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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Rembrandt and His Works.

The execution of the pictures of Rem
brandt is marvellous. He painted some
very ugly, and even vulgar pictures; he
disIegarded all rules of costume and of
the fitness of things in many ways; he
parodied many ideal subjects, and he
painted scenes from Scripture history in
which he put the exact portraits of the
coarse and common people about him.
But, in spite of all these faults, his sim
plicity, truthfulness, and earnestness
make his pictures MASTERPIECES, and we
can not turn away from them carelessly;
they attract and hold us.
Rembrandt's style was not always the
same. Before 1858 he preferred the
open daylight, in which everything was
distinctly seen, and his flesh tones were
warm and clear; after that time, he pre-
ferred the light which breaks over GER
tain objects and leaves the rest in shade,
while his touch became very spirited,
and his flesh tones were so golden that
they were less natural than before.
The works of Rembrandt are so num-
erous and so important that one can
not speak Justly of them in our present
space. His pictures number about six
hundred and his engravings about four
hundred, and these embrace not only
many subjects, but many variations OF
these subjects. The chief picture of his
earliest manner is the Anatomical Lee
ture," now in the Gallery of the Hague.
Rembrandt painted but few pictures
from profane history, and his landscapes
are rare, but the few that exist are
worthy of so great a master, and one
who so loved everything that God has
spread out before us in nature. His
scenes from common life are beyond
criticism, but sometimes his picturine
of repulsive things makes us turn away
though we must admire the power with
which they are painted. His portrait;
were of the highest order, and very
numerous; no other artist ever made 81
many portraits of himself, and in then
he is seen from the days of youthful,
hope to ripened age.-ETSkine Clement
an st. Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Death OF a Jack Keteh.

William MarwOod, common hanoman
of all England and the latest professional
successor to Jack Ketch, died daY or
two ago and now there is not a person
in Great Britain or Ireland who is author
lied to strangle criminals on the gallows.
He was a shoemaker by trade and a
public executioner by profession. Cal
craft was his immediate predecessor
and instructor, and when that worthy
died a dozen years ago Marwood got
the appointment under some pretense
that he had discovered a new way of
hanging people without pain. He took
great pride in his singular vocation and
has frequently been heard to say: Eli
never makes botch hof a job. When
Hi lets the chap drop 'e's done for, and
don't make no fuss by kickin' and strug-
glin'. rs always civil with the poor
devils as can't help themselves. and the
neater the Job the better he's satisfied
In spite of his boasting, however, he did
make a botch, and a terrible one, at a
hanging that took place in Durham only
two or three weeks ago, but his awk-
Wardness on that occasion was charged
up to an immoderate dose of rum. In
deed, like many other useful public
functionaries, he is said to have brought
drink. He was only about fifty years of
age, but is credited with having worked
off, nearly four hundred persons first
and last-the men at fifty dollars head
and the women at seYenty-fYe dollars.
Among his recent patients were the
Phoenix Park assassins in Dublin. His
entire business brought him an aver
age income for the last twelve
Of lrr
besides what he made in the boot and
shoe line and by the sale of leather laces
to those who came to see him out of
curiosity. He was honOred soon after
his accession to office by having his
show of wax figures in London, and his
name was used to brighten children with
in the north of England.
The true glory of the hangman de-
parted, however, long before Mr.. Mar
not approach in Importance those an
cient and mighty hangmen who de-
capitated traitors with an ak and then
burned their entrails in public and stuck
their bloody heads on the spikes of Lon
not enjoy the luxury of scourging pick
POCAOCS oU q "nIPPlHS- push ny tuO O1U
Bailey, or dogging women at the carts
tail upon the bare back, or burning
them at the stake when they had killed
their husbands or made counterfeit
money. He did not know how it would
seem to press a man to death because
he would not plead in court, as was
done in numerous cases in Old England
and in one case in New England two
hundred years ago, and did not even
have the pleasure of burning heretical,
reasonable or blasphemous books in
the market place by order of Parlia-
ment or high court. The common hang
man has but little now to do in COM
parison with his important services in
former times, and it may be that the
abolition of capital punishment will ex-
tend from Michigan to England in the
course of the present century, and that
MI. Marwood's immediate successor,
who has not yet been named, will be
the last British representative of the
tribe of Jack Ketch.-Detroit Post and
Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Refuse of the Newfoundland Cod Fishery.

Mr.. Segrave, British Consul at Nantes,
notes the curious fact that the prosperity
of the important sardine fisheries on the
west coasts of France is due in no light
degree to merely incidental causes oc-
curing at a distance of at least miles
across the Atlantic ocean. 1t is calcu-
lated that an average of $4,000 tons of
refuse from the cod fishery is annually
thrown into the sea by fishermen off the
Newfoundland and North American
coast, and generally at that period
when the prevailing winds are from the
northwest and blowing with their great
est violence. The wind tends to cause
a deviation in the current of the Gulf
Stream, and to force the great north
eastern branch to flow toward the coast
of France, carrying with it a vast
amount of the refuse from the cod
fishery.
It is the presence of this matter on
the French coast which is the cause of
the collection of quantities of fish of
different kinds, whose spawn helps to
supply the sardine with food, and with
the floating oily gelatinous substances
which are equally indispensable.-LOls-
don NeGCS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
A Cowboy on Cattle. Raising.

The Denver Tribune had an interest
ing interview with an intelligent ''cow-
boys on the business of cattle-raising.
According to him there is an aristocratic
and plebeian element among the cat
tie men of the plains. These two classes
are those who own cOwherds and those
who have nothing but steers. The
former are the smaller investors and the
latter the wealthy stOckmen. The lat
ter buy the yearlings from the cow
herders and Craze them until they be-
come beeves, when they sell them to
the various buyers, topping out the
finest for the Eastern and foreign mar
kets and sending the tailings in to US at
the same price. The system of mo-
nOpoliZing the beef cattle in the hands
of the heavy capitalists is what is now
keeping up the price of beef, although
some of the stockmen do not know it
themselves and have only adopted the
system to avoid being bothered with
cows. The shipment of beef to England
has become large factor. In the last
three years there has been such a heavy
investment of Scotch and English cap
| ital that it is a fact that three-fourths of
the cattle interest of Texas, Colorado
and Wyoming Is now owned and con-
trolled by it. The ranges are being
| gradually encrOached upon, as they
were in Texas, and are becoming more
crowded every year, while the market
for the product is extending every year
Cattle that sold in 1880 for S22 a head
are now worth $50. with the prospect
that the price viii go up instead of down.
John GOekel, of Baltimore. Md,
sneezed so hard as to dislocate his arm
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
ssA LITTLE NONSENSE

An Oxford student defines Irritation
to be attention without intention"
"A laughing ''stock''-the collar of
our great grand-daddies.- 7. COM
a7aerclGL.
An outsider refers to the failure of
the New England leather firms as a
financial distress in upper circles.
He deserves ''welt' for that.-NOr7-is-
torn Herald.
mamie says you can't come to see
her any more,' said boy to his sisters
admirer. "'Why not?'' Because you
come to see her seven nights a week
now, and how could you come any
more?, Silence was the only answer.
Chicago Tribune.
On the return of the Cottage Hill
fishing party the high-school girl re-
marked to her mother, ''Now prepare
for piscatorial exaggerations. " YES"
replied the old lady, Il made Bridget
bring in the clothes an hour ago, for I
thought it looked like rain.-OI CITY
Derrick.
LEND me five dollars, JoeP''
Cant do it; in fact, am just going
over to try to borrow five dollars from
the DOCTOR ''Well, then, you might
as well make it ten dollars and I'll
take five dollars of it. It will make it
easier to pay, you know, if it is divided
up between US. ''-Ne1CGr6 call.
For soup
'Tm now in the hight of the season,
Said the elevator man;
And when asked to give his reason,
The inquirer he did scan,
AS he sighed,
Like monk III a clOister,
And replied:
Because I'm q holster"
IN. Y Journal
"A darby on Pecano plantation not
long since was much tried by the OBJ
stinacy of mule. After much urging
and kindness toward the brute he broke
out with: Look hyer, now! mebby you
think cause l jined the church last
Sunday that can't use big words, nut
I'll hab you know I'm gwine to make a
'ception in your special case
Willing to come down.-A resident
on Woodward Avenue who had adver-
tised for man to take care of his horses
had an application from a colored man
who seemed fitted for the position, and
bargain was made. AS the new en-
ployee was backing out of the Office the
gentleman said: ''Oh, by the way,
sab, my letters am ginerally directed to
de Hon Boswell Green, but lie perfect
" willin you should call me Mr.. Green
when you has occashun to dress me.''
Detroit Free Press.
For the last fortnight a band of
seven or eight Bohemian musicians have
been discoursing music from their horns
and taking up street collections. Yes
terday morning they were up Cass
avenue, and as they finished playing
tune in front of a residence the owner
came out on the steps and said: Gentle
men, thank you for this testimonial Of
respect. 1t has always been At
this iuncture a chamber window was
opened and the wife looked out and
called: Husband, don't you know
anything? That's a street band playing
for money! ssAh! chi Well, they
don't get a cent out Of me-not one
blessed copper!'' growled the statesman
as he backed out Of sight.-Detroit Free
Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Curious Recovery of Eye.Sight.

Captain Sam S. Thompson, the popu-
lar young Captain of the Birmingham
Rifles, who visited Mobile during the
encampment of the Second Regiment,
will be remembered by many citizens.
quaintance here imagined that one of
his clear blue eyes was perfectly blind,
yet such was indeed the fact. A stran-
ger fact than this remains to be told.
About seven years ago Captain ThOmp-
Lynn Iron Works, Birmingham, re-
ceived blow on the left eye, which
thoroughly destroyed the sight of that
orb, although it did not change its out
ward appearance. Last Thursday,
while at work, Captain Thompson no
ticed that he involuntariIy shrank OF
lodged as he moved past objects on his
left-hand side. This was a novel ex-
experience, and he wondered why he
should be so peculiarly nervous.
Presently, however, he had occasion to
place his hand to his right eye to rub
some dust from it. At length the truth
of his case was revealed to him, for he
discovered as he closed his right eye
that the Old-time darkness did not sur
round him. He could see with the eye
which had been totally blind for seven
years. The sight is not as perfect as
that of the right, but sufficiently clear to
distinguish objects even at some dis
lance, although not distinctly. In re-
gard to this phenomenon the physicians
of Birmingham say that the ght was
Obscured by a coagulated particle of
blood under the iris, which has at length
dissolved. The sight will doubtless
continue to improve.-MobiZe (AIa. }
Re0iSte3.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
Booth and Balloon were digging a

Booth and Baleom were digging a
grave in a cemetery at Dansville, LiY-
ingston County, n. Y, when they I'M
earthed skeleton. This so shocked
Booth that he tainted. His mother was
sent for, and came in a wagon with
such speed that, colliding with another
wagon, she was thrown out and serious
" hurt In crossing a bridge on their
return the bridge gave way, and the en-
tire party, horses, wagon and all, were
precipitated into the water, which was
from five to tep feet. One of the horses
was drowned.-N. T. IEEles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18
The Little Darling.

Among the children of an Austin gen
tleman is little girl of about fourteen,
who is very pretty, but who has been
completely spoiled by being continually
admired. She apparently does not
think of much else except her beauty.
A lady friend of the family met her a
few days ago and asked:
you have got a new little baby at
your house hav' Mt you?''
Eyes, we've a little baby"
''How is she getting on?''
80, they say she viii be pretty, too,
when she grows up. ''-IeJGS Sifti1gs.
Baseball is the name of new Ne
braska Chica0o Herald
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18

The reason advanced by Henry L.
Taylor, of Belair, Nd, for asking for =
divorce is that his wife will not let him
read the Bible. Baltimore Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18

"A colored girl of Atlanta, Ca, was
knocked over by an engine, bu5 quite
unhurt she sprang to her feet, ard said
to the engineer: 'You has a msghty
heap oh politeness to treat q la1y Cat
Y.''-Atla9ltG Constitution.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-10-18

John Goekel, of Baltimore. Md,
meezed so hard as to dislocate his arm
~ the shoulder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21

ton. When Lewis got into the pit he wore
a sleeveless undershirt, and the legs of his
trousers were tied around his ankles to pre-
vent the rats from taking refuge up
his shanks. His hands and arms were COW
cred with musk, which he believes
will prevent rats from biting him. Forty
rats were dumped from a cage into the pit.
The rats darted wildly around through the
sawdust and made vain endeavors to scale
the fence. Finally, they huddled in a wrig
Cling mass in one corner, and the judges
gave Lewis the word to begin. He moved
over to the pile of rats and without an in
stants hesitation thrust his naked hands and
arms i'll among them. He caught five fat
fellows and dropped them into the barrel.
Before the fortieth rat was placed in the bar
rel he had received seven wounds, which
were dipped in whisky.
The judges announced that the forty rats
were picked up in twenty-three minutes.
Lewis wanted the remaining sixty placed in
the pit at one time holding that it was unfair
to drop them in small lots, as he lost time
picking up the stragglers. The judges held
that as forty had been pitted on the first oc-
casion, that number would have to be drop
ped in again, leaving twenty to form the
last batch. Lewis worked with great agility,
and rat after rat was lifted and dropped into
the barrel with amazing rapidity. The fifty
seventh rat he attempted to touch sprang in
his face as he stopped and bit through the
mans lower lip. Without hinching he
grabbed the little brute and tossed it through
the canvas cover. He lost five minutes
stanching the blood that flowed from his
lip In picking up the other twenty-three
rats he was bitten slightly five times Eighty
rats were in the barrel and Lewis had only
seven minutes to pick up the remaining
twenty. The time was too limited and | evils
gave up the job and got out of the pit. The
spectators were satisfied with his efforts,
however, and collection amounting to $22
was taken up for his benefit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21

their own familes-the Shermans and the
Ewings-and they are worth all the
diamonds of the world
But started to tell you what had become
of the diamonds and will resume. After
many years of anxiety and annoyance, the
family not knowing what to do with them,
the diamonds were sent to Tiffany The
stones were taken from their crude Egyptian
setting and examined. Many of them were
not the gems they were taken for, l can tell
you. However Tiffany fixed them up and
they were found to be very valuable--worth
probably $50, 900 or more. General Sherman
had four daughters-NIiss Lizzie, Mrs. Fitch,
Mrs. Thackara and Miss Rachael. The dia-
mouds were divided by Tiffany equally
among the daughters--four sets of solitaire
earrings and four necklets Nothing so
strong can be said about the simplicity of
the Sherman family as to record the fact that
none of the Khedive's diamonds have yet
been worn, and that they are yet more of a
burden than pleasure, Notwithstanding the
fact that they are more beautiful than you
will see in almost any drawing room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
CATCHING RATS.
Philadelphia Colored Mans r.,

a Philadelphia Colored Mans Revolving
y Work for ii Wager of $500.
" PHILADELPHIA, March 20.-Winiam Henry
, Lewh colored man, tried, Oh Saturday
y night to pick up and place in barrel 100
live rats in the space Of sixty minutes, for a
wager of $500. 1t was stipulated that he
should do the work with bare arms and
hands. Lewis is Philadelphian, and forty
years old He has had fifteen years expert
ence as professional rat-catcher. For five
years he was employed catching wharf-rats
IN New York for the wellknown dog-fancier
Harry Jennings. The exhibition occurred
in Fran1ford, and fifty men paid 81 each to
witness IT,. After the match had ended it
was hinted that its managers had put up no
stakes, and that the receipts for admission
were divided between Lewis his alleged
hacker, and the proprietor of the house in
which the affair took place
In the center Of the room, space eight
feet square was surrounded by tight board
lence, four feet high. The floor was covered
nm inch deep with sawdust In the center of
the pen stood an empty whisky barrel, the
upper head OF which was replaced by piece
of canvass with hole in its center The
rats were confined in three tin-lned wooden
cages which stood in the yard. As the visit
ors entered the front saloon they were intro
duced to Lewis, who INDUCED in the flowing
bowl so frequently that before 10 O'clock
when the rat-handling began, he was in a
bosstful but goodnatured state OF intoxica
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
STATE EXCHANGE TABLE.
Opinions of the County Press Upon
Current Public Topics.
No Sympathy with Assassination and Dyna-
mite as weapons of Accommodating
the Democracy to the Record.
Dukes Foul Crime Against Humanity,

Dukes Foul Crime Against Humanity,
Evansville journal.
The creature that could deliberately write
what he wrote OF a girl who had given her
self to him and that to the father of the
girl, is worse than murderer, Language is not
adequate to express the contempt and loath-
ing which every man deserving the name
must feel for him. and to have such a
wretch as this fully acquitted OF his crime,
the murder of the man he had so foully
wronged must make every American blush
for the honor of his native land. The peo-
pie of Uniontown are abundantly justified in
their indignation against the jurymen who
have brought reproach upon their Town, and
the record they have made since the acquit-
tai must be remembered to their everlasting
credit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
Lat Than ELL Blow

about bargains, etc, but remember the original
Chicago Shoe House don't take back seas for
any or all. We defy competition, ms our goods
are bought at far lower figures than any house
in town, and in larger quantities. If you call on
us we will convince you of this fact, that in our
sstoreroom now is stored more goods than any
-FOUR shoe stores all put in one can show up;
also, that we sell more goods than any other
house in town. Have just received large and
fine assortment OF all grades and qualities to
figures it viii surnrtse and nIaasa vnn all Please
remember we can afford to undersell any house
in town, and will, or else give you the goods.
We are bound to keep up the good name we have
as being the great cheap shoe store of the West.
so give us d trial on our new stock just received,
at "A West Washington street, and see how well
we keep our word.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
A WoMAN,s SPHERE.
Lille Devereux BialSe's Reply to Rev. Nor
1au

gan DIX
Report of Lecture in New York Tribune
We believe that a woman's first and grand
est duty is to her home, and so is a mans;
he has no more right to go from home for
amusement than has she. But we women
have no houses, legally. DIR. Dix tells us we
should be devoted to our children. Who
needs this injunction? When they leave
our protection they are brought into contact
with influences TO which the legislation of
men subjects them. If you would have
emancipated. We hold that women belong
in all the departments of life in the national
house. If women were in the legislative
house, do you think we would have such,
looking streets as we have to-day?
The widow of a contractor in Albany,
whose husband died in the tenure of his no
sition, carried on his work, and the streets
of the city were never clean before or
since. According TO mems idea of cleaning
this city. the refuse is dumpted into the bay
and brought back as miasma and misery
upon Coney Island. If women had charge
of matters, we would have electric lights in
Vanderbilts tunnel. and we would sweep his
uptown bridges. This is not the fault of
men, for housekeeping is not their sphere
Applause and laughter Women's true
mission would be to take care of the nation
al house cleaning; also of the national
forests. Women's appointed sphere is in
the schools too. In this city, although
there are $500 women teachers
there is no woman on the board of dduca-
ton, and in the schools there is no ethical
training. Women are bnnished from posi-
tons where they are needed. They should
be i'll all the police stations Yet DR.. Dix
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21

The Latest as to the Khedive's Present to
| General Sherman's Daughter.

Washington Letter in Philadelphia Times.
Do you know, Mr.. Editor what has become
of the peck of diamonds that was presented
to Miss Sherman, now Mrs. Fitch, by the
Khediye of Egypt, several years ago, when
General Sherman and his daughter visited
the glorious East2 You may remember that
the then Khedive was one OF the wisest and
best-informed rulers of the world, and he
watched our civil war with the eye of SOL
der and statesman. Therefore he knew
Sherman, the simple modest old soldier,
and knew what was in him and what he
had done. The Khedve paid our old war
ror unprecedented attention, and, to more
properly show his liking for him, the ruler
of Egypt sent the warriors daughter
diamonds enough to decorate a Queens
drawing-room. What has become of them?
I will tell you. They were for years kept
locked up in the Custom-house or some other
safe place until they became nuisance to
everybody. Mrs Fitch could not wear them,
because they were more snowy than any
lady in the United States could produce,
and besides, they invited thieves and rob-
bers. But, above all the Shermans took no
pride in them. The Sherman family is not
a diamond family. They are by no means
poor, but they hate display, and do not care
to masquerade in diamonds. They staEd on