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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN
why She Desires to Earn Money.
Poor Mrs. OidfoggIe.

why She Desires to Earn Money
Poor Mrs. OidfoggIe.
az hope the time will come when
women will have the sense to stay out
Of business and remain home and mar
ry, as they should" growled Tom Old
foggle GROSSLY.
"But what are they going to do If
they need the money! put in his SIS
ter.
sOh, half of them don't. They have
parents who could just as well sup
port them, only they want SO many
frills."
IF they want the good things of life
and have brains enough to secure them,
why should they deliberately go with
out just because they don't happen to
be menY retorted the sister, who earn
ed neat income herself writing clever
advertisements.
''They take the bread out of other
women's mouths; that's what"
do you know that never appealed to
me as good argument, she answered.
IF there We're any question of favorit-
ism among employers it might be; but,
all things being equal, why shouldn't
women stand or fall on their own mer-
its, as men do? What would man
think of his son when he came to the
age when boys usually begin to work
were the son to remark that he had
sufficient income in his own right and
did not think he should be dealing just
ly by men who were penniless if he
took payment for his labor?"
'Humph! But it is different. A wo-
man is a woman, and she ought to
marry"
''But they all CAN'T
"Their own fault them
because they are homely or there
are not men enough to go around"
Tut! Nonsense! That isn't the prin-
cipal reason why girls don't marry.
It's because they run after the men
too much Men don't want anything
that's easy, and they'd run after the
nomeliest girl that ever was if she
made herself difficult"
PHILOSOPHERS! commented the sister
dryly. Il see you have the lovely little
characteristics of your sex down fine"
Look at that johnson girl, for in
stance" went on Oldfoggle complacent-
ly. ''She fairly makes slave of her.
self over Jack Bender. She even begs
him to come and call on her, and she
keeps telephoning him and writing him
notes. No wonder the chap is con-
ceited. pity her if she ever does sue
coed in getting him to marry her."
my dear" chuckled the sister de-
lightedly, don't you see there are five
Johnson girls, and it's case of marry
or perish? They must marry It's
dinned into them morning, noon and
night. Do you blame a girl for acting
anxious under the conditions? If tbs
Johnson girls were each self support
ing, they wouldn't be in that wild
fever and men would lose their relative
Importance"
"Humph! But, leaving them out of
the question, many women do the prop
er thing and wait quietly at home TO
get decently married and have hus-
band to support Them" he persisted.
At this moment Mrs. Oldfoggle, a
timid little woman entered and. clear
ing her throat neryously, remarked
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

CONSERVATORY HEATED WITH LAMPS.
which is smoke pipe, by which all
fumes are carried off. The lamps were
made to order by the tinsmith and are
fitted with common fiat 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 % cents worth of
oil in day. The planthouse walls
were built with care to make them
warm, and 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 circumstances
my heating system has worked admira-
bly, and has never failed. At o'clock
in the afternoon l can light as many
lamps as 1 think necessary and leave
them with the most perfect assurance
that l shall find everything right the
next morning or the middle of the fore
noon, if l am as late as that.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
BRIDAL BOUQUETS.
Fhe Shower Bouquet and Other Flow
ers For June Weddings.

che Shower Bouquet and Other Flow
ers For June Weddings.
The stiff bridal bouquet made up in
stock fashion, without individuality or
artistic merit to recommend it, is a
thing of the past. A long bouquet of
whatever blossoms the bride selects is
made to carry upon the arm, and this
is a style particularly adapted to the
tall bride. But probably the most pop
uIar bouquet of the present time is the
shower bouquet, says the New York
Herald. This is made from small bios
SONS usually, although small roses or
half blown buds are sometimes used.
The shower bouquet is the most ex-
pensive of all, as one can understand
when it is learned that 5000 violets
are needed to construct one. There is,
first of all, center cluster, which
makes fair sized bouquet. From this
depend ribbon streamers, twelve to fif-
teen usually, generally of No. 2 ribbon.
Into these streamers the separate bios
SONS are tied at short distances, so
that when all the streamers are filled
the whole bouquet seems verify show
er of falling blossoms and well de-
serves its poetic name. The streamers
are of different lengths, the longest
reaching to the bottom of the gown as
the bouquet is carried.
Bits Of the shower bouquet make
dainty souvenirs to distribute If the
bride SO chooses. The sectional bou-
Quet, however. is made up with this
end expressly in view, the number Of
clusters depending upon the number of
maids who attend the bride, as the bou-
uuet is intended to be divided among
them. This is pretty custom and one
much in vogue.
1t is no longer necessary that the
color be white, unless the bride so
chooses, although it must be conceded
that by far the greater number OF
brides prefer white or mainly white.
Asparagus and maidenhair fern are
the fayorite greens to place with small
blossoms, and the preference is usually
given to the asparagus on account OF
its greater fineness-
The bride who finds touch of yellow
becoming may choose a bouquet of
marruerites. These are simple and
dainty and may be made up in any
form although the long stemmed
cluster is oftenest carried.
A pretty custom is that of having
aower children, dressed in white or a
light tint, carry baskets Of single bios
SONS or often of petals alone.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
TOOL THAT ALMOST TALKS
Yet Its Complicated Mechanism Can
BE Tended by a Girl.

Yet Its Complicated Mechanism Can
Be Tended by Girl.
The most highly developed of ma
chine tools is the automatic screw ma
chine, and, like many another con-
trivance for saving labor, its home is
New England. 1t is a development of
the ordinary steel working lathe, the
intermediate step being the monitor
lathe, in which the various cutting
tools protrude from the side of steel
turret like thirteen inch guns from
battleship turret. In the nonautomatic
screw machine the turret is reyolved
by the operator so as to bring each tool
into play, just as the turret on the old
Monitor was revolved to bring one gun
after another into action. But in the
automatic machine the work is done
without human guidance.
In making screws, nuts, bolts, studs
and other small pieces that must be
turned, drilled or threaded for watches,
clocks, typewriters, electrical instru-
ments and other mechanisms all the
operator has to do is to feed the
"stock"-a long, thin rod of steel or
braSs-to the machine The feeding
mechanism carries the rod slowly for
ward into the field of action. The tur-
ret advances and puts its first tool at
work on the end Of the rod When this
tool has done its task, the turret with
draws it. turns and advances a second
tool into action. Each cutting tool
around the turret has its distinct work
to perform-one cutting a thread, an
other shaping head, another putting
on point, another drilling a hole, still
another putting on knurling. The tur-
ret automatically brings each OF per-
haps six tools into action, and when
the work is finished the completed
screw drops into a pan, while the
''stock" is automatically fed forward
to begin the complex operation again.
A stream of machine oil pours contin-
uously on the work to carry away the
heat, and the little metal cuttings col
lect in heap under the machine.
Hour after hour this wonderful au-
tomaton goes through its cycle of oper-
atoms, the turret clicking every mo-
ment as it brings new tool forward.
Small brass pieces on which but one
tool cuts, are dropped at the rate of
four a second Large screws of COM
plicated design upon which whole
turretful of tools must work are cut
from steel rod at the rate of one OF
two minute. So perfectly are these
screw machines cons ructed that an I'M
skilled workman can operate row of
them. All he is required to do is to keep
them fed with stock" In some shops
girls tend the machines. Success.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
BUYTNG MEATS.

We have had good many years ex-
perience In the matter of buying the
meat supplies for a good sized family
We have found out few things which
may possibly be of benefit to our read
ers. The porterhouse steak, the loin
cuts and chops of pork, veal or mutton
IRE the most expensive meats to buy.
These cuts carry with them the great
est per cent of waste. A fore shoulder of
mutton a veal brisket, also the brisket
of beef, the shanks of both veal, pork,
ham and beef, all of which are low
priced meats, are, when properly han
died by an experienced cook. just as
nutritious and palatable at less than
half the cost of the fancy cuts. The
fact is that the frying pan is the most
expensive utensil there is to be found
in any home, for where it is so gener-
ally used only the best cuts of meats
are adapted to it, while the lower
priced cuts of meat when boiled,
teWed, roasted or baked furnish
meat ration at much lower prices.
There is much that women should
know, but do not, on this line. The
knowledge of how to properly cook the
lower priced meats should be part of
the education of every woman who ex-
poets to care and cook for family.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

THE STRAWBERRY.
Winter the Ideal Time For Applying
ENonffIfuar.s

Winter the Ideal Time For Applying
Fertilizers.
AS general proposition the straw
berry grower raises about one-third as
many berries both in quantity and
quality as he would if he planned his
work far in advance and grew his
plants from selected specimens under
conditions to develop them properly
and by rotation of crops and manuring
put the soil in perfect condition.
Strawberry growing is very profitable
when these conditions are complied
with. The ideal way is to apply all
the fertilizers in the winter and sow to
cowpeas or some other leguminous
plant and let it lie for the year, but
good results can be obtained by spread
ing the manure in the fall and early
winter so the rains will wash the juices
out and incorporate them in the soil.
much prefer to apply all phosphates
and potash in the fall, There is no dam
ger of loss, because when these things
wash down into the close ground they
quickly revert to an insoluble form
and are held fast, no matter how much
rain we may have. They are made
available to the plants again by spring
blowing and narrowing, which bring
the oxygen of the air i'll contact with
all the soil grains If nitrate of soda
is used, l would delay its application
until after the ground was plowed and
before the narrowing was done. The
plants should not be set until after the
ground has lain a week or ten days aft
er the nitrate of soda has been applied.
do not like fall blowing for any
crop. Many experiments have con-
WINGED me that it is bad to tear the soil
up and render the plant foods soluble
by exposing them to the air and then
leaving the broken surface to be pud-
died by beating rains, with freezing
and thawing ali winter. 1t creates a
Shiny mortar which attaches to soil
grains SO that capillary attraction is
active and the water will pass up and
out of the subsoil very fast. 1t will re-
quire much additional tillage to pre-
vent the escape of moisture For this
reason the manure should never be
drawn on the ground when muddy,
concludes a writer in American Agri-
cultllriSt
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
CORN AND HOG CHOLERA.

1t would be worth millions of dollars
to the hog raisers of the country to
really know beyond any reasonable
doubt whether high priced corn is in
any way associated with immunity
from hog cholera; whether corn as a
hog food, and often almost the sole
food, is responsible for the disease. 1t
has now happened twice within our
recollection that in years when corn
has gone to 60 cents and over the coun-
try has been almost free from hog dis
ease, and we also recall that when corn
has been very cheap. 10 cents bushel,
the hogs have died by the million.
There is enough of coincidence in these
matters to justify investigation, espe-
cially when it is considered that we
well know that corn is very poorly
balanced ration. While pork can prob
ably be made more cheaply on corn
than on any other product, it by no
means follows that it is the best food
for the pig. We are more and more
convinced that if we would raise our
pigs upon other foods largely oats,
clover, rye, barley, peas-and simply
finish them off with corn, a great step
forward would have been taken in
ayerting the cholera,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

CLUSTER OF CLOTILDE SOUPERT ROSES.
SONS at all times when in growth and
has healthy. glossy foliage, seldom af
fected by any disease.
After trials extending over ten years
we value Clotilde Soupert so highly
that we would retain it to the eXclu-
sion of all other varieties if forced to
content ourselves with one rose, says
Rural New Yorker in illustrating a
cluster of blooms. While invaluable
for the border or window garden, it is
of no use to the grower Of cut blooms,
as only varieties bearing large individ-
ual blooms on long stems are wanted
for that purpose. 1t is, however, the
rose for the million and is greatly APP
preciated by amateurs.
When the ground begins to freeze,
the plant may be lightly covered with
coarse straw or reeds and later with
evergreen boughs, where procurable,
or it may be potted up for sunny Win
dow. Where the climate is too severe
for safety outdoors the rose may be
lifted and planted in a box Of earth,
with few holes in the bottom for
drainage. The box may be kept in a
spare room. where moderate freezing
will do no harm if it is not warm
enough to start growth during the in
tervals The soil should be kept quite
moist and the endeavor made to have
the plant dormant during cold wealth
En- The delicate blush and white Clio
tide Soupert will always be most adj
mired
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
SPIRIT SLATE WRITING.
How the Mysterious Sentences Are
Prepared In Advance,

How the Mysterious Sentences Are
Prepared In Advance.
SpirituaIistic slate writing, if cleverly
done, always makes a marked impress
sion on a magician's audience because
it utterly battles their efforts to detect
the trick. They see small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means
of cords or ribbons. 1t has an open
front and is empty. The magician
turns it around so that every part of
it may be seen and taps it inside and
out with his wand to show that it is
hollow.
On a stand near by he has small
easel, a common school slate, a bottle
of india ink with a quill pen in it and
few sheets of ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passes around
among the audience for examination.
Then he fixes a sheet Of the paper to
the slate by means of waters, places
the slate on the easel and the easel in
the cabinet, together with the bottle of
ink, the latter having the pen still in it.
Having allowed the audience to see
the articles thus arranged in the cabi-
net, he throws a large silk handker-
chief over it. Mysterious. sounds are
Immediately heard, and the cabinet
shakes as if some living thing had en-
tered it. When the sounds and the
shaking cease, he removes the hand
kerchief, showing an inscription writ
ten in bold black letters on the paper
and the pen not in the ink bottle, but
lying on the bottom of the cabinet. He
then removes the paper from the slate
and passes it around for examination,
when the writing is Immediately recog-
nized as having been done with India
ink.
The explanation of the trick is sim
pie. The writing was done in advance
by the performer, the fluid used being
solution of suIphuric acid of the pur-
est quality. To make the solution SO
drops of the concentrated acid are add
ed to one ounce of filtered water. Writ.
ing done with this solution is invisible
until exposed to heat. When SO ex-
posed, it comes out perfectly black,
looking exactly like dried India ink.
The heat is applied by means of an
electric current running over wire with
which the slate is wound. The cords
by which the cabinet is suspended con-
ceal copper wires, which conduct the
current to the slate. Black silk threads
suitably attached enable the performer
to make the sounds in the cabinet, to
cause the cabinet to shake and to jerk
the pen out of the ink bottle.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
in advance, each with a different in
scription, the performer telling one in
scription from another by secretly
marked pin pricks.-New York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12

By virtue of writ of fier 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 Ninth Day Ct March, nezs,
between the hours of II 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, ali the
following described real estate that isto.say:
All that certain tract parcel of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described,
situate in the City of Woodbury., in the County
of Gloucester and State of New Jersey:
Beginning at point in the Easterly line of
Washington street, distant one hundred and
fOrty-one and ninety-six one hundredths feet
Southerly from the Southwesterly corner of
Park Avenue and Washington Street and ex-
tending thence Southerly in said line of Wash
ington Street thrty-thee feet in front or width
and having a depth of that width between
parallel lines running South sixty-three degrees
nine minutes East, of one hundred nd thirty
five feet.
Being a part of the same premises which
Belmont Perry and wife, by deed dated June A.
1896, and recorded in the Clerks office of Glou-
eester County at Woodbury., in Book III of
Deeds, folio 500, and also by deed of correction
dated November is, 1886, and recorded in the
| Clerks office aforesaid, in Book No 172, folio
| 1853, granted and conveyed unto the said Septi-
mus A. Chew in fee.
Seized as the property of Septimus A Chew,
| ct Tx ct. ais, defendants, and taken in exeeu-
ton at the suit of Isaac 7 Haines, complainant
and to be sold by
WILSON t. JONES,
ERNEST REDFIELD, Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated Feb. g. 1902 Prs fees 81 %
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-12
IMPROVING FOWLS.
ribs Is Done by the Careful Select

This Is Done by the Careful Selection
of the Right Kind to Breed From.
The person who has once reared pure
bred fowls can never be induced to dis
card them for mongrels.
At no time, in any line Of business,
has actual merit failed to win the at
tention of progressive people. The avail
able proofs of the superiority of pure
bred stock over that of scrubs" while
not fully appreciated perhaps, are none
the less making an impression upon the
people that can but result in closer in
yestigation, which in turn will convince
the most incredulous that "blood does
telr' in the increased yield of meat and
eggs produced by pure bred fowls.
The fancy" and utility talk, when
argued at variance, seems absurd to us.
Practical men with whom we have
talked and who have either large broil-
er plants or egg farms, assure us that
they recognize the value of producing
fowls that are uniform in size, shape
and color and that they can see moth
ing to be gained, but rather much to be
lost in producing poultry that does not
possess these characteristics.
Contrast, il you please, any of the
standard breeds of today with their
own kind of twenty or even ten years
ago. and the marked improvements in
type and useful qualities need no mi
croscope to discover the profitable re-
suits that have accrued from intelli-
gent methods SO applied as to produce
fowls that are not wanting in beauty
or utility excellence of high standard.
The improvements have been made
by careful selection of a type that
would produce the desired product.
Every one versed in stock raising read
lily admits that there is certain form
of cow that readily indicates her supe-
rior qualities for the production of milk,
while the beef form is so dissimilar that,
once having seen these two types of the
dairy and beef animal, no man, though
he be wayfaring fool, can fail to rec
ognize difference in the forms of the
two. This is as true in fowls as in
cows. The hen that is deep astern, has
a keen eye, large comb, is active and
alert without being too hawkish in ap-
pearance is the hen that will eat, digest
and assimilate her food and will lay
double the number of eggs that her
opposite of type will.
That all reliable progress that has
been made in poultry culture has been
by the fancier is but conceding that
which is just and true. Each step of
progress has been made by having es-
tablished an ideal for each variety of
fowls and then striving to attain it.
Every thoughtful man OF woman who
owns pure bred fowls is apt to be
seized with the ambition Ia very COM
mendable ambition it is. tool to have
as many nice specimens of the breed
they own and as few poor ones as can
be found at the yard of any other
breeder, for there is often a great diff
ference in individual birds of the same
flock. 1t is because poultry raisers are
possessed of spirit that aims to excel
that the desirable characteristics of
the various breeds have become so
fixed and the percentage of excellence
as defined by the standard has been so
universally increased by them.-Alvio
Call Pickering in National Poultry
Journal