Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

left behind and picked up. but most
Of them followed the lake.
UNDER the law Of New Hampshire a
man who takes out marriage certif.
cate has three days in which to sub
stitute the name of another girl, If he
should change his mind. That's the
sort Of a State to live in.
EDISON has in his workshop at
Orange, n. z, mass Of Towering
shrubs and spreading palms, which
show that while the inventors mind
may be practical and mathematical, it
also has its sentimental side. There
are few men who grow flowers in their
workshop.
SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin, is
the smallest in stature of the members
of the United States Senate, but one of
brainest men in that body. When he
first went TO Washington he was sub
jected to no end of ridicuIe about his
size, which touched his sensitive nature
not little.
THERE is a report that Jay GOusl
may take up his residence in London
His home is not the same since his
wife died, and he thinks seriously of
leaving the management of his Ameri-
can interests to his son George, and
operating himself from the other side
of the ocean.
A COMPANY is being formed for the
purpose of establishing an extensive
railroad system in the Zambesi coun-
try in Africa. The new organization
will be known as the British Central
African Company. Subscriptions to
the amount of 81, 900, 900 have already
been obtained.
L. NJ. MCCARTNEY, of EIIensburg,
W. T., has tomcat that catches ducks.
He hides in the brake by the creek and
pounces upon its prey as it swims past.
The other day he seized a large green
head which few off with him. But
Tom finally brought the duck to earth
and killed it.
Mr.. AND Mrs. CLEVELAND will spend
the entire summer at Saratoga, Sara
nae, Narragansett, Port Chester, Bar
Harbor, Newport, Bethlehem, LenOx,
Long Branch and all points north,
south, east and west. For further in
formation address the leading summer
hotel proprietors.
JAY GOULD says New York is good
enough for him, and he has no inten-
ton of going to London to live, as re-
ported in the Coatrt Journal He likes
New York so well, indeed, that he APP
pears to have purchased most of it and
he is rapidly forecIosing his mortgages
upon the trifing remainder.
AN almost inexhaustibIe mine of
kaolin has been discovered in Gilbert
County, Georgia. Kaolin is used in
the manufacture of crockery and for a
good many other purposes. There is
now a mine in North Carolina, not far
from Augusta, and immense quantities
are shipped from it to the North.
A NEW York Episcopal clergyman
is said to be pining for a distinctive
Episcopal dress of shovel hat, knee
breeches, black silk stockings and sill
yer shoe buckles. The chief discour-
agement seems to be a fear of the ir-
reverent American small boy, who is
not appalled, by anything so English.
A WASHINGTON TERRITORY farmer
was digging a post hole on the banks
of Smoke River when he unearthed a
skeleton richly dressed in o1d-fash-
Toned clothing. The coat was especial
ly fine, and was adorned with velvet
collar and cuffs. The place where the
skeleton was found had been used as a
horse corral for the past fifteen years.
The New York Postoffce is the
largest business establishment, affect
ing the greatest number of people,
under the government of the United
States It delivers and collects every
year a number Of letters, papers, etc,
six times as numerous as the entire
population of the Union. It handles
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