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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
FASHIONS FANCIES.

The box-coat, though shapely, Is not
close-fttlng.
Both side and box-plaits are used in
pretty shlrt-waists.
White wash-sllk knickerbockers are
the latest novelty In these undergar-
ments.
The box-plalt, in triple folds, is shown
on the front of basque waist just i'm
ported
The long shoulder seam, which orlgl-
reted in Paris, Is slowly but surely
gaining ground.
Plaid, striped and lowered ribbons
are conspicuous on many Of the thin
summer gowns
White lace pettlcoats, lined with
white taffetas. and trimmed with floun-
ces, are fashionable
Collars and cuffs Of batlste quilting,
bordered with a fine rushe Of batlste
or Valenciennes, are popular
The coat and skirt design seems to
be more popular than ever before, and
bids fair to last for some time yet
One Of the daintiest corset-covers is
a little bolero jacket, made entirely Of
ldCe HlbeTllOn, anu lIllIIueu dlOuAiu tHV
edge with lace.
Shirt-walsts are made in greater
karlety Of materials than ever before,
the latest Of which is dlmlty, made up
with white linen collars and cuffs.
Soft felt Alpine hats, In shades Of
brown and black, and trimmed with a
bow Of silk ribbon and cock feathers,
are worn by young ladies and matrons
for travelling.
Skirts without trimmings are the rule
for all gowns except thin musllns, and
some Of these are trimmed with two or
three bands Of insertion arranged in a
deep point on either side.
Black lace, embroidered with real
straw, Is now used for trimming hats
and bonnets, and these embrolderles.
which give the impression Of pale gold
color, are extremely effective.
A new fancy is the large collar Of
lawn, batiste, lace chiffon and en-
broldery, which is displayed in such
diversity Of styles in shops, and worn
over every imaginable sort Of gown in
the street
Skirts remain much the same, except
that less hair cloth is used in their lin
ing. Here and there, one is seen with
plated sides, made Of a straight
breadth, and the same gored front and
godet back.
Constant attempts are being made to
lessen the size Of the sleeves, and pos
sibly they may become suddenly fat
but that would be pity, for pulled
sleeves, when not exaggerated, give
much elegance to the figure.
Pale pink is the popular color In un-
dressed kid gloves for evening wear,
and pale yellow and very light tan are
worn in the afternoon. with darker
shade Of tan for morning and travel
ing, while to be quite fashionable al
gloves should At loosely.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
The LIars' Club.

There is an eccentric hen in Hop
kins, Kan, which persists in going each
day to the top Of tall cottonwood tree
in tho yard to lay. The Journal says
the children stand under the tree with
their aprons spread, to "catch the pre-
cious missile as it falls"
A man in Saco, Maine, recently had a
terrific fight with monster mud turtle.
When it finally succumbed to his Prov
ess and to fence stake, he found that
it weighed thirty-two pounds. In the
same remarkable state fox trap was
recently found, which, though set sixty
years before, was in good state of
preservation. Maine is such dry state,
it had scarcely rusted at all.
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lection. The admiral has displayed
commendable energy in his effort to
punish the horrible offenders, and, &C.
cording to the latest reports, has en-
barked on board Of the first-class
cruiser Orland with the purpose OF
Smelling the savage hamlets and dwell
lings along the coast. 1t is doubtful
however, whether much will be ac-
complished by this line of procedure
as the savages are accustomed to re-
treat to the interior while the firing is
going on, and, by the dizziness and
treachery of their movements, they
have often been known to seize stray
Cling boatloads Of the whites as they
visited the shore and to make off with
them in triumph. Very few of these
unfortunate captives have ever been
seen again. According to the usual
practice of the Solomon Islanders, they
re Immediately put to death and their
Bodies carefully quartered by the chiefs
butcher. The pieces are then hung up
on the branches of shady trees and al
lowed to acquire the proper degree Of
seasoning.
The latest white victims of the saw
ages were the ships company Of the
Sydney trading schooner Amelia, Capt.
D. Kerr, his mate, Samuel Smith, and
eight or ten men. They sailed in the
schooner Amelia from Rubiana in the
middle Of last April and have since
been missing under circumstances that
leave no question as to their fate. The
British naval officers in the vicinity
are naturally enraged over the miser-
able destruction Of these sailors, and
it is probable that swift vengeance will
be taken upon the cannibals if they fall
into the clutches of the whites. When
the sailors failed to return to Rubiana
in May, one Nathaniel Wheatley, of
that place, organized search for
them and succeeded in picking up the
deck-house, the matches and other
parts of the Amelia, but every one of
the men had disappeared.
The group of islands called the Solo
mon Islands by early navigators, who
vaguely supposed that they were the
original depository of Solomon's gold,
extend from the northwest. to the
southeast in latitude 5 to II degrees
south and 154 to 1853 degrees east,
at distance of about 800 miles north
east Of Australia. They are the larg-
est Of the numerous groups of islands
in the Pacific Ocean, and were discov-
cred by Alverdo de Mendana in 1867.
Yet, though they were thus among the
earliest known islands in this region,
our information in regard to their
topography, resources and inhabitants
has always remained very meagre, ow-
ing to the unamiable character of the
natives.
The Solomon Islanders are of a
mixed race, varying between an al
most pure Malay type and the dark
skinned Polynesian. Though savags
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In their habits, they are nevertheless
intelligent, crafty, thlevish and re-
vengeful, and they are said, when do
mesticated, to make excellent and
faithful servants. The men wear no
clothing but loin band, and the
women wear small skirt, They are
mostly small of stature and their hair
and skin are intensely black, the
former being closely frizzled. Some
visitors have described these people as
the most savage, brutal and degraded
race on earth, but this opinion Is per-
haps too severe. Although cannibals,
they are by no means degraded as
compared with other savage races. They
had acquired in the process Of their
development and before coming in con-
tact with Europeans knowledge Of
various simple arts, several Of which
they practiced with remarkable skill.
They are singularly clever in surgery,
setting arms and legs with bamboo
splints. They have also obtained some
knowledge Of dentistry, though their
treatment Of a patient is somewhat Of
a heroic character.
A protectorate was established over
the entire, group in 1893. The British
government thus acquired a total area
OF seven or eight thousand square
miles and a population Of about $4,000
savages, the greater part Of whom were
cannibals. At the time Of the estab-
lishment of the protectorate the chief
Of the island of San Christoval, one Of
the most cannibalistic of the lot, was
one Taxi, converted man-eater,
whose picture is given herewith.
Contrary to the general impression,
the practice Of canniballsm has by no
means been extinguished. 1t has been
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The Maine man who provides all his
berry-pickers' with spruce gum so that
they won't eat berries.
The New Hampshire farmer who
made his minister a present of load
of hay which was so weedy that the
boys were going to burn it up.
The Harlemite who slept last night
in the mantle of the darkness, to save
the wear on the bed clothing.
The old gentleman in Indiana who
had tombstone made with six sides,
on each of which were narrated the
virtues Of dead spouse.
The wheelwright in New Jersey who
returned an adopted boy to his parents
because the lad wore out his shoes
shutting his feet on the floor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
Now YorI, Adrertlslnr Dodros.

Broadway, New York, merchants are
adopting all sorts Of devices to attract
the attention of the Dassersby The
latest fad is the electrical window sign.
An uptown dealer has one which makes
a noise and stops strollers, who read
on it these words: "If your sign
moves and attracts attention your goods
will" Another electrical eye arrester
never fails to draw. 1t is shown by a
piano man. Over the sidewalk is fixed
a large circular case containing num-
Der of white, flexible, sinuous arms,
moving from a common center. These
are connected with the keyboard and
follow the motion of the keys on a
piano inside. When lively tune is be-
ing played the bewildering gyrations Of
the tumbling bars in the case seem to
have constant fascination for the pas
sersby.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
KANSAS NOTES.
Alfalfa in Kansas.

One of the most interesting subjects
now attracting the attention of the
farmers of Kansas Is the growth of
alfalfa for feed to which Secretary
r. d. Coburn of the state board of
agriculture has devoted considerable
study, having prepared number of
valuable papers treating of the growth
of this plant and in one of the recent
reports sent out by the board treated
Of the details at length and in most
satisfactory manner.
Speaking of alfalfa Mr.. Coburn says:
1t would seem that Kansas and other
Western states are not alone in appre-
citation and production of alfalfa or in
finding it in some respects and under
various conditions more desirable
and profitable crop than the every
where-valued clover The area in
France devoted to alfalfa-growing in
1893 was l,024, 5O4 acres, yielding 2,l22,-
1913 tons, valued ut the magnificent
total of SOL, ISL, 1853 Also, that the
land devoted to clover was 2,O37,1ls
acres, yielding l,043, 1850 tons, valued
at $43,055, 1926, According to this show
ing their yield Of clover was but 1,474
pounds per acre, while that of alfalfa
was nearly fifty per cent more or 2,2O5
pounds; the clover was valued by them
ut $29. 10 per ton and the alfalfa at
S24. IL, or about nine per cent more.
Putting 1t in another way, their acre
in clover produces value of SlG39
and an acre in alfalfa S26 o., or almost
sixty per cent more than in clover.
Again: An acre of alfalfa yields them
fifty per cent more hay than an acre of
clover; its product is worth nine per
cent or nearly 81 per ton more, ton for
ton, and nearly $40, or sixty per cent
more, acre for acre, In 1894 Kan
sas had 30, 1875 acres in alfalfa, and this
year has, according to official returns,
very close to 10000 acres, Which is an
increase of thirty-eight per cent.
AS authenticated instances are album
dant of its roots penetrating the soil
from fifteen to thIrty-hve feet, and in
one instance more thar 100 feet, it is
readily apparent that when once es-
tablished 1t has great capacity for re-
sisting the effects of dry weather For
this reason it is unusually we'll adapted
to large sections of the trans-Missouri
region, yet Mt the same time it does
not flourish best unless the moisture
conditions are such that it develops a
strong root hold the year of its sowing.
The foremost alfalfa county in Kansas
is Kinney, with 1000 acres; next in
order are butler with 5,707 acres;
Mitchell, 6,365; Cloud, $50 and Kear-
ney, 5000.
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LAssoED A FISH.
Meek and LOwly Wcatern Gentleman
Gives Points to Delaware People.

Meek and LOwly woatorn Gentleman
Gives Points TO Delaware People.
The champion FISH story has been
brought forward. 1t is told by Charlie
Lawton, Of Wilmington, Del, who as
serts that western friend, recently ar
rived from the vast and rolling prairie,
went out on the Delaware with him
fishing. The western man naturally
all western men do-carried his lariat
with him and seemed amused at the
various styles of bait" flies, etc,
which the native Wilmington man took
with him, BY and by, little tllrt was
seen on the water, where lively deni-
zen of the deep had tipped its tail
above the surface. The western man
arose in the boat and an expression of
mild interest crossed his face. He be-
gan slowly to uncoil the long rope
which hung at his belt. Another little
splash, and the rope veered in graceful
circles about his head. A third and the
Rata Kissed through the atmosphere,
cutting through the fog and mosquitoes
like a knife, and as the man from the
Setting Sun drew 1t back, a huge bass,
held by the tail, struggled in its meshes,
The rope is now on exhibition in the
back yard at the residence of one Of Mr.
Lawton's friends, and all who wish may
obtain tickets Of that gentleman, en-
titllng them to a vlew.--EX
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
THlRrv-EIoHr MILES AN HOUR.
Speed Claimed for Steamer with PrOpels
lers Scattered All Over Her

SPeou CLAIMED Tor steamer with Propele
lers Scattered All Over Her.
Richard Painton is the inventor and
patentee of steamship which he de-
clares will be able to make thirty-eight
nautical miles per hour. A model Of the
craft is now on exhibition at the Mari
time Exchange, New York Mr.. Pain
ton wishes to form a stock company
with 100000 paid-up capital, The
model represents vessel 6S6 feet long,
capable Of carrying $500 passengers,
400 officers and sailors, 5000 tons OF
coal, 1000 tons Of freight, 400 tons OF
food for the passengers and 300 tons or
food for the crew. In speaking Of his
model Mr.. Painton said: 81 gave the
model successful trial before the
board Of naval constructors and engi-
neers at Philadelphia, and have the
assurance of Chief Engineer Melville Of
the navy that my system of distributing
power and my patent propellers will
revolutionize the construction Of ocean
going vessels The distribution Of pow
err Is the whole secret. We have series
Of from fourteen to twenty propellers,
four at the stern, four at the bow and
from four to eight on each side Of the
vessel, They are all worked by indie
pendent motors and a vessel could be
propelled by any one Of them, Again,
the distribution of power permits a YES
sci to turn on its own axis. The engines
are worked like ordinary stationary
engines ashore, The shafts that work
the propellers are from twelve to TWEEN
ty-tive feet in length, and weigh from
five to ten tons each. At present the
shafts of an ocean steamship are sixty
five feet long and weigh about sixty
tons, The four propellers on the bows
have two-fold duty. In the first place
they help to propel the ship either for
ward, backward or sideways, and in
the second place they keep the bow
steady in rough weather and save the
strain on the stern propellers. The
motors are not connected with each
other. They have capacity Of six and
one-eighth horse power and can work
the propellers at an average speed Of
1900 revolutions per minute. Under
the system the ship would average
thirty-eight knots an hour. A vessel
propelled by such a system would save
fully 60 per cent in coal. I estimate
the cost of passenger steamer at
about S1,500,000. This would cover the
cost of every modern convenience. The
secret of the alternating propeller is
this: The blades are constructed like
a fish's tail. When the blades strike
the water they present a great surface
of resistance, and while recovering they
present a surface akin to the edge of a
knife, and by having two propellers the
other takes up the work that the first
one cannot accomplish. No power is
lost and no wash results from the whole
series of propellers, The whole sys-
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supposed that the increasing inter
course between the whites and saw
ages and the presence of large num-
Der of devOut missionaries in the South
Sea Islands had put an end to man
eating as a general practice but this
is not the case The inhabitants of
many of these islands, and Of the Solo
mon Islands in particular, have always
been "anthrophagoi," or cannibals, ever
since their existence first became
known to white men in the sixteenth
century. And there is nothing in tie
presence of the missionaries or in the
soothing influences Of intercourse with
white traders that would tend to make
these savages abandon the custom
Among them the practice of devouring
their felloW-creatures in order to sat
isfy the pangs Of hunger is regarded as
entirely natural and even praise
worthy At the time of the second
visit Of the discoverer of these islands,
Alverdo de Mendana, the chief of the
island Of Ysabel, one of the largest of
the group, sent to the Spanish naviga-
tor present of a quarter of a boy, with
the hand and arm. The admiral, horri-
fled at receiving so gruesome a gift, or
dered its instant burial, a proceeding
which both angered and perplexed the
well-meaning chief, who did not think
that such choice morsel as a boys
flesh should be so recklessly disposed
Of.
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Baptized Four Generation, ;.

At a recent baptism at Litchield
Me-, was one family consisting of Mas
ter Leonard Merrill, with his father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Beulah Mer-
rill; his grandmother and grandfather
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Merrill, and also
his great grandfather and grandmother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lunt, the former
Sc years old and the latter 70 years old.
This group of seven persons entered
the water at the same time. There
were 1000 people to see the ceremony
by baptism.
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that the white settlers in the neighbor-
hood, who, after years cessation from
these bloodthirsty pursuits on the part
of the natives, had begun to feel some
what secure, have been stricken with
terror and are fleeing to Australia on
every available vessel. They are ac-
companied in their flight by numbers
Of missionaries, who are well aware
that the South Sea Island cannibal has
strong Partially for white flesh, and
that he will go to the extent of Staying
even these good and harmless clergy
men when once his appetite for human
flesh has been thoroughly excited,
In all Of the adjoining islands the
white settlers have applied to the Brit
ish admiral, Sir A. G. Bridge, for pro-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
How to Get Rid of weeds.

An observing man who has noticed
how NORWOOD and pigweed and dock
and all the rest Of their unwelcome
brethren fourished undisturbed by
squash bugs and aphis and cut-worms
and all the rest, sees but one way to es-
cape the constant warfare that the ag-
riculturist now has to continually wage.
We must learn to eat weeds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05
TRAPS FOR oRAssHoPpERs.
A Tin Trough with Coal oil in II Proves
Fatal to Bushels of tho Pests.

Tin Trough with Coal oil in II Proves
Fatal to Bushels OF tho Pests.
Prof. Lugger, the state entomoIogist,
has in operation in the Red river valley
and in Chicago and Pine counties, Min
nesota, 400 "hopper-dosers." These are
machines about eight feet long and two
feet wide, made on the plan Of dust
pan, of tin and on three runners on
which they are pulled over the stubble
by a team of horses. At the rear Of
each is trough the entire length Of
the machine, in which Is an inferior
grade of coal oil, while at the back Is
sheet of canvas. The grasshoppers
jump into the pan to get out Of its way.
Those that fall into the kerosene die at
once, while those that are merely
touched by the oil may live two or
three minutes before they succumb to
sort Of paralysis. The canvas at the
back of the machine prevents them
from jumping clear over it, 1t costs the
state $3.50 to make each Of these ma
chimes. They can be made by any tin
smith and are given to the farmers in
hopper-infested communities in order
to encourage them in getting rid Of the
pests. Prof. Lugger claims that with
his 400 "hopper-doser" he kills off an
average of 800 to 1900 bushels Of grass
hoppers every day.
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What's in a Name.

The Hon. Stonewall Jackson Mudd
Of Ohio is at least not named Dennis.
JEFF Davis is postmaster of Manhat-
tan, Kan.
Here are four sulphurous names Of
towns: He'll, Norway; Hell-for-Sarten
and Yuba Dam, Cal, and Hell's Half
Acre, Oak.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-09-05

Old Mrs. Mobiles, in Jail at Macon,
Ca, for killing her "old man" for
Fostering" her, says his ghost has
been to see her and she is forgiven the
murder. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure Communication of sentence, but she
lies Iiey's hangs not."-Ex.
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Good Gracious.

A man with nothing much to do has
figured out this: If two ardent lovers
spend four hours daily in each others
company, and indulge during that time
in 200 kisses ian exceedingly moderate
estimate), and occupy ten seconds over
each kiss, they will during a 5-year
courtship, have exchanged $4,000
kisses, and had their lips glued to-
gether for forty-two days. six hours.
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Drunk Damages.

Albert Hurley, it is alleged, got drunk
in saloon at Waterloo, Iowa. Then he
tried to walk on the railing of bridge,
fell and was fatally injured. His widow
is now suing the proprietors OF the sa-
Icon foI $4,000.
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stm Has the order on File.

School Commissioner Cary, of MIL
waukee, has for several days been
beaming acknowledgment of a good
story on himself which he permitted to
leak out because 1t would have been
extremely selfish not to share 1t with
his associates. He is a flour and feed
merchant. The other day an order for
oats and hay came to him by telephone,
and, after putting down the items, he
absentmindedly shut off the patron be-
fore getting the address for the dellv-
cry Of the feed Noting his mistake,
he quickly opened the line and asked:
"Who is this for?" The reply was:
For the horse, you - -" Cary
still has the order on file awaiting a
claimant
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BACK TO BARBARISNI.
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS EXPERT
ENCE A RELAPSE.
Many tho White Adventures who Set
tied In the Solomon Group Have Reen
Served Up at Feasts-Others Have
Fled the Place.

EWs HAS JUST
been received in
this country that
the cannibal in
habitants of the
Solo mon Islands
have returned once
more to their bar
barous practice Of
head hunting and
man-eating. The
dispatches S I a t Q
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A Sure Sign.

Mrs. Wayupp-That new servant girl
is going to get married very soon.
Mr.. Wiyupp-Eh? Why do you think
So?
Mrs. Wayupp-She's too good to last.
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SATANIC CRUELTY.
STAMBULOFF HAD A HEART
LIKE A STONE.
A Singular Story Told by tho Brother
of the Man Accused of tho Bulgarian
Patriots Murder - A Boy Burned
Alive.

AoUM T U r d X
cheu, who has been
arrested at Sofia on
suspicion Of being
the murderer of M.
Stambuloff, has a
brother studying at
the university at
Liege, who recent
ly told a reporter
Of the Paris Figaro
a romantic story OF
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TEN of propellers is worked by a switch
board, which is operated in the chart
house. Any propeller can be run or
stopped at will, and in this way the
captain is Independent of his officers or
crew."
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a romantic story Of