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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-01-07
SPELLS OR NO SPELLS.
BY MARY G. PRESTON.

BY MARY G. PRESTON.
ssNa guide ilka cam O. sic tricks, nv
BARN." said old Nancy, solemnly. 'The
i'll one himself ha' all to do VII them. Be
sure yer am bonnie face an yer ain blue
cen will bring ye Draw lad soon enow.
Bide VII old Nancy an let giddy anes
goo daft about the spells"
s'But there is no harm, and will not
be afraid" said the ''bairn,' u flaxen-
haired lass, with eyes as blue as speed
wells and lips as sweet as roses at day.
dawn. ;'Judith MacDougal taught me
the rhyme, and it is pretty. Let me say
it for you, auntie."
And she began, in sweet, clear voice,
which had caught its music from the wild
winds as it rose in childish freedom
while the girl sprang lightly from crag
to crag or wandered among the heather
of the Scottish hills: .
Como over the mountains.
Come over the sea;
1 wait for my lover,
beclxon to theel
But the old woman stopped her stern
ly. INA mair O. sic folly, she said, 'it
be ma godly. Gin ye maun say it, say it
where Judith MacDougal telt ye to, an
see what will come toye. Girls maun all
be fules till some lad comes, an then
they maun put on wedding rings, an
find theirseps greater fules yet. Gang
ava, chiel, an dinna fash me VII yer
follyn
So pretty Janet, with the ball of yarn
in her hand, went out to the moonlight
silence, wrapped in "a heavy plaid.
"Hold the end of the yarn AMI fling
the ball over the cliff, Judith had told
her. "As you rewind the yarn say the
spell aloud, again and again.
It will bring your lover to you, if he be
on earth. When / tried last year Don.
aid stole up behind me and kissed me on
the cheek, and SO he and | are to wed at
Christmas.
80 Janet hurried along the path that
led to the cliffs, as bonnie lass as Scot
land held that night, as brave and fear
less.
But when she had cast her ball into
the darkness and felt the thread tighten
in her fingers she casta swift glance over
her shoulders before beginning the
rhyme:
Come over the mountains
Come over the sea;
wait for my lover,
l beckon to thee!
A moaning cry from the sands below
broke on her spell.
With white face and dilating eyes she
started back, and at that moment the
thread was drawn from her hands. al.
though she had held it in conyul.
sive grasp.
But she did not fly; perhaps some Of
that dauntless tide that had warmed The
veins Of the Macivors was hers. At any
rate, after the first recoil she leaned over
the cliff once more, every sense on the
alert.
''If it be spirit it Gamma harm me, !
she told herself, but It didna sound like
that. It had human sound. .
Up from the sands below it came again
"a moaning cry for aid.
Throwing herself fat on the rocks,
the girl bent forward and looked down.
Many feet below, on the whiteness oi
the sand, she could see dark mass, and
once more, fainter this time, she heard
Chat cal for aid.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
A Careful Station-Master.

An impudent-looking fellow was
standing on the railroad track, APP
parenhy paying no attention to the
fact that train was rapidly approach
ing.
Il say said the station-master,
''.you had better get off that track, or
you will get run over"
Il fancy that is my own affair, if I
get run over, was the reply.
Eyes, I reckon so; but who is going
to shovel up the mess afterwards? It's
not me- And reaching cut bis right
foot, he kicked the Indifferent man ff-
teen feet and nine inches BY actual
measurement, just as the express train
Whizzed past. - BRAKES zrave4ey's
Magazine. s5s5
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
TIE SPHINX.
The Riddle Of tue Oldest Monument
the World About to BE Solved.

The Riddle of tue Oldest Monument In
the World About to BE Solved.
The riddle of the Sphinx is at length
on The point Of being solved. The
great man-headed, ion-bodied nonu-
ment, which has for ages been more
than half buried by the accommodating
sands Of the desert, is now being rapid
ly brought to light, and ere long one
of the most extraordinary relics of
Egyptian civilization will be once more
visible in its entirety. The work has
been going on ever since January last,
when--at the suggestion Of Maspero,
the chief director Of the department OF
antiquities in Egypt-the French pub
lie, in the course of few hours, sub
scribed sufficient funds to enable the
work OF excavation. to be carried to
completion. The interest Of such
news for Egyptologists may be con-
ceived, when it is remembered that the
last time the Sphinx was dug out Of
the sands was by King Thothmes ",
fifteen centuries before Christ, or about
3,4oO years ago. Scholars, in fact, are
Of opinion that the Sphinx is tue oldest
monument in the world. It appears,
in any case, to have been erected or
chiseled out of the rock more than for
ty-fve centuries before the Christian
era, and therefore about 6,40O years
ago. The size of the strange image is
very remarkable. The body is more
than 100 feet long. The ears Of the
human-shaped head are about six feet
from top to bottom, the other features
being in proportion. The learned ex-
plorers who are engaged in the work
Of excavation. hold it probable that
when the statue is fully brought to
light, a number of other important
discoveries will be made. In any case,
this extraordinary relic of the oldest
human civilization can not fail to form
q more attractive sight than ever to all
visitors to the land Of the Nile, Len
don Standard .:q Il.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
Convict Labor.

So completely has capital been the
1awmaker in this land for years that
even the general government is COM
PEELED by it's statutes to discriminate
against it's honest citizens in favor OF
the criminals Of the country. What a
pitiable condition for aboasted free IA"
iion it is when it cannot employ honest
workmen, but must have its work done
by the conYicts of it's prisons! Yet
this is the law, and governments officials
say they can see no way to avoid It.
The fact has recently been brought
prominently before the world i'll the
opening Of bids for the erection Of pub
Tic buildings in Minneapolis and else
where. Honest contractors have tried
to get the jobs but are underbid by men
who enjoy the privilege of prison con-
tracts, where they can get their stone
cutting done at 50 cents day 10y con-
victs, thus making competition by iion-
est worknen All impossibility. The Of
ficials say that the law obIlges them to
accept the lowest reponsible bid, and
they are not allowed to inquire wheth-
er or not honest men are defrauded OF
their rights by the employment of pris-
on labor. This is terrible state Of
things and IA disgrace to the nation, but
as long as workingmen follow the die
tates Of political bosses and cast their
ballot for capitalistic candidates, so
long will they have such disgraceful
laws upon the statute books. This
can all be changed by cutting loose
from all political parties and going to
the polls as one man and voting TO,
men VINO have the cause Of labor at
neart. There are enough citizens OF
this country identified with labor who,
il they would vote as a unit. could
elect ~ man to every office in the gift
Of the people from the president down
to iog-catcher. Workingmen will
never secure their rights until they
learn this and act upon it,-Knights OF
Labor.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
VERY KlNp-AEARrED.
How an Exceedingly Humane Man Showed
Nis Love for birds.


Humane father (to on)-Hcnry. you
ought to be ashamed of yourself to
catch young bird and put it in q cage
as you have done. That birds liberty
was just as sweet to it as yours is to
you. God bestowed just as much care
upon the creation Of that bird as He
did upon the creation of you. How
would you like it if some great beast
should catch you and shut you up
merely to hear your cries? l. don't see
that going to Sunday-school has done
you any good. l had hoped, SO fond
", TOO, that in the matter of kindness
of heart you would take after your
mother and me, but you do not. Now
don't you feel ashamed of yourself9
Henry (much downcast)-Yes sir.
Father-I should think that you
would. l had intended to let you go
out into the country with me, but lean
not allow such cruel boy to accom-.
pany me.
Henry-Please let me go.
Father-Oh, no.
Boy-Why?
Father-Because you might bring
back a lot of birds and shut them up
in cages.
Henry-No, I wouldn't.
Father-I can't trust you. never
thought that a child of mine would
commit such an outrage. Why, il
makes me shudder to think of it.
What possessed you to imprison tha.
bird?
Henry--Mr. Patterson told me tha.
if I'd catch it and put it in cage for
him he'd give me two dollars
Father-Ah, and did you get the
money?
Henry Yes, sir.
Fathez-Oh, well, then. It's all right.
I didn't know but that you shut it up
merely for your own amusement. Lei
me have the two dollars. Arsansaw
1raveler.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
FULL OF FUN.

-..Where is the best place to get
fat?'' asked a thin housekeeper Of 3
neighbor. '.All over,'' was the uneN~
pected reply. - Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph
-"Are you well acquainted with
your mother tongue, my boy?" asked
the school-teacher of a new scholar.
eyes, sir' answered the lad, timidly.
..Ma jaws me good deal, sir"
-" Father, are the hogs that 60 to
Cincinnati ill?' "No, my child--why
do You askp' said the father. "Be-
cause the papers say that they are
cured there. IN. r Ledger
1t is rather unpleasant to hear a
public speaker remark: MY friends
ur, wish to say few words-ur OF
this occasion-ur,'' ETC.; but then we
must remember that to ur is human
Philadelphia Call.
--Sallie and Bill
"Over the valley the soft winds are blowing,
kissing tho shadows asleep meath the
hills"
While under the trees, without any one
knowing
sallie, sweet Salie, is kissing ner Bill.
--Lawyer-''You say you made an
examination Of the premises. What
did you ind?" Witness-"Oh, moth
ing of consequences 'beggarly ac-
count OF empty boxes as Shakespeare
says!' Lawyer--'*Never mind what
Shakespeare said. He will be sum
moned and speak for himself, if he
knows any thing about the case. -
Darlington Haaokeye.
-ssI understand your son is married,
Mrs. Todger?'' ''Oh, yes, the dear
boy has quit scattering wild oats and
settled down al last'' .'Did he do
well?" sDo well? Why, bless your
sweet life, ma am, he married girl
from Boston who wears gold specs and
talks as though she had bolted a die.
tionary. Do well, I should twitter. -
Chicago Ledger.
1t is announced that several Euro.
pean noblemen will soon visit Amer
lea; whereupon q Kansas editor shouts:
.:John! Ooh, John! Count over the
family silver Immediately, put an ex'
ira lock on the mohogany sideboard,
take the EDITORS jewel-spangled gold
inkstand down to the bank and secure
guard for the editorial rooms; then
we shall be ready.-PrasrSe Farmer.
--'sMamie," said young man in an
ice~cream saloon, toying with his check,
'do you know that chemist has dis.
covered tyrotoxicon in ice-creamP'
'Has he, though?'' answered Mamie,
manifesting pleasurable surprise. 81
wondered what made it taste SO good
! I could eat another plate Of it." And
the young man mentally cursed the
| larnentable failure Of his scheme. .-No7.
| 2';stoWe2 Herald. ~.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
Mrs. Parsons at White Heat.

Three thousand Chicago Socialists
and their sympathizers took the train
for Sheffield, Ind, Sunday morning, to
attend the picnic given by the Social
ist;c Publishing Company, for the pur-
pose Of raising money for the defense
Of the condemned Anarchists. Erom-
inent among them could be seen Gen.
Parsons, brother of a.. R. Parsons. Bal
thazar Rau, Christ Spies, Ferdinand
Spies and others Of the former leaders.
The father Of Oscar Neebe and DR..
Ernst Schmidt also attracted attention.
Admiring crowds gathered around
Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Schwab, both OF
whom talked loudly and deeantly OF
anarchy, present and to come. After
speeches by French and Germans, a
song in German was sung 10 the tune
Of the ''Marseillaise' with great en-
1husiasyn, and tlen Mrs. T.. r. Parsons
stepped to the front, being greeted
with GREAT applause. She was as pro-
nounced as ever in her speech, bitterly
denouncing the whole proceedings OF
the court.
ssIf.n said she, sthese men are hung
it will be foul murder. Ii they are
hung and you people do not resent it
powerfully and so that it, will be re-
mensbered for many a year to come,
you are unworthy to be called man. In
the words of Thos: Jefferson that were
quoted at the Haymarket Oh that his
toric night, resistance to tyranny is
obedience to God. If the men who have
ground you under their feet for SO long
are not tyrants, who are II your late
action has not keen obedience to God
what has it been? The story Of the
conviction of our glorious martyrs went
abroad all over the world. Would they
have done 80 on hearing Of the convic-
tion of any ordinary murderers No,
it is because they Anow OF their
own weakness and fear our
strength that they rejoice IN
the downfall of our heroes. 1t is your
duty, and J. demand Of you to echo the
crash Of these seven scaffold traps BY a
counter crash that all this country will
hear, and hearing, tremble. You know
that tits for you and our glorious prin-
ciples that those men now suffer in
their cells. See that their persecution
does not go 'unrewarded.'
The similarity Of opinion between the
speaker and the audience was denced
! By yiwild and prolonged cheering and the
waving Of many red flags in the hands IDS
of excited anarchists. No more speech
4 making occurred, and the day found an
\ end an with much beer drinking, accom-
!: panied BY repetitions Of the q Marseil--
5.laise'' and the copious futtering Of red:
n
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
GENERAL LABOR NEWS.
Locomotive ENGINEERS.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers and Brakemen, representing
the 23S lodges, met in Jersey City last
week. Delegates were present from
all the large cities east Of the Mississ-
ippi river, and also those in Canada.
The object of the meeting was to per
feet insurance matters. No other sig
nlficance is given the meeting.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
The Stonecutters Withdraw.

The stonecutters of Chicago have
withdrawn from the trades Union. The
stonecutters number about 1,50O and
their withdrawal causes the first Sc
rious break in amalgamated organiza~
tion. The reason given for the with
drawal is shat brick and stone masons
belonging to the trades union are al
lowed to do stonecutters' work for So
cents less per day than the established
rate.
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
] AN oBED,ENT BOY.
The Alacrity with Which He Tried to
Anticipate His Mothers Desires.


The Alacrity with which He Tried to
Anticipate His Mothers Desires.
The cheerful spirit and the alacrity
displayed by the average Americap
boy in obeying maternal mandates
would have made our Puritan fathers
weep with joy could they have lived to
witness it.
The modern mother says. coaxingly:
"Now, Tommy, run and get mother
basket OF chips
..Don't want to-" says Tommy,
promptly.
s:But you must says his mother.
with some firmness.
"Why can't some one else do itP:
whines Tommy.
because there is no one else here
to do it. Now you run right along"
Thus commanded Tommy gingerly
picks up the basket and disappears.
muttering something about having to
work like q nigger all the time. !"
Five minutes later his mother goes
to the door and cries out:
..You, Tom; where them chips?"
.'Ya-a-s, purity soon, . is the reply.
:.I'll pretty soon you if you don't
march yourself along here in mighty
short order!"
''All right is Toms ambiguous re-
ply, as he sits down for a game of
s'mumble-one-peg" with a neighbcr's $
boy who has suddenly hove in sight.
Ten minutes later a shrill cry cuts
the air:
"Tomv'
"Well, aohat do you want?'
.'Wherc's them chips?''
"Out here, I reckon"
.'Well, you'd better have them in
here now, mighty soon, OF youth sec
what you'll get!''
Tommy is busily engaged roofing g
his nose into the ground ''mumbling
the peg when his sensitive nature is
shocked by frantic yell of:
'.You, Tom Smith, --..- M
! ''Wh1t do you Want!
"You'll see what want il come
out there with stick
"Well, what's your hurry for them
blamed old chips?"
''I'l hurry You! never you mind
you just keep right On, young man!l'l
tell your father! you'll see!''
''Well, Tn coming in just & minute. .
..You'd better, if you know whats
good for you.
Ten minutes later the expectant
mother glances toward the wood-pile
The empty basket is Shere and she
catches a brief glimpse OF Tom ane
his partner in iniquity as they disap
pear far down the road in the direc
ton of pool Of mud and water il
equal parts called the ''swim ming
hole.'' /. /"
The mother then comes out and skir
mishes around picking up her owl
chips, and as she does so her minc
dwells long and fondly On time soor
TO come, and as she bends over the
basket she thanks Heaven that tina
boy will have to come home to sleel
that night, and then smile comes
over the sad face Of the weary woman
her heavy eyes light up, her breath
comes quick and short and her lips
tremble with delight as she says, softly
"And if he don't git one good, Ole
warnlin' up, then my name amt Mary
Jane Smith, !'---Detrost Free Press,
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

---Dihident Lover--sI know that I
nm a perfect bear in my manner" She
-'Sheep, you mean; bears hug peo-
ple--you do nothing but bleat"
The largest barn III the world is
that Of the Union Cattle Company of
Cheyenne, near Omaha. 1t covers five
acres, cost 1926, 900 and accommodates
$3.50 head of cattle.
"A new jewel used for the hair and
around the low neck of an evening
dress consists OF tiny swallows placed
in. lines of three or five on fine gold
wire, over which they appear TO hover
This is light and graceful ornament
Chicago Herald.
Charles Fitzmorton. q student
waiter at White Mountain, says his va
cation has been blighted because some
body at dinner addressed him III Latin
as follows: 'tMe eta bita beef. Cutlt
rara. Ego lika besta thata way, you
knowr'- PhiluzelpAia Gail.
Two creole negresses have built
up large custom in New Orleans by
catering to families on a most eco
nomic principle. Two hot, comfortable
meals day are furnished to a family
OF four persons for five dollars a
week by these clever won,en.-N. o.
Times.
"A parsimonious individual went
into drug store the other day to have
"a prescription put mp. "Be sure that
you give me generous measure. F" said
he to the druggist. fearful lest he
might not get his moneys worth.
Said the druggist: t'If ] should give
you one-sixteenth of a grain more than
this prescription calls for YOU would
be dead in five minutes after taking q
dose" "-BostGn Post
1t is suggested by 3 wellknown
sculptor, who has the absent-minded-
ness to be always losing his umbrella,
that this useful article should be pro-
vided by the city, just as payements
SaAA 5cTcAS s7lSp III WA4ClA IooC, AAC W.
serves to his friends, the pedestrian on
rainy day would be able to seize an
umbrella from o public rack in what
ever street he might be, and to get rid
of it by returning it to another rack as
soon as the clouds rolled by.-M 7.
Post
Eight hundred and sixty-six miles
in four and one-fourth days is the rec
ord of q Newark N. j.. pigeon. It
was liberated at Montgomery, Ala.
This time, it is claimed. is the fastest
ever made in the world by q pigeon for
500 miles or over, the best previous
record being nine to ten days, also IN
this country. This bird was hatched
April s, 1884, from some Germ an mill.
.tAry stock. Before it was six months
old It few in different races under club
rules the great distance Of 1852 miles,
the last race being from Morgantown.
IN. G, $50 miles air line, this being the
farthest distance young birds we're ever
shipped. N. r Tribune
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11

-Schulze And how do you like th.
parrot l sent youP" Muner-'.lt was q
bit tough S. .What! have you eaten
it, then? Why, thecreature could talk!'
NJ. Vol, Why didn't it say SO, then?"
IN. 7. Telegram
The Irish standard., 1886-09-11

The fashionable trousers now meas
ure twenty-five inches around the bot
tom. N. Y. Nal
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-21

a WILLOW FAR N

A description is given by the Southern
agricultural Journal of certain farm
near Macon. 1t is one of the neatest and
best arranged farms in Georgia, it is said,
and pays its owners better than any cot
ton farm in the South many times its
size yet it is devoted to the production
of willow only.
This willow, however, doubles and
trebles in its product every year, as it is
cut close TO the ground each autumn or
spring, and forms complete mass Of cut
tings after the third year, growing up
like tall grass, without any branches or
twigs, and produces from two to two-and-
a-half tons per acre on rich bottom land.
There is a good demand for the pro-
duct at the North and West, at from
eight'to ten cents per pound-say from
$iGO to 5000 per ton-and all that is nee
essary to prepare it for market is to re-
move the bark and bundle the twigs in
convenient shape.
A large quantity OF willow is imported
into this country every year from Europe,
but the rich, wet, alIuvial river bottoms
of the South (which are comparatively
valuless for any other crops) and long
growing seasons, produce an article much
larger than and far superior to any that
ia imported from abroad or raised IN any
OF the Northern States where it is gen
orally cultivated by persons who work
up their own production into baskets and
numerous articles for which the willow is
used.
The product is raised from cuttings
from ten to fifteen inches long, which are
set ont in rows five feet a part, and placed
from twelve to fifteen inches from each
other, from three to four inches Of each
stem being left out of the ground. These
should be put out between November
and April.
People who own swamp land here
sbouts should look into this matter, as 1t
il one Of importance.
There may be much money in willows
for some Of us.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-21

the victim i aware Of il Il = nsariy .
hereditary - consumption, quite = coaa-
mon and fully - fital. kntirs fsmiiiss.
inheriting Il from ehsir aassstsss hase
died and yet none Il shsir oanhsr
knew or realized the mysterioas powsr
which was removing them Instssd ol
common symptoms Il often shows none
whatever, but brings death saddeaiy,
from oonvulsions, aPoPlsxy o. heart die.
ease.
As nne who has suffered, and knOws By
bitter experience what he says, implors
every one who reads these words not 20
neglect the slightess symptoms Of kidssy
difficulty. No one caa aford.to hazard
sach chances.
l make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which l can aubstsntiats 70
the letter. The welfare Of thnee Who may
possibly be sufferers such - was, ix IN
ample inducement for me TO take he step
| have, and II ! can sacosaafnlly wars
othsrs from the dangerous path u whsch
Ionce walked, am willing 20 endure
ail the professional and pers0nat conse-
qaences. J. b. HEnIoN, NJ. d.
K chester. N. Y, Dec. 80.