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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-04-20
Miss Susan Wymar.

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: only
those who have suffered with sleepless-
ness from over-work in the school-room,
such as 1 have, can know what a bless
ing it is to be able to find relief by
spending a couple of dollars for some
Pe-runa. This has been my expert
ence. A friend in need is friend in
deed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na I
ever bought proved a good friend TO
me. Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior St., Racine City, Wis, writes:
II feel so well and good and happy now
that pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is
everything to me. feel healthy and
we'll, but if l should be sick will know
what to take. 1 have taken several
bottles Of Pe-ru-na for female COM
plant. am in the change of life and it
does me good"
Send for free book written by DIR.
Hartman, entitled Health and Beauty"
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o.
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MILK COWS CLEAN.
BY No Other Method Can All the nut
ter Fnt Contained In the Milk
De Obtained.

1t is a well-knoWn fact that cows not
MIXED clean, will tend to dry up in short
order, Another important reason for
MIXED clean will tend to dry up in short
fat, which is contained in much larger
per cent. in the last than in the first
milk drawn, as is shown by the follow
ing experiment:
The Kansas state college dairy has
conducted an experiment showing the
Importance of clean milking. Five cows
that were giving a fair quantity of milk
were selected, and their milk collected
in half-pint bottles, each teat contrib
uting its share to every bottle. These
samples were tested with the Babcock
test, with the following results;
Cow No. varied from 6 of per cent.
to ~ per cent.
Cow No. 1Ovaried from 2 of per cent.
to 66 per cent.
Cow No. IA varied from 1.6 per cent.
to So per cent.
Cow No. Is varied from is per cent.
to 6,s per cent,
Cow No, 2Ovaried from of per cent
to rs per cent,
The results show gradual, although
not entirely uniform, increase in the
per cent. of fat from the beginning to
the last of the milking, except with the
last two samples drawn from each cow.
Here the per cent. of fat would take a
sudden leap, amounting often to a
third or half of the total variation.
This shows very clearly how important
it is to get all the milk. BY averaging
the results it was found that the last
quarter of pint was worth from three
fourths to one and half pints of milk
first drawn from the udder. Moral.
Milk clean and get fat.-D. H. Otis, in
Western Rural.
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over and pulled the men out Of the
way. One man had been shot dead on
the top OF the earth thrown up and
his body had rolled into the ditch
"Flndng that he was quite dead the
man in front said; why not let this
be his grave? Let the brave Fellow
rest where he fell And, removing the
cartridge box under the flap Of which
was the name Of the soldier and his
regiment, he climbed back, The dirt
throwing went on and the rife pits
were reversed, Before our regiment
moved forward there was over that part
of the rife pit that had become grave
a board on which was cuts y, W.
Pruitt, Forty-frst Arkansas, Reb,'
Looking back, those letters were as
distinct to me as II written in fire,
Coming back TO Resaca a week later,
nursing wounded arm, was impelled
to revisit the scene of our hard fight,
and the first thing to catch my eye was
the board, standing like broken cross,
with the rude letters; D. w. Pruitt,
Forty-Arst Arkansas, Reb.,' staring at
me, rs it were. They have been in my
mind ever since, but | never heard the
name until to-day, Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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COST OF HAY SHEDS.
II In Absolutely insignificant When
Compared with the saving
They Always Eject.

One of the common leaks upon the
farm is in stacking hay, rs often large
part of the crop Is left out for months.
If the work Is poorly done great loss
and damage Is the result, however good
the quality Of the hay may have been
when stacked, The cost Of building
suitable hay sheds in addition to the
NOW room Of the barn need not be
great, a shed 20 by 30 feet and IA feet
to the caves can be erected at slight
cost Several years ago built such a
one, setting the posts on rock and spik.
ing stringers and plates to the posts,
using siX-inch bolts which | bought
and had blacksmith sharpen. Holes
should be bored in the stringers and
plates; then drive the bolts into the
posts solid. Such plan is much better
than TO use spike nails. Any rough
lumber will do for siding, and the shed
should be covered with clapboards or
shingles. Have an opening at one end
for unloading hay. by building the
shed larger and higher one could put in
carrier and hay fork. Place the
lower stringers two feet from the
ground and scantling rs inches above
it; then after your siding is on go round
and saw holes out of it two feet wide,
which will make them IS inches high;
saw holes every three feet. This makes
capital place to feed cattle, and they
will waste scarcely any hay. A low
shed built around three sides of the hay
shed will make good protection for
cattle, siding up the west and north
sides. Cattle will do in such quarters
almost as well as in expensive barns.
BY building the corncrib near the shed
and feeding corn once day cattle will
winter finely, and for quite while can
reach hay for themselves, and when it
gets beyond them push it down from
the top all round and you have n good
manager. This way is not perfect, of
course, but it has the merit of cheap
ness and efficiency, and is very salts
factory way to feed hay, as | have tried
it for years. This plan of feeding is
intended for cattle from two to three
years old.-Prairie Farmer.
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THE ANNUAL BLOCKADE.
II Has IL wonderfully FnF-ReachinE
Effect ON Commercial nS Well
M Social Life.

The season has come again when
business in large part Of the United
States, especially in small towns where
the merchants depend largely upon the
distribution of their wares among the
agricultural population within a radius
OF ten or fifteen miles, is greatly inter
fered with by bad roads The extent
of this drawback to prosperity is sell
dom understood, even by those who suf-
fer most by reason 1t,
OF course the farmers of all sections
have abundant opportunities, during
the season when the roads are fairly
comfortable and good, to get all their
crops to market and buy all the mer-
chandlse which they can afford to pur-
chase. Therefore, it sometimes seems
as If the effect of bad roads were mere
~ to change the distribution Of trade,
with little or no effect upon its total
volume. That is partly true, but in a
large degree it is not so.
Business put off beyond the natural
time for transacting IT is often never
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-04-20
A coon REASON ron 1T.

As | stopped to speak with the pic
neer at his gate I noticed four or FIVE
children back of him, and when he had
given me the directions asked for !
said:
81 see you have several children old
enough to be in school?"
eyes. four of 'em who orter to be in
skule five days a week" he replied.
"And l noticed schoolhouse 6alf a
mile back among the trees"
eyes, thar's skulehouse up thar,
and it's too bad the children can't go.
You didn't see nobody around thar, l
reckon?"
mo, it was shut up; saw two others
between here and Ridgeville, and both
were closed. Has the school money
given out?"
"No, sah-lots of school money left"
Teachers scarce?"
mo, sah-lots O. teachers to be had"
"Then what is the trouble?"
"Wall, it hain't exactly trubble," he
said as he scratched his head and dug
up the earth with his heel. whats
the matter along here-and guess it's
the same all over-is fallin' in luv and
gittin' married"
ooh! The teachers get married?"
"They do, sab. The fust one we had
teached two weeks and then married
lube Taylor. You'll come to Jube's
place about a mile further on, and
she'll probably be lickin' his seven
young 'uns."
81 see"
"The next one teached three weeks
and then married Henry Dawson.
Henry lives back here on the other
road, and if you was goin' that way
you'd find her lickin' his five young
'uns and hollerin' at the hired man."
"And the next?"
"And the next teached week and
married RUDE White. which is me, and
which lives right yere, and that's her
in the winder. She's licked the young
'uns twice over this mornin', bossed me
around and called me names, and will
hev both hands in my ha'r before
you've got 40 rods away. Thar's an
other teacher comm next week, but
ole Jim Lattimer is waitin' to marry
her, and you kin put it down that the
cause of edducashun along this yere
road has sorter lost its backbone and
is mighty weak in the knees!"
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CHANGED RIFLE PITS.
.Mn Incident of the Battle of ResncH
brought 10 Mind by
Knmel

"Pruitt? Pruitt?' exclaimed the ma
Tor with n laundering, stumbling sort
of surprise, as very personable gentle
man was introduced, 81 didn't know
there were any Fruits in the city"
When it was explained to him that
there were several families OF that name
in Chicago and some of them quite well
known, the majors embarrassment in
creased. and he Numbered on: 81
didn't know IL. haven't met man
of that name for more than 2O--more
than that, BY George, l haven't met
n man of that name for more than 30
--32, nearly 80 years and / have been
looking for him all that time. Strange
i didn't happen on some of the Fruits
here"
The major seemed in deep water,
which was getting deeper the more
HE houndcred, He looked at the colonel
and the doctor with a helpless, drown
fDg-man, here go down-the-third-
time sort of an expression, but they
didn't seem inclined to help him. Rath-
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! M. QUAD'S HUMOR
Copyright. 1858 By M. QUAD
THERE WE'RE OTHERS.
By M. QUAD
Copyright 1893

We were nine to get off the train at
Taylorsvlle 10 take the narrow-gauge
up to Davlsburg, and as we sat down in
the shade of the depot building TO wait
woman drove up in buggy. She was
brisk little woman and full Of bust
ness, and after htching the horse she
came along down the platform and
carefully scanned each face, and asked;
"Ar' you MIR. John Hope""
Each and every man answered: mo"
and when she had passed the last one
she came back to the Colonel and sat
down on bag Of land-plaster and took
a photograph from her pocket and
said:
That's the man Pm after, but it
seems he hasn't showed up"
Your husband, ma'am?" queried the
Colonel.
Not jest yit, sab. lie was to be, II
he had got here to-day, and we liked the
looks of each other, but guess he's
backed out, What sort of galoot
would you take him to be?"
81 shouldn't like to pass an opinion
on friend of yours"
"Oh, you needn't mind that" replied
the woman, as she used her switch on
the bags beside her. Would you say
he was squar' man? He lives over at
Gordonsville, and we've bin correspond
in by mail. He was to be here to-day to
marry me, but he's flunked right out.
Does he look like flunker to you?"
"Well, ma'am," said the Colonel, after
look at the photograph, "he may be
a good man or bad one. ] wouldn't
want to do him an injustice, you
know"
as his nose set ON right?"
ITS a pretty fair nose"
"Is he too wide between the eyes?"
perhaps not"
"How's his mouthY
REALLY, my dear woman, 70" must
excuse me-" said the Colonel, az he re.
turned the photograph. you Sec"
Yes, l see," interrupted the woman,
as she received it, ~ see I'm a wilder
bin a wilder fur five years. This fell
Ter sees me once and falls in love with
me and writes me over fifty love let
tiers. | finally give him my heart. He
is to be here on this train to marry me.
He don't show up | am left. What Is
to be done about it?"
"I-I don't know, ma'am," STAN
mered the Colonel,
Are you married."
"Yes'm."
"All the others married."
"All married." we replied in chorus,
"Then I'll tell you what is to be done
about it," she exclaimed, as she rose
up and flourished the switch around,
81 git into my buggy and drive back
home. stand on stump in the front
yard and blow the dinner-horn. About
fifteen different fellers who want to
marry the Wilder Jones will come gal
lopin' down the road and across lots,
and the fust one who jumps the fence
gifts the prize, and Mr.. John Hope, OF
Gordonsville, kin go to grass and be
hanged to him! That's me and that's
my way, and if any of you want to kiss
the bride now's yer golden oppor-
tunity!"
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GRANT NEVER PROFANE.
His Worst Oath Was "TbundeF and
Lightning" Uttered Mt Cham
pion'a Hill.

Strange that, to the world, Gen.
Grant could have ever seemed imam
of iron" and by some have been pro-
nounced Il man without feeling or
heartl We, his family knew him to
be gentle, unselfsh, charitable to 9th
ers, tender-hearted and always just,
He often considered others and their
feelings to the sacrifice of himself and
his own interests. He was loyal and
true to his family and friends, and most
forgiving to his enemies.
was with my father IN several great
battles, and watched him during those
scenes of turbulence and fearful car
mage. When others became overexcit-
ed, he remained quiet, self-controlled,
having on his face that set expression
which enemies may have called hard
and unhinching, his lips being closed
firmly, and his grim determination TO
endure all and go through all for the
final right and good. The scenes of
bloodshed and agony caused him in.
tense suffering, of which only those
near him were aware.
never heard my father use an oath,
and seldom an eXpletiye Of any sort, al
though have seen him when he was
under great strain, For instance, on
the battle field of Champions Hill he
had pushed ahead Of the army, and was
attacked by the enemy. He threw his
troops into kne of battle as rapidly as
they arrived, and soon we were I'M
der heavy fire. This happened to be
an Indiana column, and the command
ing general did not make his appear
ance, although the entire division vas
soon engaged in battle, under the i'm
mediate eye Of my father,
When the division commander ar
rived, in carriage his hardness Of
action had aroused my father, who was
evidently very much annoyed, He
spoke to the division commander, qui-
city although severely, saying that he
was surprised to see him in a carriage
in the rear of his division, The division
commander explained that he had been
quite i'll all the morning, and had taken
to the carriage in order to be able to
keep up with his troops, but that he
was quite ready to 60 into action with
them now. This seemed to mollify my
father very much, as he was ever ready
to listen to reason; so he said simply
that he was glad TO hear that it was
not a custom of his subordinate,
On the same field of battle the troops
were terribly pressed, as their num-
bers were very small compared with
those that they were resisting A por-
ton of Gen. McPherson's corps now
came into line on the right of the In
diana division, and in the distance we
could see the corps marching, counter
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marching and deploying in line toward
the banks of narrow stream. While
this terrific battle was going on in front
of us, my father sent staff officer after
staff officer directing the corps com
mander to push ahead; but he seemed
unable to get across this stream. Sud
denly my father used the expression.
which for him was violent: Thunder
and lightning! Why doesn't he push
ahead?"
With the exception of just this one
time, he was apparently absolutely
calm during all of this battle, which
was really a great one. as it resulted
in our capturing 1900 prisoners on the
field, the capturing or destroying of all
but one of the 30 guns which the enemy
had brought out from Vicksburg, and
the cutting off of Lorrain's division OF
troops, which would otherwise have
been able to fight us behind the forti-
fications the next day at Black River
bridge.-Brig. Gen. f. D, Grant, U. S.
", in Youths Companion.
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A CHURNING PIN.

Piles of butter, the hollow side of the
pin being run down along the side of
one of the dashers. After the butter
has been taken out of the churn, during
the working, the fiat end of the pin may
be employed in removing small grains
of dirt, in breaking the bulk for trial,
etc. In Danish creameries and home
diaries this pin is of considerable inn
portance, and succeeds the thermom-
eter when the churning is at an end
j. Christian Bay, in Farm and Fireside.
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done at all. People get along without
merchandise which they would use if
it could be obtained when it is wanted,
without excessive trouble and discom-
fort. On the other hand, farm prod
ucts which cannot be marketed for
weeks at a stretch, on account of the
bad roads, often lose much of their
value. Even when there is no such in
jury done to the producers by enforced
delays in getting to market, the waste
of time, the extra wear and tear of farm
wagons and the strain to which horses
are subjected by drawing heavy loads
over bad roads count so much reduction
of the natural profits of agriculture.
Thus the farmers means of buying are
doubly reduced, and the merchant suf-
fers the loss of trade which he might
otherwise have.
A similar unfortunate effect of the
bad roads which are nearly universal in
the greater part of the country is the
constant uncertainty which is caused
in all business dealings dependent upon
the trade of farmers and rural districts
Merchants may be too busy one week
and practically idle the next, instead of
having their work reasonably dstrib-
uted, And farmers who would do their
shopping at convenient times, often re-
turning home after dark and making
the best of the daylight hours of late
winter and early spring in preparing for
field work, are compelled to put off nee
essary business as long as possible, and
then take some day for it which they do
not like to spare for such use. Many
country roads at this time of the year
are really dangerous to drive through in
the dark, with almost any sort of We
hicle, They are not much better by
daylight.
The effect of unfit highways upon the
distribution of wealth and the massing
of population in cities and large towns
is another important phase of the roads
question. The badness of the highways
in the country tends powerfully to spoil
rural life for social purposes and drive
young people into the cities, who might
otherwise lead happier and more whole
some lives where they were born. 1t
cuts down the value of farm property
and artifcially increases the congestion
of the crowded centers of trade and in
dustry. If the roads were better there
would be far more uniform and salts
factory distribution of wealth and pop
ulation, and more Americans would en-
Joy the restfulness and health-giving
suburban and country life which is
already fast growing in favor in spite of
bad roads.
1t seems hardly necessary to enlarge
upon the subject, because the case is so
plain, but every spring and every au-
tumn the old curse of unfit highways is
forced upon the attention of the Amer
lean people, and every year it is impos-
sible to resist the conclusion that if the
benefits of good roads were better I'M
derstood they would not be so scarce
as they are in every part of the coun-
try. In the vast field of highway i'm
provement lies the most pressing need
of local government effort,-Cleveland
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Tuberculin Test Successful.

The tuberculin test was employed by
the Ohio station with satisfactory re-
suits. Thirty-one cows and bulls were
subjected to the test and IA Of those
responded. These latter were reiterated
about two months later, and the re-
suits then confirmed the first test.
Finally the entire herd of the station
was tested, with the result of adding sew
eral more to the list of suspected cases.
About ten months from the first test
the animals were re-tested and Is head
killed. The tuberculin test was con-
firmed in every particular, most of the
animals being so diseased as to be con-
demned as unfit for food; yet they had
shown no external symptoms of the
disease and were in good flesh and APP
parently perfectly healthy.
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Test Each and Every Cow.

What we dairymen should aim at is
to secure the best cows we can, and try
testing each cows milk separately and
ascertain for sure whether they pay for
their keeping and give us little profit.
We can be satisfied with n small profit,
but cannot afford to keep cows at a
loss for the benevolent purpose of sup
plying dairy products to consumers at
low cost. Excelsior should be the
watchword, and the poorer cows kept
only until their places can be filed by
better.-Farmers' Review.
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Future Hardships.

"What do you think of this wireless teleg-
raphy?' .
ever happened. It's an imposition, that's
what it is. Pretty soon it'll be so that the
man who goes into the woods 10 miles from
the nearest postoffice for the purpose Of
getting away from his business may re-
him home to attend to something that, in
case it had gone wrong in his absence, he
could have blamed somebody else for
Chicago Evening News.
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Suggestions for Spring Cleaning.

Much of the labor of house cleaning may
be avoided by the exercise of good judg'
ment and management. Pleasant weather
must be selected for the work. usually the
first of May is the best time to begin. Every
thing should be in readiness before hand.
Brooms, brushes, tacks and strings should
be provided, The windows and paints can
be perfectly cleaned by washing with warm
and borax will purify and deodOriSe the
premises, z..n
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Gooh Yenr for Printera.

A Kansas paper has discovered that
the year 1899 is good one for printers,
People can't have the date printed on
letter-heads with one figure absent, as
1s9-, for three figures will change with
the coming year.
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USEFUL IMPLEMENT.
How the Churning Pin Is Used in the
CrenmerIes and Home Diaries
of Denmark.

A churning pin is combination of
long, narrow spoon and spatula. When
the churning approaches it's closing
stage it serves well for taking out sam
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should Not BE surprlsed.

The x-Widower-The more of your
own way you have the more you want
His Present Wife-Certainly! One
would think you hadn't been married
before .-prck.
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A man gets just what he kicks for at a
boarding house. In many homes, man is
less fortunate Globe.
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Molly-"I wonder why those chickens
are called leghorns% Dolly-"Don't you
see the little horns on their ankles "-GOld-
en- DAYS.
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She" Arthur, father has failed" He
"The old sinner And only last night he
told ME to take you and be happy."-Town
Topics.
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pnrticu1nrIx NeoAAAnry.

Frend-I understand that, in your line,
man must be very plausible and persua.
sive.
Drummer-Yes; especially when he's ex-
planning to the firm why he hasn't sold any
goods.-Puck.
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Ex-senator German, of Maryland,
was AZ when he first entered the senate
and the youngest man in that body.