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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-10-01

the distinction of having forty-two coal
shafts, six zinc and one silver smelter Of
the Chick process, the base of which is
brought from Mexico, has, among other
important improvements, Just com
menced paving It's first street. Broad
way, distance of one mile, with q su-,
perior quality of brick manufactured
here. The secret to this young city's
prosperity seems to be in three veins of
coal, only one four-foot vein of which is
now being worked, and apparently is
furnishing an insxhRustibls supply.
lola Register: Kansas is out with
her fall lad" now. Go up the Santa Re
or down the Santa Fe or on any road in
kansass and you viii find every nook
and corner not devoted to something
more useful and less beautiful, gorgeous
with yellow sunhowers, saucy, black
eyed Susansy and the graceful golden
rod, nodding cheerful welcome to the
harvest excursiOnists- Yellow is Kan
sas' color. She never looks so well as
when the touch Of autumn has changed
all her waste places to gold Thus
transmitted, she is herself radiant ref
utstion of the Islander against her. she
can Ego through on her good looks"
Ottawa letter: I attended four public
sales where there was 10 per cant dis
count given for cash, and nearly every
man who bought anything took adVan-
tage OF the discount. Everything sold
for good price, and everyone was in
good humOr and ready TO talk I met
one man who had loaned a neighbor
sos two yeals ago Last fall the Dor
rover came to him and told him he
could not pay him and that he had to
leave the county as he had nothing to
live on. He had put out field of rye
which he offered to give for the debt
The gentleman told him he did not
want the rye, as oae-fourth Of It went
Tor rent, and be did not bslieva it would
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-10-01

RUPTURE $5fs sess sss s5Es KS
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

You often hear of rendering a rattle
snake harmless by pulling out its fangs.
Then, again, you read of cases where a
serpent SO treated has bitten persons
fatally. The reason for this is that a
poisonous snake is deprived only TEN
porarily of its venomous powers by the
extraction of the two incisors in the
upper jaw, at the bases of which are
the poison glands. Of course you
know that the fangs are hollow, SO that
when the animal strikes the venom
gushes through them into the flesh of
the person struck. Now, by drawing
the two teeth the snake may be rend
cred harmless for few weeks, but after
a short time the two teeth just behind
the original fangs move up and take
their places, making connections with
the poison glands and thus becoming
poison fangs as good and effective as
the old ones. Interview in Washing
ton Star
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
Safe Roof Bnilding.

An architectural expert has recently
given some sound advice in the mat
ter of safe roof building. He premises
that the true principle is, first, to un-
derstand what the purpose is in the
building proposed, and to build to that
purpose. The ordinary method of
building should be reversed, and the
roof planned first. The purpose of the
roof is not merely to keep out rain, but
it should also protect from changes of
weather, fire, ETC. The ordinary roof
meets none of these points The slate
cracks easily under either heat or cold,
admitting rain, attracting heat and in
viting conflagration.
Some of the very best roofs are over
the oldest factories, with solid framed,
Matched boards, covered with lined
mortar, upon which the shingles were
laid. The ideal roof is nearly flat-an
entirely fiat roof will shed rain. The
best way is to pitch the roof of indus
trial buildings toward the center with
a pitch of only half an inch to foot.
This carries the water away through
a channel not exposed to frost, and ad-
mits of much better advantages in the
matter of light in the upper story
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
A New Treatment for nurn..

In one of the hospitals at Berlin new
treatment of burns has been tried with
great success. The advantages of this
new treatment are quicker recovery and
less suffering from the wound. The
burn is first thoroughly washed with a
solution of 3per cent. of carbolic acid,
or similar disinfectants used for this
purpose. The blisters are then carefully
opened SO that none of the flesh beneath
is injured, and the surface covered with
finely powdered subnitrate of bismuth.
A thick layer of soft cotton wool is then
placed over the powdered surface and
left in position until it is moistened with
the watery discharges.
This dressing should be changed as
often as the cotton bandages get moist.
In exceptionally bad burns ointment of
bismuth is substituted for the dry pow
der, and the suffering in this case is
greatly reduced. In the many cases
treated in the German hospital no symp-
toms of poisoning from the bismuth have
yet been discovered. while the treatment
seems, in other respects, 10 be far supe-
rior to the old methods.-Yankee Blade.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
Remarkable sagaoity of a Deer.

Last Sunday, G. Sweeters and the writ
er were driving up the Water canyon,
and as we turned bend we saw doe
and young fawn drinking from the
stone ditch. At our approach the ami
mails were startled, and in attempting to
turn and run the poor little fawn lost its
balance and fell into the ditch. AS many
of our readers know, the water runs very
swiftly and in great volume up there,
and of course the fawn was carried down
stream. The mother deer seemed to
lose all fear of us and ran along the
edge of the ditch trying to reach her off
spring with her head.
Suddenly she ran ahead of the floating
fawn for some little distance. She
plunged into the ditch with her head
down stream and her hindquarters to-
ward the fawn. She braced her fore
feet firmly in the crevices of the rocks
to resist the rush of water. In second
the fawn was washed up ON its mothers
back and it instinctively clasped her
neck with its fore legs. The doe then
sprang from the ditch with the fawn on
her back. She lay down and the baby
deer rolled to the ground in an utterly
exhausted condition. Mr.. Sweeters and
myself were now not more than thirty
feet from the actors in this animal trag-
edy, but the mother, seemingly uncon-
scious of our presence, licked and fon-
died her offspring for few minutes
until it rose to its feet, and the doe and
fawn then trotted off up the mountain
side. Banning Cali Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

The reasons that some men give for
having married some women are only
to be surpassed by the reasons some
women give for marrying some men.
There was the man who married his
wife because she was left handed, and
it amused him to see her sew with the
off hand, as he said. There was the
young woman who married her hus-
band because he was fat, and was so
handy to sit on her books of autumn
leaves in the fall and press them. Then
there was another woman, presumably
not so young, who finally married the
man who had courted her faithfully
for eleven years, because, as she after
ward accounted for it, "he had wore
his chair in their settin' room plumb
out settin' in it so many years, an
since the he'd TO be now one bought,
she thought 'tmight as well be fur
themselves, n on their own account. A"
New York Evening Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
A Carload Indicator.

A device that will enable railroad
employe to determine when a car is
loaded consistent with safety or with
economical wear has been long felt
want" in railroad circles. An appara-
tus has been invented to supply this
demand, and owing TO its simplicity 1t
is likely to come into great favor. The
device consists of two distinct parts,
the upper part being attached TO the
truck, above the spring on the side OF
the car, while the other part is fixed
below the spring. An adjustable pin
Is carried by the top part, and the bot
tom end of this touches an index finger
that works over the dial of the bottom
piece. When the apparatus is once ad-
justed the index, as the car is loaded,
will indicate on the dial full loadn OF
''overloaded," as the case may be. -
Philadelphia Record.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
A Oueer netrothnI GIft.

One of the neatest Of betrothal gifts
was given to muscular young fellow
at Newport the other day--a man who
drives his own coach and counts a pretty
big fortune in his very own right. The
toy was gold pen of handsome work
manship, rather large at the upper end,
but short and compact enough to carry
as n watch chain attachment, No one,
at glance, would guess its peculiar
merits, but the instant the nib is thrust
out for writing, tho opposite end flies
open, revealing tiny but exquisitely
painted picture Of the owners sweet,
heart IL appears European voyage is
20 separate the lovers for a season, and
Il was her fancy TO give pen sacred tC
her letters alone and allowing full view
Of his lady's fair face while conversing
on paper. New York Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
Fastjdious Speech.

How many people are there who
pronounce any proportion Of their
words correctly, not merely by reason
of clipping and mouthing, but by ig-
norance of good usage2 We find them
everywhere and they lay the accent
on the first instead of on the second
syllable of acclimate, for example
thev pronounce the second syllable OF
acoustics, coo, instead of COW; they
do not put the accent on the last syl-
liable of adept, as they should do; they
leave the sound out of buoy; they
pronounce duke with the sound of 90
instead of with the simple long u, EN-
phasize the first instead of the second
syllable of enervate, and sound the in
often.
They are astonished to know that
precedence has the accent on the sec
ond syllable, and placard on the last
that quay is called key; that sough is
suf; that the instead of the sound
is to be given in sacrifice, and the re.
verse in rise; that subtitle and subtle
are two different words; that the last
syllable of tortoise is pronounced ''tis''
instead of ''tus;" that it should be used
and not ust, and that it is not the
200" but the geological gardens
where one goes. 1t is quite time, we
think, when we hear one of these talk,
ers, for some of the fancy work and
fancy studies of the day to be dropped,
and little hard work on the diction-
ary put in their place. -Harper's Bazar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
8EEEd3fL0NS
S eIC-zD
>->'ss-sS - -
AN INTERESTING GAME.

Instructive Amusement for People Too
Demure to ROmp and Run.
A new social game consists in taking
titles of books and representing each
title by picture, by drawing or by
some arrangement of objects so that il
can be guessed from them, somewhat
after the manner of rebus. OF course
| the one who guesses correctly the great
est number of titles takes the first prize.
! There is also second prize and a
''booby" prize.
About thirty took part in the game
saw, though the number could have
been extended indefinitely. Fifty titles
had been selected by the hostess, and
their representations carefully prepared.
Each player having been provided with
a paper on which there were fifty blanks
for these titles, at a signal we entered
the room where the objects and pictures
were displayed. But it was no easy task
to solve all the puzzles before us. Some
titles were known at once, others re-
mained unguessed to the end.
Among the objects and titles were
such as these:
A candle on a map of Asia represented
''The Light of Asia"
A large white cardboard with tiny
Q on it was "We Two"
A picture of milldam and a white
bead ON the top of the picture was
''Adam Bede."
A little ladder, with toy monkey on
A.., N k.xS .+ la f1AN
was "The Descent of Man"
The word Sin in red ink was "a Car
dinal SIM"
The sheet music of Yankee Doodle"
was American Notes"
An D half concealed in bunch of
ferns was "Inferno."
A toy donkey, an o, and some tea
leaves was Donkey-o-t-"Don Quixote."
Some vocal music thrust through the
handles of several keys was "Songs in
Many Keys"
A pie upon some ears of corn was
"Pioneers."
A burned out candle in candlestick
was "The Light That Failed"
Some dolls in ball costume, rouging
their faces before mirror, was ''Mod
ern Painters"
Some half dollars, quarters and dimes
was 1.-The American Commonwealth"
And so the titles ran on, some difficult,
some causing much fun, and all inter-
esting.
The possibilities of this game are seen
at glance. With brightness and in
cenuity many very puzZling and amusing
effects can be worked up.
There are two good rules to be en-
forced. The time for guessing should be
limited, and communication while guess
ing strictly forbidden, else the first prize
is likely to go to some one who has been
assisted by the guesses of others, and the
conscientious player has no chance.
Other adaptations of this game might
be to titles of poems, quotations, etc.
But the best seems to be in titles of
standard or reasonably we'll known, not
obscure, books.-Christian Union.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

Kings aud poets have had their buria
ia Westminster abbey. Long before the
Reformation the church was not only
royal burial place, but had seen corona
tions, royal weddings and christenings.
Edmund Speuser was the first poet whose
burial in the abbey was distinctly trib-
ute to his fame.
Although CHANGER had preceded him,
/ it was rather as clerk Of the royal works
| that he was given such high distinction.
After that England continued to allot
places there to all whom she delighted
to honor. but she will soon be in the EN-
barrassing position of having no more
space to offer.
A hundred years age. French writer
made the statement that ''The people
are not more crowded in the streets of
London than are the funeral monuments
In the abbey"
About the same time, mock "petition
from posterity" appeared in one of the
newspapers, urging the country to pro-
vide space for the coming generations of
distinguished men. Year after year the
overcrowding has continued, until now
there is almost no space for added me
MORALS and room for but few burials.
A royal commission was some time
ago appointed to consider the question
of making an addition to the abbey, but
it has as yet broached no suggestion
which is universally acceptable. So
sacred an edifce is this church, in the
minds of all English speaking people,
that it can scarcely be altered or en-
larged without offense to some anti
quarian soul.-Youths Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
van rrevent water Pines nurstIng.

1t is an Englishman who comes for
ward this time with an ingenious device
that is likely to lessen the plumbing bills
this winter.
1t consists of a very simple means of
preventing pipes from bursting by frost.
A cup shaped air chamber is attached to
a piece of pipe, which can be coupled at
both ends with the pipe to be protected.
The air chamber is separated from the
water flowing through the pipe by means
of rubber diaphragm. In case the water
in the pipe freezes the expansion of the
water. instead of finding an outlet by
bursting the pipe, simply forces the dia-
phragm TO yield, thus COMPRISING the
air cushion within the cup.
1t is said that a pipe so protected will
have entire Immunity from bursting by
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
THE CASPIAN CHANGING irs LEVEL.


At the Beginning OF the Christian Era It
Was Level with the Ocean.
The Caspian sea lies eighty-five feet
below the level of the Black sea, and IS
the greatest body Of water in the world
lying below the sea level. II is remark
able not only for this fact, but for the
changes that have occurred in its level
About the First century OF oar era there
IS no doubt that tlle level of the sen
stood eigity-iive feet above It's present
horizon, and Of course spread over
vastly more extensive area than az
present. The Russian Geographical
society has printed q treatise, written
by N. NJ. Philipof, on these remarkable
changes of level. Since the carly part
of the Christian era ageneral and grad
ual decline of the level of the soa has
taken place.
In the Eighteenth century, however
there appear to have been few
periods when the level rose. From the
beginning of the present century there
has been a fall, but since 1865, judging
from recent observations, the level has
been higher. Lieutenant Sokolof,
naval officer, while working in the Cas-
plan region from 1S43 to 1S4S collected
much information Ha found that in
the present century the level had stead
lily fallen, just as in the last century it |
had risen, causing great apprehension
among the inhabitants of an inunda-
ton and giving rise to the belief in
periodical variations every thirteen
years.
Lerch. while in Baku in 1874 and |
l747, found submerged buildings which
had stood on dry land thirty years be-
fore, and he mentions a saying of the
Persians that the sea rose and fell al
temately every thirty years.
Mr.. Philipof has made a special study
of the whole question. Inquiring into
the causes of these changes of level, he
finds a variety of influences at work.
such as wind driving the water toward
certain coasts, temperature of the air
causing in summer evaporation and
fall in level, and in winter
cold producing a rise in level. Rivers,
rain and earthquakes are also among
the active agencies, causing fluctua-
Jions from month to month and from
day to day. y.-Goldthwaite's Geograph-
cal Magazine
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
erapeyIns IN a nor.s,. rhre.,.

A horse belonging TO Mr.. James Miller,
of Plumyille, quit eating his usual al
lowance aud began losing flesh. Mr.
Miller supposed that his appetite was
gone. The truth of the matter was the
appetite was at the old stand, so to
speak, but the horse had gotten piece
OF grapevine fastened across his throat
in such manner that he could not mas
ucate. DR., Miller, the veterinary sur
geon, took out the obstruction. 1t was
almost worn through in one place where
the horse bad Tapped it with his tongue
In vain eadeavor to remove it. The
horse is eating everything in sight now.
Indiana (Pa) Gazette.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
Even Corn IIu.ks Are Valuable

The fates are combining 10 make
things pleasanter for the western farmer,
the latest discovery OF value 10 him be-
ing that the husks Of corn viii make ex-
cellent paper. Hitherto husks have not
had any commercial value, and have
only been eaten by stock under protest
and during hard spells. Now, however.
the establishment Of paper mills In the
west should put stop 70 the constant
shipping Of paper from the east. and
also convert y waste article into what
manufacturers would call ''residuary
profit, such a. coke In n gas factory. II
IA not many years since old rags were
looked upon as the only possible raw
material for the manufacture OF papev.
and the course from cast off shoddy TO
tho covering OF cornoobs has been both
steady and interesting. Interview Ia
g. Louis Globe Democrat
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

Geo. T. Good, the druggist, takes
especial pleasure 10 supplying his
customers with the best medicines
ootalnable. Among the many ex-
eellent preparations on his shelves
may be mentioned Chsmherlaiu's
Cough Remedy, a favorlte during
the winter months on account of
lis great success In the cure Of Gods.
There Is nothing that will loosen a
severe cold 50 quickly, or 80 prompt
" relieve the lungs. Then Il count
etae,s any tendency towards pneu-
aonia ~ is pleasant and ssfe 10
,ake. ,. and fully worthy Of It's popu-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

Indianapolis has unique citizen in
"Uncle Billy Jackson, who is well
known to western railroad men. He
is an excellent official, but his real
claim to distinction lies in the fact that
he once insisted on having his salary of
s., 900, which he received as treasurer
of the old Union Railway company, re
duced to $1,000. The directors of the
road gave a reluctant consent and his
salary was reduced as he requested.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
An Era of Elegant Phrase.

What has happened to the English
tongue9 Is not its simple vigor good
enough to serve the needs of the pres
ent generation2 What has become of
all the undertakers, that they should
be supplanted by funeral directors e.
Are the BARRIERS extinct, that their bus
ness should be usurped by ''tonsorial
artists, and is there no occupation left
in the world for the useful and respect
able night shirt that the "slumber robe
should be marked down to cost in every
shop window9-Greenfield Republican
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
Where People DO Light Housekeeping

NhtEe AgO
The commonest street sight on early
Sunday morning in the cheaper quarters
of an English city is the people carrying
their dinners to the bakers TO be cooked
in their ovens. When the last batch of
bread is drawn the ovens are filed with
joints and poultry, which are delivered,
at a moderate price, piping hot for the
table. Years ago, in smaller communi-
ties, the practice was observed in this
country, but | never encountered it in
New York until yesterday. 1t was on
the east side in populous tenement dis
trict that l came on procession of
women, boys and girls carrying all
styles and sizes of pottery baking dishes
and pans of metal into bakery.
The economy of the practice is obvi-
GUS. 1t saves the building and the keep
ing of fire, and the trouble of house
work on what is possibly the housewives
one holiday of the week. The baker
tells me that he does a brisk trade in
dinner cooking in hot weather. When
the mercury becomes dispirited and
fires become a necessity, the business
experiences sensible diminution, but
there is still considerable of it going the
year round. The providing of ready
cooked meats is another growing trade.
The cooked meat shop is as notable a
feature of Paris as the bakery dinner is
of England. 1t has existed and thriven
here for long while, principally by tie
patronage of the French and German |
population. Latterly, however, it has
taken wide popularity among the ma
tives. New York Cor. Pittsburg Bull
letin.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

One hundred and fifteen servants is
d great number to do the work of one
house, but that is the size of the staff
of the Manhattan club, of New York.
since it went into the Stewart mansion
Walters there are paid forty-five dollars
a month and board. This is more than
the clubs used to pay, but the Manhat
tan set the figure, and the others have
had to follow it.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

In your exercises avoid devoting too
much time TO one kind of work. Do
not spend all your time, for instance,
ON the horizontal bar or on the parallel
bars. What all would-be gymnasts
should strive for is symmetrical de
velopment of their muscles
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19
The Lesson of Love.

Our lives would be better, our
thoughts nobler, our hearts larger, our
faith more real, our words more chari-
table, If we would, once for all, learn the
lesson OF the law ana the prophets,
which is not TO glide along the razor's
edge of scholastic dogrnas, nor TO wear
formulas threadbare by conventional
iteration, but To love God and to do
good 10 our neighbor. -Farrar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-19

Vaccination should be compulsory.
Where it is voluntary tens of thousands
of persons neglect it. In Berlin, un
der compulsory vaccination, deaths
from smallpox are less than per cent. ;
in Paris, under voluntary vaccination.
they are nearly 20 per cent.