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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
Big Partridge Story.

a Western journal relates the follow
ing: A few mornings ago Thomas Trees
went down the creek from his fathers
house to examine some traps he had
set. While inspecting his traps he
heard his dog making an unusual noise
some distance below him. On going
to the dog be found him lying on the
ground and cartridges sticking out all
around his body. The dog had found
a flock, and alighting in the midst had
pinioned ten, but when ne rose up
eight of them escaped, he still holding
two with his paws. Thomas secured
the two partridges-the others all es-
Gaping. This is an extraordinary feat
for dog, and only needed a word from
the young man to have secured the
whole of the birds originally captured
by the dog.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
The sohooI-Bool< Question.


Gazette.
1t is pleasing to be able to record in
these days, when the prices of almost
every commodity in daily use are adj
vancing, either on account of high tar
If protection, or from other sympathet-
ic causes, that there is one staple
which has undergone, and is still I'M
dergoing, reduction in price. We re-
fer to school books. There is perhaps
no article which has been the subject
of so much discussion throughout the
farming communities as that of the
school book. There has been much
complaint about high prices, and these
prices have generally been charged to
the publishers, but not rightfully, for
investigation proves that the publish
ers' prices are reasonable. The troubles
traceable to those retailers who charge
outrageous prices to make large profits,
and to the people who do not avail
themselves of the cheapest market.
The contract system inaugurated by
the American Book Company, of Chi
cago, the largest single book publish
ing concern in the country, and whose
and breadth of the land, has resulted in
wide awake school district boards and
close buyers of books purchasing direct
from the company at contract prices.
These contract prices are twenty per
cent lower than the former wholesale
prices.
The question has often been asked,
'tWho are some of the school-book
publishers, outside of the American
Book Company?" There are to-day
over fifty reputable school-book pub
fishers competing for the business of
the country. We name few: Cow
perthwaite & Co., Philadelphia; CHM &
Co., Boston; D. G. Heath & Co.,
Boston; Henry Holt & Co., New York;
Leach, Shewel & Sanborn, Boston; j.
B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia;
bingham, Maynard & Co., New York;
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York;
Porter & Coates, Philadelphia; Sheldon
& Co., New York; George Sherwood &
Co., Chicago; fainter Bros. & Co., New
York. Many others might be added to
this list.
The American book Company has led
off in cutting the prices of school books
where contracts are made with school
boards. We find upon referring to
their price list that they also offer to
send their books to any man, woman
or child in the United States. postage
or express prepaid on receipt of the
list price. thus placing in the hands of
the consumer, even in the remotest and
smallest village in the country, an
effective safe guard against extrava-
giant charges. We believe that print
ers' ink is too plenty, and good authors
are ever too ready to work, to allow a
monopoly in the school book trade. AS
school boards have the power entirely
in their own hands, there is no doubt
they can secure books at greatly re-
duced prices, by contracting direct with
publishers for term of years. Let
school officers take advantage OF the
new contract plan and put the best
books in the hands of the consumers at
the lowest price possible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

CALIFORNIA contains 156, 900 square
miles, and if she had 1000 more square
miles, three States like New York and
three more like Connecticut could be
laid on her surface. One-third of her
era, to speak within bounds, is adapted
to grape culture. which gives her vine
yard possibilities as great as France
would have if she were all vineyard.
The wine production of France is l.
400, 900, 900, gallons, while California
has only attained result of 1000, 600
gallons; that is, with an immensely
greater area adapted to grape culture,
she yields only one sixty-third as much
wine as France This indicates her
coming possibilities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
Idioms of the Day.

A writer in London Notes and Que
ries, commenting on Americanisms,
quotes the following words which need
translation for English readers: Can
dy, stores, mucilage, dry goods, sup
per, lunch, rubbers, clerk, fire rock,
bureau. an elevator, get up. hurry up
or hustle, say" Here are their Eng
hsh equivalents: Sweets, shops, gum,
drapery, tea (the meaD, supper, 60
loshes, shopman, throw a stone, chest
of drawers, lift, gee up, be quick, I
say. Gum, in America, is a confec-
ton TO chew
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
wild BIII,s Way.

1T has been a good many years since
I was in Denver, remarked William P.
Jameson at the Albany, as he prepared
to look over paper from San Fran
cisco, his present place of residence.
%The last time was in the city," con-
tinued he, II made the acquaintance of
Wild Bill, whose sudden taking off at
Deadwood is still mentioned in the pa
pers. A few months after leaving Den
yer I again met Wild Bill in Salt Lake
City. 1t was rather an exciting time,
for Bill had just killed a man in the
streets. The circumstances of the kill
ing were about as follows:
"The night before the ARRAY Bill sat
down to a game of cards with an old
frontiersman named Jack Williams.
Both the men were good card-players
but luck went against Bill, and about
3 o'clock in the morning he staked his
last cent and lost it. With some hest
tation he drew out his watch, which
was a fine gold repeater and was the
present of friend of former days, and
put the watch up against 5000. At the
end of ten minutes the watch was
gone.
Williams said Bill, as he arose
from his seat, put the watch in the
hands of the barkeeper, and will re-
deem it in the morning
"'Oh, L guess not was the reply.
"The watch is mine and I'll wear it
downtown In the morning.
"a wicked CLEAN appeared in Bills
eyes. He asked that the watch be left
at the saloon.
I'll wear it, was the reply.
IF you wear that watch you'll die, ,
said Bill, with a firm tone. What time
will you be on the street?'
"Ten o'clock, was the laughing reply.
The men parted.
"True to his word Williams .saun-
tered down the street at 1Oo'clock next
morning. Bill met him at principal
street corner.
q Have you got that watch on p
asked Bill.
Z have was the prompt reply.
Both reached for their revolvers,
but Bill was too quick for his opponent.
Two shots rang out and Williams drop
ped dead. Bill was unhurt.
Looking scornfully at his victim.
Bill Missed between his teeth. BY
I like a game man, but that's what
fool gets Bill was never tried for kill
ing Williams, and it is safe to say that
he recovered his watch. have been
told. continued the speaker, "that after
Wild Bills death it was found that In
the palm of each of his hands there was
a round, ca1loused spot, caused by drop
ping his hands on the handles Of his
revolvers. "-DenUer NeaOs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
Shetland Ponies.

The ponies are not an agricultural,
but domestic necessity. In Shetland,
as in parts of Ireland, every family de-
ponds for its supply of fuel on peat,
and as the peat is seldom near at hand
on the shore where the houses stand,
but on the hill behind them-there is
always hill in the rear in Shetland
each house requires several ponies.
After the peat has been dug and dried
it is carried home on the backs of ponies
in blankets called "cassies."
The Shetland pony is striking ex-
ample of development; for generations
past he has been bred, reared and
trained with uniformity which could
not have been secured in any other
part of the United Kingdom. Hence
his physique and general character,
his hereditary instincts and inteli-
gence, his small size and his purity and
hxity of type. A pony which has had
to pick its way down steep hills for
generations must needs be exceedingly
surefooted.
A pony whose grooms and playmates
are the children of the neighborhood-
who roll about underneath him or on
his back-must be gentlej and the
pony living on the scathold, OF air
sometimes, must be hardy. The pony
of the Shetland Isles is the offspring
of circumstances. He is the pet of the
family, will follow his friends indoors
like a dog and lick the platters or the
children's faces. He has no more tricks
in him than a cat and no more bite than
a puppy. He is O noble example of
the complete suppression of the vicious
propensities some of his kind exhibit
when they are ill-treated, and of the
good temper that may be developed in
horses by kindness. There is no prec-
edent for his running away, nor for his
becoming frightened or tired. He
moves down rugged hillsides with cir
cumspection, and in crossing Doggy
spots where the water is retained and
a green carpet of aquatic grass might
deceive some steeds and bring them to
grief in the spongy trap, he carefu1ly
smells the surface and is thus enabled
to circumvent the danger.
In winter the Shetland pony wears
coat of felted hair, especially suited for
the season. His winter garment is
well adapted for protecting him against
the fogs and damps of the climate. It
is warm and comfortable, and fits close
to the wearer's dapper shape. But
when the coat grows old toward spring,
at the season when the new one should
appear, it becomes the shabbiest of the
kind you often see. Its very amplitude
and the abundance of tho material rem
der it the more conspicuous when it
peels and hangs for a while, worn and
ragged, then falls bit by bit till the
whole of it disappears. No horse looks
his best when losing his coat, and the
more coat there may be to lose the
worse he looks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
Our Hearing and sight.

Pupils who learn %by ear, without
thought as to the meaning of things,
contrive to afford good deal of amuse-
ment to their teachers. Recently a
teacher in a grammar school asked one
of her boys:
what is the meaning of topaz p"
"A topaz" said the boy, ais where
the mules walk when they're drawing
a canal-boat. San Francisco -Argo-
1ld2Lt
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

THREE is no more trying business
than politics. Men of long experience
in the elections in New York watch the
the leaders of the different parties
with an interest that is more or less
gruesome. The steady, intermiuable
and violent wear and tear on the men
who head the big political movements
tell on their looks, weight and manner
so rapidly that the most sturdy consti-
buttons would break down under it if it
were not for the short period during
which the excitementlasts, says theSaL
The men who are so fond of tracing the
subtle connection between the physical
appearance of man and his mental
occupations should consider that one
reason why the successful New York
politician is always represented as a
broad-shou1dered, powerfully built
man with thick neck, a round head
and a plentiful supply of strength is
because about the only successful ward
workers in town who are able to hold
their own as the years roll by must
have a strong physique.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

TIE new automatic machine now
used for stamping in the New York
postofice will cancel, postmark, count
and stack the letters and postal cards
at the rate of %, 600 per hour In two
hours and two minutes it cancelled,
post-marked, counted and stacked 49,
$50 letters and postal cards, of which
81, 900 were letters. The machine is
driven by an electric motor, but it can
be run with foot power like a small
printing press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

They sat under the moonlight, with
elasped hands trying to guess what star
would be their home when they became I'M
a cold and they had temporarily to stop
guessing. They cured her, however, with
one bottle of DIR. Bulls COUCH Syrup.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

A NEW and lucrative business for
women has been opened by the anna
teur photography craze. Printing pho
tographs is an occupation for which
women are especially adapted, and
their work in this branch is said to be
superior to that done by men.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Now THAT the Louisiana lottery can
no longer use the mails, they propose
to utilize the express companies in dis
tributing advertising matter. Even in
that case they will be eheckmated, as
the law forbids private companies to
carry postal matter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

DARK-HAIRED persons have a better
chance in the great struggle for exist
ence than those of the opposite com
plexion, except in contagious diseases,
where blondes are comparatively ex-
empt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

PROF. E. STONE WIGaINs is at it
again. He predicts an earthquake in
Pennsylvania and the maritime prov
inces of Canada Aug. II, 1904, and an
other one in 1920.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

A CAPITAL of about $50, 900 is
said to have been raised for carrying
out the plan of making Paris port by
canalizing the Seine so that ships may
proceed from Havre. Another project
Is for constructing 4 canal to connect
the Mediterranean with the Bay Of
Biscay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Two HUNDRED AND FOUR American
carpet mills, running II, 900 looms, en-
p1oTing 5000 hands, made, in the year
1889, 76,8OO,00 yards of carpet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

s'Who is happy in this mundane sphere?''
sneeringly exclaimed Pessimus. 'SIhe girl
with her first engagement ring,o triumph-
antIy replied Optimus.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The committee for the erection of a
monument to William Tell has, by a
majority of nine to three, decided in
favor of the site in front of the Town
Hall of AItorf. The hero is to be re-
presented in bold and resolute atti-
tude, with a cross bow in his hand and
in the costume of the Swiss peasantry
of his time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

A WESTERN cowboy committed sui
eide because thirteen-year-old girl re-
fused to marry him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

a REPRINT Of an address before the
Franklin Institute. by Thos. Pray, Jr.,
shows an astonishing difference In the
cost of steam-power In different estab-
ishments, the range being from 81. SO
to 1854 80 per horse power for a year Of
$3.50 working hours. A great waste of
power from various causes is believed
to be very common in locomotives,
steamships, electric generators, etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Coughs and Colds. Those who are suffer-
ing from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, etc.,
should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.
Sold o1lLH IN bores.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

room. Each variety is used, from the
blushing wild rose to the velvety
Jacqueminot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Washing powders are strong alkalies, and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtalnable is
the best and cheapest. Dobbins' Electric
Soap has been acknowledged for a years to
be the pWrest Of all. Try it right away.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituaI
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities conn
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KK. NEW YGRk n.y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

THE mines along the Union Pacific
Railway now produce over 1,400, 600
tons of coal annually. and the owners
are preparing for a much larger out
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

WHAT makes that joy, that merriment?'
Rheumatic pains, neuralgia govt,
Salvation Oil has put to rout"
Salvation Oil for healing sent,
Salvation Oil, the Eniment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The Shoe and Leather Reporter is author
ity for the statement that cases of nervous
prostration are less frequent since low heels
came into general use. People who aresswell-
heeled'' ought to be free from nervous pros
frafinn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
MAMIE.
By HELEN A. srENHAUER.

HIS April morning
the snow Is falling
in soft, heavy flakes
that become patches
when they reach
the ground, which
they quickly cover.
I, Lulu Tomlin-
son, a professional
nurse, am seated
by the win dow
watching them, my
hot h 9 a d closely
pressed against the
cool pane to still its
throbbing. Though
my eyes watch the
storm my thoughts
are busted with the
helpless sufferer in
Al oIsosDs-o. 11.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Gazzam: see that the German govern
ment thinks of making North Alsace-Lor-
course, if it were Duchy it wouldn't be so
Frenchy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Boys to succeed at games of football
should be of proper age. The scrimmage
seems best.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The Reason Why. johnson: Why is the
moon often spoken of as the silvery moon?
Jackson: Because we get it in halves and
quarters I suppose.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

''That is a wise proverb," said Mr.. Hicks.
''What is it?'' queried Mrs. H. ''The girl
who goes to too many hops is apt to find an
early bier.''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Doubtful Conclusion ''Father, to-day my
master thinks more of me than he did,
How so?' ''Why. the other apprentice has
been caught stealing.''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Mrs. WInsIOw's SOOth tag syrup fer Chill
dFen teething. softens he gums. reduces imam
mati0A- allaJs pain CT wind collie 25c bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

A NEW YORK physician, who has for
several years been studying the relation
of eye-strain to headache, etc., in chill
dren, finds that cases of short sight,
far sight, and irregular sight often go
unrecognized until the continued eye
strain results in a chronic headache and
lassitude, or even more serious nervous
disorders. The most approved modern
treatment in certain cases of headache
is to order the use of spectacles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

An uptown man recently left his family
and has not since been found, although his
nose turned up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The best way to tell canvas-back duck
from a red-head is to look at the bill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

An innovation in the method of hand
ling green fruit at the port of New York
is about to be put into practice. The
new arrangement consists of a steam
heated wharf. In the past fruit has
been landed on the wharf without re-
gard to the weather, and when the tenn
perature ranged below the freezing
point great damage resulted. The
heated wharf will be 90 by 1874 feet in
dimensions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

You can't always tell the occupant of the
starched shirt by the gloss on the bosom.
Summer girls and summer boys.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Literary men do not, as rule, have head
for business, and so, paradoxical as it may
seem, they do not get ahead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Is is not surprising that man wanting a
divorce should find it dearer than his wife
was to him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
KANSAR

GEORGE VANDERBmT's ambition is to
collect the finest library in America.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

dressmaker sees a good deal of the
seamy side of life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Some men are SO stingy that they expect
you to pay rent on the place you occupy IN
their esteem.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Distant Relative.-Sick Man (making
his WILD: have no near relatives. have a
brother. Lawyer: Brother! Isn't he near
relative? Sick Man: No, sir. He lives in
Australia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Mrs. NICHOLSON, of New Dreams,
who owns and edits the Picayat7se, and
who is the only woman In the country
in such a position, is so quiet, low
voiced and retiring in manner that one
would never suspect her of holding the
place she fills. When the Woman's
Club, of New York, gave her a recep-
ton, and it was announced that she
had been made the young clubs first
honorary member, Mrs. Nicholson, quite
like the sweet woman who never saw a
composing stick or handled blue pen
Gil, deputed her husband to acknowl-
edge the compliment in her stead. She
sat meanwhile blushing and listening.
Mr.. Nicholson, who is the business
manager of his wife's paper, is big,
genial Southerner, with memory for
politics that goes back forty years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Carroty halr and turn-up nose do not al
ways bespeak the vegetarian.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

When a clergyman breaches from Num-
bers it is fitting for him to indulge in figures
of speech.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

What is your groorn's name Belle? Miss
Flutter: Barney. Miss Hititity: How ap-
propriate!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Flattery pats stupid young man on.the
head and he wags himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The literary Bohemian leads Czhechered
life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Mems sins, it is said, always find them out.
That isn't SO bad as if they found them in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

The world may despise kicker, but it is
interesting to note that it keeps its shins out
of his way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

Speaking of fasting, sailors have been
known to live on salt water for months at g
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

4 Night of the Garter-Christnas eve
since so many stockings are suspended there
by.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

If counting match is not declared off it
must end in tie.