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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

hours The whole News was designed
by John Nash, of Dover, Kent, and
was completed in 1925. The court
yard is about 400 feet square. The
right side is taken up by the royal car
riages. Opposite these are the sta
bIes for the chargers, the harness
room, and several stables Of carriage
horses. Opposite the entrance are
creams and blacks, and the celebrated
thirty O-stalled stable.
81 suppose in no stable in the world
can such d collection of horses be seen.
All are over Is hands high, and most
over 163. The general color is bay or
brown, and white legs and feet are
cOnspicuOusIy absent. The animals
are all given names that commence
with as many letters of the dealers
name as practical, as a record of their
purchase. Thus Blackbird and Black
cap were both purchased from dealer
named BIackman, and Jouquil came
from Jones. All the names are placed
on iron plates above the racks. The
floors Of the stables are all sanded In
patterns, and the straw litter is fin
ished off with a neat straw p ait.
Against the posts are neatly arranged
sheafs of straw. There is a foreman in
charge of each stable, and to every
eight horses a cOachman, who has IN
der him a competent number of men
and an assistant cOachman.
"The horses are all clothed alike in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

by references to natural objects. and who
claimed that the pOlyfOrm monster was
only an exaggeratiOn of a special kind of
lion that once existed in Asia Minor
Human beings have a gOitre, a horrible
swelling IN the neck, and If q lion had
gOitre then the swelling might have been
taken by the unsOphisticated shepherds
OF Lycla for a supplement tary goats
head. But the serpent, instead OF tail,
did not admit of any naturalistic eXpla-
nation, and the chimera is now admitted
to have been national symbol. In the
treasury at CuriQm, Di Cesnola found
earrings, rings. and bracelets of gold
fashioned like the chimera, only that the
form of the lion disappeared entirely
and the body was purely serpentine, to
suit the requ 'rements of the objects.
These jewels were of PhPnieian manu-
facture, in the opinion Of all experts.
Tiffany of New York declared that in
them all the processes known to modern
gOld-WOrking were employed, and with
exquisite dexterity
It is to be remarked that the legends of
the Indian tribes dwelling on the AIissis-
sIppt about the piasa bird were exactly
the same as the legends Of the Greeks
concerning the chimera. Until Beller-
OphOn put a stop to its evil career, the
latter monster behaved precisely as the
plasa is reported to have done, sometimes
carrying of a fat COW, sometimes a tough
agriculturist, sometimes condescending to
triHe with its appetite by boiling baby
The Greeks, too. ascribed to the sphinx
a most Teprehensible fondness for human
flesh, which she gratifed in a polite and
cultured fashion. She invited people to
call upon her, and asked them conun-
drums, and if they could not answer COZ
rectly she ate them up. Gdipus, the
Turanian4 paid visit to her cave, and
answered her questions correctly, where
oh, ELL s-,A-~ Ii 8 L
her with his darts, all of which was made
the subject of a noble picture by the
French painter. Ingres. Notwithstand-
ing the weight eff Greek tradition, there
can be no doubt that with the Egyptians
the sphinx was the symbol of royalty
and with the Etrurians 1t was faithful
guardian of the tomb. Nor is there any
adequate reason for doubling that all
polyfOrms were symbolical, and that no
representation was intended of any mon
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

While some men were at work near
the Crystal Lime Company's kiIns,
three miles south Of Salida, Col, dig
ging a well, they ran into something
unusual. When down about sixty feet
1t became quite warm, and they dug q
little more when an opening appeared.
Upon investigation it proved to be a
cave, with apartments similar to the
rooms In a house. The first cave is
about twenty feet long and ten feet
vide, and the ceiling about ten feet
high.
The men had been in the cave only a
few moments when they became IN
comfortably warm, the sweat rolling off
them In drops.
The place where the well Is being
dug is the same guIch down which the
veins to the WellsviIle hot springs
run. and the intense heat In the cave
is accounted for on the ground that it
Is in close proximity to the ven Of
these springs. The walls and ceiling
are said to be smooth as If some one
had made them.-DeHUer Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
A Neglected CondEment.

An Englishman partakes freely of
mustard /; he VIII never eat beef, bacon,
ham, or steak without it, and many Of
them season mutton with it. An En-
glish tramp to whom you gave an IN
seasoned beef sandwich would stop
and ask you for mustard before he com
menced to devour it. With Americans
it is different. They never take mus
tard with beef, and rarely with any
thing else, unless 1t is very fat ham.
Americans deIuge their meat with hot
Indian and other sauces, but they let
mustard alone. There are few resuau-
rants that use q pound Of mustard 3
week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

ence of the belief that it was painted
image. Marquette's idea of it was that
1t had the head of bear, the horns Of an
elk, the body of a fish or a dragon, or
something with scales, and bears legs,
with eagles claws. The tail was fifty
feet long, cOiled several times round the
body, and terminated In a spearhead-
The paraIlslism to the chimera is
marked, and perhaps AIr- Miles may have
been mistaken in sUppOsing that the tail
was the bona fde tail of a lion. The
error is one into which almost every one
fell who saw the painting Of the chimera
on the famous Hamilton vase, which was
found near Naples during the NapOleOnic
war 1t is here given according to an ac-
curate copy made for the luseO BorbOn-
leo before Sir William Hamilton, the
English Ambassador at Naples, sent it to
England 1t never reached its destina-
ton, for the vessel fOundered, and the
famous vase repOses in some dark, IN
fathOmed cave of the Mediterranean. At
first it was supposed that the lions tail
was simply drawn with an eZRggeFatiOn of
its sinuOusness, but some one who mis-
trusted this view carefully examined
what was thought to be the knot of the
lions tail and found that a scale Of dirt
covered the eye Of the snake. Very
dainty washing revealed the mouth also
and it became apparent that the dragon
part of the chimera was not formidable
and did not offer any special danger to
the hero BeilarophOn upon his prancing
Pegasus.
The discoveries Of Gen. Di Cosmos IN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

QUEENSLAND, Australia, lays claim
to the greatest and richest gold mine
in the world. It is called Mt. Morgan,
and viii this year pay to its owners not
less than $6,OOO,O 600, with the promise
Of great increase when more com
pIetely developed. The gold obtained
from it assays 1913 pure, a test which
is believed to be without parallel. The
original owner of this property bought
it for a shilling an acre and sold it at
about one pound sterling per acre, or
in all for about $4,000. 1t is now
valued, Judging by the price of the
company's shares, at $5O,OOO,OOO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Why Are Hotel Cooks So often Fat3

Did you ever wonder why most
cooks are feshy ?" asked the chef Of a
well-known hotel "WelI, have q
theory that is held by many people to
be correct. Their unusual amount of
flesh is undoubtedly due to the alb
sOrptiOn through the nostrils s, mouth,
and pores of the skin of the aroma, or
whatever you call 1t, of food which is
being cooked. The man or woman
who, day after day, lives in an atmOs-
phere permeated with savOry doors of
cooking food soon begins to get heshy.
Think this over and you'll agree with
me. Philadelphia Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THE women Of the Russian teIe-
graph service are raising a great out
cry in the press against the hardship
of the law in force in Russia that they
may only marry telegraphists, and
that, too, only those who are engaged
at the same station, the official idea
being that they thereby, in case OF
need, would be able to take the place
of their husbands. A young Russian
woman writes to Novgorod paper
"I have, therefore, if I do not choose
to forfeit my situation, first to fall in
love with an electrical swain, then to
manage that he falls in love with me:
next to arrange that he is transferred
to my station. This is hard task for
a girl who is riveted fourteen hours
every day to her apparatus, and does
not wish to lose her pittanee of 72C
rubIes year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

neat red, white, and blue rugs of a
small check pattern, bound with red.
The initials Y. r. are on the quarters,
and the quarter cloths have the same
initials, with no display. The price of
the horses varies from e15O to G25O
apiece. They must be young and pass
a rigorous veterinary ezamina ion.
After being purchased they are thor
Oughly trained. The chargers have a
special drill In the riding school over
timber, walls, and hurdles, and are
also taught to stand fire.
@The coachmen have four iveries
apiece-the state livery, which is a
mass of gold; the epauIet livery, which
IS but a little less costly; the ordinary
scarlet livery, and the plain black liV-
cry with white waistcoa5s, that is used
on all ordinary occasions. All the
men live in the rooms above the
stables, and almost a military dis
cipline is maintained"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THERE were altogether about three
hundred distinct epidemics of influenza
in Europe between 1910, when the dis
ease was first noted at Malta, and 1850.
In 1923 the whole of Europe suffered
severely. According to statistics pub
ished by tho NoUoe Vremya, the dis
ease caused 9O8 deaths in London in
one week, and in Vienna 60, 900 persons
were affected. In 1877 and 1743 there
were further outbreaks, and the deaths
in one week in London amounted to
1000. In 1775 domestic animals were
first attacked by it. In 1882 10000
persons fell i'll of it in st. Petersburg
in twenty-four hours. In st. Peters
burg quinine is now served out daily
to the troops, mixed with vodka.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

traces of Phenician inspiration but there
is nothing from Greenland 10 the Hermit
Of Cape Horn which the widest cOnject-
ure can attribute to the PhGnicians save
the piasa bird. This remarkable object,
says the Chicago Times, was sculptured
on a bluff of the Mississippi, near Alton,
and was destroyed either wholly or in
part by a superstitious Yankee cOmman-
der of a tin-clad, who made it the tar
get for his parrots and cOlumbiads, be-
lieving it to be what tradition declared a
memorial of a devilish flying creature
that carried off bisons and human beings
with ease and devoured them in its bone
bestrewn lair. It is to be hoped that
enough remains of this sculptured form
to repay the Investigation of some trained
archseoIOgist, for there can be but little
doubt that it was one of those pOlyfOrm
symbols which the Phonicians left among
the peoples whom they visited. 1t be-
longs to the same order as the chimera of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
A Woman i'm The Case

There always is. She is the power behind
the throne. A woman s n 1Uence over the
man WHO loves her is often absolute. TC
WELD so great a power to guide, strengthen
and help her husband, a wOman's mind
should be clear and healthy. 1t cannot beif
she is suffering from any functional de-
rangement. How many home is made Tn
unha ppy. because she who should be it's
life and light is a wretcheJ, depressed,
morbid invalid Wives, daughters and
mothers, why suffer from ''.emale CONF
plants, which are sapp 'ng your lives away,
when DR.. Pierce's FavCrite Prescription
will renew your health and gladden. those
about you? 1t has restored happiness to
many a sadde1ed life. Why endure martyr
dom when release Is so easy? I'm its SPECIAL
field there never was a restorative like the
''FavOrite Prescription
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

He State Of Illinois
p SIS essed, until
within a few years,
the sole fraiI memo
rial IN existence that
the famous PhGni-
clans visited this
land in the most
T 9 m OF e antiquity.
There are many OBJ
jects made by the
Peruvians and Mex
leans prior to the
arrival Of the Span
iards which IA oW
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THERE is a curiosity along the Fair
mont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh
Railroad, about six miles above town.
worth noticing, says the Morgantown
Pa.) Post. Two sycamore trees,
standing about ten feet apart, are
joined together by limb fifteen inches
in diameter, and it's dollars to dough
nuts which tree 1t started to grow
from. They are the only Siamese
twins in this vicinity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

Cyprus gave to the world another repre-
sentatiOn of the ehimera in which the
serpentine character of the lions tail is
absolutely 1nmistakab1e, s VIII be seen
by the drawing. The coil IS something
which could not be found in a genuine
caudaI appendage of q lion, and the
snakiness of the end is obvious. This
finding Of genuine chimera was a sad
blow to a school of thinkers who have
been endeavoring- to explain everything
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

Philadelphia pa Item. January 81.

Eli Zane is a lucky man.
He has just drawn twentieth of the sec
ond capital prize of 100000. in the Louis
lana State Lottery and finds himself the
pCssessOF of $1,000. He cannot contain him
self for Joy. Eli lives at No. 1896 Thomson
street, and he was sensible and lucky
enough to invest, secretly, one dollar ia
tIcke0 No. II, 10 In The Louisiana State i Of
-SIg Al 10 Lc2s1 LLo. Nc 2lJO5gy0 pE1ze,
Immediately after the drawing, threw him
into great excitement.
he did not feel quite like a rich man.
however, until ne got the money into his
hands. Then he began to imagine that ~.
could buy up the whole earth.
cam 1 happy2' he repeated to an Item
reporter who called on him. ''VFeI should
smile! What do you expect OF a man who
gets 5000 for one dollar? Why, I feel -
E1ch as Croesus. knew j would strike Il7cF
# continued investing in the Louisiana
State Lottery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Starting in Eariy.

Chicago woman - How much VIII
you take and leave me forever?
Husband-YOu are not tired Of me so
soon, I hope.
Chicago wOman-No, no. / love you
as much as ever, but Mrs. Lakefront
is bound to take the first gold prize
for the largest number Of divorce de-
crees shown at the Worlds Fair, and
I'm bound that she aha'n't.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

Beatrice, and the Kansas City, Wyan-
dotte and Northwestern Road runs
through it. It contains nearly thirteen
thousand acres, covering twenty square
miles, all under an excellent state Of
cultivation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

TT is believed that the largest farm
ander cultivation in this country be
longs to Col. John w. BookwaIter, of
Ohio, at one time the Democratic can
didate for Governor Of his State. The
farm is On the Nebraska line south Of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

A PHILADELPHIA undertaken who has
much use for his telephone, has had it
rugged up on a dumb-waiter arrange
ment so that it can answer a call from
any part of the house.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Expresses His GRATITUDE.

Albert A Lawrence, Of Kirkmau, Ia, In eZ-
pressing his gratitude to the proprietoTs OF Al
LENS Lung Balsam, writes; 81 firmly believe my
wife would have died of Consumption If not for
the timely use of your Lung Balsam.' Buy the
81 co bottle for Lung Diseases
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

IT is estimated that the Indians now
living own an average of 466 acres each
of land. That gives the average red
skin too much to farm and too little to
make q successful Wilderness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

WASHINGTON people are said to be
apprehensive that the novel which the
widow of Gen. Ricketts, is writing will
portray some incidents in their lives
with rather too much vividness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

IT is said that one of the English
novelists is able to repeat from mem
DRY every word he has written, and he
Is the author Of many books.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

IN 1888 nearly 5000, 100000 bricks
we're manufactured in twelve cities Of
the United States. About 100000
were made in Pittsburg.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

A West VIRGINIA girl has saved
money enough to buy herself a gold
watch by trapping muskrats, skunks,
and other animals and selling their
hides
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

WITH a record of having buried 1, 300
persons, George L. Moore, an aged
undertaken of Guthrieville, Chester
County, Pa, has at last been laid under
the sod himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

AT a G.. A R. fair in Steubenville
recently $4,000 of Confederate money,
which was taken from the trunk of JEFF
ferson Davis after his capture, was on
avbibitiOn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
but, however, are

under the same management. The
head functiOnarv is the Master of the
Horse, at present the Duke of Port
land. The Office goes with the govern
ment, and is always given to man Of
rank and wealth as well as OF great pO-
htical influence.
The main entrance to the stable is
through the handsome gateway that
opens upon Buckingham Palace road.
In the quadrangle formed by these
gates and the archway leading to the
main courtyard are the Offices of vii
liam Norton, Superintendent of the
ROYAL News, with those of the Duke of
Portland and his lieutenant, Sir
George Aaude The main part Of the
work Of arrangement and management
falls upon Sir George Maude and Mr..
Norton. The former selects all the
horses. arranges the professions, and
has the general ordering of affairs,
while Mr.. Norton looks after the minor
details. Some idea of the work Of
managing such a large affair as the
Queen stables can be inferred from the
fact that there are 40 horses in the
stables and eighty men employed as
coachmen, groOms, and Outnders.
The head coachman, G. Paine, has
been for fifteen years in his present
position and for fifty years in the
Queens employ He always drives
the state carriage in which her Males
ty sits, and handles the ribbons over
the famous creams.
eve enter the Royal News through
the main gateway, which is surmOunt-
ed by a large clock that chimes the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

a penny for your thoughtsi3 exclaimed
Miss Amy to young Goslin.
go, aW-I don't want to E7ob Won like fl,s,t
doncheF know replied GosIin, and then ~
eo1ldn'5 see why everyone laughed so 71r.-
r0aEiOuElY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

The Buddhists in Burmah do not
consider the question of expense in
identifying their temples. Here is
the description of the new vane of a
pagoda at Rangoon: The vane is about
three feet by one and a half feet
broad, and thickly crusted with pre-
cious stones and lovely fans Of the red
Burmese gold. One ruby alone is
worth 5000 rupees, and there are sew
eral hundred rubies upon this beautiful
thing. On the tip of the iron rod on
which works the vane is a richly carved
and gold ornament called the Semboo.
It is somewhat egg-shaped and foot
in height, tipped by an enormous dia-
mond, encircled by many smaller ones
crusted on like barnacles. All over
THIS exquisite oval object are similar
cIumps Of diamonds, no other stone
being used for this part
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THE lash has never been abolished
as a means of discipline in the German
penal institutions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

The danger signal ones: ssHhat does
that red flag on the weather signal tower
mean?'
Smith: ST guess that's to Let the weather
clerk know he's IN danger
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

Maid: fFYOur wife is out, sir"
Hus band; ''Well, give her this kiss for
me when she gets back. Pm going down
town"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

MARK TWAIN has spent about $780,
600 in perfecting the Page type-setting
machine, and he is the principal owner
of the company that will manufacture
them. The machine is sixteen feet
long, nine feet high in the middle, and,
it is claimed, viii set, justify, and dis
tribute $4,000 ems of type daily.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

JUG TAVERN is the name of a pros
porous village in Georgia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THE mementos f an old love af-
fair are always interesting. Romance
never dies. The flavor of it clings to
the materials which aided in carry ing
it on. And so the finding of a be-
grimed and badly battered metallic
box containing a locket, a bundle of
parchment letters, and a faded ribbon
on the revolutionary battlefield of
Stone Arabia sets the imaginative
mind at work to weaving a romance of
the days of rs. One side Of the locket
was engraved with a monogram. The
letters were evidently written by
titled woman living in London in
1883 to her betrothed, who was a
Capt. Lowe, probably with the En-
'gish forces in America. The last let
ter told of the falling health of the
writer and of her wish to see her lover
again. It was received just before the
battle Of Stone Arabia. Did the lover
return to England, leaving the case be
hind, or was he killed in battle, and is
the package of letters so carefully pre-
served the abiding proof that his true
loves love was returned?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

It generally turns out that, sooner or later
every Napoleon of Finance bumps up to
his sOrrOW' against a Wellington of Justice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
THEY LEFT A RECORD.
THE PLAsA BIRD PRESENTED TO
THIS COUNTRY CENTURIES AGO.

0dd Outlines OF the Animal Craven on
Stone by PhOenicians VINO Preceded the
Spaniards - Resemblance Between the
Famous 'slIan-Eater'' and the Chimera
of Cyprus and Asia Minor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

In answer to the question, els the
bite Of the black snake poisonous %
Scientific american says: The com
mon black snake of the United States
is not armed with poison fangs and
glands, and consequently is not poi
sOnnns
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

THEY don't mince matters much in
the untrammeled West. The follow
ing advertisement appeared in a Kan
sas City paper the other day: Ply
sician wanted-ImmediateIy, to take
charge Of the largest country practice
in Kansas, in an eastern border coun-
ty; nine graveyards within the limits /:
no competition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

To cleanse the stomach, liver, and system
generally, use DR.. Pierce's FelIsts. % cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

RUSSIAN officials have decided that
the telephone is dangerous to the
state" In Warsaw orders have been
given that telephones be removed from
all restaurants, coffee-houses, and
iquSr saloons. Similar orders have
been issued in all other large Polish
towns.