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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
LEAVE THEM ALONE.
Hives Should Not BE Moved Dur
ing the Winter.

With the exception of taking hives
of bees to a cellar for the winter, bees
should not be moved during the win
ter. Their location must not be
changed from fall to spring, either
short or long distances. The most
damaging change made is to change
for a short distance, as for instance
a few rods. Bees will not follow their
hive for even few feet away, unless
there are no other hives of bees near.
If there are hives near, the bees will
enter the nearest one, and in most
cases are promptly killed by the Wis
tied colony. This is frequently done,
and the result is that the colony is
greatly weakened by the change
During late fall, winter and early
spring, the hives contain the least
number Of bees, and if change is
made at any of these times, it endan-
gers the loss of the colony by decreas-
ing the numbers so low, for nearly
all the old bees will go back to their
| former location. On this account it is
much safer to move long distances,
not less than a mile, and farther is
| better When thus taken entirely
away from their former travels they
| mark a new location and all return
to it. A colony of bees may be taken
safely and without loss anywhere, if
the hive is moved few feet each day
the bees fly, providing no other hive
is very near them, and they will thus
follow the hive to any required spot
we wish them to occupy. But it is
necessary that they take full flight
after each removal. and thus mark
the last location. If no other hive is
| near, they may be moved farther at
time, when they are liable to follow
the hive.
This trouble will occur at any time
of the year in moving bees. It may
lessen the number that fail to return,
if we close the hive and conffne the
bees in it for a day or two, and than
smoke them before letting them out.
When thus filled with honey, they
will to some extent mark the new
| location and return to their own hive.
"A. II. Duff, in National Rural.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Death OF Jacob stot1er.

Jacob Stotler, a Kansas pioneer and
veteran newspaper man, lately editor
of the Perry (Ok.) Republican. died
in a Kansas City hospital recently. He
was 68 years old. At Xenia, O., he
learned the printing trade, with Pres
ton B. Plumb as a fellow apprentice.
The two young men came to Kansas
in 1857, bringing with them an old
fashioned printing press and outfit of
type, which they hauled from Law
renee to Emporia behind an OK team.
Together Stotler and Plumb founded
the Kansas News at Emporia. In 1854
Stotler went to Wellington and found
ed the Press. In 1898 he became edi-
tor of the Fort Scott Monitor Last
year he moved to Oklahoma. He
married Miss Lavina Murdoch. sister
of the Well-<nOwn Murdoch brothers,
at Emporia in 1861. Mr. Stotler held
public office in Kansas for many years
and was repeatedly elected to the
legislature. He was twice speaker of
the house and spent one term in the
senate. He was postmaster at En-
poria for nine consecutive years. For
several years he was a member of the
state board of charities, and most of
the time was its president.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
A YANKEE spy FoILED.
One of Sheridan's Scouts Who Didn't
Know How to Deal with
Southern Woman.

The other afternoon we had a nota-
BILE caller, handsome fellow in a brand
new confederate uniform, with a cap
tain's bars on his collar, says Mrs.
Sara Matthews Handy, in Atlantic.
He asked for Mrs. Nee by name,
claimed to be well acquainted with her
husband, the major, and said he had
been a scout at Stuart's headquarters.
He knew the names of the whole staff,
claimed String fellow as a brother in
craft, and talked of officers and men
as near and dear friends. [ took an
instant antipathy to him, principally,
[ must confess, because he called me
missy" but my clear-sighted father
distrusted him on better grounds, and
gave me a hint not to be too commune
cative. He thirsted for information,
and, won by his praise of her husband
and his excellent familiarity with
army matters, my sister was ready to
tell him all she knew. Then it was, for
the only time in my life, told false
unblushingly. [ contradicted her
statements fatty; it was the ordnance,
and not the treasure train that had
passed our way; the treasure had gone
to Danville by rail with Jeff Davis. In
the midst of my fabrications our
father came in, and I gave myself up
for lost. The objectionable sin, in his
eyes, was falsehood, and he had no pa
| thence whatever with prevarication
But I stuck to my story stubbornly
determined to "die in the last ditch
even when she appealed to him to COR
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31

A favorite ring device was double
heart inlaid between a star and a
crescent moon. Two hands closely
ctasped ran the double heart hard.
The fancies in earrings and brooches
were various. The commonest ear
ring was a s,alf moon, shaped from
button edge, inlaid with pearl dots
OF tiny stars and finished with a
beaten silver wire clasp to go through
the ear Others had a round black
knob upon the silver ear piece, with
cube pendant, inlaid with stars,
moons, hands, hearts, even heads,
upon it's various Sides Round
brooches were high in favor with the
whole world then, so many of the
black brooches were big buttons,
carved into delicate openwork and I'M
derlaid with bits of gilt paper, tin
foil or silk. Others were cut in points
or scallops around the edges, or else
inlaid in points. Still others were
shaped into books, presume bly Bibles,
and had a white cross upon the upper
side. Other smaller books were made
for watch charms or pendants to
necklaces, and not a few bore almost
microscopic monographs.
Drums, tambourines and banioes
were all improvised in the camp, but
the greatest musical triumph was a
fiddle. The man who made it worked
wit a caseknife struggled away from
mess, earned his wood by volunteer
help to the commissary, and made
his glue by boiling bones with bit
of sheepskin thrown in. He was six
months at work before he was ready
for the strings. Though he had no
pattern other than the memory of
his beloved instrument at home he
kept the right proportions and
turned out a recognizable fiddle.
When he had bought strings of the
sutler and plundered enough hair
from the tails of commissariat horses
to furnish forth his bow he was easily
the happiest man in all the camp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
WARTIME ORNAMENTS.
H3utternut BreastDins Made by the
Soldiers and Worn by Women
Synpathizers.

Throughout the latter half of the
civil war several hundred thousand
women in the north and south wore
Brooches which were in a way sig
nificant of their sentiments. How or
why is immaterial, but in the north
eern states the butternut was accept
ed as a symbol of democracy, butter
nut colored jeans as the proper uni
form of the rural democratic voter
and a butternut breastpin as the hall
mark of that voters sweetheart.
Although it was handmade and
homemade, the butternut breastpin
was not so bad artistically. In the
rough it was a section, perhaps an
eighth of an inch deep, sawed from
the middle of d butternut, and show
ing the four heart-shaped interstice
for the lobes of the kernel, as well
sas the fine, jagged indentations OF the
.router shell. Saving it out was diff
cult job; about one nut in 20 got
sawed without breaking After the
: saving the kernel was picked out,
both sawed surfaces were polished
with glass and sand paper, then var
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
WIDE TIRES AND ROADS.
In Europe Every Wagon and Market
Cart Is More or Less of a Min
nature ROadmaker.

We are long way yet from having
good roads in every community, such
as are common in Europe, but such as
we have we do not know how to pre-
serve The splendid roadways of Eu-
rope could not exist without series
of laws, varying in the different coun-
tries, but in all essentials the same,
by which the width of all wagon tires
is regulated according to the weight
carried. In France every wagon and
market cart is a minia ture roadmaker
The width of the tires there varies
from three TO ten inches, most of the
four-wheeled vehicles having six-inch
rim, and a rear axle several inches
longer than the front one to prevent
improper tracking. In Germany, where
the main roads are models of smooth
ness, every heavily loaded wagon must
have at least four-inch tire and even
the pleasure carriages are required to
be shod with tires wider than those so
often seen in America on the heaviest
trucks. Similar laws exist in Austria
Switzerland and throughout the Brit
ish isles, and in many cities on the
Asiatic and African continents. 1t is
probable that any attempt to make and
enforce similar laws in this country
would meet with determined opposi-
ton. Naturally destructive race,
Americans scorn anything like saving,
and prefer to build road thrice over
to caring for them properly. Common
sense would dictate that wide tires
should be used. law or no law, but they
never viii be unless the intelligent rich
riders set the fashion. and then others
will follow Until then our good roads
will be destroyed almost as fast as
made.-Golden Days.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
NEW CENTURY HINTS.
Why Farmers Should Patronfze I'm
proved Methods and Make Their
Calling Respected.

A new century has begun, and it is
evident that agriculture will make
rapid strides in the next few years.
1t is evident that it is soon to take
its rightful position in the world.
Every farmer can do something to-
ward helping on this forward move
ment by improving his methods and
his surroundings and educating him
self along the advance lines. Let
them shake off that absurd jealousy
and distrust of each other that has
SO long prevailed and been kept alive
by crafty politicians. Get rid of that
foolishness and unite in advancing
their interests along all lines. The
farmer should hold a position in the
world equal with men of any other
vocation and profession, and he will
when he makes himself their equal in
education and skill. He should have
strong voice in shaping legislation,
and he will when he ceases to dele
gate to lawyers the power to legis-
late for him. Every farmer should
consider these matters seriously and
do all he can to advance himself and
his fellow farmers along all the lines
mentioned. Let them insist that the
taxes they pay for education shall
be devoted to educating their chill
dren to the farm instead of away
from it, and that this education shall
be practical and worth to the child
all it costs. Let them insist that the
improvement of the country is as es-
sential as the improvement of cities,
and that all appropriations of the
public money shall not be for granite
and marble buildings, but that por-
ton of them shalt be for the farmers
benefit.-Fred Grundy, in Farm and
Fireside.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31

roborate her account of the matter.
could scarcely believe my ears when
he threw his weight into the false bal
ance. 81 think s. is right, my
daughter; you know her memory is I'M
usually good. and you were out of the
room a great deal yesterday, while she
was present nearly all the time
Then my sister backed down and went
off to write a hasty note to her hus-
band, to be sent by the stranger, who
professed to be on his way to join
Johnston, and was left to perjure my
self still farther in the service of the
southern confederacy. The major
never received his letter. and he and
others afterward identified our friend
as one of Sheridan's most trusted
ScOutS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31

is one-inch board; width, four feet
nine inches. A is one foot six inches
long and nine inches wide. B is five
feet three inches long. D is board
six inches wide. nailed on top side of
each slant edge of platform to bolt
knife to. c is a scantIing two inches
thick and four inches wide to fasten
singletree to. Dotted lines in cut show
position of runners on lower side.
Make two knives, K, K. out of an old
cross-cut saw. Cut it in two along it's
middle line, and grind it sharp on the
outer edge, and drill five bolt holes in
each, to bolt fast on lower side of bot
toms. S. Baltosser, in Ohio Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
TOP Dressing Grass Lands.

The Rhode Island experiment sta
ton, Kingston (as reported in bull
letin ~, has made some experiments
in top dressing grass lands with nj
trate of soda and given quantities of
acid phosphate and potash, and comes
to the conclusion that the increase of
the hay crop was worth more than
double the amount of money in most
cases spent for the fertilizers. The
season was dry, and probably even
better returns would have been Sc
cured in a wet season. On the other
hand, hay is worth more this year
than in an average season. Tt viii
be we'll, however, to give this matter
of top dressing grass lands for profit
some earnest consideration
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
The Parrot Is Loyal.

The prince of Wales is very fond of
animals. Among the large collection
of pets at Sandringham isa a little
green parrot which talks splendidly;
he is located in the hall and to every
visitor calls out:
''Now, then, hip, hip, hurrah for the
queen"
His royal highness became pos
sessed of the bird in peculiar way,
having personally bought it of a small
boy in Trafalgar square while cross
ing it with his equerry one day.-Lon-
don Answers
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
PRIzE-wINNING CoCKEREL.

type and color, as is proved by his
success in the show pen, having won
first prize and cup for the best Dor
king in the show at Birmingham,
first and special prizes at the Lon
don dairy show, first and special at
Birkenhead, first at Royal Lanca-
shire, first at Edinburgh and first at
Lancaster, besides many other first
prizes at large shows.
Mr.. Fitton is one of the most sue
cessful breeders of dark and silver
gray Dorkings and black, red and
duck wing bantams in the United
Kingdom.-Farm Poultry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Hens Delight in Scratching.

When fowls have the run of the farm
they exercise principally by walking
and scratching. Even then the hens
spend much of their time in places
where they find scratching easy. That
they will do the same thing more read
lily in confinement is obvious, if the OPP
portunity be given them. That this OPP
portunity should be supplied is taught
by the experience of every man that
makes poultry raising a business and
success. Scratching has been termed
the vice of a hen, and it certainly takes,
on this form when the attempt is made
TO raise her and garden truck on the
same plot of ground. This so-called
vice may be turned to great advantage
in the scratching yard, and this has
been done by thousands that success
fully keep hens in confinement
Farmers Review.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Miss stanley one of the Hazers.

As result of the hazing of Miss
Pauline Lewelling by the girls of the
Wichita high school. Chief of Police
CubbOn is starting an Investigations
that may lead to the arrest oc all
who participated in the affair. The
chief speaks of the hazing as bar
barous and uncivilized act on the part
OF young women, who are supposed
to be educated in culture and refine
ment." BY her own acknowledgement
one of the leaders is Miss Hattie
Stanley, daughter of the present row
ernor of Kansas. Thirty other girls
are concerned
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Grand Jury Law to Stand.

The present grand jury law will
not be changed by this legislature.
Several bills have been introduced to
amend the law and one or two were
put in to repeal it entirely, but the
judiciary committee of the senate,
after considering the matter
thoroughly decided that the present
law was all right and it has killed all
bills to repeal or amend it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
women ON ELECTION Boards.

In Kansas City, where women vote
at municipal elections and at the par
ty primaries for the nomination OF
candidates for municipal offices, wo-
men are also to serve on election
boards as judges and clerks. This
new honor was conferred on the
women by the republican city com
mittee, and OH February IL women
will become part of the party ma
chinery in the primary election.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
CORN STUMBLE CUTTER.
tory Than the Pole Now So GEN
orally Used.

Take this implement and cut the
stubble as soon as your corn is cut and
shocked and you will have no stubble
to bother in husking corn. If not done
at that time (Which is far the best
time) the cutter may be used later, like
the pole, when the ground is frozen.
G, G are two runners six feet long and
one and one-half inches thick and four
inches wide. The bottom or platform
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Miss Pauline Lewe,ling Hazed.

Miss Pauline Lewelling, daughter of
eN-Gov. Lewelling, was severely
burned on the forehead by nitrate of
silver, which was administered at an
initiation into a young woman's
Greek letter society at the high
school in Wichita. The matter was
kept quiet and the facts were known
when Miss Lewelling appeared on the
street with her head bandaged
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
a Voice ON the wind-

The husband of one of the w omen
who performed with Mrs. Nation in
Wichita informs the Eagle that his
wife has been neglecting her home and
her children ever since Mrs. Nation
came on the scene. When her eldest
son begged her to withdraw from the
joint-smashing fraternity she replied
that she was hidden by Christ; whose
voice came to her on the wind.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Sad Case of Miss Herring.

The Horton Headlight recounts the
sad case of Miss Mary Herring, of
Willis, who suddenly became insane
under the stress of religious excite
ment. Clad only in her undercloth-
ing she dashed into the church and
standing before the pulpit and way
ing the people away, she shouted:
Get out of here, you people, Jesus
Christ is coming!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
several Laps BehInd.

The Usage county man who be-
lieved his stomach was filled with
telegraph wires is still several laps
behind poor fellow in Dickinson
county. The Dickincon county man
thinks that he has system of
wireless telegraphy, and he goes
about with pencil and pad writing
down the messages which come to
him through the air.-Kansas City
Journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
SILVER GRAY DORKING.
Breed That Is Very Popular in Eng
Jand and Has Many Friends in
This Country.

Here is the portrait of Silver Gray
Dorking cockerel bred and owned by
Mr. Robert Fitton, of .Ribby Hall,
Kerkham, Lancashire, England. This
bird is one of the finest ever produced
of this variety. He eNce1s in size,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Three Famous Mothers Dead.

The obituary notices Of Mrs. Mary
NJ. Tracy, of Atchison county;
Mrs. S. j. Rose, of Jackson county,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Archer, of Brown
county, note that each of these women
was the mother of 10 children.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Anthony, Jr.. Would Go to Congress.

Information from Topeka is to the
effect that young Dan Anthony is
working for 81 redistricting of the
state, with a view of eliminating
Shawnee county from the First dis
trict, so that Leavenworth would not
be in the same district, as Anthony
expects to become candidate for
congress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
All Want More Money.

Chairman Francis, of the house ways
and means committee, says every de-
partment of the state government is
bowling for more money. He says he
will keep appropriations down if he
makes an enemy of every politician.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
No Omces Being AboIished.

The legislature isn't paying mach
attention to Gov. Stanley's recomTan-
dation to abolish lot of useless
offices and consolidate number of
boards. So far not a single bill to
wipe out any of the present offices or
boards has been reported by the va
rious committees for passage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
He Had a Good Excuse.

Teacher-Why have you been absent
from school?
Boy-why, nom broke her arm,
Tuesday.
Teacher-But this is Thursday Why
did you stay away two days?
-Why-er-it was broke in TIVE
places Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Farmers to Purchase an Elevator.

Farmers in the vicinity of Solomon
City have formed a stock company to
build an elevator to fight the alleged
grain dealers combination.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Alarming Prevalence of Disease.

Smallpox and diphtheria are prevail
ing to an alarming extent in the min
ing regions in the southeastern part
of the state. Some of the schools of
Pittsburg were closed on account of
smallpox.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Want a New Bridge.

Citizens of Linwood want an en-
abling act to allow Leavenworth coun-
ty to help build bridge across the
Kaw river at Linwood. johnson coun-
ty, across the river, is to pay more
than half the cost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Another history of Kansas.

The Kansas Historical society, by
the secretary, has undertaken the
preparation of history of Kansas. 1t
will be published in four volumes and
will be ready for distribution in about
IS months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Hold Up Sac PrintIng Bill.

The house printing committee held
up Harris proposed constitutional
amendment abolishing the Office of
state printer at the request of per
sons interested in continuing tho
present method of doing the state
printing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
awful Crime of a Kansas Indian.

An old Indian woman and an In
dian girl, the latter the wife of Jack
son Speers, a Pottawatomie Indian,
were found dead. in a cabin on the
reservation in jackson county.
Speers was arrested at ST. Joseph, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
seaton Don't Like Train Robbers.

Representative. Seaton, of Atchison,
proposes to make Kansas u danger
Gus state for train robbers to do bust
ness in. He has introduced a bill
making train robbing a capital offense.
punishable by death.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
1t Belongs to congressman.

1t will be the policy of Senator
Burton to keep his hand out of post
office fights. Applicants must fight
it out with the congressman, whose
patronage it really is.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Henry T. Allen May Resign.

It is reported that Henry j. Allen.
private secretary to Gov. Stanley, wit
resign about March 1 and devote his
entire time to his Ottawa newspaper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Building New Yard Tracks.

The Missouri Pacific is making an
immense fill west of the Marmaton
river at Fort Scott for the cOnstruc-
ton of 1900 feet of yard track.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-01-31
Gets Things in Pairs.

J. A. Mccormick, of Americas, has
two sets of twin calves and a pair of
twin colts born on the ranch the last
year, and his wife presented him with
twin babies-a boy and girl.-To-
peka Mail and Breeze.