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The Portland daily press., 1896-07-16
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

to the boat, which still swung on the
bosom Of the dead water, held fast by
the mooring line. My cousin had not
gone.
No, he had not gone. Beneath the
trees near the waters edge dark form
dangled above the earth. would have
rushed up, but Solomon held me back.
Look! he said. THE end has come!
The snake vine was not to be cheated
this time"
But the tree-my cousln-he 10
hanging"
THE snake vine climbs trees to find
food; lock near root of tree. See 1t
grows there see, it runs up trunk
out on limb. It is round his neck, and
he Is dead alreadyy
1t was true. In passing beneath that
tree Paul had been clutched by the
dangling vine. One cry was all that
ever came from his lips, for the SER
pent vine quickly choked him to ST.
lence.
1t was retribution swift and sure, but
such a death seemed none the less to-
rible to me that it destroyed one who
had doomed me to a like fate a short
time before.
One Of us would not leave the swamp
alive.
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We did not 80 very far. I induced
Paul to land and camp on a spot that
seemed favorable. Our camp fire
cleaned brightly in the gloom of that
dismal place, but did not drive the
shadow from my heart.
That night slept little. Paul
seemed to slumber as peacefully as a
babe. Morning came, and / awoke to
find that l was alone. l had slept
soundly the last two hours of the
night.
l started up in terror, fearing I had
been abandoned there, but the boat
floated close by, and the outfit had not
been disturbed. Paul and his rife
alone were gone. l called to him, and
he answered from the forest near at
hand.
Come here" he shouted; come and
see what have found"
l followed the sound Of his voice,
and found him not very far from the
camp. He was standing and staring at
something that lay stretched toward
him on the ground in moving twist
Ing mass, / thought he had shot
something, and hurried to see what it
could be-
what is IT." I asked.
"The serpent vlnew was his reply
1T must be that, Solomon did not lie
after ALL"
I gazed at the thing, fascinated, for
I saw that 1t was indeed a vine that
grew from the ground there amid the
rank growing things Of the swamp. 1t
lay stretched toward my cousin, SEEM
ing to reach out and grasp for him,
but he was safe beyond It's touch. 1t
twisted and twined like a mass of SER
pents, and I felt my heart grow sick
and faint as l looked.
Come closer" cried Paul. ut can
not reach beyond its length"
He drew me nearer, and then, of q
sudden, with strong thrust he sent me
Keeling and shrieking fairly amid that
mass Of writhing things. In the
twinkling of an eye they had coiled
about my legs, and could not break
away, although desperately stroye to
do So
Paul Paul, save mew
My answer was hooking laugh.
Save mel" l painted again.
Save your returned my cousin
scornfully. II brought you here for
this! l hate you. l swore that one Of
us should not leave this swamp alive.
You miserable little Yankee; what
right have you to come here from the
north and displace me in my uncles
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
More Brllliancy Than He Knew.

The ambitious Young Suitor was
standing, hat in hand, in the hallway.
"Tell Mr.. Swaggers that gentleman
wishes to see him." he said to the but
Ter, placing his hand on the doorknob
in case of extreme emergency. Tho
butler did as he was told.
Huh! It's you, is it?" said the blunt
old gentleman, advancing from the Ii
brary, glancing sourly over his glasses,
well, sir?"
The Young Sutton plucled up all
his courage. II wish to say, sir" he be-
gan, timidly, that love your daugh-
ter, and desire to marry her. 1 have
talent in my profession, some money,
am man of good family, college
graduate and member of four swag-
ger clubs. I work hard, and it is no
exaggeratiou to say that-er-" He
clutched the doorknob.
"That-er-well, sir?" The old man
advanced step threateningly.
"That-er" ne stammered as he
opened the door little wider, that
er~-I have before me a brilliant flu.
ture"-
yes" broke in the irate papa, as he
glanced at the brilliantly lighted street,
you haveF' and then the cyclone
struck the ambitious Young Suitor
amidships, so that when he landed at
the bottom of the marble steps he saw
twenty million stars before his dazzled
vision.
yes" pondered the poor fellow, as
he picked himself up and began to put
the pieces together again, II was sure
that l had brilliant future; but, by
Jove! didn't know it was going to DO
such a lightning display of fireworks
as all that?'
And he went down the avenue whis-
Ting the sad, sweet strains of Good
by, Sweetheart, Goodbye
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

1 saw her at night when the ballroom
was thronged,

l saw her at night when the ballroom
was thronged,
A vision Of beauty and grace;
Her form to a Venus might we'll have
belonged,
An angels her beautiful face!
She moved with an ease that was won
drously rare,
Her smile and her glance were divine,
And the fairest that night in that
throng Of the fair,
Ilonged, yea, prayed to call mine.
l saw her next day, while my blood was
still warm,
In her home by the billow-washed
Shore
But the beauty of Venus had gone from
her form,
AS we'll as the padding she wore;
And the picture she made as before her
l came
Was that of vixenish fright
For / heard her with glee to her hus-
band exclaim,
'By jove, there's my mash Of last
nightw
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mine. Maybe the serpent vine find you,
and then you think of me-"
Where are you going?"

mine. Maybe the serpent vine find you,
and then you think of me-"
Where are you going?"
Back"
But how are you going to get out
Of the swamp without boat?"
Il find my way; you find yours.
Good-by."
l would have called him back, but
Paul prevented me.
Let the fool gow he exclaimed loud
ly enough for the retreating Indian to
hear. I'VE can get along without him.
l have been in the swamp before,
cousin, and it will not be a difficult
thing to retrace our course when we
are ready to leave"
l was sorry to see the guide go away
In such manner, and regretted what
had happened very much, but Paul
overawed me, and | submitted to his
superior will"
That day, without Solomon, we
pushed on still further into the swamp,
although my heart was filled with
rear tnat we might never be able to
get out Of that labyrinth of sluggish
streams which seemed to flow in all
directions, for already could not have
told to save me how to retrace our
course.
The great herons rose from the
morass, as we advanced, sometimes
an alligator slipped away into the dark
shadows where the water twisted be-
meath the thick tropical foliage, strange
birds fitted amid the trees, from which
the Spanish moss hung thick and rank.
1t was strange wild place, and l felt
the fear growing upon me.
Once or twice l felt sure that I saw
my cousins eyes fixed upon me with
fierce triumphant look that made my
blood grow chill. This was while we
passed through dense shadows, but as
we emerged to lighted spots Paul no
longer looked at me, and l tried to
make myself believe it was trick Of
my imagination
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
alObe.pemoorat. St. Louis. mo-.

Globe-Democrat st. Louis, Mo.
The reception of the Presidents mes
sage demonstrated that the American,
people are a unit on the Monroe doc
trine. Between nations no doctrine. mo-
principle, no action can be upheld ex-
cept by force. Twenty centuries OF
civilization have failed to establish the
golden rule as the basic principle Of
the acts of nations. Thirty days ago
English writer's characterized 1t as the
"nebulous Monroe Doctrine" To-day
that principle has an entity, an in-
dividuality in the unwritten laws be-
tween governments.
A writer in the December number Of
the North American Review sa. s: I'VE,
all know that the DEVELOPMENT and ex-
pansion of nationalities follow the,
lines Of least resistance and are gov
erned by inlexible natural laws. Equak
ly well known are the principles which
govern the redistribution of trade CEN
tiers resulting from the opening up of
new channels of commerce" The same,
writer says when the Nicaragua Canal
is opened Europe will be brought to the,
very doors of America.
The Monroe Doctrine assures the
Nicaragua Canal. The Nicaragua Canal
will build up Trans-Mississippi Gulf
ports. The total value Of the exports
Of the United States of the United
States is $793, 392,955 The transmits
sissippi furnishes of that amount $44S,-
643,727. This business will be done by
Gulf ports.
Great Britain Is still suffering from,
the detection of commerce from the,
Cape Route to the Suez Canal. Com
MERGE follows the line Of least expense.
These incontrovertible arguments no
doubt decided the great banking house
Of Alexander Brown G Sons to under
take the work Of developing the natural
harbor Of Arkansas Pass, Texas. AL
ready they have so nearly completed
the work that festival of rejoicing ON
the occasion Of the Homeseekers Ex-
cursion, February 18th is being pre-
pared. The railroad fare for the round
trip from any point in the west is only
$500 more than the fare one way. Al
steamship ride through the harbor out
into theNGulf, Green Turtle and Can
vass Back Duck Barbecue will be given
to the excursionists. Everybody is in
vited to be present and look over the
new town of Arkansas Pass (whose
motto is Here Everybody Shall Make
Money') and the rich and cheap lands
surrounding that por
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
THE BURSTING OF A GLACIER
A Frlghtful Disaster Near the Gemm
Pass.

A FriShtful Disaster Near the GemmI
Pass.
A correspondent, writing to the Lon
don Globe, from Zurich, on Nov. 10,
says; AT daybreak on Wednesday a
frightful disaster took place at a dis
lance of four miles from Kanderstag.
on the Gemmi pass. A huge mass of
ice, measuring 100000 cubic meters,
detached from the Altels glacier and
was precipitated into the valley. Such
was the impetus Of the might avalanche
that it was not checked in the valley
but dashed up the opposite side, which
has slope of 45 degrees, to a height
OF $4,000 feet, carrying everything be-
fore it until it met a wall of rock which
sent the main mass surging back.
AT the foot of this rock lies, or rather
lay, the Spitalmatte, an exceedingly
beautiful and rich mountain pasture,
with chalets for the cowherds, for stor-
ing cheeses, etc. At the time of the dis
aster there were collected there $50
head Of valuable cattle, under the care
OF four cowherds. There were also two
officials from Leuk, who had come up to
arrange about bringing down the cat
tie, which event has always taken place
on Nov Is. All have been over
whelmed. OF the animals, only three
have escaped The loss in the live
stock, the ownership Of which was par
titioned among about thirty families,
mostly quite poor, belonging to the viii
lage of Leuk, is estimated at 100000
francs. The pasture itself, which for
years will now be useless, strewn as it
Is with debris, is valued at 100000
francs. The bodies of the two officials
and of two of the cowherds have been
recovered, but in horribly mutilated
condition. 1t seems that the disaster
overlook them while sleeping in their
huts. The other two men, whose bod
les have not yet been found, are sup
posed to have been up early for the pu--
pose of milking the COWS. The blocks
of fallen ice and rocks cover a space
OF two square miles to depth of many
yards, the whole scene being one of in
describable desolation. Besides the
trees which were in the track of the
avalanche, great numbers have been
uprooted by the wind which it pro-
duced. Many of the cattle, too, lie
about in such positions that they must
have been hurled great distances
through the air by the same force. Men
are hard at work trying to make some
sort of footpath over the debris, the
ordinary road being, of course, COM
pletely obliterated. From old records
in Leuk it appears that similar catas-
trophe occurred at the same spot in
1882, also only two days before the date
fixed for the return Of the cattle to the
valleys"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
US ITEMS.

Books with clasps or raised sides
damage those near them ON the
shelves.
To Remove Iron Mould.-Apply first
a solution Of sulphuret potash, and
afterward one OF oXalic acid. The sui
phuret acts on the iron.
To Polish Old Book Bindings.-Tho
oughly clean the leather by rubbing
with piece Of flannel; if the leather
is broken fill up the holes with little
paste, beat up the yolk of an egg, and
rub it we'll over the covers with a
piece of sponge; polish it by passing a
hot iron over.
To Loosen Glass Stoppers.-Apply
salad oil to the mouth of the decanter
by means Of a feather; the bottle
should then be placed about one-half
yard from the fire. When warm the
stopper should be gently struck on all
sides, and attempts should be made to
move it. II it still remains fast, ap-
ply more oil. A few sharp taps on the
stopper, all the way round, with a key
is also very effectual.
Dress of Nurses.-Nurses in the sick
room should always dress IN light
colored clothes, and these SHOULD We of
cotton, so that they may be MS liable
to harbor infectious matter, and mora
easily cleaned.-Free Silver Knight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30


dant and with the reckless folly of
youth, permitted my dark-faced cou'
sin Paul to lead me on and on.
At length the time came when Solo
mon could be induced to proceed no
farther.
Go on there, never one Of us come
back" he declared over and over. 1.-THE
snake vine be there"
"The snake vine?" questioned.
Bah" sneered Paul. "The serpent
vine is a myth"
"But what is 1t said to be?"
"A vine that grows in the depth Of
The swamp-a plant that coils about
any living thing that may come within
Its grasp, 1t Is said to thrive on flesh
and blood; but who believes the tale?
Who has seen the serpent vine?"
II have" declared Solomon. II seen
1t once"
"When?"
MANY year ago. I came here then
to hunt with my brother. We do not
mind what they tell us of the snake
vine. We laugh at all the stories.
While we be here the vine find my
brother, and when see him he is dead,
with the vine all twist, twist, twist
round him"
Bah" sneered Paul once more. SOL
ONION has told that story so many times
he now believes 1t Is true. / say the
vine is myth. Such thing does not
exist in nature"
"You say to me that I lie?" asked the
Indian guide, calmly.
Eyes," replied my cousin, with in
sulting insoience. 1T is as natural for
an Injun to lie as 1t is to breathe. Like
the others, Solomon, you are a born
liar"
The guide arose, picking up his rife
and blanket.
"You go your way" he said. II go
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
The Tariff Protective League Meets

New YORK, Jan. 2O.-The tenth an
nual meeting of the American Tariff
Protective league was held here yes
terday. The total receipts for the
past year were $4,000 and the dis
bursements $29,s The total men,
bership is OFT, with thirty-two new
members during the year. C. s. Lam
ders, Connecticut; E. A. Hartshorn,
New York; A. d. Juillard, New York;
j. M. Ives, New York, and j. e.
Thropp, Pennsylvania, constitute the
new board of managers to serve for
four years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

affections! Il it were not for you he
would leave me everything when he
dies. You are sneak and coward
but have brought you to your death
here, although my hands shall not be
stained. TIL serpent-vine will do the
work for me. Good-by, cousin mine
Goodbye
Unheeding my cries and entreaties,
he turned and hurried away, disap-
pearing in the direction of the camp.
l was left alone-left to die in the
clutch Of the horrid vine that was
twining about my legs and creeping
up, up, up, l fought it off, shrieked,
I shouted, I called to Paul. l prayed.
1t seemed that l was in the grasp of
that thing for hours, and yet l had
beaten and torn it off so that it had not
reached my neck.
All at once a dark figure glided to-
ward me from the shadow Of the for
est.
Paul" I gasped-"you have come
btlSh W save nv J. lul' hhSW JOh
could not let me die thusw
paul gone. hear you cry-I come. "
1t was Solomon!
To this day know not how he re-
leased me from that horrid vine. l
know that he gave me his knife
and told me to cut at the arms that
were twined about me, and know that
one of my hands he grasped, as he
sought to draw me from the clutch of
the monster. Between us we tri-
umphed, and l fell fainting to the
ground, to be dragged still farther away
by the faithful Indian.
AS l was slowly recovering, a great
cry rang through the swamp, a cry
that brought me to my feet, quivering
with fresh excitement.
did you hear it, Solomon" 1 asked.
me hear" he replied. Come on"
We went toward the camp. AS we
came near we saw that Paul had gath
cred up the outfit and carried it down
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Two more slabs Of stone inscribed
with words and music have been found
in the treasury of the Athenians at
Delphi by the French. By using some
Of the fragments previously discovered
a second hymn to Apollo, with its notes,
has been put together. The date is
after the conquest Of Greece by the
Romans. The Greeks seem to have
used twenty-one notes in their musical
notation, where we use only twelve.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
Iowa Urges Congress to Aid Cuba.

DIES MONIES, la. Jan. so. In the Sen
ate this morning petitions were intro
duced asking that the age of consent
be raised to Is years. Bills were in
troduced by Mr. Berry defining and
regulating mutual beneficiary associa-
tions; by Mr.. Busey, allowing the
manufacture of intoxicating Liquors in
Iowa; by Mr.. Penrose, surrendering
the jurisdiction of the state to the
United States government in regard to
Indians living in Iowa. A joint resolu-
tion was adopted calling ON Congress
to help the Cubans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
The Grooming sorrow.

Away over the sobblng sea the
Bouthern Cross cleaned glOrlously In
the opalescent sky.
Inside his palmwood palace the King
Of Winkywooloo tossed restlessly about
in his sleep.
Uneasy lies"--
His cultural tones fell harshly on the
ear of night.
-"the head that wears a crown"
And yet he should have known such
a contingency would arise when, after
partaking freely from the royal punch
bowl, he went to rest carelessly with
his sharp-pointed insignia Of Office still
upon his imperial brow.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

"The Pace That Kills."
Age Of twenty,
Girls a-plenty,
Wit and wine galore
Age Of thirty,
Still quite fiirty,
Drinking more and moro
Nearly forty,
Would be naughty
II he had the vim;
Gone to pieces,
Got paresis,
That's the end Of hint
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Mrs. Gossip-My husband won't eat
any fruits with seeds in 'em. He even
has his tomatoes strained.
Mrs. Newly Wed-Why's that?
-irs. Gossip-He seems to have ap-
pendicitis on the brain.
Mrs. Newly Wed-That's very odd.
I always thought it was disease Of
the stomach.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

When the same efficiency is demand
cd in public employment as is demand
ed in well-managed private corpora
tons, and the same number Of full
days work required, there will be bet
ter results.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

We can only see rainbow when the
back Is toward the sun and the face
toward the shower. In the storm of
life the bow OF promise scarps the
shoulders OF the cloud, but the covenant
token of comfort comes from the Sun
Of Righteousness, though we do not see
it. Death is clearing up shower, and
the rainbow of fidelity springs from
the valley Of the shadow and arches
the great white throne, perpetual
sign that the storms of life are over.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

The people Of the republic spend for
liquor $9OO,OOO,OOO annually. A silver
dollar is nearly one-eighth Of an inch
thick. Pile dollars up as many as
would pay our bill for strong drink,
and you would have a column 1878
miles high. A silver dollar is about
two inches wide. Lay them down, and
they will make chain 1904 miles long
which would measure the earth's diam
eter one and one-half times. Our
liquor bin, made into an equator Of sill
wR GDIfa7S, would, in two years, girdle
the globe. How would "Tn God we
Trust" look on that zone, repeated mil
lions of times?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
MORE TIME is NEEDED.
Message From the President About Land
Grants.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Gothic Presi-
dent to-day sent special message to
the House urging the necessity for
immediate legislation to extend the
limit Of time within which suits can
be brought by the government to an
null grants of public lands.
He called attention to the numerous
complications that had arisen between
railroads as to grants that overlapped
and the necessity for adjustment.
The time in which suits can be brought
expires March 8, 1896, and if the time
limit were allowed to expire then o
portion of the adjustment act would
be rendered nugatory. The govern.
ment, the president says in conclusion,
should not be prevented from going
into the courts and righting wrongs
perpetrated by its agents.
The message was referred to tho
committee on public lands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
The Success of the Loan Is Assuren.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-Secretary
Carlisle, in speaking of the dissolution
of the syndicate, said he could be
quoted as saying that the success of
the loan was assured" Further than
this he declined to make any state
ment.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
A Miner Blown to Atoms.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, Jan. 90 - John NJ.
Stafford, miner, was killed by the ex-
plosion of 100 sticks of giant powder
in drift of the Eleventh Hour mine
at Carterville this morning. A spark
from his lamp was the cause. Stat.
ford was blown all to pieces.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

A Washington police justice imposed
a fine on young woman who smoked
a cigarette on the street. Cigarette
smoking is bad enough, and is particu-
larly shocking when INDUCED in by the
women, but the justice would not
think Of furnishing man for such an
offense. 1t seems that the courts don't
always place the sexes on an equal foot
ing,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
"A Distinction. Mt Lenst.

Distinction, Mt Least
He was under the influence when he
did it."
"Of drink"
mo, of his wife"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

1t would be good thing for the
United States to adopt the Picayune's
suggestion that we swap New York
city for British Columbia. But 1t
wouldn't be honest. New York is
British dependency already.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Prof. Won Hoist, having discovered
that George Canning was the author of
the Monroe doctrine, should now pro-
coed to prove that Canning really in
tended 1t to apply also to England's in
terests in Africa.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Congressman are now engaged IN
mailing their constituents copies OF
speeches that were never delivered, but
the applause and other trimmings
go with them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Some Of England's astute statesmen
don't seem to think any country can
be regarded as settled until an English
man gets there and floats the English
flag,