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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
STATE Affairs
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
Sons of Veterans.


A reception was rendered at Lincoln
post hall by the Ladies of the G.. A. R.,
Lincoln circle and Sons of Veterans to
the visiting members of the National
Sons of Veterans. Lieutenant General
E. J. San Souci, of Providence, Rhode
Island, Major General Rudolph Loben-
stein of Warrenburg, Mo-, Inspector
General Marvin E. Hall of Hillsdale,
Mich. The officers are here to inspect
the national headquarters. The captain
OF Old Abe camp, Sons of Veterans, a
B. Callahan, presided
General a. B. Campbell delivered the
first address of welcome.
Judge John Guthrie gave the young
men wholesome advice.
General San Souci expressed his APP
probation of the cordial welcome ac-
corded the representatives, of his order.
He considered that it was the desire OF
the people, not so much to do honor to
the visitors but to the Sons OF Veterans
Mrs. S. NJ. Wood said the Sons of
Veterans had much more to do than
to perpetuate the memories OF their
fathers, and spoke of the feeling of 10y
atty which they would be expected to
spread abroad
General Hall said: "As we travel
through the land I shall tell the people
of the welcome we have received from
your people through you"
Hon. B. Kelly and General Loben-
stein spoke, followed by General L. J.
Webb.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
STOCK AND FARM.

Glen Elder Sentinel: It has been re-
ported that the Hessian fly was damag-
ing the wheat in this vicinity, but we
have interviewed a number of farmers
and they all say there is no trace OF
them.
Jewell City Republican: In years
past, Jewell county farmers have con-
tinually borrowed and bought. This
year they are selling off and paying.
Business men say more debts have been
paid during the past year than during
any previous year.
Topeka Journal: n. S. johnson,
brother of Judge J. B. Johnson, has
been in the city for the past few days,
visiting his brother and family. While
here he made a trip to Salina and
bought a carload of Shetland ponies,
which he shipped to Chicago. He also
spent considerable money on horse flesh
in Topeka.
Ness City News: Clerk of the Court
Mitchell left at the News Office bunch
of wheat that measured about twenty
inches in height and was taken from a
hundred-acre field, which, he says, is 80
closely covered with growing grain
that another stalk, to find room, would
have to be driven in with a hammer.
During the preceding fourteen days the
growth had averaged about an inch per
day.
Kiowa Journal: James Lobdell, of
New York City. owns farm five miles
north of here, and is now here for a
weeks recreation. The Williams boys
have fine field of wheat near the Lob
dell farm. A few days ago Mr.. Lob
dell said to Williams: 81 will give you
65 cents per bnshel for your wheat
and allow you thirty-five bushels per
acre" That is S22.75 per acre two
months before the harvest. The offer
was not accepted.
Cedar Vale Star: G. NJ. Carpenter,
at Elgin. has wintered 1000 head of
cattle with a loss of only four head,
and two of them from accident. This
would be a remarkable showing in any
year, but with feed as scarce and as
high as last year, is especially SO. The
record is in marked contrast to losses
sustained by some we hear of, who, out
of herd of eighty or more have lost
from twenty to thirty head. Such a
difference in per cent of loss distin-
cuisines the man who is thorough ID
his business from the one who is not.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

out TO look for him. Not finding him,
the father went hastily to the creek,
where he found the child in the water,
dead.
The twenty-third annual conclave OF
the GrandCommandery of Knights Tenn
plar, of Kansas, convened at Parsons. and
IN honor Of this event the city is profuse-
ly decorated. The following grand officers
were elected for the ensuing year: W.
5. Corbitt, OF Wichita, right eminent
grand commander; E @. Culp, of Sa-
lima, deputy grand commander; Clark
Gray, Of Larned, generalissimo; Alex
ander Robb, Of Mcpherson, grand cap
tam general; Rev. Upper, of Leayen-
worth, grand Prelats; Robert E. Tor
rington, grand senior warden; Dr. Will
liam G. Holmes, of Parsons, grand
junior warden: Christian Beck. of Law
renee, grand treasurer; John II. Brown,
of Kansas City, Kan. grand recorder;
George Q. Kenyon, of Abilene, grand
standard bearer; Daniel W. Nellis, of
Topeka, grand sword bearer; Edward
Hayes, Of Wellington, grand sword
bearer. Newton, Kan, was selected as
the place for holding the next meeting.
Usage City Free Press: Jos. Abra-
hams, an old veteran of Company A, 7th
Kansas, while on his way from Topeka
to the Soldiers Home at Fort Dodge,
was put of the train at this station, his
money having been exhausted. He
started to walk, but on account of an
old wound, and very severe attack of
seiatic rheumatism, he only got as far
as the old brick-yard south of town,
where he lay a night and day. To-
wards evening A. II. Howard discovered
him at the south end OF Fourth street,
In very feeble condition, and imme-
diately took charge of him, notifying
the comrades of the G. A r. of his
condition. He was brought to the Col
man house and cared for by the old
soldiers several days, when he had suf-
ficiently recovered to resume his jour
ney. A ticket was furnished him by
the "bOys in blue" and he is now safe
ly housed in the Soldiers Home at Fort
Dodge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Ordination

The ordination services by which Rev.
J. A. L. Romig of Newton consecrates
his life to the ministry, were held at
the First Christian church, Topeka.
1t was the first ordination ceremony
that has ever taken place in this church.
Quite a large audience was in attend
ance.
The services were in charge of Rev.
B. L. Smith, pastor of the church.
The request of three churches-Ne Newton,
Darlington and Whitewater Rev.
Romig be ordained, was first read to
the audience. Then queries were pro-
pounded TO the candidate as TO his faith
and his devotion to the ministry as a
Iifework. Rev. Smith read select pas
sages of scripture on ordination and the
sending out of ministers.
Rev. T. M. Myers, state evangelist,
spoke of the ordination service and what
it meant.
The charge to the candidate was then
made by Rev. Smith, the young minis
ter coming forward and kneeling upon
the platform while the participating
ministers laid hands upon him. The
services concluded with the ordination
prayer by Rev. F. NJ. Rain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
The Ssnt.r of our fo.t.n+


Is the title of a recent charming paper
by that brilliant writer, Charles Dudley
Warner, wherein the glories of the Pacific
Coast as winter resort are most graphical
~ described. The American people are be-
ginning to understand that the Puget Sound
Country IS one of our most splendid posses
sions. and that the lame of the ''Mediterra-
mean of the Pacific" is a happy title not ms
applied. IN speaking of Mt. Tacoma, Sen
ator Geo. f. Edmunds says:
81 would be willing to go 500 hundred
miles again to see that scene. The continent
is yet IN Ignorance of what will ne one of the
grandest show places as we'll as sanitariums.
II switzerland is rightly called the play
ground of Europe, atn satisfied that around
the base of Mt. Rainier will become prom
iuent place of resort, not for America only,
but for the world besides. with thousands OF
sites for building purposes, that are nowhere
excelled for the grandeur of the view that
can he obtained from them, with topograph-
ical features that would make the most per
feet system OF drainage both possible and
easy, and with a most perfect and health
giving climate"
Thousands of delighted tourists over the
Union Pacific the past year bear ample tes-
timony to the beauty and majesty of this
new empire of the Pacific Northwest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
How Jay Gould travels.

I was talking with Western railroad
man about Mr.. Gould's Western tours Of
inspection, when he said TO me: ~Mr.
Gould always takes the precantlOn Of
travelling in a special car, with q special
train, over his roads, and of going I'M
heralded. Only the train dispatchers
know where he is on the line, and when
he directs what he wants done the track
is cleared for him. He moves at odd
hours, so that none OF the old striking
hands may know what he is doing.
Another precaution he takes is always
TO run an extra engine ahead Of his
special train to see that the track is
clear. The Gar of Russia could not
take more care to prevent personal in
jury to himself. 1t is a great thing TO
be able to ride over miles and miles of
road like that, but 1 fancy the pleasure
has its keenness dulled by the possibility
that some dynamiter may be laying for
the train and its occupant / have once
or twice been asked TO go with Mr..
Gould on his Southwestern trips, but
prefer TO take my chances on regular
train. "-NetC York Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
Gather Samples.

AS no one is as yet authorized to ar
range for the collection of samples for
the proposed display of Kansas pro-
ducts at the Columbian exposition, and
as many of our finest fields of wheat,
rye, oats, ETC., may mature before an
organization can be secured, 1 beg
leave, very respectfully, to suggest to
those having field crops from which
good samples may be selected, to secure
the same before harvest, cutting the
straw as near the ground as possible.
and safely store the same until such
time as they may be called for by the
proper committee.
It is confidently expected that liberal
premiums will be offered by the board
of managers, when selected, for samples
in the straw of the cereals named, and
as the outlook is now good for fine
crops the samples desired should be Sc
cured as the crops secure. They should
be selected Just before harvest begins,
and 10 quantity sufficient 1.-TWO good
sized bundles of each variety selected
FROM to meet the requirements of the
board when premiums may be offered.
Respectfully,
HENRY WoRRALL.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

@You don't amount to much, said the
bridge, bOastingly, TO the rOugh-lOoking
pile of stoneWOrk on which it rested.
@All you are good for is TO stand down
there In the water. People come from
miles around to admire my handsome
proportions, my lightness and strength.
and TO wonder how much I cost II it
wasn't for me nobody could cross the
river I'm the bridge myself; that's
what I am You are nothing but heap
of rocks
THAT may be true" replied the rough
looking pile of stoneWork- @But no mat
ter how high you hold your head, nor
how fine and smart You think yOu are, 1
want you TO understand I consider my
self your peer"
This story teaches, dear children, that
nothing is more important than 70 havs
a good understanding.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

DE- Joseph Dennison, of Tecumseh,
and Rev. B. F. Bowman, of Topeka, at
tending the Topeka district conference
are men long known and respected by
Kansas Methodists.
They were members of the first Kan
sas conference, held in Lawrence in
1857, and have both lived here ever
since. They are the only members OF
that conference now living in Kansas
DR.. Denuison was at one time president
of the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege and president of Baker university.
Rev. Bowman Is at present chairman OF
the board of trustees of Baker.
They are both hale and hearty men
and will outlive many a younger mem
Der yet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Abilene.-The installation services
were held in the Presbyterian church
when DR.. Blayney, formerly of Omaha,
was placed in charge of the church.
The exercises were conducted by Revs.
T. R. Lewis of Beloit, William FOulks
Salina, and ]. n. Rankin, Solomon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

Two good listeners may be friends, but
two good takers never.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

The little barber is none the less a strap
ping fellow.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

The man who has lived for himself has the
privilege of being his only mourner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

Up to snuf-Getting out of bed to take q
pinch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

People borrow trouble because it is easy t.
get, and need not be paid back.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21
From Sin to C0ltfItIOl
Lucy HaFFilgiam'S Sacrifice.
The Story Of a TASTY Marriage and
Its Tragic Sequel.
BY ERNST BRUNCKEN,

Airthor Of ''The BEbliomaniae's Crime"
al Terrible Secret. ETC., etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-21

A couple of fine pelicans have bee
shipped IN from the west to swell tn
collection of natural curiosities at tn
state house.
W. Dryer, the florist at the reforr
school, has banana plant in bot
flower and fruit. IL is q decided novel
ty SO far north.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16
Some Curious Legal NJ uls anoes.

SOHl0 SurIOuS Legal ~ us anCeS'
Thefollowing are some Of the alleged
nuisances for which injunctions and
damages have been asked from SYM
pathetic courts and juries: In a re-
cent English case an enthusiastic
amateur played daily eight hours on
a violoncello and on Sundays a little
longer some times. 70 add to the
misery caused, the player lived in a
fat. The judge before whom the case
came decided that three hours was
long enough for any human being to
play on a violoncello and the injunc-
ton issued.
In case before the Court of Com
mon Pleas some time ago in New York
a person was brought up for trundling
in carriage overhead his teething
baby, both by night and day. The
Judge, who must have been married
man, held that the noise was not UNI
reasonable and refused to interfere.
In another English case a chime of
bells at Deptford was not allowed to
ring because the noise was offensive to
q majority of the property owners in
the vicinity.
The newspapers recently mentioned
the sad case of discharged chorister
who took a horrible revenge on the
congregation by sitting in pew and
purposely singing out OF tune.
Whether he was indicted or not for
disturbing public worship does not
appear .-Medical Journal.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16
OCEAN STEAMERS

Something About Their Speed and
Form.
The primary condition for high
speed is fneness of form, SO that the
water at the bow of the vessel may be
separated and thrown to one side,
and brought to rest again at the stern
and behind the vessel with the least
possible disturbance and the meas
ure of efficiency of form for the maxi
mum speed intended is inversely as
the height of the waves of disturbance.
A ship that has been designed to at
tain q speed of Is knots will, when
Lowing at II knots, show a very
slight disturbance indeed, and in one
designed for 10 knots, when moving
at this lower speed, it will be scarcely
observable; but however fine the lines
of ship may be, she must at every
speed produce some disturbance, al
though it may be very slight, as the
water displaced by her must be raised
above the normal level and replaced
at the normal level; hence, at or near
the bow of ship there is always the
crest of a wave, and at or near the
stern the hollow of one. When YES
sci ia going at it's maximum-speed,
and is properly designed for that
speed, the wave should not be very
high, nor should it extend beyond the
immediate neighborhood of the bow;
likewise the wave of replacement
should be the same at or near the
stern of ship, and the wake" or
disturbance of water left behind in the
track OF the ship, should be narrow
Scribner.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16
A Kings Ambition,

The little King of Spain, Alfonso
KILL, has his boyish ambitions, it
seems, even though he is a king. He
is now five years old, and isno longer q
"baby king" Recently, it is related
by correspondent at Madrid, the
celebrated sculptor, Senior Querol,
was engaged to make statue of the
young king.
The sculptor had great difficulty in
finding q pose for his subject which
should be at once spirited and natural,
and sat one day in brown study, re-
garding the boy as he looked out at
The window
All at once the sound of a band OF
music was heard on the street. The
king sprang up, and brought his hand
to his forehead in the military salute.
''The flag, sir! the fag!" the boy ex-
claimed, "Salute itp'
The sculptor had found the pose he
sought, and made his statue repre-
sent the king in the act of saluting his
country's flag.
As he was at work, the boy asked
the artist:
care you going TO make me big?"
"The statue viii represent your
majesty little larger than you are, y
said Senior Querol.
"Well," said the five-year-old, 81
want you to make me very big, with a
long moustache'
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16

Remarkable Contrast In the Effect
Of Two Poisons on the Complex
lon. ....s.
The slow absorption Of many pois-
ons changes in some more or less
modified form the complexion, but
arsenic and ammonia show their effect
about as quickly as any. The popu-
lar belief that arsenic clears the COM
plexion has led many silly women to
kill themselves with it in small, con-
tinued doses. ...
1t produces a waxy, ivory-like ap-
pearance of the skin during certain
stage of the poisoning, but it's terrible
after effects have become too well
known to make it of common use as
cosmetic. --.ta
The effects of ammonia upon the COM
plexlon are directly the opposite to
that of arsenic. The first symptom
of ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work in ammonia
factories is q discoloration of the
skin of the nose and forehead. This
gradually extends over the face until
The complexion has a stained, blotch-
ed, and unsightly appearance. With
people who take ammonia into their
systems in small er doses, as with
their water or food, these striking
symptoms do not appear so soon..
The only effect of the poison that is
visible for q time is a general unwhole-
someness and sallowness of the COM
plexion.
Many people are slowly absorbing
ammonia poison without knowing it.
The use of ammonia in the manufact-
ures has greatly increased of late, and
it is unquestionably used as an adul-
terant i'll certain food preparations,
Official analysis have plainly showed
it's use even in such cheap articles of
every day consumption as baking
powders. The continued absorption
of ammonia in even minute quantities
as an adulterant in food is injurious
not merely from it's effect upon the
complexion, but because it destroys
the coating of the stomach and causes
| dyspepsia and kindred evils.
Professor Long of Chicago, is author
ity for the statement that, if to fifty
million parts of water there is one
part OF ammonia, the water is danger
Gus.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16
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SILLY AND COSTLY.
The Unfortunate Outcome OF a De-
sire to Shine.

~
The Unfortunate Outcome OF a De-
sire to shine.
Many wise and carefully considered
schemes have been brought to naught
by a few thoughtless words. A tragi.
calillustration of the text is furnished
by the New York Tribune. At an enter.
tainment last winter gentleman well
known in financial circles happened to
sit at a dinner next to q very talka-
| tive and sprightly young lady.
As it fell out, they were not intro
duced to each other, but on reading
the card by the young woman's plate,
| the gentleman became interested, and
promptly engaged her in conversation,
He found her talk more interesting
than she dreamed OF, and as she ran
on about new pair of ponies she IN
tended buying, proposed tripto Eu-
rope to fit herself for her Newport sea,
son, and more of the same sort-the
whole being nothing but a lot of inn
aginary nonsense begotten OF a desire
to shine and dazzle.
When the ladies rose to go, and her
neighbor drew back his chair, he said,
gravely, ~ am very glad to have met
you, Miss A. know your father
pray tell him l have had the pleasure
Of making your acquaintance"
Pleased with her supposed conquest,
Miss Vanity returned home, and at
the breaKfast-table the next morning
told her people about the dinner and
Mr.. IS message. Her father, who
had seemed pale and careworn OF late
looked up with sudden interest.
"Mr. -, do you say2'' he asked
quickly. 81 hope you made a good
impression. That mans opinion is
worth more to me today than any
other mans in New York"
The poor man had been struggling
through great financial difficulties, and
had finally all but effected an arrange
ment which would once more set hin
on his feet; but alas! the impression
which his daughter had produced upor
the one man whose action would com
plete the pending negotiations wa:
such as to upset the entire plan.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-07-16
FISH AS FOOD.

The Idea That the Eating OF Fish
Produces Brain Power Erro-
neous.
Though "fish days." as they were
once understood, are now optional,
the question discussed by a writer in
Temple Bar under the above heading,
is still a very important one. Re-
garding the properties of fish as food
there is still much to learn. The work
ing classes entertain usually an utter
contempt for it, and very few OF them
60 beyond ga bloater for breakfast,
or "two pennyworth of shrimps or
Ewihkles" as supplement for their
Sunday afternoon tea. "One popular
fallacy," says the author, "in connec-
ton with fish may be noticed-name-
ly, the oft-repeated assertion that the
eating ofthat particular food increases
brain power! No one who has studied
the subject can possibly believe the
assertion. A man might eat huge
portion of fish every day of his life,
and on the day of his death, if the
quantity of phosphorus THE brain
inyigorator) consumed were to be-
come visible, it would not amount
to more than might suffice to tip
couple of lucifer matches. Com
munities have existed that lived al
most solely on fish, but these Ichthy-
ophagists were certainly not famous
for intellectual attachments. Nor are
our fisher villages, in many of which
much fish is presumably consumed,
the seats of any great amount of brain
power. None of our fisher folks are
remarkable for genius, or even for
what is called common sense; their
views of life and it's responsibilities
being shrouded in haze of supersti-
ton, which they lack sufficient strength
of mind to see through" 1t is inter-
esting, too, to note that in this ex-
pert's opinion Fishing is q profitable
occupation. The sea is vast, no seed
or manure is required to force the
great harvest, which brings to the fish
captors at first hand a sum of six mil
lions sterling, and in all probability
costs the consumer thrice that sum.
No toll is exacted for leave to fish, no
rent is required for permission to gath
er the harvest of the sea; the teeming
waters OF the mighty deep are free to
all who choose to cast their lines or
nets into Them