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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
EARTHoUAKE SCIENCE.
The Internal Fires Of Earth and the Crack
inE Of the Upper Crust.

The Internal Fires Of Earth and the Crack
ing Of the Upper Crust.
It has long been The popular belief
that volcanoes were the cause of earth
quakes, and many scientists have held
to this theory, but Professor John
Milne, F. R. 5, who has recently been
investigating the causes Of earthquakes
in Japan, in connection with the uni
versity Of Tokyo. made the statement
id lecture that most Of these shakiDgs.
probably % per cent were caused by
fractures of the earth's crust.
he explained that the earth ! crust
was i'll perpetual motion, and the tremor
was either so slight as to be impercepti-
Bile or so great that it might plainly be
felt It j. not. he said, necessary to 90
to Japan Oh South America to study
earthquakes. for an earthquake in one
part Of the world can, by proper instru-
ments, easily be recorded in another.
The inside Of the earth is hot, - said
Professor Milne, and the crust is con-
stantly breaking downward. and as it
accommodates itself to what is under
meath, the surface Of the earth's crust
becomes puckered up, and mountains
and hills are formed. When any inter
ruption takes place in the process Of the
internal crumbling Of the crust Of the
earth, there is a subsistence producing a
violent shaking, which is called an
earthquake. If a big shaking takes place
in any part Of the world, the motion j.
sufficient TO be propagated over the
whole surface Of the earth.
I'm countries where there are volca-
noes earthquakes are most frequent, but
they are not all directly attributable to
the volcanoes. When the ground open
ing upward is near the ocean or other
great body Of water, volcanoes are
found there, for volcanic action il due
to steam from water id heated rocks,
the water having soaked through from
the surface.
In Japan earthquakes, great or
small, are Of such frequent occurrence
that people there do not talk about the
weather, as they do almost everywhere
else id the world, but you are asked
what you thought Of the last earthquake,
and there j. much guessing and betting
on the earthquakes that are to come.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
THE CLEVER WOMAN.
Two Kinds of CIeverness, but Only One
That Really Pays.

n1su were titFtf.
The woman was charmingly 6impled,
wore Felix gown, was the mistress Of
a luxurious establishment, and was dis
pensing tea I'd afternoon callers ill cups
Of priceless faience.
Women v no write" had been The
subject Oh the tapis, and the remark
was delicate compliment to the won
an to whom she handed the tea. She
was a successful wrirer-successful to
the extent If making a good income az
the fruit of unwearied industry. She
had never known tie delights Of dia-
monds OK her own carriage or a box at
the opera She sometimes spent a hard
earned 50 for drive, but there was nei-
ther luxury III the carriage nor swift
ness in the steeds, and she was conscious
all through the drive THAT when She
went back To the office she would write
something about the country iii spring
or the f;otsan Of fall foliage and flow
ers with which the suburban resident
could decorate his house and table.
If she took 81 seat in the opera
house, she rarely lost herself completely
in the music, as she would have liked
to do, because skeletons Of paragraphs
on theater hats and theater manners, on
lovers who make love in the stalls as
well as on the stage, and thousand other
things for the next day S paper fitted
through her mind. She never had a Fe-
lix gown; On the contrary, she walked
ten blocks and climbed seven stories to
find q dressmaker who would make,
though at the same time mar, her one
gown for So Her modest house was
pretty, and she was even quite famous
for her petites soupers, at which one
sometimes met eminent and always de-
lightful people, but only herself and
her one maid Knew at what cost of per-
spring brow and smutched fingers and
aching back those dainty little dishes
were evolved.
So there was almost reverence in her
tones as she replied:
''My dear, you are the clever woman :;
you are far more clever than George
Eliot. The really smart woman is not
the one who makes her own daily
bread, even though there be a Nessel-
rode pudding thrown i'll now and then.
1t is she who, without raising her hand,
can cause all this luxury to be laid at
her pretty satin shod feet. 1t is like eat
ing Delmonico dinner and lamenting
that you are not the chef who cooked it.
Not the woman who works, but she
who gets all there is in life without
working, j. the really clever woman. \
MAY there not be two kinds Of clev-
erness?' said the woman who came to
make her adieus. s.-New York Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

Cowpeas have been grown by the
Storrs station for the past seven years
with satisfactory results. Professor G.
S. Phelps reports that, where the crop
has been grown ON warm soils with a
liberal quantity of mineral fertilizer,
yields Of from eight to ten tons have
been obtained. This crop has furnished
good feed during most Of the month Of
September. Considerable experience
with this valuable fodder plant leads
Professor Phelps to recommend it for
green feeding or for silage. Most seasons
the crop may well be fed from about Sept.
to 20, or until injurious frosts occur.
The yield one year was at the rate Of
eight tons per acre, while the next il
gave II tons per acre. There are great
differences in yield due to variety. The
Clay variety is the best for fodder, sown
in drills 2Js feet apart at the rate Of
to Il bushels per acre, about two
weeks later than corn is usually planted.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

Ruth Ashmore, addressing herself to
''That Boy Of Mine in Ladies' Homs
Journal, writes that BIZ personal ap-
pearance "should be good. You owe
that to yourself. And whether it il az
the Office or when you are out visiting
you should be a clean, wholesome
looking young man. Cleanliness does
much toward godliness, and clean
body aids a clean soul 1t may not be in
your power tO possess dress suit, but
il you should not don't borrow one and
don Il hire one Brush up the best clothes
you have, make them immaculate and
then enjoy yourself and forget your
clothes. Your linen can always be fresh
and clean, and your tie can be in good
style and properly kn0tted- Never wear
a loud scarf and never wear imitation
iewelry Gentlemen select plain gold
buttons, and simple gold links, and
scarfpins If the most modest pattern
If you can afford dress clothes, remem-
Der never to appear III them until
after dark You may wear, as you like
best, either lawn tie Or q black satin
one. but the stiff little bow should be
looped by yourself and not bought ready
made NJ
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
japanese Singing.

japanese music is crude. There are no
written notes 10 go by in playing, nor
has the singer any do, Re, Nj" to
play by observation, imitation and prac-
tice Instrumental and vocal music are
always taught together, and by the same
instructor, who is either lady Or a
blind man, VINO has received a musical
degree.
The singular method of practicing by
young lady intent upon cultivating
her voice il thus described:
During the winter the girl in training
clothes herself comfortably, takes a
samisen-a banjo with a square body.
played with plectrum Of ivory-and
ascends every cold night the scaffold
erected on the roof of the house for dry
ing purposes.
There she sits for hours, sitting and
banging away, until she can endure it
no longer. Upon coming down she il 50
hoarse as to be unable to utter word.
This training is persisted in until her
natural voice has left her and a new
clear voice has been acquired, which can
be heard in storm. The girl screams
her worthless voice out and away.
Pearson's Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
Things That Are Told.

A good mixture for lawn grass One
half bushel Kentucky blue grass, one
half bushel red top, four quarts timothy,
one quart white clover, one quart alsike.
The fifty sixth annual fair Of the New
York State Agricultural society will be
held this year at Syracuse, during the
week beginning Aug. 81.
The Connecticut Sheep Breeders as
sociation will pay $40 for every dog
caught killing sheep, or for every dog
against which mutton murder can be
proved.
There never was better time to OBJ
tain seed Of new and improved varieties
at low price.
Probably fewer bogus fertilizers are
sold in Connecticut than in any other
state. This is due to the experiment sta
tion.
The Crosby is certainly worthy the
attention Of all who seek to grow the
peach in cold climates.
The Vermont Sugar Workers associa-
tion is credited with having done much
during the last two years to establish
the maple sugar trade in that state on q
very firm footing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

James Otis was killed by stroke Of
lightning III Andover, Mass, at the old
Isaac Osgood farm, May, 1888. Mr..
Otis wanted mug of cider. The hired
man went into the cellar to draw the
cider, leaving the cellar door open. Mr.
Otis was standing in the doorway at the
side Of the house looking at the clouds,
remarking that heavy shower was
coming up. Scarcely had the words been
spoken when the bolt came down. struck
Mr.. Otis and killed him instantly, then
passed into large beam in the cellar
way, going the length of the beam to
the cellar, where it went off into the
ground. The hole in the beam was large
enough to thrust ones arm down, as
the writer has done when visiting the
Osgpod farm Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

The old idea that fertilizers were not
adapted to market gardening was long
ago exploded by the practical experience
of the big market gardeners near our
large cities and by the truck farmers IN
the south Cabbage, celery, lettuce,
spinach and similar leafy vegetables de-
pend for quality upon quick growth,
and it results only from plenty of solu-
BILE plant food I'D the soil A slow
growth is usually tough, dull and rusty,
while a quick growth is tender, bright
and crisp. Only by filing the soil
with decomposed stable manure in ex-
cess of what the crops need can the
needed supply Of available plant food BE-
obtained from manure. Usually ii il
cheaper and more satisfactory to feed
these market garden crops with fertili-
zers than 10 buy horse manure at high
prices and haul or shipil long distances,
says the New England Homestead.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
90 YOU EVER THINK?

DO you ever think as the hearse drives by
That it won't be long till you and
Will both ride out in the big, plumed hack
And Wen never, never, never ride back?
Do you ever think as you strive for gold
That dead mans hand can't a dollar hold
We may tug and toll and pinch and save.
And Wen lose it all when we reach the grave
Do you ever think as you closely clasp
Your bag Of gold with firmer grasp
If the hungry hearts Of the world were fed
1t might bring peace to your dying bed?
Il. A. ". Bulletin.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

There is Il certain senator from
western state who dined with the presi
dent one night not long ago. He wore
Oh that evening what he always wears
Oh full dress occasions, a coat made aft
er design of his own-a coat which
combines the elegance Of q dress coat
with the lines Of cutaway, but is nei-
ther one nor the other. When the sena-
tor was ready to start for the White
House, some bnsybody bustled up to
him and said:
"Why, senator, aren't you going 10
put OH q dress coats'
The senator drew himself up to his
full height.
WHAT l dress like a waiter ~ be
said w Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

"Your story is a little vague at one
point, said the publisher, and the
young woman naturally wanted to know
the whereabouts of the alleged vague
ness
Where you say, exclaimed the pub
fisher, that she, defeated in argument,
had no recourse but to wunan's most
effective weapons against the tyrant
man Now. do you refer there to tears
or hatircns 2''-Liverpool Mercury.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS /.
BLACKB FRYING.


When / was but a wee. shy boy,
Ny mothers pride my fatherfs joy,
Ny hands and mouth had fun employ
When blackberries were ripe.
And oft my nanny she would squeeze
The thorns from out my arms aud kneea.
And my good dad, to give me ease.
Laid by his favorite pipe.
And even since I've become q man,
And dressed On quite different plan,
I've still gone carrying the can
When blackberries grew sweet.
Yes, trampling through the bramble brakes,
Ia court the keenest pains and aches
For two or three fair colleens' sakes-
Whose names III not repeat
Till Norah Of the amber hair.
Who'd been my partner here and there,
Around about and everywhere,
A. biackberriez came i'm
When just tried. with to- much haste,
The richer, rarer fruit to taste
That on her lips was going to waste.
She tOsses up her chin,
And marches by me night and morn.
Her gray eyes only glancing scorn.
Regardless Of tho ranking thorn
she's rooted in my heart.
Yet mrybe-thnugh j much misd0uht-
Her cyes that tia.h- her lip that Cont,
Will yet turn kind, aDd conjure out
That thcrn Of cruel smart.
London Sketch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
Chestnut Culture.

Chestnut culture is receiving increased
attention. The possibilities of grating
improved varieties of chestnuts on seed
ling natives should be emphasized. II
is better to graft the straight Seeding
chestnut than a sprout from an old
stump. The trees grow faster and bet
ter, and larger proportion of the CRAFTS
thrive. This may be done when the buds
are swelling, while some prefer wait
ing until the leaves are out, says The
New Eng gland Homestead
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

The deftness Of the woman waiter j.
rapidly being recognized Caterers are
announcing that they can supply neat,
capable mattresses for all manner Of so
cial functions, and society women ac-
cept the news as a gratifying guarantee
that their new gowns will survive the
most elaborate dinner i'll an unsp0tted
condition. The expert maidens are clad
id black alpaca. with dainty white caps
and aprons, and ID far they are guiltless
of gloves. Philadelphia Ledger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
suece~s win irish Pota.oes.

Select land adapted 10 the crop. give
it good culture and provide plenty Of
potash for plant food. Use for seed
clean, smooth. fair sized tubers and cut
not over two good eyes to the piece
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

MIR. George T. Powell of Columbia
county, N. ", is an enthusiastic be-
lever i'll crimson clover, as may be seen
by the following extract from paper
read before the Western New York Hor-
ticultural society at its annual meeting !:
Crimson clover is an annual; there
fore it escapes about half the contin-
gencies that confront the common red
clover. No fad Of recent years in either
agriculture Or horticulture has SO much
foundation in merit as this new nitro
gen gatherer. The general and frequent
failure Of red clover during the last few
years has turned everybody's attention
to the crimson variety. Crimson clover
has strong powers of vitality in its seed,
terminating quickly and developing
rapidly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

Than because of the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
edy is in building up by taking a good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
like Hoods Sarsaparilla. For the troubles
Peculiar to Women at change of season,
climate or life, or resulting from hard
work, nervousness, and impure blood,
thousands have found relief and cure in
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

The common garden slug has the
means of spinning a gelatinous thread
by which be can let himself down from
dangerous heights.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
V/oTEa"'s onE

Is never done, and it is espe wearing
and wearisome to those N4ose blood is
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus-
tain, and renew the wasting of nerve,
muscle and tissue. 1t is more because Of
this condition OF the blood that women
ara rnn dnu-n
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

NO man has come to true greatness
who has not felt in sume degree that his
life belongs to his race. - Phillips
Brooks
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
. III. RICHARDS,
A UsTIN I'll. swACKHAmEK,
IN
Counsellor-at-Law,

And Master IN Chancery. Green's New
Building, No. Cooper Street, Woodbury.. New
Jersey. June 2, '87
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09
GRAvESTONES
MONUMENTS
SNELBAKER BROS.

prepared do tagging Of any description beside the large
business doing cemetery work More employees
necessary increased ORDERS yet able
handle our large trade.
We have $1,000 worth Of and lot
Enclosures ready be before May 3Oh Don't delay if
need work in line. headquarters
Handsome designs arriving every
day direct from the quaries, which enables low prices
for first class patrons Remember
YARDscooPzR AVENUE wooDsTowY
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-04-09

Auctioneer,

TUREERvILLE. NEW JERSEY.
The herald., 1896-05-22

for success. Democratic boss politi-
clans have already stood in with the
Republican bosses in their preliminary
political work and have promises from
the Republican bosses that their push"
will be used for the Democratic bosses
at Democratic primaries. The pay for
this political work IL sometimes In
direct, as in railroad tickets. hotel bills,
promises of offices and sometimes It
is direct. Those who engage in boss
politics or serve boss orders often DO
not realize what they are doing. They
do not know that the boss has been
bought and that, however good some
men and some measures may be, such
work is only to cover UP or carry
through corrupt deals in which the in
terests of the people are betrayed. Boss
slaves do not realize that their souls
have been sold.
Some years ago when that brilliant
and true Democrat, Del Vale, was can
didate for congress certain boss politi-
clans took railroad money to betray
him and carried out their nefarious bar
gain. One in Los Angeles used the DEM
ocratic campaign funds and used his
place as a campaign officer for Del Vale
to all the more certainly destroy the in
terests of the Democracy, of Del Vale
and of the whole people.
The policy of corruption should be
downed whenever and wherever it
shows its head.
The herald., 1896-05-22

have served corporate ana private IN
terests in the senate before. but never
so boldly and shamelessly as the col
league of Senator Hale. To every jerk
of the Huntington string he has danced
Even senatorial usage and personal
faith he IL willing to yield UP In the
cause Of his master. The completion OF
the river and harbor bill In the senate,
with the adoption Of his amendment
providing for commission consisting OF
three civil engineers to be appointed by
the president, one officer of the navy to
be appointed by the secretary OF the
navy and one officer Of the geodetic
survey to be appointed by the superin-
tendent of the survey. constituted a vir-
tual agreement with the friends of the
free harbor proposition. 1t adopted the
principle of Senator Whites amend
ment, of a commission, but changed
the character of that body's member
ship from that proposed in the White
amendment. Senator White accepted
the Frye amendment as a fair COM
promise measure. Senator Frye by
every consideration of personal honor
and senatorial duty was bound to stand
by that amendment, his own amendment,
in the conference committee. Yet we
find him ready and willing to mutilate
1t to an extent that he knows and every
body Of common sense familiar with the
situation at the capital knows, would
not be acceptable to Senator White and
the representatives Of the people in the
contest for a harbor other than that
selected by Mr.. Huntington.
Senator Frye is a very small fry. in
deed. and before the senator from CAL
ifornia gets through with him and his
nefarious plot to let Mr.. Huntington's
grasping digits into the public treasury
to the tune Of three million dollars, he
will beconsiderably less in size.
The herald., 1896-05-22
SHAMELESS STATESMEN

1t Is plain that the men who represent
the interests and attempt to execute
the designs of Mr.. Huntington in con-
gress, are in imminent danger of being
placed in an embarrassing position be-
fore the public. Hooker. Catchings
and Herman OF the house conferees
were in favor of appropriating the sum
of three million dollars for a deep sea
harbor for Los Angeles when it was
proposed to make Santa Monica the
beneficiary of the expenditure Now
they are opposed to any appropria ton
for Los Angeles harbor An item in
the river and harbor bill approprating
the amount they were formerly willing
to spend for the harbor that a new
commission should, after careful inves-
tigation, see fit to recommend, is not to
their liking. The significant thing about
their antipathy to Los Angeles harbor
improvements is that it developed when
Senator White successfully protested
against the naming of the members
of the proposed commission by the con-
ference committee. The only game thew
are in on is one of the sure thing variety.
They have responded to the peoples
slogan of San Pedro or nothing" with
Santa Monica or nothing"
The position Of Senator Frye excels
in discredit any that has ever been &C.
cupied by United States senator. Men
The herald., 1896-05-22
THE POLICY OF CORRUPTION

The unfortunate adoption by the Re-
publican party Of the policy Of using
the delegated powers of the whole peo-
pie for the enrichment of classes and of
individuals has done more to undermine
public morals than all other causes COM
bined. Out of the great abuse called
protection has grown other class legis-
lation. Land grants, subsidies, bounties
and in general the gifts of public prop
erty or of public taxes to corporations
or persons has grown out of this false
but plausible policyI
In such government largesses 1t Is the
rich who receive and the poor who pay.
The agents and lobby of powerful per-
sons and great aggregations of wealth
stand the eternal tempters of the peo-
pies officers. The nation publicly taxed
for private ends has been debauched
and Is corrupted in all It's branches by
these giant genii Of evil created by the
Republican policy. No other nation is
so dominated and so cursed by corporate
greed. America stands first today
throughout the world in the use of pub
lie power to give private gain at the
general expense.
Bribing thus bred has grown and
spread into state, county and city. The
corporation now generally seeks by
political action to avoid its public du-
ties, escape its public taxes and to gain
special privilege. Born of such perver-
sions is the political blackmailer.
| The debauched public officer whose
soul has been thus dragged down into
the muck of betrayal of public trust
by corporate temptation becomes by
this very character-injury a blackmaiI-
er on his debaucher and an svenger Of
virtue.
The situation in Los Angeles county
is due to a deliberate intention on the
part of great corporation to secure bv
hook or by crook a delegation to the
Democratic state convention that will
betray the people. The main questions
are on the funding bill, the harbor loca-
ton and, above all. the legislative and
congressional nominees. Incidental to
this policy of control by our great Cal
iforna corporation is the saddling of
Buckleyism upon the Democracy of the
state This is to destroy and prevent
any chances the Democrats may have