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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

"a curious illustration of the va.re Of
superstitions, said Mr. Kunz the 6ia-
mond expert lor Tiffany & Co., -.was
afforded the ether day by a lady who
brought a set Of opals here for the pur-
pose Of selling them. She felt obliged
to part with them on account Of 4 series
Of misfortunes In her family which she
feared were attributable to the gems,
SO notoriously anlucky. On examining
them found that they were merely inn
itations. A few weeks ago had in my
possession three seashells which had
been transformed into opal. Their orig
inal limy material had been dissolved
out 0f the rock by Which they We're in
closed and the precious substance was
deposited by water in place Of the lime.
retaining the form If the shells. A
graduate OF Harvard college bought the
curiosity and presented it to that insti-
tuition. New York sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

J. K. Felch, one Of Massachusetts
prominent poultrynen, who has a de-
cided preference for light Brahrnas,
considers this breed a good general pur-
pose one. He is credited with SAYING:
Light Brahmas and black Langshans
are the best of all the larger breeds as
winter layers. The white skin of the
black Langshans is against them for an
eastern market for poultry, but when the
males are caponized they sell from Feb
ruary to June for the very highest price
in Philadelphia, Washington and Chi
cago, eclipsing all other breeds.
Mr.. Felch's second choice is Plymouth
Rock and Lace Wyandotte He calls
the single comb White Leghorn the
best summer layer. To sum the matter
up in a few words as to the best breeds
for general purposes, he says: Light
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Black Lang
shans, Lace Wyandottes and White
Leghorns and in their order named Sc
cure the greatest profit for practical use.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
A Clever Defense.

Sea captains have many adventures,
and the stories Of their wonderful es-
capes seldom lose by repetition. Many
years ago pirates cruised up and down
the English channel to the great peril of
the merchantmen. The story is told Of
Captain Davis, who was noted for his
quick wit as well rs for his skill in navi-
CATION, that he was returning from Ire
land with q cargo consisting mainly of
5utter.
He had not been out very long when a
pirate was seen coming down upon him.
In vain all sails were spread; every mo-
ment brought the pirate nearer.
The men We're at their wits end, but
the captain knew u trick or two. He
ordered his men to take off their boots
and stockings, and directed that a score
Of. butter barrels be brought on deck.
In few minutes the barrels had been
knocked to pieces, and the butter was
thickly spread all over the deck and out
side the ship. Not rope nor a spar
that was nSt slippery. Even without
their boots and stockings the sailors
could scarcely keep on their legs.
On came the pirate, not dreaming bow
smoothly he was to be received. Cap
tain Davis assumed an air of submission
and allowed the enemy to come along
side quietly.
But 10! when they jumped over, fully
armed, with pistol in one hand and
sword in the other. they slipped about
and tumbled over each other on the but
tered deck like SO many rats.
One fellow shot head foremost down
into the cabin. where he was imme-
diately set upon by the boy; another
slid across the deck and shot out into
the sea by an opposite porthole.
Not one Of them could stand on bis
feet, and as pirates are generally super
stitious, an idea seized them that the
ship was possessed of the devil. They
hurried back into their own vessel, cast
loose. and Captain Davis got safely into
port at the expense OF d few pounds Of
butter. Youths Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
MANAGEMENT OF MANURE.



full Constituents.
Experience shows that manure as com
monty kept in heaps or scattered around
in barnyards loses largely in volume
and value. AS soon as it begins to fer
ment it loses some Of its substance in the
form Of gas, and too often there is an
additional loss from drainage, which
proper care might have prevented. For
this reason the belief has been con
stantly growing that d larger proportion
of the useful constituents Of animal ma
nure can be utilized by incorporating it
in the soil rs thoroughly as possible
while it Is fresh than by leaving it to
undergo decomposition through fermen-
tation and exposure to atmospheric in
huences. As some one has expressed 1t,
manure never contains more fertilizing
elements than when it is newly made,
and to this it might be added that no
where can these elements be better pre-
served than when mixed with the soil
they are to fertilize
Of all the manures that from the
horse stable IS unquestionably subject
to the greatest loss from fermentation
in uncared for heaps, whether in the
barnyard or fields. Especially must this
be true of manure hauled out in sum
mer from town stables unless its ferti-
lizing properties are soon locked up in
the soil. This is SO well understood by
most farmers that heap of fire fanged
horse manure is considered by them to
have lost a large proportion Of its value.
From fertility absorbed by the soil vege-
tation may be expected to receive some
benefit, while whatever IS dissolved In
the air will be lost.
As against summer made stable ma
nure, it may be said that, owing to the
fields being at that time generally under
cultivation, it is often more difficult to
place it where it IS most wanted OF to
preserve it from loss than is the case in
winter and spring
Manure that has been rotted until it
has become black mass can be more
evenly distributed aud more easily
worked into the soil and is worth more,
weight for weight, than when fresh. 1t
is, however, to be considered that it is
then the residuum Of what was orig
inally mach larger quantity Of newly
rnada ,nanYt,a
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

Sweet cream butter is undoubtedly
gaining in popularity. Only sweet
cream butter is hereafter to be made
from the milk of the famous Guernsey
herd of Vice President Morton, at Eller-
slie, Rhinebeck, n. Y. This growing
popularity Of sweet cream butter means
prettier fight than ever between the
butter extractor and the cream sepa-
rator. Whichever is best, may it win.
One will probably be found best in some
conditions, the other in others.
The famous cow Signals Lily Flagg
has broken the record for a years but
ter production. Heretofore the largest
amount Of butter produced by one COW
in a year was 1923 pounds 155s ounces.
This remarkable record Signals Lily
Flagg has advanced to 1,047 pounds
81 ounces.
AT sale of Ayrshires in Montreal re-
Gently a herd of forty, including bulls,
cows, heifers and calves, averaged $141
apiece.
The Pure Food association, of New
York city, will have at its exhibition
this fall working dairy display. But
ter, cheese and cream will receive pre-
miums according to merit. The butter
viii be made from both sweet and soured
cream, 50 that the public viii have OPP
portunity TO judge which it likes best.
The butter and cheese makers Of the
country can exhibit their goods, and
those who obtain certificates will thus
have stamp of excellence placed upon
their products which will be worth
many thousand dollars to them. Per-
sons desiring TO exhibit either cream,
butter or cheese, or all three, both the
products Of farm dairies and factories,
can learn all they desire to know by ad-
dressing Professor James Cheesman.
Food Manufacturers association, Pierce
building, corner Franklin and Hudson
streets, New York city. Cheesman is
good name for him,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
signs or Grief II Madras,

In Madras, after the death of father,
the sons of the deceased must be shaved
from head to foot as sign of their
grief, no part Of their body escaping the
cleansing blade. have been somewhat
amused to SEQ b sorrow stricken son fol-
lowed patiently about by the barber till
he has been sufficiently calmed to sub
init to the operation. No sooner is the
pyre fired and the body hidden from
tight by liberal plastering Of mud, in
which it burns, than the bereaved seeks
out pleasant. shady spot. and the tedi-
Dus shaving commences. First, the head
iscleaned, then the face, nor is the task
over till the lasthair Is gone. San Fran
fisco Chronicle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
THE DEATH OF LITTLE LuE.
A Heart Capable of Intense Suffering Is
Within sIany "A Rough. Exterior.


Our ghostly, white topped wagons
had rounded into camp near Kingfsher;
the sun had set and there was golden
blush on the western sky-;shI remem-
Der the scene wel1-as we all gathered
around old Gunderson, who sat on the
prairie with his head bowed and his
struggling gray hair falling over child
ish face and rningling with curls that
seemed like spun gold. He held his
daughter in his arms and at every faint
respiration the old mans sinewy hands
clutched convulsively as though he re-
allied how vain was all his strength to
save his child.
We We're boomers, and all the way
from Caldwell little Lue had been all
ing. Her face grew paler and her cheeks
flushed a brighter crimson day by day.
She could not support herself toward
the last, and one of the boys drove old
Gunderson's wagon while he sat behind
and held the girl in his arms.
All through the lonely Cherokee strip
what torture must that wretched father
have borne, sleeplessly watching his dy-
ing child, And the heaps and heaps Of
white bones that bleached and decayed
beside the trail-what ominous remind
ers of death must they have been to old
Gunderson,
''How is she, Gunderson:" asked some
one i'll whisper.
He turned his blodshot eye upward
for moment, and his face, pinched and
drawn with grief, was mute answer to
the words.
Father" The sound was just audi
BILE and little Lue's eyelids raised slowly
what is it, dearie:' asked the old
man, pressing his bearded lips to the
child's.
Il had such beautiful dream, father.
It was night, it seemed like, and all at
once a great big star fell from up there
and hung in the sky just over my head.
Then | heard mothers voice-oh, so
sweet and sad, and she said, Come,
dearie; kiss your father and come to
me-"
Little Lue's words became inaudible
after this, and she sank down YEARLY
in her fathers arms. We all stood sad
ly by and saw the child at last lift her
self with quick effort and put both
arms about her fathers neck Then she
kissed him, and inzlrmuring, II am 50
tired, she again lay quietly on old Gun
derson's breast.
Slowly rocking to and fro the old man
kept his eyes on her face and never once
removed them. Then we drifted away
one by one and attended to our camp
duties with heavy hearts. 1t was not
long till some one came and said to me:
ben, little Lue is dead and old Gun
derson doesn't know itr'
l walked back to the old man where
he sat still rocking his burden, and one
glance at the child's face proved that she
had passed away.
'.Gunderson, l said huskily, 'little
Lue is gone"
He looked at me vacantly moment;
then with a start he peered into his
child's face. He realized the truth, laid
the dead child down and dashed off into
the night with a cry of anguish.
There is rude grave ON the prairie,
just at the border Of what was once the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation,
and a clumsy headstone marks the spot,
sacred to the memory of little Lue and
her father for we found old Gunderson
dead the next morning, killed by his
own hand.-Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

. medical man in Vienna asserts that
diphtheria ~ thrice vs. prevalent among
smokers ~ those who deny themselves TIC
luxury OF The weed.
A celebrated aer0uaut asserts. after pa-
tient investigation, that the ninth dav of
the moon is the most rainy of the whole
twenty eight. aud / o'clock ID the after
noon the rainiest hour VI THE day.
Experiments made NJ the royal Danish
academy have demonstrated Approximately
the height of the aurora borealis. MI
Adam Paulsen, at Godthaah, hv means of
two theodolites situated four miles apart,
found THAT different aurora displays varied
from one t0 four miles I'LL height
A watch for the blind i Sgnong the new
est inventions. a small peg l. set in the
middle of zach figure. When the hour
hand rcaches 4 given hour the peg for that
hour drops. The sightiess owner, when he
wants to know the time. finds which peg ~
down and then counts back To twelve.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
MILk TESTING.
Directions How 70 DO It in the Best
Manner.

Directions How TO DO 1t in the Best
Manner.
Work in room with the temperature
near 70 dcgs. Keep your chemicals
corked. Have a small bottle for each
in which to keep q supply for testing.
Pour directly from these into the tubes.
Before taking test sample with the
pipette mix the milk well and allow
any air bubbles to escape. The pipette
must be completely full If it is dry
the first filling will %; If not, reject the
first and take the second for a test.
Empty the pipette by blowing out the
last drop into the flask. Fill the TASKS
slowly to allow the air to escape. A
little practice in filing the pipette and
tubes with water viii enable any one to
do the work easily and rapidly.
Avoid getting acid on the skin OF
clothing. In case it gets there bathe
the skin freely and apply ammonia 70
the clothing. Mix the contents Of the
flask. at once after adding the acid. Hold
the cork in firmly to prevent its being
blown out The flask must be whirled
until the fat is clear. This requires fire.
quently only fifteen seconds. usually
half q minute, occasionally longer. If
the bottom Of the fat Is below the low
est graduation add weak acid toraise it.
The fat should not appear cloudy or
have much undissolved casein below it.
The former is due to too low tenn
perature; the latter to insuficiently
strong acid In either case the test
must be repeated. Empty the flask
while still hot and rinse with hot water.
Any number Of tests within the ca
pacity Of the machine can be made at
one time, but since the time Of whir1ing
is SO short, nothing is gained in whirl-
ing more than eight at once. In warm
room, with rapid work, this number can
be made without the use Of hot water;
with more than this, OF IN a cooler room,
the TASKS have to stand in hot water
moment to keep the fat melted. The
tests need not be completed at once.
After adding the milk the TASKS NAV
stand some time before adding the acid.
The order of the work may be varied
without altering the results; thus the
alcohol may be added before or after
the milk, the acid in one or more por-
tions, the weak acid before or after
whirling Rural New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

In many localities theordinary farmer
does not yet patronize the silo, and
consequently corn fodder is an impor-
tant crop. If properly used there is no
better feed for cattle, but on many
farms there is nothing used with as
poor economy as is corn fodder. lii a
paper incorporated in the quarterly re-
port Of the Kansas state board Of agri-
culture this statement is made: ssAn
acre of good corn fodder, corn that will
yield fifty on sixty bushels per acre if
secured al the right time, is worth as
much for iced as the hay from an acre
Of tame grass It is advised in this
same paper that the handling Of corn
fodder be done in damp weather. It is
poor economy to turn stock into field
of cornstalks, to say nothing of the dam
ger of loss from impaction.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

There is one thing want to emnha-
size. Il you are going to get good
price for butter when you have got a
good market. you will find it viii pay
you to be thoroughly honest and care
full. When you put brand on PACK
age Of butter it is just the same as say
ing. THAT is just such butter as have
been sending you right along" and if
you are telling them lie you will soon
get paid for it.
Then there is another thing: If you
begin at all you must supply them right
along. 1t don't do To have an over sup
ply this week and run below next. l
have shipped butter every week, and
nearly the same day in the week, to the
same house for over eight years. Some
families have used my butter during all
that time They rely Oh my sending it
regularly and ! rely on their taking it,
This condition of things is mutually SAT-
isfactory to us | don't want that they
should get 4 taste Of another make Of
butter for fear l should lose them as
customers; therefore mine is there for
ylem every time they want any.
The commission man finds the Gus
toners for mo and deals with them. He
knows how high price it will do to make
them pay, and they pay IT, He does The
business, and the ) per cent. commission
pays him for it, and get as good a net
price as ! conld get in amy other way,
without amy trouble at all. ana the
money invariably comes the same week
the butter is shipped. Mr.. Goodrich at
Farmers Institute
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
LIVING ON AIR.
The Remarkable Survival OF Three En-
tombed Miners in Bohemia.


tombed Miners in Bohemia.
The teaching Of experience as illus
trated by several instances of prolonged
abstinence, though it may afford some
idea OF human endurance IN this partic-
ular under special conditions. has vet
provided no certain criterion Of the vi
tai resistance possessed by the average
man when suddenly deprived Of every
form Of sustenance. The measure Of
this force may nevertheless be gauged
with approximate correctness. from the
history of recurrent instances of pro-
longed and accidental privation AS an
example, the following is remarkable
even in this category:
1t is the narrative Of three Bohemian
miners, who, after being entombed by a
fail of sand in the pit where they were
working, were finally rescued alive,
though of course III an utterly PROSTATE
condition, seventeen days later. During
the period of their live burial air was
pumped down to them by bore holes.
On this they may be said to have lived,
without food and without water. The
total want Of the latter is what makes
their survival SO remarkable. But for
this essential the longer fasts of profess
sional fasting men would have been
quite impossible.
We can have no difficulty in under
standing generally why this holds true
if we bear in mind the fact that not
only does water constitute by far the
greater constituent Of every tissue, but
that without its due proportion the cir
culation and nutrition Of the blood and
that needful if costly chemical change
upon which all tissue repair depends
would be alike impossible.
In endeavoring to trace the rationale
Of life persisting, as in the case Of the
buried miners. i'll spite Of the absence Of
every natural condition, we must notice
one or two significant points. In the
first place, their condition was that Of
rest, their functional metabolism being
proportionally less active, their waste Of
tissue diminished and their output of
carbonic acid not SO likely to overcharge
the surrounding atmosphere. Further,
we may take it for granted that a robust
physique had no small share in the con
servation Of vital energy.
Much depends in such cases on the
amount of nitrogenous matter stored up,
for the most part in the muscular tissue,
and available for destructive changes.
We may safely assume that the amount
of reserve nitrogen in the case of these
men was not meager. 1t is mainly, no
doubt, to this circumstance that we
must attribute not only the fact Of their
existence, but the still more remarkable
prospect Of their rconvalescence and ulti-
mate recovery London Lancet.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

Amber has q wonderful variety III
colors. Some Of ii j. as clear As crystal,
some as yellow rs honey, some light
blue and again a transparent green.
Then il is found as white as snow, the
color of cream. and often many Of these
tints are blended iia one piece. There is
a popular notion to the effect that am
Der has curative qualities for sueh ALL
mcnts A. croup ana sore throat. xna
many Thousand necklaces lie II are sold
annually Tor that purpose. Interview
in Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

Jim Faberpusher is one Of the most
industrious journalists in New York.
He thinks Of nothing but his professional
duties.
One day his wife TO whom be was re-
Gently marriedl said to him:
..You don't speak to ms any more.
Have YOU ceased to love me-
..Oh. 10. brS I Just can't find time.
I'm pressed for time
Yes. but don't get pressed at all, :"
responded the neglected wife. This well
merited rebuke reminded the journalist
Of his obligations to his better half
Texas Siftings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15
Antumn = asn.ons.

There will be much fur worn neu
fall and winter. the furriers say, and
they are providing it for every possible
need. Walking boots and house slip
pers even will be bordered with some
kind, and gloves will have gauntlets of
beaver or some other short-pile fur.
Velvet and uncut velvet will enter
largely into the autumn bonnets. They
are not All small BY any means. For
those who look better IN large hats or
bonnetsthere are fiaring pokes. and pic
ture hats with towering plnmes. and
bonnets Of shirred silk, satin and velvet.
Beaded fringe at the waist is much
worn over silk, and with this is usually
purchased i beaded and wired Medici
collar, and both can be made postiche,
so as to be transferred from one costume
TO another
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

Give your young broods clean water,
plenty Of grit, a variety Of cracked and
whole grain mostly in dry state, keep
them out Of the grass when wet with
dew and rain, and they will thrive.
Hens like new onions, lettuce and
other vegetables.
The black Minorca is a good layer Of
large eggs.
Ground bone, fine gravel. ground
shells and dust bath must be provided
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-09-15

New York has 100000 cows, 200
creameries, cheese factories and home
dairies, yet the dairy shows Of one Of
the new western states is far more cred
liable 1T the state fairs. 1t is these
western people that have The "get up
and go' to them.