Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-01-08

PHILLIPSBURG HERALD.
PHILLIPsBURG, KANSAS.
RIDER HAGGARD has gone to Palen-
que to obtain material for one of his
paralyEing novels.
TIE hazing parties at Eastern col
1ege now give the victim clean shave.
But his is one of the least of the bar
barisms" .praeticed at American col
leges.
WILLIE TkscorT's name has again
been before the public. For some time
that has been all of Willie Tascott that
the public has ever seen, and there Is
growing belief that it is all it ever viii
see.
THE tUo Japanese cities of Toxic and
Yokohama are now connected by tele-
phone, and there are several hundred
subscribers in each city. In Toxic
there are four electric lighting compa-
MES IN the field.
A USEFUL feature has been added to
the driII of soldiers in the British army.
1t is now required of them that they
shall all know how to swim, and not only
that but practice the art, so that they
may grow strong and broad-chested.
ADRY-GooDs clerk of Syracuse, n. Y,
has turned out to be German prince.
It has long been suspected from the
air of superiority that dry-goods clerks
were princes incog., but this Is the first
evidence given to support the sus-
picion.
TIE chrysanthemum shows are doing
much to make this the flower of this
country as well as of Japan. Fortu-
nately for Japan, that country has a
claim of some centuries to which she
may appeal in case of any dispute OF
misunderstanding.
EIGHT pin manufactures in New En-
land produce annually 100000 packs
of pins. Each pack contains 1850
pins, which makes a total yearly pro
duction of 6,72O,OOO,OOO pins. These
pins are usually put up in large cases
containing 672, 1000 pins.
THE scheme to reach the north pole
by means of balloons seems really like
" to be tried. 1t at least has the ad
vantage over other plans that it ha'
not been proved to be Intellectual a.
they have. The time of attempting
Arctic exploration in the old fashion is
or should be, past.
In the photograph of the heavens, il
course of preparation at the Paris Oh
serYatory, it is calculated that GA, 900,
000yof stars will be represented. L
the nebule of the Lyre, NJ. BaiIlan'
took photograph four by five and on
half inches, which revealed to tn
naked eye 1890 stars.
Now COMES the season of weddings
The list of marriage licenses grow
apaee. Great Scott. what sum tn
clerk hauls in in the shape of feesl I
would make dozen half-starved ed
itors Independent for life. Think of il
And what heap of cash the present
viii cost, not to mention the cash to tn
minister. Still, the world could HARD
" survive the universal adoption c
celibacy.
THE sewing machine agent has bee
killed in Altoona, Pennsylvania. TIL
hghtning-rod peddler has gone the wa
of all flesh, and it is now, apparently
the turn of the hfe-insurance fend
And the aged gentleman on the pale
faced horse, carrying a reaper an
mower over his shoulder, is close at tn
heels of this particular nuisance, wit
big odds on the silent man with tn
scythe. Let the good work go on.
BUFFALO BILL and Buck Taylor
wilhelm Frankfort, Germany, graced
refined circle with their presence. TIL
lady whom the latter gentleman, attire
in faultless evening dress, took in
dinner remarked, by way of comph
mont, "that it was pity he had no
cOme,in the picturesque costume of hi
native ranch" Madam" replied tn
tal-coated cowboy, ~if you only care 70
my clothes, I viii send them to you tc
morrow" This he said, and nothin
more.
The anniversary of the death of tn
Anarchists executed four years since il
Chicago was observed by their friends
There is certainly no reason why tina
act of Justice should be forgotten, an,
it Is we'll that other would-be disturb
ers of the public peace should be KEEP
in mind of the fate that overlook Spies
Parsons and the rest. Perhaps it is a