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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

that it could be made higher If any one
dared to maintain the fight.
Phillips is fair and open in all his
dealings, and shows no disposition to
conceal anything or to spring any sur
prises. He says: 81 believe in Il legiti-
mate market If corn or oats are not
in sight the market should be a rising
one. The farmer is entitled to the best
prices possible. and the traders aim
should be to deal ON the facts as they
are. | am in this business as a bust
ness man dealing with facts"
Those who admire him most In the
Board Of Trade say: HE has done
more than any five or ten of the old
time operators to bring outside trade
to the Chicago market. He has big
line of customers buying corn on its
merits. and ought to be helped instead
of injured"
Mr.. Phillips works hard and is mod
est and retiring. He cares nothing for
the glamour of SOCIETY. In an unpre
tentious dwelling on the edge of the
northwestern limits of Chicago his hap
piest hours are spent with his wife and
three little children. He hates notoriety
and avoids it in every way possible. He
does not wish to be interviewed or held
IN to the public view in any way. He
may be deposed Corn King" In time.
but it will not disturb his full and
greatest enjoyment-his modest home
life
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

Corn for the Sit,s.
There Is popular notiCu that the
ensilaging Of corn adds sohethlng 10
its value which Is not contained In the
original material. This notion is wrong
and the greater the feed value OF the
product put into the silo the Crater
will be the value Of the ensilnge. Corn
should be planted for the silo but iitt.n
If any thicker ON the ground than It
should be planted where the object Is
to produce grain. Corn Is distinctively
a sun plant. and If 1t Is so thickly seed
ed that the SIN cannot reach all parts
Of the growing plant there Is produced
product which Is lacking in digesti-
bility and which Is not relished by
farm stock.
A few years ago some experiments
We're conducted by the Cornell expert
ment station, the object being to de-
termine what method of planting corn
produced greatest food value. Certain
plats were drilled in thickly so that no
ears would develop, other plats were
planted with the rows 40 inches apart
and with the plants close together In
the row. and other plats were planted
in hills from to 3la feet apart. While
a larger quantity Of produce was OBJ
tanned per acre where the corn was
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
THE CHICAGO "CORN KING. "
George H. Phillip, Is Young, Modest
and Ha~dwnrkinE.

and handwriting.
The "big little man. of the Chicago
corn pit is George II. Phillips. He Is
big" because of his tremendous trans
actions in corn. but in physique he is
small, being little else than bundle of
wire and steel nerves. He is 81 years
old and was born in Morris. Ill. His
father was n grain dealer, and the life
of the young speculator has been asso-
ciated with grain and principally corn.
AS soon as his school days We're over
he went to Chicago and worked at any
thing his hands found to do. Owing to
his knowledge Of corn he secured n po-
sition with the corn inspectors of the
Alton and Burlington Roads. Later he
became Il buyer for the house OF
George A. Seaverns 4 Co.. and finally
started in as commission merchant
on his own account, having very linz
tied capital but a wide experience.
His first big transaction was in the
corn deal Of November, 1900, when
without dollar to control the market
he had the entire product Of corn then
in sight under his thumb. This was
because he depended upon the farmers
for his guidance and support. and not
upon Government or other crop reports.
The farmers had confidence In him,
and were ready to help him, for he be-
lieved that through fictitious opera
tons the bears kept the price of corn
too low in the Chicago markets, and
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Poor putt.r ver.u. Pn.te~ine.

Farmers. their wives. sons and daugh-
tiers and those helpers on the farms
must decide whether butterine shall
have the preference to butter on the
tables of citizens Of cities. Butterine
now has the preference to much Of the
butter which is put on the market
A good. even quality Of butter can
be produced on every farm every week
in the year If pains be taken with the
cows, the feed. the milking. the milk.
the cream. the churn, the churning and
keeping the butter after 1t is churned.
Much Of the spoiled butter Is spoiled
after churning by being placed where
it can take up the odors from vegeta-
bles. meats or the tobacco smoke from
the pipes of men who sit and smoke
their tobacco in the kitchen while the
crock of butter sits In the pantry or
cupboard near by.-H. w. Phelps.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Money IN Eggs an Poultry.

According to the report of the United
States Commission of Agriculture. New
York State consumes as many eggs as
England, both disposing of $1S.OW.-
600 worth of hen fruit annually. The
United States yearly consumes $780,
100000 worth of eggs and poultry.
Canada exports $3O.OOO,OOO worth of
eggs annually. The egg industry Is
worth $15O.OOO.OOO more than all the
dairy products Of this nation. The
poultry products Of this country aggre-
gate more in a year than any single
crop. or all the country's industries
the poultry industry Is most generally
pursued. Last year the poultry earn
lngs of the United States amounted to
over $500, 900. being a greater value
by $52,OOO,OOO than our entire wheat
crop. $1O5,OO0,OOO greater than our
swine brought us, $30,OOO,OOO more
than our cotton crop, more than three
times as great as all the interest paid
on mortgages during the year. $112.-
600. 900 more than we spend for schools,
and yet there are people who think the
hen ''small potatoes"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
The Hare Craze.

The Belgian hare craze reminds me
of the carp craze Of twenty years ago.
when every man with a pond could
raise his own meat. But where are the
carp and the carp ponds now? Gone
glimmering. A hundred farmers in the
country where live had carp ponds.
There is not a carp pond here now. and
the carp is execrated. cussed. Three
years ago more than 400 persons In the
country kept Belgian hares. Now not
half a dozen keep them. and those who
did keep them could not be persuaded
to try them again. l write this as mat
ter Of history. When foolish hare
breeders tell about the hares being bet
ter and more profitable than fowls.
they are digging their own financial
graves. The people can be fooled some
Of the time. but not all the time.-J. II.
Davis. in Practical Poultryman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09


prominent lrishman in or out of Ire
land. He believed in liberating his
country by physical force, and at one
time he was all but successful in
launching a well-developed revolution.
Stephens was born not far from Dub
lin and was educated at Dublin Uni
versity. He was great linguist. a
fluent speaker, and Is said to have been
the greatest organizer which the Irish
Nationalists ever had. He had Pc
culiar faculty Of convincing the masses
that what he said was right and that
what he promised would be fulfilled.
He was In the Young ireland rebellion
of 1S4S, which began with splurge
and ended so ingloriously. Fired by
his association with Irish patriots ut
that time, Stephens began. almost as
soon as the rebellion of '4S collapsed.
to plan for another. In ten years his
plans had so far matured that drill
classes were meeting nightly In Dub
lin and vicinity. and young Irishmen
INDUCED high hopes Of freeing their
native land.
What the Irish patriots needed.
though, was skilled military leaders.
These they had not, but the civil war
in the United States furnished school
for Irishmen on this side of the Allan
tic in which to learn the art of war and
the skill to command. which they hoped
to be able to practice in Ireland when
the civil war was over. Under Ste.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK.
Tie Has Established a Reputation az
Secretary of the Interior.

Secretary of the Interior.
Though generally regarded as less
important than most of the cabinet po-
sitions and ranking below six Of them
in the Presidential succession, that OF
Secretary of the Interior has a greater
diversity of duties than any of the
other portfolios. An outline Of the
scope of his department indicates but
meagerly the duties and responsibilities
that come to him in day. The General
Land Office, the Patent Office, the Blu
reau of Pensions, Office Of Indian At
fairs, Office OF Education. Office or
Commissioner Of Railways, the Geo
logical Survey and the Central office
all pour mass of knotty and difficult
problems into the Secretary's office for
solution. The education of children In
Alaska; general supervision and appli-
cation of the money appropriated for
agricultural colleges in the different
States, now aggregating $1,20O.O0O per
annum; Immigrant railroads; internal
affairs of Indian Territory, Arizona.
Hawaii, New Mexico, Alaska and Porto
Rico: national parks and government
reservations: eleemosynary institutions
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
RECENT INVENTIONS.

To prevent accident when cleaning
windows German has patented a
portable balcony which can be moved
around from one window to another.
with brackets fixed on each frame to
support it at the top. the bottom rest
ing loosely on the sill.
Pockets can be securely closed by a
Michigan mans device. consisting Of a
strip of spring steel placed inside the
inner wall of the pocket and curved
out from the body to press the inner
edge of the pocket against the outer
and tightly close the mouth.
Fishermen will appreciate an improv.
ed reel which is contained in the han.
die of the pole, instead of being at
tached to the outside. a number of cog
wheels gearing the reel up so that the
line spool revolves rapidly. the crank
being the only portion that is visible.
For use in examining the mouth and
throat new mirror has the frame
hinged on handle. with a screw run
ming through the handle and engaging
the ring frame to lock it in any desir.
ed position. making one glass 90 the
work of all the glasses with fixed an.
gle frames.
A Swede has designed combined
cane and pistol. having a firing me-
Chanism concealed in the curved han.
die. the hammer being set by bending
the handle. the return motion throwing
the trigger into view ready to be press
ed by the finger and discharge a ball
through the cane barrel.
The arm, chest and back muscles
can be developed by new exerclser.
composed of two pieces Of spring wire
formed into straight central portion,
with coils ut each end. the wires being
then extended in II straight line and
ending in handles at the outer ends
which are grasped to bend the coils.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
NOT BORN FOR EACH OTHER.
What a Unique Marriage This Man
Might Have Made.

What q Unique Marriage This Man
Might Have Made.
Had I met my wife's sister earlier
I'm life, | should certainly have made
a desperate effort to win her." laughed
w. II. Pierce of st. Joseph. Mo-, ''if
for no other reason than to have the
unique distinction of marrying wom-
an who was born the same year. day
and hour as myself. for we both came
into existence Feb. 20. 1919. at 10
o'clock at night.
but she had been married couple
of years before | even met her sister.
and we had been married several years
before | discovered the singular coin
cidence of our birth.
OF course there are hundreds OF
people born the same moment. but they
rarely ever meet and still more infre-
quently become related by marriage
There is only day difference in the
age of Iucian l.. Cook, the Chicago in
ventOr and myself. but think my Sis
ter-in-law and break the worlds rec
ordv'
For years Mr.. Pierce was prOmi-
nent lawyer in Indiana. and In connec-
ton with his practice conducted Il
mortgage and loan business. He is Il
confirmed joker. and spares neither
himself nor his friends If there Is a
laugh in it. One day he met a country
man on the street who inquired anX-
iously:
"Can you direct me to w. II. Pierce?"
"Why. yes. his office is on the corner!
What do you want of him?"
II want to borrow money!
"Well" advised Mr.. Pierce. contiden-
TALLY. II wouldn't go near him, for he
is the hardest man in town"
"Is that SOP
ooh. yes indeed! He will skin you
out of your last cent If he get a
chance"
The countryman looked worried. but
finally ejaculated:
"Well. l must have money. and I
guess I'll call and see him, anyway!
".All right! There Is his office, and
If he isn't in he will lie there in Il few
moments!''
Pierce gave the "tip" to Il little cOterie
of his few loving friends, and little
group soon entered the office where the
man sat waiting. Mr.. Pierce inquired:
$50 you are going to risk it, are
you:'
EYES, I'm obliged to have the money,
and guess I'll take my chances.
though Pm afraid lie is Il hard GUS
tOmer.'
Mr.. Pierce continued to malign him.
self until he had exhausted his vocabu-
larry, when he inquired abruptly:
"How much money do you want?"
''None of your business" was the
spirited response. II want to see Mr..
PIERCE
"Why. this is Mr.. PIERCE" interposed
one of the gentlemen.
The man looked at Mr.. Pierce incred.
ulOusly.
Yes, I'm Mr.. Pierce! Now what can
do for you?'
The countryman gathered up his car
pet sack and exclaimed angrily:
Gosh darn you-you can't do nothing
for me, after deceiving me in this
shameless manner. Why. wouldn't
borrow cent of you to save you from
perdition or myself from pauper's
grave. GOOd-day sir.''
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
},iueuiu~ Crea m.

1t is desirable that the ripening Of
cream either naturally or ar,ilicially
should be at Il temperature not exceed
ing Us degrees. and after the ripening
has been completed-that is. when the
Tactic acid has been we'll developed it
should be reduced still lower before
churning, say not to be above so de-
grees. and some of the best butter has
been made at AZ degrees. Cheese also
ripens best at a low temperature. The
experiment stations have said that
cheese ripened at tio degrees was bet
ter than that which was allowed to
stand in higher temperature and that
ripened nj 80 degrees was much supe-
rior to that ut 65 degrees.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Notes for Ieekeepers.


Drones do not live SO long as work.
ers.
Bees can endure dry cold. but not
iampness.
Good vinegar may he made from
honey.
More bees are lost in wintering than
by disease.
Lack Of ventilation Is the cause OF
dampness in many hives.
Combs cost the bees about ten pounds
Of honey for every pound Of comb.
The life Of the bee depends on the
work 1t does. When 1t labors most
TO secure the best results In bee
keeping good movable hives should be
used.
its life is shortest.
1t Is a serious mis- axe to let a colony
of bees become ovefs:ocked with
drones.
Guides for the brood frames and
boxes need not be more than an inch
in width.
Bees should not be moved during the
winter. nor should they he disturbed
or mOlested In any way.
All empty frames of combs should re
we'll taken care Of during the winter
when not in use.
The worst enemy to empty combs In
winter Is mice: IL allowed access to
them they will destroy them.
Successful wintering of bees depends
to great extent on the right kind OF
fall management.
If colonies are found short Of pro-
visions during the winter they may be
supplied with food in the shape OF
candy.
The entrance to the hives should be
contracted during the winter. Three
inches long and three-eighths wide Is
sufficient.
Bees seldom. If ever take fly While
there Is much snow on the ground. IT
they are in proper condition they will
not fly at all.-St. Louis Republic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
A Reasonable Inquiry.

"Have you heard from old Boom
erang' since she went home" asked
Mr.. Tucker, putting his feet ON the
table.
II want you to stop calling mama
odd Boomerang, said Mrs. Tucker
"What makes you call her that?"
"Why, | was just wondering when
she was coming back, that's ALL, an
swered Mr.. Tucker. "You needn t
get sore about it. "
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Treatment of the Hired Man.

Because Il man Is working for wages
on a farm or anywhere else 1t Is not
necessary to make him feel that he is
wound up every day to run for so many
hours. never worked as farm
hand, but during some ten years or
more in business houses in the city
only had one employer who gave me
to understand that l was nothing but
machine to run ten hours u day.
only stayed with him year; another
year would have killed me. Every
man in whose employ l was, this one
excepted. made me feel that had
some responsibility outside Of the gen.
eral routine of my work. These men
would discuss methods and ask advice.
and 1t was no unusual thing for me to
be left in full charge Of the business
for weeks, and IL one instance several
months. In every day was made to
feel that the success of the business
somewhat depended upon me. l was
not only to do certain amount Of
work. but was expected to have eyes
and ears open and be ever on the alert
to further the interests OF the firm. and
that | succeeded in so doing is one Of
the happy memories Of life.
II our farmer community would ele-
vate the position of the farmland by
the same kind of treatment that the
successful business man of to-day en-
ploys toward those In his service there
! ~, nj hnly in
the field. brainy, thinking, seeing
man about the farm in place of the
careless. shiftless. ne'er-do-well farm
hand of bygone days.-New York Trib-
uue,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Marketing Fam rroduct :.

Selling grain and hay from the farm
in bulk reduces the profit in two ways.
1t Is expensive to handle and haul.
and it takes away elements Of fertility
that should be saved and returned to
the soil. Feed hogs, sheep and cattle
and SO market your product In the
most condensed form and In the east
est way. on the hoof. and keep up the
land while you are cropping 1t.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

drilled in thickly, yet it contained
higher per cent of moisture and was de-
ficient in protein and in fat.
While the money value of the broad
casted corn is not very different from
the value of that grown on the other
plat, this estimate does not take into
account the digestibility of the various
products.-CountryG Gentleman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Growing Table Beets,

Upon sandy loan land which had
been for ten years heavily MANFRED and
cropped with table beets and celery. 1t
was found by the New Jersey station
that the use Of nitrate Of soda in
amounts varying from four hundred
to seven hundred pounds per acre. in
three equal applications. FASTENED the
maturing OF the crop. At the first pull
ing and making of twO-pound punches.
there was 03 per cent. more on nitrated
plots than on these without the nitrate.
At a secoad pulling. four days later,
the uitrated plots gave 1875 per cent
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

In Dublin, Ia little
more than a men,
DRY. L Ii ey have
heard of him as a
great Fenian leader
Of other days, but
he Is not remember
ed as, for instance,
they re m e nj b e r
O'COnnell and Par
nell. Nearly half a
century ago, how
ever, James Ste
n11onc VxyOc flo most
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

of the District of Columbia, including
the hospital for the insane, now having
under construction Il mill.OndOllar adj
dition; Freedmen's Hospital, Howard
Institute and "A hospital for the deaf.
dumb and blind; the care, repair and
reconstruction work Of the national
Capitol-these and scores of others
make up the burden carried by the Sec
rotary Of the Interior.
In this trying position, Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, of st. Louis, the present in
cumbent, has acquitted himself credit
ably and enjoys the esteem of his chief
and his subordinates as we'll. Mr..
Hitchcock is a great-grandson of Ethan
Allen. of Vermont. He was born in
Mobile, Ala. Sept. 10, 1885, lived a year
at New Orleans and then removed to
Nashville, Tenn., where he attended
private schools, completing his course
of study in 1855 at the military acad-
envy in New Haven. Then he went to
st. Louis and engaged in the mercantile
business. In 1860 he went to China as
the representative of large CONNER
cial concern. In 1872 he retired from
business and spent couple of years in
Europe. Returning to the United
States in 1874 he was engaged as pres
ident of several manufacturing, mining
and railway companies, until he was
appointed in 1897 envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentlary to Russia.
When the title of this commission was
changed to ambassador, Mr.. Hitchcock
was the first to be thus designated. In
1899 he was appointed Secretary of the
Interior to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Cornelius Bliss.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
A Ktnd.Hearted Man.

ut is little annoying to have to get
NJ in the middle Of the night and look
70. burglars" said Mr.. Meekton, but
Henrietta seems TO enjoy having ME do
So"
what would you do ii you really
found burglar:"
well. I'm so kind-hearted that I'm
afraid l would be too. lenient. | think
I'd open the door and tell him that II
he didn't get out quietly Henrietta
would come down and attend to his
WnshlngtOn Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Ancient Roman Aoueduct.

Recent discovery in Jerusalem
proves that the ancient aqueduct
which brought water from Bethlehem
through the Hinnah valley, was built
by the emperor Severus, 1875 A. ID.
Inscriptions to that effect have been
found.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

Horses are again coming back in the
harness. A big concern in Chicago
which invested heavily in all kinds of
horseless vehicles to do their transport
tatlon have abandoned them and gone
back to the horse. What with keeping
them In repair and the charges for
electricity. they found that the new
method cost twice as much as the old
method.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09

more punches, and Mt third pulling.
three days later, there was 17h per
cent more, after which they produced
about equal amounts. The greatest
gain per acre by use of nitrate was
where they used seven hundred pounds
per acre. $27.1O more than where nj
trate was not used. This was due to
the higher price obtained for the earlier
pulllngs, and amounted to about $3 for
every dollar the nitrate cost
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
One Of Many.

"EIe has gone in for politics. ! hear"
"Well. he certainly Is Interested In
the situation in Washington"
How do you mean? What situa.
tlon?"
Amy old situation that they care to
give him there. "-Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
FOUNDED THE FENlANS,

Passing Of Noted Figure in the Irish
Movement of the COS.
To those interested in the Nationalist
movement in Ireland to-day the name
of James Stephens. who died recently
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
An Alpine Railway.

The railway from Geneva to Cha
mouniX is completed. SO that one can
now visit the Mer dc Glace and return
to Geneva In one day.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-05-09
Doubtful.

First Crony-Let me see, didn't
Strickland marry one of Old Smiley's
girls?
Second Crony-Yes.
First Crony-By the way, though,
ISM Smiley dead?
Second Crony-He was the last l
heard of him.