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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-31

hhAiuNttNf ltutuIt IMiS u SuHTu ebI1l-
posed Of men attired in the garb of
Continental soldiers.
A delegation of Pcnn's Grove Camp,
Sons Of Veterans marched with Apo
mattox Camp and made fine appear
ance.
The Order of Heptasophs or Seven
Wise Men had large turnout They
had the Philharmonic Band with them
and made an excellent appearance.
Citizens on the east side of town were
;reatly pleased to have the parade pass
5ver east side streets and showed THEN
lelight BY displaying numerous flags.
The paraders were surprised when the
olumn swung into Market street 70 find
t practically bare Of flags.
The various &. A. r. posts had good
urnorts Of their membership Some Of
he veterans We're compelled 70 dron OH
i ranks having become too fatigued he
ore the entire route was gone over.
The paraders passed around the Sold
CTS and Sailors Monument on Della
vare avenue and then started to march
n Delaware avenue
PRESENTATION or THE FLAG.
Upon arriving 1T the High School the
anks We're opened and the presentation
i Il flag to the High School by the
'unior Order United American Me-
n,rcl a tba sta,,s Il, r.d,,t ~ Ill, II;,si
school ,nd n,ss,d ,,n,nt ~ I,,;i.i;sa
WIS an immense crowd.
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chools must continue to teach patriot
sm.
!, aP9illh ANars was loudly apnlandcd.
mere was music ny the tlrst Regiment
6Ila alter Willri ,iorernor John Hum
aS ill,!"1need. ile was gwen an on
otSiaStic reception
- ilit been selected t. make the pre-
S"htation speech. lie said he appreciated
ho honor Of heing permitted to present
- ilag ~ behalf Of The II. @. 7. 4. NJ.
iic said the day selected was an nn-
'r"priata ono. rs Memorial Day was in
enumeration q tho mon who had fought
'ot four long veals TINT we might on
AS %" prosperity md glory Of this Rn-
m9ile, Mothers and fnthers." tile
| Governor stated. chad sent ont fhrir
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21


The classic age of letter writing, like
that of chivalry, is gone, although no
Burke has been found yet to utter its
splendid funeral Grafton. Correspond
ence on business, hurried notes contain
ing invitations to dinner or aceeptances
thereof-these are the missives which
fill the bag of the letter carrier. The
love letter, we presume, still holds its
sway, and, if we are to judge from the
revelations of breach of promise cases,
it is full of sugary sentimentalism as
in the days of Lydia Languish. But
the letter as it has passed into litera-
ture, the letter whose highest claim to
be treated as art is that it conceals art,
the letter as written by William Cow
per, CT Oliver Goldsmith, or Horace
Walpole, or Miss Burney-that charm
ing epistle intended only for the affec-
tionate perusal of friends and yet of
such value to the historian of life and
manners-shall we say that it has dis
appeared from the busy modern world,
killed by the railway and the steam
ship and the thoughts that shake man-
kindY' As least. 1t Is now but rare
product, a fragile flower scarcely able
to maintain itself in our altered social
soil.
Correspondence from being cherish
ed art and solace has in our day tend
ed to become what is called in slang a
"grind." 1t is "snippety," like the
cheap newspapers, sort of 'bits'' or
"cuts," giving hints which require to be
filled out, only that the receiver has
hardly time for that mental process.
Truth to tell, great deal of our letter
writing is boredom, the source of irrita-
tion and WEAKNESS to those who are
called on to undertake it.-London
Spectator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

THE FELLOW STRUGGLED FURIousLY AND
CUT MY ARM.
yet met We found a rough crowd
indeed, and the evening was not half
over when a burly big fellow deliber-
ately picked quarrel with me. was
giving him the worst of it when he
drew knife and rushed upon me.
Duchene, who was standing quietly by,
knocked the scoundrel senseless, and,
to my surprise, we were not molested
by the half dozen friends of the vic
tim who had been urging him to fin
ish me. came to know later on that
the whole thing was put up job, but
/ looked upon it then as a brave action
on the part of my acquaintance and
gave him my gratitude and friendship.
had never questioned him as to why
he was in Paris, where or how he
lived or what aim he had in life, and
he had never dropped hint. had
secret belief that he was a gambler
and sharper, but to me he was as
straightforward as could be hoped for.
About two weeks after the event at
the dance hall Duchene told me his
story, or part Of it, He was a pro-
fessional gambler, or had been up to
few months before he met me. Then
his eyesight had gone back ON him and
he had been obliged to abandon the
business. l had observed that he was
nearsighted and had been obliged to
favor his eyes.
A year before meeting me Duchene
and partner had "roped' rich young
fellow into game and skinned him
out of what would be about $4,000 in
American money. They were then oc-
cupying rooms in certain house he in
dicated, and, fearing trouble from the
victim, who had declared himself de-
frauded, the money had been hidden
under the floor. Trouble came. Both
men were arrested, and, while Duchene
got year in prison, the other man died
Of pneumonia while waiting his trial.
On leaving prison Duchene at once
took steps to secure his money, but
found the floor in possession of an ar
tifcial flower maker who held lease.
The place could not be entered and
searched, and the $4,000 still rested
beneath the floor of the front room. 1t
would take $1,500 to buy the lease and
oust the flower maker and another $500
to put in stock of something to throw
the police off the scent. Duchene could
not raise the money, nor had he yet
met a man he dared trust. His propo-
sition to me was that furnish the $2,-
900 and recei~e $4,000 of the hidden
money as my reward. Had he offered
| to go halves think l should have look
ed upon it as a plant and thrown it
over, but in offering me sixth portion
he seemed to show good business tact.
1t was big return on the investment
big enough to satisfy any one-and
gave him favorable answer at once.
He had already sounded the flower
maker as to the lease, and if my mon
ey was raised the papers could be sign
ed three days later. had good bit
of cash at my bankers, and Oh the sec
ond day after hearing Duchene's story
/ drew out $1,000 in gold and placed
the bag in my trunk. Next day the pa
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1901
2ers were to be signed, and week lat.

2ers were to be signed, and week lat
er the floor would be in our possession.
That night the two of us attended
the theater and afterward had supper,
and haven't the slightest doubt that
my wine was di.ugged. While 1 was
not made helpless, my head seemed as
big as barrel. | could hardly keep
my eyes open, and if Duchene had not
put me in a cab and instructed the
way to the hotel. / had to be helped
to my room, and l fell upon the bed,
dressed as | was, and was instantly
asleep. had been asleep two hours
when l awoke as keen as a fox. The
effects of the drug had vanished, and
as got out of bed to undress found
my legs all right again. l was fully
undressed and ready to get between the
sheets when my ear caught sound
from under the bed l at once stopped
down for look, and my eyes rested
upon man lying on the broad of his
back. had him out in a second. 1t
seemed to me as if / had five times
my ordinary strength, and, though the
fellow struggled furiously and cut my
arm with knife, | grasped his throat
and choked him till he lay like one
dead. 1t was only when had struck
light that / found the intruder to
be Duchene. He had come in through
the window which opened on a ve-
randa. He had been working at the
lock of my trunk when made some
noise on awakening, and he had rolled
himself under the bed. He had come
for that bag of gold, and he had meant
to do for me if necessary.
alarmed the house, the police were
sent for, and the fellow was taken
away, but it was a good hour before
he recovered his senses. His story was
entirely false, and he had put up a
job to rob me. 1t was my testimony
that gave him five years in prison, but
after it was all over and he had been
sent away I was bit sorry for him.
He could tell good story, had a laugh
which made you laugh with him, and
few men Of his class in Paris or else
where could order better dinner He
was not grasping man withal. He
had planned to rob me of $1,000 where
enother would have raised the figure
to $1,000.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21


Such useless trifles There wasn't one
to which 1 would give house room.
'How many doilies do you suppose
I've embroidered since I'm here?"
heard one woman say to another. zone
dozen! That'n make ten dozen with
those that have at home
"How on earth can you use SO many?'
l asked.
use themr' she exclaimed. "Use
those lovely things I've worked SO hard
over! Not if know myself! No, in
deed; I'm making a collection. I'm 60
ing to have II dozen in all. You see,
each dozen is embroidered with diff
ferent flower There's the daisy, the
maidenhair fern, the wild rose, the yio-
let, the poppy, the forgetmenot, the
strawberry-thats no flower, but it's
all the style-the pansy, the chrysan-
themum and the holly. Oh, some of
them are just too sweet for anything! l
keep them all piled up by half dozens,
tied with ribbons of appropriate eolors,
and they already fill q whole shelf.
What use are they? Oh. | don't know.
like to have them. | guess you don't
care for embroidery. You're not very
domestic Id your tastes. are your
Now, it happens that ! am. and it's
just because ! am angry Mt these inn
putations that want to talk a little
ON the subject. Why do women make
embroidery such useless art? 1t
wasn't so in the beginning. | admit
that there is nothing so attractive as
pretty woman seated by her own
fireside with a dainty bit Of needle
work, but why must it he something
which she can never by any possibili-
ty make use of? l have friend who
is fairy with her needle. She has a
collection Of cushions, centerpieces and
scarfs which make her friends pale
with envy on the rare occasions when
she exhibits them to the light of day.
Recently | came across her as she
stood at the counter of one of the large
stores. She was lingering a beautiful
little lace collar and revers embroid-
cred in autumn leaves. "Well. | sup
pose I shall have to buy it, she sigh
ed. "It's just the thing for my brown
dress But SIC! What an awful price
to pay for such bit of thing."
suppose it never occurred to her that
she might have made much hand
somer collar herself for half the
amount.
That's the trouble with these wo-
men. They will strip their purses for
those little accessories of dress which
are so necessary nowadays, and then
they will bend for hours over some
infnitesimal detail of an embroidered
picture frame or an impossible mantel
scarf.
Now, here are two suggestions in the
shape of collars. which may be used
to embellish a tailor made. a little silk
Eton jacket or q fluffy summer dress.
In any case they are sure to be ef-
fective. The foundation is of white
silk or satin. which is embroidered in
heavy white silk in close crewel
stitches. This gives rich effect to
the material. Over this surface are
scattered violets. tied with simulated
ribbon of the same color worked in
raised satin stitch. The iris collar is
done in the same fashion. only the
ground embroidery is of fine gold
thread. You will be surprised to find
what stunning effects you can obtain
with these little embroidered touches
If you keep the color combination of
your gown in mind.
The PRACTICAL GIRL.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
From Fingers to Forks.

In olden times fingers served well
enough to convey food to the mouth,
and divided gourd was an acceptable
drinking vessel, but when fashionable
aspirations seized our ancestors they
scorned these implements of nature,
and even the Pacific islanders pulled
their hair, of which they had gener-
Gus abundance, in their anxiety to de-
wise more seemly methods. They final
ly manufactured forks that looked like
skewers, and out of the bamboo they
manufactured knives. The Indians,
proverbially slow in adopting modern
ways, still eat without knives or forks,
although they have permitted the use
of spoons. These were first made of
shells and the rinds of gourds. Later
handles were inserted, and, having
passed numerous stages, knives, forks
and spoons have reached the present
deliberately ornamented kinds now in
general use.
The cup is probably the most ancient
of all domestic utensils. Its earliest
form was simply the half closed hand
or the folded leaf. Then followed cups
made of sea shells or rinds of fruit cut
in halves. Later appeared cups of
metal, lacquer and china. For centu-
ries the cup has been made the express
sion of art and luxury. and the most
precious metals, combined with the ar
tisan's most consummate skill, are now
commonly employed in their manufac-
ture, Baltimore Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

The kind of woman to know is the
one with a loving heart, who tries to
look on the bright side of life and to
help others to do the same.
She does not believe in what people
call 'sbad luck" but finds 4 eause for
the trouble and bright sde to it,
which makes it easier 10 bear. If she
can't see the compensating blessing in
disguise, she bravely holds en- to the
fact that the darkest time comes just
before dawn and tries to be cheerful.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

The Nirc.s Recnuse

The wires Because.
It is not because your haart is nine-mne only,
Mine alone.
1t is not because YOU chose me, weak and lonely
For your own
Not because the earth is fairer and the skies
Spread above you
Are mere radiant for tic shining of your eyes,
That love YOU!
1t is not because the worlds perplexed meaning
Grows moro clear.
And the parapets of heaven, with angels leaning
Seem more near
And nature sings OF praise with all her voices
Since yours spoke.
Since with my silent heart that now rejoiees
Love awoke.
Nay. not even because your Land holds heart and
life
At your will.
Soothing, busng all its dscord, making strife
Calm and still;
Teaching Trust to fold her wings nor ever roam
From her nest;
Teaching Love that her securest, safest home
Must bc rest.
But because this human love, though true and
sweet
Yours and mine
Has been sent by love more tender, more CON-
plete,
More divine.
That it leads our hearts to rest at last in heaven
Far above you
Do take thee as gift that God has given
And love you!
Adelaide A. Proctor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

I'm going to write great poems some day.
Exactly when will not say
Just now some things are in the way;
I'll begin-wel. a week from Tuesday.
There are pictures. too. ! mean TO paint;
My plans. as yet. are a little faint,
But my notions are really new and quaint,
As you'll see week from Wednesday.
A drama great | have in mind.
As soon as ! plot can find.
Striking. original. refined,
Perhaps a week from Thursday.
hope to form stock concern;
Enormous dividends I'll earn
Till coupon bonds have TO burn
About year from Friday
Or, no; I'll just invent toy.
Some simple gimcrack to give joy
To each enraptured girl or boy;
I'll work on that next Saturday.
/ can't decide which scheme to choose;
Each idea seems too good TO lose.
Meanwhile I'll take my Sunday snooze-
Tomorrow's only Monday.
Tudor jerks in Woman's Home Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
! THE MAN UNDER
HIT hCI BY
M. QUAD.
Copyright. 1901, by c. B. Lewis.

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I had been in Paris for a couple OF
months, living at family hotel and
knocking about at my leisure, when
I made the acquaintance of Felix
Duchene, as he called himself. He
was a man of about 80, and, though
Frenchman from head to heel, he
spoke English fairly well. He was
not man whom l should have select
ed as friend, and yet there was q
something about him which interested
me- He had travelled extensively, met
with many adventures and was a good
talker. came to know him as man
of nerve and courage. and, though !
feared he would turn out to be para
site, nothing of the sort happened. He
seemed to have plenty of money of his
own and never asked for the loan of a
franc.
1 had known Duchene for three or
four weeks when we visited dance
hall on one of the outer bouleyards
one night. The place was a resort for
tough men and bad women and prom
ised phase Of Partisan life l had not
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
RoBING VERSUS MEN.

How do the robins know
When it's time to go?
How can they tell when the day is at hand
To leave their nests and fly
Away TO the southern sunny land,
Where the blue is in the sky?
How do they know
Ere the north winds blow,
Bringing the chill and the ice and snow;
Why do they never foolishly wait,
Flirting with chance and tempting fate?
All, the robins are wiser far
Than some men are!
They take no chances nor fool around,
Thinking, because today is fair,
That tomorrow good cheer will still abound
With never woe nor care
Thinking because things come their way
In clusters today
Good luck has settled with them to stay!
The robin proceeds to get out of the wet
While the sun is faithfully shining yeti
Chicago Times Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
WoMEN'S EMBROIDERY.
Why Is 1t Always SO UnpracticaI.--.
TsRfnI Suc..raxf5nra.

Useful Suggestion.
"Niy goodness, that woman has be-
gun another worsted iorror,v exclaim-
ed the athletic girl as she gathered up
her golf clubs. "Wonder what it is
now? thank the Lord don't know
how to embroider | wouldn't learn. Ell
ther, if you hired me, The time women
waste on that useless stuff makes me
perfectly wildr' And with this en-
phatic declaration she swung down the
road and disappeared with her friend.
The scene was hotel piazza and the
time last summer. The woman refer
red to was the center Of group of ma
irons who were all practicing embroid-
cry as an excuse for summer gossip. l
gave glance at their work, and then
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
Love In a Cottage.

They may talk of love in cottage
And bowers of trellsed vine.
OF nature bewitehingly simple
And milkmaids half divine;
They may talk Of the pleasure of sleeping
In the shade OF spreading tree
And walk in the fields at morning
BY the side of footstep free.
But give me sly Irritation
By the light of a chandelier,
With music to play in the pauscs
And nobody ever near.
Or seat on silken sofa.
With glass OF pure old wine,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in mine.
Your love in cottage is hungry,
Your vine is nest for flies.
Your milknaid shocks the graces,
And simplicity talks of pies.
You lie down to your shady sumber
And wake with a bug in your car.
And your damse that walks in the morning
Is shod like uountaineer.
True love is at home on a carpet
And nightly likes his ease,
And true love has an eye for dinner
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the fan of lady.
His foot an invisible thing.
And his arrow is tipped with jewel
And shot from a silver string.
N. p. Willis
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
How to FiIlet HerrinEs.

Filleted kippers are sayory and easily
prepared. Cut the fillets from kip
pered herrings, free them from skin
and bone, put them in batter and clari-
ded drippings aud cook them in the
oven. Sprinkle with paprika and serve
on hot huttered toast.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
How to Improve the Complexion.

Just before retiring at night sponge
Yourself off with salt and water or just
rs much of your body as you can get
time. You will sleep better, and it will
Improve your complexion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

He Should Have a Low Passed Gre
ating and Defining the Crime of
Leze Majesty-GeneraI Merritt ON
the Constitution-Poses as Jurist.
Uncle Marks War Record - Mark
Twain Runs Amuck ON Imperial
ism-General Harrison n Thorn In
the Republican FIesh-Riot of Ex-
travagance-The Next Speaker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

How to Check Foot Precipitation.
To check perspiration of the feet,
soak them every night in hot alum wa
Ter. one teaspoonful to the quart.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

GOOU AOEAce3 aHFO 10 rOAfOSVs
Extreme worry comes from trying to
bear all the cares of lifetime at once
instead of letting each days evil be
sufficient unto itself. If we could live
our whole life in few hours, it might
be consistent to think it all over in one
night. There is no past, there is no
future, for doing or accomplishing.
The present time alone is for action.
and the order is and always will be one
thing at time. This one thing must
be done on the instant in whatever cir
cumstances we find ourselves.
Not that we should be forgetful of
the past. or careless of the future. The
former has been our faithful school
| master; the latter holds for US the is
sues of life. That we may act intelli-
gently in the present it is essential for
rs to look forward as far as the future
can reasonably be predicted, but not to
worry.
A degree of anxiety may be founded
upon facts that point almost inevitably.
| to future difficulties, but large part
of the forecast of trouble is groundless,
as is proved when things do not turn
out as expected. Overanxiety is al
ways crossing bridges before they are
reached, and it will stay awake all
night borrowing trouble from the re-
mote future. -Chautauquan.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
Teachers Program.

The Lexington County Teachers
Association will hold it's regular
meeting in the court house. at Lex
ington, s. c., December 2lst, 1901.
All teachers are earnestly requested
to be present. The following pro
gram has been arranged:
1st. Practical Method Of Teach
ing Fractions-Col. J. B. Wingard.
2 Failures in Reading-Miss Ger
trude Oxner.
8. The s'Dull Pupil" Prof. Thad
W. Dreher.
4. "Diacritical Marks. Col. j. q
Frick.
Miss TAns Meeize,
Sec. L. G. T. A.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11

pioneers of Leesville, and one of the
most honorable, honest and upright
men in our community, shot himself
fatally Thursday morning early at
his home.
Mr.. Shealy had been in bad health
for months and it is supposed his
dependency caused him to commit
the deed. BE leaves wife, two sons
and host Of friends to mourn his
loss.
The sale of the Mitchell Estate
netted the neat sum of 1885 90.
A number of new houses will be
built on these lands in the near
future. Sol.
December Z, 1901.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-12-11
Flattering Write Up.

Through the courtesy OF Mr.. S. NJ.
Gross we were permitted to glance
over the trade edition of the Echo.
published at Edwards, Miss, in
which is hattering write up of. Mr..
J. n. Rauch, who is an able member
and Secretary of the Board of School
Trustees, and City Treasurer. Mr..
Rauch is a native CT Lexington and
is connected by blood with many Of
the best people. He is successful
druggist at Edwards.