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The Newtown bee., 1897-05-14
NEW PRESTON.
VILLAGE CHURCH NOTES.

Rev Evan Evans delivered an earnest sermon at the Village church, last Sum- day morning, upon Religious Enthusi- asm," warmly advocating the practice of that commendable virtue and cited sev- eral instances where it had dsaBeen the means of great good to all tss@ho came within the influence of it.
 Mrs F. J. Hosford and herEEaother Mrs A. E. Corning, arrived home from Seymour, last Saturday evening.
 Mrs c. P. Lyman and children with her mother, Mrs L. M. Sperry, reached their home here from Orange City, Fla, last Friday evening.
 Mrs Feldstein of New York City, having passed the winter in the city, re- turned to her hotel here, last week, to prepare the same for the summer season.
 Mrs Lucy Jones was again sseen in the Congregational church, sIast Sunday morning, after an illness of 10 days.
 Mrs Horace McCan again visited at E. D. Beeman's, East Kent, last Satur- day, but no trace did she find of her missing watch and chain which she lost on the day she was last there, arbutus hunting about four weeks ago. We fear that circumstances will for some time remain mystery.
 Miss Mary Carter opened her home here again, last week, for the summer.
 Mrs Edward Hull is passing few days with her daughter, Mrs Eli Judsons, in Bethel.
 Mrs Frank Humphrey of Litchfeld was guest of her parents, Dea and Mrs c. s. Humphrey, over Sunday.
 William c. Bryant and family of Brook
The Newtown bee., 1897-05-14
SOUTHVILLE.

Born, to MT and Mrs Henry Bristol, Monday morning, May 10, nine and one-half pound daughter.
 Mir and Mrs Robert Bristol are conva- lescing after long sickness.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
shadow Pictures.

For home entertainments nothing is
SO simple i'll preparation and SO amusing
in results as the shadow pictures, which
may begin as soon as the lamps are lit.
Put up a cord across one end of the room
or across wide doorway. Pin a sheet
to the line SO it will hang smoothly and
touch the floor. Have curtain or screen
before the sheet. Extinguish the lights
in the audience room and have strong
lights few feet back of the Sheet. Now
disguise the outlines Of the head of some
person by means of veil, cap or 9TH
erwise; place him SO that his profile
will be cast accurately upon the sheet.
Ring the bell, draw the curtain and let
the audience guess whose profile it is.
During the shadow profile entertain
ment dress quantity some of the small
children. Put sweeps cap on one, a
butchers or bakers cap on another; put
on another poke bonnet and give her
an umbrella; put upon another wig
and give him cane and put ruffies on
his wrists. Let these march III process
sion back of the sheet The effect may
be made pretty or comical, according to
the dress, etc.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
How to shamnoo tha Face.

Wash your face in the hottest water
that can be borne with sponge rubbed
with little glycerin and pure CASTLE
soap. When the face is in a fine, soft
lather, rub with almond meal until dry.
Battle with clear hot water until all the
soap and meal have been removed, after
which use cold water until the face
feels cold and the flesh firm. Dry gem
tly, and with soft linen cloth moisten-
ed in cologne rub the eyebrows and all
about the roots of the hair A dash of
rice powder takes off the shine and does
no harm.
By this time you are ready for fam
mel negligee and slippers; then take a
cup of hot tea with lemon in it, tuck
yourself snugly away beneath down
coverlid and give yourself up to quiet
sleep or pleasant day dreams, and when
you come back again to earth all will
have rosy hue, and you will love even
your worst enemy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
FITS IN CHILDREN.
How to Relieve the Sufferer Quickly.
Cause of the Trouble.


A convulsion, or spasm, is seldom Sc
rious. In children there are many
causes Of commissions, and the serious
ness of any given case depends wholly
on the cause, not on the convulsion or
the spasm itself
Children often have conyulsions from
an overloaded stomach or from sud
den chill, just after eating, which stops
the digestion. An emetic is what is
needed in such case. A half teaspoon
full of salt dissolved in one-third of a
cup of warm water, to which half tea
spoonful of ground mustard has been
added, and the whole given at a dose,
makes the quickest, safest and best
emetic in such case or in case Of poi
soning
The so called 'sworm fits' often come
from undigested food in the stomach
and can also be relieved by such an eme-
tic. Treatment for convulsion of this
sort while it is in progress is not OF
much use and often does harm. 1t is,
as rule, better to manage a spasm in
a child the same as an epileptic fit in
an adult
In epilepsy remove the patient if nee
essary to some place where there is nc
special danger of his getting hurt,
loosen the clothing ON the neck and
chest and then let him alone. Keep ev-
cry one out of the way and give him
plenty of breathing room, and on no ac-
count try to hold him still nor stop the
convulsion, You cannot do it if you
try. 1t is sometimes we'll to put large
fiat cork or a thickly folded cloth be.
tween the teeth to keep the tongue from
being bitten. After the cmvulsion is
over the patient will often go to sleep.
Let him sleep until he-wakens of his
own accord. Hysterical conyulsions dc
not require any notice taken of them al
all and will pass over sooner if unno-
ticed. If one is in doubt whether con-
vulsion is hysteria or epilepsy, manage
it as for epilepsy.
Commissions in children are liable to
come on at the beginning of brain fever
(cerebro spinal meningitis) and lung fe-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
A FIsh.s MEMORY.
German Professor Wants InfOrma-
ton on the Subject.

German Professor Wants InfOrma-
tion ON the Subject.
We have to live such busy, cyclopaedic
lives nowadays that it is very delightful
sometimes to turn aside into some quiet
corner and watch specialist at work,
says the Westminster Gazette. It may
be only the eye of fly or the digestive
apparatus of caterpillar, but he de-
votes his life to it and thinks nothing of
all the noise and human struggles go
ing on outside. A German professor,
Ludwig Edinger, is absorbed at present
in the question: Shave fish memory 2"
and he has written to the Lancet to in
yite information on the subject. It
may seem trivial question and the
brain of fish maybe very small guam
tity, but great many little thing in
nature are worth studying, and even if
the problem cannot be solved it will
give a good opening for fish stories.
Every disciple of Izaak Walton will
nave something to say and anecdotes
to tell to back his opinions. There are
no fish in the neighborhood of Fleet
street, and, therefore, we cannot try
experiments, and the only contribution
we can make to the discussion is to ask
why anglers have to be SO particular
about the make and color of their arti-
fetal flies if fish have no memory. If
fish have vision withouta sense of mem
ory surely they would never discrim-
mate between a May fly and red
spinner and anglers would be saved a
lo+ of fron1,lo
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY APRIL 22, 1897.
THlRTY-Two CHILDREN.
A Vienna WomaR holds the Materni-
ty Record for Austria.

ty Record for Austria.
If any woman ever deserved well of
her country, the lady in question is a
Viennese who has just been described
by DR.. Alois Valenta in the Wiener
Medicinische Wochenscrift. Her mer-
its consist in having given many more
subjects and soldiers to the emperor
shan any of his female subjects. OF
course she is poor. As matter of fact,
she is the wife OF needy linen weaver
of Neuerchenfeld. in Vienna, and, if she
did not give her husband a big mar
r;age portion, she presented him with
90 less than 32 children, and she is still
comparatively young, being only in her
fortieth year. She has been taemother
of 26 boys and 6 girls.
The birth of the 80 childrensoccurred
in this wise, and in the following or
der: At the first birth were born four;
at the second, three; at the third,
four; at the fourth, two; at the fifth,
three; at the sixth, two; at the seventh,
three; at the eighth, three; at the
ninth, two; at the tenth, three, and at
the eleventh three. The mother nnrsed
all her children herself. Another
strange feature of the case is that the
mother suffered from her fifteenth
year weekly, and sometimes daily, from
epileptic fits. which so far have not
been inherited by the children. She
herself was one of four at a birth, and
her maternal parent in her time sue
eeeded in presenting her spouse with no
less than 3S children.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
TO The POINT.
Dicks Remark After the Accider
Had Happened.

Dicks Remark After the Accident
Had Happened.
One of the men employed in GER
tain Yorkshire stone quarry is man OF
few words. Indeed, his popularity with
his mates has been attributed to the
fact THAT Dick could never spare enough
words to get up decent quarrel with
anyone. says Clips.
The other day a huge block of stone,
weighing several tons, was being raised
by means of steam crane. When near
the top the chain suddenly gave way.
Dick was at work 60 feet below when
tie accident occurred. Fortunately he
realized his danger. though only just
in time, and sprang from the ledge on
which he stood to another at some dis
tance.
A second later and the huge block was
broken into a thousand pieces on the
solid bed of stone.
Trembling in every limb. the owner
Of the quarry, who had witnessed the
affair, hurried to where Dick was stand
ing and seized him by the hand.
"Whatever would have happened if
you had delayed your leap a second,
Dick?" he gasped.
The workman glanced back at the
heap of debris on the ledge.
"a funeral" he replied, coolly ,seizing
his pick and preparing to resume work.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
How to keen the SILVER Brirht.

Repousse articles will hold dust in
their crevices, but plain pieces, washed
in hot suds and instantly rinsed, ought
to keep bright long time Egg stains
yield to rub of salt, and if discolora-
tions are treated to touch of silver soap
when first discovered there will be no
need of weekly cleaning
A spoonful of ammonia in the suds is
presupposed, and the water must be
boiling hot both in that and the rinsing
water. If each piece be taken separately
from the latter and wiped before it has
chance to cool, and this practice is per-
sisted in, it will be seen how little rub
bing is needed.
Silversmiths keep in stock a specially
made tissue paper and also a certain
bleach of canton flannel in which to
wrap silver not in everyday use, where
they tarnish less than i'll common cloth
and paper. 1t is said that calnphor
wrapped with silver will preserve its
brightness. 1t is well known that cam
phor will keep white flannel from show
ing yellow tinge if laid away for some
time
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
HOW 10 rreat Neuralcia.

Neuralgia people are always sensitive
to changes of temperature and sudden
chills, and to avoid the risk of these
they should wear woolen underclothing.
Very often neuralgia is complained
of when, in reality, the half forgotten
stump of an old tooth is at the root of
the matter. If there is any doubt about
it, visit to good dentist would decide
the question once for all.
In cases of acute neuralgia relief may
be afforded by rubbing together equal
parts of chloral and powdered camphor
and painting the painful spot with it.
Many people cannot take quinine, but
those who can will find it the best remf
edy Of ALL
A local application said to be very
effective also is equal parts of benzoin
and peppermint oil 1t may be rubbed
ON the affected part, or a cloth wrung
out of hot water may be sprinkled
with it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
MUSHROOM RAISING.
How the Industry Originated In France.
Its Present Extent.

How the Industry Originated In France.
Its Present Extent.
1t was noticed when Milan beds were
frs made in France that quantities Of
mushrooms grew ON the fresh earth
mounds. They proved to be so profitable
that Investigations were made to ascer-
tain whether regular crop might not
be obtained. They have succeeded very
well, and the mushroom industry is to-
day quite profitable one, and the con-
sumption of mushrooms in France is
something enormous.
The beds are made as follows: A dry,
clean place is selected. One near the
mouth of cave is preferred, as the
mushrooms are whittier when the sun
light does not reach them. The spot is
covered with manure and then left un-
disturbed for few days. The bed is
then worked over and pressed and beat
en- down into shape This is allowed TO
remain about week, at the end of
which time the process is repeated and
the beds watered. At the end of anoth-
er week the first turning must be re-
peated and the mass allowed to rest for
three days.
The temperature is carefully watched,
and the first heat of fermentation is al
lowed to pass off before the spawn is
sown. After this hSs been planted the
beds are covered thinly with prepared
earth called goptage. It is kept quite
moist for 40 days, at the end Of which
time the mushrooms begin to come up.
A continuous crop for three months
may be expected, if the beds receive the
proper care. The seed, or blanc, is OBJ
tanned by the market gardeners. 1t is
made into bricks or cakes, which will
be good at the end Of twoor three years,
if kept in a dry, airy place.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
The Boston Music HaIl organ.

The great music hall organ. once the
pride of Boston, which has been stored
in shed for the last ten years, is to
be sold. 1t cost more than 100000 and
weighed nearly 20 tons. It was finished
on October 81. 1868, and the public was
invited to hear it on November 2. An
Ude was written by Mrs. james T.
Fields and was recited by Miss Char
lotte Cushman. Although 1t was looked
upon almost as sacred thing and re-
Ferred 10 as s'the hope of art In future
years" it was kicked out in 1884 be-
cause more room for the permanent
orchestra was needed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
THE WcERoYs PRESENT.


Lii Hung Chang Sends Scent Bag and a
Nice Letter to Brooklyn Girl.
An American schoolgirl, Josephine
Amelia Claudius, of Brooklyn, is the
proud possessor of token Of friendship
from Ii Hung Chang. 1t is a scent bag,
embroidered with the skill and taste
characteristic of such work in the Flow
cry Kingdom. The bag is circular in
shape, with pendent ribbons and loop
with which to attach it to girdle. All
the colors of the rainbow are artistically
blended in the figures that adorn the
bag. This sentiment is ON the face, "All
things as wished. y
The present arrived here some weeks
ago and has been viewed by many
friends of little Miss Claudius. She is a
prime fayorite among them and at the
Girls High school
When on his visit to this country last
year Lii Hung Chang was driven through
Brooklyn. His watchful and inquiring
eyes followed with interest the figure OF
charming little bicyclist who had
wheeled out of Prospect park and rode
abreast with his carriage. She continued
steadily and unconcernedly in that posi-
tion until the vehicle reached the Union
League club house, where he was the
guest of honor at reception given by
the citizens of Brooklyn.
She appeared again when the visitor
was being driven to the Broadway ferry
and was again observed by him.
At the end of Broadway he called the
attention of his faithful interpreter, Lo
Feng Luh, to the little girl in the orange
costume and asked that she be called to
the carriage. After complimenting her
on her appearance and riding Lii Hung
Chang invited her to call on him at the
Waldorf. She responded to his invita-
ton, but he was resting at the time she
called, and she did not see him. She
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
Hsa Farewell sermon.

brethren. in partin' frae ye | must
in a truth say I'm mo- sorry. Ye're
neist pastor (if ye can get ane) will be
an extraordinar' man if he can bring We
tae hear the word O. God. Ye diEna lo'e
ane anither, because since my admins
trasion name o. ye haze aslit me tae pit
ye into the holy state o. matrimony.
God Gamma Io'e ye, for the reasons that
be has ne'er ta'eR ony O. ye until Him.
sell. Ye dinna lo'e me because ye haze
na paid my stipend. Weel. hae been
appointed chaplin i the Jail + the
neeborhood, and will moo proceed tae
preach my farewell sermon frae ane O.
the best texts in Holy WRIT go to
prepare a place for you.'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
NUMBER 81
KITCHEN UTENSILS.
How to Select and Care For Them-GIazsd
Earthenware the Best.

Earthenware the Best.
The woman whose kitchen is de-
light is not the being who is content to
cook as her grandmother did. She is,
on the contrary, am alert person who
has theories concerning the receptacles
for food which she puts into practice
She has, for instance, distrust of tin,
and she has doubts about copper kettles.
She keeps dry bread ready to serve as
croutons in soup or to stuff the Yuletide
bird in covered jars where neither air
nor moisture can reach it. Any meat
which has to be kept she puts in a glazed
earthenware jar and keeps in a cold
place. Salt also finds its permanent
abiding place in glazed stoneware and
is kept in dry place. Sugar is kept in
wooden bucket with a cover. Vinegar
is also kept in wood or glass, never in
any vessel which is of metal. Tea and
coffee are kept in glass or glazed pottery
and in dry place.
All sorts of preserved and potted
goods the careful housewife prefers to
buy in glass or earthen jars. She knows
that there is sometimes danger of poi
soning from the fruits or vegetables
which are put up in metal, the acid of
the goods acting upon the metal in
way disastrous to the person who eats
the resulting compound.
If she is so far advanced in favor of
the china utensils as some housekeepers,
she even prefers to do as much of her
cooking as possible in them. She will
maintain that coffee which has been
cooked in a tin coffeepot is as inferior
to coffee made in porcelain as tea
made in metal is to tea made in china.
Her pots and skillets are porcelain
lined, although porcelain Innings mean
that the woman owning them lives in
constant dread of having them scorched.
If she has enough money, she indulges
in aluminium, which does not corrode
and is superior to scorching.
The more highly glazed earthenware
used for kitchen work or cooking is the
better. 1t lasts longer, does not absorb
grease and is not corroded by acids.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
POLITICAL oUIPs.

Some men grow baldheaded between the
asking and the getting of an office
Chester Times.
The new administration may be short
ON some things, but it is Long ON navy.
New Orleans Picayune.
The idea of holding a congress of fathers
is not bad, and good place for it is at
the primary elections. II Exchange.
There are people who still cling to the
delusion that offices are to be had by sim.
ply lettering about the White House.
Washington Post.
The scholar in politics is well enough
but what the boss hates is all the voters in
politics, especially at the primaries. st
Louis Globe Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
How to Make woros.tershlrs sauos.

Pound half an ounce of cayenne pep
per, half an ounce of shallot and one
eighth of an ounce of garlic in marble
mortar, incorporating gradually quart
of white wine vinegar, then press it
through hair sieve. Add quarter Of
pint Of Indian soy, then bottle and
cork it for use. If you find this method
too tedious, after pounding the dry in
gradients put them into jar and pour
the vinegar boiling on to them. Cover
closely and let it stand till the vinegar
has well extracted the flavor of the in
gradients, and before bottling add the
soy. This sauce improves by keeping.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22

full present.
Viceroy Ii was much pleased with
his young correspondent and replied as
follows:
PEKING, Nov. 25, 1896
DEAR MISS JosEPHINE-I received your in
teresting letter of Oct. 8 on Nov. 90 1t was
Al days on its way here. which shows how far
we are separated now. am glad to receive
such good account Of you and find that you
are diligent at your studies and excel in your
pastimes | admired your skill and the bicy
Gle and wanted to know more about you.
Therefore was very sorry to have missed see
ing you at the Waldorf hotel, and now |
still more sorry because you took the trouble
to go and disappointed you. You know the
old saying "Early to bed and early to rise" /"
Well, have always acted upon that and am
up at O'Clock every morning. l think this
regular habit has helped to make me healthy,
though not very wealthy or wise. but am
content with one of those three blessings.
IT had seen you at the hotel, I should GER
tainly have given you souvenir, and perhaps
you would have given me some little keepsake.
But will now make good my neglect. When
got back to China, / came here to Peking
and saw my emperor and told him of all had
seen. Then called ON the empress dowager,
who has always been very kind to me. Her
majesty is 62 years old and is active and ener-
getic. She was much interested in the account
of my travels and asked me many questions.
Then her majesty gave me some presents, and
among them was q little silk scent bag to hang
on my belt. I now send you this pretty little
bag and hope it will please you. If you hold
it up before your eyes, you will four Chi
nese words worked in red silk. Read them
from right to left, SWAN Shih Yu E. !" They
mean, "An things as wished"-that is may
you have everything you want. And l hope
you will. But of course it is understood more
or less that you must only want what you can
get-what you may reasonably expect. This
you must read between the lines. 1t would
not do, for example, for you to want to vote
at present or to want a silver dollar instead of
gold one, but time may change all that
shall give my bicycle to some little boy who
can learn to ride it, should like to have you
give name for it.
You promise to write again. / shall he
pleased to hear more about you and your fam
lily. If your parents are living, hope you are
dutiful to them. Here in China children are
carefully taught to love and cherish their par
ents. / think we are more particular about
that in China than western people are, and it
has helped much to make China the oldest of
nations. have dictated this letter to my sec
retary, who wrote down my words i'll English.
Now will take my Chinese pen, which is
thin bamboo stick with soft brush at the end
of it, like camel's hair pencil, and write my
name for you fine and large with my own
hand. Wishing you much happiness, your
friend and wellwisher. LII HUNG CHANG.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-22
How to Bake Bananas.

Peel the bananas and lay them ON a
buttered biscuit pan, leaving space be-
tween each one. Mix tablespoonfuls
of sherry wine or lemon juice with 6
tablespoonfuls of sugar and 8 of butter.
Place the dish containing the mixture
in a pan Of hot water to hold the butter.
Put the pan holding the fruit in mod
crate oven and bake for half an hour,
basting the bananas with the prepared
butter until it is all used.