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The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01
Mr.. Cleveland Goes Hunting.

Former President Cleveland has lett
Princeton for the South, where he VIII
remain several days and spend the time
hunting with Colonel E. @. Benedict,
Rear Admiral r. d. Evans, General
Anson G.. McCook and Herman May.
The party will go to Georgetown, 3. w.
and shortly after arriving there will go 10
the home of Colonel Alexander, who lives
on an island eighteen miles from that
city.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01
OUR LAST BURGLARS.
Two Have Gone to the Railway
Reformatory.

Charles Williams, James Williamson
AMI James Smith, the three Camden
youths who were caught robbing the
store of P. H. Saltzman, of our town, on
Friday last, pleaded guilty On Mondsy
10 the County Court. Wilson, the
youngest, was sent to the Reform School
and the ether two to the Railway Re-
formatory.
All the boys had been previous in
mates of the Jamesburg State Home, it
is said.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01
No sIo,. carriage Paint Made

No Gloss Carriage Paint Made
will wear as long as Devoe's. No others
are as heavy bodied, because Devoe's
weigh to ounces more to the pint.
Sold by Perrine & Buckelew.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01
That Beautiful Gloss.

comes from the varnish in Devoe's Var
nish Floor Paint; costs cents more
quart though. Sold by Perrine q
Buckelew.
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01
Obituary..
Mrs. ELEANOR MCNAMEE.

MRS. ELEANOR MCNAMEE.
Mrs. Eleanor McNamee, widow of the
late Farrell McNamee. died on Tuesday
night. at the home of Mr.. John II. Ell
liott, in Cranbury, n. j., aged n years.
Mrs. McNamee lived for many years in
Jamesburg. She is survived by three
children-Mrs. John H. Elliott, Albert
McNamee, of Plainsboro, and Farrell Nc
Nance, of South River. The funeral
was held Friday. at one O'Clock, from her
late residence. with interment in Fern
wood cemetery, Jamesburg. Rev. }. l.
Ewing conducted the services.
MRS. ELIZABETH sTULTs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stults, wife of Mr.. David
G. Stults, of Pros pect Plains, died at tne
home of her husband on Sunday night,
after a lingering illness, aged 81 years
Her malady was consumption. The
funeral services were held on Wednesday
Rev. ]. E. Curry conducting the same
Mrs. Stults was an exemplary Christlah
woman and a member of the First Pres-
bvterian Church of Cranbury. The IN
termept was in the graveyard OF that
Church. She leaves husband and one
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Perrine, to mourn
her loss.
DIR. FREEMAN sToDDARD.
DR. Freeman Stoddard, aged ~ years,
died at his country home at prospect
Plains. ON Thursday, from paresis. he
was retired dentist from New forh
CITY. The funeral will be held this Sat
urday. with services at the home and IN
terment in First Church graveyard
Cranbury,
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01

Now is the time to advertise ana le'
,.on,a know what you have for SALE
The Jamesburg record., 1902-02-01

Read THE RECORD.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
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carried off. The lamps We're made to
order by the tinsmith, and are fitted
with common hat-wick burners; four
of them can be placed under each
boiler. Thus in the severest weather
there are eight lamps burning, and
they may burn 25 cents worth of oil
in day. The Farmhouse walls
were built with care to make them
warm, and l have system of screens
(made by stretching cotton cloth on
wooden frames) which l put up every
cold night under the glass and take
down in the morning-this operation
taking not over five or six minutes
each day. Under these circum-
stances my heating system has
worked admirably, and has never
failed. AT four o'clock in the after
noon l can light as many lamps as
L think necessary, and leave them
with the most perfect assurance that
l shall find everything right next
morning or the middle of the fore
noon if l am so late as that. If
We're to build another house, or two
or three small ones l think l should
use this same system of heating
Rural New Yorker
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
There Is Money in Com
mercial Apple Growing. X
The Fruit Has Become Staple in the Markets of
the World and Is in Demand.

any. If the crops are rightly handled
there will be no difficulty in finding
ready market for choice first-class
winter apples.
All fruit must be carefully hand
picked, avoiding bruising or breaking
of the skin or straining of the stem
at its juncture with the apple, for
loosening of the stem at it's base will
induce rot to set in as quickly as the
breaking of the skin. Some orchard
lists use for picking receptacle con-
venient sized basket, lined or padded
to avoid bruising, with an adjustable
bale, SO as to allow the fruit to be
carefully dumped in piles under the
shade of trees. To the piles barrels
are hauled and distributed for pack
ing, and a gang of sorters and packers
follow, sorting and packing the fruit
into barrels.
The time for picking the apple must
be determined by it's maturity or
stage of ripeness, and not by any par
ticular date. Some varieties should be
picked much earlier than others, for
upon the stage of maturity and time
of picking depend largely the keeping
quality of the apple. Sometimes diff
ference of one or two weeks in date
of picking will show marked differ
ence in keeping. If the apple is left on
the trees after it is fully matured the
ripening process will go ON more rap
idly than if taken off and placed in a
cool room or cellar or taken at onceto
cold storage. 1t is betterto be on the
safe side and pick the fruit a little be-
fore maturity rathen than to leave it
until overripe. The common practice
of allowing the fruit to remain in
heaps under the trees for several days
is mistake. The sooner the apple is
removed after picking to the cool cell
lar or to cool storage the better will
it keep.
Careful and systematic sorting is an
important matter in handling fruit.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
DRAINAGE IN ORCHARDS.
Lack of 1t Is Responsible for tho
Wasting Away of Thousands
of Apple Trees.

Apple orchards generally do best
ones that need most to be draineds
says an exchange. This lack OF
drainage is doubtless largely respon-
sible for the failure of thousands OF
orchards. The clay soil, even on
hillsides, holds too much water fonI
the good of the tree-roots during
wet times, whether those times be int
fan, winter or spring. 1t not infre-
quently happens that tree is set
out on a clayey hillside. 1t leaves
out well, but after that the leavez
dwindle in size and become sicklN!
in appearance. Finally the tree dies
We have seen this caused apparently
by heavy rains saturating the clay
soil and keeping it full of moistureI
during the time when the tree was,
attempting to form new rootlets and
root hairs. Examples of this have
come to the attention of the written
this year in localities that have had
rains every day for about two
months. Poor drainage is appars-
emily the cause.
Summer droughts are given as theF
cause of the death of some fruit
trees. Yet if the soil had been thor
oughly drained to depth of three
feet the roots of the trees would
have struck SO deep that drouth
would affect them but little. When
drainage is bad, the roots remain
nearer the surface of the ground,
and so are more injured in the case
OF lack of moisture in the surface
soil. Droughts are seldom so severe
as to dry out the ground to a depth
of several feet. A hard pan just be-
low the trees is given as the cause
for the failure of some, but in this
case it seems to us that it is really
question of drainage. If the drains
had been put in at the right depth
and the soil broken up under the
trees. no hard pan of any conse-
quence could have existed. Also the
work of the frost on such drained
soil is more complete and way made
for the deeper penetration of the
roots.
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recent years been grown in CONNER
cial quantities of magnitude. For
merly small family orchards of so or
100 trees were the average planting.
The apple was then grown more for
family use than for commercial pur-
poses. But the vast progress and de-
velopment of apple culture in area
covered, the quantity and quality of
product, together with the increased
demand for home use and expectation,
now places this industry in the front
rank of commercial resources. In
stead of orchards of 100 trees we now
find orchards of hundreds and even
thousands of acres each, and capital in
large amounts is being invested an
nually, not only for home markets,
but for extensive export to foreign
countries in fresh and cured forms.
The magnitude of the crop has become
such that houses and storerooms, re-
frigerators, evaporators and places
for expressing the juice have been
constructed at all points in fruit re-
gions required for economic DISPOSE
ton of crops.
Although the apple may be grown
over very wide range of country
more or less suited to its cultivation,
there are certain districts especially
adapted to its successful growth. For
instance, the elevated portion of
southern Missouri and northern Ar
kansas, known as the Ozark region,
and the elevated portions of North
Carolina and Virginia, where similar
conditions exist, are striking exam
pies. The New England, middle and
some, Of the western states are espe-
cially favorable for producing fine
crops of this fruit of highest quality,
and certain sections of Idaho, Colo
RADIO, Oregon and Washington are
rapidly coming to the front in sue
ces,sful orchardiny. Indeed, there is
not state in the union in which the
apple, in some of its varieties, may not
be successfully grown. In addition to
soil and climate the proximity to
transportation by railroads and water
routes is an important consideration
in locating an orchard for commercial
purposes.
The financial success of CONNER
cial apple olcnard depends largely
upon the methods used in picking,
sorting, packing and disposing of the
crops. These operations involve a
large share of the expense of the en-
terprise; hence the owner should
carefully study and investigate the
most recent aud economical methods
IN practice by others before he adopts
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25

every one thinks she can afford, but
which really need not demand much
outlay. The linen is so much more
durable than cotton that the needle
work put upon these cases will not
be expended upon something quickly
thrown aside.
A simple gift, simple as to cost
If not stitches, is a fancy stock.
Handworll is so much in vogue now,
and such elaborate work is seen,
that the stores charge big prices for
the finery in this line. The worker
at home can make exquisite collars
for but few cents, little linen and
some wash-cotton being all the ma
terial needed. One of white butchers
linen with a little open-work of white
cotton, with stars, squares, and
circles, worked in light blue bordered
with black, edges buttonholed in
white, was priced at one of the stores
at two dollars and half. You can
readily see most of the cost lay in
the work. First get a good pattern
of the stock desired, and the rest of
the making will be comparatively
easy. Those long in front are now
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
HAPPY COMBINATION.
Road Cart and Insect Catcher to Tras
verse Orchards and Cotton
Fields at Night. /

The well-known habits of moths and
beetles to fly toward a light has been
taken advantage of by Martin b. Goo
ing. of Nicksburg, Miss, in constructs
ing his combined road cart and insect-
catcher, an illustration of the vehicle
being presented herewith. The special
purpose of the arrangement is to rid
corn and cotton fields and other tracts
of land of the insect pests which dam
age the crops and foliage. The yehi-
Gle made use of in this instance is a
single-wheel cart, constructed especial-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
K1ondike Crop Exhih,;...

Those who have thought of the
Klondike as barren, frozen waste.
incapable of growing agricultural
products, will be astonished to learn
of the fine exhibit shipped from Daw-
son City, which has been shown at
various fairs in the northwest. The
land in that region is fertile, and the
summers, while short. are warm, af-
fording excellent opportunities for
grin farming and grazing. Glover,
oats, rhubarb, celery, cabbage, turn
bps, carrots, beets and potatoes all
make marvellous growths in the short
season. The timber resources and
fisheries are vast. The pine and fir
forests afford 4 guaranty against a
wood pulp famine and it is believed
that within short time the output
of the fisheries will equal in value that
of the gold fields.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
STRAWBERRY DESIGN TRAY CLOTH.

getting the showiest article at the
lowest cost, and because of this perni-
cious custom our houses become
crammed with cheap and useless
stuff. Use your heads little and
use your hands, and you can evolve
presents that will give pleasure to
the recipients thereof.
There are many pieces of handi-
work that can be made for reason
able sum, and we offer few sug-
gestions which we trust may prove
hopeful. Some ladies are proficient
in embroidery, hemstitching, and lace
making; some are especially success
full at crochetting; whilst others pre-
fer to ply the knitting needles; then
there is a class that do little with
"fancy work." but at ordinary sew
ing are able to accomplish good re-
suits. We will try to suit the needs
of these different workers.
Embroidered and Hemxtitched Ar
ticEeS.
Hemstitched linen pillow-cases
make most acceptable gift to any
housewife; bit of luxury that not
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
The Chestnut IL Going.

The former millions of wild pigeons
of Ashtabula county, o., says the JEFF
ferson Sentinel. are only known to the
oldest inhabitant," and now the
chestnut, the king of all nuts for boys,
will soon only be known as culti-
waited nut. Parties at Hartman,
Tenn, are preparing to locate mill
for grinding chestnut timber into
pulp for tanning purposes. 1t is pro.
posed to consume 100 cords per day.
At this rate, and with the destruc-
ton the hard-headed borer is doing.
chestnuts to eat will soon be a thing
of the past. In the early settlement
chestnuts, it is said by early settlers
in Tennessees We're so abundant thai
the Indians, after burning the leaves
off the ground, would pick them up
roasted and sell them at the stores for
six and one-quarter cents per bushel.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25

The old adage, Honesty is the best
policy" will apply in this case. No
imperfect, unsound or blemished fruit
should be allowed in the tirst-class No.
l grade. The grading should be uni
form. Any small specimens, as we'll as
diversified ones, detract from the APP
pearance of the whole lot in the pack
age The standard size should be an
average of the variety when we'll
in regular form, free from fungus
disease, and of clear color, to beco.ae
attractive in the market. If the sort
ing and grading is honestly and faith
fully done there will be no difficulty
in finding ready paying market for
first-class winter apples.
It's quite a common practice among
many extensive orchardists to sell
their entire crop of apples while on the
trees, the purchaser doing all the
work of picking, sorting and packing.
When the proprietor possesses sutfi-
GENTLY good Judgment to be able to
closely approximate safe valuation
of the crop, and a fair price is offered,
this is an economical and satisfactory
way of dispcsing of crop, as there is
much hard, veNatious work, and more
or less risk to run in gathering, pack.
ing and handling of the crop. But III
case the owner chooses to handle his
crop, an immediate sale, as soon as 1T
is barreled and ready for the market
lS nd
way to dispose of it. The holding over
for better price in future is more or
less risky, and oftentimes results in
loss from shrinkage and sometimes,
the necessity of resorting and pack
| ing, which would require more of an
advance in the market price to make
the loss good than often occurs.
All OF the crop left after asserting
| out the No. l and No. 2 grades should
be classed and treated as culls, and
sold to evaporating and canning es-
adjustments or to cidar makers, un-
less the owner has all the facilities at
hand for working them up. For ex-
tensive orchards the profits ON the by
products will justify the expenditure
for buildings and machinery neces-
sary for working them up. In some
instances the by-productsS of the or
chard have been known to exceed in
value returned the receipts from. the
main crop. OF cours., such were eN-
ceptional cases. 1t is also true that
no permanent profit ever comes to the
! producer who would compel his good
| fruit to sell his culls for him.
c. B. BkACKETT.
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cRocAETeo SLIPPERS.

for shoes. These homely articles are
now made with quite attractive APP
pearance.
A button bag is convenient thing
to have in ones work box. A really
good, soft penwiper finds its place on
the writing table. A jewel bag and a
bag for money come in well for the
pocketless woman traveller. The
cases made of chamois, with gener-
Gus flap fastening securely by means
of good patent fasteners, are on
sale at the stores. They can easily
be made at home. l like the eases
better than the bag with draw-string.
Lavender bags are delight to the
dainty housekeeper, but usually she
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS.
National Government should Foster
Improvement of Land as Well
as Water Highways.

There is no question that bad
roads cost nearly or quite as much
as their improvement would amount
to. Probably there is no locality
which has been to the trouble and ex-
pense of improving its own roads,
that would not testify that the i'm
provement is worth all that it cost.
The market value of Ohio farms has
increased but three-tenths of one per
cent. in the last decade. Doubtless
large part Of this retrograde move
ment is due to inaccessibility during
large part of the year. 1t has been
estimated that Kansas farmers lost
more than $5O,OOOOOO in one year
through bad roads. The plan of
building specimen sections as object
lessons to communities in which they
lie, is perhaps the most persuasive
and convincing argument that can be
arranged to educate taxpayers to the
knowledge that road Improvement
means money in their pockets even
tually, and will be a good investment
And when taxpayers get generally
aroused to the equal Importance of
good roads to good water or rail
transportation, then we shall have
our congressional committees har-
arguing and scheming for road i'm
provement appropriations with the
same zeal now displayed in asking
for river and harbor appropriations.
There really is no more reason for
obliging the local communities to
bear all the expense of road build
ing in their vicinities than for re-
curing the vesselmen to make all
their river and harbor improvements.
The former is just as much public
service and public Improvement of
widespread influence as the latter.
1t therefore becomes the govern
ment's business to foster the i'm
provement of its land as we'll as its
water highways.-Ohio Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25

ly for passing between rows of plants
without damaging them, and the sad
die of the harness maintains the cart
in an upright position. Upon the thills
of the cart is mounted a metallic frame,
with lamps of any desired pattern
placed at the top and bottom and
central screen of wire or cloth strung
between the rows of lamps. This
screen is coated with some adhesive
substance, and when the vehicle is
driven between the rows of plants at
night the lights attract the insects,
which, in their attempt to fly about
the flame, strike against the net and
are trapped in the sticky Goa ting.
With good horse a large field can be
gone over in very short time, and
there is little doubt of the saving of
many times the cost of the vehicle
in the course of single season.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25
Pretty Christmas Gifts
Of Home Manufacture
Little Things. Not Hard Make, Which Will
Always Be Appreciated.

spicuously placed as wall decora-
ton the work must be first-class
Violets and maidenhair ferns, holly,
and other delicate designs are best
for these frames.
Handkerchief and necktie cases can
be made with little expenditure of
time or money, and come in handy
if one is not flooded with them. For
getmenots and violets are appropri-
ate decorations.
For Lace Workers.
This is essentially a lace period,
every girl and woman must have some
lace establishment about her cos
tune or else look hopelessly I'M
adorned. Much of the lace work is
elaborate and requires considerable
skill and experience, but there are
some simple designs offered for those
that like that sort. The lace tie
ends are quite simple and at the
same time effective.
More elaborate affairs are the large
collars of Arabian lace. These can
also be made of Battenburg, and at
less cost. In many of the designs
none of the stitches are especially
difficult, although at first glance the
whole looks rather complex.
Other articles that can be made by
the lace workers are centerpieees,
lace caps for baby, kerchiefs, wings
suitable for either hat or hair o1na-
ments, collars with cuffs to match.
vests, bolero jackets, turnover col
lars, lace yokes, lace scarfs, and
doileys. The turnover collars make
very acceptable presents, cost a trife,
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SMALL PLANT HOUSE.
Effective and Costs But Quar-
ter II Day.

I have had nearly ten years ex-
perience in heating plant house
measuring about SKY feet, and can
confidently recommend my method.
I use hot water circulation in iron
pipes, and the heating is done by
ers. The boilers are bell-shaped and
set up with mouth down. The hot
air, after having done it's work of
heating the water, is controlled by
tin drum at the top of which is a
smoke pipe, by which all fumes are
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-25

he apple is KING OF 1ru1tS
fA wherever it may be sue
VA y cessfully grown. 1t is
AWKX found in almost every
- country that has a tenn.
perate climate. No other
fruit succeeds over SO wide
range of territory and under such
diversified climatic conditions, and no
other fruit brings so sure a return to
the grower in proportion to time and
money expended upon it's production.
With proper selection of varieties, To-
cation of soil, and subsequent intelli-
gent management, there can be but
little risk in planting the apple, which
is now no longer luxury, but a sta
pie article of food.
There is scarcely any limit to the
choice varieties to select from, begin
ming with the early ripening Yellow
Transparent, Early Harvest, Red June,
Early Joe, Maiden Blush, etc, through
the list of fall, early winter and late
keeping varieties, including the lus-
cious Pearmain, Rambo, Dyer, Grimes,
Jonathan, Spitzenbergs, Yellow New
town, etc. Indeed, SO wide is the range
of season of the apple that it is the
only fruit of the temperate climates
that may be obtained and enjoyed in
its natural state throughout the year.
Its period of usefulness is being ex-
tended through modern methods of
storage, and with rapidly increasing
facilities for its transportation, it's
commercial value is greatly enhanced.
From hygienic standpoint the APP
pie has but few rivals among cult
waited fruits. Its mild and pleasant
acid is a panacea for many of the ills
that the human race is heir to. What
fruit can be more pleasant to the pal
ate or more beautiful to the eye than
the rich ripe Golden Pippin when
plucked fresh from the tree, or what
more luscious when cooked?
The apple has not, however, until