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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12
Hawks, Owls and Farmers.

The Department. of Agriculture at
Washington has recently published a
work prepared b." DR.. A. X. Fisher,
assistant ornithologist of the depart
ment, under the title, "The Hawks
and Owls of the United States In
Their Relation to Agriculture" 1t
Is the general belief OF scientific men
that such birds-birds Of prey, as they
are Called-are, on the whole, or
great service to farmers; but this be-
lief is directly opposed to that which
has commonly been held by farmers
themselves.
The ornithologists OF the depart
ment have therefore undertaken to
ascertain who is right, the farmer or
the man OF science. To this end
about twenty-seyen hundred stomachs
Of newly killed hawks and owls have
been critically examined. The result
may be summarized in a few words.
or the seventy-thTee kinds of hawks
and owls found within the United
States, only six are, on the whole, In
furious. or these, three are so ex-
tremely rare as hardly to call for at
tentlOn, and another-the fish hawk
is only indirectly harmful; so that
of only twO-the sharp-shinned hawk
and COoper's hawk-need any prac-
tical account be taken.
But this is only half the story.
Not only are the overwhelming
majority of such birds not injurious
to the Notwithstanding render him
continual and extremely valuable
service by the destruction Of number
less misunderstanding rodents and
insects.
The red .shouldered hawk, for in.
stance, Is the commonest large hawk
in many parts Of the country, and is
commonly known--as is the red
tailed hawk also--as the "hen-hawk."
OF this hawk two hundred and
twenty stomachs were examined, and
of the food found In them less than
two per cent. was poultry. The re-
malnder consisted Of mice, grass
hoppers and a great variety Of other
things. More than Sixty-nye per
cent. OF the whole was made up OF
noxious mammals mice and shrews
especially.
Concerning Swainson's hawk, we
are told that it is particularly fond
of grasshoppers. One bird has been
estimated to consume at least two
hundred grasshoppers In a day. In
the course of a month a flock of
about one hundred and slxty-flye,
(which is small estimate of the
number actually seen together in
va lous localities feeding upon grass
hoppers," would destroy million of
these pests.
Facts like these should be taken |
into account by Lawmakers; but 1t is |
not many years since the legislature
OF at least one Of the Western States
-Colorado-paSsed a bounty act,
INTENDED to encourage the killing of |
hawks, SwainsOn's hawk included, |
and as result thousands Of grass.
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ObeyIng Orders In Ills own WAY.

Just before the charge made by
Fremont's Body Guard ut Springfield,
Mo-, Major Zagonyi directed one OF
his buglers, Frenchman to sound u
signal. The bugler did not seem to pay
any attention whatsoever to the order,
but darted off with Lieutenant May
tenyi. A few moments afterwards he
was observed in another part of the
field vigorously pursuing the flying
infantry. His active form was always
seen in the thickest of the fight.
When the line was formed in the
Plaza, Zagonyi noticed the bugler,
and approaching him, said: "In the
midst Of the battle you disobeyed my
order. You are unworthy to be a
member of the Guard. / dismiss you"
The bugler showed his bugle to the
indignant communicable mouth
piece was shot away. He said: "The
mouth was shoot off. could not bu-
gle viz mon bugle, and so / bugle Wis
mon pistol and sabre" 1t is unneces-
sary to add, the brave Frenchman
was not dismissed.
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names, Buttercup especially, Her
heart stood quite still, though, when
the other two were named "Moses"
and ACKNOWLEDGMENT" "Ill never
call them so, she thought. The kit
tens throve as If no big names
weighted them. They became Neb
and Nose "for short" The four were
such frisky, rollicking things. Every
day they had frolic in the parlor,
because it amused the summer board
ers. This is a true story. While l
tell it, says Helen Hawley, in the st.
Louis Republic, the little adopted
mothers lap is empty, and the real
Mother Cat is lonely, because her
children have done that sad thing
which children persist in doing
they have grown up,
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Brave Hannah smell.

There have been many women war
Tiors in the world, but 1t must be ad-
mitted that there have been very few
whose deeds were such as to claim the
admiration of the country for any
great length of time. In the annals
of woman's warfare there are gener-
ally stories of over-zealousness, lead
ing to fanaticism and subsequent
punishment and disgrace. Seldom,
indeed, has a woman warrior been
gratefully recognized by the govern
ment of her country. Within the
memory Of our grandparents there
lived in England a woman named
Hannah Smell, who, when but a girl,
took the strange resolution of enlist
ing as a soldier She served as a ma
rlne on one Of the vessels of a fleet
bound for the West Indies, and
showed so much courage that she was
repeatedly promoted. Her sex was
unknown, and therefore it could
never be claimed that Hannah Smells
success was due to partiality or favor
itism. Once, when dangerously
wounded, she extracted the ball her
se.f, fearing that she might be dis
covered and discharged. After long
service she returned to her native
home at Worcester, England, where
her adventures soon became spread
abroad. The government, on inves-
CATION Of her really great career,
granted her pension Of EGO. She
died full Of years and laden with hon
ors in an inn near Mapping. -Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
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wouLpN.r rAKE x apARE."
Stirring Events Resulting from JO''nnie's
Exhibition of Youthful Pride.

strrlnE events Resulting from JO' miles
Exhibition of Youthful Pride.
Johnnie started out with good in-
tentlons, just as Older persons do,
says the Louisville Courler-Journal.
His father had told him not to leave
the yard on pain OF a dose of "peach-
tree tea" Having been small boy
Yourself you probably know the ting
ling properties of this heroic remedy.
Early in the afternoon Willie came
along.
"You gotter stay I'M" opened up
that young man with the ready inso.
lence of unrestrained freedom
mo, | mustn't" answered Johnnie.
ayes, you mus"
"Hope er may die"
Dare you like er black dog to come
out"
"Double dare?" cried Johnnie, hop.
ing against hope,
Double dare N cross myself"
This was too much for any spirited
person to bear, so Johnnie climbed
over the fence, exclaiming as he
touched the ground:
"Never took er dare, n never will.
The fire bells sounded just then
and Johnnie and Willie started to go
to the fire, but found it was too far
away. Coming back Willie said.
my pap'y's going to buy me
pony"
"Hones'?"
Hope or me die"
my pap-y 'ud buy me one, too, IL
I'd as fer't."
"Over the left, sneeringly.
"Over the right" threateningly.
"My pap-y's better'n yourn."
my pap-y en- whip yourn with his
lef' ham,"
"Can't."
"C'n."
This argument could not be settled
with mere boasting words. They
struck out together and soon were
rolling In the dust. Then after much
Scuifllng and the tangling and UNI
tangling Of fat, little legs;
"Nuff?" from Johnnie.
No answer; more scutlling and the
desperate wlggling of the under pair
Of legs, which finally became still,
"Nuff?"
"Y-e.e-s," very slowly and in smoth-
cred accents.
an my pap-y en- whip yourn?"
"Y-e-e-s," after much considera-
ton.
Johnnie got back in the yard just
ten minutes before he saw his father
coming out In the street. Johnnie
opened the gate and waited for him.
why didn't you run and meet me,
son?" asked "pap-y."
"Cause you told me not to go out
the yard"
THAT'S so-that's So" patting
Johnnie on the head, as the Goals of
fire burned deep in that young mans
conscience, Johnnie's behavior was
beautiful that evening, and his efforts
to avoid all reference to the morning
command most skillful and success
full AS he went to bed he said to
himself
"'Fi tole pap-y bout the dare an
Willle's pap-y bein' bettern him, he
wouldn't do nutlln-but I guess /
won't"
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"watch stopped, Has 1t2n

watch stopped, has it?" asked one
traveller Of another "Now, sup.
pose you'll pay dollar to clean 1t.
But let me give you a tip. Open both
Of the back cases so, hold 1t with
open side down and tap 1t with your
tlnger-nall a dozen times. Don't be
afraid. Snap 1t again. Now move
thesecond hand. Is 1t all right? I
thought so. A drummer put me uI
to that trick. Probably there were
only a few specks Of dust In the
works and you've raped them out
Very likely 1t will now run for a year
and you've saved your dollar. II II
doesn't run after the little jar that
you gave 1t, then it is time to take II
to the jeweler."
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slaughter, says the Blue and Gray.
The flower of both armies met there.
It was battle unconceived, but born
by accident. The first day an unpre-
meditated collision, which precipitated
general engagement; the second day
an incident which destroyed north
ern corps and mortally wounded a
southern army, ana a forlorn hope upon
the third, which, being hurled back,
ended an invasion. Upon the south
ern side every musket was emptied at
least once, some hundred times,
Upon the northern side all but u few
brigades had the same chance.
Napoleon, the great artillerist,
would have wondered at the precision
and incessant roar of the guns of Hunt
and Alexander. Murat would rather
have been Buford with his dismounted
horsemen on Seminary Ridge, than
himself at Marengo and Austerlitz.
What would Ney have given to see the
foodtide of Longstreet, pushing be-
fore it the sullen retreat of Sickles' di-
amond patches, and suddenly ebb
away as it spent itself against the solid
rocks of Hancock and the Pennsylvania
reserves? The iron duke himself
could not have remained stolid and i'm
passiVely witness to the three-quar-
tiers of mile dress parade advance of
Picketts division toward the center of
the percussion, as it marched over Co
doris farm to its fate, its colors float
ing and its yells resounding defiantly
to its executioners; and Cardigan
would have looked to his laurels had
he seen the flash of Gregg's sabers as
they galloped through and routed the
veteran sauadrons of Stuart.
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~ hatred which needed but spark to
kindle into flame and fury. They
looked upon the North as being cow
ardly, while n course they of the South
We're invulnerable. Now came their
chance to wreak vengeance on their
foes.
The battle of Blowhard was fought
in August, 1861. The free-soil farm
ers had held a meeting and determined
to station night patrols on all roads
leading into Missouri. Public excite
ment was at fever heat. 1t is stated
that one lukewarm farmer who opposed
the project was instantly stigmatized
MS a rebel and promptly fired into
outer darkness.
Two farmers, Pat Cosgrove and Joe
Hutchinson, going across the line to
Little Santa Fe on business and failing
to return at the expected time, in
quiries were set on foot and it was
learned that they were detained as
prisoners in the little bastile of the
Missouri village. This high-handed
outrage was followed by patriotic
mass meeting in Olathe and one hun
bred men were quickly organized
Armed with almost every conceivable
weapon, and chock full of ardor and
patriotism, they marched forthwith
upon Little Santa Fe, fully determined
to rescue the prisoners at whatever
cost.
After marching some five miles their
discretion got the better of them and
they called o halt and two of their
number were sent forward to recon
noitre While awaiting their return
the remaining ninety-eight men fell to
cussing and discussing the situation.
and specializing upon the probable
number OF bloody rebel corpses which
would no doubt bestrew the streets
and commons of Little Santa Fe unless
those prisoners were Internationally
surrendered upon demand. While
thus engaged long line of armed
horsemen was suddenly discovered
coming direct from the objective point
Of their march. The patriots rubbed
their eyes and looked again-sure
ChOuB u--JlLSlS Wuo SlCuO SIlOGSl
company-two hundred men at least
and they were coming at a brisk trot.
Just one more anxious gaze and, l
regret to say, our valiant warriors sud-
denly lost all solicitude as to the fate
of the two prisoners, faced about, and
made a reckless break for the rear,
with haste and precipitancy highly
commendable and hard to beat. It
was free-for-all race to ridge some
miles away, where two or three of the
most foolhardy had the temerity to
locked back, just to be sure they were
being pursued-when lo not "crit-
ter nor man were to be seen.
About twenty Of the most coura-
geous hastily threw up Notifications of
logs same two feet high behind which
they entrenched themselves while the
others lit our for home.
The rebels didn't come. The two
prisoners did come, however, not hay
ing been harmed nor maltreated in any
way. The long line of cavalry seen by
the patriots was simply an escort sent
with the prisoners to insure their safe
return to their home and friends The
escort had followed along Tomahawk
Creek, and the prisoners got home
first. Thus happily ended the battle
of Blowhard. American Tribune Cor
respondence.
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Three German Flank Movements.

One of Sigel's soldiers gives the fol.
lowing account of a foraging advent
ure he had in Virginia:
"Vell, you zee, 1 goes down to dat
old fellows blaze dat has beech Or
chard, we're We vas stadhioned. to
stheal some beeches, and ven L gets to
de vront gate, vat you drinks I zee? 1
ices dere pig plul-dog, and he looks
mighty savage. So drinks l frighd-
ems him, and 1 zays, Look here, Mr..
Pull-Dog, stand back, fights on dis
line all GUNNER But the pull-dog,
he don't care for dat, so vlanks him. ="
"How did you do that?"
"Vy, L goes way arount again, so de
bulldog couldn't zee me, and ven /
gets to de back gate, vot drinks zee?
Wy, dere / zee dat same old pull-dog !!
So [ vlanks him again"
elbow did you do that?"
"Vy, 1 goes way arount again, so as
he couldn't zee me, to anoder little
beech orchard, and ven 1 gets dere,
vot you drinks [ zee? Wy, dere 1 zee
dat same old pull-dogl So 1 vlanks
him again."
"How did you do that?"
"Vy, l zays to dat bulldog, Look
here, Meester Pull-Dog, l vlanks you
dree dimes, and every dimes find de
same old bulldog. Tam your old
beeches who cares for your old
beeches? Ny dime is out next months
and de country may go to de debil for
beeches, so l goes to my dent"
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Dumas at Work.

The "Engllshman In Paris" relates
that he one day called to see the
eldeS Dumas, and inquired Of tho
servant, ais monsieur at homer"
ale is In his study, monsieur
Monsieur can 20 in"
At that moment / heard q loud
burst of laughter from the inner
apartment, so l said / would wait till
mOnsleur's visitors we're gone.
Monsieur has no visitors; he II
working" replied the servant. Mon
sleur Dumas often laughs like that
at his work"
1t was true enough; the novelist
was alone, or rather in company with
one of his characters. He was simply
roaring.
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fellow beings. AS I say, gentlemen,
my war record is part of the states
history, for the gentleman here will
tell you that carried the last Confed-
crate flag through this town..
"'That's q fact, said Fitz Hugh Lee.
Il saw him do it. He carried the Con-
federate flag through this town, but
Fitzpatrick was after him, and he car
ried it 80 blamed fast you couldn't have
told whether it was the Confederate
flag or a smallpox warning Mash
Vile Banner.
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New prennred pnnor.


In Germany patent has been re-
fused, and the manufactu G and sale
have been prohibited, of a paper 50
prepared that any ink-wrltlng upon
its surface could be erased by the
simple application Of a moist sponge!
The paper was made of the ordinary
ingredients, with the addition OF
asbestos and parchment glue. The
paper pulp, after rolling, was i'm.
mersed for n short time from six to
thlrty-flve seconds, according to the
thickness Of paper to be prepared
from it) In concentrated sulphurlC
acid at twenty degrees diluted with
ten to fifteen per cent Of water. II
was then pressed between glass roll.
ers, passed successfully through
water, ammonia solution, and a sec.
ond time through water, strongly
pressed between rollers and dried or
felt rollers, and, finally, on polished
and heated metal rollers. The fin.
ished article is said to be precisely
like ordinary paper. Its sale has
been prohibited on account OF the
misuse to which 1t could be put.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12

In administering punishment in
the navy different penalties carry
with them reduction to a lower con-
duct class. OF these there are four,
the fourth being the lowest, and one
placed in it is deprived Of shore leave
for period of three months. For
some breach the executive officer of
the United States ship Juniata found
it necessary to place man on the
fourth class, who decided to try to
obtain mitigation Of his sentence.
With this object in view, he sought
and obtained an interview with the
executive officer, when the following
conversation ensued: well, L.,
you wanted to see me?" ayes, sir, l
did / wanted to know, Mr.. B.,
why you put me on the fourth class"
"Ah, you wanted to know why / put
you on the fourth class, eh? Well,
III tell you, III put you on the
fourth class because l hadn't fifth
class to put you on. Now go for
ward" He went.
AfANr 10 Lno,,r l,, hia 1ouoh
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house is painted yellow, with white
trimmings and a brown roof, The
front door--of course Dandy doesn't
use 1t, as nearly half Of one side Of
the house is removed to let him in
and QUITS fitted with brass knob,
colored glass and brass-handled
bell. You may imagine that Dandy
is proud Of his home and that he hos
lifted his short nose high above all
other dogs that have no real estate.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12
Mabel's Grandpa.

Mr.. Bennett is a bright and we'll
preserved old gentleman, but to his
little granddaughter, Mabel he seems
very old indeed
She had been sitting on his knee
and looking at him seriously for some
moments one day, when she said,
Grandpa, were you in the ark?"
why, no, my dearl" gasped the
astonished grandparent.
Mabel's eyes grew large and round
with establishment. "Then why
weren't you drowned?" she asked.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12
Lightning as a Censor.

During storm at Canton, Ohio,
the other day lightning struck the
residence Of Edward Halter, went
down a sheetiron chimney, passed
through slate roof and went straight
into the room where Mrs Halter was
sitting and burned the book she was
reading. Mrs. Halter declines to tell
the name OF the book.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12

for the JEFF Davis Monument Associa-
ton, the humorist agreed to do it. Il
will do it," he said, because jeff
Davis is an American with personal
character pure and spotless, and, if
Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher,
and Wendell Phillips we're willing to
so on his bond to set him free, |, as u
Grand Army man, can certainly help
put a monument over him. Then
again. said Eli, "didn't we all fight
for four years to get JEFF Davis where
we could put monument on him?
Lincoln would have given cabinet
office to any man who would have
erected o monument over Mr.. Davis
in 1862. when 1 deliver that lect-
ure, continued Eli, II will tell story
about Fitz Hugh Lee, that genial old
rebel whom you all love-"
EWhat is 1.-THE story asked Major
Cunningham.
SWELL, Col, Moseby, you know, was
good fighter, but when Gen. Grant
sent him to China the Virglnians
tnrned the cold shoulder to him. One
day he was making a speech in Alex
andria. He told the Virginians that
they ought to vote for him. Why
said the colonel, 4 fought all over
Northern Virginia for four years. Talk
about my war record. Why, my war
record is part of the states history.
Why, gentlemen, 1 carried the last
Confederate flag through this very
town Yes replied Fitz Hugh Lee,
for was here at the time
Thank you for your fortunate rec
objection, gratefully exclaimed Nose
by. 1T is pleasant to know that there
still live some men who move aside
envy and testify to the courage of their
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Naming the Babies.

"Whateyer shall | call them?" said
little adaptive Mother Marguerite,
fondly. Real Mother Cat looked n
bit anxious, an ask the ladies, F"
said Marguerite "The ladies" were
the four summer boarders. OF from
the vine-hung piazza and into the
parlor went the two mothers with
the babies. Those grown-up ladies'
tossed aside their fancy work and
were down on the rug in minute
stroking the wee kittens. "Let's
each name one. This shall be But
tercup." Buttercup had blotches of
yellow. "This is Thelma," said the
next lady, who was rather romantic
and had just read a book with that
title.
Morouarita thOuoht thav wnrn nico
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No M, I've Annear 9.

A Boston Post reporter in a recent
issue Of that lively journal describing
a suicide, said; ut is quite certain
that he is unmarried, and there Il
absolutely no apparent motive for the
self-destruction.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12

iipW SibhASo NCAp MAUI III NhlCu DdultS
were laid
A long long time ago
This one is Of wood all strong and good
II has lasted for many a day,
And will always be treasured, while time
Is measured,
For In 1t u President lay.
Can you tell me his nameT II is linked
with fame
His father was President, too;
And the Old Bay State had the honor great
or giving these statesmen two
Won't tell III Why, yes, II you're sure
you can't guess
1t was John Quincy Adams good man.
Who was rocked In this cradle, this old
fashioned cradle,
When its history began.
And his children, too and all babies new,
That into that family came,
with their laughter and and tears, for a
hundred years,
We're rocked IN 1t just the same.
Julia Wolcott In Little Men and Women,
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After the CIrcns.

Well, what do you think our little CIR
dreamed
One night when she got into bed?
She had been to the circus, ard all that
She saw was hobbing alb ut in her head
The tall CRATES and kangaroo,
The elephant and the monkeys, too,
The horrible ape and the moody cow,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-12
Secretary smith Is Fond Of tho Law

Secretary Hoke Smith, writes COR
respondent, is worth, am told, about
100000. He has made the most of his
money in his law practice, and he
practices law because he likes it. His
newspaper has been merely side issue
in his life, and he tells me that he ex-
poets to sell the Atlanta Journal and
to give up his connection with it be-
fore many years. While chatting with
him to-day l asked him when he had
first decided to become lawyer. He
replied: II can't remember when 1
did not expect to study law. 1t was
my earliest ambition to be good law
yer, and 1 began my practice very
young. At the age of rs think / had
about the best practice in Georgia, and
am never happier than when working
on legal questions. had no idea OF
being q member of President Cleve-
lands cabinet, and when found was
to be offered position in it 1 hoped
that the place given me would be that
of Attorney General. But find that
the Interior Department has about as
much law connected with it as the At
torney Generals office. Legal ques-
tions are constantly coming up and the
work is much the same"
HEINE had 30 warm regard for his
wife that he wrote, "For eight years l
have had frightful amount Of happi-
neGS."