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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
TURKS RETREAT.

Athens, May IA dispatch from
Santa Maura says the flotilla of Greek
gunboats in the gulf of Ambrakia, has
bombarded the coast near Nicopolis,
and Santa Petra. The Turks, the dis
patch asserts, were compelled to flee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
T. GroOS & Co., Bankers.

AND DEALERS IN EXCHANGE.
Sight drafts on the principal cities
of the United States and on all Euro
pean countries. Also drafts on Mon
terey, Mexico, payable in Mexican dol
lars. Foreign coin and currency
bought and sold.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

TRY
to Texas cities and towns. New sta
tions opened continually and addition
al facilities added. Ask central for
party wanted.
SUBSCRIBERS
can talk from their own telephone.
OTHERS
from telephone toll stations.
NJ. F. THOMAS, Local Manager.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
NOTABLE CAREERS.

The bulk of Thackeray's literary work
was done in less than 30 years.
Gibbons massive history occupied over
90 years of his life. Compared with this
his other works are insignificant.
Emerson was born in 1903 and died in
1889. His literary life continued from 1841
to his death, period of Al years.
The famous historical painter, David,
lived from 1748 to 1895, but executed all
his masterpieces in less than Is years.
Auher, the composer of French and
italian opera, produced all his musical
works in less than 40 years. He lived to
be 80.
Frederick the Great lived from 1912 to
ton was made in seven years, the time Of
the Seven Years war.
Newton's life lasted from 1642 to 1927.
His first contributions to science and
philosophy were made in 1880. His active
scientific life lasted AZ years.
Julius Caesar was only Sc years old at
the time of his assassination. His reputa-
tion as soldier was won during the Gallo
war, which continued seven years.
1t is said that Bacon's essays, by which
he is now known, are said to have been
written in less than six weeks. His period
of literary activity covered little more
than As years.
The natural life of Donizetti was from
1897 to 1S4S. His artistic career began
when he was little more than 20 years
old, and in about 80 years he wrote over
so operas, besides songs and concerted
pieces almost innumerable.
The career of Verdi is one of the most
lengthy as well as prolific in the history
of musical art. He was born in 1913, and
only a season or so ago produced a new
opera He was distinguished as musician
and composer before he was 20 years o.
age, and from that time until the present
his labors have been underwriting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16

An Arkansas correspondent of Rural
New Yorker says:
To keep sweet potatoes successfully
requires moderately dry atmosphere
and temperature from so to 70 f. A
temperature much below As degrees for
any length of time would be likely to
result disastrously. An ordinary potato
cellar requires the temperature to be
kept too low to be an ideal place for
sweet potatoes. II had few potatoes
and wished to keep them, l would use
a good sized box or barrel, stratify the
tubers with perfectly dry sand or chaff
and put them in some warm room in
the dwelling where the above conditions
could be secured. If no such place could
be found, then would set the barrel or
box in the potato cellar Being thus
stratified would at least keep them from
sudden changes of temperature, even in
the cellar, which would be no little adj
vantage to them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
THE HORSE SHOW.

The stable of Scott Hudson has earned
over $l2, 900 this year.
Ono 1ua's brother rejoices in the name
of Ole Olson and a record of 2 :28.
The records of four of the get of Wilkes
Boy for this season average 2:11%.
For six decades the PAGER has led the
trotter in making championship marks.
The sarcophagus which will contain the
remains of the late Byron McClelland will
cost $4,000.
The track record at Nassau, N. Y, is
held by the PAGER Bullmont, who turned
that track recently in s:13.
Elton, 2:12N, wears no boots or extra
straps of any kind in his races, and he car
ries very light shoes all round.
The Village farm horses won $50, 00C
during the campaign of 1897, The Monk
in that stable winning $12, 100.
Guy Wilkes now weighs 1,120 pounds
He weighed but $40 when bought by W.
J. White for the Two Minute farm.
The English sprinter Red Heart is tc
be put to jumping. M. D. Rucker once
paid $25, coo for this beast and never VOL
penny with him.
Brooklyn road horse fanciers have erect
ed monument in the Lutheran cemetery
over the grave of Andrew Merckel the
well known and popular road driver.
Electioneer gets new performer in thu
bay horse Kelly that won the third heal
in the 2:35 class for trotters at Hagers
town, Md, recently, taking record O
2:27.
That was great race which Trio, thu
bay mare by Delmarch, went over the hal
mile track at Medford, Mass, recently
She finished z, 8, 8, /, 8, !, 2, in 2:14N
2:151S, s:16A, 1854, a:1775, s:16H
S:17L.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Live stock Points.

A sheep is an animal that cannot
stand wet feet.
The three great beef breeds, Short
horns, Herefords and Aberdeen Anguses.
shared honors about equally at the Chi
cago live stock show, and the question
is still unsettled which family is BEST.
The treasury department has decided
that cattle taken out of the United
States and returned again must pay
duty like foreign animals if while they
were away they have been improved in
condition and value This decision was
made in the case of bunch of cattle
that had been driven from Texas into
Mexico and there fattened.
Ewes that are in good flesh and Wig
orous condition at the time Of breeding
always produce large, fine lambs if they
are kept SO till the lambs are born.
This matter Of having ewes in fine con-
dition at breeding time is not sufficient
" attended to.
1t has been found that shredded fod-
der is much superior to cut fodder.
Shredded fodder may be moved closely
in great quantity, the larger the better,
since then it does not dry out so much.
The Swine Breeders Journal finds
these three things are absolutely neces-
sary to keep hogs free from disease
namely, caution in changing from one
diet to another, only the purest water
for them to drink, keeping them alto
gether out of dust Whenever a hog
sneezes it is an indication something is
wrong A hog should never be allowed
to wallow in dusty pens, fence corners
Or straw Stacks
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
News and Notes.

Electricity is being extensively used
on the large German farms.
Manure made from animals fed on
ensilage is free from weed seeds.
From the western states and from
Canada come reports of great scarcity of
beef cattle.
The official report of the condition of
corn makes the October average n,
while the average for the past ten years
is 80.
The importance of the rye crop is in
creased by the reduced European supply
Feeding buffaloes on ensilage is done
ut the great Corbin game preserve in
New Hampshire.
The government report estimates this
years potato crop at 155, 1896 bushels.
Government statistics give as the av-
erage cost Of raising an acre of wheat in
this country $11.71 and varies from 500
in the eastern states to 81 in the south
and west
1t lRls been estimated that the United
States wool crop of 1897 is 259, 1913, 900
pounds against 272, 475, 600 pounds in
1895 and 294, 297, 600 pounds in 1895.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.

The average raccoon is about IS inches
in length, though specimens 2 feet long
are frequent.
Parrots are good barometers. Before a
rain the most conversationally inclined
bird becomes silent and disagreeable.
The ermine, which furnishes the fur
formerly used on the robes of judges and
which gave name to their calling, is 10
inches long.
Wildcats are extremely variable in size,
some kinds being no more than 2 feet in
length, while others are 5. The smallest
varieties Of wildcats are about the size of
the domestic variety
Persons tempted to battle in the ice cold
Norwegian fiords will probably abstain
now that the octopus has appeared in those
waters. A specimen recently captured
has tentacles 10K feet long, and it requir-
ed the combined efforts of three men to
land it after it had seized on fishing boat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

The merchants who do the business are
the merchants who do the newspaper adj
yertising. -Omaha Bee.
We hope that it will not be considered
necessary hereafter to insist that no man
who has not had his vermiform appendix
removed shall be admitted to a jury box.
New York Tribune.
A Missouri schoolteacher was beaten to
death by several scholars whom he under
took to discipline. There is some excellent
football material going to waste in that
school.-New York journal.
A Chicago barber who was held up by
footpads was so badly scared that he lost
his power of speech. Unless he RECEIVERS it
he will never be able to make a living at
his trade. Washington Post.
The managers of the Tennessee centen-
NAL exposition report all debts paid and a
square account. This for an enterprise
into which the people there put 81, 900, 900
or more is remarkably creditable result.
Springfield Republican.
The trouble between England and
France is plain. England wants strip
of territory through the continent from
north to south and France wants a line of
communication across the continent from
east to west Naturally the lines CROSS
Indianapolis News.
At union religious meeting in Column
bus, o., the other evening a glee club
from local eaf and dumb institution
sang Nearer, My God, to Thee" in the
sign language. 1t is a pity that some other
glee clubs do not employ their activities in
the same harmless way. Providence Jour
mol
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
The First Sugar Factory.

The beet sugar factory at Rome, N.
Y, is the first one to operate east of
the Mississippi river. The factory is a
cooperative one, the farmers raising
beets, taking for this season their pay
in stock. The company expects to use
about 20, 600 tons of beets this season
and will turn out white and brown sug-
ar. J. M. Hines, an agent of the agri-
cultural department, claims that some of
the beets analysed show percentage of
sugar from 10 to II per cent, 10 per
cent being the estimate for profit He
says that as fine beets can be raised in
New York as in California.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Not Always Understood.

A fact often overlooked, or not always
understood, is that women suffer as much
from distressing kidney and bladder troub-
les as the men. The womb is situated
back OF and very close to the bladder, and
for that reason any distress, disease, or in
convenience manifested in the kidneys,
back, bladder or urinary passage is often,
by mistake, attributed to female weakness
or womb trouble of some sort,
The error is easily made and may be as
easily avoided by setting urine aside for
twenty -four hours; sediment or settling
is evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need doctoring. If you have pain or dull
aching in the back, pass water too FREE
queutly, or scanty supply, with smartiDg
or burning these are also convincing
proofs of kidney trouble. If you have
doctored without benefit, try DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root the great kidney remedy.
The mild and the extraordinary effect will
surprise you. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures. If you take medicine
you should take the best. At druggists
fifty cents and one dollar. You may have
a sample bottle and phamphlet, both sent
free by mail. Mention the GLOUCESTER
COUNTY DEMOCRAT and send your address
to DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N. Y.
The proprietors of this paper guarantee the
genuineness of this offer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Ringing Hogs.

Two correspondents of The National
Stockman give their methods for ring
ing hogs. Both seem very cheap and
handy.
The first one described is that of Mr..
George w. Pottorf, who says:
I have a catcher for use in ringing
hogs that works to perfection, as the
largest hog can be held with one hand
and ringed with the other. Take COM
mon broom handle, bore small hole in
one end, take strong whipcord about
ID inches long and pass through hole
and tie. That forms moose. When you
slop your hogs, take hold of the handle
and hook this moose in the mouth, up
per jaw, then twist the handle, form
ing hitch around the nose. You can
hold the handle with one hand and ring
with the other. 1t is the incest arrange
ment ever saw.
The second device is described by Mr..
E. D. Hale, who sends also diagram
of his convenient arrangement:
This is the way we catch hogs for
ringing. Take an ordinary shipping
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
ringing.


movable levers with holes in them op-
posite those in cleats. When finished,
the end of the crate will look like the dia-
gram. Levers and are held in place
by two bolts without burs This makes
them adjustable to different sized hogs.
No. 2 is thrown back ready for the hog
to put his head in. Set the trap, we
call it, at your pen door, with hogs
inside, with one man or boy to chase
one at time into it, and as the hog
runs his head into the open trap catch
him just behind the ears by moving
lever 2 to an upright position quick
ly. When you have your hog in the
trap, you can ring him at your leisure.
We have used this kind of device for
ten years. There is no patent on it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
LOAvES AND FISHES.

The creed win not be wrong II the life
is right.
A good man is man who knows how
bad he is.
The time is lost that is spent in looking
for an easy place.
1t is as necessary to cut down the weeds
as it is to hoe the corn.
One Of the best offices Of education is to
teach us how to teach ourselves.
Many a loud amen is nothing more than
brag by the man who makes it,
The man who sets out for gold mine
too often leaves his fortune behind him.
The man who can get good out of a
good book already has some good in him.
The OK standing idle in the shade has
more trouble with the flies than the one
wearing the yoke. Rams Horn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16

10 settle IN these organs? Have you
overworked your stomach, liver, or nerv-
Gus system, and thrown more strain on
your kidneys than they can bear? No
matter what the cause, trust our Kidney
Cure. 1t is the joint product of the most
eminent and successful physicians of the
world, and has cured thousands of cases.
will guarantee that my Kidney Cure
will cure 95 per cent. of all forms of
kidney disease When the disease is far
lions patients had better send a four
ounce vial of their urine, with full symp-
toms. We will then make a careful
analysis of the water, and advise the
best course to pursue to get well, abb
solutely free of charge"
Prof Munyon has a separate specific
for each disease. They may be obtained
from druggists, and nearly all are 20
ccnts a vial Personal letters to Prof.
Munyon, 1,505 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
Pa, answered with free medical advice
for any disease
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
GLEANINGS.

The usual odds laid by an accident COM
pany are 1000 to 4 that you do not die
from an accident in a year.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale said in
a lecture in Boston that he found that nine
out of ten in a class Of girls in one of the
city's public schools had never heard Of
Noah's ark.
AT Luchow, in Germany, 1870 fathers
have been fined mark apiece for allowing
their children under 10 years of age to
dance at the harvest festival of village
near by. The village pastor objected to
the dancing and reported the case to the
police. 1t was discovered, however, that
his children had danced, too, and he was
fined with the rest.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
PLOTkE's PLOT.

The football players Of Chicago will be
apt to kick goal from the field, with Podgy
Plotke in the role of pigskin. Keokuk
Constitution Democrat.
II Alderman Plotke of Chicago were a
member Of the Georgia legislature, he
would lead the rush line on antifootball
legislation. ~ Nashville Banner.
Chicago aldermen cannot be accused of
being reformers, but one of them intro
duoed an ordinance to prohibit football
playing. New Orleans Picayune.
Probably the deadliest blow football
ever suffered was dealt by Plotke, Chi
cago alderman. He called it sfeetballp
in an ordinance he framed. Utica OBJ
server.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
CHAMPION RED POLL BULL.

milk and calves which will grow into
large beeves. The idea is vain one, for
the perfect general purpose COW exists
no more than the general purpose horse
or hen.
Still. perhaps the Red Poll comes as
near representing the general purpose
breed of cattle as any can do. The
cows are not so large and heavy assthe
Shorthorns or Herefords, but on the
other hand they give more milk than
females of those breeds, and Red Poll
steers make excellent beef, though they
do not attain the largest size.
The bull in the picture is the cham
pion at the British shows of 1897. He
is years old and of the best Red Poll
pedigree. He is owned in Cheshire,
England.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
SPAIN AND CUBA.

Autonomy will mean little for exhaust
ed Cuba with war debt of $3.50, 600, 900
around its neek.-St. Louis Globe DEM
ocrat.
Having pawned her honor in order to
raise funds to carry on the war in Cuba,
Spain is now endeavoring to sell the pawn
ticket. Omaha World Herald.
The trouble with Spanish government
is that it is an anachronism. If the mid
die ages could be restored, Spanish govern
ment would be all right. indianapolis
journal.
TO win in war nowadays nation must
associate the long range purse with the
long range rifle. Spain has not the purse,
as she discovers when she sets out to buy
a ready made navy and is asked by ship
builders to pay cash down.-Boston Tran
ScriDt
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Dairy and Creamery.

Every board of creamery managers
should make it its business to become
acquainted with the rules for patrons
in use at the best butter and cheese fac
tories. The managers should then have
printed set of rules adapted to their
own particular creamery. These should
include exact directions for keeping
cows, stables and milk utensils shining
clean, for feeding the COWS nothing that
will faint the milk and for giving them
only pure water to drink Besides that
an inspector should be appointed by au-
thority Of the board whose business it
shoald be to make constant rounds
among the patrons stables. farmhouses
and milkhouses to see that these rules
are obeyed. The members of the board
might take turns at this visiting and
inspection, which is most important
part of good butter and cheese making.
The visit of inspection can be made in
perfectly good tempered and friendly
way, SO that the patron will under
stand he is learning from it something
to his own advantage. In truth, cream
cry man ought to be the educator of his
patrons, and he ought to have time to
attend to this important part of his du-
ties.
1t has been noticed that a calf born
in the fall seldom has scours. 1t is the
spring calf that suffers from this dread
ed disease. The COW that has been on
pasture before her calf is born has both
herself and it well seasoned to green
food. She has been in the healthy out
door air and sunshine and gives the calf
vigor and good digestion
The Office Of creamery ought to be
as clean and neatly furnished as bro
ker's Office in a city. It need not be
carpeted or have its walls decorated by
high priced artist, but all should be
immediately clean and tasteful. The
creamery that has green lawn, shade
trees and flower beds around it gives by
the very sight of it the sure knowledge
that The butter made there is delicious
and sweet favored.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16

pity ana even the dQnl1at1On or men ana
women, but it is question whether such a
man ever thoroughly gains their respect
The man whose arteries bound with the
rich, red blood of health carries with him
force and an intensity that command re-
spect even though he be slightly inferior
mentally to the weak, nervous man. While
no medicine in the world will add an inch
to mans stature, there is one famous
medicine that will fill the veins and arte-
ries with the rich, red, bounding blood of
perfect health. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 1t is the great blood
maker and blood purifier When the blood
is pure and rich and red and plenty, and
filled with the life giving elements that
nourish every tissue of the body, il is inn
possible for man to suffer from ill-health
of any description When every little
blood-vessel in the lungs quivers with the
rush of healthy blood, it is impossible to
have unhealthy lungs When the walls of
the stomach are nourished with healthy
blood, dyspepsia and indigestion are i'm
possibilities When the liver is supplied
with healthy blood it is bound to be active.
The skin that is nourished with healthy
blood will be clear and fresh and glow with
health. Discover" is sold by druggists
Mr.. Isaac E. Downs, of Spring Valley, Rock
land Co. N " writes: 8 For three years suf-
fered from that terrible disease. consumption.
had wasted away to a skeleton. To-day tip
the scales at 49, and am we'll and strong. The
Golden Medical Discovery cured me-"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
how TO Toughen Paper.

A plan for rendering paper as tough
as wood or leather, it is said, has been
recently introduced on the continent. 1t
consists in mixing chloride of zinc with
the pulp in the course of manufacture.
1t has been found that the greater the
degree of concentration of the zinc solu-
ton the greater will be the toughness
of the paper
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Exchange of Courtesies.

Flippant Waiter, this cheese is
powerful enough to use as storage bat
terry.
Affable Waiter-It seems to have started
the wheels in yer head to goin anyhow,
sorr.-Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
.IealnusY.

A yellow rose upon her breast
Its message bears to me.
Why should breast as fair as hers
Be racked with iealousyf
All, happy rose that nestles there
In tremulous ecstasy,
Return thy message to my queen
OF my mad jealousy
W. Criswell in New York Truth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Improved Method.

s'Win you walk into my parlorg" said the
spider to the fly.
g IT'S the prettiest little parlor that ever you
did spy
The foolish fly walked up the stair with shy,
coquettish caper
And stepped upon-alas, ALASKA sheet Of
sticky paper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16

sYou don't seem to grasp the idea,
said the bicycle instructor as his Chinese
pupil tumbled for the ninth time.
"Me glaspee idea all light, +" said the
pupil. "No can glaspee diam bicycle all
light. New York journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
Another K1ondile Horror.

Harry-Why don t you go to Alaska and
try your luck?
Willie-I might Dyea of hunger there
don't Juneau?--Up to Date.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
what Might Have Been Expected.

"Once friend of mine and agreed
that it would be helpful for each Of us to
tell the other his faults
Chow did it work?'
eve haven't spoken for nine years. =
Chicago Record.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-16
The Pugilistic Champion.

"'Tis wrong to fight, +" they heard him sigh
s'Such things shock the nation.
And yet they scoff at me when 1
To settle differences try
By peaceful arbitration"
Washington Star.