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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
Humana Agents Busy.

Middletown, July 13.-The local agent of the Connecticut Humane society is kept busy these days preventing over working and abuse of horses The hot weather tells quickly on the animals, and many careless drivers have been reprimanded, and in some cases fined for not following the law in the mat faf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-14
New Haven Steamboat Go. SUMMER. ARRANGEMENT.

Steamers from New Haven leave week days Belle Dock, Old Line Pier c. H. NORTHAM night; Sundays 3 p. m and 12;30 midnirht.
 Steamers from New York leave week days Piers 25 and 25 East River, RICHARD PECK 5 p. m. and c. H. N0RTHAM 12 midnight: Sunday $50 a. m. and F midnight.
 Fare SI.Oo. Excursion tickets. rood for l5 days, Sl.50. Special Sunday excursion rate. Sl.00.
 Staterooms and tickets for sale at Pack 6 Bishops 70a Chapel street, and at MtTsS
 Through rates given and bills or ladinx issued to points West, South and South- west. CHAS, I. FRENCH. AQenk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

the saucepans or boilers. The current
Is turned off or on by turning little
key like those on the incandescent light
lamps.
Any one can start good baking fire
In this way with his eyes shut There
is no chance of the fire going out when
the weather is damp, or of its smoking,
or becoming stopped by cllnkers.
One curious feature of the electrical
stove is that it is supplied with as many
different fires, or heat generators, as
there are dishes to be cooked. Instead
Of there being one large surface heated
all over, as in the case of ordinary
kitchen ranges, each kettle, or sauce
pan, is separately connected, and pro"
vided with heating apparatus of its
own. This, Of course, gives the cleo
trical stove very unusual appearance
There may be, for instance, kettle Of
soup boiling over on one side, and next
to it an ice cream freezer in which the
cream is being rapidly frozen by the
electrical energy which churns it.
An ingenious cook can find all sorts
of possibilities in this apparatus. 1t is
quite possible, for example, to have any
dish cooking on a side table. In fact,
the various cooking utensils may be
carried all over the house and set going
by turning a switch. If the cook wishes
to prepare dish of sauerkraut the wire
may be easily heightened and the
cooking carried on in some remote spot
in the back yard or the sub-cellar.
The vexations Of housekeeping are
reduced to a minimum by the electrical
stove. 1t gives out no coal dust, and
the new kitchen resembles a parlor
more than the overheated, smoky
kitchens we are all familiar with. A
little practice soon teaches one the
trick of operating it. At first It seems
difficult to the uninitiated to calculate
what voltage will cook an egg, roast
turkey or bake bread to the desired
color. But the ordinary cook soon loses
all fear OF the complex apparatus.
While the visitor was gazing in won
der at the electrical stove, an order was
shouted down the back stairs in the
most approved electrical kitchen par
lance:
Bridget shouted the voice from
above, "have you started to get that
dinner? You have eight minutes to
broil that chicken and cook the Vege-
tables, and you had better not waste
any more time"
"All right! said Bridget. "I'll start
the fire in a minute, num-"
A few moments later the voice was
heard again.
Bridget" it said this time, don't
give that chicken too many volts to-
aight, or you will cook the 1;::a cat of it.
And keep the things that are cs9king
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

In India one Of the severest punish
ments melted out to a convert to
Christianity is cutting off his access to
the village well. His family is COM
PEELED at once to tramp through hot sun,
and with a heavy water pot, to some
distance to get whatever water they use
for bathing and cooking. This is all
against the law, but sometimes the per-
secution is so severe as to compel re-
turn to the forsaken faith, or exile
from the village. To prevent this the
missionaries often have to engage, in
behalf Of their converts, in long and
bitterly fought contests. Most Of these
prosecutions are instigated by a few
high-caste people, who virtually own
the villages, and the majority of the
villagers are usually glad to see the
cases decided in favor of the converts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
CURIOUS FACTS.

1t is estimated that 293 hairs on the
head, thirty-nine on the chin, twenty
three on the arm and nineteen on the
back of the hand are respectively con-
tanned in an area of quarter Of an
inch OF the normal Individual.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain once re-
marked to vacillating and somewhat
lazy member of the house of commons
My dear boy, observe the postage
stamp; its uselessfulness depends upon
its ability to stick to one thing till it
gets there.
The new water-works tower just COM
pleted at Eden Park, Cincinnati, o.,
is the highest artificial structure in
America. The floor of the tower,
reached by elevators, is $50 feet above
the Ohio river. The base is 404 feet
above the stream.
A Lebanon county Pa,) school teach
er is under arrest for injuring boys
hearing by boxing his ears. 1t is time
that teachers and parents, too, were
informed that boxing the ears is form
of punishment likely to produce much
more disastrous effects than are intend
ed. Thomas A. Edison's defective hear
ing is said to be due to a, blow on the
ear given him when lad 1t is very
easy to rupture the ear by such blow,
and the injury is irreparable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

daughter Of the house pours
tea from kettle heated by
electricity, and her room is supplied
with curling iron also heated by cleo
trical energy. But electrical kitchen Is
the chief object of interest. The cook
ing stove bears very little resemblance
to an ordinary range. 1t is very much
cleaner and is in all ways marvel of
convenience. The electric stove in ac-
tual use consists Of q substantial table
on which stand the heat generators
wherewith the cooking is done. Be
meath the table are a series Of ovens,
each Of which is provided with sep
arate heat generator Of its own. The
back Of the range is arranged with
broad shelf, on which other heat gener-
ators are placed There, also, is the
keyboard which regulates the strength
of current and the temperature of the
stove. The wires, which are wound
with green silk and carefully insulated
to prevent an accident, are attached at
one end to little copper posts in exactly
the same way as the wires of tele-
graph instrument. The other ends are
fastened to the heat generators beneath
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
He Kept His Word.

It was a sailor, up before London
fudge for assault. He got bail, and was
dismissed, pending trial. He disap-
peared, and his bondsmen might we'll
have worried, especially had they
known that he had gone, on some bust
ness, to Cardiff, ITO miles from the
court room. There he found himself
almost penniless and the day for the
trial approaching. What did he do?
He set out to walk the distance. 1t
took him seven days. To get food, he
pawned most of his clothes. For the
last two days Of his toilsOme journey he
had no food at all. In the meantime the
sailor on whom the assault had been
committed had recovered and sailed
away, so that the judge not only dis
charged the defendant, but gave him
ten dollars from the poor box.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
RHoDY STANDS PREPAYMENT.
She Is Still tho Most DenselV Populated
state in tho Union.

N~NN
state in tho Union.
Tho census recently taken Of the In
habitants of little Rhode Island pre-
serves the states claim, which, al
though often disputed, has not been
overcome for more than century, Of
being the most thickly populated state
in the union. Rhode Island is the
smallest of the states in respect Of
area, covering only 1900 square miles,
while Delaware has only 2,100, Connect
icut 400 ard New Jersey $500. But
the poulation Of the state is in excess
OF $4,000 and increasing rapidly. Dur
ing the first twenty years following the
revolutionary war Rhode Island, which
became a state in 1890, gained very lit
tie In population, and in the year 1860
the total population reached only 175,-
900, or less than half Of what it Is to-
day. With the enormous increase OF
manufactures, however, during and
since the close Of the war, the indus
trial population of the unions small
est state, which now has S40,00O,OOO
invested in the cotton factories, and as
much more in wooden mills, has taken
rapid jump upward. Since the taking
OF the first federal census in 1890,
when there were on the average sixty
three persons to the square mile In
Rhode Island, until the present, when
the average number is 354, the state
has retained its distinction Of being
the most closely populated in the
country. Massachusetts has held the
second place and Connecticut had the
third until 1870, when New Jersey SUI
perseded it, and Connecticut fell to
fourth place. Compared with some
European countries, however, the pres
ent density Of population does not APP
pear so great. By the last official
enumeration the population per square
mile in Belgium was $50 and in Eng
land sos. Rhode Island has a water
area Of 165 square miles, which is more
than one-tenth the total surface OF the
state. The gain in its population has
been greatest, Of course, in the large
cities, but the manufacturing indu-
tries Of Rhode Island are diffused 80
generally that there are more than a
dozen small towns with rapidly in
creasing industrial population. Be-
tween 1870 and 1890 Pawtucket in
creased in population from $500 to
$4,000. Woonsocket from 1000 to TO-
900 and Providence from $4,000 to 1872
OOO Bristol county, Rhode Island,
which is south of Providence on the
Massachusetts border, has an area Of
only twenty-five square miles, where
as New York, prior to the annexation
of the new Westchester territory, had
land area Of forty square miles, An
erroneous notion prevails in many
quarters that what regulates the den
sity Of population in a state or county
is the compact habitation Of all parts
of it, but the fact is that high per-
Centage Of population to the square
mile comes from the number Of cities
and towns within the state or county,
and railroads or waterways account
largely for these.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

A man who eighteen years ago was
sentenced to serve year in the peni-
tertiary, but who had been at home ever
since, no effort ever having been made
to take him to jail, appeared before
Governor Brown Of Kentucky a week
ago and asked that he be permitted to
serve his term or else that he be par
doned. The man said that in 1877 a
jury found him guilty of malicious
cutting and he was sentenced to serve
a year in the penitentlary. No one Of
fered to take him to the penitentiary, so
he went to his home in Clark county.
He was never asked to go to jail, so he
never went What was the reason for
the remarkable failure to carry out the
sentence he did not know. The govern
or pardoned him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

ON the tables. Be sure not to LET the
pot boil on the floor where any one may
walk into IT,"
Eye see" explained the cook, II like
to carry the meat around with me and
have 1t cooking beside me so / won't DO
likely to forget It and let II bum"
The electrical kitchen is also pro-
vided with an electrical glue-pot, and
the laundry is equipped with electric
irons. The cooking utensils of the
electric range include ovens of various
sizes, a chafing dish, tea kettle, griddle
iron for baking cakes, and broiler for
meats.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
A Good Place to Stay.

New Yorker-My dear, sir, am
simply charmed with your hotel, and
will probably remain in it month.
Landlord-I am truly glad to hear
you say so. May ask whether it is
the fresh air, the fine views or the at
tentive service of the house that has
pleased you?"
New Yorker-Oh, those things are
all well enough in their way; but (
wasn't especially thinking of them.
What has delighted me is the fact
that l have been here two days and
have neither seen or heard any allu-
sion to Trilby.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
ease, and ought to be superseded by
something more sanitary and clearly.
A Luxnrloms Artist.

No other painter has a home of such
artistic luxuriousness as Alma-Tadema.
Perhaps its most remarkable feature Is
the wall, which is paneled with TALL
slim pictures, each of them by differ
ent painter. Leighton, Broughton, Sar-
gent, Calderon and full score of the
artists friends have contributed to
this remarkable establishment. An
other feature is the oak and ivory pi-
ano, on the lid of which, inside, are
inscribed by their own hands the names
of the most celebrated singers and mu-
sicians of Europe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
Giving Credit,

The customs surrounding the giving
Of credit differ widely in different coun-
tries. In Italy credit is given only on
undoubted security, in Cuba five months
after delivery. In the Bermudas settle
ments are annual. In Austria it is I'M
possible to do business without giving a
years credit; in England settlement is
counted upon every three months; in
Spain four-ffths Of the business is done
on cash basis; Turkish and Russian
credit averages twelve months; in
China credit is unknown, and thirty
days is the rule in Canada.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

Many people are kept guessing what
the next fool thing done by society folk
with apparent intellect will be,
Banker Higginson's wife in Boston
eloped with a man twenty years
younger than herself, leaving four chill
dren and luxurious millions. Then
Charles w. Deering, grandson Of the
man who makes the Deering self binder
and other instruments, abandoned a
home of wealth and culture ind ease to
enter the regular army and curry
horses at Fort Riley. By what process
of reasoning either Of these persons
could have persuaded themselves to dc
such inexcusable and irretrievably idi-
otto things no human intelligence can
ascertain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
A MOtOrman's Life.
FULL OF HARDSHlPS, EXPOSURE AND
CONSTANT DANGER.
Tho Great Strain on n Mans Nerves sums
Client In Itself to. Wreck Hin In
Short Time. The Experience OF q
Well-Rnown MOt0rman

Tho Great Strain on n Mans Nerves BunRs
client In Itself to, Wreck Hia in
Short Time. The Experience OF
Well-Known MOtorman.
From the Cincinnati, Ohio, Enquirer.
A mOtorman Is subjected to many hard
ships especially in tho winter whom he is ox-
poied to tho cold and snow. Even In the
summer he must bear the intense heat
which beats down upon him. Considerable
nerve and self-possession is necessary in
good motorman, for the lives and limbs Of
his passengers are at stake. One of the
best known electric motormen in this city
is William Frazer, who is at present rum
ming a car on the Cumminsville electric
line. He is not only well known to his
fellow employees but to the people who
travel on his car, Mr. Frazer is young
man, about twenty-six years Of age and
resides with his wife and child at l44 Beta
Street, Cincinnati, o. About a year ago
Mr.. Frazer was taken with serious stom-
ach troubles. He bought several kinds Of
medicine which were recommended to him,
but none Of them seemed to give him even
temporary benefit. An enthusiastic adj
mirer of that famous remedy known as
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
told him to try them. To a reporter Of
the Enquirer he said:
81 can most heartily recommend DR..
Williams Pink Pills They are all that ID
claimed for them, in fact they advertise
themselves better than any medicine l
ever saw. / was seized some time ago
with a bad attack of indigestion. NV
stomach hurt me nearly all the time and I
could not digest my food. The pain was
almost unbearable and l found nothing
that would give me relief. confess that
when bought the first box of Pink Pills I
hadn't much confidence in their efficacy be-
cause had tried 30 many things without
success that l was almost discouraged.
Before had taken one box was decidedly
better. Two boxes cured me entirely.
While have been under the weather from
other causes my indigestion has never re-
turned. If 1t ever should | know Just what
to do. / have so much confidence in the
sick again with any disorder l shall use
some Of them. 1t Is a pleasure for me, I
assure you to testify to the excellent quail
tiles Of these Pink Pills, They not only
tone the stomach but regulate the bowels
and act as mild cathOrtic"
Mr.. Frnzer,s testimonial means some
thing. He speaks from personal exper-
fence and any one who doubts that he re-
ceived the benefits stated can easily verify
the assertion by calling on Mr.. Frazer or
seeing him some time while he is on his car.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes at 30
cents a box, or six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had Of all druggists or directly by
mail from Dr. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, N. Y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
A Hlndoo AscstIc,

There has been reported to the Lon.
don Missionary society the conversion
of Hindoo devotee, man who lived
as an ascetic in lonely places, and de-
voted his life to quiet meditation. The
missionary found it extremely difficult
to show him that Christianity de-
manded of him quite different mode
of life-to go out and mingle among
men and preach Christ in the noisy and
uuarrelsome market place. Though
the ascetiC shrinks from this hard duty,
he nevertheless bravely performs it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
Care of CIsterns.

The Lancet gives considerable space
to the discussion Of the position and
care OF clsterns. 1t is Of the utmost
Importance to have the reserve stock
of water used for cooking and drink
ing purposes, especially the latter, I'M
der the constant and watchful eye Of
an interested person. Many cisterns or
tanks are placed in attics, many of them
in positions almost inaccessible, others
are so arranged that foreign substances
can easily fall into them, and Offering
no bar to the entrance of vermin Of all
sorts. One tank was found covered
with carpet that had been worn out
on the floor Of living-room having
served Its purpose as a foor-coverlng,
1t was thrown over this tank, and, with
every movement the dust, and what
ever germs might have lodged there,
sifted through into the water. Many
others are found with loose board COW
ers which were used as shelves, or
places where various articles were laid
for convenience sake. There is neither
sense nor reason in tanks arranged In
this way. They are menace to health
and a reflection on the good Judgment
Of those who build and use them.
Tanks should be so fixed that all pipes
are soldered in, and cover fitted so
closely as to be practically air-tight.
Tanks that stand open in attics or up
per rooms are fruitful sources Of dis
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

The Omaha Weekly WoFld-Herald
has struck another novel idea for in
creasing its circulation by Offering large
prizes to those new subscribers who
construct the shortest sentence contain
ing all the letters of the alphabet.
This is sort of reverse Of last years
prize contest, when the object was to
construct the largest number Of words
out of certain letters.
1t will be interesting to note how
short a sentence can be made and still
contain all the twenty-six letters in the
alphabet. The trouble, of course, will
lie to get in such letters as K, y, z and q.
Ex-Congressman Bryan, who edits
the paper and breaches free silver coin
age, must have a good inventive genius
10 devise these novel schemeP
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

England is showing disposition &c
use her power and embarrass this coun'
try financially. She has that privilege
but our people can manage to scrape
along with thin pocketbooks If hers
can contrive in some way to live with.
out anything special to eat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

That is a singular telegram which a
college football player makes public
showing that not only the students but
the faculty of a state university in the
northwest joined in offering good and
valuable consideration to him IL he
would pretend to be student in the
college and play on the team. Can il
really be true that reform Of the foot
ball mania in colleges must begin with
reform Of the faculties?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
Second Thoughts.

A man with a panied expression Of
countenatce sat on dry-goods box.
Are you ill?" asked someone.
"No."
slave you lost anything?"
"Never had anything to lose"
"What's the matter then?"
"I'm sitting on wasp"
"Why don't you get up?"
"Well, that was my first impulset
but l got to thinkin' l was hurtin' the
wasp as badly as he was hurtin me,
and concluded to sit here awhile"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
WHERE DID You GET THIS CoTTErS

Had the Ladies' Aid Society Of our
Church out for tea, forty Of them, and
all pronounced the German Coffeeberry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about it! IS packages Earliest
vegetable seeds s1.OO post paid.
II you will cut this out and send
with 15c. stamps to John A, Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get free
package of above great coffee seed and
our 14S page catalogue! Catalogue alone
&c. WIN.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
An OutsIder,s view.

~ suppose, said the man who had
gone to the Wagner concert to see how
he would like it, II suppose that Is
harmony"
81 suppose it is" said the other man,
"although it would seem to me Off
hand, as if the violin and the brass
band had failed to agree on q ticket.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

One Of the first results Of war talA
is to develop the sensitiveness of capt.
tai. It will scurry to cover If any one
happens to mention that Mars is liable
to be in the ascendant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

Here is a man with conscience, and
no mistake. Mr.. G. Green, Of Mcclure
Kan, while intoxicated, swore out q
warrant against himself, was ar
ralgned, pleaded guilty, paid his fine,
and went home very happy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

One Of the most competent historical
critics in the United States describes
Won Holst's Constitutional History"
as chiefly useful to counterfeit ,extrava.
giant and unreasonlng patriotism. Per-
haps it is for this the University Of
Chicago keeps him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16
ELECTRIC CURRENTS.
THE LATEST THING IN STOVES
IN NEW YORK.
Here Is n MilIIonaire's Kitchen in Which
No Fuel Ia Used for Cooking Dinner
Pots and Pans Need No Securing.

HE ingenious de-
vices for cooking
dinners by the aid
Of merely a few
wires and an I'M
seen electrical cur
rent are beginning
to find their way
into the kitchens Of
many New York
millionaires In one
house uptown the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

The president should be careful how
he restricts Gen. Miles from talking
about our coast defenses lest that gen.
tleman, through sheer paucity of sub.
ject matter, be driven to lengthy de-
malls that he is candidate for presi'
dent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

Il is not difficult to count the men
who are really candidates, but when II
comes to trying to count those who
think they are candidates the task
assumes serious proportions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-16

1t seems likely now that, after all the
Armenians have been killed, the pow
ers will see to it that there is an ami
cable adjustment of the little misun'
Outstanding.