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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-31
MESSAGE FROM MAC DONALD HAS
DIsPELLED THE DOUBT.
SENT FROM PEKIN JULY Fl.
CONSUL FOWLER HAS ALSO WIRED
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Messages Give Assurance That the
Legationers Were Alive on July
22-AII Dispatches From Pekin,
However, Urged the Sending of Inn
mediate Relief - There Was n
Shortage of Provisions-Russian
Having Trouble in Manchuria.


London, July 81, Ass a. m.-Sir Claude
MacDonald's welcome dispatch. dated
Pekin, July 21, and received in cipher, is
accepted on all sides as dispelling any
doubts that might still have existed re-
garding the genuineness of the dispatches.
Owing to an error in transmission the
message fails to show the number of
wounded. David Oliphant and Warren
were two student interpreters.
The message fails to mention the other
legations and other matters of pressing
Importance to know, but it should be
borne in mind that the British minister
may not be aware that all his previous
dispatches have been suppressed. He may
be under the impression that the govern
ment is fully posted regarding all recent
occurrences.
Apart from this dispatch there is prac-
tically no fresh news, although special
from Tien Tsin asserts that the British
and American forces are getting ready to
advance within forty-eght hours. Lii
Hung Chang remains at Shanghai. He
says that the great heat prevents him
continuing the. journey at Pekin.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of
the exchsqu5r, explained to Parliament
yesterday that the British government
had incurred no financial liabilities to ia
pan for military assistance to China The
proposed guarantees depended upon Ja-
pans sending a larger number of troops
than she sent, and at an earlier date, and
the offer was not accepted by the Japan
ese government
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21
TOSUPPORT M'KINLEY
James II. Eckels as Firmly Against
Bryan as In 1896.
Declares That Only Known Friends
of Honest Money should
Guide the ship of
State.

James II. Eckels, comptroller of the
currency during President Cleveland's
second administration, and now pres
ident Of the Commercial national bank,
of Chicago, is as firm against the cleo
ton of William j. Bryan as president
as he was in 1896, and as sound money
democrat will do his utmost to encom-
pass the Nebraskan's defeat. In an
interview with a representative of the
Chicago Times-Herald Mr.. Eckels thus
defines his reasons for the course he
has adopted:
1T did not support Mr.. Bryan in 1895.
and don't intend to now. shall oppose
his election this year with all the vigor
and ability possess. I do not feel that
I could stand to my convictions by re-
naming merely passive and contenting
myself with simply voting against him.
Bryan the Issue.
mo issue set forth In any platform, no
matter how cunningly devised and ar
ranged, In this campaign can be made
paramount to the issue of Mr.. Bryan him
tions. his numerous vagaries and his dem
onstrated desire to find popularity and
votes in a never absent appeal to class
prejudices and supposed race hatreds.
II am still democrat, II believing In
democratic principles correctly inter-
preted and properly enforced as an
agency for good constitutes true democ-
Sacy; but am not one If the utterances
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21
As to Porto Rico.

"As to the question growing out OF
the Porto Rican tariff. I believe the adj
ministration made a most egregious err
ror. but as democracy Is now constituted
and controlled II stands for nothing so
far as tariff policy Is concerned. II has
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21
Would Not Trust Him.

"If Mr.. Bryan and his party had stood
out, as they should have, against the UNI
necessary and useless Spanish war and
had opposed instead Of assisted in ratify-
Ing the Paris treaty. they would be In
better position to confront republican
plans and purposes. AS IL is. / don't sec
that Mr.. Bryan Is less of an expansion
list, through force of circumstances which
he assisted in creating, than Is Mr.. Nc
Kinley. The difference Is certainly not
great enough to make any man surrender
his convictions on other great questions
to accept him upon one.
at may also be fairly doubted whether
a man with so many erroneous ideas as
to the conduct Of the domestic affairs
OF the nation can be trusted to have
right ones when 1t comes to managing our
foreign properties.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21
Advice to Democrats.

"It can live under defeat without COM
plete and ultimate destruction, but VIC
tory gained by II with a candidate hold
ing the views of Mr.. Bryan and plat
form pledging the party to carry out
the things advocated at Chicago In 1895
and In Kansas City a week ago would
work out such results to the country that
II would pass forever out of political
power at a recurring election. without
the smallest of memories to do II honor.
'unwept unhonored and unsung.
"The democrat who wishes to save his
party's future will only aid to that end
by now defeating Mr. Bryan and burying
his platform. Its ultimate recurrence
to power and prestige lies In the inde-
pendence of democrats who are such
on principle and not through expedi-
ency."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31

All farmers know that, other things
being equal, a litter of pigs from a
sow 3, 4 and even 8 years old produces
stronger and better pigs as well as q
greater number than from Il young
sow, says The American Cultivator
The first litter when the sow pig is
bred under year old is pretty sure tc
have one, two or three runts in it.
That means that the young SOW was
not able to appropriate sufficient nour.
ishment to bring forth all the pigs that
she conceived when impregnated II
the CESSATION continued longer, some
of these would have died, and the litter
would be smaller than it is. Still there
is an advantage in thus breeding sows
as soon as possible, even though the
first litter is not worth much. Fatten
these first filters for roasters and sell
them at 10 to II weeks old whenever
there is good demand for them. Then
without waiting for the SOW to fatten
up after her pigs are taken from her
breed her again. She must be fed very
sparingly. and yet with nourishing
food that will make the sow grow rath-
er than fatten. In five or six weeks
the pigs in her fetus win begin to
draw upon the SOW and increase her
appetite. Then her own rations must
be increased. In this way she can be
made to grow instead of fatten, and
the litter of pigs will be much better
than the first
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
THE MARCH TO PRETORIA.

Pretoria is still hard road to travel,
but it is getting considerably shorter
Boston Herald.
Once the Boer forces concentrate in
the Transyaal the beginning of the end
win be in sight, although that this will
be a speedy contamination is unlikely
Philadelphia Press.
Roberts is playing the anaconda act to
perfection. He is taking no chances. He
could afford to lose thousands in any kind
of a fight the fcderals might put up. He
goes about his business with the economy
of British blood constantly before his
Brooklyn Citizen.
Roberts has thus far made no direct at
tack except in detail but by his strategic
movements has accomplished large re-
suits with little loss. If he can carry his
campaign to the end upon the same lines,
he will win a very high rank in the short
list of great modern generals.-Ph iladel-
phia Times.
On the strength of the latest develop
ments it is predicted that the war will be
ended in six weeks, by which time Rob
erts expects to be in Pretoria. But un-
foreseen impediments have before now
rendered the calculations of military ex-
perts unreliable, and may do so again.
Baltimore Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
Costly sires.

The great obstacle to the improve.
ment of farm stock is the cost of thor.
oughbred sires of the best breeds
which are needed TO grade up the stock
they now have, says The American
Cultivator. Why cannot such farmers
who live near together unite in pur-
chasing a superior animal that win
serve all in the vicinity? Those who
help pay for the male will secure his
services free. while others can get tho
same service on payment of fee tina
will in most cases more than pay the
cost Of the purchase in few years.
We note in a western paper that some
farmers have been swindled by the
purchase Of horse because II was a
fine looking grade. but which proved
worthless as a stock getter because he
was Of no particular breed. Only thor
oughbreds can be depended on as
breeders. Whoever buys should be a
good Judge of stock. for the thorough
bred may have characteristics that win
detracf from his value for breeding.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31

next, between the hours of i2 and 5 O'Clock to.
wit at 2 o'clo' K in the afternoon of said day al
the Court House in the City of Woodbury. County
of Gloucester, and state of New Jersey all the
following described Real Estate, that is to say:
All the following described tract or parcel of
land and premises. situate, lying and beng in
the then Township of Greenwich, but now East
Greenwich, In the County of Gloucester and
state OF New Jersey; and bounded as follows:
Beginning at stone standing in the middle OF
the Cohawkin road at the intersection of the Jes
sup's Mill road Herewith, thence by Sailer's
land ID North seventy -nine degrees and thirty
minutes west four chains and twelve links to a
corner to Green's land. by which it runs (2)
South thirteen degrees and thirty minutes west
twelve chains and fifty links TO st0ne thence
By the same (S) South seventy-seven degrees and
forty five minutes east, three chains and thirty
two links to corner to Sailer's land in the mid
die of said Cohawkin road, thence ID thereby
along the middle of said road north, sixteen de-
and seventy three links to the place of begin
ming.
Containing four acres and sixty eight hun
dredths of an acre of land more or less.
Being the same tract of land which the said
John j. Sutton purchased of the said Amos
J. Peaslee and wife.
Excepting however, all that certain part of
said tract or parcel of land and premises:
Beginning at a stone in the Cohawkin road and
also in the road leading from Jessup's mill to
Greenwich Meeting House, and thence running
by Sailer's land ~ North seventynine degrees
west. four chains twelve links to Joseph D.
Green's land; thence thereby south fourteen de-
grees west, one chain and sixty-fve links to the
middle of Jessups mill road aforesaid thence
along said road north seventy nine and three
fourths degrees. east. five chains and fifty links
to the beginning.
Containing one third OF an acre more or less
lied as the property of Sarah Ann Blumoe.
ct ais. defendants, and taken execution at the
suit OF The Woodbury. Firemen's Relief Asso-
citation, and to be sold by
r. D. SPRINGER,
David o. Watkins Sol'r Sheriff.
Dated May %, 1900. Prs fee $500
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
MATRoN AND MAID.

Sadie Parsey, a maid in the employ Of
New York family, fell from the fire es-
cape on the fourth floor A strand of her
hair caught in some ornamental iron
work, and she hung suspended until help
came.
Mrs. Hetty Green visits the New York
Chemical National bank, in which she is
much interested, nearly every day, al
ways carrying in her hand the old reti-
Guile which has been known to hold mil.
lions in stocks and bonds.
Lady Dundonald, says a society gossip,
is tall, slight and distinguished looking.
No one would give her credit for being
the mother Of five children, the eldest of
whom is 10. She is an excellent hostess,
but very quiet and unobtrusiye.
Mrs. e. z. Burrill of Corinna, Me-, has
thimble which she constantly uses that
she bought 46 years ago. She never own.
ed a sewing machine, and she is dilgent
housekeeper and has done a large amount
of sewing, always using this one thimble
Sarah L. Bum. who lived next door to
David Hannum, the original of David
Harum, in Homer n. Y, knew Edward
Westcott well and says that he married
relative of David's and had always the
greatest respect for him. She denies that
he intended to ridicule Hannum.
One of the smartest turnouts seen in
Washington these days is that of Miss
Mabel Hanna. 1t is a high tan cart with
two seats and one in the back for the
driver, but Miss Hanna can handle the
ribbons herself when she desires to. Miss
Hanna is a pretty and attractive blond,
with quiet and retiring manner.
Miss Bertha Oleson of Denmark, who
was recently admitted to the Shoemak-
ers' guild as a fellow craftsman, has been
awarded a guild medal on account of the
perfection of the first pair of shoes
which she made. The shoes have been
sent to the Paris exposition, being the
first ones made by woman in Europe.
Clemence Roger is a Frenchwoman
who has brought out a book of absorbing
interest. 1t bears the title, 1.-THE Consti-
tuition of the World" and is an octave of
800 pages. Emile Gautier declares that
the author Is worthy to rank among the
greatest scientists of the last % years.
Nine. Roger was the first to translate
Darwin into French.
Kansas can boast perhaps of the small
est woman now alive Her name is Hell
en- Powers, and her home is with her
parents at Wetmore, in Brown county.
She is now "a years old, but she has new
er grown bit since the age Of 3. She
was taken with severe illness at the
age of 3. and she has never grown any
larger. She has the intelligence of a
bright child of 3.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
RAILROAD TIES.

Railroads of east and west Java have
recently been united, so that one can now
travel from one end Of the island to the
other in two days.
There are 1924 locomotives at work
on the railways of Great Britain, and
each of these on an average runs 1906
miles in year and earns for this fj.473.
so that each mile the locomotive runs its
gross earnings are about is Cd.
A railroad man says that there is no
limit to the size of the American locomo-
tive, and ''as long as heavy rails can be
secured just so long will engines grow.
Some of these days we will be using 200
pound rails and locomotives twice the size
of those now in use"
Rails on the railroads of India have
been gradually increased in weight.
Those used on the Indian Southern rail-
way now weigh Is pounds; those of the
East Indian railway So pounds: the
length Of the rails has been increased
from p to 30 feet. and ON one railroad
to 40 feet
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
Thinning Fruif.

As to methods of thinning fruit few
absolute statements can be made, so
much depends on the conditions under
which thinning is TO be done There
are certain things, however, which
must be considered in any case. Thin
ming should be delayed until there is no
further danger of premature dropping
Of fruit from lack of pollination, the
effect of fr0sts or other accidental
causes. 1t should be done. however
before the fruit becomes so large as to
tax the tree The usual recommends
tons are to thin plums when about
half grown and before the pits harden,
peaches when the size Of small hickory
nuts or when half an inch in diameter,
apples when the size of hickory nuts to
III inches in diameter The amount Of
fruit removed viii depend largely on
the previous pruning and on the age
size and variety of the tree. The
fruits should be left far enough apart
so as not to touch each other. and it is
often recommended to leave them from
four to six inches apart.
Fruit should be picked by hand, the
wormy, diseased and otherwise inferior
fruits being removed. Mechanical de-
vices for thinning are not recommend
ed, since they do not discriminate be-
tween good and bad fruits. do not leave
fruits well distributed and often break
'en o. in5ure the fruit spurs -
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
Dated April Is. lsao.-ls.5t


~
By virtue Of writ Of fleri facias, to me di-
Common Pleas Court OF the State of New Jersey.
will be exposed at public sale, on
Monday, the Eleventh Day Of June, next,
Between the hours of IL and O'Clock, to-wit, at
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
Court House in the City of Woodbury., County of
Gloucester, and State of New jersey all the fol
lowiOg described Real Estate, that is to say:
All those two certain tracts of land and pre-
misses, situate in the Towns hip of Logan, late
WoOlwch, County of Gloucester, and State of
New Jersey, bounded and described as follows:
First Tract. Beginning ct a stone in the mid
die OF Main Street OF Bridgeport, andseorner to
John P. Sheets land; thence ~ by the same
north chains and 70 links TO a corner in the
line of the aforesaid land; thence (2) by the west
As links to corner OF said Sheets land; thence
- still by the same south chains and rs links
to the middle OF the aforesaid street; thence (4)
up the middle thereof east Do links TO the place
OF beginning. Containing one-eighth OF an acre,
strict measure, including therein strip of land
five feet wide, the length of said lot being part
Of an alley of 20 feet adjoining John Sweeten' S
lot.
Second Tract Beginning at a corner in the
middle OF Main street of other lands belonging
to John ?. Sheets; thence (D I'D the middle
tn ereof 10 feet to corner of said Casper Schlag
lot; thence ~ by the same north chains and 70
links to a corner in the line of the said John p
Sheets land; thence (S) west 10 feet to another
corner of land of the said John P. Sheets; thence
the place of beginning. Containing and $40
hundredths OF an acre be the same more or less
Seized as the property of Philip Sehlag defend
Mt, and taken in execution at the suit Of George
Craft. plaintiff and to be sold by
WILLIAM COLLINS.
late Sheriff.
Samuel Fl Richards Attorney
Dated May 3, 1900 5-10-l9O0 Prs fee, S. 10.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31

OGl ACfI u0tnEcA Win oneSNs
It is not enough to go into the sheep
barn two or three times a day, throw
down a little hay, give them a mouth
full of grain and let it go at that, says a
correspondent of The Rural New York
er. The successful man gets acquaint-
ed with his f1ock-many of them indi-
vidually-during the winter and in
lambing time almost lives with them.
No two sheep look alike Their faces
and voices are different. The reference
in the Bible to calling sheep by name
is no exaggeration. Several winters
experience taught me that they have
more intelligence than most people
think. They learn to know a person
who uses them we'll A poeketful of
corn given as treat at odd times will
get their good will. They crowd around
one of their human friends in such
cases as office seekers besiege a candi
date who has promised them fat posi-
lions. OF course there are sheep with
such strains of wild blood that it is
difficult to tame them. Some men do
not wish them tame, because they get
in the way. but prefer this to having
them scurry to one corner of the yard
as though wild beast was after them.
as they viii do after few courses of
the kick and yell treatment given by
some farmers. They learn to get out
of the way if ill used and viii teach the
owner such practical pocketbook sub
traction that he will conclude that
there is no money in them So much
for the sentimental side Of the sheep
business, but sentiment that arouses
an interest in the welfare of men and
animals is connected with common
sense and good plank for farmer to
have in his platform if he cares for the
good will of his family and neighbors
and his financial success.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
THE PARIS FAIR.


The exhibit of Thomas A Edison at
the Paris exposition requires no less than
B75 cases. Three of Mr.. Edison's assist
ants will have charge of it.
The French patent law requires that a
patentee should work his patent in the
country within a specified time. The
mere fact of exhibiting a patent at the
forthcoming exposition, however, will be
looked upon as filling this requirement.
Queen Victoria has lent to the pavilion
Of the city of Paris at the exposition
four fragments Of low relief sculpture
which ornamented the old statue of Louis
XIV on the Place DIES Victories before
the great revolution. The fragments
found their way to England during the
upheaval in France and were given TO
Queen Victoria.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
SAVING THE RANGES.


Successful Cultivation of Alfalfa On
the Plains.
Promising experiments are being
conducted in Texas under the direction
of the national department of agricul-
ture in an effort to find way of re-
storing the cattle ranges almost de-
stroyed by overstocking, says the New
York Evening Post. When the land
upon which the experiments have been
conducted was shown to committee
of experienced stockmen in March,
1898, they decided that it would re
quire 16 acres of it to support a COW
through the season and expressed some
doubt as to whether the yield of grass
would be sufficient for that, and this
season the agent in charge has been
pasturing cattle on this land at the
rate of one head for every eight acres.
There is now an unbroken turf over
the entire land and fine carpet of
grass. Before the experiments were
commenced one-half of the land was
devoid of vegetation and almost as
hard and barren as a pavement. Sew
eral of the experiments with the intro
duction of foreign grasses and foreign
plants have proved successful. Chief
among these is the experiment with
the "oasis' alfalfa. This is an alfalfa
that was found growing without irri-
CATION on the high plains of India. The
agricultural department secured one
pint of seed and sent them to the agent
for trial. This alfalfa grew rapidly
and reached a height of some two feet.
In July the drought set in, and by
Sept 1 the agent had reported to
Washington that this alfalfa was all
dead, and TO every appearance it was.
On Oct. 20 the rains came. Green
shoots started from the roots, and
from that date alfalfa eight inches tall
was cut.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
Paying For Land with One CROP,

- EaT1u& EOE Aauu w TN OnG OEOQs
1t is sometimes boosted by western
farmers on rich prairie land that with
favorable seasons they have been able
TO clear as much money from their first
good grain crop as the land originally
cost them, says the American Cultiva-
tor. That is, however, usually because
the land was bought at so low a rate
that to make one crop pay all the origi-
nal cost might not, after all, leave
much, if any, profit to the farmer. The
breaking up of prairie sod so as to fit it
for producing a crop costs more than
the land did at first In many cases. But
to make old established and valuable
farms pay their cost in crops of sin
gle year is a different matter 1t is
most often done In growing fruit. A
New Jersey farmer bought a cultivated
farm well stocked with fruit Of all
kinds for $1,000. Last year he sold
from 1t $2,450, or $3.50 more than the
whole farm cost him. Besides fruit he
grew and sold vegetables, milk and the
other products of ordinary farmers.
Ali Of these added to his income and in
creased his profits. He had doubtless
a favorable year for fruits, but, as the
New York Farmer says, the question
what profit q farmer shall make de
ponds more on the man than on his
crops or location. It is not uncommon
for market gardeners to grow crops
that exceed in value the land which
produced them, and it is sometimes
done by farmers who grow potatoes
and cabbages.