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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-13
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers'. 1919 F St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-13
Mr.. Bynunl'e Call.

Mr. w. D. Bynum was caller at the
White House today. and it was again stated
that he would shortly receive an appoint
ment upon one of the commissions, most
probably the codifying commission.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
killing OF Little weeds.

When it is about time for the corn
and potatoes to break through the
ground go over the field with a light
harrow, not only to loosen the soil and
break the crust if it has baked at all,
but to kill all the little weeds that arc
starting on the surface and trying
to get ahead of the crop planted.
When they are up about two inches
high repeat the narrowing, and con-
tinue it until it is time to use the cul-
tivator between the rows. The har-
row will not only save much labor
in weed killing, but either crop will
look as if it had fertiIizing within
"a hours after the harrow went over
it.-American Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
BEFORE PICKETT CHARGED.
The Gallant Soldier Refused to Take
Drink on the Eve of
Battle.

One of the most terribly dramatic
scenes of the civil war was Pickett's
charge on the third day of Gettysburg.
The moments of anticipation were aw-
full in their intensity. They are thus
recorded in the recent volume, ''Pickett
and His Men"
Pickett had received a note from
headquarters. He handed it to Long
street.
"Gen. Longstreet, shall I go for
ward?" he asked.
Longstreet looked at him with an
expression which seldom comes to any
face. He held out his hand and bowed
his head in assent. Not word did he
speak.
"Then L shall lead my division for
ward, SIR" said Pickett. and gal
loped off.
He had gone only a few yards when
he came back and took a letter from
his pocket. On it he wrote in pencil:
eff old Peters nod means DEATH
good-by and God bless you, little one!'
He gave the letter to Longstreet and
rode back. That letter, with it's faint
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
TRAINING THE COLT.
First Lesson to Be Impaired Is per-
feet Confidence In the Win
of the Master.

The colt should be allowed to run
with the dam until it is six months old.
The marc should have plenty of grass
and such other food as may be neces-
sary to keep her in good condition and
keep up the flow of milk The colt
should be handled and fondle6 from
the time it is a week old, accustoming
it to the use of the halter. Thus it
becomes accustomed to the master, and
if kindly treated will soon come to seek
the fondling hand. As soon as it win
eat, say, at about two months old, it
should be accustomed to a little oats
daily, the amount being gradually in
creased, until it gets a full ration at six
months old. When ready to wean it
will already be accustomed to lead by
the halter. Feed generously. Give it
plenty of water. Horses should have
intelligent management, because they
are intelligent animals. They have
sense of reason which may be inn
proved by training. They are nat
urally disposed to rely upon their mas
ter. and this disposition should be Gull
tivated and in no case overcome by
fear of injury. They are courageous
and at the same time timid Their
courage should be cultivated, since it
increases their spirit and decreases
their timidity. They fear objects with
which they are not familiar, but if
their confidence in the master is
greater than their fear they can be
induced to approach objects to them
most fearful. Teaching the young
animals that while the master must
be obeyed promptly and implicitly, he
is yet an indulgent master, requiring
nothing but what is necessary to be
done. and that when the task is per-
formed the rewards of kind care and
rest Will follow. No horse broken by
main strength and brute force is ever
quite safe in unskilled hands. The
first lesson to be impaired is perfect
| confidence in the will of the master,
| which is given when the colt is first
haltered.-J. c. Ware, in Farmers Re-
| view.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

crops improve he may want an addi-
tiona1 tract to suit the needs of his
growing family. but the syndicate has
got control of everything in sight, and
there is no room for progress and de-
velopment.
The leasing system, it is thought.
viii partly remedy this evil, as the
syndicates could not then grab such
large territories. Others, however.
think that it would be more favorable
to the syndicates. Under the system OF
ceding lands to the states, and taxing
them, it is thought that the wholesale
land-grabbing would be checked en-
tirely. Yet objection is made that the
land question would then be brought
into state politics, and be a matter of
local favoritism. Of the several
schemes it seems difficult to decide
which is the better, and public opinion
seems to be divided upon it. The only
deduction that can be made is the
precedent furnished by Texas.
Statistics show that an astonishing
" large area of the public domain in
the west is unoccupied, and the facts
show that many people are landless,
while others possess or hold principali-
ties in extent, for which they have paid
nothing. Only about 40 per cent. of
the total land area of California is oc-
cupied, and that is the most populous
of all the western states. Colorado is
not quite as populous. Of the other
sections, about 25 per cent. of the pub
lie lands in Montana and Arizona are
occupied; about 20 per cent. of Utah;
about Is per cent. of Wyoming, and
only about five per cent. of the sage
brush borough of Nevada, which has
two senator's in congress, and polls only
10000 votes. These sections have total
areas, as follows: California, 90 600, 900
acres; Arizona, 70 900, 900; Montana,
100000; Idaho, SO ,0OO,0OO; Utah, ST.
600, 600; Wyoming. 62.OCO 600; Colo
RADIO, rs, COG GOO; Nevada, 65, GOO 600. A
very large area of this land is noun
famous and desert, but the mountains
are good for grazing purposes, and are
so used. The settlers object to the
grabbing of the lands available for ag-
riculture. Much of the mountain land
is rich in timber, and this is also being
grabbed by the syndicates, denuded of
the timber thus lessening the rainfall,
to the detriment of the farming lands
in the valleys.
The Indians also raise a howl
against the acquisition of the lands
by the syndicates. They claim that
the forests naturally belong to them
for hunting purposes. This lessons
their game supply and they must
move elsewhere. No sooner does the
noble red brother find another forest
reserve, where there is plenty OF
game, than the pale face land chief
claims everything, and soon there is
no more game for the Indian. He de-
sires to have big talk with the big
chief at Washington, to know if he is
continually to be disturbed by the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
HELPFUL SHEEP NOTES.

Lambs may be pushed from birth by
stimulating the ewes flow of milk.
A weakling twin is not worth saving.
1t viii cost more than it will ever
come to.
Recent experiments in sheep feeding
at the Montana experiment station GO
to show that alsil1e gave better results
than either red clover or alfalfa.
An excellent lamb food to begin with
is two parts bran and one part corn
meal or crushed oats or barley, and one
part of cotton seed meal if it can be
procured.
UnskillfuI shearing calls for imme-
date attention 20 the proper treatment
of cuts made in the skin. These should
be Immediately protected by coat of
clean pine tar.
AS soon as the sheep are sheared the
ticks will gather on the lambs, much TO
their discomfort and damage. The
easiest remedy is to dip the lambs or
to wet the skin all over with any good
sheep dip.
Unshorn ewes must positively be
clipped about the udder so that the
lambs may get their milk easily. Weak.
newly born lambs should be incubated.
Wrap the lamb in a warm blanket and
put it in a box or basket kept near a
fire.-American Cultivator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

grabbing schemes in the interest of
capitalists, and propose blacklisting
congressman who favor them.
OF the several bills before congress
one is to cede to the several states all
of the public domain in each state.
Intending settlers oppose this, on the
alleged grounds that the syndicates
could the better secure control of the
domain through local politics, and by
influencing the state officials. Why
they should presume that all state
officials could be corrupted is not
clear. Texas is an illustration of
state which controls it's own public
lands, and is cited as an example why
the lands could be better controlled
in the interest of settlers than under
the present system. Texas is the only
state in the union, by the way, which
did not cede it's public land to the gen
eral government, as a price for state
hood. The Texas system seems to
work we'll, argue those who favor ced
ing government lands to the states.
The states would be enriched by
large revenue from the sale of the
lands, and thus relieve the general
land office of a great deal of work.
Another scheme is for the general
government to lease the lands by
means of an appointed commission in
each state and territory, at from one
to three cents an acre, for period
of from 20 to 80 years. This would,
it is claimed, place the land under the
control of the large syndicates, as
ranchers would not care for large
tracts. Still another project is to per-
nit the states to control the lands
by a system of taxation, thus bring
ing in a revenue. 1t is argued that
the lands are unproductive, and a bur-
den upon the government. This tax
alton, on the other hand, would nat
urally force the lands upon the mar
ket to be sold for taxes, and the large
tracts would consequently be sold for
a song, the syndicate purchaser pitch
ing the tune.
Thus it will be seen there are sew
eral sides to the public land question.
and our congressman are now called
upon to solve the problem to the best
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

land grabbers, but it is not likely that
his talk will be effective against the
marauding syndicates.
There are a number of these syndi-
Gates throughout the west, which are
acquiring immense tracts of land, not
only to the detriment of the Indian
and the white settler, but to the tax
payers and the general government.
Most of these are English, with Eng
lish Representatives. They do not pay
taxes. neither do they buy the lands,
as the government lands are free to
all for grazing purposes and mining
prospecting. They occupy immense
tracts of lands, and at the same time
send out experts to prospect for gold
These desert lands generally are good
placer mining sections, and when gold
is found the syndicates locate the land
as grazing lands, thus acquiring 100
times the territory they could under
the law regulating mining locations.
Their mining experts are constantly
prospecting for gold on these lands,
hence the miners have also just
cause for complaint. This abuse is
about as great as the other, and in
both cases-the grabbing of agricuI-
turaI or mining landslide govern
ment and the public are alike
swindled; and mining development
and the settlement of the country are
retarded. J. M. SCANLAND.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
SIZE OF DRAIN TILE.
Nothing Smaller Than Four Inches
Should Be Used for Ordinary
Farm Purposes.

The users of drain tile are COM
ing more and more to use the larger
tile. For a good many years farmers
have dug bitches for and used 21a-
inch, three-inch and 31b-inch tile.
Now they have come to see that four
inch tile does better service and costs
little more than the other. The small
er sized tiles are being discarded to
such an extent that some of the man
ufacturers this year will make no tile
smaller than four-inch. The move
ment is a step in advance. 1t costs
just as much to dig a ditch for a
three-inch tile as for a four-inch, and
that is the principal cost of the tile
drain. Small tile becomes easier
clogged with the sediments. In case
the frost gets at it and chips off some
of the inside it is the easier to fill up
especially where the fall is. sufficient
to give considera BILE current, which in
turn washes into one piece of tile the
chips from many. The larger tile car
ries off the flood water much more
rapidly than the smaller tile and the
amount of air thus drawn into the
soil is considerable. The men that are
going to put in tile drains this sum-
mer will do we'll to contract only for
large tile. Doubtless some of the
manufacturers or their agents will
have on hand small bore tile that they
will want to get rid of and will make
strenuous efforts to induce farmers to
buy. It Will be well for farmers in
such cases to remember that the other
fellows are merely trying to unload"
=
price should fail to induce intelligent
farmers to put in tile that will not
do the best of work.-Farmers Re
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
Give Attention to the scab.

Peter Jansen, the great sheep feeder
of Nebraska, says: mo man should
attempt to feed sheep without being
prepared to dip them for scab, and the
only safe way is to dip them not less
than seven nor more than ten days
apart. There are several very effective
tobacco dips on the market, which, if
used according to directions, will cure
scab every time. The old-fashioned
louise and sulphur dip is a dead sure
thing, and probably the cheapest. I
cannot enter upon detailed discus
sion, but L wish to impress two or three
important missions upon the uneXperi-
enced: Keep your dip at a tempera-
ture of not less than 10 degrees all
the time, use a thermometer to deter
mine it, keep your sheep in the bath
not less than two minutes by the watch,
not by guessing"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
AS to Corn and Cob Meal.

The question of the value of grind
ing the cob and corn meal together as
meal, and whether it pays to do so,
often comes up where farmers who
grow corn are gathered together. Some
are very sure that there is no nutrition
in the cob, or not enough to pay the
cost of grinding, while others say their
experience indicates that a measure of
corn and cob meal is equal in feeding
value to the meal from the grain alone.
We think both are right. When meal
is given and no coarse provender is
mixed with it we think most animals
would digest it more thoroughly if it
were made lighter by mixture of the
cob meal if the latter were fine ground.
When the meal is sprinkled upon wet
hay or straw so that all are taken to-
gether, or when a mash is made of
bran and corn meal, we would not care
to mix cob meal with it. It's value is
in separating the fine particles so that
the stomach can digest them, instead
of having them pass off undigested.-
American CultiYator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

guides at their ends, through which a
rope viii wind and unwind. The
method of making is plainly shown in
the cut. Such device is of the great
est assistance where heavy articles
are to be lifted for weighing or other
purposes. The arms are just as con-
venient to use as they would be if
doubled in number, and a rim put
upon the outer ends, and are much
easier to make. The longer the arms
the greater the power, of course, but
this form of lifting machinery is very
powerful in any circumstance, and
quite adequate for raising any ordi-
nary weight=N. Y. Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

interests of the people who are di-
rectly interested in the public do
main.
From the measures before congress
it seems that the present public land
system is generally unsatisfactory,
and that the lands should be preserved
for actual settlers, and placed beyond
the reach of the stock syndicates
Some of these control millions of
acres. used for grazing purposes. The
general government is thus deprived
of sales, and the settlement of the
country is retarded. The land, being
denuded of vegetation, is practically
valueless for several years after it's
abandonment by the stockmen. The
syndicates use the lands as long as
there is vegetation, and after the
abandonment it is about three years
before the vegetation grows out, and
thus the lands are practically out of
the market for series of years.
The settler, or rancher, is content
with tract of 100 acres. and as his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
THE SOLDIER SLEEPS.

by lowland or by highland
Whereer he served, his day
Was full of stern enGeavor, and
He earned a soldiers pay.
Hard marches, meager rationS,
Short nights and stinted rest;
Death babe him ground his arms, and here
He slumbers with the best.
In some up-country churchyard,
Where loving fingers keep
The mosseS from his gravestone,
His dreamless peace is deep;
Where Serrfed ranks are waiting
To hear the reVeille,
He lies beneath his country'S flag,
In goodly company.
Afar from home, they've followed
A narrow house for him,
Where feathery palms are waving green,
And jungle SwampS are dim.
I'or him no more they matter.
The tropic storms and Gains,
So hushed he lies, so sound he sleeps,
Beneath the swaying palms.
His little children, pausing
In midst of happy play,
Are proud of father, that he rests
By great Manila bay.
Too young to feel the heartache,
Too small the care to know,
They thrill with pleasure that he met
And dared the SWarming foe.
eC,ne loyal woman standing,
Her hand against her breast
As If to clutch and tear its pain,
In agony represSed,
Secs naught OF fame and glory,
Hears naught of bugles breath:
-s:he only knows her soldier sleeps
The cold, still sleep of death.
BY lowland and by highland,
Where'er he served, his day
Was full of stern endurance, and
He earned a soldiers pay.
Dear flag that droops above him,
For you he paid the price,
Nor counted dear its utmost drop,
Red blood of sacrifice
Margaret E. Sangster, in Woman Home
Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
THE LAND QUESTION.
A Subject That Will Be Agitated
for Some Time to Come.
Bona Eide Settlers Protest Against
the HOggish Methods of Foreign
Syndicates and Mining Adj
venturers.
Especial Cripple Creek tcol) letter.

TIME public land question prom
ises to be lively issue for the
next few years. The issue is
between the intending settlers and
the Iand-gra bling syndicates. Several
bills are before congress for the Ieas-
ing of the public domain at nom
inal rental for period of years. Set
tiers throughout the west oppose
some of these measures, and have held
meetings and deluged congress with
petitions of protest. In some sections
their mass meetings have been little
short of vigilance committees in tone
They have passed resolutions denounc-
ing such leasing measures as land
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

iy penciled words, reached it's destina-
ton, far down in Virginia.
Pickett gave orders to his brigade
commanders, and rode along the line,
his men springing to their feet with
shout of delight as he told them what
was expected of them.
He was sitting on his horse when VIII
cox rode up. Taking flask from his
pocket, Wilcox said:
pickett, take drink with me. In
an hour you'll be in hell or glory"
Pickett declined 10 drink, saying:
81 promised the little girl who is wait
ing and praying for me down in Vir-
ginia that L would keep fresh upon my
lips until we shall meet again the
breath of the violets she gave me when
we parted. Whatever my fate, Wilcox
shall try to do my duty like a man,
and 1 hope that, by that little girls
prayers, 1 shall reach either glory or
Glory"
What followed is famous history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

which also fight each other away from
the water. y plan to obviate, in part,
at least, both of these evils is shown in
the cut. Two posts are driven beside
the tub and wide board nailed across
as shown. This holds the trough firm
ly to the ground, and also separates
the cattle while drinking. The same
plan can be used with any shape of
trough.-Farm Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
A civil war Heroine.

few days ago Miss Lizzie Vanlew,
ices to the federal cause during the civil
war. died at Richmond, Va. For the
aid she gave Gen. Grant the latter when
elected president made Miss Vanlew
postmistress of Richmond. Mass Van
lew also gave substantial aid TO Off
GERS who effected their escape from
Libby prison just before the close of
the war-Chicaco Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
HOSTING APPARATUS.
Heavy and Bulky Articles Have
to Be Lifted.

The wheel and shaft that is found
in many farm buildings to aid in rails
ing heavy weights is decidedly con
venient; but wheel is not easy to
make. a simple substitute for the
wheel in this hosting arrangement
is shown in the cut, where the wheel
is replaced by four arms that have
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
NInl1ing ReIfcs az Geftxshurr.

A factory for the manufacture of
Battlefield "relics" has been discovered
hidden away in a clump of trees at Get
tysburg. Old bullets, cannon balls. SOL
der buttons, swords and buckles are
burned out in large quantities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
The Family GROWERS.

Mrs. Westside-Win that dog of
yours fetch?
Mrs. Eastside-Oh, yes.
ssWin he fetch coal upstairs?"
''Oh, no; my husband brings up the
coal"
''Oh, the other GROWER does thatl''
-Yonkers Statesman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
NO HOBO Tor Her.

Mr.. Peck Here's plucky girl. On
her way to her wedding she was
thrown out of her carriage and hurt,
but she insisted on going TO the
church and having the ceremony per-
formed.
Mrs. Peck-We1, the poor, misguided
thing deserves her fate, then.-Phila
-delphia North American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
Her Snap Gone.

Her next-door neighbours packed her
trunks,
And softly moved away,
And, oh, the house that rang with mirtE
Is vacant now to-day
The housewife frets and worries much,
And hastens to the store,
For, oh, her teas and flour she can
Not borrow from next door.
N
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
Think of Your Ancestors.

The farmer who complains that
farming nowadays is hard work,
should think of his grandfathers, with
their scythe and cradle, when he is
sitting upon his moving machine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
SECURING A TROUGH.
Ground Which Also Separates
Cattle While Drinking

Many pasture and farmyard water
ing troughs are half hogsheads set up
on the ground. They are in constant
danger of being upset by the cattIes
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07

Get a punch and mark every poult
as it leaves the nest in the web of the
foot Next fall you will know your
own turkeys when on your neighbors'
fence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
No Field for strategy.

JOHNNY wish could skip fractions
and go on to the next thingi
Uncle Ned-But you can't, Johnny.
You can't execute any flank movements
in arithmetic.EPuck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
Omr Thonchts.

If men could read each Others
thoughts there would be a radical
change in thinking. - Chicago Daily
News
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
In the wheel Store.

Customer-I've got money to burn,
and want the best wheel you have.
Dealer-That's all right. We have
bicycles to scorch. = Detroit Free
Press