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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-07

A. r and A. M
PhillipsburG Lodge number ia. meets every
Saturday on or before the fail moon. visiting
brethren cordially invited 10 attend.
+. I. NJ. butcher, ses'y. P. Z. S, Lowe, W h
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-07

K, of p.
Crescent Lodge number ~. meets every Mon
day evening. Visiting brethren e0rdlaIy lnSi ~
ed to attend, DAVID MANNER w.
j. Jackson, of ana S.
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@. A. r.

c. A. r.
PhilIirsburg Post number u meets Saturday
after fail moon, Visiting eomTaaes IwHSSS
welcome. FRANK STEAiN' "
" ". Anderson. Adj,
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Church Directory

Il. z, Church Rev, " h Alien, every ; ATE
nate sabbath st II o'cloek a: "a andi1 o cIO'
p 81 cern-isSss<iTlg Tag 9Th 1857
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-07

res good land. miles from Phillipsburg. Stone
alton, one mile from school house Good neighbour
Price $4,000.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11
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sBAEss.

hheem, who has charge Of the reptile
specimens In the Smithsonian Institute,
contradicS much 0f the popular belief
a. TO snakes Some % the most dread
ed have no existence. The hoop snake,
which takes the end Of Its tail In ia
mouth and rolls over and over like a
hoop, killing everything It touches with
10 venom, aud the blow snake, the
breath Of which Is deadly, are iictiOns.
AZ serpents move about they are
constantly feeling ahead with the
tongue, and the forward thrust and
peculiar iOrked appearance Of this
organ has given rise 10 the false idea that
with II the sting is done. 1t in gener.
ally thought thai there are A great
number Of poisonous snakes. In North
America there are but three species-
the rattlesnake, the cDpIerhead o.
moccasln, and the coral. There Ar,
about thlrty varieties Of these specie,
altogether. The cOpperhead In probably
sue nVbL uangerOuBi AZ IL ~ vicious
and never gives EARNING Of any kim
efore striking. The rsttlesnake
though more poisonous than either o
the OtherB, viii rattle at the approach
VI anything, and try 10 get away un
less brought 10 bay. The coral IL
much smaller, aud rs native Of N,
Southern States. The bite h mol
necessarily fatal II the proper remedisi
are used in time, az, Oh account of IL
sire, the quaLtity Of poison 10 small
When a reptile strikes he throws BIZ
whole body forward, and the fang
psnetrate the object against which the,
come. lie does not Jump; the hinde
part Of the body remains IN position
and none Of our snakes Ia IN the habi
Of reaching more than half II. length,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

what dc wzus with an old silver
wztehrr
An hour later BE- stood At pawniro
keT's counter.
what do you wzntt'' asked the
Jew. ''Ten tolisrsl 1 say 10. / give
you tres tollzr-no more. What you
szys'-
81 ssy nor cried Percy, angrily.
Then on second thought. "Weli, give
the thfeei'
But this was not enough, even for his
immediate need Under a desperate
impulse be stepped into drinking ss-
loon, and midnight found him At the
gaming-table. Pretty sybn Pearson
had shuf3sd cards for him with her del
iezte, beautiful fingers. aud had taught
him 70 play. Under the tutelAge Of his
temperance friend. the elegant Kings
ley, he bad learned to drink more than
lager; but how and when to stop drink
Ing had not been part Of his instrue-
tons.
What need 10 tell more? You find
bis history repeated in that Of thou
sznds who throDg our great cities, Aad
shOrteDd career Of crime upon the
g4liOEA
The gray hairs Of ms aged parents
were brought doua In sorrow to the
grave, and Annie Collins golden curis
we're covered with the fresh turf Of
spring-tims.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

The Brit h Museum, though i Is
kspt within too narrow bonds " .
ieslons Treasury, IS ever 90 the watch.
and, Is ever acquiring books. prints,
antiquities and manuscripts OF books
no less than %, 900 volumes Sere added
70 the library during the year; alarming
evidence Of The quantity. II not OF the
quality, Ct Sork produced By modern
men Of letters. some OF the old hooks
published were Of exceptional interest,
such as the copy Of Cations ''Chroni-
eles Of England, - Of which only four
perfect examples are known; and the
Lsipsic reprint Of Lutber's Bible,
printed By that knzye WOlrAb, who, /"
the great refoTDer complained, having
printed all the libelOus attacks on me,
has now taken upon him 10 print my
German Bible and thus TO take the
bread out Of the mouth Of my own peO-
PIE at Wittenberg." The Luther eel
bration brought many other eontem-
pOrary documents INTO the market, Of
which the museum acquired l20. The
first Of the sixty editions Of Cookers
arithmetic also found its way to the
library, dated 1864. So did many fine
misszls, breviaries and books printed by
Verard, the great Paris printer; many
OF the best examples Of binding from
the Didot sale, and not few from the
later portions Of the Sunderland and
Buckfod Libraries. Though chill
peDury repressed the noble rage of the
trustees in the matter OF the Ashburn-
ham collection, they yet secured 99s
manuscripts, all Of the highest value,
from the "Stowe" division, Of which
they retain sol, having sent the rest
TO Dublin. The print department has
been 10 great extent rearranged under
Its new chief and numerous additions
have teen made to 1t, notably the ex-
cessiyely rare set Of six plates of the
''Triumphs Of Petrarch, - bought at
very high price at the Sunderland Ii
brary sale. In the various departments
OF antiquities much space has been
gained and very thorough reorganiza-
ton rendered possible, while OF the
multitudinous additions, purchased or
presented, one that is especially worthy
of notice is the collection e1cavated
from the barrow at Taplow, Of which
b much was heard last year. This has
been given to the museum by the rector
OF TaplOH. the Rev. Charles Whately.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11
Mes Ixnorsnt Of IRE.

A naturalist says do not know Of
any but a single record where natives
Of newly-discOyered country did mol
know the use Of fire; that one case was
on Island, Fanua Los, or BOwditeh's
Island, discovered on the 18th Of Jan.
uary, 1871. by the United States steamer
Peacock, commanded BY Captain "
II. Hudson Of the United States South
Sea Surveying and Exploring Expe.
dition.
Captain Hudson relates:
'The natives were al first very shy OF
the boats, but the Haxaiians who were
IN them soon induced them to approach,
and 10 enter into trade, and finally en-.
teed them alongside the ships. On
coming near they began song or chant,
holding up their paddles and mats, and
shouting 'kadlOu tamatau They re.
Iembled the natives Of Oa.afu, or Duke
Of YOrk's Island, wore the same kind
Of mats. eyeshades and ornaments, and
some were tattcOed 10 the same man.
ner. Some, however. were tattooed In
different style, being Onamented
with a variety Of arrows on the fore.
head and cheeks. They were all finely
formed and manly in appearance, with
pleasing cOuntenances that expressed
goo1 nature.
They were eager enough for trade, and
soon disposed Of all they had to ex-
change; a few presents were made
them, but all the Inducements failed to
entice them OH board. They appeared
cheerful, laughing heartily at anything
that struck them as ridiculous.
The population Of the island IS esti-
mated TO be about 900 souls, most OF
whom owen in the town.
There was no sign Of places for cook
ing, nor any appearance Of FIRE, and it
is believed that all their provisions are
eaten raw. What strengthened this
opinion was the alarm the natives felt
when they saw the sparks emanatlne
from the flint and steel, and the ennis
sion Of smoke from the mouths ofthose
who we're smoking cigars"
The writer Of this article was on
board the Peacock and can youch for
the verify Of Captain Hudson's account
Of our interviews with the natives, and
also that they eat their entire food
without cooking, but also had tbs
greatest dread Of fire in any form. W.
saw no traces Of charcoal or ashes il
their village or town, and we fully
understOOd them as to their food ant
how 1t was taken. 1t consisted entirely
OF cocoanuts and pandanus fruits, fish,
echini and other products Of the sea
the few sea birds mostly seen there
were not regarded as food, and even /
they were could not have been easill
obtained or relied on for supplies. thu
population being large in proportion t.
the islands size.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11
TAttoOed samoans.

A traveller says, the natives in the
boats exhibited the general character
istics Of the Polynesian Malays. Their
faces were clear of tattoo, but from
the loins downward over the hips and
thighs TO the knees, they were very
closely tattoed. Unlike Mayor tattoo.
which follows curved lines, the SamO-
ans puncture the color into the skin In
closely dotted mass, with diagonal lines
Of bare skin embelishing the design,
which at distance looks almost like a
pair Of dark pants. The Instruments
used are usually the spines of the shad-
dock tree or bone driven in with small
mallets. The cOloring matter is burned
candle nut. The women do not tattoo.
The process is begun with the men at
the age of twenty, and is slow and
painful. AS among their civilized pro-
fessional brethren there is a code OF
honor recognized in the profession de-
voted to this art, and this code is chiefly
applled-sO true is human nature in all
its aspects-tO the maintenance Of an
adequate scale of fees. A tattooer will
sometimes stop in the middle of his job,
leaving the subject half done, until his
pecuniary demands are satisfied, and
no professional brother can be tempted
to cut IN and finish the business. A
Samoan is no more able to walk about
for the rest of his life half tattooed than
an Australasian masher with one wits.
ker, and he is therefore obliged to pay
up to the uttermOst farthing. Although
not 80 Invariably as in Fiji, the Samoan
men and women do dye their hair vel.
low with burnt coral, and paint thelI
faces red and black. They also shave
the heads Of their children, using
sharks teeth as razors. Rubbing OF
pressing noses, as with the Maoris, is
the form of national salute. The,
never eat before ten or eleven O'Clock
In the morning, but afterward have nc
regular meal time-eating almost con
tinuOu5ly through the day.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11
Ths Kinds of Lie not worth Living.

a life Of mere money-getting is al
ways failure, because you will never
get as much as you want. The poorest
people In this country are the million.
aires, and next to them those who have
$4,000. There Is not scissors grinder
In New York or Brooklyn 80 anxious
to make money as those men who have
piled up fortunes for years. The disease
Of accumulation has eaten into them.
That is not life worth living. There
are too many earthquakes in It, too
many shipwrecks, too many perditions.
They build their castles and open their
picture galleries and make every in
ducement for happiness to come, but
she will net. So also life that chiefly
strives for worldly approval is failure
The two most unfortunate men in the
United States for the next few months
will be the two Presidential nominees.
Two great reservoirs of maledIction
have been gradually filling up, and pres
emily hose will be attached to them
and they will begin to play on the nom
inees, and they will have TO stand and
take 1.-THE falsehood, the caIicature,
the venom, the filth, and they will be
rolled over in it and choked with it. To
WIN that privilege hundred candidates
are striving, The same thing is seen
on smaller scale IN the strife for so
cial position. Good morals and intelli-
gence are not necessary: but wealth,
or the show Of wealth, is absolutely in
Indispensable. 1t don't make any differ
ence how you get your wealth, if you
only get it. Perhaps you get it by
falling four or FIVE tines-the most
rapid way Of accumulation in this
country. If man fails once he is not
80 very well OFF; but if he fails twice
he is comfortable, and by the time be
falls three times he is affluent. But
when you really lose your money, how
quick they drop you High social life
is constantly in change-insecurity
dominant, wretchedness dominant and
a life not worth living.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

A young gentleman, son Of one of
the most notable families in the country,
whose great-grandfathe started with a
peddler's pack upon his back, leaving
millions to his children, has two fancIes.
One is cats Of the Maltese breed, the
other is trousers. Being gentleman
he wears trousers; If he was gent"
he would wear 'pants:'' youthful read
ers will please observe the distinction.
II CHANGED that ran across this young
man in Newport not many years ago,
and on our way home in the Fall River
boat, while sitting in Captain simmons
office, he showed me Maltese kitten
with the most extraordinary tail | ever
saw on a cat Of any sort or age. On
the back Of each ear was polka dot.
During a somewhat discursive talk he
informed me that he had 80 cats OF the
Maltese variety, the Oldest OF which
was twelve years OF age, and had been
In his possession five years. He has at
home a room devoted 10 cats, with an
attendant whose sole duty is to feed,
watch and protect them. In the center
is an iron CRATE, swinging on hinges, SO
as 10 rest level with the wall when not
thrown directly across the apartment.
II for any reason he desires TO separate
the sexes, this gate is used, or If any of
the cats develop peculiarly pugnarious
disposition he can by means Of this gate
corral them, separating them from tic
others. In one corner Of the room Is an
iron cage, in which he keeps any cats
which may be i'll, for any reason.
Well, he told me all about this on the
boat, and subsequently showed II to me
looked at him with a perfect amaze,
ment. lie talks sensibly on other mat
ters, and in spite Of his excessive admI
ration Of his family and It's wealth, il &
reasonably good fellow. While we were
in Newport, saw him on several Occa,
siOns, and cOuldn fail to notice thai
on each successive appearance he dis
closed an entirely distinct suit Of clothes
After became well enough acquainted
with him to refer to what struck me al
feminine ldocy, lie explained that Ia
had over 100 different suits, embracing
coat, waistcoat and trousers, and that.
In addition, he owned twenty-five Of
thirty pairs Of trousers, which could b,
worn with any Of his coats. Now, ther,
is a man, 20 years old, with presen
fortune of S25, 900, and the certainty o
a fortune somewhere In the millIon
within the ensuing fifteen years at tn,
furthest whose great ambitions in If
are to own the finest procurable specl
mems Of Maltese cats and kittens, ant
TO be considered In his set the bes
. and most elaborate man in town.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

Cape Coz wzaer illies are l,ink iD-
stead N white, and originated 10 lily
po1d a Centsryille, 10 B4rnzn@bls,
A&sa-, shsre, tsenty ye&n ago, they
psre found gTOwlnz SIDE b. SIDE with
he common whfte water my. which
tnsy resemble IL everything bat color.
Tso brothers named Cbipmzu, VINO
we're born IN BaFnstzble. but nov live
10 East Sandwich, lsss than two miles
from Sandwich Village, got roots Of
the pink water lily 10 100, aud planted
them 10 ziittis pond On szmue. Chip
mans farm IN sandwich. Tfsey sBe-
eseded - vel that Mr.. Chapman has
cultivated ttJslD ever since. and now
has = hzlf-dOzen small ponds. fed with
water from trout. brook iH which they
grow with more OF lsss cultivation, and
Ia rather uncertain abundance. This
rear The supply u lies for the Iasrke.
y not large Oh account u the vet and
cloudy ssas1n-but IN some yezrs Mr..
Chipnan has sOld more than 500 worth
from land and water which e4nnOs h.
more than half al acre. There is a
good market for them and as we drOys
70 this singular garden Of lilies Sztur-
day morning ye met the son u tie
family CAMPING the days crop ~ mar
get Ia paper boxes, which were 10 90 10
the train for Boston. The lad himself
wore q fragrant rcd water lily IN his
button hole, a. a symbol u his erTznd.
The flower - not ~ beautiful a. The
white lily, but commands higher price
for ~ rarity. The game - true u
another lily Selumheum lutsBm or
chiDquspm lotus, which We found
growing but not Jet biOassned Ia a
pond near the Hzshpee pos;Oihcs. This
has never before been successfully
cultivated IN New England I think,
though Is common enough Ia the South
and West, where 1 saw il growing ia
Missouri and Kansas, 10 1872. It has
4 large creamy white or yellow flower
which stands up from the water, instead
Of resting on II, al our lilies do; and
the lily-pad slso often rises above the
water II is a snowy large flower,
which has sold in Newport for fifty
cents blossom, and wholesale for ten
cents each; ordinarily blooms early IN
August, bat on the 18th il b4d not
opened At all, though the Newport
ladies we're waiting for il impAtieDtly.
The pond which We saw belonged 70 a
nonresident " Aaslipse named Holmes;
but Wa taken care Of by an ingenious
Aashpee Indian, Watson =. Hammond,
who told 10 all about the plant. He -
, also the Inventor Of simple machine
for ''creening" Or sitting cranberries,
" which hundreds u barrels are raised
m that region on "bogs' artifcially
prepared with sand, and supplied with
head Of water u food them with
when there Is danger Of frost. This IL
an Increasing industry and prevails In
sandwich and Plymouth, an we'll a. in
barnstable. An ordinary swamp near
running stream Is cleared up, the turf
taken on, 70 kill out the grass and
rOots, and few inches Of saud spread
On, 70 help the cranberry vines and
hinder weeds asked native why
thsy used this sand, and he replied
80 that the cranberry vines can ro0t
In II easier, and get % 9Drk sooner. "
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

Tlaszs's EegeF a 1rsaA saa@ses happy
E4t tke ~4kinx makes ~ sd
Isersis BsEes > dream q sorr0s
Bat TIE waking naakss ~ CAD
We tkz1 look souls 11y win wonfss
Al he tpD1biss We kzvs had
Thszs's EsTsE a var 20 nszrOs
Bat The sstsz1es IL n1zas ssEzlsts.
Tiers 10 4ls2ys . guide 70 poini ~
To tb< '7iftls wie1ss s4s4''
And TIE angsls viii b fhs n=srsz
Toa soul fAst l. dseol&Ss.
Thsrs's nssss a hssFz 20 h41ghfy
Bat viii sogss day bow ~ad knee
Tfsns's Dsysr a beart % wounded
Th&t the Szyi0uf ezun0; bal
There Il nazny a l0Ely forehead
That IL issariBg the kiddsa sesL
THERE'S nsyer a day ~ sunny
BHi littis eiosd zppezB
Thsrs's nsFH life - happy
But hSs had fts time q te4rs;
YEA the sun shines out the brighter
Wtsn the stormy tsEnDess clear.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

A rabbit Wan placed Ia the cage Of
one Of the large ssrIents In the Jardin
des rlantes, Paris, fDr the daily meal
OF The occupant. A poorer specimen
Of the rabbit tribe, In point Of appear
ance, II would not be easy 10 lind but
u was noticed that the little creature
had peculiarly knowing and deter
mined look. The boa Kissed joyously
at the sight Of his dinner, and al once
put all the power Of fascination hp
POSSESSED Into his large round eyes.
But the rabbit WIS not 10 be fasci.
mated. Boldly, and even deGantly he
returned the reptiles stare, till the lat
ter, binding milder means Of no avail
proceeded to unfold one Of his coils
This mcnacing movement had the = fec
Of producing a marvellous display o
Hallatory activity on the part Of th,
rabbit His wild bounds and jumDs
which he kept up uninterruptedly 70
several minutes, moving his ears Ter
ribly the while, could only be compare,
to those Of red Indidu "braye" in Tn
heat Of war dance.
The boa, who was evidently unaccus
TONED 10 such a show Of fight on Ia
part Of his victims, drew back, thoI
Oughly intimidated. ProhLing by TIL
moment Of hesitation, the rabbit, VIII
was decidedly the Bayard of his rae,
jumped upon the back Of his I'D yersar,
who now, utterly cOwed and discOmiii
ed, retreated under the folds Of hi
blanket. The rabbit squatted himse
ON his hind quarters at the other end {
the cage In AN attitude Of expectation
and In these positions the yeraciol
history ends-both animals were fouu
by the keeners next morning.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

"MAsKED hugglng parties are popu.
lar at church fairs in Missouri. BY
paying fifteen cents a man is allowed
to hug girl. but he is first blindfolded.
1t makea man awful mad TO find, on
removing the bandage from his eyes,
that he has been hugging his own
wife. Fifteen cents gone for nothing.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-11

The founder of Lynchburg, Va,
became also the founder of the term
Judge Lynch" by reason of his sum
mary mode of Kidding Virginia Of horse
thieves.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-20
New York Produce.

New YORK, Sept. 19-Flour firm; receipts
10000 barrels; exports LOO barrels; commonm
good extra S2.e09s.50; Minnesota patent pro.
cess IS 6096 90; good to choice So. 5505.60.
superfne state and western So. 5o@2. 90; whita
wheat extra So .26@5. co. extra Ohio S2.8O0
$50; st. Louis Sc. S0@5. rs. Wheat, spot lots
h@1c lower; options closed firm; receipts
lo9,oO0 bushels; exports $4,000 bushels;
No. spring S5c hard No. Duluth 92K @93c;
ungraded 6O090c; No. red 82@s2Ac; No.
red steamer s50s5Ac; No. 9 red S7X @s9%c;
mixed winter $780, ungraded white S3@S6c; No.
red September "a, 900 bushels at 87%@s8Hc.
closing at 87hc; October sales LAOS, 600
bushels at S79s@ssc, closing at s7Xc;
November sales 2. 392, GOO bushels at S90S9Xc
closing at S9%c December sales 1 ,64S, COO bush
els at 9lQ9l &c, closing at 91Hc; January
sales 496, 900 bushels at 92A@93%c closing nc
93hc; February sales 10000 bushels at 941I
@95Mc. closing at 95Ac; March sales 100, 600
bushels at 96M 097c, closing at orc; April
sales 10000 bushels at 97MQ9S%c, closing at
9SAc; May sales 100000 bushels at 9e6n
S1.OO, closing at 99%c Corn, spot lots HSe
1c higher, closing weak; options opened 1@S1Hc
higher and later lost the advance, advanced
and closed with a recovery of H@1c:
receipts $4,000 bushels; exports DC, 600 bushels;
ungraded 58&84ci No. 8 67AQ5SHc; No.
63@64c; No. white 64c; ungraded white CON
64Hc; No. September 6S4 Oslo, closing
at 634c; October 81 Il @62H, closing at exc:
November s%060c, closing at 59hc; De-
cember 51A052hc, closing at size; January
4s@49c, closing at 49c; May 49H649%c, clos
ing at 4o%c. Oats steady; receipts $4,000
bushels exports none; mixed western 900
34c; white western 35@4le. Coffee, spot far:
Rio quiet; options 1Oc lower and dull: sales
were reported as follows: 1900 bags Rio No.
October at S8.5O0S60; November SIS. 4O0a
S.46; December at SS.4O0s.5O; january
at SS.450s.50; March $3.50; April at $3.50
Sugar, irregular; fair to good refining 49, 1900
sec; refined was weak standard &c:
confectioners' CSC. Molasses quiet and
unchanged. Rice in good demand Petroleum
steady. Talow firm Turpentine steady.
Eggs, firm. Pork active but weak and lower;
new mess Sl6.75. Lard firm; western steam
spot S7.62H GIRO; October 81 .4TGg7 $50; No.
vember and December $7.2S@7 80; Januiry
S7.37. Cheese firm western flat 46l9nc OtLer
articles are unchanged.