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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
railroad Accidents and Color. Blindness.

It has not been the duty Of the writer
to investigate cases of accident which
might have been caused by defects of
sight, but be has been assured by officials
that solution will hereafter be found
in them for those hitherto insoluble mys
teries where men. otherwise credible,
have so fatty contradicted themselves
and the circumstances Of the case. BY
one prominent officer he was told that,
being upon train at night, delayed by
some slight accident, he himself took
red lantern, and going proper distance
back placed himself on the track in the
way of an on-coming train, but finding
his light not observed he was compelled
to dash it into the cab to attract the en-
gineer's attention, and arrest him in his
progress to a collision. Upon the ex-
animation Of another engineer, his su-
perior officer being present and convinced
of his marked color blindness remarked
that but short time before the man had
run into the rear of train properly pro-
tected by red light in the hands Of
brakeman some distance in the rear, that
the most careful investigation had re-
suited only in the suspension Of the
brakeman for not having gone far enough
back, but that he was now satisfied that
the color blindness of the engineer had
been the real cause of the accident. Some
slight or minor accidents recently led to
the discovery that another engineer had
by some oversight not been tested in his
division, and this led to his examination
and detection there, and to his convic-
ton by the writer as a color-blind. Still
another case now presents itself. An
engineer some time ago ran over and
killed brakeman holding danger
signal on the track in front Of his engine,
ana no satisfactory explanation could
then be given; but the division examiner
predicted that he would probably be
found color-5hnd, and on his examine
ton this proved to be the case.-Pepuzar
Science Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
The Last charae at Shiloh.

From General Grants account Of the
battle Of Shiloh in the Century we quote
the following: "This day everything
was favorable to the Federal side. We
now had become the attacking party.
The enemy was driven back all day, as
we had been the day before, until finally
he beat precipitate retreat. The last
point held by him was near the road
from the landing to Corinth, on the left
of Sherman and right of McClernand.
About o'clock, being near that point,
and seeing that the enemy was giving
way everywhere else, gathered up
couple Of regiments, or parts of regi-
ments, from troops near by, formed them
in line of battle and marched them for
ward, going in front myself to prevent
premature or long range firing. At this
point there was clearing between us
and the enemy favorable for charging,
although exposed I knew the enemy
were ready to break, and only wanted
little encouragement from US to go quick
ly and join their friends who had started
earlier. After marching to within mus
ket-range, stopped and let the troops
pass. The command, charge, was given,
and was executed with loud cheers, and
with . run, when the last Of the enemy
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
NEWSY GLEANINGS

MORE than 20O, 900 Americans are winter
ing in Europe.
CALBoRN1A grows large crops of the sue
culent peanut.
OF the $4,000 Indians in Dakota $4,000
speak English.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, is bankrupt and its en-
ployes are unpaid.
GEoRGIA's cotton factories have more or
ders than they can fill.
THE United States uses three times as much
paint as any other country.
THE invitations to the presidential Inaugui-
alton ball viii number l2,OJO.
THE highest priced pew in Grace church,
New York, is $1,000 per year.
FIFTEEN republics Of Spanish America
have exhibits at New Orleans
BARNUM says his show took in 81, 600
during the past tenting season
KIT CARsoN's monument at Santa Fe is to
be unveiled on Decoration day.
A MASSACHUSETTS physician has induced
forty young men to stop smoking.
A PEARL has been found on the western
Australian coast valued at $4,000
AREvERsIBLE boot which may be worn
indIfferently on either foot, has been
patented.
THE fire record for 1891 shows losses in the
United States and Canada to the extent Of
$l12OOO,0yO.
NEARLY 5000 patents on churns have been
issued in this country alone, and yet butter is
as hard to get as ever.
MEXICO maintains an agricultural college
at its capital, the appropriations for which
last year were $685., ,S4S.
F. g. F1KAEDER, a Finnish clergymen, is
in Michigan looking for land on which to
place a COLONY of 5000 Firms
LEPRosY is increasing so rapidly in Homo
lulu that government action is about To be
taken to prevent its spreadaif possible.
THE losses by strikes in England in the last
ten years have been Sl34, ,000, coo to the work
ingmen, and to the employers $2l, 100000.
THE Congregational Year Book of England
Just published shows that there are now ,S47
Congregational churches in England and
Wales.
NINE New York defaulters, five from
Chicago, four from Boston, and several from
other American cities, are said to be living
in Canada.
FLOATING sawmills are common Oh the
Lower Mississippi. They pick up the drift
ing logs, turn them into lumber, and sell the
products to planters along theshore.
IT Is stated that since the November elec-
tion d hundred boy babies have been chris
tened Grover Cleveland, to each one of which
the Prszidentrelect has sent his photograph
A RooHzsTRR N. y patent medicine
firm has made contract with a
glass company in Philadelphia for q zoo ,00G
BOTTLES This - the largest contract of tha
kind ever known.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
GarfieId's Inaugural Ball.


The ball given in 1881 in honor Of
President Garfield excelled all its prede-
cessors in point Of attendance. The
National Museum building was then ap-
preaching completion, and the interior
was converted for the occasion into
ballroom, which for spaciousness and
elegance has seldom been equaled. The
roomy rotunda, nsves and halls and rows
of arches and columns afforded fine op-
portunities for decoration. A plaster
statue of liberty was erected in the ro-
tunda holding aloft an electric light.
On the piers about the rotunda were de-
vices in bass relief, representing industry,
science, painting, sculpture, architecture,
agriculture, commerce and navigation.
The design, which was followed success
fully, was to make the temporary dec
orations harmonize with the permanent
architectural ornaments of the building.
Rows of gas jets ran from column to col
umn The President and ex-President
and their families, General Hancock,
General Sheridan, members of the diplo-
matte corps and number of high officials
were admitted by the northwest en-
trance. Adjoining this entrance were
retiring rooms and a handsomely fitted
up parlor for the President, the ex-Presi-
dent and their parties. The order of the
procession to them main hall was as follows:
The President, with J. W. Thompson
and Hon. George Bancroft, chairman of
the executive and reception committees.
Ex-President Hayes, with Judge Shell
abarger and DR.. yelling; members of
the committee; Mrs. Garfield, with
Colonel Corbin and Mr.. Riddle; Mrs.
Hayes, with Mr.. John B. Alley, and
others in their appointed order. The
reception took place in the western hall,
the receiving party standing with their
backs to the western door. There was a
low barricade in front of the party.
Here, with certain gentlemen of the COM
mittees, stood the ex-President, the
President, Major Swain, Mrs. Garfield,
Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Hazen. The pre-
sentations to the President were made by
DR.. yelling. Several members Of Pres
ident Hayes cabinent with ladies stood
back of this party during the reception,
which concluded at Ii A. NJ. It is esti-
mated that about $500 people attended
the reception and ball. People began to
arrive before 9 o'clock. There were SO
many carriages that the line ex-
tended outside of the Smithsonian
grounds and far down the street. The
grounds were lighted with calcium lights,
and the facilities for getting in and out
Of the building were looked after with
care. Opposite the hall where the Presi-
dent held his reception band Of sixty
musicians was stationed in the galleries.
The dancing music was furnished by
another band Of one hundred musicians.
- Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
What NJ Knew.

''Good morning." greeted travelling
man, as he came into the editors sane
tum.
Chow d'y,n said the editor.
'sFine day." continued the t. m.
eyes; what do you known pursued
the editor, fitting back in his chair to re-
ceive the latest news.
toh, nothing, nothing at ALL"
''That SOP
"Yep.n
swell man told me YOU didn't know
anything, but I'll be blamed if I thought
you'd acknowledge it yourself
The travelling man scratched his head
and wondered what right an editor had
to catch him dp on little convention
ality like that. Merchant 7yasslsr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.

It has been demonstrated by DR.. Hans
Molisch that the roots Of plants may be
detected from their normal direction by
exposure ON one side to certain gases.
II such gases are in moderate quantities
the roots bend away from their source;
if in larger quantities, toward such
source. The side of the root exposed to
the action Of the gas grows more strong
ly than the other.
Not only, says BrundenelI Carter, has
the acuteness of vision of civilized man
fallen below the standard common among
savage nations. but at the same time the
eyes of civilized man often depart from
the normal or approximately spherical
formation, either becoming fattened
from back to front, SO as to bring the
retina too near the surface, or elongated
from front to back, so as to remove the
retina too far from the surface.
A German experimenter, Professor e.
Wollny, has found that soil covered with
living herbage or dead vegetable matter
is colder in summer and warmer in win,
ter than bare soil under otherwise similar
conditions. The difference of tempera-
ture is greater in summer and least in
spring and autumn. Bare soil heats
more quickly in autumn than spring
and cools more quickly than that covered
with living or dead vegetable natter.
1t is well known to mineralogists that
while ago large number Of crystals Of
smoky quartz were found in Switzerland,
the beauty, size, and peculiarity of
which excited much interest among ex-
perts. In the course Of an investigation
into the physical characteristics Of
these crystals the singular fact
appears that on being heated they
lose their smoky appearance, becoming
as limpld and colorless as the most beau
tiful rock crystal.
In experiments by Profs. Milne and
Gray it has been determined that normal
earthquake waves are transmitted through
hardened mud at the rate of 437 feet per
second, and transverse waves at 357 feet
per second. Mallett's earlier expert
ments showed that earthquakes traverse
sand at a speed of sS5 feet, jointed
granite 1906 feet, and solid granite
1865 feet per second. Prof. Ewing
considers the last number to be very
much too small.
The remarkable river Reka rises in the
Austrian province Of Carniola, and dis
appears in the Karst caves. There are
reasons for believing that it flows long
distance underground, emerging twenty
miles away as the Timavo, stream
which mysteriously pours out Of hill
side. Members Of the Austro- German
Alpine club have lately attempted an ex-
ploration of the subterranean course of
the Reka, and have succeeded in follow
ing it about one furlong, passing six
waterfalls and reaching seventh which
proved to be impossible without special
apparatus One Of the caverns encoun-
tered is reported to be capacious enough
to contain St. Peters cathedral of Rome.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
Value cf 4 Ton 81 Gold.

One ton $4,000 pounds avoirdupois) Of
gold or silver contains 80. 1873 troy ounces,
and, therefore, the value of ton Of pure
gold is 5000, 1891, and ton Of silver,
$S7, 704.S4.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs
1,218.75 pounds avoirdupois; cubic
foot Of pure silver weighs e55.25 pounds
avoirdupois.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
S,6s5.s pounds avoirdupois; 81, 600, 600
silver coin weighs 5S, sss. 9 pounds avoir-
dupois. Aeehanical Enginesr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
WOODBURY., N J.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2s 1885.
.sThis is Mr. Hepworsh, i.n,t ia Your

'This is Mr.. Hepworth, isn't its Your
uncle recommended yen to me and asked
nae to speak to you about place in our
Office. I am Mr.. Bernard Share" and
he held out his hand to me gravely.
Reluctantly I drew that hideous hand
rom behind me and shook hands with
him. This was the man who insisted on
neatnessl He started at the sight of the
spotted finger, of course. and l tried to
explain the matter nonchalantly by say
ing:
'Don't think have smallpox, or have
been putting my finger in paint-pOt.
The fact is, / left the labratory late this
afternoon, too late to remove some chem
icals which I spilled on my hand, and a
split in my glove has disclosed what I
Aattered myself could keep hidden"
''Yes, you young scoundrel, you have
been hiding it long while, " said voice
behind me. Uncle Mark, OF course; he
had come up to introduce me, and had
overheard me. ''Share, I withdraw my
recommendation of this young man, as I
am now convinced that he is liar, and
a sneak" then turning to me he said:
"And ! wish you to understand, sir, that
am no relative of yours after this. I
have no nephew. You hear me, Share,
] don't know the young man"
II had already decided that he would
not do for me-, replied Mr.. Share.
I got away from that miserable place
as soon as could, and I have decided
not to leave the laboratory, in fact, chem
istry is the only thing left for me now
since lost legacy, place in business,
and the girl loved, and all by ripped
glove!- Washington Hatchet.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29
ONCE AND AoAIrs.

saw two children intertwine
Their arms about each otheg,.
Like the little tendriIs of vine
About Its nearest brother;
And ever and anon,
As gayly they ran on,
Each looked into the others face,
Anticipating an embrace.
marked these two when they were men:
] watched them meet one day:
They touched each others hands, and then
Each went on his own way.
There did not seem a tie
OF love, the lightest chain,
To make them turn a lingering eye,
Or press the hand again.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-01-29

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has prepared a
list Of nearly 200 women now employed
In daily journalism.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

The County Board has just open
ed good winter road from the old
Bayfield, road northward to Lake Su-
perior at the English Colony's town
OF Clevedon at the mouth of the Brule
River, distance Of nine miles. TIE
road leaves the Bayfield, road on the
section line between sections 81 and
Is, town IS, range 10 and runs north
ward on the section line which takes
IT along the west bank of the Brule
River from few rods to a mile away
from the river, The road will be "A
great convenience to the settlers and
lumbcrmen in the northeastern part of
our county. George Renais and Paul
Robert had the contract for doing the
work. Another season the road should
he widened and turnpiked
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
total amount of ore :

The total amount of ore shipped
from this place to Agate bay since the
opening of navigation, has been 227,-
600 tons. This amount, with the ex-
ception OF q few tons, has been shipp-
ell to the eastern market, and the rest
will be taken out if possible. This is
an exceptionally good showing for
mine that has been in operation for
less than two years, and during that
time has only shipped for the past fif-
teen months. The company fell short
about 1900 tons of the expected out
put for the season. The work Of min
ing will be carried on as rapidly as
possible during this winter, seven hun
drad men, at the least, and possibly
more, viii be employed.-Tower Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

"A local correspondent of Du-
luth paper claims that high rents are
making vacant stores and drying bus
mess men away from Duluth Our
friend DIR. Austin, who is The owner of
several store buildings and probably
rs good boomer as Duluth has, re-
plies to the correspondent in long
letter claiming that rents are not too
high and that all who complain are
klckers and grumblers and says that
they should move over to Superior
and live with jim PARDON" Well,
we never heard before that there was
an asylum in Superior for kickers, but
il jim has opened such an institu-
ton we venture the prediction that
lie has struck it rich, and will make
money out of it if he will only admit
all afflicted Duluthians at even the low
price Of one dollar a head.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
-SophronIa-"What i n pes

-Sophronla-"What Is Il pessi-
mist" \ Pessimist is a man who
growls when the meat Is oyerdoue,
growls when it IS underdone. growls
when it is neither over or under done.
and cannot see anything good in the
world except when he is looking into
his mirror To your other question,
what is an optimiSt?n We reply that
he is whole souled, jolly-but call
in and see Us in person some day; we
don't charge anything for being look
ed n.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05


- his h.a%cs Il man WISH he was IN
! i"i''.ii.
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New Yeays card. at 4. c. Rrowy's.
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->r. ami Ms. Hiram Hayes, as
sisted by number OF their Intimate
friends, celebrated their silver wedd-
ing last Monday evening.
The Trihrnc saws tho+ Dr q \
NIunlock Of this city is about 70 move
to nulnth. The people Of Duluth
have Our heartfelt svmpathy.
900 s.'';
7, .'''J co re-, sh'nSle nol's Gcii'ered Ut
'5''ii'@ie -H'li III superior, 'nl7 WINTER
> ~ ! Al l.
The annual report of the Board
Of Supervisors. which we publish to-
day, crowd, out much other matter
Il viii be interesting. however, TO
most Of our readers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
Our civil service reform preside

Our civil service reform president
has relieved Dr. Smith of Duluth, of
the fatigueing duty of drawing his
$500 salary as collector Of that port.
Mayor Moore, a e-back offensive
partisan " of the bourbon STAN, will do
that work now. Louder on the re-
form please.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

Frank Brewer, favorite negro
minstrel Of oIden time, walked into
the bar room Of the metropolitan one
morning, dusty and unkept from a
long journey, and asked for a glass Of
brandy. The barkeeper handed out
the brandy, and then, suspicious of
Franks appearance, Just pay for
that before YOU drink it, will you?"
Frank, who was as well known in New
York rs amy man about town. looked
up astonished, and stammcred,
"W-w-wha.?' Just pay for that
brandy before yop drink it" repeated
the bartender. "W-w-why," said
Frank, leaning couf!entiaIiy across
the coG4.ar, is it 50 im-m-m-mediate-
i EEta;aj in its e.ttct?2
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

is the Pioneer Press trying to get
into the Democratic wigwam? or has
Mr.. Villas been feeding it taffy?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

1t looks as though the tories were
going to rule i'll England.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

The Boston Transcript is on deck
with this assertion: Seekers OF the
CaIopogon puIchellus Pogonio ophio-
glosoides, and Cpripedium spectabile
do not need to 90 to Lake Memphrc-
magog for them" True enough! These
specimens Of zoology have been
seen in Kentucky by many prominent
eoLoneIs and indges.-Ingleside.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

% casionaIly we hear of even tie
vcry hardest criminal observing to the
Letter some spiritual admonition which
strikes him rs being particularly hap
py Such an instance was cited by
the sheriff Of la Crosse, Wis, while
visiting Minneapolis, few days since,
when that official recalled to mind the
fact that Batto and Maxwell, the two
notorious crdcksmen who were confin-
cd in the prison at that place, made
their escape from the institution while
the good chaplain was dscoursing on
the text, Cast Off thy shackles and
fee from The house Of sin. Press
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
The Superior Times.


The above rates apply To GEtRLY advertise
Eleuts ONLY short time rates given on applica-
tiau...... ProfessianG. cards occupying LESS than
one inch Of space. 5000 per YEAR. legal al-
yertisiuE at legal rates --. transient adycrlis-
Tglayable iaadvauce- Other bills due monthly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05

The waterworks at Cgnner's Point
erected by the Town. were again Sc
yereIy tested this week at a fire on the
coal dock, and found, as before 10
work admirably. They consist of a
system Of pipes laid along the Point
among the mills and the coal docks,
with MIGRANTS NJ convenient points.
They are fed from a large cis;ern, and
the motive power Is Il heavy Blake
duplex pump supplied by steam from
the boilers of Messrs Fcytou, KIM
bali & Barbcr's saw mill. The works
complete cost the town $500. 1t
was money wisely expended, as with
out such protection the various manu-
featuring and commercial industries
on Corners Point could not safely
exist.