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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
bookkeeping Kinks.

An odd kink is the keeping secret of
the number of the rooms where deaths
have occurred. If the number once gets
into the newspapers it is source of con-
slant annoyance for months, every patron
Of the hotel through the country having
apparently made a mental note of that
number for future reference. 1t is as
tonishing how long the thing keeps up,
and hotelkeepers invariably beg reporters
in writing up deaths at their hostelries to
omit the number of the room. Perhaps
the most notable case Of this species Of
superstition occurred at the Palmer,
where the room in which Theresa Sturla
killed Charles Stiles was virtually boy
cotted by travellers for a long time, and
even yet a guest now and then asks not
to be giver that haunted chamber. Where
it is located none but the older habitues
around the hotel know, for the number
ing has been changed in that hallway and
the fatal number dropped.
The bell-boys could furnish larger
number Of kinks about hotels, perhaps,
than any other source. Taken from be-
ginning to finish, they are very smart
lot-too smart the clerks sometimes think.
A smart bell-boY is a skeptic. He
has wonderful powers Of vision, and can
toll moro nf fha r,,autu and THAR dta;,,r,e
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
Mexican Coffee Shan.

AT Mexican hotel no breakfast ii pro
vided for the comfort of the parting
guest. The way they ssspeed' him i u
let him alone. Stiffness reigned through
out the corridors and stairways; only one
sleepy dusky servant in dusky shirt
sleeves held candles to light our way.
We had paid our bills over night, and The
gentlemanly proprietor was still sleeping
the sleep Of the just host. We walked
down stairs and out into the gray street,
and Samuel marched before, hung about
with yalises, bags and shawl straps. ],
for one felt very empty and forIorn; this
wandering about at an untimely hour
without bath or breakfast, suited me not
at all.
When we reached the end Of the street
and saw and heard already signs and
sounds Of railway traffic, engines prepar-
ing to depart, and wains piled high with
baggage trunks came in q little
two wheeled cart drawn by three jack
asses, with an Aztec boy riding on the
front one, which was fawn color)-in-
stead Of crossing sort Of square there
was between us and the station, we
turned into little shop on the corner,
always following Samuel. The doors
were Hospitality open, the sanded floor
was set with little round tables, lacking
table cloths, but with their wooden tops
cleanly scrubbed. Around these tables
were sitting all the dramatis persona of
the voyage; for no one as rule stays in
Vera Cruz longer than he can help, 50 all
our fellow travellers, scattered on leaving
the steamer, now met armed andl
equipped or the railway journey up thel
steep slope to the city Of Mexico,
where Cortez once, under greaterl
disadvantages, led his bold adventures to
the conquest of the capital.
We sat ourselves down at one Of The
round tables Before me was a huge cup.
Of solid white ware, and by my sides stood
dusky waiter, with great tin coffee pots
in either hand. From one of these began
to flow welcome stream Of rich brown
coffee, while, simultaneously from the
other, came an equal quantity Of hot
boiled milk.
The result was perfectly satisfactory;
the combination delicious, and as the
warm beverage grew low in the cup, my
spirits rose. There were heaps of bread
Of various sorts. The Mexicans excel In
bread making, and would not think Of
limiting you to one kind. There are rolls
and cakes Of all varieties, white Or In
dian, sweet or not sweet. round, crooked,
square, thick, thin, but always well
baked; brown on the outside, and thor
oughly done within.
This was all the breakfast, but it was
ample, the coffee was SO hot and good,
and there was SO much Of it. We were
abundantIy fortified for the long, dusty
journey.-Go0d Housekeeping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
Badness and It's Causes.

Badness, manifestly, does not indicate
sluggishness of brain, nor, on the other
hand, does the loss Of hair necessarily
follow intense mental activity, or nerv-
Gus irritability and sensitiveness. Other
wise Carlyle could not have retained so
full quantity Of hair down to advanced
old age. On the whole, hair Of the
lighter shades does not seem to drop off
so readily and extensively, or to lose its
color so soon, as darker hair. In both
cases the cause may, perhaps, be that
light hair is commonly thicker than dark
hair. In ight-haired people the hair
may become thinner, or partially gray,
without the defect being equally con-
spicuous. A faxen-haired belle has, it
has been said, from 140, 900 to $50, 900
hairs, while the dark-haired brunette has
only 100, 900 to 10000. But the hair
Of ladies is usually more abundant than
that of the other sex, and grows to a
greater length, extending in some cases
to five OF six feet. With this greater
copiousness Of hair is probably to be as
sociated the fact that women become
bald less frequently than men. Like
grayness, badness may occur at q very
early age, and without necessarily giving
evidence Of diminished strength or i'm
paired vitality. But about so, or little
earlier, badness and grayness become
common. Why, in individual cases,
there should be exemption more or less
complete it may be difficult or impossible
to discover. The hair has been spoken
of as a sort of excretion, or as having a
life independent Of the general vitality Of
the body. But, at best, this can only be
partly true. Cases have, indeed, been
alleged Of the hair continuing to grow
for long time after death. But these
alleged instances Of the growth Of hair
after death have been regarded as, at
best, but questionable There is, in all
probability, connection between the
life of the hair and the general life of
the body too close, at any rate, to allow
Of such independent growth. Each hail
in its minute cavity or pit in the skin is
like "a bulb-a hyacinth, say-in glass,
such as one commonly sees in windows
in the winter and spring. There is, how
ever, this difference, that the bulb Of the
hair derives its nourishment directly
from the skin, and without needing such
roots as those which the hyacinth bulb
sends down into the water. When bald
ness comes on through advancing age, the
pits or cavities just mentioned become
shriveled and decay, and then the power
Of producing or nourishing hair is lost, SO
as to defy chair restorers" and electrical
stimulating pomades." That balddess
should be most common at the top of the
head has been accounted for on the
the ground of the skin being especially
tight in that position. And it is not diff
ficult to understand that, under such CIR
cumstances, the tension might have a
specially unfavorable influence on the
nourishment of the hair. Such causes
for the falling off Of hair as tobacco
smoking, the excessive use Of alcoholic
liquors, and the wearing of tight cover
ings for the head must be looked upon as
more or less hypothetical. - London
Standard.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

I'd have the officer take him over to the
secretary Of war"
.Tguess 7 will, " said the officer, and
he rang bell and | heard the door open.
Then he turned to me, careless as you
please, and said:
"Go with the officer.n
It was their last shot. Inever moved
muscle until the officer approached and
placed his hand On me. was taken
back to the guard house, kept prisoner
for another week, and then the disgusted
marshal turned me loose in the streets.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
Good Food and Buttons.

Good food is almost as important a
factor Of human happiness as orthodox
religion. Second we reckon buttons,
and here we must be emphatic The
Frenchman who committed suicide be-
cause he was tired ''of this everlasting
buttoning and unhuttoning" might have
lived to commit worse crime if in his
daily and wearisome task he had found a
button wanting.
The man who has well-cooked food
and well-fastened buttons has gre,
deal to be thankful for.-NesO York
Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

ing young artist, and Miss Florence
Springer, daughter Of Jay Winter
Springer, the poet.
ooh, the perfdy Of man" " said my poor
stamp friend when had finished reading.
The other item read:
"a cablegram from Venice announces
the marriage at that place Of Miss Helen
Rariden, who has been .sojourning
abroad for some time past, to Sir Arthur
Lombard, of London
s'The deuce" gasped my friend
through the dust which covered him.
tNot the deuce, but the way of the
world, said t. Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.

Cruel and wild the battle;
Great horses plunged and reared,
And through dust-cloud and smoke-cloud,
Blood-red with sunsets angry flush,
You heard the gun-shot's rattle,
And, mid hoof-tramp and rush,
The shrieks of women speared.
For it was Russ and Turkoman-
No quarter asked or given;
A whirl of fuenzied hate and death
Across the desert drivenl
Look! the half-naked horde gives way.
Fleeing frantic without breath,
Or hope, or will; and on behind
Thestroopers storm, in blood-thirst blind,
While, like dreadful fountain-play,
The swords fash up, and fall, and slay-
Wives, grandsires, baby brows and gray,
Groan after groan, yell upon yell
Are men but fends, and is earth hella
Nay, for out of the flight, and fear
Spurs Russian cuirassier;
In his arms child he bears,
Her little foot bleeds; stern she stares
Back at the ruin of her race.
The small hurt creature sheds no tear,
Nor utters cry; but clinging still
To this one arm that does not kill
She stares back with her baby face.
Apart, fenced round with ruined gear,
The hurrying horseman finds a space,
Where, with face crouched upon her knee,
A woman covers. You see him stoop
And reach the child down tenderly,
Then dash away to join his troop.
How came one pulse of pity there
one heart that would not slay, but save
IN all that Christ-forgotten sight?
Was there, far North by Neya's wave,
Some Russian girl in sleep-robes white,
Making her peaceful evening prayer,
That Heavens great mercy meath its care
Would keep and cover him tonight?
anthony Morehead, in the Century,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

A mad dog on the rampage, frothing at
the mouth and covered with foam, is a
creature of the imagination
Mad dogs are not afraid of water; nm
der theinfuence of the disease they will
plunge their mouths into water to cool
the burning fauces. The term hydro
phobia is therefore mis2omer applied to
this disease in the dog, although correct
ly describing symptom in the disease
communicated to man by the bite Of a
mad dog. The bite of q healthy dog,
even should he become rabid the week
after, cannot possibly produce hydro
phobia in the person bitten. Nothing
but the virus of rabies can communicate
the disease to man. Seizure with fit OF
an epileptic character, convulsion of the
body, kicking with the whole or some of
the limbs, champing of the jaws and
frothing at the mouth are not only symp-
toms of rabies, but may in nine hundred
and ninety mine out Of thousand cases,
if not in every case, be considered as
proof that the dog is not mad. have
neither seen, heard Of, nor read of mad
dog suffering from such fit except in
the very last stages of the disease.
The true and unerring symptoms are;
change in the natural disposition and
temper; excitem mt on seeing anything
bright and glistening, such as patent
leather, polished metal, etc.; disposi-
tion to retire behind dark objects; a
peculiar gleam in and unsteadiness of the
eye; disposition to gnaw inedible things,
such as straw, stones, carpet, wood, his
own chain, ETC.; swapping at imaginary
objects; unusual excitement on hearing
strange or sudden noises; indiscriminate
attacks on every other dog Gn usually
quiet, well behaved dog this conduct
should alone excite strong suspicion)
change in the tone Of voice, the bark be
coming harsh, husky and hollow in
sound.
Even one Of these symptoms should
put the owner on his guard and on the
qui vive for others, and combination Of
several or all of them may be considered
certain evidence of his madness. The
first duty then, is to isolate the dog, and
keep him confined, waiting the
development Of other symptoms
and examination by veterinary sur
geon; and if the services of the latter are
not obtainable, keep the patient supplied
with food and water, and watch the
progress of the disease. If he howls
dismally, persists in gnawing inedible
bodies, is seized with paroxysms of rage,
or becomes paralyzed to any extent, al
though death would certainly ensue with
in twelve days or so, probably less, from
the time the seizure was first observed,
it will be most merciful to the animal to
end his sufferings by killing him.
There is no known cure for this terrible
malady, and it is fortunate that it is COM
paratively rare. Under these circum-
stances it is pleasant to record that a
CLEAN of sunshine on this dismal subject
comes to us from France, where NJ.
Pasteur has been prosecuting researches
into the nature Of this disease, which
has baff1ed the learned of every country
for more than two thousand years-Har-
per's Magazine
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER 29.

IF I have done anything at all through
my paper to injure Or repress The flow Of
our currency, and fear I have, I now
take the occasion to cheerfully regret il. y
He then wrung my hand and passed from
my sight. Nye, IN Boston Globe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

A writer in the British Medical Journal
advises people to be careful not to slice
up pineapple with the same knife they
use in peeling it, as the rind contains au
acrid organic substance which is likely NJ
cause swollen mouth and sore lips. In
Cuba salt il used as an antidote for tha
poison Of pineapple peel
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

In the latest list the beetles of the
American continent alone number 8, ,49O
Species
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

PACHOR's BARBER SHOP,
NEwToE's HOTEL,
WOODBURY.. NEW JERSEY,
Is the best place in Woodbury. to get
GOOD SHAVE AND HAIR CUT.
A trial order solicited. Hot and cold water
baths at all hours
JOHN RACHoR, Jr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11
VOLUME VIII.
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-03-11

CITLEY's BARRIER SHOP,
Three doors below Newton's Hotel,
Reitted and newly furnished. Hot and
cold baths. Only frst-class work.
men employed.
Also, fine brands OF Tobacco and Cigars always
on hand.
JOSEPH STTLEY, Proprietor.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
Fell Sixty Feet.

\ young man by the name of Far
mrr was killed at Thicketty Trestle,
five miles below Gatfncy City, 5. g., OH
Thursday night. Mr.. Farmer, who
lived at Clifton, had gone to Grover
during the early morning and pnrchas-
ed two jugs of liquor. 1t is supposed
that he became Intoxicated. On his
return, when the train vas passing
Thickrtty Trestle. he mistOok the
Stacking of the train. while crossing
the trrstlc. for the Stacking for the STA
ton. and stepped off the trrstle, falling
Il distance Of sixty feet. Ills body was
found Friday morning when the hands
went to their work on the trcStlr,
which is being replaced by Il new iron
one. His remains were sent to ltocH-
inghaln. us WE learn he WAS from that
pl,cr.- Charlotte Chronicle.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
An Ingenious Invention.

An automatic box is being put upon
the lamp posts in Brooklyn to supply
the public with postage stamps, postal
cards, pencil and postal-letter envel-
opes. At any hour of the day or night
a citizen may go to one of these boxes
and drop penny into it at which there
will appear a postal card and a pell-
Gil with which to write letter. If he
has Il letter already written and merely
wants postage stamp tomail 1t he may
drop two pennies in the box at which.
presto. two cent postage stamp will
come ont of the box. These convenient
boxes are already in usc in London and
are much liked there. The boxes in
Brooklyn are iii improvement on those
in London. They look like writing
desks and are Is inches high hy II i'll
chcs deep. Each box is divided into
several drawers one for stamps. one
for postal cards. one for stamped en-
velopcs and one for letter paper. There
is Il slit for dropping i coin over each
drawer. When the proper coin drops
in it sets in motion Il bit Of machinery
which pushes out the article wanted.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
CLUVERIUS WILL HANG.
GOV. LEE REFUSES TO EXERCISE Exc
CUTlVE CLEMENCY.

The Sentence Pronounced by the Court of
Hastings and Affirmed by Eirginias's
Highest Court Must not be Set Aside or
COMMITTED.
RICHMOND, Dec. 7.-GOy. Lee to-day
sent a letter to the counsel Of Cluveri-
us, who is now under sentence OF death
for the murder of Fannie l.. Madison,
in which he says that he has given to
the statements, and to all papers and
petitions presented for Executive clem-
ency in behalf of the prisoner, the care
full consideration which their import
ance demanded. The Governor then
adds: "The prisoner came from the
judicial to the executive department
of the government, marked guilty by
the judges and jury.
Starting ut that point therefore, l
have been diligently studying the re-
cord, while industriouSly seeking in
formation and evidence from all other
sources, which might conclusively
prove to my mind that the verdict OF
the court was an error and that, there
fore the sentence pronounced by the
Court of Hastings, and affirmed by
Virginia'S highest court, must not be
set aside or commuted.
With an earnest desire to faithfully
execute without fear or favor the laws
Of the State, impartially to all, with the
most profound sympathy for those up
on whose hearts this blow must fall,
with clear conscience that am dis
charging my duty to the people Of my
State as God has given he strength to
see it. | now write you to inform. you
that | have not been able to reach a
different conclusion from the courts, and
therefore, the case of Thomas J. Clu-
verius is not one in my opinion to call
for executive interference, either by
the exercise Of pardoning power or by
communication of sentence"
The Governors decision was convey
ed to the Jail by Judge ". W. Crump,
senior COUNSEL and his son. Beverly L.
Crump, who acquainted the prisoner
with it. CluVerlls stood the ordeal
with the same fOrtitudc which has
generally characterized his conduct
Since his arrest, and during his trial.
After lis counsel left him, however, 1t
was plainly apparent that the awful
news lie had heard had Il marked effect,
and that il was us much us he could do
to maintain his wont"d composurc.
Shortly after the counsel left the cell
several reporters visited the Jail and
made an effort u see the prisoner, but
when Informed Of their object by the
"death watch" Cluverius said, Il do
not want to see anybody" He was
seated in an arm chair with his elbows
or his knees and his chin buried in his
hands. Seeing the reporters at, the
door of his cell he'changel disposition
ana endeavored to appear calm and
collected but it WAS evident THAT the
blow had struck home. The counsel
presented Il petition for respite to the
Governor this evening. No time was
named as that is left to the Governors
discretion. It is the general impression
that Il respite Of thirty days wiir\be
granted. \.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
\ New England Mystery.

New England has been excited over
the WilSon-Moen mystery, Il suit re-
vealing the fact that Levi Wilson, au
illiterate and uncouth hostler, had for
years exercised some mysterious power
over Moen and bled him to the extent
of more than S2OO,0W. The Snit was
on Il note given by MOen to Wilson for
$4,000. Both parties went on the wit
ness stand but neither revealed the Sc
cret. y few days ago Wilson gratitied
public curiosity with a revelation that
he was Moen's son, born two or three
months after his marriage and that to
conceal the disgrace of his wife and
himself Moen had given him to black
smith namod Wilson to adopt and raise
as his child. Since the statement was
made the records have been examined
and they prove that Wilson was born
eleven months after Mrs. Moen-(who
he claims was his mother and who
seems to have been woman OF the
highest character)-died. New Eng
land is, therefore. all adrift again, but
opinion is settling OH the theory that
Wilson acquired his power by pretend
ing to have evidence to prove Il son OF
MOen's guilty Of 4 dreadful crime.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
E,nbpyzlpr jackson purlOncu.

ATLANTA. GA, December l.-MajOr
George II. Jackson has been panlonrd
at last. Jackson WAS President of the
Enterprise Cotton Factory in Augusta.
where he stood ut the head Of society
Us well us commerce. The discovery Of
IL big default led to an examination Of
his books. which developed the fact
that they had been doctorrd for years.
The amount Of the dcialcation was
placed by some as high rs $25o.CO, but
he was convicted of the cmhczzlcmcnt
of sums to the amount Of about I.UAF'
Numerous petitions from those who
had been associated with him III buSl-
ness and society induced the Governor
to pardon him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
4 CO!ored IscfOrmer.

We have received a communication
from respectable colored man of
Bethel, in this county, making an argyll
ment in favor of reestablishing the
whipping post rs a punishment for
petty offences, instead Of the present
mode Of punishment in the county jail
or the penitentiary. The communities
ton is lengthy and presents no new
arguments, for which reason we do not
print it; though emanating from a
colored citizen it is an Indication of a
growing change in the sentiment of
the very people for whose "protection"
the Federal authorities, in the recon-
struction period, demanded the obliter-
alton of the "relic of fbarbarism: ~ ork-
vile ENQUIRER.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-09
Killed Himself for Love.

UIsv1LLE, KY, December l.
&c ge White shot himself through the
ie to-day. He had been in love with
M Minnie Lyons for some time and
81 been engaged to her. Several
vse S ago she discarded him, giving as
s son that she loved and would
IIsi tx a rival by the name of Charles
J0i E.s. Since her declaration White
"a up all work and devoted his time
M Sfing to WOO back his tickle sweet
he i, but in this he failed. He passed
YES arday with the girl, repeatedly tell
lng her that unless she consented to
marry him he would kill himself, but
as be had made these threats before, she
paid no attention to them. Shortly be-
fore s o'clock this morning he asked
hstfor a final answer, and when she
again declined he left the house and
weht to an alley in the rear. The girl,
fearing he was about to do something
rasfE followed him.
OIL won't marry me?" he asked.
81 can't, George; | don't love yOu.'
she replied. White whipped out his
pistol, and rs the girl rushed toward
him he pushed her back, placed the
weapon to his heart and pulled trigger.
Witfout a word he fell hack into a
poo of water. lie was picked up and
carried into the house. but before a
physician could reach him he was dead.