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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
INTERIOR OF HOUSE.

inch perch with legs five inches high
and eight inches apart to prevent
crowding. Back of the dropping board
is a partition of wire netting separat-
ing the house into two compartments,
one for roosting and laying 5 by Il feet
and one for sitting hens 4 by IA. The
nest boxes marked N completely fill
the space under the dropping board.
When hen is done laying and wants
to sit, give her the eggs and push the
box back until it opens into the sitting
compartment. She is then confined and
safe from intrusion by other fowls.
The cut shows one nest box thus
pushed back. This house should front
south, and the front side should be
closed with four inch strips three inch
es apart and have q door opening into
the house and a smaller door opening
thence into the feed room. The north
side and the ends are boarded up and
the joints covered with four inch
strips.-Farm and Ranch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
USEFUL KEROSENE.
How 1t May BE Used to Advantage
hanf the Hnt1ae


About the House.
1t is not only for the purpose of illu-
mination that kerosene is useful about
house. The very oil that is used In
lamps can be turned to excellent ac-
count in more ways than one, but the
majority Of housewives do not know
the dozen and one things that coal oil
will do.
There is nothing better in the world
for cleaning an enameled or zinc bath
tub than a cloth that has been well
saturated with kerosene, says the New
York Journal. The accumulations that
gather from the hard water come away
with scarcely any effort when the oily
cloth is applied
In a kitchen sink the same is true.
The soil and dirt that are bound to
gather, no matter how careful and thor
ough one may be, give away at once
before the coal oil. Plenty Of scaldine
hot water, however, should follow the
use of kerosene.
A cupful in boiler in which clothes
are on wash day helps to improve theil
color and makes them easier at the
second rubbing.
Kerosene will make the blades Of
knives bright and will help preserve
their edges, and it is also an excellen
thing with which to clean scissors
When the sewing machine oil gives
out, the kerosene can may be resortet
to, but should only be used on the iron
work and bearings.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
Growth In Poultry Industry.

1t is gratifying to note that the pros
perity which the poultry industry has
enjoyed the past two years is leading
to a very general disposition to i'm
prove the fiocks. Breeders of pure bred
poultry who let the people know what
they have are getting plenty of orders,
and the stock is going to those who
produce the bulk of our poultry the
plain farmers of the land. There is
more of demand today for utility
poultry than ever before, and the fan
cier who breeds for the highest utility
is the one the farmer is after. OF
course fancy points can be added to the
useful qualities of poultry, and breed
characteristics should be preserved,
but the average producer wants eggs
and meat and the breeds that will fur
nish them most economically. These
essentials should never be sacrificed
to any more fancy Stockman and
Farmer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
How to crystallixe Fruit.

To make crystallized fruit or nuts
boil one cup Of granulated sugar and
one cup Of boiling water together for
half an hour. Then dip the point of a
skewer into the strip and then into
cold water. If the thread formed
breaks off brittle, the strip is ready.
The strip must never be stirred and
must boil slowly, not furiously. When
done, set the saucepan in boiling wa
ter or pour the sirup into bowl placed
in hot water, to keep the strip from
candying. Take the prepared fruit or
nuts on the point of large needle or
fine skewer, dip them into the strip
and then lay them on a dish which has
been lightly buttered or oiled or string
them on a thread, and after dipping
in the sirup suspend them by the
thread.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
BEET SUGAR.
1t Was Born of frances Isolation
During the NapoIeonic Wars.

1t Was Born of Frances Isolation
During the NapoIeonic Wars.
Sugar as an article of food was not
known to the ancients. Mankind has
always exhibited the greatest fondness
for sweets, and from the earliest times
the demand was supplied by honey.
The royal psalmist sets up honey and
the honeycomb as the highest standard
of material sweetness. A land flowing
with milk and honey was the picture
drawn by the most ancient poets to de-
scribe an earthly paradise. Romans of
the last days of the republic, and sub
sequently of the time of the empire,
who were at the same time the mo, [
luxurious epicures and the grossest
feeders the world ever knew ar
spared neither money nor exertion o
secure every delicacy possible for their
tables, had liz knowledge of sugar, | ..
robbed the bees to obtain sweets f
their famous honey cakes and other
confectionery.
Sugar was made in India and Arabia
in the earliest times, but it was not
brought into Europe until the inva-
sions of the Mohammedans into the
countries around the Mediterranean
sea, I'll the seventeenth century. The
Moors cultivated the cane in the coun-
tries of north Africa, and they intr9
duced it into Spain. The Spaniards,
about 1910. planted sugar canes in their
West Indian possessions, whence it
spread through Spanish America and
into the French province of Louisiana
The cane was the original source of
sugar, and so remained up to the time
of the NapoIeonic wars in Europe. The
ports of France were so closely block
AIDED by the British fleets that it was
impossible to secure sugar from any
tropical countries, and Napoleon as
sembled the chemists In France and
commissioned them to discover some
means of making sugar out of material
found in the country, at the same time
Offering a lerge reward. This proceed
ing resulted in the production of sugar
from the beet.-New Orleans Plcayune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
He Knew Chfc,xen.

Mr.. Suburb What on earth are you
trying to do, neighbor?
Mr.. Nextdoor Merely taking down
a little of this fence so that / can move
my chicken house over into your yard
"Eh? My yardg
Yes. ! like TO be neighborly and
considerate of other peoples feelings
you know"
"But-er''
Eyes. You shan't have any more
cause to complain about my chickens
scratching up your yard"
'But you are moving your whole
house over on to my property"
'sThat's the idea. AS soon as the
chickens find their house in your yard
they'll conclude that you own them
and will spend the rest Of their natural
lives scratching in my yard. you
know. Parsons Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
setting Young Grapevines.

The best time for setting young
grapevines is in April or May, says the
Boston Cultivator. Those who propa-
gate their own vines from cuttings
should take them from new wood in
the fall and either pack them in moist
sand or moss to remain during the
winter or heel them in as soon as cut,
leaving one or two buds below the sur
face, from which roots will start, and
two buds above the surface. They will
be fit to transplant when those buds
show signs of life. The young vines
may be allowed small stakes to climb
on the first two years, and the trellis
need not be set until about the third
year after the vines are cut
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
A PRETTY BASKET PLANT.

The Dainty Pink Oxalis-Easy to
Grow and Flowers ProfuseIy.
A very pretty basket plant which Is
almost hardy is Oxalis rosea fioribun
da, one of the best of the sorrels, witt
a profusion of flowers in bright pink
which it produces for some weeks il
the early summer. This is very easy
plant TO manage and can be grown
without heat, for it is almost dormant
during the winter, when it can be KEEP
in any place just free from frost. Il
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
CHEESE PRINTS.
A New Suggestion For Attractive
Marketing.

A New Suggestion For Attractive
Marketing.
According to statistics gathered by
the Storrs (Connectieut experiment
station, the cheese most commonly
eaten in this country is like the Eng
fish cheddar and is known by that
name. In order to promote the manu-
facture of various kinds of cheese in
this country it is desirable to encour-
age greater consumption of it. Many
believe that marketing cheese in more
attractive and convenient form would
do this Some of the higher priced
sorts of cheese are marketed in small
packages and jars, but the bulk of the
cheese consumed is marketed in large
sizes, which are cut into slices and
sold by the pound. Such slices do not
keep well, since the freshly cut sur
face exposed TO the air is large in pro
portion to the weight.
E. H. Harrington of the Wisconsin
station has recently experimental in
the manufacture of cheeses i'll small
sizes, the form chosen being suggested
by the pound prints of butter that
have proved so successful. The ched-
dar cheese experimental with was
made by the usual process, the only
modification being in the pressing and
in the follower used in the press. The
curd was placed in a mold or hoop of
rectangular shape, the bottom or fol
lower of which was a curved board
divided into a number of sections, each
of which corresponded to a half pound
print of cheese. The form of the prints
is determined by the carving of the
boards, which may be of any size OIL
design to suit any particular market
The sections can be readily cut apart
when sold by the retailer.
In the experiments at the University
OF Wisconsin the letters U W were
stamped on each section of cheese. The
thickness of the block of cheese is OF
course regulated by the amount OF
curd put into the mold each time The
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

If you must SOW grass on growing
wheat, leave an acre till the ground
settles in April. With harrow work
up enough loose earth to make a seed
bed. Sow your seed and harrow it in.
Or If on oats drill the grass at the same
time, so the seed will fall in front of
the drill hoes so as to be covered. Then
If drought follows harvest the grass
will have a little chance. Many men
who believe their ground too poor to
grow clover will be agreeably surprised
If they will cover the seed with earth,
as nature demands that it should be-
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

should not, however, be dried off en-
tirely at any time, although it needs
but little water during the colder part
of the year, and it should be divided
and repotted as soon as there are fresh
signs of growth in the spring. Plenty
of sunshine is desirable for it when it
blooms, when it will require an ample
supply of water, and after blooming
the oxalis should stand in the open air
for the autumn months. Any good or
binary compost of loan, leaf mold
SCOT and sand will suit it, adding a
little old manure if the loan be poor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

In looking over colonies early in the
spring choose a warm, sunshiny day
and be careful not to chill the brood by
long exposure. If you open a hive.
know just what you want, and do it
expeditiously, and close up the hive
again. If you have the bees packed in
chaff, do not be in hurry to remove
the packing, as the bees spread the
brood and arrange matters for the tenn
persture the packing gives, and should
you remove the packing too early some
brood may be chilled and the colony
cannot make Roadway as rapidly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
TO CREDITORS.

Catharine Irwin, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the County of Gloucester, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said Cathar-
inc Irwin, 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 for
ever barred of any action therefor against the
said executor.
WILLIAM P. IRWIN.
Dated March Ia, 1908 Sl9
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
E. S. Fogg. Sol'r.
Dated April IA, 1908.
Pr's lee, s8.l0.
SHERIFF's SALE.

By virtue of a writ Of fieri facias, to me di-
reeted, issued out of the Chancery Court Of the
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Monday, the 25th day Of May, 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 certain tract parcel Of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described sit
uate in the township OF Deptford, in the county
of Gloucester and State of New Jersey. (The
courses herein given being in accordance with
the magnetic bearing for the year 1890. Begin
ming at point in the easterly line Of the Glou-
cester turnpike, corner to lot OF land conveyed
by Frederick @. Weeks to Frederick K. Weeks
by deed dated July 90 1885, thence by said lot
~ South hfty-two degrees and nineteen min
utes East two hundred and fourteen and eighty
five hundredths feet to stone corner in line Of
land formerly of Frederick G. Weeks, now Septi-
mus A. Chew; thence by said Chew and land of
Elizabeth Gethen (2) north thirty-eight degrees
East one hundred and ten and sixty-eight hum
dredths feet to corner thence by said Gethen's
and at right angles to the said turnpike (3)
North ffty-two degrees West two hundred and
fourteen and eighty-five hundreths feet to the
Easterly line of the Gloucerter turnpike afore-
said, along which it runs (4) South thirty-eight
degrees West one hundred and eleven and
ninety three hundredths feet to the place of be-
ginning, containing fifty-four hundredths of
acre be the same more or less.
Being the same premises which Frederick X.
Weeks and wife by deed dated November 10th,
1893 and recorded in the Clerks Office of Glou-
cester County at Woodbury. in Book No. 165 of
Deeds, folio 1877, granted and conveyed to Septi-
mus A. Chew in fee.
Seized as the property of AImeda IeChard ct.
al. defendants, and taken in execution at the
suit of Joseph r. Beckett complainant, and to
sold by WILSON T. JONES,
SAMUEL. H RICHARDS, Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated April %, 1908. Prs fee, $500.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

Husband Don't you think that you
are rather unreasonable to expect me
to take you to ball, stay awake until
4 o'clock and then get up at s to go to
my work?
Wife, may be little unreasonable,
but it's perfectly brutal of you to men,
ton it--New York Weekly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
A TEXAS POULTRY HOUSE
1t Gould he Made with Double walls
In Colder Localities.

1t Could BE Made With Double Walls
In Colder Localities.
We have been asked for plan for a
convenient poultry house. The writer
has built and used two according to
tho plan Illustrated in the accompany
ing drawing and considers them as
complete and convenient as can be de-
signed. The building is 0 by IS feet, s
feet high in front and feet at back.
AS will be seen, tile hither end Is open.
This was done to show the interior ar
rangement. Attached at this open end
is an extension Of four feet separated
from the part shown by latticed par
tItion as storage room for feed open
ing into the main part of the house. In
the cut d B is the dropping board,
twenty-eight inches wide, surmounted
at a height of FIVE inches by a three
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
TO CREDIroRs.

Mary D. Hall and Charles B. Derckson, Ex-
eeutors of Abigail w. Hall, deceased, by direc-
ton OF the Surrogate OF the County Of Glouces-
ter, hereby gives Notice to the Creditors Of the
said Abigail w. Hall, 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 March II, 1903.
MARY d. HALL,
CHARLES B. DERICKSON.
Jos. J. summerill. Proctor. 4-I5-'Os.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
TO CRED1ToRs.

Joseph Kirkbride executor of the estate of
Christiana Martin, deceased, by direction Of the
Surrogate Of the County of Gloucester, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said Chris
tiana Martin, 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
the said executor.
JOSEPH KIRKBRIDE,
Dated March 30. 1908. AZ. Executor
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
How to wash white silk.

White silk should be washed in tepid
water with white soap. 1t should be
rinsed at once in tepid borax water,
then put through two clear waters.
Finally it should be dipped in luke
warm water to which has been added
a suspicion of liquid bluing. 1t should
be shaken until almost dry, not wrung,
and ironed damn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

Emma b Sehlecht and Edward Hustled, Exec
utors of the estate of Emily Blenkow deceased.
by direction OF the Surrogate of the County Of
Gloucester hereby gives Notice to the C,rssiif
ors Of the said Emily Blenkow, 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 anv
action therefor against the said Executors.
EMMA B. SCHLECHT
EDWARD Hustled.
Dated April 81, 1908.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

George H. Wharton, executor of the estate of
George H. Wharton, deceased. by direction of
the Surrogate of the County of Gloucester, here
George II. Wharton, 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.
GEORGE H. WHARTON, JR.,
Dated March g. 1908. 3-12. Executor.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

Early birds are all right if we are
prepared to properly care for them,
and if not the April and May Matched
chick will outstlip them in the race.
The most important factor in early
matches is to get fertile eggs. The
breeding pens should consist of birds
that have not been previously mated
for some time, and in the case of show
birds care should be taken to see that
they are vigorous, healthy and fully
recovered from any setback they may
have sustained as a result of confne-
ment in the showroom. A smaller
number of females should be placed in
the pen than usual, and the daily ra-
ton should not be lacking in animal
and green food. The houses should be
comfortably warm, and the eggs should
be gathered as soon as laid and kept
where they will not be injured by
freezing weather. The fowls should be
induced to exercise and scratch for
most Of their food. Those that stand
around hudGled up in a corner of the
house or on the perch will lay few fer
tile eggs.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
How to Take a Perfume shampoo.

A perfume shampoo that is highly in
favor with Frenchwomen, who revel
in exquisites of all kinds, is also be-
coming popular on this side as well.
After the hair has been washed and
partly dried with a towel, powder it
well with orris root and violet powder,
mixed in equal parts. In doing this
the hair should be parted many times
and the perfumed powder busted on
the scalp. The hair, drying with the
perfume all through it, acquires faint
delicate odor of the violet orris that is
very pleasing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07

An umbrella that IS beginning to
show the wear of time by cracks and
tiny holes may be mended at home.
Open it and hold it up to the light.
Mend the holes on the inside with
black silk court plaster cut slightly lar
ger than the holes. Sun umbrellas and
parasols are more effectively mended
in this way than umbrellas, which
sometimes require a repetition of the
mending after being thoroughly wet.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
NOTICE Of sETrLEME EMF.

Notice is hereby given that the sccount Of
Joseph ]. Summerill. Executor az fhe estafe ~
silzabeth s. Brewer, deceased, will be audited
by the Surrogate and reported for settlement to
on Friday, May 20, 1903
JOSEPH J. SUMMERILL,
Dated surrogate's Office, April 20. 1853 ase''0f'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
SHERIFF's SALE.

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias to me di-
State of New Jersey, will be exposed at public
sale, on
Monday, the Eighteenth Day Of May, next
between the hours of u and 5 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 in the village of Harri-
sonville, Gloucester County, New Jersey, be-
the middle of the new street beginning at the
Mulliea Hill and Woodstown turnpike oppo-
site the road leading across Duell's mill-dam;
thence first along said Ross land South eighty
five degrees fifteen minutes East one chain
seventy-four links to a corner in Thomas E.
Roberts line; thence along his line North four
degrees fifty minutes East one chain tc corner
of the same; thence along George Taylor's lot
North eighty-five degrees fifteen minutes West
one chain seventy-four links to corner in the
middle of said street; thence along the same
South four degrees forty-ive minutes East, one
chain forty-one links to the place of beginning,
containing twenty-five hundredths of acre,
more or less; being the same premises conveyed
to Clara M. Monerief by Mary Horner by deed
dated March I'd, 1892, etc.
defendants, and taken in execution OF the suit
of Lewis Gerlack and George Gerlack, Execu-
tors of Frederick Gerlaclx, deceased, Complain
ants and to be sold by
WILSON t. JONES,
Sheriff.
E. s. Fogg. Sol'r.
Dated April a. 1908. Prs fee, IS. 10.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-05-07
OF sETLTEmENT.

Notice is hereby given that the account of
Elmer J; Rulings and John T. Ogden. Execn-
ceased will be audited by the Surrocafs and
reported for settlement to the Orphan;s Court
OF the County of Gloucester, on FRIDAY Ma y
90 1903. 1'lA
ELMER J. HULINGS.
JOHN T. OGDEN,
Jos. ]. SummeriH. Proctor.