rode
safely through the fire of the Indians,
reached the nearest settlement, rallied
twenty-five men, and saved the family.
When he declined further service as
sheriff, his friends insisted on sending
him to the Senate. The contest was
close. and, though he had majority of
the votes and the certificate of election
was issued to him, as there was some
question about his election he refused to
accept, took his family, went East,
entered the law school at Albany, N. Y,
and upon graduating returned here
He prospered in everything he under
took, acquired much wealth, and when
the falling health of Mark Hopkins made
an infusion Of new energies into the over
land railroad management here necessary
he was taken into the partnership by
Huntington, Stanford and Crocker,
and thenceforth bore large share in
their labers. He was in all their plans
and condolences, and was their daily and
most intimate and friendly associate up
to the time of his death
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
Becued His Pardon.

A gentleman entered car at way
station near Chicago, and in going down
the aisle accidentally knocked to the
floor the hat OF an uncouth, rough-look-
ing chap who lay in seat with his head
projecting over the arm-rests. II beg
your pardon. sir, y remarked the gentle
man, politely. Yer want to be kind Of
careful how you go staggering round, \
replied the ill-natured rough, as the gen
tleman passed on. "venture to say he
never asked any ones pardon" ! said to
the passenger next to me- YOU'RE mis-
taken there, the latter replied, sshe
begged mine once, very politely. too. y
sgMust have been some unusual circum-
stance. "Yes, indeed; he was in the
State prison and wanted to get out. But
am now sorry pardoned him, And
you are-ga 'Ex-Governor Foster, Of
Ohio.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A novel is being written in England by
nine different persons, the object beingto
give individuality to each character.
There is an old superstition that the
wearer of silver ring is secure against
the quarrelsome, and that any one who is
touched by precious stone set in silver
is Immediately reconciled to its owner.
An Eastern traveller notes that in India
every one travels with bed and baggage,
and to see half hundred Hindoos wildly
racing up and down platform, with
their bedclothes in their arms or wrapped
around their bodies, is exciting, till con-
slant repetition wears off the edge of
novelty.
The brilIiancy in the eyes of cats is
caused by carpet of glittering fbers
called the tapeum, which lies behind the
retina, and is powerful reflector. In
perfect darkness, no light is observed in
their eyes,-a fact which has been es-
tablished by very careful experiments.
Nevertheless, very small amount of light
is sufficient to produce the luminous ap-
pearance in them.
Mr.. S. R. Canestrini has found that
butterflies may use their wings eighteen
days after being beheaded, crickets may
leap on the thirteenth day after their
heads have been cut off, and signs of
life may still be given by the body of the
preying mantilla on the fourteenth day
after decapitation. This experimenter
has made still more striking observations
which tend to prove that the head in in
sects has much less to do with guiding
the motions of the body than the head
in mammals
Indians eat the horns of the deer when
in the velvet. One day, on the Sioux re-
servation, in Dakota, deer was killed
near camp and brought in entire. At
sight of it, Pahlaniote, Minneconjou of
some fifty years, dropped his usual statu-
OSqoC obeibuNCs AHOChCN Ol1 tuC AOIls3
and, seating himself by the fire, began at
the points to eat them, velvet and all,
without cooking, as if they were most
delicious morsels. The others of
the party looked on as if they envied
him. They said they talways ate them
So"
Mr.. Henry Harvard, in his recently
published work, e'L'Art dams le Salon,
attributes the invention of the reclining
chair to curious piece of etiquette scru-
pulously observed in France during the
period of the old French monarchy.
Whenever the king honored with visit
an invalid whose illness was of such a.
character as to force him to keep his
bed, a second bed was invariably placed
in the room close to the sufferers couch.
His majesty reclined on the spare bed,
and lay in recunbent posture during
the entire time occupied by the visit.
When Louis XIII visited Cardinal Rich
elieu during his illness this cumbrous
etiquette was rigidly adhered to, as it
was likewise when Louis XIV. went to
see Marshal Villars after he received his
wound. The second bed, by successive
notifications, became eventually the
modern reclining chair
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28
a COMMON history.

eft is time to be born,n God said, and there
came,
Into the worlD. without name,
A mortal of tiny frame.
"It is time to think, to look, and to grow,
To waken and walk, fair babe of snow"
Said grandma, soft and low.
"It is time to lean on tender breast.
Little one, in thy dream robes drest,n
Said mother, "come, and rest
aIt is time to study, and cease to play
Said the father grave to the boy one day,
"If thou would'st be wise when gray"
at is time to struggle for manly place,
To enter the lists for the grand life race"
Said youth with sunny face.
ait is time to SIN. " twas demon thought,
Einister-dark-with danger fraught,
But it, hapiy, came 20 naught.
"It is time to love-" said lover bold,
As he kissed sweet lips of melting mold,
And rehearsed the story oldn
1T is time for joy,n with an air of pride,
Said bridegroom fond, 81 have won a
bride
To be ever at my ade.n
1t is time TO toll for daily bread,
For wife and family must be fed >"
By busy man was said
ait is time to part, )" said the children grown,
sSons and daughters need homes of their
own:
eFarewellr' and the birds had flown.
ait is time to be lonely, the house is stif,n
Said a care-scarred couple, it seemeth ILL.,
And they wept against their will.
"It is time to mourn; it has come to pass,n
Said a quivering voice, " that beneath the
grass,
must hide my love, alasln
"Theres time to die, " so the preacher saith,
I'D gently call thee now,n said death,
As he stified an old mans breath.
-Cleueldnd Leader.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

Not an editor or printer, it is said, is
in the lunatic asylum in Georgia, but
about every other profession and ordi-
nary occupation is represented.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

One printing press Of to-day does the
work Of 1900 presses of eighty years ago.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

There are in the United States 45e
Sunday newspapers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-02-28

Among pronounaed novelties IN bon
nets are some Win yeFs Nigh crowns.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-12
The Demoorntio pintform.

A series of resolutions can no longer
be made to serve the purposes Of demo-
cratic platform. There are so many ex-
plantations to be made and limitations to
be applied that 1t is impossible to embody
the democratic creed in any form except
that of q stump speech. The platform
adopted at Chicago on Thursday night is
compilation Of stump speeches which
are far from being harmonious, either in
style or in matter. Considering the COM
position of the committee, the product Of
its prolonged deliberations Ia about as
fair q presentation Of the party faith as
could have been expected. With two
such statesmen as Henry Watterson and
Benjamin F. Butler trying to impress
their opposing views upon the country
through the same instrument, it is not
surprising that there is incongruity in
the several parts.
The party is to be congratulated upon
having reached landmark set up by tho
republicans more than twenty years ago.
All citizens are declared to be equal be-
fore the law. 1t is gratifying sign OF
progress that the democratic party has
accepted this principle, in theory, at least.
Nobody supposes that it will be carried
out In good faith in the south, but ii il
something that southern democrats should
formally assent to il. Gen. Butler is Q
firm believer in the equality Of human
rights, and he may have suggested the
propriety Of putting this plank in the
platform, although the philosophical and
speculative character of the section in
which 1t occurs betrsys the hand of Mr.
Watterson.
Tho historical section in which the re-
publicans are charged with having secured
a president in 1876 by fraud and presi-
don't in 1880 by bribery is tfresome
reiteratlon of what the mossback orators
have been shrieking for eight years. II
certainly is "reminiscences which is the
exclusive property Of the war horses"
and is out of place in platform that de-
clares for the Equality of all citizens
before the law" When the republicans
refused to recognize the presidential
electors who were fraudulently chosen in
South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana
in 1876 they were simply enforcing the
principle which this platform declares tc
be inherent in the democracy.
No republican can find much fault with
the fling at the supreme court for over
turning tho civil rights bill. OF course
there is no sincerity in this arraignmen
Of decision which gave great satisfaction
to the masses OF the democracy but 1t i
neatly done, and 1t is so seldom that tn
democrats have chance to appear Us tn
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-12
PERSONAL MENTION.

Count Portales was in San Francisco on In
dependence Day.
d. s. Little and wife, of this city, were regis
tered in Minneapolis, Mimi, last Tuesday.
Lieut. Leon A. Matile, 18th United States in
fantry, is at Fort Leavenworth this week on
temporary duty. He Is Washington boy.
Capt. John J. Kane. assistant surgeon, is de.
tailed as member of the army retiring board
ut New York, relieving Maj. John II. Janeway,
surgeon.
By direction of the President Lieut.. Col
John NJ. Wilson, corps of engineers, will act as
chief Of engineers during the absence OF Brig.
Gen. John Newton.
Second Lieut. Joseph II. Pendleton, marine
corps, was yesterday ordered to the marine
barracks, New York navy yard, by Sept. l, for
instruction in his duties as an officer
Commander Allen v. Reed, us. N, was
yesterday ordered to examination for promo
ton to captain, and Ensign Joseph L. Jayne to
ordnance instruction at the Washington navy
yard.
NJ. Fl. De Young, the proprietor of the San
Era Gr9 Is STUDYING yniea h In
fof improving that industry In: southern Cali
ornia.
Miss Chamberlayne, the alleged American
professional beauty, was at the opera the other
night with the Prince of Wales's Drty. Her
mother, Mrs. Chamberlayne, was with her.
Col W. G. Squire, the now governor of Wash
ington territory, was reared at Clyde, Ohio,
the home of Gen. Mcpherson, was captain of d
company of sharpshootersi during the rebel
lion and served on the staff Of Gen. George
III. Thomas.
Col James p Martin, u g. A., who was for a
ported at Fort Leavenworth last Monday for
duty as adjutant general of the department OF
the Missouri, on the staff of Cen. Augur. Mrs.
Martin, who was Miss Bacon, of this city, ID
with him.