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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10

the rear. It is made of well-seasoned,
matched lumber, which is run down
at the bottom ~ inches below the
floor. It has wire netting across the
front (above the door, for ventila-
ton, and air-holes at the sides one
inch in diameter, which air-holes
should be closed up in winter. The
roof extends from the coop 21a inches
at each end, and 1h inches at the
sides. A piece 1x1A inches nailed on
the underside of the roof, and extend
ing to the outer sides of the coop, will
keep the roof from sagging. The door
has small hinges and button. Fas-
ten the top on with staples and
catches, so it can be taken off for the
purpose of cleaning the coop. [ used
to nail the top on, but [ saw a cut
some time ago of such a coop which
had the top temporarily fastened on,
and on trying it found the idea a
good one.
I always make a lath run four
feet long, two to 211a feet wide, and
20 inches high. Put it in front of
and against the coop, and let the hen
out into it in good weather, and I'M
til the chicks are two weeks old.
After that the hen can run where she
pleases with her chicks, unless she
pleases to go into the wet, or runs
through the grass and tires the
chicks too much, in either of which
cases confne her few days longer
You must be your own judge on such
points as this. The first six or eight
weeks are the critical time in the life
of the chicks. From that time for
ward they call for comparatively little
trouble, and can vastly better with
stand any storms or disease to
which they may be exposed.
of Agriculture.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10

when Great Britain issued proclama-
ton of neutrality, the terms of which
compelled him to take the squadron
away from Hor gKong, British port,
within "a hours. Accordingly he took
his ships to Mrs bay, a Chinese port,
only a few miles away, where he con-
tinued the preparations for battle
which he had begun some days before.
These preparations were completed
on April 27, ald Commodore Dewey at
once set sail for Manila with his fleet,
consisting of the flagship Olympia,
Capt. Gridley; the Baltimore, Capt.
Dyer; the Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan; the
Boston, Capt. Wildes; the Concord,
commander Walker, and the Petrol,
Commander Wood. On the evening of
April 30 the American squadron
sighted Corregidor island, at the en-
trance of the Bay of Manila.
Corregidor was known to be well for
tilted, but Commander Dewey conclud-
ed to enter the bay at once. With the
Olympia in the lead. and the Boston
bringing up the rear, the squadron
steamed quietly past the island. 1t was
early evening and the moon was shin
ing brightly, but not until the flagship
was a mile beyond the Corregidor bat
teries was the entrance of the Ameri-
can ships discovered by the Spaniards.
Then a shot passed over the Raleigh
and another fell astern of the Olympia.
The rearmost vessels of the fleet gave
back shot for shot. Some of the Con-
cords shells fell inside the batteries,
and they were heard from no more.
After that the squadron steamed stead
lily up the bay, the men sleeping by their
guns.
Daybreak found the American fleet
within five miles of the city of Manila,
and at the same time the Spanish fleet,
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ships one by one, the Don Antonio de
Ulloa being the last vessel to be aban-
doned, just before she sank.
At 1890 the white flag was hoisted
on the Cavite arsenal, the Spanish col
ors being hauled down, and then
Lieut.. Hughes, with a boats crew
harbor and set fire to the Don Juan
d'Austria, the Isle de Cuba, the Mar
quis del Onero and the Correo. The
transport Manila and some smaller
vessels were taken as prizes.
Commodore Dewey had not man
killed, and only eight wounded, and
the total damage done to his ships by
the Spanish shells amounted to less
than Sc, 900. On May he drove the
Spanish forces from the navy yard
and arsenal at Cavite, blew up the
batteries at the entrance to Manila
bay and established the blockade of
the city. Within 48 hours the Span
iards had lost property to the value of
Sc, OOO,O 900, 1900 soldiers and sailors
had been killed and the cable con-
Meeting Manila with the outside world
cut. Manila, Cavite, Corregidor, Su-
big and other fortified points, shown
in the second map, were in American
hands ten days after war had been de-
clared.
That an event of such magnitude
should be made the occasion for an
annual rejoicing is not strange, and
that Commodore, now Admiral,
Dewey should have become national
idol is just as natural. AS long as
Americans take pride in their history
the battle of Manila bay will hold q
high place in the public mind.
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POSITION OF THE FLEETS.

commanded by Admiral Montejo, was
sighted lying under the protecting
guns of the fort of Cavite. The adj
mirars flag was flying from the Reina
Cristina, protected cruiser of $500
tons. Anchored just ahead of her was
the Castillo, protected cruiser of 5000
tons, and astern were the cruisers Don
Juan d'Austria, Don Antonio de Ulloa,
IsIa de Cuba, Isla de Luzon and the gun
boats Quiras, Marquis de Onero and
sCorreo. Commodore Dewey lost no
time in forcing the fight, which was in
evitabie. Led by the Olympia, the Amer
lean ships moved to the attack on the
line ahead, at speed of eight knots,
the map accompanying this article
showing the positions of the two fleets.
The position of the United States ships,
@aS shown, was, of course, only mo-
mentary, as they were constantly in
motion, but it indicates their track
while destroying the Spanish ships fair
J Ey we'll
Neither the fire of the land batteries
IN front of Manila nor the danger from
the explosion of submarine mines in
the bay could stay the progress of the
American fleet, and the fire from the
szhore battery at Cavite point proved
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
A HORSES SUICIDE.
HumiIiated by the whips Bay Eet
Ran Away and killed
Herself.

'''Gen. Grant said the colonel, in the
Chicago Inter Ocean, twas a close OBJ
server of men and horses. His eye went
over the horses of an artillery COM
pany or of cavalry regiment lighting
up with appreciation of the soldierly
quality of horses as well as the soldier
~ quality of men. After the surrender
at Appomattox, instinctively his SYM
pathies went out to the confederates
who owned and were attached to their
horses. and one of the first things he
thought of was some scheme by which
the men might be permitted to take
their horses home.
Il have always thought that Gen.
Grants influence had much to do with
inaugurating the policy that permitted
many of our own cavalry and artillery
men to smuggle home or to purchase at
mere song favorite horses or company
pets. In one case I know that he open
~ encouraged the men of an artillery
company to carry home a bay mare
that had won a peculiar reputation.
There was not finer-looking mare in
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any artillery company than Bay Bet.
She was purchased on her good looks
and her spirit, but she had never been
harnessed and she would not work in
team. She caused so much trouble that
she was finally assigned to one of the
officers as a riding horse. In weeks and
months of service she developed the
genuine dramatic, battle spirit. She
carried herself as finely as any horse
in the service.
ION one occasion, when d good many
of the horses were shot, the captain, as
a last resort, ordered that Bay Bet be
put into harness that the guns might
be dragged to a new position. Every
one expected to see trouble, but Bet
accepted the situation and we whirIed
to the new line with the mare showing
as finely as she would in a cavalry
charge. The boys cheered and cheered
her, and the confederates probably sup
posed that the cheers meant victory
on some part of the line. After that
Bay Bet was one of the most service
able horses in the company, but she
would never bear whip.
''She was taken home and for some
months was allowed to play about the
farm at her Will. In the taII 1t was
decided to use her in blowing. She
took to the harness well enough, but
little skittish over the pillow, but went
to work like an old stager. But early
in the day, the man driving the team
struck her with whip. She was furi-
Gus on the instant, and ran away, drag
ging the pillow and the old farm horse
after her across the field in the style
of a cavalry horse careering to the
front struck a snag of tree project
ing from the ground, and killed her
self. The boys of the company always
believed that, Inundated by the whip,
she committed suicide. told the story
afterward to Gen. Grant, and he was
very much touched, and remarked that
he guarded his own army horses more
carefully than that"
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shape, an thare we lay fiat fur a
whole day, wild our noses shtuck in
tn mud, an thin divvles beIchin'
away over our beds. It wuz a misty,
foggy day, an they cud only foire at
random, but our posishun bein' so
toiresome sum iv US wor compelled teh
pop up our heds wansht in awhoile
loike perary dawgs. Oh wuz doyin'
fur a shmoke. A gud shmol1e jisht
thin wud hiv bin moore kumfort teh
me thin tn singin' iv tn Nash'nal
Hymn ur a Kilkenny Karol. Oh knue
thet Tim Rafferty,, loyin' furninst me,
had a plug iv blackstrap, so Oh asked
him teh pass it over. AS Oh uncon-
sciousIy raised on me elbows, Oh heerd
tn sing iv a bullet as it plowed it's
way through tn top iv me scalp. Oh
thot Oh wuz kilt intoirely an Oh be-
gun teh hev drames iv tn place where
We don't hev teh spind money fur win
ter overcoats. Oh he'd a very thick
scalp, an thet's how Oh 1osht a quar-
ter of an inch in me stachure."
Then the other veterans pipe went
ont
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
A GETTYSBURG INCIDENT.
The Narrow Escape of n Soldier who
Wns Struck by an ExpIod-
ing She'll.

ST see by the war cablegrams," said
resident of Pittsburgh, at one of the
hotels, that some of the dead Beers
found in the trenches where lyddite
shells had burst were without visible
wounds. Apparently they had been
killed by shock. That recalls to me
fcrcibly a very remarkable case, for
which 1 can vouch personally. During
the first days fighting at Gettysburg
young man named Joe Cady, second
lieutenant in the Twentieth PennsyI-
vania, was supposed to have been
killed by a shell which exploded with
in few yards of his head. Later in
the day some passing comrades saw
that he was breathing, and carried him
to the rear, where the surgeons made
an examination, and, greatly to their
surprise, could find no wound. The
man was in profound stupor, but to
all appearances was physically unhurt.
He was sent to the general hospital at
Washington, and from thence to his
home, still in the same condition.
Cady was the son of a farmer who lived
near Harrisburg, and my own people
knew the family quite well. I was a
boy not more than five or six years old
when the lieutenant. reached the old
farm, but I remember distinctly what
a sensation the case created.
t'For several weeks Cady lay exactly
like one dead, and then, very gradually,
he began to emerge from unconscious
ness into horrible automatic sort of
life, next door to complete idiocy. He
could sit up, and even walk few steps,
but his mind was a blank, and the only
sounds he uttered were gutteraI
noises, like an animal. That shocking
condition remained una1tered for near
" three years; then, suddenly, without
warning, he had seizure like cata-
1epsy, from which he awolce in few
hours in complete possession of his
reason. He was terribly bewildered.
of course, but after the shock of wax
ing passed off he was the same as evera
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
COOP FOR CHICKENS.
Whose Usefulness Has Never
Been Questioned.

The coop illustrated below was de-
signed by j. W. Vale. He says, in de-
scribing it:
For young chicks, coops are gen
orally a necessity. Besides shelter
ing from storms, and protecting the
chicks from vermin and larger depre-
dators, they give "a person good con-
troll of the brood. Every coop should
be provided with good lath run.
The brood coop shown in the accom-
panying cut is a kind I have used
for years with good results. It can
be made larger or smaller as required.
With me the standard size is 20 inches
long, 20 inches wide, with height of
% inches in front and IA inches in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
HANRABAN's WAR RECORD.
"Reminiscences Revived by His Old
Pnpers-HOw His Stature Was
Shortened.

A wrink1ed old man. careworn and
battle-scarred, limped into Lieut..
Hanrahan's reception-room at police
| headquarters and saluted in military
fashion, says the Detroit Free Press.
''Howdy, kumrad; how's We to-day ?
Ye're lukin' well!" was the latter's
CHEEKY salutation.
The old veteran wheezed like a
horse on the way to the boneyard, as
he muttered:
ooh, very pooriy-very poorly, in
deed. That wound I received at Get
tysburg weakened my lungs, you
know, and I guess the old troublell
| get me soon now"
'Cheer UP, old bye" said the always
mirthful Hanrahan, patting his old
comrade-in-arms on the back in con-
soling way. ''Ye've long tonne teh
live yit, an rek'lect whin We do doye
yell only be thransferd teh sum ither
plant. Ye moight hev foine job an
Venus ur Ma-ars. Who knows? Ye
may shuperintind grape ranch up
| thare. (Boye the way, Mister Sooli-
van, Stanislaus Kausofitallslly hasn't
cIaned up tn shnow off his soidewaIl1
yit, an tn naburs are all l1icl1in'.'')
Then the two old veterans fell to eX-
changing "reminiscences of the war,
in which both were active participants.
Hanrahan went to his locker, which
contains many interesting relics of
soldiers dead and alive) and brought
out several yellow and time-stained
documents testamentary to his serv-
ice in behalf of his adopted country.
Some of them were discharge papers,
and they all spoke of him as of a sol
der strong, attentive and brave. His
various promotions, until he reached
the rank of sergeant, were detailed,
and he took especial pride in relating
an exciting occasion at second Bull
Run, when he was shot through the
arm. In glancing over the discharge
papers, the other old veteran noticed
that one of them described Hanrahan
as being five feet eight and three-quar-
tiers inches tall while another of a
later date stated that he was five feet
eight and half inches in height.
Glow did that happen?" asked the
old man, curiously. did some one
make mistake in measuring your"
''Not at al1-not at ALL replied the
resourceful Hanrahan. Its rally thrue
that Oh wus diminished in hoighth
throo tn forchunes iv war. Oil tell
ye how it happened. An Daycimber
IA, 1862, whin we wor shtormin' tn
bristwurrl1s at Fredericksburg, Nd,
we found tn inimy strongly forty
foied T' bullets wor foyin' thick an
fasht an min wor dhroppin' around US
Ioike foies tastin' iv pizened swates.
Foi'n1y we KEN teh a dayIlivity, be-
hoind which we dropped fur shelter.
We had bin two days widout food ur
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
BINDING TIMBER SECURELY.

the larger end between the chain and
the logs on the near side of the sled,
with the smaller end pointing to the
front. Raise the smaller end perpen-
dicularly, bring it over and bend it
down until it is parallel and nearly on
a level with the logs. Then by means
of a rope or a small chain fasten it to
the reach. Next fasten chain to the
off reach just forward of the rear bunk.
Throw it over and fasten in precisely
the same manner. Insert another sap
ling, or ''twister" as it is called, from
behind, and bring it over to the front
where it is to be fastened in the same
manner as the first. This method of
binding, if the chains are tight enough,
will hold load of logs securely over
any road and for any length of time.
If the chains are too loose, the smaller
ends of the twisters will begin to play
up and down. Then they must be taken
out and the chains frightened. Then
the twisters must be inserted and Sc
cured as before.-C. o. Ormsby, in
Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
THE FARMERS BANK.
1t Is His Land and Unless He Lays Up
a Surplus of Fertility Bank
ruptcy Is Unavoidable.

The land of the United States is her
national bank from which her TO-
100000 people constantly draw wealth
in it's many forms. In the beginning
the Creator deposited in the bosom of
the earth untold riches, filed the soil
with richness and thus provided man
with a fountain of wealth. IntelIi-
gence has served man as his check book,
and its application to the land has rep
resented f1lled-out draft presented
to bank. Year after year checks have
been presented and honored until now
in many sections of the country it is
apparent that oYerdrafts have been
made. Unproductive fields and desert
ed farms prove it. This has been
brought about by mans ignorance of
the great laws of nature. He has
been drawing on his farm bank with
out making any deposits.
In this sense every farmer is a bank
er. His holdings represent a bank
Before soil deDl&tiaH. rEAa 2103xesz. His
credit was good and his deposits were
rich. But having drawn all boarded
wealth and exhausted the banks funds
the imprudent farmer finds everything
going wrong. He sows, but does not
reap a good crop, as in days of yore
He works, but it brings meager re-
turns. Where 25 cents is drawn to-day
from the farm-bank he could a few
years ago just as easily have drawn
one dollar. This is the punishment i'm
posed by nature for the disobedience of
her laws, for eXtravagant demands on
the land and the failure of man to hus-
band the fertility of the soil.
Green and barnyard manures yearly
should be deposited in the bank-farm.
If fertility worth 500, for instance, be
drawn therefrom, then, in order to
maintain a good reserve, deposit that
amount in some form of fertility.
Clover will perform wonders in this
connection. It will keep money in the
bank. so to speak, and keep nature
in pleasant mood, ever ready to honor
the farmers drafts and do his bidding.
Farmers Voice.
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not particle more effective. The
American sailors, stripped to the
waist and eager for the fray, stood at
their posts, awaiting orders to open
fire from Commodore Dewey, who,
with his chief of staff, Commander
Benjamin P. Lamberton, had taken his
place on the forward bridge of the
Olympia. Capt. Gridley, commander of
the flagship, was in the coming tower,
At 10 minutes before six o'clock, on the
morning of May 1, 1898, the commodore
turned to the coming tower and or
dered the beginning of the battle.
Capt. Gridley Immediately gave the
necessary orders, and the starboard
eight-inch gun in the forward turret
of the Olympia let go at the fortifi-
ca tons of Cavite. At the same mo-
ment the Baltimore and Boston
opened fire on the Castillo and the
Reina Cristina, while the flagship led
the line straight for the center of the
Spanish fleet. When within 1900
yards of Admiral Montejo's position,
the Olympia changed her course and
ran parallel to the Spanish line, the
other ships following. "Open with all
guns signaled the commodore, and a
storm of shells rained upon the enc
my's vessels and the Notifications of
Cavite. Four times the American YES
sells swept the Spanish lines at a dis
lance of 1000 yards. Then, with a
lead to watch the depth of the water,
the flagship again started over the
course, running this time within 1000
yards of the enemy. At this range
even the small six-pounders did dead
ly work. The Spanish fleet, which
from the first had made a gallant
fight, soon showed by weakening fire
the results that were being accom-
plished, and when the run was fin
ished three of the Spanish ships were
seen to be on fire.
The result of the enga gement being
now no longer in doubt, Commodore
Dewey decided to stop the fighting
long enough for the crews of his ships
to have breakfast. Accordingly the
American fleet withdrew to the other
side of the bay, until shortly before
II o'clock, when fighting was resumed.
This time the Baltimore led, with the
Olympia and the other ships follow
ing, and at 1915 began hurting shells
at the Spanish fleet, which returned
the fire so slowly and feebly that
Commodore Dewey ordered four of
his vessels into the inner harbor to
make an end of what was left of Mon
tejo's fleet. By this time the Reina
Cristina had been sunk and the Cas-
tilia almost consumed by fire. In face
of a whitening fire at close range the
Spaniards were forced to desert their
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
He Went Dack.

The firing was very hot-so hot that
every man dropped into the grass and
weeds and waited for developments.
The captain saw one man crawfshing
back from the line and watched him
until he was within hailing distance,
then asked him what he meant. The
fellow said that it was certain death
to stay In line, and he was going back.
The officer replied: "Good Heavens,
mani What do you want to live for
ever for? Back with you and stay with
the boys!" This quoted the mans
nerves, and he crawled Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
Teaching Chickens to Eat.

Some people have a good deal of trou-
BILE with brooder chicks. in teaching
them to eat. When they have hen with
them the work is easy, but without a
hen the task appears to be difficult.
But really there will be no trouble if
the owner has a few chicks that have
been taught by the old hen or have
learned themselves. Simply put some
of these young chicks with the others
and the lesson will be soon taught
MYron Jones. in Farmers Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
MANILA BAY BATTLE.
Fought by Commodore Dewey and
His Fleet May I, 1893.
probably the Greatest as Well as the
Most Unique Naval Victory on
RecOrd-Origin of ''Man-
liza Day"
MAY 1, 1898, will always be glo-

EAY 1, 1898, will always be a glo-
V rious day in the annals of the
American navy, for on that
day was fought the battle of Manila
bay which, according to historians, did
more to bring about peace with Spain
than any other single event of the war
of that year. Formal declaration of
war against the United States was
made by Spain on Sunday, April "A.
Commodore George Dewey, command
ing the Asiatic squadron of the United
States, was at Hong-Kong when this
event occurred. Instantly orders were
cabled to him to move against Manila,
the capital of the Philippine islands.
These orders had hardly reached him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
HOW TO BIND TIMBER.
Securing "A Load of wood Is Not Hard
Work When One Knows just
How TO Do 1t.

To bind load of logs to a sled, fasten
a chain to the near reach, just back of
the forward bunk. Throw the other
end of the chain over the load and
pass it around and under the other
reach; also just back of the bunk.
Bring it up and fasten to the main
part of the chain either by means of
a grab hook or by logging. Now take
a stout, tough sapling two inches in
diameter and eight feet long. Insert
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
A Tribute.

II want to stop in front of this win
dow said Mr.. Blykins.
s'Why, it's full of millinery" ex-
claimed his wife. ST didn't know you
admired such things
81 not only admire; I marvel. take
off my hat to genius, and the people
who can get $40 apiece for a lot Of
punches of odds and ends like those are
qualified to give lessons to Napoleon
of finance. ''-Washington Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
Germ Theory.

''Miss Quickstep had miserable
health until she became engaged to
be married, and then she grew as
strong and vigorous as anybody"
"She accounts for it on the theory
that the love microbe drove all the
others out of her system. Chicago
Tribune
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old Adare Verified.

Jaek-Troubles never come singly.
Mack-That's so; when we had our
last baby my mother-in-law had to
come and superintend.- Topics.