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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

That the art Of war in modern times
Is more and more reducing itself to
the art of finance we have lately had
many facts to remind us afreSh, War,
In truth, is only another name for
financial speculation on great scale,
If Japan whips China she stands to
win $200000,000, which she will eX-
act as ''lndemnity"-that Is, as II re-
turn on her Investment. Military glory
continues to be Il fine thing in the eyes
of mankind, but without an accom-
panlment of hard cash when all is
over it partakes too much Of the ma
ture of a barren ideality Al any rate
The finance ministers who have TO pro-
vide the funds for securing the glory
keep u sharp eye on the gold which
they hope to get along with 1t, and
if it comes to Il choice between the two
are disposed to say with Omar Khay-
yam, Take the cash and waive the
rest Even such war scares' as
those caused by the death Of the Gar
when it was first seen TO be impend-
ing, or the threat Of complications be-
tween France and England, or the
troubles of the French in Madagascar,
throw the stock markets into SILVER
and show how war in commercial and
industrial world is like blood-poison-
ing in the body. When hotheads begin
to talk about the need Of fighting off
Russian assaults on Afghanistan the
bankers and merchants at once begin
to ask who is to provide the 100000
300 necessary TO send British army
there, or the $10O,000OOO which would
be required to keep it there few
months, Down 90 the stocks until the
official assurance comes that there is
nothing in It,"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Trouble Breaks Out AgainI

"Hhere is no bigger lie i'm the world"
growled the exchange editor, jabbing
his shears vindictively into an unOf-
Tending newspaper before him, ethan
an old proverb. I've seen it rain lots Of
times when it didn't pour"
There's nothing strange about that"
said the financial editor I've seen
plenty of dry weather when all signs
didn't fail"
well" reioined the other, "you'rc
not the only one that's seen 1t. And
know there are plenty of fools like the
old fools, too"
well, l don't know reflected the
financial editor, "but | am willing to
make affidavit that watched pot will
boil as well as any other pot"
81 don't know that your affidavit
would strengthen the statement any,
but it's all wrong about live dog be-
ing better than dead lion. 1t isn't
necessarily wise child that knows its
own father, and the hand that rocks
the cradle doesn't rock the world by q
jug full"
THE child isn't the father of the
man. either. The mans the father of
the child"
and troubles do sometimes come
singly."
early to bed and early to rise won't
make you healthy, or wealthy, or wise,
either. 1t only makes you cross. Eve
lived in the suburbs long enough to
know that"
"A penny saved isn't two-pence
earned. and care didn't kill the cat"
Neither does it take nine tailors to
make Il man."
And if you pull out one gray hair
there won't be any thousand"
What do you know about hairy
snapped the financial editor.
"What do you know about what il
takes to constitute man?' snarled the
exchange editor.
~ know you can't always tell man
by the company he keeps, Sometimes
he's got to stay in the same room with
men that"
1.-Two isn't always company, either
Sometimes two is n crowd. l know
men that take up altogether too much
room for their size, and"
"Wellr'
"Wellw
But friends inteEfered.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Farming at the Stations.

From the Kansas State Board of
Agriculture comes very important
and exhaustive summary of the meth
DDS and ways of feeding wheat and
low-priced grains to animals. At
time when many farmers are feeding
wheat, and others considering the adj
visibility of doing the same, this re-
port is Of special value. The report
covers detailed experiences of farm
ers all over the country, and the con-
clusion is that farmers are justified in
feeding their animals wheat when so
cheap, and that despite some unfavor-
able reports the practice as II gen
eral thing is wise. In many localities
it is the only profitable disposition of
the loW-prtced grain this year that can
be made, and when wisely and intelli-
gently fed it makes money for the
farmer All reserves of low-priced
grain should be thus disposed of rather
than sending it to market at positive
loss, which is frequently the case.
From abroad come the reported re-
suits of experiments with sugar bcets
that should be of value to those en-
gaguged in this industry in this coun-
try. At the Halle Experiment Station,
where everything relating to beet SUI
gay cultivation is carefully studied, it
has been demonstrated in recent OK
periments that kainct tends to in
crease the sugar contents of the beets,
while nitrate of soda has the opposite
effect of reducing the amount. 1t is
said that the beets get sufficient soda
from the kainet, and the potash which
tNey especially need is then readily
absorbed Germantown Telegraph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

A number OF we'll known sporting
men enjoyed two days coursing tour,
nament south Of Fort Scott. With three
great Dane hounds, five fox hounds and
dozen grey hounds they chased four
deers and three wolves, the hounds
caught the wolves easily, and but one
deer got away. The chase was excit-
ing. 1t began a short distance south OF
town and every dog Of the kennel was
sent after it, The deer made several
handsome jumps and was lost even to
the trailing hounds, after race of five
miles. There were eight horseback
riders in pursuit The hunters inter
ested are from southeast Kansas and
the Indian territory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
STOCK AND FARM.

Peabody Graphic: Farmers along
the Cottonwood river are digging
trenches and building reservoirs, pre-
paratory to irrigation next year.
Winchester Star: Smith Curry was
telling us the other day that he had
finished shocking his corn; that after
working a couple Of months last spring
and about month this fall he will rea-
lie 5000 for his labor from his crop,
which he considers pretty good for II
dry season.
Mr.. Vickery, of Atchison county,
raised this solson sixty acres Of pota-
toes. After losing nearly one-third Of
them by the early freeze, he has $4,000
bushels to SELL At the present price,
80 cents bushel, they would bring
$4,000 which would be gross return
Of 500 per acre for the use of his land.
Jewell City Republicans: William
Edwards put Is shoats in pen and fed
them just fifty days, fed nothing but
ground wheat. They averaged eighty
four pounds when put in pen and at the
end of the fifty days they were weighed
again and averaged 1877 pounds, net
gain of 70 pounds Unfortunately, Mr..
Edwards does not known how much
wheat he fed.
Judge s. W. Vandvert, of Kinsley,
says the wheat in southwestern Kansas
is badly in need of rain. A good rain
or snow, however, would bring most of
it around all right. Judge Vandivert
has thousand acres in wheat himself
and so is interested. He says it is very
gratifying to see that the farmers are
very generally putting in small irriga-
ton plants that will water five or ten
acres, and from this area they can make
a good living for themselves if the big
crops should fail.
From Kansas City, Kansas: Some Of
the wheat-fed cattle in Kansas are now
coming to market, and they are show
ing up remarkably well. @. NJ. Lord,
of Ottawa county, was here with 100
steers that he fed on wheat and corn.
They we're excellent beeves and sold
well. In the matter of growth they
made a surprising gain. They we're put
on feed September 10, averaging 1O40
pounds, and when they sold here they
averaged 1882 pounds, making a gain
of 342 pounds in eighty-seven days, an
average growth of 1893 pounds per day.
Mr.. Lord started with one-third corn
and two thirds wheat, but increased his
corn as he went along until he had his
rations half and half. He is firm be-
lever in wheat as a stock feed and
thinks it has come to stay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Mandarin Ducks.

These are among the most beautiful
domestic aquatic fowls and as the
name indicates they are of Chinese ori-
gin. They are very highly priced on
account of the beauty Of their plumage
and numerous good qualities. A few
have been domesticated and kept as
pets. Like all other flying ducks, it has
Il small body and its feathers are of
many colors. The crest of the drake
droops on the neck, but he has power to
raise it at will. The sides of the head
are of a whitish corn or canary color
and the under feathers around the neck
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

What is the value of Il human life,
not the sentimental value, but its
worth in cold cash calculation? Ever
since Cain slew his brother there has
been divine and human insistence
upon the sacredness Of human life, and
the old law was IN eye for an eye and
u tooth for Il tooth. He who slew his
fellOwman must eXplate his crime by
his own death In times which were re-
garded as barharic as compared with
these damages for the loss of a life
We're sought by the sufferer who
judged himself what the measure
should be and executed his Judgment,
If he had the power to do So but civ
ilization has instituted courts for the
purpose of ascertaining the value of
human life and the sufferer must ap-
peal to these. The law-making power
of Illinois has saved speculation upon
the point 1t has declared that the ut
most that shall be paid for a destroyed
life by the agency responsible for de-
structiOn is $1,000. The great man
Slaughterers in civilization when con-
tending armies are not in the field
are railroad corporations. The killing
of human creatures is incidental to the
business of common carriers. There
is no malice prepense upon the part of
a company. 1t would very gladly avoid
such killing because it means respon-
sibility in damages. But it's own reck-
lessness in centers of population, it's
own methods of moving locomotives
rapidly over street crossings Mt grade,
result in these murders, and when wild
Ows. and orphans appeal to the courts
for redress they find the way barred,
no matter what may be the money
value of the life that is taken, by this
law in Illinois that the value of hui
man life in no case exceeds $4,000.
What will the Legislature of Illinois
ut its forthcoming session do to remedy
an enactment which is n travesty upon
civilization and has wrought infinite
disaster because it has prevented COM
mon carriers from being held to what
would be the real loss to survivors in
the destruction Of human life?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

There is great field for the new pa
per that Is to be started IN the city of
Mexico. We are not prepared 10 dis
cuss the financial features Of The
scheme, but from news view it ought
10 be Il magnificent success or course
It will have column of "Reyolution-
airy JOttings,' or something of that
sort. in which TO record the trliling IN
cidcnts Of the section Of the world in
which 1t is to be published The fact
that IL Is to be located close TO the seat
of perpetual war Is an advantage, also.
A war correspondent can be kept con
stantly employed, moving from one
Central American or South American
republic to another, as one war Is end
cd and another begun. 1t Is always IN
advantage for II paper to bc published
close TO localities that furnish good,
lively news, and that is where the pa
per projected for the city Of Mexico
will be particularly strong. We pre-
diet that the items that may come IN
der some such heading AZ THE Latest
Wars will be spicy reading.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

July II last William Fitzgerald in
cautiously shouted "scabs' at some
Federal soldiers who, 1t will be rcmem.
bcrcd, were in Chicago at that time.
For this he was speedily arrested, east
into jail on n charge Of melting in.
surrectlon, and then forgotten. The
other day ne managed to get word to
the United States District Attorney
that he would like his ease tried or
otherwise disposed or Naturally ne
was Immediately discharged, There is
n favor of European, even Russian,
methods about the incident which is
not pleasing to the American taste.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Notes.

Farmer Gibson, near Avona Pa, has
raised family of thirteen squashcs on
one vine the smallest of which weighed
III and the largest 14112 pounds.
The corn fodder should now be got
ten out of the fields While the weather
permits. Every days exposure de-
teriorates its quality and renders it less
palatable to stock.
Vicious cows should not be retained
as they are liable to do harm to the at
PENDANTS or to the other members of the
herd. They are at all times source OF
danger.
In 1889 Kentucky raised nearly one
half of the tobacco grown in this cOun-
try. the amount raised by that State
being 2S3,3O6000 pounds, on 323, 400
acres, the product being valued at $21,-
247000.
The cost of production governs the
profit and not the prices received. En-
travagance in feeding, waste of valua-
BILE food, and the use of stock that does
not produce above the average, are the
obstacles which entail losses.
SKINNED milk or buttermilk answers
as well for young pigs as the whole
milk. especially if ground oats and
ground wheat are added to the milk,
so as to make thin mush. With warm
quarters, such food will make the pigs
grow rapidly
When the Japanese wish to send
grapes to distant friends they pack
them in boxes of arrowrOOt Light and
air are thus effectually shut out and
the delicate bloom is also preserved.
even though the fruit has been trans
ported thousands of miles.
A mess of cooked turnips given once
day will be found excellent in in
creasing the growth of young animate
They do not contain any great propor-
ton of nutrition, being mostly water.
but they promote the appetite and
serve n dietary purpose. being change
from the usual dry food.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Rake for Clearing or the Corn Stub
ble-Ncnt Design for an Ice House
Fifty-hve Experiment Stations in
the United States.
Clcnrlng the Corn stuhhle.

Clearing the Corn Stubble.
The neat farmer who loves to see his
fields clean and free from trash that is
unsightly and 1t may be said that
whatever is thus disagreeable is equal
ly undesirable in other ways always
objects to the appearance of the cut
corn stubs in the land in which the oats
are sown as the first Of the spring cropN
They are not only unpleasant to look
ut, but they are In the way Of good cul-
ture of the land. The illustration,
from the American Agriculturlst shows
an implement for gathering this rub
bish and getting rid Of 1t so MS to turn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Design for an Ice Honse.

Many small farm ice houses have to
stand out by themselves, and are thus
exposed to the full effect of the suns
rays. These falling directly upon the
roof cause good deal Of heat to be gen
Grated within, to the consequent loss Of
ice The illustration shows IN ice
house with two roofs, with an air space
between, which will very greatly OBJ
viate this trouble. Such an extra roof
can easily be placed upon Il small build
ing, to the saving of no small amount OF
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
PAIR OF MANDARIN DUCKS.

Of rich chestnut The breast is light
red, the back light brown and the UNI
der part white. The fan feathers of the
wings are chestnut with brilliant green
tips and four bands over the shoulder
black and white. The bill is crimson
and the legs pink. The female is a
strong constrast to the male and is
half gray and brown. These ducks are
easily tanned, and though the males are
sometimes quarrelsome when first con-
fined, they soon accept the situation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
When to Sell.

A potato grower of long experience,
,cussing the question of whether it
was better to sell or hold the crop says:
My opinion is that it is undoubtedly
best to sell at SOC per bushel ut digging
time, even If one were assured of dou-
BILE the price four months after storing.
Handling, shrinkage and decay in four
months usually reduce the amount
stored about one-third, and l have
never found out when to market Il
well-grown crop"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Look to the Quality.

That quality adds more to the profit
than prices may be demonstrated al
most every day by visit to the mar
ket. Recently lot of cattle averaging
over 1000 pounds each sold for $6.10
per 100 pounds, or &c per pound more
than the regular prices in Chicago,
equivalent to $50 gain on each steer, as
well as the advantage derived from the
heavy-weights.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEG.
PIE.

Topeka Capital: The Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary society of the
Lutheran church of this state is collect
ing clothing and food supplies for the
needy settlers Of Hayes county, Neb.,
which is largely populated by Luther
ans. Hayes county is in the extreme
southwestern part Of the state and its
settlers, it is said, are suffering from the
failure Of crops last year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
KANSAS RAILROADING.

g. B. Strohm, assistant general su.
perintendent Of the Santa Fe at Fort
Madison, has issued late order against
the news agents of the Santa Fe trains
selling books of the Jesse James and
Dalton character. Mr.. Strohm SAYS
that some of the men have by various
methods secretly disposed of many
books Of the character mentioned and
announces his intention Of making
things interesting for the agents who
sell any literature Of a questionable
character.
A Fort Scott brag: A solid freight
train Of Fort Scott products was sent south
from this city over the Memphis road.
1t was train of fourteen cars and con.
tanned not a pound of freight that was
produced outside of Fort Scott. 1t was
made up Of four cars of sugar from the
Parkinson works, for Philadelphia,
three cars of hay for Mobile, two cars Of
horses for Tampa, Fla, two cars Of flour
for New Orleans and Texas, one car Of
potatoes FOR Memphis, and two cars OF
cement for Atlanta, Ga.
A supplemental complaint has been
made by the citizens of Lashmet, King
man county, concerning the neglect Of
the Hutchinson & Southern railroad
company to open and maintain station
at that place. The board ordered the
railroad company to provide station ia
cilities on December l, but as the road
is in the hands of a receiver, it will
probably ignore the order altogether,
relying upon the United States court to
protect it from any penalty imposed by
the state court. The extent to which,
the protection OF the federal court can
be invoked in railroad receivership cases
has not yet been determined in Kansas
although the board Of trade Of Wichita
has expressed an intention to make a
test case in the matter OF freight charges
on the Santa Fe line. The state law, Gre
ating the board of railroad commission
ers provides that the orders OF the board
shall be directed against receivers OF
railroads the same as against other man
ayers or owners, and it is thought the
law will hold good in the case of n state
road like the Hutchinson & Southern,
if not against an interstate road.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

The coroner Of I'ayettc County, Ohio,
has held for murder Sheriff Cook ana
Col. Colt, who commanded the militia
during the Washington Court House
riot. The rest Of the country will take
that coroner for Il 2l-carat ass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

It to immediate good use. A bar Of
strong oak timber six inches wide and
three thick has tongue fitted into it
in the usual way, and is furnished with
II number of curved teeth made Of half
inch steel bar. The teeth are sharpen
ed so that they take fast hold Of the
stubs below the surface Of the ground
and tear them out and also gather
them as they pull them out Of the soil
AS a load is collected, the rake Is lifted
by II pair Of handles fastened to the
bar. The bar may be made AS long or
short as may be thought proper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

Capriyi left his great Office, IT Is now
said, with S125 in his pockets, and moth
ing in the bank. He, perhaps, gave all
his thought TO performing his great
duties, and none to making n fortune,
This type Of man always fails.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

ice during the heat of summer Every
farm should be equipped with Il Well
filed ice house, for ice is a necessity,
not n luxury. There are many new
ideas in harvesting, storing and using
ice nowadays.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

Some unregenerate rascal has stolen
Corbctt's $4,000 diamond champions
ship belt. IL he is apprehended we
hope to see him receive the severesi
penalty prescribed for petty larceny.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

lighted and heated without extra cost
The water power ON on near cvCcy farm,
VIII transmit Its force over a wire 10
every field and building, and win save.
unfold lnhOr
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
A Look Ahead.

The windmill and the brook water
wheel are yet to be harnessed for cleo
tricity, and the grain threshed, the wood
sawed, feed cut, water pumped, house
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

A Japanese correspondentwrltcs tlat
the Mikado il very humane man.
We doubt It; humane men don't chase
folks and scare them nearly TO death,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
PhiIlipsburg Herald
PHILLIPsBUR0,
KANSAS.

A California puglllst has been killed
In the ring. This is about the worst we
recall.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

General Booth declares this country
"owes him $4,000 and no has come
over to pound il out of MS with n bass
drum stick.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
Experiment Stations.


There are, not including branches
ilfty-four experiment stations in the
United States, forty-nine Of which re-
ceive the Federal appropriation In
1893 the stations received S050,013, Of
which 100000 came from the Nation
al Government, the remainder from
state governments, private lndiyldu-
ais, fees for fertlllzing analyses, sales
of farm products, and other sources.
In addition, the Office Of experiment
stations mt Washington has an appro-
priation Of $4,000. There were $50
persons employed, Dos bulletins issued,
and forty-eight annual reports The
act of Congress making appropriations
for the stations for the year ending
June 30, 1898, provided for the first
time for the supervision Of the station
expenditures by United States authori-
ties. Administration Of the funds Is
left, as before, to State authorities. but
statement Of how they are expended
must be made TO the Federal officers.
Hedge Fences az WindbreakcrS.
Land is much cheaper in this country
than in NuropS Almost everywhere
the cutlery against hedge fences is
that they cost too much to trlm and
that they waste too much land, This
depends largely on how the hedge Is
managed. A hedge allowed to grow at
will may well exhaust the soil Of moist
ure at least for considerable distance
either side Of it, But If kept closely
pruned every year the hedge roots
will not extend far. Besides, close
hedge breaks the force Of winds and
holds the snow from blowing. This
makes the soil where the snow has
been moister than it would otherwise
be, Storms and winds are more vio-
lent in this country than they usually
are in Europe. The hedge fence is an
important protection against the blow
ing away of rich surface soil wherever
the soil is light. 1t may even pay as n
Windbreak in locations where IL is not
needed TO restrain stock from injuring
the crops.