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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

Mrs. Gen. Logan has room in her
Washington house known as memorial
hall, in which the mementos, souvenirs
and books Of the late general are pre-
served. The furniture is of black walnut
and prune leather, which was brought
from the Prairie avenue home in Chi
cago. The walls are decorated with
portraits of and battle pictures in which
the soldier participated On a pedestal
is life size marble bust, before which
fresh flowers are placed ever ), day
One quaint piece of furniture is an old
easy chair once owned by Andrew Jack
son, and small tea table that belonged
to Henry Clay. Dozens Of beautifully
engrossed resolutions cover the lower
walls and brackets; the medals, decora-
tions and official documents fill large
cabinet. ard a second contains thirty
walking sticks that We're presented to
the general while IN office Mrs. Logan
has valuable collection Of china, in
cluding Hungarian, Chinese, French,
Japanese, Viennese and old English ware,
besides Mayfiower tea set and a cabinet
filed with historical glassware. Wash
ingtoD Letter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
saccharine in Frrits.

The discovery of that substance known
as saccharine has almost revolutionized
the business Of canning fruits. This
new s'sweetener," which the French
government has already prohibited. ow-
ing to what it calls dangerous ele-
ment which enters in its formation, does
entirely sway with the use of sugar 1t
costa almost nothing.
A prominent member of canning
firm in RI eastern city, while expert
menting with saccharine, has discovered
that pinespples preserved in it would al
most entirely retain their natural taste.
This is in itself great discovery, as al
moss eyegybody knows the difference in
taste between canned pineapples and
those which are imported direct from the
aouth.--S-. Louis Globe Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

"As you all know, the old Northern
Central bridge was then standing, and
the tracks of that road cut right through
ours at Marysville and entered the
bridge just after crossing our west bound
rails. The bridge, now torn down, was
even then considered unsafe, and was
rarely used, the through passenger trains
on the Northern Central being run on
the east bank of the river to Rockville,
then on our tracks to Harrisburg, and
then over the Cumberland Valley bridge
to their own road again. Well, as |
drew near Marysville | kept my eye on
the other train, which | could see dis
tinctly, thinking that we would let it
have good start, so as not to get
blocked when we crossed the river. We
were not running more than twenty-five
miles an hour, and when finally the
Northern Central train was hidden by
the long covered bridge concluded she
would reach Rockville before we got to
the west bank Of the river
''The bridge crossed the river diagonal
ly, and we had not yet reached its mouth
when my frame stiffened with horror
and my eyes fairly burned in their sock
cts. Right in front could see the head
light Of an engine flashing through the
bridge, and almost at the same instant |
caught glimpse of a well filed passen-
ger train coming over the crazy old
structure at full speed | knew instinct
lively that it would reach the crossing
but a moment before us, and that no
power on earth could avert a collision.
Absolutely paralyzed with fright, | can
still remember seeing Jimmy leaning
out Of the cab and pulling the bell rope
as unconcernedly as though there were
no such thing as danger ! closed my
eyes in horrible suspense. In an instant
the crash came. felt the engine reel
and shake; heard the grinding of the
timbers and the roar Of escaping steam,
while on the air rose such a wall as
never before or since met my ears.
"The next thing knew was when
felt some one shaking me and heard the
fireman shout: Shut her off, Johnny;
shut her off. Do you want to get us
both laid Off With an effort brought
back my senses and grasped the levers
in front Of me- When looked around
we were under the shed at Harrisburg.
| heard passenger ask brakeman:
Has the N. q. train come in2 ana the
reply dazed me; Yes, sir, come in ten
minutes ago.
Il resigned the next day, boys, and
wouldn't run the risk Of going through
that experience again for the whole
road" The old mans last words were
drowned in the roar Of an incoming
train, and ere he had finished first sec
ton Of No. had come rumbling into
the station from the west.-Philadelphia
Times
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
JUST AS OF OLD.


In the crowded hall met we. and she placed her
hand in mine
With charming ease and grace. with smilo-
ahl half divine;
Seemed we both serene and calm though we had
not met in years;
Time had dulled not killed my pain-trne, more
kind, had dried her tears
When the whirling waltz was DER fingered Ibeside
her still;
Random commonplaces passed, thus our share Of
talk to fill
Till a madd'ning impulse rent every bond and
spake at last
Words that were as sparks that burst from
dying, srnold'ring past.
docs our meeting not recall something Of q
pastf' said;
mo sweet odor, no faint breath fragrant OF the
days long deadG''
Obi the smile that wreathed her fac-simile
divine that graced the dancel
Oh! that look-it CLEANED again-soul destroying,
mystic glaneel
Yes, caught it when we met-through the air
on wings It roves;
Haunts you still that odor rare-as of old. you're
eating cloves
Thus she spoke-at last knew what lay hid in
thought 50 long
Thus the promised romance fed, leaving but
TESTERS song.
james King Duffy
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
Where Gen. Grant Died.

While at Mount McGregor I visited
the Grant cottage. 1t is in the same
condition now as it was when Grant
died. The same furniture stands in the
same places, and the tallow candle half
burned down to the socket stands on the
table, besides the two great armchairs
in which he breathed away his last
hours. Pieces of his last writing, CON
sisting Of slips from his pad are shown,
and there is tall, fine looking soldier in
uniform who sleeps in the cottage and
takes care of the relics. There are, on
the average, about "a 900 visitors a year
now, and many pathetic incidents occur.
Nearly every one that comes wants to
take away some memento of the place,
and many pick up the gravel of the walk
around the house, supposing that they
are carrying off stones trodden by the
foot of Grant
The truth is that this gravel has to be
renewed every month on account of
these relic hunters, and the stones they
carry away have never seen Grant. Mr..
Arkell, who owns the mountain, tells
me he was offered 5000 for the cot
tage, and that the men who offered this
were western men, who said they wanted
to cut up the cottage and sell it for relics.
The probability is that they would have
taken it to pieces, have carried it off to
Chicago and shown it there at the expo
sition, in the same way that Libby prison
is to be shown.-C0r. Cincinnati Times
Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

Whitelaw Reid is sparely elongated Of
frame, and suffers his dusky lovelocks to
fiutter in negligent profusion behind his
ears. He is urbane of manner, though
he married money He is also three
and-ifty, and made his first success in
journalism as war correspondent, un-
der the signature of Agate After the
war he wrote an elaborate History of
Ohio in the War" which attracted the
attention Of Chief Justice Chase, and he
invited Mr.. Reid to accompany him on
bis southern trip in 1866. an account of
which he wrote
The chief justice introduced him to
Horace Greeley. who made him his Sec
retary and managing editor of The Trib-
une, and since Greeley's death in 1879 he
has been editor-in-chief He was at one
time superintendent of schools at Charles
ton, S. Crank Leslies.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

The czarina is almost entirely deaf
When a courier, carrying messages from
her majesty, Augusta Victoria. appeared
before the czarina, lady in waiting
secretly wrote down his message on a
piece of pasteboard, which was handed
to her majesty under cover of fan, and
after she had read it she answered in
quite an unconcerned manner.
So it seems that the royal comedy
which was once played by the blind
George Of Hanover, who endeayored by
sundry tricks to keep his terrible attic
ton secret, is to be repeated today at
Petershof ard Gatschina. In Russian
court circles it il whispered that her
deafness is the result Of the terrible rail-
road accident of Borkum, when the let-
onation Of the explosives which were
intended to destroy Alexander and his
family injured her ears. But then her
sister, the Princess Of Wales is likewise
affected with deafness, which leaves the
suspicion that the trouble is hereditary.
Berlin Letter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09


Mr.. A. M. Lagrange, of Albany county,
N. ", believes that there will always be
a good demand for horses raised on
farms at the east. He says: Il can
raise young horse for $75 to the age Of
three years; but the mare and stallion
must be first class, and | would work
both, as | find that if the mare is worked
moderately and fed good oats and hay,
the colt is always strong and healthy.
also obtain the best colts from young
mares that dropped their first colt when
they where three years old. Such mares
breed almost every year. 1t is a mis-
taken idea that farmers can make money
by raising trotters They should raise
general purpose horses of compact form,
weighing 1000 to 1,4O0 pounds, with
good, sound hoofs.
"These are the foundation Of every
horse; without them he is not worth
much. Ny experience is that Nor
man stallion crossed on the Hambleton-
ian mare produces a good roadster and a
grand farm horse, which is just what
the farmer wants, and it does not take
all the farmer raises to keep such an ami
NAL in fine condition. think it great
pleasure to raise and work fine young
horses, and there is always ready sale
for them at the highest market prices.
also claim that the horse raised on an
eastern farm is worth more than the
western horse, as he is trained, worked
and well cared for, and is more gentle
in every way. The fast walker is the
horse for the farmer. With such an ami
NAL he can make time on the road,
as well as before the plow and in now
ing, and any other work ON the farm. -
Rural New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
DAIRY AND CREAMERY.
THE GOVERNMENT MODEL. BUTTER
SHOWS OF DENMARK.

Some Of the Bcst Butter in the World
Comes from DenmarIS-No Special Casks
Allowed to BE Prepared for the Butter
show-The Testings.
Mr. Inglis, the British consul at
Copenhagen, publishes an interesting re-
port on dairy farms in Denmark, and
describes new system Of state butter
shows recently organized in that coun-
try by the director Of the dairy section
of the Danish agricultural department.
The new plan has the support Of large
number Of dairies, dairy experts and
leading butter merchants all over the
country. Its principal features are.
1. a continuous butter show at the
expense Of the state during several
months Of each year. e. Here fresh
samples Of butter will be received every
fourteen days. Thus there will be two
distinct testings, not only Of quality but
also Of weight. 3. The samples are To
be sent Immediately on the receipt of a
letter or telegram, so that the dairymen
viii not be able to make u special cask
for exhibition, and the samples are to be
repeated as often rs required. 4. Com
peting diaries must send IN return of
the feeding system generally followed
on the farm, with special reference to
the week during which the samples are
sent in.
At present the number of dairies en-
tered is $50. Nine judges have been Sc
lected and these act IN groups Of three
each, each group recording an independ-
ent opinion on each sample, which is
checked by those Of the other two groups.
Each group viii consist Of two butter
merchants and one dairy expert. The
exhibitors are paid the usual market rate
for their exhibits The show will be
held at intervals Of fortnight during
eight months Of the year, and the gov
ernment grant during the current fnan-
cial year is 81 $50.
As the same dairy viii send in butter
several times in the course Of the year,
great facilities will be afforded for ascer-
tanning which are the best managed
dairies, and it win then be seen where
the art of butter making may best be
learned. The report concludes by repro
ducing series Of questions IN regard to
dairy management put to the managers
Of competing dairies
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

1t will interest our readers to see a
picture Of the British prize Jersey COW
of 1889, reproduced below The familiar
characteristics are all here, the deerike
legs, the delicate muzzle and neck and
the immense udder. The most fashion
able Jersey at present is the one having
all one color, solid colored, as it is called,
and that color somewhat dark.
Some years ago the fashionable Jersey
COW was the fawn colored or fawn and
white spotted. The fact is. however,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
AMERICAN JACK AND JENNET BREED
ERSs ASSOCIATION.

Vol. 1 Of the Associations Stud Book
Open for Registration Till Dee. What
the Book Will Contain-It VIII Be a
Valuable Publication.
The time for registration in the first
volume of the American Breeders Asso-
citation Of Jacks and Jennets has been ex-
tended to Dec. i, 1890. Fedigrees will be
received for registration up to that time.
Jacks and jennets are to be numbered as
they alphabetically appear in the stud
book, The contents Of the stud book
viii be as follows
Constitution and bylaws.
Rules of entry.
History of the organization.
Extracts from minutes.
Publication of articles, selected or
otherwise, that were thought to be Of
interest to breeders.
Chapter on the different breeds of
jacks in this country.
An essay on our old original jack stock
and our pioneer breeders, to be prepared
by DR.. L. w. Knight.
Index Of owners and breeders and
their postoffice address.
List Of members and postofice ad-
dress.
Jacks and jennets shall be arranged
and numbered in the same way, the
jacks coming first, the iennet number
beginning where the jack number ended
Initiatory animals shall be arranged,
male and female, together and alpha
betically, but not numerically In posi-
ton they shall Immediately follow the
jennets.
Illustrations viii be permitted upon
the applicant furnishing cut and paying
the sum Of $25. But no inferior jack
shall be illustrated, and each cut shall
be submitted for approval to the local
committee at Nashville-MeErs Fulton,
Knight and Goodpasture.
No other advertisement shall be re-
ceived.
BY order Of the ccncffts. y Great
Eastern" shall be inserted as an illustra-
ton Of the highest type Of a Catalonian
jack.
The committee above referred to shall
also determine upon the price of the stud
book, both to members and non-mem-
bers. The constitution provides that it
shall not be above cost to the former.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
The Style in Dresses,

Now that the decree has gone forth
that all street dresses shall lie on the
ground an inch and half when made,
dress supporter becomes matter of
moment A simple arrangement of elias
tic tapes is already in market for this
purpose, by which the skirt may be ele-
waited to clear the pavement few
inches. AS this elevator" is to be at
tached to all walking dresses by the
dressmaker, and become as much part
of the mechanism of the gown as the
steels or skirt braid, the new tailor dresses
worn by well bred women will not be-
come street sweepers. New York Trib-
1na
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
"Ouida" Mt Home.

.Ouida" Miss Lor 80 de la Ramee)
lives in a gorgeous lorentine palace,
whose stately rooms are rich with choice
statuary, paintings and bric-a-brac.
Her visitors are received in an elegant
boudoir at the end of the house. This
room is filled with tropical plants, and is
lighted with just two wax candles with
butterfly shades, the dim, scented light
revealing the hostess sitting at her tea
table in a gorgeous brocade, with golden
embroideries, or perhaps bronze velvet
tea gown bordered with fur. She does
not like to be asked about her work, but
says she prefers to call it an 'sinspira-
ton. New Y York Ledger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant reports
her safe return to England, and relates
an incident which shows her wonderful
power of turning to helpful uses each in
cident that transpires. By reason of the
crowded dock woman fell overheard,
dragging boy with her They were
rescued by three of the ships firemen.
Mrs. Chant wrote poem upon it from
the point of view Of the fireman's wife,
and recited it in the evening to the pas
sengers. 1t SO pleased her hearers that
they took up 4 collection, put up the
manuscript of the ballad at auction and
sold photographed copies Of it. raising
in this way nearly $3.50, which was dis
tributed among the brave men who had
risked their lives. London Letter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
Does the Rlght Shoe Wear one rirst2

DoSo thc oHOt W ear Out ElrSts
A majority Of people who buy shoes
in this house leave their old ones. pre-
sumo this is true of other shoe houses.
have noticed that the sole Of the right
shoe-I mean the old shoe-is worn
down very thin on that point where the
ball of the foot rests. have seen SO
many such that got to thinking about
it, and have come to this conclusion:
Nearly everybody in city like Chicago
rides on the street cars. Nearly every
body gets off his or her car on the right
hand side of the car. and in alighting
the right foot is the first to strike the
stone paving, or whatever the paving
may be, and it strikes on the ball Of the
foot. This in time wears down the sole
of the right shoe at that point. Inter
view in Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

1t may seem unimportant to some TO
weigh individual messes of milk in
dairy, and yet it is often the best method
to employ in locating the Improbable
cows. Cream tubes will tell the story or
lacteal richness in each separate milk
animal. and they should be used until a
good blood ana feed standard H. estab-
lishad. It is much easier and far more
profitable to properly diet q COW prior to
maternity than To DO obliged to send for
veterinary surgeon To remove the pla-
centa-
Milk j. a very oily substance, and
greases the clothing with which it comes
in contact It IS point Of both neat
ness and economy in mixers It'd use cloth
aprons when drawing the lactesl fluid
from the COW. II the apron is slit half
way up, and each flap tied around tho
mixers knees, freedom If movement IN
secured and protection to clothing from
OIL spatters vouchsafed American Cul-
tiratcr.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

treating aid and seeking information.
Some of them were hopelessly sitting on
their baggage, exhausted by their journey
and annoyed by the curiosity of the
crowd; while to add to their misery
night was coming on, increasing with its
darkness the desolateness of the unknown
land. Kadour looked at the exiles me-
chanically, but he was, ON sudden,
seized with strong emotion as he rec
ognized the dress Of the old peasants, the
velvet bodices CT their wives, and the
women's lcrg hair, of the color of the
ripe harvest. In another minute his for.
gotten dreams had become reality, for
he saw before him the soft features and
golden hair Of Katel. Yes. there she
stood with old Rippert, her mother, and
all the little children, far away from the
sawmill on the rippling Sauerbach, which
still flowed past the abandoned home.
sKadour.'
.'Katelr
He turned pale and she blushed
slightly.
In few minutes the exiles' difficulty
was settled. The Kaid's house was large
and the immigrants were welcome to
install themselves therein until their
little portion Of land was accorded them.
Quickly the mother gathered up the
bundles and called together her children,
who had begun already to play with the
little natives: pell nell they were all put
in the couffins among the silks and pre-
-. =, IT,
at finding herself mounted in such grand
style on an Arab mule Kadour laughed,
too, but less heartily, and with a sort Of
suppressed delight.
As night was falling round and the
air growing cool he wrapped his former
nurse in beautiful striped burnous, one
of the wedding presents, embroidered
with pearls, and with its soft folds fall
ing round her and the fringe glistening
brightly she sat motionless and smiling,
looking like a blonde houri escaped from
the harem.
As Kadour gazed at her thousand
mad projects crossed his mind He
would break his troth with the Aga's
daughter and marry Katel-none but
Katel for him. And some day they
would be returning together from the
city, all alone in lane Of oleanders, she
smiling at him on the mules back, he
holding her bride as at present. Eager
ly, still dreaming, he gave the signal for
the departure of the train, but Katel
stopped him, saying in her soft voice:
'Wait minute. Here comes my
husband"
Katel was married. Poor Kadour!-
From the French of Daudet in Buffalo
Express.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
BRUSH.

Ihave learned beautiful lesson,
Taught by the sweetpease Standing there,
Those little clouds Of sunset glory
Caught out of time In morning air.
You see their fragrant blossoms nodding,
Purple, crimson and pale rose blush,
On slender stems too slight to bear them
Without the helping, hidden brush.
To its brown arms, so strong and trusty,
The little tendrils cleave and cling.
The vine, unheld, in dust were lying,
A fallen, bruised and howcrless thiKg.
And yet the brush itself was barren,
Unquickened at the summers kiss;
1t bore no scent or sign Of blossom,
But now it blooms again like this
Think it must forget the sadness
OF its own broken life, and glow
With love for all the warmth and sunshine
That makes the sweetpease bud and blow
1t may seem but dreary failure,
Deadened and storm tossed, dulIed witt
strife;
But it has helped TO bear the blossoms
That crown another. fairer life.
Bessie Chandler in Harper's Bazar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09
Depreciation in the price of onyx.

Among the art treasures which used
to adorn the drawing room in his marble
palace, now occupied by the Manhattan
club, A. I. Stewart cherished a block Of
Mexican onyx twelve inches square and
about seyen-eighths of an inch thick. He
gave $700 for it, and it was considered
an unusually big, rare piece Of what was
then precious stone. SO rapidly have
the onyx deposits of Mexico been de-
veloped since the day Of the merchant
prince, however, that u piece of onyx the
same size as the one the great trader
valued 50 highly can now be purchased
in New York for about s., or for a good
deal less than -hundredth part of the
price he paid. Blocks of onyx of eight
feet are now shipped here, cut up to
commercial size in Brooklyn and sent to
the New England factories to be polished.
For interior decoration onyx black Afri-
can marble, so long used almost exclu-
sively, has been almost superseded by
the mottled stone now found in such
abundance on our own continent.-New
York Letter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-10-09

A newspaper man, who gets to bed so
late that he rleeps until or O'Clock in
the afternoor, awakening the other day
and looking st the clock saw that it was
o'clock. AS he had an engagement at
that hour, he fairly leaped into his
clothes and rushed from the house, to
find that it was O'Clock. but a. m.
He had slept just one hour. He wasn't
.'mad," because he felt too foolish. New
York Tribune.