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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-04-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
PraoiIoal suhaoIIInr.

Secretary Co5urn in company with
n. r. Hilton, u, w. Longshore and w.
W. Wick made visit of inspection to
he farm OF Scdtt Kelsey, east OF To-
peka, where subsoiling has been extern
Bively practiced by the owner for the
past six years with very gratifying
results. Mr. Kelsey has one tract OF
thirty acres that was plowed and sub
Soiled to depth Of twenty inches in
she fall Of 1890 and again in the spring
Of 1898, which gave yield OF So bushels
Of corn per acre in 1898 and the same
tract produced 65 bushels per acre in
1894. He also has another tract of
twenty-elght acres, subsoiled in the fall
Of 1892 and also again in the fall Of
1898, that was planted in potatoes and
gave yield of 100 bushels per acre in
1894. The land was sown to millet
after the potato crop was "laid by"
and produced L tons per acre, while
land in the same field, not subsoiled
but Of the same quality and sown at
the same time, failed to produce any
thing.
The farm consists of 1877 acres and its
owner intends hereafter to subsoil about
one-third of it each year, his observa-
ton leading to the conclusion that
three years is approximately the profit
able limit between times Of this deeper
tillage.
AS a part Of the returns from this
subsoiled twenty-eight acres for the year
1894, which so many farmers regarded
as failure, Mr.. Kelsey this week re-
ceived warrants on the state treasurer
to the amount of $1,495, for seed pota-
toes sold TO the board of railroad COM
missioners for distribution in the west
ern counties.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
THE BACKLOG.

6nsriod andknotted and richly messed, gian, stark In q velvet pail, Cloyen Of steel to his purple heart, eleven of steel to a crashing fall, Prone he licth In curling smoke dryads are signing his vanished name Behold. his bier is tho chimney -plaoei For censer-prlests he hath singing flame. The sere world rocks in lusty wind: each eave-dFip hrIstles a diamond spear. From the hollow sky there rings cry, the widest note of tho passing year Honk! Honk-k F. hon-nk!i-as wild fowl sweep through the rainy wrack upon weary wing, Turn, turn thee back to the hearths warm light, and list what the censer- priests may sing! "oh! the summer won. and the autumn held, and the winter strengthened" the fame notes ring, "Till they made him bravest in good green wood and the birds Of the air all owned him king It is given king to be noely wise-Nlth potent magic he subtly wrought Til his sup was vital with golden heat, and his heart the strength Of the frost had caught
 "A king he stood, . king he fell, doubly king be lieth low. We waste his strength, md his true hears thrills as the dusk is thrilled with its leaping glow. A royal reckoning thus he makes with sun and summer and hardy frost Whose lesson runs, in tree, in life, the warmth Of loving can ne'er be lost
 --Martha MeCulloeh Williams, In Outlook
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
COL. HOLDS UP.

silver, However, is Depreciated by Un- friendly Legislation
 Much is being said by tinaneiers and politicians about the necessity of main- tainine sound currency of equal ex- changeable value, whether gold. silver | or paper, and to accomplish this the custom has been esta btished, as l have l before explained, to redeem all paper currency presented at the treasury with gold, although silver certificates are by their express terms redeema ble in silver coin of that metal, and so it happens that while we have more than ten times as much outstanding paper currency as we have gold in the treas ury with which to redeem it, it is all held up to the full value of gold by the fact that the government pays out gold for it to anyone in any sum In which if is presented for redemption.
 This has led the eovernmentinto em- barrassing business complications To obtain the gold necessary to maintain it's 5000 900 in the treasury it has been repeatedly compelled 10 borrow gold and issue government bonds bear ing interest that by and by will have tg AN AlltA LII fDANl tliAl III lLa LdHL u action of this character, a syndicate of bankers, part of which are residents of this country and part of England, took our bonds under some arran n1ement by which this syndicate was to maintain the reserve in the treasury for a given period, and under that arrangement it has at different times within the last few weeks been compelled to furnish the covenment many millions of gold in exchange for paper currency.
 Notwithstanding the depreciation in the market price of silver there has certainly been no depreciation in the value of gold, for the gold dollar is just as large now and just as fine as it was before silver was demonetized. and as vou have seen that all forms oi paper currency are held up to the full value Of gold by the fact that they are redeemed with gold by the govern meut, it is apparent there could be no depreciation in the value of money of any kind, nor in the value of any obli- gation against responsible party that is payable in money.-Gov Boies' Iowa speech.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
HONEST DEALING REWARDED.

4 Fskir Who Made Money by Taking the
 Public IntS His Confidence.
 "Gentlemea," {" said the street fakir, as he arranged his bottles on the table before him, T did not come here to lie and deceive and rob you of your hard-earned dollars. 1 have stuck to the truth all my life and, though that is the reason l am a poor man, 1 shall continue to speak the truth to the end of my days"
 The crowd had been coldly survey ing his preparations but began to warm up little over his address
 ''I might say to you" he went on, as he held up one of the bottles in lov- ing way between his eye and the sun, that this medicine was discovered by a celebrated medicine man of the Sioux tribe of Indians. But why deceive you? It is remedy entirely unknown to the Indians. 1t is my own dis coverv, and l never saw an Indian in my life. ]"
 The crowd increased in numbers and began to press closer
 ''I could tell you that this compound would cure Brights disease. and in ten minutes every bottle would be sold; but could l sleep tonight with the weight of so much deception on my conscience? How could l ever again look an honest man in the face after telling such falsehood? 1t will not cure Bright's disease-it would even hasten the end of victim of that baleful complaint"
 |. front of the falsir, and at least half of them had their hands in their pockets in search of money.
 "I could say that it was pain killer" continued the man, as he brought out more bottles from an old satehel, "but an accusing voice would be whispering in my ear forever more. You might rub barrel of it on you and it would not affect a pain. l miss the sales of at least fifty bottles be- cause I tell you the truth, but it must be so."
 Gimme bottle!" shouted a dozen men in chorus, as they held up their one-dollar bills.
 .No, gentlemen, not yet. I will neither deceive you nor allow you to deceive yourselves. You are an honest. confding people. and might tell you that this discovery would stop head ache in five minutes, and you would believe me and hand up your money. It will not cure \ headache. l even declare that it would make one ten times worse."
 The number of men who now wanted bottle was at least twenty, but the fakir waved them aside and said:
 Wait minute. The discovery will not cure consumption after one lung is gone. It will not cure catarrh after bronchial tubes After both kidneys have wasted away it is no use to take it. It simply purifes the blood and thus"
 ,'Gimme bottle! Gimme bottle!" yelled fifty men as they pressed for ward, and in less than ten minutes the last one had been sold and the fakir had the money in his pocket.
 As we went down on the train to Nashville that afternoon together asked
 After you have mixed water, mo- lasses and alcohol together do you add anything else?a
 ''Yes, cayenne pepper to make it bite and the solemn truth to make it sell, ," he solemnly replied as he took out his wad of bills and spread them on his knee and started out to find the sum total. Herald
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
AN IRlprscEnr DREAM.
That Is the Proper AppeIIation for intsr
 ,at tInraI Illrn.t n IItn..,

That Is the Proper AppsIIation for Inter
 national BimetaIIism.
 Tn reply to the request of the Gold Standard association for an expression of his views upon the subject of bi- metallsm, Mir. Gladstone writes that he stands by his utterances in parlia- ment two and a-haf years ago. He re- gards bimetallism-not free coinage as passing humor doomed to nullity and isappointment, and adds that he is convinced that if London stands firmly by the gold standard no power that bimetallism commands will be able to overcome 1t.
 Which leads the Atlanta Constitu- tion to remark that this should put the American people upon notice that they must rely upon their own efforts in their fight for currency reform. It is idle folly to hope for England's S con sent to any proposed scheme of inter national bimetallism and all talk of it is simply delusion and snare. The gold standard leaders in this country and in England hold out the hope of international action for the sole Pur- pose of dividing the ranks of the silver men and delaying the final result. When the test comes it will be found that the international bimetallists are under the control of the English Gold Standard association.
 Mir. Gladstone undoubtedly speaks for the controlling financial powers in England. and when we recall his words in parliament two or three years ago we can m lourar doubt fha settle policy of Great Britain. Mir Gladstone said that he favored the gold standard because England is the creditor coun- try of the world by sl0, GOO. 900, GOO and the re-estsblishment of bimetallism would be equivalent to a present from her of 5000, COG, GOO to her debtors.
 We shall have to throw off the yoke of Engiand's financial domination as we threw off the yoke Of her political supremacy. We did not wait for her to grant us our independence; we es- tablished it ourselves. Tt must be the same way with our financial system. We must shape 1t to suit our own needs whether England likes it or not 1t will be twice as easy for us to esSab- fish the bimetailic standard as it was for England to establish the gold standard, for we have all the silver using nations to back Us. while she had the world arraved against her.
 Independent action is the policy for this country Nothing will ever be done so long as we wait for the gold standard countries of Europe to come to our relief.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment wnen rightly used. The many. who live bet. ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the worlds best products 10 the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy. Syrup of Figs.
 Its excellence is due to it's presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax. atige; efectuslly cleansing tue system. dispelling colds, headaches and levers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because 1t acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak enins them and it is perfectly free from syery objectionable substance.
 Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in Soc and S1 bottles, but il Is man. ufaetured by the California Fig Syrup Go. only, whose name Is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs. and being well informed, you will net accept any substitute II offered.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
Only tho Government Pays Gold.

It is unfortunate that in gold standard country, as ours has been made by executive order, only the gov. ernment is required to pay gold. The banks suck in all the gold they can reach, and pay their depositors' checks in silver certificates almost exclusively. Indeed, these certificates constitute the principal circulation of the coun- try. Gold is hosrded and greenbacl<a are hoarded while on every bulletin board in the worlds money market the United States government is posted as bankrupt; not because she has sus- pended gold payments, but because sometimes her gold redemption fund is allowed to fall little below Sl0o,- o09 0o0 o0-Cineinnati Enquirer.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
Facts to ConsIsler.

If the gold dollar was sound" in 1873 it is not sound" now; if it is ''sound" now it was not 'sound" then. If the dollar that will command the largest amount of the products of human labor is ''sound" money, then the silver dollar was sound" and it was demonetized by the European bankers and their agents over here than the gold dollar The people should think of these facts. They are not complicated, but they are vital. They go the bottom of the whole money question. = Alta Constitu-
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
nn,r EnrIand Prnfits.

The director of the mint, in his re. port, says; "All the silver standard countries and silver mine owners of the world did not realize a profit on the silver production of the world for 1892, equal to that of Great Britain on her purchases of silver from the United States and Mexico. at q ratio of g to 1, and coining same, g, 600, GOO. into rupees and depositing in fine bars a, ratio of l5 to for her subjects ill India at profit of not less than S2O.- OO0- 900"
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
-of inc ba1f.dozen machines for

Of the half-dozen machines for dumping whole carloads Of coal, which have been built at Lake Erie ports dur ing the past summer, one is now in operation, that of the New York, Pennsylvania X Ohio, at its Cleveland dock. On September 19 this machine unloaded 5s cars Q,2OO tons) in AZ hours. including delay of 25 minutes. Forty-fye cars were unloaded in three hours. This is more than twice as fast as the best work ever done by the ordinary methods
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
Tr,,s Irndert,t,e, for uealta,s sal,e

VIII be rendered more beneficial and the fatigues Of travel counteracted, if tine voy- Eger will take along with him Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and use tEIs protective and enabling tonic, nerve invigeraut and appetizer regularly. Impurities in air and water are neutraiizod byit. and it is a match leas tcanquil.izer and regulator of the stom- Rah, liver and o0Wo $. It cguuteTacts mala- r.a, rheumatism, and tendency to kidney and bladder ailments.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

UrLAND-sI wonder why Mrs. Longtone dismissed her old family physician and called in pr SugarpiII." Halket-"Old Dr, Barnes advised her to take two-mile walk every day. and keep her lips tightly closed" :" Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

''DTD you enjoy the concert, Mrs. Barberl' ''TheF wasn't any. A man came out and l banged a pianner while his wife stood be- side him shriekin at him all the time. Seems to me they'd ought to have arrested the woman for interferin'." = Harper's | Bazar.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

SoFTLY-"Your trip to the mountains seems to have benefited you' Bilkns fit has made a different man of me@ Soft ly-.Is that sol Then what has become of the man loaned ten dollars to when you left the cityl'
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01
nn,qn It snf.

As soon as silver was demonetized and gold became the sole standard it's value rose. and silver, with wheat and all the other products of the farm. tbs mine and the factory, fell
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

BRowN-"Our candidate says the salary of the office is no object to h5m.n JaHes- IT suppose he has his eye on the perquis- ites. es."-BrookIyu Life
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

"DIB your father get away to the country this summer, Harry [" "lyo, sir He was too busy to tas9 a vaccination this year, D said Harry Harper Bazar.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

"WHAr is that place down there3'' asked she of one of the officers. "Nhy, that is take all those people to make the boat go straighti TltBits.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

SYMPATHY sometimes grows tired, but lever gets crippled in both teet.-Yo oung Mems Era.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

TEAeHER-sp Danny, define the word max mum. Danny ''It's-it.S dc imit.n- Indianapolis Journal
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal IS q Cough majicine.-F. N. ABBOTT, 853 Seneca St., Buffalo, N. Y, May 9, 1891.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

HE best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him. Plato.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

TIE man who rides hobby will not be- GeYe that the world is big.-Bam's Horn
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

C1vuITY costs nothing, but buys every thing.-hddy M. W. Montague.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

'sWHATs the latest thing in bloomerslr "The most modest girl will be. Truth.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

How often events, by chance and unexpectedly, come to pass which you had not even dared hope for4-Tereace
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

VERSE sweetens toii, however rude the sound.-Gifford.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

14FF 3 Na- -IiiT-ITI NUEN Is taken internally Price Toe.
The Monticellonian., 1895-11-01

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS PrEAsK state that yOz ssv tue Advertisement iH thjs rssss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-13
KIDNAPPED BY A TARPON.
The Adventure of Small Boy Who Went
Fishing in a Louisiana Bayou.


The little son Of the agent of the
Southern Pacific Company, stationed at
Bayou des Allemands, had an adventure
the other day while fishing for the gay
and everything catfish, says New
Orleans Times-Union. The little fellow
was out in the river in a fat-bottomed
boat, and while handling his line sud-
denly became aware that something out
of the ordinary was at the other end
of it. The line, which he was holding
rather slackly, became apparently alive,
and in a moment was whizzing through
his fingers as if Old Nick himself was
on the hook. The boy endeavored to
stay its outward flight, but to no pur-
pose, and he had the satisfaction of
seeing the end reached in quick order.
Fortunately for the remainder of the
story, the end was securely fastened to
the boat and as the line tautened out
the little craft began series Of
manoeuvres on the surface of the river,
and the boy, becoming alarmed at the
unusual occurrence, yelled for assist
ance. The craft went on with the flood;
in the one end the boy, on the other a
powerful something or another, which,
content with giving sample of its
skill as head-on propeller, kept its
bulk hidden beneath the water. And
still the boy kept on yelling, and the
boat a-going, until several men on the
bank of the bayou, hearing the cries,
| embarked in a sziff, and armed with
steel harpoon-they had been there be-
fore-started for the boy and the boat
and the something another, still under
the water, but occasionally breaking the
surface as if it wanted to fly. When
the rescuers reached the flying craft
one of them seized the tautened fish
1ine,- sententiously remarking, "Grande
Ecaille,'' began to shorten in, and in
abo five minutes of hard work had
broU 1T the capture alongside, where it
began cavorting and plunging, throwing
the water in clouds. Another of the
men, Selling the harpoon, watched an
opportunity, and in a few minutes more
darted the steel into the cleaning sides
of the fish, for such it was. When the
bank was reached the capture was
| taken ashore. 1t proved to be a
splendid specimen of the tarpon,. and
measured over six feet in length it's
scales being larger than a silver dollar.
and cleaning with a silver lustre and
hecked with a multitude of other colors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-13
A COLORED WAIF.
A CoIOred Baby Two Weeks Old Left on
Door Step,

A COIOred Baby Two Weeks Old Left on =
Door Step,
a two weeks old colored baby boy was
left on the steps of the home of James
Wallace Of North Harrison street last
night about 10 o'clock. Mr.. Wallace
heard the child crying and found it on
the step. 1t was not wrapped up and was
crying with cold, Mr.. Wallace turned
the child over to the police and it was
taken to the home of police Matron
Thorpe.
Two or three offers have been made
for its adoption by colored people but the
law on the subject will be consulted be-
fore any disposition is made of the child.
A colored woman was seen going toward
Mr.. Wall&ce's place before 10 o'clock
with valise and a bundle. The child
was fairly well dressed and its skin was
light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-13
BOILER RUST.
Best Means of Preventing This Danger
Gus Condition.

Gus Condition.
Some of the best means Of preventing
the internal rusting of boilers, as lately
pointed out by German authority on
the subject, are-while the boiler is
working-frst, removing air from the
feed water before it enters the boiler;
second, removing air from the water
while in the boiler, and preventing it's
accumulation in pockets, etc; third, adj
dition of chemicals to the feed water
before it enters; fourth, protective coat
ings applied to the inside of the shell.
While the boiler is standing idle resort
may be had to the following: First, re-
moving all moisture from the boiler,
either by blowing it off while hot, or by
producing an air current through it, or
by placing Microscopic bodies inside;
second, direct protection of the shells
by painting with tar, varnish, etc, by
covering with protective paints and
such an alkaline coating as the milk of
lime; third, protecting the shells from
the varying temperatures by keeping
the draught in the f1ues constant, thus
preventing moisture being alternately
deposited and evaporated on the shell:
and fourth, protecting the shell by COM
pletely filling the boiler with water
from which all air has been expelled. It
Is of decided advantage that the feeding
should be complete before the with
drawal ceases for a day, in order that
the water left standing in the boiler
over night may be as free from air as
possible; an efficient circulation is also
to be considered among the means of
preventing rusting, as it hinders the
formation of air bubbles on the shell,
which, if they remain clinging to it,
cause rusting. Faulty construction is,
however, more often the cause of inter-
nal rusting than are unfavorable condi-
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