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Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
A Methodical Doctor.

''The most methodical man In New
Orleans is physician of my acquaInt-
ance," said druggist. I'm one corner
of his bedroom are three valises stand
ingin row. Above them on rack are
travelling cap. an umbrella and a
shoulder strap holding mosquito net
ting and macintosh. The doctor has
large country practice, and he keeps
this equipment in readiness for sudden
out of town calls.
"One side of each yalise contains a
set of tools, and so on for special
class of surgical cases. all different,
but the other sides are exactly alike.
Their contents consist of a change of
linen, copy of Robinson Crusoe,' a
bottle of Worcestershire sauce, pipe
and tobacco and a box Of dominos.
Thus fortified. the doctor says he can
stand a siege of two days on any plan
tation In the entire south.
when he gets a hurry up call he
simply picks up the satchel that con-
tains the right instruments and walks
off. He says that his system has saved
an enormous amount of valuable time
and several more or less valuable
lives New Orleans Times Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
He worked the Grocer.

A true story Of a dog found guilty
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses has been recently told. The
animal is very fond of crackers. and
has been taught by his owner TO go
after them himself, carrying written
order in his mouth. Day after day he
appeared at the grocer's. bringing his
masters orders for crackers until the
clerks became careless about reading
the document. One day the man came
In and complained that he had been
charged for much more crackers than
he had ordered. There was quite a
dispute over it. and the next time the
dog came in the grocer took the trouble
to look at the paper. 1t was blank;
and further investigation showed that
whenever the dog felt a craving for
crackers he hunted up piece of paper
and trotted off to the grocery store
Atlanta Constitution
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
WOODBURY., N J, THURSDAY, JULY 49, 1890

lions, and she also will know the lone
illness of celibatist. the regret Of
chances that have flown away and the
fear of ripe age. Oh. the old maids /
pity them even more than the old bach
elorsl
'"rhe prison of isolation. And for
them more obscure and more narrow
The world is more severe. The quick
blood may gr0an in their heart as In a
walled up reservoir. They must smoth-
er its bubbling. Thus charming girls
fade away. and that is what will hap
pen to Franceline unless brave fellow
makes his appearance who is loving
enough and courageous enough to
transplant in warm medium this
pretty plant.
But then. miserable one, since thou
understandest so well all these things,
why art not thou that brave fellow?
Thou art tired Of thy frozen foyer.
Why dost thou not make of her hap
by and joyous mate?
"Ah! There it is. precisely. | do not
know any more how to darew
While he was immersed in these
black and Disseminating ideas Jacobus
was losing the notion of the exterior
phenomena. A chill which ran along
his back brought him back to reality.
He perceived that his fire was consum-
ed without throwing out any heat that
his pipe had become cold and that his
window was badly closed. Just as he
was about rising to shut it hermetical-
ly new joyous rumors came from the
first floor. and new silyery laughter
from Franceline struck his ears. He
had still a moment of hesitation; then
the cold of this December night decid-
ed him. He blew out his lamp and de-
scended. feeling his way down the
staircase. and, guided by the laughter,
he knocked timidly at the landlady's
door,
The door opened wide. and by the
bright light he saw around the fire
place circle Of young people busy
peeling chestnuts.
my faithr' said Jacobus. Il heard
your laughter up stairs. and 1t made
my mouth water. VIII you make room
for me at your side. Mile. Franceline"
And then, in sending a tender look
toward Franceline, he saw all of sud
den that that place was taken. A
young man of about 80 years. for
ester. was seated on the same bench
with the young girl and was very close.
While her friend opened his great
bulging eyes the landlady said to him,
advancing a chair: Come near me. NJ.
Jacobus; Pm going to give you some
news We are killing two birds with
one stone We are feasting the st.
Sylvestre, and we are toasting the be
trothal of our Franceline with NJ. lie
Garde General sSaudax. Take, then,
glass and drink with us. They will be
married the I'd of February From
the French of Andre Theuriet For
New York Press.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
ADDERs FOND OF EGGS.
Little Reptiles With Remarkable
SxvaIIowfnU Al.tIifx

Little Reptiles With Remarkable
Swallowing Ability.
Among "a lot of very interesting spcci.
mems of prepared animals sent to the
Museum of Natural History at Paris by
Father Guilleme, missionary in the
upper Kongo country. there is one group
of native adders, in the act of swallow
ing eggs, which excited uncommon in
terest The most remarkable part Of it
is the relative size of this snake and it's
common food. This adder is rather
small it is seldom longer than 2e inch
es, and its thickness never exceeds an
inch. Yet it feeds regularly on duck
eggs. the smaller diameter of which is
almost two inches
How the snake can get such an egg
into its mouth is difficult to understand,
and the aspect of these reptiles while
swallowing the eggs is most strange
The only way TO account for this pc
culiar manner of swallowing whole
eggs is the presence in the neck. just
back of the head. of series Of pointed
bones slanted backward and piercing
the esophagus These not only assist
to hold the egg in place. but act like a
saw. When the egg has advanced far
enough, their pressure will cut the egg
its contents will continue into the stom-
ach. while the empty shell is crushed
afterward and thrown out through the
mouth.
While in the act Of swallowing the
egg the snake is easily caught. for it IL
then almost in state Of complete In
ertia; it then looks very much like the
bulb as used BY photographers for open.
Ing their shutters
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

Chimney climate" is the latest for
the climate that is to be found in all
large cities Its characteristics. says a
man of learning, are mildness. absence
of rain and frequency of fog as com
pared with surrounding rural districts
And he gives very clever explanation
of the presence of the fog. It is actually
manufactured right under our eyes
You know if you look crosswise at a
sunbeam you see in it a myriad of very
small particles of dust, so densely crowd
ed together that some scientists even
attribute to them the color of the sky
And there is also about US an invisible
vapor and this combines with the parti
cles to give us fog II may be so It
sounds reasonable enough when one
takes into consideration the fact that
fogs are more frequent in large manu-
featuring cities than elsewhere. But il
1t be so. what are men of science about
that they don't find an antidote for
the evil Boston Transcript
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
A LOVERS FAREWELL.


Ooodby forever, my darling.
Dear to me even now,
Though l give you back your promise
And release you from your vow.
have learned that the love ] sought for
Had been given away before.
And l know that love in your nature
Is ''loye forever more"
Yet wish you had not answered
In words 50 tender and fair,
For could have borne it better.
Though it had been hard to bear.
Ii you had but told me truly
That your heart was given for aye.
i should not have known the sorrow
That crushes my heart today.
Yet, why should weakly blame you
For the thoughts in my bosom hidH
Twas my own fond heart tEat led me
To love you as did.
And now must hide my sorrow.
As | hid my hope before.
And put it away in silence
To be spoken OF no more.
For since ! know possess not
The love that had been such prize.
Shall ] wait till my idol crlmhles
10 asiles DeFore my eyes!
mol Rather farewell forever.
And long may the Ioyelight shine
On the fairer part you have chosen
1t will beam no more on mine.
Better if death had robbed me,
For then | could love you still.
Your memory would have nerved me
To work with stronger will.
Now is my dream but sorrow,
And my heart hath sense OF shame,
Remembering the empty promise
And the love that was only a name
Remembering the flowers Of JOY
That brought fruition of pain.
And the bliss that ! held for an hour
held it and lost it again.
/ embarked my souls best treasure
To drift on boundless sea;
have gathered life's fairest blossoms
There will come no fruit to me
E. Z. FIsHEI
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

In suit between father and son be-
fore Hoosier justice of the peace the
sextet comprising the jury came In
after three hours deliberation with the
following Impartial verdict: I'VE the
jury agree to lind Judgment for neither
plaintiff nor defendant and find that
each pay half the costs. 1t is said the
verdict struck every one as being so
unusually fair that even the parties TO
the action were satisfied Case and
Comment.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
Begging Letters For the Rich,

A lady living less than a days jour
ney from New York had the curiosity
the other day to make certain calcula-
tions In order to see how large part
of her property she would have had to
sacrifice had she granted all the re-
quests made for money within period
of AZ days. She kept all the begging
letters received during that time, add
ed together the amounts they asked
for and then discovered that had she
granted each individual request for
money she would have disbursed ST.
100000. And this, be it remembered.
in short period of six weeks. -Har-
per's Bazar
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

The largest projectile for the 13 inch
the largest gun mounted on the war
ships of the United States navy. is 311a
feet long and weighs 1,100 pounds.
The projectile travels 30 feet before
it leaves the muzzle of the gun. and in
that distance is set revolving at the
speed of 70 revolutions per second.
The rifing inside Of the gun consists
Of 50 spiral grooves. cut one-twentieth
of an inch deep at the bore.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
LOOK UPl

Our fathers to their graves have gone.
Their strife is past-their triumph won.
But sterner trials wait the race
Which rises in their honored place
mortal warfare with the crime
And folly Of an evil time.
So let it be. In Gods own might
We gird US for the coming fight,
And, strong in him whose cause is ours.
In conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons he has given
The lignt and trust and love Of heaven
Whittier.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

Drink Grain.O.

after you have concluded that you Cught not to
drink coffee. 1t is not a medicine but doctors
order it, because il is healthful invigorating and
appetizing. It is made from pure grains and
has that rich seal brown color and tastes like the
finest grades Of coffee and costs about u as
much. Children ike it and thrive on it because
it is q genuine food drink containing nothing
but nourishment Ask your grocer for Grain-O
the new food drink. IS and 25c.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

If you never wholly give yourself up
to the chair you SIT in. but always keep
your leg and body muscles half contract
ed for rise; If you breathe is or 10
instead of s times minute and never
quite breathe out at that, what mental
mood can you be in but one Of inner
painting and expectancy and how can
the future and it's worries possibly for
sake your minda On the other hand.
how can they gain admission 70 your
mind If your brow be unruffled. your
respiration calm and complete and your
muscles all relaxed - ..The Gospel Of
Relaxation. BY Professor William
James. IN Scribner's s
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
anesffann of nutx.

II intended, said the German en-
peror, ito be guided In this matter en-
tlrely by my duty"
Yes. your majesty" answered the
official, II was desiring to cali your At
tention TO tlie small amount Of duty we
have been In the habit of collecting Oh
these American articles Washington
Star.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
Punctured.

sprocket- Had my tire punctured
this morning.
Crockett You don't say SO? How did
1t happen:
Sprockei Riding in a strange coun-
try and ran against the forks of road.
Toronto World.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

The 2 varieties of oats which have
produced the largest crops in 1898, tax
ing the average results obtained on all
the experimental farms of Canada, are:
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

I.Iken the zigxng s,veet Corn.


OF all the intermediate varieties Of
sweet corn for home use The Rural
New Yorker expresses preference for
the Zigzag-frst. because the plants
grow to medium height and bear the
ears not too high; second, the average
Of ears to the stalk is as large as any
other excellent variety; third. the ears,
are just right in size and form. taper
ing from the butt to the tip. The kerr
nels form as close together as possible. /
They are deep. the cob is small.
Il
He IL Not an 1899 Model.
''Well. how is your 1899 wheels''
just like my 1898 wheel-not paid
for. Chicago Record
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13

Az many as 4 06i muscles have been
counted Iii the body Of q moth.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1899-07-13
CHAMP CLARK : LETTER
Republican Split In Sun
flower State.
FIGHTING ABOUT sPoILs.
School System Jeopardized to
Furnish Pap.
FIGHTING ABOUT sPoILs.
MOST PREPOsTEROUs ASSERTION

st. Louis GIObe-Democrat Says BuIk
of Educated Men Are In Republican
Party-Kansaa City wants Demo-
cratic National Convention = Hero
of the Spanish War Democratic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
HE WAS STRONG THE BATTLE HIM
Senator Foraker's Arg.
ument on Expansion.
Discusses Constitutional Question
He Was Interrupte d-Prompt-
Iy Made Answers.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA climax
was reached today in the debate on
the question of expansion which is in
progress in the Senate. Heretofore all
of the speeches, with the notable ex-
ception of that of Plat of Connecticut.
have been in opposition to what is pre-
sumed TO be the policy of the admins
tration with respect to the acquisition
Of the Philippines. Today Foraker of
Ohio addressed the Senate in opposi-
ton to the declaration Of the Vest reso-
luton that the United States has no
constitutional power to acquire foreign
territory to be maintained as colonies.
While much of his speech was devoted
to a constitutional argument in sup
port of the right of this country as a
nation to acquire and govern outlying
to the utterances that have been made
in cOntravention of that position, es-
pecially those of Vest and Hoar For
aker has a clear, direct and forceful
tention, not only by reason of the re-
cogniZed ability of the man, but also by
his impetuOsity and power as a speak
er. He is at his best in a running-fire
debate, and the frequency of interrupt
tions today afforded him ample oppor-
tunity to elucidate his argument to the
best advantage. He laid down the
broad proposition that to adopt the
Vest resolution was to declare that our
fathers had brought forth a nation
that was inferior to all other nations,
regardless of the generally accepted
idea that one nation was the equal of
another and all equally restricted. He
maintained that the right to acquire
territory was an inherent right of ma
tionality, and that as we have the right
to make war and to enter into treaty
agreements, it follows logically that we
have the power to acquire territory
by conquest and to assume the respon-
sibilities that may accrue therefrom.
Foraker's strong assertion that the
acquisition of the Philippines was tenn
porary in character created a sensation
in the chamber He maintained how
ever, that we have a legal right to
hold the islands permanently.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
PRISONERS OF SPAIN.

NEW YORK, January 15.-Three
emaciated Cuban Lieutenants, who
have spent nearly three years in Ceuta
Prison, off the coast of Morocco, ar
rived to-day on the steamship Ems.
The men are Lieutenants Manuel Chi
rino. Emilio Lena and Ramon Alouis.
They were prisoners Of war.
We had chains about our waists
that reached to the ankles, which were
encircled by ankletS of iron,' said
Chil.no. In this way We had TO toll
sixteen and sometimes twenty hours
each day for thirty months. We knew
nothing but kicks and curses, with an
occasional prod by way Of variation.
We did not know of the close of the
war until we happened to catch sight
of a fragment of a newspaper. We
were released on December LIST. The
American Consul at Gibraltar gave US
and sent us here. There We're
fifty Cuban prisoners in Ceuta when l
left"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
ALASKA LAWS.

WASHINGTON, January 15.-The
House today completed and passed the
bill for the codification of the criminal
laws of Alaska upon which it has been
working internationally for a week.
An amendment was adopted provid-
ing a high license system in the Ter
ritory, with a species of local option.
Liquor dealers, by it's provisions, are
to pay a license of 81 900 year, and
the consent of a majority of the white
citizens residing within two miles of a
liquor dealers establishment must be
obtained before a license can be Sc
cured. An attempt to recommit the
bill for the purpose of securing the
adoption of provision excluding con-
victs from service on juries, was de-
feated
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
SUGAR TRUST.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE annual
meeting of the American Sugar Rein
ing Company was held in Jersey City at
noon today. President Havemeyer said
that it had been found necessary to
make radical changes in the policy of
the company's business, and that these
changes were made with the unan-
imous consent of the full board of
directors No report was submitted for
the year, and no Indication Of the con-
dition of the business was disclosed in
the presidents remarks. Lowell M.
Palmer was elected a director in place
of John E. Searles, who had declined
a reelection; John Mayor was elected
to succeed William Dick, resigned, and
John E. Parsons was elected to sue
coed himself. Frederick Heicke Of Jer-
sew City was elected secretary pro tenn.
1t was resolved that the accumulated
profits. less dividends declared up to
January 5. be reserved as a working
capital
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
New One on Dewey by the
Famous Gridiron Club.
Report Of War Commission is Pre-
sented-The Latest Problem.
Two Great Flags Shown.

The dinner Of the Gridiron club was
remarkable event, says William f.
Curtis in the Chicago Record. Very
seldom, if ever, have so many distin-
guished people been gathered around a
single table. The President Of the
United States sat at the right of the
presiding officer the President of Costa
Rica at his left, with the lord high
chancellor of the British Empire and
the Vice President of the United States
as their next neighbors. All Of the
members of the Cabinet were present
except two, all the joint commission
ers, several members of the Supreme
Court-nearly all the heroes of the war
except Admiral Sampson, who is in
observation-disclosures a quorum of the
United States Senate and dozen or
more representatives
The club, which is composed of forty
newspaper correspondents, always
gives a sort of amateur theatrical per-
Torrance, based upon public events.
and the program consisted of a comical
and satirical report from Gen. Dodger,
chairman of a notwithstanding COM
mittee, which seemed to strike Presi-
dent Mckinley as decidedly opportune
and appropriate. The verdict of the
commission was that there had been a
war, that Spain was licked and that
the Anglo-Saxon race was united.
When this point was reached two large
flags, the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack, were unfolded from the
gallery, and Lord Herschell was called
to respond, which he did with elo-
quence and humor.
The pending problem was illustrated
by a scene which afforded the President
and the guests even more amusement.
Uncle Sam, with a lot of genuine pick
aninnies clinging to his hand and
trousers and coat-tails, came capering
into the banquet hall to the music of
the nursery song, Hush, Hush, the
Bogie Man"
The president of the club demanded
sternly: who are you, sir?'
who am I?' echoed Uncle Sam.
I'm the whole thing" and then he
proceeded to explain that Admiral
Dewey had left these pickaninnies on
his doorstep, and he had come to ask
the Gridiron club what he should do
with them. Various pertinent and i'm
pertinent suggestions We're made,
among others that the President should
give them staff appointments in the
army.
One of the most effective features of
the entertainment was the unwilling of
a portrait OF Admiral Dewey as The
Battle Him Of the Republic
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25

It has been demonstrated repeatedly
in every State in the Union and in
many foreign countries that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is a certain pre-
ventive and cure for Group. It has be-
come the universal remedy for that
disease. M. V. Fisher of Liberty, w.
Va, only repeats what has been said
around the globe when he writes: 81
have used Chamberlain Cough Rem
edv in my family for several years and
always with perfect success. We be-
lieve that it is not only the best cough
remedy, but that it is a sure cure for
Group. It has saved the lives OF our
children a number of times" This
remedy is for sale by Benson, Smith &
Co Ltd, wholesale agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE
Chamber of Commerce yesterday sent
the following dispatch to President
Mckinley upon the subject OF Pacific
cable, also one to Senator Perkins Of
similar import The Chamber Of
Commerce of San Francisco has today
resolved to respectfully ask your as
sistance in having the prOvisO inserted
into any bill that may be passed pro-
viding for a cable from the Pacific
Coast to the Orient, via the Hawaiian
and Philippine Islands, that such cable
should be manufactured in the United
States by American manufacturers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-25
JAPANESE STATESMAN BRIBED

VICTORIA, b. c., Jan. 15.-Japanese
advices state that a great scandal has
been raised in Japanese political cir
cles by the frank confession Of Moy-
anna Kiunosuke, NJ. P. that he received
a bride Of 1000 yen from the Govern
ment to vote for the land taxation bill
which. however, he opposed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-23

the road from the Aqueduct bridge to
Fort Myer came up i'll the Alexandria
county court house, near this city, to-
day, but was postponed until the next
term OF the court at the instance of the
Commonwealth's attorney for Alexan-
dria county. 1t is said here that should
the case go against the county, and the
obstruction be allowed to remain, the
federal government will be compelled to
intervene, as the country would other
wise he put to the expense of about
$4,000 for land damages. as the road is
eighty feet vide, while the law only a.
lows thirty feet, which it could not
bear, and besides, the government must
have wide road to Fort Niger. H.
deed, q. S. District Attorney Allen Of
Virginia, appeared in the Court House
this morning to look after the ground
interests.
democratic politician from the Sth Viz.
gnis district, here today, says Fairfax and
Loudoun each have two candidates for the
democratic nomination in that district, and
that Fauquier has followed suit and also has
two-Mr Pitcher, the present delegate from
that county to the legislature, and Dir. } T
Jeffries, the Com monweslth's Attorney. Ee
says there will be lively fight for the seat
now flied by Mr.. bizoy of Cut pepper, who is
also candidate for denomination Ex.Con
gresham Meredith OF Prince William also
wants to come back aud he has many friend S
in various parts OF the district