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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Observation-Disclosures.

Legouve's Memoirs" contain a
story which illustrates the absent
mindedness Of Louis Philippe. The
brother dramatists, Casimir and Ger.
main Delavigne, had decided to get
married simultaneously, and thought
it their duty to inform the King of
their intentions. Caslmir was de-
puted to convey the news. "Slre,
my brother and l intend to marry on
Sunday next" he said. "Indeed At
the same timer" asked the King
Eyes, sire" @And at the same
church," "Yes, SIRE. "Then l need
not ask whether it Is the same LADY,"
Another and more curious example of
Observation-Disclosures is given in the
same volumes. The hero In this case
was Ampere, the electrician and
mathematician He was holding a
formal reception, and appeared 10 his
drawing room In his Academician's
dress, coat, waistcoat, hat, sword,
and all complete, except only the in
expressibles. OF the same Ampere
it is told that he once wrote to his
son, Jean Jacques, the critic and his
torian, who was in Rome, letter so
touching and miserable, that the
young man fastened home, convinced
thai his father was seriously indil-
posed. Next morning at break fast
the father was taciturn and thought
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
An Indian Boys Letter.

1t appears to be extremely difficult
for Indians to acquire a proper con-
,ception Of the English language as it
should be written. Here Is letter
from one of the boys at the Carlisle
Industrial School:
Now let the asparagus grow, let it
grow just as high as 1t wants too
boss. Now my poor back pretty now
play don't now, l can hardly cut any
more, but any how try hard.
The other day we had snap turtle
soup first time l did not like eat but
any how eat little bit. And boss
ask me, you W Mt some more? l no
told thank. Do you likep not much.
o my this better than anything else
whal we eat here. And he say /
rather have a snap soup all the time,
/ like 1t better than Ice cream, make
us laugh all over. And second time
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Danish the weeds.

The Germantown Telegraph says:
with any (, I the class Of cultivated
crops where there 10 real neglect Of
proper cultivation, the effect is felt
in the crop harvested. This fact is
demonstrated by q little observation,
and few moments consideration Of
the case leads To no other conclusion.
Wherever vegetable growth Is going
on, there Is being taken from the
soil elements Of fertility, and II these
are diverted toa noxious growth then
they are lost to the main purpose OF
the farm. To say nothing VI the I'M
pleasant appearan o roduced, the
effect upon any crop is Very damaging
in the, diminished crop production
Take the case Of corn and potatoes
and with the eye as q udge we e.
'lieve that neglect In culture that
allows rank growth OF weeds, will
reduce the vie d both fodder and
grain at least One-thlrd. This Is
especially the case where large weeds
are allowed to grow auong potst0eS
and In and about the hills the 0p
will be light and Of small SIZE. No
farmer can afford to pvt his fields 10
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
AsToRY FROM COLORADO.
The Truth and n Mountain Lion Pretty
Badly Stretched.

The Truth and Mountain Lion Pretty
Badly Stretched.
A Colorado man has tanned a noun
tain lion, writes Denver liar. 1t is
the toughest of beasts-so tough a
butcher could not cut It's shadow with
a Ratchet Dave Snyder, Jr., Of 631
Champa street, Denver, shot one of
these yellow terrors in Grand Can.
yon, but the lion failed to die, and
bit Snyder through the arm. Then
it was captured by the dogs. To be
revenged, Snyder fastened the ami
NAL between two tall pines, standing
seventy feet from each other. 1t
took double team of mules and six
drivers, with two gallons Of Utah
whisky, half day to bring those
trees together. The plan was to cut
the rope and let them fly apart, Gre
clan style. The great crowds of first
citizens expected to see menageries
and fiddle strings drop for an hour.
The two mining towns of Silverton
and Ouray, including Dave Days
Solid Muldoon" printing Office, shut
down business to see the fun. At the
words, LET her 90, Miss Gallagherl"
the rope was cut. The tall trees
flew back with the swish and roar Of
a cyclone. But the lion didn't drop.
It stretched. High up in dizzy mid
air the people saw something like
huge yellow sausage with hair on it)
seventy feet long. Two big eyes and
row Of teeth cleaned at one end
and bushy tail wagged at the other.
The lions roar also stretched as thin
as razor and cut the ear like the
scream OF buzz-saw. The brute's
fur, however, didn't stretch, so there
was but single hair to each square
inch of mountain lion. The pluck
of the beast took the people by storm.
They ordered its life spared. Accord
ingly the trees were felled and the
lion released. When taken down 10
earth, It's anatomy shut up like a
Sixth avenue concertina. Alas! the
stretching had done its work too
well. The lion was now sixteen feet
in diameter (half an hour before din,
ner), with a growl like an ocean fog
horn. But the terror was thorough
ly tanned and it won every heart.
The sheriff used the brute for hunt
ing train robbers. When 1t got
within half a mile Of Bitter Creek
outlaw, 1t stood on its hind legs and
shot its head forward like a catapult,
pulverizing the cruel rObber. And
Its teeth did the rest. On returning
home the smiling Countenance Of the
lion reached town 20 minutes ahead
of its tail.
Moral; Never stretch the truth with the
hair.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
uheap and EreetIye Tree Guards.


1t is astonishing how much damage
two or three rabbits can do to a
young orchard In single night
-Four years ago / had All orchard Of
seventy trees planted, on open
ground between my house and that
Of a neighboE The orchard was we'll
cultivated, and the ground kept en-
tirely clear OF weeds and trash; and
as my neighhor kept two hunting
dogs, which made it their business to
kill every rabbit that ventured into
that locality 1 thought 1t entirely
unnecessary to provide any protec-
tion for the trees Late In the win
ter there came a light fall Of snow,
accompanied by severe cold weather.
/ looked over the orchard the follow
ing morning, and not track Of any
kind was to be seen, but the second
morning ! noticed few rabbit
tracks, and, to my great surprise /
found that fully one-third Of the
trees had been gnawed, four Of them
being completely girdled. The tracks
showed plainly that the mischief had
been done by rabbits. My neighbor
brought his two dogs, and we hunted
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
watering n Horse.

1t would be better for a farm horse
II he could be given water at some
time between morning an noon and
noon and night There seems to be
q variety Of opinions touching this
point, 1t is almost a universal habit
to give farm horses water but three
times day-morning, noon and
night There seems to be no better
reason for this than that 1t Is conve-
nient to do 3d. and that 1t would be
inconvenient to do otherwise as a
rule. All agree that the horse
ought to have what water he
needs rather than what he wants.
If left to 90 thirsty a half
day after eating heating food at hard
work there Is no limit to the amount
of water he wants, excerpts what he
will hold, when he reaches the
trough. To Ill up on cold water
when the animal is In a heated con-
diton is one OF the most damaging
things that can be done a horse, and
yet because 1t happens to DO con-
venlent to let him do this, the prao-
tice has come into vogue, Most farm
ers could find q way to remedy the
matter II they would, and 1t would be.
humane for them to do So and prof
TABLE likewise.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Spoons.

The spoon must date back to a
very ancient period, for, although it
is always possible to eat solid food
with the tlngers-a very ancient and
very natural practice-the same is
not the case with a liquid or semi
solid aliment, and it Is not possible
that the famous Laced@monian black
broth was consumed otherwise than
with a sort OF spoon. Moreover,
spoons have been found at Pompeii
and In several excavations. In a
much remoter antiquity the Egyp-
tians, In the seventeenth century be-
fore the Christian era, used spoons
for mixing certain powders with bev-
erages. These spoons, of which quite
a large number are in existence, were
remarkable for their generally fine
and very rich ornamentatlon. The
museum Of the Louvre possesses sew
eral of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Made Him Cautious.

A clergyman was once annoyed by
people talking and giggling during
the service. He paused, looked at
the dlsturbers, and said; Some years
since, as 1 was preaching, a young
man who sat before me was con-
stantly laughing, talking, and max
ing uncouth grimaces. l paused and
administered a severe rebuke. After
the close of the services a gentleman
said to me: Sir, you made a great
mistake; that young man was an
idiot Since then / have always
been afraid to reprove those who mis-
behave in chapel, lest should repeat
that mistake and reprove another
idiot" During the rest of the services
there was good order
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
A ROMANCE OF THE WAR.
Gratitude Shown by Soldier for Kind
Treatment Years Ago.

Gratitude Shown by Soldier for Kind
Treatment Years Ago.
Just after one Of the big battles,
In which the Union soldiers won a
great victory, a number Of wounded
were brought to Harrisburg. Harris
burg at the time had many hospitals
in churches, schools and factories,
and they were crowded so much that
the patriotic citizens volunteered to
take the wounded to their homes and
care for them, Among those who
did this was William d. Martin, Of
314 North Third street. He had a
son In the army, and naturally his
heart went out to the sick and
wounded comrades.
There was taken to his house a
young soldier who was suffering from
four bullet wounds and hurt 80 badly
that 1t was hardly expected he would
recover, chronicles the Harrisburg
Telegraph. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
nursed him carefully, ministering to
his wants, sent for DR.. Rutherford,
the elder, to treat him, and in every
way made the young soldier as COM
Portable as possible. For a long time
there was no improvement, and DIR.
Rutherford expressed the opinion that
the lad would die.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Martin would not
have it that way. They determined
to save his life, and after long weeks
of suffering the soldier boy, under
their careful nursing, began to i'm
prove. He became strong and well,
and one day there came time for
him to again shoulder his gun and go
to the front. AS he bade Mr. and
Mrs. Martin good-by he said, with
tears in his eyes: "If l live / shall
never forget you. You will hear
from me again.
Occasionally they would hear from
him In the army, and when the war
ended he returned to his home and
began business. In the years that
followed Mr.. Martin received letters
from his soldier lad, and an occasion
al inquiry as to his business affairs,
his prosperity, etc. Recently, after
the lapse Of thirty years, came re-
ward unexpected for Mr.. Martin
The soldier boy he and his good wife
had nursed back to life and health
and strength has written him a let
ter telling him that hereafter he
shall take no thought for the future
so far as finances are concerned, that
the writer is well-off in this worlds
goods and proposes that Mr.. Martin
shall share them with him. AS a
consequence Mr.. Martin has gone out
Of a business that he has conducted
for the better part Of half century,
and his declining years are made
glad by the return of the bread cast
upon the waters thirty years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
The Qualify of Pork.

American pork has been pronounced
healthful and Is admitted to all the
markets OF Europe. But the Eu-
ropean appetite is fastidiouR. Pork
that is made from corn has not 90
good a flavor as that made from peas
and barley. The pea makes pork haV-
ing larger proportion of lean meat.
We can make as good pork as any
country, but to satisfy European
markets we must supply bacon that
has lean as we'll as fat in its compO-
sitIon Pork made from whole wheat,
or wheat and oats ground together,
ought to satisfy this demand
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Agricultural Atoms.


GROUND bone makes a lasting and
satisfactory fertilizer.
THE most nutritive part Of the
VIII at goes with the bran.
DO NOT let any weeds 90 to seed
around your hous and barn.
AN even temperature Of so degrees
is a good one for the winter hen
house
ID NOT 10 In too big a hurry To
store the corn. Let 1t be well cured
before cribbing.
Be1TER do little and do It we'll
rather than undertake 10 do too
mu h and fail to do anything we'll.
WHEN trimming shrubs and bushes
cut out the wood; leave the new for
next seasons bloom and truItaRe.
Ne er permit piece Of land TO
lie idle because 1t Is rough. stock
1t with sheep and they viii at least
pay the interest and taxes.
\EEP the work teams in good con-
ditiOn. There is no advantage in
letting them run down now and be.
Ing Obliged to feed up later on
A ov OF coal ashes In the hen yard
give the hens lots Of employment
They ind a lot OF grit among IL, and
hi tine sport wallowing in the dust
but never give them wood ashes
Til North American bee Keepers
Association recomme DIS that apia-
Fa societies of the various states
memorial their respective legi la
lures to enact laws that shall forbid
tor spraying OF fruit trees during
time OF blOssoming.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
JuvenIlIn.

HNN~Hf~F
"PAPA, what does colonel spell9"
"Rernel, my SON." "And does Gallo
mel spell camel?"-Harper's Bazaar.
r. M, SooTs-"Well, mum, let the
boy decide which he likes best. /"
Smart Boy (who has smarted under
the ush)-"Which is the thickest
cloth. Puck.
II Amt goin' to send any more
money out to the heather, said vii =
lie. II seen picture Of one Of lem
this mornin', an es far as / could see
he didn't wear any pants, so hasn't
any pockets to carry the money in. I"
Epoch.
LITTLE HARRY went out to see the
old hen and little chicks. The moth
or hen resented his interference, and
flew at him in defense of her brood,
when he ran into the house exclaim-
ing; Mamma, mamma, the old hen
turned up her clothes at me- ~
Youths Companion,
ToDlMY's MAMMA (as Tommy sud-
denly burst out crying)-"What is
the matterP" Tommy-"I hurt my
self this afternoon. Tommy's man.
ma-"Why didn't you cry then in
stead Of now?" Tommy--"Cause I
was busy l was playing with Fred
dy then. Judge.
TEAcHER-"You must not come to
my school any more, Tommy, until
your mother has recovered from the
smallpox" ToEmy-"There au't o
bit of danger. She ant going to
give me the smallpox " "Why, how
is thatP" She's my step-mother;
she never gives me anything. TEX
as Siftings.
CROSSING sweeper; "Please gimme
2 cents for tn clean crossing"
Amused pedestrian: "Why cents?"
"You see, sir, L didn't clean tn cross
ing myself, but licked the boy wot
did, an took his broom" "You did,
eh?" ayes, sir. But l want ter do
the square thing by i'm, an If y'll
gimme 2 cents, I'll give him one. -
Street & Smiths Good News.
"WHY, Johnny, how is thisP Willie
is crying very hard, and says you've
been pinching him and pulling him
all around the yard" "Well, man.
ma, l should think l had good
cause" "Pray, what was that9"
"Why. he said that he liked you a
great deal better than 1 did; and /
liked you two years before he was
ever thought OF. "-Boston Courier.
"Now, CHILDREN, " said the Sunday
school teacher, show many Of you are
really happy this bright Sunday
morningP" All hands up "Can any
of you tell me, after you look at the
green trees and feel the warm sun
shine, why we should be so happyP"
Same business. "Well, little fellow
at the end there, why are you happy?"
1.-TWO circuses comm this summer,
ma'am. Denver Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

such use. If be cannot properly at,
tend to the matter OF cultivation
himself, or cause 1t to be done by
Others, he had far better connne hit
effort TO a smaller surface and such az
one as can 10 sufficiently and properly
attended to. IT is to be feared that
sufficient attention is not paid to the
eradication Of weeds. These are the
pests OF our farms that exert so pow
erful an influence in the withdrawal
Of our fertility Hold as much as
possible for the use of cropa"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

full. At last he said, ado you know,
Jean Jacques, it is very strange, but l
really thought that / should be
pleased to see you againp l am not.
Do you think of returning to Rome
to-day?" And this was when the
journey between Paris and Rome
meant at least a fortnight's hard
travelling.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
The Grave OF a FnIthrul Don.

: Prince Llewellyn was q man OF
note in the time Of King John Of
England. A leader among the Welsh
princes, he occupied his Bethgelert
house only in the hunting season.
One year, while living there with his
family, he returned from the chase to
meet his hound Gelert running to-
ward him with lips and fangs run
ming blood. Reaching the house,
and finding his child missing, and
the child's cradle smeared with blood,
he turned up the dog and slew him.
When the latter discovered the child
living and well, he saw that Gelert
had really saved him from death by
Staying wolf that had stolen into
the house. In remorse for his hasty
deed, Llewellyn expressed his sorrow
In the loudest terms, and ordered his
servants to erect monument over
poor Gelert's grave:
And now q gallant tomb they raise,
With costly sculpture decked
! And rbles atoried with his praise
Poor Gelert's bones protect
fear, however, that when the poet
wrote these lines he had not visited
Bethgelert. For Gelert's grave, al
though romantically situated, is
decked with no costly sculpture. The
gravestone itself is a slender upright
rock, standing under large spread
ing tree near the center of a level
field. Although undoubtedly placed
In its present position by human
hands, it is still in its rough state.
! No chisel has touched it. The grave
is enclosed by an iron fence, and dur
ing the summer months hundreds OF
tourists on their way through Snow
ldonia make a point to visit it
Harper's Young People,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
CalOric.

"During your arctic expedition,
some one asked an explorer, "how did
you get warm when your fuel gave
out2"
Simplest thing In the world" an
swered the explorer. 1.-TWO Of us
were Republicans and two Democrats,
and whenever the thermometer in
the hat went below the freezing
point we talked politics.'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

Letters which it is desired to pro-
tect against unauthorized opening (by
moistening the pasted portion) may
be securely sealed by using a solution
of oxide Of copper in ammonia as
paste. When applied to the paper
1t dissolves the cellulose, and on dry
ing, the two surfaces adhere ihdls-
solubly together.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
"PIease Spank Me-"

Walcott, S-year-old, who when he
is good is very good, and when he is
bad is horrid, is usually overwhelmed
with remOrse after his various INSIDE
meanors. One evening when his papa
came home from the Office the little
man, with a burden on his conscience,
walked up to him and said: Papa, l
have been naughty boy to-day. 1
was not good to my mamma; please
tspank me-"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
No Idols for Her Dolls.

Helen was restless and longing for
something to do. Her mother men
toned one or two amusements, but
they did not seem to fit her case. At
last she offered her some "brownie"
wrapping paper, but the suggestion
that she cut out the figures and i'm
agine them TO be idols brought forth
the indignant reply: "Idolsl WE'LL
The Bible says that is just as wicked
as it can be, and l won't have any
dolls worshiping idolsl"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Corn Cloyor.

Prof Roberts says The corn gets
a large amount OF its plant food
from the sun. This Is free
carbon--a free gift Of the gods
and never exhausts the soil.
Carbonaceous matter never exhausts
the soil Carbon is not manure. The
plant gets 1t from the sunlight
Therefore the corn, being largely car
bonaceous, takes comparatively Little
out of the soil. Now, the clover
plant actually produces nitrogen.
The soil that has 1000 pounds Of MI
trogen In 1t this year, II 1t grows
crop Of clover next year and we take
of two tons Of clover hay actually
has more nitrogen In 1t than Ii did
the year before.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

we had snap soup again we help him
two Of us, this time we eat three OF
us, him and Howard and me.
Like 1t very much this place, but
one thing don't suit me that is to
live on this island and pretty hard to
get cross so have to stay at home
all the time like all hen setting,
Every night misketoes pretty now
eat me up, / wish Ipull his teeth of.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

william Stead London study
poverty and crime they exist in Chicago has formulated plan for
spiritual condition He issued call ministers all
religions form federation which should be mighty force in purgng
the evils that nfest them In his
many cergymen gathered the following suggested That the
divided districts each district to be placed under the Of
should all the houses
otherwise in the district seeking for destuton both spiritual and
restitution should then reported
ne religious preferences should be reported to the church for which
had been announced.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

A CHICAGO man stole and ate a
pigs foot, having been hungry at the
time, and for this indulgence of q
carnal appetite was given thirty days
in jail. Chicago takes any trifing
with her pigs as personal affront.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

The estimable contemporary which
wants 10 know why there are so many
robberies Is informed that one reason
is that there are 80 many robbers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01

PROBABLY it is safe to say that in
comes Of $4,000 will not be taxed.
That is the salary OF q Congressman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
a FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

How Protect Young Fruit Trees from
RabblIs Profits from Poultry when
House Should 30 WALerod --- Matters
About the Farm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Something that Win Interest the Juvenile
Members of Every acknowledgements 40
lions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute
and Cunning Children.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-01
Childhood.

Eyes that are blue, In whose sweet hue
We soc the summer skies shine cleari
3ose- hued lips and ilnger-tips
All greet us with caresses dear