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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

Directly after Lent is observed Gus
tom that is particularly interesting to
children. 1t is what may be termed the
sale of the lambs for on Monday morn
ing after Easter the shepherds have
their lambs and goats on sale in all the
cities The animals are kept in tempo
rary pens. and it is the rule for parents
to permit their children, of from to
10 years of age. to purchase pet lamb
or goat After the animal is selected it
is taken to the home residence and Civ
en- the freedom of the courtyard and
quite often the greater part of the
house. 1t is every child's ambition to
train the pet SO that it will at least fol-
low its owner like dog, and if a few
simple tricks are added to the lamb or
kids education the master or mistress
is proud indeed. Girls especially de-
light in these pets. and often the ami
mails are so bedecked with bows and rib
lions as almost to hide their bodies The
sale of the lambs is very old custom,
and is supposed to have originated
through some form of the church. -
Anglo American Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
COWS For the KIondike.

A man in Tacoma is preparing to
leave soon for Dawson and will take
1875 cows with him. He will take sled
for each COW and make them haul
enough provisions for the trip He al
ready has about third of his herd and
is busy breaking them to work in bar
ness He expects to get away in few
weeks. BE is positive it will be a pay
ing venture. as fresh milk is a little
known article in the Yukon. He has
had no trouble so far in breaking his
cattle and talks as though it will be
no extraordinary sight to see 1875 cows
vending their way along the mountain
trails drawing sleds laden with hay and
grain He will take them down the
Yukon in boats and expects to be at the
lakes as soon as the ice breaks. He has
been over the ground and feels confident
of success
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

Rudyard Kipling undoubtedly got his
wit from his maternal grandfather. the
Rev. George B. Macdonald. a Wesleyan
clergyman. 1t is related of this bright
Macdonald that in the days when he
was counting the lady whom he after
ward married the father in-law to be-
an aged Methodist with extremely strict
notions in regard to the proprieties-
was injudicious enough ON one occasion
to enter the parlor without giving any
warming of his approach. The conse-
quence was that he found the sweet
hearts occupying single chair.
Deeply shocked by this spectacle the
old man sclelnnly said "Mr. Macdon-
aid. when ] was counting Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side of the room and
on the other.
Macdonald reply was THAT what
! should have done if had been court
ing Mrs. Brown Troy Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
A MIGHTY HARD PROBLEM.
the One of Inventing a Bottle That
Can't BE RefIled.


81 read a little interview not long
ago" said a New Orleans grocer,
with a man who purported to give
some particulars concerning the much
talked of nonrefillable bottle problem.
He said, among other things, that there
was standing reward of $40, 000 for a
practical solution, and | had to smile
to note how fable, once set adrift, is
continually vitalized by repetition.
happen to know something about the
bottle question, and l can state posi-
lively and authoritatively that there
has never been a reward of $40, 600 or
any other appoint for such device.
"The impression probably originated
with circular that was prepared years
ago by convention of northern distill-
ers. 1t was designed for the informa-
tion of inventors and stated briefly and
clearly Just what was essential to a
practical nonrefillable bottle what the
working part should be made of, what
tests it should be able to sustain, what
it should cost in quantity, and SO on. |
doubt whether there is now copy of
that circular in existence, but it I'M
questionably gave rise to the story that
the whisky men of the country were
hot after a bottle that couldn be re-
filed and had offered an enormous re-
ward for the same.
.sThe Lord only knows how many
lives have been wrecked by that yarn
Next to perpetual motion it has been
the great asylum feeder of the meehan-
ical world. The problem looks easy
enough on the surface and III ward of
80 patents have been taken out on diff
ferent devices, but none of them works
under ali conditions. The favorite
scheme is ball valve which would be
closed automatically by pressure from
above, but it is readily worked by a
wire or an air pump.
"At first the liquor men and makers
of proprietary remedies that were
largely counterfeited encouraged invest
ors in the line, but after repeated fail
ures they finally came to the conclusion
that the thing couldn't be done and
have given it up altogether. Neverthe-
less the cranks still persevere, and every
now and then one reads of a new bot
tie that works like a charm. But you
never see them on the shelves, and
make bold to say you never will -
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
Cost and Character.

The cost of butter. and indeed of all
dairy products. is dependent mainly on
the character of the herd The same
feed given to the best cows will make
twice as much milk and butter as it
will with ordinary scrub animals. The
farmer cannot make the price of butter
higher. but he owes it to himself and
family to get the very best cows that he
can buy. so as to make the cost of pro-
ducing butter less. OF course these bet
ter cows must be better cared for and
better fed than are the cows he has been
used to keeping. But when farmer
makes the right beginning by purchas-
ing the best cows all the other requisites
for successful dairying will follow nat
urally in their course. Live Stock
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
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IOROPOsAIS


For the building of two County roads, in Glou-
eester County, n. j.
Two separate committees of the Board OF
Chosen FreehoIderS of the County of Gloucester
in charge of the construction of said roads, will
meet in the Freeholder's room. in the Court
House, in the City of Woodbury., N. J on S0tu,-
day, July 18th, 1889 at a. m, to receive sealed
proposals, for the building of the two following
described roads:
The FIRST Beginning at the intersection OF
German Street and GlassboFo Road in the City
Of Woodbury. and extending thence southwardly
along said GlaSsboro Road to its intersection
with the Seweli and Dilksb0ro road at knights
Run. distance of five and twenty six hun.
dredths miles more or less
THE SRCoND-Beginning at the intersection OF
the Glassboro. Turnerviile and Harffville roads
in Cross Keys thence uorthwestwardiy along
said HnrffYie road Co its intersection with the
Westville and Glassboro stone road in Hurffyille
distance of five and forty-one hundredths miles
more or less.
in all respects 10 accordance with the separate
specifications. The specifications for both roads
being on file at the Office of William c. Cattell
engineer, Wenonah, New Jersey.
Separate proposals from bidders, for each sep
arate road shall be accompanied with separate
certified checks in the amount OF one thousand
dollars each conditioned that il the CONTRACT be
awarded to him, he viii when required, BIZ the
Board. execute an agreement in writing to per
form the work according to the specifications
The successful bidder for each of the roads will
be required in addition to the agreement afore-
said, TO execute to said Board, bond in the sum
urities as the Board may approve conditioned
for The faithful performance OF the contract.
All bids must be presented to the committee at
the time and place aforesaid, and at no other
time. Bids viii then be Immediately opened
and publicly read.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. E. G MILLER
Director Board of Chosen Freehelders.
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
THE HEADSMAN.
He Used the sword and Not the Ak
Prior to 1883.

He Used the Sword and Not the AK
Prior to 1883.
/ am inclined to think that prier to
1888 the sword and not the ak was
usually employed as the weapon for
judicial decapitation and that "a block
was dispensed with. the victims receiv-
ing their doom ''meekly kneeling upon
their knees" and in this opinion | am
fortified by the concurrence of an emf
nent clerical historian This learned
writer agreed with me that the ak did
not become the regulation lethal i'm
plement until after the rough and ready
heading" of Lord Hastings on the
Tower green. when he was summary
dispatched by order of the protector,
Gloucester.
In this instance. according to the
chroniclers, the victims neck was
stretched upon piece of timber then
in use for the repair of the adjacent
church of st. Peter ad Vincula. prob
ably 'putlog, part of the scaffold-
ing which, we read, conveniently lag
in the way. Contemporary account:
seem to indicate that the executionel
straddled over the prone body. and from
this position l infer that the decapita
ton was effected by the tool known as
an adj. the cutting edge of which il
at right angle to and not in plane
with the haft.
may add that the only contempt
rary reference l have come across. of the
use, or proposed use, of an ak and
block for inhicting capital punishment
prior to this tragedy is in one of the
PASTOR series of letters describing the
peril of an unfortunate captive Of Jack
Cadets rebels CA. D. 1450). a generation
before Lord Hastings was so clumsily
hacked to death. Notes and Queries.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
THE EVILS OF FILTRATION.
Those Who Engage In 1t Grow Inca-
pabIe of steadfast, Enduring Love.

Those Who Engage In 1t Grow Inca
pabIe of steadfast, Enduring Love.
s'In Irritation there is the same dis
sipated element of excitement so be
quilting in gambling uncertainty-in
fact, we might add to the dictionary
definition still later one. TO firt.
gambling in hearts, - writes Frances
Evans. About Men. in The Ladies'
Home Journal.
1.-The firt. like the gambler. feeds
upon the intoxication of his passions.
In few years he becomes incapable of
steadfast. enduring love. that feeling
which in civilized man is separated
from the love of the barbarian by the
element of ideality. of spiritual sympa-
thy as distinct from merely the attrac-
tion of brute nature. The open minded,
open souled, manly man is apt to ex-
press himself in abrupt praise of what
he likes, but the firt knows better than
to take the edge off of a compliment by
giving il publicity. The fiirt is invaria
bly, confidential in his manner. A flirt
becomes INSCRIPTIONS in his relations
with women, no matter how high a
code of honor he may abide by in other
matters. His conscience is calloused en-
one side beyond remedy. There is nc
germ which develops more rapidly than
the firtatious bacteria.
Given a young man or woman whose
pride is wounded more deeply than his
or her love by member of the opposite
sex, then. if there be slight firtatious
tendency to begin with, it will be but
overnight before the weed has grown
to surprising proportions, choking out
conscience and kindness while it sup
ports and strengthens vanity, which
stands close by wounded affections in
the human heart. +"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
THE sac STORY lT ToLp.
Gusxi's First Glance In n Looking
Glass In Fifteen Years.

Cusxt's First Glance In q Looking
Glass In Fifteen Years.
Shortly after Cuzzi's rescue by Gen
eral Kitchener, when the latter entered
Omdurman. the long suffering man said
During my 10 years Imprisonment
| never saw a mirror and gradually all
interest in my personal appearance
faded completely away. When it be-
came sure that an expedition was on
its way TO Omdurman. began to live
again. When at last the cannon began
to thunder and the wild cries of The
battle penetrated the city. laid my
sword ready determined. should this
last hope be destroyed. to put an end
to my life When finally the noise OF
the cannon ceased and the victor Kitch.
ener stood before me. congratulating
me on my release | thought should
suffocate with emotion
THE next day made my toilet il
an officers tent and held in my hand
the first looking glass had seen for ! +
years. looked curiously at my reflec
ton in it and started back bad gon,
out into the world young. active
strong man. and the image which now
stared at me was that of Il sick hollow
eyed. wrinkled, broken man Never did
all that had suffered enter my mind
with such strength as at this moment
and wept. wept like chiid--the first
tears in 10 years
THE day after ! was made prisoner
| saw my wife die. but my grief was
too great for the relief of tears. My
child was torn from me and died OF
starvation far away. and could not
weep ! suffered deprivations and i'll
treatment without sign of weakness
but now. before this small looking
glass, | was overwhelmed The pain Of
all that had lost seemed concentrated
in the grief stricken features reflected
In the mirror At one glance saw the
story vt my sv9eyings :
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
HIGH LIFE IN GOTHAM.


dorf-Astoria and Its Habitucs.
The Waldorf Astoria hotel is a great
temple of Mammon You go there at
any time and the only things you hear
about are millions You see million
aires of all sorts, fat and lean. young
and old. You hear them, at the bar or
gathered around tables, talking ''mar-
gins and Of trusts and of millions.
Everybody seems. around the Waldorf
at least, to be money mad. The bellboys
won look at tip less than ST. In the
cafe an egg costs as much as square
meal. Cigars at 81 apiece are quite the
ordinary thing. You can spend a
months salary on dinner for four,
and wine at SIS per bottle is not at all
exorbitant.
The place is crowded all the time by
the wealthiest visitors to Manhattan
from all over the world. You are told
in awe inspiring whispers that there
are suits of rooms costing $3.50 per day
You are shown the safe which at this
very minute holds 81. 000, 900 worth of
valuables belonging to guests. And
you II see millionaires eating with their
knives and you Il hear dowagers tell
ing their friends II done it and II
seen her. Money. money. money The
continual elevation of it is nauseating
There is something sordid in all the
Waldorf Astoria splendor
The atmosphere of the Waldorf-As-
toria is reeking with vulgarity and all
unhealthiness. All these millionaires
are nothing. after all, but horde Of
gamblers. And the women. so far as
one sees them, seem to be oppressed by
their wealth. If there is anything more
horrible than the high Gotham life in
which every man and woman every day
is sentenced to evening dress after
clock, where is It'll
A distinguished man of letters said
to me, after view of the Waldorf As
toria cafe in the evening. where you
have to reserve your table in the early
afternoon, 1.-The trouble with these
people is that they have no souls. And
most of them haven't They live solely
for the senses. They are to be pitied
rather than envied. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

A writer in The Canadian Farmer S
Advocate says: Where milk is skim
med with a separator at home and
cream sent TO the butter factory the
cost of manufacture would be reduced
one-half or more. Besides. it would dc
away to great extent with tampering
with milk. | am convinced that man
with herd of % cows cannot afford to
do without separator for two reasons
(a) A large amount of time is wasted in
hauling whole milk to the Swimming
station and skimmilk from it; (b) the
skimmilk is often sour and not SO good
for calves and hogs. especially in warm
weather. A separator for from 30 to 80
cows and one horse tread power can
be got for about $200 A separator can
be run by horse or bull or any ami
NAL having the proper weight. and the
running expenses are almost nothing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

Malta way of treating rheumatism
is trife heroic, but generation
brought up ON mustard plasters and
electricity onght not to object to it.
The patient is stripped and bees are
cordially invited TO settle upon his
body. 1t amuses the bees and cures the
rheumatism. so it seems to be philan-
thropic system all around The poison
IN the bee stings is said to neutralize
the acid in the blood which is response
BILE for the rheumatism.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
The Cocaine Habit.

A well known chemist states that a
surprising number of well to do young
ladies have taken to buying the various
forms of doctored up coca extracts leo
caine) in large quantities. also phe.
nacetine and various bromides, because
"they make che feel so nice and hap
py. 1t is needless to say that such
practices are exceedingly risky. Per-
baps, however, they are preferable to
another extremely foolish trick-tha
of shifting chloroform dropped on a
handkerchief, with the object of pro-
ducing a pleasant, dreamy languor. -
New York Telegram.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
American speech.

The faults of American speech. ac-
cording to an authority ON the subject
originate in the primary school. The
child is not taught the melodic value of
his phrase. He is allowed to use the
throat instead of the tongue and the
flow of speech becomes, therefore. halt
ing and cultural
Educate your alphabet and you will
find your language as mellow as any Of
the family of Latinm, is the advice
given. Your is are throaty, your m S
are too lahial, your SIS are too kissing,
your c's are not soft enough. When you
can train your scholars to emit these and
the other consonants within the pitch,
using the tongue instead of the throat
for their emission, then you will see that
for rhythm and sorority your English
language may be compared with the
Tuscan, the Roman. the Spanish and
the Provencal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
Thomas Gray.

Gray kept the elegy by him for
nine years before he gave it to the
world He polished away at ii ali those
years as lapidary polishes gem, and
the result was he made It'll gem. In his
whole life he wrote comparatively lit
tie, and when asked why he had written
20 little he replied Because Of the
exertiop il costs In the labor OF compo-
sitiop.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
SUMMER OUTINGS.
observation-disclosures TOURS VIA PENSsYLvAEI
RAILROAD.

PERSON LLv-coRDUCTED TOURS VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company au
nOunces the followi Personally Conducted
Tours for the Summer and early Autumn Of 1884,
To the North, including Niagara Falls, Toron-
to, Thousand Islands. the st. Law epce Mon
treal. Quebec. Roberval GLake st. john. the
Haguenay. Au Sable Chagm. Lakes Champlain
ana George. Saratoga, aud a day light ride through
the Highlands of the Hudson. July y to August
2. Rate, SIS August IL IN p. visiting same
points as fsst tour except Roberval, aud the
SagueDay. Rte, 800 for the round trip. from
New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash
ingtou. Pfoporti0nate rates from other points
To Niagara Falls. excursion tickets good to re
turn within ten days viii be sold on July "a
August 10 and "a September aud II, October
and 10. at rate Of so from Philadelphia. Baiii
more and Washington. These tickets include
transp Jrtation only. aud will pc nit OF stop over
within limit az BUffal0 Rochl steF. Canadaigua
aid Watkins on the return trip.
Five-daF tour 10 Getty gburf. Luray aud Wash
ington September To- Rate, 81 from New York
So from Philadeiph q. Proportionate rates from
other points
An eleven day tour to Gettysburg. Lurey Cav
erns. Natural Bridge. Virginia Hot Springs
Richmond and Washington. October 10 Rats
$e5 from New York. $50 from Philadelphia
PrDpoFtiOnate rates from other points
For Itineraries and further Information appiS
10 ticket agents, or address Geo. w. Boyd, As list
ant Geuersf Passenger agent, Philadelphia.
6-eg9.2t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

In describing her visit to one of the
mission schools of Africa Miss Kingsley
tells Of negro girl Of 19 TO whom she
addressed the question. What are you
studyingl''
"Eberyt'ing, replied the child.
"What do you known asked the
young woman.
'fEheryt ing. was the answer
You are the very person I've been
looking for. said Miss Kingsley
Now. tell me why you are black. =
Certainly I'm black because my
pas pa pa saw Noah without bis
clothes on. .
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
Oyster sheIla ~. MedacIpe.

Ground oyster shells were given by
the medieval doctors toehildren suffer
ing from ricketts, and scrofula. Now il
appears that they were right The shells
contain lime. nitrogen. iron. sulphur,
manganese, magnesia. flour, bromide,
phosphorie acid and iodine, all excellent
for feeble children. They say that il
growing children were to take pow
dered oyster shells in their food the teeth
would be improved.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
Drink GraIn.O.

after you have concluded that you fught not TO
drink coffee. 1t is not medicine but doctors
order IT, because it IS healihful, invigorating and
appetzing Il is made from pure grains and
has that rich seal brown color and tastes ike the
finest grades of coffee and costs about ID as
much. Children like 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. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15

THAT, sir, exclaimed the indignant
merchant, sis what / call gratuitous
falsehood
at s nothing of the kind. replied
the INSCRIPTIONS salesman II get a
salary and commission for telling that
falsehood. ~ Washington Star
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
REDUCED RATES TO ST. LOUIS VIA PENN
sTLvANTA RAILROAD ACCOUNT KEET
ING GRAND LODGE B. 2. d ELKa.

On account of the meeting Of the Grand Lodge
B, P.0 Elks, at st. Louis. No June 90 10 y.
1893. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell roundtFip tickets from points on It's line. 10
81 Louis and rs@urn. al greatly reduced rutess
Tickets viii be sold June - AID 10, good 70 re
turn until Jnue IS.
For specific rates and conditions apply 10
Tickst Agents. 68 69.at.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
suRRoGATEs NOTICES


Clara p Warrington. Administrative of the
estate of George w. Warrington. deceased, by
direction of the Surrogate of the County Of
Gloucester. hereby gives notice to the creditors
of the said George w Warrington, deceased TO
bring in their debts, claims and demands
against the estate Of the said deeedent, under
oath or affirmation. within nine mon hs from
this date or they viii be forever barred of any
action therefor against the said Administrative.
CLARA r. WARRINGTON.
Dated April 1893.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-06-15
vlrtue. of Ruttermilk.

The growing practice of utilizing the
waste products of all manufactures has
brought out the fact that buttermilk
possesses many unsupported qualities.
A medical paper says its reputation as
an agent of superior digestibility has
become firmly established. 1t is indeed.
true milk peptone- that is. milk al
ready partially digested the coagula-
ton of the coagulated portion being
loose and haky and not of that firm,
indigestible nature which is the result
of the action of the gastric juice upon
sweet cows milk. 1t is of great value
in the treatment of typhoid fever and.
being a decided laxative. it may he
turned TO advantage in the treatment of
habitual constipation. 1t is no less val
liable in kidney troubles. from its diu-
retic qualities I: is in great request
for the treatment of diabetes. either
alone or alternately with skimmilk. and
In cases of gastric ulcer and cancer of
the stomach it can often be retained
when no other food can. Chemical
analysis shows that in its nature it
greatly resembles koumiss with the ex-
ception of which it is the most grateful.
refreshing and digestible of the prod
ucts of milk