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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
AN INCIDENT IN HAITI.
Illustrating the Peculiar Treating
Custom In Vogue There.

Illustrating the Peculiar Treating
Custom In Vogue There.
OF course there is in Haiti small
circle of native born creoles, who are
naturally born ladies and gentlemen,
exquisite in their courtly manners and
most desirable as friends. Then the
white men who are living there, as ]
have already mentioned, are characters.
IF they take liking to you. all they
have or can capture is yours. The fol-
lowing viii illustrate this character
istic
Mine host and friend were walking
through the leading thoroughfare of
one of the towns when the friend sud
denly came to standstin and, placing
his long nervous index finger on mine
host $ breast, remarked:
"My dear boy, in here they make the
best cocktails in Haiti I have spent
three fortunes in assuring myself of the
truth of this. Lets go in and try one. .
There was a prompt adjournment
from the pathwalk to the interior of
the building, a few minutes of delight
full. expectant silence as the ingredients
were shaken together, a mutual bow
followed by disappearance of the liq-
uids
Friend How do you like thata
Mine Host-Delicious
Friend Let us have another.
Mine Host Certainly. only this sec
ond one is on me.
Friend Make no mistake, my boy /;
they are both ON you, I've no money.
It is the unexpected that happens,
especially in Haiti the unknown. =
Henry Sandman in Harper's Magazine
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
An Indian Bridal Pair.

Once | saw a pretty thing, young
bride of the Kickapoos, on sort of a
wedding trip. She was tall and slight,
and-so closely do the members of a
tribe resemble one another-she looked
like the twin sister OF her young hus-
band. At first they were accompanied
by stout old chief, but he left after
circus day. 1t is odd to see an Indian
chief patronize the peanut and lemon
ade stands, and sit unmoved at the per-
formance, and yet stand enthralled be-
fore the cages of animals unknown on
his native prairies.
The bride and bridegroom spent
three or four days in the town. wander
ing about as unconsciously as Adam
and Eve In the garden. The man was
already masterful and protecting, the
girl shy and subseryient. Day after
day they walked hand in hand, looking
at everything people, shops, cattle
but never speaking to any one, never
even to each other. yet deeply content
In the consciousness of companionshlp.
They were living example of the hap
piness of simplicity, and while they
Btaid In the hustlipg town. made many
civilized man and woman think of
how far their own conduct as wives
and husbands fell short of the standard
of this unconscious Indian pair.-Ains-
lees Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
WTM. c. CATTELL
Surveyor, Oonveyancer
REAL ESTATE And INSURANCE AGP
P. o. Box wENoEAH,
Oct. 12, 1s93.1y NJ.
Improre the Cows.

Ex-President Burchard said in his
address to the Wisconsin Dairymen s
association last winter that every farm
er ought to sell his hay and grain to a
cow just as he would to any other buy
er Practical men do not keep on selling
hay and grain to men who do not pay
Why should they not exhibit as good
financial sense when they sell the same
food to cow He added: AZ know
whereof ! speak. It is Just as easy
to have herd of cows that will aver
age more than 275 pounds Of butter per
COW. or 800 pounds of cheese every ~
months. as it is to have one that viii
average less than that y
Every farmer who is trying to keep
cows for profit can start ON this road if
he only thinks SO. says Hoods Dairy
man. The first step is to get a good
dairy sire. We know of hundreds of
farmers who have commenced in this
way, and in few years they had a
herd of cows that averaged easily a
hundred pounds of butter per COW more
than the original herd If You cannot
afford a full grown bull. get registered
calf and raise him Don't breed from
a grade sire. no matter if he does look
like thoroughbred
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
MEN OF MARK.

Maitre Labori is one of the best anna
feur athletes in Paris.
Edward y. Nhinton, the new copper
king. began life as a silver miner in Colo
rado.
Mr.. L. w. Davis, ex-mayor of Peoria,
Ills, although - years of age. is an in
yeterate rider of the bicycle, which he
began to ride when 81.
Lord Dunraven. who no longer cuts
any conspicuous figure in yachting cir
cles, is said to have become patron of
professional pedestriaRism.
Governor Pingree of Michigan says he
knew nothing of politics and took no in
terest in them until he was At years old.
whoa he was elected mayor of Detroit.
Carel Hendrick Kruger, a nephew of
the president of the Transvaal republic,
is a recent graduate of the Edinburgh
gical scholarship.
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire,
besides writing most of the editorials in
the Concord Monitor, reads a good deal
of copy and makes mp the paper on his
managing editors day off.
The Austrian explorer, H. Leder who
visited the ruins of Kara korum in 1892,
is back again in central Asia and writes
that he has good prospects of reaching
Lhasa with the aid of the ruler Of Urga.
Clinton Dawkins. now finance minister
of India and just appointed senior Eng
lish partner of the great American bank
ing house of Pierpont Morgan, is a man
of excellent family. which formerly held
the earldom of Portmore
Robert r. Stuyvesant of New York has
just sold plot of ground which has been
owned by the Stuyvesant family for 216
years. 1t was purchased directly from
the Indians by Peter Stuyvesant gov
ernor of New Amsterdam.
William NJ Eyarts' poor health is
treated lightly by that statesman. When
some Jobs comforter recently told him
he looked about half his former self, he
made answer. Il wonder if the other
half looks as badly as this one"
1t is asserted that the French presi-
dent. during his vacation at Rambouii-
let, has been shockingly disregardful of
conventional dress. lie does not even
take the trouble to knot his ties. but uses
ready made cravats or none at all.
When arrested for shooting his wife,
Robert Clemens, son of rich farmer in
Fayette county. Ky, defended himself
on the ground of his wife's deafness,
saying that he put bullet through the
ceiling simply to attract her attention.
Mayor Josiah Quincy of Boston an
nounces that after Jan. he win devote
himself to business interests rather than
politics. He will start on a European
trip as soon as his term of Office as
mayor of Boston expires, having par
ticular desire to attend the Paris exposi-
ton. He says there is no truth in the
report that he intends to move to New
VII,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
NUMBER IL

rasuuous a senoIar, pubncist and phi
losopher as Hon. Beriah Wilkins would
not spring upon an unsuspecting public
word which cannot be included In
the next edition Of the best Iexicons. If
the departed spirits of the mighty dead
take any cognizance of the happenings
on this mundane sphere, then gruf old
DR.. Samuel johnson and good old DR..
Noah Webster must be in a delightful
frame of mind as they form the ac-
quaintanee Of Hon Beriah' latest con-
tribution to the vocabulary of as bloom
ink Hanglo- -Hamericans. Ad interim
and until I secure my copy of Hon.
Beriah's lexicon / must ex necessitate
assume that he means 'fapdoodle' as
term of reproach, contempt, despica-
bleness. The particular portion of the
Declaration, once fondly called and for
nearly century and quarter s1the
great Declaration, against which this
newly coined word is sent hurting
through the malarial atmosphere of the
Potomac fats is that which informed a
startled world that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
Of the governed, a proposition which
with its twin, all men are created
equal, forms the cornerstone of this
republic indeed, of all republics-and
constitutes our raison d'etre.
A Revised Declaration.
Pondering Hon Beriah's editorial,
one must perfcrce wonder what sort Of
an old fool George Washington was to
have had this "fapdoodle' sole1nnly
read at the head of every regiment in
the Revolutionary army as an inspira-
tion to his aggedNcontinentals and
barefooted militia to fight and conquer
the mercenary troops of his gracious
majesty King George Ill s'Flapdoo-
die, = indeed Perhaps if the eyes of
that bull headed monarch had been
gladdened by sight of the word 'sfap-
doodle as applied to the central idea
of the Declaration issued by the inn
mortal rebels it would have tickied him
so that he would not have gone blind,
deaf and crazy.
Hon. Beriah should get him out a
new and revised edition of the Decla-
ration. What tremendous sensation
that paper would create if the last
glowing sentence in it, one that sounds
almost like an excerpt from holy writ,
should be, revised" so as to read,
Sand for the suppors of this 'hapdoodle'
we mutually pledge to each other our
lives, our fortunes and our sacred hon
or.
What a fetching contribution to the
gayety of nations it would be to have
revision of that famous epitaph which
jefferson wrote for himself SO as to run
in this wise Here was buried Thomas
jefferson, author of 'Flapdoodle, Of
Virginia statute for religious freedom
and father of the University of Vir-
g1nia Such a revision would make
Hon. BeIiah Wilkins immortal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
STATE LINES.

A copperhead snake erawled into a
Kentucky coifeepot and poisoned trio
Of coioneIs at single sitting. However,
snake poisoning is never fatal in Ken
lucky Washington Post.
Corn grows so high in Kansas this year
that when raneher misses some roast
ing ears from the stalks he Is half in
ciined to think angels reached down and
took them.-Denyer News.
is Michigan getting moss on her back
One of her farmers was flecced BY green
goods men III New York, while one OF
Detroit's policemen was held up and shot
by a footpad Detroit Free Press,
Ohio ii going to celebrate the centen-
|nial OF her admission TO statehood ID the
federal Union Ohio has great many
things 70 he proud of and great many
things sie should desire 10 conceal
Memphis Commercial pReaI.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19

1t is well known that a great deal of
effort has been put forth in all parts of
the world where mining is carried on
to a great depth. to determine as a sat
isfactory average the increase of the
earth s temperature with depth A few
years ago it was commonly assumed to
be degree for each 80 feet in depth.
but more recently deeper workings un-
der other conditions have led to the be-
lief that it is something over 200 feet
for each degree Of increased tempera
ture, 1t is admitted however, that the
depth to which mining has thus far
been carried is so shallow as compared
with the great distance to the center Of
the earth that it is really not known
what the average increase Of tempera
ture with depth is Observations made
at the various places have been where
the surrounding conditions were 30 diff
ferent that the tests were not satisfac-
tory. as for ezample those made In
the Lake Superior and Nevada regions
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
HOW A BULLET TRAVELS.
Lessons the soldier Is Taught In
Learning How to shoot.

Learning How to Shoot.
The soldier is taught that the bullet
travels through the air in curved line
called the trajectory, and that three
forces act upon it first. the exploded
charge, tending to drive it forward in
straight line along the line of fire !;
second, the force Of gravity, and, third,
the air resistance. At 200 yards, owing
to these forces, the bullet, travelling at
the rate Of 1000 feet a second. viii
have fallen about two feet In the ex-
citement of firing at close quarters the
aim will invariably be too high.
1t has been calculated that when the
enemy approaches within $50 yards the
soldiers will instinctively fire as much
as two feet or three feet above their
heads Now, it has been found by ex-
pertinent that the fact of fixing bay
onets will cause the bullet to drop q
distance of about 215 feet in $50 yards.
and therefore when about this distance
from the enemy soldiers are instructed
TO fix bayonets, in order to counteract
the excessive elevation Of their aim
The recruit learns that the mean ex-
treme range of the bullet is 3, 500 yards,
and that the longest shot ever observed
was 3, 760 yards. He is taught the pene-
trating power of his weapon, a subject
full of interest. To take one or two ex-
amples, rammed earth gives less pro-
lection than loose; bullets easily find
their way through joints of walls, while
a concentrated fire of about $50 rounds
at geo yards will breach nine inch
brick wall.
Only experience can teach soldier
how much he must aim to the right or
left of his mark to counteraet the force
of the wind. A side wind has more
effect ON the fight of the bullet than a
wind blowing directly toward the firer
The soldier must learn the habits of his
rife. since some shoot higher or lower
than others Every rifle, like every
marksman. has its own Individuality
Pearson's $ Weekly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19

One of the most thrilling moments in
a New York street boys life is that
when he hears the clear, prolonged cry
of a comrade, "Sumpin's de matterg'
He looks in the direction of the call
and sees a boy running toward a little
crowd on the corner. Immediately he
starts on run, taking up the cry in
the same key, and sustaining the same
monotone, and pretty soon there are
boys from everywhere running in one
direction and crying in a chorus.
''Sumpin de matterr' 1t is very ex-
citing diversion. especially when there
is something really worth while the
matter in the center of the crowd, such
as a man hit by a trolley car, or po
liceman trying to arrest an obstreper-
Gus drunk" II wretched old woman
chasing and swearing at some bad
boys who are teasing her. and often,
too. it is good scrap which is going
on.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19

The secret of dairying lies with the
man. and success depends wholly upon
good management. He who makes
dairying side issne. and a much neg
lected one at that. by keeping only a
few i'll cared for cows on a good sized
farm is astonished at the man who can
keep goodly number on few acres
Live Stock
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
PHILOSOPHY.

The dgns is bad when folks commence
fndin foult with Providence
And balkin cause the earth don't shake
At every prancin step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he can be
Ef stripped to self and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
Ny doctern is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied.
Jest do your best. and. praise er blame
That follows, that counts jest the same.
I've allus noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the rest.
james whitcomb Riley.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
Pigeons Eggs.

The two eggs laid By a pigeon almost
Invariably produce male and female.
Some curious experiments as to which
OF the eggs produces the male and
which the female have resulted In
showing that the first egg laid is the
female and the second the male.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
Give the GhiIdren a Drink

cilled Grain-O. II is delicious appetizing. nour
ishing food drink TO take the place Of coffee
Sold by all groeers aud liked by all who have
used it because when properly prepared It tastes
like the finest coffee but is free from all its
injurious properties. Grain-O aids digestion
6nd Strengthens the nerves 1t is not q stimu-
LIANT but a health builder, and children, as well
as adults, can drink it with great benefit Costs
about d as much as coffee 10 and Csc.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
CHAMP QARE'S LETTER
William J. Bryan's Power
Of Oratory.
THRILLS HEARERS HEARTS.
Joseph w. Bailey's Great Popu-
larity In Texas.
THRILLS HEARERS HEARTS.
WILL ELECT HIM TO THE SENATE.

Pertinent Remarks Anent the Causes
of Prosperity = Enthusiasm at the
Democratic Carnival at Dallas.
slavery stiI Exists Under the stars
and stripes and IL Connived at by
the Hanna-MckinIey Administra-
f;or,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19

"Away. Gertrude. away! You have
eaten an onion
How did you know, RudoIphg Did
NY breath tell the sad story?''
No. fair one. ! saw il in your eyes" I"
Chicago News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
LIunid Air.

When into tears a person meIts,
Now. this is what we're told
Her air IS liquid, nothing else.
Yet it Is far from cold
Detroit Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-10-19
concernine FlapdoodIe.

We have it at last The mystery is
cleared up. We may all now know
what Thomas jefferson meant when he
wrote and what the fathers meant when
they published the Declaration of Inde-
pendence That state paper, which for
1873 years has been considered the Magma
Charta of human liberty, is mere flap
doodle. whatever that may be. This
must be true, for the sapient editor Of
the Washington Post says so. / do not
know precisely what ssfapdoodle"
means, but from the connection in
which The Post uses it it must be some
thing awful In applying that crushing
term to the Declaration Hon. Beriah
Wilkins has not only made discovery
in craftsmanship, but also in lexi-
geography, for no such word as flap
doodle is found in Wehster's Interna-
tional Dictionary, which is the highest
authority I happen TO have at hand.
Perhaps the Hon. Beriah is writing him
dictionary Of his own, Of which the
classical and euphonious word aap-
doodle" is the first fruit IF 80, Hon.
Beriah can put me down as his first
subscriber FIapdoodle. it must be
confessed, sounds rather crude to wild
and woolly westerner. but as il comes
from the effete east it must be en- regle
. We win no doubt grow accustomed TO
ii after awhile q long while but I'm
till we are informed az fo its precise
,s<Els sy4fss ~ ffu,rfslaa<1 ssxs,4 4slahass
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-10-20
NOTICE.

By virtue Of the powero of sale
vested in the undersigned trus-
tee by a certain deed Of trust.
bearing date Of August lst.
1899, executed by l. C.. Hilder-
brand. which deed Of trust is
registered in the Office Of Reg
lister Of Deeds of Burke county,
in Book II No. ,. at page 465,
of record of mortgages and
deeds of trust, to which refer
erence is hereby made. and by
reason of default having been
made in the payment Of the
Indebtedness secured by said
deed of trust, said undersigned
trustee will sell for cash by
public auction. at the court
house door in the town of Nor
Canton. county of Burke, State
of North Carolina. on Monday,
the 9th day Of November, 1899,
at II O'Clock noon. the lands
and premises conveyed in the
said deed Of trust. reference
hereby made for calls in the
said deed Of trust to Book H
No. >, at page 465. as therein
will more fully appear.
This Oct. 9, 1899.
JNO. NJ. NULL.
Trustee.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-10-20
Tax Payers Take Notice.

The law compeis me to visit each
township in the county during the
month of October to collect taxes for
1899, in compliance with which l will
be at
Silver Creek township, Glen AL
pine, Wednesday,, Oct. 18th.
Linville township, Joshua Gibbs
Thursday, Oct. 10Th.
Upper Greek township, Table
Rock, FRIDAY, Oct. 10Th.
Quaker Meadows, Oak Hill,
Saturday, Oct. 21st.
Lower Creek, Chesterfield, Mon
day, Oct. 23rd.
Smoky Creek, Tilley's Store,
Tuesday, Oct. oath.
Lovelady, Connelley Springs,
Wednesday,, Oct. 18th.
1card, Atkins Store, Thursday,
Oct. 10Th.
Icard, Hilderbrand, Friday, Oct. 9th.
Lower Fork No. l, Amos Huff
mans, Saturday, Oct. 18th.
Lower Fork No. ?, Shoup's Mill,
Monday, Oct. 3Oth.
Upper Fork, Enola, Tuesday,
Oct. 31st.
The books for Morganton township
may be found at my Office at any time.
Respectfully,
MANLY MCDOWELL,
Sheriff.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-10-20
Sale OfLand
FOR TAXES.

Bv virtue of levies made by me for
default in paymentof State and county
axe, for the year 1898, l will expose
!, public sale, for cash, at the Court
uoI,e door in Morganton, N. c., on
Monday. Nov. 9th, 1899, the various
it. and parcels of land herein named.
The whole of each tract or contipu-
ou. body of land belonging to delinqu-
en.s will be set up for sale at the same
lime and the bid will be struck off to
MIN who will pay the amount of taxes,
with all expenses, for the smallest
part OF said land. The purchaser must
nav the amount due on the spot or the
land will be Immediately resold.
Each tract will be sold in the order
named below, and the sale will con-
.inue from day to day until all is dis
posed OF.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-10-20

The News and THE ATTAIN
ia WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
both one year for S1.4O.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-10-20

dIIiS N1dCNd - q =
J. W. GARRISON.
Collector of Taxes for 1898.
Oct. 6, 1899.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14

ply of George Wagner, Jr.. Eigh-
teenth street and Second avenue
Ladies. 81 25 buys the choice OF
any tan shoe in the house. which
have sold at So. 50. so and 81 a pair.
Nearly all sizes and widths. Remem-
Der 50 % pair. The Boston.
The public sale of w. J. Eptrikin's
residence at the end of the red line,
Moline, was continued from last Sat
urday until next Saturday at p. m.
H. C. Harris will be the auctioneer.
Hanan & Florsheim tans, s. shoes,
are now selling at 81 pair. Now is
the time 10 treat yourself to a pair OF
the finest shoes on earth for a little
money. The Boston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
Resolution.

City Council Chamber, July Is,
1899: The city clerk is directed to
notify all owners of property upon
which water rents are due and delin-
quent, to pay the same before the 1st
day of August. 1899, to the said clerk
and the said clerk is further directed
to furnish the city attorney, after the
expiration of the said allotted time, a
complete list of all property owners
upon whose premises water rents may
be due and unpaid on said Aug.
1899, together with the amounts of
the rents so due and the periods COW
cred thereby; and it is further directed
that the city attorney on the receipt
of said delinquent water rent list. pro-
coed to collect the same by due legal
methods from the owners of the prop
erty where the water, for which said
rent has been charged, was used.
FRED G.. GALL,
NJ. V. CoNcANNoN,
j. w. LAwHEAD,
Waterworks committee.
Adopted July IS, 1899.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-07-14
An Average Assessment.

The information having come to
Assessor j. r. Johnston that the i'm
preston existed in the minds of some
that the assessment of Rock Island is
higher than in former years, Mr.
Johnston states that the recent assess
ment is an average one, that the
state board has been reducing our as
sessment. having cut it 81 per cent
last year and % per cent the year be-
fore. all of which has had a favorable
effect rather than otherwise.