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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

which they had coded to the white people
in 1855 The people Of Ohio and Indiana
could not brook this. It was at this time
that the Ohio and Indiana men went to
Washington to protect their interests, u
habit which they have never been able to
entirely overcome.
Tecumseh was more of an orator than his
brother, but was not so good an organizer.
Moreover, his brother could beat him to
death prOphesying. Tecumseh was the
original Tail Sycamore Of the Wabash. He
spoke with great huency, and when a big
tripe or chitterling banquet was given by
his people he would always 90 and pay Tor
his meal by means Of a few desu1tOry re-
marks,
PecUmseh had kind OF Lawrence Bar
rett style Of defamation, which endeared
him to all hearts and caused him to hold
himself in the highest esteem. EleVatlng
his voice and the price Of admission to their
full height, he would GeclaIm in StentOrlan
tones which made one forget ali his other
woes. He spoke without notes. and could
think Of a great many things which did not
actually exist, Putting his thumb IN his
gird4e and rocking back on MS pasCeFn
Joints, he would look at the prOscenium box
on the right, and walking L. u. f., like q
man who gets but dollar day to work on
the boulevard, he would talk like Marco
BOZzaris when he aWOke to die midst flame
and smoke, or woke to hear his sentry. 8
shrek ITO ArmsI To Armsi The Creek
Tecumseh. therefore, was the first to in
/ troduce what may be called the Larry Bran
/ nig8n style of acting, in which pathOs is
marked by pullng out Lne EEe1uOtO OF the
vox humane to its full extent, while ex-
| IRENE anger is expressed by means Of a
/ low, cultural and stertOrOus breathing.
/ punetuated with short, impatient snOrts.
ike those of a fat man eating imaginary
/ spaghetti in his s1umbers-
( With these two brothers thus united, they
/ became a great power. The Prophet easily
I appealed to the lazy and ncenUIous, while
/ Tecumseh took what was tsIE-v1z.s the lit
/ erarV and dramatic element Of the Shawnee
/ tribe. While the Prophet was said to have
1F-E Of Ia
/ snt. The idea Of acting as 2 broker be-
( tween the Indians and the Great Spirit first
occurred to Tecumseh, and was acted upon
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

beEso cultivated and fOstered that it would
take the place Of industry. He allowed that
the Lord would provide. He united what
may be called the High Church and Horse
Chestnut Schools OF Theology, viz: He
combined the unimpassiOned and geOmet-
rical style of religion with the deep. abid-
ing faith which enables a lOWbrOWsed horse
chestnut to make a stubborn case Of rheu-
matism go right away from there.
Prophet had been nicknamed Loud Voice
because of his ability to test the acoustic
properties of Ohio. He could address an
open air meeting as tar as the eye could
reach. He was also inclined to be little
bit arbitrary, and when anybody found
fault with him or doubted his statements
he generally noticed right away that some
thing was the matter with his longevity. A
great many people saved their lives by be-
ing en- rapport with the Prophet.
The brothers, or Messrs. Prophet and Ie-
Black HOOf. He did not prOphesy at all,
but called to his aid what has been referred
to by P1utarch as horse sense. By this
means he saw at once that it was mistake
for the Indian to go to war with the white
man, and especially without the 1ndOrse-
mont of the press. Black HOOf lived to be
one hundred and ten years old, and would
have lived much longer, no doubt, had he
not changed his heavy underwear in March
for a lighter suit which he found on a
clothes line one evening on the banks Of
the Auglaize River in Ohio. They were not
quite dry.
In 1907 the Prophet and Tecumseh gath
cred sever al hundred of their followers to-
gether, and, in obedience to a command
from the Great Spirit, located on some land
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

By the Prophet. who translated literally
the remarks OF the Great Spirit to the red
man so as to do well out Of it himself
The Prophet went to see Gov. Harrison
in 1903, at which time he said. among other
things: Father, was told you intended to
hang ne. was also told, my father. tn at
you wanted to know whether was a god or
man; and if / was the former. you thought
ought not to steal horses. Is this true p.
Yes, said the Governor. Il said that as
a god you could not expect to hold your pO-
sition so long as, you stole horses. That is
all I said about that"
Then heard also that you said We must
not drink whisky. Is that so, my fathsr?s
We'll. I said that thought the red broth
or of the Ban Baw Forest and the Jimson
Weed Jungle should not drink whisky so
long as there was so much suffering among
the white men, and also that as repre-
sentatives of the Great Spirit it weakened
your influence with the people and made
your prophecies read rather raw in the
papers when you got drunk. That was all
said"
The Governor and Prophet soon came to
an understanding, but PrOph ct was at heart
a free-trade and loved King George. This
went on till 1910. when the Governor sent &
letter TO Prophet at Tippecanoe. giving him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
A Grotesque New Yorker.

The New York Star prints a descrip-
ton Of the most grotesque looking in
dividual who walks the streets of New
York Somebody has dubbed him ''the
Fulton street dude, and his figure must
be familiar to all downtown people. He
has been away-gOodness knows where
for the past several months, and turn
ed up again only the other day. He
usually walks on Fulton street and Park
Row, but takes an occasional walk on the
Brooklyn Bridge IN the afternoon. Nc
one can pass him by unnOtced. IF one
is not attracted by his baIlet-dance1
step, one must be by his burlesque ap-
pearance.
He wears a very small, OId-fashlOned
silk hat, polished to the last degree OF
nicely with stove backing. A piece Of
blue ribbon Is pinned to a collar which
is eternalIy rising up to his ears in the
back. The ribbon is adjusted as neck
tie in front. His hair is long, black
grey, and is waxed sitter than starch.
No one knows where he lives or what he
does, and words of sympathy for him
are frequently expressed. He hardly
needs sympathy. though, as his bearing
indicates nothing but extreme content
ment and self-importance, a happy form
Of insanity, if he can live on it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

ST. Louis Post. Historical facts are Ofthem-
selves like the wire foundation for beau
tifuI bonnet-naked. They are destitute Of
beauty, but decorate them with the gorge
Gus word painting Of a heaven born genius
and they become the beautiful bOnnets Of
Easter literature.
1t was in 1911 that the firm Of Prophet d
Brother went into the general slaughter and
rapine business, hoping, by close attention
to one and all. to merit the public patron
age and give general satisfaction. Prophet
and his brother Tecumseh were descend
ants from Georgia stock and thoroughly
well bred, neither they nor their ancestors
having done d lick Of work for centuries.
Like ali WelI-bred people who cannot bear
the OdOr of honest perspiratiOn. they be-
gan early to give their attention to crime.
Satan, who aims to supply little Jobs OF
suicide, homicide, and germiclde for idle
hands to do, and who has maintained his
reputation all the way down from Eve to
Ward McAllister, read the sign Of Prophet
& Brother, and made arrangements with
them to handle Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
in his interests
Prophet was called by his tribe Lain
wasikaW. or Loud Voice. He was the
author of a new religion among his people.
He believed in prohibitions piety and in
dolence. His idea was that sancttty could
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

The advocates of corporal punish
ment for children are not to be allowed
the use of the scripture phrase, "Spare
the rod and spoil the child, in defense
Of their practices. The word "rod" in
this connection, we are now told, does
not mean an instrument with which to
strike. It is a translation of the same
Hebrew word which is found in the
text, "The Lord is my shepherd; shall
not want. His rod and his staff,
they shall comfort me. The rod is the
symbol of power in the Hebrew, and
there is a better symbol of power than
the rattan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

GEN. MILES statement to the Senate
Committee of Canadian Trade Rela-
tons is of a decidedly grave and alarm
ing character. He says that the whole
Pacific coast is entirely at the mercy
of any foreign foe, our defenses in that
quarter being utterly worthless. It is
to be hoped that this conclusive assur-
ance of national peril will lead to early
action for the construction of proper
Notifications at San Francisco and 9TH
er important points.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
n Luokv Nunober.

SteubenviLe Ohio Herald, June 8,
Mention was recently made of ThOs. VIII
Iiams' great luck in holding a ticket which
drew the $25, 900 prlze at the May drawing
of the louisiana State Lottery. A repre-
sentative of this paper this morning found
Mr.. Williams at work in the Jefferson Iron
Works. He was at first rather adverse to
saying anything about his good fortune,
but finally said: II had always un-
derstood that the Louisiana State Lottery
was straight about awarding the prizes
drawn, and two or three months ago sent
for a one tenth ticket. I was unsuccessful
IN capturing anything, but kept on until be-
fore the May drawing, when sent two dol
lars and received One-tenth ticket, num-
bered 1895. The drawing took place on
May 18th, and on the 18th I learned that
ticket 81, 1926 had drawn the $4,000 prize.
It was pretty good news, and the next morn
ing placed it in the hands of the Adams
Express Company for collection. May 24th,
or only ten days after the drawing, I re-
ceived draft for 81, 800.
Mr.. Williams has been in receipt of many
congratulations upon his good luck, and
many who had not tried their chances were
surprised that the ticket was cashed so
promptly without any deduction. That,
however, is the way in which the Louisiana
State Lottery Company invariably pursues
upon presentation Of successful tickets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

instance, if new, gold-headed, silk
umbrella is left in a conspicuous place
for few moments, on the owners re-
turn he Will be apt to find it has en-
tirely disappeared, or else marveIOusly
changed into faded cotton one.
Another habit peculiar to itself is
that of getting lost. They are lost by
the thousand every day; yet nobody
has ever been known to find one.
And here it viii be benevolent to add
a word of advice to thee, o sad-eye6
poet. Thou, who, in attempting to
scale the pinnacle of fame, hast found
it an infinitely harder task than seal
ing a newly painted smOke-stack OF
creased ightning-rOd, to thee, I say,
leave thy present occupation, cease
writing thy verses, and diligently APP
ply myself to borrowing umbrellas.
Borrow them, inscribe thy name con-
spicuously on the handle Of each of
them-then lend them to friends. So
fast viii they circulate from hand to
hand that In twelvemOnth your name
viii be known to half the households
In the land!
Umbrellas. sometimes, get very IN
happy when there is no prospect of a
chance to lose themselves, so much so,
In fact, that occasionally, on windy
days, they have been known to liter
ally Ely off the handle, and lose the
tent-like portions of themselves among
the clOuds-an inhuman form of com
hitting suicide.
According to Josh Billings there IS
only one way Of distinguishing mis-
take from a bIunder. When man
walks off with q cotton umbrella in
stead of his silk One-that is a mistake,
but when a man walks off with a silk
one instead of his cotton one, that Is
simply bIunder.
An umbrella needs no description,
you have all seen one, but it may as
tonish you to hear it said of the parasoI
(Which we consider to be the umbrel-
las nearest relative), that he Is a
strange animal.
Heis surely masculine, for ne IS a
sun-umbre1Ia, and he is an animal, he
cause he has ribs.
Umbrellas are useful in both sun
shine and rain, and are especially
adapted for punching holes through OIL
paintings.
WHAr color is a field Of grass when
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

further assurances of the goodwill OF the
United States if he would quit getting drunk
and prophesying at the same time. He said
that after the fatigue of editing a prOpheSy
he did not think it would be wrong for him
to take a nip quietly, but he did not think it
right for him to try and combine prOphesy
and inebriety, ~fOr," said Gov. Harrison
truly and succinctlys "if all of US we're to put
down as revelation all the peculiar things
we see while drunk our literature would
certainly suffer.
Shortly afterward Tecumseh was toIdsby
the Governor that he desired to see him.
Tecumseh then packed a small medicine
bag made of the skin of a chipmunk, with a
change OF clothing IN case ne should be gone
a long time, and called on Gov. Harrison,
during which time Tecumseh made several
ringing speeches. They showed great
thought, and were uttered in a Fourth
Reader" style that sounded something like
"The Aged Indian Lament, and some
like "The Burial of Sir John Moore" In the
course of his remarks, according to one Of
the historians, he took occasion to say:
Father, we've been led to suppose that
you wished to land on our shores. eat your
luncheon, catch few pickerel and then go
away. But you've come far DER the sea.
caught our largest and most fragrant musk
rats. You have bored holes in our bee
trees. You have bathed in our rivers, and
especially IN OHIO River. Last TALL a white
man shot one OF our warriors, who is
sOmnambuIist and pessimist, shot him
with buck-shOJ while exercising one OF
your horses, and then left him there till
his friends hesitated about going near
him. Is that any way for brothers to treat
each other? I know that our old chief
sold to you portion of the United States
in 1885. but his wife did not sign the deed,
and If so, it was before she was taken apart
as required by the law. How can we have
confidence in the white people? The white
people want the earth, and they may get
it, but in the happy hunting grounds you
will be able to detect only slight flavor OF
white man, and you will notice that in the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

The Spartan boy who hid fox IN
der his tunic and let it gnaw out his
vitals rather than betray its presence,
is matched by Lady White, wife of the
British ambassador at Constantinople,
who, rather than disturb the carnival
festivities in which her husband bore
an important part, made all prepare
lions for dangerous surgical opera
ton, even to the making of her will,
went through the last ball of the sea-
son with apparent cheerfuIness, sub
mitted to the operation the next day,
and let nobody know about it until, on
the fourth day afterward, she was de-
clared out of danger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
A YOUNG doctor in London recently

A YOUNG doctor in London recently
sacrificed his own life and saved a chnd's
by sucking clogged tracheotOmy tube
in the throat of the little patient in the
last stage of diphtheria. His widow
may now read in the medical newspa-
pers harsh foundations of her noble
husband, who, it is asserted, was not
heroic but foolhardy. It seems he
should have had ready to hand a me-
chanicaI sucker.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

Four more Hungarian miners have
lost their lives in a Pennsylvania mine,
the casualty at Toms Run following
close upon another, in which the
loss Of life was greater. The explo-
sion at Toms Run must have been due
to gross carelessness, probably on the
part Of the men, who come from a
very ignorant class, but who should
have all the more careful supervision
on that account.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

CALLED was right; the world does
move. A railroad is to be built from
Jerusalem to Jaffa on the Mediter-
ranean, 81 miles distant, the ancient
port of the Jewish capital and the
landing place of the cedars with which
the temple was constructed. A Jeru-
salem Jew-Joseph Nabon by name
who is an Ottoman subject, has OBJ
tanned from the Sultan a charter for
this purpose. The charter holds good
for II years. The estimated cost OF
construction is $25O,OOO. So, then,
hereafter civilization is to be domesti-
Gated in Palestine. The nineteenth
century viii arrive in those parts when
the first locomotive puffs into Jerusa-
lem.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

DANIEL DOUGHERTY, the famous
lawyer and silver-tongued orator, has
been making public addresses for
twenty-five years, yet he never gets on
his feet before an audience that he does
not experience all the agonies of stage
fright. John B. Cough, the great
temperance advocate, was one of the
most entertaining of men when he got
started, but Iecturing, as he did, night
after night for weeks at time, and to
the most ordinary audiences, he in
variably went upon the platform in
cold perspiration, with his knees
trembling and his backbone quivering.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

A STRIKING story is told by Darwin
in the life of his grandfather, DR.. Oar
win, of Derby One day patient en-
tered the consuItation-room of a London
physician and detailed the symptoms
Of his illness. It was an obscure and
difficult case, of a kind that was only
imperfectly understood, and the Lon
don doctor confessed himself fairly
puzzled. He could only say that the
patient was IN a most periIous state.
There is only one man in England
who understands the disease, said the
London doctor. "who understands cases
Of this sort, and you should go and
consult him. It is DIR. Darwin, Of
Derby "Alas!" was the answer, 4
am DR.. Darwin, IF Derby"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

Or all the war vessels of the United
States the largest and most powerful
viii be the Maine. She viii be so
feet long, with breadth of 81 feet, a
displacement of {, 648 tons and horse
power of s, 1000. She viii have two bat
teries, and her armor viii be II inches
thick. She viii be a very ugly custo-
mer for any hostile vessels to attack.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE, the new
Minister at Washington from Great
Britain, is to be paid $4,000 a year
for his services, while his Government
finds him a house, servants and sun
dries" without cent Of expense to
himself. Compared with the inclusive
payment Of 81, 500 to our Minister at
London, Sir Julian is extravagantly
paid, and his good fortune is the more
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
cali5ornia7s Agricultural Wealth

The value of the California fruit CROP
this year is estimated at 50, 600, 600, q
which fresh and dried fruits amount to
Sc, 500, coo each, and raisins and citrus
fruits S., 500, 600 each. The wheat crop
is estimated at 70. COO, 600 bushels, worth
So, 900, 900 barley, s., 800, 600 vege-
tables, So, $50, 600 wool, Sc, coo, 600 ;
dairy products, 81, 500, Coo wine, 81, :
OOO, 900. The total Of all these products.
not including manufactures, amounts 10
e1e5, COO, 600.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
sanetum Mysteries.

Humorist's wife. 'sVVhat in the world are
you sending all these mOther-in-law and
plumber jokes to the Daily BlOwhard for?
They are as old as the hills
HumOrist; ''Yes, my dear; but the editor
who selects the humorous matter for that
paper is young fellow just out of col
lege, ard they'll be new to him."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

THE London Daily Nel0s, in an
nOuncing the retirement of the two
spinsters who have had charge of the
Shakespeare birthplace and relics at
StratfOrd-On Avon, says that last year
there were II, 900 visitors, of whom it
Is interesting to note that about one
fourth were Americans"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
THE UMBRELLA.
BY E NJ. WEYER.

HE umbrella has
many peculiar char
acteristics, a few of
which may be worth
mentioning.
One Of it's most
wonderful proper
ties is its habit OF
Transforming itself
when left alone.
his character
istic is most fre-
quently exhibited
in umbrellas of the
finer qualities. For
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

A NEW law in Madagascar gives a
husband the power to chastise his wife
with a regulation whip only, and does
away with clubs and dray-stakes en-
tirely. The whole world is progress
ing, even if slowly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

KATE FIELD thinks that the way to
stop intemperance is to abolish treat
ing. A good deal of drinking is doubt
less due to sociabiity, but, as in the
popular game of euchre, a man can
often ego it alone"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

WHEN Drexeius was asked by a
friend how he could do so much as he
had done, he answered: "The year has
three hundred and sixty-five days, or
eight thousand four hundred and sixty
hours; in so many hours great things
may be done; the slow tortoise made a
long journey by losing no time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

AMERICAN women are said to spend
$50, 100000 a year on cosmetics, and
the more money they spend the worse
their compilations get.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

When Baby vas sick, NE gave her CastoFias
When she was Child, she cried for Cassorias
When she became Kiss. she chung 70 CastoEias
When sac had Chadzon. she gave them Castoria.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

Mamma said FOur-rear-O reflective
", E'did God make me?'' eyes. Harvey.''
answered mamma, soberly. "GOd made
you for mammals little boy" ''Humphr'
said Harvey, after little while, 'GOd did
q pretty good lob that time, didn't hep,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

MINNESOTA has a law hooking out
imported dressed beef, but she wishes
she hadn't. It simply makes the butch
ers of the State trust.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

A writer who, whea young, was very green,
In time grew blue. as years passed 'er his head.
You ask what caused this transformation scene?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

Michigan must be an awful state. A man
in Port Huron has just sold the city II acres
Of land to be used as a cemetery, provided
ea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

Mary said Miss Ponsonby to her maid;
''you must really never again allow FidO to
get on my bed give done my best to
break hlm of the habit, ma IN, - she replied,
''for its awful" 81 should say it was aw-
full returned Miss POnsOnby. 81 Just
found a bed-bug on the poor little thing"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

A WOMAN in Rockford, Ill, has OBJ
tanned a divorce because her husband
made her get out of bed before day
light to play euchre with him and then
compelled her to listen to his reading
of the Bible. She never complained,
however, until the last infection was
presented.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19

HERR JOSEF RITTER Won WERNDI.
the great Austrian rife inventor and
manufactures, gained his knowledge Of
firearms in America, and then from a
small beginning built up factory en-
ploying eight thousand men. On the
announcement of his death stock in
the concern fell 10 per cent, showing
the Importance in which his person
atty was held.