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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
THE WRITERS.

,Jokai, the Hungarian novelist, lives in
extreme simplicity and is seldom seen
away from home He begins his work
early in tho morning and sometimes re-
mains at it a whole Gay.
Emile Iola s private charities are said
to be larger in proportion to his means
than those of any man in Paris. but he
dislikes notofiety and is generally unwill-
ing to have his name figure upon any sub
scription list.
Israel Eangwill says he once overheard
some Jews discussing him. He's NOT
clover, said one. He is one of US and
knows all about us. OF course he can
write Of ue. But there's Besant He's
written a book about us and tloesn t know
us at all chat ) what call clever.
Mr. KipliDg has had q piece OF hard
luck He wroto the story of the burning
of the Sarah Sands for a London news
paper and nlsst have thought that be was
safe, as il happeilod 4 years ago The
corninanderof Of the vessel at the time Is.
however, still alive and has written let
ter finding fault with many "details in Mr..
KipliuR's story
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

A congressman is thus quoted by the
Washington Star:
'.The first race I ever made for con
gress resulted in my defeat by less than
so majority. and if one of my friends
had not been too Jealous / would have
been elected. There was a precinct
where expected to receive 100 votes,
and / feared there would be some fraud
in the precinct that would injure me,
so got an old man who had never par
ticipated in politics. but who had al
most paramount influence in the dis
trict, to take charge of my interests
there, instructing him to see that every
friend of mine voted and that the votes
were counted.
''When the returns came in, had
not received a single vote in that pre-
cinct, and the next day bulky envel-
ope was handed me containing 100 bal
lots, together with a letter from the
man had left in charge saying that he
had seen every friend of mine and taken
up their ballots so that none would be
missed, and as he wouldn't trust the
judges of elections he had sent them to
me himself so would be sure to get
them. Since then / have seen to it that
men in charge of my interests were not
only honest. but knew something about
politics =
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Speaking of somersanlts the anecdote
which Lord Eldon relates of the eni-
nent English lawyer, John Dunning.
afterward Lord Ashburton, viii bea1
repeating, Il had says Lord Eldon,
very early after ] was called to the
bar, brief as junior to Mr.. Dunning
He began the argument and appeared
to me t. be reasoning very powerfully
against our client Waiting till / was
quite convinced that he had mistaken
for what party he was retained, then
touched his arm. and. upon his turning
his head toward me. | whispered to
him that he must have misunderstood
by whom he was employed, as he was
reasoning against our client.
'sHe gave me very rough and rude
reprimand for not having sooner set
him right and then proceeded to state
that what he had addressed TO the court
was all that could be stated against his
client and that he had put the case as
nnfavorably as it We're possible in order
that the court might see how very salts
factorily the case against him could be
answered, and, accordingly. very pow
srfully answered what he had before
stated.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

One mark of the modern man is his
inability to Idle, When he has to work
for his living, he will grumble lavishly,
telling you that leisure is what he
longs for; that an idle life is his unat-
tainable ideal But let him come into
a fortune and you will see. Does he use
his new affiuence in the only reasonable
way, making soft places for himself
wherein he can idle happily? Not he; be
runs to and fro about the city like the
Scripture dog risking the portion of
goods that has come to him among the
outside brokers, or he tries the muscles
Of his stomach on yacht. or he deliv-
ers himself, bound hand and foot TO
the tyranny of the racing stables, or he
becomes philanthropist. or throws his
unconquerable energy into amateur
photography.
To a dweller in the sheepfolds the
question comes urgent, insistent, When
does a man come into this his birthright
Of antlike industry? When does this
inability to idle grow on him2 In the
time of his lambhood he viii do any
thing, everything, to insure his doing
nothing. To attain this object he will
spare no patent palms. no anxious
thought. He viii achieve his end even
in prep with the eye of the shep-
herd upon him. and it will be perceived
that to do nothing when talking is i'm
possible and staring about. an expensive
luxury, requires talent amounting al
most to genius. Pail Mall Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Railrond Pronune.ntion.

81 regret 20 say. remarks a writer
in the Boston Transcript, .'that on the
Providence railroad Wrentham has late
ly become Wren than Ga as in Sam)
in the mouths of several brakemen
First we had Wal-tham, similarly
tweaged in the second syllable, and I
fear that ultimately we have 20 submit
to Ded-ham in the place of Deddum
Thus do English names suffer in the
mouths of those who are quite ignorant
of their history. Not merely because it
is English. but because it is logical and
historical, and because the word "ham
has its meaning Walthaia should be
Waltum and Wrentham WreRtum A
return TO the colonial pronunciation
to this extent would, cf course. be too
much to ask, but still for little space.
o arbiters of the railway. spare us that
sharp in the 'thaml
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
some Clerical Jokes,

do you have mathis in your
church, No, we prefer liuoleum .
Another clerk gave out in church. Let
as sing to the praise and glory of God
a hymn of my own composure. " A
lady asked the dean to read at her bed
side that beautiful lesson there
was summat about greaves in it. The
dean read her / Samuel, xvii. sShe
listened with arms outstretched and
made no comment until | came to the
verse. He had greaves of brass upon his
legs At this she raised her bands in
ecstasy and said, All, them greaves.
them beautiful grsavesl' '.s Phases Of
Ny Life. by Dean Pigop.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
HOUSEHOLD rlN rs.

Flannel that has once been spoiled from
bad washing will never be restored to its
original beauty.
Borax is good for polishing copper, brass
and silver. Dip wet rag in the dry pow
der and use with plenty Of elbow grease.
To clean enameled saucepans, dissolve
half teaspoonful of chloride of lime in a
saucepan Of water and boil till all the stain
is removed.
The unsightly white marks on tables
caused by standing too hot dishes upon
them may be removed by the application
OF little paraffin rubbed on TO them with
piece Of flannel. Afterward polish with
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

There are two distinct types of hus-
bands who do more harm than they
would be willing to admit-the man
who permits himself to become a gen
erous figurehead in his own family,
rarely holding a conversation with his
wife or children, good naturedly re-
spending to any extravaganza for the
sake of peace, and the man who. though
conspicuous in the church and COM
munity, tyrannizes over his family in
small things until, for the sake of peace,
they deceive him on every hand =
Frances Evans in Ladies Home Jour
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Soap Mixed In the Dough.

Epicures may be interested to know
that continental bakers are in the habit
Of mixing soap with their dough to make
their bread and pastry nice and light
The quantity Of soap varies. In fancy
articles. like waffies and fritters. it is
much larger than in bread The soap is
dissolved in water. oil is added, and the
mixture after being well whipped. is
added to the -four
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Annnhle Headed nulI.

On the occasion of a public reception
at Napier. Australia, the school chill
dren OF the town. after being duly COM
plimented by his excelleney from Coun-
ty Tyrone on the hearty manner in
which they had rendered the national
anthem. were solemnly assured that If
they put their shoulders to the wheel
they would be gure TO reach the top Of
the treel Upon which a compatriot
turned to me and said, Sure, it was
an axletree he meant. bedad. Spec
tator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

And you say you gave me 80 en-
conragement =
That is what | said. "
No encouragement Why even your
father thought II all settled
Ny father What proof have you Of
your extraordinary statement
Proof Tho best Of proof. He Dor
rows money from me. Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
WHY He Didn't RepIy.

1t is not always easy to be polite
Witness this from the Chicago Post:
why don't You answerf'' said
madam impatiently to the Scandinavian
on the stepladder engaged in pntting
up new window fixtures.
The man gulped and replied gently;
ssI have my mout' full of screws
not can speak till + sva1ler some.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

called Grain-O Ills adelicioua, appetizinx, nour
ishing food drink to take the place OF coffee
used Il because when properly prepared 1t tastes
like the finest coffee but is free from al It's
Injurious properties Grain-0 aids digestion
aud strengthens the nerves Tt IS not d ssimu-
LIANT but health builder, and children, as well
as adults, cen drinS It with great benefit. Costs
about y 81 much as coffee. Is and sc.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
sENESCIMuS.

TTempora labuntur tacitisque senesctmui
annis.
''Time glides away and we grow old
By process Of the silent years.
More fain the busy hands to fold.
More quiet when a tale is told
Where death appears.
It is not that the feet would shrink
From that dark river, tapping, cold,
And hid with mists from brink to brink;
Only one likes TO sit and think
As one grows old.
Arthur Cotton in Scribner's.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Mr. s. A. Fackler Editor Of the Micanopy (Flal.
Hustler, with his wife and children. suffered
terribly from La Grippe. One Minute Cough
Cure was the only remedy that helped them. II
acted quickly. Thousands of others use this
remedy as a specific for La Grippe. and It's ex-
hausting after effects. Alfred S, Marshall.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Nj 49, comfnr4inn-

Stayleight-Tomnays do you think
your sister is fond Of me2
Tommy | don t know She gave me
a quarter to set the clock half an hour
fast. Jewish Comment
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

No man should marry till he can
listen to baby crying in the next
room and not feel like breaking the
gurniSure Exchange
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

These are dangerous times for the health.
Group. colds and throat troubles lead rapidly to
Consumption A hottie OF One Minute Cough
Cure used at he right time win preserve life.
health and large amount OF money. Pleasant
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
un Kara ssdlas q

The Count 7 haf 1pfad your daugh-
taire from ze fairst time We met
Her Father Who had told you that
/ WAS rich Chicago News
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Japan was originally civilized by way
OF China Today Japan sends scholars
and men of science to instruct the Chi
nese
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

The Worlds Great
Blood Purifier is
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which absolutely
Cures every form of
Impure blood, from
The pimple on your
Face to the great
Scrofula sore which
Drains your system.
Thousands of people
Testify that Hoods
Sarsaparilla cures
Scrofula, Salt Rheum,
Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Catarrh, Rheumatism,
And That Tired
Feeling. Remember this
And get Hoods
And only Hoods.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Eighty five per cent Of the people
who are lame are affected on the left
side.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

If the comBasant Dies as Result of
the Encounter, He Is Told to Go on
with as Good Grace az Possible.
EriNhmen Not Good seconds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19

how, on tiny pieces of paper. One or two
wrote couplets they remembered having
seen on valentines. The messages and
sentiments were signed by genuine or fic-
ttious names. That afternoon the little
papers bearing the schoolgirl penmanship
were one by one stealthily tucked in
among the oranges and their tissue paper
wrappers.
Nellie Marshall was in the scheme.
She always participated in any girllsh
lark projected in her bailiwick. She
wrote a dozen or a score of notes, all
substantially the same, as follows:
These oranges were packed by a ro-
mantle girl in the wild and woolly West.
If you wish further information let Nell
lie Marshall, Azusa, Cal, know it."
The oranges went away in a carload lot
the following day, and in few days the
girls in the packing house forgot about
their message-writing lark. Once or
twice during the season other messages
sometimes bits of comic verse, sometimes
a bit of innocent fun aud other times adj
dresses only-were written, and, unknown
to the foreman, were tucked in with the
packed oranges.
The days of the orange shipments pass
ed Carload after carload of the fruit
rolled away to the East. Winter merged
into spring. The girls at the packing
house never spoke more of the notes they
had sent to market with the oranges
The season was drawing to a close. Mel
lie Marshall had left the packing house
and had gone home to the Glendora ranch
to help her i'll mother.
Among the advertised letters at the
Azusa postofIice one day in May was a
letter for Miss Nellie Marshall When it
was brought to the foothill home over at
Glendora every one there was surprised to
find that it was from one Joseph B. Stew
ems of Rochester. n. Y.
Then the secret of the messages that
the girls in the packing house had writ
ten for fun was recalled and told. Mr..
Stevens wrote that he had bought some
Los Angeles oranges, and among them
was a note from Nellie Marshall His
curiosity was aroused, inasmuch as he
had relatives in Pasadena, and he had
spent a winter in the San Gabriel Valley
a year previous. He politely asked the
information vouchsafed in the note he
had found wrapped among his oranges.
Now some conventional girls would
have tossed the letter from a stranger
into the fire, and have blushed at the
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musical laugh made her even more pleas
ing among all who knew her.
Once when she was in Los Angeles on a
visit florist who had designed a chariot
of red roses and white carnations for the
great floral parade during Ia fiesta week,
vainly begged. pursued and finally offered
a good-sized sum of money to Nellie Mar
shall to ride in his floral chariot during
the parades, and thereby add to the at
tractiveness of the display.
The widow Marshall and her two
daughters found their foothiH property
unproductive without irrigation, ana they
had no money to buy water with. Times
grew harder and more serious with the
little family. The girls left school and
went to work to do their share toward
paying off the mortgage on the home
place. The mother got out to work
with her horse and plow to save a man
hire Nellie and Emma worked in the
apricot and prune drying yards in the
fall of 1894 They were nimble workers,
and, throwing their whole soul into their
work. they each earned 20 cents day at
cutting fruit and arranging 1t on the
wooden trays for drying out in the sun
shine.
When the orange harvesting season
came on in January Nellie, like nearly all
the country girls in the Iocanty' went
over to Azusa to pack oranges. For weeks
the Marshall family had looked forward
to that time and it was considered
thankful boon which the fruit shippers
were granting in permitting Nellie to
earn a few dollars there. BY falth1ul
work and dizziness in handling and wrap
ping the fruit and then placing 1t in
box, according to it's particular size, the
girl could earn sometimes 81 day. For
weeks she rose six days in the week at
o'clock walked two miles to the pack
ing house, ate cold bite of a meal out
of her basket at noon, and walked home
at night
But there were times of jollity and joke
In the orange packing house. Once dur
ing the noon hour while the girls were
resting some one proposed that 1T would
be fun to write a lot of humorous ana
sentimental messages on bits of paper
and to wrap the same in with the oranges
they were that day packing for the East
ern markets. Some of the girls had heard
of such things, and it appealed to their
sense of a lark. The scheme was dis
cussed in whispers among the stacks OF
orange boxes and the heaps of oranges.
OF course the foreman must not know the
girls scheme, much less the superintend-
ent at the packing house.
Several girls got pencils and wrote Ia
comic messages, as funny as they knew
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19

more than double that of Niagara van
Francisco uses so 900 horsepower, at a
yearly cost of $7200.000 At the value OF
500 year per horsepower, we find the
Sacramento to be worth al least 81 .505, 2SO,-
900 a year for power alone If 1t could all
be used and sold. This is just the Sacra-
mento and its tributaries taken together
The San Joaquin system is also mighty 10
the extent Of few million horsepower.
The Yuba is fourth in Importance among
the streams that feed the Sacramento, but
1t will do for an illustration. 1t drains an
area of 1929 square miles, and Its mead
waters turn the big stamp mills OF Ne
vada City and Grass Valley, supply towns
and irrigate orchards, with small tax on
its abilities Like all those streams, It's
volume varies greatly. Its extreme low
stage is 500 cubic feet a second, its mean
discharge perhaps 1900 cubic feet a second
and in flood it runs 26, 900 cubic feet sec
ond. Thirty miles above the junction with
the Feather its altitude is 1850 feet ana
its grade 56 feet to the mile 1t drains
high areas of Nevada, Sierra and Yuba
Counties Now this little Yuba, when 1t
Is flooded and discharging $500 feet sec.
ond is generating a theoretical force Oh
10. $50, coo horsepower, or 5o per cent more
than Niagara Falls. This is on the as
sumption that all it's water falls on an
average $500 feet
The practicabiity of using economically
this inconceivable reservoir of power is
another matter, but nowhere on earth is
there so much available water power so
widely distributed. Nature seems to have
planned those mountains to that end.
High in the mountains are strung for 300
miles clustering lakes without number,
often set in amphitheaters of which the
exits NAV be damned. Other amphithe-
tiers are natural reservoir sites When he
was State Engineer, w. Ham Hall To-
Gated seventy-three reservoir sites. The
United States Geological Survey has To-
Gated forty-four. California is already
the worlds greatest field for electric
power transmission and holds the record
for distance at so miles. Power plants
will steadily multiply. Power Is already
being brought to Stockton from the
mountains, and an enthusiastically small
part of that mountain power will soon be
turning wheels in San Francisco.
c. E. Grunsky, who has studied Cali
fornia, water problems for many years
and who has recently written three re-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19
THE ENGINEERS STORY.

Well, yes it's hair-curlin' story
1 would it could not be recalled.
The terrible fright of that hell-tinctured night
Is the cause of my head beln paid
1 was runnin' the Git-There Express, sir;
On the Yankee Creek Jerkwater line,
An the track along there was as crooked, I
swear,
AS the growth of field pumpkin vine
My was d night one, an nights on the
Yank
War as black as the coal piled PACK there
on the tank
We pulled out of Tenderfoot station
A day and almost half late
An every durn wheel was a-poundln the steer
At wildly extravagant rate.
My fireman KEEP pilin' the coal IN
The jaws Of the OF "a,
TIL the sweat from his nose seemed to play
through a hose
An splashed round his feet on the floor.
AS we thundered along like demon in flight,
A-rippin' a streak through the breast OF the
night
AS we rounded a curve on the mountain,
Full sixty an hour, will swear,
Jest ahead was sight that with blood-freezin
fright
The bridge over Ute Creek was burnin'
The flames shootin up in their glee;
NV God! how they cleaned in the air, TIL
Like fiery-tongued imps on a spree.
Jest snickered an sparkled an laughed ike
they knowed
ia make my next trip on different ROAD.
In frenzy. 1 reached for the throttle.
But twas stuck, an refused to obey.
I yelled in alright. for our maddening night
I felt that I never could stay.
Then wildly l grasped the big lever,
Threw her over then held my hot breath,
An waited for what assuredly thought
Was a sure an terrible death.
Then came the wild crash, an with horror
frinSed yell
Down into that great fiery chasm fell.
When came to myself, was lying
On the floor Of the bedroom; my wire
Sat astride of my form, an was MAKING II
warm
Fur her darling. you bet your sweet lie!
My hair she had clutched IN her myers
An was jammin' my head on the floor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-19

living here is not so frightfully exorbitant
as our out-of-town friends imagine. These
two couples were at the most expensive
hotel in the city, which by no means IN
sures the fact that it is the best. There
are some half dozen other hotels quite as
good and far cheaper. OF course, there
is not the magnificent glitter. Besides,
the young people do delight in sending
the crested stationery from the fa~ous
hotel to dazzle the eyes of the home
folks"
Seven hundred dollars seemed a fabu-
lous sum for two people to spend IN one
day for living. Was the hotel manager
rival of Munchausen, or did the Western
millionaire steal his ideas Of honeymoon
from the magnificence of the Araoian
Investigation proved that the young
Westerner had cultivated an unquench-
able thirst for modern luxury. Fortune
had kindly relieved him OF all thought
for the morrow, so without regard 10
cost he ordered what suited his fancy.
A glance at his bills and the following
items were. CLEANED:
State chamber Waldorf Astoria, per day. $500 90
Private dining-room .......,..+......,..... so 90
Adjoining room for maid electric con-
nection 10 w
Board for maid w
Meals, wines 100 90
Carriage exclusive use. 10 90
Room and board for valet..-..-.......... 10 90
Flowers for rooms. ..,.:....'...'...'..''... 10
Total .Sf0o W