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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
Small typewriter.

What is thought to be the smallest
typewriter in practical use is in Den
YER. According to the New York Tri-
bune it is made of aluminium, and is
two and one-eighth inches in diameter,
three-quarters of an inch deep, and
weighs, complete, but three and one
half ounces. An ordinary watch is
about the same size and weight. Its
mechanism is very simple. Fifty char
acters are on the watch-face like key
board, while the type bars radiate from
the center. A single key, which is
placed over the particular letter de-
sired to be printed and then pressed,
forms the means of operation. A piece
Of felt is used as the ribbon. The en-
tire machine is attached to writing
pad by means of clamp when in use.
High speed is not claimed, yet 1t can
be operated sufficiently fast for ordi-
nary purposes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

out Of It; they were having a good time
without him. 1t was more than he could
stand and now began his preliminary
skirmishes with his nelghbors. He
dropped vague hints about his need Of
exercise and his desire for a change.
He began to join the cycle crowd on
the rear end OF the ferryboat, He lis
tened with respectful attention to tales
Of runaway coasters, punctured tires,
OF broken spokes, Of lubricants and
new devices in the way Of brakes. He
informed himself as to gear, pedals and
cranks and he became on friendly, not
to say intimate, terms with the local
agent for the manufacturers Of wheels.
In short, as gracefully as he could and
In humble and respectful manner, he
slid down as speedily from his perch as
he could paving the way to the newt
able surrender.
One fine day the eXpressman drove
up to the colonel's house with two more
wheels, the final and eliminating In
vestment. One was for husband, the
other for wife! Further concealment
was useless; the old warrior had fallen
victim to the fad. Now they go out
In battalions from the house and he
glories in his shame. What he does
not know of wheels Is not worth talk
ing about; with his analytical mind
and his scientific bent, he promptly had
his own and all the other wheels in
the house apart and dissected them to
the very bone. He has studied out i'm
provements, formulated new schemes
for weight, stability, speed and 100
things besides.
In short, Sputtertown contains no
more wildly enthusiastic devotee to the
prevailing craze than the colonel. And
this is how 1t came about that last
week he sold his horses and wagons to
the livery stable proprietor In the vii
lage and secured instead Of hostler a
gardener pure and simple, to tend to
the place.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

Madam" tells Of recent act OF kind
ness done by the Prince OF Wales.
During his recent visit to Cardiff" 1t
says, "the prince stopped to look at a
linotype machine at the exhibition, and
the operator was not at his post. When
found, he was discharged on the spot.
The man afterward wrote to the prince
saying that he did not mind being dis
charged, but was greatly distressed at
having caused his royal highness dis
appointment. On hearing Of this the
prince at once wrote to the mayor OF
Cardiff, who is also Lord Windsor, and
asked him to see the proprietors Of the
machine, and express his royal high
ness hope that the man might be rein
stated. Lord Windsor conveyed the
royal wishes to the managing director,
with the result that the man Is now
back at work. And it Ia just by such
little acts Of genuine humanity that
the prince has endeared himself to us
all, and made us think Of him as real
ly good fellow as well as our future
ruler"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
TRANSPORTATION OF TOWNS
Russian City to BE Taken TO Location
whore the Climate Is Loss Severe.

Russian City to BE Taken 60 Location
Whore the Climate Is Loss Severe.
San Francisco Chronicle: European
engineers are much interested In the
proposed removal Of an entire town IN
northern Russia to point 43 miles dis
tant, the houses to be transported over
the frozen surface of the river on
sledges. The city of Kola, on the PEN
insula of the same name, Is now sit
uated at the confluence of two rivers,
the Luttojoki and the Notosero, form
ing the Kola river, about so miles from
the Arctic ocean. While the rivers and
the bay below are navigable for even
large vessels, Kola is situated so far in
land that 1t is shut off from the sea by
ice much longer than other seaports
situated even further north, like VAR
doe, in Norwegian Lapland. The gov
ernor of the province Of Archangelisk,
Baron Engelhardt, to whose jurisdic-
ton the district of Kola belongs, has
proposed to transfer the city to better
port nearer the mouth OF the Kola river
Imperial and ministerial consent hay
ing been given, active preparations are
now being made to transport Kola to
the new location. The project is not,
however, new one. The thing has
been done on an extensive scale right
here in the United States. When the
Mormons left Nauvoo, ILL.,, they left be-
hind them nearly 700 well-built frame
houses, clustered around their unfn-
ished temple. German grape-growers
came in and settled up the place. They
wanted the hillsides for their vines.
The houses were sold to spectators,
who moved them all in the course of
three winters over the frozen basin of
the river to a point twelve miles above
on the Iowa shore, and founded what
is now one of the most prosperous OF
western towns-Fort Madison. The
houses were set on rude sledges and
drawn by oxen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
CATCHING A THIEF.
shs Protected Her Toe Chest in n PrAo-
.t.aV vvv-EY.. uusbnua Ohiaot.d

sho Protected Her Ice Chest In Prac-
tIcaI way-Her Husband Objected.
From the Cleveland Leader: did
you ever hear how Mrs. Turner caught
the fellow who was robbing her ice
chest?" asked the smooth-faced man.
mo-" the man with the krugers re-
piled; "how was it,"
They were riding down town in an
open car and the narrator Of the story
pitched his voice in a key that made
1t possible for every person aboard
to hear what he said.
For a long time" the smooth
faced man said, Somebody had been
helping himself pretty freely, to the
beer that the Turner's always kept on
Ice. Mrs, Turner was uncertain as to
whether the ice man or the hired girls
beau was the guilty person, but finally
she hit upon a plan whereby the iden-
tity Of the wrong-doer could be estab-
lished. You know Mrs. Turner is
practical woman If she is anything
"Yes," said the man with the krug-
ers, rubbing his hands and beginning
to look as If he was interested.
well" his companion resumed, she
went to the druggist and asked him to
fix up a dose that would double the
beer guzzler up like a jack-knife, but
which would be sure to result in no
permanent injury. Then she doctor
ed two bottles, put them in the ice
chest and waited for results"
Eyes," said the listener, pleased
grin beginning to show upon his coun-
tenance.
But" the other went on, neither
the ice man nor the hired girls beau
was caught"
"You don't say" exclaimed the man
with the krugers.
mo" the smooth-faced man said
but they had to call in the doctor
for old man Turner last night, and some
of the neighbors were afraid for an
hour or two that after he had got SO
that he could talk again that the af-
fair might result in permanent
breach"
While the people on the car were
laughing at the joke on Turner a big
man who had been sitting directly be-
hind the narrator Of the story signalled
the conductor to stop, and as he hur-
riedly got off the smooth-faced man
whispered:
Great Scott! That was Turner
himself" -.....
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
A Dogs Expensive Appetite.

A dog who has eaten up a farm and
a set Of buildings has been found in
eastern Maine. This dog killed a
neighbours sheep. The neighbor Of
fered to call 1t square II the dog was
killed. The dogs master refused to
agree to this, and lawsuit came next.
To pay the costs and damages assessed
by the court the owner Of the dog had
to mortgage his farm for 800. The
mortgage had a bigger appetite than
the dog, and soon his farm was gone
and the owner had to move away. The
dog Is now dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
An Autldoto for CarbOlIo ACID.

1t is difficult for persons in good
health to conceive why suicides should
choose such frlghtfully painful medI-
UNI for their purpose as carbolic acid.
It Is not generally known that to this
vicious acid vinegar is an excellent an
tldote. When applied to cutaneous
or mucous surface which has been
burned by the acid, the characteristic
whltish appearance produced by the
caustlc at once disappears, and shbse-
auent soaring is to great extent pre-
vented, Vinegar is an equally effica-
cious remedy when the acid has been
taken into the stomach, and 1t is re-
commended that the patient should.
as soon as possible, drink some vinegar
mixed with an equal part of water,
after which other measures may be
taken to more fully counteract the
poison.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
rhsn Got on EasY.

A young man and young woman
arrested for riding bicycles on the
sidewalk in Hampstead, L. l., Sunday,
told the Judge before whom they were
arraigned that they were on their
wedding tour. The Judge gave them
a solemn lecture, after which he said:
III l should decide to let you go, will
you promise me that you will always
live happily together and never quar-
rel?" 20, judge" exclaimed the
bride, through her tears, "wewillnever
quarrel" The bridegroom Joined in,
mo, neverv and the judge let them
go, but wasn't he guilty Of suborna-
ton of perjury?-Boston Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

Mexican pulque is made intoxicating
to a maddening degree by the addition
of an extract made from what Is known
as Unison weed in this country. The
number Of deaths from fights in pulque
shops is said to be incredible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
Reciprocity.

And would you die for me?" the
fair young thing asked.
WELL" the cruel man replied, as he
fondled the golden braid that was
hanging down her back. Il suppose
It would be only doing the fair thing,
since you seem to have bleached for
me-"
Whereupon a solemn stiffness en-
folded them.-Cleveland Leader.
A woman says don't when man at
tempts to kiss her, but she generally
means, don't stop.
Queen Victoria has never witnessed
a session Of the House Of Commons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

Jones-Don't you think the taxes on
personal property should be abolished?
Smlth-Why? What is the need OF
abolishing taxes that you can swear
nff?-New York World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
BECAME A BICYCLIST.
THE COLONEL WAS UNUTTER-
ABLY OPPOSED TO WHEELING.
Eoadlng Citizen of sputtortOwn-HOw
the Change OF Mind Was Brought
About - Left Behind in the Race -
Tho Town Upside Down.

HE colonel was I'M
questionably t h g
leading citizen Of
Sputtertown, says
New York Times.
When he opened
his mouth he had
something Of inter-
est to say, good
counsel to give or
sage advice to Of
fer. Men in trouble
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17

HE bark Fluorine,
Captain Jansen, the
second Of the kryo-
lite feet from
Greenland, arrived
at Philadelphia the
other day, bringing
to a close the most
m EN- orable and
thrilling voyage
ever within the
recollection Of her
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-17
HELD CAPTIVE BY ICE.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF
CAPTAIN AND CREW.

Tho Sails Wore Frozen solid - After
Forty Days of imprisonment and
Hourly Danger of Being Crushed to
Pieces tho Vessel Reaches Its Dsstl-
, 1896-09-15

of executing such an important trust.
hey Cannot be questioned. The repCrt
is above impeachment. The facts set
forth are more appalling because they
are true. Throughout the whole king
dom one person in four or five is buried
by the parish What a fact to contem-
platei 'Of all who survive to the age OF
20 one out of every three" is a pauprr
Death at middle life is better than old
age. Yet, even then. a %paupcr'S grave
is the lot of one out of five. No amount
Of accumulated wealth conferred in the
hands of a few. can compensate n ma
ton for such a condition of the masses.
\ vast commerce, innumerable ships
visiting every harbor in the world, are
dumb and speeches. as expressions of
national growth and prosperity. when
the harbors from which they are sent
and the country whose flag flies at their
masthead, are fostering with destitu-
ton and despair. The loud boastings
of the champions of a policy under
which such conditions exist cannot
long drown the voice of multitudes
/ pleading for work.
, 1896-09-15
POOR COLORADO.

If ever there was an unfortunate
state, one more inflicted with political
pests than Colorado, we don't know
where it is.
The Denver Post, in a double-column,
double-leaded editorial. lamcnts the
condition of the pitiiul state. Here are
TWO extracts therefrom;
"The result of all the convention
up in a single NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. =
y There is not a single ticket in
the field that is entirely satisfactory
to the taxpayers and honest eleCtor-
some for one reason and some for an
other. = 3 e = The upshot of it all
is that the politicians are still politi,
clans and the people may yet have to
sweep the board clean and set up a tick
ct which will suit them, however little
it may satisfy the politicians"
The Salt Lake Tribune sadly refers
to the failure of the silver fusion in
Colorado. and says: The politicians
Unanswered for the pie, and defeated
all propositions looking to a combina-
ito that failed to advance their inter
ests." The people are disguised. Here
is an extract from a Tribune special:
Denver, Sept. 1.-THE fact has been
clearly demonstrated during the past
three days that no state in the west is
so cursed with selfish olice-secking
politicians as is Colorado. Since
Wednesday morning a committee of
eleven from each of the four leading
political parties in the state have been
in joint session in this city. for the os-
tensible purpose of uniting upon one
common ticket in the interest of the
state and the aus of free coinage.
Had it not been for the uncomfortable
desire of these barnacles to preside at
the pie counter, this object might have
been attained in a few hours. AS it is
tonight. fusion of all parties is impos
sible, and the probability of four tickets
being in the field is excellent"
And it is the same d~electable outfit
which keeps Colorado in a constant
turmoil that would like to run the pub
lie affairs of Wyoming. 1t is not to be
at that our citizens protest
against the Observation-Disclosures.
, 1896-09-15
\ WE COMPETE.

The duty on coal under the Mckinley
law was 70 cents per on. Coal was
put on the free list by Mr.. Bryan and
his associates in the Wilson bill. In
the senate German got n duty of 10
cents a ton placed on coal and that is
the duty now.
The Chinese threaten now with this
slight duty to invade our markets with
Tonpuin coal. \ San Francisco dis
patch of the first says:
China has thrown the gauntlet to
the big coal miners of the United
States. The American barque Colora-
do. which has just arrived in port.
brought mixed sample cargo of anthra-
cite and manufacturing coal. mined and
made in the Tonquin district. 1t was
consigned to a coal dealing firm in this
city, which promises to push the Chi
ncsc fuel on the market at prices
greatly below those which Pcnnsylva-
mia and Welsh Goals of the same char
acter are now bringing. Examining eX-
perts have pronounced the Tonquin
coal beds almost iu~eXhaustible. The
Chinese article is in the market TO stay,
it is said. at least as long as the present
tariff conditions exist"
Do the coal operators and miners of
Wyoming favor free coal as Bryan does,
or the low duty of the Wilson bill, or
will they vote for Mckinley and high
tariff on coal as well as everything else
that we produce Observation-Disclosures
DrncG
, 1896-09-15
RESULT OF FREE TRADE IN ENG
LAND.

George B. Curtiss in his great tariff
history. Protection and Prosperity"
after showing in the most complete
am the origin of the free trade
movement in England, its success and
results and giving a mass of testimony
before the royal commission concludes
as follows:
Never was such an Indictment franz
ed against an economic policy. A SINH
lar condition of the working classes is
not to be found in any civilized country
on the face of the globe. Were the
foregoing statements contained in re-
ports of United States c~onsuls. or in let
tiers written by the most trustworthy
and candid protectionists. they would
be denounced and discredited by every
professional free trader in the worll.
But coming as they do from an official
report to the British parliament, from
men who were held in such high esteem
by the government as to appear worthy
, 1896-09-15
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORMS.
REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM

The republicans OF the State OF Wyo-
ming in convention assembled most
heartily approve and endorse the nomi-
nation Of William Mckinley for presi-
dent and Carrot A. Hobart for vice
president.
We reafirm our allegiance to repub-
lican principles and policies and de-
clare. with that able and conspicuous
exponent of republican principles
William McKinley-that the only safe
policy Of the American people is a
speedy return to that system which
will provide a sufficient revenue for the
expense OF the government; cherish,
protect and build up its industrial in
and afford employment with
liberal compensation for every man
and woman desirous of obtaining 1t.
We call attention to the fact that
this country has been prosperous I'M
der a protective tariff. but never with
,ut 1t. The distressing panic and pow
, 1896-09-15

which can compare in enormity
with a wholesale reduction of wages.
and whatever class of capitalists or pro-
ducers or traders may favor such a
scheme for local, temporary, OF per-
sonal reasons, the wage classes, and es-
pecially those whose power is strength
ened by organization, should be a solid
unit against it. High wages. %full-value
wages is the rock of labor's safety and
the fulcrum of it's prosperity. To lend
or aid to any scheme
to decree its own Decentralization
Gunton's Magazine IN. " for Septem-
her.
, 1896-09-15
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLAT.
FORM.

The platform reads as follows:
The republicans Of the United States
assembled by their representatives in
national convention, appealing for the
popular and historical justification of
their claims to the matchless achieve
ments Of 80 years Of republican rule,
earnestly and confidently address
themselves to the awakened intelli-
gence, experience and conscience OF
their countrymen in the following dec
laration Of facts and principles:
For the first time since the civil war
the American people have witnessed
the calamitous consequences Of full
and restricted democratic control of
the government. 1t has been a record
Of unparalleled incapacity, dishonor
and disaster. In administrative man
agement 1t has ruthlessly sacrificed in
dispensable revenue, entailed an I'M
ceasing deficit, eked out ordinary cur
rent expenses with borrowed money,
piled up the public debt by $262, OOO, 900
in time OF peace, forced an adverse bal
ance of trade. kept a perpetual men,
ace hanging over the redemption fund,
pawned American credit to alien syn
dicates, and reversed all the. measures
and results of successful republican
rule. In the broad effect of its policy
1t has precipitated panic, blighted In
dustry and trade with prolonged de-
preston, closed factories, reduced work
and wages, halted enterprise and Grip
pied American production while stimu-
hating foreign production for the
American market.
Every consideration Of public safety
and individual interest demands that
the government shall be rescued from
the hands Of those who have shown
incapable TO conduct It
without disaster at home and dishonor
and shall be restored to the
party which for 80 years administered
It with unequaled success and prosperi-
~ And in this competition we heartily
endorse the wisdom patriotism and the
Of the administration Of Presi-
lent Harrison.
THE TARIFF.
We renew and smphasss our allsgi-
, 1896-09-15

" REPUBLICAN LEAFLET NO. 3.
" (Cut this out and put it in your =
> pocket for reference.
Is there a conspiracy to drive =
. silver out of use as money? =
3 This is a question which every =
. voter will wan to determine for q
= himself. for it tests the honesty "
E of the assertions daily and hour .
ly made by the populist-demo- =
= Gratis that silver is the victim of =
" a terrible conspiracy. and that "
= the success of this conspiracy =
= has produced the present unsat- .
= isfactory business conditions. =
4 To answer these questions you y
> must first find out what has real =
= ly happened to silver in the last 3"
" 20 years. 3"
Prior to 1873 there was free 3"
and unlimited coinage of gold =
= and silver at our mints. AS the =
= government merely manufacture =
= ed the coins for the II Of the !"
= bullion, it did not feel itself 3"
= bound to maintain their parity, .
= and the parity was not maintain /"
= ed. So the class of coins con- =
" tanning the more value in metal /"
= always disappeared. =
When the free and unlimited "
+ coinage of silver vas suspended /"
= and the government began buy .
= ing silver and making the coins 3"
= and passing them out itself as a "
= dollar. whether they contained a /"
= dollars worth of silver or not, it =
= then became responsible for !"
" them, and both the silver and =
= gold remained in circulation in /"
= this country for the first time in =
= its history. ="
Il Prior to hat time. the only sill "
= yer money coined by the United =
= States which remained in circula- =
= ton in this country was the sub "
# sidiary coins, and they remained =
= because they contained less sill \
= yer than their normal value. :
Other nations had similar trou- =
y BILE while they attempted to =
= maintain free and unlimited "
= coinage of the two metals. So "
= gradually they changed their =
y methods and took to buying sill "
y yer and coming 1t on government =
= account, just as the United States "
= does. They have not ceased =
= using silver as money or adding y
= to their stock of it. On the con- "
y trary the silver money of the =
= world has more than doubled ;"
= since 1873.
If, however, the nations of the =
y world agree upon an information "
= al bi-metallic system at a just ra- =
= ito, the difficulties of maintaining =
= the concurrent use of the two =
* metals would be greatly dimin- "
y ished. .
In the next leaf1et we will dis =
= cuss the quantity of silver in use =
= as money today, compared with =
= that in use prior to what the "
= friends of free coinage denomi- =
= nate the '.crime" of 1873.
= =
, 1896-09-15

The result in Maine may be taken as
. true expression of the pulse of the
people in the northern and eastern
states. 1t means that every state north
Of the Mason and Dixon line and cas-,
Of the Missouri river is sure for the re-
publican ticket. 1t means more. Ev.
cry state in the north and west outside
Of the silver producers may be figured
IN the Mckinley column or doubtful,
assuring the election of the Ohio states,
, 1896-09-15

The Republican would like to make
one suggestion to the Mckinley club:
Be prompt and don't let speakers run
over the time allotted to them. If a
speaker is qualified to entertain an au,
dience Tor 80 minutes give him the
time. but if the time is divided specific
ally. stick to it.
, 1896-09-15

AS election day approaches Mr.. Bry-
ms chances Of carrying his own state
are growing beautifully less. The
farmers Of Nebraska want a wider
market for their wheat and corn. and 1t
a only be opened up by opening the
factories OF the east. Protection is
demanded
, 1896-09-15

If you have eve seen a little child in
the agony of summer complaint, you
can realize the danger of the trouble
and appreciate the value of instantane-
GUS relief always afforded by DeWitt's
Collie & Cholera Cure. For ~dysentery
We could not afford to recommend this
as a cure unless it were a cure. Chas.
N. Settele.