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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
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Love . blind, but matrimony il A great
oculist.
A bee u very cconomical-in fact,
quite stingy.
An inquirer asks: 'Howdo poets liver
BY the forebearance Of their readers,
generally. Albany Argus.
A diamond merchant may speak of
his goods as being Of the purcst water,
but the milkman may not Boston
Courier.
There are two sides to every question,
and as sure as you're born the other man
by some blundering fatality, always
takes the wrong side. B,ooslga EgqIs.
Beecher denies that he ever stole ap.
pies while boy, but maintains sug.
gestive silence when the conversation
turns on watermelons.-.St Paul Hsr1ld
Scanned fruits date back to Pompeii.
1t will not be hard for the young man
who boards to believe that they date
back even farther than that. -Neg YorE
Graphic.
A man named Cannon, employed in
Pittsburg foundry, went on the other
day loaded to the muzzlc, and On bia
return was promptly discharged. Pdila-
dezpAia Ca8.
''The best eating corn says Ken
lucky paper: is always full in the ear
This shows how quickly vegetables adapt
themselves to the habits Of the country
in which they arc raised. But what
strange place to be fuIl.--Puck
Mr.. A. (who has come out for days
pleasure on his friends yacht)-"Say,
Jack, what's all the racket overheadG"
There's a vessel to windward
making signs of distress" Mr.. a.
(very faintly)-"signs Of distressg
Send 'em some basins. Puck
1t is said that forty bee stings will kill
an adult. This information is calculated
to discourage an enterprising bee. which
it is stated can only sting once. But the
insect can console itself with the reHec-
tion that although it may be unable to
kill man it can mike him swear like a
Turk.-Norristowa Herald.
Congratulatory Friend -'Just arrived
from the continent. eh7 You are look
ing remarkably well. How long were
you in Paris2" Returned Tourist About
six weeks" 'sHow did you managed
You can't talk French. = "Oh, gestures
went great way. Sometimes slxetched
what wanted" Made a drawing Of il,
eha And you were always understood2
sfWell, not always. Once i made a
drawing Of mushroom. Now, what 10
you think the waiter brought De The
idiot brought me an umbrella. TdE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
The March 81 ihe Write nan.

Among the little noticed but most i'm
portant facts in the history Of the world
is the enormous recent increase in the
number Of white men in it. 1t is barely
two centuries (1683) since those races,
though even then the most energetic Of
mankind, formed but small fraction in
the total of humanity probably ten per
cent. of the whole-and were by no means
certain that they could defend themselves
against the remainder. The white races
in aud out of Europe, under the influence
of some mysterious call upon their en-
ergies, have multiplied nearly threefold,
and are to-day, as Mr.. R. Giffen mas
shown in his recent address to the stats
tical society, 42O, 900, 600. As there is no
evidence of any corresponding increase
in the dark races, and as, indeed, such in
crease has been, outside India, nearly i'm
possible. the white men are now, by the
best calculations, one third Of the entire
population of the world, instead Of being,
as they were only two centuries ago, a
little more than ten per cent. They have,
moreover, if anything, increased in physi-
cal strength, and have SO developed in
brain and consequent power Of organiza-
tion, that il may be doubted if the whole
remainder Of mankind, even if an were
reduced to equal weapons, could seriously
injure tie white third, which, again, il
it chose to act together and employ with
out pity the weapons its intelligence has
enabled it TO construct, could in few
years reduce the remainder Of the world
to an uninhabited desert. They have
lately taken to conquer1ng Africa, and
are entering it at hundred points at
once; seizing, almost silently, certainly
without serious effort, huge slices like
French Africa, South Africa, Madagas-
car, the vast valley of the Niger, and the
still more extensive region drained by
the system of rivers called the Congo.
Nor is there much reason to believe that
the process will soon be checked, for
the white men are urged forward by an
irresistible spur over which they haveno
control. The increase of the yellow race,
which must once have been soincredibly
fast, has stopped, and that of the dark
races Of India, which for a century has
been amazing, is being checked By re-
current famines; but that Of the white
people goes on 50 fast that the transport
Of huge army every year across the At
lantic makes no impression on their num-
bers, and at their present rate ofincrease
they will in 1894 be thousand millions,
or much more than half Of then existing
mankind. L0ndOs Spectator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
BIa Eyebrows.

Not long since, the writer of this,
whose saturnine countenance is orna-
mented by pair of very heavy eye
brows, stepped into a barber shop at
Oshkosh to get shaved. The barber
was pleasant-faced young fellow with
baseball mustache-nine on side
Not word was spoken by either of US
until the tonsorial operation was nearly
completed, when he said:
sfWilI you have your eyebrows
trimmed, sir9"
.sNp.n
Don't you ever trim them, siraD
mo, except once in q great while
where they meet"
'sWell, never saw such a pair before
except on an old man. They are 80
long, and he caressed them with his
smooth fingers. 4sDo you know" con
tinued he, Il would give good deal if
| had mustache like 'em.n
There didn't seem to be any appropri-
ate reply to this, more than to express
the hope and belief that in time his mus
tache would fill the bill, and we de-
parted, wondering at the proneneas Of
mankind to covet the things they do not
possess. -Pscps San.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
The Mexican law af Debt.

Under the Mexican law creditor can
have a debtor arrested On the day when
the debt falls due. The prisoner ia
chained to post five days, and guarded
by an officer. at the end Of the time,
If the money is not forthcoming, the
mans labor is sold to the government
for forty cents day, for as many
days as will be necessary to discharge
the obligation. The miserable debtor is
sent to the silver mines, where heis chained
to gang of ffelons and compelled to work
underground. He sleeps Underground
and never sees daylight again until he is
restored to freedom.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
Iha Cars Winter Palace.

The st. Petersburg NOcoe VaenayG,
which has been publishing series Of
articles on the palaces Of Russia, gives
the following interesting account Of the
Winter palace: "The Winter palace, al
though constructed by the Empress
Elizabeth, was not completed until
Peter LII. ascended the throne, and the
square in front of it was still covered
with the shops and huts Of the workmen,
Heaps of stone, brick and rubbish OBJ
structed the approaches to the palace.
In order to clear the place Baron Korff,
who then filed the post of chief of
police at St. Petersburg, proposed to the
emperor to give permission to the poorer
inhabitants to carry away these unused
materials. The plan pleased the en-
peror, and orders were Immediately
given to carry it out. The emper-
or witnessed from his windows the
operation, which was completed by the
evening. The emperor on installing
himself in his new palace occupied the
part looking on to the square and the cor
ner of the Millionnaia. This portion of
the palace bore the name Of the King of
Prussia's apartments. The occupation
of the palace was accompanied by no ex-
traordinary ceremony. The room occu-
pied by Peter had been decorated by the
architect Tchevakinsky, pupil Of Ras-
trelli, and the flooring and gilded cor
nicas were brought from Italy. Peters
bedroom was in the extreme wing and
beside it was his library Above the
entrance door he caused gallery to be
constructed which he turned into his
working cabinet and furnished at q cost
OF more than $500 rubles. The Empress
Catharine occupied the rooms afterward
known by the name of the Empress
Marie Feodorovna. The day the court
occupied the winter palace { (7th of April,
1899 was marked by the cousecration of
the palace church under the name of the
Resurrection. Later on, in 1863, on
the occasion OF an ancient image OF
Christ being removed to the church, it
was consecrated afresh by order of
Catharine II. as that of the Savior. The
establishment of the interior and the
furnishing of the palace were continued
under Peter and only completed by
Catherine. The total outlay up to the
year 1868 was estimated at 2, 1922, ,020 ru
bles, or about e400, 900. The principal
director of the works in the interior was
the celebrated amateur Jean Betzky. In
1867 the aunex of the palace destined to
be the hermitage was commenced, the
architect Delamotte being intrusted with
its execution. This building, oblong in
shape, extended from the Millionnaia to
the quay. Four years later second
building was erected on plan Of the
architect FELTON,. In 1880 several fresh
wings were added, and the empress or
dered the architect Guaranghi to build
a theatre, which was at the latest to be
completed by August, 1884. The same
architect erected the arch connecting
the hermitage with the theatre, and with
the part of the palace containing the
Raphael galleries. In 1856 the marble
gallery containing the hall of st. George
and the throne room was commenced,
and in 1894 superb throne was placed
in the former. The throne was the mas
kterpiece of the architect Starow."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The Phrygians, people Of Asia Minor,
were the first to coin gold and silver.
A lady in Richmond. Va, has a
twenty-months old boy who cannot
speak word. but whistles and sings all
airs he hears.
1t was formerly the custom to draw
away the pillows from under the heads
of dying persons in order to accelerate
their departure.
Two locomotives built exactly after the
same model have different rates of speed
and drawing power. This differe nee in
speed has been known to reach fifteen
miles an hour.
In Brazil there are at least six cannibal
tribes and others whose customs it is for
mothers to eat their dead children,
pounding up the bones with maize, the
mourning lasting till all is consumed.
The consumption of tea has been
gradually increasing Of late years in
Great Britain, until now the English
drink five times as much tea as coffee.
In this country coffee is the favorite bev-
erage, and we consume eight times as
much coffee as tea.
A x-chambered revolver, an inch and
half long, has been made by Victor
Bovy. In the Scientific american the
"weapon" is pronounced the smallest
firearm in the world. 1t is complete in
all respects, fires cartridges with fulmi-
nate, and has power enough to send one
of them through an ordinary pane Of
glass at four PAGES.
In the golden age of the Roman re-
public (B. G. 150) the necessaries of life
were very cheap. A bushel of wheat
sold for fourpence and bushel Of corn
for five. The traveller was charged for
food and lodgings at an inn only two
farthings day. Extravagant prices
were paid, however, for luxuries. A
barrel of anchovies from the Black sea
cost $40, and hamingo tongues brought
their weight in gold.
The general average of the human
pulse, though the exceptions are very NIL
merous, may be put at birth at 40; two
years, 1905 from sixteen to nineteen
years, eighty, at manhood, seventy-six,
and old age, sixty. Two men are spoken
Of at eighty-seven years whose pulses
respectively were twenty nine and thirty.
It is reported Of one man that his pulse
was never more than forty five, and that
during fever it fell 10 forty.
Berlin has hospital for horses, in
which overworked or sick animals may
ind rest and regain their health. 1t is
under the joint management Of veter.
mary Of the first class, and ex-captain Of
artillery and farmer. The grounds
have an extent Of nearly 100 acres, with
excellent pasture land, clay and moor
patches, water aud bathing facilities. In
case of need, the patients have ambu-
lance wagons sent for them to transport
them to the hospital.
/ I, Il. j.. xx,S&,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17

No medical man has ever been made a
peer in England. They do not fulfill the
conditions indispensable to ennoble-
ment. A peer must be wholly discOn-
nected with trade or the active practice
of profession, and only such persons as
have ceased to be engaged in the exer-
else of reinunerative vocation can be
ennobled.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17

Music boxes are chiefly made in Switz-
erland. Some of them cost as high as
IS, 600, and are as large as a piano.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17

The newspapers of the world have just
been reckoned up at about s5. 600, thus
giving one to every ss, 900 inhabitants.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-17

Experiments at Merced, Cal, in tho
cultivation Of opium the poppy has
proved successful.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-24
The Ironclad" at Oak Hall.


To roll the years higher
front rank of the magnificent of Oak Hall Clothing
Oak Hall trade
w. & BIS "IRONCLAD"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

In our harbor lie a number Of Chinese
junks preparing for another fishing trip
TO the coast Of Lower California. The
Chinese who sail from this port fishing
are quite different from the hlongols who
run laundries. Sun-burnt they are. and
look almost as bronzed as M0dOc Indians
A Sun representative had q talk with one
of them yesterday, named Hoy Kee, who
seemed TO be Intelligent and speaks Eng
lish rather fairly, aud elected the news
that on their last trip they lost one man.
Il occurred down at Ballenas Bay, below
Abrojos Point, on the coast Of Lower
California, about four hundred miles
south of San Diego. They were engaged
in gathering the aDalonc, the beautiful
shell which adorns many homes ia the
United States. One of the men, whose first
trip this was, strayed away from the
rest, and il being the lowest point of the
tide, which was commencing to run
in, with big breakers. It seems that
this Chinaman standing barelcgged with
the water up to his knees was surprised
at being caught by one of his legs BIZ an
immense octopus, OF, as our informant
called il, dewitt and in q second he
was tripped over, drawn out into deep
water and drowned before the rest Of the
Cinnamon realized what was the matter
with their fellow she'll gatherer. The
boats of the Cinnamon were high up on
the beach, and when they were got into
tho water no trace could be seen of the
missing man. Several days afterward
his remains doatcd ashore in horrible
state of mutilatien. The octopus, from
the description of il, must have been
monster, with body ten feet long, each
arm measuring about ten feet. Our in
formant said his junk expected to leave
to-day for the lower California coast in
search of abalone shells and fish. but
will not touch at Ballenas bay, Of which
he and the other Cinnamon have a super.
stitious dread, owing to the loss Of the
Chinaman there during the last trip
San Diego (Cal.) S:;n
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08
Running Tor the Train.

More than one medical authority has
admonished people of the danger of
running TO catch train, especially for
those who are subject to heart disease,
one of the most common IF ailments In
these latter days. The following, from
an English paper. may serve to empha-
size the warning a few days since,
a railway clerk, aged twenty. was found
dead in sitting posture in second
class railway carriage when it arrived at
Woolwich. At inquest, it was stated
that deceased had been suffering from
heart disease for two or three years. and
il was supposed that he had hurried to
catch the train that morning. The sur
geon who made tho post-mortcm ex-
animation stated that the heart was en-
larged. Another case Of death from
exertion in q man suffering from dis.
eased heart has occurred A signalmau
at Brixton railway station, while pulling
on the levers, suddenly fall backwards,
and on the arrival Of surgeon was pro.
nounced to be dead. The widow stated,
at the inquest, that deceased had been
treated for m affection Of the heart for
some time. Ia this case there does not
seem TO have been post-mortem exam
ination. Yet another death from cxer-
ton has occurred. A young lady, aged
sixteen, expired suddenly In i gymna-
stun after performing 4 feat of skill.
According "a the medical evidence. she
was suffering from valvnIar disease Of
the heart How often has the hurry to
catch train, or some other sudden ex-
ertion, throwing extra work on ! cilated.
fatty OF otherwise diseased heart. re-
suited IN fatal syncopel Il Is our duty
to warn such patients Of the risk they
will run Il they allow any consideration
of business or convenience to attempt
them 70 : single rash act Of this kind. -
Iandon Laneck
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

Ills lower fo1eeH back Ehe head
further until ho fixed hia teeth 8kilA more
deeply into che throat kapfa fought
intellectually viii bis paws tearing the
skin * his antagonist here and there,
but his strength vas fast ebbinp away
sKagrn i beaten, was heard on al
sides ID Hindoslanee and Enplish.
He i, said the king. and orders
were Qlven 10 open KaQFas care and
drive of Terai- Wallah. Red hot rods
were thrust st the victor before he would
release his hold, aud yet It was the only
way the life of Kapfa could be saved.
AZ last Terai Wallah was driven of, his
paws dripping with blood. Kagras
cage was opened. and ne at once made
for il. His tail hung linccidly between
his legs. He ied stealthily and with =
catlike tread. The red hot irons were
thrust in front OF Terai- WaIlah to pre-
vent him from pursuing. He stood and
glared 81 his beaten Zoe, and before
kagra had reached the stage sprang high
above the rods TO attack him. Kagra
reached his cage and cronched In tho
fnrthest corner like awhipped cur.
Terai- WaIlah watched his retreating
Toe till the last, then. shaking himself
two Or three times, licked the blood from
his paws, rose maiestically from his
cr0nching position and with the delib-
Grafton Of = judge walked toward his
cage. and large drops Of blood and a
lacerated shoulder attcsted how dearly his
hard earned victory had been won.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

Rs ExnlA ERiNknkN 8n7Ht
aE sertsnher. 1851. ng win MAS k
ntsfine heuntghnee Ihe ht
could III did ne1 xhe
sla gol more aud lnqre enfse1laa
sroublea with pr0lupsu peF
cos4hea. nunhne AZ fhe iuh
nem q the stomach and Lass 81
/ purchased d trial bottle o. youf
Compound SIC said So could asSee
sugututa fleet FROM she Ersl dose Na3
i comparatively FREQ from the P4o
Stomach's sickness &C. The hernorE1
very much better and i les at the ks
periods Her appetite i restored. and
general health and strength are murh
nroved. We feel that we have been aeha6
fsslggg bmeffed and our hearts are draws
III gratitude Tor the same and IN swaps
for other sufferers, f0r whose sakes wo a
our names TO be nsod
SC ~. Eaton. Ihurston N
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

Grateful WMmmmmaaMm proclaim Nf1M0AR
BI4rEms the uOst wonderful ingis Grant that ever
sustained the sinking system.
Made ERnNaa California roots and herbs. free
from Alcoholic StilnulaHls. Eszrgxatkxe
and Tonic
TnAfB Nleeers cures Female Complaints,
1nHammafory and Chronic keNem1nAetNlshs
Gouf. Bilious RemiGfent and intermittent ke-
veEs. Blood, Liver and Kidney DISEASES.
DYspcpwam or AmuhaeseAoas heauecnes
Pain Ia tho shoulders, Coughs, AlgbtneSs 81 the
Chest nigginfeaa sem Stomach F1rred Tongue.
Bilious Attacks palpitntion Of the Heart. knc0-
m0uin. aud Pain Ia the regions Of the Kidney s
are cured hy the use Of The BitterS.
Tor skin Diseases Eruptons, bots.
EFyEipeiaS ScrUfnla, DiScoloratons, hunurs ana
diseases u the Skin OF whatever name or ma
hlre, ere literally dug M and carried out ok the
system in d short time by the use Of the blttefS.
Nc Mmw8gormGeA ahc Sl0maeRAs and stai1-
nlates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rem
der il OF uneQualed efficiency in cleansing the
blood OF all impurities. aud impartlng new lie
and sigor TO the whole system.
No Person can take the Bltters and remain
long unwell
Pin, Tape and other Worms, are
destroyed and removed from the system.
Cleanse the VfefaEed blood whenever
1t Is foul your feelings VIII tell YOU when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the system
viii follow.
I'm conclusion Give the Bitters q trial Il
viii speak for itself One hottie viii prove bet
ter guarantee ct its merits than . lengthy al
vertisement
r.. III. Mcdonald DRUG Co.. Proprietors,
San Francisco. Call and Ms 40 \ So Washington 81
Cor. Charlton St. New York.
Sold by all Dealers and DruggLstaa
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

The ar--st OF a suspicious character upon
MS geneiW. appearance. movements or com
partnership, without waiting until he has
robbed Traveller. fired house. OF murdered
q feli0w-mnn, Is an important function OF q
shrewd detective. Even more important Is
the arrest of o disease which, il not checked,
frequeps cough, loss Of appetite. general
ianguor or debility, pallid Skin, and bodily
aches and pains, announce the approach OF
pulmonary consumption. which Is promptly
arrested and permanently cured BY DR.
Pierce's /" Golden Medical Discovery Sold
BY druggists
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08
Health e J baaatg 5. q -. IL

Health has beauty o. - own. No
eruptions, sores Or discoloratious disiig
ure or annoy the man Or woman whose
stomach, liver and bowels do their duty
thoroughly. 10 compel them q their
work. il is only necessary to take dose
81 DR.. WArkER's VINEGAR BrTrERs
twice or thrice day. This potent yege-
table specific controls every disordered
function.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

When death was hourly expected from Con-
Il James was experimenting, he accidentally
made q preparation of Indian Hemp, which
sured his only child, and now gives this recipe
On receipt OF stamps 90 pay expenses Kemp
also cures night sweats, nausea &C the ntom-
lch, and will break fresh cold In "a hours.
address Craddock a Co, 1852 Race street.
Philadelphia, Pa, naming this paper.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

HAVE HAD Catarrh for years in its worst
form. Before / had used one bottle Of Ely's
Cream Balm droppings into my throat had
immediate relief for Cold in the head. --MRs
HAGADoaN, Union, N. Y. Price 50 cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

Ii the exclamation of thousands suffering
from catarrb. TO all such we say: Catarrh
can be cured by DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
It has been done in thousands OF cases, why
lot in yoursg Your danger is In delay. En-
close q stamp Co Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. r., for pamphlet
Oh this disease
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

He that does not know those things
which are Of use and necessity for him 70
know, is but an ignorant man, whatever
be may know besides.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

EOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIUEsTIoN, depreaai0n ksplr-
ita and general debility in their various forms,
also as preventive against fever and ague and
therintermittent feyers, the ssFerro- Phoaphor-
ated Elixir Of Calisaya," made b. Caawell,
Hazard a Co, New York, and sold by Al Drug
ing from fever on other sickness il has no equal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

When yon visit OF leave New York city. baggage
expressas and IS carFnge hire Ard stop - The Grand
Union Hotel opposite Grad Central Depot
$40 elegant rooms. lifted ap at cost Of one nllon
gatoG Restaurant supplied with the baat. Horse
stages and elevated railroad % all depot9 families
can live better for iosa money AZ tho Grand Union
Hotnl than IS other firatelasa hotel IL tho ctv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

Weak lungs, splitting OF blood, consump.
zion, and kindred affections, cured without
physician Address for treatise, with two
stamps, Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, N. Y.