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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
''BrOke" on Change.

A very seedy, yet extremely dignified,
elderly individual emerged from an ad-
jacent bucket-shop and Joined the crowd
of excited speculars collected in Gam
blers' alley.
THAT man" said habitue of the To-
cality to a reporter, ''was rich a few
years ago. He had cash in the bank,
real estate and securities enough to
make him worth $780, 900. Now he
hasn't dollar, [ verify believe. How
did he lOseit? The same way he made it
speculation, and a good deal of whis-
ky mixed in to quicken the process of
getting rid of his wealth.
HE is fair type of a class we'll rep
resented around here" the speaker con-
tinued. ''There are about q dozen of
them who at some time have been posi-
lively rich, and numberlesS others in
the different grades of well-off to COM
fortably-fXed and Independent. To all
alike a five-dOllar bill is now a rarity
seldom possessed. There is one who
less than five years ago made $4,000
in single deal but never saw dollar
of. He hung on to make more, and
when the market turned lost not only
every penny of that big profit but all he
possessed besides, and his membership
certificate in the board also. The shock
affected his mind little. Another had
1925, 900 and lost all in a few months.
Another, two years ago was big COM
mission merchant, rich and influential,
now q wreck. Another drew 5000
every month from his commissions and
lived nearly up to it; now he hasn't a
dollar. There are plenty of them, eld-
erly men generally, too old to begin
anew.
Usually liquor is as much to blame
for their present state as the change in
their luck. They hang around the
game they can no longer play. Its
fascination is just as strong as in the
days of their good fortune. Still pos
seSsing a large circle of acquaintances
among the commission-men, they are the
bette noir of brokers' lives. One of them
will walk into his old brokers' Office and
beg him to make trade for his account.
For the sake of old times he does so.
Usually it's q loss and the broker has to
pocket it. But that doesn't deter the
broken-down speculator. He repeats
the request again, and of course is re-
fused, although its unpleasant and hard
to the commissiOn-man to say no
They rarely recover lost fortune, or
any part oft. Their luck might change,
but their habits never do. Chicago
Tl,i52y2zP
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
How a Duxom Widow Got Married.

A widow, young, good-loOking and
lively had many admirers, but she was
so impartial that when, just about
year from her husbands death, she
gave public invitations to her wedding,
nobody could tell whether the favorite
one was a certain widower, a bachelor
or one of two young men, and, to keep
the secret, she declared she would be
married in a barn of hers in the dark.
The minister, too, entered into the spirit
of the affair, and to mystify the people
still more the bride entered the barn
alone at one door and the groom at an
other. There were at least two hum
dred present. The ceremony proceeded
in darkness, and at its close the crowd
broke for the bride and carried her
home in triumph in chair. But here
began the trouble, the WidOwer, the
bachelor and the two young men each
swOre that he held the widows plump
hand and was married to her; the crowd
could not decide, the minister didn't
know and the widow was puzzled, for
all claimed to be engaged to her, for al
though the widower was her choice, he
might have been jolted aside; indeed,
he acknowledged that somebody tried
to choke him in the dark, The four
men fought, but thft didn't settle it.
The guest du cked two of them in the
brook, but still no light. Finally, the
widower compromised with the others
by giving them one hundred pounds
each, and reigned as her lord The af-
fair has never been explained. One of
the young men is married, but still de-
cIares he was married TO Widow DOds-
worth in the big barn. The other also
protests that he is her lawful husband.
The bachelor is dead, but maintained to
the end: Il married her-I ought to
have her. "-LO71dOn World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10

cited him. and assured him that he had
acted wisely, and that the Sergeant's
heroism atoned for his crime. Only 2
few days after this, on coming to the
office, Vidal handed me a newspaper
folded in such way as to allow
only certain article to be read;
at the same time he whispered sol
elmnly:
what did I tell you?''
L took the paper and read the follow
ing:
lone More Victim of Intemperance..-
Yesterday afternoon, en- the Boulevard
de Grenelle, one named Mallet, nick
named La Soft, Sergeant in the Zouaves
OF the Imperial Guard, who, with two
comrades had drank immoderatelv in
the nelghbOring saloons, was seized with
fit OF delirium tremens, on seeing
some ragged uniforms which hung be-
fore the shop of an old clothes mer-
chant.
Becoming quite mad, this sub-officer
drew his sword and took to his heels,
scattering the frightened people in his
path. the two soldiers accompanying
him'had the greatest difficulty magma
BILE In controlling the frantic man, who
never ceased shouting in his madness:
4 am not a murderer! [ took an Aus
trian flag at Melegnano!'
1--WE have, in fact, been assured that
Mallet was knighted in recognition of
this martial feat, and that his inveterate
habits of drunkenness have alone pre-
vented his becoming an officer.
''Mallet was taken to the military
hospital of eros Gallon, whence he will
soon be transferred to Charenton, for it
it is doubtful whether this unfortunate
man will ever recover his reason.
As l handed back the paper to Father
Vidal, he gave me look of profound
conviction, and said:
Captain Gentle was Corsican.
He is avengedr'-T Translated from the
French, for the Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
Messengers Of the Air.

81 have oftened watched my birds, -
said DR.. Clegg, yesterday, coming
home. They are up in the air until they
look about as big as sparrOws. About a
quarter of a mile off they set their
wings, and with rush they come to
the window, never going foot pastit OF
evincing the slightest uncertainty as to
the locality of their home. | have a
hundred pair or so now. All around
this neighbOrhood people are breeding
and flying homing pigeons. [ use mine
often to send messages home to my fam
lily. 1 write the message upon tissue
paper and roll it up until I can stick it
in quill. Tbs tie to the leg of the
bird, between the foot and the knee,
with yarn. Thread would cut in and
stop the circulation. They never seem
to mind the load and never pick it off
If you are going to fly match female
bird who wants only two days of hatch-
ing, out her eggs is the quickest. Fly
he! before two o'clock and she tries to
get back in time to get on her nest at
$3.50 to relieve the male, which has peen
on duty since nine o clock. A male bird
flies best when the female is laying her
eggs, over which operation he usually
exercises the most lofty uperintendence.
They are loving, jealous birds, and the
attachment to the spot Of their birth
and breeding-place is so great that they
will rather starve than leave it.
''How can you tell when your pigeon
arrives in match?" was asked.
''By this electric bell" replied DR..
Clegg, stepping to the mantel and
touching tiny striking apparatus. 81
have board on the entrance to the win
dow set on spring. The weight of a
pigeon that alights on it presses it down
so that it completes the circuit and
rings this bell The judges and timers
then score, while go and catch my pig
con- Sometimes | take whole basket
full of young pigeons up to Havre de
Grace for a little afternoon airing.
They come back thirty-fve miles under
the hour easily"
.'What colors are the best?"
well, the white, silver and checkered
are about the best colored birds.
why will not a common blue rock
pigeon do just as well to train in this
wav?'' was the query.
s"They lack the intelligence and in
stinct, was the reply.-Ba1tinnOre Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
A Bird Very Hard TO Bag.

He who would get days sport out Of
pheasant shooting viii go either to
Western Maryland or the mountain dis
tricts of Virginia. Either the North or
South Mountain, near Hagerstown, or
the Bull Run and the Blue Ridge Noun
talns, in Virginia, afford the fields.
Virginia Is, of course, the best. as it is
not so thickly populated. and the grouse
shuns civilization. The Bull Run Noun
tain, about ThOroughfare Gap, in Prince
William County, is about the ideal place
to go. There are places either at Broad
Rub, Gainesville or Thoroughfare where
the spOrtsmen can put up. Carry a
hundred shells and enough powder and
No. 6 shot to load them with. With an
ordinary gun three and one-half drachmS
of powder to an ounce and a quarter of
shot Is about the right load Start out
on your hunt early in the morning, and
If you have an old setter, very staunch
and very careful after single birds, take
him along with you. The mountain is
your place. Not necessarily rock cliff
with pines, but ridge where there are
plenty ofwhOrtleberry bushes and laurel
Strike along the backbones of the ridges
and IN the accidental trails through the
brushes.
,
your dog will show decided symptoms of
drawing on game. He will carry his
tail low and creep and snuff around care
fully. fyOu are as watchful as your
dog and step along without necessary
noise you may walk right up on Your
brid. He will be lying low under tuft
OF underground watching you, Your
dog will root him out and he will rise at
ten yards in front of you. He never
gives the dog a chance to stand him,
unless the weather is very warm and
murky. If the air is clear and cool he
will be up and away before you can say
Jack Robinson. Now you must be a
quick snap shot if you would stop him.
The underground is thick, the pine sap
lings are numerous and the ground is
uneven. When the pheasant is once
started he will 90 in direct line, but
that line is very hard to catch. With a
whir and a buzz that is almost uneX-
pressible he rises from the bushes. Pos
Sibly two or three of them may get up.
Then your nerves are severely tried.
A quick, cool shot, however, can often
cut the ruffs from his kingship's neck
and make him fall with tremendous
thump and hutter.
A hunter who bags ten or a dozen
pheasantS IN day may consider himself
very successful. In the Blue Ridge
Mountains good shot has been known
to bag twenty in single days tramp.
The labor entaiIed, however, is ire
mendOus. Another way to kill the
pheasant, however, is when the snow is
on the ground and they go into the
grape bushes to eat chicken grapes.
When the snow is deep the birds cannot
find enough hips or partridge berries,
and, of course, they must go the grape
vines that are trellised up the~trees. The
pot hunter who finds good bush
''stock' it every day. If there are any
pheasants feeding in it he takes up his
position secure from their sight and
picks off the bird that is lowest down in
the bush. The others will be startled,
but will not fly. He may then kill them
all from the lowest up to the topmost.-
| Baltimore San.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
CHRLSTENING THE HOME.

The final GLOW was struck to-day,
The final nail was driven;
the last young workman's got his pay,
Picked up his screws and chisels-nay,
Just touched his cap and gone away,
And left us here, thank Heaven!
It's bare, but Wen dispense tonight
With hangings and stamped leather:
IN start blaze and strike light,
And bring our basket for bite,
and You shall spread the board Alright,
And-well, were here together.
THAT bench is just the seat for two
Be careful while move it;
I'll fold my cot across for you
Don't mind little paint and glue.
-Therel what could old Cornelius do
(FOrgiVe meD to improve it?
And so it's done-it's really done,
Past making or refusing;
Another widening life begun,
And all our doubtful fancleS run
TO solid walls in wind and sun,
Our own, and of our choosing!
Imagine this in gold and gray,
The happy heart a-glitter,
Thick stuffs to keep the cold away,
Deep shelves of boOks-in vellum, say
And beaten braSSes, TGpOuSse,
Instead of chips and litter!
Here we shall sit, and leave the town
To languish-Heaven befriend her!
You in your most bewitching gown,
i with my paper-upSide down
And tOasting both my slippers brown
Before me on the fender!
"A cottage stood here long ago,
Knee-deep in grass and clover
On this same spot. dIsthetic? No.
A cabin, maybe, matched and low,
A little maid in calico,
a clever-handed lover.
How life, unerring comes and goes,
The very Same-Or nearly;
Like us, they dreamed of these and those;
They ate and drank, and planned and chose,
And lOved?-a little, l suppose;
But oh, not half so dearly!
No doubt they saw the splendor die,
Night cOming-they must bear it
Youth, hope and passion slipping by,
The laughter spent, the tears run dry;
But did they LOUe. as you and /?
No, never! l could swear it!
Who ever loved a wife like mine?
Have done with vain denying!
To-morrOw's SUN is sure to shine,
And why should happy youth repine?
Come, pledge our future in the wine,
And make an end of crying!
dora Read GOOdale, IN Harper's BGzar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10
-Particulars of what seems to

Particulars of what seems to be
genuine prayer-cure come from Dan
vile. n. Y The patient, Mary Dunn,
for six years has been an invalid, hav
ing been unable for the past two years
to speak even in whisper or to rise
from her bed or to feed herself. She
communicated with her family by using
the alphabet employed by deaf-mutes.
One day last week She suddenly began
to speak, saying simply yes and mo-
20 questions asked her. On the follow
ing Sunday she talked with perfect eass.
The next morning she arose, and, with
the help of her lster, walked down
stairs Father FIT simmons. the village
priest, asked her what had cured her.
She replied: 1T 4e Lord has done it. =
She said she had. prayed constantly for
the two years sac lay helpless, believing
her prays wo-1d be answered,-BeEdate
EEpreSs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10

"A correspondent of the London
Telegraph calls att nt:on to the utter
want at MANI railway stations in Eng
land of shelters for passengers. who
have no protect on aga: nst the bitter.
frosty ar and p erclng bias of cold
wind which sweep through the cheer
less openings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10

"A new mine of "china stone has
been discovered on farm at HiDSdale,
Mass. The stoDe is the same IS the
English zeolite used for making china
ware. Parties from Port Morris, n. j.,
have tried to buy it, but the owner re-
fused to sell. Preparations will be made
to set out enough of the stone for ex-
per:mepts, and If it proves to be as good
as It appears, it will be mined for the
market in New Jersey.-BOsto'1 Post.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10

One of the French societies in tho
Interest of the industrial classes has
recommended the suppression Of al cir
cular saws in workshops.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-01-10

Gained Father Vidal as well as I
could, for bis narrative had greatly ex-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
FARM FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers for sale his
farm one mile South and % mile East
of Bennington Station, on Section I6,
ia the Township Of Bennington, COM
prising no acres, OH which there is
50 acres of improvements,-a house
and barn, windmill on pump, two
orchards, one young, peach and apple;
and ~ acres of wheat on the ground.
For terms, etc., call on or address
y.F. RATHBUN,
Bennington Station.
Bennington, April ~, 1884. IF
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

IA YEARS PRACTICE IN OWOSSO.)
OFFICE Over Dimmick's stote, Washington
Street. REsIDENCE-Cor. Park and Williams
Streets, Owosso Mich.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
Congressman Laird.

To THE EDITOR: Upon looking over late
numbers of your welcome paper, my eyes fell
upon recent editorial commenting the re-
nomination of Congressman Townshend, of
Illinois, by the Democratic party, and express
ing your regret that Gen. w. S. Resecrans, of
California, was not renominated. Both these
gentlemen have well deserved the praise &C.
corded them, when you say " they have been
foremost in the advocacy of all measures affect
ing the soldiers interests" For this reason,
we earnestly desire the denomination of Con-
gresham Laird, Of Nebraska, and also the re-
election of Senator ingalls,, of Kansas; both
of whom have at ali times and upon all occa-
sions steadfastly maintained the soldiers claims
to the recognition of Congress- There are
many others who deserve the praise of all hon
orably discharged soldiers and sailors, but
those gentlemen have stood at the forefront,
and, except the sincere services rendered by
Senator John A. Logan, no members of either
House of Congress have rendered more distin-
guished services than Messrs Laird and In
gals. Many war veterans will wish them all
the good fortune that can come from record
SO well made up.-BROOKLYN
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
A Gods Uniform.

Until within quite recent period the Chi
nese soldiers had no uniform. They were
distinguished from civilians by little badge
which they carried on the breast ,on which was
written the word Ping (warrior). The Chinese
god of war, whose image may be seen in the
temple of Taken, at Pekin is also represented
in an ordinary costume, without anything mill
tary about it beyond the badge above mentioned.
Recently, when the Chinese army was uni
formed in the European style, the priests began
to think of giving the god of battles uniform;
but just what kind of one to put on him
was the puzzle. Whether to make him an in
fantry soldier, a cavalryman, an artilleryman,
or an officer belonging to the engineer corps no.
body could determine. In their perplexity
they referred the matter to the Minister OfPub-
lie Worship who replied: Let the image of
the god of armies have the costume that he has
worn up to the present day, but hang up in his
temple uniforms of all kinds. He himself will
choose the one he prefers" This advice was
Immediately acted upon, and the result is that
at the present moment the temple of Taken
looks like the shop of costumer or the dress
ing room of a set of strOlling players. The god
is evidently not satisfied with any one of the
uniforms. or at least he has not as yet made up
his mind which one to take.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
Collector Whitney Never q Soldier.

To THE EDITOR: In your last issue you say
that the action of the Collector of the Port OF
st. Louis, in refusing to appoint old and we'll
qualified soldiers to places under him, is enough
TO have him removed from office.
You call him Major c. NJ. Whitney. He never
was Major and was never in the army, yet
he is to-day man of so years, and was old
enough to go into the army in 1861. He re-
fused to close his Office on May 30-Memorial
Day-and some old soldiers, who were appoint
ed by Capt. st. Gene, his predecessor, could
not take part in the exercises of that day.
He stated to a party that he was appointed
to his place as business man, and that he did
not intend to go to Jefferson Barracks-the
National Cemetery-as he had no use for Me-
mortal Day. Yet, the GAR. has made him
appoint some true old soldiers to places. and
we hope with the aid of your paper and with
Gen. Logan, we can have some one appointed
in this city who was soldier and who will be
a friend of the soldier, which we have not
now-no soldier holding an appointive place
by the President in this city.-WM THoMP-
SON, st. Louis.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23

pretty. Gen. G.. T. 3Beauregard contributes a
paper on Bull Rum" which is profusely illus
trated with scenes from the battle and portraits
of noted Confederates-arliong them, Joseph "a.
Johnston and Stonewall Jackson. This months
magazine contains, besides, the first installment
of Recollections of a Private" by Warren Lee
Goss, which promises TO be an agreeable addi-
ton to the literature of the war. Z" Free Joe
and the Rest of the World" is written in Joel
Chandler Harris's best style, and the Topics
of the Times" "Opeu LETTERS and "Bric-a-
Brac" come up to their usual standard of
excellence.
The Popular Science Monthly comes to us this
month with an imposing array of contributions
on scientific and kindred subjects DR.. w. A.
Hammond contributes paper on " The Rea-
ton between the Mind and the Nervous Sys-
tenn" F. A. Ferrald writes on German
Testimony on the Classic Question" Herbert
Spencer discourses learnedly on the Origin of
Synthetic Philosophy" and j. b. Craighead
speculates on "The Future of the Negro in the
South" THE Pending Problems of Astrono--
N.Y." by Prof. Young; Drowning the Torrent
in Vegetation by J. w. Powell What is
Electricity?" by Prof. John Trowbridge, and
numerous other excellent papers by prominent
writers are also contained in the November
number.
The Birouac for October, which is just re-
ceived contains a great deal of highly inter
eStiliS InabUer on bHe tate war. Inc STORY vi
Barbara Frietchie" from "The History of the
Flag of the United States" is exceedingly in
teresting, and the sketches under the head of
Remembrances," Forage Gleanings," etc,
cannot fail to be of interest to all who partici-
pated in the late unpleasantness.
The aquatic Observation-Disclosures for Septem-
Der: Canoeing in the Tar lem Canoe; A Canoe
Trip Around New York Island Canoe and
Paddle; Are American Waters CanOeable
Whifs from an Old Sailors Pipe; Tar in a Tu-
reen; Stability; Watching Summary; Rowing
Summary.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-23
Tho 0ldnsH Wan.

To THE EDITOR I saw in your last paper
that man signing himself "White Acorn +"
claims to be the oldest man mustered in the
service during the late rebellion. / like to let
the boys have their own way, but can't help
taking the starch out of that statement. James
Gardner was born March %, 1799 and enlisted
in 1913 in the war between this country and
England. He was in the service three months,
and was mustered out because he was too small.
He enlisted again soon after and stayed until
peace, in 1915; married when he was 81 years
and six months old raised family of 10 chill
dren, of which L am the youngest. Then he
enlisted in August, 1862 in the 115th n. Y,
he being then SO years old. He was five feet
IL inches high without boots, and weighed 100
pounds; was as straight as a yard of pump
water. He was wounded in the leg and breast
at the battle of Oolustee in February. 1864,
and died at Hilton Head, S. c., the following
March. at the age of 60 years. After he was
wounded he marched II miles on foot before
be was taken into an ambulance. His wounds
were not dressed until the third day. The
officers and men of his regiment will confirm
this statement if necessarily. GARDNER,
CO. A, 18th, and Co. A, 47th n. Y.