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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Never Tired.

When this country was first settled,
there was an impression among the
colOnists that the Indians had no intel
hgence or craft in their relations with
the white men. The latter soon found,
however, that this was not the case.
Some Of the farmers attempted to
make farm servants Of the Indians, but
found that they had a propensity to
get tired so soon after they began
work that their services were of little
value. One day farmer was visited
by a stalwart Indian, who said @1Ie
want work.
No, said the farmer, you VIII get
tired
NO, no, said the Indian, @me never
get tired"
The farmer, taking his word for It,
set the Indian at work and went away
about some other business. Toward
noon he returned to the place and found
the Indian sound asleep under q tree.
Look here, look here, shouted the
farmer, shaking the Indian violently,
you told me that you never got tired,
and yet here you are stretched oub on
the ground 6"
Ugh T. said the Indian, rubbing his
eyes and slowly elambering 70 his feet,
ST me not lie down. nle get tired Ike
! the rest L.--Egcs091g
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Primitive Eating.

A correspondent in Berlin found
restaurant where the only article on
the bill Of fare is soup. The dining
table consists of a log, In which eight
teen cavities appear at regular inter
walls. Each cavity is the size Of
large soup bowl, and fastened near
each one is a big iron spoon, attached
to the log by a chain. The diner en-
tiers and planks down five pfennings-
about one cent and a quarter. Then
he chooses one Of the cavities, seizes a
spoon and waits for the waiter. That
functiOnary comes forward with two
cans. and saws: @Thick or clear soup %
The diner makes his decision, the
waiter fills up the nearest cavity with
SOUP. turns on his heel. and that ends
it. The diner scoops the soup Out Of
the hole IN the log with the iron spoon
and having thus dlned wisely and vel
Is promptly ordered out by the pro
prie6or. How many Americans are so
poor that they dine on q leg Golden
Days
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

you VIII send me the message p and
then the lovers parted, and Despard
clenched his teeth .venomOuslY.
Tortured he groaned ont. @Ah,
my lady, you shall leave tonight, and
you, Victor Dane-lOok your last on
the love you stole from me, for my re
Venge is very near!"
One hour later, a broken, helpless
creature. Adrienne Dacre, stole to the
tower room. Her face was q pail OF
despair She knew the worst.
BY specious promises, baneful inftu-
ence, Despard had induced her father
to leave at midnight for his own home
In the far West. where troublesome
rivals would no longer annoy, and
Adrienne would, amid new scenes,
forget the romantic folly" that seemed
a bar to a favorable union.
Adrienne appealed to her father
Yain1y. He seemed completely in Des-
pard s power, and carelessly ayerred
that time wauId bring her to consider
q wealthy lover far more 7 refera bic
than one who had a fortune and a name
yet to earn.
Outside, a revolver in his clasp, Just
beyond the garden wall, stood Des-
pard, his basiIisk glance fixed on the
lighted tOwer-roOm-
SIf she seeks to send a message to
Dane I viii prevent itIV he Kissed. ut
would bring him here, and Dacre's
within to remain OF treat with him
would be fatal to my plans. Ha! she
dares.
Yes, the easement opened. A dove,
winged, missive- freighted, few
out into the night.
The cruel marksman steadied his
wrist. A quick report mingled in echo
with a despairing wall at the window !;
the dove circled. reeled, and, limp and
disabled, disappeared amid the foliage
of a great tree.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
THE WORLDS BL0ATED CITIES.
Il 20. pAvIp awNe.

HE thin 6
called q city
Is about one
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a CT 0 W d
m o K G S a
crowd. The
persons who
assemble to
watch a dog
fight are more
n u m @ TO u S
than the tran
saction justi-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
The ways of southern Chi,nIry.

From the Atlanta Evening journal
few minutes before the Georgia rail
road train pulled ont from the depot Satur
day evening. well-dressed man wearing q
flowing set of let black side whi,kers on hi,
face entered the sleeper and depositing a
couple Of yali.es ON the floor settled himself
for a comfortable ride to Augusta Tn,
man. although dressed in the height of
fashion. was a colored man.
He rode lndisturbed until the train reach
ed Decatur. some of the hny. living at Con.
yers and Cnyinptnn heard that "A negro was
ridiu., IN th. ,lerper and at once began
making pr.uaratious for his removal
A yoiug man from Coviupton passed
throuyh two rparhe. beudiuy over each
man with whom he ,,as acquainted and
WHISPERED .Nisgrr i'm TN. sIeeper" A.
th. word, reached the ear, of those I,
a.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
several Types of storms.

BY slow degrees says the New York rri-
bune, the American people are learning Ia
distinguish between cyclone aud lorna
do but the difference is still far from be
ing generally observed even by those great
popular educators, the newspapers A cy.
clone is several hundred miles wide, some
times over a thousand it is marked 10y Il
large area Of low barometer il has a sys
tenn of winds blowing into IT, describing u
spiral about the general centre, aud II lasts
several days travelling over the globe mean
time at the rate of from ten to sixty miles
an hour The attendant gales, which may
rise TO a velncity Of ~ or 100 miles an hour,
are continuous, even if little gusty, Such
a cyclonic disturbance, developing last Sun
day Jan 9TH and 1th in the eastern slope
of the Rocky mountains, went To Texas,
then up the Mississippi valley Tuesday, and
over the lakes into Canada and the st
Lawrence valley on Wednesday The
winds at Buffalo aud Niagara that day and
night seem o have been cyclonic.
The tornado, like the summer thunder
shower, the cloud burst and the wind
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

From the early time before the dawn of
accurate history, out from the mists Of
myth and tradition, there comes drifting
down TO us this saga of the lofty North.
Far out on the wild Baltic sea there noated
OF yOre a wondrous island. Now and then
some adventurous or storm driven mariner
caught sight Of the low and indstinct out
lines of this fahled isle shimmering in the
moonlight But if the sailor Law to his craft
aud waited for day, 10 . the island vanish
ed with the dawn and only a wide expanse
Of white-capped waves rolled where dark
groves had stood all through the hours of
night. For this strange island sank be
meath the sea every morning and where it
would reappear when the night came again
no man knew, for it drifted about through
the seas like a spectre ship. But at last a
stalwart Northern chieftain. Tn h,elvar hy
name, sailed forth from the coast of Swe.
den IN quest Of this yhostly holm Fortune
favored the valiant sailor He succeeded
III ettectiug a landing ON the shores of this
drifting, sinking uo-mans land Instantly
he struck fire. The heaven born flames as
they leaped on high, drove out the demons
and trolls and powers of darkness that had
heWltched this wandering isle and it now
became fixed and stable. so was Guttlaud
located and settled.
The little colony founded by Thiclvar
spread gradually over the island, aud in
their insulated position took to the water
as naturally as ducks. They built ships
and sailed ON trading voyages, not only to
Sweden, but also to Germany and Denmark
and Russia They sailed far up the rivers
Of Northern Europe, and traded with the
inhabitants along their banks And so the
thrifty and adventurous Gottlanders began
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
4 Poor Coward.

The following story was told at the re
cent military encampment at Mexico, Mo.
\ group around one of the numerous camp
fires were relating incidents Of bravery
and cowardice shown in battle, and this is
one of them :-
1t was at the battle of Gettysburg,
said the speaker, "when the bullets were
falling like hail, aud the shells were shrek
ing and bursting over our heads in a way
10 make the bravest heart tremhle, "A pr
vate dropped out of the ranks, and skulked
back toward the rear. Tie was well under
way, when, unfortunately for him, he wa,
met by Gen. Slocum coming to the front,
"'What are You doing here Get bach
to your post Z the general shouted.
The poor fellow stopped still and trem
bled like a leaf, but made no reply.
" Get back to your post, you miserabl,
coward Aren't you ashamed of yoursel
to be skulkng back here, when you shoul,
he in front with your brave comradesE
"Still the man made no reply, but com
menced to cry like a year-old infant.
"'Nou Infamous, sneaking coward
shouted the infurated general, get hacl
TO your post I'll ride you down like dog
| Why, you are nothing but baby =
"'I I'll t I t tell you what, G-g gener
al, said the hlubbering fellow, ia g-g Civ
auythm just now if | was b b baby, and
| Tiff had my cl choice, I'd T. r rather he
/ female b .b-b-baby. THE Budgei.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
a strong plea for Ballot Reform,

Gov. Gray in his message 10 the Indiana
legislature, says; You can render the state
no more exalted service than to frame and
enact such laws as will, as far as legisla-
ton can accomplish it, prevent the use of
money and preserve the secrecy of the bal
lot secure pure elections, punish by severest
penalties all who may be guilty of commit
ting fraud upon the ballot box, Of bribing, or
of attempting t. bribe, any elector, or cor
rupting in any manner the suiirages of the
people. The ballot should be printed by the
state and procured by the voter only at
polling places, under such restrictions as
will give every voter an opportunity TO select
and vote the ticket Of his choice without
interference by others, Congregating and
electioneerng about polling places should
be strictly prohibited. The law should he
so framed as to exclude all surveillance
over the voter while casting his ballot and
| would recommend that election precincts
contain not over 200 voters feel that |
cannot too strongly urge upon you the i'm
portance of giving this matter your earnest
and early consideration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

\ Iaporte Ind.) despatch to the Cincin-
natl Enquirer says that George France, a
farmer in the southern part of that county,
made lucky find "A few days ago under
rather peculiar circumstances. lie went
out into the woods near his residence, to
cut some stove wood. and began operations
on an old hollow beech tree. After the
tree was felled he chanced 10 look into the
holuV stump aud discovered IA peculiar
looking earthen jar. 1t was at once secur
ed, and on removing the lid the jar was
found to be filled with silver coins. The
money was Of Spanish mint and the date
of the coinage indicated that it was more
than 200 years old. How it came to be Sc
cured in such an unlooked-for place, and by
whom, will doubtless forever remain a mys-
terry A ieweller Of this city estimates the
value Of the find to be nearly $500
The fortunes Of war and the uncertainty
of human grandeur were never more strong
" illustrated than during recent visit tu
Paris hy the eX Empress Eugenie. Not a
dozen persons knew that she was there, In
carriage she passed unnoticed where
formerly she was the observed of all oh
servers.
The Empress of Austria recently visited
a small town where the inhabitants were SO
delighted that TO do her the highest honor
possible they elected her member of the
Chamber of Deputies, AN honor she was
obliged to decline. In recognition of this
favor she sent quite a sum of money for the
poor. but the mayor was Obliged 10 decline
the gift, as they had not "A pauper in the
place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

The railroad extending seven miles out
Of Shanghai which the excited Mandarins
/ tore mp aud pitched into the sea q few years
| ago, was little more than To, concern
/ with an equipment almost as groiesuup AS
/ the coaches ON our first railroad vouid nny
| look to us The first real raiIrnnd i'm China
/ is the line recently opened between Tent.
| sin Taku, aud Tong shan. connecting the
coal fields west Of the Gulf Of re.t,hi Il
with Tientsin, the seaport of pokiu r. is
only eighty seven miles long. but il may
| prove the entering wedge that will revo.
lutionize Chinu's slow methods Of transpor-
tation
This road has been built with Chinese
| capital by English engineers and il has
been pronounced first class i'm its construc-
tion and appointments There are fifty
splendid bridge. along the line the longest
| spanning "A river that j, 600 feet wide The
| rolling stock includes two luxurious saloon
aud sleeping coaches for distinguished pas
sengers and eighteen ordinary passenger
coaches The first cla,, fare is only 81 30
for the Si miles, and the road is already
doing a rushing business Its commercial
success is said to be already assured. and
one of its most enthusiastic friends is the
Nicerov ii Hung Chang. who ten weeks
ago was whizzed over the line at the rate
of - or 40 miles an hour.
No wonder the Chinese are dumb with
astonishlnent n. they find their goods or
themselves delivered from one end Of the
route TO the other in four hours, Journey
that, with their clumsy methods Of locomo-
ton, required a, many days a few months
ago. The imperial edict has gone forth that
the new enterprise may buy the right Of
way even through the graveyards those
terrible stumbling blocks heretofore in the
way Of Chinese railroad building and as
new sections are added to the line both
north and south of its present terminal
points the great innovation can hardly fail
to undermine the unprogressive notions thar
have kept China so far behind the spirit Of
the aye
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
PROHIBiTION
An Object Le-son in its Effrci on PAU
peri-m mud Crime.

From th" Burlington Free Press
Some independent aud valuable testimony
to the workings Of prohibition in Kansas is
furnished in report Just made 10y the
stockholders committee Of the Farmers
Loan and Trust company The committee
say that they treat the subject as "a matter
Of financial interest aud otherwise to our
stockholders, " and with "no motive other
than to apply the deductions obtained there
from to the value of your Kansas invest
ments " The committee, composed of resi-
dents Of Boston, give such facts as these
upon the authority Of the attorney general
Of Kansas. In Leavenworth county the
saloons were closed in March, 1887 and
commitments to the penitentiary sank from
30 in 1856 TO 10 in 1887, aud five during the
first half Of 1883 in Atchson county the
saloons were closed in 1886 and sentences
to the penitcntiary decreased from 23 in
1888 to l3 in 1856. six in 1881, and hut one
during the first half Of 1883 the penten
tiary has lOi less inmates than year ago
and the lails of the state are practically
empty ~ the proportion of paupers, which
was one to every 40 persons III 1850, is now
only one to 1850 "Our observations, the
committee say, lead us to believe that this
movement is grand success in Kansas
which adds, and will continue to add, value
to all the lands in the state The good ef
fects Of stopping the sale Of liquor in an
other part Of the country are shown by the
experience of Washington county in Geor-
gia The county was formerly wet, but
went dry ia 1856, and declared its ad
herence to the same policy 10y larger ma
lOrity at an election last month Under
the last three years Of license, the number
Of acres of land owned hy the colored peo-
pie remained almost stationary SG6.
G.OOl and 4. G.OlG hut the first year Of pro.
hibition carried 1t up To- IL $50 Ia other
words, the negro acquired almost AS much
land in single year when the saloons were
closed as they had done in twenty year,
when the saloons were open. The whites
also benefited 10y the superior efficiency Of
their colored lahOrers to say nothing Of
what they saved themselves As a mere
matter Of dollars and cents prohibition pays
wherever it can be and is enforced with
fair degree of efficiency
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

\ list has been compiled of p congress
sional districts in the South which are now
represented by Democrats, which would be
represented 10y Republicans if every voter
in them was allow ed to vote. The Repuh
lican maj1rties in these districts, which
are in the states of Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South
Carolina and Tennessee, range from 1900
to 24, 800 These, the Burlington Free
Press well says, are the cold facts in the
case, aud yet when Republicans refer to
this wrong Southern aud Northern Demo
Gratis assert that they are trying to stir up
sectional strife This is not the case, What
the Republicans desire is Il condition OF
things in which there shall he no sectional
differences either in principles or practice.
To- declare that every voter is entitled to a
free ballot and an honest count is not sec
tinnaism But it is hard to see how sec
tional feeling can subside As long as ther,
is "A section in which the fundamental prin
ciple Of democratic government is denied
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25
How Mr. Lincoln Averted II Cabinet
Crisis.


Nothing could more clearly illustrate the
mastery manner in which President Lin.
c,Ip .t,,r,d tb, .hi,, ,r .t,t, L.t,,.,., tb,
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'o"""'N century concerning uhe 'u''ahe
Gus resignation ul Secretaries seward
aud Chase. In 1862 a strong feeling Of
discomfort uartlv fnurutad bv the utter.
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Iee was hpP'lhteu I" ask the PRESIDENT 10
reconstruct his cabinet. Mr.. Seward learn
ing this, sent in his resignation. The com
uittae waited an tba President and rra.
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,"' "t"'" III 'n' evening mean" "''' t"t Tue
l'resldeut called the members OF the cabi
net together. laid the matter before them.
and dismissed them with the request that
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ara being bseht-accordlngly came togeth-
er although each party was surprised to
find the other there. and the matter was
di.cu..ad y,i,b much frsrkress
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CT ih'ul"ers Oh thr CABINET Mr. ChaSe
came III with hi, resignation IN his hand.
The President saw the written paper, step
ned f,r,ard and tnok if and dismissed tL.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

Henry NJ Staulev's real name is John
Rowlands Noah Brooks has written an ar
ticle on Stanley for the the February mum
Der Of St Nicholas. which will be illustrated
with new portrait Of the explorer, maps,
etc. In this article Mr. Brooks says Stan
ley was born in Wales, near the little town
Of Denbigh, and his parents were so poor
that when he was about three years old he
was sent to the poorhouse of st A,aph "a
he brought up and educated. When he was
thirteen years old, he was turned loose to
take care of himself Young though he was
he was ambitious and well informed As a
lad, he taught school in the village Of Mold,
Fhnt,hre, North Wales. Getting tired of
this, he made his way to Liverpool, England,
when he was about fourteen wears of age
and there he shipped as cabin-b boy ON board
a sailing vessel bound to New Orleans, in
the promised land to which 50 many British
born youths ever turn their eyes In New
Orleans he fell in with Il kindly merchant.
Mr. Stanley who adopted him and gave
him his name; for our young herOs rea
name was John Rowlands and he was not
Stanley until he became an American, a,
you see Mr.. Stanley died before Henry
became Of age, leaving no will, aud the lad
was left to shift for himself Young Stan
ley lived ia New Orleans until 1861 when
he was twenty years old, having been
born in 1910 Then the great civil war
broke out, aud Stanley went into the Con
federate army
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

1t is impossible for anyone who is pres
ent where Phillips Brooks speaks to avoid
listening, He may not hear anything ex-
cept a torrent of sounds and echoes for
that architectural masterpiece of Richard
son, Trinity church. is extremely defective,
considered with reference to its acoustic
properties, But if person is seated in
such "a place that the words of the speaker
are audible, he will hear great deal and
will give attention whether he wants to or
not. Many curious experiences have been
narrated of strangers who have dropped
into Trinity church on "A Sunday, not know
ing or not caring that it contained the pul
pit of "a famous preacher, and who when
the sermon began, observing that the text
was one ON which they had heard great
many discourses, and that the preacher
talked very rapidly and not very distinct
ly, resolved not 10 listen The conclusion
of such narratives always is that the stran-
ger presently found himself paying eager
attention without having intended it or
quite knowing how he came to do 50.
--BoSfOu .idrcriiScr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

squall, is 50 much smaller in dimensions,
even il more terrific in power, that it is
called Il focal storm" 1t is rotary in
character, usually develops in the south
eastern quadrant Of cyclonic system from
two hundred to six hundred miles from the
latter's centre, pursues path sometimes
not over ten or fifteen miles long, aud sci
dom over few hundred feet wide, is at
tended by funnel shaped cloud, has no
visible effect on the barometer near by.
aud rarely takes more than ten seconds tp
do its work in whole town Its lifetime
may not exceed half an hour. In size, il
bears about the same comparison to a cv-
clone as nickel to "A cart wheel but its
destructive power, within the narrow area
visited and in the limited period Of its ex.
istencs, is generally much greater than
that Of the most furious straight-lne gale
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-01-25

A story is told of IA young merchant of
this city who vent To New York tn pur-
chase a hill of goods The young man went
to the metropolis with his wife aud child,
Entering large wholesale house, the wife
and child sat in chair while the young
husband selected a bill of goods and asked
10 have the same sent 10 Utica. The sales
man enquired what security he could fur
nish. The Utican replied "a can give
you no other security than that, - pointing
To his wife and child II was rather AN
unique way of offering security for bill of
goods, but the fraukness of the young bus
mess man inspired confidence, and the
| goods were sent. When the time came to
| pay the bill the money was sent.-itira
| OhSerrer.