Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-05-26
Squibs From Our Exchanges.

! A small cnurch was sadly IN
need OF repairs, and a meeting was
held with a view to raising funds
for the purpose. The minister
having said hat $500 would be needed
very wealthy and Stingy member a
rose and said he would give 81. Just
as he sat down a large piece OF plaster
fell from the ceiling and struck him
on his head whereupon he jumped up
| hastily ami said That he had made
m 'stak =, that he would give $50. This
was too much FIR an enthusiastic
deacon present, who, fOrgetful OF
everything, called out fervently: 30
Lord, hit him again! Hit him again"
-EX.
The Herald last week reproduced
publications of the pioneer days OF
Phillipsburg in which reference was
made to the earthquake in April 1879.
1t occurred shortly after dark, build
ings swayed, dishes ratified, congrega-
tions fled from the churches and peo-
Pile who had felt secure from wind and
thunderbolts in their dngouts scratch
ed gravel. We had only a few days be-
fore strack our stake In NapOnee and
was boarding at Dick Walthers where
Kawelti's now live A seance was In
progress, the spirits were more than
ordinarily slow that evening, when all
at once the house trembled and the
glass ware In the cupboard danced a
liz. The sudden manifestation was
too real. We were all more than salts.
fed with the spirltualistic demon
stration and the spoOk meeting un-
tremendously closed Naponee Dept
Bloomington Advocate.
Miss Daisy Letter has brought back
from London a story about Charles
Darwin. 1.-TWO English boys", says
Miss Letter, 'being friends Of Darwin
thought one day that they would play
joke on him. They caught butter
lily, a grasshopper, beetle and cent?
pede, and out of these creatures they
made strange, composite insect.
They took the centipede's body, the
butterfly's wings, the grasshopper's
legs, and the beetles head, aud they
glued them together carefully Then
with their new bug In a box, they
knocked at Darwln'S door. We
caught this bug In a field, they said.
Can you tell us what kind OF bug 1t
is sirP' Darwin looked at the bug
and then he looked at the boys. He
smiled slightly. Did 1t hum when
you caught itP' he asked. Yes, they
answered, nudging one another.
Then, said Darwin, 1T is humbug."
Star.
Young man, never fight enemies
W en- they want to fight. The mere
fact that they dance around and
brandlSh knives anddare you to come
on is no reason why you should fight
them. Rather ii Is reason why you
should not fight them, for they are
prepared and probably you are not
pre- pared. Lie low. Smile; turn the
other cheek; say nothing. And when
your enemies are not looking AMI have
forgotten all about the old fight,
string clothes line across their path
some dark night and invite them out
to a friendly foot race. The man
who is all the time fighting gets a bad
name In a town. The thing to do Is
to lie low and be for peace. And then
having secured peace, you may find
that your enemies are not half bad
fellows and that you don't want to
fight after all. and that you don't
want to get even. Patience is the
mother Of all virtues.-Wm. Allen
White.
The sins Of alcohol are often celebra-
ted, but usually the alcohol so vltu-
perated is 10 the form OF whskey, gin
or other compound intended ostenSlbly
for pleasure. 1t is satisfaction
therefore, to see the evil assailed In
form which wears the garb Of virtue.
Mr.. Box, famous purveyOr of manners
and morality is a man Of contrast,
Not long ago he published an essay on
extortlon In New York, which from
end to end was undIluted flake" Now
however, he appears With an article
OF which any journalist might be
proud, attacking an outrage with
truth and potency. The people who
drink or eat patent medicines num-
Der millions. Some do H. to save doc
tors bills, others became they nud
the patent medicines more effective,
since no reputable doctor would give
in quantity and kind what the patent
medicine contains. Beer contains
from 2 to !, per cent OF alcohol. Lydia
Plnkham's Vegetoble Compound con-