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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Topeka Journal The residence Of
Bishop Thomas has been given tho
High church name. 1t is the Bishop
stowe"
Columbus letter: Several weeks ago
the pastors Of the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches Of this city began a
series Of protracted meetings. At the
present time upwards Of thirty have made
confession at the Presbyterian church
and more than 100 at the Methodist
Episcopal church. The meetings at
both churches continue with a greater
manifestation of interest than heretofore
and the prospect Of wonderful revival
is very favorable. .'i.
wellington letter: One OF the most
wonderful religious revivals ever held in
the state of Kansas is now in progress
in this city. The meetings were begun
on New Years night under the leader
ship Of Rev. J. D. Botkin, pastor Of the
First M. E. church, and since that time
the newly built edifce, with seating
capacity of from 1000 to 1900, has been
inadequate to accommodate the throngs
that gather each night. On February I
the pastor invited the Salvation army,
captained by Louis Williams, to enter
his church and assist in the work, and
since that time enthusiasm knows no
bounds. Every class Of business has
been affected. Under the influence of
these meetings the city council met in
special session, repealed the malt" ordi-
nance, and passed one prohibiting the
sale Of intoxicating liquors within the
city. Since the first Of this month alone,
hundreds have been converted, among
whom are many Of the most prominent
citizens, together with professional gam
blers, who repentantly throw their dies
upon the floor, and with iointists,
drunkards and those who have frequent
ly looked from behind prison bars, kneeI
at the altar. Late in the afternoon a
throng of citizens, led by Mayor Savage
and the Salvation army, marched in tri-
umphal procession through the city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
The Excess OF Straw.

On many farms the great excess of
straw, above the real needs of the
farm, make 1t important that every
possible method should be utilized
for turning it to some profit Burn
ing straw simply to get it out Of the
way Is too great a waste. II there
is no market for it many ways can be
found for employing it on the form
so that 1t will be OF some advantage.
Straw is vegetable material, and it is
this which much of our land most.
lacks. How to get it back to the
land in the form Of plant food is
matter to be cons dered. If all the
straw cannot be used as bedding for
stock, which is probably the easiest.
and hest way Of returning 1t to the
soil, it is a good plan to spread some
of it out in the yard where the ami
mails stand during the daytime Their
sharp hoofs cut the stalks into small
pieces and tramp them into a pulpy
mass When the straw gets pretty
well trampled to pieces in the yard,
light layer Of dark soil or leaf mold
from the woods should be spread over
it. The Dirt is rich in plant food,
and by tramping the straw into it
very fair manure is made. BY sue
cessively repeating the operation
every Month through the winter, the
straw will decompose and be ready
for use on the land in the spring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

THE London Spectator, moved by
the painful spectacle of the modern
breach-of-promise case, proposes that
no promise of marriage be held valid
unless 1t is made in writing upon
properly stamped paper. OF course
it will be objected that such a propo-
sltion is injurious to all the romance
of courtship and marriage. But
where is the romance in nine out OF
ten breach-o f-promlse cases that find
their way into the law courts? These
cases are hardly ever brought except
by people whose affections have not
been deeply engaged in their accept
ance Of sultor, For one young
woman who now brings an action for
breach Of promise at least nine are
Tilted and suffer in silence. If it
once became understood that the
ardent lover should offer such a proof
OF his good faith, then a girl would
know well what to expect from a
lover who withheld it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The new colby land district embraces
the fourteei northern counties within
sixty miles of the Nebraska line and
200 miles Of the Colorado line.
Hartland court house having burned
the probability grows that county seat
fight will be inaugurated with view to
removing the county capital to some
other point.
Topeka Journal; John A. Murray
and his brother Ellery, left for the City
of Mexico to start coffee plantation
Ellery Murray will remain there per-
manently and superintend the work.
Manhattan is to have sash, door
and blind factory. Haulenbeck & White
have purchased the necessary machinery
and will have the new institution in
running order within very short time.
Topeka journal: A new stamping
machine, with capacity for cancelling
400 envelopes a minute, or $4,000 an
hour, is being put up by an expert en-
gneer from Washington in the Topeka
postoffice.
L. ID, Bennett, of Netawaka, was ar
rested by the United States marshal,
charged with an offense against the gov
eminent by using the mails for the pur-
pose Of promoting the interests Of a
matrimonial bureau.
Parsons Sun: A proposition has been
made to the city for the location OF a
large shoe factory in Parsons, and the
board of directors of the Commercial
club met to consider the matter. The
board regards the proposition very
favorable one and has appointed a spe-
cial committee to further investigate the
matter
The Atchison city council has granted
a franchise to b. P. Waggener and 9TH
ers for new telephone company. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Waggener repre-
sents the Harrison international Tele-
phone company, which has secured priv
ileges in a number of neighboring
towns. The franchise provides that work
on the plant must be commenced within
sixty days.
Butler county claims to have young
man who is even more powerful than the
idol of New York, Sandow. Fred Stock
is the name Of this Kansas Sampson. He
is twenty-three years OF age and weighs
40 pounds. He has often lifted as much
as 1890 pounds dead weight and the
people Of Douglass will back him against
any strong man in the world, the great
Sandow not excepted.
A man engaged in sinking a we'll
through rock on farm owned by Jacob
Smith, near EdgeVton, Kas., placed a
stick OF dynamite in cook stove to
thaw out, going away and apparently
forgetting where the dangerous explo-
sive had been left. Mrs. Smith and
daughter-in-law soon afterward went to
work in the kitchen, unaware of their
peril. The dynamite soon thawed and
exploded, blowing the stove into pieces,
wrecking portion Of the house and
probably fatally injuring the two women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

A LARGE, soft sponge, slightly
dampened, makes a.good duster.
For washing greasy kettles a little
sal soda added TO the water is help.
THE best thing for cleaning old
brass is said to be solution of oxalic
acid.
a LITTLE -four dredged over a cake
before icing it will keep the icing
from spreading and running off.
TINwARE may be frightened by dip
ping a damp cloth in common soda
and then rubbing the tin with it
thoroughly.
OILCLoTH, when soiled, should be
washed with soft cloth in lukewarm
water, WITHOUT soap but it should
never be scrubbed.
Spots and dirt may be removed
from paintings and chromos by using
a cup of warm water to which a few
drops of ammonia have been added.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
KANSAS RAILROADS.

There was slight collision between
two NJ. X. e. Il. and Frisco freights at
Oswego. Several box cars were derailed
and smashed up some but no very seri-
GUS damage was done.
That the missouri Kansas & Texas
railroad is reducing expenses is shown
by the number the of station agen is it has
discontinued in Kansas during the past
three months. At every town where
the road can possibly get along without
him, the agent is released.
On March / the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad will withdraw its support
and transfer business from the Scott
junction, and will no longer aid in keep
ing an agent at that point. After that
date all mail and baggage will have to
be transferred from the katy depot,
thus increasing the responsibility of the
mail contractor. Chief Clerk Taylor was
so informed by advices from Washing
ton. The Memphis road will maintain
an agent at the junction for the present,
Topeka Capital: Captain J. B, John
son, master in chancery for the Santa
Fe, has rented offices in the Stormont
building, Topeka. They will be hand
somely fitted up. Judge johnson has
secured the services of Hon. James Smith
as his chief clerk. Mr.. Smith was sec
rotary of state six years, during which
time he was member of the state board
of railroad assessors, which made him
familiar with railroad work, and in ad-
dition, he possesses extraordinary cleri'
cal ability. He was private secretary te
both Governors Martin and HumphrU y
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

CHICAGO HERALD 1t is folly to
talk of enforcing the compulsory
school law. No law can be framed
that can be enforced without the
creation Of an army Of spies and de.
tecSlves that will cost more money
and do more mischief than the bust
ness Is worth. The true way to get
children into school Is to make the
schools more valuable in the primary
grades by manual training and to
help clothe those who are too poor to
clothe themselves for attendance. II
the money that has been wasted on
an impracticablc compulsory law had
been spent in making the schools
more interesting the attendance
would be larger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

tree was an cidental seeding. 1t is
good, strong grower with rank,
healthy foliages Budded trees come
to bearing very young, and bear every
year, having no off years, though
yielding heavier on the alternate
years The fruit attains large size
quickly, and will ship well and keep
well in this unripecondltion, render
ing it valuable for shipments to dis
tant markets The samples sent meas
dred from eleven to twelve inches
around, were greenish yellow in color
with handsome blush, sub-acid, of
good eating quality, and would be
excellent for cooking. Our engrav-
ings show Starr apple and cross
section reduced one quarter in diam
er-AmeTican AgriculUurist
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

HALF million dollars every day
in the year will not pay for the in
sured property burned up. If to this
aggregate were added uninsured prop.
erty destroyed by fire the sum would
be probably doubled. There is
no loss more absolute than that
which turns buildings and their con-
tents into smoke and ashes.
Experience does not seem to
add greatly to the wisdom of the
people of the United States in i'm
proving their methods of ccnstruc-
tion, as is proved by the increasing
sum of yearly loss from fire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
Salt as a Fertilizer.

, This is a sub ect which has at
tracted a good deal of attention and
been discussed quite freely by the
farmers of this State. Recently a
correspondent of the Mark Lane Ex-
press gave some interesting infJrma-
ton as to the benefits of salt as a
fertilizer, and the best methods of
using it upon land. He said that al
Though it was an excellent practice
to put salt regularly and freely on
the manure head, this is not sutti-
Gent for dry and light soils, so that
ABOUT two cwt. of salt should be ap-
piled with each CARLOAD of manure;
but it is generally agreed that the
best time to apply salt is Just before
the land is broken up when it gets
plowed in and thoroughly incor-
porated with the soil and subsOil.
For all produce, salt has been found
to be moTe or less beneficial accord
ing to the conditions of the soil. If
noxious insects slugs and weeds
have been troublesome, and if the
soil is light, friable, peaty, or marty
requiring moisture, salt is undOubt-
eddy the best fertilizer to be got, and
five cwt. per acre may be used to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

THE two, happily unsuccessful, at
tempts to end her life made by Bees
sic Kleins should emphasize the ne
cessity Of providing support to home
less girls and quicken the spirit of
charity in the breast of every Chica-
goan. Bessie Kleins lost her savings
in a profltless venture. Unable to
find employment, she became des-
pondent and threw herself into the
lake. She was rescued, only to make
another attempt to end her sorrows
by throwing herself before moving
train, Again she was saved and taken
to police station, where search
revealed a quantity Of poison which
she had intended to take when all eff
forts to dispatch life failed. An Off
Ger at the station offered her employ
ment in his family as a domestic, an
offer promptly and gratefully accept
ed. There is no way of estimating
the number Of girls in Chicago who
have the same disregard for life as
had Bessie Kleins. They are unable
to obtain work, and are too modest
to make known their pitiable circum-
stances, Ignorant of the world, they
deem poverty a disgrace, and death
preferable to an appeal for help. The
public press has called attention to
the emergent need of providing homes
and affording aid to unemployed
women. Efforts to these ends have
been made, but greater and more
methodical work is necessary to &C.
complish desired results.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

SUCH incidents as marred the exc
cution of George Painter are a strong
argument against the present bar
barrie system of inhicting the death
penalty Painters weight broke the
rope and his body fell to the floor
Capital punishment by hanging sue
cessfully performed is shocking to a
civilized sense, but bungled it is pos
itively revolving, And yet a very
large percentage of executions on the
scaffold are attended by scenes best
described as brutal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

AS soon as the beef has Become
cool or the next day after killing, put
into a weak brine and leave it for
three or four days to soak out the
blood. Then for each 100 pounds Of
meat prepare a brine made of eight
pounds of salt two pounds Of brown
sugar. two ounces Of saltpeter two
ounces of black pepper, and six gal
Ions of water. Boil and skim the
brine and pour it while warm over
the meat after it is closely packed in
the barrel If the meat is to be kept
over summer, in the spring draw off
the brine, boil and skim and pour
over the meat while hot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

AS HAS been anticipated, orange
culture in the United States has out
grown the ability Of the country to
consume the production. 1t is esti-
mated that the coming crop will ex-
coed the demand by at least one mill
ion boxes. OF the whole production,
Florida is expected to furnish four
million five hundred thousand boxes,
and California two million five hun
dred thousand boxes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

SOME Of the best sayings of our
great humorists have been made in
the heat of the moment, and then
forgotten. The late Miner Griswo!d
was once thrown into company with
a woman noted for her bitter tongue.
She had dissected and abused three
of his friends, and began upon the
fourth with the query, Il suppose
you know him?" Griswold nodded
his head in very dignifed way aud
responded, "Yes, madam; we spent
ten happy years together as prisoners
in the penitentiary." The converse
tion came to a sudden end.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

great advantage, but upon stiff,
heavy wet land, 1t should be used
more moderately and only when the
land Is broken up IL has recently
been proved that wheat, barley, oats,
and rye have been considerably inn
proved by salt dressings, as it not
only strengthens the straw and in
creases the yield, but protects the
grain from attacks Of mlldew, etc.
Michigan Farmer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

SOME Chinese COINS are but one
twentieth the value OF an American
cent The celestial kingdom has
many enthusiastic coin collectors. In
one notable collection there are more
than one hundred and fifty thousand
varieties of cash, the oldest Of which
date back as far as 1900 B. G.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
"Fancy Farmers."

Probably no other class of peope
in an agricultural community has
ever been so severely ridiculed as
those who are known as 'Tancy farm
ers" 1t is true that such men have
made a good many mistakes
OF these some we're very laughable,
and others, though less ridiculous,
showed a remarkable ignorance con-
corning the proper methods Of farm
management But it is equally true
that these fancy farmers have, in
many cases, been Of great help to
the more practical agriculturists
among whom they came to live
There are various ways in which the
fancy farmers have done much to
promote the cause of progressive and
profitable agriculture. These men
have been enterprising and energetic,
and have not only had the means for
trying costly experiments, but have
been willing to risk considerable sums
Of money in putting their theories
into practice. They have been the
pioneers who, at great cost to them
selves, open in new country the
path Of prosperity to all who choose
to follow They have heen teachers
who have given excellent instruc-
tion without expense to those who
have profted thereby. Their sue
cesses have shown farmers how rich
returns can be obtained, and their
failures have warned others to avoid
courses which can lead only to losses
and disappointments
1t is hardly necessary to specify the
various ways in which fancy farmers
have benefited their neighbors The
introduction Of improved breeds of
animals, of better kinds Of grains
and vegetables, of cheaper and yet
more efficient methods of cultivating
farm crops and various other useful
changes which might be named, have
been greatly facilitated by the efforts
OF. these men who farmed for pleas
ure more than they did to increase
their incomes. But there is one way
in which their example and influence
have been very helpful, which de-
serves special mention. This is in
the improvement Of the buildings and
yards, and the identifying of the
home surroundings. Though not Of
as direct pecuniary advantage as some
other things which they have done,
this part of their work has been of
great benefit to individual farmers
and to farm communities at large.
1t has ledIto Improvements, the value
of which cannot be indicated in tlnan-
cial terms, but which have been both
great and permanent. For this, even
more than for the object lessons
which have shown how more money
can be made from the land, fancy
farmers deserve the thanks and good
will of all who till the so John E,
Read, in Agricultural Epitomist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

The Princess of Wales, by reason
of deafness and general intlrmity,
will take no part hereafter In social
functions. But the lively young
Queen, who, at rs, is in full posses
sion of her faculties and bids fair to
outlive Wales Will hold drawing
rooms as usual from time to time and
enable American parvenues to make
themselves ridiculous as usual.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

The sex Is defended by courts Of
justice even in staid old Connecticut.
A case was recently reported where a
prosperous young farmer, Roswell
Chamberlain, courted a country
schoolmaam for two years, wrote
love letters, and received love tokens
In return. But after courtship Of
two years Chamberlain told her that
he could not afford to marry her,
because he needed all his money to
buy fertilizer with" Is 1t any WON
der that the goddess took the band
age from her eyes for moment that
she might see the man who preferred
fertilizer to pretty girl, who would
rather have bone dust than bones
clothed in flesh and blood, and who
spurned the joys Of wedlock for the
delights Of big crop OF potatoes?
The schoolma'am laid aside her ferule
and walked into court, which
promptly assessed her damages at
$3.50 cash and costs. Served him
right.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

Boston is making desperate efforts
to maintain her hold on culture which
began to ooze through her fingers
when Howells and John L. Sullivan
left her sacred precincts. Governor
Greenhalge checked the escape when
he tumbled the gods from their
Olympian flats and endowed the
whole Cod State with "The grandeur
Of antiquity and the grace Of novelty"
and made her the "Attica of the new
world" But it was only a check.
Recognizing and approaching the
power Of the press some young ladies
of Boston have begun the publication
of paper called the Jabberwock.
"JabberwOck" is from "jabber," Bos-
tonese for excited discussion" and
"wock" from the Anglo-SaXon word
"wocor," signlfying "offsprlng;" hence,
the Jabberwock is the offspring of an
excited discussion on the part of fair
BOstonians over the decline and fall
of culture superinduced by beans and
brown bread. The Jabberwock will
spare neither money nor genius to
make 1t the champion of art, science
and literature of the Boston sort.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

INSPECTOR SHEA, Of. Chicago,
charges the murder Of Aid. MulvihIll
to "the leniency OF magistrates TO-
ward prisoners who carry revolvers,
Remembering the fate Of Aid. Whe.
Ian, may not something be set down
to the alderman's habit of visiting
saloons?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

ing his wealth after he was gomez.
Did he fancy that after death his
spirit could look down or up and
gloat over the wealth in its secure
hiding place? Or did he believe that
If it we're destroyed It's ghost might
find his in another world?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

IT is difficult to enter into the feel
ings Of that old miser of New York
who. before he died the other day,
besought a neighbor to burn up all
the stocks, amounting to 100000,
which he had scraped together Had
he become so misery that he could
not bear the thought Of Others enjoy
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

groove can be quickly made by TAX
ing little from the upper edge of
both planks where they join Both
grooves are shown in Fig, !, and a
stable tool for cleaning the groove is
shown in Fig. ,, Stable floors should
have an incline Of two inches in six
feet, and when the grooves are kept
clean, there will be but little trouble
with wet bedding The grooves need
not extend more than ha I the length
of the stalls, and, in the morning
when the coarse litter is removed, it
takes but half a moment to clean
the channels In each stall.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

FLORIDA can't possibly have a low
er opinion Of the prize.aghters than
the prize-fighters have Of Florida.
There will never be another fight in
the Flower State.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

A WOMAN In Russia washed her
hair in petroleum and then lighted a
cigarette. Her widowcr will hesitate
before striking another match.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

EVERY man is better citizen
when he owns a home, Property Is
cheap now. Buy before It's prices
increase.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08

ONE of the most statesmanlike acts
of Kaiser Wilhelm's career was plant
ing kiss of reconciliation on the
leatheiy cheek of Prince Bismarck
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-08
Grooved Stable Floors,

II costs but trlhe more to 1T open
stalls with grooved, or channeled
flooring, and this works so satisfac-
torlly that 1t should come into more