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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
startled the Engineer.

A cruel joke was perpetrated on
the engineer of the Louisville and
Nashville passenger train which
reached this city late yesterday after
noon, says the Louisville Courier
Journal Several miles from the city
the engineer was Mortified to see
what appeared to be the form Of a
man asleep on the track short dis
lance ahead.
He frantically applied the air
brakes and blew the whistle in short,
quick jerks, in the hopes of awaken
ing the sleeping man, Immediately
heads began to pop out Of the car
windows, and as the supposed man in
front was seen upon the track they
were quickly ierked back to escape
seeing the sickening accident, which
it appeared could not be averted. AS
the engine passed over the object the
engineer and fireman closed their
eyes and fancied they could feel the
wheels pass over the body.
When the train was finally stopped
passengers and trainmen hurried back
to the spot, where the dark object
could still be seen, but now cut into
several pieces. A search was already
started for doctor, when it was dis
covered that the mutilated remains
were those Of a dummy, with a
pumpkin for a head The figure had
on complete suit Of cloths, and at a
distance had a most natural appear
ance. The men returned, much dis
gusted, but greatly relieved to the
train.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

and required a great outlay and
enormous labor. The canal is quite
straight, in a northwest direction,
and sea current runs through it at
the rate, varying with the wind, of
from half a knot to three knots an
hour. The width at the bottom is 70
feet, and the depth Of water will be
uniformly 81 feet, but at present
there are two places where it is only
10 feet; this, however, will be cor
rected in a month or two. The sides
of the canal for two miles and one
half are faced with solid masonry,
and a path runs along each side. For
the entire length the canal is lighted
by electricity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
THE CoRlNTH CANAL.
A Work OF Vast Importance to Greece
and to Commerce.

A Work OF Vast Importance to Greece
and to Commerce.
The Corinth Canal between the
Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf,
will not only be Of vast benefit to
the coast trade of Greece and to the
trade Of Athens, the capital of the
kingdom of the Hellenes, but it
shortens by $50 miles the voyage
from the Adriatic Sea, from Sicily or
from Malta to Constantinople and
the Black Sea, avoiding the passage
round Cape Matapan, which is gen
orally very stormy in winter and
feared by mariners almost as much as
Cape Horn. Eighteen centuries ago
the Roman Emperor Nero began work
on a canal, the very line Of which the
present one follows, but political dis
turbances at home caused an aban-
donment of the project.
The canal, now opened to nayiga-
tion, is less than four miles long. In
some places the cutting had III he
made in sandstone rock through high
land, $50 feet above the sea level,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
The Passion Flower.

A great many lovers of flowers who
have not made botanical lore and
legend a study often ask themselves
or some friend why the passion
flower" is so called, and not one time
in a dozen is the correct answer
given. 1t was so named by the first
Spanish settlers in the new world be-
cause they imagined that they saw
in it a representation Of our Lords
passion. The tllamentous processes
are taken to represent the crown of
thorns; the styles, the nails used in
fastening the Savior to the cross;
the anthers, the marks of the five
wounds; the leaf, the spear that
pierced his side; the tendrils, the
cords or whips with which he was
scourged; the column of the ovary,
the upright Of the cross; the stamens,
the hammers; the calyx, the glory"
or halo; the white tint, purity; the
blue tint, heaven.
calvary clover" is a still more
wonderful representation of the cruel
fixion. In that flower persons Of
vivid imagination can see in the
meanderings of the colors of the
petals the outlines Of a cross with
the figure of a man stretched prone
upon it,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

despairlng, and up from the depths
comes the clank of chains. Dark,
foul, damp; a den Of filth and fever,
where mind is destroyed and body
racked with ague; pit of destruc-
ton whence the most fervent prayer
that comes up must be the prayer for
swift death.
What are these prisoners?" l
asked the guard who accompanied
me. "They are all bad people," he
said. "Murderers?" "Thev are rob-
bers many Of them, and there are
many of the trihesmen who made
the trouble recently at Wazzan and
attacked the town; Others are
debtors, men who owe money
to Jews and others" "And they
are all kept together down there
-murderers and robbers and reb-
els and debtors?" Eyes" "And
when will they be tried?" Knight as
well have asked the man the exact
day and hour Of the next total eclipse
Of the sun. He knew nothing about
trials, and his ideas as to the melting
out Of justice to the wretches below
began and ended right there In the
pit-that was justice. They were
bad people, and there they were.
There is no fixed term of imprison-
ment; the murderer and the robber
and the rebel stay in the hole till
they die; the debtor stays there till
he pays, and If he doesn't pay he dies,
too. No writ Of habeas corpus runs
in Morocco
And these things are done within
six days steam from Charing Cross
within twelve hours ride from the
residence of all the ministers pleni-
potentiary and ENJOYS extraordinary
and consuls of the great pcwersl And
is nothing ever done? Has the opin-,
ion Of Europe found no expression?,
Have the reports of Executive Com
mittees of philanthropic societies.
availed naughtP Oh, yes! Once in
while the Moorish authorities give,
the prisons a coat Of whitewash.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
where wakefulncss Has Its Birth.

Intelligent physicians are regarding with
an eye less and less favorable the use Of mar
cotics. While these are used in extreme
cases to afford greatly needed temporary re-
lief, professional efforts are far more gener-
ally directed, now days than formerly, to
the basis of its healthful quietude. This is
one reason why Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
has received the sanction of physicians az a
nervine tonic Indigestion unrelieved is tho
fruitful father Of insomnia, and the relief of
the parent malady by the Bitters is usually
followed by q return to tranquil sleep. Over
work, mental anxiety, sedcntary habits i'm
pair digestion and weaken the nerves. The
Bitters strengthens them by renewing the
ability to digest and assimilate the food.
Besides this it BEAUTIFULLY stimulates the
liver and kidneys. Biliousness, constipation,
rheumatism and debility are remedied by
this sterling medicine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
COMPLICATED PROCESS.
Rare Experiences In a Celestial TonsorIal
Establishment.

Establishment.
When the services Of q Chinese
barber are called into reduisition by
lls Celestial brethren, a complicated
process is gone through with which
would I'LL an American onlooker with
wonder and dismay. Having settled
his customer comfortably In his chair,
The operator commences by scraping
not only the cheeks and chin Of his
victim, but also the whole of his
head, with the exception Of one spot
On the top of his Uranium, from
which sprouts the inevitable queue.
Having succeeded in shaving care
fully around the sacred lock-" leav-
ing the head In a bright and shining
condition. resembling well.polished
billiard ball, the barber begins to
perform upon his customer in man.
ner which can only be adequately
described as punching his head. "
This is done by clenching his fist and
dealing to the patient several sharp
taps or punches with the tips Of his
knuckles, varied by q process Of
kneading or pounding, the barber
digging his knuckles into the Inflated
headpiece Of his customer in a most
merCiless fashion. The reason for
these heroic measures is that the re-
cipient Of the blows finds, or imagines
that he finds, his brain cleared and
his mind relieved by them; worry, care,
depression and dullness dispersed,
and feeling Of lightness, brightness
and vivacity induced. AS he is
probably just recovering from the de-
pressing and enervating effect Of an
opium stupor, with its strange and
lreamful delirium, this result is not
undesirable If business has to be
transacted. After the punching and
pounding process is concluded, the
barber at once proceeds to unfasten
and unplait the long tail Of hair,
which reaches to the ankles Of the
wearer, and having combed, brushed
and DECREASED it-much after the
fashion Of the long-tressed maiden Of
to-day-he, with slow and assiduous
carefulness, replaits it, and ties it
with a piece of black braid which
hangs in two short tails at the end.
BY this time one would think that
sheer exhaustion would prevent the
pitiless and prosecuting barber from
committing further atrocities upon
the person of his mild and lamb-like
subject; but no; renewed activity
possesses the ruthless, unrelentlng
hair-dresser, and with frantic energy
he seizes the hands of his victim,
pulls his arms behind, and COM
mences to twist and turn them until
every joint cracks, and one would
think that his shoulders must be dis
located. The muscles Of the arms,
and then the fingers, receive their
share of attention, after which the
customer walks out Of the shop, evil
IDENTIFY refreshed and invigorated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list Of
Address, +. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
n" Sold by Druggist, Zoe.
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on his house property he walks out Of
1t. 1t is his freehold only so long as
he remains within.
Once outside it is nothing, a mere
she'll, and no heading In any schedule
meets the case. This is why no
doubt, he somtimes leaves his lodg-
ings and goes into Others, to battle
the Commissioners and leave the
lawyers to tax each others costs at
their own expense. Nor does he run
up any bills.
He is his own hosler, halter, tailor,
and shoemaker, and as for his food,
he takes IL where he finds it, II the
caterpillar tells him he has no right
to eat the cabbage, the snail replies
with a tn Quoque, and If the earwig
protests against his coming into the
lettuce he asks it to show its title to
possession. Good Words.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
LoNo-D1sTANcE telephone service

LoNG-DIsTANCE telephone service
is becoming common in this country,
and a growing demand for it causes a
gradual extension. The longest con-
tinuous line now operated is from
Boston to Milwaukee, distance, as
the line is run, Of 1900 miles. Five
minutes is the unit Of time upon
which prices are based. Between
New York and Washington the SER
vice costs So for each five minutes
use, and between New York and Chi
cago it is SO for the same service. 1t
is claimed that conversation may be
as distinctly heard at / 200 miles as at
one mile, and that in these long-dis-
lance communications the disagree
able buzzing so often heard in local
service is not experienced.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
The Snail.

He has no ground rent to pay, for
he does not build his house upon any,
and asks no better foundations for
what he lives in than his own back.
Being his own landlord, he is not
liable for house rent, and when he is
not inside them his apartments are
unfinished ones.
Where'er he dwells he dwells alone,
Except himself has chattels none,
Well satisfied to be his own
Whole treasure.
He is the despair Of his creditors,
for he has nothing to levy upon, and
if the brokers seize his house they
seize him too, and he is none the
worse, for he was at home as he was.
Income tax collectors gnash their
teeth over him, for If they assess him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

JOB sinned not with his tongue be-
cause the sin had been taken out Of
his heart.
THE man who loves his enemies
has something in his heart that God
put there.
THE nearer we get to God tho
more we are tempted and the harder
1t is to sin.
WHEN God calls a man to work in
his vineyard he expects him to take
off his coat
THERE is no mansion being pre-
pared In Heaven for the man who
will not forgive.
THERE are too many people in the
church who can't be religious in
cloudy weather.
The man who is afraid to look his
faults squarely In the face will never
get rid Of them.
PRAY for people you don't like
and God will show you something in
them you do like,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

OUR late guest the Infanta Eulalla
has been kicking up her royal heels
all summer at Royat, to the great
delight of the sojourners at that
fashionable watering place. She is
daily expected in England to take
her children, who have been staying
in London under the charge of gov
erness, back to Madrid. She will
then go to Paris, where she will spend
the winter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
A Timelv Bit of Advice.

In these times of grip and pneumonia IL is
Of great importance that We should know
where to look for a safe and sure remedy.
A slight cold may become serious one, the
scarcely noticeable pain in the chest is too
often the forerunner of pneumonia. The
first cough may lead to consumption "a
cough is GI,OGgs dangerously. Never neg.
lect cold or cough for even one day, but
get at once, as safe and sure remedy,
Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure, which
Is recommended on all Sides 1t should be
kept in the house regularly to avoid delay
when needed, 1t is sold at all the drug
stores,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
Cause for Thankfulness.

An exchange relates this incident
Of life in an apartment house:
Boy-Father sent me up to say
that he would be very thankful if
you wouldn't lay any more carpets
tonight; he can't sleep
New Tenant-Go down and tell
your father not to let my hammerlng
prevent him from feeling thankful.
Tell him to be thankful his carpets
are laid, and above all to be thankful
he sent you up instead Of coming
himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

and form sort Of breastplate of
green a nd bronze.
On his back, just behind the head,
the feathers rise in fan-shaped
cloak, which is so soft and textbook
ing as to almost resemble velvet.
Black is his general color, which
takes fine violet hue In the sun.
He does not belong to the most beau
tiful kind Of paradise birds, which
are all natives of New Guinea, whose
plumage is SO lovely that the birds
are often hunted for the sake Of it;
but he is a handsome fellow, for all
that.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
KNOWLEDGE

h Brings comfort and improvement and
lands to personal enjoyment when
|htly used. The many, who live bet
Ihan others and enjoy life more, with
expenditure, by more promptly
8apting the worlds best products to
be needs of physical being, will attest
he value to health of the pure liquid
lxative principles embraced in the
emedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
b the form most acceptable and pleas
Int to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
htiveE efiectually cleansing the system,
ydispeIling colds, headaches and fevers
'Rnd permanently curing constipation.
NhaA given satisfaction to millions and
NTH the approval of the medical
Bsion, because it acts on the Kid
Liver and Bowels without weak
y them and it is perfectly free from
Very Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
4 lists in DOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
,,Aackage, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
r d being well informed, you will not
cept any substitute if offered.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
Tidea.

A short time before DR.. Charcot
died he said in a lecture that semi
scientists had for more than fifty
years ridiculed the idea that the
full Of the moon was a dangerous
time for mad people. Better-in-
formed men are coming back to that
Old-time notion, said Or. Charcot, as
the result Of increased learning on
the subject Of earth tides, similar to
the oscillation Of sea tides
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
A MOORISH PRISON,
A Horrible Dungeon Whore Human he
ings Are Confined.

ings Are Confined.
or all the places where human be-
ings are confined for punishment,
there are said to be none so horrible
as the prisons of Morocco. The one
presented In our illustration is stu
ated at Fec, and was, a short time
ago, visited by a traveller who gives
the following description of it; You
ascend by narrow staircase, he
writes, and come out on a fat roof
bathed In the glorious spring sun,
At your feet is square opening
with heavy wooden grating. 1t is
hell's hatchway. You look down
and instantly turn sick with the
horrible stencil which arises. You
look again and you see down there
upturned faces, white, passionless,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

IT is the united action of the brain
and the eye that forms the habit OF
close observation. We must think
about what we see If 1t is to perma-
nent impression. When the mind is
vacant, the eyes are robbed Of half
their value.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Dora; If you should meet Mr.. Longlocks,
the new poet, you'd be sure to fall in love
with him. Clara: Then hope won't meet
him. "Why soY ooh, he's one Of those
Only One Kiss sort of men. I'd like Low.
or with some staying powers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

TRANSFORMING is becoming so dan
gerous that the industry is suffering
from great depression. And the on
ly safe burglars now are those who
have quit the business.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

WHEN man has plain sickness
there is seldom any danger of fatal
results, but when what the doctors
call complications" set in, then is
the time to pray. -Atchiso Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Dr. r. Schifimann, ST. Paul, MINI, will mail
o trial package of"Schnmann's Asthma Cure
free TO any sufferer He advertises by giving
II away. Never falls To give instant relief in
worst cases and cures whore others fall. Name
this paper and send address for free trial
package
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Returned Traveller: never saw such &c
voted couple as Mr. and Mrs. Lakeside. Met
them on the street car to-day, and they hadn't
eyes or ears for any one else. Mr.. State
street; They were divorced last month, and
he is counting her again,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

"I've been up for three solid nights" re.
marked old Tope to friend. "Are you sure
they weren't liquid nightsH" was the signiA-
cant responBe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Where is Mrs. Sham2" "she has gone
to asymphony rehearsal. - elias her husband
gone with herp' "No; no Is in the woodshed
ut Chopin recital.n
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

II was the old bachelor who said that he
never read the women's corner in his paper
although he was something of woman
Bcorner himself,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

PExoTo is fighter, anyhow. One
must admire his pluck, even If one
condemns his judgment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Throat Diseases commence with Couah,
Cold, or Sore Throat. "Bro,Cn's Bronchial
1rochesn give immediate relief. Sold ONLY
IN bo@es. Price 70 cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Baseball Is the noblest of all outdoor
sports 80 long as tho homo club wins.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

George: You would marry the biggest fool
In the world, If he asked you, wouldn't your
Ethel: Oh, George, this is so student
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Hegeman'a CamphOr Toe with Glyuerines
Cures Chapped Hands and Face Tender or Sore FedAu
Chllbalns Piles, &c. Q. @. Clark CO.. New Haven. o.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
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A BLACK PARADISE BIRD.

On His Back tho Feathers Rise in Fam
Shaped Coat.
The bird whose portrait appears
herewith is one Of the birds Of para
disc Somewhat larger than black
bird, the feathers of his throat and
breast are plated in curious way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Broker; Money is fearfully tight these
times, isn't it9 Banker; Yes, it's got the
jim-iams with US,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school / was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
day purchased a bottle. I am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me so that have quite re-
covered from my indisposition.n O
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

"Poor Miss Grab is confirmed klepto.
manlac," Aunt Title; Dear mel Why
don't she take something for itp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

"Why do you lock that so carefully
nightS' "Why, Great Caesar, man, there
are several receipted bills in itW
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Coughing Leads TO Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough al
once. Go TO your druggist to-day and get
sample bottle free, Large bottles SOC and 81.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

BhtiOh'a comslmpthOm Cure
u sold on guarantee. II curlA lnoiplont Conauun
ton, Ills the best oouRh Cure. Soti,. tOota. 4 SiN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

Visitor (on the pRpmonade); Isn't Meyer
beer intoxicatngr Entertainer; II certain.
ly Is until ouget accustomed to drinking IL
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28
GOOD SPIRITS

result from such unnatural habits.
To reach, reclaim and restore such unfortus
nateH 20 health and happiness, 10 tho aim OF an
association OF medical gentlemen. who have
prepared treatise, written IN plain but chaato
language and treating Of the nature nymps
toms and durability, by home treatment, Of
such diseases.
A copy OF this useful book Will, on receipt
OF this notice, with 10 cents In etamps, for
postage, be mailed securely aenled In plain
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-12-28

~ the BABY Ia Cutting Teeth,
ne suro and use that old and well.tred remedy Ma
wmsLnv'a soorMua sYRur Cor Children Teething