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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

There Is a great complaint abroad,
says an exchange, about the way some
Of the canned goods are put up. 1t is
claimed by a New York paper, that
has been making special study of
this question, that the most poisonous
chemical changes take place when
fish, meats, fruits and vegetables come
in contact with the ordinary tinware
used by canning factories and through
stale goods. For instance, the New
York Evening Post publishes an &C.
count Of the conditions under which
Holsters are prepared for the market
and canned in different factories on
the continent. 1t (the Post) describes
the factories and methods as follows:
The so-called factories are mere
weather shelters. They are dirty and
abound with vermin. There is not a
firm in London, New York, Boston or
even Paris but has complained of the
dirty state of the packing, and thou
sands Of cases are yearly classed un-
salable, unless at very much reduced
rates. There is no restrictive legis-
lation over the methods used in can
ming. for the Holsters are caught,
canned, packed and carted away while
the guardians are snug in bed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

The words resident and citizen are
often used INTERCHANGEABLE in popular
speech, but where exactness of state
ment Is required the terms cannot be
made synonymous. A verdict was OBJ
tanned in the United States circuit
court for injuries received in an acct
dent. The case was appealed by the
corporation. In reviewing the bill to
formulate the appeal, the lawyers of
the company found that the plaintiff
was alleged to be resident" Of a
certain state, and they claimed that a
resident" was not necessarily a "citi-
gen." as required by law. The presid-
Ing Judge sustained this view and set
aside the verdict, and likewise per-
mitted the bill to be amended. The suit
was thereupon compromised, and as a
result the plaintiff received few hun
bred dollars instead Of the thousands
secured by the original verdict.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Regarding the fact that last year we
had the largest apple crop on record,
the following facts concerning this
toothsome fruit will be welcomed by
many. The Chicago Times-Herald is
responsible for their truthfulness:
patriots who set themselves to the
pleasant task Of helping to consume
this home product will kill two birds
with one stone. The other bird in
this case is the doctor. The apple has
remarkable medicinal properties, 1t
excites the action Of the liver, purifles
the blood, obviates indigestion, helps
the kidney secretions, and is pre-
veptive of throat diseases. 1t is an ex-
cellent brain food, Astounding in phos-
phoric acid In easily digestible shape.
Next to the lemon and orange it is the
best antidote for the thirst and crav-
ing of persons addicted to alcohol and
opium. 1t should be eaten just before
going to bed, as it promotes sound and
healthy Sleep"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

ceased to astonish her before she had
lived in the same house with the cous-
ms for a month. Within the same pc
Rod she was gradually reduced to the
position of cipher in the management
of the establishment. After that first
day Miss Field had not offered to abdi-
cate the seat at the head of the table,
except at the only dinner party they
had given. Then the handsome Mrs.
Withers appeared In pearl-colored sat
In and diamonds as the mistress Of GER
emonies to dozen substantial citizens
and their extensively attirea wives, en-
dured the two hours spent at table, and
the two duller ones in the great par
lors, where the small company seemed
lost and everybody talked as If afraid
Of his own voice. She was no gayer than
the rest by the time the entertainment
was half over. The atmosphere Of re-
spectacle stupidity was infectious, and
this pervaded every nook Of her new
home. In her brothers house she had
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
CHARACTER AND HYPNorIa
An Individuals Strength Is Pol
Against All Control. 4

An Individuals Strength IL Pc
Against All Control.
There would be little indeed in hyil
tism and the scientific world mi
rightly ignore its importance as a 81
ject Of investigation II 1t we're prov
to have nothing more in 1t than 4,
dominance Of one will over anoth NJ
the power Of so-called "suggestio
control human minds, says Hari
Bazaar. But as with any other sub! y
worth investigating, much more is
vealed to the student Of hypnotism than
that which he at first sets out to dis
cover. No sooner, for instance, has
he established beyond question proofs
Of the power of mind over mind and
of suggestion" in control than he Is
forced to recognize how little potency
lies in either when compared to that
great power Of resistance to them
which Is generated by an individuals
own strength of character. No hypA
notism in the world, as a great au.
thority has shown, can make a really
temperate person when under hypnotic
control, simulate or yield to drunken-
ness; nor can truly modest person be
induced to do that which would, In
waking hours, SAVIOR Of immodesty.
The man with true dignity Of SOUL
keeps his dignity intact, and one Of real
kindness of nature shows no glimm9r
Of harsh feeling. And thus, as can
readily be seen, one more proof fro
an unexpected source has been add9
to those already in our possession Cd
ing to show the value and power d,
character, Of that which a man in.
herently and intrinsically is, rathq
than that which he appears to be.
makes out, too, even a harder ca
against Adam, who need never ha
yielded to Eve but for a weakness n
himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

A Pittsburg burglars weakness for
pumpkin pie got him into trouble last
week. While robbing house he found
a big, thick, yellow disk of pastry In
the pantry and stopped long enough In
the performance of his duties to bite a
section out of 1t. He was in too great
hurry to eat the whole pie, and left
the prints of his teeth in the part re-
naming. A colored man was suspect
ed. His teeth filled the indentations.
He is now in Jail charged with rob-
berry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
THE WELSH PRINCIPALIrY.
Why Old-TIme Superstitions, Custom
and Flavor Are Preserved.

Why Old-Tlme Superstitions, Custom +
and Flavor Are Preserved.
It is related that an English lor
once said to his guests: "I have
mansion in Wales which | have nevd
seen but which I am told is very find
Every day dinner for twelve is sets
there and the carriage drawn up at the
door in case l should arrive" This
may illustrate, says a Scotch writer in
Lippincott's, the relation of Wales to
the average Englishman, for although
almost all the Welsh towns are merely
ten hours ride from London, there is
perhaps no other country in the world
lying so close to the center Of civiliza-
ton of which so little is known to the
outside world. Book stores may load
their shelves with volumes on all sub
jects but few books will be found
among them on this quaint, quiet and
perhaps most picturesque of all coun-
tries. The fact is, Wales is not much
visited, is lightly spoken of and little(
read about-not having produced a
Walter Scotland perhaps these cir
cumstances have done much to pre-
serve the place in its typical state ann
enabled the people to cling to old-time
superstitions, customs and language
and to present to a visitor uRiQud
and refreshing flavor wholly it's own.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
A Restful Trip.

Did you get rested?" Fogg asked q
Henderson on the latter's return fror
Europe. Eyes, 1 did," answered thu
traveller, Got into Liverpool Fr1dai
morning, reached London in the afyj
ernoon; went to Paris next morning;
left for Switzerland the day after that;
stopped there two hours; then started
for Berlin and did it up in fore
noon; back to England the next day
and caught the steamer just in time
Rested? By Jove, l feel like a new
man"-Boston Transcript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
The Name of Boston.

In the seventh century a monk
named Botolph-which means Bot
holp, or boat-help-founded church in
Lincolnshire, England, says the Ave
Maria. When town grew about the
church it was named Botolph's town,
which, after several contractions, set
tied down into Boston. From the old
town of Boston in England famous
Puritan divine emigrated to the New
England, and gave the name OF his
birthplace to the metropolis which be-
came his second hons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
DRINK WATER PLENTlFULLY.
For Nervous Diseases 1t Is Especially
Good. IA

For Nervous Diseases 1t Is Especially
Good.
The general tendency of people is d
to drink water enough, says an y
change, Pure water itself cannot
unwholesome, unless it is taken at Ton
low temperature, when food is eaten,
The reason for this is that Digestion
stops until the cold water in the sysI
TEN is brought up to the proper tenn
perature. In the Chautauquan the fol-
lowing advice is given: I'VE haH
proof that an insufficient quaint
of drinking water is a freque
source of disease. George Hen
Fox, M. D., professor of disea
of the skin in the New York College
Physicians and Surgeons, says in n
recent article on this subject: 1T
quite certain that few people drink
much water and l feel sure that ma
unpleasant feelings and symptoms
actual disease would quickly disappe
if the sufferers appreciated the valued
this best and cheapest Of all remed
(pure water).' DR.. Charles L. DaI q
professor of nervous diseases in d
New York POSTGRADUATE Medi'
school. in an article on diet in nervo
diseases, says: Water should be drum
between meals or before meals and
moderate amount at meals. At leash
three pints or about six tumblerfuls,
should be taken daily. American neu-
rotics do not drink water enough.
They have half dessicated nerves and
dessication increases nervous irritas
bility.'"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

An Ohio magistrate has refused to
unite in marriage young woman with
a convict just beginning ten years
term of Imprisonment, on the ground
that the man would not be able to sup
port and protect wife. This ground
Of refusal is so reasonable, and so evil
dent, that the wonder is that it is not
a long-established precedent instead Of
a novelty of judicial view.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

The Tennessee centennial exposition,
which is to open at Nashville, May l,
1897, will, 1t is said, throw open its
gates without o dollar of Indebtedness.
This will be the greatest financial
show ever seen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
SOME ODD DREAMS.
THE WRlTER RELATES Ills RE-
MARKABLE EXPERIENCE.
There Should BE an Interpretation
Physical Improvement Kept Pace with
tho Strange Visions and Their Regu-
larlty.

REAMs are not
without signii f.
canoe, especially to
those who have a
high-set purpose Ia
life, says the Meta
physical Magazine,
And as this sub
ject is of interest
to many, l will re-
late a series Of
dreams in my own
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

People expect too much credit for
behaving themselves properly, when in
fact 1t is really a debt they owe to
society.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
Was an Angel.

Mons. X-"Before married my wife
l thought she VIar an angel" Mons. q
And now?" Mons. X-"And now l
know that she was an angel. "-L'Illus-
re de PocSe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Two things which may be deemed
proper matters for legal restraint OF
prohibition in the near future are hyp-
notism and parachute descensions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Too many people feel 1t incumbent
on themselves to declare that every
little accident is the worst calamity
they ever saw.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
nnnd Advice.

"Mr. x has threatened to kick me
next time he meets me in society. If I
see him walk in what should l do?"
"Sit down. standard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
Commanding Insects.

The caterpillars are great eaters, the
different species consuming from five
to twenty times their own weight Of
food eaea day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

You can make lots Of Roadway some
times by admitting you are wrong
when you are not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

The world will tolerate q great deal
Of nonsense from people who pay cash
for their fun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
CHAPTER w.
ONSTANCE

ONO 1 ANCh al
swered by her ster-
eotyped, languid
smile, wondering
only at the compla-
cency with which a
man of her spouse's
years and shrewd-
ness hearkened to
the bold flattery OF
his parasite.
The exhibition
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

People generally appear funniest
to their neighbors when they are do
ing something in all seriousness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Lord Nocount (proudly)-T can trace
my descent from William the Conquer
or" Cynicus have been long
time on the downward path" Truth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07
PhilIipsburg Herald.

For hold-up purposes the Chicago
drug clerk Is a bowling success
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

The strong point in many mans
career is that he was too weak 10 do
any harm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Perhaps more good might be accom-
plished by ringing curfew for grown
people.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-07

Salt thrown on low coal fire wi
revive It.
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
A TRIBUTE TO ART.
The Maid OF aiilesia and the Beautiful
Venus dc Modioi.

The Maid OF Milesia and the Beautiful
Vents dc Modioi.
Somcw here in Washington - just
where is not necessary to the main point
at issue in this short article on the do.
velopment and undeyelOpment of art IN
the national capitals a mansion pre-.
sided over by woman Of wealth and
refinement. She is IA most artistic WON
an, too, and in her house are somo I'M
usually fine pieces of painting and stat
uary. There is also a Milesian maid, 10y
name Maggie, who knows u deal more
about housecleaning than she does about
sculpture, and Maggie has been trying
for long time to cultivate her taste uI
to the point of properly appreciating the
painted and carved beauty with which
she daily comes in contact.
Not many days ago the mistress aud
the maid wero going over the house with
brush and broom, putting it in especial
order for a musicale that was to bo given
TO few artists ard fashionablos, anc
the mistress observed that the maid Oh
three several occasions passed by viii
cold neglect of cloth and brush a beau
tiful figure Of the ''Venus de Medici,
in an alcovo just off the hall.
Here, Maggiel" she called. "Why
don you brush the dust of this figureF
(which wan, mom?" inquired Mag
gle with great innocence.
"The Venus thero in the aloove, O
course. See"-and the lady touched j
with her fnger-"ycu have left dust al
over it, -
"Yis, MON, " confessed Maggie, 'bu
I do be thinking for a long time, mem
that there aht to be something on it
mem.
1t Was o delightful and logical excuse
perhaps, but the lady could scarcely no
cept it, and Maggie's brush removes
even the dusty dIapery sho wished 4
leave. Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
His Grandmother.

A gentleman once asked Uncle Daniel,
a droll character in a Now England viii
lage, If he could i-member his grand
mother Il guess / can, said Uncle
Daniel, "'but only rs 1 saw her once.
Father had been away all day, and
when ho came home be found had failed
70 do something he expected of me. He
caught up "A rough apple tree limb and
walked up to me with it. Grandmother
appeared ON the doorstep with a small,
straight stick in her hand, and instantly
handed it to my father. Here, Joe, ,
said she, lick Daniel with a smooth
stick. And he did. Who wouldn't re-
member such grandmother az thnt?"
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
rhsnter Hat ordinnnce.

PITTsBURG, Jan. This city will fol-
low the lead of Chicago in the passage of
an act prohibiting the wearing of bonnets
OF hats by ladies in theaters Councilman
Leslie will tomorrow introduce an ordi-
nance, which already has the approval of
the majority of coun,imen, making 1t a
misdemeanor for ladies to thus wear hats
or bonnets. The enforcement of the law
will be placed in the hands of the director
of public works. The managers of theaters
will be held responsible for permitting
any infraction of the law. The fine will
be not more than S25 nor less than 50 for
each offense, and imprisonment may be
imposed for continued disregard Of the or
dinance.
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
sh.rmnn and the cahInet.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-GosSip connect
ing Senator Sherman's name with the
secretaryship Of state uader the Mckinley
administration has taken a fresh start at
the capital 1t is understood that Mr.
sherman has received an invitation to Wis
It Major Mckinley ut his home and that
he will leave for Ohio within the next few
days There is little doubt that the sena-
tor will on this visit he formally rendered
the state portfolio. and the impression
about the senate is very strong that he
will accept Indeed. it is asserted that the
senator has already been informally made
acquainted with Major Mckinleys desire
to have him fiji this important Office and
that the latter has been advised of the SEN
ator 5 acceptance in the same manner
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
JusT A coy.
Laurence Huttosi's "Reminiscences OF His
Juvenilo Life IN New York.


Juvenile Life In New York.
He was not ssgery good boy or vory
bad boy or a ytry bright boy or an UNI
usual boy in any way. lie was just a
hoy, and very often he forgets that he
is not boy now. Whatever there may
be about the boy that is comnendAble
he owes to his father and TO his mother,
and he feels that he should not be held
responsible for it.
His mother was the most generous
and the most unseflsh of human beings.
She was always thinking OF somebody
else-always doing for Others. To her
it was blessed to give, and II was not
very pleasant TO receive. When she
bought anything, the boys stereotyped
query was, "Who is TO have itg'' When
Anything was bought for her her own
invariable remark was, What on earth
shall do with it?' When tine boy came
TO her one summer morning, she looked
upon him as "a gift from heaven, and
when she was told that it was a boy,
and not a bad looking or a bad condi-
toned boy, her first words were, what
on earth shall / do with itY'
She found plenty ''to do with it, be-
fore she got through with it, more than
40 years afterward, and the boy has ov.
cry reason to believe that she never re-
GREETED the gift Indeed, she onco told
him, late in her life. that he had never
made her cry. What better benediotion
can q boy have than that?
The boy was redheaded and long
uosed even from the beginning--a shy,
/ dreaming, self conscious little boy,
made peculiarly familiar with his per-
sonal defects by the constant remarks to
the effect that his hair was red and that
his nose was long. At school for years
he was known familiarly as "Rufus,
"Redhead, Carrot Top or "Nosy.
His mother, married at 10, was the
eldest Of family of nine children, and
many of the boy aunis and uncles were
but few years his senior and were his
daily and familiar companions he wal
the only member of his own generation
for a long time, and there was con
slant fear upon the part OF the elder
that he was likely 20 be spoiled, AN,
consequently he was never praised ne
petted nor coddled. He was always fall
ing down or dropping things he was al
ways getting into tho way, and he coul
not learn to spell correctly nor Go ciphc
at all He was never in his mother
way, however, and he was never mad
to feel so.
But nobody except tho boy knows {
the agony which the rest Of the family
unconsciously and with no thought {
hurting his feelings, caused him +
the fun they poked at his nose, at In
! fiery locks and at his unhandiness Il
fancied that passersby pitied him as !
walked or played in tho streets, and ]
sincerely pitied himself as youth de-
tined to grow up into an awkward, tac
, less, stupid man, at whom the worl
would laugh SO long as his life laste'
, IA Boy Knew, by Laurence Hu
ton, in ST. Nicholas.
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
New York Biscuit Company Affairs.

CHICAGO, Jan. AT meeting of the
board of directors Of the New York Biscuit
company, called by the president tho res
ignation Of Mr. William II. Moore as pres
ident and director Of the company was re-
ceived and accepted, and MIR. !. Henry
Evans was elected president, and Mr.. Clnr-
ence buckingham was elected "A director
to fill the vacancies thus occasioncd. Mr..
J. w. Hazen was elected vice president,
succeeding Mr. Evans, and Mr. Frank O.
Lowden was elected general counsel of the
comDany
Evening journal., 1897-01-07
OLNEY TO BE EXAMINED
'VVill Be Asked to Tell How Mora
Claim Was Settled.
TIE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
senator Call Throws Some Light on spain's
Treatment of Political Prisoners In Gu
battle Loud Bill Passed In the House
After Hot Contest.


4 WASHINGTON, Jan I'm executive ses-
sion of the senate Mr.. Chandler offered a
resolution relating to the Cuban insurrec-
ltion that was adopted without debate and
o which may have an important bearing
lupon the attitude of this administration
4 toward the Spanish government.
4 The resolution directs the committee OF
|. foreign relations to investigate the subject
of the settlement by Spain Of the Mora
claim and to ascertain whether, in connec.
\ tion with the payment Of the $1,000, GOO
. involved any assurances were given To
!, Spah relative to the attitude of the Unit
4 ed states toward the Cuban insurgents.
r The committee was further directed to
:, ascertain from the state department to
whom the money was paid, the names of
all the attorneys in the case and how the
7 fund paid by the Spanish government was
distributed.
4 BY indirection there is an inference in
this resolution that points TO suspicion
\ in the mind of Mr.. Chandler that the set
: tlement of this claim. which was contest
ed for upward of 20 years before being
Il Maid. was not voluntarily made by the
4 Spanish government until it was satisfied
that it would secure a quid PRO quo for the
\ money thus turned over to the United
states for Antonio Mora and his attor-
I neys 1t is in the direction Of the attor
{ news In the case that suspicion is directed,
E and 1t is being quietly whispered about
that certain attorneys in New York city,
close friends of those in high places were
the chief benehciaries Of that fund that
not until these particular attorneys were
r called into she case did there appear to be
any determination on the part of the adj
ministration to press this case to settle
ment
All inquiries at the state department fol
r information as to who received this money
have been ignored, the department taking
\ the position that the money was collected
. merely as a trust fund and that it wH
4 not accountable to any one for the same 81
3 long as the principals were satisfied will
4 the distribution The mere fact that TN
4 senate has taken cognizance Of these III
y mors and directed one of its most impor
tant committees TO investigate the suhJec
may cause the department to change 1t
\ tactics and give up the information.
4 The committee has full power to sent
for persons and papers, and it is probahl
that within a few days Secretary Olne
may be requested to appear before it an
tell what he knows Of the Mora claim.