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Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-28

Inc war department. mas Orucrcu q
battalion of the Sixth United States ar
tillery, consisting of batteries A, l, X,
and e, to duty in the department OF
California, with station at Honolulu
Major Samuel NJ. Mills has been as
signed to command the battalion. An
order by the war department provides
for the organization of batteries N and
o to each of the seven regiments OF ar
tillery The commanding officers are
authorized to make such transfers of en-
listed men to the new batteries as will
best insure the efficiency of the regi-
ments The two new batteries of the
Third go to the Presidio, San Francisco
Mrs. Martha Place, who threw vitriol
in her step-dsughter's face and then
strangled her, and lsyed in wait for her
husband and chopped his head open
with an tx, was put to death by cleo
tricity in the state prison at Sing Sing
In the twinkling Of an eye her life was
cut off without pain and without re-
voting features.
The smallpox epidemic at Los Angeles
is said to have died out.
The first construction outfit, consist
ing of ten carloads of scrapers, graders,
carts, wagons and other necessary tools
arrived ut SaVta Barbara, Friday and
were sent to where work ON the gap be-
tween Ellwood and Surf will be com
menced next week. The paraphernalia
arrived is the property of one Of the sub
contractors, who will have 80 teams ar
rive ON Monday There are four other
sab-contraetors, who will be on the
ground next week ready for work, with
instructions TO push it as fast as possible
The Clear Water Valley (Or) Railroad
company has filed supplementary arti-
cles of incorporation i'll the secretary OF
states Office giving it authority to con
struct line of railroad from point be
tween Cottonwood and Mount Idaho t.
the Buffalo Hump mining district III
Idaho.
The Central hotel at Salinas was en-
tiaely destroyed by fire few days ago
The loss is about $1,000.
Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii died re-
Gently ut Honolulu Of rheumatism OF
the heart. She was 23 years old.
Immense copper lodges have been dis
covered ON Prince William sound, AL
aska. between Orca and Vaides, not far
from the mouth Of Copper river. In
one instance glacial action has laid bare
"a copper ledge 5000 feet long, four feet
wide, extending from tidewater to bach
in a high bluff. As uncapped by the
glacier, this ledge extends upward u
feet above high tide, giving an immens,
amount of rich ore that can be cheaply
mined before it becomes necessary to
sink shafts or tunnel into the mountain.
Four negroes were killed and five
were wounded at Palmetto, Ga, by a
mob of l50 men who shot them down
while they were begging for mercy
The nine negroes were prisoners in a
warehouse, where they were held on
suspicion of arson.
! Benjamin p. Hutchison, better known
as .'Old Hutch" the famous Chicago
grain dealer, died i'll Wisconsin IA few
days ago.
Baron Russell, chief justice of Eng
land, has been appointed successor OF
Baron Herschall on the Venezuelan arbi.
4 tration commission.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-28
Not In a Combine.

New YORK, March 20.-When shown
the reports from Chicago regarding a
great combination of all the ready print
and plate houses about to be formed in
that city, Major o. j. Smith. presid ut
of the American Press Association, with
headquarters in this city and branches
in all the principal cities Of the United
States, said: 1.-THE report is utterly
without the slightest foundation, and SO
far AZ this association is concerned. moth
ing of the kind has ever been talked of,
or thought ~"
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-28

The island of Cebu has been made a
subdistrict under Lieutenant-Colonel L.
r. Hammer of the First Idaho volun-
teers.
The United States distilling-ship Iris,
which left Honolulu for Manila with the
battle-s ship Oregon on February Goth, ar
rived March 10th.
Thomas Carroll Boone, the telegraph
operator in the war ball en- in the oper-
ations before Santiago, died at the Mas
sachusetts general hospital in Boston as
the result of an operation on wound
he received in the fall of the balloon
after 1t had been shot to pieces
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-28
CLIMATE AND CROP SUMMARY.
Issued by the United States Weather
Bureau at San FIR snoisco.

Issued by the United states weather
Bureau at San FIR snoisco.
The mean temperature was slightly
below the weekly normal Severe frosts
caused considerable damage to decidu-
Gus fruits in some sections, but it is ex-
pected fair crop will be gathered if
later conditions are favorable. The pre-
cipitation was greatly in excess of the
normal in nearly every portion of the
state, and has materially improved the
condition Of all crops and pasturage.
The heaviest rainfall was in San Luis
Obispo county, where it amounted to
t.20 inches during the week. Some
sections now expect unusually large
crops of grain. and in the section where
the drought was most severe, farmers
now anticipate three-fourths of the
acreage yield will be harvested.
Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-28

KINGSTON (Jamaica), March 20.-The
American Line steamship Paris, with
the party of American excursionists who
ire touring in West Indian waters,
sailed at 0 o'clock this evening. John
sherman is worse and is not likely to
survive the night
The United States cruiser Chicago has
not arrived, but it is supposed she will
meet the Paris at Santiago de Cuba.
The Paris will probably touch first at
Guantanamo. She left instructions for
the Chicago to follow with all haste.
The hot weather has greatly weakened
Mr.. Sherman, and his doctors feel that
unless change for the better comes
very quickly all hope must be aban-
doned.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
stripper Butter.

The statement is often made, and re-
cent experiments at the Oregon station
go to show, that cream rises imperfectly
in milk from cows in advanced periods
of lactation (stripper cows and that
it is difficult to obtain butter of good
favor from such milk The Iowa sta
ton has investigated this subject. using
milk from fresh cows and from those
which had been in milk over six months
(strippers) The milk from the two lots
was creamed and churned separately.
The results show that when the separa-
tor system was used the butter from the
stripper milk was as good as that from
the milk of the fresh cows Under q
gravity system there may be some diff
ference, as so many dairymen claim,
and the following is a possible explana-
ton: The fat globules, as is well known,
are smaller in advanced periods of lacta-
ton, and when cream from such mill
is raised by the gravity process more
time is required for the cream to rise
than when the milk is from fresh COWS
whose milk contains globules of much
larger size We have found that cream
or milk when kept at low temperature
for some time develops a somewhat bit
ter flavor There seems to be an organ
ism which grows at that low tempera
ture and which gives a favor to the
cream and to the butter. It is possible
that this is why stripper milk is gener
ally considered inferior for the produc
ton of butter. AS means of overcom
ing these difficulties it is suggested thai
the stripper cows be given some food o.
a succulent nature which will increase
the flow of milk and thus render it les,
viscous, and that a strong starter o.
sour milk be used with the cream.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
CALIFORNIA.
EXTRAORDINARY TOUR VIA PENNsYLyA.
MA RAILROAD.

America is great country. In variety
and grandeur of natural scenery it is unri
vailed. To traverse it, to behold its diver.
stiles aud its wonders, is liberal educa-
ton, revelation to the immured metropol.
itan citizen. The Personally -Conducte
Tour TO California under the direction OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which
leaves on February 8, affords most excel.
lent opportunity to view the vast and
bouDdless beauty of this marvellous land
The party will travel over the entire route
in the model Pullman train of smoking
dining. sleeping and observation cars exhib.
tied at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, and sub.
sequeDtlv at Atlanta, Nashville and Omaha
This train will be placed in service for the
first time on this occasion, and will be in
charge of a Tourist Agent and Chaueron
who will look after all details of the trip
as well as the individual welfare of the
members of the party. Stops will be made
at Monmouth Cave, New Orleans during
Msrdi Gras Carnival. FL Pas0, Los Angeles
San Diego. Redlands Riverside, Pasadena
Santa Barbara, Monterey, Del Monte, Santa
Cruz, Mount Hamilton, Meul0 Park, San
FFancise Salt Lake City ,Glenwood Springs.
Colorado Springs, Manitou and Garden of
the Gods, Denver and Chicago Nineteen
days will be spent in California Round trip
rate. including all necessary expenses during
entire trip, $500 from ali points on the
Pennsylvania Railroad System east OF
Pitishnrg 1896 from Pittsburg. For itin
erary and full information apply to ticke.
agents; Tourist Agent, 1896 Broadway.
New York or address Geo w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia. l-l2-5t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

Two hearts can make love affair, but il
takes three, at least, to make home, and
one of them must be that of a baby. The
young married couples that start out in life
with the idea that children are uuisances,
and that they do not want and will not
have them are the kind that you read
aboat every day in the newspapers-in the
IS not home. God and Nature never i'll
tended that there should be place called
home that did not resound with the patter
of childish footsteps.
There are tens of thousands of homes
that are childless because of the ilI-health
of the wife and would-be mother. There
are tens of thousands of other homes child
less because the little ones have died al
most as soon as they were born. In both
cases Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
a sovereign remedy. II acts directly on
the delicate and important organs that
make wifehood and motherhood possible.
1t makes them well, strong, vigorous, yirlle,
and elastic. II does away with the dangers
of maternity Il banishes the usual dis
comforts of the expectant period and
makes baby's advent easy and almost pain
less 1t insures the little new conner S
health and an ample supply of nonrish-
ment The prospective mother prepares
herself for maternity by taking the Fa-
vorite Prescription - and gives her child a
fair start in life by giving it a strong and
well developed body. Thousands of homes
that were childless, to day echo with
babies laughter, and bless this great nedi-
cine Thousands of women who were
weak, nervous, Respondent invalids, are
to-day happy, healthy wives and mothers
because of this medicine. Medicine deal
ers sell it.
Constipation kills slowly-but it kills.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure It.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
WINTERlNG COWS.
How to Keep the stable In Healthy
Condition.


Condition,
If you are so much afraid of disease
in the stable. all you have to do is to
keep the air pure by keeping the stable
reasonably clean and using road dust
or plaster as disinfectant. writes Mr..
L. S. Hardin in Home and Farm.
Having done this and bedded the
cows with straw, leaves or other cheap
stuff, worth more than its cost for
manure, then comes the question of wa
tering the cows. Most dairymen turn
the cows out twice day to water, but
in very cold or wet weather, and espe-
cially when the water is a considerable
distance from the stable, this is cruel
practice, especially when the ground is
covered with ice or frozen snow
To overcome this difficulty many
progressive farmers are leading the wa
ter into the stables with pipes and lay
ing these pipes deep enough to make
the water comparatively warm in win
ter, for all acknowledge that it requires
a great waste of food to warm up a COW
that gets chilled with drinking ice wa
ter l once ran water pipes under the
managers and had a tub sunk in the
ground in each stall so the COW could
drink at will. This proved miserable
failure, because the cows were con-
stantly dropping food into the tubs,
and in warm weather this would fer
ment and make the water foul.
Not only this, but water standing
open in a cow stable rapidly absorbs
all the bad smells that come over it. A
large cistern covered with tight floor
in shed adjoining the COW stable could
not be kept sweet enough for use. The
only way to keep the water pure enough
for the COWS to drink it is to have the
basins out of which they drink only
large enough TO hold the amount they
need at one drinking, and let the water
all out of it when the COW is through
Once day would perhaps be often
enough to dry out the basin, provided
each one was kept clean of ground food
that the COW drops in it from her mouth.
Speaking of ground food getting in
the water basins and fermenting, this
is one great trouble, especially in warm
weather, about the managers. There are
always little cracks that cows force
the meal into, and they lick around it
until it gets wet, and then in a few
hours that meal has got to fermenting,
and the flies lay eggs in it. and then
the maggots. The wise dairyman will
look out for this trouble and see that
every manager is brushed out clean after
the cows are fed and at the same time
note which cows have refused some of
their ration, and see that next time she
gets only so much as she will eat NJ
clean, even if little salt must be sprin-
killed. over it to help her appetite.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

The hog trade just now furnishes an
other illustration of the tendency of
American farmers to increase produc-
ton beyond the line of profit after a
period of remuneratiye prices 1t has
not been many years since hogs were so
low as to be Improbable. Then we saw
hundreds of sucking pigs competing
with poultry and game in our city mar
kets, and Thousands of brood sows in
the slaughter pens. There was such a
rush to "stand from under" the profit
less swine business that prices went
even below their Legitimate level. In a
few years this was followed by vio-
lent reaction. The tide turned, and ev-
rybody wanted hogs. Brood sows were
good property. sucking pigs were too
dear to figure in the market, and those
who had been most anxious to get out
only a few years before were paying
good prices to get aboard" again. Now
there is another reaction or low tide in
the swine industry. Brood sows are be-
ing marketed by thousands Tens of
thousands of pigs are sent to market be-
cause hogs are low and corn is compar.
atively high. Hogs don't pay is the
sentiment again. What will be the re-
suit? What has always occurred in such
affairs is very likely to happen again
The reaction will come sooner or later
The ebb aud flow of the tide of price
and production are inevitable But
there is a lesson herein for the sagaoious
man who can look ahead to the next
turning of the de.-National Stock
man.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

Texas has demonstrated the value OF
the cattle industry for the south and
now the other southern states are fol-
lowing up the cattle industry with the
introduction of the improved breeds.
The whole south, with it's perpetual
grass and warm climate, is an ideal
cattle country, and as the improved
breeds are introduced prosperity and
success will follow. Louisiana is going
into the cattle raising business on a
large scale. They claim there is nc
profit in growing cotton at and
cents per pound. The sugar industry is
at present their nlainstay, but with
cattle raising and feeling the state will
enjoy wealth and happiness. And why
not? The climate Of Louisiana is mild,
winters are seldom rigorous, grass is
plentiful, and the soil all that could be
desired for the growing of an abundance
Of miIlet, alfalfa, timothy and other
forage crops. = Western Live Stock
Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
Three-Day Tour to WASHINGTON

Few short journeys are more interesting
than trip to Washington, the Nation g
Capital the scene of much OF vital i'm
portance; and these trips have reached
their most practical and attractive form in
the three-dsy personally conducted tours
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Besides
the advantages in rates secured, the ALSO
u,e freedom from care, and the general
comfort and convenience afforded, an
extended experience and familiarity with
the city enables the Tourist Agents of this
company to visit the various points OF
interest with the least confusi and delay
and at the most opportune moments, thus
nsuring an economy of time not otherwise
attainable.
The next tour of the season leaves Tues
day, January 49, The rate, S14.50 from
New York, 81 so from Philadelphia. and
proportionate rates from other points, in
cludes all necessary expenses during the
entire trip-transportation, hotel accom-
modations, guides, &C. An experienced
Chaperon will also accompany the party for
the benefit of the lady tourists
For itineraries. tickets, and full informa-
tion, apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent
1876 Broadway, New York 789 Broad
Street. Newark, N. j. or address Geo W
Boyd. Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia
1880 Cts
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
MODEL PnLAND-cH1NA.

owner much pleasure, pride or profit.
The remedy is to feed plenty of nitrog
enous foods. A rye patch makes excel
lent green pasture for hogs in winter.
Lacking this and other grass or root
crops, then feed plenty of bran and
shorts in slop. A liberal variety is the
key to success.
Shotes. too, up to within month or
two of selling time should have a good
variety of feed. The last two months
the corn should predominant. But it
will always pay to give little variety
by way of condiment.
The best time to sell hogs is when
they are fat, regardless of prices. Some
are even now selling half fatted stuff.
Ask them why and they say. "The corn
is worth more than the hogs" To sell
a half fatted hog is not business unless
there is weightier reason than that of
price to be considered
Good shelter for all hogs at this time
of year is an imperative necessity. A
bunch of hogs sleeping in the farm cor
ner and squealing as only cold pig can
squeal does not make pleasant music to
one who likes to feel that his stock is
warm and well fed. Especially are dry,
warm quarters desirable for sow and
pigs. a cold pig is dissatisfied pig.
and dissatisfied pig will not eat as it
should.
A thoroughbred or good grade Of
hogs should always be kept. The thor
Ii. 9to1 10 n,l
they are SO low that it looks like piece
Of foolishpess to do without them. If
you are skeptical, get a thoroughbred
male and cross On your "elm peelers''
and see if you do not have the best
bunch of pigs you ever owned. A little
better than scrub care must be awarded
them. Our motto should be "the best, +"
for indeed the best is none too good for
one who lives up to his privileges as a
swine breeder. Mind, l say Elves up to
his privileges, for it is privilege to
raise hogs as fine as the finest and as
good as the best
There are four great breeds of swine,
with some others Of lesser fame, but
perhaps just as good in their sphere
The Poland-Chinas by mere force of
numbers, if for no other reason, come
first, with perhaps the Berkshires hold
ing second place. The third in the list
of honor is the far famed Chester White
And last, but not least (at least in size),
are the Duroc-Jerseys. With such list
of notables to choose from, why breed
scrubs?
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

Fitting Carriage Horses For Market.
1t is not a rare thing for the dealer to
get more money out of horse than the
man who bred and raised him to market
able age has received. Such instances
are quite often held up by the farmer
many and willing advisers to show
what the farmer who bred the horse
failed to get-aIl because he didn't go
on and fit him for the city buyer. We
have little patience with the people who
can always see where the farmer has
missed it in instances of this kind
They rarely know anything about the
business of fitting horses for the city
market They have no idea of the time,
patience, money and skill required
They do not see the five or more horses
that are bought and tried and found
wanting for every one the dealer sue
oeeds in making into a real good one.
They do not know that all this is sim
ply impossible for the farmer, even
though be were capable of doing it, in
which case he would have no business
farming National Stockman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26

The tendency of ranchmen to feed
their own lambs and wethers at home
ON the produce of irrigated farms sheds
a new light ON the feeding situation.
So strong, indeed, is the present tend
ency in this direction that within two
OF three years the bulk of the male
lamb crop will be fed where raised, and
eastern feeders will be compelled 80
look elsewhere for the millions of lambs
they are accustomed 10 feed annually
east Of the Missouri river. AS there is
no elsewhere from which to obtain
these lambs in large supply, there is
but one solution of this most serious
problem, and that is for the feeders
and their farmer neighbors to raise the
lambs themselves. = American Sheep
Breeder
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-26
EARLY LAMBS.
Practical Suggestion In Regard to
Their Care and Feeding.

Practical Suggestion In Regard to
Their Care and Feeding.
When early lambs are expected. says
the st Louis Republic. provision should
be made for them in advance. The ewes
should have warm, dry quarters. and
be well fed, SO as to keep in thrifty
condition. This is necessary if the lambs
are TO be strong and vigorous.
If the best profit is obtained from
early lambs, they must make a rapid
growth, so as to be of good size and
weight in good season, and they must
make good growth from the start.
The ewes that are expected to lamb
should be separated from the rest of the
flock and put in small pen by them
selves
II the ewes have been fed largely on
corn, it will be best to lessen the
amount of corn and feed little bran
and oiImeal. This will tend to loosen
the bowels and lessen the tendency to
fever.
See that the lambs suck. Sometimes
the teats get covered with dirt or the
wool around the udder gets matted to-
gether so that the lamb cannot suck. A
little attention in good season will save
the lambs With dry. comfortable quar-
tiers, proper feed and care, there should
be very little loss of lambs, even in
winter.
After the lamb sucks well there is
little danger. When a day or two old,
they may be turned in with the rest of
the ewes and lambs. Feed the ewes
lightly for day or two and gradually
increase after the milk comes we'll
It should be remembered that the
lambs must depend for their support
and growth upon the dams milk. If
the eve is to furnish sufficient supply
of milk to maintain a thrifty growth of
the lambs, she must be we'll fed, and
her ration must be a good milk produo-
ing one. Some corn or cornmeal may be
given, but it should not be made an ex-
elusive ration.
Ship stuff and bran with little oil
meal can always be fed to advantage.
One of the cheapest and best feeds for
sheep during the winter is unthrashed
oats run through cutting box, slightly
dampened and literally sprinkled with
bran. To make up variety feed good
clover hay, with bran and oornmeal,
Bran is one of the best materials that
can be fed with other materials for the
production of milk. It can nearly al
ways be made part of the everyday ra-
tion of this class of animals.
Feed literally, giving all that they
will eat up clean.
Water every day and keep supply
of salt where they can help themselves.
When 6 weeks old, the lambs can be
taught to eat by placing little wheat
bran and cornmeal in a trough where
they can readily get TO it. Increase the
quantity as they get accustomed to eat
| ing.