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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

From Centralia Tho reunion of
Baker stu dents held here was success
full in all respects An organization
called "The Northeastern Kansas Asso-
cation" of Baker university students
was formed and it is the intention OF
the ex-Bakerites to form an association
in every county in the Kansas confer
ence.
Since the recent publication OF tina
Russian thistle bulletin by Secretary
Coburn, reports have come in which in
dictate that the spread Of the pest In
much wider than had been supposed.
1t is quite certain that the thistle has
gained foothold in Logan, Hamilton,
Barton, Wallace, Rawlins, Decatur,
Norton, Phillips, Smith, Riley and JET
terson counties.
There are about 400 more men at the
Leavenworth Home now than thero
ever were before at this season OF the
year and at the rate they are pouring in
it will take but a short time 10 consume
all Of the space that can possibly DO
made available. Usually at this season
OF the year there is plenty OF room as
there is goodly number that go out
during the summer and earn their own
living, but of those that have tried it
this summer, many have come back be-
fore the expiration OF their furloughS
and have asked permission to surrender
them and return to their quarters.
There are very few furloughs being Ia
ken now. Those going out take pass
instead, the difference in the two being
that a pass cannot be taken for longer
period than ten days and members
bad is held for him for that time. A
longer period than ten days is consid-
cred furlough and the member taking
it must run his chances and take what
ever is assigned him when he returna
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

IT is amazing to find people occa-
sionally who seem densely ignorant of
the very subject they have apparently
studied for a lifetime We remem-
Der nothing quite so astounding as
some remarks lately made by Joseph
Arch, who for third of a century
or more has been the champion Of
the agricultural laborers Of England.
Mr.. Arch might reasonably be ex-
pected to know something Of English
agriculture; but apparently he does
not. He denies that it has lost any
thing in the past twenty years. He
says that good farmers have made
money and lived better than they did
twenty years ago. He says American
competition is all humbug, and that
the American farmer cannot compete
with the English farmer even in
wheat raising. If Mr.. Arch is cor
rect, everybody and everything else,
especially the statistics, must be
wrong. No fact has been so generally
conceded and deplored in England as
that wheat growing was Improbable,
and figures show that it has been
alarmingly on the decrease for years.
But Mr.. Arch says it is all bosh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
About Wheat.

Some won't SOW wheat again. The
gradual shrinkage IN value from the
year 1890 has made them sick. They
will have no more of it. Ten, twelve,
and fifteen bushels to the acre at the
thIesher, and 40 to so cents at the
railroad, are doses of misfortune
enough to slcken any man who spends
year in raising q crop and then has
to pay debts with the proceeds. But
if we must grow wheat, and it ap-
pears that those who have adopted it
as one Of their crops, must continue
to do so, is 1t not possible to raise
twenty bushels in pla of ten, and
thirty in place Of fifteen bushels?
Good farmers say it is, and that too
at little additional expense. Al This
has been said before, but has been
unheeded by those who, to-day, grow
such crops
1t has become evident to thinking
men that in reproducing the same
seed on the same land we are prac-
ticing q species of imbreeding, and
all know, or ought to know, that un-
less in the hands Of men of the very
highest genius this is impracticable
anc improbable. For example: The
man who produces poor crops, as "a
rule, is a poor farmer, His wheat
weighs and measures short. Would
high class farmer buy his wheat for
seed9 If not, can the producer afford
to use it? This is the problem IN a
nutshell. We must then have the
best wheat to be had for seed, and
the finest and the best will cost but
trifing percentage over that OF the
poor
{. Our land must be cultivated. The
turning over the same soil from year
to year is TO wash in the same water.
The soil must possess the provender
the plant calls for or The matter will
starve The seed bed must be con-
ditioned TO the necessities Of plant
growth and climate conditions, or
the plant food already in the soil is
unavailable. Here we have the
chemical the mechani al and the
digestive condition called for; and
when these and the finest seed thor
oughly cleaned and free of foreign
and injurious weed-seed are forth
coming, we have done somewhat, at
all events, toward securing crop
that even at present pri es, will pay
a profit. -Coleman's Rural Wo Id.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
STOCK AND FARM.

From Atchison: The farmers in the
Central Branch country, west of here, are
disposing of their live stock at almost
any price on account Of the prospects Of
failure of the corn crop. Pigs and
chickens are also being shipped away.
Ashland Journal: j. w. Blossin-
game, Of Denison, Tex, was in town
Tuesday. Some time ago he put out
10000 head of cattle and when rounded
up they were 5000 head short. He is
looking for missing animals or the fell
lows who got away with them.
Topeka Mail: o. @. Arnold, of Cap
ital View, says that he never loses any
cabbage on account OF the ravages OK
insect pests. II take" says he, 20
sprinkling can filed with water and put
little coal oil in it-just enough to
scent the water, and sprinkle the cab
bage. 1t knocks the cabbage miller eV-
cry tiw%"
Lakin letter: Kearney county has the
advantage of three irrigation bitches
that supply water for several thousand
acres. Our farmers raise alfalfa, wheat,
oats, rye and barley, besides vegetables
of all kinds. The fruit from our young
orchards cannot be beaten anywhere.
We raise enough to keep us and do it
easily. Our present alfalfa seed crop is I'M
doubleday the best we have ever raised.
So far, but little has been threshed, but
it is making from four to ten bushels
per acre, and is selling at 81 bushel.
From this crop alone our farmers will
realize large revenue. The hay crop
is as fine as ever was produced, and will
make four tons to the acre in addition
to the seed crop. AS bad as the wheat
crop is we shall have a surplus of sever
al thousand bushels. Grass along the
Arkansas river was never better, and
stock Of all kinds running on it is in
good condition. So far the river has
furnished our farmers with plenty of wa
ter to irrigate crops.
Barney Lantry, democratic candidate
for state treasurer, is paying fifty
men cents a shock for cutting corn on
his farms near Strong City.
lola Register; ]. F. Rudesill drove
in from Usage with three wagon loads
of English blue grass seed which he sold
to Beck for something over $500. Mr..
Rudesill says he turned his COWS on this
grass the last week of February, and
kept them there without other feed un-
til other grass came. He doesn't know
exactly what the yield was per acre, but
he is well pleased with his investment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
PrerarInr Pluma Cor Market.

In most cases experience has
proven that plums, II shipped to
market In ten-pound grape baskets,
provided with handles, and put up in
neat, presentable shape, will bring
the producer a greater per cent. Of
profit than II shipped In half-bushel,
or bushel crates, or packages, A
careful picker can iii the basket d.
rect from the tree; but the usual
plan is to pick into large recepta-
Giles, then, carefully sorting the
plums, to place them in packages
ready for the market, This frequent
handling removes great deal Of the
bloom from the fruit which removal
should be avoided as much as posi-
BILE. BY the use Of a single table,
similar to the one shown In the en-
craving, from the American Agrlcul-
turlst, plums and other similar fruits
are easily sorted. The top of the ia
BILE should not be over three feet
long and two and one-half feet wide.
The sides and back, II r, r, may be
eight inches wide at the back, taper
ing to three inches in front; the
front guards, c. C, should be less than
three inches high, leaving slx-incb
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

No SCIENCE, unless it be that OF
the electrician, can boast such won
derful growth in the last quarter CEN
fury as that Of bacteriology, which
has developed with remarkable rapid
ity since Pasteur made his initial
Investigations. 1t is now known and
conceded by all branches and schools
Of the medical profession that nine,
tenths (and probably even larger
per cent? Of all the diseases Of both
man and animals are due to the pres
ence Of certain Of the bacterial spe.
cies, and, insignificant as they are in
size, their presence may rapidly bring
about wonderful structural changes;
this owing to the amazing rapidlty
with which certain of the species prop
agate-twenty minutes in some in
stances sutiiclng for the complete life
time Of a generation Of millions
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

MANY people marvel at the APP
pearance of new brass as seen in the
shop windows, and wonder why it re-
tains its gold.llke luster. 1t is no
secret to the trade All brass work,
after being highly finished, is sub
mitted to a coat Of lacker This is
usually made Of varnish varying in
quality with the kind Of varnish used.
The very best solution for the pur-
pose is made of good clear varnlsh,
mixed with twenty times its volume
of alcohol. The goods are TO be thor
oughly cleaned and polished, and,
without touching with the fingers, ia
be we'll covered and allowed to dry,
which they will do in very short
time. 1t is absurd to spend much
time keeping brass or other metals
clean when the luster can be pre-
served SO cheaply.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

Because honey bees sting, people
who don't like them and are disliked
by them often accuse them of sundry
misdolngs. Among these it is claimed
that bees will sometimes injure ripe
fruit. To determine whether this
accusation is deserved or not an ex-
pertinent was tried. A quantity Of
damaged fruit was placed On a table
in The open air and many bees from
neighboring hives were quickly at
tracted to it. After they had gotten
fairly to work upon it the damaged
fruit was removed and sound fruit
put in its place. In a few minutes
the bees had all abandoned the table.
Most Of the damage charged to bees
is done by birds, ants, wasps and
hornets, but the honey bee is not able
to inJure sound fruit Hartford
Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
Ennoriments with Corn.

A study in corn-growlng at the
Maryland Station had these results:
1.-THE yield Of grain where the rows
were feet s inches part, and the
plants 10 inches apart in the row,
was so bushels, so pounds per acre;
where the rows were feet apart and
the stalks II inches in the row, it
was As bushels, 80 pounds. The
stover on the narrow rows was 5, 443
pounds per acre; on the wide it was
3, 1856 pounds. Where cultivation did
not exceed a depth of 81 inches, the
yield per acre was "A bushels, 81
pounds of grain and 3,212 pounds Of
slower; where the depth was to 8
inches it was 38 bushels, 46 pounds
OF grain and 1850 pounds slower"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

ACCORDING to the latest reports
the railroads Of the country have
liabilities amounting to 81, 200, 0O0,-
900. Such figures are beyond human
imagination, A comparison shows
that the public debt at the close of
the war was $2,773, 236, 173, less than
one-thhd the railroad debt, and this
is a degree Of magnitude whose mean
ing it is difficult to compass. In a
true sense these liabilities are as
much tax as the public debt. The
principal, dividends and interest find
payment from the earnings of the
people in the form of railway charges
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

THERE is no class in the com
munity to whom a business education
would be of greater value than to the
sons and daughters Of farmers. The
practical knowledge they acquire on
the farm is too often rendered value
less for want Of business knowledge.
A few months passed in high class
institution would remedy this, and
certainly save more than the cost of
tuition by the business knowledge
acquired.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

JUSTICE has, so to speak, pulled
the bandage from her eyes and laid
down her scales and risen to remark
that North Side youths who wish to
laugh at the bloomers of girl bicyclists
must go around the corner to do it,.
A young man who openly INDUCED
his hilarity in Lincoln Park, Chicago,
was fined 1926 and costs We trust
it will not be contempt of the court
nor Of its noble but unbloomered
patroness to remark incidentally that
the blcycle-bloomers bag at the knee
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

space between the inner ends; the
slanting board, 6, is six inches wide,
TO operate it, place the fruit carefully
uLoR the table, the sorter occupying
a chair in front Of the table, with a
basket on his lap Both hands can
then be used in removing the leaves,
limbs, damaged or imperfect fruit,
throwing the refuse into baskets, m,
III, located upon the floor, at con-
venient point upon each side The
perfect fruit, or that intended for
shipping, is rolled in front, and
passes over the incline, q, into the
basket This table need cost but lit
tie, and may be made in as crude or
elaborate Il form as wished. In work.
ing, the elbows can rest upon the
guards, C, which will make the
operation much easier. An ordinary
table can be fitted with these simple
appliance, and quickly removed after
the shipping season is passed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

IT will be learned with astonsh-
ment that the famous public school
of London known as Christs Hospi-
tai, in Newgate street, founded in
1862, and which carries upon its
rolls a long list of distinguished
names, is in sore financial straits and
perilously near ruin. The income of
the school has steadily declined and
the number Of boys has fallen from
1900 to III. Although distinct pro-
vision was made for the education of
poor boys as well as girls, little or
nothing has been done in that
direction, and everything is at a
standstill for want of funds This
condition Of affairs seems to have
been the work of the Charity Com
missioners whose scheme, though
sanctioned by Parliament, has
wrought all this mischief first by re-
ducing the number Of pupils and
second by completely upsetting the
finances.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
Should Enjoy Life.

Every farmer should first arrange
for the comfort and happiness Of his
family before he makes any efforts
toward getting rich. He should
make it possible to have a finer table
than any hotel in the city, even II
it has French cooks. Some say they
haven't time to bother with gar
den, hut what are they living for?
Why put of the enjoyments of life to
some future time that we are not
certain will ever come? Now every
farmer, however humble, can get
every real enjoyment that million
aire can get He can raise just as
fine food as the millionaire can eat,
and he can enjoy it Just as we'll He
can sleep lust as soudly and books
and papers are so cheap that he can
ret all the mental fooG he can digest,
sud there 10 no classic work Of liter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
Windmill Irrigation.

A windmill will irrigate quite an
area Of land If arrangements are
properly made for storing and dis
tributing the water. A small patch
of ground, for which the moisture
can be controlled, will yield more
than three times the area that is
subject to drouths and other draw
backs With thorough tile drainage
and proper facilities for irrigation
the farmer will have complete con-
troll of the moisture required.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

THE present style of alarm clocks
will soon 60 into disuse if there is
any truth in the story that Swiss
clockmaker has invented an alarm
clock with a Photographic attach
ment. In place of the unmeaning
CHATTER of the present clock, man
can have himself walked up by the
repetition of one Of his faVorite
poems or by strains Of dulcet music
In fact, the possibilities Of the things
are unbounded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

A CURIOUS opening, according to
the London Globe, has been found
for the artistic gifts Of women. In
the great hospitals, watercolor
sketches are taken of rare forms of
disease, and in this somewhat grew
some class of work women, it seems,
have succeeded. At Guys Hospital,
a woman has just been appointed for
such service for six months, the post
having previously been filled by her
husband who is temporarily in
capacitated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
Monopoly In Meat.

The big three or four packers Of the
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, in COM
binatlon with the railroads, have a
complete monopoly of the live and
dressed meat supply Of the entire
country. The poNer Of the combina-
ton is obtained, first in the central
iZation OF the transportation c0mpan-
les and the delivery Of all the West
ern States into a single market
These packers then fix up rate with
the railway managers for about one
and one-third fare" for the round
trip, the gross beef In and the dressed
beef out BY this means the local
country butchers are driven out Of the
market as purchasers direct from the
farmers And now the monopoly is
in position to dictate terms to the
farmers for the purchase of their live
stock, aud to sell it back TO the con-
sumers, producers included, at such
prices as they may demand. All the
principal cities and towns and many
Of the smaller ones, are supplied by
dressed beef from Chicago much Of
which is returned over the same rail-
way lines which carried it to the
central market on the hoof. This is,
OF course, only beginning tf what
the farmers may expect If the
strength Of this monopoly is not
broken, as its absolute control of the
live stock industry is becoming more
complete year after year Stock
Grower
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

THE following contains the very
essence Of horse philosophy: Reins
may guide the horse, the bit may in
spire him, and the whip may urge
him forward, but the human voice is
more potent than all. Its assuring
tones will more quickly dispel fright;
its sharp, clear, electric command
will more thoroughly arouse his am.
bition, and its gentle, kindly praises
will more completely encourage the
intelligent road horse than the united
force of the bit, rein, and lash. Nc
animal in domestic use more readily
responds to the power of kindness
than the road horse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

IT is predicted that the price of
corn will, in a few years, average
higher than that of wheat, and that
as corn is gradually coming into use
in Europe, the demand will be very
large.
ITALIAN bees are said to be more
energetic in resisting the attacks of
the bee moth than are the common
black bees AS rule, moth invasion
means a weak, QueenlesS colony and
neglect.
A WRITER expresses the opinion
that it is often the case that the
flavor in the milk which is attributed
to the eating OF some kind Of weed
in the pastures is really due to un-
cleanliness in some particular,
OPPosITEs often follow each other.
We used to plant our potatoes in
ridges. In the West they now make
ridges like those made for sweet po-
tatoes, and plant the tubers in the
valleys between. There are no sun
burnt potatoes, and the cultivator
but tumbles the weeds down hill into
the bitches. The finer roots are not
in the way Of the plow
THE rule that a certain proportion
of food produces given quantity Of
milk, butter, and meat is only true
when all the necessary conditions are
complied with. If an animal is ex-
posed to severe weather the food will
be taxed to repair the loss Of warmth
or waste of the body. The food and
the breed are more important than
all, hat every condition for success
must be complied with.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

1T would astonish many people to
be told that the arc light is net blue,
but it is practically the same color as
daylight. At night the eyes are ac-
customed to a strongly yellow light,
and the parts of the eye that see yell
low light get fatigued. An arc,
therefore, looks blue, not only by con-
trast but also because the parts OF
the eye that see blue are fresh and
sensitive. In order to obtain artificial
daylight, ordinary gas light. for in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

ESTABLISH abattoirs and slaugh-
ter the horses, sending the flesh to
Continental Europe for food, while
the bones, hoofs and tallow would be
utilized at home" says the Nebraska
Trade Journal, and most emphatic
neigh" comes up from every quar-
ter Of the land.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

A YOUNG printer in country news
paper office fell in love with a
clergyman's daughter who did not
seem to reciprocate his affections.
The next time he went to church he
was rather taken back when the min
lister announced the text: "My daugh-
ter is grievously tormented with a
doyi1W
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

For an economical people the
French are very lavish when 1t comes
to paying their president, who has a
salary Of two hundred and forty
thousand dollars a year
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

stance, would have to be filtered
through blue glass, or else the yar-
GUS objects intended to look white
should be tinted blue.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

The inventor of lawn tennis must
have deep-seated grudge against
dudes and dudcsses
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06

FROM the way some men offer
prayers, it is difficult to tell whether
they are ministers or auctioneers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
AN idle man hurts any cause.

The sky, unlike man, is most
cheerful when bluest
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-09-06
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

How to Make Wheat Profitable at Low
Prices-The Monopoly in Control OF the
Live Stock Market Table for Asserting
Plums-FArm and Notes.