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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
Fruit Culture.

The reason why comparatively few
farmers succeed in fru Z IA sing Is be-
cause tn business demands more
constant and cont nued care in little
details than stock, dairy or grain
growing, says the Massachusetts
Ploughman. 1t is easy enough TO
set out |, 900 trees, or $1,000 small
fruit bushes or vines, but it is quite
another thing 10 cultivate and care
for them as they need from one to
five years before any return can be
expected, Few men have the needed
perseverance and stead,n of pur-
pose, even If they have the money,
to carry Them through so long
period Of fruitless labor which must
be done to insure success,
For this reason, perhaps, more sue
coed with strawberries than with
vineyards or orchards The straw
berry brings a crop the year after
planting, and the period OF unpro-
ductive labor is shorter STILL for
those who have the pluck and grit to
stick to il faithfully, fruit growing
oilers, and will probably cont nue. to
Offer a good margin of profit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

CHICAGO is said to be flooded with
green goods" circulars sent by oper-
ators in New York No person so
gulliblc as to bite" at so palpable a
fraud as green goods is entitled to a
grain of sympathy. And no person
with a grain of sense will "bitc."
The scheme has so often been eX-
posed by the press that it seems in
credible that it can be worked sue
cessfully. But it Is, and the opera
tors not only make money out of 1t
but manage to evade the law If
the sucker" will stop to think that
the spirit Of philanthropy is not suf-
hciently developed in man to permit
him to give something for little or
nothing, he will save money and
prove his right to be outside an idiot
asylum.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

AMERICAN CULTIVAToR: After such
business depression as the country
has experienced the past year there
is a general turning to agricultural
industries as the means for putting
commerce and manufacturing indus
tries in motion again. The usual
way is to go on for a series of years,
paying higher wages than can be
afforded in cities, until at last the
inevitable crash comes, and thou
sands are thrown out Of employment.
Then a considerable part of these
unemployed turn to the farms for
the work they can get nowhere else.
Farm help will be more plentiful the
coming season. 1t will also be cheap
err If it were not it could not find
employment, 1t is the farmers way
out of business depression to hire
more help when he can get it at lower
wages, and thus increase the produc.
tiveness of his land at least cost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

"LIABILITIEs amounting to l22, 600
times the assets" is plain matter of
fact statement of the condition Of
affairs that seems to have been UNI
earthed by examination of the Guar
antee Investment swindle. The
company" is said to have issued
"bonds" to a total amount Of So
million dollars, and has less than
$500 with which to meet the obliga-
tions. All the rest Of the money
paid by the guileless investors" in
the purchase of those bonds" has
gone into the pockets of the men who
originated and conducted the steal,
except the relatively small portion
that was paid out for rent, clerk
hire, printing, postage, and adver-
Using. Surely the exhibit ought to
be sufficient to put an end to this
class 0f swindling for several years
to come.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

Mrs. Jane Fulton, IN elderly lady
living alone in Mound City, met with
terrible death by fire. Her house was
burned TO tho ground and her oharred
remains found in the ruins. just in
what manner tho fire originated is not
known, but as Mrs. Fulton was in the
habit of kindIing fires with coal oil it is
supposed she tried to pour part OF the
contents OF the coal oil can into stove
in which there was already some fire,
when an explosion occurred and, being
overcome by flames, she could not es-
cape. Neighbors rushed to the scene
soon after the explosion, but the heat
prevented them from entering the house
and nothing was saved.
Robert Gillian, civil engineer, gives
the Kansas City, Mo-, journal, some fig
ures The states in which Kansas City
trade largely predomnates have an area
of over 100000 square miles, greater
than the combined areas of Austria,
Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portu-
gal, Holland, Belgium, Denmark and
Switzerland. The packing house prod
ucts of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1892,
were greater by nearly 800, 900 than
the value of all the silver produced in
the United States in 1889, twice the to-
tai petroleum products Of this country
in 1890, twice the value of the btu
minous coal produced in Pennsylvania
in 1889, over three times the value OF
the coal produced in Illinois, Ohio, Indi-
ana and Michigan combined. Kansas
City, Kansas, handles three times the
live stock Of st. Louis, and more than
st. Louis and Omaha combined. The
value of the packing house products and
the live stock at the Kansas City, Kan
sas stock yards in 1899, is greater in
value than the total pig iron product OF
the United States for 1890, and greater
than the annual revenues for 1889 OF
Greece, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden,
Canada and Mexico, The value Of the
stock handled at the Kansas City, Kan
sas, stock yards alone was equal to the
total exports from France to the United
States for 1890, and is greater than the
total exports Of Mexico to all the coun-
tries with which they maintain CONNER
cial relations. The combined value OF
the stock handled and the packing hous,
products of Kansas City, Kansas, is
equal to the total surplus commodities
Of the state of Missouri, shipped by rail
way and by river for the year 1890.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THAT a man should deaantly shout
"Vive la Commune~ in the face Of
the President of the French republic
less than a quarter Of century after
the terrible crushing Of the insurrec-
tion Of 1871 is certainly remarkable.
1t proves the proud boast Of the
Communists that they would one day
be ready for the vengeance. Coupled
with the incident in the Chamber Of
Deputies, this manifestation must be
accounted alarming, But If Social
lists and Anarchists try to bring on u
new revolution the republic will put
it down, as terribly as she did the
last one, and will 60 on her way tri-
umphant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
A Momnn and Her Pnultry.

Last fall / began my POULTRY eX-
perience with eleven barred Plymouth
Rock hens and thirteen pullets re-
ports Mrs. {. t. Hale in Farm and
Home, They began laying in De-
cember From January lst to May
lst they laid l,264 eggs l sold
eighty eight do en- for $2l. Is. / fed
small potatoes, turniTs, beets and
pumpkins, boiled with cabbage, in
the morning, and twcie a week at
night, chopped apple and cabbage,
with pepper or ginger mixed with
beet scraps or tallow, mixed with hot
water or milk, | gave them two
quarts Of corn, thrown into leaves
and chaff from the barn floor, gave
water twice day, and pounded all
the bone and earthenware / could
tnd. At last they began to pick the
feathers out. l hung piece Of salt
pork in the house that stopped the
trouble. This is one women's expert
ence. l took all the care OF them
myself, and feel we'll paid, as my hens
are tame, and can pick them up any
time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ID
selling tickets to Los Angeles and San
Francisco for $40; or $3.50 for the
round trip, good for 60 days.
Commencing March l the Great Rock
Island Route will sell tickets to both
northern and southern California points
at the rate Of $40 one way and $3.50
for the round trip.
Land Commissioner John f. Frost of
the Santa Fe, for month past has been
collecting the products of the country
grown along the line of the Santa Fe
railroad, to be sent to the StuttgarGt
museum as permanent exhibit. Some
time since, the German consul at Chica-
go requested President Reinhart to
collect such an exhibit. 1t includes
specimens of all the ores from the Rocky
mountains, of woods, Goals, grain and
woods. OF the latter there are thirty
specimens grown in California alone. A
sack of the wheat that took the first
prize at the worlds fair will be sent, and
also many specimens of alfalfa and grains
of various kinds from Kansas. The OK
hibit will be great incentive to the
Germans to come to this country.
The receivers of the Santa Fe railroad
are preparing to do a great deal of work
along the line of the road during the
spring, summer and fall. Improvements
will be made, especially on the main
lines, and it is said the long contem-
plated double track between Emporia
and Florence will be constructed.
Bridges for the extra track were put in
by the old management last year, and
now large quantities Of ties are begin
ming to arrive at Emporia, to be followed
later, it is said, by the necessary steel
rails. This work is greatly needed. East
and west of this stretch of road. which
is forty-seven miles in length, parallel
roads accommodate the heavy business,
but between Emporia to Florence all
trains must pass over one track. One
day ia trains were handled over the
forty-seven miles, requiring the most
skillful management in the train dis
patcher's Office.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Topeka Capital: The Rev. Frank X.
Millspaugh has formally accepted the
deanship Of Grace cathedral. He will
be installed on Friday, April 6.
The Y. NJ. c. A., OF Atchison, has the
promise of several $40 subscriptions to
pay off its debt and the prospect is that
the needed amount will be raised very
soon.
Salina Republican; The revival SER
vices at the Presbyterian church are
growing in interest. The attendance is
increasing and great interest is being
manifested.
Topeka Capital: The board Of di-
r1ctors of the State Missionary society,
composed of twelve representative Of the
various districts of the Congregational
church, met in this city. Matters were
discussed concerning the canvas of mis-
sion fields and arrangements for the
support OF the coming year we're made,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

box eleven and one-hfth inches wide,
eight inches high, and twenty-four
inches long, inside measurement, con-
tains one bus1el. The bottom should
be on the inside and firmly nailed in
place, as shown in the engraving.
Cleats, a, one inch square, should be
nailed across each end two inches
from the top. The sides should be
of half inch clear stuff, the bottom
of the same, and the ends Of inch
stuff All the boards should be
planned upon both sides. The box
will cost about 10 cents when mater
ials for several are obtained at one
time. They will be found almost as
convenient to handle as a basket, and
if there are several they will prove
convenient to hold apples or other
fruit or vegetables, and to set away
full in the cellar until the contents
are needed A half-bushel measure
should of course be one-half the
length. Smaller measures are as
readily made, but would not need the
end cleats
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

SPECIALIZATION is threatening to
invade the Chicago grammar schools.
1t is already in vogue in the colleges,
where every pupil comes under the
instruction Of several teachers, each
specialist in his department. 1t
obtains to some extent in the Latin
and high schools and in the upper
classes of the grammar schools. The
arguments In its favor are ably pre-
sented in IA report Of the School Com
mittee just published, entitled IRE
port on the Introduction Of Depart
mental Instruction Into the Gram
mar Schools"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
Agricultural Atoms.

MILK can always be used to good
advantage in feeding pigs and poul-
try.
SALT and wood ashes in reach of
hogs are beneficial. Good for horses
also.
So LONG as good wool and mutton
are a necessity, there ought to be
good money made in raising them.
OATS is about the best feed you can
give calves. Mixed with cOrn-meal it
is a great milk producer for cows,
WHEN land is too rocky for cultiva-
tion and too valuable for a timber lot,
it will make a good sheep pasture or
orchard.
DOUBLE the life Of farm machinery
by taking good care of it. The mat
ter is possible for all because pra'
ticed by many.
TEXAS is at the head Of the cattle
producing States, having about
1000, 900; next comes Iowa with
nearly 100000.
a NEW JERSEY IdTlueI IcCOhlueuuS
as protection for an iron fence paint
ing it with earthly red iron ore and
crude petroleum. 1t is cheap, pleas
ing in color preservatiye, but slow to
dry on iron.
ONTARIO carried off the honors for
honey at the Worlds Fair, Her ex-
hibits have taken twenty awards, as
against twenty eight tor all the
United States and thirteen for all
other countries.
THE farmers wife has half in
terest in what belongs to her husband.
If he gets labor-saving implements
for the farm, he should lose no OPP
portunitY to get something Of the
kind for the house.
KEEP a mixture Of salt charcoal
aud wood ashes constantly before
hogs, so that they can take what
they want and no more. Something
of this nature seems to be required
to arrest fermentation in the stomach
and promote general digestion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
Don't Enlarge the Farm.

There seems to be a very general
desire on the part Of the farmers of
this country 70 obtain larger guam
tity ofLland, There are cases in which
this is wise ambition, but such in
stances are not nearly as common as
is the wish to obtain larger farms.
Under the present conditions of agri-
culture our farmers, as rule, already
have more land than they can culti-
yate to the best advantage.
AS things are now, and as they are
likely to be for long time to come,
the profits of farming are to be in
creased by securing larger crops per
acre rather than by tilling a larger
number of acres Most of the farm
ers who wish that they had more
laud now own considerable areas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
aearn the Chemical Changes OF Your Soil
and Then Make It Give Fun Value-A
Cheap Flood Gate--Dont Enlarge the
Farm.
A Chenn Flood Gnte.

In sections where streams abound,
the flood gate is cutie as important
as any other division fence or gate,
and those that have experienced more
or less trouble with other forms Of
flood gates will find the one shown in
the illustration which Is from the
American Agriculturist to be cheap,
substantial, and selfregulating, and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
STOCK AND FARM.

Osborne Farmer: ]. NJ. Kepple, the
big stockman of Gloom township, tells
lis his cattle and hogs have Melted him
almost $4,000 within the past year,
which result is highly gratifying to him.
Mr.. Kepple is firm believer that alfalfa
is the best stock feed the Kansas farmer
can produce, and he is determined to
grow this valuable plant quite extern
sively hereafter. His total alfalfa acre
age now amounts to twenty-five acres,
but this will be increased each spring and
fall until he has at least 100 acres
growing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

Two SPANISH psychologists, Drs.
Rossi and Acosta, have made a very
unpleasant discovery. 1t is that old,
greasy and crumbling bank notes
weigh more than new ones do. 1t is
the contemplation of the matter that
goes to make up that additional
weight which is not agreeable. The
two doctors found eight different
kinds of disease-producing germs in
the bank notes they examined mi
croscopically.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

which have not yet been brought
nearly up to their limit Of profitable
production, In these cases the own
ers will find it much more profitable
to manure their present fields more
literally and cultivate them more
thoroughly than 1t will be TO spread
their work over a large number Of
acres. Farm News
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THE death lists on the football
field here and in England do not tell
the whole story by any means. Twen-
ty-two fatal accidents upon the field
is an extraordinary record for any
sport in a single season, and it has
attracted a good deal Of attention in
Great Britain, just as two deaths in
one day in this country started a
general discussion of the dangers of
the game, 1t is the appalling list of
accidents that just fail Of fatality
that has aroused alarm. The decla-
ration of the West Point authorities
that they would not permit the cadets
to play another season, unless the
rules we're modified, has also had an
effect, for it is known that the facul-
ty of West Point are not particularly
sQueamish of danger so far as the
cadets are concerned. Some of the
most reckless, dangerous and brilliant
riding in the country is to be seen at
West Point, and the maneuvers of
the artillery are filed with danger to
the cadets. They are a hardy and
wcll-trained lot Of young men, and
the officers who command them are
generally regarded as thorough sports
men. The fact that the discussion
about football rules has become so
general indicates that the college
faculties will, before another season,
! insist upon a pronounced modification
Of the playing rules
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

A DEFENDER of football says that
all the young men who have been
killed in the game were inexperienced
players. This argument seems to
mean that If one can pass through
the early stages of the game with his
life, he will be able, when proficient,
to keep on top and do the crushing
himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

tramway, costing $2,250 per mile,
running from the east portico OF the
Capitol at Raleigh to n stone quarry,
but it was the precursor of greater
things and was called the Expert
mental Railway.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

WARD MCALLIsTER recently at
tempted to have Mrs. Cleveland es-
tablish court circle at the White
House. This certainly is a blow to
the prevalent opinion that McAllster
hasn't an idea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

1t takes but a little time to nail
together several bushel or Ealf-bushel
measures, The former are the more
convenient A star dard bushel con-
tains >, $50 2-5 cubic inches, hence a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

ELDER URIAH SMITH, of the Second
Adventists, has issued an official
warning that "the end Of the world
is drawing nearer" 1t is; it is. 1t
is one day nearer tonight than it was
last night.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

MASTER WORKMAN SOVEREIGN, Of
the Knights of Labor, says 1t is the
transaction of business on the basis
of debt and credit that robs labor of
its just dues in order to pay interest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

A CABLE dispatch says that lit has
been decided in Rome to copy many
of the features Of the Chicago Elk
position on a smaller scale for the
Italian worlds fair" We hope this
applies to restaurant prices.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

The new electric light which will
be placed in the Fire Island tower
will be the most powerful one in the
world, having an illumination of
24O, 900, 900 candle power, In clear
weather the reflection from this
lighthouse can be seen in the sky 100
miles away.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

A MAINE man lighted a cigar
which he obtained from nickel slot
machine, took a Whit or too and fell
dead. There is no reason now why
the cigarette should not so.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

II is a curious fact that the mother
of Bishop General LeOnidas Polk was
one of the earliest promoters of rail
road enterprise. She had in fact pro-
jected the first line of railway in
North Carolina. 1t was a cheap
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

AN exchange notes that hence
forth Ohio is to have biennial legis-
lative sessions once in two years.
We believe this is better than to
hold biennial sessions every year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

If Lillian Russell's marriage proves
a good theatrical advertising scheme
it is predicted that she will make 1t
an annual event henceforth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THE mad race for wealth is about
as alluring exciting and disappoint-
ing as the recent race for homesteads
in the Cherokee strip.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

SUIT for 100000 was brought in a
Chicago court for alternating the af-
fections of a Chicago husband. Az
fections come high in Chicago,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

A PITTsBURG paper says a ton of
diamonds is worth $35 600, 600. Then
it must cost about So, 600, 600 to put
out tirst-class minstrel troupe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THE match trust made 81, 300, 900
last year, Notwithstanding the fact
that many divorce courts competed
against il.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

MR. PERUGTNI, Lillian Russclls
latest husband should induce his
wife to swear off on the terrible di-
yorCe habit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

II the country gets cheaper tele-
phones it is to be hoped that fever
men will persist in talking throesh
their hats,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

DON'T boast Of large bank ac-
count while your wife still breaks
her back over an old-fashioned wash
hoard,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THE gossip resembles the bee, In
that she is always busy and carries
a sting in her tale,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

A GIRL may be almost pardoned
for throwing herself at man If he
is a good catch,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

PRESIDENT DIAz says that prize
lighting is too brutal to be tolerated
in Mexico,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

THE Dispatch wants to know how
Chicago aldermen manage to wear
diamonds on salary of SO a week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15

To THE thermometer; Keep your
spirits up,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-03-15
Eighteen Tons of Potatoes Per Acre.

1t S reported from France that NJ.
Egasse of Archevilliers, in the De-
partmcnt of Eure ct Loire, produced
an average crop of e ghteen tons Of
potatoes per re, on forty acres. The
IONS were what Americans call 'long
TONS" of ,, 24O pounds. This result
was attained by heavy manuring, the
land having rece we'd, in addition to
farmyard manure, dress ng of $50
pounds of superphosphate, pa pounds
each of sulphate Of potash and nitrate
OF soda ner acre.