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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
- THE kINETOSCOPE.

Wall street men have organized lunch
con club The favorite dish will be lamb.
st. Paul Globe.
Those phantom phleets are the phunny
pheature of the coast resorts this year.
Richmond Dispatch.
Dealers announce that hammocks are
going up, but they have a habit of coming
down suddenly later in the summer
Philadelphia Record.
New England is great on seeing things.
The numerous reports of sea serpents in
ordinary years are now easily accounted
for. Indianapolis News
Texas is lone star no longer. She
raises her full quota of troops for the war
and also about 90, 600, 600 bushels of wheat
this ear.-Syracuse Herald
The Boston syndicate that has bought
100000 pounds OF worsted yarn in antici-
patton of "a rise does not expect to get
worsted in the deal. Boston Globe.
Now that the Vesuyius has been tried
in actual warfare and found the opposite
of wanting, war trial of the ram Katah-
din would seem to be in order. Rochester
Democrat
Representatives of nearly all the first
oAeees 1oEOl5u pOW6rS dccOiii petIy Ou6 Auler
lean navy to see how the business is trans
acted We have not heard that any Other
nation is taking lessons from Spain--St
Louis Globe Democrat
Vermont is paying her soldiers 81 q
month in addition to the regular govern,
ment allowance. Vermont is wee littlt
state, and its bank account is not as large
as Missouri's, but it knows how to- treat
it's volunteer soldiers.-St. Louis Republic
The Omaha exposition has scored one
over even the Worlds fair 1t has not
housed its 'wolnan's S exhibit in a sepa
rate building, but has treated the women
as if they were really part of creation an6
not an exotic growth. st Paul Pioneer
Press
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Gladstone's Intensity.

Early in life Mr.. Gladstone seems to
have needed the advice of the Hebrew
preacher, Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might" An illus
tration of the gifted boys intensity is
told by an English writer iii the ac-
count given by Dean Stanley of his first
meeting Gladstone. The old bishop Of
Norwich, having been pleased with
some of his sons performances, said
that as reward he would take him te
visit William Gladstone, the most ex-
traordinary schoolboy who had ever
been SEEN
They went to the house where he
was, and Arthur Stanley was sent out
into the garden to make acquaintance
with the prodigy, who was said to be
sitting in a summer house at the end oi
a walk. He went and found Gladstone
reading a book. As Stanley entered
Gladstone looked up and said, with
great vehemence:
Little boy, little boy, have you read
Gray?"
Stanley, much startled, faltered out
that he had not read Gray, 10 which
Gladstone, with increased intensity o.
manner, replied, "Then you must read
Grayl" g
The same writer gives another Illus
tration of Gladstone's doing gwith all his
might whatever occupied his mind
"Breakfasted with Mr.. Gladstone.
Huxley sat next him and was Cross ex-
amined all the time about the horse,
the mule and The donkey, which, i'll their
Horsric setting, occupy the mind 81
the great man very much at present.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Near the entrance to the United

Near the entrance to the United
States Indian school at Carlisle, former
ly used as United States barracks still
stands the old stone guardhouse whose
walls are over four feet thick, the prod
uct Of those Hessian prisoners taken by
Washington at Trenton that frosty De-
eember morning in 1776. AT this post
Sergeant Mollie lived for many years
after the Revolution, cooking and wash
Afterward she kept a small shop, or
store in the southeastern part of Car
Isle near the house in which Major
Andre and Lieutenant Despard were
confined after their capture at Lake
Ohamplain in 1875 Her last years were
passed in stone house, corner of Bed
ford and North streets.
Ather death she was member of the
Lutheran church and had the respect of
all. That her patriotic services were
then known and recognized is proved by
the press of that day The Carlisle Her
aid of Thursday, Jan. 20, 1882, had
this death notice:
Died. on Sunday last. Mrs Marv
McCauIey (DetUer known by the uanIe
of Molly McCauleyJ, aged 80 years.
The history of this woman is some
what remarkable Her first husband IS
name was Hays, who was soldier in
the war of the Revolution. It appears
she continued with him while in the
army and acted SO much the part Of a
heroine as to attract the notice of the
officers. Some estimate may be formed
of the value of the service rendered by
her when the fact is stated that she drew
II pension from the government during
the latter years of her life. .
The American Volunteer had this no.
tice:
Died On Sunday last in this bor-
ough, at an advanced age, Mrs. Mary
McCauley. She lived during the days
Of the Revolution, shared its hardships
and witnessed many a scene of blood
and carnage To the sick and wounded
she was an efficient aid, for which and
being the widow of an American hero
she received during the latter years of
her life an annuity from the govern
ment. For upward of 40 years she re-
sided in this borough, and was during
that time recognized as an honest, oblig-
ing and industrious woman.
By the laws of Pennsylvania for 1892
a special act granted her gratuity Of
$40 and the same amount semiannually
thereafter during her life in recognition
of her services during the Revolution.
Commenting upon this act, The Chron-
icle of Philadelphia said: "It appeared
satisfactorily that this heroine had
braved the hardships Of the camp and
the dangers of the field with her hus-
band, who was soldier i'll the Reyolu.
tion, and the bill in her favor was pass
ed without a dissenting voice.
The monument to the heroine's mem
ory was unveiled July 4, 1876 and was
erected by the citizens of Carlisle. The
leader in this enterprise was Peter
Spohr, who had known Mollie Pitch
err and was present at her funeral and
knew the spot where she was buried,
although the grave had been unmarked.
He remembered the spot as the south
eastern corner of the lot of John Noble,
who died in 1904. The inscription on
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
POULTRY POINTERS.

Generally the sooner the sick hen is killed
and buried the better
Exercise is better than drugs as a slim
ulapt for egg production.
AS rNle with hens the better the
scratcher the better the layer.
When the hens stop laying, give them a
change of food for a few days.
A little stimulating and animal food
will be beneficial when the hens are nolt-
ing.
Never allow rubbish under which YER
min can shelter to be near the poultry
house.
In poultry house the most important
essentials are light, ventilation and
warmth
Cement makes good floor for a poultry
house. Then use plenty Of dry earth as a
deodorizer.
The scraps from the table soaked in
sweet milk until soft make good feed for
the turkeys.
Confinement and nothing to do generate
vicious habits, such as egg eating and
feather pulling.
The hardy, wide rangers clean of limb
and having small combs, are the fowls
wanted by farmers.
The hen stops laying when improperly
fed, when too fat or when in diseased
condition. st. Louis Republic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
The silk Chiffon Tree.

The most remarkable tree on the island
of New Providence is without question
specimen of the silk cotton (Bombax
oaiba) situated near the postoffioe and
prison. Growing from its trunk are
hslf dozen buttresslike extensions, as
if to make firm footing for its great
xpread of brancheseof 116 feet. A little
bOy to whom / showed photograph
of it expressed its appearance very we'll
when he said the spaces between the
bnttuesses would make &ne horse stalls,
The pods which grow ON the tree con-
tain "a soft, silky material which the
natives sometimes use for Stuffing pill
lows There remore of these trees, but
none so large or,old 4as this one. and we
heard no estimate of its age. 1t is a
near reiative.of the monkey tansarind.
Between this bombax and the 4thrary
is an avenue of Spanish laurel, q mem
Der of the g.family--untidy and inete'
giant trees, with growth of roots hang
ing from their branches which never
reach the ground All these trees bear
fruit, but the figs are small and unfit
for eating. Il. G. Cummings in Popu-
lar Science MontIaly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
A Lost Opportunity.

"Well, Uncle William, said the
presidentiof the emigration society, vi
s'pose. YOU hearn de news?''
"No Whut stirrin?'
*W'y, you amt hearn bout de treas
urer?'
ssNot word .Whut he done now?"
run off wild de funds-tuk seyer'
dollar wild himl'
'.Lawd, Lawdl En- how muchA wuz
in de treasury"
$50 hundred doLlarsp'
t<En you say he gone wild it?''
tsClean gonei''
The old man, seemed wrapped In
thought and had Ia faraway look In his
eyes. "Fo' hundred dollarsp' herepeat-
ed to himself ''Eo' hundred dollars
En- DIES ter think eriit! wuz de treas
urer er de societya fer two weeks en-
had ever dollar er dat money in my
powerl My,,myl Fof hundred dollars =
fo' hundred Sbright, asilyer dollars in a
shinin lumpa Bre'r johnson, will you
please, sub, tdo mesa favors''
s.Des name it, Uncle William. !"
Take des heah hiclr'ry stick, sub, en-
hit me cross de head en- den kick me
ha d ez youtzin, sub. out de do pat
lanta Constitution.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
HEROIC LIFE SAVERS.
An Entire Crew, With One Exception
Lost In an Attempted Rescue.

An Entire Crew, With One Exception,
Lost In an Attempted Rescue
In the series of Heroes of Peace
there is an article in The Century on
"Heroes of the Life Saving Service, .
by Gustav Kobbe. Mr.. Kobbe says:
District Superintendent jerome G.
Kiah, with headquarters at Sand Beach,
Mich, is one of the heroes Of the life
saving service. He holds the gold medal,
the highest award the United States
government can bestow for heroism in
saving life. His name is associated with
what was both one of the most daring
attempts at rescue and one of the great
est tragedies of the servioe-a tragedy
which wiped out an entire crew with
the exception of this sole survivor
Mr.. Kiah was at the time keeper Of
the Point aux Barques life saving sta
tion on Lake Huron. A vessel struck
too far out to be reached with the shot
and line. The peril of attempting a res
cue with the surfboat was only too ap-
parent, but Keeper Kiah mustered his
men and made the launch. For awhile
their strength and skill enabled them
to surmount or push through the tu-
multuous seas, but once in the open
lake beyond the shoals. where the storm
was free to riot at will, the real danger
began. 1t was test beyond human
powers. The keeper remembers that
twice the boat capsized and was righted.
After that he has vague recollection
of the boat capsizing and righting her
self several times, and of the crew
clinging to it until, one by one. the
surfmen, perishing of cold. let go their
hold and vanished beneath the waves.
He has dim remem brance of the boat,
with himself clinging to it, grating
over the shoal and then being flung up
on shore
He was found by two men, standing,
with one hand on the root of fallen
tree, steadying himself with a lath III
the other and swaying as if walking.
but not stirring his feet-a dazed, tot
tering wreck of his former self, MUIR
muring in an inooherent way
Poor boys Poor boysi They are all
gone-all goner' Temporarily shatter-
ed in mind and body. he was obliged to
resign from the service. He was long in
recovering, but finally it was possible
practically to reward his bravery with
the appointment to his present position.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
in THE FOCUS.
Is This the Reason Our Actors Like the
Center of the Stage?

Is; This the Reason Our Actors Like the
Center of the Stage?
4 Perhaps the fondness of certain actors
today for the center of the stage is a
survival from the time when no other
position was adequately lighted In the
early days of this century, before the
introduction of gas, the footlights con-
sisted of half dozen or more oil lamps,
and the point where their rays converg-
ed was very properly known as the so
cus" Here all important passages of
the piece had TO be delivered, since else
where the accompanying play of feature
was not assurally visible 1t is told
that when one of Kean admirers COM
plimented him at supper after per-
formance of "Ot3ealo, saying that in
the great scene with Iago he almost
thought the tragedian would strangle
the villain, Kean answered: ''Confound
the fellow He'was trying to get me
out of the focus.' Under the electric
light the face of the actor can now be
seen clearly in the most remote corner
of the stage --'The Conventions of the
Drama" by Bramder Matthews, in
sScribner's.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
The Popular side Comb.


The side comb still rides the top wave
Of popular favor notwithstanding its
general adoption and consequent degen-
eraoy into the cheapest of materials.
The prevailing broad method of wear
ing the halr makes milady of fashion as
dependent upon its good offices as her
less favored sister of the shops, the only
distinction between them being the diff
ference in material The latest combs
are small, of amber or shell and deco
rated with finely cut steel Sometimes
the steel is but narrow band of beads,
while again it broadens out into ara
besques, points or curves. or even clover
leaves or flower de-luces. Many of the
combs are also set with gems, real or
imitation, while others for evening
wear are studded with colored stones to
harmonize with the costume worn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
ORIGIN OF THE BICYCLE.
1t May Be Traced as Far Back as the
Seventeenth Century.

xEAcSQ
Seventeenth Century.
In st. Nicholas Frank H. Vlzetelly
has told '.The Story of the Wheel"
tracing the evolution of the bicycle
Mr.. Vizetelly says:
1t has been often said that "to trace
the origin of the bicycle we must go
back to the beginning of the century, .
and as this has not been denied it is
probably true. l shall try to show that
the bicycle grew from experiments in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
and that the celerifere first invented in
$780, was the earliest form of the
safety of today. The first attempts
to ride wheels date back as far as the
fifteenth century True.t the machines
then made were crude, clumsy and i'm
perfect, yet they deserve. mention, for
they were distinct step in the history
of the wheel The tirsttof these was a
heavy carriage driven bysmeans of ropes
attached to and wound round its axle
tree. To the other end of the ropes a
pole was tied, and this pole was used
as lever in front of the vehicle, and
by this means it was slowly drawn for
ward.
Little was done in the century fol-
lowing, yet in the Memoirs of Henry
Fetherstonen it is told that Jesuit
missionary named Rioius who was
travelling down the Ganges, having
missed boat that piled at regular in
tervals between points he was to visit
in his journey, made up for lost time
by building small carriage propelled
by levers Because so few details are
told, the truth of the authors account
has been doubted or discredited by
many.
In one of Englands s older churches
St Giles at Stoke Pogis-is window
of stained glass on which may be seen
a cherub astride of a hobby horse, or
wooden wheel. At the sides, in sep
arate panels, as if to fix the date of the
design, stand two young men attired in
Puritan dress. one playing the violin,
the other, with hands in his pockets,
smoking pipe. Is it from this design
that the first thought of the hobby
horse Of other days was taken?
Before the Royal Academy OF Sciences,
in 1893, Ozanam read paper describ-
ing vehicle driven by the pedaling of
footman, who stood i'll a box behind
and rested his hands on bar level with
his chin attached to the back of an
awning above the rider in the convey
! ance This may prove that Fether-
stones account was not untrue. Oza-
nam s vehicle was followed by another,
built on somewhat similar plan, by
an Englishman named Ovenden about
1851, for description of the machine
then appeared in The Universal Maga-
zine. The vehicle was said to be ''the
/ best that has hitherto been invented. F"
The distance covered with ease" by
this rude vehicle is stated to have been
six miles an hour; with peculiar
/ .exertion. nine or ten miles. The steer
ing was done with pair of reins.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Making a Distinction,

Miss Cayenne had caused her partner
great deal of annoyance by forgetting
what her long suit was and remaining
oblivious to trump signals. He mopped
the perspiration from his brow and ven-
tured the observation. II was under the
impression that you said you were ao-
customed to playing whist. +" Eyes, :"
she answered sweetly, II play it. I
don't work at as some people do. p
Washington STIR
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
THE AMERICAN STATURE.
The Loss of Inch In Height Might
Bring Serious Consequences.

The Loss of an Inch In Height Might
Bring Serious Consequences.
In paper read by Major Henry S.
Kilbourne. surgeon United States army,
before the Association of Military Sur
geons of the United States, he advocated
the theory that the physical power of a
race or people--and consequently their
capacity for works measured by their
average stature For every inch of
height between five and six feet the ex-
treme breathing capacity is increased
eight cubic inches, the vital capacity
being at its maximum at 80 years. A
table of measurements of 1870, 621 native
white Americans, accepted for the mill
tary service of the United States, shows
that the number Of men below So inches
in height is but little greater than that
of the class above 73 inches. The most
numerous class is included between 81
and SO inches, and this standard class
would have greater chest girth than
the average The mean height of 1916
United States naval cadets above the
age of 90 years was $3.50 inches. As
these men are drawn from all parts and
classes of the United States they repre-
sent very nearly the typical physical
development of the American people of
% years of age.
Major Kilbourne concludes that the
commingling strains of Celtic, Danish,
Norwegian and German blood among
our people have thus far worked no de-
terioration of physical quality Not SO
with the swarthy, low browed and
stunted people now swarming to our
shores. Absorbed into the body of the
people, these multitudes must irretriev-
ably evolve an inferiority of type. To
realize the result of such contingency
let it be considered that the loss Of an
inch in stature might bring in it's train
the loss of national ascendency Let us
take care, then, that the state shall
suffer no injury. Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
He should Have Brought Them

A doctor tells good story in conneo-
tion with lad who, until recently,
was in his employ. 1t was part of his
duties to answer the surgery bell and
to usher the prospective patients into
the consulting room. One morning
there presented himself at the surgery
entrance a mechanic with whom But
tons was on speaking terms
"Hello, Jacksonr' he remarked.
t'What's the matter with ye?"
sob, just want to see the doctor, :"
replied the visitor.
Have yer brought yer symptoms
with yer?' inquired Buttons. ''That's
the fust thing he'll ask yer about If ye
amt brought 'em, ye'd better pop back,
an get em He won't be down for a
quarter of an hour, an he's awful per-
tikler about EN- -
"And would yoa believe it?'' adds
the doctor, that fellow was actually
about to act on the boys advice when
entered the surgery r'-P Pearson IS
Weekly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Knew His Position.

Commercial Traveller Ito boy who has
answered the bell)-I want the boots.
You're not the boots surely!
Boy-No, sir. I'm the socks.
Commercial Iravelcr-Socksl SYou in.-
pudent young rascal, what do you means
Boy-Why, you sees sir, I'm under the
boots. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14

A great deal Of trouble is expended
in educating the snowy, high stepping
horse. He is trained to step high and
act showily by being driven along a
path whereon rails are set crosswise.
He steps high to avoid stumbling, and
in time always steps high.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14

The citizens of Berlin have sum-
mary method of stopping the dangerous
practice of carrying sticks and umbreI-
las horizontally. AS soon as man
tucks his umbrella under his arm he
will promptly feel quick blow on it
from behind. There is no use in his get
ting angry with the person who strikes
ahe blow, because public opinion sane.
sions his conduct.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
It KILLED Him.

II should.f fancy tho laundry business
was about as easy as.any TO start. !"
What makes you think soF''
"All you have TO do is, to lay in a
supply of starch. y
Eyes =
"Well. that'l II starch youi all right,'
Three days after there was burial
London Tit Bits
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
he Could still win Battles.

He shot the general i'll the calf.
The latter's smile grew brighter.
ssIt doesn t stop he gave laugh
stMy running the typewriterl'
Il (gevelald Plain Dealer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Similar

Waters talk reminds me 50 much of a
river
1t doe run pretty steadily
: Yes, ind though there is undoubtedly
some connection between his head and. his
mouth, it is not apparent - Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Not In It.

"How are you, Slickinger? haven't
seen you for a long time. Didn't you go
with the army
tsNo. L'Xe been in the Klondi Ike region. .
1.-THE Glondize? Where's that? Oh,
remember. It's somewhere up north.
isn,E it2''-sChieago Tribune
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14

GRAVE OF MoLLIE PITCHER AT GARLIsLE,P PA
the monument was made from memory
by Mr.. Spohr, and the dates are not
quite correct This is the inscription:
"Mollie McCauley, renowned in his
tory as Mollie Pitcher, the heroine Of
Monmouth, died January, 1882, aged
10 years Erected by the citizens oi
Cumberland county, July 4, 1876"
The facts here recited should set al
rest all discussion as to the verify and
identity of the true heroine of Mon
mouth. W. r. BIERLY.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
WON MEN5 WAYS.

Awoman does not care how warm her
dress really is, if it locks cool Atchison
Globe.
The only way man can find out just
what woman really thinks of him is to
make her angry. Chicago News.
Talk about the progress of the western
womanl A Kansas woman is suing one
man for breach of prsnlisc and another for
givorce IL ewiston journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
wonan,s ! Woe.

1t was terrible The tempest beat the
sea into a horrid fury. the waves were
mountain high and they swept over the
frail craft ceaselessly.
Ny flesh creepsl' he cried
My complexion runsl |" sbrieked she.
For it is the lot of women to suffer
. ,st Detroit Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
Technically Expressed.

1t was the festive foreman
OF a printshop up the street
Who essayed to be a scorcher
With scorch so very fleet.
And later, when he looked as though
Fed met western storm,
'Twixt throbs of pain he muttered,
81 guess I've pied my formi"
-Up to Date,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-07-14
suaaaner valetudinarians

'Tis now their powers they employ ~
With care to look about 'em E%
And find the thing; they most enjoy "
That they may go without 'enl
Washington Star