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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
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grain-growing localities the
cheapest aud most comfortable stable
for stock is made by building the
straw-stack at the threshlng time on
platform supported by posts stand
ing about 10 feet above the barnyard
level The posts may be made lower
If 1t Is calculated to throw out the
manure Left to run over 1t at will,
cattle, horses, and sheep will trample
down a good deal of straw, which,
with their dropplngs, will make an
excellent manure. The trampllng
will keep it from heating to any great
extent, and the liquid excrement will
also be saved. When thrown out in
spring the manure will accumulate to
a depth OF three or four feet. The
stable straw-stack may be indefinitely
extended by putting other posts near
the stack, and covering with straw
The spaces between them No man
who has plenty of straw need let
cattle suffer from cold, Exclude the
outside cold, and the internal heat
from breathing and from food will
keep animals warm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

Mr. Gray was born Of Quaker ancestry
in Chester County, Pa, in 1928.
When a child his parents moved to
Ohio and in that State Mr.. Gray
grew to manhood. In 1855 he located
in Union City, Ind, and in 1889
took up his abode in Indianapolis.
He was captain of the Fourth Indiana
Cavalry during the civil war and also
served with the One Hundred and
Forty-seventh Infantry. He began
life as a dry goods merchantin Union
City and afterward studied law. At
the outset Of his political career he
was a Republican. In 1876 he was
elected Lieutenant Governor on the
Democratic ticket and in 1884 was
elected Governor He was a candi-
date for the Vice Presidency in 1888
and was a Presidential possibility
last year.
Robert A. Maxwell is So years old
and has acquired considerable money
as a malster. In 1881 he was elected
State Treasurer by the Democrats,
and after two terms retired to be-
come Superintendent Of Insurance,
an office Of which he was deprived by
Gov. Hill.
Patrick A. Collins was born in
County Cork, Ireland, in 1874. When
4 years old he came to this country.
In 1868 he became student in Har-
Iard Law School, and three years
later was admitted to the bar. Mean
time he had attracted the attention
Of the Democrats and In 1868 and
again in 1869 he was chosen a men,
Der Of the House Of Representatives.
In 1870 and 1871 he served as State
Senator. In 1875 he was chosen
Judge-advocate-general of the COM
monwealth. In 1880 he declined the
nomination for Congress, but was in
duced to accept it and was elected in
1882. He was returned to Congress
in 1884 and 1886. In 1888 he was
Chairman of the National Democratic
Convention. For six years he was at
the head of the State Democratic
Committee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Sayings and DOIngs Of Little Ones
Gathered and Printed Here for Other
Little Folks to Read.
The Poor Little Toe.

AAN Aoor Aues
~ am all tired out, said the mouth with a
pout.
81 am all tired out with talk.n
"Just walt" said the knee "till you're as
lame as you can be
And then have TO walk-walk-walk.n
AMY work,n said the hund sis the hardest
In the lnndn
nNay, mine is harder yet, said the brain.
"When you toll" said the eye, sas steadily
Why, then yOu'n have reason to COM
plain.n FlttI
Then IL voice faint and low OF the poor lit
Spoke out In the dark with a wall
"lt is seldom / complain but you all will
bear your pain
With more patience II you hearken to my
tale.
I'm the youngest of Ave, and the others
live and thrive,
They are cared for and considered and
admired
am overlooked and snubbed, am pushed
upon and rubbed,
am always sick and ailing, sore and
tired.
@Yet carry all the weight OF the body,
small and great
But no one ever praises what l do.
I am always in the way, and It's who have
to pay
For the folly and the pride of all of you.
Then the mouth and the brain and the
hand said. a'Tls plain
Though troubled be our lives with woe
Tho hardest lot Of all does certainly befall
The poor little humble toe
The rubbed little snubbed little toe"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Youths Com
panion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
What Is Heart Failure?

We really wish our esteemed con-
temporaries, the doctors, would ex-
plain to us exactly what they mean
when they say that SO-and-so has died
of heart failure, says the Washington
Post. OF course, we know in a general
way that citizen dies when his heart
comes to a determined stop, and no
doubt that consummation might be
loosely described as a heart failure on
the ground that it is the reverse Of
heart activity. But the term is now
employed as though it described some
specific complaint, like consumption,
or Bright's disease, or diphthera; and
we are building up within ourselves
yearning curiosity to know just what
it means
Mr.. Thompson, we will say, is a
large man Of liberal ways Of life, with
a florid complexion, a jocund nose,
and a coming appetite for rum and
water He Gates with catholic taste
and Brobdignagian energy. He drinks
as does the painting hart which finds
an unexpected fountain in the desert.
Some fine day Thompson dies with
his boots on, so to speak; that is to
say, he reaches for his glass of hot
whisky tOddy, misses it, and passes.
Several eminent physicians gaze up
on the cavader, wag their heads mourn
fully, and say "Heart failure" With
in a week old Joskins round the corner
takes a tumble. Joskins is cadaverOus
and long, built like a tuning-fork,
and equipped inside Of him much like
the crane Of song and story. He eats
little, drinks less, and mirrors his
generation in a bilious eye. Some
body leaves the door ajar and Joskins
blows out through the chink into
another world. Doctors come and
ponder over him and say "Heart fail
ure" once again.
We do not understand it. We wish
we did. What is heart failure any
how? Is it new disease, or is the
term merely scientific subterfuge?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

A correspondent in Meehan's
Monthly inquiries whether branches
which are now too low for conven-
fence will get higher in time when
the trunk Of the tree lengthens "1t
is a general impression among those
not familiar with botanical garden
ing that the trunks of trees lengthen,
but this is not the case; the trunk Of
a tree, being once formed, does not
lengthen q traction, no matter II 1t
lives to a hundred years. A branch
from a trunk that is now, say six feet
from the ground will have the center
of that branch still six feet from the
ground, no matter how many years
elapse. II branches are, therefore,
now too low, they had better be cut
off at once. Again, 1t is worth re-
membering In cutting off branches
that they should always be cut close
to the trunk or to any main branch,
so that the wound may heal over.
II the branch is very large, so that
the wound is likely to take several
years to heal over, 1t is better to
paint it, in order to keep the water
from rotting the wood until 1t Is
properly healed. More good trees are
spoiled through leaving an inch or
two of stump to cut of branch than
people have any idea Of"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
ChIldren,s Savings.

ONE bright morning Walter, who
is a very wise little fellow, and his
auntie were sitting out on the cool
porch, and Walter was trying to ex-
plain to her the difference between a
lilliput and a pigmy. "You know,
auntie," said he, that both pigmies
and lilliputs are little bits of people.
All lilliputs are pigmies, but all pig
mics are not lilliputs." "Why, how
can that be?" said auntie, pretending
not to understand, and trying to test
the little fellow, who thought for a
few minutes, and then, looking up
with a bright smile, said, "Well,
auntie, you know a ship is a boat,
but all boats are not ships" His
auntie thought he was very bright
little boy to make such a clear ex-
PLANTATION, as he was only years old.
cousin JUDITH" said Mamie,
here is a paper Mrs. Grant sent you.
She said she thought you would like
to read it because there are so many
funny antidotes in it."
TOMS grandma had a number Of
cedar and pine trees in her yard. One
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
Liberal Feeding.

There seems to be strange lunacy
in the minds of a great many farmers
in regard to feeding cows literally,
says Hoard's Dairyman' AS a square
proposition no dalrYman can afford to
let herd OF good cows get in low
condition. He not only robs himself
of a chance for present gain but he
seriously Cripples his future. 1t is
just this constant tendency to hold a
penny so close to the eye that
golden eagle cannot be seen on the
other side of it, that cuts the sand
from under the feet Of the average
dairYman. If we look around we can
see everywhere evidence enough to
satisfy q reasonable man as to the
best policy to pursue. In all places
it is the liberal feeder who makes the
most money His skeptical neighbor
will say: VI can't see how he does
it; he pays so much for feed" New
ertheless, he does 1t. There has not
been day the past year that feed
has been so high but what dairy
man with a COW that would yield
three-fourths to pound Of butter a
day, could richly afford to give her
all she could economically consume.
The trouble with the men who talk
differently is that not one In a thou
sand has any figures to show for their
belief. They have nothing but mere
guesswork to stand on.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
Taking Cold.

A person in good health with fair
play easily resists cold. But when
the health flags little, and liberties
are taken with the stomach or the
nervous system, a chill Is easily
taken, and according to the weak
spot of the individual assumes the
form Of a cold or pneumonia, or 1t
may be jaundice. OF all cases of
"cold" probably fatigue Is one of the
most efficient A jaded man coming
home at night from long days
work, a growing youth losing two
hours sleep over evening parties two
or three times a week, or young
lady doing the season." and over
fed children with a short allowance
Of sleep are common instances Of the
victims of the cold.
Luxury is favorable to the chill
taking; very hot rooms, soft chairs,
feather beds, create o sensitiveness
that leads to catarrh.
1t is not, after all, the cold that Is
so much to be feared as the ante
cedent condition that gives the at
tack a chance of doing harm. Some
Of the worst colds happen to those
who do not leave their house or even
their bed, and those who are most
invulnerable are often those who are
most exposed to change of tempera-
ture, and who by good sleep, cold
bathing and regular habits preserve
the tone Of their nervous system and
circulation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
TEXAS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
Enormous Extent OF Territory Within the
Borders OF the Lone Star State.

Enormous Extent of Territory within the
borders of the Lone Star State.
The fat boy In the museum re.
marked one day that proportions
such as his had their great disadvan-
tages, says the New York Sun. This
statement of profound truth, based
upon personal experience, seems to
apply very we'll to the State of Texas.
There are disadvantages in bigness.
This fact will impress any one who
reads the important report recently
prepared by General Adolphus w.
Greedy, chief signal officer, on "The
Climatic Conditions Of Texas" The
Biographies, as a rule, do not help
one to acquire correct notions of the
size of Texas. The State is so large
that few atlas sheets show it on the
same scale as other States, except on
the general maps of the country.
Studying Alabama on one map sheet
and Texas on another, the attention
Of the student Is seldom called to the
fact that Texas is shown on much
smaller scale than Alabama, and
very likely he leaves school with
quite erroneous notions of the size of
Texas compared with Alabama and
other States, General Greedy gives
some striking fact which convey a
more adequate idea Of the enormous
area of Texas than many people en-
terrain.
Although Texas belongs to the
drainage basin of the Atlantic, its ex-
IRENE western part, in Ell Paso Coun-
ty, is about two hundred miles nearer
to Pacific water than to the Gulf of
Mexico. A part of the panhandle is
nearer to the Great Salt Lake of Utah
than to the Gulf of Mexico. Four
teen Of the 228 counties are larger
than the State OF Delaware. The
distance from Ell Paso to the eastern
boundary Of the State is as great as
that from New York City to Chicago
The northwestern corner Of the pan
handle is as far from the southern
boundary at Brownsville as Chicago is
from Mobile. While the extreme
northern part of Texas is in about
the same latitude as Norfolk, the
most southern part Of the State is
scarcely one hundred miles north Of
Key West. Texas is one of our great
seaboard States, only California and
Florida exceeding it in length of sea-
coast; and yet there are large regions
that are farther from the sea than
many of our political divisions in the
interior, such as Idaho, Nevada, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and Ohio.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

Boys, above all, don't by will or
deed, add to the burdens of your
mother; remember that she loves you
as deeply as when you were a clean,
white little babe, though you may
now be a slough kid" whom every
body dlslikes. She is not so strong
as she once was; the hand Of time,
maybe, has touched her hair and left
it gray and streaked where it was
once beautiful and glossy. Her step
Is slower than it used to be. BE a
man; respect her, live right, and
when she dies who loves you more
than any one will ever love you again,
when the wasted, tired hands have
been folded for unbroken sleep, there
will go with you sweet and tender
recollections like guardian angels
along the rugged road Of life. Now
is the time to begin to be man;
don't wait until you are grown up. ---
Cass County Ia Democrat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
MIscoIlnneoun RecLnes.

EGG DRINK. ~ One quart Of cord
water, a cupful Of sugar. an egg, a
teaspoonful Of tartarlc acid. Beat
the egg to a froth, beat In the sugar,
add the other ingredients stir well
and drink at once.
CREAM CANDY. Two cups Of sugar,
a cup of water, a tablespoonful Of
cream OF tartar. Boil without stir
ring until 1t will harden in water
like spun glass Add small piece Of
butter, and work IN q little vanilla as
you pull 1t.
NUT CANDY Two cups New Or
leans molasses, three-fourths cup OF
sugar; boil until it will harden
quickly in water. add a piece OF
butter and coffee cup Of walnut
meat just before taking from the
fire. Pour in shallow pans and check
off with a knife.
PLAIN CARMELs. -One pound OF
brown sugar, a quarter Of pound OF
chocolate, one pint OF cream, one tea
spoonful of butter. two tablespOonfuls
Of molasses. Boil for thirty minutes,
stirring all the time; test by drop
ping into cold water. Flavor with
vanilla and mark of in pan.
CURRANT JELLY. Stem ripe cur
rants, scald them in porcelain ket-
tie, do not let boil; strain through a
coarse jelly bag and then through a
flannel bag; allow pound Of sugar to
a pint of juice. When the juice has
boiled fifteen minutes, add the heated
sugar and cook five minutes longer.
Take from the fire, let cool slightly,
pour in glasses and set aside until
cold
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
Points About Poultry

'LUcK" in the poultry yard 81
rarity--it needs another letter. for 1t
is ''p-luck" that wins.
THE editor of Farm Poultry says,
81 don't care plcayune for points
II my fowls will only lay eggs"
NEVER be in a hurry to get young
chickens to go upon the roost; let
them make sufficient growth to fly
we'll.
MEAL, bran, and potatoes or tur-
boiled and'mashed inlabout equal pro-
portions makes o good feed for breed
ing ducks.
SEPARATED and raised by them
selves pullets will be worth more for
use than IL allowed to run with the
cockerels
DUCKS confined TO yards will lay
more eggs, and there will be better
fertility than when they have an I'M.
limited range.
AS DUCKS do not roost 1t is not
necessary to have high houses, yet at
the same time II they are tool low they
will be inconVenient to, Clean
IFyou are keeping poultryforproflt
try and manage them so asto have
eggs to sell when prices are highest.
This is usually during late summer
and during the first and middle of the
winter
Do NOT worry your brains about
crosses for eggs 1t Is simply impos-
slble to get better layers than the
heayy-laying purebreds. Cross breed
ing Is only intended for an improve
ment IN flesh producing qualities. and
quick maturity.
IT Is said by some writer's that soft
feed Is one Of the causes OF infeTtile
eggs. The writer has always fed
morning mash, and always felt proud
of the fertility Of the eggs from his
stock. Most Of the writers at the
present day are working out thorles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
Marketing FacIlItIes.

The value of land for farming pur-
poses must always depend largely on
its nearness to market. The increase
OF railroads has brought for the staple
gram products Western farms as near
to market as are the best located
Eastern farms. Not nearly so much
progress has been made in improving
country roads as there should be.
The necessity for good roads becomes
more pressing as farming is intensl-
fed, growing each year larger
products per acre than were once
thought possible. The American
Cultiyator thinks a market gardener
or small fruit grower cannot well af-
ford to be more than three or four
miles from his market, nor that I'M
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
site of the sepulcher.

In a letter just received by the
State Department, Consul Merrill at
Jerusalem says many modern scholars
in the department Of Palestinian
archaeology, having abandonded as
untenable the traditional site of the
Holy Sepulcher as the place of the
crucitlxion and burial of our Lord,
have fixed upon the hill above Jere-
miah's Grotto, 800 yards north of the
Damascus Gate, as the site Of the
crucifxion. Adjoining this hill,
which is covered with MOhammedan
graves, is a large garden controlling
the face of the hill, which is rock, for
$50 yards. Excavations at different
times in this garden have shown that
six or more feet below the surface Of
the ground there exist interesting
ruins, and in the rock itself there Is
a remarkable tomb, which has recently
attracted much attention. An effort
has been made the past year to pur-
chase this garden, with its appurte-
nances, place it in the hands Of a
general committee, so that it should
not be in the control of any particu-
lar religious sect, have excavations
made, and everything that might be
found preserved and exposed for the
benefit of all who take an interest in
such matters. The negotiations were,
it was thought, successful and the
money ready to be paid, but very
recently there has come a hitch of
some kind, so that after all the prof.
ect NAV fail.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
How ono Room yYas Papercd.

A clever woman who had more
ideas than she had money wanted to
repaper her dining-room. She lived
in a small place where there were no
large stores, and all the cheap papers
which could be had were hideous in
design and color. Finally a bright
thought struck this woman as she
was in grocery store one day, and
the result was that she induced the
grocer to part with a great roll Of the
smooth, yellow wrapping paper which
he used to put around parcels, The
family laughed, but soon the paper
was on the walls and was supple
mented with border of creamy
roses, which shaded from light browns
to soft pinks. The paper was a great
success, and the room, which seemed
twice as large, is as pretty and dainty
as one could wish for.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

from one city and now from another,
until he wrote from New York, say.
ing that he was In the banking house
OF Hunt, at a salary too small to
allow him to send for her, though
II industry and perseverance could
advance his interests, she should
not have long to walt
"And now" said the Viennese, do
you know a clerk of yours named
Pray?"
"No," was the reply. II left home
months ago. But your story Is so
interesting that we ought, II possible,
to spell out the sequel l will cable
home this minute"
"Have we Clerk Pray in our serv-
ice9" ran the message, and next day
came the answer, Eyes"
what salary" ran the next mes
sage. as he satisfactory"
The reply to this was a condensed
certificate Of character of which any
clerk might be proud, with the adj
ditlonal information that Pray's ex-
ceptional virtues were paid for at the
rate of $40 n month.
"Pray promoted" cabled Mr., Hunt.
"Quadruple his salary"
A day later the forlorn young wife
In Vienna received a message from
her husband, dellghtedly limiting at
good-fortune and urging her to come
to him at once. Mr., Hunt, of course,
heard the news, and, no doubt, con-
graduated himself on his ability to
play fairy godfather at the right mo-
ment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
Wanted a Book on Counting.

The requests made to editors are
curious at times. One of the frank
est ever made public was addressed
to the Scotsman recently, the envel-
ope bearing a request that the letter
should be handed to any bookseller
in Edinburgh. The letter ran: "The
kind of a book that l want is a
Counting book-a book that will tell
me how to talk to the lass that 1
love, book that will tell me the
words to ask her when be counting
her, is the sort of book that 1 want.
No matter how few or how little the
words may be-"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

The captain of a steam tug, which
lately reached Philadelphia from
Boston, says that in Vineyard Sound
during a tremendous storm, the
vessel was attacked by an immense
flock of wild ducks, which had appar-
emily been blown off the land by the
wind. They fought desperately
against the side Of the tugs house,
and the electric light lat the mast
head, which seemed to be the object
that had attracted them. The mate,
who ventured on deck was knocked
fiat by a duck that flew directly
against his breast Fully fifty of the
ducks were caught.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27
HnrtTord's old Men.

There are some old men in Hart
ford, Conn. Hubbard HOLSTER is
now nearly SS years old, yet he takes
care of the horses, barn, and stable as
effectively as ever. DR.. David Crary,
13 Seyms street, is now In his 8Sth
year, yet he goes out with the Fox
Hunters Club occasionally and bags
fox or two on Talcott Mountain.
Deacon Morgan Lewis, 905 Main
street, is also SS, aud he still drives
about, more or less. There are In the
town a number of other old people of
8S or along there who keep tolerably
lively for that age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-04-27

One of the older teachers al Mount
Holyoke College remembers Miss
Mary Wilkins, who was among the
pupils for a year when she first came,
says the New York Times II can't
recall much about her." she said, in
answer to eager questioning from
some of the undergraduates. "She
sat at my table, and 1t was her work
as a freshman to remove the platters
before dessert. She was very handy
about that" "Think," says the girl
who tells this story, "of Miss Wilkins
borne in mind for nearly twenty years
only for her handy way Of taking a
platter off the table"