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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
GOWN GOSSIP.

Silks, tnoires and brocades ara in high
est vogue and most active demand.
| Best material with longer wear is the
safest rule for those who have not been
oyerblessed by fortune.
Simple articles of wear that are genuine
are always a far better choice than elaborate
limitations of the riches
Garnitures were never so novel and mag
nificent, and superb winter garments are
beaded jeweled and fur trimmed.
Laces have reached point of elaborate
ness and exquisite artistic beauty hitherto
unknown in the manufacture Of these
lovely woven dreams.
The woman who wears picture hat
with box coat. a REFER jacket or an Eng
lish cutaway, finished with manly neck
tie and scarfpin, is guilty of a heinous
oEense
One of the special features of the seasons
modes is the use of velvet for entire gowns,
wraps, waists, bolero jackets, bodice trim
mings and countless modes of combination
which make it so popular.
The dress skirt bids fair to more than
rival the bodice in excess of elaboration,
and the elegant simplicity which not long
ago was conspicuous in womens attire
has now almost entirely vanished.
Among demidress toilets coat bodices,
with jacket fronts and plated, belted Rus
sian backs, are worn with vests Of some
rich brocade or of diaphano q textile,
accordion plated and draped ever plain
satin of some becoming tint.
The tailors, happily, are returning to that
severity OF cut characteristic of their earli-
est achievements as woman's s tailors- The
coat and skirt are now as they used to be,
plain and simple, the sleeves reduced al
most to the dimensions of the close fitting
coat shapes of long ago. New York Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
CURRENT COMMENT.

The esteemed Congressional Record has
thus far reirained from issuing yellow
kid supplement- Kansas City Journal.
Unless the little German band gets the
solo part, the Armenian concert is liable
to be postponed indefinitely y.-Detroit Trib-
une.
The large export of apples abroad this
year has brought small profits on account
of excessive ocean freights. s.-Elmira Ga
zette.
The English press thinks the Monroe
doctrine is making great strides and that
it is not quite free from danger. 1t is not
free from danger to the governments who
dare meddle. Toledo Blade.
Inasmuch as the agreement of 1919 PRO-
hibits any more warships from entering
the great lakes, the Texas might be
brought here to serve as training ship for
our naval reserves. Detroit Free Press
1t Is said the census to be taken in Rus
sia next year will be the first in over 40
years, and may be put down as another
evidence that Russia intends to be includ-
ed hereafter among the nations that count
San Francisco Call.
Progressive Cinnamon have started
reform to ''quit squeezing women 8 feet. -
The United States must therefore keep up
with the procession by making universal
its reform to quit squeezing womsn's
waists, except in the manner ordained by
nature. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mckinley has Just ordered brand new
suit, to cost 800, to wear at his Inaugural
tion. 1t is to be made entirely of Ameri-
can goods; but, alas, it is to be constructed
by an Ohio tailor. We appreciate the ma
| jor's motives, but in an important matter
like this, of national concern, he should
have come to Pittsburg. Pittsburg Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
RULES OF LIFE.

Be generous. Meanness makes enemies
and breeds distrust.
Be polite. Every bow, every smile, will
be money in your pocket.
Trust in hard work Inscribe on your
banner, Luck is a fool, pluck is hero. y
Be independent. Do not lean on others
TO do your thinking or to conquer difficult
ties.
Spend less than You earn. Do not run
can live on your salary.
Be punctual. Keep your appointment
Be there a minute before time if you have
to lose your dinner to do it.
Make all the money you can honestly.
Do all the good you can with it while you
live. Be your own executor.
Be conscientious in the discharge of ev-
cry duty. Do your work thoroughly. No
one can rise who Sights his work.
Enter into that business or trade that
you like best and for which nature seems
to have fitted you, provided 1t is honorable.
Work. The world is not going to pay
you for nothing Ninety per cent of what
men call talent is only genius for hard
work.
Be honest. Dishonesty seldom makes
ona rich, and when it does riches are a
curse. There is no such thing as dishonest
success
Don't try to begin at the top. Begin at
the bottom and you will have a chance to
rise and will be surer of reaching the top
some time e--Philadelphia Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
RAILWAY RUM6LEs.


The Vermont legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting Sunday excursion trains.
A French railway company has ordered
clocks to be placed on the outside of every
locomotive.
The Maine Central road is experiment.
ing with cyclometer for its locomotives,
with the idea of learning the. exact dis
tance each machine travels year.
On the state railways in Germany the
carriages are painted according to the coll
ors of the tickets of their respective classes.
First class carriages are painted yellow,
second class green and third class white
Since the opening of the railway be-
tween Yafa and Jerusalem the necessity
for harbor at Yafa has become all the
more urgent, and sooner Or later it will
have to be constructed or the Yafa-J Jeru-
salem railway will have to be extended to
PORT Said
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

In any living organization the supreme
power never dies. The king never dies,
and against the possibility Of the presi-
dent dying we have made an elaborate
provision. which sufficiently speaks for
the danger it seeks to avoid. But in the
slow moving action Of the huge organ
isms that we call nations and govern
ments there is time enough for kings
and presidents to sleep, to be off guard
whereas, in the rapid movements Of
ships and the frequent sudden vioissi-
tude Of sea life the captain-the cap
tain's power-cannot sleep. It is plain
to say his person must No more than
the proverbial switch tender can he, as a
habit, be on duty 30 hours out of the
"a. Hence arises the necessity for the
watch officer, who is in charge of the
deck and vested while SO with all the
captains power for the conduct of that
which goes on on deck or pertains to the
direction. He holds this control not be-
cause ne is the captain or lieutenant by
he is then filling. Is this considered an
extravagant clalm-unllmlted!
And as it is on deck SO it is in the en-
gine room. The man in charge there,
himself in his sphere, exercises control
as absolute as the captain and the officer
Of the watch-like them absolute, like
them limited. But there are two on
duty at the same time-the deck officer
and the engine officer, the directive and
the motive forces. The unity of result
demands that they be not independent.
One must be the superior, and it must
be the one who has charge of the direct
i've force, as that which is the more es-
sential to the safety and government of
the vessel; not because the one man is
superior to the other man, but because
the one power is more important than
the other. Captain A. T. Mahan, y.
s. N, in North American Review
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

ben hurried away to the kitchen and re-
turned with tLe dish. He split the sides
away from the spines of the fish, ar
ranged the condiments at my elbow with
that show of kindliness which be always
took on when he had served a friend
with masterpiece, and / began the
feast. The bass was excellent and the
'madeery" good. Possessed with peace,
| listened while the reminiscent old
darky talked Of war.
Is he des as yuh like i'm, suh?''
All right, uncle. Go on with the
Bonwells. "
Bout thu las one Nv thu Bonwells
tha' I knows nv wuz Mistah Harry. He
wuz nice gemman, like his nav an
paw whut l knowed. an he wuz hasty.
None nv thu Bonwells evan saw thu
inside nv a ootehouse 'cept Mistah
Harry, an it mus have been putty hahd
on him. Nigh as kin onderstan bout
tha' fun ma frien g is tha' Mistah Har' y
got hasty at barbecue whah thu
gov v'nuh nv thu state wuz gwine tnh
speak. Some nv them Benedicts mus
have said sumpin tub him, an thah wuz
some shootin Some Benedicts wuz hurt
mo- less, but whut wuz mighty onlucky
fo' Mistah Harry wuz tina built
hit thu gov v'nuh in thu ca'f nv thu leg.
"Thah wuz a Benedict sheriff an
othahs nv 'em roun, an somebody had
tub git rested bout tha' built. Co'se it
wuz Mistah Harry. Thah wan Il no tryin
tub fin out whose built it wuz-might
have been one Nv them Benedicts yuh
know---but Mistah Harry didn' have
many nv his frien's wiv him. 'Twan' 4
long befo' evahbody in thu county know
Mistah Harry shot thu gov 'nuh. Wen
a county is takin keer NV big man
like a gov'nuh, 'tain't nice tub have
him shot. So Mistah Harry had tub go
tub cote an stan a trial des like a po'
white man. Thu gov 'nuh didn't have
nothin tub do wiv it. 1t wuz des them
Benedicts
"W'en thu jedge say Mistah Har'y y
mus go tub thu penetentry. / reckon
Mistah Har r'ymus' have made his range
ments tub go tub hell fust. but des then
bnu gov nun ne S0Hu uOWu Wuu 1um tnu
capita beggin Mistah Har'y's pahdon
TO- gittin in thu way Nv his built, an
tha' settle it. Mistah Harry didn't go
tub no pententry."
what became of him, Uncle Reu-
ben?''
"Them Benedicts is sponsible for
Ten see losin a mighty nice gemmen.
He's thu one whut's in New Yawk.
81 hopes thu bass suit you, sub. -
Charles E. Trevathan in New York
journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
His Most Unexpected Recovery of a Long
Lost Dog.


Lost Dog.
Speaking of watchdogs, y said the
retired burglar, 81 never owned
watchdog, but did once own a jolly
little mongrel dog that we called some
times Nibs, but mostly Nibsy. a lively,
sensitive little fellow, but no watchdog
You might have played brass band
outside, and he'd never hear it, but let
anybody that he knew walk across the
floor. and he'd wag his tail IN his Sleep
well, after we'd had Nibsy num-
Der of years we lost him. He just disap-
peared one day and didn't come back,
and we didn't know whether he'd been
run over by train of cars or strayed
away and got lost, or whether somebody
had picked him up and carried him off,
or what was the matter, but he didn't
come back, and we missed him very
much because we all liked Nibsy.
Now, maybe you can guess what
happened. One morning early, about 3
or half past 2, some months after that,
as / was moving slowly in the dark
across a room on the second floor of
house that / had called at some so miles
from where lived, felt the legs of
small dog thrown against mine.
couldn't see the dog at all, but it was
standing on its hind legs and resting its
fore legs against me, and could tell by
the movement of them that he was wag-
ging his tail violently. It was Nibsy,
of course. He'd known my tread, soft
as it was, and woke up to receive me.
We'll, you know. glad as l was to
find Nibsy, I'd rather not have found
him right there, because he was almost
certain to make trouble for me. He be-
gan to whine with joy the first thing,
and then he gave little yelp. That
was just what was afraid Of He didn't
want to make any trouble for me, but
that one yelp was enough. A man in
the bed sits up and pulls string and
turns on light and says:
Now, what's the matter?'
Sand | puts up great polar bluff
and says. you swiped my dog, and I've
come to get him..
'Swiped nothing he says. III
swipe you in minute, and be wasn't
slow in getting at it either. He was
getting out of bed and coming for me all
the time he was talking, and a good
healthy, powerful looking man he was
too. But Nibsy was bright. Nibsy
made just one dive at the mans feet,
but that was enough to stop him until
I'd got turned and started, and minute
later / was going down the road, with
Nibsy coming on behind. New York
Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
The BRsArH OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH.

The wind of Hampstead heath still burns my
cheek
Ass home returned, muse and see arise
These rounded hills beneath the low. gray
Skies
With CLEANS of haze Tapped cities far to seek.
These can picture. but how ftly speak
OF what might not be seen with searching
eyes
And all beyond the listening ear that lies,
Best known TO bards and seers in times antiquei
The winds that of the spirit rise and blow
Kindle my thought and shall for many day,
Recalling what blithe presence filed the place
OF one who oftentimes passed up that way,
By garden close and lane whore boughs bend
low,
Until the breath of Hampstead touched his
face.
Edith NJ Thomas in Century.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
A Distance Table,

A lady spending summer at fishing
village on the south coast asked one Of
the male residents:
''How far is it to MIR. Dibson s house?''
The seafaring man pulled his topknot
politely and answered:
Just about a dogs trot. mum. /"
How Ear is that?' the lady asked
again.
The man hesisated an instant. as if
searching i'll his mind for an exact meas
ure of distance, and then replied:
About as far as it would take ye TO
smoke an even pipeful O. torbacker,
mum' Pearson s Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A turned down kerosene lamp is mag
azine of deadly gas to which the strongest
lungs cannot be safely exposed.
Flour should be kept with great care, as
it absorbs odors readily, and in damp
place soon becomes heavy and moldy.
To remove parks ON a vasnished table
made by placing hot dish upon it, pour
some kerosene over the spot and rub well
with a soft cloth.
where you wish to keep mice out They
dislike the SMELL 50 much that they are
sure to keep away from It,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

It seems as if life might all be SO
simple and SO beautiful, so good to live.
so good to look at. il we could only
think Of it as one long journey, where
every days march had its own separate
sort Of beauty to travel through. Phil
lips Brooks.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
Frankly Explained.

''I believe / saw you coming out of a
rumshop tLis afternoon. said the Rev.
Mr.. Wilgus.
II guess you did," said the parish
ioner.
"On business. / hope?''
"No. / viii be candid with you.
went in to get drink. You see it was
this way had a plugged quarter pass
ed on me-
Eyes =
And there are only two places a man
can get rid Of a plugged quarter--a
church and saloon. And of course ]
didn't want to pass it on the contribu-
ti0n box.
Ahi''-Indianapolis Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

'sNow there's old 5quallop. / reckon
he's the stingiest man in the United
States, and he's got money to burn. l be-
lieve he expects to take it with him when
he dies. =
9 Well, II he docs take it with him, he'll
certainly have chance to burn it. ''--Ghi-
caOo Tribune
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

"Ahl' said Mr.. Knight Starr, the
emotional tragedian, as hegeame in
sight of farmhouse. "Mssyhap this
worthy peasant will give some refresh
ment for the inner man. What, no,
therel''
The worthy peasant gazed at the ira
Pedian for a moment and answered,
Rew durn fool, don't yew know a
pitchfork from hoe?''
And having thus spake he disap-
peared within his abode. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Badger, did you enjoy the play, Rich
ard III?'n
Yes; that fellow had hump that
ought to make him president Of amy bicy-
Gle club on earth. &c Chicago Resord.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
Too 6biirinr.

Reporter That fellow who wanted his
name kept eutof the paper called in today.
oh, he was mad
Editor VI hat abont2
Reporter--If seems we kept It out. ~
Roxbury Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
Some Comical Bulls.

A very absentminded German pro-
fessor named Johannes A,uerlately died
at Vienna. and The following are a few
OF his remarkable bulls:
Julius Caesar, disguised as slave,
swan naked across the Tiber.' .
Covered with innumerable wounds,
Caesar fell dead near Pompey's statue.
With one hand recovered his face with
his toga, With the other be called for
help. .
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
slieBp nrIsca,cu,at,on.

He thought to land on the other mans neck.
This fellow of muscle and lone.
But he found out, alas, when he came from the
wreck,
He had landed instead on his own.
Cincinnati Enouirer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
A Matter of Passion.

Mrs. Prosy-Reading is quite pas
sion with my husband.
Mrs Dresser-So it is with mine
when he reads my milliner's bills
New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
When Properlx Annlisd.

"They say newspaper makes an excel
lent chest protector for wheelmen in win
ter
Do you button 1t inside Yorr coatp"
No; you stay at home and read it. p
Chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Rivers--I see by a fashion item in this
paper that shirt bosoms are to be made
shorter.
Crooks That's q good thing. have
often thought you wore your shirt bosoms
too long Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
kPrettx. but Suspicious.

=
De turkey is purity bird
I. Ez he go struttin by.
But when hit niglE en- things look right
he roos too pow full high.
he look so 'spiciouslak at me
En- sorter wink he eye.
He ting he safer up de tree
En- ak, How dat fer>high2''
ATLANTA Consultation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
He Wanted to Know.

Preceptress In Cookery This Ia the FREQ
Aass.
visitor-And the others are-er--in
Nstody?--Truth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

According TO an estimate in work
on building. three plasterers. with one
helper, will put on 45O yards of two
coat work in day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
Chic, but Not Comic.

Said an ostrich Of fame gastronomic:
II have such pain anatomic
fear that last bfick
Was little too thick.
It seems to lie hard on my stomie.
Atlanta Constitution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
Thought. Old and New.

Houi soft quisuai Y pense,
They said in FORMER days
OF knights chivalrous, gentle. II
Don't think. the modern says.
detroit Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
An Incomplete Funeral.

One fault too often does occur,
AS plainly we can see.
Too many plays have been rehearsed
When buried they should be.
Brooklyn Life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
All OF.

Miss Summit Why, thought you were
surely going to marry the duke, dear
Miss Palisade-I was, but he has just
cabled papa canceling the order. Truth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28
A smelling Lesson.

siCan yon spell kitten, my little manf''
said TO Jack, hye years old.
And behind his back Jack put both hands
And tossed his locks Of gold.
Zoo hartli' asked. Then his face grew
grave.
And be said: 1T ism t that
But I'm too old for kitten, you know.
Now just try me on cat. =
Iaabel smithson in Babyland.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

They talk Of a now tax on beer,
And patriot hosts are a-scowling.
And if you'll but listen you II hear
A chorus of growlers al growing
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

And Master IN Chancery. Green's New
Building, No. Cooper Street, Woodbury.. New
Jersey. June Q, '87
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Remember when you use those nice
smoothing irons that come in box,
with one wooden handle to fit into them
and take out and put in as fast as one
gets cold and you need hot one, that
this convenient arrangement is the in
vention of woman. Mrs. Potts. Bless
ings on Mrs. Pottsl
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

The new American university at
Washington, which promises to be the
most complete in the country when it is
finished, has three women on its board
of trustees. They are Mrs John A. Lo-
gan, Mrs. Matthew Simpson and Mrs.
Elizabeth Somers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Miss Edith A. Reiffert, plucky and
persevering girl who has made her own
way in the world altogether as well as
helping others, has just been admitted
to the bar to swell the list Of women
lawyers in New York city.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

A Tammany man and Democrat the
other day advanced one of the very best
arguments for woman suffrage / ever
heard. Itwas that the greater the num-
Der of voters the harder it would he to
buy them all up. Therefore he favored
women voting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

The German university of Bonn, on
the Rhine, is now open to women in all
its departments. One by one the stiffest
Of the old strongholds falls.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Miss Rebecca S. Rice, principal of the
Girls Collegiate school, Chicago, is q
trustee of Antioch college. at Yellow
Springs, O.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Grace Barton Allen, daughter of that
sweet and gifted poet, Elizabeth Akers
Allen, is proving that she, too, has gen
ius. She not only writes strong and
dainty verse, but she is an admirable
painter in water colors and is making
her art successful commercially. One OF
her most beautiful recent pictures is a
"Study In Pansies, . published as sup
plement to an art periodical. The young
lady has caught the very expression OF
these picturesque and splendid blossoms.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Over and again. with George Sand, /
say 81 crave not jewels and dresses or
society. What long for is liberty
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

Apropos of these political times, dc
you know the difference between a plu.
rality and majority?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-28

One of the ablest text and reference
books published recently is "The Speak
er of the House of Representatives. +" by
Miss M. P. Follett