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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
WILL BURST A MOUNTAIN.
Granite BIasters Preparing for a
Record Breaking Explosion.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch

From the Plttsburg Dispatch
Rockland Me-. Oct. 9.-Down on the
coast of Maine, back of State Point and
near the thriving granite hamlet of Long
Cove, there is TO be explosion late
this month that threatens to shake solid
old Knox county to its very foundations.
Since last December Andrew Johnson and
Henry Hendrickson, two sturdy iaborers,
have delved into the mountain of stone
that stood an insurmountable sentinel as
the east wall of the Long Cove quarry.
building a long deep tunnel that has for
its aim the overthrow of 100000 tons of
good Maine granite. When the work is
completed, two long arms will have been
built from the main tunnel, each terminat-
ing in a Theoretically sealed cavern and
capable, combined, of holding eight tons
of powder.
Wires viii be stretched to a battery
hundreds of yards back in the forest; the
key will be pressed, and just what will
happen is matter of vast moment 10
the Booth Brothers and the Hurricane
Isle Granite Company, which owns the
quarry, to say nothing of the good folk
who own the pretty homes on its very,
verge and in the fishing settlements adj
Joining. The main tunnel extends straight
into the solid wall hfty-six feet It is per
haps three feet in width and four and one
half feet high, the top being as neatly
arched as If it was the ultimate inten-
ton Of the builders to have it polished.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
silver Going our of Use.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the chicago journal.
One of the significant paragraphs of the
statement Of the acting controller of the
national banks at the close of business
Sept % last is that relating to the number
of silver dollars held by them. The acting
controller interDrets this to mean that
"the use Of the silver dollar seems to have
decreased considerably in Chicago this
year"
Sept. % our twenty-one national banks
held only .512 silver dollars, being 70078
or % per cent. less than on May n last.
and SS,S42, or nearly 20 per cent less than
March last. This decrease may almost
be described as phenomenal. but II is not
confined to Chicago. for the acting con-
trOller Of the currency notes that It sis
shown this year in all western cities 1t
has been going on in the east for several
years"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
Twenty Feet From Tip to Tip of
Wings.
From the Philadelphia Press.

The Danish. steamship Horsa, Capt.
Weborg, which arrived here yesterday
from Port Antonio, Jamaica. with a car
go of bananas. has on board a most Gu
rious sea bird, which was captured at sea
several days ago while the ship was wealth
ering a severe gale, midway between the
east end of Cuba and Fortune Island
The bird, which is called by the sailors
a sea eagle, lit on the foremost head early
in the morning exhausted, and was cap
tured with little difficulty and penned
up in a chicken coop. Since it has been
in captivity IS has refused to eat, and the
officers mean to have 1t stuffed.
The bird measures from tip to tip of its
wings twenty feet. and is covered with
rare plumage. 1t is very fierce and seems
to be unable to stand the cool weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
Florida Central q PeninsuIar Rail

on sOh medan time which
lime Table in Effect Oct. IL, 1895.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20
The RUSSIAN Jew.
Bah Visits His Home and Studies His
Habits.

Our
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PeddIers-SHd-Faced Hdeous
Jewish Chidren-An Day Bath
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-20

you. / am poor, but / prefer to start
poor and achieve something if l have
somebody to achieve it for. Gladys can
Mr. Toots, / appreciate the high regard
you entertain for me, but 1t cannot be.
I'll be a friend-a sister to you, but
Gladys, can you not grant me a place
in that chilly heart Of yours?
Mr. Toots, my heart may be chilly as
you say, but l am not in the cold storage
l..
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Silver as a Legal Tender.

A Louisiana correspondent writes
to inquire whether silver dollars are
full legal tender. This subject has
been fully discussed heretofore in the
editorial columns of the World. Her
aid, but the law is stated again. From
1892 to 1858 all silver coins were full
legal tender to the same extent that
gold coins were. In 1858 silver coins,
under the denomination of 81, were
decreased in weight and made token
money, with only limited legal tender
qualities The standard SILVER dollar,
however, remained, as before, full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, and so continued until 1874.
The act Of 1873 did not take away the
legal tender qualities of the silver
dollars then in existence, although
that act suspended the free and I'M
limited coinage Of silver which had
existed from the foundation of the
government. In 1874, in revision
Of the statutes, the law was changed
50 as to make the standard SILVER dol
lar a limited legal tender only. In
1878 the standard silver dollar, con-
tainIng BIZ grams of pure silver (the
pure silver IN a dollar has never been
changed since the first dollar was
made in 1892, was again made full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, but a clause was inserted
which permits a contract to be made
excluding the silver dollar as a money
of payment. Those who belleye in
bimetallism believe that this clause
should be repealed IN order that sill
yer may stand upon exactly the same
footing as gold. Those who believe
in bimetallIsm also believe that the
government should recognize the
equality of silver as legal tender
money by using it to redeem green.
backs and treasury notes aud paying
other obligations of the government.
Silver should be an unlimited legal
tender in fact, as well as in law, and
the government should not by its &C.
ton cast suspicion upon one of the
metals which it declares to be legal
tender as between individuals when
coined into money.-Omaha World
Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01

of $8,000,00O will be afforded on a
single continent
The Australian production is in
creasing and promises to largely ex-
coed SAL, 100000, attained in 1894.
The race is getting to be hot one
between these two countries and the
United States for the highest record
for the year Australia won in 1894,
with Africa a close second, and the
United States third. Africa seems
likely to win this year, with Australia
and the United States fighting for
second place. The Colorado people
promise to increase their product from
50, 491, 514 in 1894, to about $17,000,-
600. The mint officials scarcely credit
such an increase, but admit that Col
orado will show big gain. The Grip
pie Greek region, which has been av-
eraging 100000 to 100000 month
has suddenly climbed to 100000 a
month, indicating gain Of 81, 10000
for the year. The Leadville district
Is also showing an increase. Hy-
draulic mining Is now allowed under
certain restrictions in California,
which is counted on to increase the
product of that state. The facts re-
garding the production Of Mexico also
indicate seeming increase because of
the apparent suppression of the actual
production Of previous years under
the influence Of the export duty on
the precious metals. Even the dis
tsnt territory of Alaska promises q
bigger product than IN 1894, and
tests are being made in South Amer
lea which are thought likely to in
crease the gold output of those un-
explored countries.
A production of $200,0O0,0OO in a
single year will equal the aggregate
production Of both gold and silver as
recently as 1886, and will be twice the
average gold production during the
years from 1881 to 1885.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
A Query Answered.

The Times said few days ago that
"if Senator Blackburn wins his fight
in Kentucky on the free silver issue
the members of all political parties in
Colorado will lift up their voices in
praise and thankfulness. He is fight
ing for the right"
Whereupon the MancOs Times was
moved to remark: "And if the Demo
Gratis of Illinois, Ohio and Indiana
should win the day, on the same issue,
what will The Times and the Repub-
licans of Colorado have to say about
it%
II viii be time to cross that bridge
when wa come to it. The Democrats
of IlLlnCit, Indiana and Ohio have not
yet won the day on the SILVER issue.
The Democratic party is not in the
habit of doihg the right thing at the
right time, and it would be the height
of absurdity to rely IN advance upon
its doing so.
Our Mancos contemporary, if it has
read The Times, knows just where
this paper stands on the silver ques-
ton, 1t will not support a goldbug
nominee for the presidency, and it
believes that the Republican party of
Colorado will not.
Our Mancos contemporary should
keep this fact firmly fixed in Its mind:
The Democratic party has not won
the fight for silver, nor has the Re-
publican party declared against sill
ver.-DenUer Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Gold Production.

The gold production of the world is
now regarded as certain to exceed
$2O0,00O,00O for the present calendar
year, as against $l81, 100000 for 1894.
Reports to London financial papers
from South Africa indicate that the
Witwatersrant region alone is now
producing $4,OO0,OOO per month, which
will make $4S,0OO,OOO year. This
was about the average for May. The
other districts of Africa are counted
upon to supply the deficit, if this re-
glon fails to reach quite the total
named. The whole African product
in 1894 WAS $40, 246,OOO, SO that a gain
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Wheat in the Northwest.

A Duluth, Minnesota, correspond
ent Of the Ne,O York Times says:
Reliable information from all por-
tlons of the Northwest has convinced
the millers, the elevator men and the
grain commission men here that a
wheat crop exceeding in volume even
that Of 1891, the banner year in the
history of the country, may be ex-
pected, unless something now unfore-
seen should inAIct damage upon the
grain-and that something must come
at once to do any damage, for in a
few days the harvest will be we'll
under way"
This puts a new face on the crop
prospects for this year All previous
estimates, whether from Official or
private sources, indicated a falling off
in the volume Of the crop, even from
last year, which was small, and the
predictions of a meager supply Of
wheat next year were based on that
understanding. But if this CORE
spondent ID accurate in his statement
that the present crop will equal and
maybe exceed the bountiful yield Of
1891, it can be predicted that there
will be ample wheat in this country to
meet any demands that may be made
on the supply.
The short crop in the United King
dom referred to IN these columns yes
terday morning is altogether likely to
create an extensive demand for Amer
lean wheat IN European markets.
The reports from Argentina are that
the crop there is not up to expecta-
tlons. The Russian crop is fairly
good, but the political complications
in that part of the world are such as
to discourage expectation Of cereals.
In view Of these facts, the chances
are that the United States will be the
granary of the world this year, as she
WAS In 1891, and that assures good
prices and prosperous business,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
War on the erasshopper.


When the grasshopper made his
memorable campaign in Kansas IN
1874 public opinion was divided as
to the feasibility Of fighting him. A
minority, very small one, believed
that provided the grasshopper we're
not reinforced the human skill and
industry might devise means to de-
stroy them, and fire, smoke and GER
tain machines were proposed, but the
much greater number Of farmers and
others held to the ancient belief that
man is powerless as against natural"
calamities, and that it would be of no
more use to contend with tho grass
hopper than with Lightning,
1t is now reported that in Mime
sofa, in view of the presence of
great army Of hoppers, this ancient
superstition has been discarded and
that Prof. Lugger, State Entomolo-
gist, has taken the field at the head
OF the brave farmers of the Red River
valley to give the hoppers a turn with
a machine called chopper dozer."
The chopper dozer" is a huge tin
dust pan mounted on low runners and
drawn by horses. At the back of the
pan is trough filled with kerosene.
As the "dozer" moves, the miserable
hoppers are swept back into the pan,
and as soon as they touch the kefo-
sene they are killed or seized with
locomotor ataxia and are done up.
The machines cost $3.50 each, are
furnished by the state, and Prof. Lug
ger has 400 hopper dozers" at work
in the infested section. Prof. Lug
ger claims that with this number Of
"dozers" he can destroy from 800 to
1900 bushels Of grssshoppers every
day. When one considers the num-
Der of grasshoppers In a bushel it
will be seen that no army of grass
hoppers that ever flew can long sus-
tain such ravages.
1t may be remembered that in 1874
machine resembling the Minnesota
hopper dozer was employed in Dick
lnson county, Kansas, and was said to
have been California invention. 1t
was, however, constructed Of cloth,
and it was complained that it passed
over the ground without making a
clean sweep Of the hoppers, and
very few Of the machines were used.
The Minnesota hopper dozer, made Of
tin and with the kerosene attachment,
and used by hundreds, lnaugurates
new style Of warfare which promises
to be effective. 1t is most hopeful
indication that the Minnesota farmers
are willing to make fight for their
fields, and not lie down and take the
injuries Of the hoppers as q "visita-
ton of Providence" Providence is
as much on the side OF the farmers as
the grasshoppers. -KGnsas City Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01

soiling, deep blowing and shallow
cultivation, the latter operation prefer
ably with a harrow. Advised the
blowing or narrowing of stubble fields
Immediately after harvest in order 10
retain moisture. Also the fall plow-
ing Of corn fields.
BY reference to chart showing
rainfall, temperature and crop yield,
as observed at the Manhattan station,
he demonstrated that excessive evap-
Grafton was the cause of the crop fail
ures rather than drouth because more
rain fall was observed in years of crop
failures than in others when good
crops rewarded the husbandman's ef-
forts, Excessive heat had in these
years exhausted the moisture while in
the years of comparative success a low
temperature had permitted the soil to
retain sufficient moisture to mature
the crop, even with shorter supply
in the beginning. He advocated put
ting more work on less ground and
doing it more thoroughly. Thought
corn was planted too closely as a rule;
should be dropped Is to Is inches
apart where listed,
The audience paid the closest at
tentlon to the lecture and seemed
much interested but there we're many
present who thought experience was
worth much more than theory and
differed with the professor on some
points, notably on his shallow cult
walton ideas and fall blowing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman Of Dlmondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract: 81
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the case
of my wife. While l was pastor of the
Baptist Church at River Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible par
oxysms Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption, and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A
friend recommended DR.. Kings New
Discovery; 1t was quick in its work
and highly satisfactory In results"
trial bottles free at S, s. Fisher & Co.'S.
drug store. Regular size, 50 cents and
81 90. l
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Our Reputed Wealth.

A French student Of finance named
Professor Francois, has written an
exhaustive article for the Monde
Moderne of Paris, on the wealth Of
nations.
His conclusion is that the United
States IS the richest country on the
habitable globe He places the wealth
of this country at 313,0O0,O00,0OO
francs; England next, with 265,O0O,-
100000 francs; France third, with
225000,000,000 francs, Germany
fourth, with 161,OO0,OOO,OOO francs;
Russia fifth, with 127,O00,OO0,0OO
francs; Austria-Hungsry sixth, with
82,O00,000,000 francs; and all the rest
combined do not equal the United
States.
And yet these United States of
America are submitting today TO the
dictation of Great Britain upon their
financial and tariff policies 1t is
time that Americans asserted them
srlVes upon these yoints.
Glass Legislation IN favor Of the
Eastern fringe Of our country has
regulated national affairs too long
already. The great producing and
consuming and borrowing interior
will have its say for time now
Depver Times
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01

Our in Denver the people and the
water company are having a row over
water rates. Consumers are tender.
ing what they consider the proper
amounts, but the company refuses to
accept anything but what it demands.
The NetoS tells of the following Incl
dent:
"A gentleman threw upon the coun-
ter three IS bills as part Of his tender
for rates due. "You have only $40
dollars here" said the clerk. "There
are three SIS bills" said the customer.
"But one Of them," responded the
clerk, sis a national bank bill, and
that is not legal tender" The party
soon returned, and handing out five
silver dollars inquired if that would
do. He was then told that his tender
was refused"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Soil Management.

Farmers, farmers wives and farm
ers' daughters and quite sprinkling
of those who are not cultivators OF
the soil, crowded the court room yes
terday, says the Junction city Trjb.
une, to hear Prof. Hilton, of Topeka,
lecture on the physical properties of
soils, The meeting was called to order
by Capt. A. O. Pierce. The lecturer
asked permission to remove his coat,
and taking silence to mean assent, did
so and sailed into his subject in earn
est. HIS talk was illustrated by
charts showing arrangement of soil
grains by glass tubes with sand and
soil in them, large chart showing
heat, moisture and production as OBJ
served at the Manhattan College for
a series of years and corn stalks and
roots.
Beginning with the statement that
growing plants are composed of about
95 per cent Of water and the soil OF
about 95 per cent rock, he went on to
show the different properties of va
rious soils and the manner in which
plant food was extracted from them.
His lecture pertained particularly to
corn cultivation and his practical dem
onstration of the way IN which corn
roots itself was, perhaps, the most in
teresting point, He had stalks of
corn with roots over six feet in length
He also demonstrated the circulation
of water through the soil by pouring
water into glass tubes partly filled
with sand from we'll IN western
Kansas, the sand hills of the Arkan-
sas, sub and surface soils from the
Morris farm at Wreford. the old Cove
farm at Hardscrsbble and Capt. Hen
derson's farm. He advocated sub
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01
Township Caucus.

There will be a township caucus of
the peoples party held at the Lee
school house In Deer Greek township,
on Wednesday, July 81, for the pur-
pose of eIecting three delegates and
three alternates to attend the county
convention to be held at Phillipsburg,
August 7, 1895, and for such other
business as may come before the
caucus. Thomas Cox, Chairman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01

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DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worries Fair HigheRt Award.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-23

Continued on Third Page.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-23
VOICES FROM CITY PULPITS
ON THE TILK or 4 VAR FIFTH
 GREAT HRITIIN.

 Rev. Mr. LuoSey at Humphrey Street
 Church speaks of the Great Importance
 ot Meekness, Moderation, EIrmnOss and
 Courtesy as Distinguished from Bluster-
 ing and iiullyimg and Bragadoeio-"Jin-
 goism" a Passing Fever--A perversion of
 the Monroe pocrine-Rev. Dr. Smyth
 speaks of tho Increasing Domination of
 the Christian spirit in tho Affairs of
 Nations and the Settlement of National
 Diff,ronoes--Roy. Mir, Griffin Says some
 One Has Blundered and That the unly
 True solution of the Differences is in
 Christian soIuton-Rev. Mir, NIeservo
 Believes Two Great Christian Nations
 win Not Fight-Rov. Dr. Munger Re
 hukes the War spirit.
 Rev Frank R, Luckey, pastor of Humphrey street church, yesterday preached to very large congrega- ton at his church on The Christian Rule of Speech" He took for his text Matthew 5:22; But say unto you that whosoever is angy with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosover shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whatsoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire" These words" said MT. Luckey, contains the Christian rule of speech" Our Lord besides con- demning .causeless anger speaks of the mischief of angry words. Of these he takes two instances; Raca, Syriac word, meaning empty or shallow, and the word which in English we trans late as thou fool In this the Lord calls our attention to the mischief and sin of our evil words, No doubt there is a pedantic precision In words, but ali honor and praise belong to those who obey the Lords command and try to measure their language, Even the church has forgotten her masters spirit and called down fire from heaven and in every instance this has been only a repetition of the cry of Racai Raca! And if we must guard individual speech what shall we say of the mis- chievous utterances of the party news paper Irrespective of panty one finds in some of the papers revered heads held up in ridicule or suspicion and unjust aspersion of honored men.
 And now-now look upon the extraor- dinary and inexplicable fury with which so many newspapers fall upon every possible dispute or complication with foreign powers.
 The first impulse of an American newspaper, when it hears that an Amer iean vessel has been fired upon, or that a mob has thrown stones at an Ameri- can sailor, seems to be to arouse the country and declare war, without wait ing to ascertain the facts or to discover where the responsibility lies. The treat ment of the Allianea affair by the news papers is good illustration of the lack of gense of responsibility on the part of a great many American editors. A for eigner reading our newspapers after that incident would have come to the conclusion that Spain was in the habit of firing on American vessels every morning. In the same way every dip lomatic transaction with South Ameri- can countries in which Germany or