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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
A hORNlESS BUCK.
Killed I'm Michigan and Said to lie Unique
In This Country.

curious and exceedingly unusual
freak is reported 10y deer hunter to
Forest and Stream. The hunter was up
in Wexford county, Mich, and got on
Il deer trail that had hoof marks plain
~ made 10y buck. Almost all hunters
OF deer can tell a buck from a doe track.
After trailing the deer, and getting
within n rod of it the buck leaped out of
n clump Of brush and got knocked down
with bullet through the head.
The deer did not have any horns, al
though two-year-old, and weighing
$50 pounds. Further, it. never had had
any horns.
Does with horns, bucks with three
horns, dozens of spikes, and malformed
horns, have often been reported of
Michigan and other American deer, but
this is the first hornless American buck
reported, although some European deer
sometimes lack such weapons, but yet
are able to whip the horned ones.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
lie Only Wanted to Know.

Papa" said an inquisitive boy,
don't fishes have legs?"
"They do not, answered papa.
"Why don't they, papa?"
Because fishes swim, and don't re-
quire legs.
The small boy was silent for a few
minutes, and papa forgot about his
questions. Then he asked:
Papa, ducks have legs, don't thcy?"
"Why, yes, ducks have legs.
"Well, ducks swim, don't they?"
Eyes "
"Then why don't fishes have legs if
ducks do? Or why don't ducks not have
any legs if fishes don't?"
Papa gave it up Pearson Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
TIE CHINESE AND OPIUM.
One Writer Thinks They Smoke tn KIN
the Monotony of Existence.


the Monotony of Existence.
May it not be from sheer WEAKNESS
and want of omething TO do that many
Chinese take 70 the opium pipe? In
most places in China organized gam
bling is forbidden. With the exception
of an occasional game at shuttlecocks
or kite-hying-only at fixed seasons
there are no outdoor sports. The Chi
nese rarely walk for pleasure. Interi-
ors are comfortless. There is no social
intercourse between respectable men
and women. There is rot sufficient
house room, privacy or light for read
ing after dark How is time to be
killei? think, says writer in Black
woods Magazine, that tho monotony Of
existence may lie one of the chief
causes of opium smoking.
On the whole, though at Canton !
was IN contact with opium smokers al
most daily, and made a point of seeing
as much as possible of the native life,
the seamy side of opium smoking did
not obtrude itself much upon me. Just
as in an English coast town one may
daily see the faring light of the gin
palace, the besotted faces of OCCASION
al loafers, the bedragglcd garments,
and infer therefrom great misery be-
hind it all, so one might fairly infer
great misery from the spectacle Of
numerous opium dens, cadaverous
faces and tatterdemalion garments in
Canton, if one should see them, but I
did not see them obtrusively, though
| was daily poking my nose into all
sorts of hooks and corners. Naturally.
medical missionary will see "a great
deal more of the seamy side. 1t is
his business =
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
TOLD BY THE THUMBS.
An Alleged Indication of Nervous Do
rangement That IL Observed Commonly.

An Alleged Indication of Nervous Do
rangement That Ia Observed Commonly.
"When | went to nerve specialist
first" said a man who was once an in
valid, she told me that one way to Judge
Of the condition of a persons nerves
was TO watch his thumbs. Ever since
that time | have found the greatest
fascination in looking at peoples
thumbs. The doctor said that if they
moved involuntarily outward it was
sign that the nerves of that man or
woman were not in the best condition.
| find myself now sweeping the line
that sits opposite me in car, and if
that doctors test is good one there is
a surprising number of people in his
town whose nerves need looking after.
There are few among the women who do
not involuntarily move the thumbs out
ward at intervals Of every few minutes,
and when your attention has once been
attracted to it the process of watching
their glovcd hands grows very interest
ing. | have found the habit much less
frequent among men; but take the av-
erage number of women in cable car
and it will be a surprise to you TO see
how many of them indulge unconscious
ly in this little habit. | only hope it
does not mean anything as serious as
il might indicate if that nerve special
lists diagnosis was a good one"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
Largo and Small Books.

Near the city of Mandalay, Burmah,
Is to be found the largest book in the
world, the famous kuth Daw. In con-
sists of 729 parts, in the shape of white
marble plates. Each plate is protected
by a temple Of bricks. This enormous
volume is written in Pal, and contains
275,250 stanzas. These stanzas form
the religious code of the Buddhists.
The Kuth Daw is not an ancient produc-
ton. Buddhistic piety prompted its
preparation in this century. 1t was
made by command of Mindomin, one Of
the last kings Of BurmaE- In marked
contrast with the Kuth Daw is u hon.
versatioA lexicon published in Berlin,
which is the smallest book in the world.
The volume is less than half a cubic
inch in bulk although it contains 1885,
900 words. a microscope specielly pre-
pared for the purpose is necessary to
enable the reader TO peruse this midget
of book.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
Fair Boxing Not a Brutal Sport.

There is not anything brutal about 1t.
It IS a business with the young fellows,
who sit there, with naked backs and
clean, white, hard flesh and easy mus
clcs, who are being rubbed and famed
and who are having their tongues
scraped with n 'strigil" and pressed
with lemons. There is nothing ugly
about them. They come up to each
other smiling and sometimes take each
others hands in both their own TO show
they feel no i'll will. When you have
seen il all and even, perhaps, one of the
contestants bit "groggy" at the emil
you haven't seen anything immoral
or bad-or brutal. You have only been
seeing pact of the life that is explained
by the word athletic. You have only been
interested in these things that make
for physical superiority, the power OF
which shall never cease to be admired.
-Scribner.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
The InstnIIment Plan.

"Now I'm engaged at last. 1t took
Mr.. Darlington three nights to pro-
pose ="
els he so bashful?"
mot at all. He shutters Chicago
Record
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
Ought 20 FIN the BIZ.

"We have no use for bear stories, I"
said the editor. "Our readers demand
something spicy"
We'll. SAID the man with the manu-
script, this story is about q cinnamon
haar "--Snnrts a field
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
Our FIRST Bank.

The first bank within the limits of the
United States was chartered in Phila-
delphia in III. II was Incorporated by
congress under the title: THE Presi-
dent, Directors and Company of the
Bank Of North America"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

NINA CHAPTER, 0. K S. No. 43--ReguIu
n meetings 90 the trst Friday OF each mont
MRS. ABBlE MONTlGEL, w. Matron.
W. "A. PAINE, SECY.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

n A. R.--Wllliam Meyer Post, No. log. Depsrl
u. ment of Michigan, q, A. r.. meet on % So
urday Of each month at 700 p. m. and on To
4th Saturday of each month at 200 p, m.
w. s. TURCK, Com mauder.
WIN GARRETT, Ad1utant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

MN MOYEk RELIEF CORPS, No. .S3, me,
~ every second and fourth Wednesday In "a
month al q A. X. hail:
Mrs. Orilia killburn, Mrs, II. A. Bogardus,
Secretary. Presidenl
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

NINA LODGE, f. 4 A. M.-Regular meetinr
n on Saturday on or befoI e full moo?.
+. MONTIGEL, W. NJ,
w. A. PAINE, Sec'y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

DoYAL ARCANUM-Arcads Council No. los
n meets every other Wednesday night at |. }
o. II. Hall. In. BARNARD. Regent
A. W. BEoKEER, Sec'y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-tltz James Lodgc
n No, 30, X. of z. hold it's regular meeting
every other Wednesday night.
l. II. HAYT, c. c.
CLAUDE CHADWICK, X. of K. x 3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-01
Lodges.

ALMA Chapter, No. l23, K. A. NJ Reguls
n meetings on Monday night on or after fu
moon.
w. A, PAINE, Sec'y
NJ POLLASKY, HIP.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
CALIFORNIA.

PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR VIA PENN
SYLvANIA RAILROAD
America is great country. In variety
and grandeur of natural scenery it is I'M
rivaled. Its wooded heights, its fertile
valleys, its boundless plains. its rugged and
rock mountains, its great lakes its balmy
slopes are the admiration of all mankind.
To travellers this great country, to behold
its diversities and its wonders, is a liberal
education, revelation to the immured
metropolitan citizen. The Personally Con-
Quoted Tour to Cal fornia under the direc-
ton of the Pennsy lvania Railroad Company
which leaves New York on January 3 1898,
affords q most excellent opportunity to
view the vast variety and boundless beauty
of this marvellous land. The party will
travel westward in special Pullman ears in
charge of a Tourist Agent ard Chaper0n,
stopping en- route at Omaha, Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs, Monitor. Garden of the Gods
Glenwood Springs, and Salt Lake City. 10
California visits will be made to Monterey
and the famous Hotel Del Monte, Santa
Cruz, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands, and
Pasadena. The party will return on the
!" Golden Gate Special" the finest train that
crosses the Continent, leaving Los Angeles
February 2. and stopping at Tucson, Ell
Paso, and St. Louis. Eighteen days will be
spent in California. Round-trip rate, IN
GLIDING all necessary expenses during entire
trip $685. from all points on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad System east of Pittsburg $3.50
from Pittsburg. For itinerary and full
information apply to ticket agent, or ad-
dress Geo. w. Boyd, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila-
delphia. IL 81 3t.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
Cream at Even Temperature.

Mr. 9. L. Peck has devised an ar
rangement for ripening and main
tanning cream at an even temperature
previous to churning. Mr. Peck has APP
piled for a patent on the invention, but
there is nothing to prevent any one from
making the thing himself for his own
use. 1t is as follows: 81 made box 80
inches square and inches higher than
the cream cans. In the middle of the
bottom of this box I cut square hole
10 inches each way and nailed on the
underside piece Of sheet iron, SO as to
be alright and allow nothing from the
underside to get into the box. / then
made false bottom to the box by nail
ing on cleats or pieces an inch square
and radiating each way from the center
on the inner side of the false bottom.
then marked off square IA inches in
the middle of the false bottom and on
the outside of this square bored num-
Der of inch and a quarter holes in
the false bottom to allow the heat from
the underside to diffuse through the
box. This prevents single hot air cur
rent passing up the middle and makes
an even temperature in all parts of the
box. then cut hole inches wide
and 6 inches high in the side of the
box, put a piece of glass over the hole
and hung thermometer on the inside
of the box, first testing the thermometer
to see if it was correct. | then set a
small oil stove under the box, where I
found could easily procure the desired
temperature. and the result was as fine
butter as ever succeeded in making in
summer. raise my cream and as soon
as skinned put it in cold water to keep
it sweet until there is enough for a
churning, then put it in the ripening
box and ripen, stirring the cream thor
oughly several times day.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
successful wintering of Bees.

Whatever method be followed in win
tering bees certain conditions regarding
the colony itself are plainly essential.
First, it should have a good queen; sec
ond, fair sized cluster of healthy bees,
neither too old nor too young; third, a
plentiful supply of good food. The third
essential, good food, says Frank Benton,
assistant entomologist, department of
agriculture, is secured if the hive is lib
orally supplied with well ripened hon
ey from any source whatever, or with
fairly thick sirup, made from white
cane sugar, which was fed early enough
to enable the bees to seal it over before
they ceased flying. Fifteen to 20 pounds
for outdoor wintering in the south, up
to 80 or 40 pounds in the north, when
wintered outside with but slight pro-
lection, or if wintered indoors 10 to 20
pounds may be considered a fair supply
of winter food
A smaller amount should not be trust
ed except in case much greater protec-
tion be furnished against the effects Of
severe weather than is usually given. A
greater amount of stores will do nc
harm if properly arranged over and
about the center of the cluster, or in
case the combs are narrow wholly above
the cluster. In many instances it will
be benefit by equalizing in measure
the temperature in the hive as well as
by giving to the bees greater confidence
in extending the brood nest in early
spriDg.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
Homo Dairy Plant.

The cost of a good farm dairy plant
will vary with its size and to greater
degree with the personal taste of the
builder The outside of the structure
can be made as cheaply or extensively
as one wishes If room of the house is
available, the cost viii be small Prob
ably less than $25 would cell it and put
in a suitable floor. For dairy Of 80 to
so COWS the fixtures would cost some
thing like this: One separator of one of
the two or three we'll known manufac-
turers, 5000; one two horsepower up
right engine and boiler, 500; churn
and butter worker, $50; plumbing, but
ter print, cream pals and other small
utensils, $40; total, $3.50. For a small
dairy the separator can be substituted
by a smaller size at, say, $l25, with
small reductions ON the other estimates
This will be found very close to the
truth if the supplies be purchased from
the responsible dairy supply dealers.
Dairy implements, under careful han
ding, do not deteriorate rapidly.
If the dairy is large enough to war
rant the purchase of a special cream vat,
then it will be necessary to add about
$50 to the above. If economy is neces-
sary, however, large milk can inside
of big, old fashioned cheese factory
can and the space between filled with
water makes very good cream vat.
As to the labor involved in the two
systems, on one side we have the time
of man and horse actually consumed
in making the trip to the creamery and
the time consumed at home in caring
for the milk and washing empty cans
On the other side we have the time &C.
cupied in separating and in washing
the utensils once or twice a day, to-
gether with the time occupied in churn-
ing when making butter. Jared Van
Wagenen in Rural New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
Dairy and Creamery.

Ropy milf is now believed to be caus-
ed by bacteria that fall into the pail at
milking TIME. These destructive mi
crobes are lodged in the hair and scurf
skin of the how They sometimes get
upon the hands and clothing of milk
or who is not overclean, and thence into
the milk. The remedy? 1t is to be extra
clean about the milk and the cow Be-
fore milking each time brush the COW IS
teats and udder with a stiff brush and
see that the mixer clothing and hands
are immaculate. In winter, when wool
en- clothing must be worn in the COW
stable and milkroom, wear over it a
blouse and overalls or apron of cotton
that may be frequently washed and dis
infected.
Have the udders, tanks and under
part of your COWS bodies thoroughly
well brushed before they are MIXED. 1t
should be the work of one person to do
this, different person from the mixer,
to go ahead and brush the COW just be-
fore she is MIXED. This will lessen the
danger from bacteria
Cream "a hours old, when rlpened
just right, makes the best butter. A
temperature Of from 60 to So degrees is
the best for churning
An expert says. Il believe there is
no food on the market today that, pound
for pound, will produce more milk than
buckwheat bran with the hulls left
out. -
There is little hand separator on
the market which will take the cream
from 20 gallons Of milk an hour.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
A Potato erop That Paid.

Cornell university at Ithaca. N. T.,
is noted agricultural college and ex-
pertinent station. Usually most of the
experiments are made without caring
much for profit But this year the man
ayers determined to grow potatoes on a
scale sufficiently large to determine
whether this crop can be grown cheap
ly enough under scientific treatment to
make the crop profitable. The season,
as all know, was very unfavorable for
potatoes wet through the summer and
dry as the potatoes should be maturing.
Yet, as reported by American Cultiva-
tor, on the field fertilized with 20 loads
of stable manure per acre the yield per
acre was $50 bushels and on land I'M
fertilized was 800 bushels. AS the gem
eral average Of the potato crop in New
York is only IS bushels per acre, the
farmers at Cornell have reason to con-
graduate themselves on their success.
The station potatoes were also free from
rot, due doubtless to the liberal use Of
bordeaux mixture and other fungicides.
At present prices Of potatoes the crop
grown this year is undoubtedly a pay
ing one.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
sa.soo Job and No Tears to Shed.

John p. Green, an Ohio politician of
some note, not long ago was appointed
to fairly good place in one of the de-
partments at Washington. At home
Green is a criminal lawyer and is
known by his success in influencing the
feelings of the jury. He weeps natural
tears at the right time rends his hair
and does other things which successful
lawyers do. His department position
pays So, 500 year. Green told his Ohio
friends that he earned as much at home
from his practice. They thought he
ought to have had something better,
"Of course / ought, said Green. "and
I hope to get something better, but let
me tell you this, the 50, 800 get now
comes good deal easier than the So, 500
earned at home. tell you, this thing
of shedding tears and tearing your hair
before a jury is no easy business. 1t
will wear any man out. If / had to
keep at it much longer, it would surely
break down my constitution. You dom t
know what it means to me to get that
So, 500 without tears Between So, 800
with tears as praeticing member Of
the bar and 81, 500 without tears in the
employ of the government choose the
latter every time " = Augusta (Ga.
Chronicle
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
BLADDER TROUBLES.

The bladder was created for one purpose
namely. receptacle for the urine, and as
such it is not liable to any form of disease
except by one of two ways. The first way
is from imperfect action of the kidneys.
The second way is from careless local treat.
ment of other diseases.
SAMPLE SENT FREE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kidneys
is The chief cause of bladder troubles. 1t
is comforting to know that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root fulfills every wish in quickly
curing bladder and urinary troubles 1t
corrects frequent calls, inability to hold
urine and scalding or singing pain in pass
ing it, or bad effects following the use of
liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
get up many times during the night to
urinate The mild and extraordinary eff ct
of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is soon reali-
zed. II stands the highest for it's wonder.
ful cures of the most distressing cases. II
you need medicine you should have the
best. At druggists fifty cents and one
dol ar You may have sample bottle
and pamphlet, both sent free by mail
Mention GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
and send your address to DR.. Kilmer &
Co., Binghsmton, N, Z. The proprietors
of this paper guarantee the gennineness
Of this Offer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
Raise the Right Kind of Horse.


Do not do as many did when al
horses were fair price and street cars
used up plugs. Then one who had a
mare that could travel little bred at
once to the first fast horse, regardless of
color, form or breeding, intending to
raise "flier Mares showing some
draft were bred to draft stations. See
ing draft horses were selling for good
prices, some bred small, light mares to
draft horses, and finding that heavy ami
mails could not stand excessive heat bred
their half draft mares back to light
horses, thus producing plugs and scrubs.
The owners of these are mostly the ones
who complain of horses being low.
If a saddler, roadster or draft horse
is wanted, one Of merit and worth buy
ing, it is found that good horses are not
SO low after all. These are the kind
farmers should raise, and if really good
ones they will not have to sell at sac
rifice. 1t is not needful that they limit
their horses to one kind, but one OF
more colts of both carriage and draft
breeding could be raised each year, and
if size and style are obtained there is
always buyer ready to pay good
price for a team better than his rival
owns.-R. A. Hayne in Southern Stock
Farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-23
Live Stock Points,

There seems to be good deal of non
sense in the world still in spite of
printers ink-maybe, indeed, because
of it. One proof is the PRONUNCIATION Of
the theory that if dairy bull gets over
fat his offspring will be of the beefy
type. If sire of race horse blood were
too fat at the time of breeding, would
his colts be Shires or Clydesdales? Any
sire that is too fat will lack vigor and
transmit less of it to his descendants,
whether he be pig, horse, sheep or
bull. That much truth there is in the
doctrine; no more
See that your house and stable drains
do not run into or near the wells from
which either your family or your live
stock drink. Farmers are often GRIM
inally negligent in this respect, and
both themselves and their animals drink
disease and death year after year. Then,
when one of the family dies of typhoid
fever or consumption or the best COW
goes off with tuberculosis, the farmer
walls out that it is mysterious vista
ton of Providence" 1t is visitation of
filth pure and simple, and not at all
mysterious.
Never preserve for stock purposes
lambs bred from sire only year old
Breeding from lambs and their progeny
produces soon flock of weakly, under
sized sheep.
tuberculosis and many other diseases
of animals may often be traced to want
of cleanliness and ventilation in stables.
Each full grown animal in a stable
ought to have 1000 feet of air space,
the entire air of the stable being changed
twice day.
When you build new barn or stable,
study the most approved plans and make
ample provision for ventilation. The
architects of rural buildings today know
how to provide this without chilling
the animals
A dark stable will in time make a
horse blind.
Sunshine and fresh air do more for
the health of live stock than all else.
The up to date live stock man has win
dows in his barns, through which the
light can stream freely.
Good breeding ewes and rams are Of
ten profitable till they are 10 years old.
The easiest way to drive hog is tc
put it into crate, load the crate upon
"stone boat or low, fiat wagon bed
and haul it away. This is good way
to get SOW to where you are to have
her bred.