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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19

BE an artist, then" said Maisie
You're always laughing at my trying
to draw, and it will do you good
.sI'll never laugh at anything you do
he answered. .'I'll be an artist, and I'll
do things
ARTISTS always want money, don't
they?''
1--WE got f120 year of my own. My
guardians tell me I'm to have it when
come of age. That will be enough to
begin with"
"Ah. I'm rich.' said Maisie. 1--WE
got $500 year all my own when I'm
twenty-one. That is why Mrs. Jennett
is kinder to me than she Is to you.
wish, though, that had somebody that
belonged to me-just father or a
mother
"You belong to me-" said Dick, 'for
ever and ever"
II know do. It's very nice" She
squeezed his arm. The kindly darkness
hid them both. and emboldened be-
cause he could only just see the profile
of Maisie's cheek, with the long lashes
yelling the gray eyes, Dick at the front
door delivered himself Of the words he
had been boggling over for the last two
| hours.
"And IL love you, Maisie," he said
in whisper that seemed to him to ring
across the world-the world that he
would tomorrow or the next day set
out and conquer.
There was a scene, not, for the sake
of discipline, to be reported, when Mrs.
| Jennett would have fallen upon him,
first for disgraceful unpunctuality, and
secondly for nearly killing himself with
forbidden weapon.
81 was playing with it. and 1t went
off by ITSELF said Dick when the pow.
der packed cheek could no longer be
hidden. 9but if you think you're going
to lick me you're wrong. You are never
going to touch me again. Sit down and
give me my tea. You can't cheat us
out of that anyhow
Mrs. Jennett gasped and became
| livid. Maisie said nothing, but en-
couraged Dick with her eyes, and he
behaved abominably all that evening.
Mrs. Jennett prophesied an immediate
| judgment of Providence and a descent
into Tophet later. But Dick walked
In paradise and would not hear. Only
when he was going to bed Mrs. Jen.
nett recovered and asserted herself
He had hidden Maisie good night with
down dropped eyes and from a dis
| lance.
IF you aren't a gentleman, you
might try to behave like one," said
Mrs. Jennett spitefully. you've been
quarreling with Maisie again"
| This meant that the regulation good
| night kiss had been omitted Maisie
white to the lips, thrust her cheek for
ward with a fine air of indifference
and was duly pecked by Dick, who
tramped out of the room red as fire
That night he dreamed a wild dream
He had woa. all the world and brough
it to Maisie in a cartridge box, but she
turned it over with her foot and in
stead of saying, THANK you," cried:
"Where is the brass collar you prom
ised for Amomma? Oh, how selfsl
you areY'
CONTINUED IN NEXT ISSUE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
Low PROTEIN


lAitllS lNnOSh oboASAi.
and contains a small proportion of the
total protein. The germ constitutes
only about 10 per cent of the corn ker-
mel, but while it is rich in protein it
also contains more than 50 per cent of
the total oil content of the whole ker-
mel, the remainder of the oil being dis
tributed in all of the other parts.
By keeping i'll mind that the horny
layer is large i'll proportion and also
quite rich in protein and that the germ,
although rather small in proportion, is
very rich in protein, so that these two
parts contain a very large proportion
of the total protein in the corn kernel,
it will be readily seen that by selecting
ears whose kernels contain more than
the average proportion of germ and
horny layer we are really selecting ears
which are above the average in their
protein content AS a matter of fact
the method is even more simple than
this, because the white starchy part is
approximately the complement of and
varies inverSely as the sum of the 9th
err constituents, and to pick out seed
corn of high protein content it is only
necessary to select those ears whose
kernels showed relatively small proper
ton of the white, starchy part sur
rounding the germ.
AS more than So per cent of the oil
in the kernel is contained in the germ
it follows that ears of corn are rela-
lively high or low in their oil content
according as their kernels have larger
or smaller proportion of germ.
If we are selecting corn for low pro-
tein content, we look for larger pro-
portion of white starch surrounding the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
ERAdR ~
1saa4zcHRBgA
SELECTING SEED CORN.
How to Examine Kernels and Deter
mine Chemical Contents.

How to Examine Kernels and Deter
mine Chemical Contents.
The method of making chemical Sc
lection of ears of seed corn By a simple
mechanical examination of the kernels
is based upon the fact that the kernel
of corn is not homogeneous in structure,
but consists of several distinct and
readily observable parts of markedly
different chemical composition. Aside
from the hull which surrounds the ker-
mel, there are three principal parts in a
grain of corIE
First.1The darker colored and rather
hard and horny layer lying next to the
hull, principally in the edges and to
ward the tip end of the kernel, where
it is about three millimeters, or one
eighth of an inch, in thickness.
Second-The white, starchy appear
ing part occupying the crown end OF
the kernel and usually also immediate
ly surrounding the germ.
Third-The germ itself, which occu-
pies the central part of the kernel to
ward the tip end.
These different parts of the corn ker
mel can be readily recognized by merely
dissecting single kernel with "A pocket
knife.
The horny layer, which usually COLI
stitutes about G5 per cent of the corn
kernel, contains a large proportion OF
the total protein in the kernel.
The white, starcly part constitutes
about 20 per cent of the whole kernel
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
Agricultural Notes.

In good many instances it appears
to be highly favorable to clover to give
the land a heavy dressing of lime.
Locality undoubtedly has decided
influence upon potatoes.
One good thing will come out Of the
scarcity of fuel-more attention will DC
given to the matter of setting out trees
on the farm and preserving the forests
of the country in other ways.
Many prefer to cut back blackberry
and raspberry bushes in the sprin.
after the extent of winter killing Is de-
termined
According to official report practical
~ all the paris green on the New York
market is pure.
At the New York experiment station
last season the Crescent strawberry led
In yield, producing at the rate of 10000
pounds Of fruit to the acre.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
DAVID eARRIck.
The Great Actors Art and His wife's
Ruined Feelings

The Great Actors Art and His Wife's
Ruined Feelings.
Mrs. Garrick's admiration of her hus
bands dramatic talents was intense
and on his great nights she would hang
over her box, next the stage, in rap
turous delight. The one flaw in her
idol, she claimed, was a taste for low
life, for which she blamed him greatly
insisting that he loved better to play
Scrub to low lived audience than one
of his superior characters before an
audience of taste.
On one particular occasion she was
in her box in the theater when Gar
was applauded to the echo. In that
day farce followed the tragedy of the
evening, and as Mrs. Garrick rose to
leave before it her husband came to
the box to say he had some business in
the greenroom which would detain him,
so most unwillingly the lady was
obliged to acQuiesce and remain
through the closing entertainment.
This proved to be comical series Of
laundering adventures which had be-
fallen countryman who had left his
farm to see London and on his return
gave his neighbors an account of the
wonders he had met.
This characterization was received
with such peals of applause that Mrs.
Garrick, ever jealous of her husbands
fame, began to think it rivaled those
lately lavished on Richard III. Her
feelings wee nearly worked up to fe-
yer heat when she was attracted by
the frantic efforts of her little spaniel
dog to overlap the balcony that sepa-
rated him from the stage, when she
Immediately became aware Of the truth
that the actor was Garrick and ex-
claimed, Strange that dog should
know his master when the woman who
loved him best in the world could moi
pierce his Disguise,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
I'm the Nut Business.

The pistachio nut is known in Amer
lea, generally speaking, only to confec-
TONERS, it being too expensive for COM
mon use. The nut is very popular in
Mediterranean ports, where it has driv-
en- almost all other nuts out Of the
market. Although the nut is grown
mainly in Greece, it is sold almost in
variably by Syrian boys, who go about
the streets with bag of nuts thrown
over their shoulders. These boys, by
the way, have peculiar method of do
ing business. They enter cafes and
other places where people are seated,
and, holding out handful of the nuts,
invite guess as to the number If the
person guesses correctly. he is given
the nuts for nothing. If he fails to
guess correctly, he is in honor bound to
buy Washington Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19

peated for the first four or five years.
Mr.. Vergon now uses n small mound
of fine cinders about the stem of the
young tree as soon as it has become
well esta blished, which is usually by
the second year. He finds the cinders
an effectual protection from mice. The
branches of the low headed trees soon
lie upon the mulch.
AS subsequent culture of the trees
the wonderful matted growth Of fine
blue grass is each season moved and
raked up in a circle about each tree be
meath the drip of its branches. A Sec
ond growth at once takes place. and
the surface is again promptly covered
with dense luxurious mating which
lies closely upon the ground during the
remainder of the year and through
which a new and rampant growth
pushes the next spring.
Mr. Vergon's plan has proved a
good thing The trees are healthy. uni
form and wonderfully productive. Ad-
trees. Mr. Vergon claims, are the
stockier, better knit" bodies which
are never injured by the sun or modest
ed by borers; the 'anchoring" of the
trees against the storm and wind by
the fruit laden branches resting upon
the muIched earth; the ease of gather
ing the apples. fully one-half of the
crop of the fourteen-year-old orchard
being picked from the ground: the IA
ciity with which the trees are reached
by the sprayer. and the saving of near
ly all the windfalls mot worm falls"
in Mr. vergon's orehardl from bruis-
ing. In comparison with high headed
trees he finds that in the heated seal
son the temperature beneath the low
down trees averages about three de-
grees cooler than at a like point und"
the higher heads. where sun and
have freer access. As matter of fact
this in a measure retards the period
maturity, point worthy of consider
ton In growing winter apples. tt
Rome Beauty tree in this cut is tyri-
cal representative of his plan of low
heading The little tree at planting Is
carefully shaped with the knife and
only those branches left which will
form a well balanced top. which must
begin within two and a half or three
feet from the ground.
Rural New Yorker. from which the
foregoing account is gathered. makes
the point that clearly the mulch
method is designed for rich soil. On
poor soils fertility must be added in
some other way.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19

BY virtue of writ Of fieri facias, to me di-
rected, issued out OF the Chancery Court of the
State OF New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale on
Monday, the Thirteenth day Of April
next, between the hours Of IL and o'clock, to-
wit, at o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at
the Court House in the City OF Woodbury.,
County OF Gloucester, and State of New Jersey.
all the following described real estate, that is
to say:
All that parcel Of land situate in the Borough
Of Wenonah, in the County of Gloucester in the
State Of New Jersey, described as follows:
Beginning at the South East corner of Prince
ton avenue and Willow street (the said Prince
ton avenue having been extended South of the
said Willow street, and running az South along
the East line of Princeton avenue the distance
OF one hundred and fifty feet; thence (2) East al
right angles with Princeton avenue by land Of
Stephen Greene two hundred and three feet
more or less to the West line of Stockton ave.
thence (S1 in a Northerly direction along the
various courses of the West line of Stockton
avenue, seventy-five feet more or less to q
point in the West line of Stockton avenue
Seventy-ive feet in a direct line South of the
South line of Willow street; thence az in {
Westerly direction and by other lands o.
Stephen Green parallel with the South line oil
Willow street, seventyeight feet more or less tc
q corner one hundred and twenty-five feet Eas
OF the East line of Princeton avenue; thence Is
in a Northerly direction at right angles witt
Willow street, seventy-five feet to the Soutl
line OF Willow street; thence (6) in Westerly
direction along the South line of Willow stree
one hundred and twenty-five feet to the place o
beginning.
Being the same premises which StepheI
Greene and wife by deed dated the 9th day o
January, A. D., 1889, and intended to be re
| corded, granted and conveyed unto the sait
Rachel B. Cookson in fee.
Seized as the property of Francis Cookson, e
al. defendant, and taken in execution at the sui
of The West Jersey Orphanage for DESTITUTE
Colored Children, complainant and to be sold
| by WILSON 7. JONES,
Howard NJ. Cooper, Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated March 10 1903 3-12. Prs fee SO 80.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
MAsTER's SALE.

By virtue of decree of the Court of Chaneery
OF the State OF New Jersey, made in a cause
lin partition) wherein Benjamin r. Bittle is
complainant, and Herbert l. Clement ct ais. are
defendants, will be sold at public vendue, on
Monday, the 30th day Of March, A. D. 1908
Between the hours of II and o'clock, to-wit, at
o'clock in the afternoon, at the Court House. In
the City Of Woodbury., in the County of Gloucester
of land and farm situated in the Township of
Deptford in the County of Gloucester and State
of New Jersey, and bounded as follows, to-wit
Beginning at stone in decayed white oak
stump, called a corner, in the original survey,
which stone is seven rods from Timber Creek,
and in the line of Hillman's land; thence by the
same, South seventy degrees and three quarters
West, measuring from the creek aforesaid,
seventy-three perches and four tenths to stake;
thence by land of Joseph Clement, North, ten
degrees and three-quarters West, forty-three
a half degrees West sixty-two perches and five
tenths to the intersection of Abel Clements
line; thence by Abel Clements land North
seventy-four degrees and half East, one hum
dred and fifty-three perches to low water mark
at Timber Creek, aforesaid; thence up the
several courses thereof to the place of beginning
Containing eighty seven acres and sixty
perches.
Together with all and singular the heredita-
ments and appurtenances to the said premises
belonging, or in any wise appertaining.
To be sold free and clear of a certain mort
gage held by one Joseph Cunard, in the pres
ence and under the direction of
JOHN 8. JESSUP,
WATKINS & AVIS, Special Master.
Solicitor.
Dated February 10th, 1908. 2-26-5t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
EARLY CRIMSON GIANT RAD1sH.

six inches. 1t is claimed, however, that
in spite of this fact it does not become
pithy or hollow, but is solid, crisp and
juicy.
French Breakfast. Early Scarlet Tur-
nip and Olive Shaped Scarlet are among
various other desirable early varieties.
For summer the large white varieties
are sown, such as White Strassburg
and Stuttgart, while the California
White Mammoth, Long Black Spanish
and Scarlet Chinese are winter kinds
which keep well.
The,first crop in spring may be grown
in hotbeds or frames, or seed may be
sown as soon as the ground is dry i'll
rows eight to ten inches apart. A mel
low, ''quick" soil is essential for tender
radishes. A heavy or clay soil will not
grow good ones.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19

sale, on
Monday, the Thirteenth day Of April
next, between the hours of IL and o'clock, to.
wit, at o'clock In the afternoon of said day al
the Court House in the City of Woodbury., County
following described real estate, that is to say:
All those certain lots, tracts or pieces Of land
situate on the tract OF land of the Billingspor
and Paulsboro Improvement Company, al
Paulsboro, in the Township of Greenwich. il
the County of Gloucester, and State Of New
| Jersey, bounded and described as follows:
No. One being Lot No. $50 on said plan: Begin
in the middle of Billings Avenue, at a corner oil
lot No. $50, thence ~ North seventy-six degrees
and ffty-five minutes West one hundred and
and five minutes West fifty-fve feet; thence g.
South seventy-six degrees and fifty-fve minutes
East one hundred and sixty five feet; thence a.
North thirteen degrees and five minutes Eas
| fifty feet to the place of beginning.
No. Two being Lots 372 and 374 on said plan
Beginning in the centre of Billings Avenue and
| Fourth Street, thence ~ South seventy-six, de
grees and fifty-ive minutes East one hundred
| and sixty five feet thence ~ North thirteen de
grees and five minutes East one hundred ano
twenty-five feet; thence ~ North seventy-si1
degrees and fifty-ffve minutes West one hundred
and sixty-fve feet to the middle of Billings
Avenue; thence (4)South thirteen degrees and
| five minutes West one hundred and twenty-five
feet to the place of beginning.
No. Three being Lots 821, 822 and 1923 said
plan: Beginning in the middle of Nassau Ave
nue., at corner of Lot No. $40, thence ~ NORTH
one hundred and forty-eight feet; thence q
South thirteen degrees and five minutes Yves
sixty feet thence (S) North seventy-six degree!
and fifty-ive minutes West one hundred ant
forty eight feet to the middle of Lincoln Ave
nue.; thence az South thirteen degrees and five
minutes West sixty feet to the side of Thirt
Street; thence (5)South seventy-six degrees BnC
fifty-five minutes East two hundred and ninety
six feet to the middle of Nassau Avenue afore
| said; thence (6) North thirteen degrees and five
| minutes East one hundred and twenty feet t
i the naoo ~ hooiu (Raipnr kho
SEES which the Billingsport and Paulsboro I'm
provement Company, by six separate deeds q
conveyance, all bearing date December Both, A
D., 1892, and recorded in the Office of the CLERK
Of the County of Gloucester, at Woodbury., in
Book 1877 OF Deeds, pages 13l, &c; 1873, &c.
136, &C.; lS9, &C.; 123 &C.; and 12S, &C.. respect
lively, granted and conveyed to the said
Benjamin r. Thomas, in fee, under and subject
to certain reservations, restrictions, and condi-
tons named in said Deeds.
Seized as the property of Benjamin R. Thomas
ct ux., defendant, and talxen in execution at the
suit Of Billingsport and Paulsboro Improvement
Company. complainant, and to be sold by
WILSON 7. JONES,
Joseph J. Summerill, Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated March 10, 1908, s-12, Prs fee, s144O
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
1911 ssssr
FRUl 18ss|;IoVERl
dffassssssss> ~.
A GRASS MULCH.
what 1t Does, Together With Low
Heading In an Apple Orchard.


Heading In an Apple Orchard.
f. p. Vergon Is an Ohio apple or
chardist who believes In the virtues Of
a grass mulch in the orchard. Mr..
vergon's idea is to follow natures
plan for the maintenance of fertility
and the conservation of soil moisture.
The soil of his orchard told pasture
land) IS of rich, loainy nature In
planting the trees the dense blue grass
sod is broken only by the excavation
of ample holes for the roots of the
young tree. which is set firm as post
at an angle of several degrees toward
the southwest.
A mulching of coarse stable manure
rs applied In the spring. directly after
planting. at the rate OF wagon load
to eight or ten trees. In autumn this
mulch is raked away from the stem of
the tree and left in a circle about the
base. The following spring the remain
ing litter is again ralied up to the trunk
of the tree and slightly wider circle
spaded up about its roots. This new
ss'ring' of tough sod is turned bottom
side up and left in d circle under the
'dr.p'' of the branches This is re-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
To Test Mixer.

The United States agricultural de
partment is preparing to make a test
of new Scotch milking machine
which the inventor claims will milk
six cows in twelve minutes. The ap-
paratus can be attended by one man
with power equal to one-half horse,
The machine Is said to be the most
perfect yet produced. Major Alvord
OF the dairy division OF the department
estimates that it requires about 35,0OO
men, working ten hours a day each in
the year, to milk the cows in the Unit
Oh Cxo%aa
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
Ole Grenf
Gospel Of
Cbeer1 fitness

S'sv do you manage to keep so
cheerful?'' I asked the fsiend
who had had many troubles.
Because have to-" came
the answer.
And while was bordering over her
odd reply Miss Jones was announced.
Now, Miss Jones was young, with a
plump, rather pretty face and a nice
figure gowned in an up to date tailor
made. She should have been attrac-
tive, but instead of that the minute
she came into the room one felt the de-
preston of the atmosphere.
But my friend greeted her cordially.
"Sit down, Mary, dear, and have a cup
of tea," she remarked cheerily, "and
tell me how everything goes with you"
Mary took the steaming cup and
dropped into it two humps of sugar;
also a sigh.
ooh, l am so discouragedt' was the
first sentence we heard from her lips.
ut is so fearfully hard living this sort
of life. shall die if it keeps on"
"But you are doing well in your bust
ness and earning large income" my
friend suggested cheerily.
"Oh, suppose so, but you can't I'M
derstand. never was brought up to
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
Seed sprouting Device.

a simple terminating apparatus can
be made from two ordinary plates and a
piece Of flannel cloth. Fold the cloth and
lay it i'll one plate, placing the seeds be-
tween folds of the cloth, which should
be moist, but not dripping. Cover the
whole with another plate inverted and
stand i'll Il warm place. If the test is
made during cold weather, care must
be taken to stand the plates where the
temperature will not fall much below
SO degrees Il. at night and will be
about 65 or 20 degrees during the day
time,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
The Belle md Her Dress.

Once upon time there was ia
nous belle who made frequent visits to
her dressmaker and stayed quite long
each time because she was particular
about the fit of her gowns, and the
modiste desired to please her.
They would cut and fit and shape
and work to bring every line and curve
into proper relation, so that the effect
would be artistic and pleasing to the
eye.
Moral.-Matters of form are often the
important matters-New York Herald.