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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

A correspondent of the Hartford Cou-
rant tells of news clipping bureau
which sent a letter to John Bunyan,
author of a work entitled THE Life of
Mr.. Badman," in care of a publisher,
urging Mr.. Bunyan to subscribe to the
bureau.
after the decease of the late P. L.
Barnum," continues the correspond
ent, "the Greatest Show ON Earth
continued for awhile to use the magic
Of his name. 1t was coming to Hart
ford, and It sent free tickets to clergy
men here. Among the letters contain
ing said tickets was one addressed TO
the Rev. DIR. Joel Hawes, who had
died some years before. The letter
was sent to DIR. George i. Walker, then
the active pastor Of the First church.
''On reading and pondering it DR..
Walker is credibly reported TO have
said: a letter from P. 7. Barnum to
DR.. Hawes! Mr.. Barnum is dead and
DR.. Hawes is dead. 1t is evident tina
they have not met yonder.'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
THE WELL DRESSED WOMAN.

One of the newest things for the neck
is the Ellen Terry batwing tie made OF
silk in pastel eolorings.
Surplice bodice fronts with long scarf
ends and hchus. boleros and countless
guises of the fancy waist are among the
attractions for the summer season.
The newest French boas lie fat around
the neck, the under side being formed
merely of net, which on the outside is
completely covered with coquilles or cas-
cades of lace or chiffon edged with a tiny
frill of chantilly.
Finely shirred skirt tops with matching
bodice yokes are features Of some Of the
French gowns of batiste, Belfast dimity,
India null, organdie and China silk. The
long sleeves or portions of the sleeve are
similarly shirred.
The Empire, Gainsborough and Main
tenon hats appear among exclusive styles
in high priced French millinery The
shapes are unusually large and show the
eccentrieity of crown and brim character
istic of these historic models.
Mammoth hydrangeas, poppies and
chrysanthemurns, huge carnations, cab
bage roses and azaleas made OF gauze.
chiffon or rumpled crepe isse appear as
the most fashionable Of trimmings on
French hats OF zephyr straw made really
for Easter wear.
Maple, ivy and bronze and yellow oak
leaves are used on leghorn hats trimmed
with crepe lisse and wide velvet ribbon.
Not only is the foliage artisticallyA inter-
mingled with the decoration on the hat,
but separate leaves are laid fat upon the
outside of the brim around its entire cir
conference.-the York Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
TOWN TOPICS.

The thug business seems to be one of
the overcrowded professions in Chicago.
Detroit Tribune.
Deaths may be numerous in Boston
now, but there are people who would say
that 1t is better to die in Boston than to
live In other places. Boston G-obe.
They call the proposed underground
railway in New York tunnel In
Boston they call it a subway" They
are nothing IL not nice in Boston,.
Worcester Gazette.
New York's chief OF police says be
don't know nothing about gambling" /"
Probably he means to intimate that he
amt a-going to do nothing neither
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The present methods Of reform in New
York may improve that city, but the de-
scriptive literature to which it gives rise
is very demoralizing TO other commune
ties.- Washington Star.
Philadelphia may be slow going city,
but II should be happy one. Within SIX
months six persons have given or be-
qneathed nearly $4,000, 900 to local public
uses. Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

Carpets in Korea are not of as litu,
moment as are carpets here. They ar
handed down in families as heirloom
from generation to generation to be
come darkened and subdued with ag
They are rugs always and are made OF
paper by a peculiar process. In ap
pearance they are much like the lac
quered boxes which come from Japan
and which are so much used as hand
kerchief boxes" said the old time
American consul in Korea. 'sThe ma
tives always take off their sandals
when they enter the house, and thai
fact accounts largely for the long life
Of the rugs. When was there, how.
ever, shocked the feelings Of every
one by wearing my shoes, carpets OF
no carpets, and during my stay com
pletely wore out some of those beauti
full dark colored cal ,,ets. They are
about quarter of an inch in thickness
and very effective"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
Corner Broad and Cooper SITS, opp. Court House
WOODBURY., NJ
One Square from Station.
Steam Heat throughout; lighted by
gas.
Rate $500 per Day.
John Rachor. Jr. Prop.
AL ATE THEIR HUSBANDS.
Utter Failure of Costly Experiment
to Make Spiders Weave SIX.

Utter Failure of Costly Experiment
to Make Spiders Weave SILK.
As long ago as the beginning of the
eighteenth century the idea of using
the thread that the spider spins from
its body as a substitute for the thread
unwrapped from the cocoon of the silk
worm was broached. but with little
practical result. An Englishman. Mr..
Rolt, secured 10000 feet of silk thread
from % spiders in two hours
OF late some experiments have been
conducted by curious persons to ascer-
tain which spider produced the best
and largest quantity Of silk, for it has
been demonstrated that it is an excel
lent substitute for that of the silk
worm. Spiders from Paraguay and
Argentina, from India, China and Aus
tralia, were tried. but the best results
were secured from the spiders of Mad
agascar
1t was fosnd that after laying her
eggs the female spider spins most free
ly. Six of these We're selected and CON
fined for the test. From one 1000
yards of thread were secured in ten
days; from the second, 1856 yards in
seven days; from the third and fourth,
450 yards il four days; from the fifth,
1,400 yards in II days, aud from the
sixth, 4.200 yards in p days
A German manufacturer was so de
lighted with this test that he made
elaborate arrangements for having a
spider silk mill, importing large num-
Der of the spiders from Madagascar
to Germany. All went well until the
females had laid their eggs and be-
gun to spin, when all at once the males
were found to have disappeared. Their
larger feminine companions had grown
SO fond of them that each female spi-
der had eaten her mate. This catas-
trophe ended the costly experiment.
Washington Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, MAY II, 1900

Jumped into his saddle, and, seizing the
reins of the other horse, he started off
at sharp trot AS long as Barker re-
manned in running distance the Ger
man occasionally looked back to be
sure he was not followed. In five min
utes he was but speck in the distance
on the South African yeldt. Its your
own fault, remember il you lose your
life and fail to get your news in Mon
days London T." was his final
greeting as he disappeared over the
crest of the nearest kopje, turning to
his right.
When he had disappeared, Barker
looked around him, reviewing the stu
alton. 1t was not very cheering
prospect that met his eye Two hills,
or kopjes, of some thousand feet rose
to the right and left, and he could see
the setting sun on the horizon between
them far beyond on the veldt The
day had been intensely hot.
II don't know what the deuce to do
now" thought Barker. As If in answer
to the question the wounded guide roll
ed over on his side. making an effort to
rise.
"Where's Mass ShaeferY he said,
looking around him in surprise.
Barker gave the negro a drink Of
brandy mixed with water from his can
teen, and the man presently seemed to
revive sufficiently to sit up.
Barker laughed grimly. Hes gone
down the path leading to the Tugela
river, leaving US both here in a nice
mess" he said. The darky rubbed his
hand over his eyes wearily and then
gazed steadily along the road ahead.
"Yo' say he go long the right trail?"
muttered the man.
"Yes," replied Barker.
"Then he's sure gone wrong. That
right trail leads down to the Bo' camp,
and he'll get nab or killed for spy" the
guide said slowly.
1t was too late now to warn the Ger
man correspondent. He was far out of
sight by this time.
When Tom Barker and the negro
guide, the latter resting against the
Englishman's shoulder, staggered into
the hut Of a friendly Kaffir just before
sunrise the next morning, they could
obtain no tidings of the German. But
they received a rude welcome and q
rough shakedown from the long suffer
ing Kaffirs, who had during the war
learned to respect the English race.
The next day Tom Barker with new
guide, started off once more for the
British camp on the Tugela. They
reached it at sunset the next evening,
and Barker reported himself to the
commanding officer, who was glad to
get news Of the beleaguered army in
Ladysmith, and, although Tom Barker
begged for party to go out In search
of the lost German correspondent, the
stern general steadily refused to listen
to his request.
And heaven only knows to this hour
what did become of the wretched
Shaefer. There were many rumors.
Some said he was shot as spy by a
Boer commandant, but his fate re-
mains as unknown to his employers
and the world as does that of many
another whose life story lies buried
with them deep in the grassy breast Of
the South African veldt.--New York
Mail and Express.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
THE CENSOR.

Man will soon seek for Sunday out
ing, babbling brooks and shady hooks and
find caterpillars and rheumatism.-Ne
Orleans Picayune.
A Connecticut farmer proposes to re-
construct the garden of Fann, but he
does not expect to have it .dy before
the fall.-Boston Transcript.
The Kansas penitentiary has declared
a dividend, but there isn't any probabili-
ty that the trusts will bother the institu-
tion.-Pratt tKan.) Republican.
The Omaha man who spent 115 days
In Jail rather than tell lie was doubtless
trying to run his affairs as George Wash
ington would. Denver Republican.
Turkey is improving. Eight ladies of
the palace have just been sent into exile
for plotting. A few years ago they would
have been sent into the Bosporus-in
sacks.-San Francisco Bulletin.
or $50 banks that have failed in 35
years nearly half were wrecked by ex
cessive loans to directors or defalcation
or gross mismanagement by officers
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The coinage of half cents may be
temporary relief, but it will not prevent
proprietors of bargain counters from
marking their goods down to prices
which include one-eighth of a cent as an
inducement-W Washington Star.
The Baltimore woman who has just
had to pay fine of $40 and costs for
opening three letters addressed to her
husband is warning to wives who hap
pen to be. possessed of abnormal curiosi-
ty-Boston Globe.
The plague in India is carrying off
about 5000 victims week at present.
There's no more startling record than
this in the whole range of modern calam-
tiles. And yet the busy world doesn't
seem to be- startled by it.-Boston Her
aid.
Nebraska and Missouri will soon lock
horns over piece of land which seems
to have been washed from one side of the
Missouri river to the other. The Nilsson
ri river is rather unstable boundary
line for the several states through which
it meanders.-Omaha Bee
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

1t was a dear girl who bought a
watch of a jeweler. who warranted 1t
for a year. In a week or so she was
back.
my watch does go queerly." she
said as she began fumbling at her
dress.
In minute there was a little rustic
and then a click on the floor. She pick
ed up the watch quite as matter of
course and passed it to the jeweler.
who stood aghast.
'It keeps all sorts of time" she said
sweetly.
The jeweler suppressed his feelings
and only remarked mildly:
"A watch needs very careful han
ding"
"Oh, I'm ever so careful with mine.
/ always carry 1t inside my dress, so
that it won't get scratched. l ought
to have brought it here before, 1t has
been going SO badly, but left 1t under
my pillow the other morning, and Mary
changed the bed. and it got into the
laundry. 1t wasn't boiled, you know;
just soaked little WHILE"
II fear, miss, we shall be obliged to
charge you for adjusting the watch.
1t seems to be In a bad way"
"Oh, l think it is too bad 1t was
warranted for whole year, and here
I've had it only about week, and |
have hardly used it at all. London
Answers.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

'tHaye ! not always been generous
with you In the matter OF household
expensesY' he demanded.
Yes she replied bitterly. Il ask
ed for stone and ye gave me bread
Then be realized that he would have
to get her the diamond she desired be-
fore there would be peace In the fami-
y. Chicago Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

''How did you gather such a large
congregation Of old and middle aged
peopleY asked the young minister of
the old one
i advertised sermon TO the young" I"
was the latter's reply.-Chicago News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
DOCS Cofree Agrse Wtth Yon?

If not, drink GRAIN-0-made from pure
grains. 4 lady writes: @The first time made
GRAIN-O did not like il but after using it for
one week nothing would induce me TO go back
to coffee" II nOurishes and feeds the system.
The children can drink it freely with great bene-
ft II Is the strengthening substance Of pure
grains. Get a package to-day from your grocer.
follow the directions in making it and you WI
have delicious and healthful table beverage
for old and yonng. 15c- and 25c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

Dorothy-ra, do wish we were rich.
Dorothy's Pa-How rich would you
like to be-
Dorothy-0h. awfully rich: rich
enough to snub people and still be call
ed chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

The doomed man shuddered. There
viii be no music when march to the
seaffold?' he asked anxiously.
They reassured him.
''There was a march played when 1
was married. . be muttered. I'll could
not bear to be reminded of that?'-New
York Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

Theatrical Manager-Pm not going
to pay you for my theater.
Contractor-Why not?
Theatrical Manager Because you
contracted to build theater to hold
$500 people, and 1t hasn't held so"
neonle any night since Il opened.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
Genuine Chnrity.

There are strange instances some
times of the truth Of the saying that
the poor are better to their kind than
the rich. In one of the streets running
out of Broadway in front of one of
those big edifices which are half Office
and half factory building an old wom-
an stations herself nightly and holds
out tin cup for stray pennies.
Occasionally she forgets herself and
sits there long after the people in the
building have gone home. This hap
pened one night recently, and as the
writer was passing long after Z o'clock
he saw two lads coming along the de-
serted street. One of them noticed the
old crone and after passing retraced
his steps and threw a penny in the cup
she held. There was no one to see his
charitable act and no one to praise
him. His clothing was ragged, and
his condition betokened want almost
as much as the individual who bene-
flied by his generosity. 1t is not al
ways those with plenty of money who
are the most lavish with it or who deny
themselves the most readily. = n
York Mail and Express.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

Willie-Pa what's the difference be-
tween insurance" and "assuranceT
Pay Well the latter is what the
agent has and the former is what he
tries to sell sou. Philadelphia Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY DAY.

a heart full Of thankfulness,
A thimbleful OF care,
A soul Of simple hopefulness,
An early morning prayer;
A smile to greet the morning with,
A kind word as key
To open the door and greet the day
Whate'er it bring to thee,
A patient trust In Providence
To sweeten all the way
All these, combined with thoughtfulness,
win make happy day.
Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

pIstorted bx Glamour.

''What is the honeymoon, pap
"WeH, the honeymoon is the only
period in a mans life during which he
considers 1t funny to come home and
find that his dear little wife hasn't
dinner ready on time"-Detroit Free
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-17

WY Mfr ffeciGcnts IL II cfc1ltkt ADAt Atas
American statesman, that any American senator,
that any intelligent American citizen anywhere
two years ago could have been found to affirm
that a proceeding like that OF the Paris treaty
could give . just and valid title to sovereignty
over people situated as were the people Of those
islands7 title Of Spain. originally by conquest.
never submitted to nor admitted by the people Of
the Islands, with frequent insurreetions at differ
ent times for centuries, and then the yoke all
thrown of, constitutional government, schools,
colleges. churches, universities, hospitals, town
governments 3 legislature, cabinet, courts,
code OF laws and the whole island occupied and
controlled by its people, with the single excep-
tion Of one city, with taxes lawfully levied and
collected, with an army and the beginning Of
navy.
And yet the senate. the congress, enacted less
than two years ago that the people Of cuba-con-
trolling peAceably no part OF their island ievying
no taxes in any orderly or peaceable way, with
no administration Of justice no cabinet--not only
OF right ought TO be- but were, In fact, free and
independent state | did not give my assent to
that declaration Of fact. | assented to the doc
trine that they Of right ought to be- But !
thought the statement 81 TACT much calculated to
emharrass the government Of the United States,
II It were bound by that declaration, and It has
beer practically disrcgarded BY the adrninistra-
tson ever since But the question now is a very
different ore. You not only deny that the FIJI
pinoa ara. but deny that thex 81 right 0ught
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
LOUD POSTAL BILL DEFEATED
Receives Death Blow in House on Mo-
ton to Recommit.

Receives Death Blow in House on Mo-
ton to Recommit.
The national House for the second time
declared either that il believes the pas
sage of the Loud bill TO amend the law
regulating second-cass mail matter will
not result in the saving Of $20,OOO,OOO
and upward annually, or that the saving,
il made. would be at the expense of the
enlightenment and information Of the
people by means of the publications that
now find admission to the mails at the
rate of l cent pound.
The bill has three times been before
the House; once, in the Fifty-fourth Con
gress, it was passed; in the Fifty fifth
Congress, and again Thursday. it was
defeated. After adjournment, Mr.. Loud,
chairman of the committee on postofiices
and post roads, said it was three times
and out as far as he is concerned. IL
il be brought before the House again il
must be by some one else.
The House spent four hours in its con.
sideration. Mr.. Moon (Dem., Tenn
made the principal speech against it,
and Mr.. Moody (Rep., Mass.) the clos
ing speech in its favor. Two hours were
spent in amending the bill. But a mo-
tion to r.commit prevailed by vote Of
14S TO 96, much larger vote against
the measure than even its opponents had
expected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
WILL INCREASE SILVER COINS.
New Act Provides for an Additional
Mintage of $2O,OOO,OOO.

Mintage of $2O,OOO,OOO.
A special from Washington says that
the mints of the United States will be
busy for some time to come in under
taking to carry out the provisions of the
act that has just become law and that
permits the Secretary Of the Treasury to
add $2O,OOO,0O0 to the stock of subsi-
diary coinage. The authority to coin sill
yer of the smaller denominations has been
obtained specifically from time to time,
but has been restricted to small amounts,
the supporters of the free coinage of sill
yer having Systematically resisted the in
crease of the supply OF minor silver.
Director of the Mint Roberts, in talking
about the new act, said: The new none
tary act authorizes an increase of about
$2O,OOO,OOO in the stock of subsidiary
silver coin. The last authority for the
issue of subsidiary silver was given by
a joint resolution, approved July %, 1876.
1t authorized the issue Of an amount not
to exceed $50,O00,O0O.
June o, 1879, the act providing for
the redemption of subsidiary silver in
lawful money was passed, and forthwith
our old quarters, dimes and halves,
which had been driven to the West Indies
and South America by our paper money,
began to return. They were presented
for redemption until the treasury held
over $30,000,O00. The present stock in
the country is about $S0,0OO,OO0. Under
the new law it may be $100,000,O 900"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
EXPORTS BREAK THE RECORD
February Foreign Trade Averaged
S5,OOO,OOO Day.

February Foreign Trade Averaged
$5,OO0.OOO Day.
A Washington dispatch says that the
month of February, 1900, has made the
most remarkable record of any February
in the history of our foreign commerce.
The exports during that month have av-
eraged $5,000,0OO for every business day
In the month, and the total exports were
f119, ,765, 762, or more than 20 per cent
greater than that of any preceding Feb
ruary. Not only are the exports larger
than those Of any preceding February,
but the excess of exports over imports
Is also much larger than in any preced-
ing February, srvpassing those of 1893
by nearly % per cent and being more
than so per cent in excess Of that Of any
earlier year. February Is a month of
heavy importations, and 1t frequently
happens that the imports exceed the ex-
ports, so that an excess OF $5O,O91, ,612
in exports over imports In February
makes the record OF the month a remark
able one, despite the fact that the impor-
tations which amounted to $6S, ,714, $50
were slightly larger than those of any
preceding year except 1893.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-29
Side Lights ON.
the BOer War.

No one who has not seen an African
kopje can easily realize il. 1t is not a
hill so much as the stump of a hill-what
is left of IL after ages Of denudation; but
the special feature of il is that il is al
most invariably covered wit1 breast
work of boulders. Tropical torrents have
washed away the earth and all the solu-
bic componcnts of the rock, and what is
left consists OF heaps and lines Of de-
tached masses of sandstone, ironstone or
granite. The kopjes are the Beers forti-
hcations, and he has any number of them.
-
To give an idea Of the normal growth
of the Boer families, il is said that in
1878 there were only 10000 whites and
100000 negroes in the Transvaal: in the
Orange Free State there were 10000
whites and $4,000 negroes. Now the
number Of the white element in the two
States is estimated at 23,OOO, although
some authorities seem to think this is m
underestimate and that the figures are
nearer 100000.
Lord Roberts, who is without an heir,
will probably be made duke for his
brilliant exploits in the South African
campaign, and will also probably be Civ
en- sum in cash of $25,0OO Gen. Kitch-
ener Is to be elevated several numbers,
according to the present program, and
Gems. French and Kelly promot-
ed.
-
The climate of the Orange Free State
Is dry, temperate and salubrious; the set
tiers are chiefly engaged In stock raising;
coal and iron have been found, also gold,
and the diamond fields have Attracted
many Of them in recent years.
President Kruger, when Jews first be-
gan to flock to Pretoria, was unfavorably
disposed toward them, and used them Sc
verely, but after a time relented, and
finally gave them leave to build a syna-
gogue. They were grateful. and wben
the synagogue was built they asked him
to come and open 1t. The old man ac-
cepted the invitation, and, standing on
the platform, duly said: "In the name OF
the Father, and of the Son, and OF the
Holy Ghost, 1 declare this synagogue
opened. Now. my friends, hope you
viii lose no time In becoming converted"