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The Progress., 1894-08-11
Grants Fathers Adj.

Gen. Grants father seems to have
had poetical turn OF mind occasion
ally, as is evidenced by the following
leather advertisement in verse.
which he composed to boom businesa
for Grant e. Perkins, at Galena, in
1865, just after Jesse's son had
whipped tho "Rebel Lee"
WHERE TO CALL
To leather buyers, one and all
We here address friendly CALL
To see il leather you will buy,
And II their stock you wish to try
II you wish to get some leather,
Suited to every stage OF weather;
II good and cheap you wish to find
Exactly suited to your mind
Call on Grant L. Perkins.
II with such things you've been supplied
And only wish TO sell hide.
Then skin it right and trim it nice
And If you want the highest price
Call on Grant g. Perkins.
Since Grant has whipped the Rebel Leo,
And opened trade from sea to sea,
Our goods in price must soon advance
Then don't neglect the present chance
TO call on Grant & Perkins.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

Drunkenness is very rare in Rio
Janeiro, coffee taking the place of al
cohollc beverages.
The old salon of Paris received this
year 3, 400 pictures, nearly one-half OF
which were rejected.
It is about thirty miles across town
in London, and for the entire distance
there is said to be an unbroken line Of
residences and stores.
Six corpses on the ball room floor waa
the result of a little difference of opin.
ion among the dancers at ball in an
Austrian village two weeks ago.
The tiger makes short work of tho
buffalo in Sumatra. Therefore, TO
avoid it's enmity, the buffalo rests at
night in the river, with only its nose
and horns above the surface.
In the matter of woman's rights
Abyssinia is far ahead of Europe. Tho
house and all it's contents belong Ia
her, and if the husband offends she
turns him out until he is duly re-
pentant and makes amends.
The success of the Manchester ship
canal has stirred l.? English meS
chants and manufacturers to the pro
lection of all sorts of canal schemes
Birmingham wants a ship canal con-
Meeting it with the Bristol channel.
A project is on foot to Introduce
into the United kingdom the edibls
lichen of Japan. 1t is gathered Of
the granite rocks in the japanese
mountainA and contains large quail
ties of starch and other gelatinoul
substances.
The average density of population
per acre in London is ST. and thu
average death rate is 23.2 per thon
sand. In some parts of Whitechapel
in the tenement region, the densit.
Of population is about 5000 r." acr,
and the death rate is Ala per thou
sand.
DR.. Finkler of Bonn, said, in a re
cent parliamentary discourse on by
giene, that of the 10000 soldiers 0
Napoleon who periohed on the Russia,
expedition of 1912, $1,000 fell victim
to infectious diseases, and that il
| 1866 Prussia lost 5000 men in battl
and 5000 through preventeble dis
eases
The Progress., 1894-08-11
Revenue From the Town Clock.

The late Henry Jackson Ruthrauff.
OF Warrensburg. Pa, in 1881 built
the town clock over his store on
Holden street and for the last thir-
teen years has wound it as regularly
as the time came round, and drew
from the city an annuity Of $500 for
the use of the same. The clock is
still owned by the estate.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
Russian Punis hments.

Russian punishments comprise
compulsory labor in the Siberian
mines for life or for a term OF years,
compulsory labor in fortresses or in
factories, the loss OF rank, personal
rights and privileges, and deporta-
ton to Siberia or elsewhere as colon
The Progress., 1894-08-11
Cnintentional Humor.

Jilson--1he funniest thing in Puck,
it seems to me, is tho motto it prints
on its first page'eyery week.
Gilson-Whats that?
Jilson-"Prics 10 cents. What
fools these NOR tails b."
The Progress., 1894-08-11
A StudlOus Sea Serpent.

James Clair, Of Oakland, Cal.
claims to have seen q sea serpent off
the coast which had a pair OF hands
projecting from its body, near the
head, and that one hand carried
book and the other q newspaper.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
The Hero of tho Holocaust.

He-Isn't that young Chiffon over
there? She - Yes. Miss Fuller
would probably have persisted in the
burning theater but for him. She
told me she grabbed his coat-tails
at the first alarm and wonders how
she ever held on.-Life.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
Rather TOpheavy.

Boy--That toy boat you sold me is
no good.
Dealsr-What's wrong with it?
Boy-It won't stand up. Flops
right over as quick as l put it in tho
water. Guess you think wanted it
for a man-Of-War.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
A Bible MOnstr0slty.

The only monstrosity mentioned
in the bible was the giant who had
''six fingers on every hand and on
every foot six toes, four and twenty
in all" See Samuel 9, xxi, 20.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
Garry Water With Them.

Toads and frogs carry 9 supply OF
water about with thsm In a sack
provided for the purpose, and if by
accident tho supply becomes sx'
hausted the animal dies.
The Progress., 1894-08-11
TABERNACLE PUL IT.
10 TALMACE ON THE TRAGEDY
OF DRESS.

r,,r,e. Irnume ra'Sle Have Thelr Origin
I, the Cravings of Men and Women
tor Fine Dress-Arno!d Betrayed His
r;uptry for His Nife's Attire.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
Cheese and Butter Fat.

In discussing the use Of Babcock test
to determine the value of milk in cheese
factory, Professor Roberts said at the
New York dairymen's convention that
there was no use talking about the cheese
cow as distinct from the butter COW any
longer. DR.. Van Slyke had demonstrated
beyond cavil that the proportion existing
between butter fat and casein was ixe,.
and practically unvarying. and that the
butter fat in the milk was its true meas
ure of value for cheesemaking.
DR.. Van Slyke said that cream could
be added to milk and the butter fat
maintained in the cheese A pound Of
butter fat in the milk would give 20
pounds of cheese every time in the hands
of competent cheesemaker. AS or
binary dairy milk runs from to per
cent of butter fat, the Babcock test is the
true and only fair way of measuring its
value
Two strong resolutions were passed by
the association, one favoring change
in the law relating to the lie of milk
and requiring it to be sold on a guaran-
teed percentage Of butter fat With such
law man could buy per cent or A,
or s or 10 per cent milk as he desired, and
all incentive to the watering Of milk
would be taken away. The other was in
favor Of law requiring all cheese to be
branded full cream or skim, and that any
cheese found with less than II pounds Of
butter fat TO one pound Of casein should
be declared skim cheese. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
THE PROPER cApER.

All indications point to a continuation Of
the immense sleeves that fashion has elect
ed for for two seasons past.
Glossy supple faced cloths in medium and
light shades are growing in favor for hand
dress is required.
Among the delicately colored fancy wool
ems are Grape bareges embroidered with
dots and geometrical figures and cordurette
crepons in all the lovely evening shades.
Some of the new princess dresses are
made with the waist portion buttoned d.
agonally from the left shoulder, the but.
toning extending on down the entire length
of the skirt.
Soft, beautifully dyed fayetta and camel's
hair fabrics are made up for dressy after
noon wear, some of these having yoked
and belted Russian blouse, with velvet
sleeve caps and rows of velvet ribbon on the
skirt
Shirt waists and blouses made Of washa.
BILE fabrics in plain. beautiful colors, in
pink, ciel blue, cream, etc, and in stripes
checks and fancy combinations will again
be highly favored for both city and country
wear
Sleeves, revers, collarettes and skirt bor-
ders of velvet appear anew on tailor gowns
Of camePs hair and ladies' cloth, and cloth
skirts and coats are frequently made with
Rather short. fat basques, pointed front
and back, appear on many of the new
spring costumes made with the still fash
ionable blouse or bodice rather, for, while
the blouse suggests species of negligee, the
bodice is often very close fitting and ex-
ceedingly smart-New York Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

this subject asa laa Drq tiflt Ter
mimic knew nothing about it. in VIII ch
case l certainly would not enlighten
her. But | reckoned without true
knowledge of her education, for there
was little on the marriage question,
either European or American, that she
did not know. Yes, we have our d.
vorce courts, and so has every other
Protestant country, but they are places
from which a sensitive woman shrinks. \
80 many of our young men marry
actresses, y she said one day, her
thoughts turning to the ever absorbing
topic. The actresses paint and pow
der their faces and wear such pretty
clothes that the men cannot help but
fall in love with them And SO the
gilded youths Of Vienna were no more
proof against the seductive wiles Of the
actress than elsewhere. The fascination
of the footlights is worldwide, and
wherever there is an actress there is a
young man-one OF more, according to
the beauty Of the siren. The Austrian
archduke who died recently Of pneumo-
mia within few hours Of his morga-
natic wife had first seen that wife on
the stage of Vienna theater.
With her splendid health, her natural
powers of absorbing information and
her beauty, what a noble specimen Of
womanhood Herminie would have made
with liberal educationl Under the
care of superficial governess until Is,
she had learned nothing useful except
the French and English languages. Then
she was considered finished, the
studies, such as they were, were drop
ped, and she was permitted to go out
occasionally with her mamma, to take
care Of her little sister, to wait upon
her father and brothers and to do crewel
embroideries. A book or newspaper
of any sort never saw in her hands.
1t was always embroiderery, even on
Sundays. That she longed for larger
and freer life was evident from her
curiosity and her questions about the
American girl, although she had ex-
pressed such unqualified disapproval of
two or three of the few she had known.
"Did she go to parties? Did she go out
alone? Did she have many friends?"
Here Herminie pathetically admitted
that she had only one. What did sho
do all the timer
The Austrian maid liked the Euro
pean way of men wearing uniforms hest
because ''one knew right away whether
a man was a gentleman or not by the
clothes he wore. In America one could
not tell gentleman from common la
borer. - At about this point in the con
versation the strains of a German love
song were waited over from the next
room, and instantly Herminie pursed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
WAVES or WATER.

In every ton of sea water there is about
one grain Of pure gold.
The earths lowest body Of water is the
Caspian sea. which has been sinking for
centuries.
Observations recently made under the
auspices Of the Austrian government prove
that there are places in the Mediterranean
sea that are over three miles deep.
The rivers emptying themselves into
Chesapeake bay from Maryland and Vir-
ginia commonly have Indian names. with
peculiarly sharp, metallic ring 10 their syl-
tables, as Choptank, PocOmOke, Rappahan-
mock, Plankatank, Nanticoke
Providing the recent survey of the Mis-
souri, river under the direction Of the Unit
ed States geographical engineering depart
ment is correct, the once majestic river in
side Of so years will have dwindled greatly
The ratio Of decrease is said TO be alarming
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

Queen Victoria's wonderful set of ta-
BILE furniture is kept IN two ireproof
chambers and is said to represent cash
value of ego, 900, 900. Among it is the
golden table service made for George vi,
calculated for 1870 guests and contain
ing the famous crystal champagne cool
er which is large enough for bathtub.
There are many pieces in it that former
ly belonged to Queen Elizabeth, besides
splendid solid gold vessels from India,
Siam and China. The pride Of the col
lection is a teacup once owned by
Charles XII and gold peacock made
for George III at cost Of e4O, O0O.-
St. Louis Republic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
PULPIT AND PEW.

There are 149 religious sects in the United
States.
Rev. Herbert Tugwell, who is to be con-
secrated bishop Of western equatorial AT
rica, is not yet 35 years of age.
Rev. Dr. John Chester, who has for 80
years been pastor OF the Metropolitan Pres
byterian church in Washington, has re
signed because of his advanced age.
Archibald G. Brown of the East London
Tabernacle has membershipin his church
Of 1900 and has baptized over 1900 people
in q years He was a favorite pupil OF
Spurgeon.
The Rev. Frank Ilsley Paradise, who has
been called to Christ church cathedral in
New Orleans, has begun his labors in that
city. He is native of Boston and is only
about "a years old.
DR.. Talmage expects to preach his fare
well sermon in March at the Brooklyn
Tabernacle and to start with his wife and
two daughters on his projected tour of the
world about April l.
The Rev. +. B. Meyer of London is au-
thority for the statement that he knows a
gentleman Of that city whose income is
$4,000 per annum and who lives on 81 ,00C
and gives the remaining 5000 to the cause
of foreign missions.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Buoys are rung By electricity.

Buoys are rung BY electricity.
Out of 40 cities in America, with popula-
tions averaging from 100000 to 50O.OOO, all
but one are using the electric railway sys-
TEN.
1t is given out that at the Antwerp exhi-
bition of 1894 there will be balloon driven
electrically, which will make regular trips
from the center of the city to the exhibi-
tion.
Professor Won Henholtz. the celebrated
electrician, has been elected an honorary
member Of the London Institution of Civil
Engineers The total membership Is 6, 6,490,
but there are only Is honorary members
1t can no longer he claimed truthfnlly
that the Chicago police are wholly lacking
in a desire to serve the public in the best
manner. One of them attempted suicide
day before yesterday News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
A Weak Bell.

The following anecdote Of DR.. Ly-
man Beecher was told by former stu
dent of Lane seminary, present at the
time. Even now he cannot refer to it
without laughter.
There had been an unusual number
of cases of tardiness in chapel attend
ance, and the blame was laid upon the
chapel bell. DR.. Beecher waxed sarcas-
tic over the frequent recurrence of this
excuse, until one morning the students,
assembled as usual, found the services
unaccountably delayed. At last DR..
Beecher, in dressing gown and slippers,
with hair like the quills upon the : fret
full poreupine, came jerkily down the
aisle, mounted the platform and deliv-
cred himself of the following explana-
ton:
Didn't heai the old bell. Makes no
more noise than lambs tail rung in a
fur cap. Let us pray. Youth s Com
Danion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
CROWN AND scEPTeR.

The wife Of the car Of Russia does type
writing for her husband.
The present emperor Of China is the first
potentate of that country to study the Eng
lish language.
The kings Of Yeman and Muscat style
themselves imaums and claim an ancestry
back to the time Of Mohammed
Thirty-two kings and princes have borne
the name Of Albert 1t is of Anglo-Saxon
derivation and means ''all bright
The czarina Of Russia, forgetful Of her
own serious attack Of the grip, nursed back
to life with her own hands her third son,
the Grand Duke Michael.
Samory, the great MohammedAn chief Of
interior Africa, about the last semisaYage
Of the dark country to yield to civilization
and the force Of arms, is the greatest bandit
king in the world.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
NUMBER 81
Foo1LIeHT FLASHES.

Soffradini's new opera, "Salvatorello,"
will shortly be performed in Paris.
Sixty-two theaters opened their portals
in Italy during the recent carnival
Richard Strauss opera aGuntram" will
be given premiere in Carlsruhe next
month.
1t is reported that Tamango will be- a
member of the Abbey Italian Opera com
pany next season.
There is big fortune waiting for the
American who can write good consistent
comic opera libretto.
DIR. Joachim will celebrate his English
jubilee this year. His first London appear
ance was made March %, 1874.
The deficit of the Imperial opera, Wen
ma, was $4,000 last season This annual
deficit is borne by the imperial treasury.
Paderewski will visit America next sea
son, Rosenthal will shortly return and Jo-
seffy intends to emerge from retirement.
The City orchestra of Rome, under the
direction of Maestro Vessela, will shortly
undertake a concert tour through Germany
Josef Hofmann. now II years Of age, is
preparing to return to America. 1t is said
that his piano playing fulflls early prom
ises.
Jean Won den Eeden, the Belgian com
poser, has completed four act opera. The
text is the joint work of Michel Carre and
G. Marcy.
The Bostonians' new opera, "The Oga-
lallas," was dire failure in New York.
The music was excellent, but the Iibretto
was terrible.
The late Henry Pettitt's melodrama, "A
Woman's Revenge" which is in the eighth
month of its run in London, was a signal
failure at the American theater, New York.
Rodrigues Ottolengui is the adapter OF
the farcical comedy, Loves Extract"
which is underlined for production at the
Fifth Avenue theater, New York, March l2.
May Brooklyn. the actress who recently
committed suicide in San Francisco, was
generally thought to be as generous as any
woman on the stage. In consequence she
left no property.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
A Woman Who Dares.

Mrs. E. P. Buckingham of Vacaville,
CAL, has made large fortune at fruit
raising. She has a beautiful home.
Sometimes she stays there; sometimes
she travels in Europe or in the eastern
states and gets lar more good out of life
than if she were the daughter of a Van
derbilt or an Astor, hedged roundabout
with conventionality and fashionable
dressing, not daring to have thought
of her own.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

her red lips into a whistling pucker for
all the world like the naughty Amer
ican girl would do under similar cir
cumstances.
And'now l ask which is the better
the American girl, with her freedom, her
culture, her intelligence and her hot
water bag, or the German maiden, with
her narrow views, her limited educa-
tion, her endless embroidery and her
strong, healthy body the German baus-
frau or the American girl emancipirt?
LENA d. PEPPER.
Vinnnn
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
HAUNTED.

am haunted, gentle reader, but in such q
pleasant way
do not fear the ''specter'' one iota.
In fact, would consider it a dreary sort of day
In which was unable to devotea
Good portion of the feeting hours unto my
cheerful phantom
And I'm lawful sorry" for the folks who have
no ghost to haunt" 'eml
My little '.spook" came down the stair to
haunt" me t'other night
AS late / labored DER dreary matter
Through the grim shadows of the hall caught
q glimpse of white
And heard q tiny slippers gentle patter,
And presently baby voice came through the
door to greet me,
"Say, pepper. did you fink I wuz a gobblun
come to eat ye?"
-Harper's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

At the first election in New Zealand
after the women got suffrage they cast
at least a third Of the whole vote, and
the number of defective ballots was
very small indeed. 1t thus appears that
women can understand the Australian
ballot system even if men cannot.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

1t is seldom that wood which has
grown more than 1000 years before the
Christian era is used in the construction
of present day residence, and yet this
really happened recently in Edinburgh,
where a mantelpiece was fashioned from
wood said to be 5000 years old.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

The old fashion Of using the candied
petals of the orange blossom in tea
seems to be almost forgotten. 1t few
of the candied petals be put into the tea
before it is STEPPED, they give it favor
noticeably peculiar, but once esteemed
Fery fine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

Tommy heard his mother call an in
sect that was flying around them the
darninguneedle. The next day he said,
Mamma, were those funny things we
saw yesterday safety pinsf"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

The title mayor comes from the French
and originally signified 'one who keeps
guard" He was tho head steward of a
city, administering its affairs i'm the
name of the king.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

< satistics show that mild winters are
much more conducive to health than
severe ones.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15
HERMINIES OPINION.
A PRETTY AUSTRIAN GIRL ON THE
MARRIAGE QUESTION.

Breezy Interview, With a Thoughtful
Foundation Hot Water, Boys, Nerves
and Culture-The German Hausfrau and
the American Girl Emancipated.
Copyright. 1884. BY American Press Associa-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

ne there more wO-
men than men in
America?" a sked
Herminie pensiveIy.
l thought of the sur
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-03-15

Copyright. 1884, by American Press Associa-
tim
The herald., 1894-05-26
DISEASE AMONG HORSES.
MANY ANIMALS AFFLICTED WITH
AN UNKNOWN AILMENT.
Peculiar scourge with More or less
Fatal acknowledgements Should
Look Out for Their
Stock.

A disease resembling the influenza in
man is raging among the horses Of
Southern California. The epidemic 10
worse in some localities, and here in
Los Angeles it has become alarming.
The veterinarians are unable to classify
the disease, but treat 1t in general way
as they would the grippe in horses. The
disease is Of catarrhal form, and becomes
first noticeable on account OF nasal
discharge. 1t does not have the effect of
the strsngles or distemper, but acts
similarly, affecting the breathing and
causing high temperature.
The disease is at ie worst in "a hours
after the first attack upon it's victim.
After it runs along two or three days the
animal refuses it's food, but there are no
other alarming conditions, except the
frequent nasal discharge. While the
symptoms differ in some respects from
the influenza, it is treated az such.
30 lar as known, there have been but
few fatal cases among horses in this
city, but the disease has not been prev
slent long enough for its true results to
be fully known and understood. Scarce
ly three weeks have elapsed since its in
ception in this vicinity, but during this
time many alarming cases have been
treated. In cases where immediate steps
are taken to cure, before the snimalis at
ficted for more than two or three days,
there has been little troubis to eradicate
the germ, and the horse. when properly
cared for, Is soon as we'll as ever.
The prevalence Of the unknown dis
ease calls to the mind the great epizootic
siege In the 70's, and influenza among
horses in 1878, where there were many
fatal cases. Some veterinary surgeons
contend that the present scourge ia the
same with which horses we're afflicted
all over the country in 1913. They
called it influenza then, but a lew pscu-
liar and different symptams noticeable
now, tend to vex them in the study OF
the disease.