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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

one had to do was to throw a graphing
hook into the river anywhere and pull it
in to shore with q salmon or two hooked
There was no need Of any bait or anything
else. It used to be a nuisance Sometimes
these fish were so thick in the stream that
We could not use the canoe till night time,
when the salmon would be asleep and
still. Two or three feet of water would be
running over them Ike over dam We
had all the salmon we wanted to eat and
more, too.
Il have heard, said the Vice President,
@that the ChinOOks eat the salmon raw. 3"
F"That is not true, p said Frank; "alI our
salmon we're boiled in the river.
How could you boil them In the
rivera"
Boil them2 Why. the river was TEEN
ing (steamIng) with them.
-Oh!" and the story was duly recorded.
The President had fallen asleep, so the
Secretary called on one Of the oldest
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

A NOVEL method of determining the
temperature of the air at great heights
has been proposed by a German
physicist, and is to be adopted by the
Berlin Society for BaIlooning. Small
balloons are sent up at night, each
provided with a thermometer arranged
to give flashes of light by the closing
of an electric circuit when certain
temperatures are reached. A so-calIed
"photo-theodolite" is affected by the
light, and gives a Photographic record
of the temperatures, while the CORE
responding attitudes are indicated in
a mechanical way. A more accurate
idea of the rate of decrease of tenn
perature with height is expected from
this method.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
why He Wouldn't BaDtfze 'Em.

The following is true story, and is
we'll worth printing: Two young
ladies of this city were DESTROYS Of join
ing one of the prominent EpiscOpaIian
churches, but as they had been taught
that immersion was the true form of
baptism, they wished, on joining them
selves to the church, to be baptized in
that manner. They stated their wishes
to the pastor, and he expressed him
self entirely willing to administer the
ordinance in that form, but as there
were no cOnyeniences in the church
edihce for the purpose, it would be
necessary to go OutsIde-tO the frog
pond on the common, or the pretty
lakelet in the Public Garden. They
looked upon this proposal with horror.
They could not think Of it, could not
think Of making such a spectacle of
themselves.
"Then, said the genial pastor, "you
had better go to the Baptist Church
for the purpose, and after baptism, If
you desire 1t, you viii be received into
the EpiscOpalian fold. "
The ladies were delighted with the
suggestion and as soon as convenient
called upon a prominent Baptist pas
tor and made known their wish to be
baptized.
Certainly" replied the pastor, "but
there are certain preliminaries to be
gone through before baptism, certain
preparations to be made. It is a
solemn ordinance, one not to be lightly
submitted to, and, by the way, it ap-
pears to me strange that you have not
previously consulted me, that the prep
aratiOns so necessary
%OhI we are already prepared, said
the young ladies.
Already prepared %
Eyes; we do not intend to become
members of your church; we only want
to be baptized, as we believe immersion
to be the proper form of baptism. We
are going to join the Episcopalian
Church"
"Ohl that's it, said the pastor. ris-
ing; then permit me to inform you,
my dear young ladies, that we do not
wash Episcopalian sheep here. "-Bos-
ton COGGrjeT.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

occasion, and if you could have waited
till the next meeting 1 would have pre-
pared a story worth your hearing. How
ever, I will do the best I CAD, and give
you a simple little incident which oc-
CURED last June. I was fishing in a
stream near Ouray for mountain trout,
and had been there ten days, fish
ing every day. 1t was delightful
weather, and I spent each day
on the stream, taking my lunch with
me from the ranch. At one turn in
the stream there is q cliff about eighty
feet high, and at the base of the cliff is a
deep pool. A smaller stream fell over
this cliff into the pool, and every few
minutes a dark object would come head
long over the cliff dashing with this
smaller stream of water into the darkness
Of the pool. These were trout, and in a
few seconds they would reapDear above
the surface of the pool and ascend in the
air five or six feet and then fall back
again, look little tired and very much
surprised and then sink below the sur
face to rest. had been fishing with bait,
but could not get a bite and finally deter
mined to change my tactics. 1 made a
small raft, about six feet square, and
padded it over to the foot of the fall.
and as the trout came up out of the pool
(after coming down the fall) with the re-
bound I caught as many as wanted
with my hands, some of them Weighing
as much as three pounds.
THAT was not spOrtsmanllke. w hat
kind of fishing would you call thatY"
asked the President Indignantly. ell,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

THE papers report an uncommon
number of cases of men who become
suddenly insane and attack their
wives and children with murderous in
tent. The omission of an unmistakable
sign of homicidal mania, whereby the
victim might be secured before disas-
ter occurs, seems to be an oversight at
Providence. Come to think of it,
though, the sign may be there in each
case, if the unscientifc mind could but
read it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
Seal skin sacques S1.OO Each.

This is a great offer. just imagine the
army of ladies that will besiege the store IN
til the last sacque is gone-lf the bargain is
ever offered. But how much more wonder
full an opportunity Is that presented to every
suffering woman by the prOprietOrs of DR..
Pierce's FavOrite Prescription. his remedy
is guaranteed cure for all those distressing
ailments peculiar to the weaker sex. 1t is
guaranteed that if it does not effect cure
money will be refunded. 1t is carefully com
pounded by an experienced and skillful ply
sician, and adapted to wOman's delicate or
ganizatiOn. 1t Is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless in Its
IS sold under a positive guarantee of salts
faction in every case, or money paid for it
refunded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

members to contribute something Of an
interesting nature
Il do not know. friends, he began,
that have anything OF an interesting
nature to communicate, andyou know the
rules OF the club forbid our telling any
thing that is not true; so am in rather
a quandary what to tell you. Years ago
was up in Montana near place now
known as Three Forks, GaIlatin County,
and a powerful place 1t was for grizzlies,
too, can tell you. Why, I have seen as
many as thirty grizzlies in one afternoon,
and big fellows, too, and they did not
seem to be afraid of any one, either.
Well. one day an old scout and I deter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

when 1 bruck off afOre William Henery
an Sally both tuck out thare wallets,
but I ses:
@No, you don't, mister man; I rede
the papers, ses I, IAN You KNIT kim
nun o your slick games over me. An,
sir, thay wus thet skeered; the stranger
he made a grab fur SalIy's wallet an
most got it away frum her, an did git
4 shiIlin out of it afOre he run off; but
the Mayer he never stopped fur nuthin,
but got rite out o thet.
90! my hart is bruck !" ses the wild
der, a layin her hans over her STUN
mick
"WeII, it he'd better be thet then
yure pOcketbOok, ses I, sturnly; "an
I hope this viii be Iessing to you, an
tibet you won't take up with every
strange teller you meat, ses I, fur L
WIS riIed to her, an William Henery
wus SO grean.
"Why, maw," ses Mary Tabithy,
'yure sharper than me, an I heY lived
hear goin on to munths."
"I'm Older'n you" ses I, camly, ian
now les git out o. hear" an we went
down the same way we kim up, an got
out on the side walk agin without emmy
dammidge.
81 mus go home now, but you kin go
on up an see the park an annimules an
things" ses Mary, IAN when you git
reddy to kim home take a bOb-taiI horse
keer fur g strete an git off thare an
its only blocks to WHARF 1 live strate
a he'd.
We toIe her we Good find it an then
we went of to the park.
Yes, thet's what thay call it, tho
thay haint but only a dozen or so trees
in it an thay are dretfuI scrubby little
ones; but thay he'd some nice music,
an es William Henery ses, the trees
wood grow. Ihay WIS sum vary nice
dear in the park an the wilder wus
jest crazy fur one of EN-.
do you think thay'd sell one of
'em? ?" ses she to the man thet wus a
takin keer of 'em. Give always Jest
farely pinned fur a IuveIy little dear, p"
ses she. "No'm, I don't think thay'd
sell emmy of 'em, but most ladies now
takes to them little dawgs over thare
better than thay do to dears, ses the
man. An then we went over thare an
seen 'em an thay was sOrter cute fur
dogs, but the wilder she jest took a
cOnniptiOn fit over 'em. 81 feal thet
eff he'd one of them sweat little dar-
Inns it wood fill the akin void lef In my
brest by tibet falts, tickle man, >" and
she wiped her nose on her Handkerchief
an whispered to me, "Is my bangs all
fluffy an rite ?"
I tole her thay wus, an by ther time
we thOt it best to waite fur the b0b-taiI
horse-keer, so we sot down an waited
an waited, an thare wus lots Of keers a
gOin this way an thet, sum he'd horses
on to EN- an sum didn't, but thay want
a bob-taiI horse amongst the hull lot.
Well. sir, we stood an waited tell my
cOrns near about killed me, an a per
1eece kim up an tOle US to "move off.
Were a waitin fur a bOb-taiI horse
keer, ses William Henery, Gan thay
haint nary a one pass here yit.
Then he arsked US WHARF we Wunted
to go an we toIe him, an he sed the
horses tails didn't hev nothin to do
with it, an tOIe us what keer to git on,
an it didn't even hev any horses on to
it, but we got home all rite. that is to
Mary's, an the day arfter we went to
John Jamese's. Forever thine,
HESTER ANN SCOOPER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

For an au-around mean man Obey
Griffin, of AlIapaha, Ga, certainly
takes the cake. A few months ago his
wife, a most estimabIe lady, died, and
after disposing of all other matters
satisfactorily, he took a trunkful of her
clothing out on the street and auc-
tioneered it off piece by piece to the
street Ioungers and to women who were
willing to get bargains under such cir.
cumstances.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

THE Presbyterian Synod of West
Florida and Alabama has been in ses-
sion at Pensacola. The Rev. Dr.
Shearer, President of Davidson Col
lege, North Carolina, in his address,
created a profound sensation by de-
nouncing the common school system of
the country, alleging that its non
sectarianism prevented the education
of youths in the religion of their IA
theirs. He advocated strongly the ad-
visibility Of having the children of
Presbyterians educated in schools fos,
tered by the church.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

CHAT is very nice butter, Johnny, "
said a Punxsutawney Pa.) grocery
man, as he took the roll out of tbs
basket and laid it on the counter.
"Teu your mother to send all her but
ter here, and we Will pay her a good
price for it. eyes, said the little
fellow, candidly, "I s'pose you would.
The only reason you got this was
cause the cat fell inter the creau
crock and got drowned, and ma'am
didn't want ter sell it till 'er regular
customers"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

SALLIE McALLIsTER, Of Springfield,
Ky, a colored girl of 10, is believed to
be the largest woman in the world.
She is feet . inches high, measures
feet 3 inches round the waist, and
feet 81 inches round the arm above the
elbow. She weighs 632 pounds. She
enjoys excellent health, and makes her
living at the wash-tub.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

OW that the season
OF the year which is
marked by long even .
ings has arrived, the
Denver Fish Club, a
very exclusive organ
ization, has resumed
its usual weekly meet
ings. Last night, says
the Nelgs, the Secre-
tary was called to the
platform to give the
first experience.
Well, gentlemen,
he began, I am quite
unprepared for the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

The cannon used at Columbia, S.
c., in firing the Davis memorial salute
exploded. The cannon was that used in
firing the salute when South Carolina
seeded from the Union. It was ished
ont of the river some years ago, where
1t had been thrown when Sherman's
Grmy was about to enter the city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

REPREsEETATIvE WILLIAM MARTIN.
of Texas, who had a good deal of fun
poked at him during the last session of
Congress, is the heaviest smoker in
official life st Washington. He is al
ways smoking cigars. He is not par
ticular as to the brand, quality, style,
or price. All he requires of a cigar is
that it draw well.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

HENRY M. STANLEY is now almost 80
years old. He was born in Wales and
his name was originally John Row
lands. It was changed on his being
adopted by New Orleans merchant,
who found him, at the age of 10, a
cabin boy in a sailing vessel, and took
q fancy to him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

THE latest museum freak is a South
ern girl who is utterly insensible to
pain, and whose skin can be cut and
punctured without any annoyance to
her. She is the most unfeeIing
creature on record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

mony and yet was old enough to be
condemned to lifelong imprisonment.
The law regarded him as a moral agent
and not a moral agent at one and the
same time, and it would be curious to
know what he really was.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

It Is very important in this age of vast
material progress that a remedy be pleasant
to the taste and to the eye, easily taken, ae-
ceptable to the stomach and healthy IN its
nature and effects. Possessing these quail
tiles, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect lax
alive and most gentle diuetic known.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

AT the recent fire in Boston one firm
was entirely cleaned out, not even
penholder left, and added to this the
papers in their safe were also destroyed.
Since the great Boston fire many firms
have a duplicate of their monthly trial
balance kept at the residence of some
member of the firm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

The schoolma' ans of st. Paul not
long ago were instructed to give pcca-
sional instruction in plain and fancy
sewing to the girls under their charge,
and the horrible fact came out that
few if any of the teachers could do any
kind of sewing whatever.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

Druggists report this fact with reference
to La Grippe, that wherever the epidemic
prevails, the sales of Aliens Lung Balsam
increase. (Of course they do Everyone
knows that this excellent remedy will quiet
the irritation, causing easy expectOratiOn
and cure the cough attending this most dis
tressing disease. Be sure you ask the drug
gist for Aliens Lung BaIsam. Sold at 25c.,
Soc, and $1.00 a bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

A BRIGHT young fellow in London
earns his living by writing speeches
for wedding breakfasts. In England
speeches ale still expected from the
bridegroom, and they are generally
very bungling affairs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

SENATOR EDMUNDs, of Vermont, has
served longer in the United States
Senate than any of his colleagues. On
April 3, 1890, he Will have been in the
Senate without a single break for
twenty-fOur years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs
can be cured by the use of SCOTS Emulsion,
as it contains the healing virtues of Cod
Liver Oil and HypOphOsphites in their full
est form, 81 consider SCOTS Emulsion the
remedy par-excelleuce in TuberculOus and
StrumOus Affections, to say nothing of Ordi-
nary colds aud throat troubles. w. r. S.
CONNELL, NJ. D., Manchester, o.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
LETTERS FB0B THE CORNERS.
NECK Or NoTHug' HALL, }
KILKENNY CoRNERs.

H. EDlIUh 1 no
you air awful anx-
.ious to hear the
Il e s t about Mis-
.Boggs bow, an I
he'd kalkaIated to
tell you In my last,
but Mis- Perkins,
from over on to Spi-
der Crick. cum q
-visitin, an so I Good
not, but I viii this
time, shore.
Es I UT1e O eaufn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup-the working
mans friend. You, who have to be cut in
all kinds of weather, and can Z afford to lay
by, can not afford TO be without DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. CONSUMPTION follows in the
wake of a neglected cold.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

now so prevalent and known in Europe as
La Grippe is not common cold as many
suppose, but in connection with cold it's
rayages are more serious. 1t is a fact we'll
worthy of noe that Aliens Lung Balsam
viii quiet the irritation in the throat and
Bronchial tube, giving the patient great re-
lief. All medicine dealers sell the Lung Bal
sam at 25c., 50c., and S1.0O a bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

Dom PEDRO stands right up on his
dignity. He does not want any solace
in the shape of a Brazilian pension as
a retired Emperor, but Will demand
that his regular salary be kept up just
the same as if he hadn't been exiIed.
This is what may be called imperial
nerve
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

CABINET officers receive many strange
requests, but one of the oldest was
that contained in a letter from a man
in Pennsylvania to Secretary Tracy
He wanted, he said, six gold quarter
pieces for Christmas presents to his
friends. He inclosed a 2-cent stamp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

EXPLORER STANLEY once said to a
friend: 81 dread each fresh return to
Europe because each friend asks me as
soon as the first talk is over, We'll,
when are you going back to Africa p
This question always operates upon
me like red rag shown to a wild
bull"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

THREE years ago Archibald Claver-
ing Gunter was unknown as novel
ist. Now his books are read every
where, and he is 500, 600 ahead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

For Coughs and Throat Disorders use
Browns BRONCHIAL TROCHEs.- Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
think better of that which I began think
ing well Of."-HeU. Henry Ward Beschsr.
Sold only in boxes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

The steamer City of Paris, of the
Inman Line, plying between New York
and Liverpool, is of 10000 tons bur
den, Is, 600 horse power, and has main
tanned a mean speed of 23.73 miles per
hour throughout the voyage Of about
5000 miles. She has ffty-four fur
naces, and her boiler tubes exceed
thirteen miles in aggregate length,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

'lHe jests at scars vino never felta wound
and he can afford to laugh at the horrors o.
rheumatism, who never had touch of its
quality. But 1t seems the time has come for
universal laugh-since 1t is known that
Salvation OIL cures pains of all possible
kinds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

NORTH CAROLINA has 100000 acres
of swamp land to sell for the benefit
of her education fund
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

Any man or woman who Is afflicted with
plant, vital weakness or any other chronic
or lingering compIa Mt, should send to DIR.
J. Z. DYE, Buffalo, n. Y, for a copy of the
Health Helper, free.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
TALL FISHING STORIES.
as TOLD AT a MEETING OF THE DEN.
YER FISH CLUB.

Some Historical Facts from Sketch Books
Describing Experiences in the Forest
Graphing for Salmon Trout On the Fly
-FackIing a Grizzly Bear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

A LITTLE Auburn, Ne, baby's pa
ternaI great-grandfather, his grand
father, grandmother, and his father
were all born within stones throw Of
each other
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

A RUSSIAN mineralOgist, K. D.
Chrustschoff, claims to have discoy-
cred a new metal, which he proposes
toname "Russium. It resembles thor.
Ium.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

Soda water IS not conductive to health
1t Is likely to lead TO fizz-ical ailments
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

The only way to get along with AIcGinty
viii be 20 roll a direction rock over the
mouth of the hole
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

If you wish to do the easiest and quickest
weeks Washing you eUsr did, try Dobbins'
Electric Soap next wasEday. Follow the di-
rectiOns. Ask your grocer for it. Been on
the market a years. Take no other.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

SNAms sometimes sleep for four
years ut a time
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

For Constipation, or Sick Headache, use
Dr.. Pierce's Pellets; Puely Vegetable. One
2 dose
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

The girl of the period is the one the young
fellows all like to colon, especially if she
invites them to cOma-gain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

ONE reason why a fat man doesn't
catch cold as easily as a lean man, is
because he is so much wrapped up in
himseif.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

variety is the spice of life" may explain
the success of the vaudeville show.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

THERE are sometimes curious para
doxes even In law. A Kentucky child
who killed his baby brother was too
young to convict his father by his testi-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

= Diamonds have a great deal of influence
where hearts are concerned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14
CHRONIC Coughs and Colds

The most ticklish position we know of is
that occupied by a fly on a bald head.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

Everything goes-except the Sunday
evening caller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

A man with diamond shirt stud laughs