Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-05
From Our Exchanges.

The Smith county board of asses
sors decided to asses all property at
actual cost.
A three foot vein of excellent coal
was struck last week on the Larsen
farm in Republic county.
Five cars of California oranges went
through Jewell county, over the Santa
Fe, last week.
He who has no strong love of honor
and righteousness, has no strong sense
Of indignation at meanness and false
hood.-The AdUunee.
The farmers OF Kansas are greatly
encoul aged over the prospects of an
abundant wheat crop the coming sea
son ichjta Independent
The next years tax levy for state
purposes is four and one tenth mills
on a dollar, which is expected to pro-
duce about 81, 500, OOOrevenue.-Ka,s-
sas Farmer
All the type setting in the New
York Tribune Office is done by ma
ehinery. Forty machines are en-
pIoyed. They not only set the type
but cast in new every day.
Concordia has raised the $4,000
fund for the new canning factory,
and is rejoicing over the fact of hav-
ing succeeded in locating a plant
there that will employ three hundred
hands in a busy season.
Owing to the monopoly in the Irvine
manufacturing business it is probable
that the price of binder Irvine viii be
from 20 to 25 cents per pound. On
this account many farmers are con
templating discarding the Irvine bind
ers.-JelceU Monitor.
Many farmers in Kansas last sea
son raised Kaffir corn and are all loud
in its praises. Tt stands dry weather
as well as sorghum, is excellent for
stock and now said to be as good for
culinary purposes as the common
corn Kjolra Herald
A Republic County farmer raised
last year some 200 bushels Of Kafir
corn from one peck of seed. On &C
count Of its standing the dry weather
and being susceptible Of furnishing
at least two crops of the most excel
lent fodder, he believes it to be far
ahead of corn Caacber city Journal
5 Mr.. Ditmars, of Chanute sold ff-
teen hogs that weighed 1890, or an
average Of about 325 pounds. That
2 is light weight compared to some
t hogs fed near Humboldt. MIR Hauser
t sold last week to burning & Barrack-
= man twenty hogs that weighed $500,
+ or an average of As pounds. Mr..
/ Kern sold twelve hogs to same par
e ties that averaged over 400, and
4 Henry Schmidt sold fifteen that
Y weighed as much.
A recent number of the Kansas
City Journal has the following: 'Al-
f though Kansas claims to take a lead
= ing part in placing woman on az
it equality with man, the members Of
e the Law Department Of the Kansas
: State University have SO far repre-
sented only the male sex. The young
1t ladies of this State are certainly more
o timid than their sisters in Michigan
d where twenty-four women graduated
T. as lawyers last year from the Uni
d versity.
We were little surprised a few
i days ago, says an exchange, to fnt
L $50 laying in the road beside the
= hedge at the corner of one of on
y prominent farmers homes, and thu
Il more so to find that it had lain ther,
u for several months unmolested, bu
- beginning to look much the worse TO
= the exposure. The money was IN thD
u shape of a corn planter that VIII haY,
= to be replaced by new one befor'
y many years unless cared for bette
= than that
n The man who sticks through thicl
i and thin is the one who knocks tn
er persimmons every time There seem
s. to be a special dispensation Of PROV
dence in favor of the man who work
through weary years to achieve sue
5, cess. Take the rich men in any 10
e7r cality. Nine-tenths Of them had
81 hard struggle in early life and b!