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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
60 80 80.

The Press dispatches contained the
following welcome news. After four
months farce, the Illinois legislature
succeeded in electing Gen. John A. Lo-
gan to the United States Senate. 1t al
most seems as if the hand Of providence
had guided the affair, for during that
time three members have been removed
by death, and their places have been
filed by men chosen by the people.
Comments upon the character of
General Logan are unnecessary.
he is wen known to all.
the republicans of the whole country
viii rejoice as a unit, and fully agree
that this is glorious news enough for
one day.
In the joint session Of the legislature
to- day there was a great jam in the
house, both on the floor and in the gall
leries. Fifty-one senators were present
and and one hundred and fifty-threo
representatives. When the vote was
taken dead silence prevailed. Demos
refused to vote and the senators all vot-
ed for Logan, giving him 70 votes.
Rutgers vote was received with cheers.
When Sittig was called, IN a long
speech explaining his position he voted
for Logan, under protest, and the an
nouncement was received with the wild
est cheers. This gave a vote of 1O8 for
Logan. On call Of absentees the Dem
ocrats voted, and sOlidly for Judge
Lambert Tree.
After roll call Baker, McAlney, Cald-
well, Quinn and Crafts changed their
votes to Charles B. Farweil; Barry,
! Democrat, changed his vote to John A p
Logan and the widest confusion pre-
vailed. This insures his election
! Roll call was proceeded with after a
( time the Democrats attempting to elect
Farwen, Republican, hoping to get
some Republican votes. Barry with
drew his vote from Logan but stated
that he would not allow any other Re
publican but Logan to pc elected.
2 p. m.-The announcement of Lo-
CAMS election has not yet been made.
At this hour Democrats are changing to
Farweu and trying to drive all their
men in but all have not yet responded
and no Republican mas shown any incli-
nation to leave Logan.
2:8O-NO Republican support went to
Farwe1 and Speaker Haines finally an
nounced the vote declaring Logan
/ elected,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
49, AMLTO % 2,

In meditating oyer the .deplorable
bOtch thai he has made in some Of his
appointments, President Cleveland is
said to have propOunded the follow
ing pathetic ques ton What am 7
''tO do if cannot trust the men whom
1.-The people have placed in power ?''
Il must make these appointments
1.-THE applicants are all unknown to
''me, and if I cannot rely upon the
SENATORS and representatives,, what
"can I do?" This question forcibly
brings to view the Important fact, that
a thorough acquaintance with public
men and q broad knowledge of public
affairs are necessary qualifications fer
the PresideDt of a great republic. Mr..
Cleveland mast have known before
becoming candidate for the exalted
position which he now holds. that he
was sadly lacking in those essential
qualifications, and that he would be
compelled to rely upon democratic
senators and representatives, almost
entirely III making these appoint
ments. He should also have been
aware of the fact that Information
from such sources would be sadly I'M
reliable, as those men represent the
hungry and thirsty horde who have
been clanloring and wriggIing for the
past twenty four years to get at the
public crib, "a horde Of the ultra bOur-
bon type, a large portion of which led
u nomadic life in rebel tents during
1.-The late unpleasantness. d."
What does Mr.. Cleveland mean by
saying, II must make these appoint
ments ?" When incumbents abso-
lutely resign, it may be necessary to
Immediately fill their places. But in
no other case IS such haste needed.
The president is not obliged to I'M
M cdiately remove a faithful and efic
J lent officer, at the mere dictatiOn
OF some fre-eating partisan, ana tC
fill his place with man whose chic
qualifications have been to attempt te
destroy the Union, and to voluntarily
disfranchise himself as citizen of the
government which he now wishes to
represent in a foreign court.
If President Cleveland, instead OF
asking "what am I to do?" would
simply let well enough alone, until o.
his o,ga personal knowledge he could
nil positions with men of worth and
decency in his own party, he would
show more executive ability and save
a great deal of disgust that is now
prevalent over the country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

A man going by the title Prof. Cd
lum, the other morning performed the
foolhardy TRICK Of jumping from the
middle span of the Brooklyn bridge in
to East river, a distance down Of 135
feet. He lost his life by the operation.
Deeds of darIpg in a just cause are com
mendable; but when man takes his
life in his hands to crafty morbid am
bitiOn, or to win applause from a gap
ing throng, there is something lacking
in his upper story.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

The Riel rebellion in the northwest
has been subdued, and Riel himself has
been taken prisoner and will probably
be tried for treason and receive his pun
ishment. As the HERALD predicted
some time ago, it COULD be only ques-
ton of time; and the individual who
would gather handful ofrenegade half
breeds together for the purpose Of resist.
ing all England, must indeed have been
z crank.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
CLIMATIC CHANCES.

There has been a great deal of talk,
both scientific and unscientific, about
the climatic changes taking place in
western Kansas, and considerable of it
has been somewhat mythical. But ac-
cording to the old saying "the proof of
the pudding is the eatingi" and the
man, who, years ago stuck his stakes
on the western plains, and has cOntin-
ned TO stay, has certainly had substap-
tial, as well as ocular demonstration
that there are miraculous climatic
changes continually in operation.
The short curly buffalo grass gradu-
ally yields to the tall Haunting blue stem
which first makes its appearance in the
buffalo wallows, then in tha L" draws, =
and finally spreads itself over the plat
eaus forming a beautiful meadow of lux
uriant heritage, high as a borse's sides.
And such meadow, too,-the mower
can run for miles without meeting an
obstruction and the surface is as level
as floor.
OF course it takes several years to
produce this transformation, but it is
sure to come in time. Every acre OF
blue stem grass, every field of corn,
every furrow plowed, modifes the eli
mate and produces more rainfall. POr-
tons of the state that were considered
drouthy u few years ago, are now sup
piled with such an abundance Of rainfall
that blue grass covers the lawns, young
forests set by the hands of men varie.
gate the landscape with rich foliage
and the thrifty orchards, decked with
their fragrant blossoms, remind one Of
the delicate lines of Browning in speak
/ ing of her childhOod's home;
/ ''Greon the land is where my daily
steps in iOeund childhood played;
Dimpled close with hill aud valley,
| Dappled very close with shade -
With summer SHOWS Of apple blossoms.
Running mp from glade to glade"
An this magic occurs in q country
which only a few years ago was called
a desert. The scientific causes of this
wonderful phenomenon we will not ct.
tempt to explain, but this much we dc
know. that the absolute fact exists.
Already settlement has pushed itself in
the northern tier of counties to the Col
orado line, and in the coming years ii
viii continue 10 insinuate westward VI
til the shadows Of the eternal mountains
viii cast their twilight cleaning over
the fertile fields of happy rural homes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
Scenes From The Great Northwest


A correspondent of the Atchison
Champion who visited the northwest
part Of the state, recently, gives the fol
lowing graphic description Of some OF
the scenes in that locality. We know
they are accurate for we ''have been
there" In speaking Of the early set
tiers the writer says:
''Where they have stuck to their
claims we saw the finest fields of wheat
we have seen in the state; cribs of corn
stand alongside the sod houses, and on
one farm we saw crib made of broom
corn and wire, having the appearance
of q great wicker basket, full Of corn
We predict that ere another ten years
roll by Decatur, Norton, Sheridan and
Thomas counties viii present as fine an
appearance as their not distant neigh
bors, Phillips, Osborne. Rocks and
Smith counties, do now.
On our return from Oberln to LenOra
we were fortunate in stopping at a sod
hotel, where we ate a nicely cooked
meal, besides had the satisfaction Of eX-
amining the interior Of one Of these
ugly houses. The side walls were
WlILo pldSG6EGQ Win q uaLlh0 4ll44o Ildt
IS grows here. The selling was lined
with white cotton cloth, a clean pine
floor. good doors and deep windows
the walls being three feet thick gave
the appearance of 9 substantial stone
house. The landlady told us the house
was very warm in winter and cool and
pleasant in summer, the sod roof keep
ing the heat out. Some of them, how
ever, have good single roofs with
gables weather boarded. Another
lady said she had taken q homestead il
Nebraska before her marriage, and had
recently been offered 81 500 Tor it. Her
husband had taken one in his own right
so they were now extensive land hold
ers. We found that women were wide
awake on the homestead question. Four
lady teachers had lately taken claims in
Cheyenne county. a young man anC
young woman can, when single, take
adjoining claims, then get married, aDC
build a house on the line between the
claims and hold both. Would recon
mend this course to young friends con
templaJing matrimOhY. We were told
that many commercial men were taking
clGims. They visit this country often
during the year, and find it not trouble.
some 70 make the necessary Improve
ments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
WHAT WAS he ELECTED FOR ?

It will be remembered that Mr..
Blackburn, of Kentucky, was appoint
ed as revenue COLLECTOR in that state,
but that his commission was revoked
for the reason that he wrote letters
during the rebellion in which he stated
that he Intended ''to murder enough
''uniOn men to get blood enough to
''swim his horse inn Because the
President revoked his commission, the
hot blood Of the south has begun to
boil and the Alexandria Gazette, of
Virginia, indignantly asks:
Nv hat did the Onfederates 20 into war for II
Z Wasn TO Kill ankees - And ghsf vsss CIeye-
lane elected president Tor by fie South IL not 10
nelP See confederDEes INTO once over the Yam
That same question has been agitnt-
ing the country ever since The accident
oooarTad and from The list of appoint.
Plepts recently made, the answer seems
~ BE- 'Rqthing"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

The Phillipsburg HERALD has taken
a curious turn in the past year or two
1t has changed editsrs quite frequently ,
the first one we knew, Z F. KOrns,
leaving that position TO take a ''sit as
postal clerk on ore of the railroads. He
has recently gone back to the paper, and
In company with c.. A. Lewis. "a few
years ago q school teacher in this cOun-
ty) the HERALD is Just more than max
ing up for lost Time Its editorials are
wrought with lots of temper in thems
and its general appearance is tmprOy-
ing.-BelOit Courier.
A little OF. Bro, Caldwell. Our Mr.
Lewis was not 3 sc hOOlteacher in Mitch
ell county although he resided in BelOit
a whiles leaving about the time that you
came there. He has been SuPerintsnd-
enG Of Public In Instruction Of this county
for about four years however.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23


The Howell Bro IS interest IN the lupa-
Der business of the west is about to be
consolidated into five strong and dis
tinet corporations, three wholesale and
two retail companies, aggregauDg a
paid up capital OF Que and a half mil
lion dollars. The general Offices and
yards viii be located at Chicago, Oma-
ha and Atchison. The firm of S. Il.
Howell & Co., Chicago, will become
the S. r. Howell Lumber Company.
Howell, Jewett & Company, Atchison &,
will change to the Howell-Jewett Lum-
Der Company Atchison viii also be
headquarters for the Howell Bro. 5 Lum-
her Company, whose general Office has
been at Downs heretofore. At Omaha
will be centered the Howell Lumber
Company, wholesale, and the Western
Lumber Company, for the retail lumber
trade of Nebraska. These incorpor-
ated companies win control g large
amount Of business, and if actually COM
bined would make one of the largest
and strongest lumber companies in the
United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

Noble Prentjs, of the Atchisoa CHAM
pion, has takep another trip to the
homestead country, this time clear ont
to Thomas county. He has invaded
this country several times before, and
on each occasion has predicted the ulti-
mate success Of northwest Kansas. His
predictions have invariably been real
lied. His last article, occupying over
three columns OF the Champion, has the
same tone of abiding faith. Northwest
Kansas owes no little amount to Mr. d.
Prentis and the Atchison Champion for
their kindly aid during the past decade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
The British government put a sent

The British government put senti-
mel in irons for thirty days because he
allowed Capt BOynton to swim up to
the vessel unObseryed. The fact is that
Capt. Boynton, the amphibious fellow,
clad in his rubber suit can sink his body
Relow the surface Of the water and
swim up to any vessell without detec-
ton. He would be q usefpI Instrument
in attaching dynamite to tbs bottom OF
vessels in naval warfare.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

The dreaded nepot no longer brand
ishes a carving knife around the necks
of fearful democrats, s'Shameless
nepotism'' is q phrase that hss not ap-
peared in a democratic newspaper for
we'll on to a quarter of a year. The
nepot of Vest and Pillsbury and Butler
and Pugh and Manning, and q host of
other patriots, stalk about in Official
robes and draw their salaries regularly,
but the VOICE of the refOrmer is no long
er heard 10 the land, and the silence IS
so thick yOp could almost cut it with 2
hatehet.- Aebraska State journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

Ex-Secretary OF State, Hon. F. 7.
Frelinghuysen, died last Wednesday
evening at 6 80 O'Clock aftel a linger-
ing Illness. Mr.. Frelinghuysen was
born in New Jersey, in 1917. He has
served in the United States Senate. and
has always been q useful man and hon
Ored citizen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

fred Douglass and his family haye
rented a pew in Dr.. Sunderland's
church. in Washington, directly in front
Of the pew occupied by the President,
The snOb's noses are said to turn up at
an angle Of fOrty-fve degrees. l. re-
mains to be seen what the President
will do.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

The Junior editor received the fol-
towing gratifying communication Thurs.
day ofthis week;
SIR, An order has been issued &c
cepting your resignation as 3 Railway
Postal Clerk, between ,Atchison and
Lenora, Kansas.
Very Respectfully,
J. JANEs9S, Gen. Supt,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23
Victor Hugo is dangerously ii

Gen. Granb's condition remains about
the same. He is able to work part of
time on his forthcoming book, yet the
probabilities are that the diagnosis Of
his Disease made by the physicians is
correct, and that the cancer is slowly
but surely running lis fatal course.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-05-23

The dynamiterss Cunningham and
Burton have been sentences TO penal
.servit0de for lfe- BOLhsmep protested
that fpaI justice would be done them /.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
REVOLUTION IN FARMING.

A New Kind of Irrigation Which Prom.
fscs Wonderful Results.
A farmer in Allegheny County. New
York. has discovered new kind of IT.
rigation, for which he claims wonder.
full results. He says he can grow on
hillside land. irrigated after his plan.
ton tons of hay to the acre. or three
hundred bushels of strawberries OF
raspberries. of a quality superior to
hay or berries grown otherwise. His
mode is to dig trenches five or six
feet deep ECONOMICALLY along the hill
slope. with smaller and less deep
trenches connecting these like the
rungs of ladder. All these drains
are covered so as not to be reached
by the pillow. The surface water goes
into the main trench near the top Of
the hillside. which retains it until full
enough to discharge into the next
lower trench, through the shallow
laterais, or until it is absorbed by the
growing plants This is the founda-
ton of what farmer Cole calls 1.-The
new agriculture.
The following results claimed for
the new method of drainage and irri-
cation are copied from the New York
Tribune:
O The soil is thoroughly drained.
thus rendering an earlier and later
growth of plants possible, the growing
season being heightened thirty days.
G.. All surface water is avoided. as
tho vxyo fnvr Ia, d. -, kn kr.av aLnr
mediately upon falling. and the subsoil
is softened- (s.) There is little. if any.
freezing during the severest winter;
therefore no loss by heaving Of frost
a. There is permanent supply of
moisture ready to be taken up by plant
growth as fast as it is needed. That
there is a permanent supply he shows
from the fact that the lowest cross
drain discharges pure stream of water
In the dryest season. Thus from the
dry and barren hillside come perpetual
streams and abundant verdure. (5.)
Fungold growth Chat causes diseases
of fruit and which. being carried to
the human family by the fruit
eaten. causes diseases such Is
diphtheria, TYPHOID fever. etc., Is
prevented. 1t is difficult to find an APP
pie that has not fungus upon its sur
face. and many other fruits. like straw
berries. grapes and gooseberries, are
likewise infected. Considering the
flow of pure water which Mr.. Cole Sc
cures from his dry hillside, he asks
what would be the result were all the
hillsides of the Genesee Valley thus ir-
rigated? Why. he continues, the Gen.
esee would fill its banks continually
with the crystal liquid. There would
be no drouths. no freshets, no muddy
water, as the water would escape slow
~ from the soil. and be filtered in its
descent
The digging and covering the
trenches. and Whatever other work
may be necessary upon, costs about
$500 per acre. but Mr. Cole AYERS that
every scre thus improved is worth
81. 900 on account Of its increased pro-
ductiveness.-Buylingtoa Free Prsss
and Times.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
The Epidemic of Crime.

Whence comes this epidemic of suicides
and murders! Recent discussions have
named several causes. Hon. C. H. Reeve,
of Indiana, charges it to infidel teachings
holding that hopelessness of future
state cripples fortitude for bearing life's
ills. Another declares suffering from the
universal business depression the cause. A
third writer attributes it to increasing in
sanity, a physician thinks much of the
tendency Is inherited, while temperance
advocates lay the responsibility upon
strong drink.
Free thinkers have committed suicide,
but so have orthodox churchmen. Finan-
cial straits have beset many, but the
wealthy have also taken their life.
Insanity and dissipation have preceded
suicides and family murders.
One feature common to almost every
such crime challenges attention. Well
nigh every report of suicide and family
murder mentions the perpetrator as having
"for some time been subject to melan-
choly." Whence comes this? All recog-
nized medical authorities tell US that the
fire which consumes the brain is always
kindled by arrangements of digestion; that
good digestion is impossible without pure
blood, and pure blood is never known when
the liver and kidneys are out Of order.
Under such circumstances, a preventive
should be sought, and for this Warmers
safe cure is sovereign-a fact conceded by
the best authorities in the land, and it is
especially commended by the celebrated
DR.. Dio Lewis.-Rochester Democrat
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
HOME AND FARM.

-Whooping cough paroxysms arc
relieved by breathing the fumes of tur-
pentine or carbo.ic acid. Use with great
care. Toledo Blade
Celery plants may be nicely kept
for use during winter, it is said, by
standing them, after being cleaned.
washed and the ends of the roots
trimmed. ina tub or barrel containing
a few inches of water. or pack them in
box in wet moss and keep standing
upright.
When grain is beaten down by
storms Just as it is heading it rarely
fills well. But if the heading-out is
completed and the crop bends under
increasing weight of the berry, the
crop is not so much injured, though it
there will be some loss of grain which
can not be reached by the reaper.-N.
y. Herald.
Hot scenes are nice for breakfast
or luncheon Sift one quart of flour,
to which You have put half a teaspoon
full of soda and mix with buttermilk
until the dough is as stiff as that for
rolls made with soda. Roll this dough
half An inch thick and bake it on hot
griddle in two large cakes. Jam or
marmalade is eaten with them
Cfereiand Leader.
Rice Pudding: One-half cupful
rice. one and one-half pints milk, one
half cupful sugar. large pinch of salt.
fine. Put rice, washed and picked.
sugar. salt and milk in quart pudding
dish; bake in moderate oven two hours,
stirring frequently first one and
quarter hours. then permit it to finish
cooking. with light colored crust, dis
turbing it no more. Eat cold with
cream.-Phitadelphia Cal.
Try this bread pudding: One pint
of fine bread crumbs mixed with q
quarter of a pound of powdered sugar;
add the we'll beaten yolks of four eggs,
the grated rind of a lemon. a piece OF
butter the size of an egg and. a quart
of milk and bake one hour. Beat the
whites of the eggs with quarter of
pound of powdered sugar and the juice
of the lemon. Spread layer of cur
rant jelly over the top of the pudding
after it is baked. pour the whites OF
the eggs over this and place it again in
the oven and brown delicately. Serve
cold with cream.-Indianapoiis Sen.
tinek.
French Rolls: One and one-hah
pints of milk. one-haf pint of yeast,
one-quarter of pint of warm water,
one-half ounce of salt. two ounces OF
butter. flour enough to make thick
batter. Manner of mixing: Take the
milk and let it get quite warm, but not
hot; stir into it the yeast. and add
enough -four to make q thick batter
Put it into a pan. covering it over. and
keep it in warm place. When it has
risen as high as il viii. add the warm
water. butter, salt. aud enough -four
to make Your dough not too stiff Let
it stan1 for three quarters of an hour
and it viii be ready to make into rolls
Let the rolls stand awhile covered over
with cl an cloth. and then bake in q
quick oven.-1he Household.