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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
He Went to Walk.

There is a story Of French dog
whose breakfast was forgotten, where
upon he ran into the garden, and re-
turning with sprig In his mouth,
deposited it at his masters feet. 1t
was a sprig Of forget-me-not The
truth of this story is perhaps open to
question, but q story almost as re-
markable comes from a Florida cor
respondent whose veracity Is I'M
doubted. Jack is a handsome New
foundland dog Every evening at 0
O'Clock he is taken to walk by his
master, who has an orange walking
stick, which he particularly likes and
usually carries
Every evening on the stroke Of 8
Jack rushes to the hat-rack In the
hall, noses about among the walking.
sticks and umbrellas until he finds
the orange-wood stick, and immedi-
ately afterward appears before his
master carrying it In his teeth. He
wags his tail and Frances delightedly
about, and shows as plainly as posi-
bic that he will be broken-hearted
dog if his friend and master omits
the usual evening stroll.
One evening the family were In the
sltting-room with some guests. A
shower had come up and itwa rain
ing hard when the clock struck o.
The strokes had hardly died away
when Jack danced gayly into the
room with the orange-wood stick In
his mouth.
"No, jack" said his master, I'VE
cannot go out tonight. 1t Is raining
too hard. We should get wet. Just
listen to 1t rain, Jack"
With that the host turned his at
tentiou once more to his guests, and
presently they heard Jack pulling
over things In the hat-rack. They
supposed he was putting away the
walking-stick, like the clever dog that
he is.
A few moments later a beseechlng
little bark was heard. There In the
sitting-room door stood Jack.
He had an umbrella in his mouth.
Everyone flew for the rubbers,
waterproof, and hat of the man
of the house, and that gentleman,
bearing the umbrella so persua-
sively offered him, took Jack out to
walk without further delay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

one set of parts continually, and five
companies will be required. Alto
gether about seven hundred people
will be employed, many of them ma
tive MeXicans.
The building itself is to be typical
Of Mexican architecture and decora-
ton. The main entrance will be on
55th street. The building will be
eighty feet high and will resemble in
appearance the panorama buildings
down town. The exterior decora-
tions are to be fantastic to the last
degree. The colors are queer and the
designs thoroughly Mexican. Along
the outer panels and facades rows Of
Aztec figures, occupied in various
pursuits, are to be painted. At other
places Mexican buildings and scenery
are to be reproduced in colors. The
scenery for the panorama has occu-
pied a good deal Of Mr.. Herrera's
time for several years. 1t is nearly
all complete and he has taken pains
to have it accurate The costumes
worn by the actors will also be those
worn in Mexico at the period repre-
sented. In fact, it is proposed to ex-
actly reproduce some Of the most
interested parts Of Mexican history.
To build this theater a stock com.
pany has been formed with capital
of 1925, 900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
The KItten,s Tourney.

90 mamma, see the poor horsesI
They go all the time, and they don't
get anywhere" said a small boy COM
passionately, pointing to the horses
at work in the threshing-machine.
The same could be sal ! of the kitten
in the following anecdotes:
A half-grown kitten became lodged
in the fy-W heel Of an engine in Port.
land, Oregon. The wheel moved so
rapidly that pussy, could not escape.
Indeed, it is probable that the poor
creature was soon unconscious from
dizziness.
A little computation shows the
distance the kitten travelled. The
fly-wheel makes two hundred and
fifty revolutions per minute, and
every turn puss went seventeen feet.
The engine was in motion three hun
bred and ninety minutes, and during
that time the kitten travelled very
nearly three hundred and fifteen
miles
She was taken out nearly dead, but
soon recovered and was as lively as
ever. 1t was observed afterward
that she gave the fy-wheel wide
berth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
secret OF Success.

Upward Of thirty years ago, when
David Maydole was roadside black
smith at Norwich, New York, six
carpenters came to the village from
the next county to work on a new
church. One OF them, having left
his hammer behind, came to the
blacksmith's to get one made, there
being none which gave satisfa ,tion in
the village store.
Make me a good one--as good as
you know how" said the carpenter.
"But," said the young blacksmith,
who had already considered hammers,
and mad arrived at some notion Of
what hammer ought to be, and had
a proper contempt for cheapness in
all its forms, perhaps you don't want
to pay for as good hammer as l can
make"
"Yes, l do; / want good hammer. I"
So David Maydole made a good
hammer that perfectly satisfied the
carpenter.
The next day the mans five COM
panions came, and each Of them
wanted just such a hammer, and
when they were done the employer
came and ordered two more. Next
the storekeeper of the village ordered
two dozen, which were purchased by
New York tool merchant, who left
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
Pertinent Question.

Old Aunt Dinah was a colored
woman, who had a remarkably strong
voice, and would sing and cry glory"
with such vigor as to be heard above
all the rest Of the congregation, but
she was of an unpleasantly Saving"
disposition.
1t was the custom at the mission.
airy meetings of the church she at.
tended to take up collection during
the singing Of the hymn, ally abroad,
thou mighty gospel" in the midst OF
which Aunt Dinah threw back her
head, closed her eyes, and sang away
at the top Of her lungs till the plate
had passed her by.
The collector, who was a man OF
plain speech, observed this habit Of
the old woman's, and one evening
when he came to her seat he stopped
short, and, surveying her rapt coun-
tenance, said, bluntly:
"Look a-hea, yo Aunt Dinah!
What's de good OBJ yo' a-singin' an
a-singin', Ely abroad, thou mighty
gospel, eff you doan' glib muffin to
to make her hy?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
The wisdom Of Fools.

Folly, In the abstract, has been de-
nounced alike by Scripture and an
cient heather sages, IF l wish to
look at fool" says Seneca, II have
not far to look. / have only to look
In a mirror" The Emperor Maxi
milan distinguished the dullest Of
his councillors by the title of the
King of Fools. Once when he adj
dressed a prosy adviser by this title,
the gentleman neatly enough replied;
II wish with all my heart / were
King Of Fools; | should have a glori-
GUS kingdom, and your Imperial
Majesty would be among my sub
jects."
The term fool is often misapplied.
Thus, Charles the Simple was no fool,
but a man Of extraordinary simplicity
and strength of mind and feeling
So Homer, when he called Tele-
machus fool, or SILLY" did not emj
ploy the word as a term of reproach,
but Of endearment.
The court fool, or jester, was for
merly an important person In the
households Of kings and princes, His
influence over his master was con-
siderable, and many clever sayings Of
fools are still In existence.
Charles the Simple had a jester
named Jean, who one morning tried
his masters nerves by rushing into
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
Worls OF q Marrlage nureau.

The Berlin Marriage Bureau, which
has ramiflcations all over the world,
has in the last eleven years received
10, $50 propositions from all civilized
countries.
In IL, 706 cases husbands were de-
sired, in 1858 wives; 5,0l6 women
and s, l04 men communicated directly
with the main office; the rest made
known their wants through agencies.
The youngest woman who asked for
a man was 10 years and 4 months,
the eldest 70. The corresponding ages
of male applicants were 1871 and 10.
The average Of the women was 26i,
Of the men 293.
Matches were brought about for
4,309 women applicants and SALT
men. The average fortune Of the
men was ESQ, of the women e03O.
The smallest purse offered bya woman
was els. 1t was the whole fortune
of o girl of twenty-one years.
The largest fortune Of o woman APP
plicant was 100000. The proper
Ties Of the men In search Of wives
varied between G73 and ESQ, 900.
There were SIG women and 307
men VINO communicated with the
Bureau who had apparent physical
deformitles. There were 2,3ll men
and /, 400 women who had been mar
ried 1929 men wished second wives
to care for their first wives children.
The occupations Of the men were:
tradesmen 5000, members Of learned
professions and artists TOO, army
officers SO, state officials 800. The
rest of the candidates did not give
their occupations. OF the women
1903 had their own business estab-
lishments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
rHEArER ON WHEELS.
Novel Enterprise to lie Run During the
Worlds Fair.

Worlds Fair.
Mexican invention will furnish one
Of the most fantastic and attractive
of the side-shows at the Exposition.
1t is nothing less than a revolving
theater in which will be given
grand panoramic spectacular perform
ance illustrative Of Mexican life and
customs from the time Of the Aztecs
and the Montezumas down to the
present day. Jesus Herrera Y. Guti-
errez Is the inventor Of the revolving
theater, which he hopes will revolu-
tionize matters Of construction In the
theatrical world, and the manager
and author of the play that is to be
produced. Associated with him in
the enterprise are Mr.. Zarate and
several other Mexican and Chicago
promoters.
This theater is to be erected at the
corner of 55th street and Everett ave-
nue., just in the heart Of the side
show district and surrounded by
Steele Mackaye's Spectacular, Jim
Corbett's theater, the north pole out
fit, and a lot Of Others, and it is ex-
pected to have the theater ready
when the first visitors to the Fair ar
rive. The building will, Of course,
be circular in form. Its diameter is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

his room with the exclamation, ooh,
sire, such newsl Four thousand men
have risen in the ethyl"
what" cried the startled king.
with what intention have they
risen?"
"Well, replied the jester, probably
with the intention Of lying down
again at bedtime"
Although there are many examples
Of the license which testers we're
allowed, instances are not wanting of
their delicacy and courage. For ex-
ample, when the feet of Philip was
captured or destroyed by that Of Ed
ward Ill, there was no one at court
bold enough to communicate tidings
of the disaster to the king, except a
court fool.
Going into the kings chamber, the
fool began muttering; "Those cow
ardly Engllshmen! The chicken
hearted Britons!"
"How so, cousin? How SOP" asked
Philip. y
"Why, because they have not cour.
age enough to Jump into the sea, like
your French sailors, who went head
long from their ships, leaving those
to the enemy who were not brave
enough to follow them"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

The corn silage has twice as much
water as the pea.and-oat slage. With
only 20 lbs Of dry matter to the
hundred weight the amount Of the
different nutrlments is Of course
much less In the corn than In the
pea and -oat silage the latter being
so per cent dry matter. This matter
contains nearly IA per cent. Of pro
TEN against only s per cent in the
dry matter of corn sllage, SO that
with three times as much dry matter
in the pea.and-oat silage, the table
shows that 100 lbs of 1t contains
nearly four times as much portein as
does the corn silage. Hence the
former makes up what the corn lacks,
and the two different kinds of silage
together make pretty complete
feed. Mr. Dyer still further balanced
up or enriched the pasture by feeding
damaged wheat, which contained a
still larger proportion of protein.
The milk part showed the benefit Of
this ration, Farmers should try peas
and oats, either as dry fodder or as
ensilage. Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
suggestlvo TO Doctors aud scolds.

DIR, p. was not really surly man,
but the hurry Of his large and ard
uous practice made him appear so
sometimes. Directly opposite his
office lived Mr. Bradley, whose wife
was an inveterate and loud-voiced
scold. She had never had occasion
for the Doctors services except for
one thing, and that was to set her
dislocated jaw several times, 1t had
been tlrst injured imam accident some
years before, and had never fully re-
covered; any unusual strain was liza
BILE to throw it out Of joint again.
One morning, as he was preparing
In haste for long round Of profess
sional calls, his ears were assailed by
the din of Mrs. Bradley's scoldlng.
She was giving her husband violent
curtain lecture, " and no doubt the
Doctor was nettled by the sound.
81 hope she won't put her jaw out
of joint with her clack, and come
over here to have 1t set" muttered
he to himself.
But the next moment In she came,
holding her chin in one hand, and
with the other pointing into her open
mouth, which she could not shut, and
mumbling, "Ah, an, ahl"
"Yes, yes, know" exploded the
Doctor; "you've got your jaw out a
scolding your husband expected
It'll / expected It'll Well, sit down
here, and I'll put it down in wink"
showing chair toward her as he
spoke.
She began to sit down, but, just as
she was almost seated, the Doctor
discovered that the chair did not
face the light as he wished, and gave
it a slight turn, Somehow, between
them, the chair was so misplaced
that she missed it, and sat down with
a tremendous thump on the floor.
1t is an Ill mishap that brings nobody
good. The force of her collision with
the floor did a neater job In setting
her jaw than the Doctor could have
done.
Yet, all the anne, Mrs Bradley did
not like such a style Of surgery.
Scrambling to her feet she squared
off, with battle in her attitude and
fire in her eyes, to give the Doctor q
lingual thrashlng. But she had met
more than her match. The Doctor
flung open the door, and selling her
by the arm, marched her out and
down the steps, exclaiming;
go right home and stop scoldinp
forever, for III never Let your jaw
again"
Home she went, and 1t Is said she
never scolded any more. The Incl
dent is suggestive to doctors and
scolds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

100 feet. There are to be seven au-
dience chambers, with accommOda-
tions for 700 people each, and seven
stages. Reversing the regular thea
ter ORDER however, the stages are on
the outside of the circle, and the
audience-rooms in the center The
rooms are all to be built on man.
moth wheels or rollers, so that they
may be swung around as on a railway
turn-table and brought in order be-
fore the different stages, which
are to be stationary. For, instance,
ono audience-room will be so placed
as to stand Immediately behind the
main entrance. When it is filled 1t
will be moved until it Is brought be-
fore the first stage, and a second au-
dience-room will be brought to the
entrance. When the play or act on
stage No. 1 has been completed
audience-room No. will be wheeled
along before stage No. 2, where an
other act or play will be presented.
Meanwhile audience-room No. 2 will
be, brought before stage No. l, and
a third audience chamber will be
brought to the entrance doors ready
to receive new crowd and start it
around the circle.
1t is Mr.. Herrera's intention to
have his play going on continuously
on five different stages from 10 o'clock
in the morning until the same hour
at night. One set of actors will act
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
A Train of Exllos.

All travellers In Siberia desire TO
see something Of the criminal exlles.
When, therefore, was informed that
a detachment was on its way from
Tomsk, / took u conveyance and
drove out to meet It,
We had driven a considerable dis
lance without seeing the slightest
signs of life on the deserted highway,
when suddenly on the crisp, frosty
air, / distinguished faint, distant
sound, so peculiar and weird that IL
at once attracted my attention, as Ii
was evidently approaching us.
1t was not unlike the noise which
would be produced by hundreds of
small birds singing all at once, yet /
could see nothing Of any sort any
where on the vast plain. AS we'll as
/ could, with my limited Russian vo-
cabulary, drew my drivers atten-
tion to 1t. TO him 1t was neither
novel nor interesting; he knew what
1t was at once,
"The arrestanti are coming" he
remarked briefly; and shortly after.
on ascending a rise In the road which
had concealed them from our view,
there came in sight a big body Of
men coming slowly along, and / dis
covered that the strange noise which
had so impressed me was produced
by the heavy chains they wore.
But then, alas! all preconceived H.
luslons vanished, for 1t was q loath-
some and depressing sight, rendered
doubly so by the bright sunshine.
There was about 1t absolutely
nothing of the poetic, such as / had
been led to expect. 1t was simply
huge crowd of what looked like-and
probably was-the very scum Of the
earth, for all races seemed to be rep
resented, making as villainous and
evil-looklng lot of men as one could
possibly see.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
A HOMEMADE wmlELBARROw.

A HOMEMADE WHEELBARROW.
one.half feet long OF 2x2 stuff, made
the handles. The legs are AK
inches, and about ten inches long.
The braces are 14X2 inches, and
twenty-five inches long. Two cross
pieces of one-inch stuff, one nineteen
inches long the other little shorter,
and each about five inches wide, CON-
pie the material used in construction.
To the handles the legs are simply
toe-nailed with wire nails, and with
the same size nails the braces are
nailed securely to legs and handles
The back cross piece Is then nailed to
the legs, place being beveled on the
legs to receive it, The wheel is then
inserted in holes bored slanting
through the handles. The box is
then nailed fast to the frame, and the
under cross pieces nailed to the braces
and handles. No mortises and tenOns
are used the whole being simply
nailed together. The braces, being
extended beneath the legs, keep them
from being knocked of. While the
barrow is much lighter than those
usually sold in the stores, it has been
much used in wheeling rocks and
gravel in grading my grounds and all
general purposes in the garden. The
wheel and all parts, as shown in The
engraving, can be easily made by any
farmer, who has a suitable tire and a
square bolt, with round ends, for the
axle of the wheel and some skill with
tools.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18

IT is Of no advantage to have feed
before animals all the time. Whether
it be grain or roughness the better
and more economical plan Is to give
them what they will eat up clean.
For lice on cattle the best remedy
is to pour quart of boiling water on
four ounces of fresh Dalmatian in
sect powder, allow it to stand for two
or or three hours, and, after first
washing the animal with whale oil
soapsuds, swab che skin with the So
luton Of insect powder.
A HALF acre devoted to a garden
will convince the farmer that he can
make at least a good living on a small
farm. The value of q garden crop
should not be estimated by the prices
which the articles will bring If sold,
but by what they would cost the
farmer if he did not have them and
had to buy them.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Country
Gentleman, with forty-two years. ex-
perience, says: "Do your pruning a
little every year about one week be-
fore the trees blossom. This gives
them a surplus Of sap just as the fruit
is setting. Your fruit is sure to set
and stick to the tree, and will stand
more cold and blasting winds"
IT is claimed that the short horns
have improved the cattle of America
more than all other improved cattle
that were ever brought here They
have raised the average weight Of
thousands Of our beef cattle from 200
to 500 pounds a head and reduced
the selling age whole year, besides
greatly increasing the selling price.
SCIENTIFIC authority now acknowl-
edges what practical farmers said
long ago, that corn-cobs have feed
ing value when ground with the corn.
At first they denied this, because
analysis did not show it; then they
thought it might be of benefit by
mixing with the meal and preventing
it from packing so closely. Now, Sir
Lyon Playfair Of England, says that
when ground along with the grain
the cobs fare Of great value on ac-
count Of their percentage of potash,
and the potash is necessary as a
chemical agent to change the blood
milk, and the albumen to caseine in
cheese"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
KItohen RecIpes,

WHITE INDIAN CAKE. Two cups
of white indian meal, one cup of
flour, one tablespoonful of sugar, one
egg, one cup Of sour milk, one tea
spoonful of soda, one-half teaspoon
full Of salt
CELERY OATsUP. Grind one ounce
of celery seed very fine and mix it
with one teaspoonful Of salt; strain
through sieve and pour over the
mixture one quart Of the best vine
gar; bottle and cork for use.
WHEAT JOHNNY CAKE. Two cups
of fine Graham -four, one cup Of In
dian meal, two teaspoonfuls Of bak-
ing powder, one-half teaspoonful of
salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar. one
tablespoonful of cream or butter,
two eggs. Mix with sweet milk a
little thicker than sponge cake. Bake
in cake tin about half an hour.
CELERY Sour In three pints of
milk boil a cup of rice until it will
pass through sieve. Crate the ten
der part of two or three heads Of Gel
cry on a coarse CRATER; add this to
the rice and milk, put with it quart
of white stock and let boil until the
celery is thoroughly tender; season
with salt and very little cayenne,
and serve.
OYSTERS ON TOAST. Cook Two
dozen oysters in their own liquor un-
til they just begin to curl; season
to taste with SALT pepper butter, and
little nutmeg if liked. Beat the
yolks of two eggs well with a teacup-
full of milk or cream and stir this
into the oysters Have ready half a
dozen slices Of buttered toast pour
the oysters over them, and serve
while very hot This method Of
serving oysters make them delicious
CREAM OF CELERY. Wash and
scrape two heads of celery and cut
into two-inch pieces, and cook in boil
ing water five minutes, then drain.
Melt one tablespoonful Of butter, add
half tablespoonful of -four and the
celery; then pour on slowly half a
cupful of white stock or hot water
and cook twenty minutes. Add half
a cupful Of cream and the beaten
yolk Of one egg, half teaspoonful OF
salt and saltspoonful of pepper, and
cook long enough for the egg to
thicken.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-18
The woouy AphIs.

The woolly apbis affecting apple
trees exists in two forms, one attack
ing the trunk, usually near the
ground, and the other living on the
roots. 1t is stated that they some
times during autumn cover the under
side of the branches, making them
appear as If whitewashed. This l
have never seen with this species,
but an allied species (Schizone,uG
cratdeg0 occurring on thorn, has at
times been extremely abundant in
this form at Ames, Iowa, some thorn
trees appearing so white as to attract
attention at distance, The clusters
Of aphides in autumn usually contain
some winged individuals, and it is
probable that they distribute them
selves over scattered trees then. In
late autumn minute eggs are laid in
crevioes Of the bark, mostly near the
ground, and these remain over winter,
and are the starting-point for the in
sects in spring In summer broods
reproduce viviparously bringing forth
the young alive as most mammals(
as do other aphldes, but just how
many broods occur or whether there