Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-09-22
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A man who never advertiseS is mucl
like the man without home; no on,
knows where to find him. Michigan
TradeSman.
Persia has no distillerieS, brewerlel
or saloonS-Only homemade wine-and
it is hard to get drunk there, though
some do it and are punished by having
their ears nailed to the sidewalk.
People who come along spit on them
and kick them till they are Sobered
up, when they would no doubt be
ready to go and sign the pledge, only
there are no temperance societies
there-Star.
A sermon in a nutshell is contained
In the following by western moral
list: "Jails are built out of honest men S
earnings Courts are supported from
peaceful mems property, Peniten-
tiarieS are built by the toll of yirtne.
Crime never pays its own way. Vice
has no hand to work and no head to
calculate. It's whole faculty is TO cor
ruRt and to waste and good men foot
the bill. jasper News.
/ heard man say, 81 try to get at
least one good working idea from
every farmer / meet. This is a. hobby
of mine, and l have got SO in the hab-
1t Of looking for these practical
thoughts that look for them In all
sorts and conditions of men. The best
Of 1t is | am rarely disappointed
Then another thing, / try to give as
we'll as GET" Not a bad plan, this.
Suppose we all try it-NortOn News.
Warner Hillman has just inve nted
new moving machine, says Hayes
White, which is sure to take the coin.
Warner takes his cream separator,
which goes at the rate of four thou
sand revolutions per minute, and
stakes 1t down in the field, then he
attaches rubber rope about three
hundred feet long and to this he ties
a common scythe and starts his ma.
chine to going and in just one minute
he mows three acres Of alfalfa, he
then moves the machine. This ma
chine will be great thing If it will
work all right.-Mankato Advocate.
A boy who swims may say he's |
swum; but milk that is skinned is
seldom skum, and nails you trim, they
are not trum. When words you speak
those words are spoken; but a noise is
tweaked and can't be twoken, and
what you seek is never sOken. II we
forget then we've forgotten, but
things We wen is never wotten, and
houses let cannot be lotten. The
goods one sells are always sold: but
fears diSpelled are not dispold, nor
what you smell is never smoled.
When young, a top you saw spun, but
did you see grin e'er grun or pota-
toe nsatly Skun.-HigglnSvlle Lead
err.
This is serious contribution to the
gayety Of nations. 1t is from the Lon
don Christian World. "Mr. Henry G.
Davis, the Republican candidate for
the American Vice Presidency, is a
capitalist and, was probably NOM
mated to bind the capitallstic ele-
mcnt to the Republican ticket. The
outstanding fact about him is that he
is 81 years Of age. 1t is curious that
in America, where youth is ldollzed, a
politician in his ninth decade should |
be nominated for the second Office In
the state. Mr.. Gladstone, was Of
course, about the same age when he i
became prime minister for the last
time. Mr.. Davis Is to marry sep
tuagenarian widow before the Presi.
dental election. Star.
Del Valentine tells about a base
ball game that was played in Clay
Center some years ago between the
travelling men and some Others. Some
Of the travelling men knew very little
about the game-so little In fact, that
they thought they knew 1t all. Final.
ly one OF them got up to bat who had |
never played In game Of ball before. !
"Let him hit 1t, he's no good" called |
a friend to the pitcher, who taking
him at bis word, threw a nice little
dew drop to the batter. Bang! went |
the bat and the ball sailed gracefully
out deep into the center field. II was
the best hit so far IN the game, but
the batter without running, stood in
his box and watched the fielder cbas-
ing after the ball. run! rum" called
the. friend, who was standing Just
back Of the batter. Run" said the
latter, turning around contemptuous.
ly: run? You blamed fool; I've
got two more sWats al IL. That II