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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame
Railroad company will have an interest
in the Kansas exhibit at the worlds
fair. The first instaliment of their al
lotment of the 100000 fund was paid
to Samuel 7. Howe December 7th, by
E. Wilder. for the company.
The annual report of the Manhattan.
Alma & BurlinRame railway for the
year ending June 30, 1891, was filed
with the board of railroad commission
ers. The report shows a loss from op-
Grafton for the year of S12,240. Other
deductions from the income make the
deficit for the year S23, 4S3.61. No in-
terest was paid on the funded debt.
This line extends from Manhattan to
Burlingame, and is operated by the
Santa Fe.-Anotheg line which has
proven very improbable is the Wichita
& Western, which Ia also operated by
the Santa Fe. The deficit, however, is
much larger. the income from opera
ton was S5.567.67. The deductions
from the income were s124.911.78,
making the total deficit for the year
Sl19.34A11.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

a weIl-knoWn mercantile firm for 3
subscription, but he was politely told
that he should go to the rich people,
who might be in a better position to
@help the work along. go to Jimmy
Tyson; he has more than any OF US.
Cup to that time -Jimmy's" name was
never seen on any list for more than
one pound-) WELL" said the col
lector, @as Tyson is a rich man, I viii
go to him for a Donation do, Z"
said the head Of the firm, @and what
ever he gives you we will guarantee
you the same amount" The col
lectOr, a few days later, meeting Mr..
Tyson, related to him what had taken
place, and concluded by saying: $50,
Mr.. Tyson, 1 do not know what
amount the firm is going to give until
I have your name on my list. well,
said Mr.. Tyson, in a gruff voice, give
me yer pen and ink and I'll give yees
a bob or two" Jimmy" wrote out
a check for five thousand pounds and
gave it to the astonished collector.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
obevine Orders.

Government employees include a
good many very odd men," said a
chief clerk of a government bureau,
lately. Some Of them are very hard
to manage, and none more so than
the painfully matter-of-fact and
over-exact men, who require an ex-
plicit order for every bit Of work they
undertake, and literally can do moth
ing at all without a copy.
zone Of the most singular of these
was Blifkins- Granny Blifkins, as we
used to call him, somewhat unkindly.
He was the most literal man I ever
knew.
"Once, before I became chief clerk,
we had a chief who was extremely
economical Of government property
which was a good fault, if it was a
fault at all.
zone time he came into the room
and, looking over Blifkins' shoulder,
found him making a small Official
computation on a large sheet of white
paper. g
When you have a memorandum
or a computation to make said the
chief, pleasantly, lit would be better
to take small piece of paper for it
than large one
Yes, sir said Blifkins, respect
fully.
Then he proceeded to tear up the
large sheet and throw it in the waste
basket, and taking out a small piece,
recommended his computation on
that"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Independence Star and Kansan: The
laying of the corner stone OF the NJ. E.
church at HAVANA was 3 success IN
every particular.
Norwich News: Rapid progress has
been made during the past week on the
@. P church, and if the weather con-
Times reasonably far the building viii
be completed earlier than was antici-
pated when the carpenters began work
Wellington Standard: As an evi-
dence OF the prosperous condition Of
the Lutheran church. We take pleasure
N noting the mortgage, amounting &c
1924, which the members paid Monday.
This leaves this house CT worship II
good financial condition, owing solely
to the pluek and pseseqsranee Of tas
p4uber1tip.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
1t Was a Sad One and Cost a Brave En-
gineer His Life.

gfneer His Life.
We were coming up through Missouri
on the afternoon before Christmas last
year. 1t was terribly cold and bitter,
and the snow lay deep on the tracks.
There were dozens Of men on the train
with Christmas bundles, dozens of
women with Christmas packages, and as
the afternoon waned and we passed sta
tion after station the people dropped of
one by one until only dozen of us were
left Soon after leaving a small station
we all noticed the Singh ar action OF the
tram For a mile or two we would be
hauled along like lightning and then the
speed would slow down to fifteen miles
an hour without apparent reason
One of the passengers who lived in a
town fifteen or twenty miles ahead OF
US, and who had a dozen or more parcels
piled up on the seat, soon began to fret
and fume.
Isn't he going TO get us there before
midnight" he growled as the train
slowed up. Then, as the speed in
creased until we seemed to be flying, he
continued:
Hell have us off the track That en-
gineer is surely drunk Some one ought
to hunt up the CONDUCTOR"
When we had run ten or twelve miles
in the manner described the conductor
came through our car on his way for
ward. He had an anxious look on his
face, and did not stop to answer ques-
tions. Before he was out of the coach,
however, there was a terrific crash, the
forward ends of the coaches were
smashed and splintered. and then we
rolled down an embankment and brought
up in field.
1t was Gods mercy that every man
and woman was not killed outright, but
strangely enough, none Of the passen-
gers were even badly bruised When
we had extricated ourselves from the
wreck we went forward to the engine.
1t was off the track, on its back, and
under the broken wheels and twisted
and bert machinery lay the engineer and
fireman, both dead.
Some one crept into the broken window
of the cab to shut of the steam, and
when he reappeared he had a package
with the engineers name on it Inside
was toy horse, three or four wooden
soldiers a whistle, and other childish
playthings He. as well as others, had
some one who was eagerly expecting San
Ia Claus.
We had run into the rear of a freight
train which was taking a siding to let us
pass We were just fifty seconds on her
time As the trainmen gathered to res
cue the bodies from the wreck one of
them took paper from the dead engl-
neer's hand 1t was telegram received
at the last station and read:
Fred was burned to death this nooni
Mary"
Then we accounted for the wild run
ming OF the train-for what had before
been a mystery. There was the Santa
Claus gifts for the dear boy at home;
there was the telegram blasting all
hOpes-destroying all visions OF happi-
ness-shattering In one moment q thou
sand plans for the future. 4 nd men
gathered closer and wiped away tears
and whispered:
-And who now can comfort the moth
erless WidoWl What a Christmas the
morrow viii bring herl"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
SAVED BY QUICK wITrED SUR
GEON

Last week in the supreme court the
attorneys in the Spendlove murder case
argued a motion for a new trial, which
brings to mind most remarkable feat in
surgery. According to the verdict of the
Jury, Spendlove shot and killed Werner
and then shot himself in the right side of the
neck, just at the angle of the jaw, In such a
way as to cut of the carotid artery. From
that wound some of the medical witnes es
testified that but for timely and efficient
surgical aid, he must have bled to death IN
seven or eight minutes.
DIR. Henry w. Roby happened to be Just
across the street at the time and ran into the
store and found two streams of blood the
size of a common lead pencil pouring out.
one from the external wound and the other
from the mouth and nose. He instantly
thrust his finger into the wound and pressed
tine severed artery against the bones of the
neck with such force as to stop the flow OF
blood. Messengers were dispatched for
instruments and assistance, and conical
plug of suitable size and length was made
and then quickly substituted for the finger
and firmly bound in place and kept there for
six days and nights, until permanent plug
of fibrin was formed Ia the end of the seV-
cred artery, and the man was saved.
So far as we can ascertain the case has no
parallel in surgical history. Speaking of
the case a leading Chicago surgeon said that
with this single exception all men having
the carotid artery shot of had bled to death
IN very lew moments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest
The Work of tn Board.


The board of managers for the Kan
Ias exhibit at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition have gone TO work in earn
est TO effect the organization of County
Columbian associations in every county
in the state, and are meeting with sufh-
Gent encouragement to warrant the be-
lief that they will succeed. One OF the
first duties of these organizations will
be the collection of necessary funds,
but the main OBJ ct will be the collec-
ton of products and materials to make
the exhibit. They will be expected to
STIR up a general interest in the work,
and encourage an effort to produce
things that will win worlds fair pre-
miums. Every county has, or if proper
effort is made will have, something to
exhibit The time to commence work
is now. If you expect to exhibit corn,
the ground must be prepared; if live
stock, the selection should be made and
fitting commenced; if manufactured ar
tlcles, the time is short. In every in
dustry, whatever is prepared will re-
quire time. To see to all this and to
collect and forward everything after it
is produced will give county OrganiZa-
tions plenty of employment from now
until the exposition closes
When the legislature meets, if they
desire to reimburse persons or associa-
tions who have contributed money, they
will have an opportunity. The legisla-
ture can appropriate money, but 1t can
not make county organizations to en-
courage effort to produce materials and
products that will make creditable ex-
hibit. This must be done by the coun-
ties themselves. It cannot be done for
them by any outside agency. If the
money was already appropriated it
would not lessen the work to any great
extent; the county organizations would
still have to be made and general IN
terest IN the undertaking stirred up.
If this work is done Dow-and the peo-
pie of Kansas have a whole year for
preparation-We can safely hope to win
in the competition at Chicago. County
organizations will know what their
counties can do, and through them the
state board will know what the state
can do, and by their united effort the
exhibit will be made complete. The board
of managers are sending ont necessary
blanks for organization and will render
every possible assistance. Each county
will have something for the exhibit, and
full credit will be placed where it be-
longs in every case. The lady managers
are also at work effecting the organiza-
ton of Ladies' Columbian clubs in each
county. and will be fully able to show
when the time comes, that the women
of Kansas can compete with the women
of the world in every avocation open to
women. They will made an exhibit at
Chicago that will make Kansas men
proud of Kansas women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

with insurance. The fire is thought to
have originated from a lighted torch
which the engineer was using In doing
some work about the building. The
plant was located on the north side Of
the yard. near the Silicon wall plaster
works II there had been any wind the
plaster works would undoubtedly have
been destroyed AS it was. they were
saved by hard work The plant had
been in operation about two years, and
was used for converting Stag into bal
last, which was sold to the railroad
companies. 1t will throw quite a large
number of men out of employment tenn
porarily.
Fort Scott-Twenty-fvs years ago
there came to this city a gentleman
named John Shorten, whom most of
the old residents know quite we'll. For
some cause Mr.. Shorten became obnox-
ions to the English government and
was compelled to seek home in Amer
lea to save his life When he left Ire
land he bid farewell to a loving wife
and infant child. daughter. After his
escape from his cruel prosecutors, his
wife was separated from her child and
Ient to British India, the child beng
placed in an orphan asylum. The child
grew to Womanhood and inherited an
estate that was left to her mother. This
the government could not deprive her
Of. About eighteen months ago the
daughter was welcomed by her father
in this city. Through information re-
GENTLY obtained, Mr.. Shorten found out
the whereabouts of his wife. The result
of the whole story is that to-day, when
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas train ar
rived in this city, it brought Mrs.
Shorten, the wife and mother, who had
not seen or heard from her family in
twenty-five years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
Kansas Zinc and Lead.

Labor Commissioner Betton has re-
turned from visit to Galena and Pitts
burg, where hs sojourned for the great
or part of the past week, investigating
the lead and zinc business.
The commissioner proposes in his
next report to submit all the facts pos
sible regarding this important and
growing industry-the number Of men
employed, the wages paid, capital in
vested, value of product, etc. During his
visit every facility was given him to gain
information from which to prepare a
list of questions suitable to this partic-
ular occupation. and his blanks will be
printed and mailed at an early date.
In addition to the large number of
zinc smelters located at Pittsburg, Mr..
Betton found the new silver smelter,
recently erected by Colonel N. F. Acers
and others to reduce low grade silver
and gold bearing ores by the new Chick
process in full operation.
This company has purchased mine
in Colorado and proposes to ship in the
ore for reduction.
He found labor as a rule unusually
well employed and payment of wages
made promptly, and both Pittsburg and
Galena fairly well prospecting.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24


make. too. Now you are elected, sup
pose you won't grumble, as you usually
do at this season of the year There
isn't any excuse for your saying that
you can't afford to give me few dollars
for presents this year. It's high time
had little money TO commence with,
too Suppose you let me have a check
for a hundred dollars in the morning,
and"
"a check for what?" asked Mr.. Breezy,
looking up suddenly
~Only a hundred dollars to start with. =
said Mrs. Breezy, putting her thread a
little through her work
"A hundred dollars TO start with?"
calculated Mr.. Breezy. start What?"
That's all the attention you ever pay
to anything I say" said Mrs. Breezy.
Il suppose you haven't heard a word
I've been saying. Do put down that
ever asting newspaper and pay lit q
attention to your wife for once in your
life. l say you may give me check for
a hundred-a hundred and fifty dollars
in the morning for Christmas
@You just said a hundred said Mr.
Breezy.
q knew you'd notice that, " said Mrs.
Breezy. II know 1 said a hundred a
moment ago, but I've changed my mind.
The fact is, should really have two
hundred dollars
%My dear, if you keep raising the limit
at this rate l shall have to draw out of
the game
Il don't understand your horrid gam
bling terms, and l wish you would con-
fine yourself to respectable language,
said Mrs Breezy, fumbling around in
her work basket for a parti' uiar shade
of silk Two humid ed and fifty dollars
won dn't be any too much for"-
Il call" cried Mr.. Breezy.
There you go again." said Mrs.
stop that slang You know you can
well afford TO give me a few hundred
dollars for Christmas presents, aud the
man who has met with the luck you
have this year in politics should not
kick-Object TO giving his wife a little
Christmas money You wouldn't think
anything Of spending three or four hun
dred dollars on vile liquors aud cigars
for your-your constituents, as you call
them, but when your wife asks you for
half that sum
Suppose we return to the original
estimates and call it an even hundred?"
said Mr.. Breezy pulling ont his check
book.
do You suppose I can get along with
a miserable hundred dollars?7 cried Mrs.
Breezy. why, your present alone will
cost nearly IlGL i ess L expected TO
give you q real handsome present this
year, but if you are going TO be so
stingy, Of course you will have to take
what 1 can afford TO give you. Then
think of the children. and of dear
mother, and Of grandmamma, and my
dear sister-in-law, to say nothing of
brother Jack and cousin Harry and
your own mother. You don't want me
70 forget your own mother"
@You hold over me- said Mr.. Breezy.
Scoop the pot" and he threw down
check %Fill her out to suit yourself"
~DO you really mean ftp" asked Mrs.
Breezy.
SYeSn
well, you shall have just the sweet
est, incest present in the world" And
Mrs Breezy gave her husband ire
mendous kiss upon the lips, and fitted
out of the room with the check.
~The first time in this year. gasped
Mr.. Breezy. as he slowly recovered from
his establishment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
Contracts for SUPPLIES.

The members OF the state board of
charities spent a very busy day in the
city. The members present were: L.
L. Rhodes, Frankfort; W. w. Miller,
Usage City, W. T. Voc, Independence;
L. K. Kirk, Garnett, and II. b. Kelly,
MCPHERSON.
The object of their meeting was to
let the contracts for furnishing supplies
to the state charitable institutions for
the ensuing six months. All the Gam
pie rooms and the club room of the
Copeland were filed with goods from
many wholesale houses. Anxious rep
resentatives discussed the superior
merits of their wares, and it was very
lively about the hotel in consequence.
The contracts were let by bids.
The samples of fruit, ETC., were
turned over to the Orphans home and
Christ hospital by the representatives
of the various wholesale houses, to be
divided equally between them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

"IAere's something behind q. -
That's what yen think, perhaps,
when you read that the proprietors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
$500 reward for an incurable case
of Catarrh. Rather unusual, you
think, to find the makers of a medi-
cine trying to prove that they be-
ieve in it. ssThere must be some
thing back of It'll"
But it's a plain, square offer, made
In good faith. The only thing that's
back of it is the Remedy. It cures
Catarrh In the Head. To its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, the worst cases yield,
no matter how bad or of how long
standing. 1t has a record that
goes back for 25 years It doesn't
Gimply relieve 1t perfectly and
permanently cures. With a Rem
edy like this, the proprietors can
make such an offer and mean it.
To be sure there's risk in it, but
it's so very small that they ars
willing to take it.
You've "never heard of anything
like this offer ?" True enough.
But then you've never heard Of
anything like DR.. Sage's Remedy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

no would think
It'll" aid Mrs
Breezy, taking up
a piece of fancy
work and sittin
comfortably in hen
rocking chair. 1T
is only a few weeks
to Christmas. {"
Il 5 that all?5
asked Mr.. Breezy,
deep in his news
paper.
"Yes, only a few
weeks, 4" said Mrs.
B eezy. @The time
will fly away be-
fore we know it,
and l have hardly
I haua 90 manu- n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
Easy 81 ImposaibIe.

A remark imputed to Victor Hugo
in reply to a young man, who asked
him if it was difficult to write poetry,
is both witty and true, but it is more
witty than true.
MY dear sir, the poet is said to
have replied, at is either easy or i'm
possiblel"
But it is not always easy for true
poets to write poetry. Homer nod
ded occasionally, and some other
great poets have put forth most prosy
poetrV
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24

Reaches us-or should do so-through the
b4llot-oox- This Is the medium through
when IL ouent 70 speak IN clarion tones.
But there are other means by which the peo-
pie voice their sentiments, irrespective OF
politics, concerning matters OF vital import
ance- Successful or unsuccessful are those
popular admonitions as they are heard dis
tinctly or family But health, the grand
desidsratuna, appeals 70 US all The avenue IL
only cleared when the obstacles which bar
It's complete recovery are swept aside. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has for nearly a third
OF century occupied the hTst rank among
proprietary remedies for debility, dyspepsia-
constipation, disorder of the liver and kid
neys, and as an efectuaI means of conquer
lug and preventing maiarinl complaints.
Since the advent OF ia grippe" it has also
aiRnalized Itself Is q cure Of the comnlnint
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
APracticaI Fathar-

Wife: Why shonldn't Mr.. Goodsoul make
a rice husband for our daughter?
Husband: Won't do; he's miserably paid,
wage earning producer.
f'Well, how about Mr. Kindhart?'
''He won't do either. He's a poor, money
spending consumer"
"Huml The only other one she cares fol
is Mr.. Hardhead."
frHe'n do. He's middleman."
=NeW York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
Another view OF 1t.

i was very grieFed to hear you
have lost two Of your little children,
Mrs MulVaney," said a young clergy
man, whose frst parish lay among
the thickly populated regions OF
ShantytoWn, TO the afiicted mother
OF a very numerous progeny. -Share,
an don't call It 80 much a 100in' Of
him. replied the Spartan parent,
- Hrsdin' pf thin opf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-12-24
Total. 81. 6O5.77

During the month of November forty
patients were cared for at Christ hospi-
tai, the average time Of each patient
being nineteen DAYS. The hospital is
in excellent condition.
The state penitentiary furnished
state institutions with $4,000 bushels
of coal during the month of November,
and disposed of to other parties, "a, 1913
bushels, a total of 1928 bushels
during the month. The penitentiary
earned S1O,622.64, and the expenses
were S13, 223.82 for the month.
Judge J. A. Riner, of Cheyenne,
Wyo., convened the November term of
federal circuit court in this city. The
Judge rendered decision in a very im-
portant case, one involving over S24,-
600 Tt was the case of the Kilby Man
ufacturing company VS.. the Southern
Kansas Sugar company, the Citizens
State bank of Conway Springs, ct al: q
suit in equity commenced January z,
1890, to recover the sum of S24, 911.51
and interest at per cent per annum,
on a mechanics lien filed in the Office
of the clerk of the district court of
simmer county, Kansas. November II,
1889, the amount claimed being balance
due the complainant for machinery for
the sugar mill at Conway Springs The
court held that none of the defeuses
were sustained aud that the claim OF
the KiIby Manufacturing company was
prior TO that OF the bank. and judg-
ment was accordingly rendered IN favor
OF the complainant for the full amount
OF its claim. and an order was made
for the sale Of the sugar mill property
for the payment Of the compliments
Slam In full; the residue, II any. e So
paid 10 the bank and the othef defend
apts. e sheir intsrsst= nay s'31le-.'
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began 10 hustle round and get on his
boots to go out and see about the
horses But as VIII and Mary had
come to the station, only two miles dis
tant by rail, and had there hired a man
a d team to bring them over, his ser
vices in this direction were not needed
He did, however, build up such fire
in the old fireplace as IL had not seen for
many day. and, as they all sat around
IT. and talked until long after the stroke
Of twelve, it was, indeed, to them a
happy Christmas Traveller,