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It viii be seen that the one stock
Amalgamated Copper, was traded in to the
extent of nearly one-sixth of the entire
business of the exchange. The total
transactions of the twelve securities
named were well above so per cent of the
total OF the exchange. Despite the sharp
break in prices on Satuid day the net
movement for the week in the active Sc
curities was not important IL Anal
gamated Copper be excepted the market
had small advance for the week.
Growth of the PennsyIyania.
IN four years from 1897 to 1901 the
Pennsylvania Railroad system has grown
nearly 100 per cent. from S.s77 miles to
15.G0 miles. In calling attention TO this
remarkable development the Financial
Chronicle says: The phenomenal ex-
pcnsion of the Pennsylvania system the
last year CT two. contrasting strongly
with the moderate development of the
Vanderbilt lines, is understood to have
been undertaken only after it had re-
ceivE9 approval. II not actual encourage
ment. from the managers of the New York
Central. This belief is supported by the
fact that while the virtual control of the
Chesapeake and Ohio has long been vest
ed in the friends Of the Central, the
Pennsylvania has apparently since its
purchase of an interest in the Chesa-
pcake and Ohio exercised the chief voice
in the direction of its affairs. The
growth of the Pennsylvania group is dis
closed by the following:
Systems and companies In 1851:
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GovcrnInent ponds.

Total sales of stocks. Asa, 100 shares.
+ Advance -DecIinp
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Property of The RniImnrs

The following interesting summary of
railroad earnings prepared by the New
York News Bureau is a striking ilIustra-
ton OF the prosperity which the railroads
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CoNvIcTs IN FIRE PANIC.
Flames TerrOrize Inmates of the
Penitentinry at Richmond.

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. Fire broke
out shortly after 5 o'clock today in the
seclusiOacell ofthe Virginia penitentiary
There was a quantity of straw in the place
and the cell was lined with pine wood. In
short time it was roaring furnace.
About 1,200 convicts are confined in the
penitentiery, and for time there was
panic. Only five guards were ON duty
Fearing that the whole place was about
to be destroyed. they ran around unlock
ing the doors OF the cells.
In some instances the terrified convicts
battered down the doors before the guards
could reach them, and like a drove of
wild cattle they poured down toward the
centre of the prison. W. D. Chesterman,
president of the board of visitors. who
happened to be present, at once sent out
calls for the police and military Both
promptly responded and succeeded in
preserving crder
The flames were confined to the place of
their origin. The fra is thought to have
been started by one Of the convicts
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CHINESE TO MAKE A FIGHT.
Contribute ~ Each TO Defeat the
Exclusion act.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The Chinese
are preparing to make a vigorous fight
against the re-enactment of the exclu-
sion law. proclamation has been is
sued by the Six Companies requiring
every Chinaman in the United States TO
contribute at once the sum of 81, the fund
thus raised to be used in the effort to
defeat exclusion. 'i.s
In order 10 compel the payment Of the
assessment, the proclamation says that
If payment is not made within one month
the amount eZacted viii be doubled, and
delinquents who fail TO pay within two
months viii have their assessment doubled
once more.
Lest some should still seek to evade
the enforced contribution. the proclama-
tion adds that Chinese desiring to return
to China viii be compelled TO exhibit a
receipt showing that they have made their
payment.
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Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania interests
together own controlling interest in the
Chesapeake and Ohio. but the Pennsyl-
yania, it is understood, is permitted TO
direct the management"
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Transactions on the New York Stock
Exchange during the week just ended Gg-
gregated 3,95S,762 shares. Here are the
most active stocks:
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E|I;1!I:!!i9'!!III!|l| {I!IGtl|
Cancer, Ulcers, Bone Pains,
itching Skin. Rheumatism.

Botanic Blood Balm iB. B. b kills or destroys
the contracted inherited poison OF virus in the
blood. HEALS all ulcers, eating, fostering sores
mucous patches, sore throat. mouth or gums
STOPS all aches in bones, back or Joints and
itching, smarting skin, thus making a permanent
cure. IF YOU HAVE THESE SYMPTOMS Won
surely have Blood poison. BOTANIC BLOOD
BALM, GUARANTEED to cure the worst and
most deep-seated cases even where the body i
mass OF boils and ulcers where the disease has
reached the second or third stage and where doc
tors, patent medicines and hot springs fail Blood
Balm makes the blood pure and rich. For thirty
years the standard remedy Tor Blood Poison,
caneei and all malignant blood troubles like itch
ing, SCABBY ECZEMA. ca buncles, scrofua,
rheumatism, catanh. Druggists, 81 per large
bottle. 1A To prove it cures sample Of Blood
Balm sent free and prepaid by briefly describing
your trouble and writing Blood Balm Co., l7G
Mitchell st., Atlantl Ga. Special free medical
advice also given. Sold in Washington by
EVANS. 922 ST NV.
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of the country are at present enjoying:
The gross earnings of SO railroads for the
second week of November amounted to
Sl1, ,522, ,029 against So ,924 in the cor
responding period Of last year an in
crease of 1853, 105, or 1896 per cent. For
the third week of November the gross
earnings of 3S railroads amounted TO
IS, ,769, ,279, against S7,9S3 4OS in the corre-
spending period last year, an increase of
S7S1 81, or 979 per cent. From July l
until November 81 the gross earnings of
81 railroads amounted TO Sl63, ,637, ,63S,
against s146, ,S52, $50 in the corresponding
period last year. an increase of SIC, 7S4, 500,
or 11.43 per cent.
According to this summary the gross
earnings of 81 railroads from July 1 to
October 81 were s109 .1S3, ,753, as compared
with $50, ,666,3 313 in the same period of
1900. This is an increase OF S12, ,517, 40.
The net earnings for the same period in
creased S6,SS7,359, while operating ex-
penses increased only s5.s3O.O Os1. The gross
earnings increased, therefore, 1894 per
cent, the expenses increased s.67 per cent
and the net earnings increased 21.70 per
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WANTED-On corner lot in Brooxland d. c.,
cheap at 81. 400, title clear, $500 for one year;
will pay 10 per cent interest brokers offer to loan
m3{i-9
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The Canadian Lines.

This prosperity has extended to roads
throughout the country and has by no
means been sectional. Even the Cana
dian roads, which have been coming in
closer harmony with the American trunk
lines, are showing the splendid results Of
the modern system of railroad economy.
The Canadian Pacific Railway. for in
stance. in its report for October shows
gross earnings of $3.50, ,403. as compared
with s2,774, ,s27 in the same period of 1900.
This is an increase of SS07, $40, while its
net earnings have increased $685., S6i. Can
ada Southern has also shown an enor-
nous increase and ii is currently report
ed in Wall Street that 1t viii 20 upon a
per cent basis.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
IE'1l1jzz + IIR crops

With our present knowledge of the
benefits derived from the clover crop
it Is difficult to see how an ordinary
farmer can successfully carry on farm
ing for long series of years without
growing clover. He needs clover to
enable him to maintain the fertility of
the soil, and he needs it also for all
kinds of stock, for there are certain
elements in it that are absolutely nee
essary to the growth of the young ami
NAL; also for the maintenance of the
mature animal and the production of
milk, butter and cheese, says a Wis
consin correspondent of Prairie Farm
err. it has been proved that clover hay,
well saved, is the best feed and the
most valuable crop that can be grown
on the farm. There is not an animal
raised on the farm but that will eat
good clover hay in preference to any
other rough feed. Even the swine and
poultry relish a feed of it occasionally.
Another large item to the credit of the
clover crop is the manure made while
feeding it, which, If returned to the
soil In proper manner, will still fur
Their increase the fertility of the ground,
for that which makes the best and rich
est feed will also make the best and
richest manure. The clover crop also
adds to the fertility of the field by ap-
propriating nitrogen from the air and
by sending down its long tap roots into
the soil and bringing up the elements
of fertility to the surface, where they
can be used by the ordinary farm
crops which do not send their roots
as deeply. Glover roots also pulverize
and make porous the soil to great
depth, increasing it's capacity to take
up and hold water in times of abun-
dant rainfall and enabling it to give
back this water in times of drought
by capillary action for the use of
plants.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
REMARKS ON RYE.
Good Things 1t Does In n Sectf
Where Ita Friends Are MANY

Good Things 1t Does In n Section
Where It's Friends Are Many.
The writer considers rye next in i'm
portance to the root crop. 1t is nothing
uncommon for rye here to yield &C
bushels to the acre, and if the ground is
properly prepared and good seed well
put in there is no failure. Rye will
live through winters that will kill ev-
cry wheat and clover plant.
Rye has so many friends in Sheboy-
gan county, Wis, that great pains have
been taken to get the best varieties.
Grains of my rye are much larger than
wheat. A bushel and a half is none
too much for an acre, especially If land
is full of weed seeds. This rye was
grown on reclaimed swamp land and
will yield about 40 bushels to the acre.
The ground was lightly MANFRED with
coarse horse manure.
Rye can be sown In August or any
time before the ground freezes. have
seen good crops of rye where the grain
hardly be seen above ground until the
next spring. / sowed grass seed on rye
two weeks before we could get on the
land with team. If rye is not sowed
by Sept. 20, wait until the ground Is
about to freeze up.
One who has land infested with Can
ada thistles will find great satisfaction
in sowing rye thick and early. Some
sow rye here in July and pasture it SO
1T cannot joint, then harvest crop the
next year. Our millers are making very
fine white flour from our new varieties
of rye.
Some of the latest horses in this
country last spring were wintered on
rye straw and water. with few car
rots. The unthrashed rye was run
through cutting machine and the car
rots through a slicer and the whole
put together and wet and mixed II
hours before being fed.
Sow rye once. and you will sow it
again. Many of the small farmers,
and some large ones, thrash the rye
with fails, bind the straw into bun
dies and sell 1t for more money than
the grain will bring. Rye that has
been kept dry will grow when two
years old.-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
HANDY SELF FEEDER.

seen that as the sheep or lambs stand
about the box and eat the grain away
as it appears in the inch space below
the barrel end that the weight within
will force more grain down until the
contents are exhausted. AS long as
there is any grain in the barrel there is
just so much in sight and in such shape
that it cannot be easily wasted.
1t will be observed that there is a
slight rise at the edge of the box which
has tendency to prevent any grain
spilling over the edge in case an animal
should work out more than can be
cared for or II the wind is inclined to
blow it about, neither of which is very
probable. No cover Is shown In the cut.
In case the feeder is to be used out
doors cover would be quite necessary.
Such could easily be made with few
boards so that water would be readily
turned off and the grain on the interior
fully protected. The expense of such a
feeder is slight comparatively both in
time and money, and yet the size Is
sufficient so that from dozen to Is
lambs can feed around the same box at
oooo
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
CONSUMPTION

Is like the constructor which drops its
coils around its victim and slowly tight
ems them until life is extinguished.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
Thought 1t Was a Fake.

The first incubator made it's appear
ance in this country in 1916. A Yam
kee put one on exhibition on Broad
way. New York. He charged shil-
ling to see the wonder and out of Curl
osity was well patronized. His ma
chine was considered a fake. Men
would not believe that an egg could be
Matched anywhere except under hen,
so the Snowman began demonstrating
to prove the virtue Of his invention.
He would break eggs from the ma
chine to show the different stages of
incubation and finally succeeded In
convincing q good many that it was
not fraud. Time has proved that 1t
was far from being humbug.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05

Three cups of cheese, two eggs, one
half teaspoonftl Of soda, one-half tea
spoonful Of salt, one-haIf teaspoonful
of mustard, one teaspoonfuI Of worces-
tershire sauce, one teaspoonful Of lem
ON juice, one tablespoonful Of butter,
one-half cupful of hot water, red pep
per. Use the blazer and the hot water
pan. Melt the butter and break the
cheese in small pieces and add it, with
the seasoning. Dissolve the soda in
one-half cup of hot water and gradual
ly add it to the melting cheese. Add a
little cold water to the yolks of the
eggs, beat them and stir them into the
cheese. AS soon as it is smooth and
creamy put in the worcestershire sauce
and lemon juice. Beat the whites of
the eggs separately and whip into the
cheese last. Serve at once on small
squares of lightly Drowned toast.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05

The sleeps feet should receive care
full attention during the dry hot season,
for the grinding down of the sole and
the grit between the claws will soon
cause Inflammation of the interior of
the feet, and one result of the pain thus
caused is general low condition which
encourages disorders of other kinds,
and so sheep are lost which might
have been saved by little attention in
due season, says American Sheep
Breeder. To keep the hoofs soft and
elastic some simple foot ointment
should be used frequently and atten-
ton especially given to pairing the sur
plus horn to avoid the turning under Of
1t under the sole so as to gather sand,
which will grind down the horn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
The Handy shears.

A fellow city lot fancier living near
me, who, by the way, is one of the best
hands l know at coaxing chickens to
maturity. has pair of large scissors
which he puts to more uses than l had
ever dreamed such implements could
be employed for He had little patch
of crimson clover. for instance, and
every morning, armed with his scissors,
he would repair to the patch and cut
his clover, using only the tender, leafy
portions. Then he would go to the run
way of the chicks, where his inevitable
shears would be again brought into
requisition to cut the clover into small
pieces for the youngsters. If he has a
piece of meat or some vegetable of
very firm texture left from meal, he
gets out his scissors and proceeds to
cut 1t into little pieces for his charges.
In short. | never suspected the posi-
bilities of pair of common, rather
large scissors until had seen the many
uses made of them by this gentleman.
If your wife doesn't happen to have a
discarded pair which you can win"
when she isn't looking, pay visit at
once to the hardware store and buy
them. You'll never know what you have
missed until you are the proud possess
or of pair of Chicken scissors. -
Treat M. Right in Poultry Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
SELF FEEDER FOR LAMBS.
Simple In Construction and Prevents
fn Of In

Simple In Construction and Prevents
Waste of Grain.
No first class breeder expects to pro-
duce the high quality of breeding sheep
now being required without pushing
his lambs with rich nutritious feed for
all they are worth from the time they
are old enough to take more than the
ewes milk until they are well develop
ed, says c. P. Reynolds in Breeders
Gazette. Most of the breeders use some
form of the ''creep" into which the
lambs are able to go and secure their
fill Of grain that is always kept there
for them. With the proper grain there
is no danger of overlooking when once
the lambs have become accustomed to
1t, so no breeder has any fear of injur-
ing his lambs by using the self feeder.
The general idea of this arrangement
is clearly shown in the illustration.
About all that it consists of is a box
and barrel The box is about 3 feet
square, more or less, and s or 10 inches
high. Both ends are knocked out of a
barrel, when it is then set on the box
save for being slightly raised. The sup
port between the box and barrel con-
sists of two pieces of . by 2 inch stuff
fastened crosswise in the shape of an
Y. AT points where the barrel end
touches the Y grooves are cut into the
pieces into which the barrel head fits,
thus allowing it to come within about
one inch Of the box. 1t can be readily
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
Raising Calves.

Less trouble will be had with the COW
and calf If the calf is not allowed to
suck at all. Two or three patient les
sons will teach it to drink new milk.
Milk should be whole and fresh for at
least ten days. after which part of the
ration may be skimmilk. Gradually
reduce the diet to all skimmilk, to
which some ground grain has been add
cd If milk is very scarce, 1t may be
diluted With thin oatmeal porridge.
Add little salt in cases of tendency to
scours. In cold weather the ration
should be slightly warmed. Handle the
young animals often and get them tame
and accustomed to being led.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05

A few years ago some editors and
many professors of agriculture in ex-
pertinent stations and colleges were
carried away with the bacon hog idea.
Nothing in the swine class would suit
unless it was of the lengthy type, sup
posed to be indicative of high bacon
qualities. Now relatively little is
heard of this for time much lauded
animal. Heavy hogs are at a pre-
MUM in the west, with a prospect of
remaining SO for some time. The prob
lem hinges on the price of corn. VIII
It pay to feed hogs until they will go
into the heavy class and get the extra
price? This each farmer must deter
mine for himself The return to the
old time favorites Illustrates the diff
Guilty of effecting a radical change of
type without some very good reason,
says Orange Judd Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05

OUR NATIVE PLANTS.
A New Movement For Fheir Protec.

A New Movement For Their Protec-
tiOn-Any One Can Lend n Hand.
"a number of persons who take a
keen interest in wild flowers have unit
ed TO form a Society For the Protection
of Native Plants The object of this
society is to try to do something to
check the wholesale destruction to
which many of our native plants are
exposed--a destruction often matter
of pure thoughtIessness in the excess.
i've picking of flowers and unnecessary
pulling up of roots or an extensive col
lecting of flowers and plants for sale.
at is the intention of the society to
publish brief. articles or leaflets calling
the attention Of thoughtful people to
the matter and to point out what plants
especially need protection and i'll what
way the desired end may be best eff
fected. 1t is the intention to distribute
these leaflets to teachers in schools, to
flower missions and village improve
ment societies and in such other places
as it may seem that they will be eff
fective.
HIS LuONclllcul lOI luc plolSNeOI
of native plants has the approval of the
New England Botanical club, which as
a body feels keenly the loss or great re-
duction Of many plants once more OF
less abundant in the neighborhood OF
large cities.
"For information in regard to the So
ciety For the Protection of Native
Plants or its leaflets application may
be made to Miss Maria e. Carter, Gu
rator of herbarium, Boston Society OF
Natural History, Berkeley street, Bos
ton"
In addition to the foregoing circular
a member of the society states thai
there is no reason why the society
should be local in its action. and it is
hoped that there may eventually Dc
members throughout the country. There
are many persons belonging to it who
are well known as botanists, besides
others who are interested simply from
their love of natural beauty.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
How to Eat without Transgressin
the Rules of Good Manners.

How to Eat Without Transgressina
the Rules of Good Manners.
On seating oneself ut table gloves, ii
worn. should be removed and the table
napkin opened out and placed on the
lap.
Bread may be placed either at the
right or left side, according to conven
fence.
Soup.-Only small helpings of SOUP
are given-half a ladleful is generally
considered quite enough--and it is eat
EN- as noiselessly as possible from the
side of the tablespoon. 1t is allowable
to tilt the plate slightly away from one
while taking the last spoonfuls, but
never toward one.
Fish.-This is now eaten with silver
knives and forks specially prepared
for the purpose. A few years ago fish
was eaten off q fork, and a crust OF
bread took the place Of a knife in re.
moving it from the bones. Then this
fashion was dropped in favor Of two
knives and forks are so general that
one seldom has to fall back ON such
makeshift arrangements.
Only the fork is used for eating ris.
soles, omeletS and dishes made of
minced or small cut meat. The knife
is reserved for those viands which re-
quire cutting.
When eating sweet dishes, the fork
is held in the right hand and is used
exclusively, as far as possible. 1t is
only for stewed fruits, milky buildings
and other semiliquid dishes that the
spoon is called into service.
Asparagus is still eaten by some peo-
pie in the old style of holding the stalk
in the fingers. but the younger genera
ton generally prefers the neater way
of cutting off the points with the knife
and conveying them on the fork to the
mouth.
Salad is generally eaten from a sepa-
rate plate placed at the left hand side
Of the meat plate.
AT dessert apples, pears, ETC., are
peeled and are then cut up to the right
size for eating off fork. Grapes are
conveyed to the mouth by the fingers,
and the stones and skins are passed
from the mouth to the hand and then
laid on the table.
Refinement in eating and drinking
cannot be too strongly insisted upon.
Even little children should be taught
to place quite small portions of food in
their mouths, to keep the lips closed
during the process of mastication and
never to drink while they have food in
their mouths. Drinking while eating
often leads to choking fit both alarm
ing and unpleasant to witness.
Crumbling ones bread, fidgeting with
spoon and fork, digging in the salt eel
lar and other nervous tricks in which
some people indulge while talking are
all bad habits to be overcome.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-05
How to serve Clipped Beef.

Melt O tablespoonful of butter In a
frying pan and add some dried beef
Clipped into small pieces when the but
ter is hot Beat up one egg and mix
it well with scant teacupful Of milk.
Season it with pepper and pour over
the beef in the pan. When thin Gus
tard is formed. serve on slices of but
tered toast.