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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
THE ARKANsAs COUNTRY.

A reader of these notes writes from
Arkansas calling attention to the nat
ural advantages and opportunities Of
fered by that part of the country to
men with small means who are seeking
homes and cheap land-mild climate,
abundant rainfall, cheap fuel, a para
disc for fruit growing-and he wants
to know why it is that land seekers are
fairly tumbling over themselves to get
and northwest and paying little or no
attention to these inviting southern op-
portunities. 1t is not an easy question
to answer. Fever and ague, social con-
ditions. sterility Of soil and the negro
problem have much to do with the fact
he mentions. 1t may be said that
northern bred men have never readily
adapted themselves to southern condi-
lions and that all marked improve
ments and migrations of the American
people, such as took place in the fifties
and are going on at the present time,
have usually followed the lines of lati-
tude with which they started. Thus
the ScdnulnaNldn, huSSldH anu I'LL
lander usually seek homes in northern
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Da-
kota; the Irish, English and Germans
those ATTITUDES south of Al. More than
anything else, it is the malarial condi-
tons of the southern climate and the
poverty of the soil which hinder rap
i'd settlement of that section, attractive
as the south country is in so many re-
spects.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
How to Judge Tobacco.

Color, burn and texture are the three
things which the grower of tobacco
has chiefly to consider, says Harper's
Weekly. At present the trade calls for
light cinnamon brown shade, which
must be uniform, not notified The
leaf when rolled on a cigar and smok-
ed must have white or light gray
fall into ones bosom or over his waist
coat, and it must not "coal"-i. e., have
a black charred ring just behind the
ash on the burning cigar. This is sure
to give a bad flavor and taste. The
leaf also must burn freely and when
lighted hold firmly for a reasonable
time. 1t must have a soft, silvery tex
ture, glossy surface and the elasticity
of piece of kid, so that it may r
drawn smoothly and closely about the
cigar. Flavor is not wanted in Con-
necticut tobacco, for if there be much
of it it is sure to be bad. Perfect burn,
color and texture can be got in the
northern climate, but a delicate and
agreeable flavor has not yet been OBJ
tanned. Flavor is conditional upon soil
and fertilizers. 1t is desirable, there
fore, that the leaf be neutral, without
taste as far as may be. We get the
flavor wholly in the Cuban filler. To
obtain these qualities of leaf is the
problem of the grower, a much more
complicated one than meets the ordina-
nv farYOar
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
WILL 1T BE A GOOD YEARg

Looks like it. Trade conditions and
money matters favor a still further
reach of American enterprise and push.
Interest rates are low and capital abun-
dant and available for all legitimate
enterprises. The consumptive power of
the country is very great-never great
err. This means much for the farmer
One full crop, if it should be obtained
this year, would not supply the current
demand and leave much of a surplus
to be carried over. There is every in
ducement for every farmer to produce
all that his land is capable of. he being
almost assured of good prices for all he
can raise. 1t may not be a good crop
year, some crops may fail partially, in
which event no lower prices for such
product may be expected than obtains
now A good deal depends upon the
man himself whether it will be good
year or not-whether or not he will be
able to meet the demands made upon
him.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01

power of the plants of the heterogeneous
class to appropriate the free nitrogen
of the air and store it up in their It's
sues in such a way that it is more or
less readily available to the succeeding
crops. Prominent among plants which
have this property are the clovers,
peas, beans and vetches. These are the
farmers friends, the nitrogen collect
ors. Concerning cover crops and the
orchard, Professor John Craig of Cor
nell university has summarized his in
vestigations as follows:
The orchard is to be viewed in the
light of a specific crop.
Humus is essential to the liberation
of plant food.
Barnyard manure supplies organic
matter, but is often beyond the reach
of the orchardist.
Probably the ideal system of orchard
management includes clean tillage and
a cover crop in the annual programme.
Effects of tillage and of cover crops
are similar in many respects, but while
both tend to make plant food available
the cover crop may actually add to the
store.
The cover crop prevented frost from
penetrating the ground deeper than six
teen inches as compared to twenty-one
inches on bare ground.
The percentage of water in cover
apor,,od ,-,.O1D1 60 al II,
with bare uncultivated ground in Iowa
and New York
The texture of the soil and subsoil is
much improved by the burrowing hab-
its of the earthworm and the penetrat-
ing character of clover roots.
The cover crop prevents surface
washing and injurious erosion of Or
chard lands.
A comparison of the fertilizing quail
ties of the clovers, cowpea and hairy
vetch placed the last far in the lead,
with alfalfa and mammoth clover sec
ond and third in manurial value.
Hairy vetch appears to be a valuable
leguminous plant for cover crop pur-
poses. 1t is hardy, deep roofing, grows
at low temperatures and produces a
dense mat of vegetation on the surface
of the ground.
Cowpea is particularly valuable for
a system of standardization and as part
of a combination crop.
Of the nitrogen consumers rye and
buckwheat are of most Importance.
Oats are favorably spoken of in some
parts of the country.
Certain mixtures are used to advan-
tage. Alfalfa. mammoth clover and
turnips have given satisfaction, but
oats and crimson clover do not sue
coed.
The cowpea is Japanese bean. 1t is
tender annual, a rambling, vigorous
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
THE PETUNIA.
A Most Satisfactory Old Time Flower
of Many Uses.

A Most Satisfactory Old Time Flower
of Many Uses.
The petunia in it's habit of blooming
partakes of the constancy of other ten
der perennial bedding plants, being
much more continuous in blooming
than most of the true ANIMALS. On this
account petunias in fair state of Gull
tivation will be found to bloom contin-
uously from June to fall, a great adj
vantage in home embellishments.
There is special pleasure for the
home gardener in growing the free
Towering single strains. In adaptable
ty petunias have an advantage over
almost every other seed grown flower.
Do you want fine pot plant for the
window sill? The petunia will fill the
bill second to no other kind.
Do you require something suitable
for continuous bloom in large vase or
in a veranda box? The petunia will
perfectly meet your wants. Is it fine
mass of flowers on the lawn or a lively
contribution to the mixed flower Dor
der that is desired? Nothing will meet
the need as will the various petunias.
Do you desire to display taste in
training flowers over trellises or to
form pillars. cones or balls? Then we
counsel the use of single petunias.
They are perfectly adapted to such
purposes.
A trellis of light stakes and wire is
so simple that child can make it. One
plant is set at each of the stakes, these
being about fifteen inches apart. The
training is a delightful task. To cause
branches to spread. pinch back the
leaders; to elongate the growth in any
given spot nip back the lateral shoots.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01

A new forcing rose, Souvenir de
Pierre Noting. a cross between Mare
chal Mel and Maman Cochet. is re.
ported from Europe.
1t is said that barnyard and other
heterogeneous manures tend to produce
blight in both apples and pears.
The new rose Ivory. the White Gold
en- Gate. made fine appearance at the
recent rose show in New York.
Pope Leo XIII. is lover of ferns
and his favorite is Adiantum far
leyeuse.
Violets are very easily injured by to-
bacco smoke.
The flowers of the blue bonnet, the
state flower of Texas. are of a delicate
porcelain blue and produce a peculiarly
beautiful effect as they occur in masses
in the fields.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

We have request to give the facts
as to Cottonwood and adjoining coun-
ties located in the southwestern part of
Minnesota. as to the climate, soil, rain
fall and utility for general farming.
This is rolling prairie country, well
drained rich alluvial soil, free from
stone and easily worked. Wheat, bar
ley, fax, oats, corn, potatoes and stock
of all kinds do WELL The rainfall is
ample in most seasons for the proper
maturing of crops, though. in common
with all the prairie west, drought dur
ing the growing season sometimes
shortens the crop. The climate is hot
in summer and cold in winter, very
healthful and bracing, and the country
is peopled with a most excellent class
of settlers. These good and desirable
farm lands have been very cheap up to
year or so ago. They have now ad-
vanced in price and are selling at from
$50 to $40 per acre, with the certainty
that they will touch the $50 mark be-
fore many years.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
The RUSSIAN OLIVE.



A Most Beautiful Ornamental Tree.
In Favor In the West.
"Who is figuring on planting the
beautiful Russian olive as an orna-
mental this spring." asks the Denver
Field and Farm The tree is botanic
ally elRagnus and the species anguish
folia. 1t belongs to the same family as
the buffalo berry, and they will graft
together. 1t was introduced in the west
| about 1870, and the first trees planted
are still standing, SO far as we are able
to learn. 1t is growing in the higher
| elevations of the sand hills of north
western Nebraska, where it was plant
ed, with other trees, many years ago.
The companion trees are all gone, and
only these survive. Isolated specimens
make spreading, round topped but
somewhat irregular trees. In hedge
forms it grows very much like the gray
ore fence willow. Its foliage is silvery
white like the buffalo berry, and with
it's glossy, deep brown bark it makes
a fine tree for the lawn. 1t is partially
thorny, but not to the same extent as
the Usage orange or honey locust. IheSe
thorns in many and perhaps in most
cases are the spurs that bear the bios
SONS and fruit. The berry is elongated
and is about the size of an ordinary
pea, covered with sweet pulp which
when removed leaves the true seed
about twice as long and thick as a
good grain of whea, The seed is not
easy to terminate. he wood is light
and brittle. When III bloom, the flow
ers, which are insignificant, are ex-
tremely fragrant. much like those of
the Towering currant. The Russian
olive will grow readily from cuttings.
We have not tried this, but will do SO in
the spring. 1t does not sprout from the
roots. The plants can now be bought
from most western nurserymen.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
How to Clean Marble.

Stains on marble can be removed by
spreading a paste made of fuller's
earth and lemon juice on them, leav-
ing for twenty-four hours and then
washing off with warm water. If this
does not remove them, mix the fuller's
earth with lemon juice and a solution
of household Soda teaspoonful dis
solved in half a gill of warm water.
Lay this on, leave till next day, then
wash in warm water to which a little
chloride of lime has been added.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
"PLANT MORE ROSES"
10 Into the Air and Sunshine; Make
Flowers bloom.

"a PATHETIC, strangely signifi-
"a cant message was that which
Il IA purported to come to broken
hearted mother through spir-
itualistic medium. The mother had late
ly lost by death within few weeks of
children-all she had left in her home.
The lips of the medium told her her
lost babes were there. Then followed
these words:
Mamma, plant more roses"
Whether there be any truth in spirit
ualism or not, we know that if there is
a happier world than this it must be
radiant with blossoms of immortal
beauty, for heaven would be no heaven
without flowers. 1t is given us now
and then to see in visions these radiant
flowers of paradise, unlike any on this
earth and rarer and lovelier So the
more flowers an earthly home has
around it and in it the more it looks
like that heaven to which our longing
eyes are looking forward. 1t is the
mission of flowers to make the earth
beautiful and gladden. the eyes of man
kind. Yet have they another mission,
indirect, but not less important. They
bring health and peace to those who
tend them. The kindly, moist earth,
the golden air. the warm sunshine
nourish us and fill us with the unshak-
able calm of the universe.
FNl,o +,,,,o Aoxuo,. loyo,. nd HOIuor, l.
turist is serene. The miserable, petty
frets that mankind themselves, not fate
or the Almighty, have brought into this
life, drop away when the true flower
lover takes her garden implements and
goes to dig in the earth. Everything
we do not know for certain is theory,
and one theory of the universe is apt to
be as good as another, yet the doctrine
advanced that all life is from the sun
and that it comes to this earth in infini-
tesimal germs, riding upon the sun
rays, commends itself wonderfully to
the lover of outdoor life, particularly
as, looked at properly, there is nothing
unorthodox in such doctrine. In the air
and sunshine we breathe, in the very
principle OF life itself. the physical ex-
ertion we make in digging in the earth
rids the body of wornout, hurtful parti-
cles, leaving room for the new life to
come in and build new cells.
Now let us talk plain flower culture.
While the spring is young and the
sun is resurrected from his winter
burial, the life germs are most electric.
Let us go into the yard, we who have
one. and clear away all the rubbish and
debris of winter that accumulate some
how in the grounds of the neatest. Let
us remove every unsightly heap OF
what kind soever and put in it's place
a plant, shrub c. flower bed. We look
over the ground and plan our summer
work carefully, according to the size
of the plot and the time we are able to
devote to it. For us ordinary people
who have much to do it is not well tC
try too many varieties of flowers al
once. A few favorites kept in prime
order are far better than a confused
many half tended. First of all, OF
course, there are roses. We do not have
nearly enough roses in our yards
There are dozens of the splendid hardy
varieties that need little care and are g
thing of beauty all summer long, til
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
A WISE MAN.

A friend of ours while looking for a
farm two years ago in locality where
good land touched $50 per acre. which
price was a little too high for him,
found what was called the poorest
quarter section in the township for sale
at $33 per acre-a peaty marsh, largely.
He quietly took few levels and found
out that there was ample fall to easily
drain the tract and then bought the
land. the neighbors all calling him a
foolish man for investing The land
was drained. and any of the men who
poked fun at him would now be very
glad if they could raise such crops of
millet. corn. potatoes and timothy as
he does.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
AN ORDINANCE

Appropriatng moneys to pay the current ex-
penses of the City of Woodbury. for the fiscal
year beginning March Is, 1902.
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the City of Woodbury. that there shall be
and hereby is appropriated for the current ex-
penses of the City of Woodbury. for the fiscal
year beginning March 1S, 1902, the following
sums of money for the following Objects to-wit:
No. l. For the purpose of opening laying out,
grading, repairing, widening, improving and
keeping in order the Streets and Highways of
the City of Woodbury., the sum of Three thou
sand five hundred dollars ($3, $4,000.
No 2. For the purpose of Lighting the Streets
and Highways of the City of Woodbury., the
sum of Five thousand eight hundred dollars
($5, 10000.
No g. For the use and expense of the Fire
Department, the sum of Seven hundred dollars
($700.00).
No 4. For Policemen's salaries, the of
twelve hundred dollars Isl, 10000.
No 5. For Incidental Expenses, including
printing, stationery, election and celebrating
Memorial Day, the sum of Twenty-one hundred
dollars (S2, 10000.
No 6. For maintaining the Poor, the of
Two hundred dollars $4,000.
No z. For the and expense of the Board
OF Health. the of One hundred and fifty
dollars ($150.O0).
No s. For the payment of Engine House
Bond cd due Dec. l. 1902. and Interest, the
sum OF One thousand one hundred and twenty
dollars (s1, l20.001.
No. 9. For Officers salaries the sum of Two
thousand dollars ($2, 000.00).
No. TO- For Improvements to Public Property,
the of Four hundred and fifty dollars
(S45oO0)
No. ii. For the Repair of Sewer, the sum of
Five hundred dollars (S50000).
Passed at a regular session of Council, held
April l. 1902. THEO. F. BURKETT.
President of Council, pro tenn.
Attest
GEO. K. CARROLL City Clerk.
Approved April ii, 1902 All
Prs. fee, $3.50. sAM'L H. LADD, Mayor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
r.,,a Care Of the calves.

Take as good care of the calves as
you do of their dams, for they form
the nursery of the dairy. A poor, pot
bellied calf raised on slop in a small,
bare Enclosure, with green pasturage
inst out of reach, is enough to make
an honest dairyman weep, and yet how
many such do we see! Is it any won
Ter that the land is full of common"
cows? They would be uncommon ones
indeed if they could evolve from such
infancy into robust. profitable animals.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
HOW TO BREATHE.
The Danger of Breathing ThrOug,
the Mouth.

The Danger of Breathing Through
the Mouth.
Every cold morning if you watch ten
different men you will find that almost
every one has his own method of
breathing in cold air, says the New
York Journal.
One man refrains from breathing
through his nose at all and breathes
through his mouth, warming the air
before he takes it into his lungs, and
that is very bad plan. Another man
will hold handkerchief over his nose
and mouth and feel happy because he
is taking in about one-quarter of the
oxygen he needs. A third man dashes
out of his house, going from a very hot
room into the freezing air and filling
his lungs to their fullest capacity. He
is even more foolish than the others, as
he runs the risk of a sudden and serf-
Gus chill through contraction of the
lung cells.
Each man of course must regulate
for himself the amount of cold air
which he can safely take into his
luuSS. NO HAL SuOulu ever UTSdlu0
through his mouth under any circum-
stances. The nose is wonderfully
adapted to the breathing work which
it has to do. 1t separates the air from
it's impurities, dust and so on, and can
at will regulate the supply admitted to
the lungs.
If you leave hot room and go into
the cold air, you can inhale little by
little through the nostrils until you no
longer feel any extreme GOODNESS. At
the end of five minutes the lungs will
have adjusted themselves to the lower
temperature, and you can breathe as
comfortably and as deeply as in warm
weather
Experiment with this on the next
very cold day, and don't breathe
through your mouth anyhow. Breath
ing through the mouth brings all sorts
of germs directly into contact with the
unprotected mucous membrane, and it
is largely responsible for colds, sore
throat and consumption.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01
AN ORDINANCE

To provide for the Assessment and Collection
of Taxes in the City of Woodbury., N. j., for
the year 1902:
SEC l. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the City of Woodbury., that there shall be
assessed and collected to and from all persons,
the limits of the City of Woodbury., for the use
of the City during the ensuing year, the several
amounts and for the purposes following, viz
l. For the purpose OF opening, widening lay
ing out grading repairing, improving and
keeping in order the Streets and Highways OF
the City of Woodbury., the sum of Twenty-Five
hundred dollars ($2, 10000.
2. For the purpose of lighting the Streets and
Highways of the City, the sum of Five thou
sand eight hundred dollars (S5, 10000.
8. For the use and expense of the Fire Depart
ment, the sum of Five hundred dollars (S500.0O).
hundred dollars ($l, 10000.
.. For incidental expenses, including print
ing, stationery election expenses, Memorial
Day expenses the of One thousand five
hundred dollars (Sl50O.O0)
6. For maintaining the poor, the sum of One
hundred dollars $4,000.
2. For the use and expense of the Board of
Health the sum OF One hundred dollars (Sl00.00).
8. For the payment of Engine House Bond
3D. due Dec. l, 1902 and Interest, the sum Of
One thousand one hundred and twenty dollars
($1, I20O0).
9. For Officers salaries. the sum of Two thou
sand dollars 49, 100000.
10. For Improvements to Public Property the
sum of Three hundred dollars ($3O0005.
Passed at regular session of Council, held
April l, 1902
1dEo. F. BURKETT,
Attest:
GEO K CARROLL, City Clerk.
Approved April s, 1902. 40
Prs fee, $3.50. SAM'L H. LADD, Mayor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-05-01

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