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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
DEATH TO SICKNESS.
A GermAss Cn"ardtee Causes HIN 70
suicide.

suicide.
EEocKviLLE Inn., April l-Christopher
Frederick. who came to this country from
Germany in lsi'. shot himself Saturday
morI ing last and was buried yesterday
afternoon. He had told friend that rath-
or than undergo pain or protracted sick
nea3 he would take his own life, and he
WAS true TO his word. He had been com
planning from illness for more than week
aud aaprehensive OF growing worse, he
fired pistol ball into his heart; producing
instsntsnpous death.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
s,,,r. In N. Cp.ass.Id Rsstss.

oscKoLA, Pa, April The coal miners
Of the Clesrfsld region stopped work this
morning. They VIII accept the rsduc:i"N
IL the xsges are pad ss mi nonthly sni tao
men allowed 10 deal whore they ehoo.e:
They also insist that the drivers b paid
al Is DER day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02

Do NOT for q moment let your Confidence
bstrsy you into supposirg yor.rself incspa,
bic Cf mistake. 1t is indeed a serious hun.
deI 10 refuse to take Cr. Bulls Cough
Syrup when you even suspect you have
tsktp cold.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
RaiIrond AccIdrn, In Yermnn,

4HcH, y. y, April An engine Jump
"a Dc tracks near Rupert. Vermont vss-
ltrQey, liJuriDE Engineer Hitchcock fatal.
y nd two others severely.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
FIre In an Indiana lam

fkEAr'.LE, lND, april i Eight bust.
|tss buildings and one tine residence we're
{ped here last night. The less is heavy
NJ Insurance light.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
os-.. m. neeAy . Bsshl AsaAa.

OsDan DkGDA BeaAJ % Btons Aos
Lospos, April 1.-The latsss sdvisss ~
port Osmas Digna sncampsd In the sieini'
~ of Tsmanieb, hsvins sbout 900 follow.
.rs and many Shsikhs Asd thss hs pre-
psIing 70 give battle 70 tribes hisndiy 70
the English.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
,.,.s....s.r. r.s.s,a,A Llss.

Hrv YoRr, April THE Bankers and
Merchsnts' Telegraph Company have pur.
chased the lines Of the Northern kutusl
Telssrsph Compsny, extending from Syrs
eu.e 10 Osvsgo, WatsrteSn, oxdsnsbnrs
and Alexandria Bay.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
A CHURCH QUARREL
Causes the Death or Pole at Dayton,
Ohf0.

TOLEDO, O., April1.-Andreas Michaelek,
q Pole, died this morning from wounds re
ceiyed last night at the hands OF two OF his
fellow countrymen, father aud son, named
Tessakowski. For some time disturbances,
growing out of some church troubles, have
bepn preyalent in the Polish settlement,
ard a part of the people have taken sides
scaipst the priest. One or two others we-e
badly cut in the fight. The two Poles vIho
CON mitted the crime were promptly ar
rested and are now in jsil.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
S~ept by aCynIone.

CrYctNNATt, I, April IA Ft. Wayne dis
patch says the village Of OIkvilIe. between
Muncie aJid New Castle, was swept away
by cyclone. Several lives we're lost. No
ns sr4irnlara
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
Mail Resbery An the Domtnisn.

QUKREc, April 1.-The mails between
Quebec snd Toronto have been plundered
several times within a few weeks. but no
trace oi the robbers has yet been found.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
Burglars iu TreaSurers Om.o

GREEN-ErE0, Pa, April - Burglars
his4 open the safe OF the County Treasurer. .
lesl.night and secured shout $500. No cine
tc ia burglars.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
.....,..,,. CINE nesasisA.

LAooxlx n. H.. ApniI.-Thonas 6smoo.
,hs.murdersr Of Nra Ford sod The kuddJ
family, has pleaded guilty Of murder ..
,be fifs. decree, bat sentsnes ves dsf,r'sd.
Nc, ding an examination - 70 his sanity.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
striRe Of Carpertrrs NJ rrox

TN. y. y, Apr. Two hundred and
1iiT calpen'ers struck this n orning. Tnsv
ttHsrd that work cease at 4 o'clock on
Salnrdays.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
Reanirme,I the Ca,b R,,a

hTr,.vE.u, "A, April 1.-The Western
vincoW glass manufacturers met to lay
eDdfesiurmed the card rate. Trade is
rerertsd .ooslrg up and selling rates are
Vel sustained
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
Killed by the Fall OF a Stone.

WASHINGTON, Pa, AEril l.-rh morn
ing while picking up his tools in the Brady
tunnel, James McCsrty, aged 2S, was struck
on the head by the fail OF a stone and
killed almost instantly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02

vorite sister Of the President. She is
stronger physically than his elder sister,
and ce ertainly Possesses the tact and grace
which enable her to fill the position Of
hostess most gracefully.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-02
SocIErY is in a pucker over the question,

"Shall cur girls whisIlsp' OF course they
may If they strengthen their lungs y using
Tie great d.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
A Qualm of Conscience.

Mr.. Augustus Rush, on his way to the
station from the farm, with his dandy
trunk, elegant umbrella, Russia leather
shoulder bag, and general travelling out
mt complete, was troubled with a qualm
of conscience of which Sam, the farm
hand, driving the old horse slowly along
to the everlasting drOne of ''Way Down
upon the Swanee River" was quite I'M
conscious. Mr. Augustus Rush had fan
cied that the farmers sister, Miss Caro-
line Amanda Rock, had lookeds sad when
she shook hands with him. He had
certainly hlrted vic emily with the girl
who had come over to her brothers for
the Summer to help her sister-in-law,
who was troubled with boarders, and
they had had a merry time; and now he
was of, and she was left behind to break
her heart, if she chose to do so. She was
a pretty girl, a bright girl, a lady-ike
girl. Not fashionable girl, of course,
one whom Mrs. Rush would think suita-
bic for cher son Augustus" A girl who
could keep house and do many things
with her capable hands, but not stylish
like girls of his set.
81 couldn't marry her" he said to
himself. But he had also said: "She is
a great deal nicer than many girls I
could marry"
Now ne was whizzing away around
long curves and through long tunnels;
past stretches of water an the skirts of
dark woods; past towns that stood like
little toy villages Just out of their chip
boxes, in close clusters upon hill-tOps
and in valleys, thinking of the curly
Aslr and black eyes and cunning little
chin, with a dimple in it, and of the
nice, trim, pink muslin dress, belted in
so nicely at the waist; and of those spice
pinks she wore one night in her hair
He had one now safe in his pocket
book. She had pinnen 1t in his button
hole.
Was ne, after making such love to her,
really going away? Perhaps her heart
would break, and he should hear next
year that she had gone into a decline
and faded away. He found the tears in
his eyes. Or she might live, and change
into a sour disappointed old maid, which
would be worse. And his the fault-his!
He was going home with the deliberate
purpose of offering himself to Miss
Celestina Aubrey, the great heiress. Did
he admire herr No. Did he love her?
No, no, mol
She was stylish-she would be a very
handsome matTon at the head his table
Well, it would be principally her table,
but his position was what she valued
The match would suit both antilles
Fifteen minutes for lunchi' cried the
brakeman, as the car began TO slow up
near a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Fifteen
minutes for lunch; and glad to move
from the seat beside an lady whose
beloved grandchild, sitting on her knee,
had gone through caramels and ginger
snaps that had heen carried for sale
through the car, and shrieked aud kicked
in the intervals, as only child with an
indulgent grandmother dares to shrek
and kick, Augustus seized his umbrella
and tourists bag from the rest overhead,
and darted out of the car.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
4 1Iagsaehugetts Romanee.

a story of a wealthy manufacturer of
| Lynn is told to-day, which not only as
tOnishes his friends, but which is the
talk of all the Boston Club rooms this
evening. The man referred to, while a
| poor bOOkkeeper ten years ago, married
! his present wife. While on their we'd
ding tour a daughter was born. The
fact was kept from the knowledge of
friends and relatives, and the infant was
by an agent placed in the care Of a
thrifty Irishman. For a year or
two the child's expenses were
paid by its parents. After that no
more money was received, and the WOm-
an having charge Of the child was IN
able to get any trace Of its parents or
relatives. The only cleW she had was a
handkerchief among the chlld'S clothes
bearing some initials. She brought up
the girl at her own expense, and she is
now a very prepOssessing lady. Not
long ago she became afflicted with an af-
lection of the eye resembling a cataract
Her guardian took her to an Occulist,
who became much interested in the case
and said that the only one he had ever
seen like it was that of Mrs. Blank, of
Lynn. The IrishWOman instantly
noticed that the initials were the
same as those on the treasured handker- !
chief. An investigation was begun, and
it was ascertained that the poor book /
keeper had become the Lynn ananufac- /
turer, worth almost 81 100000. When !
the facts were presented to him privately
he admitted them, and paid $1,000 for |
his daughters bringing up and agreed to /
allow her 81, 500 annually hereafter. The /
couple have other children, who do not /
know that they have an elder sister. In 1
the belief that this whole story could be 4
kept quiet, the disowned child is still /
unacknoWIedged The facts as above /
are becoming so widely known /
in private circles that it is probable that /
the names of all concerned will soon be /
Dublished-BOst07l Cor ". Y. Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22

The modern strawberry bed, instead
of meaning g very small, raised plat Of
Ground in the garden among the flowers
and shrubbery, as it often existed IN OLD
fashioned gardens, signifies 9 goOd-siEed
niece of ground where straw berry plants
are set out and cultivated with horse
as we cultivate the corn and Cabbages.
AS labor is the chief item of expense in
growing garden products, it is important
TO practice q cheap system OF growing
straw berries. My systematic chief
merit Of which is economy and cheap
nests as follows:
set out a strawberry patch every
year in the Spring as early as practicable
usually during April. l do not expect
to obtain but one crop from planting
although occasionally the plants are LEFT
to bear two crops. The advantages of
this zone crop plan" are that the first
| crop is nearly always the best, and that
| to preserve a bed to produce more than
one crop requires too much labor IN or
/ der to thoroughly clean the soil of grass
and weeds, and loosen the soil between
/ the rows and about the plants. By set
/ ting out q patch every Spring, and plOW-
i ing down another one every year after it
/ has fruited, a fresh bed is always ready
to produce a full crop Of fine, large Der
ries, and the expense for wedding and
! cultivation is trihing.
/ plant in rows three feet and a half
apart, and the plants are orr foot apart
in the row. 1 keep the soil clean, loose
and open by frequent cultivation and
/ the use Ofthe hoe. No runners are cut.
but they are allowed to take root along
the line of the rows. Late in Autumn,
after the ground freezes hard enough to
/ hold up a team, the entire bed is cover
ed over with clean wheat or rye straw,
My rule is to cover just enough to hide
the soil and plants from view. In the
! Spring after the frost is out of the
| ground, the straw covering is raked into
a light WinrOW between each two rows
of plants, and there left to remain
/ to keep down grass and weeds,
| and prevent the soil from becoming dry.
/ This is all the labor required before the
! fruit ripens, unless it be to pass over the
! bed and pull out the few weeds which
may make their appearance. 1 believe
/ this to be the best system for those who
! have plenty Ofland, and on heavy soils.
@. A. g., JR.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
A GEM.

Kitty Nunroe gave a party 'tother nigh
to many of her American friends visiting
London. During the evening she recited
this little poem which every body desire!
to have a copy Of 1t ought to 60 the
rounds
Laugh, and the world laughs with you,
Weep, and you weep alone;
For his brave old ca IN must borrow It's mirth
IL has IbltseuOugh of It's own.
Sing ana the iills will answer
Sigh IL rs lost On the air
The echoes bound TO a joyful sound,
But shrink from V-iClng care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you,
GueVe, and they turn ana 20;
They want full measure of ali our pleasure,
But they do not want your weO.
Be glad ana your friends are many,
Be sad and you lose them all
IN are none o de cline your neCtard wine
But alone you must drink hfes gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Feast, and The world goes by,
Succet and give and 1t helps you live,
But no man can help you die
There is room IN the halls of pleasure
For a long ana lOrdly train:
But one by Que we must al file on
Ihro' the narrow alsles of pam,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22

The numbers Of the several kinds of
live stock are given, and the per cent. Of
increase Of each since 1874; the value of
animals slaughtered and sold for slaugh-
ter, and the pounds of cheese and butter
manufactured in 1884 are also given in
this connection.
Tables by counties showing acres and
product of the various field crops, num-
/ bers Of the different kinds of live stock,
statistics of horticulture and miscellane-
GUS subjects, close the subject of agrIcul-
ture.
Following agriculture is an article on
| the public school system of Kansas, pre-
pared by IL. @. Speer, the State Superin-
| tendent of Public Instruction. In this
article is given statistics relating to the
| common schools, and brief mention OF
/ the three educational institutions under
| the care Oft the State.
Information relating to manufactures,
churches and valuation, showing the
various manufacturing interests Of the
/ State, the assessed valuation Of each
! county for 1884, and the several religious
/ denominations, and the institutions Of
! learning that they control, follows the
article on schools.
| The subject of vacant public lands Is
next treated, and IS divided into the four
subdivisions Of Government, common
/ school. State Institutions of learning, and
railroad lands. A synopsis Of United
/ States laws and rulings of the General
/ Land Office as to the disposal Of Govern
ment lands is followed by the mum Der Of
| acres remaining vacant, by counties, In
! the various land districts. The location
of land offices and the names of Regis
ters and receivers is also given. The
! State laws In relation the requirement Of
/ common school lands are condensed in
order to answer the many inquiries on
/ this subject, the synopsis being followed
/ by a table by counties showing the num-
! Der Of acres of this class of lands still
unsoid, and the average price per acre at
| which they would probably be appraised
at this time. The statement regarding
! lands belonging to the State educational
| institutions shows that nearly all Of
! these lands have been disposed OF, the
/ Agricultural College still having a few
! acres in three counties.
The number of acres yet unsOld, be-
/ longing to the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa
| Fe and the Kansas Division Ofthe Union
| Pacific railroads is next given by cOun-
! ties, together with the terms on which
| they can be purchased.
The meteorological record for Septem-
/ Der, compiled by the MeteOrOigist of the
! Board, closes the volume.
The Secretary viii be unable to dis
/ tribute the usual number Of these books
within the State, the bulk, as said be-
/ fore, being at the disposal of the Com
missioner for Kansas to the New Orleans
! Exposition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
WE ARE NOT OLD.

We are not old, though years have rolled
Like shadows from Ourpalh away
Since first 10 me thou didst unfold
Thy IOVe-Onl happy, happy day.
We are not old
Thy cheeks are fairer than the rose
Thy lips are sWet ter than the dew
Thy hand is whittier than the SHOWS.
and as the heavens thine eyes are DIuei
We are not old!
Time dealeth gently with US here.
No change our hearts have ever known;
Our JOY increases year by year,
For sweet con tentmenL is our own
We are MOI Oldl
Asin the past may we glide on
All gently down the stream Of llI55
And when we reach our journey end
May We JOg tner rest-ny Wuei
We sre not Oldl
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF
AGRLCULTURE.

REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF
/ AGRLCULTUBE.
/ At the called meeting of the State
/ Board of Agriculture in June last, it was
/ ordered that the Secretary enlarge the
monthly report for September, by the
addition of items of general information
! concerning Kansas, and that the bulk of
/ the edition be placed at the disposal of
/ the Commissioner for Kansas to the
/ Worlds Cotton and Industrial expOsi-
| ton, to be held in New Orleans. The
! report has Just been issued, having been
/ purpOsely delayed beyond the usual time
/ for issuing the September monthly, in
order to bring the information concern
/ ing crops lands, etc, up to the latest date
/ possible.
The report is in pamphlet form, and
/ contains seventy-fOur pages Of closely
printed matter relating to various sub
jects of interest to those seeking infOr-
nation concerning the resources of Kan
sas.
The first thirteen pages are devoted to
a Typographical description Of the State,
its surface features, drainage system,
regional characteristics, valleys, soils
and mineral resources, such as coal, lead
and zinc, salt, gypsum, chalk, pOtters
clay. fire clay, hydraulic limestone, build
ing stone, bitUmen, gas wells and arte-
sian wells. a comparative statement
of the population Of the State
since 1850, is next given, together
with a table by counties, showing the
number of inhabitants on March 1, 1884, /
the square miles in each county and
the density Of population to the square /
mile of both the total number and rural
population. Following this is table
showing the population on March 1, /
1884, of the cities of Kansas having over |
1000 inhabitants, placed according to /
their size.
The total population of the State as 4
shown by the first table is 1885 GA; the /
total population to the square mile Is i
1897, and of rural population 1913.
There are 70 cities IN the State That /
returned a population Of over 1000, /
while 3 cities known to have over 1000 /
did not return their population separate /
~ from the townships IN which they lie. /
The next 81 pages are given to the /
subject Of agriculture. Each one Of the /
field crops grown IN the State are treat
ed separately, and the progress or de-
cline of each for a period Of eleven years /
given. In the principal crops Of wheat, 4
rye and oats, extraordinary yields IN
1884 are noted. The largest yield Of
wheat reported is that OF S. Cornell Of
Ellsworth county, postomce BnnkeT
Hill Russell county, who threshed 093
bushels per acre, from a held OF 10
acres. Frank Basala, Of Wilson, Ellis
worth county, and August Helnsens OF
Denmark. Lincoln county, each thresh-
ed so bushels per acre.
The acres, bushels, and average yield
per acre Of the most prominent neld
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
HOW 1T HAPPENED.

HE.
/ shall never know how it could have happened
Or whether she gave son 10, or sigh,
OrWhether leaned my lace toward her,
or whether she raised her face o. mine.
Inever shall know Low t dared to happen
But close and glad as the wild bee sips
From his honey Glove, know kissed her
Full and square on her lovely lips.
She turned withini o God. bless and keep herl
The door closed softly and ali was still,
1 walked in a dream through the mOonIlghJa
splendOr.
The crisp snow crackled-the air blew chill,
How will he meet me agaiu2 How greet me
With lOf y anger or keen delight
Have / opened The gate of Ter love forever
Or closed myself INTO darkest nlghu
SHE.
He held my hand-the quiet moon was shining;
The street lay half in shadow, half in light,
AS on the doorstep for one liz lie m1uule
We stood 10 see the beauty OF the night.
He, just to say good by, my hand had taken,
IcOuld not snatch IL Tudely from his grasp;
And So the willie We talked, he htld it gently,
In the kind, friendly seelter of his clap.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
sIxLIrTLE WORDS.

Six little words arr St me every day:
1 ought, EllEst, cdfi-I nil, I dare, may
IOUGHr-'tis cOusciencs's law diYln ly writ
Within my heart, the goal strive 10 hit
I MBsT--his warns me- thai my way is barred.
Either by nature law or custom hard.
! CAN-in this is summed up al my u lshLs
Whether IN do or know or Judge Alright
WILL-my diadem. by the soul imp est
With freedoms seal-the rule in my own breast
I DARE-at once motto for the seal,
And dare n barrier 'Rainst unlicensed zefl.
I MAYS final, and al once makes cletr
The way which else might vogue ana dim Rp-
ear
I ought, must cdlt-I tOilL I dare may;
These six words claim attention every day.
Only through Thee know what. every 0ayI
ought, must, can, viii, dare, 1 Enty.
Chambers Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-22
strawberrIeg for 800.


EDS. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN II wish I
could induce every farmer reader Of this
paper who does not grow Strawberries, to
appreciate the value Of a straw berry
patch. believe there is no fruit which
com bines so many excellent qualities.
Delicious, healthful, comparatively free
rom insect pests, and easily produced IL
all kinds Of SOilE-What other luxury so
cheap and yet SO good? 1t Is perhaps
creditable to farmers that the use of
straw berries Is rapidly growing popular
among them; yet 1t seems unjust that any
peEs IN having a patch Of land should de-
pIive himself and family Of a full allow
ance Ofthis delicious fruit during its fruit
ing season.
The chief reason that strawberries are
not more generally grown by farmers IS
that the term strawberry bed" often
signifies something which the ordinary,
pushing farmer cannot afford. The
strawberry bed" is associated with the
flower garden, the lawn and the grapery,
rather than the cabbage patch and the
onion bed. In other words, most farm
ers who do not raise straw berries for
family use believe that their production
requires a vast amount of skill, patience
and labOr-moTe than they can afford.
This Is by no means the case. Every
person who can have a cabbage patch
can also have a strawberry patch, and
the latter requires no more brains, pa
thence, or labor than the former. Indeed.
those who are accustomed to growing
strawberries IN plenty for home use
would drop the cabbage patch rather
than the strawberry patch.