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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
THE HORSE REVIEW.

The veteran driver, A. J. Feel of SYRIA
cuse, will be in the sulky this year, it is
said.
1t is probable that the veteran, Peter
Johnston, has retired permanently from
the sulky.
Kellerton, by Allerton, dam Aulinda,
by Alcantara, is eligible to s47 900 worth
of stakes in 1899.
Iron Bar, 2:l1, won eight of his nine
races in 1898 He was defeated only by
Wynema, 2:13A.
1t is said that Major Gentry, s:241l,
pacing, by John r. Gentry, viii be out as
trotter this year.
Thirty-fve thousand dollars is to be
spent at Marion, Ind, on the construction
of a new mile track.
Winslow Wilkes, 2:o9A, was the first Ne
braska bred horse to enter the 2:10 list.
He took his record in 1892.
1t is said that the Kentucky Futurity
in 1894, which was for s31, $50, was the
biggest purse ever trotted for.
Jock Bowen has in his stable fllly
sired by French coach horse, out of a
trotting bred mare, which is said to have
considerable speed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
AIfa1fn In the Enst.

Advising a correspondent of Rural
New Yorker in regard to alfalfa or
heavy clay soil underlaid with rock. DR.
l. P Roberts says Alfalfa is at its best
in the deep, porous, fertile. dryish soils
of the west and the Pacific slope a
heavy clay soil is not well adapted &c
alfalfa. yet | have known it TO do fair
~ well on such soils. although not un.
derdrained Since the ground tends to
heave or swell when frozen. care should
be taken to cover the surface as far as
possible with plants and they should
not be grazed close in the fall. but left
as a protection In this case | would
SOW in April four quarts Of clover seed
per acre of mixture of three parts OF
medium clover to one part of alsike. A
little later you might sow five pounds
of alfalfa seed per acre, if possible just
before rail- then roll the land at the
first opportunity In any case | would
not try this experiment on large area
of land. since it may not succeed 1t
may be said that it hardly pays to sow
alfalfa if it is to be plowed up in one or
two years, as it seldom gets tc its best
until two years from seeding
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Demand For Horses.

The very best kind of horses are in
urgent demand now and sell at renu-
nerative prices. In 1893 there were 49,
206, 500 horses reported in the United
States and in 1898 only 10, $50, $40,
showing decline of 2. 305. $50 head in
six years. Horses reached about their
lowest level in 1897, when the average
price was reported at less than $40 per
head In 1898 values were improved
quite good deal Small, unsound i'll
shaped horses are numbered with the
past. Good size is demanded in all
classes. The best profits will undoubt-
eddy come to the raiser from such ami
mails as exporters want and the best
domestic trade demands Live Stock.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
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AGRRMs FIELD
1AD GARDEN
The ANNUAL HoTBED.


Sash the Most Important Item of Ex-
pense-Directions For Making 1t.
Few people who have a garden make
any attempt to secure vegetables earlier
than may be done by sowing seed out
side after spring is far enough advanced
to avoid frost. Occasionally some early
tomato or cabbage plants are grown in
sunny kitchen window. but the range
of season and variety of garden prod
ucts that can be had by the skillful use
of hotbeds or cold frames and sash
seem little appreciated Yet their use
is advisable as a means of profit. a
healthful addition to table resources
and a source Of great interest and pleas.
ure to any one who undertakes this
species Of gardening The deterring
item is usually the sash, which is ex-
pensiye While the sash can be bought
ready glazed at any sash or door factory
they can be homemade after the fol-
lowing plan. originally given by the
Kansas experiment station in one of
the bulletins of its horticultural depart
mente
The usual size of such sash is by 8
feet, holding three rows of 10 by 10
inch glass, six lights to the row. Dou
BILE strength glass Of "A grade will be
found the most profitable to use in the
long run, as it does not break as readily
as the lighter and cheaper grades. The
best grade Of sash is made from first
class southern cypress lumber. though
redwood or good white pine will answer
a good purpose. Stock Il inches thick
when dressed gives the best weight
Make the stiles 2 - inches wide and the
rails A inches. No cross mountings are
used, but two bars a inches wide run
the length of the sash. These with the
stiles and top rail are rabbeted one
quarter of an inch wide and one-half of
an inch deep to receive the glass The
glass laps like shingles, and the lowest
light projects over the lower rail, which
is only an inch thick. In pinning the
sash the holes should be bored from the
underside not quite through. SO as not
to allow the leaking of water from
above Through the middle of the stiles
and bars a five-sixteenths of an inch
stay rod is run just beneath the glass,
for the double purpose of preventing
spreading and the sagging of the bars.
If the lower portions of the stiles and
bars are chamfered away as much al
strength viii allow. less light viii be
INSTRUCTED by them.
The lights of glass should be firmly
set. with large points and short brad
at each lower corner to keep them from
slipping down, and then well puttied.
The sash should receive two good
coats of paint and be reprinted as Otter
as needed.
One of these sash complete weighs a
pounds. and it is believed that it viii
last enough longer than cheaply made
one to well repay the extra cost.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16

By virtue of writ of fieri facias, to me direct
ed. issued out Of the Chancery Court of the State
of New Jersey, will be exposed at public sale on
Monday, the Third day Of April, next,
Between the hours of u and clock, to-wit at
O'Clock 10 the afternoon of said day, at the
Court house Ia the City OF Woodbury., County of
Gloucester, and State of New Jersey all the fol-
lowing described real estate, that is to say
All the following described tract or piece Of
land situated in the township of Monroe. in the
County OF Gloucester and State of New Jersey,
and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning in the centre of the public road
leading from Coles Mill TO Franklinyille near
the school house and runs from thence ~ south
three aud a half degrees west fifteen chains to q
stake corner, thence , north one degree west
three chains and seventy links to stake, thence
~ south elghty-two degrees west three chains to
stake, thence I'D north eighty-seven degrees
west five chains to a stake, thence (5) north
seventy degrees west two chains and fifty links
to stake thence (6) north eighty eight degrees
west hfteen chains to a stake, thence "a north
fifty eight d. grees west two chains TO a stake
thence (Sl south fifty-fye degrees west four
chains 10 stake, thence 80 south seventy one
degrees west four chains and twenty-five links
to a stake, thence ll0) north fifteen chains and
ninety links to stake in the aforesaid road,
thence (iD down said road south eighty-six and
half degrees east thirty-eight chains aud fifty
links to the place OF beginning.
Containing fifty acres and thirteen hundredths
Of an acre more or less
Being the same land and premises that Robert
q. Dawson bought of Robert Henry and wife and
James Henry and wife by deed OF conveyance
No SO of Deeds PIP As &c.
Seized as the property of Thomas H. Dawson
and others, defendants. and taken in execution
| at the suit of Thomas Burrows. complainant and
/ TO be sold by WILLIAM COLLINS,
william j. Kraft, Solir Sheriff.
Dated Feb. a. 1899 Prs fee, SO 90.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16

There is considerable in cow pcs
sibility to give good quantity of rich
milk. says The Dairy World. but it is
easy to have that possibility ruined by
poor feed and care in bringing up the
developing. On the other hand, nc
amount of feed and care will induce a
COW that naturally gives thin, poor milk
to turn about and give milk that is rich
in solids. Good feed and good care will
help develop many COWS that have been
neglected. but if there is any decided
improvement it will be made with cows
that are born to be good, but have not
had the opportunity. To get the most
out Of any cow. good or bad good feed
and care are necessary. but it is the
good COW that gives the best returns
when well fed and cared for
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
SHE SANG FOR DEATH.
The Patbos and Tragedy of Emma
Abbott's Passing Away.

The Patbos and Tragedy of Emma
Abbott's Passing Away.
One night in the city of Denver,
located at the foot and in plain view Of
the Rocky mountains, Emma Abbott
was billed to appear in Faust In the
same city most attractive and beauti-
full 18-year-old girl belonging to one of
the wealthiest families lay in the last
stages Of that fell enemy of the human
race-consumption Some weeks before
the arrival of the company she said to
those around her "Oh, l hope the sun
will shine and the weather will be warm
and genial, so / can hear Miss Abbott
sing once more. | think could then
pass away peacefully and without one
single regret. But there came with the
queen of the lyric stage northern hur
ricane-with the very air charged with
icicles which penetrated the lungs
Some one told Miss Abbott of the griey-
ous disappointment of the dying girl
She went to the opera house and never
sang more sweetly. and as soon as it
was over and the audience dismissed
called her carriage and directed it to
drive to the home of the young lady
The scene which followed was worthy
of the finest brush ever welded by the
grand old masters. There lay the dying
earth angel. with pallid lips, hectic
cheeks and lustrous eyes and the light
of immortal beauty shining upon her
face. Standing beside her, in one of her
richest robes (the one she had worn that
night). sparkling with pearls. rubies
and diamonds, stood the almost divine
mistress of earthly melody.
The first piece rendered was 1.-The
Old Folks at Home. and then followed
II Know My Redeemer Liveth The
finale of this weird scene was Rock Of
Ages Cleft For Me, Let Me Hide Myself
In Thee And then Miss Abbott bent
over the frail form and kissed her an
eternal farewell Soon after the spirit
passed into the wild winds which rang
through the wild mountains near by
set sail for that haven from which the
first homeward bound bark is yet to
be seen-the stainless soul waited to
the stainless heavens by the sweetest
music ever heard on earth-into the
melodies of paradise birds
Miss Abbott returned to her room at
the hotel and retired Some time dur
ing the night she awoke with pain in
the left lung 1t rapidly grew worse A
physician was summoned Then anoth
er. and another. who applied every
remedy they could command All to no
purpose. 1t was typhoid pneumonia in
its worst form The black camel was
kneeling at her door. Angels of the
heavenly choir had that night listened
to her voice in the sickroom and sent
for her to come home to them
In three days that voice which had SO
often raised the souls of men and WON
en- to the noblest the grandest heights
in holy ecstasy. was forever stiIled in
death-gone forth into-the night
So fades the summer cloud away.
So sinks the gale when storms are DER
So gently shuts the eye of day,
So dies the wave along the shore.
H. G. Stevenson in Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Preparing a Hotbed.

To make stationary hotbed dig a
pit about ~ feet deep. board up the
sides and ends to about one foot above
ground at the back and three inches
above in front. The width and length
vary according to the number or size of
the sashes to be used. slides being placed
across. as in the case of the cold frame,
that the sashes may be moved to give
air. Into this pit place leaves or coarse
litter to the depth of one foot and fer
menting stable manure to the depth OF
IL feet. this being trodden down quite
firmly and then covered with from three
to six inches of soil Be sure that the
manure is trodden in firmly at the sides
and corners or it will sink uneyenly.
The manure is usually too coarse and
it gives too rank heat when it first
comes from the stables. 1t should be
thrown in pile and worked over sew
eral times before using. The bed should
stapi two or three days after making
before planting, to allow the strong
heat to subside The Rural New York
er, authority for the foregoing, also de-
scrlEes another style, generally called
movable hotbed, made by excavating
III feet deep and two feet larger, in
length and width, than the size of
sashes One foot of leaves or litter and
one foot of heating manure are placed
in this pit, the manure being pressed
lightly down, but not tramped hard.
Plank frames are placed on this one
foot from either end and one foot from
back and front. Three inches of soil
should be put over the manure and the
sashes put on. The sides and ends are
then banked with coarse manure, The
object in making the pit larger than the
frame is that it may all sink evenly
Select a sheltered, warm position for
the hotbed and one that is naturally
well drained
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
IRISH CATTLE.
They Are said to Be Well Adapted
to the south.

to the South.
A correspondent of The Breeders Ga
Eette says that there is one breed of cat
tie that is worthy of the attention of
the southern cattlemen in quest of an
animal of dual character, and they may
be suitable to the possibilities of their
country breed that has extraordinary
powers alike of milk and meat produc-
ton, with capacity to live and thrive
where other breeds have degenerated.
The breed is the Kerry and Dexter cat
tie of Ireland, which, while they have
never been exploited in this country,
are very favorably known in South
Africa, South America and the antip-
odes-a breed that is able to maintain
its excellence in environments that
have probably more extended range of
climate and food than any other alien
breed has tried. Their popularity seems
TO increase as their very valuable char
Rcteristics are better known. They are
hardy of constitution, abundant milk
producers and ready fatteners, with
prime quality of meat, small joints and
q great proportion of lean that ought to
be popular with consumers of beef in
the south. Red Rose, a Dexter COW.
gave in nine months over Is times her
own weight-756 Founds-Of milk. Ba-
brahom Belle, Kerry COW. won the first
prize in class of milking cows of any
breed under 1, 100 pounds weight in
1892 at Wornick, with a yield of 81
pounds and s ounces of milk for one
day, her own weight being $50 pounds.
Both of these records were above the
standard of 70 per cent solids and 3 per
cent butter fat At Smithfield and Bir-
mingham, those great fat stock shows,
the Kerrys and Dexters compete in the
class for small cattle, steers limited to
LOO pounds and cows 1 900 pounds,
and demonstrate their value as profit
able beef producers by winning the
prizes open to other small breeds.
1t is to be hoped that the progressive
southern breeders who are interested in
lettering their cattle for a dual purpose
may be induced TO investigate the eco
nomic advantages of these hardy little
animals. There is certainly place for
them in the live stock husbandry of the
SUNNY south.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
cHAMp1oN,s swEET BRIAE IIl.

CHAMPIONS SWEET BRIAR ILL.,
Sweet Brier and others never contract
ed the disease. though they were OF the
thin necked. narrow chested sort that
cause our friends who write so volumi-
nously about stamina heart girth and
lung capacity so much alarm. The rec
ords show that the liability to contract
disease can be very closely measured by
the amount of tissue in the body. The
germ of tuberculosis is liable to find a
Judgment in any tissue of the body,
and. other things being equal, the more
tissue the greater the liability to con-
tract that or any other disease. 1t fol
lows therefore that with a spare COW,
having little flesh. there is less liability
to contract tuberculosis. We also find
that a spare cow will longer successful
ly contend with the disease than is the
case with those having more substance
for the germ to feed upon.
Of all the cattle that were at the
Minnesota station in 1891 there is only
one left, and that is Champion Sweet
Brier III. She has given us a calf every
year since she has been at the station,
is now in calf and doing most, excellent
work in the dairy. She is apparently
in most excellent health and good for
several more years of work. Every
milking has been weighed and tested
since the day she arrived at the station,
and during the last six years every ra-
tion has been weighed out to her and
the amount and kind of feed recorded.
Her average per cent was for 1892, 5. Il;
1898, s; 1894. 40; 1895, 49S; 1896.
5; 1897. 5.35 1t is our aim to let her
do about as she pleases. Some years
she seems disposed to do more work
than others, has better appetite and
gives more milk. Unfortunately she got
into the habit of dropping bull calves
until last year. and this she gave us
two fine heifer calves, which we hope
to keep in the herd during their life
time
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Don't Know it.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so deeep
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 albumen-leaks
out and the sufferer has Brights Disease,
the worst form of kidney trouble. 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 ii.
1t was for 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, DIR. Kilmer, the great
kidney and bladder specialist to discover
it and make it known to the world. It's
wonderful efficacy in promptly curing the
most distressing cases is truly marvellous.
You may have a sample bottle of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root the great kidney
liver and bladder remedy, by mail free.
Address DR.. Kilmer q Co., Binghamp-
ton, N Y. When writing mention this
paper.
Druooists in fiftv-cent mr. dollar sizes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
.6EIR 'z||lRE1
DAIRY CONSTITUTIONS.
Facts showing That Dairy Breeds
Mny Posses. Hardness.


Professor T. L. Hacker of the Min
nesota experiment station states in
Hoard's Dairyman that so far as his
experience is concerned the highly bred
dairy COW is no more subject to disease
than the dual purpose types. A few
years ago. when the tuberculin test
was first applied to the cattle at this
station. says Professor Hacker, both
the dairy and the beef herds were in
charge of the writer and when the first
test was made every animal in the beef
herd. save one, responded to the test
notwithstanding the fact that three of
them were big chested Polled Anguses
while of all the dairy animals only enc
was found tuberculous. and that one was
Tricksy.
Before she came to Minnesota she had
made the fair circuits for three years
and had been exposed to the disease
more than would have been the case
had she remained at home Such cows
as Pride of Evergreen, Dora, Bette B..
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
An Eye to Business.

The doctor hurried in and called the
druggist to one side.
1--WE just been called to attend the
Cresus baby. he said. and I've given
a prescription that calls for nothing but
paregoric When they send itover here
you must tell them it will take at least
an hour to put it up and the cost will
be So. so That y the only way to make
them think I'm any good the medi
cine's any good and you re any good
and | want to keep their business -
Chicago Post
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Feedsne smuttr Corn.

Whenever you come to smutty ear
of corn put it in the FIRE This should
have been done at husking time. but
some smut may have been overlooked
then and developed since. If all farmers
would stamp ont fhe corn smut wher-
ever found the disease could soon be
eradicated Feeding it to either cows OF
hogs. IS is often done, is the readiest way
TO send ii to the manure pile, where it
viii propagate very rapidly. Besides, it
is a serious danger to the animals to
which it ID fed, especially if they are
bearing young Boston Cuitivator.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Not the Breed. but the Man.

A dairyman usually does best with
the breed for which he has liking.
says Hoard's Dairyman. Success lies
not so much in the breed as in the man
who feeds and handles the animal The
man who uses care, intelligence and
watchfulness on a herd of grades will
be more successful than one who neg
lects herd of thoroughbreds
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Proof Positive.

His Honor What's the charge Off
cerY Drunk2
Officer No, sor-crazy
His Honer-How do you know2
Officer Well sor he is a proprietor
of daily paper. and | heard him tell q
man that the paper probably had the
smallest circulation in the city. and So
His Honor-The padded cell-quickl
=Harlem Life
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Long oxer.,ua

Ihere' II come time some day."
he sang in tenor voice,
And the beauty of his vibrant tonea
Made all about rejoice.
Theren come time some day.
Again the chorus low,
Ana his tailor there in gallery seat
Yelled out, u hope that's sof''
Detroit Free Press.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16

Watts After all, the best statesman
ship is that which stops the numerous
leaks always connected with public adj
ministration.
leak out statesman can generally hold
his job. Indianapolis journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Importnnce of snIt.

The important part that salt plays in
the animal economy should never be
lost Sight of. This mineral is an inn
portant constituent of the blood. and
if any animal is deprived of it loss of
appetite and an unthrifty condition fol-
low
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Extraordinary Calculntions.

student-What is the use Of my study
ing the higher mathematics when intend
to be a lawyer
Professor- You win need it In estiinat-
Ing your fees. Kew York Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
Legal Repnrsee.

Gentlemen of the jury. said the
pompous lawyer, assuming his most i'm
posing mien. Il once sat upon the
Judges bench in Iowa
Where was the iudgeY' quickly
inquired the opposing attorney. and the
oompous gentleman found the thread
81 his argument hopelessly entangled
Oetroit Free Press