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The times., 1897-08-08

II is very reposeful and charming to bask
In the hazy lights of the distant last cen
tury 1t is near enough TO be actual; far
enough 70 have taken on the indistinctness
of romance and the possibilities OF pic
turesqueness. One may dwell in IL as IN
dreams. and the fictionist with skill who
DIPS his pen in it's inks may make tracings
exquisite and desirable.
Little, Brown & Co., OF Boston,
have on their lists several of these stories,
grounded on the facts of one hundred years
ago, and enibelhshed with its ropantic
lights and shades. There is Mrs. Good
viii, whocharmedu u : in her White Aprons"
1.-The Head OF d Hundred" and The Co
lonial Cavalier" Mr.. George r. r. Rivers.
whose Governors Garden found warm
expressions OF approval for lis story value
and dhissoricaIexactitudein narrating events
In the career OF Gov. Hutchinson. and whose
new story. Captain Shays," claims our
preecnt attention, and MT George Bridges
Rodney. whose I'm Buff and Blue" is just
at hsnd. describing the doings of certain
portions OF the Delaware Foot during our
glorious war for Independence.
Just a word to insist the charm of
books Of this character, their good influ-
cnce on the nationality of our literature.
their inspiration TO patriotic pride and
the Obligation owing the publishers VINO
encourage these writers 10 furnish such
palatable and profitable literary pIoyen-
der.
Mr.. Rivers finds in the discomfort ante
cedcnt to and surrounding Shay's rebellion
in Massachusetts, an analogy in labor
s.f1 Fn
Dpr present unrest of 1897 He makes
this small bet significant uprising TIE basis
Of d novel largely historical in fact and en-
uTely SO in temperament and atmosphere,
which anyone msy read with profitable
pleasure. From its vivid pages one car
ries away truthfUl and finn impression
ef the vays aud means, thoughts and ae-
tionS. character and life, motives and
theories OF tfe restless century ago.
The subtitle to "Capt. Shays" Is "a
Populist Of 1856" Mr.. Rivers endeavor Is
to sustain the analogy limited therein. For
while the farmers OF Massachusetts suf-
tered and had grievance, for the Gov
ernment and rich city merchants Were moi
lcnent with poverty, they unwisel- COD
mitted their cause to a selfish man and Z
hernagogue. Thisis fact which Mr.. Rivers
ncceuts not merely TO adorn his tale br'
probably to point a moral to the az
Grieved of this day lest they, too, unwisely
commit themselves and their grievance tC
demaeOgues.
Another impression carried away from
a reading of Capt. shays'' is that his
tory repeats itself again and again IN
the auvarying character of human emotion
and human passion The questions OF To
day Were the questions OF 13o years ago,
and the methods Of 100 years ago ma
become the methods today. Boston; Little
Brown & Co. Washington: Woodward s.
Lothrop.l
The times., 1897-08-08

hard work OF murder melting each other
and vying with each other, encouraged
by the government officials with promise
of impunity and hope of plunder-imagine
the Result il you can, and you will have
some faint idea of the massacres In the
eastern part Of Turkey.
'sThere has been no exaggeration In the
worst accounts OF the horrors OF Armenia.
A writer with the vivid imagination of
Dumas and the nowledge Of evil that Zola
possesses could not attain, by any de-
scription, the effect that the sight Of one
massacre in the Kurdish part of Armenia
would produce on any spectator. The
Kurdish part of Armenia is the black
country 1t has become a charnel house
The times., 1897-08-08

The recent death of Miss Jean Ingelow
took away a Loetess whose name was
probab bly, letter known in America than
her verse. However, she was writer OF
a long list of works and stood higa in the
esteem of the critics and the readers Of
her days of achievement.
Miss Ineelow was the daughter OF a
Lincolnshire banker and was born at Bos-
ton in $50. She published her first col
lection Of roeTps, "A RhyIning Chronicle
OF Incidents and Feelings anonymously
in 1850. In the following year appeared
81 story of hers in rhyme, called 'Eilerton
and Dreux.' Among her later writings were
Home Thoughts and Home Scenes II $50,
"DebOrah's Book and the Lonely Rock, >
Grandmother Shoes" THE Suspicious
Jackdaw and tile Life OF John Smith, The
Minno ws with Silver Tails, studies
for Stories, "A Story of Doom QS67,
"a Sisters Bye-hours" 1S68), The
Little WonderHorn' uST2) and The
High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,
1871 Gss3J.
Miss Ingeiow was also the author of a
number Of novels which were almost as
popuiar over here asin England. The best
known are "off the Skelligs" t1S72),
.'Fated to be Free" 1S751, don Juan
1S76), and Sarah de Berenger" QSSO).
Both her poetry and verse We're marked by
great refinement and deep religious feel
ing She may have been sentimental,
but her work was alw avs in good taste.
In 1892 Miss Ingelow talked to an IN
terviewcr of her early life in Lincolnshire:
MY favorite retreat was lofty room In
the old house, where there was low
window which overlooked the river. The
window had the good old fashioned shut
ters which folded back against the walls.
| would open these shutters and write my
verses and songs on them and fold them
back again. My mother came in one da J
and discovered them; many OF them Were
transmitted to paper and preserved" OF
her brother, with whom she lived at Ken
sington she said tHe offered to con
tribute to have the MSS. printed, and my
mother went with me TO the publisher :
Mr. Longrnan. He wasmost kind, and took
the matter up warmly. In the first year
four editions of a thousand copies eacf
We're sold, and this first volume has been
republished again and yet again, until il
has reached its twenty edition."
Messrs. Roberts Bros, by whose per
mission we publish the accompany ying
portrait of Miss Ingelow, are her Amer
lean publishers.
The times., 1897-08-08

In summing up the permanent gains of
the literature OF fiction during the mast
twelve months, first place Will doubtless
be given king Noanet," by F. ]. Stim-
son, heretofore known in less ambitious
and commanding position among writers as
j. 5. OF Dale. The new novel is charm
ing romance Of our early Colonial days,
and more nearly realizes the ideal of such
The times., 1897-08-08

One dare not enter it. One cannot think
about it. Ore knows not how many
MANNED, mutiIated, outraged Armenians
are still living there" (New York: u.
/. Putnam $ Sons. Washington: Bren-
tanot
The times., 1897-08-08

nj. jules Lemaitre has this TO say OF the
traditional mysterious dignity OF letters
The times., 1897-08-08

OF which appear from time to time in scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The times., 1897-08-08

Andrew william Hammond, of this city,
has dramatized his unpublished novel,
George Marlowe, Artist and Tramp" au
autobiography, and has published it under
the name, ''The Poisoned Chalice." He
calls it d romantic drama of American life,
and has draughted it into five acts. II
makes pretty and handy booklet, and viii
be read with hopeful interest by his friends
The times., 1897-08-08

Mrs. AleXander's latest story, Mrs.
Crichton's Creditor, is comparatively short.
fitting snuely into one of the Lotus Lii
brary booklets. 1t is pretty story, full of
the tender sweetness which invests and
distinguishes all OF this writer's tales.
The creditor in the case is young Eng
lish naval officer, who one day sees a beau
tirul woman in a pawnbroker's shop. A
few evenings after he meets her at fash
ionable dinner and he discovers that she is
O childhood sweetheart. He feels the old
love revive, but she is married. she is Mrs
Crichton. She is struggling with the prob
lena of poor girl marrying an avariciousy
rich man. The husband is rude and brutal
even in his treatment Of his beautiful
wife, but she seeks to redeem her poverty
by pledging her Jewels. These in turn the
young naval officer redeems for her and
becomes her creditor. The husband dies
suddenly. and the way would seem to be
open for the debtor to pay her creditor
with the hand and heart he desires. But
she does not, and the end is one of lifes
stern realities. (Philadelphia: j. B. Lip
pineott & Co. Washington: woodward s
Lothrop)
The times., 1897-08-08

All of US who have been bored or
amused by the stock situations and de-
vices Of drama fists and novelists will find
sympathetic enjoyment in the following
from Charles Battell Loonis ON 1.-The
Bull. the Girl and the Red Shawl" con-
tributed to last weeks Critic:
"There is no incident in all the realms
of literature, from the penny dreadful UP
to the three-volume novel, that has af-
forded so much material for the pen of
the writer of fiction as the delightful cpl
sode OF the bull, the young girl with the
red shawl and the young girls lover.
Some times the cast includes the lovers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
WOMAN'S WORLD.
MEMORIAL FOR FRANCE FROM AMER
iCAN WOMEN.

League of American Penwomen-Women
Wage Farmers In Hungary-Lace Trim
mings Thin Gowns Women as veter-
inarians Passing of the Sailor.
An end of the century movement
which is now centering the attention Of
the patriotic women of this country is
that set on foot by the Daughters OF the
American Revolution, New York city
chapter, to present a memorial to
France at the exposition of 1900 This
memorial is intended as an appreciative
recognition of the help given by the SOL
diers of our sister republic during the
Revolution.
AS Washington is called the Father
of His Country, SO Lafayette is justly
regarded as the godfather of the great
American republic, and associated with
him in his noble efforts were those other
brave Frenchmen, D D'Estaing, Rocham-
beau and De Grasse. The work that
they accomplished, displaying at all
times the gallantry that marks their
race and on one occasion virtually de-
Gliding the fate of the war, has as yet
received no national recognition from
this country. but that it has been
through no lack Of warm feeling on the
part of our citizens is evidenced by the
response that the plan of memorial to
France has met with.
The originator Of the scheme was
Mrs. Donald Mclean, regent of the
New York city chapter, D. A. e. Mrs.
Mclean proposed her plan at dinner
Of the chapter, and it met with warm
approval Indeed, SO great was the in
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12

THE WRONG HOUSE.

But a Man in the Same Condition Was
Evidently Expected.
! The member of congress 'front.'
wont say where, says writer in the
Washington Posts the kindest-
hearted fellow alive. He was going
home very late few nights ago, he
says, when he met a young man whom
he knows. The young man was hope
lessly drunk. The congressman hap
pened to know where he lived, and
kindly guided him home. A light was
burning in an upper window OF the
house, and the congressman had no
sooner pulled the bell than the door
was flung open and tall and vigor-
Gus woman appeared. She said not a
word, but she grabbed the intoxicated
young man by the collar and gave him
shaking that fairly loosened his teeth
in their sockets. Into the hall she
shook him and slammed the door. The
congressman was descending the steps
when the door opened again and his
friend few out as if flung from cata~
puIt. He landed at the foot OF the
stairs and the congressman picked him
up. He was very much frightened and
he was almost sober. He managed to
gasp out:
.sWe don't live here. We've moved
last week.
That's all the congressman's story.
but think the really interesting thing
would be to know what happened to
The man who does live there.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Lace Trimmings.

Just now it is the miner accessories
of dress that render the simple lawn
and muslin gowns so attractive. Lace
trimmings, with all their dainty and
fascinating subtleties, are again tri-
umphant. There are wonderful possi-
bilities in these soft, beautiful decora-
tions. This year there have been
brought ont some new and beautiful de-
signs in fancy laces, and these have
found countless admirers and purchas-
ers, but great favor has also been shown
to the long popular yalenciennes pat
terms in edgings, insertions, hounces
and all over designs. 1t is one of the few
laces that are worn as appropriately by
the mother as her little child or that can
be used to frill the cap of an infant or
of its grandmother
Very charming dregses have this sea-
son been made Of White organdie or
swiss muslin without lining, but worn
over silk slip, either high or low in
the neck Thus made they have a more
airy and diaphanous effect than muslins
scanned in with the Innings. The trans
parent dresses are trimmed with frills
of the dress goods, edged with valen-
ciennes lace. with narrow insertions to
match set in above the hem of the ruff
fe. The top part of the waist is trim
med with tucks and lace insertions, al
ternating with wide founces forming
bretellelike trimmings on each shoulder,
and number now worn at noted
summer resort are fastened at the back,
the skirts decorated with lace ruffles
from belt to skirt hem. New York
Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Live stock Points.

1t is a mighty poor plan to keep scrub
stock upon high priced land.
Dorset ewes have been known to pro-
duce as many as six lambs at a birth.
They are enormous mixers and good
mothers. For raising lambs for market.
ing at about 8 months old no breed il
better than the Dorset. The mutton Of
the older sheep is, however. not SO good
as that Of some other breeds
Ewes should be dried off gradually
when the lambs are weaned. If theil
udders are hot and enlarged with milk,
milk it cut.
When you dock lambs. draw the skin
of the tail up tight toward the root oi
the tail and cut off the end of the tail
with a pair of sharp shears Pruning
shears are good for the purpose STOP
the bleeding by powdering the cut with
bluestone, then draw the wool back
down over the stump and stick it fast
with daub OF tar
There must be some system used in
live stock production It is idiotic
for all the farmers of the country tt
raise horses or sheep or hogs all at once
and overstock the market, then all rush
like sheep in and sell off their wares
and be confronted suddenly with a scarci-
ty Of the very animals they broke their
necks to get rid of Let there be estab-
lished system Of statistics which shall
keep track Of the demand for each kind
of live stock in all the markets of the
world This can be done by means of .
central bureau of animal statistics with
which all live stockmen should keep in
close connection.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
HUMOROUS.

NO, ] never talk to an inferior. y
'sBut have you ever met one pr Courier
des Etats-Unis.
You protest that you love me,
Emily. but am still waiting for the
first kiss" ''Well, why do you wait?''
Fiegende Blaetter.
II have here neat and pretty little
letter opener" began the agent. $50
have at home" said the business man,
sadly; IT am married. - Cincinnati
Tribune.
IT have bitten off more than can
chew" remarked the boa constructor,
as the young gazelle disappeared within
its capacious jaws; ''but thank fortune,
I don't have to chew!" And it curled
itself up for a six weeks nap.-C Chicago
Tribune.
Stern Party-''We1l, sir, I don't
know as ] am particularly desirous OF
becoming your father-in-law, young
mani" ChoIly Seeke-''Er- r-eh-I n-ne-
never thought Of that. w-wo-would
b-be my father-in-law, wouldn't you ?
| g-guess we'll l-let the-er -m-matter
drop; g-good d-day. Truth.
How It Came About.-'sI have been
wondering" said Champion Abdul
Hamid to his grand vizier, whether we
had better follow the example of our
fellow-champion Fitzsimmons and go
on the stage" Twenty thousand can
die power arc light of the universe" re
piled the Vizier; II fear you would be
unable to square the critics. have a
better plan. We can force the Greeks to
pay well for the show we have given
them" And forthwith the claim for the
earth was ramed.-Philadelphia North
American
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
women wage Farmers In Hungary.

| cannot agree with my Hungarian
friend that there are no thin and pale
fcountepances to be seen among these.
women. | must in all sincerity draw an
other picture caught its outlines, not
in one of the crowded cafes or along the
boulevard or down by the side of the
blue Danube, but up back street in
one of the new quarters of the rapidly
growing city. ] had seen the same sight
in Bucharest the day before and knew
what it meant Brick and mortar and
the many ways of lifting them up and
down have always interested me.
know the slow, measured tread of big,
red shirted Pat, as he clumsily climbs
the vertical ladder, the hod ON his back,
and can still hear from the bricklayers
above the cry of . MortY' sitting down
between the unfloored beams of the sew
eral stories. know, too, the more mod
ern hoist, where turn of the lever sends
both brick and mortar flying skyward
to the scaffolding overhead But girl
of l6 and gray haired woman of 60
were new types of brick and mortar car
riers to me, and not in one place alone,
but wherever building is in course of
construction
Narrow platforms instead of ladders
are made for them, running zigzag up
the outside scaffolding. The mortar GALL
mixed by women) is dumped into tub,
pole is thrust through the handles,
swung over the shoulders of two wom-
en-, and the weary climbing to the top
begins | saw one dark eyed, bare foot
ed girl-she was pale and thin enough
clothed only in skirt and chemise,
rest the tub for moment at the first
landing and press her hand to her side
as if in great pain, the older one wait
ing for her patiently.
With all its beauty, dash and enthu-
siasm it must be a curious civilization
which tolerates and makes possible
sight like this 1t made my blood run
cold and hot It was as if one had
plowed with fawn.
But this custom, hideous as it is,
cannot, think, be counted for many
more years against these people. Their
progress in social order is too marked,
let us hope, to permit of long continu-
ance of this degradation. IF. Hopkin-
son Smith in Harper's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
The Eye Of = Child.

Who can explain or fathom the won
drous instinct of the child? Lying in the
arms of its nurse, in it's carriage or else
where, its large, round, wondering eyes
roam over sea of faces till suddenly
its features break into sweet smile, a
baby laugh dances in its eyes, perhaps
the tiny hands are extended, and the lit
tie body gives a bound as though it
would throw itself through space. What
has happened? It has recognized q
friend, nothing more and no less. 1t
makes no mistake Wiser, perchance,
in that moment of inexperienced
helpIessness than it will be years
afterward, when the world and its in
mates have been studied in the light
of instruction and experience, its love
offering is seldom if ever mistakenly
presented. By what power is this child
love directed? By what subtle influence
does it see and know what in after
years it may strive in vain to discern?-
Good Housekeeping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Origin Of = Name.

The origin of the name Fife is not
known. One historian tries to show
that it comes from the Celtic word
veach, Pict, and means that the dis
trict was inhabited by Picts, but that is
obviously absurd, as Fife was not spe-
ciaIly the home of any of the Pictish
nations. The tradition that finds great
est favor is related by monk, who
states that the first known possessor Of
the district which has since grown into
the kingdom of Fife was one Fifus
Duffus, famous cbieftain whose date
is lost in the mists of antiquity
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12

mafgarer waue, .1pple u BAKER, IVAN
ME M. Lancaster, Alice R. Morgan,
Matte Hamilton Flick, Virginia King
Frye, E. Emma v Triepell, Jennie S.
Campbell and Anna B. Patten. The
officers are; President. Mrs. Burke;
vice president, Mrs. O'Donoghue;
corresponding secretary. Mrs. Deni-
son; recording secretary, Miss Sher-
wood; treasurer, Mrs. Frye; auditor.
Mrs Hamilton; librarian, Mrs. Camp
bell. Mrs. Abbie Baker will act as del
egate at large in the middle west, Miss
Wade will represent the league on the
Pacific coast and Mrs. Bayard will be
the delegate for the east. The head
quarters of the league are at the Vino
daughsis. where visiting members Of
the fraternity will find a welcome. -
Washington Correspondence
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
The oueen,s Nlessengers.

The four queens messengers always
travel ineognito. They wear their
badges of Office out of sight, suspended
round their necks. and are always most
reluctant to display them to emphasize
their authority and the Importance of
their mission The badge is small,
exquisitely modelled silver greyhound.
London Standard.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Felfne Eelfcifntionr n

Debutante-I wonder If / shall lose
my looks, too, when I get your age2
Seasoned Sister-You win be lucky IL
you do! Punch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Refween Friendn.

Miss Srnaslfum, II don't care for mem;
in fact. I've already said ''No" to seven
of them.
Miss Cemely-Indeed! What were
they selling Odds and Ends.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
A Modern lnstance.

Weary Watkins-Dis here newspaper
says that half the cause of de hard times
is de overcrowdin' of de professions.
Hungry Higginsr-It's gittin' that
way In our profession, to dead GER
taintY.-IndHanapolis Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Old Roman swords.

The Roman swords, before Gamma,
B. G. 1856, were pointless and sharp ON
only one side. After Gamma theNhort
Spanish sword. for cutting and thrust
ing, was adopted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
Mof commstt,pr Her..,e

Margaret think long engagements
are deteataIble, don't you?
Isabel Well. they're better than
Aone. Detroit News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-12
League Of American Penwomen.

"A new press club has been formed in
Washington 1t was the outgrowth of a
coterie of journalists who met informal
ly from time to time during the last
season in the Wimodaughsis parlors.
Believing that mutual benefit might
come from union, body Of active press
women and authors became incorporated
under the name of the League of Amer
ican Penwomen. Seventeen charter
members, two new members and eight
honorary members make mp the list.
The last mentioned are Mrs. Jane Cum
ningham Croly, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst,
Miss Ellen T. Longfellow, Mrs. May
Dudley Vought, Mrs. Dora Harvey
Munyon, Mrs. Emily Edison Briggs
(Olivia), Mrs. Marion A. Mcbride and
Mrs. Caroline F. Frye.
Only such persons as are actively en-
gagged in journalism or press work or
who are authors are eligible to member
ship in the league. Honorary members
must have rendered aid or encourage
ment to the cause of penwomen. The
league design is a tiny owl in gold in
a triangle formed Of pen, pencil and
brush, with the initials L. A. P. w. =
The colors are the loyal red, white and
blue. The charter members Of the
League Of American Penwomen are
Margaret Sullivan Burke, Anna Sam
born Hamilton, Marion Longfellow
O'Donoghue, Mary Temple Bayard,
Mary A. Denison, Tillie Orr Hays, Ada
Tower Gable. Bell Vane Sherwood.