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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
TESTS FOR CLOTH.
How TO Detect Frauds When Buying
Fabrics.

How TO Detect Frauds When Buying
Fabrics.
'Of the goods sold as all wool there
is not one-tenth that is genuine" said a
writer in the Chicago Tribune. "ln the
greater part the main component is
cotton. The test is simple, All that
is necessary is to pull out few threads
and apply lighted match Cotton win
go off in blaze, and wool will shrivel
up.
''To distinguish true, pure linen from
The intending buyer need but wet her
finger and apply it to the goods. Ii
they be pure linen, the moisture will
pass straight through. The spot
touched will be soaked at once, and al
most Immediately one side will be as
wet as the other.
Frauds are more numerous in silk
than in any other fabric, but here also
the material of adulteration is cotton.
Its presence can readily be discovered.
Draw few threads out. The pieces
of cotton will snap off short when
pulled, while the silk will stretch and
permit a considerable pull before
breaking.
"Silk, cotton and wool are the three
materials of cloth, and by the methods
given the purchaser can at least make
certain that she is obtaining what she
paid for.
Concerning silk it may be remarked
that the stuff our grandmothers used
to talk about that stood by itself is not
necessarily the best. Modern ingenuity
has devised means of giving the poor
est article the body requisite for this
purpose.
sShellac and other sticky substances
mixed through the fabric will produce
as stiff a silk as ever graced the closet
of an ancestral mansion. Such stuff is
quite worthless. 1t rots away in no
time. AS a matter of fact the silks
most priced at present are of the soft
variety, with no more rigidity than
muslin.
Counterfeit (machine made) lace is
often offered as the genuine handmade
article. At first glance it is identical
with the real thing. Even one who is
not an expert, however, can distinguish
the difference with little care. Ma
chine lace is always exactly regular in
its pattern, every figure the same
shape, length, thickness. and so forth.
In the handmade article there are al
ways little irregularities"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
DIsiNFEcTfno a SHIP.
Moist Heat, Thorough GermicidaI
Asrarnf La IIaed.

Moist Heat, a Thorough GermicidaI
Agent, LIS Used.
When the vessel has tied up to the
wharf in New Orleans, the first step is
the removal of the bedding, clothing
and cushions and other cloth fabrics to
the quarantine shed. Here they are
hung on a framework consisting Of a
series of racks suspended from long
car running on track and so arranged
that when the racks are filled the
whole thing may be run inside ore Of
the three great disinfecting cylinders
with which the station is equipped.
These cylinders are enormous steel
boilers fifty feet in length by eight feet
in diameter and fitted inside with con-
tinuous coils of steam pipe. The cylin-
ders are covered with asbestus and
awathed in felt, and when the cylinder
caps are Oh they are alright. When
the clothing has been placed inside and
the cylinders closed, dry heat is forced
through the pipes at a temperature of
1S0 degrees, and this is followed by
moist heat raised to a temperature of
230 degrees. The pressure of from six
to eight pounds put upon this steam
heat is sufficient to force it through
heavy mattresses or bundles of cloth
ing.
After a period which varies from
thirty minutes to an hour the cylinders
are opened, the racks are run out, and
the rapid evaporation which follows
causes the clothing to dry almost i'm
mediately The clothing is unharmed
by this process, and the moist heat is a
thorough germicidal agent. 1t is an in
teresting fact that If a freshly launder-
ed linen shirt or collar is put into the
cylinder it will emerge thoroughly
moist and apparently in need of anoth-
er starching. The evaporation is so rap
id, however, that it is Immediately res
stored to its original condition, not
even the gloss being removed.-Leslie's
MOntbty
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

him. Apparently the robber had plan
ned to escape to the roof and slide
down a rain pipe into the dark alley
at the rear.
Prindle sprang up through the roof
hatch as the man crossed the almost
fiat roof toward the rear and caught
him as he reached the low parapet
wall at the roofs edge.
The robber was of larger and heav-
Ter mold than the lineman and was
desperate. AS they grappled he tried
to draw a knife from his pocket, but
Prindle clutched those awful fingers of
his into the mans throat and tripped
him backward. They came down to-
gether on the pitch and gravel of the
roof, but the rush and fall threw Prin-
die beyond his antagonist, tearing his
hold loose. In another breath they
were together again, fighting desper-
ately. .
AS they came striking and struggling
into the angle Of the parapet Prindle
suddenly felt himself lifted bodily, and
the next instant he was being pressed
over the wall. Feeling himself going,
he set his fingers into the biceps of the
burglars left arm and pinioned his
right hand. In that awful moment he
felt the cords of his arms and fingers
contract until they burned like hot
wires. With cry of agony the robber
jerked him back to the roof, then whirl-
ed and ran across the roof, drawing
the knife as he fed. Prindle saw the
moonlight CLINT of the knife blade, and,
though infuriate with the passion of
battle, he recoiled. The burglar turned
in the angle of the wall, striving to re-
gain breath before the next onset.
A power wire stretched across the
roof some eight or nine feet above the
floor. Prindle drew a pair of rubber
faced gloves from his pocket, drew
them on and suddenly leaped up and
caught the wire. As he descended the
wire snapped and fell to the roof. In
stantly he caught up the two ends of
it and sprang at the robber, who met
him with uplifted knife.
The cracksman seemed to divine the
terrible nature of the tiny weapons in
the lineman's hands, for his face
blanched white. In the moonlight Prin-
die looked equally pale. If he could
touch the robbers flesh with the bare
ends Of the wires, he would win; if
not, he would probably die by the 9th
er's knife.
1t was a strange duel. They feinted
several times, then struck together.
The clothing was sheared away from
Prindle's arm, but the burglar fell in a
knotted, quiyering heap. The point Of
one of the live wires had gone up his
sleeve; the other had punctured his
neck
When the burglar recovered his
senses, Prindle had him securely tied
with detached pieces of the wire and
was at the front parapet of the roof,
looking up and down the street for an
officer.
The bank people gave Prindle hand
some reward. When metallic circuits
had been run by the telephone compa-
ny on his suggestion and they found
the troublesome induction overcome,
Manager Towne declared the plucky
lineman worthy to be any mans SON
in-law, and he was.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

The west should take to heart the
lesson taught by the abandoned farms
of the east-that of wanton waste of
soil fertility. This evil was not brought
about in any one year or decade. but
like interest on mortgage or the prog
ress of an insidious disease worked Gu
mulatively and continuously until the
earth refused to yield her increase. The
most splendid heritage of the west lies
not in it's landscape scenery, its water
ways or climate, but in the inherent
fertility of its soil, the impairment of
which is only possible by greedy and
barbarous methods of agriculture
which, unfortunately, are too often to
be found. Today the buildings on many
an eastern farm are worth more than
the land itself, and any effort for the
restoration of the fertility of such
farms is of necessity exceedingly tedi-
GUS and expensive and in many cases
utterly useless. The owner of a fertile
western farm should study no question
SO closely and intelligently as how to
preserve and maintain this natural fer
tility, for, like mans reputation, it is
very hard to restore when once it is inn
paired.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
cckiag Joints


In the fingers, toes, arms, and othe.
parts of the body, are joints that ar
inflamed and swollen by rheumatism
that acid condition of the blood whic1
affects the muscles also.
Sufferers dread to r re, especial
after sitting or lying lvas, and the
condition is commonly worse in we
weather.
ut has been long time since we hav
been without Hoods Sarsaparilla. N
father thinks he could not do without
He has been troubled with rhenmatis
since he was boy, and Hoods SarsaL
rilla is the only medicine he can take tli
viii enable him to take his place in tn,
field" MISS ADA DoTY, Sidney, Iowa.
Hoods JGrSGpariiiG
and Pills
Remove the cause of rheumatism-nt
outward application can. Take them
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
CHAMP
CLARK'S
LETTER |
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Especial Washington Letter.1

gel mas attracted marked dIleH'
ton and created profound sor-
row on two continents. He
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

The women's dog show in Madison
Square Garden. New York. proved that
the breeding of fashionable CANNES is
profitable. Many animals of the pop
ular breeds sell for from so to $500
apiece Besides. here is a field Of in.
dustry in which women can be as sue
cessful as men, For generations Eug
lish ladies Of the highest social stand
ing haze kept kennels and reared blue
biOoded dogs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

In tue recent political campaign in
New York one of the legislative candi-
dates, Morris Byk. was vigorously aid
ed by his four pretty sisters They
made house to house canvass of the
district, sent letters to wavering citi-
zens, helped their brother in giving
stag dinners and made telling little ar
guments for him Now. if women had
the ballot in New York the four pretty
Byk sisters could not only have done
all they did do for their brother. but
could have deposited four plump. round
tickets to his count also
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
SOME THING NEW.

Is what we're after all the time and we've just struck a new novelty. 1T you have photographs of friends whom you love and wish to keep for all time, we are prepared to fix you out in first class style. When you purchase tea or coffee at our store ask for a card explaining all about the pictures, then judge for yourself whether you want them or not. They are indestructi- ble, no glass to break, water, dust or a sledge hammer will not hurt them 1n the least. You can hang them up or we'll fit them out with easels. We will give you beautiful medallion of any picture you bring to us. How, ever, we reserve the right to refuse any picture of the things known as scabs, who are running the trolley cars; we have no time to spend on such excuses of mankind. By the way, } it's pretty nearstinie the trolley strike was settled Nobody knows better than the e<superintenden that the boys are worth $2.25 per day and that ten hour4 is long enough to work. but the boys have other demands which he G6esn't like. Well, If that's the case, fwhy the dickens doesn't he say: Boys, throw out the other provisions and we'll give you the pay and the hours. Of course. if he wants all the provis- ions thrown out he might as well come into our store to try and buy a pound of poor tea or coffee. which is impos- aible; impossible at
 Phelan's T Store.
 z2 East Main Street. Telephone.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
Novelties in Ladies
 Neckwear

Renaissance Turnover Collars at o5c Silk Embroidered Bishop Turn
 overs, 25c and soc Polka Dot and Plain Embroidered
 Turnoyers, 25c Finer ones with bishop Turnover, 5Oc Chiffon Ties, accordion pleat trim
 med, soc Chiffon Boas at 98c, $1.2J, $l.50, $2.oo, $2.5o, and $2.9s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGED.

Police Captain Boyd Indicted by the
 Grand Jury.
 St Louis, March 3.--On the charges of neglect of duty in failing to sup press vice, Police Captain Sam Boyd has been indicted by the grand jury.
 It is stated that this Is only the fore runner of number of indictments that will be returned against police of ficials within the next few days as the result of Investigations into an alleged traffic in girls which is said to be under police protection.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
Flaf.faifAre.

New spring goods arriving every day, our store is overflowing with the best kinds made and at the very lowest prices. Carpets, Rugs, Llnoleums, Window Shades, Lace Curtains and everything to make home beautiful. Our prices are always right. We mark all our goods in plain figures.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
Snecial Sala of Trimmed Hats

We have made deep cuts in prices in our Trimmed Hat Dept, not Q single style being reserved. '
 One lot TRIMMED HATS, black and colored velvet, former prices $2.79' $3.49, $4.39. S4.so, NOW $1.ee.
 One lot TRIMMED HATS, mace on pest quality black velvet, 1orme, ,, prices $4.99, $5.39, $5.99, $6.39, No" $2.99.
 One lot TRIMMED HATS, thls lo' consists of our high priced soousS' trimmed with black plumes an ~ aaearhers re prices ranging from $o.o' ~ $500, NOW $3.sa.
 Our object in inaugurating this Ne. auction Sale is to close out as soon as possible every hat or bonnet no" on our counters.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
AN OLD-FASHIONED WOMAN.

No clever, brilliant thinker she,
With college record and degree:
She has not known the paths of fame,
The world has never heard her name;
She walks in old. long-trodden ways,
The valleys of her yesterdays.
Home is her kingdom, love her dover
She seeks no other wand of power
To make home sweet, bring heaven near,
To win smile and wipe tear,
And do her duty day by day
In her own quiet place and way.
Around her childish hearts are twined,
AS round some reverend saint enshrined
And following hers the childish feet
Are led to ideals true and sweet.
And find all purity and good
In her divineSt motherhood.
She keeps her faith unShadowed still
God rules the world in good and i'll;
Men in her creed are brave and true,
And women pure as pearls of dew,
And life for her is high and grand,
By work and glad endeavor spanned.
This sad old earth's a brighter place
All for the sunshine of her face;
Her very smile a blessing throws,
And hearts are happier where she goes.
\ gentle, clear-eyed messenger,
To whisper love-thank God for her.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
Paine's Celery
Compound
Cures
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION,
AND STOMACH TROUBLES.

The tortures and evils of dyspepsia and
indigestion are experienced by thousands at
this time. The dyspeptic's train OF evils
may be enumerated as follows: feelings OF
dizziness, languor, nervousness, sleeplessness..
headache, distenson of the stomach, loss OF
flesh, difficult breathing, and the action OF the
heart is seriously affected.
All forms of dyspepsia are quickly banished
The use of this marvellous medicine allays the
Inflammation of the nerves centred about the
stomach; it opens up the sewers OF the body
and removes all waste matter; it cleanses the
blood; it makes new nerve fibre; it restores
digestive power, and promotes bodily strength
and activity. Mr.. Fred. Ross, Clarendon,
Iowa, briefly writes about his happy expert
ence with Paine's Celery Compound as
follows i
at gives me great pleasure to testify to the
merits Of Paine's Celery Compound. l can
candidly and honestly say it is the best medi-
cine in the world. Two years ago was suf-
fering from indigestion and nervousness, and
was so run down that 1 could hardly walk
without help. 1 used two bottles OF Paine's
Celery Compound and got better almost from
the first dose, and have had no use for medi-
cine since was completely cured"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
STUDENT SENT HOME.

Ural Robinson Left College Wrecked In
Health. Friends of the Young Man Be-
lieve that He Had a Narrow Escape from
Death. An Interview with Mr.. Robinson.
MIR. Ural Robinson was student at
business college in Canton until recently,
when he was compelled to give up his
studies and return to his nome az USna-
burg, Ohio. This was the beginning oI an
illness that brought him near TO death, as
will be seen by the following interview:
II broke down all of sudden, says Mr.
Robinson, 81 had headaches all the time
and was a nervous wreck. For three months
| was under a physicians care and, although
l spent considerable money for medicines,
nothing helped me- st this time severe
attack OF rheumatism came on ana maze me
helpless. My limbs and hands were swol-
len and caused me intense pain. l could
not move without suffering agonleS ana any
solid food distressed me. The medicine my
doctor gave ME would not stay on my StOm-
ach, consequently became greatly reduced
in flesh and was SO weak l c0uld not leave
my bed.
"My mother had great faith in DR.: Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People and sug-
geSted that l try them. l was agreeably
surprised to find that my stomach would re-
tain these pills and soon saw that was be-
ing benefited By the time that l nad finish
ed taking the fifth box l was thoroughly
cured. My cure is permanent, TOO, and |
have never enjoyed better health than |
have since being cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.
Mr. Robinsons address is Rural Free De-
livery No. l, Osnaburg, Ohio, and his re-
markable cure of a complication OF nervous
trouble and acute rheumatism can easily be
verified.
Mr. Robinson suffered from two causes
nervous disorder and disease of the
blood No other remedy would have been
so well adapted for his case as Or. Will
liams Pink Pills because they act both on
the blood and on the nerves. 1t is this that
constitutes the secret of DR.. williams dis
covery and that makes these pills different
from any other medicine 1t has been prov
en- that br. Williams Pink Pills have cured
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus dance, seiatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after effects of the grip, palpitatlon OF the
heart, pale and sallow compilations and all
forms of weakness either in male or female.
They are sold by all druggists, or direct
from DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Science
tady, n Y. Price, fifty cents per box; six
boxes, two dollars and a half.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
LIBERTY.

LIBERTY.
The event of the season in this vicinity
was the old folks ball at Hall St. George
last Thursday evening. About eighty coup
les took part, and Belfast, Belmont, Sears
mont, Montville, Palermo and Camden were
represented on the floor. The music was by
Merservey's Orchestra of Rockland, which
was among the best orchestra's ever listen
ed to in this place. 1t reminded the older
ones of the splendid music furnished us by
Sanborns Orchestra of Belfast several years
ago. On this occasion December and May
blended together beautifully; indeed, had
it not have been for the gray boards and
little round tops (bald heads) one could not
have told December from May. 1t was an
occasion long to be remembered. 1t demon
strated the fact that we as "a people can and
do enjoy good music and are able to pay Tor
it, and having done it once we shall con-
tinue to do so at least once year Game
Warden Neal was in town last week on his
way home from Wiscasset, where he had
been sent by Game Commissioner Carleton.
He made several arrests and convictions
and was able to send the commissioner be-
tween 500 and $500 collected as fnes....
There is rumor that Charles Achorn
| Whitefield will rent the Prescott Store and
put in stock of goods Nelson and
| Whitaker are cutting some OF the finest
| beef ever seen in this market. Heretofore
we have had to be content with small light
beef. Last Saturday they slaughtered an
OK to be cut up here which weighed 1,1oo
pounds. They are selling about 1000 pounds
of beef per week and find no trouble in
selling the best cuts at higher prices than
ever before, thus showing that there are
people enough among us who are willing to
pay for good thing to encourage them to
keep the best.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
What Nav Says.

Nav says I'll never mount to much,
An gen rally maw's right.
never seem to git in touch
With things, jest like might.
Nav says to me the other day
NAV siXty-in her prince
"What makes you fool your time away
A-tiShin' all the time?"
Nav says to me: "How old be you?"
l sorter hung my head.
You know I'm nearly forty-two,
An Nav knows, too. She's fed
An clothed me now for quite spell.
never earneda dime.
A Teller can't do nOthin' well,
A-tishin all the time.
Some day Pm goin' to go to work,
An make lot o money.
Well, say, you needn't smile an smirk;
1t amt so gol derned funny.
Worse folks than me has made their pile,
An loatin' amt no crime,
An when Pm rich I'll rest awhile,
An fish the whole derned time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
sence Mother Pinned the T. n. Club.

Sence mothers fined the T. NJ. Club.
She has a lot to say;
She sends her voice sOrrin' round,
Bout 40 miles day;
She's gettin' slack about the meals,
The cOOkin' shows it, too;
She amt a-keepin' up the house
The way she used to do.
She amt trusting things to me,
To run 'em for the best;
She says it's gettin' time for her
To take an interest;
She's reading s'Shakespeer" ev'ry day,
An "Parli'mentry Law
You'd now she was 'runnin' things,
To hear her wag her jaw.
The "Things Woman Orter Know
An "Women's Rights" see
Her porrn' over at the time
She should be gittin' tea:
Her apple pies amt half so good,
An 'nuther is her bread,
Sence mothers got them new idees
A-runniu' through her head
She reads the paper thro' and thro'
From A to z in course
And parties on every matter int
Until it makes her hOarSe,
You Orter hear her sock it to EN-,
The men who guide the state,
And wish she'was a man to vote
A md stump and perroate!
That library, tOo-consarn' the books!
Why is there one in town.
She reads it by the yard they say,
And does the thing up brown.
She dOtes on Art, but sakes alive!
When Sunday comes around
I've nOthin' fit to wear on which
A button can be found!
Sence mothers fined the T. NJ. Club
She amt the same good wife;
She SEE she's learned it amt polite
To eat things with yer knife.
En- drink from out yer sasser,
An seq not to forget
To cut my pie up with a fork.
Because it's etikett.
She Sights her patchn it all.
My sock heels war right through,
Becus when mendin' them she reads
That blamed OF ''Shakespeer" too.
She can't fry doughnuts' thout she ha:
Some blamed books in her hand
That tells what women orter do,
An where she Orter stand.
That newstyle cookbook that | bought,
1t don't ketch mothers eye
The recipes it tells about,
She amt got time to try;
She amt got time to sweep the house,
FIR make the beds, er scrub
In fact Mirandy's clean gone daft
Sence she has j'inned the club.
= Great Darlington, (Mass.) Courier.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
OA9To7IA.
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what on earth are you doing in here,
Tommy" asked his mother, peering in
to the darkness of the henhouse, whence
had been coming for five minutes or
more a series Of dismal squawkings.
accompanied by a loud Tapping OF
wings.
Il am trying said Tommy, who
seemed to be doing something with a
knotted rope, ''to fix this rooster so his
alarm won't go off before O'Clock to-
morrow morning Current Litera-
furh
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remarkable cases Of cold,
dee deer on the lungs, causing pne99mo-
MAJ MA is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenner, Mar
i h,a' / Ind, who was entirely cured by the
use Of One Minute Cough Cure. She says:
The coughing and stran Weight ht from 1as
to to o. sT bounds o tried number of remedies
Cure, -Four bottles of this wonderful
remedy cured me entirely, OF the cough n
strengthened my lungs and restored me TO
INV normal weight, health and streheth'