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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
IOWA ITEMS.

Quite a sensation was caused a few
days ago near Winterset, Iowa, by the
marriage of a well-to-do widow, fair,
fat and forty to her negro employe,
aged twenty-six.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
company is preparing to build line of
railroad from Spencer, Clay county,
Iowa, to Sioux City.
Some days ago the Sheriff seized
large quantity Of liquor in Laurer's
brewery, at Clinton. A Justice has
given Judgment against the brewery
and an appeal has been taken to the
district court.
A rag-picker, in examining his col
lections at Sioux City found letter
which contained drafts for So, 600.
The drafts were drawn on the First
National Bank of New York and were
turned over to a Sioux City bank.
Sioux City has decided to have a hay
palace. 1t will be made of bailed hay,
with a matched roof. It viii be di-
vided into apartments in which eXhi-
billions Will be made An architect
HAS DIGAldLCO Ill O1Ae55AAAtLA NACo4E5-A- --AC
palace will be built early In October.
1t does not vet appear whether this is
TO be a rival or a supplement to the
corn palace.
The Iowa dairy commissioner esti-
mates that the oleomargarine law has
been worth $4,000 to the state in
raising the price of genuine butter.
Z NTo-,v-,, 80
about to build an elevator with a ca
pacity of 10000 bushels. They also
propose to hire an agent and handle
their own hogs and cattle.
Two white swans were noticed to
al!ght in the river in front of Fort
Madison Friday. An old hunter said
that it has been more than twenty
years since a swan was killed IN that
vicinity.
ID. W. c. Throop, editor Of the
Mt. Pleasant Free Press, fell dead in
his chair recently from heart disease,
while conversing with friend. He
was over 20 years of age.
A man was arrested in Atlantic as q
dangerous man because he had a vii
famous cOuntenance.
An effort is being made in Story
county, through the medium of peti
tions, to have the bounty on vol
scalps raised from 81 to 50 each. The
Nevada Waterman thinks such a rals'
in price would have a tendency to IN
crease the raising" of wolves.
Rockwell City, at the municipal cleo
lions last week, came within twent.
votes of electing gentleman of color
to the Office of mayor.
James Anderson, a telegraph opera
tor, died at Shelby Monday from tax
ing an overdose of morphine. He ha
been taking the drug to alleviate pain
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
soaring 20 Loeked Wingg.

The recent discovery of the power
possessed by soaring birds, to set their
wings when fully expanded, to remain
locked independent of muscular action,
explains to my mind a phenomenon that
has puzzled me for many years. 1t has
been my custom for many seasons to
spend a few days each fall duck shoot
ing at the lakes bordering the Illinois
river in central Illinois. The birds
We're almost invariably shot in mid air,
while flying rapidly by, and often,
when not killed at once, they would
set their wings and sail gradually down
to the water or ground, which they
would reach dead, the distance being
from one hundred yards to a quarter OF
a mile, apparently corresponding to the
height of the bird when shot. And 1t
was a maxim with duck shooters on
these lakes, ''That bird is killed, for he
has set his wings" Besides the ducks,
/ have seen this phenomenon illustrated
In the wild turkey and prairie hen. In
wing shooting the wild turkey If 1t set
its wings and gradually came to the
earth a quarter Of a mile or more away
we always marked the spot, well eX-
pecting to find the dead body when we
reached it. I trust that some student
OF anatomy VIII take up this subject
and demonstrate it to a certainty
/ Science.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
There has been trouble on the Kla-

There has been trouble on the Kla-
math Indian reservation since the com
"a encement Of the salmon fishing season
last fall. A packing factory established
there was torn down by orders from the
army. The OWuer accepted the sItua-
ton and moved his traps to a scOw
which he anchored II the river. The
dodge did not work, for a United States
marshal came along on Tuesday and
captured the entire outfit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06

A young man who died IN Fresno,
Cal, recently, owed his death to eX-
cessive cigarette smoking. He was only
seventeen years old, and a fine speci-
men of physical manhood, but his sys-
tenn became saturated with the poison,
paralysis ensued, and all the efforts of
his physician were pOWerless to help
him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06

necessary.
The seasons Of winter, spring, sum
mer. and autumn should commence re-
spectfive on January 1, April L, July
L. and October 1, dates easy to remem-
her. and so near the real moment of
change as to be practically correct
The various festivals could be easily
arranged. Easter Day may be regu-
lated pretty much as it is at present by
making 1t the first Sunday after the
first new moon occurring after the YER
nal equinox And, by the way, the
perplexing tables to find Easter Day
by the golden number which now en-
beIIishes Cd our prayer books might
very properly be omitted.
And how shout Christmas? We are
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06

It is a queer thing that IN the ethics
cF 1inship a man usually PUSHES to his
uncle after bidding gOOd-by to his ante,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Turkeys Unpaid soldiery.

Turkey, since it has given Bosnia to
Austria, to Servia its complete independ-
ence, to Bulgaria complete autonomy, to
Roumelia q nearly independent govern
ment, and has been shorn of other frag-
ments of its polyglot population, has a
greatly diminished force to draw upon for
soldiers. Besides this it is deeply in debt,
and always without money enough to pay
its army on peace footing, TO say moth
ing Of what it would have to do In case of
war. The Russian indemnity has not
been diminished even by a first payment.
1t is threat held over the sultan's head.
to be used at some critical moment. Its
soldiers who were sent home few weeks
ago, after their first term of service had
expired, were not paid, and there was a
sort Of mutiny, which was quelled with
difficulty. Without money it is impossible
to buy the arms which it needs to equip
its infantry. When it gets rifles at all 1t
Is obliged to content itself with an inferior
weapon, or one thrown little out of date
by those just adopted by the great powers.
Brussels Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Stealing Hotel Stationery.

Chief Clerk Wall, of the Hoffman
house, says that at least one-half of the
stationery given out at the various hotels
is to persons who are not guests. "Why,
1 know Of probably one hundred persons, +"
said Mr.. Wall, ''who come here to do all
their letter writing and yet at no time
have any Of them been guests of the
house. Still we cannot very well refuse
those who are known to be respectable q
sheet Of paper and an envelope 1t is safe
to say that each of the large hotels gives
away $500 worth of stationery every year. /"
Only short time ago fine looking old
gentleman, who was one of the chronic
loungers about the Fifth Avenue hotel,
was exposed as a stationery thief in a
most public manner. He walked ND to
the desk of the hotel and taking off his
hat as If to stroke his brow he helped
himself to handful of envelopes, which
he carefully concealed in his hat. Then
he strode into the reading room The
head porter noticed him and brought him
back to the Office snow take of your
hat," commanded the porter, and the
man being compelled to do so the
envelopes fell out on the floor. It was
discovered that the old gentleman had
been in the habit Of stealing stationery
for several years and taking it home with
him. In this way he gave the impression
to his friends at distance that he lived
at the Fifth Avenue.-New York World
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Queer Weather relssr.m..

'tRattletraps, pigs tails and porcu.
pines" was the telegraph river report
received by the signal Office from Weston
this morning. Obviously, that means
that the Monongahela was rising there,
that there had been nearly q seven foot
gain during the day, that the rainfall was
O.5S inch, and that the wind was from
the northwest. Goal scuttles, flour bins
and fire balloons" was the message from
Morganton. Naturally that meant rising
river, fee. 6 inches of a change, OBS
inch of rainfall, and northerly wind.
The signal service does all its reporting
in cipher. All river messages are re-
ceived in the above kind of language.
1t is laughable thing to have.to call at
the office at an early hour on business and
hear the jargon that is being called out
from the kilograms. The oldest words in
the language seem to have been selected
to form the cipher. The use of a cipher
at all is characteristic of the difference in
the management of a government depart
ment and private concern. 1t is difficult
for an ordinary mind to see any need for
it. The only conceivable theory it can be
justified on is that the department was at
one time branch of the military service
and that therefore the fiction should be
kept up that some mysterious enemy was
in the country whom it was needful to
delude. Many people will be apt to think
that, with all due respect to the depart
ment, it could not delude an enemy worse
than by furnishing him with some of the
predictions that are daily furnished to the
innocent public.-Pittsburg Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Lips of Leading Lawyers.

It Is remarkable physiognomical fact
that the leading lawyers of the world
have q great preponderance of lip. A
close examination of numerous portraits
of the noted advocates of the past, and a
personal inspection of the lips of the most
noted lawyers at Washington show that
this lip growth is most extraordinary in
that part Of the mouth nearest the chin,
and, in fact, the under lips of our great
lawyers look as though they had been
stung by so many bees. How this comes
am not able to state. 1t may be in the
pursuing up of the lips in the endeavor
to appear wise. 1t may be in the tightly
closed mouth, supposed to keep in the
great knowledge of the law until the
owner receives a $4,000 fee, or it may
be in the development Of the under lip
in the arguing Of cases before jury.
At any rate there is no doubt that this
extraordinary development exists, as
look at the sketches of the lips of note,
cen VIII show.-Frank G. Carpenter IN
.yew York World
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

| man, "Ho hos sororai times oeen o,,,.u,u "a,
~ these oo'',iiiis as the meanest white man
~, ~ Aiizona' mas stopped his paper because we
usu ho' nane column editorial ON the Fourth
', ouy. ne says We are no patriot, and that
man WHO cant whoop 'er up for Independ-
ence Day is a cussed rebel
we have scratched his name off the list
ana II ne doesn't quit lying about us we'll
seIa.ch MS carcass off the face of the earth.
AS 10 the Fourth Of july, we were born
ON that day. As to patriotism. WE'VE GOT
more IN our heels than old Steve could hold
IN MS whole body. The man who intimstes
.'i''' we aoh take our hat off every time we
near the came OF George Washington is
mar ana horse thief Our editorial ON the
Fourth was solid chunk Of uatriotism
weighing twenty-five pounds. but was
crowded out to make room for adyert;so-
ihehts. We know our gait and we think we
know TIE great need of most of our towns.
people As to old Steve Bridceman. we are
expecting two or three of his sly or sevor
wives to drop in on US any day and furnish
us some powerful good reading matter
Don't be uneasy, Stephen-well get 10 Won
in a few days"
"NARNISG.-We are no fighter We bava
neither the sand nor the muscle 10 mata ono
We always knuckle unless there's a cbapc,,
70 run, We admit to dozen lickings in the
iast three months and in every case we were
the only one who suffered.
however, We want to warn the COYOTE
who plastered our Office door with mud the
other night that the worm will turn. We
are the worm. When we turn he had better
look out We can be kicked, cuffed, in
suited and abused upto certain limit. How
far off the limit is We don't know, but when
We reach it we shall be a bad, bad man to
fool with.h-Detroit Free Press
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

ssass tsNs sulpc ntaaay. yen rc,nx ,.,..
tShe rnns TO the buffers paatry and ,hrcy,
open tho door. Mr.. Eilter. with the d.,
under his arms, makes dash, but is cl.r.rI,
stopped by Norris. A terrific strupCla o.,
sues, which ends in the burglar escan;no
through the window, but leaving the silve,
In the possession Of Norris There are 4 ta,.
moments of universal stupefactionl
Mr.. Sutherland warmly embracing bim,-
Ny noble fellowl What can saw
MI Norris breathing very harth-Oh II
nothlng-nothing, l assure you. / often
do this-kind of thing Looks unuttarahls
things at Miss Sutherland. ''
Barrett aside to Garrett)-Too ofta,
Miss Sutherland with lively warmtb,-
And to think that he actually came haok
again after that terrible struggle W,,v in
the world should he want tos
Mr.. Norris-rm sure don't kpox ,a =.
isn't here TO tell
Garrett (gloomily to Jarretn-yss. and
Norris isn't likely TO.
Miss Sutherland ttimidly)-why, he might
even take 1t INTO his head to try it again.
Mr.. Morris crossing over to her side,-
Don't you think that in view of the possibility
OF such an event, that you ought to provide
yourself with an efficient burglar alarm,
Miss Sutherland tblushingl-Well. yes
(Mr Sutherland smiles benisnantly. picks
up the plate basket and gives the signal for n
general departure,
Barrett lingering behind, and sotto voce
to Garrett and Jarrettl-That burglar must
have wanted tremendously for something.
Jarrett tSententiouslyI-Not half as much
as Norris wanted burglar. lCurtain.)-
Time
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

At the club the other night group Of
western mea were telling anecdotes of from
tier life. Here is one which struck me as be-
ing particularly good. Those who have been
in the Far West" and have lived among
frontier men will appreciate it, 1 dare say.
In the course OF the Indian war of 1882, it
seems, Gen. Sherman paid visit to Camp
Apache, in Arizona While there huge
redskin, who was captain of the scouts, fol-
lowed the general wherever he went, and
frequently begged as present one of the
small cannons standing on the parade
ground Finally the general impatiently
turned to the Indian. exclaiming:
hat do you want with the cannon, any
wayf Do you want to kill my soldiers
with itf'
No." replied the Indian in his cultural
voice; want TO kill cowboys with it. Kill
soldiers with club. New York Tribune.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
ON Lisss TnHssaoLp,
Incidents Illustrating the Unjust Pnnis
meut of Children

Z
ment of Children.
Well does the writer remember the case Of
o parent who whipped his little daughter,
attempting to overcome in this way her
whimsical terror CT the dark when left alone
at night The poor little maid sobbed her.
self to sleep that night.
But the next evening, five minutes after
she had been left alone with the, to her, fear.
full dark, her terror overcame her dread Of
punishment, and a pitiful little voice was
heard at the head Of the stairs:
"Oh papa, please come up here and whip
mel I'm so 'fraid of the darkn
This convinced the father that the child's
terror was more than a whim, and ne deeply
regretted his hasty punishment, which was
never repeated. The following incident, re-
lated by a fat-.er, is of the same nature:
~ shall never forget, though have wished
thousand times that could, how pun
ished little Mamie for continually pronounc-
ing a word wronS-as thought willfully-
after | had tried hard to make her saw il
correctly. She was quiet for few moments
after punished her, and then she looked up
with quivering lip and said:
Papa, you will have to whip me again. I
can't say it,"
"You can imagine how felt, and how
kept on remembering the look on her face
and the tone of the sad little voice. .n-Youtb,s
Companion
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
A WEAK BACK.

Not one man In ive can boast Of strong
back. There are many indiseretions produc-
ing this complaint, and 1t may be relieved by
b. B. B.. as witness the following:
BALTIMORE. Mays, 1887
For nve pears have been suffering with a
weak back from result Of an injury received,
attended By rheumatism. had to give up nv
regular business and take the position OF
night watchman- have derived great relief
and benent by using Botanic Blood Balm"
and have reg8tned my strength sufficiently TO
resume my regular work. l think Botanic
Blood Balm has given me permanent relief
Am now able to perform work that have not
fully indorse B. b. B.. which has proven TO be
the only medicine that would give me relief.
OLIvER SKcOR,
liza Streeper street, Baltimore, Md
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

Mr.. Sutherland tgravely1-The silver is
certainly gone. | looked for the plate the
first thing.
Mr.. Norris iwildlyl-Ill swear it was on
the table when jumped for him
Miss Sutherland-Perhaps the burglar did
take it. | should think he would, since that
Is what he came for
Barrett lin half aside that everybody
hears)-By tho way, Norris, what were you
down stairs for half an hour agol
Mr.. Norris tconfusedlyl-I! Why, what
are you talking about
Barrett Persistently1-You were not in
your room. anyhow, fer went in for a
match.
Jarrett with an air Of heaitatiopl-Per-
haps / ought not TO say anything about it,
but ! saw Mr.. Norris coming out of the but
ieris room with bundle of something under
his arm don't know
Mr.. Sutherland tgravely)-By sl means
This must lie cleared up.
Mr.. Morris ldesperately)-Mi s.utherland-
Mr.. Suth, rland, is it possible
Mr. Sutherland-I shouldn't, Mr.. Norris,
have believed
Miss Sutherland (warmlyI-What perfect
nonsense You are talking. Mr.. Norris. you
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
MORE KICKS.
Specimens Illustrating ''The Arizona Kick
er's" Vigorous Policy.

Specimens Illustrating ''The Arizona Kick
er's" Vigorous Policy.
We extract the following from the last
issue of The Arizona Kicker:
''OUR PoLIcY-Heretofore as our readers
know, The Kicker has almost entirely alb
stained from publicly criticising the evils
which all know to exist under our noses We
have become tired and disguised with our
selves for this lack of spupk, and next week
We shall open n red hot campaign on
"The mayor,
"The common council,
THE fire department,
"All secret societies,
"The saloons,
''The gambling dens,
"And onsvarious other organizations and
institutions reeking with corruption.
''It viii be spicy issue. It will make
more than ton of human hair stand on end.
1t will make thousand hearts thump like
Pile drivers Chicanery, deceit, hypocrisy,
theft, robbery, arson and murder will be
properly tagged Off and the tags pinned to
the right coat tails.
Order your extra copies at an early date.
Advertisers should send in their copy by
Saturday. Don't neglect this golden oppor-
tunity. Another may never come"
stGroppvr Irxo
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
A Condemned Murderer, .Io.,.

young lawyer called on Beacons one dav
with bevy of young ladies, and, peerine
between the bars of the cell door, he said:
"Ah, Deacons, if had had your case six
months ago, you would not be where you are
now-behind the bars of prison ceil.n
YES, Mr. =, l believe that. II l had
you for lawyer I'd been hanged six months
ago"
Deacons chuckled for few minutes over
the discontinue and hasty retreat of the
legal gentleman and the ill concealed mirtb
Of the ladies, and then went on talking to the
reporter.-Rochester Post Express
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
How to Write a Dialect storv

Takea number of sheets of new white paper
and write story on them. Any story will do.
Get your double barreled shot gun and load
it with fine bird shot.
Pin your story up against the side of barn,
stand off about twenty feet, aim carefully
aad let both barrels drive
If you find that there haven't been suf-
6cient vOwels knocked out, repeat the oper-
ation-Judge
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

There wuz Bill Newton, Lynn Bill, we all
called him. Never waz near water all his
life, yet he waz always tellin' about the fish
he'd caught Once when he waz sick with
the jau1idors his father says to him: Bill,
how are ycu feelin'T Finer n iiddle,' sez
Bill That settles it, sez the old man, and
he started of for the undertaken His con-
furdence wuz not misplaced. When, he come
back with the undertaken Bill YVES ascorpse.
Chicago News
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

First Belle-Miss Smith met with pecr,.
iarly unfortunate accident this morning
Did you hear about its
Second Belle-Nol What was itf
First Belle-Why, she was down at the
each bathing, when she inadvertently
dipped OF rock and fell into the water.
Second Believes it deepi Did she take
soldi
First Eelle-Oh, no; guess not She
scrambled out easily enough. But the bath
Ing dl less is irretrievably spoiled.-Life.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
A Dudes .Ioke.

Fweddie's wardrobe suffered severely in
the fire at the Southern hotel His friend
Cholly, meeting him on the street, observed:
"Good gwacious, Fweddie! Whatevah have
you done with youah good clothesl You
look like a twampn
"Deah boy, my clothes are 'soaked.'n
"Deah mel Didn't know you were in such
'Itraights, my boy. What did you get on
-hemP
"Watah! Ha-har-Chicago Tribune.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

She was years old and lived in the
country; she had started one day rather late
to school with another little girl about her
own age. On their way they caught a
glimpse OF a clock Cial through an open door;
it lacked five minutes of 0.
"Oh, dearl" exclaimed the pious little girl,
its five minutes to 9, and we'n be late to
school"
Pm afraid we will.n
Jennie" said the pious little girl, i'm.
pressively, I'll tell you what we must do;
we'll kneel right down here and pray that we
won't be later
"H'mFn said the other, II guess we'd bet
ter skin right along and pray as we goIn
They "skun and got there.-Boston Tran.
script
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28
Ono More disappointment.

Employer-William, you have now worked
for me three years
"Yes, sirr
sand have always found you industrious,
painstaking and honest
Il have tried to be, sir.r
"Now, desire to show that appreciate
your fidelityn
THANK you, SIR
"For The next two months you will work
on the books until II O'Clock every night.
do not fear to leave you in the office alone at
all have great deal of confidence in
you.n-Lincoln Journal
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

The ingenuity of some school children in
getting over the knotty questions propounded
TO them in the recent examinations was GER
tainly surprising, according to the stories
some of the school teachers tell One boy in
the Summer avenue school, in the Eighth
ward, scratched his head for a long time be-
fore attempting to compare the animals O.
North America with those of Europe At
LIST, in his desire to say something, he wrote:
The animals of North America are not
as large as those of Europe, but they ge,
there just the same"
1t goes without saying that that boy didn't
paSs.-Newark Journal.