Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-19
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recently, when the earth cayed in and
buried him alive.
At Holly Springs, Miss, the cries OF
an infant led to the discovery that q
mui:tto child had been buried alive. It
was found In time to save its life.
John Taylor, of Gridley, Cal, found
two cove-Oyster cans with gold dust in
them few days ago while riding across
prairie land. He sold the dust for
$3.50. 90.
Philadelphia club men are telling of
q great game of poker, in which Thomas
a. Scott, Jr., lost $43, 900 on four queens,
his opponent a millionaire named
Tucker, holding royal Philadek-
phta Press.
"A family of five persons in a Port.
land, Me, clearinghouse, which was
burned early the other morning, would
have persisted had it not been for strong
cord which one of the boys had in his
room, down which they all slid, dis
lance of twenty-five feet.
In a recent address at London, Ser.
geant Ballantyne told his hearers that
Englishmen have too much of an idea of
their Importance An the American eve.
for Americans are people of the most
respect what an Englishman reveres.
Rev. Charles H. Eaton, lecturing
upon Marriage said: ''There are three
elements that combine to make a true
marriage-health, love and sympathetic
companionship." There is another little
element that goes a great way--a good
bank Accumulated York Commercial.
One of the best workmen in a Cali
fOrnia mine is man who, in 1876, lost by
a fall of rock piece of his skull, cover
ing an area of 33x23 inches. Flesh grew
over the aperture and he is now we'll and
hearty as ever, and carries his skull in
hispocket to exhibit to inquisitive people
who notice the peculiarities of his head
The meanest man on the Pacific
coast is now claimed by Portland, Ore
gOn. Some benevolent ladies raised
money to buy a stove for a poor widow.
The money was placed in the mean mans
hands to make the purchase, which
he did, but kept the new stove himself
and gave the poor widow his old one
San Francisco Chronicle.
For weeks there had been spread
through a New jersey town a report that
a ghost had been seen in the vicinity of
the graveyard. One night a small boy
met the ghost. Three days afterward he
died from the effects of the fright which
he had experienced. The ''ghost" has
now been proven to be young man and
a sheet. Such intense humor ought to be
punishable, by lawn. Y. Sma.
-Four years ago a party of heartless
Southern men caught an alligator and 50
bOlted his jaws with iron bolts that he
could not open his mouth. They then
returned him to his native element, ex-
pecting him to die of starvation. When
again caught recently his alligatorship
was found to have grown larger, though
his jaws were closed as tight as ever by
the iron bolts.-M. o. Ptccaguse.
The latest story of canine intelligence
comes from San Francisco. A gentleman,
fond of whisky punch, on one occasion,
after taking his third glass, incautiously
trod upon his favorite dog, which usually
lay upon the hearth-rug in front of him
while he INDUCED in his rotations. AT
ter that the dog carefully watched his
master after dinner, and the moment the
second tumbler was finished gravely left
the room.
The publishers of a German novel
recently did neat thing in the way of
advertising. They caused to be inserted
in most of the newspapers notice to the
effect that a certain nobleman of wealth
and high position, DESTROYS of finding a
wife, wanted one who resembled the her
oine in the novel named, Thereupon
every manageable woman who saw the
notice bought the book in order to see
what the heroine was like, and the work
had an immense sale.
"A young man in Portland, Ore, was
induced to take glass of cider with a
new acquaintance. When he awoke from
the stupor produced by the drink he
found himself at sea san ordinary sailor
and en- route to Hull, England That
was one year ago. He has just turned
up penniless and sick in New York City,
and is endeavOring to reach his home and
friends. This process of shipping sailors
is called ''shanghaing," and is said to be
carried on to an extent of which the pub
lie is mournfully ignorant.-N. 7. Times.
"A strange and fatal disease prevails
among the Chinese labOrers on the Cana
dian Pacific railroad in British Columbia
and the recent mortality among the pa
gans is very great. The victim only lives
half an hour after being attacked. The
symptoms are swelling of the feet
and legs, as in case of dropsy, and soon
the whole body is affected. The disease
was known some years ago among the
people of Singapore as "Berrie-berrie,"
and proved very fatal to the Chinese at
that time. Bad food, it is thought, has
something to do with it, and want of
vegetable nourishment is supposed to
be another one of the causes Chicago
Times.
"A young man by the name of Rooms
married into boarding house at Fort
Worth, Tex, and thereafter INDUCED his
proclivities by contributing nothing to
the family support much to the disgust
of his wife and her parents. Remon-
strances availed not, and the other even
ing when he returned TO the general dom
icile he found the gas out and the door
locked, but by the light of the moon he
discovered his extra pair of boots lying
in the yard. Looking further his Sun
day clothes, and still further his trunk
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