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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19

GOVERNOR BoIns governor in 1889,
when he was the only successful
Democrat on the State ticket. His
plurality was then 6,523, His plu-
rality in 1901 was increased to S,216.
The village Of Aurora, near Buffalo,
was the birthplace of the governor,
and Dec. 7, 1927, was the date. His
father, who had been private SOL
der in the war of 1872, was still q
farmer, and the life Of the future
governor in his boyhood, was like the
life of most farmers sons Of the time
full Of hard work and deprivations.
Nevertheless he managed to get as
good an education as the schools and
academy Of Aurora afforded, and
when he was % years Of age was ad-
mitted to the bar, practiCing in tbs
courts Of the county for the next fifteen
years. He was a member Of the leg.
islature in 1858. In 1867 Mr.. Boies
removed to Iowa, settling at Water
loo, where he practlced law and in
vested money in farming lands. He
owns a farm Of 2, GAO acres in Grundy
county, about 30 miles from Water
loo and another of 1000 acres in
Palo Alto. He is very successful
farmer and is interested in stock
raising on an extensive scale. Mr.
Boies has been widower for a num-
Der of years. His family consists Of
a daughter and two sons.
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SUPERIOR TO CARRIER PIGEONS.
Falcons Can Carry Greater Weight in Ad-
dition to Making Better Time.

Falcons Can Carry Greater Weight in Ad-
dition to Making Better Time.
Falconry may yet be restored, as it
seems, though not as a SPORT but as
part of the terribly serious business,
war. A Russian officer, Capt. Smoi-
loft, has been tanning falcons to serve
as dispatch carriers. The falcon has
several advantages over the carrier
pigeons, says the Westminster Ga
zette. Not only is he a more war
like bird than the meek cousin of the
dove, but he Is swifter in flight and
capable of great endurance. The
greatest swiftness ever known to be
attained by the carrier pigeon is If
teen Germany miles an hour, but
this is the rate Of the ordinary fight
of the falcon. D'Aubusson, in his
work on "The Falconry of the Middle
Ages" tells several anecdotes of the
extraordinary powers of the falcon
and length and swiftness Of flight.
For instance, falcon which was sent
from the Canary Islands to the Duke
OF Lerma In Spain made the return
flight from Andalusia to Teneriffe in
sixteen hours, which was at the ex-
press speed of sixteen Germany miles
to the hour. A German mile is not
far short Of five English miles, so
that the speed Of this falcon must
have been at the rate of about sew
enty-hve miles an hour. "A further
advantage Of the falcon over the pig
con is the greater weight which it
can carry. 1t is well known that
very slight burden is an oppression to
the poor pigeon, so that dispatches
are reduced in size by Photographic
copies, in order to reduce the weight
for the feeble little carrier. Capt
Smoiloff says he has found that fall
CON can carry a weight Of four Rus
sian pounds, or $40 grams go grams
go to our ounce, without diminish
ing its power or swiftness in flying
Besides, the carrier pigeon may fall
prey to the falcon, while there is
small danger of any other bird TAX
ing the carrier falcon prisoner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
The Whine Of Laughter.

The great safety valves of the
human engine are tears and laughter.
Laughter, especially, distinguishes
man from the brute and shows that
his enjoyments are intensified by the
gift Of reason, that his mlrth Is q
thing of instinct merely, but accom-
panied by the thought and action OF
a controlling intellect.
A man can usually find within
himself sufficient cause to excite
wholesale weeping; but his needed
amount Of laughter must generally
be provided by somebody outside Of
himself as it were. And the man
who can skillfully provoke genuine
article of side-splitting laughter is
much scarcer than the man who Is
willing to take a drink at somebody
else's expense.
The Maryland Medical journal
says:
"The physiology of merry laughter
is worthy of study. 1t is the dance
of the diaphragm which tips rhyth-
mically upon the underlying abdOm-
inal organs, exciting perlstalsis and
quickening the flow Of the life-bear-
ing blood-current. The lungs, too,
profit by the deep indrawing Of fresh
air into their lowermost parts and
the excretion of effete matters from
their remote recesses. And, in SYM
pathy with the jubilee Of the great
inward organs, the windpipe is
opened widely and the voice breaks
into ripples of mirth. Systems of
physical culture which Danish mer-
riment and laughter from the ,exer-
cises Of the growing youth of either
sex must end in failure. The tread
mill and the galley, however scien-
tilcally constructed, can never be-
come ideal gynnasia. Let the ply
stefan take warning; and, If he has
neglected her, begin at once to WOO
back the coy goddess Of merry laugh
ter"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
New York Had 1919 oases of sunstroko In

Oho Ouy hWuy buuN IN AbtNs
In 1903 the Rhine, Loire, and Seine
ran dry.
1t seemed as IL New York was on
FIRE In 1863. During the week 2l4
people were killed In that city by
sunstroke.
In France In l7lS, many shops had
to close The theaters did not open
their doors for three months Not
a drop ofwater fell during six months
In 1878 the thermometer rose to l18
degrees.
In several Of the French provinces
during the summer Of 1905 meat
could be prepared for the table merely
by exposing it TO the sun. Not soul
dare venture out between noon and
4 p. m.
In 1909, Spain was visited by a
sweltering temperature that is de.
scribed as fearful. Madrid and other
cities were deserted and the streets
silent Laborers died in the fields,
and the vines were schorched and
blasted as II by simeon,
The year l772 was fearful one in
New York. One hundred and fifty
five cases of sunstroke occurred on
July 4. Of which seventy-two proved
fatal.
In 177S the heat OF Bologna was so
great that numbers Of people were
stined. In July, 1903, the heat again
became intolerable. Vegetables we're
burned up and fruit dried on the
trees, The furniture and woodwork
In dwelling houses cracked and split
A disastrous hot wave swept
through Europe In June, 1851. The
thermometer in Hyde Park, London,
indicated from 90 to "a In the shade.
In the Champs de Mars Paris, dur.
ing a review, soldiers by the score fell
victims to sunstroke, ana Alder
shot men dropped dead while at
drill.
In 1881 it Is said the heat through
out the United States was the great.
est on record, the thermometer In
many places registering l05 In the
shade. In England the mercury
ranged from 90 to 100, and in Asia
90. In London II was the hottest
season known In % years. The d.
rector of the Paris observatory de-
clared there was no record Of such In
tense heat
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about the elder Mr., Wiley in such a
manner as to attract that pentleman's

about the elder Mr.. Wiley in such a
manner as to attract that gentleman's
attention. Convinced that some
thing was wrong Wiley followed the
dog, which led the way to a point on
the river about five miles from the
house. There he found the lifeless
body of his son, suspended by one
leg from an overhanging limb by a
line which ran over the bough and
extended far out into the river, The
boy threw his line over the bough to
give his catch better play, and then,
for greater security, had tied the end
around his leg. A 150-pound catfish
had seized the bait and hauled the
lad up to the Dough. In the strug-
giles Of the fish to escape the line had
become entangled in the boughs and
securely held the unfortunate fisher
man suspended until relieved by
death.
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QUEEN on rHE ISLAND.
A Pretty story Contributed from Far-on
patagonia

Il
Patagonia.
Mr. w. II. Hudson, in his interest
ing idle Days in Patagonia" has a
pretty story Of a COW and some pigs.
A pretty story, we call 1t, but, as will
be seen, the conclusion of it is any
thing but pretty, and the reader will
no doubt find himself in full sympa-
thy with Mr. Hudson's indignant
comment at the end. He is describ-
ing his life in the valley of the Rio
Negro,
Close to the mouth of the river
there Is low, fiat island, about o
mile in length, covered in most part
by a dense growth of coarse grass and
rushes. 1t is inhabited by herd Of
swine; and although they do not in
crease, they have been able to main
tain their existence for long period,
in spite Of the occasional great tides
that flood the whole island, and of
multitudes Of hungry eagles and car
anchos always on the watch for stray
sucklings.
Many years ago, while some gauchos
were driving a troop Of half-wild
cows near the shore on the neighbor-
ing mainland, heifer took to the
water and succeeded In swimming to
the island, where she was lost to her
owner. About year later she was
seen by a man who had gone to the
island to cut rushes for matching
purposes.
The COW and the pigs, to the num-
Der Of about twenty-five, were lying
fast asleep in a small grassy hollow,
the COW stretched out at full length
on the ground, and the pigs grouped,
or rather heaped, round her; for they
were all apparently ambitious to rest
with their heads pillowed on her, so
that she was almost concealed under
them.
Presently one of the drove became
aware Of the mans presence and gave
the alarm, whereupon they started
up like one animal and vanished into
a rush-bed.
The COW, thus doomed to live
"alone, yet not alone" was subse-
quently seen on several occasions by
the rush-cutters, always with heI
fierce followers grouped around hel
like body-guard.
This continued for some years, and
the fame Of the COW that had become
the leader and queen of the wild ISL
and pigs was spread abroad in the
valley; then human being, who was
not "sentimentalist," betook him
self to her little kingdom with a
musket loaded with ball, and sue
ceeded in finding and shooting her.
In spite of what we have been
taught, it is sometimes borne in on
us that man is little lower thar
the bruteS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
The March Of Color.

In the early months Of summer
white flowers predominant In the
northern field and garden. In July
yellow flowers begin to prevail and
their reign seems to eliminate In
August, which is the month par ex-
cellence of golden hues. In Septem-
Der and October the ascendency
passes to blue and purple blossoms
One cannot help noticing that this
march Of color among the flowers,
carrying them from white in the
spring to blue in the autumn, recalls
the supposed progression Of age among
the stars as indicated by their colors.
1t has generally been thought, al
though the ract has not yet been
finally demonstrated, that the white
stars are the youngest, that the yell
low stars represent the mid-season Of
solar life, and that the deeply colored
stars, red purple, and blue, are those
which are fast passing into decadence.
If this is true, then in the heavens
also we may say white is the color Of
springtime and purple the badge Of
the season Of decay.
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The selflshness of man is probably
the ugliest thing upon which angels
ever have to look.
DON'T put much dependence In the
religion that tries to advertise itself
In shop window.
The heart Of man never finds out
what real Joy is until Christ begins to
rule and reign In it
You can find hundred people who
are courageous where you will find
one who is patient,
THERE is something wrong with
the Christian who never gets happy
outside of prayer meeting.
IL the devil ever Iubs his hands
with satisfaction 1t must be when o
hypocrite joins the church
THERE is many wife whose hus-
band belongs to church, who never
suspects that he has religion.
If God could forgive his enemies
without repentance, nothing could
keep the devil out Of Heaven.
How MUCH bigger it always makes
us feel to look atother people through
the large end Of the telescope.
THERE are men who occupy high
positions In the church, at whom the
devil has never thrown q single stone.
TT some people were birds, they
would sit down in the dust and COM
plain that their wings were heavy
load.
THERE is many wife hungering
for an occasional word Of approval
who will be buried In a rosewood
casket
THE man who will deliberately !
break one of Gods commandments, |
would break down the gates OF Heaven
L he could
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
Curiosities of Crime.

In 1880 William Garren was con-
victed of horse-stealing in Henderson
County, N. c., and sentenced to ten
years. imprisonment He escaped and
settled at Walking Rose, Ca, where
he became one of the leading citi-
zens" and served as a policeman. He
returned to North Carolina on visit
five years ago and was arrested and
sent back to prison. The Governor
has just pardoned him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
Ancients VS.. Moderns.

English country houses have fires
in only a few sitting-rooms, the halls
are cold and there are no bathrooms.
When the Romans occupied Britain
many centuries ago every villa was
thoroughly heated with hot-air pipes,
and had both Turkish and cold
plunge baths. Within one Enclosure
are the remains of a Roman house,
built more than 1900 years ago, per-
fectly fitted with heating and bath
ing appliances, and a modern house
six times the size of the other
warmed with four open CRATES.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19

just the suggestion of an 1880"
droop. A narrow panel of blue and
red duck is Inserted in the skirt An
other outing gown specially novel in
It's design is made of white serge, cut
princess fashion. The gown is all in
one, with wide directoire reves, which
spread out over the sleeves. 1t is
worn with a chemisette Of tucked
colored linen. The sleeves are Of
dark-blue serge, and narrow bands of
blue braid form a hem at the bottom
of the skirt. These costumes might
do we'll for change when the Elton
jacket and full skirt have grown
bit monotonOus.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19

ALEx1Us COLUMBUS where his grand
father had settled after his immigra-
ton from France. AleXius' father,
Peter, was a shipbuilder, and Alexius
followed the same occupation, at first
in Canada and later in Buffalo. For
many years he also conducted farm,
and most of the old mans time is de-
voted to gardening. Although l04
years old he is remarkably well-pre-
served, and appears strong enough to
round out another decad.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-10-19
snfetv from a Periodlc scourge.

Do you want to be insured, dweller In 4
malarious region, against the, periodical
scourpe which threatens to assail you in the
form of chils and fever or some of the
forms OF miasma-born diseasop II goes with.
out saying, that you do. Then, instead OF
using quinine or other alkaloid and mineral
drugs, which merely relieve and are always
detrimental to general health, seek aid
where IL is always forthcoming-frOm the
thorough preventive and remedy, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which, in regions where
malaria is far more violent and prevalent
than it Is on this continent, oradicates II
completely from the system BiliousnesS,
dyspepsia constipation, kidney and nervous
complaints, neuralgia and rheumatism are
among the malNdies TO which the national
tonic and corrective is adapted. Physicians
everywhere know its genuine worth.
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GIrls Of spirit.

The editor OF The Ormond Ella !
Gazette went to the Worlds Fair not
long since, ana as his paper wasn't
paying very large dividents he decided
to let 1t rest during his absence. The
people Of Ormond missed the paper
and some Of the editors contempo-
rarles made unpleasant remarks,
whereupon the editors two daughters
decided to geteout the paper them
selves which they did with good sue
cess, In spite Of inexperlence and lack
of practice in running o newspaper.
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August
Flower

"Ihavebeen afflicted with bilious.
nessand constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which I hold it. 1t has given
me new lease of life, which before
was burden. Its good qualities
andwonderf1l merits should bemade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt, Kas. o
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The Sponpe.

The sponge is an animal. 1t will
shrink from the hand which tries to
seize it, and If viewed under a lens
may be seen constantly drawing in
water through the innumerable
canals which form its digestive or
gans, and having consumed the
minute animalcule in the fluid eject
ing it again through some other
channel
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TO REPLACE THEEroN JACKET.
Hero Is Suggestion for the Woman Who
Graves Novelty.

Hero Is Suggestion for the Woman Who
Graves Novelty.
If you want your outing gown to
be a little different from the one
every other woman is wearing, here
are two new designs to choose from,
One costume is made Of dark-blUe
duck, combined with striped duck,
red and blue in color. The chief
novelty lies in the three-quarter coat.
This is made with straps over the
corsage, fastened by small silver
buckles. The skirt Of the coat is
cut to flare out over the hips and is
lined with red silk. The lapels of
the broad sailor collar are also OF
silk. The sleeve of striped duck has
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Austria's Aged Poor.

Under the provisions Of the Aus
trian poor law, at so years Of age a
man may claim from his native town
or commune pension equal to one
third Of the daily wages which he
had received during his working
years. The amount varies from 2 to
6 forms month. In Vienna alone
there are 10000 persons who receive
these pensions from the city.
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New weather Item.

A celebrated aeronaut asserts, after
patient investigation, that the ninth
day of the moon is the most rainy of
the whole twenty-eight, and A o'clock
in the afternoon the rainest hour of
the day.
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d lscoverer. II Is
name is AleXius
Columbus, and last
Saturday he cele-
brated his 104th
birthday anniver-
sary. AleXius was
born on the Isle d.
Orleans, near Que
b eek, Canada,
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Mrs. Scoldwell; Never once since the day
Of our marriage has my husband come homo
intoxicated, Mrs Coldspell What an ex-
emplary man! suppose he stays away un'
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Close Time for Money.

The Bank of England was once
compelled to suspend specie pay
ments. 1t was on Feb. %, 1892. 1t
resumed in 1923, after the financial
disaster following the French wars
had passed away.
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cratic party, is a
native Of New
York and was a
member Of the
State Legislature
and a practitioner
at the Buffalo bar
for many years be-
fore locating in
Iowa In 1867. He
was first elected
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"Why, Bridget, did mamma have another
husband before she married my papaw
"Yis. darlint, but he doied, yer see." "Oh,
Bridget, I'm so sorry mamma lost her hus'
bandw "Faith, and yed betther be glad
Bessie. If he'd lived, he might made ye .
cruel stepfather."
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CATFISH TURNS HANeMAN.
A Remarkable Fish story Which Comes
from Nit 'sslppl.

a KemhrkhbIe FISH Story WHICH COmes
from Mil s'ssippi.
A most remarkable thing happened
to George Wiley, son of well-known
colored man living in Pearl River
Swamp, Jones County, Mississippi.
Young Wiley went in the morning on
a fishing excursion. He carried with
him a long, stout rope, such as the
natives along the Mississippi employ
to catch catfish. He also took with
him a shepherd dog. Early the same
evening the dog came back to the
house alone and whined and jumped
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YOUNG GIRLS

YOUNG GIRLS
entering womanhood ought to
have Just the special help that
DR.. Plerce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton can give.
They need to be started right.
The Prescription" aids and
promotes the proper functions,
corrects the delicate weaknesses
and arrangements that might be-
come chronic, establishes, regu-
larity and health, lessons pain.
They want a nourishing, sup
porting, strengthening tonic,
such as an experienced physi-
clan has especially prepared for
the female system, In the " Pre-
scription."
In every "female complaint"
and weakness, and in all nervous
conditions. IL IL doesn't benefit or
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cure, the money will be returned.
Miss MAGGIE JACKSON, Of BGrbreck, 81. Lam
dTy Parish, La, says II was lying sick for
some time with female complaints, and all the
medicine my friends gave me did me no good,
Death was approaching; all my friends had
given me up to die. heard Of your wonder.
ful medicine, and bought two bottles Of It,
and before had taken the last, got entirely
well. am still enjoying good health, and ex-
poet TO praise your medicine every where co."
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We will give 800 reward for any case OF
cntarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure. Taken internally.
Il, j, CHENEY & CO., Proprs,, Toledo, y.
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Dimmick Get on the ambuscade and III
see how heavy you are. Kickshaw; Why
do you call the coal scale an Ambassador
because they lie in weight"
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Cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
DR., Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent free
with Medical Book TO prove merit, for 20 stamp.
Druggists,2hc, DIR, SHoop. Box W., Racine VIA
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"Do you still have colored servants,
Hicksr "Well, in II sense, We don't have
negroes any more, but we've got three Of
the greenest girls you ever saw in the house
nowO
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Mr.. Bilkins; What do You think Of thes.
fresh young women for typewritere3 Mr.,
Sbilkins; don't think of them at all. I've
got wife who does my thinking in that 70
gard.
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An enterprising hosier has announced o.
new button, which he calls the Old Maids.
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She: That band has considerable cheek,
playing under our window, Hes Yes. It's,
a brass band, you know.
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Demonstration in Natural Science Cen
tlemen, hold in my hands three shells.
Voice from ampitheater; 1t isn't under any
of them,
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Pipkin. Does your wife know anything
about cooking2 Potts; Iguess she does.
You can't get her into any of your cheap res
tnlranta
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Hegeman'a Ca mphor lee with Glycerine,
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands
and Face, Cold Sores, &C. o. q, Clark ,HuVen,Ct
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"He's a very modest young man, isn't
he?' "Modest as burglar; he. doesn't
even want the credit of his own work.
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Ir the Baby tuttinE Teeth,
Be sure and uss that old uud wCllrlcd remedy, Ma
WILSON'S SoovnING sYRur for children Teething,