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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03

mer, having left behind the football
hero and matinee idol age, she entered
upon the fourth age-the man in uni
form. He was West Point graduate.
of course, and it goes without saying
that he knew how to fiirt She
thought she knew how, too, but she
learned good deal from him that she
had not dreamed of. 1t wasn't such a
pleasant experience, after all, for it left
a sting and the memories of moonlight
strolls and the music of taps over the
hillside and the way his eyes used to
look into hers.
"And then for whole year she didn't
love any one until she met the reverse
of the soldier-the poet She admired
his genius. and he wrote her verses
and said she was his inspiration until
she became tired Of his long hair and
his erratic ways and found out, too.
that, owing to his artistic tempera-
ment, she was not the only one who
was his inspiration. and them
.sAnd then?'
-'.she entered upon the sixth stage.
the sensible age, and she made up her
mind to marry the man her mother
chose for her, a rather oldish man. a
little stout, too, and fond of good liv-
ing, but with an excellent income and
good social standing. She used to go
out to dinner with him and with her
mother and out to ride in his automo
bile, to the envy of the neighbors. and
then suddenly one day she rebelled,
right in the midst of the trodsseau, and
made up her mind she would live all
her days and die an old maid rather
than marry man she didn't care for
merely in order to get home. And
then she entered upon the seventh age,
the age of true love. l suppose she mar
ried plain man. not at all like the
others, and was happy ever after" she
concluded lamely.
The bachelor leaned forward with q
curious look in his eyes and took her
hand in his. Your story sounds very
we'll. Marjorie" he commented, 'ali
but the last, and you don't seem quite
sure Of that. Don't you think. dear.
that you made mistake; that there
were not seven ages. after all. but
only 81. and that shs mercy came
back IN the piid to the trsi age the
little boy neat door,
MATD RQTsasfs
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03

cried Sir Arthur.
VIII bowed his head abjectly and
left the other to guess that which sat
upon his mind Sir Arthur drew a
long breath and stopped his angry
pacing up and down.
1T ran on for weeks, said Will
Law. We were to have been married.
had no thought of this. Twas
who took her to and from the prison
regularly, and twas thus that we met.
She told me she was but the messen-
ger of the Lady Catharine.p
Sir Arthur drew long, slow breath.
Then I may say to you,1 said he,
chat your brother, John Law, is a
hundred times more traitor and felon
than even now I thought him. Yon-
der he goes and he shook his fist
into the enveloping mist which hung
above the waters. @Yonder he goes,
somewhere, give you warning, where
be deems no trail shall be left behind
him. But promise you, whatever be
your own wish, | shall follow him into
the last corner of the earth, but he
shall see me and give account for this!
There is none of us he has not deceived
utterly, and like blaek-hearted viii
lain. He shall account for 1t, though
it be years from now
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03
Cheap shelter For sheep.

A cheap shelter will do for sheep in
winter. An open shed facing the south
and east on a high piece of ground to
let the water run away from the build
ing is the best This is an ideal place
to winter sheep. 4 tight board fence
as a windbreak is better than barn
cellar or basement A shed made of
spruce boughs would answer the pur-
pose well, but room enough must be
provided. Sheep know very little. They
should always have at least twice as
much room as they would need if they
were more intelligent We need no
feed racks. The clean snow is an ideal
place to feed a sheep hay. Move the
we'll shaken hay a little farther out
each feed, and at every storm begin
back at the shed, and always feed on
clean snow. If you have few roots,
feed them whole. If you do not con-
fne the sheep in yard and you should
not, you need not bother about water.
If they can always have clean snow,
they will eat that and thrive, but with
out clean snow they suffer for want of
water quicker than any other animal.
says i New England Homestead cor
respondent
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03
nFN | HAT6IRL SLOW
WH The Seven Agesof Love

y AM going to write d LITTLE sketch
and call it The Seven Ages OF
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-03
SeweII Nursesies
SEWELL, N. !.
JOHN MCCLEARY, Prop'g.

This Is the season when owners of land thfmk
most of putting out fruit. shade and other treea
and we want them to know how well we can
serve them. have been in the nursery busf-
ness about 80 years, Is years of that period IS
Sewell, and are quite sure that we know or
.usiness One pf the speakers at the late Farna-
ers' Institute at Swedesboro, advised the farnR-
ers TO buy their trees of home nurserymen This
we know is good advise, because Il sell diseas-
ed or inferior stock there is immediate redress,
reach.
My trees are all healthy and thoroughly fuma-
gated before being shipped.
/ have all kinds OF nuTsaVy seOcE-appdaes
pears. peaches, plums, ounces, cherries; Sugar
and Norway naples and Sycamores, Californka
privit specially; also, all kinds Of plants
strowberry, raspberry. blackberry. l have 28
600 two years old Palmetto Asparagus plants
Your order solicitor.
JOHN McCLEARY.
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period, and few parents would be willing
to deprive their children Of their vaca,
Ton during the heated term, even Il
Ssath neqf,an!s "a 0i long make ssSh
is Of grelt i, <ellt 10 the teachers, not
only as recuperative period, but also
Sinnsrnuch as Il enables them to study at
the higher institutions, schools OF methods
them for more effective work in the
jschool-roorn. "a ..s $&
the ~ pq II y i, IF cGag1
silly Is closed during the entire month
Of September. ana for at least one. week
after each Of the quarters, Having
been a stVGent at this institution, \ an
there. and think IGnay, state that, tho
Summer quarter which begins about
the middle Of juno and extends to tho last
of August IL attended almost altoge tllef,
not BY the. regular students, who have
been in residence during the other three
quarters, but by new students and tea CHI
ers from other institutions, and the In
lessons Working frequently onIy a part
Of the term. or by regular professors
who have taken vacations during other
quarters. a! it X, s3 " u. 84
used a large part OF tho year; i. is also
true hat our Legislative hnlls. our
churches and other public buildings, arc
unused 4 sti4l larger part, Like you, |
slH!llS ~ Is y ppOI DusTliesS policy W Ia We
so much brick AM mortar and equip
Hent lying Idle during so great 4 par t
OF the year; but 1t would be still poorer
BUSINESS policy to reduce the teacher to
a machine, which must go on running
every day In ,he year. with no stops for
no ans and improvements, until soon,
from The ineysr-ceasnS tension, the ,sllvc.
cord is loosed and the golden bowl brciscn.
Our. teachers are more than mere lahorers
work ne rs tools under tho direction OF
other minds; thew are architects. bur-
as We'll as laying firm foundations :or
the more stately mansions OF The soul
Gand their value is not to be reckoned By
the number, OF hours they spend within
the walls OF the classroom Nh
5# 4 JULIAN a. ,BuRRUSS, 4
Principal OF Leigh School.
n Richmond. Va. March Ii M TlLI.-.l N.
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Editor ct The s. Times D!spatch:

Editor OF The Times dispatch: tla@
s!r.-1n your issue OF tho l4th instant.
under the piece headed ITO Share In Mill
Hons" relative TO Joseph Ball vast
brother OF Mary Ball, tho mother OF
Washing ton. died without issue, leaving
an Immense estate, much Of which was.
at the time OF his deaf b under ninety
nine years ]. lease. These leases are
about to expire and the property comes
e ths hfirs IN dlfset Inc g Mrs Mary
The Joseph Bail referred to above was
a resident OF Eng land !, whore Size died
thirteen years before the first gun Of,
the Revolution was fired. and any lea SOS
for ninety-nlnc Years mad BY him nj ust
have expired fnll. tlfty years :, ago &c
whereas no had four fun sisters, from
whom have ldescende ed the e Traye,rscs:;
Senator John ", DanieD ~ Conwa vs.
ChInns. Carnegies, etc. IT. Is not rue
that j oseph5 Ball, j r. lied without -
He arr!ed IN 19 M'fs FTan,
sister, MI airy Ball, was an infant In the
arms. and his children were three-n son.
Charles, who died In In fancy; daugh-
ter. who also died In infancy, and "a sec-
ond daughter. Frances. who married Raw.
leigh DoWnman, October Is, ri 7o0. 2. llalf
Weatham Church. 81 the Rev. Mr. WYATT.
vicar Of sWesthnm." i 5 4 IA ~.
Rawleigh bowman came to Virginia
with Ills wife In 1765. sl and resided a.
YMorattco. III Lancaster county, where
he was buried In 1851. to the right Of his
Alillore 1.-THE buryng Place n y,
two sons and four daughters. and his Viz
s'nla ae1eonaah's afe 1 e. n, BEALB.
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"A Soldiers Complaint.
Editor Of l'he Times Dispatch:

SITfiitof OF r. he t,llIHes-1'is'atSh fSjSB
4 sir,-While the Leg islature. OF Virginia
Is mai King appr9EEiat lions rs they z, Should
diers OF the State. WHO lost so much III
her de tense. he other Southern States
furnish their Nunfortunates, With artificial
limbs, and why has Virginia been so neg
stur s, p passed an act to aid Confederate sol
diers and marines who were In needy cir
instances, That act la shamefully
been, but very few WORTHLESS are raaping
the benefits, The greater number that are
drawing pensions are men who never
fired Ia gun and never were on bat ties
field. and how some ma ma 80 to get their
property assessed under $500 Is something
81 cannot understand, They own good
farms, and have horses, Wag ons. cat lie,
So, and live Well, while the man who
lost his limb In actual battl gets NJ q q,
pays his tax, and has to plod his Wa y on
snotl g peg leg as he can mann face q
'. fNow II Virginia can pension men who
never. saw any service and 8deserters 8 ne
gan furnish her dismembered soldiers
With. limbs A r. Wiz gina cannos give ~ ers
soldiers linus who lost them llg hing un,
der Jackson and Lee, she SHOULD repeaal
her pension laws and let the Con FED rate
Soldier who has no home SO to the Sol
ldiers' Home, and stop taxing the one
legged and one-nrHed men 10 pa y PEN
sions to men who never heard pullet
"a - ! a ONE LEG GID So DEB
N Early Grove.
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A Tea I, chet,,s. Reply.
~ The nes-Dlspatch:

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
n sir,---ln your edition Of March Stll ap ?.
pears an editorial headed The ray o.
portion o. " wnet wa IS . been
SO manifestly friendly to the teac hers ana
schools Of the city. as well as to educa,
5tion a t large. that am sure you inlenu ~
no injustice to US now; yet think =, y
Vel 10 call attention TO q few Of the
statements you mako. In order TO en-
deavor to correct any slnisapprehe ns!on
that may have arisen in ne MINDS ~
4 some$of your readers Il, !, ~ Y, 4
Your statement n regard 70 ti1e ,,,, I'i is
hardly correct in the case. OF our Own
4 work between $50 and s:45 in the morn
Ing aud continue, practically without ~
Permission. until about $3.50, Or later. 70
tho afternoon. In addition to this, they
/ after school hours they have their plans
TO man out for The next day: their edu-
E callonal literature 70 read ana study -
order TO keep up With the eau;Ga an,,pva
THEN methods OF teaching; they have
multtudes OF pupils written exercises 10
Il correct, and they have to doea large
amount Of clerical work in connection
nearly all Of which much necessarily ne
done gu side Of school hours, really,
from the cold standpoint Of nours ana
minutes. The teachers working-day is not
far from that assigned for your brick
layer but. since sou have made the
Comparison. | trust you Will PERM, me
ITO carry the same comparison z httle
further, Your hrlcklayer, when he has
ttnishtd his Gaily work, returns lo MS
home, his mind free from care, with re-
spec, TO, tl'e work Of The day; ne has y no
re pons)b lttes resting upon him after
Inc has uoffed his oreralls, y ne has
laij! his b ipNs well that is all that is
required of himi the contractor takes care
s9of che rest lie has no care for the
morrow for he has simply 10 return 40
i hi work and do precisely The same thng
[ la. lie has done for many Gays.
Very diffe!ent is The teachers LOT, She
re rms hume after her day work, tired
no ca.yt III body but also in mind; for
Z m one s. he has had the s!igntest expert.
5EsHee IN ne senrpirFeom can noubt Nc
sHi ha II 8 a very severe ~. ain, on The
i sD9st able teathsF. 10 perform the ihnpmr
IS. Ig5ee duIes N connection with the care
6s5Y H. 81 n Hoge children Of all casses
3as .on u nsa ih.e, teachers mind IS
3tua " ltlr Fsfpopsibisities for these lltlle
~ h She ea5,tes W al "a m Is en- metHcd
39HIg hl4sf G n ard ahe mast mink and
ih. aid plan d plan hog she can
do the mss. fr hin site .ost en-,
q beg n al 8 ana enfs AZ IS no. teacher
"A for she3does moi apprtcia lie The RESPONSE
blAty festlng VI on her and Is therefore
Y unRorthg VI the tile.
II is Srtadily seen that To CONDUCT The
EcHao rs 5ays during the week Is IN
our ei5y. et. ireJy5 Impossible, for seetariaH
reasons lone even Il Il were advisable
Y OF hSrMi Sc. y
regard e your proposi,,ion @ lsTs'h
Z must gay that beiieyss II Is entirely I'm,
praetlcable, from the standpoint Of pupils
N parents and lea cheers. The strain on Dotf
d pppils ana teachers for nine or ter
naohths u very great and dema nds res
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Awful Suffering d B |bl and II !.
SleepIl1 j A!lgh||t'|s! hts. q . 4
4 ldoth8i. u. ss.57
CURED Il: / B BY cU ] ! ! /. !
skin Fate as lily with 10 Scar ) 4
Recall Awful Sore ! I
/ Writes Mother.

4&5"r herewith write out 10 full the be-
ginning and end Of that terrible disease,
eczema which caused my babe told
suffering and myself many sleeplcss.s3
nights. 8s # "a \. XXX II IN
/" MY babe was born seemingly z fair,
healthy child, but when she was three
weeks old q swelling appeared on the
back Of her head, and In course OF Time
broke. It did not leal but grew worse,
and the sore srread from the size Of =
dime to thatof a dollar. q I used all
kinds ofremedies that could think OF,
but nothing seemed to help 10 fact, It
grew worse. Ri; Her hair fell out w here
the sore was and / feared ltwonld never
grow again Itcontiued Unit my aged
father came on q visit, and when ht /
saw tho baby he told me to get Cutis
Ecura Soap and Ointment right away 4
Il ISL. II please him did 80, and to my
SURPRISE bys their use the sore began to
heal over, the hair grew over 1t, and
to-tlny she has aEnice head Of halr, her
skints ns fair az a lily, and she has no
scar left to recall that awful sore, aud
tits oyegr$eight months and no sign Of
Its returning " l$a al sle
55 Mrs. WIN. RIVER, Elk River. Mimi;
" Cure permanent. SotWrites Mrs!
l'yer, Feb. Is, ] 90S, six years later, s}
4 80 Yourletteroft the 10Th inst. received,
asking iniregard to the cure OF nv baby
some six years ago. Well, the disease
has never returned to her head which}st "a
that time was Ia solid srre on top and /
down tho back. Once or tw Ice since
then o patch has come on her hand ilear8
the wrlst, " buttit finally Disappeared
after. proper treatment with Cuticura.
sold III roughous tl,s world CuNeura Rssovsnt 5oa
n form Coated ' ~ per -: o. 20
bou.e "a k,ie de Ia psx Boston. lH Coumo1i
Ave Potter Drug 4 Chem; Corr So. p.opns.orA IS.
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will naturally use the best, and gradually
get Ills oysters III what he now Odds, and
& give it. up. This phase Of the matter puts
sass mt tTap S thc
State. s5 III 8iS s58 sE Fl "
the tongers by telling them that, i MI;
shore, that It won't hurt the ttonger be-
cause the planter will hire, him at as
good wages as he is now getting from me
+ hs py eFss SAT- e
\ present revenue I. from this. ource Z, And
Won this loss. offset Mr. ordan !. mag
54; u owf to sum the whole matt UP, the
oyster busine ss, Tas 1T Is now done, scat;
tiers Its shcnefl ta% among every class and
eoyats IF es4eh tss
made to Yield the State g good revenue
by perfectlng and enforcing the present
aps sope EEsv
expressed ttienselvesS at tho polls on this
point, and the better class Of tongers
would ho willing t. nlass
In Eastern Virginia and should be salts:
fled. II April and Sseptember we're !, taken Sln
thq3f5 d;yid!ng " Equally Se.
ployers Of labor. would not be hurt uch.
and the much yexed matter would . be
fairly disposed Of. = y 4, 4.
jrGfl lie people VI lel sf ~ aLA q
Democrats and haVo democratic ideas
They are opposed TO trusts, combines ETC.,
and to- the capitalization OF capital IN the
hands Of few.
The workings Of the Jordan bill will
put vast. fortunes In the hands OF a few
at the expense Of the. many.
The farmers and truckers are looking
on very complacently now. mainly be-
cause they don't appreciate their Interest
In the matter; but Wien the workings of
the Jordan bill deprives them OF labor
during winter and summer, their indiEna-
ton will be heard from. D 5l L555}a.
Democratic party against renting out the
oyster rocks. will d Democratic IIegisla-
{ ure pass q bill adverse to the wishes and
8in' crest Of the people 4 Of Democratlc
not instigated, by set Of planters who
would exchange their blrthright for a
piece Of oyster Shore FARMER.
H,t3 u walton, Va. s ~ 81 q f3ii3 # "a
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The Other Side Of the Text Book
X Question. Il Il .5t

,Ed!ror OF The Times Dispatch:
2 sir,-yFlll you kindly low lis the use OF
your columns to present the Other SIDE
ths sf Tss4e Poq sSaGP
link Ii X MI Keezelfs resolution Is sil-ad-
vised. and thar the worthy senator does
Emf Is ped ey hs
books. without reference to or recon-
mendation from the local boards" etc.
T9Hd a1 5h fs 9a
The local boards act nfterthe state Board
has eh9s sm rs mqt tRs ILL., Ill., sna me9s
th t, State Board that ~ It viii act upon
recommendations made, BY local boards2
the sta5e sqara
els III examining books submitted to VIZ,
'tlatis nobody $ business. The books must st
he passed upon. and II the 3 tate BOARD :,
eaa Or s saasa sRleep s css
wisely IN doing 50? the State Board ar,
has. the tudgment to select the best BOOKS OK
On % mef hs eFe sae te iag
sc count ado adoptions shall pe made, In fact.
q multiple list was adopted SIX years "
have the, same books. and u the policy
walls, then 1t VIII defeat one OF tho very
things intended to be accoTap lshed ~
the single list plan. For no one ac-
5quaintel With the merits OF books noWSln
use and Of those submit tied for adoption
will deny that the adoption OF a single
list means the throwing out.of nearly all
the books now In 4 use W Senator Kee.
xell's own county and the purchase Of
practically all new books. The State
Board Will certainly select none but me
best, II confined to a single LIST, and sew
eral excellent lists could be adopted, ca eli
Of which would y better tnan The .4 one
adopted then stands II retabson that
Of the books now. in 'lse Wlll rs feta neo
t 9pn BE- done 70 t9at sgaip!e ss
zss Own county, and What e sot trps e
Is not likely that If the board We're 10
adopt a single list, sea rcely, any Iof he
texts In use In that county would be
retained, and a sweeping change would
haye 10 be made. But with multiple
list the county (and Others .Sof Ike cons
ditions) could probably readopt the best
and most satisfactory texts they new
have, Let us save money IN the matter
of textbooks. but not at the expense of
the schools themselves, or at the wrong
end OF the account First. the best books;
IN tie J judgment Of the state Roafd) can
eanS be secured will be the cheapest In
There are other rea sons for s multiple
list, I'VE don't want too ~ ucn cen1Nll'
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Farmers View of the Oyster
Question. 81 :i

Editor Of The Times Dispatch: I, s.
Slr,-All that I have seen writer on tue
oyster question has presente ed the plan,
ters, tongers and I. States $tinterests and
the latter.s only from he revenue 1 Gb ;,
thn fact that 1.-THE State and the 4peopie
have interests effected by oyster lie 's ia !
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A Scrap Of History.

sir-There lies before ME an old alma
nae which docs not give on Its mutilnted
pages the year, but ewes Al The months.
of he colony Of Virginia. to wit:
The Right Honour BILE. John Earl of
Dunmar3, GOVERNOR and Numbers Of
as Ne son ESQ, president; Richard Cor
.bn Esq. William Byrd, ESD Philip
l;udwe!l Lee Esq, John Taylor, esq,
Robert Garter, nsa Robert Burwell,
John Page, Esq, Ralph Wormly Jun,
Esq. Reverend John Camm, John Page
Junior, Esq RIA
ties "oi The representatiyes FOR FOR this colu-
NY" and among the Eurgasses are Thorn
as Jefferson. Joseph Cake!l, James fen,
ry Benz. Harrison. William Fleming.
George Wash ngton. William Roane
= homas NJ. Randolph, Edmund Berkely.
James Montague. Richard Bland, Dudley
pigges. Francls Llghtfoot Lee Richard
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Ssationi $rhere " too much Sof \ that Ai-
read tven In the nov school law. Give

ration srhere ~ too tiUch az that al.
read tven 4 In the nov school sia 1. Give
counties q llttls N local 3op t Ion In school
affairs. The local boards ought Ito. and
the led ing teachers do X "a oy5 ilia,t is
best SUI 90 TO their res pectiye \, COUNTY
or local needs according e aoottliti q
TIL houses viii % put on Nh ineqlial5
says ehe Il marE inutpe list
,y RSreh snA 'l en- s,1Fle 81 tss aaohn
Under h what @S cordit ions-a GOO ding ITO
which plan. aln gle q /, i \ .lst
pora t. efforts and the most quest!onablee
81 f rom 9 Tvs ,oa our 0 tSe ~
b ts e5e sttss I tsxs
Viii set 1p some 81 pat So Aid when eStlr.
iiut, each viii also share with the, 9th.
sroid sa Il SSofa =
sIve patronage. 7or q certain book This
wola t. make 9 ea st h8 oala 1 aos
sultfor both rural and city schools 4, " !
nlrossibe1 to make s,ich list as would
serve the needs qf The ppDlSi soho0 ~ an
possbio sto adopt such books FOL. the din. a
ferei1t grades Of schools u as they y, soy sav
school officials and teachers, too, by try
hi e nuke the schools ali f!t Into the
sam q square hole. but let us SO arrange .t
matters that books can ne selected ttl a.
slit the needs Of The school foT ~ lil
! We Ger tniniyI think tho professional
of the state Boerd ought .GI
those who have not had the question, y TO 70
deal with direct ly.4 4 n & 4. III " III
ONE OF THE OTHERS.
IL Mt. Word y Vi "a ,s3 Xxx AS III 5tss