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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

cast, ana IN y hateYeT cline TINS 4T777IJ{77
may reach you, here we are upon Ne
braska soil, seated upon the stump of
an ancient oak, which serves for an
editorial chair, and the top of our
badly abused beaver for a table. we
purpose editing the ATTOlC" He then
took another drink
He wrote some real touching things,
one OF which was called " A Night In
Our Sanctum." It went on to state
that there was more Joy in one moment
of the glad, free, unfettered life In the
prairie than a thousand years in the
bosom of civilization. wearing suspen-
ders and putting dinner off till after
dark. He loved to commune with ma
ture and chew maroon plug tobacco.
He scOrned the roar and hustle of the
crowded cities like Dubuque, and
yearned to nestle In the Wild wood and
listen to the chipmunk's honest bark.
He turned up his nose at New York
and the other settlements, and wanted
to just lie back In the lap of nature
and live on her relatives.
But how changed! Where once the
loud cries of the contending warriors,
the ever warning clans of the Sioux
and the Omaha Glove the air, we'll
dressed men, between the acts, come
in and Glove the air. Where once there
were no Iuxuries whatever, now we
ride on an electric train which does
the rapid transit from one extreme of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

LulCdasO LfttST Oc6Glts Nu6A q ruined mouse
is dug into, all the skeletons of its Occu-
pants are found in what might be termed
the combined kitchen and dining-rOOm-fO
&ese two rooms were in one-and always
near a fireplace. The pOstures Of those
skeletons are as various as it is possible for
the human body to assume. They are found
neeling, stretched out, sometimes with
their locked hands over their heads, on
their sides, and again with their children in
their arms, no two being alike, at least in
the same house, or series of houses where
shey were united into pueblo. Now, in the
whole study Of sepulture it has been uni
Ters8lty found, even among the lowest
savages, as well as the most civil
lied, whatever form OF burial they
adopt, no matter what may be
the absurdity of it from our point of view,
th at it is always uniform in the main points,
allowing, Of course, some slight deviatiOns
for caste or rank. The positions of these
skeletons in their own houses cOntrOvert
this theory, and have let some to believe
that they were destroyed there by a great
earthquake or other violent action Of nature.
The evening meal is the only one when they
are ali gathered together at about the same
hour. The earthquake must have been a
terrible one and have shaken down the big
buildings on the occupants before they
could have ESCAPED.
Near Barrapca I visited a set of ruins, and
what found was about the following: The
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

ample time for the population to man sna
Entertainments before an attack could pos.
sibly be made by the most rapidly moving
enemy.
This, Of course, assumes thar the able
bodied citizen Of that day was equally an
artisan or farmer aud a soldier when an enc
envy. aPprOached-an assumption which we
know is well founded with so many of the
ancient races. although arms now is con-
sidered a definite profession. Rstnrning
from Davis Hill. an outlying but prominent
fOot-hill of the EscOndido (Hidden} Noun
tain. we passed through the old deserted
Mexican mining town of BaTranca. 1t plain
ly showed its ancient character in the long
rows Of Stag that had come from the adobe
The primitiveness Of the work and the rich
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

CYNTHIA DAILY and Patience Cloud,
both colored, of Henry County, Geor-
gia, have passed their Tooth year,
Cynthia Daily, who is as blind as a bat
and as garrulous as a crow, is 10Y years
old. and was brought to America from
Africa by a SLAYER something over nine
ty years ago. Patience Cloud is los
years old and a Virginian by birth, and
is one of the innumerabIe nurses OF
Mars Washington, the last one Of
whom will never, never die
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

ness of the ore they smelted was shown by
our driver. who had had some experience
in mining, and who picked up a small piece
of Stag almost pure lead and silver in prob
ably the same proportion it had existed in
the vein. He made no hesitation in assert
ing that, with new improved machinery,
such as that employed in the mining dis
tricts Of the United States, and with rail-
road running near by, all the immense Stag
piles, the refuse of probably fifty years Of
a decided profit to the people handling
it. There are probably a dozen great
fortunes lying dormant in the different
Stag piles of the old mines Of northwestern
chihuahua alone. And yet these people
still persist in working in this way with inn
proved machinery all around them. While
we were at the little Mexican town of Ls
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
A. ". MILLER. of Uniontowo-

A. W. MILLER, of Uniontowa, the
envied possessor of an object of con
siderable curiosity and veneration,
viz. a Hebrew shekeI, said to be be,
tween 1000 and 5000 years old. It is
a rare thing to see one of these ancient
coins, or pieces of money, of the kind
for which Joseph was sold into Egypt.
This rare old coin, an heirloom, has
been in Mr.. Miller's family for several
generations. 1t was brought from
Jerusalem by one Herr Isaac Abrams,
away back in the distant past. Mr..
Miller values this little shekeI at $500.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

BANCROFT, the historian, is nearing
ninety, and is losing his memory, es-
pecially for names and faces, as Ralph
Waldo Emerson did in his later years,
and who, after gazing awhile at the
face of LOngfellow as the latter lay in
his coffin, turned to a friend and OBJ
served: "He was a sweet and beautiful
soul, but I have entirely forgotten hig
name
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

inaugurate somewhere church Wh1ch
should be seIf-suppOrtlng, and encOur-
age the social instinct to remarkable
degree. Their chief ambition was to
organize a paying church, wherein the
elders would not have to rely upon
donations. and wherein also the Old
Testament idea of home might be car
ried out. So they hitched up their
cattle and steered their caravan toward
the West, over "sage and salaratus,
across unbridged rivers and through
mountain defIes, which became still
more so as the troupe approached
them.
Discovering the Great Salt Lake
Basin, they returned across the baking
powder desert, and the 23d of Deem
Der, at Council Bluffs, issued their
epistle, recOunting the disagreeable
repulsiOn from NauYOO, the fortunate
discovery of the Valley of the Jordan
and the Great Salt Lake, and recon-
mending a reorganization of the church
by selecting a President, Vice Presi-
dent, Umpire and Corresponding Sec
rotary. Mr.. Brigham Young, a rising
young administered man who COM
bined the philanthropical instincts of
Jaw Gould with the keen social in
President.
The gang then went into winter
quarters on the banks of the soiled
Missouri.
The winter quarters were situated
upon tie lands belonging to the Oma-
ha Indians, who felt sorry for the Nor
mons. Some of the holes in the ground,
where the saints lived, are still visible,
although they we're dug forty-three
years ago.
In tie early history of Omaha the
first successful club organized for
mutual benefit was called the Claim
Club. The object of this club was,
according to its preamble, to better
protect those who had good and prior
claims to lots and lands.
The Claim Club met upon call of the
President, and was addressed at times
by men who were selected by the club
as thoroughly worthy. These after
dinner orators stood on a barrel while
addressing the club, and at the close
Of the speech the barrel was generally
kicked out from under them, leaving
them supporting their weight entirely
by means of the neck. But all Iawless
acts of claim clubs were afterward at
tributed to special clubs, who ran an
imprOmptu business, something as the
White Caps do now, when they want to
whip a woman, and are afraid to do so
single-handed.
The AqrolU was the first Omaha
newspaper. It started out July %,
1854. It was devoted to the arts, sci
ences, letters, climate, resources, agri-
culture, mean temperature. and poll
tics. Mr. J. E. Johnson was the
business manager. and had four wives
besides. It is needless to say that he
was man Of great ability. All day
he would manage the paper, and then,
weary and exhausted, take up the task
of successfully managing his four
souls idols. He also practiced law.
Incidentally he ran a blacksmith shop
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
Shameless Exhibition.

Great journalist Cn dime museum)
What is that man remarkable for 1?
Manager is the editor who never
claimed that the circulation of his
paper was constantly increasing.
Great Journalist-PoOr fellow 1t
would be a mercy to confine him In an
asylum at once, instead Of standing
him up there to be stared at.-Nelg
York WeeEIU.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

The whole of Africa will be inter
ested in the defeat of the Massacbu-
sets prohibition movement, as more
than one-third of the rum turned out
near Boston is sent to be consumed by
the savages of the dark continent.
New England rum is the favorite aIco-
hoic drink of Africa, and the African
is never so delighted as when he can
obtain some of the smooth, fine old
rum which comes from Americas cen.
ter of culture.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

PERHAPS the most novel organization
in the State of New York exists in
Poughkeepsie. It is a military compa-
ny composed entirely Of girls and drilled
by Major Hanbenneste1, a senior officer
Of the National Guard. The young Ia
dies in every instance belong to the
best families in Poughkeepsie.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

Mr.. GLADSTONE, who reads widely
in half-dozen languages, takes up his
favOrite, Homer, the last thing every
night. He says a page of it soothes
his nerves. John Bright was equally
industrious, but he was just as likely
to read a French novel before dropping
to sleep as he was to dip into his ia.
vorite Milton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

rib1e tragedy in Washington County,
Maine. People in the vicinity say that
they hear it drive up about once in
two weeks. The men IN the lumber
camps near by also declare that the
ghosts disturb their dreams.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05


and preached. He was an insurance
agent, and kept a general store. A
cold day he would frequently, while
drawing a gallon Of mOIasses, shoe a
brOnchO mule, write sermon on hui
mility, and whip a wife. He would
then put up the mOIasses, wipe his fin
gers on his whiskers, and write an edi-
tOTiaI entitled eve Have Come to
Stay" He remained in Omaha and
Council Bluffs until one day he saw
man enter the store wearing a new high
silk hat. The next morning Mr. John
son sold out his varied interests and
went to Salt Lake City, where he be
came the head of several more families.
His wonderful versatility In matters
Of business was obtained by driving
bObtan car on FOrty-second street,
New York, while quite young, during
which time he had to drive a slzittish
horse, make change with his teeth,
whip the newsbOys off the rear plat
form, and shovel snow off the track at
the same time. Mr.. Bryon Reed has
the -AFTOlU complete with the excep-
ton Of No. 6.
Mr.. Anderson was the editor. He
was also successful Obstetrician and
undertaken, which frequently gave him
q scoop over his rivals in Chicago.
His "SalutateTy," as 8fr. n G. Bar
row, the able associate editor Of the
Boomerang, used to say, starts out as
follows;
Well, strangers, friends. patrons,
and the good people generally, where
ever IA the vide world your lot may be
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

The license law of Sweden forbids
any person buying drink without pur-
chasing something to eat at the same
time. Brandy is the national drink
and it cannot be sold in quantity less
than two bottles. As the poor are I'M
able to purchase drink often in this
way, the law is said to have greatly
promoted temperance habits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

Mrs. ALICE J. SHAW, "the whist1ing
prima donna, viii soon sail for Europe
and spend two years on the continent.
When she returns she hopes to be able
to whistle in French, German, italian
and Spanish.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

LEVI JOHNSON, an eighty-four-year-
old resident of Boston, Ca, who has
been blind for fifteen years, suddenly
recovered his sight the other day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A RECORD Of one hundred times ar
rested was left by a New Haven man,
who died insane. His arrests were
chiefly for drunkenness, and it was
through his excuses that his mind gave
way. It was one Of his tricks, when
arrested, to throw his shoulder out of
joint, and then by frantic groans to So
icit the sympathy of the officers in
charge. He was about 70 years of age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

FROM Hammond Station, a small
place in Louisiana, 1,24O bushels of
Strawberries were shipped in six days
this spring. Some of the berries were
four inches in diameter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

Col. DYER, the new Mayor of Guth-
RE, Oklahoma, has written letter to
President Harrison, informing him of
his election and outlining some of his
contemplated reforms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A CONSIDERABLE suicide in New Hamp-
shire, so that there would be no time
wasted graphing for his body, before
jumping into the water tied one end of
a rope around his waist and the other
to The trunk of a tree on the bank.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

america" is grand1y patriotic
hymn, but it goes to the tune of "God
Save the Queen" By the next cen
tennial this country ought to have a
national air of its own.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

In the Supreme Court of Canada
the Chief Justice is seventy-fve years,
Mr. Justie Gwynne is seventy-five, Mr..
Justice Strong is sixty-three, Mr. Jus
tice Patterson is sixty-six, Mr.. Justice
Fourier is sixty-four, Mr.. Justice
Techereau is ifty-two.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

MISS GEORGIA RATTAN is the name
Of a young Oregon schoolteacher. She
promises to make it lively for the bad
boys in her bailiwick.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

ONE of the interesting relics sold at
the auction of the furniture of Barnum's
hotel in Baltimore, Nd, a few days
ago was a card table on which Henry
Clay once lost 81, 800 at poker to
George Ashmun, of Massachusetts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A REPORTER for a Paris paper enter
ed den of hyenas to prove that it did
not require any particular pluck. He
was so bitten and torn that the sur
geons doubt if he can recover.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

W. E. MANGHAaI, of Zebulon, Ca,
is So years old, and never fred a pistol
or carried one He is considered a
wonder in his native State
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

IT is said that during a series of
twenty-One years there has been only
one drought extending over the whole
Of Kansas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

Do NOT envy the driver of an ice
wagon his cool place in summer. In
four months last season forty-two driv-
erss in New York City were attacked
with rheumatism.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

n the spring Of 18E
President Brigham
Young started from
Omaha by bull team
for Utah, writes Bill
Nye, in the st. Louis
Dispatch. He
had 143 picked men
Of manageable age
and great versatility,
also eight of the
twelve a p o s tie s
These apostles were
plain men with thick
set whiskers and a
great yearping to re
sembIe some of the
tough element de-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

NE OF the interest
ing peculiarities of
the numerous ruins
in Northwestern
chihuahua, that
indicates q once
tense population
living OF the soil,
is in the way that
most OF them seem
ed TO have met their
fate. writes Lieut..
SohWatka. in the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

BELvA LOCKWOOD says: "We Will
inaugurate a woman as President
twenty-five years hence" It must be
a saddening thought to the gentle
Belva that she will then have passed
the limit of availability in point ofage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

P. T. BARNUn has given 81, 900 to
the Universalist Church of Bridge
port, Conn, thus freeing it from debt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A LAwRENcEvmLE (Ga.) cyclone
carried part of fence twenty feet and
set it down again just as it had stood,
every rail from the ground up in its
place
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A TRAIN has been put on the South
ern Pacific between Monterey and San
Fran cisco which viii run 125 miles in
three hours and twelve minutes, in
Guiding five stops.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

Ex-KNG MILAN, who is now doing
Palestine as a Cook tourist, is believed
to have ambitions looking to his uIti-
mate selection as Chief Patriarch of
Seryia. He would be expert in the
divorce branch of the business If he
should succeed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

THE Utica (N. V Herald relates
how a wedding trip was interfered
with. A dapper young gentleman in q
skull cap jumped off a drawing
car and went into the candy store at
the station and asked for two boxes Of
caramels. While they were being made
ready he noticed the new toy, "Rats in
the Meal, and picked one up. He be
came very much interested in the game
and chased the "ratsa around and
around for nearly ten minutes. "There
I've got it, p ne exclaimed, but while he
had been absorbed the train had moved
off. he was In utter CONSERVATION.
It transpired that he was recently mar
Eied and was on his wedding trip. The
groom was Mortified to find that his
bride was on her way to Albany with
his hat, overcoat, and belongings. Mat
ters were Strengthened out by means
Of the telegraph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A BROOKLYN man dreamed he was
IN scrimmage, and drew his pistol
from under his pillow and shot him
self
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

WHEELING, ". Va, has the worlds
largest nail plant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
NYE'S MORMON HISTORY.
RISE AID FALL OF THE EMPIRE BY
THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

Description Of the Humble Be
e5lslings OgAIOr1nOndOua and the Obstacles
That Were Overcome by the Saints
some Omaha HISTORY
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
IN NORTHERN MEXICO.
sCRwATKA,s journey IN TIE LAND
OF THE AZTECS.

Hany Curious Ruins Discovered - Crude
and Antiquated Methods of BIining-FOr-
tunes Lying Dormant, Awaiting the Adj
vent of AngIO-sazOn Blood, Muscle and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A PITTSBURGH doctor says he can
diagnose ailments by examining a sin,
gle hair Of the patient. Two young
men, as a joke, took him a hair from a
bay horse. The doctor gravely wrote
a prescription, and said his fee was
$25, as the case was precarious. They
were staggered, but paid the fee, and
after they got out laughed all the way
to the apothecary's. The latter took
the prescription and read in amaze
ment: "One busheI of oats, four quarts
of water, stir well, and give three
times a day-and turn the animal out
to grass" Then the jOkers stopped
laughing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
Tangled Up.

do you like America, Pat %
Il do, although the first bit of meat
I a+e since arrived was roasted POI
tato.
Indeed! -
Eyes, and that was boiled yester-
day"
@That don't sound right"
@You don't believe me? I've got it in
my pocket now. Chicago Ledger.
WY wouldn't sseIectrothud" do for
the word to express execution by cleo
tricity? 4 thud with lightning Ia Il
would be an improvement on the old
kind
JULES SuNEoN, an American negro.
is one Of BouIsnger's closest adherents
and acts as his valet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A AAN never thinks Of the good
things he might say until the opportun-
ing for saying them IS zone,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

TWENTY Baltimore girls who have
plenty Of money and are good German
and French scholars propose to travel
through Europe this summer, and to
write a book of their adventures.
There viii be twenty chapters, one by
each girl.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

A PHANTOM team is said TO haunt the
house which marks the scene Of a ter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05

The Philadelphia Press says that
continued stories do not belong to daily
papers. The Press is right. The
daily which has to run a continued
story from day to day to hold readers
is on no higher plane than dime novel.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
JUDGE CARTONS LETTER.

SALT LAKE OlTf, 1000.
DEAR DOCTOR:-Before leaving for the east
wish to gexpress my appreciation of your
treatment of a complicated case of the eyes.
have tried for several years to get far-seeing
glasses, and had concluded that l could get
none that would be of any benefit to me. But
after saw the wonderful benefit of your sys-
TEN, take pleasure in saying that the glasses
furnished by you have restored my vision
both for reading and far-seeing to the same
condition as in my bOyhOOd. l resolved to
have you furnish me glasses after witnessed
your system to a beautiful young lady OF six
teen years, from Summit county, afflicted
with a complicated condition of the eyesight.
She told me she had never been able to distin-
guish ones face at a distance of six feet. With
DR.. Prentices glasses she could see as well as
any one. AS she looked up and down the
street. and for the first time in her life saw
the distant mountain top, she was greatly de-
lighted, and inquired with childish III y
do other people see this way?" 1t seemed
that a new world was opened to her view, as
novel and beautiful as "Eden's rosy bowers, "
appeared to our first parents. Yours truly,
A. b. CARLTON,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-13
Law the Table Properly.

Be sure you have everything on at the
proper moment and in the proper place
especially on Sunday, when it is often the
only luxury Of the week. Have the. casters
speckless, with all the bottles in, and cveTy
bottle filed with its appropriate condimsnt.
Let not q needed knife or fork be asrsy.
Don't have to jump up repeatedly after every
body il seated in order to supply some missing
article Some persons set table thrice adny
for fifty years Tor nearly IS, 900 times, and
yet generally contrivs to omit the muHtArd
or the paper, or the salt, or cup and saucer
or knife and spoon Not only servants, but
also expsrisnoed housskespsrs, perpetuaIly
give annoyance to themselves and others BY
inadverssnCiss of this kind, which one would
think ough. to be impossible with work that
has bad SO much tins to become self adjust
ing. When tho family sit down, how COM
Portable to have everything on the table
which ought to be ON it at that moment, and
how uncomfortable is the reverSe.-New
York Journal