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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-09

For Sale or Trade.
A stock Of drugs and fixtures, with
or without building. J. O. LYNCH.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-09
For Sale.

For Sale.
Brass lined wood pump. Cheap.
A. D. RAFFINGToN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
THE HOME CIRCLE.

Household Pudding. -Ingredients:-
One pint of milk, three eggs, one cup
of sugar. one pint of flour, one half
cup of butter two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder. Steam one hour To be
eaten with lemon sauce
Lemon Sauce.-One-half teacupful Of
butter, one tablespoonful of flour, one
teacupful of sugar Mix the ingred-
tents well together Add also the
grated rind of a lemon, together with
a pint Of boiling water Boil for five
minutes. When just ready to serve
squeeze into the same the juice of one
lemon.
To make the force-meat, take one
part of fnely-shredded suet and two
parts of bread crumbs, season with
pepper, salt, powdered spices, sweet
herbs and finely minced parsley. Mix
together, and add as many eggs as is
needed to bind all together into stiff
paste.
How to Roast a Turkey.-PIuck,
SINCE, draw wipe thoroughly, and truss
fine turkey, stuff it with plain force
meat, pack it up in some thin slices
Of bacon, and over that a sheet of
buttered paper; roast before a clear
fire, basting frequently with butter A
quarter of an hour before it is done,
remove the paper and slices Of bacon
Sprinkle with salt just before serving
Garnish with celery leaves, and serve
with a coat of rich gravy made of the
fat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

1t is not SO much handsome furni-
ture and choice pictures in the house,
as a noble purpose in it's inmates, a
pure and worthy affection, a full and
loving expression of all that is truest
and best, and the wise tenderness and
care that a loving heart always in
spires, that make home beautiful and
helpful.
1t is a truth awaiting full recogni-
ton that the actual learning how to
use the hands dexterously and accur-
ately is a positive gain to the mental
faculties. The trained eye and the
trained hand are the best preparation
for the trained thought. They give
the first ideas of system, order, &C
curacy, and the effective carrying out
of a plan.
Personal exertion is the first, the
second, and the third virtue. Nothing
great or excellent can be acquired
without it A good name will not
come without being sought. All the
virtues of which it is composed are
the result of untiring application and
industry. Nothing can be more fata1
to the attainment of good character
than confidence in external advantages
These, if not seconded by your own
endeavors, will drop you midway, o.
| perhaps you will not have started wheT
the diligent traveller will have run the
race
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
CHILDREN IN LAST CENTURY

| do not know how to corvey-in
what words adequately to express
the terrible condition of many thou
sands of London children III the last
century. Defoe's novel of Colonel
Jack gives a picture of the Wy in
which many of these ragamuffins iivet.
without the least sense of honesty.
with no idea of religion, with no one
to look after them, sleeping in places
like glass houses, where thAv could
md shelter and warmth What he
came of all these children? The NOR
tally among them was very great:
vast numbers of them died OH: = great
number, some hundreds every YEAR
were convicted of robbery in some
form or other, and sentorce1 to he
hanged. A good many We're actually
hanged, but the greater number were
reprleVed, sent to Virgi lia rs rams
ported convicts, or allowed to enlist in
the army or the navy. Whether any
of them were ever reformed we know
not There was no exploration of the
depths in those days; history is almost
NNA>AAS oiA CAiS olADJCII vi UuduUeIS anu
morals in the 18th century slum; to
write about them was considered
"low." Fielding was very low
writer; Hogarth was a Glow painter:
yet from them and one or two more
we can gather something of the neg
lected slum. One little point is sug-
gestiye of anything but reform.
The transported felons made their
escape from the plantations in num-
bers; they worked their way on ship
board; they came back before their
time to their old haunts. Here they
were liable to be arrested. and then
were certain to be hanged; but they
were not arrested, because they were
obliged to rob for their livelihood, and
the reward was much greater for the
apprehension Of a highwayman or a
house breaker than for that of a re-
turned convict. So the informers let
them alone, certain of gaining before
long the higher reward. With their
fellows, as yet untried and unconvict-
ed, they lived and drank, and robbed
and murdered. They were a large
class, growing yearly larger; they were
dangerous class, growing rapidly
more dangerous, as may be seen in
the many riots and risings of the mob
in the last century. Houses were
wrecked and quilted; the mob held pos
session of streets; and orderly people
asked in ever-increasing uneasiness
what would happen next? The streets
were infested with pickpockets and
foOtpads, the highroads with highway
men; and robberies were committed
openly, in the broad daylight, in sight
of the people, who were afraid to inter
fere. The power of the mob culmin-
ated in the Gordon riots, when for
three days they held the streets, and
wrecked and destroyed at their I'M
checked will
Yet all this time it never occurred
to magistrate or statesman or divine
to try prevention, to begin with the
children; to take them out of their sur
roundings, to educate them, to teach
them order and discipline, to make
them learn craft.-Sir Walter Besant
in New York Iudependent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Farm Help.

The scarcity of good hands for the
farm in many parts Of the country
has been the subject of much COM
ment, but no way has been devised to
supply the demand at fair rate of
wages, despite the fact that the cities
and towns are filled with able-bodied
men who are anxious for some means
of earning a livelihood.
The truth is that these men, will
ing as many of them undoubtedly are,
do not make good farm hands. Three
or four decades ago, when brute force
was one of the greatest requirements
for farm work, any man with broad
back and brawny arms could be
utilized on the farm to good adTan-
tage, but now il takes more skilled
labor to run a farm, and men VIII
have not learned the trade are next
TO useless. We want more farmers
these days and fewer roustabouts.
We never see tie groups, the hun
dreds of idling men and boys on the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

(eteet corners wi hout thinking: "Oh,
the pity of it!' The most of them IRE
bright enough and quick enough to
learn, and would make good farm Ia
borers if they could once be caught
and retained and wo3ed away from
the city savagery and shiftlessness.
We need a school Of agl iculIure
practical institution for jus SUCH fell
lows as these-boys that would not
want to be professors and eii ors and
lecturers and the like, when they An
ish a practical course in agriculture,
but who would be willing to apply
the knowledge the Nd acquired In
helping us in our farm rvrn and In
gaining livelihood for themselves
Baling Hay from the Field.
In regard to baling hay direct r. N
the field, writer in the Western
Rural says: So much depends upon
the location that it is impossible to
give an answer, without entering, to
some extent, into detail. In this
climate and latitude our experience
has been that hay should not be
baled until it has gone through the
sweat" although, If intended to be
used without much delay, it might be
very loosely Oaled after it hal been
we'll sun-cured. In Texas and in
some of the southern portions OF the
United States, it may be baled very
satisfactorily direct from the meadow
In South America, particularly in the
Republic, users Of our ma
chimes bale their alfalfa while 1t is
almost green, without apparent in
Jury. We are qui sure, however,
that such a course could not be pur-
sued with any but disastrous results
in this climate and latitude Of the |.
United States, as the hay would be =,
Inclined to mold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
PrOSDprOuS Homes

From all sections of the country
GENES an earnest expression of a de
sire for improvement along all lines
of effort. This desire is the logical
result of the improved condition of
the farmers produced by their wise
action last year in making their sup
plies at home. The home is the start
ing point for advancement and p-og-
ress. Make the home self-sustaining
and it's inmates comic, tab and
happy, and 1T Is easier then to estab-
llsh the community and country on q
higher plane of prosperity The es-
sentfal thing Is to get the home In a
prosperous condition, and no home
can be prosperous unless the owners
live there-live in the true meaning
Of the word, and not simply exist
there. The farm is the farmers world
and the home the heart and center OF
that world. In conducting the farm
on sound business principles It Is
vitality important that provision must
first be made for the sus enanee Cd
the family and live stock necessary to
conduct operations on the farm. With
this as basis, decreasing expendt-
lures, the money crop will be a sur
plus one, and the producer will be, to
a certain extent, Independent.
The expression of a general desire
for improvement Is an omen Of better
times. 1t is prophetic of still greater
Improvement of the condition Of the
farmer, of the soil he cultivates, In
his system of cultivation, and IN the
handling of the products of the farm
Let improvement be the watchword.-
Southern Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
NOT VERY HIGH.

Mrs. DASH thought you said Mrs
Bolton was prominent in society?
Mrs. Blank-Why, I've been told
that she is
Mrs. Dash-It must be a mistake.
She only belongs to four afternoon
card parties.-Cleveland Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
CHAPTER NJ.
Weak and Wavering.

Sholto Graham went into Lady
Gwenap's boudoir about half an hour
after she had returned from her
drive, in an impulsive way that be-
tokened angry excitem ent. and pre-
pared her ladyship for having some
thing administered to her of an I'M
pleasant nature for her good.
What on earth were you about, to
be driving Vereker?" he began. an
grily; "a fellow You only saw last
night for the first time; man your
husband does not know: a striking
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
Corn Knives

A bucolic inventor of the west has
devised a new corn knife, which
fastens to the shoe and leg similar to
a telegraph lineman's climbers"
The shoe or foot fits in frame, from
which an upward extending brace is
strapped to the leg. A KIN fe about
eight inches in length is affixed to the
frame at right angles to the eg and
slanting downward. Gathering the
stalks in the hand, a 81 ght stroke
with the foot sewers them from the
hill. By this device both hands are
left free to arrange and tie the shocks
and Kicking is found to be a SER
viceable occupation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
AN OLD CLOWN DEAD.

Philadelphia, Dec. 30.-Lansing w.
Bancker, who enjoyed the distinction
of being the oldest living clown except
Dan Rice, died in the Philadelphia
aims house. He was rs years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
CLEVELAND WON'T PARDON HIN

Washington, Jan. 1.-The president
has denied the application for a par
don in the case Of Joseph H. Wilson,
convicted in Illinois, mot yet SEN
tenced) of embezzlement of national
bank funds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
A LARGE PRACTICE.

She-"Doctor, Doctor, Are you in
a great hurry?"
He-'fYes, indeed; very busy. I am
following the omnibus; it may run over
some one"-Fliegende Blaetter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

She's wise today The wintry marts
She knows of old, VOW.
SO prudently the fair one starts
Her Christmas shopping now
-Washin gton Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

1t is announced in London and Ber-
lin that no communications respecting
Cuba have been made to any power
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
American Hons

The English trade Journals dis
credit the quality of American hips
fer brewing, but in spite OF that fact
this important accessory to the beer
manufacture went from America to
the breweries of Great Britain last
year to the amount of 1888, 1888
pounds, valued at $1,S72, 597.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

boards judgment from the experience
which it has had that the question OF
the success of any foreign colonizing
scheme is much more a commercial
one than one of advertising.
THE board has had at it's disposal
the sum of $4,000 for its term of Of
flee. The moneys expended have been
paid out as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07
7 WANTS TO LIVE
IMMIGRATION BOARD RECON-
MENDS ITS CONTINUANCE
A REVIEW or ITS WORK

Its Purpose Is to Attract New Set
tiers to the Unsettled Portions OF
Wisconsin-Board Still Has on
Hand S2,9S3 SO of the $4,000 APP
propriated for 1t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

. contrived to see Mrs. Cumberland fire.
quently. She still refused to allow
him to call ON her, but she met him
by appointment in the park after Of
flee hours and dined with him at a
wellknown restaurant one evening,
first binding him to the strictest Sc
crecy on the subject.
you must on no account mention
tc Lady GwenaD that l have been
with you. I would not have he1
know it for the world" she told
him, and when he said, why, Mag
! gle would be delighted; she wants us
to be great friends" she grew more
! imperative.
But l insist upon your not saying
| a word to any one about It. Lady
Gwenap might be delighted, but ST.
Andrew is so strait-laced that he
would be furious, and you wcult
lose his favor forever. You mus
! give me your word of honor that yol
will not breathe a word about it L
any human being. or I won't CO."
/ That threat conquered him, and h,
gave his word of honor unhesftat
ingly.
She rewarded him for his obedienc
by being nearer to him than ever
and before the evening was over h
lost his head to the extent of tellin!
her that he liked and admired he
more than any woman he had eve
seen in his life. She pressed hi
hand very gently when he said this
and declared that he must suppress
| all display of feeling for her for
time, for both our sakes, Sholto,
she added, with nice comminglin
of tenderness and familiarity that pu
the finishing touch to his infatuatior
| To be Continued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-07

100, he SAID, eagerly. his vanity ris-
ing readily to the bait But in the
first place I have no political inter
est, and in the second place l have no
money to throw away in electioneer-
| ing"
Have you any political views,
Sholto? Sir Andrew, like many an
| other self-made man, is a strong con-
sentative. Probably, as you are en-
gagged to wild Irish girl you're a
Parnellite or a Fenian?"
"Patrice Laugherne is not a wild
Irish girl by any means, and as she
is a well-born lady, the daughter of a
military man and the step-daug,hter
of a naval one, she is most likely as
stanch conservative as your hlls-
| band is
Perhaps l was wrong to call her q
wild Irish girl. She must be rather
ing to the academy with Lena Cum
berland''
She is not a jealous girl" he said
uneasily, but even as he said it 6
vision of Patrice's face with its lool
of mingled love. reproach, pain anC
jealousy flashed across his menta
vision
rs she not? Then she is not yer!
much in love with you; where love !
strong jealousy must exist Well
} dear boy, you must not be annoyei
with me for being very jealous o
t Your honor and success and prosper
r ity in every way. | want to see IA.
: brother man of 11arkv'
The evening times., 1897-08-05
FUGITIVE CARR CAUGHT
Continued from First Page

Yes" said Carr, with Faint smile,
| "baB wish il hati been a gooddeal longer
Carr does not appear tn be in the least
affected by his situation. he looks tired
auc wornout, however, and as IL last Week
had been hard ore. SO Tar Eo one mas
seen him at the Jail except the officials
there and two yourg lawyers sent him by
his br,thef. Messrs. A s. Sinclair and
Ed,S ard L. Wilson. These two lawyers
came down a half hour after Carr, and were
IN the cell with him for good part of the
afternoon. He expressed the wish. how
ever, TO one OF the officers that he would
like to secure the services OF MIR. Andrew
Lifseomb.
A copy of The Times extra, containing
the fun story OF Cars arrest. was car
ried to the Jail this afternoon by Times
reporter and shown to Carr by Capt.
Ransden. Carr read the story thr ough ver
carefully from beginning to end, ami com
uentcd upon the quicsness of the work and
the admirable accuracy of the account.
His only criticism was that he did not
believe Beuchert should receive the rward
II was about to give myself up" he
said II Rad come out of my hiding place
when Besrhert arrived, quickly followed
by the officer In another minute l
should have walked out TN the street aud
given myself up. l saw that 1t was use
less any longer TO try to get away from the
crowd hunting me"
The evening times., 1897-08-05
KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE
Current Through Lend Wares Body
Caused Instant Death.
He Was Engaged In Repairing the
Liue .aIOug the Georgetown and
TeUleytown Road.

Ioud Ware, a weiIknown cosured man.
living at Fort Reno, was instantly killed
about 10 O'Clock this morning by live
wire at the Washington and Tenleytown
Electric Railroad. at the District line.
Ware is an employe of the Washington
and TenIe yuown Railroad Company- 1t is
part of his duties to repair the wires along
the road.
Early this morning, with Dave Turner
ard another laborer employed by the
same company, started out with the Ladder
wagon to make "a line connection at the
junction of the TenleytOwn Electric Road
with the Glen Echo Electric Road, at the
Dist trict line.
While making the connection w are, with
out any gloves, took hold OF the wire
In an instant the fun current. passing
through the wire at the tune. entered his
body and killed him instantly.
The dead man hand still clung to the
deadly wire several minutes after death
came, and 1t was with some difficulty that
bis fello " -laborers could get theih apart
They then took hun To the ground and
notified Coroner CIaud at Chevy Chase.
The body was later removed TO the home
of the deceased at Fort Reno.
Ware is u much respected and worthy
negro, and his loss is greatly deplOred.
both ny his many friends at Fort Reno and
among tie employees OF the company.
lie leaves wife and several children.
The evening times., 1897-08-05

through trap door kito nsuse No. 81 X
street, occupied by Mr. ID. j. Mccarthy,
OF the Government Printing Office.
The entire neighborh0od was closely
guarded, and all avenues OF escape watched.
although the search So Jar lad resulted in
nothing.
Mr.. Mccarthy was not home, as he does
night work at the Printing office. Ahcui
O'Clock Miss MayMecartby wentinto the
upper part Of her home to get some articles
stored there, and notieod that the trap
door leading from the roof, was open, and
upon hrI second visit a few, moments later
saw that the trap h ad beenclosed.
She, however, did not take much note
of this, and Mrs. Mccarthy, during the
rainfall, went up stairs to close the win
dows and as she entered the back room
on the fourth floor, Carr came from behind
the door.
Mrs. Mccarthy screamed and Carr aimed
a blow at hey, but failed to hit her. He
then ran downstairs and out into the
street William Adams, book binder at
the Government Printing office was pass
ing with a lad Y friend.
He thought something was wrong and
started after Carr. who was now running
down the street, and Adams soon had Carr
by the cola but Carr hit him vicious
blow in the face with his shoes, which he
had in has hand, and Adams had to release
his hold.
He, however, continued the chase. Carr
ran into an alley between X annd L
streets, and. although a search was made.
he could not be found The shoes which
Carr had dropped were picked up and
Identified as belonging TO Carr. The search
of the neighborhood was continued daring
the N ght
The evening times., 1897-08-05
ASTHMA CURED.

What suffered with Asthma for II
years no human being can imagine.
From the first breath of cold weather till
spring my life was torture. Frequently
/ would have two attacks in a hours,
when for three hours at time / could
scarcely speak or swallow, or get nv
breath. Propped up in bed, unable to
lie down, coughing and strangling, dur.
ing these paroxisms it seemed that every
moment would be my last. The best
doctors and all the celebrated Asthma
cures did not give me even temporary
relief. I used six $500 bottles of one
cure, but the first relief obtained was
in using Brazilian Balm. That was in
September, 1883. used four 50 cent
bottles during the winter following and
did. not have one attack. Nor have /
had a single attack during the past
twelve years. / always keep Brazilian
Balm on hand and at the FIRST sign of 0
cold 1 take it and am quickly cured and
all right. In fact the Balm is the doctos
In the house for all of us. Il Is simply
wonderful what it will do. Nothing IS
too hard for il. We have practically
had no doctors bills since we began to
use It. II people only knew its value.
not home In the land would be vithoui
n lkR& Mary Scorr,
81 W. Eighth ST., Wilmington, Del
The evening times., 1897-08-05

self. MY ambition is fully satisfied, but
the party shall have my lest efforts
The disastrous defeat Of the national
ticket in Maryland last year did not weaken
Mr.. German. On the contrary, it gave hifa
a stronger held on the masses of the party
than he ever ad before. An acknowledged
leader. with all sdes seeking mis- advice
rs Co what men he desired to have NOM
mated for the legidature,It ,It is saiG that ne
declined 70 interfere further than Go urge
that TIL very best men be named.
With the whole Democratic machinery
of the State practically In his own hands,
he is soon. his friends saY, to give up the
leadership 10 Others and retire to that
privacy to which his icug years of labor
for the PARTY entitle him.