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where I crouched half dead with fright.
 Come, young woman, where's that safe?"
 l had resolved to die rather than tell, so l covered my face with my hands Come" called out the leader, roughly, where have ye hid it?'
 Tt won't take long to find out" said the one whose voice sounded like that of Sa- rah's son in spite of his disguise. 'I know every corner"
 Then began the search. Kettles were thrown out of the little pantry the sta- tonery tubs were Searched even the ash can was emptied out-everything that could hold safe fourteen inches square
 was ransacked. I, trembling and white with fright, crouched in the kitchen, while one of the number. mounted guard. I re- solved if necessary to give my life sooner than disclose the secret.
 Soon their search was ended. They had been through everything. There was a whispered consultation in the hall, then the leader came in. He held his hands down but they covered something, and I thought heard the click of a pistol. What
 would he do next?
 He stepped up and, showing the pistol. said: Now young woman, we've bothered
 with you long enough. Speak up! What have ye done with it? Ye ain't taken it away, that's sure!"
 III lIc SldllCe l IedIu Ct SOu1u ana IL | strengthened me. The sound came again.
 It was the twitching of the dumb waiter rope.
 i've got it," said a burly voice. What have ye got?' ''The safe' came back the answer; and then l realized that, in throwing my be- loved possessions down the shaft, l had thrown them right into the hands of ruff
 fan who was on watch down below. Now, light out" And quicker than I can tell it, they had all disappeared out of the doorway and were running down the stairs. I threw open the dumb waiter door and looked downward. Yes, the safe
 was gone!
 But, even while looked, there came an awful crashing sound and I could hear glass being shattered. Without knowing what I did or calculating my own danger ran down the stairs, out of my front door, and into the street. and there a strange sight greeted my eyes. There was a burly policeman, assisted by passers by breaking in the window of the shop of the ground floor while, inside, like rats in a trap were my burglars They had stolen up from the cellar to pass out of the store door, when they were surprised by the policeman who told me afterwards that he had undoubtedly heard the sound of the falling safe for a dull heavy thud attracted his attention as he passed on his beat, and he lad stopped to look in-just in time to see the suspicious forms moving about the store.
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

The ribs and other parts of the body were discovered in a specimen of miocene strata where it had become ossified.
 The leg bone was lacking, and this hoped to obtain.
 The discovery of great bones along the Atlantic coast proved beyond dispute that there did exist at one time, either in the sea or on land, a family of mastodons which, according to the best scientific au- thority, were or were nearly amphibious being, like the ducks, able to live either upon the land or in the water. The croco- dile may also be caleed an amphbious an- imal, and so with the water snakes and water rates. Seals are partly amphiDlous;
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strata, but even his enormous bulk makes him too small for such relationship.
 The pachydermota are as near as can now be ascertained by studying their skel- etons, a race of mammalia, now extinct, which resembled the thick skinned animals very closely. They were not able to graze and probably lived upon fruits and nuts. Like the elephant and kongaroo they sub sisted upon vegetable life, but are unable to graze like the goat, the sheep, the oxen and the horse.
 Their teeth are more fitted for grinding, being very broad with flat surfaces fitted with grooves. Their dental formula is similar to that of the elephant, their mo-
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are caught by the waves and washed ashore. Their discovery usually follows a severe or unusual wind at sea. The bone which I have examined is a greyish white in color; it is long and very round, like the bone of an elephants leg. Strange to say 1t is heavy for its size, instead of being tighter, as though 1t had absorbed the lime and salt of the sea water thus adding to the weight of the natural bone.
 iF This bone, which was at first supposed to weigh 500 pounds, is probably much heavier. If placed upon scales it might weigh a thousand showing that the anil nal to which 1t belonged must have weigh ed several thousand pounds in it's thick skin and the great fatty substances which always accompany such a hide.
 a ARTHUR HITCHCOCK FURNISS.
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lars and premolars being abnormally der veloped. They lack the long sharp ines- ors of the carniyorous, or flesh eating anf- mals.
 It Is supposed by many scientists that man was formerly giant ranging in size from two to fifteen feet and the women were proportlonately large. Human giants have been found, the Cardiff being a fS-' nous specimen.
 The discovery of bone of a mastodon. generally leads to the discovery of anfther which points to the theory that the bones of these animals lie together in certain part of the sea. They are turned by fate into a mastodon burylng place. An up- heaval by certain tides disturbs the mas- todon bone cemetery and sends specimens of bones floating to the surface where they
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

in my collection which has long been com plete except for one leg.
 The animal, which has been put together in my laboratory and now stands in my geological hall, is horned monster known to science as the agathaunus sphenocerus. Parts of it were discovered off Marble head. The back, which consists of a born ed plate, was collected in three parts on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The great tail was found on the beach of Alabama.
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ter demonstates that the rock was either atone time submerged, or subjected to the flashing of the waves upon the coast
 We have not now any living animals with the possible exception of the ele- phant as large as the skeletons show the mastodons to have been; and this fact proves that the pachydermota have deter iorated in size gradually coming down to the kangaroo the camel and the bear. If the elephant were larger he could claim closer relationship to the mastodon of the
The age-herald., 1899-05-28
THE SOUTH CAROLINA
 MASTODONE'S BONES
By Prof. Arthur Hitchcock Farnfss.

When I received an assignment to visit the shore of South Carolina, where mas todon had been washed up, I accepted the commission, not on account of the novelty of the phenomenon, but because I hoped to secure the remaining bone of skeleton
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

they will neither die on the land nor down in the water; and so with these mastodons
 The finding of them in the miocene plio- cene and pleistocene strata of North Amer lea prove that they at one time lived upon the land and the formation of the rock which is marked by the action of the wa-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
WOODBURY. N. J, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER q 1899
Hard ON the Customers.

Guy Duyal tod the following story
to the New York Tribune as an Illus
tration of the responsibility of the
average Frenchman:
Il was riding one afternoon in the
Bols de Boulogne." lie said when l
noticed a tremendous disturbance just
ahead Of my carriage Two thorough
ly angry tourists We're standing in the
street rubbing their heads and swear
ing with Az ease and force which con
vinced me at once that they were
Americans. Two empty cabs, which
had evidently been occupied by the
tourists, were standing near by, and
the drivers were hurting indistinguish-
able jargon at each other, to the delec-
tation of crowd of onlookers. My
driver Immediately stopped to join in
the excitement. With some difficulty
persuaded him to proceed. and when
we We're out of sound of the uproar
asked him what the trouble was.
Why, monsieur he said, 'Jaspar.i
ran into Pierre's cab and scraped some
os the paint from the wheel Pierre
was naturally very angry and swore at
Jaspard. whereupon Jaspard said, ''If
you don't shut up, I'll hit your Gus
toner on the head with my whip
and Pierre retorted, IF you hit my
customer, III hit your customer Then
Jaspard struck Pierre's customer, and
Pierre resented the insult by hitting
Jaspard's customer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

A solemn looking Irishman entered q
business house the other day and,
walking up to one of the men employ
ed on the lower floor, asked:
is dhere amy ehanst fer mon T.
get a Job av wur-rk here?"
II don't know" answered the man
addressed. You'll have to see Mr..
Hobart"
IAN pfwere is hep asked the Irish
man.
Up on the second floor" was the
answer.
"Shall OF walk up an talk t him ~
querled the seeker for employment
"No need of that" replied the man.
Just whistle in that tube. and he'll
speak to YOU" pointing at the same
time to speaking tube.
The old Irishman walked over to the
tube and blew mighty blast In it.
Mr.. Hobart heard the whistle. came
to the tube and inquired;
whats wanted down thereY'
"'Tis OF, Paddy Flynn answered.
the Irishman "Ar' We tn bossY"
Il am" replied Mr.. Hobart.
"Well. thin" yelled Flynn, "sthick
yer head out av tn second sthory win
dy whole Oh sthep out on tn soide-
walk! Oh want to talk t. yer'-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
A Cnrknua GnIltnn

A certain yauAg man In this city
makes nriaeely income by being a
professional good fellow. AS he has
the field practically to himself he finds
his labors are now growing Is AueA
an extent that he viii seem be obliged
to call i4 assistance. The popular
gouAg fellow belongs to no less than 60
social, secret and society Organiza-
tions. and not one Of these bodies sus.
poets that he attends all the meetings
as matter Of Ansiness. But he does.
all the same.
A prominent caterer, who makes a
speciality of furnishing banquetS and
dinners OF all kinds to dining and 9TH
er clubs, employs the young man to
look Aut for his Interests whenever 4
bah or other entertainment is suggpsts
cd where the services Of q caterer win
be desirable, OF course the Organiza-
tion Il generally glad TO follow the ad-
vice OF a popular member, and the
caterer usually gets the order. When
ever q new club Is organized the
young man, who can come with the
highest recommendations. Is generally
the first ON the roll. All these expenses
are paid by the caterer, who is salts
fed that his investment IS i Arst class
one, PhiladeInhia Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
WM. C. 0ATTELL
Ploneers In AlpIne Climhlna.

The professors of the Swiss univer-
stiles were the pioneers in Alpine
climbing. But it would be mistake
to imagine that the pioneers were al
ways enticed into the solitudes by love
of nature. through seBse OF scenic
grandeur and beauty as thase have
been undeiasg5od s5pce gIuskin opened
the neyds OF men. Que of them Spent
many a season ii searching for sr4ces
Qf the dragon Qf fable. Another. as MF.
Grihhle has painted out In a weekly
contemporary. went aloft to test the
truth Of the tradition that the top of
Pilatus held Pontius Pilates body.
Gesner's feeling for mountain scenery
must have been somewhat of the Rus
kinian order. But Gesner was an ex-
ceptionaI person.
The Japanese have a proverb relat-
ing to one of their 'nsost famous rd6hi-
taln tdps. 'lThere dire two kinds Of
fools those who have not seen It. and
those who have seen Il twice" VntiI
the nineteenth century mpderp BURG
Reans appear 70 have been pretty gen.
erally Of that way of thinking. Ninety
years ago some Of them painted the
risks Of mountaineering In language
that IN our day would be appropriate
to north pole trip in Andree's bal
loon.-London Daily News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

1t certainly Is q pity that women.
with all their neatness and correctness
Of dress, should be so dreadfully lax
about the heels of their shoes. If it is
not clearly understood what is meant
by this, just take look at the heels OF
the nexr woman passing. As she
raises fer Skirt dalntily TO cross the
street there IS q swish Of siIken dra-
peries, q wee bit Of wight hued rufhe
displayed, and, alas. two weefully
dowptrodden heels.
Yhe run down heel is a characteristic
of almost every woman-the athletic
girl not excepted, They are exceeding
ty remiss In this direction. When a
mans shoes begin to get run down, he
Immediately bundles them off to the
shoemaker, who speedily makes them
presentable. Women should take les.
sons on this score frSm Their brothers.
and attend to the sloppy" shoes with
spt delay.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
A Libel ON Gotham,

The nearest Annroach to a system
ever yet made by q New York deputy
assessor Of personal taxes was invent
ed by one who was somewhat of a
card player.
He took pack of cards. gave value
to each card and then drew card
from the pack for each name on his
list. A deuce meant $1,000 a tray So,
900, q four $1,000 and so on up to the
knave. which was valued ut $4,000,
the queen at $4,000. the king ut $40.-
600 and the ace at $500 Ii anything
less than a FIVE spot was drawn, he
erased the name from the list, as it is
customary to assess only those who
are supposed to possess 5000 or more
Of personal estate.
The especially amusing thing about
this mans work was that there were
fewer objections made to his assess
ments than to those Of any other depu-
fl. He gained a reputation for hard
WQrk, and his salary was raised twice
in one year Buffalo Express.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

a clergyman who has been an ideal
rector to one congregation foE more
ihan 20 years has had a wide expe-
rience IN curates. He knows them like
a book, as the saying Is, knows just
what effect an unlimited course of
afternoon teas, committee meetings,
little dinners and general tiattery viii
have on given temperament and how
1t viii be manifested.
Therefore, he. has evolved this geher-
al law: If the carpet before q eurate's
mirror is thPrea3d,bage aud the crease IN
bis bis TROUSERS above. reproaeA. you may
P4 sure that the weFid Is too much
with him. If the carpet by his bedside
Is threadbare and his trousers bag at
the knee. he Is all right Washington
Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
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Beechcr's Witty Retert.

Justin Mccarthy. in his "Reminis-
cences," tells this story of Henry
Ward Beecher:
Il met BeecASg during my first visit
to AAeriea and heard him preach Ia
the temple Of his ministratioAs. the
Plymoutb church In RroekIyn- Beech
er's styIe as a preacher WAS more like
that " the pulpit orators who flourish
ed q century on two ago than like the
style Of our own more refined or more
conventional days. He never thought
1t beneath himself or his calling to say
an amusing thing In one of his sermons
IL the thought came up appropriately
in his mind He had way when, he
entered his church on the. Sunday Of
taking up any letters which might he
addressed 10 him there. and be some
times opened. one of these and read It
out 70, the eqngregation and made it q
text Oh wAAich to hang a discourse,
"Qne day he opened such letter.
and be found that it contained the
single sserd Fool He mentioned the
fact to his congregation and then
quietly added. Now have known
many an Instance of man writing q
letter and forgetting to sign his name,
but this is the only instance. | have
ever known Of 4 pan signing his name
and Forgetting to write the letter"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

The advocates of tea as a warm
weather beverage cannot fad words
sufficiently lapdataEF with which to ex-
presa kheiF opinion Of the merits of this
thirst quenching drink. particularly for
those whose duties compel them to be
much out Of doors during the heat q2
the day. 1t is scaldi9g hot tea that Is
prescribed and when carefully and
properly made it is said to be an inval
liable restorative to person feverish
or exhausted by exposure to the suA oF
high temperatures
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

The proper way to frame the new
fashionable miniature photographs is
the carved black frasne with narrow
band ot silver The mat should also be
Of stained black oak placed close to the
picture itself. Portraits framed thus
are wonderfully effective and beautiful
and not to be regarded in the mere vul-
gar light Of the photograph,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
K,ued by Train while nr,v,,o.

Big Rapids. Mich. Aug. 24-John
Fenning, of this city, was driving yes
eerday with two daughters of Joha
Dlager, pesidiHg near Beghold's Mill.
A Detroit. Grand Rapids and Western
train struck the rig at Maynard's cross
fng. The Oldest girl was killed in
stantly and the other may die Fem
fing has bad scalp wound He Was
carried 40 rods on the eowcatcher.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
The Cn1nnnmter.

Pas been eommutin now three years
'Fwixt our place and the city,
And. say. the way he misses trains
Is just shameful pityl
Ma nags him up to start in time,
But just as sure as gunnin
He never gets halt way but what
He has TO start s-ranDin.
When he began. be started in
To take ihe seven twenty.
And, though each day he'd 60 for it.
; He'd say he'd time a-plenty;
Yet fore he'd get half way he d hear
The locomotive tootin.
An just as she vas stsrtin out
Pad come in eallyhootin-
He vowed then that the eight nineteen
Would do him. and he tried it,
But all the same each time he had
To like sprinter stride it,
And ma said t'otheT day, before
She went to town to visit.
That II he'd start the day before
To catch train he'd miss it.
Boston Courier
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
0lsanieting REPORTS From Natal

london, Aug. 24.-The Johannes
burg correspondence The Times. says:
''Disquieting reports have been receiya
ed here from Natal. 1t Is said that on
Sunday train from johannesburg was
pred on in Transvaal territory. The
feeling near the border is better, and
the disIoyal Natal Dutch are armed
-ith Hz--s>-~ .
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
EARTH's PLEASANT VOICES.
There is no solitude on Garth

There is no solitude on earth {
I'm every leaf there is tongue Y
In every glen voice Of mirth
From every hill hymn is sung,
And every wild and hidden dell,
Where human footsteps never trod,
Is waiting songs Of joy, which tell
The praises OF their Msker-God.
Each mountain gives an altar birth
And has shrine to worship given,
Each breeze which rises from the earth
Is loaded with song Of heaven.
Each wave that leaps along the main
Sends solemn music on the air.
And winds that sweep DER oceans plain
Bear off their voice OF grateful prayer.
Whittier.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
Doew a,oftee Agr..e win You4,

If not, drink Grain-0-mssle from pure grains
lady writes THE first time / made Grain-0 L
iid not like it. but after using il for one week
nothing would induce me 80 90 back TO coffee.
it nouFishes and feeds the system. The children.
Strengthening substance of pure grains. Get q
package to-day from your grocer. follow the
directions in making IT, and you viii kaye
delicious and heaithful table beverage for old
and Young. l5e. and 25c
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

When my wife has company. she
apologies for everything she puts on
the table, but when no one is there but
myself she defends It. Lacon Home
Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

What's the matter with your
neck?
Waggs-Bile.
Wigg&Boil. Ell?
Wages bile-automo-
Catholic Standard and Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

Mrs. Bridget. what ais the
clock? | haven't heard the cuckoo today.
Bridget-No, mum; the divH of cats
been in the kitchen all the mornin. and
the poor birrud's afther bein afraid to.
show is's face,-Jeyelers' Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07
CHAMP qiDK'S LETTER
Ready Wit Useful In
Congress Debates.
THE POWER OF REPARTEE.
Without 1t an Orator Is Sadly
Handicapped.
THE POWER OF REPARTEH.
HAPPY HITS MADE IN THE HOUSE.

Ben Buffers sharp and quick Re-
torts = How General Henderson
Turned the Laugh on watchdog
HoIman-wiIIiam J. bryan and Con-
gressman Walker FIippaney and
Profanity Much Bitterness OFTEN
Engendered.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

There is i popular delusion to the
effect that all the bitter. rough and
cutting remarks made in congress are
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-07

erai Henderson OF iowa Degan aIs reply
to the venerable Hoosier by quoting
with a slight variation two famous
lines from Byron
'Tis sweet to hear the watchdogs honest bark
Bay deep moulhed welcome as he draws near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
A Mysteriou. Case Cleared I'm.

a dispatch received by Chief Wilkie of
the treasury secret service discleses an un-
expected termination to counterfeiting
case which was being Investigated by the
omcials. Saturday a box in safe deposit
vault at Toledo, Ohio, rented in the name
OF Alfred Kent. but the owner of whose
contents failed to appear, was forced open
ana between 1900 and 5000 counterfeit
notes were found. With them also were
discovered dies and plates required to pro-
duce the counterfeits. More than a year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Troops Dying In Cuba.

Gen. Brooke has reported to the War De-
partment the following deaths among the
troops in Cuba: Private Albert Ounce. ID
Louisiana, dysentery; Private Thomas F'itz-
gerald, 18th Infantry, typhoid; Private VIM.
r. Keipper, Sd Engineers, oedema of lungs;
Private George Riddle, 4th Tennessee, pneu-
monia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28

giving the name of Alfred A. Crops was
arrested at Greenburg, Ind. on the charge
OF passing a counterfeit note, but after a
hearing by the local magistrate was dis
charged, there not being sufficient evidence
to hold him. Afterward the man commit
ted suicide in Worcester, Ohio, and the Of
Metals OF the secret service, after thorough
" working on the case have reported to
Chief WillSe that this person and the man
Kent who rented the safe deposit box are
one and the same, thus, they believe, solv-
ing the mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Notified Ambassador White.

The Department of State has been in
formed by cable from Ambassador White
al Berlin that orders have been issued ac-
cording to which American oranges, lemons
and raisiEs imported into Germany, as
we'll as all American fresh or dried fruit
passing through Germany in bond. are no
longer to be examined for San Jose scale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Verdict in Poison Case Affirmed.

JACKSON, Miss, February 2S.-The IA
nous Lipscomb poison case of Kemper
county was affirmed in the supreme court.
and the defendant, DIR. W. H Iipseomb is
now doomed to spend the remainder of his
life in the peuit antiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-28
Carlsbad.
Open Stock

of it. We have about 1000
pieces of fine decorated Carls-
bad China that belong to dinner
and tea services that are incom-
plete. They are to go on sale by
the piece-and the price we have
put on the pieces is less than Won
have often paid for plain white
porcelain They're the daintiest
and prettiest decorated pieces
YOU have seen; transparent and
gold-lined.