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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
THE THINKING PERSON.
Exercising the Brain a Little Saves
Many Steps and Lot of Unnec-
essary Effort.

It is surprising how people will frit-
ter away time and take thousands of
unnecessary steps because they do
not exercise their brains little. I
have seen men make four trips from
the house to the barn to get four
little things they needed. have seen
women make six trips between the
table and pantry in moving six little
things, three from each place, when
the whole could have been done in one
trip. I have seen them go into every
room in getting ready to go to town
or to church. Dress would be in one
room, collar in another, hair pins in
another, hat in another, then back to
the first room for handkerchief. and
so on, until they had walked nearly
half a mile; and when they were
ready to start they would be sweat
ing and "aH tired out!" I have seen
men leave the doubletrees, clevis or q
chain a quarter of a mile down the
field. and an hour later have to walk
down there to get them. By keeping
our wits about us all the time we can
save a multitude of steps and hours
of time every week. An old farmer
once said to his son: Don't take a
step, John, until you see whether you
can save two or three. Do one thing
going and another coming If you pos
sibly can. Don't wear yourself out
unnecessarily Farm and Firesde.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
COMMON SENSE EvAPoRAToR.

a large-sized lard can half full of
water on the stove. Husk the corn
and pick very clean of silks. When
the water boils put in the corn, let
ting it remain for Is or 20 minutes;
take out quickly. Put in more corn,
adding more water from time to time
as is necessary. The water should
cover the corn; only be sure the wa
ter is boiling when corn is put in.
When cool enough remove corn from
the cob by first cutting the thinnest
possible slice off the ends of the grain
with a sharp knife; then scrape with
a dull knife until all the pulp and
chit are scraped out. This leaves all
the husk of the grain on the cob.
The corn is now ready for the evap-
orator and will dry in "a hours if
proper heat is kept up. If covered
tightly until cool and then placed in
paper meal bags that have been sub
jected to heat in the evaporation, and
put in tight box or drawer, or some
other dark, dry place it will keep
until corn comes again. No worms
will get into it.
I will give plans for an evaporator
which any man or boy handy with
tools can make. If the evaporation
cannot be made the corn can be dried
in the sun, but it must be subjected
to heat before putting away.
Get goods box two feet square
and three feet high. Take out one
end and one side. Bore six two-inch
holes in top and tack on screen wire.
Nail cleats 21s inches apart on sides
to hold up trays, which should be
made 1Ha inches shorter than box,
so that every other tray can be
pushed back, and the others pulled
forward, so as to give a chance for
distribution of heat Then a door is
made of the boards that come out of
the side of the box so as to close all
up tight. Now set four posts 71s
feet above ground, just far enough
apart to admit box; next build a
furnace as per plan. Then board up
inside posts and set box on top. A
layer of rock or brick must be laid
between the furnace and the boards
to prevent them taking fire. Use an
old stove door to close up front of
furnace, propping it up about an inch
at the bottom for draft. This evap-
orator can be used for drying all
kinds of fruit--Rural World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Plant More Peach Trees.

There should be more peach or
chards, and the sections in which
peaches have not given good results
may now prove suitable, as the aban-
donment of the peach for several
years also obliterates the diseases In
some localities, where the peach
formerly failed, good results are now
reported. Peach trees may be plant
ed closer together than apple or pear
trees, and they come into bearing
when three years old, some varieties
earlier. 1t is claimed that if a peach
orchard gives but one good crop in
four years it win pay for the expert
ment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
Didn't know the Article.

Some people from the city were
camping on the shore of little lake
in Vermont. One day two young Ia
dies of the party went to the nearest
store and asked for deviIed ham. Of
course the rural proprietor did not
keep such a understanding article
After the young ladies had gone out
a loafer said to the proprietor:
What on airth'd them gals want ?''
''Land f know" was the reply.
Some heIlish stuff or 'nuther.''-
Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

1h inch holes, so the feet will be five
feet apart on the ground. For hewing.
use any block or stump, as at b. In
cutting, use a double bit ak of 31s
pounds weight, one edge very thin, the
other thick enough to withstand any
contact with knots. In the absence of
a natural fork, use two pieces of good
timber &c q two inches square and ten
inches long. Beve1 one end to give the
proper spread. Nail or bolt these to the
end of an eight-feet piece, making an
artificial fork.-A. Byers, in Farm and
Home
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
wolfe Than Bunefs.

a soldier of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at the expense of a
fellow-soIdier: t'When we were sent
out on the fring-line, Pete Hogan was
living behind a tree, out of the way
of bullets. All at once he yelled out
like a wild man. Captain, cannot
stand these darned ants biting me all
the tirpe!' Zipi A bullet passed close
to his body. ION second thoughts, cap
tain he yelled, Z can staad them! -
San Francisco Argonaut.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

1eateQ by small army IN CuOd, ana
driven from this hemisphere because
right makes might.
Nov as to China: she is like the
man that hid his talent under bush
ell. The centuries have come and gone
and she has not increased her talent.
She has lived behind her wall of selfish
ness and declined to see the cross.
Finally, in desperation of supreme self
ishness, she has resorted to the sword
in a most cowardly and brutal manner;
and she shall perish by the sword.
SIN one of your recent letters you
said that China can send 60, 600, 900 sol
diers into the field. That is very true;
but il is not the whole truth. China
can raise such an army, and can equip
the men with modern guns and ammu-
milton. but China cannot give those
men the inspiration of being right. The
Phiistines produced the Goliath, but
David, having right on his side, needed
only his sling and five smooth stones
from the brook
All of this, uttered with great en-
phasis and considerable vehemence,
was interesting and philosophically
correct. But it overlooks the element
of right on the side of China; the in
vasion of her seclusion by methods
and teachings, unwelcome and ex
asperating. It is an aSsum ption to as
sert that China has buried her talent
under a bushel, because we have no
means of knowing what progress China
has made during all of the centuries of
her existence. We have only very SUI
perfcial knowledge of her true his
tory.
One of the officials of the department
of state to whom these observations
were narrated said: "The government
at Washington has been considering
the question of right and wrong from
the beginning. There is no better
aphorism in diplomacy than to he
sure you are right, and then go ahead
Days and weeks went slowly by, the
whole world being in anxiety concern
ing our representatives on Chinese soil,
and almost two months elapsed before
the government at Washington said to
China that her conduct was 'unfriend-
ly.' Even that mild declaration of ma
tional and interna tional purpose was
ignored by China. What provocations
the government at Picking may assume
to have had cannot now be considered.
If provocations there were, China
could have ordered that all negotia-
tions with the remainder of the world
should be broken off, and the dipIo-
matte ministers and foreign residents
could have been requested to depart.
Whatever of right China had has been
obscured by the great wrong which she
has done. China seems to have ac-
tolerated the date for her dismem-
berment, or for her humiliation. The
nations of the world cannot endure
what has been done without resent
ment and punishment"
These men, who reason from the
standpoint of great experience in af-
fairs, seem to believe that in the pass
ing away of old things ancient China is
to become a memory with a history
and that the nations of the world will
have power to open that vast country
to the free access of the pioneers of the
civilization of the orient.
If it is so written, we shall witness
this marvel of the beginning of the cen
tury, and with our own eyes see that
''old things have passed away, and all
things are become new
SMITH D. FRY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06

What they have done is wrong. They
have outraged all civilization by their
treatment of the diplomatic ministers
of the nations of the world. They have
been wrong in their indiscriminate
massacres of innocent women and chill
Gren- They are as wrong to-day as
King Herod when he ordered and con-
summarized the slaughter of the limo
cents Because they are wrong, they
VIII be made to suffer, and the nations
of the world need not be intimidated
with their vast numbers.
In private life, without the incentive
to do something for the right, no con-
siderable number of men could be in
ssuced 10 go ON picnic and climb the
rugged heights of Lookout mountain
ON the coolest and most pleasant day
OF the year. And yet saw thousands
of men climb those heights on a hot
afternoon, in the face of terrific and
Wen-directed fire of capable men who
WeSe defending the mountain. They
were inspired with purpose, believing
that they were right, and they went on
ward and upward until they were
fighting above the clouds. Every man
knee that death and wounds must be
inevitable. and that all were amenable
to si.e stern law of impact and impinge-
mcRt when the shot and shell and mimic
bulsef were singing and ringing above
and about them But there was no fall
fering of individuals, no wavering of
the lines
Moreover, 1 have seen mule teams.
earring war times, pulling loads
1hTpugh mud and mire and accom-
plfshing what even the dumb brutes
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
EvAPoRATING CORN.
Any Man or Boy Handy with
Tools Can Make.

AS the time to put up green corn
for winter is at hand, will give my
way. If the corn is gathered at just
the right stage, that is when it is
perfectly tender, it is nicer than any
brand of canned corn ever bought.
Gather the corn early in the morn
ing, so that lot of it can be got
ready by noon. Put a wash boiler or
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
RIGHT MAKES MIGHT
That Is the Opinion of Many in Re
gard to China.
0IA Rrny Omcer Explains why He
IA Snre That the Armies of the
Civilized World Will Com
Guer China's Millions.
Especial Washington letter.

TTE WAS a marvelously gifted
writer who declared that "old
things have passed away; be-
hOId, all thingsare become new" In the
mutations of time the changes in our
environments are wonderful, and so
also are the changes in ourselves.
One who was blessed with the phiIo-
sophie instinct and the training of
seer, and also gifted with the inspira-
4Ion of poetry, penned the oft-quoted
lines
81 have dipped into the future far as hui
man eye can see,
Saw a vision of the world, and all the
wonders that shall be,
When the war drum throbs no longer, and
1lae battle flags are furled,
In the Parliament of Man, the federation
OF the world.
But even that seer could not know
that nations should furl their battle
flags and muff1e their drums; that there
should be universal conferences look
ing to the conservation of universal in
ternat;onaI peace; and that again and
again the war drums should throb and
the battle flags be waved on high, with
hundreds of thousands of men in battle
array, nation against nation, fighting
Like savage beasts for supremacy over
y
crust of the perishable earth.
But there shall be wars and rumors
of wars for many years before the ad
vent of that millennium for which myr-
lads OF men and women have prayed.
In the development of the great plan
of which we know so little right and
wrong must clash and oftentimes the
wrong must seem to triumph, only to
70 an fer an those M-b m
persist in forcing the right into the van
of the battlefield of human endeavor.
Very few people think of the fact
that, divinely inspired and projected
though If was, Christianity groveled in
the obscurity of the world for 800 years
before it was made respectful by its
acceptance in Rome and it's enthrone-
ment ON equality with the scepter of
the Caesars. Ten generations of men
and women lived and suffered and died
without seeing any sign of an answer
to their prayers.
Capt Whittleton, an old army officer
who has served his country long and
well, and who still renders efficient
service In a quiet way in one of the
great executive departments, discuss
ing the conditions in China to-day
said:
.1Thare is a great element in human
affairs which the most effective and eff
fieIent soldiers never take into calcu-
Iation. 1t is probably just as we'll that
they do not, but rely apparently upon
their own endeavors: / am not reh-
zionist. but simply man of affairs.
and one who has seen the terrible
power of Right when arrayed against
Wrong in the struggles of mankind in
this world. In the actual combat there
is power with those who are right.
which makes them invulnerable to SUI
periOr numbers, and which enables men
to almost accomplish miracles without
realizing that they are doing a work
which is greater than their own con-
option of the duties of the hour.
at Is on this account that the mil
lions in China have no terrors for me.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
NTH D. FRY.
ThouEhtful.

NO. said the lady prisoner. ST
cannot show you the bottle in which
carried the vitriol. as it was broken
in the affray. but before used it
had it photographed. I viii give
you one of the pictures at onceI"
Such thoughtful appreciation of the
demands of journalism was sure to
raise in behalf of the accused power
full influence not to be ignored.-In-
dianapolis Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-09-06
POINTING FENCE POSTS.
Appreciated by All Who May
Give 1t Fair Trial.

For pointing fence posts, secure a
forked sapling (a) eight feet long and
three inches in diameter. Just below
the fork insert two tough oak legs six
or eight inches from the fork through
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Meeting of school Trustees.

At regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Public Schools of the
city of Brookhaven, Miss, held at the
Mayors office on Monday, May 7th,
1900, at o'clock a. m, there were
present, f. NJ. Bee, VIM. Abshagen, DR..
}. W. Bennett, II. Cassidy, Sr, proxy.
Il. ID. Davis, Chas. Heuck, Jr, b. T..
Hobbs, M. Priebatsch, S. Kohlman.
ii. Lewenthal proxy, f. NJ. Martin.
DR.. j. W. Martin, proxy, A. c. McNair,
j. II. Willoughby, DIR. James NJ. Martin
proxy, J. b. Daughtry, A. f. Moreton,
M. ID. McGrath, G. E. Grafton. J. B.
Nalty, w. H. Penn, Thos. II. Perkins.
proxy, E. Pfeifer, DIR. J. r. Butler. W.
II. Seavey, l.. H. Bowen, j. NJ. Tedford,
w. X. Wood, F. H. Hartman, and l..
H. Baggett: total 80.
The minutes of the last meeting read
and adopted
On motion, Col. E. N. Bee was elect
ed President and J. B. Daughtry elect
ed Secretary to serve for the ensuing
year.
Mr.. B. T. Hobbs offered the follow
ing resolutions:
"Resolved that except in cases of
sickness or where absolutely neces-
sary to constitute aquorum, no proxies
shall be recognized at this or other
regular annual meetings of this Board -
On motion the above resolution was
tabled.
The following Trustees were elected,
by ballot, to serve as Board of Con
troll for one year from this date, viz NJ.
d. McGrath, Capt. \. E. Moreton, Dr.
j. 7. Butler, \. G. McNair, W. II. Sea-
vey, II. Lewenthal and Z. d. Davis, all
being reelected.
On motion the Board adjourned.
h. NJ. BEE,
j. b. DAUGHTRY, President
Sec'y.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
j. l.. STORM,
2nd. Lieut..

There will be services in the Episco-
pal church next Sabbath at $3.50 P. NJ
Dr. Thos. McNair is attending the
State Dental Board of Examiners at
Jackson this week. During his alb
sence he is represented in his office by
DR.. c.. l.. Thompson, of Bogue Chitto,
who is graduate of the Atlanta Dental
College.
Friday evening May 1lth, the class
elocution pupils of Whitworth College
will have their annual silver medal
contest in Calisthenics Hall. The
readings will be interspersed with ap-
propriate music. Admission free.
Pastor Bond being unable to fill his
appointment at the Baptist Church
last Sabbath, Rev, r. J. Boone kindly
and ably filled the pulpit on Sunday
evening and gave helpful sermon on
Heavenly mindedness.'
The Board of Supervisors is still in
session as The LEADER goes to press.
The Board visited the County Convict
Farm today. A full report of the pro-
ceedings will appear in our next issue.
Henry Meyer has reduced the tenn
perature of his store by means of a
multitude of advertising fans, which
are distributed free gratis" to solic-
itous young folks.
Music hath charms to soothe the
savage breast"-so they have placed a
piano in the Cherokee Club rooms,
where the most refining of influences
hold sway.
Mr.. Luther Watson, who is a student
of Mississippi College and also a
member of the College baseball
team, paid his parents brief visit last
week.
Tonight Mr.. Shepherd, of Florida,
and Miss Nations, of Fair River, will
be united in marriage. Rev. r. j.
Boone will perform the ceremony.
Hon. r. Ii. Thompson and son, Har-
vey, of Jackson, are here attending
court this week.
Mr.. William c. Maxwell, treasurer of
Lawrence county, was in Brookhaven
today.
Mrs. McLaurin is enjoying a New
Orleans visit.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Public school commencement.

The closing exercises of the Brook
haven Graded Public School will begin
with an entertainment by the primary
department on Wednesday evening,
May 30th. The program of the occasion
will embrace pupils from the first to
the fourth grades. Thursday morn
ing the Alumni Association will enter
tain its friends with an interesting pro-
gram to be arranged this week. On
the evening of that day the elocution
and music departments will give what
is usually considered the most enjoy
able of all the entertainments. Fri
day will be commencement day proper.
There will be thirteen graduates who
will be addressed by Rev. G. w. Graf
ton, of Union Church. Medals will be
awarded by Hon. G.. G. Lyell and di-
plomas will be presented by the Prin-
cipal, Prof. @. l.. Teat.
The Alumni are requested to meet
at the School building tomorrow at
o'clock p. IN.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Confederate Veterans.

Sylvester Gwin Camp No. 235 held it's
annual meeting in the Mayors office
May 7th, 1900 witha full attendance, and
elected the following delegates to the
Reunion at Louisville, on May 30, 1900:
Comrades \. f. Morton, Jno. NJ. May
and W. c. Summers: alternates, Rev.
j. \. Scarborough, Capt. L. c. Max
we'll and \. w. Smith. For the ensu-
ing year Capt. Il. Il. Applewhite, was
elected Commander and J. c. Daugh-
try, Adjutant. 1t was decided to
have Re union of all the Con
federate Veterans at "Old Brook
and picnic or basket dinner, some
time in July next. The following com
mittee was appointed to perfect ar
rangements and fix the date: Com
rades j. \. Scarborough, L. G.. Max
we'll, A. E. Moreton, John NJ May, J..
B. Daughtry and r. r. Applewhite.
The committee will meet at the
Sherif's office on the 2nd Monday in
June, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
BOGUE CHITTO NOTES.
BY JEEMS.
A. Nha - ?"

bt JEthS.
And now the "sketurs."
Many of our citizens had business at
court last Monday.
We have fine young full-bloOd Po-
land China SOW for sale.
Our neighbor. Sam Brister, is in fee.
BILE health with little hope of recovery.
Mrs. w. b. Smith from Copiah coun-
ty, is spending this week with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Scarborough.
Better hurry up, Bro. Saw Dust, and
go out to Edgar and assist Bro. Billy i'll
propping up his peach trees, or else
you may come short of that mess of
peaches.
Rev. J. A. Scarborough, of this city,
IS laying plans to attend the grand
National Reunion of Confederate Vet
Grams, at Louisville, Ky, on the Both
inst.
Thos. Magee, who has long been the
trusted saw filer for B. h. Brister Il
Co, has recently erected one among
the finest residences in our city, in
which he and family are now living.
DR.. Quinn, promising young man
from McComb City, now has his shin
gle swung out at the Magnolia hotel
and signifies his willingness to pill and
powder us. We welcome him to our
midst
Our clever neighbor Jno. Brent says
for long time he doubted there being
any such thing as the grip, but all
doubts have been recently removed and
his mind is now clear on the subject.
He had it unanimously.
We looked in on Judge Powell and
his court last Monday and heard his
excellent charge to the grand jury.
We were pleased to hear him speak in
such glowing terms of Gov Longino,
relative to his position on mobocracy.
We heard Saw Dust's" name called
in court last Monday and some one
responded that he had been excused,
and being little dull of hearing we
understood him to say executed" and
to our dismay we learned better after
ward.
In keeping with our suggestion in
THE LEADER a few weeks ago, the Con
federate veterans, in convention assem-
bled, in Brookhaven last Monday.
unanimously decided to have grand
reunion at Old Brookhaven some time
in July.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09

The LEADER and Home & Farm to
NEW subscribers one year for S1.50.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09

In the very near future John Nc
Grath & Sons will erect two-story
brick building next to their store on
the present post office site. A portion
of the lower floor will be used for I'm
Gle Sans mail and the upstairs will
be in demand for some progressive en-
terprise of this ever growing city. A
new post-office will be hailed with de-
light;-also free delivery of mail, which
will naturally follow, as we move on
ward.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Proposals for Fuel for Power House.

Sealed bids will be received by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city of Brookhayen,
Miss, up TO II O'Clock NJ. on the first Tuesday
in June, A. ID. 1900. to furnish the city with fuel
for Power House for twelve months from said
first Tuesday in June, A. ID. 1900. coal by the ton
wood or slabs by the cord, shayings by the wag
on load or carload, delivered ON platform of
Power House. The Board reserves the right TO
reject any and all bids
w. Ii. SEAVEY, City Clerk.
May end, 1900
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Will Locate in Brook haven.
KIRKSvILLE, Mo, May 9th, 19N

-'IV7'' J I'777'
DEAR Mr.. EDIToR:-I expect to prac-
tice osteopathy in Brookhaven this
summer; will be there about June 10Th
Will offer my services to all sufferers
| have been offered inducements in
other places, but prefer offering my
self to friends. DR.. Price, once a
prominent NJ. d. of Mississippi, will
assist me in my practice If | should
need him. VIII be glad to hear from
any who would like treatment.
Respectfully,
MARIA BCIE.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-05-09
Wanted.

Country produce, such as eggs, but
ter, and chickens at Pearl River Lum
ber Company Store in canning factory
building near Compress.