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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
When All Wagons Have wide Tires
the Good Road Question Will
Become Less Serious

This is one of the most important
questions of the day. The question is:
Shall the improvement be made in the
roadbed. in the wagon or vehicles. or
both? 1t is hardly necessary to say
that the narrOw-tired wheels of the
wagon of to-day do great damage to a
roadbed in rainy and thawing wealth
ar. 1 believe that the day is not far off
when the wide-tired, low-wheeled
wagon Will take the place of the pres
ent farm wagon. y great number of
;hese low.wide-tired wheels have already
been put in use. On most of these
wheels the tires are from three to six
inches wide. A wheel of this kind helps
to make good road, whereon the mar
row-tired wheel is the greatest manu-
facturer of chuck holes on earth
Should we not take heed to the great
amount of good roads in France and
some of their ways of keeping them in
good order. You will certainly agree
that if a roadbed be graded as is Gus
tomary in this country and continual
ly rolled, and the narrowtired wheels,
with their heavy loads, kept off of them
it would soon become an excellent road
bed, but, even then to put on these mar
row wheels with their loads, they
would soon make it a rough, ordinary
highway such as this county is full of
to-day. In France the heavy loads are
drawn on a wagon with tires from four
to ten inches wide. The front truck is
just enough narrower than the rear so
that the outer edge of the front wheel
tracks meet the inner edge of the outer
wheels. This keeps continually rolling
the road-bed. When this country
adopts such a wagon the good road
question will become less serious
Progressive Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
A Thrilling Incident Of the Hot
Fighting Around VicI1s-


'I don't know anything about Spion
Kop," said Capt. Ludwig, relates the
Chicago Inter Ocean, ''but do know
that the mere fact that the British
occupied it and then retired from it
doesn't count for much one way or
the other. On the 22d of May, 1863,
at Vicksburg, the Twentieth illinois,
after the mines had been exploded.
made a dash on Fort Hill, held by the
confederates. We did not capture the
fort and in time we were compelled
to retire. But [ remember that our
company ran UP so close to the earth
works that the confederates could not
depress their guns enough to reach us.
There was a terrific uproar; there
was a good deal of confusion, but
there was one controlling thought
with the men. They did not want to
go back. Cooler heads might have
seen that there was no advantage in
staying where we were, but we
thought there was. We could see that
the confederates in the fort We're
planning to extend their line so as to
enflade our position, and it was nee
essary for us to throw up intrench-
ments. The captain ordered me back
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
AN IDEA FROM KANSAS.
HOW to Build Cyclone Refuge In
the Cellar Which Affords All
the Security Needed.

1t is not always convenient for the
farmer to build a cave of refuge from
tie cyclones that are liable to occur
AT any time in the spring and summer.
Much safer and more economical-safer
because the family will be at all times
within a few steps, and convenient be-
cause at the word of warning all can
quickly reach safety without exposure
to the storm of wind, rain and hail that
may be raging outside, and when the
Danger is passed the house can be
reached without going two or three
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
CHINESE STREET DOGS.

1T put out of the way. The owner
said: 81 will have to hire a man to
kill it. Nobody but the dog-killer will
kill dog"
very well. L will pay for it, The
bill was paid; and the dog disap-
peared. 1t was not until several
months after that we learned that all
the servants of the establishment
that night had a feast!
But the staple meat of the Chinese
is pork.
1t is a poor family indeed that can
not afford to keep at least one pig.
No family is complete without one"
is literally true. The Chinese charac-
ter for family is the character for
"'pig" under the character meaning
"roof." There is a whole treatise
upon Chinese domestic economy bound
in that significant character. The pig
has the right of way in the estab-
1ishment. He has the best of every
thing. His quarters are inside the
house, to prevent his being stolen.
The children may be denied another
bowl of sweet potatoes, but the pig
never. He eats full, and often. He
is fattened with the greatest care. He
brings a high price, too. A good fat
pig will bring a slightly higher price
now right in a Hinghua village than
it would in Chicago, if my market
quotations are correct. Yet his own
ers are working for from five to ten
cents a day. The American laborer
who earns 20 times as much pays no
more for the pork he eats. 1t goes
without saying that the ordinary
Chinese eat pork very sparingly; it is
more as a sauce, an oil in the gravy
to give flavor, than as an article of
diet, as it is on the American table.
So it is with fish, of which they eat
every kind and every part. Fish also
are eaten but sparirAgly, because of
the expense. Well-to-do people only
can afford to eat much meat of any
kind.
Chickens are everywhere, as omni-
present as the pig, and much more
numerous. But they are eaten only as
luXuries. One represents two days
labor and a dozen eggs one days. No
wonder they cook every part, the
head, feet and even the entrails. They
cannot afford to throw any OF it away.
Our cook sees to it that no part of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
SHEEP IN ORCHARDS.
As Insect DestrOyers They Are Far
More Reliable and EhlcaciOus
Than the Pigs.

I agree that when a pig gets an
apple containing worm there is no
danger that that worm Will ever
cause any damage to the future ap-
pie crop. But as an insect destroyer
the pig is nowhere with the sheep
The trouble with the pig is that it is
too much like a man; when it lies
down and goes to sleep it is obliviOus
of all its surroundings. 1t sleeps
just as soundly and snores just as
loud as its human cousin, and when
an apple drops it doesn't hear it or
go for it until its sleep is out. The
instinct of the worm teaches it to
get out of the apple just as quickly as
possible after it drops. / have stood
and watched an apple after it struck
the ground, and seen the worm come
hustling out in a hurry and go for
some secure place, and before the pig
gets the apple the worm is in some
safe hiding place. Not so the
sheep; they never sleep SO soundly
but they will hear an apple falling
rods away, and they are up and there
before the worm can get out, and
that worm is travelling to that bourne
whence no worm ever comes back to
curse the apple grower. Yes, pigs
are good, but sheep are hundred
times better-J. S. Woodward, in
Rural New Yorker.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14

the Hindoo is a vegetarian, and his
religious or caste prejudices prevent
him from eating meats of any kind.
Leaving out of his bill of fare fish,
fowl and cattle, he literally denies
himself the very necessaries of life.
There are Chinese vegetarians; but
they are not numerous enough to
greatly reduce the demand for pork
and fish; nor does the custom go from
generation to generation, as in India.
Add to this praiseworthy lack of
scruple his immense industry and
capacity for producing the most from
the least, and withal his ceaseless
vigilance in considering the supreme
question: ''What shall we eat" and it
is easy to see why the Chinese live
comparatively well, in spite of their
poverty. and to see, too, that with the
opening of the country they will keep
the lead in this line among Asiatics
for generations to come.
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
A CHINESE FEAST.

our chickens is wasted, just as he
prevented extravaganza in disposing of
the dog. A genius for economy is
John Chinaman, the cook. Would
that his talent in this line were exer-
-cised more in the interests of his en-
-ployer!
Beef is eaten comparatively little.
There is no place to Craze cattle in
this densely populated country. The
people raise cows enough for their
own blowing. When the animal gets
too old to pull the pillow it is killed for
.beef. The officials prohibit slaughter
ing as business, or license it for a
good sum, as it suits them. 1 have
noticed of recent years an increase in
this line, and it is probable that beef
viii become large staple article of
food in China when the country opens,
and better wages make it possible for
tie common people to eat meat. Who
krcws but in time China will become
Americas best market for dressed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
Canadian Peaches for export.

Those Canadians who want all the
trade they can get from England are
now planning to send peaches in boxes
OF four or five peaches in a box, or in
larger boxes parted like our egg cases,
and they expect to get about SO cents
each for handsome peaches in London.
At least, they sold readily at that price
last year, and the demand exceeded the
supply Peaches are not successfully
grown in England or on the continent,
excepting under glass, or in sheltered
localities, where they are trained to
the wall The United States should be
able TO supply this demand as well as
Canada
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14

plant squashes on the same ground in
successive years. Plant as early as
possible few hills of early squashes
to serve as traps. Harrow lightly in
tested squash field in the fall so as to
bring the cocoons to the surface; then
pillow six inches deep in spring. When
the vines are of good size, cover part
of them with earth so that secondary
roots viii be sent out. Vines badly in
tested should be taken up at once and
burned. Cut out the borers and kill
Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14

for picks and shovels. I went back
very quietly without drawing the fire
of the enemy and the colonel turned
over to me six negroes, each carrying
a number of picks and shovels.
81 attempted to get back to the
company, which was still hugging
close to the confederate earthworks,
without drawing the fire of the cor
federate sharpshooters; but one of
the negroes stumbled, the shovels he
was carrying making a great racket
and the confederates opened on US,
killing two of the shovel bearers. The
inclina ton was to go back, but felt
that it was less dangerous to go for
ward and the negroes followed me at
a full run. The boys greeted US with
a shout of laughter, but the surviving
negroes were so frightened that the
laugh seemed CHASTITY. After rest
the captain directed the negroes to
help the men in shove1ing. They per-
emptori1y declined. Thereupon the
captain told them that If they dis
obeyed orders they would be shot.
One of the darkies said: All right,
boss. If we take the shoveis and work
the confederates will shoot US; If we
don't take the shovels and work, you
will shoot US. 1t is better not to work
and be shot than it is to work and be
shot We could do nothing with
them, and when we retired from Fort
Hill to our old position in line they
started on a run and we're first in
camp"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
How TO Make Grating Wax.

To make grating wax take one
pound of tallow, two pounds of bees
wax and four pounds of resin. Slowly
melt all, stir well, and when partially
cooled pour into pans which have been
1noistened or oiled to keep the wax from
clinging too tightly to them. When
thoroughly cold break into convenient
pieces. For use it should be applied
carefully ever all exposed cuts and open
cracks around the gratis. small
paint brush is most convenient for this
purpose. 1t can be safely applied much
warmer than can be borne by the hand,
but care should be used not to have it
very closely approaching the boiling
point of water.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14

In her trouble she sought a fortune
teller, and the fortune-tener told her
of misfortune.
''You will" said the dealer in fu-
lures, ''be robbed by tall, dark man.
The troubled one went forth from
the fortune-teller's den straight to the
gas office, where she pal- bill
amounting to $17.S0 to a lanky clerk
with black hair and eyes.-Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
ARE GREAT EATERS.
Average Chinaman's Stomach Ca
pacity Is Simply Marvellous.
Slows Away Enough Food at One Meal
to Do Him for Twenty-FOur
Hours Pork Is His
FavOrite Meat.
Especial. Hinghua (China) letter.

MES, 1T is true, the Chinese, that
is some of them, do occasional
ly eat dog-meat, and even rats.
But it is not so general as it has been
reported by travellers, who have seen
rats on sale in the streets of Canton
and hastily concluded that the custom
is universal. I have never been in
Canton, but in the travels of ten
years elsewhere L have yet to see it.
AS to dogs-well they do not habitual-
ly eat the common dog, but they fat
ten special breed, that brings good
price i'll some markets.
Several years ago one of our serv-
ants had a young dog that became
such a nuisance that my wife ordered
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
SQUASH VINE BORER.
One of the Most Destructive Insect
Pests with Which the Farmer
Has to Contend.

One moth may lay PIP eggs. They
hatch in six to Is days and the larvae
or borers attain full growth in four to
six weeks. The moth flies from hill
to hill, leaving an egg in each. The
borer, after destroying the usefulness
Of the plant, enters the ground one
or two inches and forms cocoon IN
which it transforms to pupa. Never
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
Appreciative.

"Ah!" softly hummed the mosquito.
as the sleeping victim restlessly turned
over in his bed. ''The other cheek!
He must be good mani"
And the grateful insect settled gem
tly down again. Chicago Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
Her Preferepce.

O'Brien-So Casey and Costigan
fought for Miss Kelly's hand, and
Casey won? Thin Oh suppose Casey
got her?
O'Rourke-No; Costigan got the
prize! She said she wanted the mon
she could lick aisiest. begorrah!-
Puck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
LoonhoIe.

I've made a promise to the girl
I love as love life,
Tobacco will no more use
Till she becomes my wife;
Which leaves to me a loophole,
Through which hope to get
My promise, you'll perceive does not
Bar out the cigarette.
Philadelphia North American
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
A Question of CordiaIity

Mamma was surprised, May. at
your lack of cordialty in greeting
Mrs. Longstay.
Daughter-And I, mamma, was sur
prised at the ELUSIVE way in which
you said good-by.- Philadelphia Rec
ord
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
Long Rows save Lahor

An exchange well illustrates the i'm
portance of long rows by telling OF a
western farmer who had plowed land
100 rods wide and half-mile long. He
made three fields, each 33 rods wide and
100 rods long. When planted in corn
he found that his man could cultivate it
the long way of the row in three days,
while if going the other way there
was four days work. just one day
extra was spent in turning around at
the end three times as often.
Do not overfeed the dairy heifer
If you do she will become too fat.
There is happy medium. and this is
what you want to strike.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-14
True Prediction.

WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-07

The Effort to R~sfrasa the Gsuids
From Payiag over Any of the
gasteIIane Income.

New York. Dec 4.-The suit - An
tone j. Diitmar against George =
Gould. Howard Gould. Edwin -nss
Helen NJ. Gould, as trustees under the
will OF Jay Gould. 10 restrain thea.
from paying the Count and Countess
de Castellane any portion OF Their m
come from the Gould property. was
called in the supreme court before
Justice Leyentritt-
Col. r. c. James. who appeared as
counsel. with Charles a Gardiner On
behalf of the Gould family asked Tor
an adjournment on the ground hat
the afiidavits had TO be obtained from
France from the Count and Countess
de Castellane-
A representative of the law firm 81
Guggenheimer.U niermyer a Marshal
attorneys for Ditfmar. asked that
the matter he held over until the sec
ond call 81 the calendar. and Jnsrice
Leventrift acquieseed- The case was
adjourned till December T.
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Twenty-Five Hssdr~ds Natives Take
she Oath az Asi~Esas~e a.
the tnifcd >sas~s-

Manila. Dec. sunday in Ni-11
was a great day for the American
cause. Twenty-Five hundred natives
of the region. nearly ali fightiEg
rebels. crowded the church of Santa
Maria and took the oath Of allegiance
TO the United States The oath was
administered by the priest All bu:
500 OF those sworn were bolomer.
The number included the 1 ZOO oolo-
men who had previously SURRENDERED
1.-The proceedings in the church oc-
cupied the entire day and concluded
with an address by Gen. Young and
an exhortarion by the priest Scarce
ly any rebels remain in the vicinity Of
Santa Maria Gen. Young attributes
this fact TO three cause.-the re-
election OF President Mckinley, tile
arrival of stronger body of troop,
the especially rigid enforcement o.
war measures. and the deportation q.
prisoners 10 Manila lie reports that
il is necessary 10 occupy all the lar.
ricrs in order to protect natives from
the vengeance Of Taealog raiders
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needed the hidden article. and he r.
solved that IL he could prevent IL, II
should not fall into the hands OF the
tories. to which party the men on the
outside evidently belonged.
lie did not have much time for re.
Fiction when the gim.et began It's work
on the door. He must act quickly.
Stepping 10 one corner Of the room,
he found a rife which always stood
there. and in a moment he had carried
ii TO the door.
what do you want?" suddenly asked
the boy, in voice sufficiently loud to be
heard by the men outside.
In an instant the boring stopped.
If you want 10 come in. why don't
you knock ?" continued Gottlieb.
The men consulted in whispers. the
purport of which Gottlieb could not
catch; but a moment later fist struck
the door, rapping three times.
Hello. there. boy" cried rough
voice. you know now thai we want
TO come in. Why don't you open the
door -
Il don't open at night TO strangers
replied Gott.ieb. undaunted.
The men laughed together
you'll save the door if you draw the
bolt" said one. 1--WE want TO look into
Jonas Whitton's G lar"
ut is locked and Martha Whittor
carries the key" answered Gottlieb.
'She is a careful dame. Martha isl
4 4. IL. lie. Il
TO go away from home with lot Of
Yankee powder in the cellar The trail
leads TO this very house. and there can
be no mistake. Don't you intend to let
US in. boy %
NO"
A moments silence followed Colt
lieb's firm reply; then heavy hand
struck the door powerful blow.
The boy knew the strength Of the
heavy hinges and thick planks; yet
the men could in little while batter
down the door and overpower him.
II know you are tories, no don't
like Jonas Wilton said Gottlieb.
Il have been told not to let any
strange people into the house till my
folks come back"
But you will let us in, Gottlieb. '
laughed the tory who did the talking
for the big, brawny fellow in rough
homespun. IF you won't open the
door and don't want it TO fall on you
stand aside. We are going 10 have
the rebel powder"
You charge the door al your peril.
answered the boy. raising the rife te
his shoulder.
"IIa. What have you got in your
hands. boy?'
ATTACK the door and See
Rctreating footsteps took the toriel
to the edge of the porch. and Gottliel
heard one say
Hes but boy. The capture of thu
powder will make heroes of ms an6
hasten the fall of the fort. ! am not
afraid, Reuben; the door can't with
stand me. So here goes"
These words were followed by q
spring across the porch, and the pow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-07
CALIFORNIA WINES HIGHER
An Advance of Pour Cent? Gallon
Announced ON the w zines
of California;

San Francisco, Dec THE price ut
California wines has advanced four
cents a gallon Aside from the shor1
supply. the principal reason for this
increase is stated to be the fact that
the California Wine association thu
Lachman-Jacoby Co. and the Italian
Swiss Vineyard Colony Of Asii have
reached an arnicable business under
standing
The Yield of wine this year j ahon:
6.oOO. 600 gallons less than last year,
and grapes for wine-makinr pur-
poses have been a. high aS from SIS
TO So a gallon
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erful tory fell against the door, shak-
ing every board in IT,
At the same time Gottlieb pressed
the trigger. and the bullet which tore
through the planks ut short range
drew loud cry of pain from the man
who fell from the porch.
Accustomed to the use Of the rifle.
the boy patriot began TO reload in the
dark Coclly. but rapidly. he rammed
the bullet home. and once more stood
ready to resume his defense OF the
powder.
"Well come tomorrow and take
every ounce of Yankee powder in the
house. and you besides" roared a
voice at the door. I'VE won't leave
one log on another of this rebel donli-
ellie. You're not one whit too young
to hang. boy. This is not the end OF
the battle. We only say goodnight"
Then il was that one man led away
another. who tottered as he walked,
and who groaned at every step.
Gottlicb's bullet had inflicted a
wound in the tory's shoulder. and
blood had been shed in defense OF the
Yankee powder
Long before daylight half dozen
neiChbors whom the boy could trust
were concealed in the house: but the
enemy did not come back.
When morning came more patriots
gathered TO the rescue. and before
long Jonas Whitton's house had the
appcarance Of little fort.
Later in the day party OF tories
made their appearance. but the fear
less men who met and defied them
caused them to beat n hasty and in
glorious retreat.
Gottlieb saved the patriot powdei
by his heroism, and when II entered
Fort Stanwix under guard the brave
little garrison threw their hats in fhs
mir and gave three hearty cheers fol
the boy hero of the Mohawk valley.
II was by acts like these. many o.
which have never been recorded. that
The colonies achieved their meritcd in
dependence.
co,,lieb Wilton is one Of the FOR
gotten boy-hcroes OF the revolution--
Golden Days
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VIOLENT DEATHS IN ALASKA.
samuel OIm.sead. james Davis and
John Atche>on Meet Violent
Deaths in Alaska

Tacoma. Wash. Dec 4--Advscrs
from Alaska state that Samuel Olrr-
stead. OF Douglass Island. was recent
ly killed at Johnson's Bay Prime -
Wales Island. by the accidental dis
charge of his rife James Davis q
wood chopper At Hooialinqua- vaz
shot and killed November 20 by Geo.
St. Cyr. who went 10 Dawson and
gave himself up. The mangled an''
dismembered body of John AtcheSou
was found at kirkrnan- 100 lsiaes
above Dawson. IL is believed AtchrSo-
froze TO death and dogs or Wild
animals mangled his remains Gen
Randall is building harbor Of refug.
II the mouth of Nome river