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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
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7 WAS passing a farmhouse about
five miles from Spoonerville wheI
the farmer came running out and want
ed TO know If would send certain
doctor out to the farm as soon as
reached town. promised to do so
and asked if anyone were dangerously
i'll.
"By gum" he exclaimed in reply a,
he held up his hands, but we've hat
an awful time around here to-day
Four gals and a young man cum dowr
from the summer hotel on their bikes
and as they stops at the gate the young
man SEE to me, SEE he:
Mister Granger, thar's sunthin
hangin' to the limb OF q tree down the
road, and we'd like to take it back to
the city as a souvenir of our trip
"'Do you mean that hornets nest?
scz I.
"NIebbe it's n hornets nest SEE he
"T reckon it is seq I, and reckon
you don't want to NEEDLE with it,
"Fur why? seq he.
"'On account of the hornets seq ].
Il never seen n hornet seq he, but
I'm willin' to stand up to crowd
"The gals Clipped in and said they
wanted that nest to hang up in the
hall at home, and none of 'em was GO
in to be skeered off by my talk. fin
ally told 'em to go ahead, and they
went back fur the nest. The young fell
Ter is lynn on the lounge downstairs,
and perhaps ye'd like to look at him."
I went in and saw a young man in
flannels whose head was about three
times too large, while his face was
swollen so that he could not open his
eyes. Cloths wet in vinegar had been
laid over his face, and the farmer re-
moved them to say:
"Youngman, what was your thoughts
when the fust hornet flew outer the
nest?"
81 dunno" was the whispered reply.
Didn't you think anythin' when
about so of 'em tackled you?"
81 can't say"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
"But I'm old Jim Kelso," protested

"But I'm old Jim Kelso," protested
the man.
you might be old jim anything else
and it would make no difference. If
you ride you'll have to pay. Want
ticket?"
mo, sir, 1 jest called to ask if you
hadn't new conductor on this train
young, smooth-faced Teller who come
out here from st. Louis a month or so
ugo?"
eyes, sir-Joe Cummings"
"Waal, what I'm goin' to do is to
skeer the butes right off this kid and
go up to Cheyenne fur nothin' No
use to pay fare when we kin bluff the
conductor"
That's the idea, eh?" asked the
agent.
That's the idea, sab, and if he don't
show up agin for a week you'd better
send party out to hunt fur him in
the woods. Some folks may pay their
way up to Cheyenne, but | amt that
sort. Names old Jim Kelso remem-
ber."
eyes, I'll remember"
Mr.. Kelso walked around by himself
until the train rolled up, and he didn't
see the sign which passed between the
agent and the conductor. AS he started
to get aboard the smoker the conduc-
tor took him by the arm and pressed
the muzzle of a revolver to his ear and
said:
"NIr. Kelso, have you got ticket for
Cheyenne?"
Il don't think hev," was the re-
ply.
"Are you going to get one?"
''Mebbe I don't need one"
"Perhaps not. If you are going up
alive you'll want ticket and can take
any car. If you are going up as a
corpse your friends at Cheyenne can
pay the bill and you'll go in the bag
gage carl"
"I'll think it over" said Mr.. Kelso as
he stepped back few feet to size up
things, but before he had made up his
mind the train had departed.
Coin to Cheyenne?" asked the agent
rs he looked out and saw the old man
leaning up against the wall.
Names old Jim Kelso," replied the
buffer as he looked up and down the
tracks.
"Yes, I know"
"And the conductor didn't skeer."
ooh. he didnt?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02

"What passed through your mind
when 1000 of them inseclks, each with
teeth like buzz saw, lifted you and the
gals three feet high?"
I'll dunno"
The farmer was about to put an
other question when suggested that
I'd better hurry on for the doctor
"What l was tryin' to git at" he
said as he followed me out, was
whether that young Teller thinks he
was run through a thrashin' masheen
or gored by bull, but I'll talk to him
later on. The three gals is upstairs in
he'd and wuss Off than he is, and the
only one who kin talk keeps calm out
fur somebody to help her off the barbed
wire fence. They'll all live, 1 reckon,
but they won't want no more hornets
nests to ornament halls with. Yes, tell
the doctor to hurry up, and tell him |
say it'll take him three hull days with
a par'r O. pinchers to pull the stings
out!" NJ QUAD.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
PoPULIsTs IN CONFERENCE.

Middle-of-th he Roaders Meet Mt St. Louis,
With 20 States Represented.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24.-The national or
ganization committee of the populist
party, representing the middle-of-the-
readers who opposed fusion with the
democrats at the last presidential cleo
ton, met here to-day with 20 states
represented. Among those present
are Gen. Jacob S. CoXey, Ohio;
Chairman Parks, Texas; Secretary
Morgan, Arkansas; Wharton Barker,
Philadelphia, editor of the American;
Abe Steinberger, Kansas; II. M. Wat
singer, Indiana, and A. L. Harbinson,
editor of New Era, Vincennes, Ind.
Chairman Parks said that the purpose
of the meeting was to determine their
future course. ave are opposed to
fusion with anybody or anything" he
continued, "and we want a straight
fight if we can get it,"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02

tropical cline and be cremated. Lopez
then lodged into the station, and ere
the boat was under way he ran out with
rifle and challenged Moore to pro-
ueed.
The party began to laugh and jeer
ut the fiery Venezuelan, but lie was as
good as his threat and blazed away at
them. Before he could get off u sec
ond shot, the first having gone wide,
Moore had thrown the boat III the wind
again and his three companions had
Lopez covered with their shotguns. Rut
he did not scare. lie fired again, and
that time Clipped piece off the mist.
Then Evans and the two Englishmen
let fly, and the howl that Lopez set mp
showed that the shots went true, and
his legs were well peppered with game
shot. lie dropped his rifle and made
for the house, calling for his garn
son.
The six men swarmeG out, half clad
and unarmed, and set up a great yell
ing. Meanwhile the boat again set forth
on it's voyage. But the incident
was not over. 1t had, in fact, only
commenced. The bluff had to be passed,
and as the boat made for midstream to
weather the point the occupants saw
the soldiers tearing up the steep
towards the gun. The intention clear
ly was to plump round shot into tue
boat.
Mr.. Moore and party then acted with
promptitude and decision. Something
exceedingly cOmical was the result. A
thicket of bushes along the bluff con-
cealed the boat from the soldiers, and
whilst they awaited its appearance the
party put back to shore. Before their
maneuver could well be realized they
had landed, surprised Lopez extracting
the shot from his shins and taken pos
session of the station.
The six soldiers came running down
from the house, but found it convenient
to surrender at discretion, since they
we're unarmed. Moore and his friends
then tied them up to keep them out OF
mischief whilst they proceeded to make
away with all the arms and ammunition
iu the station, which they put into their
boat. The next move was to unmount
the gun and throw it over the bluff.
They then released the prisoners, warn
ing them not to NEEDLE with English
men again, and pushed off. A little way
out they consigned the arms to the river
and went on their way rejoicing.
This little "incident" was duly re-
ported at Georgetown, and doubtless
at Caracas, but no action has been taken
in the matter beyond the enforcement
in the English territory of general or
der against the carrying of arms by
settlers. T. p. PORTER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
Cultivate Cheer.

1t was a favorite saying of Bancroft,
the historian, who was u vigorous old
man at 30, that the secret of long life is
in never losing ones temper. The re-
mark was simply concrete way of eX-
pressing the hygienic value of amiabili-
ty-a principle which, until lately, has
scarcely been considered in the train
ing of children. Hitherto we have re-
garded fretfulness, melancholy and
bad temper as the natural concomitants
of illness. But modern science shows
that these mental moods have actual
power to produce disease. No doubt in
most cases imperfect bodily conditions
are the cause of irritable and depressed
feelings, yet sometimes the reverse is
true, and better knowledge of physio-
logical laws would show them to be
effect rather than cause. The fact that
disconnected and gloomy people are
never in good health is an argument in
favor of the theory that continual in
diligence in unhappy thoughts acts as a
poison and creates some form of dis
ease.-Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
WILL 1T SAVE DURRANTq

Letter from n Dead Criminal Who COn-
fesses to the San Francisco Murders.
HoUsToN, Tex, Nov ga confess
sion that may save the life of Theo-
dore Durrant, who is under sentence
to be hanged at San Francisco for the
murder of Blanche Lamont, was dis
closed yesterday. A letter has been
made public in which Joseph E, Blan-
Their, alias Forbes, who committed sui
eide in the Jail at Meridian, Basque
county, March last, admits that he
killed not only Miss Lamont, but Min
ME Williams and Mrs. Langfelt as we'll.
A dispatch from San Francisco said
that little credence was placed by the
authorities there in the alleged con-
fession of Blanther, or Forbes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
Cbe man Wbc Didn't 90.
Copyright, 1879

TALE an hour before the train for
II Cheyenne was due roughly-clad
man with rifle on his shoulder and two
revolvers in his belt entered the depot
Mt Wharton and said to the ticket
agent:
I'm old Jim Kelso. Mebbe you never
heard of me?"
mot that / remember of" replied the
agent.
"Waal, that don't make any differ
ence, L reckon. l want to go up to
Cheyenne"
"a dollar and forty cents, sir"
"What fur?"
"For ticket to Cheyenne"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
A PIANO TRUST.
Alfred Dodge Trying Co Combine the Prln-
oIpnI Makera for Mutual Interests.

aired Dodge Trying Co Combine the Prin-
cipal Makers for Mutual Interests
New YORK, Nov. 24.-The World
says; Several attempts have been
made during the past six years to
bring the piano industry into line
with the numerous other great indus
tries that have united Alfred Dodge
was the prime mover in former plans.
He has spent years working up the
deals of his great project A dozen lead
ing firms it is hoped will become a part
Of the organization. Great savings are
expected. On the output of 100000
pianos IA good years product the saw
ing in advertising alone would amount
to from 50, 600, 900 TO So, OOO 900. A still
greater saving is expected from the
concentration in few factories in the
great cities of the work now done in a
hundred factories scattered all over
the country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
Hobart Homes for Currencv Reform.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24..-Vice Presi-
dent Hobart has joined the senator's
and representatives who believe
that congress will put through
some monetary legislation this winter.
At dinner in Patterson, N. j., the
vice president said: 1.-THE people de-
mand currency reform in this country,
and that at once. believe the repre-
sentatives will pass currency law that
will meet the temper, the tone, the re-
quirements of the people of the United
States. know not how it will be
evolved, but believe such bill will
be passed to harmoniae the existing
financial difficulties"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
NovAK FOUND GUILTY.
Tho Noted Iowa suspect Must Suffer for
the Murder of Murray.

Tho Noted Iowa suspect Must Suffer for
the Murder of Murray.
VINToN, Ia, Nov. 24.--The jury in
the case of Frank Novak, charged with
killing his roommate, Murray, and
afterward setting fire to the house in
which they lived, last night returned
q verdict of murder in the second de-
gree. Novak disappeared after the
crime was committed and eluded cap
ture for several years, Last summer
he was traced to the Klondike gold
fields, arrested and brought home.
The jury fixed Novak's punishment at
ten years in the penitentiary, and the
Judge declared that he would not ac-
cept the verdict, because the jury had
fixed the penalty, which it should not
have done, that being the prerogative
of the bench.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
Women in the Postal Service.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-First Assist
ant Postmaster General Heath has pre-
pared report on the employment Of
women in the government service. He
states that there are II, O22 post offices
in the country and there are 1910
women postmasters, and perhaps so, 900
women to whom the oath of office has
been administered to qualify them to
assist in conducting the business of
the post Office.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
ADVENTURE In GUIANA.
Serio- Comic Experience on the
Anglo Venezuelan Frontier.
The Strained Relations between the
English Settlers and Their Ncne-
zueInn NeighbOrS-AnglO-
saxon Pluck Wins.
lspecial Kingston (Jamalca, Letter

"All is not coal that burns"-as the
miner said when the fire damp exploded
and shot him up the shaft. In like man
ner might the miners and settlers on
the Anglo-Venezuela frontier solilo-
quize that call is not peace that's quiet'
when they find themselves, as they oc-
casionally do, involved in passage Of
arms with the Venezuelan frontier
guards who have acquired an awkward
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02

"And shan't skassly go to Cheyenne
mot this time. I'm goin' over to the
hill to think it overland to kick my
self-and to lgger it out,-and to hang
right around these yere parts and let
you and Cheyenne and that conductor
from st. Louis go to grass ard be
hanged to you!" M. QUAD.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
A Neccssnry measure.

eve had to have little Dicks pretty
golden curls cut of"
'"That was too bad"
Eyes; but his mother couldn't stand
the bad language he used when she
combed the tangles out."-Chicago
Record,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02
PLAYERS BADLY INJURED.
Baldwin University Football Team in n
Badly DemOralized Condition.

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. a. Baldwin
university has football sensation.
The u went to Tiffin, played the Tifin
team and arrived home with one of it's
players seriously injured and the
others badly bruised and battered.
They left one member at Tiffin also in
a dangerous condition. Capt. Reed has
conclusion of the brain and was still
unconscious. Full Back Young, coach
for Baldwin, is suffering from injuries
to the head and was still delirious at
last repOrtS,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-12-02

Don't you think Mrs, leighton is
fearfully affected?"
well, I'd hate to believe such man.
ners were natural."-Chicago Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
To Be Married at salem.

Mr.. B. Frank Meredith, bookkeeper
at the Oregon state penitentiary, and
Miss Amelia Metschan, daughter of
State Treasurer Phil Metschan, will be
Joined in matrimony at the latter's
home on the evening of Wednesday, the
18th inst. The groom elect is thesson of
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Meredith; he is a
native Salemlte. most obliging and
faithful employe, and has a host OF
friends and acquaintances who will wish
him much joy when he becomes bene-
dict.-Salem Statesman.
Mr.. Meredith also has many friends
in this city, who will join his Salem
friends in their best wishes. His aunts,
Mrs. D. NJ. French and Miss Adams, ac-
companied by Miss Bessie French, left
this morning to attend the wedding,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Laughlin and Mr.
Frank French Will also be present.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
Two Enterprlsing Kliokltat Girls:

In November. 1896. says the Agricul-
turist, two girls in the lower portion of
Klickitat county, invested $3.50 IN a
band of sheep, believing that McKin-
ley's election pressaged high wool and
general good markets. That they were
wise, even beyond the usual brilliancy
of their sex, is proven by the result Of
their purchase. During last summer
they made two sales of wool and sheep,
receiving on one occasion $1460, and on
another $500. The books in the tran
saction were closed on Saturday, when
the remainder of the band brought to
the young ladies in cold cash, $5220. As
will be seen, the net profits approximate
$560O-which-- isn't bad for one-year
"fyer" on an Investment of $500. 1t is
perhaps unnecessary to add that these
maidens, who by the way are as pretty
and charming as they are wise, have
lost none of their Republican ideas since
the closing of the deal.
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NoTlcE--sALE o. cITY LOIS.


Notice is hereby given that by au-
thority of ordinance No. 292, which
passed the Common Council of Dalles
City April 10th, 1897, entitled, An or
dinance to provide for the sale of certain
lots belonging to DalIes City, will, on
Saturday, the 18th day of May. 1897,
cell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, all the following lots and parts
of lots in Gates addition to Dalles City,
Wasco county, Oregon, to-wit:
Lots and 10 jointly, in block IA; lots
Ia, 8, and 10, jointly in block Is; lots
IA, s, 9, and 10, jointly in block 2l,
known as butte; lots 10. IL and II, in
block 27; lot 9 IN block "a; lots 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, z, s, 9, 10 and Ill I block 30 /;
lots 2, 8, A, s, 8, 10, IL and 2 in block
So; lots 3, 4, 5. 6, z. 8, 8. 10, IL and
u, in block 81; lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9, 10, IL and II, in block AZ; lots l, z, 8,
4, s. g., 10 and IL, in block 43; lots l. 2,
3, Z, 10, IL and -. in block Al, and lots
L, 2, 3, a, 5, 6, in block 40.
The reasonable vRlue of SAL lots, Tor
less than which they will no. he sold,
has been fixed ard determined. by the
Common Council of Dalles City as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Lots and 10. in block IA, $50; lots
z, s, 9 and 10, jointly in block 10, $500
lots Z, 8, and 10, Jointly in block 81,
4
block 81, $225; lot II, in block 27, $500
lot 8, in block "a, 500; lots 2, 8, 4, 5, 8.
9, 10 and IL, in block 35, each respect
| lively 500; lots and z, in block 35,
each respectively $l25; lots 2, 3. A, s, 8,
10 and IL, in block Sc, each respectively
500; lot IL. in block SO. $l25; lots 5, A.
| 5, s, 9, 10 and IL, in block 81, each re-
spectively $10o; lots 6, z and y, IN
block 81, each respectively $laSl $l2Si
Al, each respectively 500; lots /
| Z and l2, in block Al. each respectively
| SIPS; lots 8, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and IL, in
block AZ, each respectively 800; lots :.
| 6 and II, in block AZ, each respectively
1925; lots 2, 8, 4, 5, 9, 10 and IL, in
block 43, each respectively 500; lot 1
in block 43, $l25; lots 2, 8, and 5, in
and 6, in block 46, each respectively
\ Each of these lots will be sold upoI
the lot respectively, and none of then
will be sold fora less sum than the value
thereof, as above stated.
One-fourth of the price bid on any o
said lots shall be paid in cash at th'
time of sale. and the remainder in thre'
| equal payments on or before, one, two
| and three years from the date of saiC
sale, with interest on such deferred pay
mente at the rate of 10 per cent pc
annum, payable annually provided
that the payment may he made in ful
at any time at the option of the pur
chaser.
The said sale will begin on the 15tl
day of May, 1897, at the hour Of
O'Clock p. m. of said day, and will con
tinue from time to time until all of sal,
lots shall be sold.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1897.
ROGER B. SINNorT,
Recorder OF Dalles City.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14

After meals you should have simply
feeling of comfort and satisfaction. You
should not feel any special indications
that digestion is going en-. If you do,
you have Indigestion, which means not
digestion. This may be the beginning of
80 many dangerous diseases. that it is
best to take it in hand at once and treat
it with Shaker Digestive Cordial. For
you know that indication makes poison,
which causes pain and sickness. Aud
that Shaker Digestive Cordial helps di-
gestion and cures Indigestion. Shat er
Digestive Cordial does this by providing
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
Don't be persuaded into buying lini-

Don't be persuaded into buying lini-
ments without reputation or merit
Ckamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
and it's merits have been proven by q
test of many years. Such letters az the
following, from L. G. Bagley. Hueneme,
CAL, are constantly being received !:
''The best remedy for pain have ever
used is amberlaiu's Pain Balm, and I
say SO after having used it inimY family.
for several years" It cures rheumatism
lame back, sprains and swellings. For
sale by Biakeley & HonGhton.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
Color Line in British Army.

CoIOF Line IN BrTttsh Army.
\ With all England's condemnation of
the social disadvantages to which the
cplored race is subjected in the United
States, she is giving abundant evidence
Of being imbued with radical preju-
-dices that are every bit as strong.
Thus, the volunteer regiments of the
great universities have declined to ad-
nit to their ranks students of Indian
or of African origin, and a number of
other volunteer and militia corps, in
cluding the Inns of Court battalion,
composed of members of the legal pro-
fessions have followed suit.
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NOTICE.

L have a stray horse, a roam, 8 years
old, branded with figure 2 on the right
hip, at my place ON three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. SETH MORGAN.
The Dalles.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
To the Traveling PoDlie.

We wish to say that the new and cen
trally located house, formerly known as
the Red Front hotel, has recently
changed hands, and will hereafter be
known as the Central Hotel, located at
the corner of Second and Jefferson
streets, one block from the o. r. & N.
depot, MRS F. CAMPBELL,
MRS. NJ. MCARTHUR.
10 2t Props.
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a Powerfu1 Beacon.

The French lens which throws cleo
trio rays 100 miles to seaward and
which was part of the French govern
ment's exhibit at the Columbian ex-
position is to be placed in the Barnegat
IN. J.) lighthouse, where it will be the
most powerful beacon on the American
coast
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the county court for keep
ing the county charges by the week for
the ensuing year. All bids must be
filed with the clerk on or before the 5th
day OF January, 1898, at 9-o'clock a. m.
Court reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. A. NJ. KELsAY,
County Clerk.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14

the digestive materials in which the
sick stomach is wanting. 1t aleo tones
up and strengthens the digestive organs
and makes them perfectly healthy.
This is the rationale OF Its method of
cure, as the doctors would say. Sold by
by druggists, price 10 cents to $l.0O per
bottle
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-14
EmuIovment Wanted.

A widow with several children would
like to move to The Dalles to give her
children schooling, and desires employ
ment, chamber work preferred. Adj
dress Mrs VIM. SHARER,
Chenoweth. Wash.
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Notice.

AS I desire to close out my entire
stock of stamped linens, consisting of
center-pieces and doilies of all sizes and
styles, will sell the same at actual
cost. M. E. BRIGGs.
dec9 At