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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

grass and their primitive breech-cIOuts.
Their skins were so dark cOIOred that had
1t not been Tor this white clothing at the
two termini it would have been hard to
where most Of them fed upon our ap-
prOach. A recently occupied cave of these
strange earth burrOWing Indians could
nearly always be told by the ascending
emCk6-staIns to the highest point Of en-
trance to the cave. II it has been aban-
dOned for any length Of time the elements
soon wipe out this sure sign Of habttatiOn.
funnel . shaped smOke-staius leading I'D
from the outside with the silence Of death
surrounding th6ms as if human life had
never been within a mile Of the place; but
IhaTe not the remOtestdOubt but that there
were a dozen people inside of each Deepiug
heard our approach and fed in time to keep
well out of our sight.
AT 4 o'clock that afternoon We passed La
Sierra de los OjiUOs a mile to the left
(south). It is a high shaggy mountain
covered to the very top with q dense forest
OF pine that indicates where the waters di-
vide to the east and west On its slope
tents into the Gulf Of Mexico while from
the opposite slope they 90 into the Pacific
Ocean or rather Its great Mexican ARM the
Gulf of California 1t is the highest point
Of the Sierra Madre that we encountered
on the trail; yet there could be seen to the
north or south blue peaks In the dim dis
lance that must have been higher. although
aims in this section of the country. Shortly
after leaving the crest OF the northern spur
OF the Sierra de los Olibos we entered a cajon
or box canyon one Of the most picturesque
have ever seens ] called it GARLIC CajOu,
after the Governor Of the State Of Chi
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
EaIne of LIE Cenf.

eve can do nothing with copper
tents here, said a Memphis merchant.
sOur house tried to introduce them q
year or more ago, and sold goods at
prices that required their use. but peO-
pie would buy enough to make the five
cent piece come in for change. We
ordered big lot Of cents, expecting to
get them off, but it wouldn't work.
Now, in the North you have use for
copper all the time in trading, and let
me tell you that the saving to the
buyer of small articles amounts to q
neat sum IN the course Of time. It's
my belief that one reason why the
Northern people are better of than we
are, is that they save the odd cents
which ne give aWay making change.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

who was the son Of Henry Y, who was
the cousin of Richard L., who was the
grandson of Edward III, who was the
son of Edward L., who was the son of
Edward L, who was the son of Henry
III, who was the son Of John, who
was the brother of Richard L, who was
the son of Henry H., who was the
cousin of Stephen, who was the cousin
Of Henry l., who was the brother of
William Rufus, who was the son of
William the COnquer0r.
Thus Queen Victoria. can trace her
ancestors back to about eight hundred
years ago. It is the oldest reigning
dynasty in the world. Nely York Mai
and EEUgeSS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
Farmer Bell.

Farmer Bell did not believe in men
tai or moral sugar pIums in his own
family circle. He was quite willing to
commend friends or acquaintance, but
he had a theory that his own family
would be best improved by a Spartan
discipline. The children must learn to
do their duty without praise, and as
for his wife she had tOiled for fifteen
years without having once been told
that she was a satisfactory house
keeper.
One night the two came home from
a tea-party at a neighbours house, and
Mrs. Bell, with the courage Of the
meek, said:
ezra, seems to me I heard you
praising the notices the Smith girls
worked ?"
eyes, [ did. Real pretty they we're
for such nonsense, said Mr.. Bell.
"Your own girls have made some just
like them. You had better praise
them. 1t viii tickle them to death.
And didn't hear you say that squash
pie we had for supper was powerful
nice? ?"
well, Miranda, twas a good pie"
Was it a mite better than mine,
Ezra 2"
"WeII, no, I can't say as it was"
when have you ever said one word
to praise a pie or cake I've set before
you?"
Maybe I haven't praised you much,
Miranda, but then haven't COM
planned"
"Yes, you have" said Miranda.
Eyes, you have! Saying nothing is
complaining, sometimes. It's Just like
pushing a heavy load up hill, besides
what you have agreed to carry, to go
along day after day and not hear a
word of praise"
Ezra began to think, and, although
he by no means changed his spots en-
tirely, he did from that time try to act on
the theory that women folks are fond
of commentator.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
A Bit Of History.

Victoria, Queen Of Great Britain and
Empress of India, is the niece of Will
lam ", who was the brother of
George ", who was the son of George
III, who was the grandson of George
IL, who was the son of George L, who
was the cousin of Queen Anne. who
was the sister-in-law of William III,
who was the son-in-Iaw of James Il,
who was the brother of Charles II,
who was the son of Charles L, who
was the son of James I, who was the
cousin of Elizabeth, who was the sister
of Mary, who was the sister of Edward
", who was the son of Henry VIII,
who was the son of Henry VII, who
was the cousin of Richard III, who
was the uncle of Edward V,
who was the son of Edward ",
who was the cousin Of Henry VI,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

The testimony Of John Bright to
American poetry and poets is eminent
" worth repeating. He averred that
ne owed his quicEness Of imagination
to habit he had long pursued Of read
ing a little poetry before going to bed.
No matter what the hour OF what he
had been doing through the day, he
took his morphine powder of poetry.
1t had in his case a sedative and genial
influence tending to sleep. The ano-
dyne is possibly not a new discovery;
but no public man has ever before an
nounced his use of it. Mr. Bright
added that he always selected Ame1i-
can poets-as more clear, ineligible,
and unconventional Whittier, Long
fellow, and Lowell he cIassed as always
clear as a running brook, as bright as
sunshine and refreshing as breezes,
while the English poets aim at subtle
ties. This criticism viii undoubtedly
stand as the decision Of history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

age of the manzaniIlas and the madrono
trees, rendered dOubIY Iurid by the r8hec-
ton Of the torches, the sharp rocks of the
canyon in battIem6nt6d and casGellat6d
confusion. stretching off to the mighty bar
ranca 1000 to 5000 feet deep, really made
up a picture that not one painter in a thOuS-
and could have done Justice to, and not one
could initiate.
And to come down from the sublime to
the ridiculous, we can speak of the chewing
gum we saw on the trees of those noun
tains. On one tree alone 1 picked off
double handful of those gum drops at the
height of my shoulders without STOPPING or
reaching very high. or without going
around the tree, while for a steady bust
ness 1 could qua" antee a two bushel bag
full to smart, active boy Of the North
American species. 1t is g land of gum,
resin, and pitch, and were it not for the
fact that the rainy season is in the summer
time 1 have little doubt but that the great,
umItless forests of pine trees would be
raVaged by fire, as l have seen so often in
the dense timber tracts of Oregon and
Wanderngs in these parts have not seen
a burned out tract Of an acre in extent.
Whatever may be the cause Of the preser-
walton, however. it seems that Nature is
determined to conserve these beautiful
forests OF fir, pine, spruce, and hemlOck tor
the wants OF man in country where they
are the most needed by reason Of the lack
Of the same for many hundreds Of leagues
around.
We got away from Camp Becerra shortly
after o'clock, with the prospects Of a cool,
cloudy day ahead of US for climbing up and
down the mountains. In an hour and a half
we came to a most picturesque place on the
PanaScOS River, where a number of huge,
irregular powders lay at the foot Of asculp-
tured cliff. Under those that formed cave
cave Jewellers looking absolutely cOmical in
their wide brimmed straw hats Of coarse
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

huahua. who had done a great deal 70 hela
the expedition with all the local auth orftfes
In the different parts Of the States that
might visit, We camped at the first avail
able point we could find, and even here
slept at an inclination of thirty degrees to
the level. the mules grazing nearly over
heaQ ABOVE US and occasionally rolling
rock down on US during the night.
From Garlic cajOn westward and south
westward the scenery steaTiiiY becomes
grander and more mountainous until by the
Tune the Grand Barranca of the Unique
River IS reached next afternoon. it fully
equals the Grand Canyon Of the Colorado at
any point OF It's course Long before III is
reached on our southwark march beautiful
V1stas break to the right and left, and es-
peclally 10 the east when about i've o'clock
IN the afternoon Just as we were emerging
nom dense forest OF high pines and
thihA1ng as little OF seeing stup6ndOuS
scenery as we were of seeing a hand organ
We suddenly came to the very edge of a
Gill Eully five hundred feet high on a Vsrti-
cal and from which We could look down
four thousand to five thousand feet on as
grand scene of massive crags, scuiptured
rock and broken barraneas as the eye ever
rested on.
I named this third camp on the pictur-
esque banks of the Grand Barranca after
the Mexican President, Camp Diaz.
Inc Grand Barranca Of the Unique is one
OF the most massive. stupendOus pieces OF
natures architecture that the void pro-
ducess 1t is quite similar, yet in many ways
very different from the Grand Canyon of
Lne COLORADO, yet 1t IS the nearest to which
1 can compare it in the United States. The
latter, grand as its scenery undoubtedly Is
soon tires by its mOnOtOnOUs aspect Of per
pendicular walls, in travelling any distance.
while the Grand BaFranca could be followed
as far as it deserves the name Of Grand"
and every view and every vista would have
some startling and attractive change to
please the eye. 1t is nearer a cross between
the Grand Canyon Of the Colorado and the
Yosemite Valley, if we can imagine such
scenery after seeing both
The sketch or Illustration which L submit
OF the Grand Barranca of the Unique as
seen from near Camp Dlaz on the western
walls is, L frankly confess to my readers,
the most Uusatisf actory one 1 think I have
placed before them, and yet it is undoubt-
eddy correct in all technical detail. 1t is
simply impossible to crowd stupendous
mountain scenery into a pen-and-ink
sketch of small size and convey one OF its
imposing qualities to an appreciative per-
son who has never viewed the scene.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

Mrs. HAGE, wife of Captain HeBbert
Hage, is regarded by the eleven sur
vivors of her husbands lost bark Gu
pico as a heroine and as the preserver
of their lives. Her courage, they say,
never tagged; and they were on the
wreck for twenty days before they were
rescued by the bark Belt. Mrs. Hage
kept the courage of the men up by her
example, working at the pumps with
them TO keep the vessel afoat. Be
sides, she prepared and brought their
food to them at the pumps, which they
dared not leave.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

South have long formed themes in prose
and poetry, but those States are in the fat
land coasts Of our country, with no scenery
to give any of the strange, weird effects Of a
broken land. At one camp made upon q
high potrerO "a little fat place in the noun
tam. where the grass was good for the
mules, but where the water was far down a
precipitous ravine or box canyon that
opened out by a gorge to a great barranca
as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon Of
the ColOradOl I saw such a scene.
A half-dOzen men at time, all Wibhp1tch-
pine torches, descended after water, or to
drive the mules to and from water. AS they
cut long slivers of pine, eight to ten feet
long, that blaze for tWo-t thirds to three
fOurths their length. the strange effect on
the wild scenery stretching for miles can
be more easily conceived than described.
To have put it faithfully on canvas would
have made the reputation of any artist, and
the equal of which I have never seen.
Verestchagin's MY Camp in the Hima-
layas" seemed almost tame by comparison.
The great, wide sOmbrerOs glittering with
silYer-fOr even the common poems Of Mex
leo have more costly hats than the -four
hundred" of New YOrk-the bright red foil
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

A COUNTRY woman was carrying on
a very simple process against a neigh
Dor in one of the small courts of Ger
many. The attorney of the opponent
pestered her with so much of chica-
merry and legal subtleties that she lost
all patience, and interrupted him thus {:
"AIy lord, the case is simply this: I
bespoke of my opponent, the carpet
maker, a carpet with figures which
were to be as handsome as my lord the
judge, and he wants now to force me
to take one with horrible caricatures.
uglier even than his attorney. Was I
not right in breaking off the bargain %
The court laughed at the comparison;
the attorney was stupefed; and the
woman won her suit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

AFTER Mind Reader Bishop died his
mother and the wife whom he had late
ly married engaged in a wrangIe over
his effects, and the question as to their
respective rights is still unsettled by
the courts. Just at this junoture, wife
No. 1, from whom he had procured a
divorce, appears and produces a viii
which was made in London, in due
form, before their marriage, and which
leaves everything to her. She is in
structed by her lawyers that subse-
quent marriages cannot invaIidate the
document, and proposes to assert her
claims. It need not take a mind-reader
of any special skill to tell with accur-
acy just what each of those three wom~
en- thinks Of the others.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

From the cliffs we were on among the
pines and cedars, we could look far down
into the valley Of the Unique with our field
glasses, and see the great pitanaya cactus,
a p Oduct Of the tropical climes. In be-
tween were the oaks and other products OF
temperate climates showing US in a huge
panorama all the plant life from the equator
to the pole. We sat on the bold, beeu'ng
cliffs, and could drink ice water from the
clear mountain springs that threw them
selves in silV6ry cascades below, and viewed
the river far down in the valley u perpend G.
UIar mile below US. the waters of which
were so warm that we knew we could battle
in them with comfort. Way off across the
great canyon was a. light as evening fell,
beaming from the cave of a cliff dWeller on
the perpendicular sides of the mountain.
IruIy it was q STRANGE. wild SIGHT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

MILLIONS of people regard the Bible
as the most valuable book in the world
aside from its mechanical makeup and
appearance. But in a commercial
sense a Hebrew Bible at the Vatican
in Rome is said to be the most valua-
bic book in the world In 1912 Pope
Julius, then in great financial straits,
refused to sell it to a.syndicate Of rich
Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325
pounds, and is never carried by less
than three men. The price refused by
Pope julius was, therefore, about
$125,OOO, and that, too, when gold was
worth at least thrice what it is now
worth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

A RECENT visitor to the top of Pixies
Peak found the signaI-service officer
melting snow for his water supply, the
only one he gets. The officer said 4:
Sometimes I stand at the window
with my telescope. The wind without
is keen and cutting as a knife. I can
see the houses of Colorado Springs,
twenty miles away, the visitors sitting
in their shirt sleeves, slipping iced
drinks to keep cool, and ladies walking
about in white summer robes. Hover
the glass; the summer scene is gone.
Green trees, animal life, men and
women fade away like creatures in a
dream, and am the only living thing
in a world of eternal ice, and snow, and
silence"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

An English journal puts the liquor
problem in this form: Twenty-Five
snakes running through the streets
that's free whisky. Twenty-Five snakes
gathered into box in which twenty
five holes are made by authority of
the court-that is low license. Ten of
the holes are closed and the snakes all
get through the other ffteen-that is
high license. Drive all the snakes
over to the next vilIage-that is local
option. Kill all the snakes-that Is
prohibition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

anee Of teaching morality, the inter
dependence Of the race, the duty OF
every man to his fellows and to him
self. There can be none as to the
teaching Of patriotism, the obligation,
universal regard for which would bring
the political millennium; none as to
the teaching of thrift, kindness, cour
tesy and common sense.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

Y last article left
me at Camp Beer
ra, or the second
camp in the Sierra
M a d + e S. writes
Lieutenant SchWat-
ka, in the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
There is q widely
dispersed variety Of
the pitch pine in
these mountains,
which may be said
to be candles or
lanterns of the ma
tives of the coun-
try. n @ a Ugh {
scenes in the pitch
pine States Of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
TICKET 42,T5S.
A Pickup of $4,000 for Three Wen
Known Cheyenne People.

A Pickup of $4,000 for Three Vgeu
Known Cheyenne People.
Cheyenne tYFy.) Leader, August 8.
The drawing of S15, 600 from the Louisiana
State Lottery in the July Drawing by three
well known Cheyenne people has created a
decided sensation. The children of fortune
are all employed at Il. II. Ellis bakery.
They are Louis SaIada and wife and Edward
T. GaylOr an Old-timer and prominent Odd
Fellow.
Forty-eight hours after the drawing Sala-
da and his wife and Mr.. GaylCr were over
joyed to learn from a list that ticket No. 49,
758 had drawn the capital prize of 100000
and that they were entitled to One-tWentieth
of that sum or $4,000.
Advices from New Orleans confirmed the
list and the money was collected through the
First National Bank Of this city, being paid
over to he winners August i.
Salada and wife are visiting relatives in
Missouri. The lady, who has been an inval-
id for several years, is to retire to an eastern
hospital for several months and viii be
treated by eminent specialists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

The Dramatic Drift.-Old Gentleman
(year 1919: Sin my younger days was a
dramatic critic, and have called to beg
the privilege of renewing my youth by be-
ing allowed to write the criticism of one Of
the performances this evening"
Newspaper editor: 81 beg your pardon,
sir but times have changed since you were
in the newspaper profession. Our critics
nowadays write only the advance pufs; the
criticisms are written by the managers Of
the companies"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

Women are curious creatures. A wife
who will insist that her husband shall not
go out of the house without two undershirts
a liver pad and muller on-in addition, of
course, to his other clOthes-wiu rush out
of a hot kitchen on a Monday morning,
bareheaded and barearmed, and paddle
around half an hour hanging out clothes,
trying to get ahead of the woman next
door.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

Mrs. JOHN E. GORDON, of Cunning
County, Nebraska, is too busy with
experimental silk culture to worry
much about woman suffrage. She now
has 10000 cocoons ready for shipment
as the result of her seasons work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

The Empress of Russia carries
large fan when she takes walk, in
order to be able to screen her face
from public view when she likes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

THERE are but 20, 600 houses in New
York City each of which is occupied
by one family, while Philadelphia has
81, 600 in the same category.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

When DObbins' Electric Soap was first
made in 1864 it cost 20 cents q bar. It is pre-
ciSeJy the same ingredients and quality 3lOJy,
and dOes4J't cost half. Buy it of your gro
Ger and preserve your clothes. If he hasn't
1t, he viii get it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

If you have made MP your mind to buy Hoods
sarsaparilla do dot Be induced to take any other.
Hoods Sarsaperilla is a peculiar medicine pos
sessing curative power superior to any other
article Of the kind before the people. Be surs
to get Hoods.
I'm one store the clerk tried to induce me to
buy their own instead of Hoods Ssrseparilia.
But he could not prevail on me to change. I told
him that I knew what Hoods SarsapariIla was, I
had taken It, was perfectly satisfied with it. and
didnot want any other Mrs. ELLA A. Corr,
81 Terrace Street, Boston.
Hoods SaFSapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; for S.. Prepared
only by C. L. HOOD & Co, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses one Dollar
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
SCHWATKA IN MEXICO.
AMONG THE CAvE-D yVELI4ERs OF
THE SIERRA 1TADREs.

Their Primitive Habits OF Life-Regfons
Of Pitch and Pine to Furnish Chewing
Gum for the Whole Human Race-EViId
and Picturesque Mountain Scenery Sur
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

THERE has been a competition among
stenographers to decide how many
words can be written on a postal card.
SyIvanus Jones, of Richmond, Va,
has taken the prize by writing Sc, 764
words. Mr.. Jones is a shorthand writer
employed by the Brighthope Railway
Company, of Richmond.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

TIE statement that the people in
Dakota who have had nothing but po-
tatoes and turnips to live on this sum-
mer are suffering from scurvy may be
true, but has saIt-fshy appearance
about it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20
Beauty is often only seal-skin deep.

Visitor I'm Chicago; SCI should think
you would be dreadfully afraid of burglars
in a place like this"
Hostess: Burglars! Mercy no. We
don't mind the burglars. Its the police we
are afraid of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

The society which has for its object
the prevention of cruelty to animals,
in England, has benin existence since
1924, and during that time has secured
over $1,000 convictions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

THE rainy season in Florida is said
to be delightful, The cooling showers
generally set in about midday, and
from then until night it is cool and
pleasant. The mercury drops to about
70, and blankets are comfortable at
night. Meanwhile everything grows
as if by magic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

Boston proposes to invest $3.50, 600
in patent airship. In other words,
she proposes to cast that sum to the
winds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

STATISTICAL returns in England show
that there are about 100000 more
women than men in the country, and
that these are nearly all widows.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

THE average monthly temperature of
San Francisco for the last fifteen years
has been BOT degrees. The highest for
any month was 50 degrees and the low
est so degrees.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-20

The man who kicked a collector out of
his Office remarked that if he couldn't foot
his bills one way, he could another.