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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08

rods of the stone become unrayeled.
reccssitating, at times, the expenditure
of several hundred dollars per mile for
repairs, where a few dollars would
have been sufficient"
Education is to conducted along the
lines of draining, and the prevention of
earth and water from mixing on the
roadbed; also to give knowledge of the
proper admixture of suitable earth
materials, clay, sand and gravel, in the
proportions that will make an i'm
pervious roofing and form perfect
roadway for light traffic. People are to
be taught how to utilize the seashore
shells, and the shales and states that
abound in many sections.
Satisfied by the experience Of the past
that no system of permanent road build
ing can be uniformly successful unless
fostered by the state, Commissioner
Budd pleads for an annual state appro-
priation of 100000. He says: "Such
an appropriation would give to each
county each year healthy mileage, the
taxation to meet which would not be
burdensome, probably no more on the
average than one-eighth per cent. on
the ratables, and Would result in an an
nual expenditure of more than $1,000
600 for impSoyed roads, rate that would
soon place us in a position to attract
millions of capital for investment and
thousands of progressive citizens for
permanent residents. I'm
proved highways give new life to the
country through which they pass, as
they are often thronged with bicycles
and other pleasure vehicles
Interesting phases are developed in
the construction of new roads. For in
stance, Monmouth county is building a
road of bog ore four miles long, and
Salem county is constructing high
way of oyster shells three miles long.
Atlantic county in 1s96-97 opens new
era in road building, inasmuch as that
county presents the first road in the
state constructed under the state aid
law out of any other material than
stone. Twenty-Five miles of gravel
road are being laid from Absecom to
Hammonton, and Camden county will
also build 70 miles Of gravel to connect
with the Hammonton road. Burlington
county has begun the construction of q
road of stone two and half miles long,
with Stag foundation.
Here is the motto of the New Jersey
public highways improvement adyo-
Gates:
Good roads decrease taxation, de-
crease living expenses, increase prop
erty values, increase farmers incomes,
increase railroad business, promote
prosperity, promote civilization
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
MKNELiK GOING TO EUROPE.
Abyssinian POtentate and Wife to
Visit Several Countries.

Abyssinian Potentate and Wife to
Visit Several Countries.
Among the items of information
brought by the members of the Rus
sian sanitary expedition to Abyssinia.
who are now BACK none the worse foI
their journey, that which treats of the
negus' intended foreign trips is among
the most interesting, says London ex-
change. Heretofore his martial maj
esty has not gone tripping aboard
Domestic wars with turbulent and am
bilious Ras took up most of his time
when he was not busy giving battle to
the Italians. Now that military enter
prise has become somewhat slack, tho
negus has conceived the plan of travel
ing and seeing the world for himself.
He loves France and Russia, he is said to
have declared, not merely at first sight.
but before first sight. He has been cor
daily invited thither, and he and his
consort have accepted the invitation.
Negus Menelik and Empress Taitou
will first honor Russia with their pres
ence, coming to Odessa, and thence by
rail to st. Petersburg. They will pro-
coed to Paris to the exhibition $4,000,
and finally will call on the king of Italy
and the pope.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
FACTS ABOUT MILK.
Points with which Every Dairyman
Should BE Familiar.

Points with which Every Dairyman
Should Be Familiar.
Milk should be kept in cool place,
free from odors and in perfectly clean
vessels of well-glazed earthen or porce-
lain ware or glass jar. Tin and wood
are Objectionable.
Milk should be kept perfectly sweet
for household use-in summer from "a
to Sc hours after delivery, if maintained
at so degrees Fahrenheit.
The Pasteurization or sterilization of
milk destroys all the germs present, by
means of heat.
1t is estimated that one-third of all
children die before they are three years
old, and one of the leading causes of in
FAINT mortality is unwholesome milk.
Bad milk cannot be made perfect by
Pasteurization, but the danger from it's
consumption can be lessened.
The Pasteurization process is to place
tie milk in glass bottle plugged tight
with dry, clean cotton, and immerse
the bottle up to the neck in water main
tanned at 1870 degrees Fahrenheit, left
there for some time, then removed and
kept in a cool place.
Separator cream is much richer than
gravity cream and for this reason
preferred for whipping.
Cream is sometimes kept for two
weeks before it is Sold.
When good milk is poured from o
tumbler It will cling to the glass lit
tie, and not run off clean like water.
The yellow color of the milk is not a
safe standard by which to judge it's
quality, for the poor milk from some
cows may be more highly colored than
rich milk from others. All milk from
fresh cows Immediately after parturi-
ton is more yellow than at a later date.
The average dairy cow gives $50 gal
Ions of milk per year, or about
enough to supply IA persons with milk.
st. Louis Republic.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
LIVE STOCK NOTES.


Never ring pig, even if you do the
old hogs.
If an improbable scrub is sick bet
ter let it die.
Never will good breeding animals be
cheaper. Breed up.
Ground fresh bone is good for hogs
as well as for poultry.
Steaming corn fodder, cutting it and
mixing it with grain, will pay.
We wish, for your own profit, you
would secure fast walking team.
Ice cold water is not fit to give any
animal, and, least of all a mulch COW.
Always treat the mare in foal with
great kindness. 1t will tell in the colt.
A good dog is a good dog. But bad
one is the worst property farmer can
have, except bad boy.
If valuable animal is sick send for
veterinarian at once. Even if yalu-
able fowl is sick, doctor it.
Experiment in feeding all animals.
Feed different foods and in different
quantities and watch results.
Horses can run out when the Their
mometer is at zero, and not die; but
1t does them no good, let US tell yoa.-
Western PloWmap.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08

WELL ARRANGED HORSE BARN.
and keep out poultry in moderate
weather. All the room above is for
hay, and the south end of roof extends
out far enough at the ridge for the car
rier or horse fork to hang. with double
door in gable of the same end, SOFAS
to freely admit the hay in unloading.
In the diagram A is double railroad
door in front; B, water tank, with pipe
TO conduct water into the tank; aside
from this is another pipe through the
bottom, reaching near the top of the
tank, TO conduct the surplus water back
to cistern, so as not to overflow the
tank; C is a large cistern with force
pump and three-way cock to throw
water into tank or from the discharge
spout. with nine feet of rubber hose;
ID, managers and feed boxes; i, win
dows; F, doors. and G. the stairs
Farm and Home
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
MOTOR CARS IN MODERN WAR.
British Military Men Engaged in Elk
r,Inifinsr n NnveI Feature.

British Military Men Engaged in Elk
plotting a Novel Feature.
British military men are discussing
very seriously the possible uses in war
of the motor car-not of the imperfect
motor at which cabmen have jeered,
but of some idealized and perfected
motor car the pattern of which is still
laid up in the brain of an inventor. MIR.
Thornycroft, the torpedo boat builder,
has already made some successful trips
in what he calls a steam van, and is
not without hopes of improving upon
his idea. Where good roads exist a
Trustworthy motor car might be made
to do excellent service in carrying pro-
visions and ammunition. In a modern
battle it might well seem to be as much
out of place as Queen Boadicea's
scvthed chariots, but it might be made
nseful as. a kind of movable hospital
and for the conveyance of the wounded
TO the rear. Armor plated and fur
nished with Maxims or other light and
ouick-firing guns, the car might con-
ceiyably be used to charge an enemy.
f,aran D,Ache several months ago made
what he calls "Automobilism in War"
q subject of one of his caricatures. He
imagines an automatic clockwork sol
der running on wheels and serving
the double purpose of stallxing-horse
and carrier of soldiers kit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
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ELECTRIC FLOWING.
German AgFicnIturists Are Very
Much Interested in 1t.

German AgFicnIturists Are Very
Much Interested i'm It.
The Germans are very much in earn
est about electric blowing. Their Ma
tional Agricultural society has ar
ranged prize competition among pow
eY-driyen plows, intended specially to
encourage and develop the application
of electric power to the working of
plows and other agricultural imple
ments. In the trials non-electrieal
plows will also be tested, so that COM
parison may be made of the relative
efficiency of the different systems.
Only plows win be tested, as it is con-
sidered that the power could easily be
applied to other implements with but
slight alterations. Special attention
will be paid to the conveyance of the
outfits from field to field. One prize of
1000 marks and another of 1000 marks
will be given for the best pillow driven
by any kind of power, and there will
be special prize for the best electrical
y driven pillow. A piece of heavy and a
piece Of light land will be assigned for
tilIing to each competitor. Points will
be given for (l) the time taken for the
blowing; l2) the weight Of earth moved;
Isl the consumption Of fuel BY the
motor; ~ the power consumed be-
tween the motor apG ihe pillow; G5l the
cost of the blowing, including fuel, wa
ter, lubricants, attendance, repairs, in
terest and depreciation.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
35iSSso ACRES

Together with the riparian rights and all build
ings, improvements fixtures and furniture there
in and thereon, excepting the structure known
as "Shoot the Chutes.' This property has been
operated since June, $780, as a frst-clasS family
summer resort, having been built, equipped and
furnished for that business. The improvements
and buildings are large doubledeck steamboat
landing, pavilion and pier, stone sea wall along
the entire river frontage of the Park, threestory
hotel and restaurant with toilet rooms, complete
plumbing for water, steam and drainage; ~
story cafe building with toilet rooms) bridge
and stone tower on river front, extensive ice
house and refrigerating building, electric light
building with boiler house, dynamoS, engine, etc.,
2 tobogganS with boiler house, sheds and car
houses; gents cottage, barber shop. Wristbands,
urinals and closets; caroussel building and
boiler house, ice cream pavilion, photograph
building, haunted swing building, pool and
shufle-board pavilion, ladies' cottage (two-story)
with retiring rooms, toilet-rooms and lavatory;
handsome music shell building with rooms, clos
cts, etc.; supply bar building with ice-house and
refrigerator dairy building, Segar stand, fruit
and confectionery stands, twostory residence for
superintendent, large tWo-story house for SER
wants, large two-slOry barn and shed, 40 horse
sheds, ana stables, water tower buildings with
tanks of $4,000 gallons capacity each, with
pumps, machinery, etc.; handsome substantial
wooden bridge over roadway, EGGPLANT building,
t0ilet-rooms and urinals; grand stand structure,
seating capacity 5000 persons, cement lake, the
v hole enclosed with feet high fencing around
the same. Upon the premises is complete
electric light tincandescent and arc) plant with
sufficient capacity for lighting buildings and
grounds, switches, lamps, poles lights and
wires complete drainage and sewerage system
for buildings and grounds; extensive supply
10000 gallons daily of pure water; numerous
fire plugs located upon various parts Of ground
and connected with water works.
This property is one of the most handsome,
complete. and commodi0us summer resorts in
the United States, and is beautifully located
upon bluff 25 feet above an expansive and hard
beach on the Delaware River. 1t has been ex-
tensiyely patroni2ed BY Philadephians, line of
steamers leaving Philadelphia every 45 minutes
Tor Lincoln Park,
The entire property, with the improvements
and buildings Except the structure known as
Shoot the Chutes'l with the furniture and fur
nishings, including household goods, cooking
utensils, glass, china, crockery, cutlery, and
linen ware, ETC.. contained in the buildings will
be sold as one property.
Subject to a balance of $4,000, due upon a
first mortgage with interest thereon from March
l, 1896, and also subject to balance of $40 500,
due upon a second mortgage with interest there
on from February 70. 1896.
$1,000 to be paid at the time of the balance
of the purchase money within 10 days after the
confirmation of the sale by the Chancellor Of
New Jersey.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
NOT AN INTERPRETER.
Testimony That Was Too Mach TO
the Lawyers.

Testimony That Was Too Mach for
the Lawyers.
In dispute between the Indians and
the cannery men, according TO the Sc
attic Post-Intelligencer. Mr.. March
was called as witness, and the way
in which he gave his testimony proved
pulling to the lawyers.
'How long have you been in this part
of the country. MIR. March,
Forty. forty-fye, fifty, fifty-ti
years.
"Fifty-five years" said the lawyer.
and then, as if he were addressing
Christopher Columbus, he asked:
And what did YOU discover, Mt
March ?"
"A dark-yisaged SAVAGE
"Dark-visaged savage, eh2 Yes, and
what did you say to him?"
u said 1t was &2e day."
Zine day? Yes. and what did he
say to youT'
Mr.. March ratified of a whole yarn
in Chinook, and kept on, to the mirth
OF the whole courtroom, until per-
emptorily cut off by the gavel of the
judge.
Il asked you what reply the savage
made to you, Mr.. March. Please answer
the question" said the irate cross-ex-
aminer.
II was answering"
TELL us what the savage said:"
THAT was what he said"
Then tell it to Us in English"
'sNot unless / am commissioned by
the court to act as AN interpreter and
paid the customary fee"
The lawyer thought moment, looked
at the judge, who could not resist a
smile, and said, severely: Mr.. March,
you may stand down.
.'safnt George" War Cry.
saint George for Merry Abyssinia''
win take the place Of the older war
cry. A Russian painter has just com
Tleted for Negus Menelek q picture Of
the battle of Adowah. in which Saint
George on white charger is represent
ed to help the Abyssinians to rout
the Italians. The story of the saints
appearance has arisen from the fact
that the italians turned church ded-
icated to him near the town into eAv-
airy stable.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
HANDY HoRsE BARN.

Cost Much to Build.
The portrayal below shows the plan
Of nearly model horse barn erected a
few years ago on the farm of S. B..
Smith, of Kent connty, Mich. For its
size and cost Mr.. Smith knows of none
better. The frame is without inside
posts, has a good stone wall underpin-
ming. stable with planled floor and
relied walls. The exterior is painted
three coats of light stone color; blinds
and cupola stats green. Drop doors
above the manger in hall, wire door
with the south hall door to admit air
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-08
ECONOMIC FEED RACK.
simple Device which Prevents tn
MnENn of Infn Of HRx.

simple Device which Prevents the
Waste of Lots of Hay.
When hay is fed loose in the barn
yard a certain per cent of it is tram
pied under foot and wasted. In order
TO prevent this, in part at least, a feed
rack of some kind should be erected in
the center of the yard at a point which
will be the most sunny and pleasant
possible,
Now, simple but effectual way in
which to build one Of these feed racks
is to begin by setting four tall posts in
the ground in tho form of q rectangle,
as shown in cut. Their height and dis
tance apart viii determine the size and
capacity of the rack. It's inadvisable,