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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14
Tax Laws.

Tax Laws
Inc inequalities of assessments and valu-
ations Of land on the part OF tax assessors,
and the necessity Of the passage OF some
law to correct unfair assessments and en-
force existing laws, where no relief could
be had from local authorities, induced the
legislature of 1891, upon the recommenda-
ton of the representatives of the state
board of agriculture and other citizens, and
after a thorough examination by non
partisan commission created under the act
Of April Z, 1890 Laws of 1890, page 515), to
pass an act entitled "A general act concern
ing taxes" Laws of 1891, page 1897.
Since its organization the board has heard
appeals in different parts of the state, and
acted thereon by decisions which have gen
orally met with approval The law has also
been practically applied in Camden county
in a case where three exclusively agricul
tural townships appealed to the board tc
increase the tax valuations of two cities
one township and one borough, so as &c
equalize the assessments of these seven tax
ing districts In this case readjustment
of taxes has been made. There has been Q
large increase by the local assessor in the
ratables of Atlantic City by which the agri
cultural portions Of the county receive sub
stantial benefits. In all the instances where
appeals were taken by a sufficient number
OF parties to warrant it, the board has
heard the appeals in the locality where tn,
appellants lived The commissioners have
faithfully performed their duty and have
given general satisfaction to the people, and
have no doubt but that their efforts will
result in substantial improvements in the
methods of taxation, so that equality in as
sessments viii be established
The president Of the state board OF agrf
culture says that the result has fully ex
emplified the wisdom of the creation OF E
state board of taxation; that the principh
of state supervision Is correct one, and
with intelligent and conscientious commits
sioners clothed with the necessary powers,
and thoroughly devised system Of rules,
easily understood and explained, the equali
cation Of the burdens of taxation will b
solved
Prior TO the creation Of this tribunal II
was impossible to secure speedy justice and
relief from the action of the local boardt
and assessors The present mode ox hear
ing appeals is simple and inexpensive; the
decisions are promptly given. and they have
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

The ordinary receipts on state account for
the fiscal year ending Oct. 81, 1892, viii in
all probability be equal to those received
during the preceding fiscal year. There
may, however, be a diminution in some of
the usual sources of revenue, and it would
therefore not be safe to act upon g basis of
total ordinary receipts of over u, 100000.
This viii leave balance over ordinary
state expenses for 1892 which can be used
to meet appropriations heretofore made by
the legislature, and for which no other
source Of revenue has been provided.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

The great cure for dyspepsia, which allows
person to eat anything they wish and at the same
time be cured.h he procured2 boxs, and found relief
from three doses and continued to use them
until cured. The demand for this wonderful
article proves its great merit. Price so cents
box. at druggists or by mail
J.F. TRUITT MsF.. bridgeport N. j.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14
Assets Of the state Fund.


The securities in this fund are as follows:
1887 shares of the stock OF the
United New Jersey Railroad and
Canal company Of the par value of Sl88,T00 CO
Centennial stock, par value dhis
stock has no value) 49, ........ 74,116 81
Bonds of the several counties of the
state for surplus revenues of the
United States these bonds are of
no value as an asset. ).............. 1880 "A
Principal sum named In riparian
lease granted under act of March
10. $780, s,2s5 0
The only assets Of this fund which are Sof
any value are the 1887 shares of stock,
which are worth s47l, $50, and the above
riparian lease, upon which the state receives
annually rental of per cent. on the prin-
cipal sum. My former message gave the
history of the items of Centennial stock
and bonds above referred to, and stated the
reasons why they were no longer Of any
value.
School Fund.
The total amount of the school fund Oct.
81, 1891, was 80, FOG, 4023 3S. It's investments
were as follows:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14
GHARLEs >. DILKs,

GHARLEs =. DILKS,
Surveyor and Conveyancer,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
BARNSBORO, GLOU. CO., n. J H-Lesses
nd Agreements drawn up. Jan "A, ".
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

II UsINGER.
Il.
Auctioneer and Contractor.
Bridges and Wharves built and repaired, by
contract or day work P. address.
BRIDGEPORT. N. J
Jan. %, 80. P. o. Box 81.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

u REYNOLDS,
Carpenter and Builder,
WOODBURY., n ]. Estimates and plans
furnis ed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

This school, situated on the Delaware
river at Beverly, was built by Paul Farnum
in 1855. In 1851, by an act of the Legislature.
it was made part Of the state school sys
tenn, and Mr.. Farnum endowed 1t with
SO, 600.
During the past year sixty male and sixty
seven female pupils were enrolled; the av-
erage attendance was 10. The income OF
the school was derived from the state ap-
preparation Of 81, 800 the interest on the en-
dowment of 10000, amounting to $3.50, and
the money collected from tuition fees.
amounting to sass The total receipts
were S5.29s.0s, and the expenditures
amounted to s4, 1880, leaving balance Of
kTQQ IS
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-01-14

The reports of the comptroller and treas
urer present in detail the financial opera
tions Of the state for the fiscal year ending
Oct. 81, 1891
There are two funds referred to in these
reports; one the state and the other the
school fund; they are kept separate from
each other, and / shall deal with them in the
Bame manner.
State Fund.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

take down the cords Of your eyanescent
tent and move on to "see" the hills.
"Seen" the sea, my dear? "Seen" the
hills? Why, you might sit forever on
the pavilion by the waters verge and
yet never half see the sea. And you
might dwell all your life in the temple
of the hills and know no more about a
mountain when you come TO die than
sparrow knows OF Shakespeare. What
do you behold when you look out on
these great flushing tides? A lot Of
water and fringe Of scattering foam,
or perhaps now and then gray mantle
of fog and a start of steel blue rain. But
imagine II you could poise above the
world at will and behold this magnifi-
cent old ocean in its entirety. What II
you could see section OF it folded in
softest blue haze, a section OF IL lashed
to mountain pillows. while still another
section were emerald green and rain
bow-tinted in the hurrying rush OF clear
and windy weather? What II you saw
the smooth horizon packed full Of golden
sails, like harbor full OF ships, and
turning TO the opposite verge behold
the wonders Of the dawn unfold like o
sweetbriar-rose, while somewhere upon
the vast expanse the shadow Of the
moon opened like an Easter lily in the
dark? What il you saw all this at a
glance, as perhaps the angels do? Then
you might talk about seeing" the sea.
Until you do don't babble any more
about what you accomplished in sight
seeing within the compass OF q handful
OF days spent at fashionable resort.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17
THE SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONRY.

On Monday evening Wheeling Union
Chapter No. held regular convocation,
aud although the chapter room was ex-
tremely hot, there wins a very large
number of jealous companions present,
who had come there for the purpose Of
assisting some worthy aspirants to gain
the summit OF the arch, but all waited
in vain for the candidates, for they came
not. and so the work was postponed to
a future convocation.
On Tuesday evening Bates Lodge No.
SO, in monthly communication; with
good turnout OF brethren present, work
was had in the third degree, and one
candidate was raised to the level OF a
master workingman, and as such Is
now fully prepared to work as worthy
craftsman in our moral temple.
On Wednesday in company with
Grand Treasurer Brother Hugh Ster-
ling your correspondent went to New
Cumberland TO assist New Cumberland
Lodge TO bury Masonically Brother
James Luke, Sr., the Treasurer OF that
Lodge. The Lodge turned out In full
force to assist Brother Sterling and the
Worshipful Master in performing the
funeral ceremonies OF our Order, and
which were had in full, although dur
ing the services there was violent rain
storm. Rev. Greer, of the Presbyterian
Church. officiated at the house. After
Lodge had completed its services at the
grave, the men who had been under
the employ of Brother Lake and had
followed his body to the grave, each
deposited a boQuet Of flowers, and
which almost hid the casket from view.
On Thursday evening Nelson Lodge
No. 30, held regular meeting and work
ed the entered apprentice degree upon
two candidates, in their well known
qualified manner There were large
attendance OF brethren present although
the heat Of the lodge-room was very OPP
pressiVe. We learn of the confinement
of one of the members OF No. 80, Broth
er White. but trust he may be permit
ed by the hand OF Providence to meet
with the brethren again in the near
future.
The July meetings for the week are,
Miriam Chapter No. !, on Tuesday
evening, and the 22d is the regular time
for the Mystic Shrine TO meet.
Before this time next month the Sir
Knights of Wheeling with their friends
will be wheeling their way on their pill
grimage to Denver. Those who have
not secured their sections in the sleep
ers, not only Knights but also friends
who desire 10 accompany them, should
do so at once, so that they can be made
comfortable in every way during the
trip.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17
TANDSEOONING.
gs OF THE VERY LATEST NEWPORT
GOWNS
Sketches Of the Dresses Worn BY The Most
Stylish Coiagers- DiaPhanous Black
Causes a Sensation On the Beach.

NEWPORT, R. l., July 16.-When
everybody else has been enticed into
light eolors, the fashion leader bethinks
herself Of black, then, she is sure 70 look
distinguished; in black she will still be
in the lead
In pursuance Of which logic a certain
woman OF fashion Strolled the other day
down Newport beach in trailing dap
hanous black, and became at once TO
everybody in the range Of vision the one
accent-point within sweep Of the hor-
lion.
All the pretty colored dresses on the
beach were merged inconseQu5ntially
into their surroundings, and this black
gown stood out alone in Sharpest defni-
ton. For they were in harmony Of the
colors OF nature about, and this was
spot of no color and an intense dark
than nature herself ever given IN land
scape.
This gown was a daring essay, and ef-
fectually served lis purpose. 1t Is only,
however, when black is isolated that 10
has such an effect. III everybody wore
black no one would. DO distinguished,
and nearly everybody would look hot
aud hideOus. A great many dark dresses
together are not interesting.
And whether any black dress is so or
DOT depends upon its cut. 1t must be
absolutely faultlesS in outline. It's style
hinges on this. Other gowns have COM
pensations-have color and local con-
trasts; the black dress has only one pro-
file. Remember this when you are
tempted to spend extra money for in
trlcate wears or elaborate trimmings on
black. All effort spent on detail is
thrown away, and has a look Of impO-
tence. tt is the outline that makes the
impression.
The particular sable gown that sill
houetted itself upon the Newport beach
was OF that soft embroidered crepon
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

that falls and elings about the person,
and suggests a dreamy, languld, sWooh-
ing summer night
1t was full pulled and loose about the
shoulders and upper arms, gathered into
a wide cincture at the waist, ana the
trains edge was rounded into a protect
ing hange by cable OF twisted RIBBON.
above this vestment the patrlclan mead
was shaded by long-brimmed lsghorn
with bows Of grenadine ribbon, and lace
falling down over the brim, all Of black.
This may be called an artfUl use OF
black. Such use has certainly no pre-
cedence in ornament or art and the
model for the right use OF black In dress
fs foupd in historic ornament. 1t is to
the laws OF ornamental art that dress is
properly subject. Let US see little
how this is.
IN you will study bit OF historic or
nament, as, say the walls Of the Alham-
bra, you will see that the use OF black
there is quite different from that OF
colors like blue. red and green. IL does
not cover surface as they do; 1t outlines
them. And IN dress black should be
used in the same way-to separate colors
and accent lines. 1t marks outlines as
nothing else can.
The French have this year elected to
notice black here AMI there in dress In
she right place-thas is to say, as It Is
used in historic ornament. This fact is
interesting, and worth talking little
about and trying TO understand. A
note OF it is found in the turkey-red
cottons being worn here for morning
gowns, and which I must pause TO de-
scribe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

Among the many who congregate
daily in the pavilion have become in
terested In a few types which l would
like to hold up for an instant to view,
as a tourist with his dreadful snapshot
camera arranges siseries Of pleasing
pictures zen route"
Every day at a certain hour there
comes to the same corner of this wind
beaten, surf-smitten pavilllon-an old
woman who sits by the hour and
watches the outHowing and incoming
tides. Her thin. blue-veined hands are
heavily weighted with diamonds, and
the lace that lies like the foam Of
spent wave at her delicale waist is OF
the coStliest mesh. Nearly twenty years
ago this beautiful, relentless sea, whose
gushing tides she watched so closely,
took from her all that made life of any
value. Her husband and four children
were lost by a steamer collision and she
was saved to live out alone the measure
Of her desOlate days. Every season
finds her at Atlantic City watching the
sea, reticent, uncopsoled and faithful.
Another woman, with the color OF
dull gold and hair like the tawny shade
on a bumbebee's breast-plate, comes
here every day and throws something
into the sea. Some say it is powder
which she shakes from folded paper.
Some declare II to be the ashes OF love
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17
AT THE SBASHORE.
VERY QUEER TYPES OF HUMANITY TO BE
SEN THERE
The Modern Bathing Suit No! Conductive to Nor
aliy-Cruelty to Animals at Fashionable
RssorS-LoVe Of Thrashy Novels Not
Confined to the Young.

ATLANTIC CITY,. n. j., July IA
Poor little Glory McQuirk complained
because there were so many good times
in the world and she mot in EN-" She
might have added another chapter to
her lamentations and deplored the fact
that there were so many beautiful
places in the world that she could never
see.
As l sit here to-day by Atlantic's
shore, and take into my tired soul the
full freshness OF the sea, can but muir
muir little to myself that so brief
time is left from grinding care TO re-
fresh the better part of US with unf1u-
ences that tell on the imperishable part
Of US. Evidently there are many OF the
same mind, for the Pavilion where SIT
is full of people. They have come down
here impelled by various motives. Some,
and we give them brief g0-by, are here
TO show their costumes. Poor feather
heads They pose and lutter and llrt
the hours away with less thought OF
anything better to follow than dragon
flies have OF heaven. By and by death
will snatch their worthless little lives
from their keeping. SheaveS OF unde-
veloped grain lie before the great har.
vester, withered handfuls Of leaves I'M
empurpled by amp sign Of fruit to yield
to the vineyard presses. or the two,
my dear, I'd rather take my chances
with the dragon-fy-for neither men
nor angels expect much OF fy-but
when it comes TO woman with sup
possible soul. or man destined to play
his part in the eternal ages, one looks
for a bit Of earnestness now and then,
and something deeper than society
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

living hills, one would have to reel Of
copy like the coils OF submarine cable.
1t would take two stenographers all
winter to record the rudeness OF one
short watering place day. For instance,
TO enumerate little; see the way the
women crowd in front of one here, and
raise their parasols to still further cut
of the view one is enjoying. How many
times do you think that is done in an
hour and how many do 1t? You are en-
toying a book perhaps, and crowd OF
silly people settle down beside you and
break your attention into q thousand
pieces. There are plenty OF available
seats further on, but them vapid chat
terers are utterly Indifferent to any
body's convenience but their own. a
man comes and smokes cigar on the
windward side Of you. You may not
object to smoke, but it is rudeness all the
same. A young girl finds something
amusing in the dress Of woman old
enough to be her grandmother. Has
she any reverence to age? Any regard
for the amenities that sweeteen life?
She laughs in the face OF the one whom
she finds amusing and with her foolish
eyes cannot see that in the strong and
.imeworn face which angels might stoop
rom heaven to admire. So might a
wren chatter in the face of an eagle
soaring to the sun. The bell sounds for
Inner on the hotel piazza where you
ait. There is a wild rush as to who shall
claim first attention. For the time be-
ing there is nothing better on earth or
more desirable in the hope Of heaven,
than that hot soup and the first order Of
fish. A stranger enters the parlor. She
is alone and Of marked appearance, per-
4 o.n-ua-t- mann artand har n cordial
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

have coat back with Vatican platte
and loose, open coat fronts faced with
lace. The gathered waist front under
meath Is confined by folded black rib
bon and the black appears elsewhere In
r0usettes and edges.
Cashmere printed turkey cottons have
not heen largely imported by the yard,
and the nearest available substitute for
Que of these gowns is plain turkey-red
ornamented with bands Of Russian en-
broidery.
These bands are OF several colors
mingled, with red predomnating, en-
broidered with tnsel. They are in
widths Of from one to two inches, at
prices ranging from go cents upwards.
or these materials, with lace II one
likes, extremely effective breakfast
gowns can be made.
A chic and appropriate design for it
would be a gathered Russian blouse,
with the neck cut out square and bord-
cred with the Russian band, and worn
over guimps Of white muslin striped
with red.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

Erecting? How many have pleasant
word for her? Ten. 10 one she Is snubt
bed and insulted in thousand ways by
know-nothing women, who would have
to be put to seed in celestial green
house for eleven centuries before they
could develop 1.-THE of either her heart
or her brain. tell you, my dear, and
| mean 1t, discourtesy and the lack to
seize that overcoming opportunity TO
do kind and lovely things, is what keeps
the world so long away from heaven.
FATE OF THE ARIsTocRATIc CAT.
There is one phase Of the cottage life
in these summer resorts which has ex-
cited my Indignation many times but
has never been remedied A kindly dis
posed family settles for few months In
a transient house. They fall into pos
session in some way Of cat. Somebody
gives one of the children pet kitten,
perhaps, and it is made much OF. by
everybody. A scarlet ribbon, or a blue
one, as the case may be, is tied about
that Tabby's neck, and for season 1t
dwells like princess daughter In an
atmosphere OF perfect coDtentment.
But times change and people with
them. The transient jewellers in the
cottage by the sea are gone and the be-
ribboned cat is left to starve, Or fitch for
a scanty living. From pampered pet
it becomes a tramp and an outcast. Its
fat sides shriveI, its topaz eyes grow
fierce, and by and by it starves to death
In the corner of an empty outer shed.
Such things should not be il were king
OF France. Cruelty to animals, neglect
of pets, because pets have a way OF
growing old, and tenants have way OF
moving out, shall never be tolerated
when become queen OF Portugal and
you, my dear, are my right-hand minis
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17

correspondence, which she reduces, let
ter by letter, and casts to the unreturn-
ing tides. Whatever it is, it is a mys-
terry nobody can solve, and the woman's
actions are the talk of the curious
town.
In a low chair, promptly at II every
morning, fair or foul, you will find an
old man reading love story. 1t is not
always the same book, but the titles are
cut from the same pattern. Yesterday
il was "Sunshine and Roses" the day
before one of 0uida's most intense, to-
morrow it might be lola, but whatever
book he carries it is always love tale,
and faupts sensational title page.
Love stories are natural to the young
and do not come amiss to the middle
aged, but when a falling mortal is ad-
vaneiug upon the COS and has to read
through powerful double-lens- glasses,
might not be expected to refresh his
wasted energies with something sweeter
than lola and more heavenly-minded
than Ouida? Is it not pathetic to watch
a spent soul seeking sustenance from
such quarters, bit like watching q
frozen tramp attempting to draw warmth
from painted fire?
There are so many homely women al
ways to be found at q summer resort.
Did you ever notice it? There are lots
of pretty girls in their white sailor hats
and crispy pretty dresses, but oh, the
dowagers! How 6eshy they are, and how
they are laced so that their corpulency
oyerfows its boundaries like 8 freshet-
borne dyke. Their compilations are
sallow and their noses sharp and their
chins suggestive Of over-taxed temper.
1t is not as it should be. Advancing
age should come to woman as it does
to most men aid TO all vegetation. An
added girth, perhaps, but also an added
geniality; subdued spirit, but also q
finer touch and melIoWed sweetness.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-17
D. OF L.

At a regular meeting Of Pride Of
Wheeling Council No. ?, ID. OF L., held
on Thursday last, the following officers
were installed for the ensuing term:
Counsellor, Mrs. Letzkus; A. c., Mrs.
Mary o. Springer; V. G., Mrs. Mary N.
Degant; A. Y. c., Miss Jennie Richard
son; Guide, Miss Maggie Barley, /. g.,
Mrs. Jennie Berkman; o. g., Mr. John
Boyd; Jr. Ex. A. c., Mrs. Kate Potter;
Treasurer, Mr.. j. E. Potter; Secretary,
Mr.. J. b. Terrell; Assistant Secretary,
Mrs. Cora Taylor; Trustee, Mr. Alex.
Bebout. At the conclusion Of which
refreshments were served, and gem
eral good time had By the large crowd
present.
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ca,e Of NsgIscted catarrh.

"My trouble dated back at least ten years"
saws Mr. John Mckinney. "lt began with =
cold. followed by repeated colds aud then be-
came chronic.
''My head was nearly always stopped up ana
there was continual discharge internally tsom
the nose requiring splitting aud hawking TO re-
move had headaches sometimes OF most
violent character. had sore throat most or
the time, which WAS made raw and Unnamed ~
the constant dropping OF the discharge. Ny
right ear also became seriously Affected and
discharged great deal. ! had pAins In the
chest. back and sides. and suffered from init
gestion. Ny stomach seemed 20 be all wrong.
had no appetite and what food l ate gave me