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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
HOW 1nsects Hide From Enemie..

How many have ever noticed the
skillful way in which many insects dis
guise themselves when in danger from
some larger animal or bird? Probably
Jou have all observed that the caterpil-
lar ''plays dead" when he is disturbed,
and that many insects choose for their
homes some tree or shrub whose bark or
foliage matches themselves in color.
There is certain variety of moth,
quite common around elms, which fixes
its wings SO that they closely resemble
spots or lichens on the bark of the tree
and can only be detected by trained
eye. Another moth: whose principal
colors are pink and yellow, arranges
itself on the blossom of a primrose SO
as to wholly escape notice. In the East
Indian islands there is a spider which
reposes on the upper side Of large leaf
in such shape that it perfectly resem-
bles decayed matter.
A hunter in tropical regions tells Of
seeing cricket pursued around the
trunk of tree by lizard Suddenly
the insect settled itself in a small de-
preston in the bark, spread out its
wings slightly and fiattened itself SO
that the lizard actually orawled over it
and went away without ever knowing
what had become of it.-Lewiston Jour
nal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

Oh target, but the rings are hot WI0e,
and the center is left white. Paper is
laid over the carpet near this target for
stray drops of the colored ink. Each
child is given a bit of sponge previously
dipped in red ink. A prize is offered for
the most successful one. Each child
must be blindfolded and led in front Of
the target, turned around twice. and
then told to go ahead He is to touch
the paper with his sponge, which leaves
a mark. His name is then written in
pencil over it, so that they can all see
the winners mark.
While this is very amusing it sug-
gests the donkey party, and, if prefer
red, the children may attach tail to
the tailless donkey.
The French children have an immense
cardboard head with a great open
mouth, and they are blindfolded and
told to put piece of bread into the
mouth. There is a pretty prize and a
leather medal for the best and worst at
tempt.
After this is over guessing how many
beans are in a glass jar may be tried
with two prizes and REFUSES may be
drawn upon the white paper and each
child try to guess them, writing the an
swer down on a pad and signing it.
That way no one can claim that his
neighbor learned from him. REFUSES.
when at all good, call forth quickness of
thought and concentrations Charades
can follow A few only, not enough to
grow wearisome.
Kissing games are never played
now, but the game of forfeits is and
most likely will be for many genera
tions to come, and game of forfeits
can be added to the evening s entertain
ment, but the children should remem-
Der that they are in the presence of
royalty and be careful that all their
| play is refined and never in the least
degree COARSE. Children in their play
might thoughtlessIy order some forfeit
that would wound another's feelings.
By this time the children may begin
to wonder when supper will be ready,
but they are equal to one more good
| game. The queen orders through her
mistress Of ceremonies that new game
is to be played. Then large cloth is
brought in and spread ON the center of
the floor. Upon the center of that is put
large plate heaped up to cone with
flour patted as hard as possible. Stuck
up on edge on the apex of this cone is a
piece of money, nickel or penny. Be-
ginning by the right side Of the door the
mistress of ceremonies counts, "Eeny,
meeny, miny mo, catch tadpole by
his toe, if he hollers let him go, o, q,
T.. The one who is T is then led On
the cloth and told to kneel just 18
| inches from the plate. His hands are
tied behind him. He is told to stoop
down and pick the money out with his
teeth without getting any -four on his
face. Not one out of 100 would succeed
in doing this, three-fourths of them
rolling over in the attempt, for the CEN
ter of gravity brings the head SO far
4 over that one cannot balance,
AS one after another fails and rises
with his mouth full Of flour the shouts
of laughter become louder and louder.
The little and the big all join in this
all but the poor king and queen, who
have to sit still through it all.
just when they are all tired of laugh.
ing the supper is announced. The queen
is led to the head of the table and seat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

ed on her high throne. while the king
is at the foot in chair so low that his
head is scarcely visible.
The supper we need not discuss, ex-
cept that there is a sponge cake, and
this is cut into as many pieces as there
are persons present. Somewhere inside
is red bean and black one. Whoever
gets one of those is elected to be king
or queen of the next party.
Then come the cracker candy papers,
and every ybody knows what fun they
arc, and by that time no one wants any
thing more to eat, and the smallest chill
tlren are growing sleepy, so they all go
back to the parlors and have another
guessing game and then go home, to
remember for long time their pleasant
evening. OLIVE HARPER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
objection In Logic.

"Unless ye repent. so likewise shall
ye all perish, y thundered the mission
ary.
Young Man Not Afraid of Anybody
Else Horses, the leading spirit of the
Muskrat Lake John Stuart Mill club,
rose in some agitation.
"How," he asked, not unearnestly,
''do you reconcile what you say with
the dictum that the only good Indian is
dead Indian?''
Showing oonclusively that the aborig-
inc can be dialectic if not enlightened.
Detroit Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
WOODBURY., N J, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1898

horse could go, and the king embraced
him. and conferred SO many decorations
on him that he had to wear some Of
them on his head.
The town was trimmed with bunting,
garlands were thrown across the streets
! from house to house, and the marriage
was SO splendidly celebrated that the
people could talk of nothing else for q
| fortnight
All went well with the king and
queen for year. The king had quite
| forgotten his ginger nuts and the queen
her jews harp.
However, the king got out of bed one
morning with the wrong foot foremost,
and after that, of course, all went
wrong. 1t rained the entire day; the
imperial globe fell down and the little
cross on the top broke off; the court
| painter brought new globe on which
Macronia was painted red instead of
| blue, as he had been ordered, and to cap
the climax the queen had headache.
| 1t came to pass that the welded pair
| quarreled for the first time why or
wherefore they knew not. In short, the
king was cross and the queen was snap
py, and would have the last word. Aft
or the quarrel had gone on for some
time the queen shrugged her shoulders
disdainfully and said
you've found fault the entire day.
And why, pray-you, who can't go
much as play the jews harp?"
He retorted sharply:
you've nothing to say. You can't
even bake ginger nuts. J"
For the first time the queen did not
reply, but remained quiet, and without
exchanging another word they went to
their respective rooms.
The queen seated herself in corner
of the sofa and wept and thought sadly
"What a foolish wife you are! Have
you lost your reason? You should not
have begun quarrel so stupidity"
The king paced up and down his
room, rubbed his hands and said:
''It is truly bit of good luck that
my wife can't bake ginger nuts. Why
did answer her when she reproaohed
me for not knowing how to play on the
| jews harp?"
After repeating this three or four
times he felt more cheerful. He began
to whistle his favorite tune, examined
the large portrait of the queen which
hung in his room, mounted chair, and
with his handkerchief brushed off a
cobweb that hung over her nose and
said;
"She is surely fretting, my good lit.
tie wife. I'll see what she's doing"
Ha went down the long hall to her
door. All had gone wrong on this day.
The servant had even forgotten the
lamps, although it was o'clock and
/ quite dark He entered the room. put
| ting out his hands before him SO as not
to stumble against the furniture. Sud
denly he felt something warm.
"Who is it?" he said.
ssIt is /, y replied the queen.
"What'a the matter, my pet?''
ST want to ask your forgiveness, y
said the queen, "for having been SC
CROSS y
"You don't need to do that at all,
said the king, throwing his arms about
her neck. "I'm more to blame than
you are. Let's forget all abeutit. There
are two terms that we'll never allow
used in our kingdom, jew $ harp and p
"And ginger nuts, interrupted the
queen, laughing, as she secretly wiped
two little tears from her eyes. From
the German For Short Stories.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
HOLIDAY TIME FUN.
HOW YOUNG FOLKS PARTIES MAY
BE MADE SUCCESSFUL.

Some New Games That VIII Help to
Make the Winter Gatherings Events
Long to Be Remembered-TheB Beans
In the NutshelIs.
copyright. 1885, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
There is no feature of the holiday
season which young folks appreciate
better than the social gatherings which
usually accompany it. They remember
the good times they had at the holiday
parties longer than they do their Christ,
mas presents and their turkey dinners.
But to make a party a success some lit
tie thought and preparation should pre-
cede it.
We all know how dismal party y
is for the first half hour or so and how
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
Trimming Colts.

The first lesson given the colt should
begin when the colt is month old It
should be halter broken and taught to
lead, and when time comes to educate
it will not be necessary to teach the
colt to lead The second lesson should
begin when the colt is years old Go
into the stall and lay the harness ON the
manger or floor and let the colt look
and smell till he knows it will not in
jure him, and then pick the harness up
and lay on his back as quietly as posi-
BILE and buckle on and bride and put
the lines through the holes where the
shafts 60 and try to drive him. If he
does not go right, just tap lightly with
whip around the legs to let him know
that you want him to go. Do not lick
him hard, for remember the colt has no
reasoning faculties beyond the limits of
his experience; hence he can reason
with acts alone. With horse acts speak
louder than words, and hence the abso-
lutte importance of commencing every
move with the horse right, for by our
acts he learns. After he gets SO that
you can drive him hitch to cart or
buggy by first pulling the cart behind
him so that he will get etacquainted with
the noise and then hitch up and get in
as quietly as possible and do not excite
or get him nervous. Try to start him.
He may not go, but speak to him in a
cool and easy way, and when he hears
that you are not excited he will think
that everything is all right and will
undoubtedly start. When driving on
the road and the colt scares do not lick
him, but get out and lead him up to the
object and let him smell it and try to
calm his fear by speaking to him, for
by speaking 10 him he will get to trust
in you. Great him kindly and he will
think you are his friend. Deal honestly
with him, never lie to him, for be
judges you by your acts. Never ask him
to do thing unless you are in position
to compel obedience. and when he obeys
reward him and he will be your friend.
"A. F. Shelenberger in National Stock
man.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

Traveller from frontier district, strik-
ing hotel where advanced fashions have
obtained, observes with an expression
of pleased surprise the finger bowl set
before him at the close of his meal.
whats that for, waiter?"
"To wash your hands, sir. y
81 wish I'd "a know'dit fore began
my dinner Mrs. B. Harrison in
GOOD Americans. "
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
THE PuGILlsTs.

There is nothing left for Corbett but to
make another effort to be gentleman. -
Kansas City Star.
Neither Corbett nor Sharkey Is Of Ro-
man descent, but they know about the
hippodrome Nashville American.
Mr.. Corbett naively remarks that 7 am
in a trance 1t was suspected that he
was in something disgraceful Boston
Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
AsIatio ohoIera was frst SUPPOSED to

Asiatio cholera was first supposed to
have originated from the consumption
of unsound rice and was called "the
rice disease. y
Try GralD-O! Try GrRim-Ot
Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package
of GRAIN-O. the new food drink that takes the
place of coffee The children may drink It
without injury as well as the adult All who try
It, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown OF
Mocha or Java, but 1t Is made from pure grains,
and the most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress ID the price OF coffee. 1Ec. and 25
cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

"Don't you know it's against the law
to pour that water into the milks' said a
passerby.
I'm only trying to drown the microbes,
sir, said the milkman, with a smile
Yonkers. Statesman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
The why of 1t.

1--WE never speak as we pass by
Perhaps I'd better tell you why
1t isn't strange, as you'll agree
We're not acquainted, don't you see?
Ii A. w Bulletin.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
JOHN II. CARPENTER
PLAN AND ARTISTIC PAPER HANGER

Calls attention Of al who need work in his line
that he will promptly attend to all orders by
mail or otherwise. and guarantee satisfaction.
WINDOW SHADES Of all kinds on hand and
hall decoration neatly executed. A trial respect
fully solicited Popular prices. Estimates rem
Residence. % Cak street North woodbury..
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

harm to the slfferer the better. Iineeripe colds
are dangerous. Hacking cough is distressing
One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures it. Why
suffer when such a cough cure Is within reach
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

Many household is saddened by death be-
cause Of the failure to keep on hand a safe and
absolutely certain cure for Group ouch as One
Minute Cough Cure. See that your little ones
are protected against emergency. Alfred s.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

If we did but know how little some
enjoy the great things that they possess,
there would not be much envy in the
world. -Y Young.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15
4 Modern PerpIexiIy.

"The hero scomes. arose the cry.
With loud and general acclaim.
What was he in. . one paused to sigh,
"a battle or a football gamer
Chicago Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-15

Pixies Too,hache Drops cure IN one minute.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03

Dermatologist John ii. Woodbury. and his
Special Surgeon rave just returned from
abroad, where in London and Paris thew
performed a number of ~featural operations
for strengthening crooked and pug noses,
and the removal of wrinkles, %birthmarks.
&C., much to the establishment of the Eng.
lish and French medical profession, who
had never before witnessed operations so
successfully accomplished. Dermatologist
Woodbury's instruments for performing
these operations (Which are protected by
patents held by him) also received the high.
est communication from the profession
abroad.
The John H.. Woodbury. Dcrmatological
Institute, 1877 West AID street, New York,
has long since acquired a reputation far
above any institution or college in America
for its rapid advancement and progress in
Investigating and improving every new
discovery in the medical sciences. 1t was
the first institution in the world to correct
deformities of the features by painless
plastic surgery. Outstanding ears, a great
annoyance to SO many people, deformed
noseo, pug, Roman and broad noses ara
made ideal ears and noses by the sur.
geons of the John H.. Woodbury. Insti.
tute. Women who have once had beautiful
and plump faces and now thin, dropping
cheeks. covered with wrinkles, can look as
they did ten to twenty years ago.
We remove all Facial Blemishes, Moles,
Warts, Pimples, Wens, Acne, Flesh
Worms, Superfluous Hair, Eczema,
Freckles, Scars, Wrinkles, Birthmarks,
Red Veins, BARRIERS Itch, by latest i'm.
proved methods, and all diseases of the
skin, acute or chronic, are treated scien.
tifcally. The many thousands we treat
and cure annually give US a wider range Of
experience than any general practitioner.
Our secret of success is to employ the best
talent in the world, to advise our patients
conscientiously, aud thus establish a solid
and lasting reputation, and to give a care.
full examination of each individual case.
We use a wide range of medicine, internal
and external surgery n all the various
forms of electricity. Consultation Is free
and fees very reasonable. Dermatoiogiss
John H. Woodbury. also manufactures
Woodbury's Facial Soap, Facial Cream,
Facial Powder and Dental Cream. and will
mail you a sample of each sufficient for
three weeks use on'receipt of 20 cents, and
include his book or Dermatology and treat.
ment of the skin, scalp, and complexion.
The regnlarsize of Woodbury's Facial Soap,
FACIAL Cream, Facial Powder and Dental
Cream are sold everywhere at 20 cents each.
Offices for the cure of skin and nervous
diseases and the removal of facial blem.
ishes: New York, 1877 West 2 street;
1906 Walnut street; Chicago, 1888 State
street. Address all letters to 1877 West 42d
street, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
Bowling Ganss Tonight.

Archdiocesan Union League-st Bernards. st.
Mary Q, and Cathedral; Loyola l. Spalding l. and st.
Associated Cycling Clubs Of New ~York-Royal Ar
canum wheelmen. Yorkville Wheelmen. and Triumph
Wheelmen.
Harlem Observation-Disclosures tournament-Boule-
ward, Impulse, Cricket, and Cannon.
Fire Insurance League-Ltverpoo and London and
Globe vs.. m American.
Commercial League-American Lithographic Co. vs..
Manning, Maxwell q Moore; American photographic
Co. VS.. Oxley q Enos Manufacturing Co.
Lenox Republican Club-Puritan, LenoK I, and
Brooklyn Royal Arcanum Leagus-Final tourna.
ment-FortG Greene Council. East New York Council.
and Alert Council.
Brooklyn.
and Company II.
pendent and Steamer.
Staten Island Amateur L~easue-cyelone, Jolly
Cssino-sunSwick 1, Columbia and oueensborough.
Twenty sixth Ward-van siclen vs.. Annex, at
Helgan's alleys.
A. at Jersey City alleys.
Newark L~esgus-Roseville A. A. vs.. Riverside A. c.,
at Roseville A. A. alleys; North End VI. Northern Re-
publican Club. at North End alleys.
Independent Foresters-Cour W Arlington ve. Court
Hancock, at Court Washington alleys.
jersey City League-Halladay vs. Clinton. at HAlla-
day alleys.
Amateur Association-New Jersey A. G. VI. Bayonne
Rowing Association. at New Jersey A. Q. alleys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
Gossip or tho RInE.

-
1hicaho On III way " Dan Frahcisco.
Peter Maher has refused an oner Of $500 for q ten.
round bout with O'Donnell at New Haven.
The date of G.. G. smith,s eonteat with Peter Mabsr
has been dxed for Peb. ib at PhiIsdeinhia ""
WI, p.,,o., a.. p..,.. 49,
wo. Senuori. Gne Ehgiish ooxer. VINO was 80 easily
aeIes'od oy Gus huhiin' mas returned TO England.
Joe uans OF baitinoro has been matched TO box
JACK benhett OF Philadelphia this month at Baltimore.
Tom Tracey OF Australia and Bob Douglass will boz
at St. Louis tonight. Charley McReeyer saws he
will be At the ringside 10 challenge the winner,
Tha baltimore Rowing Club has haan or..n,.a, -.
that CIV A hant nstSssn n,,ix yyh,s,I.s ~ ~ a.
McclosG1 n, pbd,.Sat"bta Vii iii nrohahie - sn ~ E,wooJ
attSaefion' : WI" p''oAo'' "e 'he 'n''ai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
Results ut BIngeriy.

SINCERITY. Feb. e.-The races here to-day resulted a.
follows:
Ftrst Race-Four and q half furlongs.-Earn, 8 to 1
and . to /. won; Aunt Sally, 4 TO 8 for place, second;
Runaway third. Time, 0:5SL.
Second Race-Five furlongs. Tommy o, 4 to 1 aud
z to o. won; Heck, Jr. I TO 10 for place, second:
Frank Hough third. Time. 1:04.
Third Race-Six furlongs. -Rossman, 8 TO 8 ana z
to 10, won; Ferocious, g to 1 for place. second Con.
spirator third. Time, 1:21io.
Fourth Race-Six furlongs. Parthiau, 8 to 1 and q
to J. woh; Dorian. 2 to 1 for place. second; silva third.
Time. 1:19s.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs.-Belvina. 2 to / and 4 to
o. won; Tonoka. 2 to 1 for place, second; Fred Train
third. Time, 1870.
sixth Race-Four and a half furIongs.-porah
Lamar. 2 to l and 4 to o. won; Full Speed. 8 to 5 for
place. second; Blue Jay third. Time. 0:55ax.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
RaolaE at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE Merchants Han.
dlcap, worth 81, 800, at one mile and a sixteenth.
was to-day's feature of tho Crescent City Jockey
Club races. Mazarine, backed from z to 2 TO ii
70 o. won in q gallop. Milwaukee, the favorite,
was third. The summaries:
First Race-one mile.-Queen Nab. 1ol Combs, 8
hima, so {Sewcoml' - to !. third. Time. l;loa..
z to 2. won; J. A. Grey. 118 Cscherer). I to o. seoond;
Everest vs. (songerl. 20 TO third. Time. l;lb.
Third Race-Onc mile and a sixteenth. -LobenguIa.
lo9 !hirschl. . TO =, won His Brother. 100 Cay.
wood 2 10 ] second; Red Duchess CCombs). l2 to /.
third. Time. l: b0ia.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures Handicap; one mile and q
sixteenth.-Mazarin 1Ol (Barrettl. 3 to 2, woni
wsukee. 400 CBurnsl. 9 to 3. third. Time. 1iI9L.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs.-Takanassee, lOl bar.
retD. 2 TO o. won. Johnny McHale. log (Purns,, TO i,
SECOND Pert. log Frost. so TO !, third. Time. :iJis,
Sixth Race-Seven and q half furlongs.-JIm Flood,
ITO tDupee), y to !, won, springtime. iO7 WILSON,,
third. Time, 1887,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
new York Yacht Club VIII Nee, on Feb. 10.

Notices for the first general meeting of tho
year OF tho New York Yacht Club, which will he
held at the Madison avenue clubhouse on Feb.
10. were sent to the members of the organization
Yesterday afternoon. BESIDES the election OF
mittees. the annual reports of the Secretarv,
Treasurer, and committees will be presented.
In the Secretary's circular special attention is
called to tho following paragraph in chapter II
ownership:
A member buying, selling. or oharterIng = yacht
snail at once notify the Secretary In writing; and
similar notice shall be given OF changes In rig, dE
mensions; private signal. and OF alteration from keel
10 centreboard or from centreboard to keel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
Resuitai Leaves the Turf.

e ORLEANS. Feb. 81. J. McCafferty has
sold Requital to L. c. Cowdin, who intends
placing him in the stud. The Avondale Stables,
which will race Bangle, White Frost, and others
in tho East this summer have signed Jockey A.
Barrett to do their riding.
Sallie Cliquot, who has been running in the
colors of Green b. Morris, took part iu her last
race to-day. She will be shipped to her owner,
J. b.: Haggin; who will place her in his stud on
the Rancho del Paso,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
Yachting Notes.

Arthur Binney OF Boston has received an order for
q 2o'foot cruising centreboard yacht similar In deaign
20 George Hills GlrAlda- She is for q New York
y~achtsman and viii be used on Long Island Sound.
Her principal Dimensions will be 80 feet over ali, IL
feet Lean, and 9 feet o inches draught, exclusive OF
board.
Henry W, Harris OF the Larchmont Yacht Club has
given . commission TO b. 4. Crowninshield OF Boston
TO desigu q Hl-foot centIeboard "rAceAbout," which
he Will race In the contests OF the Beverly Yacht CLUB
aud In tho vicinity OF BuELard's Bay. The new boat
line. and 9 feet . inches draught. Harris ID well
Known In thsse waters ~ the owner OF the fast racing