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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

this process, without additional
trouble, will be welcome. In the
accompanying engraving, from a
sketch by l.. d. Shook IN the Ameri-
can Agrlculturist, is shown common
milk table, with a cheap but great
improvement, which consists in nail
ing to the top of the table triangu-
lar strips thIee-Q Of an inch
wide on each face. They should be
planed and firmly nailed crosswise Of
the table four inches apart AS the
common milk pan is about ten inches
wide at the bottom, there will be no
danger Of the pans fitting up when
set down careleSsly. The whole
should be painted whitish tint, and
all crevices thoroughly filed with
paint The top of the table should
be Of matched lumber and closely fit
ted. This plan admits Of a circula-
tion of air all about the pan, and the
contents are cooled at least two hours
sooner than by the fiat setting pro-
cess, If the upper portion of the table
is given a thin coat of paint every
spring, it will insure greater cleanli-
ness,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

planted with corn in many parts OF
the country ana 1t is throwing money
away not TO manure 1t properly Some
large corn crops are gathered from
fields that have naturally rich soils,
and where little manure is applied
But they are exceptions, and that
state Of affairs will not continue long.
No amount Of cultivation can make
up for the lack of manure 1t may
be that there IS a great deal OF ma,
mural substance In the soil which
thorough cultivation will bring into
an available condition, but II no other
is put On the cultivation another sea-
son will be fruitless. Manure thor
oughly and well, and the crop will be
large, and the fertility of the soil will
remain. Timely cultivation is more
essential than haphazard cultivator
dragged along through the whole sea-
son. The soil is first thoroughly pre-
pared and mellowed, and then cultiva.
tion must begin within q few weeks
after the corn is planted. 1t should
then be repeated about every two
weeks until the corn is too high for
this work. Early cultivation makes
the stalks grow, and late cultivation
makes good ears and firm grains form.
One Is as essential as the other.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
1.-Two Stock Notes.

TIGHTEN the load when the roads
get muddy
CLEAN off the feet and legs before
the mud gets dry.
COMFORT is an important item with
the pigs in winter.
NEVER prolong the churning or The
washing of the butter.
HEATING is less injurious to cream
than chilling with ice.
YOUNG stock intended for breeding
should not be kept too fat
WHEN the fall wheat has made a
good growth sheep and calves can
often be pastured upon it with bene-
fit.
IT is more economical to feed lit
tie more literally and secure d steady
gain than to feed and let the stock
run down.
The fall and early winter feeding
of stock is important in that much of
the protitableneSs in keeping them
only depends upon the condition in
which they are started in the winter.
1t pays to have and to keep them
thrifty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

ONE Of the latest ideas for illu-
minating towns is to suspend in the
air a balloon shaped like a torpedo,
and made Of thin aluminium, filed
with a suitable quantity of gas, and
having a rotating fan to keep it
steady. The light can be derived
either from a number of arc lamps
attached to the ends or the sides, or
from incandescent lamps with which
the outside Of the balloon can be
covered. The height of the balloon
above the ground would be regulated
by the length of cable employed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

taken to the supreme court, and sixty
days will probably be given the defense
to make and serve case made for that
court.
At Wichita, in the district court,
Judge Reed rendered decision touch
on questions arising out OF the act
passed by the late legislature ito regu-
late the sale of real estate and to pro-
vide for the redemption thereof" The
court ruled that the act was not subject
to the constitutional objection that It
contained more than one subject in it's
title. He also announced that in the
case OF pro-eIisting contracts he would
continue to have Judgments and DEGREES
of real estate contain a clause for the
sale OF the same after the expiration OF
six months, not OF eighteen months, as
the new law provides. The judge stated
that he had given this matter close
study in the interest of both debtors
and creditors, and that while he con-
coded that many other states had held
the contrary, he believed that such de-
cisions were contrary to the federal con-
stitution and would be knocked out by
the supreme federal court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

EVERY month or so the world is
convulsed by rumor that some
startling change is to be made in
woman's dress. 1t is very significant
that these reports vary widely, some
indicating q desire for reform in the
direction Of comfort and practicable
ity, others presaging a relapse into
the barbarism Of bygone ages. Man
kind has hardly recovered from the
shock experienced at the announce
ment that crinoline was likely again
to become fashionable, yet here we
have the report of the national coun-
Gil of women on the subject of dress
reform. In this document business
females are advised to adopt any one
of several grotesque and outlandish
costumes, the main feature of all be-
ing that they are dual at the bot
TOM" Between the two extremes it
looks as though feminine dress would
remain about where it is at present.
Whatever real reform has been
effected in this matter has been in
the direction Of relinquishing the
tight corset. With that abomlnation
entirely done away with woman's
dress would be healthful and COM
Portable, and it is quite attractive
enough now to make her the greatest
influence for good or evil on the
earth,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

CoCOANUT JUMBLEs. One cup Of
butter, u cups Of sugar, one eg&, one
teaspoon soda, one cup OF milk, one
heaping cup of cocoanut, a little nut
meg flour to roll, cut in square pieces
and fold over the edges, or cut in long
narrow strips.
INDIAN PUDDING. --Scald one quart
of milk, thicken with one cup Of
meal, two eggs, one spoonful of flour,
one cup of molasses, salt and ginger
to taste. When cool add one pint of
cold milk; do not stir it. Bake slowly
for two or three hours
APPLE CHARLOTTE. Line a but
tered loaf tin with thin slices of home
made bread; dip the edges of the
bread in white Of egg and I'LL the
space with a smooth apple sauce sea-
soned with lemon rind and nutmeg,
or cinnamon; cover the top with
strips of bread; put small quantity
of butter on top, and bake one hour
FLANNEL CAKES. Rub two ounces
of butter into quart Of sifted flour,
with the hands, until well mixed;
add one teaspoonful of salt Mix to-
gether the beaten yolks of three eggs
and one pint and half Of milk; add
this to the flour; beat hard until
smooth. Next add the whites of the
eggs beaten to stiff froth, and two
tablespoonful Of baking powder.
Bake quickly on a grlddle, creased
with fat pork.
PEPPERMINT DROPS One cupful
of sugar crushed fine and Just moist.
ened with boiling water, then boil
five minutes; take from fire and add
cream of tartar size of pea; mix well
and add one-half teaspoonful of es-
sence of peppermint; beat briskly un-
til mixture whitens, then drop
quickly upon white paper; have cream
of tarter and essence of peppermint
measured while the sugar is boiling,
If it sugars before it is all dropped,
add little water and boil minute
or two
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

REVIEWING the post-official career
of the Presidents of the United
States, a Washington writer notes
that six Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Jackson, Johnson, and
Hayes-became planters or farmers
upon retiring from public life; that
flve--Van Buren,, Fillmore, Tyler,
Grant and Cleveland--openly tried to
get another term; that tlve-Van
Buren,, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce and
Grant-traveled extensively at the
close Of their official career; and that
four-Adams, Pierce, Buchanan and
Hayes-sooner or later became
recluses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

New YORK papers in depicting
Chicago as a pig seem ohave reached
the climax of humorous possibility
and to be content there to abide.
Yet Chicago got only what New
York strove for and did not have
gumption and enterprise enough to
secure. Admitting for arguments
sake that Chicago is the fat-jowled
animal Of Gotham cartoons innumer-
able, it still rises superior to the dog
in the manger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

A RUSSIAN preacher killed a girl SO
that he might have the benign and
glorious privilege Of raising her from
the dead. She refused to be raised,
and at the end of two hours her
parents, who had been present all
the time, felt their faith begin to
waver, and sent for the police. Such
parental solicitude is indeed touching
The father and mother merit recog-
milton at least to the extent of being
hanged.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
Imnroved Milk-settInr Tnblo.

To obtain the greatest amount Of
cream from a given amount Of milk,
the milk should have the animal heat
removed from 1t as soon as possible,
and afterward maintained at uni
form temperature until the cream is
removed. Many farmers who keep
several cows do not care to 60 to the
expense and trouble of using Ice for
cooling the milk, but continue to use
the common milk pans, set fiat upon
common table or shelf. Hence, any
plan that will be an improvement on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

Ex-LrEUTENANT ToTTEN, the crack
o. doom expert whose breast is torn
ever and anon by prophetic throes,
says that the end of the world is not
coming now, but that a better dis
pensatlon is at hand. The people are
ready for a change. If so be that
the change should mean that the
Totten tongue, weary and wagless,
had lulled itself into permanent re-
pose, they would even be ready for
that.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

The Maine Legislature has wisely
amended the game law by eliminating
the provision prohibiting the killing
Of COW moose. AS long as the law
didn't provide that COW moose should
carry placard around their necks in
the daytime and a red lantern nights
to distinguish them from hornless
bulls, excited sportsmen seldom
waited before shooting to see wheth-
er they were offending legally or not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

THERE is a sort Of impulsiveness
which often gets people into serious
trouble. We are fretted and vexed
at the acts of somebody else, and we
do not wait to think, but say out our
irritation, and wound deeply some
sensitive spirit, We are angry, and
we let passion rule us instead of re-
Election. The impulsive person who
cannot control his temper is like one
who carries fire near gunpowder.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
sILO CHUTE.

Enough is thrown down at one time
for two feelings. When the cart is
filed it is backed along past the COWS,
the ensilage being thrown to them
with a scoop shovel. The end of the
cart is left open, except a small
board, c. The grain bin is at the
opposite end of the feeding alley from
the silo, so that the grain can be fed
out on the return trip. Some farmers
do not like cart for feeding, Those
who do will find this a convenient
way to empty the sllo, Rural New
Yorker.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
0 cents, but, Of course, that would
not have been the regulation red
tape way Of doing business.

BLINDERs which prevent horses
from seeing distinctly have probably
caused more runaways than most
drivers would care to acknowledge,
and it has remained for a German
inventor to treat the matter on ho-
mGoDathic principles and make like
cure like. He has added to the har
ness line which instantly closes the
binders In front 80 that fractions
animals cannot see at all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
Chute for sIlo.

Some years ago J. M. Drew sent us
picture Of his device for getting
ensilage out of the silo in handy
shape for feeding. We reproduce the
picture. 1t will be convenient for
those who feed ensilage from
wheeled cart The chute is % feet
square and is made as shown in the
picture. The floor, A, is about three
feet above the stable floor and is sup
ported by legs B B. The feeding
cart is backed under the chute, as
shown, while the ensilage is being
thrown down.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

THERE was no occasion for that
silly sheer in London society paper
at Mr.. w. w. Astor because it is ru-
mored that he is to personally con-
duct" a party of English Dukes to
the Chicago Fair. The idea is excel
lent, for it will give the American
people chance to compare its own
millionaires with the foreign article.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

OAKLAND, CAL, ladies have begun
riding horseback astride, an innova-
tion at which persons painfully and
irrationally modest are prone to pro-
test There is, to be sure, no posi-
BILE reason why any one should object
to the new style. 1t is sensible and
seemly, and there is nothing to be
set up against it but prejudice that
has no valid excuse for existing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

deacon" WHITE, Of New York,
has just succeeded in skinning his
associates in pool having for its
ostensible purpose the skinning Of
outsiders. Any reference to lack
Of honor among thieves would be
hasty and irrelevant Honesty is
Deacon Whites speciality, a fact that
he frankly admits himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

IT is said that the sum of $3.50, 900
in gold was received at Washington
from San Francisco a few days ago
and found to be 8 cents short in
weight. But the bags containing it
were burned and the ashes assayed,
when the missing sum was made up.
1t cost a hundred times 9 cents to
burn the bags, assay the gold, and
balance the accounts. Some one
might have @chipped in" to pay the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

THE statement Of ex-Secretary
Thompson that not a cent of the Pan
ama-American fund was spent in sub
sidizing American newspapers will
perhaps occasion as much regret in
some quarters as it will pride in
Others.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

NEW YORK flremen have been
bothered good deal Of late by the
ringing in Of false alarms. Boston
fremen have been bothered a good
deal by the ringing In Of real ones,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
Three Essentlals for Corn.


There is nothing like clover for
corn, writes A. b Barrett in the
American Cultivation 1t Will make
a good crop of this cereal when other
favorable surroundings are often lack
ing. No crop produces so much to
the acre as corn, and it is natural to
suppose that it draws heavy draughts
upon the soil where it thrives Clover,
on the other hand, takes little from
the soil and adds much 10 it. These
two crops are consequently well
adapted to each other, and the farmer
who understands their proper rela-
tions Is pretty sure to make money
and keep his farm from degenerating.
Corn should come in rotation right
after clover. A heavy clover sod
turned under for corn gives universal
satisfaction, and such sod should be
plowed and narrowed thoroughly two
or three weeks before the corn is
planted. There is great deal of
vegetable life in the soil that must
have a chance to decompose and nj
trify. Glover sod turned under and
mellowed thoroughly in this way pro-
vides vast amount of ready food for
the corn plants, and the supply keeps
increasing as the season advances A
short following of clover sod before
planting is Of inestimable value. The
sun gets a chance to warm the soil,
and great many of the seed weeds
get an early start which can be de-
stroyed before 1.-THE corn is planted.
There is also benefit derived from
the fact that the cut worms get into
the pupa state then before they do
much harm.
The three essentials to good corn
culture are clover, manure, and good
cultivation. Glover sod is indisputa-
bly, the finest that can be had for
corn, and large crop will often be
raised on such soil we'll prepared when
the other two essentials are partly
neglected. But we need manure be-
sides, and heavy manuring is the only
thing that farmers should be satisfied
with. Land worth 500 per acre
must be heavily MANFRED to get the
moneys worth from it Such land is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

AN Ogden paper made a rule that
''liQuor of all kinds" would not be
allowed in the building, and the
printers struck. CompositOrs down
that way must have an exalted idea
of the necessities Of irrigation. Two
or three varieties Of liquor would
seem to be adequate for men of only
normal appetite.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

THREE Arkansans we're killed the
other day by the accidental discharge
of gun. A good many people are
killed In that State in the course Of
year through the discharges Of
guns, but accident doesn't usually
have any part in their taking off.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

OVER in Colorado the other day a
cowboy requested stranger to dance.
The stranger declined and the cow
boy killed him. Colorado has just
abolished the death penalty, which,
however, might be termed-the ex-
preston being borrowed-another
cfnrv
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

CONNECTICUT is boasting over the
production Of two pairs Of triplets in
u single week. Connecticut is known
as the land of steady habits; it will
be unfortunate for some people if
this triplet habit is going to be one
of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY was in
tended by his father for lawyer,
but by merciful interposition Of
providence was saved from such a
fate, and grew up to be a poet whose
mission was to brighten and delight a
world instead of trying to skin it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

A PASSPORT costs only a dollar, and
is good for ten years without re-
newal Unfortunately there are
other expenses connected with a trip
abroad
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

IT is alleged that there are many
errors in sChoolbooks, We all used
to be certain of the same thing when
we couldn't get the same answers to
the sums" in our arithmetic which
given in the books.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
Corn for Cows at Calvlng Time.

Old farmers who have had great
success in managing cows about to
calve say that a few ears of corn
giving daily in the ear have an excel
lent effect in making an easy deliv-
cry, and preventing the loss that Of
ten result in loss both of COW and
calf. 1t is likely that effect of soft
corn in the ear to loosen the bowels is
the reason for their use. Cows fed
on sllage are usually little troubled
giving birth to their calves, especially
is they have not been closely confined.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

From Sharon Springs: A large crop
of spring grain, wheat, oats and barley
will be sown and will almost compen-
safe the loss of fall wheat IL it should
fail.
Kensington letter: In common with
the balance of the world, we have had
high winds. The gtound is dry, but
the wheat looks well, is an excellent
stand, and, il rain comes this month,
we will come very near duplicating the
crop of 1892. A great deal OF raw
prairie has already been broken up this
spring, corn planting has commenced,
and Smith county farmers have gone to
work as though there were no POSSIBLE
ity Of failure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

The people of Hawaii should UNI
derstand that admission to the Union
means dirty streets, the garbage
nuisance, the trolley issue, and the
embarrassing question. Knowing
this, is she still willingP
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

WHEN the Shah Of Persia needs
rest, comfort, and consolation. he
doesn't seek it In the family circle.
Four hundred wives are too much to
lean upon when the hearts bowed
dOWn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

DIFFERENCE often shrinks and
withers as much upon the approach
OF intimacy as the sensitive plant
does upon the touch Of ones finger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

EIoHTY-FIvE tons OF tobacco were
chewed in this country last year. The
American man is powerful animal
with his jaw
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
STOCK AND FARM.

The rains of last week were general
over all Kansas; enough everywhere
for the needs of crops, and too much in
some sections for the creeks and rivers
to caray away before damage was done
to cellars, fences, etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

inches high. To the top of this a 6x1
inch board B, thirty inches long, is
securely nailed, ten inches from one
end. The block ID, eight inches long
and of the same diameter as the base
A, has one end so shaped that, after
it is covered with hoop iron, to clinch
tacks, berry box will just fit. This
is hinged to the base by two strips @,
with wooden pin. When lacking
one side of the berry box, the block
is turned to let the other side rest on
the blocks E or f. Attach shallow
tin box to A, to hold tacks. Rest the
end b on chair or box, and the lack
is ready for work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
A BerrY-BOx Jack.

A convenient block for lacking
berry boxes together is shown in the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04

Illustration herewith,
engraved after a
sketch sent by j. @.
Umsted. Kansas, The
base A is made Of
round or square tim
Der, six inches in d.
ameLnr and eiphteen
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Nothing Like Glover for Corn improved
MiIk-seuIng Tablo-Hish Prices for
hogs-Hints About the nousehOld-Re-
clpes for the Cook, Etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-04
Phillipsburg Herald

PHILLIPsBURG, KANSAS.