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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-09

II. B. Abbott has gone into buinesS
again. He received a large order of
farm implements and machinery this
week and may be found at his old
stand. He reports that he has already
sold four binders.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-09

C. NJ. Poe, wife and daughter, Leila,
Ernest Bower and wife and Mrs.
FL ank Bower went up to Merton Sat
urd.9y night to visit over Sunday and
to attend the ball last evening.
Charlie and Ernest returned this
morning, but the ladies remained to
visit few days among their friends.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-09

G. NJ. Arnold had a letter recently
from his brother Gail, who is an ex-
press agent on the Burlington, sta t.
ing that he was Snowbound at St.
Francis for whole week after the
severe storm.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-09

Don't miss the play Clutch Jake
which the juniors give at the close c
their program at the opera houS
Friday night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
Count Zeppeiin's Air shin.

In view Of the fact that the German
government has recently purchased
Count Zeppelin's air ship for military
purposes. at high price. the follow
ing report Of by James T. Dubois, u. s..
consul general at st. Gall, will be of
interest:
"At the invitation Of Count Zeppe-
lin, was present at the trial ascent OF
his air ship on the afternoon Of July
2 at Manzell, on Lake Constance.
AT Z o'clock the great ship. 124 me-
tiers (407 feet long and IL meters (39
feet in diameter, containing seven
teen separate balloon compartments
filled with hydrogen gas. was drawn
out of the balloon house securely
moored to the float. In twenty min
utes all was ready for the ascent, and
the ship left its moorings, with Count
Zeppelin In charge Of one of the gon-
dolas and Mr.. Eugene Wolf, the IA
nous explorer. in charge of the other.
while Baron Bassus accompanied the
party as meteorlogist. At the moment
Of the ascent the wind was blowing at
the rate Of about 26 feet per second,
giving the operators good opportu-
nifty of testing the ability of the air
wheels to propel the great ship against
the wind. The cigar-shaped structure
assembled slowly and gracefully to
about so feet above the raft. The bal
ances were adjusted SO as to give the
ship an ascending direction. The pro-
pellers were set In motion, and the air
ship which has cost considerably over
S20e. 1000, started ,asily on Its interest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
ing trial trip. At first, the s,ip moved q

ing trial trip. At first, the ssip moved
east against the wind for about two
miles, gracefully turned at an eleva-
ton of about 400 feet, land, making a
rapid sail to the westward for about
five miles, reached an altitude Of 1900
feet. 1t was then turned and headed
once more east, and after travelling
about mile against the wind blowing
at the rate Of 26 feet per second, sud
denly stopped; floated slowly back
wards three miles to the west, it sank
into the lake, the gondolas resting
safely upon the water. The tine OF
the trip was about fifty minutes; dis
lance travelled. about ten miles; fastest
time made, five miles in seventeen and
one-half minutes; highest revolution
OF the propellers, 600 per minute;
highest possible revolution, 1900. The
cause of the sudden stoppage in the
flight Of the ship was occasioned by a
slight mishap to the steering appara-
tus, but the colossus floated gently
with the wind until it settled upon the
surface of the lake without taking any
water. The raft wss then brought up
and the ship was easily placed upon 1t
and brought gack to the balloon house
The weight Is 200 centneTs (22.00O
pounds. The cost of filling the bal
loon with hydrogen gas was $4,000"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
sE y ~ Il u d NE gfW j u q NNy ETTW

grandsire, didn't own q dollar in it.
He married twice-first q poor girl
who died when her baby was born;
then a rich young heiress, who also
died early in life leaving her money
to her only child, Gladys, your aunt
or half aunt; for you are the son OF
the daughter of the first marriage"
MY God! The mater is not my
mother?" cried Harvey, after stupe-
fled pause. He sprang to his feet and
gazed wildly from one face to the
other, with the look OF a man pierced
to the heart. Madam, madam. is this
true?" he imploringly asked. Then.
meeting Gladys compassionate yet
strangely cold look, with half sob
he threw himself into chair and
buried his face in his hands, never
moving until Phebe had finally ceased
speaking.
Helen said nothing; her burning
eyes were fixed on the housekeeper;
she knew she told the truth, and that
from the fair domain which had prom
ised to be her garden of Eden, she was
banished forever.
You know how your mother mar
ried. Mr.. Stirling swore he would
never forgive her; but he was a just
man, and sent her the money she
would have had when she came Of age.
1t didn't last long. Twenty thousand
dollars isn't much in the hands of a
gambler. And when it was gone he
went too"
Miss Gladys was at school when
your poor mother begged her way to
New York, her baby in her arms. She
did not seek her father; she knew his
unforgiving spirit, but she sent for
mel was in his service-from the
hospital where she lay dying, and by
her deathbed I promised never to for
sake her child, and to hide him from
her husband, Matthew Harvey, who
would try to make use of the boy to
get money from his young aunt,
Gladys. He was bad enough for any
thing. she said. l had little money
saved, and put you to board with a
woman i knew. always had 1t in my
mind to tell the master some day; but
he had heart trouble and I daresn't
do it.
Il hadn't chance to worry long,
for In few months after your mother
died he fell dead in the street, without
moments warning. Miss Gladys
came home for the funeral, and after
the first shock was over l told her
everything. She had tender heart,
my lamb, and wouldn't rest till she
had seen her poor sisters baby"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
oId.styls Collar pu,tons

I'm looking over trunk full of old
truck the other day." said the middle
aged man, whose utterances have been
chronicled in the New York Sun, 81
came across q lot of old shirts with
the buttons sewed on, and as I looked
at them l realized anew what the col
lar button means to humanity. There
have been greater inventions, surely,
but not many that have conferred a
more unmixed blessing on mankind.
The younger person Of today, accus-
toned to the collar button always, can
not realize what it was to be without
it. He can never know what 1t was to
have shirts with the buttons sewed on
or not, as the case might be. Not
so many years ago, when the collar
button was comparatively new, before
persons had to keep, as everybody
commonly does now, a lot of buttons
on hand, the man who had lost his
collar button thought himself entitled
to the sympathy of his fellows, but
wrung as he might be by that loss
he could not even guess at the an
guish that in the sewed-on button
days filled the heart of the man who,
when he came to put on his last clean
shirt, found that key button, the one
on the collar band, most important one
of all, gone entirely or only just hang
ing by thread! I knew man once
who had this happen to him and didn't
swear. That was the only great thing
he ever did; but have always thought
that that alone was enough to stamp
him as a most extraordinary man."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
NEW EYELASHES.
Languishing Eyes and Arched Brows By
Transplanting Process

AH"hsphHtihS Trocesss
TRANSFORMING eyelashes and eve
brows Is the latest thing In the way
Of personal adornment. Only the
brave and rich can patronize the new
method at present, for. be1.des being
painful and costly, it takes long time
to accomplish. In Paris and London
there are specialists who make a hand
some living out Of the process of trans,
planting hair from the head to the eye
brows or eyelashes. The specialist
works by putting in, not on, the new
eyelashes and brows wherever they are,
absent or grow thin and so cunning Is
he at his work that not even he clos
est scrutiny can detect any difference.
BY means Of the new process, 1t Is said,
eyes which are at ordinary times only
passable become languishing in their
expression, while eyes which were pre-
viously considered ugly have their
beauty much enhanced. Most of the
hairs that have been transplanted take
root and grow. but few OF thcm fall
out, and have to be attended to. For
the first month it is necessary to curl
the new eyelashes every day, but after,
that they are said to become properly
assimilated, and 1t is not necessary to
give them further attention.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
Tamworth swine.

A member of the American Tam
worth association, writing on that
breed of swine, says:
In the judgment Of the writer, Tam
worth swine have come to the United
States to stay. Beyond all question
they are going to prevail to an extent
that is little dreamed of now by those
who are inclined to smile at what is
looked upon as the uncouth form of
the Tamworth head. 1t is not improb-
able that some day Tamworths will
stand among the foremost breeds OF
swine in this country, not only in
numbers, but also In utility. And
wherever they are introduced through
out all our borders. they will exercise
a salutary and renovating influence
upon the swine industry.
In expressing myself thus, l know
that many who may deem it worth
while to read what is now written, will
feel like commissioning the man who
has been SO rash as to commit himself
thus. Even so, want to be distinctly
understood, that l believe Tamworth
swine to be one Of the most valuable
types ever brought to the United
States. am glad to be thus furnished
with an opportunity to put myself on
record. / believe that Tamworth
swine have before them a long era
of prosperity in the United States.
They are going to bring healing to the
types of grade swine that now abound,
especially in the leading corn growing
states, and which have lost their old
time stamina because of improper
feeding and injudicious management.
They will in time compel the doors of
every state in the Union to give them
ingress. They are going to furnish to
the eaters in this country the highest
quality of pork that it has ever pro-
duced. And whether the breeders
want it or not, their presence in the
land is going to force the breeders of
types, the opposite in character, to so
modify their structure that some day
they will bear a much closer re-
semblance to the Tamworth which so
many are prone to laugh at.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
.As Quick a. . Wink.

"As quick as a wink" is a proverb
of comparison. The rapidity of the
wink is, however, Of more interest to
scientists in Germany, who have lately
computed that in our waking hours
by winking once second on an aver
age man performs the involuntary
function no less than $4,000 times in.
a day. or in a year something like 49,
100000 times. Measuring the distance
that both eyelids travel as a quarter
of an inch, 1t is seen that the total dis
lance Travelled in lifetime OF fifty
years is no less than 1900 miles. on
one-third way around the globe. Z
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
THE OLD YEARS BLESSING.

/ am fading from you,
But one draweth near.
Called the angel guardian
OF the coming year.
II my gifts and graces
Coldly you forget,
Let the New Years angel
Bless and crown them yet.
brought Good Desires;
Though as yet but seeds,
Let the New Year make them
Blossom into Deeds.
II l gave you Sickness,
III 1 brought you Care,
Let him make one Patience,
And the other. Prayer.
If / brought you Plenty,
All wealth's bounteous charms,
Shall not the new angel
Turn them into Aims?
I brought Joy to brighten
Many happy days;
Let the New Years angel
Turn 1t into Praise.
II you list of Errors
Dark and long appears.
Let this newborn monarch
Melt them into Tears.
May your hold this angel
Bearer than the last;
30 / bless his Future,
While he crowns my Past.
"A. A. Proctor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17
Country. olas,. rae,orr Girl

Miss Kate Miller, of Fredericksburg,
Pa. Ia probably the oldest factory
girl" in the United States. She re-
Gently celebrated her slst birthday, and
for the last twenty years has worked
in the same establishment. She never
misses a day. turus out a full quota
Of work. competing vtth girls sixty
years her junior.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17

Lightning is visible at a distance or
$50 miles. Opinions differ as to how,
far away thunder can be heard. 4,
French astronomer who has made OBJ,
servations declares that TIL nder cam
not be heard at a great{ distance.
than ten miles. An Engld / meteor.
ologist has counted up to t,o' seconda
between the flash and the thundsz.
which would give q distance OF twsn-
ty-seven miles from the plsss WHARF
the lightning occurred. j
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17

Wen, this man of consecrated at
fuence is about to go out of the world.
He feels in brain ana nerve the strain
of the early struggles by which he won
his fortune, and at 60 or 70 years col
lapses under the exhaustions Of the
twenties and thirties Of his lifetime.
When the morning papers announce
that he is gone. there is excitement not
only on the avenues where the man
sions stand, but all through the hos
pitfalls and asylums and the homes Of
those who will henceforth have no
helper. But the excitement of sadness
on earth is very tame affair COM
pared with the excitement of gladness
In heaven. The guardian angel of that
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-17

II Is reported that horse meat Is be-
ing disposed of in Chicago as beef and
the authorities are considering the ad-
visibility Of passing rules governing
its sale. At present 1t is illegal to sell
1t under any name. There are thou
sands of foreigners in Chicago that
would doubtless be glad to get the
low-priced meat, and 1t would make
one more way Of getting rid Of cheap
horses that are now only burden to
their owners.
An English writer says that slow
walk does not come naturally to a
horse, for creeping gait, whether 1t
be in hunter, harness. or cart horse,
is the most provocative of fatigue,
Just as 1t Is In a man. II the horse Is
In good health, then 1t may be taken
as q certainty that the slow gait is
the fault of the human attendant, and
both would be all the better for an
awakening. Many slow horses and
slow drivers would get through twice
the work in day that they accomplish
now, and both would be fresher at the
end of the day. The creeping gait is
simply suicidal to both man and beast.
II the owner. groom or driver Of slow
walking horses wish 20 test the truth
OF the above. then let them go for a
quarter of mile walk with an invalid,
and they will find that the snails pace
has taken more out OF them than
would five miles brisk walk.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
THE FILIPINO

An American girl who has re-
turned from . trip abroad, says:
At the table naxt to at q London
restaurant sat . female missionary
from Manila, bringing home
3 boy Filipino, evidently ~ an aw-
full example of the table manners
OF that country. The missionary
was a short-haired lady, who wore,
among other remarkable things, a
sailor hat and big spectacles. She
beamed With pride "a she gszed
upon her convert. As for the con-
vert, be looked like miniature
edition of Aguinsldo, and ate like
a pet coon. That night we had
maccaroons, Now, little Aguinal.
do reasoned that it would be a
waste of valuable time to chew his
food, SO be bolted the macaroons
as he had successfully gobhled the
fore part Of his dinner. Whether
he did not get the right twist or
whether the macaroons were not
boys size | shall never know. L
only know that he suddenly stop
ped, gasped dlstressiuely, and
grew black in the fsce. The mis-
sionary lesped to her feet and
pounded the back Of her redeemed
heather till she herself became
hatless and bereft of her spectscles.
The head waiter prsnced over aud
banged the Filipino's hunched
shoulders Till it sounded like
drum corps. But his beady eyes
only bulged the more. Then they
carried the boy and his macsroon
out into the hall. where the head
waiter swing him by the heels till
yell popped from him that reas-
'ured US. But the missionary
sdy never forgsve me for the grin
he saw on my face when it looked
10 though little Aguinsldo's sweet
'oung life was about 10 be- cut
hort by macsroon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
yapancAe English.

THE Japanese students" says al
American teaching ii ;ha; country
are very fond of using long, high
sounding words. One day ! told Tt
story Of Jack and the Beansta!k' {.
one Of my classes Of young men anC
asked them to reproduce il in writing
I used the simplest possible English
in order TO make il easy FOR them Il
understand. and what was my surprise
when came 10 correct the papers 4
find the first one | took up began O.
follows: Once upon time there liveo
poor widow who, FOR certain ne
cuniary considerations, was obliged K
sell her cow Another one wrote
Jack said to the fairy: please ie-
me the way to the nearest hotel
And still another wr5te: The giant
said TO the hen that laid the golden
egg: horned an cEE. Borned an
other the same way" \ student asked
one Of the teachers in our theological
school to please teach him 'idiotic
English. \ student N some other
school WAS asked ~ make = trausla.
tion of the rroycrh. ont 81 sight. ont
~ mind TAis was ;ae result: The
blind are insane
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
LAZARUS.

/ When II. g. Guild, Of Salem,
made his recent trip through the
Art, stndios Of Eunope he saw many
things and writes:
"In Brussels I was fully nerved
to have my soul played upon by
the brushes of the old masters. A
Belgian was showing rs through
the royal museum, Of which hs Vas
vastly proud. We eazed at Rueb-
ems and Van Dycks till our necks
ached. ! felt my heart warming
up, when suddenly I caught sight
of an old picture, painted in the
year 14OO, called The Resurrec-
ton OF Lazarus .Lazaraus was q
heavily bearded gentleman, With
An exceedingly large head. He
was depicted as just crawling out
of his tomb. On his face Was q
sheepish look as though he were
apologizing for allowing himself to
be resurrected after all the trouble
they had taken to bury him. In
.tesi of joy or fear On fsces OF his
friends gathered to see him come
to life, the bystanders were frank
ly holding their noses, while they
Lazarus with looks OF
strong disapproval. One OF his
friends had even buried his nose
in the folds of his robe, an obvious
hint to Lazarus to keep his dis
lance till he was a little more alive.
Turning hastily from the Resur-
-ection, my eyes fell upon a knock
sneed Eve, with q face like
scared sheep, painted by the man
who had dug up Lazarus. All the
est of the time / was fit only to
yaze upon Davenport's cartoons"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
FAR NORTH.

One Of Uncle Sans most north
ern schoolboys is little eskimo.
His schoolhouse is located at Point
Barrow, Alaska, and stands on the
most northern portion OF land on
the American continent, and marks
the end of civilization in the Arc
tic regions. The site was recently
selected by the United States bu-
reau of education for a school.
The government has also estsb-
lished refuge station here for the
wintering of shipwrecked sailors
of the whaling fleets. The school
next to Uppernsvak, Greenland, is
the most northern, mission in the
world. It is securely built of huge
logs, having double walls to secure
warmth against the intense Arctic
cold. The daily attendance at the
mission varies from 75 to 100, de-
pending on the conditions of ira
vel, as many of the children come
on dog and reindeer sleds from
points 20 to rs miles distant
Lamps are required in the school,
house during the long, dark. Arctic
uight, which extends from Novem-
Der to February. The veather
ranges from 27 to AZ degrees below
zero. The teachers at Point Bar
row are completely isolated from
he outside world. Only once q
year the curtain is lifted, and they
'eceive their annual supplies, let
ers, papers, etc, by the revenue
utter Bear. The teachers an
,ounce that they never had more
quickly intelligent pupils than the
Wild Eskimos of the North.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
FACTORIES FOR DOG FEED.
4 Place Where Sustenance for AristocrAei<
CANNES IL Manufactured Wholesale

4 fIece Wnere sustenanco for ArtstOorAe10
CANNES IL Manufactured Wholesale.
One of the two factories in this coun-
try for the making of patent food and
patent medicine for dogs has been de-
scribed in the New York News. The
founder of this esta blishment was q
Scotchman. He was employed in Lon
don kennels, studied the needs OF
dogs, thought out special treatment
for them and finally took out patents
on foods and medicines, and in this
unique business amassed fortune.
On the ground floor the visitor enters
the receiving room of the raw materi-
ais. Thousands of pounds of butch
ers' scraps are brought here in the
course of month. Oatmeal in whole
sale quantities and tons Of herbs are
used The old-fashioned dogs bane,
boneset catnip and beef-root, under
various scientific names, find a use as
food or as medicine. The second floor
is occupied by four curious machines,
with great cylinder attachments AZ
ter the fat and meat have been sorted
they are ground separately in these
machines and then placed in great
wooden tubs where various mixtures
are added.
The next process seems so much like
the ordinary bakers work that one is
quite disposed to taste things, and
when the round and square cakes Of
tempting brown have been taken from
the brick ovens one really envies the
aristocratie dog. After cooling, the bis
cults are packed in neat pasteb board
boxes According TO size these boxes
are labeled FOR pet dogs, for grey
hounds and St Bernards. There are
prepared dishes for cats
Sufficient food to keep pussy for two |
days may be had for five cents. But il
costs pretty penny to keep dog. A |
large dog must have six or eight cakes. !
besides quantity of meat. The meat |
costs probably about ten cents and the |
cakes are four cents apiece. The most |
department is that Of the |
patent machines, at the top OF the |
building. The mixtures of herbs and |
chemicals are boiled in great kettles.
and the liquid is brought up to this
floor to be put in bottles of various
sizes and labeled cure for mango"
Imminent for sprains." and to pre- |
vent badness" Sure cures for seven
teen diseases, and pills as well as liquid
medicines, are made. This curious es-
also makes dog-collars,
log soaps, crates for carrying or ship
ping dogs, dog brushes and combs,
blankets and macintosh waterproofs,
= ith hoods, for greyhounds.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-05-16
HEPPNER hARkET PRICES.
Dwellings Of Belgian wsr&inrn~n.

The results Of the official inquiry into
the condition OF the dwellings Of the
working classes in Belgium lave jus,
heen published. According T. the ne
turn there were in Brussels on D>ecem-
her 81, 1870, 4e.6l9 families. Of which
ass we0e the families of workmen-
The number of houses in the city was
!9.S9+. inhabited by l6S,5s persons.
There are +,6ol houses inhab bited by the
working classes, les common lcSi.-ins
house.. au- %.iit Pl4eys 4 business
lbv t,u- Il utau f-r . Workman
averages M -. a mouth The Aye-a.-c
dailt wages II q WorssugrnAu = 8 ( J. &c.
O the I3-->4 WORKING -c,aS> .amlies iu
Brussels 10 46- have ,ccs>Iaual re-
course - public charity Uf worAin.-
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