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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
Organ Music and Bach.

Organ music reached its climax with
Bach; it may perhaps be said that all
music did. At any rate, one thing is
certain-viz, if there has been any
progress in music since the day of
Bach, it has been due to him. Bach s
music is polyphonic, and polyhony is
true music. 70 its foundation upon this
school is due the fact that there has been
no decadenoe in music in Germany
There has been no advance in poly
phony since the days Of Bach. Such
advance as has been made has been in
originality and boldness of modulation
For pure organ music Bach still is
and probably will always remain the
greatest of all composers. Even with
all the modern mechanical appliances
that have been attached to the organ
his works are still very difficult-per-
haps the most difficult of organ compe-
sitlons. He must have been as great an
organist as he was a composer. That
he should have been able tosplay upon
the organ of his day works so exacting
in technique as his own is simply mar
velous.
It is one of the phenomena of musical
history that, while orchestral, operatic
and other branches of music were in
their infancy in Bach's day and have
developed since then, Bach brought or
gan music to its climax. He was not
the small source whence flowed rivu-
let which in time was to expand into a
broad stream; he was the broad stream
itself. The word Bach, = in German,
means brook, which led a famous
German composer to say punningly that
this great master was not Bach, but
an ocean. Forum.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
weapons Carried by Foreign Miners

In The Century there are several pa
pers devoted to the Pennsylvania coal
regions. Henry Edward Rood writes of
"A Polyglot Community" He says
concerning the foreign miners:
The first purchase made by Slovak or
Polack is revolver, by Italian or Sicil-
ian stiletto; then the newcomer buys
q silver watch, and after that is secured
he begins to save money. If the Sloyak
or Polack is particularly thrifty, he
postpones purchasing revolver for sew
eral months and carries in one pocket
q round, hard stone, large enough to
crush mans skull, and in another a
piece of iron filched from the colliery
scrap heap. The Italian or Sicilian too
poor or too penurious to afford stiletto
buys, begs or steals long file and sits
down in his shanty or by the roadside,
with two or three stones, and grinds it
to keen edge and a needlelike point.
Then he fastens the blunt end in corn
cob and has ready for use a weapon of
no mean possibilities. Once armed, how
ever, and provided with watch. the
foreigner manages to live at a total ex-
pense of about $6 a month--and this
may be regarded as liberal estimate in
most instances. The remainder of his
wages is saved toward the purchase of
vineyard or farm in the old country,
whittier almost all expect to return and
spend their lives.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
Bending Cardboard.

An English inventor-name or loca-
tion we do not find giyen--is said to
have contrived tool capable of being
attached to any machine or apparatus
having transversing slide and a fixed
table that will bend cardboard without
the need of a score cut. thus preserving
the full strength Of the material at the
bend. The tool in question is formed of
metal or wood and is in two parts, one
having recess on one edge and the
other a straight edge, having the upper
edge rounded off to fit into the recess
on the edge of the first part, allowing
space between equal to the thickness of
the substance to be bent-the length of
the straight edge to be made to the
longest bend required. In using the
tool, the second mentioned part is made
a fixture 10 the table machine frame or
apparatus and the first part is attached
to the traversing portion. By placing
the cardboard to be bent on the straight
edge, then sliding the second part over
and along the board under a certain
amount of pressure, bend in the card.
will be produced. New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28

era operating. Indeed there is scarcely
feature pertaining to the preparation
of an illustrated lecture which is not
within the province of the right woman.
In choice of subject for general enter
tainment woman demonstrates more
originality than men, as glance at both
the professional and amateur lecturers
now before the public attests Not only
is she peculiarly adapted to execute ey-
cry detail in the preparation of this
form of entertainment, but also in Sc
curing engagements for the same.
Women as managers of lecture and
entertainment bureaus grow apace The
latest addition is Miss Edith Pond,
daughter of the famous Major Pond,
who has opened a bureau in New York
She was the originator of the musical
recitation.
The drawing power of the up to date
illustrated lecture lies chiefly in the
originality of illustrations. The demand
for colored lantern slides has opened up
new industry, which is largely filled
by women. Large numbers are employ
ed. some in the service of individuals,
the majority in the employ of stereop-
tieon firms. Copies of engravings, pho
tographs and woodcuts are photographed
on the glass slides. The slide painter
then applies the color, only transparent
pigments being used.
Success lies in deftness of handling.
1t is very close work. Much is done
under a magnifying glass. So exacting
and critical has the public grown in this
matter that women are now met in the
galleries abroad copying the colors of the
original pictures directly on to the
lantern slides.
Such is the method pursued by Miss
Katharine Gordon Breed of Chicago,
who spent months on the Mediterranean,
in the orient and in Yellowstone park.
The beautiful results of her skill never
fail to elicit applause in Mr.. E. Burton
Holmes lectures.
Miss Breed, who is an accomplished
and widely Travelled young woman,
dropped accidentally into this line Of
work. Her uncle, DR.. David Breed, a
water color artist, discovered secret
process which made possible great adj
vance in the artistic value of slide
painting. To him Miss Breed owes her
skill. She is distant relative of the
veteran stereoptieon lecturer Mr.. John
H. Stoddard.
1t takes skilled lantern slide painter
from half an hour to three hours to
paint single slide. One of the most
expert woman slide painters tells me
that despite steady application she is
rarely able to earn 81 day.
The employer pays stipulated price
for each slide, which is of course much
less than he charges the purchaser. In
this, as in all other breadwinning work,
remuneration depends on skill, supply
and demand
Women who have worked in decora-
tive lines are drifting naturally into
slide painting. As rule, the work con-
tinues steady throughout the year. The
popularity of the illustrated song in
vaudeville and roof garden entertain
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
PERT PERSONALS.

The sultan is doubtless glad that the
world has something besides himself to
talk about. Washington Post.
1t is believed that Chauncey Depew has
at last been given job that won'b inter
fere with his dinner engagements. De-
troit News.
Queen Liliuokalani has no affairs Of
state to worry about, but her state Of af-
fairs is giving. her no end Of trouble. ST
Louis Globe Democrat.
To reduce the stoutness incident to his
fifty and odd years the Prince Of Wales
has taken to the bike. His royal highness
is getting on. Philadelphia Times.
The Duke of Cambridge has the right to
wear several uniforms; but, with the char
acteristic modesty Of the great, he never
wears more than one at a time. Pick Me
Up.
It is authoritatively stated that DR..
Jameson and Cecil Rhodes will not be
present when Dom Paul Kruger unveils
that statue to himself at Pretoria. New
York Preaa.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
TIE TATTLER.

The MarqGise des Monstriers- -Merinvil.e,
who, with her husband, will soon visit
this country. was Miss Mary G. Caldwell
of Washington.
Mrs. Mary S. Gist, who is said to have
been the first woman to volunteer her serv-
ices as nurse during the late war, is now
living in Washington and says she is ready
to enlist again.
Mrs. Esther Herman has raised for the
New York Skin and Cancer hospital a
"prize fund" of 81 1894. 56. 1t is to be used
in offering prizes for the discovery of a
cure for cancer.
Mrs. Hickson, who died at the age of
103 in Ireland recently, was married in
1918 and was probably the last woman in
the United Kingdom whose wedding took
place before Waterloo.
Mrs. Emeline Holden and Mrs. Emily
Hobbs, twin sisters, celebrated their
eighty y-second birthday together in Rut-
land, Worcester county. Mass, on March
21. Each is in good health.
Mrs. Beerbohm Tree is a proficient
Greek scholar and mathematician. She
was formerly tutor at Queens college,
LONDON. Amateur theatricals brought her
husband and herself together.
Miss Janet Richards of Washington
/ makes a business of coaching women of
the national capital on things in general,
SO that they may be properly posted and
prepared to join intelligently in converse
tion on any current topic.
Mrs. Edward Keating of Warren, Me-,
has two glass Jars that she has used every
year for preserving Strawberries for 81
years. She is using pieces of calico for
patchwork that were taken from dress
worn by her grandmother, who would be
1875 years old if living.
Beyond French maid, Mrs Astor has
no personal servant, and II, as happened
upon one occasion, the maid sleeps when
her mistress returns lato home she is al .
lowed to sleep on, and Mrs. Astor packs
away her tiara and her diamond necklace
and her famous stomacher.
After having endeayored for years to
dissuade women from wearing birds and
feathers as ornaments on their hats Mrs
Richard Boyle of London gives it as her
opinion that where fashion is concerned
the world of women are utterly callous
and blind to every consideration except
their own selfish vanity. .
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
ENGLISH ROYALTY.
What 1t Is Said to Cost the British Tax
payer Yearly.

What 1t Is Said to Cost the British Tax
payer Yearly.
The chancellor of the exchequer won't
out of his way recently, says Labou-
ohere, in London Truth, to explain how
little the monarchy costs England. The
crown lands, he said, belong to the SOW
ereign and produce So, 100000 per an
nun. The queen receives instead of
this revenue 81, 925, 900 and the rest Of
the royal family 81, l,060,0 Therefore
the total cost of monarchy to the tax
payer is 1925, ,000 The entire calcula-
tion proceeds on the erroneous assump-
tion that the crown lands are the pri-
vate property of the sovereign. This
they are not. They originally formed a
portion of the general revenue of the
country, out of which came the main
tenance of the sovereign.
That abject fiunky Lord Butte, wish
ing to curry favor with George III, in
serted in the civil list act which was
passed ON that monareh's accession a
renunciation by him of the crown lands,
and this renunciation by sovereign Of
what he did not possess is the basis OF
the theory of these crown lands being
the private property Of the occupant Of
the throne
According, therefore, to Sir Michael
Hicks Beach's own figures. monarchy
costs England $2,985, ,000 The real
amount is, however, much higher, for
there are numberless expenses incidental
to the institution which he does not in
clude. The hard fact remains that in
France the president receives 5000, 600
per annum and fulfills with decent
splendor all the duties of the head of
the state, while with England the mon
archy costs nearer e1,000,000 than
1000, 900 francs. A defense, therefore,
of monarchy on the ground of economy
hardly holds water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28

Equipment and time considered, the
pay is liberal. Rarely does a lecture ex-
tend over Ii hours. A good operator
commands from $8 to $40 an evening
within city limits. He furnishes his
own camera, goes to the place of enter
tainment in advance, adjusts screens
and has everything in readiness for the
lecturer. Deharring physical strength
and mechanical skill sometimes requir-
ed in the adjustment of screens, ham
ding of gas tanks, the operation of the
camera seems particularly suitable work
to woman. Masculine help can always
be had save when chance may land the
itinerant lecturer in some isolated spot,
a contingency scarcely worth considera-
tion. Ida ROSE McCABE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28

staring at her from opposite. What
what has happened?' she murmured,
not fully awake. The startled pain Of
her expression confirmed his terrible
theory. Even at this moment he had
unconsciously conveyed to her mind a
sense of hopeless loss. j think have
been dreaming, she said as her sur
roundings regained familiarity, "un-
comfortable dreams. 1t is better to be
awake. You are looking very grave, DR..
McLare. Have you had bad dreams
too?v
tYes, / have had bad dreams, Miss
Maitland, said the doctor. ''As you
say, it is better to be awake.
She grew quite white. What could
have happened while she slept to make
his manner so cold and distant? 1t was
as il a wall of ice had suddenly risen
between them. She knew instinctively
that all was over.
All night, after he had seen her safe
ly to her cabin, the doctor paced to and
fro on the windy deck. How could he
ask her to be his wife? She would con
DC4pa VI GOuICOs hJAC COtilO AOt uO ObAC1-
wise, sweet soul And he would absorb
the flower of her life into the worldly
chaos of his. He would control the in
most sanctuary of her mind; her
thoughts would flow as he directed, and
as be ordained so would her emotions
rise. Apart from the horror of this con-
troll Of the lower over the higher, of his
imperfect nature over her pure and per-
feet one, he, on his side, would have
for wife little better than doll, a
machine that responded to his wire
pulling without other impulse or law.
1t must never. never be.
About o'clock Emily came on deck.
She could not sleep and desired the sane
influence of early morning. The steamer
passed slowly along the river banks,
and there was a glamour on land and
water. She saw him pacing up and
down, up and down, but at first he did
not perceive her. 1t was the end of her
dream, the end of her hope, but the
light OF it still fingered they not
isolated together OH the shimmering
deck? The last moment should be dear
in memory, undimmed by the darkness
which lay SO close ahead.
He did not come up to her till they
were nearly at Rotterdam. Her eyes
looked unusually large, the pale, pure
outline of her face thinner than its
won't Already the strain of his power
was beginning to tell upon her. They
talked eonstrainedly on indifferent sub
jects till they reached the quay.
~ see your brother among the peo-
pie, " said the doctor. "He has evident
ly come to meet you here. / think I
will say goodby"
''Goodby! Enjoy the conference,
said the poor girl
''I am not sure if I shall go, after
all" he replied. "These investigations
are SO cruelty, so bitterly unsatisfy-
ing. Ethel Wheeler in London Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
DRAWING ROOM HINTS.
How New Style Furniture May Be Dispo.

How New Style Furniture May Be Dispos-
ed to Advantage.
Danish your doors. Bring forth your
curtains Among the new ones / have
seen nothing better combining simplic-
ity, beauty and richness than pair in
satin brocade. The ground was pale
delicate olive embossed with. June dai-
sizes in all their freshness of petal and
heart. To destroy the decided line be-
tween wall, ceiling and hangings of
this nature use bit of gold fish net.
Loop it above and let it fall like veil
bordering the curtain from the wall.
Beside your curtains might Ee placed
very effective screen, with a carved oak
frame and panels of satin, but Of sad
der, darker green embossed with ragged
petaled flowers in orange
Continuing round by way of the
chimney space do not be without your
open fireplace, with its delicate screen
and cozy front rug.
A little oriental furniture because of
its lightness of shape and material and
odd corners will form a pleasant con-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
ALTRUiSM IN ANIMALS.
Some Show Friendly and Unselfish Traits
Difficult to Understand

Some Show Friendly and Unse1fish Traits
Difficult to Understand.
A French scientist has lately written
an interesting paper on altruism in ami
mails, arriving at the startling conclu-
sion that animals are perhaps better
Christians than men. He says, "Ani-
NAL societies are less polished, but per.
haps more humane, all things being
equal, than our own, and gives several
instances of animal species made use Of
by another and performing services for
the latter without receiving anything
in exchange.
Among others is mentioned the case
of the crocodile and the bird trochilus
on the banks of the Nile. This bird per-
forms two services for the crocodile 1t
enters into its mouth and dispatches
there the worms and leeches which
trouble the crocodile. 1t flies rapidly
away, giving vent to peculiar cry,
when the iehneumon, the enemy of the
crocodile, approaches, thus apprising its
companion of the ichneumon s presence.
In return the crocodile shakes it's tail
whenever it wishes to close its mouth,
thus giving the bird warning. The croo-
odile in no wise recompenses, but con-
tents itself simply with respecting the
person of the little animal The service
rendered is unilateral. But it is easy to
understand that by the exercise Of ex-
tremely little intelligence, If not un-
consciously. the crocodile may be led to
defend its trochilus
Sometimes one animal will borrow
the services of another temporarily, as
in the case of the serpent who is ferried
across river by duck, or, as fre-
quently seen, several animals assist one
another in crossing streams of water, in
lifting large stones, in moving the
trunks OF trees, in constructing dams, in
hunting or in mutual defense Aphids,
who have the power of secreting an abb
dominal fluid of which ants are passion
ately fond, are kept by the ants in sta
bles like milk cows and carefully
watched Chicago News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
To Keen Your BARNARD Dry.

Joshua Brantingham tells in The Ma
tional Stockman how he secured dry
barnyard:
Many ideas of paving we're suggested,
but all had their objections, especially
on account Of expense, until year ago
the idea of coal cinders being the thing
to use came into my mind according
~ bought large pile from our grist
miller near by and covered the yard to
a depth of about six inches. They soon
packed down smooth and solid and have
ever since made good, dry yard at q
small expense.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
Archbishop Janssens.

The late Archbishop Janssens of New
Orleans left an estate of only about
$4,000, which he inherited from his
father. and three-fourths of it he be-
queathed for religious and charitable
purposes. He was entitled to hand
some salary for years, but drew barely
enough to pay the actual expenses for
his simple living, having allowed the
remainder to accumulate to pay off the
debt of the diocese.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
a SNOWY DAY.

Thermometer at twenty-food and field
Are treble locked and petrified by frost.
Fair natures lovely face is half concealed
And all her rich variety Is lost
Beneath spotless veil of virgin white.
The clouds are densely black, the wind
nor east,
And yonder schoolboy's shouts are heard a
mile.
The idle plow stands on the upland height,
Frost bound immovably, and man and beast
Suspend the industry of daily toll.
Come forth and breathe the crisp and bracing
air
Till mind and body thrill with genial glow.
Come forth and see, and seeing tell how fair
The beautiful monotony of snow.
.-Eychanoa.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
All In the Same Boat.

Gus de Smythe-Those new boots Of
yours squeak awfully. Perhaps they
amt paid for yet?
Johnnie Fewscads-That's all non
sense. If there is anything in that, why
don't my coat and my vest and my
trousers and my hat squeak too?-Lon-
don Fun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
Campbell, comparatively nnknow

Campbell, comparatively unknown,
received $18, 500 for the Pleasures of
Hope though Burns, less fortunate,
was paid $i25 for the first Kilmarnock
edition of his poems--single copies of
which now sell for far more-and
81, $50 for the second edition.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
Hia Glnnica al EuiIs.

"Don't you find livery expensive to live
IN a big city?'
Yes, but what can one dof It's more
expensive still to die there &C Chicago
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
salutatlons.

His lordship" and -'her ladyship''
Win courtesy and praise,
But sshis warship'' is the title
Most respected nowadays.
Washington Star
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28
A N ewark Barber
Has Been Closely Confined to
His Shop for Years
The Result Was Dyspepsia Which
Hoods SarsapariIIa Cured.

tBtO RGS0ib 60 8ySFORSt~ sS't'~As
Hoods SarsapariIIa Cured.
"Owing to close confinement for many
years, I suffered severe siege of dys-
pepsia. had very bitter taste in my
mouth in the morning. ] took medi-
cine for long time without benefit.
Finally decided to try Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla, and it helped me from the start.
Its continued use entirely cured me.
Since then I have never been sick but
once and again resorted to Hoods Sar-
saparilla which did me as much good as
before. would not be without it under
any circumstances. l have recommended
it to my friends and use it in my family
whenever my wife or children have any
stomach trouble or need blood purifier"
HARRY L. MORRIS, 100 Mulberry Street,
Newark, New Jersey. Remember
Hoods spzsnI eariiIa
Is the best in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
All druggists. 81; six for $5. Get only Hoods.
Hoods Pills take. take easy syi to @ operate ' 25c. &C.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28

Mrs. Alexander Laroque of West Lowell,
Me-, with the aid of her daughte has
knit the past year 105 pairs of stockings
and six pairs OF mittens for sale, besides
doing the knitting for family of five and
working in the corn factory through the
season, boarding. at iame and riding dis
tance of fye miles night and morning.
Mrs. Laura e Newell of zeandale,
Kan, is the most prolific song writer in
the United States. She writes both sacred
and secular songs, but prefers the former.
Mrs. Newell is only 20 years old, and al
though she has attended to the duties de-
volying upon mother of six children, she
has found time to write 4, 600 poems, most
Of which have been put Ilished.
General Miles is unfortunate in being SO
handsome His beauty excites male jeal
ousy and interferes with his promotion to
the rank of lieutenant general. Mime
apolis Tribune.
Mr.. Ngnongg Fongg of California Is su.
ing a firm there for damages sustained in
the publication by the firm of an adver.
tisement in which "a play was made on
his name . Anybody that would play with
name like that should receive the full
penalty Of the law. Atlanta Constitution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-28

No wonder Hale's Honey of Horehound and
Tar Is praised by its users Its curative effects
are like magic. Sold BY druggisis.