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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

away, and 1 sought it at a pool where
the animals used to 60 for water
While l was waiting the bullock ap-
preached and, when in the act Of
drinking, suddenly began trembling
like an aspen, being apparently I'M
able to move. Then, for the first
time, perceived fearful sucuruyu-
ba, or water boa, which, with its
tail coiled around tree in the pool,
had planted its grip on the bullock. AS
the animal attempted to escape, the
snake drew out till it was but the
thickness Of a cable; giving it play,
but then swelling up, it drew the
creature in toward the tree. This it
repeated till the bullock was exhaust
ed; then suddenly it loosed its tail
from the tree and began to wind
around the body of its victim. When
it had got to a considerable tension,
sprang from my lurking place and
drove my knife between two Of the
vertebr@ of the boa, The keen
blade pierced through, and soon the
reptile was unable to do any injury.
In few moments / had dispatched
it and drove my bullock home loaded
with the booty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure In oil its
stages, and that is CatGrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity, Catarrh being con-
stitutonal disease, requires u constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation Of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprletors have SO much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
GYy- Address +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, D
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
oLApsroNE,s LIFE.
II Is Most Regular, Yet FILLED with All
Sorts Of Varied Interests.

Sorts Of Varied Interests.
A writer In a Scotch paper who
evidently has an acquaintance with
Mr.. Gladstone writes interestingly OF
him and Of his daily life. Mr.. Glad
stone, he says, Is man who has been
guilty of no excuses save, perhaps,
In work. He rises at the same hour
every day, uses the same fairly gener-
GUS but always carefully regulated
diet, goes to bed about the same hour,
pursues the same round OF work and
intellectual and social pleasure. An
extraordinarily varied life is accom-
panied by certain rigidity Of per-
sonal habit / have never seen sur
passed. He is a gentleman Of the
elder English school, and his manners
are grand and urbane, always stately,
never condescending, and genuinely
modest. He affects even the dress OF
the old school, and / have seen him
In the morning wearing an old black
evening coat, such as Prof. Jewett
still affects.
The humblest passer-by In Picca-
dilly raising his hat to Mr. Gladstone
is sure to get a sweeping salute in re-
turn, The most foolish and, per.
haps one may add, the most imperti'
nent, of Mr. Gladstone's dinner-table
Questioners is sure Of an elaborate
reply, delivered with the air Of a
student in talk with his master To
the cloth Mr.. Gladstone shows a rev.
erence that occasionally wooes the OBJ
server to q smile. The callowest
curate is sure of a respectful listener
in the foremost Englishman Of the
day. On the other hand, in private
conversation, the Premier does not
often brook contradiction. His tenn
per is high and, though 1t is under
vigilant control, there are subjects
on which it is easy to arouse the
old lion. Then the grand eyes fash,
the torrent of brilliant monologue
flows with more rapid sweep, and tho
dinner-table is breathless at the spec
tacle of Mr.. Gladstone angry. AS to
his relations with his family, they
are very charming.
am often astonished at the man,
ner in which Mr.. Gladstone manages
to crowd his almost endless, varied
occupations into the forenoon. The
explanation Of this extreme order,
illness Of mind isprobably to be found
in his unequaled habit of concentra,
tion on the business before him.
Between the afternoon tea and din
ner the statesman usually retires
again and gets through some of the
lighter and more agreeable Of his in
tellectual tasks. He reads rapidly,
and 1 think l should say that, eS
pecially of late years, he does a good
deal Of skipping. If book does moi
interest him he does not trouble to
read it through. l remember one
hasty glance over Mr.. Gladstoner
book-table in his town house, In adj,
dition to the Liberal weekly, the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
Caution TO Customers.

Nothing of original or superior merit but
has its limitations and counterfeits, even to
importing the health of communities. For
this reason the proprietors of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters caution their patients to
scrutinize every bottle offered land it is sold
ONLY in bottles) and verify it's many marks
of genuinene5s.
A sufficient warning to those meditating
fraud can be found in the unbroken line OF
judicial decisions, exposing and severely
furnishing every one detected in counterfeit
ing the Bitters, and the redoubled efforts
that are being made to protect the public
from the deception of these unprincipled
pirates.
Remember the Bitters is sold in bottl,
only, never by the gallon or bulk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

FRANCOIS DoNI- attacked G Re n Q ' q
WARD Bonivard was taken
prisoner and was confined in the
castle of Grolee When he regained
his liberty he found his property, the
priory of St. Victor, conflscated.
He was restless under the rule Of the
house Of Savoy, and in 1880 he was
imprisoned in the castle of Chlllon.
Here he remained six years, four of
which he spent In an underground
cavern, lower than the lake upon
which Chillon is situated. So little
room had he for exercise that he
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

wore path in the rock which was
the pavement of his dungeon. When
the patriot party triumphed Boni-
ward was liberated and lived in
Geneva until his death in 1870. AL
though he became Protestant
Bonivard never took kindly to the
austerity of Calvinism and remained
a rollicking, gaming, drinking man
to the end. He married several
times, but had little happiness in
his matrimonial ventures.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
THE SUMMER TOURS

of the MICHIGAN CENTRAL, "The Niagara
Falls Route" are unrivalled in their variety,
picturesqueness and comfort, embracing tho
best routes to Petoskey, Mackinac Island and
Michigan resorts, Niagara Falls, Thousand
Islands and the St. Lawrence river, the Ad-
irondacks, Green and White Mountains,
Canadian Lakes and the New England Sea
Coast.
A copy will be sent upon application to
H. H. MANLEY,
S. W. Pass'r Agt., Kansas City, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

MARYLAND has a sect numbering
1000, whose principal claim to indi-
viduality is that members believe,
and state yociferously that they live
without SHINING. Neighbors, who
have observed the sect with some
care, believe that it labors under
error. People who do not sin in any
particular are so scattered among the
asylums of the country that 1000 Of
them could hardly be together in
Maryland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
To Test a Thermometer.

Bring water to the active boiling
point: warm the thermometer gradu-
ally in the steam and then plunge it
in the water. II it indicates a tenn
perature Of 2l2 degrees the instru-
ment is a good one.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
Made Their Nest Out Of Bank Bills.

While rummaging through a lot of
boxes the other afternoon, the en-
ployes of Witner's drug store in
PottstOwn came upon nest of mice
which proved to be a valuable find.
The nest, which was neatly arranged,
contained, among other things, one
$40 bill, two flves and five ones. All
the bills were in condition, except
one five, which had the corner eaten
off. How the mice came in posses
sion of their hidden treasure is a
mystery, as the proprietor never
missed any money. - Philadelphia
Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

A SCIENTIST has discovered a re-
semblance between an elephant and
a wheelbarrow, because neither Of
them can climb tree, and suggests
that the roar of a lion is Indicative Of
q cataract.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Husband, Where is the hammer
Wife; You had II yesterday.
"I'm not asking where 1t was yesterday"
'You had it yesterday, and no one else
has had il since" -
0Huhl Well, if yau hud tho least bit Of
consideration for my feelings you would
have used that hammer for something, or
other after got through with II, and then
you would know where 1t is."-Now York
Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
Probably haunted.

Mrs. slimpurse; Did you enquire about
that house we liked so muchS
Mr. Slimpurse; Yes, That house 10
haunted, OF something.
"Goodnessl Did che landlord say aov
mo, not exactly, but no seemed to DO sure
we'd move out inside Of week."
"Horrorsl Did he say he thought wo
would2"
swell, 10, not In 80 many Words"
''Then what did he sayp"
''He said no wanted n months rent In adj
vance" New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

II am afraid have greatly inter
fered with my own practice" said q
celebrated aurist, "by giving the fol-
lowing advice to my friends. At the
first symptoms Of earache let the pa
tient lie on The bed with the painful
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

"What did the audience do when the terri
BILE explosion occurred in the gallery" Man
ager: They applauded. Heavens, why~
"You see it was Wagner concert, and they
thought that was the first number on the
Droprammen
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Lady: No, sir; you needn't think I'll give
great, strong man like you dinner.
Tramp docking at the house num-
ber): Yes, this is the very place that me
partner said I'd find the best bread and cof-
fee there was in the whole town. Lady:
Well, wait a minute, and I'll see what can
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
IMMoRTALIzED BY BYRON.
Francois BonIyard, the Hero OF tho ''Pris-
Oner of Chillon."

pfhhooih nohtNhfui tHe tAeEV Va thu 'AAAH-
Oner of Chlllon."
When Byron wrote his prisoner
Of Chillon" he unwlttlngly immortal
lied an obscure patriot. The facts
In his poetry he believed to be purely
imaginary, but afterward when he
learned that there was real prls-
oner Of Chlllon-Francois Bonivard-
he added these beautiful lines;
aChillon thy prison is holy place.
And thy sad floor an altar, for twas trod,
Until his very steps have left trace,
Worn US II the cold pavement were sod.
BY Bonivardl May noae those marks Of
face,
Fer they appeal from tyranny 10 God"
Francois Bonivard, thus immor.
talized, was born in 1893 in the
French town Of Seyssel. He studied
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Englishman; Pardon me. sir, but where
do you come fromp Paddy; From County
Cork. Englshman; Then that accounts
for yoar brogue. Paddy; May ak whore
you come fromp En0lishman; 4 proudly:
From Worcester, Paddy. Then that ac-
counts for your sauce.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
Nh lnr 10 s,AY rn.

Mistress; viii you want more than two
nights out of weekp
New Girl. Well, no, mum; two nights
will be enough, considerin' that there's no
opery this season.-New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Differs: Can't you run that type writing
machine without making such terrible
racket?
Winters: Who has desk in the same of
fce): Not when Pm writing to man who
called me fool.-New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

When Visiting KnnSaS city Stop no
the BLOSSOM HOUSE opposite linton Depot
first Glass in every respect Rates, $3.50 per
day.
Cable cara to all parts of the city pass the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Assistant Editor: What shall l do with
this account of the concert? The sporting
editor reported it, and he says in one place:
"Mlss Bangslam punished the piano in her
usual artistic way" Managing Editor;
Let it go straight was there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Madge; What kind OF q bathing suit
will you wear at Narragansett this sea-
lonY MISS Prim; shall wear suit of the
1880 period, Madge; Really, and you've
kept 1t all these yearsp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

From what I've been reading, suppose
boarding houses must have been found first
in Turkeyr "Will you explain why" "The
best variety of prunes grows there"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

A KANSAS official made his mother
in-law his typewriter. This is the
most remarkable case of nepotism on
record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

IL hope that you don't mean TO intimate
that can't keep seeretW Certainly not,
my dear, rep led her husband IN Modified
tone, II don't know whether you can or not
/ never knew of your irving"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Education on Margin: It must cost you
students lot of money living at Yale"
"Well, it does take some money at first, but
afterwards we can get along all right on
credit"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

II see that you have left off your heavy
overcoat." "Yes; 1 am going to let it take
nap now" swell, it needed it."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

"rhey amputated his leg after all, ehHn
What made the doctors want so long"
"Judgin' from their bills 1t must have been
to give EN- chance to pull IL before they
to,,k A. off ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
A BRAZILIAN ADVENTURE.

A Painters Encounter with an Aquatic
Boa in Pernambuco.
While living in the interior of
Pernambuco, Brazil, says retired
rancher, / once had an encounter
with the sucuruyuba, or aquatic boa.
One day one Of my cattle strayed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

ave got It in for YOU" soliloquized the
mosquito, sinking II little deeper into the
sleeping Victims nose.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

The Daughter of an Editor.-"Why did
you reject himr HE was not accompanied
by Btamps"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Josephine: What is 1t that makes Mr..
Lovelook so fascinatingp Amy; He's sus-
pected of having murdered his first wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

at Freidberg and
Turin and early cast
his lot with the revo-
lutionary patri o +
party Of Geneva,
then struggling to
cast off the yoke Of
the Duke of Savoy.
In 1919 when Duke
Charles III. Of Savoy,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

'Dld you see Mrs. Fasson's babyI" "Yes {:
it is a miserable little red-faced thing"
That is too bad. Red is SO unbecoming to
her."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Annabel: What is love, anyway Rosa
lie (who has had experience): Love is the de-
sire to keep some other girl from having the
man you admire.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

IL tho naby :, cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old md weltrled remedy, Ma
wINsLow'a soo-nNG sYRUP for Children Toething.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

If the money market gets much tighter, it
should be run in and given chance to
sober off.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

"Is your garden coming up rapidlyr'
"Yes, very; the chickens have discovered
where there is paling off,"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Tommie: Do you know what draught
horses are likeP Freddie: Course do; they
are the ones that travel like the wind.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

$50 Mr.. Henpeck has run off and left his
wife," 81 don't blame him. guess he got
tired of being bossed." ut can't be that Ho
ran off with the cook"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Hicks. Did you hear about Brash's doathP
He died quite suddenly. Wicks; 1t was like
him. He always was 30 impulsive, you know.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

''Mark my words" said the reporter, who
was disposed TO argue. II will, " said the ed
itor as he drew his blue pencil.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Treetop, A dollar for pulling one toothP
Dentist; Yes you took gas. Treetop; How
much thousand do you charge for thatY
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

"What did she see about old Ducats to at
tract herr" "He is half dead"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

'cEIanson'S Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist fort. Price % cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

The meanest and most disagreea-
able uncle is carb-uncle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

Apropos of spring cleaning; Eulalie is
CASTLES hope.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15
A Matter of Health

Tcosts more to make Royal Baking Powder
Il than any other, because its ingredients
are more highly refined and expensive But
the Royal is correspondingly purer and
higher in leavening strength, and of greater
money value to the consumer The difference
in cost of Royal over the best of the others
does not equal the difference in leavening
strength, nor make good the inferior work
of the cheaper powders, nor remove the
impurities which such powders leave in
the food
Where the finest food is required, the
Royal Baking Powder only can be used.
Where the question of health is considered,
no baking powder but Royal can be used
with safety All others are shown by official
analyses to contain lime, ammonia or alum.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

The camel is lucky brute. 1t never has
to hump itself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

! euro Constipation and Dyspepsia.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent free
With Medical Book oproye merit, for 70 stamp.
Druggists 2hc. DIR. SHooP. BOX W., Racine via
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-15

S. W. Pass'r Agt., Kansas City, Mo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
after a rheavy night" at faro it was

after a "heavy night" at faro 1t was
convenient for the young gentlemen
who did not want to tap the paternal
pocket too heavily to be able to prompt
ly "settle up by going to Delacroix,
even if ''the old scoundrer did charge
three per cent. per month.
1t was just as we'll in those days,
too, for person in the business Della
croix was doing TO have An owner. So
Francois paid the chevalier for himself
nearly all the two thousand dollars
agreed upon. He let enough Of it stand
to insure the protection of the fire.
eater of tho Bcurbs armies should his
aid be needful 'Ha! dat nigre OF
mine, he heap richair dan hees master"
this old man used to say. Though the
slave could have liquidated the balance
necessary to make him free man any
hour in the day he did not want to be
entirely free If he was he would
have to pay taxes and all that sort of
thing. and the police might ask incon-
venient questions. It was much better
as it was And so the two went on
maintaining the most amica BILE rela-
lions long after the war ended Fran
co.'s was kind to his old master until
the chevalier died, which was about
1869. His slave soon followed him. and
then it was that the immense fortune
he had became known.-N. Y. Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
HOW HE MADE HIS FORTUNE.

Story Of . Louisiana Slave Who Died
Worth $1,000 200.
Nobody knows the capacity the ne
gro has fer becoming a money saver,
and even miser, except the southern
man When Francois Delacroix died
few wears ago he was found to be worth
81, 600, 600. His history is interesting as
showing the peculiar methods by which
fortune may be made.
Francois Delacroix was the chattel OF
LIE Chevalier de Ia Croix, an old-time
creole gentleman well known in New
Orleans The chevalier had been
soldier in his youth and believed in the
Bourbon lilies So when the Prince
President Louis Napolern became ruler
of the second republic OF France in
1S4e NJ. de la Croix left his beloved land
and came back to Louisiana, where he
had a numerous and distinguished
number of kinsmen among the leading
creoles of the state One of them dying
soon after his return, the chevalier be-
came seized and possessed of some val
liable slaves One named Francois, who
had taken his masters name OF de La
Croix. was particularly valuable He
was an expert tailor, and shortly after
he became the property OF has new
owner he was permitted to purchase
his freedom for g., 900. Soon after this
he established tailoring establish
ment of his own. 1t was famous for
two things. the first being that it was
the most expensive place OF the sort IN
the CITY: and as the New Orleans dandy
of that day followed the fashions OF
Paris rather than London. willy Fran
co.'s ALWAYS had on hand the finest
French fabrics and the most skulful
courtiers to make them
But lucrative as the tailoring feature
of his business was-for away back IN
the SOS dress suit from Deiacroix's. as
he took TO spelling his name. cost $50 to
500 when The most expensive tailor IN
New York or Boston charged only $50
and s6o-there was another part of it
which paid still more enormous prof
it's 1t soon became rumored about
town that any young gentleman OF
family and possible fortune could be
accommodated with a loan on no Sc
cr1rity a all If he stood well with Della
croix He knew the general character
and reputation OF every young blood
of New Orleans. as well as those of the
great baronial sugar and cotton estates
above the city and below. Delac-oix
took no notes The gentleman simply
gave his word Of honor to pay al a
given time. Delacroix did not lose one
per cent. of his loans made n this way.
To be sure. the interest was enormous,
but what would you? No one Dor
xoUe6 large sups for long time and