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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

floating palaces go down from their
docks, blessed by hundreds Of WaY-
ing adieus, but never return to re-
ceive the wanderers greeting. Strong
men and beautiful women went on vOy-
ages into those vOiceless abysses, and
no messenger has returned to whisper
q syllable of their fate. Oh, the insa-
tiate nav of this beautiful sea, this
vast waste that has enguIfed fleets, ar
gOsies, and squadrOns, and rendered
no account of the destiny to which
she has consigned them. The unre-
sPOnsive defiance may well be chaI-
leEged, the secret depths be dared
Dear reader, brush up and brighten
your imagination and let us Journey
awhile beneath these majestic waters.
The riddle of the deep blue sea may
thus be solved. We viii journey deep.
far below the raging pillows, and bring
to terra hrma some tidings of this IN
discovered country, this unknown
realm. Look at yOn pOrphyry cliffs
and see how necessarily the clashing
waves break over them, these angry
waves, hvid with apparent passion at
the obstacles nature places before
them in the form of those rocky
strands and bluffs. Another and an
other swell, each in It's rage. follow
quickly, only to be broken along the
shore. Away beyond and above US
come the swells; higher and higher
they raise their crested heads. like q
caravan of breathing mountains, each
giving it's mite to crush the resOunding
rocks. We catch faint glimpses of the
surface and see it covered with masses
of foam. moving with a fury that evil
dences the pitch of excitement at the
thought of which we may we'll stand
and tremble. At the same time we are
transfxed and enchanted by the scene.
On the slOping banks where we
stand strange forms of vegetable
growth appear; some Of them have
roots, others have none; some grow
with their petals firmly adhered to the
stem, others are attached to larger
plants, and, like the mistletOe, draw
their sustenance, whatever this may
be, from the more thrifty fellow. We
see modified forms of these plants
strewn along the shore abOve-strange
forms, beautiful forms, which are a
thousand-fold more so when growing
In their gardens beneath the surface
When torn up by these raging pillows
the soft tendrils, "bOth bleeding and
torn, "soon show their cruelty by death
when removed.
We are now in the queer retreats
where the sea MOSES grow, and the
raging tempests cannot reach to in
trude, hence they are very seldom seen
in anything like their pristine grandeur
on the shores or strands above. Down
into these peaceful gardens we glide,
unmolested alike by the living monsters
of the deep below or by the raging,
clashing elements going to fury on the
surface far above us-alOng the stormy
slope which separates these beautiful
quiet retreats from the bowling beach
the drifting slope, where the sands
are moving to and fro with the ebb and
flow OF the water, and the fragments
ruthlessIy torn from the porphyry
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04
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well, said the old man to the boy
at4ne woodpile, what are you sweat
ing and grunting so about? You can
fly around like a young stud horse
when you're playing with the boys.
but the moment I mention the wood
pile, you're clean gone at once, amt
your"
But, pop, said the boy, "this wood
is awfulIy hard. "
Hard: why, in my day I used to
saw up a cord a day and didn't make
any fuss about it either"
aBut, pop, this wood is tougher than
it was in your day; for it's fifty years
older, you know.
Pop gave him a fifteen minutes re-
prieye for his smartness and advised
him to look out for brain fever.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04
Ed Upon the 49,.

The annual report of the managers
of the Pennsylvania Hospital relates a
very interesting case, showing how
benefacions long past have procured
unexpected returns in the present. An
aged relative Of the late Admiral S. W
GOdOn, Of the United States Navy, at
the period when the latter was a lad
and had just entered upon his career
asa midshipman, fell into the care of
the institution for several years. When
off his cruises the midshipman, led by
by his affection and interest for this pa
tient, visited him at the hospital and
often expressed his great gratitude for
the sedulOus care and attention shown
for the comfort and welfare of the pa
tient.
This gratitude was signalIy mani
tested when lie came tn make his viii.
after attaining high rank and distinc-
ton IN the service Of his country, for.
by it, after providing for those of his
kindred who he deemed had claims
upon his bounty, he made the Penn
syIYania Hospital his residuary Iegatee,
and, all the life annuities having now
terminated, that Institution has re-
ceived in cash IN three payments $28, =
95A. 80 and $50. 600 In 4 per cent, and
in the month of April Of the present
year the further sum Of S39, 900 United
States 1 per cent, in all the magnifi-
cent gift at present market values Of
over $113, Philadelphia Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

AN amusing scene happened in the
Sullivan County, EeHYork Court House
the other day. The wife of one of the
parties to suit was on the witness
stand and intrusted her baby to the
care of another woman, who was tend
ing it below. The child became rest
less after awhile and announced its de-
sire to see it's mother in notes of IN
mistakable pathos, which might be
traced to hunger. After trying in vain
to quiet the child the woman came up
the stairs and into the court, the baby
all the time yelling at the top of its
lungs. Judge Thornton jumped up
and cried: Take that child out of
court" The woman addressed needed
not the command, but continued to ad-
vance, and holding the youngster out
to its mother over the head of a promi-
nent lawyer, exclaimed, with fire flash
ing from her eye: Court or no court,
this child has got to be attended to"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

PEOPLE in the country who are an
noyed by flies should remember that
clusters of the fragrant clover which
grows abundantly by nearly every
roaside, if hung in the room and left
to dry and shed it's faint fragrant per-
fume through the air, viii drive away
more flies than sticky saucers of mo-
lasses and other fly traps and fy-papers
can ever collect.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The Bank of England's doors are
now SO finely balanced that the clerk,
by pressing a knob under his desk, can.
close the outer doors instantly, and
they cannot be opened again except by
special process. This is done to pre-
vent the daring and ingenious unem7
ployed Of the great metropolis from
rObbing this famous institution. The
bullion departments of this and other
great English banking establishments
are nightly submerged in several feet
Ofwater by the action of the machinery,
In some of the London banks the bull
lion departments are connected with
the managers sleeping-rooms and an
entrance cannot be effected without
setting off an alarm near that persons
head If a dishonest official, during
either day or night, should take even
as much as one from a pile of thou
sand sovereigns the whole pile would
sink and pool of water take its place,
besides letting every person in the es-
adjustment know of the theft.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04
1t Expressed the Popular Idea

Hsthetic gentleman-I presume you
strive to make each article suggestive
of its use in both form and decoration
Silversmith-That is our constant
aim.
Esthetic gentleman - Then why
don't you decorate your cream pitch
ers with pastoral scenes, instead of
the allegory of the old oaken bucket ?
Silversmith- latter is more
thoroughly in accord with the prevail
ing idea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

ACCORDING to recent figures the
people Of this country are longer lived
than those of Europe. In this country
IS persons out of every 1000 die each
year; in England the average is 20 and
in Germany %.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Hartford Comm Times, July ..
Instead of SIS in his inside pocket, Mr..
Benjamin Z. Peterson, coIOred sexton of the
First Baptist church, and who lives at 100
Barbour St., has $4,000 in the Phoenix Bank.
and he Is as happy as 9 clam at high tide.
The big sum OF money Ben received bv ex-
press from the Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany on Saturday, which he had drawn in
the July output, and instead of swelling his
head to an unusual degree, it has made him
even more pleasant man than he was be-
fore The Baptist church. people have con-
graduated him upon his good fortune and
said they hope his turn of good luck would
not cause him to leave them, 4 Times re-
porter saw Mr.. Peterson only this morning,
to whom he said he had only bought three
tickets in the lottery, and the third-a TWEEN
tieth of ticket 80, 561-was the winner. A
new house, good clothes for himself, wife
and children, plenty to eat, home comforts,
and good schooling for his little ones, is what
this drawing means. His friends while offer
ing their good wishes, hope the lightning viii
strike again in this city but a little nearer
home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

PRoF. SAMUEL CUsHMAN, apiarist of
the Rhode Island Agricultural Expert
ment Station, maintains, as the result
of personal observation, that bees do
no damage to growing or fair fruit.
"The juice of fruit is, in fact, injuri-
Gus to them, and they do not attack
sound fruit, but only bruised fruit, or
that which has been previously injured
by other insects.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

REV. R. Il. NASSAU, formerly of Phil
adelphia, has been living in the Ga
boon and Corisco mission on the west
coast Of Africa, and for several years
has been on the hunt for gorilla brains
for DR.. Morton, of Philadelphia, who
wants them for scientific purposes. He
writes home of the fruitlessness of his
long search. It seems to be the super
abundance of gorilla brains which
makes it difficult to procure them, as
the gorilla is too wise for the average
hunter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

A CASE of special interest to photog-
raphers has been decided at St. Paul,
MINI, by the Supreme Court. A pho
tographer named Rugg sold a picture
of Mrs. Ida Moore, of Minneapolis,
which was put on exhibition in improp-
er places, much to her discredit, and
she brought suit for damages. The Su-
preme Court holds that it is a case in
which there is ground for the recovery
Of damages; that the photographer has
no right to dispose Of pictures which
are the sole property Of the sitter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

THE invention Of smok eIess powder
has been followed by a counter-inven-
ton in the shape of a Smoke rocket, 4"
to be used to screen the advance Of a
body of troops. It has been tried with
snccass
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

ing each other up the sandy slope, each
wing with its predecessor in. tem-
pestuous fury, sublimity and awful
grandeur, the low sough, the moan,
the requiem, murmuring ceaseIessIy OF
the stored past. Oh, but what story
the sea can tell! Kingdoms, empires,
and monarchies lie buried beneath
those watery wastes; continents have
appeared, nations and races of man
kind have disappeared since the Al
mighty fat went forth bidding the
sea be calm.
With all the grandeur and sub1imi5y
of light and sound above, those be-
meath, if seen, would eclipse them by
far, making everything we have seen
insignificant in the extreme. The sea
does not give up its dead. Merchant
men and men-Of-war, once the pride Of
nations, lie there, their sailors and nav
Yies standing at their posts of duty or
off watch, in the cold embrace of those
lethean waters, fish, reptiles, and
hideous monsters their companions,
and beautiful grasses their sepulture.
Who has not stood by and seen. a
steamer clear. when cheer upon cheer
rent the air. without the heart swelling
high in the bosom. Many of these
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

There are women. and again there
are women, said WeIl-knOWn caterer
yesterday, and if you want to learn
something about their nature YOU
should be IN my business. What's
bothering me? Well, a short time ago
I went out to serve a wedding party,
a small one, and everything seemed to
go as smoothly as oil. When it was
about time to leave, the lady of the
house came out to the room where I
was uPerintending the walters, and
with show Of great Indignation, ex-
claimed
This IS simply outrageous
What IS outrageous 2 said L
The manner in (which you have
served this party
Well, in what respect?'
Put thus to the necessity Of giving
an excuse, she replied:
There isn't a piece of Haviland
among the china
"Irritated by this, exclaimed
Do you know piece of HaviIand
when you see it?
Receiving an answer in the afirma-
tive, I retorted:
Pick out a piece that isn't Hav-
iland.'
Well, the fngerbowls aren't the
best, was the next shot.
They're just as good as you paid
for was my prompt answer. I I'M
derstand your little game, madam, and
it isn't the first time I have seen it at
tempted. You wish, now that you have
had the catering, to beat down the
price, but it won't work.
Il gave orders to the head waiter to
pack up and left, fearful that my tenn
per would get too much the best of
me. She came around to my Office
afterWard and wanted to talk it over,
but I wouldn't talk, and toldethe clerk
to tell her so. Then she reduced the
bill, and sent it back with the amount
she thought was due.
Its curious that a woman can't act
like a man when it comes to a matter
Of judgment, but she can't. If she had
asked me in the first instance for a re-
ductiOn, I would have made it sooner
than have had any trouble, but I had
faithfully lived up to the agreement.
and had served five people more than
the number called for. without making
any extra charge, the entire bill for
that matter being an incOnsiderabIe
amount, and it aroused me to have the
service attacked in such a Transparent
" unjust way"
Did you receipt the bill 2"
We'll, 1 should say not. 1t Will be
paid, you may be sure, but was Just
showing you how qu6erly women can act
once in awhile; as a rule, they are tn
best people in the world to transact
business with. But their breaks are
so noticeable because so entirely differ
ent from those made by men. st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

P. T. BARNU1I's fortune is estimated
at 81, 600, coo, every cent Of which he
has accumulated since he reached his
fortieth birthday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

THEY use a clothes wringer for a let
ter press in one Of the largest Of the
Wall street telegraph Offices in New
York. The messages to be copied are
treated as usual until the time for the
putting of them into the press; then
instead of the ordinary screw press,
which it takes time and muscle to use,
the message and damp tissue copy
paper are simply run through a clothes
ringer. The rubber rollers answer
every purpose Of a press, and the oper-
alton is almost instantaneous and much
easier than the usual way. The ma
chine is placed at a basement window
and there is always a little thrOng on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04
KANSAS

Some enterprising Southern men
propose to give an exposition of South
ern products in some Northern city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The judicial error of which q man,
named Borras, now liberated, was the
victim in France, has brought to the
front an old custom of the courts Of
Venice. There, when a prisoner is about
to be condemned to death, tall, ghost4
1y looking Individual, dressed in long
black gown, walks majestically to the
center of the courtroom, bows soIemnIy
to the judges. and in a cavernous voice,
pronOunces the following not overstart-
ling words: Remember the bakerp p
Then he bows again and stalks away,
just 300 years ago a baker was exc
cuted in Venice for q crime of which he
was not guilty. When his innocence
was fully established the judges who
condemned him gave a sum of money
to the city, the interest of which was to
be devoted to the setting up and per-.
petual burning of lamp, known as.
the lamp of expiation," in the Palace.
Of the Doges. It is still burning there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

New RepOrter-''A Anything for me tc-day?''
City Editor New York daily Nothing
special. just walk up and down Broadway
and write up the pavement explosions. p
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

He: Man is tho only animal that IaGgns,
but It isn't necessary Tor you to laugh at
the time.
She; Man is also the only animal that.
smiles, but it isn't necessary for YOU to
smile as often as you do.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The popularity of DObbins' Electric SoaD.
IS that 1t acts right on the dirt and stains in
clothes and makes them pure as S1t0lg. at the
same time 1t preserves the clothes, and makes
them keep clean longer. Have your grocer
order it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Mrs. HayfOrk (whO takes summer board
ers)-''Now children, You must be very quiet
IoE week or two. Don't run and make a
noise in the front yard, and don't rumble
you doll carriages and express wagons
owe the stones any more"
Cnildren-''What's the matter. ma? Any
one sick?"
Mrs Hay Ork-'sNo; but some new board
eTs are conidg to-day, and they're all from
Philadelphia
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

BETSY ARNOLD, a sister of Benedict
Arnold, lived for years and years after
her brothers disgrace in Norwich on
public charity. When she was ninety
years old, she was taken to the aims
house by old Sheriff E. G.. Thomas.
Betsy made a great how-to-do about it.
and was so grieved that she lived only
a few months. She was a strong old
woman, and had much of her brothers
temper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Winks--''Catch me. going to Mount Fash
ion another summer
Minks-F'HOt there?''
Winks-'.No. Cold enough for blankets
every night
Minks-''Then what was the matter with
Winks-''They didn't have the blankets 50
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Miss Calder: Why is it that Miss Long
out is always going to the chiropOdist's?
Miss Gossip: I don't know, but she has been
IN society for 10 seasons now, and I suspect
that these visits you speak of form her only
opportunity to have a man at her feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

An Echo.-''When do you do your best
work, Mr.. Cynicus?"
Mr.. Cynicus: ''Neveri There is no mar
ket fOrit."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

To INDUCE country custom, an enter
prising Chicago hotel man has issued
the following advertisement: eff your
lungs are too weak to blow ont the gas
please use hand bellows, which you find
ia the washstand drawer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The latest contributor to the United
States conscience fund, who sends in
his check for 81, 900, is the same man
who sent in a check to the same
fund for $500 several months ago.
This looks as if his conscience was tax
ing possession Of him only gradually.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

the sidewalk watching the boys wiring
out messages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

PFiciLIy Ash Bi'ters Is a vegetable com
pop /, pure and reliable. Give it trial, it
viii help you.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Some of the census enumerators must nave
been born in P8dua.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

A New York brewer is raising chickens
down on Long Island and refers TO them as
''home brood
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The cOlored barber with a dull razor is Of
ten engaged IN cutting scrapes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

He envied Him.-Smith: See that man
fishing over there?
Jones: Yes, / see him.
Smith: Wen, I've been watching him for
the last six hours, and he hasn't had a bite.
only wish I had his patience.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

Oddly enough we call them grand-stands,
when they are built expressly for US to sit
down uDOn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

How Uncle jerry W ent Back on the Crowd.
Every boy of US in the village knew
Uncle Jerry Crawford He was a
dried-up old man, and never seemed to
get any older, although always COM
planning. The form of saIutation was
invariably this:
Hello! Uncle Jerry!"
"Yass, yass.
"HOw you feeling?"
"Eretched, wretched, thank ye.
I've heard that at least one thousand
times, and never knew a deviation but
once. A drummer who used to come
up occasionally from st. Louis got on
to it, and one day when a dozen Of US
sat on the steps of the drug store Uncle
Jerry was seen coming up the street.
"Isn't that old Crawford ?" asked the
drummer, as he shaded his eyes with
his hand
eyes"
"He'g the man who always replies
that he's pretty well, praise God 2"
ooh, no. He is the man who always
replies that he's wretched, wretched,
thank We"
"I may be mistaken, but don't
think So.
I'll course you are.
'N@-5 n @-I-SS ~ . w IL 4 II DCI l9AaO
that when he comes up and you ask
him how he is he'll reply as I said.
There were seven of us there, and
all we could raise was SIG. We hand
ed that out fast enough, however, and
it had been covered when Uncle Jerry
came along. We were on the grin as
the drummer called out:
Hello! Uncle JerryF'
"Yass, yass."
How you feeling?"
Pretty well, praise God!" replied
Uncle Jerry, as he passed on.
1t was about two minutes before we
could get breath, and then the drum
mer had gone with the stakes. An
hour later I asked Uncle Jerry what
he meant by such conduct, and he re-
piled
"Took me all day to learn It, and the
teller gin me two big dollars. "-Nsl0
York Sam.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The general run of wOmen-when a mouse
comes in the house
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

It may seem strange, but at nearly all the
seaside resorts this seasons you can see a
board walk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

By PROF. j. r. ELso1Is
WONDERS OF THE MIGHTY DEEP

4HE seal the sea !
the open sea {
The blue, the
fresh, the ever
free :
Without a mark
WI E h o u { q
bound,
1t ruun6th tn q
eaFUh's wide re-
giOu round
1t plays with ths
clouds, it mOcks
the SKIES
Or ike q Graded
creature lies.
Standing on
the s trand,
we watch the
rude, reient-
less sur g g s
ella s h ! n g
against tn e
rocky shore.
We see the
/ pillows chas-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The man who goes to a seashore resort for
change frequently comes home without any.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

If delays are dangerous the legal profess
ion contains the pluckiest men in the world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

The man who rides a hobby is the man
who Is most apt to deride the hobbies of 9th
ers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

''Iis wheat to be remen bered, - as a grain
speculator observed when viewing a pros
peCtive crop.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-09-04

A NEW substitute for suIphate Of
quinine has been found by NJ. VaIude in
the bark Of the panbotana, a Iegumin-
Gus tree Of Mexico. Either the the al
cOhohc 6ncture or a preparation OBJ
tanned by maeeration has remarkable
effect in fever cases.