Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-18
GOD HELP THE RICH,
THE POOR CAN BEG.


From the Shah of Persia to the bride.
large photograph album, containing pic
lures of himself.
From the President of the United States,
cable message asking God to keep the
Queen in the hollow Of his hand when not
otherwise engaged.
From Prince Bismarck, a red message,
marked Collect.
From the editor Of Punch. paid-up sub
scriptiOn to the paper for one year.
From the Lord Mayor Of London, box Of
caramels from BUYERS, whose ad. will be
found elsewhere in this paper.
From the regular local hum Orist, who
always sends something extremely funny
to the groom, and then sinks again into OBJ
security, one jumping jack, price Sd,
But space fOrbidS a full description of the
wedding presents, and 1 pass on to speak
Of other matters.
L ran across Bret Harte the other day at a
reception and reprOached him for some re-
marks once made by him which reflect upon
me. told him that it was hardly fair for
him to build up his own reputation at the
expense Of mine. / do not play euchre
especially with a Chinaman, and I made
him admit right there before every one
that he did not mean any disrespect when
he said:
And gazed upon Nye and Nye gazed upon me,
And he rose with a sigh and he said:
We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor,
And he went for that heather Chinee.
MIR. Harte's hair is now white, also his
nustache, but his face is ruddV. He has
shaved of side Whiskers he used to wear,
and his eyeglasses dangle by a sGring.
/ He does not seem to have lost any Of his
| American ways-at least I did not notice
| that he had done so.
Speaking of euchre and kindred games
! reminds me of a little incident which oc-
| CURED on the steamer coming over from
/ America. You see on an ocean steamer a
/ miniature world There are various kinds
| of people from everywhere all thrown to-
/ gether for week, perhaps, and naanilesting
/ their queer characteristics.
] On hoard the steamer few daVs ont
/ from New York our s6Cker gave up to the
/ heat and died. He was brought on deck to
/ get what air there was for we were in the
/ gulf stream, and even the passengers painted
| in the shade. Inside the smOking-rOom a
/ party Of men were playing poker and an
/ interesting Jackpot was in the center OF
/ tn e table. Red. white. and blue chips were
! pOk6d forward one after another till spec
/ tatOrs held their breath. Outside the stOKer
| was gasping at long intervals and waiting
| for death.
At this moment the fresh young man
/ with the kodak camera came along He Is
/ everywhere this summer with his little kO-
dsF He is even in Paris and London max
ing views of respectable American citizens
VINO are abroad. for the purpose OF having
q middling good time and not Tor the pur-
j pose Of having their pictures taken. In Iaet'
/ they would pay small bonus not to have
their pictures taken sometimes.
Well. the breezy youth got ready and
/ with a good light on the face of the dying
/ man. was about to enrich his collection.
when a gentleman from New Orleans who
really had the best 6anu Tor the jack pot
I saw the performance. He rose with a laugh,
and throwing down his hand face up. so as
/ to lose the jack pot, he went to the port
/ hole and said: Young man. if you do that
/ I viii throw you and your cursed concer-
tina into the hungry sea may be a wicked
/ man. 1 play poker, and am somewhat
/ unrageneEatss but if you dare to photo
/ g apu that pOOF.devil on the shores Of eser-
| nifty. just to brag about 1t when you get
home. you win in less than two minutes
make the loud6st Dlunk that the Atlantic
Ocean has been the recipient Of for some
/ time
He then resumed his wicked game Of
/ draw.
/ Ihave Just met the man you always meet.
/ who knows you and who holds on TO your
hand and makes you guess who he Is. he
is generally a man you do not know and
/ are glad Of 1t. He holds you and lets you
/ suffer while you try TO recall the place
where y0u saw his disagreeable face. and
/ friends are waiting for you. You look st
! your watch with one hand while the other
/ is gently paUUOilsd in his grasp, he looked
I at me as a famished uum4d1an coon rom
/ Georgia looks into the bright red heart o.
/ q laughing watermelon and wished 4 had
not been 50 foolish as to leave my DEzSht