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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

'urry, with 'ardly time to rinse the
flour hoff 'er 'ands, to put 'er name to,
which it's all very well for some peo-
pie to try and run down Wills" che
added darkly and deiantly, "and per.
tends to think small beer of witnesses,
but Times a pleesman as is Railways
a-movin' of US on, and we should make
our arrangements haccordin'."
Just at this point the parlor maid
pushed back her chair and said, well,
she mustn't sit there gossiping any
longer, as she'd got her work to do,
which was to dust the masters room,
where he kept his papers and books
which you don't dare to lay finger
on, though, for the matter OF that,
everything's always put under lock
and key before anyones allowed to
take dust pan and broom to it."
At this ordinary enough remark, the
young man who had been sitting there
very quietly while the discussion just
recorded was raging round him. seem
ed galvanized into sudden action and
extraordinary civility.
Gould he-might he be allowed to
be of any assistance in lifting any
thing to heavy for her-such as-er
-emptying the waste paper basket, or
, anything?"
The parlor maid looked at him in
surprise mingled with qualification.
"Well, never did" she giggled. "If
you aren't just polite all of sudden!
But master, he's that partic'ler about
that old room Of his, and | never know
but what he's got his eye on me,
p'r'aps he wouldn't like it."
The young man seemed inclined to
press his request, but noticing Per-
kins regarding him in evident per-
plexity, as though not knowing what
to make OF this move, he checked
himself and said no more on the
subject.
But when the parlor maids work
was nearly completed and she came
out OF the room with the dustpan and
brush in her hand, she found him
waiting patiently outside the door.
'"Let me-let me relieve you Of
those things" he said, with an eager
ness which, notwithstanding her com
plete confidence in her own charms,
she found as puzzllng as it was de.
lightful.
You would have thought by the
eager expression on the young mans
face and the haste with which he re-
lieved her Of her very slight burdsn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

Here is another subject for consid-
Grafton.
"He has made his will, and now he
is writing. Writing what?
Apparently something of import
ance.
"Once, too, l heard the unmistak-
able sound of the tearing of paper.
Was he dissatisfied with what he had
written and tearing 1t up? Did he
find the composition of the document
difficult, and, If so, for whose eye was
It intended, that so much time and
trouble were lavished upon 1t?
IF he is now occupied in writing
letters Of an undoubtedly private ma
ture, shall be intrusted with the task
of carrying them to the post when
completed? Or, If the work upon which
he has been engaged is of some other
description, what will become Of
It when finished, and what will he do
with the pieces of paper which he has
torn up? VIII they be committed to
the flames, or simply to the waste
paper basket?"
(Which" said the cook at dinner
the next day, "dltchwater is the honly
word as will eggspress the presint
company. no offense bein' meant and
not hinsinyatin' nothink agin nobody,
feelIn's bein' things as is not to be kim
trolled by the best Of US, and better be
low in your mind than in your hidears
Is my motter, but when 1t comes to
not a word being spoke for five min
nits by the kltching clock, maxim
allowance for It's being twenty-five
minnits fast by railway time, 1t do
seem as someone oughter interfere
in friendly sort o. way"
How much longer she would have
rambled on In the same key 1t is Inn
possible to say, had not another note
been struck by the parlor maid, who
remarked that. Miss Agnes hadn't
seemed partlc'ler cheerful the last
day or So"
The young man, Edwards, seemed
as though his attention was arrested
By this trivial remark and glanced
across the table inquiringly.
yes" added the parlor maid, ad-
dressing herself to him, as she per-
ceiyed that what she had said had,
somehow or other, interested him,
"Tve caught her signing to herself
more than once lately, as though she'd
something on her mind. P'r'aps"-
with a sudden inspiration-"p'r'aps
she's In love-folks generally signs a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

deal, when they're in love"-and che
directed what ought to have been a
killing glance at the good looking
young man opposite her and breathed
a sigh on her own account.
1t apparently missed its aim, but
something in this last remark seemed
to excite great derision in the breast
of Perkins, the housemaid.
"In love!" she exclaimed. "Ha, ha!
like that" and she, too, seW a
glance, which might, in a sense have
been described as killing-if looks
could kill-across the table. I'm love,
indeed!"-with whitening contempt
"Who with, | should like to know?
You forget there's never been SIGH a
thing as a young man as she'd look at,
or touch with the tips of her fingers"
-(there was strong malicious en-
phasis on this inside the door once
since they've been living here"
"Ah!" said the parlor maid. still
showing an inclination to hold her
own, "p'r'aps not. But how about be-
fore that?"
"Well," replied the housemaid,
suddenly showing an inclination to go
over to the enemy and side with her
rival and invariable opponent, to the
latter's vast establishment, 81 don't
say as you mayn't be right. Anyhow,
whether she's in love or whether she
isn't, it's no good if he amt her equal.
For you may be sure her Fall never
hear of her marrying beneath her"
"And quite right, too" put in the
cook, who thought 1t was nigh time
she introduced another of her expert
ences. "Unekal marriages is most al
ways a failure, as as bin proved over
and over again. But for all that
with a startling and instantaneous
change of the subject-"I should like
to know why that there will, as l
'elped to drore up, should be called a
Testament? which thought there
was but two, the Hold and the NewT
"Lor', cook!" cried the housemaid,
with sniff, how your mind do run
on that will! Anyone would think as
it was the only one as ever was, and
nobody never signed their names to
nothing before"
wills there may ave bin," answer
ed cook, majestically, "but seldom one
as the cook were sent for, all of a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

the size Of the head Of 4 pi.- or smalh
err. Dig them out with sharp-point-
ed pocket knife. Most of the borers
are found at the collar Of the tree
just below the ground. Generally
they eat their way under the bark and
go to one side or down the tree. which
trench we must dig open to find the
borer. The forks and sides Of the
tree need also to be looked over. and
the borers dug out II much wax is ez-
uding, as borer In the forks will
destroy the bark and cause the tree
to split down. The wounds made by
the borers and by digging them out
should be healed over by a wax made
or rosln and old beeswax.
Warren Co., Ill. Mrs. L. c. Axtell.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
LIZARDS THAT LIKE MUSIC.
Tuataras Of New Zealand Very Fond
Of RollickIng choruses.

" nOlliSNilH ObS' eoSe'
A curious fact has lately been learn.
ed about the tuatara, the large native
lizard Of New Zealand.
1t is a great fat, sleepy thing; from
foot upward in length, with meas
urement around It Of about twelve
inches. It is kept tanned, about rocks
Wild specimens are growing rare,
though one island of the coast still
swarms with them.
These harmless things come out as
a rule only for food. But some one
in Christ church has discovered a way
of bringing them out at any time. This
is by singing to them.
They have preferences in music. too.
They evince much more satisfaction
at a rollicking chorus than at a solo.
One day a song sung by girl
brought some out. but only their heads
we're visible. their sleepy eyes open
ing every few minutes. Then the
charmer tried SOLDIERS Of the Queen"
and when all Joined in the chorus
there was no doubt about the effect on
the tuataras.
They wriggled about on the rocks,
almost dancing in their excitement
and Joy, until the repertoire of the
singers was exhausted. when the liz
ards sneaked back again to their home
among the rocks.
New Zealand is the only place in
the world where these great lizards
are found, and they are said by biolo.
gists to be out Of their place in this
stage Of the worlds history. They be.
long to the coal period, and like the
moa. ought. by natural laws, to have
become extinct long ago.-New York
Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
New Chemical Compound.

A Russian chemist has discovered
q new alumino-thermic compound and
named 1t thermite. When fred BY
the application of bit of magnesium
tape this compound burns fiercely.
generating a heat equivalent to that
of the electric arc. The fused COM
bination is hot enough to burn q hole
with clean edges through an iron
plate of any thickness, according to
the amount of thermite burned, with.
out heating the plate, except at the
point of perforation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
Low Price for Steamer.

A contract for building steamer
of 5000 tons was recently made by
great English shlpbuilder at the rate
of $26.75 per ton. This Is probably
the lowest price that has ever been
quoted or accepted for a properly
equipped cargo steamer, and Is but
very little more than half what would
have been asked for such vessel two
years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
MosIem Cemeteries.

When once filed in Moslem grave
is never re7opened on any account.
To remove the faintest chance Of its
thus being defiled cypress tree is
planted after every interment, SO that
the cemeteries resemble forests more
than anything else.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
gtalIa,, chestnuta Best.

The italian peasants take ~ great
care Of their chestnut tree as Amer.
lean farmers do Of their apple trees.
This is supposed to account for the
fact that the Italian nuts are i've
times as big as the American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
ona vlsM Of nanutatlona.

Gladstone when in Office did not
care. particularly for the visits OF
self-appointed committees of citizens.
His defiAition of deputation was -
noun signifying many, but not SigRS
Tying much"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
Pardona for puslIats.

. Four Hungarian deputies, including
the present prime minister, Count
Tisza, who have been sentenced to
various short terms Of Imprisonment
for dueling. have just been p0rdoned
by imperial decree.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
camels In somaIIIand.

For the first time In Somallland
camels are now being used as draught
animals. and the results are stated to
be highly satisfactory.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
WAGES In Italy.

Wages In Northern Italy are: La
borers, 40 to so cents; bricklayers, 80
cents to 81; stone cutters and car.
penters, 60 to 10 cents; painters AM
frescoers, 40 to so cents; experts. g.
to rs cents a day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

Nests should be made so that they
can be taken out and cleansed in any
way. The litter in them should be
frequently renewed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
VARYING Heart Beats.

The heart of vegetarian beats on
an average flfty-eight to the minute;
that of the meateater seventy-nve.
This represents a difference Of $4,000
beats in twenty-four hours.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

The business Of poultry raising IL a
verv large one, and the annual agTe-
gate production Of eggs and poultry
meat ia enormous.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03

'Phones In Scotland Yard.
Scotland Yard. London, is at last 20
be provided with the telephone for
police purposes
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-03-03
No Need to Be Thirsty.

The Belgian city Of Liege, with .
population OF 10000. maintains 1oe
900 drink sellers.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
II Hamlet Lived Today.

st. Louis Republic.
Shakespeare's Prince of Den
mark soliloquized about "a sea of
troubles" and 1.-THE proud mans
contumely and the oppiessor's
wrongs" and was alarmed that
cor ere those shoes we're old, with
which she followed my dead faith
er's body, like Niobe all tears, she
married my uncle, my fathers
brother" Poor Hamlet. If he
were living now he would not
have room III his mind for so
much melancholy. There would
be too much food foreasy thought.
Were Hamlet alive today, he
would come down to his Lenten
breakfast with n cigarette in his
mouth and scan the headlines in
the morning papers. The March
wind might have driven the clouds
from his brain if he had opened
the window of his room; and
having heard n pleasant good
morning from his landlady, whom
he had paid on the first, his
imagination would be rs happily
/ lively Us Santos-Dumont's airship.
Manchuria and Korea would
claim II soliloquy. A few sem
fences for the theaters and hotels
destroyed 10y fire. A few words
for the conductor who was thrown
out of II window of Il street car.
A few words for the wife of the
business man who ran away with
her husbands partner. A few
words for his slster-ln-law who
married his other brother after
getting II dlvoice from another
brothers brother-in-law. A few
words for the men who shot each
other in quarrel over quarter.
A few words about the South
American revolutions. A few
words about President ROOSEVELT
sermons.
Then he would get to Jeffries
and Monroe and the Democratic
Presidential nomination. After
u few deep thoughts and muttered
words on these points he would
go to work. The modern Hamlet
is healthy and busy.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, IS narrated
by John Oliver of Philadelphia,
as follows: 81 was in an awful
condition. My skin was almost
yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coat
ed, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite, growing weak
err day by day, Three physicians
had given me up. Then was
advised to use Electric Bitters ;
to my great joy, the first bottle
made a decided improvement, /
continued their use for three
weeks, and am now a well man,
] know they robbed the grave of
another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only 80 cents,
guaranteed, at j, w. Harris drug
store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
OZona Stock News.


w. p. Hoover sold last week to
Willis Johnson of San Angelo, all
of his three and four year old
steers at SIS per head, delivered
at San Angelo.
NJ. Burnett of Goldthwaite, is
in the city this week looking for
territory COWS to purchase. He is
offering $40 for them delivered at
San Angelo, but says he hasn't
seen any yet that he believes
could stand TO be driven that far
the way grass and water is on the
road from here there. lie and j.
B Murrah, Of San Angelo. will
probably go down in the lower
johnson and DEVILS river country
today and from there back to San
Angelo by the way of Sonora,
Mr. Burnett wants to get n
thousand COWS if he can, and we
hope that he will succeed in get
ting them in our country, as it
will help our ranchmen out con-
siderable.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
STOCK NEWS
Stock Siftings.
Stockman-Journal.

otUNh outiIlRS.
/ Stockman.Journal.
The West should send good
material to the State legislature
this year, composed of men who
are broad enough to represent all
interests.
The roping contest is growing
less and less in popular favor as
the public comes more to appre-
cicate the fact that such exhibi-
tions are as brutal as they are un-
necessary. The roping contest
must go.
1t is the man who hangs and
rattles with the cattle business
who will come out winner in the
end. The gutter never accom-
plishes anything as n cattle
raiser or i'll any other avocation
of life.
There are now more than 40
600 head of two-year-old steers
offered for sale above the quaran-
tine line this spring, and the
Northwestern buyers will have to
pay something like what they are
really worth, or see them go
North in first hands. This is not
II threat, but prediction
A great deal of grass has been
destroyed 10y fire during the past
ten days out in the range country,
and every spr.g of it was needed
to keep life in the hungry herds
until rain brings the new grass.
These prairie fires do much dam
age in the West annually, but it
seems there is no way of prevent
ing them
Lee Brothers, well known
Hereford breeders of San Angelo,
make complaint of treatment re-
ceived here during the recent Fut
Stock Show, and it is to be re-
GREETED that such unfortunate
events should occur. There
should be complete and lasting
harmony between Texas breeders,
and these matters should be adj
justed and always prevented
when possible.
The Texas breeders of register
ed live stock are producing as
good stuff as any breeders in the
country, aud the man who goes
out of Texas to purchase good
blood is turning down the best
that he can find for his purpo Sc
Texas bred cattle for Texas farms
and ranches should be the cry OF
all loyal Texans.
The Santa Fee will have all cat
tie inspected before loading them
for shipment this spring, and
where they are deemed to not be
in condition to bear shipment
they will only be permitted to &C
on the responsibility and at the
risk of the owner. That looks
like pretty good plan for reduc,
ing damage suits to the minimum
and suggests that there is Away.
II cure for every i'll if it can only
be located and then applied to the
seat of the disease.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07

A dlsurdercd stomach may
cause no end of trouble. Whor
the stomach fails to perform its
functions the bowels become de
ranged, the liver and kidneys con-
gested, causing numerous diseases,
the most fatal of which are pain
less and therefore the more to be
dreaded The important thing i,
to restore the stomach and liver
to n healthy condition, and fol
this purpose 10 better preparation
can be used than Chamberlain :
stomach and Liver Tablets Fol
sac by the Central Drug Store
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
Billiards. itorehound Syrup.

Immediately relieves hoarse,
croupy cough, oppressed, rattling,
rasping and difficult breathing
Henry G. Stearns, Druggist,
Shullsburg, Wis, writes, May 20,
1901: II have been selling Bal.
lard's Horehound Syrup for two
years, and have never had a prep.
aration that has given better sat,
isiaction. | notice that when
sell Il bottle they come back foi
more. can honestly recommo NJ
it " Doc, 80, Sl.OO, Sold by Cen
trail Drug store.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
From OZOna.
OLnnn INinlAnI

'EbNh hl'h'l'
W. p. Hoover left on the stage
yesterday morning for San An,
gelo to look up the winning
points in the Territory cattle
business.
J. W. Odom last week closed q
deal for the Grandpa Owen sheep
There were $500 head and he paid
- per head.
Miss Clemie Dodson, the affable
editor Of the Kicker, is slightly
i'll in San Angelo and was unable
to return this week, so the read,
ers Of the Kicker will please eX-
cuse us if we don't come up to
the usual high standard of excel.
enCe this issue.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07

1t is reported that Hudspeth &
Phillips sold all their mutton
sheep last week to Mont Nolke.
j. |. Conway, live stock agent
Of the Santa Fee, has made the
statement that 2OOO cars of cattle
will go to the Territory from the
San Angelo country during April
and May. Fifty thousand head
are not so many, since it will
practically be all the cattle that
will 60 from Texas this year.
San Antonio Express.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-04-07
A Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in
Leesville, Ind. when w. II. Brown
of that place, who was expected to
die, had his life saved by DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. He writes: 81 endur-
ed iusufferable agonies from Asth-
ma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon
thereafter effected u complete
cure" Similar cures of Consump-
ton, Pneumonia, Bronchitis and
Grip are numerous. It's the peer
less remedy for all throat and
lung troubles. Price SOC, and
$1.00. Guaranteed by J. w. Har-
ris Druggist. Trial bottles free.
"A "Grown Folks Kindergar-
den," auspices Woman's Club,
second week in April. 18-tf
Remember we will pay you
the very highest cash price for your
hides and furs.-H. H, Sigman &
Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-05-25
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
please to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing constitutional disease, requires
q constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system, thereby
destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work
The propristors have so much faith
in its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list Of
testimonies.
Address, F. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-05-25

molasses, and learn to pronounce all
the Russian names found IN the news
papers and bting along Editor Bayly's
bottle that he tries to treat preschers
out of, be need fear no harm from ny
fen.- Nc, Brother Klondlke, you
are entirely out of it. But like the
once entrapped bird, scared OF the
loose feathers around, so the fish
scales have driven US away to other
waters where the relished jack, crispy
trout and fat mollies await our tackle.
We never get bait out Of bottle and
catch fish out Of tin cans.-Ed. Dis
patch
'.Fe,lx", you know, means happy,
and Billie Felix" must be awfully
happy. Now I. want to warn Billie
that Notwithstanding Mrs. Felix is
one of the best women on earth, she
won't stand much of that bouquet
work, and returning to sporting Gays
I speak witt authority. But O me
I've been waiting to say the very
same nice things about my patrons
Billie has said Of hi, but I was afraid
they would think I was slyly asking
for more But now all my people
can fail in line and treat me and
mine as yours Billie have treated
thee and thine.
O, its so nice to get the pindars if
you have to use the cats paws TO get
them out Of the fire, like the monkey.
The unsaid is now saic; put III
more and many thanks.
klondike.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-05-25
The Free Bridge.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

You say you believe the late
County Convention made crave
blunder in mixing politics ard free
bridges, Sc. Possibly you ere right,
but We have waited in deep silence
to see if our brothers in arms and
Office would rescue us, or help us
uutil we have become faint hearte d
and thought We had better turn our
cry in another direction and We know
of no more just way than let the
qualified electors say whether or not,
they are willing to help their neigh
bors across the river by building a
free bridge across Saluda. Now, Mr..
Editor, your solution just meets our
demand. Let the County Commis.
s!orers proceed at once to erect the
bridge and see then if some one else
won't have to do the kicking not me.
We also feel it duty long neglected
by the people of Lexington and Rich
land counties to build free. bridge
across Ccrsaree river. We help 10
bridge small streams, Why not large
ones. I feel it is our duty to help
build these bridges by taxation, and
the sooner We can get our minds
made up to help, the sweeter our
sleep will be. G. NJ. Adams,
Batesburg, S. G.