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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
How 10 Seal a Letter.

"The art of sealing letter properly
has to be learned. The letter should be
laid face downward on the writing desk
and candle or lamp at the right hand.
The wax should be held above the flame,
but not near enough to burn it. Burned
wax makes the seal brittle and streaks it
with black lines. It should soften grad
ually above the flames until it is about
to drip; then it should be placed square,
ly on the spot to be sealed and rubbed
with a circular movement. When the
wax has become cool the stick can be
taken away. To stamp it, warm the
wax slightly by holding it near, but not
over, the flame until it softens, and then
apply the seal with firm touch. The
latest notion is to use perfumed wax. ="
Noto Fork Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
THE INTERPRETERS

Days dawn upon US that make amends for
many
Sometimes,
When heaven and earth seem sweeter even
than any
Mans rhymes
Light had not all been qusnched in France,
or quelled
In Greece,
Had Homer sung not, or had Hugo held
Hispeace
Had sappho's self not left her word thus long
For token,
The sea round Lesbos yet in waves of song
Had spoken.
And yet these days of subtler air and finer
Delight
When lovelier looks'the darkness, and diviner
The light
The gift they give of all these .golden hours,
Whose urn
Pours forth reverberate rays Or shadowiug
showers
In turn.
Clouds, beams, and winds that make the live
days track
Sec living
What were they did no spirit give them back
Thanksgiving
Dead air, dead fire. dead shapes and shadows,
telling
Time nought;
Man gives them sense and soul by song, and
dwelling
In thought
In human thought their being endures, their
power
Abides:
Else were their life thing that each light
hour
Derides
The years live, work, sigh, smile, and die
with all
They cherish;
The soul endures, though dreams that fed it
Fall and perish.
In human thought have all things habitation;
Our days
Laugh, lower, and tighten past, and find no
station
That stays.
But thought and faith are mightier things
than time
Can wrong,
Made splendid ouce with speech, or made
sublime
By song.
Remembrance, though the tide Of change that
rolls
Wax hoary,
Gives earth and heaven, for songs sake and
the souls,
Their glory.
-Algermon Charles S,vinbuurne.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
vsrythinq from paper.

Since the discovery Of paper from rags,
about 900 A. D., we date the paper age.
Since then all has been easy enough.
Books took the lead, newspapers follow
ed, periodicals, magazines and trade
journals closed the triumphant march
toward complete happiness. Scientists.
always short-sighted folks, began to look
upon the paper age as nearing its close.
Poor soulsl Paper bags and paper boxes
made them smile; paper boats paper
barrels and paper wheels gave them 81
chill in the dorsal region; paper collars
and paper handkerohiefs set them hum
ming and having; paper bottles and
paper tea caddies and paper ehimneys
created quite iutter in so called sscien-
tifc circles" paper timber and paper
flooring render them rather uneasy;
paper shirt fronts and paper slippers
broke them down entirely. But the end
is not yet. We are. in reality, only just
entering upon the border, SO to speak,
Of the genuine paper age. In few short
years, 10 our paper shirts and paper
trousers, we shall sit down to our paper
tables, upon our paper chairs, and drink
our coffee out Of our paper cups and eat
our eggs with paper spoons. When we
60 out Of morning, we shall make
ready our paper shoes, paper overcoat,
paper gloves, paper umbrella or paper
cane and paper hat; kiss the baby,
happy in his paper pinafore, trip lightly
down the paper stairway, over the paper
sidewalk to our paper carriage, and start
down town. and continue our noiseless
ride over the paper pavement, stopping
once more, possibly, to order the latest
paper novelty for our better-half- OH
no, ye wise men, the end of TIE paper
age is not yeti Ne'o York Herala.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
SINGLE corr FivI onN4s
NUMBER 8.
singing tbey also kept well toeettd. J.

singing they also kept well togethf
was curious and novel sight to see
body Of men and women as they pasA-
US at what seemed to be half a trot ant.
half dance, waving bottle Of rum overl
head with one hand, wildly waving th5
other about, though still In perfect uni
son with each other, and singing, shou
ing and crying, also in perfect unison.
the top Of their voices. When the run.
had been presented with due solemnity
to the relatives Of the deceased, thg
whole Of those present set to work
deniolish their midday meal. If th
food was not choice. the manner Of ~
ing it was certainly not the most gents "
and after watching for a few mini
the way in which the fat pork was hl
ed about and eaten, !, together with
or.three others, withdrew to get our
lunch before our appetites were qui
taken away. In the afternoon The pro
ceedings were very similar to those 81
the morning, only that the strong drink
taken at noon tended to make tha
lamentations greater and the speeche5
shorter and fewer.-Leeds England zfef
euru.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
MAKING HER WAY.


It did not exactly rain on that dull
autumn day, but the air was full of driv
ing mist, and the clouds hung like a
leaden drapery almost to the hill tops.
1t was day when fairyland itself
would scarcely appear at its best, and SO
perhaps it was not surprising that the
''Tabitha Home" wore rather cheerless
aspect.
1t was long, low brick house, with
rows of square windows, curtained with
white-cotton hangings, floors covered
with mating, and drear, whitewashed
walls, broken by no cheerful pictures or
panels.
The fire in the stove spluttered and
smoked, and declined to burn. Two or
.hree blue-nosed old women huddled
around it; another was bemoaning her.
self over the face ache; and the matron,
standing in the middle of the room, was
scolding because fault had been found
with the morning meal of scorched oat-
meal.
sit amt as if you was ladies'" said
she, " but you as has no home at your
time of life, you hadn't ought to be
pickin' flaws in this, that and the other
thing. And the oatmeal was good
enough for anybody, that it wasl And
if you don't like the style of cooking
here, you're every one of you at liberty
to 60 elsewhercln
All this jamie Sewer heard, as she
stood in the hail with old Mrs. Ball
leaning nervously on her arm.
The young girl was tall, resolute, and
lovely as a wild poppy blooming in a
field of corn
The old woman was withered and
colorless, her face all woven over with a
network of tiny wrinkles. her toothless
jaws uneasily moving, while the eyes,
that had once been SO blue and bright,
were now dim and dull.
"Oh, jamie oh, Janiem faltered Mrs.
Ball, clinging to the girls soft, young
arm, 'stake me away-don't leave me
hereln
sBut you wanted me to bring you, ?
said jamie, soothingly.
eyes, know; but l didn't think it
was such place as thisr cried the old
woman. Take me away, sayln
ssWhere am to take your
/ II don't know" said Mrs. Ball, be-
| ginning to tremble. s'Anywhere away
from herel Oh, quick, Janie-quick p
jamie Sewer looked pityinsly at the
poor old crone.
| Was this to be the end of all kind Mrs
Montague's canvassing, and visiting, and
wire-pullinga Now that the admittance
to the .Tabitha Home for Old Ladies'
was finally obtained, and refuge Sc
cured for Mrs. Ball which should shelter
her to her life's end, was it all to be
thrown up for whim2
Nevertheless, thus it proved. Nothing
would induce old Mrs. Ball to cross the
threshold of the dreary room where th,
fire smoked and the matron scolded; 81
jamie took her home again.
ssWhat else could doa'' said jamie
ssYou were very foolish, Miss Sewer, 3
said Mrs. Montague, angrily. "Afte
all have done to secure the poor, child
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
Husband an MIfe,s EpIlaphs.

A visitor in the old town Of Norfolk,
Conn, was tramping in a graveyard
there the other day, trying to read the
moss-hidden epitaphs, when his eye fell
upon tombstone with this inscription
Here lies the body Of Lieut.. Nathan
Davis, who departed this life Sept. 17th
1881. in the nth year Of his age.
Death ia det
that's justly due
that ] lave paid
and so must you.
On the opposite side Of the slab wa
the following: Here lies the body 81
Mrs. Elizabeth the wife Of Lieut.. Nathan
Davis Descd. She died June the 30th
1856 in the 97th year Of her age.
This det owe
is justly due
and am come
to sleep with you.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
"BIOoa win Tellv.

Once an Indian always an Indian "
old Major Bridger was wont to declare
with incorporating emphasis when.
ever he was approached for his opinion
as to the possibility OF red skin being
assimilated to civilizing influences. And
the old man was about right. The m
dian traits in the blood win crop out
sooner or later. When General Fremont
was engaged in his famous early explora-
tions in this section one Of his most
trusted guides was Basil Lajeunesse, a
French Canadian, who had taken to
wife Sioux squaw One Of the fruits
of this union was very bright little
girl ten years Of age, who attracted
General Fremont's attention. When the
general returned to St. Louis he pro-
posed to Lajeunese that he should take
this little girl with him and give her, al
his own expense, thorough English
education, promising to be responsible
for her safe return to her parents at the
expiration of five years. Basil was de-
lighted with the proposition, and readily
gave his consent, but his wife was re-
luctant, and it was with much difficulty
that her consent was obtained. Finally,
however, all was satisfactorily settled,
and in due time the little girl became
pupil in one of the best educational insti-
tutions of st. Louis. She was intelE-
gent, bright and quick, and as soon as
she recovered from the home-sickness
she necessarily experienced, entered with
much zest upon the acquisition Of
knowledge. At the end Of five years the
half-breed maiden, now budding into
womanhood, was returned to her home
on the North Platte. Sne had acquired
much more than superficial knowledge
of the ordinary English branches, and in
addition had become quite proficient in
pianoforte music and embroidery, and
had evinced no little taste for painting.
The surroundings Of civilization during
her five years Of school life awakened
in her considerable pride concerning her
personal appearance, and none Of her
companions evinced more care than
she in the matter of dress,
She mingled freely in such society
school, and readily adapted nerseH W
the customs and manners of those with
whom she mingled. 1t would be quite
naturally supposed that she would, az
far as practicable, retain these habits
upon returning to her people. But such
was not the case. Before she had been
in her old home six months her Indian
blood reasserted itself, and she lapsed
into all the filthy habits and slouchy
characteristics Of dress so noticeable
among squaws, and before two years had
passed over her head all Of the more I'M
portant points Of her education faded
from her memory, and only the more
simple rudiments were effectually re-
tanned. A singular fact, too, was that
she studiously avoided all contact with
white people, and it was difficult mat
ter for white person to engage her in
conversation. When about eighteen
years of age young warrior Of the
Sioux tribe wooed and won her, after the
Indian fshion, and when she became.
mistress of his teepe everything sugges-
tive Of the white blood in her veins dis
appeared. Verify, ''blood will tell" p
DenUer Opinion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22

medium whence ensue wit, drolIery and
fun. II would be wrong to suppose that
mlrth does not find place, and that the
sublime exists without the ridiculous.
The very presence Of the latter adds
charm to the former, and often chases
away that dull mOnotony which we are
apt to associate with law courts and their
surroundings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22

Animals are agreeable friends. They
ask no questions, they pass no criti-
cisms.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-22
Petroleum as Fuel.
cN7y.

The use Of petroleum refuse as
began at Baku, Russia, where enor
quantities of the crude oil had bee.
fered to run to waste for years bt
this mode Of utilizing it was disrovei
AS the refuse, called astatka there, &c
only sixty cents ton on the spot, an
as one ton of it is equal to ton ana N
half Of coal for making steam, 1t rapidly
came into favor after mechanical skill
had devised proper methods Of applying
it. At the present time the single ilruI
of Nobel Bros. at Baku, turns out 450,
600 tons year, and all the steam marine
Of the Caspian, together with the loco
motives OF the Transcaueasian RAILWAY
system and several of the railways Of
Southeastern Russia, burn it alone. Ill.,
applying the oil it is pulverized BY q Jet
Of steam in very simple way, and by
this process the combustion is perfect.
There is no smoke, no soot no clinkef,
no residue whatever, and no waste. The
name is entirely under control, can be
raised or lowered instantly, and az iv
stantly extinguished. Whenever C
is scarce and dear the astatka furnish
an ideal fuel, and while the flashing tef
is much lower than that of refined
troleum, experience shows that it can be-
handled without any danger. On the
Caspian large steamers fully laden Wit
oil have burned this fuel for ten years
without a single accident.
u rSE-a'-rrsfrrys -
tral Pacific Railroad company h..1fecently
introduced crude petroleum into nearly
all its steamers, including the Oakland
ferryhoats. The oil is obtained in the
State, some of it at Ventura and some
from wells not long struck near Liver
more on the line Of the Western Pacific
Branch. The method of application is
practically identical with the Russian
namely: by steam jet. The nozzle is
aattened so that the pulverized oil is
blown in sheet Of fame into the fire.
box and under the boiler tubes. The
San Francisco Chronicle states that the
results so far have been most satisfactory.
80 Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21
NOTHING BUT A NEW-ToRK LAWYER.
n. C..n Do;ofa Miee,nr-U tho nld brf

The Five Points Mlssl0n-tn tue oia preW-
ery.is better known In the country, perhaps than In
New York through the appeals for aid that have been
made in sundny and churches throughout the
land for the last quarter OF century and the circulation
OF little paper bearing the latter name. Accordingly
Sunday school superntendents aud teachers passing
sunday in NewYork seldom fall TO visit tho Institution
as one the sights OF tho great city Their services are
often called into roqusen to kthe place OF absent
teachers and sometimes they invited to make adj
dresses after the essons have been reccd few Sun
DAYS ago a yonng man visited the Mission and was
asked by the superintendent to take charge Of class Of
boys.
"wel boy" said he, taking bis seat ana opening the
Bible, what h the lesson to-dayr
oh bother the lcssoa," replied one Of the hopefu
pupils. Visitors never hear our lessoasi they tel
ns storiesr
"what SORT Of a story shsl I tell yoa e. asked tho
young man, some what abashed. A,
reply. ....,.,..
He didn't come from nowhere" mp spoke an areh'n
IN the coraer, In OF heabe cont<npt nc d,i
know nothing werth telling. He~ nothing but New
York lawyer; I've shincd his boots many tiine.
II is said that tho average OF students entering
western colleges 10 higher than IL formerly wns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21

have only to rosd sir Charles Dukes speech -
night at tho City Liberal Club 70 80 how rejoice4
he is at the result But 1t il not case for mere -
fercnces There il tho most abundant and mose
positive testimony to tho fact that this collapse q
the Cabinet is delight to tho Cabinet itself s
saw enough Of 1t yesterday to hang thom al ifio
were but o hanging matter.-or, to be accurate. -
hang half dozen of them. The parts OF victor
and vanquished were reversed. 1t was the Tories
who went about London with long faces and per-
picked expressions II was the Liberals. and aboys
ALL the Liberal Ministers. whose crests hope elo-
waited and joy frightened There arc many reasons
for this singular transformation scene, some Of
them on the surface some less obvious, but all wei
worth q moments study o.ws
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21
4 STRLygE pFIt1lONsHTr.

fTeiH 1ht Lttt't faiIs yoHIhcc., oor ,rfa,t
Dcd--fn the town OF Columbia, May ~, 1852 i4iaa'
eon o! Un saes aud Ada Gage. .....
Qle tAc mothers side were conslns'
tie Qrpi the mothers siuo wctc sr
tcrs on the fathers sfle the grandparents were eo,s,
a,tl 10th were cousns 10 both OF the
or fe mothers side; the grca, greatIandno her on
the mother s side sieter 10 the greai
on tie fathers side; the great -gtadiner OH Wy
nelhet's sids Was brother both great great,
f,tacrs sie the great great gran
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21

the mothers side was uncle to the grandmother on
the atherss side, and double unclo to the
tho fathers side; the grea-grandparents ON tho
fathers side double uncle and aunt to the great
grandmother on the mothers side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21

torpedo or other warlike invention which. IL the
Government would only adopt it, would soon crush
The rebellion. aNow,' said the spokesman. we
have been here TO You time and again; yon have
referred us TO the Secretary Of War. to the Chief of
Ordnance and the General of the Army, and they
will give us no satisfaction. We have been kept
here, waiting till money and patience are ex-
haustef and VIC now come to demand of you final
reply TO eur application"
Mr.. Lincoln listened quietly 20 this insolent
trade and at it's close the old twinkle came into
his eye.
aYou three gentlemen remind me of story once
heard said he sof poor little boy out West who
had lost his mother. His father wanted to give
him religious education and 80 placed him in the
family OF clergyman whom he directed to instruct
the little fellow carefully in the Scriptures Every
day tho boy was required to commit to memory and
rccite one chapter of Che Bible. Things proceeded
smoothly until they reached that chapter which
Details the story of the trials OF Shadrach Meshacf
and Abednego In the fiery furnace The 10y got or
well until he was asked TO repeat these three
names, but he had forgotten them. { His teacher
told him he must learn them, and gave him another
Cay to do So Next day the boy again forgot them
Now, said the teacher, you have again failed t.
remember those names, ard you can 10 no further
till you have learned thcsa will give you another
day on this lesson and II You don't repeat the name.
1 will punish you A third time the hoy came tc
recite and got down to the stumbling block when
The clergyman said: Now tell me the names of tho
men sn the fiery furnace Oh, said the boy, here
come those three internal bores wish the devil
had themrn
Having received their final answer" the thre'
patriots retired, and at the Cabinet meeting whcl
followed directly after the President in high good
bumor. related how lie had dismissed his untmels
visitors.
The humorous aspect of subject never failed Il
strike him, and the illustrative story was as ready
Tor grave matter OF business as IN is lighter hours
OftAh during the war United states Mars,als made
stfcst and seizures the legality Of which would be
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-05-03
Ell CONFLICTO.

Dtterminados despachos de los
ultimamentes recibidos via San
Thomas anuncian graves noticia~
acerca del confiicto angIo-ruso.
A las capciosas Y reticente-
explicaciones dadas por Russia a
Inglaterra por el suceso que yin"
a complicar la situacidn, vemo-
que han sucedido en Inglaterra
conce>iones de cr61itos para Ia
guerra Y mayor excitaci6n contra
Russia. La guerra Sc creia "a inc
vitable.
TambiGn leemos que en- el
Afghanistan la ocurrido un nue-
vo combate en- ell cual perdieron
los rusoS 1000 hombres.
Mas decian aun los telegfama~
Il que nos reterimos, pues anadian
+.que ei Gar habia salido para
Moscow con el objeto de procIa-
mar la guerra.
De modo que, segun paFece
por todas estas noticias, 81 no Sc
la dec!arado ga la guerra entIe
Russia e Inglaterra, POGO falta va
para clio, aunque, 81 bien Sc mira,
declarada virtualmente va 10 eota.
DifIciIcs sen. va 10 hem0s d.
cho, los momentos actuales para
Inglaterra. SPodra conjurar su
marcha y salir airosa de los terri
bles compromises en- que Sc halla
9umida ia poderosa Albion?
FL tempo Sc encargara de dar
Ia repueeta.
Despu6s dc todo, como hemos
indicado va, Y no es exclusive
opinion nue>tra, la guerra entire
los rusos y los ingleses es segura,
mas aun, incontrastable, 81 no
ahora, manana
Dejemos que hablen los sucesos
~ esperem0s.
Mas no h6mos de soltar la
pluma sin convenir en- que, con-
forme aganza el progre>o material
de los pueblos y mayormente sc
pregonan las ideas de paz y de
fratefnidad, mas y mas alberto
permanece q temple de Jano; y
10 peor del caso es que no vemos
prooabilidades de que Sc cierren
sus puertas en- lo1sucesigo,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-05-03
Ell SR. BELLIDO.

d. Julian Ramon Gimenez Y
Bellido, Alcalde actual de Cabo-
Rojo, con gran satisfaction de los
vecinos de aquella poblaci6n, fue
en- 1868 Comandante Militar de
Naguabo, cuyo puesto conserve
hasta 1866, en- que pas6 a preotar
sus servicios er la Peninsula.
En- 1870 regres6 a Puerto Rico,
Y ocupo ell puesto de % Jefe del
Battalion de VaIladolid, hasta 1872.
En- esta fecha ase andi6 a Teniente
Coionel y paso 4 desempenar la
Comandancia departmental de
Aguadilla.
En- 1874 fue destinado q la Isla
de Cuba, mandando un battalion
en- operaciones, y ALI continue
hasta 1876, que volvio d Puerto
Rico de Gobernador del Castillo
de San Cristohal,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-05-03
BENITO PUIG.

Como Parroco de este mi anna
do pueblo de Manati, declare:
l9:s Que es falso de todo punto
lue nadie, 81 40 20, haya invitado
al r. P. Mazuelos, de la Compania
de JesGs, Il pasar en- esta pobla-
zion los dias de Semana Santa.
20 Que son calumniosas 6 In
dignas de toda persona bien ma
cida las inexactitudes que en- ell
peri6dico FL PAS de Mayagi Z
mum. 81, vierte el joven D. Anto-
MO Velez (a) " Yuri."
80 Que en- nombre de mi digno
companero ell r. P. Mazuelos, pro
testo con toda mi alma contra la
brutal manera de haber sido ira
tad0 este senior, no va como mi
nistro de Jesucristo, sino como
simple particular.
40 Que en- nombre de mis- que.
ridos feligreses, protesto igual-
mente contra los graves insultos
que les han sido inferidos por ell
citado joven A" Yuri'' ; y por dlti
mo:
Que con esta fecha me dirijo a
mi superior jerarquico, dantole
conocimiento de 10 ocurrido para
la resolution que estime conve-
niente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-05-03
Ell MUERMO.

De esta enfermedad asquerosa
y propia corlunmente de la raza
caballar Sc ha presentado algun
caso de contagio a seres raciona-
les en- la ciudad de Mayagiiez.
FL suceso tenfa un tanto alar-
mazda a dicha poblaci6n, Y no es
para menos, pnes Sc temia que ell
contagio adquiriese mayores pro-
porciones, 10 cual hubiera sido y
seria horrible.
Por fortuna las acertadas medi.
das de. Gobierno impediran pro-
babiemente ell curse del NAL. La
salida de esta poblaci6n del Vete-
rinario Sr. Ortiz ha producido
gran resultado para ell estudio de
dicha enfermedad. Immediate.
mente fuercn sacrifcados catorce
caballos atacados de aquel NAL, y
otros tantos Sc pusieron en- obser.
vaci6n.
Muy acertado nos parece. Pa.
ra evitar los peligros 10 primero
es extirpar el foco.
iEsto nos faltabal Pero quiera
Dios que con la sensible perdida
de un honrado vecino cese el Pc
Iigro del daf1o que sc teme.