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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
OUR RURAL READERS.
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.
Directions for Packing ApploS-Tho Oven
Should Have Proper Care-Corn Fodder
for CAttlo-The Medium Hog 10 tho Most
Prohtablo-Earm NOtes.
Care Of Oven.

The condition of the average stove
oven In which food and pastry are
baked 10 not such as to inspire ad-
miration. In fact a perfunctory sort
OF sweeping 10 about all the cleaning
our stove ovens ever receive In a
great many cases remnants Of dishes
which have boiled over remain for
months charred on the oven bottom.
Now, all this negligence In the care
Of tho oven undoubtedly Affects the
food cooked In It In some parts Of
England where brick ovens are used
the walls Of them are whiteWashed.
This purifes them, as common white
wash, 1t Is well known, is an elegant
disinfectant, or course, 1t would not
be possible to treat an ordinary iron
stove oven in this way as the lime
would corrode the oven. In some
parts Of Europe the ovens are tiled,
and these may be easily washed clean.
There Is no possible objection TO
washing out the oven of an iron
range II this Is done systematically
at least once a week from the begin
ming, the oven will never get in the
black, sooty condition In which it is
so frequently found.
When anything boils over in the
oven, 1t should be allowed to burn to a
char, asst then may be easily scraped
off and brushed out After this the
oven should be thoroughly aired. 1t
is great mistake to bake delicate
dessert or cake, or pie in the same
oven with dish Of meat which has
been favored with onions or
strong spices. The flavor Of the
meat will invariably affect the more
delicate dishes. The flues Of every
oven should be cleaned out once
month.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

is open to some serious objections. 1t
Is quite probable that large proper
tion Of "the hundreds of thousands Of
def, neathanded young men now
out Of employment" would have no
objection to homework, especially II
the houses were sufficiently attract
i've, but we fear that the results
might not In all cases be satisfactory
to employers. John Smith might be
handy at making up bed, but where
would he be when the mistress of the
mansion called for some mysterious
article of feminine wearing apparel
OF which John Smith had perhaps
never heard? He might WELD the
broom with energy, but what about
welding the baby?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

THAT true bliss Is found only In ig-
norance receives a striking illustra-
tion from the discovery Of an emf
nent physician Of Berlin, who after
exhaustive investigation has ascer-
tanned that patrons of BARRIERS shops
run the risk of contracting derma-
tomycosls tonsurans, herpes tonsurans,
impatigo contaglosa, trichorrhexls
nodosa, acme varloliformis, impetigl-
nous eczema, alopecia areata, tuber-
Culosis, and several other things.
After this information has been pub
llshed to the world no wise man will
ever again enjoy getting shaved in a
barber's shop. That will be luxury
reserved for fools and ignoramuses
exclusively.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

NOT only has the Chicago police
force improved In morals, manners
and reputation lately, but there are
signs of a literary awakening among
the club-swlngers. Here, for in
stance, is Capt. Byrne recommending
the revocation of the license of a
"tough" saloon. In the old days
Capt Bynre would have said; "Thls
dive is hangout for sneaks, second
story workers and gophers 1t ought
to be pulled" Under the influence
Of the reconstruction period, how
ever, he squares his shoulders, takes
a dip Of ink and communicates his
impressions to Chief Brennan as fol-
lows: II therefore entreat you for
the amelioration of society that you
recommend to his Honor the Mayor
the eradication Of this loathsome and
pestllential receptacle Of vice." This
is good. "Loathsome and pestilen-
tial receptacle of vice" is especially
good. We may shortly expect to
hear from Capt, Byrne in the North
American Review or the Nation.
His style is Macaulayan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

A MAN has asked permission to
erect at the California Midwlnter
Exposition a pair Of mammoth scales
of Justice. According to his plan,
the figure of Justice is $50 feet high,
the cross beam of the scales she holds
in her hand is 900 feet long, and each
scale is a car capable Of holding fifty
people, who may be carried to a
height of 2SS feet. Any man who
asks for justice should have 1t,
shouldn't he?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

ANOTHER distinguished scientist is
about to make an effort to solve the
problem of aerial navigation. He is
Prof. Henry A. Hazen, expert mete-
orologist Of the United States
Weather Bureau. Professor Hazen
proposes first to make a thorough
study Of upper air currents by means
Of series Of balloon ascensions. By
this method he expects to solve the
question whether there are stable
high altitude currents, as is generally
believed by persons who have studied
the subject Prof. Hazen's plan for
air transit Is not novel, like that Of
his friend, Prof. Langley, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution. The lat
ter is constructing an air craft on
the propeller plan, which is to act
independently of air currents. Prof
Hazen expects to drift to Europe in
an air current as reliable as the Gulf
Stream, using a modification OF the
common balloon, with new methods
Of gas conservation, and with an air.
tight boat in place Of the usual
basket,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Good Roads Are Economy.

Good roads will do more to increase
the value Of farm property than any
other one thing. In a recent article
from a gentleman who had personal
acquaintance with some of the aban-
doned farms In the Eastern States,
the writer gave as one of the prime
causes of their abandonment the
wretched condition of the roads, We
need thoroughly to understand that
the condition Of our public roads
largely determines the value of our
farms The grades should In very
many cases be remvdied. To this
there are two objections-arst, the
expense; and second, the fact that
the change would in many cases
place the highway from ten TO thirty
rods from the buildings The first
is answered i'm showing the extra
needless expense incurred by farmers
In hauling loads. This item alone
would very sooh pay the expense Of
making the change AS to the sec
ond objection, there could be a lane
or short roadway from the main high
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

IT is a curious thing that two re-
publics - France and the United
States-should be the only really
warm friends that Russia, the des-
potism, can count. The friendship
of France and Russia is a plant of
hasty growth, and springs from the
soil Of politics, but the recent ovation
to the Russian fleet shows that both
sides are sincerely In love, AS for
the United States, the obligation
dates back to the civil war, when a
Russian squadron, OPPORTUNITY dis
patched to our shores, in all prob
ability saved the Union by its mere
presence-for 1t did not fire a gun;
did not even make warlike dem
onstratlon. The people Of this coun-
try have never forgotten the good
offices Of the Bear, and a certain fond
ness for the land of the Gar has be-
come traditional. II the Russians
shall be able to inspire the French
with like lasting regard they will
have two powerful friends. The
great republics, both flying the red,
white and blue, are allies not to be
despised either in peace or in war,
and as in both cases the friendship is
Of the people rather than of cabinet
ministers there will be no fear Of
broken treaties or perjured alliances.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Tho Care of Seed Potatoes.

Successful growers Of potatoes have
learned that to insure a good crop
the seed must be selected carefully
the previous fall. The best results
come from making the hills as they
are dug, choosing well.formed po-
tatoes, free from scab or prongs and
with smooth surfaces Neither the
very large nor very small should be
taken. The first will be mlsshspen,
and the last will be apt to be poorly
ripened Something depends on how
the potato has been grown. If the
vines kept healthy until the crop Of
tubers was fully ripened, the very
smallest may make good seed. After
selection the main point Is to keep
the seed at as low a temperature as
possible without danger Of frost.
These conditions are best secured by
keeping potatoes in dry out Of doors
pits. In our northern climate after
the covering Of the pit has frozen
over 1t will not thaw out again all
winter. II there is danger of thaw.
ing too early a covering of straw will
maintain an even degree Of temper
allure below freezing, while protecting
the potatoes from too much cold.
The tubers will come out with eyes
as dormant as when they were put in
the pit The potatoes will be harder
by evaporation of their moisture,
while those kept in cellars will be
made soft by starting Of the eyes,
which rapidly take out the substance
needed to give the potato set its first
start after being planted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Packing Apples.

The President of the Ontario Fruit
Growers Association gives the fol-
lowing good directions for packing
apples; Choose a solid place in the
ground, and place barrel upon a
solid piece Of plank. Lay the first
course OF apples with the stems down.
The packer should not take special
samples for this course, but just take
them as they come ana place them so
as to make solid row In the bottom.
The next low should also be put in
carefully with the blossom end down.
After that, as each basketful is put
IN, the barrel should be carefully
shaken down on the plank When
the packer comes to the top of the
barrel he evens them on according to
the variety. One variety will press
down closer than another, and that
is where little judgment and ex-
perience are required. A man must
know every variety he is packing in
order to know how nj ny to put In
the barrel-whether he will fill it to
the chine, an inch above the chine
or further. Then the last row has to
be placed so as to be in an oval posi-
tioD before you put the press on, with
the stems up, 80 that they will press
down evenly and level, and afterward
on opening the barrel you can not tell
at what end you commenced. That
is, when a barrel is packed properly,
and it will carry and carry thor
OuGhly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

WHEN a Memphis man in a rail-
road wreck was hurt so that he was
in danger Of bleeding to death, fair
passenger from Texas, without an
instant's hesitation, whipped of her
petticoat, and, tearing out a strip,
bound 1t tightly around the Memphis
mans head, and so saved his life. He
VOWS now that he will keep that
bandage as long as he llves-which
shows that man can be romantic,
even down in Tennessee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Condensed Poultry Hints.

l'sE pure bred cocks always. A
mt ngrel does not pay, and causes loss
OF time.
NEVER bring a hen from another
yard intoYour own, or you may in
troduce lice and disease.
ALWAYS have your nests remov-
able, and kerosene the roofs (under
the upper sldes) once week.
WHEN your hens get sore feet, or
have bumble-toot, it means that
your rOosts are too high
FEED sulpher sparingly, as it will
cause rheumatism or leg weakness.
Never give it in damp weather
GIVE water to chicks so as not to
allow them to get their bodies wet,
as dampness is fatal to them.
MATING for the show room and
mating to produce show-olrd from
the prize winners are different -
Poultry Keeper
A MIXTURE Of two parts of lard and
one part of kerosene OIL Will remove
the rough, scabby formation on the
legs of fowls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
medium Ilor Mont ProatabIe.

There are several reasons why the
medium hog is more profitable than
the big one. 1t Is the hog that.
butchers and packers want. 1t ma
lures early, and so can be marketed
without being fed through a major
part OF the cold winter-the time
when feeding costs money. And it,
can be brought into marketable con-
dltion at short notice, so that you
can take advantage of almost any
temporary rise In prices.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

THE st. Louis Republic recently
devised and carried out scheme for
providing a school lunch fund, to fur
nish midday meals to such children
attending the public schools as re-
quire assistance Of this kind This
seems to be something new in the
way of organized city charity, but
the Republic says the scheme Is do
ing good,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

A PATENT apparatus for the trans
fer Of coal to war ships at sea was
tested off Sandy Hook recently by
the cruisers Kearsarge and San Fran
cisco, the former serving as the
collier A wire kept taut by coun-
terpoise weight was strung from the
Kearsarge to the San Francisco, the
end on the flrst-named steamer pass
ing over spar from the counterpoise
weight at a height thlrty-six feet
above the receiving deck of the San
Francisco. Over this wire bags OF
sand representing coal were trans
mitted with trolley. A ton of sand
In bags weighing 200 pounds each
was sent aboard the San Francisco in
twenty minutes. This was not rapid
work, but 1t served to show that the
method Of transhipment is effort in
the right direction, and that by i'm
proving the apparatus the speed Of
delivery might be doubled, If not
quadrupled During times of war
coal is quite as important as ammu-
milton on war ships, and emergencies
may arise when fuel is more desir-
able than powder, shot or shell. This
is why the naval powers so quickly
seize every opportunity to secure
naval stations. If coal can be rap
idly transhipped at sea fast coal
transports will become important
adjuncts Of navies, and the coaling
station will decline somewhat in i'm,
portance
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

UNDER no circumstances allow
water to stand near well. GradA
around the we'll, have it covered and
make drains to conduct waste water
away rapidly
Do NOT try to winter the horses
cheaply by letting them constantly
stuff themselves on hay; that may
seem the cheapest but it is not, nor
is it good for the horse.
To DRY horses legs after washing
there is nothing better than sawdust,
we'll dried and then we'll rubbed In.
1t is both clean to handle and pleasant
for the animal.
PUMPKINS are often accounted as
no account In the dairy world, but
they get there just the same, in
tactical sense, when the COWS can get
a chance at them.
THE Dutch dairymen are scrupu-
lousy neat, and the butter from that
country is favorite In the English
market 1t is also sent in large
quantities to Dutch and Danish COL
onies.
LATE blowing will kill the cut.
worm and many other insects. Cold
does not injure insects in the ground.
1t is the exposure to cold, warmth,
and dampness that destroys them.
Late blowing brings them to the sur
face and renders them liable to de.
structinn-.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
STOCK AND FARM.

The snow storm that fell and melted
almost Immediately was just what the
wheat crop needed in northern Kansas
and all reports agree that it is now look
ing fine.
Sedan Lance: W. L. Hobson is feed
ing q car load of cattle. He commenced
about the Goth of September and says
that owing to the drouth and scarcity
Of water that the cattle were SO thin in
flesh that it will require some time 4.
well as lots Of corn to get them started
to fattens
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
secrst of Rutter Making.

The grand secret In butter making
is to find just the proper point Of ma
turity for the cream, to get it always
and never to exceed it. If there is a
rock to be avoided, 1t is not to make
the cream too sour, for the but
ter takes and keeps the favor Of the
cream whence IL comes "
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Ferment Manure.

There is one valuable result from
fermenting manure before using 1t
which is sometimes overlooked. This
is that the moisture and warmth
sprout and destroy most Of the weed
seeds and prevent the manure from
foulinR the land, as it so often does
when hauled out fresh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

CHICAGO may have another fair
some time in the glorious hence.
Air ships will be the order then, and
there will be no railroad collisions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

THE suggestion in contemporary
that men should be employed as
chambermaids and cooks in place of
women has the merit Of novelty, but
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
KANSAS RAILROADS.

Topeka Capital: The earnings OF the
Santa Fe for October were $3,81O,079
against $3,953,9OS Of last year. The
Rock Island showed an increase of 1925
052 over the previous year.
Atchison Champion: The Missouri
Pacific is again short on freight cars.
The other morning they had orders for
245 cars which they were unable to fill.
The principal freight that is now moving
Ia new corn and coal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

IF the college football player were
compelled to earn his living at the
game the average young woman would
deem him perfectly horrid
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

way, which In some instances miRhE
necessitate climbing hill, but Often
not as steep as many already found
on the roads now in use. -Massa-
chusetts PlouRhman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

A MEAN man with one mother'in-
law fancles that lie is worse afflicted
than Job with a complete set Of
graded carbuncles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

If the good die young, why is 1t
that there are l04 women centenan-
ans In England and Wales to only
AZ men?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07
Phillipsburg Herald

STRANGE to say, many brokers are
best pleased with the stock market
when 1t is simply unbearable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

THE Maine deacon who has given
away fourteen daughters in marriage
will tell you undoubtedly that there
are cases where to give Is gain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-07

From Beloit: The new M. e. church,
being erected here, gets prettier as it
nears completion. 1t will cost from 49,
900 to $4,000.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02
A Tremendous Shaking Up.

This is what every system afflicted
with chills and fever, bilious remit
tent, or any other form of malaria
disease, undergoes periodically. No
only is malaria terrible in itself it il
the breeder of an infnity of bodil!
ailments. Specifics used for its pre-
vention and removal prove, in the vas
majority of cases, useless for every
other purpose than to mitigate the
disease and stave off its attacks. They
are sure, with the average treatment
to return after while. The sufferer
may change his location to healthiel
one, but the complaint, which is il
his blood, is MOI thus lightly got rit
Of and returns after the wonted inter
val. Organic affections of the nerves
heart trouble, general debility of the
system are the offspring of malaria
Cure the originating cause and aver
future physical injury with Hostetter
Stomach Bitters, efficacious also il
liver complaint, inactivity Of the kid.
neys, rheumatism and indigestion.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02
II should Be IN Every House,

j. B. Wilson, 371 Clay ST., Sharps
burg, Pa, says he will not be without
DIR. Kings New Discovery for con.
sumption, coughs and colds, that i
cured his wife who was threatened
with pneumonia after an attack o
la grippe, when various other RENE
dies and several physicians had don
her no good. Robert Baker, o
Cooksport, Pa, claims DR.. King
New Discovery has done him NOR.
good than anything he ever used 70
lung trouble. Nothing like it. Tr!
it. Free trial bottles at Smith Drul
Co. Large size so C. and $1.00.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02
Children Cry for Pitchers Castorja

A Sound Liver Makes q Well Man.
Are you bilious, consapated or trou.
bled with jaundice, sick headache, bad
taste IN mouth, foul breath, coated
tongue, dyspepsia, indigestion, hot dr.,
skin, pain in the back and between
the shoulders, chills, fever, etc. If you
have any of these symptoms your live
is out of order and your blood is slow.
ly being poisoned, because your liver
does not act promptly. HERBINE viii
cure any disorder of the liver, stom
ach or bowels. 1t has no equal as q
Liver Medicine, Price, 70 cents. Free
trial bottles at Smith Drug Co.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02
Clinton, Missouri.

Mr.. A. L, Armstrong, an old Arm
strong, an old druggist, and promi
nent citizen of this enterprising tow
says: II sell some forty differen
kinds of cough medicine, but hav.
never in my experience sold 80 mucl
of any one article as | have of Bal
lards Horehound Syrup. All VIII
use it say 1t is the most perfect RENE
dy for cough, cold, consumption an.
all diseases of the throat and lung
they have ever tried" 1t is specifi
for group and whooping cough.
will relieve cough in one minute
Contains no opiates. Sold by Smit
Drug Co. 8
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02

The shower yesterday proved {
source of considerable damage to the
large stock of clothing, etc, contained
in the first story of the Weinsteir
& Kosminsky building, occupied by
O'Dwyer & Ahern's mammoth dry
goods establishment. 1t seems thai
the roof, which for some time has
been defective, was being repaired al
the time, and the workmen in the
progress of re-roofing the building
had uncovered large space which il
the short time given before the show.
or, could not be closed. The clothing
department, just under the opening
caught the full benefit of the shower
Oil cloths and other coverings were
improvised for the occasion, lesSening
to some extent the damage to the ex-
posed goods, which otherwise mus,
have been enormous.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02
Harvest Moon Lawn Fste.

At the earnest solicitations Of their
many friends, the ladies of the Episco-
pal guild have decided to give a Har-
vest Moon Lawn Fete, at Pleasant
lake, on the evening and night OF
August oath.
The ladies are working hard to
raise money to enable them to furnish
their new church when completed,
and believe they can give better salts
faction to their friends and the full
value of their money by transporting
them to this beautiful lake to a Har-
vest Moon Lawn Fete.
All kinds of innocent amusements
will be offered to make the time pass
pleasantly. One of the attractions
will be a half mile tub race, on the
lake, by four young men, each using
one oar only. A cash prize of five
dollars to the one winning the race.
The grounds will be brilliantly illu'
minated for the occasion and Brew
ers celebrated band will render de-
lightful music during the evening.
All kinds of refreshments will be
served by the ladies Of the Guild a
the usual prices.
Trains will leave Texarkana & Fort
Smith depot at $50 and 8 p. m. Re
turning, leave the lake at 1890 a. m.
Remember the date, August oath.
Round trip tickets so cents, chill
dren under II years, rs cents.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-02

A hunting party, composed o
Messrs James Dillard, Joe Cook, Hugl
Grafton, and others went out yesterda!
morning for a deer drive. The
nimrods were evidently successful
in their quest after the fleet footed
game, as they dined their friends OF
venison today and had many exciting
incidents of the chase with which tc
delight the ears of admirlng auditors