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The Progress., 1893-09-09
OUR FROZEN ANCESTORS
PrimevAi Man May Yet BE Discovered in
"A Glacier.

Glacier.
WAS he arbOreal. and did he live
upon fruit?" 1t has been suggested
that he was driven from these mild
ways by the cold of that unpleasant
time when glaciers covered the earth.
The trees died ana the fruits per-
ished, and the ancestor. climbing
down. began with rats and mice, and
finished with cannibalism, to avoid
perishing likewise. Also. he in
vented fire. Also, the cold made him
use language. But this is rather an
unsubstantial speculation. since Pro
fessor Prestwich, for instance. be-
the glaciers. At any rate, he tells
us that at SevenOaks, in the very old
pre-glacial plateau drift above the
downs. he has found instruments of
flint.
It is not impossible that those
beetle browed persons, the paleolithic
men, the remote men who Clipped
out weapons of dnpolished stone and
knew the uses of neither cattle, clay,
nor corn, were less human looking
than their skeletons would LEAD us to
fancy. There is a hint in one rude
scratching on bone that they were
thlckly hairy. There is a remote
chance yet-at least it is pleasant
fancy to entertain that we with our
own eyes may yet see this hairy an
cestor of ours in the flesh. Every
one has heard of the entire mann
moth, skin and flesh complete, frozen
up inside of a Siberian river and en-
during to our days. The flesh was
so fresh thai the dogs fell upon it
and ate it without i'll results.
Now, these preglaciai men of Pro-
fessOr Prestwich must have been con-
temporaries with those mammoths
and they may have ventured, too
since they hunted the mammoth,
into high latitudes. The discovery
of a refrigerated ancestor is by no
means impossible.
1t is necessary for any one who
has read The Frozen Pirate" to curb
his imagination here. In all human
ity we must hope the ancestor, when
thawed. will be dead. Fancy the
shock of Rip Van Wrinkle intensified
by 100 generations. If he is dead
he must, of course, be promptly
stuffed by all the best taxidermists
in council, and placed in a command
ing position in the museumy relic
and true portrait combined.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Managing Patti.

Patti was to sing on certain date
at Bucharest, but at the last moment
she declined to leave Vienna 1t was
too cold; snow everywhere; she would
pot risk catching her death of cold.
NJ Schurmann, the impresario. was
in despair, until brilliant inspira-
tion came to him Quickly he tele-
graphed to his advance-agent in the
Roumanian capital: "At whatever
cost, Patti must receive an ovation
at Bucharest station from the Italian
aristocracy. Send me by return the
following wire: The members of the
Italian and Roumanian nobility are
preparing to give Nine. Patti a mag
nificent reception. The ministry
wiz be represented. Professions,
torches, and bands. Telegraph the
hour of arrival" The advance
agent carried out this instruction,
and. when the telegram dictated to
him over the wires arrived in Vienna,
it was handed to Patti with the de-
sired effect. "How charmingi" she
murmured; ''what time do we start?r
-Argonaut.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

BOMBAY is feeling what all India
would be likely to feel if English
rule should be withdrawn, with the
difference that the relations of the
:ombatants would probably be re-
versed. In Bombay the Hindus have
been massacring the Mohammedans,
whom they outnumber by three to
one, but If the British should make
room for go-as-you-please competi-
tive examination in arms over the
whole of India the survival of the
ittest would lead to a different re-
suit Islam is the heir to the Indian
empire whenever Europe takes it's
hands off, and if it ever comes into
Its inheritance the Hindus of Bombay
will have cause to remember work.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
GO-TO-BED STORIES.
Children Often RegaIed with Hobgob
lin and sleep Destroying Tales.

Children Often RegaIed with Hobgob-
lin and sleep Destroying Tales.
Il wish | were able to write all
the go-to-sleep stories that are told
to the little folks all over the land
every night" said a tender-hearted
mother to Philadelphia Press man
the other day. 1T makes me pos
, ltively sad to think of the small
brains that are filled with distorted
images. hObgoblins, ogres. giants.
and the like, just as reason is losing
its hold upon them for several hours.
L don't think mothers realize what an
influence upon child's life. and even
upon its life after it has ceased to be
a child. is exerted by this apparently
trifing matter of how it goes to
sleep. Every night when watch my
little daughter working off the big
thoughts that sweep over her brain,
as her tired body begins to relax
while her mentality seems to be
briefly and propOrtionately stimu-
lated, | tremble to think of the harm
that could be done to he: or any
Nhllu u-lOI hdD6l 10 uOJ an dDnOflndE
child in any way-by an ignorant
nurse or thoughtless parent The
fact that every normal child cries
out for bedtime story shows that
its mental nature needs it just as its
physical nature Graves sweet. You
want to give your child pure candy,
so give him the unadulterated story.
Leave out the fearful personalities.
the grim and gigantic figures these,
even if they are properly vanquished
by the gallant hero, are too distinct
for the crib-side tale. Sit down bv
your little ones bed and speak low
and evenly. Weave a fanciful but
quiet story that tells of pretty fairies
and birds and flowers and droning
bees and loving little boys and girls
these WOO sleep to the weary but
active brain, not with the suffocating
pressure of the gathering storm lit
with lurid flashes, but with the soft
clouds of the sunset horizon that
change from rosy pink to tender en-
veloping gray, and gradually deepen
into restful gloom"
The Progress., 1893-09-09

THERE is no doubt that cholera has
been prevailing more or less in
Europe all summer. In fact, there
are authentic advices from various
European quarters to that effect,
Notwithstanding the most persistent
effort. on the part of European au-
thorities to suppress the facts. 1t is
therefore greatly to the credit OF
Surgeon-G General Wyman and Health
officer Jenkins, who is cooperating
with him. that in spite of continual
immigration from cholera infected
districts the few cases of cholera in
New York are effectually corraled.
That the plague will get foothold
In the metropolis seems now improb-
able and this improbability becomes
more and more apparent as the sea-
son OF frost advances.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

CALIFORNIA school teachers have
ifty-eight different kinds of wood
from which to select a Furnishing
stick. One dull boy has had all OF
the following tried on him, and yet
they did not make him smart: Mad
rome, live oak, hickory oak, black
oak. red oak, white oak, tanbark oak.
maui oak, buckeye, alder, laurel,
redwood, fir. myrtle, sequoia-big
tree, bull pine. sugar pine, yellow
pine, Monterey pine, California wal
nut. white cedar, red cedar, Califor-
MIA ash, maple, sycamore, magnolia,
yew, wild cherry, olive, Monterey
cypress, spruce, locust, pear, elm,
coffee tree, manzanita, eucalyptus,
nptmeg, lilac, cottonwood, black
acacia, pepper, orange, rubber, cam
phor, Spanish cedar, hemlock, chit
am wood, birch, elder, Douglas
spruce. fig. salmon berry, castor
bean, white thorn, mountain mahog.
any. furze, azalia-
The Progress., 1893-09-09

MONUMENT TO the immortal
Abraham Lincoln has been unveiled
IN the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The plan for the same originated
with Wallace Bruce, United States
consul at Edinburgh. and has been
carried out by American contribu-
tions. 1t cost $1,000. The monu-
ment is fifteen feet in height, sculp-
tured by George f. Bissell, also an
American. Mr.. Lincoln is repre-
sented in bronze six feet four inches
in height and in the act of emancipat-
ing a slave. His head is erect: the
left arm is thrown behind. while the
right is extended, holding some
sheet of manuscript The pose was
made by Mr.. Bissell from a photo
graph of Lincoln taken when he was
delivering one of his speeches. At
the presidents feet are a freed slave
and battle flags. also in bronze. The
base OF the monument is of polished
red Aberdeen granite. This is the
first Lincoln monument ever erected
outside of the United States.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

THE people of this country are not
the only people on earth suffering
from a financial pinch. In Germany.
where the reichstag has but recently
passed an army bill which greatly
enhances the tax burden, the young
emperor is put to his wits end as to
how to raise enough thaAers to meet
the increased expense. The long
trouth in the country of the Rhine
has forced even the importation of
hay, to say nothing of the necessary
food supplies for man. The kaiser
and the car have virtually stopped
commercial exchange between their
respective countries so that a big
market for German products is cut of.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
Vanity of Mankind.

The annual manufacture of looking
glass in Europe at the present time,
according to the latest statistics, is
something like 1,S59>50S square
yards In the mirrors of to-day the
light is reflected by layer of silver
or an amalgam of tin, but a pro-
portion of light is lost in the process
of reflection, and the image is less
luminous than the original Ihe
value OF looking glass is estimated
by the thickness of the glass, because
the thicker they are the stronger
they must be; but, speaking scien-
tifically, thick glasses are defective,
because the outlines of the image re-
fected are less clearly defined.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
The First Woman of the Greeks.

Pandora, according to the Greeks,
was the first woman; her name sig.
uifies ''every gift" as she was sup
posed to have received a gift from
each OF the gods. Venus gave her
beauty and fascination; Mercury in.
spired her with the desire of pleas.
ing and taught her insinuatiue
words; Minerva instructed her in al.
works of female skill
The Progress., 1893-09-09

OCTAVE THANET pronounces her
name, which is a pen one, as if it
were every day English. She did
not take it from French novel, nor
from bill of fare, but from freight
car that used to scoot past her cot
tage door when she was little girl.
Hence, all persons who have begun
the study of French are warned not
to trespass on her nom de plume.
The Progress., 1893-09-09
SWEET Pc AS.

A hoGt of dainty, wing-like flowers,
A bowl OF Dresden china,
Beguile today some lonely ho"-S
With potency Ear finer
Than al the roses, ESndrous fair,
Which lahguish IN their glory
In stately vase OF pattern rare,
Breathing the summers story.
A swarm Of pink-hued butterflies,
You seem to poise and hover
On your frail stems, and try TO rise,
Seeking the wind your lover
Sweet peas Nv fancy and my heart
You charm With your faint fragrance;
1t challenges Dame Natures art
To match you, lovely vagrants
The Progress., 1893-09-09

The people of Cairo salute you
with the question, "Do you per-
spire?" They regard dry skin as
sign of mortal malady. Therefore,
humorists lettering in Cairo are
obliged to carry their jokes in a sweat
box or leave them in quarantine.
In this way much funny matter is
lost to the Cairo press.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

THE Behring sea decision has gone
against the United States Well. the
defeat is one that win never bring
any hardship to the large majority
of the American people.
The Progress., 1893-09-09

WHILE the Italian laborers of Col
orado are drawing their savings
from the banks and hustling with
them back to Italy. Italians without
savings, but with load of cholera
germs. have been landing in New
York. 1t is not fair exchange and
the country kicks
The Progress., 1893-09-09

Mrs. FRANK LESLIE saws she
wouldn't marry an angel. Up to the
hour of going to press this seems to
be the only variety of natural or
supernatural masculine man whom
Mrs. Frank Leslie wouldn't marry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
sawdust as Manure.

Sawdust from any kind Of timber has
in itself but little manurial value and
none at all till it has become thoroughly
decomposed. It often serves a good pur-
pose, however, in mechanically loosening
stiff clay soils and finally, when com
pletely rotted, yielding some plant food.
When applied to land, it is generally CON
sidered the best plan to use it first as bed
ding in stables, where it acts as an alb
sorbent and saves liquid manure that
otherwise might be wasted. There is a
prejudice against sawdust from resinous
woods, and especially against applying
the same in green state to the soil. Saw
dust from the yellow pine will remain
insoluble in the soil so long that it may
be said to have no manurial value, and it
is not advisable to apply it in fresh state
to land First employed as bedding and
afterward composted along with barn
yard manure, it will do no harm and will
add, of course, the fertility acquired from
the manure absorbed while in the stables
and in the compost heap.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02

For party dresses and dinner young
girls in London wear nothing but white
or cream, baby blue or pale pink the
first season, and those of the simplest
and most inexpensive material, and
absolutely no jewels. The second season
and thereafter rather handsomer ma
terials can be worn, and few pearls OF
other youthful looking jewels. The
empire styles are not very popular in
England, though an occasional gown is
seen, but always modified to certain
extent.
The new habits seen in Hyde park are
trihe longer than they have been and
are slightly draped across the front.
They may now be in colors-fawn, gray,
dark blue, green, heliotrope, puce and
drab, as well as black-but they are as
rigidly simple in cut and finish as ever.
The trousers are in some instances
zouaves, and only reach the boot top
where boots are worn. Stiff white col
lars, white ties and cuffs add to the be-
comingness Of a habit Flat or cap can
be worn. Derby is most often seen.
In the way of spring wraps fancy the
popular taste is for the short cavalier
cape in light stuff, lined with changeable
silk, for young persons, and for the long
redingote for elder ladies. Blouses fit
well to the figure and will have share
Of popularity. Tailor gowns will all have
short camlet cloaks of the same mate
rial, which will be lined with changea-
Bile silk. MARY DERwENT.
london
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02

The way the thing happened was this:
Our section had been fighting it alone in
peach orchard until the other members
of the battery joined us, when we moved
forward and had quite brisk engage
ment with the enemy. Our ammunition
expended and our men worn out, we
halted at a spot in the woods to rest and
to replenish our ammunition.
The fighting was going on all around
rs, and stray bullets were coming along
past us every now and then. don't be-
lieve was ever so tired in my life as l
was after that engagement. It was alb
solutely necessary for me to take rest,
and perceiving a huge tree near by I
concluded to plant myself along side Of
it. So | leaned against it with my back
to the enemy's line, stretched out my
feet and was havinga splendid rest when
12-pound shot came bounding along
and struck tho tree plumb ou the oppo-
site side from me and at a point just be-
hind my head.
Well, sir, | didn't know what struck
me. The shock was tremendous. Great
Jerusaleml But didn't run from under
that tree, looking sideways up and ex-
pecting momentarily to see the whole
enormous mass Of wood and leaves come
crashing down on me. l didn't know
what had happened till I saw some Of the
boys dancing around in high delight,
clapping their hands and yelling at me. ]
felt for a week as if I had been struck on
the back Of the head with sledge ham
mer.-New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
THE PREPARATION OF SOILS
Tor Corn, Spring Wheat, Barley, Oats, Po-
tatoes and Rye.

For Corn, Spring Wheat, Barley, Oats, Po-
tatoes and Rye.
An Iowa farmer, writing to The Farm,
Field and Fireside, says:
My preparation of the soil for corn is
to put on good dressing Of barnyard
manure. Plow not less than six inches
deep as early in the fall as possible. l
prefer fall plowing in all kinds Of soil,
whether the ground is stubble or sod. In
the spring cultivate thrice over with a
disk harrow to get the ground good and
mellow, then plant with O 2-horse corn
planter.
For spring wheat plant as early in the
fall as possible. Cultivate in the spring
with a disk harrow to pulverize the
ground, and then SOW the wheat and
harrow well in.
For barley prepare the ground the
same as for wheat, but it is very essen
tial to have good, rich ground, for if
sown on poor soil the crop will be very
light.
For oats also prefer fall plowing, but
here in the west it is impossible to have
Ill fall plowing; hence in order to have
rotation of crops we must plow in the
spring OF else SOW oats on the ground
where corn was grown the previous year
without being plowed. If the ground
has been kept clean, prefer the latter.
Sow the oats in the spring and cultivate
with a disk harrow twice over and drag
with common harrow, and if the season
is favorable You may look for a bounti-
full crop.
For potatoes take good, rich ground,
plow deep and cultivate until the ground
is perfectly mellow and then plant. /
prefer ground that is little sandy for
potatoes.
For rye l take my poorest ground and
plow and cultivate or pulyerize until the
ground is in good order, and sow about
the middle of September.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02

Her youth was spent in Texas, and her
first contributions were printed in the
papers of that state. For several years
after taking up her pen she confined her
self to poetry as her medium Of express
sion, and her first volume Of verses passed
through five editions. She has been writ
ing in prose for about five years. Quite
early in life she married Major T. e.
Davis, Virginian and a graduate of the
University Of Virginia. He is now on
the staff Of the New Orleans Picayune
and is gentleman Of wide culture.
Mrs. Davis first essays in prose con-
sisted Of a series Of sketches Of the old
French quarter in New Orleans under
the general title of g Keren-happerch and
T." These attracted attention and ad-
miring comment. Later came In War
! Times at La Rose Blanche" ..Pere Dago-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
WOODBURY.. N. J, THURSDAY, MARCH p 1898.

mouse, nop1ng JnaJ entire rest would ~
store her reason. He thanked me for
what had done and asked me to call
the next afternoon.
Having eaten my dinner very rapidly,
| met Melville and wo went to the opera.
During the time between acts he told
me Of his sad trip to Monte Carlo, and it
was not until wo were slowly walking
up the Avenue de rOpera that told him
Of my unusual experience of the after
noon.
With u shade of that same strange
smile l had before noticed he asked me
the appearance Of the man, and when I
described him he half muttered, II
thought So" Nothing more was said
for several blocks, when he suddenly
asked, the smile being fully developed,
Sand where is my pinf'' put my hand
to my cravat- the pin was gonei knew
that had worn it in the Afternoon. and
now it was missing Melville noticed my
surprise and said again, II thought So"
After walking moment in silence be
continued: "That pin was very highly
valued by one of Europe's most noted
gamblers. Some months ago, on account
Of severe losses, he was compelled to part
with it at a very low figure, as its real
value was not known. recently dis
covered it in pawnshop, recognized it
as having belonged to this gambler and
bought it for the ridiculous price of 10
napoleons. One day | met its former
owner in the hotel. He recognized the
pin on my tic, looked wistfully at it, but
said nothing. Several times after that
noticed rather pretty young lady
watching me very closely. You have
perfectly described both this woman and
the gambler Now you know where my
pin is
said nothing; what could say2
But the next day called at IA at the
appointed hour When presented my
card and asked for the gentleman, the
reply came, 'eZe zhentheman an hees
daughter go dees mornin, but ze zhen-
theman leave ze note for monsieur" :"
And she handed me an envelope contain
ing thousand franc note, upon one
corner of which was written, Many
thanks for the pin" Both Melville and
| were satisied.-T. Q. B. in Pittsburg
Dispatcn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02

One reason why SO few care to take off
their hats in public is that it is very diff
ficult to dress the hair well and wear
hat on it, and the hair is combed straight
back and braided, and that is a style be-
coming to but very few. Such ladies
shouldwear small bonnets. 1t is q sign
Of i'll breeding to do anything which in
terferes with another's comfort, above
all when it can be avoided. Almost any
thing can be twisted up into pretty
theater bonnet or toque-so there really
is no excuse.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
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CROSS SECTIONS OF GRAVEL AND STONE
WALKS.
pearance represented in Fig. 2. A SUPER
ficially constructed walk will be sure to
reach this condition in few years if
much used.
This state Of affairs may be prevented,
says Country Gentleman, by initiating
the telford road, q cross section Of
which is represented by Fig. 8, the stone
being set ON edge with the larger or
bIunter ends down and the points up
ward. Fine broken stone placed on this
bed, being raInmed in between the
stones, wedge the whole into firm and
solid mass, and every vehicle which
passes over it serves to make it all the
fir1ner.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
NUMBER %

UerJ- tlong poem, 1.-The Throwing Of the
Wanga" tpoenl), ''The Elephants
Track, Nanny Gugger,'' ''The Song
Of the Opal, "The Center Figger,p 'sAt
La Glorieuse, X eThe Soul Of Rose Dede, n
e'Mr. Gish's Ball, ga Heart Leaf From
Stony Creek Bottom" and other strong
and artistic stories printed in the leading
monthlies and weeklies Of this country
and many of them complimented by
translation into other languages. ''Tho
Soul Of Rose Dede" made such an impress
sion by its originality and spirituelle
quality that the author received over
100 letters Of congratulaticn on it.
Mrs. Davis lives in a quaint, antique
home in the old French quarter in New
Orleans-a typical residence, with its
galleries, inner court and sweet wilder
ness of palms and flowers. Hero she
holds her salon-a real literary center
and here she has entertained many Of the
most noted authors and artists Of the
day. She has one child, an exquisitely
pretty little maid named Pearl.
MEL r. CoLoUITT.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-03-02
The nauteur q english servants.

get ON charmingly with the English
nobility and sufficiently well with the
gentry, but the upper servants strike
terror to my soul. There is something
awe inspiring to me about an English
butler, particularly one in imposing
livery. When L call upon Lady de Wolfe,
l say to myself impressively as l go up
the steps: 'sYou are as good as butler,
as well born and well bred as butler,
even more intelligent than a butler
Now, simply because he has an unap-
proachablo hautiness Of demeanor, which
you can respectfully admire, but can
never hope to initiate, do not cover be-
meath the polar light Of his eye; assert
yourself; be woman; be an American
citizenr' All in vain.
The moment the door opens I ask for
Lady de Wolfe in SO timid a tone that l
know Parker thinks me the parlor maids
sister, who has ru15 the visitors bell by
mistake. If my lady IL within. follow
Parker to the drawing room, my knees
shaking under me at the prospect Of
committing some solecism in his sight
Lady dc VOTES husband has been no
BILE only fo'lr months. and Parker Of
course knows it and perhaps affects
even greater hauteur to divert the atten-
ton of the vulgar colnmoner from the
newness Of the title.-Kate d. Wiggin
ia AAlissl.sss.s -s[Sc........ Y t[Sc...,..ii7
Az-s1 rapturousIyl = Now. darling,
please name the happy day.
Minnie (blushingly)- y)-Three weeks from
next Thursday, Alfred.
Norah Through the keyhoIe)--lf you
please, miss, that's my reg'lar day out.
You'll have to git married in the curly part
| of the week. .-Tit-Bits.