Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-04

PHILLIPSBURG HERALD.
PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS
THE height of Mr.. Sullivan's am
bition as an actor is to play Richard
III. Unless his pugilistic instincts are
under good control he might subvert
the climax of that great drama by re-
fusing defeat at the hands of Richmond
and knocking him out.
A PECULIAR torture is practiced in
the prison of Uskub. Thieves and for
gers are chained naked to the floor and
fifty ants are placed on the body Of
each person. It is said that the uneasl-
ness caused by the ants roaming freely
over the body Is the most exasperating
torture.
SAYS the London illustrated Nel0s:
Americans are complaining that their
heiresses all leave them to marry En-
glish peers, and a syndicate has actu-
ally been formed, with the motto,
American Girls for American Men,
to check what they call free trade in
heiresses."
EXCUSES for schooIboys are sometimes
oddly expressed. Here is the latest,
brought by a tall, red-haired boy of
about seventeen to his teacher: "Dere
Cir-PIeze to eggcuce Henry for alb
sents Yesterday. We made sourkrout,
and he had to tromp it down. Also he
had to Help butcher pigs. Respeck-
full yuers, His Pap"
JOSEPH J. JoNAssoN, has been ac-
quilted of the awful crime involved in
the charge lese majesta. He got into a
political dispute at a German restau-
rant and exclaimed, 81 sneeze at the
Emperor" whereupon he was arrested
for sedition. A man who would use
such silly exclamation of contempt as
that ought to have been convicted as q
milksop.
THE pacifcation of Francois a policy
that remains dear to the German heart.
Nothing so wins the goodwill of a
neighboring nation as an enlightened
interest in what it is doing. The arrest
Of German spy with plans of the for
ifcations at Cannes will prove to patri-
otic Frenchmen that Germany is not
Indifferent to their progress in the arts
and sciences.
A JURY at Syracuse, a short time ago,
found verdict for the defendant, but
the foreman blunderingly announced a
verdict for the plaintiff, and the court
recorded the same and gave judgment
accordingly. When the mistake was
discovered after the jury's discharge
the judge said he could not change the
record. The case furnishes riddle for
the lawyers.
AN utterly unprecedented accident
was caused by a freak of the wind in
Paxton, III. During a heavy wind
storm the spire of the Congregational
Church was raised on the wings of the
wind, elevated to considerable height,
and then plunged point foremost
through the roof. The novel sight
drew vast crowds of spectators, who
were axious to behold church turned
wrong end upward.
LAST year Philadelphia built II. 964
houses averaging in cost 3, 172 each.
In the same time New York built 6, 100
houses, the average cost of which was
81, 1893 each; Chicago, 4, 931, averaging
5000; Brooklyn, 4, 500, averaging So
FOG; Boston, 4,431, averaging 81, 312;
Minneapolis, 1855, averaging s., OO6;
Washington, 4,04S, averaging 81, 523 ;
Denver, 2,741, averaging 50, 942;
Omaha, 2,498, avera ging s., O83,
AT London dinner recently an En-
glishman inquired as to the size of
Texas: well, replied an American,
1T is about as large as England, Ire
land. Scotland, Wales, Holland, Bel
gium, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal
and Greece combined" It became at
once evident that the questioner not
on1y disbelieved the statement but was
indignant at what he regarded as an
attempt to chaff him. The host man
aged to pacify him.
The news that comes from Japan of
the ravages of cholera is horrible This
scourge is always sufficiently terrible
but the virulence of the epidemic among
the Japanese is hideous. Out of LIB:
cases in one district there were !, 13S
deaths, in another district 961 case.
and $40 deaths, in another $40 deaths
put of 600 cases. At the time of tn,
sailing of the China there had been
grand total of 7,O6S cases and 6, 79C
deaths. This is as deadly as thos,
s,raa& ,,IaoruaS Which Svoy0k Euro,,t