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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25
Dayton Items.

John Winters is busy shelllng corn
for his neighbors these days.
Mr.. Tannahill il building a large
crib, and buying and filing it with
thirteen cent corn.
Our school teacher with the assist
snce OF two or three scholars gave the
school house a good scruhbing last
Saturday. Well ! guess 1t needed it.
A large stack OF ks6ir corn belong
ing to ] R McDougall was burned
last Saturday. j r and his BOYS
with the assistance Of Mr. MonslAv
and his boys saved the balance of his
feed. How it caught fire is mystery.
d W McGrath Of Walnut was in
The vicinity buying few stock hogs.
ArbS BALDWIN who bias been sick
for some time with the typhoid fever
Is very low at this writing.
CONSISTENCY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25

will over the hills and valleys is gone
forever. There will be more money
and not 30 much waste by the new
method, though. In the future win
ter losses from exposure will be UNI
known and the cattle will be Of bet
ter grade and will go to market in a
better condition"
Mr.. Keogh's observations are cor.
roborated by all cattlemen who are
familiar with the situation. While
there are plenty of cattle for the
immediate supply east of the noun.
tains, the test will come in the spring
when buyers look for feeders. For
several weeks now buyers have been
out looking for cattle to contract for
spring delivery, and it is said that
prices being paid are much higher
than on the market today. The de-
mand for stock cattle ls increasing
rapidly, which il another indication
of the scarcity. II those who are in
vestigating the situation are correct in
their surmiseE, prices on cattle year
from now will be much higher than al
present, and two years from now beef
will be almost too precious to eat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25
From the Rocky Mountain News.
Shortage of Cattle,


Now that the range season is prac
ideally ended for this year the cattle,
men are commencing to look around
for cattle for next spring, and the
more they look the more they are as.
founded at the situation. The cry Of
shortage has been shouted 80 often
without realization that when anyone
even hints at 1t now it is a sign for a
general grin But indications are
that next spring the cattle buyers
will pe confronted with condition
instead of theory.
This year supplies have been drawn
from Mexico and Canada in addition
to general cleaning up of the west.
ern ranges, yet with all the great
supply now concentrated in the corn
states in the feeding lots the age Of
the cattle is 80 much younger than
usual that while there are greater
number of head, the weight is less
and they will make less beef than
was marketed last year.
On the Pacific coast there is almost
a panic for enough cattle to supply
the local market, and indications are
that before Christmas the dressed
beef men from this side OF the noun.
tains will be shipping cattle to Cali
fornia. Prices are advancing at an
alarming rate, and even the high
prices are not drawing out many cat
tie for the simple reason that they
are not in the country.
Disgusting the situation, I. Keogh,
one 81 the best known and best-post-
ed csttlemen in the country, mem
Der Of the well.known firm Of Keogh
Bros, who has been buying cattle all
over the west, said that he expected
prices TO 60 out OF sight within the
next two or thres years.
Take it on the coast now" said he,
Il know that around the Reno dis
trict in Nevada, whence California
has drawn its great supply for years,
there are only 1900 or 1000 head
left, where there we're nearly 10000
last spring. The good prices in the
east have induced eastern buyers to
enter the district and buy, and the
California men did not awake to the
situation until they saw the cattle be-
ing shipped out They got a hustle
on them then, but they have been un-
able to get much, though they have
been raising their bids right along on
what stock there is left. As to how
many there are left in California l
don't know, but from what hear
there cannot be very many, and ss
prices are advancing everyone is
holding Oh to what he has"
Cannot they find supply in Ar
izonap
"The eastern buyers have cleaned
out that territory, too, aud there is
very little left there to sell. Oregon
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25

and Washington are also short and
are buying wherever they can find
anything. There will not be head
to come out of that country next year
Idaho is through aud 80 is Nevada
What few head there are left are
more valuable as stock cattle than
beef and will not be sold.
II have been in the cattle business
since 1870 and this is the first time
have gone out with plenty Of money
in my pocket and have been unable
to find cattle to buy. 1t is the first
real shortage that has ever existed in
my experience. The advance in the
eighties was not due to a shortage,
but to the demand caused by so many
people going into the range business.
Rich men were buying herds for their
sons, and when they commenced to
sell prices went down. For several
years now cattlemen have been ship
ping everything to market that would
bring dollar. They spayed their
heifers and fattened them, and even
fattened the calves and 2.year-olds.-
1t used to be that only the g. and A..
year-old cattle were fed for market,
and we used to see cattle weighing
from 1,200 to 1000 pounds Now
they average around 900 or 1000
pounds This year I am told that
the falling of in weight Of cattle
marketed will be over sixty pounds
on the average per head. Next year
the falling off will be over one hun
drsd pounds, and that means a great
amount Of beef.
"The great bulk Of the cattle Of
this country are now concentrated in
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri
where they can get corn. They will
come to market next year and there
will be no shortage then, for the aV-
ersge farmer thinks IS long as be can
see so many cattle around him that
the world must be full Of them, but
after next year whst7 l don't know
Of a single large herd Of cattle that
can be bought. If they want feeders
next spring they will have to pay big
prices for them and this may hold
the beef market steady, but after
they have cleaned out the cattle now
on feed they will begin to see what a
shortage really means. l have been
expecting it and have been buying
everything / could find for the past
year"
"How long will 1t take to restock
The rangesp
ut will take years. You will never
see the big herds again. They have
gone for good. After this the cattle
10 the west will be divided into small |
sunches that can be cared for. All |
he farmers will have their punches
II stock which they can keep up and |
Iced in winter and pasture in the
Iummar. The days when herds Of
10000 and 10000 head can roam at
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-11-25

Passengers arriving at Chicago
by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
ci6c R'y can, by the new Union Ele.
waited Loop, reach any part of the
city, or for a FIVE cent fare can be-
taken immediately to any of the
large stores in the down town dis
trict. A train will stop at the Rock
Island Station every minAtA Phsss.
facilities can only bs Qtsere6 by the.
"Great Rock IslAnd Route" ~
Address JoHN SEBASTIAN, q p A..
Chicsgo,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Queen ChrIstInn,s Victoria.

Queen Christina of Spain is very
go-ahead woman, and long before the
restrictions on horseless carriages in
our metropolis had been removed she
had ordered an electric victoria to be
built for her in London. The machin-
cry is underneath and hardly shows at
all, and the stored energy is chiefly
under the seats. 1t is said that there
is sufficient power to keep the carriage
going at a pace of ten miles an hour
for 100 hours. The electric lights are
on each side of the box seat and one is
in the middle, and does great deal
toward filling up the vacant space
where there is no horse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

A minister In the far west during
the past few years has made a col
lection of curious and worthless money
given at the services Of his church.
His exhibit includes Peruvian, Hawai-
Ian and Swedish coin, also quarters
and dimes, punched, battered, defaced,
which he would not attempt to pass
for their face value, and could not pass
them If he made the attempt. He has
given notice that the defaced coin will
be sent to the mint and sold as bullion,
or melted and made into some article
OF church ware. Such matter-of- 3act
statement is worth more than a
hundred jests to show that the collec-
template indicates the possible char
acter Of a contributor. II consciously
used in this way the debased coin
represents deception. The giver
knows that his tradesman would hest
tate to accept the coin in trade. To
drop 1t into the contribution-box Is
an easy disposition Of the obnoxious
piece Of metal, and apparently shows
generous obedience to religious duty.
1t is a small, misleading act. It's pitt.
full meanness could not be tolerated by
thoroughly honest mind.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Quicker in the Old Days.

The Chicago Shade was in a con-
fdential mood and put his feet over
the arms of his throne.
"I am a man with a history. When
7 was on earth I spent my life and my
fortune fighting four divorce cases." he
said tentatively to the bulky shade on
his right.
"And yet they say the world prog
resses," unused the shade Of Henry
VIII, as he took retrospective glance
at the pages devoted to his term in
the history books.-Pittsburg News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

The special agent recently dispatched
to Japan by the San Francisco Bureau
OF Foreign Commerce for the purpose
of collecting data with reference to
matters affecting the interests OF Amer
lean manufacturers has submitted re-
port, in which he states that during the
past two months there has been almost
a panic in Japanese financial circles,
but the worst is now considered over.
After the war with China speculation
was rampant. Thousands Of stock COM
panies were floated, and their shares
doomed. Everybody invested, but col
lapse soon came. The native banks
have shut down Unfortunately of
late and merchants allowed no accom-
modations. Heavy stocks Of merchan-
disc were thus thrown back upon the
market, and warehouses are crowded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Mcguire Hines, a railroad builder,
has just returned from a visit to Eng
land. He went there to raise 100000 900
for a new line in the South. "The peo-
pie I met believe that the late war
over here was between North and
South America" he said, recently, land
their notion about Venezuela is that
the confederacy has started the war
again." England is in need of free
schools.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Yo Ladye and Ye Rookie AgsntS.
he clombe ye steppes and rang we belle,
Putte onne we blandest smyle
And whenne ye ladye didde appeare
beganne inne ye best style:
'Fayre ladye, have heere worke,
lie you willie butte give care"
Motto onne you're lyfel" upspake ye dame
Cant gette you're worke inne here"
pucH
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Whatever our senators and represent
tatives do or fail to do about other
matters, the present session Of con-
gress ought not to close without suit
able appropriation for the repair Of
the frlgate Constitution, -"old Iron
Sides" Immediate action is necessary
for the preservation of vessel whose
decks have been red with heroes
blood" and whose glorious record is an
imperlshable part of our national re-
noWn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Twins in Size, Shape and Activity.

This is what those important little organs,
the kidneys are when healthy In disorder
they may differ in all three particulars. Dis
ease usually destroys them successfully, not
the otheris semi-paralyzed. Give to both
healthful impulse, without exciting them,
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
forestalls such dreadful maladies as Brights
disease and,aiabetes. Use the Bitters also,
for malarial, bilious, rheumatic, nervous,
bowel and kidney trouble.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
nsrmlt Of Hem1ock Beach Dead.

Ebenezer Chichester, better knswn
as the Hermit of Hemlock Beach, :"
died last week at Amityville, L. l. He
had previously lived for forty years in
a cave dug in sand dune on Hemlock
Beach. He was IS years of age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
ralnahla Paint Fields.

The largest mineral paint fields in
the country have been discovered in
Pine plains township, Allegan county,
Mich. The pockets in some instances
cover half-acre and contain paints OF
various colors.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Jake schaefer, the former champion
billiardist, fell off a Chicago street car
and permanently injured the wrist Of
his cue arm, and Is now suing for $780,
900 damages. It's a stiff price, but 1t is
also stiff wrist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Now that another United States Ven
ezuelan Commission has been appoint
ed the people will be less restless. 1t
has been difficult trying to worry along
between commissions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Density of Population a Factor.

''The density of population also affects the
volume of passenger traffic. Where the .popu-
in sDarsely settled districts. In Iowa the
population per square mile is about 49,; in
England, al; Belgium, 514:. Holland, $50;
Italy, $685. France, 1877; New York, 139; Ohio,
90; New England, 49,; illinois,, 70; Missouri,
South Dakota, s. The population per mile Of
railroad in Iowa is about 247, in Illinois It Is
about S95; New York, S13; New England, 7l9;
Missouri, 447; wisconsin, SO6; Nebraska. 2O9;
Kansas 1OS South Dakota, 100. The average
MESSENGER earnings per mile, as shown by the
last reports to this commission, Of the roads
nnerating in Iowa are 5000. The Kansas re-
port for 1895 shows $S44, the Illinois report
81 5S2 and as shown by the report OF the IN 1no
terstate commerce commission, they are 81, 422
in New England, S4513 in New York and In
Ohio 1851.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Duty.

~ is dnty we owe 10 ourselves, as well as those
Whoare dependent upon us, 70 preserve our health
hnu strength. Aunt Raohael's Peruvian Malarial
Bitters are found 10 he an unfailing and vaua ble
assistant IN maintaining the ylgor OF the SYSTEM
nnu lnkeeplng u In tone. Excellent for those sub
Sons toglye an appetite.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

I When a girl is saying goodby to a
man in the hall, why does she stand
up so close and put her hands behind
her?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Clerk-I see by the papers that Mr..
Differs is going to be married.
Employer-Great snakes! Run around
to his Office and collect this bill before
1t is too late. New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

The wife who is meek and patient
and forgiving and always meets her
husband with smiling face no mat.
ter how much he makes her cry In &C.
( eret, gets terribly tiresome.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Crooked bankers who do not com
NIT suicide are dropping into the ha'
bit Of falling dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

! 1t is well to remember when in or
out Of society chat purple and fine linen
never made a porcine character a fine
gentleman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

There Is really slight consolation
about advancing theories to account
for your defeat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

There is as much difference between
Information and gossip as there is be-
tween walnut and Eastwood.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
PhilIipsburg Herald.

People who have no malice In their
makeup, are seldom amusing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

The police of Kansas City properly
come under the classification of heavy
weights. The members of the force
were recently weighed, when it was
found that the average weight of each
policeman is 1885 pounds, and the av-
erage height is 5 feet 1O1s inches. The
heaviest officer weighs $50 pounds and
is seven feet high, lacking four inches,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

II was a Central American shot that
knocked the hole in the Nicaragua Ca
nal bill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Don't blame the devil with every
thing crooked in the world. Mankind
has done a good deal in that line.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

People who are not able to take care
Of their private conduct are hardly ut
to prescribe rules for others.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Most of us would last longer II we
possessed the power of keeping still &C.
casionally.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
A Question of Spirits.

In nursing their disappointment,
some men find it thrives best on the
bottle. Life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Wisdom is in the main correct APP
probation Of the follies of other people.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Flcures on Roduced Hlc.


"Tho statement of the Illinois commission
that there has been q general reduction OF
passenger business is undoubtedly confirmed
by the statistics. For the whole United States
the number of passengers carried one mile
for each mile of railroad in 1890 was 70, Isl;
in 1895 IL was 6S,572. Though the number Of
passengers carried was less, the passenger
car mileage was greater in 1895 than In 1890,
which, of course, increased the cost per pas
senger. In 1890 the total number Of miles
run by passenger trains in the United States
was 2S5, 575 804 in 1895 1t was 81, $50, 615. In
1895 the revenues from passenger service In
the United States decreased $33, 10S,378 as
compared with 1894, though the figures for
1895 include 2,05529 miles Of road more than
in 1894 The foregoing statements, which are
based upon the most accurate statistics OBJ
tainable, at this time indicate: l. That at the
present time the average fare charged in Iowa
is less than the actual cost Of transporting the
passenger q That within the last three or
four years passenger earnings have decreased
without corresponding decrease in the cost
of doing the business. Unless changes have
been recently made that have not come to the
notice of the commission the following are the
rates prevailing in the countries named:
England-First class, 40 cents; second 80
cents: third, cents. France-First class,
cents second, cents third, 2 cents. Italy
First class, 3.6 cents; second. rs cents; third,
is cents, Holland-F1rst class, 80 cents;
second. 2.6 cents; third, 1.6 cents. Belgium
First class, "a cents; second 1.S cents; third,
1.2 cents. Except in England no baggage Is
carried free,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

nATEuTc 20years' experience. Send sketch for i'd
IAIINIO D. Vice d. Deane, late prin. examiner us,
pat.otilce) Deane Weaver. McGnl Bldg, w ash.DG
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

When AnSlUeriIlO Advertisements PEeasS
MsMtjOn This Paper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

e ss a9l ssss T &c 1hOmpsOns Eye Water.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
Recelpts and Cost Ter MIC.

ReCelpJs ana COSO Eer Mlles
From the statistics given in the report Of
this commission for 1895 1t appears the aver
age amount received by the railroads doing
business in Iowa for carrying one passenger
one mile during the year was 227 cents, The
tanned do not include any passengers carried
free. The large number Of passengers who
have travelled upon reductions of rates as per.
mitted by our statutes-vministers OF the gos-
pei, organizations Of our military, excursions
onholidays, special rates to meetings Of many
organizations, state and county fairs-are fac
tors that reduce the average fare to the
amount above stated. 1t is obvious, there
fore, that the average must always be lower
than the rate fixed by law. The character OF
the business renders 1t impossible to make
Iowa report for 1895 shows only ten roads
which returned the average cost Of carrying
one passenger one mile. The average cost OF
these companies was 2.14 cents. This result
is less reliable than il 1t were founded upon
returns made by all the roads, which would
probably increase It, In arriving at the cost
of carrying one passenger one MILE as above
given, nothing is charged on account OF the
expenses Of the railroads for interest, rents,
taxes and miscellaneous fixed charges, and,
OF course. nothing for dividends on stock.
Its proportion OF these expenses, which con-
stltute part Of the cost Of doing the business.
From statistics compiled by the interstate
commerce commission 1t appears that to
charge the passenger business Of the rail-
roads with its proportionate share OF the fixed
charges, not including anything, however, on
account Of dividends and creditng 1t with
mail and express earnings, would give us as
the actual cost 2.57 cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

Dr. Kays Lung Balm s 5GS s 'SPSs' a GSIas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25
ON IOWA RAIL RATES.
PAS ENoER RVICR AND
RATES COMPARED.
Reply OF tho State Railroad COmmIsSIOn
to Inquiries by AgriCulturISts Regard
Ing Average Receipts and Expenses.

Des Mones, Iowa.-Correspond Chicago
TlmoB-lierald.-W. w. Field of Odebolt, pres.
ident OF the State Agricultural society, anx.
lous TO enlighten its members on the merits OF
the railroad question, sought for Information
from the state board OF railroad commission
ers on the following points: What Is the aver
age rate Of fare In Iowa? What does II cost the
railroads 70 carry passenger a miller How
are We Uhe agriculturlsts) 10 ascertain what
rate would be fair on both sides? What is
the opinion Of the commissioners on the ques-
ticn? In reply an open letter has been writ
ten by w. w. Ainsworth, secretary Of the
commission, saying In part: "The questions
suggested by you have recently been con-
sidered by the board Of railroad and ware
house commissioners OF Illinois In response to
an inquiry made by the state grange Of that
state. It's conclusion was that II would be
unwse, unwarranted and unjust to the rail
road interests Of the state to comply with this
request The regular report says: Some Of
the great trunk lines In Illinois might be able
TO stand such a reduction, yet the smaller
roads and those which do almost wholly
local business, and which are now and have
been for the last two years struggling for
existence, would be most seriously affected
by II. Such action on our part would simply
Increase the heavy burdens under which they
are struggling now.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-25

W. N. U. Kansas City. No. 8. 1897.