Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-07-16

Phillipsburg Herald
PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS.
A NEW YORK messenger boy ran
aWay-with q 600 the other day VAL
pole was tight Everybody has his |
pricea NGiSei'a messenger boy enough |
and he. will even rsa1,.-==-z --s,------.--...
VEEE7fssr girls like. to be called soft. |
but very few girls reach 20 without |
frankly;eo nfesaiug to themselves that |
there Was u time in their lives when |
that word just fitted them. 4i' III
WHAT has become of the old-fash-
ioned parent. who, whenever his boy |
received Q Whipping at school, gave |
him another walloping at home to show
that he did not aPprove-of his badness
Two, JAPAN8sE mining engineers are
travelling among The coal mines in the |
West, studyingg American mining /
methods. which they desire TO apply to |
the Development of the coal deposits Of
Japaneaiitt9i .fn1
THE Japanese murderer of res
taurant keeper In Seattle. Wash,
threw, hi{ sword into the bay. A Wig |
orousl search. resulted in finding the
weapon. which had marks showing 1t |
to be $50 years old, n. -s-.,-oa -64 -ii
DALLAS HUsrER, the fnt boy of
Green County, Indiana, is dead He
Was only Ia Years old, but he weighed
249 pounds, and he died in his sleep, |
practically smothered in his super
abundance Of adiPose matter. .
AN Artist has been looking through
the Boston cemeteries and finds to his
surprise that there is no monument in
any of the cemeteries there that is
worth over s., 600. The Chadwick
tomb cost about SOS, 900, but this is
not classed with monuments. l-
TIE Paris street extending from
NeuilIy to st. Denis is. lined with
tumbledoBn tenements that are said to
shelter moro yiee and iniquity than
can be found in any other spot in the
world. The houses throng with Grim
mails. The street is. known as the
Route de Ia Revolte, ~. l-F.t.l.f
TIE French Society OF Men of Let
tiers, which held its convention in
Paris on April g. has, . pension fund of
$500, 900 for old and INDECENT mem
bers. Its whole property is worth be-
tween $500, 600 and 5000, 900, Its an
nual expenditures are 100000 or
about $1,000 less than its receipts. 4
THE commander of the St Peters
burg police has issued an order that if
house owner is-=iR-arreaFs with his
water taxes he-is to be compelled by
police measures to pay them. But the
water supply; is not to be cut off, in
order that the tenants shall not suffer
for the delinquency of the landlord.
THERE. Is not s mile of railway in
Brown County, Indiana, nor within
six miles of it. Nashville, the county
seat, has 400 inhabitants and but one
brick structure, the Court House. The
Jail is built of logs The county has
not sent any enc Ito the peniteutiary
for several years, and there is not q sa-i
loon within its limits. .e-H - -f+4
AN assessor at Bucktown, Ind.
called at the house of an old woman
whose furniture was valued OF 80
cents. Under the law he had to fix
the value at 81, which would make her
tax a fraction over 1 cent. Before
leaving he. discovered that the old
dame was the owner of six dogs. on
which she was assessed S11. --st
GENERAL Butler lives on q scale
that most milhonaires would regard as
extravagant, keeping mp establishments
in Washington, Boston and Lowell
Despite uths belief to the contrary. he
is a remarkably generous man, and
gives away more money than do many
people who have regulations for phi
lanthropy. h. - --.- ~
THE expedition sent out by the
Vienna Academy of Science to explore
the Mediterranean found it's greatest
depth to be. something over two aud
one-quaFter milss, between Molla and
Cerigo. ION the African coast, where
the water is clearer. white metal
plates could be seeutat a depth of IA
feet. Sensitive plateswere acted upon
by the light at q depth of over 1000
feet. aisCzH1 q -- ~ .a5'
AMONG the curious trust funds in the
hands of the overseers OF the poor of
Boston is one the income Of which is to
be applied 30 the purchase of tea, cot
fee, chocolate and sugar for the refresh
ment of those persons who. in the
providence OF God. are or shall be
obliged to seek refuge in the almshouse
after having lived respectfully. but al
ways giving preference to the pious
poor. 1HhlI9,L --.----- -.
THE. latest hsh story comes from
OcaIa, Fla,,-vhere the cook at res
taurAnt IS, alleged to have found q
diamond, ring in q hsh's stomach The
ring is Of handsome design and con-
tains seven small stones set in q circle,
with one larger than the rest IN the
center. Inside the band on the lower
side are engraved the letters s. E. L..
The ring is q valuable one. probably
worth from s1O0 to sl25. u-,-l-- t
MED1cAL specialists. are numerous
nowadays hat they were quite, com
mon in Egypt at, least .450 years be-
fore the Christian era. Here IA what
Herodotus, the father of history, says