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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
They Gave tho Empress a bouquet.


When the little German princess
was born last summer, the German
empress, In accordance with ma
tional custom, gave twenty complete
outfits of beautifully made little
baby clothes to twenty poor women.
And on the same day the emperor
pardoned a number of woman con-
victs The children of Germany
who dearly love the empress for her
kindness to them on all occasions,
were busy planning a superb bouquet
to be given to their royal mistress.
When completed the bouquet was
nearly yard across the top. 1t was
dome-shaped and was composed of
ten thousand violets surrounded by
three hundred big roses. From the
top Of the dome to the outside Of the
bouquet there extended field flowers
which gave the gay effect of ribbons
among the vlolets. The entire
bouquet was the work Of peasant
children, who took this way of show
ing their gratitude to their empress.
New York Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

pear, and these, II the sponge is kept
moist, will grow as II by magic into,
a velvety ball Of living green. In
due time the clover blossoms will ap-,
pear and look far prettier than when
blooming in the field. Tiny ferns
and partridge vine are lovely growing
in this way, as the sponge supplies the
constant moisture in which they de-
light, and many more than one would
imagine will take kindly to the wet
sponge, -Harper's Young People.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
Feeding MIX to CaIves.

Few kinds of food contain larger
proportion OF the nutrition required
to make rapid growth than does
milk. Very young animals find it
their exclusive diet at first, and the
period when they are sucking their
dams is that when they grow fastest.
But milk is not easy to digest. 1t
may be, however, all the better
adapted to young animals for that
fact, because on "A milk diet they lay
the foundations for a vigorous diges-
tion through after life The young
sucking animal gets very little food
at a time at first "Little and often"
Is its rule, and it must eat very
slowly But while sucking it gets its
food warm. This partly releaves the
difficulty Of digesting it. Neither of
these conditions is found when milk
is fed. 1t is often given cold, and If
the calf, sticking Its nose into cold
milk, refuses to eat, the feeder loses
patience and withdraws the milk pail,
so that after the calf becomes raven
ously hungry it will swallow a large
quantity of cold milk in the shortest
possible time. Is it any wonder that
digestive organs thus treated refuse
to work, and the calf has "the
scours"? Give the milk always warm,
and encourage the calf to eat slowly.
But after a calf is one month old,
twice a day feeding is better than
oftener Digestion goes on better if
the stomach Is comparatively empty
before new food is given. Give a lit
tie clover hay to the calf between
meals, and it will learn to eat that
Cultivation
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

FIG. /. FIG. ,. STRONG wAGoN-JAoK.
or convenient washing Of the wheels,
The very simplest form is shown in
Fig, /, from a sketch in the Ameri-
can Agriculturist, and is simply a
board six inches wide, and Of the
proper length, with two notches
sawed out near the top as shown.
For light wagons, one man can use
this jack very easily, but for heavy
wagons assistance is required; The
one in Fig, 2 is cheap, strong, and
convenient The part a, is made
from two-inch plank Of some tough
wood and is two and one-half feet In
length, and should be made from a
tough stick 3x4 inches square, dressed
to the form shown. The retaining
rod g, may be two plces Of No s
annealed wire. The upper end
fastens in the serrated edge on the
upper side of the lever. This will be
found a most serviceable jack, and
will easily support half a ton weight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
QUEEN OF rHR OCEAN.
The Steamer Campania Is Next to the
Largest Vessel Ever Built.

IHt bItHHlDT OHmpdnIH Is NbNJ 10 JhG
Largest Vessel Ever Built.
The mammoth new Cunard Steam
er Campania, which recently arrived
in New York, is, next to the Great
Eastern, the largest ship ever built.
The trip to New York from Queens.
town was made in six days, eight
hours, and four minutes, breaking
the maiden record. The passengers
carried on the first trip were 1870 sa-
loon, 157 second cabin, and 5SS steer
age. The Campania is a giant among
the liners. 1t is $40 feet long by IS
feet 3 inches broad and 43 feet Deep
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
Bees and Honey.

The bee keeper should always have
everything in readiness for work be-
fore the blossom comes out upon the
fruit trees. This having to make or
borrow hive after the bees begin to
cluster for swarming often causes the
loss of the swarm and most ire
quently of the earliest and strongest
one.Of the season. And spare honey
boxes or sections should be ready, as
the bees are the busiest and gather
ing the most honey at about the
same time the bee.keeper is wedding
or haying, when he feels as If he
could not spare much time to attend
to them. There is not much use in
putting on surplus boxes after the
clover has been cut The bee hives
should be placed where they will be
sheltered from the cold north or east
winds, and where they will also be
protected from the hottestray Of the
midsummer sun. But they should
not be where they will be disturbed
by the falling of fruit upon the hive,
which disturbs them so much that
they are apt to get cross Under a
tree which is kept for shade only will
do very well If right in other respects,
and If there is not such u place, 1t
will pay to protect the bee stand with
a simple roof, which can be cheap.y
done. Foul brood has a disagreeable
odor that would not be easily mis-
taken when the hive was opened by
any one at all accustomed to it, but
dead bees and mouldy comb also have
a very strong smell Of foul brood by
one not used to the latter. The
hives should be examined and the
cause Of the trouble removed, In
either case, as soon as possible.
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trees and having 1t understood that
its fruit to be eaten as picked was
free to all, could hardly help becom-
ing popular From the surplus fruit
the owner of adjoining land could
probably make more clear money than
he would be apt to get from the road
side crop In any other way
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE
FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Value of Farm ImprOvements--I.iit
jacks for Vehloles--Care OF Bees and
Honey Making Wire Fences Visible
Boarding Farm Help, Etc.
Farm Improvements.

Upon many farms there are now
Ing fields presenting a spotted condi-
tien, made 80 by cold, wet pockets
needing drainage, gravel ridges or
knobs; sour slopes, whereby surface
water in descending from higher
levels keeps the grass too wet for
health, and other conditions that
tend to reduce the productiveness Of
the farm or increase the labor upon ii
as is the case in those fields where
rocks and stones abound, To remedy
these evils Is afforded the opportunity
for labor at season Of the year when
There is no pressing need in any other
direction, Regarding clearing Of
stones, there are many acres that had
better be abandoned to pasturage
than make the attempt at clearing,
reserving the energies to be expended
upon more favored fields. In other
words, 1t is more profitable to i'm
prove good land and bring 1t into a
condition that will pay handsome
plOuU lhuu w OdlOuu lubOl uBuu
fields that will only return u moder-
ate yield Of crops even after the la
Dor performed, An amendment Of
such conditions as were first men
toned is productive of far more sat
isfactory results. A few weeks labor
in the drainage of wet rocket, the
correction Of sandy or gravelly knobs
by carriage and mixing with the soil
that has been kept cold by moisture
all tends to a changed condition that
gives great and large returns. Upon
the question of drainage an en-
thusiastic farmer Of New York who
pra cticed it, claimed that he could
get pay for all necessary labor in the
increase of the FIRST successive crop
and even went so far as to recommend
the adoption OF a system of drainage
upon all fields unless it was absolutely
sandy soil
Making Wire Fences Visible to Live stock
One great objection urged against
the use Of both barbed and plain wire
for fencing is the liability of injury
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

Through its two enormous tunnels
could be driven a mail coach as
through tunnel. The Campania
was launched Sept. 8, 1892. 1t is
duplicate Of the Lucania, another
Cunard flyer, which was launched
Feb. 2 last, and which has yet to
make its maiden trip. The following
figures show the relative sizes Of some
Of these big ships;
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
FOR OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.

What Children Have Done, what They
Are Doing, and what They Should DO
to PnsS Their Childhood Days.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
oampania. Paris. Teutonic. EGst SrD


A Canadian has invented con-
trivance to do away with holding a
telephone receiver to the ear while
talking over the wire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
LINIng Jacka or vohIoIes.

Every owner Of wheeled vehicle
should have some form Of a wagon
jack, for raising the axle for oiling,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

and elegant woman. Maria Eulalie
is Of slender build and graceful car
rlage. She has brown hair and blue
eyes, and is noted for her physical
and intellectual alertness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
lNoS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes ana JokSlstS that Are Supposed 10
Have Been Recently Born Sayings and
poings that Arc OdA. Curious and
LAuGhAble.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

A DEAR, SWEET THINe"-the sugar
trust. --Philadelphia Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-22

Making Wire Fences Visible to Live Stock
One great objection urged against
the use Of both barbed and plain wire
for fencing is the liability Of injury
to stock by running into it, simply be-
The morning call., 1893-04-30

Senator Tom Wand, who recently
handed in his checks" to use the Califor-
MIA argOt current in the early tfties, was a
man of the times-a man of action when one
had 10 hustle to keep abreast OF his fellows.
He was. moreover, full of stories Of the
pioneer days, and when he fell into a rem
iniscent mood loved to talk about the men
and things he had seen.
He was not given TO romancing, but
sometimes his variations took on a flord,
not to say warm, c0loring that gave the
new chums" pause.
Old timers are convinced, however, the
genial Tom was truthful in his talk. but
such unlikely things happened in the early
days of California as facts that to those
who knew nothing of the country except
its present comparatively regular and con-
yenGonal customs they must appear as
iic,ions and the REALTORS credibility be sub
iected to considerable tension Wand was
q great admirer of General James w. Den
Yer, who has also passed over TO the great
majority, and used to tell with some gustO
the occasion of his first meeting with him
and the incidental crtums tances OF the
generals surgery and the grizzly bear:
1T was some time in January, 1S55," he
would begin, when l received an intro
duction TO James W. Denver. atterward
known as the famous General Denver !
had Just saddlei my mule i'll the principal
street of Shasta City TO leave on business
for the Bay as San Francisco was then
called-and. for that matter, is so still all
through the eOuntTy-when l was Joined by
The morning call., 1893-04-30

notary and qualify as TO its truth. But
hear the rest of it. In a day or two after
leaving Lanes Denver and l parted at Sac
rament0, and l never saw him Rfterward,
still never read of brave and noble act
performed by him. but l know just exactly
where it came in"
you must have met Denver about q
year after he killed Gilbert the then editor,
in duel at Sacramento. How does that
affair iumDwith your conclusions as to his
character?"
"Oh, that duel does not reflect on Denver.
He didn't want to kill Gilbert; that every
body admits. And now to wind up the
story. Returning from San francisco to
Shasta i! about month. / arranged TO stay
over night at Lanes on the way. During
my absence l had scarcely thought Of our
bear man, but on approaching the ranch the
incident required TO me, and | began to
speculate as to his fate, how long he had
lived, whether he LEFT any relatives. and
other matters that will come into mans
mind in the train Of such thoughts.
When entered the barroom few
minutes later you may imagine my
surprise at seeing the subject of my
thoughts, the man l had left but brief
month before torn and lacerated out OF
human Semblance almost, sitting at table
engaged with two or three others in
friendly game of pokeri l met him fire.
quently in after years hale. hearty man,
with nothing left to remind him of his ter
rible adventure but scars"
zine California mountain air has won
derful healing properties. Tom"
Nothing like it on the face of the earth"
The morning call., 1893-04-30
TRUTH.

There's hand on the rudder that will not finch
Ihere's no Tear In the Pilots face
as ne guides The words, ike boats in storm.
through the rocking pace,
ana whether they make the harbOr at last
hey ond the shoals and the swell
Or sail forever u shoreIess sea
know that all IS well:
And l learl these things from the heart OF the
wood.
?, From the solemn soul Of the sea.
For never a bird Ia wire-b Jund cage
Told all these Things to me-
And the soul OF man is a sunward bird
With wings that are made for fight
TO pierce to the front OF tue shining day
Aud float through the depths of night;
And read these things in that Bible OF God
Whose leaves are the spreading sky,
And the legbe face of the dark green sea-
With the eye behind the'eye
For truth is not closed in the lids of a book,
For It's ckainless soul is free,
And never bird in wreb bound cage
Told all these things TO me-
For truth surges into the open heart
Aud into the willing eve.
And streams from the breath OF the steaming earth
And d: ops from the bending sky;
IT'S not shut in book, in 4 church or a school,
But lives In the open air and the Light
For all men in their need
But the FISH that swIms a goldfish vase
Knows NOT of the sailed sea.
And never bird In i wire-bound cage
Told all these things to
IT'S the Voice that comes from the gnded peaks
From the hills Jhat shoulder the SKY,
through the topiess heights of a mans own dreams
This Voice goes wandering by;
And who roams tae earth with an open heart
With an ear attunsd TO near,
VIII catch some broken chord OF the sound
Whenever tus Voice comes near
But not past the prison OF custom or creed
VIII the Voice OF the Vision flee,
And never a bird in q wire-bound cage
TOD all these things 70 me.
SAN W ArTFrR Fose
The morning call., 1893-04-30
SMALL FRUITS.
The Experience of Man With Hens
and Bookseller.

Kate Fields Washington.
Last spring, because my wife was all run
down and the children needed outdoor life,
we hired little place in the country.
Among other inconvenience. there was a
henhouse on the place, which inspired my
wife with the notion to keep poultry She
bought a lot of Shanghais and Brahmas,
and one day, as l was going to the city,
asked me to get book about raising
chickens.
Because" said she, at will be so nice TO
have our own broilers in September"
That evening, on my way TO the ferry,
STOPPED at a bookstore and inquired for
''fhe Snare of the Fowler" which was
then being advertised. The man looked
about on his shelves for awhile and then
came back empty handed.
I'm sorry" said he, but we're all ont
just at present of The Snare Here's
another book, though. as good. if not
better"
looked at the little volume It was full
of pictures ana plans and receipts and cal
culations of profits, but it was the title that
took my fancy How TO Make Money
with Few Hens" by James Penny
hacker.
IL appears hardly worth while TO go into
the details of our summers experience. |
bought the book, but we didn't have broil-
ers in September. Any amateur chicken
iancier can put you in the way of getting
further information if you think it worth
while 10 pursue the subject. Ii is coming
on warm weather now, ana some of you
Nnrragansett Pier-may be so far misled
as 10 take furnished farm. To all such L
recommend further inquiry, unless, indeed,
TINS little essay suffices.
The morning call., 1893-04-30
Jack Saves the Young Heir.


The following incident which is worth
recording has just occurred at Torquay, a
warm and salubrious winter resort on the
south coast much frequented by inyalids of
consumptiya tendencies.
Lord Burtou's fine yacht lay at anchor
awaiting a favorable breeze. The crew
idled about the deck, and happy group of
guests were aft c0nversing pleasantly. In
the group was Lady Anstruther. Her romp-
ing boy of years broke from her hand,
clambered to the rail, rolled over 1t, and
was whirled away with the tide. Her lady
ships shrieks reused a lOunging sailor, who
at once comprehended the situation and
plunged after the child. Others promptly
manned boat and sOCn Overhaued the
sailor, who was now swimming with the lit
tie fellow in his grasp.
AS soon as they returned to the yachts
deck Lady Anstruther in the outourst of
gratitude and with streaming eyes, threw
her arms round the neck Of the dripping
rescuer, and fervently exclaimed: "Oh,
how, how can [ ever repay you? Name
your own reward for giving back my son"
Then she pressed balf-score of kisses on
the sailor mans weather-bronz cheeks.
Lady" answered he thoughtfully, as she
released BIN. "let the youngster 20 over
board again. -
The morning call., 1893-04-30
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
Cases in Which It Has Undoubtedly
Been Known to Occur.


Washington Post.
81 have interested myself somewhat in
looking up unusual causes of DEATH" said
DR.. Elder and have met several well au-
thentcated instances where fright was the
cause The English surgeon genera
Francis, tells of drummer in India across
whose legs a harmless lizard crawled while
he was half asleep. He was sure that a
cobra had bitten him, and it was too much
for his nerves and he died.
Frederick l of Prussia was killed by fear.
His vile was insane, and one day she es-
capped from her keeper, and, dabbling her
clothes in blood, rushed upon her husband
while he was doing III his chair. King
Frederick imagined her to be the white lady
whose ghost was believed to invariably
appear whenever the death Of member of
the royal family was to occur, and ne was
thrown into a fever and died in six weeks
But perhaps the most remarkable death
from fear was that OF the Dutch painter,
Pentman, who lived in the seventeenth CEN
fury. Que day he went into room full of
anatomical subjects 10 sketch some deaths
heads and skeletons for a picture he in
tended to paint The weather was very
sutry, and while sketcbing he fell asleep.
He was aroused by bones dancing and the
skeletons suspended from the ceiling clash
ing together.
'In fl OF terror he threw himself out the
window, and though he sustained no seri-
Gus injury ana was informed That slight
earthquake had caused the c5mmoton
among his ghosiiy surroundings, he died in
q few DAYS in nervous tremor. | could cite
many other cases where the shock to the
nervous system which we know as fright has
DrOduce0 upa thu
The morning call., 1893-04-30
Jefferson's Retort.


Joe" Jefferson. the famous actor, was
once asked to spend week with Scotch
peer. Among the guests was brilliant ana
naughty lady, who was the daughter of an
earl.
81 suppose" says Mr. Jefferson, there
must have been a hOmespun flavor in my
American manner that amused her for she
made dead-set at quiZzing me. l did not
detect 1t at first, and answered some of her
absurd questions about America quite i'll
D0cently.
''She kept her face SO well that might
never have discovered this but for the
idiotic grin upon the smooth face of one of
her boyish admirers; and then | felt, for
ths honor of my country. that if she ever
made another thrust at me | would parry it
If ! could. l had not long to wait, for, en-
boldened by her late success, she turned
upon me and said:
Iately?'
No, madam l replied, with perfect
seriousness; 1 was out when her Majesty
called upon me-
"She colored slightly and then turned
away. and never spoke to me again; but
wac revenged."
The morning call., 1893-04-30

quickly opened and 1 jumped out. Two
that time daily. l talked pleasantly to the
tiger and each time he became quieter, At
my tenth visit l ordered him to lie down,
and he obeyed. AS reward for his obedi-
ence l gave him little pieces of meat. This
always had magical effect. But he soon
expected meat at every visit, and when it
was not forthcoming became restless and
little vicious But / soon overcame this
In facf, treated him like a spoiled child
and did almost what L pleased with him.
Up to this time the keeper had always stood
ready at a moments notice to open the
door. 1now ordered him to lock the door
aud step around to the front. The tiger
had stretched himself full length and al
lowed me TO sit on his back"
The morning call., 1893-04-30
BREWING Is AN ART.
The Discovery Made by Philadelphia
Man Who Tried to Make Beer.
Brewers Review.

DTeNeFS- REVIEW.
Anybody can make beer" said John
Logan, a shrewd Philadelphan. "All you
have to do is to get barrel and put the
stuff In and let 1t work" So he got an
empty barrel and receipt for making beer.
lie threw in a W hole lot of hops. three buck
etsful OF yeast, five pounds of sugar, half a
busEel OF finely ground barley and corn
meal. Then he filed up the barrel with
boiling water, closed the bunghole tight
and left the beer TO work. II worked.
Logan and his wife and children were sit
ting at supper, rat was purriug near the
kitchen stove. dog was snoring in the
corner Suddenly the mouse shook, there
was rumbiing Of thunder, a crashing of
glass, the bowling of a dog and the wailing
OF cat; rain nf some sort. then ali was
still. The family rushed to the kitchen.
There lay pieces of slaves and barrel-heads
scattered all over the place. from the ceiling
and the walls there was dripping and oOzing
a Shiny liquid and the fragments of crock
cry and glassware were strewn over the
floor. Under the table lay dead dog; the
cat had disappeared. Next door to Logan's
house was a china-store. The shoNcases
were broken and the chinaware smashed.
The owner of the store demanded S1o0 TO
cover his loss. Two days before the expert
ment Logan refused an offer of 500 for the
dog,