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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18

1t Is pretty certain that the new postmaster
at Kansas City viii not be confirmed, but
the case will 60 over until after the 4th OF
March, when President Harrison viii APP
mint
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18

PEsTH, AUSTRIA, January S.-A passengsr
train Wss blown from the rails near Fume
during g violent storm. Three persons were
killed and many injured.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18
Plants Under Electric Influence.

Three plats of lands-each about
four yards square-haye been subjected
by Prof. z. Wollny of Munich to differ
ent electrical conditions during the
growth In them Of grain, potatoes, car
rOts. etc. One enclosure was kept
under the influence Of q weak direct
current; the second, Of a comparatively
strong direct current; and the third, Of
an alternating current. Comparison
of the plants with those raised under
ordinary conditions gave no evidence
that electricity produces any effect
upon the development Of plants.--4g--
Ea7lsGLU Traveller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18

No MAN, were he to unite the strength
of Hercules to the genius of Newton.
can either create or annihilate a grain
OF matter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18

Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-18

1--WE therefore commit her body to the
grave, in the hope of glorious resurrec-
tion;" but all through the burial service
rang those words, "Inasmuch as ye did it
not was a-hungered and ye gave me no
meat. And the answer of the town,
Sealed proposals for the keeping of the
town poor, the contract to be awarded to
the lowest bidder.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
Wise Words.

To bear wealth is more difficult
than to obtain it.
The less man feels his greatness
the greater he is.
1t may be right for q fellow to say
what he thinks, but it isn't always
prudent.
One would suppose that there are
some women who are happy only
when they are miserable.
A pretty girl may be SO fully oc-
cupied with being beautiful as not to
have time to be agreeable.
A real truth can only be known
by the strict sensing of it, therefore
information is always doubtful.
The real sense of knowledge is to
learn something instead Of initiating
the knowledge of others.
In the lexicon of youth, which fate
reserves for bright manhood, there
is no such word as-faili
The reason there are so many fol-
lowers in the world is because they
have been trained to be obedlent.
Aristocratic people are those who
will not associate with the people
they are dependent upon for sup
port
The real is always initiated, for
that reason man may even look
and sound as if lie was really cultur-
ed.
For drunkenness, drink cold water,
for health, rise early; to be happy,
be honest; to please all, mind your
own business.
A man should be careful never TO
tell tales of himself to his own dis
advantage. People may be amused,
and laugh at the time, but they will
be remembered, and brought up
against him upon some subsequent
occasion.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
A TeiltaIe Graphophone.

Private Secretary Pearson, of Gov
ernor Beavers Office, Harrisburg,
Pa. had a curious and somewhat
startling experience with the graph
ophone. He began to turn the crank,
and supposed that he was about to
cause the machine to give out to the
young lady typewriter message
which the Governor had talked into
il The evening previous. The young
lacy was all attention, and the pri-
vate secretary began solemnly to
turn the crank, which works by a
treadle To his horror and the in
tense embarrassment of the young
lady the following amorous tumble
was given out with decided empha-
sis:
"Now, don't, George. X
There, somebody viii come. Of
course / love You. There, somebody
really is coming, and you have muss-
ed my hair ali up. x x Please,
love. I'm so afraid that some one
will come in, and, besides, I can't
work this crank if you insist upon
kissing me all the time.n = x
It was some little while before the
matter could be satisfactorily ex-
planned, either BY the young lady or
Mr.. Pearson, who at first were dis
posed 20 imagine that somebody had
been playing a practical joke upon
them. Tbematter was finally straight
ened out, however, when the execu-
tive clerk came around, and, upon
hearing Of the incident, laughed
heartily. He had on the evening be-
fore been showing bride and groom
about the executive department, and
being called away few minutes, had
left them in the private secretary's
room to amuse themselves with the
graphophone while he attended to
the business which hod called him
away Electrical Reuieao.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
The Aggregate Net Earnings.

1t is stated, on the authority of a
director of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad company, in order to cor
rect any misapprehension which may
exist as to the facts, that in the year
1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887 the
net earnings are shown by the figures
Of the expert who examined the CON-
pany's accounts to have been 81 $780,
731.l5, and the dividends declared for
those years amounted only to Sc, 209,-
399, leaving balance of net earnings
during these years of $l,04l ,332.l5
which was not paid out in dividends,
and it is therefore plain that the div
idends which we're paid in those years
were rightfully paid out of net pro-
fits.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
An impending Crisis.

They were sitting on a settee Ian
guidly trying to appear unconscious
of the impending crisis. The con-
versation had gone, like beginner
on skates, slowly aud slowly around
the objective point, and collapse was
imminent. He had said so much to
her of an admiriDg kind that he felt
he could not go home without pro-
posing to her, unless he wished to
show that the truth was not in him.
She had accepted his compliments
with the sincerity which is so exas-
perating in Irritation. There had
been pause. Her hand, loosely
grasping her fan, lay in simple beau
ty on the rose-pink of her dress.
"What beautiful hand p said he,
laying one finger accidentally on the
soft white skin of the significant
niger.
"What beautiful ring u said she,
touching his finger.
He took the ring impulsively,
wished it on and kissed it.
"And ] must not take it offYn she
murmured.
"Not for three months, dearest"
Il guess that will be quite long
enough, any way, and'somehow both
of them wished it off again.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
was Rishon Killed !?

Tie undue eagerness of certain
New Yc1h physicians to carve the
body Of Bishop, the mind-reader,
must create painful impression up
on the public mind. Men naturally
ask themselves the question, Who is
safe from this abnormal thirst for
knowledge-th;s prying and imper-
tinent curiosity of the scientist
Bishop may or may not have been
dead. The physicians not interested
ia the legal investigation appear to
agree that it is impossible to deter
mine this important question by q
subsequent autopsy, aud hence the
post-mortem made by the order of
The coroner after portion of the
mird-reade s brain had been remov-
ed without authority, and in viola
ton of law, amounts to nothing. The
dread is natural, therefore, that any
person in a strange city stricken
with sudden illness which renders
him temporarily unconscious and APP
pSrently dead may fall a victim to
this craving for investigation.
Bishop was subject to cataleptic
attacks which counterfeit death with
wonderful accuracy. aud in his case
there should have been unusual pre-
cautions taken to verify his condition.
But strangers, about whom nothing
whatever is known, are not infre-
quensly stricken suddenly in large
cities. It may be case of suspend
ed or scarcely percsptible animation,
catalepsy or traumatic death. If,
however, where the mans weakness
is well known his body is hurried off
to the aiseaos;eg room end subjected
to the Paying scalpel Of fanatic,
what chance is there for stranger
or what assurance has the public
that men are not scientifically butch
cred at intervals to satisfy the in
creasing shirst for medical invcstiga-
ton?
1t is asserted in the Bishop case
that the physicians implicated were
confident that the man was dead, but
there does not appear to have been
any satisfactory inquiry or delay for
the purpose of determining that
point, and it is poor consolation to
fhe surviving relatives and friends
to be told that the doctors intentions
were good. Bishops taking-off will
always remain an unpleasant mystery
ar3 Il is TO be hoped, a warning to
those whose enthusiasm outruns
their common sense. The laws OF
New York provide for such a case.
ana the doctors implicated will be
punished. In states where post-mor-
TENS are not thus regulated, the ear.
lest opportunities should be awaited
to have q statute pagsed.-Bdho
| AmeriecR.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01

FOne need not be penurious to be
saving.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01

Pundita Ramakai is now lecturing
in japan.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
A Sound Legal Opinion

E cambridge Munday Esq, County Atty.
Clay Co., Tex: says ''Have used Electric
B.tsers with most happy results. Ny brother
also was very low with Malarial Fever and
Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this
medicine Am satisfied Electric Bitters
saved his life"
Mr.. d. l. Wilcoxscn, of Horse Cave, Ky,
adds like testimony, saying: He positively
believes he would have died, had it not been
for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off, as well es
cure all Malaria Diseases, and for ali Kidney
Liver and Stomach Disorders stands unequal
cd. Price soc. and 81. at e. @. Williams
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01
Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy OF swtft's Specific as .
remedy and cue for rheumatism and all blood dis
cases, has never had conspicuous illustration
han this case affords. The candid unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted as convincing and conclusive.
The writer is prominent citizen OF Mississippi. Tha
gentleman to whom MIR. Martin refers, and ID whom
Aeis indebted for the advice to which he owes MS
final relief from years of suffering, is lir King FOR
many years the popular night clork OF tas Lawrence
House, at Jackson.
JACKSON, Miss, April 90 1857 :
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CoMIAsR, Atlanta, Ca. .
Gfe7tlemess-I have been an invalid pensioner fox
forty years. having contracted pulmonary ara othes
diseases In the Mexican War, bat net TN tAe lst "
March, 1875 did feel any symptoms of rher4natIs.
On that day suddenly stricken with that dis
case in both hips and ankles. For twenty days
walked crutches. Then the pain less violent,
but 1t shifted from joint to joint For weeks would
be totally disabled either on one side OF nay body OF
eleven years and seven months-thatis from March 1,
tense suffering I tried y n Iinerable prescrlpIoQa
ges ff bg a Il reesea
t bensf f9m nn NOT a = Fintsnay OF
first of September made arrangements TO no 10 ~
Hot Springs or Arkansas, h&NlEs CeSpatred OK
other remedy, when accidentally met old az :
quaintance, Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence Hous
sheumaslsm, and as supposed, had been cure
told nee that his visit to the Hot Springs was in vain
-he found no relef On his return from Hot Springs
he heard for the first tin1e of the s. S. s. remedy
for rheumatism He tried it and six bottles made q
complete cure. Several wears have passed snce but
re has had return OF the disease.
Immediately rsturned to try It. In September I
took four bottles and by the first of october was
wells far as the rheumatism was concerned. az
psln had disappeared, and RAVE NOT FELR Ewgseg
OF SINCE.
have no interest in making this statement other
than the hope that il may direct other sufferer
to source Of reef, and il it has this result
ann well rewarded for nay trouble. / am very Ia
J. NJ. H. MAsTSs
For sale by all druggists Treatise on Blood aa3
skin Diseases mailed free.
TEE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta Ca
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01

In the discussion of George Wash
ington and his times there has been
much comparing Of the old order OF
things with the new in the political
and material phaseses of the
country's development, and the COM
parison might be carried further in
to the domain of nature and the
game supply. What more sugges-
tive, for instance, than the record of
one of Washington's hunts when he
dilled five buffalo on the. Little Kan
awha River in West Virginia? This
reads like fiction in these days, when
for generations the buffalo has been
unknown in the East, and the bleach
ed bones of the bisons of the West
are gathered on the plains and ship
ped by car loads to mingle with the
ship loads of bones of Egyptians in
the mills of fertilizer factories.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-06-01

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naIU RIVER RAILRODAD
W TIME TABLE -

Taking effect Feb. 10, 1889. Passenger
trains win run as follows, Central Time.
All trains daily except those marked thus
which do not run on Sunday.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-14
senator Reagan nv a "Jonah..

Washington Special to the Globe Democrat
II appears that the grave and reverend
United States Senators are not entirely
free from superstitious notions. Some of
them seem TO regard Senator Reagan as
Jonah, or, as is technically called in
some western localities, "hoodUo." The
Texas Senator has habit Of making him
self at home in any seat on the Demo-
cratic side Of the chamber except his own.
The custom OF rowing about the chamber
and planting himself wherever fancy or
comfort suggests may proceed from the
fact that his own seat is one Of the least
desirable in the Senate. However, IL il
asserted that bad luck follows the owner
OF any seat for which Reagan maniiesls a
fancy, and the evidences OF the ill-luck
which accompanies the Texas Senator are
pointed out. II is related that the first
victim was Senator Eustis. During his
long absence from the chamber
prior 10 and pending the contest
on Louisiana, Reagan appropriated his
seat. Eustis was defeated Next the fac
total fight in Delaware demanded tho
presence there OF Senator salisbury. Rea-
gan occupied the seat Of the slim saus-
bury with regularity that was unusual.f
The tall, thin representative OF enc OF Del
avarc's Two great families met his defeat,
and Is 90 be succeeded by Republican.
When Voorhees, went TO Indiana 10 enter
the canvass, Reagan took possession Of his
seat, and Indiana went Republican. Re-
Gently, when Senator Harris felt that his
interests for another six years required his
presence in Tennessee, before leaving here
he served emphatic notice on Reagan:
I've got pretty sure thing on re-clcc-
ton" lac said to a iellow.Sonator, "but
don't want to take any chances that can
be avoided. Keep Reagan out Of my seat"
Some days ago Senator Ransom went 10
North Carolina 10 persuade the Legislature
that the Senatorial delegation Of the State
ought not to be broken. Ransom is
quoted as writing to friend here in a let
ter received today. Everything looks
bright; but Tor Gods sake keep Reagan
ont Of my scat "
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-14
SOUND SUGGESTIONS.


The Galidiin Examiner makes some sug.
gcstions TO the Legislature that ought 10
have attention and that TIE APPEAL
thinks are worthy the endorsement Of the
press and the people OF tho State. One OF
these is the passage OF "a practical, scnsi.
Bile aud acceptable no fence law" In
support Of this suggestion The Examiner
states that the fences are worth more
than tho land Of the State and that
II takes 10 per cent. Of their cost TO pay
for the annual repairs, sum equal to the
total OF the State debt. This ought to be
argument sufficient TO secure 30 much OF
reform the only argument against
which that can be offered bo-
ing the stale one 10 often adj
vancod in favor OF the lazy communist
who raises cattle at the expense of his
neighbor's crops. The Ecmiaer also
suggests ".rhe enforcement Of the plain
provision Of the present Constitution that
every voter shall pay his poll-tax before
he shall DO allowed to vote" Our con.
temporary admits that much can be said
on both sides Of this question but it in
sists that Claw should be law" And It
charges that
Every Legislature since $50 has been too cowar1y
Ia carry the Cousutulionn IN effect Il was the in
tcut0u Of o. immcts 10 have Il enforced, but the
Legislators have cyndcd making provisions for cat
rlng 10 ont by the most spccluus aud clubbing
suhioriugrs. nj the bottom of which lay the nal
rCason-that They were afraid they might not get
back iutu their acits again The claim that Il Ia
property qualification" swickcdy false. Il Is the
after thought Of the dcnng0guc. The various leg.
islnturcs since 1870 could hnyc with Ike proprcty
nuillhcd aud cot aside any other section, or the
whole Constitution. The whole OF Il shonld be OBJ
served ar nouc
This Is a severe, but a mcritcd castiga-
ton, aud one that tho members Of the
present Legislature should endeavor to
escape. The way TO do this Is TO pass the
laws necessary to compel every voter 10 pay
his poll tax. The third proposition Of The
Examiner is tine submission Of a call for q
convention to mako u new Constitution
There are" argues our wldc-awake and
progressive contemporary, "a score or two
Of alterations which can only be effected
by having u new Constitution. Promi-
nont among them is the abolition Of
that great nuisance, the County Court,
and the adoption Of better system. We
favor the appointment Of three commission.
crs in each county by the Governor. with
the advice and consent Of the Senate. But
any system would be better than the pres
ont" TnE ATRIAL heartily comedies
with, agrees TO, and indorcs all that Is
thus stated so bravcly and plainly, and II
Is glad To see paper Of such strong local
influence, dealing, too, for the most part
with farmers, taking 10 decided position
In favor Of needed public reforms.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-14
CORNER LoUNGER.

"Dld YOU know that there are scores OF
people who commit oncnscs, are arrested
tried and fined at the Police Court and yet
thcir real or true names never appear on the
dockot2' asked an old policeman OF the
scribe.
How Is that done2' inquired the gatherer
of trilcs.
well, You sec, when a young man; and
particularly n young man Of good family,
who has a nice father, mother, and lot Of
nice sisters, gets into trouble and commits
some dcyitry, for the commission Of which
poorer devils serve out term on the rock
pile or chaingng, he gives an assumed
name TO the staiion-housc keeper and IL Is
put down ON the docket. Ills friends put
up the forfeit, aud u he Is too drunk 10 be
released they stay there with him several
hours until lac sobcrs up 30 that lac can he
taken away In hnck. In the morning the
old President IIaddcn-calls up the
case, and II u Is not bad one the forfeit is
scoopcd In and that's the last of H. And II II
Is a bad one, the young but respectable
rough and tough has To appear. lie pays
his fine aud the bogus or assumed name ap.
pears Ia the papers instead Of his real name.
80 you see his nice father aud mother aud
his nice sisters never hear Of his cscapndcs
until they become too numerous To be hid
den In that manner"
as this common thingF put in the
Loungcr
You just look into u aud you'll find
OUT was the reply. II tell you the qucs.
ton. whcrc l. my boy ionightg Is not asked
often enough by parents; but could tell
them where De j., II asked. In nine cascs
out of ten, when hc Is not ut home, be Is
gcnomll, where be ought not to be-. II I
had q lot Of boys III call the roll on them
every night before n o'clock. and II ono 81
them didn't answer 60 his named | would
write down absent without leave Ia the
roll-book. Boys 90 10 the devil before their
parents learn anything about H. You sec
little Kids everywhere at night. smoking.
drinking. drunk aud dsordcrly. and at
places which they should not be permitted
to enter. What can be expected from such
young men, except 10 bring shame aud sor.
row tn their families In tho futurcg''
"what ought to bc doncy' was tho In.
quiry.
"rhc police should he instructed 10 round
them up nightly nj the s,ation.housc, and
then the keeper should telephone their pa.
rcnis 10 come and zee where Your boy Is TO.
night II would be the salvation Of many
Of them"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-14

Frederick Douglass has given an OK.
tended interview TO a Washington paper,
in winch he indicates what he thinks will
bc the policy Of tho administration toward
the South. lie sayE
"For a Government 10 grant the right Of
suffrage and deny itself the power TO pro-
tect that right is 10 confess itself sham
and fraud, and 40 would the political
doctrines make the Federal Government
In ils relation to the cOlorcd voters OF the
South. At the North We sometimes hear
that the negro should assert himself and
fight his way 10 the ballot-box. How
inoxpfcssionably mean is this suggestion,
in view Of the utter helplcssness OF tho
negro citizens as against a power that held
the armies Of this Nation In bloody and
deadly conflict for four years and how sub
Nersive Of all Government II this doctrine
were carried out. IL IL cowardly for one
great government 10 remand It's citizens 10
violence and anarchy in order to exercise
a right guaranteed by the Constitution Of
the United States, aud this | believe will
be the view taken Of II by Mr.. Harrison
when he shall come into power
"Was the Southern question n promi-
nent factor In the last campaign?"
81 know Il Is said that the suppression
Of the colorcd vote In the Southern States
was not made prominent factor In the
election by which Mr.. Harrison was u ado
President, but this. u IL were No, which |
deny. will furnish a reason against an un.
ilinchipg aud inncxible determination
upon hispart 10 put nm end 10 the 70.
proach and scandal which Is now resting
upon ~. From my point Of view see no
reason 10 doubt that under our Repub-
lican rule We shall see the colored man
voting as freely In Mississippi as he now
does In Massachusetts,"