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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08

able Futurc," Was the Interesting
 Theme-How to Carry Out We'll the
 New Year.
 At the Westville Congregational church yesterday morning the pastor, Rev. M. R. Kerr, delivered very im- pressive New Years sermon. His text was taken from part of Mathew xxiv, 10, "They that were ready went in" The theme of MT. Kerr's sermon was "The Irredeemable Past; the Redeem able Future."
 MT. Kerr opened his discourse by re- latina the parables of the ten virgins, and spoke of the seemingly tr1fie mat ter of the five virgins neglecting to fill their lamps with oil, and of how only those who were ready went in with the bridegroom to the wedding feast. He compared the people of the present time to the ten virgins and gave examples showing how we might resemble the five virgins who filled their lamp and the five foolish virgins whose lights flickered and went out and on whom the door was closed.
 "So it is every day of our lives" the speaker said. We are continually miss ing the great opportunities that are be- fore us and are letting the things that seem trifles pass by our notice. It Is not only true in the outside World-it IS the same in the church, the village, in society and, in fact, ali over. It re- mains with ourselves whether we will make our life great success and to go out and enter in joy and peacefulness, or whether we shall show ourselves to be not ready, to be a loss, in darkness, and to come to Judgment. We should recognize the truth that only those who are ready can enter"
 MT. Kerr spoke of the story of the drowning person who was within easy reach of some one on the bank. He reaches out his hands in final attempt to grasp some obstacle that might save his life, but nothing is there The per- son on the bank is there but is taken up with something else; the cry is not heard. We may be so busy that we may not consider the voice as one need ing help, or we may not consider it our business and thereby letting go an op- portunity that never will again offer it. self.
 Continuing the speaker said: ''We do not grasp the opportunities; we are not ready or we are too busy for something else. When an opportunity has gone by it has gone forever and nothing can bring it back. You and I will never have the opportunities that we have had during the last year. We enter now with a year untouched, untried, and may we have the opportunities and may we follow this motto, tI will be ready to undertake that which yoil put before me Let us be prepared for quick, sharp helpfulness, so that we will be ready to enter in"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
January Mdrk-dOVl Sale. plxxyuo~&@
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GAVE GOV. LoUNsBURY A CANE.
Veterns at the Greenwich Home Hon.
 or Connecticut's Executive.


 or Connecticut's Executive.
 Greenwich, Jan. Ex-Governor Louns' bury, who was visitor at the Soldiers home to-day was presented cane carved by one of the inmates.
 Isaac Warner, who made the presen- tation speech, said:
 Among all. the governors Connecti- cut has had none has shown more kind ly interest in the veterans welfare than has his excellency, the present gover- nor. The soldiers of this home appre- ciate this, and as a token of respect for you wish to present you with this cane. It is the work of one of the men in this home, John McManus of the Ninth reg iment May you keep it as memory of our esteem"
 Governor Lounsbury replied:
 T can only thank you for this gift and say that you all have my best wishes and prayers.
 Having his attention called to the carving on the cane and the inscription on the gold handle, the governor added:
 "Yes, it is beautiful, but I will prize it more because it came from my friends here"
 Before leaving he asked for an intro duction to every soldier present. The cane is of dogwood and the carvings were done with jackknife and file. The consist of likenesses of Governor Lounsbury and Admiral Dewey, the battleship Maine, the state arms, the state capitol, marines, cavalrymen and infantrymen, flags cannon, tiger, hounds and fox, crests, etc. The gold head bears this inscription:
 Presented to George F. Lounsbury, Governor of Connecticut, by members of Fitch's Home for Soldiers
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
MoILNr CARMhL AOME.

The annual meeting of the Mount Carmel Chldren's home will be held tomorrow at p. m., at room 6O9, 42 Church street, New Haven, for the purpose of electing officers for the en- suing year, to act on proposition to change the time for the annual meeting from the second to the third Tuesday in January, listen to reports, and to transact any other business proper to come before the meeting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
YALE GRADUATE DEAD.

Word was received in this city Sat urday that Walter Scott Thomas, aged 'twenty-two years, graduate from Yale in the class of '99, died in Potts town, Pa., on Tuesday. He was a nephew of former Principal Thomas of the Hillhouse high school, his parents living in Southport He had been en- ployed in East Pittsburg by the Vest inghouse Electric company as an elec- tric engineer,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
 OFFICERS INSTALLED.
By Horeb Lodge I. o. B. B., Last
 Evening"

Horeb lodge, l. o. B. B., installed the following officers last evening: Presi- dent, Herman Kraft; vice president, Jacob B. Ullman; secretary, David Strouse; treasurer, Isadore Sugenheim- err inner guard, J. A. Goldmaum out CT guard, M Creenbaum. District Dep uty Samuel Well acted as installing of ficer He was assisted by Isaac Wolf Refreshments were served at the con- clusion of the exercises.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
FUNERAL TO-DAY IN WOOD
 PRJDGE

Mrs. Eliza B. Lyon died at her home, 36 sperry street, Waterbury, Friday morning Dr. Davenport conducted prayers at the house Saturday morning. The remains were taken to Tyler City on the :2S p. m. train and the funeral will take place in Woodbridge to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
CYLINDER BLEW OUT.
Accident to the Air Line Express Sat
 urday Afternoon.

The Air Line express from Boston leaving this city at o'clock, and due at the Grand Central station at 6 o'clock, broke down while passing through Larchmont at a speed of sixty miles an hour Saturday afternoon. The accident was caused by one of the cylinder heads blowing out, and, al- though the passengers were shaken up, no one was injured. The pressure on the cylinder head was so great that it was hurled nearly hundred feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
A PLEASANT EVENT.

Miss Clara Fleetwood of this city en- tertained the Friday Evening Sewing circle in Greeneville where she is teach ing, on Friday evening. A pleasant so- cial time was enjoyed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08

Prof. George T. Ladd of Yale has fin- ished his lecture tour in India. The three weeks course of lectures was de- livered under the auspices of the Uni versity of Bombay, the vice chancellor presiding at the first and the last of the series.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
K O |

The installation of officers of the K. o. J. society took place in it's hall, odd Fellows building. yesterday after noon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
SERMON BY REV. MIR. KERR
NEW FEARS DISCOURSE AT VEST YILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

able Future," Was the Interesting Theme-HOw to Carry Out We'll the New Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-08
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES
COMBINATIONS MADE BY SER-
 CHANT JOHN H. PATTON.

His Interesting Talk nt St. PauI's Church Last Night-some Seldom Dts- cussed Characteristics of the People Their Relation to the Church-Physt- cal and Moral Condition of the Ameri- can Army There.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
Pork and macon Hors.

The ordinary pig is phlegmatic ami
NAL given to eating much and laying
on fat at rate that delights it's owner,
says correspondent of The American
Cultivator. There is nothing nervous
or high strung in him-so different
from the fine dairy cow, horse or thor
oughbred sheep. The pigs disposition
is perfectly adapted by nature to the
life it leads. and so anybody can fatten
one if there is plenty of food at hand.
He is the poor mans friend, too, be-
cause he will eat almost anything.
But there f@sa difference even in pigs,
and breeders are just beginning to real
ize that there are nervous, high strung
breeds that will not so readily fatten.
These nervous pigs are not adapted to
the work ordinarily required of them.
They would fill the pork barrel very
slowly and make doubtful profits for
the owner. But they are not without
their use in the world. They have a
mission to perform that has been only
family realized in this country. The
nervous temperament in the pig makes
him essentially the bacon pig.
Here we have the two broad distinc-
tons that should be observed careful
ly, the phlegmatic pig for the pork bar
rel and the nervous, high strung pig
for making bacon. The former makes
poor bacon. The meat is too fat and
greasy, and it sells poorly in the mar
ket Good bacon needs the streaks of
lean with the fat that an ordinary pork
pig cannot produce. His tendency to
fatten unduIy is fatal to him. The pig
with a nervous temperament, on the
contrary, will not pay for pork. but it
will prove a good profit as a bacon pig
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
All FnnIa, M

The custom of playing pranks on
April fools day probably had its origin
In France, the first nation to begin the
new year Jan. 1 instead of March %
Before the change April / was the day
when the merrymaking of the New
Years celebration eliminated in the
paying of gifts and visits in return for
those already bestowed. When the re-
formed calendar in 1864 made the LIST
of January the beginning of the new
year, April / was the time for pre-
tended gifts and visits of mock cere-
mony to make fools of those who had
forgotten the change In dates.
The Romans had a holiday similar in
character to this, although not coming
at the same time of year, the satur-
MALTA, and In Hindustan the feast of
the Hull, on March 81, has for its chief
diversion the sending of people on
fruitless errands.
In Scotland they have a trick for
April fools day which never grows
stale. If a fellow can be found simple
enough to undertake it, he is given a
note to carry to certain person. He
reads it and says it is not for him, but
that he Is to go to-naming another
man-and from there he is sent to an
other and so on until the bearer grows
tired or sees a light. The note con-
tains the lines:
This is the first of Aprile;
Hunt the gowk another mile.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
Bridge Builders, Fright.


Bridge building is a perilous busi-
ness and no insurance company win
take any risk on the lives of super
structure workers. There is one horri-
BILE sensation known to superstructure
workers. 1t is something like stage
fright.
81 know once" said one Of them,
when l wasn't up more than 40 feet,
a sudden feeling came over me that I
couldn't get down. / looked down,
and there was a swift tide swirling
around the edges of the piers. 1t seem
ed to me l should surely be killed. /
clasped both arms around the beam on
which | was working and lay there,
just clinging to 1t, for 20 minutes. Luck
lily for me, the foreman, who was near
me, saw what was the matter and had
sense enough not to speak to me. If
he had, | know l should certainly have
fallen off. He kept on working. and /
chung helplessly to the BEAM Finally,
in a gruff voice, he growled at me: Say,
git out o. there! | want to put rivet
there And l. obedient to an instinct
of duty, found myself moving along.
The feeling passed away as did move
and didn't come back"
when l was in Peru building
bridges" said an engineer, 81 did not
lose my head at work, but l more than
once woke up during the night hang
ing to the sides of the bed in despera-
tion of fear to keep from falling in a
nightmare. Boston Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
Dated March a, 1900. az


Between Austin Ell Swack-l
hamer, complainant, and On Bill, &c
The Trustees of the Method Order of Pubiica.
idst Chapel in North Wood ton.
bury, defendants.
1t satisfactorily appearing TO this Court that
the defendants THE Trustees of the Methodist
the bill Of complaint in this cause mentioned is
unknown, and that none of the officers OF
directors of the SAID defendant corporation car
be found within this State It is on this Second
day OF November, eighteen hundred and ninety
nine, on motion of A. II. Swackhamer the com.
plainant ordered that the unknown owners OF
all that certain lot or piece of land situate with
in the bounds of the City of Woodbury. in the
County of Gloucester, and state of New Jersey
and bounded as follows, viz
Beginning at stone for corner to Captain
Angles land standing in the line of HowelfS
land, and thence running by said Angles land
south thirty degrees and fifteen minutes west,
three chains and twenty-seyen links 10 stone
in the line OF said Angles land in the northerly
line OF new street or alley laid out By the said
James Mann, thence along the same South sixty.
nine degrees and forty-five minutes east seven.
ty six links and half to a corner of said james
Mann's lot, thence by the same north thirty
and tWenty-seven links to stake for a corner
on the line of Howellis land aforesaid and
thence along the same north sixty mine degrees
and forty five minutes west seventy-six and 8
half links to the place of beginning.
Containing twenty-five hundreths Of an acre
be the same more or less, do appear, plead
answer or demnr TO the complainant's bill on OF
before the Third day of May next, or that in
default thereof. such decree be made against
them as the Chancellor shall think equitable
and just
And it is further ordered that this order shall
within twenty days hereafter be published in a
newspaper printed at Woodbury.. in this State
and continue therein at least once week, to
within ten days of the expiration of the time
herein limited to appear, plead, answer OF
demur. ALEX. z. MCGILL
1l-16 80 6mos. c.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
Egg superstitions.

There are many superstitions about
the egg. In Scotland and Ireland chill
dren are taught by their nurses tc
crush the shell after eating an egg OF
to push the spoon through the bottom
in the form of q cross, showing lin
gering relic of the once general super
stitious belief that witches lived in
eggshells and made boats of them
casting spells upon the household.
In Italy it was believed that an egg
laid by white hen in a new nest on
Easter day would cure pains in the
head or stomach; that broken in a
vineyard it would prevent its suffering
from hail or similarly would save a
field from frost, and its possession
gave one the power to see witches. II
was also believed that an egg laid on
Good Friday, thrown on the fire, would
extinguish It, while the devil would be
killed If shot with an egg laid on
Christmas. Self Culture Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10

Last Personally Conducted Tour to Wash
ingtou via Pennsylvania Railroad.
The last of the present series OF Penn
sylvania Railroad three-day personally,
conducted tours to Washington, D, c., will
run on May 3. The rate, Sl4 So from New
York, Sill so from Philadelphia. and pro-
portionate rates from other points, includes
transportation, hotel accommodations, and
transfer of passenger and baggage from
station to hotel These rates incinde ae-
Communications for two days at the Arling-
ton, Normandie, Riggs, or Ebbit House.
For accommodations at Wizards, Regent,
Metropolitan, or National Hotel, 81 80 less.
All tickets good for ten days, with special
hotel rates after expiration of hotel coupons.
An experienced Chaperon will also accom-
pany the party.
Side trips may also be made to Mount
Vernon, the home OF George Washington;
Old Point Comfort, opposite which the
Monitor and Merrimae met in their menu
CRADLE struggle; and Richmond Va, These
side-trip excursion tickets may be OBJ.
tanned by holders Of Pennsylvania tour
tickets at the following rates: Mount Ver-
non, rs cents; Old Point Comfort, $3.50
via steamer, Sc 90 all rail; Richmond, 81 90.
For itineraries, tickets, and full information
apply TO ticket agents Tourist Agent, 1896
Broadway, New York 7s9 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey, or address Geo w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger, Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
4-1g 1900 3ta
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
C0mmonSense
Talk
With Women

If a person is Ill and needs medi-
cine is it not wise to get one that has
stood the test of time and has hum
dreds of thousands of cures to its
credit?
A great many women who are Ill try
everything they hear of in the way of
medicine, and this experimenting with
unknown drugs is constant menace
to their already impaired health.
This seems to US very unwise, for
periments and have been known years
and years to be doing only good.
Take for instance Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; for thirty
years its record has been one I'M
broken chain of success. No medi-
cine for female ills the world has ever
known has such a record for cures.
1t seems so strange that some people
will take medicines about which they
really know nothing, some of which
might be, and are, really harmful |;
while on the other hand it is easily
proved that over one million women
have been restored to health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
We have published in the news
papers of the United States more
genuine testimonial letters than have
ever been published N the interest of
any other medicine.
All this should, and does, produce a
spirit of confidence in the hearts of
women which is difficult to dislodge,
and when they are asked to take some
thing else they say, No, we want
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has been tried, and
never found wanting. whose reliability
is established far beyond the expert
mental stage"
Vie have thousands of letters like the
following addressed to Mrs. Pinkham,
showing that
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
work Horses wanted

The market reports are just now con
firming the prediction made last fall
that farmers would buy large numbers
of horses this spring, says The Ma
tional Stockman. When farmers in
sections that formerly marketed big
surplus of horses have to go to the
cities to buy, it is evident that the sup
ply of ordinary work horses is no lon
ger excessive. We may look for a big
run of range horses eastward this year.
There are still good many range
horses available. but good sized ones
are not very large proportion of the
supply. Some well broken branded
horses are now selling at fair prices In
the market and at country points, but
they do not. as a rule. come direct from
the range. Range stock will come for
ward before long, however, as the win
ter has been mild. and the horses have
rome through In splendid condition.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10

or a dimple in the back, which cuts no
figure in the usefulness or profit of the
animal A typical beef animal should
have a thicker neck than the dairy
breeds, the flesh should begin at the
front, the animal should have the
greatest possible thickness of flesh
along the back between the shoulders
and the hips, and the width of the
hip should be carried forward to the
shoulders. The Angus are the thickest
fleshed beef cattle Their greatest
fault is too much of a spread of the
shoulder blades at the top. They do
not mature quite as quick as the Here
fords. 1t would be hard to tell which
of the beef breeds at 80 months old on
the same care and feed would make
the greatest gain. Young animals de-
velop muscle along with the fat and
when fattened young contain a larger
proportion of lean meat to the fat and
hence more profitable to the butcher.
The first 1000 pounds put on a steer
is the cheapest, as the animal is grow
ing as well as fattening. and the cost
of the increase of weight increases
with age
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
NoTEoE TO CREDITORS.

Dated February "a. 19OO =
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
Seven Piece Bedroom Suit

Oak polished fnsh handsomely carved large French plate
beveled mirror size 24x30 inches New shape-consistpg
Of Bureau, Bedstead, Washstsnd Chairs Rocker and
Table Formerly $500. REDUCED TO~.....-.. -. -.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10


tie is known of the breed except from
the uncertain authority of tradition
down to the early part of the eight
eenth century, though it is only right
to infer that long before this time
great care and even skill had been be-
slowed upon it. The earliest records
show that purity of breed was fully APP
preciated, and this important fact
could not have been universal without
previous experience and attention"
The aim of nearly all the improvers
Of Shorthorns has been to secure early
maturity, size, form and beef produc-
ing qualities. "All is useless that is
not beef was the motto of an eminent
breeder, and he has had many follow
ers. Thomas Bates is the most noted
of the few who have seemed anxious
to retain good milking capacity, and
many breeders in the United States
persistently follow his example. There
have always been good dairy cows
among them, and in England strains
and families of them have been kept
ing Shorthorns.p
When first brought to America, Short
horns earned the name of 1.-THE milk
breed" Among old records are those
of cows giving six, eight and even nine
gallons of milk day on grass alone
Although now latent in most lines,
there seems to be a dairy quality in
herent in the breed which some careful
managers are able successfully to de-
velop and propagate. Records of sew
eral dairy herds in the United States
within quarter century show a milk
ing season of about 275 days and an
average product of $500 pounds of
milk. One herd of ten cows from to
II years old gave 1850 pounds each in
a year. Single cows have averaged
much more, several instances being
known of 10000 to 1900 pounds in a
season. The Shorthorn milk is of
good quality, rather above the average.
The fat globules are of medium and
fairly uniform size, so that cream sep
arates easily. 1t is rather pale in color.
In 1924 cow near Philadelphia made
over 20 pounds of butter In a week
without special feeding. Herds of 40
cows have averaged 200 pounds of but
ter year. The herd of ten cows men,
toned above averaged 325 pounds, and
single cows have records of 400 pounds
and over one being of 513 pounds.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-10
oNoNoNoNoNoNNoNoNoNoN
PUTTING ON BEEF.
SUPERIORITY IN THE INDIvID-
UAL RATHER THAN IN
THE BREED.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

~o%o%o~o%o%o%~o%o~o%o%o~o~
j. NJ Imboden of Decatur, Mo-, in
an address delivered before an asso-
citation of stock breeders, gave his
ideas as to beef cattle points as fol-
lows: ''There is no one breed of beef
cattle better than all others under all
circumstances and conditions. The
trouble with cattle from the butchers
standpoint is too big shoulders, Civ
ing the fore quarters too large a pro-
portion to the rest of the carcass. The
muscles that are exercised the most
are the toughest. For this reason the
inside two-thirds of the round is good,
while the outside third is not SO good.
A thick, mellow hide-not a hard,
harsh hide-denotes more clean meat
than a thin hide. A straight back, well
sprung rib and width of loin indicates
a large amount of the high priced
meats in the carcass. The comparison
of animals in the show ring is often
so close that the awarding of the prize
turns on very small point, as a tie