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Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
Marching BY Compass Bearfnp..

The General commanding at Alder
shot has directed that the early even
ings OF the new year are to be made use
OF to exercise officers and sergeants in
the novel practice of marching on COM
pass"bearings by night The officers
and sergeant Of each battalion are to be
assembled as soon as darkness sets in.
arrangements having previously been
made to show light-for ten minutes
or quarter of an hour-at a point some
distance of, but clearly visible from tho
point OF assembly. The necessary COM
pass bearings and other precautions hav-
Ing been taken, the parties are to en-
deavor to reach the spot where the light
was shown. From battalions the prac-
tlce Is to develop into marching by
br1gades, the Fox hills on one side of
the camp and Caesar's camp on the other
being indicated as the two sites % be
used.-London ADVERTISER.
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
THE LOVE OF HuMBuG

How the Human Family Is Beguiled hv
Shams and Pretenders.
II one may be INDUCED in the use of
little slang, it makes wise man tired
to see how persistently his compeersr run
after and are beguiled by the latest
shams' and seem never so happy as when
they are being deceived. Especially is
this trait noticeable in the matter of
physical ailments. The family physi-
clan may measure out his prescribed
doses of quinine or senna, give the
patient plain, practical talk, and de-
part with the consciousness of duty done
and the certainty that the subject will
leave the powders untouched on the
mantel, unless he becomes frightened.
and that his reputation as a physician
will suffer in consequence. But let
some travelling fakir come along, pitch
his tent, swing out his flag, with ringing
OF bells and blowing of horns, and lol
the public is at his feet ready to be-
healed, willing to swallow the most
nauseous mixtures, if only thew be
christened with unpronounceable and
untranslatable names, anxious to nav
double the fees of a respectable, respon-
sible physician, and bold to assert after
weeks diet of bread pills and rain wa
ter sweetened with molasses, that thew
are perfectly cured of imagined all
ments, and are urgent that their friends
shall share in their good fortune.
Science doesn't always receive the
support of the universal public; hum.
buggery does. The street wizard, with
tangled hair and picturesque garb, can
extract teeth painlessly by the same
process which nearly murders the
patient ii performed by an educated
dentist, dressed in nineteenth century
clothes and located in well-appointad
Office. The noble aborigine, in war
paint and feathers, dealing out mystic.
oils, will carry off all the spare change
OF community, while the village phv-
slclan grows poverty-stricken. The
dealers in patent medicines roll in
wealth; the vailed sibyl who prescribes
to her mystified devotees from dark
ened closet, gathers in the shekels: and
II the commonplace physician means TO-
hold his own he will soon be compeled
to label his Walls with cabalistic char
acters, consecrate them with mystic
passes and mutter ''abracadabra'' over
them as he gives them into the patients
hand. The common sense which a man
uses in the selection of suitable coat
or hat seems to desert him utterly when
any trit1ing ailment attacks him. His
intellect wavers, and superstition, that
cunning fend always lying in wait for
humanity, betrays him unresisting into
the tolls of the mountebank. We can
not change human nature with our OK
ofdiums, but we can at least make it
alive to its own weaknesses and inoon-
sistencies. Sentinel.
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
WHY2


1ne good We do is seldom known.
Why?
Our wrongs to all the world are shown.
Why?
Oor children, who so we'll behave
Wnen were alone, will kick and cave
W men comp'ny comes, and wildly rave.
Why?
The largest fishes all fall back.
Why?
We find the small end of the tack.
Why?
Death, in his blind, imperious sway,
Steals men of sterling worth each day
And lets quite useless mOrtals stay.
Why?
The person you may chance to owe
Why?
viii meet you everywhere you go.
Why?
But he who's owing you keeps clear,
ana, though you arch him far and near
You meet him scarcely once year.
Why?
The biggest fruit is at the top.
Why?
And good resolves are first to flop.
Why?
The babies laugh while It is light,
But in the watches of the night
They wildly cry with all their might
Why?
The first time that a man may we'd
Why?
His purse is by the parson bled.
Why?
But let that same man wed again,
The chances are the parson then
Will get lone" instead of ''ten."
Why2
In summer when for rain we pray
Why?
The skies are clear day after day.
Why?
But when picnic party meets
Within the forests calm retreats
The rain comes down in drowning sheets
Why?
Chicago Herald
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
PRESENCE or MIND.
IL Was Shown by . Gold-Digger Unde1
Trying circumstances.

It Was Shown by 3 Gold-Digger Unde1
Trying Circumstances. rss%
have heard of many striking exhibi-
tions of presence of mind in the face Of
sudden danger, but here is an instance
Of it which beats every thing of the kind
that has ever come under my notice. ]
can vouch for the truth of the story.
An Australian ''forty-niner," who had
struck it fairly rich at the gold diggings,
was taking his nuggets and dust to Mel.
bourne. He was walking along by the
side OF his team with his rifle under his
arm, indulging in pleasant speculations
concerning the good time he would have
after he had sold his gold, when
stranger appeared on the road, and &C.
costing him, said:
''Give us piece of 'baccy, mate"
Those were days when people, espe
oially those who had been to the dig.
gings, didn't stand on ceremony. Sus,
recting no treachery, the miner thrusta
hand into his pocket to get chunk OF
the much-prized weed.
In moment the muzzle of q pistol
was thrust against his forehead, and the
stranger shouted:
Bail up!''
The stranger was bush ranger. and
that was the way bush rangers ordered
their victims to throw up their hands
before going through them.
Without pausing an instant, although
he knew that the bush ranger had onlv
to exercise little gentle pressure with
his forf1nger to blow him into eternitv.
the miner bawled out at the TOP of his
voice:
''Bobr'
There was no ''Bob'' around there. It
was ruse conceived by the miner in
the fraction of second and Immediate
~ put into execution to distract the at
tention OF the bush ranger: 1t worked.
Ihe bush ranger thought the miner was
calling companion to his assistance.
he looked around to catch a glimpse OF
the fictitious :::Bob." That was tho
miners opportunity. Quick as a flash
he swung his left arm and knocked the
pistol out of the bush rangers grasp.
Then he brought his rifle to his shoulder
and leveled it at the bush rangers
head. In much less time than it takes
to tell 1t the situation had been com.
pletely reversed. The bush ranger was
at the mercy of the miner.
"Now," said he, 'you scoundrel, just
fold your hands behind your back and
march ahead Of me; if you move or try
to run away I'll save the hangman a lob
by letting daylight through you"
In that way the miner escorted the
bush ranger into town and handed him
over to the police.-Toledo Blade.
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19

why, what's the matter?'' he asked.
Then he happened to think Of some thing
that as0ttounded him. ''Why, love you,
Dorotny,' he said. Didn't you know
it7 cant you care for me, Dorothy?
Tell me, darling?" s.$"sss :,
ana Dorothy's confused answer was
such that the condition in old Mr..
Worthlngton's will was satisfied. Isabel
Ledyrol, in N. Y. Ledger. r. s*'
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19
DEGRADED SAVAGEs.
Things Told by DR.. Carl Lumholtz About
Queensland Cannibals.

Things Told by DR.. Carl Lumholtz About
Queensland Cannibals.
Beauty exists rarely among cannibals;
in fact, their features are distorted and
contracted as if the ligatures of their
faces had been cut when thev were chill
dren like those of the horrible Nero in
Hugo's "L'Homme qui Rit."
1t is on account of their unhealthy
food that children are weaned late, and
1t even happens that a child is nursed
tits mothers breast with the next older
brother or sister.
The advent of baby is not regarded
with favor and infanticide is therefore
very common. Horrible as it may sound
to civilized ears, mothers during a
scarcity of food will often eat their own
children.
They tattoo their children in the
crudest way, cutting parallel lines
across the breast and stomach with
sharp stones and clam-shells, and keep
ing the wounds from healing by filling
them up with ashes or charcoal. The
shoulders are cut in the same manner
until they look like epaulets.
Cultivation of the soil is unknown
among the aborigines; they subsist on
wild honey, snakes, roots, lizards and
edible beetles, with an occasional wild
animal. These beetles are broiled in
hot ashes until they are brown and Mr..
Lumholtz says they taste better than a
European omelette when cracked open.
The position of women among these
'avages is a very subordinate one.
They are expected to provide the dailv
food and sally forth on long expeditions
Tor this purpose. If the husband gath
ers game or lizards or such delicacies he
Keeps them for himself, while his wife
and child must submit on vegetables
and berries.
They frequently fog their wives bru-
tally, and if she runs away to some one
more kind, the husband is privileged to
MAIN her when he sees her. This is
what they call marking" q woman.
Two wives is the usual matrimonial
equipment of warrior, and some have
i've or six. A girl is delivered over to
1er husband when she is nine or ten
ears old, and as long as they remain
7oung they are sure of good treatment.
IN. Y. journal.
Mooney talks" Of course; but .
couple of nickels in the contribution
'ox-from philanthropists in the front
Mower County transcript., 1890-03-19

Mooney talks" of course; but =
couple of nickels in the contribution
'ox-from philanthropists in the front
1ew-nake more noise than flve-dollar
notes. u. @. Picayune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
Rules for Happy Wives.

There IS an abundance of literature
on marriage extant, and the young
girl, or the old girl either, who has
promised to take care of some unhap-
by bachelor need not fear to resume
the charge of his wardrobe, his din
ners, his babies that are to be and
his temper There is plenty of light
on the path.
It will be her own fault if she is not
happy. How to be happy through
marriage IS an art easily compressed
in a small space. convenient for franz
ing.
She must smile, always smile. If
her head throbs and her back aches,
If baby is cross or cook disagreeabIe,
she must still smile so long as her
husband is around. She must always
be in neat attire when he comes home,
even though the girl has left her and
she can hardly drag her tired limbs
about. And she must smile.
She must feed her husband we'll
and smde when he finds fault with
the cooking or her Judgment in mar
keting. She must make home attrac-
tive, for no married man is bound to
stay at home if another place is more
attractive to him. She must not cross
his will, but if she desires anything
must gain it by policy and smiles.
CandOr and explicit expression are
never to be used with a husband. The
pleasant fiction that he is master
might be disturbed, and the married
man Is VIGOROUSLY easy to upset
at home.
She must be superior to the need
of recreation and exercise, If there
are babies in the house, ana to the de
sire for praise for her efforts to please
She must never be from home wher
ne returns from his labor. She must
have no friends and recognize no rel
atives he dislikes. And she mus
smile.
A few more rules might be added
but the above are enough to show the
engaged maiden how easy it is t,
have a happy home.-Er.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
A wOMANs DISCOVERY.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years
she withstOOd its severe.t tests, bus her
vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three
months she cOughed necessarily and
could not sleep. She bought of US a
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption and was So much relieved
on taking first dose that she slept all
night and with one bottle has been
miraculously cured. Her name IS Mrs.
Luther Lutz.' Thus write w. C..
Hamriek & Co.. of Shelby, N. c.
Get free trial bottle at @. w Bick-
fOrd's Drug Store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
Pig FOrceps.

Every farmer is aware of the great
number of sows lost every year
through trouble in narrowing. The
Prize Forceps are just the article
needed to aid sows in farrowlng when
natural labor is difficult or impossible
John Deerwester, Big Springs, Ohio,
writes: I saved sOws for my
neighbors with my fOrceps. Every
farmer should have a pair" Henry
Herruleben, Jamestown, Mo, writes:
I would not be without my fOrceps
over Sunday, since 1 have found out
what I can do with them" The
American SlUjBeherd, a paper devOt-
ed to the interests of swine raisers,
sells these Prize Forceps for $LOO
per pair, and for the convenience of
the farmers of this county the pro-
! prietOrs of the Phillipsburg Herald
will accept orders for them and sup
ply them at this office. Everyone
/ buying a pair will receive the AGlerj-
can SIrjHeberd one year free. If
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
SUWNER

Mrs. Cook has a new windmill, and
Mr.. Troyer's teams were seen going
homeward with one recently.
Grandma Griffin has just passed
her 18th birthday, and not long ago
she completed a quilt containing $50
pieces.
George Critics and Miss Carrie
Clothier were married last week.
Best wishes are offered.
According to some papers, field
daisies in full bloom were found in
Indiana, and dandelions in Illinois,
last month. What has Kansas to Of
fer?
An Alliance has been formed with
II members who are quite hopeful of
beneficial results. The officers are,
Lewis Monk, President; Jas. Griffin,
Vice President; Clarence Gould,
Treasurer, and George Roberts, Sec
rotary. Farmers should remember
that in union there is strength.
Mr.. Hutchinson's family was sicl
/ last week.
Bad weather and sickness reduced
our school to four or five scholars last
week; and Friday night found only
little girls present. The teacher face
tiousIy remarked girls dismissed
boys may remain"
A buyer from town was looking TO
beef for canning purposes the Othe
dav. KY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
rhe oIdest Man in the WorId.

The Oldest Man IN the WoTld-
The Oldest man IN the world is a
citizen of Bogota, in the republic Of
San Salvador
This new Methuselah declares that
he is $50 years old, and it would seem
he fatters himself, for his neighbors
give the assurance that he is older
than he says he is.
He is a half-breed named Michael
Soils, whose existence was revealed to
DR.. LOUIS Hernandez by one Of the
oldest planters in the locality, who as
a child knew Soils as a centenarian.
They have found in the year l7l2
his signature among those of persons
who contributed to the building of a
Franciscan convent which exists near
San Sebastin.
His skin is like parchment, his long
hair, of the witness of snow, envel-
ops his head like a turban, and his
look IS so Keen that it made a dIsa-
greeable impression on the doctor.
Interrogated by the doctor, he
answered complacently that his great
age was due to his regular mode of
living and to his never giving up to
any excess of any sort whatever.
I never eat but once a day" said
he, "but 1 never use any but the
strongest and most nourishing foods.
My meals last a half hour, for I be-
lieve it is impossible to eat more in
that time than the body can digest in
twenty-four hours. I fast the first
and fifteenth of each month and on
those days 1 drink as much water as
I can bear. I always let my food be-
come cold before I touch it. It is tC
these things that attribute my great
age. '-Er.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
Gateway to the Garden of the Gods
Colorado, with view Of Pixies
Peak in the Middle Distance.

A very costly and elegant steel plate engraving
has lust been executed in the highest style of the
art copies of which from limited SUPPLY, are
now ready for delivery, and viii be sent to any
stamps or coin. The noble grandeur of the En-
trance to the Garden of the Gods is the favor
lite theme of poet and painter. The outer para
pets are of pure white. while the interior columns
spring boldly from the plain to height Of $50
feet-the whole suggesting the ruins of Il vast
temple These towering walls form q majestic
frame work for the snow capped summit of Pike :
Peak which reveals itself among the clouds in the
far distance To secure early copy of this ad
durable work of art, address Ohm Sebastian Gen.
Picket & Pass. Agent. Chicago, Rock Island 4
Tucifc Ft'y., enclosing the price p cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
SHERIFF S SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, 80.
Phillips County. Case No. 1910
In the District Court of Phillips County:
The America Mortgage Company of Scotland
lLimited) Plaintiff.
BaZzcl J.. Hill, Rosalie Hill, A. r. Boyd,
Nancy Boyd, JOhn w. Richardson, Martha
j Richardson, CraVeT. Steele and austin,
a cO-partuership, Charles + CrQveT,
AlOnzO Steele and NJ Austin, partners UNI
der the firm name Of CTaver, Steele Il Aus
tin, and Charles Z. BabcOCk, Defts
Public notice is hereby given, that under and
bv virtue of the judgment rendered in the above
entitled action, i'm and by the above named court,
and of alias order Of sale issued on said iudg-
meut, to me directed and delivered, ] Will on
February GOTH 1890, at the hour of O'Clock p. m
of said day, at the east door of the Court House,
i'm PhiIIipsbUrg, in the County of Phillips, State
of Kansas, offer at Public Sale and sell TO the
highest bidder for cash in hand. the following
described real property, namely: The East half
of the North East quarter and the South West
quarter of the North EastEl uarteT and the South
East quarter Of the North West quarter Of Section
Eighteen 1S) in Township Five 90 of Range
Twenty (2O) all in the County of Phillips, State Of
Kansas. Said property has been levied upon and
is to be sold as the property of the above named
defendants.
Dated this 18th day of January, A. d. 1890.
LEE SCRIENER.
Sheriff of Phillips County.
SpauldiHg u Dawson, AtCys. jan. lot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07

An Australian horseman writes:
Il wish all horsemen knew the value
Of sunfOwer seed. It is not only one
of the best remedies for heaves, but a
horse which has recently foundered
can be entirely cured by being given
a half pint twice a day in his feed.
Last autumn I took an otherwise val
liable young horse which was so stiff
that you could hardly get him out of
the stall. In two weeks you wouldn't
have known there had been anything
the matter with it and it has been al
right ever since. Sportsman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
upepsN

This is what you ought to have, in
fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching it daily
and mourning because they find it not.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars
are spent annually by our people in the
hope that they may Obtain this boon q.
and yet it may be had by all. We
guarantee that Electric Bitters, if used
according to directions and the use per-
ton sIo9 and on m the R demon u Dyspepsa and
install instead Eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia
and all diseases of the Liver, Stomach,
and Kidneys. Sold at so cents and 81.
per bottle by G. w. Bickford, druggist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
County Convention of Farmers
and Others.

As there has been considerable ag-
itation of the question of construct
ing ponds in this county, the county
commissioners have authorized the
publication of the following:
In regard to the convention called
by the board of commissioners (by re
quest to meet at the Court House in
Phillipsburg February 18th to con
slider the ACCESSIBILITY and means of
constructing ponds in the different
townships IN the county. We recon-
mend that the Trustee, Clerk and
Treasurer of each township act as
delegates and attend the said cOnven-
ton; we further recommend that in
case any of the above named delegates
cannot be present that they appoint
an alternate to attend in their stead.
By order Of Board of County Com
missiOneKs. j. HAHNFNKRATT,
2t. j. II. HAM.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07

a continual coughing is very annoy
ing to persons sitting near you IN any
kind of a gathering; besides. it is of
great damage to the throat and lungs,
and is exceedingly dangerous at this
season of the year. One half bottle OF
Begg's Cherry Couch Syrup will relieve
any ordinary cough, and this remedy
costs no more than the inferior grades
that are thrown on the market to sell
at enormous profits. S. S. Fisher &
Co, druggists. dec Z, Tyr.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
The Best Oner Yeti a New De

The Best Offer Yeti - A New De-
parture.
Beginning with the issue January
I'd, 1880, The Topeka Weekly Capital
viii be enlarged from s to u pages,
and be otherwise strengthened in
every feature. It Is a Kansas paper
for Kansas people all the time, and
worthy of patronage.
Having made special arrangements
with the publishers, we are enabled
to offer the HERALD and the Topeka
Weekly Capital both one year for
SL.75. Every Kansas man should
have his local paper for home news,
and a paper from the capital of the
state Give this combination a trial.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
THE HERALD.
F'HILLIPSBURG. KANSAS
PhHlipsburg and Phillips County
In Brief

Phillipsburg, the cOuuty-seat of Phillips County
located in the geographical center of said cOun
". is go miles west of st. Joseph Mo, and 135
miles eat of Colorado line; is beautifully located;
is on the main line of the Iock-Island Railroad.
IL is both freight and passenger division and the
shops and round house of said road are located
here. 1t is the halfway division of the ROCk-ls-
land between St. Joseph and Denver. Its pOpu-
latIOn is 1000 Phillips County is, according 70
agricultural reports. the second best county in
Kansas on grain per acre. IL is in the northern
tier of counties, is we'll watered by "a living
streams; its soil is unsurpassed; u has plenty OF
good building stone and considerable timber.
Only sixth OF its lands yet in cultivation
it is 80 miles square and has 1900 Inhabitants
1t is good county to come to.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
sHERIFF.s SAFE.

STATE OF KANSAS,
Phillips County.
In the District Court of Phillips County.
Ernest Smith, Plaintiff.
Case
NJ D. Rogers, Emma Rogers and No 1894.
VIM. Day, Defendants.
Public notice is hereby given, that under and
by virtue of the Judgment rendered III the above
entitled action, iii ana by the above named court
and of an alias order of sale issued on said judg
ments, to me directed and delivered, I viii on
February goth, $780, at the hour of one o'clock, p
M of said day at the east door of the Court House
in Philipsburg in the County OF Phillips, State
of Kansas, Offel at Public sale and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following de
40 and Eighteen IS) in Block Eighteen (1S) II
the town of Long Island, all in the County o
Phillips, State of Kansas Said property has beer
levied upon and is to be sold as the property o
the above named defendants.
Dated this 18th day of January, A. D., 1890.
LEE SCRIN NER,
jan 1i-5t Sheriff of Phillips County.
| Spaulding Is Dawson, Att'ys.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-07
BUCKLEN,s ARNICA sALVE.

The best salve IN the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores. letters, chapped hands, chill
blains. cOrns. and all skin eruptions
and positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. Tor Sale by
q w Bickford.