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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
Only Two Men Know the trick.

0AAS W wen kAAOW t4E 4EkcAAs
There is one expert in Philadelphia
who. it is safe to say, stands entirely
alone in his specially He is James
Toughill, who has charge Of the piling
of coin bags at the subtreasury Not
only does he have charge Of the piling
of the bags, but he does it all himself,
for there is a secret connected with this
work that is known to only one man in
the country besides the Philadelphia ex-
pert.
1t does not seem at first glance to be
a very difficult task. but those who have
tried it and failed can be counted by
hundreds. while the first man to do the
work properly without knowledge of
the secret having been impaired to him
is yet to be named Not so many years
ago there was only one person in the
country who could do the work Where
he obtained his exclusive knowledge no
one knows On trip to Philadelphia he
met Toughill and the two became fast
friends. AS mark of his esteem the
original expert taught Toughill the art
of piling up money securely, and that is
as far as the knowledge has been ex-
tended
The work consists of piling up bags
containing 1 900 silver dollars each as
high as the vault will permit When
built by the experts this silver wall is
as solid and substantial as if built of
bricks and mortar. and it is well this is
so. If one of these walls should be con-
structed on wrong principles it would
surely fall and a fall usually means Sc
rious injury to some one Many men
have been hurt in attempting to learn
the art, and now Toughill and his
friend, who is in the west occupy the
field alone Philadelphia Record
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02

Prince Louis Esterhazy, military at
tache of the Austrian embassy at Lon
don, was travelling alone in an English
railway, when an elegantly dressed wo-
man entered the carriage Presently she
dropped her handkerchief and employed
other expedients to start a conversation
but without avail, for the prince tran
gully smoked his cigar and took no mo-
tice of her. At last as the train APP
preached station the woman suddenly
tore her hat from her head, disheveled
her hair and as the train came to a
standstill put her head out of the win
dow and shrieked for assistance
The railroad officials hurried to the
scene, and to them the woman asserted
that she had been terribly insulted by
the prince. The prince did not stir. from
his seat, but continued TRANQUILITY smok-
ing his cigar, and the station master
exclaimed, What have you got to say
to this charger
Without the slightest appearance of
concern the prince. who was seated in
the farther corner of the carriage, re-
piled, "Only this, and with that he
pointed to his cigar, which showed a
beautiful gray ash considerably over an
inch in length.
The station master was wise in his
generation. and on perceiving the ash on
the princes cigar he touched his hat
and said quietly. That's all right,
sir, and arrested the woman instead
San Francisco Argonaut
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
JOHN HAYS BIG APRON.
One of the Cases Where Dishwasb-
ing Produced 81 Poet.

One of the Cases Where Dishwash-
ing Produced "a Poet.
Colonel Hay was when boy regu-
lar attendant of the Presbyterian Sun
day school at Warsaw, Ills
The Sunday school lessons partly con-
sisted of committing to memory Bible
verses, and to attain supremacy in this
created quite rivalry among the schol-
airs. John Hay was sure to come out
ahead from two to five answers, some
times more. causing those of his COM
rades who were always behind him to
regard him with envy.
Consequently when some of those boys
heard that John had to wash dishes and
do the churning for his mother and,
more than all, that he wore an apron
while at these duties his jealous COM
rades fairly crowed
One morning it was agreed by his
comrades to get him out of doors while
he had his apron on and humiliate him
by having two or three girls whom he
rather liked ask him questions in re-
gard to his homework.
Young Hay came out to where the
boys were and answered the questions
by saying that he washed dishes as his
mother taught him. and then, with
twinkling eyes, he gave the dishpan
which he had with him a tremendous
fling. contents and all. drenching who
ever happened to be near enough, and.
laughing loudly, ran into the kitchen.
Hay and his big apron were never mo-
Tested after that Christian Endeavor
World
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
Who is to Blame.

Kidney trouble has become so prevaleI
that it is not uncommon for child to be
born afflicted with weak kidneys
If the child urinates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh, or if. when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, and it is yet afflicted
with bed-wetting, depend upon it, the
cause of the difficu ty is kidney trouble,
and the first step should be towards the
treatment of these important organs This
unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased
condition of the kidneys and bladder and
not to habit as most people suppose,
If the adult has rheumatism pain or
dull ache in the back if the water passes
in irregular quantities; or al irregular
intervals or has bad odoT if it stains tine
linen or vessel the color of rust if the
feet swell; if there are puffy or dark
circles under the eyes your kidneys are
the cause and need doctoring. Treatment
of some diseases may be delayed without
danger, not so with kidney disease.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy promptly
cures the most distressing cases. Its mild
and extraordinary effect is soon realized.
Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and dollar
sizes. You may have a sample bottle and
pamphlet telling all about it sent free by
mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co. Bling
hamton. \. Y. When writing mention
that you read this generous offer in the
GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
sunday Trading.

A German shcpkeeper went one Sun
day morning to a customer in order to
demand the payment of long neglect
ed account The police heard of this
and regarded it as violation of the
new law against trading during the
hours of worship The offender was
cited and fined He appealed to the
kammergericht, and was discharged as
innocent. What the law expressly for
bids, said the kammergericht. is any
''public or open labor or trading within
the prescribed time
On the police Interpretation two men
who talked incidentally about their
business relations ON Sunday morning
on their way to church might be arrest
ed as violators of the law, which would
be palpably tyrannical and absurd This
recalls the good old tale of two Saba
tartan farmers who hit upon casuisti-
cal method of doing trade on the Lord s
day without breaking the fourth COM
mandment. ''What would you give for
that calf, asked one, ''if it were not
the Sabbath? 2" IF it were not the
Sabbath l would give you so much. >
naming the sum- Tomorrow, then.
we will consider it bargain. Lon
don News
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
Feeding Grain.

/ suppose every man settles for him
self the quantity of grain necessary to
keep his cattle in good condition, and,
in fact, the amount differs in various
parts of the country. Where one can
use good deal of oilmeal and fiaxseed
oil cake in feeding, the amount of corn,
oats or other whole grains required is
very small. There are large oil mills in
some counties where oilmeal cakes can
be purchased at very low prices. A lit
tie of this food mixed with a diet of
hay, corn, fodder and ensilage makes
pretty complete ration for cattle with
out any grains In fact, cattle can be
kept on such ration in good condition
all through the winter Oilmeal always
comes in TO give variety to the food,
even if it is not depended on for the
nutriment furnished
But, after all, small quantity of
corn, bran, cats or other grains given
each day to Tie cattle and swine will
produce results which will compensate
for their cost They add muscle,
strength, bone and fat to the animals
that make them stand the rigors of our
climate with ease, and when spring
comes they are in excellent condition
for pasturing. In giving grain, how
ever, it is always better to give it in
connection wYh hay, grass or fodder.
The grain fed in this way produces bet
ter digestive effects than when fed
alone When oats are given to cattle or
horses alone, they will eat them so
rapidly that quite a percentage will
pass through them without being di-
gested Mixed with cut and moistened
bay or fodder, the animals will eat
slower, and they viii get more good
from the grain.-E. P. Smith in Bos-
ton Cultivator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02

Inc miner VINO told us ABOUT the
blooming idiot that spent his whole
years clean up, nearly IS, 900, IN the
saloons and dancehouses of Dawson IN
one week said to us:
'sTake this message back home. Tell
miners wives to come here and take
care of them.
The greatest need in the Klondike
and in all Alaska today is the need OF
good women There are no hardships
up there that good woman would not
cheerfully endure for the sake of taking
care of brother or husband. Some of the
men we saw at the mines and ON the
journey had sisters or wives with them,
and the men were the happiest and best
cared for Even the Christian mission
aries will be able to work better in that
pioneer country if women are there.
Only the strongest minded of men
can keep themselves clean and refined
away from feminine society. The Klon-
dixie miner works ten hours day stand
ing up to his knees in mud and water.
The fire is out in his cabin; at night the
pot in which he boiled his mush in the
morning stands before him unwashed
and dried hard as the heart of an i'm
penitent sinner. He must build the fire,
in winter thaw out ice to get water tc
cook with and then drag his weary
bones about and get his own supper,
Under such circumstances man would
welcome female gorilla that could
have his supper ready for him when he
came home.
| have heard many miners talk seri-
ousiy on this housekeeping question,
but they are not yet rich enough tc
hire cooks and housekeeper5 at Klon.
dixie wages. Great as is the want Of
good women in the mining region there
is at present no way for them to earn
living as cooks, nurses, laundresses OF
housekeepers. The labor market fol
both sexes is dull, very dull.
The tales that women and girls can
snap uprich miners for husbands in the
Klondike are a delusion and snare
That day is past, if it ever existed out
side the lurid imagination of whisky
drinking newspaper correspondent
Klondike miners are looking for gold
not wives. Still, to women with hus-
bands and brothers in Alaska and ON
the Klondike the miner sent this mes
sage: go to them and take care of
them. If you do. you will keep them
from getting typhoid fever and scurvy
and the blues. You will keep them
clean, well hammered well moraled and
well fed. They are toiling TO get gold
for you. 1t will be small sacrifice for
you to make them comfortable while
they are doing it.
ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02

A London paper tells this story of the
final signing of the Spanish American
peace treaty Every diplomatic instru-
ment bears a seal from which depends
ribbon. and when the seal was about TO
be affixed to the treaty the commission
ers, both of Spain and America, ex-
pressed a desire, in graceful acknowl-
edgme1t of the courtesy shown by
France, that tine dependent ribbon
should be tricolored Search was forth
with made high and low in the Quai
d'Orsay, with the result that in the for
eign Office Of the French republic not a
bit of ribbon Of the French colors could
be found.
''At this critical juncture brilliant
inspiration flashed across one of the
heads of the department. Go, he said
to a messenger. to NJ K. the con
fectioner, in the Rue St Honore, for a
pound of chocolate cakes and be sure
you ask him to tie them up with tri-
color ribbon. With that bit Of confec-
TONER ribbon the treaty Of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States was
scaled -
Coughing injuries and infiames sore lungs.
One Minute Cough Cure loosens the cold, allays
coughing and heals quickly. The best cough
cure for children Alfred s. Marshall
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
A kissing Nation.

In no other part of the world is kiss
ing so much in vogue as in Russia.
From time immemorial it has been the
national salute. Indeed it is more of a
greeting than caress.
In public affairs, as in private, the
kiss is an established custom. Fathers
and sons kiss, old generals with rusty
mustaches kiss, whole regiments kiss.
The emperor kisses his officers. On a
reviewing day there are almost as many
kisses as shots exchanged. If lillipu-
tian corps of cadets have earned the i'm
perial approval. the imperial salute is
bestowed upon the head boy, who passes
it on with a hearty report to his neigh
Dor, he in his turn to the next. and SO
on, through the whole juvenile body.
On holiday or fete day the young
and delicate mistress of house will
not only kiss all her maidseryants. but
all her menservants, too, and if the
gentleman does not venture above her
hand she will stoop and kiss his cheek.
To judge also from the number of
salutes the matrimonial bond in these
high circles must be one of uninterrupt-
ed felicity. A gentleman scarcely enters
or leaves the room without kissing his
wife either on her forehead. cheek or
hand
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
He wanted "a Pension.

Opie Read tells 2 funny story of a
colored man who had conceived the idea
that he could get a pension from the
government He went to a pension
agent to learn what steps it would be
necessary for him to take to bring about
the desired result.
"Were you really in the army, Sam 2
asked the agent.
s'Yas sab. Indeed was, sab. | was
in de army for more n a year, sab.
'.What regiment were you in, Sam r
"Waal, sab, l don't just this minute
recommember. but re gwine to bring
You all de papers, and dat will explain
de matter =
But you surely remember whom you
were with, Sam?
s'Oh, yes, sahl l recommember dat
all right Twas wild my young master .
'.Oh, then you We're in the Confeder-
ate army, were you r.
''Yas. sab; yas, sab.
"Were you ever wounded, Sam2''
"Yas, sah indeed was See dat
scar, sab | got dat scar in de army.
sab.
'.What was it hit you. Sam?''
"Waal, sab, it was skillet. sab. In
deed it was. A big iron skillet, sab.
Now, see here, Sam, what chance
can you have TO get a pension? In the
first place you were in the Confederate
army, and then the only wound you re-
ceived anyway was from a skillet.
What in the world has our government
got to do with your case7
''Waal, sab. it was government
skillet, sab. Chicago Times-Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
Heroes OF the Pen.

The intensity of application with
which the mind follows whatever it
lays hold Of in literary pursuits is ex-
emplified in the case of Robert Aims
worth. a celebrated writer aud anti
qnarian of the seventeenth century He
had been for years engaged ina volumi-
nous Latin dictionary. and while fas-
cinated with this heroic work gave SO
little time and attention to his wife
that he incurred her bitterest jealousy.
and before the work was quite complete
she committed the whole to the flames
Instead of abandoning himself to de-
spair, Ainsworth set TO work and re-
wrote it, accomplishing the entire work
in time The saline bitter disappoint-
ment was endured with similar heroism
by Carlyle when the manuscript of his
Frederick the Great was destroyed
nv fire
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
SURPRISED HER HUSBAND.
why the Young Wife Spent an After
noon In His Office.

why the Young wife Spent an After
noon In His Office.
Young Mrs. Smith. who lives down
on Prairie avenue. is very fond of her
husband and also very jealous of him.
Mr.. Smith knows this and enjoys it inn
mensely Before the Smiths were mar
ried he used to know Minneapolis girl
who visited his sister in Chicago Mrs
Smith knew her very well too The Min
neapolis girl came down not long ago,
and Mrs Smith called on her A few
days before the Minneapolis girl went
back she called on Mrs. Smith, and
they had an enjoyable quarter of an
hour thinking things about one another
and talking about Mansfield
When the Minneapolis girl rose to
go. she said sweetly. "Oh. by the way
| want to see Charlie before go back,
and think | may just drop into his
office this afternoon
''Oh. do; Charlie will be delighted.
returned Mrs. Smith The door had
hardly closed on the guest before Mrs
Smith executed a sort of war dance
She dressed as fast as she could. put on
her bonnet and announced her intention
of going down to Mr.. Smith Office
Her grandmother demonstrated in vain,
Mrs Smith is only 18. and she is jeal-
Gus.
81 thought I'd spend the afternoon
with you. she announced to the aston
ished Charlie as she swept into the
office
"Bnt. my dear he began, when
Mrs Smith ensconced herself at the
side of his desk and intimated that the
most violent arguments would not
move her She sat there all the after
noon The Minneapolis girl enjoyed
herself shopping, and forgot to call in
to tell Charlie goodby. Mrs. Smith broke
down and confessed as soon as she got
home. and her foolish young husband
told her to go down next day and buy
herself the prettiest hat she could find
Chicago Inter Ocean
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02

Late one night clergyman was
called out to minister to an old mana
worker upon the adjacent railway who
was supposed to be dying. The sum
mons was brought by another old man,
the elder brother of the stricken one
While he was bustling about, making
preparations for departure. the clergy
man forgot momentarily the social
status of his visitor and asked. lis he
in extremis y
The old man was not going to be
beaten. AYE. he's right in, your rev.
erence. After pause he added as a
clincher: "Clean in, poor chap. Right
up to the neck. sir ''-Cornhill Maya
1ino
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
SHELTER FOR SHEEP.
sheds Must BE Ventilated and Every
thing Kept Dry.

thing Kept Dry.
John A. Craig Of the Iowa expert
ment station, writing in The Breeders
Gazette, says: Sheep that are we'll
wooded will keep thrifty under the
hardest climatic conditions if they are
given such shelter as will keep them
dry and also protect them from the
wind 1t is a good practice in northern
ATTITUDES to put foot or SO of good
straw in the yards where the sheep are
TO spend most of the winter just before
the first fall Of snow This, with the
liberal use of straw later, will material
~ assist in keeping the yards dry. In
the sheds straw used freely will also
provide for this if dry site for the
sheds has been chosen.
A warm, close building inclined to be-
come damp is the most fertile cause of
snufles. or common cold, in my estima-
ton. Sheep catch cold in their heads
from the same causes as we do, and it
is common experience that the change
from a warm, damp atmosphere to one
cold and dry will be very effective in
causing it. Open sheds dry underfoot
are much more healthy for sheep than
more costly buildings that become warm
and damp. In northern Wisconsin, where
the climate is cold and dry in the win
ter, sheep sheltered in open sheds rarely
run at the nose. When | say open sheds
Imean just what that term expresses. for
our sheds are only Of one layer of inch
lumber, and fully one-third of the front
facing south and east is never closed.
The bed for the sheepis always dry, and
it is remarkable how few among the
sheep, though some of them are 10
years old, show the least sign of colds.
/ am inclined to believe that much of
the snuffiiDg credited to the presence of
the larvae of the gadfiy is nothing but
common cold, due to dampness under
foot or quarters that are too warm. A
well capped Shropshire chewing it's cud
and lying in dry led of clean straw is
an attractive picture Ct contentment.
even though the thermometer may be
score of degrees below zero.
Protection from the wind is Just as
necessary as shelter from rain and snow.
Sheep are very susceptible to eye trou-
bles brought on by exposure to driy-
ing wind. Very often such exposure
will result in the growth Of film over
the eye, which results in temporary
blindness Careful feeding and atten-
ton, with due shelter, generally bring
them through it al right. / have known
instances where all the members of the
flock would lose their sense of seeing
and bring despair to the flockmaster I'M
aware of the cause Of the trouble and
its temporary nature. 1t is grand OPP
portunity for the quack to afford evi
denee of his unusual skill by bleeding
the sheep when they of themselves IN
der good care would regain their nor
NAL sight.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
The sickle of the sphinx.

The oldest piece of wrought iron in
existence is believed to be roughly
fashioned sickle blade found by Belzoni
in Karmas near Thebes- 1t was i'm
bedded in mortar under the base of the
sphinx. and on that account is known
as the sickle of the sphinx. . 1t is
now in the British museum and is be-
lieved to be nearly 1000 years old
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-02
Dated Dec. Is, ISs8'-i2-29.
NOTICE 10 CBEDITORs.

Mary B Howey, administrator Of Edward NJ
Howey, deceased, by direction OF the Surrogate
of the County of Colchester, hereby gives notice
to the creditors of the said Edward NJ. Howey
deceased, to bring IN their debts. claims and
demands against the estate of the said decd
ent. under oath or Affirmation, within nine
months from this date or they will be forever
barred OF any action therefor against the said
administrator MARY B. HOWEY,