Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER Al

Oh, say, can you see by the dawn 8 early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twiiight's
last cleaning,
Whose stripes and bright stars, through the
perilous fight,
Ger the ramparts we watched were so gal
lantly stresming2
And the rockets red glare, the bombs burst
Gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there.
Oh, say, does that star spangled banner yet
wave
Ger the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave?
I hope that those inspiring words
would not crate too harshly on the ears
Of any Of ''the high contracting par.
ties to the very beautiful silk com
bination United States and British flag
of large proportions arrangement. No
charitably disposed person would desire
to mar the pleasure, don't you know, of
our Anglomaniaes, bat il may be sub
mitted without offense that no fag
presentation should be made in this
country in which 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner could not appropriately be
played
WorI<inEmen ssRetofee."
Item. From the following brief dis
patch it will be seen that another large
slice Of Republican prosperity has fallen
to the lot of Uncle Shelby NJ Cullon's
state:
ELGiN. his. April ie.-Nearly all the 800
employees Of the Illinois Iron and Bolt works
Of Carpentersville, Ills, struck today over the
recent reduction in wages and the refusal Of
the company to treat with the union
strong union has been organized, and a long
tie mp is expected.
When Uncle Shelby reads that and
similar items, he will feel very much
as did famous Californian as described
by Bret Harte in this bewitching stanza
Then Abner Dean Of Angels raised point of
order-wien
A chunk OF old red sandstone took him in the
abdomen,
And he smiled kind Of sickly smile and eurIed
up on the floor,
And the subsequent proceedings interested
him no more.
Nor will it add to Uncle Shelby's
peace of mind 10 peruse this wire =
MOUNT VERNON. uls., April 1a-The miners
employed in the Mount Vernon mines struck
today for the price Of 80 cents ton. There
have been number Of strikes among the men,
but it i thought that this strike is the most
serious of any yet. About 100 men are em-
ployed III the mine.
With the strikes on hand and John
Riley Tanner after his senatorial toga,
Uncle Shelby's lines are not cast in
pleasant places these latter days He
must be beginning to realize at last
that Jordan is hard road to travel and
that even he is not political immune.
The southern people have been abused
and vilified for years by northern Re
publicans for their treatment of the
coIored man and brother. Reading the
above lires from Odin, one is forced to
remark to them, Physician, heal thy
self .
The following editorial excerpt from
the Washington Post gives most vivid
picture of that astonishing Republican
prosperity which has come to these poor
shiyeTing mcrtals who need quinine
"The recent great advance in the
price of quinine lays burden on mil
lions whose load Is already heavy
enough No other medicine is SO gener-
ally used and none is deemed so indis-
pensable. It requires no advertising.
pictorial or otherwise, to bring it to the
attention Of those who need it. Por-
traits Of statesmen, clergymen, actors
and other persons of influence. with
their tributes to its healing powers. do
not adorn the pages of the daily papers.
Its fame encompasses the globe, and its
patrons are found in the hut of the
miner, the hovel of the peasant the
home of the farmer, mechanic CT trades
man, the mansion of the millionaire
and the palace of the prince 1t is as
much standard article of consumption
as bread or beef or tea OF coffee. When,
therefore, its price experiences a sud-
den and enormous rise. the public nat
urally wants reason for il. .