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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
Comfort in the Nursery.

A bamboo screen with silk curtains,
or better still, those. Of some wash
able material, Is most useful ad
lunct, writes Elisabeth Robinson
Scovil in a useful article on EUR
nishing the Nursery" In the Ladies'
Home Journal. 1t can be used to
shield the crib from draught, to
screen a corner, or shut of the wash
stand when it is in use.
II the nursery Is far from the
kitchen a small refrigerator will be
found great convenience. Tin ones
can be purchased for about three
dollars that answer the purpose ad-
mirably. There is room for the sup
ply OF milk for the day, beside the
ice, and they are easily kept in per-
feet order.
II the baby is fed on artificial food
some means should be provided for
heating it; an alcohol lamp, a con-
trlvance to fit on the gas burner, or
a covered saucepan alone, II there is
an open fire.
No nursery should be without a
thermometer, and when it varies
much from GO degrees the source OF
heat must be attended to.
A clock is always interesting and
amusing to children, and as they
grow older is useful In teaching them
70 tell time.
Besides closet for the playthings
that are owned and used in common,
each child should have a receptacle
for its own peculiar treasures, which
it should be required to keep in order.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
clergyman and Baker.

A clergyman in Scotland desired
his hearers never to call one another
liars, but when anyone said the thing
that was not true they ought to
whistle. One Sunday he preached q
a sermon on the miracle Of the loaves
and fishes, and, being at a loss how
to explain it, he said the loaves were
not like those nowadays; they were
as big as some Of the hills In Scot
land! He had scarcely pronounced
the words when he heard a loud
whistle.
"Wha Is that, says he, "ca's me a
liar?"
ut is l, Willy Macdonald, the
baker"
"Well, Willy, what objection have
We to what I ha' told YEP"
"None," said he; "only want to
know what sort O. ovens they had to
bake those loayes o. bread in. New
York Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

moves with an air Of self-possesslon
characteristic Of the high-bred Chi
nese. The minister's wife, who Is
accompanied by her two daughters and
Ave Oriental ladies Of rank, Is said by
the Star to be decidedly exclusive,
and will not be much seen In Wash
ington society. In accordance with
Chinese custom she lives life Of the
greatest seclusion, dining alone and
seeing no one, for visitors are not per-
mitted to enter her apartments
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
The Senate Has to Come TO Il.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. December ALI GER
tain senators make good their promises there
will be a decided and earnest effort at thu
approaching regular session 70 amend the
rules Of the senate SO as to, in measure,
prevent resort to dilatory tactics and to pro-
vide for closing Of debate.
The delay in the passage of the silver re-
peal bill had the effect, incidental to most
conflicts Of great length in the senate. OF
arousing a number of senators to the inn
portance of change which will place in
the hands OF the senate the power to bring
any issue to a close at definite time and to
make the majority the judge OF the proper
limitation Of debate upon any subject.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

quently plundered by organized
bands of robbers and desert dwell
ers, and even yet tribute Is often
laid by wandering Bedoulns upon car
avans passing through the African
desert. Drivers are usually selected
from men remarkable for their en-
durance, hardihood, and courage. At
present in Africa Bedoulns monopo-
lie the business, being naturally fit
ted for 1t owing to their wild, rowing
lives in the desert.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

ings, weighs 100 pounds, wears
mustache, but no hair on the top Of
his head. He Is pretty well known
in the courts in criminal and theat-
rlcal cases. For fifteen years he has
been In partnership with William +.
Howe. At first the reputation Of the
firm rested on the contrast in the
size of the two partners; now 1t rests
on Hummel's brain. "Abe" wears a
IA hat
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
She Il soon own the Universe.

The persistence of the crank is one
Of the most extraordinary attributes
Of the genius When Gen. Grant was
In the White House a woman named
Thurstan came to him with deed
on parchment for the entire State Of
Maine. She wanted him to accept 1t
in trust for the people, and pay her
an annuity in consideration thereof.
subsequently she made a similar APP
plication in reference to a like paper
which proved her title in fee to the
whole United States. In return she
demanded an allowance Of $500, 900
per annum. Since March last she
has been seeking an interview with
Mr. Cleveland. She owns all Europe
now, and is anxious to hypothecate
the property.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
ALMOST NEXT TO ROYALTY.

The New Chinese Mlnlstor ut Washington
AN Exalted Noble In His Own Land.
In many respects Yang Yee, the
new Chinese minister 10 one OF the
most interesting men to arrive In
Washington In many a day. He Is a
man Of great wealth and the highest
position In Chlna-a man of such inn
portance, In fact, thath comes very
near being royal parsonage About
so years of age, short and stout, he
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

The top OF the chifronIer Is good
lodging place for the fragile belong
ings whose destruction by the heed
less younger ones is always so heart
breaking to the careful owner A
low cupboard, divided into compart-
ments, is the best II II can be had.
A small bookcase must not be for
gotten with room for the toy books
of the babies, as well as for the books
OF the other members Of the nursery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
what "RnnlrrnntH nr0nna.

The word bankrupt comes from two
Italian words, signifying broken
bench. The populace Of Venice, Flor
ence and other Italian cities often be-
came greatly incensed with the money
lenders, who were frequently Hebrews,
and bursting into the market places,
would steal the change and break or
overturn the bench. A broken bench
implied a money changer without
funds, hence the term.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
ELEEIs on ne DESERT.


Means OF Commercial Intercourse In Asa
and Africa.
II the camel Is the ship Of the des-
ert, the caravan is Its feet and the
camel drivers are It's navlgators.
Camels, on account Of their powers of
endurance, are the means of CONNER
clal intercourse in many parts Of Asia
and Africa, and have been so used
from the earliest period. A caravan
Is merely an organized company OF
travellers formed for the purpose OF
mutual protection. All caravans are
under the command Of chief, and
the members are subjected to dlscl'
pline. Formerly caravans we're fire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

as Abraham ii.
IIummel. He was
born in England
forty-nve years
ago, but with his
hat on does not,
according to the
Commercial Adj
vertiser, look
more than Is.
He stands s feet
lin hSs oiIIy atn0ly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
punlahlng Lottery Poodle.

CHICAGO, December A.--President Mo-
Donald Of the Guarantee Investment COM
pany was sentenced to eleven months i'm.
prisonment in the county jail and to pay
5000. Vice President and Treasurer 5tev.
enSon and Secretary Swearengin OF the
company were fneG $500 each. The charge
against the trio was using the malls TO run
n lottery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
CHAPTER X.
NAE SITUATION CLEARING

AS Ralph Kemplin, clothed and in his
right mind" although bruised in body,
continued his brisk walk towards the
capital, he was struck with the length
of the road. d,
Seems to me 1 ought to have reached
town before now, or at least be in sight
of it" he muttered. "Queer enough"
He continued to trudge on resolutely,
Notwithstanding the weakness induced
by his injuries and the heat of the az
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
TeaohIng school in Colorado.

DENVER, Co.., December 4.-E. r. West
fall, the pension clerk wanted at Topeka
for stealing 5000, was arrested at Ponca
Springs, COL, where he was engaged in
teaching school.
He was brought here and taken east He
declines to discuss the matter with any one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
A ala order for Locomotives.

PH11ADErPHIA, Pa, December A.--Fhs
AtchiSon, Topeka q Santa Fo Railroad COM
pany has contracted with tho Baldwin Lo-
rrorootiye works for the building Of seventy
one locomotives. Forty.two are to be begun
at once. This Is the largest order the Baldwin
company have every received from single
road
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
= Watcb,s TlreIess Mechanism.

The main wheel of watch makes
1,460 revolutions in year; the second
or center wheel, $3.50; the third wheel,
70,OS0; the fourth wheel, $4,000; and
the fifth-or scape wheel, Abb, $50. The
number of vibrations is 141, $4,000 in a
wear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
KIIIed IN TheIr Churoh,

BERLIN, December 4.-PrivatO kilograms
from Koono. Russia, report that a force Of
troops under the governor attackedla d, Cath
Ollie church at Kroschs, which had been Or
dered closed, and killed In the sanctuary
twenty Of the Catholics with swords, besides
wOilndiup over 100,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
RaRIafarlnR Chlneee.

Sac FRANmsoo, CAL, December 4.-Tho
"reRistration'' OF the Chinese under tho
amended Geary law, has begun, and Collect.
OF Quinn will have a force OF men sum.
GENTLY large to enter upon the work and
cornpieto Il within the legal time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

, KHNDmcK, IDAHO, December 4--Lisusen
ant Elliott, who was in charge Of one OF the
relief expeditions sent out from Van .Couver
berracks, 10 rescue the lost Carlin hunting
party, has arrived here with tho rescued
marty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
ABOUT THE SAME.
Business Growing Mother
Better or Worse.

Money Everywhere Abundant and
Idlei and Offering at Lower Rates
Speculation Increasing Little
Paying European Debts With
Products.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

To ReadmIt the 1@suhts.
BERLIN, December 4.-ThS Esichstag, BY Z
vote of 17S to 1876, adopted the centrists mo
ton to readmit the Jesuits into Germany.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

ALEXANDER and Julius Caesar were
both accustomed to whip their wives
on the slightest provocation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14

"THEY have thrown me overheard,
said disappointed politician, "but
I've strength enough to swim to the
other side.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-14
LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG HEAD.

Abe Hummol Is Feet 1 Inch Tall, but
He Wears IA Hat
When "Abe" Hummel, the we'll
known criminal lawyer OF New York,
wishes to travel incognito he registers
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

present are afraid of wedlock, in
credible as this may sound to the
mass of men. They have seen so
gal discord as to perceive clearly
that the chances of happiness, as it
is called, are in any one instance
infnitesimal, and they do not know
why they should try the experiment,
their fortune should be an excep-
ton. They keep themselves, there.
fore, out of temptation and out of
peril. as any woman may if she
chooses.
Their fear might be readily over
come if they should meet some man
who would appeal to them strongly,
and to whom they would appeal in
the same way. Prudence and rea-
son would then be banished and the
inevitable would follow. But con-
stantly as such passionate magne-
tizations occur in romances, they
are very rare in life; and so the
wary maids escape and remain
maids to the end. Nor do they re-
greet it, as is commonly supposed.
AS the years go on and as the dan
gers and horrors of matrimony are
unfolded, their celibacy becomes
more and more a source of COM
plete satisfaction. They feel the
pleasure which, it has been said, a
spectator in a theater derives from
a tragedy on the stage. They wit
ness the trials and agonies of others
and contrast them with the comfort
and security of their own aloofness.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

most persuasive voice., l.. = 5z13| az Z
matter with you2 Why don't you
cork up, man, and jump ina viii
you do it?'
Cert"
Have you a wigG"
Cert
'Then jump"
And Scotty jumped. In few
minutes the gong sounded for the
walk to begin and Scotty, his face
blackened with burnt cork and
Blanche Williams leaning on his
arm. started off. Behind him came
Proctor Knott. a mulatto. and his
wife. and back of them were about
ten other couples, eight of them
negroes, the others blackened for
the occasion.
When the march began the big
room was fringed with boys, girls
and men. They seemed to enjoy it.
Tim" failed for obvious reasons, to
act as judge, so distant relative,
Denis Sullivan. officiated in his
stead. The walkers stepped as
proudly to the melody of prof" S.
Kaplan's band as if they were en-
gagged in the greatest effort of their
lives, and they were ordered around
the room again and egain. Finally
the judge decided that he could not
decide who were the winners.
proctor Knott and Scott the
Gambler are about even up" said
he, ''and the only way 1 can decide
is to have them change partners.
Blanche, you must go with Proctor,
and Scotty must take Mrs. Knott"
Like the decision OF all referees,
Mr.. Sullivan's met with much OPP
position, particularly from Scotty,
who said he would not give up his
girl if he had to die for it. A row
seemed imminent, but matters were
finally smoothed over. Another
walk around was ordered and the
prize was awarded to Scotty and
Blanche.
"Well," said Scotty yesterday,
"the boys and girls all got around
me after the decision was an
nounced, and of course had to ball
Off l forgot how much the first
round cost me, but anyhow l balled
again. Then we had a dance or two,
and felt called up to treat again.
So it went on. It was about a. m.
when the Solitary musical 'instru-I
mean the band-played Home,
Sweet Home l was out $110. Who
made the money! - if l know, IN
less it was Dick Benson and a few
others who were in with him. 1t
was good show, though, and don't
you forget it, even if it did come
hioh.''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
SCOTTY WON THE CAKE.
New Y Ork World.


81 won the cake, but it cost me
S11O Talk about cake! Say young
fe Her, it was only piece of dough,
an dyou wouldn't pay three cents for
tn e whole lot of it. It's fact"
That's what Scottv, the gamb bier,
said to World reporter yesterday,
and he was talking of the great
cake walk in Pythagoras hall on
Monday night, under the auspices
of the Benson club of the Third as
sembly district. Every cake-walker
of any note in colored society had
been billed to appear, including
Big Moe, Lee Rabbit, Link Johnes
and Fish Stern. Somehow when
the time came for the walk less
than half the contestants were in
their pla ces, and it looked as if it
would prove in the Bowery vernac-
ular, a dead failure
Tim" or, as he is generally
known, '.Dry-Dollar" Sullivan,
promised long ago to hand the prize
cake to the victors, but he didn't,
although he graced the walk with
his presence. He beamed for few
no urs upon the $50 people present
most of them voters-and waited
around for the cakewalk to begin.
ssTimo will never admit failure in
anything, so, on finding that the
'.colored gentlemen and ladies'"
billed to appear did not materialize,
heconcluded that something should
be done quickly. 1t was 2 a. M. and
Scotty, the gambler was standing,
knear. Scdttv is white. i
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
A CHASTITY SIGHT.
The Awful Aspect of an Old Bat
tlefield at Night.
Chicago Times.

Chicago Times
While we were wandering through
this ancient battle-ground on the
island of San Nicolas the sinking
sun was suddenly submerged in
bank of inrushing fog, and night
closed down with sinister precipi-
fancy.
Now and again the wind hurtled
over the shivering sand dunes and
among the piles of bones, rafting
together minated clavicles, rolling
skulls like footballs and compelling
the gaping ribs of skeletons to a
graveyard embrace that was loath-
some in the extreme.
No sound greeted the ear but the
doleful complaining of the distant
sea and the brittle swapping of
bones under foot. For hours the
entire universe seemed obliterated
outside a few feet of cleaning skel-
etons and sand. No. one had the
remotest idea of the points of the
compass, and we scrambled about
blindly, our blood chilled more by
nervous horror and WEAKNESS than
the penetrating fog. Finally we
half slid, half fell down the smooth
embankment of basin-like hollow,
and met sight that was appalling.
The place was alive with spect-
raj lights, revealing with fright
full distinctness the feshless
grin of numberless skulls and ribby
skeletons, strewn about piece by
piece, and all softly aflame. These
lambert lights went out, were re-
kindled, shifted, danced and flick
cred all in the same breath-a hid
eous play upon ghostly relics, whose
very nakedness was dumb protest
to the unholy illumination.
Suddenly the full moon parted the
curtains of the fog, its familiar
beams dispelling the phosphores-
cent display, and the place regained
much of its daytime appearance of
unmitigated loneliness. BY the
friendly beacon overhead we were
able to discern a way out of this
witch's valley and reach camp an
hour Def ore midnight.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
BRUDDEH ISAAC ON LIARS.
He Explains How Ananias Got al
Unearned Reputation.


Ananias was man-an'-he was
a man. But he walnut great liah.
He walnut eben right smaht liah.
Des a cawmon, onery, eb'rydav
liah. An yit, my breddren, look at
Ananias to-day! See de magnillik-
ent reputation ez liah OBJ dat man |!
Why, he am de patron saint OBJ
liahs, an wuz befo' you an me waz
bohn-'way back, long fo' de wah.
Now, my breddren, we aim tole
dat Ananias was habitu Gus liah !;
we ain tole dat he even pehfohmed
on'y de one lie; an yit he made the
biggest reputation dat liah or a
man-de same ting, my breddren-
ebeh made. Why, my breddren, you
or me tells mo- lies an bigger lies
eb'ry day OBJ our lives, an yit what
soht OBJ reputation hab WEI De mos
of us none at all.
Probehly we aim got de winnin'
ways OBJ ole Ananias. We sut'n'v
kyan't mex leetle lie go ez fur ez
he did. But, my breddren, it
walnut his winnin' ways alone dat
raised ole Ananias to de penuckle
OBJ fame. It was his mediate death.
He might have lived to be ez ole ez
George Washin'ton an nebeh tole
anuder lie. His dyin' whe he did
wuz de maxim OBJ him.
An now, my breddren, dey is
some lessons to be learned fun all
dis. If Bruddeh Caleb obeh dab am
notable fo' curiosity; if Sisteh
+ fo3
don't you be discou aged, my POI
"Bruddeh No'count," 'kase you
isn't notable fo' anything. Remem-
beh dat regulations am ohfen got
widout deservin'; remember ole
Ananias wild his mise bull picayune
lie, an do de bes' you kin.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

CARELESS Of party-were well paid
for coming out to the meeting.
After much inquiry have yet to
find man who has any fault to
find with Gen. Weaver, and in no
instance did he surrender or modify
any of our principles. After talk
ing about two hours at Jasper, to
an over-crowded house.th audience
were 10th to leave, so interested did
they become. : Still
waters run deep" and while it may
seem that the Peoples party are
not doing much, yet they are read
ing and thinking more than ever.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
A Live Corpse.

The Pipestone Farmers Leader
says: That Gen. Weaver's five ad-
dresses in Pipestone county were a
success, no one denies. That they
have been productive of good is ad-
mitted by everybody. His lecture
in Pipestone was more than grand;
his remarks were clear-cut and con-
else. He showed up the national
banking system in such a simple
manner that a school boy could
understand it.. In all his
addresses through'the county it was
noticeable that he used only com
mon language, and that in such a
manner that every one present
could comprehend. While his Ru-
diences Varepot. large at CazenoAa,
and W. lying to IL
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
"BEWAEE OF VIDDERS
1t Cost an Ohio Maj
Disregard Sam Wcsier's

1t Cost an Ohio Maj {
Disregard Sam Wcsfer's|
ing.
Chicago Telegram.
Charles Spence of Toledo
says: Il drew 81, 900 from b;
came mere with Maggie 4
w 1dow, to get married.
n AIMED Morgan, a former d
the Jefferson hotel, monopol
h er time, and during the
jou rney to Chicago he Occur
car seat with her and / was
to sit alone. After leaving
she actually laid her head
shoulder and went to sleep.
"This made me mad, and
made up my mind not to ma
When we reached Chicago1
low said good-by at tbs del
and I supposed he7 would
bride alone. we came to a
Northern, and the said she /
she'd do some shopping v
hustled for a marriage licel;
I gave her SlOO and started
arrange for the marriage. 4
the day, on my return to the
I found that Morgan sittiDl
sofa beside her in the ladies
Say, i like your nerveJ
walking up to him. "Thisr1
my affianced WIFE
" Well, l guess not said
can go you one better. She
lawful wife. We were 2
Saturday in Toledo and are
wedding trip
+" I saw was badly dup
made an effort to get back n
but she said she had spent it.
| let them go, and I guess !
the better Of the bargain al
A fellow can never tell who
marrying nowadays, capH
go back TO Toledo"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
ALLIANCE REPORTS
SECRETARY A. L. sTROMBERG
Gives q List Of Payments and
Some Good Advice of In
terest to All Alliance
Members.

Dear Sir,-In order that we may
be enabled to send out Scandinavian
literature for the benefit of our or
ganization, we desire to secure the
names and addresses of the Scan
dinavian members of your Alliance
and others whom you think might
be influenced to join by having
reading matter sent to them. Will
you kindly make out such list and
return to the secretary's office as
soon as your convenience will per-
nit. IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
President.
A. L. STROMBERG,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
English Strikers Victorious.

CARDIFF, April 15.-It is stated
that the crews of seven vessels III
the Barry docks have been granted
an increase in wages. The union
sailors are jubilant over the re-
ported victory. Several sharp
scuff1es have occurred between
blacklegs and strikers, the former
being roughly handled.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
Duckers Ducked.

RED WING, Mimi, April Is. -[Spe-
cial. Lieut.. Col. A. P. Pierce, DR..
C. w. Barber of this city and Frank
T. Hingman of Minneapolis fell into
thsAriver while duck shooting here
and barely escaped with
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
DROPPED DEAD
Sudden Demise of an ex-
to liverpool.

CAMDEN, II: SS:,U
II. Dudley, exec
dropped dead at
station, PhilaN
Mcrning -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

fASz1BAR, April fs>-A letter from
Hppoo This son confirms the
th Of Emin Pasha and all his peo-,