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After few moments of pleasant con-
rersation the two men went into sa-
loon. The. Colonel said that he would
take settler. His friend looked at him
in astonisii,nenr.
Eve stopped drinking said tho
Colonel.
'.The deuce you have"
Eyes"
'Since whcn?"
eWell, l ha-ont taken drink for
several days.
Whats the msttcr?"
..Nothing, only I promised my wife
that I would not drink again"
"That's all right, OF course, but you
are not that foolish, hope"
at is not foolishness, old boy. I
must stop
when, just as you meet me: TalSea
little something.
II don't want settler, that's fact.
Give me a littlc ginger ale
"oh, now here, Colonel, don't whip
the old man around the stump"
'HNell, confound it, give me little
whisky said the Colonel.
"A few moments later the friend said:
"Won't you nave something else,
Colonel?n
...NothiDg else. thank you"
You can stand aHother whisky"
"Of course, I can stand another, but
don t.want one"
t.Wcll, hang it, let's take one any
| way.
.jsAll right, blamed ii care
| They drank. After about ten minutes
had elapsed, the Colonel said:
:. Suppose we try another onca.
/. .!Can we stand it,
STAND it, The Colonel laughed.
They tool, another one and seemed to
stand it. tso
s.Wcll, sir" said the Colonel, do you
know that feT drinks of whisky make
a man OF mca It's fact. My memory
| is better, my mind becomes more acute
After take fcw drinks can recall odd
little scraps of poetry ard little grabs Of
sentiment which had long been for
7 gotten. Here, fiji en- UP again. -.
They drank. i'i,'' ~ -.
~ promised nay wife that would not
drink again" said the Colonel. "
"Well, you maven drunk again" re-
piled tho friend. you've drunk whis-
9d.By George. that's good Joke" cx-
claimed the Colonel. ''.Haven't drunk
again. Haw! haw. haw! Old fellow,
you ought to start a humorous paper"
ic':I could run her and don't you for
get it,
..Well, l should say 50. Say, when I
eo,homemy wifewill not know that L
hage taken adrop.p
ls'of course she won't. Suppose we try
it again"
"Oh, I'm with YOU.
They drank.
81 don't see how these fellows around
town can. stand it to drink so much, !"
, said the. Colonel. 81 couldn't, / am
sure. In fact don't see why any man
desires to throw himself away. Let's
see, what remark was it that the Gov
ernor of North Carolina made to the"
"Haw! haw! haw!H laughed the friend.
! "That's good one. a little more Of
the, ,sa,no, please. = Well, he contin-
ued when the drinks had been brought,
there's ii ram CO.; aslthc Englishman
says
"a bloody rum co." added the
Colonel. Then they Leaned on the bar
and laughed. sre
Ao tho (,olonol vas oroii1t, to dinner, he
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STRICT sOBRIETY.
\ Colonel Flowers Failed to
&3CarTy Out His Pledge. i

81 HARVEY
BLOW z r s
pro IN fse q his
wife that he
iwto p1Id never
again drink * p
drop Of intoxt-
,ca'ti n.g liquor.
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Notice.
y IjGrDce

There will be a general . meeting
of stockholders of the River mont
Company, held in thecity of lynch
burg, Virginia, at Calisthenic Hall,
on Thursday, September 25th, at 4
o'clock p III. All stockholders are
expected to be present. in person or
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THE TINES Office has been removed
to the new building corner Third
avenue aud First street, southwest,
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VIII not cure everything. a. B. Ci
Tonic and. a. b. c.. Alternative, cure
Blood Diseases only. i''lS - :,
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extermlnates the microbes and driyesv
them out Of the sysi enl,i and ben
that il done Yon!csnriot have an ache,
or pain. No matteriwhat the diseass |
whethera simple case of malaria feve- :
or a combination of diseases, we cure
them all at the same time, as we treat
all diseases constitutiopally.
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BY order of the Board Of Directors.
3t.i'a A NJ. DOYLE : g
an23&sep2l Acting Secretary.
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o1dditiesI o.lLang,uage sc.

In recent. lecture a, professor Of
languages IN commenting on the diff
cplties, foreigners z Ri bad 70 overcome BET
sfores they tcaoeuid master 9pE language
] Hale mentiopsof the following phlioloi.
rgical odditiesge fIhe letter cf changes
/ loFereif1td cloycr,7 d smakosfa 81 1cromBa'
crrowd;ik asakesieyedr keyeda g changes
soni ingoIsongI4 rahsforns "a peap into, q
b pearH, isa Changes; q Hoes'anto1 q shoe I
afa1alkes bough bbqg t. End " n a4tcs ottfsF}
Winch: 'lzoGsI ~ s.'l4'9tI's ~ st 81
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"Well, l should say 50. Say, when I
eo,home my wife will not know that L
hafe|talsen adrop.~
Gs'of course she won't. Suppose we try
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s;,ng d;o a Slight sDiEere9apfnio,s,.9 i4a1T
.fsAs broker aadressesss Ifrieaa. .Tho! Is
about to Begin asletter;a9etti:untos e1i
"How carr gol1fsaH Honorabfe direc-
tor to a tnarii who hasdphe enough to
send him to khs gas YAS0ti
"Well. NhaE shalliI s&EiSitfi
sob, MY dear conf S6ps lRiorlaay thing
equally feomraonpla ..l,iky I'D se!s il,Iiia
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sd'.By George, that's . good joke" cx-
claimed the Colonel. '.Haven't drunk
again. Haw! haw. haw! Old fellow,
you ought to start a humorous paper"
6o,.I could run her and don't you for
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~ promised nay wife that would not
drink again" said the Colonel. 80
'.Well. you maven drunk again" re-
piled tho friend. you've drunk whis-
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occurred. The Colonel owed his friend.
After few moments of pleasant con-
yersation the two men won't into sa-
loon. The. Colonel said that he would
take settler. His friend looked at him
in sfnn is,ii.1i,nr,t - y 49,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
A True Fish Story.

Nearly a year ago Fisherman W. T.
Van Dyke, while pursuing his Occupa-
ton off shore, invitingly threw out a
fishing line with two well-baited hooks.
Presently there was a ierk-the bait
had "took." Van Dyke was hauling in
hand over hand, when suddenly the
tension ceased, and the line was grace
fully and adrOitIY whisked into the
boat minus both hooks.
Last fall Mr.. Van Dyke in eHptying
one of his pounds of his overnight
catch, discovered among his captves a
"pig" fish and a sea bass united by a
bit of fishing cOyd, which he readily
identified as his own. : hook had
penetrated the jaw Of each fish, and,
becoming imbedded there, the flesh
had grown around their barbs and thus
securely fastened them in position.
Thus held together for nearly twelve
month they had cOursed the briny IN
double team, held by single Irvine,
till death cut their thread of life in
twain.
The skeletons of this curious pair of
accidental Siamese twins. together
with the hooks and line which consti-
tuted their sole domestic tie, now
adOrn the walls of the fish house of
Mr.. Van Dyke on Ocean avenue, Oppo-
site North Bath avenue. Long
Branch NeJCS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE TRAGEDY.


was alone. I looked at my watch
It was o'clock. I pulled back the
shades to let in the daylight. 1t was a
wild Marc IN Orning; clouds scudding
before the wind, and now and again the
pattering Of sudden rain showers against
the panes. L went to my dressing room,
packed my pOrtmauteau, then threw my
self into a chair to wait For Edna's
sake-and for hers only postponed my
departure until noon.
Once a knock came to the door. It was
a servant bringing me some breakfast. L
signed to him to set it down and begOne
quickly, and locked the door against
further intrusion. 1t mattered little or
nothing now what the household might
choose to think Of my self-impOsed Sc
clusiOn.
sat near q window that commanded q
magnificent view of hill and dale and
winding river. The lights and shadows
seemed chasing one anOther-eVer chas-
ing; and as L watched them the principal
events of my life during the last few
months passed before my mental vision
like the phantasmagOria of a disturbing
dream. Nothing seemed real except the
| blessed truth that Edna loved me. re-
pe0ted to myself thousand times, She
loves me-loyes me-my darling loves
me.
A few minutes before twelve I went
downstairs to keep my appointment.
The library was dull, dark room, with
painted windows, through which no sun
light ever penetrated. The wells were
lined with welI-flled bOOk-shelYes from
the floor to five feet upward. Above,
dingy tapestry reached to the low oak
beams of the ceiling. I had never liked
the room. There was a ghostliness about
it that would have impressed even the
stanchest disbeliever in the supernatural.
could only imagine that Edna's reason
for appointing to meet me there must be
that, as it was the least frequented room
in the house, we were the less likely to
be disturbed
There was sliding panel behind the
tapestry IN one part, which had been
pointed out to me on my first coming to
/ the Orange, but had only noticed 1t
casually, for, as 1 have said, did not
! like the room, and only entered it in
| search of books, which invariably car
/ ried away to read elsewhere.
A cheerful fire vas this morning burn
/ ing in the low, old-fashioned CRATE, but
/ instead of going toward it, some strange,
/ unaccOuntable attraction seemed to draw
/ my thoughts toward that part of the
/ faded tapestry which hid the sliding
/ panel.
The desire to investigate it took such
! strong hold Of me that almost laughed
/ aloud at the absurdity of the idea.
! What could fifty sliding panels o.. secret
/ doors matter to me now? Why should
they even interest me, when in another
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
Laid o. Ona Trnfn.

"Put down room No. 80 to be called
in time for the 80 train in the morn
ing" he said, as he leaned gracefully
over toward the night clerk of a Mis-
sissippi hotel.
Case of life and death ?" queried the
clerk.
why, no; but I want to get to Jack
son before noon"
Hadn't you better wait for the 9 80
train ?"
what is it to you?"
Nothing but the excitement and
muss, and L shall probably have to
testify at the Coroner's inquest"
Il don't exactly catch on"
Come up stairs, please"
When they had assembled to the first
sleeping floor the clerk continued:
"Ihis is room No. %, as you see.
There are five bullet holes in the door.
Man in here last week wanted to be
called for that early train. Room No.
80 has seven bullet holes, but those
stand for two men. This new piece in
the carpet here is where a man fell and
bied to death. Down here"
"But who kills off these guests ?"
asked the traveller.
ooh, the other guests. As soon as
C44C JULIUS u cs4AN- E4LOCEAS cs44L+
bawIs out, Col. Shaw, who has No. 80,
reaches for his shotgun. Over in No.
% Judge Ravens slips out with his
revolver. Major Brooks, who is in
No. SO, always comes in a good third
with a Derringer, and the rest of the
fellows along the hall are always more
or less well heeIed. We don't care so
much about the niger, as niggers are
mighty cheap around here, but there
must be an inquest on the body of the
white man, and"
"DidI say call me for the 80 train ?"
queried the traveller.
"I believe so"
"Then it was a mistake. I'm in no
hurry. In fact, I like Mississippi in
general and this town in particular ;
and even if I get away at $3.50 shall
be sorry to go. just rub out the memo
randa, and if I don't get up in time for
breakfast you needn't mind sending a
niger up to pound on the door. .
NelU York sam.
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brilliant social events that have ever
shone in American society. The house
was part Of the old Frelinghuysen es-
tate. The interior has been remOdeled
to a very great extent, and cost a good
many thousands of dollars. The par
Tor is charmingly furnished, the pre-
vailing tone being rather dark. Fitch
ings, engravings, and bric-a-brac fill
odd hooks and spaces, but the most
beautiful pictures are where they
should be-in the art gallery.
Her home and charity are Mrs.
Wanamaker's chief pleasures in life.
Although judicious through the force
of the very instinct which prompts her
gifts, she annually gives away a great
deal of money directly or indirectly to
the poor of Philadelphia. The chief
characteristic of the woman is tact, a
trait which, everything considered, she
possesses in a most remarkable degree.
A story is told of Mrs. Wanamaker
which clearly illustrates this attribute.
Mr.. Wanamaker met one day a man
whom he had known in years gone by
and to whom he desired to show some
courtesy, so he invited him to call on
Mrs. Wanamaker. Now, this old friend
was primitive in his ways and rather
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
Allies Cold Bath.

A dainty little figure in brown
cloak, with scarlet hood, mittens and
scarf. A new shining sled on which
Dexter" was painted in glowing
cOlOrs. A smooth, glistening crust
over the snow, and q brown, curly dog
to race and bark as they flew down the
long hill.
Jake stopped his work at the wood
pile to watch them; he almost wished
that he was a little girl with red nit
tens and q new sled.
The sled flew down the hill, across
the little fat, and plump into the
brook! Allie gave great cry. Jake
dropped his axe and ran into the house.
"AIrs. Hood! Your little girls gone
slid herself clear into the brook"
Then do yOu go and get her out ]"
cried mamma.
Jake started, but the crust that held
Allie so nicely proved too thin for his
heavy foot, and he sunk In deep at
every step, making such slow progress
that mamma, who was watching HAM.
called out:
Gle down and roll, Jake-rOlI fast %
So down he went and began to roll,
slowly at first, but gaining speed as he
advanced, until, when he reached the
foot of the hill, he too came near going
into the brook.
Mamma watched him until he disap-
peared from sight. The brook was very
shallow, but the banks were high, and
the deep snow made them still higher.
Soon Jake drew Allie up, followed
by her sled, and proceeded to climb
out himself. Going up the hill proved
slow work, as he now went down at
every step, and rolling up hill wasn't
very easily done. So he sent Allie on
ahead, an5s he followed, drawing the
sled.
Poor little girl her clothes were
wet, and her shoes filed with the icy
water.
"Run, Alliel Run just as fast as
you can !" cried mamma.
And she did run, and soon reached
the warm sitting-room, where there
was bright fire. Then she was rolled
In hot blankets, and tucked up cozily
on the lounge, and being tired with her
run up the hill in her heavy, water
soaked clothing, soon fell asleep. And,
do you believe it! She didn't take the
least bit Of cold!
But now, when grandma gives one
of her favOrite lectures on the value of
cold baths, Allie fails to be convinced
and says:
well, if grandma had tried it as I
have, she wouldn't think it so very
nice !"- IVaUerLy Magazile
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crude as to social Observances, so Mr..
Wanamaker sent his wife word to make
the caller as much at home as possible.
As it happened, the caller made his
appearance Just as Mrs. Wanamaker
was in the midst of an afternoon tea.
When he saw what was going on a
nervous desire to get out only increased
his embarrassment. Mrs. Wanamaker,
seeing this, tried to calm him with a
cup Of tea served in a cup belonging
to q new and almost priceless set,
handing him the beverage with her own
hand. Of course the first thing the VS.
itor did was to break the cup. at which
mishap ne was rapidly dying Of fright
when Mrs. WanamakeT turned to him
and said:
"These cups are so fragile that they
are almost useless, and then turning,
so as to be seen by all, said: @See how
easily they break. and while speaking
crushed the cup in her own hand into q
dozen pieces
But to return to the Postmaster Gen
eraI himself. There Is abOut his Office
none Of the ezclusiveness that so often
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

The swan is the 1ongest-lived bird,
and it is asserted that it has reached
the age of 100 years. Knauer, in his
work entitled "NaturhistOriker," states
that he has seen a falcon that was 1872
years old. The following examples are
cited as to the longevity Of the eagle
and vuIture: A sea eagle captured in
17l5, and already several years of age,
died IO4 years afterward, In 1919; q
white-headed vulture, captured in 1905,
died in 1926, in one of the aviaries of
SchOenbrUnn Castle, near Vienna.
where it had passed rs years in cap
tivitv. ParOquets and ravens reach an
age Of over 100 years. The life of sea
and marsh birds sometimes equals that
of several human generations. Like
many other birds, magpies live to be
very old In a state of freedom, but do
not reach over twenty or twenty-five
years in captivity. The nightingale
lives but ten years IN captivity and the
bIackbird fifteen. Canary birds reach
an age Of from twelve to fifteen years
In the cage, but those flying at liberty
IN their native islands reach much
more advanced age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
THE LITTLE FOLKS
The ReasOn

Grandma Cfruh said 6. curious thing
Boys may whistle but girls must sing"
mat s the very thing heard her say
10 Kate, no longer than yesterday.
Boys may whistle OF course they may
II they pucker their lips the proper way.
But for the life of me can E see
Why Kate can't whistle as well as me.
Boys may whistle, but girls must sing;
Now call that curious thing
II boys can VIII site, why cam girls, toO9
II the easiest thing IN the world to do.
First you do that, then You do this.
Just like you were fixing up for O kiss
It's a very poor girl, that's all L say.
Who can't make out to do that way.
@BOys may whistle, but girls may not:p
A whistles a song with the noise knocked
out,
Strayed of somewhere down in the throat
Everything lost but the changeful note.
So if boys can whistle. and do it ven,
Why can not girls, VIII somebody UsI3
Why can't they do what q boy can dO2
That is the thing 1 should like to know.
went TO father and asked him why
Girls cOuldn t whistle as we'll as L.
And he said, The reason that girls must
Is because a girls singular thing"
And grandma laughed till knew she'd ache
When said thought it all q mistake.
They VIII make you whistle enough, some
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
Some Sound Business Maxfns.

Use every means to hold on to your
home trade
Great bargains can only be secured
in any market by being on the spot.
Always keep your designs and bust
ness from the knowledge Of others.
It is easy to sell goods if they are
we'll suited to your trade and bought
right.
Be courageous; drop your best friend
if he shows lack Of honesty and integ-
rity.
Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in your
pocket.
The man who borrows money and
then bOrrOWs trouble is in sheOl sure
enough
Prefer small pIofits and certain re-
turns to large profits and uncertain
settlements.
Study the history of current events
make careful comparisons of the fiuc-
tuatiOns in price, in demand, and in
supply, in order to guide your own Op-
erations by the lessons these facts i'm
part.
Difficulties, like thieves, often disap-
pear at a glance; therefore, always
face a difficulty.
Punctualty IN money matters leads
to prosperity and confidence and the
basis of credit.
In buying study carefully the wants
of your trade, and buy with that end
always in view.
Be polite, prompt, decisive, civil,
and Obhging to all your customers,
and see that your clerks do likewise.
Misrepresentation of anything never
pays, and when you tell your custom
ers that your goods are superior to
those of yOur competitor. when you
know the same to be false. you are
simply putting in the wedge that VIII
ultimately drive your trade away.
Remember that the golden rule of
commercial life is probity. Act, there
fore, honestly, uprightly. and con-
scientiOusly in all matters Of sEsde.
Never misrepresent, falsify OF. deceive
have one rule of moral life and never
sWerve from it, whatever may be the
acts or opinions Of other men. - ----7z
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
A seven-Year-OId Girls Composition.

The caterpillar is a craling thing
and hears all over his back and fannie
found one down her back and it made
me Grail like everything, birds eat cat
terpilars and give them to their chill
dren to eat. I don't see how they can
eat them. I know I could not eat
them, they are such horrid things,
they look so Oily and feel don't know
how. Catterpilars climb trees. the
other day saw a big, big caterpillar
and he was so hOrTid that 1 took
stick and kid him with it and threw it
away to let the swil man pick it up
and take it home period catterpilars
have 1000 OF more legs. he may not
have so many. and he may have more
the big ones have more than the little
ones / CESS that but don't know.
Catterpilars eat flies and other in
scets such as ants, miscatOs and others
like that. Also the eat leaves, plum
leaves and in short all kinds and som
flowers to. some have baby cater
pilOrs, in short all of them. Cater
pillars drink water, in short everything
they can get. CatterpiIars, I cannot
say much more about catterpilars, but
one good roOl IS never throw a CATER
Pillar at a man or anybody for it gives
them such a fright. have told you
all they eat, drink how many legs it
has and the rOOI. A caterpillar can
climb, you cannot. Ma be some Of you
can, / cant, but most Of the things that
a caterpillar can do we cannot, and
most Of the things that we can do they
Buffalo Express.