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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23

way across the lake. tits arope an inch
in diameter. 1T Is carried out In the
lake, large buOys being attached TO il at
intervals to keep mon the surface. The
twenty thousand hooks, baited with
pieces Of meat Of fish, or lowered to the
bottom of the lake by 'snOOds' of the
proper length, attached to the line 1t
takes twenty boats, with two men in
each, to look after this bio fish line
Each boat has one thousand hooks in its
charge. The hooks are placed eighteen
inches apart, and to bait all the hooks
once requires not less than one thousand
hooks in its charge. The hooks are
placed eighteen inches apart, and to bait
all the hooks once requires not less than
one thousand pounds of meat. 1t takes
the forty men and twenty boats ten
hours to see the line for the the first
time. After that the fisherman are con-
stantly employed in going to and fro
over the line, hauling in the sturgeon
that have been caught on the hooks and
rebaiting where 1t is necessary.
To haul in a seventy-pound sturgeon
from the bottom of the lake Is an eXcit-
ing piece of work, but requires more
strength than skill, as the fish always
has the hook several inches down his
throat, having sucked down bait and all
regardless of consequences. There is no
danger of losing the fish unless the
snOod or the hook breaks. When the
fish is hauled to the surface, a gaff, like a
meat-hOok, is thrust into the side of it's
head, and the sturgeon is drawn into the
boat and knocked on the head with a
mallet. The hook is then cut out of its
throat, rebaited and thrown back into
the lake
The average catch of sturgeon is one
/ to every ten hooks. When a boat is
loaded with all it viii carry of sturgeon,
the fishermen row back to shore, where
others take the fish and dispose of them.
! The fishermen know the particular sec
tons of the line on which they work by
the arrangement of the buOys. These
are placed ten feet apart, and every
/ 150th one is red. The space between
the red buOys contains one thousand
/ hooks. The sections are numbered, and
each boat has its number corresponding
with the section it fishes. While the
| average catch is one sturgeon to ten
! hooks, it is no uncommon thing for the
/ fishermen to find but one or two on an
/ entire section of / 600 hooks.
/ The Lake WinnebagO sturgeon is
| highly priced among the lumbermen
and others in the region. Its flesh is
finer and of better flavor than the salt
water sturgeon. The fish sells for six
/ cents a pound at retail. Large quanti-
| ties are smoked and sailed for use in the
/ lumber CAMPS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
A WELSH CLASSIC.
BY H. h. BALLARD.

4 unlettered clergyman wanting place,
(His manners were genial and pleasant his face
Received a kind letter inviting him down,
To preach TO a church in a large country JOWn
The town was uncultured, old-fashioned and
The principal business was harvesting grain,
And none Of the church members VenJured 70
. A word d the Hebrew, or Latin or Greek
For this very reason they. wished all the more,
A scholar Weli-grOunded in classical lore;
while a candidate might just wen stay away
II he didn't quote Hebrew at least once day.
The divine about whom this old story was told,
By the Times Of Manhattan, was cunning and
And knowing they wished for a classical man,
Though ne didn know Latin, he hit on a plan.
For he thought, eve shalIs see how much shrewd-
Though I cannot cannot read Greek, Pm native OF
Ifa few Welsh expressions I cautiously use,
It may rival the Hebrew in pleasing the peWs."
On the critical day, with exceptional grace,
With weilaLtuned voice, aud well conuoled
He read ffom the Bible a passage or two,
And remarked, "My dear friends, this transla-
ton won't do.
To be sure it's correct, but if beauty you seek,
Hear the rhyIhmlcal sound Of original Greek T.
Then boldly medley OF Welsh he recited.
And marked the effect on his hearers DenlghJed-
The CnIlCren gaL1Q up Win 4 WONDERING ELl-G5
Their mothers assumed an Intelligent air
While The deacUns sill nodded, as much as to say,
That Greek was by far the more excellent way.
A still holder venture he hazarded next,
BY a curious way of announcing his text
"These words, as my hearers have noticed, OF
Have lost nearly all their original force.
In the Hebrew how clearly the thought flashes
OUT"
And more of his Welsh he proceeded to spout;
When what was his horror 10 spy near the door,
4 jolly old Welshman, just ready 70 roar
Overcome with remorse and foreseeing the
shame,
Exposure would bring to his reverend name.
The preachers mad impulse at hrst was 70 run
But the Welshman's round face so trimming
with fun,
Suggested u possible plan of escape,
Whsch none but a terrified parson could shape
He bravely confronted that dangerous SMILE
And lOlly JnUnued his sermon awhile
Till al length without showing he least agitation
BE rallied himself Tor final quotation:
''The rendering here is decidedly wrong,
Quite different thoughts to the Chaldee belong :;
Then Welshmau in pulpit to Welsnman in pew,
IN the barbarOus dialect they alone knew,
Cried friend By the land of our fathers, ]
pray,
AS you hope for salvation, don't give me GlUGyp
The Joke was so rich the old Welshman kept sun
Andthe classical parson is preaching there still.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
Christening the Bells.

Chicago Current
Although the cart was ridiculously
small the donkey was much smaller, and
looked absurdly like a shaggy dog driven
by four mighty giants.
Just outside the picturesque Norman
town, with its horribly paved streets, as
narrow as alleys and dusky at MONDAY,
Just where the anemones were thickest
and the tree-shadOWy road reminded one
of cathedral aisles, we heard a wild
shout. Mademoiselle and I had de-
scended from the cariOle to gather flow
ers, leaving the two boys alone in their
glory to fancy themselves proud Alex4n-
ders driving a tiery-hearted Bucephalus.
AT the shout we turned around. And
there we saw our young AleXanders,
proud no longer, but very much fright
ened, poised on a perilOus angle of the
tipped-up cart, while BucephalUs was
cooliiy lying upon his sides, full-length
on the ground.
Bucephalus-WhOse name was Jean
repeated this pretty little trick of his at
intervals all the way to G-ville and
back; but as we were not aware of his
EpeCuliarity we had not learned the
clever twist of his shaggy tail which
never failed to bring him TO his feet, and
was the only course Of moral suasion
possible with him.
By united exertiOns we got Jean upon
thls 8eet again, But we were not long to
remain in sweet ignorance of another of
of his amiable habits. For soon charetts
loaded with peasant women IN tall,
white caps, and peasant men, IN fiat,
black ones and blue blOuses, began to
rattle past US, bound, as we were, to the
Baptime.
Although our shaggy little Jean had
not the slightest ambition to get beyond
q funeral pace himself he evidently had
strong objection to any other donkey
getting before him. So, whenever he
heard a rafting behind him, what did
he do, the malicious beast, but wheel
suddenly across the road and plant him
self brOadside directly in front of the on
coming donkey or horses, stubborn as a
jack-ass," while we sat feeDly looking on,
pOWerless to raise our weak excuse
against the storm of abjurgatiOns that
assailed us.
But finally, by dint of much humping
and many a cut of kindly whips furnish
ed by passing peasants, by pulling Jean
by the nose, by pushing the cart from
behind, by Charles running in front of
him with a wisp of clover held two
inches from his nose, and Cecirs fasten-
ing a rafting foOlscap to his ears, we
neared G-ville.
owe must give him some cider when
we start for home" said Mademoiselle.
who is French and knows the habits of
dOnkeys; nothing makes a donkey step
OF better. The peasants often mix
cider with their donkey's Oatsl"
"Jean 'highF" screamed the BOYS, in
an ecstacy Of delight. "Oh, don't let's 90
TO the Baptism; let's give Jean some ci-
der and see what he will dol"
G"ville is a struggling peasant vii
lage with one long street. in which the
church stands, running through the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
A Ship on Fire.

New Orleans Times.
Here on the Red sea, for the first time
in my seYentv-hve days and nights of
.sea-vOyaging, L have a taste Of what a
fire on shipbOard implies. One hot,
breathless day, the chief officer is having
a large kettle Of resinOus liquid boiled,
up forward on deck stove, for appliCa-
ton to certain parts Of the ship. 1t is
left alone for a moment, bOils over into
the fire, and in a moment more the whole
mass is ablaze. The liquid flows over
the deck, and almost before we can take
the fact in, great sheets of flame are
leaping half way up to the square sails
The alarm is sounded, the sailors, rush
to the sand barrels, and blythe time each
man has thrown pailful of sand upon
the deck there is nothing left burning
but the kettle. Over this a courageous
fellow throws piece of sail-ClOth, and
two other men lif6it to the deck In the
meantime the captain has ordered the
donkey engine to work, and there is an
immense stream ready to play upon the
deck, were such measure necessary.
confess that my heart is humping
away wildly, but none Of the officers or
men seem any more concerned than If
such a scene were of daily occurrence on
shipbOard.
A few men have been wounded or
burned IN the operation, while some 9th
ers have lost part of their clothing. I
suppose no more dangerous form Of fire
could break out; and yet it is handled
with perfect ease, and does not create a
ripple of excitement. In three minutes
1t has ceased to be a subject of com
ment.
This ship has the first odometer in
plain sight that have seen. 1t is an in
strument for measuring the distance
travelled by the boat, affixed to the gun
vale Of the poop. A long rope, with a
small propeller attached, trails behind in
the water and causes the clockwOrk to
operate. The length of the rope has to
be altered to correspond with the speed,
or else the officers nave to make an al
lOWanCe IN their calculations to meet the
discrepancy. The OdOmeter is a great
improvement in the Old log system.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23

and stood in the narrow street crowded
with peasants.
Then the three godfathers appeared
upon the church steps, each with a large
basket upon his arm. A breatbless 81
lence of expectation fell upon the crowd,
for those baskets were full of braces. or
sugared almonds, of the fnset and best.
The gOdfathers waited a moment, evi-
IDENTITY enjoying the pleased suspense of
the crowd, who all knew that among
those drdgees were more than one sill
yer coin, as well as good many cop
peTs.
Then a sweet shower fell upon Us,
pelting our faces, hats and shoulders.
There was much goOd-humored pushing
and laughing, picking of dragsss from
beneath each others feet from the frilled
borderE of white caps, and the embrOid-
cry of each others blOuses.
'Jolly, isn't it," chOked the boys; "but
how thirsty Jean must be by this time
for q drink of cider"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
The Mouth Of tine Congo.

Unlike most other great rivers, the
Congo has no delta. 1t discharges into
the sea by a single, unbroken estuary,
seven and a half miles across, in which a
sounding line Of 200 fathoms does not
everywhere touch bottom, and a current
runs Of five to seven knots an hour.
This enormous volume exceeds that Of
every other known stream except the
Amazon. A conservative estimate of the
amount Of water discharged by it is p
10000 cubic feet per second. The
Mississippi, when at food height, carries
down no more than 800 600 cubic feet,
aud sinks In the dry season to 228, 900.
Moreover, the Congo never runs low. 1t
sWells and sinks, as the rainy and dry
seasons succeed each other, but within a
relatively narrow range Of oscillation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
go seeneg - Funeral.
lgham Cor. London News.


Some extraordinary scenes were wit
messed at Birmingham yesterday in con-
nectiOn with the funeral Of the midget.
After the death the mother was anxious
to dispose of the body to a Snowman,
but in order 10 defeat this object the dep
uty coroner, Mr.. Weeks, ordered the
corpse to be under police surveillance
until after the burial. The coffin of the
mite was thirteen and halfinChes long,
six inches wide, and four inches and
half deep, and bore the following in
scriptiOn: "LillY Evans, the midget !;
died August IS, 1884 aged six weeks
and four days" Crowds of persons be-
sieged the house since the Inquest on
Thursday to get a sight Of the curiosity,
which, or the coffin of which, has been
on exhibition since that time, and drawn
far greater audiences than when the
midget was in the hands Of the show
man. Early IN the afternoon a mourn
ing coach drove up to the house to con
Vey the remains to the cemetery. For
nearly half an hour the funeral COrtege
could not get away, owing to the
pressure Of the enormous crowd which
filed the street and adjoining thorough
fares. The desire to see the coffin was
intense, and 1t was even thought that
there would be some serious distuT bance.
centured by the deputy coroner for ''per-
forming to death" her child, was Kissed
and yelled at, and would probably have
been lynched but for the efficient staff of
police who kept guard and prevented
any serious disturbance. During the flu
neral march, however, a. distance Of
nearly three miles, the mother was hiss
ed by hundreds of persons who followed
the funeral procession, and but for the
presence of the police there is no doubt
some act of violence would have been
committed. Upon the arrival at the
cemetery the undertaken, Mr.. Edwards,
took the coffin in his hand to the
church. Throughout the day the house
of the midget" was surrounded with
persons, and not Withstanding the asser-
tons that the CORPSE had been distracted
for embalming and exhibition purposes,
it is a fact that the body was actually
buried, the cOrOner's chief officer being
present, and the undertaken opening the
lid Of the coffin just before the funeral
took place.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
vFashineton.s Die -.

A writer in the Magazine Of american
History, for September, gives the follow
ing letter from Washington, at West
Point in I779, to DR.. John Cochran, de-
scribiDg a dinner party which the Com
mander intended to give:
"West Point, August Is, 1779.- Dear
Doctor. I have asked 6ITs. Cochran and
Mrs. Livingston to dine with me to-mOr-
row; but ought I not to apprise you Of
their fare2 As hate deception, even
when Imagination is concerned, i VIII.
cit is needless to promise that my table
is large enough to hold the ladies-of
this they had ocular demonstration yes
terday. To say how it is usually covered
is rather more essential, and this shall
be the purpOrt Of my letter.
'Since my arrival at this happy spot,
we have had a ham, sometimes shout
der Of bacon, to grace the head Of the
table. A piece of roast beef adOrns the
foot, and a small dish Of green beans
almost imp ceptible-decoTates the cen
ter. When the cook has a mind 70 cut a
figure, and this I presume he Wili at
tempt tomorrow, we have two beef
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
RovaI ObsenuIes.

Immediately after the death of the
Regent of Siam, in March, 1883, his re-
mains were inclosed IN a vast urn of
costly material, several yards in height,
which was placed in q large room open
ing upon the courtyard of his palace,
which stands on a creek flowing into the
river thai tTaverses the Capital. Bands
of native priests, relieving each orther
IN turn, kept repeating prayers night
and day in the death chamber, around
which were displayed all the orders and
decorations worn by the dead man in
his lifetime. Twelve months after his
death the urn and its contents were car
ried in state to a kind Of temple erected
for that purpose, where the cremation
was performed IN the presence of thou
sands of spectators, including the King
hi mself and his entire Court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23

what would have been done next?''
we were to try to reach Fort COnger,
in Lady Franklin bay. Fort COnger, Two
hundred miles or so farther north on the
Grinnell Land coast, is where Greeley
was left in 1881 TO establish a Signal Ser
vice station, and from which, when he
despaired of being visited, he made his
way, partly by water and partly by land,
to Cape Sabine. But We found the sea
full of foe-ice north of Cooked Hat Cove,
and would never have undertaken the
sail any farther north. We intended to
make the other two hundred miles In
sledges"
Had the Greeley party any fuel?"
eyes. At the Cove they discovered the
hulk Of q ship, which served them for
fuel as long as they were there. But if
they had known enough they would
have rugged itup and sailed in it across to
Littleton Island, only thirty miles away,
where there was an abundance Of choice
stores, left there years ago for lost ex-
plOrers"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
THE WORKING GIRLS,

How They stauggIe for Existence on sOanty
Pay.
New Yoik star.
In some of the Grand street dry goods
stores over 500 young women and girls
are employed Their hours of labor are
usually from a. N. till 6p. m, except on
Saturdays, when they remain on duty
until 9 o'clock. They are allowed an hour
for lunch about nOOntIme. All day long
they are busy as bees, either waiting on
customers or keeping their departments
trim and tidy.
"What do you receive for your weeks
work?" was asked a bright young sales
woman In one of these esta Adjustments.
81 ought to get 81; but j won't, because
was a quarter Of an hour late two morn
ings I'Il be fined fifty cents"
"What do you pay for board?
"FOur dollars"
"And for your lunch?"
Nothing. I bring & sandwich, piece
Of pie and a flask Of tea with me-"
"And for car fare?"
Nothing. It's healthier to walk"
For your laundry bill?'
81 do my own laundry work on the
morning Of my day off That's Sunday.
In the evening I'll fix myself up and at
tend party at a friends house. They'll
a jolly good time"
"Then you'll save money this week."
"Ill salt down 50 toward the fund Pm
raising to buy a silk dress, and III put
the remaining fifty cents in my pocket
book for an emergency fund. Pm not so
badly of, you see, and within a month
my salary will be raised to So a week"
"NO place of entertainment this week."
Edward has taken me to hear the
English Opera Company in Fra DiavOla.
He takes me out every Wednesday
night"
Our own importation, madam, S2.75
per yard" She addressed a customer
decked with diamonds and clad in costly
raiment, who had alighted from a car
riage, and ratified off as merriIy to dilate
on the merits of the goods as though
thought of care or trouble never. entered
her soul.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
THE WAY TO WOO.

you would WOO an Indian maid,
Lay sentiment aside;
And wear a suit Of single belt,
AdOrn with 'pOssum hide.
-CtuT1tbJseo People.
you would WOO a Yankee maid,
Just take her 10 the fair,
And treat her to ice cream and cake,
And give her Caffy there.
-GOThdHg MOtglt1tnesT.
If you would WOO a York State maid
And have her come half way,
Give her the pants and all the cash
And let her have her say.
-WdteTl0o Observer.
If you would WOO a Gorham girl,
Be careful how you 90 II,
FOR if you should her dauder Taie
Your old bald head would rue it.
-MOUgtGiRssr.
II you would WOO a Boston girl,
Reside on Beacon HUI,
With cultured air eudeavOr
A professors chair to fill.
If you would WOO q country maid
hat dWelleth near the Hub
Just tell her fish-bails and baked beans
Are the incest kind OF grub.
Boston Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
- . Ouestion 81 80.

BIZ Arp, in Atlanta Constitution
Well, took Mrs. Arp down in the
lOwland wheat this evening, where 1t Is
thick and and green and tall, and I ex-
planned to her ali about wheat being first
in the boot and then in the milk, and
then in the dough, and as we walked
along in a water furrow said that it re-
minded me of the old song of Coming
Through the Rye" that would change
it a little and say:
If a body meet body coming through the wheat,
And a body kiss body, wouldnt it be sweet.
And she smiled and said the rye of the
poet was not a field, but a rocky branch
named Rye, and the lassie was wading
through it when her lover met her on
the rocks and kissed her. So that
knocked all the poetry out of the situa-
ton, and L said no more on the subject,
but I've seen the day when that wheat
field would have been as good a place for
the business as a branch, and, if any
thing better.
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steak pies. or dishes Of crabs in addition,
one on each side Of the center dishs di-
viding the space, and reducing the dis
lance between dish and dish TO about
six feet. which, without them, would be
nearly twelve apart. Of late he has had
the surprising luck to discover that
apples viii make pies; and it is q ques-
ton, if. amidst the violence of his efforts,
we do not get one of apples, instead Of
having both of beef
of the ladies can put up with such
entertainment, and submit to partake Of
it on plates once tin, but now irOns not
become so by the labor Of hard scour-
ing, I shall be happy to see them
"Dear Sir, Yours,
GEORGE w AsHIN6VCE-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
Blood Heat.
Pithburg pisnateh.

l--I-I--I6 -I-7L-----l.
Blood heat Is set down on Fahreuheit
thermometers at 90. but more careful
investigation has shown that the tenn
perature Of a healthy person is between
lO2 and lob. One-half a degree either
way indicates an abnormal condition,
while one degree below would make q
doctor shake his head ominOusly. When
q fever sends the temperature up to 100
or lO7, it depends altogether on the
amount Of fuel on hand how long the
IRE viii continue to burn. The Under
In the blood may be removed before the
machinery is burned out, and the fires
smOthered, or the vitality may b. kept
up until the finder is ali consumed, and
the fires 60 down Of their own accord.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
Baked Loaveg Tn TfaIv.


Baked loaves of bread are, it is stated,
unknown In many parts Of South Austria
and Italy In the north of Italy the
peasantry live chiefly on polenta, a por-
ridge made Of boiled maize. 1t Ia eaten
cold as often as it is hot, and is in every
sense the Italian peasants daily bread.
In some Of the villages, not very many
miles from Vienna, bread is never seen,
the staple food of the people being sterz,
kind of pOrridge made from ground
beechnuts, which is taken at breakfast
with fish or Curdled milk, at dinner with
broth or fried lard, and with milk again
for supper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
A Probable once.
Brooklyn Eagle

DIOOAIJu LaSLt.
It conveys an idea of the lucrativeness
Of high places in England in "the good
old days" that in 1924 the then Attor-
ney General stated IN the House Of Com
mons that the late Lord Ellenb0rough
had refused 800, 900 for the Office 10 his
gift of Chief Clerk Of the Court of Kings
Bench. When Lord Ellenborough heard
that it was vacant he was on horseback,
and alighting, he wrote in pencil on his
saddle his sons appointment, the
groom being witness. The place.
complete sinecure-Was worth S35, 900 a
year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
The Language OFFlowers.
New York star.

new --lAA star
A blushing young man called upon a
Madison avenue florist one day last
week and gave the proprietor SIG to con
struct q DOquet which would say in floral
language: Dearest one, I love you-be
miue!" and which was to be delivered
that evening, without fail, at the resi-
dence Of a beautiful, accom- piished and
auburn-haired girl on Thirty-sixth
street. 1t evidently was delivered, be-
cause at an early hour next morning the
young lady called at the same florists
and invested $275 in a boquet convey
ing the message: "No, you bandy-leggsd
clam"