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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12

and their converts and destroy mission
property. These outrages led to a col
lisiOn with the German government,
which promptly seized the port OF
Tsin-Tau and subsequently ''Ieased''
the prosperous district of Kiao Chou
for an indefinite period. Emboldened
by Germany's success, Russia grabbed
Port Arthur and Great Britain Wei
Hai-Wei, under the form of indetermin-
ate leases.
From this time on the Boxers ceased
to be a reform organization. They
blossomed out as a ''patriotic'' and
semi military body, organizing posts
in all parts of China and vowing VEN
geance against the Caucasian invaders
from Europe and the yellow devils"
from Japan. That they acted with
the consent of the government at
Picking is the popular impression.
Equally general is the opinion that the
uprising was premature. 1t was the
intention of the leaders to begin OPP
erations simultaneously in all of the
principal provinces of the empire, but
the Impotence of the conspirators in
Shan-Tung upset their calculations.
The Chinese troops sent against the
Boxers either were defeated ignomin-
iously or else they joined the revoIu-
tionists, demonstrating beyond
doubt that the military oligarchy and
the common soldiers are in sympathy
with the anti-foreign movement.
There is but one brigade in China
which has not yet refused to obey or
ders and that is the European drilled
contingent of Lii Hung Chang So far
this body has been held together by
the strict discipline enforced by its
European drillmasters. But even their
loyalty is not to be depended upon for
any length of time. Fortunately the
international forces already in China
are powerful enough to cope with the
revolutionary hordes, and order in the
coast country will be restored before
long. The real tug of war will come
when the peacemakers of to-day begin
to quarrel about the division of the
spoils. c. w. WEIPPIERT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
COMBINATION CROPS.
a Mixture of Fruit Growing and n.a--
ket Gardening That Possesses
Many Advantages.

I always like to make the best use
of every available foot of land. For
instance, I have set a new strawberry
plantation this spring (as I invariably
do every spring.. Most people set the
plants foot apart in the rows. With
rows four feet apart this takes about
1900 plants to the acre. When I have
varieties that are good plant-makers.
such as Splendid, Warfeld, Crescent,
Bubaeh, Haverland, and in fact most
others. 1 set the plants not less than
three feet apart in the rows, and often
as much as four feet apart. Even then,
as 1 look over the patch set in this
way last spring, I find that have too
many plants in the row. Plants might
be set five feet apart and yet make
good matted row. In the first place,
have this saving of plants, as / need
only 5000 plants to the acre instead
Of 1900, like most other growers
Then 1 have a better matted row, and
also have a lot of space left for i'm
mediate use that 1 can devote to cab
bages or other crops which will be
off by the time that the young run
ners viii need the room. My COM
bination last year was Strawberries
o11o SdoOdSSS. d CdbDdSS- J1dnI DS1uR
set midway between each two straw
berryplants. To-day you cannot see
by the looks of the patch that the
berry-plants were set so wide apart,
or that any other crop was grown be-
tween them. This year have double
combination; namely, strawberries,
cabbages and onions. The ground is
laid off in rows IS inches apart Straw
berryplants are set four feet apart
in every other row. Between the
strawberry-plants in the row 1 have
set Prizetaker and Gibraltar onion
plants, the latter to be pulled up for
bunch-onions as soon as large enough,
which will give to the strawberry
plants the whole row as soon as they
need it. The middle row, between the
strawberry rows, is planted with early
cabbages and caulifiowers. This ar
rangement will necessitate close cult
walton and prompt attention to all
these crops right along.-Farm and
F'ireSide
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12

Sprinkiing of educated men. Residence
in this country has developed in them a
national pride which, outside of the
aristOcratic caste, is virtue unknown
in China. a nation numbering between
$50 600, 900 and 400, 600, 900 people. if
held together by common love of their
native land, could never be subdued by
foreign invaders. 1t could withstand
successfully the concerted attacks of
all the powers of the world and crush
tAem by sheer force of numbers. But
as the present time, the Chinese mil
lions are divided into hundreds of fac
tiOns and societies, just as they have
been for thousands of years,
Whether civilization will be benefited
by the passing away of an independent
China remains to be seen. Certain it is,
however, that a great nation which has
not enough vitality to forget its fac
tional fights in the hour of nation al
danger does not deserve the pity of the
world al large. 1t is nothing more nor
less than a political corpse whose re-
moval is demanded by every law of ma
ture and statecraft. But should the
Chinese nation ever experience a truly
genuine revival, should it give birth to
great patriotic leader or political
Messiah, it may be taken for granted
that the powers who now rule it's af-
fairs with an iron hand will be ig-
ANONYMOUSLY crowded out of the coun-
try whose division has been bone of
contention for more than decade.
The insurrection of the Boxers, al
though heralded as a patriotic upris-
ing. had its origin in hatred, and there
fore resulted in murder, devastat ton
and the subsection of it's Originators.
The leaders of the marauders and as
sassins managed to compromise the ma
tioral government, but their eXtermin-
alton of Christian missionaries and
their converts was not prompted by
patriotism. They were actuated by
greed and fanaticism, the lowest of hui
man passions. They did not fight be-
cause they loved Confucius, but be
cause they hated the God of the Chris
tians, because they We're afraid of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
FOES MADE FRIENDS.
When They Captured
Vicksburg.

''The sullenness Of the Beers in some
of the captured districts of the Orange
Free State reminds me of our expert
ence after the capture of Vicksburg,' y
said the captain. ''Our regiment, the
Twentieth Illinois, was sent into the
city to take charge of affairs. The
town, with its deserted streets, closed
doors, and shaded windows, was like
a city struck by pestilence. The peo-
pie had locked themselves inside their
houses with determination not to rec
ognize their conquerors in any way.
Gen. Grant had issued special orders to
the effect that the soldiers acting as
guards should pay no attention what
ever to the people, should intrude in
no way, should not even open gate
or step into a yard, and should give
heed to no remarks made by the resi-
dents. These orders were strictly car
ried out.
eve went about cur duties, taking
no notice of the shaded windows, of
the closed houses and stores, and max
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
EVERGREEN HEDGES.
AS an Effective Windbreak and q
Real Ornament to the Farm
They Have No Equal.

In planting evergreens for wind
break, it is well to remember that the
best results are obtained when the
trees are closely branched clear to the
ground, thus giving an upward curry
ing surface that seems to turn the wind
upward. giving protection tc building
even taller than the row of trees. This
idea is shown in the cut, the dotted line
showing the direction of the wind. If
the trees are not thick at their bases
the wind will not be thus DETECTED up
ward and the chief value of the hedge
as a windbreak is lost.
And right here it is to be remembered
that to secure an evergreen tree close
branched to the ground the trees must
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
Advantages of Hay Caps.

At the present prices of cotton cloth
a set of good hay caps a yard square
would sometimes pay for themselves in
a single season, when a wet spell
catches the farmer with a lot of hay
nearly cured enough for the barn. 1t is
both provoking and a sure loss to have
a good crop of what should have been
good hay converted into bedding or
something worse than that, after one
has worked two or three days to get
it fit for the barn. Yet we have often
seen this happen. A cap yard square
will cover a good-sized tumble of hay
or shock of grain. as if it does not
reach the ground it is enough to have
the top well covered if the heap is prop
erly made We have heard some say
that the hay would spoil by heating
under the cap, but we never have had
it do so-Prairie Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
IA REIGN OF TERROR.
Rural Districts of China Are Dom
mated by the Boxers.
Hatred of Foreigners and Mission
aries the Cause of the Present
Uprising-Chfnese in Amer
lea Are Hopeful.
Especial Correspondence

NATURALLY the intelligent Chi
IN namen living in the United
States are taking profound in
terest in the present oriental crisis
which, some fear, may end in the ex-
tinction of the Celestial empire as an
independent nation. Others express
the opinion that the concerted foreign
attack on Peking and the arbitrary ac-
tons of European and American mill
tary and naval commanders Will ma
tionalize" the people of China, that it
will make the Chinese soldiers patriot
&c and that the defeat of to-day will
mean the creation of a new empire,
based upon genuine love of country in
stead of fear of powerful officials.
Among the Chinese who have estab-
lished themselves in legitimate bust
ness enterprises in San Francisco, New
York and Chicago there is a fair
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12

Christian schools and education in
that men and women trained by Euro
pean and American missionaries would
not forever submit to the exactions of
Chinese tax-gatherers
1t would be going too far to say that
all Boxers are thieves and assassins.
The history of the organization would
contradict such a sweeping assertion.
The Society of the Great Sword" was
organized as a protest and means of
defense against the bandits with which
the province of Shan Tung was infest-
ed. It was, in fact, vigilance commit
tee on large scale, and accomplished
much good. Highway robbery was
practiced openly in every part of the
district; men and women were muir
dered for the sake of obtaining a few
cents, and rich persons were carried
away into captivity and held for ran
som. The Great Sword society, now
known as the Boxers, put a stop to
these excuses and put scores of bandit
chiefs to death.
Soon after a semblance of order had
been restored the country districts Of
ShanTung were invaded by German
Catholic missionaries who made many
converts. Being ostensibly patriotic
organization, the Boxers opposed the
PROSECUTING methods employed by the
newcomers, and to make their remon-
STRANGE as emphatic as possible pro-
ceeded to kill a number of missionaries
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
MUST USE WIDE TIRES.
Provisions of an Excellent Law
Passed by the Progressive Leg
isIators of Massachusetts.

The wide-tire law, passed by the Mas
sachusetts legislature through the eff
forts of the Massachusetts, division of
the League of American Wheelmen, pro-
vides that on and after January 1, 1902,
cit shall be unlawful, except a pro-
vided in section of this act, to use
upon any road, street or way in this
commonwealth draft wagon or cart
having tires of iron or steel, or of any
substance equally hard, which are less
in width than one and one-half times
the diameter of the axle, measured at
the shoulder thereof; but in no case
shall a, tire more than four inches in
width be required, and wagons and
carts built with wooden or hollow aXles
shall have tires not less in width than
the diameter of the axle, measured at
the shoulder thereof.
E'This act shall apply to all wagons
and carts the aXles of which are two
inches or more in diameter, measured
as aforesaid, and to all stage coaches,
taIIy-ho coaches, barges and other pas
senger vehicles not built to run on iron
or steel rails and constructed to carry
eight or more persons
The fourth section states that the
act shall not apply to wagons or other
vehicles owned and used in the state on
January 1, 1902. This is the weak
clause in the bill, putting off the best
effects of the law for many years. The
penalty for violation of the law is a
fine not exceeding $500.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
a historical Precedent.

The erection by the state of Mary
land of a monument on the battle
field of Antietam to commemorate the
valor Oh the union and confederate sol
diers alike has precedent in the mon
ument which the people of Canada
some years ago erected in the pub
lie garden at Quebec to the memory
of Wolfe and Montcalm, enemies in the
strife on the Plains of Abraham which
destroyed the power of France in the
new Chicago Chronicle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
The influence of Shade.

Experiments to find the influence Of
shade upon garden crops show that
shade retards termination of the first
crop of lima beans, but not of the mid
summer planting. All root crops, as
turnips, carrots and potatoes. grow
larger leaf surface in shade, but small
er roots. Shade improves salad crops.
noticeably celery. With seed or fruit
producing plants, as beans, peas, egg
plants, tomatoes and cucumbers, the
time of blooming is retarded and the
period of fruitfulness prolonged. The
foliage becomes a deeper green in the
shade with a tendency to increase the
size of the blade of the leaf.-Midland
Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12

from one to the other, winding the cord
about the tree as it passes. Tie piece
of burlap on the south side of the tree
as shown and the tree viii be protected
from whipping by wind and from the
sun. A piece of leather or old rubber
hose should be put around the tree and
the cord tied around this to prevent
cutting in the bark and injuring or kill
ing the tree This method will be
found very effective in preventing sun
scald.-American Agriculturist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
SWAMP ANGEL.

During the defense of Charleston,
S. c., in the war of the rebellion, the
union forces erected a rampant upon
piles driven into the deep mud Of the
swampy land surrounding the fortifi-
cation. and upon the rampant placed
a huge piece of ordnance, which was
used with good effect in the attack
upon Fort Wagner. The ordnance re-
ceived the name Swamp Angel from
its peculiar ocation,-Detroit Frse
Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
HE OFFICER GAVE THE COMMAND

them were of the class known as
bounty jumpers. They had deserted
several times; one of them five times.
They were New Workers. A desper-
ate effort had been made to save their
lives. Several committees from the
great city waited upon President Lin
coin and pleaded for them. The
wives and children of two of them Wis
tied the president, but Mr.. Lincoln
could not be moved. He had over
looked the offense in hundreds of in
stances, but the time had come when
the discipline of the army demanded
the severest punishment of soldiers
found guilty of that crime. Secretary
Stanton, for a year before Mr.. Lin
coin had refused to so punish desert
ers, had pleaded with him to let the
law have its way. Mr.. Stanton had
told the president many a time that
his soft heart was spelling the army
and endangering the life of the ma
ton, but Mr. Lincoln paid little heed
until 1863.
''In some portions of the army it
was the custom to hang deserters, but
in most instances they were shot, and
in the presence of their respective
commands, as described. The effect
was magical. Desertions were little
heard of for the next few months"
Mere trifes are responsible for more
happiness and more misery than great
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
CARE OF YOUNG TREES.
Simple COntrivance for Guarding
Against SIM ScaId and Effects
of Heavy Winds.

Young trees need protection against
the severe heat of the sun, also protec-
ton against the whipping power of
the wind. Set stakes east and west of
the newly-set fruit tree and run a cord
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12
a TaIe o. the street.

Beggar (plaintively) Gimme two
cents, mister.
Mister-What do you want with two
cents?
Il want to buy stamp to put on a
$40 check so car get 1t eazhed. DE
treit Frea Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-07-12

Mere trifies are responsible for more
happiness and more misery than great
happenings.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03
To Prevent the killing of Game.

Lovers of sport will be glad to learn
that the house of representatives at
Washington, on Monday, adopted the
bill enlergipg the powers of the depart.
ment of agriculture in prohibition of the
transportation of game by interstate
commerce, killed in violation OF the laws.
The measure provides that the duties
and powers of the agricultural depart.
ment shall be enlarged SO as to include
the preservation, distribution, introduc-
tion and restoration of game and wild
birds. The secretary of agriculture is
authorized to adopt such measures as
may be deemed necessary to carry out
the purposes of this proposed law and to
purchase such game as may be required,
subject, however, to the laws OF various
states and territories.
1t is made unlawful for any person to
deliver to any common carrier to trans.
port from one state to another any for
eign animals or birds, importation of
which is prohibited, or the dead body or
parts OF any wild animals or birds killed
in violation Of the laws of the state in
which they were killed. All packages
containing such dead animals or birds or
parts thereof, when shipped by interstate
commerce, must be plainly marked SO
that the name and address of the shipper
and the nature of the contents may be
readily ascertained by an inspection of
the outside of the packages. For evasion
or violation of this act the shippers, upon
conviction, must pay fine not exceeding
5000, and the consignee knowingly receiv-
ing such articles is punished by similar
fine.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03
August Flower,

at is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton, shat in my travels in all parts
of the world, for the last ten years, have
met more people having used Green's
August Flower than any other remedy,
for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stom-
ach, and for constipation. l find for
tourists and statesmen, or for persons fill
ing Office positions, where headaches and
general bad feelings from irregular habits
exist, that Green's Ausust Flower is a
grand remedy. 1t does iniure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for sour
slomachs and indigestion" Sample bot
ties free at Ii. p Davis !; Co.
Sold by all dealers in all civilized
countries.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03

amounts of corporation, railroad and in
dividual holdings within the reserves,
and what new reserves of extension were
contemplated. The latter gives the
number of acres of railroad, etc, at
1884, 100 acres; of individual entries,
1,2i5, 5,951, and of state selections, 23S,279.
The total of lands reirquished to the
United States up to April 6, 1900, is
gived at 3S2,92S acres; the area selected
or located in lieu of such relinquish-
ment, ETC., 403, 100 acres.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED DOWN.
Through existing differences, Manager
j. 81. Nichols, of the Topeka Mines com
pany, last Tuesday let out the working
forces at both the East and West To-
peka shafts, in Russell district, except
ing the engineer at the East Topeka
No. shaft. The water will be kept
down in this shaft by means of the new
and large skip recently placed on that
portion of the property. 1t is to be
hoped that the existing differences will
be amicably settled without resorting to
the slow process of the courts.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03
Quality Ia the Ilslish.

People often lack an appetite because
they have eaten something unwholesome.
We have nothing Of that kind, but keep
an Abundantsupply Of the best grocsries
and canned goods Tor ths aost sastidioss
10 select from.
PHiLLiPe = EsLr.
Lawssacs e6ese 0neess,
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03

Piles are not only most faithful, but
also very dangerous, as the inaamed
nodules are very apt TO take on mallg.
nant action, and cancer OF tho rectum 10
produced. They should be cured. Tab.
lore Buckeye Pile Ointment will cure
the most obstinate cases. Price 60 cents
In bottles. Tubes Is cents. For sale BY
The Black Hawk Phasmaoy.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03
The Observer Mi3i79 Department.

width Of the fissure from wall to wall,
the ore body being either of relatively
narrow extent in the center, or distribu-
ted in still narrower stringers through
the quartz. In such veins sore chutes"
may be considered as long and more or
less continuous patches or bodies of ore
descending and following the downward
dip OF the vein, these often separated
from one and another by comparatively
barren intervals, but all with uniform
direction of dip. These ore chutes are
OF varying length to 1000 feet.
Thomas Cruise, of Helena, Montana,
has received patent for a method for
extracting gold and silver from their
ores. Ths process consists in reducing
the ores to pulp, adding cyanide of
potassium and heating the mass, adding
bluestone while the mass is still hot,
then decompose the precipitated COM
pounds and recovering the precious
metals.
W. H. Parenteau, who has been tribut-
ing on the Monroe mine under the Kan
sas- Burroughs, on Quartz hill, has been
compelled to close down on account OF
the seepage of surface water from the
melting snow in that locality. A super
abundance of surface water seeping into
the mines at the present time seems to
be the general cause of complaint from
miners in all portions of the county Just
at present.
Manager James V. Thompson, of the
Great North Downs Mining company,
reports that in cross cutting east to
catch the vein, he has now driven the
cross cut distance of 10 feet.
The main shaft on the Running lode,
in Running Lode gulch, Black Hawk, is
to be sunk farther distance of 100 feet,
u contract fer which has been let.
The Boston & Colorado Smelling com
, pany will hold their annual meeting at
Argo, near Denver, on Thursday, May
10, 1900 week from to-day.
The New York Mining and Engineer
i4ts cCe'Iui VA -hplll StdlCo ludL tlc
public interest in mining is more general
now in that city than it has been for
years past.
Sylvanus johnson, Lep Sternbergers
right hand bower, has placed tie open cuts
on the Die Vernon mine in safe condi-
tion, pursuant ~ notice received from
State Commissioner Of Mines Harry A.
| Lee.
Mechanics are now kept busy in get
ting ready fer the placement of the new
0-horse power plant on the main shaft
of the Grown Point-Virginia mine at the
head of Virginia canon.
The water in the main shaft OF the
Pennsylvania Genital Mining company's
property, in Russell district, gained $50
feet in about As hours the first of the
week, compelling the management TO
work three eight-hour shifts of men and
keep the steam pump working continu-
ously.
Gilpin observer., 1900-05-03
Eggs and Satisfaction,

Promises may get customers but its
performance is what keeps them. We
guarantee satisfaction with every egg, as
well as with every pound OF butter OBJ
tained Of the
SAUBR McSHASB M. Co.