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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
Bears Catching Salmon.

The salmon, the cousin Of the trout,
is famous for its method Of going up
stream; it darts at falls ten or twelve
feet high, leaps into the air and rushes
up the falling water in marvellous man
ner. So determined are the salmon to
attain the high and safe waters, that in
some localities nets are placed beneath
the falls, into which the fish tumble in
their repeated attempts to clear the hill
of water. Other than human hunters,
moreover, profit by these scrambles up
hill. Travellers report that on the banks
of the upper st. John river, in Canada,
there was once a rock in which a large
circular well, or pot-hole, had been
worn by the action of the water. At
the salmon season, this rock proved a
favorite resort for bears; and for good
reason. Having an especial taste for
salmon, the bears would watch at the
pot-hole, and as the salmon, dashing up
the fall, were thrown by its force into
the rocky basin, the years would quickly
scrape them out of the pot-hole, and the
poor salmon would be eaten before they
had time to wonder at this unlocked for
reception. The Dominion government
finally authorized party of hunters to
destroy the pot-hole. and thus break up
the bears fishing ground.-St. Nicholas.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
Louis RieI's LasL Work.

A brief and picturesque history Of the
Metis people, the half-breeds, whose re.
bellion caused the hanging Of Riel, is
published by the New York Star. 1t is
the work of the last days of the half
breed, Louis Riel, and was left as a
legacy to set before the world the true
history of his people. he traces the
settlement of some French in the Cana
dian Northwest their intermarriage with
the Indian women, and their adoption-of
the hunting and farming life on the
plains The government authority in
terposed and disarranged many of their
plans and land settlements, and, accord
ing to Riel, took away nearly all their
rights and made life unbearable The Do
minion, Riel says, at length put aside
all moderation. Itsold to colonization
society whole Metis parish; it sold the
parish Of st. Louis de Langeyin, with
the church land on which chapel was
being built; it sold the school lands and
the property Of thirty-fve families. ''Is
it astonishing that the Metis rose in re-
voltY" he asked.
The first rebellion, he says, left the
Saskatchewan half breeds undealt with,
and he adds: II crossed the lines with
out arms and without ammunition,
taking with me my wife and children. l
did notthink Of war. came to draw
up petitions. The government of Ot-
tawa in 1870 had drawn up with me an
agreement, not one clause of which in
my favor had it yet carried out came
to petition for my people and for myself,
to ask the Dominion government for
what belonged to US, in the hope of OBJ
tain1ng at least something if we could
not get complete satisfaction"
He says that marching troops through
American territory is favor which
Britain and Canada abused by misgov-
erning the Metis in despotie manner,
quite contrary to the principles of the
United States.
The manuscript was sold to the Star
by Father Andre, who attended Riel at
the execution, and is signed s'Louis
David Riel, American citizen"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
Restored to sigIlt.

Science has made great progress in
treating diseases Of the eye. Cataract in
most cases can be relieved, and good
working vision restored, even in the very
aged. The disease consists in the crys-
talline lens becoming opaque, and its
treatment, in removing>the lens and
supplying its place with glasses.
There is another still more prevalent
disease Of the eye, in which the iris be-
comes of a milk. white opacity. This
disease has been looked on as nearly hope
less. But last year the surgeon to the
St. Paul's Eye and Ear hospital, Eng
land, treated case of the kind with
success which fairly astonished him, and
which leads him to anticipate in the
future as favorable results as in other
grave diseases of the eye. The girl was
in her twentieth year, and had always
been blind. One eye was plainly beyond
relief. But the iris of the left eye did
not everywhere adhere to the cornea. 1t
seemed to the girl, however, as blind as
the other eye, and she could not distin-
guish her fingers held closely before it.
Still, there was trifing perception of
light. By several operations, extending
through nearly two months. the adj
hesions were severed. Contrary
to expectation, the lens was found to be
transparent and otherwise in good con-
dition, though the long tension had re-
suited in producing myopia (short-sight-
edness). There was also good-sized
pupil, though temporarily ragged on
two sides from the cuts, and the minute
muscles Of the iris had retained in full
the sensibility and contractility. Glasse
remedied the myopia, and in les
than two months the girl was able,
with some difficulty, to read ordinary
print, and coarser print with ease. Mean.
while the vision became clearer What
seems surprising in the case, is that the
retina had retained its sensitiveness, and
the muscles of the iris their sensibility
and full power of action, through the
disease of twenty years, it being a
general law that disused muscle or or
gan in time loses its functional power.
We all read with interest accounts of
the first impressions felt by those whose
sight had been suddenly restored. In
this case, the sensations were quite pecu-
liar. The first was one of profound hor-
ror When she first became conscious of
sight and space, her feeling was like
that of one who looks over precipice,
and she seemed to regret that she had
consented to be taken out Of her life
long darknessa Time corrected the mis-
apprehension She learned her letters
in q day, and to read in week
Youths Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
THE PRINCES RETURN
A CHRISTMAS SKETCH.

A few small dead leaves came rustling
down Happy Court; the wind had blown
them off the poplar tree in the corner by
the pump.
Bobbie counted them, for he stood at
the window of the shabbiest house in
the Court with his nose hattened against
the window-pane.
''One, two, three, four, fiven he said,
counting the dead leaves.
Presently he put his hand in his
pocket, and began jingling the pennies
there.
''one, two, three, four, nhe said. ''Oh
dear, but there ought to be five. For a
pen-wiper costs five, and the old lady
won't take any lessl"
The house opposite had tall green
bush showing at the window, and the
three little Smiths were dancing around
it, making faces and beckoning across to
Bobbie.
ssNo won't, /" said Bobbie, as though
they could hear him, 81 amt going to
come over. I'm going to stay here till
sister Mary comes. J"
Just then tall girl turned the corner
of the street and came merrily up the
Court. She had hair as yellow as Bob
bie's, and the same eyes of startled
brown. Bobbie rushed down the rick
ETY. stairs and opened the door for her.
ibid you see the butcher man, round
the corner, and his little pigs with the
holly in their mouths2' And the candy
store with the pink and white Kriss
Kringles, and the grocery"
eyes, yes, Bobbie," she said; patting
his eager head; ''now let me sit down
awhile and rest myself, and then I'll tell
you of all the fine sights I've seen
to-day"
So Bobbie pulled Out the big chair by
the window, and ran t. hang up her hat
and coat Staying in the lonesome
house all day long by himself, had made
him as tidy and thoughtful as girl.
Then Mary sat down in the chair with
Bobbie at her feet, and told him of all
the wonderful things in the uptown
shop windows.
Bobbie's eyes grew like stars; he
sighed softly to himself, and in his ex-
citement pulled out the pennies from his
pocket, and began counting them over
once more.
1t was poor little room; the carpet
was so patched that it looked like coat
threadbare. The paper on the wall
that had once been full of gay colored
boughs and blossoms, now showed only
few sickly leaves sprawling against a
dingy white.
But the rosy little fire tlickered and
futtered, and the sun falling in a patch
upon the floor brought the poplar
shadows with it; and Bobbie's yellow
hair and Mary's together, made warmth
and color for what would else have been
dull picture
soMary came to the end Of the sights
she had seen, and Bobbie asked:
SIS that ala And it's most like the
prince, amt it, Maryan
ga little, . said Mary, smiling to her
self, for she knew what was coming
next.
sOnce there was prince, began
Bobbie twas it a long time ago,
Marya'
BE always asked this question here,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
HANG1NG UP TIE STOCKINGS


Night has fallen DER the snowdrifts,
Pillowed is each baby head;
And the Christmas-tree is laden
For the children are in bed.
Side by side the little stockings,
Hang upon the nursery wall,
Santa Claus came down the chimney
Thro' the snow, to fill them all.
Plump and full see them hanging
Holding all their treasures fast;
And beyond these tiny stockings,
Visions greet me from the Past.
Scenes from my own sunny childhood
Frightened by mothers love;
Ever-present love that guided
Where my little feet might move.
And again see bright stockings,
Like the cbildren's, plump and small
Flashing crimson in the freight,
Hang upon the nursery wall
Stockings filed by loving fingers.
Ere the tired hands reposed;
When my baby mouth was silent,
And my happy eyes were closed
SS Oh, the blessed faith OF chlldhoodl
Fled from me for evermorel
All your joys are passed and vanished,
Christmas mirth for me is o'er
have seen each bright hope perish,
Watched each thing that loved me die
To the beauty of my childhood
1 have said a long good-by.
Yet when Christmas SHOWS lie heavy.
And / watch the white fakes fall,
Memory haunts me with her pictures
OF bright stockings on the wall
Pictures of my fair dead mother
OF the love that crowned my life,
When l dreamed Of dolls and playthings,
Not Of worldly care and strife
On my lap my hands lie idle,
Let me dream awhile tonight,
Not of womanhood and wisdom,
But of childhood, love and light.
Let me feel that sweet faith stirring
All my heart now as of old,
Faith in Santa Claus gift-laden
Creeping in through snow and cold.
Leave the hopes of youth behind me,
Trample fame beneath my feet,
Take me back to sunny childhood,
When my life was fresh and sweetl
What have lore and learning broughtme,
That / would not give again2-
What has womanhood e'er taught me,
But that life is bitter pain!
All, tonight place in fancy
One more stocking on the wall,
Tis my life with its dropped stitches
In the web l see them all.
Take, oh, TimeI your years of learning;
Take your gifts, spurn them ALI
Give me back the faith of childhood.
Hang my stocking on the wall.
-Nettie PotOer Houstan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17

Of which must have weighed more than
100 pounds, were offered. How those
pigs were 20 beautifully Drowned, with
their eyes and other branches Of their
body 50 perfect, is mystery to an
American observer. Beside these there
were piles of roasted chickens and
lambs, etc.
The ceremonies did not conclude until
nearly o'clock on Saturday morning.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
THE HOME DOCTOR.


Everybody has cure for this trouble,
but simple remedies appear to be most
eifectual. Salt and water is used by
many as gargle, but little alum and
honey dissolved in sage tea is better. An
application of clothes wrung out of hot
water and applied to the neck, changing
as often as they begin to cool, has the
most potency for removing Inflammation
of anything we ever tired. 1t should be
kept up for number of hours; during
the evening is usually the most CON
venient time for applying this remedy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
NUMBER liz.

Bay place their dead ia carved wood
en- sarcophagi, and inclose them with
rectangular tent of some white material.
The Indians of Costa Rica bury theh
dead in huts constructed " plated palm
reeds, the bodies thus being preserved
for three years, fed at rare intervals, and
dressed in holiday attire Oh The anniver.
sary Of their death.
There are also canoe burials. DsaDsy,
Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
a Sailor.

"Are you sailorgn asked Babster's
bright boy Of spook the other evening.
No, my son" replied Spook, "a sea
faring life has no attraction for me. =
''But you are a sailor" said young
Babster.
'sNo, my child, you are mistaken
"Well, at any rate, mother said she
had seen you half seas over more'n a
hundred times. Lynn Union.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17

about letters unanswered and long spell
Of sickness and weary months Of seeking,
It was all about the prince who came
back once more to the beautiful, faith
ful princess. so they married, and
were happy ever after. - Lasetts Wood-
scOrth Reese, IN 81. Louis Magazine
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17
Moral.

A merchant once
Was Penny wise,
And would not spend
To advertise.
After death,
Upon his tomb,
"a wag inscribed
Those words Of gloom.
ellis life was but
A long suspense.
He died worth
Four and twenty cents. "
MORAL.
If you would save,
Economic;
But do not fail
To advertise,
For this you'll find
The world field
That will a glowing
Harvest yield.
--Nesc York World
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-12-17

1t now turns out that the flute was in
vented by Lydians about /, 200 years BE.
This is too long to hold resentment, and
we shall accordingly draw the slugs
from our horso-pistol. = Yonkers Gasstto
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
A Campaign Secret Given Away.

I'm the campaign of 1884 the two candidates
for governor In a pivotal" Western State
arralgned for a series Of joint discussions
Both men were popular, both Of fine appear
ance and were 50 well matched in mental
force ard as orators that the contest between
them promised 70 be a magnificent cre. Fer
several weeks the scales balanced evenly.
But one day the brilliant Republican can
didate anne up ailing He seemed overcome
and spoke laboredly. The next day be was
even less effective. Later he was compelled
TO ask his opponent for 6 postponement OF
certain appointments, which was granted.
Before the campaign ended he had aban-
doned the field altogether4
Meantime the Democratic candidate con-
tlnued his canvass, seeming TO grow stronger,
cheerler and more effective with each sue
ceeding week He was elected One evening
in December while entertaining several gen.
tlenten he SAID.
y will fell you a campaign secret-which
gave me the election. With the openiug of
my campaign l began caFsg for my liver. ]
knew that a disordered ort1rpid liver meant
dizziness and possible sickness. took some.
thing every day. When my opponent began
failing | knew his trouble to b bis liver and
felt like prescribing for him, but feared II
did SO he might beat me-. l grew stronger as
the campaiED progressed, often making two
speeches a Gay. Even my voice, to my sur
prise, did not fail me once. All because
Warmers safe cure kept me in A l trim.
Ex-Governor Jacob. of Kentucky, also made
a campaign tour under precisely similar cir,
cumstances and says he kept up under the ex'
h~austing strain by use of the same means
Rochester Union.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
Secret II essag~

When the late Sir Henry Ps,kas was q
captive in Pekin during the troubles OF
1850 he and his comrade, Mr.. Loeb. were
ordered to write q note to the British
envoy, Lord Elgir, stating that they
Were. well tfeated, though they were IN
dergoing confinement in a loathsome
prison, and had been loaded down with
heavy chains. The note was written in
Chinese by command, but the gentleman
in signing it managed to convey an idea
of their real s. uatlon by q message in
Hindoostanee introduced about their
signatures, which looked like so many
twirls and fourishes.
An n wer to this note, together with
q bundle of clothes, was received BY the
prisoners after q week had elapsed. The
answer contained nothing of importance.
and the presence of the Chinese guard
prevented an examination of the clothes.
But during the night Sir Henry simu-
lated an attack of cholera, and insisted
that the guard should carry him into the
open air. They finally consented, and
during their absence Mr.. Locn found a
message worked in red thread on the
tail of one of the shirts the bundle con-
tanned. It had been stitched ty Lord
John Hay, who had been taught to en-
broider by his mother, end read: "Will
attack in three da1A Where are yon4"
-8 n0c To~~
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
bodies Of the Dead Twins.

An unusual suit was commenced N the
Milwaukee circuit court by Mrs. Joseph
Fischer, mother of female twins, which
died at the time of birth. The babes
were perfect in form, with the exception
of being joined by a firm growth Of flesh
at the breast, the union extending from
near the waist to the cheek. They were
taken in charge by the midwife and
placed in alcohol. where they have since
been examined by a great many phya-
clans. The mother c aims that the man
Sher in which the babes have been die
posed of was without her consent and
against her wishes, and brings action for
the recovery of their bodies.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
The Mother Knew.

Fond mother-"Now look here,
George, | want you to break off with
that girl. She is very pretty and all
that. but | know her too we'll TO want
you to risk your life and happiness by
marrying her. Why. she knows no
more about housekeeping than l do
about Greek: not a bit
George-"Perhaps not, but she can
learn"
after marriage is rather late for
that. George"
But you said yourself that you did
not know a thing about housekeeping
until after YOU were married."
VERY true, George. and your poor
father died of dyspepsia twenty years
ago"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
Mothers Should Note This.e

Under this caption an old physician
writes to a Cincinnati Medical Journal,
that in view Of the fact that people liv-
ing at a distance from cities are fire.
quently obliged to resort to cough mix
lures already put up for use, they should
provide themselves with only such rene
dies as are known to he free from opiates,
p~oisons and narcotics THUS avoiding not
only danger, but even fatal results. He
recommends the recently discovered Red
Star Cough Cure which analyses and
tests by various Boards of Health proved
to be purely vegetable as well as prompt,
effective and entirely harmless.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03

The unprecedented success and merit of
Ely's Cream Balm-a real cure for catarrh,
hay-fever, and cold in the head-has induced
many adventures to place catarrh medicines
bearing some resemblance in appearance,
style or name upon the market, in order to
trade upon the reputation of Ely's Cream
Balm. Many in your immediate locality will
testify in highest commentator of it. Don't
be deceived. Buy only Ely's Cream Balm.
A particle is applied into each nostril: no
pain, agreeable to use. Price soc. Druggists.
Hay-Fever. | have been a great sufferer
from Hay-Fever for Is years. read of the
many wondrous cures by Ely's Cream Balm
and thought | would try once more. In Il
minutes after one application l was wonder
fully helped. Two weeks ago I commenced
using it and now / feel entirely cured. 1t is
the greatest discovery ever known or heard
of-DUHUMAL CLARK. Farmer, Lee, Mass
Price SO cents
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
CheaD Paintings.

Buckeyes are made in large estab-
lishments in this city, but more extern
sively in New York. The proprietor
engaged a number of i~mpecunious men
with some knowledge of painting and
a certain sort of skill in welding a
brush rapidly. A piece of canvass is
stretched the length of a very long
room. This is marked off into sections
of the desired size, say two feet in
length. Now comes an artist with a
big pot of green paint and a brush sim
liar to those used by professors ofkal-
soming. With great sweeps, walking as
helays on the color. he gives the botto M
of the entire stretch of canviss an en-
erald covering. Then if he Is about
to infict a landscape on the public, he
arms himself with a pot Of yellow paint
and spread its contents in a central
streak on the canvas, and next COM
pletes his work by a journeyofrom one
end of the room to the other, spreading
blue paint at the top as he goes. An
other artist" with a crayon, now
stencils the figures of the landscape,
making in one corner tree, in another
a house, in the rear a mountain and so
on. Again comes the first man with
his pot of green paint, we will say.
In picture No, |, as marked by the
subdivisions in every ten feet of the
canvas. with a quick movement, guild
ed by the crayon lines, he forms what
he calls a tree. Then he proceeds to
No. , and repeats the process, and so
on until perhaps No. 30 is reached.
Following him is a fellow "artist'
with brown paint. perhaps, who fills
the house, and SO is each detail of the
picture completed. the colors being
filled IN just rs a chrome is printed.
The result in a few hours is a stretch
of thirty buckeyes" all alike. They
are cut apart, mounted in cheap but
very SduuS lIdilleS anu otttTIou on a
regular auction circuit that takes in
the prominent cities.
The 'p~ot-boiier' is a very different
product. An excellent artist, perhaps,
wakes up some morning after a few
days of iollifcation to find the larder
empty and the decanter dry, but HIM
self both hungry and thirsty. He has
been neglecting his work for a time,
but something must be done, and
quickly, to keep the pot boiling. In
his dire necessity his brush dashes of
something born OF the moment, and it
is sent TO the nearest picture dealer
and sold for whatever he is willing to
give. But a "pot-boiler'. may bear the
stamp of genius: may possess much
merit 1t is certainly the product of
an artist; a buckeye never is. Now dc
you understand the difference?-PhiI
G1e}pLi1 Mars
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
An Inventors Advice.

George Stevenson, when advising young
men how to get on, would finish by saying !:
years he plodded and worked before giving
the finishing touches to his locomotive. Ir
as many days those persevering in the use of
Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery have
experienced great relief and found themselves
on the high road to health. Liver complaints,
impure blood, chronic lung diseases and many
others yield to its healing influences never te
return. All druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
hvers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it pre-
fer it to all others. Physicians have decided it
superior to any of the other oils in market. Made
by CasweI, Hazard Il Co., New York.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
AT Sanoma Cal. q farmer has rs,s

AT Ssnoma Cal, a farmer has raise
five cork trees, which are now twenty
five to thirty feet in height and from te-
TO twelve inches in diameter. One Goa
of cork, one and a quarter inches thick,
has been stripped off. The 7 resem-
bles the live oak in foliage. The seed,
were brought from Spain twenty year,
ago
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-10-03
LonRfeIlow's Birthday BOOK

is a beautiful present to give any lady. But
form, with no pretentions to literary merit,
that would be as appropriate, and might be
the means Of saving a life. 1t is called DR..
r. V. Pierce's treatise on diseases Of women,
for whose peculiar troubles the "Favorite
Prescription" is especially designed. 1t is pro
fusely illustrated with wood cuts and colored
plates, and will be sent to any address for ten
cents in stamps, by the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.