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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
Judging a Cow.

1t may truly be said that to know a
COW well she must be examined inter
nally, so as to judge and score her
heart, lungs, liver and stomach, which
is not possible, but dairymen are con-
tent to form favorable opinion Of a
COW in that respect if she has deep
body, indicating the possession of large
digestive organs. Long experience has
taught progressive dairymen that COW
having wedge shape form, the rear
being wide, the udder large and extend
ing well both front and back, with the
teats set regularly and we'll apart, is
usually one that will not disappoint her
owner, but as the individuality of the
animal is also factor in the breed the
disposition, freedom from disease and
quality of the product must also be con-
sidered, especially as no two COWS are
alike and the quantity and quality Of
the milk and butter may vary with the
same individual daily. The calf should
also conform to the shape of the COW,
and even the embryo udder will give
some indication of its future. An expe-
rienced breeder gives this rule for judg-
ing cow or calf by its appearance:
With the eye measure the distance from
the tail about half way down the rump,
as it drops straight down. to the rear
line Of the thigh and the greater the
distance between those points. and the
more curving Of the thigh, the better
the COW. The hips must curve away
from the tail as an Indication of good
mixer Connecticut Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
NO MACINTOSH.
Contrary Effects of the Absence of One ON
q Friend of Colonel Calliper.

Contrary Effects of the Absence of One ON
q Friend of Colonel Calliper.
81 knew man onoe,'' said Colonel
Calliper, "a young man who had ev-
erything that heart could wish for
who Notwithstanding that fact was a
pretty sane and sensible sort of young
man, but who nevertheless did at times
in his younger days before he had learn
ed the philosophy of life occasionally
have periods of depression. In one of
these on his way home once from Eu-
rope he came to the conclusion that life
wasn't worth living, and he made up
his mind to end it all right there by
jumping overheard. As he looked over
the rail and realized how wet the wa
ter was and how much there was Of it
he knew that he ought not to go out in
it without macintosh.
stGoing below, he discovered that he
had neglected to bring one. On this &C.
casion of all others when he wanted one
most he had none. But he couldn t
think of encountering the wet inappro-
priately clad, and SO he deferred jump
ing overheard until he could do SO in
proper form. Next morning, with the
resiliency of youth, he was feeling bet
ter, and he arrived in New York buoy
ant, hopeful and strong.
"And, curiously enough, while in
other respects he remained as punctil-
ious as ever about his dress, he never
after that wore macintosh, and he
went out in all sorts of weather with
out hesitation. It was his carelessness
in this regard that led finally to his
death. Out without macintosh in a
heavy rain at the age of 81, he caught a
cold that settled on his lungs, develop
ed into pneumonia and carried him off,
and SO it may be said of my friend that
he owed his long life and his death tc
the same cause. New York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
Irish Dueling Code.

The Irish dueling code has been
adopted with certain notifications by
duelists both in England and the Unit
ed States. 1t was drawn up by the Irish
bar at the Clonme1 assizes in 1777 and
appears to aim at SO arranging matters
that no Irishman anxious to fight shall
be baked by his wish. 1.-THE first Of
Tense requires the first apology, al
though the retort may be more often
sive." ."After one fire the retort may
be explained away. But if either par
ty,' the code hastens to add, "would
rather fight on, after two shots each
the principal who made the retort may
explain and then the original offender
tender his apology" "When the lie
direct is the first offense, the aggressol
must either beg pardon in express terms,
exchange two shots previous to apollo
gy, or three shots followed by ex.
PLANTATION, or fire on till a severe hit be
scored by one of the parties y ENC
dumb firing, or firing in the air, il
admissible. Gin slight cases the sec
ond hands his principal but one pistol,
in gross cases two, holding another case
ready charged in reserve. "-Cornhil-
Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
why Doesn't the Boiler Burstq

What a tremendous force is struggling
to tear boiler to atomsl Take, for ex-
ample, horizontal tubular boiler of
ordinary proportions, so inches in di-
ameter by 16 feet long, containing
eighty three 1 inch tubes. Such boiler
has surface area of 40, ZIG square
inches.
Suppose this boiler is operated with a
working pressure of 100 pounds per
square inch, which is not at all uncom-
mon. The boiler therefore sustains to-
tai pressure Of 4,071 900 pounds, OF
more than 2, 035 tons.
Do we realize what this means? The
boiler has resting upon it the equivalent
of column of granite 10 feet square
and 254. feet high, or, to put it another
way, the boiler is holding up the equiv
alent weight of 22,371 persons, each
weighing 1872 pounds.
The best authorities agree that the
ordinary draft horse, working eight
hours day, exerts an average force
during that time of 100 pounds.
Now, this force acting to disrupt the
boiler longitudinally is 226, 200 pounds,
SO that to produce an equivalent stress
it would be necessary to hitch up to the
ends of the boiler two teams Of / 1885
horses altogether. Strand Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
SWISS cow BARN.

where III Swiss villages the tourist
will come in view of buildings like the
one in the picture, with COWS on the
ground floor and the people who own
them living in the rooms above, quite
warm and comfortable like. That is
why the roof slopes so much and has
windows in it in the half story rooms
1t is not likely, however, that the rich
man who ordered this COW barn in
America will ever live upstairs in it
over the COWS Under such circum-
stances there seems certain incongru-
BUSINESS in reproducing Swiss chalet in
costly material. It is pretty building,
however, and picturesque. Its descrip-
ton, in The Country Gentleman, is as
follows:
The stall floor is % by A. The boxes
are IL by IL feet. The covered yard is
10 by Is feet. The exact dimensions of
the interior portions would be depend
ent, perhaps, upon the breed of COWS
to be housed. The sketch has been made
to accommodate large stock, economy of
space being subordinated to conven-
fence. Provision has been made for the
driving of horse and cart through the
stable in front of and behind the COWS.
The box stalls, when not in use at
calving time or for hospital purposes,
could be used for the reception of any
feed or other matter found desirable
In pleasant winter weather calves or
COWS could have access to the covered
yard Ample storage for food. ETC.,
would be found in the roof story, from
which proper conveyors would distrib-
ute the same when and where wanted
on the floor below.
If the site permitted, a basement floor
could be provided, and the plan can be
reversed or modified, so that the build
ing would be suitable for the site.
A stone and timber combination for
such building is peculiarly appropri
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
NOT FOR EVERYTHING.

But if you have kidney, liver or bladder
trouble you will find Swamp Root just the
remedy you need People are not apt to
get anxious about their health soon enough.
If you are not quite well or half sick J"
have you ever thought that your kidneys
may be the cause Of your sickness?
It is easy to tell by setting aside your
urine for twenty four hours a sediment or
settling indicates an unhealthy condition
of the kidneys When urine stains linen
it is evidence of kidney trouble. Too fre-
quent desire to uriBate, scanty supply, pain
or dull ache in the back is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder need
doctoring
There is satisfaction in knowing that the
great remedy DIR. Kilmers Swamp Root,
fulfils every wish in relieving weak or dis
eased kidneys and all forms of bladder
and urinary troubles. Not only does
Swamp Root give new life and activity to
the kidneys-the cause of trouble. but
By treating the kidneys it acts as tonic
for the entire constitution. If you need a
medicine you should have the best. Sold
by druggists, price fifty cents and one dol
lar, or BY mentioning GLOUCESTER COUNTY
DEMOCRAT and sending your address to
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n Y. you
may have q sample bottle of this great dis
coyery sent to You free by mail.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
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49, L@1s)A
FARM HORSE FEED.


Rations Best Adapted to the Season Of
Rest and Idleness.
Probably the farm horse demands and
receives more diversified rations than
horses in any other class of work. Com
mencing, say, in January, when the
farm horse has the least work to per-
form, we give him few ears of corn
twice day, with all the bright hay he
will eat up clean. He is already fat as
any farm horse should be, and this will
keep him SO. AS spring approaches with
warmer weather his grain ration should
be changed to oats, which we consider
the best element that enters his ration
at any time. Oats make the muscles
strong and solid, and with gradual in
crease of work he can be fitted to endure
the heavy spring blowing much better
than when corn is the only grain he
eats. We always like to have quanti-
ty of thrashed oats, also enough chopped
oats to feed through the summer. By
running sheaf oats through the cutting
box in the early fall they can be kept
until the next summer, and the mice
and rats cannot work on and ruin them
as they will in the sheaf. The ration
that we like best for hot weather is
chopped oats, slightly moistened with
water, with about three pounds of bran
and shorts mixed thoroughly with the
oats; this for breakfast. AT noon he has
not the time to eat such feed, so the
thrashed oats come handy and welcome
to him for quick lunch, giving him
time to MUNICH good bite of hay with
in the hour. At night oats chopped are
repeated, with occasionally cornmeal in
place of shorts, or two or three ears of
corn as change may be added. We al
ways keep our ground feed in bins, and
it is well sailed as put in; so the salt
is never forgotten
Soda and sulphur, equal parts well
mixed, we consider about as good con-
dition powder as any. A box is kept
handy, and about twice a week table,
spoonful is given to each horse. Finely
cut corn fodder makes fairly good
roughness for the horses a part of the
time in early winter, but they seem to
tire of it and care little for it toward
spring. We undertook one winter to
carry through some young horses on
fodder alone but had to commence feed
ing corn in February to keep them in
flesh. Nice, bright timothy hay, run
through cutting box, and chop made
with ground oats make very good
feed. For ration for a 1 400 pound
Norman mare (such one as more farm
ers should OWN we would say give her
four quarts of thrashed oats mixed
with three pints of shelled corn and ten
pounds of early cut timothy hay for
supper after hard days plowing. g.
E. H. in Salem (Ind. Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
CYCLING AND ASTHMA.
London Physician Says the Former WIN
Cure the Latter.

n 13R4QM PHYSICIAN says Tic = QNkW9E w IA
Cure the Latter.
DR. Marcel OF London recommends
bicycle riding as remedy for asthma.
Here is what he says about it In Lett
ter to The Medical Record: IF asthma
is form Of mountain sickness and If
that distressing affection Of high alti-
tudes can be cured by training for the
exercise of climbing, why should not
asthma also yield to the training Of the
respiration carried out by practicing the
respiratory movements needed to carry
the tidal air through the lungs? OF all
means of training respiration think
cycling is the best. When a person first
takes cycling exercise, it will be
found, especially on going up hill. that
the breath is wanting, the heart beats
uncomfortably and the legs tire, but
after training these discomforts disap-
pear, nothing will be thought Of ascend
ing hills, the heart has become perfectly
comfortable, all breathlessness has dis
appeared and the legs will no longer
feel any fatigue.
"Cycling exercise. first of all, in
creases the depth of breathing. and that
without fatigue, as the respiratory
movements are automatic. At the same
time it will accustom the rider instinct
lively to take in at each respiration the
volume of air required to aerate the
blood. Persons who do not care for cy-
cling out of doors can take the same
kind of exercise at home by means of a
dummy cycle, consisting Of an iron
wheel driven by pedals, the resistance
of the wheel being SO contrived as to
simulate bicycle riding. A strap carried
partly around the rim of the wheel can
be frightened at will by the rider, thus
increasing the labor and recalling the
effort of riding up hill. My experience
of the results of this treatment is unfor-
tunately limited to only one person. In
this case it has proved eminently sue
cessful. This person took to bicycle rid
ing three years ago for pleasure and in
very great moderation for the first two
years. He observed that the attacks of
asthma to which he was subject became
fewer. The tightness and wheeling
which occurred every night have now
entirely disappeared.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
No. 2, is a Tract Of Bush Land.
A SSIGNEE'S SALE OF
Real Estate,

Inc subscriber, assignee, for the benefit Of
creditors of Sylvester ID Chew, will offer at pub
lie sale and sell to the highest bidder on
Monday,the 24th day Of Jan. A. D. SO
at 2. 80 O'Clock in the afternoon, on the premises
hereinafter described, in the borough of Weno-
nah, county Of Gloucester and State Of New Jer-
| sey, all the following bounded and described
tracts or parcels Of land In said borough OF Weno
nah.
| No. 1. Beginning at point in the south line
Mantua avenue one hundreC and twelve feet six
| inches east Of the south east corner of Mautua
and Monroe avenues and extending thence a.
\ in an easterly direction along the said south
line of Mantua avenue sixty seven feet six inches
more or less to the west line Of certain twenty
feet street or alley, thence % in a southerly
direction along the west side Of said twenty foot
street or alley eightysix feet more less 60 the
north side OF an alley running west from the
twenty foot wide alley above referred to. tc
Monroe avenue, thence 30 along the north side
of the alley last referred to sixtysseven feet six
inches to corner, thence az in northerly di.
rection and parallel with Monroe avenue eighty
six feet more or less to the south line of Mantua
avenue. the place of beginning Being lots II
and IA in Block !" H. of plan of Wenonan.
No. 2. Beginning at point in the north line Of
Park avenue, one hundred and twelve feet six
inches east of Monroe avenue and extending
| thence ID eastward along the said north line Of
PAX avenue sixty-seven feet six inches more oil
| less to the west line of the certain twenty fool
wide street alley first referred TO In this Deed
and extending thence (s) northward along the
west line of said street or alley ninety feet more
| OF loss 10 Inc SCUM llu0 OF the alley ABOVE re-
ferred to as running west to Monroe avenue
thence (8) in westerly direction along the
south line of said alley sixty-seven feet six
/ inches more or less to corner one hundred and
twelve feet six inches east OF the east line Of
Monroe avenue, thence ~ In a southerly direc-
tiun parallel with Monroe avenue ninety feet
more or less to the north line of Park avenue and
place OF beginning. Being lots Nos 5 and 6 in
| Block H" of Wenonah.
| Also the coal trestle on land owned by the
| West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
h1Itr vut fna oh
i described.
! Conditions will be made known on day OF sale.
GEORGE w. BAILEY,
Assignee &c. of Sylvester q. Chew
| 10 23-97kt
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
A GREAT ADVOCATE.
Good Stories of George Wood, Lawyer
of Many Years Ago.


Good Stories of George Wood, Lawyer
of Many Years Ago.
There are still some members Of the
New York bar who remember George
Wood, the contemporary of Daniel
Lord, Ogden Hoffman, William Kent,
James T. Brady and other distinguish
ed lawyers Of many years ago. The ven
cradle Benjamin D. Silliman has de-
scribed George Wood as being conspic-
nous for his great learning, his wonder
full power in stating his cases and his
mathematical power in argument. He
was great advocate. Frederic r. Cou-
dert some time ago told the following
story of Mr.. Wood: 1T can rspember,
looking back to early boyhood, that ven
cradle figure and recall speaking to one
of his contemporaries about him. The
person to whom I spoke said, Yes,> a
client Of mine got an opinion from
George Wood once WELL / said,
how was it done, how much did he
charger for even in those early days
the professional instinct asserted itself.
I will tell you, my friend replied.
My client went to him and said, ssMr.
Wood, would like to have your opin-
ion on these papers {" "Give me the pa
pers and come back tomorrow, +" said the
great lawyer. The papers were produced
and the client departed. The next day
he presented himself before Mr.. Wood,
and the latter said, Fifty dollars, "
and nothing more. The client was in
telligent and assumed that he should
pay him that sum, which he did. After
waiting awhile he asked, "What about
my papers, Mr.. Wood?' "They are not
worth a d." replied Mr.. Wood, and
he made no further comment ON the
case. -
David Dudley Field used to relate
the following: George Wood was the
personifcation of logic and cold as
marble. was sitting beside him in
court one day when he arose to argue
case, and as he arose his coattails
caught the back of the chair and hung
over it. Wood stood up and spoke,
should think, for fully two hours, but
never once did those coattails move.
'tOn one occasion young lawyer
who had engaged George Wood to try a
case was asked, How did the judge
charge the jury?' oh, George Wood
charged the jury, was the reply. -
New York Times.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
THAT FAMILY CLOSET.
And the Various Kinds of Skeletons Thnt
Abide Therein.


And the Various Kinds of Skeletons That
Abide Therein.
Every family has it's skeleton. We
know that, Of course, anatomical speci-
mems, neatly put together and stored
away in a secure cupboard, of which
only family members have the key-a
skeleton key. probably. Only when the
family is alone, with no visitors about,
does it go to the door cautiously and
unlock it and bring the bony occupant
forth. The family knows its own skele-
ton, but outsiders are supposed to be in
total ignorance of its existence. and if
they are wiser than people think them
and of course they always are-it is only
a point Of politeness to pretend to be
blind and deaf.
OF how many kinds are family skele-
tons? The Joneses possessed an uncle
who died insane. You can't go near the
Jones cupboard, or, in other words,
even hint at the subject of hereditary
insanity in their presence, without the
skeleton audibly knocking it's bones to-
gether and all the Joneses turning pale.
You can t mention Turkish bonds to the
Browns without their jaws suddenly
falling you can t think why. And when
drink statistics form the cheerful sub
ject of conversation at the Robinsons'
table you observe with wonder that all
the family grow uncomfortable and
writhe in their chairs. You haven't the
faintest notion why, but the skeleton
has.
met a man once at dinner party
who was perfectly sane upon every
point on earth but one, and on that he
was the opposite. He could talk about
politics. science, art, Shakespeare and
the musical glasses, but if by any
chance the conversation touched on
dueling he went straight off his head
then and there.
Dueling was the skeleton in his cup
board, and the reason was one that can
not be enlarged upon here. On one day
in every year he shut himself up in his
house and was not seen by mortal eye.
That was the one day when his skele-
ton came out and stalked about.
Many people have what seems to the
general public a harmless enough skele-
ton, but it is real and CHASTITY to them
selves. It is of humble origin. 1t is sur
prising the pains people will take to
conceal that their grs,ldfathers were
poor, but honest, the lies they will tell
(Which only proves that the grandpar-
ent's qualities have not descended in
the direct line) and the meannesses they
will indulge in, in the pitiable effort to
hide the fact that two generations ago
they kept small greengrocer' shop or
wore plush and powder. After all, the
longer the line the more certain it is to
contain ancestors who won their bread
by the sweat of their face.
If all the world were not descended
from the same grand old gardener, "
there might be more common sense in
trying to forget honest toll. English
Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-12-30
NUT TREES.
Plant the Nuts, and the Trees VIII Grow
After Awhile.


Plant the Nuts, and the Trees VIII Grow
After Awhile.
The age at which any nut trees come
into bearing depends on the care given
to the trees. Some authorities state that
Is or 90 years are necessary to bring
them into full bearing from the time
the nut is planted. This is mistake,
as trees that have been we'll cared for
should bear bushel of nuts in ten years,
and the quantity will increase rapidly
each year after that time.
Some persons may enjoy raising these
trees from seed. To be sure it is rather
slow process, but it is interesting
work. When planting the nuts, if they
have thin shells be perfectly sure that
they have not dried out at all. The best
plan is to get them as soon as they ripen
and plant them at once When this is
not possible, keep them in moist sand OF
in sawdust until they can be started.
Butternuts, walnuts, hickory nuts and
filberts, being hard shelled, will keep in
growing condition much longer, but
should be planted in the fall, as they
terminate better when allowed to freeze,
as that cracks the shell.
The fall planting is natures OWL
plan, and the nearer we follow her ways
the better results we may expect. An
other thing, do not plant the nuts deep.
Nature drops them on the surface and
gives them a thick covering Of leaves in
which the dirt catches as it blows about,
then the snow covers all and helps the
leaves to decay and form covering Of
leaf mold for the tree to grow in.
1t is not practicable for any Of us tc
try to raise all these kinds Of nuts, but
select the ones most likely to succeed il
our climate, and by proper care and at
tention make success of it. We may
not reap the benefit Of our labors, but
our children will and theirs after them.
-Viok's Magazine.