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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

No. 16-Sold.
No. 17.-Sold.
No. 1910 acres southwest Of Marvin, rslling
prairie, six acres OF grove, COED sod house, good
stable and out buildings, good running water
Price $1,000, in cash or trade.
No. 19-Withdrawn.
frame house 24x28 feet, story and half house
with basement underneath 24125 Kansas barn 20
fenced. basture fenced seperate from farR land,
several acres under cultivation, near mile OF
creek with lots OF timber. The improvements on
this land are worth fully $500. Price OF tract
$500. Land lies miles from Phillips0urg.
Ne. 21-SOld.
No. $50 acres good upland, i've miles from
Phillipsburg. Price $3.50 cash and $50 On nFe
40. 28.-16O acres, 6 smiles from Phiilipsburg, 100
acres in cultivation, frame house l6x'S, COCA Sut
buildings. Price 5000; $500 cash balance Oh nVe
years time.
No. sO.-16O acres, square Or, miles from
Stuttgart. Price $500, good terms.
No. 81 Good 16O acres, sW Of ObeFlin 10 miles,
! r. r. surveys run in the immediate nelghoor-
hood, win make big spec. for SEINE one sure
/ Price Si4OO.
! No. 82.-House and Lot in Oberlin, KS. Price
10. $50 acres. 20 smooth. good wen also
! running water, miles from C. T. and rom
No. 84.-Timbsr claim, 100 acres, 100 smooth.
IA. $50 acres, Sc in cultivation, good young
| orchard, house, well, ETC., miles from agra
No SIT. E. 16O acres, 50 in cultivation. miles
from c. H. Price 1880
/ No 38-16O acres, 90 cultivated, IS fenced
/ springs and running water miles from Dana
Price 5000, good terms.
No. IS. LEO acres, 40 cultivated, stone house
well, stable, etc, young orchard. miles IRON
station, from C. II. Price $1,000, one half cash
We have just received the agency for about q
l quarter sections OF land, ranging at prices non
$4,000 20 100000 per quarter. This Inst lnciuue
[ some Of the best lands in the county VIII sci
for cash or on time. Don't fail TO call on as
: us and get full description Of lands
. and we take a delight in giving new
a regard to lands and tile COuntr!
q sell we would say bring in your land
i'm the list. MCELROY & LOWE
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

The officers of the Agricultural So
ciety request US to announce that on
account Of the time Of the Jewell
Smith and Phillips county fairs all
coming the same week, that they have
thought it advisable to change their
date to one week later. Our fair viii
not be held until the 26th, 9th and
28th Of September. Remember these
dates and tell your neighbors. Smith
Center Bulletin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27
Is Phillips County Represented at
TOpekaP

There is a large room in the State
House at Topeka which is well filed
with specimens of grain from a ma
iority of the counties of Kansas. We
have been informed that there are no
specimens from Phillips county.
This ought not to be so, as this is one
of the best counties Of the state.
Now the HERALD suggests that the
farmers of every township of this
county send samples of oats, rye,
wheat and corn and all the cereals
grown here to J. S. Barnes, secretary
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
Association of this county or to the
HERALD Office to be forwarded to To
peka and placed on exhibition there.
Send along your name, your post
Office address and any other informa-
ton you may desire. Put your sam
pies in a pint or a half pint bottle
and send them in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

State Journal: The sO-caIled
Gree whiskey'' plank in the Repub-
Iican platform is particularly accept
able to prohibitionists. It is exactly
what they have been demanding. A
tax on whiskey by the government
obligates the government to protect
the interests of whiskey makers and
sellers. To remove this tax leaves
them at the mercy Of State legisla-
ton, which is what the prohibition
lists want. For this reason every con-
sistent prohibitiOnist ought to vote
the Republican ticket and there is
scarcely any doubt that the majority
of them will do so.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

Landlord Scully, who owns large
bodies Of land in Kansas, Nebraska
and Illinois. and practices the Irish
rack-rent system, has decided to sell
his land In Illinois. A law passed at
the last session Of the legislature Of
that state, compelling the sale OF
lands held by aliens within SIX years
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

Senator Plumb and Congressman
Ryan and Peters are to be congratu-
lated upon the passage of the joint
resolution appropriating $500 600 for
further experiments in Kansas sOr-
ghum manufacturing. These gentle
men made a gallant fight for the sp-
preparation and won.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

No. Sold.
No. 2.-i6O acres, located z miles south of Re
public City, 40 acres under cultivation. Price
81 500. Terms 81, 600 cash, balance on five years
No s.-sold.
No. 4. $40 acres, good farm land, frame house
1Sx24, two stories above basement, frame barn
lo14O stables ana sheos lou acres IeLoeu Ieeo loS
acres small corral fence, one mile OF creek, good
timber, 80 to 80 acres under cultivation, good
orchard, 100 young trees and abundance OF small
fruits, two good wells with pumps, good Woso
she'd buggy shed, cribs and out houses. Price
$500, all cash. This land is in Freedom town
No. 5.-16O acres, good sod houses, good well,
% acres under cultivation, plenty good hay land
situated miles from Woodruff station on B. &
NJ. r. r. Price S1,2SO. Terms $40 cash, $40 on
No, 6.-l6O acres, stone dugout, Kansas sheds
situated miles from Woodruff, good stock
farm, Price $3.50 per acre. Terms, $50 on time
Oo Na. s.@ Ses6i
No, $50 acres hne farming land, four miles
from Phillpsburg. Price $3.50, $3.50 cash, balance
No. 9-l60 acres miles from Philipsburg, a
splendid stock and grain farm. fine bottom land
and abundance OF water ana best variety OF tlnoeE
/ in the county. Abundance OF oak, nice straight
/ growth ash, elm and black walnut. Good house
l7x5, stables for or ten horses, farm an LenGel
and 40 acres IN good state Of Of cultivation This
/ Is a valuable farm and offered ar a bargain me
/ improvements and timber is worth more than the
price asked for the farm. Price - lOO, -, ~
Down, balance in four years time with interest a
No. 1O.-SOld
No. 11.-SOld.
No. 12.-Sold.
40 l3.-SOld
No. 14.-l6O ceres, 10 miles northeast of Phil
lipsbRrg, a good farm, plenty of good running wa
ter, good timber, Kansas house, stables. Lrul
trees, 40 acres under cultivation. Price SltOO.
/ No. 15-I60 acres, creek farm, 20 acres unde
cultivation, plenty Of water and timber Pric
I S11UO.
No. Il and Is are adjoining quarter section
and will be sold seperate or together TO suit pur
/ chaser.
We invite purchasers to call and Sc
1t will cost them nothing to enquir
corners all the information we can
generally. Also to those desiring
and we will gladly give them a place
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27
ALTERNATEs.

There being no other business,
convention adjourned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

General Sheridan grows no worse
but is still very Ill.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21

fully, contenting yourself with such in
formation about the little beauty as you
can gather from third parties and doc
uments. Its, when mature and healthy,
about two inches long, with sting that
looks like the point of a fine Lam brlc
needle. 1t is a brownish red in color,
and it's disposition is always hos
tile. When it stings you there is for
moment or two sensation Of numbness
about the part which rapidly gives place
to pain that can only be described as
agony. If you can imagine how it would
feel to have wire drawn through the
most sensitive part of your body and
then raised slowly to a white heat you
could perhaps form a theoretical idea of
what the feeling is like.
''Ihe sting is never fatal, and the pain
passes away after an hour or two, but it
is simply anguish while it lasts. During
the Mexican War one of the companies
of Doniphan's command camped in an
old building where there was colony of
these wasps. They managed to disturb
the insects in some way land the company
was completely routed and demoralized;
some of the men ran miles away from
the place before they were found and
gathered in again. DR.. Cunning, of
Beshoar, Col, has made quite study of
these articulates, which, he says, repre-
sent an unclassifed member of the
wasp family. There are, / believe, no
living creatures outside Of snakes, scor-
pions and centipedes which are able to
inflict SO much suffering on their enc
Do1nS ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Cave of Dead Mems Bones.
From the Woodstock sentinel.Review.

From the Woodstock Sentinel Review
A very interesting discovery has just
been made on the property of Mar
tin Buck, ex-Reeve of Carnarvon Town
ship, and situated on the western shore
OF Mindemova Lake, Manitoulin Island.
1t is a large cave some 80 feet In length,
with height varying from 6 to II feet,
and a width quite equal if not greater,
with a smaller cave some so feet in
length connected with the main grOtto
by narrow aperture. This great nat
ural curiosity was, SO far as We are aware,
first made known to the white settlers
of this lsland-though long known to
some of the Indians of West Bay-by
Daniel Hagey OF Innerkip, Oxford
County Ont, who is now here OH mis-
sionarv tour in connection with the
United Mennonite Brethren Church,
with which he stands identified. Mr..
Hagey is not only an energetic eyangel-
ist and s'fisher of men" but also most
enthusiastic angler and sportsman,
Last Friday, September q, while in
eager pursuit of wild ducks, he was ar
rested by yawning gap in the lime
stone bluffs. On looking in, his horror
may be imagined on seeing the en-
trance of this cave thicklv strewn with
whitened human bones, with several
skulls in good state of preservation,
and all apparently Of the genuine Indi-
an type. A shout from friend Hagey
soon brought up his Mennonite compan-
ions, the Rev. VIM. Schroeder and John
Evans, by whom the interiors of the
cave were first explored by white
men. A path was soon blazed to the
scene of this natural curiosity, and it
has been already much resorted to by
the settlers for miles around
How the Indian bones came to lie at
the entrance Of said cave, must, we pre-
sumo, ever remain yelled in mystery,
and give rise to conjectures of various
kinds, some of which are certainly quite
fanciful. But the two most tenable are
either that whole family of Indians
were living there in the dim past, and
persisted from hunger, smallpox, OF
some similarly fatal epidemic and were
from some unknown and unknowable
cause, left unburied where they died,
and there valuables subsequently re-
moved; or they were cut off by some
VIZ party and despoiled of all their
weapons, pipes, and ornaments, as the
most diligent search has tailed thus far
to find anything of this nature with the
exception OF broken shell OF large size,
nicely polished and notched in true In
dian style, and also small stone just
like an Indian flint arrow head with a
broken of shank, but of so soft mate
rial that some think its form is the work
of nature and not that of the ancient red
men. Mindemoya Lake has ever
ranked as one of the most lovely of the
inland water gems of this island; but
the discovery Of this most singular cave
with its two smooth domes In the lime
stone roof and its rich profusion of
strange, fantastic, water-worn rocks, to-
gether with the mystery attached to the
-bleached remains of the ancient
braves" bid fair to make it an object of
intense interest. not only to the settlers
of this island, but to the tourists and
artists from all parts of the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
A Clergyman's Noble Action.
From the New York World.


Some of our readers may remember
the fire at Lafayette and Lewis Ave-
nues in September, last year, when
Emma Drewry, child of about u
years, was so severely burned in en-
deavoring to escape that her physicians
gave up her case as hopeless, declaring
at one that she would die from blood
poisoning and again that she would
die from lockjaw. There are some
features about the case that make 1T in
teresting. A clergyman, In his endeaV-
or to save the child's life, suggested to
the presiding physician that the wrap
pings should not be removed for few
days, the constant daily changing pro-
duclng such exhaustion that the child
was kept on bed of needless torture.
Al his counsel was considered unneces-
sary, he left the matter with the ply
sicians, who, on leaving the house few
days later, assured the mother that the
child would die in two or three hours.
at the same time taking memorandum
of the parents names in full, child's
name, etc., preparatory to making out
the death certificate. The friends set
the time for the funeral, and began max
ing arrangements for it. However, the
matter did not end in this way. The
minister asked the mother if she would
permit him to make an effort to save
the child'slife. Ofcourse she exhibited
delight and gave him permission. An
tiseptic dressings were then applied,
which were allowed to remain for
number of days and give the burns an
opportunity to heal. The minister's
watchful medical attention day after
day ard week after week brought his
patient so far around that she is now
able to be out of doors every day.
Through the contraction of the tendons
the hands and left leg have not yet &C.
CURED their normal position. But the
faithful physician is confident that he
can bring the muscles to work with
their natural fexibility. There is much
happiness in the home of Emma
Drewry, and although the case is kept
remarkably quiet it is only justice that
the public should know that the physi-
clan is the well-known clergyman Rev.
Arthur Chester.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Clean Hands.

According to the fearful experiments
Of DIR. Foster, of the Italian Medical
Gazette, there is no such thing as the
possibility OF clean hands on anybody
Washed with soap and with carbolic
acid, with any and all the distinctions
in common use, our hands will still re-
main scientifically unclean; that is to
say, that preparation called steralized
gelatine, destitute of living organisms,
on being touched by the fingers thus
washed and supposed to be clean, imme-
diately develops living organisms ac-
CURED from the fingers. But if the
hands are washed in dilute solution
of bichloride of mercury or corrosive
sublimate, one part to one thousand
parts of water, perfect cleanliness is at
tanned, and no living organism will be
developed by the touch of the fingers.
1t is pitiful to think that we are really
so palpably made of the dust of the
earth but it seems that we must en-
dure it, since corrosive sublimate can
hardly be made the adjunct of
our daily toilet, and if it We're,
then the next time we shook hands,
or took up a book, or went into the
street we should but develop fresh
crop Of heterogeneous. The fact is
that these discoveries of science show
us, if they do nothing else, how fear
fully and wonderfully we are made, and
if we regarded them seriously there is
nothing we could eat and nothing we
could do which would not make death
seem to hang imminent in the air.
There is one refuge for the unscientifc,
and that is in whistling the whole mat
ter down the wind, keeping clean to the
best of belief. and thus taking care of
ones self, letting the heterogeneous
take care of themselves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Going Down Hill.

There are more ways than one of going down
hill. Besides rolling over a preclpice rushing
down a toboggan slide and other methods, you
may, if you neglect to rectify an cratic diges-
ton. discipline rebellious liver, and restore q
regular habit of the bowels rapidly descend an
incline whose bottom is the grave. A failure in
vigor. impairment of appetite, troubled sleep
loss of flesh and mental energy-these are the
infallible indications that show decay, ana
ought to suggest repair. The finest, surest, pleas
Hostetter's Stomach Bltters. Where the mineral
poisons and weak appetizers fail, this potent bo-
is the attendant of disease inherent in the con-
stitution, or the companion of convalescence,
often very slow after wasting maladies the Bit
ing it, through abe medium of improved diges-
ton. The Bltters cure malaral complaints,
rheumatism, constipation and kidney troubles
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Dynamite Guns.
From the American Magazine.


The destruction of the schooner Sill
man, at distance of more than mile,
by charge of only fifty five pounds
was sufficient to demonstrate the Won
derful accuracy of the gun when fired at
a fixed target from a fixed platform.
The fact that the Silliman was a wooden
craft should not be urged against the
gun, since being light and unballasted,
she would rise like a cork from the ap-
plication of force from below. The
manufacturers were anxious to demon
strate the power of their weapon to the
satisfaction of the most incredulous.
and asked that one of the old monitors
be braced and rendered as unsuitable
as possible for target. They claimed
that at "a distance of one mile we will
destroy any vessel now in the United
States navy, and with larger guns which
we can construct we will destroy any
vessel that is or can be built" 1t is by
no means certain that this is an exag-
gerated claim.
A distinguished officer of the loyal
engineers, who has had much eXpe-
rience in the matter of high explosive
and submarine mines, has recently de-
clared to Capt. Zalinski his belief that
the immense charges carried by these
dynamite shells will be effective against
the underwater bulls of formidable ships
at much greater distance than is now
expected. tits probable that 600 pounds
OF gelatine and dynamite-ten times the
charge that destroyed the Silliman-
will be fatal against any ships bottom
at horizontal distance of 20 feet.
The gun is, therefore, more destruct-
torpedoes like the Whitehead, and
much more reliable in its actions. The
upward effect of the explosion on the
Siiliman is shown by the fact that the
large iron water tank in the hold was
lifted and forced through the decks
above, as shown in the photograph
taken after the exnlosion
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
A Chinese Delicacy.
From the Philadelphia Press.

If you were Chinese girl, remarked
a celestial nobleman belonging to the
Chicago Mission, and wanted to give
some one a great delicacy you would get
two young baby mice, blind and unable
to crawl and place them before your
each living morsel in dish of honey
and envelop it in sugary shroud before
popping it into his mouth. The dying
squeak of the poor little atom is the
sauce piquante of this favorite dish in
China.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Lifting a Steamboat by Natural Gas

From the New I OrK POst-
A somewhat remarkable thing took
place in the river just below Evansville,
Ind, last week. a few days since the
steamer Robert B. Carson collapsed
and sank in 40 feet of water, together
with 80 head of cattle confined on the
lower deck. On Saturday morning, to
the surprise of one OF the harbor boats,
the pilot house and hurricane deck of
the Carson suddenly appeared above
the water. When q crew was sent
down the steamer was floating along,
upheld by some mysterious agency.
This was subsequently traced to the
cattle themselves, whose bodies had be-
come inflated by gases generated in the
carcasses, and actually had lifted the
steamer to the surface.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Dangerous Crossing.

The bridges of Peru are often hun
dreds OF feet above the streams they
cross, and they are but fi1msy struc.
lures of wood at the best. An English
traveller in that country gives his expe-
rlence of one among the mountains
Upon examining it, the guide was of
opinion that it would not be possible for
the mules to pass over. The bottom
was SO torn in holes, and the stringers
ana braces were so worn, that We had
only to look at it to be convinced of the
risk .sp we SHOULD run of losing our mules.
But while We were talking the mat
ter over, two Indians appeared, and i'm
med1ately offered to lead the animals
across, and carry the baggage over, all of
which they declared they could do very
well with our aid. They spoke with SO
much confidence that we determined to
trust them. Accordingly, the mules
were immediately unloaded, and hand
ed to them to make the experiment.
The Indians now took the ropes by
which the baggage had been secured and
these they passed in a loop under Lhe
body of one of the beasts. After taking
one end of this themselves and giving us
the other, with which we followed, they
led the mule by string of few feet in
length. The intelligent creature seemed
quite aware of the difficulty of the pas
sage and choose his way admirably.
by this means all the mules were
led safely over. Several times, howev-
er, during our passage, a foot Of one Of
the ANIMALS passed through the bottom
of the bridge, and broke a new hole.
In one instance one of them got his two
hind legs through and seemed about to
fall into the river, but after tug on our
ropes he was soon upon his feet again."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
Origin of Tweed.
From the American Wool Reporter.

From the American Wool Reporter.
It is strange how few people know
why certain varieties of cloth are called
tweed" Ninety iolk out of hundred
have a notion that the name comes
from the river Tweed, in the neighbor-
hood of which many of the manufacto-
ries are to be found, but this is quite
wrong The entire foas a origo was, ac-
cording to ''Dogberry," bad writing. A
London house had a consignment Of
Scottish cloth. Some of it was ':plain, !"
and some of it was "twilled." The
southern clerk could not make out his
Caledonian brothers. scrubbed twill
ed and being aware of the Northern
origin of the goods, put them down as
tweed" and "tweed"-with a little
"t"-they have been ever since.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
A City's Old Shoes.
From the New York Sun.

Every morning the frst-class shoe
stores of this city are visited by GER
tain class of Russian and Polish Jews
that buy up the old shoes left by pur-
chasers of shoes. The old shoes are
generally purchased at from 20 cents to
81, the shoe clerks dividing the money
between themselves. The Hebrews
then sell the shoes to shoemakers, who,
in turn, after patching them, sell them
to the dealers in Baxter Street and on
the Bowery. These last sell them to
our more unfortunate brethren for from
so cents to So. The whole. an evolution
of the shoe, only goes to prove that in
that are wasted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
NV 7
From the Philadelphia Record.

u.
Mrs. Judge Hirsch, OF Navarro Coun-
ty, Tex, gave birth to six children on
the afternoon of November 8. There
are four boys and two girls. The father,
George Hirsch, is 81 and his wife 81.
They have been married five years. and
have three children besides the recent
accession. Hirsch has named the boys
Frederick, Mills, Cleveland, and Thur
man, and the girls are Victoria and
Louise. The babies are tagged to pre-
serve their identity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-11-21
$4,000 in Prizes

Is offered by the publishers of THE YOUTH S
COMPANION for the best short stories. Their e
are three prizes of 81, 900 each, three of $3.50
each, and three of $3.50 each. No other
paper pays SO literally to obtain the very
best matter for its subscribers. The pub
fishers will send circular on receipt of a
stamp, giving the conditions of this offer.
THE COMPANION has Two Million Readers a
week. Every family should take it. Any
new subscriber who sends $1.75 now, will
receive'it free to January 1, 1889, and full
years subscription from that date.