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Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
STYLES IN INVITATIONS.
How They Should Be Written and Ad-
dressed Correctly.


Women write on the first and third
pages of sheet of note paper, leaving
the second and fourth pages blank,
but in social life this practice is better
avoided. And postscripts are now
more honored in the breach than the
observance. A few people write their
initials or their name in full in the
corner of the envelope. but this is a
mere fad and too often serves as a con-
cession to curiosity. wv u a note is
sent by hand that needs a reply. the
word Answer" should be written on
the top of the envelope. and 'sNo an
swer" usually appears when no re-
sponse is required please forward
is the correct term when letter may
have to be readdressed, and "Faire
suivre" is its French equivalent When
a letter begins "Dear Sir" or MADAM"
the name Of the person addressed
must be written at the end of the let
ter, 1"To John White, ESQ.," "To the
Manager of the Chicago Telephone
Company" ITO the Editor of the Chi
cago Tribune
Notes of invitation to luncheon
should be brief and couched in the
simplest terms available. The express
sion ''Will you give us the pleasure Of
your company?" sounds out of date
and pretentious. The word '1unch-
con- must be used, as '1unch'' belongs
to the list of what are termed second
H. xs<>,,~ A - s,,4f
mate friend might run thus: "Will you
and your husband luncheon with us
next Tuesday, the Sd, at 2 o'clock?
Hoping to see you, / remain, yours
sincerely" etc. But If the invitation
happens to be written to some one less
well known the note might be worded
as follows: "Dear Mrs Martin, If you
have. nothing better to do, will you
luncheon with us on Friday next, the
1st at AS? Hoping to have the pleas
ure of seeing you," etc. And if the
husband is invited he should be styled
"Mr Martin"
In all cases where you are in doubt
it is better to err on the side of sim
plicity. Everybody admires common
sense and directness of expression, and,
regardless of set forms, you cannot go
far wrong If you say what there is to
be said in well chosen and simple
words. Naturalness always is in good,
taste, and the most critical persons are
quickest to detect the high flown affec-
tation of writer who tries to "put on
style" and only manages to be artifi-
cial.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
CHICKEN Pox.

When you got mumps and measles
you might have had some reason to
blame the tow head boy who made
faces att you in school, but when chick
en- pox made you scratch you could as
well have blamed it on your red ban
tam rooster, for the ugly, itchy affiic-
ton on human and fowl is the same
and is caused by a vegetable fungus.
When turkeys, chickens, geese and
pigeons get bunged up with these yel-
low tipped warts the sight is enough to
break any fancier's heart. The wart
generally first appears on the lower
eyelid and grows and closes the eye
Unless localized it covers the head and
is found especially on eyelids, base of
beak, orifices of nose, on comb and
wattles. Unlike favus, it seldom af-
fects the feathered parts except with
pigeons, where it often is found under
the wings. When it takes diphthe-
ritic turn, spreading over the mem
branes of nostrils and mouth, it is diff
fcult to cure. This phase of the dis
ease is fatal to pigeons.
Occasionally a vigorous fowl will
overcome the disease without treat
ment The warts dry up and drop off.
This is seldom, and the treatment must
be often continued for two or three
weeks. Old stock is seldom affected
unless weak or through wounds.
Young and late hatched fowls are par
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
Foot Lameness In Horses.

A. S. Alexander, " S.. explodes the
old idea that a horse can become
"chest foundered" He says that such
cases are those suffering from chronic
founder Qaminitis). which affects the
feet and not the chest In old stand
ing cases of foot lameness the chest
muscles may waste away in sympathy,
and that fact has led to the ''chest
founder idea. Such horse should
be shod with wide webbed, fat bar
shoes. put on over dressing of tar
and oakum and a thick leather sole
Then clip off the hair and blister the
hoof heads (coronets) of fore feet with
a mixture of one dram of biniodide Of
mercury and two ounces of cerate of
cantharides rubbed in for fifteen min
utes. Wash blister off in forty-eight
hours, then apply lard daily. Blister
every three or four weeks.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
The Mask Of Man.

The other day while riding to Tren-
ton the click of the wheels. the flying
of the scenery past the car windows
and the motion of the train all fell in
with my musing and led me into i'm
personal paths. The rhythmical sound
formed an accompaniment, the motion
stimulus and the fitting fields a
background to my thought. What
mental roads / followed in reaching
final conclusions / do not remember,
nor are they important. The conclu-
sions themselves have remained with
me and are something as follows.
There Is no virtue, no wisdom, no
light and no beauty in the personal.
The only excellence Of man is the God
that is in him. The thing the world
calls j. A. Edgerton is only a mask of
me. 1t has prejudices. appetites (some
Of them perverted, idiosyncrasies and
weaknesses. am not a slave to these.
Yet am determined that this person
ality shall become my perfect express
sion, or as nearly SO as can contrive.
Therefore these prejudices, perverted
appetites, idiosyncrasies and weak
nesses must be eliminated. How? By
making this personality called ]. A.
Edgerton feel that there is no virtue.
wisdom, light, beauty or permanence
In it as such and that it is only
worth while to the extent that it iden-
titles itself with God and expresses
him. Nothing else lives This only Is
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

1t must be revelation to the peo-
pie that whereas herd of cattle may
be condemned for dairy purposes, by
our State veterinarian, yet they GER
tify their fitness for sale to butchers
to be slaughtered, and the beef sold
for the table. 1t can make little
difference to a human being whether
he be killed by gun or an axe, nor
is tuberculosis more dangerous when
taken into the system by liquids than
solids. AS it looks to us Mr. Nathan
should be required to take those 21
head of cattle off Goldy Bros. hands
and return their $1,000, then the Ros-
engarten estate should be required to
return Nathan's $S25, and take the
cattle, and there they ought to be con-
demned to death, and let the State re-
imburse them as the law provides
The case looks to us either like a
scheme of Veterinarian McGill to
help the Winslow firm out of a bad
purchase of cattle, or our State Bo-
vine tuberculosis Commission is abb
solutely inefficient and ineffective so
far as the protection of the people
is concerned. The proper authorities
ought to sift the situation to the bot
tom, and let no guilty man escape.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
Inspiration Better Than Imitation


A few weeks ago several thousand
young people about Cleveland tried to
live for two weeks as they thought
Jesus would have lived We all watch
ed the experiment with approval and
interest. It is well that we did, for we
are liable to see many similar efforts
in the next few years. Indeed, we are
about due for wave of that sort of
living. 1t is one more hopeful sign in
this most hopeful age. We should bid
every effort of this sort the heartiest
godspeed
Yet there is one further word to be
said of all such movements, not in the
way of criticism, but Of encourage
ment and of real desire to advance
them and make their effects not abor-
tive, but permanent. 1t is this:
They should be inward more than
outward. The Christ life is one of
heart, thoughts and spirit as well as
selves we will act out sooner or later.
We cannot always pose. The only way
to act permanently as Jesus would act
is to feel as Jesus would feel, think as
Jesus would think and be in our souls
as Jesus would be in his soul-in other
words, follow the spirit rather than
the letter The corn will bring forth
corn; the wheat will germinate wheat
The fruits of the tree of our lives will
be after the manner of the tree itself
No one ever taught all this with more
clearness than did the Nazarene him
self.
There is no denying that our mere
deeds may react on our lives and so
produce the inner state that is in
keeping with themselves. My only
contention is that we must be sincere;
that we must be whole hearted, single
minded, and must act through love of
God and man rather than from selfish
impulse
The French revolution sought to
make France republic Yet it was
eighty years before the republic finally
came. The reason is that the French
were not vet republicans. The form of
the nation was In accord with the
spirit Of the nation. 1t is ever SO.
The form is but the shell and will ever
shape itself to fit the soul that ami
mates it. It is that which governs In
| spiration Is better than imitation. Be
| ing is better than seeming
JAMES A. EDGERTON,
Cold Spring the Hudson. N. 7.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
Tell Hin, So.

If you have a word of cheer
That may light the pathway drear
OF brother pilgrim here,
Let him know.
Show him you appreciate
What he does and do not wait
Till the heavy hand of Fate
Lays him low.
If your heart contains thought
That will brighter make his lot,
Then in mercy hide it not.
Tell him SO.
Bide not till the end of all
Carries him beyond recall,
When beside his sable pail,
To avow
Your affection and acclaim
To do honor to his name
And to place the wreath Of fame
On his brow.
Rather speak to him today,
For the things you have to say
May assist him on his way.
Tell him now.
Life is hard enough at best.
But the love that is expressed
Makes it seem a pathway blest
To our feet,
And the troubles that we share
Seem the easier to bear.
Smile upon your neighbor's care
AS you greet.
Rough and stony are our ways,
Dark and dreary are our days,
But another's love and praise
Make them sweet.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

white. All the rest is black, or ap.
proaches blackness through the differ
ent degrees of color. There is nothing
to this apparent being called Edger-
ton. He is today and tomorrow is
not. But Lam eternal.
The origin of the word personal" is
a Latin word meaning mask" That
is all the personality is. mask of the
real being. 1t is nothing in itself ex-
cept vessel, house, machine, a
shell. The real being is in the vessel.
inhabits the house, runs the machine.
abides in the shell. This real being
is what we must express. For want
of better descriptive term we call it
a soul. We usually say we have a
soul when as matter of fact we are
a soul. Either that or we are nothing
at ALL The personality is thing of
form, but forms come and go. The
real being is permanent Its life is In
God. Therefore, If the personality
would express the real being, it must
be godlike.
This is the most comforting thought
In the world. When we once realize
the truth unworthy things drop from
US as the dead leaves Of the oak drop
away In spring before the new shoots.
The grown man does not play with
toys; neither does he who sees the
real objects of life concern himself
longer with false objects. There is
no cant, about all this, no pretended
piety, no posing. 1t is as utterly nat
ural. genuine, simple and straightfor-
ward as real things ever are. Those
who pretend spirituality and have it
not do SO to impose on the world and
gain something the world has to give.
They know they cannot pose before
God. But he who becomes the ex-
preston of the divinity within him
expects no reward other than the con-
sciousness of the Father.
The personality is the mask OF man.
We go through life in our made up
characters as at a ball. We pose and
play the part, then Death strikes tn
hour for unmasking, and we kno-,
each other
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
How to Cure a Nervous Headache.

Are you bothered with nervous head
aches? Here is one of the simplest yet
most effective cures. All that is re
quired is an empty beer bottle or even
the rolling pin. Anything will do, in
fact, If it is round and hard. Lie down
fiat upon your back, and place the bot
tie under the back Of the neck, allow
ing the weight Of the head to press
down the neck hard against the bot
tie. Retain this position for five or ten
minutes and note how the headache
gradually disappears. The pressure
cures because it presses down upon
two large nerves in the back of the
neck, causing them to rest or sleep for
the number of minutes the pressure is
maintained. This rest allows the
nerves to be toned up to normal condi-
tion The treatment is intended for
the nervous headache. 1t will have
no effect upon the sick headache,
wherein the stomach is the cause.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

1t makes us wonder where we are at
when we read the testimony before
the Senate committee investigating
the swallowing of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company by the Steel Cor
poration, showing that the president
agreed to that violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law and when we
read the correspondence which passed
between George H. Earle, of Philadel-
phia, the receiver of the wrecked Real
Estate Trust Company, and the At
torney General and the President of
the United States. This testimony and
this correspondence show us how hol-
low was the demand of Roosevelt that
something be done. to the 'smalefac-
tors of great wealth" for they show
that he helped such rich malefactors
as Morgan and Frick of the Steel
Trust and HaVemayer of the Sugar
Trust to do as they pleased in spite
of the laws.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
beautiful. BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

When your wife calls at the daybreak,
John, the snow is two feet deep;
You had better get the shovel
And not waste the time in Sleep
Then's the time O. day, dear brother,
That your heart with love doth glow
For the poet of the snowflake
Who wrote Beautiful, Beautiful
Snow"
When your spinal columns cracking
And the shoveling's going slow
To revive your freezing spirits
Whistle Beautiful, Beautiful Snow"
When in sloppy slush you're Topping
And your socks begin to fill
And the icy wavelets. gushing.
Splash you with an awful chill,
It is then, when your physician
Hands in tremendous BILL
That you love to hear the poet
OF the sparkling snowflake trill.
But perhaps you love the poem best,
This poem, Beautiful Snow"
When you zigzag down the street
And your feet from under go.
When your bald spot hits the stone
walk,
While you count the stars above,
1t is then a man can really talk
OF snow that poets love.
c. NIB.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
CARE OF FEATHER B0As.
How to Easily Curl and Keep Them
In Good Condition.

In Good Condition.
sHow do manage to keep my feath-
er boa in such good condition? I will
tell you the secret of it, said dressy
little matron as she shook out the fas-
cinating ruff she had taken from her
neck 81 never think of putting it
nway in the good sized box in which
/ keep it, where the dust and damp
ness cannot reach it, without first
shaking it out and seeing that it is per-
fectly dry. In winter always hang it
near register, SO the warm air will
hasten the process a little without do
ing any harm. Then if find the tiny
plumes losing their curl curl them a
bit myself.
'sThere is knack in doing that, and
/ will give you the benefit of the lesson
that was taught me by professional
I take a good sized calling card and
cut a hole in it about an inch in diam
eter. slip one end of the boa through
this-oh, yes, it can be done and then,
taking a fruit knife, with the back of
1t curl the parts of the boa that need
attention, judging between those done
and those not done. You will find it
does not take nearly so long as you
might think. Then, too, if you are
called away from your task the card
will tell you just how far you have
gone with the work. Those that are
curled have been pulled through the
opening all on the other side of the
hole are yet to be attended to. 1t may,
as 1 say, sound complicated and diff
cult, but it is really very simple and,
as you can see for yourself, highly sat
isfactory.'
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
Extra MiIkino unprofitable.

Experiments made recently by the
Vermont experiment station show that
when milked three times day each
COW gave the most and poorest milk
in the morning. less of the richest milk
at noon and the least of medium
quality at night. The fat content only
fluctuated the several solids not fat
remaining unaltered. The trials seemed
to indicate that as regular farm
practice there is not enough to be-
gained from an extra milking to re-
pay its cost. AS temporary means
Of increasing the flow 1t may prove of
use.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
poN'Ts.'

Don't let chickens wade in filth
Scaly leg.
Don't make your roosts too high
Bundle foot.
Don't let your wife do the heavy
work while you play sick and labor
shirk.
Don't forget to have good printed
stationery. But don't have it loud as
brass band.
Don't let strangers make an inside
map OF your plant. They may be bur-
glars In disguise.
Don't let your roosters get frosted
combs. You know how it feels to
frost your thumbs.
Don't expect to get all your prac-
tical knowledge from poultry library.
ExDect hard knocks occasionally.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
How to Keep White Shelves.

Keeping white shelves in the pantry
often means a great deal of scrubbing.
This need not be SO if the shelves are
covered with white oilcloth, such as is
used for tables. Cut the oilcloth in
long strips about three inches wider
than the shelves. Make flour paste
and with it stick the oilcloth on the
shelves, covering the front edge and
pasting it underneath and letting the
oilcloth come up about an inch against
the wall at the back. Shelves covered
with oilcloth will keep tidy for years
and only need wiping over with a
cloth and warm water to clean them.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

The Republican State Committee
has opened headquarters in the Tren-
ton house, and is going to shape legis-
lation the balance of this legislative
session. This is, indeed, important
information. If we are to have gov
ernmnt by State committee why do
our Freeholders appropriate $4,000
good dollars for elections in this
county, and why do the people attend
primaries and elections. Are Senator
Gaunt and Assemblyman Heritage,
and their colleagues of other counties
merely figure heads for the Republi-
can State committee?
Has our scheme of State govern
ment become SO complex in the past
twelve years that men of good general
attainments cannot comprehend its
scope? and the Republican State com
mittee must steer them through a
legislative session?
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

President Roosevelt's commission
for the "uplift" of the farmers has
reported. 1t can hardly be said that
either the report or the Presidents
accompanying message have stirred
up any remarkable degree of enthu-
siasm. The farmers are not asking
for any commission to "uplift" them.
They are making commendable pro-
gress as it is. The greatest ''uplift"
the federal government can give them
is to lift up the unjust burdens which
they as well as all other producing
classes stagger under, in the form of
a robber Tariff on the necessaries of
life, forcing them to pay tribute to
the greedy Trusts.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
Dirt For Horses.

In reply to the question. 'will dirt
hurt horses III notice that mine eat
considerable of 1t now and then" a
breeder says: No 1t is advisable to
allow the horse to eat all the dirt be
wants. In fact. 1t is a good idea to oc-
.asionally throw chunk of turf into
she feed box"
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
TREATMENT.

Quarantine victims, remove the well
birds to new quarters or thoroughly
disinfect the old and make everything
sanitary. Localize the pox on the spot
where it appeared We have used the
following cures with success. Take
your pick:
Wash head with an equal part mix
ture of water and vinegar and apply
bluestone (sulphate of copper to the
warts. Use the lump or dissolve a
dram in half pint Of water.
Touch warts with turpentine. Apply
solution of iodine and 12 per cent car
bolic acid. Be careful not to get the
latter remedy into the eyes and use
caution lest you carry disease to the
children or to the rest Of the flock.
This malady is also known as warts,
sore head and pigeon pox.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

Larger crowd at M. p. Newton's
horse sale last Saturday than ever.
Be sure to attend his horse sale on
March 9Th at Woodstown. Will have
more horses than ever.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25
How TO Clean White Ribbons.

Wash white ribbons in gasoline and
they will not turn yellow, as they will
when washed with soap and water.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

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Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

ticular victims. Warm sections are
scourged with it, and it is most COM
mon in the fall. Wet seasons, leaky,
dirty poultry houses and pigeon lofts,
where damp droppings rot. are breed
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-02-25

This pape, is entered tn the Posi- 06ace at Hood-
bury. N. J., as second-ctass matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
WHITE Slavery
ISSUE TO FRONT
Charges Along That Line Against
Tammany Weakening Gaynor's
Chances.
Special TO the News.

Special to the NeWs.
NEW YORK, October 2S.-With the
last battle over the official ballot to
be voted next Tuesday finally decided
by the courts and the printing of the
100000 edition well under way, the
candidates in New York's three-orner-
ed municipal campaign prepared to-
day for the final stages of the con-
test. All along the line of the big
artillery of the contesting forces is
to be kept in constant play from now
on, the mayorality candidates them
selves limiting endeavors only by the
bounds of their physical condition
and abilities.
William r. Hearst, after day of
rest, resumed his active campaign to-
day. Tonight he will appear with sew
eral candidates on the fusion ticket
at meetings in the Carnegie Hail.
upper Manhattan and in the Bronx.
William J. Gaynor, the Democratic
candidate with the Tammany endorse
ment, is scheduled to speak today sew
eral times. So is Otto T. Barnard of
the Republican-Fusion nominee, some
of whose engagements are in the Re-
publican strongholds on the upper
west side, where it is expected to
awaken the Republican old guard to
increased enthusiasm for the Republi-
can fusion city ticket.
The white slavery" issue is being
kept well to the front by the anti-Tam-
many campaigners, and new charges
and countercharges in connection
with it are making their appearance
frequently during the active hours OF
the political day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
Dan Patch's Time.

The interest of the vast crowd was
of course chiefly centered in the ex-
hibition pace between Dan Patch and
Minor Heir, which was the third event
on the afternoon card. The two world
famous stations were greeted with
round after round of applause as
they emerged from the paddock and
went to the starting point, and every
person in the immense throng was
on tiptoe when they came into the
stretchHerry Hersey driving Dan
Patch and l.. o, Nelson behind Minor
Heir. The mile was made in 2:10.
1t was evident on the turns that
Hersey was keeping Dan Patch under
close control on account of his bad
long and wide stride. That he could
have made a better mile was frankly
admitted by his driver.