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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
BAREFOOT cRUsHEs SNAKES.
How the NATIVES OF Australia Grind the
Head OF a SERPENT.

How the NATIVES OF Australia Grind the
Head OF a Serpent
In Australia there are several kinds
of poisonous snakes, and a resident in
that country told me that he once saw
a snake dart out from a pile of timber
which was being moved, writes a cor
respondent. As it passed it slightly
grazed the cheek of one of the men at
work, who hardly knew that he had
been touched, but soon after he felt a
sharp pain in the cheek, and in a few
hours he was dead
The black natives have a singularly
bold way of killing snakes, of which an
English traveller was an eyewitness
on several occasions. One morning a
large snake was seen gliding along
near the encampment, when one of the
black fellows ran after it, and, Jump
ing on its head with his bare heel, he
spun around like ballet dancer until
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

IN the shops of the Cincinnati, Ham,
ilton and Dayton Railroad at Hamil-
ton, Ohio, is q cracked locomotive bell
that has q history. 1t was attached
to a locomotive presided over by a
strong, manly, handsome engineer,
whose great objects of pride and adora-
ton were first his sweetheart and then
his faithful engine. He loved them
both devotedly, though, of course, in
quite different ways. One day at
Hamilton he stood in the cab of the
engine, bell rope in hand, ready to
move the lever and start the train,
when he saw bridal party approach
ing. He glanced at the bride; it was
the girl he loved. His heart stopped
beating. he gave a groan, and dropped
dead AS he fell with the bell rope
in his hand, he gave the bell loud
ring that cracked it from top to bot
tom, and it was found afterward that
he died literally of a broken heart.
The bell in the shops at Hamilton is
still called "the bell of the broken
heart"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

A BOOKKEEPER in Wall street
banking house has made the discovery
that ink stains can readily be removed
from the fingers with the head of q
Parlor match. Moisten the ink-stain-
ed spot and rub it gently with the
head Of the match, keeping the skin
wet so that it will not be burned
The stain rapidly disappears. The
match should not be used where there
Is a cut. Violet ink stains can often
be removed by rubbing them with a
rough wooden cloth. a coat sleeve
answers very we'll
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
East EruItLIna.

ToFEKA, KAN. May ia new Santa Fe
transportation deal was made public by the
fling of the charter of the Pacific Fast Fruit
Line company.
The company is organized to transport
goods, merchandise. property and valuables,
to establish a fast fruit line, to provide and
use refrigerator cars and refrigerate IN the
transportation of perishable merchandise and
to ssll, hire and lease cars 20 the railroad
companies
The following Topeka gentlemen are dirsc-
torn of the company; ]. F. Scott, J. D. Nor
ton, r. c. Gemmell, W. D. Gossett and o.
N. Mcconnell The =rincipal business OH
ces of the company aie to be in Topeka and
Chicago, and the capital stock il placed a.
500, COO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Apeoreaae In Pansiona.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 16.-Commis-
sioner Raum, of the pension bureau, has
written a letter to Secretary Noble calling
attention to the very material decrease in
payments on account of pensions during the
present fiscal year. The entire payments for
army pensions during the present fiscal year
preparation for tins service is S125, 0O9 O93. 50.
1t now seems probable that there will be left
of this appropriation at the endso the fiscal
year 50, 769. 900. The allowance of the great
nu4nber of claims under the act of June q,
1880, has so reduced the amount of the first
payments on pension certificates as to bring
about this favorable result
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

There is more Catarrh IN this section of
the country, than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup
posed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. j.
Cheney d Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address T. j. CHENEY d. CO., Toledo, o.
~ -Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Watching the Charleston.

LONDON, May 1s.-The public interest in
the American pursuit of the Gillian vessel
Itata overshadows everything of European
nature, and the latest news Is sought for with
the most eager curiosity.
The sympathy of the British press is al
most unanimously with the insurgents, and
there is no concealInent of the irritation felt
at the course of the United States taking the
opportunity to strike a blow at their cause.
Apart from this, however, the affair excltes
interest from a naval standpoint, possibly
providing test of the efficiency of the new
American navy. At the Gillian embassy
there is no concealment of the delight caused
by the action of the American government.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
The WhlrlIgIg of Time.

CHICAGO, May IA woman giving
her name as Mrs. George E. Bond. and
claiming to be the eldest daughter of ex-
Governor Marcy, of New York. is in this
city seeking transportation to her girlhood
home. She is a middle aged wamans and
was evidently at one time a handsome woman,
but poverty and irregular living have left
their marks. She says that she was, before
her fathers death, a society belle, courted
ana admired by all. After her fathers death
she married a printer named Bond. and her
fashionable friends deserted her. She went
with him to Colorado, where he deserted her.
She came here to hunt him up. She found
that he was dead and buried here
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

CHICAGO, May 1e.-The International
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION proposes
to 60 into the crusade against the opening
of the worlds fair on the Sabbath day with
might and main
Every secretary IN the country, as well as
IN Canada has agreed to address letter to
the national commission and the board of
directors, asking that the fair be closed.
In addition, every intending exhibitor, no
matter in what country. is to be personally
addressed and asked to make his or her par
hcipation contingent upon Sunday closing.
In addition to tins, Christian workers
throughout the world are to be asked to
bring their influence to bear upon the re-
sponsible authorities during the next twelve
mOutha
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

On the ocean. cares little about q storm. He
Is positively Indifferent whether he Is
washed overheard or not. But. set right by
q WtneRlassful or two OF HoEtetter's Stomach
Bitters, he feels renewed interest IN his per
sonal safety. This fine corrective neutraliZes
in brackish WaSer-oftea coIhpulsorily drank
on shipboard TO the grievous detriment of
bealth-the pernicious impurities which
give rise 70 disorders OF the stomach. liver
and bowels. To the mariner the tourist, the
Western pioneer and miner, the Ritters is
invaluable as a means of protection against
malaria when its seeds are latent Ia air and
water. To the effects OF overWork. mental
or manual. it is a most reliable antidote
and to the debilitated and nervous,it affords
great and speedily felt relief and vigoF.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
DRANK TOASTS.
That Was the Reason of His
EgOtIstic Speech
The Raw Young Sovereign Seems
Put Out by the Election of Prince
Bismarck and to Dread What the
Veteran Statesman May Say.

LoSDoS, May 15.-"There IL only one
master in this country, and am he. I shall
suffer no other beside me-" Such are the
authentic words of the German emperor at
Dusseldorf. ''In this spirit" adds he, Il
drink to the welfare of the Rhine ProVi-
denee," but when the fumes of this spirit
had been dispelled the more sober second
thought Of the emperor led him TO strike out
from the official report of his harangue tins
all too significant sentence. It was his an
swer, think some. to the election of Prince
Bismarck to the reichstag.
Be the emperor's motives what they may,
his speech is remarkable for more reasons
than one. In the first twelve lines of 1t the
first personal pronoun occurs thirteen times,
and the whole deliverance is saturated with
egOtlsm- Never was any monarch, not even
any of those who were really great and had
done great things, who spoke more loftlly
than this raw young sovereign.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

THE %pigskin" which is used in South
American countries for holding the flu
ids, is usually the skin of 8 living sheep
that is, it is stripped from the animal
before the animal is killed This cruel
process is thus described. The sheep
is tied to stake, and a careful slit is
made down the middle and around the
neck, without cutting the flesh. Hooks
are then fastened to the loosened skin,
and it is slowly drawn off to the tail.
The poor animals cries of agony during
this atrocious proceeding would touch
the heart of even a savage, but the Pc
ruvians, who originated it, seem to de-
light in it. They assert that the skin
taken from a living animal is more
durable and flexible than if the poor
beast were first mercifully killed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

HarrisOn's Second Long Speech
OMAHA, NEB.-At this place the president
spoke at as great length as at Galveston; the
two being the longest speeches, so far, of
the trip:
In his speech. replying to the mayors vel
come, the president. among other things,
said: SIT has been a source of constant
thought and Jealous effort on the part of the
administration at Washington to secure
larger foreign markets for our farm pro-
ducts. l rejoice that in the last two years
some of these distractions which hindered
the free access of our meat products to for
elgn markets have been removed. l rejoice
to know that We have now freer and larger
access for our meats to the markets of Eu-
rope than We have had in many years. re-
loice to know that this has brought better
prices to the stock ralsers of these great west
ern valleys. 1 believe, under the provision
looking to reciprocal law, demanded of the
last congress, that We shall yet open larger
and new markets for Nebraska farms.
hope the day Is not far distant when the sight
OF great American ships flying the stars and
stripes at the fore peak will be familiar, not
only IN our ports, but IN every busy mart of
commerce the world over. Cheers.
This government of ours cannot do every
thing for everybody. The theory of our
government Is largely individual. 1t Is de-
sirable that We shall afford to all the free,
honest pursuit of honest industries, that each
individual shall have IN his own place the
best chance possible to develop the highest
prosperity for himself and his family. Some
functions are lodged with our government.
1t must provide currency for the use of our
people, for believe that the time has gone
by when We will be content to return to the
old system of an issue of money by state
banks: but l viii not discuss such questions,
/ only desire to say this, which is common
ground upon which We can all stand; That
whatever money the government issues,
paper or coin, II must be good money.
Cheers ! have an idea that every dollar
we issue should be as ever other dollar we
issue. None SO much as the labOring man
and the farmer require full value dollar,
of permanent value the year around lcheers ,
and that this great government in it's under
taking handle with benehcent and equal
hands the pursuits of the rich and the poor.
Cheers.
Nothing has been so impressive in all
this journey as the magnificent spirit of
patriotism which pervades our people. !
have seen enough American flags to wrap
the world around Cheers.
The school children have waved it every
where; and many a time IN some Lonesome
country home on the bleak sand, have seen
a man or woman or little Toy come to the
door of the cabin as We hurried by and wave
the starry banner IN greeting to our train. u
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Cost of the Botkin Trial.

Topeka, May 1s.-The $4,000 set apart
from the general appropriation for witnesses
was, by order of the senate, divided equally
between the state and respondent. The state
used all it's portion except SOS, and there ia
quite deficiency to be borne by the defense.
There is a deficiency of 81, 200 for employees
Of the senate, but the appropriation for the
pay of the senators themselves was ample.
The entire expense of the trial has not yet
been footed up. but it will aggregate consid-
srably more than $780, 900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
IA eiph,s BIp Show,

RALEIGH, N. c., May 18.-The fourteen
southern states. together with Arizona and
New Mexico, are represented IN the Perma-
nent exposition which was opened here IN
the presence of a great crowd Its objects
are to demonstrate the resources and to dis
play the products of the south
1t Is expected that the permanent exposi-
ton will be visited by large numbers of peo-
pie from the north and who will be afforded
an ocular demonstration of the progress
made by the south of recent years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
A War on the Unions.

CHICAGO, May 16.-Every union switchman
in the employ of the Chicago d Northwest
ern railroad, not only here but at every other
point, has been discharged.
The Northwestern officials state that for
more than two years the situation regarding
the switchmen has been growing worse.
They have struck, and for trivial causes at
times, seriously delaying trains and business
generally OF the road. They have time and
again demanded the discharge of men whose
only fault was that they were non-union.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
A ProhIbItIon Decision,

DIES MoINEs, IA, May 15.-An important
decision was rendered by Judge Shiras in the
federal court here. An attempt has been
made to block proceedings under the state
Ohibitory law by having litigation trans
ferred to the federal courts. Judge Shiras,
in a case from Oskaloosa, ruled that unless
new questions were involved the United
States courts would not interfere with state
laws, for which the state courts were ample.
hibitOry victory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Portueuese PoIitIos

MADRID, May 16.-Sensational reports in
connection with the situation of affairs in
Portugal are being circulated in this city.
The Justicia, the republican organ, publishes
kilograms from Portugal which state that
King Charles has called a meeting of the
council of ministers in order to confer with
the council upon the financial and political
situation The Justicia adds that the king
of Portugal is disposed to abdicate his throne
should the ministers come to the conclusion
that such a step is necessary.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 18.-According
TO the presidents own tally he made LAG
speeches on the trip through the south and
west; the last one being on the train between
Philadelphia and this city, to all who had
accompanied him. The tram men, inclnd-
ing cooks, waters, etc, were addressed IN a
parting speech and all who mad done serViee
on the train for the excursionists were hand
aoueiY remem bered.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

BIOLOGISTS have proved that the
diamond mines of South Africa are
situated in vents or chimneys, varying
from about seventy feet to 1900 feet
In diameter, and descending vertically
through the schists which form the or
binary strata of the district. These
vents are filed up with fragments OF
siicated and magnetism rocks, in
which the diamonds are scattered, and
before the diggings began each was
capped by a hillock, or ~kopje. 4"
They are seventeen in number. and
run in a straight line about 40 miles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

three yesrs-has Just been discovered,
and the usual arrests viii follow.
When the Gar enyies any nobleman's
wealth, and wants to confiscate It, or
when he finds any one talking too
much, a conspiracy" helps him to
carry out his plans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
NINETEENTH DAY

or the impeachment Trial of judge
BOti<ln.
TOPEKA. KAN.-The same routine continued;
witnesses for the defense telling the same
story about B0tkin's habits. He is a drink
ing man. but had never seen him drunk.
Drank less since than before he became
Judge.
The Springfield payment of $4,000 to w.
P. Hackney was aired, but nothing new was
brought ont
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

A TRAMP ~sassed" farmers wife in
Wisconsin and she lit onto him and
raked his face with her inger-nails.
He thought he'd got off cheap, but in
two days erysipelas set in and in q
week he was dead. The average wo-
mans nails are as deadly as the upas
tree and should be lodged sooner than
her fat-irons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

MoNTEvDEo, the capital of Uruguay,
has 4s, 900 population and eleven daily
papers In order not to force the sea-
son some of these dailies come out but
once 4 week, and some only once in
twoweeks. and if the foreign exchanges
did not get in once a fortnight there
would be no call to publish oftener
than once . month.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

TIE miles Of various nations, ex-
pressed in yards. are as follows: The
Irish mile. 224O yards; Swiss, 9153
Italian, 1766; Scotch, 1891; Tuscan,
1905; German, 81O6: Arabian, 2l43;
Turkish, 1926; Flemish, 6S96; Vienna,
$3.50; Roman 1928 or POPS; Werst,
10y or 1887; Dutch aud Prussian,
64S0; Swedish AMI Danish, 7351.5; Eng
hsh and American, I76O.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

They have been calling it the grip in
Chicago, but when people are dying at
the rate of forty-one out of every 1000
of a city's population in year, they'd
better change it to yellow fever, small
pox or black death. The medical fra
ternity knows that not one per cent. of
the people who have had la grippe
have died with it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

GERMANY's merchant marine COM
prehends 1884 vessels, with a regis
tered tonnage of l, 320,371. Six years
ago the figures were respectively 4,257
and 1, 294, 28S. The number of sailing
ships has fallen during this time from
3,6O7 to ATS, and the number of
steamships has increased from $50 to
9I5
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

They had Just completed a new
single-span bridge over river in Iowa
when tramp came along and offered
to break it down for dollar. He was
laughed at for his words, but he stood
in the center and began to Jump up
and down, and pretty soon the bridge
vibrated so they gave him So to quit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

ONE of the two chimpanzees at the
Paris Jariin dAcclimation, inoculated
with Koch's lymph, died forty-eight
hours after the operation. The lungs
Of the creature were sent to the Abort
School of Medicine to be carefully ex-
,.,sr.d
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
ParnelIIsm oettIng Weak.

LONDON, May 16.-What is left of the Par
nellite organization in Ireland will be dealt
a fatal blow within a few days. The two
Harrington brothers, Timothy and Edward,
have decided to give their adhesion to the
nationalist party. Timothy, a report says,
will make the first move. The two brothers
have been by all odds the most formidable
of Parnelps friends, because they controlled
the machinery of the national league.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

A BELLE of Dawson County, Texas,
after waiting half an hour in the office
of Justice of the Peace for the man
she was to marry. got impatient, Dor
rowed the Justices revolver, and started
tolOok for her intended. At the end of
twenty minutes she returned. driving
the laggard before her, and the cere-
mony was performed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

NEW YORK, May 1e.-The racing stable of
the late Senator Hearst was sold under the
hammer at Sheepshead Bay. Twenty-s1x
horses IN all were in the stables All of the
horses were IN training and were sold with
long lists OF engagements for the racing sea-
brought 80. so The rest ranged from 81
500 for a -year-Old down to s., 600, the Lowest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
TWENTIETH DAY

OF the impeachment Trial OF Judge
BOttSin.
TOPEKA. kAS--The evidence for the de-
fence Is all in now, and the prosecution only
put one witness on the stand in rebuttal.
1t Is said that the counsel for the prosecution
will now make their arguments, and that the
defense viii Introduce no more arguments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

THEY are trying to make out that it
is a very strange thing that a Camden
girl of IA never saw q Bible IN her
life. There are figures to prove that
100, 900 families in this country never
had such a book in the house.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

A MAN in Newark, n. J.. bought a
clock. The family upstairs refused
to buy one, Us they could hear his
strike. He set his clock half an hour
ahead of time, and they now sue him
for so doing, and causing them to
arise too early.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

THE brightness of the moon is not so
very much greater than the brightness
of the same area of sky. The total
light of the full moon can be compared
with the total light of the sun, though
it is a very difficult problem. and the
result Will be that the sun is as bright
as $50, 900 full moons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

The county of Galway, Ireland, con-
tains a very large number of small
holdings on farms-no fewer than
Is, 50O-whose extent does not exceed
fifteen acres each. OF these LOO are
of one acre or less, and about 1900 of
over one acre and not exceeding five
acres in extent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

Why are you sick? Because you have neg
lected natures laws. She continually tries
to correct the trouble but cannot do it with
out assistance. Prickly Ash Bitters is the
assistant needed, and with the help of this
medicine your health will be fully restored.
Give it a trial and watch the results.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

W. K. Vanderbilt experienced the
unusual in having a seventy-Pound
turtle deposited on the deck of his
yacht by an enormous wave while on
the journey to Villefranehe. The tur-
tie was served in the cabin later on.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Strike Against Bonds.

LOUISVILLE, KY. May 1s.-An the drivers
and handlers of the Adams Express COM
pany have struck here. This is the result of
the recent order requesting their employees
to furnish bonds The strike is likely TO
spread over the country.