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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04
Last Act of a Tragedy.

Dom Raul kruRers resignation or
the presidency of the South African
Republic marks the definite date of
the disappearance of that republic
from among the worlds governments,
to be followed by its entry into his
tory as a Grown Province of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and Empire of India.
There is a pathos in this overthrow
of a free government by q ruthless
and imperial antagonist. Whatever
the faults of the Transvaal Dutch,
they had all the virtues OF freemen.
They were brave, honest, frugal. in
dustrious-s God-fesring people who
loved their homes and their kin and
their native land with q surprising
love. Their qualities were the quail
tiles of which the worlds pioneers
have boosted from the beginning of
time. They had in them the making
of glorious nation, and their his
tory. now terminated in tragedy, is
already rich in glory
In nothing Is it more glorious than
in the record of the Beers death
struggle against overwhelming odds
The defense of the Trsnsvaal by Dom
Paul kruger's people constitutes a
story of heroism unsurpassed in the
worlds annals. IF ever patriots have
lived, the Beers were patriots. II
ever patriots have proven the power
of patriotism to make men go gladly
and proudly down to bloody graves,
this proof has been furnished by the
Boer people. For nearly one long
year of the supremest trial known to
men in the like peril, IN a struggle
which was hopeless from the begin
nlng, they, the weakest of nations,
have held back from contaminated
conquest the worlds greatest and
most militant power. Even ia their
final downfall there is a dignity which
appeals with irristible force to every
manly soul.
Dom Paul Kruger IN fight, letting
fell f1om his worn and Wearled shoul=
ders the robe of Office; Joubert, the
soldiery hope and pride of his people,
dead from wounds received IN battle;
the indomitable Cropje, a home
Yearning exile on the bleak rock of
st Helena; the desperate Boths, still
fighting, all his sons killed IN battle
and his wife dead of broken heart
these are the Boer figures that come
before the minds eye in the settling
of this final act Of the Transvasl trag-
edy. They are heoric and accusing
figures. They cry to the whole civil
-izsd world a reprosch for the sin
against civilization which allowed
their beloved country to be subjugat-
ed by empire. They call down upon
highlands head the curse of the blood
OF patriots shed for their native land.
Svch voices do not die away from the
hearing of God or man. The gov
eminent that has so ruthlessly wiped
out the Boer people as nation. and
the governments permitting that crime
especially that great republic upon
which the little Boer republic was
modeled-stand indicted for an of
Tense of singular heinousness in its
cruel disregard of human rights.-St.
Louis Republic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04

Here is an actual incident which
happened under the administration
of VIM Mckinley and 81 Clay Evans.
In 1861 young woman sent her new
~ married husband to the front, kept
him there till '65 while she cared for
the farm; later he returned unblem-
Ished and never asked for a pension.
They raised large family of boys
and when the Spanish American war
broke out one went to Cuba, two to
Ohicksmaugus and one to the Philip
pines. A couple of those boys never
returned Since the one was killed
in the Philippines the father died,
and being poor the old, grey headed
mother and widow asked for q PEN
elon. The first question which this
veterans wife, this hero's mother had
to prove was, "Are you woman of
good moral characters" Old soldier,
suppose you should die. aud your
wife should ask for a pension; would
you want II. Clay Evans rs pension
commissioner? Yet Mckinley has
refused the petition of thousands of
soldiers to remove him.-Beloit Call.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04
Prevented A Tragedy.

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Long, of New Strsitsville, O., saved
two lives. A frightful cough had
long kept her awake every night.
She had tried many remedies and
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04

''Sheriff's posse fires on crowd Of
rioters Two persons slain. A man
and little girl fall dead at first fire"
These are the telegraphed lines IN
the papers Saturday evening referr-
ing to the Pennsylvania coal miners'
troubles, in these prosperous McKin-
leg times. These men are earning
from $I5 to $40 per month, and are
shot down like dogs when they assert
themselves. The very coal that these
poor fellows dig at this meager salary
is sold on the Beloit market at SO TO
So per ton. This is what comes of
trusts in these prosperous Mckinley
tunes. Don't It make you sick at the
stomach 9-Beloit Call.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-10-04

Small pox has made its appearance
IN Rawlins county according to the
Atwood Citizen.
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Many>UI the large red ants are slave holders, and, oddly enough, their slaves are invariably black, much as is the case with the human race When slaves are desired by a colony of ants, 8 regular army of invasion is formed, and skirmishers and scouts are sent on ahead to discover a nest of black ants This having been found, the warrior nnts-insects quite different from the ordinary workers, with powerful jaws set out to invade their neighbours teS- ritory and carry away the eggs and pupR to their own nests. A fierce bat tie ensues, but the invading ants are always victorious.
 On returning to their own colony the young of their defeated foe are taken Into their nests and carefully treated until they arrive at maturity, when they become the willing bondsmen of the conquerors of their parents, doing all the hardest work of the community, even to the length of feeding their cap tors. The latter, however, is not en- tlrely a needless humiliation to subject them to, as some species of slavehold ing ants are incapable of feeding them. selves and would die of starvation k the midst of plenty were it not fol their slaves.-Eansas City Independ
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Nature at times gratis branch into another or into the trunk of the tree, probably when friction wears off the bark down to the growing layer, so that union is possible. In all grafting, it is essential that the inner layer of the bark come into contact with that of the stock in which the graft is made, though it be only one side of the graft, as in cleft or split grating.
 It may not be generally known that the fluid which surrounds the oyster bears a closer analogy to the gastric secretion than anything else in nature. In addition to the solvent properties of this fluid it is not without its nutritive properties. Consequently all persons who are accustomed to eat oysters should be ever mindful that as little as possible of the juice should be lost.
 There was recently added to the aquarium at Calcutta a gigantic crab, about two feet in diameter across its shell, and having legs three feet long, which was captured in drag-net in the Indian Ocean about a mile from the shore and at depth of forty-five fath- oms. After being placed in a large | tank it devoured the fish and smaller crustaceans that were its fellow prison CTS, and later in the evening surprised it's keepers and visitors by emitting a white phosphorescent light, strangely Illuminating the gloomy corner where it had concealed itself between two boul- ders.
 The village of Bracket, in Belgium, enjoys the fame of having originated one of the most celebrated of domestic fowls. The Belgians do not hesitate to
 assert that the Bracket hens are un
 equaled for the excellence and number
 of their eggs, while the roosters have
 developed, thanks to generations of cul
 tivation and the influence of Growing
 tournaments" a power and rhythm o1
 voice equally unrivaled. The breeders
 have a theory that the musical contest:
 in which the Bracket roosters are train
 ed serve to develop the peculiar quail
 ties of the race. However this may be
 1t is certain that cultivation has differ
 entiated these fowls from all others.
 Among the more recent tasks imposed
 upon that busy new servant of man . electricity, is the acting as an assistan ip the operation of dyeing. Whel cloth soaked in aniline sulphate 1 , placed between two metal plates con nected with the opposite ends of dynamo, and an electric current | passed through it, the sulphate Is COT } verted into aniline black. By alterin , the strength of the solution and of tn 7 current, shades varying from green t pure black can be obtained. In the cas of indigo, the cloth is impregnated wit
 a paste of indigo blue and caustic alkal f The electric current converts the inso uble indigo blue, by reduction of oxy l gen, into indigo white, which is solubl, v and on being exposed to the air become T oxidized once more and turns blue, thu f thoroughly dyeing the cloth with ths o | color
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As She Descrihed If.

It was the first day of school. The bell had tapped. and the little children of the secondary primary were sitting upright in. their seats, hands properly folded and with round eyes fixed on the new teacheE taking a mental in- ventory
 She was bit nervous. It was her first school. The children made her 'fidgety," they stared at her so hard and watched her so narrowly.
 She began to feel like a mouse that Is within the clutches of a cat She cast about wildly in her mind for some occupation to begin the first day. She regretted bitterly that she had not ar. ranged some definite plan of campaign Then Der face frightened. She would find out what the children already knew. Question followed question touching on divers subjects.
 "Now, who knows what a skeleton lsY' asked the teacher, smiling coax ingly.
 The little girl wearing the pink ging ham apron and occupying the back seat waved her hand wildly and work ed her mouth in frantic endeavor to ge teacher" to look at her.
 "Well, what is it?"
 "A skeleton" said the tot, twisting her apron in her fingers, lis a ma1 who has his insides outside and hi outsides off. f."-Denver Times.
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The Unique I4us.. .-


 The horn of unicorn was shown al Windsor castle and in 159S was valued at over f10.000 Lewis Vertomannus, a. gentleman of Rome, saw with his own eyes two unicorns presented to the sultan of Mecca by king of Ethiopia. They were in a park of the temple of Mecca and were not much unlike a colt of 30 months of age. This was in 1903. The animal became extinct about the end of the seventeenth century.
 The unicorn is represented in the ruins at Persepolis, and it was adopted by the Persians as the emblem of speed and strength. In the middle ages ii was the symbol of purity. The unicorn hated the elephant, and it used to whet fits horn on stone before it struck the foe in the abdomen. No family, by the way, should be without one of these horns, the average length of which Is four feet. They defend from witch craft. Thus Torquemada had one al ways on his writing table Further more. a drinking cup made from one will be a safeguard against poison, as will the ground powder put in drink and indeed the wells of the palace oi St. Mark could not be poisoned in the good old days of adventure because these beneficent horns had beer thrown into them. Unicorn's horn was formerly sold by apothecaries at $12( an ounce.-BoSton Journal.
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THE BELLA VISTA RANCH.
A Famous Property That Will at Once Become the Scene of Extensive Oil
 Operations,

The late Creed Raymond, famous as a lawyer and politician and man Of wealth, created on the Bella Vista ranch in San Mateo county, a country seat, where he sought rest from busi- ness.
 After Mr. Haymond's death the prop erty was purchased by Henry H. Da- wis, the well-known attorney, of APO California street, San Francisco. The profuSe oil seepages on the ranch were known to MT. Raymond, and he often spoke of development, but nothing was done in that line until MT. Davis acquired the property. Recent inves- legations by Gil experts determined MT. Davis to organize the Bella Vista oil syndicate, comprising well-known San Francisco and Kansas City business men and capitalists. The president of the company is Dr. A. E. NeumeisteI of Kansas City; first vice president is Henry H. Davis. of San Francisco; Charles F. O'Brien of Kansas City is secretary. The assistant secretary and manager is Thomas Gilbert of SaI Francisco a practical oil man of many years experience.
 The Bella Vista oil syndicate opened Deautlful once recently On the HTS floor of the Bush street side of the Mills building, where stock is on sale and where prospectuses and full in formation may be had.
 The capital stock is S1,500,000, th' shares $1 each, par value, non-assess able A limited amount of stock il offered to investors at 10 cents pc share. Offices have also been opened at Kansas City.
 It is proposed to begin at once t develop the Bella Vista ranch, the en tire 1900 acres of which it is believe, to be first class oil territory. Tn property is eighteen miles west iron Redwood City. is abundantly supplie with wood and water, and will at ono become the seat of active oil develop ment.
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IT RAINED BATS AND HAWKS.

Bats Blew Aboard the Ship from the
 East and Hawks from the West.
 The steamship Curityba, which ar rived at New York the other day from Cuban ports, had a weird experience with winged things on her trip up the coast. When she was off Matanzas an off-shore gale permeated with tropical moisture, piled the combers about her. On the blast came thousands of land birds and big bats. Mate Bregman says the bats literally covered the ship, roasting on all the rails. He says they appeared to be "cross between vam- pire and a squirrel" When the wealth CT moderated and dawn came the bats were near enough to one of the Baha- mas to venture leaving the ship.
 A hundred or more miles off Florida the Curityba was visited by what the seventh mate, who is English, declares was a flock of "heagles." The eighth mate says he believes they were "howls," and the ninth mate positively asserts that they were "'awks" What ever they may be called, Captin Hoppe and his men captured two of them which measure, according to the new ultramarine reporter who was sent out by the ship news experts to get the yarn, "about eight feet from tip tc tip." There were altogether twenty eagles or hawks or owls in the flock The news collector at quarantine re ported the invasion of birds thus:
 "On Thursday, when off the coast ot Florida, two hawks, much exhausted flew aboard the steamer and rested o1 the vessels spars. One of the crew went aloft and secured the birds. On the following day a large number O birds were sighted; some flew near tn, steamer. Captain Hoppe shot one bu failed to secure 1t as it fell into tn water. Another in trying to alight fel into the funnel and was burned in tn furnace. All the birds appeared to b exhausted, and had evidently bee blown off the land. The two capture birds are hawks of the species common ly known as fishing eagles"
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arrangement with a Duluth audience.

engagement with a Duluth audience. There were only three persons in the church that knew the secret, and great as the general enjoyment of the lecture was these three had an enjoyment in it that was all their own. One was the manager of the local lecture bureal, and the other two were business men.
 When Dr. Hills reached Duluth he came iauntily attired in short trousers and polka dot stockings, hardly a fit outfit for the lecture platform. He had slipped a fishing trip into his lecture itinerary, and he reached Duluth fresh from that sport. He expected to meet his baggage there and get from it the attire that goes with his lectures. It did not become certain until the audi ence was waiting that the baggage had not come, and furthermore that it would not come in time to equip the lecturer for that evenings appearance.
 Luckily, there was friend at hand. One of the business men referred to of fered to lend Dr. Hills his dress suit. This relieved the situation. Now the business man is of heroic frame, though of about Dr. Hills height. When the | doctor entered his borrowed suit a grave discrepancy was noticeable, though 1t was not so serious that 1t seemed likely an audience would see ii in a large hall. The hour was late, SC the party proceeded to the church, be- | ing Joined by the second business man to whom the situation was explained.
 Not another soul in the audience no ticed the misfit, and the people in the secret were congratulating themselves on their success when the lecturer be gan to warm up to his subject. AS ht did so it became necessary for him tC make a gesture, and he solemnly raised one hand aloft. With 1t came the cos tune, and the broad collar, expansive shirt bosom, and massive shoulder rose until they threatened to enguf tn, features of the lecturer. The three mel in the secret at this caught the speak CTS eye, and with one accord the. shook their heads, indicating that sucl gestures would not do.
 A sparkle of intelligence and appre citation of the situation in the lecturer eye showed that he had caught tn hint, and for some time he refraine, from gesture. Habit was too strong however, and again the hand rose, an, again was his countenance threatene with extinction in the copious folds o his costume. The gesture was arreste at half flight, however-Chicago Inte Ocean.
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The Money In Ills Pocket.

A young Pit!sbuTger arose frcm his bed one morning and. dressing, went down stairs to breakfast. AS he sat at the table he carelessly put his right hand into bis trousers pocket and was surprised 10 find $7.25. He knew that when he retired for the night he had just % cents and had fallen asleep while wondering where he could bor- row n sney the next morning. He was highly elated over the discovery, for, although he thought long and hard, he could not remember how he had come into the possession of the money. After work that day he took a iend to the opera and later to supper. When he returned home about midnight, a brother stepped into his room and sa d Harry, did you pay that bill for me today?"
 The young man was almost dunn founded. It all came to him at once Shortly after he had retired the pre- vious night his brother had entered the room and, placing the money in his trousers pocket. said: Say, old man when you go down town tomorrow, wish you would pay Mir. - that bill I owe him. promised to let him have 1t by tomorrow"
 lsg The young man was dozing at tht ! time. and that accounts for his failure to remember what his brother had sai( to him. He was kept busy borrowing from friends to make up the amour the next day. and he declares tha hereafter his brother will have to pa. his own Pittsburg Chronicle.
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A Scotsman was walking along Traf- algar square one day. when he stop ped in front of the National gallery. Seeing a number of people going in, ScOttie walked in too.
 He was surprised to find he had noth- ing to pay, it being free day" Aft CT passing the turnstiles. however, he was asked to hand over his walking stick.
 Nae fear" he replied cautiously. 'T thought there wis some doc (cheat) when ye got in freer'
 He gave wink at the attendant and walked out.-Pearson's Weekly.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

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LEcTURED IN BORROWED SUIT
That Is Why Dr. Hills Made Odd Ges-
 lures to Duluth Audience.

Many people in the audience that re- gently greeted the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, when he lectured in Duluth, Minn., were somewhat puzzled by the expressions that fitted across his face from time to time. His actions
 too, particularly certain gestures
 aroused some curiosity among the ob
 serving, and many wondered if he wa: braving an attack of illness to keep hi:
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Bismarck on Diplomacy.

Men who think they are statesmen and diplomats by nature might, at any rate, consider the words of Bismarck
 Diplomacy" he says, ''is no shoe makers stool on which one can sit, stretch knee strap and put a patch on a hole; diplomacy is not cSaft which can be learned by years and developed by rote on a roller; diplomacy is an art"
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