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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-21
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-21

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-21

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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
DE-. Holmes, Eightieth BIRTHDAY.

At Beverly Farm, near Boston, on
the 29th day of August last. Oliver
Wendell Holmes quietly celebrated his
eightieth birthday. Letters and teIe-
grams of congratulation poured In
upon him from all over the country,
and many ladies and gentlemen called
in person. Many beautiful floral gifts
were sent to the Doctor, and the house
was filed with sweet flowers. He also
received a very handsome remembrance
in the shape Of a solid silver goId-Iined
cup of beautiful design from personal
friends and classmates. The Doctor
greeted each of his visitors personally
with a cordial grasp of the hand and
expressed his great pleasure at their
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

your Precipitation, I can see you ia the
morning, with hot red hands and tin dip
per pail, going. to your toll with a large
geo cotton handkerchief sticking out Of your
hip pocket
So I have decided that you ought to have
control If possible. OF this great water
49,, 80 i2S-l.-es' you nave a larger t4inaly
IMAM nave 70 support When heard that
you were the father Of fifteen little children,
and that you are in the sere and yellow
Leaf. said to myself a man with that many
little mouths to feed, at the age OF eighty.
shall have thelhrst crack at my stock. And
So II you VIII SEND the face value as soon
as possible j viii say bong Jaw, messue.
Yours truly, Bill EYE.
To the Seven Haired Sisters sSteenth street
New York
MEsDG1Es. HA1EsEn1Es AND FELLOW
CITIzENs-I write these few lines to
say that am we'll and hOpa this
VIII ind you all enjoying the same
great blessing. How pleasant it is
Tor sisters TO dwell together in unity and
beloved by mankind. You must indeed
have 8 good time standing in the window
| DAY after day, pulling your long hair
through your fingers with pride. When I
first saw you all thus engaged, for the bene-
ut OF the public. thought it was a candy
pull.
I now write to say that the hair promoter
/ which you sold me at the time is not up to
/ It's work. 1t was year ago that bought
/ 1t, and think that in a year something
/ ought to show. 1t is a great nuisance for a
public man who is liable to come home late
/ at night to have to top dress his head
/ before he can retire. Your directions in
/ vOIve great care and trouble to a man in
my position, and still have tried faithfully
/ to follow them. What is the result? Moth
/ ing but disappointment. and not so very
much of that.
You said, if you remember, that your
/ father was a bald-headed clergyman, but
/ one day, with wild SHREK of "Eurekal" he
] discovered this hair 6ncOur3ger, and the
rest OF his life filed his high hat with hair
| every time he put it on. You said that at first
| a fine growth of down, like the inside of a
! mOuse's ear, would be seen, after that the
/ blade, then the stalk. and the full corn in
/ the ear. In pigs ear, I am now led to be-
/ lieve.
Fair but false seven haired sisters. now
bid you adieu. You have lost in me d good,
warm, true-hearted, and powerful friend.
F.! Ask me not for my Endorsement or my be-
fore and after picture to use in your circu-
lars. give my kind words and photographs
hereafter to the soap men. They are what
they seem. You are not
When a woman betrays me she must be-
ware. And when seven Of them do so, it is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

to find it no task at all to run him
down. But the end was not yet. Hart
well, however, knew that they would
soon reach the southern limit of the
canebrake; then escape would be i'm
possible.
Not pausing to think again that it
might prove 'Out of the frying-pan into
the fire." the hunted officer dashed
forward toward the house. He leaped
over the low, trimmed hedge that
surrounded the attractive grounds of
the lovely Southern home, then he
stood motiOnless and gazed in evident
admiration at the sweet picture which
confronted his vision.
A beautiful girl, with plump, grace
full figure, wonderful masses of dusky
golden tresses flowing in 1pxuriant rip
pies all over her proud little head, and
wine-dark eyes starry with mirth and
intelligence, was at work in the yard
near the house. She was singing in a
clear. bird-lilke soprano voice some
thing about a brave lover wearing the
gray. Her def, snowy fingers IN
pinned from a clOthes-line, stretched
from an Indian peach-tree near the
house to a stout cherry in the corner
of the yard miscellaneous articles of
muslin. These she deposited into a
large, Old-fashioned cIothes-basket
that rested on the soft, velvety grass
at her feet.
In another moment Lieut.. Hartwell
stood uncovered before this fair South
ern girl, bowling with the urbanity OF
a perfect gentleman.
The song ceased, and E1ma Starlton
gave a start when she discovered the
handsome Union officer bowling so po-
litely before her.
Pardon me, he uttered rapidly; q
did not wish to startIe you"
Then he briefly mentioned his cap
ture by the guerri1las and how he had
! escaped, ending by entreating her tc
show him, if possible, some secure hid
ing-place. Would she heed his i'm
| portunity?
Elma Starlton had two brothers anG
a father in the Confederate service
This man was an enemy to the deal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

that much worse. You fooled me with
smiles and fales promises, and now it will
be just as we'll for you to look out. would
rather die than be betrayed. 1t is disagree
able. Tt sOurs one and also anbitters one.
1t also causes that tired feeling.
Here at this point our ways will diverge.
The roads fork at this placed shall go on
upward and onward hairless and cappys
also careless and happy to my goal in life
I do not know whether each or either OF you
have provided yourselves with goals or not.
but if not you will do well now to select
some. The world may smile upon you and
gold pour into your Golfers, but the day
viii come when you will learn TO wrap the
drapery Of your hair about you and lie down
to pleasant dreams. Then will arise the
thought lasl-Then You'll Remember Ne.
I now close this letter, leaving you to the
keen pangs Of remOrse and the cruel jRbs Of
unavailing regret. Some people are born
bald, others acquire badness. whilst still
others have badness thrust upon them.
Some are bald on the outside Of their heads,
others on the inside. But oh, girls, beware
of badness on the soul. I ask you. even II
you are the daughters Of a clergyman, to
think seriously Of what have said. Yours
truly. BILL NXE
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

poured down mercIless4y upon pursued
and pursuers. The huge canes deied
the admission Of any cooling breeze
which might be astir without.
Ere Lieutenant HartWell had reached
the southern border of the thicket he
was almost exhausted. Great beads
of sweat stood on his face, and his
limbs trembled from fatigue. He stood
irresOIute as to what course to pursue
next. He had been forced to flee In an
opposite direction from the Union
camp. Where would he seek refuge a.?
His strength was failing. He could not
keep up the fight any longer. Then
he dared not hide among the canes.
Already, in nearing pursuit, he could
hear the heavy boots of the guerrillas
crushing canes and brambles, leaving
no nook unsearched.
Just before him, through q grove of
cottonwood, walnut, and hickory, all
tinged with autumn's russell gold, he
caught sight of a handsome southern
home, built of red sandstone, with
clambering vines half yelling the front
and roof, and beautiful flowers of every
variety surrounding it, lending to the
entire place the splendid glow and
beauty of tropical aspect. 1t was the
home Of some abettOr of the Southern
cause. HartwelI knew this, and he
felt quite sure that if he sought refuge
there he would be handed over to his
rough captors, who, if they did not
belong to the Confederate service,
favored it, while they bitterly opposed
the Federal army.
But haste, not debate, was neces-
sary. He could hear the guerrillas
drawing nearer; their curses, too,
reached him, as non-success at every
turn bafled them. They had expected
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

Colonel, to draw up the writings and begin
to train. You will never regret It, / am
sure. and it viii be the making of me.
do not know your address, but trust that
this will reach you through the press, for.
as l write, you are on your way toward
Canada, with reQutSluOn and the police
reaching after you at every town.
I am glad to hear that you are not drink
ing any more, especially while engaged IN
sleep. If you only cOnhne your drinking to
your waking hours you may live to De a
very old man, and your great, massive brain
will continue to expand until your hat will
not begin to hold it.
like to converse with you on the subject be-
fore the fight and get your souls best SEN
timents on his style OF Intangible thought
I viii meet you at Havre or Calais and
agree with you upon how hard we shall hit
each other. I saw, at a low variety show
the other day. two pleading comedians who
Welted each other over the stomach With
canes, and also pounded each other on the
head with sufficient force to explode per
cussion caps on the top Of the skull and yet
without injury. Do you not think that q
prize fight could be thus provided IOrE 1
viii see these men, you say so. ana learn
their methods.
prize fight which I yearn for, but the e1uI-
gent glory of meeting you in the ring and
having the cables and press associate my
budding name with that OF a man VINO has
done 50 much TO make men better-a man
whose name will go down to pOsCer1Cy as
that of one who sought to amehorate and
mellow and desiccate his fellow men,
I viii now challenge you once more with
great respect. and beg leave to remain
yours very truly, BILL NXE
Hon. Ferdinand de Lesseps. Paris, France:
DEAR SIR-I have some shares In the canal
which you have been working on and am
compelled to hypOthecate them this summer
In order 90 paint my house. 4 see Dy 9
speech of yours. made the other day that
you have great faith in the future Of the en-
I tsrprise, and so I viii give you the nrst
I chance on this stock Of mine. You have
/ suffered so much in order to do this work
| that I want to see the stock get into your
hands. You deserve it You snail nave II,
! Ferdfe. if you win send me a PCstOfice
! money order by return mail covering the
Dar value of i've hundred shares. VIII
[ lose the premium because / am q little
! pressed Tor money. The painters VIII be
/ through next week and viii want their pay.
As say. I want to see you own the canal.
/ for In fancy can see you as you CclteG
/ down there in the hot SUM- as you ncaI9e
! your WheslbarrOW down the valley VAIN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

Southern cause. Would it be right to
assist him in his efforts to avoid re-
capture? Would it not be the very
height of disloyaltY in her to hide this
Federal officer on the StarltOn prem
ises
The girl thought rapidly, one hand,
beautiful and shapely, resting on the
clOthes-line, the other dropped at her
side.
She glanced up into the pale but
firm face of the man who had applied
to her for aid. His eyes were so blue
and manly, his whole countenance so
noble, her warm heart felt throb of
pity. His captors were not soldiers
but swamp guerrillas-a bold, evil
disposed band. She had quite forgot
ten that he had told her that Elma
Starlton was not In sympathy with the
guerrillas infesting the swamps and
cane brakes round about her home.
But, had she been, the manly face be-
fore her would have been sufficient to
shake It.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

coming. His manner is as yivaciOus,
his step is IS elastic, and his eyes as
bright and merry as they have been
these many years back Barring a
slight difficulty with his hearing, the
Doctors powers are unimpaired.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
NYE WRITES SULLIVAN.
HE ALLENGEs THE BRUIsER TO A
RING COELBAE.

The BIn to Come on In the Paris Grand
Opera HOuze-But the Pride of Boston
Must Train Down to 135 Pounds-VVilI-
Jams EpistIe to De Lesseps and the Suth-
srIand Sisters.
Colonel John L. Sullivan, at large:
DEAR SIR-Wiu YOU permit ne without
wishing to give you the slightest Offense.
to challenge you to fight in France with
bare knGckles and police Interference. be-
tween this and the close Of Navigationl
have had no real good fight with any
body for some time. and would be glad TO
Co operate with you in that direction. pre-
ferrlng, however, to have it attended 10 in
time so that can go on with my fall plOw-
ing would also like to be my own steak
holder.
We would have to fight at 135 pounds, be-
cause cannot train up to that figure with
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

out extra care and good feeding. while you
could train down to that, / judge, if you
begin to go without food on receipt Of this
challenge. I would ask that we fight un-
der the rules Of the London prize ring in
the Opera House in Paris. If you will de-
eide to accept, will engage the house now
and put few good reading notices in the
papers.
would expect that forfeit OF $1,000 be
put up, so that in case you are in jail at the
time lshau have something to reimburse
me for my trip to Paris and the general up
heayal OF my whole being which arises
from ocean travel
l challenge you as plain American c1JI-
zen and an amateur, partially to assert the
rights Of a simple taxpayer and partly to
secure for myself a name. was as boy.
the pride Of my parents, and they wanted
me to amount to something, So far, the
results have been different VIII you not
aid me, poor struggler in the great race
for supremacy, to obtain that notice which
the newspapers now so reluctantly yield
You are said to be generous to a fault, es-
pscially your own faults, and plead with
you now to give me chance to share your
great fame by accepting my challenge and
appearing with me in q mixed programme
for the evening, in which We will jointly
amuse and instruct the people, while at the
same time it will give me chance to be-
come great in one day. even If am de-
feated.
I have often admired your scholarly and
spiritual expressions and your modest life.
and you will remember that at one time
asked you for your autograph, and you told
me to go where the worm dieth not and the
fire department is Intellectual VIII you not,
I ask, aid a struggler and painter for fame,
who desires the eye of the public, even If
his own be italicised at the time?
1 must close this challenge more in the
nature of an appeal to one of Americas
best-knOWn men. VIII you accept my hum
BILE challenge. so that I can go into training
at once? We can leave the details of the
fight to the Mail and Express, if you will,
and the champion belt we can buy after
ward. All care for is the honor of being
mixed up with you in some way, and enough
Of the gate money to pay for arnica and at
tendance afterWard?
Will you do it?
I know the audience would enjoy seeing
so wide. I so pensive and so fiat busted
about the chest. Let US proceed at once.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
THE LITTLE FOLKS


said ll5tLa BIZ own Bee to big brown Bes .
1Ohi harry here and 6ss, and see,
The 1CyeEi8sG ross-tne loFali8st rose
That IN the garden grows, grOWEs EroVg5.
Hum-unl- aua-huEn -Gm-uIn
Said little brown Bee to big brown Bee.
Said Hstle brown Bee to big brown Bee:
96GUch honey must be here, and we
Should beg a portion while we unzy,
For soon more bees win come this Wav
Bum-unl- um-hum- uul-un
Said little brown Bee to big brown Bee.
Said big Blown Bee to little brown Bees
-Ihe rose is not for me, for me,
Though she is Iovelier by far
Than many other flowers are.
Hum-um- uu1-hunl- -um,
Said big brown Bee to little brown Bee.
Said big brown Bee to little brown Bees
1No honey-cup has she, has she,
But many cups, all trimming over
Has yOnder little purple clover
And that's the flower for me, FOR me.
Hun-uLn- unn-huIn-u un-unl
Said big brown Bee to little brown Bee.
Margaret EytiHgs, IN St, Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25

TIE British Museum contains what
are probably the Oldest pieces of
wrought iron now known "a sickle
blade found by BeIzoni under the base
Of a sphynZ in Karnae, near Thebes; a
blade found by Colonel Yyse imbeded
In the masonry Of the great pyramid ;
and a portion of a crOss-cUt saw eX,
humed 1T Eimrod by MIR. Layard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
CHASED BY GUERRILLAS.
AStory of the War.
BY A. H. GIBSON.

IEUT. ARTHUR
Hartweu Of the I'm
ion army had re-
.ceived a wound In
an 9 n ga g en- en- t
fought by tw o
skirmishing parties
that had surprised
each other on the
White River in Ar
kansas.
HoWev er, the
young officer was
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-25
AstrOnOmica; INTELLIGENCE.

Telescope man-Come up, gents,
and take a look at the moon. Only ten
cents.
Countryman-Doesit make the moon
look any bigger?
Look any bigger? Why, it brings
the moon so close that you can read
the signs on the board fences.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-25
effect of your oracular denunciatiOn of the

effect of your oracular denunciation of the
drink traffic?
1t is but step or two from drink to cards.
In the cardroom-cozy little apartment
there are sundry games of p-k-r progressing.
The chips rattle on the tables; the players
faces might do duty as models for gallery
of the human emotions. Here are anxiety,
disgust, wrath, CONSERVATION, cunning, de-
light and hope vividly portrayed on the
countenances of the various deVotees of for
tune. Pity It's that commiseration should
be so eloquently absent! Ancient Shakes
peare tells US that ''the quality of mercy is
not strained" They certainly do not over
strain it in the Cabot Club cardroom.
Whether Brown or Robinson be the loser, it
is there Hvae victis" ever.
WELDING THE CUES.
In another chamber of the club, the
curled or banged darlings of Pittsburg, with
short coats over long ones-if they be not
coatless with their cues-''fnd enjoyment
more than city life entails" The billiard
room hath its own bright allurements.
Those rose-red or cream-white spheres that
skim across the green, curving and kissing
many times, as they rebound from the
shelving cushions, they are like to our
lives, forever aiming, hitting, missing,
crossing and shifting; now here, now there;
driven by power, which they can neither
understand nor resist; coming, they know
not whence, and hurrying, they know not
whittier.
Tobacco generally pervades the club; but
in the Cabot there are chambers in which
james I might have written his Counter
blast, and smelt not the "noxious weed. 4"
They are but little frequented, these rooms;
though the PitTsburger, as a rule, is addict
ed to smoking. But, even in Pittsburg,
there are some ether lnckless wights who do
not smoke, and these find an asylum in the
pre-Raleighite chambers. Everywhere else
through the house, except in the dining
room, the breath of the fragrant nicotine
fingers lovingly. From the scent of the de-
hcious cigar to that of those not unpleasant
libels on tobacco, the Allegheny 'tobies,"
every species of tobacco is waited through
the club rooms.
OUT OF THE WET AT A WINDOW.
IF it be wet Sunday afternoon very few
care to peer through the streaming window
panes of the Cabot Club. But some poor
youths who still look forward to meeting
their lady-loves, if the rain should ever
clear up, lounge against the panes, gazing
intently at the down-pour. II their lady
loves could see them now, with their charm
ing aquiline or Grecian noses pressed into
the semblance of those worn by natives of
the FIJI Islands, and their cupidorn lips, un.
pleasantly distended, it is hard to say what
might be the result.
And now we have seen the Cabot Club in
its ordinary dull Sunday aspect 1t is
cosy, enjoyable place to spend an afternoon
on all days; but on wet Sunday it is an
oasis in the desert of prin conventionalitv,
a home for the homeless, haven for the
weary. Wherefore it doeth good, and, do
ing good, let it fourishl We will e'en don
our wraps and face the rain once more,
happy in the knowledge that there is a
Cabot Club. Brennan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-25
WORKHOUSE SENTENCES.
Judge Gripp Sends Up Seven People for
Various Ohenses.

Judge Gripp Sends Up Seven People for
Various Ofenses.
The Central station hearing Yesterday
morning resulted in seven unfortunates get
ting workhOuse sentences out of the 30 pris-
oners hauled up before the bar of justice.
Patrick Welsh, who had thrown tum-
bier and struck Frank Busha, a waiter in a
Liberty street restaurant was given 80 DAYS.
John Ellis, who was arrested for street
fighting and who attempted to do up Officer
McTighe, was given the same sentence.
Norman Jacobs and Lizzie Davis had been
fighting on Grant street, but Miss Davis
told the magistrate pretty story, and got
off with ten-days' sentence to jail. Jacobs
will go to Clarenont 80 days. James Clin-
ton was charged with getting drunk and
raising Cain in his boarding house. His
landlady appeared against him and said he
had broken her dishes. thrown stovelid at
her dog, and had cursed and sworn at her.
The magistrate rebuked Clinton with a 30
dav sentence.
John Kennedy, who had been arrested
Saturday afternoon while drunk and carry
ing about with him pair of new shoes he
could not account for, vas able to tell a
straight story to the magistrate and was dis
charged.
Dennis mckinley, Mike Cunningham,
Pat Hanlon and Dan Sweeney had been en-
gagged in a fight or Liberty street when ar
rested by Officer James Jack. They turned
their attention to fighting the officer then,
and were having nice time with him when
Captain Unterbaum came to his assistance.
When the case came before the magistrate it
appeared that Mckinley and Hanlon were
the principal offenders, and they were each
given 80 days. The others got ten days to
Jail.
Thirteen common drunks, six disorderlies
and one vag were given the usual light SEN
tenees.