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women. so they talked much. smoked
and drank much more, and did--nothing.
When the Hines party came In. tired.
hungry and empty handed. no solution
of the difficulty presented itself. and %.
with admirable Judgment. the town do
clded TO free itself OF further responsl-
bility by setting the woman at liberty.
The Fasteners wife was pale and evil
IDENTIFY worn out when they brought her
word when they told her she might 90.
and walked on In the direction OF her
home with a smile, half of dehance,
half OF satisfaction. That night the
party which had gone In pursuit OF
Craig returned, having made fruitleoo
search.
Two days later. just as Sage Bar was
preparing its evening meal, two men
were seen riding over a swell from the
loosely before them. When the men rot
niZed as the Fastener, He was riding
bareheaded. and beside him rode An-
other. dark and swarthy his arms bound
TO his sides, his horse led by Craig. All
Sage Bar assembled about the party
while Craig told the story of how NJ
had ridden away that night. had struck
the track of the horses, and following
II had brought the Mexican thief a.
terms with a shot from his rifle. and
there were cheers for the Fastener such
as the town hadn't had a chance 20 re-
licve Itself of for "a long while, and 10
this day there IL not a man In EAge BAR
but touches his slouch hat to the EanfaIs-
er's WIFE, who 10 Stetson dsclerea -
"th' snnaiest little woman iu tn Weoef
kansas City rimss. T1f1
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the formed line OF march and lopel oil
towards the Eastorners cabin.
Tho fastener, otherwise Jack Craig,
OF whom they had been speaking, hal
been in Sage Bar only L short time. He
was tenderfoot, out and out. When
he came TO the Bar he brought his wife
with him. She was u bright, pretty
little woman. but they hardly knew
her in the settlement. Craig always
had been reserved. and the two had
kept by themselves in the little cabin
which stood n mile or so away from
town. So sage Bar had come TO con-
slider the pair u queer lot" and to
designate them as ''the Easterner an
his wife" which was intended to be
anything but complimentary,
When the trailing party reined up In
front of Craig's cabin they found the
object OF their search sitting on log
before the door. smoking. From his
dress, despatched with mud, II was
evident shat he had just returned from
riding. Tho party exchanged giances OF
understanding
Sam Pike came to the point at once.
"Craig." he said. yer wanted down ter
m Bar"
"whse's that:" demanded the East
erner. anErily.
Eyer wanted down ter tn Bar" Sam
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repeated. For hoss stealing" he ad.

repeated. For hoss stealins!' he ad'
ded.
Craig's face was ahame In an instant
He sprang from his seat, throwing back
his hand Ia his hip. Hut the others had
him covered, and his hand dropped loose
ly by his side again. IT'S u - lie" he
said, land you know IT.
Just then womans figure Appeared
In the cabin doorway. Il was Craig 3
wife,
whats the natter" she questioned
anN!ously. seeing her husbands atti'
tude.
Craig spoke up quickly: Go back
Dolly. They've got M dirty story
about me and want me Ia 20 To- the Bar.
But I'll come back Ia u little while"
Sam had great fear Of women's
tongues and tears. and Immediately or
dercd Craig to mount horse which an
other man AZ word secured from The
stable near by. The woman had looked
on dumbly, seeming hardly 10 compre-
hend what was taking place. but as she
saw her husband walk over towards the
horse, she ran to him, and threw both
arms about him. holding him tight "a
her. He unclasped her arms gently
after an instant and mounted the horse
and, turning in the saddle. waved his
hand TO her, Then they rode away
and. after they had gons a piece. sam
looked back and saw the woman still
before her, watching them With wide.
open eyes. shes grit ter III back
hone" muttcred that worthy, and
dashed his horse into gallop,
All Sage Bar crowded around the
party when they drew rein In town
and there were some who would have
strung Craig up on the spot when
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in DEFENSE OF THE PRGRlx.
Drag ons and Other Strange Tnines
Thought to Have Existsd.

The st. Louis Republic IL now discred-
iting the theory that any such creature
as the phoenix could ever have existed
upon our earth, says the Chicago Rec-
ord. 1t Will probably next deny the ex-
istence o. the sea serpent. r
We hays never seen a phoenix. OF Q "a
serpent. or n dragon. or Q unicorn. We
do not understand why the sea serpent
cannot have survived to the preeene
time. The sturgeon Ia a survival. 30 u
the gar, and so is the plAtypus.
1t Is pretty clearly proved that the
dragon did exist several thousand1 of
centuries ago, q very long time before
mankind and the gorilla were evolves
from a pa rent stock.
II those dragons were alive to-day ~
should call them fying lixards. An1
maybe they did actually breathe IRE.
They lived In a grotesque period-a time
when every manner Of weird thing waa
happening. We sometimes suspect that
the human fancy Is incapable OF orig
mating anything: that so-called erea-
tions OF our fancy are simply subtle tNA-
pressions or revelations OF what 10 or
has been. In the light OF science In gem
eral and OF astronomy In particular. u
seems almost reasonable to regard every
possibility AS probable. lt
The same great hand which has Get
Capella SO far away in space that when
her light reaches our eyes II has beeu
travelling seventy-three years st the
speed OF $4,000 miles a second-that
same great hand has reached down U
the atom called man the boon OF fancy,
and for what purpose? Why not tor
purposes or revelation?
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aAlLRoADs AND RAILROAD MEN.
news and Gossip OF Interest IN
transportation Circles

F. s. Hair. recently General Eastern
Passenger Agent OF the Chicago Great
Western. In this city, and very Capa-
BILE passenger man, has been appointed
New York State Passenger Agent of the
Great Northern.
1t is reported that the long expected
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Of running Sunday trains. the absence
Of which has been characteristic of
that road.
General Eastern Passenger Agent
Gross, OF the Chicago and Northwest
ern, has been very successful recently
In booking several large excursions
from this section of his line.
Routes and Rates for Summer Tours"
the book issued by the Rome, Water
town and Ogdensburg road. is. accord
Ing to General Passenger Agent Butter
field, furnished gratuitously on receipt
Of ID cents to cover postage.
Eastern Passenger Agent Samuel Car
penter. of the Pennsylvania, came near
losing his left arm the other day by
the bursting of q bottle OF mineral
water. The artery was. badly. cut. but
aga n.
President Archibald A. Mcleod. for.
merly Of the Reading. but now Of ths
the idea Of bringing the latter road
into this city. He has organized q
company to build a road from point
near Port Morris to .Brewster's, but II
remains to be seen whether the Wander.
bilts will oppose his undertaking.
President Milton H. Smith. of the
Louisville and Nashville, is in town.
This week may witness the with
drawal from the Central Traffic Asso
ciatiGn Of the Big Four and other Van
derbilt lines. and the consequent dis
integration of that expensive body.
Assistant Eastern Passenger Agen
Lord. of the Pennsylvania, has gone I,
the Worlds Fair.
In the death OF John NJ. Osborn, o
the Wabash, at Toledo, Saturday, tn,
railroad world lost one of its most pop
ular. efficient and widely known Off
cials.
The first of the one-way rate excur
sions to the Worlds Fair started to-da!
over the Erie and Baltimore and Ohio
Tomorrow the Ontario and Western
and Pennsylvania will have their inn
Iva
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STEAM GOAT RACE PREVENTED.
Revenue Cutter Follows Lake Michi
gan Excursion Crafts to Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. July A-The
closing OF the Worlds Fair on Sunday
brought to-day on the steamers Christie
pher Columbus, City OF Toledo. Arthur
Orr and City OF Milwaukee at least IL 1000
people to the city. A race between the
whaleback Christopher and the City OF
Milwaukee was expected. but the revenue
cutter and the johnson followed them
from Chicago and threatened trouble II
1t was attempted.
Tonight when the boats left port. Capt.
sengers on the Columbus to see 1t did not
carry more than 1000, the number al
lowed by its license. There are at leas
l,0o0 eXcursionists left In the city from the
four steamers.
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TIMBER WORM PEST IN OREGON.
A Great Tract OF Trees Already Re.
ported Destroyed.

PORTLAND, Ore, July 24.-Capit alists Of
this city owning tracts OF timber land along
tho Hoquiam River, In Cnehelis county.
Washington, arc greatly worried over re-
ports that small worm has made its ap-
pearance In myrtads In that section and is
devastating the great fir, spruce ;and hem
lock forests. j. N Baker, oi Montesano. as.
serts the worm is destro, ing tract OF timber
equal 10 two whole townships along the
I!oIuiam River.
the state authorities propose to do some
thiag TO stop the spreai Of the pest.
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A PLUcky WIFE.
H0sU She SdVed Her. Husband from,
Jasdge Lynch.

shoe. The others were those OF un-
shod horses. T.aen the party scanned
the marks closely. Then the men
looked at each other with ugly frowns.
"well." said Bill. tentatively. at last.
No one answered for a moment. Then
Sam remarked: 1T looks bad for ther
Fastener, sure! TIL hain't any one got
hoss shoes like them In the district 'cept
him. I'm sorry 4 tn 'feller's put his
head In a ropes end. boys. But wen
have tar foller him up. Who'll go
back?"
A couple Of the party volunteered.
The men separated. Part OF them
moved forward on the trail. The others
turned their horses nj right angles to
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Sage Bar was excited. Six horses
were missing from Bill Illness drove
Fifteen minutes after Bill had reported
his losa At the Bar . party had found
the, tran aud ridden on towards the
southwest Presently. a. they were cross
Ing ? wet bit Of land In hollow. Bill,
whoi led the party. looked sharply at
the hoof prints sunk deep In the soil and
refined up quickly.
Look at the shoe mark" he ex-
claimed. pointing down at the trail.
BY guns! It's the Fasteners hoss-
shoef' calculated sam Pike. after an
instspts scrutiny OF the hoof prints.
among which were several larger than
the rest showing the clear impress Of
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Montana silver Mem Pass Resolu.
tionF.

BUTTE, Mon, July "a large mass.
meeting In the interests OF silver was held
hero saturday Night. The meeting was
addressed by W. 4. Clark. eS-Congrcs 50.
man Mag!nniss, Leo Mantle and others.
The resolutions adopted declared that the
sherman law must not be repealed unls, lor
the adoption OF another protecting silver
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Negroes to Replace Kansas etriksra
BlRAISGHAM. Ala, July 24.-Abous 500
negroes were shipped from here last aighs
for LeavenworIh, Kan, II Is proposed 70 ~
place strik ~ with then. AgentA % tha
nine owners Will endeavor 10 secure I,o0o
more negroes.
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Halter and Furrler pir.c.orv.

Tho Halter and Furrier Trade Directory for
1898 mas Just boon issued. 1t Is complete
and concise little volume OF 456 pages, con.
tanning the name OF every dealer In hats and
furS In tho unfed States and Canada II Is
given tree to the subscribers TO The Amrri.
eau Halter aud Tho Furrier. The Gallison a
Hebron Co., II Astor place, are the pub
fishers
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The annual festival and games OF Branch
4, National Association OF ieiter-Carriers,
" III be no d az Feitman's Ocean Pavilion,
West Brighton Beach, CGney Island, Aug. J.
Under the rules OF the AmsteGr Athletic
uniUn, the Following events, open 10 all ANA
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Since Zick Abrahams, Sol smiths mana
ger, has reached New YORK he has hau u
demonstration OF the eleverness OF New
York crooks fingers, At the Casino roof gar
den the other night Abrahams Was relieved
OF q fouT-carat diamond stud.
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Nebraska Maximum Rate Law Ru-
more.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 24.-Protests against
various features OF the Maximum Rate law
are pourina In on GOV. Crounse, and there are
rumors that ne Is considering the advisab,lity y
OF calling an extra session OF tho Legislature
to revise the act, which becomes operative
Aug, ].
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Whseiman W. W. Taxis falls under the ban
OF the l.. a. W. Racing Board oitener than
any amateur In the League. Charges have
again teen preferred against him. this time
By George ID. Gideon, OF Philadciphia. Tho
hearing will be held wit hin ten days
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and Rossi and saivini have shown that
the English actor has no exclusive right
TO the part, but Mounet- -Sully's concep-
tion OF the cNaracter does not add on Q
more 70 the list Of the famous Ham,
lets. The poetry of Shakespeare is dis
sipated In the French Aiexandrincs of
Dumas and Meurice"
r q. Gilmore has not yet quite de-
cided upon the attraction for the Acad-
emy next season. 1t will probably be
Abbeys Chicago spectacle, America" /"
II that should not he produced then
tne Rosenfelds' Bohemian opera will oc.
cupy the Academy after the revival
Of The Black Crook"
A well-known manager keeps list
OF the professionals who apply for dead
mead seats, and the. list now includes
some sixteen hundred names. He sends
a card to the applicants whom he does
not favor with this legend upon 1t:
owing to enormous business l cannot
grant your request" Several prominent
stars have been refused,
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Ladies' Day,"will &c celebrated on Wcdncs.
day next, by the New York A. g., at their
country hcin- on Traycrs Island. The speciz
features will be y lacrosse match and Qall
game.
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The appended Is self.explanaJory:
Is great deal OF ak lately as to who Is the
best l45.pound man In the twentieth Ward,
and. to settle all disputes, ! Will back my
brother, Sim Schwartz, to the extent OF $3.50
TO fight any man In the ward fur he lar
pound championship. Man and money can
be seen any night after s O'Clock at sam Nell
sons, ThirJy-third street AMI Eighth avenue.
"SUL SCHWARTZ"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09
Has No Full Moon.

February almost scores the honor
of having two full moons, but man
ages to lose both of them. A distinc-
ton of this sort was secured by Janu-
airy, which had one full moon on its
second day and another on its last
day, says the st. Louis GlObe-Demo-
Crdt. Tue latter one February loses
by few hours and falls short little
over a day of catching the next one.
Thus February this year has no full
moon. But the parts Of the moons
which it secures appear in some in
teresting situations. On the 9Th of
the month the waning moon comes in
conjunction with Saturn, both coming
in view in the east little after 10
o'clock at night. When nearest each
other moon and planet will be only
about l ! degrees apart, a distance of
a little mroe than twice the apparent
diameter of the full moon. The moon
will be in conjunction with Venus on
the 18th and Mercury on the 10th,
but none Of the orbs can be seen I'M
til about an hour before sunrise. On
the Goth and Dist the most interesting
conjunctlons Of the whole month oc-
cur. Jupiter will figure in the earlier
one and its companion, Mars, in the
later one. When at their nearest to
each other the moon and Jupiter will
be less than half degree apart. But
in the case Of Mars the approach will
be still closer, only about u tenth of a
degree intervening between moon and
planet at one time. In some parts of
the country Mars will be occulted.-
st. Joseph Gazette.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09
Still We Grow.

William Douglass is building quite
an extensive addition to his shop in
the east part of town, and will engage
in manufacturing a straw binder that
he has lately patented. While the
HERALD is unable to give the exact
mNnduS operandi of the machine, it
IS said to bind grain with the straw,
making the rope, cutting and binding
while in motion. Mr.. Douglas has
organized company made up en-
tirely Of colored men and will give
employment to quite force of men
Mr.. Douglass has made several iuven.
tions and has had one that contained
the principles upon which the Cat
ling gun is based stolen from him.
Great credit, however, will be due
him if he succeeds in making this last
invention, one of peace, as successful
as is his other, the deadly weapon of
war.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09

The HERALD notices that several of
its populist exchanges rather sharply
critisize the position this paper takes
upon the Legislative situation, and
one or two of them rather try to read
it out of the party Secretary Os,
born occupied the same position as
the HERALD, for if the members of
the Stand up for Kansas law and
order republican party had been one
half so much in favor of following
customs established by years of Use
age, as they pretend to be, their party
to-day would be in possession of the
lower branch of the legislature, for
the Secretary recognized the fact that
possession of an election certificate
was primd fdcie evidence of member
ship in the Legislature. The HERALD
believes that all laws, good or bad,
should be observed by the people. 1t
also believes that the great body of
Kansas people are in favor of justice
and right, and if laws are wrong, as
many Of them are, there is no aues-
ton but what the people will see to
1t these wrongs are righted, and til
bad laws repealed and good ones
enacted IN their stead. The HERALD
also believes that neither house is a
legal one as certain forms of organi-
cation have not been observed.
AS this paper understands the stu
alton, 1t is about like this: The re-
publicans have sixty three members
holding certificates, the Populists
fifty eight, The seats of ten republi-
cans have been contested by ten Pop
nlIsts, and the seats of FIVE PopuIlsts
10y five republicans. The Populists
claim that no member should act
when contest proceedings are pend
ing against him. so they claim that
the republicans have but tifty-three
legal members, and that their house
is illegal. So far, possibly, they are
right, but in order to secure the sixty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09

TWELVE hogs sold at this market
Tuesday for S740 per hundred, a
price unheard of before for years.
The present high price of pork, while
a harvest to the farmer, is causing
untold distress IN eastern cities, where
thousands of men are out of employ
mont on account of packing compa-
mics being unable to get a supply of
hogs to keep them going. Poor peo-
pie, too, who heretofore have made
bacon and salt pork their meat diet,
are compelled to do without it, as
prices are so high as to be prohlbi-
tory. 1t seems as though what is one
mans meat is another mans poison
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09

three necessary to organize with they
allow the ten members who are con-
testing the republicans to act with
them, and also the five Popullsts
whose seats are being contested by re-
publicans II it is not right for q re-
publican to act until the contest pro-
ceedlngs arc settled it is not right for
a Populist. The position taken by
the Populists IS not good one, for If
they are right there never would be a
legislature, as every seat would be
contested, and no organization could
be had. That illegal votes have been
cast and wrong done by the republi'
cans cannot be denied, but 30 long
as the present laws regarding legisla-
tive contests are in force, the people
must submit to them and the Popu-
lists suffer from the wrong rather
than do wrong.
Legislative contests should be set
tied before that body meets and by
judiciary that is supposed to be non
partisan. George 4. Anthony once
said that "Partisanshlp is patriot
ism" This statement has been de-
rded by the Populist press and ora
tors, and today our party stands in II
position to show that partisanship is
not patriotism. If the Populists are
right why do they not proceed with
legislation and pass the laws asked
for and the appropriations necessary
with which to carry on the state Do
they fear the supreme court from
which there is no escape? 1t makes
no difference whether law is passed
at the beginning or at the
close of the session, it must
face the highest courts of the state,
If the Populists believe they are right
they should go on with the good
work. What position will the party
be placed in If the fifty days Of leg
islative life pass without the supreme
court passing upon the legality Of the
organization, and after adjournment
the popuIIst house should be declared
illegal. 1t would go into the next
campaign defensive party instead
of an offensive one, The weakness of
the Populist side Is their fear of the
supreme court This paper makes
this prediction that if the ques-
ton could be brought before the
court, that august body will de-
clare neither side right. Con-
gressman-elect W. A. Harris also
holds this view. The HERALD may
be wrong, in the position it takes, but
it does not believe it is.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-02-09
Moro Trouble.

1t has been customary for years in
this and other counties to have dupli-
cate lists of the tax rolls of townships
remote from the county seat placed
with some person residing adjacent
to such territory, so that taxes could
be paid without trip to the county
seat For such accommodation an
additional charge Of twenty-five cents
is made by the person making the
collection. The money is RENTED to
the County Treasurer, who sends tax
receipts for the amounts to the col
lector, who in turn gives them to the
person paying the tax. This plan
has been of great accommodation to
the people, and IS of general practice,
although not exactly authorized by
law
The lists for Long Island, Prairie
view, GaanIte and Dayton townships
were this year placed with the Com
mercial State Bank of Long Island.
On the Doth of December the bank
RENTED by drafts upon the Capital
National Bank Of Lincoln, Neb., taxes
collected from the people of those
townships, $2,74400. These drafts
were received during the busiest time
Of the year, and the letters containing
them were placed with others IN the
safe, awaiting such time as they could
be opened. The rush Of home tax
payers was over about the 25th of
December, and the Treasurer and his
assistants turned their attention to
the pile of accumulated letters, num-
bering 1,2O0 to 1900. The letters
containing the drafts, three in num-
Der, were reached and receipts made
out on the 10Th 18th and 18th of Jan
uary, and on the Doth of the month
they were deposited for collection
with the Phillips County Bank. The
bank sent them to st. Joseph, where
they were received on the Dist. On
February LIST the drafts were protest
ed for non-payment, the Capital Nat
ional upon which they were drawn
having failed on the Goth Payment
of tue drafts was demanded OF the
Commercial Bank, and by it refused.
On Monday the County Commission
ers were called together and upon
due consideration authorized w. q.
DonCarlos and Frank Mckay to
bring suit against the Commercial
Bank to recover the amount of the
drafts and accruing costs. The case
will come up for hearing at the next
term of the District Court. AS il
all law suits there is some question as
to where the loss will fall. Interest
ed attorneys say that neither the
Treasurer nor his bondsmen are liable
in any case, so that either the bank
or the county will be held. If 1t is
held that the county is liable it is
probable that no more drafts or
checks will be accepted by any coun-
ty officer, though a change of this
kind would cause untold confusion.
The broken bank, the Capital Nation
al of Lincoln, is said to be in very
demoralized condition, and that the
prospects are that the deposItors and
stockholders will lose almost every
thing they have in the concern.