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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
FOR THE BUILDING
Il OF
Three County Roads
IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY,

Three separate Committees of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of the County of Gloucester
in charge of the construction of'said roads, will
meet in the Freeholders room In the Court
House, in the City of Woodbury., N. j.. on Satur-
day, March TO- 1900 at 10 a. m. to receive sealed
proposals for the building of the three following
described roads:
The first to be built of Macadam. Beginning
at Nortonvile Bridge in the Township of Logan
extending eastwardly through Bridgeport via
Cooper Station and hendrickSon's Mill road to
the PaulsbOrO and Swedish no stone road, a dis
lance of 2-100 miles. 10 be built in accordance
with plans ano specifications on file at the office
OF william a. Carter. engineer, No La South
Broad Street, Woodbury., N. J.
The second TO be built of gravel. Beginning at
the sontherly terminus of the Westvilie and
Glassboro one road in Glassboro Township and
extending through GlaSsborO along the old
Malaga turnpike road to the mort erly end of the
Frankinvine gravel road distance of A miles
more or less. To be built in accordance with
plans and specifications on file at the office of
William q. Cattell, Engineer, Wenonah N. j.
The third road TO be built of gravel. Beginning
at tie northeTly end of the bridge, over OIdman's
creek, on the road leading from Harrisonyille TO
" oodstown in the Township of South Harrison
and extending northerly through the village of
HarrisonYille and Mullica Hill. to the southerly
terminus of the Mullica Hill and Woodbury. Turn
pike. distance of 54l00 miles, to be built in
accordance with the plans aud specifications on
file at the Office Of William NJ. Carter, engineer.
aforesaid.
Separate proposals from bidders for each separ-
ate road shall be accompanied with separate
certified checks in the amount OF One Thousand
Dollars each, conditioned that if the contract be
awarded him he will, when required by the
Board execute an agreement in writing to per
form the work strictly according to the specif-
cations
The successful bidder for the Macadam road
will be required in addition to the agreement
aforesaid to execute to the said Board bond in
the sum of at least Sis. 600. with such securities
as the said Board may approve conditioned for
the faithful performance of the contract.
The successful bidders for each of the gravel
roads shall furnish separate similar bonds in the
of at least $1,000, each subject to be the same
conditions az aforesaid.
All bids must be presented to the respective
Committees at the time and place aforesaid and
at no other time. Bids will then be Immediately
opened and publicly read.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. Il. G. MILLER,
81 director Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
para nw,ntess n c,hiIe.

fquique. Chile, has the reputation Of
consuming more liquor per capita than
any other place in the world.
| have never seen liquor of all kinds
consumed in such quantities as here,
but apparently there is very little
drunkenness. The dry atmosphere and
the atoms of sand that one is constant
ly inhaling excite an abnormal thirst,
no doubt. and they say that the human
system requires an unusual amount
of stimulant to sustain the heat aild
fatigue of this climate. | am quite
sure that this duty is not neglected.
Judging by the extraordinary excesses
which are witnessed without comment
daily and hourly at every club and no
tel
Half dozen cocktails before break
fast-one man at lquique is said to
require II to start his machinery in
motion-a bottle of Scotch or Irish
whisky at breakfast. another at lunch
wines and cordials at dinner, brandy
and soda every now and then during
the day, alternating with copious and
frequent uidito VI btS' anu t'N 81 inS
repeated all the evening. with night
cap of whisky and a bottle beside the
bed In case of restless night-thi is
considered moderate indulgence. and
the way they mix things is amazing.
| have seen a party of business men
around a table at club drinking cock
tails, brandy and soda, beer. cham
payne, sherry and vermuth at the
same sitting during business hours and
return to repeat the performance sew
eral times during the day.-Chile Let
ter in Chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
AN EXAMPLE OF NERVE.

Warden McClaughry's Experience
With an Almost Escaped Prisoner.
Speaking of nerve" said one of the
detectives at headquarters. reminds
me of Chief McClaughry of Chicago
He used to be warden at the state pen.
itentiary down in Joliet. and he had
the reputation of being the coolest man
In Illinois. He was as shifty as any of
the men he had to handle and as quick
and calm about 1t as regular Sherlock
Holmes. Nothing could feaze him.
zone day McClaughry was sitting in
his office at just about the time the
men were being marched back to their
cells from work. He was alone. There
was a sound behind him. and. whirling
round. he saw convict who had pass
ed the guard in some way creeping to
ward him with an ugly looking iron
bar in his hand
Don't you stir the man whisper
ed. I'm going to get out of this if
have to kill you TO do it.
"'Oh,' McClaughry said, 1 thought
you were going tomorrow The man
stared at McClaughry and grunted,
'WotY McClaughry simply looked at
him as though he didn't care much and
said: They sent up your dismissal pa
pers this afternoon. that's all. You've
been such model prisoner all the
time that they decided TO commute
your sentence. You can go all right
enough If you want to. You're not my
prisoner any more. If you want to see
your papers why, think-they're here
in-in the drawer And before the
poor fool could lift the bar to strike
McClaughry had snapped a revolver
out of the desk and leveled it at his
head."-New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
The Engineer,s story.

"To run over a man-perhaps that's
the only thing of all that shakes me.
To see him on the track within 10 or 20
feet of you. to know that you can't stop
to save him. to feel the wheels of the
engine go over his body. crunching out
mis- life-a man doesn't want to expert
ence that more than once in a lifetime.
Its worse with child. There was
an old mate of mine in the west when
| was riding in the Union Pacifie-nev
err mind his name; he's dead now-as
good an engineer as ever stood in
box, cool. nerve like steel had been
through three wrecks. a holdup and a
fire. Well. one day Jim was a little be-
hind his schedule and made like any
thing for the next stop. There was
crossing right in front of him. He
saw that everything was clear, as he
thought. and went right ahead. when
all at once out of clump of trees there
ran a little golden haired fairy right
in front of the engine. 1t was all over
In one instant. and when the train stop
ped Jim dropped like log. 1t was two
months before he crept back again to
work. But he could never come to that
crossing but he saw the little girl with
her hair fiuttering in the wind running
out from the trees. And one day he
just got off his engine turned it over to
the second man and walked away. new
er to be seen again until his body was
found in the r"-Leslie's Weekly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
Getting Accumulated.

The family had occupied the dwell
ing about a day and half. and the
mistress thereof was putting carpet
down in the sitting room when there
came ring at the doorbell.
She FASTENED to the front door and
opened it. A smiling woman greeted
her
Good morning" said the caller
This is Mrs. Murkley. presume"
YES"
81 am Mrs. Pergallup, your next door
neighbor."
Glad to see you. Will you come in?"
Thanks. believe will step in for
a little while"
You will find us all torn up. of
course. We haven't begun to get
things in shape yet"
Now, don't you apologize, Mrs.
Murkley. know all about this thing
of moving"
ITS an awful job. isn't itY''
Terrible. | sometimes tell Mr.. Per
gallup I'd almost rather have a spell of
sickness than TO move Two moves
are about as bad as a fire. Well.
thought I'd drop in and get acquainted.
Could you lend me cupfuI of coffeeY'
Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
CHIEFS OF THE sULus.
Each Has the Power of Life or DeatI
over His Subjects.

Each Has the Power of Life or Death
over His Subjects.
The social system among the Moros
Is much more primitive than 1t is
among the greater part of the other
Philippine races. A chief, or dato, con
trolls a district. He has his own par.
ticular followers and his slaves. Be
sides these be may command all the
men of his own district In time of war
He also has the right Of life and death
over his subjects. For instance, a few
weeks before we arrived in Jolo, Data
Jokanine had occasion to execute one
of his followers. The man had been
intrusted with money belonging to the
dato. The first time he came to his
chief and said:
'Oh. great and benevolent dato,
have gambled away the money! For
give mel"
Every we'll" said the dato. "See
that 1t does not happen again"
Once more the retainer came. saying
"Oh. great and benevolent dato. again
have | gambled away thy money. and
again beg thee. in thy great mercy, tc
forgive me!'
This is the second time ! have for
given thee" said Jokanine. but the
third time. warn thee. thou shalt die. .
Yet again the unfortunate man re.
turned without the money he had col
lected for the dato.
''Oh. dato." he cried. throwing him
self at the feet of his chief. Il have
sinned again and taken thy money
Mercy Mercy~
Cut him down." said the dato to one
of his men-at-arms. The man offered
no resistance and was cut to pieces
with one of the great knives of the ma
tives.-Harper's Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08

A gentleman whose word cannot he
doubted and who is not easily deceived
tells the following:
Very early one mol ling he saw a fox
eying most wistfully a number of wild
ducks feeding in the rushy end of a
highland lake. After awhile the fox.
going to wndward of the ducks, put
afoat in the lake several lunches of
dead rushes or grass, which foated
down among the ducks without caus-
ing the least alarm.
After watching the effect of his pre-
liminary feet for short time the fox.
taking a good sized moutbful of grass
in his jaws, launched himself into the
water as quietly as possible having
nothing but the tips of his ears and
nose above water.
In this way he drifted down among
the ducks and caught a fine mallard.
Though this story seems eXtraordi-
nary, it must be remembered that the
fox manages to capture wild ducks
wood pigeons. hares and numbprIess
other animals, sufficient to keep him
self and family. and it is plain 10 be
seen that in doing so he must practice
many a trick that would seem improb-
able if related and quite beyond the in
stinct of animals. Omaha World Her
oil
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
MILK EJACULATION.
Small Differences May Bring Success
or Failure.

Small Differences May Bring Success
or Failure.
Before the meeting of the French
Academic DIES Sciences a paper by Dr..
Pages was read relating to the varia-
lions in the latent period necessary for
the coagulation of milk-that is to say,
the time which elapses between the adj
dition of the substances which cause
coagulation and the solidifcation of
the mass.
Under normal conditions, and conse-
quently outside the sphere of adultera-
ton, the period varies to a considera-
BILE degree. AS regards animals of the
same species, the causes of the varia-
bility may be due to the animal itself.
or to its hygienic surroundings, or to
its food, or to influences acting on the
milk after it has been drawn. AS re
CARDS the influence of age. the milk of
a young animal will coagulate in a
shorter period than that of an adult
animal. In other words young milk
coagulates sooner than old milk. and
this difference increases ON boiling
In general recently secreted milk also
coaguIates more quickly than milk
which has remained some time in the
milk bag. Similarly the milk which
drawn last coagulates sooner than that
which is first obtained.
Regarding the effect of food stuffs
ON the subject in question. there are
some which produc- milk of extreme
sensibility to the action of coagulating
substances. Such are many artificial
foods. beet root and bran. but especial
ly Iucern. and its aftermath even more
than its first cut. On the other hand.
other foods have the opposite effect.
Such are many species of meadow
grass and hay and forage of fruites-
cent or arborescent nature.
To exemplify our foregoing remarks
the following instance is given: Two
Normandy cows calve at the same pc
Rod One cow is fed in the Brie dis
triet near Paris on green lucern and
bran and the other on the fine heritage
of the permanent pasture of Norman
dy. The result is a considerable differ
ence in the latent period of coagulation
of the two lots of milk obtained.
Skilled Normandy dairy farmers have
tried. without success. TO make Brie
cheese at home even when those coag-
ulating substances which are success
fully employed in the Brie district have
been transferred to Normandy without
delay and used under the most favor
able conditions. The milk would not
coagulate sufficiently quickly at the
relatively low temperature. which is
one of the essentials in the manufac-
ture of Brie cheese. The material. for
instance. which easily coagulates the
evening milk within a few hours of
Sucy. near Paris, will require the whole
night to have the same effect at a vii
lage near Cherbourg. with the result
that spontaneous modification acts
more or less on the milk before it coag-
ulates.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
Dated December 4. 1893. l2.7 s..


Between Austin H Swack-
hamer, complainant, and On Bill, &c
The Trustees of the Method Order of Pubiica-
idst Chapel in North Wood ton
bury, defendants.
1t satisfactorily appearing TO this Court that
the defendants THE Trustees OF the Methodist
Chapsl In North woodbury. the mortgagor IN
the bill of complaint in this cause mentioned is
unknown, and that none of the officers or
directors of the said defendant corporation can
be found within this State 1t is on this Second
day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine, on motion of A. H. Swackhamer the com
plainant ordered that the unknown owners of
all that certain lot piece Of land situate with
in the bounds of the City of Woodbury. in the
County OF Gloucester, and state of New jersey
and bounded as follows viz
Beginning at stone for a corner to Captain
Angles land standing in the line Of Howtll's
land and thence running hy said Angles land
south thirty degrees and fifteen minutes west
three chains and twenty-seven links TO a stone
in the line Of said Angles land In the northery
James Mann, thence along the same South sixty
nine degrees and forrv-five minutes east seven
~ six links and half to q corner Of said James
Mann's lot, thence by the same north thirty
degrees and fifteen minutes east three chains
and tWenty-seven links to a stake for a corner
on the line of Howell's land aforesaid, and
thence along the same no tn sixty nine degrees
and forty five minutes west seventy six aud q
half links to the place of beginning.
Containing twenty FIVE hundreths of an acre,
be the same more less do appear, plead.
answer or demur to the compliments bill on or
before the Third day Of May next, or that in
default thereof. such decree be made against
them, as the Chancellor shall think equitable
and just
And it is further ordered that this order shall
within twenty days hereafter be published in a
newspaper printed at Woodbury., in this State,
and continue therein at least once a week, to
within ten days Of the expiration of the time
herein limited to appear, nead, answer o
denur. ALEX. T. MCGILIs.
ll-16 SO 6mos. c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
EngIIsh Restaurants.

Different countries produce different
foods. Perhaps that is the reason why
a description of a railway restaurant
in England sounds so curious to Amer
lean ears. This terminus restaurant
corresponds to the American lunch
counter, where pie and coffee are the
staple refreshments of the hurried hun
CRY man.
Patrons crowd the English place
three deep and wait for the front row
to finish eating and depart One elder
ly woman drinks hot spirit and water
and eats sandwiches. Beside her a
country couple devour buns and milk
how British buns" sounds!-and a
busy man eats sponge cake and drinks
port wine. Can one imagine Chicago
broker rushing into a quick lunch
counter with demand for sponge
cake? He might as well ask for
coach and four.
in this London restaurant a mother
of a family regales herself and her
meek husband with ginger beer and
cakes, and a nervous young clergy
man asks for a glass of milk. Buns
sponge cake, milk and berthe menu
is little different from those on this
side of the water.-Chicago News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
+" DEATH IN
THE POT. !"

"Death in the pot" That sentence
condenses the story of a tragedy A
little family gathering A fine dinner
cooked in the large copper kettle long
disused, and the entire family poisoned
by the accumulated verdigris. The story
was told by the newspapers from one
end of the land to the other But it was
soon forgotten The moral of it is, that
the purest of food, put into a foul vessel,
instead of ministering to life may be-
come minister of death.
If the stomach is diseased it is like the
poisonous kettle, which taints everything
that goes into it. The symptoms are
irregular appetite, undue fullness after
eating, distressed feeling in the stomach,
of Auttering and sinking sensations, pail
pitation, dizziness, ringing in ears, sour or
bitter risings and constipation. Not all
these symptoms may be present at the
same time, but any of them shows dis
ease in the digestive or alimentary tract.
The intimate relation of the stomach
to the blood, heart, liver and lungs
makes It medical maxim in exploring
the causes of obscure diseases to, g start
with the stomach" 1t is upon this
principle that DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal discovery eIectS SO many ana Such
remarkable cures. 1t cleanses the stom-
ach and the system is cleansed. 1t in
creases the action Of the blood making
glands, and the body is enriched by the
purified blood. 1t strengthens the di-
gestive or nutritive organs and these
strengthen the whole body by increasing
the quantity and quality Of its nourish-
ment. 1t carries off the poisonous, effete
matter. In this way it re-establishes
health, banishing the bodily aches, which
are but symptoms of the stomach's
condition.
All medicine dealers sell Golden
Medical Discovery" If they try to
substitute something else, it is because
something else" pays better. Insist
on Golden Medical Discovery" if you
want to be cured.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
cheese Two Hundrea year. ola


One of the most peculiar bridal or
marriage customs known is one that
has prevailed for centuries in what is
called the cheese regions of Switzer-
land. says DemOrest's Magazine In
that portion of the Alpine country
when pair join in wedlock it is the
fashion of their intimate friends to
buy a register cheese for the young
couple. The cheese is presented to
the newly welded people on the even
ing of the wedding day and is ever
after retained by them as family
register. On these heirloom cheeses
the whole history of the family is cary
ed, such as births. marriages. deaths
and other incidents which it may be
desired to make matters of record
Some of these old Swiss family cheese
records are said to date back to the
middle of the seventeenth century. AT
the agricultural fair annually held al
Gessenay great many cheese records
have been exhibited which were
known to be from $50 to 200 years old.
The oldest that has yet been displayed
belongs TO country squire living near
Gessenay. who shows his family rec
ord carved on cheese made in 1860.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
ComnlonS0nse
Talk
With Women

If a person is i'll and needs a medi-
cine is it not wise to get one that has
stood the test of time and has hum
dreds of thousands of cures to its
credit?
A great many women who are i'll try
everything they hear of in the way Of
medicine, and this experimenting with
unknown drugs is a constant menace
to their already impaired health.
This seems to us very unwise, for
there are remedies which are no ex-
periments and have been known years
and years to be doing only good.
Take for instance Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; for thirty
years its record has been one I'M
broken chain of success. No medi-
cine for female ills the world has ever
known has such record for cures.
1t seems so strange that some people
will take medicines about which they
really know nothing, some of which
might be, and are, really harmful !;
while on the other hand it is easily
proved that over one million women
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
We have published in the news
papers of the United States more
genuine testimonial letters than have
ever been published in the interest of
any other medicine.
All this should, and does, produce a
spirit of confidence in the hearts of
women which is difficult to dislodge,
and when they are asked to take some
thing else they say, "No, we want
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has been tried, and
never found wanting, whose reliability
is established far beyond the expert
mental stage"
We have thousands of letters like the
following addressed to Mrs. Pinl1ham,
showing that
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-02-08
OLD MEXICO.

TWENTY THREE DAYS TOUR VIA PENN,
SYLyANIA RAILROAD
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for special personally con.
Quoted tour through Old Mexico by special
Pullman train of parlor smoking, dining
sleeping, compartment, and observation
cars, to leave New York ami Philadelphia
February II, visiting all the principal
points of interest 10 the Land of Monte
yuma" and spending five days in the Guy
of Mexico
Round trip tickets, covering all necessary
expenses, $500 from all points on the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
For further information apply TO ticket
agent; Tourist Agent, 1886 Broadway New
York Court Street, Brooklyn; 789 Broad
Street, Newark. Nj. B Couriaender, Jr.
Passenger Agent. Baltimore District Balti-
more, Md Colin Studds, Passenger Agent
Southeastern District, Washington, d G
Fbos E Watt, Passenger Agent, Western
District, Pittsburg, Pa or address Geo
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Philadelphia. lis Ats.