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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Tho Berlin Marrlaae Season.

Matrimony is SO popular in Berlin
during the first two weeks of April
and Saturday so frequently the par
ticular day chosen for the performance
Of the marriage ceremony, that the
city officials have issued a notice call
ing on all interested parties to consult
the said officials before fixing the day,
SO that the work may be distributed
over the week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
History Teaches But One Lesson

History Teaches But One Lesson.
The free traders, who we're all but
silenced by the great financial disaster
which followed the partial inaugura.
ton Of their theories in 1898 and who
were rendered dumb by the wonderful
industrial awakening resultant on the
re-establlshment of the high protec.
tive tariff, are once more taking heart
and venturing to parade again their
economic vagaries. We are told once
again that protection is wrong in prin,
ciple and disastrous in practice, al.
though Just how it is so IS not made
exactly clear We are told that the
country would fare well VI she des.
troyed the great wall which, now bars
from our shores the pauper made
goods Of Europe and the Orient. This
appeal sounds strangely familiar. II
has been preached in this qountry be-
fore and, sad to relate, has been
preached successfully. Time and
time again i has prevailed and every
time 1t prevailed industries were par
alyzed, business stagnated and finan.
cial disaster precipitated. Every time
1t prevailed, prosperity wds dethroned
and in her place reigned discomfort,
suffering. beggary and Want Never
has there been defeat 90 the policy
Of protection that has not been fol
lowed by industrial paralysis with all
Of misery and misfortune It entailed
Never has the policy Of protection
triumphed that prosperity has not fol
lowed in the wake Of Victory. Our
national history teaches but one les.
son as concerns protection. 1t is SO
plain that the wayfariDg man though
fool need not err therein. He who
runs may read. And yet there are
those who rise in the light Of history
and preach free trade, GTerre Haute
Tribune. ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

ton has just been announced, and
whose wedding will take place in
June, is the premier American traveller
and lecturer on foreign countries. He
was born in Chicago in 1870, and aft
err his graduation from the Harvard
school he began those remarkable
migrations in the description of which
he has given delight to thousands of
stay-at-homes as we'll as to thousands
of Travelled persons themselves.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
confederate scout In nIstresa

Skye Temple, one of Gen. Robert
e. Lees most famous scouts, is sick
ana penniless in New York. He was
wounded half score Of times in the
civil war and never fully recovered
from his injuries. His pains are so
great that he has to sleep on a pallet
laid on the floor, the movement of q
spring bed racking him too severely
when he attempts to turn from one
side to the other. Temple Is a mem
Der Of confederate veteran camp in
New York city. two members OF
which are doing what they can for
aim.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Mllllnn 10 Sacrifice One.

One Of the late Tom Reeds friends
and colleagues was telling a story the
other day illustrative Of the distin-
guished speakers opposition to the
Spanish war and interference in Gu
ba. About the time war was declared
Reed came out of his hotel one morn
ing boiling mad. To friend he de-
clared: Il would not give a drop OF
American blood for all the dagoes'
and negroes in the island of Cuba. |
would not give the life OF one Ameri-
can to save 100000 Of them. No, sir,
| would not, except-perhaps"-here
a smile spread over his big face and
he relapsed into his "down-east" drawl
yes. believe might sacrifice Sen
ator -" and he named senator
whom he held responsible for much
Of the feeling that resulted In the
war with Spain.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Popular Method of Suicide.
TYPES OF PECULIAR PRAYERS.
supplcation of Politicians Make Anus
ing Reading.
The professor says he finds Mr..

Suppllcatlon OF PolltlclanS MAKE ANUS
ing Reading.
The Philadelphia Record recalls
some political prayers made by chap.
lains of legislative bodies. 1t was
inoffensive, but in poor taste, when
a chaplain in the Delaware legislature
prayed: "Oh Lord, thy servants are
in a deadlock Give them the key"
During the last Cuban instruction a
chaplain in a legislature prayed THAT
the United States might supply with
arms, if necessary, those in Cuba who
were struggling for liberty" and that
we might insist upon upholdlng the
Monroe doctrine" The chaplain Of
the Illinois house prayed God to ICON.
tract the capaclous nav of the penal,
reformatory, charitable, and educa-
tional institutions of Illinois. May they
learn to be content with less money,
and may We who refuse to worship a
golden calf also refuse to worship gold
in any form" The chaplain of Popu-
list convention in Arkansas prayed
that the state might be delivered from
Democratic control. In the Colorado
legislature Dean Peck prayed that the
Populists and Democrats might be
resigned to their fate. A Populist
chaplain in Kansas prayed God to
palsy the brain and still the heart OF
the reasonable conspirators," to wit,
the Republicans. In a Massachusetts
campaign a minister prayed for the
triumph of righteousness, and then
broke out: "Oh Lord what's the use
OF beating about the bush? Give US
Briggs for Governor"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
BUYS FolLs FOR ROOSEVELT.
Professor Pavese Imports From Italy
Steel for Fencinu Lessons.

Steel TOR Fencin9 Lessons.
President Roosevelt has arranged
with Prof. Generoso Pavese to re-
sumo his fencing lessons immediate
ly after his return from the western
trip. The president showed great en-
thusiasm and told the professor he ex-
pected that other members of his fam
lily, Miss Alice Roosevelt especially,
would take up the foils.
Prof. Pavese has ordered from Italy
probably the handsomest pair of foils
ever made. Including mask and gloves,
they cost $500. The professor expects
to give them to the president and he
hopes therefore that the customs Off.
Gals will relieve him of the So per
cent duty the law imposes. The foils
will be for ornament. Pavese has or.
dered another set for the president for
practical use.
The professor says he finds Mr..
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Princeton University Growing.

The new Princeton University cata-
logue shows a total Of 1882 students
this year, against 1854 last year. The
number of professors and instructors
has increased from 101 to 10S. The
combined Princeton libraries contain
256,00O volumes, $4,000 having been
added during the year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
The Northwest for ProteetIon.

The claim has been made by Wash
ington people that the rebate Of duties
on coal for one year will cost the coal
industries Of the state at least two
million dollars and will throw at least
a thousand men out Of employment In
the state. We have the statement Of
an expert coal man to verify this as
sertion, Mr.. Bush, who has had charge
Of the coal interests Of the Northern
Pacific in the entire Northwest. In
discussing the effect of the law re.
Gently passed, Mr.. Bush said that It
will affect Northwestern coal proper.
ties to a great extent and 1t will even
be felt in Montana. American operat-
ors cannot hope to compete with the
Canadian mine owners, who we're per-
mitted to employ Chinese and Japan
csc contract labor. which is efficient
and far cheaper than American
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Cost of New York eulldIno.

A twenty-five story building is to
be erected in New York, 100 feet
square, and on land worth $500 a square
foot, or $1,O00,000 for 100 square feet.
The building, S25 feet high. will cost
only $1,400,000, only 40 per cent, more
than the land. Offices are expected
to rent for 50 a square foot-$S0O for
q room twenty feet square.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

system standing in the way, can the
United States make any proffer. We
are not saying that even if the British
preference no longer blocked the game
the United States could be persuaded
to take hand, but certainly, as mat
ters now stand, it is idle to talk about
any reciprocity dicker, least of all q
decker in which the United States shall
be the first to open up negotiations
Reciprocity with Canada is hopeless
under existing conditions and likely
to remain so.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
SOUGHT LIFE OF OFFICIAL.
Mexican Mob Threatened Governor Of
NeuVo Leon.

A mob of $4,000 citizens opposed to
the reelection of Bernardo Reyes as
governor of the state of Neuvo Leon,
Mexico, marched to the governors
residence in Monterey shouting
death to Reyes" and in a clash with
the police five persons we're killed and
many wounded. Gov. Reyes, who for
merly was minister Of war, and one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

AS to ]. Pierpont Morgan and his
personal property, II he paid $1,000.
900 for the art treasures he has in
Europe the presumption is that he was
taxed pretty heavily by the dealers
who sold them to him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Those unmarried women Of London
who have organized Society for
the Promotion Of Indifference to
Man" seem to have made a fatal
error. Why natter that conceited
creature man by giving him to be-
lieve that any such promotion is
needed?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The Syracuse clergyman who de-
clares that women's clubs are respon.
sible for the destruction of domestic
happiness thinks, perhaps, that mems
clubs have a tendency to make home
life happier.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Car Nicholas method of going
about the task of borrowing 100000
900 shows that in the art Of touch
ing" he has a good deal to learn
from his neighbor, the sultan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

They Aave as many as lao relig-
ious holidays in a year in Russia.
No wonder the Russian workman and
farmer finds it hard to compete with
the rest of the world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

A novelist is to go on the stage
to learn how to write plays. Now If
some players would go some place to
learn how to write novels the proper
balance might be preserved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Persons familiar only with the Eng
lish language may not know what a
ukase is, but judging from the one re-
Gently issued by the car they may
conclude that it is a gold brick.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
IL lie All Rl6ht.

Prosperity has bN9 general the
country over since tie Dingley tariff
law has besl in effect. Even in Texas
where crops have beel very short for
two years the people are more pros
porous than they VIDE with a low
tariff and good cropi The present
tariff law d ali rieh\ Valley AiIls
(Texas) Prd ectionizt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Nine. Roger-Miclos, the newly ar
rived French celebrity who plays the
piano, announces that she has no pet
dogs or cats. Hurrah for Nine. Roger
Miclos!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

An English astronomer says the
moon has a slight atmosphere and
some Insignificant rivers. There are
peorle in Arkansas and some Of the
other low places along the Mississippi
who would probably be very glad to
find out how the moon has managed
a.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The census of the most populous ma,
ton in the world has just been taken
and it shows a population of 426,477,
900, which is six times that of the
United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Said to be a literal copy Of a sign
in western city: 'Latimer G Gran.
mer. Fuel of All Kinds. Kindling
Wood a Specially" Wonder where
they got their stake.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The discovery Of the English sclen.
fist that fish diet has no value as a
brain food should at least rid the
world Of that old joke about eating a
whale.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
GrN BE8V4RDO REXLo

of the most popular public men in
Mexico, has for several years been
viewed as probable successor Of Diaz
in the presidency. Since his election
as governor Of Neuvo Leon, however,
his popularity has waned, especially
in the capital of that state.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

DRY" smoking is recommended as
a cure for insomnia For persons try
ing to 90 to sleep IL can be recon-
mended, also, as being much safer
than real smoking.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
The Record skY.scraper.

The newest sky-scraper is the Etna
building, in New York. 1t beats all
records with its thirty storys and ASS
feet OF height from the pavement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
TO SUCCEED HIS FATHER.
L. F. Swift Mentioned for Head of I'm.
mense Interests.

mense Interests.
1t is believed in packing house cir
cles in Chicago that L. f. Swift, eldest
son of the late G.. F. Swift, will be-
come the president of Swift 6 Co.
The first vice president of the com.
pany is e. c. Swift, a brother of the
late president. Mr.. Swift lives in Bos-
ton, and the belief is that he would
not care to assume the actual direc-
ton of the business of the corporation
L. f. Swift is second vice president Of
the company, and for number Of
years has been in active direction Of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16
Most Valuable euIIdlnu ston..

The FiJian fossil coral is the best
building stone In the world. Soft an
cheese when first cut. it hardens In
the air to the consistency of granite.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The Chicago alumni Of Augustans
College has declared that I'VE must
take womau as she Is" That's what
most Of US have been doing right
along, and we have been glad to get
her on her own terms
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Seven hundred different dialects are
spoken by the natives of Africa. That
will be great place for the dialect
poet some day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

stirred up by the Dewey interview
and in an article published in Berlin
makes a warm retort. Among other
things he says the American navy is
yet an infant and could not cope with
the warships Of his country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The case of the defunct lingo was
certainly one in which the insurance
company may be said to have had an
elephant on its hands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Lizzie Romance was the name Of
the maid in the service of Mrs. Pen.
nell of Buffalo. Did you think it was
Mary Ann Tragedy?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

When a girl says she thinks she can
keep house on $40 a week you take
your life in your hand If you continue
to call.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The general opinion among the Ia
dies seems to be that Mrs. Burdick
will be real mean thing if she takes
the $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Some people are still foolish enough
to waste time in trying to convince
the women that they ought not to weai
corsets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

A West Virginia police Judge has de.
cided that a negro's head is a dan.
gerous and deadly weapon" Goat,
tool
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

The American people drank more
than s7O,0OO,000 worth of coffee last
year, out slept fairly well in spite
of it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

If the coffln-makers all strike, peo-
pie may have to postpone the last
necessity Of life-which is leaving it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Perhaps Castro resigned to see II
they wouldn't offer him a raise Of
salary to stay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

There being little doing in the for
eign Office, John Bull sent in another
warning to Abdul Hamid.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

nffairs at the yards. His brother, E.
F. Swift, director, also has been as
ISOLATED in the management. L. A.
Carton is treasurer of the company,
and represents Boston investors.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

Nothing doing" would be a new and
original epitaph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

All Up to Date Housekeepers
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because 70
Is better, and 4 OF. more of it for Same
money.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-04-16

And speaking of get-rich-quick con
Germs, what about Wall street?
The Press., 1903-08-27
The Fate of Hannibal.

HannibaPs life and fate were su-
premely great and sad. He was a pa
triot who had only the best interests
of his country at heart. In the wars
Of Carthage against Rome he carried
his armies across the strait of Gil
braltar, over the Alps and into Italy
to the very gates of Rome. For more
than a score Of years he remained
there, supporting his forces upon the
enemy and proving himself to be
such a literal and lasting scourge
that the Roman mothers would quiet
their children with the sound of his
dreaded name. Finally, when old In
years and he was driven forth and
defeated, he had made a record In its
way unparalleled throughout the an
nails of ancient warfare.
Yet in his old age he became a
fugitive, wandering from one country
to the other and finding no rest, owing
to the vindictive prosecutions of the
Romans, who were then all powerful.
At last, discovering no spot ON earth
open to him as a refuge, deserted by
his former friends, his country en-
slaved and his once imperial native
city in ruins, he gave way to despair
and ended his life with poison.
The Press., 1903-08-27
Crafty Nj. Blanc.

Blanc, the founder of the Monte Carlo
gambling resort, was well aware of the
desperate character of many of his
customers. Knowing that they includ
ed the scum and riffralf of the world
he took precautions against them. He
never carried any money. which fact
he announced so frequently and pub
Iicly that it was known everywhere
along the Riviera that the millionaire
Blanc never had a penny OIL his per-
son. But he carried in pocketboOk a
draft on red paper for several hundred
thousand francs, payable to the in
dorsee. He feared kidnapping as much
as robbery, and in case of abduction
he intended to ransom himself with
this draft. But the instructions at his
Office were not to cash a red draft with
his signature unless n telegram was
received from him ordering 1t to be
done
The Press., 1903-08-27

'I want you to notify the paper man
not to leave this Social Recorder here
in the future" said Mr.. Lucky Strike
to his life partner.
"WhyY' inquired Mrs. Strike.
"Why, they've got story here about
that young chump who is going to mar
ry Laura and refer to him as her
finance"
"Oh. see-a typographical errorP'
Typographical error! Bah! Error OF
fact. have been her finance for the
last twenty years, and, judging from
the prospects of the young man she in
sists is the only one she will ever mar
ry, will continue to act in that capac-
ity for the next twenty. Stop the pa
per."-Philadelphia Times.
The Press., 1903-08-27
eral Leonard Wood from occupying

eral Leonard Wood from occupying
the position of lieutenant general, is
here made public for the first time.
Leading members of congress are seri-
ously discussing the advisability of
enacting law abolishing the rank
of lieutenant general, the law to take
effect when the last veteran of the
civil war retires from that position.
This would have the effect of abolish
ing the rank just as Wood was about
to succeed to that position, and would,
in the opinion of many members of
congress, be but poetic Justice to a
soldier whose promotion is regarded
as having been more rapid than de-
sevred. Many will see in this another
expression of West Point or army
class jealousy.
The Press., 1903-08-27
Letter to Costello & Harrington,
Stafford Springs, Conn.

Dear Sirs: You naturally want to
make your own and your customer S
money go as far as possible. So, in
the general interest, we tell you why
fewer gallons of Devoe Lead and Zinc
will paint house than mixed paints.
Let's suppose you are using lead
and oil. Instead of lead and oil you
put in four -fifths whiting, lime, wa
ter, and other stuff that doesn't paint
at all. Put that against gallon of
lead and oil, and what will it do?
One-fifth as much.
How much of your labor is wasted !?
Four -fifths. How good job will it
make? No comparison. How much
good will it do you. in your business
to turn out such job?
And so on.
Devoe Lead and Zinc paints a house
with fewer gallons than mixed paints,
and wears twice as long as lead and
oil.
Yours truly,
r: w. DEvoE & Co.,
90 New York.
p. s. Chapman 4 Brown sell our
paint.
The Press., 1903-08-27

He really ought not to have gone
into the Latin class that day. He was
called up first and read as far as he
had prepared. Then he skirmished on
o little further. This is the way II
went:
81, Ulysses, saw her Oido's) heaven
ly form advancing like a goddess in
the sunlight. 1 sprang toward her,
and she welcomed me. Her hair fell
down upon her shoulders like the sun
beams on Olympus. Her eyes shOne
like two jewels Of the sea- IL threw
my arms-my arms-about-about her
her neck-neck, and-and-- that's as
far as got. professor. Exchange.
The Press., 1903-08-27

On the Mangishlak peninsula, in the
Caspian sea, there are five small lakes.
One OF them is covered with salt crys-
tails strong enough to allow man and
beast to cross the lake ON foot. Another
is as round as any circle and Of a love
ly rose color. Its banks of salt crystal
form a setting white as the driven
snow to the water, which not only
shows all the colors from violet to rosy
red. but from which rises a perfume of
violets. Both the perfume and the col
or are the result of the presence Of sea-
wnndS = +s!
The Press., 1903-08-27
A Custom, Of the Balkan.

Custom of the Balkans.
He or she who enters u house for the
first time is supposed In the Balkan
countries to bring 1t good or bad luck
for the whole twelvcmonth. This be-
lief gives rise to curious observance.
The visitor before crossing the thresh
old picks up a stone (token of strengtl)
or green twig (emblem of health and
fruitfulness) and lays 1t on the hearth.
He also brings with him some grains
of salt, which he casts into the flames.
and then. squatting by the fireside.
wishes his hosts "a prosperous year. II
plentiful crop and many blessings. :"
Then as the grains Of salt burst and
crackle In the fire he utters the follow
ing quaint formula: '.As am sitting
even so may sit the hen and warm the
eggs. AS this salt splits even SO may
split the eggs of the clucking hen and
the chickens come FORTH"