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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06
SWISS WATCHES.

How Boys Are Instructed In tho Methods
OF Manufacturing Tlmepiocos
The famous Swiss watch schools are
said to be the most exacting instltu-
lions in the world. Their methods,
which are doubtless the secret Of their
success, will be found very curious and
interesting. In one Of the most cele-
brated Of these institutions in Geneva,
for example, boy must first Of all
be at least fourteen years Of age to
enter. After being admitted, the stu
dent is first introduced to wood-turn-
Ing lathe and put to work at turning
handles. This exercise lasts for sew
eral weeks, according to the beginners
aptitude, This is followed by exercise
in filing and shaping screwdrivers and
small tools. In this way he learns to
make for himself fairly complete set
Of tools. He next undertakes to make
a larger wooden pattern Of u watch
frame, perhaps a foot In diameter, and
after learning how this frame Is to be
shaped, he is given a ready cut one
of brass Of the ordinary size, in which
he is taught to drill holes for the wheels
and screws Throughout this instruc-
ton the master stands over the pupil
directing him with the greatest care.
The pupil is next laugh to finish the
frame, SO that it will be ready to re-
celve the wheels. He Is then instruct
ed to make.fine tools and to become eX-
pert in handling them. This completes
the instruction in the first room, and
the young matchmaker next passes to
the department where he Is taught to
fit the stemwinding parts and to do fine
cutting and filing by hand. Later on he
learns to make the more complex
watches, which will strike the hour,
minute, etc, and the other delicate
mechanisms for which the Swiss are
famous.
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TIE cHooHINrAL cRop.
Insect Singular Little Creature with
Carmino Bodily juices

The cochineal insect is a fat, dark,
spherical little creature, looking like a
black currant, and with neither head,
legs nor tail to the casual observer. In
fact, he Is so inanimate that anyone
may squash him between finger and
thumb without any Qualms Of con-
science. He Is nothing but black cur
rant, sure enough, though the bright
carTine or lake exuson from his body,
whSh serves him for blood and us for
dye, Is better color than the juice Of
the currant 1t was the cultivation Of
these pleasant little individuals which,
more than score of years ago, put no
less than 40 per cent per annum upon
investments into the pockets Of the cul-
tivators. Such prosperity was too good
to last, The insect was not introduced
into Teneriife until 1926, and for time
1t could not be encouraged to propa-
gate successfully. A priest had the
honor of being the discoverer Of the
right method of nurture, and to him
1t is due that from 1Sl5 to 1866 an an
nual crop Of from two to six million
pounds of cochineal was produced. A
cochineal plantation has singular
aspect. The larvae, being very deli
cate and rather thlclZ-witted, have to
be tied upon the cactus plant, which Ia
to be their nursery and their nourish-
ment at the same time, Thus one sees
hundreds of the shoots of the priclkly
pear-the cactus in Question-all BAN
daged with white linen, In this way
the insects keep warm and dry during
the winter and induced to adhere to
the plant itself. When they are full
grown they are ruthlessly swept from
their prickly quarters, shaken or baked
to death or dried in the sun, The
shriveled corpses are then packed in
bags and sold as ripe merchandise at
about $25 hundredweight.
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elimiE ating the pasture from the prob
lem. The corn filed silo is taking its
place. 1t is safe to say the refrigerator
car Will soon follow the steamship in
making its own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
and INST depend on ice.
TO rTy way of hi1king, the enemy
has not discovered the lion that lies
lin thefpath Of the southern dairyman.
Rfe can easily overcome the objections
named. The fellow would fear is the
average negro in the dairy room and
stable. lEde is by nature altogether too
careless i'm his habits 3and frequently
carries about with him too strong an
aroma TO trust in proximity with that
highly sensitive article cream If not
watched with an eagle eye lac lets the
stable fillup with filth and the churn
become stale within, wilde the tins ac-
cumulate dirt in the creases and milk
Spilled on the floor has no terrors for
him. He rs oall right IL you use suf-
ficient discretion in piclsilgcOu good
one and then holding him I'D to his
work, but 1t will never do ito let him
think you are not on the watch for
even The senDlance of cardlessness.
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IAFTERTHIRTY YEARS.
THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIB
uTES THIS STORY.
How FROG Taylor, OF the @allant 1s9th
N. ~ v. l., Finally Found
What He Sought.
From'the Ashtabula, Ohio, Beacon)

(From the Ashtabula, Ohio, Beacon)
Mr. Ered Taylorwas born and brought
up near Elmira, N. T., and from ther~
enlisted in the 1S9th regiment, N. Y, (
l., with which he went through the wa
and saw much hard service. Owing I
exposure and hardshipF during the SER
vice. Mr.. Taylor contracted chronk
diarrnoea from which he has suffered
now over 30 years. with absolutely n
help from physicians By nature II
WasFa wonderfully vigorous man. Hat
he not been his disease and the expert
rnents Of the doctors had killed him lon(
age. Laudanum was the only thin(
which afforded him relief. He had ters
rible headaches, hts nerves were shat
tered, he could mot sleep an hour day
on an average, and he was reduced to
skeleton. A year ago, he and his Wifi
sought relief ina change of climate and
removed to Geneva, Ohio; but the
change in health came not. Finally on
the recommendation of f., j. Hoffner,
the leading druggist Of Geneva, who
Pink Pills had cured, Mr.. Taylor was
persuaded to try a box. "As a drown
Ding man grasps straw so I took the
pills." says Mr.. Taylor, but With no
Smore hope df rescue. But after thirty
years Of suffering and fruitless search
for relief at last found 1t in d.. will
Jams Pink Pills. The day after took
the first pills commenced to feel better
and when J. had taken the first Dox
was in factia new man" That was
two months ago. Mr.. Taylor has since
taken more of the pills and his progress
is steady and he has the utmost con-
fidence in ,them. He has regaimdd full
control of,his nerves and sleeps as well
as in his youth. Color is coming back
to his parched veins and he is gaining
flesh and strength rapidly. He rs now
able to doaconsiderable outdoor work.
AS he concluded narrating his, suffer-
tngs, experience and cure to a Beacon
reporter Mrs. Taylor said q she
wished TO add her testimony in
favor of Pink Pills. ITO the pills alone
is due the credit of raising Mr.. Taylor
from helpless invalid to the man he is
to-day said Mrs. Taylor Both Mr..
and Mrs Taylor can not find words to
express tho gratitude they feel or recon-
mend toe, highly Pink Pills TO suffering
humanity. Any inquiries addressed tc
them at Geneva, Ohio, regarding Mr..
Taylors case they will cheerfhlly an
swer as'they are anxious that tine whole
world sh6ll know what Pink E9iils have
done for them.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the clements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shatteredrnerVes. They are for sale by
all druggists, or may be had by mail
from Dr.. Williams Medicine company,
Schenectady, N. Y, for so cents per box,
or six boxes for $3.50.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

Ing, and sure enough there snt large
Brahma rooster calmly covering TWEEN
ty eggs On ole side OF him sat two
hens and on the other a third
hen. The y.sltor seeing how stately
the rooster sat, secretly resolved to get
some Of the darkey's eggs and hatch
out special lot OF ROSTERS. On being
asked what he did when the roosters
would not sit any longer, tho darkey
replied that dat ar rooster done bound
to set" pointing underneath the box.
Looking under the box the visitor was
surprised TO find both the ROSTERS
legs sticking through holes in the box.
The black rascal had actually 6ored
holes in the box and tied the ROSTERS
legs underneath, so, as he said, the
rooster was done bound to set" Iu-
curing into the matter, the Rumford
man found that the darley had four
hens and one rooster. Three of the hens
were setting and the other hen was lay
ing. The darkey, finding the eggs Of
the hen accommodating quite fast, decld-
ed to let up feeding the rooster corn
and make him hatch a flock Of chick
ens.-Providence Journal.
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pnIrr opportunItIe. IN the south.


To be sure there arv sections In the
south as there are in the north where
sufficient good water cannot be OBJ
tanned, and it would be foolish In any
one to attempt dairying anywhere un-
der such disadvantages. So far as CHI
mate is concerned the south can claim
the greater advantage, writes l.. S.
Hardin in Home and Farm. To make
good butter you must obtain tenn
perature Of about go degrees. There
are probably far more days In the
southern states during the year when
the thermometer ranges near this
point, taking all the seasons together,
than there are at the north. The springs
and falls are longer, SO to speak, when
near 60 is the usual temperature.
The winters are much milder though
he heat of summer is more continuous
Enough not more extreme, II the dairy
nan will work his cows all the year
as he should do, he will get more ia
vorable weather by far than could his
less favored rival Of the north. rho
separator does away with the need of
ice in getting the cream, and the only
trouble he need have is to secure a
temperature Of 60 for making the but
ter. A deep well, or cold spring, or deep
cellar, or evaporation Of water along
with making the butter in the early
hours of the morning, Will generally
accomplish this. Some Of these eXpe-
dents will do for shipping the butter
just as they do at the north. Grass
VIII grow in all the southern states IL
properly c1ltivatned, though the mod
es'n methods cof dairyingaare gradually
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old and over. r97Taf. oor 1911 per cent

old and over, 19zTS6, or 1911 per cent
Of the total number.
The number of shsep under l year
old, including spring lambs, Mss 1,181,-
024, or 1929 per cent, and the number
year old and over was 2,2G2,957, or
65.1 per cent of the total number.
The census of 1884 shows thelnumber
of each of the several classes Of live
stock, but not tine number at the differ
ent ages as reponted inJthe present CEN
sus. Assuming that horses ami "'other
cattle" in 1884 include all ages, fhorses
have increased in the ten yearsAl7 ,156,
mules and asses E12, cattle, othsr than
mich COWS and working oxen, E99, 4O2,
milch COWS 99,I9i, ant hogs $6757,
while working oxen have decreased
1902, and sheep 6SS,954.
The state totals Of live stock asiabove
given INCLUDE live stock in cities. The
totals for, cities are as follows Hnsses:
Under / year old, including spring
colts, 241; 1 year old and under 2, dS9;
2 years olG. and under 3, 1902; 8 years
old and over, 49,147. Mules and asses,
all ages, 24s. Cattle, exclusive Of mich
cows and working oxen: Under year
old, including spring calves, 691; 1 year
old and under 2, 4S9; 2 years old and
under 3, 1888; years and over, 49S.
Number of mich cows, 1890. Num-
Der of working oxen, 1G.
OF other stock returned from outside
a. cities in 1891, there is, compared with
$50, a decrease of 1881 ia the number
OF mich cows, .Uf 1854 in working
oxen, of 90990 in hogs, and Of 1S7361
In sheep, and an increase of 1851 In
mules and asses.
Tae census OF 1890 shows 3D.
go colts foaIed on farms in 1889.
If G4ae number of horses outside
Of cities under Z year old, in
the state June 1, 1904, be taken as the
number foaled on farms in that year,
which for this state is substantially
accurate, the number foaled in 1894
was 26, $3.50 less than in 1889, a decrease
of more shan As per cent The decline
in value OF horses will readily account
for this lsrge decrease In the number
of colts foaled.
By the census of 1890, 20,631 horses,
mules, and asses on farms died in this
state in 1889. This is lob less than
the number Of colts foaled outside Of
cities in 1894. Assuming the loss by
death as reported for 1889 represents
with substantial accuracy the annual
loss from this cause, the number Of |
colts foaled in 1894 exceeded the loss
by death by 11.Ol3.
The number Of sheep sheared in the |
late in 1894 was 1929 S9, or 60,232 |
more than on hand June 1. The total
wool clip Of the state was 14,696,322 |
pounds, an average of 6.33 pounds per
head. The average per head in 1890 |
was 6.2S pounds; in 1884, 5.63 pounds,
and in 1880. 542 pounds. In 1894 the
average per head in the southern coun-
ties was $40 pounds; in the central
counties, 500 pounds; in the northern
6.49 pounds, and in the upper
peninsula, 6.S2 pounds.
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POultry.

1853, 1862, of which 31,S90, or Ash per
cent were under year old; 4O,02S, or
SOB per cent were year old and under
two; 4S,111, or 725 per cent were 2
years old and under 3; and 543,393, or
S1.91 per cent were years old and
over.
The number of mules and asses was
5,S92.
The number Of cattle, exclusive Of
mich cows and working oxen, was
554, 5S3, of which 242,220, or 1857 per
cent were under year old; I9S,548, or
$3.50 per cent were 1 year old and under
2; 1891, or 1920 per cent were Q years
old and under 8; and 2S,994, or ABB per
cent were years old and over.
The number of mich cows was $685.
800, and of working oxen III, 267
The number Of hogs under year old,
including spring pigs, was S7,365, or
80.S9 per cent, and the number year
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Exact OF Food on Rnhtor.

Canefualy studied experiments in
feeding dairy cattle show that the kind
of food the COWS consume has a pro-
nOunced effect on the hardness of the
butter. Sc far as the experiments have
gone it appears (D That gluten meal
tends to produce u much softer quality
of butter than corn meal or cotton seed
meal, and, other things being equal
tends to lessen the ,churnability of the
b1tter fat. ~ That silage produces
a much softer butter than does good
hay, but it is also favorable to the fla
vor and texture of the butter product.
(SD That cotton seed meal tends to pro-
duee an unusually hard quality Of but
ter, and that cotton seed meal and glu-
ten meal might be used together with
excellent results.
The standard Of quality by which the
Sutter is judged is the quality made by
feeding cornmeal and clever hay. The
feeds tested for quality being those now
largely used by dairymen in sections
where grain is bought for feed.-Ne-
braska Cnativator.
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BROAD TIRE WAGONS.
There -Hs.8So Reason Why ThVy Should
Not BE Used Everywhere.

There -Is"SSo Reason Why Tiny Should
Not BE Used Everywhere.
While the subject OF good roads is be-
ing agita5ed in every part ofitlre country
those most interested i'm the subject are
doing Their best to make bad roads
Still worse by using narrow tires on
their wagons. Heavy loads are drawn
over our mud roads ON these narrow
tired wagons and deep ruts ccut into
them, that in wet weather make them
almost, and sometimes entirely, i'm
passable. q have sort of G pity for
man VINO urges his team along
muddy road, all the time grumbling
about the badness of it, when he might
reduce the labor of his team from one
third to One-Ealf by using wide tires at
very little additional cost to himself
and to the great saving of team and
temper. It's to be hoped thatttne first
legislation hooking to the Improvement
OF the roads of the country willDe in the
way of encouraging the use divide
tires for oue narrow-tired wagon will
do more damage than a dozen, with
wide tires fl the roads are at al soft
~ NHe uiSPuHSS tHe puilobOpIly fUA WIG
tires, and no one seems 10 have anI
good reason to offer why they 'snoule
not be used. Our farmers SinnplSy fox
low precedent and go on using marrow
tires because Their fathers did before
them. Lumbermen and fre1ghters use
wide tires almost universally and save
money by doing so, but it seems that
farmers do, not care to ecOmOniizei in
this direction The condition of our
roads costs us more than amy cotheI
single 4tem OF waste in this country,
and the common use Of wide tires
would reduce this waste of energy to
a large 'extent.-Aanerican Farmer and
Farm Naws.
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aswnmnedu nut AlI RIght NOW.
BUFFALO, N. y, May IS, 1895

BUFFALO, ~, l., may loi 1919.
Western Newspaper Unicu,
Kansas City, Mo.
GENTLEMEN: No doubt you have re-
ceived some complaints from readers
of your paper that they have not re-
ceived our Common Sense Medical
Adviser" after having sent twenty
one (91) cents in stamps, together with
coupon from your paper, Such letters
complaining Of the delay in receiving
their books can be forwarded TO us for
answer; or IL you desire to answer
them yourself, we would say that this
delay has been caused by the extra
ordinary demand for this free offer Of
The book Our offer Of free copies of
the ''Adviser" has been advertised in a
great many papers, and by circulars
sent through the mail, and in conse-
quence we are "swamped' with or
ders, and did not have u large enough
edition to meet the requirements, We
had every Sindery in Buffalo at work
on the books, but this was not sufli-
cient to supply the extraordinary de-
mnnd. We are still several thousand
behind, and have now engaged New
York bindery to bud the books for
us, and, as they can supply us with
5000 day, we expect to soon catch
up with our orders, Trusting that
this explanation will be satisfactory
to your newspaper readers, we remain
Yours very truly
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL ASSN.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-06

A citizen Of Rumford had canvassed
the town in vain from end to end in
search of a hen to set, when he heard
thatan old darkey on the Boston, Prov
idence C Newport road had a great
deal of Setting stock" AS this was
just what he wanted, he lost no time
in hunting him up. He found the old
man building hencoop in the rear of
his residence. Approaching. he asked,
by way OF broaching the subject, how
many hens he had setting.
Three hens and a rooster, boss"
"And which," inquired the poultry
man, thinking he had not heard
straight.
"a rooster" replied the darkey.
Seeing look of distrust on the Wis
itors face be took him into low build
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Grit.

Those who have kept their hocks
fully supplied need not be told that II
will take at least quart per hen per
year, and that the demand for it re-
ours as regular as the daily meals. The
fact that many hens are compelled to
do entirely without grit, and yet man
age to live and lay eggs, speaks vol.
umes for the constitutional vitality and
tenacity Of life Of the much abused hen
You have taken her from her native
heath and placed her where it suits
your purpose to keep her, and in many
localities she cannot find anything in
the shape of grit to run her grist mill
with, and yet you neglect to supply
this essential feature, and then an
athemize the breed. and all hens in
general, because the poor, helpless
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PRINCIPLES OF DYEINo.

Interesting Observations Recently sot
Forth by DIR. Knecht.
The textile organs give place to DR..
Knechts observations on the philoso-
ply and principles Of dyeing, as re-
Gently set forth, emphasis being made
on the well-known fact that various
color solutions rise with a different
speed and to different height through
the medium of inserted strips Of filter
paper, the difference being, in fact, 30
marked that system Of analysis has
been built upon It. So 1t Is reasoned
a drop Of acqueous solution spreads on
a sheet Of filter paper, forming blotch
surrounded by colorless halo; the lat
ter, surrounding dot Of magenta, be-
ing found to contain about half Of the
total hydrochloric acid present in the
dyestuff, the fact Of chemical disso-
citation thus being evident. This dlsso-
citation, according to DR.. Knecht, is be-
lorehand attributed to the chemical ac-
ton of the cellulose, and in juxtaposi-
tiOn is placed the well-known fact that
solution Of fannie acid and magenta
may be mixed without precipitation,
while tannin-mordanted cotton In the
same bath will be at once charged with
a color lake; further, as the phenome-
non with the colorless halo does not
take place with alcoholic nor concen-
trated aqueous color solutions, the
water is supposed to actually dlssocl-
ate dye haze and mineral acid, but the
presence Of cellulose is required to up
set the equilibrium that existed up to
then.
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VIM She Smiles Sweetly.

Sparkling eyes, quick beating heart, and the
rosy blush OF pleasure on the checks makes tho
strong man happy when he meets his lady love.
That's the kind OF o man whose very touch
thrills because II Is full OF energy, vigorous
mon impotent, weak Nnd skinny, No.TOBao
sold by Druggists everywhere Guaranteed TO
cure Book, titled Dent Tobacco spit or
Smoke Your Life Away free. Address Ster-
hing Remedy Co, Now YORK; or Chioago.
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Remember the new service on the
Nickel Plate road goes into effect May
10th. Afternoon train will leave Chi
cago at l:30p. M, arrive Cleveland 1880
p, M, Buffalo o'clock a. m. Evening
train will leave Chicago 0:20 p. M, ar
rive Cleveland $3.50 a. M, aifording bus
mess men an excellent train service to
those cities. Through trains between
Chicago, New York and Boston without
change. superb dining cars. City ticket
office, III Adams street. Telephone
main $50.
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Blueness of Millk.-NIflk as at comes
from the udder may be described as Of
practically uniform composition. II,
however, we let 1t stand at rest for some
time we find, as all are aware, that the
uniformity OF the composition Of the
milk is disturbed by an accumulation,
which takes place more or less quickly
on the surface of the milk, of minute
fatty globules, which a microscopic ex-
animation VIII show are SO abundantly
distributed in milk; eoneurrently with
this separation of the fat, change in
the color of the main body will be OBJ
served. BY the removal Of the fat the
opacity OF the milk is diminished, and
it is rendered more transparent. This
has the effect of imparting the blush
tinge which is so characteristic Of skim
milk. But, while most Of the fat col.
lects on the surface, there is always
certain percentage which never reaches
the top. This amounts TO at least Is
per cent.-Exehange.
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Excuse me II trouble you"
Said V to jolly w,
But will you have the kindness to ex-
plain one thing to me?
Why, looking as you do,
Folks should call you double U,
When they really ought to call you
double w"
Said w to curious V:
"The reasons plain as plain can be
although must admit It's under
stood by very few;
AS you say, I'm double v;
And therefore, don't you see,
The people say that I am double you"