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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
A Humorous Coincidence.

Edgar Pembcrton tells the following
amusing anecdote of a rather startling,
not to say brusque, coincidence that
once befell MI w S. Gilbert and Mr..
John Hare, the well known manager.
'Rehearsals," writes Mr.. Pemberton,
"are enough to irritate a saint. When
Mr. Gilbert's Broken Hearts, in which
Mrs. Kendall played Lady Vavir, was
In course of preparation at the Court
theater, he and Mr.. Hare SO differed as
to the way in which certain scene
should be presented that to prevent an
outbreak each at the same moment and
without a word to one another resolved
to leave the stage. AS every one
knows, Sloane Square station is close
to the Court theater, and in few mo-
ments the indignant author and the
annoyed manager, bent on getting
away from each other, found them-
selves face to face in an otherwise
empty railway compartment. The hu-
NOR of the situation of course saved
Mainly About People.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
We EXAMINE YES ER REEY
AFRAID OF BEING KISSED.
Clever story of Man, "a Maid and
an Iron Kettle.

Clever story of n Man, Maid and
an Iron Kettle.
Here is an ingenious Circassian sto-
ry: A man was walking along one
road and a woman along another. The
roads finally united, and the man and
the woman, reaching the junction at
the same time, went on from there to-
gether. The man was carrying large
iron kettle on his back. In one hand
he held by the leg a live chicken, in the
other a cane, and he was leading a
goat. Just as they were coming to q
deep, dark rayine the woman said to
the man:
81 am afraid to go through that dark
ravine with you. 1t is lonely place,
and you might oyerpower me and kiss
me by force"
'If you are afraid OF that" said lhe
man, you shouldn't have walked with
me at all. How can 1 possibly over
come you and kiss you by force when
have tlis great iron kettle on my back,
cane in one hand and a live chicken
in the other and am leading a goat?
might as well be tied hand and foot"
Eyes" replied the woman, +'but II
you should stick your cane in the
ground and tie the goat to It and turn
the kettle bottom side up and put the
chicken under it, then you might wick
edly kiss me In spite of my resist
ance.n
Success to thy ingenuity, o wom-
AMI" said the man to himself. 81 should
never have thought Of this expedient.' y
And when they came to the ravlne be
stuck his cane into the ground and
tied the goat to it, gave the chicken tc
the woman, saying, Hold 1t while
cut some grass for the goat, and then
lowering the kettle from his shoulders
he wiclzedly kissed the woman, as she
was afraid he would Stray Stories.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


Soiled linen should never be kept in a
bedroom, as it is unwholesome to the
sleeper when the room is closed at night.
To prevent a musty smell in metal ten,
and coffee pots which are seldom used
put IN a teaspoonful Of very dry tx
leaves. The aroma viii keep the pot
sweet.
A solution Of soda and water. applied
with a whisk broom kept for the par-
pose, viii remove the brown streaks in
bathroom bowls made by sediment In
the dripping water.
Grease sposs on marble will yield to
treatment with fuiler's earth. 1t should
be made into paste with strong solu-
ton of sal soda and allowed to stand 24
hours \ second treatment will remove
the stain If the first does not.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
THE MOVING WORLD.

An electric plow, operated by movable
trolley wires. has been invented in Halle.
Prussia.
The use Of maehneiy has reduced the
time necessary for the making of 10O
watches from 1.749 hours 10 Boo
i5y new opera glass attachment the
focusing Of the glass is made easier. the
spindle being rotated by rack bar.
which is pivoted on the frame and has a
serratcd knob projecting over the top
10 open or close the glass.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

One of the new women worth noting
is the girl stenographer and telegra-
pher in large city business office.
One who has doubts of a woman's
brain capacity would feel them vanish
away into wreaths of nothingness as
he watched such a girl at work in a
stockholders office. Fenced off in
little square pen by herself. she can
reach out and touch with her hand the
four walls around her. Against these
walls are the implements of her trade.
At her right is the telegraph instru-
ment going click-clack worse than any
woman's tongue ever ran. In front of
her is the typewriter. Her ear reads
the message that comes over the wire,
and her hands transmute the clicks in
to words and type. At her left is the
telephone, which jingles every two or
three minutes. She must answer that
a messenger comes and bids her tcle-
graph some word. Her right hand
transmits the message, while her left
makes pencil notes upon 4 writing pad
I have seen her do that with my own
eyes To her left, a little below the
other machines, is the district messen-
ger call, perhaps put where she can
touch it off with her foot when both
her hands are engaged somewhere else.
In the midst of telegraph dispatch
her employer comes aud dictates let
ter, which she must jot down in her
stenographic notebook if she has not
time at the moment to write it out up
on the type machine as She receives it
from his lips Two things at once?
The woman stenographer and telegra-
pher seems to do half dozen things at
once, and to keep them all straight at
that In the busiest part of the day
there are scarcely five minutes in
which she is not interrupted in her
work by some order or message at tEe
little window of her room she sits
like a train dispatcher at station
where a dozen roads cross, cool headed
alert and every sense electrically alive
Some of these capable young women
receive $50 a week enough to support
a family ou-
This question was lately asked me:
Elf you had the choice Of being hanged
or Of naming five true friends, which
would you doY' Can you answer?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

OF course every one knows how pop
ular the bug and the snake are at pres.
ent-at least In jewelry and most life
like limitations some of item are 100.
It only remains for them to jump o.
wriggle. Mrs. Astor would appear to
have solved that difficulty She pos.
sesses wonderful Egyptian snake
ring which literally moves On her fin:
gers 1t Is constructed Of flexiblc gold
wire In which ruby m enieraltl and
an amethyst are firmly set. Fhe slight
est movement starts the wire culver
ing, and the ring seintilIates and 81
to 60 round and round the finger
d serpentinc wriggle which -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
a eEY AuLp WIFE.

A 1ttIs old woman with soundless shoon
And a heart as hard as flint,
In the light of the sun and the CLINT Of the mooI
Her locks are as white as lint.
She mocketh youth, and she houteth love,
For gey aud wife is she,
And the sands beneath and the stars above
Were new in her memory.
She teucheth the rose, and it falls apart;
The stone, and 1t crumbles away,
But never tear to her eye shall start,
This spirit Of yesterday.
For this little old woman the sphinx behed
When the dawn Of the world was bright,
This little old woman who tzsne from eld
Ere the Lord made day and night.
She. ereepeth about in her soundless shoon,
She singeth q dreary rhyme,
And the nations browse to her eerie rune,
Fur the gey auld wife is Time.
Margaret E. sangster In Harper's Bazar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
The cane Girl.

All hail to the girl with the cane.
We shall see her swagger along with
a most manly stride this season. The
cane is long, black aud slender. And
the girl? Well, she will dress in Ok
ford grays ana blacks to match the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
e e Q

Miss Mary Louise Hale Of Columbia.
No., is an arehiscct and building CON
tractor of great ability. She Ias re-
ceived commission to erect the new
Missouri state asylum for epileptics
and feeble minded persons. She has al
ready filled many responsible contracts
for various structures, ranging from a
barn to q business block, q church to a
college dormitory
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
ninI,r.n rrenci,.

'Bixby went into a French restaurant
and called for easfy oh iay-'9
."Ihat's all light coffee with milk.
What thenT
'Ehx, he got pad
What forG'
Because they N t briAg him coffee
and an egg - ley 70 PlsAn Dealer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
R.-nn.x.n Mscn. NEsr q

eeaessee Pare FEED Co. Le Roy. n Y:
Gentleinen:-sIy mamma has been great
coffee drinixer and has found it very INJURIOUS.
Having used several packages OF your q mo
Ale drink that takes the place Of coffee. she
finds ii much better for herself and Tor us clail
drel1 to drink She has given up coffee drinking
entirely. We use a package every week. am
ten years old. Yours respectfully.
FANNIE WILLIAMS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

LATEST EDITION or THE NEW WOMAN.
cane, with perhaps dash Of red in
the shape Of waistcoat or a lining to
her short skirt. for Of course she Will
carry her cane with her business cos
tume-this latest edition Of the aew
womani
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

When women's clubs, to two of WHICH
1 myself belong. undertake to settle
manners aud morais, ! observe that The
fair readers who deliver papers to rs
Invariably tell writer's, politicians and
society people what they ought not to
do and what they should not do if the
ladies had power to make the laws
Women's essays are like tlie Ten Com
mandments made up Of thou shalt
nots. Why don't they take hold and
tell US instead what we may do and
can do and Should do?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
REORGANIzING THE DEMOCRATS.

Blatant sIouthed Assistant Republic
ans Now Eager to Control the old
Party-Not Likely to succeed-The
Standing Army to Be Enormously
Increaaed-wage Scale Going Down
Despite McKiniey's Elecfion-seaa-
tor cushman *. Davis Proposed
Civil Pension List.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
PARTY Of False Pretenaes.

When an Individual secures money or
any other thing OF value by false pre-
lenses or representations, he is arrest
ed, Indicted. convicted and sent to tbs
penitentiary. When political party
carries presidential election by false
pretenses or representations, thereby
gobhling up some 100000 or 300. 900
.naluable Offices ard obtaining the right
-r4vstet the greatest government on
kth for four years, It regards this
esal piece Of dishonesty and dis.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06
. H a

maidg" Let us take it up anti Hake IL
honorable. Single fife for a woman IS
d thing not hair 50 much to be ashamed
Of as the married lives many CT her
sister Nrnnlpn lead
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

This question was lately asked me:
sIf you had the choice of being hanged
or Of naming five true friends, which
would you dor f'an you answer?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

HcoD's FILLa are tha best cathartic,
The colored American., 1900-12-01

prepare the minds of the lawlees ele-
meut for just such deeds as they COM
NIT from time to tim who find their
justification for their acts In the har-
rowing tales of outrage and murder
which originate In the fertile brains (?)
OF some of these lying young upstairs
who furnish padding at 80 much per
column to the daily press.
BRUCE GRIT.
The colored American., 1900-12-01
SPARTA
Pool and Billiard Rooms,
1906 Pennsylvania Avenue, NV.

This large, spacious and well-eitua-
ted pleasure establishment has had
added to 1t q new room In the third
story for pool aud billiards, where those
who do not care to play In the larger
apartments can have q degree Of
privacy not to be obtained elsewhere.
This new room is handsomely furnished
and lighted by electric lighta. The
atmosphere is cooled by electric fans.
You are cordially invited to make
inspection of these pool and billiard
parlors You will receive q hearty vel
come at aay time. Ask fer
SAMUEL 4. TYLER, Manager.
The colored American., 1900-12-01
NOTICE

} MISS IDA PREFER, Of Paris, Mo-,
writes the following: have been using
the Original OZONIZED OK MARROW
for two months only and I am well pleased
I, with it. was so bald that 1 was ashamed
of myself, to-day have thick growth of
hair all over my head three inches long.
When am asked by people what am do
ing for my hair that it is grown so beauti-
fully tell them 1t is the original Ozonized
Ok Marrow that did the work.
OzOnized Ok Marrow (copyrighted)
also makes curly or kinky hair straight.
, smooth and pliable Prevents ia ling out and
breaking of. The genuine never disappoints.
Warranted harmless. Only so cents. Sold by
dealers. If your dealer cannot supply you we
will send you express paid one bottle for 65
cents or three for LAO. Write your name
and address plainly to the OZONIZED OK
MARROW CO., so Wabash Ave-, Chicago.
The colored American., 1900-12-01
THE OoLORED AMERICAN. WASHINGTON II q

people are willing to b5lieve. They are
absolutely without conscience or COM
junction when discussing the Negro
He Is their legitimate prey, the butt OF
their coarse and cowsrdly jokes the
victim Of their malice, IidicuIe and
contempt.
A white man was murdered in
mysterious manner in Rochester quite
recently and Negro who went into q
store two miles distant from the point
where the murder took place on the
night the murder occurred was ar.
rested on suspicion. The associated
press dissatches assisted the growth of
prejudice, end Is poisoning the public
mind against our race by sending out
paragraph about the murder under
the caption-"WHsi it Negro?' The
fact that black man went into a store
on or about the time the murder was
committed was not sufficient proof in
the eyes Of these enterprising liars that
this black man knew nothing of the
crime. He hadn't even heard of it.
Most of the American dailies have oD
their reportorial stats few gentlemen
and great number of young upstairs
who have been picked too soon. They
are forced men who smoke coffin nails,
and invent preposterous lies about Ne
groes who pass muster and find place
In the great Journals Of news and
opinion" These young upstarts when
sent to interview a colored man who
speaks English sometimes take liber-
ties with him and make him appear to
have carried ON the conversation in the
plantation dialect. They invariably get
his initials and his titles, mixed II he is
possessed of the latter and he is always
"a representative Negro" with small
"n" or zone OF the best informed" or
educated "men of his race" This class
Of erudite (?) journalists are generally
found doing duty on those unreliable
and sensational dailies which draw
upon their imaginations when their
facts give out. Governor Roosevelt
has recently stamped the word liar In
yellow characters upon one such news.
paper in New York City which for
weeks exploited lie, which 1t knew to
be a lie, and an indefensible and un-
warranted lie at that. The same paper
lied about Mrs. Jeffries of Rochester
who attended as delegate the con.
vention of Women's Federated Clubs
at Albany. 1t tried it's best to provoke
discussion Of the color question by put
tiLg words in this lady's mouth and In
the mouths of some of her white con.
freres. 1t sent 1t women reporters to
ask her If she didn't regard certain acts
of the chair irWoman of the convention
as a direct suub to her on account OF
color.
One of the things which excited the
quill fraternity and which they rolled
az a sweet morsel under their tongues
was when four ladies, among them Mrs.
Jeffries at morning session arose to
address the convention only one OF
whom said Mrs: President, and was
promptly recognized by the chair, OF
course, the three others, Of whom Mrs.
Jeffries was one sat down. The paper
in QUESTION in its report of this session
The colored American., 1900-12-01

Company

Brews the purest Beer on the Wash.
ington Market. The highest chemical
authority in the district of Columbia,
after an analysis just finished of all the
different beers on the market, gives
this as his verdict. Don't be fooled by
jealousy, envy, or prejudice, On either
or all uf which Is based our opposition,
We have the most modern plant.
We brew from sterilized water and
choice hops and malt. We have one
Of the most skilliul brewmasters In the
county. Visit our plant and insist on
Us proving our assertions. We will ba
glad to show all.
ABE KING,
Sec'y and Treas.
E. L. JORDAN,
Pres and Gent Mgr.
The colored American., 1900-12-01
Dl0NYS!US III

It seems as though the discussion
over Bishop Turner's flop to Bryan
might be brought to sudden end, If
Messrs. Astwood and the brilliant and
able editor of the Christian Recorder
would just stop shooting paper pellets
at each other. No good purpose is
being served by this bitter and &C.
rimonious debate. The election is over,
Mckinley is reelected and Bryan and
all his followers have been given
black eve. The criticisms Of Bishop
Turner's political act in supporting
Bryan were just and fair, and in no
way detracted from his standing as a
Bishop. He reserved the right to speak
his piece and vote his sentiments and
his critics bombssted him as they did
every other Bryanite. Being a public
man he could not escape the javelins
of the Mckinley hosts any more than
any other Bryanite. But Its all over
now even to the shouting, and we can
all we'll afford to forget and forgive.
1.-THE quality of mercy is not strained
1t droppeth as the gentle dew from
heaven,' etc.
Brethren on the firing line; let 1t drop
In great big chunks. Put up your
"weepins" and shake hands across the
bloodless chasm, You are actin scam.
lous,
Taking up the thread of my remarks
on the pull of the Roman Catholics
Ia municipal affairs in the Greater
New York. 1t may be said without
successful contradiction that many
thousands of dollars of public school
funds are now illegally diverted to
support Roman Catholic schools and
institutions although in the city OF
Brooklyn alone there are over 40, 600
American children who are deprived OF
public school accom- mmodations to which
they are legally entitled, their parents
thus being forced to send them to pa
rochial school. The commissioner Of
nearly every city department in the
city of New York is either a Roman
Catholic or under the control OF Ro'
man Catholic political boss.
The president of the police board or
commissioner, of the greater city is
q biggoted Romanist, as well as the
chief of police, and nearly all OF the
deputy chiefs and a majority OF the
force are of that faith. The commits
sioner of the fire department and a
large majority of the men under him
are also Roman Catholics who are draw
ing lucrative salaries from the public
treasury.
Richard Croker, John Carroll, hugh
Mclaughlin, Edward Murphy, Patrick
McCarren, John Mccarthy, John SheV
elm and many others have succeeded
in placing the democratic organization
so called, within the hands OF Rome
Sixty eight delegates were elected at
The colored American., 1900-12-01


Kansas City and forty four Of these
were Roman Catholics. At the same
convention fifty members Of the dem
ocratic state committee were elected of
whom thirty'one were Roman Cathe
lies.
That the Roman Catholic Church
(Which is political organization and
machine) through its priests has COM
plete control of the Democratic party
organic alton of the state OF New York
will be seen by the following facts.
In twenty'one assembly districts in
Kings county there are recognized, II
democratic leaders or bosses and OF
these wenty are Roman Catholics, the
other leader while nominally Protest
ant is subservient tool of the Roman
Catholic county political boss.
or sixty five delegates from Kings
county to the democratic state conven.
ton at Syracuse in 1898. all were Ro'
man Catholic save three, and a large
proportion of Romanist were on the
delegations to the same convention from
other counties. The state committee
Of the democratic party IN 'sS com
prised Sc members, 36 of " hom were
Catholics. The new executive commit
tee for the year was composed of eleven
members, nine Of whom at least were
Catholics. There are not over $4,000
Catholic voters In the Republic party
in the state of New York. The influ'
ence of the Romish Church despite the
demands of Bishop Ireland was used
through every source to accomplish
the defeat of Mckinley. At public
meeting held under the auspices of
the democratic party in Brooklyn Nov.
9, 1900, it was publicly proclaimed by
speaker that "Bryan would be elected
because the Catholics are going to vote
solidly for him." They certainly kept
the pledge so far as the vote OF New
York city was concerned. But their
pernIcious activity and Croker's subli'
mated gall aroused the dormant spirit
of Americanfsm, which buried Bryan
under an avalanche of ballots, and sent
Croker flying to Europe, the worst
beaten and most disappointed man in
all the Tammany outfit.
Protestant Americans had better
wake up for when this federation of
Catholic clubs will have been perfected
1t will be formidable political oppo
nent which will make itself felt when
ever it enters the lists, and it will do
the bidding of the democratic party
which is in New York but another
name for the Roman Catholic church.
A correspondent at the sntipodes
sends me batch Of Australian news.
papers some IF which have given cur
rency ed1torially to the shameless lies
sent out by the Associated Press dur
ing Galveston, Texas, flood, charging
black men with iooting the bodies of
the dead victims of that visitation of
Gods providence. The Daily Argus
published at Melbourne, states that
NINETY of these Negroes were shot by
the troops and that one of them when
searched had 81 fingers in his pocket,
The colored American., 1900-12-01

Richard Croker, John Carroll, Hugh
Mclaughlin, Edward Murphy, Patrick
McCarren, John Mccarthy, John Shev
elm and many others have succeeded
in placing the democratic organization
so called, within the hands Of Rome
Sixty eight delegates were elected at
the democratic State convention held
in New York City June. 8, 1900, to the
The colored American., 1900-12-01

Without doubt the mendscity and
curish propensities of some Of the
white press representatives in this
country are at a lower ebb than some