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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Another About Blackburn.

When his Congressional colleagues
fail to give scope for his jokes the
Kentucky Senator is not particular
about his victim. It wasn't so long
ago that he had an unusually raw arti-
Gle of Kentucky material appointed to
a minor position among the Senate
employees. The atmosphere of the
committee room was dry, the prosy
talk OF a Senator with a hobby was
dryer, and everybody was thirsty. One
Of the listeners wanted a glass of water
and asked for it. Senator "JOe" gave
the order to his messenger in an IN
dertOne, and himself left the room.
The messenger so IN returned and said
triumphantly to the company:
You can't have 'em. Mr.. Canaday
said so"
Cant have what?" asked the sur
prised Water-drinker.
"Can't have the glasses and the bot
tie Senator -- uses, was the re-
ply.
"Who the blank sent you after q
bottle? I wanted a glass of water. &C
out in that room and get it"
The crestfallen emplOye did as he
was told. When he returned one OF
the company mildly asked the messen-
ger where he had gone in the first
place.
"To the Office of the Sergeant-at,
arms, was the reply. Senator Black
burn told me to get six glasses and the
bottle Senator -- uses. They said
you couldn't have 'em because they
didn't run a crockery store Then
told them Senator Blackburn sent me
and they said they knew that wasn's
so, because he wouldn't have any need
for the glasses. They said if I'd only
asked for the bottle they might have
believed he sent me.
Whether the joke was on Senator
Joe or his messenger any enc can
Judge for himself, but the story comes
from his colleagues and not from
Blackburn Washington letter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

erbOut it, an beg me not ter go; but she
| didn't do nothin Nv ther sort.
"Be yOu?" said she, ez cool ez er Gu
cumber.
Eyes, said L "Hain't yer sorry I'm
goin ?"
ooh, I dunno" said she. "I hope
you'll hev good luck"
"Lercy," said I, feelin' hurt at her
GOODNESS, ''I love yer. Don't yer care
anything erboUt me? Won't yer marry
me when I come back?"
oval, I dunno-yes, I reckon I viii,
if yer come back rich, said she, ez cool
ez tho she was selectin' er piece Nv
kalerker.
An then I bid her good-by, an hur-
ried away to join my party.
won't try ter describe Their over
land journey, nor what we suffered.
Others hev done SO, time an ergin, an
our experience warn't much different
from theirn. All I've got ter say erbout
it is that it's lucky that any Nv US ever
reached our destination erlive.
did we'll. In three years I had
made er fortune, ur what in them days
wuz considered one; but I hated ter
go home then, when I wuz maxim
money 50 fast, an so I concluded
ter stay ern0ther year. Mercy had
allus been er poor correspondent, an l
hadn't heard from her in most er year:
an begun ter think that I didn't care
so much fur her ez / had thought I
did, an that she warn't jest Their sort
Nv er gal that I wanted fur er wife.
wuz only 20 year old when 1 asked
her ter marry me, an couldn't be eX-
peoted ter know my own mind at that
age.
Ernother year went by, an, ez WIZ
maxim money Eastern ever, 1 vvuz more
loath ter 60 home than I had been ther
year before. I hadn't heard er word
from Mercy in all that time, an tho I
knew / didn't love her, an never had,
1 intended ter go home some time an
fulfil my engagement with her. "Fm
only q" I thought, "an' thars plenty
Nv time.
Six months later thar wuz er new
errival at our camp. He Wuz er sickIy
IOokin, middle-aged man named How
ard. He brought his daughter, er
pretty, blue-eyed, gOlden-hared little
gal Nv sixteen, with him; an he must
hev been ignorant Nv what er rough
place Californy WIZ then, ur he
wouldn't hev brought her thar. But
tksI boys In our camp Warn't er bad
lot, an most of EN- almost WOrshipped
LNO4et LIZ W dLlLs al ~ WOuALA AGF DCOA q
much ez ones life wuz worth ter hev
insulted her.
Ez fur me, 7 knew that Nora How
ard wuz ther only gal that had ever
loved ur that L ever could love; but I
couldn't ask her ter be my wife nor
tell her how I loved her, when I WIZ
promised ter somebody else. wuz
sure that she cared fur me. Love may
be blind, but It knows, without being
told, when it's returned.
Wal my fifth year at ther mines
passed, an still I didn't go home. fur I
couldn't tear myself erWay from Nora.
Their climate didn't seem ter agree with
her father, an jest er year arter he
came ter theE mines We buried him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

IN Their pine grove near his cabin.
When Nora let US heY his sold ter dis
pose Nv FUR her, we found that it wuz
only or few hundred dOlIars-not suffi-
cien5 ter support her two years. So
ther boys al Clipped In and made her
up er nice little fortune, an she never
knew but what 1t Wuz her fathers
earnins that we paid over ter her. w
course Their camp WIZ no place fur her
ter stay In when her father Warn't thar /;
so 1 an one Nv Their other miners, eI
old, gray-ha'red teller, escorted her ter
Frisco an found her er suitable board
in-place.
Their camp seemed dreadful lonesome
after she went erway; an, ez I couldn't
bear ter stay thar, missed her so,
determined ter go home an marry
Mercy Pitcher, an try ter furgit Nora.
I'II never furgit how Nora turned
pale an trembled when I told her that
I wuz gOin' home, an had come ter bid
her good-by.
"Ar.nt yer ever comm back ergin ?7
said she.
"I don't know" said I, "Mebbe ]
shall, sometime"
I couldn't hev told her that I wuz
goin' home ter git married ter he5
saved my life. I had long since give1
up writin' ter Mercy, ez she didnn
answer my letters; but had promised
ter marry her, an I couldn't back out
Nobody recognized me when I errived
at my native village, an no wonder; ]
had growed er heavy beard, an I
weighed most er hundred pounds
mOre'n I did when I went erway.
entered Their tavern, an wuz met by Ell
pale, faded-lookin' woman, with TWO
small children cIingin' ter her skirts
an er baby in her arms.
"ATercy Pitcher!' I exclaimed.
She recognized my voice, tho she
hadn't recognized me. She turned red
in ther face. an hung her head fur el
minute; then she looked up an said:
"I'm not Mercy Pitcher any more. j
an Henry Morse hev been married
goin on four year.
I stayed er half-hour, an talked over
old times with her, tho not er word
erbout our engagement wuz said by
either Nv US. Then Invent an deposited
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
FROM OLE MISSOURY.
BY j. H. SPENCER.

Yes, I'm er ole Californy miner-er
regular ole forty-niner. I went out
with one Nv ther fust parties that left
old MissoUry fur Their land Nv gold.
I had been courtin Mercy Pitcher
fur most er year; an after I made up
my mind ter go ter CalifOrny, I went
ter bid her good-by. Fur Their last
month ur two, Henry Morse, Their tav-
ern1 aeper's son, had been kinder shin
in Up ter her, an since then she had
been kinder cool ter me.
Mercy" said I, "Pm going to Cali
fOrny."
I kinder hoped that she'd take on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Care OF Umbrellas.

Umbrellas viii last much longer il,
when they are wet, they are placed
handle downward to dry. The moist
ure falls from the edges Of the frame,
and the fabric dries uniformly. If
stood handle upward, as is commonly
the case. the top of the umbrella holds
the moisture, owing to the lining IN
derneath the ring; it consequently
takes a long time to dry. and Injuries
the silk or other fabric with which It
is covered. This is the main cause Of
the umbrella wearing out so soon at
the top. Umbrella cases are response
bic for the wear of the silk. The con
slant friction causes tiny holes that
appear so provOkingIy early. When
not IN use the umbrella should be left
loose, and when wet left loose to dry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Lotlarios SlouId Lean.

A court decision that should be a
lesson to LOthariOs is that of the gen
eral term Of the Supreme Court affirm
ing the $4,000 verdict in the Baby
Bunting case that amused the public
not long since. Millionaire ArbuckIe
the "Baby Bunting" of the comicaI
comedy, appealed from the verdict on
the ground that the award of $40, 900 in
favor of Miss Campbell, for his re-
fusal to marry her, was excessive; but
the court declares that 1t was not ex-
cessive, and intimates pretty plainly
that Mr.. Arbuckle might have Jared
worse and yet have no reason to COM
plain. The jury, it says, might very
well have awarded compensatory dam
ages instead of considering only actual
damages. But the LothariOs are
mighty hard to teach. They keep
right on providing causes for suits like
that Of "Bunnie" against "Ba.by Bunt-
ing" just the same as if "Bunnie" and
Baby" were never heard Of. Several
suits of the same character have been
in court since that one was tried and
no doubt there are lots more TO come.
The woods are full Of 'em, so to speak,
and probably always viii be, no mat
ter how much cunning the law NAV
do. The utter failure of lessons ia
court to produce an effect outside has
a fair illustration m the case of Frank
Dudgeon, the fast young man with
plenty of money, who is in serious
trouble on account of the death of a
pretty girl IN whom he was "inter-
ested. Dudgeon knew well enough
that the course he was taking might
bring him into the clutches Of the law
any moment, but he was willing to take
the chances, as he had done before, and
went straight ahead. That's the way
with all Of them. They'll take the
chances and never mind the law until
they are really IN It's grip. Never
too late to mend" is all very well, but
the Lotharios never think Of mending
till age uses them up, and some won't
mend even then. Baron Chevrial. of
"a Partisan Romance, has many
counterparts.- NelU York letter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
Typhoid Fever.

The following aphOrisms concerning
the typical filth disease are collected
from a circular issued by the Illinois
State Board of Health:
1. For sanitary purposes, typhoid
fever is a contagious disease. It's spe-
cific poison viii produce the same dis
ease if introduced into the system of
susceptible healthy individual.
2. Like smallpox, scarlet fever, and
many other contagious diseases, one
attack of typhoid fever, as a rule, pro-
tects from subse luent attacks.
3. The specific poison of typhoid
fever is contained in the diarrheal
discharges land, possibly, in other ex-
cretions and the exalations) of the pa
tient. If these obtain access to
water supply. or to articles of food or
drink, an outbreak Of typhoid viii
follow among those partaking of such
water or food. Repeated instances of
this kind have been traced to the use
of water from an infected we'll and to
infected milk.
4 The diarrheaI discharges, when
dry, may preserve the poison as eff
fectually as the crusts of smallpox,
the scales of scarlet fever, and the
dried membrane of diphtheria pre-
serve the specific pOisons of those
diseases.
5. These discharges, coming into
contact with putrid animal matter, as
by being thrown into water closets
and privies, are capable of saturating
such matter with the typhoid-feYer
poison in its most concentrated and
virulent form.
6. Typhoid fever may, therefore, be
propagated by either Of the following
ways: ca By poisoning the water sup
ply through direct access Of the dis
charges, or by their percoIation
through the soil. d. By the aerial dis
psminatiOn Of the poison in dried par
ticIes Of discharges or other excretions.
Co By exha1ations from sewers, water
closets, privies. or other receptacles of
these discharges. By modes "a and
CD, articles Of diet, both liquid and
solid, may be contaminated, and thus
give rise TO outbreaks of the disease.
z. From the foregoing the deduction
Is obvious that the important sanitary
indication, during the existence of a
case of typhoid fever, Is TO subject the
intestinal discharges and other ezcre-
tons Of the patient to such process Of
distinction as viii destroy the specific
poison contained. aud TO do this
promptly and efficiently.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

CAPT. WILLIAM JAMESON, of Friend
ship, Me-, is called the Paul Revere OF
the Meduncook. Hereceived the name
in the following way: It was during
the war of 1912, and the British, with
muff1ed oars and under cover of dark
ness, were trying to reach and burn
the little feet of fishing schooners at
the head of the Meduncook River,
hoping also to gather in some chickens,
eggs, ETC., from the settlers along the
route. Jameson, then a boy of IA,
mounted his horse and rode through
the town, giving the alarm at every
house. He then returned home, jumped
from his horse, aud, catching up his
little fint-lock rife, with twenty-four
rounds of cartridges, started off on the
run across lots to join his neighbors at
Bradford's Point. The British soon
found that they were discovered, and
fastened back to their ship.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
What Saved Him.

One Christmas morning, many years
ago, a young reporter on daily paper
had occasion to call with message at
the Office of one of the foremost editors
and publishers in the country.
The younger man wassa sickIy cOun-
try lad of keen sensibilitY and nervous
temperament, who, finding himself
homeless AID friendless in a great city,
had yielded to temptation, and had
fallen into the habit of drinking and
gambling. The publisher, as he list
ened to the message, noted the lines
which dissipation had already left on
the boys face. He was a man who
made it his work In the world to help
others. No man touched his hand in
passing who did not gain from him new
courage and hope In life.
He answered the message which the
reporter brought, and then, holding
out his hand cordially, said, 'Let me
wish you a merry Christmas, my lad"
He took from shelf a book, contain
ing sketches of the lives of the greatest
English, French and German authors,
with extracts from their works.
Here" said he, "are some friends
for the new year. When you spend an
lour with them, you Will have noble
Ompany."
The surprise of the gift and the unz
expected kindness from the man whom
he regarded with awe had q powerful
effect upon the lad. He spent all of his
leisure porting over the book. It kin
died his latent scholarly tastes. He
saved his money to buy the complete
works first of this author, and then of
that; he worked harder to earn more
money to buy them. After few years
he began to gather and to study rare
and curioNs books, and to write short
papers upon obscure literary subjects.
Men of similar tastes sought him out;
he numbered some of the foremost
scholars and thinkers of the country
among his friends, but he never forgot
the lonely, friendless lad who had been
sinking into a gambler and drunkard
dntil kind hand drew him back, and
he in his turn sought out other lonely,
friendless boys in the great city, and
gave them helpful hand out of the
gulf.
So, year by year, his life widened
and deepened into strong current,
from which many drew comfort and
help.
He died last winter. The sale of his
library gathered all the collectors of
rare books in the seaboard cities. Dur
ing his illness, the newspapers spoke
of him with a sudden appreciation of
the worth which had so long been hid
in obscuriBy.
GA profound scholar, with the heart
of a child - "a journalist who never
wrote word to subserve a base end,
they said. He read these eulOgies with
q quiet smile. The actor who has left
the stage forever cares little for the
faint plaudits of the crowd in the dis
lance.
One day he put into the hands of
friend an old, dingy volume. when
am gone," he said, take this to Mr..
-, and tell him whatever of good or
usefulness there has been ia my life I
owe to him, and this Christmas gift Of
his thirty years ago.
The little story is absolutely true,
We venture to tell it because there is
no one living whom it can hurt. while
there are many whom it may help to
hold out friendly hands to their broth
ers who have stumbled into darker
paths in life than they.-YOaGtL'S Com.
DG7lIO7I.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

Mrs. MARY TmLINGHAsT shares the
field with men as a decorative artist,
says Harper's Bazar. She designed
and made one q the memorial win
dows of Grace Church, New York City.
she decorated the ball room in Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish's house. and she
worked a large bit of Of tapestry which
is one of the most admired things in
Cornelius VanderbiIt's house. It is
after a cartoon by Raphael, and con-
tains fifty large figures. Mr.. Tilling-
hast has not only done decorative work
in this country but the chateau of the
Baronne de Teroaenne, in France, has
ceilings from her brush.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

Have q ship upon the sea?
/ wa to hail my argO5ys
With treasure trOFe from far away
Amid the wonders Of Cabhav-
Deep in the land of silk and pearl
Beyond the mael from s fatal swirl
And 50 the sails that yOnder shine,
Instead of yours. may all be mine!
The flag that hutters at the peak
Hath zen the bushes from your cheek
You turn away and with a sigh
Shut out the sight of sea and sky.
There wait with me the hOneysd bliss
OF nope returns with stolen kiss;
Hail We the ship that's crossed the line,
1t may be yours. it may be mine
If yours, viii rejoice to know
That hOmeWard breszes gently blow;
If mine, my hands Will haste TO share
Its treasures, always rich aud rare;
Love, let us watch upon the strand,
The hopeful breezes blow to land
There viii be love and bliss divine,
Whether the ship be yours or mine.
st. Louis Magazine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

WE have all heard of buildings in
Europe which are epics in stone; but
it remained for an eccentric PhiIadel-
phian to construct a remarkable struct-
ture which he calls "poem in brick a
The style of the architecture is a mix
ture Of arabesque and very early Amer
lean. And it is completely covered
with stucco work representing eagles,
animals, flowers, fruit, and goddesses
of liberty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

A VERY novel feature is to be intro
duced into the Asylum for the Blind
to be established in Pittsburg, Pa. DR..
Campbell, of the Royal Institute for the
Blind in London, who is expected to be
in charge of the asylum, aroused the
greatest interest in the worlds metrop-
oils when in September last he selected
a class of blind pupils whom he had
taught to ride on the bicycle, and they,
with him in the lead, rode from Lon
don to Derby. The distance between
the two places is 1875 miles, and a re-
markabIe fact in connection with the
feat was that no accident occurred on
the way. DR.. Campbell viii follow out
his ideas on the subject when he takes
charge of the asylum at Pittsburg.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

THE report of Adjutant General
Drum places the numerical strength
of the New York State militia at 49,
$50, the greatest in the Union. Penn
sylvania is second, with 1851, and
Ohio third, with 5,627. The fourth in
line is South Carolina, which has 3, 3O5,
OF only 322 less than Ohio, although
the unorganized militia OF the two
States is $4,000 and 100000 respec-
lively. Massachusetts comes next,
with 5,162, but the six States might
lead to some random guessing, as it is
Georgia which surpasses Illinois by a
few hundred. Little New Jersey, al
ways an enthusiastic military State,
follows, having 4,184 organized mill
tia, against 4,219 of Illinois, with Chi
cago to help. The next is California.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

Young women in Philadelphia are
trying to get themselves married of
by having the papers Of that city pub
Iish the following item: miss Louise
Drexel, who was married recently,
presented to her husband as a we'd
ding gift the title deeds for her coun-
try residence at Andalusia and a city
mansion in Rittenhouse Square fol
which Miss DrexeI paid $40, OOO.n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

OWING to local causes the political
complexion of a certain town In New
Hampshire was completely reversed.
All the old officers were turned out,
even to the sexton of the town GENE
terry, whereat the sexton was so mad
that he exclaimed, vehemently: 81
hope there will not be a single death
while the miserable wretch is grave
digger
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

NEARLY five years ago the steamship
Germania, of the Lloyd Line, departed
from The Hague, bound for New York.
On board were over 1000 passengers
and a highly valuable cargo. The
steamship never reached port. No
tidings of her were ever heard, and,
although given up for lost several years
ago, the particulars of her fate we're
never known. The other afternoon,
while walking along the beach of
Hassler's Haven, southeast of Mel
bourne, Fla, Frank P. Hassler found
a wine bottle lying on the sands. It
was almost covered with barnacles and
moss. On picking it up he found il
had been securely corked. Scraping
the Shiny moss off the bottle, two pieces
Of paper were seen inside. The neck
of the bottle was broken off and the
papers Withdrawn. One was a blank
bill of lading of the steamer Germania,
Lloyd Line, printed il German The
other paper was simply brown wrapping
paper, one side Of which was covered
with writing in German, the characters
being almost illegible. After much
trouble the following translation was
made: "The steamship Germania is on
fire and sinking. Gale blowing and
all boats swamped. All hope is gone.
Johann Weinbergg, Stuttgart, Ger
many, April II, 1884"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

The big Lick telescope hasn't made
any startling discoveries as yet, but
they are coming. We are bound to
know why they have canals in Mars
when railroads would furnish so much
quicker transportation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

LORD RoTHsCHnD, the Hebrew
banker. who was created a peer by
Queen Victoria, is popular in London
among the poor. "He is a good IN, he
is, said an omnibus driver, passing his
palace. "If all the bloomin' swells was
like him they should have my vote
and interest. "How's that?" "Why.
every Christmas he gives my mate and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

my money in Their bank, an lost no time
in gettin' back ter Californy an Nora.
an Nora wUz married in Frisco, an
I brought her home ter ole Missoury
with me; an I'm sure no other woman
In Their world could make ne ez good
er wife ez she does.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

AMONG the living sovereigns men
toned in the new AImanach de Gotha,
those who have reigned longest are the
Emperor of Brazil, who assembled the
throne in 1881 at the age of 6; Queen
Victoria, who succeeded in 1887, and
Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-G otha,
crowned in 1914 The oldest sover-
eign is Pope Leo XIII, who is 70 years
old; the youngest is the King of Spain,
not vet 3.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12

IN Greece it is not yet recognized
that women have the privilege of work
ing. An enormous petition has been
addressed to the House asking for
secondary education for women and for
the foundation of lyceums for girls.