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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
WILD HORSES
Their Capture Industry in Australia,
Where They Abound.

Their Capture Industry in Australia
Where They Abound.
As a rule. the herds number from 10
TO II, made up Of mares and one stall
lion. No stallion viii allow another
stallion in his herd. and stubborn fights
frequently occur between horses owing
to this. The beaten males, after being
expelled, join herds exclusively Of stall
ions On any herds being sighted by
hanters a good idea can generally be
formed by the experienced man u to
which route the animals viii take ID
their way to the rugged hills. for which
they invariably make when disturbed
A scheme is mapped out to cut them of
if possible, and the party scatters, each
to take up his allotted position. OF course
while doing this every advantage is
taken Of the natural inequalities of the
ground, 50 as to escape observation
When the alarm IL given, however, all
need for caution IL ut an end, and each
hunter puts his steed to full gallop. The
stallion, the head Of tho herd, boldly
comes out to meet him, and endeavors
to distract attention from the rest.
In some rare instances he is lassoed
and captured at once, but he generally
manages to rejoin his wives, which by
this time have trooped into single file,
with his favorite mare in the lead.
Should the herd be turned and get into
difficulties the stallion takes up bis po-
si.ion id the van, and the great object
il to cut him of from the rest. Should
this be accomplished both be and the
mares become confused, and the lassoers
often manage to make two OF three per
man. Instances have been known where
horses have been thrown to the ground
by the hunters giving a violent jerk
to the animals tail when it was max
ing an abrupt turn. When this quarry
is brought down, either by this method
or the use Of the lasso, the rider jumps
from his steed, whips binder Ia
handkerchief ID used when there is moth
ing else procurabIe) over the PROSTATE
horses eyes and straps up one Of his
fore legs securely. IF this il properly
done, the animal may safely be left
until called for. for no horse thus se-
cured can stray far.
Should a man be so unlucky as to
capture a branded horse OF a foal run
ming with a branded mare, he cannot
keep it, but all others become the prop
erty Of the hunter, and after they under
90 rough and ready process Of break
ing in, they are sold at prices ranging
from G1 5s. to Gl5. The later figure,
however, il seldom reached, unless id
the case of exceptionally fine stations.
Great numbers Of these horses die from
starvation in the winter time, but still
the herds show no signs Of diminution.
Chambers Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

''The kind Of men [ want to hire, :"
said newspaper publisher the other
day while talking to friend, ''are sell
dom to be had. No matter what their
lines of business Users "a word that
rhymes with scissors) are never out Of
work and always get good money. 1
want some isers.
''Isers?' exclaimed his companion.
"What on earth are isers?''
''To explain what they are" replied
the publisher, let me tell you a story
of want ad. Once a man wished to
employ for his circus an acrobat who
could throw triple somersaults. So he
put want ad i'll the paper. In reply
to the advertisement he received 90 let
ters. Together with friend he read
them over. Some Of the letters he put
in a pile by themselves. They were the
ones that read something ike this;
DEAR SIR-You advertise for man who
can throw triple somersault. l used to throw
triple somersaults and think that after a little
practice could do it again. ia like trial.
'The other letters were put in anoth-
er pile and ran something like this:
''DEAR SRI am good acrobat; but while
I never have thrown triple sonlersaults, ] think
with a little practice l could do it. I'd like to
have trial.
Well, said the circus man, as he
shook his head sadly, there are 80 let
ters from 90 acrobats. Twenty five Of
them are has beens," 70 are going to
bes, but there amt an User in the
whole lot. Now, I want isers, and 50
does every other business man, but they
are all employed. New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

At the Union depot in Paducab the
other day man walked into the bag
gage room carrying huge three gallon
bucket, loaded to the brim and securely
fastened at the top.
IL want to getithis checked to Cincin-
natl, he said to the baggage master.
"We can't check anything like that, N
be was informed
He looked perplezed for moment,
and then walked rapidly out with the
bucket. III a few moments he returned
with large yellow valise that bulged
out suspiciously at the sides. showed his
ticket, and asked to have the valise
checked. The baggage master eyed it sus-
pieiously, but had to check it. The fel-
low had put the bucket in the valise and
thus carried his point--Louisville Cou-
rier- Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
Therapia. the Newport Of the East.

This Newport Of the east was found
some centuries ago by the Greeks be-
cause Of it, invigorating climate-Ther-
apia signifying health-and today *
still the refuge ID tile summer heats not
only Of many of the pashas and other
high Turkish dignitaries whose palaces
line the water front Or crown the hills
near by, but Of scores Of European way
farers and strangers who want more ali
and less dog than can be found in Pera.
Here, too, are. the houses of the sew
eral foreign embassies, English. Ger
man, French and the others, theil
yachts and dispatch boats lying at an
chor almost in front Of their gardens,
the brasses glistening id the sum.
And the charm of it ALL The boats
crews Of Jack Tars iii their white suits
rowing back and forth, answering calls
from the shore. THE blue water-as
blue as indieo-dotted with caiques
skimming about; the dogcarts and Ian
daus crowding the shore road, with
footmen III gorgeous Albanian costumes
of white and gold, and with sash and
scimiter-all make a scene of surprising
brilliancy and beauty, unequaled by
any other similar spot Id Europe. Di-
plomacy is never I'D picturesque ~ at
Therapia. -F. Hopkinson Smith in Cen
turv
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1896.
Zee tne sorrow strlcken moIner.

see the sorrow stricken motner.
"Oh," said the mother, between her
tears, "you are from The Morning Her
aid, you say? It is 90 kind Of you to
come. MY poor little boy thought The
Herald was the best paper in elwn; he
often sold it. Ii all the people Cd The
Herald are 80 good and kind az you and
Mr. Tanning -
"Fanningp
eyes, do you know him? l don't
know what on earth / would have done
in all my trouble if it hadn been for
him. He's got the kindest, most gener-
Gus heart. The Lord loveth a cheerful
giyer, but then, Mr.. Tanning can af-
ford to give, and
flaming afford to givel" CALCULATED
Miss Irwin. Why
'It's blessed thing to be rich, and
to have so much power on great big
paper like The Herald. continued the
elder woman. 'Of course, if he had been
poorer Off than be really is, l wouldn't
have let him do what he did
MAY ! ask what he did?' inquired
Miss Irwin.
Eyes, indeed, and I'm only too glad
to tell you about it. / believe in men
tioning good deeds. Mr.. Fanning's pa
per took such an interest il my little
boy that it printed long columns about
him, and then Mr.. Tanning had the man
who injured my boy put in Jail, and
then he sent him flowers = beautiful
roses, the ones he was buried with-and
Mr.. Tanning even bought the coffin with
his own money. When told him not to
do that, he laughed and said that was
nothing-he could afford it.
$50" I" mused the lady reporter, as she
walked away, Tanning has spent all
his hard earned savings on the flowers
and coffin. He's dear, good boy. r.
Omaha Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

To be without a bluero0m is to be
hopelessly out Of date. Genuine delft, if
you can afford it, but blue Of similar
sort, even though it be imitation, seems
to have beeom a law. Papers for the
walls, hangings for the doorways, draper
les for the windows and the couch, all
are made il delft coloring and in de-
signs harmonious with those Of the
Dutch pottery.
The panel suggested here il meant to
hang upon q door or to cover a blank
wall space. The same general idea can
Of course be carried out i'll entirely diff
erent coloring and design as, for exam
pie, bit OF landscape done in browns
on fawn colored ground or a figure
subject if you have the skill
In this case the foundation Is fine
fell ii q ale grayish tint The work is
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

sugar loaf OF our great great grand
mothers days. There are exact repro
ductions Of the immense hats affected
by Marie Antoinatte, with their dark
velvet hrims and their mob cap crowns.
adorned with great loops and bows Of
taffeta ribbon and masses Of feathers.
some upright and some dropping at
every conceivable angle.
The roses are massed upon some of
the hats in close and compact punches,
as if they had been pressed there by
force, and it is the same with All the
other flowers They are pressed together
in a way that shows the desire to get
the most possible upon every nat. The
flowers are mostly roses and violets for
women and field flowers for children.
Some Of the hats are really beautiful
and others are almost ridiculous I viii
describe a few of those l saw. One was
a large round hat of royal porcelain blue
velvet as to brim. This velvet was cut
bias and stretched smoothly over
buckram frame, and it dipped down
like limpet she'll all around. The
crown was Of white silk muslin, anor-
mously putied aud stood at least six
inches high Around this was a series
Of loops of blue and white striped taft
feta ribbon. On the left side there was
ragged looking bunch Of loops Of ribbon,
for bow it could not be called.
A very wide brimmed leghorn in nat
ural straw color was faced with 4 shir-
ring of maize colored crepe hsse At the
edge there was a roll binding Of golden
brown velvet The crown was sugar
Loaf shape, with surprising array Of
lace drapery and maize tatfeta bows aud
tall white ostrich plumes. The ribbon
was all bound with roll Of velvet, and
a twisted roll Of the same was loOped
around the lace and bows. There were
long taffeta strings of the same ribbon,
but it was not bound. A pure white
milan was not faced, nor was the hrim
quite as large. 1t dipped little in front
and the sides were slightly rolled. The
crown was nigh, but hidden beneath
biliowy mass Of apple green plumes
which entirely covered the top. Another
large plume was set under the brim and
over the right ear. This hat was pic
tnre. Another large, queerly shaped Ieg-
horn in natural color was slashed in the
back and faced with pale pink china
Grape There was binding Of soft moss
green velvet around the edge. and over
the right ear was a bunch Of pink
azalias aud their foliage and a close
bow of striped pink and green tatfesa
ribbon The crown was in the "beef
eater" shape aud had great bunch Of
green silk null and a large, close bunch
Of azalias, and one upright spray as out
side trimming. There were strings of
the ribbon.
An immense white flexible chip was
bent into the cavalier shape and trim
med with very large and fluffy white
plumes. On the outside of the brim there
was row Of very fine cut jet ornamen-
tation in the shape Of twisted links
This reached over on to the under
side to a little bunch Of fancy Jet orna-
ments and another large plume, while
on the left side near the edge there was
another jet trimming in zigzags. with
three small jet tasseIs. Jet trimming,
black lace. black ribbon and black vel
-at are all used as trimming On white
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

chip ana other straws, ana Waite hats
with black plumes are very striking
Black hats and white feathers and other
garniture are also seen in many styles
and designs
The most remarkable ont of the long
list of hats and banDets was a shirred
poke. BY the way. tEero are many very
large pokes seen too. This was Of dove
colored satin, and il was closely shirred
for the brim, having double rev Of
very narrow black gimp around the
edge Tile crown reached the incredible
height of eight inches id a series Of
three puffs, each hold in ay narrow
black velvet roll The top was gathered
up into a little bunch and from that
started up two handsome black plumes
and five OF six loops Of black, dove,
white and pink plaid taffeta ribbon.
There were strings Of the same. Around
the crown there was a mass of crushed
pink roses without foliage and Just
above the forehead on the inside there
was close bunch af three shaded roses.
There were other devices, one represent
ing a basket 0f flowers The mob cap
shape is The handsomest of all The size
and shape Of these new hats have sent
the women into states Of mind " They
don t want % wear them until sure that
they viii be becoming and that other
women are going to wear them.
had intended to say much more on
fashion in general, but find that 1, too,
go little too far when talking bonnets,
and 50 | Will stop talking Of them to say
few words about some pretty dresses
for home wear for negHgee The Frin-
cess with q close but graceful vatican
plait il one Of the most attractive One
in garnet cashmere had wrinkled sleeves
with rufles of the same 1T the wrists
and small puffs at the shoulders. A
dainty wrapper Of dimity-all white
had loose, open sleeves, and all the trim
ming was Of blue and white percale set
on like figured or embroidered bands.
A loose wrapper with straight fronts
had yoke Of tho salne-blue chambray
and tabs in both back and front of
the same and all edged with full ru1fles
Of lace HENRIETTE ROUSSEAU.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
RIDING ON A SUNBEAM.
a aEew Invention FOR Carrying sound with
out Wires

When walking through the laboratory
Of the Volta bureau with DR.. "A. Graham
Bell. the inventor of the telephone,
picked up on one Of the shelves a piece
of pine board about half an inch thick
and eight inches square. Out of the CEN
ter of it extended a speaking tube,
which apparently rested against a thin
disk Of bright metal sunk into the oppo-
site side. This metal was like d silver
mirror, and was about as large around
as the bottom Of tumbler. | asked DR..
Bell what it was, and be told me that
it was a perfected instrument whose
original construction enabled him to
project his voice from one point to an
other through the medium Of a sunbeam.
a enabled him, in other words, to send
sounds along d ray Of light without the
aid of an electric wire. He took the in
strument and put the tnbe to his mouth,
holding the mirror 50 that it caught the
sun and cast 4 little shadow disk Of
light Oh the opposite wall. Then by
breathing slightly be made this shadow
increase and diminish, and assume va
rious shapes BY tic action Of bis breath
against the mirror diaphragm.
"That shows you, said he, "how
the action Of the diaphragm is carried
along the ray. Now. If you win put
little bottle with some SCOT in it where
that shadow is on the wall, and speak
into the tube, you Will find that the
sound viii travel along that ray Of
light, and By having d receiver connect 4
ed with tile bottle one would be able to
hear what you are saying We have
spoken by bis means to ana from points
200 yards apart, and there seems to be
no reason to doubt that speech may be
sent along beam Of light for great dis
tances. In our experiment in this we
first used selenium, very rare sub
stance. and very sensitive to light. We
have found, however, that we can pro-
duce very good results with common
SCOT, and the discoveries may yet be
made which will make such an id
vention commercially practicable. -
World Progress.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
NATURE Or THE ELDER DUMAS.
Mime. Dorval, the Actress, Always Called
Him Her .sGood Dog.

Nine. Dorvai. the Actress, Always Called
Him Her Good Dog.n
l did not meet the elder Dumas until
he was on the wane, but was acquainted
with him before be fell under the in
fluence of Adah Isaacs Menken. When
young, his hair was fair, then dark, hut
when l saw him it was gray and in tex
ture less woolly than the negro's His
lips were thick and extended from ear
to ear when he laughed, and his teeth
were uneven and set apart from each
other. He hattered himself that his nose
was straight. 1t was, however, lumpy,
with wide, strongly marked and quiver-
ing nostrils. To the pride of life he was
insensible. But he was slave of the
flesh, though in a fitful way and the
never ending pressure of creditors oblig-
ed him to react against his conviviality
One saw that he was force Of nature
and child Of nature.
His small hands and feet and his sin
gularly acute though good natured blue
eyes alone indicated blood derived
from a long line Of civilized northern
ancestors. There were traces of Africa
in his speech. His laugh was a guffaw,
but its hilarity was contagious. When
a case Of suffering was made known to
him, his face at once fell, and if he
knew the sufferer the broad face con-
tracted, and he howled until be bad
spent his grief Nine. Dorval, whom he
and Victor Hugo thought the greatest
actress Of her time, for emotional parts,
used to call him her bon chien" and
her tgros chien. In the hour Of death
she did not lay aside this term Of en-
dearment, which any one else would
have resented. He was doggish in many
respects. but Of the generous, impulsiye,
Newfoundland type The Elder Du-
mas, by Emily Crawford in Century.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

The preparation of peppermint il es-
peciaIly an American industry. The
peppermint is cat when in bloom, like
hay, dried, placed in close wooden watts
and steamed. The oil cells burst and
the oil passes upward with the steam.
which is condensed and conducted into
receiver, where the oil rises and il
piped off. 1t takes about $50 ponds Of
dry peppermint ta produce one pound If
Oil. IAN acre 0f land yields from to 10
pounds Of oil. often mure-even az high
as so pounds. New York and Michigan
produce the most. w ashiugton Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
IN rnE wAY AE sHouLp eo.

mGive me Ills, 4 she pleading snid.
Hc heard, uumovad. her warm sweet suing.
Although tO her he wa not wel,
Nor had he even come a-wouing.
tGive me kiss" Her lps in shape
TO tempt a saint ain thus beseech him,
While he seemed planning un escape
To some place where She could not reach him.
"Give me kiss, Just one, pray"
Her fond insistence III did serve her.
De looked askance and moved away,
Scared and disgusted with her fervor.
"Give me a kiss. Il Each coaZing word
But helped anew to fright and pain him,
Because lie was her brand new bird,
And she was starting In To train him.
Madeline y. Bridges in Ladies Home Jour
az
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
First Electrio Iirht In a rheater.

1t is believed that the first electric
light installed in an American theater
was Jablochkoff candle, used as fo-
cusing lamp il the old California the
ater, in Bush street, san Francisco, in
1878. The managers Of the theater at
that time We're Messrs. Barton a Hill,
General Barton and Frank Lawler. The
play was Antony and Cleopatra, = Rose
Eytinge and Cyril Searle taking the
leading parts. Mr.. A. Fl. Reece was the
engineer in charge of the work
Time has worked a complete revoIu-
tion in theatrical lighting. and today
there is not a theater in the United
States which could dispense with the
electric light Electricity.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

According 70 the statement made by
Mr.. George Kuntz. who j. an authority
On precious stones. one need not take
their diamonds to jewellers to ind ont
their worth, but expose them to sun or
electric light for five minutes. then shut
them up in the hand and 20 into a dark
closet. On opening the hand, if the
stones Jet forth a phosphoraus light,
they are genuine; if n0t, little more
than glass New York journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

One of the first resolutions which are
formed by men and women who are
succeeding III life, that is, as measured
by the only standard in use nowadays,
increasing their possessions far beyond
their actual needs, is that they will put
safeguards around their children; the
hardships which they themselves con
tended against shall never, if they can
help it, be encountered by their off
spring. They not only coddle them
selves, indulge themselves with unac-
customed luxuries and spare themselves
all avoidable physical exertion, but they
believe this course to be the right way
to live, and that if it is good for them,
it is good for their children. They do
not understand that character is formed
under the pressure Of the compulsory
hardships and self denials Of youth,
just as they forget that health is not a
gift or an accident, but the reward Of
abstinence and Of hard work under nat
ural conditions. perhaps continued
through several generations. Frederick
Tudor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

Winks-Tve got new way Of sitting
coal at my house.
Binks (with languid interest)-Have
you?
Winks-Yes. I used to have the man
pick out the good pieces Of coal from the
sitter ard throw the rest away. Now l
have him pick out the ciDders and burn
the rest.
Binks-Well what difference does
that make2
Ninks (proudly )-Oh, about two tons
. year. .-Someryille Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

all done in oil color, thinned with tur-
pentine, and il the delft blue Round
the edge arc two moderately heavy lines,
put iii with the brush to make a finish
The entire panel il extremely effective
and withal simple, as most of the best
things are. The felt makes an ideal
background and j. 70 perfect il finish
and tone as to suggest the beautiful ooze
leather This latter might indeed be
substituted were it not for the objection
of cost, but as that is far greater than
that Of the felt the simpler material
commends itself to the majority Of wom-
ankind Glaze BUNCE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

Trayeler-where is the best hotel in
this place?
Porter-Do ron see that house oser
yonders That IS the worst.
Traveller don 4 want the worst. 1t
il the best hotel want.
Porter--Can't tell you, I'm sure.
That's tho only one we've got. Lon
don Tit Bits
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02
KING or TfGRE.


King of Tigre. con- rrade true,
Where in all thine isles art thouf
Sailing on Fonseca bluef
Wearing Amapaia now?
King u Iigre, where art thou2
Bait ing for Antilles qucen2
Saber hilt or olive bough2
Crown OF dust or laurel green?
having love or marriage vow9
King and comrade, where art thouf
Sailing on Pacific seas?
Pitching tents in Pima now?
Underaelth magnolia trees2
Thatch Of palm or cedar bought
Soldier singer, where art thouf
Coasting on the Oregon2
Saddle bow or birchen PROV?
Round the isles CT Amazon2
Pampas, plain or mountain brow?
Prince Of rovers, where art thou2
Answer me from out the westl
am weary, stricken now;
Thou art strong, and l would rest;
Reach hand with lifted brow
King Of Tigre, where art thou2"
Charles Warren Stoddard.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-02

Distinguished Naturalist (in Africa)
My boy, guess I'm your breakfast
But just wait till you commence to feel
the pangs Of the dyspepsia I've had for
the last 20 years, and you'll wish you
had let me alone. Harlem Life.