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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-11

pr rarnahy Baxter thinks he has made
valuable medical discovery lis a color.
less liquid, and has scarcely any percepti-
he taste or smell. lie claims THAI It w!u
heanmh and temporarily paFalyxe any por-
tioa If the human holy 10 which il may be
applied Tie has made q half dozen sue.
ceSNfgl applications ol Is 20 The tongue If
Mrs Christopher Nosely- He has refused.
though Ia experiment. with Il on aay u
ais ueighhors lie ~ill make $ protracses!
saa thorough test With Mrs. Nosely, pre-
seFFing 10 eoHfne his experiments within
the family. Mrs. Christopher Sossly IS
the mother az Mrs BArnahy Baxter.
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The fioas Hors~shIes.
Chicago Tribune

Chief OF Lynching Pa.ty--We xill give
yoa Just oae minute 10 saw your prayers.
Captured HOrsethiei lapVea.!ngiy MAR
say them ia ny own vsyg
Ch.ei Certainly
Hogsethaef-You promise not TO inter
pose any obstacle
Chiei-We premise.
Horseshiei t~lta dignisy)-Then must
have pEayer-hook. WiA some gentleman
in the crowd please lend me o.eF
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Boston Courier.

Boston Courier.
Wife-John. here is something in this
baseball report that do not understand.
wish you would explain it to me.
Husband it. my dear.
Wife (reading)-"With one to tie and one
out. he reached first in the eight inning,
and ran 10 third on PfeiIer's hit to right.
He should have scored on Tiernan's wild
throw in, but became ratified and held his
base" What does that mean?
Husband twho knows nothing of the
camel -Bless'd If know.
Wife with o sigh(-I1l have to wait
until Johnnie lS years nldl comes in.
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they are ssrars adsanrinx. Ihey nzay
ersxs ard cast down tan thousand Idols.
hss The nxs9ras ssnaenry 10 asvsys up
rsra ard osvasd- Th~y naay rvvd in In
runaerzzA< sensations. hEs she-s b one
tkxy VII rsves resort 70. they VIII Eevsr
he so1rd ia1nigsag . display. sensational
o. atnerrsse. ss inf deity 20 Ii belle France
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Reducing the Public Debt.
Bradstreet's

The treasury department has prepared a
statement showing the total amount OF
bonds purchased to date since August s
1857, little over twenty-five months. The
exact figures are si99. 253 500. Asthere was
premium on them all the actual disburse.
ment was considerably greater. The total
cost was S23l. 53s, 1856. This reduction was
substantially at the rate of 500 900 900 q
year. At that rate the next century would
at its birth find the United States govern.
ment free from Indebtedness. Some OF
these bonds were drawing per cent. inter.
est and some of them 1 y.
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4 Little Agnostic.

A small boy in lie Droit Park was told by
the nurse that il he was bad the devil wosld
come up out OF the ground and carry him
of. That afternoon he was discovered on
the brink of deep hole which he had dug
in the back yard, defiantly calling "Dehble,
debblei"
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Remarkable Presence OF Mind.
Chicago Tribune.

Laura tinnocently|-Doesn't the train so
through q long tunnel soon, George?
George-Tunnel's just ahead. Laura.
Leans forward and whispers to boy on
seat in 'front.' Johnny, i want you to
cough with all your might while we're
going through this tunnel. Here's half a
dollar
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New NeFk's New FfF~haaf,

New YORK san
The rev nreboaI which Nex York vii
have next spring vii lie enc Of the nautical
wonders Of the port She Is tn thros four
solld s-.aca streams O. water. and III.
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CAUTION.

Rewa-s ct fraud. as Ey naxne and the price
are ssaraYes. ca the bottom of al rzy advertised
tie wares arssrsf hsxh rvircs ard Interior
ruoss II dealer offers ". L DOUGLAS shoes
81 3 reduced prfce. or says be has them without
ny name and price stamped os the bottom. pns
hixn Down As sru-d
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

Sandal shoes are worn with empire and
directoire gowns.
Doufe cashmere is again favorite for
dress hocks
Light summer gowns are decorated with
a garniture of ball fringe.
BIack lace Overdresses continue to be
popular for half-dress occasions
Sailor maidens are now wearing a scarf
pin in the shape of Neptune's trident.
Chenille embroideries are used as Dor
der on dresses made of cotton Grape.
Dinner gowns are made with short skirts
that escape the floor or with narrow fall
ing demi-trains.
A brooch appropriate for summer wear
is a tiny canoe of gold, with oars and
anchor trailing over the side.
s'La Surprise de la Course is the name
given to q dress which was in high favor
at the English races. A6 first view it ap-
pears somewhat like a plain redingote,
but when thrown open in front displays a
pettieoa5 and waistcoat OF great richness.
A nodiste describes an ideal Summer
gown made of golden-green crepe de chine,
garnitured with pale-pink roses and
leaves, with a misty drapery above OF
faintest arnber-brown silk tulls rallln g
over the creamy petals and sprays Of
foliage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

lady. She was with her father on the Lake
George steamer, and they had come up
from Saratoga, as many people do, for u
days float on the famOusly pictu esQue
water. jay Gould and his family freuuent-
ly indulge in these excursions. The GOuldS
have been away for wild outing in the
AdirOndacks, but this week they returned
to Saratoga, whore they expect to remain
until September.
c. z. Huntington is another miiliOnair
admirer Of Lake George, and he comes
here from Saratoga every week or so. Up
on his last visit he took a sailbOat, along
with several companions, and visited Rat
tle Island. This Is a new thing. The island
has been there long enough, and it is one of
the more Insignificant among those that
dot the lake, but this year old Cephas Platt,
locally famous as q catcher of rattlesnakes.
has taken possession. The island is wooded
and rocky, and PlatJ has stocked it with
snakes. He tells the tourists that he found
the reptiles there, but on getting at all con-
hdential he cOnfesses that he transported
them in a big canvas bag, such as he uses
So a cage for his captives. and set them
free. lie is a professional snake-catcher.
The State pays a small bounty for each
mead of a RATHER, and Plat used to get q
meager living, along with considerable no
tOriety by hunting the snakes, trying out
their oil TO sell to druggists. dispCsing Of
their skins to pocketb OOk-makers, and col
lecting the State fee for the helds. Cor
respondents found readable matter in him,
and the publication of such articles made
him believe that he could prohtably become
something OF Snowman. That is why he
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

among the hustle Of business men than
almost any man Of his age.
Jay Cooke has had g singular career
When the war broke out he lived out
along Lake Erie, at Sandusky, and
Salmon p. Chase, while Secretary of
the Treasury first gave him bic
start In life, which he followed to dis
aster, and then built anew from moth
ing. Mr.. Cooke never forgot on ne
elected his home in Ohio. and one of
his charities Is a beautiful home on. an
island in Lake Erie. a few miles from
Sandusky, which he bought and named
Gibraltar" He had It laid out in
wild, romantic walks, and built a com
mOdIous stone castle upon it. He pro-
ylded the house with every imaginable
comfort, and put into it competent
hOusekeeper. To this retreat he would
invite each summer ministers of the
gospel of different denominations, who
could lily afford to take a summer
vacation.
Mr.. Cooke lives with his son-in-iaw
now, Mr.. Barney, who does business
near the famous old clearinghouse on
Third street, in Philadelphia, over
which Mr.. Cooke once presided, and
where the Northern Pacific Railroad
was projected In many respects Jay
Cooke VIII go down to history as one
of the remarkable men of our time. In
little church out ut Frankfort. near
Philadelphia, he has q son preaching
to congregation who can hardly afford
to pay him salary enough to Iiquidate
his horse hire. So the curious turns
of life are again illustrated in Mr..
Cookies career and in that of the fam,
lily he has raised.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

has seize upon Rattle Island, as he chris
tens it, and let's it be known at the hotels
that rattlesna6es may be plenteOusIy seen
there. There is something fascinating
about snakes to many folks. and sailboats
land not "a few venturesOme visitors at Rat
tie Island. They are not much inclined to
explore it, and a q generally satisfied with
a view of about hundred big aud little
snakes in glass cages; but. if they are wi !
ing to take the risk, Plat will conduct them
through his small domain, and more than
likely afford them a sight Of one or more
snakes at large.
The ourists at Lake Geo ge who look
most ike tourists are English. They dress
distinetively for travel, they use guide
books almost constantly, and they are very
thorough in seeing everything worth look
ing at. At the hotels and on steam boats
are sold volumes of descriptions of Lake
GEORGE scenery, interlarded prO.usely with
Indian legends The writer has seemingly
made an Industrious collection of tn Sc
aboriginal tales, and has not hestated to
locate them with an eXactitude that is al
most convincing. To see a typical BritOn.
with a shawl crossed from one shoulder to
the opposite hip. his sturdy legs clad in
knickerbO his hard head surmounted
by helmet hat, and in his hands one of
these gutde-b0Oks, is to get a reproduction
Of the Englsh tourist as he is much
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

commended what seemed to be a laudable
effort &c break away from ssnseless and
unhealthful fashions in WOman's dress. but
the tone Of the press soon changed. Bloom
erism was ridiculed and misrepresentsd
everywhere.
NoUhlng was more unexpected than the
sudden notoriety that came to Mrs.
Bloomer. She did not dream of making
such Juror when she assumed a style of
dress which seemed better adapted to the
needs OF a busy women than the heavy
s6irteds uncomfortable gowns then in
vogue. She never intended to set the
fashion, and nothing could have been more
distasUeful to her than the widespread com
ment which the short skirt and trousers
excited But once having put on the re-
form costume, Mrs. BIoOmer would not be
laughed out of it. She calmly pursued her
chosen work at her editorial desk and upon
the lecture platform. While editing the
Lily she made frequent lecture tours
through the North and South, speaking
upon the two subjects dearest to her-tem-
perance and woman suffrage. Although
she leCtured in the short skirts and
trousers she did not in any way
allude to her dress, for she neither desired
nor attempted to be a dress reformer. She
wore the costume because it suited her
needs as editor lecturer, and business
woman Mrs Boomers fame was ex-
tremely unpleasant to her People
Travelled miles to see her, and the atten-
ton that her clothes attracted to her was
often so distasteful that she was tempted
to return to the quilted petticoats and
starcb5d skirts Whenever she finished
lecture people crowded around the plat
form and cast surreptitious glances at her
ankles. All sorts of absurd stories were
circulated about her appearance, and the
popular opinion was expressed by a
woman who said to her: you're not at
all what 1 expected to see. thought you
were coarse, AmaZOnian woman. -
In England much curiosity was shown
regarding the wOmau's rights movement,
and soon after the first Juror over the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
Jaw Cooke Rich AMIN.

Among the pushing thrcng Of Broad
way to-day was an old gentleman clad
more in the garb of a cOuntryman than
that of a great fnancier. His clothes
were plain, and his white slOuch hat,
with its broad brim, gave him the app
pearance of a well-to-do farmer. The
hair and beard of Jay Cooke are now
snow white, but he still moves along as
if contented with life. No one familiar
with his everyday appearance would
think he was the famous banker-the
man who has handled more millions
than any other private individual in
America, failed for more money than
any other, and finally has grown rich
again after ne had grown old. While
he is by no means as familiar a figure
as he used to be, and does not mingle
In the uncertainty of @the street, as
Of yore, he is more frequently seen
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
Helen Densmore.

New York has many interesting
women, and not the least among them
is DR.. Helen DensmOre. Helen Dens-
more used to be Helen Barnard, and
under that name there are many news
paper men who remember her as a tall,
handsome woman, with a shapelY head
and a prOfusiOn of yellow hair, who sat
for years the only woman in the re
porters' gallery Of the House of Rep
resentatiyes, and taking notes and
writing letters as if a man-and q
clever man-were knocking off the
sentences. Helen Barnard was a figure
in the political and journalistic circles
of Washington. Lamar. Garfield,
Butler and Jere Black held many an
animated discussion with her When
a mission was organized to look into
the treatment of smigrants in the
steerage crossing the Atlantic Butler
went to President Grant and had Mrs.
Barnard appointed on it at the same
salary received by the men. The gen
tlemen on that commission had a fine
time at the Vienna Exposition, but
saw few emigrants. Helen Barnard
put on an old dress and sailed from
Liverpool to New York in the steerage
of the Inman Line. Unless she found
the privations and abuse of that pas
sage considerably less than I did when
I Investigated the charges made in
twelve or fifteen years, it is easy to
believe that deal of earnestness went
into her report, which was pronounced
one Of the ablest state papers on file
at Washington From journalism
Helen Barnard went into medicine,
and the same graceful woman, with
firm-set chin and decisive mouth, Is
the physician best known as a sue
cessor to Banting in the cure of obes-
ity. Dr. DensmOre eats only one meal
and is a personally strict vegetarian.
Mail and Express.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
ANNALS OF TANGLEToN.
JUNIFER PGAor. JnlY 16. ,89.

49, 40 THE DEER Folks
S hev to tell you now
OF one of the saddest
S Happenings that ever
IN EFsa befeu TangletOn. 1t
~ NNANA was IN urly spring
time, on q Saturday
tournOOn, an We VIM
men was hustlin with our work. We
he'd the winders open, fur it was gettin
mild, an little boy cumin by with a
cry of Fire !" maid us all rush to
look out, an then we run into the street
to see it better.
1t was no bon fire, can tell YOU!
The drug store on the corner, near the
canal, was a blazzin like mad, an
Shiloh's roof had caut Tina was
tryin to get the goods out, but thare
was sech danger of the walls q faIIin in
that not a CRATE deeI was SAWED.
Thare was lots of men on hand to
carry water frum the canaI-fer it was
before tina got a hose eart-an the
wimmen helped. L CESS thare was lots
of flour burned that day, as we'll at
houses, fer it was bakin day, but moss
everybody forgot that.
Shiloh's family got out only a part of
thare house goods, an tina had to be
carted away rite off, fer the flames was
a tiyin at sech raft that we was afrade
the hull town wood go.
1t was nifty hard to keep the fire
from crOssin the canal an eaten mp the
elevator full of Crane Jest at the south
end of the bridge. But by hard work
tina sawed it. The wind took the top
of a haystaclz that was burnin an
landed tiff 1 may so speek-rite in
the middle of the canal, an the boys
he'd a good time throin water onto It,
There was q large saloon house on
the corner above the Shiloh block, an
it took lots of work to keep it frum
gOin too. An now, good people, I'm
tellin you a solid fact when I say that
Dame Rudgers run up the ladder an
was on that roof, a-bossin the men.
She was a master hand to boss an to
work, too, if she only had the Iced in
everything. But she wood never play
second fiddle ennywhare.
Down in frupt of Canny's saloon
the big One-sum wimmen was throin
water agenst the sides, an one of EN-
dipped it up with q tin cup!
The canal bridge was full of folks,
lOOI1in on an wishin tina Good help.
One woman slipped home an maid a
big pot of coffee an braut down fer the
folks that he'd bin so bizzy. 1t dun
EN- lots of good too.
Uncle Jimmy he'd bin away sum
WHARF, but he got down Jest as the
flames was at thare hyest. I wish I
he'd his picture fer you Jest as he look
ed then. He he'd on a ruff cloth coat
with a big cape, an his hat he'd fell off,
shown his shiny bald pait an gray
hair. His arms was lifted by up and
movin back an fourth, an he was a
shoutin: at has cum, the rath of God
is upon us p over an over, he shouted
it, an ennyboddy that hurd him never
forgot. It maid them think of sum old
prophet, in Bible days.
JUMPER BERRY.
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employment by the girls of the present day.
Quite recently Well-knOWn lady of New
YORK IN distributing prizes to some people
dWelC With much emphasis on the curious
uses to which the words awful" and
.aWIuuY are nowadays put, and since then
the Columbia College annex examiners
have formally pronounced their cOndemna-
uon OF the cOpiOus sprinkling of slang
which they have discovered in the exam~
nation papers OF certain incOrrigibi8
school girls. was reminded OF this when
waving their handkerchiefS from the hotel
veranda at some departing friend. They
were eXquisitely dressed, their manners
were gentle, and they were uncommonly
pretty. But one Of them cried out, so
long!" while the other exclaimed. I'll see
you Iater!- That was not very shocking as
an example of slang, yet it called out a
severe repr1mand from the girls mother
I haven the slightest intention OF speak
ing up for slang" she said. which hold,
or course, to be 6WfuilyI really beg par
don, mean eXcessiVel y-im proper; but at
the same time it should be rememb ered,
IN eXtenuat1On, that WOman's stock of
forclble adjectives is exceedingly linz
tied, and that in this particular. as in many
Others, she is at serious disadvantage as
compared with her husband or brother.
Awful is nOtthe prettiest OF words. it is
true. but to be able to call a thing or per-
son an awful nuisance for example, af-
lords some relief to the feelings in default
OF such expressions as the opposite sex
might deem adequate to the occasion.
record this incident for the encourage
ment Of those who think American girls
are inclined to the bad in language. and to
convince them that even in summer travel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13

married many a year, in case they exhibit
sentimental tOndnesS for each other. 1t is
only this week that l saW j. Hooker Hamers-
ley and his wife positively pointed out as a
bridegroom and bride o. only a few weeks
experience. Hamersley is so strongly in
diViduahZed Il man, both to look at and to
know about, that his devoted attention to
his wife, after four years of marriage, can
not escape notice wherever they 90.
Truth to tell, there is another and sin
gular reason why they are inter
them. The late Louis G. Hamersley. whose
widow became the Duchess of MaUlbOr-
Ough, gave the income of his immense
property to her for her life time only. At
her death it is to go in one big golden
lump to the issue Of his cousin, this same
j. Hooker Hamersley; but if Hamersley
should have no children, the estate is to be
divided among several charitable 1nstitu-
lions. No child has yet been born to Mr..
and Mrs j. Hooker Hamersley. But they
are watched, do assure you.
One OF the eccenrics at Lake George is
Miss Mamie WOOlson, an heiress from
New Orleans. She is living for the sum
mer with her parents on Round Island, and
her favorite pastime is squirrel and rab-
bit hunting on the hills OF the main land
game, and still more rarely does she make
hit; but she rOamS at will, accompanied
by favOrite dog, and footing a horn so
melOdiously that its notes make echOing
music.
One of the summer indications, as OBJ
served at no less than half dozen sum-
mer resorts, is that sort of crusade is get
ting force against the use of conversational
slang, and especially against its excessive
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-09-13
Too Slow.

The first electric telegraph was put
in operation between Baltimore and
Washington, in 1915, Congress having
appropriated eight thousand dollars to
keep 1t running for one year, as an ex-
pertinent. OF the many amusing Incl
dents of those early days, one of the
best IS the following, which used to be
related by Professor Morse himself:
a pretty little girl tripped into the
Washington Office, and after a great
deal Of hesitation and colOring, asked
how long it would take to send to Bal
timore.
Mr.. Morse looked at the pretty ques-
toner with much interest as he an~
swered
Cone second"
cob, how delightful" exclaimed the
girl, her eyes glistening with rapture.
cone second only! Here, send this
even quicker if you cam" and Mr..
Morse found in his hand a neatly
folded, giIt-edged note, the very per
fume and shape of which told u volume
of love.
Il cannot send this Uote, said Mr..
Morse; 1T is impossible"
ooh, do, do !" implored the distracted
girl. 81 have had quarrel with Will
4dllls dltA 4 SIidll A4lC II he OGGSu Know
in q second that I forgive hint
know I shall"
AS Mr.. Morse still objected to send
ing the note, the girl asked:
"WiIl you send me on ?"
Perhaps it would take your breath
away to travel forty miles an hour, 3"
said clerk, trying not to smile.
ooh, no, it won't-no, it won't, if it
carries me to William"
you could go by train tomorrow"
"But the cars are so slow"
Mr.. Morse now cOmprehended the
girls mistake, and attempted to ex-
plain the process of carrying words
along the wires.
The girl listened for few moments,
then rolled her burning note into a
ball and thrust it into her pocket.
cts too slow, too slow, and my heart
Will break before William knows I for
give him; and you are a cruel man,
Mr.. Morse, that you won't let me travel
by the telegraph to see William"
81 am very sorry"
The girl left the Office in tears.