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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-17
FOR SALE.

FRESH IMPORTED COW, GIVES
is quarts day, now. Must sell at once
Address j. |. c." this office 51S1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-17
MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.

DOV 6IEANIEFtS.
Steamers due and to sail today and
for the next six days are as follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-17

March !. 1883
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

tom will be adopted widely by those
physicians who have authority enough
to attempt anything so novel. This doc
tor has his patients take the prescrip-
ton to a druggist who is forbidden by
the terms of his agreement to renew
the prescription except upon written
order from the doctor. No patient can
get his bottle or box refilled unless he
brings the new prescription, which
means, of course another visit to the
doctor. The bottles are Of size that
lasts for a week. In some cases the
same medicines are renewed week after
week, but with the order that comes
only from the visit to the doctor They
are changed in few cases. The profess
sion has not protested against this new
fashion ds yet, and it is not likely that
it will. But it is only the influential
and authoritative among the physicians
that are able to attempt it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
DIsposING OF HONEY.
why Zee Keepers should Try 20 build
Up n Profitable Retail Trade
OF Their own.

The great difficulty with the average
farm bee keeper Is in finding a market
for his surplus, This matter Of mar
keting the products Of farm is one
that should be given more thought by
producers. They have so long sold TO
the grain buyer or merchants accord
ing to what they take to market, allow
ing the buyer to make the price, that
good many of them feel that it is rather
a small business TO try TO sell ct retail.
They look at 1t in wrong light. Not
one consumer in Il hundred but would
prefer to buy butter, eggs, honey fruit
and vegetables directly from the pro-
Queer, If he could do so, In selling
honey go directly to the best families
and give them glass full Of your eX-
tracted honey or present them with a
quarter of pound Of nice COMB money
and tell them you have it for sale, nam
ing the price. A few days later call
again and ask for orders. Very often
more than half the families will buy
and gradually others will come in with
their orders until you will have a Sc
cure market for all you can produce.
1t is fact that family that once gets
into the habit of eating honey will liz
nine cases out Of ten miss 1t so much
when they get out Of it that they VIII
wish for more at once.
The great difficulty with buying
honey at the average country town
store is that merchants rarely keep it
in stock. They may buy few pounds
if they can get it in the way Of trade,
but they do not make a practice Ut
keeping IT and usually when they do
they demand greater profit on it than
on any other line of goods they keep.
Almost any honey producer can get
more than the wholesale city price by
selling at home and by doing this saves
himself the cost of freight and comms-
sions and runs no risk from GLOWING
his goods to get into the hands of risky
commission merchants. - Farmers
Voice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
HINTS FOR STOCKMEN.

Feed some chopped feed, with meal,
to the hogs.
The work horse should have plenty
of good grooming.
Keep the pigs warm. Sometimes in
very cold weather better throw blan-
ket over them.
While pigs should be kept warm
never let Them bunch together for any
considerable time; it will produce dis
ease.
One of the most fatal things for the
pig is a cold damp nest to sleep in.
Remember the nest must never be
damp; let it be either warm or cold.
Very much is said about feeding
Marm water to COWS. The same prin-
ciple applies to swine. Cooked or
steamed food does the hog an immense
amount of good.
AS pigs increase in age it may be well
10 increase slightly the proportion of
corn in order to make the ration a little
more carbonaceous toward the finish
ing period.
With good dry bed and good dry
feeding-room that is warm and light
and kept clean, the pigs will do well to
be confined to these two compartments
until they are six months old, when
they should weigh not less than $50
pounds each.-Western Plowman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
PROFIT IN SHEEP.
to 90 Per Cent. Annually from
Mutton Breeds.

A shepherd can make from 25 per
cent. to per cent. on his investment IN
mutton sheep, according to his skill, A
good breeding eve can produce enough
wool to pay for keeping her. A eve
can be kept in thrifty condition, being
fed such coarse folders as straw, clover
hay and corn fodder, with une-half
pound of grain daily when she requires
it, at a cost of one cent per day. during
the period of most expensive feeding,
TO pay for her keep she needs to pro-
duce no more than ten pounds Ct good
wool, and that mutton eve can do
In addition to the wool the returns
from eve will be at least one lamb
the average of the mutton breeds Is
nearer one and one-half. From the
1ncts derived from our experimental
work it is safe to say that charging
foods at market prices, mutton can be
put on the market on foot for at least
three cents per pound. Such mutton
as can be furnished at that cost will sell
for six cents, and the sheep should
weigh $50 pounds. Here is profit of
$3.50 from Il sheep under the most mod
crate circumstances. | have known
ewes of mutton breeding to produce
each year clear profit of ten 10 fifteen
Gollars.-Western Plowman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
QUARTERS FOR PIGS.
They should De in the Barn Base"
ment and Never Where Other
Stock Is Kept.

Whenever a barn has barn base
ment, as all should have, in thai should
be fixed the winter quarters for the
hogs. As there is strong, disagree
able smell from the p!gpen, the base
ment should not be where other stock
is kept, md of course not near the
house. Not only horses and sheep,
which are dainty in their feeding, but
even the cow, which is less affected by
foul odors, will refuse to eat food that
has been where the stencil from the
hogpen could get at it. Yet we have
known farmers to allow hogs to run in
the same stable with cattle and horses,
and then wonder why the latter so
often get loft their feed" and lose flesh.
The hog alone will thrive under such
circumstances, though even the hog IN
its effort to keep warm will crowd close
around the larger animals tc gather
heat from their bodies. In this way the
hog is apt to be stepped upon or kicked,
so that the practice is not best even for
him. The pigs winter quarters should
be made warm, and also light, having a
wall on the south side with large double
windows IN it through which the win
ter sunlight may stream. If all the
other sides are walled tight, and a
bunch of chopped straw is put in one
corner, the pigs will make their nest
in that and sleep at night, but in sunny
days they will huddle together where
the sunlight can fall upon them. This
matter of sunlight has much TO do with
the healthfulness of breeding sows and
the successful rearing of their filters,
especially those narrowed IN early
spring. Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

clans wanted his honor to speak at
their meeting-the whole town seemed
turned loose, and all the time the
mayor was Swimming through his mail
sending for clerks in the different de-
partments, asking questions and an
swering them.
He glanced at his watch and saw that
1t was II o'clock. He went into the big
general office to which everybody has
free access, and took a seat at adesk be-
hind long railing This desk is called
at the city hall the "altar of duty"
Here the mayor receives the public
from II a. m. till p. m. Everyone is
welcome. The people from all parts
of the city come here to see the mayor.
They present their petitions to him.
They ask for his advice. They ask him
for assistance in all kinds of projects.
Some ask for aims. All receive hear
ing. This "altar of duty" is one Of the
most interesting features of the city
hall One has but to note the hetero-
geneous mass of people assembled
there to learn lesson in human ma
ture The old, the poor, the halt and
the blind are there. Faces pinched
with poverty and faces scared with
crime peer over the tall railing at the
mayor. AT the "altar of duty" many
poor soul receives the word of com
fort that is needed to cheer and help
him. 1t is the best thing that Mayor
Harrison has originated, and now that
it has been naugurated it is likely that
it will be continued by his successors,
At 1880 p. IN. the mayor went TO lunch
and was back again promptly at $3.50.
In the afternoon he endeavors to keep
out general visitors that he may de-
vote himself to examining city reports
and attend to municipal business, I'M
til $3.50 and sometimes $3.50 p. m he de-
votes himself to the city work The day
1 was with him he worked like hired
man, only stopping when Interrupted
by some politician or determined per-
son whom the private secretary could
not keep out,
There is one day when nobody--no
matter whether big or little--can see
the mayor, That is on Monday. Mon
day his door is closed tight, and he de-
votes the entire day to personal exam
ination of each order and ordinance
that is before the city council, The
council meets on Monday night and the
mayor wants TO be perfectly conyersant
with every measure that comes before
that body. He goes through each docu.
ment and either approves of orvetoesit
Sometimes the aldermen override his
veto, but in important measures he is
pretty crafty in providing against that,
1t was quarter past six o'clock whei.
the mayor shut down his roll-top desk
and babe me goodnight.
Through at last said /.
"Through?" reiterated he. 81 guess
you don't know much about this job,
have to make a speech tonight 10 the
Young Mems Go-Ahead society in the
Thirty-fourth ward"
FRED GRICK BOYD STEVENSON.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

til it is estimated that almost Is per
cent. of the entire product of the coun-
try is now made of steel. Up to- few
years ago wrought iron was used al
most exclusively. The lap-weld joint
proved a serious objection, and the
change to steel has been rapid and COM
plete. Steel pipe is stronger, has long
er life and is less liable to corrosion.
Steel tubing has enabled the bicycle
industry to become revolutionized, and
pipe forms leading article in tonnage
of the steel industry in this country
and foreign markets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
rs NOT A SINECURE.
Mayor of a Large City Must Work
Hard and Steadily.
Our Correspondent spends II Day at
tbe Chicago Executive once
and Sees and Hears Many
Strange Things.
Especial chicago letter.

Having spent o.e day with the mayor
OF Chicago, believe be earns his $l0,-
900 year salary. OF course there
are lots Of people who believe
they can run the city much better
than anyone else, just as there are
lots OF people who are sure they can
Iun a newspaper great deal better
than the editor We have all seen these
people, and we all know them, We all
Know that in theory things took much
better than they work out IN actual
practice Now, the man who thinks
that running the city Of Chicago is n
sort OF half-hoIday picnic never made
a bigger mistake in his life. Ii doesn't
make any difference whether the mayor
is republican or n democrat, 1t all
amounts to the same thing when II
comes to trnnsactlng the business Of
the city. The work may be done poor
ly; the streets may be dirty; the gar
bnge boxes may not be properly emp
tied, but there Is certain amount OF
work to be done--good, bad or indiffer-
ent, and somebody has to direct it all.
That is the mayors business, and he
has his hands full.
If they would let him do his work
quietly. 1t wouldn't be so bad, but some
body Is after him all the time. II It
isn't the politicians, IT'S the reformers,
or The women representing diverse and
numerous organizations for the propa-
cation OF all sorts Of propositions, so
1t doesn't make any difference; there
is always somebody knocking at the
private door.
TO get an idea Of what the mayor has
TO do l put in day with him not long
ago. arrived at his Office little in ad-
vance OF him. His private secretary,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
NEW WAY OF EARNING FEES.
Gotham Doctors FOrbiddlng Re-
newRI OF Prescriptions With
out Orders.

Only short time ago several physl-
clans prominent in special branch Of
practice met to decide in what way
they could best bring to the attention
Of "A colleague question that interest
ed them greatly, This physician, says
the New York Sun, was almost the best
known in his speciality in the city, but
his charges, in view of his reputation,
have always been so moderate that his
associates felt the need OF protesting.
But II was decided not TO protest, and
the physician received only an intimo-
ton that his fees sometimes astonished
his brothers in the profession. One
physician in town has recently intro
duced practice which is said to be
increasing in popularity with the pro-
fession, and it is likely that the Gus
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

Il. M. Lahiff, was in the outer office
sorting the mail There are stacks and
stacks of letters waiting for the mayor
every morning. All private letters are
laid aside for the mayors personal peru
sal. The others the secretary uses his
discretion in answering or turning over
to the mayor, That saves the mayor
time. TO get rid of this mail is days
Job in itself. There are communica-
tions on almost every imaginable sub
iect. One man wants to know why the
city doesn't have double board of al
,dermcn, SO that one would b. check
on the other, and keep the paving
blocks from being stolen off the street
Another man asks the privilege of sell
ing cracker-iack on the east steps OF
the city hall. Another wants n job in
the water office. Another wants his
honor to go around to the gas house
and tell them if they don't cut down
their bills he'll shut them off. Another
suggests congress of religions to be
held here next Fourth of July, Ayoung
lady from away out west somewhere
writes in for an autograph The pres
,sdent of the Woman's Society for the
Good of the Earth wants the mayors
,Dpinion on the advisability OF ciecting
tcld women for sheriffs in towns of the
fourth class. Then, there are all kinds
of complaints. The man who has no
business of his own makes it his bust
mess to see TO it that other people do
iheir work right. There are several of
these men in Chicago, and when they
are too busy looking after the affairs
rf some one else to give everybody
proper attention, they call on some OF
their friends out of town to help them.
There is never dearth of complaints
awaiting the mayor when he comes
down to the Office, No matter how triv-
ial these complaints may be, he exam
ines and investigates every one of them.
If against a certain department, he
calls in the head of that department
and probes the matter to the bottom.
Some of these complaints, perhaps the
majority of them-are groundless,
and many of the grievances are mag
mary, but the mayor looks into every
one of them and replies to them person
ally.
Mayor Harrison reaches his office
at about $3.50 every morning. He
! doesn't vary five minutes either way.
He goes at once to his desk, where his
mail is all laid out for him. He had
hardly got down to business the day
I was there when an alderman came in.
The alderman wanted pardon for n
constituent who had been sent to the
RrideweII.
"What's he in for?" asked the mayor.
'"Oh, just some little thing-I don't
KNOW exactly" said the alderman eva
sively. Then he added Hes a good
fellow. you know, and handy man
around primaries"
'Wait till see the record said the
mayor.
In another minute the papers were
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

spread out on the desk, Harrison looked
up and said;
"Why, this fellows in for wife beat
ing"
ooh, | don't know" said tho alder
man. twisting in his chair, for he knew
the mayor was down on wife heaters,
"Well, know" continued Mayor
Harrison, "and that settles IL, No wife
beater will ever be pardoned from this
Office"
The alderman walked ouG, and the
mayor turned TO his mail agalG. Then
Lahfp stuck his head in AT the door and
eaid;
"a lady wants to see you, Mr.. Mayor"
"All right" said the mayor, "let her
come in"
Agood-looking woman neatly dressed
in black went straight up to the
mayors desk In business like way.
"Mr Mayor" she began, 81 SHOULD like
to have you buy u ticket for our church
rattle, It's only so cents
Harrison reached far down into his
trousers pocket, brought forth bright
half.dolar and handed it to her. She
thanked him. and as she softly closed
The door he sighed
"If subscribed to everything that
am asked to subscribe TO, said he,
at would cost me $4,000 to $50 900 a
year; but | couldn't refuse that wom-
an-she was so easy about it,
Then he picked up n letter. There
were three minutes OF silence. The
private secretary announced deIega-
ton of colored men from the First
ward. They wanted more representa-
ton on the pay rolls at the city hall.
Before the delegation got away man
who had slipped in the outer door
edged up to the desk and said he wanted
free pedding permit to sell campaign
songsters. Then an old man came In
and asked for transportation for his
son who wns stranded down in Kaama-
700. lie was followed by young girl,
who begged the mayor to sign an end
less chain for the relief Of the heroes Of
El Caney. After that they came string
ing along for all sorts of things Wom-
en- wanted to get their sons pardoned
from the bridewel for drunkenness,
men wanted jobs sweeping the streets,
presidents Of big corporations wanted
more privileges three West side pollti-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
AnrIe or n Horse,s Foot.

By the angle of horses foot is meant
the angle formed by the wall and the
ground surface of the foot at the center
Of the toe. In order to get the feet
alike in shoeing trotters horseshoers
usually measure the length OF the toe
and the height of the heel from the
coronet to the bottom of the wall. 1t
is well to remember that different
horses may have toes and heels of the
same length and height, and yet the
angle of the foot may be different in
each case. A study of picture of the
homes of the leg will show just what is
meant by straight line striking the
center of the pastern and cofIinjoints.
1t means when straight line will pass
through the center of both position
bones and the coffin bone.-Harse Re-
view.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
CHEAP STRAW BARN.
II Affords winter Protection from
Cold ana SIMMER Protection
from Files and Heat.

The illustration Fig, gives the
cheapest form Of straw barn as at
tached to main barn, and having shed
roof This is the form generally adopt
ed and provides both covered barn
yard" and "straw loft" The roof Of
straw barn will necessarily have to be
with very little pitch and is usually
made Of metal We're we to build over
again we would make the covered barn
yard and straw barn in the form OF a
wing extending off from main barn, and
have gable roof making ridge same
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
CHEAP STAMPED ENVELOPES
Under New Contracts the Govern-
ment Can Sell Them for
$3.50 Per 1000.

Within a short time 1t is expected
that the postmaster general will issue
an order reducing the cost Of stamped
envelopes and newspaper wrappers.
This Is made possible by the extremely
low bids received for doing the work.
The government does not seek to make
money out Of the people in the sale of
envelopes, but endeavors TO put their
price near the cost, reports the Wash
ington Star.
1t is interesting to note the immense
sums paid by the government for en-
velopes in the past. Thus in 1874 the
price Of the envelope most used by the
public was $500 per 1000 TO the govern
ment and the people had to pay $500
per 1000
Four years ago (and the department.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

is now operating under this contract)
the department awarded a contract
upon a bid of $1,3O per 1000 for the
same envelope, and figured on selling
them TO the people at $3.50 per 1000
The government will be enabled I'd
furnish envelopes under the new con-
tracts at much lower price. 1t is UNI
derstood that the reduction will be in
the neighborhood of so cents per 1000
Under the new bid man can go to
any postoflice and purchase envelopes
al $2i 80 per 1000 already stamped with
two-cent stamps. This is approximate
ly but 10 cents per 100 for the envel'
opes, or, to get it down much finer, only
four cents for a package of 25 envelopes
of the best government grade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
INTERIOR OF MAIN BARN.

has been raised from 10000 cubic feet
to 10000 cubic feet, or doubled and
gives a much better opportunity for
light and ventilation.
Those who have covered the barn.
yard and straw loft in any form, how
ever, are very much pleased with them
and find they get double the benefit
from their straw and manure and at the
same time find their cattle do much bet
ter both summer and winter, Winter
protection from cold and summer pro
lection from flies and heat.-John L.
Shaver, in National Stockman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
yeretubies for Poultry.

1t is not necessary to cut up potatoes.
carrots or beets for poultry. Put them
in the feeding places, cut in half, and
the fowls will pick them to pieces. 1t is
well to mention that if dark yolks in
eggs are desired, feed carrots, and the
yolks will be colored a deep yellow. The
color of the yoke does not indicate
quality. but there are some who prefer
the dark color. Vegetables may be
given poultry, and also tubers, withou,
undergoing unnecessary labor for that
purpose.-American Gardening.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
Books in Japan and Italy.

The Japanese now publish three
times as many books as the Italians,
whose literary powers seem to have
faded almost entirely away. Out of
$4,000 volumes published last year in
the land OF flowers no less than 500 were
law books and 1900 treated of religion;
which shows that the romantic little
nation has not taken kindly to any
written form of romance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
FARM WORKBENCH.

keeping tools. The cover of the box
can be hinged to the front for the pur-
pose of keeping the tools more secure.
There is not farm in the country that
can afford to be without at least small
bench on which to make repairs and to
construct the small articles needed for
carrying on farm operations.-N. Y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
ATTACHED STRAW BARN.

height as main barn. This would add
very much to capacity of the straw loft
and give better opportunity for venti-
lation, as well as to provide for more
pitch to the roof.
Fig. 2 represents interior OF main
bars 4OX1OO with gable rooted wing,
straw barn and covered barnyard 40S
Ga. The covered barnyard in this case
is but slightly larger than that in Fig,
1, yet the capacity of the straw loft
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
SMALL WORKBENCH.
Exceedingly Convenient for Doing
Small Jobs of Repairing Around
House or Barn.

A small workbench is very convenient
for doing small jobs of repairing. Get
a long, deep, but narrow, empty grocery
box and mount it upon legs upon its
side as shown, This provides not only
workbench, but a shelf below it for
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05

outside windows are allowed. This is
to avoid the danger of dirt from the in
terror blowing on to adjacent roofs and
communicating the water, as all the sup
ply is collected from the rainfall ON
the roofs and stored in cisterns.