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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-01-02
1--WE 100000
FOR Mr.. COLER. !"
The Comptroller Thought
Man with Satchel Was
a Crank"

When Comptroller Colcr reached Ms
oiiicc to-day he found man with n
large black sotchei awaiting him,
WIN. have yon got there" asked
Cnlcr. pointing 20 the satchci.
Il have n million dollars for YOU" re.
piled the mar.
The Comptroller supposed that re was
interviewing n .'crank." but he was soon
und"r,ivrd The man explained that he
came from the banking house OF AT.
gust Bclmon, & Co. lie had 3i,oO0.S>O IN
bonds TO be deposited with the city at
the beginning OF the year II. additional
setrti,y on behalf OF the contractor who
In building tho rapid transit road.
Thc'1sapld Transit Subway Company.
OF which August Belmont Is President,
ana for which John Il. Mcdonald Is con.
!!rnr!or. viii receive :n:erest on tho
bonds.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-01-02
Benefited by New Treatment,
He Expects to BE a
Centenarian.

Abram 3. Hewitt. ex.Mnyor Of New
York city. owe. the splendid vitality nc
.vinccs In his cIgh,ic,h year TO the use
o. an elixir o. NE.
His remedy FOR longevity Is an ingre-
diem, found In common salt For three
YEAR, Mr.. Hewitt has been treated by
entertainments injections Of glyccro-phos-
pha,e Of sodium. The treatment was
prescribed by Or. hobart. noted physi-
clan Of Paris.
Mr. Hewitt On the "F:Iixir."
Mr.. Hewitt said to-day to an Evening
World reporter:
Their. Is n" universal elixir Of HE.
~, would 10 mere 0uackery for an In
.!lv!duaI to nss"r: that II tonic which
benefited him was panacea for the
us OF al.
"subcutaneous injections OF glycero.
phosphate o! sodium nave given me re-
newed health and strength and sp!rts.
IAN that l desire to say II that
tried Il. and II did nc good"
Great Change In Ills Appearance.
When Mr. Hewitt wen, abroad three
years ngo his friends were alarmed
about him. They noted with concern
his failing strength and the perceptiblo
inr0nds OF age.
When he returned month later they
were ovcrjoycd at the change they saw
In him.
Nearly eighty years old. he walked
with the vigorous tread OF a we'll pre-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-01-02
NEW YORK JEWELLER SHOT.
Pistol Accidentally Exploded In
Newark md NOhs WIS Ilit.

Charles Noos. Twenty-third stree,
Jeweilcr. was accidentally shot In New.
ark. y, j., to-day and Is now In the Ger
man Hospital. Policeman John Vance.
~ duty. was drinking In saloon on
Markc, street. AMI quarrelled with n
man named Arnold.
They came to blows. during which
vance'r revolver fell from his pocket
exploded and the bullet struck Sohs In
the left leg.
Vance has been suspended from duty
pending examination.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-01-02

rsse only way to look FOR Help.
Is through the ;infailing glasses az
srndav World w,ntaL q 3
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
Pirs ON nairx Earn,

The dairyman of today is of necessity
a breeder Of swine, says a Minnesota
dairyman in American Cultivator. The
two go together SO thoroughly that it
would be a waste of good material and
opportunity to neglect either. There
can be no doubt that nature intended
that the pigs should be the companions
of the cows in the clover field. But
more than that-thc swine should be
fed on the skimmilk that comes from
the dairy. Pigs and shotes VIII thrive
on this skimmilk as on nothing else.
The milk fed In this way will yield a
larger profit than if sold in the ordi-
nary market, where only few cents a
quart can be obtained and often not
that. The waste of time and material
in trying to find good market for
sklmmilk is the most discouraging fea-
ture of the dairy business. Many q
man has been induced to leave the bust
ness entirely Oh account Of this. After
settling up his accounts for the year he
has found that he was actually no gain
er for the years work.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

ton. A we'll colored specimen is a
strikingly handsome object in all sea-
sons and aspects Of weather, but it is
question whether it is not more pleas
ing when viewed against background
of bright green foliage than standing
out in relief from the bleak SHOWS OF
winter. Many fine specimens growing
in cultivation attain large proportions
without losing their charm. The cut
shows a fair young tree, but of course
can give no indication Of the rich sage
blue color Of the foliage, which is per-
sistent and unchanging. Only small
percentage of the seedlings of the blue
spruce comes highly colored, fully So
per cent having dark green foliage and
are commercially identical with the
Douglas spruce, which is found in the
same mountain ranges as the blue
SnrTpn
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
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During the month of July the Kansas
experiment station realized $500 per
acre from pasturing sorghum, besides
having the field left to produce a sec
ond crop.
On July l twenty-seven milk cows
were given all the alfalfa hay they
would eat and then turned into a sor-
ghum field Of CT acres for fifteen min
utes. The sorghum was eighteen to
twenty-four inches high. The next day
they remained thirty minutes. the third
day forty-1iye minutes, and so on, in
creasing fifteen minutes daily until they
reached one hour and thirty minutes,
when they were left to run ut WILL Dur
ing the transition period the COWS were
given all the alfalfa hay needed to
keep up the normal flow of milk. For
the first nine days this amounted to
nearly twenty-four pounds daily per
head. After twelve days the cows
were allowed to pasture the sorghum
mt night as well as during the day For
the rest of the month these cows con-
sumed less than five pounds of alfalfa
daily per head.
If it had not been for the sorghum
pasture, it would have required at least
twenty-four pounds of alfalfa daily
per head to keep these cows up to
good flow of milk. This would have
amounted to ten tons. As it was, the
cows consumed only four and half
tons, making saving of five and
half tons. At $40 per ton "a low price
for this year, this would amount to
$55, which divided between CT acres
would amount to saving in alfalfa
consumed Of $3.50 per acre.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03


Cut two pounds of beef in small dices
and cut half pound of onions in slices.
Soak two chill peppers in a pint of hot
water one hour. Put a slice of bacon
cut in dices and tablespoonful of
lard in frying pan; dredge the beef
with -four. Cut the peppers in small
bits; put the beef and peppers in the
pan after the lard is smoking hot and
fry them brown on all sides, shaking
the pan frequently to prevent burning.
After the beef IS well Drowned add a
half pint of tomatoes, fresh or canned,
that have been mashed to pulp. Next
add the water in which the chilis were
soaked and let the whole simmer for
an hour closely covered. Just before
serving salt to taste and thicken with
a little flour dissolved in cold water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

PREPARING SNAP BEANS FOR MARKET.
store as to catch the eye and delight
the artistic taste of his customers, as
and red, pink and green, purple and
yellow developed in the arrangement
of the punches and baskets of fruits
and vegetables that he provides for
their daily wants, says writer in The
Twentieth Century Farmer, from
whose illustrated article the following
is cleaned:
The tradesman could not have made
this display had not the grower pre-
pared the vegetables at home before
starting for market The day when
the gardener could pick, pull or dig
lot Of vegetables and dump them in
lot of gunnysaclls all covered with
their native dirt has passed away, let
us hope never to return. The gather
ing and preparing vegetables for mar
ket has become one of the useful arts.
Much of this labor is of the nature of
recreation rather than of severe toll
and can be done by the women and
children of the household to the health
and profit of all concerned.
The sale of vegetables in punches
and baskets is growing in favor. AL
most all beets are now sold in punches.
The first crop of onions reaches us in
this form. A large lot of early turnips,
also carrots, are punched. Snap beans
and tomatoes are now sold in half
bushel market baskets. The vegeta-
blcs can be made much more attractive
i'll these packages, and buyer will fire.
quently take an original package.
All this. with putting cabbage and
cantaloupes In crates, has added large
ly to the labor in the vegetable garden,
and gardeners have provided them
selves with facilities and conveniences
to meet these new conditions. They
have vegetable houses in which are
benches, where they put the vegeta
bles; sinks and tubs, in which are wa
ter pipes, with faucets. The pipes are
filed from tank into which the water
has been pumped by a windmill. The
vegetables are washed by the women
of the place, who pick off the imperfect
leaves and count the vegetables into
punches, which they tie with strings.
The women also give the final touch
to the arrangement Of the peas, beans,
tomatoes and such truck as are sold in
baskets. Cucumbers, peppers, summer
squash, lima beans, eggplant and okra
look best in baskets.
Turnips, parsnips. late carrots, with
late beets, should be washed when sold
in bulk. Sweet corn is so cheap it will
not pay for package. Early sweet
potatoes sell best in one-third bushel
crates. Later they are best in bushel
baskets and barrels. Irish potatoes
are put in sacks or barrels.
Winter squash and pumpkins are han
died in bulk; the same with watermel-
ons and late cabbage.
Celery is trimmed, counted and tied,
a dozen plants in bunch, these bunch
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

Every person acquainted with the
Bahcock test has been frequently con-
fronted with the question, what
makes the milk test vary" says T. S.
Cooley of the Massachusetts station.
Popular prejudice is prone to jump at
the conclusion that anything so yari-
able is worthless. A knowledge of
the principles of the Babcock test, ex-
tended experience in its practical work
ings and close comparisons of it's re-
suits with exact chemical analysis
have convinced every enc who has
taken the trouble to investigate these
matters that the test is thoroughly re-
liable and practical and that causes of
variation must be sought elsewhere.
Milk itself is not so uniform as is
often supposed and is subject to wide
differences in composition. Fat, the
most valuable constituent of milk, is
the most variable. The casein and
sugar of milk vary only within mar
row limits, but the fat is subject to
wide variations. Among the more COM
mon causes of differing percentages Of
fat in milk are:
Breed.-Jersey, Guernsey and Devon
milk usually contain larger percent
ages of fat than Holstein or Ayrshire.
IndividuaI.-There is often q wider
difference in the fat content of the
milk OF two Jersey cows or two Hol-
stein cows than between the averages
of the two breeds. Each cow has a
normal quality of milk born with her,
and, while external conditions may
vary the proportion Of fat somewhat
from time to time, her milk has a con-
slant tendency to return to it's normal
fat content, which is retained with
much constancy through life.
Lactation. = Fresh COWS generally
yield milk with less fat than when in
n more advanced stage of lactation.
This variation often amounts to more
than 1 per cent increase from the first
month after calving to the last month
before drying off.
Age.-Young heifers usually yield q
poorer milk during the first lactation
period than during the fourth and fifth,
when they reach maturity. Again. old
cows in the decline of life have been
observed to give milk poorer in fat
than when in their prime.
Feed.-Though always the first thing
the farmer thinks of when his milk va
ries, feed appears to have only very
slight effect on its quality. A vast
amount of information has been piling
up on this question, and 1t generally
points to the conclusion that feed has
only minor influence on the fat con-
tent Of milk. Indeed Professor Hills
results indicate that its influence is ex-
actly the opposite of the popular no.
ton. He finds that the richer the feed
the poorer the milk
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
PRESERVING EGGS.
The Lime ana Salt Mixture and the
Water Glass Solution.

Water Glass Solution.
with a view Of testing the relative
value of lime and salt mixtures and
water glass as egg preservatives, we
picked about 90 dozen eggs In two lots.
The mixtures were:
No. Lime, fresh, 31a pounds; salt,
Az pounds; water, s gallons.
No. 2.-One part water glass to Is
parts water.
These eggs remained in the solutions
for about six months. When examined,
the water glass was found to be the
best pickle, although the lime and salt
served its purpose very well; still the
whites of the eggs preserved in this
mixture were much more watery than
the whites of those preserved in the
water glass. These were difficult to dis
tinguish from fresh eggs, since the
white was quite firm and yolk stood up
upon it as though fresh. Another adj
vantage in the water glass Is that it
does not seem to affect the shell of the
egg as the lime mixture, eggs from the
lime and salt mixture being much more
liable to crack, Sther in cooking or
handling We consider this matter of
preserving eggs of great Importance in
this state, since prices are SO high for
eggs in the winter season. We do not
for moment advise the selling of pre-
served eggs for fresh laid, but we have
no hesitancy in saying that when the
market finds that these preserved eggs
seem almost as good as the fresh eggs
it will certainly be willing to pay a
price which will leave good cash mar
gin In favor of picking. Water glass,
or sodium silicate, is a liquid Of rather
q smooth, slippery consistency, readily
soluble in water. 1t may be obtained
through any druggist at a cost of about
rs cents gallon. In using it we would
advise the use Of stone Jars or crooks.
The water used should be quite pure,
and if not it must be boiled. The jar
should be covered to exclude any dirt
and kept at the temperature Of cool
cellar. Sometimes the specific gravity
Of the solution is greater than that of
the eggs, in which case the tendency
will be for them to float, when they
may be forced down by plate or sim
liar arrangement with a weight on top.
Bulletin 2G, Montana Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, Bozeman, Mon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

with considerable space between the
hooks. A cow Of, say, 1000 pounds
weight would do well to carry her
hooks six inches apart at the least
The purpose of this is to allow ample
room for the suspension of the udder
between the legs. If the animal is
what Is called cow hooked" then the
hooks come together and the toes turn
out, and cramped, ungainly rear part
results. The thighs of this dairy COW
should also be thin and not feshy,
thereby permitting width Of the I'D
der In its upper part that is highly de-
sired. Legginess is also undesirable
in the COW. The appearance which we
admire in her should always be indica-
tive of her fitness for the work we ex-
pect on her part.
There are other features in the dairy
COW that might be touched upon, but
already the writer has covered these in
other articles. There is always the de-
STABILITY of the broad, level back and
splendid spring and depth of rib, with
large body capable Of great feeding ca
pacity. The dairy COW is somewhat
longer bodied that the beef type and
has more space between the ribs and
greater space from hip to rib than the
beef COW. She also has longer, thin
ner neck and leaner head.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
SAVING $500 BEFORE MARRYING.

A lady friend in Nebraska takes ex-
ception to a statement made In these
notes some time ago TO the effect that
a young man should not marry until he
had earned and saved up the sum Of
$500, she claiming that many young
people get married on much less money
and do we'll This may be true, but it
in no way affects the general truth of
the statement made. 1t is like this: II
young man, say, twenty-four, with good
health and average intelligence, has
rot developed such habits of industry
and thrift as to enable him to save up
$500 or its equivalent III property, he
has not taken hold Of life In suffi-
ciently serious and practical manner
so that he is justified in asking any
girl to marry him. 1t is not so much
the money itself rs it is the formation
of Industrious, economical and thrifty
habits which are so necessary to his
future success. If young man up to
twenty-four has spent upon himself ev-
cry dollar he has earned, he will not take
kindly to the self denial imposed upon
him in the care of a wife and family.
Poverty may have it's compensations,
but it is certain that new married folk
never realize them. Love, moonlight,
poetry, are ethereal accessories of
courtship, but can never take the place
OF plain beefsteak, potatoes and bread
and butter indispensable to the mar
ried state. 1t will be mighty good
thing when tie average American girl
will weave into her life romance the
thought Of the practical question Of
whether the man she loves is able to
decently and reasonably provide for
her. A young man may be good in a
sense and still not be worth shucks
when it comes to caring for wife and
family-be lazy, shiftless or so gen.
orally incompetent and behindhand
that he drifts inevitably into the army
Of commonplace poverty, existing, but
not living. Woman can smooth a man
down after she marries him, but it is
very hard fer her to put any get up
and dust into a lazy, shiftless, ornery
fellow. Better that you girls set your
caps for the Woodworking, practical
fellow who puts his money in the bank
instead of blowing it in on cigars, red
neckties and livery hire. Then the
chances are that you have barouche
to ride in when you are fortya a well
appointed American home to preside
over instead of having to take in wash
ing to get your girl new spring hat.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
RECORD Brealsing weather.

"The worst drought on record has
worked destruction without parallel"
according to Orange Judd Farmer.
'The great corn belt and the drought
area are almost identical.
''The striking fact of the situation is
the low promise in every state whose
corn crop is of more than local impor-
lance. In all other previous years of
great drought damage there has been
some state or group of states important
in crop production whose crop was
large enough to partially offset the loss
elsewhere. This year there is little hope
of such compensation.
Zone of the smallest corn crops on
record is offset by the largest wheat
yield ever known, and, more striking
yet, those states where corn is the most
complete failure are the ones favored
with the heaviest wheat production
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03

Trees, like men, seem to have certain
habits. The Early Joe apple tree has a
habit Of being barren on one side and
overloaded on the other. This takes
place especially when the tree gets old.
This is reversed the following year,
when the barren side bears.
The Sops Of Wine apple when young
and thrifty sometimes bears an apple
that is perfectly pear shaped - not
many, but here and there one.
The Belmont Or Gate has weak
branches, which often get broken off
by high winds. 1t is a slow grower,
but the fruit is the best.
The Bellfower apple tree utterly re-
fuses to support a graft of another
kind, no matter how perfect the inser-
ton. This is also observed in some
pear stocks. And it has been shown
that in some rare instances the incon-
gruity is so great that the graft will
kill the stock.
The Fallawater apple tree often
grows thrifty and strong and bears a
few great crops and then dies. Almost
every tree has some peculiar habit
Cor. National Stockman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
Rather 90 Poultry Breeding.

Under the auspices of the Associated
Poultry Fanciers of Germany and Aus
trIa an imposing monument has been,
erected at Gorlitz, Germany, to the
memory of Robert Oettel, who is
known as the father of poultry breed
ing in Germany and Austria. Oettel
was born In 1898 and died in 1884. He
devoted so years of his life to the i'm
provement of the breeds of poultry in
Germany and Austria and organized
societies of poultry fanciers with an ag-
gregate of more than 5000 members.
He printed a poultry journal and was
acknowledged all over Europe as the
foremost expert on all poultry cues
tions. By his own efforts Oettel made
the town OF Gorlitz the center Of the
fine poultry breeding industry In Eu-
rope, and each year the members Of his
associations sold more than 10000 eggs
for breeding purposes from blooded
stock.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
HIIIIll9:E ;fN;:als.
HE444dA H.Z. SILAGE#

The Indiana station has just con-
structed a silo that holds about sixty
five tons, says G. S. Plumb Of the Pur-
due experiment station. 1t is II feet In
diameter and IS feet high. Studs 16
and - feet long of by 4 pine were
placed vertically end to end, long and
short alternating to break joints and
II inches from center to center on q
circular brick foundation two layers
deep. No. 1 pine fencing inch by 6
inches by 16 feet was then resawed to
make boards half inch by G inches by
1G feet and these dressed to make them
lay true. These were then nailed
around the inside against the studs,
forming a circle, two men bending
them into place and mailing on. First
one layer was nailed up for space,
then tarred paper was laid over this
layer, and this was followed by another
layer of half inch stuff, breaking joints
with that underneath. Four doors were
left at convenient intervals, the width
between studs and about IS inches
high. Boards and tarred paper may
be laid in these doorways, the ends
tapping against the studs when the
silo Is filled. No roof Is provided or nee
essary. Such q silo is strong and inex-
pensiye and will preserve the contents
In good condition. This one cost, with
out boarding the outside of the studs,
slightly under $50, not including labor.
Curing Good sfIage.
It appears that the curing Of good,
sweet silage is cho;a,cal process in
duced by the life action of the living
plant cells, says d. W. Lightly in Ma
tional Stockman. The experience of
siloists will, l believe sustain this.
When we have very dry season and
the corn is wilted and withered, with
some leaves scorched, OF when the corn
is frosted, thus not having the life proc
esses all In full vigor, we nearly always
have poor silage. If we have vigorous
growing, brittle, bright green, thrifty
plants in the full vigor of life just at
the joint where all life processes are
in their greatest activity, the reproduc-
ton Of It's kind, the perfecting of the
,eed-I say IL we have these conditions
when storing the silage we almost in
yariably have splendid, sweet silage
from top to bottom.
Whole Corn Silage.
In most sections corn for the silo Is
cut into one-half to three-quarter inch
lengths by running through q feed cut
ter. 1t is elevated at once to the silo,
carefully spread and in some cases
tranped down, says Farm and Home.
A few dairymen and feeders have had
much success in putting whole corn in
to the silo. If this is done, the corn
must be cut little greener, so that it
will pack more completely. Mr.. Hod-
son of southern Wisconsin has had OK
celIent results with whole corn silage,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-10-03
Thin Out In Sentemher.

Thin out the old fowls now to make
room for the youngsters in September,
says A. f. Hunter. At this season
there is always a good home market
for fowls, because of the many sum-
mer visitors to the country, and we
should take advantage of this demand
to work off the old and Improbable
birds. Save q few of the best ones for
next years breeders, and market the
rest Of them.