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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
MAKING PLATE GLASS.
An Operation That Requires = Deal O6
Skill and Care.

An Operation That Requires = Deal OR
Skill and Care.
A visit to plate glass works reveals
nothing perhaps more interesting than
the casting tables on which the heavy
plate glass used in most store windows
is cast. 1.-THE casting tables, said the
superintendent of large factory, "are
the most important pieces of apparatus
in this establishment.
Each table is about 30 feet long, 10
feet wide and from to inches thick
The heavy strips of iron on either side
of the tables afford a bearing for the
rollers and determine the thickness or
diameter Of the glass to be cast.
1.-THE rough plate is commonly nine
sixteenths Of an inch thick, but after
polishing it is reduced to six or seven
sixteenths. All casting tables are mount
ed on wheels which run on q track made
to reach every furnace and annealing
oven in the factory. The table having
been wheeled as near as possible to the
melting furnace, pot of molten glass
is lifted by means of crane and its
contents poured quickly on the table.
"a heavy iron roller then passes from
end to end, spreading the glass to uni
form thickness This rolling operation
has to be done by expert hands quickly,
as the boiling glass, when it comes in
contact with the cold metal Of the table,
cools very rapidly. When the rolling
process has been completed. the door Of
the annealing oven is opened and the
plate Of glass is introduced.
"The floor of the annealing oven is on
the same level as the wheels of the cast
ing table, so that The transfer can be
made by rail quickly. When the glass
is ready to be taken out of the oven, its
surface is very rough. In this condition
it is used for skylights and other pur-
poses where strength is desired rather
than transparency. but when intended
for windows it is ground, smoothed and
polished and is then ready for the mar
ket. Boston Globe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
JUST FEW SMILES.
From the BlbllomAniae.

From the Bibliomaniac.
As long as I've my library know will not
starve.
For example, think what fine slice Of Bacon
! can carve.
Or else III try nice Lamb chop, or, II that
won t do me
And prefer chicken. I've Cooper. too, you
see
also have Field wherein the choicest things
do grow.
And II / want my diet sweet have some
Caine also.
And should my stock of food that's fresh by
any mishap fail
suppose I'd have to fall back then on some
thing that Is Staei
But. then. who will prepare my nealsf just
let me take look.
Ha. hal have It'll All my food I'il make Rose
Terry Cooke,
And since cannot serve myself at table. why.
you see.
Pm glad ri always have a Butler there to
wait on me.
Charles }. Cotton in New orleana Times
Democrats.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
nnnnsed to Thirteen.

! was buying parlor car seat for the
Atlantic City express when observed
q lady just ahead of me at the window
regarding her ticket with troubled ex-
preston. won't take that, . she said,
passing it back to the ticket seller. II
won't have chair numbered 13. p" The
man smiled amiably, and, taking the
ticket, rubbed off the one, making it
number 8. No, that won't do, said
the woman. 6 You must give me new
ticket. y But the chair is number 8, :"
explained the man. THAT makes no
difference, she replied firmly, Il won t
take a ticket that is numbered l3, or
that has been number 13 (" And she
wouldn't. What would Mr. Lang say
10 such superstition as this?-Critic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
Doesn't Know Il All.

"What do you study at school. my
little man?'
Il am studying the history of France.
sir.
Indeed. What can you tell me about
Charlemagne?
"Oh, sir, we have only got as far as
Adam and Eve. Polichinelle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
CRYING AS A SAFETY VALVE.
Scientific Declaration That .:a Good Cry"
Is Beneficial.


Scientific Declaration That "a Good Cry"
Is Beneficial.
The Hospital declares that the popu-
lar belief that "a good cry' gives at
times salutary relief has good scien-
tific foundation. A writer on that sub
ject says:
Crying is SO commonly associated
with distress that mans natural in
stinct is to put stop to it as soon as
possible. We should not forget, how
ever, that it has its uses. DIR. Harry
Campbell has recently shown how COM
plex are the phenomena involved in "a
good cry This does not consist merely
in the shedding of tears, but includes so
general and widespread an action of the
muscles that the whole body may be con-
vulsed. In children also great change
takes place during crying in the manner
in which the respiration is carried on.
Expirations are prolonged sometimes
for as much as half minute and are in
terrupted by short inspirations. During
expiration the CLOTHS is contracted SO
that the intrapulmonary pressure rises
considerably, and there can be but little
doubt that it is the equal distribution Of
this increased air pressure throughout
the whole Sf the chest, leading to the
dilatation of portions of the lungs that
have become more or less collapsed, that
is the explanation of the great benefit
which often results from crying in cases
of infantile bronchitis and of the large
discharge of bronchial mucus which SO
often follows. Children may become
very blue during the paroxysm, but the
deep respirations which succeed quickly
restore the circulation to a better con-
dition than before in consequence of the
larger lung space rendered available.
In women the beneficial effect of good
cry is proverbial. In them also this is
partly due to the increased depth of
respiration and the improvement in the
often languid circulation thereby in
duced, but to a large extent it is the re-
suit of the muscular exercise involved,
by which the general vascular tension,
and especially the blood pressure in the
brain, are much reduced. The profuse
flow of tears no doubt also acts strongly
on the cerebral circulation in still fur
ther reducing tension. The sobbing
movements, again, have a good influence
upon the venous circulation in the alb
dominal and pelvic viscera, while the
exhaustion produced tends to produce
sleep and thus to give the nervous sys-
tenn its best chance of recuperation. We
should not, then, too hastily intervene
to stop woman from having out her
cry. If we can remeve her trouble, by
all means let us do SO, but if the trouble
is to remain, let her cry herself to sleep.
This is far better than soothing drafts. :"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
MY WARD.

A winsome creature is my ward
You scarce can think how fair her face
is
A woman all of sweet accord,
Yet well possessed of girlish graces.
Lest she Dan Cupids work might read
On love, with other dangerous knowledge,
And his instructions blindly heed,
And wed, / sent her off to college.
OF Latin, French, she learned store
And delved in science and the 'logies-
She played at football, pulled an oar
And wrote an essay on the doges.
She graduated, pretty Prue,
Three prizes from the school she carried,
Four thousand dollars saw her through
And now she's going to be married.
The dregs of disappointment's lees,
You, mocking, say. Sackcloth and ashes
Are meet for her, and, if please,
Who cheats my aims deserves some lashes.
Ah mol My arm is round her waist
Congratulations, sir, are tardy-
For now, you see, she has the taste
To wed the man she calls her s'guardie -
e. L. Sabin in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

The amendment to confer school suf-
frage on the women of New Jersey was
defeated by majority of over $4,000.
The antigambling amendment was de-
feated by over 5000, and another
amendment was lost by only 84S. This
vote shows two things-frst, that the
suffrage amendment was defeated by
opposition and not by indifference mere
ly; second, that it could not carry even
the vote of the moral element Of the
state. New Jersey needs good deal Of
education. - Woman's Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
Effective.

"Well, . said the prosperous looking
man, 81 will not affirm that the Gush-
er spring water is balm for all bodily
ills, but this will say-that it has re-
moved trouble under which had suf-
fered nearly all my life.''
He referred to monetary difficulty,
but he did not think it necessary to go
into particulars Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

Fountain pens are rather older than
most people imagine. AS long ago as
1924 they were in use, for in that year
Thomas Jefferson saw contriyance of
this sort. tried it and wrote to General
Bernard Peyton of Richmond asking
him to get one Of them. The pen was
of gold and the ink tube of silver, and,
according to Jcfferson's letter, the mak-
er was a Richmond watch repairer
named Cowan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
An Instance.

"Mere knowledge, = said the prosy
man, is Of little value
sNow you hit it that time, said the
listening young man with much earnest
aess II know what are exactly the coz
rect things in clothes, but amt abla
to buy 'ein. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
An Exception.

Brides must ON their wedding day
Have for luck, the old folks say.
'.Something old and something new,
Something borrowed, something blue. Z"
Yet, when fair Rosine was led
Down the rose stream aisles to wed,
Though she'd followed the old rule,
thought "Luck is no such fool''--
Borrowed blushes on her face
That the hue of love should grace.
Bridal trousseau very new;
he was old, and she was blue.
Detroit Free 1tess.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
Closely Drawn Distinctions,

Madam, I" said Meandering Mike, who
had been pleading in vain, ''ef nothin
elsen move ye, I'm willin to do anything
yer say In the way Of odd jobs fur me
breakfast
"An right. There's some wood that
needs chopping.
He looked at it for a moment, and then,
turning away, said: "No. Fma man of
my word, an sticks to the letter of me
proposal. Isaid odd jobs, an there ain t
nothin more common an ordinary than
chopin wood. Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

An aristocratic costermonger is what
one would hardly expect to find in
Shoreditch, yet some years ago this was
a fayorite character of Lord Lonsdale.
It was no unusual thing for this eccen-
trio nobleman to lay aside his dinner
dress and robe himself in the corduroys
and colored handkerchief of the coster,
and a capital coster made, having a
pair Of lungs like a couple Of foghorns
and genius for acting the part which
was irresistible. London Answers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
NUMBER IA
WITH THE MERRYMAKEKs.
The volunteer Band.

The Volunteer Band.
The first volunteer was lady
OF years, who before we were born
Had raised them herself. and she shuddered
At ways she regarded with scorn.
We were new at the business, she stated.
We acquiesced, dared not demur,
But followed her ancient instructions
And learned about babies from her.
The next was widow-she'd d had EN-.
OF course in some things we were right,
But there were suggestions she'd give us,
Friendly hints that would help us "a
sight"
She always did this she informed Us,
And that-and we did not demur,
But listened with awe at such wisdom
And learned about babies from her.
And then came young married matron,
Our senior by six months or SO.
How grieved she became when we told her
Of all the things we didn't know.
Chow can your" she cried, with hands lifted
To heaven-we did not demur,
But took all she said as the gospel
And learned about babies from her.
At present the children are laid up.
With ailments that never before
In heaven or earth did we dream Of
Existed in such ample store.
We hope they will finally pull through.
II they do, we will gladly discuss
Our methods with ALL but hereafter
Well learn about babies from u.s.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
In Great Luok.

"say, Jakcy, gimme bite of your
peach.
NAV, won't"
"Well, gimme de stone.'
''Well, I'll give you de stone, but it's
mighty lucky fer you dat de peach amt q
pear. PC Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
lexarrthinr In Keanine.

Dollie FeotIites-I have q notion to
write the story of my life. I've got a
young newspaper fellow who will paint it
In glowing eolors
will be well padded toos-- Cincinnati En-
0uirer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
WoMEN's NEWS AND VIEWS.

More and more women are awaken
ing to the truth that each individual
carries about with him an atmosphere
that affects others The peevish, sour,
whining woman's atmosphere reacts on
others and, like a boomerang, returns
to herself. For the sake of our own
health we should shun i'll netured peo-
pie and those who see nothing but the
faults Of others. The sweet tempered,
pure minded, merry hearted woman is
q real sun of light and warmth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

A shadow ON the window shade
'Tis Clytie's. Well indeed know it.
A charming silhouette she's made,
And very plainly does she show it.
How curved her chini How round her
throat
How very picturesque her pose isl
And, oh, cannot fail to note
How very retrousse her nose isl
ELLA Randall Pearce in Brooklyn Life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

There are more than 100, 900 chill
dren In the national schools of Germany
who stutter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

The New York College of Pharmacy
has numerous young women among its
students this year. Speaking of the
fact, Mr.. Macmahan, one of the trustees
Of the college, prophesied this, EVEN
tually the retail drug business will pass
into the hands of women. y
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

Mrs. Ida Moore Lachmund is captain
Of the Mississippi river towboat Robert
Dodds. She lives in Clinton, Ia. Her
boat is engaged in the freight trade and
tows great RATS Of logs down the river
to the sawmills where they are in de-
mand She handles $500, 900 worth of
logs every year.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11
One wife's Mind-The Optimistic Woman.
Adorably Amiable and shockingly Ir-
relisious-Kindness to Animals Charity
and Justice.
[copyrlght, 1ss7. by the Author.l

READ a pretty SEN
tence in a little French
story the other day,
woman Is the win
dow through which
man sees life. y
Nothing could be
truer. / have observed
that sons and hus-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

Women who talk constantly of clothes
reveal their own shallowness. They
show they are capable of seeing only
the outside.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-11-11

The National Prohibition party has
set itself against woman suffrage. Yes.
Woman suffrage will become universal
long before the Prohibition party elects
one of its candidates, however.
E. A. g.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
Lived too Long

Had the legislature OF 1897 ad-
journcd thirty days ago its memory
would be moro pleasantly fragrant.
The longest session ia the history of
the state terminated last Saturday.
1t passed bills enough To make a
large volume ~ laws, bat in the
whole batch there is not enough OF
general value to compensate the
state for the cost of printing Had
no session been held the state would
be better oil today to the extent of
the cost at least Notwithstanding
prrteusos OF economy and curail-
mcut Of expenses In minor matters,
the appropriations fall but little be-
low the highwatcr mark of 1895, The
anti-p-s measure for which there
was moro popular demand than for
all others, was smothcred in the SOM
ate at the dictatiuu otrailroad lobby
lists and political boodlors The
primary election bin passed is a de-
fusion and a snare. On this line the
people who asked fer bread are
given stone i'm the form of the
Mills bill, which, likcthc proposition
for IA state constitutional convention,
is but a suhtcrlugo of enemies Of the
reform sought. As mutilatcd 10y
amendments, the corrupt practice
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
COMMON COUNCIL.
Proceedings Of Meetings Held on
Tuesday Evening, April 20.

OFFICIAL
Mineral Point, April 20, 1897.
A regular meeting of the common
council was this day held in the coun-
Gil chamber.
Present, A. $. White, mayor, and the
following aldermen Smith, Prideauy.
Engels, Gilman, Blewett, Appel,
Dresser.
The meeting WAS called to order by
the mayor.
Minutes Of last meeting were read
aud approved.
The report of the Finance commit
mittee was read, and on motion was
accepted and placed on file.
The mayor appointed finance com
mlttee to burn old orders.
The oaths of Office and bonds of
the following officers were read, and
on motion were accepted and ordered
filed:
Charles Springer, j. ]. Kuelling, y
X. Van Matre, J. Unger, j. Rink, J. J.
Foster, Otto Kliebenstein, George
Richards, Guy =. Cobb. c. H. Terrill,
J. w. Hutchinson. w. J. Penhallegon,
NJ Day, +. G. Fielder, II. s. Well, G..
w. Holmes, John Knight, John Cor
gen. j. ". Horn, n. Hartert
On motion, council adjourned.
\. :. WHITE. Mayor.
Attest: H. ; We'll, City Clerk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

pointed, nor for any other; but he is
not enough Of hypocrite to pretend
that he does not regard himself hon
ored by the recognition, and he VIII
never insult his friends by belittling
their efforts to secure the place.
The deuce Jones is not! He is a
trump, and near to the high. And il
under his administration there is
any repetition of scandal which has
periodically attached to the conduct
Of the Indian bureau, we desire to 20
upon record at this time with the
prediction that the men who are re-
sponsible for it will succeed in ac-
curing more OF disgrace and punish
ment than of profit from the pro-
ceedings.- ilwaukee Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

For SALE - oval front, nickle
plated show case, feet long.
lGw2 prideauN's Drug Store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
FlCIAL

bf ltlAl"
Mineral Point, Wis, April 20, 1897
4 meeting OF the common council
was this day held in the council cham.
Der
Pr"sent-Guy p. Cobb, mayor; and
at the Alderman, namely; Appel
pay, EngeIs, Gllmann, Hutchinson
Prideaux, Penhallegon, Terrill
Mayor Cobb called the meeting to
order.
L vas moved aud carried that the
clerk cast the ballot Of the council
for g Gilman for president of the
council.
The council proceeded to ballot for
iantor, resulting in the reelection 81
J O'Dowd.
The mayor named w F. Gundry
tor member of the school board from
the city at large, aud II. :. Well for
member from the First ward, who
were unanimously confirmed.
The mayor then named the follow,
log standing committees:
Judiciary -Engels, Appel, Terrill,
Claims prideaux, Hutchinson, Gill
mann.
Finance Hutchinson, Gilman, pri
deaux.
Cemetery Terrill, Day, Engels
Ordinances Gjllmann, Engels, Ter
.rll
Public buildings Penhallegon, Ap.
pei. Hutchisou.
Schools Prideaux, Hutchinson, En-
gels.
License Prideaux, Day, Terrill
Fire and water Appel, penhalle
gon, Prideaux,
Printing Gilman, Prideaux, Ter.
rtll.
Health Hutchison, Gilman, Appel
Pounds Day, Engels, Terrhl.
Streets and sidewalks Gilman
Hutchison, Prideanx, Penhallegon.
On motion of Alderman Prideaux
council adjourned.
Guy p. COBB, Mayor.
Attest IL. ). We'll, City Clerk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
House and Furniture for Sale.

George Gorgeu wants to sell his
house and furniture complete, a.
they stand. The house is in good re-
pair and has five rooms completely
furnished with stoves, carpets, crock
cry. bedroom and sitting-room suits,
ready for Use and in good order. All
to be sold together, cheap and on
favorable terms. Inquire at the sa-
loon of Gorgcu 4 Schamberg, oppo-
site First National Bank. t7wi
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

For young men or old men, of
the most fashionable colors and
make. A new stock for the
sping trade now opening.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29
Masonic Picnic of 1907.

The General Committee OF the NJ,
sonic Picnic Association of Sou,b
west Wisconsin will meet at the Ma.
sonic Hall in Mineral Point, Tuesdar
afternoon, May 4th, at 2 O'Clock r.
determine the place of and to make
arrangements for the annual picnic
of 1897, TO be held June 24th. Mem
bers of Mineral Point lodge, No ]
are requested to meet with the com.
mittee. w. q. HALEs, w. NJ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

Miss EDNA Cooking closed har
term Of school in the Barreltown
district last week, with interestjno
exercises that We're attended bv
large audience, including most of tho
parents of the district and number
from outside.
AL. GoLDSwORTHY, of Sioux CITY
is here to see his sister, Mrs. Jas A.
Hoare, in her illness. He SAYS Min
eral Point is more prosperous look.
ing town than any between here and
the Missouri river, on the line he
travelled.
ED BENNETT and his bride reached
home Monday night, and found
number Of friends waiting TO well
come them. While fitting up for
housekeeping in the Hambly cot
tage, north of Trinity church, they
will make headquarters at the home
of the groom's parents.
A HOUSE on the farm of A. Is. Mil.
Ter, in the town of Miffiin. recently
purchased from the VIM. Bainbridpe
estate, and occupied by VIM. Cush-
man, was totally consumed by fire
April 10th. Mrs. Cushman, who was
sick in the house, had to be carried
out. and a child was barely saved.
Very little of the furniture was got
ten out. No insurance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-29

Oconto Reporter: Goodie-goodie
republican paper, which are doing
much to disintegrate the republican
party. are in ecstacies over the APP
pointment Of the late democratic
assistant secretary of agriculture by
the present republican secretary Of
agriculture to a special position IN
that department which carries with
it a $500 salary. If there were not
among the upwards Of six millions
Of republican voters in the United
States, At leastone republican as well
qualified for the position as is that
lucky democrat the action Of the
secretary might be approved; as tho
fact Is that there are hundreds, aud
no doubt thousands, of at least equal
ly capable republicans, the appoint
ment is censurablo.