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are constantly on duty and walk the
coast with lighted torches as a warn
ing to laboring vessels. The night
patrol is divided into four watches and
two surfmen are picked for each
watch. The patrols on the Atlantic
coast connect and form a continuous
line from the far eastern cost of Maine
to Florida. When the patrolmen from
different stations meet at the
boundaries of their territories they
exchange checks, and these are for
warded to the captains at each station
as an evidence that the whole coast has
been covered. Each man carries a
beach lantern and several red Costan
hand lights. Upon the discovery Of a
wreck, a vessel in distress, or n run
ming dangerously rear shore, he ignites
a hand-light, which gives a brilliant
red flame. This serves as Il warning
and tells Of assistance at hand. The
greatest work the service has accom-
p1ished has been in the line of warning
vessels off shore and preventing dis
asters.
The uniform is simple, consisting
of d blue blouse, q cap withthe letters
U. s. L. s. S. embroidered on it, and
coarse flannel trousers. The badge of
the service is a life buoy on which a
boat hook and an oar are crossed. The
men picked for the service are mostly
fishermen from the locality where they
are to do duty. They are men who
know every inch Of 1.-THE ground they are
to cover and know every bump in the
bottom of sea within a mile from land.
There used to be great loss of life in
the service, but the danger gradually
diminishes as new inventions are made.
No patrolman on his lonely watches on
the beach can shirk duty. When the
stations are placed so far apart that pa
trolmen do not meet, each surfman car
ries a clock with q dial that car be
marked only by ean of a key, which
Also registers the time of marking.
This key is secured to q post at the
end OF his beat and he is required to
reach it to bring back the dial prop
erly marked.
Ida Lewis was made famous by her
daring feats Of bravery at the Lime
Rock light in Newport harbor long be-
fore any ~life-saving station was in the
vicinity. Equal feats have been &C
complished by the surfmen, but as it
was in the line of their daty their
deeds have been lost in tho everyday
humdrum. The ~forerunner of the SER
vice we're the sheds which were built
by the fishermen on the Atlantic shore,
where they kept a boat, mortar and
life-lines, The door was always locked,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
WEAVING CALVES.

1t is a disappointing time when one
sees the calf or colt, that has been
growing thriftily while fed by its dam,
beginning to look rough in hair and
thin in flesh as it comes to the
changed condition of feed when once
it has been weaned. It is right here
IL vt 80 much Of the trouble comes in
attempting to raise calves and colts.
It is the sudden changed condition OF
feed that disarranges the small ami
mails digestive organs, and for a while
appears to stop its growth entirely.
The remedy is plainly the making of
the dams milk to the new food as lit
tie of a change as possible at first, and
to make this change very gradually.
To do this it is best to begin by al
lowing the calf, for instance, to take
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but half it's fill of it's dams milk, fin
ishing upon a mixture of fresh milk
and warm skim milk. Gradually the
dams milk can be reduced in the "a
tion, and the warm skim milk in
creased while into it is stirred a little
boiled 1ax-seed and boiled oat meal
and middlings, very little of these
substances being added to the milk at
first, while gradually increasing the
quantity as the dhlf gets older and
more fully accustomed to this food.
The great point is to make the change
SO gradually as not to disturb the d.
gestive functions, and no small part of
the care required to do this is hay
ing the prepared food always of the
warmth OF new milk. Even after the
calf has grown strong and lusty upon
it's new diet, the milk and mush which
is given 1t should be warmed, as the
chilling of the stomach from the drink
ing of a pail Of cold milk, OF other
fluid, is likely to be the beginning OF a
serious disturbance that may manifest
itself in scours and in a failure to prop
erly assimilate the food taken, which
mean retarded growth. A calf at this
time should have some grass or hay to
eat, but let it be clover, if possible,
and not too much of that, for weaned
calves kept in astable, frequently over
tax both the capacity and the d1ges-
tive power of their stomachs by eating
large quantities of dry hay, becoming
thereby ''pot-bellied" and nnthrifty.
If scours occur, even when every care
is taken, q drink of milk freshly drawn
from the COW will prove a corrective,
while constipation, if it occurs, can be
remedied by taking care not to boil
the milk when heating it, and by
slightly increasing the laxative foods
that are added to the milk, adding a
little boiled bran, if needed, for this
purpose. If such a plan is followed,
and the small animal, or animals, are
kept warm and given a dry pen, the
change from their dams to the pail or
calf feeder can be made with little diff
fcultv.-AmcriGan Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
An Immense Drill.

There has lately been constructed at
one of the Massachusetts, establish
ments for manufacturing machinists'
tools, drills and general iron working
machinery, a massive radial drill OF
immense proportions, pronounced to
be the largest of its kind in the United
States, and of correspondingly super
ior workmanship for operations on so
vast a scale. The radial drill weighs
some 10000 pounds, is sixteen feet
from top to base, and has a radial arm
eight and one-half feet long. By means
of this powerful mechanism a hole
five inches in diameter can be bored
and a hole drilled to the centre Of a
circle thirteen feet in diameter, and,
though the machine is designated for
accomplishing the heaviest description
of work, it is SO constructed that one
man can operate it. There is mechan-
ism for moving the radial arm, and
the head is moved by a spiral gearing
with @ quick and easy motion. The
machine is also adapted to giving from
three to ten different speds.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
Wedding F'es,l.aa Among bears.

A Mulla, of the name of Lal NOLAN.
mad, said that when he was taken a
prisoner into Chilas, he and his escort
passed one day through one of the
dreariest portions of the mountains
of that inhospitable region. There
they heard a noise, and quietly ap-
preaching to ascertain it's cause, they
saw a company of bears tearing up the
grass and making bundles of it, which
they Rugged. Other bears again
wrapped their heads in grass, and
some stood on their hind paws hold
ing a stick in their forepaws, and
dancing to the sound of the bowls of
the others. They then ranged them.
selves in rows, at each end of which
was a young bear; on one side a male,
on the other a female. These were
supposed to celebrate their marriage.
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
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The Munich Colossus.

The colossal statue Bavaria" n
of the most beautiful as we'll as one of
the largest a~llegorical works of art in
Europe, was unveiled on October 3,
1850, in the presence of Kings Ludwig
and Otto, the Queen of the former and
O vast multitude of spectators. "Ba'
varia' was designed by ~Schwanthaler,
who was assisted in his work by Lag
arini, both working from suggestions
made by the King. The metal
(bronze) in the statue weighs some few
hundreds of pounds over twenty tons,
about five tons more than had ever be-
fore been melted in one furnace. AS
it stands to-day on its thlrty-foot pc
destal the colossu1 Isl titanic Bavarlan
maiden tifty-four feet in height with a
gigantic lion crouched by her side.
The statue and pedestal combined are
eightv-four feet in height, and the
whole being placed upon an emlnence
rising thirty feet above the surround
ing country, puts the top OF lava
ria's'' head ia feet above the level of
the CITY which she seems to be vigil"
lantly watching wei. A long, wind"
ing stairway leads to tho head OF the
statue which has seats arranged within
the "brain cavity" for the accommoda-
ton of weary sight-seers. European
guide books, and at least n excellent
work on things out of the ordinary,
"The World of Wonders, declare that
the interior Of the head and of the
bust will comfortably hold twenty-five
persons. In the central part OF the
main figure thirty-hve or forty persons
cound dine around a twelve-foot table.
The whole is certainly the embodl"
ment of q grand idea of nationality,
and is a credit to the suggestions OF
King Ludwig st. Louis Republic.
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ratio of lives lost to the lives endan-
gered and of the property destroyed to
the property involved in wrecks has
been wonderfully lessened in the last
twenty years.
Every year Congress appropriates
81, 900, 900 to the ~life-saving service
and every years new stations are built
and equipped. The only Nation on
she globe that supports W one life
saving station aside from the United
States is the Turkish Empire. The
Sultan has established a station on the
Bosphorous to protect the Oriental
mariners from it's dangerous reefs.
The sea and lake coasts of the United
States, exclusive of the coasts of Alas
ka, have an extent of 10000 miles,
protected and p~atrolled by the Gov
ernment's life-sayers. Upon these
coasts there are 262 life-saving sta
tions, of which 1879 are on tbs Atlantic
coast, forty nine on the grcat lakes,
thirteen on the Pacific coast and
on the falls of the Ohio ut Louisville.
The stations are all placed;at points of
navigation.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
STALL FOR CRIBBING HORSE.

A confirmed cribber is incurable
unless means are taken to prevent
practice of the habit. This may be
done by removing from a box stall
every projecting thing that may be
laid hold of by the horses teeth.
There should be no feed rack or
trough in the stall, the food being
given in q shallow box on the floor,
which, if taken by the teeth, will be
lifted and thus furnish no hold. In
time the habit will be forgotten. II
not, this ~precaution should be per-
severed in. New York Times.
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existence, and watches for wrecks on
the coast of Massachusetts. On ac-
count OF this protection the general
Government has not found it neces-
sary to establish stations except at
places where wrecks are unusually fire.
quent.
Between Sandy Hook and Cape May
on the New Jersey coast, where the
coast-w1se trade is c%ongested, there
are forty stations. Between Cape
Henry and Cape Hatteras is a danger
Gus spot for mariners, and in the 12l
miles of coast there are twenty-five
stations which form a complete chain.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
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One of our most annoying pests IL
the corn worm, known in the South
as the boil worm. There it is the
great enemy of the cotton growers,
and is claimed never to have been
seen in the North until brought up on
the early sweet corn shipped for sale.
No very effectual method of COM
batting them has been discovered, and
we would recommend this matter to
our experiment. stations as n we'll
worthy their careful attention.
American Farmer.
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Novel Method Of DECENTRALIZATION.

A novel method Of bringing sinners
to repentance has been inaugurated
by an ingenious Germantown evange-
list. Every Sunday afternoon, from
now until October, open-alr religious
services will be held in Vernon Park.
As each idle stroller wanders in he Will
be presented with u fan, on either
side of which a gospel hymn will be
rrinted - PHILADELPHIA Record
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Deafness Canuot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining Of the
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper,
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless, the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases. out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing. but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by catarrhl that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

From the eastern extremity of the
coast 81 Maine to Raoe Point on Cap.
Usd, b distance Of 415 miles, there are
sixteen stations. In the Revolutionary
days the Massachusetts Humane So
ciety ives formed, and ~life-saving was
its aim. This organization is still IN
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28
TIL. True Laxative Principl.

OF the plants used in manufacturing the pleas
ant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a permanently
beneficial effect on the human system, while
the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu-
tons, usually sold as medicines, are perma-
nently injurious. Being well informed, you
will use the true remedy only. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

Lepers are becoming SO numeroul
in Louisiana, declares the Atlanta Con
stitution, that the people of that State
want the Federal Government to sci
apart an island for them and under
take their a Unless this is done
the terrible scourge viii spread t.
other States.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

The annual manufacture in Europe
at the present time. according to the
latest statistics, is something like l.
$50. 600 square yards of looking glass.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

total luminous intensity to the re-
fected beam of about 375, 600, 900
candles. The light was successfully
tested at Middletown, Conn, before
being sent to the Worlds Fair. New
York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

LIEUTENANT PEARy's Arctic expedition has
arrived at Bowdoin Bay. Greenland, and be-
gun preparations for passing the winter
there.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness,
lake Browns iron Bitters-it gives strength,
maxim, old persons feel young-and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

a liverpool lEng1andl policeman,
who. IS he thought, swallowed o six
pen y thirteen years ago, recently had
y sgvsre pain in his throat. A &c of
coughing came on, and the long lost
coin, half Of its original thickness was
released from his throat.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

SEVENTEEN persons were drowned by the
Bapsizing of a lighter while watching q hre
Ut Rotterdam, Holland.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

Egyptian temples were usually APP
preached by an venue guarded by 8
cow of sphynxes on each side.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
Browns Iron Bitters will cure you, nuke you
strong, cleanse your liver, and -iye you a good
appetite-tunes the nerves.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

ENGLAND takes 40, 900 tons OF eggs from
Ireland yearly.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

T~HREE-FouRrHs of the total population OF
Russia are farmers,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

water. Beecham's-no others. rs cents a box.
A arrAr American hotel Is to be built in
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

II has been decided by the managers
OF the Stanford estate in California to
dispose OF over 1000 bIooded horses,
and retain only a nucleus with which
70 conduct the work Of breeding fine
horses,
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

There is no truth in the old adage.
sa pint's a pound the world around
A pint Of coffee weighs twelve ounces,
a pint Of -four one-half Of a pound and
a pint of granulated sugar fourteen
ounces.
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As high a price as 300 was paiH IN
London not long ago for q Canadian
tTelve-penny stamp.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

The purchasing power Of money
in the days of the Roman Emperors
was about ten times what it is al
present.
Hats cost the American people $780,
900. 900 annually.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-10-28

F. J. e e Co., Toledo, ..
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-26

The cost Of the census up to the
present time has been about S7,2G0,
600, and when completed it will, it i,
estimated, cost about 100000. The
work will be completed at the close Of
the present calender year if the ar
engagements to bring about that re.
suit now being made IN Washington
go through. In order to carry the
work on from March to the end of
the present fiscal year about S2l0,00C
will be added. There has of course
been a constant increase in the cost
Of the census. BrUdSTeetS says:
THE census of 1890, comprised in
one volume, cost Sl4,377, and that of
1900, in one volume, cost $60,309.
The census of 1910 necessltated an
enlargement to two volumes, the
preparation of which, cost $l7S,445
The next succeeding census, that of
1920, also in two volumes, cost $685.
525. The census of 1880 required
but one volume, yet the cost increased
to S37S,543. That of 1910 required
four volumes and the cost amounted
to SS33,471, The million dollar mark
was passed by the census of 1850, the
four volumes of which cost $l,329,-
027. The census of 1860 and 1870
were each comprised in four volumes,
and cost, the former $l,922,272, and
the latter $3,33G,51l. The census of
1880 was comprised in twenty-four
volumes and cost S5,6S2,720, Not
only was there an absolute increase
in the cost, but there was also an in
crease per capita, the cost per head
of population having increased from
lie, in 1870 to 116Sc in 1880. The
per capita cost of the census of 1890
will certainly exceed that of the CEN
sus of 1880"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-26
First publication January 5, l603-5w.
Case number 2505,
SHERIFFS SALE.

STATE or KANSAS, I
Philips County co.
In the district court OF Phillips county:
Robert Reed, plaintiff,
vs.,
Edward johnson, Mary j, johnson, n. h. Smith,
aud Allen j, Mccoy defendants,
Public notice II hereby given, that under, and
by virtue Of the Judgment rendered In the above
entitled action, In aud by the aboye-named court,
ana Of IN order o. safe ISSUED on said judgment,
to me directed ana delivered, will ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 1893,
Mt the hour Of O'Clock p, m, Of said day, at the
cart door Of the court house In philllpsbnrg, In
the county Of Phillips, state Of Kansas, offer ut
public sale aud sell to the highest bidder, for cash
In hand, the following described real property,
namely;
lot nineteen, 10, and part of lot twenty, 90,
commencing at the northeast corner Of said lot
twenty, 20, and running thence south 1850 feet
thence west 10 0-l9 feet, thence north 100 feet
thence east 10 O-l2fee to place Of beginning, all
In block &c, " range 80 town Of kirWin, county
Of Phillips, state Of Kansas.
said property has been levied upon and Is to be
sold as the property Of the aboye'named Defend
ants.
Dated this goth day Of December, A. n. 1893.
G, II, UTTER,
Sheriff Of Phillips county.
PRATT LEWIS, Att'ys for Plf,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-26

PmLLmsBURG January 90, 1893
Al grain notes now due are " the county attor-
ney's hands for collection. II not paid on or be-
fore February 20, 1893, will be collected by suit.
N. b. MCC0RMICK, County Attorney
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-26

NEARLY all the railroads of the
country are showing heavy increases
in expenses which are due to in.
creased equipment in anticipation of
the great travel to rnd from the
Worlds fair. 9till the latest reports
Of earnings sApw gains. The earn
ings of overSeJghty roads for three
weeks and thirty-nipe for the fourth
week of December show Il gain of rs
per cent over the previous year, and
tifty-two roads reported by the FL.
nancjdl Chronicle for the entire
month show gains Of "a per cent
During the last year thirty-siX roads,
with 10,40S miles in operation and
1868, 100000 of stocks and bonds, went
into tho hands of receivers, and
though more than bali of the mile
age and amount is due to the Rich
mond terminal default, the aggre-
gates still remaining are larger than
usual. Such results within the year
after the harvesting of the greatest
crops ever grown attract the atten-
ton of foreign as well as American
investors to the hurtful influence of
national and state legislation but the
prospect Of getting the interstate
commerce act properly amended does
not seem the brightest. 1t is obvious
that, while many of the railroads are
earning handsome dividends, some
others have not been helped even by
the enormous traffic of last year.
Kansas city Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-01-26
Judge Gresham Declares Himself.

Judge Gresham Declares Himself
/ am only a democrat on the tariff
and economy positions. L consider
the tariff as the only great question
dividing the two parties II the dem
ocrats, when they take charge, will
carry out their pledges sincerely and
consistently and knock out the pro-
lection fraud l will stay with them,
and 80 will hundreds Of thousands Of
independents who voted for Cleveland
in November. But should the demo-
Gratis fail to keep their pledges not
one Of these men will be found voting
the democratic ticket in 1896, l feel
pretty good, though, about the fu-
ture, for the fact that Carlisle is 60
ing to take the treasury is a guaranty
that the new tariff bill will give tariff
reformers satisfaction. 1t is crafty
ing to know that we have a man like
Carlisle to help Cleveland through
the great tariff fight which will soon
be upon us. Carlisle is a great man
and knows all about the tariff and
can make no mistakes. l predict for
him a successful career in the treas
ury, and also in two years | expect to
sec the finances of the country so
plain and so simple that a boy can
write statement of the treasury and
understand it. AS it stands now the
more statements we read of the con-
dition of the treasury the less we
know. But Carlisle can be trusted,
and he will succeed in bringing order
out of chaos, and if he does he is my
candidate for president IN 1896, and
there is not a man IN the country that
can beat him for the nomination and
election. CoArier-JomWaL