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Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
UNCLE NOSES PRAYER.
He Prayed Eloquently, but Gestured a
Little Too ForcibIy.

He Prayed ElOquently, but Gestured
Little Too Forcibly.
Uncle Nose came down from the
country to visit his son, who worked in
the livery stable. Uncle Nose was
deacon in a little country church and
was noted for his long. fervent prayers,
but when his sou Ike took him to the
colored church in the city and when he
heard the organ and gazed upon the
well dressed darkies he felt as if the
Lord was a long ways off. Uncle Nose
had met the parson the day before, and
what was his surprise when that person
said during services, We'll all Join in
pra'r wild Brother Nose Smith, Uncle
Nose went down on his knees and threw
his deep voice and soul in a prayer
which shook the rafters. As be came to
the close his old white head was shak-
ing and his voice was bringing each
saint and sinner to the shouting point:
30 Lawd, we know dat we is weak
in dy sight an hab been follerin after
things which sabor nv de debil, but,
o Lawd, we know dat dow in dy rich
ness of mercy gwine tuw swipe hit often
de big book an say, Yo' count is squah.
Huccome we hahn been doin right ez
durin de las month, ner de las week,
ner de las day. but, o Lawd, please
swipe hit often de big book-yeah,
swipe hit off. When de pale boss an de
white rider cum ridin down from de
valley nv de shadder Nv death, de pale
rider gwine swing his lef' laig outen de
stirrup, cotch us by de shurt, jerk us
benin him an bar rs way to de blazin
sun, an when we put our foot upon de
sans nv de sho' fotch de boat up close
to de bank, an ez we gifts in de seat den
waf' us an row US away to de glory
Ian. Amen.
''How did dat pra'r go, Ike?'' said he
as he went home.
"Pap, dar wern't but one lection,
specially your gestures. When you
talked bout de pale rider swingin his
lef' laig outen de stirrup, you kicked
Sister Brown right in de side Louis
vile Dispatch.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
FORTUNE FOR A VASE.
Celebrated Pieces of China, Their valr
and Their OHnerA

Celebrated Pieces of China, Their Value
and Their Owners.
Ten thousand guineas paid by the
Earl of Dudley for an antique vase and
ever of early Sevres china was the lar
gest sum ever paid for vase. 1t was
afterward sold to Baron Schroeder for
5000 guineas. Five thousand guineas
was paid at the sale of the Lynes-
Stephens collection in 1895 for an owl
form vase of old Sevres porcelain, paint
ed with horsemen and figures, after
Wouvermans, and a trophy of arms in
two medallions with fiuted neck and
handles formed as gilt figures of boys,
by Dodin and NORM, 1534 inches high.
The price included pair of oviform,
flat, shaped vases of comparatively small
value. apart from the one above de-
scribed, the three being one set which
formed part of the Earl of Pembrokes s
collection
In Mr.. Jones' collection of pottery
and porcelain at the South Kensington
museum there is an egg shaped Gros
Bleu Sevres vase with medallions of
Cupid and Psyche which was acquired
for 5000 guineas. The celebrated Bar
berini or Portland vase, now preserved
in the gold chamber of the British mu-
cum, was purchased by Sir. w. Ham
ilton for e1,000, and afterward sold to
the Duchess of Portland for 81, 800 A
historical vase was recently put under
the hammer at Christie's It was one Of
pair presented to the Marquis Of
Montcalm (the defender of Quebec by
Louis XIV. The last bid for this splen-
did work of art was 81, 995. One of the
largest vases in the world was a present
from the late czar to the city of Paris.
It is made from an immense block of
jasper. is eight feet high and is valued
at 81, 500. London Tit-Bits.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
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Lambs That Sucked Cows.

Several years ago we had some lambs
which the ewes would not own or that
had lost their mothers. We let them
suck the cows. would go to the side
of the pen and call, and after few
days fussing with them they would
come on a run and stand for me to pick
them up when I called / would take
one under each arm, go to COW and
set them down. At first they did not
understand what was expected of them,
but soon grew to be so anxious when /
picked them up that it was hard to hold
them, and they would run right through
under the cow instead of getting hold
to suck. The cows milk seemed to
agree with them, and they grew about
as fast as the others after week or two.
We fed them only when we milked, and
very young lambs should be fed more
than twice day, but when they became
older they would get good full meal
twice day and could eat enough to last
until next time, and eventually made
just as good sheep as any Of the others
and were quite tame Cor Rural New
Yorker
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
Frogs Sing Love Songs.

One of the most extraordinary things
about frog music is the fact that the
frog keeps his mouth closed when he is
singing.
He can sing through his skin. He is
provided with pair of resonant cham.
bers like drums, and he makes his music
by swapping his muscles against the dis
tended membranes. Then he can breathe
through his skin and supply all the
wind that is necessary without opening
his mouth.
A French scientist, after long listen
ing in the woods, has made out and re-
duced to writing the song of the frog,
or swamp music, as he calls it, and
has discovered that the frog repertory
is varied and extensive. Frogs can carry
on conversations at long distances and
can communicate to each other emotions
of fear or anger.
Their songs, however, are all love
songs and are only INDUCED in when
there are female frogs about. 1t is then
that the frog distends his drums to their
utmost throwing his head we'll back
and his legs far apart and raising his
voice, as it is called to the very highest
pitch of the musical scale. Pearson g
Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
THE TATTLER.

Sarah Bernhardt is keen angler and q
fair shot.
Miss Lucy Wheelock of Boston has been
reelected president of the International
kindergarten union.
Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch was
admitted to practice before the supreme
court of the United States Feb. 81.
Mrs Carrie Swift Atwater of Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, has been elected president
of the Vassar AIumna association to sue
ceed Miss Heloise e. Hersey of Boston.
Mrs. Kate Woolsey, one Of the largest
real estate owners in New York city, has
offered magnificent site free for the pro-
posed exposition in celebration of Greater
New York.
Mrs. Lucinda NJ. Hoff of Boston, who
sued Roxbury hotel keeper for damages
on the ground that she caught pneumonia
in the hotel because the owner failed to
provide sufficient heat, has been awarded
81, 900.
The late Mary Cowden Clarke for the
last so years of her life never permitted
any change in the style of her dress and
invariably wore the picturesque and old
fashioned gowns which were in vogue in
the late forties.
Mrs. Draper, the wife of our representa-
tive at the Italian court, uses at her formal
dinners gold table service which was
used by her father, William NJ. Preston OF
Kentucky, when he was minister to Spain
many years ago.
The Duchess of New Castle delights in
gigantic wolf hounds, of which she owns
several. Lady Brassey has a mania for
pugs, Countess Grey dotes on bulldogs,
while Lady Marcus Beresford confesses to
a weakness for cats.
Anita Chartres, the intimate friend OF
Duse, says of the great actress: "She Is
the saddest woman l have ever known.
During the days when l was with her we
used to sit at opposite ends of the table
without exchanging word. ("
DR.. Mary Walker is said to be using all
her influence against the annexation OF
Hawaii. Her friendship for Queen Liliuo-
kalani is said to be the reason for this
great interest in work which is not prof
liable in any way to the little doctor.
Mime. Adelina Patti is at present at the
Hotel Continental, Paris, where she in
| tends remaining in the strictest seclusior
for some weeks. She writes to friend in
London that she is in good health, but
| greatly depressed by her recent loss and
| feels extremely lonely''
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
THE QUICK HORSE.
An OutRrOwth of Improved American
Methods of Fire Fighting.

An OutgrOwth of Improved American
Methods of Fire Fighting.
In st. Nicholas there is an article on
'sThe Quick Horse. by F. S. Dellen-
baugh, devoted to the horses of the mod
ern fire department.. Mr.. Dellenbaugh
says: 1t is only within recent years that
quick horses have been developed and
appreciated and admired, and the poet
has not yet attempted to sing the praises
Of this more prosaic but noble animal.
Yet, after all, to one who carefully ex-
amines the matter the quick horse ap-
pears to have quite as good, if not bet
ter, claim upon our admiration and
sympathy and encouragement. The
swift horse wins the race, and in these
days he may cause considerable money
to change hands. in which there is GER
tainly nothing that is commendable.
But the quick horse write about saves
life, saves property and under modern
conditions of life is essential to our
safety and general well being. He is
the result indirectly of poor building
an outgrowth of our skillful American
fire departments, which could not now
exist without him.
Not SO very many years ago hen
fire broke out every body far and near
began to run and especially began to
yell, and the volunteer firemen of that
time, being in the service for the excite
ment of it, joined in the yell and start
ed out the old hand engine from its sol
emn repose, while the foreman running
ahead shouted innumerable orders
hoarsely through his trumpet, to the
great delight of hundreds of small boys
painting to keep up in the glorious race
The fire-that was altogether a Sec
Ondary matter. and when they all final
ly got there they went to work with
more or less efficiency. There was a
great deal of fun in the business, but
fires were not extinguished. Our cities
in the early days were not built to pre-
vent fires, but seemed, if anything, ra
ther built to encourage them.
In France we may well be amused as
we watch the pompier corps trundle its
bathtub on wheels to the scene of the
condagration and deliberately fill its
apartments with water dipped up from
the gutter, whence it is thrown by
little pump upon the flames, because we
know much of the architecture there is
solid, and if the fire is not extinguished
it will soon burn itself out. But in our
country mere spark may in few Sec
onds become devouring furnace and
destroy house after house and block aft
er block. Many buildings are tinder
boxes, and our dry climate adds to their
infiammability, while the ever present
careless or lazy workman by improper
construction gives the fire its first op-
portunity.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

Jules Ferry's whiskers were often an
index to his state of feeling l saw him
on the day he escaped from the COM
mune of Paris to Versailles. He related
his adventures at the Hotel des Reser-
voirs to friends who gathered round
him. The whiskers, which habitually
stood well out, like those This enemies
said) of garcon de cafe, were limp and
lay fiat to the cheeks.
The most leonine whiskers I ever saw
were Skobeleff's. They were of i'm
mense length when he drew them out,
as was his won't, but when let alone
seemed only half as long. dare say
they had their lank days, but not SO far
as / know. The term 'whiskerando"
(now well nigh obsolete) had more
meaning than those who used it thought.
London Truth
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

ana now To-noIu IL at rne nlgnesG prTUc.
We are cunning for the best game in
the city. It's not how many customers,
but how many profitable ones. We can't
take any from the fellow who dips deep
for cents quart and cream at 10
cents quart. Experience teaches us to
have good, clean appearance, hands
and face clean, the smaller the mustache
the better, the shoes shined, SO that
when you approach lady of intelli
genoe and culture she may notice some
thing about you that is impressive,
better looking than the old form that
has stood before her with milk and
cream for more than 5 years. Tell her
you represent the - dairy, that you
are looking for a few more custom
ers that appreciate superior article of
milk and cream, and if she is pro-
spective one you will oheerfully leave
lar of milk and cream complimentary
on the following conditions-that as
soon as any one else brings better ar
ticle for the money she is to buy of him.
Show little independence in polite
way. Call attention to the quality of
the cream. Next day call for the jars,
and you will soon find out what the
prospects are. If favorable, make ar
rangements when to start and be sure to
be there on time, Be on the lookout for
the neighbor lady over the fence, she
will want some extra milk and this will
give an opportunity to cultivate taste
for your cream. She may become pa
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
" a,sAEIRT

TO Edsoard E. Wood and Mary K. Wood.
BY virtue of an order Of the Circuit Court
of the County of Gloucester made on the
twenty fourth day of February, eighteen hun.
dred and nlnety-eight in a proceeding wherein
the Township of Franklin the said County of
Gloucester is petitioner and you are defendants
you are required to appear at the Court House in
the City Of Woodbury. in said County on the
twenty fourth day of May. next, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of said day and show cause be-
tore said Court, why you should not be ordered
to pay the sum of two hundred and ten dollars,
being the amount of tax assessed in the name of
the said Mary K Wood in the year 1895 against
certain lands and premises situate within the
boundaries of the Malaga School District and
lying in and adje lining the village of Malaga in
the said Township of Franklin, consisting of two
hundred and eighty three acres of land more or
less with the buildings appurtenances (Which
said lands and premises were sold to the said
Township of Franklin for thirty years by virtue
of tax salelmade by Matthew f. Crum, ,Collec or
on the third day Of october 1890 together with
interest and cost thereon as well as the cost of
said proceeding. or said lands be ordered to be
sold in fee simple absolute free and clear from
any estate in or lien upon the same in favor OF
you the said Edward R. Wood and Mary K. Wood,
to raise and pay the amount of tax due with dis.
bursements as aforesaid.
A. n. SWACKHAMER,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Dated March IL, 1898. Woodbury., N J.
2-12-986w
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
SATURDAY.. April 90. lsee
,oUT2l-2 NILES FROM WILLIAMSBURG
SHERIFF's SALE.


By virtue of q writ of feri facias, to me d.
rected, issued out OF the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
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Retwaen tho honrs of 70 and o,c,octr to- VIII at
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Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
The Clever Artist

Not infrequently the art student falls
in arrears for the rent of even his airy
perch on the "sixieme, and landlords
have scant sympathy for beings who can
soar to the empyrean, but can't pay
cash. One young man six months in ar
rears knew that his landlord was keep
ing watchful eye on his trunk, which
stood opposite the door, feeling sure that
while it was there the owner would not
depart. Our artist painted a portrait of
his trunk on the wall opposite the door
and in the night took himself and his
belongings quietly away. Nor was he
missed for several days. Good work
sometimes serves very inartistic ends
Catholic World.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
IN CHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY

To Horny Lippincott Emma Lippincott and
Conrad Sctoenb1eciter.
By virtue Of an order of the Court Of Chan
Gerry of New Jersey, made on the day of the date
hereof, In cause wherein William H. Haines is
complainant and you are defendants. you are re-
quired to appear, plead answer or demur to the
bill OF said complainant on or before the four
teenth day of May, next, or the said bill will be
taken as confessed against you. The said bill is
filed to foreclose mortgage given by Harry
Lippincott and wife to George D. Mills and
Cleophas J. Rawlins, dated April 1st. 1897, on
premises In the township of Mantua, County of
Gloucester; and you. Conrad Shoenbaechler are
made defendant because you hold subsequent
eDcumbrance on said premises, and you. Harry
LippincOtt, are made defendant because you own
said premises, and you, Emma Lipplncott, are
made def ndant because you possess an inchoate
right of dover therein.
D. u. PANCOAST, Solicitor
JOG Market St. Camden, N. J..
Dated March 18th, 1893. 3-24-9S-4t
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

If the people of the United States each
ate one pound of cheese a year more than
they do, there would be demand at
home for all our product. The way to
make the American people become ha-
bitual cheese eaters is for the manufac-
turers to produce an article SO good that
we shall just tumble over one another
to get hold of it. The way to make such
fine cheese is to observe the utmost
care and cleanliness in every part of the
work, from the milking and feeding of
the COW to the construction of the cur
ing room and preparing the cheese for
market. Even this is not enough. At
the agricultural stations and dairy
schools the professors ought to expert
ment constantly in cheesemaking, look
ing always to find improved methods
and make new discoveries. In this di-
rection the work of Professors Russell
and Babcock of the Wisconsin station
are especially to be commended.
We have said it before, and we say it
again - where milk is drawn from
healthy COWS, fed and stabbed in the
right manner, with every regard to the
cleanliness of the mixer and his hands
and clothes and perfect cleanliness in
the treatment of the milk after it is
drawn, with due attention likewise to
its aeration and cooling, it needs no
pasteurization. To claim that it does is
to claim that nature does not under
stand her business.
A company that used to make filled
cheese but went into butter factory op-
erations when the law got after them
in the filed cheese business has lately
failed. They operated IS creameries in
Illinois and Wisconsin. 1t would be
easier to be president than to run Is
creameries scattered through two states.
The lower temperature at which cream
can be ohurned to make the butter come
the better the butter will be, the less
washing it will require and the larger
the yield will be. The only drawb back is
that cream at low temperature takes
longer in churning than warmer cream,
but that is really no drawback at all
considering the advantages.
When testing to see whether curd is
cooked sufficiently, take bite of it in
your teeth and chew it. If it squeaks,
then it is cooked.
Sourness in cheese at any stage is
caused by leaving whey in the curd or
by not cooking the curd enough.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
BARN

tron. Get acquainted with the servants,
recognize them as part of the family.
Their influence is worth something, and
when they go to housekeeping they will
remember your favor and ask you to
serve them with milk You know that
molasses catches more flies than vinegar.
If. the milk is good and collections often,
the losses will be very small If not
paid at specified time, stop the milk
ill pay comes. They will try others
meanwhile and find ont the difference.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

TO settle in these organs? Have you
overworked your stomach, liver, or nerv-
GUS system, and thrown more strain on
your kidneys than they can bear? No
matter what the cause trust our Kidney
Cure. 1t is the joint product of the most
eminent and successful physicians of the
will guarantee that my Kidney Cure
will cure 95 per cent. of all forms of
kidney disease. When the disease is far
advanced and there are other complica-
tions patients had better send four
ounce vial of their urine, with full symp-
toms. We will then make a careful
analysis of the water. and advise the
best course to pursue to get WELL alb
solutely free of charge"
Prof. Munyon has separate specific
for each disease. They may be obtained
from druggists, and nearly all are 25
cents a vial. Personal letters to Prof.
Munyon, 1,505 Arch Street. Philadelphia,
Pa, answered with free medical advice
for any disease.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

physicians dCCOuulGQ
- wise, searched vainly for the
~ Elixir of Life, or the knowledge
whereby life might be prolonged.
We now know that there is no such thing
as an Elixir of Life. But we have learned
that life may be prolonged by those who
take the right measures.
ANY man or woman who will take care of
health and take the right remedies for i'll
health, may live to ripe old age. When
a man feels out of sorts, when he gets up
in the morning tired out after restless
night, and goes home in the evening COM
pletely knocked out with his days work,
without appetite or ambition, he is sick
man. If he does not take the right remedy
he will soon be in the grasp of consump-
ton, nervous prostration, malaria, or some
other serious malady.
A man in this condition should at once
resort TO Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery 1t is the best of all medicines for
hard working men and women. 1t makes
the appetite keen and hearty 1t gives
sound and refreshing sleep. 1t tones and
strengthens the whole system. It invigor-
ates the heart and nerves. 1t makes diges-
ton perfect, the liver active and the blood
pure. 1t cures % per cent. of all cases OF
consumption. 1t strengthens weak lungs,
and cures bronchitis. splitting of blood and
obstinate coughs. 1t is the great blood
maker and flesh builder. 1t does not make
Habby flesh like cod liver oil, but firm,
healthy, muscular tissue. 1t does not make
corpulent people more corpulent. Thou
sands have testified to its marvellous merits.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
You know what you want. 1t is not a
dealers business to tell you.
Send to DR.. r. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
for a free copy of the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser. For paper recovered
copy enclose II one-cent stamps to cover
mailing only. Cloth-bound 81 stamps.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
What to Say.

A member of the house went to
Speaker Reed one day and said that he
had been selected by his delegation to
deliver a eulogy on deceased member.
''I did not know the member very
well,' remarked the congressman,
"and SO ! thought I would ask you
what should say
"Well," said Mr.. Reed, with his in
imstable drawl, say anything except
the truth. w Washington Post.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
A cratefu, Patient.

doctor, said the substantial citi.
zen, as he rushed up to the young ply
sician, i owe you my life "
"Eh?''
Eyes. / was taken suddenly i'll TVS
days ag,s and my wife sent for you--
Rnd you were not in. -" Cincinnati E&
Guirer.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07

In Baluchistan when the physician
gives dose he is expected to partake
of similar one himself as guarantee
of his good faith. Should the patient
die under his hands the relatives
though they rarely exercise have the
right of putting him to death, unless a
special agreement has been made free
ing him from all responsibility as to
consequences. while if they should de-
eide upon immolating him he is fully
expected to yield to his fate like man.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1898-04-07
NOTICE no CREDIIORs.

james Sweeten, administrator of Matthew
Kelly, deceased, by direction of the Surrogate
of the county of Gloucester. hereby gives notice
to the creditors of the said Matthew Kelly de
ceased, to bring in their debts, claims and de
mands against the estate of the said decedent
under oath or affirmation. within nine months
from this date. or they will be forever barred oi
any action therefor against the said admins
traitor JAMES SWEETEN,
Administrator
Dated February 10. 1s9s 2l7-s8.