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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

James w. Hughes, Administrator of Emeline
VanLeer, deceased, by direction of the Surro-
gate of the County of Gloucester, hereby gives
notice to the creditors of the said Emeline Van
Leer, deceased, to bring in their debts, claims
and demands against the estate of the said de-
cedent. under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefore against the said
administrator. JAMES w. HUGHES.
Dated June Is, 1902 GIG
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
The CHARGE

Blobbs-I hear you lost your suit
Was the judges charge unfavorable?
Slobbs-Oh, I'm not kicking about
that. What makes me sore is my law
yers charge. Philadelphia Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26

The business man who cutters up his
brain with some other fellows sue
cess maxims" is pretty certain to score
a quick failure.-Denver Republican.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26

Wrinkles come, the face fades, but
the soul speaks just as eloquently from
the eye where hope has conquered
care. Schoolmaster,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
FOR SALE OR RENT.
WOODBURY. GREENHOUSES

Anyone desiring to go into the florist business
can have the opportunity of owning the Wood
bury Greenhouses. A welestablished business
is here for someone A fine chance for a young
man wishing to engage in the business Salts
factory terms Possession at once. For further
particulars in reference to the place, address
MRS. j. H. LUPTON,
April a. 'o2-f Woodbury., N. J.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26

Are the dread of those whose lungs are
cweak" -. Some fortunate people can
follow the summer as it goes southwark,
and escape the cold blasts of winter and
the chill airs of spring. But for the
majority of people this is impossible.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
6 Mk~...

This signature Is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bronco uinine Tablets
the remedy that cures cold in one day
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26

time have an abundance of water and
Of plant food in solution all ready for
use. Try it, and you will be surprised
to see how they will grow and how
long and abundantly they will bear
Cor. Ohio Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
MONEY TO LOAN

On first mortgage.
lSs South Broad street,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26

Ducks by the Acre.
The illustration shows scene on the
duck farm of w. r. Curtis & Co.. Ran
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-06-26
SHERIFF's SALE.


By virtue of writ of fieri facias, to di-
rected, issued out of the Chancery Court of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

It is superficially held to be praise worthy that the regular life insurance companies stand ready to grant what are sometimes called generous" sur render values to their policy holders. But it is still open to doubt, in the opin- ion of the Chicago Chronicle, if any undue encouragement should be held out to policy holders to renounce their insurance, no matter what the stress of circumstances may afterward urge. Life insurance is fundamentally and mainly for the protection of the family, and it would seem the part of wisdom to make it difficult rather than easy for an insurant ever to surrender his policy. The policy once given up, the protec- tion is, of course, gone, and often for ever, for the man who sells his life in- surance policy or bOrrows money oL it does not usually reinsure again. The money raised by the surrender or loan goes, and then he finds it difficult either to take a new policy or to repay the amount borrowed. There is legal and just surrender rate to which policy holders are entitled, and this Is some times set forth in the contract. But the insured man should rarely be encour- aged to avail himself of it's privileges, while any tendency to make it still cas- fer for him by giving ampler surrender rates is threatening alike to his fam ily's welfare and the true principles of life insurance. As for any generosity" in this respect, that is a sad misnomer.
 Life Insurance rightly conducted is a matter of justice, equity and business fair dealing, in which generosity can play no part. The policy holder is not asked to be generous, and the company cannot be. It is certainly anything but a generous spirit that prompts a policy holder, no matter how much he thinks he needs the money, to sacrifice the financial safety of his family by surren- dering his contract, and there can be no generosity on the company side in en- couraging him in the lamentable act.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
A MIRACLE EXPLAINED.
Case of Demoniaca1 Possession Provo 6
 to Be Simply Recurrent Memory.

Case of Demoniaca1 Possession Provo Q
 to Be Simply Recurrent Memory.
 The vagaries of memory are some of the most interesting of those connected with the human mind and body. Why do we forget certain things and remem- Der others? Myriads of these irregu- larities are as yet unaccounted for; per haps not even the cleverest metaphysi- elan will ever account for them.
 Prof. James reminds us how some thing which we have tried in vain to recall will afterward, when we have given up the attempt, "saunter into the mind," as Emerson says, as innOcently as if it had never been summoned.
 Again, bygone experiences will revive after years of oblivion, often as the re- dent.
 Such a case is the one quoted by Coleridge of a young woman in Ger many who could neither read nor write, but who was said to be possessed of a devil because, in fever, she was heard raving in Latin, Greek, and in an obscure rabbinical dialect of He brew. Whole pages of her talk were written down, and were found to con sist of sentences ineligible in them selves, but not having the slightest con nection with one another. To say that she was possessed of devil was the easiest way of accounting for the mat ter.
 At last the mystery was cleared up by a physician who traced back the girls history until he learned that at the age of g she was taken to live at the house of an old pastor, a great Hebrew scho,ar and that she remained there until the pastors death. It had been for years the old mans custom to walk up and down passage near the kitch- en, and read to himself in a loud voice.
 His books were examined, and among them many of the passages taken down at the young woman's bedside were identified. The theory of demoniacal possession was abandoned.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
saIsed the Giant Powder.

''If you never had a mine saltesl on you" remarked an Old-time COlOrad0 miner at the Brown last night. you have missed half of your chance to ssE good experience"
 Did you ever have it happen t0 you?' asked a stranger from the E1sC
 ''Yes. my first lesson cost me SJ.0O0. when bought mine in Leadville thar had been tunneled into the mOuntaln side for nearly 200 feet had heard of the trick of salting properties. So af- ter the man showed me what there was in sight he invited me to go right ahead and blast out several feet in Orslsr to satisfy myself. which did. and the ere seemed to be just as good as ir was when he was working it. Of course bought it, and then it never paid eenc it was salted-"
 But how could they salt three or four feet into the solid rock E'
 '"There was the trick Of l. TheF didn't salt the rock. but put the gold colors into the giant powder. and as long as that lasted there was gold In ht.n.Denver Times
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Un-to-Date Witchcraft.

The witch business in Pennsylvania is not what is used to be in good old Massachusetts days. Last week, in Shamokin, MT. Schuck, whose avOca- ton is dealing in black art and in ex- orcising witches. failed to induce a small but select coterie of witches to leave some cows in whose midst they had taken up habitation. So the law got hold of MT. Schuck and hauled him to jail-an because the witches wouldn't leave, the cows couldn't get well, and MT. Schuck wouldn't return the S1.75 he had collected for evicting the vexatiOus Spirits.-The Observer, in Harper's Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
ROoSEveLI'S PERSONALITY.

His Favorite Book, Dietetic Standby,
 and Training of Children.
 Those who have studied President Roosevelt at close range tell interest ing stories of his personality.
 He is a tireless reader of books, and on his long railroad trips invariably carries from three to six volumes in his grip. But the side pocket of his travelling coat always holds one stout ly-bound, well-thumbed book. It is an ancient copy of ''Plutarch's Lives" the Presidents favorite On campaign tours and pleasure jaunts he takes a daily half-hour dose of Plutarch, en- toying every minute of it.
 'I like everything that's good in lit erature," said the President, when ask ed to explain his preferences, "but my Plutarch holds the first place. I've read this musty little volume close up- on thousand times, guess, but 1t is ever new. 1 simply can't get too much of it."
 Not one physical characteristic is more prominent in President ROOSe- velt's makeup than his short, brlstling mustache, that has been called ''bel- ligerent." The secret of this bristling lies largely in the fact that President Roosevelt habitually brushes 1t against the grain. His short, muscular fingers never go to his upper lip but to stroke the long-suffering mustache the wrong way. Between thumb and forefnger every hair is turned from its natural angle and stands erect and threaten ing.
 President Roosevelt is blessed with an appetite that reflects his strenuous outdoor life. Although accustomed to dainty fare and inured to costly ban quets, his taste runs on hOmely lines. An observer discovered the Roosevelt preference one cold winters day after a trying journey of hours with the then Governor, cross country with the snow deep. Seated at table with an elaborate hotel bill of fare before him Colonel Roosevelt ordered ''cOrned beef and cabbage"
 Its my standby" he announced gleefully to the man at lis elbow, fit for king, and they can't bring it too quick or too much of it."
 Democratic training of children is one of President RooseYelt's pet hob bies. He does not hesitate to put his theories into practice. Every little Roosevelt is taught that one man is better than another only when he is the more honest, stronger, and braver.
 John Hall is President Roosevelt's family coachman, yet MT. Halls chill dren attend the same school as the junior Roosevelts, studying in the same classes, and sharing in the one lunch.
 "Old Tom" is an aged negro in charge of the Roosevelt barnyard at Layanora hill. But. when "Old Tom" reported one day last summer that Freddy" Jr. had tried the lasso on some choice spring chickens, Colonel Roosevelt handed him a long-lashed whip.
 "Lay it on, Tom, good and hard" said he. "It's about time that Master Teddy recognized your supreme au- thority in this barnyard. New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

The genius of Americanism, as exem- plified in Canton, is put into words by one of the Congressmen who escorted the body of the late President home to Ohio. MT. McKinley's plain and un- pretentious house." he said, had evil dently been enlarged to meet increasing prosperity, so that it bore the stamp of the normal condition of our American life, small, modest beginnings, and gradual and steady improvement. At the cemetery there was the simple fam fly burial plot where lay the father and mother and two children, with nothing to indicate that it was to be the final resting-place of the first citizen of the nation, the man whose influence on the recent history of the world had been second to none All was simple and democratic and plain as it ought to be in a republic of equal rights, and one could not be blind to the illustration it gave that power and distinction are open to all, and that anarchy is not only wicked but preposterous when it levels a weapon against such a ruler" Pre- posterous is the right word In this country anarchy is not so much a belief of the intellect as it is a form of de- mentia which would be Imaginable if it were not dangerous.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

A certain man went down from Jeru. salem to Jericho and fell among thieves. which stripped him of his raj ment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. A priest came and looked on him and passed by on looked on him and passed by on the other side. But certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when be saw him ne mad compassion on him. And gave him two pence and said to a hotelkeeper: Take care of him" Which. now. of these three was neighbor unto him that fell among thieves? So runs the chronicle in the book of Luke. the tenth chapter. Chi cago furnishes revised version of the good Samaritan. At much frequented street corner a citizen was informed that a man had fallen among thieves, who had lured him to vacant lot and after robbery left him wounded and half dead. His condition was carefully confded to the Samaritan by a trusty confederate, who, when the Samaritan was engaged in ascertaining the extent of the injuries of the fallen victim, as sisted the latter to deliver telling blows upon the head of the Samaritan, whom they relieved of his valuables and left in unconsciousness, while they escaped
 with the personal effects of the good Samaritan. The moral appears to be that 1t is wise not to be neighbor un- der all circumstances without some pre- IIminary inquiry. To call the police first wiu enable the contemporary Sa sari-
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Horseradish.

This succulent and highly favored herb hardly gets its due in the ordinary garden. It is put into a corner, like the boy when company comes, as though any place and any treatment were good enough for it. When one buys hOrseradish on the market-that is, the prepared horseradlsh-he is re- minded again how careless the popular mind has grown to be on this matter The purchaser of grocery store horse radish does well if he gets a 10 per cent dose of the real root The 90 per cent may be potato or turnip or ex- celsior, or almost anything. What we need Is a horseradiSh revival. Peo- ple's eyes should be opened (spite of their weeping) to the merits of the pure goods, and. equally, to the merits of the adulterants. Good varieties of horseradish should be selected, good cuttings should be carefully taken and planted in a good place in the garden, and clean, sound roots should be pre- pared for the dining table. Good horse radish is a wholesome and grateful thing, but poor horseradish is an abom- nation
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

Have you ever done anything which you think ought to command the grati- tude of pOsterity?" asked the friend.
 "NOw, what's the use of taking up my time with such questions as that?" said Senator Sorghum, visibly annoyed. You know as well as I do that pos terity hasn't any vote in the coming election Y'-Washingt Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

came in at the windows above his heal -came with the croaking song of tb1 frogs in the swamp outside and with the drifts of the thick, gray fog.
 "Kess it," it sad from vacancy, al most in his ear; "kess 1t, ef you like to, now" And something fell on the table near his forehead, with a thud. He groped and touched 1t. It was soft and cold. He felt it over It was a small, stiff hand.-Argonaut
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
ReaI Weeninp Wiilow.

One of the curioSities of an English residence of nobility is weeping will low made of copper, and so dexterous- Iy fashioned that at a distance it re- sembles a real tree. It is actually a shower bath, for, by pressing secret button, a tiny spray of water can be made to burst forth from every branch and twig, to the discomfort of any who may be under 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
A Nei-hh,rIr AcS

Mrs. Binks-HOrrOrsl Uncle John has sent a gun for little Johnny Hen 6e sure to kill himself
 MT. Binks-Indeed he WIIl- DO1rr let him see it.
 But what shall do with the thing "Give it to that boy next dOOr."-NesE York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Everxbody oTi..e.s Hin.

From the BOwersville Clarion -So visitor to our little city has been mors deeply missed than Mr. Able Grafrsr. who left suddenly last Tuesday Tns proprietor of the BOwerSville H0tsl misses him most of all. bur the taiI0- and the shoe dealer. also ye edir0r. have considerable interest in him--Balri- more American
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Iook-s Sus,seso--

Uncle Geehaw-Tve hesa ge-1g a lot of long typeWritten leSeers aoour patent medicines lately. an Says l-aA as hops.
 Abe ChinwhiSkerS-Wha hars S1e z1zll- about?
 Uncle Geehsw-Why. she does1 . sec how l come tew get them unless g s'1S tew firtin' with the pretty SyBe~rzrer gals thet wrote them. when Eas 1s'- Moo York IBrooklyn Eagle
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

Three hundred young women of Chi cago who are all to become public school teachers were recently pronounc- ed physically perfect, including nerves and eyeslght. Never before had so large a proportion of the number to be examined passed the required tests. At the New York Normal School inquiries recently elicited the fact that nineteen twentieths of the girl pupils were taller than their mothers. The heroines of the English novels of a century ago were as weak physically as they were mentally. The modern girl Is whole some and strong in body and in mind.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

An American laundry-machine com- pany has recently shipped a complete steam-laundry plant to Vladivostok, Eastern Siberia. It will be capable of handling 4,000 pieces of linen a day, and will consist of washers. centrifugal wringers and a large mangle. This is said to be the first introduction of such an equipment into that region. If so, 1t is doubtless a case of Wiring out the old; wiring in the new" slightly to amend Tennyson's familiar lines.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-Sayings that Are Cheer full to Old or Young-Funny Selec. tious that Everybody Will Enjoy.

q unstan's," said Miss Miami Brown, "dat you done made refrunce to me as 'coon.'"
 "You does me wrong," answered MT. Erastus Pinkley; my regards fOh yOh Is sech dat if I was to make any cOm- parisOns dar wouldn't be muffin men, tioned but chickin' or 'possum. ."- Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Inexcu.abfe

What impressed you mOsC duri1g your Western visity' they asked 1la after he had returned to Boston
 ''The ignorance Of the pseple.- promptly and decidedly answered r1s college professor. ~I saw a man nanss1 Chandler, S4 years old. who had nsvsr learned the meaning and derivation at his name. Chicago Tribune
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

In spite of the biblical blessing of the man who interferes to stop a quarrel, 1t frequently happens that the peace maker. in the present stage of civiliZa- tion, fares worse than the original con- testants. Witness, for instance, the recent shooting affray in which two men were fatally and one seriously wounded. A prominent merchant was in a restaurant eating his lunch when a party of drunken men entered and began to make objectionable remarks. He objected. A fight ensued. It hap pened that deputy sheriff was in the room, and he endeavored to interfere and put an end to the trouble. The prominent merchant, however, felt az grieved at his interference and drew his revolver and began shooting. While the bullets were flying a well-known physician, who also happened to be ID the room, rushed in to separate the men. Meanwhile the deputy sheriff, as a measure of self-defense, had pulled his own weapon and turned it loose.
 When the smoke had blown away It was found that of the three men the merchant and the physician were Ia tally wounded, while the officer of the law was seriously wounded. AS for the drunken men, who were the original cause of the whole controversy, they seem to have escaped scot free. It is notorious that persons who interfere in family quarrels invariably fare worse than any of the actual parties to the controversy, and instances are frequent where men who ''seek peace" are turned upon and beaten by both of the men whom they have attempted to separate. It takes some courage to pick a quarrel. but it takes much more to attempt to stop one after it has be- gun.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

The microbe sharps say that for an all-around, unparalleled atrocity the milkman with whiskers is easily to the fore. It seems that the bacilli are sup posed to dive into the milk from his facial undergrowth.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Too Muea OF n.

Medium-I can tell yOu about a bur jed treasure.
 PatrOn-Please don't Ny huso421 is always footing that in my ears
 Medium-DOeS he know a1E-1-1s about a buried treaSure2
 PatrOn-Yes. his first Eife.-ChieaS9 News.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
The Fretful Porcupine.

"You don't know much about scien- tifc fighting, do your" said the bull dog, with a superior air.
 'No," replied the porcupine, "but if you'd care to mix 1t up witk me, think I could give you few points. ."-Phila- delphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

MT. Astor cannot be peer of Eng land because the law prohibits natural ized subjects from attaining to that dlg- nity. Mir. Astor has tried so hard to get away from his fur and pelt ances- try that he has brought it to the notice of all the world and got nothing else for bis pains except disappointment. It is a wise son who accepts his own Dedigree
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

Miss Clara Wilson Kretzinger says the last century was barbarOus, and points for proof of her assertion to football, Fourth of July fireworks and hazing. She might have included jew elry. dangling belt hardware and the Monday bargain counter scramble.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

The State entomolOgist of Georgia says that within few years that State will have hundred million fruit trees. Gracious, what times the boys will have
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
The Trials oF Q Nexesi.s.

Penley-Has BlufertOn began hLs new novel yet2
 Skriyner-NO. l heard that on ac- count of 1t being the holiday season aa is having some trouble in getting 1ls publisher. his dramatist and bis adrer- tising expert tOgether-Puek-
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
No Need of PraysrA

Deacon EbOny-I hab not seen Ee1 at ouah revival meetin's. MisCah Blacz Mistah Blaek-WOt fOh Wa1r Oo -s- vival meetin's?
 Don't you ebber prayE
 ''NO; I carry CT rabbits fOOCr-Ne'T York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
More Potato Humor.

"Bifkin Is always joking. When the doctor ordered him to go to Colorado what do you suppose he saidY'
 "Give it up."
 'He said he really couldn't afford to have tuberculosis because tubers are so expensive" ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Welcome Information.

Tramp-Please, mum, 1 haven't a friend or a relative in the world.
 Housekeeper-Well, I'm glad there's nO one to worry over you ill case you get hurt. Here. Tige!-New York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
Considerable Difference.

"Well. what's the difference between lunch and luncheon, anyway"
 'Tfs just this way: If it amounts to pretty near enough to satisfy you it's lunch; If it doesn't it's luncheon."- Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

PettijOhn-Woman are paradoxical creatures!
 Pillsbury (wearily)-Yes. My wife has got one of those hats that they wear at an angle of 45 degrees, and she is forever asking me: George, have l got my hat on straightY- Brooklyn Eagle.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08

After a man succeeds he says that he regarded every defeat as a step toward victory. But he was careful to take as few steps as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1902-02-08
The EscaD@

q wouldn't be as intellectual as Sa-a for anything on earth
 "WhyT'
 "Oh, she never has any ideas aOsuc clOthes.".