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The times., 1897-06-08
Ladies' TO Erect n Monurnect

The Ladies of the Southern Relief So
ejety met last night at Confederate Yet
eTans' Hall, with Mrs. Ralph Walsh, Esresi-
dent, i'll the chair. Plans We're iua,te for
an excursion next month to Wakefield,
the birthplace of Gen. George Washin ston, i,
with a view to erecting a monument TO
mark the historic spot.
The times., 1897-06-08
An Ex.Mayor Sent to Jail.

Atlanta, Ca, June Judge Chandler
today sentenced John Tyler Cooper to SIX
months i'll Jail, without alternative, for
eInbczzlement of public funds Cooper is
an ex-nayor of Atlanta, and for thirty
years has been prominent in local politics.
The times., 1897-06-08

After the translation OF those Sonora
Chinese inscriptions, it would be- cruelty
inderd to refuse admission TO the horde
OF Celestials who are trying TO invade the
United States by way of Mexico.
The times., 1897-06-08
Summer
HOuSefurnishingS

We have a wonderfully
complete and worthful stock
of the best makes, and never
in the past have similar
qualities been offered for so
little money. From this
great stock we quote:
The times., 1897-06-08
.faruuis De RaheIl Gone.

The Ma rquis de Rabell and \. p. Lazar-
etto, his private secretary, who arrived
here from Havana Sunday evening, left
they city yesterday afternoon for New
York
The times., 1897-06-08

The tax was removed from coffee sey-
erai years ago, for political reasons only.
It was then pointed out that no reduction
III the cost of coffee would result from
The removal OF tie tax Coffee has fallen
but it is tie result of competition, rather
than the removal OF the duty. Immediately
following the removal OF our duty on
coffee, Brazil placed the same export duty
On every pound or coffee shipped out of
the country. As a consequence, the rev
enic derived from coffee went 10 Brazil
instead of the United States For this
reason. did not politics interfere, the
duty ON coffee would be promptly re-
stored
The times., 1897-06-08

the club anu sought consolation in a MD.
Il don't see ibow old Ma jor Chew is
going to get along in a post mortem ex-
isteiice"
'Hulio. Sprockets, old man; where's
You wheel?"
II wish I knew-oh. i wish l knew!
You see, when started out this after
noon flied the tires with hydrogen gas,
and ii went beautifully for several miles
Then L got Off and left il leaning up
against tIee while took drink; ana
L don't know whether somebody stole 1t,
or the tires lifted il up into the sky"
Aren't you afraid there are microbes
in that water, Mary" asked her nervous
mother.
''rsh3 ", mamma answered the young
lady; ''all the nice things nowadays have
microbes in them. it's fashionable. who
wants sterilized kiss, for instdnce?''
''Dy George" said the man, Iongingly,
II wish l could hold her hand
No, he was not a young lover; he was
q sober, married man: and he was not a
villain, either
At poker he finished, with sigh
They Were at the whist club, and he
was watching the game.
II wonder" she said dreamly, III
language was really taught to mankind
in the Garden of Eden?''
Well he replied, "if it was, they
must have talked slang, for that seems
to be the instructive language of human
nature"
No matter who else Is crowded out OF
business, the doctors are sure OF DDS
perity. They can always recommend new
wheels and mend the new wheelmen.
81 will be true to you,' he wrote in a
burst of enthusiasm, until these words
fade from the written page, and when we
are old people. dearest, we viii sit hand
in hand and read these letters over, and
smile, and sigh, and be happy
1t was all very pretty. But 1t was writ
ten with some sort of new patent ink,
and six months later, in rearranging her
bureau drawer, she came upon piece of
blank paper in crack, and used it for q
curl paper.
1t was that letter.
II suppose you get used to excitement
cut here said the tenderfoot, pensively.
Yes replied Eucalyptus Sam, I'VE get
so much excitement sometimes that it's
actually a bore Listen to that, nowi
The times., 1897-06-08
Our Well.Thumbed Rule.

From the Springfield Republican,
Mr.. Reeds thumb action was in coed
shape again yesterday It's great the
rule Of thumb.
The times., 1897-06-08
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP

| Republican Senators will meet LII caucus
| THIS morning for the purpose of strdi ghten-
ing out some Of the knotty places in the
tariff bill. Sugar, particularly, demands
the attention of the party charged with
responsibility of the pending measure 1T
| has become apparent that the schedule re-
ported cannot pass, aud some sort of a
substitute must be agreed-upon. The es-
tab'ishment OF al vaiorem rates on low
grade sugars such as are largely imported
by the trust, has caused the most adverse
criticism and the committee finds that
these will have To be eliminated. 1t is
understood that the specific duties of the
House bill will be returned to with . very
slight increase in the rates proposed there.
The increaSedsinternaI revenue tax on
beer and tobacco will also be discussed at
length. There is a growing feeling that
these provisions will be abandoned.
bitter fight Will be made against them In
the caucus. sIt Is uncertain what Will be
substituted, br no stamp tax that can be
devised, as Mr.. Hpnna has suggested, can
make good the revenue lost by failing TO
impose this additional tax. The committee
is quite likely TO be reversed in it's action
III imposing duty on tea. While it is
not believed that the duty of 10 cents q
pound on tea wiiladd materially to the cost
OF that article. TIE imposition of any duty
is deemed to Re impolitic at this time.
Many Senators who think il unwise from
a political standpoint, favor not only the
tax on tea. but the reinposition of the tax
on coffee
The times., 1897-06-08
The Reincarnation of Twain.

I Ilt beIut'HTHHtfOT1 UI Wdfh'
(From the Philadelphia North American.l
Every time Mark Twa ain is reported dead
he turns up in better shape than ever.
The times., 1897-06-08

1t Is questionable whether Senator Al
drio-h win be able to attend this caucus
There is a suspicion that the Senator
would like TO have the caucus endea vor
to settle this troublesome question during
his absence
The times., 1897-06-08
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

''If dead men tell no tales said Jimsby,
wipIng his foieh cad as he emerged from
the club ana sought consolation III "a MP.
Il don't see how old Ma jor Chew is
going To get along III a post mortem ex-
isteTce"
The times., 1897-06-08

Our Congressional Scrap.
Frorn the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Congressman Simpson comes up smiling
at the beginning Of every round.
The times., 1897-06-08

II suppose you get used to excitement
cut here said the tenderfoot, pensively.
Yes replied Eucalyptus Sam, I'VE get
so much excitement sometimes that it's
actually a bore. Listen to that, nowl
Hear them fellers bein' perforated?''
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
Tours to Florida.

No district in America presents, during
the Winter season, SO many varied attrac-
tiOns as the State of Florida. Besides its
delightful climate, which to one escaping
from the cold and unhealthful changes OF
the North seems almost ethereal, it is pre-
eminently land of sport and pleasure.
Along its eleven hundreds miles of salt
water coast and in its twelve hundred fresh
water lakes are fish of almost every con-
ceivable variety, from the migratory tribes
common to Northern waters to the tarpon,
p0mpano, and others of more tropical
character. Nowhere in all our broad land
can the angler find greater variety of
game or better sport.
Here also the most enthusiastic hunter
finds safety. Deer, turkeys, bears, pam
theirs, and wild cats roam at large through
the more sparsely settled regions, while
birds of all kinds may be found in album
dance throughout the State. The more
novel sport of alligator and manatee hunt
ing may also be INDUCED in by the more
adventurous tourist.
With its matchless climate, its orange
groves, its rivers and lakes, its boating and
bathing, its fishing and hunting, and its
extensive forests, Florida presents unriyaled
attractions for the valetudinarian. the lover
of nature, the sportsman, and TIE explorer
To this attractive State the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has arranged four per-
sonally conducted tours during the season
of 1897, leaving by special train January
rs, February and %, and March 9. The
first three tours will admit of sojourn of
two weeks in this delightful land tickets
for the fourth tour will be valid to return
until May 81 by regular trains.
Rates for the round trip, $50 90 from
New York, $48 90 from Philadelphia, and
proportioDate rates from other points
For tickets. itineraries, and other infor-
nation, apply to ticket agents, special
booking officers, or address Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia. 12-24-96 st.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
PROLIFIC LAYERS.
Quite as Essential to Look to the Ma
Breeder as the Female.

Quite as Essential to Look to the Male
Breeder as the Female.
Experiments have been made to see if
the number of rows of corn on cob
could not be increased with success. The
same method which was pursued with
the corn is applicable to poultry breed
ing. For example, one starts with fowls
which lay 1870 eggs each in a year.
Among their descendants are some
which lay $50 eggs per year, and these
are selected for breeding. From these
some are produced which lay 175 eggs
per year, and from these, perhaps, the
200 egg per year hen is produced.
The problem is not quite so simple
with fowls as with corn, for it is neces-
sary to breed the males as we'll as the
females year after year from prolific lay
ers in order to succeed. If one looks aft
er the breeding Of the females only, he
may introduce on the male side blood
which is lacking in prolificacy and thus
check every attempt at progress. It be-
comes necessary, therefore, to breed the
males from hens which are varying in
the desired direction and which show a
cumulative variability in that direction.
1t is just as essential that the male
should be from hen which laid 175
eggs and from male that was bred from
hen that laid so eggs as it is that the
hen was from one that laid 175 eggs and
whose mother laid 100 eggs, if the 900
egg bird is to be produced. Improvers
of laying fowls are too apt to forget this
and introduce males with little regard
to their breeding and then wonder why
the prolifcacy of the flock does not in
crease.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21

70 see Florida is pleasure; to visit it is
privilege /; but To spend fortnight within
Its borders is an epoch There is a great
satisfaction in witnessing the ripeniDg of
tropical fruits 10 their own native land,
and peculiar JOY in wrestling with old
oceans waves when lakes and rivers at
home are all ice bound. One appreciates
the wonders of modern invention and rail
road development upon leaving the neigh
borhood of good skating one day and find
ing himself in the vicinity of good bathing
the next. Yet this can be done, and the
man who prefers hunting or fishing will
take his accoutrements along with him, for
Florida extends a cordial invitation to all
sportsmen.
Whoever would exchange for two weeks
the uncertain climate OF the North for the
delightful and Spring-like sunshine of
Florida should take the personally con-
Quoted Jacksonville tour Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad which leaves New York by
special train January 26. Excursion tickets
for this tour, including railway transporter
ton, Pullman accommodations Zone berth)
and meals en- route in both directions while
travelling on the special train, will be sold
at the following rates: New York, $50 90;
Philadelphia, $48 90; Canandaigua, $50 s.;
Erie, $54 85; Wilkesbarre, $50 So; Pitts
burg, 300, and at proportiOnate rates
from other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and other infor-
nation apply to ticket agents, tourist agent
at 1896 Broadway, New York, or to Geo.
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
LA 97-2t.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
A West Virginia Dairyman.

A little less than a year ago we start
ed butter dairy (private) with about q
dozen cows, separator, two horse pow
er boiler and engine, butter worker,
barrel churn, ETC. But what I want to
say is this: The first thing did was to
visit first class private butter dairy.
I selected my COWS and treated them
according to the most approved rules,
and was thus enabled to mako my
herd average pound per COW per day
Of butter that brought an average price
Of 26 cents per pound ON ration that
was worth 10 cents per cow per day.
This was done until the herd was put
upon pasture. After that we sold the
cream for ice cream purposes, and we re-
ceived price equal to 80 cents per
pound for butter. Last summer we built
an 80 ton silo and have it full of well
cared, we'll matured corn silage. Our
COWS are Jerseys, part registered, the
others high grades. With the byproduct
we raise the best heifer calves and veal
the others with the addition of some oil
meal, bran and middlings. We also feed
from 10 to % pigs We think dairying
does pay.-P. A. Pugh in Hoard's Dali
ryman
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
Six-Day Tour todd Point Comfort,
Richmond, and Wnshinqfon.

hhtGU IN 0n9s 6nQ washington
On January rs the second of the present
series of personally conducted tours to
Old Point Comfort, Richmond, and Wash
ington via the Pennsylvania Railroad will
leave New York by special train.
Old Point Comfort. besides its delightful
climate, is rich in historical associations. 1t
has long been a fashionable resort and its
popularity is increasing every year. It's
magnificent hotels are the marvel of Yis-
itors.
Richmond is the nucleus around which
has gathered halo of national history.
One of the principal cities of the early
times, it rose to remarkable prominence as
the Capitol of the Southern Confederacy.
1t contains many historic points and monu-
ments to many men famous in American
history.
Washington is now attired in its richest
and most attractive vestments. The social
season is on, and ball succeeds ball in a
brilliant maze of fashionable etiquette
Tickets for this tour, including trans
pOrtatiOn, meals en- route in both directions,
transfers of passengers and baggage, hotel
accommodations at Old Point Comfort,
Richmond, aud Washington, and carriage
ride about Richmond-in fact every neces-
sary expense for period of six days-will
be sold at rate of $500 from New York,
Brooklyn, and Newark, 1874 90 from Tren-
ton, $500 from Philadelphia, and proper
tionate rates from Their stations.
Tickets will also be sold to Old Point
Comfort and return direct by regular trains
within six days, including transportation,
luncheon on going trip. one and three
fourth days board at Old Point, at rate Of
$1,000 from New York, Brooklyn, and
Newark, $500 from Trenton, $14 90 from
Philadelphia and proportionate rates from
other stations.
Apply to ticket agencies, Tourist Agent
1876 Broadway, New York, or Geo. W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
1-1497
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21

The market prices which obtain in
the different cities offer but little in
dueement to the farmer to increase his
poultry business. Yet he must not be
misled by these prices and be one of q
number to add to the already poor quail
ity by bringing to market any and all
eggs he may gather. Tothe market man
an egg is an egg; hence price hardly
enters into the matter at all. To the
honest and conscientious farmer fresh
egg is the only kind he should have to
offer Let him once establish reputa-
ton for having strictly fresh eggs, and
he will find he can about make his own
price irrespective of any general market.
A guaranteed quality should never be
sold for less than 20 cents in summer
and at least 80 cents in winter. Let any
who are in the business for eggs try this
system of properly caring for their hens,
so that when they gather an egg they
can vouch for its being laid that day
they will find no difficulty in getting
customers willing to pay the better
prices.
In London fresh eggs are never cheap.
Two shillings ESQ cents) is about the
usual price per dozen, though mostly
sold by weight, and it does not vary
much the year round
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21

Secretary McKeen of the Maine board
Of agriculture has issued a bulletin on
home sanitation.
With the introduction of the dwarf
or self blanching varieties, celery culture
has become thoroughly revolutionized
There has been great change in the
methods Of cultivation.
The Connecticut state board of agri-
culture and the Storrs station have ar
ranged two institutes to be held in each
county between Nov. and April 1.
Professor SIingerland. Cornell station,
New York, advises early fall blowing
and the use of poisoned bats for the ex-
termination of wireworms.
For the bud moth spray in the spring
with arsenites.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21

The unpleasant condition known as
scaly legs comes from a parasite
which gets under the scales Of the fowls
shanks. One form Of treatment, to serve
as preventive, is given by A. Emma
CLARK of Economy, Ind, in Farm Poul-
try II take quart can full of lard,
coal oil and crude carbolio acid and set
the can in an old bucket, piling hot ash
es and some Goals around it. Then with
a swab, made by wrapping rags on the
end Of stick, proceed to the hem
house, and, holding each perch over the
bucket, sliding it along as grease, I
completely fill every crack and crevice
with the mixture The lard cooIs rapid
", leaving the perch very greasy, and
the legs Of fowls roosting on such perch
es look bright and clean. It serves q
twofold purpose-ridding the perches Of
lice and preventing scaly leg. / never
had case Of it among my fowls. This
work can be done in very cold weather,
as the grease will keep hot, and it is less
troublesome than treating one fowl aft
ex it gets the disease.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
Feeding Potatoes.

1t is possible that in absence of other
roots feeding few-very few-potatoes
to COWS may be beneficial, but my ex-
perience in feeding them in any consid-
cradle quantity is bad. 1t was awfully
hard work to get the butter to come
from the cream of COWS that had been
on potatoes. and the potatoes were to
blame, for when they were taken from
the COWS the butter came all right.
When they were again fed, the same
trouble was met with. Then the butter
was hard. / think that / have seen the
complaint made that butter from pota-
toes was live salve. But mine was hard
80 hard that you could not spread it,
/ fed altogether about two bushels to 10
COWS twice day, mixing them with
grain. No more potatoes to my COWS,
says the writer of the foregoing in The
Western Plowman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
Measurements of Water.

The state engineer of Wyoming is
credited with the following by the
Orange Judd Farmer: The Inch" as
used in the measurement of water is a
very indefinite and unsatisfactory unit.
The laws Of Idaho make cubic foot
per second equal 30 miners inches The
state engineer of Colorado computes
that under the conditions defined by
their statute it will require 38. 4 inches
to equal / cubic foot per second, but
that is only under certain conditions.
1t may vary widely from that under the
possible conditions of their law. The
miners inch in California varies in al
most every district. There is no uni
formity in the gauge nor the pressure
under which the water shall be measur-
ed, pressure varying from AZ to 10
inches. In those sections of California
in which 6 inch pressure above the
top of the orifice is used, miners inch
is taken as discharging 0.026 cubic feet
per second, which is about 1874 inches
to one cubic foot per second.
The Manual Of Irrigation Engineer
ing, by Wilson, gives so California
miners inches as equal to l cubic
foot per second. In Wyoming the inch
has no legal status nor any recognized
method of measuring. To summarize,
the entire states in which the absolute
relation between the inch and the cubic
foot per second has been fixed by law
that relation has been fixed on the ratio
Of 30 miners inches to 1 cubic foot
per second, but in those states where the
conditions of measurement have been
fixed by law the ratio is from about "a. 4
to 45. 9 cubic inches.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21

SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORN HEN.
ing somewhat upon how many high
priced birds he buys. For instance, last
year he bought four birds that cost him
500 for the four, but when the account
of stock is taken those birds are inven-
toried at 81 each, that being the inven-
tory price of every bird on the place. In
addition to that shrinkage he charges
off 10 per cent of cost of plant for depre-
citation, practically to make the plant
pay for itself in seven years, and even
then he makes clear 83L per cent
profit each year. His sales Of stock and
eggs for Matching run about 81, 1000 a
year, and he has to return every spring
and fall many orders that he cannot fill.
The illustration shows his single comb
Brown Leghorn hen, Venus, prize win
ner and notable example of the high
est development.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-01-21
British Butter Making Rules.

Simple rules for butter making have
been issued in a revised form by the
Royal Agricultural society of England
and are printed as follows in our Eng
lish contemporaries; they are put in
the following forcible manner:
Prepare the churn, butter worker,
wooden hands and sieve as follows: n
rinse with cold water; (2) scald with
boiling water; (3) rub thoroughly with
salt; a. rinse with cold water.
Always use correct thermometer,
the cream when in the churn to be at a
temperature of Sc to 58 degrees in sum-
mer and so to 90 in winter. The churn
should never be more than half full
Churn at number of revolutions sug-
gested by maker of churn. If none is
given, churn at 40 or 45 revolutions Per
minute. Always churn slowly at first
Ventilate the churn freely and fire.
quently during churning until no air
rushes out when the vent is opened.
Stop churning Immediately the but
ter comes. This can be ascertained by
the sound. If in doubt, look.
The butter should be like grains Of
mustard seed. Pour in small quantity
of cold water Zone pint water to two
quarts creamy to harden the grains and
give few more turns to the churn.
gently. Draw off the buttermilk, giving
plenty of time for draining. Use strain
ing cloth placed over hair sieve, SO az
to prevent any loss, and wash the but
ter in the churn with plenty of cold wa
ter. Then draw off the water and re-
peat the process until the water comes
off quite clear.
To brine butter make strong brine,
two or three pounds of salt to one gallon
Of water. Place straining cloth over
mouth of churn, pour in brine, put lid
on churn, turn sharply half dozen
times and leave from 10 to 10 minutes
Then lift the butter out of churn into
sieve, turn butter out on worker, leave
it few minutes to drain, and work gem
tly till all superfuous moisture is
pressed out.
To dry salt butter place butter on
worker, let it drain 10 to 10 minutes,
then work gently till all the butter
comes together. Place it on the scales
and weigh. Then weigh salt. For slight
sailing, one-fourth ounce; medium, one
half ounce; heavy sailing, three-fourths
ounce to the pound of butter. Roll but
ter out on worker and carefully sprinkle
salt over the surface. little at time;
roll up and repeat till all the salt is
used.
N. B.-Never touch the butter with
your hands.