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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

TIE Los Angeles Express recently
contained an exhaustive statement
of the fruit product of California dur.
ing the last year. Riverside now is
claimed to be the most famous
producing locality in the
world. Last year the shipments
amounted to over 3, 700 car loads, and
this year it is estimated there will be
over 5000 car loads There are now
$500 acres OF bearing orange and
lemon orchards in Riverside, with an
assessed valuation of 5000, 900 and
an actual valuation of SIS, 900, 600.
The raisin crop of last year is esti-
mated at 225 car loads The last
year also has been a notable one for
Riverside in another direction, as the
new County Of Riverside has been
formed, with the county seat at that
city, by division Of San Bernardino
County. The new county is forty
miles in extent from north to south
and $50 miles east and west-an area
as large as that Of Massachusetts.
Everything grows big in California.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Farm Notes.

The harrow and the roller are
among the most important of the
farm products. Without the liberal
use of both the small grain crops can
hardly be put in properly.
IT is better TO train grapevines in
cold weather. If such work is post
poned until the sap begins to flow
the vines may then be injured by
cutting them back severely.
IN some classes of farm products
over production has not so much to
do with the depression in prices as
has poor quality. This applies equally
to products so widely different as
cattle and fruit.
IT is frequent, but erroneous i'm
preston that in planting strawberries
it is necessary to have at least every
other row set with the perfect flower
ing sorts. One row in six is quite
ample for this purpose.
GRAPEvlNEs planted on heavy land
are always the first to be attacked by
mildew and rot The roots cannot
penetrate to any considerable depth.
The best soil is deep, well drained
sandy loan, where the roots can reach
permanent moisture.
WHEN the old hens begin to lay
eggs of unusual size, such as double
yolk eggs it indicates that they have
been overfed and are too fat. In
such cases the grain ration must be
reduced, and more green food and
meat should be allowed.
ONE of the surest methods of con-
serving the fertility of the farm is to
observe proper rotation of crops. No
farmer can afford to neglect this, no
matter how rich his land may be.
Where it has been attempted the re-
suits have always been disastrous.
WHEN sheep are allowed to go on
scant feed for a month, or even
shorter time, there will be weak
place in the staple easily detected by
the wool buyer This greatly les
sons the selling value of the sheep.
Keep them in good condition for
some time, but not too tat
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Kansas FLAX Fibre.

Representatives OF the firm of John
Mueller & Co., of Chicago, came to Kan
sas for the purpose of investigating the
flax industry and the prospects for de-
veloping it in the line of fibre produc-
ton. The following extracts from a
letter to Secretary Coburn, written after
the return to Chicago tell of the i'm
preston made upon them by the Kansas
trip. The letter says
1--WE are OF the opinion, and that has
been confirmed by our Investigations,
that there is no visible reason what
ever why the soil and climate of a
larger portion OF Kansas land should
not produce fibre adapted to COM
pete with the Russian product in
the European market X We have
sent quantities of choice seed to a num-
Der Of connections for the purpose Of
having small patches raised according to
our instructions in order to have the
product sent to us next summer, which
we will then forward to European mills
to be tested and priced. Il x AL
though it is premature to make such
statement, we will only hint at the pos
sbility that il this fibre shows all tho
advantages of a first class MATERIAL a
linen industry may be developed in this
country in the future. You will appre-
cate the Importance of this experiment
to the farmers when you consider that
the harvest Of fibre in European coun-
tries is three or four times as valuable as
the returns from the seed, and further,
that farmers who have made 50 or $40
per acre in seed alone will, conservative
ly speaking, probably increase their re-
turns per acre by 100 per cent as COM
pared with faxseed, corn or wheat har-
vests
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
KANSAS RAILROADS.

Providing the pending rates can be
secured in time, the Kansas Immigra-
ton company, of which James Trout
man, of Topeka, is president, will run a
special excursion from Chicago to Kan
sas on May %.
A Missouri Pacific freight train COM
ing down the seven mile hill west of
Atchison broke in four places and ran a
mile at terrible rate, after which the
sections collided. Eighteen cars were
wrecked and Brakeman Baird was seri-
ously injured.
The Santa Fe has announced rate
of one fare for the round trip from the
Missouri river to Denver and return on
account of the National Republican
league meeting at Denver IN July. This
company has also suggested tho same
rate for east of the river.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

A BILL has been introduced 10
the Massachusetts Legislature pro-
vld ng for free employment Offices
for such cities as shall accept the
plan. This has been done in Ohio,
where a free employment bureau is
attached to the department of labor.
There are five cities which have
bureaus of employment where books
are kept for registering The names
and addresses of those seeking en-
ployment, and also of those desiring
help. The first Office went into eff
feet June 20, 1890. Since that time
S1,507 persons registered seeking en-
ployment and SO, 564 calls for help
were made by employers The num-
Der who secured work was S,53S.
The five Offices in Ohio have cost the
State less than $40, OOO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

Atchison Globe: Tom Treat has g..
100 trees, and says that not bud was
killed during tho cold spell. He made
an examination and could not find tho
slightest injury.
Osborne letter; In 1874 r. H. Bell
and family arrived in this county from
Illinois, with only $50 left. He was in
Osborne few days since with enough
money to pay off his indebtedness, but
the mortgage holder wouldn't throw off
the interest. He owns as good quar-
ter section Of land as there is in that
county, and sayshe wouldn't take 5000
cash for it. Mr. Bell was gallant com
rade in the 89th Illinois regiment.
S. w. VIM, general manager of the
Syndicate Lands and Irrigatng corpo.
ration at Kansas City, Mo-, returned
from ten days trip, inspecting the
farming operations and irrigating sys.
tenn of his company in western Kansas.
He spoke of his trip as follows: Some
farmers seem somewhat alarmed, for fear
that timely rains will not come TO break
up the crust formations on the wheat
fields, result of beating rains in March
followed by several days Of very hot sun
shine, the latter being a very unusual
thing for March, but in the ground the
plant is in good condition, even better
than at the same time in 1892, the year
that the western third Of Kansas raised
more than 100000 bushels on less
than 100000 acres. 1t is well known
that the forage crops of western Kansas
pay better than any other kinds. 1t is
not an uncommon thing for alfalfa fields
to pay $50 per acre each year above all
costs. [ have known of better yields
on farms under our own irrigating
bitches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

HERE are a few PLAIN considera.
tlons for the minds Of plain people.
In case Of an individual who fails in
business, he fails when he becomes
so deeply involved in debt that he can
no longer stave Off payment He was
not obliged to 60 in debt in the first
place. But he wanted to enlarge his
business. He put mortgage on his
farm because if he had larger barns
he could store more grain and feed
more stock and thus get more money.
Perhaps the family needed a larger,
handsomer house to live in or cloth
ing that there was not money TO pay
for. At any rate, all Of the people
who fall-manufacturer, farmer,
merchant or business mango in
debt trusting to future gains to be
able not only to wipe off the indebted.
ness, but even to make them richer.
The farmer owes the merchant,
the merchant owes the manufacturer,
the manufacturer owes the capitalist
who lent him money to enlarge his
plant In times which seem pros.
porous there is almost a fatal tempta-
ton to glide down hill into debt II
seems so easy to pay up BY and by
somebody wants his money All have
run into debt together, and somehow
nobody quite understands how all
must pay about the same time. They
cannot do it. Then there is a panic.
All the world must wait till it can
pay its debts When that is done,
off it goes, headlong, pellmell, and
repeats the process over again. Now,
if nobody went into debt, but used
only the actual capital that he has in
hand, no matter what the tempta-
tion, how often would there be
paniCs?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Manure out Under the caves.

On far too many farms the old
custom is still in vogue of throwing
the manure out beneath the caves,
though in some instances it is only
done because the owners are not quite
ready to build new barns, when all
this will be changed. Many people.
says Hoard's Dairyman, forget the
fact that plants do not eat but
drink. They can only appropriate
the fertilizing elements in any plant
food while it is in a liquid or dissolved
state. Thus, it is seen not only are
the liquid agreements lost by passing
down through the stable floors, as
they do in many cases, but the rains
still further rob the value Of the
solid portion by washing away the
more soluble portions Ninety per
cent. Of the potash-one Of the most
valuable of the ingredients Of stable
manure-is Yoided IN the liquids,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

JUDGE EDGAR ALDRICH OF Little
ton, N. H., made strong argument
in favor of the present Jury system at
the recent annual reunion of the
Grafton and Coos Counties Bar AS
ISOLATION, urging that it is the fairest
trial for the accused and the safest
for the public. lie did not favor the
abolition of the unanimty require
ment, saying that he had tried nea. ly
100 cases, civil and criminal, since he
left the bar, and could recall but
three disagreementS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

AN invention has been made IN
France by NJ. Hermite which prom,
ises to Tev0lutlonize the methods OF
dislnfecting sewage water and flush
ing streets and sewers. The new dis.
infectant Is simply electrolyzed
sea water-sea water decom.
posed by the direct action
of electricity. The worst and
most malodorous portion Of Paris was
the st. Francis quarter. The quar-.
ter was "the hotbed Of infectious dis,
ease" Its streets and sewers were
flushed with the electrolyzed sea
water. In some cases tanks were
built upon the roofs OF the worst ten
ement houses and the new disinfect.
ant was poured down through all
the pipes and closets Of the filthy
dens. The effect was like magic
Every poisonous micIobe was slain,
and the locality became as sweet
smelling as any in Paris. Undcubt.
edly this marvellous new fluid will
soon be in common use in every sea-
board city in Europe and in this
country Great mains pass from the
harbor or sea ad AGENT to the central
portions OF a town where the cleo
trolyzing plant is 1t has been found
that by passing the fluid through
sewer pipe discharges they are thor
Uughly disinfected and made innocu.
Gus. BY its means it is thought tc
be quite possible for sewerage pipes
to discharge into rivers near Il city
without poiluting the water The
chlorine still remaining in the sea
water performs the Office Of disln
fecting.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Pure Bred Stock.

The breeds are the result hun
dreds of years patient work. 1t was
half a century before Blackwell COM
pleted his experiments with the Cots
void sheep, and since his time that
breed has not only been improved
but has also been made the founda-
tion upon which the best mutton
breeds Of the present day have been
produced. Every farmer knows how
rapidly the trottlng horses have in
creased their speed since the days Of
Hambletonian, and yet Hambletonian
himself was the resultof many years
breeding. When the great Boston
and Fashion met for supremacy, the
race horse of that time was considered
at its supremacy, and pcdigrees could
be traced far beyond Godolphln
Arabian, yet a son Of Boston lowered
the record Of four miles to a point
that was marvellous Lexington, who
performed this feat, became the
source from which the best race
horses of our time came. These re-
suits were due to the selection Of the
best for breeding purposes.
When a farmer has flock or herd
Of mongrels it will pay him to grade
up his stock by the use of pure-bred
sires, but his aim should always be
TO procure something better, If he
has pure breeds he must strictly ad-
here to them. The moment he at
tempts to cross one pure-bred lot
with the use Of males OF some other
breed he makes the first downward
step, He obliterates pedigreeS, and
the tendency is then back to the mon
%rels. This may be particularly
noticed with those who often at
tempt to improve ther locks of poul-
try by crossing two breeds that are
entirely unlike, The result usually
ends in two or three seasons, in a
flock of mongrels possessing no uni
formity whatever. The same will
happen with animals. If thorough
bred race horse and a trotter are
crossed the value of the progeny is
less than it would be il its parents
were both from the same breed, and
from the best strains of that breed.
Every breed has been bred on GER
tain lines. The shopthorn is in
tended to produce beef in preference
to milk ana butter. The Holsteln is
a milk and butter producing animal
Cross the two breeds and the result
will be an animal that is not equal
to the shorthorn for beef or to the
Holstein for milk and butter Both
breeds have been lost in the expert
ment, so far as their dominant quail
ties are concerned, and nothing has
been gained. The reason is that long
years of patient breeding for certain
characteristics have rendered them
fixed and inherent in the breed. But
breed the mongrel with the use Of
the pure-bred male, and while the
progeny will not equal the pure breed,
yet it will far excel its mongrel
parent, and by grading still further
there is persistent improvement.
The farmer can thus effect a constant
increase in quality and add to the
value of his stock every Year.-Phil-
adelphia Record,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

VIENNA is having its girl Anarch-
lists Of the Emma Goldman tyre,
just as New York had. Fraulein
Glass, pretty girl still in her teens,
with dark and wlndblown hair, has
Just led a successful strike there, and
Amelia Riba, whose pretty head holds
all the sdom Of II years, is talking
anarchy two ours a day 90 immense
audiences.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

the animal rushed upon the boat,
scattering the passengers in all d.
rectlons, the hero stepped forward
with easy grace, swung his rlghU and
landed on the forehead OF the sur.
prised horse. 1.-THE blow was dealt
with such force that the animal fell
to the deck as il struck with a sledge'
hammer" says the report There Is
a great future before the man with
the sledge-hammer arm and fist
Efforts should be made to induce him
to enter the prize-ring and the gov.
errors would have no need of the
militia to suppress prizc-dghts, as
there would he no more "mills,"
Connecticut has a treasure which ii
should make the most Of.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Quality of Maple Sap.

All experienced maple sugar grow
ers know that sap from some trees is
much richer than it is from others,
even of the same spec es AS is we'll
known, soft maple give sap not very
sweet and not so easy to grain when
making sugar, This may be partly
because soft naples usually grow in
low, wet grounds We have always
noted that maple trees on rich, high
ground produced much and sweeter
sap. Trees standing apart give more
and better sap than those in a dense
forest This may be, also because
such trees are usually more branch
Ing. The maple tree that give tina
best and most sap of any tree we
have ever known stood in a pasture
where stock rested in its shade every
summer. 1t was wide 'branched and
extremely thrifty for many years,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

THE Worlds Fair attracted to it
the best people of the world, but un.
fortunately it also attracted the very
worst elements that live. Multitudes
of these remained, and this fact ac-
counts for the crowded condition of
the Chicago jail to-day with its 600
prisoners awaiting trials for their
crimes. Ffty-two of the number
are charged with murder. The
courts of justice will for some time
be taxed by such echoes from the
great fair.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
how to Market Stock.

The most successful feeders for
profit are very careful what kind of
stock they buy. Nothing can be
made Of inferior animals past their
prime, and to feed them never so
we'll is very much like throwing
money away If there are few poor
specimens in flock sell them quickly
at whatever price can be got. To
try to put them among a lot of good,
we'll fatteued animals will depreciate
the whole more than the others will
bring. If there can be two classes
made in selling be sure and make
them, and dispose always of the
poorest first The same causes
which made the best animals gain
their superiority are likely to con-
tinue in operation as long as they
live. Yet it is quite common among
a certain class of poor farmers to let
the butcher take his pick of their
flock, thinking that with the reduc-
ton In number extra feeding will
make the remainder as good as the
first 1t very rarely results thus. 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
Growing Peas with oats.

tt has long been a practice with
some farmers to grow the oat and pea
crop together, sometimes cult ng
both while partly green and using for
fodder and occasionally allowing
seed OF both to ripen. The fact that
the oat stalk helped hold up the vine
was not the only nor yet the great
est, advantage of this method Of
cropping. 1t has heen always claimed
that either for grain or hay these two
crops combined produced larger
yield than either would alone. Sci
ence has come to the defense OF this
old-fashioned belief 1t is known
that the pea crop is one OF those
leguminous plants which, like clover,
uses the nitrogen of the air to sup
port itself. AS this process of de-
composing the atmosphere takes place
in the soil, it is quite probable that
the oat crop finds more nitrogen for
its roots during its later growth from
having the pea crop grown with it,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
toughest Town in the World.

A citizen of this city lately re-
turned from d tour around the world
describes Port Said at the Mediter-
ranean END of the Suez Canal as the
wickedest place ne ever visited.
During the five days l was detained
there waiving for steamer" said he,
Il scarcely dared venture in the
streets unattended, for assaults and
robberies at midday were oil the COM
monest occurrence. Ali nations are
represented there, and the emnity
between the Consuls is such that
criminals are rarely brought to
justice. The morning that finally
left the hotel ] was Mortified to find
the body of a Norwegian sailor on
the sidewalk with his throat cut from
ear to ear and a rope around his
neck, by means of which his assail-
ants had evidently been dragging him
about the streets. Nobody mani
tested sufficient interest in the event
to even remove the body. "-Phlla-
delphia Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

STA1D old Connecticut, which has
so long been content to furnish the
nation with nothing more startling
than wooden nutmegs and cheap
alarm.clocks, has turned out ''strong
man." Not one OF the paltry, every
day strong men, who support pianos
with their sub-maxillary ligaments,
but one WIN can smite a wild, dash
ing horse with his good right arm
and send it to grass without visible
effort Mlddletown claims the man
of might and Drawn. At that his
toric spot runaway horse attached
to sleigh dashed down a hill to a
ferry-boat loaded with people g
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
PhilIipsburg Herald
PEILLIPsBURd, KANSAS.

PROFESSIONAL sluggers and prize
fighters had better keep away from
Iowa in the future. The anti-prize
fight bill passed by the Legislature
provides a maximum penalty of u
years imprlsonmentor a fine of 81, 900
for the principals, and a fine of $500
for the accessories
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

is usually not lack OF feed, but lack
OF digestive power that makes the
poorer animals in flock out Of con-
ditlon. II an attempt is made to
force more rich feed into these ami
mails digestion is still further in
Jured, and their condition becomes
worse than before. American Guilt
VatOr
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03

SOME men are extravagant at their
own expense, and Others are extrava-
CANT at the expense OF their employ
era
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-03
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO FARMER
AND HOUSEWIFE.

Grading Up stOck-FanCy Poultry Is Not
Prohtablc-Quality of Maple sap-Potato
Culture How to Market Stock --G eneraI
Farm Notes.
Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-14

high plane of moral conduct, have been conspicuous traits of his character. They were the adequate guarantee of the emil nent success that has crowned his efforts, and of the tribute of estesm that is paid to him.
 MT. Francis, though he has reached the psalmist's allotted three score and ten, is in excellent health, and mentally vigorous and alert. The first of this year he went to California with his daughter to spend 8 few months.
 Before going he requested MT. William B. Wilson, who, under MT. Francis and his son, Hon. o. s. Francis, is the wide-swake head of the business department of the Times, to gay for him to the proprietors of Paine's celery compound: "I have used the medicine moderately and with favor able results.'
 The expression is characteristic of the dignifed and conservative gentleman who, ss last falls vote shows, is in the right sense the most popular citizen of the Elm pire State.
 MT. Wilson himself, writing an unsolie. ited letter to Wells & Richardson com pany, says of this wonderful remedy that makes people well ::
 "For some time past I have been using Paine's celery compound as g nervine and tonic, and have found its effects very ben efcial. have heard and known of it's good work among my friends, several say