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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Hagi. a Now Forare PIant.

Among valuable plants selected by
DR.. Knapp, foreign explorer for the
department of agriculture, is hagi lies.
pedeza bicolor) new Japanese for
age plant of great promise. tits claimed
by the Imperial Agricultural college OF
Japan that under three years test hagi
has shown great vigor and adaptation
to diverse conditions of soil and
drought; that it is more easily set in
land than alfalfa, more tenacious when
established and furnishes an equal
number of cuttings of high nutritive
value. When seen in the college expert
ment grounds, the stalk was large and
woody, but the professor in charge
stated that it was tender if cut fire.
quently
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

The Sacking of the THileries. 1S4S.
The sight that presented itself was
the strangest have ever seen and has
remained in my memory almost as Wv
idly as if it were yesterday The mag
nificent apartments Of the palace were
soon filled with as strange a set of rnf-
fans as you could meet anywhere. 1t
seemed as if they were all mad or
drunk. and yet they were as jolly as
sandboys They seemed positively to
revel in destruction and to yell with
delight as they smashed and tore every
thing to pieces that they came across
There was scarcely picture that was
not cut into ribbons, and ornaments.
however costly, were thrown down and
broken to atoms
While was standing in one of the
grand apartments, locking on in won
der, little man, with sword almost
as big as himself, stood in front of a
magnificent mirror that reached from
the floor to the ceiling He surveyed it
for a moment, and then, as though he
were about to storm a town single
handed, went deliberately up to it and
with one blow of his great cavalry blade
shivered it to pieces. AS they fell at
his feet he put on a grand air and said
''Lal" as if this was one of the greatest
deeds he had ever accomplished and the
proudest moment of his life Sketches
From Memory. G. A. Storey
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Don't Know il.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it.-heart disease, pneumonia, heart fail
ure or ap0lexy are often the result Of
kidney disease. If kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the kidney poison in the
blood is liable to attack the vital organs,
or the kidneys themselves break down
aud waste away cell by cell. Then the
richness of the blood the albumen-lesks
out and the sufferer has Brighl's Disease,
the worst form of kidney trouble. Kidney
trouble can be detected although it be
ow and deceptive. First, by analysis of
the urine; second, by the simple test OF
setting the urine aside in glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, when a cloudy or
brick dust settling indicates it.
1t was for just such troubles that in His
Infinite pow er and goodness the Great
Physician caused Swam-Root to grow for
the benefit of suffering mankind, leaving
it for His servant, DR.. KiImer, the great
kidney and bladder specialist to discover
it and make it known to the world. Its
wonderful Efficacy in promptly curing the
most distressing cases is truly marvellous.
You may have sample bottle of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root the great kidney
liver and bladder remedy, by mail free.
Address DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamp-
ton, n Y. When writing mention this
DaDer
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Too EARLY Lambs.

Hothouse products are very expen-
sive, says The American Sheep Breeder.
The cost of the fittings and the unsea-
eonable time of the work, together with
the limited market for them and in
creased cost of selling them. all together
necessarily so, increase the cost of the
product that less is incurred instead OF
profit in the rearing Of them. Very
eurely it is not profitable to have these
early lambs unless they may be sold at
a largely advanced price. so that the
rearing of them is only to be thought
of as special business to be prosecuted
under amply favorable circumstances.
We have not heard so much of this
early lamb business of late, and it is to
be reasonably supposed that the demand
for them has been altogether too limited
for the product of them, which has
been unreasonably stimulated by the
highly colored statements of the profits
made in the business. 1t is nothing
new anyway. The business was begun
80 years ago and it has been growing
BEAUTIFULLY since then until some own
ers of hocks gave some glowing accounts
Of the profits they made and thus led
too many others into i'll advised at
tempts to meet a limited demand with
unlimited supplies.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
CURTAIN RAlSERs.

There is a rumor abroad that Mrs.
Langtry will return to the stage.
Minnie Palmer is to begin a starring
tour shortly in My Sweetheart "
Louise Beaudet and Marie Wainwrigh BIT
have been discharged in bankruptcy.
Oscar Hammerstein claims that his new
Victoria roof garden in New York will
accommodate 5000 people
Marie Wainwright has gone back 70
vaudeville, appearing in a sketch entitled
Josephine Versus Napoleon
Maud Powell, the violinist, is credited
with still another success when she played
in Berlin at the Singakadenie.
Gustav Salvini, another son of the ceIe.
brated Salvini, has made a hit in Florence.
where he has been playing Kean. -
Richard Mansfield's share of 90 weeks
of "Cyrano de Bergerac' is $3.50, 600 Out
of this he pays all his own expenses.
David Belasco's two forthcoming PLAYS
are to be entitled THE Queens Drawing
Room" and I" The Widows Husband. y
Winderstein is another new name to be
added to the list of conductors. He has
lately sprung into prominence in Leipsic.
IN Beerbohm Trees production of . Car.
nae Sahib" the part allotted to Mrs.
Brown Potter is that of a wicked grass
widow.
Busoni has lately played in Brussels
and takes rank there, as he does through
out Germany, with such great pianists as
Sauer and De Pachmann.
The" Resurrection of Lazarus, . Perosi S
oratorlo, given at the Royal Opera House.
IN Berlin, receives very severe criticism
from some of the correspondents.
Fritz Kreisler. the violinist, has lately
appeared In Vienna. He is now a ma
tured musician and is credited with hay
ing improved aud ripened the extraordi-
nary ability which be displayed as boy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

/. Forehead and face. 2. Muzzle 8. Nos
trils. 4 Eyes 5. Ears. 6. Poll. :. Jaws. 8.
Throat g. Shoulders. 10. Chest. II. Brisket.
u. Fore ribs. Is. Back ribs. IA. Crops. Is.
Loins. 16 Back II. Hooks. 18 Rumps. 10.
Hind quarters. 20. Thighs q. Twist. %.
Base of tail % Cod purse "a. Underline. %.
Flanks. &c. Legs and Zone. q. Hooks or
gambrels % Forearms. %. Neck vein. 30.
Bush of tail. 81. Heart girth. q. Pin bones
very deficient in twist. being thin and
what is termed 'cat manned. This
conformation affords ample room for
the development Of good udder. The
term ''fore flank is not used in this
diagram. but it is represented by the
part just back of the elbow joint which
is located at the upper line of No. 28.
1t also extends back for some distance
to about the point indicated by No 81.
The top and bottom lines as well as
the side lines should be nearly parallel
in a model beef animal In reality,
however, this is seldom attained in the
lower line. Fullness at both front and
hind TANKS and at heart girth (3D will
insure good lower line, and fullness
and evenness of neck, crops, back, loin
and rump viii give a good upper line.
This is what is meant by good top and
bottom lines. Fullness and eyenness Of
the parts at 8, IL, 10 and 10 will give
q good side line.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
THE HORSE REVIEW.

About $1,000 in purses will be hung up
ct the London (0nt.) harness meeting,
June 20 to 3d.
| The bay pacing gelding Simmons,
2:10K, is now owned by Judge Forbes,
| Canastota, n. Y.
Charles A Winship. the California turf
man. is driving Aster, 2:12, and Jasper
Paulsen, 2:l6A, to pole
| Mrs Reeves, Spokane, Wash, wife Of
DIR. Powell Reeves, has stable in train
ing at the Pleasanton Zeal. track.
The pacing gelding Charley Danforth,
2:23A, has been fired and will be out this
season. He is owned by Thomas McAloon,
Bangor, Me.
Drextell, fun brother to Axtell, 2:12,
has been gelded. Nate Churchill, Terre
Haute, Ind, will look after him this veal
and race him in 1900.
The name of the stallion Del Ray has
been changed by Andy Mcdowell to Ed
ward Winters This horse is natural
trotter and has been the route in 2:10&
Morris Sullivan, Boston, has a young
whirlwind in the 4-year-old pacing FLY
Miss Cricket, by Direct, 2:051z, out Of
Cricket, 210 She viii make good grand
circuit timber.
The hopple question, which bothered
the members of the Belmont Trotting as
ISOLATION, Philadelphia, has been given
into the hands of Thomas Grady 1t is
likely the hopple question will be left tc
the decision of those making entries.
A promised sensation of the year will
come from Montana, and it is the bay
Tho A Il Nv "
Collins, Anaconda The Admiral is a trot.
ter, sired by Mascot, 2:25s4, dam by New
York, and will be seen on the grand cir
cult
A prospective buyer recently asked Hon.
Nathan Straus, New York, to name a
price for his crack roadster Cobwebs, 2:12,
and received the following reply: Many
things are possible; even the millennium
may come, but if it does it will find Cob
webs occupying the same old STALL -
Horseman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

Professor Robertson. commissioner of
dairying in Canada. has had some
packages of butter sent to Japan in
tins. and. as the reports regarding them
have been favorable. it is proposed to
pack /, 2 and pound tins in similar
manner for the Klondike. The butter
is wrapped up in waxed paper and
then placed in Theoretically sealed tins.
which, it is claimed. will keep the but
ter good in any climate A number of
tins have been manufactured in Mont
real, and a shipment has been sent from
Calgary to the Yukon Timed butter
has been great success in France. and
there seems to be no good reason why
it should not be so here Professor Rob
ertson thinks large trade may be de
veloped with China and Japan; but, as
neither. Chinese nor Japanese include
butter or cheese in their bill of fare it
would appear that they need education
in that direction first. A large trade in
timed butter has existed for years in
ireland
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
COVE. Feea a. caIvine Time.

Cows when expected to be fresh
should not be allowed to have any grain
for several weeks prior to calying. says
The Epitomist II is often the case
where farmer has an extra butter
producing COW that he overfeeds her ut
this critical time. or gives her such
quality of grain in hopes of making
her do a little better next time that
she is liable to have milk fever or any
one of the many other diseases that
cause speedy death 1t is better to be
on the safe side and not feed any grain
until after she has been fresh at least
three days. wher small ration can be
safely given There Is no question but
that a COW will make just as much but
ter in the long run when not fed grain
until three IT four days after dropping
her calf as she will when stuffed before
the lactation period begins even If she
will not. the risk is much less, and we
prefer 10 be on the safe side. although ii
mar seem little slow sometimes
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
'DAIEzYYIz 4 'f1iF EY.
cREAMoMETER.

Judging MIX by the Amount of
Cream Shown.
A government bulletin describes a
very simple test. and one which, al
though not altogether reliable. is better
than none. It is the judgment of milk by
the amount of cream it will show This
is not an accurate test. because it may
fail to show cream when it should or it
may show more than it ought. How
ever. it will not show cream if there is
none in the milk With two samples of
milk having the same amount of fat
different results may appear with this
test as the proportion of the fat globules
which rise depends somewhat on the
age of the milk and the way it was
handled before delivery. If fat globules
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Druggists, in ffly-cent or dollar sizes.
Keep sheep In Apple Orchards.

Now that it Is safe to talk sheep
without any danger of being laughed
at we want to say something in favor
of getting a few sheep and keeping
them in the apple orchard They will
eat the small bitter apples that the pigs
will not touch and if fed a gill of oats
each per day they will after summer
in the orchard come out fat in the fall,
besides leaving their manure evenly
distributed under the trees. Care should
be taken to prevent the pasture getting
too poor, so the sheep do not get enough
to eat If they are at all starved, the
sheep will gnaw at the apple bark, and
once they get taste of this it will
never be safe to put them in an apple
orchard again. 1t is not best anyway
to place them in young and rapidly
growing orchards whose bark is always
tender. The rough bark of old bearing
orchards does not tempt them unless
they find sap sprouts growing out of it.
Boston Cultivator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
NATIONAL PEACE JUBILEE WASHINGTON

REDUCED RATES VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
On account OF the National Peace Jubilee, to
be held at Washington, D. c., May g. "a. and 25'
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ar
ranged TO sell excursion tickets from all stations
to Washington at rate of single fare for the
round trip, except that the rates from New York,
Philadelphia, and Baltimore will be $500, S. 90
and $500 respectively, with proportionate rates
from Intermediate and adjacent points.
Tickets will be sold May % and 3D. good to re-
turn within ten days from date of sale when
properly validated by the agent at Washington.
SILL 99-2ts
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
REEF FORM.
Points to Be Considered In the High
est Development.

Points to BE Considered In the High
est Development.
Professor C. F. Curtiss of the Iowa
experiment station gives in The Breed
er's Gazette the accompanying illustra-
tion and description of typical beef an
imal. The location of the crops is indi-
Gated by No. IA. They lie on either side
of the spinal column, just back of the
top of the shoulders. They should be
full, so that the back and shoulder will
be evenly joined at this point; the front
ribs should also be well sprung in the
region indicated by No 70 below the
crops in order that there may be no
marked depression behind the shout
ders and that the heart girth measured
around parts IL, IA and 81 may be full.
The location of the twist is at the back
part of the thigh. at about the point
indicated by No 81 The desirable con-
formation here is a thick, full thigh as
viewed from the rear, Of good width
and prominence, giving a symmetrical
quarter The dairy breeds are always
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
The uaefuI Toad.

A careful examination of the stom-
achs of a large number of toads has
shown that SO per cent of the toad s
food is animal matter-worms, insects,
etc. Eleven per cent of the toad s food
is composed of insects and spiders bene-
fetal or indirectly helpful to man; so
per cent of insects and other animals
directly injurious to cultivated crops or
in other ways obnoxious to man. 1t is
estimated that single toad destroys in
year insects which. if they had lived,
might have damaged crops to the ex-
tent of about $40.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
CHOP suEY.

Isn't it about time for the antiviyisec-
Zionist to put in a word for poor old China?
Philadelphia Bulletin.
China will have large assortment of
open doorways without the doors by the
time the powers get all they waut.-St.
Louis Republic
The old dowager empress is becoming
jealous of Lii Hung Chang. He will have
to drive slower in his tendencies to dis
play or he will lose those giddy toys of
his again. Providence Telegram.
The peace congress at The Hague means
all right, but that will not prevent the
empress dowager of China from taking in
her empire at night while the congress is
in session Chicago Times Herald
The fact that Spain is to build ten new
ironclad ships suggests the possibility that
it proposes to ease its injured feelings by
joining the general movement and whip
ping few Cinnamon. Washington Star
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Growing Hubbard souashea

have plan for growing Hubbard
squashes this year The last of April l
shall plant the seeds in pieces of sod
and in old berry baskets, placing these
under glass in cold frame. The crop
should be about two weeks earlier
which will make it more valuable, and
then the plants getting so large before
they are attacked by the bugs or beetles,
think they will escape injury from
them 1t is more work to transplant the
squash plants to cold frame, but think
can afford to do it. have practiced
this method with cucumbers and melons
very successfully. l shall also enlarge
my area of small fruits this year and
expect to grow more raspberries, black
berries, grapes and tree fruits for mar
ket. says Country Gentleman CORE
spondent
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

1t is probable that few men except
those engaged in handling horses about
the markets and in the centers of horse
raising industry have realized the small
ness of the Number of suitable breeding
stock to provide for the rapidly increas-
ing demand for really good horses. The
shortage is in all classes except those
that are not fit for any demand Not
only is there deficiency of good brood
mares for producing the fashionable
coach horses, roadsters and saddlers,
but the draft stock of the country lie in
the same condition. Live Stock
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
cREAMoMETER

is aided in rising by warming the milk
to 100 degrees F and then setting it,
in the tube. in cold water or the tube
may be filled half full of milk and the
remainder with warm water. which
raises the temperature and reduces the
viscosity: in which case only half as
much cream will appear as the milk is
to be given credit for. For example. if
the contents of glass are half water
and show 10 per cent cream upon the
scale. this means. of course. 20 per cent
of the milk. If the milk is the same
each day and is tested in the same way.
there should be little difference in the
cream shown Tubes graduated special
ly for this test are sold by dairy supply
firms. The cream test furnishes good
opportunity to look for sediment If the
milk is not clean. dirt can be seen in
the bottom of the cylinder Care should
be taken to carry the tube quietly. so
that neither the cream nor the sediment
will be disturbed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Bees and Their Baskets,

Every bee carries his market basket
round his hind legs. Any one examin-
ing the body of bee through micro
scope will observe that.on the hind legs
of the creature there is fringe of stiff
hairs on the surface, the hairs approach
ing each other at the tips, so as to form
a sort of cage. This is the bees basket.
and into it. after successful journey.
he will cram enough pollen to last him
for two or three days.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
mcornse coins.n

Corpse coins are treasured in the
north of England They are the coins
that have lain over the eyes of their
dead. By this means infection has been
spread, but superstition causes the Gus
tom to continue A poor collier or
peasant would never think of doing any
thing important unless he had on his
person coins that have been upon the
eyes If his dead relatives.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
Docs Coaee Agr..e wIln Yon,

If not, drink Grain-O-ms lie from pure gains.
lady writes. THE first time made Grain-O I
did not like it. but after using it for one week
nothing would induce me TO 90 back to coffee .
1t nourishes and feeds the system. The children
can drink it freely with grea. benefit. 1t is the
strengthening substance of pIre grains Get a
package to-day from your grocer, follow the
directions in making It. and you will have a
licious and healthful table leverage for old
and young. 15c. and 25c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

NoTICE TO CREDITORS.

Wilson I. Jones' administrator of the estate of
Walter Brady, deceased, by direction OF the Sur
notice to the creditors Of the said Walter Brady,
deceased, 10 bring III their debts claims and
demands against the estate of the said decedent
Of this date, or they will be rever barred or
any action therefor against the said administra-
tor. WILSON n, JONES
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18
sURRoGATE's NOTICES
M OTICE To CREDIT0Rs.

Joseph BrameIl, executor OF the estate o.
James J. Cowgirl, deceased, by direction Of the
Surrogate Of the County of Gloucester hereby
gives notice TO the creditors Of the said James j
Cowgirl deceased, to bring Ia their debts, claims
and demands against the estate OF the said de
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they viii be forever
barred OF any action therefor against the said
executor.
Jos J. Summerill, Proctor. JOS. BRAMEL,I.
Dated March l3 1899 GIG.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

complains OF feeling weak, nervous airu
Respondent, and suffers from headaches,
pains i'll the back and stitches in the sides
and burning, dragging down sensations,
the average physician will attribute these
feelings to heart, stomach or liver trouble.
For years, possibly, she takes their pre-
scTiptions for these ailments without re-
ceiving any benefit then, in final disgust,
she throws away drugs, and hopelessly lets
matters take their course. A woman who
suffers in this way is almost invariably
sufferer from weakness and disease of the
distinctly feminine organism. There IS an
unfailing and inexpensive cure Tor all
troubles of this description. 1t is Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t acts d.
rectly on the delicate organs concerned,
making them well and strong. 1t heals all
internal liberation and stops debilitating
drains 1t takes the pressure of the nerves
and makes them strong and steady. Under
its marvellous merits thousands OF women
have been made healthy, happy aQd robust
The 'Favorite Prescription rest0Hs weak,
nervous, pain racked women and makes
strong, healthy, capable wives and moth
ers With its use all pain and suffering
disappear. All good medicine stores sell
it and have nothing else just as good.
Constipation and torpid liver will make
the most ambitious man or woman utterly
good for nothing. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
, Pellets cure them. One little Pellet +" is
gentle laxative and two mild cathartic.
DR.. Pierce's 1000 page illustrated book,
"People's Medical Adviser sent paper
bound free for the cost of mailing only, Fl
one-cent stamps; or, cloth-bound 81 stamps.
Address DR.. r. " Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.