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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Pacific Ocean, a distance of about
700 miles. The commissioners are
Col. Barlow, United States army;
Lieut. Gaillard, United States army,
and Mr.. Mossman, Of the United
States coast and geodetic survey.
Their staff OF engineers, soldiers and
laborers numbers about eighty. For
two years and half this party has
been in the field erecting the monu-
ments and resurveying the boundary
line, which was originally established
by Commissioner Emery from 1849 to
1853
The tlfty-two monuments then.
erected have been supplemented by
206 more, which are for the most
part plain iron shafts on rock and
cement foundations, BY agreement
with Mexico any errors discovered in
the original survey by the present
commissioners shall not be corrected,
so far as ownership Of territory is
concerned, Few errors have been
found in the first survey. The larg-
est was along the New Mexico bound
airy, where Uncle Sam gains nearly
forty square miles Of land, which the
new survey shows to be in Mexico.
Much of the trlpof the commission
was through Arizona deserts. At
times it cost rs cents a gallon for
water needed at certain remote
points by a small party of men and
horses
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

THE German Society for colOnizing
Jewish peasants and engaging them
in farming in Palestine and Syria has
proved a great success. There are
tweuty-four farming settlements cul-
tivating $4,000 acres of land, and
with a population OF 5000. These
are all now self-supporting. Other
colonies of Russian Jews are to be
established, embracing many who are
now employed as laborers in and near
Jerusalem. One of the objects Of
the society is to prevent the emigra-
tion Of Jews to other countries, as
they are driven from Russia and Ger
many by the despotism Of their gov
ernments and the inhumanity of
their people. When Jews come to
this country comparatively few of
them engage in farming, 1t would
be better for more Of them if they
went to the country instead of seek
ing work in cities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
pcrfection I'M CoEe-DTaI1Ine.

HouseA pers frequently wonder why
it is that they cannot make biscuit and
cake that are light and palatablo and
that taste as delicious as the biscuit
and cake made by their mothers and
grandmothers, the delightful memory OF
which even to this day creates sensa-
tion Of pleasure to the palate. The
trouble arises from the highly adulter-
ated state of the materials they have to
work with, particularly the cream Of tar.
tar and soda used to raise or leaven
the food. Cream of-tartar and soda that
are now procurable for domestic pur-
poses contain large quantities Of lime,
Garth, alum and other adulterants, fire.
quently from five to twenty-five per
cent, and consequently vary so much
in strength that no person can tell the
exact quantity to use, or properly COM
bine them, TO insure perfect results.
From using too much or too little, or
because of the adulterants in than, Bit
ter, salt, yellow, or heavy biscuits or
cakes are frequently made. These adul-
terants are also injurious to health.
All this trouble may be avoided by
the use Of the popular Royal Baking
Powder. Where this preparation is en-
ployed in the place of cream Of tartar
and soda, its perfect leavening power al
ways insures light, fiaky, digestlble bis
cult, cakes and pastry, that are perfectly
wholesome and free from the impurities
invariably present when the old raising
preparations are employed.
The Royal Baking Powder, we are in
formed by the most reliable scientists,
is perfectly pure, being made from high
ly refined ingredients, carefully tested,
and so exactly proportional and com
bined that 1t never fails to produce the
best and uniform results. An addition
al advantage in its employment comes
from the fact that bread or other food
made with it may be eaten while hot
without fear of indigestion or any I'M
pleasant results, while being equally
sweet, moist, and grateful to the palate
when cold.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

AMERICAN dentists are in demand
all over Europe for the melancholy
reason that Americans have the
worst teeth in the world. The need
of preserving American teeth against
decay due to bad dietary habits has
developed dentistry in the United
States to a high degree of skill.
Europeans, who do not drink iced
water first and eat the hottest of
pastry Immediately afterward have
not afforded the teeth members of
their respective countries equal OPP
portunlty for progress, and they are
compelled to seek the services of
American dentists who have numer-
ously and successfully sought Euro
pean openings Russia has at last
put up bar. No professional man
can obtain a license in Russia
unless he has passed an examination
in Russian. French used to be a
satisfactory alternative language.
But French itself has been put
under ban because French doctors
were becoming as numerous there
as American dentists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

WE are accustomed to regard the
japanese as little better than half
civilized, even though recent treaties
with the great powers have placed
her on an equal footing with them.
But there are many ways in which
her people are eminently superior to
the average American, who might
proftably copy the example of the
Japanese workman, who battles his
whole body once a day, and some
times twice. Public baths are pro-
vided on every street. which are fed
by constant current of cold and hot
water. The bather plunges in, re-
mains immersed some ten minutes,
then comes out and receives a warm
douChe Of fresh water.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
HOW TO Mend Porcelain.

To clean porcelains the hest plan Is
to use soft soap with an old tooth
brush. Should they be very dirty a
little vitriOl and water may be used
but not on those decorated over the
glaze. The edges of piece that has
been broken and badly mended re-
Quire greater care in cleaning for if
not thoroughly cleaned they cannot
be made to properly adhere to one
another. In this sort of work it is
well to proceed in order with a first
washing in soap and water and then
one in viJriol and water lastly a
washing with alcohol Whatever
dirt glue, grease, etc, may still re-
main must be removed by careful
scratching with penknife, says the
Art Amateur.
To repair piece of pottery of por.
celain after it has been we'll cleaned
is often a delicate task. When all
the fragments have been saved and
when the piece is Of small size it is
possible to succeed by simply sticking
them together with little sllicate Of
potash alone or mixed with powdered.
plaster paris. The silicate can be
had at any druggists. But some
times a piece is missing, and its
place has to be filled with plaster Of
paris. Again, the silicate takes at
least twelve hours toiget hard, land
meanwhile it is often necessary that
the piece be supported in order that
it may not become detached. 1t Is
sometimes, in the case of a very val
liable specimen, better to replace a
fragment that has been lost or that
has been broken in pieces too small
to be reset with an artistic mounting.
in metal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
What a Frenchman Relieves.

The Frenchmen's belief in their
superiority to the rest Of the world
in every branch Of human activity
almost amounts to a dogma With
the average Frenchman it is an arJiJ
Gle Of faith that if France were
blotted out not merely the gayety Of
nations but civilization itself, would
suffer eclipse. Every art and every
science is supposed to take its foun-
tainhead in France
Countless Frenchmen, for example,
and NJ. Thiers among the number,
have believed that the discovery of
the law of gravitation is due not to
Newton, but to Pascal, and French
author Of treatise on the history Of
chemical theory begins it by declar-
ing that chemistry is a French
science and was founded by Lavoisiet
of immortal memory. Even NJ
Casimir-P erier in his message to the
Chambers could not abstain from de-
ctaring that France was "the center
of intellectual light" 1t would be
u harmless trait Of character if it
was confined to the pursuits Of peace
and did not extend to an Unsuitable
thirst for military glory.
NJ Guizot, who knew his country
men we'll, once said that there was
no folly for which they were not
ready provide only it was mill
tarY folly, and that it was almost Inn
possible for a French statesman to
pursue policy of peace and not to
be accused of unpatriotic motives
Here lies the danger Of the present
situation, -Macmillan's Magazine.
-o0ME men, said Uncle lIDen, rs
so soured on human nature dat when
er frien' returns borrowed umbrell
dey thinks it am a reflection on de
umbrellas quality. ~ Washington Star
MAUDE-"Oh, he wrote me a love
ly poem. 1t began:
When you would know why men go mad,
Go gaze into your mirror
Bertha-"What bosh! You're not so
ugly as all that. "-Pearson's Weekly.
AMY remember your friend Clare
married Mr., Nicotine so as to reform
him. He was such an Incorporate
smoker. How did she succeed? Joe
Perfectly He gave up tobacco en-
tirely-and took to drink. -Arkan-
saw Traveller.
SQUAM INLET PosTMAsTER-Tm
Begin your everlastin pardon, lady,
but deed it warn't my fault Some
way r nuther your letters got great
hunk O. red beeswax onto it, an
amt been able t. git it off without
tearin' tn enYeloop. - Leslie'R
Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

SOME Of the patents of the Bell
Telephone Company were not issued
in this country until 1893, but they
were granted in European countries
for the same inventions in 1877. AS
a consequence Of a law of Congress
requiring patents to expire in this
country as soon as their term is run
in any other, these patents will be-
come open to the public next year
unless this law is repealed. A strong
effort was made to repeal this law at
the last session Of Congress, but
though it was tried five times each
attempt failed. If we are to be sub
jeCted to foreign competition, we
ought to have the advantage Of every
labor-saving machine just as soon as
its patent expires in any other coun-
try The patent creates a monopoly
here This is only tolerable so long
as our competitors in manufacturing
are subjected to the same hindrances
as we are,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Happiest Nation on Earth.

1t is generally conceded that the
happiest people on earth, as a whole,
are the French. They are happy be-
cause they are contented, and one
conspicuous reason why they are con-
tented is because the great mass of
them live in their own homes. Not
more than 80 per cent. Of the French
people rent the quarters they live in.
They are, indeed, the best sheltered
people in the world. Though there
are only 80, 600, 000of them they have
5000, 600 dwelling houses. This, as
will readily be seen, provides a house
for every 4 20 persons, another con-
spicuous exhibition of French thrift.
In America in 1890 there were 5.45
persons to every dwelling; forty years
before, or in 1850, 5.94, or nearly six
people to every dwelling, and yet in
France the population is much more
dense than in this country. There
are on an average 1877 people to each
square mile, while in the United
States there are but 81, and in the
North Atlantic only 107 to the square
mile. In the United States in 1890
only AIS of the farms and houses al.
together were owned by the occu.
pants, the remaining 52.5 per cent.
being occupied by tenants and those
occupying the same at rental. OF
the homes in American cities and
villages, 63.2 per cent. are rented
houses. -Cincinnati Times-Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

NEAR Lagro, Ind, a mill dam 500
feet long across the Salamonie River
has been destroyed by fire. The
water in the river had been very low
and it is supposed that fishermen ac-
cidentally set it on fire, 1t burned
for about week. A burning mill
dam is a curiosity, but it has been
duplicated before. A dam across Fox
River at Ottawa, ILL.,, burned several
years ago under similar circumstances
of low water and dried out timber.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

A NEW YORK reporter who at
tempted to interview John Y. Nc
Kane in Sing Sing and asked him to
account for the remarkable decrease
in registration at Gravesend received
the reply 81 am now out Of politics. I"
That was o candid answer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

The sure foundation sof the state
are laid In knowledge, not in ignor-
ance; and every sneer at education,
at culture, at book learning, which is
the recorded wisdom Of the expert
ence Of mankind, is the demagogue's
sneer at intelligent liberty, inviting
national degeneracy and ruin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Proflted Inv the BIundcr.

Ordinarily speaking it is not easy
to get two pairs Of shoes for the
price of one, not even if the swell
goes off his own thoroughfare and de-
sends to Eighth avenue or the Bow
cry. Simply enough, the other day,
however, this transaction was accom-
plished by member of the smart
set who goes to an equally smart shoe
maker in Broadway.
He selected divinely pointed pair
of patent feathers and had the right
shoe tried on, 1t fitted perfectly and
the pair were sent home. They were
donned in hurry, and the first
weather they encountered turned out
sloppy. The left boot wasn't uncom-
Portable, but felt differently from the
right, and, being examined en- return,
proved to be not a match. They
were the same make of shoe, but the
right had five buttons, the left six,
and the left had not an exagger-
atedly pointed toe as the right.
you'll take the second pair, of
course, sir" said the shoe-dealer, on
being confronted with the pair of
mistakes.
"Not exactly" replied the son of
finance, who saw capital deal in the
mishap. you'll refund the money
for these you stuck me with. Good
looking object you made of me"
"You can have the two, sir" con-
cluded the man ruefully, seeing half
aloaf was beUter than no bread, and
that he ran the chance Of losing a
customer otherwise.
And the man about town took them.
New York Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
The Clam.

The clam is commonly taken for an
example Of all that is unprogreSsive,
but he is by no means a stationary
creature. Every man bred at the
seaside knows how clam left upon
the sand will utterly disappear by
sinking himself below the surface;
but the clam also has a forward
movement, and will travel thirty feet
in the course of week. The large
muscle of the clam, which helps to
make him indigestible, is his single
leg, and by the aid of this he makes
his progress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

THE building inspector of Grand
Rapids has voluntarily reduced his
own salary. He evidently has a long
and prosperous career ahead of him
in the dime museum business.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

II LIKE crowds" Quoth Lillian
Russell, as she landed in New York
from her European trip. This is all
right, but Lillian ought not to carry
her prejudiCes into the matrimonial
field.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Ill HUNG CHANG can blame the loss
Of his yellow jacket and his peacock
feather upon Chicago canned beef.
The thing for Chang to do is to
change the Chinese soldiers diet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

SIXTEEN tramps in freight car in
Clinton, Iowa, were held up by
masked men and robbed Of $400 and
two gold watches Times are in
deed hard, brethren.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

Two HUNDRED French cities have
taken steps to erect monuments to
Carnot. This reminds us Of the
movement for a Grant monument in
New York; it is so different.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

A Boston chemist claims to have
discovered a mixture which produces
a temperature Of 22S degrees below
zero Fahrenheit, This must be what
the Boston girls use.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

REGISTERED vote of Gravesend last
year, 6,21s. Registered vote Of
Gravesend this year, 2,O30. Absent,
but accounted for, John Y. McKane.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
KANSAS RAILRoADING.
satna Fe Extensions.


There is belief among railroad men
that the Santa Fe is contemplating the
construction of additional branches Of
the road in southern and southwest
Kansas.
The proposed lines which the man
ayers and officials Of the road concede
would be of great benefit to the Santa
Fe are contemplated from Hunnewell to
Purcell and from Mullinville to Dodge
City. The line from Hunnewell would
take in Blackstone, I. IT,, and would be
through one of the richest portions Of
the territory and section of the coun-
try that is prosperous.
The line from Mullinville to Dodge
City would place the southern part Of
the state in direct communication with
that of western and the extreme south
western portions Of Kansas, where no
railroad facilities of any great extent
now exist. 1t would remove the long
way around by Newton and make a
main line of the Frisco extend through
a part of Kansas that will soon be with.
out an equal for productiveness, as If
rigation is gaining a great foothold
there Part of the line is already graded,
and the level territory the remainder OF
the distance would necessitate very
small amount of grading, The Santa
Fe officials do not deny that the plan is
being considered, but are not positive
as to what action will be taken.
The Santa Fe business to California
points is something wonderful. The
number Of people who are going welt
for the winter seems to be as great as
the crowd that went west during the
summer.
The case Of the state against the Mis-
souri,, Kansas Il Texas Railroad compa-
ny for failure to comply with the laws
of the state as regards maintaining gen
eral Offices in the state, in accordance
with their charter, has been continued
until the May term of the Neosho conn
ty court. The railroad company has
fled stipulation to the effect that it
would comply with the law pelore InaO
date and erect general Office buildings
in the state.
The Santa Fe's special train bearing
the Chicago board of trade home, from
Waco, Texas, made the run from Kan
sas City to Chicago in thirteen hours,
taking two and one-half hours off tho
regular time. The run from Topeka to
Kansas City was made in an hour and
thirty-f five minutes.
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEO-
The Methodists of Ottawa raised
1862 to clear their church of debt, and
$1,000 of the amount was contributed
by one member.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
MAY the new ruler Of Russia be
the best she ever has had.

IF Mrs. Wickcs' divorce petition ia
trustworthy, Mr. Wickes himself has
been a striker for the last twenty
three years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

A KENTUCKY genius announces
that he has discovered mixture Of
whisky and butter (which will make
life on earth eternal" What's the
use of wasting the butter?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
OUR MEXICAN BOUNDARY.
Monuments to Mark IL Established by
the Interim tlonnl Communication.

The United States internal bound
airy commission has arrived at San
Diego and is completing the work Of
establishing 258 monuments mark
ing the line between Mexico and the
United States from FL Paso to the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

THE peaceful occupation Of wash
ing shirts seems to be better fitted
to the Chinese character than stand
ing in front Of gun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

A TELEGRAM from New Jersey says
"Herr Most cannot act in Newark"
Nor anywhere else.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

WE have received a copy Of Up to
Date, a paper printed by the convlcts
of the Joliet Penltentiary. 1t seems
to be q trlne SHY" on advertising
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

r. VICE PRESIDENT WrcKEs seems
likely to be made a non-uni0n man
by the divorce courts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

IT was very unkind for Mr. Pull
mans personal representative to
make passes at his wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

THE man that does the best he can
does mighty well.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

The Methodists of Ottawa raised
1862 to clear their church of debt, and
1000 of the amount was contributed
by one member.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
Phillipsburg Herald

PaILLIPsBURG, KANSAS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13

AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEO-
PIE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Irrigation az Enterprise.

Work has been progressing quite rap
idly on the c. b. Hoffman irrigating
plant located on the Smoky Hill river,
just north Of Enterprise Twenty teams
and about thirty men are at work daily
and during November several miles have
been constructed.
Besides the necessary laterals and
side bitches, nearly five miles Of main
water ways will be necessary to convey
the water from the pumps to every part
of the farm, which is fertile tract Of
land, 200 acres in extent. Twenty stor-
age reservoirs will be used and as a re-
suit the bitches will be quite large and
will hold a sufficient amount of water to
allow a liberal flooding without the use
of water from a reservoir. The bitches
are cut in the top OF the grade, which
places Thorn several feet above the soil
to DO irrigated, and which assures the
water fall sufficiently large to allow it
to flow easily and rapidly.
The pump which will provide the wa
ter for this vast enterprise has q capac-
ity Of 100000 gallons per hour and in
one day of ten hours ii will raise suf-
ficient amount Of water to cover fifty
acres one inch deep, or give each acre Of
land 10000 gallons Of water. The pump
will be placed over well near the river
and will be operated by water wheel,
near which it is located.
Hon. @. b. Hoffman, the proprietor,
proposes to rent this land to reliable
gardeners in five and ten acre lots. He
has employed an experienced irrigator
to take charge OF the work next season.
1t is expected by Mr.. Hoffman that,
provided the weather be favorable, ev-
erything will be ready for the first wa
ter by January 1. With the exception
of an irrigating plant at Eureka, Kan.
sas, the pumps of which raise 100000
gallons per hour, this one is the largest
in the state.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-05-12
FINAL SETTLE MENT.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
/ State of Nevada, White Pine County.
In the matter of the estate of George D.
Harter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that W; N. McGill
the administrator, with the will annexed
has filed in this Court his petition for final
settlement and distribution of said estate,
and that Saturday, the
10Th Day of May, A. D. 1894,
At ten o'clock A. M. of that day, or as soon
thereafter as counsel can be heard, at the
court room of said Court, at Ely, in said
County of White Pine, has been duly ap-
pointed for the hearing of said petition, at
which time and place all persons interest
ed in said estate are notified then and there
to appear and show cause, if any there be,
why said petition should not be allowed
and distribution made as prayed for in
said petition.
Dated Ely, Nevada, April 25th, 1894.
ap2S-td M. B. GARAGHAN, Clerk.