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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30

Notice is hereby given that win sell at pub
lie auction at my office in the court house in
the city OF Phillipsburg, Kansas. on the first
Tuesday Of September, 1888, and the next sue
ceeding days thereafter SUNDAY excepted
the following lands and town lots situated in
Philips County, Kansas, or so much of each
thereof as may be necessary to pay the taxes
and charges thereon for the year 1887, viz:
Description S. z, r. Taxes Owner
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
RUoKLEN,s ARNIcA sALvE.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letters, chapped hands, chill
blains. corns, and all skin erupt ions
and positively cures piles, or no pay re
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give p er
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
Price % cents per box. FOr Sale by
q. w. Bickford.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
Ia the District Court Of Phillips
COuntM Kansas:

Chas. Turner Sr. and J. H. Turn
er, partners doing business I'M
der the firm name of Chas.
Turner & Son, Plaintiffs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
The First Congregational Church
of Agra, Kansas, and American
Congregational Union,
defendants.

Eefend0nts.
The above named defendants, American Con-
gregatiOnal Union, will take notice that you have
been sued in the above named court and that you
must answer the plaintiffs petition filed herein,
or before the 5th day of October, 1899, or the
same will be taken true. and judgment ren-
dered against the First Congregational Church Of
Agra. Kansas, for the sum of ninety-seven and
g50O dollars, with interest thereon from the 21st
day of June 1882 at the rate of ten per cent. per
annum. and for a further judgment against all the
defendants for the foreclosure of mechanics
lien the following described property, rO-wit:
Lots one II and two %, in block seven IA, in
Agra, Phillips county, Kansas and adjudging
that the plaintiffs have the first lien on said
premises of the amount for which Judgment viii
be taken aforesaid; and ordering that said
premises be sold according to law and the pro-
ceeds be applied rs follows: First, to the pay
ment of the costs of this suit; second, the pay
ment of plaintiffs judgment herein, and the bal
anCe, if any, be brought into court to await fur
ther action. PRATT 81 LEWIS.
Aug z3-3t. Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07
A PARTY SHEET DISTRESSED.

The Elele is much concerned he
cause the BULLETIN has opposed
some of the main principles of the
combination platform Of the Me-
chanics' Union and the Hawaiian
Political Association. 1t generally
is a mystery to party newspaper,
for an independent paper to refuse
to trim its sails to what may be the
popular breeze. The BULLETIN in
criticising the Mechanics Union
platform (Which is remarkable, by
tie way, for its omission of almost
everything concerning the peculiar
interests Of mechanics) simply re-
peated the views that it strongly
enunciated long before either the
tInion or its platform was in exist
ence. This is not an "attack" as
the Elelc calls it. 1t is simply a
refusal to surrender mature convic-
5tions TO please an organization that,
FOR the sake of illustration, we adj
nit controls "tke balance of power, -
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

management, and set the country
and everybody in IL upon a sound
foundation. \ self-constituted con-
clave met with closed doors, and
after weeks scclusion, launched,
with great noise and ostentation,
the voluminous document which has
been puzzle to judges, lawyers,
and politicians ever since. The
people were never consulted, and
for that reason as well as because of
the nature of the implement, the
people have never been satisfied.
The immense cloud of smoke that
accompanied the dingy flash of pro-
clamation quickly lifted, revealing
the distressing tumble of iargon the
country had been afflicted by. A
most felicitous opportunity for
modifying our clumsy institutions,
and moulding them into something
like rational and beneficial policy =,
produced an abortion. The men
who assumed the right to make a
fundamental law for the nation,
without the nations authorization,
had picked up their knowledge Of
such matters somewhere dirt cheap,
and from the sample produced must
have been rather pleased to get rid
| of II at snV price,
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

"Peter," who makes some very
rational observations on loyalty"
believes that "the hardest task
masters are always those who have
never done, and do not realize what
a days work is." cannot say that
my small experience Of the world
and the people in it leads me to the
same belief. 1t is sometimes the
case that men who have never done
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

Justice" who had short but
pointed letter in the DAILY BuLLE-
TIN of the 2Gth instant, suggests
that the way TO get constitution
acceptable to all, is to have one
carefully and considerably drawn,
and then call n convention and put
il TO vote before the whole people.
OF course, that's what should have
been done two years ago, and every
moderate man whose head was not
dizzy with excitement knew it at the
time, but the packed meeting OF
June, 1887, yociferously refused to
listen TO wise counsels. Nothing
would satisfy but a new constitution
right away this would remedy all
the existing evils of governmental
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

There is prospect apparently OF
the Workingmen's Union and Dan
Lyons's political association Joining
hands in the coming elections, and
putting up one ticket for the two.
About the best thing they could do.
In union there is strength. l am a
little inquisitiye to know what they
will call their ticket. The "peo-
pies ticket" or the independent
ticket, " sounds pretty well. What's
in name? A great deal sometimes,
reform" was taking word two
years ago. 1t is not so popular to-
day. The essence of reform is no
less liked or desired now than then.
Ret the word has been put 10 so
maHy Inverted uses that it has
acquired disagreeable odor TO the
noses Of many decent people. The
wor4 has lost its charm: it repels.
Better End something else to tickle
the "free and independent" voters
this year.
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07
ASTRONOMICAL STUDIES.
by GnlileO IL.

'Scrutator" thinks that "as the
political caldron is now on the boil
for next general election, q good
deal of froth may be expected to
rise to the surface" No doubt
about it; and along with the froth,
good deal of scum. In the kitchen
cook knows what disposition TO
make of this stuff--he casts it into
the sink. Free and independent
electors" are not always so wise,
but sometimes foolishly preserve the
rubbish, while all that is good and
wholesome sinks out Of sight, and
afterwards complain that the flavor
is excessively nasty.
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

The tiremen's elections were quiet
and good natured-moderately so.
Why shouldn't they be? The con-
testants were all brother firemen,
and it is unseemly for brethren to
quarrel while asceTtaining who are
preferred by majority OF their
number for officers. When the con-
test was over and the result declar-
ed, the defeated side peacefully
submitted. Right again; for it is
agreed by all that the majority shall
rule. But subsequently there comes
protest against the declared result,
On the ground OF some alleged ire
gularity, or illegality, or something
Of that sort, in the election. Well,
the only fair thing, and no fair
minded fireman will object, is to ex-
smine impartially the complaint,
and act justly on the finding.
The Daily bulletin., 1889-12-07

Honesty is a good thing. We all
admire it, whether we possess it or
not. But it is scarce article in
this age of duplicity and strife for
riches. Honest men are good, and
they are wanted for ali public posi-
tions--members, ministers, and Off.
cials. But honesty and honest men,
without any other recommendation,
fail to tlll the bill. Something more
is essential.-some intellectual ca
paclty. AS = member, a clever
rogue is, perhaps, preferable to an
honest fool; for while the latter is
AS useless as bump on log, the
former may do good for his consti-
tuency and country.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
He Was Convinced.

Chauncy Depew spoke one evening dur
ing the last campaign at town in the in
terror of New York State which it is not
necessary to name. The next morning
the chairman of the local committee took
him in his carriage for ride about the
suburbs and were admiring bit of scenery
when man wearing a blue shirt and car
rying long whip on his shoulder approach
ed from where he had been plotting an OK
team along the middle of the street and
said:
''You're the man that made the rattlin'
speech up at the hall last night, | guessf'
Mr. Depew modestly admitted that he
had INDUCED in some talk at the time and
place specified.
Didn't you haye what you said writ
QUIT" went ON the man.
NO" replied the orator
''You don't mean TO say you made that
all right up as you went along"
yes
CESS hoped right up there, took drink
of water out of the pitcher, hit the table
a whack and waded in without no thinking
nor nothingg"
'rWell, / suppose You might put it that
wayi'
'.Well. that beats me- You'll cxcuse me
for stopping you, but what / wanted to
say was that your speech convinced me,
though | knowed all the time it was the
peskiest lie that was ever told | made up
my mind to vote your ticket, but I'd a
been willing to bet peck of red apples
that no man could stand up and tell me
such convincing lies without having them
writ out. You must "A had an awful lot of
nractice -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
What Will the End Be?

J. T. Thlekston a scientist and astron-
omer. living at Metuehen. Y j.. while
ailuding to the Johnstown horror. said 10
correspondent that the dreadful eatas-
tcophe was as nothing compared To what
might have occurred
The news from Central Pennsylvania il
awful be said. hut this may b. very
little thing compared with what may yet
occur Near and west OF the Alleghanies a
great opening within the earth'serust must
be made somewhere by the escape of nat
ural gas VIII the earth settle and fill the
empty places, or will air pass in and there
by make it possible for the immense reser-
voirs OF gas, stored away, no one knows
how tar. to explode and make al upheaYali
Many people believe there i gas enough
under Western Pennsylvania and Eastern
Ohio to blow the country from Lake Erie
To the Monongahela into promiscuous frag
ments. When oil was struck at Oil Greek
in 1889, timid folks feared collapse and
sinking OF the oil field. but that danger was
obviated by water running into the wells as
the oil ran cut. The dreaded vacuum
never came. as water took the place Of the
removed oil IL is not 50 in this case.
Water is not filling up the gas wells, ex-
cept To limited extent. What the out
come may be is not really a very enjoyable
thing to revolve in our minds these pleas
ant June mornings. A submerged valley.
lined with the bones Of fifteen thousand
men, women and children is fearful thing
in the history Of the human race, but what
Of that compared with wrecked CONT
nenti What of that compared with
world blown open or blown to fragmentsf
| am not an alarmist or u sensational Wig
gins. | do not believe that old Mother Earth
is about to be shot into smithereens, but
there may be danger ahead in this diree-
tion, and although We grieve over the Con
emaugh catastrophe, let Us be thankful
that there has not been natural gas ex-
plosion out West, and that there are not
two rings instead Of one set Of asteroids in
the material heavens
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
A Famous Grizzly Bear.

"0ld Clubfoot," the famous grizzly bear
of the Sierras, was killed by Trapper
Hendricks near Battle Creek last Satur-
day This fcrocious beast has wandered
Us dreaded monarch through that sec
ton for the last twenty years and seemed
to bear a charmed life Hundreds of cat
tie, sheep hogs and human beings have
fallen victims to his appetite during that
period, and many parties organized for his
destruction have returned thinned in ranks
and with hair turned white in single
night, by a passing sight of the dreadful
fright they vaiuly tried to destroy. The
beast weighed, when dressed, 300 pounds,
which we believe is the largest animal of
this species ever seen on the American
continent. Mr. Hendricks feels justly
proud of his achievement and a purse Of
$500 has been made up for his benefit by
the residents of eastern Tehama county.
The bear was in rather poor condition
when slain. as old age had clogged his
blood somewhat, and time had begun to
paralyze his former supple limbs so that he
was not able to capture his prey as in
former days. The pleased hunter is tan
ming the hide which he proposes to use as
cover for his winter hut in the foothills
Red BI,,G (COi.) News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
Jogging His Memory.

A clergyman III Iowa relates the follow
be hint to ali couples who are going To
be married lady called upon him and
announced her name as Mrs. M, wild
ow, living in a distant part of the State.
Her husband had been killed in the civil
war, and she had applied for pension.
But it was necessary for her to prove her
marriage. This she had not been able to
60. as her marriage certificate was lost, and
all the witnesses except the minister him
self were dead.
She had come long distance to get the
ministers evidence, insisting upon it that
he was the person who had performed the
ceremony.
''But do not remember anything about
it, madam" said the minister, after listen
ing carefully TO the woman's story i
have married hundreds of people in the last
twenty years, and cannot remember your
case at all
why you must remember that even
ing. | wore a travelling suit, and my hrs
husband was a tall man with black whisk-
crS."
Il have married great many tall men
with black whiskers."
But don't you remember, we came in
while you were at supper, and you asked
us to wait in the parlor few minutes'"
II don't remember it..
''Dopt you recall how my husband was
very much embarrassed, and during the
ceremony knocked vase of the table near
which we were standingl And then he
apologized right in the middle of the ser
vice, and we all laughed about it after
ward.
Il don't remember even that. Other
things like it have happened since. Can't
you name something elsel"
Other little things were mentioned, and
the clergyman hunted up all his old letters
and journals in hopes of discovering some
thing that would recall the ceremony, and
enable him truthlully to identify the wild
ow. But all in vain
Finally, the lady, with some hesitation
and confusion, said: There is one thing
that ann sure You cannot have forgotten
Ny husband had driven over from the next
town. In his Observation-Disclosures he had
left every cent of money at home.
Now, don't you remember that after
the ceremony he came up to you as if to
hand you the regular fee, and then, instead
Of doing that, he stammered and blushed
and finally asked you to lend him five dol
lars with which to pay his hotel bill prom
ising to return the money the next day.
Shurely you must remember thatw
"Ah. yes. indeed, remember that very
well - exclaimed the minister. And he
could not help adding. II haven't seen
the money yet"
The widow received her pension shortly
afterward and not long after that the min
ister received tcn-dollor bill, with the
words: Payment for a good memory"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
The River of Life.

! dreamt dat saw de ribber of life,
Dat flows To the Jaspah Sea,
De angels were wadin' to an fro,
But none ob EN- spoke to me.
Some dipped dere wing ia the sils'ry tide:
Some were alone aud some side by side,
Nary one dat knew could | see
In dat ribber oh life,
lie ribber of life
Dat flows to de Jaspah Sea.
De ribber was wide, dat ribber oh life,
De bottom plainly could see:
De stones lyin' dar was whittier den snow,
De sands looked like gold to me
But angels kept wadin to and fro;
Whar did dey come foml Whar did they
got
None OBJ EN- sinners ike me, | know,
In dat ribber oh life,
De ribber OBJ life
Dat flows to de Jaspah Sea
De watah was clear as de well by de
gate"
Whar Jesus de light first see,
De sofest oh music fom angel bands
Come ober dat ribber OBJ golden sands,
Come ober dat ribber to me
An den | saw de clouds break way,
Revealin' de pearly gates oh day,
De beautiful day dat nevah shall cease,
Whar all is joy aud lub, an peace:
An ovah dem gates was written so clear,
peace to all who entah here"
De angels was gedderin' round d trone,
De gates done closed, was left alone,
Alone on de banks of a darken' stream
But when woke foun' twas dream.
Use gwine to ford dat ribber oh life
An see eternal day;
Use gwine to see dem heabenly bands,
An feel de tech oh ole-time hands,
Dat long hab passed away.
Oars crowns oh glory 10 all, I'm told,
An lubly harps wild strings oh gold;
An know eff dar's peace beyond dat sea,
W6 res fo' de weary, dar's res fo' me,
Beyond dat ribber,
Bat ribber of life,
Dat flows to de Jaspah Sea-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
Consanguineous Marriages.

The author of recent work ON this sub
jeet calls attention to the curious ideas
which have been generally received in ref
erence to the infecundity Of and physical
degradation consequent on eonsanguineous
marriages. So far as the data given may
be trusted-and il is hardly to be supposed
that the author holds brief on the oppO-
site side-there is absolutely nothing to
show that marriages between near kins-
men are lacking in fertility, or that they
are peculiarly liable TO give issue to de-
formed or diseased offspring. There is no
lack Of instances ofenforced consanguinity.
in the matter Of marriage. in isolated com
munities, according to M. Huth, 10 dis
prove the assumption that physical degen-
Grafton is likely to result from the practice.
An investigation into a number Of unions
between uneles and nieees, nephews and
aunts, and cousins in the first and second
degree, give an average Of children rather
above than below the general average, tho
this is attributed to some extent TO the
comparatively early age at which such un-
ions are generally contracted.
Breeders inform us that the results are
markedly in favor of consanguineous I'M
ions between healthy well-br animals.
Unions between men or animals of widely
different varieties. ON the other hand. have
a decidedly injurious effect ON the offspring.
and beyond certain limit are almost alb
solutely sterile. Mulattoes and the half
breeds of India and America are striking
examples of the deterioration to which such
racial disparity gives rise. The great point
to bear in mind is that the union Of indi
yiduals with the same morbid tendencies
intensifies the taint, and that, too. quite
irrespective of any consanguinity. The
moral, according To the author, is that the
reasons which have led to the prohibition
Of marriages within certain degrees Of re-
lationship are social, and not physiological.
Medical Press and Circular
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19

country life, from q bat 10 = gnat The
lamp went out ON us at an early hour for
want ot kerosene. and after that such pas
toraI scenes occurred as made my blood
run cold Bats scared around us. pinch
bugs fell upon the bed with dill tunks. a"
aId where one mosquito let go dozen
took hold Along about midnight ] asked
hr. Bowser how many pounds he thought
he had gained, but he called me an idiot
and would say no more
When we got up in the morning the girl
didn't know us. We were blotched and
bitten until one would have suspected Us
oil suffering with small poS. Mr Bowser
knew himself. however. and before uosn
We were back in the city. tie scarcely
spoke to me all the way home, but once in
the house he burst out with:
Now. old lady, prepare for settlement
You've nosed me around all you ever win.
This has broken the camel's back. Which
of us applies for a divorced
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
How to Make Good Floor.

Nothing attracts the attention of per
son wishing to rent or purchase dwelling,
store room, or Office, so quickly as hand
some well laid floor, and a few suggestions
on the subject, though not new, may not
be out Of place.
The best floor for the least money can
| be made out Of yellow pine, if the mate
rial is carefully selected and properly laid.
First, select edge grain yellow pine, and
not too fat" clear of pitch, knots, sap
and split. See that it is thoroughly sea
soned, and that the tongues and groves ex-
actly match, so that when laid the upper
surfaces of each board are exactly on a
level. This is an important feature often
overlooked, and planning mill operatives
frequently get careless in adjusting the
tongue and growing bits. If the edge of
flooring board, especially the grooved
edge, is higher than the next board, no
amount Of mechanical ingeuity can make a
neat floor of them. The upper part OF the
groove will continue to cnrl upwards as
long as the floor lasts.
Surprising, Of course, the sleepers or
or joists are properly placed the right dis
tance apart, and their upper edges precise
ly on level and securely braced, the
most important part of the job is to Clay
the flooring correctly. This part of the
work is never, or very rarely ever, done
nowadays. The system in vogue with the
carpenters of this day Of laying one board
at a time, and "blind mailing it, is the
most glaring fraud practiced by any trade.
They drive the tongue of the board into
the groove of the preceding one by pound
ing on the grooved edge with naked
hammer, making indentations that let in
cold air or obnoxious gases, if it is bot
tom floor, and then nail it in place by
driving six-penny nail at an angle of
about fifty degrees in the groove. An
awkward blow or two chips off the upper
groove, and the last blow, designed to
sink the nail head out of the way of the
next tongue, splits the lower part of the
groove to splintcrs, leaving an unsightly
opening Such mailing does not fasten the
flooring to the sleepers, and the slanting
nails very often wedge the board so that il
does not bear on the sleeper.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-19
"A Samoan Island Monarch.

The adjoining island has lovely land
locked harbor. II is governed by a king.
and soon after we arrived that monarch
paid US an official visit in all Che glory Of a
white shirt and a silk hat, and was receiv-
ed with full naval honors as he stepped $500
board. lie was met at the gsagEay by
the Commodore and Iii the officers, with
whom hs.,,ss-nanged salutes. The marines
pS<~rhted arms and after some hesitation
in selecting an appropriate march. the
band struck up, THE King Of the Canni-
bal Islands" The king walked gravely
round the ship, looking quite dignifed, in
spite of his somewhat eccentric costume,
and after inspecting the gun deck, the
marines were fallen in for drill, but the
yolley firing rather startled his followers,
who were sitting around on the top Of
hammock netting, bobbing up and down
in the most comical manner. The thing
that seemed to please them most was the
sword-bayonet exercise, which they pro-
nouneed very good ''war dance His
Majesty then took his leave amid another
flourish Of trumpets, and seating himself
in the stern of his canoe moved off.
When he got few yards from the ship
we gave him royal salute, but mt the first
discharge of our sixty -four r-pounders over
board went the entire crew, leaving the
canoe in solitary grandeur until after the
firing ceased. With the exception Of the
king they were not troubled with any
superhuity of clothing; like some other
aboriginies mentioned by Mark Twain,
they wear a smile, and sometimes q pair
of spectacles." This was the only occa-
sion on which we had to fire a salute dur
ing our cruise, for at the next group the
king was very naughty, and when invited
on board to visit the commodore he re
piled by an aid dc-oamp, a colorcd gentle
man in red military tunic, but no continu
ations. that he considered it would be de-
rogatory to king to pay the first visit