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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
sickness and Death from Ignorance.


North Topeka Mail.
People who live in Kansas should as a
rule enjoy good health. We have life
giving breezes and no stagnant pools, but
clear running streams and well Watered
bottoms and uplands. Everything In
nature tends to prolong life and build up
a race of men as hardy as the Scottish
HighlandeFs. These are facts which
stand out prominently and yet there is a
variety Of diseases prevailing; diseases
which are not peculiar to the climate but
are of artificial growth and production
They. as a rule, come from causes which
are artifcially produced. Take, for in
stance, home built on one of our beau
tiful prairies. Everything is done to
make that home comfortable, but there
is just one thing lacking, and that is
drainage. The slop water is emptied in
a given place and left to soak into the
ground. It floods the surface for great
distance round, breeds foul vapors which
hand like pail around the house every
still night and penetrate the house itself
Often the drainage is to the well which
supplies the family with water. Every
inmate of the house becomes to a certain
extent charged with the poison. Is il
any wonder then that diphtheria, scarlet
fever, and malarial diseases break out
It would be no exaggeratiOn to say that
more than one-half the diseases of Kan
sas are produced by causes similar to the
one mentioned, and still the destruction
goes on day after day and year after
year. One of the laws of nature Is viO-
lated, and the penalty is death. Men
will tell you that certain locality is I'M
healthy, and while they may speak the
truth they are not aware that it was
made unhealthy by man. If the persons
who poison a home and its surrounding
were the only ones to suffer, it would
not be so bad, but the innocent visitor
and the traveller drink of the water and
breathe in the poisonous Vapors and
carry away with them the seed which
finally terminates and brings forth g
death is kept lowering over a naturally
healthy country through the ignorance
of men and women. These are not
overdrawn fancies but literal facts; and
if we could impress the importance o.
them on the minds of our readers and
rouse them to action, it would be q greai
satisfaction. 1t is of vastly more import
ance that our homes be protected agains
disease, than that we live in modern ele
gance. Construct drains which will car
ry off every kind of liquid which comes
from the home. See to 1t that by nc
possible means the drain leads to you
well of drinking water. Keep your eel
lar not only dry, but free from all kinds
of decaying vegetable matter. Eterna
vigilance is the price of health.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
Had No Business in Europe.

SOmerville Journal.
eyes, sir" said the American million-
aire, as he consulted the bill of fare in
Partisan cafe, g delight in travel. When
was boy, working for 81 a week, 1
used to think what grand thing it would
be if had money and could travel all
over the world. I resolved then that if
ever I became rich would see the noted
places of the earth. Well, made money,
and here am at Paree on my tour of oh.
servatiOn. When an American citizen,
sir. gets the travel fever on him, his coun-
try, big as it is, is too small to hold him."
"Yees, your country ees a big coun-
try" said his French acquaintance, who
sat opposite to him.
"Big country" exclaimed the Ameri-
can, striking the table with his hand; cit
is the biggest country in the world"
GIVE been there said the French
man; cit is full of wonderful sights, Nj
agara, for instance"
Never saw it," said the American /;
"never could find time to visit il"
"And de Yosemite valley" continued
the Frenchman.
"Never had chance to go there" said
the American.
"And de Yellowstone park"
Heard lots about it, but never could
find time to visit it."
"And de Mammoth cave of Kentucky"
BLAMED if ever thought of visiting
that"
"De Palisades of de Hudson"
"Whewl did intend to see them, but
always had so much to look after, you
know, and"
"And the scenery, magnifque at the
White mountains"
Never could find TIME to take trip
up there, by gosh"
"Of course you have seen de Thousand
islands, and de rapids of the st. Lawrence,
Lake George, Lake Champlain, and all
dose beautiful places? ?"
"Never lad time to visit, any Of those
places. Always had too much buiness on
hand!"
"Why come to see de tame scenery OF
Europe, when you haven't seen de grand
scenery and the wonders of your own
country ?"
Because Pm a dinged fool. I'll go
right home on the next boat. A man
who hasn't been any further east than
Swampscott, nor any farther west than
North Adams, in his own country, has
no business In Europe"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

A terrific fight occurred recently near
Valley Falls, in which, however, only
one person, and that the divorced wife
of s. G. Green, did the fighting, he being
kept busy, trying to dodge the missiles
she threw at him. He had employed
her to cook for him and dispute about
wages followed. Green's face was cut
With hatchet, and he finally threw heI
down and allowed the blood to trickle
from the wound into her mouth and
nostrils. He then turned her out o.
doors.
VIM Haggarty, a clerk at the Windsor
hotel, Topeka, has appropriated $40
Of the hotel money and fed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
BUYING AND SELLING NAMES.

Lists of Invalids and Dupes Bring the High
est Price-Use Made of Letters to Quack
Doctors.
New York Sun.
"A pleasant gray bearded gentleman sat
in Sixth Avenue elevated train, talk
ing to younger man. A reference to
the occupation of the older made him
say:
mine is an unusual business. see
here"
He pulled out card. Ifhis name had
been Henry Jackson the card would
have read
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
Unexpected Discovery in a Goblet.

At gentlemen's dinner party in this
city, recently one of the guests, cater
ing to what some consider a depraved
taste for ice-water, was seen to lower his
goblet before it touched his lips and
peer into its crystal depths through his
eyeglasses. what is this?" he asked,
as he agitated the water with his fork.
"a little fish, I declare" And, sure
enough, there was wee bit" of 8 fish,
too small to be seen easily with the ma
ked eye, bvt plainly visible through
would dart swiftly through the water
and lose himself behind the ice. The
cause of temperance suffered by the in
eident, as Trout Brook water was at 8
discount after this discovery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

If there ever was a specific for any one
complaint then Carriers Little Liver Pills
are specific for Sick Headache, and
every woman should know this. They
are not only positive cure, but a sure
preventive if taken when the approach
is felt. Carriers Little Liver Pills act
directly on the Liver and bile, and in
this way remove the cause of disease
without first making you sick by weak
ening purge. If ysu try them you will
not be disappointed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
The Latest Bonanza In California.

BEBER, CAL.-Mr. Thomas P Ford,
editor of the Mountain Tribune of this
place, publishes that the great pain cure,
st. Jacobs Oil, has worked wonders in
his family, and that he would not be
without it. He states that among all the
people st. Jacobs Oil is the most popular
medicine ever introduced.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

W. w. Wilmer and Henry J. Philpott
will commence the publication of an
eight-page weekly at Des Moines, Iowa,
March 8th, to be called The Million. The
paper will be independent as to party
but advocate Free Trade doctrine. w
II. Welch is to be business manager.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

The Commonwealth, at Topeka, Kansas,
is offering magnificent premiums in con-
nection with their weekly edition. Send
for sample copy, with list of premiums
Write name, pOstoffice, and county plain,
and address the Commonwealth Co, Tope-
ka. Kan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

Montana language expressive of the
difficulty Of climbing a very steep hill:
You'll have to stick your toes into the
face of nature clear up to your elbows if
YOU want to cross that divide"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

DR.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator JUS
what name implies. Cathartic, Tonic
Reliable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

The market is flooded with worthless and
vile compounds for the reiuvination of the
hair, but Carboline, the great petroleum
hair remover, still takes the front rank as
the best preparation ever offered to the
public
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

ROUGH ON RATS" Clears out rats mice flies
reaches, bsd.bugs, ants, vermin. chipmunks, I5c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
. If there ever was a specific for anv {

Mother Swans Worm Syrup for fsverishness restless
ness, worms. constipation tasteiess- 20.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

Bs.sss Of The aeipsns stages OF Consumption Tai
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06
For Throat Diseases and Coughs

'BUCHU-PAIBA.' Quick, complete cure, all annoying
Kidney and Urinary Diseases. 81.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

Browns BRONCHIAL TRooHEs, like all really
good things, are frequently initiated. The
genuine are sold only in boxes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

FLIES, reaches ants bed-bUgs rats mice crows chip
hunks, cleared out by Rough on Rats" I5e.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-06

Mad dogs abound in DOnlphan county
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
oRliu,, nv n hat"


"Bind AZ a bat" ia an old saying 80 mnch
the reverse Of fact that it is not easy to ex-
plain how II ever obtained currency among
people who had seen the animal. Noverthe-
less, bats arc not dependent upon their eye
sight for means of getting about In The DARK
They arc able to fly with great speed ana &C
curacy, 10 avoid obstacles, and to enter sinai
holes without making the least mistake. EH-
pcriences have shown that this singular power
NJ direction is due to q remarkable develop
spmsnt OF ths sense OF touch especially TO dc
found in their great expanse OF wing f"',
Their, these animals possess large ears hnu
curious nostrils, some Of which are leai-iih'
formations OF the most extraordinary deScrip-
ton. Thu skin growths are all supposed 10
have reference 10 the skill with which tne
creatures wing their way in the darkest caves
Most bats feed on insects which they eaten on
the wing; some Of them cat fruit, and lew
enjoy bad name because they suck the oiooe
Of other animals or the last are the so-caliee
vampire bats, respecting which 1t used 70 d
said that they famed their victim with 'ne'
wings while they sucked its lifsblood, put 'hs
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
A Gum Guue,

Tho finest grades Of crude rubber come from
Para, the trees being tapped and the sap gath
cred by means of paddles which arc dipped in
the tub Of sap and held over smoky fire that
the coating may harden. This process Ia re-
pcated until cake Of gum of the size and
shape Of squash Ia formed when the paddle
Is cut out and the lump is ready for market.
The scraps and droppings from this process
are carefully collected and sold rs All inferior
grade American rubber manufacturers make
wmuch complaint Of the rubber gathcrcrs as
English manufacturers of American cotton
packers. and even with more reason; for rub
Der being such an expensive raw material
Affords greater profit 10 the willy native, who
Increases his gains by stufins the rubber
with stones wood and dirt. These
deliberations are Of course charged back from
manufacturer to dealer and from dealer to in'-
porter, but tho original offender is seldom
reached.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
Soutli and Wont.

PORTLAND, Oregon, has had a disastrous
fire. which destroyed "A whole block, including
tie Esmond House, the leading hotel in the
city. The total loss is about sl2j,O0O.
THE Newcomb buchanan company, Of
Louisville, Ky, the largest whisky house III
the country. has gone into bankruptcy. Two
years ago the company failed for 81, 5OOO).
Bya collision between two freight trains
near New Cambria, Mo-, three men were
killed and two others fatally injured.
FIRE destroyed ton buildings in Eureka,
Nevada. including hotel and bank. Loss
about s'j,OD.
AN important land transfer in New Next
co has been made 10 New York parties
through the department of emigration OF
the Santa Fe hallway company. Tho grant
comprises 26.OO acres, and the purpose Is To
found an Episcopal colony OF Eastern people
in connection with which an educational in-
stitution will he established
TEXAS straight-out Republicans have put
n State ticket in the field, headed by Judge
A. b. Norton for governor.
DROUGHT has seriously injured tho cotton,
| peanut and other crops in large portions OF
| Virginia and North Carolina.
Two young girls-Carrie and Bessie Water
| man, aged twelve and fourteen years, daugh'
.
| Ottawa, Kansas-tied n rope around tho neck
| of half brother six years old, dragged him
| about and beat him with stick until he was
| dead. The girls stated at the coroner's in
quest that they hated the child and wanted
| lin dead They We're held for murder
From 1900 to 100, 900 people were reported
| present at Democratic demonstration in
Columbus, Ohio Clubs from surrounding
towns participated in torchight parade;
| speeches were made by Messrs. Hendricks,
| Bayard, Pendleton, Payne, Thurman. Car
| Isle, Governor Hoadly and other Demo-
| cratic leaders, and letter regreting his in
ability TO bc present was received from Gov
| ernor Cleveland.
SouTH CAROLINA Republicans, after q
| stormy all night convention at Columbia,
| nominated State ticket hcadedhy ID. T. Cor
| bin lwhite) for governor and ID. A. StraAer
| (colore.D for acknowledgements.
THE bodies Of two horse thieves were dis
covered suspended from tree on Poplar
| river in Montana. This makes thirty
| thieves lynched by vigilants in that region
| this season.
INcENDIARisM is rampant at Cleveland,
| Ohio several attempts having been made
| ever since the recent large fires to burn down
some of the finest business blocks in the city.
| Miss G. |. WELToN, II wealthy young lady
| from New York city, recently persisted in q
| snow storm while descending Longs peak In
| Colorado. She was frozen to death.
SIMMONS a. SEwELL, millers, Of Nirden
| III. have failed. Liabilities, S2O6, 100; assets
$4,000.
| Mn BLAINE was welcomed at Cleveland
Ohio, by.a large torchlight parade, which h
reviewed in company with General Logan
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08

Young people should acquire the habit OF
correct speaking aud writing, and abandon. M
earlyA possible, any use of slang words and
phrazes. The longer You put this of, tho
moro difficult the requirement of correct Ian
gusse will be; and if the golden ago Of youth.
ehe proper season for the acquisition of Ian.
isuage, be passed in its use, tho unfortunate
victim will most probably be doomed to talk
slang for Life. Yon have merely to use tho
language which you read, instead of slang
which you hear, to form s taste in agreement
with le best speakers and poets in tho coun.
try
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
THE CHOLERA SCOURGE.
March OF the Dreaded Pcstilence
In Europe.
Total Number Of Deaths Since the
Outbreak.

Aspecial cable dispatch from London says
that up to midnight on Thursday the total
number OF deaths in Europe from the cholera
since the outbreak in Toulon was n, l32. OF
these Italy had 1914; France. sos, and
Spain, 80. The actual totals, says the
correspondent, may be higher from
tho two causes OF official con-
ccalment and bad reporting, but l have
every death which found its way into any
report, local or general The Province Of
Naples has now furnished more deaths than
the whole OF France, the total being 5,923,
Of which only 800 or so belong outside
the city. Next in Italy comes Genoa, with
G22, two-thirds Of which come from little
spezia. The disease has now, however,
got firm grip on tho city Of Genoa, de-
spite the ridiculous Gordon kept around
SIeIa to save tho marble
| city. To this barbarous measure, which lit
| orally scared and starved the Spezians into
the disease. may 10 ascribcd the frightful
| mortality that has prevailed there. A gen
tlcman just arrived from Geneva tells me
the back quarters there are very dirty,
and that the epidemic is likely to have
many hundreds Of victims. The Province
| Of Cuneo has had AGA Deaths half Of thom
being in tho city of Busca, which likewise
has been martyr to a me1iGval Gordon.
| The other provinces which have Ind over 100
| deaths are Bcrgamo, with JOG; Massa Car
rnra, with liS; Parma, with ll2, Turin, with
| lO3, and Campo Basso, with l0i. In the last
| three the plague seems now to have died out,
but 1t is raging in new fields. In all, Al pro
vinces in Italy have been infected
An Italian friend OF mine who Is q member
OF Republican society in Italy tells
mo the curious fact that his latest circu-
lars from headquarters announce seces-
sionS by tho hundreds from membership,
including some Of tho best m9n in tho
society, owing TO the admiration for the
kings courage in visiting Naples. The
Garihaldinns from Milan who volunteered
To nurse the sick at Naples, and who wear red
Shirts and are to u man Radical We're met in
tho Sums the other day by Cardinal San Fe-
lice. The prclate shook hands with all Of
them, and thanked them warmly, This fact
has done more for the real uniiicaiion Of Italy
than IL is easy to believe.
In France there are now twcntythrce de-
partments where cases have been reported
and nineteen that have had deaths The
stricken communities number 237. Mar
seilles has had LIB deaths Toulon, 49,;
Aries, ;S}; Pcrpignan, lSG; AK, lG,, and
CarcaSsonne, log. The feature of the week
has been the sprcadof the disease into new do
par,ments-lscrc, Gers and Cantol-and its
appearance in the northern suburbs VI
Paris Five different suburbs have had
deaths since the 18th. The River Seine at
Cliciy and ~. Ecnis is in n horrible state-so
bad, in fact, that party of scientists who
made an examination yesterday We're made
violently i'll 10y the stencil 1t will be no mat
ter Tor surprise il the genuine Asatic cholera
breaks out there and invades the Bellevile
and Grcnelle quarters of Paris before many
| al al
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
Sleep.


Men who arc tho fastest asleep when they
are asleep, are the widest awake when they arc
awake. Great workers must bo great rosters.
Every man who has clerks in his employ ought
to know what their sleeping habits are. The
young man who ia up TIL 2, 8 and A O'Clock in
The morning, aud must put in his appearance
st the bank or store at or 10 o'clock and work
all the day, cannot repeat this process many
days without a certain shakinefs coming into
bis system, which ho will endeavor 10 steady
by some delusiye stimulus. II is in this way
ahat many young man begins lis course to
ruin. He need not necessarily have been in
bad company lie has lost his sleep, aud los.
ing sl0ep is losing strength and grace.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,

MAcHIIN, the actor, played S!Yiock at
ninety-five, and died at lO),
THE oldest actor living resides in St Louis
N. NJ. Ludlow, eighty seven.
THE New York Actors fund has had
seventy-four funerals in lout years.
LADY ushers at Rankin's Third Avenue
Theatre, New York, have proved S'iccess'
THE mounting of NJ. Sardou's new drama
at the Porte Saint Martin, Paris, Will cost
upward of S1p,OO0
NINE. MAGDA IRsCHICK will make tom
OF the United States this season, supported
by her own company.
NJ. CoouETIY, the elder, the eminent French
actor and dramatist, will take n four months
vacation in America in 1883
VERDI, now scventy.three, white haired
and bearded, calmly stands ON column OF
l25 operas of his own composing.
OWING to the death of her father Madam
Trebell has resolved TO p jstrone her return
to the United States until October, 1881.
EMMA ABBOTT has purchased new opera
by the author and composer of "The Iweivc1
Jolly Bachelors" It's called "Don Filbusto,"
JANGTRY has notified several American
managers to cancel her dates They threaten
to make il warm for her if she returns to Tins
country.
HARRY DUNMAN, the tenor, has been en-
gagged by Henry Irving for the tlnglng parts
In the latter's repertoire. He joins the com
pauy in Quebec.
HARRY CoURTAINE, who was few years
| ago one of the most popular OF young alneri,
can actors, has been reduced by drink uhtll
he is now ragged besgar
MAssINI, the new tenor, wants his expenses
| pa;d and $4,000 month to sing IN thc
| United states. Moreover he stipliates that
| he will sing only eight times a month.
| DAN RICE, the once famous circus clown
delivered what he called u lecture IN the Ma
| sonic Temple theatre in Louisville, KY, on 4
recent Sunday evening IA the course OF when
| ho displayed many of his clown tricks, sung
comic song and danced negro break
down. ......a,.. -g.ee.,t
The audience was very small 80 far as tho
travelling company could SEQ in the operi
house at Marelona, Mich, but funny pas
| sare in the play raised laughter, which evi
dently came from the outside, and on inyestl
cation il was found that ladders accomno
| dating hundred persons had been placed al
| the windows. W
THE first negro song ever sung before ~
audience in theatre was 10y an actor ii''i w.
Herbert He had been a cook III. carry NE
and was famous FOR his pics; therefore u
| ,y,e fnmiliarly called I" Pot-pie Herbert
I'he mo was entitled 1.-The Battle Of platts
hnror Herbert made his first effort IN Al
bany. N ". IL was in the year lsl5, h'
nain,ed his face with black paint, the use O
pnrnt cork being unknown at that time. III
sat in a chair before the curtain.