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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
Temperance Lectures .

Major and Mrs. Scott will lecture
in Pnilllpsburg soon upon temper
ance topics. Place and date given
later. The following testimonials tell
of their good work.
They have lsbored In thirty differ,
ent states, Canada, Nav Mexico and
London.
Mrs. SEQ t was for three years No
tional organic r. Her very presence
is a benediction. They are simply
grand" EXTRACT from letter received
from Mrs. NJ e. Hewett, District
President
Major h. L, Scott held a very sue
cesstul series Of temperance meetings
lasting ten days recently, in Pasadena,
Southern California. Beginning with
an audience of six hundred in the
tabernacle, where the B. Fay Mills
meetings were held, every sear, which
means 1900, was occupied the last
night when Mojor Scott spoke, while
Mrs. Scott addressed an immense
audience in the large Congregational
church the same hour. Every relig-
ious body in the CITY, save one or two,
united in the work, the pastors re-
spectively presiding in turn. Tbroop
University was ably represented by
several Of its professors participating
in the preliminary exercises of each
service. The influence Of these meet"
ings as a result of Major and Mrs.
Scotts work is seen in the remarks
BILE advance of prohibition sentiment
among all classes in the city aud
vicinity, while the advocates Of high
license have received a serious check
in their designs Union Signal
Watch for further advertisement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

The stock yards case has been argu'
ed before Judge Foster. The dsciS-
ion is not yet public, bat one strong
point has been gained by Attorney
General Boyle. Judge Foster holds
that the good will Of the company
should not DO considered as an asset
for the purpose Of figuring on rea'
sonAble rates fox services performed
This cuts of something like $4,000
900 Of valuation upon which 1t waf
commended the company should earn
dividends.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

The Kansas City Journal Of last
Saturday, contained thirty'two COL
umns OF trustee notices, covering the
sales of Ut pieces of land. Undoubt'
eddy that paper thinks that prosperity
has struck it, the III persons who
are about to have their lands sold
away from them may not be able to
sec where the prosperity comes in
They lack confidence you see.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

THERE is a good portion of Webb
MCNalTS first year in the insurance
department left yet, and he has turn
ed into the treasury $4,000 as the in
come of his department. During the
year previous his predecessor turned
in $4,000. Webb says: IF the state
Of Kansas had the kind Of laws she
ought to have, we would have collected
much more money. The state should
derive at least $l5O,OOO per snnum
from these nom resident companies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30


Van K. HuRuuin is arranging u
engage IN the real estate busineaE,
and as soon as his term of Office Ell
pIres will open an Office in this city.
This season the merit OF cultiva-
ting wheat in the same way as corn
will be tested by the Rock Island on
some Of their land just south OF the
city limits. Fifteen acres OF wheat
will be planted by the Campbell sub
packer process. The ground is now
ready and the drill will be here the
last Of the week to put the seed into
the ground. Mr. Il. w. Cline of To-
peka, was here yesterday and he has
much confidence in the new process,
which, while more expensive than the
ordinary way Of raising small grain,
brings a better yield and more than
makes up for the extra cost OF cult
waiting. The Journal will keep along
with the experiment that Smith coun-
ty farmers may benefit by the result.
Smith Center Journal.
The Omaha Bee says: edward
Mccormack Of 208 South Thirty
third street, this city, died WedneS-
day afternoon at ST. Paul, Nebraska,
where he WAS engaged as president Of
the Citizens National bank.
For some time past MIR. McCor-
mOck's health has been failing and
his friends, hoping that change OF
climate might benefit him, ADVISED a
trip abroad. Ha sailed for Europe
some months ago, returning appar-
antly much improved. A hemmor-
rhage was the immediate cause of his
death.
Mr. Mccormack was an exception
ally bright young man. For many
years be had been railroad con-
tractor, the firm being known as Nc
Oormack Bros.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

THE fall festival at Topeka is
progressing finely. Monday the fra
ternal societies paraded. Tuesday
was fremAh's day, and the fire lad
dies marched down Kansas Avenue,
TO the music OF dozen bands. Yes
terday was Santa Fe day, II is no
exsgeration to say that $1,000 men
drawn from different points on that
great system, were in attendance, and
with their floats and displays Of ma
terial and men gave moving living
panorama Of The development Of
the great west. First came the pio-
neer, then tho stage coach and wagon
train guarded by soldiers. The In
dian too with his Equaw and squakers
was there. Then came the surveyors,
she construction gangs, closely fol-
lowed by floats representing the diff
ferent departments of railroad con-
struction and maintenance The dis
play closed with floats upon which
were displayed the grains, fruits and
grasses OF the great American desert,
rescued from the Indian and the buff
falo, by the progressive spirit OF the
age. It would take pages to tell 10
detail OF the display. The children
OF Topeka were given an object les
son OF the results Of msu's energy,
that should be lasting. The exercises
at the fair ground were numerous. II
was worse than three ringed CIRCUS.
Hundreds watched the races, and an
equal number gathered at pavilion,
while throngs wandered here and
there, taking in the sights of one OF
the most successful meetings ever
held in the great west. The pace
was little to hot for us 80 we turned
the balance OF the show over TO Bro.
Royce who ls a little more used to the
glddy whirl Of city life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
Richardson ON the County Paper.

Talk of all yer homo papers
For news and Bich a. that,
And other things that women folks
Always knows so pat,
And that your neighbor over there
10 gOin' TO build shed,
And that Mr.. and Miss So and SO
Air goin' soon to wed.
| ray II you Air wautin'
To know N oil these thingO,
phe county papers yours
And fer dollar 10 you brings
You once q week what everybody
In your country Is doin'.
II tells you Of the Eoin' 0n's
And Of all the good thugs brcwin'.
1t tells you where TO buy your goods
The cheapest In the town,
II tells You OF the sale days
Ard how much has been marked down.
And 40 fer politics
There's no paper any aounder-
There's 20 many good things goin'
be careful or you'll founder.
II tells you Of the county fair,
II gives You market prices,
Ii takes away your every care,
Thus gives you extra elicea.
Then take yer old etate papers,
Magazines, and all the rest,
But just give me this county paper
The one that like best
II. W. RIoRARDhoR, Marvin, Kan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

The newspaper boys Of Topeka
are bright SGT and generally get
their news items straight, but they
made an inexcusable error IN stating
that the keys OF the city of Topeka
were presented TO the Q1een by the
mayor. The statement is neither his
toricslly nor actually correct. True
some "keys" were presented to the
lady by the mayor but they were
spurious. The genuine keys to the
city were presented to the Jacks" of
Of the newspaper fraternity by Mes
srs. Kiene, SwaDzs and Fsxon. Those
keys opened everything, even fitting
the locks on the door to King Johns
den" The spurious keys will be
returned to the mayor by the queen
on Saturday next, but the only truly
true keys will not be returned until
the newspaper fraternity Of Topeka
visits their brethren OF the country
press at their home cities. Take a
day of and come out,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

A GREAT many of our republican
exchanges are booming the Chicago
Records postal savings bank scheme
Look out, boys, it Savors of psternsl-
ism and socialism.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

BRoTHHR ROYCE is harping on the
old subject who pays tho tariff
As we understand tho subject the
idea OF a tariff is to make goods
higher. II goods are higher to the
consumer, he pays the tariff don't
he? II foreign goods do not advance
when the tariff 10 made higher, how
will il he possible for the American
manufacturer to advance the price Of
his goods. People will buy the cheap
est goods. II the price Of goods does
not advance what benefit does the Ia
boring man get from high tariff.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

In a spirit Of friendly criticism we
must say that the Law and Order
League missed q good msve whom 1t
failed to close two disreputable per-
iormances, one on Kansas Avenue
"For Men Only" and the other at the
fair grounds where barker" Piled
his calling unmolested, and attracted
the attention of men, women and
children to an indecent show. The
joints, il any existed, were very quiet,
put these shows A4unted their vile
ness IN the faces OF psssersby. Law
and order should mean something
more than the suppression Of joints
and gambling holes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
First Publication Sept, 80. 1s97--5w.)
SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION

STATE OF KANSAS,
Phillips County.
To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting.
KNOW YE, That ], W, T. Cowan, sheriff Of
Phillips county, Kansas, do hereby give public
notice that general election will be held at the
usual voting precincts in each of the municipal
townships of Phillips county, Kansas, on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1897
between the hours Of O'Clock a. m. and 6 O'Clock
p. IN OF said day. for the purpose Of electing the
following named officers, viz: Judge OF the nth
judicial District; County Clerk; County Treas
urer; Sheriff; Register OF Deeds Surveyor; Cor
oneri County Commissioner for the end Com.
missioner District.
And in each OF the municipal townships the
following named officer, towit: Trustee, rreasur.
or, Clerk, Coustabes, Road Overseers.
WITNESS MY HAND, AT my office in the city
OF Phillipsbufg, Phillips county, Kansas this let
day of October, A. D, 1897.
WI. CowAN,
Sheriff OF Phillips County, Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
DUNKrRK, N. Y, May 8, 1894.
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Dear Sir:-I was bilious AID nervous
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, Doctors and remedies had failed to bene-
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Finally 2 bottleS of your Blood and
Liver Remedy ard Nerve Tonic complete
ly restored me.
l thank you for making it possible to
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.


For Judge nth Judicial Distrlct,--
A.C. T, GBIGER,
Of Oberiln,
For Clerk
ABB. DIXON,
of Plum township.
For Treasurer
THOMAS eek,
OF Deer Creek township.
For Sheriff.
n. W. ATWATER,
OF Logan
For Register of'Dcsds,-
GEORGE ". BAUM.
Of Phillipsburg
For Surveyor
W. II. GRAY,
OF KirWln.
For Coroner
Id. BROTHERS,
of Plum township.
For COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM BECKMAN,
OF Mound township.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

"A telegram was received yester-
day morning from Denver stating
that engineer Steve Pearson died at
that place the evening previous. He
had been in poor health for sometime
and went to Colorado hoping to be
benefited by the change of climate
Engineer Porter and Mr.. Farmer,
master mechanic left last evening to
accompany the body back -Fairburg
Gazette.
Mr.. Pearson was a member of the
Phlllipsburg Lodge A. 0 U. w
Messrs. Handy, Lane, Royce and
Stretton attended the funeral al
>Fairbury on Tuesday, as the repre-.
sentatives of the homo lodge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30

SonGRtlVeb OF Tue nOmo IOuRos
An experimenter says that one
bushel Of prime cora will make over
ten and half pounds OF pork, live
weight and from this deduction, with
corn at rs cents a bushel, pork will
cost the producer q. cents per pound.
When corn is worth 81 cents a bushel
pork will cost the producer 4 cents a
pound; 30 cent corn, pork cents a
pound. He further says that pig
at its birth should weigh about three
bounds and increase in weight month
after month az follows: Ia, 80, AZ, 63,
1O8, ITO, 21O, 225. and on the tenth
month should weigh 300 pounds
Also that the cost Of pork Is 30 per
cent greater in the food consumed, it
made in the tenth month than in the
fifth month.-Smlth Center Journal.
-Orlie N. Hepford, whose sad &C.
cident was chronicled IN the last issue
of the Gazette, died at Phillipsburg,
Kansap, at III O'Clock on Friday eve
ming, sept. 18th. The remains were
taken to Xsnis, Ohio, where they
were inferred by the side Of those Of
his father Tuesday afternoon, the
Masonic lodge of that city conduct.
ing the service. The remains passed
through this city on the Rock Island
Sunday at noon, and the dSmonstrs-
ton at the depot sttested the popu.
larity Of the deceased. The Fairbury
Masonic lodge of which he was a
member, went in body to the home
Of the grief stricken mother and sis
ter who had preceded the remains to
this city, and escorted them to the
train, where a very large crowd OF
friends had assembled to pay their
last RESP cots. G.. K. Tucker and
Johnny Garter of this city accompsu-
led the funeral party to it's destlna-
ton. Mrs. Hepford aud daughter,
il is understood will remain there
and visit with relatives for a few
weeks before their return The cir.
cumstances which surround this I'M
timely death make 1t doubly sad, aud
the bereaved friends have the heart
felt sympathy OF the entire commun-
lty.-FGirbNry Gazette.
The herald., 1897-10-10

An Intellectual Elephant

The youthful elephant Toby is now the
"lion" of the Jardin dAcclimation.
There are all sorts of reasons for ionlz-
ing him. He is a recent gift OF the EN-
peror Menelik. He comes ae the emper-
or says, from a part of Africa where ele-
phants are phenomenal in their sagacity,
and he is playful and fond Of practical
Jokes. Toby is fond Of cakes and rice.
He likes children and gay people, but
he objects to servants of grave aspect.
He has noticed that they do not bring
cakes in their pockets? A party of con-
gressionists now in Paris, were greatly
amused by his tricks today. Toby
singled out one Of them, whipped off his
hat walked around the enclosure wav-
ing it triumphantly. Then he came back
and sat it on the owners head again,
but he took off his spectacleS and seemed
puzzled what to do with them. After
looking at them attentively he restored
them to the owner. But this time he
took off the hat again. dropped IT. on the
ground, and seized the somewhat sin
gular head Of hair of the learned con-
gressionist, and pulled it off, for it was
artificial. 1t is expected that after this
feat Toby will make the fashion of the
Paris 200" He must be very Shrewd
baby to have noticed the difference be-
tween wig and homegrown hair
London Daily News Paris Correspou.
dence, September Is.
The herald., 1897-10-10
HOW THE FRENCH SIP ABsINTHE
Half an Hour Used in Preparing, and
an Evening in Drinking One Glass

Although absinthe is to Frencl1man
what whisky is to an American, he
never dreams of running behind screen
and swallowing a glassful in one tre-
mendous effort. There Is som hing al
most poetic In the way a Frenchman
prepares and partakes Of his beverage.
1t always takes two walters to serve
glass of absinthe. Waiter number one
brings the tray, upon which Is "ca-
raffe frappe"-ice water that has been
frozen in the "caraffe'-a tall glass, a
tiny tray piled up with small blocks OF
sugar, and a queer, fiat, perforated
spoon. Waiter number two, who has
remained distreetly in the rear, ad-
vances with the bottle Of the popular
stimulant said to be the destruction Of
so many French minds and bodies.
After saluting monsieur" the gar
con" carefully pours the desired guam
tity into the glass and goes on to serve
some one else. Then for the first time
the Frenchman shows some signs of in
terest in the matter. He relinquishes
his hold on his cane-but one hand only;
the other never deserts the cane. He
carefully places the perforated. spoon
across the top of the glass; on the spoon
he balances, with careful nicely, a block
of sugar, and gently pours a small q,pn-
tity of ice water over the sugar into the
glass. This done, he once more grasps
his cane with both hands, and appar-
ently forgets all about the beverage be-
fore him. The sugar slowly melts,
drop by drop, into the glass, through
the perforations of the spoon. Quite
awhile afterwards, sometimes a half an
hour, the drinker again shows an inter-
est in his beverage. He looks to see If
the sugar has all melted; then he re-
moves the spoon and raises the glass for
a sip Of the concoction-only sip, how
ever for it is sip by sip that French
man consumes his absinthe, and a glass
Of it, including the time passed in the
preparation, takes an entire evening
Paris Letter TO the Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-10-10

| usually grows about eight inches
high 1t consists of stock with large
white flower at the end. There are
no leaves to the plant and al distance
1t appears to be mass Of white flowers.
The collection of cacti embraces
nearly all of the known varieties, from
the giant cactus down to the smaller
varieties. One specimen, called the fish
hook cactus, has thorns so curved as to
form a hook. These hooks are strong
enough to be used to catch fish-the In
dians using them for that purpose. The
night blooming cereus is a small cactus
with large beautiful flower, five inches
wide and eight inches long, which blooms
one night and the next day falls to
pieces These flowers have a strong
perfume which pervades the park from
one end to the other. The collection
used to be larger but many of the plants
died, the soil not being suited to their
growth.
OF the hundreds of trees in the park.
only six or seven are native varieties,
the others being imported from all parts
Of the world. There ere several speci
mems of the birchychiton, or sandal
wood tree. One variety has leaf about
two and one-half inches long and on the
entire tree no two leaves can be found
that are similar. By the tool house
there is a group Of banana trees Their
fruit seldom ripens, as the season here
is too short for them. The Abyssinian n
banana bears no fruit. Its leaves are
six feet long and one and one-half feet
wide. There are two varieties of the
shoe-string tree, the leaves of which are
long and round, resembling shoe-strings,
and several of the monkey puzzle, tree
all of whose leaves present a sharp edge
upward, making it impossible for n
monkey to climb it. One tree, the bird
Of paradise is so called from the fanciful
resem blance its flowers bear to that tree.
There are specimens here of the paulo-
coma, the imperial tree of Japan, the
rubber the camphor, the bay, the straw
berry the egg, the myrtle, the cork-elm,
the caasia, palms, eucalyptus. and many
others. OF the last named tree there are
twenty varieties, and of the cassia there
are eleven.
The cost of maintaining the park is
from four hundrsd and fifty dollars to
nine hundred dollars month, about six
hundred and fifty dollars being the
average cost. From December to April
only six men are employed, but during
the rest of the year it takes from ten to
thirteen men to keep the park in order.
The only income of Westlake' Park is the
rental of the boat house and boating
privileges which this year amounted to
twelve hundred and fifty dollars.
c. F.
The herald., 1897-10-10
GRAND JURY
Legislative Amendments to
the Law
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY
THE GRAND JURY'S WORK VERY
MUCH CURTAILED
The Experts Are Knocked Out of Soft
Places and Their Work Given to
Permanent Official

Some time within this or the next week
partment one Of the superior court, for
the purpose of fulfilling those functions
that fall within its province.
Heretofore the grand jury has each
year spent months in poking around the
courthouse, and with the aid Of the nu-
merous experts retained, after going
over the accounts of the various county
officers, has returned into court with
recommendations that have been more
honored in the breach than the observ-
ance. Most of the indictments found
have missed fire when the cases came
to trial, and the only thing certain inthe
past has been that a number of experts
have for month or two had a remark
ably soft place and that each individual
juror religiously pulled down the 81 per
diem allowed by law and his mileage.
The grand jury last year was empan-
eled on October 18th and was discharged
ON April goth. 1897. The cost to the coun-
ty was $871049, and the beneficial result
an unknown quantity. Indeed, the only
thing that this particular grand jury did
that previous bodies of similar charac-
teT QIu uOl uU was " FGueCI much more
severely than usual upon certain offic-
ials in the report filed. 1t was generally
conceded that if these officers had been
as derelict in their duty as the grand
jury asserted they had been, then the
latter body had been derelict in its duty
and ought to have indicted the offenders
The disappearance of several sheets
from the grand jury report, however
made it, at the time, somewhat uncer-
tain who the persons were who had been
badly scored.
The last legislature, by certain amend
ments made to the law in certain direc-
tions, limited the powers of the grand
jury, and in one particular at least
broadened the scope of its operations
Inasmuch, too, as the supreme court
has ruled that certain Of the duties de-
volving upon grand juries are, while
by no means legal, at least unwise and
mot calculated to advance the interests
Of justice. 1t is a matter of Importance
to know just what are the actual and
unchallenged duties of the grand jury
Of this county that will soon be empan-
eIed.
LIBERTY'S BULWARKS CHOPPED
When a senate committee from the
legislature was In Los Angeles some