Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-26

to be saperfuous and unnecessary to a
pesson in good health.
In Holland an unmarried woman
always takes the right arm Of her es-
cort, and the married woman the left.
At church wedding the bride enters
the edifce on the right arm Of the
groom, and goes out on the left side Of
her husband.
For forty-eight years. there was not
a law case in the town of Meddebemps,
Me. neither was there lawyer. kBut
two weeks ago a lawyer hung out his
sign in this primitive paradise, and
now two citizens are going to law over
a fence line.
MORE than s25. 900, 900 of British cap
ital has already been invested in Amer
lean breweries, and the syndicate is
still buying. It is quite evident that
American beer will soon acquire a
strong English accent If this thing
continues much longer.
THE skeleton of man, evidently a
pioneer Indian fighter, was found the
other day in the middle of a big log
taken to a Georgia saw-mill. In the
wood that had grown over it was the
imprint of the clothes as well as the old
iintlock rife that lay beside it.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES adj
yises young men not to smoke. "It is
liable to iniure the sight, he says,
"to render the nerves unsteady, to en-
feeble the viii, and to enslave the ma
ture to an imperious habit likely to
stand in the way of duty to be per
formed"
A CHESTER Pa.) doctor, who ad-
vised a mother to give her child sage
tea for it's ailment, has been suspend
ed from the County Medical Associa-
ton for unprOfessional conduct. He
should have made out a regular pre-
scription and charged for it.
Mrs. SHERIDAN never appears III
public, but visits the ladies of the late
Generals military family, and her
father and family. This little circle
consists of Mrs. Sheridan's sister, Mrs
Colonel Sheridan, Mrs. Colonel Kel-
logg, and Mrs. Colonel Blunt.
A RUSSIAN navy officer has invented
d method of searching the sea or coast
by night, which does not reveal the
position of the ship A mortar fires a
buoyant shell containing a compound
which ignites on reaching the water
and lights up the surrounding area.
Los ANGELES, Cal, which boosted
of having the biggest boom Of any place
in this country, could now, did it choose
to do so, boast of one Of the largest de-
linquent tax lists yet published. It oc-
cupies a space equal to 500 columns,
twenty-six inches in length, set in solid
nonpareil type.
Mr.. GLADSTONE can still give points
to younger and more vigorous men.
When a cab knocked him down in Pic
cadilly he picked himself up in hur-
~, ran after the driver, and held on
to him until the police arrived. The
Grand Old Man deserved hearty
cheer after this performance.
A REAL-EsTATE agent at Tacoma, W.
/ T., rises to remark that he paid out
So, 600 last year for postage stamps.
And yet the chances are that if he re-
quests the Postofice Department tc
grant him thirty days credit on the
next batch Of stamps which he orders,
this good Tacoma customer viii meet
with refusal
Col. JOHN HAY, who succeeds White
law Reid as editor of the New York
TrjbaJne, viii receive a salary of $15, OOC
a year That isn't as much as Mr.. Reid
viii get, but then the Colonel can 90 tc
the circus and ride on the ferries fol
nothing, and "fre" a reporter now and
then, so that he viii be able to live