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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
An EQUINE CURIOSITY.

A Chinese Horse in New York City-A
Double JOinted, UngaInIy Looking Ami
NAL.
A genuine Chinese horse has been
discovered in New York City. He is
appropriately named Yum Yum. This
curious animal is-the only one OF it's
species in the United States, and has
certain pecuIiarities which make it an
interesting curiosity. This remarkable
animal has the head, neck, and body of
q fuIl-sized and rather large horse.
His legs, however, although CORE
spOndingly stout and strong, are short
and every one of them double-jointed
His coat is sleek and black. The only
spot of white upon him is q pretty dia-
mOnd upon his forehead. His tail is
long and silky, but, strange to say,
his name refuses to grow longer than
two inches. Here it stops and re-
mains as coarse and stubby as a scrub
bing brush.
The gait of the horse is peculiar and
cannot be compared with that of any
other animal. Being dOuble-jointed,
when he turns a corner his legs swing
around like pivots, giving the appear
ance Of being hung on hinges.
The double joints of Yum Yum's
knees are so large that one can lay his
forefnger almost out Of sight between
them. So peculiarly are they formed
that they do not figure as a deformity.
The horse Is strong and makes a beau
tifuI saddle horse, although it is a
funny sight to see a tail man upon his
back. Yum Yum's head is twenty
eight inches long. It is full and well
formed. The neck is eleven inches long
and sixteen inches thick. His height is
forty-six inches. His front legs meas
ure twenty-nine inches, while the hind
legs are one inch higher. His body is
just five feet or sixty inches long. This
concludes q set measurements which,
for being in direct opposition to the
laws of nature, have never yet been
equaIed.
The head, according to the measure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
EDeuced Clever, by J0ve.''

A friend of mine was visited not long
ago by an English gentleman, who
seemed to take a great interest in
whatever was shown to him, and to be
highly appreciative of American insti-
tutions, howbeit his admiration was
rather monOtonous in expression.
My friend piloted him through one
of our cotton mills.
"Deuoed clever, old boy, deuced
clever, he said, as they came out.
Then his host showed him a large
Auburn shoe factory.
George, that's deuced clever!" he
exclaimed, enthusiastically.
On the way across the bridge the
English gentleman stood still for a few
minutes and gaZed at the fOamy falls
roaring down over the rocks.
by jovel that's deuced clever" said
-LelVistO11 Journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

pOssy, nd come ever frum Kaintuck
side an gobble up eny likely niger es
happened ter be bout, en- they'd swar
thick en- thin es he wer' a slave, en-
run him right over t'other size Mason
an DiXOn's line.
"Ihet kind er work didn't suit US,
no how; but wOt cud we do? Eft wer
the Tor, en- no gittin round it. Ole
Squar Elijah Huntington, he wer jes-
tice O. tn peace en- a Baptis frum tn
word go he hated ct wus kind, but
tn Tor en- stattoos, es made en- perwid-
ed, wer es bindin onto him en- he's ies-
tees Office es tn Bible wer en- r. the
meetin house; but he used ter scratch
gravel terribul Of he he'd ter gift a pore
niger up.
ether wer one bright, hansum, per
lite, en- dustriOus murlatter, name o.
Henry Gaynes. es he'd KEEP a barber
shop in Perrysburg fur nigh onto four
year. Nobody never as'ed wher he
KEN from, fur nobody wanted ter know
nuthin bout sech things, then eff they
wOs as'ed they cud jes say don know
Wall, this Henry jes minded he's own
Dizziness en- effry body liked him.
Zone mornin, mOughty airly, fur I
weren't done feedin stock, long comes
tn news es how Gaynes he'd been
rested night afore, outer his bed by a
United States MarshiI en- his possy.
from Kaintuck, es a fugetiv, en- es
how ct looked mOughty blue fur the
yaller boy.
Il lit right inter town, en- then I
foun the hull place a bilin over, en-
airly es ct wor the Squar wer hOldin'
court en- rastlin tn hes he knowd
how fur ter clear tn boy, en- ercOrdince
wuth tn Tor en- stattOOs, es made en-
perwided, en- when I scrouged my way
inter his iestice room he were putty
nigh tn end ov his tether, en- cudd,nt
see daylight then, an the SWEET wor q
rOllin often him like he were cradlin
heavy wheat in tn hottest summer
"This yer Marshil he'd two young fell
1ers Ov lawyirs en- his possy, en- they
knocked the Tor an stattoos, es made
IN perWided, aroun the jest ices ears
ontil he thort his head were in nail
kag long Ov a hive ov yaller-iackets
en- the ole man were worked up wus
sort, en-, bein a Baptis deacon, he
cuddnt even blow off steam by a swar.
/ seed he wer nigh Dustin, en- so 1 les
sot In an cussed all rOun all Kaintuck,
en- marshils, en- 1awyirs, an niger
ketchin Iors. I gin ct to en- good fun
bout two minits fur the ole Squar cue
stop me; he purtended ter be mOughty
riIed, but I seed es ct don him good
4eased hes mind, es ct Wor, an give hin
fresh wind ter kiteh hold again.
aWaH, they iaWed, packard an foraEd
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
Announcement. in Nem Mexieo.

LaWlessness in New Mexico seems TO
be on the increase. Various reasons
and explanations have been given for
the prevailing bad condition of society,
but none of them are satisfactory.
In our humble opinion the true cause
is to be found in the fact that there are
very few trees in that country, and
what trees there are are not of proper
size on which to suspend outlaws,
hence many of them escape who other
wise would bangle.
A good tree FOR the frontier is the
live oak, with its tough, wide-spreading
branches and suggestively overhang-
ing limbs. Trees of this type have q
much greater moral effect in a frontier
country than those who dwell in the
busy haunts of men can possibly i'm
agine.
It is perhaps a rough way of dispos-
ing Of criminals, but desperate dis
eases demand similar remedies. It has
been noticed in frontier countries where
the live oak fOurishes lawlessness is
banished almost as e9ectually as ma
laria is by the eucalyptus. The lower
limbs of the live oaks should be
trimmed off so as to give the fruit
plenty of room to swing free.
IL ID WILL 41O11J4CL SSUb4O1lC44GS kJI0bJy
much as it is with raising children. In
the families where the mothers wear
slippers, one of which she can easily
remove and promptly apply to the
slippery boys, they, the boys, cannot
help growing up to be useful citizens.
On the other hand, in families where
slippers are unknown and where but
toned or laced shoes are worn instead,
it being a great deal of trouble to re-
move such shoes, discipline is lax and
the boys grow up to fill Legislative
halls or penitentiaries.
The unslippered boy, in the absence
Of timely correction, grows reckless,
finally runs for office or becomes a des-
perado, in either event bringing dis
grace upon his family.
What New Mexico needs is trees.
Arboricu1ture will change New Mexico
from wild frontier country into a
comparative paradise. TeraS SJft-
mas
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
Little HoIIanders.

Boys and girls are dressed so much
alike in Holland that one can't tell
them apart. A letter from lady tray
cling there says they are all clothed in
dark, full skirts and gay bCdices All
have long hair and long "bangs"
trained to stand out under their tight
caps like little visors to shade their
eyes; I'VE began 21 H. says E;I the lady Ito
were girls, and also to wonder if all the
boys were locked up somewhere, when
suddenly the guide seized one, saying:
DO you think this is a boy or a girl 2
When we said IGirl' he whisked the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
Ne sIruggIes Of Anthorshig.

If you have not positive talent the
sooner you are crowded out as a writer
the better for yourself and the reading
wOrld-more especially yourself. And
yet, it seems to me, il one is so much
in love with his chosen work, and
desire to benefit humanity through it,
as to become miserable and to find life
confined to any other path, an aiInIess
existence, it would be better to con-
tinue in this work, solely in the hope
of It some time proving a benefit TO
mankind setting aside the selfish de-
sire of reaping the reward yourself.
Alas, that It is so! How many have
left a record of their thoughts Cun-
appreciated In their lifetime) that have
caused their memory to be revered,
and filed the Golfers of succeeding
generations, long after the brains that
gave them birth and the hands that
penned them have passed from earthly
life.-Mopnie Moore, 5q9 St Louis
Magazine.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
rEmFUs FUe1T
BY JETE1E FoBBUsH HANABoRD.


A mother lends Ger her babe so fair,
SmOOths its rings o. golden hair,
Studies its features anl eyes of blue,
Its face-the image OF papa s. too
and longs for the time both early Snd late,
When baby should grow TO q mans estR Q.
@Tempus fugiti7 The years have flown.
and baby at last to man has grown
But where is the mother SO young and fair,
Who watched her babe with tendersst care?
Alas you VIII scarcely know her to-day,
For her golden tresses are sIVered with gray.
Her step is slow, her eyes are dim,
She trembles now through every limb;
Her nm, that once was full OF grace,
Is ID with age, and her dainty face
Is hIlsG with sorrow and anxious care.
Alas there are changes everywhere.
Thirty win number the years that have gone
Thirty long years since her baby was born.
Now, wi h saddened heart and tear-bedimmed
eyes,
She bows low her head and in agony cries
Give back my babel" but prayers are in vain;
The man can neer be a child again.
CHICAGO Ill
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

ments, is that of a perfectly developed
horse His body is Just little behind,
while the legs are the length of those
Of a small pony. His feet are in keep
ing with his legs, and he wears a dainty
shoe. Yum Yum was born in Hong
Kong in 1888. About year and
half later a sea captain bought him
and took him to Boston. where he Waa
sold. He was subsequently purchased
by a New York gentleman and taken
to that city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

GmDNGs-"T THAT young Smithy that
got married the other day Is a mighty
nice fellow" Peyton-"DOn't know.
Saw him treating his wife the other
day as I wouldn't treat my dog" Gid
dings (excitedly)- Is it possible? And
she so lovely. What was he doing to
her?" Peyton Calmly - Kissing her
/ wouldn't kiss my dog. "-SG75 Franz
cisco Examiner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

its coming year it will, therefore. be bright,
breezy. racy. fresh. gossipy, and still in
structive in a high degree. While catering
to the tastes of the careful student, it will
also bubble over this year with parentheti-
cal laughter" and prolonged laughter"
will be an everyday occurrence.
There will be articles of interest from time
to time by some of our most entertaining
Dakota by Cox, war history by ingalls,,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

child around and pointed to red and
white crown piece in the back Of its
cap. No. he said; girls caps are
plain. Until the children are eight
years old you can't tell boy from a
girl, except from the backs Of their
heads " We wonder what Young
America would say if he were obliged
to dress like his sister until he was
eight years old
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

laughing heartily at the rsoouecHons
and May laughed too, as she answered,
jumping up:
81 declare, grandma, you make me
wish I'd been a centennial girl.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
A NEWSPAPER.
BILL NXE SAYS A WORD FOR HIS
FAVORITE JOURNAL.

His Attic e Reads Like a PuT for the Con-
zzressiOnaI Record, but He Feels a Grow
ing Interest in 1t Which Is Above 8Ier-
cenary Considerations
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
Very Dear 10 ne.
By JEFFTE FoRBUsH HA1AFoRD.

This little one is very dear tome.
Hear her chatter cunning baby talk,
I well remember when she learned to walk
See her looking up in sweet surprise,
I think I never saw such pretty eyes.
Between us both You very soon viii see,
This precious baby girl belongs to me.
CHICAGO III
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

UTAH cannot come into the Union
because of too much marrying. Some
States ought to go ont because Of
too much diForcing.-C Cincinnati Ems
Qssjrsgs
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

TASHIAGVON,
\ I d. c.. possess
" es n 0 thin g
more interest
ing to one Of a liter
airy nature perhaps
than the extensive
Offices of the Con-
greSSiORGL Record.
This paper never
opened { b q ye ar
with brighter pros
poets than it does
now. Its age now
begins to give it a
solidity which, as q
young squirt of a
journalistic We u t
IRE, it did not here
fOfOra possess. For
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

The average weight Of a skeleton is
about fourteen pounds, though Sarah
Bernhardt runs something over after
partaking of 3 hearty meaL-4ecas
SiftS1Qs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

The pain Of parting is most severe
when IL IS bee you are parting N5t2,
-Yo0Eegs Gazette.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
A wise. FcODOmfcoI Investment.

A workingman in this city who was
complaining Of hard times recently
was asked how he could afford to take
a daily newspaper. well" said he,
"I hope I shall never be too poor to take
a paper. 1 thought was too poor for
ten years after was married. Ny wife
suggested that I take a paper regular
" and 1 did so, and 1t was the most
economical stroke Of my life. 1t kept
me home evenings, afforded me pleas
ure and instruction and was a comfort
to the whole family. I had to stop the
use of tobacco for q whole year once In
order to pay for the paper, and the re-
tobacco since, and IN that one item I
have saved enough to pay for several
daily papers. So long as I have money
enough to buy bread with / VIII have
money enough to pay for my news
paper. There is not a man toe poor to
read a daily paper. It is the cheapest
investment ne can make, both for him
self and his family. It is the last ez-
pense / VIII Top of. I VIII drink my
tea and coffee without sugar before i
miss my daily paper, and 1 can better
afford to do so.7-Alb0gaB Journal
WHEN oatmeal ezpIodes at one stage
and poisons people at another, there
seems to be no course open but TO re-
turn to the old-fashiOned buokwheat
cakes They may be fatal, but st
takes q long time for them to perform
thsiz deadly work, and, in the mean-
time, look Sc the enjoyment yen viz
have
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13
efl2f IND Gf RMASY

I-
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The Springdale news., 1889-12-13


 The reform of the civll sery zee N Fl make no safe or satlstact>lry adNAhce until the present law ahd Its equal adlnih1-tl-t}oh are well established Ill the confidence of the people. 1t will be my siclsUre. aS 1t lS my duty to see that tHe ItW k executed with 4lrtHncsS and imBaFutlttN. l. some oi its provisions have been tgtuduieatly eyaicd by appointing officers our resentment auould not suggest the repeal 0t= tl1H Law, bat rcI3Fm in Its 5ld. mIHi~trdti0n. We should have one View of the matter, and hold it with sim cerlty that iS not affected by the con. slderdtton that the party to which Me belong Is for the time in power. My predecessor, on the 4th uay of January, ls19, by an executive order, to take effect March u, brought tho railway mail service under the operation of the Civi Service laws. ProNlstOu Was made that Che order should take effect sooner III any state where m eligible list Was sooner obtttned On the Huh day of March AlF. Lyman then the only member of tue commfsSIou. reported to ue in writing that 1t would nor be possible to h.lye tae list of eligible retdy before May !, aud requested that the taking effect of the order be postponed until that tune, which WIS done, subJect t0 the same prov ision eontlin.d n the original ordcr as to States in which an eligible list WIS sooner obtained. As d result of the revision of the rules Of the new classification and of the inclusion Of the railway mall sctViCc, Che work of the com mission las been greatly increased and the present clcrtcal force -is found to he made. qudte recommend that the additional clerks asked by the commission be appro. priatCd for.
 fAlrHFCINESs SHOULD HE RECOGNIZED.
 am satisfied that both in and out of the classtflcd service great benefit would accrue if9B the adoption of some system by which the officer would receive Il" distinction and beAtnl tHae H Hli pfA ttt cmpipyments cones from exceptional fIithfalatss and ctht tcucy fn the performance of duty I aaXt suggested to the heads ot the executive departments that they consider whether d record might not be kept iu each bureau Of sll those eieuieatS that are covered by the
The Springdale news., 1889-12-13

Ii IS grltify .ng to be able to state that by the adoption of new and better methods in the War Department, the calls Of the Pen sion Ofiice for information as to the md tarY and hospital records of pension claimants are now proupuy answered and the in juries and VeX4s#aH5 delays that nave here tafure occurred are entirely avoided. This will greatly .eilitate the adiustHene ot all pending q t5a>
 THE FOUR NEW STATES
 Tbe 1Av-Hi# ef four utF st3t.s. taath Da
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-08

The decision of the New Hampshire
Supreme Court that the Boston e. Maine
must release its grip on the Boston, Concord
d Montreal railroad will make an important
change in the railroad map of New Hamp-
shire. The Boston, Concord & Montreal
railroad was originally leased to the Boston
" Lowell, with the stipulation that the lease
should be void If transferred. In 1885 the
Boston d Lowell leased itself and its leased
lines to the Boston d Maine. By this move
the Boston 6G Maine acquired domination of
the Northern New England railroad system,
and but for the little section of the Concord
Railroad between Concord and Nashua,
would have had continuous line from Bos-
ton to Canada and the West. Then it was
that the Concord road finding itself hemmed
In by the Boston & Maine made the great
fight In the legislature of 1887 to shake off
the iBoston & Names domination Of New
Hampshire's railroad system, and take the
Boston, Concord & Montreal away from the
Boston d Maine That fight was won by
the Boston & Maine in the legislature but
the fruits of their victory were wrested
from them by Gov. Sawyer's veto. Then
the conflict was transferred to the courts.
Now the court takes the Boston. Concord
and Montreal from the Boston & Maine, and
virtually gives 1t to the Concord. This will
create New Hampshire system reaching
from Nashua, through Concord up to Fa-
byan and Scott's MriIs on rne Portland q
Ogdensburg branch Of the Maine Central,
and to Groyeton ON the Grand Trunk. There
is also some talk that branch line may be
built from this system to Berlin Mills and
thence up into the lake region Of the Andros-
coggin ia Maine. The Boston & Maine still
retains control of the Passumsic and st.
Johnsbary and Lake Champlin roads, but
they are far isolated from the rest Of the sys-
tenn
The Portland daily press., 1889-05-08
CATHOLICS IN COLONIAL DAYS.
sishop healy Replies to the Press's
criticism-Letter from a Catholic
Historian.
To the Editor of the Press.

To the Editor of the Press.
was astonished to find in your issue Of
April 10th that your distrust of Catholic 10y
atty IN the Revolution was based upon two
things that never existed, namely, the an
tlpathy OF the Jesuits to the French alliance
ana TWO regiments of Roman Catholics
raised In Philadelphia and New York. |,
therefore, requested the historian, John Gil
mary shea, to give you circumstantial ac-
count OF the attempt made. The anti-Catho-
Tic outDurst during the Revolution was made
use OF by the British government as reason
Tor the Quebec Act" in Canada and for the
attempt to raise the regiments of Roman
Catholics.
But your article of April 9Oth attacked
certain points in my address to Catholics of
Maine. To your statements ALLOW me TO an
swer:
1st-Rhode Island does not share the hon
or OF having granted freedom of religi Gus
liberty to all" / refer you to Hildreth's
History, vol. /, page 461, A. d. 1868. 1
ought also to call your attention, If you do
not know 1t. that North Carolina and Rhode
Island were the two last States to ratify the
Constitution, and were both absolutely op-
posed to that article of the Constitution,
which proclaimed liberty freligion.
2d-The royal charter of Maryland was
not the reason nor cause of the freedom there
granted. The charter granted no such liber-
ty to dissenters, nor even to the Roman Cath
olics themselves. The liberty of conscience
was the act of the proprietary Lord Balti-
more concurred in by the freeman
OF the colony. For be it known to
you. Mr. Editor, that the charter OF Mary
land was the first provision in any Ameri-
can patent for securing to the colon lists a
a share In legislation. No similar clause
was found in either the Virginia, the New
England or the Massachusetts charters" p
S.-The Protestants of the first arrival had
no share in this grant of liberty, because
they had no votes in the matter. They we're
servants, tenants, etc. What they would
have done, we can hardly say except by
| what they did in after years.
They disfranchised the Catholics and at
tackled their religious liberty as soon as they
had the power; and the very minister
| (ProtestanD whom Lord Baltimore carried
out to Newfoundland in his first attempt at
colonization Q620 returned to England to
denounce him for permitting mass to be
| said.
With such facts before you, Mr.. Editor, it
seems to me that l may appeal from your
article to the common sense and fair minded
ness OF our countrymen. Prejudices they
have as you have but once Informed of facts,
they are truly American, that is fair in judge
ment.
Please insert the letter of Mr.. Shea about
the Roman Catholic regiments.
Yours truly,
JAMES AUG. HEALY,
Bishop of Portland.