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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
He was Not SuperstftfOus.

A Weil-knOWn 1eWeI6F: Il am often
asked why ] keep that little, oId-fash-
toned silver horseshoe in my showcase.
1t certainly does look out of place
among my watches; it would not be at
home among the diamonds either, and
it would be equally a stranger in the
case with the earrings and breast-pins.
1t was made in my fathers shop III
Switzerland about forty years ago.
when I was a boy, and [ made it.
81 made 1t out of silver franc after
[ had been at the bench less than
month A little, French girl gave the
coin to me, and fashioned this horse
shoe with a few tools that my father
would allow me to use. It was a breast
eQin once, and after it was made the
girl wore it. About five years after
Wards I brought the horseshoe and the
French girl to this country with me.
She was my wife then.
ct had a hard fight with the world at
first. We went West. Then we went
South. At last we came here. After
this we prospered. All this time my
wife wore the horseshoe. I shouldn't
say all the time, but most of the time.
Once she lost it. The same night my
store was burned. The next day a boy
brought the pin to me and asked me
how much it was worth as old silver.
He had found 1t on the street. I bought
bit back for five times it's value without
question.
"Twenty years ago my wife died.
Among the last things she did was to
ask for this pin. She gave it to me and
told me to keep it always. It had been
the means Of our marrying, and had
always brought us good fortune. With
two exceptions, it has never passed out
of my possession since.
when my eldest daughter was
married she wore the pin on her
wedding dress. She left for Europe
the next day, and forgot to return it
to me before she started. She had not
been gone a week before my cash
Ter disappeared with $4,000 In cash
and left a large deficit in my bank
balance. He was my nephew, and
would have been my partner some
day. During that month the grass
hopper plague destroyed the crops in
Kansas and L lost several thousand
more in bad debts. I am not supersti-
tious, but I cabled to my daughter for
the pin and it came back by the first
steamer.
"The next exception was five years
ago lELSB buLlDl6Is LII CLGC5l1LAA OllD ZIG
showcases one morning a new clerk
threw the pin among the scraps in the
workshop to be melted up, thinking it
had no value. When I missed it, it
could rot be found The shop was
thoroughly searched.
"I advertised for it, offering liberal
reward, and my porter returned it to
me and claimed the $50. He had found
it, so he said, in the ash-bOx in front of
the store This was one week after I
had Iostit. During that time my daugh-
! ter's husband was killed in a railroad
accident in Illinois. Since then
| this old horseshoe IS in the case, where
it has lain for twenty long years. Every
day and every night it goes into the
safe.
mo, I am not superstitious, no one
can accuse me of that weakness; but it
would take more money than most men
have to buy that pin. I don't believe
In luck. I know that losing the pin had
nothing to do with my disasters, but L
won't part with it all the same. "-oel0.
eLer8' Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Wasting Nafure,s Gffts.

Stories come to us from various
quarters that the natural gas is giving
out. The probability is there are ex-
aggeratiOns in the reports to this effect,
but that the intelligence is in part well
founded there is reason to believe.
There has been something amounting
almost to infatuation in the public pas
sion for finding this gas and then burn
ing it as a display. There never has
been more startling and destructive
prOfigacy than that exhibited in this
State and the State of Indiana In re
spect to this, one of the most wonder
full Of the ample resources Of nature
with which this land was endowed.
There are half a dozen counties IN this
State and Indiana where gas has been
recently found, and the people seem
delighted to have the glare Of its con
sumption flashing against the sun by
day and lighting up the country by
night. It may be a vain thought, but
it seems something should be done in
the way Of legislation to check this
hideous destruction Of the ideal fuel
It is as bad as the desO1ation of forests
and the poisoning of the streams, and
the washing away of the soil through
reckIessness in cultivation, and 1t ought
to be more impressive because the pro-
cesses of destruction are conspicuous.
7Icjl1lIGtj Commercial
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

ing out like a sore thumb, to announce
that our bird dog had flushed a large
Abyssinian lion.
Hurriedly putting q little Mavonnaise
dressing on our faithful Wang Wang.
we sent him out to parley with the lion
while we put on our telegraph climbers.
and. filling our pockets with buItOng,
we assembled Duluth palm tree.
We had not long to wait The wang
wanga bushes parted and a low, heavy
set performing lion crept softly into
the open karrOO, preceded at a distance
Of about three-quarters of an inch by
our faithful Wang Wang. AS the Door
fellow jumped a low Kirlish bush I
heard a cTUnching sound such as I hope
never to hear again, and turned away
my head rather than see our trustv
gun-beaTer IN the act Of backing into a
lion.
AS soon as I could regain my courage
by a small nip Of spOOpju I looked back
at the slckening spectacle. All was
still save the distant song of the red
breasted blim-blam In the KoOioo
bushes.
Suddenly remembering how I had
once seen a GOn-tamer make q lion
quail, I descended from the tree. and
taking small riding-whip with me, I
said Hi" and whipping him across the
forelegs, In the meantime frequently
making the remark ~Hi, " I drove him
away from there. Out Of the kraaI,
down the slOOt or dry waterCourse, and
across the KarToO lands he sped, and
so on back to Winnipeg, where ne joined
his congress of rare Wild beasts, as Z
afterWard learned
Hastily saddling our elephants and
sinching them tightly so thas the how
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
The Satellite OF Nentuna.

NJ. Tisserand has presented a report
to the Paris Academy Of Sciences con
corning some remarkable observations
of the satellite of the planet Neptune,
which was discovered in 1847. The
angle which the plane of the orbit of
that satellite, made at that date, with
the ecliptic was about 30 degrees, but
this angle has now increased by at least
6 degrees. The satellite moves round
its principal In an opposite direction to
that usually followed by other sateI-
Iites, so that a question might be raised
whether in the course of time this va
ration IN the inclination Of the plane
of its orbit might not end in its move
ment around its principal becoming
normal. H. Tisserand showed that
this variation of inclination was due to
the oblate or fattened condition of
Neptune at its poles, and that 1t VIII
complete its limit within a period Of
500 years, at the end of which time it
viii again be as 1t was IN 1847.-ISc5e71-
tlJic 4LleT5cG9l.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Two ONO women have the grim sat-
isfaction of rejecting that but for the
opposition of their parents they might
have been the wives of Presidents Of
the United States. Thirty years age
they lived at Bedford, a village of less
than five hundred inhabitants, about
twelve miles from Cleveland, and both
were very attractive. To each of them
at different times Rutherford B.
Hayes and James A. Garfield paid Sc,
rious attentions, but the young men
were poor and their prospects anything
but bright, so the parents of the girls
firmly and effectualIy checked the
love-making.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
sIRohin 4aaIr.,,

Robert Adalr was young Irishman,
known in London in the early part of
the last century as "the fashionable
Irishman." He was brought no as a
surgeon, but at an early period Went
to England to push his fortunes. Near
HO1yhead, perceiving q carriage over
turned, he ran to render assistance.
The occupant was a lady of fashion,
who, hearing that Adair was a sur
geOn, invited him to accompany her
to London. On arriving at her house
she gave Adair a fee of one hundred
guineas and q general invitation to
call. 1t was during one of these visits
that he met Lady Caroline KeppeI
daughter of the second Earl of Al
bemarIe and of Lady Anne Lennox,
daughter of the first Duke of Rich
nOnd. Lady Caroline, at the first
sight Of the Irish surgeon, fell desper-
ateIy in love with him, and her emo
tons were so violent and so sudden as
to attract the attention of the whole
company. Everything was done to
divert her mind from loye-travels,
suitOrs and amusements of all kinds
but In vain. Finally the parents, see
ing their daughters health yielding to
the strain, consented to the marriage.
When Lady Caroline was taken from
London to Bath, that she might be
separated from her lover, she wrote, it
is said, the song Of robin Adair, and
set it to a plaintive Irish tune she had
heard him sing Her married life was
short, but happy; she died of con
sumption after giving birth to three
children. On her death-bed she re
quested Adair to wear mourning as
long as he lived, and he scrupuIously
did so, except on the Kings and
Queens birthdays, when his duty to
his sovereign required him to appear
at court in full dress. He never mar
ried again, though he had many offers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A REMARKABLY cool-headed man is
James Purless, of Sacramento, Cal.
By the breaking of a scaffolding
around building he was tearing down
he was thrown into a cellar. Several
of his bones were broken and pro
truded from the flesh, but, notwith-
standing, he continued smoking, and
qniet1y directed the men in their work
of clearing away the rubbish which
held him a prisoner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Miss Will ALLEN DRoMGooLE is a
literary lady who has cut her official
throat with her little pen. Some of
her recent magazine sketches Of life
in the Tennessee mountains carried a
sting to the denizens of that section,
and when Miss Dromgoole recently
sought an election to a Senate clerk
ship a big rough-bearded Scion from
an up-county arose and roared out:
"She wrote agin the mOunt'ns! I war
be known'st ter it, and I'm agin her.
The Senate sat petrifed and Miss
Dromgoole incautiousIy giggled. 1t
sealed her fate. Another hilI-county
legislator was hoisted to his feet by
indignant colleagues to second the OBJ
lection. He did it terse1y and effec-
tualIy: "She lowed the wimmin folks
went barefoot an ther men talked a
diurlec. I'm agin anybody as is agin
the mount'ns." The issue was joined,
and on the ballot being taken Miss
Dromgoole was beaten.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

LEE Hang, a member Of the Chinese
Legation at Washington, went into
Chamberlin's few days ago and had
what might be called an international
racket. He drank German wine,
French champagne, and ended up with
a hot drink made of Irish whisky
sweetened with Cuban sugar and
stirred with a Connecticut spoon. He
paid his bill out of a Chinese silk purse
drawn from a pocket up his sleeve,
found a piece of ginseng root, which he
put into his mouth, and went away
happy
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Lfght.Weieht Motars.

Egvme electric motors made by M.
Trouve for seronauticaI experiments
are remarkable for their Iightness.
One-made of aIbumen, except the
magnet-weigas but little more
than three ounces, and develops one
fortieth of q horsepower, lifting itself
seventy-twO feet ia one second. Con
structed on the same scale a one horse
motor would weigh less than eight
-AgkGq1Sa1U Traveller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Signing the Emancipation Proclamation


"Mr Lincoln took the various manu-
script notes and memoranda which his
Cabinet advisers brought him on the
31st of December, 1862, and during
that afternoon and the following morn
ing with his own hand carefully re-
wrote the entire body of the draft of
the proclamation. The blanks left to
designate fractional parts of States he
filed according to latest official advices
Of military limits; and in the closing
paragraph suggested by Chase he
added, after the words warranted by
the Constitution, his own important
qualifying correction, upon military
necessity
at is a custom in the Executive
Mansion TO hold, on New Years Day,
an official and public reception, begin
ming at II o'clock IN the morning, which
keeps the President at his post in the
Blue Room until 2 In the afternoon.
The hour for this reception came be
fore Mr.. Lincoln had entirely finished
revising the engrossed copy OF the
proclamation, and he was compelled to
hurry away from his Office to friendly
handshaHng and festal greeting with
the rapidly arriving official and diplo-
matte guests. The rigid laws of Ell
quette held him to this duty for the
space of three hours. Had actual ne
cessity required 1t, he could, Of course,
left such mere social occupation at any
moment; but the President saw no oc-
casion for precipitancy. On the other
hand, he probably deemed it wise that
the completion of this mOmeRtous ex-
ecutive act should be attended by every
circumstance of deliheratiOn. Vast IS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A LIVELY correspondent tells how
the Morton and Mckee children were
lost on Inauguration day, the drivers
of their carriages driving about town
when they should have gone to vii
Iard's Hotel. The families were Wild.
Mrs. Mckee suffered agonies and
Miss Morton tainted in her anxiety for
her little sister Mary. Mr. Mckee
and Mr.. Halford, though they said it
was all right, kept running out in the
rain, and messengers were sent in
every direction. After an hour the
carriages drove up and the little ones
were Rugged and kissed until they
were in more danger Of being damaged
by the smother than they had been of
perishing of cold or hunger while lost
in the streets Of Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Newton, Of New York, has been doing
the same thing, and other clergymen
have been doing a similar good work.
A writer in the AdU09lce tells of
warm-hearted Iayman who has recent
" set apart $500 to lend to cIergymen
for the purchase Of books and maya
zines
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

WILLIAM d. HOwELLs' host of friends
in all parts of the country viii be
grieved to learn Of the blow that has
befallen him in the death of his eldest
daughter, Winifred, in the twenty-sixth
year Of her age. She had been an in
valid for several years, but such be
reavements are not much, if any, easier
to bear when they come for having been
foreseen and dreaded. Mr.. Howells
has two children left, a younger daugh-
ter, who is studying art, and a son now
at Harvard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

AN instance of presence of mind ap-
preaching to the horrible occurred in
the Grand Theater, Glasgow. Miss
Rose Lee, while singing a love song,
saw "flyman" fall head foremost from
the flies to the stage, a distance of
twenty-five feet. She not only con
tinued her song, but moved forward to
the front of the stage in order that the
calcium light which was directed upon
him might not reveal the form of the
dead man to the audience.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
To Check Coughing.

Coughing and sneezing can be stop
ped by pressing on the lips in the
neighbOrhOOd Of the nose. Pressing In
the neighbOrhood of the ear, or press
ing very hard on the top Of the mouth,
inside, Is also a means of stopping
coughing. The viii has immense power
also
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

his advice is IN
striking contrast
with the prevalent
mode of charitable
transactions. The
correct thing In
tn q present en-
lightened age of
the world is care
fully to record all
such in black and
white, for the ad
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A FARMER in York County, Maine,
recently shipped twenty barrels Of
apples to Liverpool After freight
charges and other expenses were de-
Quoted he found his fruit had Melted
him 8 cents busheI.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

THE kangaroo is said to have got its
name in this way: Captain Cook first
discovered the animal in Australia.
When he inquired its name Of a native
the latter replied, Kangaroo" which
in the Australian language is 81 don't
know
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

NEBRASKA is to have law to punish
any one who discharges a firearm with
in sixty rods of a public highway.
When they want to shoot man they
viii have to invite him to walk out into
the huckleberry swamp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

The Empress Of Austria carries a
travelling basket fitted up so that she
can make soup on the cars. It has sill
yer sauce pans with gold handles, and
the Empress declares that she can
make in it better broth than any chef
can concOct.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

MISS MCMILLAN, daughter of the
new Senator from Michigan, is said to
bear such a striking resemblance to Mrs.
Cleveland that she is often mistaken
for her in Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

PHILADELPHIA IS filing up with Chi
namen. They are principally engaged
In the iron business.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

SENATOR STANFORD paid $500 for
windows from which to review the in
augural parade, Senator Hearst $500,
and Ira Davenport $3.50.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

THE Pennsylvania Railroad is ar
ranging to connect New York and Phil
adeIphia at the rate of mile a minute.
Distance, Lightweight miles; present
time, two hours.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Col. CELSIUS PRICE, Of Missouri, the
cultivated scion of an old and honora-
bic family, is said to be working as a
porter in a wholesale dry goods store
in New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

HERDS of buffalo are said to be still
roaming in the Businesses of the Qua
dalupe Mountains in New Mexico,
which are also full of other large game,
such as elk and bear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Mr.. STURGEON, the famous Baptist
preacher, has for many years been in
the habit of sending fresh books to
country cIergymen who are unable to
buy such books themselves. Heber
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

SECOND love may not be best, but
second thoughts generally are, and the
man who thinks twice usually decides
not to fall In love.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Nor a poisonous reptile, insect or
plant is found in the Puget Sound
region.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

POPE LEO has entered upon his 80th
year. Heis extremely feeble in health.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Gov. AArEs, of Massachusetts,, is re-
ported as favorable to the old custom
of wearing rufied shirts and ready to
assist a revival of the by-gone fashion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Mrs. DAVID BROWN of Princeton, n.
J., has given Princeton College $25, 900
in addition to the 5000 which she
gave a few months ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

QUEEN VICTORIA is said to have ac-
quired marvellous fuency in Hindo-
stance, in which language she con-
verses freely with her turbaned Indian
servants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

Dancing is said to be declining in
popularity in England.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A GREAT man is happiest when he
can sit down and write his memoirs and
forget all the mean things he knows
about himself
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Al MIGHTY HUNTER is HE
EYE,s ADVENTURES IN TIE
MINNESOTA JUN GLEs.

He Peuetrates the Tropical Depths Of the
Great Northwest on the Back of AN E1le-
15ilaut, and Meets with Several Thrilling
adventures.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

PEACHsToNEs are used for fuel in
Vallejo, Cal. They bring So a ton.
The apricot stone does not burn so we'll
and does not bring SO good a price.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

u = G-A-+ II = Z q s-A-5
rthwest, 1888: The
4 of Minnesota has
been greatly exag
gerated by rival
States, and though
at times the Their
mometer lowers it
self in the estima-
ton of society, the
cold is of such a
bracing character
as to seem almost
Oppressively hot to
those who are not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

A CHARITY baw1-Boo-hoo! Gimme
q penny sinister
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

that the winter here was much like that
of Singapore, but I would not have be-
Iieved it even then if 7 had not person,
ally tried it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
LAY SERMON On GIVING.
By HELEN A. sTEINHAUER.


Tsrt: do good, and cast it into the sea- Il
the ashes 90 not sas il, Col viii Persian proc
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

THE locomotive builder is noted for
his engine-uity.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-28

Miss Alice Tobriner, who has
been visiting friends and relatives in
the East is expected home on this
mornings train. Her mother went to
Reno last evening to meet her.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-28

The Walker, Iowa, News, says !:
"Our old friend, Robert Baird, of
Nuscaiine, Iowa, has been Secre-
tary of the State Senate, and an
active politician for years, but was
never generally known until he
had the collie, and used Chamber
laln's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh9a
Remedy, ami got into one of their
adver tise menjs Now he is
famous" Here is what Mr.. Bard
said: "WhI.e in Des MONIES, |
wa~ taken WIN severe attack of
bowel complaint. For two days |
suffered intensely, trying several
drug stores aud paying them for
reliri, but in vain. finally bought
u small bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and D,arrhea Rem
edy, and two doses OF that brought
NE out all right. II costs less than
the drug store preparations and |
have the balance for future use.
l consider it grand remedy" %
and so cent bottles for sale by
q e. ThaxtPr.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-28

THAT LAsr WALTZ. At a party
the other evening. Il young lady
was asked how she was enjoy ing
herself. She replied: THAT
last waltz was just splendid, and
then, you know, these shoes l
have on c. me from Olcuvich Bros.
and they are the most comfortable
81 or | ever wore, and" but We
drifted out OF hearing iuss then.
The impression left on the minds
OF those who heard the remark is
clearly this; that for comfortable,
durable nd low priced shoes OF
all descriptions you should ca ! on
OLCoviCH BROs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-28
HOW Can parents

allow their children 10 cough and
strain and cough and calmly say :
"Ohl its only a little cold" and
keep giving them cheap and dan
xerous medicines, until they are
down win lung fever or con-
sumption, when they can be so
easily relieved by BEGGS' CHER.
RY COUGH SYRUP? 1t has no
sperioi and lew equals. w. FL.
GhedIc, Druggist.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-06-28
Advice 10 Mothers.

Mrs. WInslcw's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teethIng. Ii soothss the Gid, soft
ems the gums, allays the pain, cures
wind colo, and is the best remedy
for dIarrhea. Twenty i've cents a
bottle.