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The evening times., 1895-12-16

II am not politician" said the pasha
to your correspondent, .and have no opIn-
IONS to offer as 10 the probable divisions
of Turkey and the fate or the imperial gov
ernnient. The Turkish cabinet repeatedly
endeayored to drag me into political coin
pications, but every time pointed out 10
the sultan that / WAS merely soldier.
eager to perform my specific ou,ies, and
was excused. That happened. too, shortly
before rcsig ned my post as instructor gen
eraI and reOrg anizer OF the Turkish forces.
The evening times., 1895-12-16
STRENGTH OF TURKEYS ARMY
German Organizer, Gen. Won der ee'z,
Fasha, Talks Of Il.
Troops Are Wei. Drilled. Acquainted
With Modern ar Methons, and the
Officers Are Progressive

Berlin Cor. Philad elphia TimeS.
There may be, aside from Ills friendship
for the Sultan, some other reason for the
Kaiser's strange reluctance to assuui'. IN
aggressive policy toward Turkey. An m
terview which your correspondent Lad
with Gen. Won der GOltz p Pasha, reorg anizer
OF the Turkish army, just retired. fore
shadows on the part of the Mussulhan a
very differentsort OF resistance to attack Ly
a Christian power than he has been Thought
capable of.
The general says Turkey has today
thoroughly modern army. Commanded Icy
officers well skilled in the art Of war.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
Dayton Items.

Your correspondent has got through
baling hay, and has looked around
for some news, and will send items
that may or may not be Of interest to
the readers OF the HERALD.
Justice Goslen's court was in ses-
sion last week. Every case on the
docket was tried, but of course the
squIres decision did not please all
parties.
There is aprotracted meeting going
on at the Tannshill school house this
week. Rev. o. w. Allen is conduct
ing it.
Postmaster Mousley's youngest
child has been quite sick, but is now
getting better.
Mail Carrier, Z. 9. Everett, is again
able to attend TO his route. And we
are glad to hear his musical voice as
he talks to his mules. q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
THE WOMEN OF coREA.

There are conflicting statements
about the women of Corea, some re-
ports declaring that the women are
lower than the lowest Scullion slave
IN Turkish Harem, and after she is
married has no name Of her own, but
Is known as the daughter Of her father
or as mother Of her eldest boy. She
has no redress for any wrongs in law,
but her father, brother, or husband
are her judge and executioner on the
smallest opposition to his sovereign
will. Then again some reports state
very antsgonistic stories that do not
dovetall at all, that Coresn women
are very much honored, and reverend.
ed so highly that all our imsginations
of ancient knlghtly chivs'ry pale by
the side Of Oorean gallsntry. A man
no matter OF ever so high a rank or
noblemau must not even touch the
garments Of Coresn woman, they
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05

The turmoil Of the present, is in
the countries where Christianity and
women are looked upon as nothing to
the lifting up Of the social Stale and
enlightenment towards complete
civilization.
History has never recorded where
woman ever destroyed, voluntary, her
children. Certain laws and customs
OF certain countries demand that the
female child to certain number be
put to death. These laws and GUS
toms were passed by men, and have
descended from the time Of Pharaoh
and Herod when they destroyed the
male children for fear Of rival.
The superintendent of railways,
prefer women as operators, they do
not cause so much trouble, they are
more polite, they keed the office in
better shape, they are faithful, safe,
and cheap, and therefore they will
still continue to be employed.
The railway commissioners of Vic
toria, N. 3. w., claim that they have
made a saving OF over 100000 by
placing women in charge of railways
Saving for one Year,,
Some outsiders think the course Of
study adopted by the e. s. A. club is
very short, compared to the course Of
other reading circles for home study.
We do not think 80. The Il. s. A.
club has three lines Of atudy-the con-
stitutlon, status Of women, and Amer
lean problems; and they have only a
year to complete the three, with a
meeting once week for recitation
and although the members are women,
who have home duties and they do
not neglect them, yet they wish to be
thorough IN what they do take up,
and all their study trends to the one
great acknowledgement not like
other courses Of study that covers
great scope on so many different
topics, but will DO thorough in one.
The E, s. A. clubs are like Wagneriau
Music, there may be many chances in
the course, but through it all there is
the original strain ever prominent
and keeping the performers and lis
teners ever alert, and fascinated by
the theme il is representing. While
the music represents chords and sweet
sounds, 80 the benefits and beneficial
pleasures OF our club meetings are
untold, and the redominant chords
that connect are the suffrage question.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
Four Big Successes.

Having the needed merit TO more
than make good all the advertising
claimed for them, the following four
remedies have reached phenomenal
sale DIR. Kings New Discovery, for
consumption. Coughs and Colds, each
bottle guaranteed; Electric Bitters, the
great remedy for Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys; BuckIin's Arnica Salve, the
best in the world and DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which are aperfect pill. All
these remedies are guaranteed to do
Just what Is claimed for them and the
dealer whose name is attached herewith
will be glad to tell you more of them.
Sold at s. s. Fisher & Co.'S drug
Store. /
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS
Natures Gift to Mankind.

As an intelligent race, we the peo'
pie OF this broad expanse of land,
have cause to offer thanks to the Ore
stor for the bountiful number Of
health and pleasure resorts, which
that great Power has located within
our midsts. Of all the famed places
on the Western Hemisphere that have
felt the Influences of such a Divine
Hand, none shine so brilliantly on the
earth's mirrow, as that little spot
among the plne-clad mountains Of the
Ozsrks-Hot Springs, Arkansas. 1t
is here that the waters offuse from the
very innermost recesses Of the earth
singing a song of welcome as they
trickle down the sides of the great
hills to those who have sought their
efficacy to Danish away the Ills that
human flesh is heir to.
Fashion also reigns supreme at Hot
Springs, and as for hotels and hotel
accommodations, it is the fourth CITY
in the United States IN this respect.
The other prominent health and
pleasure resorts IN the Great South
west that are reached by the rails Of
the Missouri Pacific Railway and
Iron Mountain Route, are San An
tonic, Austin and Laredo, Texas, each
one having its own, distinct virture in
the advancement to longer life of man
and to a higher social scale of the
populace. For copies of elegant it,
Illustrated and descriptive pamphlets,
and for full particulars, address Chas.
E. Styles, Passenger and Ticket
Agent, AtchlsoD, Kansas, any Agent
of the Company, or II. O, Townsend,
General Passenger Agent, St. Louis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
Four Months for IS Gents

The TtUice-G- Week Times, issued
Tuesday and Friday, is being sent to
subscribers on trial four months for
Is cents. Mail a quarter in silver Or
stamps to the Times, Kansas City,
Mo-, and get 80 issues Of the best pa
per published in the Southwest. Fifty
cents buys the Daily and Sunday
Times one month.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
DIR. WINCHELL's
eUcKLgN,s ARNIcA sALvE.

The best salve IN the world for cut
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letters, chapped hands, chll.
blains, corns, and all skin eruptiont
and positively cures piles, or no pay re.
quired. 1t is gu arsnteed to give per.
feet satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per tox. for sale b.
8. s. Fisher, druggist
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05
The Weekly Kansas Oity star

@ASsAA1SAR
Addresses the farmer as a business
man and a citizen. Doesn't tell him
him how to farm, but how to sell, and
where and when, and keeps a vigilant
eye upon his rights as shipper, a
producer and a tax payer. ALI the
news, too, and plenty of good read
ing" for the family. Now read in
100000 farm houses. Fiftv-two big
eight-psge newspapers for rs cents.
To any one who sends the WEEKLY
STAR five yearly subscribers, together
with 81 rs the paper will be sent one
year free.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05

The Rocky Mountain Weekly
Netos is one Of the most popular
papers Of the West, 1t is especially
devoted to the cause of SILVER Able
fearless and conscientious, il stands
up for the producers Of the country
with vigor and earnestness that is
refreshing and encouraging. 1t is
the farmers fsvorite paper, The
HERALD and the Weekly News $3.50.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds FAY highest Award
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-12-05

The Western Trail is published
quarterly by the Chicago, Rock L.
land g. Pacific Railway. 1t tells how
to get farm IN the west, and it will
be sent to you gratis for one year.
Send name and address to editor
Western Trail, Chicago" and receive
it one year free.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, @. P. A.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26

When Zerah Colburn, the Vermont
mathematical prodigy visited Har-
ward College he told in four seconds
the exact number of seconds in eleven
years, and answered other similar
questions with equal facility. He
could no more tell how he did it than
a child in singing can tell the laws
of melody, but it is certain that it was
done under natural law and not in OPP
position to it. 1t is hardly doubtful
that all such laws are extremely SIM
pie, and that they will be discovered
as soon as investigators cut loose
from accepted theories and apply mod
ern scientific methods of persistent eX-
pertinent and comparison to mathe-
mates. 1t ought to be taken for
granted when such unexplained phe-
nomena are witnessed, that 'the last
word" has not been said in mathe-
MATES or anything else.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Australian TeIeeraphy.

A clever bit of telegraphy has been
done in Australia. Through the co-op-
Grafton of the telegraph authorities in
oil the five colonies on the mainland Of
Australia, a very interesting expert
ment was lately made in the long-dis-
lance transmission of Geographic mes
sages. The points selected were
Rockhampton and BroOme, in Roe
buck Bay, Western Australia. Broome
on the northwestern coast of Western
Australia, and is the point where the
cable Of Java, and so from Europe, is
landed in that colony. 1t is also the
furthest point north in Western Aus
tralia to which the telegraph has yet
been carried. At the time appointed
all the instruments on the intervening
stations between Rockhampton and
Broome were connected, and thus a
continued circuit was made between
the two points. The signals received
In Rockhampton from Israelite Bay,
about 1000 miles away on the south
ern coast of Western Australia, are de-
scribed as being as clear and sharp
as If they had come from across the
street. In the line between I~sraelite
Bay and Broome there was a defect
which sometimes impaired the dis
tiuctness of the signals. But the ex-
pertinent was decidedly a success, for
perfectly readable signals were ex-
changed and a conversation was car
lied on, between the telegraph mas
ters at ROckhampton and Broome,
which. following the route of the wire
ire 6275 miles apart.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
A VERY BAD Triple,
One Drink Makes Some Men Drunk
All Day and Others Crazy.

One Drink Makes Some Men Drunk
All Day and Others Crazy.
Capt. Casson, of the British bark
Cupica, while at Astoria. on his way
out to sea from Portland, gave a re-
porter some interesting facts in re-
gard to the gagus plant and the terri
bic effects it has on the natives of the
Gauptil island, where it grows, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. Capt.
Casson is an authority on matters per-
tanning to the South Sea islands. In
speaking Of the gagus plant Capt.
CaSSon said:
ut is q species Of cactus, aud. as l
said, grows only. to my knowledge, on
small one, but is well populated by
natives of the Malay race. In the in
terror this plant grows wild, flourish
ing especially iu the red, rocky soil.
1t looks beautiful when growing, as
| you may judge from the bright hues
with which it is spotted. Opium is a
potent drug, but | am certain that the
extract from he gaguS plant is cal
culated to do more damage to the
| human system. The natives cut the
plant in the early spring. After they
have gathered a sufficient quantity
| they put it in large bowls and crush it
| with huge stones.
"a grayish sap runs out freely and
this they collect and drink, after let
| ting it ferment. which it does easily.
| Within half an hour after imbl.ing it
| the drinker becomes perfectly stupid
and lies around like a log. The spell
lasts a day or more, during which time
the natives say they live in paradise.
| have known sailors to try it. but
never twice. Three years ago l had a
man in my crew who was driven crazy
by one drink. The first effect of the
liquor is to soften the bones and grad.
ually eat them away. There are ma.
tives there, the victims of gagus. who
are indeed boneless and unable tC
walk or use their limbs. Then they
begin to wither away, until they die in
misery and commissions. Usually two
years will finish the hardest man
The sufferings of the slaves to the
drink is terrible"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Not Familiar with blessings.

There is a musical association in one
of our suburban towns which, CON
trary to the general run of such
bodies, found itself recently with a
surplus of cash on hand. The mem
bers accordingly determined to give
themselves Il dinner and invite their
wives. When they were assembled at
the table they stood rather awkwardly
behind their chairs until the president,
who seemed also embarrassed, finally
called on one of the members in this
wise: Brother Waters, will you
please ask a bleSSing?" This was
something that in all his varied eXpe'
rience Brother Waters never had done
He drew a long breath, rolled his eyes
once more in despair and in a tone in
which triumph and uneasiness were
blended. said: Go" They went
Boston Herald.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
The Raining Tree.

The commonly called raining tree
of the Canaries, which affords a regu-
lar supply of water to an island desti-
tute of that blessing, is a wonderful
instance of natures wise provision
TO- mans necessities. This interest
ing tree is an evergreen, of consider
able size, with leaves resembling the
laurel. Every morning a mist arises
from the sea, which rests on the thick
leaves and wid~e-spreading branches
of this tree, and distils In drops, dur
ing the remainder of the day, till it is
at length exhausted. The peculiar sit
uatiOn of the tree enables it more
readily to attract the mist, as it stands
on a rock at the termination of a long
and narrow valley. The water which
distils from 1t furnishes every family
on the island with what is sufficient
for domestic purposes; and persons are
appointed by the council 70 iudicious.
ly distribute it.-Detroit Free Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
A Quarters Worth Of GINS.

The Consolidated Gas Company Of
This city, has adopted the nickel-in-
!he-shot meter. In England these pen
ny gas machines are very popular
with the poor as well as those who
live in lodgings. The prepayment me-
ters introduced here, however, are not
Of the penny pattern. A silver quar-
ter is the coin required to release the
Illuminating fluid. For 25c 200 feet of
goes through the meter, moves out
rate of $1.25 per 1000. The gas need
not be used continuously. A special
Indicator on the face of the dial, which
Is supposed to show how much gas
gas goes through the meter, moves out
to a 200-foOt mark as soon as the
coin is deposited. AS the gas is used
this indicator returns to the zero point.
Meters of this class are placed in the
consumers room or fiat, so that the
number of feet still to be burned may
be seen at a glance at the dial. The
machine is so arranged that two, three
or four quarters may be placed in the
slot, and thus 400, 600 or 1000 feet
of gas purchased. The meter will reg
lister and give credit for 200 feet of
gas every time a coin of the proper
dimensions is placed in the receiver.
Less than 800 meters are now in use,
but as they are growing in popularity
the number Is bound to increase. es-
pecially in bachelor apartments and
folding-bed and condensed milk flats.
New York Cor, of the Pittsburg Dis
patch,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Queer Money.

Here is an amusing account of a
traveller who went many years ago to
Mexico and found the natives using a
strange kind of currency. Says he:
"In one of the small towns | bought
some lines and gave the girl 81 in
payment. By way of change she re-
turned me forty-nine pieces of SOAP
the size of a small biscuit. | looked
at her in establishment, and she re-
turned my look with equal surprise,
when a police officer, who had wit
messed the incident, fastened to in
form me that for small sums soap
was legal tender in many portions of
the country.
81 examined my soap and found that
each cake was stamped with the name
of a town and of a manufacture au-
thorized by the government. The
cakes of soap were worth three far
things each. Afterward, in my travel,
I frequently received similar change.
Many of the cakes showed signs o.
having been in the wash tub; but that
| discovered was not at all uncommon.
Provided the stamp was not Obliter-
ated, the soap did not lose any value
as currency. Occasionally a man
would borrow a cake of a friend, wash
his hands and return it with thanks.
l made use of my pieces more than
one in my bath, and subsequently
spent them.'-Harper's Round Table.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26

She is a pretty little West End
woman and the other day as she vas
getting off a crowded IA on Vande-
venter avenue. she was surprised to
find her hand seized and pressed very
warmly by some man on the platform.
He held on to it, too, until she was
safely landed and the car went on.
She did o dare look up, thinking that
this was the best way to ignore SO
unwarranted a freedom. and so went
On her way home in entire ignorance
of the h~andshaker's identity.
That evening when her husband
came home she felt it her duty to
confess, but he seemed so unnatural
ly severe in his manner that she could
not muster up courage to tell him of
her experience. Finally, when the even
ing was nearly at an end, as was also
her peace of mind, he said:
I'D like to know, Maggie, why you
amt recognize Your own husband
when you meet him on a street carr
A few tears and satisfactory eXpla-
cations OH the part of both followed
St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
FLIES.
The Summer Warfare and How to
a Pest.

a Pest
Housekeepers are always glad Of
any information which will help them
to conquer those enemies of their sum-
mer's peace-fies. Here are two
items which experience has proved to
be of use in the battle.
We all know how flies settle upon
q screen door in rainy weather, or
those of the kitchen in any weather,
waiting for an opportunity to step in
As soon as it is opened. If a cloth dip
ped in kerosene is rubbed over the
outer side of the wire and frame of
the screen the flies will not settle upon
It. They do not like kerosene. One
application will usually prove e~ffectual
for several days.
The other agent-oil of lavender-is
for the purpose of disposing of such
of the enemy as have already gained
an entrance to the house.
Darker all the windows but one.
The flies will soon congregate on that,
for flies enjoy sunshine as well as
moths detest it. Now with IN atom
izer spray the window casing with
oil of lavender and either leave the
open bottle upon the sill or saturate a
small cloth with some of it. Some of
the flies will o become stupefied
and then cal be brushed down and dis
posed of. If an atomizer is not at
hand rub the casing with the saturat-
ed cloth. 1t is also a good plan to rub
the oil all owe any place that the
flies like to light upon. A hanging
lamp has often a great attraction for
them, but if shade and chains are rub
bed over with the oil they will not
light upon it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Nest in the Clock.

A curious incident has just occurred
at Birchington, parish church immor-
talized in the ''lngoldsby Legends"
In commemOration of the queens jul
bilee Il clock with a skeleton face a
placed in the church tower.
The other day the clock un%accounta-
bly, stopped, and upon inspection it
was found that a house sparrow had
built its nest between the projecting
VIII. and IX., so firmly as TO prev ent
the clock from working.
The nest was promptly removed,
only to be rebuilt a day or two Is ter
in the same unique position. Once
more the tace has been cleared aid
the opportunity taken TO rcgild the
figures. The sparrows SO far have
not made another attempt 10 build
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26

A French paper tells of a man who
ought to be set down as the meanest
man of his time. His name is Rapi-
neau, and he is the happy father of
three children. His chief claim to
meanness lies in the fact that he has
lately discovered n plan ia reduce his
weekly expenditures. Every morning,
when sitting down at the table. he
makes the following proposal: '"Those
who will go without breakfast shall
have ~twopence." "Me-me!" cxclaim
the youngsters in chorus. Rapineau
gives them the money and suppresses
the breakfast. In the afternoon, when
the children are anxiously expecting
their first meal. Rapineau calls out:
"ThOse who want their dinner must
give twopence," and they all pay back
what they received in the morning for
going without their breakfast, and in
that way Rapineau saves a meal q
day.-Harper's Round Table.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Strength of Metal and Timber,

Cast iron weights 444 pounds to The
cubic funt and a one-incil square bar
will sustain a weight of 1880 pounds;
bronze, weight 525 pounds per cubic
foot, tenacity 10000; wrought iron,
weight 4SO pounds, tenacity $4,000;
hard ''struck" steel weight 400, ten
acity $4,000; aluminium. weight 1853,
tenacity 10000. For equal sizes the
metals are. of course, stouter than the
woods; but, when we consider equal
weights of the two materials, some va
rieties of wood will prove stouter
than ordinary steel. A bar of pine
just as heavy as a bar of steel an inch
square will hold up 12o,O00 pounds.
Wood is bulky. 1t occupies 10 or II
times the space of steel. The figures
are given in Scientific American, July
9th, and Professor II. III. Thurston as
the authority.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-09-26
Professional Smelling.

There are many trades and profess
sions in which w~ell-developed organs
of sense are more or less essential. A
perfect sight must be possessed by
the engine driver and signalman; a
delicate sense of touch characterizes
the expert typewriter and pianist; and
a sensitive palate is indispensable to
the t~ea-taster. But it is less frequent
to hear of lucrative employment be-
ing obtained by persons possessing an
unusually keen sense of smell. Never
theless the professional "smeller' does
exist, AMI performs very useful func-
tons. Any person Wis ting the bar
rel-cleaning department of one of our
breweries may find him busy at work,
applying his nose to the bunghole of
barrel otter barrel.