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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
Little Chanoe of Periury.

Writers in the law periodicals are
advocating all sorts Of strange doc
tines at present. One correspondent
thinks that circumstantlal evidence
should have scarcely any weight, His
argument is that when direct evil
dence is given there is only the per-
jury Of the witness to be guarded
against, while in circumstantial evil
dence there are both the possibility
Of perjury and the liability to a wrong
inference from the circumstances.
The strength of circumstantlal evil
dence, according to most writer's,
however, is that there is little proba-
blllty Of perjury, as the circumstances
frequently are slight In themselves
and not likely to be distorted by the
witnesses who do not know OF their
full effect. The New York Tribune
regards 1t as probable that many
more unjust convictions have taken
place from periured direct evidence
than from mistaken differences from
circumstances. Ardemus Stewart, In
the American Law Register belitJles
the value Of expert evidence to an
even greater extent than most pre-
vious writer's, English lawyers, writ
ing to the London papers, have advo.
Gated to some extent strange plan
for doing away with all oaths in legal
proceedings, on the ground that per-
jury is so common that simple dec
laratlons to which the same penal
ties for incorrect statements might
attach, would be just as valuable as
testimony given under the present
form, Another new theory which
has found its advocate is that In
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grants, votes of thanks and presenta-
tions; Lee, "Light Horse Harry, and
other great sons of the republic, are
found side by side with Lafayette,
Rochambeau and many another Of
the brave foreigners whom sympathy
with the cause Of American indie
pendence attracted to this country
with offers of assistance One won.
ders whether our gentle humorist,
G. +. Browne, was aware that his
nom de plume, "Artemus Ward,
was the real name Of one Of the
major generals of the revolutionary
army; and the name of w, Wilmot,
captain Of the Second Maryland Reg
iment, who was killed by foraging
party Of British on Nov 4, 1882, at
st. Johns Island, S. c., reminds us
that his was the last blood spilled in
the long war.
The first legislation in the interests
of The brave soldiers who risked their
lives In the struggle to throw off the
yoke of foreign domination occurred
as far back as 1915. In that year the
Continental Congress, recognizing the
debt of gratitude owed by the nation
to her brave defenders, turned its at
tention to the subject of military
pensions. In long series Of resOlu-
lions, passed the Goth Of August In
that year, it was provided that every
officer, both commissioned and nom
commissioned, as we'll as every pri-
vate soldier, who should in the serv-
ice of the state receive such injury
or disablement as to be rendered in
capable for the future of earning his
own livelihood, should receive from
the public funds during life or con-
tiDuance of such injury a pension
equal to one-half his monthly pay,
such pension to commence from the
date that his pay as soldier ceased.
1t was also provided that in case the
injury should not be so serious as to
cause total disahlement, the invalid
should receive such compensation as
might be agreed upon by the legisla-
ture OF the State in which his resi-
dence was located; the compensation
never to exceed his half-pay.
This act was supplemented in July,
1885, and again in February, lS48, by
the acts extending the payment Of
pensions, under certain well-defned
rules and conditions, to the widows
of such soldiers as died in cOnse-
quence of wounds received or sick
ness incurred during term of service.
A large, amount OF legislation regu-
lating the subject of pensions was
finally brought to a satisfactory con-
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station, A contract was made with
Mr. M, w. Durham Of Wayne, ILL.,,
sixty miles from the fair grounds,
for supplying the corn. The year
1892 proved to be an unfavorable sea-
son for the corn crop, as excessive
rains fell during the season, especial
lY at the time Of cutting and filling
the silo. Sept Is, 100, the silo was
completed and atrain load of ensilage
on the ground. The actual time Of
cutting was 43 hours and 81 minutes
The sllo was opened in February 1913,
and the product pronounced as per-
feet as any ensilage ever made. Ex-
perimental feeding trials will be made
from time to time during the fair,
and the result will be watched with
great interest An official report of
its use will be issued by the depart.
ment at the close Of the fair.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17

Though Corea, the hermit kingdom,
has been for several years open to all
who wish to enter it, its opening has
not yet proved of much Importance
to the outside world. 1t has been
exploited by various adventures, but
their schemes have come to naught.
A postal service was established, but
IL existed only for one day. The
Corean mint has not yet succeeded in
producing Corean coinage. Several
of the colonies doomed Corea as a
mission field, and sent out so many
agents, that in some places they were
metaphorically treading on each
others heels. But Corea has not yet
been turned into a paradise, the mis-
sionaries are still more numerous
than their converts, and some Of the
societies which foolishly expected
that lavish expenditure would pro-
duce an instantaneous reformation
are now as foolishly recalling their
agents and giving up the enterprise. -
Correspondence Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
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Wanted to Die Rich.

Our forces were arranged before
Vlcksburg, and we were waiting for
the turn in affairs which was imminent,
when we sent old Uncle Nose Larkins,
our cook, out to forage for provisions
AS all is fair in love and war, we did
not question his right to some fat chick
ems, but when a lady came in the next
day and accused our cook Of stealing
her silver, that was quite another af-
fair. We called Uncle Nose and be-
gan to question him.
"Fore God, gemm'n, | amt seen no
SIGH things" he affirmed.
We knew he was lying, and told him
we would string him up if he did not
return the silver, but as this had no
effect upon him we procured rope,
put it around the old rascal's neck,
and told him if he had anything to say
to say it at once, as he had only five
minutes to live.
81 done kno' ennything of dat wo-
mans silver spoons" he reiterated SOL
emily, "an' I amt got muffin to Tess,
but" with a twinkle In his eyes, "when
you gets home an see Aunt Starry, my
POI old gal, 20 tell her dat yo gone
done hang old Uncle Nose suah enuff,
but dat he died rich; 20 heah, chillun,
he die rich"
This being equal to a confession, the
old man was let off; but we all thought
he would have preferred to die rather
than restore the spoons he was COM
PEELED to give up.-Detroit Free Press.
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ENSIONERS OF '76.
SIXTEEN VETERANS OF THE REV.
OLUTloN ON THE ROLLS.
Many woll-Known Names Were on tho
List--Government Bounty Long Drawn
Out by Juno-December MarrIages-By-
gone Pension Legislation.
Not In the FIosh But by Proxy.

One by one the few remaining PEN
sloners from the revolutionary war
are passing away In almost every
instance these worthy recipients of
Government aid have lived to a good
old age. Quite recently, says q Wash
ington correspondent, there died at
Easton, Pa, a widow whose late hus-
bands pension dated back to the war
Of independence, to the days Of pow
dered wigs and knee-breeches, and
whose own term Of years lacked but
one Of rounding out the century.
This lady was Anna Maria Young,
the widow Of Captain Jacob Young,
revolutionary soldier whom she
married in 1916, and with whom she
enjoyed the blessings Of welded life
for the brief period of six months
only. She had, however, enjoyed the
pension granted her soldier husband
for some seventy-seven years until her
death.
To-day there are but sixteen revo-
lutionary veterans on the rolls, and
these are not In the flesh, In no
case, Of course, is the living bene-
tlciary the person to whom the pen
sion was granted, The last actual
survivor of the great war, Samuel
Downing, died in 1867, AS he had
drawn pension for some eighty
years, he is probably entitled to hold
the national record in this respect.
Well-KnOwn Names on the Rolls.
In glancing over the records, an
nails and documents dealing with the
pensions Of the revolution, and with
the acts Of Congress relative to them,
one meets with many distinguished
name. Washington, with records Of
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How a spanish OmOer Died.

The latest number of the Journal of
the Royal artillery Institution con-
tains among other things this very in
teresting diary of an artillery officer
then Lieut. Ingilby, who died not long
ago as o Colonel-commandant of the
RECOMMENDATION engaged in the PENN
sular war from July, 1910, to January,
1918. The diary gives curious pic
ture of that great struggle and con-
tains much to interest the historian and
the soldier. Here is a little incident
which reads oddly enough now: A
Spanish officer of Don Juliau's corps of
guerillas was killed from his own inn
prudence. An uncommonly thick fog
obscured the morning and as the sun
dissipated it, this officer made his APP
pearance between the lines of videttes,
brandishing his sabre and making most
extravagant gestures. He was as near
the French videttes as ours, and it was
lnconceivable who or what he could
be. Lord Wellington mistook him for
French dragon, and instantly
ordered soldier of the guards to fire,
who, resting his musket on one Of our
gun-wheels, fred, and the ball passing
through the persons head, he fell dead
to the ground. l witnessed myself
this singular shot. The distance was
afterward measured, and found eighty
yards. 1t was soon discovered that he
belonged to Don Julian's corps ofguer-
rillas, who presently came to bewail
the fate of his officer.
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Odds ana Ends.

For damp closets or cellars put
shallow dishes of unslacked lime, and
change often.
IT saves time and leather to have
broom, brush, and dustpan for every
floor In the house.
BEFORE beginning to seed ralsins
cover them with hot water and let
them stand fifteen minutes. The
seeds can then be removed easily.
You can prevent the Juice Of pies
from running over by inserting a lit
tie funnel Of white paper In the cuts
on top, through which the steam may
escape; the juice will then boil up,
and will run back into the pie again
when it stops cooking.
SAVE all the paper bags They are
most convenient to draw over cans Of
fruit to shut out the light; the hand
can also be slipped into one when
cleaning the stove, as we'll as doing
much other household work which Is
hard on the hands,
In the ideal closet the hooks are
Only four and one-half feet from the
floor, and the shelf two or three
inches above them. The closet should
be supplied with yokes, as clothing
Of all kinds keeps In much better
shape when hung on yokes The
tiOors Of closets should be smooth,
and all cracks should be tllled up that
dust may not collect therein
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settLng Doubtful Colorn.

1t is not always possible to tell
what will set all colors, but a trial Of
different things with samples Of the
various goods will usually settle the
matter Black and white cotton
goods are generally successfully Fixed
by adding about a cup Of salt to
every two gallons Of water used In
the last rInsing. A delicate lavender
or pale blue had better be set by soak
ing 1t for two hours in pail Of
strong salt and water before II Is
washed. Wash 1t as usual after this,
being careful to use no soap that has
soda or any strong alkali In its COM
position. AS q rule, 1t is best to
avoid any brown soap in washing
1annels or colored goods, but use a
good white soap. Wiring all calico
goods as dry as possible, and hang
them In the house to dry This is
better than to dry them In the strong
light outdoors where delicate colors
are liable to fade. Another Import.
ant matter is to sprinkle callcos and
colored cottons just before they are
ironed.
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away after a months services on loads
Of logs. It's thickest end should be
beveled to rest upon the ground, and
a stout frame Of rough heavy sticks
nailed or pinned together for 1t to
rest against about two feet from the
end These other sticks are to make
extra legs in appearance, The top
Of the crooked branch or binder Is
cut of at point which will allow
the hanging basket TO be suspended
directly over the center Of these cross
sticks, and when 1t is Ia place one
will be surprised to see how difficult
1t will be to push over the frame,
though It's appearance DO frail Deli
cate climbing vines quickly make the
rustic furnishing thing Of unparal-
leled beauty
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
BarleY as Hoe Feed.

In Bulletin 20 Of the Oregon Sta.
tion some results are given Of expert
ments with barley as pig food. Bar
ley 10 useful grain for pig feeding,
and 1t comes nearer maize than any
other grain, unless it Is wheat
Maize does not rlpen well In Oregon,
and great quantities Of barley are
used for pig food. This is found to
be comparatively cheap, and swine
pastures are composed chiefly Of
pease, green corn, clover, and green
vetches. Wheat, oats, barley and
screenings are used largely for fatten.
ing the hogs, and some cooked pota-
toes are also added to the general
food. As q result of this good past
uring and feeding go per cent OF the
hogs slaughtered averaged $50 to 200
pounds; 30 per cent averaged 200 to
$50 pounds. The pigs are generally
fattened from twelve to eighteen
months though they could be mark
eted much earlier
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exhaustion; while dozens OF them were
found by the roadside dead, the next
day, and we're buried by q detail sent
out from Louisville for that purpose.
We gave them every morsel to eat that
we had on the place; we threshed bare
a small apple orchard around the house
and gave them the fruit. They drank
dry two cisterns in the yard. Some of
them discoyered and drank the stag
nant water that had accidently accu-
INFLATED in an old ash barrel on the
premises; and one.lpoor wretch, mad
dened with thirst, when not another
drop of liquid could be found, wished
that l might be thousand years in
hell without one sup of water to cool
my tongue. Thank God, in our
esgerness TO aid them and in our sym
pAthy with their sufferings, we never
thought to remember that they wore
the blue while we sympathized with
the gray.
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criminal trials, except for treason,
the defense, as we'll as the prosecu-
ton, shall be conducted by public
officials. This suggestion is rather
more startling than any Of the others,
and is even more unlikely than they
of adoption. 1t may be that in the
superabundance Of law periodicals
writer's find it easier to invent a
theory than to make some valuable
contributions to legal literature.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
Caught a For by the TAN.

Larry Hughes, son of Joseph
Hughes, residing in East Whiteland,
while eating his midday meal day
or two ago, heard dog barking In
the yard, and fastening outside saw
a large fox in a corner OF the yard
aud in front Of it a dog. The animal
was fairly trapped by the two fences
behind and the dog in 'front.' A
brilliant idea suddenly ran through
the brain Of Larry. fastening to
the outside Of the fence he reached
through and grasped Reynard by the
tail. The fox squirmed and tried to
bite the man, but could not reach
him on account of the fence. Larry
was in a quandary. He had the
game within rea h, but could not
capture it. He yelled for assistance,
and his father came upon the scene
and secured a la ge box. into which
the fox was quickly placed West
chester (Pa-) News.
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RIpe Whaat For sond.

MiIlers generally prefer wheat cut
when the grain is in the milk The
bran is thinner then, and II left to
ripen fully on the stalk much of the
gluten is turned to woody fibre Of lit
tie value. But the wheat that ripens
on the stalk makes a moro vigorous
plant, perhaps because it dries out
without heating, as wheat got in
rather green is apt to do In a wet
season, when much wheat was
sprouted In the stack. we have found
the best success in using plump wheat
Of the previous years growth. The
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Carriage Hor.os In Demand.

Do farmers and horsemen know
that there is a demand for fine, we'll.
matched carriage horses that is not
equaled by the supply? If they
know 1t, they do not appreciate 1t
and profit by 1t to the extent they
might. The gentlemen who want
this style OF horses are men who are
able TO buy and pay for all they get,
and round prices do not deter them
Answer for them this question,
"Where can l get pair Of sound,
well-matched carriage horses of six
teen hands or oyer?" and you will
have no trouble In selling them at
your own price One drawback to
the breeding Of such horses Is the
'trotting" craze. Nearly all breed.
ing has been In the trotting line.
What has been searched for with
great persistency IS the 'record
breaker" and In the hands of the
professional breaker, the ''record
breaker has been produced. But
there is nothing in such breeding for
the ordinary farmer. He cannot
hope to compete with the profess
sional, but he can get most excellent
returns from breeding the road and
carriage horse. The wise man is he
who tries to supply an existing de-
mand, not a possible or illusory one;
and the existing demand for horse
flesh is IL the line above indicated.
Moreover, the farmer can do this
without interfering In the least with
his ordinary farm duties, and the re-
turns from a good colt sold now and
then will very materially help him to
solve the problem Of making the
farm pay
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-08-17
A Tour-Legged union victorian.

II had dog that followed me all
through the war and was of great serv-
ice TO me, said Capt. Fred Smith TO q
st. Louis Globe Democrat man. "He
was just common, 'ornery' looking
'yaller' dog, but he had the heart of q
woman and the courage of lion. l
enlisted at Nation, and the dog fol-
lowed me there. / sent him back
home, but he wouldn't stay. The Cap
tain took liking to Zip, and when we
were ordered south he went along. Zip
participated in several of the battles Of
the war and in any number Of slIirm-
ishes. He would take up his position
near our battery of field pieces and
bark defiance at the enemies of his
country. At Shiloh a shell exploded
within ten feet of Zip, cutting off three
inches of his bushy tail, That angered
him and he advanced ON the enemy
barking furiously. The lines were
about five hundred yards apart, and
shot and shell were flying thick as hail.
Zip ran forward fully three hundred
yards and gave the Johnnies to dis
tinctly understand that he allowed no
tampering with his tail. The Confed-
crate battery also had dog-a big,
lank mastiff-and lie came out to see
about it. They didn't waste any time
sparring for an opening, but took hold
in dead earnest. The Johnnies stopped
shooting and began to cheer their dog.
We did the same. For full ten min
utes those two batteries stood silent
while the gunners watched the contest
of the canine knights, who fought as
though the fate of nations depended
on them. Sick him, Tigel Give it
to the Yankee son-of-a-gunP yelled the
Confederate cannoneers, advancing in
front of their guns. Go it, Zip! Rip
him to ribbons, ZipP we yelled, also
advancing we'll in front of our lines.
A Confederate Sergeant threw q rock
at our dog and that brought on trouble.
Keep your hands off that dogv yelled
the Captain of our battery, as he hur-
ried back and trained gun on the
Confederate group. That set both
batteries to roaring again and beneath
the food Of iron those dogs fought on.
I am sorry to say that Zip got the
worst of it. He was out-classed, and
though he put up as game fight as
ever dogs did, he was sent to his cor
ner loser. How the Con feds did yell
and boot and howl But we had our
revenge, We threw a six-pound shell
into their dog and blew him into saus-
AGE meat"
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cluslon June 7, 1882 1t was then
enacted that "cach Of the surviving
officers, non-commissoned officers,
musicians, soldiers and Indian spies,
who shall have served in the conti-
mental line or State troops, volun-
teers or militia, for one or more
terms a period Of two years during
the war OF the revolution shall re-
ceiye the amount Of his full pay in
the said line, according TO his rank,
such pay to commence from the 4th
day Of March, 1881, and to continue
during his natural life"
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oscaidv In Sheep.

Sheep grazing on low-lylng, rich or
deep land, encouraging over-growth
OF the hoof, are very subject to the
disease commonly called ''scald." AS
a cure for this disease between the
claws Of the feet, which is easily
traceable In the lameness Of the AMI.
NAL a careful sheep breeder living
near Kinnegad, Westmeath, uses the
following preparation, which he has
always found a most effective cure:
Mix together one ounce Of blue-stone,
four ounces lard and two tablespoon
fuls Of SCOT Dress the hoof before
using, and dry between 1t with a soft
cloth. II the foot Is very bad, rub
between the hoof with the finger,
and, II possible, keep the sheep In a
dry place for a short time after ap-
plying the mixture.
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Blue and Gray.

Three times did I see the blue and
the gray in juxtaposition-at least
there were three times that shall
mention now says a writer in Blue and
Gray. In the first instance, the blue
led the way and the gray followed
hard after; in the second, the order
was reversed-the gray fed and
the blue holly pursed them. I shall
never forget neither of the instances.
The former was my first view of q
large number of soldiers. 1t was just
after General Nelson's defeat at the
battle of Big Hill, near Richmond,
KY, by General Kirky Smith, and
General Nelson's army was in full re-
treat upon Louisville. 1t was the
hottest and dryest part of the year,
and the men had reiterated about
eighty miles, large part of it on the
double-quick. They had become
thoroughly demofalized and could not
be brought to stand. The officers
would rally them to form line; but
no SCORER did the enemy appear on
some distant hill, than they would
rush pell-mell from their positions and
start afresh upon their unreasoning
flight. They had been chiefly raw re-
cruits and this had been their first en-
gagement. For five or six hours they
streamed through our little village in
a continuous confusion-oficers, pri-
Yates, transfers, horses wagons, pieces
of artillery all jumbled together and
pressing forward as though death were
at their heels
The turnpike was heated like an
oven. The limestone dust which their
fight stirred up, hung round them,
like a pail in the motionless air. The
section of country through which they
were then passing was notorious for its
lack of water in the summer time, the
farmers that season being compelled to
drive their stock six or eight miles
back from the highway to get them
water.
Such suffering as that of the fleeing
soldiers from heat, fatigue, thirst, hun
ger and fear never saw before, and
may God preserve my sight from ever
again beholding. Three men lay
down in my yard and died from sheer