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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

amended 50 as to make an appropriation
for books
another bill came mp 90 change the Iav
about publishing supreme court reports. il
provides for the publication OF 1900 vol
debated for some time end amended to
some extent and passed.
AdioErnRd.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

SENEcA. KAN, February 6.-SeEeca hes
voted SO. bonds for a new school house
by 200 majoEitg
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
GREEDY GERMANY.
Germany Makes Another Grab
in the South Pacific.

Germany Rapidly Bringing the Islands
of the Pacific Under her ConrOl-The
Latest News on the Semoen Subject.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
HOUSE.

The house was prevented from reaching
the Union Pacific funding bill by means of
flibustering which exhausted the entire ses-
sion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
Friday.

WASHINGTON, d. O., February 1.-The
senate received a veto from the president Of
a pension bill, and spent the session in eZ-
ecutive session still considering the British
extradition treaty. The treaty was finally
Tod
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
HOUSE.

The house agreed to conference epOrt on
a bill to create the department of az ricuI-
ture.
After passing the Oklahoma bill the house
had a session upon the private calendar.
In the evening twenty-five private pension
bills were passed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

At the forenoon session the house took up
considerable time in trying to adjourn over
till Monday. Finally it was agreed to hold
a session this afternoon, to consider local
bills only. When this was sett co members
began to ask to be excused, and a very large
number were so excused.
A concurrent resolution was introduced
giving the executive council power to
sell a lot Of old chairs and other things now
in the basement of the capitol building, not
being used.
Also a resolution asking congress to re-
move the prairie ban1 Of POttOWatomie In
dams to the Indian Territory.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the calendar, and took up the
irrigation bills and discussed them till the
time of adjournment without cOmlnggt to a
vote.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
No quorum present. Adjourned till 2 p.
N. Monday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15
Monday.
SENATE

TOPEKA, KAN, February AT its fore
noon session the senate had a quorum con-
trary to the general expectation.
The usual number of petitions were pre-
sented and bills introduced. The last num-
Der of senate bills is 300.
After getting through with second reading
of bills, etc.. the only bill on the calendar
for third reading and final passage Wasthe
one regulating the fees and salaries OZGhe
county officers of Crawford county. Mr..
Kelly, on locking over the senate, thought
there were too many members absent to
risk vote on the bill and asked unanimous
consent to pass 1t for the present, which re-
quest was granted.
The senate, after consideration Of some
unimpOrtant business adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The senate went into committee of the
whole on the calendar.
A resolution providing for a vote IN 1880
whether a constitutional convention shall be
called or not and submitted to the legisla-
ture Of 1891.
The bill to reOrganize the state library
was read and discussed. 1t is a bill getting
together all of the laws into one on the sub
jecb. An effort to increase the salary of the
librarian from 81, 500 to $1,000 prevailed.
The bill was discussed for long time.
Finally it was decided that no miscei-
laneOus books be purchased. Notice was
given that an effort would be made in the
senate to resurreCt the provisions to allow
miscellaneous books to be purchased. The
act was finally recommended for passage as
amended.
The bill to compel cities to maintain high
schools to prepare children for the uniYer-
sity was defeated.
Two or three other bills were considered
and passed when the committee arose and
the senate adjourned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-02-15

An effort was made to have all bills relat-
ing to sugar bounties, etc, a special order
for next Thursday night, but 1t failed.
A concurrent resolution was offered ask
ing President-elect Harrison to appoint
Senator Plumb to a cabinet position. A
similar resolution was offered in the senate
just before the adjournment of the morning
session, where it Waslaid over under the rules.
In the house the rules were suspended and
the resolution unanimously passed.
The resolution heretofore introduced to
remove the POttoWatomje prairie band OF
Indians to the Indian Territory was taken up.
It was opposed by some on the ground
that it was in an indirect way against the
passage of the Oklahoma bill. 1t was finally
amended to suit all and passed.
A resolution was passed providing Tor
evening sessions commencing Tuesdsy, Feb
ruary 3.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on local bills on the calendar and
spent the remainder Of the session IN con
sideration of them. Before the adjourn
ment a resolution was passed, directing the
railroad commissioners to arrange
freight rates on coal to the western part OF
the state.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
A Respectable Nobleman.

Lord William Nevill Is younger son
OF Lord Abergavenny, and few years
ago he shocked his fathur-whO is thu
most virulent OF Protestants-by be-
coming a Roman Catholic. The OUT
ragged parent promptly cut his erring
son off with "the customary but in
sufficient shilling" The young man,
very much to his credit, Immediately
set to work on his own account, and
Joined q wine merchants business. in
which he has prOspered so we'll that
the firm now trades under the name OF
Hatch & Nevill. Lord William, who
besides being a consummate judge of
the commodity he sells, is one of the
best-looking and best-dressed young
men In London. has now captivated
the affections of a great heiress. Miss
Murietta. The Muriettas are family
OF Spanish merchants living in Lon
don. and Mr.. Murietta was lately en-
nobled under the title of Marquis OF
Santuree. He has bought Lord Gram
ville's great house in Carlton House
terrace. He has no son. and his
daughter and heiress is to be Lady
William NevilL. Manchester Guard
ian
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
BOLD YOUNG CENTAURS.

The Marvellous and Daring Horsemanship p
OF Mexican Youngsters.
One of the finest and most inspirit-
ing sights of small-town n life in Mexico
is the horscmanship OF the boys from
eight to seventcen-l erfect young
Centaurs. rs much Mt home in the
saddle as Arabs. How they go thun-
dering through the streets. what mar
vellous short turns they make. and
how instantaneously they come to n
short. sharp stop in "A headlong gal
are the nurseries, so to speak, of the
National cavalry. an arm OF the service
in which Mexico excels. The finest
sight in the world. one on which the
gods must look down approvingly. Is
high-spirited lad astride good
horse A Mexican boy takes to the
back of horse as Cape Cod boy
does to boat. At no age is rider
bolder than in that enchanted period
of existence lying between childhood
and manhood.
A Mexican lad, In default OF sad
die. will enjoy himself hugely horse
back. He early learns to use the rope
or RATA. and. beginning with lassoing
dogs and pigs. he advances to mules
and cows. and finally essays the roping
OF a lively bull. So expert do they
become that in war they frequently
drag their enemies from their saddles
by a skilful cast OF the rope. Some Of
my younger friends here seem to me
to live on horseback. They come
home at nnontime to snatch a bite, as
most boys will, but of they arc again
on their tireless horses. They have
the good fortune to 1.-Two in a country
which enjoys climate which makes
out-of-door life possible all the year
round. and the country lad. continu-
ally on horseback, grows mp straight.
robust and daring. Mexico Cor. Bos-
ton Herald.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
THOUGHTFUL COYOTES.
Strategy They Display In Running Dow
Fleet jack Nabhit.

Strategy They Display in Running Down
Fleet jack kaiDbits.
There is fine fun over in the
Pahranagat valley in Nevada now,"
said p. X. Merriweather. a bronzed
ranchman OF the Pahranagat. Mr..
Merriweather has for a dozen years
been engaged in the cattle business in
the valley. lie is something Of Il
sportsman, too. and hunts day or SO
almost every week throughout the
winter.
Il haven't been hunting a great deal,
though. lately he said, ..It's too much
fun watching the coyotes round up the
jack-rabbits. 1t makes the sheepmen
mad. but it don't bother me any.
They hate to see the coyotes. They
are death on sheep. and rip them up
whenever they get II chance. But this
is not often now since the sheep-own-
ers keep SO close a watch on them.
Consequently. the coyotes have n hard
time of it for something to eat. and
they are at their old tricks of going
after the rabbits.
"The woives come down in packs of
eight or ten usually and rustic around
in the sagebrush in the snow till they
scare up some of their lOng-eared
prey. Then there is about the merri-
est chase you ever set your eyes on.
These Jacks run like streak OF
creased lightning. and the coyotes are
no slouchcs, either. But they can't
keep pace with the rabbits.
$50 the way they do it is for one W of
to run as far and as fast as he can. and
then another chips in and runs until
he is out of breath, when third re-
lieves him. and SO on. until the rabbit
is completely blown, and his arch
enemy pabs him up. All the others
come up then and they have feed.
and this is the way they do till they
get all they want.
.'In general about three wolves are
enough to run . jack-rabbit down. but
sometimes it takes four. and now and
then you will find a jack-rabbit with
such tremendous staying powers that
it will take five coyotes to get away
with him.
"These coyotes are more up to snuff
than any wild animal ever saw. They
string themselves along in such way
and around the rabbit in such man.
ner that no sooner is one coyote tired
than he has the rabbit in such place
| where fresh coyote drops in upon the
scene.
sometimes, too. there will be a
dozen or more coyotes that will come
down from the hills, having routed
out eight or ten rabbits. They round
them in and keep them going in a
circle, two or three keeping going
while the others act as sentries, thus
preventing the rabbits from getting
back into the hills. San Francisco
| Examiner.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
TO CHECK OiPATHERlA.
Regulations Recommended by the New
York Hoard Of Health.


York hoard Of Health.
Diphthcria Is an infectious disease
readily communicated by the sick or
by clothing from the sick room. and is
therefore hard to check when once it
gets a hold. The State Board OF
Health in its instructions on the pre-
vention Of diphtheria says:
The persons who nurse the sick
should be kept entirely away from
others. especially from children, and
to such care should be added cleansing.
The sick must be nursed in clean and
airy room ON floor where there are
no other children. Every cloth and
cup and all clothing and bedding used
IN tho sick room must he cleansed and
disinfected before being handled or
used by other persons. The house
itself must be disinfected as soon as
the sick recover or die. Cleanliness
and ventilation should be enforced
| night and day.
Relative to cleansing and disinfec-
tion the board sets forth: Open win
dows and open fireplaces with fire in
them day and nigh protect the sick
and all who attend them The cloths
and dishes used by the sick should be
put into boiling hot water as soon IA
removed. without being taken to
another room. The soiled clothing
from the sick and the bed, that can be
boiled. should be thrown into disin-
fecting fluid made by disso wing
four tablespoonfu!s OF sulphate
OF zinz white vitriol"-and two
table-spoonfu!s of common salt in a
gallon of boiling water, One-fourth
pounl OF sulphate OF zinc to two ounces
OF table salt to the gallon. When the
time for washing comes. thoroughly
boil the clothing, ETC., before washing.
The woodwork. chairs and stools OF
the sick room should be washed with
the disinfectlng fluid. The chamber
vessels and spit cups used by the sick
should be drenched with this fluid be-
fore they are removed from the room.
The grounds surrounding the house.
the bitches and drains and the out
house and yard must be drenched with
the cheap solution of green copperas-
sulphate OF iron-made by dissolving
five pounds OF the dry copperas in {
large pailful OF water. AS soon as the
sick room i vacated let it be fumigateG
with sulphur and let all rugs. blankets
beds and other furnityre remain in the
room and near where the kettles OF
pans OF sulphur are placed. FROM two
to five pounds Of sulphur Or broker
brimstone laid upon ashes and Goals IL
iron vessels. set into large tubs tha
contain few inches depth OF water
will be ce sary for fumigating an OF
binary chamber. 1t is a public as wei
as domestic duty to apply these sani
tary rules wherever a case of diphtheri
occdrs. This disease should be treate,
as an enemy to be conquered in ever.
house it enters.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
A Mississippi Doctors Error.

Two agents for a new kind OF churn
came to the house Of DIR. L., of Pa
nola County, Miss. in the evening and
were invited to spend the night. While
one was caring for the horses. the doc
tor conversing with the other found
the men were from q place where he
had practiced medicine in his youth.
Inquiring about different persons he at
length asked: '.And the Misses Brown,
where are theyP They were without
doubt the most ugly women l ever
saw"
.Yes, said the agent.
.What became OF themr
'.One is my wife,"
There was silence.
The doctor presently left the room.
Going to the stable he saw the other
agent and made a confidant OF him,
winding up with: "Well. they were
uncommonly ugly women. Did you
ever see themp"
"Yes."
And he had married the other.
DR.. l. claims that this is the only
break he ever made in entertaining
strangers Free Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
A Slip Of the Tongue.

An agreeable young man whom
often meet, was calling with due cere-
mony on a nice Auburn girl the other
evening, when her brother Tom. just
arrived home from college on the
evening train. rushed into the room
and embraced his sister.
why, how plump you've grown,
EdithP" he exclaimed. You're really
quite an armful!'
Isn't sheP" exclaimed the agreeable
young man, and then he felt a chill
racing down his spinal column.
''Ihat is" he stammered. I've nc
doubt of it,"
The brother looked carving knives
at him, and the maiden blushed furi.
ously.
II mean-er," said he. II should
judge SO. Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
THE LiMEkiLN CLUB.
Brother Gardner IL On Deck Once M0rs
and Grsets the brethren.

0ofOW01
and Gr~ets the lsrethren.
When the meeting had been called to
order Brother Gardner arose and said:
..Onc even las June. while gwine
home from session OF dis club, had
de misfortune to fall into an open
sewer. war tooken out fur dead, an
fur months l war u cripple. Our club
d not feel like gwine on widout me,
an hence no meetins hev bin held fur
de las six months. Doorim de inter-
val Paradise Hall was rented To COM
mission marchant, de library an
relics keerfully stored away. an we
open fur bizness agin tonight widout
de loss OF II cent.
IA few OF our members hev wan
dered away, but only n few. Whale
bone Howker went ober to Canada an
adopted hoss widout akin his owner,
an he has bin laid away in dc archives
fur three years. Kurnel Kyann John
sing has got place in Il county Jail in
Ohio fur a year. Sacrifice Smith went
10 Chicago an walkel in his sleep
walked off wild an Ober coat--an' de
chief OF police took an interest in him
an got him u warm place fur some
time to come. Three or four others
am not heah to meet wild us on dis oc-
cashun, an it ar perhaps jist rs well
dat dey hain't.
''As many different reports hev
gone abroad as to de natur' Of my in
joories, an as some OF de newspapers
hev received false impreshun. viii
heah state few facks. fell abou,
fo'teen feet. didn't say muffin wher
l fell. l lay dar' in a catamose stat.
fur three hours befor' l war diskiv
cred an rescued. When de doctors
took hold OF me it was found that tn,
cerebellum had bin badly fractured IL
two places; de clavicle bone had biz
onhinged; de diaphragm was broken
de bronchial ramilications was uncon
scious; de pulmonous arteries had BIZ
driven cl'ar into de left venter'cle. i
addishun, as dey found on secon
examination, dar' war two kinks i
de lumbar vertebra; de carotid arter
had become all mixed up wild do tri
cupsid valve, an de epigastric regio
had collided wild de right auricle. Nc
body thought could pull frew. bu
| yere am, almos' rs good as befo'. III
ready fur de mex calamity.
. "De doctors hev cautioned me to b
leetle keerful about exertin' de tib
| alis anticus too much fur few week
to come. an TO gin de ileXor carpirad
alis as much rest as possible. but
crisis has passed an dar is no fear of
! relapse. ! wish to return my thank
, to all de members OF dc club in pal
tickler, an to my outside friends i
gineral. an to say dat we shall hol
, reg'lar meetin's of dis club ebery tw
weeks from now on until furder n,
I tice "-Detroit Free Press
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
NOT TO BE CAUGHT.
An Encounter With u Native OF the Pine
Woods of North Carolina.

An Encounter with y Nntive or the Pine
Woods of North Carolina.
There are men of such an uncommu-
nicative nature that one would be glad
to see them on the witness stand.
Surely they. If any one. can be expect
ed to accomplish that feat. could
..puzzle lawyer" The author OF
'.Afoot and Alone" gives an amusing
account OF an encounter with u man OF
shis sort. in the pine woods of North
Carolina.
Approaching Fayetteville. l came
upon an undoubted specimen of the
North Carolina uAsy-eater. thought
would ask him questions fast enough
and direct enough to force from him a
positive answer OF "yes" or .no"-a
thing difficult to attain in the pine
woods.
''ls there any tavern on the road to
Fayrttevillep"
Il reckon you mout find one il you
looked in the right place"
This is the direct road to Fayette-
vile. | supposep'
You'll be putty apt to git thar. ei
you keep goin' straight ahead"
"Do you sell much wood in Fayette-
ville?"
''I reckon this hyar jack thinks il
has to haul "A right smart chance"
''Does wood bear good price now p
''lt's just accordin'. Some fetches
more. and some agin not so much"
SOAK fetches more than pine. / sup
posep"
Cant say as 1t does, reg'lar. Mout;
then agin it moutn't. Green oak kim
der needs little light wood fur to set
it goin'. You got TO hev both"
II believe you Southerners burn
green wood mostlyP"
"'Taint perticklar. Every fellar to
his lik n"
Now. my friend, II you were called
upon in court of law to give your
opinion. you would declare upon oath.
would you not, that hundred pounds
Of green oak are heavier than a hun
tired pounds of dry pine? l am writ
ing book on wood, and am endeavOr-
ing to acquire information about it. /"
He gave me one quick glance. and
shen looked steadfastly ahead. saying:
well. now, stranger. you kin jest
set down in your book, when you git
to that pla g, that all the people OF
North Carolina was sech fools you had
to weigh it yerself. Youths Com
panion
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
BILLS AT FICTION.
He Tells How He Acquired u Case of Flrs,
Glass RhaumattNm.

Glass Rhs umatisin.
''You amt lookin' quite 3 we'll as
usual.' remarked the village doctor as
he met Uncle Bill Merritt comiug down
the village street.
mo, doc; I'm feelin' kinder pindlin'
like seHoe l met with thet thar acci.
dent" was the re ply. "Ain't .heerd
on itp Waal. swow! it takes things
pow'ful long tim ter git circ'lated
round this town. Amt heerd on iii?
Why, doc. I'm nigh bout dead. Yer
see it wuz this wa v. My woman. she
says ter me las Sabbath evenin',
William. she says, you've got ter git
up peart an early, an peel some runt
pertaters fer the. hogs. F you want
roast-pork an appl e-sass you've got ter
keep them animiles fed,' she says.
'.Waal, hoped out r bed Monday
mornin'. bout four oclock-darker n
Tophet-went dow in tn livin' room,
felt round fer "a nj atch an not findin'
one went down cellar. trusting ter
luck"
Fell down stairsp' asked the doc
tor.
mo; got tn pe rtaters all right an
come up safe. Mary, she allus gifts
mad 4 muss things up, SO unlocked
tn back door an steppin' out took a
seat on tn milk-hench on tn porch.
As l set down | tpok notice that tn
seat wuz kinder damp like, an all OF a
sudden it flashed acrost me that Mary
d been a-paintin' things tn Saterday
afore, an prob'ly tn milk-bench wuz
one o. tn things she'd teched up.
Thinks ter m'self, says l: '.Bill, you
nights we'll die fer goose ez gos-
lin, an as long az you're in the stew
you might jest ez well stay thar an, /,
doc, did stay tina T. till daylight. Asset
tin on that air bench a-peelin' pertar
ters. When day light come along.
what d yer s'pose ?"
You probably got off the bench and
went into the hous se."
Got off'n the benchp You jest bet
your suspenders did, an blamed live
1y. too! Why, doc what I'd been asset
tim on, in room of bein' paint, wuz
hoar frost, an It struck in, an 4
you know anybody who wants a yard
r two of fust-class rheummytism send
m t me an I'll measure 1t of fer IN
free-gratis-fern nothin' an an ile-paintip'
thrown in."-Judge.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
An objectionable Offense.

whats the matter between you and
Johnsonp" he queried, as they dropped
off the car.
'.Oh. we don't speak" was the re-
ply.
money matters"
mo"
Politics or religion?"
mo. You see we were both after
the same girl. drew off and let him
marry her,. and he has never forgiven
me for it"
why, he ought to be greatly obliged
to you"
Had ,he? Well, perhaps. He's had
TO support her family ever since and
carload OF her relations came in only
yesterday. No. don't expect he will
ever forgive me. detroit Free Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23
An Alabama man. charged with

An Alabama man, charged with
stealing a calf, made the following
statement: Il was always teached to
be honest. an most always have been.
but when I seed that calf caved. |
never wanted calf SO b I'd in my life.
an you all know that when man
wants calf he wants him." The jury
returned the following verdict: Nv !.
this jury, air satisfied that Steve stolo
that calf. but, as the feller that owned
the animal is considerable OF a slouch.
we agree to clear Steve an mako the
owner pay the costs.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23

Teacher Tommy may tell US
what shape the world is." Tommy
ut Is round" Teacher-'How do
you know it is roundP" Tommy
'Cause you told me yourself"
Teacher-"Yes. but my telling you
the world was round doesn't make 1t
round. How do know it's roundp"
Tommy II s'pose somebody told
you."-Harper's Bazaar.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23

In the course of conversation some
one said, speaking of a friend: III he
were man OF more conscience he
would never do the things he Is sorry
for. and IL he were man OF less con-
science he would never be sorry for
things he had DONE"
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23

IL can tell you. my DEAR said
wife of a years standing t. ono just
newly married. .'it's one thing to man
age a sweetheart and another TO man
age a husband" "Oh! shan't have
any trouble about that" said the happy
bride. Ma takes all that on my
ands. She's had practice. "-cA.txsa.