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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The number of projected electric" rail.
ways, "cable" railways, "tram" ways, and
dummy -engine railways for the city of Wash
ington and its adjacent suburbs is greater
this session than ever before. That property
holders are not crying for these improve
ments is evidenced by the fact that, while
willing they shall be constructed ON their
neighbors' streets, they strenuously oppose
their passage in front of their quiet homes.
Before yielding to the clamors Of the army
Of patriots who so unselfshly seek to benefit
the public with increased street railway
facilities, Congress should ascertain first
whether the property holders along the line
of the proposed routes desire their construc-
tion, and, second, in case they do not,
whether the public necessity is SO great as
to require the obstruction Of the streets for
the general comfort. From the character Of
the petitions signed it would seem that most
property holders regard street railway like
boil, as q comfortable thing to have on
| somebody else's premises.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL NoIEs.


William Walter Phelps is positively not going to
run for Congress this fall. SO say his friends. Bu
the story that he will decline a nomination Is only
gotten up to have his constituents beg him to rum
ten. Gordon is making gallant 1ght for re ENTRY
succeed Hls friends say he will, In time, come back
10 Inc senate.
,-.
eena.oI Iayhc ID hot at al anxious about the pro
poseu oena'oriai investigation into his election
~. winch n''nS' e''aehce was manufactured against
h''''
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hin vou,d ho o.,,aS mn - oy .eoenJ 'na' 'he 'arih
~ '"'''' w ~ ~" ""sS'
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4. - ,,n,,.a"nsa. ~ Su'ko L"WIs 'or 'h'rd term
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The aspirants for the seat which Repre-
sentative Barbour has shown determine
tion to vacate are one by one withdrawing.
Mr.. Barbour should reconsider his determi.
nation to retire. 1t is wrong in principle
aud worse in practice for capable Represent
atives TO be retired after term or two in
which realize the fact that the longer they
continue a capable representative in Con-
gress the better able he becomes to serve
them.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

Senator Payne ls not at all anxious about the pro-
posed Senatorial investigation into his election. IL
will give him an opportunity to expose the methods
by which nimsy evidence was manufactured against
him,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

Senator Hawlsy was decidedly better
posted in regard to our school needs and the
responsibility of Congress for the lack of
proper school accommodations than he was
upon District affairs in general when he
made his Willard Hall talk. He showed
the figures for the statement that, while our
population had been increasing 30 rapidly in
the first half OF the present decade, there
had been a more than corresponding decrease
in the appropriations for school buildings.
As the Senator remarked, SIT is very bad
"recoTd."
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

In overhaulipg the River and Harbor Bill
the Senate Committee on Commerce should
not fail to provide for one work which ia Of
national Importance, the improvement Of
the Potomac River If they would also add
a clause expressly authorizing the President
or Secretary Of War to carry on such works
as those officers deemed essential 1t might
help the bill at the other end Of the Avenue.
II is true that the best constitutional law
yers agree that the President already has
such power, but an express affirmation Of 1t
in the bill would greatly strengthen It.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The strict constructionist who laments
Constitution torn TO tatters because Congress
proposes to exercise the taxing power toreg-
ulste the sale Of adulteraied articles Of food
seeks parallel for his illogical arguments
in the somewhat ancient denunciations Of the
uneonstitutionality of tariff for protection.
We say somewhat ancient, because II was
more than half a century ago that the srgu-'
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

II is said that ex-Congressman Leopold Morse will
be run for Congress again. The friends OF Mr.. Morse
deny the rumor.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

Mr.. Morrison has said very recently that the tarln
bill would be called up In few days
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The action Of the District authorities upon
the question OF lettering the condition Of
the Potomac water comes little too late for
legislation at this session Of Congress. We
suggest, however, the adyisability Of having
small appropriation inserted in the sundry
Civil bill sufficient to enable an exhaustive
examination into the question of altering
and aerating the water supply Of the Dis
trict, the report to be made in time to ena-
BILE the estimates for the purpose to be sent
in with the regular annual estimates when
Congress meets next December.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

A bill was introduced In the Senate last
week to provide for the guardianship Of the
persons and estates of habitual drunkards
In the District Of Columbia. This is tardy
recognition Of a need that has long existed.
by the primitive laws In force here there
is no way Of taking charge Of any unfortu-
mates except those who come within the old.
fashioned definitions Of lunacy or idiocy
The habitual drunkard, though the sufferer
from just as real disease, half mental and
half physical, must now be allowed 10 con-
tinue his suicidal course, squsndering his
estate, abusing his family, and becoming a
burden on the community, 80 long as he
retains the vestiges Of reason while sober
vals through the degrading means Of the
workhouse or the Jail. Many Of the Western
States are already In advance Of us in humane
provisions for these victims Of the curse,
often inherited, of alcoholism. The bill In
troducsd by Senator Edmunds provides for
their confinement In the Government Hos
pital for the Insane. In addition To the
fact that this institution Is already crowded,
IL is open to almost al many objections as
the workhouse and jail. 1t puts the stigma
Of lunacy upon its inmates, just as the other
places the stigma Of crime, neither Of which
the drunkard may deserve. 1t would be
better TO have separate inebriate asylum
devoted exclusively to the care and cure Of
this one class Of cases.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

Gen. Gordon Is making gallant nght for re-eutry
into political life as Governor Of Georgia. lie will
succeed His friends say he will, In time, come back
to the Senate.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

While the Republicans are hunting around trying
to capture enough Congressional districts to 1--WE
them majority in the next House, they may let 70
their hold on the next Senate.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

William Walter Phelps is positively not going to
run for Congress this fall. SO say his friends But
mis- enemies say that this lis only preense and that
the story that he will decline nomination Is only
gotten up to have his constituents beg him to run.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The story that Congressman Springer Intended to
emgrate to one OF the Territories Ia pronounced q
canard-a veritable canvass back duck
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

New York's wants would make the fortune
tising rates. She wants millions for her
harbors. This she deserves. She wants
other millions for the Erie Canal, which
she won't get. Also half million or SO to
improve Riverside Park with Grant monu-
ment. little money-just little---lor the
Bartholdi statue celebration, and last, but
by no means least, she wants the National
Government to celebrate there the Centen-
Disl of the Constitution. As New York did
not participate in electing the frat Presi.
dent, she should not ask Congress to cels.
brate that event on her soil.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

The history of gas legislation shows con-
clusively that the more companies you
incorporate the higher, eventually, is the
price of that necessity of modern times
Given one gas company, with a highly re-.
munerative business, and others ask incor-
poration on the plea of playing the part Of
public benefactors and reducing the cost and
improving the quality of the article fur
nished. Then still others seek incorpo ration
on the same pleas. Finally, they all consoli-
date, water their stock, and the public has
to pay still larger prices for less values. The
remedy for overcharge for gas is not in the
direction of multiplying agencies. 1t can be
made effective by prescribing the price to be
paid for gas and the quality Of the gas to be
furnished, or, better still, by having light
furnished as water now ls-by the Govern
ment. Were this done, and the manufacture
and furnishing ofgas placed in the hands of
competent officer-such, for instance, as En-
gineer Commissioner Ludlow-we should
soon rejoice in cheap gas, as we now do in
cheap water.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

met Senator Ransom last week, who assured me
that the Senate would provide for rontlnhinH the
work on the Potomac Flats with safety provsc
protecting the Government from being mulcted by
the Improvement of the propertyif any-of alleged
claimants,
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

Dame Rumor says that the two Bills of Connecti-
cnt-Bil Barnum and Bill Eaton, are quarrelinR
over the next senatorship from Connecticut. They
naa best Join hands In catching the hare before
they quarrel as to who shall eat II.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-30

"What do you think Of the proposed cable
roads P' was asked of prominent business
man. "rm in favor Of them," he replied.
II have some property ON - street
(which would be increased in value by q
"railroad. There is nothing like railroads
"for bringing outlying property into the
'msrket." To some this argument sounds
conclusive, which It is far from being. II
Is, in fact, no reason at all for chartsripg
street-railwsy lines, that they will change
the values Of real estate. In reality, II a
street railway enhances the value of some
lots II will naturally deprecists the value Of
those in less favored location. Suppose,
for example, that all the owners of houses
on Fifteenth or Seventeenth street north
west should protest against having street.
car tracks laid thereon, and the owners of
the vacant lots beyond them should petition
to have thsm-can there be any doubt that
It Is the wishes Of the householders, and not
the wishes of the real estate ulators, that
should be regarded In other words, rail-
ways should be permitted TO occupy the
streets only when needed by the people.
Tried by this test, the charters which are
now being lobbisd for in Congress ought to
be peremptorily refused. They are not
needed at present, and are not likely to be
needed for some years to come.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
Annnrnnr.t nfOrator-r.

Old Colonel Eel, at the time when
Grant was up for the presidency, and
when the democratic watchword was
Anything to beat Grant" was address
ing an enthusiastic meeting Of CCmstOck
republicans when a democrat, who was
changing on to the verge Of the crowd,
sang out: 'It's easy talkin', colonel, but
wen show you something next fall"
The colonel was a southern union man Of
the ultra school, and a great admirer Of
Grant. He at once wheeled about and,
with uplifted hands, hair bristling and
eyes flashing fire, cried out: Build a
warm fence round a winter supply Of
summer weather; skim the clouds from
the sky with a teaspoon; catch a thunder
bolt In a bladder; break a hurricane to
harness; ground sluice an earthquake;
bake he'll In an icehouse; lassO an ava
lanche; fix a clout on the crater Of an
active volcano; hive all the stars in a nail
key; hang ont the ocean on grapevine
to dry; put the sky to soak In a gourd +;
unbuckle the bellyband OF eternity, and
paste To let on the sun and moon, but
never, sir-never for q moment delude
yourself with the idea that you can beat
Grant 20
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
SOmerUills Journal
Dynamite Statistics

London Times.
Dynamite is more and more In use
for lawful purposes, happily, even more
than in furtherance of the objects of
Fenians OF anarchists. If we include 1t
IN cOgnate explosive substances It has
become a very great fact. Three gov
eminent inspectors watch it. A large
number of manufacturers make it. Its
behavior is the subject Of more than one
act Of parliament, and the accidents by
reason of it are detailed IN a blue book
Just issued, containing the annual re-
port Of Col. Aajendle and his assistant
inspectors on explosives, which is well
calculated to make one feel that the use
OF such powerful agencies has sensibly
increased the perils Of life. Twenty
years ago all such substances were Of
little account. Excepting gunpOwder
they were curiOsities, scarcely known out
side of the laboratory. But Of late the
trade In explosives has wonderfully ex-
banded. The factories for the manu-
facture have doubled. in ten years; the
magazines for the storage are 70 per
cent more than they were in 1875, and
and the retail premises exceed by nine
thousand what they were IN that year.
We make more and we import more Of
such substances, and there is every sign
that the trade is only in its infancy.
Every year, too, additions are being
made to the recognized explosives.
Within the last year several have been
added to the authorized list, one being
electric detOnatOr fuses, consisting of
electric fused with platinum wire imbed-
ded in a charge Of a printing compost
ton made Of carefully purified gun cot
ton. Some new forms of gun cotton
such as tOnite and Potentite, find favor.
Compressed gunpOWer cartridges are sup
erseding in mining loose gunPOwder,
and being safe to handle, they hold their
own against the nitro compounds. The
brown gunpOwder called cocoa pow
der is, as everyone knows, much used
here as we'll as in Germany. But the
tendency is to develop the nitro glycer-
Inc group Of explosives. For sporting
purposes, Schultz powder, a nitro com
pound, consisting OF nitrO-Hgnin care
fully purified and mixed with a nitrate,
is employed For some time back the
use of nitro glycerine as a medicine in
cases Of angina pectoris and similar dis
eases has been recognized by the British
pharacoposta.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10

ment for three years, but was furlough-
ed to serve in the telegraph corps, In
which service he continued after his
term Of enlistment, and was captured at
New Creek station. He was in Castle
Thunder four months, sshalf clothed and
two-thirds starved % which so shattered
his system that he has ever since been
unfit to do much manual labor.
Another, from the department Of the
gulf, whose horse during the siege
Of Port Hudson was twice shot under
him, and whose field Office was lust be-
hind an Indiana battery, where for many
hours he was under fire from the enemv's
guns, has for years been unable to sup
port his family at his former business,
though he was an expert, and is now
struggling on a far western farm under
discouraging physical and consequent
financial troubles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
STOCK AND FARMING.

The maple worm is devastating the
trees Of Manhattan, again this year.
Corn in Wabaunsee county, is com
ing on finely. 1t viii make an enor-
nous crop.
Crops are looking fine in Usage county
at the present time, and promise plenty
in the future.
There never was in PottawatOmie
county a finer outlook for potato
crop than this year.
1t is said the chinch bug is doing
much damage to corn and broom corn IN
Mcpherson county.
Corn in Greenwood county never
looked better and the prospects for an
enormous crop is good.
Cheney CSedgwick county, Journal {:
The oats crop viii be better than antIcl-
pated a few weeks ago. The late rains
have helped considerably.
An Osborne county man has a COW
| that he considers the youngest mother
Of the bovine species, having given birth
to a calf at the age of thirteen months
and five days.
/ A Butler county farmer declares that
the rains do not kill the chinch bugs.
| The moisture only puts more sap and
! growth into the corn or other grains and
/ it outgrows the evil effects of the bugs.
FL Dorado Times: George Fullin-
wider shows us some oats, said to be
ruined some time ago, which are now cut
and bound. They stand about two feet
high and viii make % bushels per acre
worth saving.
st. Marys Express: The rain an d
cool weather have brought the oat crop
out in fine condition, although the straw
will be a trife short. Not much matter
about that, however, if the grain is
heavy and plump.
Garden City Sentinel The oat crop is
coming out ali right In this county. 1t
was heading out little short IN straw
before the recent rains, but now 1t is
sticking heads up so as to be cut to a
good advantage. The heads are full OF
seed and plump.
st. Marys Express: Universal sur
prise is expressed by some concerning the
favorable yield of wheat, and some Of our
farmers who ploughed their crop under
are regr' ting that they did so. II
wheat continues as low the coming year
as it is now, their regrets viii not be
very long or loud.
La Cgyne journal: ]. K. Holcombt
of Scott township, has lately lost -four
COWS They became lame, three of them
losing the use of their legs, refusing
food, and dying after four or five days
The fourth became so belGgerent that
the brute WIS killed. Dry murriam
was what affected the cattle.
Il Osborne Farmer: W. A NeiswangeI
completed the shearing Of his flock Last
, week The product from 1900 head was
q 10000 pounds of wool. The average
was somewhat lighter than usual, but
. it is more than made up In superior
quality Of the staple. Mr.. Neiswangel
VIII take his sheep to the summer range
IN Russell county this week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
AaUn1ortunate widow.

London Truth.
a remarkable case VIII shortly be de-
cided IN the court Of chancery. About
five years ago Mr.. Aging Of Portsmouth,
died, leaving his property to his wife
during her widowhOOd, but, If she mar
RED again, it was TO be divided among
their seven children. In 1888 Mrs. Ayl-
ing married, and the property was ac-
cordingly divided Two years later,
however, it turned out that the second
marriage was invalid, the husband being
a bigamist, and Mrs. Aging found her
self deprived both of husband and Of
property. She has now applied to the
court for q restitution Of the property
which her husband left her 'sfor life OF
widowhOod.' The case Is complicated
by the fact that one Of the sons has dis
posed OF his share; and altogether there
Is the prospect Of soma right profitable
work for the lawyers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
DRIFrINe LEAVES.


OIL drifting leaves that hurry by,
Torn from your lofty seat on high
BY Wresui ing winds and cruel Irosts
DizZily down on the brown earth tossed
To kiss Of sunbeam lost
Is this the end of your brilliant lifel
A little struggle, q fruitlesa strife
With pitilrss winds, and then 70 he
Under the feet OF the passers by
With none 70 see ye d1ef
Your glorious hues a week ago
Made the tall brown branchss glow
With many colored flames, that dazea
The eyes of lockers on who eazed
With Wonderment. and praised.
Now poor, brown things that huttar 50,
No one seems TO care or know
That you were once so proud and Ialrl
Glowing meath the slnbeams there
In the soft Autumn air.
But only tread you deeper down
Because you look so dried and Drown
But one heart els your loss and grleves,
And sings tiis requiem ore your graves,
Dead, drllted leaves.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10

The French viii honor the potato
by celebrating the centenary Of Par
mentier, who not only introduced the
plant into France, but inveigled his
cOuntrymen into eating 1t. He planted
a large field with potatoes at Sabbens,
and when they were fit for digging he
caused them to be protected all day long
by grendarmes. At night the officers
were withdrawn, and, as Parmentier cal
culated, his potato field was plumber.
The taste thus acquired spread with
rapidity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
THE WAR rELEeRAPHERs.

Services Rendered the Union by Brave
Operators
Pittsburg C0mmerciaI-Ga Gazette: Mr..
T. B. David, a well known electrician Of
this city, was one Of the i've men com
missiOned by the government during the
war Of the rebellion to manage the mill
tary telegraph service. He has been
anxiOusly watching the progress Of the
bill for the relief Of the war telegraph
operators which was introduced In the
early part OF congress As a commits
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
ProfesstnnsI Etinu.tt.

prevents some doctors from advertising their
SKILL out we are bound by no such conven-
IONA Llie5 ana THINK that II We make a dis
coyery that is OF benefit 20 our fellows. Ne
ought to spread the fact to the whole land
Therefore We cause to be published through
out the land the fact that Dr. r. v. Piercs's
Golden Medical Discovery" is the best
known remedy for consumption (scrofuIa Of
The lungs) and kindred diseases. Send 10
cents IN stamps for DR.. Pierce's compIats
Lreatlss on consumption with unsurpassed
means or self-treatnent. Address Worlds
Dlspensary Medical Association, Cos Main
Street Buffalo, II. Y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
A PICNIC PROPHECY.

The picnic season now is here
And the paragEap hist
Must furnish up with new veneer
Inc jests We long have missed.
Inc young man in the new ight uanus
VIII crush the bliths squash pie.
The sandwiches alive with ants
VIII make the children cry.
Fond lovers in the forest glade.
Their eager love viii tell
While all at once the Uimid maid
VIII See q snake and yell.
The man who swings the pretty girls
M1ll make his shoulders lame;
The dude who tries TO row q boat
viii wonder why he comes
The thunderstorm that ends the FUN
VIII crash down prompt at four:
With startled shrieZs the girls wi run
and drappled skirts deplors
Oh, yes, the picnic seasons here,
And the paragrapHist
VIII do his duty, u-Var fear
And yet, he'd not be missed.
SOmeIUiLis Jour
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10

There's young man on the corner
Filled with life, and strength and nope
Looking far beyond the Present,
With the whole world IN his scope
BE is grasping at Tomorrow,
That phantom none can cutc4li
To-day is lost He's waiting
For the eggs that never AAJcA-
There's an old man over yonder,
With a worn and weary Iacei
With searching, anxious features
And weak, uncertain pace
he Is living in the Future
With no desire TO catch
The golden Now. He's waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
There's q world of men and women
With Ia. ir life's work yet undone,
Who are sitting, standing, moving
Beneath the same great SUM
Ever eager for the future,
But not content TO snatch
The Present. They are waiting
For the eggs that never hatch.
Merchant TraUels
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10
IN THE COUNTRY ALL SUMMER.

The man who takes his family into the
country for the summer should remember
that he will save his children a great deal Of
pain and himself large amount of money
in doctors bills, if he is thoughtful enough
to carry a supply of Penny DAVIS PAIN
killer. The medicine is a standard specific
for ali cases OF cramps collie cholera NOR
bus, diarrhosa, or dysentery.