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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

George: Chapley IL one of those fellows
who have more money than brains, Is mt he
Jessie-Yes; and he is not rich, either.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The power of the press is nowhere more
clearly demonstrated then when journalist
at the altar by the side of his bride draws out
his notebook so as to take down in short
hand the words of the clergyman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The groom's presents to the bride were q
handsome diamond brooch, besides many
other beautiful things in cut glass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

man would do pretty poor fishing if he
nsed bOok-worm for bait.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The lawyers are great help to the rail-
roads because they express so many opin-
ions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The dog days seem to be all over So do
the dogs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The pawnbroker Is generally man who
goes it alone.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

The Burlington Route will sell round trip
tickets to Toronto at one fare for the round
trip; tickets to be sold July 9Th to 18th, good
to return until Sept. Both.
For further information call upon Bur-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09
INTO THE CRATER.
He Took His Body With Him
and Went to Stay.

A Brazilian Traveller TunbIes Into
VesuVlus. Falling ITO Feet Into
the Lake OF FIre-The Guide Saved
the Other One.
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A BRAN NEW LAKE.
A Great Lake yelling Up in
the Colorado Desert.

The Lake Already Five Miles Long
and Likely to be Fifty-The South
ern Pacific Railway TraVeres the
Entire Length or the Basin.
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g August
Flower

Mr.. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very
well known to the citizens of Apple
ton, Me-, and neighborhood. He
says: Eight years ago Twas taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
dyspeptic can. then began tax
ling August Flower. At that time
"I was great sufferer. Every
thing I ate distressed me so that 7
chad to throw it up. Then in a
few moments that horrid distress
" would come on and I would have
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

" to eat and suffer
a g ain. I took a
little of your med
icine, and feltmuch
"better, and a fter
" taking a little more
" August Flower my
/" Dyspepsia disap-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-09

Low Rates to Toronto for Teachers Con-
vNntfou
, 1891-05-27
l~RONCLADS BLOWN UP.
Two Gu llean InSurgent Boats Destroyed
by Torpedoes-One Wa the Famous
HuaScar.

London, April 27.-A dispatch to, tMe
Times from Valparaiso says: The caSdAH.
ties on the Government boats at The BATH. of
Caldera were one killed and ten wounded On
the Aconcagua l5Gwere killed. Tpleorams
received III Paris from the inSurecnt forces
confirm the t0reg DING, and say The engage
ment lasted 80 minutes. The Aconcagua was
hit 70 times.
Paris. April 27.-The congress party in
Chile telegraphS that the loss Of their war,
ships will no. impede military operations,
and that their army continues to march
south. The insurgents have occupied Can.
lgal and Caldera, and are advancing. on
CepiapO. The warShip Florence, which
until recently was loyal to President Bal,
maceda, has now gone over 10 the inSur-
gents. 1t is said the president is much in
dread of being poisoned. His mother pre-
pares all his meals.
New York April 27.-The Chilean. lega-
ton and fleet have cabled adviceS regard
ing a naval baCtle, stating that OH the 22nd
the government cruisers Lynch and Condo,
attacked in the bay Of Caldera the ironclad1
Blanca Encalada and HuaScar and DESTROYS
ed them with Whitehead torpedos. The
attacking cruisers suffered no damage. and
returned to Valparaiso, where they are PIE.
pairing to cruise after the remaining vessel
of the revolving squadron. This is cOnsid.
cred the death-blow Of the rebellion.-Ticto.
riG ColOniSt.
, 1891-05-27
WHEN A KNOT IS NOT KNOT.
Something about the use of the much
abused word.

To the average landlubber, and in fact to
many seamen, the knot is the same thing as the
geographical, nautical, or sea mile, and that is
used solely to prevent confusion with the sta
tute land mile. This use of the word, however,
is improper and the authorities in naval ma
rine matters abroad have taken the subject in
hand of late, and are sending out the true
meaning and usage of the salt favoured unit.
The knot, they announce, is simply a unit
for measurn G speed at sea, and has nothing
to do with distance, which is measurad by the
nautical, mile of a little over 6.08O feet, says
the New York Times. Their exact definition
of a knot is "a speed of one nautical mile an
hour" so that one knot is a speed of a little
more than 101 feet a minute. Therefore, on alog
line with a half minute glass or time interval
the distance between the knot should be nearly
ffty-one feet. The word is derived from the
knots on the log line, and the number of knots
which pass over a ships rail during the half
minute or other time measurement give the
speed of the vessel.
In late years, through IN exaggerated strain
ing latter precision in general marine writing,
the expression ''knots per hour which from
the above explanation may be seen to be q
nautical barbarism, has jumped into use to ex-
press the speed of a ship. So the proper word
mile has been displaced, and it is a common
thing to read that "the City of Paris daily
run was 500 knots" This would be about
4 16 miles, which would be slow going, even
for a raft.
The word knot is also used incorrectly in
speaking of coal endurance, as the Growers
coal endurance is $4,000 knots at a 10 knot
speed" One might as sensihly say "the
vessel lay within two knots of her dock
Chief Engineer sherwood of the United States
Navy, in his report on speed trials, goes so far
out of his way to avoid these errors that he
uses the lengthy expression geographical
miles an hour to express speed rather than
use the simple but much abused term "knot.@
Ibid,
, 1891-05-27
LORD DUFFERIN ON THE ART OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING,

Lord Duffcrin vas on Monday installed
az Lord Rector of,St. Andrews University.
In his address he defended the study OF
Latin and Greek as being all essential
part OF the education of every gentleman.
lie also dilated on the art of public speak
ing, though he said nothing so blunt or
SO full OF meauing on the subject as the
American who advised aspira nts to " get.
chock full of the subject, and then knock
the bung out,
What is required before a man can think
effectively upon his legs is (he said) the
perfect cOnce ~ntralion OF his attention upon
what he has to Say but this is almost
impossible 10 those who are new to the
effort. A multitude Of thoughts utterly
foreign TO their speech and its subject
are dividing their minds. while sheer
physical lvousness imports a further
element of confusion. The fear Of failure
, 1891-05-27

ferry-boat the other day every one sat cree,
looking stiff and severe, says the New York
Tribune. The cabin was cold, and the look of
disgust on the scores of faces deepened to one
of hatred Of all corporations. The boat was
shaking heavily, and the chandeliers ratified
like light artillery. There was a sharp crack
and one of the glass globes came flying through
the air, A man thrust out both hands, and
with a quick and deft gesture, caught the
whizzing glass just as it was about to be shat
tered to a thousand pieces on the cabin floor.
"a good catchl' some one shouted. Bravo
cried another, while a running fire of ap-
plause and hand-clapping went over the cabin
that changed the situation entirely. a hum of
laughter and conversation arose on the air. 1t
lasted during the trip across the river. The
crowd was all good nature and smiles. Some
one had amused the people and they were
content.-Tbid.
, 1891-05-27
RICHES OF THE YUKON.
A Region Where Furs Are Plentiful and q
River Teeming With King Salmon,

The Yukon will probably, in the future.
be looked upon as the chief salmon river Of
Alaska as soon as it is made accessible bv
surveys or perhaps by railway connection.
The quantity Of marketable fish, both of red
and king salmon, thronging the river and
crowding its waters during three months of
the year is truly wonderful. A large Dor.
ton of these fish ascend the river for O dis.
lance OF between twelve and fifteen hundred
miles, where they are to be found in an ed
lbIe condition upon their first arrival. The
thousands of people, both Esquimos and
Athabaskans, who line the banks of this
river depend altogether upon the red salmon
for their food supply, the magnificent king
salmon, which here reaches a length of from
five to six feet, and a weight of from eighty
to one hundred and twenty pounds, being
consumed by them fresh. Schools of white
whales can be met with in this river from
four to five hundrd miles from it's mouth,
I'm pursuit of salmon and other fish, The
fur trade of the Yukon region, which has
been IN the hands of one firm for the last
ten years, does not exhibit any signs of de-
crease in the supply, though there can be no
doubt that this is due to a display of greater
energy in hunting the animals. The value
of the animal catch which is collected at
the trading station Of Saint Michaels is
about $4,000, the most valuable furs being
the black fox, the marten and the beaver
Ibid.
, 1891-05-27
Skunk Farming.
A Michigan Man Getting Rich by Breed
ing the Animals for Their Fur,

A few years ago Abram Freelapd, the
owner of a small farm near this town, start
ed a new i~ndustry-that of raising skunks
for the fur he could get off them. He star
ted says the Chicago Mail, with a single
pair, and his originality has brought him
profit and notoriety. The skunks incl cas-
ed rapidly, and the first year Abram clean ed
about sixty per cent, lon bis Investment. The
second year showed a profit OF nearly two
hundred per cent, and be expects The third
year, now that he has about fourteen hun
dred polecats In his in~closure, will Yield
him a profit oftully six hundred per cent.
Abram is a very patient and kindly man
and has trained the older polecats SO they
will answer to- their names when he calls.
He robs the business of it's terrors BY sub.
mittitrg the skunks, when a few days old,
to a surgical operation that robS them OF
their weapon of defence and makes them as
harmless and odouriess as puppits. He is
y kindly man and kills them by cllloroforIn.
1t is the only tarm OF It's kind known and
ATTRACTS a great deal OF attention among
the residents OF Southern Michigan. AS he
has a monopoly of the trade in skunk
skins he will grow rich it the present tariff
folds out long enough.-T6id.
, 1891-05-27
AMUSED AND CONTENT.

It is easy enough to awaken an American
. crowd from indifference or lethargy. In a
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29

NATIONAL EDUCATORS,
Reduced Rates to the Meeting at
Toronto, Can.


Toronto, Can.
Supt. Claxton, director of the National
education association for the state of
North Carolina, informs THE CITIZEN
that the next meeting Of the association
will be held in Toronto, Canada, Tuly
14-17 The council will meet at the same
place July 1914.
The railroad rate for the round trip,
tickets good to return within ninety days,
will be one frst-cass fare-about $23.50,
from Greensboro, and about $27.50 from
Ashevile. To this must be added SO
membership fee, which will admit to all
the privileges of the association, reduced
rates at the hotels, and a copy of the
bound volume of the proceedings Of the
association. From Toronto very low
excursion rates will be made to all parts
OF the dominion, the great lakes, and
points of interest in the United States.
This offers an opportunity for most
pleasant and profitable summer excur-
sion and it is thought that the attend
ancc from North Carolina will be very
large.
Any one desiring further information
cah OBTAIN the same by applying to Mr..
Claxton or to Inspector James l.. Hughes
of Toronto, Canada.
Mr.. Claxton will take pleasure in Civ
ing information as to the meeting of the
Southern education association at Look
out mountain. This meeting will be the
first general meeting of Southern educa-
tors, and will for that reason be doubly
interesting.
The special rates given TO those attend
ing will be such that the total cost from
any point i'll Western North Carolina
will be only a trife.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
THAD ". THRASH & CO.,
NO. Al Patton Avenue.
crockery, Lamps, Cutlery, Tinware, House
furnishings, Etc.
GEORGE SCHEN,
Mineral Water Bottled and
OH Drught.
RICHMOND, VA.

Mr.. f. w. Lawrence,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Dear Mr:-I have dis
pensed the Excelsior Water
continually at my counterfor
the past twenty years, and |
take pleasure in saying that
among the many mineral wa
ters that | handle there
is none that surpasses
the Excelsior" For it's
medical qualities it is all
that is claimed for it, and as
a refreshing and pleasant
beverage thas a decided pop
ularity with my customers.
The apparatus with little at
tention works perfectly satis-
factorily and dispenses the
water with all tsnatural gas
precisely the same as when
drunk at the Spring.
GEORGE SCHEN.
The genuine Excelsior wa
ter can now be had at Il. C..
Smith & Co.'S. Drug Store,
Asheville, at 5 cents a glass.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
STATE NEWS.

Hereafter the partridge shooting sea-
son will begin November /, and end
March |.
There are about two hundred board
ing students at Oak Ridge institute this
term-about 80 per cent more than at
this time.
Charlotte News: The new iron
bridge being built across the Yadkin river
in place of the bridge destroyed in the
great freight wreck last November is
nearly finished.
Monday night fire occurred at Elon
college, station near Burlington, Ala
nance county, burning the stock of
merchandise of w. l.. Smith & son, of he
oossipee cotton mill. Insured,
The alliances will make heavy pur-
chases through their state business
agency this spring, The sales of fertil-
izer will he particularly large. Last sea-
son there were ordered 10000 tons OF
one brand alone.
w. w. Vass, treasurer of the Raleigh
and CASTOR railway, has been directed
by the president to pay the state tax OH
the shares of that road without further
legal contest. The tax is 25 cents on
each share annually,
The Concord Daily Standard had it,
X. & d. passes taken away, presumabl,
because that paper criticised the road
Now, in the column where the r. & d
time table was, appears this and nothing
more: "ln memory of K, &. D, schedule,
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
Buys, Rents and Sells

Houses and lots sold on
the installment plan. OPP
tions bought and sold. No.
tary Public.
| have some cheap lots
worth $500 each, upon these
lots | will build some cheap
cottages, from $500 to $4O0
each and sell to parties on
the installment plan. Apply
soon.
| havecustomersfo for houses
of all kinds and have no va
can't houses. Persons desir-
ing renters will do well by
placing their houses in my
hands.
| have a cash customer for
a large farm. Must be near
railroad, must have good
water power and atleast 800
acres of level land. Will buy
from 1000 to 10000 acres
in this farm. The more land
the better.
For Sale-Finest lot on
French Broad avenue, 150x-
24O feet. Price $3, 900.
NO. 5. SOUTH MAIN ST.,
Up Stairs.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
CRIMINAL. COURT.
The Cases That Have Been Heard
by the Body.

The following cases have been disposed
ofin the criminal court;
State VS.. Lum Lytle, assault with
deadly weapon; guilty.
State VS.. Andrew Smith, affray; not
guilty,
State VS.. f. Cunningham, affray; iudg-
ment suspended on payment of cost.
State VS.. Jno. Heatherly, affray; sent
to Jail for six months and fined $50.
State VS.. Vim. Anderson, assault with
deadly weapon sent to jail three months
and to pay costs.
State VS.. Rufus Greenlee, retailing with
out license; sent to Jail three months, and
to pay costs.
State VS.. Alice Pritchard, assault with
deadly weapon; not guilty.
State VS.. E. H. Mes, steward Cosmo-
politan club, retailing without license;
special verdict not yet filed.
Samuel Aldridge, larceny; guilty, SEN
tence withheld.
Thad. Stroup, forgery; guilty and SEN
tenced to the penitentiary for four years.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29

THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Not All Massachusetts and N1isSjs-
sippi Citizens Have 1t.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Represcntative
Baswell, the chairman of the subcom-
mittee of the house judiciary committee
to which was referred the resolution i'll
troduced in the house by Representative
Houk, of Tennessee, instructing the
committee to inquire whether in any
state the citizens thereof are
deprived of the right of suffrage, ETC., has
made report to the full committee to
the effect that in the states of Massachu-
setts and Mississippi certain citizens
were deprived of their privilege of voting
by provisions in their stateconstitutions.
1t also called attention to provision in
the South Carolina election law which re-
quires registration as a prerequisite to
voting. This, the report held, was de-
NAL of the right to vote, and the sub
committee recommended that an invcsti-
cation be had in each case, with view,
of reducing the representation of these
three states in the house of representa-
tivcs.
Representative Oates, the minority
member of the subcommittee, dissented
from the opinions expressed in the re-
port.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL
THE SENATE AT WORK orr
1T.
Increase of Democratic Represen-
tatiOn Defeated-New York Gets
no More Representatives
Amendment offered.

tathOh DchGhtGu-C$C" hoEA NCsb
no More Representatives
Amendment offered.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-On motion of
Mr.. Sawyer the senate bill creating the
Office of fourth assistant postmaster
general with a salary of $4,000 year
was taken from the calendar and
passed.
At the close of the morning hour the
senate proceeded to consideration of the
apportionment bill as unfinished business,
and Mr.. Edmunds addressed the senate,
calling its attention to the fact that the
bill took no cognizance whatever of the
provisions of the fourteenth amend
ment to to the constitution, that, in
case the right of suffrage be denied or
abridged in any state, the representation
of that state shall be diminished accord
ingly.
The senate then proceeded to vote on
the amendments proposed by the minori-
ty-the first being to increase the repre-
sentation of Arkansas from to 7.
The amendment was rejected-yeas,
80; nays, 49, All the democratic sena-
tors voted for the amendment and were
reinforced by five republican senator's
Davis, Mcmillan, Paddock, Stewart and
Washburn.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of Minnesota from
seven to eight. 1t was also rejected
yeas 81, nays 49, In this vote Casey
voted with the democrats, of whom two
less voted than on the preceding vote.
The next amendment was to increase the
representations of Missouri from Is to 16.
Rejected-yeas 80, nays 3S. The only
republicans voting aye on this amend
ment were Davis, Paddock and Washburn.
Casey, McMilin and Stewart voted no.
The next amendment was to increase
the representation of New York from "a
to 35. Reected-yeas, 20; nays, 3S;
Davis and Paddock being the only re-
publicans voting in the affirmative, Mr..
Davis then withdrew his amendment,
fixing the total number of representa-
tives at $50.
Mr.. Berry offered an amendment fixing
the total amount at 359 and giving an
additional member to Arkansas, Mime
sofa and New York. and desired to have
it voted on as an amendment. divis-
ion of it was, however, insisted on by
Mr.. Hale.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
baltimore Prices,

BALTIMORE, Ian. 29.-Flour-quiet;
Howard street and western super $3.10
@3,5O; extra $3.7O@4.5o; family $3.50
OSLO; city mills, rio brands, extra So 10
M5.25. Wheat-Southern, firm; Fultz,
and Longberry, $1.00@1.06; western,
firmer; No. winter red spot, and Janu-
airy, 1.O2. Corn-Southern, scarce but
firm; white and yellow, 59AM61c; west
ern, frmer.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
ICE FACTORY EXPLOSION.
A LOSS of 100000 by a Big Chi
cagO Firm.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-The six-story
building OF the Western refrigerator COM
pany, 223 to 239 Kilgore street, was
partially destroyed early this morn
ing by fire caused by an explo-
sion of the ammonia gas used in
the ice machine. The building and
contents are owned by S. p. Baker
& Co., who conduct one of the largest
ice manufacturing and cold.storage en-
terprises in Chicago. The company will
suffer loss of 100000.
The first explosion was followed
quickly by three others, shaking the
building to it's foundation.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
THE MAMMOTH TRAGEDY.
The List of Dead FOOts up IO7-
The Inquest.

PITTsBuRG, Pa, Jan. PA special
from Mammoth mines says: 1t is now
thought the 1O7 bodies recovered about
comprises the list of dead. The nineteen
bodies buried in the Catholic cemetery
last night were followed by another in
stallment to-day. The remainder of the
bodies will be inferred privately with SER
vices at the graves, which was the case
yesterday.
A call for assistance has been issued by
all the Pittsburg labor organizations and
newspaper and business officers are re-
ceiving subscriptions.
1t is thought by experts that the force
of the explosion was augmented by the
fine dry coal dust in the mine, which
ignited when the fire damp exploded
When the bodies had been prepared for
burial Coroner X. B. Wakefield, OF Jean
nette, empaneled a jury. The bodies
were viewed and after briet consulta
ton with the jury the coroner continued
the inquest until Feb. 5.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29

PARIS, Jan. 29.-Advices from Massa-
wah, on the Red Sea, state that terri
BILE storm, followed by foods, caused
enormous damage throughout the island
of Massawah. Over one hundred per-
sons lost their lives.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
Ingalls, Defeated.

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 29,-The vote for
United States senator in joint session OF
the legislature yesterday resulted: PETER,
1ol; ingalls,, SO; Blair, 3; Baker, Il Nor.
rcll, 1; Kelly, 1. The chairman thereupon
declared William A, PETER senator-elect
to succeed John !. Ingalls,,
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
GAVE THE HEIRS 1900.
The Ending of AN Important suit
at Reitlsyille.


at Reitlsyille.
The suit of Robert Drummond, of this
city, against Mrs. D. Z. Morris at Reids-
vile, was settled last Saturday night at
Rockingham court. Mrs. Morris was
tried and acquitted about year ago OF
the murder of her husband, D. L. Morris.
The suit was instigated by the heirs of
Mr.. Morris for the recovery of his prop
erty, the heirs claiming that Mrs Morris
was not entitled to the property, from
the fact that there was some doubt as to
the genuineness of the will, and also the in
surance policy in the Mutual Benefit COM
pany of Newark, N. ].
The court gave the heirs $4,000 and
ordered that they should pay the ex-
pense of the suit.
The insurance company gave 81 900,
claiming that Mr.. Morris had made false
statements to secure the policy.
Asheville daily citizen., 1891-01-29
Rxraud Has Another chance.

PARIS, Jan. 29.-A newspaper an
nounces to-day that the committee on
pardons has pronounced in favor of
committing the sentence of death passed
upon Michael Eyraud, the stranger OF
Gouffe, to imprisonment for life.