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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
HOW AUTOS HELP TRAVEL.
Easy for Automobile Tourists
in Europe.

The Touring Club of France is not
an association exclusively for the
promotion of automobilism, says
Consul Thornwen Haynes, of Rouen.
It's functions are much more vast, and
every tourist on the continent is in
debted to this gigantic organization,
often without knowing it, for the
amelioration of the conditions of
travelling. It's membership has in
creased to more than 10000. Its or
gan, the Revue de Touring Club de
France, is ont of the most widely
read of French journals. Its head
quarters are at 10 Place de la Bourse,
Paris; fees, five francs ($1) a year.
This club publishes each year an
annual giving all places of interest
on the continent, conditions and maps
of all roads, distances, hotels, laws
and regulations regarding tourists,
depots of petroleum, etc., and every
thing of advantage to the traveller.
An agreement has been reached by
the clubs of France, Belgium, Italy,
Switzerland and Luxemborg for the
exchange of privileges and courte-
sizes.
The headquarters of the Touring
Club of Belgium is II Rue des Van
niers, Brussels; that of the Touring
Club of Italy. via Giulini, Milan;
that of the Touring Club of Switzer-
land, Boulevard du Theatre, Geneva;
that of the Touring Club of Luxem-
borg, Avenue de PArsenal, Luxem-
horp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
THE SULTAN AND HIS WHEEL.

pears to derive great pleasure. His
latest hobby is photography, and he
has learned to focus properly, to
judge distance and even develop and
print.
The cinematograph has found it's
way to the far-off Moorish court.
Nothing that Europe or America has
since invented has given the sultan
more pleasure than the cinemato-
graph. He has had films of nearly
every pageant and principal event
that has taken place since the proc
ess was discovered revealed before
him, and has gone into ecstasies of
delight over them. The pictures of
the late queens diamond jubilee pro-
cession interested him perhaps more
keenly than anything else. At those
he is never tired of looking.
It is these things more than any
thing. else that have aroused in him
a passionate desire to visit London.
He longs to get away from the dull
monotony of his court and to see
the wonders of the western world.
But he knows that under the pres
emit regime it is impossible. His pref
erence for articles of American and
English manufacture is marked, and
his ideas along this line are said to
have caused great uneasiness among
the French, who insist on trying to
gain his favor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31

Automobiling in Rome has assumed
the condition of veritable craze, al-
though the way it is carried on in the
Italian city makes it appear that there
is no sport quite so dangerous to life
and limb. 1t makes the onlookers'
blood run cold to see a motor car go
whizzing by in a little street so mar
row that there is no sidewalk, or pass
ing the opening of a side street full of
cabs and bicycles, with no more APP
parent caution than if in the open
country. There have been several bad
accidents, but they have no apprec:a-
BILE effect on either driver or the pub
lie. The post office has taken up the
self-propeIled vehicles and will use
them for the earriag e~of letters-that
is, to convey the postman to distant
points, and in this way it is expected
that the delivery will be much more
expeditions. An additional impetus
was given to the-craze by the recent
visit to Rome of about so motor cars
on their way south. To the great Joy
of the local manufacturers, all bore
witness to the fact that the italian
vehicles are the strongest and most
satisfactory for long trips, being light,
durable, and comfortable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
where to Carry a Camera.

The best method of carrying cam
era is a never failing source of debate
among ,wheelmen who like to take
photographs while on their summer
tours. Almost every part of the BIZ
cycle where a camera can be placed
has been recommended. A careful
study of the question by the entire
membership of large Photographic
society resulted in the unanimous
opinion that there is but one place to
carry kodak on a wheel, and that is
on the rear fork of the machine di-
rectly under the saddle; the proper
place for the tripod being along the
upper tube of the frame. Many at
tempts have been made to carry the
camera on the head of the machine or
attached to the handle bars This has
two serious ntages-the vibra-
ton is the greatest at this point, and
too much of a load carried on the head
throws the bicycle out Of balance and
causes difficulty in steering.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Feast for a Vi1InEe.

In the Pyrenees mountains the
brown bear, which is as commonly
found there as it is in the Rocky noun
tains of our country, is looked upon
with a feeling akin to worship. When
a hunter kills n bear he has done a
very great thing indeed. He sends
word to al his friends and they assem-
BILE to celebrate the occasion. All the
village turns out to greet the return
ing huntsman and lend hand at the
stout pole on which bruin is carried.
When the town is reached the bear is
united and set upright on cart with a
stick between its paws and a pipe in
its mouth and hat upon its head.
Then a procession is formed, led by
the hunters, and the bear is conveyed
to the town hall to the strains of an
old bear ballad sung by the crowd
There toasts are drunk and then the
folk get to business. The bear is
weighed, skinned and cut up into por-
tions, which are shared among the
peasants, who think bear ham the
primest of food-and, indeed, there is
every reason why it should be.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31

It was with this resolve that for
weeks and months she kept a con-
slant lookout for the unknown. All
in vain, however; Notwithstanding
the fact that he Carried away with
him mental photograph of a charms
ing face, framed in fluff of brown
hair, with large brown eyes, and
rosebud mouth, quivering with the
look of frightened child, a face
which he told himself he could not
fail to recognize wherever he might
see it.
Nearly year afterwards Bessie
Ayres went to a neighboring city to
officiate as maid-of-honor at the mar
riage of her fathers niece. There
was to be round of gayeties, of
luncheons and dinners and theater
parties, and she found the bride-elect
bemoaning the fact that the best
man could be present only for the
wedding ceremony. A substitute had
to be provided for him even at the
last grand rehearsal. 81 wonder that
Mr.. Ross didn't choose some one who
had more time to give him." Bessie
remarked.
told Ned as much, but no, my dear,
he thinks more of Mr.. Benson than
of his own brother, and won't have
even him in his place. Indeed, I be-
lieve he is really grateful to Mr.. Ben
son for coming at all, and it is hard
for him to get off. You see the head
of the firm is i'll, and in Europe, and
only Mr.. Benson can fill his place.
AS it is, he comes and goes at night,
so as not to be away but one day"
Bessie was not pleased. In spite
of the serene confidence felt by every
one else that whatever Mr.. Benson
did was sure to be done well, she had
her misgivings, and the maid-of-
honor plays responsible part at
fashionable wedding. Still she was
wise, and held her peace.
The all-important day came. The
bride was a radiant vision in "sheen
of satin and simmer of lace" and
Bessie, after completing her own
toilet, turned away from the mirror
with the sustaining consciousness
that she, also, did credit to the fam
lily reputation for beauty; pink and
silver became her marvelously well.
Mr.. Ross and his best man were
waiting at the foot of the wide stair
case, as the bride and her attendant
came down for the start to the
church.
miss Ayres, Mr.. Benson"
Lloyd Benson instantly recognized
the girl of the street car. Bessie did
not raise her eyes-as her father al
ways said, she was a person of one
idea at a time. just now that idea
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
SONG OF TIE srREETs.

IBy an East Side College Settlement Boy
of II CYiddish).]
There's a charm in daily living in the
tlickets of the streets.
Nhere the pulse of men and women, while
they labor. throbs and beats,
While with many turmoils brewing, each
his daily task pursuing,
EVERY living human being in the vlstas OF
the streets
Runs the course his fate assigned him,
Little minds the strife around him
There's enchantment, magic, wonder, in
the mazes of the streets.
There's human hurry-scurry in the wind
ings of the streets,
Where the pulse of human labor, as you
hearken. throbs and beats.
while the smoke arises ever, proof OF toll
ing mans endeavor,
Strongest magic wands can never take the
charm from out the streets.
On the right the hurry-scurry,
On the left the hustling furry,
Make the life which adds the romance to
the turnings of the streets.
There's the poetry of motion on the pave
ments of the streets,
While the heart of bustling mankind, as 1t
passes, throbs and beats,
There's the fitting crowd of pleasure, but
in greater, stronger measure.
Sounds the tread of mankind's treasure,
grimy Labor, on the streets.
In the daylight, in the lamplight,
In tie gloomy, dreary midnight,
There are footsteps always beating on the
paVements of the streets
They who only see the squalor miss the
magic of the streets,
They who find but slight attraction in
strong Labor's throbs and beats,
Feel no charm in human motion, do not feel
the least emotion,
Think it all empty notion-they're not
worthy of the streets.
OF the ViStaS and the windingS,
OF the mazes and the turnings,
OF life midst human beings on the side
walks of the streets.
Elias Lieberman, in Stray Thoughts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
He Likes Bicycles and other E1rop-
can and American Inventions of
Every Descriptions.

The sultan of Morocco, Abdul Aziz,
whose embassy to King Edward recent-
" reached London, is a young man,
and in spite of the seclusion in which
he has been brought up, is well in
formed, as information goes, in his
part of the world. He has no educa-
ton of the western kind, but accord
ing to a writer in the London Daily
Mail, is exceedingly interested in
London, and would give anything he
possesses to be able to spend a short
time in the worlds metropolis.
He is exceedingly fond of western
toys, and has bicycle which he
rides easily and from which he APP
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
SAILS ON BICYCLES.
Been Introduced Into England
with Great Success.

Sails have been used on boats since
time immemorial. They have been
used on wagons by parties crossing
great stretches of open country, they
have been used by skaters, and ter
rife rate of speed thus secured, but it
has remained for two men in Africa
to use sails on their bicycles. The man
who first tried this combination is L.
G. Smith, a citizen of Bloomfont"in.
He first used a very small sail, which
he fastened to his bicycle by means OF
a strip of wood projecting in front of
the handle bars. This he found t., be
satisfactory, and he strengthened the
support by projecting the lines of his
bicycle frame until they met at an
acute angle foot or more in front
of the machine, between the handle
bar and the front wheel. The base of
this angle was formed by the short
front strip of the frame into which the
handle bar fits. At the point of the
angle where the two projections Joined
he placed his sail, a short mast support
ing the small balloon sail.
When Mr.. Smith had proved the
practica bility and charm of bicycle
sailing his friends and neighbors took
it up and enlarged upon his idea, maxi
ing their sails to suit their fancy and
convenience. So popular had this form
of sport become just before the cut
break of the Enghsh-Roer war tina the
sailors were known as the Free State
navy and every day found them cut in
squadrons maneuvering in elaborate
array.
1t is now announced that the sport
will be taken up in England, where BIZ
cycling is the rage, and there is no rea-
son why American boys and girls
should not find it good fun. A small
sail should be used by the beginner, as
there is danger that the machine may
become uncomfortable with too ex-
pansive a canvas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31

was the duty of the hour. She bowed
mechanically, and attended to the
brides train instead of looking at
the man who handed her into the
carriage.
It was not until the ceremony had
passed off beautifully, the wedding
breakfast was over, and bride and
groom had departed for Mexico, in a
shower of rice and rosebuds, that
Bessie found time for a really good
look at her fellow-second in the
great event.
Once more pair of blue-gray eyes,
twinl1ling with amusement, met hers.
For an instant Bessie felt dizzy, and
startled look of recognition swept
across her face, then she recovered
herself and smiled.
81 think I owe you five CENTS" she
said.
Indeed, why, and wherefore?"
ST think you know" she replied.
Besides, there is a years interest
due on the debt, and shall be glad
to pay it,
''You are a conscientious debtor"
said Mr.. Benson, laughing. "Will you
pay me with a cup of tea? Ned~tells
ne that you and 1 live in the same
city. Seriously, Miss Ayres, 1 have
been looking for you ever since that
evening. If only I had known you
were Judge Ayres' daughter! know
your father slightly, as who does
not?''
Bessie picked one of the flowers at
her belt to pieces while he spoke.
Mammals day is Wednesday," she
said, softly, whe0 he paused.
Thanks; then L may call? Since
my best friend has married your
cousin, you and 1 are connections, of
a sort, are we not? So this is au
revoir, not Goodbye"
And Bessie whispered: 81 hope it
it not good-by."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31

on each side of the drive wheel. The
latter is turned by double system of
driving gear worked by pedals on each
side of the large wheel. Each rider
is supplied with steering rod with
handle bars, which work in sympathy
with one another. At every revolution
the drive wheel covers a distance of
about 25 feet. The tire of the drive
wheel, which is the largest in the
world, was made to order.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Attempt at RefOrmatIOn.

The Ottawa Herald tells of the ar
rest of Leila Rush and Grace Kemp,
two young girls, prostitution.
When the girls were arrested it was
the intention of the officers to send
them to the reformatory, but it was
afterward found that both were too
old for admission to that institution.
The court sentenced each one to so
days in Jail. When they were marched
off to prison fearful halt was called.
The marshal was offered an abundance
of promises of good behavior. He pre-
scented the case to Mayor Hetrick and
it was arranged to have a suspension
of sentence during such time as the
good advice of the mayor and the mar
shall shall be followed by the girls,
who could not have been reformed by
a term in Jail.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Money in Raising onions.

Louis Bates took half wagonload
of onions to Pratt with him, just the
lower box full, and took home a check
for 5000 for them. A man with a
windmill can irrigate a small piece
of ground and be sure of crop of
onions every year. Mr.. Bates sold his
at $3.50 per bushe1 and did not miss
the time it took him to raise them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
IdIe Money in the schooI Fund.

A0AC AA0ACI An inc Scn0O1 Eu0us
The commissioners of the state
school fund have more than $500, 900
cash on hand and can find no place to
invest it. The entire fund amounts
to about 100000, invested, with the
exception of the cash on hand, in
municipal bonds of Kansas, but by
payments of accrued bonds, the cash
supply will soon become larger. A
four per cent. bond of a good county,
or of any other safe municipality, will
command premium, and since it is
unlawful and also unpolitic for the
state to bid for bonds, the school
funds cash will continue to increase
and its loans to decrease. Mr.. Cole,
the auditor of state, believes the
school funds only protection is for
the commissioners to underbid priS
vate capital; that is, to take bonds at
a lower rate of interest than private
capital is willing to lend on.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Have Trouble at Home.

Judge Smart, who returned last
night from Wisconsin, says that Wis
consir and northern Illinois were
scorched brown by the drought and
the judge wonders why the Chicago
papers and all the other papers of that
neighbOrhood pay so much attention
to the Kansas drought when they had
a worse one right up there under their
very eyes.-Ottawa Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
THE BIGGEST BICYCLE.
Constructed Especially for Ex-
hibitiOn Purposes.

Karl Jatho, the famous German
trick bicycle rider, has invented new
bicycle upon which he and his sister
have already given a number of per
formances in public. The gigantic ma
chine has two wheels, of which the
drive wheel has a diameter of about
80 feet, while the other, which is in
front, is of ordinary size. The frame
work of the large bicycle is so ar
ranged that it supports two seats, one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
A bridal Trip to Manila.

Lieut.. E. II. Agnew, recently as
signed to the Twenty-sixth regiment
for service in Manila, was married at
Minneapolis recently to Alice May Sex
ton, a graduate of the university of
Kansas. They left Immediately for
San Francisco.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Disease Secured Him a Pardon.

Matt Ailip, a negro sent to the Ran
sas prison from Wyandotte cou1ty for
= years for highway robbery, has
been pardoned by Gov. Stanley. The
negro is dying with a 1oathsome dis
ease and his presence in the institu-
tion is a menace to the health of the
other convicts. His brother in Galena
promises to give him home until he
dies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Alfalfa Seed in Demand.

There is a great demand in Kansas
for alfalfa seed this year. To obtain
seed, buyers from Kansas City are fol-
lowing thrashers from place to place
Seed in worth from SIS to Sc busheI
and little offered at that.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Heir to a Big Fortune.

A report comes from New York that
Mrs. Mary L. Deforest, of Irving, Mar
shall county, has fallen heir to SIS, OO0,-
600 left by her uncle, Henry Dolan, of
Brooklyn. Mrs. Deforest was formerly
librarian of the Atchison public Ii
brary, and for many years bookkeeper
and cashier of the Atchison Daily
Globe. She has been receiving $50 a
month for living expenses from her
uncle for long time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
killed a Large Gray EarIe.

j. II. Shaughnessy, a farmer east of
Peabody, killed a gray eagle in his
barnyard just as the bird was soaring
with young pig in it's talons. The
bird measured eight feet from tip to
tip of its wings. Around the neck of
the bird was strap with a brass tag,
bearing the inscription, Bangor,
Maine, 1873" Shaugnessy will present
the bird to the state museum at
Topeka.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Angry Woman at lola.

Mrs. William Watts, of lola, angry
because of remarks she alleges Fred
Eberhart made about her, secured a
whip and going to the cement plant
where he was employed, gave him a
sound whipping. The woman's hus-
band was with her and stood by while
the job was done.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
He Has a Prohibition Boom.

F. L. Martin, mayor of Hutchinson,
wants to go to congress and he be-
lieves he can get there by the prohi-
bition route Before Martin became
mayor Hutchinson tolerated joints,
but now everything back and front
is nailed up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
rerrorized The Town.

Henry Afulholland paraded the
streets of Milford armed with two
guns, shooting and otherwise terror
izing the people. For five hours he
did this until the sheriff arriyed and
nal,t<d HIM
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Baby Born i'm union Depot.

A baby was born in the Kansas City
Union station at four o'clock the other
morning. Its mother, Mrs. Eta Cor
der, whose home is at Osawatomie,
was on her way from Topeka, where
she had been visiting friends.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
BOstOnian Sarcasm.

Uncle George-Tom Taylor says he
noticed that you have grown remark
ably pretty.
Clara-So he has begun to take no
tice, has he? Probably he'll begin to
talk by and by.-Boston Transcript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
License Came Too Late.

John w. Fox, of Woodbine. died of
have been married that day to Miss
Flora TRACER, of White City. He was
sinking fast and while she hurried
for a license and a minister he ex-
pired
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Blue for Attorney GeneraI.

R. w. Blue, of Cherokee county, is
talked of for attorney general on the
republican ticket. There has been
talk of federal judgeship in the ter
ritory for him, but he is unwilling
to leave Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Cows Tramp1ed Her to Death.

Mrs. Casper Strohmeyer, near Tip
ton. was milking COW in the cattle
yard when troop of loose colts came
up and caused a rush among the cows.
MIs. Strohmeyer was pushed down
and trampled upon, receiving injuries
from which she died in few minutes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Tragedy Also Causes Insanity.

Mrs. Kerns, whose husband was
killed by lightning near Baldwin City.
is still demented woman. She was
standing in the doorway and saw the
lightning strike her husband and three
horses. She ran to the spot where
he was and in her grief carried him
about in her arms until the neighbors
arrived. She was crazed by grief and
gradually grew worse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Oil Wells in Kansas.

The geological bureau has prepared
an exhaustive report on the produc-
ton of petroleum in Kansas. The
production in the state last year was
74,714 barrels. There are now 100 pro-
ductive oil wells in Kansas. Fourteen
old wells were abandoned last year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Bachelor killed for Money.

Mat Brennan, a wealthy bachelor
who lived alone at Garden City, was
found murdered in his home, and $500
he was known to have with him was
gone.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Poor sideNn1lzr Are E1pensive.

L. w. Dicus, of Mound Valley, who
fell on a bad sidewalk in Salina and
received injuries, has sued the city
for $4,000 damages and his father has
sued the city for $4,000 for doctors
bills, ETC., for the boy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Must Pay the Costs.

1t is claimed that unless costs in
divorce case are paid there is no di-
vorce. The lola Register published a
list of people who think they are di-
vorced, but, not having paid the costs,
according to the records, are not yet
free.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-08-31
Can n ParoIed Convict Marry

Two state prison convicts recently
paro1ed by Gov. Stanley have married
since their release. The attorney gen
era1 holds that these marriages are
illegal and that the women who have
taken the paroled convicts ''for better
or worse have got the worst of it.