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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
Progress In ButtermakInu.

In no other industry has there been
greater progress during the last few
years than In dalrylng, says M. Nor
Jensen. The methods employed By
buttermakers ten years ago will now
not be recognized by any up-to-date
buttermaker. The machinery 10 dIe-
ferent. The buttermaker who at that
time was generally chosen from the
ordinary walks Of life is now q man.
who has attended school for perfect
ing himself in his profession. Some
years ago one Of the leading questions
at the convention was, how to avoid
mottles. This is q thing not frequent
ly spoken Of to-day. The buttermaker
as a rule now understands the me-
chanical part Of ALTERNATING to such
an extent that he knows how to pre-
vent notifies. The question of most
Importance now is how to make .
high and uniform grade Of butter pos
sesslng keeping qualities. We do not
aim TO make the kind Of butter thar
used to win sweepstakes a few years
ago as that did not very often possess
keeping qualities. The butter now In
highest demands is quite different
from our fancy butter Of few years
ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

taxation In sewing for any one who
would accept her services.
Sam made several successful ven.
lures in the New York horse market
and decided to locate there. He
bought coy house on the East Side,
fronting a small park, and installed
his mother as mistress Of the estab-
lishment. His business prospered.
Having firmly established his posi-
ton as a shipper and dealer in horses,
he turned his attention to the commits
sion business. Taking advantage of
shortage in the cranberry crop, he
bought a large part of the available
supply and cleared thousands of dol.
lars in consequence of his sagacity.
He then embarked in the produce and
commission business on a large scale
and scored another success.
At the age of thlrty-fye, having
.amassed a competency, Sam Rounds
determined to improve what he
termed his book education" Four
winter terms in the Rehoboth public
school gave him all of which he could
boast in the way Of erudition. He
therefore began course OF study in
a night school, which he attended four
evenings In the week. He Joined a
debating society. and became a mem.
Der Of various social and political or.
CARNATIONS in his district.
The corruption Of the local politi.
clans precipitated revolt against the
party in power. and the voters Of
Sans district held a meeting for the
purpose of nominating an alderman
to stand against an incumbent who
had betrayed his trust. Sans name
was proposed with cheers He was
nominated by reclamation and escort
ed to the platform.
III honesty is good policy in busi-
ness. as they say It Is" he declared,
1T should be good thing in politics.
Those who know me know that I'm
not a politician, and those that don't
know me will mighty soon find II out.
The only promise can make is that
i'll am elected-and | circulate 70 b
lis that I would no. sooner think Of
cheating my neighbors as an alder
man, than I would of cheating them
In selling potatoes CT cabbages."
Samuel Lemuel Rounds was tri.
umphantly elected alderman by the
largest majority ever cast for a oSndf.
date In his district.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
Sweet skImmllk.

There Is no better ration for the
calf than sweet skimmilk. After the
calf has been weaned 1t still has q
craving for the kind of food that ma
ture provided for 1t. The feeding oe
nearly sour milk has been practiceds
and the feeding Of whey, but we are
sure that the calf has no particular
liking for that kind Of food. Under
modern methods Of dairying 1t Is pos
sible on many farms to have the skim
milk sweet Where hand separations
are used. Of course It is an easy mat
ter to have milk Of the kind we hayS
indicated. Even where the milk has 10
be hauled to the creamery, the farm
er can, IL he will, have milk that Is
sweet when he gets home from the
creamery. II It Is not, he has himself
or the creamery to find fault with
about 1t. II 1t Is the creamery, he
should take the matter in hand at
once. In many cases 1t Is the fault
of the other patrons of the creamery,
II the skimmilk Is sour when the
farmer gets home with 1t. The said
other patrons have got into the habit
OF hauling to the creamery milk that
is sour or nearly so. Perhaps they
are ''every-other-day" men. The milk
they bring is skinned and Of course
the skinned milk goes into the tank
from which each man draws the skim
milk to which he Is entitled. The
sour OF nearly sour milk thus mixed
with the other and better milk acts as
starter and sets the whole to sour
Ing. All the farmers on returning TO
their homes from such creamery
find the milk sour. This Is a matter
they should look into. There is NO
reason why all should allow them
selves to be injured by the few.
Sometimes the farmer Is himself to
blame in not having his cans In proper
shape for the reception Of the milk
at the creamery. 1t may be that he
himself is bringing milk in cans that
have starter" In all the seams. II 80.
he should clean up and clean up vigor-
ously. The sweet sklmmilk Is what
he needs especially II calves are to
be fed, and the sweetness Is worth
striving after. The younger the calf
the more need there Is that the. milk
be sweet, for the more delicate is the
digestive apparatus that is to handle
1t. For such animals some feeders
assert that sweet skimmilk is worth
twice that Of sklmmilk such as is
usually received from the creamery.
6cours is one Of the greatest causes
OF calf mortality. It is induced by the
kind Of food the calf receives, and It
is believed that both sour milk and
unusually cold milk help along the
bad effects. Sweet milk is Of too
much value on the farm to be ig-
nored. 4 tatsr~l
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
Seal Of soIomon's Son.

The German excayating expedition
in Syria has discovered the seal used
by King solomon's son at place
called Tell Ell Multlssen. 1t has been
taken to Beyroot and handed over to
the Turkish pasta, Emln Effendi. The
seal is the size Of an ordinary saucer,
Is made Of jasper and has a beauti'
fully engraved lion on 1t with a wide
open mouth. The inscription In He
brew, translated, reads:
al Schema, the son Of King Solo
mss, the son Of David"
DR.. HartleLsn, the archaeologist'
says It is the finest example Of cary
ing known dating from 80 remote an
nQuity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
JAPANESE ARE TRUE POETS.
Chicago Club Woman Recalls Some OF
Their characteristics.

Chicago Club Woman Recalls Some OF
Their characteristics.
An observant Chicago club woman
who recently returned from Japan tells
the following interesting characters.
tics Of the little brown man"
HE is always a student and always
a poet. The sight OF an almond tree
In full bloom will cause him to pour
forth his admiration in poetry, which
he writes on streamers of rice paper
and attaches to the limbs Of the beau.
tlful pink Towering tree. Such tree
may in few days become the shrine
Of hundreds Of devotees, each inspired
by the sight to high pitch Of poetic
fervor, which vents itself in the form
Of more poems. so that before the al,
mond season is over whole orchard
is often flutterlng mass Of poetical
tributes to the beauties of fora.
Il have known hard working Jap
anese to save a whole year In order to
take his family on trip to the noun.
tains to hear and study the music Of
a distant waterfall"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

steep mountains offering well.nigh
insurmountable difficulties to railway
construction, but on the other hand,
the lake itself offers a magnificent
waterway Of 400 miles on the direct
line between the Cape and Cairo. 1t
may be taken as granted, therefore,
that this part Of the journey will be
made by water, and that passengers
will be carried by steamboat from
Kltuta to Usambara, at the north end
Of the lake. From here to Lake Kiyu
is 30 miles, offering no serious OBJ
stacle to a railway beyond a rise in
level Of 1000 feet. Lake Kivu Is
sixty miles in length, and this sheet
Of water also Is surrounded by high
and precipltous mountains, so that an.
other break in the line will have to be
made and the waterway utilized.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

ducement to choose the western
route, and accordingly the line north.
ward from Buluwayos was begun in
May, 1901. Last year 1t reached Wan.
kie, q distance of 200 miles, and the
additional seventy-five miles to the
falls have been constructed In less
than a twelvemonth. Tourist tickets
to the Victoria Falls are being issued
and among the visitors next year will
be $50 members Of the British Asso.
citation, who have accepted the invita-
tion Of the British South African com.
pany to pay visit to Niagara's rival.
Starting from the south, the rail-
way Is now completed from Cape
Town to Victoria Falls, a distance OF
1885 miles, and a further stretch of
$50 miles in a northeasterly direction
to Broken Hill Mine, 100 miles be-
yond the Kafue river,wlll be begun at
an early date, the contract having al
ready been let. This section, which is
to be completed by the end of March,
1905, will tap district rich in cop
per, lead and zinc deposits, beyond
which is q region with vast supplies
of rubber. There will then remain
only a section of 450 miles to com.
plete the connection with Kituta, at
the southern end Of Lake flanagan
yika, where the Chartered Company's
sway terminates. Survey work here
is now In progress, and there is nc
doubt that within few years this
link will be made.
From this point onward, however
Rhodes scheme has had to be modi
fed as the nature Of the country
around the chain of lakes stretching
from the Zambesi to the Nine came
to be known. AS Grogan pointed out
Lake Tanganyika is hemmed in by
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
EQUAL to the Situation.

Leonard D. Baldwin Of ex-Attorney
General Grlggs' law fra told the oth.
er day OF an Irishman who was taken
by his priest in an intoxicated condl.
ton to a cemetery and propped up
against a grayestone. The priest had
a lot Of the Irishman's friends come
to the cemetery dressed in winding
sheets to scare him. The friends
watched, while one Of them went be.
hind the gravestone and poured
enough cold water on the Irisnman's
face to wake him up. The Irlshman
looked around him. He saw the tombs,
the tombstones and the figures in
winding sheets. SHAY, you sellers,"
he said, we've been here longer than
OF have. whar kin Oh git driak?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
CHAPTER xl.
Sans New York Triumphs.

Sans New York Triumphs.
Ignoring his mothers protest, Sam
employed a dressmaker and for two
weeks Mrs. Rounds found pleasure in
assisting the seamstress with her
work. Sam had acquainted the lat
ter with his secret and she agreed to
protect 1t. But his precautions were
IN vain.
Like other crimes less difficult to
condone, this one was destined to be
revealed. The preachers wife called
on Mrs. Rounds, and since they had
become very friendly, was shown the
new gown and the black lace shawl
Whatever Of envy arose in that good
woman's breast was lost in surprise
when Mrs. Rounds innccently men,
toned the price she had paid for the
silk.
"Sixty-five cents a yard for that
silk" she exclaimed. why, my dear
Mrs. Rounds, you surely must be Jest.
ing. L had dress like that when
was married, and 1t cost six dollars a
yard. And that lace at thirty cents.
It surely cost FIVE dollars a yard, and
perhaps more. That beautiful shawl
must have cost mere than a hundred
dollars. understand now" she con-
tinued in some confusion. Your son
intended to surprise you. It was very
good Of him and very clumsy in me to
reveal his secret"
When the visitor had departed Mrs.
Rounds looked with awe at the gar.
ments spread out before her. A IA.
miliar step sounded In the hallway,
and Sam entered, his homely face
rosy with a smile.
I'm back ergain," he said, fondly
embracing his mother. "Admirin' yer
new gown, Ell? Go an put 1t on, an
yer bonnet an shawl. want ter see
how ye looks, dressed UP as er real
lady"
She held his hands and looked up,
tears trickllng down her faded cheeks.
"You-you told me an awful story,
Samuel" she faltered, "but-but
don't think you meant to do wrong.
and--and I'll pray for you. You are
very good to me, Samuel, II you did
break one of the commandments"
"That didn't break no command
ment." said Sam with contrite grin,
at only kinder bent it er little. Don't
ye worry erbout the. cost Of them
clothes. I've made enough money
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

since I've been away ter pay fer three
more dresses like that air one. It's
none tew good fer We. an want ye
to wear it just as If We want afraid
of it."
Sans rapidly increasing business
kept him away from home much OF
the time. Mrs. Rounds was busy for a
month with her wardrobe. She then
knitted socks for Sam, until he had a
supply sufficient to last lifetime. In
this crisis of a dearth Of work, the
wife of neighbor was taken i'll with
typhoid fever. There were five small
children in the family, and they were
too poor to employ a nurse.
An hour after Mrs. Rounds heard
the news she had taken charge of the
case. Hour after hour and day after
day she fought the attacks of the in
sidious disease. She cooked the
meals, soothed the crying children,
spoke words of comfort to the dis
tracted husband, performed the house
work, and slept at such rare intervals
as she could find between her multi
tudlnous duties. The patient was
convalescent when Sam returned
home. He at once employed nurse
to take his mothers place.
She listened patiently and with q
puzzled smile to Sans rebuking lee
ture.
when folks are sick, some one
must take care of them. Samuel" she
said, when he had ended. "They are
poor, and I had nothing else to do.
The Bible says you must visit the
sick when they're afflicted. You won't
let me do any work here in the house,
and l must do something"
Mrs. Rounds was the first to learn
Of sickness or of trouble in any fam
lily for miles around, and first to re-
spond. She officlated at childbirths,
or with tender fingers closed the eyes
of the dead and stitched their shrouds.
When children had Group or measles,
the nelghbors sent, not for the doctor,
but for Mrs. Rounds. She found re-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
CHAPTER x.-continued.

StNgNT ~ SNa-eGhesbaSas
TELL ye what Wen dew" said Sam.
%ffow many yards does 1t take fer a
dress? Fifteen? All right. Well
give ye sixty cents yard-cash.
What dye say, Mr.. Farnsworth? Is
It bargain?"
"All right" groaned the merchant.
at leaves me nothing, but I'll do it
as a favor. OF course you want some
black lace for trimmings?"
Sure" replied Sam.
Something about twenty-five cents
a yard" suggested Mrs. Rounds. She
felt like one who. having fallen from
grace, decides to go to perdition with
dying colors. No one in Rehoboth
ever had possessed a black silk gown
with lace trimmings.
Here is something at thirty cents
a yard which can honesty recon-
mend" said Mr.. Farnsworth. After
inspecting cheaper Qualities, on which
Mr.. Farnsworth fixed higher prices,
Mrs. Rounds consented to the pur-
chase of eight yards, though Mr..
Farnsworth advised ten.
Sans browning triumph was the
purchase of black lace shawl, listed
at one hundred and fifty dollars. After
ten minutes of dickering with Mr..
Farnsworth, Sam succeeded In acqulr-
ing that treasure for SLIPS. Like
wise he bought twenty-five dollar
bonnet for three and half dollars.
Handkerchiefs, stockings, petticoats
and shoes fell into Sans hands at
ridiculous prices, until his mother,
with tears in her eyes, declared that
she would not consent to the purchase
OF another article.
Mr.. Farnsworth presented an item.
ized bill for $47,27, which Sam paid
from a generous roll of greenbacks.
On the plea Of arranging for express
ing the goods to bingham, Sam met
Mr.. Farnsworth in his Office and gave
aim check for the balance of S445.50.
II swan, haven't had so much fun
IN ten years." said Sam, as he shcok
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
RrlharY.

Russell Sage was in early life an
errand boy in Troy grocery store.
At a certain directors meeting, re-
verting to his boyhood days in Troy.
Mr.. Sage said:
II remember we'll Rsfrequent visit
or to our Troy grocery, q rich young
farmer from schaghticoke. He had
fallen In love with q New York girl
who had spent the summer IN schagh.
ticoke. and In the autumn he called on
her in the city and proposed mar
riage.
The story goes that, as soon as she
refused him, the young man put on
his hat and stalked out Of the house.
Once outside. though, an idea struck
him, and, returning, he said:
Would the tower Of Europe be
any inducementT"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
crude PetroIeum al Euel.

A vessel using crude petroleum for
fuel has made a successful voyage
from California to New York. This
craft has steamed nearly 10000 miles
smoothly and well in ffty-one days,
keeping up a fair average Of speed.
The oil took up one-quarter less room
than an equivalent quantity of coal
would have taken, thus saving cargo
space, and It was not necessary TO
stop at any point in order to renew
the supply. In fact, upon her arrival
at Brooklyn pier this steamship. the
Nebraskan, had sufficient fuel in re-
serve for a passage across the Allan.
tic,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

Europen keepers Of cows are said
to have great advantage over Amer
lean dairymen in the matter Of milk
ers, as they can secure the services OF
women for that task rather han Of
men. Women are gentler and more
clearly as mixers than are men and
take greater care 70 have the udders
and tanks Of the cows clean before
milking.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
sEzENy NYE Qz0 V1zv Nw RN2E CUOTZpAALkis5NC'

hands with Mr. Farnsworth and
thanked him. 81 reckon Ma Rounds
will be the best dressed old lady be-
tween Boston an Newport. Good
day, Mr.. Farnsworth, an good luck
ter YOU"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07

river, or ffty-Hve feet higher than
the dome of st. Paul's. While the
construction of the great span is In
progress the rails for the extension
northward will be conveyed across by
aerial gear to avoid delay.
1t was originally intended to carry
the line from Buluwayo due north
through the Mafungabusl coal dis.
trict, crossing the Zambesi at the
Kariba Gorge. 1t was found, how
ever, that the country north Of the
Zambesl at this point offers immense
difficulties for railway construction,
and that the value Of the coal depos-
its Is not to be compared with that OF
the Wankie coal fields.
The certainty Of a large tourist
trafic II the line were carried to the
Victoria Falls formed a further In.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
CHAPTER XII.
Los, In the Snow.

Looks like more snowl"
At the sound Of his masters voice
a shepherd dog raised his head In
quiringly, and followed the gaze of
the speaker as he studied the leaden
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-07-07
once Famous Town In Decay.


Secretary CAN'T Of the state OF
South Carolina has Just finished re-
claiming a considerable portion of the
once famous town of Hamburg, 8. G.
Some few Of the old houses still re.
main standing, having been patched
up from time to time, but Hamburg
is now principally lot OF little how
els occupied by negro laborers who
work in Augusta.
The total business activity OF the
old town consists now in little stand
about 1920 feet Just at the foot OF
the bridge, and what pretends to be
grocery store, located where the
center Of the city used to be, the en-.
tire stock Of goods Of which could be
packed into a dry goods box.-New
York World.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-07
"Cyc|one" Met 'BIizzard" in Bur|esque
Bout in Boston.
knowledge Never Won but Was Played
the Limit and Lost.

Boston. Jan. 7.-"cyclone" Robinson Of
Rhode Island and Philadelphia and Biz
zard" Watts introduced on the card as
an unknown" but hailing from the ISL
and OF Jamaica. battled for l2 rounds last
evening before the Central club. and the
advertised typhoon didn't take place. II
was the funniest ring contest In the his
tory of boxing in this city. and from the
gong which called the dusky colored war
riors TO the centre Of the roped arena
until the full distance had been gone. II
was nothing but a continuous laughter
from the auditors. A series OF Wild swings
which found a no more substantial land
Ing place than the smoke-filled atmos-
phere. which resisted the efforts OF Ref
cree Donnelly TO break. until from sheer
disguest he allowed them TO so they
pleased.
With both tottering about early In the
contest, having used their strength in
punching riffs through the heavy atmos-
phere and coming together In long, lin
gering clinches, the crowd volunteered to
do the work or seconds, and with the In
terval between every round they Jumped
into the ring and famed and rubbed the
the bout might continue.
Robinson was a head over his oppon-
ent, an6 had an advantage OF ID pounds
The first flying squadron" OF swings told
the oniookers that the storm OF battle
would not be a typhoon. Watts, with
run and a jump. landed couple OF swings
which were advertised Of their coming
for two seconds. But Robinson couldn't
get away from them, and one having
found a resting place flush on the jaw
OF the big man, he looked about the mat
as though trying TO find a soft place.
In the second round Robinson was jolted
20 the resin.
Thus the bout went on until the seventh
round when. by rare good luck, the ICY
clone began TO get dark and a flying
wallop bumped the blizzard over the
right optic, and forthwith he said he had
been fouled The crowd yelled 20 Robin
son 10 Put him out" but II anybody was
going out then II was Mr.. Robinson. Mr..
Blink MoCluskey. a fighter couldn't stand
the pressure, and with few whoops akin
20 those OF a Comanche. perched upon one
OF the ring posts and led the cheering
for the unknown" In the main the men
time one OF those alleged wallops landed
IL sounded like the flap OF a seal upon a
hard surface. Referee Donnelly gave the
bout 20 Watts.
In the "preiims" Albert belmont won
the six-round bout from Johnny Lynch
OF Cambridge on points. "Pocahontas'
made Charlie Langford. a brother OF Sam
Lengford, quit early I'm the second round.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-07
Totals .....
AUTO CLUB DINNER.

Last evening the members Of the Rhode
Island Automobile club met In the rooms
at the Crown hotel for the purpose of
holding the third annual banquet and
business session.
The feast was an enjoyable one and
both before and after. the business of
the meeting was attended TO. One os the
principal items on the docket was the
election OF the officers. II is one OF the
rules OF the body that the nomination
shall be made at least one hour before
election and In order TO comply while
the ballots were being distributed n ban
quet was served. When that was over the
elections followed and resulted as FOL
lows:
President, DR.. J. A. Chase; first vice
president, F. c. Fletcher second vice
president. Darwin Almy: treasurer, John
r. Dennis secretary, Herbert H. Rice:
governors to serve until 1907. c. Prescott
Knight and John r. Dennis. All OF these
officers. with the exception Of Mr.. Almy
and Mr.. Dennis. were reelected. the Of
fcers formerly occupying the positions OF
second vice president and treasurer 6e-
Ginning 10 serve another year.
The remainder OF the evening was spent
In making complimentary speeches by
the more prominent members. A. n late
hour the meeting adjourned.