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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
why Grow Old.

nd that II old people are put OF
a God meat diet In the way OF stronI
SOUP beef tea, and animal food, anG
only Just sufficient farlnaceous food
and fats and sugar to maintain tn,
heat OF the body they Increase won,
derfully In energy and, as they often
express 1t, feel twenty years younger.
This Ia only natural; IL Is a food OF
energy; the food that builds up
muscle, nerve, and constitutional
stamina.
The requirements Of the system In
old age as a rule, are not very great,
and moro harm Is done by taking toe
much food than by taking too little,
l have known people considerably
over seventy derive thegreatest bene.
1T from a thorough change In diet
IL seems to rejuvenate them. OF
course, In old age care should be
taken that the body IS not subjected
to rapid changes OF temperature,
When the nervous power 10 decreas.
Ing as the result Of age and the sys
tenn 10 losing the power OF combating
cold and strain upon It's energy, o
stimulating diet invigorates and Is
conducive to maintaining constitu
tional stamina better than any other.
And natural death but from old age
and general decay is an accidental
death; that is, 1t is due to causes
which might and even perhaps could,
have been entirely avoided and rem.
edied In earlier years. But, Of course,
all the secrets Of attaining extreme
age are not even now within our
reach, and the few that l have
pointed out are but very few and
those Of the commonest
1t Is the inevitable law Of nature
that we must die. The vital energy
that Is implanted In the body at birth
Is only meant to sustain 1t for a Ger.
tain number Of years II may be
husbanded or wasted, made to burn
slowly or rapidly. 1t Is like the oil
in lamp and may be burned out to
little effect In little time or care.
fully husbanded and preserved, and
thus made to last longer and burn
brighter.
1t Is moot question whether every
individual is not at birth gifted with
the same amount Of vital energy and
OF DEMONSTRATING power The proba-
billty Is that each is, The clrcum-
stances of the environments from
the cradle to the grave determine It's
future destiny. -Gentleman's Maya.
zine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
ComfOrts and DnnRers.

Many of the comforts of modern
life can only be enjoyed at the risk
Of serious accidents Leaking gas
pipes cause explosions, and the DEATH
roll for which that new agent, cleo
tricity, 10 responsible Is already con-
siderable. Each severe frost brings
its crop Of boiler accidents, Par
afllne lamps continue to explode
Every day or every night there are
fires, many OF which lead to frlghtful
accidents and often death.
The large masses Of people gath
cred together In a huge city like this
are exposed to cons tant attacks from
those insldlous enemies, the bacteria.
The dust and SCOT and fog foster
these enemies of human life. The
ground under London is honey"
Combed with drainage pipes, large
and small, measuring thousands OF
miles. Each mile of drain is charged,
sometimes at high pressure, with poi
sons sufficient to kill hundreds Of the
healthiest men. 1t Is enough to make
us shudder to think that only few
feet divide us from a gigantic death
dealing octopus. So that 1t appears
II we give up travelling we run an al
most equal peril in staying at home.
Suffering London-Hake.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

There 10 no art in the world 90 i'm.
portant and 30 difilcult to acquire 90
the one OF losing temper at the prop
or time. In fact, 1t might almost
DO said that with this gift In perfec-
zion and no other stock In trade
whatever--such No wealth, good
looks, business ability, etc. "a man
could hardly fail to win success in
the world, while without 1t all other
things will profit him nothing. Tho
man who never loses his temper at
all is the most miserable of wretches.
His interiors presume upon his good
nature and fail In their duty toward
him; his equals impose upon him
from dawn to dark, and his superiors
never omit to give him the snub-
bings which his mental attitude
seems to invite. He Ia almost as UNI
comfortable as the person Of almost
opposite character who cannot ask
his neighbor In the omnibus to pass
a fare without laying the foun-
dalton OF lifelong antag0nism. or
course, the kind of lost temper l refer
TO Is not the anger so perfectly at
home in the bosom of fools, but the
righteous wrath which Is In reality a
fine sense Of Justice carried out In
action. Kate Fields Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Amendment Adopted.

A member Of the House of Com
mons had been paying attention to a
young lady for long while, and he
had taken her to attend the House
until she was perfectly posted on its
rules On the last day Of the session,
as they came out, he bought her a
bouquet saying:
"May offer you my handful Of
nowers?"
She promptly replied:
u move to amend by emitting all
after the word hand"
He blushingly accepted the amend
ment, and they adopted 1T unani-
mously.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Wanted TO Know How.

Mr.. Oswald has the reputation Of
being the "hardest fighter" at the
London bar, says Truth. He was
once arguing a case in the court Of
appeals at great length. Already
the court had intlmated pretty clear
ly that 1t had heard enough; but Mr..
Oswald had treated these intima-
tlons In his usual manner, and went
on raising point after point.
Really" at last one Of the lord
justices emonstrated-"re ally, Mr..
Oswald, II you intended to rely on
these points, you should have raised
them in the court below"
$50 did, my lord" replied Mr..
Oswald, "but their lordships stopped
me-"
"They stopped you, did theyP" in-
Quired Lord Fischer, eagerly; chow
did they do it?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
CHAPTER III,
UNDER A TERRIBLE SHADOW.

A couple of hours later, native Of
the island, going home in that direo-
ton, found the young Chicagoan sit
ting up and looking calmly, yet Won
deringly, around. Nearly all the Kan
akas speak English, and this one spoke
it Auently. Hoping to earn tribe, he
drew near, with respectful salutation,
and offered to bring a horse.
"A horse? what for?" returned Ralph.
"To take you to town, SIR"
"Town? what town."
"To Honolulu"
Marking the wondering stare with
which Ralph received these words, the
Kapaka added
"You know where you are, don't
your"
mo. Where am ~"
The Kanaka reiterated several steps
rapidly, uttering cry Of horror In his
native tongue, but returned to the
charge.
"You can at least tell me who you
are, he suggested.
who l am? IL don't knowl"
But you must know where you came
from and how you arrived here?"
Ralph shook his head, looking thor
oughly puzzled, and responded;
II don't know anything about 1t.
"You can certainly tell me your
name," cried the Kanaka, In fright
ened voice.
"Name? Name? haven't any name
as / know Of"
Alas for the truth. The blows Ralph
had received upon his head from his
assailants had utterly annihilated his
memory. Obliterated was all his past
his journey-his whereabouts-his
relations to Mazda Stepp and to his
father and friends. He was ignorant
Of all the facts concerning himself, even
to his own name.
The Kanaka was strongly tempted to
take to his heels without further in
quiry or comment. But he had more
than the average Kanaka heart and
brain, and he resolved to probe the
mystery of Ralph's singular situation.
Didn't you arrive here in steamer
from San Francisco" he asked. "Are
you not an Americana"
Ralph contracted his brows in des-
perate effort to furnish solution Of
this problem, but after full minute he
was obliged to answer:
81 don't know"
Where were you when you first
knew anything about YOURSELF" con-
tinued the Kanaka.
I'll was here!"
Smiling involuntarily at this reply,
the Kanaka stepped nearer and lifted
Ralph's hat then starting back in
painful amazement.
"Ah, seel" he calculated.
There was a bump upon Ralph's
head, between his ear and his temple,
nearly as large as hens egg, and dis
colored to blackness. Touching this
bump gently, the Kanaka elected q
sharp cry of pain.
II see, he repeated, giving his at
tention to various other injuries.
you've been wayIaid-knocked on the
head-almost murderedp
fro BE CONTINUED
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Hygienic Tobacco.

The inventor Is surely worn. a
worthy cause when he seeks to enable
us TO enjoy the good things of this
life to the full without paying the
penalty which usually seems insepara.
bic from such enjoyment. Tobacco
has been the source Of infinite pleas
ure to man, but the deadly nicotine
which 1t contains has wrecked many
q constitution. A philanthrOplc I'm
ventor has conceived the idea of rem
derIng the seductive weed innocuous,
while preserving the qualities that
soothe and comfort the smoker, and,
furthermore, to make the use OF to-
bacco absolutely beneficial to the
health. He proposes to do this by
adding certain oils to the tobacco
The wording OF the invention shows
that 1t relates to improvements In
the manufacture of tobacco the de-
sired object being to destroy the
nicotine or alkaloid contained In the
tobacco, and at the same time to inn
part to the tobacco valuable medicinal
and beneficial properties. To this
end the tobacco leaves are treated
with certain oils and essences In the
process Of manufacture. II the idea
Of the Inventor can be successfully
carried out the most serious objection
to smoking will be removed; another
singular result would be that hun
dreds Of varieties Of pipes that have
been constructed specially to obvlate
the unpleasant effects Of nicotine
would DO no longer needed,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

cumstAnces whether TO settle in ChicA-
60 or elsewhere.
And 30 they separated, the Nor'wes-
ter resuming her voyage.
That same afternoon, as Ralph Kemp
lin was walking, gloomy and abstract
ed, near Kallka Bay, whittier he had
gone to look ut the fish ponds and other
curiosities, while awaiting the depar-
ture Of his own ship, which was TO sail
upon the following morning, he sud
denly found himself intercepted by
three rough-looking sailors who sig
nifed that they had business with him.
We're friends OF Hank Ripple, said
the spokesman Of the trio. "In fact we
came here in the Nor'wester with him
but have deserted"
where is Mr.. Ripple nowp" asked
Ralph.
he has gone on with the ship, sir.
with the ship Impossible! We've
had men looking for him for three
days past.
"Nevertheless he has sailed in the
Nor'wester, 80 as to be near the Cap'n's
daughterw
lmpOBslDlev protested halpn, IN
voice freighted with pain.
ooh, not at all, )" answered the sailor.
"He disguised himself 80 thoroughly
that the Cap'n didn't know him, and
no difficulty in shipping as seaman In
my place."
The information gave Ralph a chill
of CONSERVATION.
"And that isn't all, sir, resumed the
spokesman Of the three ruffians, beck
oning his comrades nearer, "Mr, Ripple
thinks 80 much Of you, Mr.. Kemplin,
that he has given us hundred dollars
to present his compliments to you. And
here they are"
The three men hurled themselves
upon him at these words, and gave him
a terrible beating, despite all he could
do to protect himself, and then van
ished as abruptly as they had appeared,
leaving him for dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
CrematIng Garbage.

The consumption Of garbage by
cremation has been begun in quite q
number Of places in this country, and
the one which is an object-lesson to
our other cities In Massachusetts and
New England is the double-tlre sys-
tenn now in use in Lowell and In
other parts Of the country The
crematory Is a brick structure forty
feet long, ten feet wide, and twelve
feet high, with a stack seventy-ave
feet In height. The top of the
furnace is reached by platform, and
the garbage is collected in carts and
dumped down the slopes into the
feed holes in the top Of the furnace.
After the furnace has been charged
two fires are lighted. The flames
pass from the first fire to the garbage
piled on the CRATES, and the gas and
smoke attending the combustion then
pass to the second fire, where they
are consumed: All the products Of
the burning Of the garbage must pass
through one of these fires. We have
not room for detailing how this sys-
tenn Is managed, but the results are
such that 1t works successfully
wherever it has been tried, and its
adoption in many Of our large cities
is apparently only question Of
time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
wonders OF RaIIroad wreoking.

WOmuerb OF IballrOau WreCk1ngs
The derrick handles derailed cars
and engines with marvellous ease.
The track repairers level the ground
about the PROSTATE car or engine, II
1t be down an embankment, build a
temporary track down TO It, and then
let the derrick car get to work. The
hydraulic jack usually comes into
play In turning car or engine upon
Its feet, but the derrick with the
horse and saddle, does the work of
placing car upon trucks
The derrick reaches round for a
truck from the fat car and drops 1t
on the temporary track, lifts one end
Of the car until the horse and saddle
may be shifted under 1t, when truck
has been rolled under one end lifts
the other 80 that a second truck may
be put in place. This done, the car
Is dragged up the main track and run
upon a siding. An engine must be
handled with greater care, and a
skilled mechanic Is usually at hand to
see that no harm comes to It's me-
chanlsm. Passenger cars need like
care, because although strong below
the windows they are fiimsy in the
roof. Air brakes and easily remov-
able parts of the engine are taken of
before the lifting begins
All the ingenuity Of the wrecker is
called into play when wreck lies at
the bottom of a river, and sometimes
days or even weeks are required to get
an engine from such predicament.
Once engine and cars have been set
upon their feet a length Of track
laid upon a raft Is sunk beside Them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Don't Kiss Cats.

1t must be terrifying revelation
to those ladies who kiss their cats
that has been made by Prof. FioCci,
the Italian chemist. He found by
experiment that when cat ticks It's
lips 1t spreads over them a saliva In
which there are swarms OF minute
bacilli not free from danger to human
beings When he inoculated rab-
bits and guinea pigs with this noxious
substance they died within "a hours.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
A Ynnkoe Momnn,s soheme.

Every busy woman these warm
days finds that towards evening she
has too much IN her shoes" The
wise, OF course, buy larger shoes In
summer than in winter to comfort
ably provide for the inevitable expan.
sion the feet undergo during the dog
days Laced boots are stylish, but
are looked at askance by girls and
women who belong to the work -a.day
world, for 1t requires more time to
lace a boot than to button one. The
laced shoe is far more comfortable In
summer than any other and the ease
1t allows the foot fully compensatea
for the extra time 1t takes In lacing
it up A Yankee woman who Is do
ing" New York laces her shoes up
losely In the morning, tying the laces
In a double bow knot. In the even
ing the laces are taut and her shoe
fits snuglY but comfortably. The
Yankee. woman's scheme Is worth
trying. There is nothing destroys the
pain caused by a tight shoe that has
to be kept on except the toothache
The greater misery includes and
nullifes the less. New York Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Horrible Punishment.

Mrs. Wickwlre-"They say that
the words we have spoken In life go
on echoing through space forever.
What do you think Of itP"
Mr.. Wickwire-"Great Scott I'll
just bet that is the way future
punishment Is melted out Ill be
compelled to travel through space
and catch up with all the fool things
l said to you when 1 was counting,
and be forced to listen to them all
again. Indianapolis Journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
This Ia a Real Good Joke.

The would-be funny summer board
er-"I read an account OF how a girl
fell over forty feet without killing
herself"
"Good graciousl How did she do
it?"
Tried to get out Of moving street
car with exactly twenty men In It,"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Agents of Death.

Breech-lcading rifles were invented
Vi 1911, but did not come into gen.
eral use for many years. 1t is esti-
mated that over 10000, 900 are now
in actual service in the European
armies, while 3,OOO,O 900 are reserved
In the arsenals for emergencies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
To tho Ovor-C Careful Housewife.


There should be placard on the
wall Of every house, ado not put
away things" The habit Of putting
away things has brought untold mis-
cry to thousands Of families, Your
morning and your evening papers are
put away. Your magazine of the
current month finds Its way to the
storeroom ID part Of the literature
of last year. Your cigars are so care
fully put away that they are never
available. Once five boxes Of qulnine
pills were found in as many places
after the man who wanted them was
dead. Once there was no light In a
country house for three nights be.
cause some thousands of matches had
been put away, Oh, do not put
away Do not be too Internally care
full not to have things where you can
put your hands on them. Leave the
chairs, tables, and beds sufficiently
in sight to be used and occupied. IL
you cannot do that, at least leave the
house within view, that IL may be
entered, II peradventure one has lost
his spectacles. Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

othOr lengths Of track, are added
banks and even river beds are graded
II need DO, and In time the wreck \
trlumphantlV dragged ashore on I
temporary track.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

SOME l6-year-oh girls are so nice
after they pass twenty-three or four
or five that we fall In love with them
a second time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Homemade.

There should be a scale for all such
things as homemade jellies, canned
fruit, ETC., as the articles produced
on the farm would be better prepared
than those put up at some factories.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

THE Great Eastern was the largest
ship ever bullt-68O feet long, SO broad,
GU deep, and 28.627 tons burthen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-11-09

q help US To- determIne wne,ner we are TO
have . republic to administer before we differ
to tas rRon Sa 70 70 BE-
this day organized will never cease to move
forward until every wrong is remedied and
equal rights and equal privileges securely es.
tablished for al the men and women Of thfh
We declare, therefore
That the union Of the labor forces Of tho
United States this day contaminated shall be
permanent and perpetual-may its spirit enter
Into all hearts for the salvation Of the republic
and the uplifting of mankind
every dollar taken from industry without an
neither shall he est.E The interests Of rural
and civic labor are the same: their enemies
We believe that the time has como when the
railroad corporations must either own the peo-
pie or the people must own the railroads. and
should the government enter upon the work OF
owning and managing any or all railroads we
should favor an amendment to the constitution
by which all persons engaged in the government
regulation Of the most rigid character, SO as
to prevent the increase Of the power Of the
national administration by tho use Of such
additional government employees.
We demand national currency, safe, sound
and flexible. issued by the general government
only; full legal tender Tor all debts, public
ing corporations; 2 just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution, direct to the people, at
tax not to exceed 2 per cent. per annum, to
be provided as set forth in the subtreasury
plan of the Farmers Alliance, or some better
system: also by payments In discharge Of its
oblga ) for public improvements.
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and gold at the present legal ratio Of
10 to l.
We demand that the amount Of the circulat-
ing medium be speedily increased to not less
than fifty dollars per capita.
We demand q graduated income tax.
We believe that the moneys Of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, and hence we demand
that all national and state revenues shall be
limited to the necessary expenses Of the gov
eminent economically and honestly admins
tered.
We demand that postal savings banks be e.
post of the earnings of the people and to facil-
itate exchange.
Transportation being q means Of exchange
and public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interest
of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the post
office system, being a necessity for the trans
mission Of news, should be owned and oper-
aled by the government in the interest of the
PEOPLE.
The land, including all the natural sources
Of wealth, is the heritage Of all the people, and
should not be monopolized for speculative pur-
poses, and an alien ownership OF land should
be prohibited. All lands now held by rail-
roads and other corporations In excess OF their
actual needs, and all lands now owned Sv
aliens should be reclaimed by the government
aud held foi actual settlers only.