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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Christian Old Age.

Old age ought to be the most
beautiful period of good life. Yet not
always is it so. There are elements in
the experience of old age which make it
hard to keep the inner life in a state Of
renewal. The bodily powers are decay
ing. The senses are growing dull. It
is lonely. There is in memory rec
ord of empty cribs and vacant chairs,
of sacred mounds in the cemetery. The
work of life has dropped from the
hands. It is not easy to keep the joy
living in the heart in such experiences.
Yet that is the problem Of true Chris
tan living. While the outward man
decays, the inward man should be re-
newed day by day. This is possible,
too, as many Christian old people have
proved. Keeping near the heart of
Christ is again, as always, the secret.
Faith gives a new meaning to life 1t
is seen no more in its relation to earth
and what is gone, but in its relation to
Immortality and what is to come. The
Christian old mans best days are not
behind him, but always before him. He
is walking, not toward the end, but to-
ward the beginning.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

took a turn to destroying property,
which he Invariably paid for when
sobercd up. He was not hanged for any
particular thing he he'd done, but on
general principles, the vigilantes hav-
ing decided the community would De
better off without his presence, ano
they had no desire to rid Themselves ct
his company at the expense OF any
earthly community. After his long and
bloody career he died like a craven.
When he found the avengers had de-
cided to take him in hand he attempted
to escape, but his effort was unavail-
ing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Johnny's Diagnosis.

Johnnie was bathing with friend
of his in the surf, when the latter, an
other small boy, was rapidly carried
out to deep water by the undertow and
would have been drowned had it aOt
been for timely assistance. During
the excitement Johnnie stood around
open mouthed listening to his elders
discussing the affair.
When he arrived at home he was
asked:
"Well, Johnnie, how did it happen"
The following was his version of the
affair:
II don't exactly remember, but there
was somethin' the matter with his I'M
der-toe. philadelphia Inquirer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Like the Handle on tho Pitcher.

Two young men we're suitors for the
hand of a young lady. One Of them
said to the other: Both of us wish to
offer ourselves to this lady?"
THAT is evident"
"But We do not wish to fight duel
over herr"
''I think not"
"Then l will tell you what we can
do"
WHAT"
"Let us toss up for her"
The other looked moment at his
rival and then said
every we'll; / will toss up a brick
and if it stays UP in the air the young
lady is yours. If it comes down she is
miner
If there is anything in feminine dis
elimination the last speaker won the
young lady.-Chicago News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
NpGjrE .
STARTED ON A RUN.

che play, but no friend appeared. Prob
ably she did not run for her train, but,
like the sensible girl she Is, turned
about and went to her own suburban
church, never giving me more than a
passing thought. So l finally went
alone to hear the wonderful speaker
we had planned to hear together,
thinking 1 could forget my troubles
under his eloquence. On my arrival
at the place, however what was my
dismay to find a little white card
tackled up announcing that the serv-
ices would not take place on this par
ticular Sunday on account of the sud-
den illness of the pastor.
l concluded not to run for any more
trains, but walked over to Clark street
in dignified manner, as befltted the
day, and took my seat on the electric
car just starting south. AS I sat there,
placldly enjoying the swift motion of
the car and the cooling breeze on my
aching head, 1t struck me that we were
AAAhAA6 q 6Ouu many IIldu
usual, and, looking about on either
side, could not discover one familiar
object. Finally, glancing up the street
and seeing huge drove Of steers COM
ing our way, completely filling the
street from curb to curb, and even
overflewing onto the walk, it dawned
upon me that l had boarded the car
without looking at the sign, and was
out in the wild and woolly West"
represented by the Union stock yards.
Just how we were going to get through
that seething mass of horns unhurt
was a mystery to me, and became a
source of great anxiety as a car APP
preached from the other direction and
that entire herd concluded to pass be-
tween the two cars, which were COM
ing closer and closer together every
minute, until there was room for only
one at time, while three or four dis
puted the passageway, and only Wig
orous punch from my umbrella kept
one big, black, dangerous-looking fell
low from insisting on boarding the car
and riding back to his home.
As was so far out Of my way I
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
EVERYTHING WENT WRONG,

Perhaps It was because I "fol got my
morning prayer" Or, perhaps, got
out of bed on the wrong SIDE" But
up to date have attributed 1t to the
fact that | had worked beyond my
strength the day before, was all worn
out and unnerved, and having taken
a hot bath and gone to bed under sum-
mer covers with the windows all up to
the middle, took cold In the frosty
air. My head was aching and sore
and hot and humping. Every hair
was turned the wrong way and dozen
of them pulled in different directions.
My shoes seemed to have shrunken or
my feet sweled. put everything on
wrong side before or inside out Ev"
erything was awry.
had oversight In the first place,
having most eccentric clock, one OF
the kind of tantallzlng conundrums
that remind one of the clock whose
owner said: when both hands are
at IL and 1t strikes 2 l know 1t Is half
past T." The complicated calculations
from this basis at all other times OF
the day are distracting, to say the
least, and make one long for !oga-
rithms or "any other old thing to
solve instead,
And so, 1t took me about three times
as long as usual to prepare for break
fast. BY that time my coffee was
cold, and my st. Bernard pup, with
the beautiful, large, liquid, brown
eyes, had surreptitlously approp"i-
ated my steak at one gulp, and was
seated near my chair at the table, look
ing sweetly and waving his paw dcp-
recatingly at me, evidently intent on
making peace at once in order to OBJ
tain my coffee spice-ball to top of
with.
had planned to take train to che
city scheduled for 9:55, and having ten
minutes to reach the depot, as I sup
posed, started out leisurely. Vixen
half block away l discovered had
left my pocketbook at home. It was
another sign of bad luck to 90 back
for 1t, but there was no other way
out Of 1t. Still, there seemed to be
plenty Of time. But, as / eauntered
around the corner, saw the train two
blocks away just pulling up to the
station. AS this was the only trSin
that would get me into the city be-
fore noon, and had an engagement
to meet friend at II to attend
church together started on a run. l
caught the brace on the rear car just
as 1t began to move forward, went
triumphantly into the car, and sank
exhaustedly into the first seat, just as
the train stopped once more. And as |
sat there for the next ten minutes try
ing to catch my breath, my heart
humping like trip-hammer, and lis
tening to the milk cans as they were
banged out on the platform, and the
empty cans banged into the baggage
car, l vowed for the hundredth time,
that I would never, under any circum-
stances, run for train again. 1t is
a failing Of all suburbanites to make
this promise to themselves on every
opportunity, and break 1t again, next
time.
But I finally arrived at my destina-
ton and waited, and waited, and
waited" like the mine old maids" in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Santa Fo Route California limited.

Beginning November 5th., the Santa
Fe Rotue will resume its celebrated
California Limited train as semi.
weekly service, leaving Kansas City
Thursdays and Sundays at $3.50 a. M,
reaching Los Angeles in 81 hours and
San Diego in 81 hours.
Equipment of superb vestibuled Pull
man palace sleepers, buffet smoking
car and dining car. Most luxuriant
service via any line.
Another express train, carrying both
palace and tourist sleepers, leaves
Kansas City at 1898 p. m. daily for Los
Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.
Inquire of
Geo. W. Hagenbuch, P. Sc T. A.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
LADY TENNYSoN.
sho Was tho Loved and Loving Wife OF
tho Poet laureate.
ing.

bh0 WAS LnO AsONGu uhu A4pNWb NNA~ ~
tho Poet laureate.
Many and touching have been the
tributes in the press and elsewhere to
the memory Of Lady Tennyson, the
loved and loving wife Of the poet, the
inspirer of much Of his sweetest verse,
the gentle companion Of over forty
years. They were married in 1850, the
browning year of Tennyson's life, the
year of I'm Memoriam,' and poet lau-
reateshlp. Mrs. Tennyson," wrote
Carlyle In their early married life,
flights up bright, glitterlng blue eyes
when you speak to her; has wit, has
sense; and were it not that she seems
so delicate in health, l should augur
really we'll of Tennyson's adventure"
The adventure" was a happy one from
beginning to end. To his wife Tenny-
son was indebted for those long years
Of freedom from personal care and
trouble which he devoted to the SER
vice of mankind, while her frail health
only brought into greater prominence
the unfailing tenderness and devotion
Of the husband. The Tennyson house.
hold at Aldworth has been laid bare
to the public a score Of times, and
always with the result Of still moro
endearing the poet to his readers. 1t
was simple, common picture OF a
happy welded life. Lady Tennyson
herself wrote occasional poems. Ref
erences to her are scattered up and
down his work, the most touching, per-
haps, being the dedication Of THE
Death of Oenone," and other poems;
thought to myself 1 would offer this
book to you,
This and my love together;
To you that are seventy-seven,
With a faith as clear as the nights OF
the June-blue heaven,
And fancy as summer-new,
AS the green Of the bracken and tho
gloom Of the heather.
-Harper's Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Confederation for Ono Another.

1t has been. estimated that ninety per
cent. of people in trade fail at some
time in their career, and for a mer-
chant to remain in business over thirty
years without needing aid from his
creditors is a remarkable incident. Peo-
pie Of good memories have seen great
fortunes tumble into nothingness, and
families that have boosted of their
wealth reduced to penury, through sud-
den changes that visit the commercial
world. Every year adds new instances
OF these sudden reverses, and while
they should teach people to be consid
crate to one another they should also
suggest to persons now rich that they
cannot control the wheels Of fortune.
and they should not be too boastful
and too harsh in their estimate of
others.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to DO lncurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced II local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly falling to cure with local
treatment, pronounced It inclrable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore requires constitu-
tional. treatment Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. ]. Cheney g. Co., To-
ledo, O., is the only constitutional cure on
the market. 1t Ia taken internally In
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonfIl. II
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer One Hum
dred Dollars for any case 1t fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. ADJ
dress,
F.. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
The sultGn,s Chief of Police.

Bonnin Pasha, the chief Of the Sui
tans private police is plump, thick
set, square headed Frenchman, hail
ing from Rouffiac, in the Charente. At
the age of 80 he left the army to be-
come an inspector at the prefecture In
Paris, and eight years later, in 1884,
was put at the disposition Of M, de
Monticello, then French ambassador
at the Sublime Porte. Abdul Hamid
took a fancy to him, and desired him
to organize a detective force for SER
vice about the palace. A corps Of
bludgeon men was the result, and their
tactics much surprised the Partisan
agent, Soudals, few years ago, when
he invited help in arresting a noto-
rious swindler Tapping at the male
factors door, the Turkish official felled
to earth the servant who opened it.,
and the party proceeded through the
house, knocking insensible everybody
they met. Soudais was busily engaged
in succoring the wounded, while Bon
min collared the real criminal. Bonnin
has a comfortable house in Pera, and
his wife, as court dressmaker, has
considerably increased his savings,
which quite justify him in contemplate
ing retirement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Her Favorite.

He-"Permit me to present you with
copy of my new collection of poems"
She-"Oh, thank you! like poetry so
much" He-"And who is your favor
lite poet?" She-"The man who wrote
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-aye.' Then he ran.
He feared that she might want to sing
to him.-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

Very low rates will be made by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway,
on November 18th, December LIST and
18th to the South. For particulars APP
ply to the nearest local agent, or ad-
dress, Il. A. Cherrier, N. P. A., ale
Marquette Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
An Important Difference.

To make 1t apparent to thousands,
who think themselves i'll, that they are
not afTiicted with any disease, but that
the system simply needs cleansing, IL
to bring comfort home to their hearts.
as a costiye condition is easily cured by
using Syrup Of Figs. Manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Company only.
and sold by all druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

Aunt Esther-How do you get on
with your housekeeping, CharlieP
Charlie - Oh, well enough; only
Ethel has given me mainly Biblical
cooking so far.
Aunt Esther-Biblical coolzingP How
SO?
Charlie-oh, ask for bread and she
gives me stone.-Somerville Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

Mrs Collaboration clearly one
can read character from portrait.
Grimshaw-Yes. Now, for instance,
this picture of Mrs. HornbealS- Henry
peck fully explains the resigned and
hopeless look of her husband. Puck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

Detroit leads the world in making
gelatine goods. A chewing-gum man
will put up sticks in gelatin tubes and
is to have 100000 tubes made in
Detroit.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
The Old Song.

"Why do you play that one song all
the timer"
$50 papa won't know you are here.
It's Jack Scaddsley's favorite song"
Truth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
The Now Diversion.

"Baggagemen are getting so that
they handle trunks very carefully"
Eyes; they say they have more fun
banging bicycles around. Chicago
Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Home IndustrIes.

"Are you going to South Dakota for
your divorce this year?" said one Chi
cago woman to another.
"Oh, no. believe in patronizing
home industries" Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

N old-timer intel
vie W d by the
Omaha Bee gave
some startling eG-
Deriences of from
tier life In Montana
when that state
was but a frontier
mining camp. For
some time" he said,
"lawlessness ad
run riot and life
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
Tumbling to tho Facts.

Tom (gloomily)-I tell you, Charlie,
this is hard, hard world.
Charlie Gnterestedly)-So you have
bought a bicycle, too, have you2
Clips.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

Rev. A. Robbins, the first chaplain
in ordinary of Queen Victoria at Wind
sor, has just preached his 5.OO0th SER
mon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All
Druggistsrefundt the money II 1t fails to cure $50
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-11-19
LAW ONTHE FRONTIER
VIoILANTRS CLEAN OUT AQANo
OF BANDITTl

Tho leader Of tho Thieves Was tho
sheFIR--stirrInG Times in 1S02.G3-
ThIrty-nvO Paid tho Penalty of Their
Crimes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-04
FUSION IN BARTON.
Silver Forces United - Republicans
Join BRYAN Clubs.

Great Bend. Aug. 4.-The silver forces
of Barton county Will be united in the
county campaign.
Conference committees from the Dem
Ocrattc and POpulist county committees
met yesterday and agreed on the fol-
lowing division of the county ticket:
Populists to nominate state senator,
representative, county superintendent
and commissioner in the Third district;
Democrats TO nominate county atttor-
ney, clerk of the court, probate judge
and commissioner in the First district.
In the evening a Bryan free silver
club was organized with IS members,
many of them being from the RepubI-
can party.
In the Republican county convention,
held the same day, almost the entire
delegation from Pawnee Rock township
was composed of members of the Bryan
club of that place. They We're regu-
larry elected by the Republicans of the
township, but the convention unseated
them.
Several townships were not represent
ed in the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-04
HELPED NOMINATE FREMONT
Secretary of Burlington's 525 Mem
Der Silver Club a Republican
EoIter.

Burlington, Aug. 4.-The Bryan club
has rented a room on the main street,
draped it with flags and bunting, put in
tables, seated it with chairs and prob
ably have as fine a club room as there
is in the state, lighted by electric lights
and to be open to visitors at all hours.
over the entrance in large letters
reads headquarters Bryan Silver
League as you enter you are greeted
by life size picture of Bryan sur
rounded by a silver frame and stand
ing on silver easel. The club expect
to organize silver leagues in every
school district and township in the
county, all to be auxilliaries of this the
main league. While the ratification
meeting was being held Saturday, 525
persons called at the room and enrolled
their names as members. A fair per
cent had heretofore acted with the Re
publican party. The secretary of the
club was q member Of the convention
which nominated John G. Fremont. the
first Republican convention ever held.
He was chosen secretary of the whole
Wilmot district in northern Pennsylva-
MIA and came to Kansas Immediately
after the election to help make it a free
state.
Tor forty years he has spent time and
money in every national campaign to
help elect a Republican president but
will not this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-04
READERS BETTER NOW.
The Crane Readers Have Had the Err
rors Eliminated-School Board
Meeting.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the city school board held last night
the chairman of the buildings commit
tee reported that repairs had been made
at several of the buildings in the way
of papering rooms, repairing roofs and
painting.
The bills which had been presented
to the board for materials were allow
ed.
Miss Anna Murphy, a teacher in the
high school, asked the board to raise
her salary to $50 as she was doing hard
work She is now earning S85 per
month. This brought out quite a dis
the salary was raised, the board would
be bothered with requests from the
other teachers. The board finally de-
cided to make the raise.
The board will advertise for coal for
all the buildings.
DR.. l. NJ. Powell said that he had ex-
amined the dust killer which had
been furnished him and that he would
not recommend it to the board for use
in the schools. He said it made the
floor look greasy.
Superintendent Davidson said that he
was preparing his annual report ac-
cording to instructions and that it
would be ready in short time.
The text book committee reported
that it had examined the readers and
found that Mr. Geo. W. Crane had
made corrections which were satisfac-
tory They were not yet entirely with
out error, but very much improved
Although the committees instructions
were to examine the fourth and fifth
readers, they also examined the first,
second and third readers, and their re-
port was for all.
The Roudebush writing system five
years contract has expired, and the
committee recommended that instead
of renewing it for FIVE years, it be re-
! newed from year to year. The board
can use either the slanting or vertical
systems.
The newly elected members Of the
school board, J. D. Mckinney of the
! Second ward, and Ira D. Howe of the
Fifth ward, took their seats, and the
| new board organized with J. W. Priddy
of the First ward as president and W.
H. Wilson of the Second ward. vice
president The two members who re-
tired from the board were T. A. Beck
of the Fifth ward, and Jesse Shaw of
the Second ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-04
GREAT HEAT EVERYWHERE
The Weather Bureau Reports Records
Broken in Many Cases.

Washington, Aug. 4.-The weather
bureau issued the following special
bulletin: Intensely hot and unusu-
ally dry weather has prevailed
throughout a portion of the southwest,
including western Tennessee, northern
Louisiana, northern Texas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Indian Territory during
the past ten or twelve days, the tenn
perature reported being in numerous
cases higher than that of any previous
ly recorded by the weather bureau
during this season of the year.
Maximum temperatures of 1O4 degrees
and over, have occurred daily in Ar
kansas and Oklahoma during the per
iod mentioned and also throughout the
Rocky mountain region the tempera-
ture ranged continuously above 95 de-
grees. At Little Rock and the city of
Oklahoma maximum temperatures of
104 degrees occurred on August 1,
which were, respectively 5 and de-
grees higher than any previous record
at these stations during the first ten
days of August. During the past
twelve days the maximum temperature
at Little Rock has been 100 degrees on
several days, 102 degrees on four days
and 10z degrees on one day.