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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Action of Frost.

The process of Congealation 30 Gu
rious and interesting 1t is we'll
known that water, when frozen, is
expanded and occupies more space
than it did before, and hence that
the ice is lighter than water and
swim upon it. If a bottle full of
water, tightly corked, be left to freeze
the bottle will be broken for want of
room for the expansion of the water
while assuming the solid form. This
property OF water, when frozen, tends
every year to diminish the height of
mountains. Fissures and crevices be-
come filled with water during the
summer and its expansive power
when frozen detaches masses Of rock,
which will roll down to lower posi-
tions.
In its more moderate and minus eff
fects, the operation of this general
law is productive Of very beneficial
consequence to the gardener, for the
hard clods Of turned-up soil are loos-
ened and broken into pieces by the
expansion of water which they con-
tain when frozen. The earth is pull
verified and brought to a finely di-
vided condition for receiving seed.
Hence the utility Of turning up
strong or clay soils to be acted upon
by the frosts Of winter, thus saving
mechanical labor in trying tc ac-
complish what the natural force can
do so cheaply and we'll.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
You NAV kill a man with anxl,

You may kill man with anxiety
very quickly, says a London speaker,
but it is difficult to kill him with
work, especially II he retains the
power, which most men Of intellect
ual occupations more or less posse IS,
of sleeping nearly at will and with
out torpor. The man who has used
his brain all his life, say for six hours
a day, has in fact trained his nerve
power and placed it beyond the reach
OF early decay, or that kind Of feeble
ness which makes so many apparent
ly healthy men succumb SO readily to
attacks Of disease.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Ten years ago there were but three

Ten years ago there were but three
or four generally recognized ways OF
preparing corn meal 80 as to make 1t
palatable, says the Marysville APP
peal. For weeks one of the most in
teresting features Of the Worlds
Fair was a room in the Woman's
Building where an artist in culinary
knowledge taught docile women how
more than hundred palatable dishes
could be made with corn meal as a
basis. Twenty years ago about the
only people in the world who didn't
feed all their oats to horses were the
Scotch, To-day oatmeal is almost as
essential on the breakfast table as
coffee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Care of House Plants.

Most house plants suffer great
deal from the dry atmosphere Of
dwelling rooms, and Swinging alone
does not suit their wants. A florist
suggests a new idea to overcome this
difficulty. A wire frame in the shape
of sSll large enough to cover the
plants is made to support a tent of
heavy canton flannel Every night
the flannel is dipped in water and
then wrung out and placed over the
plants, If it dries on rapidly it may
be sprinkled again. 1t is claimed
with this treatment tender maiden
hair ferns have been kept in perfect
health. A very important operation
connected with the cultivation of
plants is watering, and much care
and Judgment should be exercised in
applying it, especially when in pots.
The amount Of evaporation which
takes place continually varies, and
therefore no set rules can be given
when to water. Many plants suffer
on account Of being given an INSULT
Gent supply. They should be only
watered when moderately dry, and
then enough given to soak through
all the soil in the pot, allowing it to
run out at the bottom. Rain water
is the best for watering, but should
not be applied to the plants at
lower temperature than that in which
they are growing To prevent bad
effects of moisture lodging on the
foliage in winter watering should
therefore be attended to in the morn.
ing, after which a light Swinging is
beneficial to most all plants it is de-
sirable to keep dry over night. Pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
SOMEBODY says a man should be q

SOMEBODY says a man should be al
ways a little bigger than his wife,
and a little older, little drawer, and
little stronger, little wiser, and a
little more in love with her than she
Is with him. A woman should al
ways be little younger, and little
prettier, and little more consider
ate than her husband. Very likely
II husbands and wives were made to
order, what pretty, proper, unendura-
BILE creatures they would be.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

A SETTLER on the western shores
of Oregon has gotten himself into
great trouble with the United States
Government A lighthouse keeper
near him obtained permission to erect
a small shed for the storing of his
boats gratuitously. The keeper was
removed some time ago and a new
man appointed. The settler imme-
diately proceeded to knock the lock
of the boat-house and take possess
sion, whereupon the lighthouse
keeper informed him that he was liza
BILE to imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for five years and a proportion
ate 1ne, Notwithstanding that the
house was on his own property.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

IT is to be noted that the crime Of
the dynamltard is political. 1t grows
out Of dissatisfaction with the exist
ing political and social conditions.
BY slovenly use Of language its per-
petrators have come to be generally
known as anarchists, though in the
great majority of cases there is no
Identification Of the criminal with
that propaganda. BY a still more
unjustiaable inference crime of this
nature awakens immediate hostility
to all who seek reformation of the
existing social organization. Thus
the dispatch announcing the crime in
the Chamber Of Deputies asserts tina
it will weaken the socialists in the
Legislature. In times of panic men
are not discriminating. 1t is idle to
argue with men Of the class who en-
ploy dynamite in doing murder. 1t is
useless to point to the record and de-
clare that the effect of every crime Of
this sort has been to strengthen the
government they hate. Brooding over
their actual wretchedness and their
fanciful wrongs breeds Ia them the
savagery OF fanatics They are no
longer men, but brutes-worse than
brutes, for they have the art of men
to supplement the ferocity of brutes.
There should be for them short shrift
and speedy extinction,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Nine church buildings which cost in
the aggregate $4,000 were built and
dedicated in Barton county during 1898.
Emporia Republican: The Baptist
church needed $40 to square up the
years business. The amount was raised
in less than three minutes.
Bishop Vincent is an admirer Of the Sal
walton Army and sent a commendstory
note to Commander Booth on the occa-
sion OF the recent national congress held
in New York City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

ELECTRICITY is gradually taking
the place Of oil for locomotive head
lights. One st, Louis road, the Van
dalia, has fourteen locomotives equip
ped with the new light, and is adding
to the number every week. The re-
cent rear-end collision on the Illinois
Central Road would probably not
have occurred had the engine of the
second section been provided with an
electric light
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

For the benefit Of those struggling
with Portuguese orthoepy In Brazilian
proper names we will state that the
final vowels in words like "Sao Joao"
arctic be pronounced like down-east
Yankee farmer with hay fever imi-
'tating q garrulous and jealous cat
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

EXCLUDING about slxty-two thou
sand small craft, the commerce Of the
world is carried on by forty five thou
sand vessels of twenty million five
hundred thousand registered tons,
with a carrying capacity Of forty
eight million.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

A CHICAGO school-teacher favors
the readers of current magazine
with his views on "What a Daily
Newspaper Might Be Made" In
the vernacular it appears he would
make a monkey of 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
A Strong Hog Trough.

A very strong trough may be made
of sawed lumber, as shown in the &C.
companying engraving. For every
three feet length of trough use a
plank support two or two aud one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
STOCK AND FARM.
Stock Handled,

The total value of all stock handled at
the Kansas City, KS, stock yards dur
ing the year 1898 was $92,O0O,00O. The
cattle we're valued at $62,473,OOO; hogs,
$25, 498, 900; calves, $601,000; sheep,
81, 10, 900; horses and mules, 81, $4,000.
The receipts for the year at the stock
yards, two days estimates, and compar-
isons with last year, are here shown.
Cattle, 100000; gain, $4,000 OF
thirteen per cent.
Calves, $4,000; loss, 5000, or seven
per cent.
Hogs, 100000; loss, 100000, or
eighteen per cent.
Sheep, $4,000; gain, 10000, or thir-
ty per cent.
Horses and mules, $4,000; gain, $500,
or eight per cent.
Total cars, 100000; gain, 5000, Or
three per cent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
CONVENIENT TOOL HOUSE,

wood, and steel, suffer constant
depreciation, 1t is a slipshod method
to leave tools lying about out of doors
during the season of farm work, and
this practice goes long way in lead
ing to the conviction that farming
doesn't pay" No business man could
afford to thus expose his machinery
or stock in trade, In fact there are
very few business operations in the
country that could survive such
wasteful practices as are to be seen
on many farms. A little effort will
soon establish the habit Of putting
tools in safe and proper place when
not in use Thus the implements
will be preserved; it will always be
known where to find them, and much
time will be saved that is now spent
in hunting them, 1t will wonder
fully assist to secure all these advan-
tages if separate tool house is pro.
vided, building that is given wholly
up to the housing of all the farm
tools. The illustration accompany
ing this shows a conveniently ar
ranged tool house, where all the I'M
plements in use about the farm may
be secured when not in use One
end Of the building is partitioned of
and tloored where the small tools can
be kept while the rest Of the build
ing has an earth floor covered with
gravel and entered by two large
doors, permitting mowers, rakes, and
other machines to be driven into the
building, American Agriculturist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

GREAT are the resources of the adj
vertising agent. Hattie Weems, an
actress, goes the divorce dodge one
better and attempts suicide because
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

A SOUTHERN newspaper says that
nearly every house in Honolulu has a
telephone, They are certainly hay
ing a "hello" of a tlne there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

"UTAH may have Its plural wives"
observes Mr.. Quilp, "but other parts
of the country have very singular
ones"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

IT is always best that the truth
about everything should be known
TO everybody,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
OUR RURAL READERS.
SOMETHING HERE THAT WILL
INTEREST THEM.

Tool House for the Care of Farm Imple-
ments-success In Frat Gardening-Ac-
tIOn of Frost Wheat for Sheep Farm
and Household Notes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

Near Logan, W, A. Reeder has 1900
acre farm on the Solomon, which will
be farmed by irrigation exclusively next
year. He has seven miles Of bitches al
ready and is extending them this win
ter. Off Of twenty acres this year he
harvested over 300 bushels Of potatoes.
Atchison Champion: Here is a story
with a moral: Last Saturday one of our
young farmers was driving toward Atch-
ison with load Of some thirty bushels
of corn, when neighbor Of his came
trotting up behind him in buggy and
thus hailed his heavily loaded friend:
"Pll get more for my load than you will
for yours" Somewhat surprised, for he
saw no load, the first farmer asked !;
"Where is your load?" Right here in
my buggy" was the CHEEKY response,
"and as 1 have sixty -four pounds Of but
ter, and get % cents per pound, you see
I'll get almost twice as much money as
you" Which of these men do you sup
pose is prospecting more? The one who
markets his corn at the corral at home,
or the one who hauls away 25cent corn 7
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
The Bite Of a Hog.

1t is a serious thing to be bitten by
any domestic animal, and the danger
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Phillipsburg Herald

RHILLIPsBURG, KANSAS.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
PAPER HORSESHOES.

Railroad car-wheels are now quite
often constructed of paper. 1t would
be hard to make an announcement OF
a new use of that material which
should cause any lively surprise. And
yet the introduction of horseshoes
made of paper in the cavalry service
of the German Army seems extra
ordinary enough to excite interest.
Several cavalry horses were first
shod with paper horseshoes and the
effect was observed. 1t was found
that not only did the lightness and
elasticity Of the shoe help the horse
on the march, making it possible for
him to travel faster and further with
out fatigue than horses shod with iron,
but that the paper shoe had the prop
erty of being unaffected by water and
other liquids.
1t is now proposed to replace iron
with paper horseshoes in the entir e
German Army.
The new shoes are made of a great
number of thin sheets of paper pressed
closely together, one above another,
and rendered impermeable to water
by the application of oil of turpentine.
The sheets are glued together by a
sort of paste composed of turpentine,
whiting, gum and linseed oil, and then
submitted to Il powerful hydraulic
pressure.
Paper horseshoes are also made by
grinding up the paper into a mass,
combining it with turpentine, sand,
gum, litharge and certain other sub
stances, pressing it and afterward
drying it. But these shoes are less
tough and elastic than those which are
made of thin sheets of paper laid one
upon another.
The paper shoes are fastened to the
horses feet either by means of nails,
as in the case of the ordinary shoe, or
with kind of glue composed of coal
tar and caoutchouc.
The German cavalry horses are re-
ported very happy and lively in their
new shoes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
FORGETFUL HUSBANDS.

Complaints are often made by those
| who profit little by what they read in
| books or see when travelling, that their
memories are bad. 1t has often been
| remarked that every one remembers
| that on which he sets his mind. Those
| who can not remember the preacher
| text on Sunday, can easily remember
a bit of silly gossip or an Improbable
story. One who has not tried it will
be amazed to know how the memory
is quickened by any trifie that serves
| to fix attention. 1t is related that a
merchants wife recently practiced a
peculiar ruse in order to secure the at
| tention of her husband to little do
nestle mission which she was sure he
would forget if only an ordinary re-
quest were preferred. Handing him
a sealed letter she begged him not to
| open it until he reached his place of
| business When he did SO, he read
with deep solicitude as follows:
Il am forced to tell you something
that | know will trouble you, but it is
NV duty to do so. | am determined
you shall know it, let the result be
what it may. Ihave known for a week
that it was coming, and kept it to my
self until to-day, when it has reached
a Crisis, ana L can not keep III any
| longer. You mast not censure HE too
harshly, for you must reap the res ults
as well as myself. | do hope it won't
crush you"
Here he turned the page, his hair
slowly rising.
The flour is out. Please send me
some this afternoon. | thought that
| by this method you would not forget
it,
The flour was sent. Forgetful hus-
bands have good enough memories if
| they can only be enlisted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
RESPECTABLE SINS.

Beware of respectable sins, Not that
any sin, however garishly arrayed or
socially dignified, is in itself respecta-
BILE; but that some sins are so coun-
tenanced by certain classes that they
are held to be respectable. Mrs.
Browning spoke truly, when, with
epigrammatic force, she said, 1.-The
devil is most devilish when respecta-
ble,n because he is then most danger
Gus. His seeming responsibility
throws unwary souls off their guard
and beguiles them by begetting the
thought that their objections to GER
tain profitable or delightful courses of
conduct is based, not on reason Or on
scripture nationally interpreted, but
on sQueamish or morbid conscientious
ness. Hence, for example, when
young men see social honors paid to
rich financiers whose overlooking cot
fers were filled by- means of transac-
tions which involved lying, deception
and speculative trickery, they are
disposed to think such dishonest
practices are not so bad as they have
been taught to believe. So when
members of churches indulge in some
questionable or perhaps even ungod-
ly practices, they throw the cloak OF
Responsibility over deeds which are in
themselves injurious both to the NOR
al and spiritual life. Thus they ena-
BILE the devil to do his most devilish
work of Turing young and feeble souls
into the pit of destruction. How
needful, then, is the caution: Beware
of respectable sins!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
WHO DID 1T?

Without moments warning the
train plunged into a tunnel.
AT high noon of that day Eulet Me-
lone had welded Glycerine McCurdy,
and the blissful pair had started on
their wedding journey. In one of the
crowded cars of that train sat Eulet
Melone and his lovely bride.
Were you alarmed, dearest?n in
quired Mr. Melone, after the train
had emerged into daylight again.
"No-not much, Eulet," answered
the blusEing bride.
eff had not been afraid this tunnel
was a short one, Glycerine,' he whis-
pered, Il should have taken adj
vantage of the darkness and kissed
you, my love-
''Didn' you kiss me, dear?" exclaim-
ed the wondering bride. Somebody
did half dozen times"
And the passenger in the seat be-
hind looked as demure as lamp post!
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
ENTITLED TO4P1RDON.

Many anecdotes of General Sam
Houston are told which show that his
tongue was by no means slow or his
wit dull. AS General B-had been
financial agent to the penitentiary for
a number of years and warmly oppos-
ed General Houston's last election as
governor of Texas, he feared he would
lose his desirable Office. He therefore
presented petition in due time, ask
ing that he might be retained, his
long and faithful services being urg-
ed as a reason for granting the request
of the petitioners.
sit appears from this petition, gen.
eral," said the governor, that you
have been in the penitentiary eight
years"
Eyes, SIR"
"And you say that you have per-
formed faithfully each and every duty
imposed upon you during that timer
Yes, sir"
'Then, SIR" said the governor, with
a twinkle in his eye, ''it seems to me
l ought to pardon you out"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
ADOUBTFUL COMPLIMENT.

One evening during an election cam.
paign a gentleman who is an amateur
politician on a large scale spoke at a
certain town in the interior of New
York state. The next morning the
chairman of the local committee took
him for a drive about the place
They had reached the suburbs and
were admiring the scenery when Il
man wearing blue shirt and over
alls left his OK team and approached
the carriage.
You're the man who made the
rattlin' speech up at the hall, amt
ye?n he asked.
The soft impeachment" as the re
porters put it, was acknowledged.
did you have it writ out?" asked
the man.
Mo-
"You don't mean to say you made
all that right up as you went along?'
yes"
"Jest hoped right up there, took a
drink of water out O. the pitcher, hit
! the table a whack and waded in with
out no thinkin' nor nothin'?'
We'll, | suppose you might put it
in that way"
''That beats me! You'll excuse me
/ for stoppin' you, but what | wanted
to say was you speech convinced me
though | knowed all the time it was
the peskiest lie that ever was told.
made up my mind to vote your tick
ct, but I'd a been willin' to bet /
peck o. red apples that no man coult
stand up an tell me such a lot O. con
vincin' lies without havin' 'em writ
out. You must IA had an awful lot o
practice.N
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
YARIETIES.

"A country minister who, in addi-
ton to his clerical duties, followed the
profession of a photographer, was
called upon to perform a marriage
ceremony. Now, then, young man,
he said to the groom, who was ner-
vous and excited, as all grooms ought
to be, lust keep your eye on that
crack in the wall and try and look
| pleasant"
If you had held yourself in check
when you were young" said visitor
to State convict, you might now be
a useful and honored member of socie-
! ty." Yes, sir,n sadly responded the
unfortunate man; ''if l had always
! held myself in check | wouldn't now
be held in stripe. Have you any
chewing tobacco about your
-May-"Why is it that people real
! " know so little about love?" Frank
because it is disease that leaves
| its victims in such pitiful condition
of imbecility that they are wholly in
capable of nationally describing their
symptoms
A circle of Kings Daughters at
| Park City, KY, recently raised suffi-
cient money to secure some coal for a
poor family. The money was given
| to the family, who, instead of buying
coal, had their photographs taken.
-She-"When | told Maud about
our engagement she said that she real
| lv envied me-" He-"Certainly; 1
don't wonder She-"Yes; she said
she would give anything if she could
be so easily suited as l was"
What is your husband doing at
| present ?" Nothing. He has been
| trying to get an office, but the pros
pect is very discouraging and he's
afraid that after all he'll have to go
and work at something"
THAT'S too forte" said the music
! teacher to his pupil. what do you
mean by too forte?' asked the latter,
as he stopped playing. TOO loud. "
"Oh, thought two-forty meant too
| FAST
Herbert Spencer believes that
organ grinders are unmusical mendi-
cants. Now let us have the grinders
concensus of thought about Herbert
Spencer philosophy.
Il don't see why you should ca
vii at your husband; his heart is all
right "Oh,y yes, his heart is all right,
but do wish his liver were in better
condition"
If haste is the mark of weak
mind, there is reason to believe that
the average errand boy is profoundly
intellectual.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-03-16
GOOD RECIPES,

French Salad.-Any cold meat
veal, ham, beef, or mutton. Cut it
into small morsels, with an equal
quantity of cold boiled potatoes, chop
ped or sliced. Lettuce in proportion.
Dress with whites of three raw eggs,
beaten stiff mustard, oil, or cream,
well mixed with yolks of the three
eggs a little sugar, salt, pepper and
vinegar, added carefully.
Cold asparagus, or beans, or crisp
radishes, peeled and sliced thin, make
an excellent salad.
Rusks-Three-f ourths of a pound
of sugar, one-half pound of butter, one
pint of sweet milk, five eggs, three
and one half pounds of flour. Beat the
eggs very light put milk, sugar and
butter together over the fire till the
butter is melted; when cooled, add
one-half pint of yeast, then the
eggs and flour. Mix quickly and set to
rise. Mold by hand in round cakes,
about half an inch in thickness. The
cakes should be placed in the pan in
double layer-one cake on top of an
other