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His Boots Arc Number 1R.

Mr.. Arnold, of Thompson, is only
sixteen years old, but he is over six
feet tall and his feet are famous, writes
a Connecticut correspondent. They are
bigger than any other feet in Windham
County, and perhaps in the New En-
gland States. Young Thompson step
ped into Eli Tracy's shoe shop at Cen
tral Village the other day and said he
would like to have the shoeman make
him pair Of boots.
"All right, said Eli, Gust put your
foot on this measure. and I'll get YOUR
size.
Thompson tried to do as he had been
hidden, but found it impossible to com
ply with the request. Although Tracy
slipped the marker out to the Jump
ing off place on the measure, there was
not nearly room enough to accommo-
date the young mans extraordinary
foot
well" said he looking up aghast,
Il never! You beat the record. What
size boot do you usually wear ?"
"Oh, generally I can get on sixteens. %
replied the youth, with ingenious com
placency, shut latterly they've pinched
my feet some, and I guess I'll take a
size or two larger this time.
Tracy Ineh made an approximate eS-
innate of the big foot, and found that
it called for a boot one inch and half
longer than his measure. "I can't fill
the bill for you, said he, "for you take
a boot bigger than any last that is
made"
So young Thompson had to go away
without hope, and he is In a dilemma.
The prospect Is that he viii have to 90
unshOd during the remainder of his
life unless he can persuade some
hberal-sOled contractor to make a last
especially for his use, which viii be
expensive. Thompson is not the only
six-fOoter and big-footer in his family
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height Of 600 feet from the ground, Die
rectIy beneath the center he lays the foun-
until the arch Is reached, a distance OF
1000 feet. Then he builds a second arch,
having the same foundations as the first
| On6s rising above It q distance OF 500 feet.
The tower is then carried up to this arch
/ and left for the time, while the enterDTis-
ing architect builds a third aud similar
Ond. The tower is then continued so as to
furnish a central support, at a height of
2,70O feet from the ground.
This would seem to fill the bill and sur
pass anything that Marco Polo saw in
China, but Our Baron" is Tar from being
satisfied He has more "suds" left in his
basin and Will blow bigger bubble, if he
bursts for it.
Above the third and last 9arch he erects
the fourth and, so far as heard from, the
final section OF the great cent al tower.
This rises to the modest height of 1000
feet. and terminates in an observatory Of
vast pro portions. This makes a total alti-
tUde of 400 feet. or about eight-ninths of
a mile.
The tower" as its inventor naiveIy re-
marks. will be fitted with perfect system
OF electric cars, which will convey passen-
of the work is not given, but to the uniniti-
ated in the art of castle building" would
seem to be considerable.
A New York man has furnished a cOntri-
button which, though not riValing the
three-arch scheme in Yastness of proper
tiOns, makes up for its seeming mOde5ty In
ely u 4b5 cll4CL1s
He proposes to construct an enormous
swinging tower, 1000 feet long, which viii
describe complete semicircle, passing
from a horizontal to a vertical position,
and continuing its course till it again re-
sumes a horizontal position, At the eX-
IRENE end of the tower viii be a platform
or car, capable Of accommodating 1000
people, and swung on an axis IN such
manner as to constantly retain an upright
position.
Thus, in its course. the passengers in the
4 q
having a diameter Of 1000 feet, or
8,I4l feet. This may, without indulg-
ing in any fight Of fancy, be termed
reaches a vertical position, it will be
brought to a stop to enable its numerous
passengers to take observations from a,
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ing and eiub-houses, or other Ike puF-
poses.
The towers VIII be connected by enor-
nous arches passing over the suspended
globe. and surmOunted by an observatory.
This VIII be SO feet- high, I75 feet wide, and
$50 feet long 1t viii be reached by eIeva-
tors In the legs OF the towers. and. wiz be
used as a grand promenade.
The globe viii be reached by eight ele-
Vators from a central support below its
center and also by two in each leg Of the
tower. making sixteen in all The towers
are built IN the form OF the letter 4. the in
Itial of America
The interior of the globe viii be used for
q number of cyclOramic views, represe sent
ing the landing OF Columbus and various
other events in his career; also a repre-
sentauon Of the various countries Of the
world.
One Of the most elaborate and costly of
all the schemes proposed emanates also
from New York and is called the Driveway
Spiral Tower.
This is to be 1000 feet in height 400 feet
In diameter at the base, taperjng gradually
to 225 feet at the top. 1t is to be built of a
lattice work Of iron, as open as possible to
allow for the free passage OF the wind, thus
reducing to a minimum the danger OF its
blowing down,
Inside the tower Will be constructed a
double spiral roadway extending from the
ground to the observatory, or platform, at
the top. The grade Of these circular road
ways viii be but feet in 1000, which will
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towers. Chicago has very tall buildings
now, and if the fair is located there, viii
erect some yeritable SKY apers." One,
Of which a sketch is given, will be Of TWEEN
ty-eight stories.
It Will be built of iron, and contain no
wood except what's used in the doors and
windows, being in consequence absolutely
fire. proof. It will be furnished with thir-
teen elevators. one for every two floors
above the second, which will stop to re-
ceive passengers at no others than the ones
they serve.
nearly 1000 rooms. and b. perfect and
complete in all its appointments. The
plans for this structure have Be en- prepared,
and whether or not the architect is to be
classed with cranks remains to be Sc n.
To Western eyes the greatest Crank5 who
have thus ia thrown down the gauntlet and
entered the arena, are found in the New
York Worlds fair committee. who hope to
locate the WOnderOus prize in their metro
pOlitan city by looking wise and holding
secret meetings.
However, it is difficult to tell who viii be
Governor until after the election. New York
may come out victorious and all the Span
ISL castles of the other cEanks be erected
according to the plans and specifications.
If so. as COWper said Of his own John
GiIpin, may be there to see.
DWIGHT BALDWIN.
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Forgoften lI Anon b.

A weIl-kGown local dramatic author
was invited to dine with a friend the
other evening, when, to his dismay, he
discovered that among the other guests
attacked him.
1T viii be impossible for me to meet
the man, he said, @after the insulting
and defamatory things he has said
about me. He has sIandered me afro
ciOusiy."
Then after a moments reflection:
Well, after all, perhaps 1t does not
matter. he has probably forgotten al
about It. "-Ne9g York. Iratgbs
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point considerably higher than can be
reached in the Eiffel Tower.
In q word: This will not only raise the
visitor to a greater attitude. than the fam
Gus French tower, but give him ride that
Will make all previously constructed swings
and -merry-gO-rounds" seem trivial in COM
parisOn.
The swinging tower viii also serve as a
means OF transporting people from one
portion Of the grounds to another. The
modest inventor proposes to construct two
- Of thems one turning east and west and the
other north and south
In the line Of transporting people from
place to place the suggestion Of an enOr-
nous merry-g O-rOund, something ike a
mile in diameter has been made. 1t is
proposed to have it on level with the
ground, and to be kept constantly in
motion, at so low a rate OF speed as to enc
able people to step on and OF without dan
ger of injury.
New York wants not only the Worlds
Fair but the world itself. and a NeW-Y orker
has embodied the idea IN a design for
gigantic 6mblematic statue
He proposes to construct a vast hollcW
sphere having a diameter OF SO teeE. IRIS
viii be suspended between two enormous
towers go feet in height, with spacious
terrace and an apprOp- late building on eaeh
stGe Tor restaurants dEaWIng-EoOLnss DU1ta-
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enable teams to be driven up and down on
a trot This would make drive of nearly
four miles, or almost eight for the round
trip.
The other spiral will be for cars. which
will be run on what is called the thread
less screw" system, whatever that may be.
to attain quite high rate of speed. The
observatory will be 500 feet higher than the
loftiest point of the Eiffel Tower, and very
nearly three times the height of the Wash
ingtOn Monument
The estimated cost Of this vast and solid
structure is s., 500, OOO-a trihe when New
Yorker is figuring. 1t is unnecessary to
say that it is proposed to make it a perma-
nent institution.
But the tall structures suggested for the
Worlds Fair are not all in the nature Of
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the talIest of earthly structures and. as a
reference to the illustration Of our artist
will show, makes the great cathedraIs OF
Europe and the pyramids of Egypt appear
insignificant. while the famous Column OF
July and the Opera House Of Paris become
veritabIe pigmies in comparison to It's tow
ering height
Great as is the elevation attained by this
wonderful structure, the cranks OF chicago
and the West propose to Out-dO the French
and fairly pierce the clouds.
They design 20 rival, if not surpasss tnelE
ancestors who furnished the plans ana
specifications from which the Tower OF
Babel was constructed, the only difference
being tina in the modern instance the con
fusion Of tongues" seems TO nave ante
dated the beginning Of their work.
There is no scheme so wild or ezJTaVa eta1t
that iG does not find advocates. One man
gravely proposes to construct an arel that
shall reach to an elevation Of 1900 feet and
span tn city for the distance OF mile or Two.
The proposition is to build it Of wrought
iron. on the eantilever- bridge principle
Once in place, it could put the Brooklyn
bridge into its vest pocket, and cause the
mythical Colossus Of Rhodes to turn green
with envy. The only trouble IS the utter
impOssibiifty Of its construction.
Absurd as the scheme is it finds n1uer-
Gus supporters and a war Of words IS be-
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ton. but human nature continuing to be.
from age to age. essentially the same, the
one above noted smaeks strongly of the
probable, and may safely be regarded as
founded in truth.
Beyond a doubt Father Noah was pes
tered" not only with scOrners and ridicuI-
ers, but by horde Of men with Ideas" on
the subject OfheWing timbers, boiling pitch.
picking Oakum, setting sails and various
other important matters.
Had the Hebrew tongue possessed the
richness and adaptabilitY Of our modern
English, he would no doubt have denomin-
ated them franks" and sent them OF to
attend to their own affairs.
Like the poor. cranks are ever present.
Some are erratic, and distorted mentally to
a fancied resemblance to the handle Of
tanning mill, to which circumstance. and
the habit of blowing" the peculiar appIi-
cation Of the word seems to have origin
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ed at Chicago for more than two years, but
Notwithstanding this the 1rstinstallment Of
men bursting with great ideas has arrived,
and is proceeding to make the Welkin fairly
ring with plans and schemes.
The inspiration Of the first batch seems
to have been drawn principally from the
EiffeI Tower, which, more than any other
feature Of the Paris Exposition, has rIveted
the attention not only Of visitors to that
famous capital. but readers in all parts OF
the world as Well.
This tower Of iron fairly dWarfs our
monument to Washington, until recently
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10
THE MOANING BREAKS
b GRACE APPLEroN.

The morning breaks, and with it brings
The f1rst faint breath of spring,
And heart, like happy birds on wings,
For Joy are carOling
A thrill runs thrO' the frozen earth,
A tT1ll perVades the air
PFesag1ng Punishment Of dsarth,
FOrtelling all things fairl
Each shivering bough enwreathed shall glow
With wealth OF summer bloom,
Ununindful of the blasts that blow,
FOrgetful OF the gloom
And hearts bowed down by weight Of WO,
Souls shiVering in Lies blast,
Beneath Gods smile shall radiant grow
In summer-land at lasti
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10

RADITION tells US
that the father OF
Shem. Ham and
Japhet, while en-
gagged in construct
ing the ark which
was destined to
save alive not only
his own family but
representatives of
all manner of birds
and beasts as well,
was greatly an
noyed and hindered
in his mighty un-
deFtaking by the
suggestions an d
advice OF friends,
who had given the
m a tier m u C b
t b o u g b T. and
knew lust exactly
what was wanted.
Traditions are not
very b ig " es-
lteemed in this pro-
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modest homes Of their own-happier
than If either had married Miss Os-
borne or one of her class. We wonder.
sometimes, if mothers are not more to
blame than the daughters for the
frivolous, fashionable life. But we
viii Let them decide.
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aJed, only In one PARTICULAR, and are IN
other regards we'll balanced men. With
some, fool ideas" prevail in the main, while
your simon pure crank makes no pretense
OF acting like the sane members Of his
species.
The expectation Of unusual events always
develops and brings to the front d large
crop Of cranks.
The Worlds Fair. in commemOratfon Of
the landing Of Columbus, will not be open
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ing fought over It. on the streets and In
such OF the newspapers as have columns
for the use of cranks.
Absurd and grotesque as the colossal
arch idea Is. an enterprIsing crank has seen
and gone it two better-that is. in arches
with a tower attachment calculated to out
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- Mneh of q 60 ThIne.

Scene-Offce of The Daily one NIL
lion.
Caller Ito business manager Yes
terday / put an advertisement In your
paper for a servant"
Business Manager Cb1andIy)- Yes,
sir. And what was the result ?"
"I had so many answers that my
front steps were worn out and the bell
pull broken. VIII you please have
them repaired"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10

TIE use of nitrO-glycerine in cases
of emergency instead Of alcohol Is rec
commended by an English physician.
A drop on the tongue rOuses a fainting
man, and 1t may restore Life IN the case
Of apparent death, as from drowning.
1t has quickly relieved headache, heart
pains and asthma and strengthened
weak pulse in feyers-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10
WORLDS FAIR CRANKS.
THE CRANK A1yTEDATEs TEFE FLOOD.
AND ANNOYED NOAH.

Great Events Can Out Vast Numbers OF
Ehenn-Ehe Forthcoming C0Iy1u 5ian Eiz-
position Has Already Had That Eject
Numerous Tai Towers Proposed.
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A SIGN OF CIVILIZATION.

"Bedad, I must be gettin' among
friends. Olive been walkin' the in
toire mornin' an that's the furst sign
of civilization Olive met wild
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al &c threa-arch

babel Babel. 1t is called the three arch
plan.
The father of this idea. seeming COM
binatiOn Baron Munchausen and Jack of
the Beanstaik narrative, proposes to erect
Of iron and steel a substantial arch one
mile in length, and rising in the center to a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-01-10

A. Truss work base.
B-Large wheel taking the main cable.
C-SWinging arm OF tower.
D-Passenger platform.
E-Iarge pivot axle.
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NOL ms UhLDs
The moon beams calmly sifted down
Upon two tender things
Matilda Martha Robinson
And William Henry Bings.
The youth was smitten by her charms
And closer to her IeRnt
And having dared to kiss her, cried,
at was an accident"
For shame young mani" exclaimed the
maid
Withhold your compliments,
For well you know I'm not insured
Against these accidents Q"
Hop sand 1Z3SIJaps.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
SABBATH READING.
Reasons Why We Should Be
Thankful for What
We Have.
Dill YOURSELF JUST A LITTLE.
Preaching Against Fortune Tellers-Mobe
Your M~ark-1ndians and
Christianity.
The Indians.

OF the two hundred and sixty-six
thousand Indians who are stills IN the
territories, 27,215 are church members
in full OF various denominations which
represent about eighty thousand Chris
tian Indians in all. According to Off
cial data, in consequence of the Indian
policy OF General Grant, which was
favorable to Missions, between the
years OF 1868 and 1876, the houses Of
the Indians had increased in number
from 7,476 to 55,717, the cultivated
acres from 54,207 to 31S, 1874. their cattle
from 42,s74 to 81 ,3Os head. We do
not, indeed, pnt unconditional conf
dence in these statistics. The houses
may have been built and the cattle
may have been bought, but whether the
Indians inhabit the houses and alto
gether maintain the cattle is by no
means beyond doubt, considering the
well-known tactics Of the agent, who
have very large pockets for the Indians
money: for alas! it has not been posi-
BILE in all cases to appoint Christian men
us agents. Only when the Mission
Churches have been able to take charge
of the Indians has the new policy been
really q blessing.-Modern Missions
and Culture.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

things did not 60 as he wished, he was
very cross. At last his servants all left
him, Quite out of temper, he went to
q neighbor with the story of his dis
tresses. 1T seems to me-" said the
nelghbor, sagaciously. "'twould be we'll
for you to oil yourself a little" "To
OIL myself?" Yes. and / will explain.
Some time ago one Of the doors in my
house creaked. Nobody, therefore,
liked to go in and out of it. One day
l oiled its hinges and it has been CON
stantly used by everybody ever since"
Then you think that 1 am like q creak-
ing door, cried the old gentleman.
How do you want ME to oil myself?"
That's an easy matter said the neigh
Dor. Go home and engage a servant,
md when he does right praise him. If,
on the contrary, he does something
amlss, do not be CROSS; oil your voice
and your words with the oil Of love-"
The old gentleman went home. and
no harsh and ugly words were ever
heard in his house afteward. Every
body should have a supply Of this pre-
cious oil, for every family is liable to
have a %creaking hinge in the shape of a
fretful disposition, a cross temper. a
harsh tone, or a fault-fnding spirit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04

An Anglo-Indian correspondent sends,
a story illustrative Of the ingenuity Of
malingerers in hes rmy. 1t tells how
a certain gunner, known to the writer
when he was an officer in the Bengal
artillery, obtained the nickname Of
Cupboard. Crabb." One day Gunner
Crabb went to see the hospital auther1-
ties on the subject of a strange affection
Of the back which compelled him to
walk somewhat in the shape of a capital
G.. Do what he could he found il, he
declared, impossible to standereet AZ
there was heavy gun drill, however,
going on at this time, DR.. Triton
formed his own opinion of the case, and
thereupon ordered Crabb's breakfast tn
be placed on a high cupboard in tic
wall to reach which the patient would
have to stand erect. At dinner tirnea
the cook reported Crabb's breakfast to
be untouched, which he replaced by .
dinner. At his evening visit, DR.. Trit-
ton ordered the same treatment to ha
repeated, and at the next morning visit
he found that it had succeeded, ing
much as the patient had eaten his dir
ner, was sitting on his bed, had de-
clared himself fit for duty!' Cup
board Crabb" afterward confessed th1s
he had tried to deceive "the old DOCTOR
but had found it was mo CO."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Preaching .A0atnst Foytune 1~elters.

The Rev. Father Wall, rector of St.
Paul's Cathedral, scored the people of
his parish recently, particularly the
married women, on the practice of pat
roniZing fortune-tellers and wizards
who read the past, present and future.
"When a person visits a fortune-teller
to ascertain his fortune, he goes to find
out what God alone, and no one else,
knows. When you give to a fortune
teller your presence, and make him or
her believe that they have afore-knowl-
edge of seeing the inside view of the
future, you adore him and make him
believe he has power not given to the
devil. If you think he can peer into
the future. you make him the equal of
God. Therefore you have strange gods
before him and violate the first COM
mandment.
1--WE find youths, young girls and
especially married women, making a
practice Of this sin. II you deliber-
ately visit a ~fortune-teller, you are in
dulging in a mortal sin. If you go out
of pure thoughtlessness it is not so bad,
but it is sin nevertheless. 1t is the
same thing as going to an idol and CIV
ing your heart to it. This is idolatry of
the worst kind. I would like to impress
on your mind that fortune-tellers com
pose the worst characters of the com
munity. One class of the business is
fortune-telling and the other is the
seduction and ruin Of youth. 10 my
W personal knowledge [ know of per-
sons who have been ruined by consult
ing these people. I4warn all persons
of the congregation, and hope you will
extend this knowledge, that it is a NOR
tai sin against the first commandment.
Avoid them and their nefarious bust
ness, for the designs they have on the
morality Of youth"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
Make YOu,. Mark.

The world has many of the common
place, average kind of people. Their
lives are not positively evil (for this we
are thankfully, but they are not posi-
lively good, and they exercise no
marked influence inhhe world. Their
lives. in many eases, lack intensity and
fervor; they are passive, not active;
they are moved, but do not move 9TH
ers. But the man to whom God has
given energy and strength of character
is under the most solemn obligations to
use his powers in the most effective
manner He is not to be content with
creeping upon the dead level of an aim
less, useless life, nor is he to be con-
tent with linking himself to others, or
binding himself to some clan or clique,
so that he shall move as they move,
keeping step with them, and going
round and round the treadmill of rou.
tine.
Let the man of God keep clean o.
such entanglements. Let him preserve
his individuality, and let him strive, by
Gods help, to do the work which Provi
dence has appointed. Let him link
himself to the unseen, the immortal,
the eternal one, and so work the work
of God that man shall take knowledge
Of him that he has been with Christ
shall recognize in him the divine power,
and shall be moved and helped and
blessed by his words, his example and
his influence.
A man who will do this will make his
mark in the world. He will moi be a
mere cipher among men; he will be a
son of the Most High, a light in the
world, and an heir of the glory hat is
to be revealed.-The Christian.