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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
BM.Dlstrlbu,ins as TIno Art.

misunderstanding as Fine Art.
mo art In giving away handbills
in the streets? Amt therIp knows
better; and II you had been at the
game as long as have you would
agree with me-" declared a ragged,
down-at-heel advertisement distrlb.
utter recently In tones OF indignant
dissent
"You try 1t and see II, provided you
simply shove the bill at them, four
out Of every six don't elbow past you
without accepting IT, But IT, with
half bow and graceful movement
OF the forearm you tender the paper,
you'll plant 1t right enough in most
cases
ITO man as takes a pleasure In
his business-no matter how hun. Bile
it may belts very disheartening to
see how most folks chucks 'em away
as soon as they've glanced at them,
and personally nothing makes me
more disguised than walking about
seeing on all sides the bills as they've
crumpled up aud wasted.
"a shillin' day. like some OF the
sandwich men, has been my usual
pay; but thea the job amt such
hard one, because the police don't
mind your being on the pavement
now and again, whereas II you have
got the boards on, they takes good
care as you stops In the gutter"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Notes..


Grub up the sassafras growing in the
fields and keep the young bushes down
until the fields are cleared of them.
At the recent fruit show at the Crys-
tai Palace the Queen took first prize for
100 varieties each of pears and apples.
Carrots, turnips and beets, If fed raw
to cattle, should always be sliced and
not cut up into irregular pieces, Cattle
are much more liable to be choked than
any other class of stock.
When horse is doing no work 1t
should receive less grain and given
more hay. There is no time of the
year, however, when the horse should
not be given exercise in some manner.
A ranchman in the Big Horn basin,
Wyoming, raised 5000 onions on a
patch Of ground 35X00 feet during the
past season. Eight of the onions, Ne
lected for size, weighed twenty-five
pounds.
When blackberrying, many n large
fruited sort is met with, which, If trans
planted to the garden, would be as
good as any Of the cultivated sorts.
Some of the best known varieties were
introduced in this way.
Winter oats are extensively grown in
Virginia. They are sown about a
month before the usual time of sowing
wheat, Or from Sept. to Sept. 10. The
claim is made that winter oats will
grow wherever crimson clover sue
ceeds.
The New York Milk Exchange fixed
the net price Of milk from the first to
the middle of October at 3Ac per quart;
after Oct II, &c quart. The price of
cream was reduced from $G to $5.75 a
can. This is said TO be the first In
stance on record of lowering prices of
milk and cream in October
The Earl of Aberdeen has urged tile
people of Nova Scotia to develop their
fruit culture At present there are
$4,000 acres of orchards in Nova SEQ.
tia, and the apples can be delivered in
England in good condition. The Nova
Scotians claim that their apples are the
best in the world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Boiled Rice.

The story of the water which got
into the hold OF a ship with rice, and
so swelled the cargo that 1t burst the
vessel asundeE reminds us OF the
captain OF North River sloop who
having hired new cook at Albany
set him TO cooking rice which he said
he had done hundred times,
Telling him that he would find five
pounds In the locker, and cautioning
him against cooking TOO much, tho
captain went about his business of
loading his vessel with pig iron. IN
half an hour the new cook rushed Out
exclaiming;
For Gods sake, captain, don't
take on any more pig.iron; we will
have load of billed rice before
night"
The captain rushed up into tho
cabin, where he found all the pots,
kettles, pals, pans dishes, and even
two washtubs full to overlooking
with cooked rice, which was also
seething over the top of the kettle
and falling OIL upon the floor,
"What in thunder you been do
ln'9" yelled the skipper as he glanced
around. "How much rice did you
put In that pot?"
"Put the whole of it in, capn,"
said the lad, 'and I've been doiu'
nothin' but balm outrlce for the last
twenty minutes Great Moses where
does all the stuff come from?n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

others wheat is grown in alienation
with corn and oats. In the plots de-
voted exclusively to grain growing the
average yield of wheat for seven years,
closing with 1893, was 1880 bushels
per acre, and in 1894 the yield was
1914 bushels per acreJ On the plots
upon which grain and grasses are
grown in rotation the average yield for
the seven years was 2161 bushels per
acre, and in 1894 it was 22.67 bushels.
The difference in favor of rotation for
the period of seven years averaged 5.T2
bushels per acre, and in 1894 it
amounted to 9.93 bushels per acre,
Thus 1t is shown that wheat produced
over a third more when grown in rota-
ton than when grown continuously in
the land year after year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Zoo Honnat.

Uncle D. p, Oliver now a prosper.
aus store keeper in a prosperous Iowa
village, once practiced law in Ohio
Being met by an old acquaintance,
he was asked for the particulars Of
his giving up the profession.
"Didn't it agree with your health?"
"Oh, yes" answered Uncle David.
"Dldn't it paY?"
First rate"
'Met with sufficient favor from
the courts?"
"All / could ask"
"Then what was it compelled you
to quit?"
"Well, I'll tell you. was too hon.
est"
A loud laugh from the bystanders
aroused Uncle David into earnest.
ness, and he repeated the strange
statement and nailed it to his shop
counter with his huge ast But his
cross-questioner went on.
"When did you 1nd this out?"
SIN my very last case. :"
"What was that"
"One In which I was retained to
prosecute nelghbor for killing a
dog"
"And he was acquittedy So you
lost the case and gave up your pro.
fession dlscouraged?"
"No; he was convicted"
'EThen he was guilty."
"No; he was innocent?"
"But didn't the evidence prove
his guilt"
"Certalnly it did"
"Then why do you say he was in.
nocent?"
because | had killed the dog my.
sulf few nights before trespassing
on my poultry; and l came to the
conclusion that any business that
would aid man to convict Il neigh.
Dor Of his own crimes WAS not the
business for me- sO gave f. mn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Spreading Manure In the Fan.

1t is good plan to spread manure
upon the fields in the fall, Experience
shows that manure applied in the fall
to the surface, either of plowed or grass
land, will become so thoroughly pull
verified and distributed through the
soil by the action of frost and rain as
to act more quickly and be in better
condition for plants to assimilate than
the same fertilizer would be applied in
the spring The loss from drainage,
unless upon very steep surfaces, will
probably be less than from the wash
ing if left in open yards. The loss from
evaporation is likely to be much less
than that from fermentation, if the
manure is allowed to accumulate in
cellars OF sheds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

How to Make Money on the Farm.
Do not look beyond your reach for
wealth when it lies all about you. In
this wonderful age of Improvement you
must move in the line of march, or let
your next door neighbor dig the jewels
from the soil. Many of our young men
are not content with the beautiful old
homestead, the green fields, and much
that makes one so Independent on the
farm, but in their anxiety for gain,
push out to large cities or some distant
land, when, In nine cases out Of ten,
they would have been happier and
Weather men had they put that same
life and energy on the farm.
The world demands men who will
work. The curse of our country to-day
is the multitude of idle ones, who de-
mand not only living, but even luXur-
les thrown in. Nothing in this life can
be gained without hard work. Be care
full in choosing an occupation, start
right, the outcome will be fruitfulness,
If you are interested in your vocation
and are industrious, your work, even
though hard, will be n pleasure.
Try to interest your boys in your
work. TO do this, you must encourage
them in their small beginnings. Stake
out one acre Of land for your boy for
his own use BY this l do not mean
the poorest land on your farm, but the
very best, and see, also, to commence
with, that it is well enriched. Start the
boys right, as the first years trial will
be apt to decide their future.
Put in something that is in demand,
and thatalways commands good prices
How many farmers have first-class
seed corn that will test 95 per cent,
when planting time arrives? A fine
grade of seed corn that your neighbors
know is all right in every respect will
prove a very profitable investment for
you. When you have an article to sell,
give your customers something that is
value received, and your trade is cs-
tablished. The same hints may be ap-
piled to all varieties of grain. There is
good income awaiting you at your
very doors; seize your grand oppor-
tunity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Raising Vegetables in Winter.

Lettuce, radishes and like small veg
etables are cultivated all winter long
in Southern Georgia by a simple device
that would be effective in mild winters
much farther north. A frame of wood
inclosing rich earth is placed in the
garden, and seeds are sown from time
to time. When a cool night comes, a
frame bearing a sheet of coarse mus
lin is placed over the growing plants,
and thus they are protected from frost.
Now and then ice the thickness of a
cent forms in the night, but the vegeta-
bles so covered escape injury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Prudence, foresight, that might have snveN
many good ship that has gone to pieces
among the breakers is quality conspicuous
by Its absence" and among none more notably
than persons troubled with inactivity OF the kid.
neys and bladder O When these organs fail OF
In duty grievous trouble Is to DO appre.
hended Brght's disease, diabetes, catarrh,
and stone in the bladder, arc among the dis
eases which disregard Of early symptoms
confirm and render fatal. That signally
efiectual diuretic, Hostettors Stomach Bit,
ters, willard let no one so troubled forget
this-remedy the symptoms OF approaching
renal disease and check its further progress,
Equally eflicacious 10 the b itters for constipa.
ton, liver complaint malarial and rheumatic
trouble and debility.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Jealous Goodman.

The first railroads naturally ex.
cited the hostility OF all persons
whose livelihood was gained by the
use of stage-coaches. The most Bit
ter enemies were the coachmen. An
amusing story is told Of an English
coachman whose animosity toward a
railroad disturbed his domestic peace.
Old Peter Fentlebury an English.
man with an Irish wife, drove the
coach between Dublin and Drogheda.
While the railroad between these
places was in course Of construction,
Peter asserted that no one would live
long enough to see the line finished,
and when the works drew near com.
pletion, he became so mOrose that he
would scarcely speak a pleasant word
ito any one connected with the rail.
road.
The day the first engine ran from
Drogheda to Dublin, the coachman's
wife was standing on the station
platform. Come along, Mrs Pen.
tlebury," said the superintendent,
"and we'll give you the fastest drive
70 Dublin that YOU ever had"
"But how'll get back again?"
"We'll bring you into Dublin in
plenty of time to come home on the
coach with your husband"
"Thank you kindly, I'll CO." she
said. Sure it will always be a great
thing for me TO say I'm the first
woman that ever ldrove from Drog.
heda to Dublin on the railroad"
The engine did not get in as soon
as was expected, and Peter was al
ready on the box, the reins in his
hand, ready to start. Great was his
amaZement to see his wife,
'What brought you here?" said he.
''To go home in the coach with
you, Peter dear" said she.
'How did you come up to town."
son the railroad"
swell, go back the way you came"
exclaimed the angry Peter "for not
a step shall you come with mel" and
of he drove.
AS no engine was going back to
IDrogheda that day. she hired car
Ito drive the thirty miles, for which
her husband had to pay. But that
was not all; for Mrs. Pentlepury had
IA lively tongue, and Peter remem-
Dered the scolding he got till the
day Of his death.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Ventilation In the stable does not
mean a draught of air coming in ON the
animals. 1t Is useless to make stable
warm with tight roof and walls, and
then have cold "alr holes" misnamed
ventilators, to allow the warmth to es-
cape. The night is the time when cold
currents are felt. The stable should
be ventilated during the day by leav-
ing the doors and the windows open,
which should be closed at night At
tention must be given to the direction
of the wind, and bedding should be
plentiful
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Study OF HortIcuIture.

Every farmer should understand
horticulture. 1t enables him to grow n
larger variety and to rotate his crops
to the best advantage. There is no
reason for combining the farm to three
or four crops. The soil will be i'm
proved when the same crop is not
grown oftener than one year in FIVE.
Small fruits should be grown, as we'll
as grain and vegetables.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

FOR SUPPORTING BEAMS such cases these
important parts of the structure are
left with only such support as is ar
forded by the strength of the tender
which is usually cut away to less than
one-third the breaking strength of the
stick of timber. By fitting in piece Of
plank or scantling between the lower
side of the beam or sill and the upper
side of the lower portion of the brace,
as shown at a, n, in the illustration, and
mailing them to the part c, the building
will be quite as strong and firm as II
the post had been two inches greater in
diameter. This improvement may be
added at any time at very little labor
and expense.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Irrigation is claimed to increase the
sugar in fruit and improve its quality.
In California it has been found that
irrigated fruit has less shrinkage when
dried, and was also worth more in its
green state. This is due to the greater
proportion of mineral matter being
taken up by being dissolved with n
plentiful supply of water, The greater
foliage permits the plants to derive
more carbonic acid from the air, and
thus contribute greater proportion of
sugar to the fruit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

short cuts, for example, to be split into
firewood, two iron wedges and a beetle
may be necessary to open a cut through
the heart. But by taking off thin slabs
all Of the splitting may be done with
only an ak. After log is split into
slabs the labor of splitting the slabs the
other way will be comparatively light.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Tobacco Plants.

A lady in Lancaster, Pa, as an ex-
pertinent, planted carefully in her gar
den last summer six Havana plants
presented to her by friend in the
country, Under her care the plants
grew to be 6 or Z feet high, and one of
them showed 80 inches in length and
was % inches wide. What can be done
in a garden can be done in field, If
the field is enriched and cultivated like
n garden.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
DonfnosH Can Net bo Cured

by local applications, as they can not roach
the diseased portion Of tho ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies Deafness Ia
caused by an infamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inAamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it Is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cnses out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free
f, j. CHENEY, Toledo, o.
esB- Sold by Druggists zoe.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

milk exceeding the less-productlve cow
as much as $15 per year. With only
two quarts difference, and at only 215c
a quart, the comparison is largely in
favor Of choice cows, Yet well-bred
COW may give twice as much milk as
one that has no breeding. 1t is cheap
er to raise good cows than to buy fresh
ones that are unknown.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
For Splitting Wood.

A holder for splitting wood is a nice
convenience, and one like that here
illustrated is often at hand or can he
secured. When device of this kind is
used it saves trouble and even some
danger from splitting wood. 1t is not
always understood that much advan-
tage may be taken Of hard labor when
splitting wood by slabbing off the sides
Of the block insteadof splitting through
the center. When a log is sawed into
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
uaInr I'm Rnnns.

If bones cannot be reduced to very
fine condition pound them, or break
them to pieces in some manner and
place them around the grapevines,
about six inches deep in the soil. They
may also be used around trees. But
little benefit will be derived from
coarse pieces of bone for year or two,
but 1t is better to utilize them than to
allow them to accumulate into insight
ly heaps.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Rotation of Crop, Tested.

To determine the exact effect of TO
tation, a series of experiments have
been conducted by The Indiana station.
OF the plots upon which grain crops are
grown continuously a portion are de-
voted exclusively to wheat, while upon
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Poultry and Pigeon House.

A poultry house with loft especial
ly fitted up for the accommodation of
pigeons is shown in the accompanying
from the American Agrl-
culturist. The poultry quarters have
an addition fitted with wire netting in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

AsTERoID hunters now use a camera
OF special construction, and mounted
so that it can follow the diurnal mo-
tion of the stars. In this way several
hundred times as much area Of TIE
sky can be watched. Fixed stars pho
tograph as round dots and planets as
streaks or lines.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Rather a CostIx RebuildInr.

The Duke Of Westminster Is said
to have expended about s., 900, 900 In
rebuilding Eaton Hall, now one OF
the palatial private mansions In En-,
gland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
The Cow that Paws.

If a COW gives milk 300 days in the
year, and her capacity exceeds another
COW only two quarts daily, which sells
at 10c per gallon, she will produce
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

room to some extent by placing parti-
tons in front of the roosts, extending
from the ceiling, but not reaching to
the floor. The warm air from the bod
les Of the fowls is thus kept around and
above the birds while on their roosts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

ters do not care
to cut a shoulder
in them for the
support of the
ends Of beams,
stills or girts. III
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

False supports for Beams and snls
Frequently in erecting farm build
ings, the posts are of such slender di-
mansions that the owner and carpen-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
HOME AND THE FARM.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARM
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.

How to Interest the Boys in the Work
Combined Poultry and Pigeon House
Device for Splitting Wood General
Agricultural News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

When answering any Of these Advertisements
please mention this paper
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

front in summer, as seen in Fig. 1, and
windows in winter which serves as q
scratching and busting room, commun-
ication being had with it from the main
poultry room. The diagram Fig. .,
shows the inside arrangement when
the building is used for two breeds.
Such an arrangement secures exceed
ingly warm roosting quarters for both
tlocks, as the recesses occupied by the
roosts can be shut off from the main
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-12
THROWN FROM A SLEIGH.
Serious Accident to Prominent Banker
of Lewiston,

Lewstoni, Me-, December 11.-Mr.
John Y. Scruton of Lewiston, president
of the First National Bank, met with a
serious accident at O'Clock Tuesday ali
ternoon. He was driving down main
street in sleigh behind rather lively
horse, and when he reached the head of
Lisbon street the horse became fright
ened at the noise made by the welding
of bolts in the frog of.the electric road.
where large crew of men are at work
putting in curve in the track. The
horse leaped over pile of paving right
into the crowd OF laborers. dragging
the sleigh after him. Mr.. Scruton was
thrown out head. first, stiklng the top Of
his head on paving stone and tearing
out large pieceRof his scalp. The horse
dashed on aud after smashing the sleigh
was caught farther down the street.
Mr.. Scruton was taken into the drug
store on the corner of the street, where
his injuries were attended to. Mr.. Scru-
ton was then taken to his home, where
his physician pronounced his injuries
not serious. su.-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-12
AN IMPORTANT HEARING.
The Town of Otisfield Versus the Robinson
Manufacturing Co.

In the Superior court room, before
Monday noon the continuation OF the
suit of the town of Otisfield vs.. the
Robinson Manufacturing Company OF
Oxford, Maine. This is the suit in
which the hearing was begun some
months ago at Oxford,a report of which
was published in the PRESS, at which
time the plaintiffs testimony was taken.
The hearing at that time covered u
week. The defendants case was opened
at Portland directly after the hearing at
Oxford, but was discontinued on account
of the death of member of Mr.. Robin
son S family.
The suit is brought to recover alleged
damage to the Canada Hill road, So
called, in Otisfeld, by reason of fowage
from Thompson Pond. While the suit is
brought to recover only few hundred
dollars alleged damaged really involves
the whole right OF the Robinson Manu-
featuring Company to maintain their
dam at it's present height. The claim Of
the town of Otisfield is that the dam
was raised 10 1888 two feet above the
height at which the company could le-
gally maintain it. The company deny
this and say that the dam was raised
only the two feet which they had right
to raise it under fowage rights pur-
chased from the Town of Otisfield
among others, about 1865. The testimony
already introduced by the defendant re-
Iates to the original height of the dam,
when the Howage rights were acquired by
the Robinson Manufacturing Company,
and tending to show that the fiowage
rights purchased were not exceeded at
the buildng.of the new dam in 1888.
The hearing is likely to occupy the
entire week.