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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
sLow-BURNlNo oUNPoWDER.
Two Varieties of Brown Powders Now
MADE.

Two Varieties of Brown Powders Now
Made.
The ordinary gunpowder contained
10 per cent of sulphur; and on this per
centage being reduced to between and
4, it was found that a powder could be
produced which burned considerably
slower than the ordinary type, says
Chambers Journal Indeed, powder
having this composition is still in use
for moderately large guns and gives
excellent results. But in the case Of
the largest guns even this powder
caused considerable damage to the fir
ing chamber and the complete solution
had not yet been arrived at. AS no eff
cient substitute for the inter was
known, attention, was in consequence
directed to the charcoal. 1t was thought
that if in addition to diminishing the
quantity of sulphur some slowly burn
ing substitute for charcoal could be
found the problem would be
solved. Trials were therefore made
with powders in which the char
coal was replaced by partially
charred wood fbers, which were in the
main highly dried cellulose. The trials
were a complete success from the
beginning and the brown powders" in
use today are the results of these OK
periments. These powders owe their
brown color to the fact that the wood is
only slightly charred before being
ground and incorporated with the other
constituents. If completely charred the
color would OF course be black Two
chief varieties Of these brown powders
are now made and are known as "slow"
burning cocoa"-from the fact that
cocoanut fibers were first employed in
the experiment-and' prism brown l."
The former contains about per cent Of
sulphur and burns rather more rapidly
than the latter, which contains only 2
per cent. Baked straw is the material
now used to supplant the charcoal, as it
provides a form of cellulose which may
be readily reduced to a fine state of
division. The shape is still the perfor-
ated heXagonal prism introduced in
America. The burning of these pow
ders is steady and the increase of press
ure gradual, attaining a maximum when
the bullet is about half way down the
barrel of the gun. The damage in
Hicted on the firing chamber is very
slight; perhaps as slight as ever will be
obtained with such large charges Of
powder.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
FIRST FLOOR.

daily diverted from one to the
other, thus giving the soil chance
to recuperate. 1t must not be thought
that this system is merely theoretical.
1t has been in use with the most salts
factory results. Not only is it in OPP
Grafton on single estates, but it has
been tested by large institutions, by
villages and even by cities. One OF the
most notable examples is in the case Of
the town of Mayne, Pennsylvania, where
it has been found to work admirably.
There are certain notifications of
the system that make it more widely
applicable. II may be that in coun-
try estate there is no available section
of land that can be used for sewage
drainage without becoming too con-
spicuous. In that case the drainage
may be through porous agricultural
tile drains laid few inches below the
surface OF the ground. In case it be
impossible or unadvisable for any
reason to discharge the sewage as soon
as it is produced, aretaining tank may
be constructed. But in any case it
should be discharged within twenty
four hours before there is any chance
of qualification.
We illustrate this article with de.
sign of house, attractive in appear
ance and suitable for erection in q
territory where the sewers have not
been laid, and where a system of
''surface disposal" could be adopted
to better advantage than the use of
cesspool
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
Our Master.

The Master will knock at my door some
night,
And there in the silence hushed and
dim,
Will wait for my coming with lamp
alight
To open Immediately TO Him.
I wonder if at his tap shah spring
In eagerness up, and cross the floor
With rapturous step, and freely fling
In the murk of the midnight, wide the
door;
Or will there be work to be put away?
Or the taper, that burns too low, to
trim?
Or something that Graves too much
delay
To open Immediately to Him?
Selected.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
BOY WITH a Entnre.


A young Chicago correspondent
writes to the editor, telling some in
teresting things about little Carter
Henry Harrison, Jr., the grandson of
the late Carter Harrison, mayor Of the
City Of Chicago. The small chap says,
when you ask him his name, Il am
Carter Henry Harrison, Junior, the
Third, sir" though he is really the
seventeenth of that name. The little
fellow was the pet of his murdered
grandfather, and he is very bright for
one of his years, Speaking about the
boy, the Chicago Inter Ocean recently
said: People who know say that the
resemblance between the late Carter
Harrison and his little grandson is abb
surdly strong. He is Hail fellow, well
met with all the people on the street,
and a regular little politician in his
pleasant greetings and his good men,
ory for faces" His German nurse has
taught him to speak the language of
the Fatherland quite as easily as Eng
lish-in fact, of the two languages,
German comes most readily to his
tongue. He is a manly, robust little
fellow, with big, honest blue eyes, dark
lashes, fair hair and a rosy complexion.
lie has good features, and bids fair to
be very handsome man. He Is alb
solutely without fear, rides a small
bicycle, and has a spirited pony for a
pet. He has not yet gone to school.
He is brought up sensibly, allowed to
romp and play in the dirt as much as
he likes, and fed plain, healthy food
las long as | know that he has had
his bath in the morning, let him play
and get as dirty as he likes" said his
mother. 81 think it is healthy. He
has wonderful memory and you
would be surprised to know how much
he remembers Of our trip abroad, and
every now and then he astonishes me
by an allusion to something he saw in
Egypt or England. He is very fond OF
flowers, and | think he inherits that
taste from his Grandfather Harrison,
who was never so happy as when he
was gardening. He has a decided will
of his own, but is obedient, and we try
not to spoil him." Young Harrison
has future that looks bright now.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Ii Hung Chang, the rehabilitated
Chinese diplomat, is on his way home
from Russia, leaving a trail OF gold
and jewels behind him. Emperor Will
lam is the latest recipient Of this
Oriental bounty, and with typical econ
omy repaid the obligation with an
honorary decoration that cost only a
few marks and few odd words. Dom
Ii expects to pass through the United
States on his tour Of observation in
order to study our political institu-
tons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
Copyright 1860

In building a city house or house
in q suburban town that is provided
with sewers, the question of plumbing
is comparatively simple. II mainly
resolves itself into question of the
amount of money one is willing to
expend for methods and systems that
are well tried and proved. But in
the construction of country house,
n most important and vexing problem
confronts the builder. The disposal
al sewage in the country has caused
more trouble than all of the other
features of house building and man
agement put together; even the neal
neighborhood of n running stream
into which the sewage may be dis
charged does not afford relief, Those
who dwell lower down on the stream
arc likely to make complaint of the
combinations, and they may ask re-
lief from the law. At the present
time the main reliance is upon cess.
pools, but they are always filthy con-
trivances, and serve as constant
menace to health. The sewage
matter accommodating for months
in the cesspools, putrifes and
becomes indescribably loatbsome.
The liquid matter percolates through
the sides and saturutes the soil, AS
this is not accessible to the purifying
agency of sunlight and free oxygen,
it loses NIL the disinfecting qualities
of the soil.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

There is occasionally a poor boy who
"catches on" without going west to
grow up with the country. Look at
Billy Murphy, for instance, Many
years ago William left Ireland and
went to Spain to grow up with the
country. He is now Count di Morphi,
private secretary to the queen regent
Of Spain and chamberlain to Alphon-
so XIII. and a grandee Of the first
class.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
when the Name Originated,

Gen. William Booth originated the
name of salvation army in 1878, after
he had been engaged in evangelical
work for seventeen years. The first
name of his religious organization
formed upon military lines was the
Christian mission, which he started in
a small way in Exchange.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

During her orations before the Fed
Grafton Of Women, Belva Lockwood
held in her hand large umbrella with
which she emphasized her points, but
some depraved person Of the tyran-
nous sex stole 1t and It afterwards
turned up in the Kentucky State Con-
vention at Lexington, where 1t was
used as a gavel. If there is any chiv-
airy left in Kentucky, Mrs. Lock-
woods umbrella will be returned to
her with whatever repairs it may need.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

English newspapers which are COM
menting on the slowness with which
the Worlds Fair medals are being dis
tributed also contain a paragraph
which says that the royal commission
upon vaccination will, after seven
years. deliberation, Issue its final report
before Parliament rises in August.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

There is discord in the high school
In Gainesville, Ca, because the band
played Dixie" Just as Edward Dwelle
finished an grafton on "The New
South" w. c. Fite asserts Dwelle got
the prize because the judges were in
Huenced by the musical climax.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

A Wisconsin papers statement that
Everything in Milwaukee appears to
be boycotted except the boycott" Is en-
hrely too sweeping. The street car
strike does not affect the use Of hop
water for internal irrigation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
Capt. Jack Crawford on tho Little
Ones-Honry Ward Beeohcrs Lesson
In self-RelIance "A Touching Incident
"A Boy Dwarf.

But yesterday, while grumbling at the
slow descending rain,
And inwardly condemning it, again
and yet again,
A baby sitting by my side, remarked in
accents low,
"You shouldn't scold it that way, for
rain makes flowers grow
I glanced from out the carriage, as down
the street we sped,
And saw the pretty flowers, each tiny,
tender head,
With open mouth, uplifted, drink in the
gentle showers,
And neer before had beheld such
beauty in the flowers.
Their leaves and petals glistened, like
the jewels Of queen;
The grassy beds in which they grew,
were swept by crystal sheen,
And in remorse and conscious shame, l
felt my head bow low,
Beneath the heaven-sent reproof:
Rain makes the flowers grow"
That little speech went to my heart and
made me bless the rain
And bound me to that baby king, with
loves most tender chain.
1t taught me that the gentle showers,
descending from the skies,
Were sent to beautify the earth and
gladden. mortal eyes.
God bless that little preacher, may the
bounteous hand above
Forever flood it's lawn Of life, with
showers of heavenly love,
For it's the love Of heaven above and
love of friends below,
That causes such dear mortal flowers,
as that sweet babe to grow.
Capt. Jack Crawford.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

An Omaha man who was married
the other day made his bride we'd
ding present of eight bonds which he
had forged. That fellow seems to have
had a very unique idea Of the bonds
Of matrimony,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

The Kansas City Journal says "a
young woman wearing a Mother Hub
bard was on the streets the other night
riding a bicycle" We desire to retract
any derogatory utterances we ever
made against boomers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

A Spanish paper thinks that in case
of a war between Spain and this coun-
try the southern states would secede
and join the Spaniards, and as a result
the union of the states would smash
itself into minute particles. There are
many perils of this kind that are a
great comfort to foreign powers that
don't know anything about 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Charles Harris, Of Niles, Ohio, has
made a gavel from a piece of wood
taken from the house Mckinley was
born in, and Charles doesn't want an
office, either.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

While a Cincinnati man was deliver
Ing a 100-pound block of ice that
weighed thirty-fve pounds one day
last week he was struck by lightning.
Providence is making it hot for the
short-weight flend.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Don't worry about trihes. One day
fast week a man tried to recover his
hat that had blown off, and in doing
80 lost his footing, and was carried
over Niagara Falls.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Three boys, readers Of dime-novels,
have gone to prison, one for life and
the others for forty years each; but
the publisher Of the dime-novel has his
liberty and doubtless much wealth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Turks and Spaniards have got In
great deal of bloody work this year,
considering that it is so near the end
Of century Of so much enlightenment
and progress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
The Ballot.

Better vote into the air." and trust
the angels to catch and rescue it, than
to vote into the mud and let the devil
get it.-Rev. A. w. Spoone.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

1t seems to be a hot race between the
chinch bug and the general financial
condition on the Chicago board of
trade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

OF course New York can hold a sue
cessful worlds fair in 1900, Remem-
Der what she did with the Grant mon
ument!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Limburger cheese must not be con-
founded with our filled cheese. Linn
burger is merely filled with harm
less odor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
Phillipsburg Herald.

II Mr.. Bull is also filibusteripS in
aid Of Cuba there is little chance for
Spain's colonial system.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

The scorcher sometimes gets acci'
dentaAy killed, and we doubt II he
stops his rapidly even then.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Our sculptors seem to be as good at
carving each others reputation as they
nre at working on the lifeless marble,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02

Weyler ought to look upon the in
surgents as newspaper correspondents
and order them out Of the country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-07-02
ISOLATED HOUSES.
SCHEME FOR DRAINAGE OF
COUNTRY HOMES.

The Disposal of Liquid Wastes MAY BE
Accomplished by Utilizing the Same
for the Purpose of EnrlchIng the
EnII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
CAUGHT THE THIEVES.
These Men Probably Wanted for Sew
eral OfenAeS.


ernl Ofensex.
Yesterday morning about 3 o'clock Po-
llcemen Schneider and Peck were walking
up AZ street southwest when they heard
some suspicious noises issuing from the
clothing store of Isaac Levy at the corner
of street.
Sergt. Berry and Special Officer Hushes
came to their assistance and the four made
an investigation. which ended In their en-
tering the building. They found that the
store had been broken into, access being
had through a rear window.
Two of the policemen went to the second
moor OF the building. and there they found
three young cotored men in the very act
or helping themselves to pretty much ev-
erythins in sight. They had bundled a lot
CT clothing and other articles of value to-
sether and were taking their time about it,
Ihey We're very much surprised when they
saw that they were caught like rats in q
trap and offered no resistance when placed
under arrest.
At the fourth precinct station they were
charged with housebreaking in the night
Ihey gave the names of William Simms
allas George Hawkins: William Briscoe and
Ben. Marshall.
simms and Briscoe admitted to the po-
nee that they had made a raid on Levy's
store about month ago. They told where
they had hidden the stolen goods. Police
man Schneider visited the place and recov-
cred quantity of clothing
In the Police Court this morning Marshall
pleaded guilty on one housebreaking charge
and Simms admitted that he was guilty on
both. Briscoe was supplied with a colcre /
lawyer. who refused to let him plead guilty
1T ma lie little difference however for all
three men were held in 1000 bonds in ca IN
case TO await the action of the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
Fishing Was Poor

District Attorney A. A. Birney returned
to the city this morning from a fishing ex-
Iedition on the Elk river, West Virginia.
Together with his brothers, Theo. w. and
DR.. H. H. Birl.ey of Philadelphia, and AS
sistant Clerk Henry W. Hodges of the
Court of Appeals and Messrs D. S. Porter
and Bowen, Mr.. Birney left here the morn
Ing of the 9th of last month. Reaching
the Elk river they found the river five feet
higher than usual. That night there was
such rainfall that the river rose twenty
nine feet higher, making fishing impossi-
Bile. When the stream fell they fioated
down it to Charleston for a hundred miles
but continued rain storms interfered con
stantly with the sport, and the catch really
amounted to nothing. Nevertheless the
party was jovial one and the trip was
greatly enjoyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
Transfcrs Of Real Estate.

d. Darby Thompson ct TX. to Albert Peacock
lot 169, So 1852; $40.
Chas. Schnabe ct al, trustees TO Maria Pi.pen
buring, part lot 5. So. 263 5000.
Dennis Cornell ct ux. TO United States of Amer
lea. part lot 16, 81. GA; 5000.
Edgar W. Stone to same, part same lot; 1000.
Andrew Schwartz ct uX. to same, part lot IT,
So 624; $50.
American Security and Trust Co. to VIM T.
Father, lot 81, 81. 9G4; 500.
John Cook, trustee, to Bernard E. Emmert, LOT
IS, 81. $50: SO.
Jne- D. Croi.snnt ct al, trustees, to H. Byron
llanford lots 10. l6, II, blk "a; lot II, blk. ~
lots IA and Is, blk. 3D. lots ID, IA, Is, blk. 80
lots l to 4. pix. IS; lots to 4, IA, Is. blk. 80
lots and e. blk AZ, East Washington Park; $50
Bernard E. Emmert ct TX. to Jno H. Jones, 10,
"a. 81. 555; SO.
Edwin b. Hay ct al, trustees. 10 Chas. II. ]
Taylor, part OF Sheriff Estate; 81, 400.
Della Heany TO Cornelius Naughton, part lo
&C. 50. o54; $40.
Cornelius Naughton to Thos. Heany, same prop
erty; $40.
lot -, sec. !, Barry Farm; $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
SINGLE TAXERS FOR BRYAN.
1t is Claimed They Hold the BalanC
of Power iM Delaware.

of Power in Delaware.
Special Corr .sp"ndence of The Evening Star.
WILMINGTON, Del, August 2, 1896
The single takers Of Wilmington and
neighboring towns held ratification meet
ing ct the open square in this city Satur-
day night, and Endorsed the nominate of
Bryan and Sewall.
The meeting was called to order by Har-
old Sudell Of New Castle, secretary of the
Single Tax Society of Delaware. G. F,
Stevens, president of the Central Demo-
cratic Club of Philadelphia. was the princi-
pal speaker. Mr.. Stevens is the man who
has been instrumental in the campaign
which the single takers are making against
the town authorities Of Dover. He said
that like Henry George, the single takers
approved the platform of the Chicago con-
vention, because they believed that it aim
ed to restore the government to the people
and take 1t from the grasp of the selfish
politicians and capitalists. The single tax
ers would he said, indorse Bryan because
they knew he represented faithfully and
would carry out unfalterngly what the
platform of his party dictated. During his
address he arraigned in bitter terms United
States Senator George Gray, Willard Sauls-
bury and the town authorities of Dover for
taking part In conspiracy which has led
to the arrest and Imprisonment of fifteen
single takers in Kent county Jail, in an eff
fort to stifie free speech.
Speeches were also made by William
Koran, one of the single takers arrested
and recently pardoned by Gov. Watson;
William NJ. Collingham, ex-secretary of the
Americas Club of Camden. NJ; H. V.
Hetzel of Philadelphia, a delegate to the
populist convention recently held in St
Louis, and w. J. Wolf, ex-president of the
Democratic Club of Brooklyn, NY
This ratification and Endorsement of the
ncmirees of the Chicago convention by the
single takers of this city, 1t is claimed
practically means that the entire single
tax vote will go to Bryan and Sewall, and
with it the success Of the democratic ma
tional ticket in Delaware will be assured
The democrats of the lower counties are
strongly in favor Of silver. are a large
| number in New Castle county, and already
Kent and Sussex democrats have Endorsed
Bryan and Sewall.
The sir gle takers claim 1890 followers in
Delaware, of which 200 are republicans
The single tax leaders openly declare that
these republicans will desert Mckinley for
Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03
IN CAMP AT BENNING.
Gunrdsmen Spend IL Damp Night Out
of Doors.

OF Doors.
At 7:3O Saturday night a provisional
company, thirty-five men, composed of
Company and Company B, 9th Battalion
D. c. N. G., under the command of Lieut.
Smallwood and Lieut.. Mellach, marched
out of the armory to Benning. D. c., where
they went into a camp of a night and day
Arriving at Benning at 9:25, the guard was
established over the camp, when the Am
bulance Corps, under the command of
Lieut.. Fales, arrived and went into camp
with the 9Th Battalion. About l 80 in the
morning it began to rain steadily, which
necessitated the men rolling themselves in
their rubber blankets to keep off the rain.
ReVeille was sounded at in the morning,
when all hands got up, washed and pre-
pared for breakfast like old campaigners.
Lieut.. Mellach was officer of the day. AT
O'Clock Lieut.. Smallwood took out the
company and drilled in field adjoining
the camp, and Lieut.. Fales Of the Ambu-
lance Corps drilled his men in the woods in
the rear of the camp
a game of ball was played between the
9th Battalion and the Ambulance Corps
which resulted in favor of the 9TH Battal-
ion. The score was 10 to o.
AT o'clock the general was sounded
on the bugle and the camp was thing Of
the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-03

southwestward to the gulf states, with
slightly warmer southwesterly winds
The following heavy precipitation Din
inches) was reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Norfolk, LOO
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature, IS; condi-
ton, Z; receiving reservoir, temperature,
81: condition at north connection Z; con-
dition at south connection, Il; distrbdtin
reservoir, temperature. so: condition at in
fluent gate house, 10; effiuent gate house, 8.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, SOB am. and p.m.:
high tide 2:20 am. and 2:3G pm
TomorroW-Low tide, 10 am and 10 D. M
high tide. 3:12 am. and $50 pm
The Sun ana Moon.
Sun rises. SOB; sun sets. 7:o9 Moon rises
at midnight
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by S:O7 pm: OK
tinguishing begun at 4:11 am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named.
Arc lamps lighted at 500 pm; cx.in-
Suished at 427.
Range of the THERMOMETERS.
The following were the readings of the
thermometer at the weather bureau TODAY:
s am, 76; pm, 81; maximum, Sc; min
imun, &c.