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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
The Longest Speech Yet.

A Chicago man tells new story on
Stephen A. Douglas and William H.
Seward. It was when both were in
the Senate. Douglas was going on
the floor to make a great speech, and
Seward called him into one of the
cloak-roOms and said to him:
douglas, you're going to make q
big speech. Come and take q drink
with me. 1 have here a jug OF twenty
year old brandy sent me by one Of my
constituents. Try a little"
But Douglas declined, and soon
afterward made his appearance on the
floor and addressed the Senate in a
set effort. After he had finished he
again met Seward in the clOak-roOm.
You're tired now, Douglas" said
the New Yorker, land you'd better
ry a drop of that forty-year-Old
brandy OF mine"
''Tiredi'' exclaimed Douglas. "I
should say l was. I am exhausted.
Could you expect anything else OF a
man who has just finished the longest
speech the world has ever heard?"
"Oh, that wasn't a long speech, I"
Seward responded, a little puzzled;
you were on the floor only fifty min
utes."
FIFTY minutes!" the Little Giant
retOrted, reaching for the Jug. "Why,
according to your own story this
brandy has grown twenty years older
while was speaking. Chicago Her
AID
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
frank Martins silver Mine.

From the Nez Perez (IdahO) News
About three years ago Frank Mar
tin sold the Horn silver mine at Era
for $50. 900. By his drinking and
gambling he has reduced this to about
81 900, and his wife now petitions
the Probate court to have aguardian
appointed for him. Three years ago
Frank Martin was as worthless and
lazy a vagabOnd as could well be pro-
duced-one Of those who never missed
q meal or paid a cent. He resided at
a place called Era, in Alturas comfy,
IN this territory, had no occupation,
and spOnged his living from his broth
er, who had q small ranch and kept
the POstofice by the roadside. One
day his brothers wife requested
Frank to cut her some wood He re-
fused, whereupon she beat him out Of
che house with the rolling pin and for
bade him to ever enter her doors
again. Sad and detected at the con-
dition of affairs, Frank walked up a
hill In the rear of his once happy
ats summit, when he sat down upon a
fat rock, at the same time stretL hing
out his legs and bracing his feet
against a small boulder in front Of
him. lie had not been there long when
the boulder under mis- feet gave way
and went rolling down the hill. Frank
raised himself and listlessly folloW we'd
after the rolling stoEe-and Just here
We will digress and say that his then
experience exploded the old aphOrism
that g rolling stone gathers no moss
and. picking it up, was surprised at
ats weight and general appearance. He
showed the stone to some miners
soon after, and they pronounced it
horn silver ore OF the richest charac-
ter. Thereupon Frank prospecCed the
place and soon found a ledge which
paid big from the start, so that IN
less than a month after opening the
mine Mr.. Frank Martins check was
worth its face from So, 600 to ST.
900. He had hosts of warm friends
indeed his friends were redhOt-reach-
ing from Houston on the north to
BlackfOot in the center, and Haley
and Salt Lake in the east.
One evening after delivering a ship
ment of his ore to Introduction works
at Haley, Mr. Martin dropped into a
restaurant and ordered a square
meal. He was promptly served by a
comely waiter-girl, and, being in q
somewhat hilarious mood, CHALLENGED
the girl to marry him then and there.
She accepted his prOffer, a justice OF
the peace was sent for and the twain
were made one. About six months
after this he sold his mine for the sum
above started, and, naturally enough,
the transition from extreme indulgence
to much wealth unshipped what little
intellect ne had.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
conkIEngeLaetLener-

The fOlioWine letter, written by Ro8s
coe ConkIing to 1fr. Thomas Nelliasn-
an old friend. has just been published:
No. WALL STREET, March b.
My Dear Sir: Bless your kind soul
You know that one can't step into ths
snow without stepping into the news,
papsrs.
/ had an ugly tramp IN the dagk-
the lights ou6-irom Wall street. up
over drifts SO high that my head
bumped against the signs, and dug
outs opposite the store doors sudden
" letting & Wayfarer down q foot OF
two over fallen. snRrled telegraph
wires and slippery places with a big
gard In front not easy TO stand
against, and so cold as to close tie
eyes with ice, and drifts we're nos
packed enough to bear up, ga Wish
one sank to the waist.
Bumps and falls, and strainB. az&
tugs made it quite an interesting sEs
cursIOn, but not one worth anFboSgss
while to talk about; but meaV theasEc
to you for ssking about Sc. hops
you and yoE8 are Well leEa M
VouHs. R0sgOH Co
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
a Terror and a TraveIer.

For a long time an outlaw named
Roach the Terror had been the scourge
Of the mountain districts OF Idaho
and last month he waylaid and pro-
ceeded to rob one Bivens, a wealthy
gentleman who was travelling through
the territory on mining business.
While the two were thus employed
the one in rObbing and the other in
being robbed-they suddenly became
aware of the approach of a mountain
lion. one of those cruel monsters
chat lnhabit and lay waste the fast
nesses OF theROcky mountain regions.
Roach Immediately dropped his booty
and skinned up a tree as lively as ever
he could; as for the other man he
didn't stop to pick up his property
ne followed Roach up the tree with
marked alacriUy. The fierce lion,
Haunting its tail savagely, licking its
hideOus fangs and rolling its CLASSY
eyeballs suggestiveiy, looked up at the
two men in the tree. and prepared to
Join them.
Have you a pistoI?' asked Roach
the Terror.
NO" SAID Bivens, the traveller,
4'but IN my belt I carry a knife four
teen inches long"
''Then, suggested the Terror; ''sup.
pose You stick the knife into that var
mint when he reaches out for us"
eyes, but if leave the knife In the
hOn," said Bivens, land if he falls
with 1t, what protection have
against you? No, I'll keep the knife
and let you shoot the critter with
that pistol"
eyes, but supposing 1 do shoot
him, % said Roach, what protection
have / against your knife when my
pistol Is empty?"
Meanwhile the lion was coming up
the tree with alarming rapldity. He
seemed to grow three feet every way
as he advanced loot by foot.
''Unless we can come TO cOmprO-
mise" said Roach, 1.-The varmint will
eat as both. Let's agree to this: You
stab him and I'll shoot him-at any
rate, either we folks or that critter
has got to diel'
That's so, said Bivens, land I'll
accept the compromise"
So when the lion got within range
Roach blazed away at it and Bivens
reached down and drove his knife
clean up to the hilt in the mOrster' s
breast. The lion fell to the ground
with a bullet hole IN his head and elev-
en- inches of steel IN his lungs. Then
Roach aud Bivens descended from the
tree. They had escaped so narrowly
that they could not be other than
friends. Each was indebted to the
other for his life. They resolved not
to separate. and now they are engag-
ed IN the bandit business together IN
the Idaho astnesses--ChicagO News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
Number 81 Vlords Used.

We are told on good authority by a
country clergyman (''The Study of the
English Language" by A. Dorsey, p.
49, that some OF the Iaborers in his
parish had not 800 words in their
vocabulary. A well-educated
person in England who has been at q
public school and at the University,
who reads his Bible, his Shakespeare.
the Times, and all the books Of
Nudes Library, seldom uses more
than 8, 900 or 4, 600 words IN actual
conversation. Accurate thinkers and
close reasOners. who avoid vague and
general expressions and wait till they
find the word that exactly fits their
meaning, employ a larger stock, and
eloquent speakers may rise to a COM
mand Of 10, 900. The Hebrew Testa-
ment says all it has tOsay with 3, $40
words; Millions works are built up
with 5000. and Shakespeare. who
probably displayed a greater variety
Of expression than any writer In any
language, produced all his plays
with about $1,000 words Max
Muller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
~ Interesting CurIoaItY.

One of the most interesting curiosi-
ties IN the United States is a piece Of
mosaic from the floor Of the temple
of Astarte, built by the Romans at
Carthage. which is preserved IN the
National Museum at Washington.
Ii is two thousand years old, and
represents a yellow lion in the act of
killing a horse. Eyes, teeth, blood
spots and ali are depicted by bits OF
stone. The fragment Is about seven
-fset square, and is valued at $25s 600.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-01
oueen VIctorIa.e secIueIon.

One can see the royal apartments
at Buckingham palace or Windsor
castle upon a pass granted by the
lord chamberlain, upon letter from
the American minister or some mem
Der OF parliament, but the queen
never occupies them and they conse-
quently have lost their interest. The
lord chamberlain nearly tainted with
amaZement when 1 asked for a pass
to Osborne castle, and as soon as he
could recover his powers OF speech ex-
claimed that such a thing was never
suggested before. That castle, he re-
marked, was her majesty's own pri-
vate property, selected and occupied
because OF its seclusiOn, that she had
q horror of being made a show Of and
of being written about, and he would
Just as soon send a stranger to dine
with her or ask one into her bedroom.
Even the prime minister himself
dares not go to Osborne unless he is
summoned by royal command, and
no peer of the realm or member of
the ministry would think of such a
thing as approaching the palace with
out an invitatiOn.-COr.P Philadelphia
Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
Anti

70 the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal
Your correspondent feels c~omplimented that
temperance sentiment and temperance effort is
drifting into the channel he advocated as the
proper one several years ago. Even the third
party has determined to form q State league.
Leagues may be national as we'll as State, they
may be organized in every community. We
have long commended that this will counterfeit
that organization known as the Liquor League,
which has controlled the legislation of our State
for 60 many years, and which has been the one
great hindrance to the obtaining of any prac-
teal restraint over the drink traffic.
By forming leagues new workers will spring
up in every locality; new zeal will be elioited all
along the line of this great reform. These
leagues, if properly conducted, will be places
for social weekly or monthly greeting, where
oratory may be displayed. papers read and
discourses given whereby tins ruins Of
dissipation can be presented in q manner that
will make dram drinking unpopular. and even
disgraceful. drive all men of character out Of
the %tarfic, make temperance the dominant sem
timent and popular demand of the times. The
hatred of dram drinking and saloons has not
grown less. Temperance is a live question Of
steady growth. Some great movement Of the
people and by the people is needed to unity the
efforts and opinions Of it's votaries. Leagues can
yield to despair. When dons no party will do
the bidding of the Liquor Leaeus or seek TO
affiliate with it. Such restraints as prudence
dictates and right demands will be the c~onstitu-
tional law of the land. No party move
meut can bring the people together to con-
summate this end. j. W. HERvEY.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. p.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
AN INTERESTING STATEMENT
An Old Resident Tells a Story of In
doubted Truth.
For Eighteen Years-The Length Of Time
She Suffered from q Troublesome
Disease.

The following account OF the trials and trib
~ulstions Of Mrs. Catherine White, who has lived
at 100 John street for a number, of years. is OF
more than ordinary interest, inasmuch as the
lady is well and favorably known here. having
lived in this city for the past twenty three years.
aud previous to that time her home Was within
four miles of this city.
The writer. as far as possible. has used Mrs.
Whites own words, as she described her suffer
ines to him.
"For eighteen years" .she said. Il suffered
torments almost unbearable. 1 could not de-
scribe to you all that / suffered. Any ~exertion on
my part. such as q short walk or an attempt TO at
tend to my household affairs would bring on an
attack of sick headache, which would compel
me to retire to my bed-chsmber, where would
remain for weeks at o time. My head felt ~
though a full set OF carpenter tools were being
used at one and the same time;
H~AMMERING, BORING, CHIsELINa
and planning away as though their very life de-
pended upon their cxertions.
Nor was this all. My nose would become
stopped UP, first on one side then on the other,
making il difficult for me to breathe through it
At times / would blow large chunks Of bad
smelling mucus out of IL. There was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.
The Lofty Sentiments and Low Practices of
Prohibition Papers.

Nebraska State Journal.
Most OF the Prohibition papers take q great
deal of pleasure in announcing that they are for
'God and home aud native land" The senti-
ment is very loyal and patriotic. but the papers
don't live up to it. 1t is difficult to believe that
an editor can do anything in the interest OF God
or home or native land By eternally reveling in
adjectives which should be dislnfected several
times before using. and by abusing all who do
not believe as he believes. He would have it
XII that his highest ambition is to reclaim
tie booty individual and have him sit on tie
top floor of honor and sobrieiy, and the able
editor commences the work OF reclamation by
assuring the errlng one that he ia q rum-soaked
hulk. a disgrace To humanity, q physical and
moral wreck. the offspring of tho sewers and
other dissgreeahle things. That's a sweet way
for a great moral teacher TO conduct bis right
eous campaign. TO be sure. Ard it's q credit 10
the home and native land that papers replete
with such rot are published in behalf or
Christianity. without q doubt If You 60 TO
Sabbath-school as you surely should, it is
possible that you will be told a delightful story.
Thore was a shepherd, years ago, who was very
gentle to his flocks. One night, when he
counted his sheep in the fold, there were only
nineiy-nipe, when there should have been a
hundred. One Of them had wandered of to the
bills away, where the wolves were thick and
hungry. So the shepherd went to find IL, cross
ing dark waters and clambering tangled sleeps,
and at last he heard IL cry. So he went to it.
and gathered it up In his arms and carried 1t
home. lie did not select a serviceable club with
spikes on it. and pound the sheep until It's teeth
ratified, and he didn't set the dogs on 1t with
instructions TO maui it's internal economy to
shreds. aud be did not call II names with smoke
on them. And the result was that the sheep
never wanted TO run away again, bur stayed
with its brethren and sisters and attended 10
its knitting. 1t is SO with the human sheep.
II you set the dogs OF abuse, reprimsnd and
contumely upon him, he will only run further
away fIom tie fold. and keep running until a
deathly WEAKNESS comes over him, and he falls.
and his bones mingle with the bones OF others
who have been bounded down by sour.livered
reformers who believe that the only way 10
soften the hard and stony heart of a sinner is 10
roast him over a slow fire. The dedication OF n
paper which is full OF moral violence to God
and home and native land approaches the
saerilegious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-28
THANKSGIVING MINCE-PIES.
A New England Authority Gives Some Hints
to Housewives About the Matter.

to Housewives About tho Matter.
Good House. eeping.
Mince-Meat for Pies-One cupful Of chopped
meat, one and q half cuufuls OF raisins, ono and
a half cupfrls Of c~urrants, one and a half cup
fuls of brown sugar, one-third Of a cupful Of
molasses, or one cupful of eranulated sugar,
three cupfuls of chopped apples, one cupful of
meat liquor, two teasDoonfuls OF salt, two tea
spoonfuls of cinnamon, one-half of a teaspoon
full OF mace, one-half OF a teaspoonful Of DOW
dared cloves, one lemon, grated rind and juice;
onequsrter piece of citron, one-quarter OF q
cupful Of brandy, one-Qusrter Of a cupful of
wine. three teaspoonfuls OF
This recipe. adds the above paper. will be
found convenient for those who like accurate
measurement. 1t will make nearly three quarts.
Mix in the order given. Use enough Of the meat
liquor to make it quite moist. II you do not
approve OF wine and brandy. substitute one
vinegar, or half q cuptul of water with the
juice of one lemon. and two or three table
spoonfuls OK jelly or preserve. Cook it in q por-
celain kettle until the apple and raisins are soft.
Add q little more rose W when You fill the
pies. In following this rule much will depend
upon the purity IF the spices used. These pro-
portions do not make o highly-spiced mince, but
it is easy to add more ii desired. II it seems to
lack something, add salt This brings out the
other tAvors.
Pastry for One Pis-One hesping cupful of
pastry flour; one tablespoonful of baking powder:
one tablespoonful of salt; one-quarter of a cupful
Of lard; one-quarter of a cupful of butter.
Mix sals and baking powder with the -four.
and rub in the lard. Mix quite stiff with cold
water. Roll out. put the butter on TIA paste in
pieces the size of beans and sprinkle with flour.
Fold over and roll to fit the plate.
Puff Paste-One pound Of the best butter, one
pound of pastry flour. one scant teaspoonful Of
salt, one cupful Of ice water.
By measure, use one quart Of flour and one
pint of butter. Scald the bowl and dip your
hands in hot water, to keep the butter from
sticking. Wash the butter in cold water. divide
into four parts, pat until thin. wrap it
in a napkin and placs in q pan between two
paus of ice. Mix the salt water with the -four,
rub in one part of the butter, add the ice water
slowly, mix with a knife, and cut till it can be
taken up clean from the bowl Toss out on a we'll
fionred board, pat into a fiat cake, then roll out
until half an inch thick. Roll one part of tho
butter thin and lay it on the middle of the paste.
Fold the sides toward the middle. then the ends
over, and double again. Pat aud roll out again.
Repeat this process with the remaining pieces
OF butter. When the butter is oil rolled in, the
paste should be rolled and folded till no streaks
OF butter can be seen. After the last rolling,
place /. on the ice to harden, as it may then be
cut and shaped more easily.
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Competent Men for the OGices.

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis journal
AS the time approaches for a change In ad-
ministrations there is now, and will be up 10
and after March 4, much discussion as to who
shall Al the Offices to be made vacant By re-
movals, expiration OF term of service and resig-
nation. That many changes should be made
for the good of the service is generally ad-
mitted by all, irrespective of politics. That the
new appointses will generally be Rep ublicans is
conceded. The classified service. governed by
the civil service laws, will doubtless be OBJ
served, as that law and all others will be under
General Harrison's administration. Many
of the men holding positions now are
incompetent, and should bs re-
moved. Republicans who played Democrat
when Cleveland was elected. and who are, and
will be claiming to be, Republicans now, and
Democrats of the anne class, should be asked TO
step down aud out for hypocrisy and dishonesty.
II will be very little trouble to make these vacan-
cies. and honorable men of all parties can have
opportunity to fill the positions il they can pass
the civil-service examination. The President,
his Cabinet, Senators and Representatives. who
make the appointments and recommendations.
must exercise their own judgment and assume
tho responsibility OF filling such Offices as are
not in the classified list.
Cases are very rare where an appointment
gives universal satisfaction. Some one. through
Jealousy or disappointment, will c~riticise the ap-
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Ah@ 90
a dropping of mucus from the back part Of my
head snd nose into my throat. This would
lodge there, stop up the air passages and almost
choke me. would hawk end spit this stuff mp
almost all the time. It he'd a dirty yellow color
become affected. couli not hear as well az
formerly. My appetite too, failed me. 1 could
eat scarcely anything at ell.
ICoULD NOT SLEEP WE'LL
at night. My rest was broken and disturbed by
dreams. My eyes grew weak and watered easily.
/ had q cough miserable hacking cough.
which racked my frame necessarily. i lost in
flesh and strenet b.. In the morning / would
have a bad taste in my mouth which was hard
to get rid Of. I grew tired upon the slightest
~exertion, was often morose. despondent and
gloomy. Ono thing / noticed, that was on tho
slightest exposure / would catch cold and that
would always aggravate all my symptoms.
/ despaired of ever getting over my troubles,
when one day / read Of the success Of the Blair
203 North-illinois street He told me nv
trouble was principally due to catarrh and said
be
WOULD PROMISE NE SOOTHING.
1 went under his care, however. and / am glad
l did. For since L commenced treatment 7
began to improve at once. 1 do not cough now.
hawk and spit as I used 10. l gained in flesh
aud strength. and feel as well as 1 did eighteen
years ago. This l feel l owe to the Blair treat
ment.
Mrs. Catharine White, the subject OF this
sketch lives, as before stated, as 100 John street,
where she may bs seen and this statement
verified.