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, 1889-09-27

In the matter of tolerating social nui-
sances, Americans are accused of being
a very long suffering peoples but what
ever their OWL practice, they will always
be ready TO cry; Served him rightr' in
every case like the following. the story
of which comes from England. In a
railway carriage sat a pale, middle aged
lady, a slender youth hardly out of his
teens, and a burly looking squire.
At one of the stations young man got
in, holding a lighted cigarette in his
hand, and as the smoke curled in the
lady's face, she coughed.
"This is not n smoking carriage" said
the youth.
"Tm not smoking" retorted the new
conner. 81 dare say my cigarette will
keep till we get to the next station"
Tobacco smoke makes my mother i'll,
and | must ask you to put out your Gig
arctic"
'rm o smoking, and / shall not do
it."
''Then I'll make you'll" said the lad.
His face had grown pale, and as he rose
the other put out n formidable fist which
would probably have crippled his oppo-
nent.
And now a strange thing happened.
The burly squire had hitherto remained
quite passive, but he now produced some
thing which glittered in the sunlight;
there was n click, and the young man
with the cigarette was securely hand
cuffed.
"You will pick up your cigarette and
throw it out of the window" said the
esquire" who proved to be a detective
dressed for some important work.
The cigarette was clumsily picked up
with both hands and dropped out of the
window. Just then the train rolled into
a station, and the young man, mutter-
ing, Every sorry-won't do it again
had no idea"-was given his liberty,
which he hastened to use by slipping at
once out of the carriage.-Youth's Com
naniOn
, 1889-09-27

SIDNEY DILLON and Gen. G.. NJ.
Dodge are hobnobbing together in
Omaha. A report is circulated on the best
authority that negotiations are pending
Tor the sale of the Denver, Texas & Fort
Worth road to the Union Pacific. We
sincerely hope the report may prove true
for its contamination would undoubtedly
result in the speedy extension of the
Cheyenne 4 Northern to the Yellow
stone Park aud a junction with the
Northern Pacific, besides giving the
Union Pacific the active and energetic
services of Gen. Dodge who believes that
the policy Of the Union Pacific should be
the development of the western section.
, 1889-09-27

Oyster literature has been well
worked, and it is not necessary in an
apropos article like the present TO re-
hearse all that has been said or could
be told about the bivalve from the
point of view a literary man takes.
When, from a n~aturalist's stand
point, the oyster is surveyed, there is
something even yet to be said. The
hot day-for it must be a hot day
when the mother oyster opens her
shell and the young ones escape from
it like q cloud or q puff of steam,
would be a day to be remembered,
could that opening be observed. He
who saw it would also note that each
of the infant mollusks is provided with
swimming organs, and that they at
once begin TO play around the mater
nal grotto. By and by he would note
the tide gradually drift the little crea-
lures away, and if not devoured by
the enemies which swarm around
them, they come to an anchorage at
some suitable spot. He cannot stay
to observe the commencement of their
shell making, but that goes on from
the moment they become attached to
their selected home. Year by year
they add a delicate rim of horn like
elastic substance which gradually
hardens. After five or six years of
this patient building the bivalve is
ready to be detached from his an.
chorage and served up with the inevi-
table slice of lemon, if raw, or go
through Che agonies of cooking.
That vigilant writer Shakespeare
has, naturally, something to say
about the oyster, as he has, indeed,
about everything. In Much Ado
About Nothing" he thus introduces it
between the lips of Benedick: 81 will
not be sworn, but love may transform
me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath
on it, till he have made an oyster of
me he shall never make me such a
fool" Sheridan, in '"The Critic, " says
IAN oyster may be crossed in love"
But so many of the poets have evil
IDENTIFY an admiration for the bivalve
that it would be an endless task to
quote them. Thackeray, when asked
what he experienced after eating an
East river oyster of enormous size,
gravely declared that he felt as ii he
had swallowed a baby.
One thing the oyster enjoyed ages
before mar discovered him for edible
purposes. He reveled in the splendid
secret of the PEARL. s. in New York
Star.
, 1889-09-27

Joseph Brown has reason to congrat-
ulate himself upon his sons. One of
them is a baseball player of some note,
and that alone in these days of the great
American games rage should be glory
enough; but another son, Joseph Brown,
Jr., is developing as q hero. Young
Joseph goes for a vacation every sum-
mer to Camp Lake, Wis, and while
there a year ago he saved the lives of
two people whose boat had become up
set. At the same place again this sea-
son, and only about two weeks ago, the
young man saved three lives. A small
party had come over to Camp Lake from
Kenosha and went for a sail upon the
lake. There were five of them and the
boat was capsized. Young Brown
CHANGED to witness the accident and at
once secured a small boat and pulled to
the rescue, assisted by a lad named
Frank Yaw. With much pluck and
GOODNESS Brown managed to save three
Of the party. Two of them had gone
down, but being an expert swimmer he
plunged into the water and did not give
up his search until he recovered the
bodies Of the two who were drowned.
The young man in his modesty makes
very light of his acts, but il it is going
to be a regular thing for him to save a
drowning party year after year, he will
not be able TO hide his light under a
bushel-0hicago Herald.
, 1889-09-27

We cannot tell from the time tables
how fast we travel. The schedule
time does not indicate the delays that
must be made up by spurts between
stations. The traveller who is curious
to know just how fast he is going, and
likes the stimulus of thinking that he
is in a little danger, may find amuse-
ment in taking the time between mile
posts; and when these are not to be
seen, he can often get the speed very
accurately by counting the rails pass
ed in a given time. This may be done
by listening attentively at an open
window or door. The regular clicks
Of the wheels over the rail joints can
usually soon be singled out from the
other noises and counted. The num-
Der Of rail lengths passed in twenty
seconds is almost exactly the number
of miles run in an hour. But if ne
wants TO get a lively sense of what it
means TO rush through space at fifty
or sixty miles an hour he must get on
a locomotive. Then only does he
realize what trifles stand between him
and distinctions
A few weeks ago a lady sat an hour
in the cab Of a locomotive hauling a
fast express train over q mountain
road. She saw the narrow bright
line of the rails and the slender points
| of the switches. She heard the thun-
der of the bridges, and saw the track
shut in by rocky bluffs, and new per
lis suddenly revealed as the engine
swept around sharp curves The ex-
perience was to her magnificent, but
the sense of danger was almost appal-
ling. To have made her experience
complete she should have taken one
engine ride on a dark and rainy night.
In a daylight ride on a locomotive we
come to realize how slender is the rail
and how fragile is its fastenings com
pared with the ponderous machines
they carry.
We see what a trifing movement of
a switch makes the difference between
life and death. We learn how short
the look ahead must often be and how
close danger sits on either hand. But
it is only in a night ride that we learn
how dependent the engineer must be
after all upon the faithful vigilance of
others. The headlight reveals n few
yards of glistening rail and the ghost
ly telegraph pole sand switch targets.
Were n switch open, n rail taken up,
or n pile Of ties on the track we could
not possibly see the danger in time to
stop.-Scribner's Magazine.
, 1889-09-27
Horses In Scotland. 1908.

The original roll, which is said to have
been kept at the herald's office, has disap-
peared, and the earlier existing copy is
only of the Sixteenth, and the latter of
the beginning of the Seventeenth cen
fury. The rolls of the horses illustrate
the custom of recording the description
and value of every horse employed in n
campaign in order that, if it was killed,
the owner might claim its price. The
horses entered in the rolls are described
either as chargers, or hackneys, or as
being of a Welsh breed, or else are dis
tinguished simply by color. The highest
price at which a charger is assessed seems
to be 10 marks, which, considering the
purchasing power Of money with respect
to other articles, was certainly a large
sum William de Ferrers, who followed
Lord Hugh 10 Dispenser, had a black
charger, assessed at that price; but the
average value of n good charger seems
to have beer about 60 marks. Some
hackneys were valued as low as 8 marks,
though 10 and 12 marks were the more
usual prices; in a few cases, however, "a
and even 30 marks are entered as the
worth of hackneys. Pouncede Varese, for
example, had ''unum runcinum serum
bauzain (pied sorreD precii Xxx mar"
The names of all the riders are given,
and when q horse was slain the place
and date of the loss were recorded in O
marginal note.-The Saturday Review.
, 1889-09-27
what Are the rhought. OF tho py,nr7

H.S Dg AhkA
In the Societe de Biologie, Fere affirmed
that a dying person in his last moments
thinks of the chief events Of his life.
Persons resuscitated from drowning,
epileptics with grave attacks, persons
dying and already unconscious, but mo-
mentarily brought back to conscious
ness by ether injections to utter their
last thoughts, all acknowledge that their
last thoughts revert to momentous events
of their life. Such an ether injection
~revives once more the normal DISPOSE
ton OF cerebral activity, already nearly
e~xtinguished, and it might be possible at
this moment to learn of certain import
ant events of the past life. Brown-Se-
guard mentions the remarkable fact that
persons who, in consequence of grave
cerebral affections, have been paralyzed
for years, get back at once when dying
their ~sensibility. mobility and intelli-
gence- All such facts clearly show that
at the moment of dissolution important
changes take place, reacting upon the
composition of the blood and the func-
tons of the organs.-Medical Zeitung.
, 1889-09-27

THE members of the constitutional
convention will be given a dluner - the
club Saturday evening as a climax % the
completion of their labors. The gentle
men from throughout the territory GER
tainly merit the consideration which such
a step implies.
, 1889-09-27

THE Denver Ne,es complains Of the
small attendance at the Overland park
races Cheyenne has no complaint of
this kind TO record regarding its own
races. According to MIR. Boards official
calculations 1000 people attended the
four days season.
, 1889-09-27

The people OF the United States lose
millions of dollars yearly by the d~estruc-
on by fire of flimsily constructed build
ings. Moreover they pay out hundreds
of thousands of dollars in the support of
fire departments. Fire and Water states
also that the value of the fire apparatus
and the buildings devoted exclusively to
the purposes of fire protection amounts
to the large sum of S3S. GA. 755.
, 1889-09-27
Change is one Of the irresistible laws

Change is one of the irresistible laws
of nature, and fortunately the change is
almost invariably for the better. As an
instance of this st. Patrick's Pills are fast
taking the place of the old harsh and vlo-
lent cathartics. becau5e they are milder
and produce a more pleas mt effect, be-
sides they are much moro beneficial in re-
moving mobid matter from the system
and preventing ague and other malarious
diseases. As a cathartic and liver pill
they are almost perfect. For sale by B.
b. David.
, 1889-09-27

The effort of San to extract consolation
from the recently published letter in the
New York Times very forcibly reminds
one Of the enthusiastic but i'll advised
philosopher who endcavored to extract
sunbeams from cucumbers.
, 1889-09-27

Send two cents in stamps to f. L. To-
max, general passenger agent Union Pac-
cifc railway. Omaha. Neb., and secure a
copy Of Outdoor Sports and Pastimes,
containing complete rules for lawn tennis,
croquet and base ball; Just issued.
, 1889-09-27

The Sun is very seldom given to humor
but when it says that he won't 90 to the
seDate because his tastes don't ,ead that
way it gives an exhibition of Unconscious
humor weigh would draw a smile to the
frozen fa5e OF a sphinx. Will a fish
..,,g
, 1889-09-27

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office.
, 1889-09-27

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Hist
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

An when the rascal turned to fight he jest lam
basted him
An used him up most scandalous did Big
Mouth Jim.
The fun Of the whole bizness was that old man
Thomas sWOre
That Jim was right in all he did, an wouldn't
bounce him, nor
Allow him to be put upon or buliyragged agln;
But perfection wasn't needed, for nobody cared
to win
had licked;
So Jim went On Ia-wOrkin' ike before he ever
kicked
An everybody stood in awe an much respected
An the world begin to brighten up ser Big-5Iouth
Jim.
Then oze day OF Mis- Thomas, who was Watchin
things quits sly
Give Jim kind O. gentle hint-a twinkle in her
eye
An jim, who hadn't never hoped to have word
was nads to zorter realize his love want
thrOWsd away;
He couldn't scarce believe it, but he braeed his
nerve and went
To Jennie, an he told her how he loved her all
10 jest say nothin', an be round where she might
smile on him.
jim.
! An Jannie-weI, # you're man, you know
how women are;
/ When loves weighed in the balance they am
/ BoolZiu' very lar
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
The Indians.

A writer In the Century, who has no
faith IN the Indian schools, and who
ignores facts well known to persons
who have taken an interest in the In
dian question, says:
IF anything Is done to relieve the
condition Of the Indian tribes it must
be a scheme which begins at the bot
tom and takes the whole outfit, as
Western man would say, in its scope.
IF these measures of relief are at all
tardy, before we realize 1t the wila In
dian tribes viii be, as some writer has
said, "IOafers and Outcasts contending
with the dogs for kitchen scraps in
Western villages" They have all raised
stock successfully when not interfered
with or not forced by insufficient ra-
tions to eat mp their stock cattle to APP
pease their hunger, and I have never
heard that Indians were net made o.
soldier stuff.
A great many Western garrisons
have their corps of Indian scouts. In
every case they prove efficient They
are naturally the finest Irregular cav
airy on the face Of this globe, and with
an organization similar to the Russian
COssacks, they would DO the United
States great good and become gradual
ly civilized. An irregular cavalry is
every. year more. and more important
branch Of the service. Any good cav
airy officer cOald, I believe, take q
command Of Indians and ride around
the world without having a piece of
bacon or q cartridge, or a horse issued
! by his Government. So far as effective
/ police work IN the West is concerned
/ the corps Of Indian scouts DO nearly
I ali OF that service now. They all like
/ to be enlisted into the service, uni
/ Yersally obey orders, and are never
/ disloyaI,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

An when the day was ended an the field work
He stabbed ali the bosses and he fed EN-, every
An then he'd milk an do the chores with hunger
An eat cold grub an crawl to bed, would Big
Mouth jim.
You know how that thing works, O course; I
reckon at you've heard
About the way the willin' boss is hustled on an
An. made to do three times as much as him at
An std OF puliin Steddy let's the tugs git sorer
Well, that's the way it was with jim; young
Thomas seemed to think
He needed slathers OF hard work an little eat or
So Jim worked mighty late at night an in the
Out OF his bunk afore the rest, did Big-Aouth
jim.
He never seemed to mind it an ne never made
Nor kicked fer higher wages as was regular like
An so We got to dev'1in' him, made bIeeve Onot
An' dosed him With boss medicine. oupfuI at
An then We 'sneaked his Sunday shoes an spiked
'em to the floor
An spoiled 'en so they wouldn't keep out water
We spriniZIed sand-burrs in his bed-his sleep
that night was slim
Oh, we. made it mighty jOcuIar fer Big-Mouth
Jim.
An all this time he never got riIed up or said a
word;
He seemed as. sunny-tempered as a chfrpin'
woodland bird;
But when we grabbed his Sunday hat an jabbed
it full OF holes
He smiled so sOrter sickly like it acted like hot
On me an I let up on him. but Thomas didn't
care;
He hunted up some smellin' stuff that wouldn't
take dare
From any skunk at ever lived an snuggIed it
Who Smiled itsaoeidenta11v ona,Big-Arout Jim
Nobody couldn't stand him near fer purity nigh
q week,
An when he showed up fer his grub all US boys
took a sneak;
The clothes was buried by thebarn an jim went
bout his work,
Which all this time KEEP CROWN, but he never
shirk,
An took it jest as cheerful the measIey Jokes
we played.
An the never was an instance of a. single kick
he made;
He was full of ripe good nature an Of kindness
TO the brim,
An he couldn' parentlg git mad, this Big-BIout1
Jim.
But one day young Bill ThOmas-he was mighty
mean an low
Was Orneriern ever an he had to up an go
An slap his cousin Jennie duTin' dinner time
when Jim
Was eatin'-have you ever seen acat jump IRON
limbo
Well, then you know how Jim he jumped and
grabbed his boss throat,
An then he stood an shook him till he cOuldnt
/ pipe note:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

baseball, taxes, and politics.
Life Is too short and people should
be too busy to get angry. If a man
calls me a liar I naturally would be In
clined to fight, but my philosophy
comes to my rescue. In the first
place, if I deny his statement he may
be inclined to back it up with his fists,
and I may be whipped. In the second
place, I am q liar or I am not. The
assertion that I am one does not alter
the facts in the case. If / have told a
lie, I am liar and it is poor policy to
be averse to having the truth told to
me. If I have not told lie, then the
assertion of the man that Lam liar is
false, and the man himself Is what he
was pleased to call me. Engaging in
brawl viii not determine the truth of the
matter, no difference whetherI am the
victor or not. Then, as I said, there
is always the possibility that I may be
whipped
It is hard on your clothes, your eyes,
and your religion to be ill-tempered.
You lose half the enjoyment of life,
and go hunting around to find some
thing you would be better off without.
The history Of the world shows that
few really great men were in the habit
Of getting mad and smashing things,
and those few would have been greater
men if they had. been more smooth
tempered.
I admire the man who can knock the
ruffian down, or kick at being imposed
on, and still maintain an unruffied ex-
terror. Such a man impresses one as
being truly great, and at the same time
one who thoroughly enjoys life. He
gets the best of everything, and has
more friends than he can count. His
wife and children are like him, and
nothing disturbs the even tenor of his
| life.
When man is mad he will do more
! damage in q minute than he. can repair
! in month, and Will make his friends
/ and relatives see what a weak and
! silly fellow he is after all. He fumes
and frets, is always busy, and is ex-
/ ceptionally likely to be mad at meal
/ time. He would be provoked at receiv-
ing a. pension, and the greeting of Saint
! Peter viii not suit him. It is a habit,
and completely controls him.
But the habit of being provoked at
trifes can be overcome, and thrice
! blessed is the man who never gets
| mad Chicago. Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

An when the feast was over an the lamps was
burnin' dim
Old Thomas sprung a big surprise ouBig-MOuth
Jim,
He told how Jennie's parents had both died
when she was small,
An how they LETT to him in trust for her then
farm an all;
An how She was Of age that day an he allowed
at she
Would henceforth need the title deeds to all her
property
Well, Jim was all kerhummuxed like, but Jen-
ME simply took
The deeds an give 'eLn to him with a mighty
meltin' look.
They settled down quite coy Ike, their cup
filed to the brim,
An love has shOWered blessings down on Bis
Mouth jim
Chicago Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27


He wasn't good to look at he was ugIer n sin;
His jaws prOtruded fearful an his cheeks was
all sunk in;
His chin was liks dagger an his nose was long
an hooked;
Bis ears was big an drOOpy, ike g CahD6g6-leGI
that's cooked;
His hair was sandy-coIored, an it never would
lay down,
But his mouth-that was the wonder Of al
Wyoming town;
An when he opened it to laugh it showed up
mighty grim,
Which was why the people sized him up with
-Big-MOuth Jim
He went to work at Thomas just down the
southwest road,
An no one ever saw q chap SO W1lhnf Ter TO
load
Hissef with others burdens, an he never
seemed to mind
The way the others worked him while they
lagged along behind
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
Keep Cool.

LII COO4u Anu NY
that L mean, don't
be getting angry
and losing your
temper and head at
the same time. I
have figured it out
that worry kills
more men, causes
more gray hair to
show itself, and pro-
duces more wrinkles
on mems faces than
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

Fer fancy toss an beauty-wIlat they wants q
8 coed plain man;
They amt a-findin' nary fault with Natures
general plan.
The rest OF it al happened ike story or q
The Weddin' was all regular IN the good oId-faala-
Toned way,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

Your plan may work.
The proposition was sent to the British
officers by the boat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
BIG MOUTH JIM's LOVE.

NJ n along the old spoon
River, where the ccEn
grows mighty tan,
2 the farmers have to
hustle fer to pick an
crib it All;
here the pumpkins are
the biggest an the
cider crop is prime,
. the home lie is the
suggest that was
ever PRAISED in
rhyme
here the farms grow
rank with everything
that S fifteen fer TO eat,
ON the apples In the
orchard to the WaVin
fields o wheat;
here peace an plenty
sets around a-singin'
OF a hymn,