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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

A GAINESVILLE, Ga, writer says:
"I heard a truthful, religious old lady
say that when she was a little girl she
was sent to pick cornstalks with a child
of a reputed witch. Growing weary
of the work the child of the witch
mother proposed to collect the stalks
without further labor. A few minutes
later the wind began to rise, furious
whirIwinds made their appearance in
different parts of the field, the stalks
were lifted in the air and were being
rapidly whirIed into large heaps here
and there over the field, when my in
fOrmant, becoming very much fright
ened, begged that it might be stopped.
The witch child waved her arms, the
wind subsidized, and the stalks were left
in their disarranged condition"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

TIE Safety TaIUe gives this record
Of boiler explosions during 1888: Total
number of boilers exploded, 263; esti-
mated loss Of property, $4,000 es-
timated loss by stoppage Of business,
81, go. 600; number of employees thrown
temporarily out Of work, 10000; num-
Der Of lives lost, 326; number of per
sons injured, 491. OF boilers in saw
mills and other woodworking estab-
lshments, there were SO explosions;
locomotives, 81; steamships, tugs and
other steam vessels, 10; portable boil
ers, holsters, and agricultural engines,
q; mines, oil wells, coIieries, IS; paper
mills, bleacheries, digesters, etc, 10;
rolling mills and iron works, %; lis
tilleries, breweries, dye works, sugar
houses and rendering works, 81; -four
mills and grain elevators, Is; textile
manufactures, 10; miscellaneous, Il
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

here, yCu must remember that the
larger number are by birth Eastern;
so we claim, ALr. NYe, to know as much
as the Eastern people and what we
have learned since We came " est be-
sides"
"That may be true, I said In a tone
of gentle cast irony, "but when you
come West you lose that cool, cult
waited look of refined vacuity which we
of the East constantly dote on We
do not like that IN you. 1t Is real
coarse. You say 'HuIIop and treat
strangers politely without knowing
who they are. That is where you fool
yourselves in the West. We Eastern
people resent your easy way of getting
acquainted with people on trains and
in public places and treating them hos
pitably. You shouldn't do that. You
ought to be more coy until people
identify themselves. Don't you know
that man with the slightest tinge of
intellect can get along frst-rate So
cialIy if he viii preserve an air Of
hauteur and reserve instead Of your
Off-hand bonhominy, as we say in dear
old France %
Tt Is easy for the observer to readily
trace the evolution of culture without
going out Of the cars. Leaving San
Francisco you are on good terms with
everybody, from the engineer to the
rear brakeman, within tWenty-fOur
hours. The California Senator divides
his lunch and cigars with the hOmeward
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24
The Origin OF Some Old Expressions.

Luo OIESh ia "a ouAElo U4u E4 FlEGSslGLlSa
Standing Sam" paying the reckon
ing). This arose from the letters IT.
S. on the knapsaclzs of the soldiers.
The Government of Uncle Sam has to
pay or "Stand Sam" for all.
"TO find q mares nest. What we
call q nightmare was by our fOrefathers
supposed to be the Saxon demon Mara
or Mare, q kind of vampire, sitting on
the sIeeper's chest. These vampires
were said to be the guardians Of hid
den treasures, over which they brooded
as hens over their eggs, and the place
where they sat was termed their indus
or nest. Hence, when anyone sup
poses he has made a great discovery,
we ask if he has discovered mares
nest, or the place where the vampire
keeps guard over the hypothetical
treasures.
"She1 out" (out with your shells or
money!. In Southern Asia and many
other parts shells are used instead Of
coins.
"To kick the bucket" A bucket is
pulley. When pigs are killed they
are hung by their hind legs on a
bucket
Little urchin" is a little arc Corc-
kin; Dutch-urk, urkien) The orc is
a sea monster that deyOurs men and
women; the orc-kin, or little orc, is
the hedgehog, supposed to be q spIite
or mischievOus little imp.
eau de vie" (brandy). A French
translation Of the Latin aqua vitae
water of Iife) This is a curious per-
version of the Spanish aqua di vite
water or juice Of the vine), rendered
by the monks into aqua vitae instead of
aqua Wits.
"Gone to the dogs" This undoubt-
eddy is a perversiOn of the Dutch
prOverb, "Toc goe, toe de dogs"
(money gone, credit gone, too.
Dog weary" This is also the
Dutch saying, "Doege waere HE"
/ (being long on ones legs tells at Iast)
To write like an angel. This is a
French expression, The angel re-
ferred to was Angel Vergecios, a
| Greek Of the fifteenth century, noted
for his cahgraphy.
"Pig iron This is a mere play
| upon the word SOW. When iron IS
melted it runs off into a channel called
q SOW, the lateral branches of which
| are called the pigs. Here the iron
cools, and is called pig iron. Sow has
nothing to do with swine, but is from
| the Saxon sawan, to scatter. Having
SOW for the parent channel, it required
no great effort Of wit to call the lateral
grooves little sPigs. - Detroit Free
Press,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24
AHOuse Elevator.

The ingenious plan proposed by a
Berlin inventor Of a simple and mex
pensive elevator for private dwellings
In place of the ordinary staircase, has
attracted some attention as a long-feIt
desideratum. Tt is on the principle of
the inclined railway, and the motive
power Is furnished 10y the city water,
which is applied in the cellar each
fight has its separate chair, so that.
for example, one person can ascend
from the first to the second story while
another Is on his way from the second
to the third, or still another is descend
ing from the fifth to the fourth. The
chair, being only OF the width Of the
human body, requires but little space
and Sill leaves a free passage for any
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

MISS A. A. CRISP, a professional
nurse, who had served in South Africa,
Egypt, and Turkey, and who had re-
ceived the decoration Of the royal red
cross from Queen Victoria, went to
New Zealand FIVE years ago to take
charge of hospital. She has just
been married to one of the doctors
there, and her wedding gown was the
costume Of her profession, while the
bridesmaids were nineteen nurses, all
in uniform. The crowd at the chu Oh
was so great that way had to be
forced through for the bride to reach
the altar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

BABY MCKEE created stampede in
the White House a few days ago. On
the Presidents desk is a group Of cleo
trieal buttons, attached to wires lead
ing to different offices, for calling the
Presidents Private Secretary, execu-
tive clerk, stenographer, messenger,
etc. The Presidents grandson wan
dered into the room, recently, when
nobody was present, and, attracted by
the appearance of the bunch of buttons,
began pounding them vigorously, caus-
ing a general ringing Of signals all
over the mansion, and wild rush Of
secretaries and others to the Presi-
dents room.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

RUSSELL HARRISON was about to
swing open the door of the Presidents
Office the other day when Private Sec
rotary Halford started up and cried,
Where are you going? ?" Young Har-
rison casually said he was on his way
to see his father But he is busy"
replied Halford, "and he cannot be dis
turbed just now" There was some
thing like blank amazement on the
face Of the Presidents son as he ex-
claimed: "What! Can't I see father ?"
Mr.. HalfOrd quietly but firmly said no,
he couldn't. Tt was only after several
hours wait that young Harrison could
gain access to the President.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24
mORTALITY AMONG CHIIDBEN.
Proportion q Deaths in Different Conn
tries and Localities.

Proportion % Deaths in Different Coun-
tries and Localities.
SGsrting ont with the fact that afrom
one third TO one half Of all persons born
into the world die before reaching the
age of five years, DR.. J. III. French,
in the P0pGt ar Science Monthly, dis
eusses the causes of this death rate IN
the light of certain facts which he brings
out clearly from the records of infant
mortality. He finds the most heredit-
airy weakness Of children and the other
two principal causes. cOntagiOn and
diarrheal diseases, he traces directly
to the poison and filth of overcrowded
cities. The connection between this
and sanitary. condition and the heredi-
tary evils is also suggested.
He first calls attention to the fact
that the infant mortality varies greatly
in different localities. The contrast is
effectu8llY shown between city and
country districts:
The exact proportion Of deaths va
Eles greatly In different countries and
localities, at different times and under
different circumstances. Statistics are
ofvalue only in showing average results.
In Norway, for example, the proportion
dying under five Is stated by DR.. FAIR
to be 2O4.5 per 1000 born; while in
England it is 33S per ], 600, and In Italy
567 per LOCO. In ffty-One so-ca1ed
"heaIthy districts" of England and
Wales, according to the same authority,
the mortality under five Is Upper 1000
born, while in the Liverpool district
representing the most favorable SAM
tary. conditions, 1t is 400 per 1000.
In the different parts Of our own
country, we find nearly as great vari-
ETY. as on the continents of Europe.
Even in the same latitude, the proper
ton varies greatly, according as city or
country districts are considered. In
the State of Vermont, which contains
no large cities, and represents essen
tally q rural population, the number
Of deaths under five, for the year 1888,
Tas 23.8 per cent Of the whole number
Of deaths ; in the State of Massachusetts,,
which embraces several large cities
within its limits, for the twelve years
ending in 1884, it was 34.74 per cent ;
and in the city Of New York alone, for
the seven years ending in 1873, it was
exactly 50 per cent Of the entire NOR
tally.
"The younger the child the larger is
the death rate According to Dr.. Ja-
cobb, more than half of those who die
under five years of age die in the first
year. DR.. Curtiss states that, in all
the great cities of North America, out
of every one hundred live-born children,
about twenty-five die before the end OF
the first year, and from forty to fifty
before the close Of the fifth year"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

been reared so carefully that a few
shocks would be fatal to me. Our
people were extremely refined and
high strung. Several of my ancestors
drove their own teams and hauled
freight from the depot. We are a
naughty race, and when irritated
would fight for our honor or anything
else that presented itself.
The Nyes extend back into the past
for hundreds Of years. They have Oc-
cupied every position of trust all over
the pages of the grocery history Of their
country. We viii not brook an af-
front, and the man who looks askance
at US may be found on the following
day carefully looking over his vitaIs,
removing sand from them, and trying
to replace them in their former posi-
ton on the program.
And so 1 was as pleased as a child
when I entered this rough Western
town, so far removed from the great
thought enpOriums and brain works of
the thinking and tidy East, and found
so much real merit, so much that we
are fond of in the East, yet hardly ex-
pect to find so far West, where every
thing is, 0! so crude, and O so coarse.
Among other things [ brought my
pajamas with me, and fnger-bOwl. I
did not think would find any finger
bowls out here, and I must have my
fnger-bOWl or I sicken and fade away.
There are some real good stores here,
and Eastern people wlkO may be hest
tating about coming here because there
is no good place to trade need not hest
tate any longer.
Society here, too, is good. It is so
good that, so far, 1 have not been
pressed to enter it much, and so I can
see that it is not so mixed as I have
been told it was at home.
The Chicago River is one of the most
desolate and arid streams / have ever
observed. It has the same sOiled and
troubled bosom that one sometimes sees
In the lower walks of life, and it moves
very, o, so very deliberately, like man
going to the train to meet his wife's
mother, knowing that she does not ap-
prove Of him.
Two million three hundred and
eighty-two thousand COWS were made
widows here last year. Five thousand
pigs per day also bite the dust after
having emitted a piercing shrek. One
sees the pig gay, frOicsOme, and with
life before him. Anon we find him
cold in death. His chest has a large
hole in it and a big, big chip gives his
mouth hard, set look. It is awful.
And yet to see Mr.. Armour there with
his sleeves tucked up above his dim
pied elbows and the tips of his red
fannels just showing roguishIy be
meath, you would find it hard to say in
your heart, "Here is cold, cruel man. 3"
He fits here and there among the work
men, looking now at the breast-bone Of
a Quincy shote to see if we viii have
an open winter, and then going on to
where he is trying to keep up q COB fire
under a hogshead in which he is
smoking some of his justly celebrated
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

bound Bostonian, and the San Francis
co millionaire plays whist with the
bead-eyed humorist. Crossing the
Missouri River the air Of curiosity man
TESTS itself, followed east Of Chicago
by a falling off inqthe rapport and per
sifage business, until between New
York and Boston the stranger feels the
same air of cordiality that Mr.. Enocb
Arden did when he got home, late at
night, looked in the window, and went
away. BILL NYE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

wbo-wish to walk up or down. instead
Of riding. 1t IS set In motion by sine
pie pressure upon one OF its arms, while
after 1t has been used it slides back to
the bottom step, its descent being reg
ulated IL such manner that the car
Fying of a passenger Is a matter of en-
tire safety. The motive power is. of
course, more or less expensive, accord
ing to the cost Of water, this being. it
IS stated, in Berlin, at the rate of hit
tie more than one-tenth of a cent only
for each trip.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

RECE NTLY there was sent from Nor
wich, Conn. to New York five two
gallon tin cans filed with oil of black
birch, which was manufactured in
Bozrsh by John Miner. It is worth
$50 a gallon, and the five cans con-
tanned 158 pounds of oil, valued at
$500, or little over S. a pound.
Black birch trees do not yield oil as the
maple trees run sap. There is work in
getting the tender twigs, and labor in
the process of extracting the oil. One
ton of twigs yields just three pounds
Of oil, and it took nearly ffty-three
tons Of twigs to yield the ten gallons.
This oil is used in giving the winter
green flavor to confections of all kinds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

ONE of the last of Mrs. Cleveland's
graceful acts and kind deeds before
leaving the White House was her dona-
ton to the Garfield Hospital of a large
collection of miscellaneous books, maya
zines and illustrated periodicals for the
nse of the patients of that institution
and the frightening of the dreary hours
of the sick and suffering.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

aids. The coloring Of the leaves Is
marvellous beyond description, testify
ing to che extraordinary skill Of the
designer as well as to tbs artistic sense
and exquisite taste Of the enameler.
Nothing more beautiful can be i'm
agined than the general effect Of each
plant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

GA SHOE manufacturer in Portland, -
relates the Brunswick, Ne, Telegraph,
''being asked to assist in providing
bread for the suffering poor, said that
he would contribute to the extent of
100 sacks of -four and 100 bushels of
meal, one sack of -four and one busheI
of meal to be given to each man who
might be found in Portland who
neither kept a dog, drank rum nor
used tobacco, and was in need of
bread. The first man has not appeared
yet to claim the gift. 5"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

The English courts hold that when
a man writes asking another to flavor
him with a check" for a bill the intent
is that the check is to be sent by post,
and the creditor is liable if the check
is lost In the mails.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

In the largest jewelry shops in New
York, where $4,000 worth of gold is
used a day, the gold is not weighed out
to the workmen, and nothing but the
honesty of the employees prevents loss.
But while the gold is allowed to be
thus exposed, tobacco has to be locked
up, because it is found that man who
would not steal grain of his employ
er's gold would not hesitate to appro-
PIRATE his neighbor's tobacco.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

The Beers have whipped England
five different times, and one Of their
prophets is now predicting a coming
war in which a Boer viii be raised to
the British throne.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

Mrs. HARRISON denies that any dis
elimination has been made at the White
House against coIored domestics. She
explains that the work of the laun-
dresses did not suit her, and she re-
placed them by better workwomen.
This change placed two white women
in the service, but there has been no
raid on the other colored servants.
Most of them remain in their old places.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

PENNSYLVANIA has just discovered
that she has no law to punish man
for stealing a railroad engine, and if
the men in that State are sharp every
one Will provide himself with a loco
motive as soon as possible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

1T is said that when the Shah last
visited England he was taken to New
gate and shown, among other objects
of vertu, the gaIIows. In this engine
he evinced the greatest interest, and.
expressing a desire to see how it
worked, asked the Governor to hang a
man. The Governor explained that he
had not a man ready for the expert
ment, whereupon the Shah expressed
his contempt. Hang one Of these, he
said, pointing to his suite. Needless
to say, the Governor did not comply.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

Two sons Of Charles Dickens-AI-
fred Tennyson and Edward BulweE
Lytton-whO eEnigrated to Australia
have become successful. pastoralists.
Mr.. u. B. L. Dickens IS now turning
his attention to politics, and has de-
Eeloped a desire to become a member
Of the parliament of New South Wales.
At latest dates he was standing as @
protectionist for the representation Of
WIleannia, an extensive pastoral dis
trict in the western portion Of the
colony.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

A NEW YORK jeweler has sent some
wonderful brooches to the Paris Ex-
position. They are gold enameled or
chids of fifteen varieties, each as per
feet in it's way as the product Of nature.
The stems are made green with emer-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

G. W. GARDExsH1BE and Miss EN-
ma Acuff were married the other day
at Chattanooga, Tenn. The groom IS
90 and the bride SO.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

GENERAL BoULANGER's social career
in Paris is under the guidance of the
Duchess Dues, fair, fat, forty, and
a widow. She is charitable, tries her
hand at art, agriculture, can ride a
horse across country to perfection,
keeps a pack of hounds, and is the only
woman in France who ever drove a
fOur-in-hand. Her grandmother was
the famous Veuve Cicquot, of cham
payne notoriety.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

PRINCE PIERRE SALTzKoFF, who re-
Gently died in Paris, was curious
character. He was immensely wealthy,
and spent his entire fortune in col
Iecting works of art or curiosities. Be
fore he died he was obliged to sell his
collection in order to keep himself from
starvation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

AN American engineer who passed a
year in Switzerland says that every in
habitant who owns a house in the
country seeks to locate it in the best
possible place to be struck by an
avalanche It is their eye for the pic
turesque.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

SAYS F. D. Mussey, in the Cincin-
natl Commercial: "NIr. Harrison is
certainly showing the effects of the
pressure and tear and anxiety he has
been subjected to. In the gIaring sun
light you can observe it, if you were
formerly familiar with his appearance.
His face is winter than it was before,
and he looks weary, and is certainly
thinner than he used to be-"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

I ALWAYS think of counterfeit
money when i go 10y q Iunatic asylum, p
said old BoojuIa, because j then pass
the queer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

OMLNG here as 1
did from New York
Twas agreeably sur
prised to note the
cultivation and re-
fnement one sees
here at the most
unexpected mo-
ments. I came to
Chicago from the
East) fearing that
I would be shocked
and panied almost
constantly by the
rudeness and ignOr-
ance Of the masses.
And I hate to be
shocked I have
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24

So fun Of fearful dreams, 1of ugly sightsI
should be treated as warnings" In the
truest sense of the word-as sent by
nature to foreteI impending evils
which skill and wisdom may be able to
avert.-ErcHGng
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-24
BILL NYE SEES CHICAGO.
SURPRISED AT THE CULTIVATION
AND REEIE E1IE6T EEE FINDS

Like otaer Distinguished Visitors he De-
scribes the stock Yards - His Tender
Heart Grows Faint at the Sights He Wit
uesses During a Conversation with 1Ir,
a.rr1crrr-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-06-29
A Successful Cotton Picker,

The G ,t,ou harvester is at last to he
practically tested. The Mason Cotton
Harvester Company, OF Charles'on,
who have for several years been per-
fcctiug their picker, have made con-
tract with the Chattanooga Agricultu-
raj Works for the manufacture Oh
number of the pickers In time Tor the
coming crop. Mr.. John L. Richard
son one of the most extensive plahters
of the South, after careful investiga.
ton has agreed to buy number, ana
estimates he will save 1000 In the
picking of his cotton crop, compared
with hand picking. He says: "l be-
lieye the machine in Its present condl'
tion, will pick cotton at cost not ex,
cceding fifteen cents per hundred. and
as YOU know, we have to pay cotton
picilers from fifty cents to 81 % pei
hundred for picking.-Mdn1act,rers
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