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Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
Guesswork In the Dairy.

Generally speaking, the average
milker cannot guess within 1900 or
1000 pounds of the actual yearly pro-
duction of the cows in his care. This
leads to the conclusion that the at
tempt to estimate the amount of milk
which any COW may give by the full
ness of the pail is apt to be very mis-
leading 1t is certainly especially so
when there is more or less foam on
the top Of the milk Anywhere from
one to three inches of foam may be
found on the surface of the milk di-
for the use of the scales if accuracy is
desired An estimate based on mere
observation is always unsafe and un-
businesslike.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
HEALTH or SWINE.
A Simple and inexpensive Mixture to
Keep Them In Good Condition.


Keep Them In Good Condition.
BY w H. DALRYAfPLE, Veterinarian
Louisiana Experiment Station.
From personal experience we are Of
the opinion that the chief cause of the
greatest mortality among our hogs is
internal worms or parasites of one
kind or another. but chiefly the large
thorn headed worm which infests the
bowels. Worms are, of course, passed
from the affected animal on to the
ground and are picked up in an imma-
ture stage by other hogs.
In the case of the large thorn head
ed worm it is claimed by authorities
that the egg is taken into the body of
the larva or grub of the June bug
and that the hog gets it by eating the
grub, which it finds in moist places, as
in the neighborhood Of pools or ponds
of stagnant water Once hog pas
ture becomes infected with worms.
therefore. it is difficult TO get rid of
them unless the lot is plowed up or
placed in cultivation and the water
supply looked after or some mixture
in the form of worm medicine is kept
where the hogs may gain access to it
at all times The following simple
and inexpensive mixture, which may
be prepared on the place, has been rec
commended by the late Theodore Louis.
a breeder of high repute in the north
west
Take six bushels of corncob charcoal
eight pounds of common salt. two
quarts of air slaked linz and bushel
of wood ashes. BreaS the charcoal
well down with shovel or other imple-
ment and thoroughly mix Then take
one and quarter pounds of copperas
(sulphate of iron) dissolve it in hot
water and with an ordinary watering
pot sprinkle the solution over the
whole mass and again mix thoroughly.
Put this mixture into self feeding
boxes and place them where the hogs
of all ages may eat of their contents
at pleasure.
/ We might add that quantities either
greater or smaller than those given
may be prepared by simply observing
i the proportions of the different ingre-
dents; also that this mixture has al
ready been the means of saving many
a pound of meat in the state.
With reasonably good care of the an
imals as to comfort, sound, wholesome
food and pure water and the regular
! use of a mixture such as that above
suggested. which is both corrective
and a worm medicine, hogs should be
maintained in fairly sound and
healthy condition.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
Din the Lambs.

When the old sheep are sheared the
ticks will leave them and go to the
lambs, because they find better protec-
tion in their long wool At this time
the lambs should be dipped to destroy
the ticks or the lambs the farmer in
tends for the market may be unfit to
sell on account. of the reduction of
rlesh just at selling time The com
mercial or tobacco dip may be used,
and it is a good plan to dip the lambs
twice to make sure that they are rid Of
the pests. as a new lot are liable to get
on them. The second dipping may be
given about two weeks after the first.
w. D. Neale.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
u TOLD u so!y

There's an awful mean town I know
Where tongues are so long
And wag very strong
To say. Il told U so.'
Long fingers there point in long row
Oh. my, how sharp they are!
And, oh, they stick way out so fart
To say, Il told U soi
Whatever comes to high or low,
Those fingers point that way.
Those wagging tongues are then in play
To say. Il told U sol!
And even noses turn up in a row,
Those awful noses so keen,
Those nasty noses turn up SO mean.
To say. Il told U so!'
Cruel eyes peer round. above. below.
Mean feet go sneaking round
To see if something can't be found
To say. 81 told U so.''
It's not your lovely town, oh, no!
No gossips there to jaw.
No croakers there with voice SO raw
To say. Il told U sol
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15


istetrial appetite, had laid in large
supply of chicken and other eatables
to which the clergymen's sharpened
appetites, did justice. Besides those
already mentioned there were present
Revs. T. w. Davis, Norris Square
Church; w. Grey Jones. Oak Lane;
Lloyd S. Lindley, Olney Chapel; R.fC.
Wells, Sharon Hill; Geo. Henson, Geth
semane; ]. G. Bieri, Scott; F. H. Tees,
Hancock Street; Amos CrowelI, East
Allegheny; J. J. Bingham, Logan;
Wilmer E. Gray, Fair Hill; John
Watchorn, First Church, Lancaster;
David L. Mccartney, Bethlehem; e.
T. Ham, Spring City; Geo. w. Brad
ley, Trainor; John W. Tyndall, Down
ingtown; Ernest Bowden, Royersford;
r r Minkler, Christiana, and E. A.
Robinson, pastor of the local N. E.
Church.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15
WIRING Empty SiIos.

'sWooden silos that stand empty dur
ing summer should be provided with
guy wires says dairyman. High
wind sometimes does an empty stave
silo good deal of damage and may
even wreck it. The guy wires should
Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-07-15

be attached to one of the several
hoops near the top of the silo-the
nearer the top the better. This is a
good deal easier than to tighten up the
hoops from time to time as the slaves
shrink. The guy wires should be Sc
curely anchored"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
.bACKACHE SIMPLY VAN|SHES
AND YOUR KIDNEYS ACT fine,

will effect so thorough and prompt
a cure as a fifty-cent treatment
of Pape's Diuretic, which any
druggist can supply.
1t Is needless to feel miserable
and worried, because this unusual
preparation goes at once to the
kidneys and urinary
system, distributing it's cleansing,
healing and strengthening influ-
ence directly upon the organs and
glands affected, and completes the
cure before you realize it.
Your physician, pharmacist,
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape, Thompson
& Pape, of Cincinnati, is large
and responsible medicine concern
Thoroughly worthy of your conf
Idence.
Accept only Pape's Diuretic-
|fifty-cent treatment - any drug
store - anywhere in the world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
PLAN To RECLAIM
TEN MILLION
ACRES

kBy United Press Leased Wire.)
GREGORY, Tex, Oct. 22.-To
dam the Rio Grande and trans
form Southern Texas and North
lern Mexico into an agricultural
paradise, is the plan laid before
President Taft by l.. e. Bennett of
Mission, Tex.
Before thu river may be
damned, however. the co-opera-
;tion of the government must be
obtained and the memorial Ben
nett brought to Gregory to show
President Taft, begins with the
: suggestion that negotiations be
started for that purpose.
At least 100000 acres of
desert land might be reclaimed by
the scheme. Bennett asserts that
the famous river which is now not
navigable and serves no useful
purpose, will be made to support
population as large as New
York, Pennsylvania and New Eng
land combined.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
COMING CRISIS IN SOFT COAL
REDUCTION OF MINERS
WAGES - SPREADING WAR
IN A. f. OF l..
BY Peter Power.

by Peter Power.
Although the working agree
ment between the bituminous coal
Operators and United Mine Work
ers of America does not expire
until next April, the operators are
already making preparations to
force an issue upon the miners
that may result in another great
national conflict.
The Association of Bituminous
Coal Operators in Central Penn
sylvania has held several quiet
meetings and discussed matters
that are creating considerable I'M
easiness in the miners camp.
1t has leaked out that many in
dependent operators have attend
ed these sessions and every effort
lis being made to strengthen the
association to inaugurate a COM
bined movement to reduce wages
next spring.
The operators claim that there
is an insufficient margin of profit
for them at the present market
price of coal for which they are
compelled to pay &c cents a ton
for mining, and they demand that
the miners accept reasonable"
reduction, without having agreed
among themselves upon the
amount of the proposed cut.
On their part the miners are
resolutely setting their faces
against any reduction in wages.
They claim that owing to the
lslackness of work and present
low wages they are barely able
to make a living for themselves
and families, and that they will
fight to the finish before they per-
init themselves to be pressed over
the border line and into starva-
ton and abject poverty.
If the operators decide finally
! to force the issue fully 100000
men in every mining district in
the country will become involved.
| During the past few DAYS | have
discussed the situation with one of
the best-posted miners officials in
the country. lie has been making
an extended tour of the various
districts in the middle west and
sounding the membership regard
ing the coming crisis, and spoke
plainly relative to the possible
loutcome.
1.-THE operators have the money,
1 of course" he said, land in case
of national suspension, they will
not suffer, SO FAR as immediate
necessities are concerned. In fact,
they will probably boost prices
and make handsome profits, as
they work off their surplus stocks
ION the market.
"But. Cod what will become OF
Jour men, women and children in
THE little, miserable shacks down
there In the valleys IL shutdown
is prolonged7 They have not been
able to earn enough during the
past Is to IS months to save q
few dollars for the traditiona
rainy day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
TACOMA MASONS
ARE HONORED

Word has been received from
Washington, where the supreme
council of Scottish Rite was in
session this week, that four Taco
mans have been honored with AID
vancement to the station of knight
commander, which is the next
lower step to the 33rd degree, the
highest point in Masonry. The
|Tacomans are Charles Bedford,
A. A. Rankin, Frederick Keator
land G. A. Snowden.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22

A real surprise awaits every suf-
ferer from kidney or bladder
trouble who takes several doses
of Pape's Diuretic. Misery in the
back, sides or loins, sick headache,
nervousness, rheumatism pains,
heart palpitations, dizziness,
sleeplessness, inflamed or swollen
eyelids, lack of energy and all
symptoms of out-of-order kidneys
simply vanish.
Uncomfortable urination (espe-
cially at night, smarting, often
sive and discolored water and
other bladder misery ends.
The moment you suspect kid
ney or urinary disorder, or feel
any rheumatism, begin taking
this harmless medicine. with the
knowledge that there is no other
remedy, at any price, made any
where else in the world, which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22

Wherever / go there seems to
have been a mere hand-to-mouth
existence at best for years, and
poverty abounds. Go down into
the mining regions and observe
the conditions for yourself. There
are the novels of three or four
rooms built on the side of a hill,
the poor, sorry furnishings, the
Ithreadbare, WORKOUT clothing,
and the cheap and unwholesome
food, and all must be paid for out
of the meager earnings of our
members.
"EverywherA the miners-who
somehow obtain newspapers and
magazines and read and think a
great deal-are asking themselves
the question, How does it come
that they who risk their lives ev-
cry day they are given the privi-
lege of going down into the bowels
of the earth to produce the wealth
that creates the power to feed
and clothe and house the world
how does it come that they and
their loved ones are forever con-
demned to live in poverty and mis-
cry, while those who neither toll
nor spin, but lead parasitical lives,
roll in ease and luxury?
They are asking why, and their
queries are becoming more per-
sistent and emphatic, with the re-
suit that they believe the laws
are unjust and naturally they are
looking toward politics as means
to secure relief from their OPP
pressive conditions"
The action of the Ohio Fedora
ton of Labor convention at Toledo
last week in recognizing and seat
ing the Reid faction of electrical
workers in defiance of the edict
issued by the American Federation
of Labor executive council, and
the bolt that followed among a
portion of the minority, has
served to widen the breach be-
tween the Federation officials at
Washington and the rank and
file who repudiate the usurpation
of power on the part of a the
council.
The Ohio Federation of Labor
is the largest of the state bodies
affiliated with the A. r. of L.,
having over 400 local unions on
its rolls when the Toledo .conven-
ton assembled. About one-fiFth
of that number have been split
off, and, as In the case of : the
minority among the electrical
workers and other bodies in which
divisions have occurred, will make
the claim of being regular" at
the Toronto convention of the A..
r.. of l.. next month. and entitled
to recognition and seats in that
assemblage.
That the international union Of
ficials who are under no obliga-
lions to the executive council are
becoming greatly alarmed mani
fest on every hand. The interna-
tiona1 officials have been called
upon by the executive council to
Withdraw their local unions from
the rebellious state and city CEN
trail bodies. but as the revolt is
spreading they are inquiring where
the trouble is likely to end.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
GATHERING DATA
AGAINST The |
INTERURBAN /
(By United Press Leased wiSe.

(By United Press Leased Wfke. J
OLYMPIA, Oct. 22.-Engineer
Gray of the railway commission
has been started to work gath
ering data concerning the value
cf the Puget Sound electric rail-
way and Within a month the work
will be completed and the COM
pany will be cited to appear for
hearing on its recent rate in
crease.
The hearing will be held som ;
time in December, according to
present indications.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
FOUL PLAY FEARED

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. "a
Search is being made today by
the local police for Amazon H.
Brown of Santa Barbara who dis
appeared in this city October IL,
shortly after his arrival from the
southern part of the state. Brown
had 500 in cash on his person.
No clew of his whereabouts has
been found and his friends are ex-
pressing the opinion that he has
met with foul play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
BRIDE OF AN HOUR
HAD ANOTHER
SUITOR

(By United Press Leased Wire.J
WENATCHEE, Oct. 22.-Mrs.
l.. G. Hurlbut, formerly Miss
Nora Walt, the bride who left her
husband in this city last Saturday
after one hour of married life, is
again in this city, while her hus-
band is busily engaged looking
for her in Seattle. 1t is thought
that she did not leave the city
at all, but was kept at home by
her parents until matters quieted
down.
That she was to have married
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
PURITY CONGRESS-
CHANGES IT'S NAME
(By United Press Leased Wire.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Oct. "a
The National Purity congress, in
convention here today, changed
its name to the American Purity
Federation. B. s. Steadwell, of
La Crosse, Wis, was elected pres
ident of the organization; Judge
Lindsay of. Denver, vice president,
and Miss Julia Morrow of Spo-
kane, corresponding secretary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
There's Comfort
In a Jewel

These cold evenings and chilly mornings; what
is more pleasing than good heater2 One that
you can positively depend upon to ''throw out
heat to every corner of the room" Look over
the prices below-you'l be purchaser if you
do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22
SOCIALISTS Get
BIG VOTE

BERLIN. Oct. 22.-The results
of the diet elections in Saxony
and in Baden today Indicate that
the socialists have polled an .un-
usually large vote under the new
election law which enfranchised
many men who before were in
eligible to cast a ballot
Several seats were won in dis
tricts heretofore controlled by the
conservatives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22

claim that it was not legal. Friends
have discovered that the new wife
is in love with her husband, but
| is prevented for some reason from
going to him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22

HOLLANDS

PHOTOGRAPH WHICH HAS
JUST REACHED THE TIMES
FROM AMSTERDAM, SHOWING
QUEEN WILHELMINA, HER
BABY GIRL, WHO is HEIR TO
THE THRONE OF HOLLAND,
AND THE PRINCE CONsORT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-22

another today has also become
known, but her. Tilted sutton Is
nowhere to be found.
Mrs. Hurlbutt's parents still
protest against the marriage and
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-30
THE TRIBE OF DUPES.
Some Resemblance in All This Pitt.
able Class.

Considerable surprise seems to be
manifested over the discovery that
woman who wac so unwomanly in
personal appearance, so gross and
misshappen as to be frightfully re-
putsive, was able, by means of anna
tory epistles that fairly bristled with
the commercial spirit, not only to
lure to her house hard-headed and
thnfty men OF middle age, but, also
to exert an influence over them which
led them to place their savings with
in her reach and unsuspectingly go to
their gruesome death. And yet, apart
from the instructive distrust that
such a creature might have been eX-
pected to crease, perhaps there is moth
ing remarkable in these revelations
bearing on the credulity of human
nature. 1t is not improbable, surely,
that, shorn of it's shocking details.
this series of brutal tragedies pre-
sents aspeas very similar to those
which abound on all sides; that The
history of every day was simply re-
peating itself when her snares were
laid by this fiend and her call was
answered. There is reason to be-
1ieve that the murdered whose re.
mains have been unearthed onothis
farm at Laporte did not differ wide
~, II at all, from the countless dupes,
possessed Of the lust for gold, who
week ~ and week out blindly risk
their all on the merest chance in the
hope OF making lucky strike
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-30
V Goat Gets a JAG.

John Aranson elected a drunken
goat from his saloon at No. 1911 Com
mercial avenue. Chicago, with the aid
Of a policeman Aranson befriended
the goat when it came to his door
almost frozen He gave the animal
food and shelter iii a shed at the
rear of the saloon.
Mrs. Aranson. who has been i'll with
grip for several days, asked her hus
band to prepare her some whiskey
and quinine He had prepared the
medicine" and was ready to take
it TO the sickroom when he heard his
wife calling to him. Leaving the
medicine in large mixing glass on
chair in the saloon hs ran up stairs
When he returned few minutes la
ter, he found the goat lying full length
On the floor in a drunken stupor ana
Me broken glass near by. Aransor
saled in a policeman who was pass
Ing, and they lifted the animal from
The floor and threw it in a snow pile
outside OF the place to sober up. WheI
Billy came to he wabbled down the
street and was last seen tackins
toward a corner drug store.-Atchiso
Elobe.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-30

the markets most demand at from
six to nine months, making the same
weights at a lower cost OF production
than was possible by the older ana
slower process of development. 1t is
not considered among our modern pig
raisers a difficult matter to make the
pigs weigh around two hundred
pounds at six months of age, which
is a very desirable and handy weight
for butchers block pork and bacon.
If kept until nine months old they
weigh from 800 to $50 pounds, which
is the popular kind for mess pork.
Packers are urging that more atten-
ton be given to the production or
deep sides, as they can utilize strip
of it for bacon to meet the growing
demand for pork cured after the fash
ion of meat sold under that name.
At the present time consumers de-
mand and are willing to pay for, 4
high class of pork meat, bat there
must be a pretty even m'ngiing OF
lean and fat, and of quality superior
to that made from the class OF hogs
raised and fed after the customs OF
our forefathers.-New York Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-30
A Missouri Fish Story.

ut is we'll known fact that when
alarmed fish scuttle into dark places
beneath the water. A friend of mine
told me Of an ingenious plan adopted
by an old fisherman on The Blue River
to take advantage of this fish Gus
TOM" said A. S. Van Valkenburgh,
United States District Attorney.
'The old fisherman procured a bar
rel, bored number of holes in it and
weighted the bottom with lead and
iron. To the top were fastened two
ropes attached to a windlass On a
boat. Rowing out to the middle of
the Blue the barrel was sunk, resting
on the bottom of the river. Then
the old fisherman sent his four sons,
two in each direction, to points fifty
yards away, where they entered ca
noes and commenced to beat the water
with fiat paddles. raising a great hub
bub. Gradually they worked down to
the boat, where the old fisherman was
ready to haul out the barrel. As
they came close to him he quickly
manned the windlass and the barrel
came to the surface. BY actuaI count
there were twenty-eight shade forts
carp, seventeen catfish and nine Jack
salmon in the barrel. The catch
weighed 100 pounds.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-01-30
IN THE DRUG STORE.
Rather a Serious Place Usually, but
Funny Things Happen Occa-
Siona!Iy,


"No, can't say that We have a
large number of comic incidects hap
pening here daily" said the drug
clerk. AS matter of fact, the
drug business is inclined rather to
the serious side of things naturally;
but We do have funny things happen
occasionally, like this morning when
a little girl came in with prescrip-
ton that she said she wanted put
up in hatsules.
'Hatsules?' l says, sort of puzzled
like, because for the moment l did
not fall to what the little girl meant.
eyes. sir; hatsules,' she says, just
Ike that, and then it began to perco-
late through my brain just what the
little girl did mean, and l says to
her then:
~ guess you mean capsules, don't
your and she says:
"'Why, of course I do. Hatsules!
she said and laughed right out as
she said it. OF course l mean cap
sules! How could ever l get it twist
ed up like that?'
"And so we put the medicine up in
capsules and the little girl took 1t
and carried it away.
And really that wasn't the most
comic thing that ever happened in
the world; but, as I was saying. you
dc It, exactly expect to have funny
things happen in a drug store, and
SO that call for hatsules kept us cheer
full here for three-quarters of an hour.s
New York Sun.