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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
WOODBURY., N. ], THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1896

sHps ana neid dalsIes appear 10 be the
present favOrites, but / have seen no hat
thus far that had 10 feathers upon it
somewhere. Feathers. lace, velvet, rib
bon, fur and flowers are often seen on
the same hat. Milan straw and leghorn
in black, brown, gray and burned straw
are among those shown now.
There are high beefeuter crowns,
square crowns and saucer crowns, and
there are what 30 years ago used to be
called tgypsies" ana pork pies 2 Some
few bonnets are large enough to be dig
nified with the name Of bonnets. Others
look like little lunches Of straw, flowers
and ribbon, with perhaps a little lace,
tied together 10 sec one Of these in
ones hand IS absurd, but when it is set
above a fluff Of soft hair and over u pref
ty face it is at once a bonnet and beau
tiful. Yiolets viii without doubt have as
great rage this spring az they did last.
HENRIETTE Rousseau.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER %
A CoNJURERls TALE " WOE.


Confederate Produced Handful Of Change
Instead of p Marked DoIIer.
Carl Hertz, the illusionist, was talk
ing Of some nf the accidents that some
times spoil the art Of the conjuror.
III was in Nashville, he said. "that
I experienced a real knock down blow.
l was performing The wen known trick
"A passing a marked coin into the center
Of an uncut orange: az least that's what
q good many people ihought ! was do
ing. 1 used silver dollar. and empha-
sized the trick by passing the coin into
the pocket Of some boy whom / had en-
ticed 0n W the stage.
III will openly confess that the boy
bad To be D confederate, and that the
marked dollar had its fellow in one pre-
viousiy prepared BY me. One night, as
was entering the theater, / looked around
for likely youth to aid me in my dou-
bic dealing. picked a boy and prom
ised to pass him in if he would follow
my instructions.
am conjurer, / said. Il want
you to put this dollar in your right hand
trousers pocket. I'LL get you 4 seat il
the front row. When | ask for some
body to come on the stage, YOU must
come. Then viii ask you to produce
the dollar
The boy promised everything, and.
after making arrangements for him at
the door, left him. When I was ready
for the dollar trick, ] saw my young
confederate sitting open mouthed id the
front row. ! had prevailed upon another
member Of the audience to lend me A
dollar marked exactly as was that had
given to the boy
Ill passed that borrowed dollar into
the orange, cut the fruit open. and out
dropped the coin. Then went on.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, I
will perform a still more difficult feat.
I have passed that dollar into an orange.
Now will ask some member of the a.
dience to step On the stage, and, without
going anywhere near him, I will pass
the same dollar, marked, as You have
seen, into his right hand trousers pocket.
True TO bis bargain, the boy stepped
to the stage. Istepped opposite him and
asked:
Now, sir, have you ever seen me
bef0re?'
No, sir, was the answer.
Il have here a dollar. I continued.
4 am going to pass it into your right
hand trousers pocket. One-two-three
got
= made the proper magician's pass
and smiled confidently upon my audi
ence.
Now. said to my assistant, sput
your hand into your right hand trousers
pocket and give me the dollar.
"The boy looked a bit sheepish, but
he dived bis fist down. Then, to nv IN
utterahle horror, be produced handful
of silver and said:
I've only got 30 cents Of it left, sir.
4 went out in a hurry and took
drink. New York Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

DINNER COSTUMES FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
are strung Oh flexible wire and then
sewed to the seams. all around. This is
rich trimming for any gown, but not
suited to any but the richest Of materials.
1t would cheaper any other. Piping of
different color is seen on sleeves and
bodices. In some cases there are four
and five pipings, all as narrow as the
material employed will allow, and these
are laid one beyond the other. Those
who have seen this fine finish to nice
gowns know that nothing looks more
elegant, but it must be well done. Only
the French seem to be adept in this pip
ing.
Furs still continue in the highest fa-
vor as garniture for street and evening
dresses. Fur capes and short wraps, it
is said, viii be worn much later this
spring, as fashion IN foreign countries
says that they should be worn as late as
May. Heretofore only a very courageous
woman and a very cold day had to be
combined before any all fur wrap could
be worn after the end Of March. Velvet
and rich cloth gowns take on new
beauty when trimmed with fur
There was a royal purple dinner
dress for a grandmother just finished in
an up town house. The dress was prin-
cess shape and made very full in the
skirt by a gathering of the middle
breadths just below the waist line under
a double r0sette. The skirt was demi-
trained and bordered all around with
Alaska sable. There was slashed col
lar of old rose satin covered with Irish
point lace and bordered with sable AT
the neck there was a stock of old rose
silk null and small bow Of the same
in the back The buttons down the
front-and there We're eight-were Of
amethysts set with small brilIiants.
do not know whether these were real
jewels OF not They looked quite as we'll
in any case.
There was another very fine and hand
some dress for an elderly lady which
would prove becoming and suitable for
any woman advanced il years. They
need the most superb material to off
set the ravages Of time This was
Louis XVI costume The skirt was am
pie, with deep plaits il the back, but
without ornamentatiOn. The color was
a dark stone gray, almost black in
some lights, and the material was su-
perb Lyons grosgrain There was a
Louis XVI coat, cut away in front and
with full plated skirt, all faced with
silk like the dress The coat was Of
thick brocade. with raised velvet pat
tern, and this gave several shades Of
the gray reaching from quite lighr to
almost black The sleeves were short
bishop, with deep cuff, on which were
set two finely chased oxidized silver but
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

I am happy 10 say that little of TIE
hysterical literature of the day originates
IN this country. II is almost entirely Of
English origin Some Of our younger
writers have tried their hands at it, but
they do not take to it naturally, ana III
is fast going out of fashion.
There always will be a handful VI
people who like erotica, but think
there has been turn ID the tide which
even az its highest never Ewamped the
writers Of pnrer fiction. Rudyard Kip
ling and hrs. Humphry Ward have
many more readers than Grant Allen
and Mary Il. rendered, and in this
country our writers Of clean fiction are
the most popular. Jeanette Glider.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
CREDITED MISS ROCKEFELLER.
She Couldn't Quite Understand Why the
Shopman Was % Gracious.

She Couldn't Quite Understand Why the
shopman was % Gracious.
A pretty story is told Of Mrs. Harold
Mccormick while she was Miss Edith
Rockefeller, showing the simple manner
in which she regarded her father great
wealth.
The incident occurred when she was
a pupil at one Of the fashionable New
York schools She, with party Of girls
from her class. presented herself at d GER
tain furniture Dealers to choose q gift
for favorite teacher. The price Of the
pretty writing desk, however, was more
than the sum in their possession. The
girls suggested that if the desk was
sent they would forward the balance as
soon rs possible.
The proprietor very politely, but also
very decidedly, informed the girls that
he could not do as they asked But, I"
be said, ''if you can think Of any New
York business man with whom any of
your fathers are acquainted and who
viii vouch for you the matter may pos
sibly be arranged. "
why. Sdiu tIC uNu-HAcL "a huN
great petroleum magnate, II think my
papa has an office down on Broadway.
Possibly we can get the money there. "
"Who Is your fathers" queried the
dealer.
ellis name i Rockefeller, I" replied
the girl simply; ".lohn D. Rockefeller.
He is in the oil hnsiness.
-. .I y..
the girl is amazement. s John D. Rookie
feller your father? i John d. Rookie
feller good for $25?n he repeated in ex-
citemont.
Then he recovered his presence of
mind sufficiently to order the desk pack
ed up and sent Immediately. while Miss
Edith, very much astonished at his nm
wonted excitement. thanked him with
pretty and simple grace Philadelphia
Press
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
THE SPRING STYLES.
NEW COLOR COMBINATIONS AND FAM
ciES in TRIMMING.

A Fine Dress For an Elderly Lady-NOv-
elites In Dress Goods-spring Pattern
Hats and Bonnets-variations In style
and Trimming.
Copyright, 1895 by the Author.l
Among all the combinations Of color
there is none more pleasing than baby
blue with light Havana brown and tur-
quoise blue and black. The reseda green
and woody tan also 60 artistically to-
gether. But just now turquoise blue is
seen oftener than any other color on
black. There is fine Iacelike passe-
menterie studded with imitation tur-
quoises, and this is used to trim hand
some black gowns, Buttons are also
made to represent turquoise jewels and
they are certainly very striking. Piping
of seams with turquoise silk or velvet
where the dress is of black silk is very
sffective aud not seldom seen just now.
The skirts with eight and ten CORES are
piped with some contrasting color down
the seams, and that gives them new
appearance altogether. In some cases
rows Of black beads. as large as peas,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

Mrs. Margaret Bottome Of the Kings
Daughters says, beautifully and elo
quently, THE girl who has been taught
from childhood to love and revere the
pure, the beautiful, the noble and the
good, who has been thoroughly imbued
with the idea that she il really daugh-
ter Of the King Of Kings, that she is
therefore daughter Of rank more noble
and exalted than that of the child of any
earthly monarch. and that She must il
every thought, word and deed strive
with all her heart to be worthy Of her
birthright, has a chaperon in her own
aeart that is ever present with her. -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

What do you expect t0 bring for
ward in this congressa'' said one new
member "a another.
Absolutely nothing, was the reply
But aEe you not going to try to write
your name on the immortal scroll Of
fames Don I you realize that You were
sent here By your constituents 10 see to
il that these other fellows don't let the
ship w state drift WI to A sand bar?''
My dear friend, ! don't bother my
self with reflections W that kind NY
wife, who il 2 discerning and practical
woman, once made u remark to me dur
ing housecleaning time which has as
sisted me On many occasions
"What was itsn
She said that next 70 genuine hero
The man To be most admired j. one who
Knows how not 20 get in the way. -
Washington star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

ions. The coat opened ID front over a
vest Of the grosgrain, and there were six
more Of the buttons set on the Sides
Over the shoulders and around the arms
were deep accordion ruffies Of turquoise
blue silk muslin. The stock was made
Of the same and had two full choux on
the sides. Time was when no elderly
lady would have dared the ruffies, or if
she did wear them they would have been
only white, but now pale pink, mauve.
lilac and blue are considered qnite right
and proper for them. though only as
neck garniture and finish around the
sleeves. The stately and heavy silks and
velvets belong by right of compensation
sor their lost youth and faded beauty to
sbe older ladies'
Girls look pretty in anything, whether
It is a simple gingham or calico or in {
dainty frock like one saw today. This
was for a small dance. The dress was of
white taffeta with a plain skirt, not over
full and just clearing the floor all
around. There was putting Of pale pink
silk null around the bottom, with both
edges gauffered the whole about five
inches wide The waist was extremely
simple, being belted in with white rib
bon, three inches wide. This was form
ed into two fiat loops and long ends by
a paste buckle. The sleeves were not
very full, and there was a doubled
sprung bertha around the neck. This
gown was for yonng girl of II and
was very chaste and girlish.
The spring pattern hats and bonnets
are now here and are very pretty aud
graceful Generally speaking, they will
shade the eyes more than they have
done, and few that / have seen thus far
are raised above the forehead. Some per-
sons find those turning back from the
face more becoming and therefore there
will be fiaring ones. Violets are fairly
showered nnnu thnm. ard dQg roses. cow
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

Jeannette Glider Gives Her Ideas Concern
ing the Talked of Creature.

Seannette Gliuer trlVes Her Ideas Concern
ing the Talked Of Creature
The now woman Of the novelist is
merely one Of DIR. Max Nordau' 8 degen-
crates. She is the creation Of a writer
who j. hysteTical and degenerate, and
the world takes her as something that
really exists. 10 be sure, there are plenty
of women with 'pasts" and with
'yearnings.' and there always have
been and probably always will be, but /
doubt if any woman outside Of an insane
asylum talks the rubbish about spiritual
impacts, tells that we are tones Of one
chord. and about the ''vile slavery"
of marriage, as do the women Of Miss
rendered and Mr. Grant Allen. Writers
of this sort do not represent the women
Of the day any more than the painted
women Of the streets represent the wom-
en- Of good society.
The jaundiced writers of THE Yel-
low Book cannot be expected to give
US pictures Of healthy lives Their tastes
run to worm eaten fruit. They have no
liking for that which IL red with the
hue of health. They prefer the yellow
hue Of decay. Dr. Nordau j. quite right
when he calls it disease. The heroines
Of 'The Yellow Book, Of "Discords"
and Of fWreclsagea might have been
taken from Lombroso's study Of the fe-
male offender. Ii they exist outside Of
their creators brains, their cases will be
found recorded in scientific studies Of
criminoloey or in the ordinary police re-
ports.
The new woman as | find her outside
Of the pages Of fiction is an industrious.
healthy minded, healthy bodied young
person, with certain amount Of inde
pendence, who cares more for ont Of door
sports than for indoor follies, and who
il she has work 70 do does it and does
not waste her time in telling about it.
Her spirits run high over the adventures
of A Gentleman Of France, she laughs
and cries BY turns over HTrlby" and
thinks 1.-THE Dolly Dialogues" great
fun, but for yellow Discords' and the
lila chz -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
The ol,lest known.

x French medical paper prints what
is believed to he the Oldest known med
ical recipe. It is tonic for the hair, and
its date II 1000 b. Q. 1t was prepared
for an Egyptian queen and required
dogs paws and asses hoofs To bv boiled
with dates in oil
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

The well known saying, First catch
your hare" il generally credited 10
Mrs Glass Cook Book, written by
Dr.. John Hill in the eighteenth century.
But il an early edition OF the book the
reading OF The sentence is, First case
(that is, skin) your hare,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
GRAVEL CURED.


tPbiladeIphia, PenDa.' 'feln.
healthier. heartier, happier man than John
j. Neil, of 2437 North Eighth street, Phia. could
not be found in day Is search. The fact that he
is still alive is a constant wonder to his friends
10 the fall of 1889 he began to suffer indescrib-
able mseries from stone in the bladder. Con-
sulting an eminent physician in Philadelphia, he
was told that surgical operation was necessary
So much did he dread the result, for if unsuc-
cessfui. it meant death, that he put off the evil
day as long as possible. While in this frame of
min he heaIdnf
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
4 BIT Of NEGRO LIFE.

Work Of Clever Young Writer and I'M
personator.
Miss Anne Virginia Culbertson has
been reading Tier own little stories il
New York city TINS winter She is a
wonderfully clever young woman with
her pen, and her impersonation Of the
character she creates is 80 genuine that
one forgets the real self that lies behind
the imagined self
Her writings are all in rhyme, and
her dialect productions remind one for
cibly Of James Whitcomb Riley.
However. her gamut of coloring is
more varied, for, besides the tales Of the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

First Vestryman-It must make "
clergyman feel very unhappy to discover
that he has 1utlived his usefulness ia a
parish
Second VestrymaD-Not 20 unhappy
a. il makes the people when he doesn't
discover it. New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
TIE ETERNAL FEMININE.

Sweet Mistress Summer s message, traced
Ger all the land,
Came finally to sad s.Goodby,'
Written in tears as she turned to fly
From the frost kings couriers coming IL
haste,
A roistering band.
But, pausing once in her fight, she faced
Each rude newcomer
And wrote, III calm, defiant mood.
Her afterthought on field and wood,
Ii earth and sky her postscript placed
I.o, Indian summerl
Minnie Leona Upton in Century.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

Several persons were crushed to
death last night at the performance Of
the Amateur Grease Paint company.
"What-a fire.
No, just getting away from tine per-
CORNERS. Chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27
Abaenlminded.

Waitn-Wbat shall get for you?
Professor tabssntminded, reading the
bill Of farrell am busy now ask me
after dinner. -Fliegende Blatter,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

-N+9,7 +H-t-ft- = lAAHA-hA-A aN A-ifi+AA A7t-Ns
provincial whites, she has fund Of ne
gro stories. and some Indian myths that
touch the heart with their pathos.
Here is a bit Of negro life that is f'as
natural as life" to every one who knows
the south:
GO LIGHTLY, GALL
Sweetes' Ill honey cen all dis Ian,
Come along heah an gimme yo' han
60 lightly. gal, 60 lightly
Gavin al shucizcl, an do barn Ho' clea'h
Come along, come along, come along, my deah--
Go lightly gal, 60 lightly
Fiddles dee callin rs high an fine.
sTime fer De darnsin; come an iine"-
Go lightly, gal, 60 lightly!
Ny pretty lii honey, but yo' il sweet
An hits clap 70 hans an shake yo' feet-
Go lightly, gal, % lightly
An hits cut yo' capuz all down de line,
Den mex yo mammals Az tiptoo fine
Go lightly gal. go lightly
Oh, hits whul 70 padnahs roun IN roun
Twell yo' hySt deir feet clean off de groun-
GO lightly, gal 20 lightly
Gre't Ian % Goshen, hut 30 j. spryi
Asaih A4SAf'7 VIZ t VI -tAiN liAAAtN ~
Go lightly, gal, ~ lightly
Oh roll wi eyes an wag yo' haid
An shake yo' bones twell yo' nigh mos daid-
Go lightly, gal 20 lightly
Doan' talk ter me bout gittin 20 brefl
Gwine darnse dis out IF hit cause my def
Go lightly, gal, 90 lightly!
Um-humph. done darnse all de urr folks d0wnl
Skip along, honey; des one mo roun-
Go lightly GAL 60 lightly
Fiddles done played twell de strings all break.
Come along. honey; des one mo shake
Go lightly, gal 90 lightly
Den gimme yo' han, an we quit dis heahi
Come along, come along, come along, my deah-
Go lightly, gal, 60 lightly
But the dance is not half done with
your reading Of it. You must hear Miss
Culbertson to know all this little wom-
an is doing for the preservation of the
colloquialisnIs Of different peoples.
She has achieved a very marked sue
cess in Washington as well as New York
FRANCES HARDIN HESS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

Sweetes' Ill honey cen all dis Ian,
Come along heah an gimme yo' han
60 lightly. gal, 60 lightly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-27

Gavin all shuci1cd, an do barn fo' clea'h:
Come along, come along, come along, my deah-
Go lightly, gal, GO lightlyi
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-26
name in this connection.

name in this connection.
Mr.Denglcris now candidate for Congress,
and he is not backward in making the fact
known. His candidacy has met with much
favor at the hands of the party leaders and
press, and this section of the county, includ-
ing Shenandoah, will rally to his support.
Local pride will crystalizo public sentiment
in his favor
The Chronicle intimates that Senator Coyle
has a knife up his sleeve for Mr.. Denger.
The people of Shenandoah have heard this
kind of talk from the same source before,
and have successfully met it. Notwith-
standing Coyle's opposition, we venture
the assertion that the Senator's own town
will send majority Of its delegates to the
convention pledged to support Dengler fol
Congress.
From now on until the convention assem-.
bles things will be mighty lively in thi'
neck of the woods.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-26
Bnnk Rnhhers nrivon OF.

WARREN, Ark, Feb 26-A daring but
unsuccessful attempt was made to rob the
Merchants and Planters bank of this
place yesterday. About $3.50 o'clock three
men entered the bank and two of them
went behind the enclosure where Mr..
Adair, the cashier, was seated in conversa-
tion with Messrs. II. NJ Goodwin and d.
w. Sutton. Their first salutation was
Hold up your hands" Mr.. Adair sprang
for his pistol, when the men commenced
shooting. Mr.. Goodwin received what is
thought to be a mortal wound, and Mr.
Adair was shot through the shoulder He
returned the fire and evidently wounded
one of the men, as when he rode off he was
seen to be bleeding. The firing of the
pistols startled the citizens, and the rob-
bers fled. As they rode out of town they
kept up q fusillade of shots, and several
citizens had narrow escapes from bullets,