Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-02-15

a paper is always read with a grea
deal Of interest by the majority 0
readers. 1t tells of the joys and sor
rows of hundreds of homes, and to the
woman readers Of a paper is more
widely read than any other part of the
paper.
Screws can be driven into the wood
with half the labor, if they are rubbed
with soap, and old ones, firmly fastened
with the rust Of age, can be extracted
easily if hot poker be held at the
head for a while. An easier way is tc
have carpentering work done by car
penter.
This is the time Of the year when
the farmer who does not take news
paper because he cannot afford it, meets
with two or three travelling confidence
men, and gets cheated out of enough
money in one day to pay for a sub
scription to weekly paper from nearly
every State in the Union.
According to the Newark Advertiser
weather observer, f. w. Ricord, the
weather of the past January was the
warmest in forty-six years-the period
covered by the observations-the mean
temperature Of last month having been
1876. The highest temperature was
GA, as observed at Newark, and the
lowest II.
Jesse A. jackson, auctioner, will sell
at public sale, on Wednesday, Febru-
airy 18th, at the dwelling, No. sos
Jennings street, next house north of
H. A Buffers, all the household fur
niture therein. These goods were pur-
chased about 6 months ago and are in
perfect order. See sale bills for full
particulars.
Thomas T. Bodine, for many years
crier of the Burlington County Courts,
died at his home in Mount Holly on
Thursday of last week, after a long
illness. Of late years he has been too
i'll to attend to his duties at court, his
position being filed by B. L. Thomp-
son, of Medford. Deceased was 81
years of age.
Last Friday morning THE frame
shanty on Spruce street near the rail
road, occupied by "Scotty, was discov-
cred to be on fire. The occupant had
just arose and had made a wood fire,
and the sparks set the roof ablaze.
The employees at Parsons tool shop
formed bucket brigade and soon had
the fire under control.
Potato paint is a novelty, which is
said to adhere well to wood and plaster
and to be very cheap. To make it,
boil one pound of peeled potatoes,
mash, dilute with water and pass
through sieve; then add two poudds
to Spanish white in four pounds of
Mater. Different colors can be had by
fhe use of the ordinary mineral pow
ders.
The Jewelers. Weekly says that the
best time to wind a watch is early in
the morning, say or 7 o'clock. By
so doing, the fullest tension of the
spring may be upon the movement
during the jarring of the owners foot
steps while he is up and awake, and
will save frequent regulations of the
Try it, if you have been
in the habit Of winding your watch at
night.
AS Washington's birthday occurs on
February %, there will be
no holiday in the public schools, be-
cause, as usual, no session is held on
and therefore the honor that
is supposed to be rendered to the
memory of the Father Of his Country
by observing the 22d of the month as
a holiday in turning thousands of
school children loose, will lose it merits
in their eyes.
Quite number of Burlington Coun-
ty men went to Babylon, Long Island,
last week to see a shooting match be-
tween Charles Manchester, of the Riv-
erton Gun Club and DIR Gideon
Knapp, Of the Westminster Club of
Babylon. The match was won by
Manchester, who killed 1913 birds out
of 500 to 3S7 killed by his opponent.
The winner took about $4,000 prize
money home with him.
1t is said for fact that New jersey
is the only State in which food mer-
chandize is regulated by status. From
this the inference is plain that the
patent coffee is being sold all over the
country. And the manufacturers
thereof are getting rich, too. To con-
firm this just note the difference be-
tween the cost of manufacture, four
cents per pound, and the selling price,
seventeen and one half cents per
pound.
A retired plumber has recently
vouchesfed the following valuable in
formation to housekeepers Gust be-
fore retiring at night pour into the
clogged waste-pipe enough soda I've to
fill the trap" or bent part of the pipe.
Be sure that no water runs in it until
the next morning. During the night
the I've will convert all the offal into
soft soap, and the first current Of water
in the morning will wash it away and
clear the pipe as clean as new"
On Monday a German named Thou
dismann, who lives on the Camden Pike
near Wood Lane, while driving team
Of mules, down the steep hill on the
road near Jordan's blacksmith shop at
Charleston, was thrown to the ground
by the breaking of the front board of
the wagon against which he had placed
his feet, and received severe sprains
and wound over his right temple.
He was taken home and DIR. Taylor,
Of this city, was summoned and atten-
ded the sufferer.