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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

SINCE the window-glass blowers of
Pittsburgh have been on a strike heavy inn
portations of glass have been made. The
blowers are delighted because, they say,
the factory owners can't afford to see an
import trade built up, and the manufac-
turers are pleased because it shows they
can't increase wages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

THE Secretary of the TreasHry's esti-
mates for the fiscal year ending June so,
1885, call for the following appropriations:
Civil establishment, $22, G45, 663; foreign in
tercourse, $780, 01; military establish
ment, S2T, I3G, 152; naval establishment,
So, 747,7 Indian affairs, $780, $40;
pensions, $40, 600, 900; public works, ST., &c.,
2l4; postal service, s, 959, 112; miscellane-
Gus, $50, 293, 1855; permanent annual appro-
lpriation, SIZE, 147,OS7.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

ABLoCK of buildings burned on the
I'd at Mechanicsville, la. Also the Masonic
Temple, New York; Sewel & Erickson's
hat factory, Elizabeth, N. J. In Chicago
fire broke out in the Farwsll building on the
LIST, causing heavy damage. Two working
girls were killed and further loss of life is
feared. The Journal building was also
damaged
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13
an Enterprise for Lending Money In
New York.

Readers of one of the leading daily
newspapers see every day such advertise
mentS as the following:
A -A-LOANS MADE ON SALARIES. Ad-
IA dress BoX-at-Office.
An unfortunate clerk tells the story of
his experiences with this advertiser, and
from other sources it has been learned
that there are many persons engaged in
the nefarious business.
81 am clerk, with a salary of twelve
dollars q week. Recently was in want
of lump sum of money, and the adver-
tisement of q man who wants to lend
money on salaries caught my eye. I
wrote to him, and by the next mail re-
ceived his name and address. 1t was
W. Rodman Winslow, Room %, Van
derbilt Building, Beekman and Nassau
streets. I called at his office, and after
some difficulty succeeded in borrowing
fifty dollars. I was asked how long [
had been in my position q am clerk
on Nassau street,, then what was get
ing in the way of salary, and finally
whether the cashier of the firm would
agree to pay my weekly orders from my
salary. / answered these questions, and
said l would make the arrangements for
tie payments. On the next day called
again, and found the papers drawn up.
Under these l was to pay six dollars a
week for seven weeks, and eight dollars
for the eighth week. But what do you
think the charges werep First, / paid
twenty-five cents for drawing the articles
of agreement, then l had to pay twenty
five cents more for Notary certificate,
and then forty-three cents interest on
the money for two months. But the
browning charge was a premium of ten
dollars for the accommodation. Ny
account then stood thus:
Paid Tor premium. ......................-. $40 90
Pad for agreement. ..................... 70
Paid for notary. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. %
Paid for interest. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
Received in cash. $50 OF
''Thus, when I paid interest, premium
and fees (Which 1 did at the very start,
and had to do under the articles of agree
ment), 1 had thirty-nine dollars and seven
cents, and was under engagement to
pay fifty dollars in eight weeks. This,
| estimated, is borrowing money at the
rate of two hundred and fifty per cent.
per annum. To tell you the struggle
had for those eigh weeks to make both
ends meet at my little home would be
impossible. But I went through with it
and was finally free from the blood
sucker.
Are there many clerks who patron
ize these usurers?"
Hundreds of them. You see the adj
vertisements are alluring, and most men
are willing to pay well for accommoda-
tons of this kind. OF course, they feel
sore when they find that they are pay
ing that ten dollars premium, but they
are in debt to the usurer, for one reason
or another, at all times, and in the course
of year pay him one-haf or perhaps
more, of their salaries. IN 7. Cor.
Pbilddelph Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

THERE arrived in Paris from Nice on
the Sd three boxes, one addressed to De
Lesseps, the others to Couvreax, contractor
for work on the Panama canal. When
Couvreax opened one of the boxes cart
ridge exploded, but no harm was done.
Couvreax Immediately warned De Lesseps,
who, smiling, merely said, ''They treat me
like a sovereign
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

SPEAKER CARLISLE will not be able
10 announce the House committees till two
or three days before the holiday recess.
The increase of the number of Representa-
tives has made his task somewhat more
difficult than that Of his predecessors, and
the unusually large number of new men,
bers in the present Congress adds much to
the difficulty of the work
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

CARDINAL MCCABE has issued pas
toral letter denouncing secret societies in
Ireland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

The suit of Gilmour VS.. Schurz was
removed in New York from the State to
the United States Court on the 4th. Gil
mour's suit is for 100000 against Schurz,
for disbarring the former from practicing
in any of the Departments of the Interior
while Schurz was Secretary.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

In New York, on the 4th, was cele-
brated the anniversary of the institution Of
the Chamber of Commerce in that city III
years ago. Lunch in imitation of the style
of 1888 was served in the room of the
Fraunces Tavern, where Washington took
leave of his officers in the year last named.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

ANOTHER insurrectionary movement
has been discovered in the Spanish garri-
son at Barcelona.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

The Supreme Church Council at Ber-
lin has notified DIR. StoecBer to abandon
the anti-Semetic agitation or resign.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

ADMIRAL COURBET is avoiding the
Chinese troops and operating against the
Black Flags pending peaceful negotia-
1tions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

LORD LORNE recently delivered an
address at Birmingham, Eng, in which he
lauded the attractions of Canada for emil
grants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

THE Exchange Bank of Montreal is
said to be hopelessly involved through I'M
authorized operations of the President.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

THE Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue estimates internal taxes for
the current fiscal year at $13O,O00,00O.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

REPORTS from Cape Race state that a
fearful hurricane from the east-northeast
prevailed the night of the ID. The sea rose
higher than ever before known. Much
damage was done to shipping and it is
feared q number of seamen Were lost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

CHINA has sent a circular letter to the
powers setting forth that if the French in
wade Northern Anam they will be opposed
by Chinese troops.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

A KHARToUM dispatch reports that
only one-third of Hicks Pasha's force was
destroyed. The remainder are safe in
camp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

FIVE Constantinople detectives have
been sentenced to ten years. Imprisonment
for blackmail and false prosecutions
againt innocent persons.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

THE Quidneck Mills in Rhode Island
passed quietly into the possession Of Re
ceiver Townsend on the 4th, Ex-Governor
Sprague saying he could not fight the
Court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

CHARLES HALEY, Chief of the North
western Railway Detective Service, has
been arrested on charges of shielding train
gamblers and sharing their profits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

ARCHBISHOP CRoKE says if the Irish
people avoid crime and refuse to be trans
ported to America, the present generation
may yet see Ireland clothed in the garb of
freedom under the Irish flag.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

AT a meeting of the management of
the Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centen-
NAL Exposition, in New Orleans the night
of the 4th, much satisfaction was expressed
over the notice of the Exposition made in
the Presidents message.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

CHINESE banks refuse loans until the
war clouds are cleared away, and mercan-
tile houses in Shanghai are reported going
out Of business in consequence.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

> "A vessel which arrived at New Bed
ford, Mass, recently, brought an eagle
which ahghted on the masthead when
the vessel was fifteen hundred miles
from any land.-BOst0p Post
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

The issue of silver dollars for the
week ended December was $343, 4S7; same
time last year, 1902, 900. Coinage at the
minis for Novemberwas $5,824,9 of which
81, 35O, 600 were silver dollars.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

G. K. HODGE, representing himself
from Philadelphia, obtained 81 900 on the
4th from the First National Bank at Mas
silon, o., by means of raised draft. He
was subsequently arrested at New Phila-
delphia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-12-13

There is only one negro in Mon
tague, Tex, and he IS the porter at the
hotel
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

A Pretty HoME.-Now that &c
many pretty things may be bought
at moderate cost. the POOREST woman
can save Q room from being meagre
in its appointments. She can avoid
horse-hair sofas and violet carpets,
and vulgar prints on the walls. Good
eugravings, little cretonne, some
knick-nacks made by herself, a few
grasses, a growing plant, and an open
fire, are all that are needed to make
a room pleasant aud refined. What
pity 1t il that IN country covered
with wood q wood-fire should be an
expensive luxury, for there is nothing
like it to make home attractive. Ii
burns up many quarrel aud morbid
speculation, rights many q wrong
and promotes peace. No picture j.
so utterly cheerful as that of the
family gathering round it as evening
falls. No conversations are so fresl
as those which 90 up with the sparks
No companion is so lively and invig.
Grating to the invalid, the recluse, the
mourner, or the aged, as a wood-fre
Il is the most healthful Of all VENT.
lators. the most picturesqe picture
the most enlivening suggestion oi
energy and thrift. And yet compar.
atively few homes possess this rars
attraction. In the cities, however
We can make canal coal take the
place of wood in a measure, and still
rejoice in our open FIRE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

Runs ron PoUIrav RArssra-
Fowls cannot properly and proEtahly
thrive unlsss proTidsd with ssuimhle
food. pare water. and loomfarkahle
house. One side of the hnildinQ
should be glass air and sunshine are
- essential TO fowl as to human csll-
tars. The domicilss should Be con-
strncted with view to vsntilake,
day and night. with0nt exposing the
fowls to air currents when on the
roosta. High ladders slightly in
clined and securely fastened aoainst
tho wall IN means Of access to the
perchas. should b. varied In pcint of
size and shape. The floor akould ha
Of earth packed has1, Ar of cement.
which should b frequently cIeansea
The walls should Be lime-washed now
and then--and the roosts delnaed
with suds rs . precaution against par
asltss. which are the hane Of unkeinpt
ponltEy. Shallow boxes of dry ashes.
lime. and sand. should be kent with
IN easy access as q daily dust bath.
Poultry houses should be abundantly
shaded. The nests Of setting hens
should be made in large clean baa-
kets Of clean straw sprinkled with
sulphur.
The food for little chicks should be
coarse cornmeal wet with milk or
water. Full grown fowls may eat corn
and wheat. interspersed with scraps
from the table and boiled potatoes.
An ear of burned corn or burned
bone are excellent. Fresh meat
should be given once q day TO
supply the place OF insects in win
ter, and their cornmeal should be
mixed with hot milk or water TO
which little pepper is added. A
fish diet for poultry il said 70 greatly
increase the production of eggs.
These rules apply to poultry rais-
ing. whether kept on large or small
scale. No country or suburban home
seems quite complete without these
pleasant and profitable pets.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

BELL OF JusrIcE.-In one of the
old cities Of Italy, a bell was hung in
a tower, which any one was at liberty
to ring who had been wronged and
by it summon the magistrate to see
that justice was done him. 1t was
called the BELL of Justice and the
following beautiful story is connected
with it:
When, in course Of time. the lower
end Of the bell-rope rotted away, a
wild vine was tied to it TO lengthen
it; and one day an old aud starving
horse, that had been abandoned by
its owner and turned out to die, wan.
dered into the towe-, and trying to
eat the vine, rang the bell.
The magistrate Of the city, coming
to see who had rung the bell, found
the old and starving horse.
he caused the owner Of the horse
in whose service he had been worn
out to be summoned before him, and
decreed that as this poor horse had
rung the BELL Of Justice" he should
have justice. and that during the re.
mainder of the horses life his owner
should provide for him proper food
and drink and stable.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

Fu1Lx QUAEIFTEnl--A esntlaman
who - rather given ilo story telling,
relates the following: Al aa
When ] was yoang man / spsns
several years in the South, residing
for whila at Port-1 -1ibaon, on the
Mississippi Rivsr. 4 great deal oi
litigation was going On there about
that time. aud it was not always an
easy matter to obtain . jury. One
day was summoned to aot in that
capacity. aRd repaired to court "a
ct excnsed. On my name being call
ID. ! infOrmed his honor he Judge
EAsst / was not . fraaholda. ard there
fore not qualified to serve.
!. !. ,a;s 4 "a % ssoppans fas - aHe sipe
You board at the hotal e pre-
sumo" Fl.
81 take meals there, but have rooms
n another part Of the town, whers II
lodge"
so you keep bachelors hall ?"
"Yes, SIR"
! How long have you lived in that
manner = -a#
about six months"
Il think you are qualified" grave
ly remarked the judge, "for / have
never known q man to keep bache-
lors hall the length of time YOU
name who had not dirt enough in his
room to make him @ freeholder. The
court does not excuse you.'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

PEARLS OF THoUGHT.-The hours
perish and are laid to our charge.
How white are the fair robes oi
charity fs4fs
That charity comes too late that
comes for the asking
The reward of doing ohe's duty ID
the power to reform another.
A noble part of every true life il tc
learn to undo what has been wrongly
done.
Envy is vice, which keeps no holi.
day, but 10 always on the wheels work.
ing its own disquiet.
1t is better to wear poor vest with
a royal heart beneath it then to wear
royal vest and beggar heart in
side.
Men are frequently like tea-the
real strength and goodness are not
properly drawn out until they have
been put in hot water.
We talk about men of genius, but
are they more than men of earnest
thought and action? Is not genius
another word for industry?
The pursuit of success by nations
and individuals seem to be the only
criterion by which the word distin-
guishes right from wrong.
knowledge gained by long expe-
rience and used under the direction oi
prudence, will give access to every
corner of fortunes warehouse.
Every person is responsible for ell
the good within the scope of his
abilities and for no more, and none
can tell whose sphere is the larg-
est.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

WILL READ EITHER WAY.-Our
young friends have heard OF palm
dromes-words or lines that read and
spell the same backward or forward.
The following sentences. printed In
the London Truth. simply make sense
read word by word either way:
Solomon had vast treasures-ail-
YER and gOld-things precious. Hap
py and rich and wise was he. Faith
fully served he God. a ~
She sits lamenting sadly, often too
much alone. ~
Man is noble and generous often,
sometimes vain and cowardly.
Carefully boiled eggs are good and
palatable. r. Il
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

How AMERICAN GIRLS TALK.-We
are told that talking is only a variety
of singing, and in listening to the
talk Of American ladies, that doctrine
is very acceptable. At first the pitch
sounds somewhat shrill, though not
disagreeably. only unaccustomedly 50.
BY and BY you begin to like it. As
presumably we should like any key
note coming from pretty bps There
always seems note Of interrogation sc
the end Of tie spoken sentences of
American ladies. and sort Of cosey
Querulousness, not 30 much plaintive
assympathetic, splinter peradventure
of the pity which j said 70 Be that is
dangerously near to love. Neverthe-
less. over the rows oflounging chairs on
deck, there seems to brood q sortof COO
ing sound as Of well contentsd doves.
The young American ladies take the
talking relns in their hands very ear
lyin life- At fifteen they ease their
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

s~ Whom the gods love die
young. The gods do not love spring
chickens.
@- An Indiana youth by the name
Of GosIing, saw q girl at chuach,
courted her there for two hours, and
at the end Of the next hour was mar
ried to her. An Iowa editress says
Of this affair:
"a man who does al his courting
in two hours and then marries misses
lots Of fun. It's like stuffing himself
with peaches and cream in five min
utss and then having dyspepsia the
rest Of his life"
Let women be brought up to habits
Of industry and economy and learn to
support husband and the tramp
nuisance will soon cease.
B@- A Museatine school bOy has
gone insane from sitting up nights
trying to find the streams msntioned
in the river and harbor bill.
B@- A Canadian girl has sued a
clergyman for damages for kissing her
Ave times. These kisses were giving
during . period Of three years. The
magistrate dismissed the case, for the
reason that they were stale sweets
had they been given in five minutes,
the case would have been tenabIe.
- Are you the judge Of repro
bate said Mrs. PartlngtOn. a. she
walked into an Office Of . Judge Of
probate. Il am . judge Of probate"
was the reply. We'll, that's it, I
expect, quoth the old Lady. You
see my father died detested, and be
left several little infdels, and / want
10 be thsir exscutioner."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

CURIOUS CHINESE PRovERBs.-The
ripest fruit grows On the roughest
wall.
It is the smallest wheels of the car
riage that come in first.
The man who holds the ladder at
the bottom is frequently Of more SER
vice than he who is stationed at the
top Of it.
The turtle, though brought in at
the back gate. takes the head of the
table.
Better be the cat in Q philanthro-
pist's family than q mutton pie at .
kings banquet.
The learned pig don't learn its let
ters in Q day.
True merit. like the pearls inside
an oyster, 10 contented to remain quiet
till it finds an opening.
The top strawberries are eaten
first.
Pride sleeps in agilded crown; con-
tentment in cotton night cap.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01


FoR Forty YEARs.-There died in
Delaware county, Pa, recently, a
prosperous and generally esteemed
farmer, nearly 100 years Of age, who
for forty years had never spoken q
word to his wife nor had she to him,
nor had any one Of their FIVE chill
dren, of whom three, with their moth
er, are still living, spoken a word to
'any other member of the family.
And yet they all lived peacefally un-
der one roof and were in full posses
sion of their faculties. Forty years
ago, it is said, the wife was bequeath-
ed small sum OF money by a rela-
tive. which her husband desired to
use in purchasing farming implements
and otherwise improving the proper
ty. She said no. He vowed that un-
less ne was given the money he would
never speak another word 10 her.
This VOW hesteadfastly kept to the end
of his life. The three daughters, then
quite young, at first tried to recon-
Gle their parents, but failed. Then
one sided with the father, another
with the mother, and the third be-
came disheartened with the whole Job.
So they quarrelled, the two sons died,
and never again o word was spoken
in the household. save to visitors
The death of the husband and father
has made no change in the situation,
and the survivors move about the
house as if utterly obliyious of each
others presence.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

mamuas oonsidarahlv !, tA.a ,....,..,.s
and sinzularlv enongh ~.;sh ths;,
mamraas conaent Ths F.gl;sh mar-
mas. Il that aca ,ro.,ld 49, -.-..... -.
versas;onalIv sIsssn;ne L 5snrh.as. 49,. es
Abont this earlr Amsy;esn an,
there 4 No 0ahhIa Tha-s- vo.n. - -
men rising sixkeen sraalr a. dsi,hs-
ately and naturaIIv a Mr Hsnrv =
wing. and without the moel;nc tv;n
kle Of having sOmethino II rassrra
which rsndasr1s tha talL ~ shas 80
nent actor not nnpIeaaansl~ ;rr;sss 80
inr. Fnclish o;rls II 49, 80 ,a.'.-s. -
talk a Il we're Will ths;r hands r.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

FIsHIEe.-A man ordered two
small mackerel for his dinner at q
cheap New York eating house. When
the check was brought to him he re-
minded the proprietor that he had not
been charged for all he had been served
with.
why, you had two mackerel, had
you not asked the proprietor.
"Yes." replied the customer. az
had two mackerel and one smeItf''
The charge was not increased.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

DoN'T LIFT More than you can
tote That cough is dangerous. Bet
tes use New Life. II will cure you.
Thos. w. Kerr. 23O Saratoga street.
Baltimore, Nd, says New Life cured
him after he had laid in bed 9 whole
winter with violent lung affection.
He thinks New Life the grandest
remedy in the world. Il only costs
90 cents to try this wonderful cura-
tive.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

So The clergman's wife had pre-
sented him with q son, and the happy
father, as he went his parochial
rounds. was congratulated by the
members Of his congregation. There
was one old farmer, however, who
received the tidings very coldly, but
when perceiving the pastors disap-
pointmeut, gOOd-naturedly explained
Il amt got no spite, its all accordin'
70 natur, spose; but when / think
Of that boy Of yourn i cant help
reck nm that in few years there'll
have to be new fence put round
my watermelon patch"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-01

WHAT A VIcE-PREsIDEST Has TO
GIvE.-Apropos Of the efforts to
make . candidate pledge the patron
age of an officer in advance ex-Sena-
tor Mcdonald, Of Indiana, tells an ad-
mirable story. he says that o GER
tain congressman Just before the Gin
cinnati Convention OF 1880 met him
and remarked: Il have been starting
q boom for you in my state a. the
nominee for the Vice Presidency.
What will you give me if nominated
and elected = There are only two
oikeas in the gift Of Vice. President, =
was the answer. He can appoint q
private SECRETARY and the keeper a
the Senate restaurants. 4 do not
think you would make q good private
secretary, 20 / viii give yon the other
place"