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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
He Was the Leading Actor.

A stranger approached a village In
the Southwest and found a great
crowd gathered around the Court
House. He was of an inquiring turn
of mind and soon learned that very
interesting trial was about to take
place. The throng seemed to center
about a man of imposing presence and
proud carriage On him all eyes were
bent and to his words all ears were at
tentive. Pushing his way to this indi-
vidual the stranger paused and said
respectfully:
Excuse me. sir, but are you the
Judge?"
The man of imposing figure snorted
with wrath at the question:
Judge nothingI Why, I'm the fell
lar what stole the bosses"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
YE SAD AND soRRowFUL
By LOUIS n. GRILL, u.


Go bury your gloom and your sorroW
Away from the world and our sight,
And strive meath the sun Of tomorrow
To gather the beacons Of light.
Go mingle your tears with the waters,
And drift hem away with the tide;
Be one OF proud JOY Elovely daughters
That laugh at vain Grief's lonely chide.
The load is so heavy you carry,
lis all that misfortune can bear;
Throw on the duh weights and be merry
Away with your trouble and care.
Go sink in the depths Of creation
Your grieving, your heartaches and pain;
Endeayor in LIES busy station
For happiness, glory, and gain
Come ont from gloom cells Of the fearful,
And bask in the sunshine Of Joy;
Come breathe the pure air Of the cheerful,
And strive in GOVERNMENTS employ.
Come gaze at the fiow'rets now blooming
Along the bright pathway like gold;
Come sip the sweet nectar pertaining
The earth with It's sweetness untold
Ye sad and ye sorroWful stricken,
Misfortune's lone victims of grief,
The throb of your heart seems to quicken
Come share the sweet balm Of relief.
Come dwell with the happy who measure
The worth Of this life by It's mirth;
Come drink from the fountain of pleasure
That thrills with its comfort all earth
RICHLAND, S. d.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

the rocky coasts and tells man What's
mine Is mine, and I viii keepi" And
yet, whether long green pillows roll or
mad Whitecaps fly, the sea is free and
does as it wills, and receives all who cast
their lot with it as free also.
And the fugitive hoated onward to the
free sea-
The dawn had come and gone, the sun
had arisen and was beginning his stately
march across the heavens, and with his
rays obliterating the sparkling stars of
night which the nightingale sang to, and
which, mayhap. though far away, were
brighter and more glorious suns than he.
Gray light and dawn and sunrise
passed away. The river had just made
sharp turn to the left, and after struggling
with the bank on the right, had regained
its freedom also, and was flowing swiftly
onward. A long stretch of water. but
the curve had brought 1t circling south
ward below Sagnauck. It was flowing
onward to the free sea, but what Of the
fugitive upon its bosom2
Atlee, the constable, waking early
from his slumber, and desiring to gloat
upon his captive enemy, had long ere
dawn or the gray light stumbled his way
to the cabin at the edge of the forest.
Severed cords and an open door was all
that he found.
Eager to track his prey, the alarm was
at once given, and scouts were sent out
one this way, one that. Atlee himself,
with a companion, cut directly south to
the river, and laid in wait.
A boat appears in the middle of the
stream. The cons table calls to the soil
tary boatman to halt. The only reply is
q quick motion of the occupant of the
boat, and the fugitive is in the water. A
moment more and ne rises. A rife shot
and he sinks again. The boat drifts on,
and the swift waters flow swiftly to the
sea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
ADOPTED SON OF EX-SENATOR
PALMER.
Worlds Eair Fame Promised the Baby,
Senior.


Senior.
During their soiourn at the court of
Spain, Hon. Thomas w. Palmer and
his wife fell in love with a baby CAS-
lillian. the son of lieutenant in the
Spanish navy. They encountered the;
child and its parents at the seaside
city of San Sebastian, where they were
summering. An offer was made to.
adopt the child At first both mother
and father were averse to parting with
the little tot. Mr.. Palmer then pro-,
cured the young lieutenant six weeks
furlough, and the latter, with his wife
and child, went to Madrid and lived at
Mr.. Palmer's residence. They became,
so charmed with their host and hostess
that at the expiration of the six weeks
they gave their consent to the adoption
of the child. The papers were drawn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
BABY ON THE BICYCLE.

The COntrfvance OF a Minneapolis Mother
Who Is Fond Of Spin on the Wheel.
A continuance that has been seen
upon the streets of Chicago and In
other cities attracts no little attention.
It is the invention of a Minneapolis
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
Another Convert.

Small Boy-@Papa, this book says
that when an office-holder in China
gets rich the people cut his head off
and confscate his property, cause they
know ne stole 1t.
Great Statesman@@Jee Whitaker
We don't want any Chinese notions
over here. The Chinese must &C"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

Mothers Eye.

Anxious Mother-@My son, I saw
that young lady you admire playing
tennis to-day. She viii not make you
a good wife.
Adult @Tennis? Wife?"
Anxious Mother-@I noticed that
when she made miss she did not blame
her own awkwardness she got mad at
the racket or the bali. "-NeuO York
Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

lady who had 2-year-old child that
seriously interfered with the indulo-
ence of her fondness for bicycling. Bv
the exercise of q little mechanical in.
genuity she overcame all difficulties
and now the little one enjoys an outino
with its mother The contrivaneas IL 3
seat securely attached IN front Of the
handle bar, In which the child e
strapped.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

TABLE-FoRKs have been In use four
hundred years, and yet people can be
found In every boarding house who
don't know what to do with them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

the marks left by the grip of 3 strong
hand.
Papa, thought you said he was safe
in jail?"
so he is, my child"
Then how could he hurt me sop"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20
How to ..Fire,, Him.

following to young ladies who are
troubled with their gentlemen friends
staying too late when making evening
calls. IF an untimely late hour arrives
and you feel like telling your company
that little rest would do you more
good than his company. furnish him
with piece of paper, let him take his
pencil and request him to write down
eleven ciphers, as follows:
600 o O o. o o 900
Then tell him to strike a perpendicular
line on the right of the first cipher
downward, twice the length of the CT
pher; then strike a perpendicular line
against and to the right of the fourth
cipher, upward; then to the right Of
the fifth cipher q similar straight mark
downward; then q similar line to the
right of the seventh cipher, upward;
then on the right OF the tenth cipher,
downward; the lines are to be against
the ciphers. Tell your gentleman
friend to read what he has written. and
if he does not take his hat and leave,
call the dog
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

BRING up child in the wav h
should go, and when he is old Just hear
him take All the credit to himself for
his Yixtues -',''-' -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-11-20

A terrible mons er is It. nevertheless,
to all who bow not to lis majesty, Yet
free is it, and free it crowns each one who
comes to it. With merciless ca mness it
rolls its long billov- mp upon the shore,
bearing its seaweed and fragments OF
wrecks and with relentless fury it dashes
the shin to pieces, beats With rage uDon
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Eminent Testimony.

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher writes: 81
have used Allcock's Plasters for some years
for myself and family, and, as far as able,
for the many sufferers who come to us fol
assistance, and have found them genuine
relief for most of the aches and pains which
flesh is heir to. | have used Allcock's
Plasters for all kinds of lameness and acute
pain, and, by frequent experiments, find that
they can control many cases not noticed in
your circulars.
Allcock's Porous Plasters have been IN
use for over thirty years, and their value has
been attested by the highest medical authori-
ties as well as by voluntary aud unimpeach-
able testimonials from those who have used
them.
Beware Of INIT ations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for ALL
cocks and let no solicitation or explanation
induce you to accept substitute.
Allcock's Corn and Bunion Shields effect
quick and certain relief
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
The Purchase of Alaska.

Chief Justice Paxson, at the ding
ner given by the Clover Club of
Philadelphia, on Thursday evening,
March 20, to Mr.. Charles Emory
Smith, the new United States Minis
ter to Russia, gave the members a
genuine surprise in his speech, when,
after wishing the new Minister God.
speed, he unfolded page of civil
war history by relating some details
about the sale of Alaska by the Rus
sian Government to the United
States. "The United States paid
81 ,ooo,o 900 in gold for this-then re-
garded worthless and barren-coun-
try" said Judge Paxson, "but VIC did
not know what was involved in the
sale of what has since proved a
treasure. We were struggling in the
throes Of civil war, and the govern
ments of England and France we're
being moved by every influence to
recognize the Confederacy. The ac-
QUESTION of Alaska meant much to
the government. When that sale
was completed and the storms of in
dignation that followed Secretary
Seward when he paid $1,000, 900 in
gold for that frlgid country, all
through Europe was heard the ON
inous growl of the Russian bear,
which said palmer than WORDS to
France and England, GLANDS off, or
we will interfere and make this a
worldwide struggle" How many
knew what deep import was vested
in the appearance of an entire squad
ron of Russian gunboats in our har-
Dor? But Seward did. 1t meant
this: The Admiral of that squadron
was in possession of sealed orders.
His orders from the Russian Gov
eminent were to remain where he
was until this great question that
was agitating France and England
was settled. Upon the instant the
Confederacy was recognized by those
European powers the seals were to
be broken, and his orders were to
report for instructions in person to
President Lincoln That was the
depth of the import embodied in the
acquisition of Alaska to the United
States"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Best thinu He Ever Saw.

The following is an extract from a letter
written by Mr.. D. A. Reynolds, editor and
proprietor of the Herald, Lyons, Mich,
under date of January nth, $780, "You will
observe that I have given your advertise
ment position on the first page of the Herald,
while other proprietary medicines have had
to take the run of the paper. The reason
for doing this is, that upon receiving your
fcopy' number Of the cures effected seem.
ed similar to that of which my little son was
suffering, a case Of blood robson, or irritable
sores breaking out all over his body. To-
day he is entirely free from disease, and one
bottle of Swift's Specific IS. S. S. did the
work. New this is the reason for giving
you the position, as consider Swift's Speci-
fc IS. S. 81 the best medicine ever saw.
I wish you unlimited success in your bust
ness"
The above is sample of letters which are
coming to us all the time. S: S. S. is nearer
infallibIe than any remedy made, and has
probably done more good than any medicine
known to mankind. We will mail a Urea.
tise on Blood and Skin Diseases to all who
will send their address.
Swlft's Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Partisan Luxury in the Desert.

About a year ago rich French
lady visited Palmyra, and determined
to return its hospitality. According
Iy, Sheik Mohammed Abdallah had
a trip to Europe, with visits to Paris,
Nice, Monte Carlo, as we'll as to
madame's famous chateau. He
picked up primitive but most efec
tive French, though he never got
hold of the letter p. | will try to re-
produce for the reader his terse &C
count of the sensation that his Ori-
entail splendor made at the Grand
Opera.
"Barti-moi-a pObera. Don't lie
monde barla: Qu'est-ce que c'est que
ca? Qu'est-ce que c'est que car"
His simplicity was delightful. He
found nothing to eat in Paris. The
Koran forbids wine, and the water
made him ILL., He was received by
President Grevy, and the great bed
stead in the corner of his Palmyra
hut was a gift of M. Wilson. A
Partisan varn1sh was visible not only
in his speech, but in his house.
Paris and Palmyra do not mix we'll.
The roof consisted of unhewn beams
with a ceiling of twigs, in which
birds were planning to build their
nests. The walls were covered with
rough plaster. The only window
was blocked up with large stones.
Handsome rugs were stretched over
a part of the room. The only bit of
of furniture besides some boxes and
Paris trunks was M. Wilson's bed,
which was piled high with rugs and
blankets. On shelf were nargilehs
with pocelain bowls. There was a
good display of firearms, among
them Remington repeater. Against
the walls were hung robes of silk
from Damascus. The sheik showed
us all his treasures with the frank
enjoyment of a child. His brief
descriptions usually ended in one
way, with "Madame B" This
lady's notions of hospitality were in
deed admirable. Taking down
lady's wrap that was hanging on the
rough mud wall, he handed it to me
and asked:
"What would be the price of that
in Parish"
I turned it over, and, catching
sight of the makers name, read the
magic word "Worth." think that
we may now say that the nineteenth
century has done its best-or its
worSt.-From "Tadmor in the Will
derness," by Frederick Jones Bliss,
in April Scr16ner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Palmyra, City of Zenobia.

When Zenobia was born, Palmyra
was a great commercial city of the
Roman Empire. From the earliest
times, when tribe of nomads set
tied in the spot, doubtless attracted
by the phenomenon of a copious
spring in desert land, the genius of
the place was commercial. Gradu-
ally it became the center of many
caravan-routes between the Medlter-
ranean, the Persian Gulf, Petra, and
central Arabia. It's isolated position
always secured for it a sort of indie
pendence; but as early as Germani-
Gus it acknowledged Roman control
in general. Hadrian celebrated his
visit to the city by calling it Adrian
opolis. Later on it received the jus
ttalicum, and became Roman col
ony. When the Persian Sapor cap
tured the Emperor Valerian, in the
year 25S A. D., we hear of certain
Palmyrene, called Odenatus, sending
propitiatory gifts to the Eastern con-
queror. Odenatus then enjoyed the
honorable Roman title of Consular
a title which may have just been
conferred in person by Valerian-
However. Sapor refused the gifts,
and Odenatus, who always had an
eve to the main chance, promptly
Joined his forces with those of the
weak Emperor Gallienus, who seem
ed a promising sort of suzerain, and
the united armies were soon vlctoli
Gus over Sapor. Odenatus was
named Supreme Commander in the
East, and though he was looked up
on at Rome as subject of the En-
pire, yet within his own wide realm
he was practically sovereign. Our
interest in him, of course, is merely
for his wife's sake. Aurelian gives
i Zenobia the credit of her husband
successes. At any rate, the assas-
sination of Odenatus made no differ
ence in the power which radlateo
from Tadmor in the wilderness, ex
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Cheap Excursions to Kansas and
the West.

For a number of years the people
of the East have had no good oppor-
tunity to visit the farming and stock
country in the West during the
spring time at low railroad rates. but
this year the Santa Fe Route, Atchl-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
has decided to give such an opPor-
tunitv. and will sell excursion tickets
on the dates named below, at such
low rates that the cost of the trip
will be within the reach of any per-
son who thinks of going West to pur-
chase a farm. The two dates fixed
upon for these cheap excursions ire
Tuesday, April ~, Tuesday, May
20. The tickets will be sold On
these two dates, and will be god
for return for 80 days from the dite
of sale. On these rates you an
reach any point OH the Santa Fe
System in Kansas, Indian Territory,
Texas, Colorado, New Mexi:o.
Through trains run from Chicago
and from Kansas City over tie
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.
r. Jno. J. Byrne, Assistant GenF-
al Passenger Agent, Chicago, II.
H. N. Butterfeld, Wisconsin Pas.
Agent, Rialto Building, Chicago,
III. ow43.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
Christian Union.

Any person who desires to keep in
formed of the religious. moral, educa-
tional and other general interests of the
times, would do we'll to subscribe tor
Christian Union. In addition to the
current news of what is transporting in
this country, in the interests here men
toned, the Union has weekly intelli-
gent summary, of the national events,
transporting in Europe. All who de-
sire to keep informed in the great move.
ments, which are agitating the people
of this and other nations, should take
the Christian Union. Subscription
SO per year. Address Christian I'm
ion, No., 30 Lafayette Place New
York City.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03

On recent visit to Iowa, Mr.. K.
Dalton Of Leray, Russell Co, Kansas,
called at the laboratory Of Chamber
lain & Co., Des Nloines, to show his
sixFEyear old boy, whose life had~s been
saved by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
it having cured him of severe attack
of Group Mr.. Dalton is certain that
it saved his boys life and is enthusiast
tic in his praise of the Remedy. He
says it has an excellent reputation in
his vicinity; that farmers come fifteen
miles to his store for it and that many
of them, like himself, are never without
it in their homes. For sale by j. B.
Stark weather & Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03

cept that this increased until it was
felt through Syria, Egypt, Mesopot-
omia. and in Asia Minor as far as
Ancyra. After few years of actual
royalty Zenobia decided to assume
the name of it as we'll. Coins were
struck in her own name and that of
her son, with no reference to the
Empire. From "Tadmor in the
Wilderness" by Frederick Jones
Bliss, in April Scribner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-03
She was completely Cured.

A daughter of my customer suffered from
suppressed menstruation, and her health
was completely wrecked. At my sugges-
ton she used one bottle of Bradfeld's Fe
male Regulator, which cured her. j. w
Hellums, Water Valley. Miss.
Write the Bradfeld Regulator Co., At
lanta Ca, for further particulars. Sold
by Woodward & Conley druggist 4w4S
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For rheumatism there Is nothing bt-

For rheumatism there is nothing bt-
ter than Chamberlain's Pain Bah.
The prompt relief which it affords is
alone worth many times, its cost, with
is but fifty cents per bottle May
very bad cases have been permanently
cured by it. For sale by j. B. STAR
weather & Co.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

Bogota, the most energetic Yankee would
soon lose his vaunted "vim" and become
utterly shiftless under the influence of the
tropic sun in the humid low lands near the
equator.
Mr.. Scruggs, late Consul from the United
States to Colombia, from whom much of the
data am using has been derived, says that
though pure and exhilarating, this climate
/ is not conducive to longevity, or to mental
activity. He adds: "a man, for instance,
who has been accustomed to eight hours
daily labor in New York or Washington,
will here find it impossible to apply himself
closely more than five hours each day. If
he exceeds that limit, ominous symptoms of
nervous prostration will be almost sure to
follow"
have, myself, observed the same thing
in other high attitudes of the far South, that
people of ordinarily calm temperament
when in the North, speedily find themselves
mere bundles of nerves, strung to such ten
sion as to induce excessive irritability, in
somnia, and mental exhaustion, even with
out any special strain, mental or physical.
This old Bogota somehow presents an ap-
pearance of unusual picturesqueness, though
in land where all things are as quaint As
was Egypt in the days of Moses. Its mar
row and crooked streets, winding uphill
and down, are paved with the sharpest of
small stones, that make pedestrians feel
like penitential pilgrims on their way to
Mecca with peas in their shoes; and in the
middle of each street is cut a deep ditch or
channel. through which the melted SHOWS
of the nearby mountains dance in noisy
rivulets. The city has a population Of
something over 100, 900, and in many re-
spects is quite modern, in others fully 200
years behind the times.
HOW THE HOUSES ARE BUILT.
Its white walled casas are mostly of one
story, with projecting roofs of red tiles, and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

green painted windows latticed like those
of prisons, between whose bars one sees
peering eyes, the beautiful, dark eyes of
Colombian women, full of wondering Curl
osity at sight of "las estrangeras Ameri-
canas." Though built of adobe, and unpre-
possessing in outside appearance, there are
many elegant homes in Colombia's capital,
spacious and we'll furnished. The prevail
ing style Of architecture is, of course, that
which the Moors bequeathed to the early
Spaniards, every house like fort, its bare,
blank walls, built flush with the pavement
carefully concealing from the passerby every
trace of home life; while within are bloom
and beauty, sunshine and cheerfulness
Those casas that e1ult in the luxury of q
second story, and there are more of them in
Bogota than one often finds in Spanish
American city, have no windows on the
ground floor, the rooms fronting the street
being used for shops, warehouses and
stables, for the proprietors and their families
always prefer to live above.
Even the biggest and grandest of these
houses have never more than one entrance,
and that consists of pair of enormous
double doors, often elaborately carved, open
ing upon narrow passage paved like the
street, which leads into the central court, or