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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
LOYAL TO TWO FLAGS.
why Connecticut Daughter Has Old
Glory and Confederate Ban
ner Entwined.

A Connecticut Dae ghtAr of the Amer
lean Revolution who recently enter
tanned showed her gueats two flags
Old Glory and a confederate banner,
says the Chicago Tribune 81 have
been asked she said, ''Uhy I have not
returned the confederate flag in ac-
cordance with a sentiment favoring
such things. 1 viii tell you. L am
southern woman. My husband is a
northern man. There was union Of
ficer in the civil war who was in Mo
bile after it's evacuation by the confed-
crates after Farragut's victory in the
bay. My father was an invalid at the
time, and 1 remained to nurse him.
The Connecticut officer visited my
fathers house to assure US that we
would not be molested il we desired to
remain. A confederate flag which
had made for a company of our boys
hung on the wall. The Connecticut Of
ficer CALAMITY informed me that it
must be removed, and I rebe1liously in
formed him that it would remain. He
took it in spite of my protest. He did
offer to let me keep it out of sight,
which I refused to do. He carried it
away with him. My father recovered,
and about six years later went to New
York to live, and this Connecticut of
ficer met him in business. I suppose
you think married him I didn't But
he fell desperately in love with another
southern girl who was my friend, and
when she told me of his proposal told
her of the flag incident, and she made
him return it with an apology, and
then I consented to be her bridesmaid.
I married. her brother-in-law, and he
had the union flag which his brother
had at Mobile. Do you wonder that Z
am loyal to both and that have them.
entwined ?''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09

Johnnie came into this world it was
a happy day for all the slaves on the
Mosby farm. Little Johnnie was a
bright boy, and L became much at
tached to him. He worked with the
slaves on his fathers farm. I was
very happy on the farm, and L didn't
want to go away to the war, but they
said I must go to John. because he
had said that he didn't want any other
slave with him but me. So I went. I
loved him, and was with him in all
his battles.
when the war was over, Col. John
told me that I was free and could go
and do as I pleased. [ didn't want to
go away from the Mosbys, but, taking
my family. 1 left the farm and earned
my own living in towns and cities about
Virginia, getting much help from Col.
Mosby.
''He is good man, and was great
fighter. He felt powerful bad when
the north won the fight, but he didn't
say much. The last time 1 saw him
was about ten years ago. He sends me
a check every once in awhile, and the
last letter I got from him said: You
were always faithful to me, and I
shall always remember you for it.
hope you are comfortable in your old
age"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
THE FARMERS WIFE.
This Writer Thinks she Should Have
a Great Deal Less Work and
More Reward.

The life of the average woman on
the farm is by no means one continual.
round of pleasure. Her duties are null
hilarious. beginning, with the early
dawn and ending-welI, they never
seem to end. There are so many things
for the busy woman to do in the daily
routine on the farm. Outside of the
regular household duties which fall
to the lot of the city wife, there are
chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc, in the
poultry line to attend to, churning and
often the milking to do, fruits in sea-
son to pick and care for, and hundreds
of little things that are calculated to
keep an ambitious woman busy. Her
earnings usually consist of what she
can make out of butter, eggs and poul-
try. 1t is a comparatively rare thing
that the woman on the farm has to
draw on the resources that come from
the sale of general crops or live stock
to buy her necessities. She is expected
not only to maintain herself, but buy
many useful articles for the house out
of the products of her own individual
labors. Let US hope that the old
adage ''Man's work is from sun to sun,
but woman's work is never DONE" may
some day be modified so that the ''bet-
ter half" may have less work and more
reward.-Chicago Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
FOR POOR CHILDREN.
Fresh Air sanitariuhs Provided for
Their Special Benefit.
Chicago Leads the World In This
Branch of Practical Philanthropy
ic EROrt-HOvv the Retreats
Are Managed.
Especial Chicago letter.

NV OTHING shows more conclusive
INN ly that humanity is reaching a
"a " higher level than the increased
; facilities provided for the care of the
= children of the very poor of our cities.
Development in the knowledge of san
itary principles shows how extreme
poverty and the illness which naturally
accompanies it cause a dwarfing of the
sensibilities, indifference to appear
ances and tendency to crime. The fu-
ture of the little citizens reared in
filthy surroundings affects the welfare
of the general community, and the
work of lettering the condition of poor
children is one in which all should be
interested. Babies stomachs, more
q delicate than those of their elders, and
the close air filed with impure odors
in many city tenements, are respon-
sible for much of the illness found
among the little ones. Ignorance and
an entire lack of understanding of the
first principles of cleanliness add to the
trouble.
1t is impossible to save the lives of
many of the babies, even with the best
of medical attention, while they are
left at home in the care of uniformed,
hopeless mothers. When this fact
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09

moval should be avoided as much as
possible.
By the use of a single table, as illus
trated, plums and other similar fruits
are easily assorted. The top of the
table should not be over 3x2 1-2 feet.
The sides and back (r. r, ~ may be
eight inches wide at the back, taper
ing to three inches in front; the front
guards &c, q should be less than
three inches high, leaving a siX-inch
space between the inner ends; the
slanting board (g) is six inches wide.
To operate it, place the fruit careful
ly upon the table, the assorter occu-
plying a chair in front of the table,
with a basket on his lap. Both
hands can then be used in remov-
ing the leaves, limbs, damaged or i'm
perfect fruit, throwing the refuse
into baskets In. NJ on the floor. The
perfect fruit, or that intended for
shipping, is rolled in front and
passes over the incline (g) into the
basket. This table need cost but lit
tie, and may be made in as crude OF
elaborate form as wished. In work
ing, the elbows can rest upon the
guards &c, 9, which will make the OPP
GRAFTON much easier. An ordinary ia
bic can be fitted with these simple APP
planes and quickly removed after
the shipping season is passed.. S.
Yates, in Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
ASSERTING PLUMS.
1t Is Easy Work Provided You Make
a Table Like the One Here
Described.

In most cases experience has
proven that plums, if shipped to mar
ket in ten-pound grape baskets, pro-
vided with handles and put up in
neat, presentable shape, will bring
the producer a greater percentage of
profit than if shipped in half-bushel
or bushel crates or packages A care
full picker can fill the basket direct
from the tree, but the usual plan is
to pick into large receptacles. then,
carefully sorting the plums, place in
packages ready for market. This fire.
quent handling removes a great deal
of bloom from the fruit, which re-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09

keys wherever they found them were
in dismay. Joe confided to me that
the restraint was killing him. Ho
would look Iongingly at the chickens
running about in a yard, would start
to leave the ranks whenever he heard
a hogs grunt, and was nearly wild
when he saw cattle and horses in pas
lures and no soldier driving them off.
He even considered it disgraceful to
pay the negroes for butter and chick
ems, although he had plenty of money.
He went into Washington a depressed
man, but when he saw the whole army
on parade he rallied enough to admit
that he might in hundred years for
give Uncle Billy
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
LOCATING THE HOME.
How the Surroundings of a Farm
House Can BE Made HeaIthful
and Attractive.

In laying out country homes one of
the most important points to be well
guarded against is the direction from
the house of the stables, pig pens,
cattle lots and other necessary but
bad-smelling accomplishments of the
farm. However neatly they may be
kept, there will be more or less of
unwholesome eff1uvia arising from
them in hot weather. AS the prevail
ing winds of the summer are from
the south and west, the proper place
for such things is to the northeast
or east of the dwelling. This will
carry the odors away from instead of
toward the house. A south or east
front for the premises gives a better
chance for such arrangement than
any other. In planting trees, shrub
berry, flower beds, and planning
walks and drives follow the natural
style rather than stiff, straight or
formal lines, placing the trees and
shrubs in groups and irregular lines,
rather than in straight or geometri-
cal lines of any kind, putting the
larger ones upon the border of the
house yard, with the smaller ones in
front of them. This will make a back
ground for the shrubbery and flowers,
giving natural and graceful look
Lay the roads and walks in gentle
curves from point to point, placing
groups of trees or shrubs on the in
side of the curves, that the devia-
tiOns from straight lines may seem
natural and fitting. Make no gates
directly in front of the main entrance
to the dwelling, but rather slightly
to one side, from which the road or
walk should gently sweep to the de-
sired entrance. Plant no large-grow-
ing trees, SO as to eventually shade
and shut out the view. A few that
will make good shade, such as the elm
and maple, may be set in groups or
alone where they will be out of the
way, and yet sufficiently near the
house to make convenient shade.
Plant the native trees of the forest or
which may be bought at little expense
rather than those which are costly,
tender and unsatisfactory-H E.
Van Deman, at New York Institute.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
READ THE DEATH WARRANT.
Col. Black Aftervvard Met the Soldier
Who Witnessed CHASTITY
PantOmime.

Speaking of "reminiscences, said
the grizzled veteran at a Memorial
day twilight gathering, 'I'll never for
get the strange coincidence that hap
pened at the Russell house about 10
years ago. Secretary Starkey, of the
water board, who was a capital story
teller. was RECALLING some of his old
comrades with war "reminiscences at
the Russell house," says the Detroit
Free Press.
"'While in the Mexican war; said
he, 4 saw a great many strange
things. I remember one when l was
among the boys doing police guard
duty in the City of Mexico. Some
poor devil who had been convicted of
a capital offense was confined in
strong cell within the walls of the
Montezumas, when one of our heuten-
ants went to read the death sentence.
I was ordered with him. The cell
was opened at his order, anu the Off
Ger grimly read the fatal finding of
the court. I have never forgotten the
closing words: "And the sentence of
this court is that you be hung by the
neck until you are dead, dead, dead!"
''The victim of this judicial finding
did not comprehend it and said so in
Spanish.
cit means that you are to be hung
until you are dead-you,' emphatical-
~ explained Lieut.. Black, who had
read the sentence and he clasped his
hands about tho fellows neck to as
sist his understanding. The profanity
and the pantom;me were essential,
for they were forms of language the
Mexican could take in without an in
terpreter. I've often wondered what
became of Black
During the recital of the story a
tall man of military bearing and
whitening hair became visibly agi-
tated. He seemed to be resisting an
impulse to interrupt the yarn, and at
its close he said:
'''That's a story L haven't heard in
40 years, and every word of it's true.
Who'er you, anyhow
s'The speaker, who was then Col.
Black. in command at Fort Wayne,
proved to be the lieutenant that had
read the death sentence to the Mex
lean prisoner, while Private Starkey
stood by, more than 40 years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
wheel Hoe for Garden work.

The wheel hoe will save much labor
in the garden. Usually ss1ch an imple-
ment is a combination affair, compris-
ing seed drill, cultivator teeth, mark
ers, rakes and knives, each being de-
tachab1e. On heavy soils the wheel
must necessarily require more power
for it's operation than when used on
light, sandy soils, but as it is the cheap
est implement made, in proportion to
its various uses, no one viii make mis-
take who procures one, as it is a WON
derful labor saver.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09

clothing. a wagonette, for patients
and their attendants conveys them
from the street car termini, near the
park, to the sanitarium, which is sit
uated on the lake shore in Lincoln
park, on the north side of the city.
A portion of the building extends out
over the water. 1t possesses all mod
ern improvements. During many of
the hot summer days, the entire floor
space of veranda, $4,000 feet, is occu-
pied. Hammocks are swinging where
feverish little ones, from sitting homes,
may rest and breathe the pure, life
giving air. The sanitarium is near the
palm-houses and geological gardens of
the park, where the older children,
who cannot in all instances be left at
home when baby comes, may play.
Lincoln park sanitarium is so well
known that it is literally supported
not only by many of Chicago's wealth
lest citizens. but generous contribu-
lions constantly reach its fresh air
fund" from outside sources.
Although its work is, necessarily, on
a much smaller scale, a visit to the
jackson Park sanitarium is no less
gratifying.
This institution is yet in its infancy,
and, owing to lack of advertising IA
-ciiities, is not as we'll known as it ought
to be. But most satisfactory results,
in the cases of nearly 5000 specimens
. of humanity, were accomplished here
aanL Jackson Park sanitarium will in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
WAS COL. MosBY's SLAVE.
The old Negro who Looked After the
Confederate Omcer'S Be-
IOngiREs.
Rnrton who

Aaron Burton, who was the slave of
Col. Mosby, the guerrilla, during the
civil war, is now Sc years old, and is
living happily with one of his daugh-
tiers at 157 Prince street, Brooklyn,
says the New York Herald. Col. Mos
by's mother got Aaron as present
from her father, and when the war
began the colonel took him with him.
His sole duty was to look after his
masters horses.
81 raised Col Mosby,'' the old man
said, the other day. 81 had served his
father before him, and when little
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09

proper condition, for all are encour
aged to come daily until the little
ones are Iully recovered. So long as
there is plenty of room without
crowding out a baby, older children
are allowed to attend their mothers.
1t is by no means only the very poor
who avail themselves of the advant-
ages of this sanitarium. Nice little
mothers with the cleanest of children
go out to La Rabida, as well as those
who are able to pay Tor the privilege.
A free omnibus runs on the nour and
half-hour from Sixty-fourth street and
Stony Island avenue, in which any.
one may ride. If he chooses, one may
deposit a small sum in the box near
the driver, but no charge is made.
For mothers who are unable to pay
car-fare, street car tickets are pro.
vided. They are expected to carry
their own luncheons, but hot coffee is
furnished for all. In cases of destitu.
ton, the entire luncheon is given
They are encouraged to pay little il
possible, that their self-respect may
be maintained or stimulated. But
there re many pitiful cases of abso-
lutte want.
tents may be wheeled or carried
around in the corridor from which
may be seen the courtyard, bright
with flowers. From the corridor a
large room opens which is utilized as
hospital in serious cases. While
| the children are supposed to return
home at five o'clock, it would be dan
gerous for some of them to bear the
| journey, and poor air and food at
its end. These are kept in the lit
tie white beds under the care of the
physician and trained nurses until
well enough to go with their moth
ers. Many lives have been saved in
this way.
Different clubs have furnished
rooms and generous donations have
been made. But a certain number of
ladies have banded together and made
themselves responsible for expenses.
They have fitted up LA Rabida,'' the
use of which was granted them by
the park board. The work is a great
one and, strange as it may seem. in
ducing needy mothers to bring their
children is no small part of it.
From seven until nine every morn
ing many mothers find their way to
! Trinity Diet Kitchen for Infants, on
Wallace street, near Thirty-second.
This was recently established for the
purpose of furnishing daily supply of
/ proper food for babies. Each is ex-
amined by the physician of the insti-
tuition, its food prescribed, and it is
expected that the child viii be
brought every day that the officials
may judge whether it thrives prop
erly. When necessary, baths are
given. Food for "a hours is placed
! in a jar which is packed in a large
pail of ice to be taken away by the
mother. All who can do so pay ten
cents. Those unable to pay receive
the food free of charge. Constantly
increasing numbers are availing them
selves of the opportunity thus offered
for improving the health of their lit
| tie ones. EDWARD JULIAN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
keeping old Cows in MIX.

Milk cattle, receiving Indifferent
care, age a great deal more rapidly
than others, says George E. Newell
in the American, Cultivator. A cows
age, as regards milk yielding value,
should be measured not so much by
years as by care and feed. A nat
ural1y good cow, if she has had rough
usage, viii be played out in tactical
sense when she is eight or nine years
old. But if she has fair showing from
her owner in the pasture and stable,
she should remain profitable mixer
for II years, and sometimes longer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
Location of berry Patches.

Western horticulturists are advising
to locate raspberry and blackberry
patches on northwest, east or south
east, as the prevailing winds are mostly
from the other directions. The evident
reason for this advice is that the winds
viii thus blow over the patch rather
than through it. The advantages are
twofold. The canes are not broken by
the gales, and during the hot weather
the air does not so rapidly draw the
moisture out of the soil. For the same
reason a wind-break is an advantage.
Farmers Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
CRATE FOR GARDEN TRUCK.

on each side and put cross partition
in the middle, and the crate is complete.
This will prove very useful in handling
the fruit crop, or for potatoes, etc. A
short strip of wood with the under sur
face cut out for the fingers, nailed to
each end, will prove convenient when
handling the crates.-Orange judd
Farmer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
Fortunate.

Census Man-Are you married?
Happy Dad-You bet!
''Have you family?"
'sYes. street And, sayl It's awful
lucky you came to-day instead of yes
terday!"
s'Ehi Why?"
"'cauae hadn't any yesterday."-
Puck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
Naturally.

81 believe that you call your horse
cob, Mr.. Spatts?"
Eyes, Mr.. Spudds.''
''Cornfed, I presume ?''-Town Top
| les
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
QUICKLY MADE CRATES.
for the Rapid Handling of Fruits
and Potatoes.

size for crates, just as they come empty
from the shoe stores. Cut out two strips
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-09
BIII Told.

Physicien-Here is your bill, MI.
Jones.
Jones-I am just beginning to real
ize how sick was.--Harper's Bazaar.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15

ne, zfodzieje! Powiadam: wszyscy! Powia.
dam: wszyscy! Me znam nikogo! Powiadam
wszyscy: Slyszysz, Marjuszu! Uwaaass, ty
iestes takim baronem jak moi pantofel! By
Ii to wszystko bandyci, Co sluAyli ROBBERS
pierrowi! Wssystko rabusie, CO s{uzyli B u O.
napartemu! Wszystko zdrajcy, kt6rsy zdra.
dill swego prawowitego kr6la! Wszystko
tch6rze, co uciekl pred prusakamii ang lika.
mi pod Waterloo! Otto, CO wien. Csy ojciec
pahski byf pomisdzy mimi, ME WIEN, bardso
mi przykro, tenn gorzej, sluga pa6ski!
q kolei Marjusz 'byf teraz ~gfownia, a p.
Glllenormand miechem kowalskim. Mariusz
drzaf cafy, ME wiedzial CO poczac. glowa je.
60 palala. Byf jak ksiadz, kt6remu wyrzu.
cano ws7,ystkie hostile; jak Derwisz. kt6remu
przechodzie1 plwaf ma jego b6stwo. Me
m6gl dopuscic, azeby take rzeczy bezkarnie
m6wiono W jego obecnosci. Lecz CO poczac2
Jego OLGA podeptano i zelzono W jego obec.
nosci-lecz kto to zrobif2 Jego dziadek. Jak
pomscit jednego i ME obraziC drugiego2 By
10 rzecza niepodobna, ably obrazil dziadka
swego, i byfo r6wniez rzecza niepodobna,
ably ME pomscil swego OLGA. z jednej strony
swisty gr6b, 2 drugiej biafe wiosy. Przez
kilka chwil byl jakby pijany i chwial sic, W
giowle jego wszystko w%irowaio; p6zniej pod.
Most oczy, utkwil je W dziadku i glosem
grzmiacym zawolal:
Precz z Burbonami i tym grubym
wieprzem, Ludwikiem XVIII!
Ludwik XVIII ME zyf jua cd czterech
lat, ale to wszystko byfo jedno.
Starzec, kt6ry byf przedtem szkarfatny,
stai sic nagle bielszy cd swoich wlos6w.
Zwr6cif sic do popiersia ksiecia de Berry,
kt6re stalo ma kominku i uklonil sic mu niz.
ko z pewnym rodzajem szczeg6lnego males.
tatu. P6zniej przeszedl sic diva razy, powoli
I nIlozao I'D HopoipHs do DL~o .I-- J.
kominka, przechodzac przez Gala sale az
trzeszczala posadzka, jakby szla jaka fgura
kamienna, "a drugim razem nachyli1 sic do
swojej cork, kt6ra patrzala sic IA to starcie
re zdumieniem starej owcy, i z usmiechem
prawie spokojnym, rzekf do niej:
Taxi baron jak ten pan i taxi miesz.
czanln jak ia, ME NIGGA pozostawac pod jed.
1nym dachem. L nagle, wy~prostowawszy sic,
blady, drzacY, straszny, z czolem, ma kt6rym
srozyfa sic burza gniewu wyciagnaf ramie do
Marjusza i krzyknsl do niego:N Precz!
Marjusz opuscif dom.
Ma drugi dzie6 p. Gillenormand powie.
dial do c6rki:
Go szesc miesiecy PAM posyfac be-.
dziesz szescset frank6w temu krwiozercy i
nigdy mnie o MIN wspominac ME bedziesz!
Majac do zuzycia ogromna size pozosta.
lei wscieklosci ME wiedzsc CO z mia robiG,
wlecej niz przez trey miesisce m6wil do cor.
XII: ,pani".
Marjusz wyszedl take oburzony. Pew.
ma okoEcznosc, o ktorej trzeba wspomniec,
p~owiekszyfa jego rozdraznienie. Zawsze
zbieg mafych fatalnych wypadk6w kompli.
kuje podobne dramaty domowe. Nikoleta,
odnoszac predko, ma rozkaz dziadka, ,,rupie.
Gle" Marjusza do jego pokoiu, zgubila praw.
dopodobnie ma wschodach Cd strychu, kt6re
byiiy ciemne, medallion z jaszczuru czarnego,
W kt6rym byia kartka pisana przez pu5kow.
Mia nj toi HorfHi ~;