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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
STATE CENTURION,
WISCONSIN DIVISION
CENTURY ROAD CLUB or AMERICA.
AN IDEA FROM WISCONSIN.

state will be divided into districts, CO.
extensive with the political divisions
set apart for the election of state as
semblymen. Each of these districts
will be in charge of captain, who will
see to it that his lieutenants obtain the
signatures of every citizen who is inter-
ested in road improvement. 1t is pro-
posed to have each assemblyman head
the list in his respective district, so that
the Legislature will simply be petition
ing itself.
Every wheelman and wheelwoman
who signs the petition agrees to give
one dollar for road building as soon as
the state has made the appropriation.
When the monstrous petition is com
pleted, it is proposed to have 1000
wheelmen visit the state capital and
present the document to the legislature
in support of good roads bill. OF
course the local centurions in all the
towns will lead their respective dele
cations to the capital. AS an aid to the
enterprise, State Centurion Marshall
has caused to be made sketch of the
state in outline, with the proposed road
ways running through it. a cut of the
design is published herewith, and it
will be used on the backs ofenvelopes
by all enthusiastic cyclists and their
business friends. Speaking of the pro-
ject, State Centurion Marshall said:
members of the Wisconsin division
have long realized that only by active
work could anything be accomplished
in the way of road improvements. In
such an enterprise we are dealing with
politicians and the only way to treat
with n politician is to allow him to
make no promises. Performance is the
thing, and we propose to make the pol
iticians perform. All the talk in the
world would not build mile of road
What you need is sand, and perhaps
gravel, not to disdain a few rocks to
help out the plan.
81 have realized all along what a
great task this is, but think it can be
accomplished. Our petition cannot be
ignored by the legislature, when it is
signed by all the members before it is
presented. 1t takes nervy politician
to deny his own signature. We who
ride only on the highways are compe-
tent to judge of what is needed. We
propose to give dollar for dollar with
the state, and shame the common
wealth into an act of civilized progress,
The design have made is for use on the
backs of envelopes, and we want all the
members of the legislature to begin us
ing these designs, even if we have to
present them with their stationery. We
do not expect to do much talking about
this matter, except where it will pro-
mote the project. What we need more
than anything else is little action
Cor. Cycling Gazette.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
ORGANIZED EFFORT.
Good Roads Agitation In wisconsin
Assumes Practical Form,

Good Roads Agitation In wisconsin
Assumes Practical Form.
The Wisconsin division of the Cen
tury Road Club of America has sprung
q sensation. Ever since the publication
Of the fact that the Century Road club
members were going TO shame the great
state of Wisconsin into building better
roads, there has been II real interest
manifest in the project. This newborn
activity is not confined to Milwaukee,
but extends throughout the state, as
wide publicity has been given to the
plan of building better highways.
Due credit should be given State
Centurion II, j.. Marshall, whose untir-
Ing energy is responsible for the new
movement. Mr.. Marshall has outlined
the work in an ingeniously constructed
circular addressed to local centurlons.
1t is proposed to petition the state legis-
lature to appropriate the sum of $780,
900 for road improvements. For every
dollar given by the state, another dollar
will be contributed by riders of wheels.
The whole arrangement is exceedingly
comprehensive. For the purpose of OBJ
tanning signatures to the petition, the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
! TiE BOWSER TROUBLES.
an Evening Of Calm and Confusion
N Their New York Flat,
.~.~~ee~se~-
! osVriuht. 1884, er N QUAD
oOVvriuht. ISOs

Mr. Bowser hadn't had q row with
che tanitress nor threatened any of his
lfeIIow-tenants for three whole days,
and as he sat down to his newspaper
after dinner one evening, Mrs. Bowser
began TO indulge in the hope that the
worst had passed.
well, call this home comfort" he
GnaIiy said, as he looked around. Here
~e are, far above the noises of the
street, this big house as quiet as a
church, and nothing whatever to annoy
us. can see that you are beginning
60 enjoy yourself"
-Yes," briefly replied Mrs. Bowser,
as she mentally prayed that the calm
Gnight continue through the evening.
1--WE read a good deal about the ter
qors of fiat life" he went on, but l
ayt1css that's according to how you be-
Tim. There are people in every grade
SlG life who will impose on others I'M
geaas met with firm hand. The jani-
aress and several of our fellow-tenants
took us for hay-seeds when we first
TnOVed in. but they soon discovered
cieir mistake. Nothing like asserting
YOUR position and maintaining it,"
There was self-complacency an inch
chick on Mr.. Bowser's face as he leaned
buck and rocked and pulled at his
,cigar, but It didn't last over minute.
OF Il sudden a sort of old-fashioned
Fourth Of July burst upon the town.
The tenant overhead began humping
on a piano, the one below began rush
ding around and calling out, and the one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
OBSTRUCTIVE FUNGUS.
How 20 Treat DrOwn-ROt ON Pluma
with Considerable Eject.

with Considerable Eject.
1t Is scarcely necessary to repeat the
general remarks on treatment for fun
gus diseases published In several preyi-
GUS bulletins. But concerning brown
rot (Monilia fructigena) we may say
that only the most persistent effort can
hold this fungus in check. AS all grow
ers have observed, the decayed fruits
hang to the twigs and persist over win
ter. II is from these in the early days
of spring that an abundant crop Of
spores are borne, and the petals Of the
flowers, young leaves, and even many
branches, are attacked, These mum
mied fruits also hang on all summer and
continue to produce spores. Hence, by
the time the fruits become half-grown
or begin to mature, the injecting spores
may come from the old decayed fruits
Of the previous year or from more re-
cent infection on the young growth Of
the current year. Whenever the fruit
has become badly attacked treatment
Is quite useless.
The proper plan is to remove all de-
cayed fruit from the orchard when the
trees are free from foliage, as IL can be
easily seen at this time; then, before
the buds swell in the spring, wash the
trees thoroughly with a solution Of
concentrated I've or of sulphate Of cop
per. The first solution should be made
by dissolving eight cans of I've in so
gallons of water, and the copper sui
plate (bluestone) in so gallons of wa
ter. l consider the I've preferable, bnt
the latter may be somewhat plcasantcr
to handle. This washing is very i'm
portant and perhaps does as much real
good as all later work,
The later washings should be given
as follows: Weak Bordeaux just as
color shows plainly in the bloom-buds,
and repeated soon as bloom has fallen.
If the work is well done to this point
very little infection will have survived.
Concerning value of later sprayings l
much in doubt If the early washing is
not well done, l have almost no faith
in later treatment.
All washing or treatment of orchards
should be done with a spray-pump.
Poor half work is usually dead loss.
William b, Atwood, in Bulletin Vir-
ginia Experiment Station.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10

course. There were also views of fine
scenery, of the Alps and Apennines and
in exotic countries. There were, be-
sides, pictures of Turks, of Samoans, Of
Circassians in their native costumes,
and among them all there were also II
few which showed people of different
type than the rest, people who looked
civilized, to judge by their faces and
their expressions, yet in clothes that
had a queer air, to say the least. 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
STATE WITHIN A STATE.
A Slav Community in the Duchy
of Sake Altenburg.
Although the AItenburEerH Now
Speak the German Language,
They Cling 10 Ancient
Racial Customs.
[speeIal perlln Letter.l

Years ago once stood in front Of
n bookstore on the Rue Madelalne,
Paris, and looked, like throng of peo-
pie beside me, at the display of photo
graphs in the show window. There
were the "lions" of the day, the
celebrities OF the hour, the successful
politicians, the most enticing dams
euses at the Folies Bergires, the noted
actors and actresses, all at so many
francs each--their likenesses mean, OF
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
wna Yerr Connidernte.

Mrs. Beeson-George, what makes
you so quiet when you're out in COM
panv? You sit around like dumb
person. Why don't you talk more?
Mr.. Beeson-My dear, l do talk when
am out alone. was quiet this even
ing because 1 thought it wouldn't be
just the thing for one family to monop-
Ollie the conversation.-Wa Washington
POST
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
Not Losing Time.

did you win dat cake by walllin' foh
it?" inquired MIR. Erastus Pinkley's
friend.
mo, indeed, was the answer. walk
ms too slow fob me. picked de cake
up an run."-Washington Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10

He never broke rule at school,
Nor got mixed up in trouble there;
He never had wild oats to sow,
Nor bowed his parents down with care;
He never made an enemy,
And no one ever heard him swear;
He never-well, to tell the truth.
lie never did much anywhere,
Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10

Customer-Why is this new shade of
red called anarchist tint?"
Clerll-Because it won't wash, ma'am.
--JTD-to-Date.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
Hnrd to Understnnd.

Mrs. Beacon-I do not see how Eve
could ever have married Adam.
Mr.. Beacon-Why not?
Mrs. Beacon-He was positively with
out ancestors.-Harlem Life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10

Physician-You have appendicitis.
Patient-Can't you call it something
else, doctor? Ican't afford thAt.-Town
Topics.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-03-10
RASPBERRY VINES.

How to Keep Them from SprnwIing
All Over the Lot.
My way is to firmly drive four-foot
stakes one rod apart and nail to each,
80 inches above the ground, a short
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Dream and Reality.

There is this real distinction between
the dream and the waking state: that
when awake I know there is another
condition, while in the dream take no
thought of the waking state. Awake,
l know that I have been living the
fantastic dream life, and have come
out of it into a real life completely dis
tinct from the other. / am in first
state, and know there is a second. But
when / am dreaming / have no thought
of another state that I have come out
of and must return to; / do not feel
that there is another existence, sradi-
cally separated from this one; and
never compare the visions of my
dreams with my waking world, for I
know nothing of it / have the i'm
preston of having always lived the
life I am in, which seems natural: and
even if I ask whether / am not dream
ing, it is a merely verbal expression,
with no accompanying sense of the
meaning of it. Another distinction. and
the only absolutely clear one, is that
while we always wake from the dream,
we never wake from the reality This
is why we believe in the reality and not
in the dream.-M. Camille Melinand in
Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
A Shirtwaist Story

The man and the maid sat down by the
sea,
And the maid was as blue as a maid
For her waist was loud, though the style
was grand.
Yet it swore at the sea, at the sky and
the sand.
"Oh! what was that sound?" asked the
man in awe
And the maid knew then that her shirt
waist swore.
Twas only the waves" she said with a
laugh,
And she cursed the waist that was two
and a half.
TT wasn't the sea-" said the man, "that's
There goes the very same sound again!''
oh" said the maid, and her cheeks grew
81 think it was thunder" was all she
And all that day upon the sand
That shirtwaist swore to beat the band
But the maid sat still and prayed for
the night
And she likewise swore-though it wasn't
right.
But as soon as the night had covered the
sky.
She soaked that waist in a bucket of
And the colors all ran. but swearing yet
And lost themselves in the soaking wet
And she said as she saw those colors run
"'Tis just like a life that's i'll begun
It's easy enough to purify
If one has handy bucket of lyei"
And this waist that went about swear
Now is as white as the driven snow;
And that's the style, so I've under
stood
I wish 'twere the style to be awfully
And the very next day she donned that
waist
with a pique skirt-twas in perfect
taSte),
And she looked so cool while the day
was hot
That folks all said: "She knows what's
WHAT
Two morals are hidden away somewhere:
One of them-don't let your shirtwa;st
swear;
The other-the worlds as dense as night,
And easily fooled If you do it right.
Philadelphia Times =
The record-union., 1898-11-14
| Rur Neck
.Scarfs, 81. Is.

From one of the largest New
York furriers we have just receiv-
ed several dozen imitation stone
marten neck scarfs, which come in
those pretty shades OF light tan
and brown. Two heads and eight
tails-just the style and shape nee
essary this season to complete the
Winter costume. Price $2.I8.
Also one lot of dark brown Bal
tic seal neck scarfs will be offered
at the special price of $I.75 each.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Notice to Taxpayers

THE TAXES ON ALL Personal
property secured by real estate, and one
half Of the taxes on all real property, will
be due on the SECOND MONDAY IN
OCTOBER, 1898, and will be DELIN-
QUENT ON THE LAST MONDAY IN
NOVEMBER next thereafter, at 6 o. clock
p. M, and unless paid prior thereto, 10
per cent. will be added to the amount
thereof, and if said one-half be not paid
before the LAST MONDAY IN APRIL,
1899, at 6 o'clock p. M, an additional 5
per cent. will be added thereto. The re-
naming one-half of the taxes on real
property will be payable on and after the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1899,
and will be DELINQUENT ON THE
LAST MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT
THEREAFTER. at O'Clock D. M, and
unless paid prior thereto, percent. will
be added to the amount thereof.
ALL TAXES MAY BE PAID AT THE
TIME THE FIRST sINSTALLMENT is
DUE IF so DESIRED.
Taxes payable at the Courthouse
Seventh and I streets, Sacramento.
Sacramento, October 10. 1898:
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
ct isn't true! It isn't true!" said

1T isn't true! It isn't true!" said
Louise.
.Yes it is. Pa says sick people just
think of themselves all the time. You
know how disagreeable grandma was"
81 don't think of myself all the time.
II wish you'd go down stairs and
not sit there and scold all night
ssYou watch, next week at school, :"
continued Luella. you'll make the new
teacher know inside of two days that
you have spells when things don't go
right"
''Go away!" screamed Louise, beating
the bed.
Luella deliberately sat on her sisters
feet and held them still, laughing.
"Go on, have a tantrum if you want
to- she said.
81 don't want to have one said
Louise, and hid her head under the bed
clothes.
Luella dived under after her and
hugged and kissed her.
I'm a. mean old thing, but I love you
just the same, Louise she said.
The next morning Mr.. Brockway went
up to Louise's room and stayed for a
long time, and what was Luella's sur
prise to see them come down hand N
hand and go out to the old settle under
the pine trees.
And there they sat and talked, and
her fathers arm was around Louise
and Louise nestled her head against
him.
Luella watched them enviously from
the window She had never dared in
any way to express her love for her
father and mother.
When Louise was nine years old she
had spent a winter with her grand
mother in distant city. The children
she had met there were not like the
country children she had known.
Luella had listened with wonder and
longing to Louise's account Of the love
parents and children showed each other
in the city.
I'm not going to be afraid of ma and
pa any more" she had announced in
conclusion. you just wait and see.'
Her father and mother after the first
surprised acceptance of Louise's ca
resses came to believe that she loved
them more than Luella, and often told
Luella so when she was naughty.
Now, she's just coaxing pa to be-
lieve she was not to blame" Luella
thought, taking another peep out of the
window
And then Luella dreamed a day
dream often dreamed before-she was
sitting on her fathers knee out on the
old settle, and he was calling her pet
names, just as he did Louise.
She looked out of the window again
and the day dream ended. Louise was
stern.
After a few minutes Louise came into
the room and said:
PA wants you to come out where he
is"
And Louise stayed in the house and
finished setting the table and Luella
Went out to the old settle
I've been talking to Louise, and she
understood why she was punished, ard
I've made her see that she has been
working on our feelings to get more
than her share of attention. You have
been thinking that we care more for
Louise than we do for you haven't
you. daughter?''
Luella's eyes filled with tears "Yes,
SIR, she answered timidly: Il have"
her father put his arms around her.
Vtn, we DON'T he said Simply;
we've never been the kind of parents
10 show what we feel, and I'm afraid
our thinking Louise was delicate Eas
made her take her own way with US.
Lucia nestled her head against him.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
ELECTRIC TURNTABLES.
Economy Secured by Substituting
Them For Hand Power.

The d-fashioned way to turn loco
motive around was to run it on cir
cular platform and then revolve this
platform by means of levers sticking
out here and there around the periphe-
ry. Several men took hold of the lev
ers, and many hands made light
work" But within a few years at
tempts have been made to move the
table by electric power, and enough is
now known of the matter to show that
the scheme is both practicable and
more economical than man power. 'The
Railroad Gazette" reviewed the sub
ject a week or two ago and gave few
significant figures.
AT Chillicothe, O., according to this
authority, the machinery added TO the
old turntable cost only $500. The ap-
paratus at Cincinnati was more expen-
sive, but more complete. In the lat
ter city the turntable was used fifty
times a day, and at the end of four
months (or 12O days. the power con-
sumed had cost less than $50. In 9TH
er words, the cost of each turn lad
been under half a cent. By hand the
expense averaged about II cents. These
facts remind THE Railroad Gazette
eral months ago. On basis of turn
ing 116 locomotives day the cost
came to about three-tenths of cent a
turn. And in that case the hand labor
would have cost fourteen times as
n,-ch
The cases previously mentioned in
volved the addition of electric motors
to old turnta bles. But an estimat te
- oJc1 10
table, that was worked by electricity
from the very start. Those who were
in a position to form an opinion be-
lieved that it would cost S400 a month
to operate this one by hand, counting
labor alone, of course. With electric
ity the expenditure for labor is 500 a
month, and for power only $40. Add
ing So for depreciation of machinery
the total cost is S132, or a saving OF
$26S a month.-New York Tribune.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
Deal with merchants who display

Two-thirds Of the people of the
United States are collecting Sperry
& Hutchinson's green trading
stamps. The other third are just
beginning. Beware of imita-
tions."
The record-union., 1898-11-14
KIYrinted Flannelette
Skirts, 75C.

A limited quantity of fleece
lined underskirts, in black and
white designs, bordered, and de-
sirable, warm, Winter under gar
ments, at 75c.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
7sHI Weinst0Ck, Lubin C Co., 4OO-4I2 X Street.

You're the elder, but you've got a
perfect right to your share of the pet
ting"
Luella jumped up and threw her arms
around his neck.
Il love you just as much as Louise
does, but I've been afraid to show it"
she said.
Dear old pussy cat, of course you
dol" said her father-Atlanta Consti-
tuition
The record-union., 1898-11-14

when the store opens next Monday:
French serges so in. WIDE reduced to 5Oc yd.
Black soleil cloth, A in reduced to $1OO yd
Our 81 10 black granite CLOTH reduced to $1O0 yd.
Black soleil, roc quality, SOC yd.
One black figured dress goods, 25c yd
Choice figured mohair suitings, 49c yd.
and novelty suitings reduced to SOC yd.
81 90 fine black figured satin de chene, 65c yd.
$1.50 Black satin solel skirting CLOTH ST 90 yd
ST. satin armure scrolls to ST. 90 yd.
Black bayadere mohair fancies 65c yd.
Fine English crepons, $500 to $15O yd.
$165 fine black peiroas and Bradford crepons,
duced to $1.25 yd.
fancy black skirt lengths in 3@ and yd
lengths at 65c yd
Several fine novelty black matelasse and fancy
poplin suits. reduced to $500, $3.50 SO.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
hunyon' 'SHeadache and Indigestion Cure

is the only remedy on the market that
will cure every form of Headache in 2 to
10 minutes, correct Indigestion, stimn-
late the nerves and build up the system
1t should be in every home and every
travellers gripsack. At all Druggists 25
cures, 25c
The record-union., 1898-11-14
F'Gesay's P9;es. S2,48

We shall offer made-up rugs, in
large sizes, of body Brussels, Ak
minister and tapestry carpet, in
pretty patterns, at uncommon low
} prices.
Please do not telephone for special sale
goods.
The record-union., 1898-11-14
K1lhOrt Shoulder
N Capes, Sl.0O to $40.

A few days ago we received "a
large variety of short capes. It's
needless on our part to tell you
what q demand there is for short
fur capes. Nevertheless, we mark
ed some of the new capes very low
indeed. These capes have deep
collars in plain and combination
furs in gray krimmer, imitation
stone marten, opossum, Baltic seal,
marten, etc. Special prices, $I.9o,
So. so, S2.oo, SAYS, $50, $40.
The record-union., 1898-11-14

Women need not look to those dear
to them to know their moods.-How-
ellis
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-12

winning II at congress, and its pos
session is deemed the highest honor in
the whist world. The present holders
are the Philadelphia Whist club. The
play for the championship begins on
Tuesday, July ~. at the Algonquin club.
Tuesday afternoon and evening there
are two preliminary rounds under the
progressive system of play, and the
eight highest teams at the end OF those
rounds are to play matches of "a deals
each among themselves. each against
every other, on Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday. The winner of the greatest
number OF matches in this three DAYS
contest will he the champion of the
American Whist league for 1852.
The next most important contest is
that .for the American Whist league
challenge trophy. This is also for teams
of four. IL will be played at the Victo-
ria on the evenings of Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday by the progress
i've method throughout. The challenge
trophy is now held by the Milwaukee
Whist club. The winners OF the cup at
the congress hold IL until fall and dur
ing the regular whist playing season
weekly matches are contested for its
possession. The other championship
contest at the congress is that for the
trophy for pairs. This will
be played at the Victoria in the after