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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
DISASTERS AT SEA.
JANUARY.

JANUARY.
4. The steamer Iaqua wrecked on Duxbury reef,
outside the Golden Gate, San Francisco; 30 to
40 people drowned.
90 IL sailors drowned in the wreck of the British
ship Noel Tryvan in the channel at Cherbourg.
France.
%. The steamer Holland wrecked at the entrance
to the river Mas. Holland; 10 people drown
ed.
% 12S lives lost in the wreck Of the Pacific Mail
steamer Rio Janeiro of San Francisco.
MARCH.
%. 10 sailors of the crew of the British steamer
Tay persisted in collision with the German
steamer Chemnitz in the Flushing roadstead,
which wrecked the Tay.
MAY.
Is. Steamer City Of Paducah sank at Grand Tow
er, ILL.,, carrying down 2 passengers and q
sailors.
%. The Norwegian bark Elsie run down by the
steamer Ohio of the Wilson line of Sable is
land; IA of the crew lost.
"a. Steamer Baltimore wrecked near Au Sable in
q storm Lake Huron; u A--iors lost.
JUNE.
%. 6 deaths in the wrecking of the British bark
Falkland on Bishops rock, off the coast Of
California.
10. By the wrecdng Of the yacht Venitzia in
Long Island sound the owner, A. 7. Cotton
of Philadelphia, his two daughters, the cap
tain of the yacht and a seaman were drowned.
%. Is persons, including the captain and
Swedish customs officers killed by explc-
sion on the American schooner Louise AIDE
laide at Stockholm
AUGUST.
s.;,ors ., The steamer Kircors dro,ynad IN
collision Of that shin with tbe White star
ocean liner Oceanic in the Irish channel.
i6 The Kiondike steamer Islander struck an iCe-'
berg of Douglass island and went down with
many passengers on board; deaths, 81.
10. By the capsizing of the steamer City Of Col
conda in the Ohio river, near Paducah, KY.
30 people were drowned.
g. The steamboat City of Trenton, plying the
Delaware river, exploded her boilers above
Philadelphia. killing II persons and inJurlng
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
THE BoER WAR.

MARCH.
10 Botha's rejection of the British terms OF
peace announced in the house of commons
81. In desperate fight at Vladfontein, on the
Durham Johannesburg railroad, between Gen.
Delary's Beers and the British under Gen.
Knox, the latter lost ia killed and wounded.
JUNE.
T. Beers surprised the Australian Mounted rifles
in camp near Wolnlansrust, in the Transvaal,
killing IS and wounding AZ Britons and cap
turing 2 pompons.
AUGUST.
z. Gen. Kitchener proclaimed to the Beers in
arms that they would be banished from
- South Africa unless they surrendered before
Sept. Is.
SEPTEMBER.
IT, Three companies Of British Mounted infantry
ambushed by the Beers at Scheepers mex, in
the Transvaal, losing 46 killed and wounded
and $50 captured.
26 Boer attack on Fort italia, Natal, repulsed
with heavy loss.
OCTOBER.
90. Gen. Botha's Beers attacked Col. Benson S
British column near Brakenlaagte, eastern
Transvaal, inhicting heavy loss; the British
casualties were officers, including Col. Ben
son, killed, ID officers wounded and 81 men
killed and 100 wounded; Botha, in person, led
the Boer charge
NOVEMBER
IA. Col. Byng's British column attacked near
Heilbron, Orange River Colony by a force of
De Vets Beers losing IA killed and wounded.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
DISASTERS ON LAND.
Deaths by Explosions. Collisions and
Fires.

Deaths by Explosions, Collisions and
Fires
JANUARY.
6. 8 deaths in the burning Of the Harvard hotel.
Minneapolis.
g 10 lives lost in the burning of the orphan
asylum at Rochester. N Y.
L. persons crushed to death and 20 injured in
a theater panic caused by an alarm OF fire in
Chicago.
Is. 8 killed in head on collision on the Grand
Trunk railway at Locke Mills, Me-
FEBRUARY.
g. At Baku, Russian Transcaucasia many lives
were lost by a naphtha and petroleum fire.
Z. killed and several injured in an accident on
the Erie railroad at Greenville, Pa.
81 persons killed by dynamite explosion at
the San Andres mine. state Of Durango, Mex
Is. so miners entombed by an explosion of Ere
damp at the yelling colliery, Vancouver is
land.
q. u killed and 40 injured in head collision
on the Camden and Amboy railroad near Tren-
ton.
g. 81 miners killed by explosion in the Diamond
vile colliery, Kemmerer, Wy.
MARCH.
IL Heavy loss Of life and many injured by ex-
plosion which wrecked the Doremus laundry
and the Waverly theater, Chicago.
mine, Fayette county, Pa.
APRIL.
25. 80 killed and 100 injured by explosion In
electro chemical works at Greisheim, Ger
many.
Is. miners killed and fatally injured by an
explosion at the Georges Creek Coal and Iron
Co., Pennington, W. Va.
"a. Fatal explosion in the Universal colliery,
Wales; over 80 lives lost.
20. killed and many injured In trolley crash
at Albany.
a. 81 miners killed by an explosion in the Rich
land mine, near Dayton, Tenn.
JUNE.
10. Is deaths from explosions in the Port Royal
mines, Port Royal, Pa.
u. II deaths from fireworks explosion at Pater-
son, N J.
!. II boys killed by a stroke Of lightning on
pier in Chicago
10. IS killed and fatally injured in a wreck on
the Chicago and Alton road near Marshall, Mo.
IL workmen killed and 10 injured by the col
lapse Of bridge at Aahtabula, o.
AUGUST
6. so killed snd leo in5ured by an explosion Of
naphthaiine in Philadelphia. which destroyed
buiIdings.
"a. Is lives lost in fire which penned party
Of workmen in tunnel crib at Cleveland
10. Is bridge workmen killed by an explosion Of
stored dynamite at Herldmer, N. Y.
20. 5 persons killed and l75 burned otherwise
injured in an explosion and FIRE in the Allan
tic Refining plant at Point Breeze, near Phiia-
delphia.
20. killed in wreck on the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Fairville, N. Y.
80. So killed and Is injured in wreck on the
Great Northern at Nyack, Mon.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
ANNUAL CONVENTIONS.

AUGUST
4. The Methodist Episcopal ecumenical confer
ence opened in London.
26. Triennial conclave of the order OF Knights
Templars opened at Louisville, Ky.
SEPTEMBER.
O. The S5th annual encampment of the G. A. R.
met at Cleveland
10. The Naval Veterans held their annual parade
at Cleveland in honor of the S7th anniversary
of Perry's victory on Lake Erie.
IL. The British Science association met in annual
session at Glasgow.
H. The national encampment of the Sons OF Vet
Grams opened in Providence.
OCTOBER.
q The general convention of the Episcopal
church opened in San Francisco
g. The Society of the Army Of the Cumberland
held its annual reunion at Louisville.
NOVEMBER.
Is. The S3d annual reunion Of the Society OF the
Army Of the Tennessee opened in Indianapolis.
DECEMBER.
O. The American Federation OF Labor met at
Scranton
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
HOW to Make spiced Grapes.

Prepare the grapes as for preserving,
by removing the skins, boiling the pulp
and straining out the seeds. To seven
pounds of fruit weighed before the
seeds are removed) add a cupful of
strong vinegar, a cupful Of the grape
juice taken from the grapes used for
preserves, two ounces of cinnamon,
one ounce of cloves Gie the spices in
a cloth so they can be removed, three
and one-half pounds of sugar. Boil
until it becomes thick like a MARINA
lade, which will take about an hour
and a half. When done, turn it into
glasses. This is good with roast meats.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
How to Clean OIL Bottles.

When you wish to use glass bottles
which have contained oil for some
other purpose and find it difficult to
remove traces Of the oil try the follow
ing: Fill the bottle with ashes and
place it in cold water, which should
be heated gradually till it boils. Let II
boil for an hour and let the bottle re
main in the water until cold. Then
wash it with soapsuds, rinsing in clear
water.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
THE FEW WHO SUCCEED.


We note that there are always few
men who raise good crops even when
any particular crop Is rated as a gen.
eral failure, which goes to prove that
the agencies which bring about a
crop failure are, at least to some ex-
tent, under the control of man. For
instance, in this year Of short corn
crop, when many fields produced not
an ear Of corn and others but very
small return, In nearly every commune
ty will be found few men who have
raised a good average crop Of fifty
bushels an acre. The success of these
men and the failure of their neighbors
in growing a corn crop cannot be
wholly charged up to variations in
soil or climatic conditions. If the real
cause could be located, it would be
found that it was very closely allied
with the men themselves, and for this
reason, what these men who raised
good crops in a poor year may happen
to know about corn culture Is worth
great deal to their neighbors who failed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
BEST Winter Eood

Probably the best winter food now
known is ensilage, corn cut when the
grain is developed. just as it is well
glazed. says DR.. G. T. Palmer In
Hoard's Dairyman. It possesses the
advantage of retaining a certain
amount Of freshness and moisture
throughout the entire winter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
THE pEsKY Por HUNTER.

A case occurred lately where family
had tanned a lot of gray squirrels and
they made the prettiest of pets for the
dooryard. One day the man with a
gun from town comes along and MUIR
ders-that's the right word-these lit
tie pets. What should be done to such
a man? 1t is little wonder that town
sports find the notice, mo Shooting Al
lowed" posted up on so many farm
premises. We know of a flock of
quail which man has almost domes-
ticated round his barnyards, but the
chances are that some town pirate will
pot the whole flock at one shot some
day when he catches them punched
under the hazel brush back of the barn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

If you have let portion of the blue
grass pasture grow all summer and
kept the stock out of it, you have now
got winter pasture for the colts which
will just suit them. Six inches of snow
will not hinder them from paving it
away and getting square meal, and,
while their hair will grow long and
thick, roughing it outdoors in the win
try weather in this fashion, you will
have better horses when they are four
years old than if they had been pam
pered in a warm barn. The same gen.
eral rule applies to boys as well as
colts.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
BUFFALO GRASS.

We are asked to say something about
the buffalo grass, the grass which
cures itself where it grows and affords
a most nutritious food all winter long
for the stock of the western ranges.
Analysis shows that in point of nu-
tritive value this grass is the equal of
sheaf oats pound for pound. 1t grows
only in the arid and semiarid belt and
depends largely for Its feeding value
upon the fact that there Is little or no
rain to injure it after it natures.
Wherever it grows, there the country
is too dry for general farming and
is alone sufficient notice not to pillow
the land upon which it grows. 1t can
be fed out by oyerpasturing when it's
place is usurped by worthless weeds.
This grass cannot be acclimated in
any part of the Mississippi valley
where the rainfall exceeds ten inches
per annum.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
How to Tougher Brooms.

! All floor and whisk brooms should be
wet in scalding hot brine before using
them. 1t win effectually prevent the
straw from breaking. Brooms will last
much longer if they are dipped for a
moment or two In a kettle of boiling
suds each week. This will make them
tough and pliable.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
How to whiten Piano KEYS.

Piano keys. no matter how old and
discolored, may be restored to their
original whiteness by the continued
use of acid. A cotton flannel cloth sat
urated with oxalic acid laid upon them
will remove all stains. But great care
must be taken not to allow the acid to
touch any other part Of the piano.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
Choosing a Dairy Cow,

Never choose dairy cow because
she is fat, sleek and a beauty. In a
dairy cow beauty is as beauty does"
The fat and sleek dairy cow doesn't
do the handsome thing The scraggy.
bony cow does. Therefore she is tile
real dairy beauty.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

James T. Budd executor of the estate OF Mary
Budd, deceased, by direction of the Surrogate of
the County of Gloucester hereby gives notice to
the creditors of the said Mary Budd, deceased,
to bring in their debts, claims and demands
against the estate of the said decedent under
oath or affirmation, within nine months from
this date, or they will be forever barred of any
| action therefor against the said Executor.
Dated Now, 1901. lila JAMES T. BUDD.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
How to Make Cleaning Paste.

! A good cleaning paste for enameled
baths, zlpc, pals, ETC., is made of equal
quantities Of shaved yellow soap, whit
ening and common soda dissolved over
the fire in the least possible amount of
water required to keep 1t from burn
ing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
MOVING WEST.


The boundary line on the west, where
slipshod farming can no longer extort
a paying crop from the soil, may be
said to be the line which divides the
states of Ohio and Indiana. This line
is working farther west each year and
includes that territory where the ques-
ton of commercial fertilizers must be
considered if good crop would be
raised. The states lying to the west
and northwest of this line, partly be-
cause of the greater wealth of native
fertility in the soil and partly because
the land has not been so long cultivat-
ed, are not becoming so rapidly impov-
erished, but their time will come wher-
ever the grain skinning process is in
practice. The use Of clover and the
keeping of stock to consume the prod
ucts Of the land will head the evil day
off, and nothing else will.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
BRECK'S unEEamEn1ER
GRAPE JUICE
ABSOLUTELY NoN-ALcoHoLlc
STRICTLY FREE FROM CHEMICALS

This Grape Juice is most healthful, delicious
and nourishing beverage for ALL
The sick and convalescent find this brand par
ticularly desirable, as it is preserved strictly
without salicylic acid or any other chemicals
This delicate liquid food is keenly relished
and assimilated without taxing the digestive
organs It is prescribed by eminent physicians
Every bottle is guaranteed to keep until it is
opened.
This Strictly Pure Juice, slightly sweetened
with graduated sugar, has been expressed from
table grapes, stemmed before pressing.
As it is preserved by sterilization and not by
chemicals, it may be taken in such quantities
and as often as desired. Serve cold. It is better
if diluted with Clipped ice.
As a table beverage it cannot be too highly
commended. Churches will find this superior
article for the Sacrament, as it meets the Scrip
tural requirement. for fruit Of the vine."
FOR SALE BY--
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
HOW to Make rnath Powder.

CASTLE soap and orris root in equal
parts make cleansing and fragrant
tooth powder. If desired, an equal part
of precipitated chalk may be added.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

We never saw a more prompt con-
nection between cause and effect than
few days ago. A large gang Of men
engaged upon public building had
dropped their tools, taken off their
aprons and were well out of the in
closure before the noon whistle had
stopped blowing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
HOW THE CEDAR GROVE WAS
PLANTED.

A pioneer settler set out a grove of
cottonwood trees on the prairie, and
near the house he set two or three red
cedars. AS the cedars grew they bore
seed, which the cedar birds gathered
from the trees in the winter time and
carried into the cottonwood grove to
eat. Many of these seeds were dropped
among the leaves. where they germi-
mated, and now the cottonwood grove
has been converted into fine grove Of
cedars.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02
1901 In REVIEW
Brief Record Of Events Of
the Year.
THE NEW CENTURY BEGUN.

Deaths of Great Rulers, Queen
and a President-The Struggle In
South Africa-Items of Personal,
Political and Miscellaneous Affairs.
Disasters From Fire, Storm and
Academia Classified Summary.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

If man was able to work as hard in
Alabama as he is in Vermont or Min
nesota, what showing he could make!
But he cannot, and invariably acquires
the 'let her CO. Gallagher" habit for
which the climate of the south Is alone
responsible whenever he goes from
Dakota to Texas.
NO MONEY IN 1T.
Just so long as there are large sup
plies Of native forest to be drawn upon
In this country just so long will it be
difficult to associate any sort of fnan-
cial reward with the important aues-
ton of forestry. The average Ameri-
can will seldom become interested in
any business unless there is money in
it for him. At anything like prevailing
prices for forest products the planting
of forests or even the caring for such
forests as are left offers little financial
reward for the man who does the
work. In the countries of the old world
the condition is different, for there al
most any product of the forest will
bring three or four times as much as it
will in this country, and the forests Of
France and Germany are SO conducted
and cared for that they pay fair re-
turn on the investment. While men
will be willing to plant trees for shade,
for fruit and for windbreaks, there
are but few who are willing to plant
forests for their grandchildren's bene-
fit
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

q Maj Alexander Sharp, U. s. A, retired,
brother-in-law Of Gen. Grant and formerly
prominent figure in the military circles Of
Washington At the Preside, California; aged
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

/. Ashel j. Severance, inventor Of the diamond
drill for boring rock, at Denver; aged 70.
9. Gen. George W. Getty, veteran Of the Mexican
and civil wars, at Forest Glen, Nd. aged ss.
10. Lorenzo Snow, president Of the Church Of
Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints CMormon), al
Salt Lake City; aged 81.
Is. John s. Pillsbury, former governor Of Mime
sofa, at Minneapolis; aged 70.
10. Rear Admiral Francis n. Bunce, q. s. n,
retired, at Hartford, Conn; aged g.
%. Friedrich Preller, famous German landscape
painter, in Dresden; aged 63.
"a. Joachim Napoleon Prince Murat, grandson Of
Bonaparte's famous cavalry leader, Marshal
Murat, at his chateau in the department Of
Disc; aged 81.
a. George W. Carleton, the well known New
York publisher. at Saratoga; aged 10.
U. S Consul L. ". Osborn, the American who
changed. the history Of Samoa during the
rivalry for the throne, at Apia
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

Q. The supreme court Of the United States de-
cided that the Philippine Islands are Ameri-
can territory within the meaning Of the tariff
laws.
The South Carolina and West India exposition
opened at Charleston.
4. The Colombian Liberal leader, Domingo Diaz,
surrendered to Gen. Alban.
s. Capt. Richard B. Turner, keeper Of Libby
prison at Richmond, Va, during the civil
war, died at Suffolk; aged g.
u. Marconi received the first wireless message
across the Atlantic
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

APRIL.
20 His Eminence won the Kentucky Derby at
Louisville
3d. McGovern defeated the "Omaha KID for the
featherweght championship Of the world at
San Francisco.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-02

5. The British ship Nelson turned turtle of
Astoria, Or; the crew of % drowned.
l5O people drowned by the sinking Of an excur-
sion barge of the Portuguese city of St. Goa.
India.
4. The British bark Pinmore stranded and aban-
doned at the mouth Of Raft river, Washing
ton; 9 sailors drowned.
The Iola register., 1902-08-01
THE CLOCK STOPPED.
And when IL Did II Scared the Bup-
sIar Almost Out Of His
Senses.

"Ever hear clock stop in the mid
die of the night?" said the retired
burglar, according 10 the New York
Sun. ~ did, once, and never was
much more scared by anything for
minute, in my life
"I'd just picked up a watch that was
lyin' on the top of a bureau In house
that was in when all Of a sudden there
seemed to drop right down, somehow.
a stiffness that was like death; and I
found myself standing there holding
that watch and looking around in the
dark in all directions, expecting some
thing terrible to happen; and scared?
"Why, for minute was scared al
most out of my senses. And then all
OF a sudden IL struck me that clock
that I'd been hearing ticking away
good and strong up 20 that minute
in the room back Of the one was In
had stopped.
That's all, but that was enough for
me, and Just slid out.
81 like a quiet house, but don't
like one with that kind OF stiffness
in IL; and then, sometimes folks are
woke up by clock stopping Just
about as quick as they would be by
the firing of gun"
The Iola register., 1902-08-01
NEGRO SCARED WHITE.
Strange Eject of Terror on the black
Cook of an Eastern Sail
ing ship.

Fear Of death in the midst of storm
which threatened to send the schoon-
er Fred A. Small to the bottom Is said
to have changed Herm Blenco, q full
blooded negro, into white man. The
change lasted three days. Then, so
the story goes Blanco's natural color
asserted itself once more, and he re-
sumed his place on shipboard os a
man of ebony, reports the New York
Mail and Express.
81 had heard Of negro turning
white from fright" said Capt. 2. r.
Thomson, of the Small, "but 1t was tho
first time l ever saw such transfor-
nation. Ordinarily Blanco Is as black
az night, but while the storm lasted
he was almost as white as snow"
In wrecked condition the schooner
came into port the other day, and
was towed to dry dock. Three weeks
ago she left Valpar araiso with a cargo
Of wood, birds and monkeys. Six days
later she ran into severe storm.
For four days and nights her crew
was kept on deck. On the fifth day
topmast and bowsprit went by the
board All this time Blanco, the cook.
is said TO have grown whittier and
whittier.