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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16


is the best Farms rather far from
market and especially from towns or
villages where lot of worthless dogs
are kept would be well suited for sheep
farms.
Now to estimate the probable num-
Der of sheep that could be raised per
acre, l think that about two would be a
fair estimate, which should make an
average of from So to So per head. If
they were Merinos, more could be raised,
and if some of the larger, coarser kinds
perhaps less.
The Down sheep have advantages
that are too often overlooked. Owing
to the fact that the fleece is more COM
pact and smooth on the surface they
never wet TO the skin by being exposed
to rain or snow. The lambs when drop
ped are smarter and better able to help
themselves. Being rather smaller and
naturally more lively, they are better
adapted to come through a dry season
in good shape. However, just here it is
better to provide some kind of soiIing
crop and not allow the flock to shrink
for want of sufficient food.
There are some who Will hardly be-
lieve that two sheep can be raised an
nually ON an acre of land, but with the
experience have had with sheep l be-
lieve it is quite within the range of
possibility, and the farm will improve
from year to year To do this, say on a
farm of 100 acres. there should be about
20 acres in grass. ten of which might
be in rye. This would afford two weeks
of early pasture, allowing the other
pastures TO get a good start before turn
ing On them.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
THE ROYAL BOX.

The Prince Of Wales, it is said, recently
remarked that he believed he would never
occupy the throne of Great Britain
The shah Of Persia is styled the Red
King" because he wears red turban.
There have been three European rulers
upon whom that title has been bestowed
namely, Amadeus VII of Savoy, Otto II of
Germany and William II (Rufus) of Eng
land
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria is little
renowned for anything save his huge col
lection of dressing gowns. He has per-
feet mania for this kind of useful garment
and has paid as much as 100 guineas for
an embroidered robe made mp for him in
Paris.
The queen regent of Spain leads an ex-
tremely simple life, rising at and retir-
ing to rest at II. She sees little of society.
Most of her time is taken up in anxious
consultations with her ministers, and
when she has half an hour to spare it is
usually spent with her children.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Joseph Jefferson was playing one
night engagement in a small town, ap-
pearing in the part Rip Van Wrinkle,
which he has so often and ably imper-
sonated At the hotel where he staid
there was an Irishman who acted as
general assistant. Judged by the great
interest he manifested in the hotel he
might have been taken to be the pro-
prietor. At about a quarter to In the
morning Mr.. Jefferson was startled, not
to say alarmed. by a violent humping
on his door When he recollected that
he had left no orders to be called so
early. he was naturally indignant. His
sleep was banished for that morning,
however, so he arose and soon made his
appearance before the clerk.
Look here. say, he demanded Of
this functionary why was called at
this unearthly hour2"
81 don't know, sir, replied the
clerk, 'but III ask Pat Pat was sum
moned. Said the clerk: ''Pat, there was
no call for this gentleman Why did
You waken him ~
Pat led the clerk to one side and said
in a mysterious whisper; He wor
snorin loike horse. sor, an Old heerd
the bhoys sayin somethin about how
he wor wanst afther shlapin for twinty
years. so Oh says TO mesilf, It's a-comin
unto i'm ag'in, an it's yer july to git
the crayther out o yer house at
wanst Ledger Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
SHEEP AS A SPECIALITY.
strong Points of Different Breeds.
Crops and Pasture.

Strong Points of Different Breeds.
Crops and Pasture.
In a paper recently read before the
Ganville %. institute G. C. Shaw dis
cussed sheep as specially. In this
county, said he, there are perhaps few
if any farms devoted entirely to sheep,
and it is question open to diversity of
opinion as to how many sheep farm
will carry or produce per acre. Those
who have not had experience will differ
widely ON this point. Some have an
idea, although l think an erroneous one,
that sheep above all other animals are
particularly hard on pastur 1t is true
they will do well on pasture too short
for cattle to thrive on, and if run to-
gether they would be hard on cattle. On
the contrary, pasture grazed close by
sheep is something like cropping
hedge. It will thicken upin the bottom
and rather improve than otherwise, and
while sheep will do better than other
stock on short pasture, in growthy sea-
sons they can be fed on long pasture
with less waste than if horses or cattle
were fed on it. Their small feet do less
damage in tramping, and anything left
can be made into good clean hay. The
number Of sheep that could be kept or
produced would depend on the kind or
breed. No doubt some kinds consume
very much more food than others
A sheen farm need not necessarily be
an expensive one. A rather heavy soil
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
F.V. MYERS, JR. eco.
Successors to W F. Buohl,
Il COOPER STREET. WOODBURY.



1t was in an auction store on Main
street, just before the auctioneer mount
ed the box Goods were being sold pri-
vately to those who desired to buy A
well dressed woman was examining a
bit of iewelry.
'sWhat is the price of this2' she
asked.
''That win cost You 81, madam. . re-
piled the salesman.
"Can ( you shade that figure bit7'
''No; can ( possibly take cent less
But II tell you what I'll do-if you
viii wait few moments the auction
sale will be started, and III place the
article under the hammer You may
then be able to buy it in for almost
nothing.
The woman said she would wait.
Ten minutes later ON the auctioneer
began the sale. There We're some half
dozen people in the store. The bit of
jewelry in question was placed on the
counter and bids invited. Some one Of
fered 90 cents then 81 was bid. 50
followed and then So. This last bid
was made by the woman who had sought
to buy the bit Of iewelry before the sale
A gentleman came in, looked at the ar
ticle and calmly said Il like that. III
give you 81 The woman quickly
shouted Five dollarsp' Then the bid
ding ceased and the bit of jewelry was
turned over to the last and best bidder
She had refused to pay 81 few min
utes before, but she forgot that and
went home to tell hubby dear what a
bargain she got at the auction store for
SIS bill Memphis Scimitar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

conveniently arranged, but it is fact
that nine tenths of the cow stables in
this part of the state are constructed in
this way.
1 divided the entire space into sec
tions of feet 4 inches each and made
partitions between the stalls letting
the partition extend back from the
manager 9 feet 6 inches and making
that portion of it 2 feet 6 inches high.
let the partition extend through the
manager, making it so high that one
cow cannot reach over and rob the 9th
er of grain or hay made a drop by
setting row of locust posts five feet
back from the manager and spiking a
plank to them and filling the space be-
tween them and the manager with clay
and spiking a plank on top of this for
the hind feet of the cows to rest upon.
The manger is my own device. / took
oak boards to the planning mill and had
them sawed in inch and inch pieces
and surfaced on one side. OF these l
made spouts of the proper length TO
reach from the feed trough sufficient
distance above the floor of the second
story for convenience in feeding. These
are constructed with lip to prevent
wasting feed in pouring in. The spouts
and troughs were arranged in pairs,
and hood was made to extend ont be-
yond the l.ne of the trough and down
from the upper floor to the line of the
lower edge of the boards of the upper
portion of the Manager. which should
extend down as near to the height of
the COW as possible This hood prevents
the coarse feed from getting into the
feed trough.
keep the feed on the second floor of
the barn. and I can feed the grain at
the same time that give coarse feed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

1t has hitherto been supposed that in
Egypt the practice of embalming the
bodies of the dead and forming them
into mulnmies was the most ancient
method Of sepulture. but Professor
Flinders Petrie. the well known Egyp-
tologist, has by recent excavations
thrown quite new light upon this
question Of the ancient method of dis
posing Of the dead. At Deshasheh. a
place about so miles south of Cairo, he
has discovered a series of tombs, in the
collins of which he has found complete
skeletons from which the flesh has been
carefully dissected evidently previous
to burial The collins are of admirable
workmanship. are made of sycamore
and are in perfect preservation not
withstanding their 5000 years burial
IN the sand 1t remains TO be proved by
further excavations whether the mutila-
ton Of the bodies was performed as a
ceremonial rite or whether this removal
of flesh from the bones points to canni-
balism on the part Of the ancient peo-
pie. Chambers Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Definite Aim In Breeding.

Every indication points to an i'm
proved horse market in the near future.
The great number of scrubs which have
found their way to the markets and for
which there is no demand from any
quarter has to a certain extent handi-
capped the market, and the price of
good horses has been affected by the
number and cheapness of these inferior
animals, says DR.. Nj. W. Haviland in
Maine Farmer. What to do with horses
for which there is no market is a serious
question, and the breeding of these ami
mails should certainly cease and new
departure from methods now in use be
taken. The farmer who sells horse at
or years of age for $50 CT $50 is not
getting anything above what the ami
mai has actually cost to place him upon
the market 1t seems strange that a
breeder should duplicate an experiment
which yields such poor returns. It APP
pears to the writer that the present sit
uation is promising to the breeder Of
high class horses A really good 10. or
10 hand horse, of true carriage or gem
tleman's roadster type, has always
brought good price and will continue
to be in demand in all the future. The
supply of such animals is practically
exhausted, and this fact, taken in con-
nection with revival of business that
is sure to follow our late war with
Spain, can only result in good prices for
superior animals. We have not been
breeding since the depression in prices
and consequently have but few horses.
We need have no fear that the horseless
carriage, SO much talked about will
ever take the place Of the horse. It
is too expensive and complicated to
come into general use. and there are
now as many horses used in the cities
as there ever have been, while the de-
mand must steadily increase as the BUSH
ness Of the world increases, both for
work and pleasure.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Feeding rurnips on the Land.

We could never understand how Eng
lish farmers made it pay to huddle
sheep on potato patches and keep them
there until the turnips were consumed.
All our American sheep would waste
more than they used, unless indeed the
turnips were only fed off while the soil
was dry or the turnips were frozen into
the ground. The only advantage of the
plan seems to have been that the sheep
manure was evenly distributed while
the sheep were feeding, and as the sheep
were also fed grain the land was en-
riched for future crops. But the turnips
surely did not make much as mutton as
they should have done. Boston Guilt
vator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Don't Know it.

There is q 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 apolexy 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
and waste away cell by cell. Then the
richness of the blood-the alhumen-leaks
out and the sufferer has Brights Disease,
the worst form of kidney tronble. Kidney
trouble can be detected although it be
slow 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 tor just such troubles that in His
infinite power and goodness the Great
Physician caused Swam-Root to grow for
the benefit of suffering mankind. leaving
it for His servant, DR.. Kilmer, 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 DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp Root the great kidney
liver and bladder remedy by mail free.
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamp-
ton, N. Y. When writing mention this
paper.
Druggists, in fifty-cent or dollar sizes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
Z!EAs.ssR1IzGHl,n.EEs
COW sTARLING.
Changes In Ordinary Barns to over
come Inconvenience.

Changes In Ordinary Barns to Over
come Inconvenience.
The accompanying illustrations. says
a correspondent of The National Stock
man. show the way in which I remod-
eled my COW stable a year ago. My barn
was of the prevailing plan in this part
of the state. bank barn of two stories,
with feeding room next bank, horse
stable next this and cow stable at lower
side with manager against weather
boarding, and feedroon for feeding
hay, etc, cribbed off from the mows on
second story. In feeding grain the feed
er had to pass in between the cows and
place feed in troughs, carrying feed
from feeding room through horse stable
to COW stable Perhaps it seems foolish
that any one should have stable SO in
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
snouhaII shn,rer..

More than one explorer in cold eli
mates has noted the curious phenome
non of snowfall shower The balls,
it is true, are not very big, the average
being about the size of hen s egg, but
they are true snowballs for all that,
compressed globes of snow. not little
Jumps of ice or hail
A fall of the kind occurred in north
London in March, 1859, and at the time
it was observed that the balls seemed five
times as dense and compressed as ordi-
nary snow and in no way to be told
from the usual handmade missiles
They had fallen during the night and
were strewn many layers thick over q
very large area.
No cause except doubtful electric
al one-can be ascribed for the strange
phenomenon. and mouDtaineers are apt
TO discredit the stories of SNOWFALL
showers told them by the old guides till
suddenly in the midst of an ordinary
storm they find themselves assailed as
though by myriads of mischievous
schoolboys London STANDARD.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
TIMELY TOPICS.


Presents received anonymously, If sdi-
Bile, should be tried on the dog iirst.-lSew
York Press.
The new 81 bills are handsome, but
good judges prefer the old $40 bills.-Chi-
cago Tribune
Russian influenza, the doctors say, is
the correct name for la grippe. That Adam
zad story seems to have possibilities in
more ways than one.-Chicago Journal.
An Ohio man is under arrest for steal
ing a church. Careless people in some
localities will persist in leaving their
churches out over night.-Kansas City
Journal
Three thousand new manufacturing in
dustries were started down in Dixie last
year. At this rate, il the south wasn't
solid it would soon make itself so.-Phila-
delphia Times
Pittsburg has an antiprofanity league.
1t would be interesting To meet one of the
members just after he had kicked off one
of his rubbers while running for car
Cleveland Leader
In Mexico, where death is the penalty
for railway hold ups, there was none last
year. The trains in that country might
thus be held up for example elsewhere.-
Philadelphia Times.
New Workers are inconsistent when they
demand that one-half of the name Ioilo
and Page Page shall be knocked off while
they allow Sing Sing to go unchallenged.
Los Angeles Times.
Two actresses and one actor of New
York, with liabilities of 1922, 600, have
been adjudge1 bankrupts. Why don't
somebody arrange TO capitalize nerve and
save these follls;-Richmond Dispatch.
Somehow the same people who are will
ing to believe that the ninety ninth year
of a century completes the century would
never consent to receive 500 in fun pay
ment for a 800 debt.-Chicago Record.
Again the doom of the horse is sounded
by those who think the motor carriages
will drive out the animal entirely This
might all right if there were really good
roads everywhere but it win not come to
pass il, this generation at least. The horse
is really more popular than cyer.-Balti-
more American.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Pruning the grape may be done at any
time now when the vines are not frozen.
Planting a few trees every fail or spring
as may be convenient keeps up the supply
of fruit
Long stable manure makes a good mulch
for the strawberry bed, but the objection
is that it contains too many weed seeds.
The first six or seven years in the life
Of q fruit tree are usually spent best in
growth. Too early fruit bearing is injuri
Gus
The great Value Of grating and bud
ding is that when 4 choice fruit is obtain
Ell it may he continued ia all Of its excel
lence.
Moss covered treoswiH be benefited by a
whifewashing of lime and wood ashes in
equal parts, wet up to proper consistency
with water
Ii proper work in pruning is done at
the time Of planting the tree and for the
next four or five years, little time or labor
will be needed aiierward
When development Of fruit buds Is
waited, pruning the tree when in dor
mant state VIII best secure this result.
Pruning during growth produces growth
of wood = Exeaange
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

To The GOttscheslk Company Of Baltimore City
and the Berger and E1sget BIeicing Company:
By virtue OF an order of the Court of Chancery
Of New Jer.ey, made on the day Of the day Of
th date her, Of. in cause wherein. Arthur Col
burn is complainant and you and others are
defendants, you are required to appear, plead,
answer or demur to the bill Of said complainant
on or before the Ticenty fourth day Of March.
neat, or the said bill will be taken as confessed
against you
The said bill Is filed to forclose mortgage
given by Fra A Schuster and Helena
Schuster, his wife. to Arthur Colburn, dated the
Thirteenth day of November, eigh cen hum
bred and ninety four. on lands situate in the
First Ward of ire City Of Woodbury., County of
Gloucester and Sta of New Jersey
And you, the Gottschalk Company of Balti-
more City, are made defendant because you hold
or are the ownsr of a mortgage upon said lands.
And you, The Berger and Engel Brewing Com
pany, are made defendant because you have a
judgment against the said Frank A, Schuster
and Helepa Schuster, his wife, which is lien
on said lands.
ROBERT S. CLYMER.
Solic tor for Complainant.
No 132 South Bread Street, Woodbury.. n. j.
Dated January 23d, 1898. 26-5t prs fee $40
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
American Butter In Cane Colony


Consul General J. G. Stowe at Cape
Town writes as follows to the depart
ment of state: I'm my recent report on
butter l called attention to the large
quantities imported into South Africa
from Australia and Denmark and Of
fered advice as to the preparation and
packing of American butter | am in
formed that within the last two months
from 3, 600 to 4, 600 boxes (of 56 pounds)
from America have reached this city
through London This was shipped here
as Australian butter, all the American
marks on the boxes having been erased
and Australian marks substituted. By
this means all credit to the products of
the American producers is lost, and this
action is prima facie evidence that the
American butter is now satisfactory,
although complaint is still made that it
is too yellow. Other shipments of but
ter, to the amount of several thousand
pounds, have been recently received g.
rect from America with the American
marks thereon +"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

I save great deal of time in this way.
/ am not annoyed with the cows eating
ont of my bucket or splitting the feed as
I pour it into the troughs Altogether
have found it satisfactory, and I give
it in the hope that it may be useful to
Others. One of my neighbors who re-
modelled his barn this summer has fitted
up his stable in the same manner.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

II Office TO CREDITORS.

Mary B Howey administrator OF Edward d.
Howey, deceased, by direction OF the Surrogate
Of the County of Gloucester, hereby gives notice
to the creditors of the said Edward NJ. Howey.
deceased, to bring in their debts. claims and
demands against the estate of the said deced-
emit. under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date or they viii be forever
barred of any action therefor against THE said
administrator MARY B. HOWEY,
Dated Jan. IL. 1899 1-l2 Administrators
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

The Araxes river. in Transcaucasia
has shifted TO its ancient bed and now
flows directly into the Caspian sea in
stead Of into the Kura at point so
miles from the latter mouth.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
To CREDITORS.

Mary 4. Mayors executrix Of Jennie
Heritage, deceased, by direction of the Surro-
gate Of the County OF Gloucester hereby gives
notice to the creditors OF the said Jennie Heri-
and demands against the estate Of the said dece-
dept, under oath or Affirmation, within nine
months Of this date, or they will be forever bar
red Of any action therefor against the said ex.
ecatrix. MAY E. MAYERS.
i66 s. Broad St.. Trenton, N. j.
Dated Dec 2e lgpS-f2-29
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
NOTICE TO CREDITOBs.

Mary J. Por. err, executrix of Richard G. Porter,
deceased, by direction of the Surrogate Of the
County of Gloucester hereby gives notice to the
creditors of the said Richard G. Porter, deceased
against the estate of the said decedent, under
oath or affirmation, within nine months from
this date, or they will be forever barred of any
action thereof against the said executriy.
MARY j. PORTER,
Executriz.
Dated January 30 1859 1920
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16
lsURRoGATE's NOTICES


George ". Roland, executor Of Abram d.
Pierce. deceased, by direction OF the Surrogate
of the County Of Gloucester hereby gives notice
to the creditors of the said Abram " Pierce, de
ceased, TO bring in their debts, claims and de-
mands against the estate OF the said decedent.
under oath or affirmation, wi hin nine months
from this cate. or they will be forever barred of
any action therefor against the said executor.
GEO. w. ROLAND,
1873 WYandotte St., South Bethlehem. Pa
Dated Dec. %. 1s9g-i229
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

Care should be taken that lice are
not transmitted by means of brushing,
rs one lousy animal may spread para
sites through whole herd
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-02-16

to the coffee drinker Coffee drinking is a habit
that is universally INDUCED in and almost as
universally Injurious Have you tried Grain-OP
1t is almost like coffee but the effects are just
the opposite. Coffee upsets the stomach. lnins
the digestion, effects the heart and disturbs the
whole nervous System. GTain-O tones up the
stomach, aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. There is nothing but uourishment in
Grain-O. 1t can't be otherwIde. 10 and 25c. per
package