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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Excursion Rates East.

Sept. 10 and 26 the Book Island
Railway Company vii. sell excursion
tickets to Chicago. Peoria, st. Louis,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,
Duluth and intermediate stations
east Of the Missouri river at one fare
plus 50 for the round trip. tickets
limited TO continuous passage in both
directions. Final return limit Oct
81. Further information cheerfuIIy
gwen at the depot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Stands Without a Rival.

Mr.. Jno. N. Wilkie, of 36 Adams
Ave. West, Detroit, Michigan, writes:
81 have been troubled with severe
headache for years and have taken a
great many different remedies, but
have never found any thing to give
me as speedy and permenant a cure
as Krsuse's Headache Capsules. In
my opinion they stand without rival
they have cured me every time" Sold
by j. L. Mccormick & Co.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Special Excursion to Colorado and
Utah Points.

On August 81, September 4 and Is,
the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company will sell excursion
tickets to Denver, Colorado Syringe.
Pueblo, and Glenwood Springs, Colo,
and to Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah.
at one fare plus two dollars for the
round trip. Tickets will be good on
any regular passenger train on day
of sale also on special excursion train
passing PhillIpsburg at 1 p. m. on
dates above mentioned. Final return
limit Oct. 81, 1900. For further in
formation inquire at the depot,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
That ThrobbIne Headache

Would quickly leave you. If you
used DR. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have proved
their matcbless merit for sick and
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood and build up your health. Only
Csc. Money hack if not cured. Sold
by Geo James & Go, druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
1t Helped Win Battles.

Twenty-nine officers and men wrote
from the front to say that for scratch
os. bruises. cuts, wounds, sore feet
and stiff j,inta, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve is the bast in the world. Same
for burns, skin eruptions and piles.
25c box; cure guaranteed. Sold by
Geo James & Go, druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Her Lie the Penalty.

Kankakee, III. Aug. 29.-NIrs. Char
lotte Wright, whose alleged misdeeds
were the cause for the tragedy at
Gilman, died at the Iroquois county
jail at Watseka. The loss of blood and
exposure caused her DEATH This
makes four deaths resulting from the
existence of the Wright hospital and
riots
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Cattle Wintered.

I have plenty of feed and water
and can care for 100 head of stock
Prices right. 81 miles south of Mar
vin. B. F. DORSEY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

The post office at ST. Joseph, Mich,
was entered by burglars last night
and from So 900 to So, 600 secured.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

Popuists of the Fourth Missouri
congressional district decided not to
nominate a candidate for congress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

Fire at Galena, Kan, destroyed
three frame business houses occupied
by Glover & Jones, druggists; Smith
& Ellis, grocers and j. c. Inman, a
barber
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

Best Way To Cure Backache.
Backaches are caused by disorder
in the kidneys. Foley's Kidney Cure
will make the kidneys right.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21

House says that many Of the huge
palms that in summer adorn the drive
way leading to the presidents house
date back from the time of Presidents
Fillmore and Pierce. Many others
sof gigantic size were but small affairs
when he took them in hand more than
80 years ago, during Andy Johnson's
time. They have all had part in in
augural decorations since that time
and have outgrown their surround
Sings.
There is no place at the White
House where these lofty old plants
can find room, and as they must be
kept housed they are nppropri tely
enough sent in winter to the great
sfotunda of the pension Office. where,
intermingled with smaller palms, they
give glimpse of Arcadia. Ranged
beneath them on the marble floor are
numerous garden seats. Here at
noon hour the clerks sit and watt the
smoke from cigar and pipe through
their historic branches.
Unusual preparations ara making
in the conseryatories now for q bril-
liant floral display this winter, and
when the society bellies come to the
White House they will find the most
lavish decoration seen there eince
Mrs. Cleveland's wedding.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Not Absolutely ignorant,

II is commonly understood that ane
of the newspapers Of New York City
has a rule to employ none but college
graduates on its staff. 1t may or it
NAV not be true. Nevertheless, q
Young man of good address, bringing
with him excellent recommendations,
and equipped for journalistic work by
several years experience, called one
day at the editorial Office Of that pa
per.
He made so good an impression that
the managing editor was about to as
sign him q place ON the staff, when,
as il remembering something he had
overlooked In examing the applicant,
he suddenly asked:
"By the way Of what college or uni-
versity are you graduate?"
81 am not a graduate Of any," re-
plied the young mau, "but know bet
ter than to write pants for trousers,
plead for pleaded and he was given
n chance for chance was given
him. I never use the phrase in our
midst understand the correct use
of who and whom and Of Shall and
will 1 prefer officer to Official
dwelling to residence I avoid as to
whether abhor 'reportorial,' never
split an infinite, and never write q
sentence long enough to tie in double
bowknot."
He got the postion.-The Fourth
Estate,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Fought Wien tie Truth was Told.

when General Grant was Presi-
dent" said Henry Willetts, of Wash
lngton, at the Hotel Imperial, 70 GER
tain friend Of his came out Of the West
to see him. One day, just after leav-
Ing the White House, this friend fell
in with a fellow Westerner in the
White House grounds, and n heated
encounter took place, which suddenly
terminated by the Generals friend
knocking the other man down and out.
The matter was hushed up, but. the
General, naturally indignant, called
bis friend to account, saying, John,
you've treated me and the office I.hold
with much discourtesy. Why did you
do such thing? We'll, 1t was this
way, General replied the now thor
oughly penitent one, you know there
was bad blood between US, and he had
set all sorts of stories going about me.
Just after leaving you I ran into him,
and he at once accused me Of doing q
certain thing. AS 1t was a lie, only
laughed at him.. Then he accused me
of something else, and that being also
a. lie, I jeered ut him again, but his
third accusation was true, and I
couldn't stand that, so knocked him
Town. New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Plenty OF spacs for Poultry.

One of the greatest mistakes of
poultry raisers is to suppose that
chickens do not require much space.
A lairyman only keeps enough COWS
on his farm that the land is able to
support. If one acre will support q
COW, it is crowding them to have Us
many on the farm as there are acres,
but if you put 500 hens on one acre
the latter would be quite different
Land is generally cheap enough for,
!ponltrymen to have ample room for
their poultry; but as rule they, are
always foo cramped. Not more than
so to rs hens should be raised to the
acre. A 500 chicken farm should con-
tain at least 8 or 10 acres exclusive of
buildings. That is larger space for
each bird than most people provide,
but it is not too LIBERAL an arrange
ment. as any one will discover after
few years experience. Farmers cal
culate their profits by the acre. If
they can clear from $40 to $50 an acre,
they consider themselves fortunate,
and they do not grumble at their hard
conditions. Fifty dollars an acre
would supply them with substantial
rewards for thinking themselves well
blessed.
Now in the case of the chicken raiser
we find that everything is in his favor
for comparison with any other class
of farmers. Suppose so hens are
raised to the acre, profit of so cents
q year on each bird would make fair
farming. He would be clearing $25
year per acre, which would oe more
than many farmers can clear today in
raising either wheat or corn. But so
cents year clear profit is small in
deed for respectable poultry, and a
dollar year is not too much to place
to the credit OF the average well-bred
fowl. Here We have $50 an, acre and
q 10 or 20-acre farm stocked to the
capacity mentioned ought to yield
good living income to the owner. The
trouble with most of rs is that We ex-
pect to make as much on three or
four acres as another farmer can make
on a hundred-acre farm. That is
placing handicap upon poultry rails
ing that is hardly fair. One acre ;u-
diciously cultivated should raise
enough food to keep so chickens
year, .and that is about all we can ex-
pect from it. Let us 60 to work and
cultivate the soil for chicken food as
systematically as the farmer cultivates
his land for corn and wheat, and then
we will realize larger profits and
sure income. The birds will no longer
be crowded, and fewer diseases will
attack them. Both our pocket books
and poultry will be richer and better
for expanding the chicken farm in
this way.-Anne G. Webster, in
American Cultivation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Dry storage for Fruit.

A, cellar or any other place where
mould or mildew appears on the walls
or in any part of the room is too damp
for the successful storing of fruit.
Brush it up, clean it thoroughly, give
it thorough. ventilation, and if it
cannot be made dryer by such treat
ment, warm it until dry, for. although
the fruit should be kept cool, it is bet
ter for it to be too warm for little
while than too damp all of the time.
One way of drying the air in cellar
is4to place pan of unslacked lime, or
more than one if the cellar is very
large or very; damp. at such place
that it will absorb the moisture.
When the lime has Stacked by the
moisture, chance it and put in an
other. This will dry the air without
greatly raising the temperature. This
will destroy the moulds and other
fungus very quickly. 1t will also
sweeten the air, or destroy bad odors,
which some fruits will absorb very
quickly. Grapes that have been in a
musty. smelling cellar will soon be-
come unfit to eat from this cause.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Canning and Drying Asparagus.

Preserving asparagus for use when
it cannot be obtained fresh is success
fully done by canning and drying.
Canning it at home is as simple as
that OF any other fruit or vegetable,
while the factories can an immense
quantity of this article of diet. A
great many asparagus growers contract
to raise this produce for the factories,
and deliver to them at fixed price,
finding this more profitable than the
open market.
The medium-sized stalks are dried
most successfully, the large spears
being more difficult to dry thoroughly.
For drying. string of stalks should
be made by running needle with
strong thread through the lower ends.
This string of stalks should be hung
out in the hot sun, day after day,
until perfectly dry, when it can be
stored away until needed.
A housekeeper of experience gives
the following recipe for canning as
paragus:
Cut the asparagus the length OF
fruit jar, pack the jar closely, fill with
cold water, add little salt and put
the lid on loosely. Place these jars in
hot water reaching to the brim and
boil for three hours, adding enous b
hot water to that in the Jars to keep
them full. Close the lids tightly and
Set the jars away to cool Atlanta
journal {.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Rat Flesh Used as Food.

Rats bones in ancient sepulchral
barrows or Saxon grave hills in Eng
land occur in large quantities. Query,
were rats eaten by the British heroes
of old time, and did the latter prefer
the regions where such ''small deer"
abounded for their habitation? Rat
pies are still a culinary delicacy in
Nottinghamshire at least, and very
celebrated naturalist has recently
given it rs his opinion that their flesh,
if similarly cooked, is superior to rab-
bit. The majority of persons, how
ever, will think of what rats them
selves eat and pause before making
the practical comparison. Commenc-
ing from the thirteenth century, as
rats travelled farther westward we read
of numerous rat plaques occurring on
the continent, and the steps taken to
rid towns and even countries of tn /,
scourge. These in turn have given
rise to numerous legends, of which
the we'll known 'Pied Piper" is the
most famous, while in Ireland there
was o prevalent notion in past ages
that you might extirpate rats by per-
severed course of anathematizing in
rhyme.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Nc peace was ever won from fate by
subterfuge. .-Ruskin.
He is great enough that is his own
master. Bishop Hall.
There is but one step from the sub
lime to the ridiculous. Napoleon.
Guard against that vanity which
courts compliment. or is fed by it.
Chalmers.
When person is down in the world.
an ounce of help is better than pound
of preaching. -Bulwer.
By all means use sometimes to be
alone. Salute thyself! See what thy
soul doth wear.-George Herbert.
One of the Godlike things of this
world is the veneration done to human
worth by the hearts of men.-Carlyle.
The grandest of heroic deeds are
those which are performed within four
walls and in domestic privacy. Rich
ter.
The highest problem of every art
is, by means of appearance, to pro-
duce the illusion of loftier reality
Goethe.
Great numbers of moderately good
people think it fine to talk scandal;
they regard it as sort of evidence of
their own goodness.-F. ". Faber.
Love feels no burden, thinks moth
ing of trouble, attempts what is above
it's strength, pleads no excuse of i'm
possibility, for it thinks all things law
full for itself and nil things possible. -
Thomas q Kempis.
With quickened eyesight, go on
discovering much good on the worst
side, remembering that the same pro;
cess should proportionably magnify
and demonstrate to you the much
more good on the better side. Robert
Browning. -,
It is m. .irretrievable error to grow
weary of failure and fall back npon a
limited and unprogressive perfection,
or spurn the condition of existence.
and endeayor TO realize in this life
what is the work for eternity, Ed
ward Dowden.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Large and Small Vegetables.

While on visit to the Pacific coast,
I found onions and potatoes OF enor-.
nous size, and the boast of the people
is that they can grow larger vegetables
than can be grown elsewhere in the
country. 1t is possible that more
large vegetables AID fruits can be
grown in Washington, Idaho, Oregon
and California than can be produced
in other sections. But there are fire.
quent specimens of vegetables in the
middle west that are as large as any
that can be grown anywhere. Large
onions and very large potatoes are
not desirable, however. I have seen
onions grown in Indiana that were as
large as an onion could be. The land
was peculiarly fitted for onion grow
ing, and the product was enormous in
size. But am under the impression
that onion growing on that laud was
abandoned simply because there was
no market for such large onions.
They were like the eggs OF the ostrich,
fine curio, but of no utility to the
average person. The market demands
reasonable sized onion and potato.
In many of our hotels andrestaurants,
say nothing of private houses, small
onion only is used for Aavoring pur-
poses. These places will not buy
onions that are "overgrown. Nor
will they buy potatoes that are over
size. Usually potatoes are brou int
onto the tables of public eating houses
whole, and potatoes that are as long
as your foot can not be used. 1t is
mistake to attempt to grow large
onions and potatoes.
Fruit is different. That can not be
too large. From the cranberry to the
apple, size attracts attention and wins
the customer, especially if the fruit is
we'll colored.
At Lewiston, Idaho, I saw Ben
Davis apple that in any market of the
world would outsell any apple that is
grown. 1t WAS more than twice the
size of the Ben Davis of the east, and
was as beautiful as picture. Irriga-
tion, climate or soil had made a new
apple out OF this very common aud
not highly appreciated variety. In
growing fruit, therefore, next to good
shipping qualities-for without these
it is useless to grow fruit CONNER
cially-appearance is the most impor-
tant thing. Of course, the quality
must be passable. for the consumer
would not buy fruit the second time,
however handsome it might be. if the
quality was so bad that he could not
eat it. But quality is secondary to APP
pearance. Tho large, handsome col
ored apple, peach, cherry or other
fruit are always the best sellers. The
eye fixes the standard of taste and is
regulator of the appetite. F.
Brimson in the Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
ssDo Not Bra tie Candle
At Both Ends. -
Paflor Pets.

Perhaps the most adventurous addi.
ton to the house menagerie in Lon
don is that of hive Of bees which live
in n sitting room and fly out to gather
honey in Hyde Park among the flow.
ers and the blossoms Of the London
lime trees. The bees are reported to
be as industrious and exemplary as
bees should be, and not to be demoral-
lied by such intimate association with
less Industrious human beings. The
practical difficulty in the way Of keep
ing bees in the house arises when the
cold weather comes in, because they
are tempted to carry on "work" in the
house when It is too chilly for them to
be abroad, a. j when bees are anxious
to be busy with no work to hand their
temper is always uncertain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21

perience, but She conditions necessary
are to hare q we'll ventilated cellar
kept dark, with an even temperature
of about As degrees. Some time in
November, right after the bees have
had good fight, remove them to the
cellar, selecting the time toward even
ing. The bees should be handled as
gently as possible to keep them from
filling themselves with honey, for it.
will be four or FIVE months before
they will have cleansing fight If
an even temperature, quietness, dark
ness and ventilation ere secured, sue
cess is assured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
sDr,:y,, Dr., !; Earth !: as IN nm !. Absorbent i

S5Aas an absorbent in the poultry
house dry earth is excellent. 1t is
doubtful if there is any kind OF ma
tsrial that can be put under the roosts
that will work with greater certitude
in neutralizing the odors and in tax
ing up and eraporating the moisture.
In fact, dry earth is altogether too
good an absorbent and moisture de-
stroyer, if one wishes to save the
manure to use as fertilizer. It has
been found that in dry earth closet
the same earth may be used over and
over again. The dust burns up all
faecal matter and even the paper
usually found in such places has. dis
appeared. The same dirt has been
used over and over in dry earth
closet for six years, being taken out
and dried each time the closet was
cleaned. In another case the dust
was used over ten times. After both
of these experiments the dust was
analyzed and less than one per cent.
Of nitrogen found. Most of the earth
chat has been so used is of no more
value for fertilizing purposes than the
dirt taken from the garden. When,
therefore, we consider it's use in the
poultry house the value of the manure
must be taken into consideration. If
cleanliness is our sole object, then we
need not hesitate about using dry
dirt, and we may feel sure it will
prove effective. Some amount of
moisture seems to be needed both to
help the manure retain the volatile
portions, and, we may also presume.
to keep germ life in state in which it
can develop. Certainly dust should
prove to be a good germicide, for
spores once falling into it would be rs
surely destroyed in time as would tie
paper and other matter in the dry
earth closet. Farm, Field and Fire.
side.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Preparing Bees for winter.

Bees ought to be prepared for win
ter before very cold weather sets in.
When the fall honey crop is removed
from the hive it is none too early to
begin. In the middle states the be-
ginner will have better results by
wintering on the summer stands. Gel
lar wintering requires more expert
ence and watchfulness, says F. G.
Herman in the New England Home
stead The first requisite to success
full wintering is to have bees enough
to cover at least four Langstroth
frames. They should have from 20 to
30 pounds of good ripe honey. If
lacking in stores they should be fed
good granulated sugar, one cup and a
half of sugar to one cup of hot water
making syrup of the right consis-
tency.. If you have on hand some ex-
tracted honey, add few tablespoons
full, which will prevent its granulat-
ing. Bees will winter we'll on good
sugar, which is about the only sub
stitute that can be used. Unripe
honey or honey dew often kills the
bees in winter, ss they cannot stand
long confinement on such food.
II the bees are in double walled
cbaff hive, nothing more is necessary.
If in hive of single thickness an
outer case Of some sort should be pnt
over the hive, but III no wise close up
the entrance. Bees need plenty of
fresh air. The hive entrance should
be left open full width, which will also
prevent the combs from becoming
moldy. On warm days during winter
when the thermometer registers SO
degrees or more the bees will fly out
for q cleansing fight after which
they vill be able to stand another
month of rigorous weather. With
cellar wintering I have had no e1-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
d,ANAlS.lAA1A1 y A1A
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
sllase for Fat.enirs Cattle.

s'hatsC AoEc dtkcuiSsS SSttAos
At the Ontario Agricultural college
they fed three lots OF two steers each
as follows: Lot had 81 pounds OF
ensilage each; Lot 2, 81 pounds of en-
,silage and 9 pounds of hay; Lot 3, 43
pounds of roots and II pounds of hay.
Each had about II pounds day of
grain. consisting of ground peas, bar
ley and oats. Lot / weighed 27S9
pounds at the beginning, and in LAG
days gained 555 pounds or Is pounds
each per day. Lot 2 weighed 2735
pounds at first and gained in same
time 44s pounds, or 1853 pounds each
day. Lot weighed 2672 pounds,
and in the time gained 537 pounds, or
1.A pounds e day. The gain by
feeding only ensilage and lain was
not much larger than that on roots
and hay with grain, but all estimates
indicate that the silage is much more
easily and cheaply produced, the 81
pounds requiring less land and less
labor than the 43 pounds of roots, to
say nothing of cost of the hay.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-21
Artificial Sirht.

A Russian inventor has perfected an cleo
trical Appliance, which he claims will enable
tho blind to see. This Will bring much hap
p1ness 10 those who have defective eyesight.
another great discovery which will bring
have become deranged. is Hostetter's Stom-
nch Bit:ers. II has made world wide repu-
tation for itself as a certain euro for such ail-
ments as indigestion, dyspepsia. constipation,
biliousness, and malaria, fever and ague.