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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
Feeding Apples to Cows.

We do not wonder that there is strong
prejudice against allowing cows, and
especially milk cows. to eat apples.
For the most part it is well grounded.
While it is possible to give milking
COW few ripe apples without drying
up her milk perceptibly, that is not the
kind of apples she usually gets. If the
COW is in an orchard where apples are
falling, she runs every time she hears
one drop and eats it greedily, however
wormy, sour, green and bitter it may
be. All apples have some malic acid in
them, even including those that we call
"sweet. y This malic acid, together
with the tannin that is found in the
apple peel, and especially in green,
small apples, contracts the cows stom-
ach. If she eats much Of such fruit, it
gives her the colo just as surely as it
does the small boy. The cows stomach
wasn't made to digest such stuff, and
so sure as it is put into her stomach
there are riot and rebellion. Every one
knows that giving vinegar to cows apd
rubbing her udder with vinegar will
dry her off. We believe that allowing
cows to eat many apples, even if they
are ripe, has bad effect ON their milk
production. Boston Cultivator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
GLEANlNGS.

Fifty pounds year is devoted to dust
ing the books in the library of the house
of lords.
The Bank of England win not take
small sums in deposit. 1t requires private
depositors to maintain a balance of e60O.
An up to date fortune teller in England
employs stenographer and furnishes her
patrons with typewritten copies of her
predictions.
Two teaspoonfuls of ounce juice were
recently administered to a sufferer from
an aggravated case of hiccoughs i'll Chilli
cothe, o., and cured after many other
remedies had failed.
Smelling companies employ men and
wagons to go about and gather up all the
old tomato and fruit cans they can find.
The cans bring SO. 80 load. The tin and
lead are melted, and the iron is sold to
trunk manufactures.
The nicknames of some of the new
states are: South Dakota, Swing Cat
State; Washington, Chinook State; North
Dakota, Flicker Tail State; Montana,
Stub Toe State; Nebraska, Blaokwater
State; Nevada, Silver State.
AS an evidence of how rapidly the for
ests of Pennsylvania are being cut away
it is cited that in 1888 Westmoreland
county had 153, III acres of timber land,
and within the past ten years there has
been u decrease of over $4,000 of this tim
ber area.
Liverpool has started the idea of giving
concerts in the courtyards of the worst
quarters of the city. Musicians have vol
unteered, and the people for whom the
concerts are given have cleaned up and
decorated the courts. The experiment has
been initiated at Wolverhampton and will
be soon in Manchester.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
NUMBER 10
AuSTRlA-HuNGARY.

The laws of Austria Hungary are pub
Eahed in eight different languages.
The name Hapsburg, or Habsburg, was
originally Habichtsburg-tha is, Hawk
castle.
Hapsburg prosperity has always depend
ed upon luck, marriage and diplomacy.
They have known little Of the art of gov
erning.
The dual monarchy is not happy fam
lily. The HungaTians dislike the Aus
trians, but they are very fond of the pres
ont emperor.
The frontier of Austria Hungary meas
nres 5,396 miles, defended by 25 or 80
fortified cities, camps and coast fortifica-
tions. Vienna. the capital, is undefended.
Casimir Felix Badeni, late premier of
the monarch of Austria Hungary, was the
son of cook. This is the more remark
able because of the rigid loyalty to rank
and high birth in the Austrian court.
The style of the emperor's dominion is
the Austria Hungarian monarchy. This is
made up of the kingdom of Hungary,
with its principalities, and the empire of
Austria. The latter was an archduchy
until 1906.
In Vienna man is often admitted to
court socially because of his official posi-
tion whose wife is never received No
matter how high he rises and how power
full be becomes, his wife is barred. Even
the late empress was sDubbcd because she
was only the daughter of duke
On peace footing the Austria Hunga-
rian army numbers "a, ,5S3 officers, 334, ia
men, AZ, ,149 horses. On war footing the
numbers are put at As, 23S officers, 1926, :
$40 men and 2S1, 1886 horses, while the
number of men who might be compelled
to serve in the landsturm, or national
guard, is over 1000, 900
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

Three DrOII Bridal Parties ON a Tour.
Speaking of his experiences, Mr.. AL
exander said: con one trip through
eastern Kentucky I saw three of the
oldest bridal couples I ever beheld.
One pair was from over in the hills,
and neither had ever ridden on a train
before. The groom was IA and the bride
IL. They had eloped to Virginia town
where they were made one by an oblig-
ing squire. But the unusual part of the
tour was that the bride had become
homesick and cried all the way to her
destination, never once speaking to her
liege lord, lad diked ont in snit of
blue overalls.
Another couple was seeing the train
at mountain station, that being a
pleasant bit of recreation for them. The
groom, SO the engineer told me, was II
and the bride "a. They were bent with
age, but seemed to be as happy as any
pair of prattling youngsters ever saw.
"The third curious matrimonial alli-
anoe / ran across on that trip was a
negress weighing 398 pounds, and but
81 years of age, who had just taken for
better or worse lean, cadaverous look
ing mulatto youth, who was in his shirt
sleeves and had his trousers in his boots,
having left the railroad section on
which he worked to make the nuptial
venture. He didn't have money enough
to pay for the license and his railroad
fare to Huntingdon, SO the fellows on
the train chipped in and got the poorly
matched blacks over the first rough
shoals of the matrimonial stream. -
Louisville Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
A RoxnI PInteroon.

The plateroom at Marlborough House
contains an enormous amount of valu-
able property. 1t is absolutely fireproof
and always guarded with unceasing
vigilance. The floor is tiled, the fiU-
tings mahogany Round the room,
reaching from floor to ceiling, are the
cases, each about three feet deep. In
the center of the room is special case,
matching the others This was CON
structed in the silver wedding year to
receive the enormous amounts Of pres
ents given to the prince and princess.
1t is lined with plain blue cloth.
1t is in this room that the special din
Der services---one of which is the finest
in existence--are kept, besides the silver
for ordinary use. Here, too, are to be
seen presentation services, centerpieces,
salvers TASKS. tankards, yacht racing
cups and Christmas, Easter and christ
ening gifts
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

Swiss funeral customs are most pecul-
lar. AT the death of a person the fam
lily inserts formal black edged an.
nounoement in the papers asking fo1
sympathy and stating that 'the mourn
ing urn" will be exhibited during GER
tain hours on special day. In front Of
the house where the person died there
is placed little black table, covered
with black cloth. on which stands q
black jar Into this the friends and ac.
quaintances of the family drop little
black margined visiting cards. some
times with few words of sympathy
on them. The urn is put on the table
on the day of the funeral Only men
ever go to the churchyard. and they
generally follow the hearse on foot.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
EXPERT TOBACCO TESTING.
Cuban Buyers and Their Highly De-
veIoDed Sense of Smell.

Cuban Buyers and Their Highly De-
velOped Sense of Smell.
The greater part-in fact, nearly all
--of the tobacco raised in Cuba and not
used by the Cuban cigar makers is
shipped to the United States At certain
seasons of the year the Havana hotels
are filed with tobacco buyers from the
United States Some of them deal
through the brokers in Havana but
some who know the country and the
language go out into the tobacco dis
trict and deal directly with the plant
ers, often buying promising crop be-
fore it is picked. The tobacco buyer has
necessarily to be good judge of tobac-
CO. He goes down into the very center
of the bale of tobacco he is examining,
extracts some samples and tests them in
different ways.
The first test is that of SMELL The
Cuban tobacco has strong and pecul-
lar odor A little variation one way or
the other makes the tobacco good or
bad. After smelling it the buyer is like
ly to roll a rudely constructed cigar out
the smoke and endeavor to determine
exactly the flavor He will also examine
the ash carefully and test also the COM
bustion of the tobacco-that is, try to
find out how long it will hold fire. It is
great annoyance to smoker who is
talking or writing or otherwise engaged
to put his cigar into his mouth and find
that it has gone out. No cigar ever
tastes SO good after it has once gone out,
and fine Havana cigar is positively
rank when it has met such catas-
trophe, So one quality sought for is
that of holding fire. If sample smoked
by the buyer will keep lighted four
minutes, it is considered very good.
Some will burn for five minutes and
even longer without being puffed =
Ohio State Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
THE KlNEToscoPE.

Football hair is again attracting the
paragraphers' scalping knives
Plain Dealer.
California has been celebrating 43 years
of statehood. 1t has not grown to be q
forty miner yet.-St. Louis Republic.
Jamaica, with its ginger, might become
desirable territory If this country ever got
cramped elsewhere. philadelphia Times
Glass bricks are coming into general
use Some day people may live in glass
houses and still run no risk in throwing
stones Boston Globe
"Sol They have named tiny insignifi-
cent war vessel after me- have they? Let
me show you the real thing, says Mount
Vesuvius. us.-Indianapolis Journal
If the sultan remains obdurate about
those American claims, Uncle Sam may
be compelled to take the Turkish bull by
his Golden Horn. Chicago Record
The North Carolina authorities, indig-
nant at the escape of life sentenced con-
viet, have recaptured him and added five
years to his sentence.-Richmond Times.
Perugini drew the line at poker, and
Mr.. Robert Quimby of West Virginia de-
mands divorce because she ate onions
Have wives no rlghtsY Is this free cOun-
try?-New York journal.
If there is anything that will hurry up
the laying of the Hawaiian cable, it will
be the anxiety Of the campaign managers
to know how Honolulu goes in q presi-
Dental year.-Chicago News.
According to expert authorities, the reg
ular police of Havana are better than the
American police. If the United States can
learn anything about police regulations
from Havana, the war will not have been
in vain.-Kansas City Star.
Secretary Day thinks that we may have
a peace treaty to serve up with the
Thanksgiving turkey-a happy forecast,
which the country ardently hopes will
prove true one. No more welcome sauce
could be added to the feast.-New York
Trihuna
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
HALos FOR WOMEN.

The Cyrano de Bergerac Hat Gives
That Effect-The Newest Gowns.
always maintained that women
were angels, but they have never had
halos until now. The newest of the new
bats and bonnets are designed to give
that one thing needful to the feminine
face. The brim of the hat or bonnet is
arranged so as to stand up around the
head in the accepted line or circle The
Cyrano de Bergerac hat is novelty,
but it is difficult for the sightseer to
be sure which of two distinct shapes is
entitled to be named after the hero of
the famous play. One kind has per-
fectly round brim rolled evenly all
around, with a rather high crown,
straight at the Sides fiat on top, with the
edge rounded slightly. There is but one
way woman could wear such shape
and that is to set it on the back of her
head and let the brim form the halo
aforesaid. The other style has hickory
nut shaped crown with brim bent
down closely at the sides and turned up
to a sharp point in front like horn
The back part of the brim is turned un-
der or over as may be to suit the exigen-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
Too Costly.

The San Francisco Argonaut tells a
new story about Stephen Massett, SC
we'll known years ago as ".Jeems Pipes. y
When he was the editor of the Marys-
vile (Cal.) Herald, Mr.. Hittell. the
well known California pioneer and
author, engaged him in argument on re-
lgion, which Mr.. Hittell attacked,
finally winding up by saying, "See
here, Massett, you ought to get my book
on Evidences Against Christianity :
that will convince you.
Every we'll, said Masset, Il will. +"
So the next time he entered bookstore
he asked for it. The clerk showed him
the work in two volumes "How much
is it?" said Massett.
'Three dollars " replied the clerk
"Whatp' exclaimed Massett. "Three
dollars! Take it back, sir, take it back;
prefer to remain Christian.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
PEN, cHIsEL AND BRUSH.

Tanner, the American negro painter,
who has one picture in the Paris salon
and another in the Luxembourg, is the
son of Bishop Tanner.
Miss Kate Lily Blue, sister of Lieuten-
ant Blue of Santiago fame, has written a
novel under the title, 1.-The Hand of Fate;
A Romance of the Navy
Miss Theodore Cowan of Sydney, Aus
tralia's first woman sculptor. was a stu
dent under the American, Hiram Powers,
and has exhibited two pieces Of her work
in the Grafton gallery.
Rudyard Kipling's cruise with the
British channel squadron is confidently
expected by the British tars to result in
something that will completely eclipse his
''Barrack Room Ballads"
In her recently probated win Mrs Lynn
Linton beoueathed brooch given her by
Lander ID. Swinburne, some of whose
finest verse has been in praise of the author
of the Imaginary Conversations.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
THE NEW EGG.

Now let some good man hatch out an
incubator scheme for set of the artificial
eggs, and we can have spring chickens
while you wait.-Richnond Times.
Now that the artificial egg problem has
been successfully solved we may soon ex-
pect some rubber company to spring arti-
fetal chickens on us.-Kansas City World.
The man who has invented an artificial
egg equal to the ''real thing" in every
thing but fecundity has conferred an ever
lasting boon upon the overworked hen.
She can now turn her attention to her
family affairs i'll blissful Ignorance OF the
fact that ber ancient enemy is laying for
her. with an ak. With artificial eggs and
artificial batchers the time honored land
mark of tho barnyard is sure to get it in
the neck.-St. Louis Republic
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
Couldn't Fool Her.

Nobody can learn all there is worth
knowing in this lifetime. y said Mr..
Meekton wisely. "And man ought
never to assume that his education is
finished. I'm going to keep right ahead
with mine I'm going to study astrono-
my"
His wife looked at him sharply and
then in cold, hard tone exclaimed;
''Leonidas, you'll have to think up
some better excuse than that for stay
ing out all night. - Washington Star
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
coRYDoN,s COMPLAINT.

The garlands on my crook are faded,
That every morn / once renewed,
To gather which in streams l waded
Or searched the woodlands solitude,
Whose blooms in dewy wreaths braided
Gold, watchet, white and rosy hued.
Now fe on love and all his follyi
MY goodly mien is quite foregone;
My looks, that were so plump and jolly.
Are changed to meager, lean and wan:
In mournful slough Of melancholy
Right begged and mired is Corydon.
Sweet dainty maid, for whose disdaining
do in scath and sorrow fare,
Beauty once lost nor skill nor feigning
Its lovely aspect may repair.
Behold these wretched blossoms waningi
As you are now. so once they were.
Pail Mall Gazette
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
THE PHILIPPINES.

How would it do to keep the Philippines
and permit Spain to keep Aguinaldo?-
Exchange.
One form OF the Philippine question
continues to be Aguinaldo's Where do
come IMP Philadelphia Times.
Every time the Philippine situation il
reported as greatly improved the authori-
ties at Washington order new expedition
to Manila. Baltimore Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

A private hospital for animals is
maintained in Chicago by Miss Alice
Shaw. Dogs and Angora cats are her
special patients, and she combines the
duties of nurse and physician. She loves
animals, needless to say, and has made
a great success of her work.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
POLITICAL ouIPs.

Neither caucus, court, committee, con-
vention nor conversation can keep good
man out of politics il he insist upon run
ming for congress. Detroit journal.
The candidate who is said to be Sin the
hands of his friends often sincerely
wishes before the campaign is over that
others had charge of Baltimore
American.
Smith has been elected governor of Ver-
mont and Jones of Arkansas. If the Re-
publicans of Maine had nominated Brown,
the early fall elections would have graft
fed the three largest families in the land.
New York Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
Head wheel. ana Tallrnce.

An answer recently filed by the
learned council for the defendant in
a New York court contains the follow
ing: "The defendant denyes that the
description of contemplated tailrace
Of about one rod and four inches across
defendants land is contained in aney
water right to run or flow water, but is
put in plaintiffs IS complaint from wheels
in plaintiffs S head. Case and Conf
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
EsTERHAzY.

Nothing can save Franco if Major Es-
terhazy carries out his threat to print 3
book on the Dreyfus case.-New. York
Press.
Count Estcrhazy hash t committed sui
eide as yet. but he has no doubt noted the
suggestion that it would be the proper
thing for him to do. Boston Globe.
Perhaps tho first and strongest impress
sion the average person derives from the
portraits OF Esterhazy is that If the orig
inal is not scoundrcl he ought to sue his
face for libel New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

In New Zealand town one of the
municipal candidates, pronounced
Scotsman, had received present of a
huge Scotch thistle, which at the mo-
ment happened TO be lying on the table
of his committee room. A friend, enter
ing, withdrew suddenly with the re-
mark, II beg your pardon; didn't
know you were at luncheon. San
Francisco Wave.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
MORTAL lRoNIEs.
(From the Russian. j

lrTOlu tuO huSSluH'
kfy soul of deaths sure coming hath no dresd,
Bave lest he play some prank upon me dead,
Lest scalding tears be spilled upon my clay
Or blossoms squandered in my narrow bed,
Lest any but the hireling mourner pace
Behind me 10 the final dwelling place
Or fame, relenting at my hapless lot,
IN mocking marble my new merit trace;
Lest the dear dream for which vainly yearned
Incarnate be when to air turned
And, leaning DER the urn wherein they lie,
Smile at the ashes hat such frenzy burnedl
-Griswald Dichter in Harper's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

The British museum contains very
full collection of clay pipes. dating back
IS far as the sixteenth century. The
sustom of waxing the pipe end, to pre-.
vent it sticking to the lips, was intro
iuced by the Dutch about the year 1900
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
Two wavs of puttipw n.

81 notice, Miranda, remarked Mr..
Neggschoiee. "that your first husbands 5
clothes do not fit me- "
"No. Cyrus, coincided Mrs. Neggs-
choice. with a little sigh. You don't
ct them. Chicago Tribune
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
AS the honeymoon DwindIes.

She-I really ought to have new hat
He-How would it do to stick few
feathers in the top crust of one of those
pies you baked last week? You would
have something that would last then. -
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

Servant Ito artist returning from q
holiday)-There have hecn so many
callers since you left that have been
obliged to wash the name from the slate
twice TO make room for others Pear,
sons Weekly
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13

It's always very wrong to fight,
But, none the less. my son,
Improve your muscles-don't relax
AS If all strife were done.
It's always very wrong to fight
But never close your ears
When Uncle Sam suggests that he
May need new volunteers.
It's always very wrong to fight;
The sayings old and terse,
But to mike battle and get whipped
That's infinitely worse.
Washington Star.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
The Plum Scale.


Plum scales are described as brown
hemispherical bodies about an eighth
of an inch in length and with dark
brown shiny surface. The longest di-
ameter of the scale is usually placed
lengthwise of the twig. The number Of
eggs under each scale is estimated at
between 1000 and 1000 During July
the tiny lice which emerge from the
eggs MAKE their way to the underside
of the leaves, where they at once COM
mence to suck the sap Here they re-
main until late in August, when they
migrate to the twigs, where they pass
the winter. In this stage they are soft
bodied and less protected than at almost
any other stage in their existence. Only
one brood is hatched during the year
Professor Slingerland advises to spray
infested trees once after the leaves fall
in the autumn and at least twice in the
spring before the buds open. Use kero-
seEe emulsion diluted four times (Hub-
bard formula). The application cannot
be too thorough; each little scale must
be hit.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-13
The Dizziest Height of vaIor.

No laurel wreath entw ne for me;
MY very name posterity
Shall never know. and yet, without
The slightest shadow of doubt,
A hero brave, triumphant, free,
I've this day proved myself to be!
Not in the battles crimson fray,
Not in the sight of mon. l say;
That which | did was Lraver far
Than any fearful fear of war.
Than any deed which song or book
Perpetuates-I fred the cook.
New York Truth