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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-09
PHILIPPINE MATTERS.

Slso a number Of army and navy pro
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
He Barred Newcastle.

When Edward VII as Prince of Wales
visited America in 1860, Canada went
wild over him, and in Detroit and
Chicago the crowds were SO dense
that the party could scarcely reach
their hotel. So many were the recep-
tions, dinners and other social func-
tions in which the prince participated
that he finally broke down through
sheer fatigue and overexcitement. The
Duke Of Newcastle, who was the
princes companion, decided. therefore,
to stop off on their way to st. Louis at
Dwight Station, quiet village famous
for it's shooting. The prince brought
down a bag of IA brace of quail and
four rabbits. But the pleasure of the
day was marred by the following Incl
dent:
AS the royal party approached a
farmhouse an Enthusiastically British
settler appeared at the door and invited
every one except the Duke of Newcas-
tie to enter.
''Not you, Newcastlev' he shouted. 81
have been tenant of yours and have
sworn that you shall never set foot
on my land"
Accordingly the party passed on, and
the farmer, though revenged on his old
landlord, had to forego the honor Of en-
tertaining royalty under his roof.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04

"DO YOU SEE THAT BOY SITTING ON THE
CHEST?"
train brought it past our station, where
1t rested for a. day and then moved
on. In defile 15 miles to the north
of US it was ambushed by over thou
sand dacoits and suffered a severe
misfortune. There was not only
heavy loss In killed and wounded, but
the treasure and a portion of the sup
plies were captured and run off.
The remnant of the train returned
to us and went into camp until re-en-
forcements could come up, and the
bullet headed, tyrannical Colonel KEN
BILE, whose obstinacy and recklessness
had brought about the disaster, pro-
ceeded to make it redhot for every
body. Any set of men except British
soldiers would have mutinied and
taken his life. Raging over his de-
feat and feeling his helplessness, he or
dered out detachments and command.
ed them to bring in every native they
could overhaul. 1t was well populat-
ed country, with hundreds of loyal ma
tives to be picked up, but the colonel
proceeded to look upon each and every
one as guilty Of having had hand
in the attack on the train. More than
a score were shot or hung offhand,
while others were whipped at the post
or ordered out of the district. 1t was
reign of terror for three weeks, and
the end was a fitting one.
My own detachment one day brought
in a mere boy whom we had found
covering in thicket l do not believe
he bad the slightest knowledge of the
ambush or took any part in it. He was
a timid lad, whose father had been one
Of the first ones hung, and he was so
frightened that but little could be got
out of him. The colonel bulldoZed and
browbeat him and finally ordered his
execution on the ground that he was
spy. 1t was only when he knew that
he must die that the young fellow
braced up and showed his courage, and
as he was being led away to execution
he said to the colonel:
"Sahib Colonel, / am innocent, and
you will be punished for my death.
You may shoot me and bury my body,
but my spirit will follow you to the
grave"
Half an hour later he was dead, but
he was the last one to be executed.
That evening as the colonel entered the
officers mess tent for supper all of US
noticed that he had queer. troubled
look ON his ea.ce qnd that he cast fur
tive glances behind him. After a bit
he tried to be jocular. but the effort
was a failure. He said something
about not feeling well, but nobody dar-
ed question him. At midnight that
night we got an explanation. The
colonel called the sentinel into his
tent, and with white face and trem-
bling voice and the perspiration stand
ing out on his forehead he said:
''Man, do you see that boy sitting on
the chest"
81 see nobody, SIR" replied the senti-
mel
"He is there, l tell you! He fol-
lowed me to mess and back. and he
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04

ONLY AN OLD SONG.
But 1t illustrated the Curiosity of
Navv YnrIx Crowd

But 1t illustrated the Curiosity of a
New York Crowd.
1t was only song, and an old one at
that, but it came near causing a block
on the Broadway surface line the other
day. The singer was as black as the
coal In the cart he was driving, but
that fact cast no shadow on his exuber-
ant spirits. AS he swung his chariot
from Broadway into Cortlandt street
he raised his voice. Then the trouble
began.
When the notes of "Old Black Joe"
rang out high and clear above the din
of traffic, expressions of blank amaze
ment overspread the faces of the hur-
rying pedestrians who thronged the
sidewalks. Necks were craned in a
vain search for the location of some
newly patented phonograph. Crowds
collected and gazed vacantly upon the
air, as If they expected to locate the
sound In some office window; teams
were drawn up until a long line Of
trucks extended up Cortlandt street to
Broadway, barring access to the street,
that their drivers might ascertain the
cause of the crowds curiosity. Sud-
denly newsboy cried:
"Ah, rubber! Dontcher see it's only
de niger a-singinT
The crowd laughed. The darky, now
Justify holding forth on "The Suwannee
River" turned sharply into Church
street, totally oblivious to the excite
ment he had caused. The crowd then
dispersed, and the long line of wagons
began to move once more.
"Well," exclaimed a Jerseyman on
his way to the ferry, New Yorkers call
country people curious, but He
shrugged his shoulders and passed on.
New York Mail and Express.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
THE SPECTER
OF GORUCKPOOR
Copyright, 1901. by c. B. Lewis.
By M QUAD.

kJ$SO OOSNSS OtNJOO WV 0SaSsSO OOkNSO W.
The garrison of Goruckpoor in the
province of Ondh, India, in the year
1862 consisted of 1000 men, and about
half of these were split up into small
detachments and stationed here and
the hill men and punish raiding dacoits.
Dacoits are bands of robbers under
command of a chief who holds a re-
1igious influence over them, and they
are yet the pests of India along the
foothills of the Himalayas. They are
daring men and hard fighters, and very
few British soldiers who fall into their
hands are spared.
We of the Fourth, comprising 80
men, were stationed during the year
1862 almost as far north as the bor-
ders of Nepal. We had plenty of skir-
mishing with the dacoits for a time,
but finally dealt them such heavy
blows that they drew off and left. us
In peace. We were in the midst of
WHAT Seelneu TO Ue peace Wnen the
government dispatched large train
of treasure and military supplies from
Goruckpoor for Ghoorka Colonel KEN
BILE, who had been ordered to take
command of the garrison at the latter
place, being just back from a years
leave Of absence in England, was with
the train, and the whole was escorted
by 250 cavalrymen. The route for the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
Aninner Cor King.

The father of Queen Victoria, the
Duke of Kent, had no objection to dis
senters and, in fact, cultivated inti-
mate relations with well known Con-
gregationalist minister, DIR. Stoughton,
whom he knew both at Windsor and
Kensington. The doctor lent the en-
barrassed duke some money, but re-
fused many invitations to dine at Ken
sington palace. At length Victoria's 8
father pressed him for his reason, and
the doctor explained that he would not
accept because he could not entertain
in return.
"Oh," said the duke, "you can easily
do that. / like boiled leg of mutton
and trimmings better than anything,
but cannot often get it," Taking the
hint, the doctor had fine leg of NUT
ton duly prepared, and the duke thor
oughly enjoyed his dinner The warm
friendship cemented by the leg of NUT
ton continued unimpaired until the
dukes death, and one of the first acts
of the queen on coming to the throne
was to repay the doctors loan, ex-
pressing high appreciation Of his con-
siderate kindness.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04

A young man and a young woman
lean over the front gate. They are low
ers. 1t is moonlight. He is loath to
leave, as the parting is the last. He is
about to go away. She is reluctant to
see him depart. They swing on the
gate.
'I'll never forget you," he says, land
IL death should claim me my last
thought will be of YOU"
"Ill be true to you," she sobs. 'I'll
never see anybody else or love them as
long as live"
They part.
Six years later he returns. His sweet
heart of former years has married.
They meet at party. She has changed
greatly. Between the dances the rec
ognition takes place.
Let me see." she muses., with her
san beating tattoo on her pretty hand,
''was it you or your brother who was
my old sweetheart?r r
"Really l don't know" he says.
Probably my father" = London An
swerS.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
History of the "Hisu. y

There is not an actor, an actress, a
vocalist or other public performer, in
Guiding the politician, but must be in
terested in the hiss and it's origin.
DR.. Ainslie Hollis in The Humani-
tartan tells, under the title of Before
Babel" of his researches as to the pre-
vailing language before the confusion
Of tongues"
Referring to the aforesaid awesome
word, he writes: perhaps the sibilant
SIS (st, is, sh) is one of the oldest sounds
in animated nature, as it undoubtedly
is one of the simplest to produce.
"Vocalized in the English hiss (hist,
hush) we find the pure sibilant adopted
by beasts, birds and reptiles as an ex-
pressiye of the warning in times of
stress.
''Even the crustacean cirrhipeds can
produce the sound, when there is an
&ddjacrnt source of danger. although
they are not supplied with proper vo-
cal apparatus.
Besides acting as warning not to
its own kith, some predatory animals,
as, for instance, some of the smaller
carnivora and certain snakes, utter
the sound in minatory manner to
ward off Objectionable intruders from
their lair.
Equivalent in the former case to the
expressions Keep quiet Stand still,'
a hiss is construed in it's more widely
known sense among animals of differ
ent species as Come forward at your
PERIL impressing visitor in search of
hospitality much in the same way as
did the legend Cave canem,' on the
threshold of a Roman mansion"
The paragraph concludes sagely: "Our
English hiss is mainly restricted to the
use of dissatisfied playgoers. The
sound here retains its primitive mean
ing-a warning note"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, APRIL 4 1901
has been here in plain sight all the
evening. Take him awayv'

evening. Take him awayw
"But there's nobody here, sir''
And there wasn't. The sentinel call
ed In two officers, who looked and
searched in vain and assured Colonel
Kemble that no boy was present. He
tried to turn it off with a laugh, but in
less than "a hours every man in camp
knew that the colonel was haunted by
a specter. He made brave effort to
bluff it out, but it was useless. The
specter followed at his heels by day
and sat by his bedside at night, and
in a week the strong, aggressive man
was becoming a mental wreck He
turned to us for pity and sympathy,
but we had little to give. He had been
brutal in his vengeance.
The surgeon looked upon the case
at first as some disorder Of the brain,
but later on acknowledged that it was
something beyond his medicine. No
one else could see the specter. The
colonel would say that it sat beside
him or stood In the door, but there was
nothing for other eyes to rest upon.
slash and thrust at the specter, but he
could not harm it. By the surgeons
advice the colonel returned to Goruck-
poor. 1t was reported as case Of
breaking down over mental anxiety,
but hundreds of people came to know
better. The specter followed him back,
followed him to the house of friend,
sat with him through every night and
dogged at his heels through every hour
of the day. He could no more shake
it off than he could change the color
of his eyes. He made the gamest sort
of fight, knowing that his future career
was at stake, and at length all men
came to pity him-pity him and avoid
him as one accursed. He was medically
treated. given brief furloughs and
every effort made to build him up, but
at the end of eight months, every day
and every night Of which had been a
terror to him, he ended by blowing
out his brains.
Was it a case of man haunted by
a spirit seeking revenge? 1t was not
SO reported officially, but from first to
last and from the highest to the lowest,
and this includes two surgeons, it was
fully and firmly believed that it was,
and the uncanny affair had great
influence over other officers in their
future treatment of the natives.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04


above the bottom, and on this is put q
line of very strong tape, with snap but
tons at short intervals. There is an.
0thcs- tape fysrrs is--l1csi with 1t with the
other part of the button on that, and
this is to be fastened to the dress belt
and they fasten by a push, just like the
glove buttons.
The front of shirt waist is cut like
the diagram. If it is to be plated OF
to have featherbone piping cord run in
that should be done before the neck
and arm sizes are cut out. The lines
show how the plaits are laid. The dot
ted line across the bottom is to mark
the waist line, and the crosses show
the proportion of the dip for the blouse
front. The corsets are with straight
fronts yet. though there are some made
with high busts for those who prefer
them. But the waists are all planned
for the straight front. When the plaits
are all in. the waist can be gathered
in and fitted and finished off. Three
fiat gilt buttons are put on the front OF
the wooden waists and pearl ones on
the cotton.
Shirt waist sleeves are of two kinds
the regular shirt sleeve and the coat
sleeve with some little ornamentation
mostly in shape of fancy cuff Many
Of the silk ones have short sleeves to
allow for undersleeves. Sleeves in shirt
form have the cuff four ply and are
first stitched along the seam and then
turned and stitched like mans cuffs
At the neck there is a band of the ma
terial, and this is an inch wide This
has buttonhole In the back and two
In front to attach any preferred collar
The kind of collar is entirely a matter
of personal selection. But nearly all
the cotton waists have one or two col
lars of the same material and some
times a tie of the same.
For shirt waists there are mauy
kinds of material. but the striped
ginghams and plaids, the plain cham
brays, lawns, dotted swisses and or
candies and dimities are seen oftenest
These are all 80 to Sc inches wide, and
for plain one without tucks it needs
three yards, allowing cuffs and collars
of the same. For one with many tucks
it will require half yard more. Two
and half yards of flannel is sufficient
while it takes five yards or silk, unless
1t is wider than the usual. which is Il
to 20 inches.
Many pretty effects can be developed
In shirt waists by cutting the goods sc
that stripes may run in different ways
bias or on the cross. and this set in be
tween other parts where the pattern
runs across or where stripes and bias
parts alternate.
Scotch and French tiannels are the
two best of the all wool materials fol
shirt waists. and the variety of them
is surprising. but unfortunately the
figured and dotted ones are extremely
dear, and few can afford them. But
sometimes q lady who is clever witt
her needle embroiders the dots herself
Any other small designs. such as clover
leaves or tiny geometrical figures. are
pretty, and some of the narrow silver
and gold braids are applied with goo6
effect. OLIVE HARPER.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
Dunning the Dead.

A Grundy county Kan.) physician
recently sent to the address of one OF
his patients a bill for professional serv-
ices and within ten days received the
following letter written on the back of
his memorandum:
"Deer Sur this noat was put in my
box by mistake han't the man hee's
dead and aint any relation of mine any
way. l don't see how your conshens
will let you dun the dead. Why don't
you live a better christon live and let
live and try to meat that man who dide
In heaven which is worth moar than
$40 to emmy DOCTOR"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
HOMEMADE DRESSES.
HOW TO MAKE COTTON AND WOODEN
SHIRT WAISTS.

Designs which May Serve as a Basis
For Different Materials = Forming
the Tucks and Cordings-Sugges-
tions as to Trimming.
Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association
To make a shirt. waist and have it
right is one of the most difficult things
in dressmaking, and yet it is good
thing to learn how to do it, since the
material for one costs so little and the
finished garment costs SO much. The
waist and pattern in this column are
from the best shirt waist house in
New York. The design shown here is
the basis Of them all, woolen and cot
ton. Any difference is developed by
different ways of trimming or tucking.
The back is generally made straight
and in that case is cut all in one piece,
but some of the plaid or striped goods
are made more ornamental by having
the material cut bias, which requires
that seam should be in the middle
Three or more tucks or cordings are
Eewed In the stuff on each side of the
shoulder point, and deep plait is laid
at the bottom under the narrow one so
that it is made to narrow toward the
center until the two lines of plaitings
touch at the bottom while starting at
the shoulder point.
On the diagram, Fig. 2. will be found
a yoke of the back, and this is cut on
the cross of the goods to be strong, and
the straight edge is bound. 1t goes un-
der the outside. The outside of the
back is then basted to this. 1t is to
give firmness across the back. A waist
made in this way never loses it's shape
across the back. 1t also stays the arm
size at the back. Woolen and cotton
shirt waists are never fully lined. The
back, like the front, extends three inch
es below the waist line for holding the
belt. Some of the best waists have a
gathered belt sewed along three inches
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
BURIED THOUGHTS.

How often does the chopper Of some stone,
Wf6le toiling at his task of heave and shock,
Ffed in the heart space of severed rock
The impress OF some fern that once had grown.
Full of aspiring life and color tone,
Deep in the forest where the shadows flock,
TILL caught within the adamantine block,
It lay for ages hidden and unknown!
So many beauteous thought blooms in the mind,
But, unexpressed, droops down into the soul
And lies unuttered in the silence there
Until some opener Of the soul shall find
That fernlike, fossiled dream complete and whole
And marvel at its beauty past compared
Alfred S. Donaldson in Outlook.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
How to Make Arrowroos Cruel,

Take one tablespoonful OF arrcwroot,
add one egg. little butter. pinch Of
salt and dessertspoonfu of sugar. Dis
solve all together by heating in large
cup, then add either boiling milk or
water, cook until semitransparent and
serve with a dash of nutmeg or ta-
blespoonful of wine. Where arrowroot
Is not procurable two tablespoonfuls of
corn -four may be used with similarity
good results.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
How to Make Moth Powder.

An excellent powder to keep in clos
cts as preventive against millers is
made by mixing one ounce of tonquin
bean, one ounce of caraway seed, one
ounce of cloves, one ounce Of mace,
cinnamon and six ounces of Florentine
orris root, all powdered. Put the mix
ture in bags and hang them among the
clothing or lay them in trunks or draw
ers. There is no Objectionable odor to
cling to the clothing-nothing but a
sweet, spicy fragrance which pleases
the senses. This is good for the year
round
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
The New Jersey Trust and Safe
Deposit Company

THESE three words were used by
L this very popular man in a
recent address to young men.
We can't teach a young man how
to "stick' and "dig," he must learn
application and energy elsewhere,
but we can help him "save" by pro-
viding an excellent institution, and
by paying him interest on deposits.
3. F. Fowler, Pres, ]. G. stinson, v. Pres.
]. Allen Thompson, Sec'y and Treas.
Sd and Market, Camden, N. ].
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-04
Tenlnerafo.

Grimsby-So you want to marry my
daughter, sir! What are your princi-
pies? Are you temperate?
Fledgely- Temperate! Why. am so
strict that 1t gives me pain even to find
my boots ight.-PIck- Me-Up.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-27
CITY NEWS

George Chase and Miss Grace Tup-
per returned this morning to their
homes in Bethel.
Neal Dow Lodge No. IS, will hold
picnic at <Benjamia's Falls, July 4th.
All members OF the order are Cordially
invited to attend.
The trustees OF Goddard Seminary
met again yesterday afternoon, but
did little only to talk things over.
The principal of the school was given
control OF the athletics, the same as
last year. After the adjournment Of
trustees meeting the executive com.
mittee met and organized by electing
S. d. Allen chairman, and Geo. Lam
son, secretary. They also "talked
things over," but took no action.
Ford Flagg returned to Richmond
this morning.
.. l.. Cheever ard family returned
this morning from Morrisville.
Fred Cole left this morning for his
home 10 Ludlow.
The cases Of State vs.. Perry 4 Serb.
ner have been continued until July 10,
on account OF the absence Of the de-
fendentS' counsel.
j. Glynn was arrested by Officer
Gauthier last night. This morning
he pleaded guilty to intoxication and
was fined S. aid costs OF 1929, which
he paid. Grand Juror Sargent ap.
peared for the state.
Richard Grant returned this noon
to his home in Pittsdeld, N. H. VIM.
Gladding accompanied him.
Mrs. w. w. Wilson and daughter
returned this noon to their home IN
Brattleboro after visit at VIM. Viii.
sUn' S on Silver street.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-27
GILLEY & ABBOTT.
ia, 11S Main Street, Barre, VT

Another rehearsal OF the Barre
Festival chorus will be held at Univer-
sallst vestry Friday evening, begin
ming at 7.45 sharp. Besides the cho.
ruses sung last week, work will be
begun on "The Recognition of Land
by Greig. All who desire to become
members Of the chorus will be given
an opportunity to enroll. THIS will
be the last rehearsal until autumn,
and a general invitation is extended
to all SINCE S in town to be present.
s. J. Newcomb is moving today
from Elm street to the Penniman
house on South Main street.
Mulch & Calder hold their annual
picnic Saturday.
Eli Drury says he has no use for in
cubators. He recently set two hens
on 26 eggs. and the result was 81
live chickens, several dead ones, and
six eggs that did not hatch. He says
he has set the hens over again, in
hopes that they will do better next
time. This is the story as Mr.. Drury
tells it.
While Mrs. Nj. Gotler was lighting
an oil stove yesterday it began W
sputter and fiutter, and she promptly
threw it into the yard. One Of her
hands was quite badly burned
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-27
BETHEL.

. More than 100 voters Of the Whit
c,imb high school district, many Of
them ladies, attended the annual
meeting of the district On Tuesday
evening. The anticipated fun Of a
battle over the building Of new
school house was lost by it's project
ors moving to table the article. Yves
ley Miller was elected a member Of
the school board for three years. A
tax OF 40 cents on the dollar was
voted.
The remains of Mrs. Geo. Brooks, a
lady of this town, who was visiting
her daughter in Holyoke, Mass,
where she suddenly died of acute
Bright S disease, were brought here
Tuesday for iuterment.
E. N. Davis had the misfortune to
lose ahorse, which was good one, by
an accident IN the pasture the other
day.
The hay crop is very heavy and
many Of our farmers have begun hay
ing.
Markham S carbolized ointment will
cure the flea bites that you get when
you go a fishing with his famous trout
secret.