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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
BLUE BLOOD.

The emperor of China is now system
aticaIly studying the New Testament, and
is at present reading the gospel of ST
Luke.
The present czar cultivates his tenor
voice when he has time His father played
the trombone and his great-grandfather
whistled.
King Oscar of Sweden is an expert
woodsinan. He can fell tree with the
ease of q veteran woodchopper He braves
the severest weather to secure his favorite
exercise
The young czarina has a sweet voice,
which has been thoroughly cultivated.
She speaks Russian well, and sings quaint
old Russian hymns aud ballads to the
czar, who is himself a cultured musician.
Queen Victoria, when she leaves Wind
sor for Balmoral, is provided with about
dozen copies of a sort of waybill of her
journey, which contains list of all the
people in the train and the compartments
In which they are.
His royal bighness the Duke of York is
a ropemaker. He learned to do the trick
IN his seafaring days. An old sailor taught
him. The duke is as good ropemaker as
he is sailor. and no better seaman walks
the decks eff her majesty's feet.
The old fashioned peony Is valued
flower In most all gardens. To have it do
It's best it should be planted In deep, damp,
rich ground. Heavy soil suits 1t better
than light.
Along Butler creek, Oregon, has ap-
peared a vine that, when above the ground,
win leave the root and cling to any vege-
tation to which it can attach itself and
through which it can draw nourishment.
The seed is said to have been brought there
with alfalfa seed from Sail Lake.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
TOWN TOPICS.

What's this town coming to anyway
Almost a week has gone by and not anoth-
eT brewery or train robbery. st Louis
Star.
How long will it continue to he true In
New York that cheap franchises are a re-
suit of high priced aldermens-New York
World
1t is to be hoped that the arrest of 80
many young highwaymen will not serious
ly interfere with the kindergarten work In
this city Detroit Free Press.
A New York paper expresses surprise be-
cause the Chicago aldermen get only So q
week. This Is an error. Their salary Is
So, but they ''get'' a great deal more
Chicago Times Herald.
Portland (Me) society is divided into
two sets-those who believe that with an
ace and low card in your hand you should
lead the ace and those who insist that you
should lead the low card.-Boston Herald.
Columbus objects to the way physical
culture is taught in that town because the
girls indulge in high kicking. The Cleve-
land league remarks that Columbus does
not believe in higher education. Toledo
Blade
Chicago papers are sneering at us for be-
ing proud of our aquarium. This is sim
ply jealousy. The only kind of fish that
can live in Chicago's water are turtles.
They can walk ON it's surface. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Chicago society makes music fashion
able, and inroads of real taste are reported.
1t is even told of young girl Of position
that her punishment for disobedience Is to
have Theodore Thomas photograph taken
nal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
FLOWER NAMES.

The marianthus Is so called from Maria,
the Virgin Mary, and anthius, flower.
The plumbago of leadwort Is thus called
because it was once supposed to curs lead
poisoning.
The oxalis takes its name from a Greek
word signifying acid, the leaves having
an acid taste.
The marica is thus named from Span
ish word meaning ito fade, . an allusion
to the transient nature of the blossoms
The hydrangea is named from two Greek
words meaning "a water vessel. y referring
to the cup form of the capsule or seed ves-
sell
The Gamma, or Indian shot, has its first
name from the resemblance to reed; its
second from the peculiar shape Of Its seed
vessel.
The peony is named after the Greek
physician Peon, who Is said to have en-
ployed it in medicine and used it to cure
Pluto Of wound inflicted by Hercules.
The bleeding heart has it's popular name
from the shape of the flowers and the pc
culiar position of the seed, which seems
like a drop OF blood depending from the
point
The sunfower taxes its name from It's
form and color, and not, as commonly sup
posed, because it inclines toward the sun,
for 1t does not, as has been proved by OBJ
servation.
The common flag is botanically known
as the iris, a name which Is derived from
the ancient deity of the rainbow and ap-
piled to the flower on account of its d.
Yersifled huss
The madeira vine takes it's common
name from the island of Madeira, where it
Is grown with great iuxuriance. Its boz
tanical name is boussingaultia, given in
honor of j. B. Boussingault, celebrated
naturalist and traveller.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
reotnrine Id : Rusiness.

A young girl who happened to know
q great deal about certain country in
Europe deoiied last winter that she
would try at an entertainment given for
a charitable purpose to tell her friends
whist she knew and see how they enjoy
ed its The experiment was a success
suci, success sss.lE ter awhiiiie she was
asked to repeat 1t cftener than she had
time to- So she decided to ask $50 for
the evening, aud she got it without any
difficulty. Her profits during the season
were enough to enable her to go TO Eu-
rope and have number of photographs
of the country taken to be used in her
lecture This winter as soon as the sea-
son commenced there was another de-
mand for her lectures, and it was enough
to justify her in asking 500 for the en-
tertainment. At that rate she got as
many engagements as she could fill. She
is pretty girl. with an engaging man
ner, and her lecture consists III reality
of nothing more than series of anec-
dotes agreeably told. Her engagements
clubs or societies of some kind, and the
occupation is free from all the unpleas-
ant features of some phases of profess
sional life. She began the work as an
experiment, and her success shows how
unexpectedly woman may find employ
ment of an agreeable and profitable
kind. New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
AN ACTIVE WOMAN.
Sketch of Mrs. Ella w. Peattie. Journalist
and Author

Sketch of Mrs. Ella w. Peattie, Journalist
and Author.
OF western ,ssfiters who have Of late
achieved proMinenee in the world of
authorship no one has attracted more
favorable notice than Mrs. Ella w.
Peattie
Mrs Peattie is woman who from
the first Of her career has been a con-
scientious worker and has not disdained
to add to natural talent that training of
newspaper worker that gives to any
pen keener edge and more thorough
equipment. In consequence her work
shows a certain desirable finish too often
lacking in the productions Of writers of
native talent. but OF no training.
Mrs. Peattie Svas born at Kalamazoo
in 1859. and it is especially worthy Of
note, in view of her success, that all her
education was obtained at the common
school, thereby adding another name TO
the long list of women who have won
literary fame without the end Of the
century university education.
Even as a girl her native talent was
evident-latent, yet unmistakable. She
began her newspaper work OIL the Chi
cago Tribune, and. speedily making her
mark there. was engaged for special
work by various Chicago newspapers.
always displaying in her articles great
versatility, unusual descriptive ability
aud that sense of humor that is too often,
unhappily, deficient in women.
Some A years since she became the
wife of Robert Burns Peattie, news
paper man, and together they pursued
their various lines of work with har-
mony of life and an independence Of ac-
ton that make a perfect illustration Of
that most desirable environment for the
ambitious woman, career with q home
life. Three children came into the home
cirole--two boys and girl-and Mrs.
Peattie's duties as wife and mother
always claimed her time and attention
above her literary work.
Eight years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Peattie
removed to Omaha. and with this new
location Mrs. Peattie began the success
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
THE CHAPERON IDEA.
Mrs. Mary Kyle Dallas Pricks the Bubble
with Shafts of Common Sense.

Mrs. Mary Kyle Dallas Pricks the Bubble
with Shafts of Common Sense.
A few of those idiotic society writers
who are always doing mischief have of
late been making serious attempts to
force upon the plain folk of our republic
as necessary laws of propriety what are,
after all, only the rules Of millionaire
society, adopted by those parents who
expect and desire to marry their daugh-
ters to the nobility of foreign lands
One of the rules. on which great stress
is laid. is that a young lady may not at
tend any place of amusement under the
escort of gentleman unless a matron
accompanies them.
The solemn way in which this law is
set forth is extremely ludicrous, and the
CONSERVATION it creates is more So OF
course it is a fact that the daughters OF
tho millionaires are thus chaperoned,
but why?
Because the foreign noblemeRs wheth-
er English or European, who had SUM.
cient position to tempt rich Americans
to buy them as husbands for their daugh-
ters demand that the girls they marry
shall never have had an opportunity of
meeting that dreadful creature, young
man, alone; that until the wedding
ring is on her finger girl shall be
watched as though her heart were full
of evil wishes and every man villain.
After she becomes married woman
much greater liberty is accorded her
than American matrons dream of desir-
ing.
The American father who hopes to
marry his daughter to one of those inn
pecunious persons Of title who hutter
about the American rosebEds as do flies
over honey pot desires to offer the
cline of goods that is in favor abroad.
The mother who has pretty girl to dis
pose of keeps her In bandbox, as fash
ionable mzlliners do their finest bonnets,
that no eye save that of aristocracy may
look upon her and also that she-may not
know her own heart. But how absurd
it would be for those who have no such
reason for espionage tosuspend the time
honored American custom which per-
mits a young Lady to accept the escort
Of a gentleman to any proper place of
amusement SO that he comes to her
home to meet her and brings her back
again in proper timel
1t is cause for laughter when the me-
chanio's wife. the farmers wife, aye or
the lawyers or the DOCTORS, in this. our
good Yankee land. asks with bated
breath whether such pleasant little out
ings are proper for her daughters. She
has read what Mrs Stickler said last
week in the society column, and she is
afraid she must not let Jennie 60 to
Daly's with Mr.. Brown.
My dear madam, did you not do it
yourself when you were young? Did
any one hint 1T was not proper thenl
What you did. and ali your respectable
friends, your children may do. Besides
is it not ridiculous to attempt to force
the chaperon idea upon us in these
days when ooeduoation of the sexes is
advocated by SO many?
MARY KYLE DALLAS
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

State No. a has wheeled into line for
woman suffrage.
An unexampled victory for woman
suffrage has been achieved in the state
of Idaho. Hitherto suffragists have only
sought to attain for woman suffrage
constitutional amendments the custom
airy majority Of votes for the question,
whereby amendments Of state constitu-
tions are usually adopted. But in Idaho,
on Nov. 8, more than two thirds OF tho
votes cast on the question were recorded
for woman suffrage.
And yet it is claimed by the oppo-
nents Of woman suffrage that by pc
culiar wording of the suffrage clause of
the Idaho state constitution two-thirds
of all the voies cast at general election
are needed, and that these not having
been given for suffrage the amendment
is lost
Such provision was never intended
by the men who voted for the new con-
stitution. 1t would be unjust, unusual,
undemocratic and unrepublican. Wo do
not believe that the supreme court of
idaho will SO interpret the state consti-
tuition. Any such provision, if it exist,
was fraudulently framed for the express
purpose of perpetuating the disfranohise-
ment of women and was never under
stood or intended by the voters of Idaho.
Boston Woman's Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
NUMBER %
CURTAIN RAlSERS.

Charles Rohlfs will shortly return to the
stage, it Is said
A vaudeville house has been closed be-
cause 1t presented an immoral show-au-
other step in the right direction.
Nance O'Neill, Mckee Rankin's leading
lady, has set the New York critics 60 raw
Ing over her magnificent acting.
Leila Trimble will shortly enter the
comic opera ranks, deserting the variety
stage. 'Turn about is fair play.
Marie LOTUS, the popular London music
hall performer, is coming to America in
the spring to appear at Weber 8 Field'a
Beerbohm Trees Syengali is said to pnb
Milton Lackaye's representation Of Du
Maurier's rascal completely in the shade
"a Man q Honor and Society Shad-
ows' are two new melodramas which have
been severely roasted" by New York
critics.
'tThe Girl From Paris is about as
risque a thing as has struck New York
city in many year. But it is making
money.
Mr.. NJ. B. Curtis is going into comic
opera He will replace Mr.. Alexander
Clark as key Eisenstein in An American
Beauty"
Mrs. Agnes Booth is to retire from The
Sporting Duchess company. There Is q
possibility that Mrs John Drew viii be
engaged to take her place in the title role
"Straight From the Heart" Is the title
Of a new melodrama by Sutton Vane
which is to be produced at the Academy Of
Music, New York, following the run Of
"Two Little Migrants. .
Henry Miller in . Heartseasep includes, be-
sides Miss Grace Kimball, Mrs Louise
Thorndyke Boucicault, Miss Nanetts
Comstock, Mr.. Frank Burbeck, Mr.. Nell
son Wheatcroft, Mr. Leslie Allen and Mr..
Max Figman,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

speedily gave her new and strong ma
terial, which she was not long in ham
ding with picturesque effect.
Something, too, is due the paper for
which she wrote, which, recognizing
her talent, gave her pen a free scope
Under this generous and benefcent
regime Mrs. Peattie proved her mettle
right worthily. She did reporting. edi-
torial, special and department. work; she
progressive work of the city, advancing
them SO ably that she became reoog-
nized factor in forming sentiment ON
subjects relating to the public schools,
literature, benevolence, reform and va
rious matters of public moment. So
marked has her influence in these direc-
tions been that she is known in the west
not less as the writer of charming west
ern tales than as a prominent and tire
less philanthropist.
Mrs Peattie's popularity led to her
election as president of the Woman g
club of Omaha, an organization which
in three years achieved membership Of
500 and prospective clubhouse for the
current year,
From this position Mrs. Peattie re-
signed not long since, owing to the fact
that Mr.. Peattie was to return to Chi
cago to represent several eastern news
papers.
Mrs. Peattie's sympathy with human
nature, her delicate yet clear cut ham
ding Of descriptive passages and delinea-
tion of character, make her most en-
tertaining writer, and in certain quail
ties she compares we'll with such writers
as Hamlin Garland, Mary Halleck Foote
and Mary Hartwell Catherwood.
MARY G. FRANCIS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
The Rain skirt.

In reference to the rain skirt I would
like to suggest an idea. I bave Just re-
turned from an extensive trip abroad
and have very much admired the way
ladies manage over there. OF course it
is very unpleasant to drag long dress
through the streets in rainy weather.
but at the same time it is hard to dress
always according to the weather. You
may go shopping in your rain costume.
but after a few hours it clears. the
streets are dry and clean, and then, Of
course, it doesn't look we'll to walk
about in short skirts.
In Europe ladies have their street cos
TUNES arranged so that with one pull or
with two buttons they can change their
ordinary skirts to the desired length. 1t
looks neat. Moe even. And should the
rain stop they drop their skirts to the usu.
al length by simply undoing one button
or one string.
Dressmakers put this arrangement in
to all street dresses, aud even the ready
made ones generally have it. Would you
not suggest the idea and let the ladies
see how they like its-Letter in New
York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
THE ROAD TO WEALTH.

Business is what you make 1t by adver-
tising.
The busiest stores are those that do the
busiest advertising.
One of the roads to fortune is paved
with advertising type.
Don't stop advertising and thereby cut
the acquaintance OF your customers
good advertisements and then tina
salesman to wait on the customers do kbs
business.
The successful business man ia hls I'd
yertisement is as constant as the oompsss
and as steady as the polar star CappaiIss.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
Armor For srlliionalres.

Four American millionaires have re-
Gently had made in Sheffield, England,
steel vests aud coats which are warrant
ed to secure them immunity from death
in ordinary cases Of attempts at assassi-
nation. The .armor is of chain mail, SO
light that when one has worn it week
or two 1t is no incumbrances to him
and strong enough to turn dagger or
sword thrust, though it would not ste !,
bullet A number of English states
men have been using this armor since
the days Of the Fenian riots.--C Cinoin-
nati Enquirer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

IuI connection with the Omaha World
Herald which added materially to her
reputation.
As is likely to be thecase in a radical
change, Mrs. Peattie gained great ad-
vantage from contact with life at new
point in the west. and the conditions of
life ON the undulating Nebraska prairies
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

A pint Of -four, a pint Of broiled r1ca,
two eggs, teaspoonful of butter. Salt
to the taste. Mix to a stiff batter. Beat
the yolks of the eggs till light, add tbs
rice and BUTTER then the salt and honr.
and next the milk. beating all the while
till smooth. Whip the white of the eggs
10 still froth. stir quickly in and bake
10 well buttered wes1fae irons.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
THE car.

Speak very pleasant to the cat.
Remember, II bereft
OF one life. which is dear 10 her
She only has eight left.
And then suppose that life Is sad--
And often 1t is so--
Think tenderly how you would feea
With nine to undergo.
Good friends. TO cheer single ffes
That were deed well done.
Remember. he who cheers nine cats
Cheers really eighty-oDe.
Boston Woman's Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14
A pertinent 0usxv.

Deacon johnson Do 70 fink yo'
kood support NAB daughter Of yo' mar
ried her?
Jim Jackson4 suttingly.
Deacon Johnson Hab 20 ebber seen
her eat?
Jim Jackson Suttingly.
Deacon Jokason Hab 20, ebber sean
her eat when nobody was watchin herr
New York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-14

our only chance was for somebody to
60 and knew life was as sweet to the
others as it was to me.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-03-13
DON'T Trough UP"
Rest Way of Taking Nincty-Ninc
stitches in Time.


| Mending is something that nearly
everyone has 10 do a great deal of. often
o. enthusiastically. as the case may be.
To mend a rent neatly 10 be good
farmer. is az accomplishment that any
woman may be proud of.
SIX dresses. which are so apt 10 get
Ugly three-correred tears where the
skirts have caught on something. are
best ulended with their own rawlings.
The stitches do DO; show as they would
II made with spool silk. which is Diff
fe-ently twisted from ,he warp Of the
fabric Carefully ravel out threads
long enough 10 sew with. draw the tear
together. and darn as neatly as possible;
then press with heavy iron. rot hot
enough 10 leave an imprint OF It's shape
or turn the color of the silk.
Never use q silk thread for mendinp
'-oolen garments, II is impossible 10
cct exactly the same shades in silk and
wooler materials, and the silk threads
aresure 10 show and call attention 10 the
darn. Cotton is much better for the
purpose than silk and the Rawlings OF
the goods 10 he mended are superior 10
both. From the surplus pieces left
when the gown was made take one from
which you can ravel threads of about
ten or twelve inches. not longer. or YOU
will have trouble in pulling them in and
out, as they are sure 10 .'rouph-up."
II the hole is very irregular or large,
haste il into as good shape as possible
with fine thread: il can be withdrawn
after The work is completed more easily
than coarse one would be. 4 book
cover CT piece of pastebcard laid under
the whole will enable one 10 bring the
goods together smoothly and fatty. A
small piece of pasteboari held under the
rent while da-ning is as great help as
darning ball Is TO the heel Of n stock
ing.
II two or more colors. as in mixed
goods, choose the predominatine tint:
or two or three Of the most prominent
colors. and use first thread of one.
then another. The most troublesome
part Is threading a needle with wool:
but, fortunately. needle holes do rot
show in woolens as in silks. so one may
use a very large-eyed needle. Weave
in and out. taking in" as deeply into
the sound edges as is needed to make
il firm; then weave across the other
way IL IL does not seem strong. The
ragged edges Of hole should not be
trimmed for darn. but weave the
stitches over end under so as to hold
down each torn thread. Always darn
with the right side of the work upward.
50 as TO see thar the threads are held
DOWN.. Y. Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-03-13
FOREIGN.

\ dispatch from Athens says the pub
lie feeling there is that nothing can
prevent tie powers from coming 10
blows over Crete. Ii is also said that
bulgaria will invade Turkey if the SUI
tar attacks Greece.
BY fire in mine ct Zacatecas. Mex
leo, 10 men lost their lives
Fire in the large dry goods emporium
Of W. \. Murray & Co in Toronto, Ont.
die damage 10 the extent of 100000.
The government Of Japan has decided
to adopt the gold standard.
Famine has caused 10000 deaths in
tie district of Sirsa. India.
Moscow passenger train fell oycr
an embanhment near that Russian city
and 10 passengers were killed.
1t is said that the powers are unable
&c agree as to the policy 70 be pursued
toward Greece. and in the meantime
King George is strengthening his hold
on the island of Crete.
The pope gave reception TO the car
dinals in Rome who waited upon him
to congratulate him upon the eighty
seventh anniversary of his birth.
In race between four sailing vessels
from San Francisco to Queenstown the
British ship Cromartyshire was the
winner, her time being lOl days.
portion Of the famous ST. Bernard
monastery in France. founded in 962.
was destroyed by an avalanche.
In ball fight at Durango, Mexico.
four men. eight bulls and four horses
were gored TO death.
1t is said that Greece will refuse to
comply with the demands of the powers
to withdraw her troops and feet from
the island of Crete within six DAYS.
Capt. Gen. Weyler returned to Havana
end denied that he, had resigned.