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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
sheep nuubandry.

In the opinion OF some Of the best
authorities on the numbers of live
stock In the country the recently pub
lished official estimate of the number OF
sheep In the country is largely in ex-
cess OF the actual number. and this
Notwithstanding the fact that the num-
Der is less than for great number Of
years. The official figure is given at
oS 100000. This Is fact pregnOAt
with meaning for every farmer. No
country has made permanent progress
IN agricultural prosperity without
sleep. Even on the high priced lands
CT England and France 1t Is found
profitable to keep large Hocks, indeed
more profitable than the keeping Of
any other kind Of live stock, Great
Britain has today over 3O,0OO,000 sheep
on her small area, whilst France has
over 100000. These two countries,
with an area together Of less than one
tenth OF the United States have one
ilird more sheep and better ones. The
consumption of good mutton is increae-
ing rapidly all over the country, and
this increased consumption is here to
stay and grow. Wool also must In
crease In value. The clip in Australia
VIII be very largely decreased this year
as she has lost over 100000 sheep
from drouth, and this will undoubtedly
AFFECT the markets, as Australia pro-
duces more wool than any other coun-
try. Buy few sheep and buy them
good ones, and put good buck with
them. The lambs alone will pay well
ON tho outlay II the sheep are prop
orly cared for. and the wool and NUT
ton will add to the profit, Southern
Planter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Ho Was ObI,r,ro.

An effective reproof was that given
by an elderly man to fashionably
dressed young woman who, as 1t seems,
must have been surprised out of her
manners"
The young woman was walking rap
idly along a street shaded by many
trees, when the elderly man, coming up
behind her, saw large, fuzzy caterpil.
lar ON the collar of her coat.
Il beg your pardon" he said, laying
a OBTAINING hand on her arm as he
spoke and removing the obnoxious
crawler, Il wished to take off this cat.
erpillar which was almost at your
neck"
The young woman stared haughtily
and with an air Of resentment at the
caterpillar and was about to pass on
with no word of thanks.
IF made a mistake, and you would
prefer to have the caterpillar replaced,
/ can easily put 1t back" said the gen.
tleman, courteously, suiting the action
to the word.-Youth's Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
INptANA's NATURAL ICE CAVE.
u HAS Great Chambers from which
There Como Arctic BIaets.


u HAS Great Chambers from which
There Como Arctic Blasts
One Of the most remarkable natural
phenomena that has been discovered in
recent years has Just been reported in
tho southwest corner Of Brown county,
Indiana, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is near the diminutlve village Of
BlkInsville. The cave is located on the
farm Of Billy Moore and is one Of those
remarkable freaks OF nature that pug
Eles the most profound of scientists. At
Its entrance, which Is completely over.
Tapped by the trees, the cold air Ia
plainly perceptible. The opening ap.
pears not unlike a mine shaft long dis.
used, but the steep, rocky descent
shows nothing of an artificial construc.
ton. The winding way leads to sub.
terranean cavern which Is fully fifty
feet below the surface, This huge
aperture Is very like broad, vaulted
corridor and Is known to the natives
MS the DEVILS chamber. The air in this
apartment Is near the freezing point.
1t ls trimmed with glistening rock for.
nations, which reflect the light and
sparkle with the brllliancy of countlesd
diamonds. From this point several hall,
lead off In a confusing manner, but the
one to the ice-vault Is evident from the
cold blast which comes from II. The
descent in this natural corridor ia sim
liar to the rocky decline at the en-
trance of the cave, but not over dozen
yards within the frost from the Ice.
vault is plainly visible and further on
1t Is thick on all sides, like the crust
that is formed on the pipes Of an Ice
plant. A little further on the descent
entirely ceases and here the walls are
frozen hard like the ground In the mid
die OF the winter. Then the narrow
way leads into q mammoth chamber
and this large natural opening is known
as the ice-vault, In this great subter-
ranean aperture, which extends fully
100 feet in width, the Ice towers in a
miniature mountain, appearing like a
dozen icebergs heaped together. The
frost-llned walls and ice-sealed dome
present Brightness which would
bring the shivers to q seasoned Esaui-
mau. Here the Ice stands in solid
mass, extending downward to q depth
which would be folly to conjecture.
Some have advanced the theory that
the air Is forced through the under pas
sages OF the earth with such pressure
as to make this strange formation.
Some have attributed the cause to an
underlying bed Of alkali whose chemi-
cal change to a gaseous form has pro-
duced the phenomenon. Others have
thought that the interior heat of tho
earth acting upon the iron pyrites, or
FOOLS gold, which largely abounds IN
this country, is the true source of this
unparalleled discovery. Still others
think the sudden expansion Of the car
bonic acid gas given off by the heated
limestone, which is also common in this
country, could have easily produced the
Ice. But thus far the theories are moth
Ing more than speculation and further
than the fact that the ice-cave exists
ana Is, indeed, q remarkable natural
phenomenon none has been able to fur
Their determine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
sIzo md Renntx.

Says "Hark Comstock" in Rider and
Driver: Il have not had as good chance
to study the results of crossing the
hackney on trotting mares, but see no
reason why they should not be success
full where the latter are large enough,
for the hackney is not so likely as the
French coacher to contribute size to
the combination. Like our old-style
Morgans and Black Hawks of fifty
years ago, the handsomest specimens
are apt to be understood. Some Of the
attempts to breed up the size Of old,
style Black Hawks were accompanied
by partial success, and their beauty and
action in degree preserved, but gener-
ally as the size went up the proud
style and fairly sparkling beauty Of
the strain lost their finest gloss. A
most amazingly beautiful horse was
Vermont Black Hawk, the bantam
cock Of the Green Mountains and he
bred so true to his own likeness that
breeding became q certainty. Two
thirds OF his get were black, and any
two of them were mates, and such
mates! But the strain held to Its small
size with great tenacity, or else lost
something Of its beauty. This depar.
ture OF beauty with Increased size In
dicated that the characteristic style Of
the strain was derived from some
source that was inherently small.
do not know where the hackney breed
secured Its strut and swell and great
est pomp,' but It seems to me that in
too many cases the criticism that its
little uns are its prettiest uns' points
to like conclusions. The hackney
strains back to thoroughbred founda-
lions, but along with many crosses UNI
accounted for"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
NEWSY TRIPLES.

There are now orders ahead in the
shops of Paris and London for all the
golden hair that can be purchased in
the next five years.
One of the most prosperous lumber
merchants of SangerVille, Me-, is now
in an insane asylum because of lack
of snow during the past winter.
A horse which takes the end OF a
hose pipe in his mouth and holds 1t
there until his thirst is Quenched is
owned by F. S. Brown Of Ansonia, Conn.
Some interesting statistics have been
published which show that England's
expenditure per head on her navy Is
nearly double that of any other nation.
China plans another important re-
form. The Pekin government has ap-
piled for admission to the postal union,
as the Chinese postal system is most in
efficient.
The English derby is race which
nearly always falls to a titled person.
age. During the last twenty years only
five gentlemen without handles" to
their names have secured the coveted
prize.
The first British railway in West Az
RIGA has Just been opened at Sierra
Leone. At present the line is only six
miles long, but it greatly delights the
natives, who are much impressed by
the railway engine.
An organization has been formed at
Des Moines, Iowa, ito provide immedi-
ate relief and to insure concerted ae-
ton in the event Of tornadoes, cyclones,
fires, floods, railroad accidents or other
serious emergencies"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
A Story of tho First billiard Player

A Story OF the First Billiard Player.
A letter has been discovered in the
British museum which gives the Or
igin of this game. 1t was invented by
a London pawnbroker whose name was
William Kew. Kew not only lent
money but he sold cloth for the latter
purpose and had a yard measure with
which he used to compute the amounts.
One day, to distract himself he took
the three round balls which are the
emblems of his trade-they may still
be seen in front Of certain shops-and
placing them on his counter began to
hit them about with his yard measure.
He found 1t made pretty game. He
got a kind of skill in making one ball
glance off the other and his friends who
saw him thus employed called the game
Bills yard" 1t was soon shortened
into billiard. But the yard was the
instrument with which the balls were
knocked about and the difficulty arose
what to call 1t. They called it after
the name of the pawnbroker-a kew
Tit-Bits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Sheep Less Numerous.-Th east
ern farmers seem to be going out of
the sheep business. They are, as a
rule, very small holders, and when
their small herds seem to be losing
proposition they do not hesitate long
before letting them go. 1t is the sum
of these small holdings that make up
the great aggregate, and when the
farmers begin selling their small flocks
the number of sheep in the country
speedily decreases There is no branch
of the live stock business that can be
so readily adapted to changed condi-
lions as the sheep business Since
1893 the number Of sheep in the United
States has been constantly decreasing
until now the total number is less than
at any time during the past twenty
years. Meanwhile the range of prices
has been very low. It will not be long
before there will be change and sheen
will be in demand again at good prices.
Elk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Butter.-Butter is a condensed pro-
duct. Nothing can be made or grown
on the farm which brings as much per
pound. Farms remote from the market
and communities far from railroads,
can send butter from the farm or
creamery with the least possible ex-
pense. The dairyman can condense
tons of fodder and crops grown on the
farm into dairy products and send
them to market in compact and port
able form.-EX.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Income from Dairylng.-Dairyi
brings in constant income. The man
who sells crops Of any kind has to
wait until he can market his product
once year. There is little satisfaction
in this. 1t is unbusiness-like to go
without cash fifty-one weeks and then
have a lot of money come in at one
time. The dairyman has an income
nearly or quite fifty-two weeks IN the
year. LEX.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Henry Hoecorn-I believe our politi-
cal system is on the eve of a change.
4 Samuel stubble-Wouldn't wonder If
there would be one. I'm sure of this,
If this here city annexation business
keeps up we'll abolish the Office of gov
ernor and just elect mayors in ten years
from now.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Sad

Don't you get awfully tired doing
nothing all the timer" asked the young
man who thought himself interested in
sociology.
Mister" answered Perry Patettic, Il
git so tired doin' nothin' that / cant
do nothin' else. "-Cincinnati Enquiry
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate ThlS
Department OF tho FArm--A Few
Hints ms to the Care of Live stock
and Poultry.

late circular from
the department Of
agriculture gives
the following ON
filed cheese;
1T may be well
to state in passing
that filed cheese
differs from the
genuine, old fash
toned article In
but one essential
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Southdown Wool

The wool Of the English breeds Is
thus referred 10 by the Journal of the
Royal Agricultural Society Of England.
Lastly, there is the pure Down, a
wool which is still unequaled for
hosiery purposes, and which will al
ways find a market Of its own, some
times quite independent of the general
course of prices. OF this wool l should
like to say-keep to the old-fashioned
style; keep it as short and as fine as
possible; let no suspicion of long
wool strain get into It; and II am not
mistaken, pure Down wool will take a
respectable place in the future as re-
CARDS comparative prices. With such
ends in view, breeders of southdowns
may well abstain from trying to imi-
tate in length Of staple and
superduous covering Of the face with
coarse wool any other breeds of sheep
and be content to let the Southdown re-
main what its best friends have always
tried to make til. e., a producer OF
quality before quantity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

The North Carolina experiment sta.
ton has evolved an idea that Is wor-
thy of adoption. 1t is that COWS
should be bought and sold at a price
based upon their milk production.
Many northener has thought that
far, but how to apply in fixing a scale
OF prices tallying with the idea has
been farther than they have gone.
Ihis is what the tar state professors
nave undertaken, however, and the
scale formulated is as follows: Paw
for the COW $12 for each gallon OF
three and a half per cent milk that
she gives day. To this add or sub
tract dollar for every fourth Of one
per cent fat which 1t tests above or
below three and half per cent.
suppose the COW gives two gallons
a day of three and half per cent
milk She would be worth S24. II II
tested three and three-fourths, she
would be worth one dollar more for
each gallon, or two dollars more. II
she tested four per cent, she would be
worth two dollars more for each gal.
lon, or four dollars more, making her
value $2S. If she gave three gallons
day of three per cent milk she would
be worth SS6, less the deduction for
being below standard. The deduction
would be two dollars per gallon, or
~, and subtracting this from 1856 would
fix her value at $50, or 50 more than
the COW giving two gallons of four per
cent milk. This rule recognizes the
correct idea, but whether 1t is Just
right is more than we can say. 1t GER
tainly Is in the right line, for the value
of the COW depends upon the amount Of
butter-fat urnished.--Waverly Repub-
llcan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Mona M An.

when er man declahs he doan' re-
greet muffin he ebber DONE" said Uncle
Eben, hes either got er mighty good
confidence er none ut all."-Washing-
ton Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Pure Water.-An abundant supply of
pure water within reach of the hogs
at all times is indispensable, but the
water can be in the yard to which
the hogs have access. Shade is also
essential in the summer, and nothing
excels tree for this purpose. But in
the absence Of trees a building of
some kind should be provided and a
floor is just as essential as a roof. l
consider a bed among fine dust highly
injurious to swine, for, unlike other
animals. the hog, when he sleeps, lies
with his nostrils close u the ground
or floor, and it becomes all important
that in breathing there is no dust that
can be inhaled.-E
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Marks made by hot dishes set on ia
bles may be removed by the use of
kerosene oil we'll rubbed in, and then
polished with fresh cloth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
BIG LOBSTER FARM.
GOVERNMENT MATCHING STA
TON AT WOODS HoLL, MASS.
bclontltlc Aids Arc Employed and the
EnterpriSe il Rapidly Developing
Maintaining tho Supply of tho Edible
Crustlcean.

r YOU have ever
seen any one pop
ping corn over a
low fire you have a
very good idea Of
the way young lob
sters hatch out In
the laboratory of
the United States
fish commission in
Woods Holl, Mass,
.-...
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

Watering the Cows.-In watering see
that each COW has liberal supply, and
II she does not drink enough, look after
her and ascertain the reason. II the
COW does not drink freely the supply OF
milk will soon begin to fail. AS for
her winter ratlons of food, one can not
do better than to feed her night and
morning fifteen pounds of ensilage and
three Of SHIRTS, with Eve Of clover
hay at noon.-Ex.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

A woman will wear a theater hat as
big as a cart wheel, but in her shoes
she wants standing room only.-Truth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
ExCitement.

Edith know it is said to be so,
but there are lots of men Meg
For goodness sake, where?-Boston
Transcript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

1t is hard to believe that a sin will
bite If 1t has gold in its teeth.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
j. B. ROBINSON.
DAVID FALCONET
STATE EQUALTZERS.
Counties Will Not be Cited Before
T1Onday Next

After informally agreeing on Tues
Gay evening to cite number of coun-
ties, including Sacramento to appear
and show cause why their assessments
should not be raised, the State Board of
Equalization concluded to take no ac-
ton in the matter until the figures of
each county's Auditor had been re-
ceived and examined.
The counties which it had been in
tended to cite to appear are Alameda,
Butte, Glenn, Humboldt, Marin. Placer,
sacramento, San Bernardino San
Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Stanis-
laus, Sutter, Tulare, Yolo and Yuba.
But it is believed that after the Audit
ors' lists shall have been received a
number of those named will not be
cited.
Chairman Morehouse said yesterday
that no citations would be made before
Monday of next week, and that every
thing heretofore informally agreed on
is off.
Mr.. Cheesborough visited Folsom
yesterday to personally inspect the
Electric Power Company's plant at that
point, so as to consider that portion of
Sacramento County's assessment intel
hgently and equitably, should the
county be cited to appear and show
cause why her assessment should not
be raised.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
FOR A THOUSAND.
Creditors of Luther Harris Want
CrOnan to Divide.

S. B., Smith, assignee for the creditors
of Luther 3. Harris, an insolvent
debtor, has, by his attorneys, Hol &
Dunn, begun an action against NJ. Gro
nan to recover the sum of 81 900
The action is brought on the allega-
ton that the defendant, a creditor OF
said Harris to the extent of $3.50, Sc
cured an execution against him by con-
fession for that sum, knowing at the
time that he was insolvent, and on
such execution caused to be sold all the
property of Harris then in the Amer
lean Eagle Hotel saloon at Twelfth and
j streets, which the plaintiff believes
and alleges was worth 81 900.
The plaintiff alleges that all the cred
itors are entitled to share in the divis-
ion of Harris property.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
SOME GRAND JURY CLAIMS.
Money Demanded in Addition to Their
Regular Per Diem.
Members of the Late Grand Jury
Threaten to Sue the County
for Extra Pay.

Ellis kilgore member of the late
Grand Jury, of which John We'll was
foreman, appeared before the Board of
Supervisors yesterday in relation to
claims that had been submitted by
members of the jury, for committee"
work, in addition to their regular per
diem.
These committee claims had been re-
jected by the board last June on the
ground that there was no provision in
the law for any such service and that
the claims were illegal.
Chairman Morrison asked Mr.. Kill
gore if he were not familiar with the
against the county.
Mr.. KilgOre said he was to a certain
extent.
Well" responded the Chairman,
you must have investigated the law on
this point when your jury was acting
on the subject and seemed to know So
much about it. However, there is one
portion of the law you may have over
looked, and l will read it to you
Mr.. Morrison then read from the code
showing that whenever the Board of
Supervisors had cut down claim or
allowed only a portion of it the owner
of such claim, if he had any protest to
make against such action, must do SO
within one month thereafter, or at the
following regular session of the board.
These committee claims said Mr..
Morrison, were rejected on the 2oth of
last June, and you have therefore for
feited your right to have them again
considered"
But the District Attorney signed
those claims as legal said Mr. Kilgore,
and l have here his written opinion
that they are.
Those claims are here said Mr..
Morrison with some warmth sand they
are not indorsed by District Attor-
ney, Judge or any other person. The
law allows Grand Jurors so much per
day for their services, and their claims
for such services were ordered paid by
this board
You also refused to allow Secretary
Foster for the expense of having his re-
port typewriter" said Mr.. Kilgore.
Yes" replied Chairman Morrison,
because the Secretary of the Grand
Jury was paid 81 per day extra for his
clerical work. That's what the county
pays him for-to write out the report" T"
well, there's one thing we can do"
said Mr.. Kilgore, as he picked up his
hat to go, Eve can sue for the money"
ooh, yes, you can sue for it," respond
ed Mr.. Morrison, and Mr.. Kilgore de-
parted
The record-union., 1896-08-06
TARDY TALMADGE.
He Has Not Yet Paid His Divorced
Wife That 10000.

Charles T. Jones and. ]. B. Devine, at
torneys for Mrs. j. V. Talmadge, who
recently obtained a divorce from her
husband and judgment for $4,000 ali
mony, have not yet been paid their fees,
nor has their client received her money.
They have therefore filed in the Su-
perior Court a notice to Talmadge that
on Friday next they will apply to the
court for an order requiring him to pay
forthwith to Mrs. Talmadge the sum
of $1,000 with which to pay her at
torneys and certain other expenses in
CURED in the trial
The record-union., 1896-08-06
PREFERS THE JAIL.
A Chinese Vagrant Who Doesn't Care
for Liberty.

All Hueng, a -demented and ap-
parently harmless denizen of China
town, yesterday accOsted Police Officer
Wilson with a request to be sent to the
County Jail, something like this:
'Ah Wo (the Chinese name for a po-
Hceman), / t'ink him lock all gone. /
t'ink clounty him want more lock-"
He was told to go to the station, which
he did, and when he explained the stu
alton and expressed a desire to go back
upon the -pile-where he recently
spent three months-he was given ac-
commodations and ''vagrancy" set op-
posite his name on the slate.
The record-union., 1896-08-06
A Barn Burned.

A barn owned by w. NJ. Murry in the
alley between Twenty and Twen-
ty-fourth streets. II and /, was set on
fire yesterday morning and destroyed
The supposition is that some employe
was smoking there and dropped a cigar
or cigarette.
Murry had a number of valuable
horses in the barn at the time, but luck
lily they We're all removed without acci-
dent or injury.
The firemen were somewhat confused
by alarms sounding for two localities,
causing DELAYS