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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
WHEN YOUR TROUSERS BAG.
Careful Men May Avoid a Distressing
Habit the Cloth Has.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
To the man who would be well dressed
there is no greater annoyance with which
he has to contend than that Of the trous-
ers bagging at the knees 1t Is especially
trying to clerks and all who have indoor
occupations which compel them to sit at a
desk for the best part of their time
1t Is just this class, too, who have to
maintain well-dressed appearance, and
there Is nothing surely that destroys that
dressy get-up so much as bagging trousers,
unless it be dirty Shoes
Try as you may to preserve the chang
by creasing or pulling them up over the
knee cap when sitting or putting in a
stretcher or beneath the mattress Of your
bed over night all these are only aids and
they cannot maintain that perfect form
during the whole lifetime of the garment
1t is more than possible that you have
never given thought as to whether there
might be any fundamental cause for this
evil. You will be SURPRISED to learn that 1t
Is due to disease.
Now. it is not meant, Of course that the
trousers contract this ailment during the
time they are worn. The trouble goes back
further than that. 1t begins on the sheep S
back-that is. If they are wool.
These and other Interesting facts were
learned from an expert who has made wool
a life study and who buys and soils more
OF 1t than any other half dozen men in the
business, since he is thechief buyer for one
of the biggest wool syndicates in the world.
This gentleman knows by, the feel and
appearance OF wool just how and where 1t
was grown. and by examining a fleece he
Will tell in what country 1t was grown,
what the condition of the animal was, in
neaitn or sickness, during the growth of
that neece, and during which month of the
year the animal suffered from Illness.
IL the fiber of the fleece Is short or long,
me or coarse weak or strong, SO may the
health OF the animal be judged. Anything
that weakens the vitality Of the animal
affects the fiber Of the wool
Inc animal may have been well in the
autumn and early winter In midwinter 1t
may lose flesh for some reason and then
fatten toward spring. In such a case the
wool shows marked STRUCTURAL weakness.
The fiber viii be weak about the center.
Again, II the sheep is Ill from any cause
In the autumn the weak place in the fiber
VIII be near the tip. If the Illness was dur
ing the spring the weakness will be nearer
the roots.
When such wool Is woven into cloth you
can understand how slight strains would
oreak the hber and cause the cloth to
stretch Thus, you see, the illness Of the
sheep AFFECTS more than the animal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
QUEEN vICToRIA,s pREMIERs.
Her Ways With Them and Their Way.
With Her.


From the London News.
The stories told Of Queen Victoria and all
classes of her subjects with whom she came
In contact are innumerable. Many, of
course, are quite apocryphal, and rebound
rather to the inventiveness of their MARIA
tors than to their veracity. Others, vouch-
ed for by high authorities, however, are
just as good as the best efforts of the pro-
fessional anecdotemonger.
A story once very widely circulated was
that Mr.. Gladstone habitualIy treated her
majesty with rudeness. This probably arose
from the fact that Mr.. Gladstone had not
the art of trivial and easy conversation
He was,' says Mr.. G. w. E Russell, so
consumed by zeal for great subjects that
he left out of account the possibility that
they may not interest other people. He
paid to every one, and not least to ladies'
the compliment of assuming that they
were on his own intellectual level, engrossed
in the subjects that engrossed him. Mr..
Gladstone had manners, but no small talk.
He speaks to me- the queen is supposed to
have remarked, as though 1 We're a public
meeting and as he is said to have
harangued her about the polity of the Hit
titles or the harmony between the Athana-
sian creed and the poetry of Homer there
would appear to have been some truth in
1T The queen, perplexed and uncomfort-
able, tried to make a Observation-Disclosures
remark TO daughter, or gave biscuits
to begging terrier-while the statesman
restrained himself with an effort until the
princess had answered, or the dog had sat
down, and then promptly resumed: AS l
was about to say Even royalty quailed
before this flood of verbiage."
Lord Beacosnfield's method was different.
In early days he was disliked and distrust-
ed, but by his address and social diplomacy
managed to convert this dislike into a
friendship between himself and the queen
unparalleled before or since in the rela-
tons Of sovereign and statesman. AS an
astute hatterer, he Is reported to have said
in his last days that to flattery he owed
his success, adding that when applied to
royalty you must lay it on with a trowel"
His conversation with the queen was 1t is
said led by him into discussions about
water-color drawing and the third cousin
ships Of German princes, this last. of
course subject on which her majesty was
an expert.
That Lord Palmerston was no servile
courtier we know from his opposition to
court influence with politics, from his indie
tiations and from that darkling allusion of
his to the power behind the throne" by
which the influence of the prince consort
over the queen in political affairs was un-
derstood to be referred to. On occasion,
however, "Old Pam could be the author
of neat compliment to her majesty, as
when, In reply to her half-humorous wish
that she could speak in the house of COM
mons on topic which she was keenly In
terested in, he wrote: "Viscount Palmers-
ton presents his humble duties to your ma
jesTy, and has had the honor to receive
your majesty's communication of yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09

An Indiana girl is dying from the effects
of cigarette smoking. She has been smok-
ing over thirty day for the past ten
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
The n. k.

stating what your majesty would have said
If your majesty had been in the house OF
commons. Niscount Palmerston may, per-
haps be permitted to take the liberty OF
saying that 1t is fortunate for those from
whose opinions her majesty differs that
your majesty is not in the house of conn
mons, for they would have had to encounter
formidable antagonist In argument; al
though, on the other hand, those whose
opinions your majesty approves would have
had the support Of a powerful ally In de-
bate"
There are two objections. however, to this.
Palmerston probably wrote IL with his
tongue In his cheek: moreover, from the
style of the composition, which is distress
ing, 1t would seem that the etiquette OF let
ter-writing to royal personages is entirely
inimical to literary effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
Gold Dust Talks
(Continued)

If you have read these
talks, madam, and have
NOT been persuaded by
them that GOLD DUST
will save your time, your
energy, your temper and
your clothes, i'm short that
it is the most economical
and remarkable cleansing
agent that ever helped to
Tighten the burdens of wo-
mankind, allow us to offer
the suggestion:
Why don't you try GOLD
DUST and decide for your
self?
G FOL ID DU S T cleans
everything from cellar to
garret-clothes furniture,
Woodwork, dishes, silver,
kettles, pillows - every
thing.
HouseWork is hard work
without GOLD DUST.
Get the large package. It's
more economical.
MADE BY
The n. k.
Fairbank Company,
Boston. Chicago, New York. ST. Louis
Makers of Fairy Soap.
"a !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09

The Evening Star will intro
duce an advertiser to more
homes and reach more of the
best class of customers in
Washington than all the other
papers published in the city
added together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
The Absent-Minded Barglar.

tIie InllaueIIilH freB8-
Stranger-"You seem pretty flush. In
on some clever operation recently?"
Jimmy Dores-"Yes."
Stranger-'.Somebody let you In OF, the
ground f1oor?"
Jimmy Dores-"Ol no. No confederate.
Just my usual lay; second-story window"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09

A Toronto street railway company was
recently fined $50 In each case In not pro-
viding vestibules on the rear ends Of its
cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09

est skill costs no more In construction than
does one the plans of which have come
from the boards of a mere draughtsman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-09
Front Elevation.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The architect was showing him the plans
for a new dwelling.
"A building like that" he said, with a
front of undressed stone. will cost you
$4,000"
I'm all my experience" observed the pro-
fesser. II never have had to pay any such
sum as that for raising a rough house."
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

Ia The mater Of The improvement Of the public road
kao,c1l as The Mutlica Hill and HdrrisoRriIte
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
No Weakening Now.

The subsidy bill is in the hands of its
enemies. Mr.. Frye allowed it to be dis
placed by the army reorganization bill,
which he said he considered the most
important measure before congress.
That means that the Democrats can
beat the shipping bill if they will.
There are some weak sisters on the
anti-subsidy side who object to any
vigorous fight against the steal They
say that its adversaries should content
themselves with formal opposition,
leaving the administration to take the
responsibility for its passage.
That argument, never very moral or
very wise, is entirely misplaced at the
present time. The responsibility for the
passage Of the subsidy steal will rest
not only upon those who are active in
putting it through, but upon those who
could prevent its passage and do not.
A helpless minority can justly shift
all responsibility for dishonest legisla-
ton upon the majority, but in the pres
ent case the minority is not helpless.
1t is in absolute control of the situa
ton, and it will have to bear its share
Of the blame for any crimes it allows
to be committed. 1t can win no credit
by playing politics." Congress will
have to pass the army reorganization
bill, the revenue reduction bill and the
appropriation bills, besides doing some
thing about the Philippines and Cuba.
The subsidy bill cannot be passed with
out the consent of its opponents, and
they cannot give that consent without
smearing themselves with some of the
tar Of the job.--New York Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

To shake flannels thoroughly lessons
the difficulty of washing them. An ex-
pert in laundering flannels advises the
soaking of those that are very much
soiled, for half an hour, in a strong
solution of soap water that is luke
warm and contains tablespoonful Of
powdered borax. The vessel should
be covered to hold such heat as the
water possesses. After soaking,
squeeze and pull gently between the
hands, inmersing frequently, taking
care only that no soap is rubbed on the
fannels and that no board is used with
them. If very much soiled they should
be washed through two soapy waters
kept at the same temperature, then
rinsed through two more clear but no
cooler waters. 1t is better, after press
ing out as much water as possible, to
shake them for the radiance Of further
moisture If they are passed through
the wringer they should be smoothly
laid, and not subjected to the greatest
pressure of the rollers. Dry them in
the house or in a bright, breezy air.
They should be very lightly pressed in
ironing
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
RIGHT up TO DATE.
(Benson's Plaster Is Pains nastsr,

These are days of records and of the beat
ing Of records. Benson's Porous Plaster, for
quickness of action and thoroughness of
cure, has no records to beat except its own.
Benson's Plaster, always the best, always
the leader, is to-day better than eoer. It
sticks to the skin but never sticks in its
tracks. It marches on.
The people not only want to be cured
but cured quickly and Benson's Plaster
does it. Coughs, colds, lambago. asthma,
bronchitis, liver and kidney complaints,
and other ills approachable by an external
remedy, yield to Benson's asice does to heat.
Neither Belladonna, Strengthening or
Capsicum plasters are to be compared with
Benson's. People who have once tested
the merits of Benson's Plaster have no use
for any other external remedy.
More than 5000 physicians and drug
gists (and thousand times as many non
professional persons) have called Beason's
Plasters one of the few home remedies
that can be trusted.
Fifty-fye highest awards have been made
to it in competition with the best known
plasters of Europe and America Better
proof of its merits is inconceiyable. Be
sure to get the genuine.
For sale by all druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States, on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury q Johnson. Mfg. Chemists, NY
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
.Biddie. wants Comfort.

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
SMALL GREENHOUSE,

the height of 4 feet inches and be
boarded on each side to the height of
three feet with matched boards, and
the space between, which may be six
or eight inches, should be filled in with
sawdust, quite dry, or tan bark in the
same condition. Above the boarding
there may be IS inches of glass.
The illustration shows two swinging
sashes at the side. But it is not neces-
sary that these should be provided, es-
pecially in cold climate, but instead
of one ventilator at the peak of the roof
it may be better to have two, one near
each end and on opposite sides of the
roof. No rafters will be needed in a
small house like this. The sash bars
will be fastened at the ridgepole and
to the plate. The plate should be bev-
eled on the inside to allow the water
to run off.
This house may be fitted up with a
bench on each side three feet wide
and walk in the center two feet wide.
There should be wooden extension at
the north end of at least eight feet,
giving a wOrkroom eight feet square,
with door at the end entering it from
the outside.
The heating of house like this will
depend on the climate At the south
a coal oil stove would serve the pur-
pose. The most desirable way for a
cold climate is first to provide walled
up pit or cellar beneath the workroom,
where may stand small heater, with
pipes running from it all around the
inside of the greenhouse, below the
bench, near the walls, to convey hot
water. The cellar will also afford
space for the storage of small amount
of coal. Three lengths of two inch
pipe all around the house would prob
ably give all the heat that would be
reuI1irad
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
PROPOSALS

For the building of two County roads in Glou-
cester County
Two separate Committees of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of the County of Gloucester,
in charge of the construction of said roads, will
meet in the Freeholders' room, in the Court
House, in the City of Woodbury. N j.. on Sat
rday, March l6, 1901, at 10 o'clock, a. M, to
ceive sealed proposals for the building of the
two following described roads:
The First-s'Known as the Delaware Street
Road beginning at Broad street. and thence
extending westwardy along Delaware street, in
the City of Woodbury., and through the Town
ship of West Deptford distance of l 67-l00
miles to the Crown Point Road.
The Second-"Known the German Street
Road beginning at Brosd and thence
extending southeasterly along aseiman street, in
the City of Woodbury., distance of $50 feet to
GlaSsboro avenue. tae
Each of the said roads to ',ilt in accord
ance with plans and specific Ile at the
Office of William NJ. Carte, -, i4lSsr, No. 127
) Broad St. Woodbury., n j.
Separate proposals from bidders for each sepa-
rate road shall be accompanied by legally
authorized Security Company's Bond in the
sum of one thousand Isl ,000) dollars each, con-
1itioned that if the contract be awarded him, he
will when required by the Board execute
agreement in writing to perform the work
strictly according to the specifications and in
Der specihcationsl conditioned for the faithful
performance of the contract.
All bids must be presented to the respeet We
committees at the time and place aforesaid
It no other time Bids will then be Immediate
opened and publicly read.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
Ill bids
E. G. MILLER.
Director of the Board of Chosen Freeholders.
T'rb. II. 190l-5t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
Butter In Denmark.

Butter is made mostly in large cream
cries in Denmark, and the government
has a system of inspection Of creamery
products so impartial and rigid that
the result is an almost uniformly good
expectation. The butter is not better
than best American creamery, but it is
uniform. The method of inspection is
somewhat as follows: The government
board selects sample tubs from the diff
ferent creameries to be tested without
notice to the creameries. These sam
pies are criticised by commercial
judges, paid by the government in such
a manner that they have no idea from
what creamery the butter came. Re-
ports are made up, and, if adverse.
government expert is Immediately dis
patched to the poor creameries to get at
the bottom of the trouble and render
any assistance possible, with the gov
eminent at his back. Every possible
measure is provided by the government
to secure a uniformly high grade but
ter for export.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
Poultry In EARLY California Times.

FOuitry an early California Times.
The original parentage of all the
choice fowls in the Pacific coast states
OF today came from breeders east of
the Rocky mountains. and it might be
said they came overland. as but few
were brought around the Horn or by
way of Panama and those only that
were of the first importations. In the
fftieS and sixties, before the Union and
Central Pacific railways strung their
wires, a few good birds were landed in
San Francisco from steamers, but
these were in the hands of the very few
who ordered them round just to satisfy
q whim or please an individual fad.
Among this few was one William
Trask, who in the spring of 1856 i'm
ported two trios of Cochin Chinas, as
they were then termed, birds that prov
ed to be layers of two dozen eggs each
per annum except the males. They
laid" for feed from morning till night
Elisha Cummings brought round by
water three Chittagongs-th -four bar
rel type. understand. This was In 1850
These fowls attracted deal of atten-
ton because of their great size They
were something new even in the east
and were at once in favor as they be-
came more generally known for the
reason that they were so very different
from any domestic fowls people in this
country had ever seen and were equal
to a turkey when dressed" They also
had La. n -.
the growing being in length equal to
the extension of the neck.-Dr. s. L.
Roberts in Poultry Monthly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21

The poultry business is so attractive
and chicken is such a common little
thing that to some people who know
nothing about it and want to know no
more it resembles a lemon waiting to
be squeezed. By the time experience
informs them that the common little
chicken needs an uncommon kind of
attention their retirement from the
business affords them time to ponder
over the problem, Am the squeezer or
the squeezed?
Before person becomes proficient in
the poultry business he must have I'M
dergone a course of education, a por-
ton of which must have been practical.
There is no business in the world that
affords better prospects of success to
an energetic person, there is no bust
ness that can be commenced at so little
expense, with SO favorable a prospect
of big returns, as the chicken bust
ness" but it requires knowledge to
tonduct this business on q large scale.
Robert FL. Essex in Poultry Keeper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
THE CARE OF MILK.
Absolute Cleanliness Is the Essen.
tial Thing

ADSOAuEC cleanliness is the ESSEN
tial Thing.
DR.. Conard, who has in his charge
5000 cows in diaries furnishing milk
to the Philadelphia market, is an
authority on the care of milk. The
doctor says: milk was never intended
to see daylight Nature intended that
it should pass directly from the COW
into the calfs stomach. The air is full
of germs. Milk is medium for the
culture of these germs, some of which
are those of deadly disease, and when
1T is exposed to the air it receives
them.
"Great responsibility is assumed when
we make milk a commercial article.
1t must be protected from disease
germs as far as possible. Observe
what filth bucket of milk is exposed
to. 1t is drawn from cow that is
covered with hair, dust and, often
times, dirt. These drop into the milk
as the sleeves rub the COW. Dirt goes
through the finest strainer with the
milk. 1t is then cooled, every drop of
milk being exposed to air that is not
pure.
''The result is that it sours if it is not
kept cold. Microbes will not multiply
rapidly in a temperature under so de-
grees. Above that degree they in
crease at a rapid rate. Distributors of
milk In the cities often handle it badly,
but some of them give the best possible
oaro hecollsn consumers demand If
Producers must do the same thing.
Absolute cleanliness is the essential
thing"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-21
News nnd Notes.

Gasoline engines represent one of the
cheap and satisfactory sources of farm
power.
Country Gentleman says that an
goumois, or grain moth, which injured
the wheat in some sections of New
Jersey the past season, is likely, where
it has been numerous, to cause dam
age the second year.
The centralized system which may
in time replace the little red school
houses" abolishes subdistrict schools
and provides a graded central school,
with free conveyance to and from it in
stages to all pupils living more than
quarters of a mile away. Trum-
bull county, o., is said to have inaugu-
rated the plan.
Potatoes for early use are sometimes
started in pots in the greenhouse and
then planted out as soon SIS danger of
frost is over. The cost incident to this
method limits its use except for fam
lily supply.