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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

tions tackled on by pins or waste ends
of postage-stamp paper. But these
examples Of handwriting are the
work, except as regards many novels,
Of rather highly educated persons,
and they throw no light on the hands
of people far from literacy. The let
ters Of servant girls and of other
people without aspirations to culture
are often penned in excellent and
characteristic hands, and, on the
whole, we do not think that the age
writes i'll, as general rule. Natur-
ally people who have to write great
quantities of "cOpy" for the press or
for other purposes find their hands, II
Roman and fine at first, gradually
disappearing in a scrawl due TO IA
tigue. A number Of popular and
prolific authors are suffering from
writers cramp," and their hands
must have been degenerating In the
progress of the malady
To do the work with the minimum
Va ldulk uC 10 ullC duDuUI' y ODJcCU, anu
certainly it seems as II the men and
women with the most slovenly hands
suffer least from writer's cramp. Mr..
Jackson, however, thinks that writ
ing is very bad, that its badness is
due to bad teaching, promiscuously
selected models (he prefers examples
on the blackboard to the headlines),
and, above all, the error is In sloping
as opposed to perpendicular or YER
tical writing. The natural man, he
thinks, sits upright to his work, and
would write perpendicular but for
the prevalence of sloping copies
From these comes the habit Of
sprawling sideways at the desk, and
that habit is bad for the eyes, bad
for the spine, bad for discipline In
the school (as 1t facilitates tattling),
and, finally, bad for the handwriting.
The slope keeps on running down hill
till it loses itself in an indeciphera-
BILE scrawl.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

There something more than the perfunco aduao Of hered
ay the good will and good wishes which the English
pie have connection with the the betotha
the Duke York and the Princess May Besides the fact that their
will farther the possibility scion OF the unpopular
es coming the throne also true that Prince George has made
place for himself the British heart by his sturdy manly char
acteT his democratic He has the ron love for the
From his earliest days. when in his Sandngam home he eagerly
listened the nautical tales told by his tutor he had passionate longing
for sailors life and he entered the The eae II cadet
In June 1884, after service he made ubeunan
and then having passed the necessary examinations with dstnconhe
secured three aca promoted the rank lieutenant
Subsequently Thundee the Dreadnaug the Alexandra
the the Thrush and the Mempus His naval has
not been chd Once his exalted rank forgotten He
had to undergo the training and discipline others He never
shed work. whether midshpman commanding officer He has
achieved his ability his industry and his strength of
character AS whether there ground for the element of romance
with which the coming royal wedding been invested there
good doubt 1T said however that Prince George and Princess
May much attached to each other during the lifetime the
Duke Of Clarence that for obliged transfer
allegiance affection the elder brother and heir apparent
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

-I.would have seen you befoTe, but
that I met the old white chief, Col.
GrAham.S
what, hasn't he gone back to New
York;" asked the astonished Frenauld.
mo- he has been slck
And where Is he nowp"
1He Is In my lodgep"
your lodge2"
Eyes, In my house with his black
servant.
In the name Of all that Is not sacred,
how did he come TO get there2"
He wanted change, expressed wish
to know more about the Montauks, and
/, as their chief, became his guide, said
Uncas, with much dignity.
But hls presence will ruin our plans.
Il cannot see how that Will be.
Simply this, that Col. Graham sup
poses that Ralph Denham is now at tn o
bottom OF the sea, Us he deserves to be,
were 1t not that Capt. Fox, who is your
great, true friend, and knows how much
you dislike your rival, wanted to leave
him In your hands for O certain time,
when, according to the agreement, you
would be free to do as you pleased with
him, said Frenauld.
II know all that, replied tho chief,
land you can have but little faith In my
wisdom II you think told Col. Graham
anything OF my plans nor have l told
any one else, excepting young Somonk
and his father.
"Ah, that was the very sublimity OF
prudence" said Frenauld, smiling and
rubbing his hands, then asking in u
pleased way; Have you thought Of
the place where You are to keep Dem
ham?"
Il have.
do you object to telling?"
"No; 1t is In cavern down there by
the shore, place OF which nearly all
our people have great dread.
AS this spot had been appropriated in
Frenauld's MIND for another purpose,
he asked, hurrledly
Couldn't you get another place away
from the water-it Is dangerous to have
a sailor near the water, II you are at all
anxious to keep him."
could; there is even better hiding
place in the hills, but even l do not are
to go there In the dark.
What Is 1t llkeY" asked Frenauld.
1T is the burial place Of our chiefs,
replied Uncas.
ITO Be CONTINUED
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
anna wnter commnndlnr EnnIne.

In olden times, when a man OF
ideas became troublesome to those
who could not discriminate between
genius and insanity, he was sent to
madhouse, where, shut In an Iron
cage and fed through It's bars like q
wild beast, he soon became as mad
as every one believed him. 1t was
In 1924 that an English nobleman,
Lord Worcester, went to Paris and
visited Bicetre. AS he was passing
through the great court accompanied
by the keeper a distorted face with
matted beard and hair appeared at
the grating, and voice shrleked
wildly: stop! stop! / am not mad.
/ am shut up here most unJustly. I
have made an invention which would
enrich a country that adopted It,"
what does he speak Off" the mar
quls asked his guide. "Oh, that Ia
his Madness" said the guide, laugh
ing. "That Is a man called Solomon
Caus; he Is from Normandy. He be-
lleves that by the use of the steam Of
boiling water he can make ships go
over the ocean and carriages travel
by land--in fact, do all sorts Of won.
derful things He has even written
a book about 1t, which | can show
you" Lord Worcester asked for the
book, glanced over it, and desired to
be conducted to the cell Of the writer.
When he returned he had been weep.
ing. "The poor man Is mad enough
now" he said, "but when you Inn
prisoned him he was the greatest
genius of the age He has certainly
made very great discovery" After
this Lord Worcester made many
efforts to procure the liberation Of
the man, who doubtless would have
been restored to reason by freedom
and ordinary surroundings, but In
vain; his accusers were obstinate, and
his prison doors were never opened.
Thus in Blcetre died the man to
whom, after his works were pub.
lished, many people gave the credit
Of being the discoverer Of steam
power, and it is said that from the
manuscript written in his prison
Lord Worcester gathered the idea Of
machine spoken Of as q water COM
handing engine, " which he afterward
invented.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

The idea presented to childs mind
by word which he thinks he UNDER
stands, though its meaning has never
been explained to him, is often quite
foreign to anything which the dlction-
airy has to offer
1.-The wind bloweth where 1t list
eth, read the Sunday school teacher
to her class Of little girls. do any ef
you know what listeth means?"
The children, with one exception,
shook their heads. The exception was
an S-year-old, haxen-haired girl, who
after moment reflection said, eagerly,
"Iknow!"
"You may tell us, then" said the
teacher, encouragingly.
"I'm afraid, said the little girl, in a
dubious tone, that l can't make the
rest of them understand. for they
haven't any grandpas in the country,
same as have. But there's always a
strip on the bottom Of front doors in the
country that grandpa told me was list
and if you could just feel the wind blow
in under that door once, said the child
in tone Of conviction, addressing the
rest of the class, you'd know what
that verse meant In a minute"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

to tip of extended wings Ave feet,
the weight being 1919 pounds. The
head Is SO constructed that 1t will
swerve from side to side like that Of
a live bird. The bird has more than
5000 feathers made separately by
hand, the lines on each numbering
several hundred, and many Of them
Of such remarkable fneness that In
order to preserve their uniformity Of
appearance fresh tool had to be
employed after cutting three or four
OF them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

THE KUTUB MINAR Of some Of It's
height by an earthquake has still an
altitude Of $50 feet. Its architecture
is imposing, and the work is worthy
of any age or country. In the city
Of Agra, lis miles from Delhi, Is the
most famous mausoleum In the world.
1t is called the Tai Mahal. 1t was
built by the monarch Jehan in mem
DRY Of his wife, Moor Mahal, whose
death he deeply mourned. 1t is said
that 10000 men were engaged for
twenty-five years in it's construction,
and that upward Of $4,000 900 was
expended In the work. 1t is Of white
marble, 100 feet in diameter and 200
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

feet high, built in the form of an ir-
regular octagon, and rising from a
high marble terrace which rests upon
terrace Of red sandstone. From
the corners Of the marble terrace rise
minarets and In the center rises a
dome fanked by cupolas Inside and
without it is decorated with mosaics
of precious stones The whole Of
the Koran is inlaid in back marble
and precious stones on the walls
within.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
WRITE WORSE THAN EVER.
Authors Progressing Backward Steadily
In the Matter of ChirograDhy,

Authors Progressing Backward Steadily
In the Matter Of Chirography.
1t is true that handwriting is grow
ing worse and worse all the world
over. This is the statement of Mr..
Jackson in his Theory and Practice
of Handwriting" Official reports
seem to confirm Mr.. Jackson's belief.
On the other hand, as pointed out by
the Boston News, persons Of consid-
cradle experience in reading literary
manuscripts and examination papers
OF the higher orders can hardly agree
with him. AS rule, the manu-
scripts of novels and examination
papers are legible and even rather
pleasing. The exceptions are scarcely
per cent. in examinations; in novels
an author foolishly sends in mere
rough draft, with erasions and addi-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

to California in 1863, studied law,
and was admitted to the bar, and on
the resignation Of Congressman j. j.
DeHaven was chosen as his successor
He was reelected to the Flfty-second
Congress- by bare plurality, Ia a
Democrat In politics, and is mem
Der OF the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce and Foreign Affairs Com
nnlAknna
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
Tattoo.

About the year 176S the beats and
calls of the drum then used In the
service were put into permanent
shape. The tattoo, or beat Of the
drum calling soldiers to their quar-
ters at night, was once called "tap-
too" from the Dutch word slgnifying
''no more drink to be tapped or sold"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

There are now living within radius
OF ten miles OF Ashland, Me-, eight
American women who are the mothers
of 102 children, eighty Of whom are llv-
ing in the enjoyment Of good health
and sound minds,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
wild Ducks.

Wild ducks are reported to be able
to fly 1900 miles at one time, and
the pace of the swallow and martin
is put down at about 900 miles in
twenty-four hours.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

FRIAR CoNEcTE was accustomed at
the close Of his sermons to take a staff
and go through his congregation bat
tering to pieces any head-dress that
came under his displeasure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

ming Of the pres
ent century, when
it became a Brit
ish possession.
Scattered through
the city are up
ward Of forty
mosques and the
tOmbs Of Mussul-
man saints and
emperors. A pillar
,known as Kutub
Minar or column
of victory was
built 700 years ago,
and though shorn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
RAoLE CARVED IN IRON.
A Remarkable Exhibition Of Japanese Art
ne tho Fair.

A remarkable example Of Japanese
art Ia a hand carved iron eagle which
Is on exhibition at tbs Worlds Fair. ,
IL is the work of Shinilro Ita-o, Of
the province Of Xii, and II took him
just FIVE years to make IT, II is two
feet In height and measures from tip
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06

THE modern giant comes high,
but the circuses must have him. =
Troy Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
CONGRESSMAN T. }. oEARY.

Sketch OF tho Author OF tho Chinese Ex"
olusion Law.
Congressman Thomas ]. Geary,
author Of the famous Chinese eXclu-
sion law, which was bitterly con-
tested In the courts, halls from Cali
fornia, though Massachusetts, man
by birth, having first seen the light
at Boston Jan, 10, 1864. He removed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-07-06
MEMORIALS OF THE PAST.

The Famous Structures of Delhi and Agra,
India.
The city of Delhi, India, has been
called the Rome of India, and It's
memorials of the past dot all the
years from 300 B. q. till the begin
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-20
A decided success.

TIL. sociable and lyceum Of the Congre'
r,,;on.l Christian Endeayorers at the state
stree, chapel, Thursday night, was de
o;ass success and proved that AuFustani
have no. lost their old time interest and
faith in the lyceum
Tho question sis the Reading of News
.nsrs Elevs,ing?" was the bone OF conten
ion Mr.. A. f. Farnham opened for the
..r.,;ve with very clever and anus
n,ra, Mr.. Charles p. Emerson
,onl;sd for the affirmative sid'
clear. concise and conclusive speech
M;., Helen Wilder, Mrs ]. S. Williamson
.nd others made strong points for the mega
1.-Two uMls Mr.. j. Il. Townsend, Mr. HOT
AGO r. Stursis and others were vigorous III
10 ,.f.nce of the press. The final vote
% in the affirmative and Is in the neg
alive.
Following the discussion Refreshments
xsre served by the young ladies ana
p,essant social time was passed
Ths,e will be other meetings of the iyce'
- s,a all persons interested, whether
/ cn,;.,;ar Endeavorers or not, are earnestly
r,,.s 10 attend and take part il the de
| bates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-20
POETRY GAME, !"
The Latest Fad That Yourg Ausustaos Have
Taken Up.

Have you ever played poetry game:
Have YOU ever sat and thought and
chew ed your pencil, vainly waiting for the
poetry. that must be in you, according to
all theories. to come to the surface in tangi-
BILE form
AMI then. when the poetic fancies. which
have crept GU. from the meshes of your
brain, have become crystalzed into definite
thoughts and have then been carefully re-
corded, has it ever suddenly occurred to
you bow very fiat they sound, how lame Is
your rhy me and how hating your metre
and have you then been appalled, at your
own stupidity,
Have you ever tried to couple verbal
lion in harness with serpent-like inter
rogation and make the two appear in pro-
per proportion and according to the rules of
prosody. in words that shall fairly burn with
poetic fervor:
No? Then you have never played
poetry game
n JothNN NJ TtpOEAtI HE'S NV" - -
only too thankful when he realizes
that he is not the inmate of an asylum ard
the superlaiively idiotic one among the pa
tents, for that was the way be felt wien he
escaped from the circle that was playing
the game.
But. homogeneous, middening, appalling,
and whatever the pas,ime may be, II has
captured the young people of this caiita'
city and is evidently destined to be tn spe
cial form of amusement whenever two or
three Of our young people may gather TO-
seth this winter.
1t is not, strictly speaking new but had
merely been resurrected elsewhere and now
has been strongly taken up here.
The game /, simple ia theory, but the
practice Two slips of paper are HANDED
to each person in the circle and then on one
slip Of your paper you write noun, an!
one you may please to take, aud on the other
aquestion. no matter how serious or aosurt
it may be.
You th,n fold up the slips and all INC
nouns are dropped into one box and all TIC
questions into another. After having beer
shaken together each person present draw
out noun and a question.
You may get ''csthedrsl" and "Are you
fond of cabbage?" or What is yorr opin
ion of the currency que stion?' and 'bai
z,c,' as did the reporter, but that makes ne
difference. you have merely got to settle
down and write a poem, answering th'
question and bringing in the noun.
That is all, but if the game spreads
the reporter confident y predicts, that
not only will tina. insane hospta
at Bangor be needed, but, one will have Il
be erected at every cross roads in the State
You think he is exsggerati1g! Well. Jus
follow the fashion and try the game.
Perhaps, you NAY be another Longfei
low. for this is Maine, but if not. you VII
say that this account of the horrors of tn
fad is not put strongly enough, in accord
ance with the facts.
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Personals.

Hon. VIM. Atkinson was in the city
THURSDAY. =..:# r.:
J.H,nry S,urgis is spending the week at
Presque Isle. 1884,. 49,.
G f. A.. Pierce of Waterville is the
guest of bis Augusta friends. T..
C. II. White has returned TO town from a
flying trip to Boston on Hcyt's Express
business.
Mrs. Henry Tilton of Newport and Mrs.
C. F. Wing left for Auburn on the 1910
train Thursday.
Rev. C. A. Laughton and wife who have
been in the city for some days wishing their
daughter, Mrs. E. J Philbrick, returned to
| Oakland Thursday.
Robert Tbomp.on is in the city and will
spend the winter here. H. is much i'm
proved in health and bis many friends ar
congratu ating him on his recovery from a
very long illness.
| Me.srs. c. C. Hunt and c. II. Cunning
ham Of Augusta will start, Friday, for the
| Worlrs Fair, via the Canadian Pacific, and
will return N about two weeks by the way
| of Washington and New York. ~:
Owing to the serious illness of her sister,
| ufs. 2. S. Thatcher of Santa Barbara, Cal,
| f I'm, rly of Augusta, Mrs. Frank b. Smith
! started from this city Saturday night for
the p, fife coast, and arrived at her sitter $
home Thursday evening.
| Col. John F. Avery of Boston, who has
been stopping at the Augusta house, left
town Thursday for Whiteieh, and from
there will return home. He formerly lived
in Augusta, then being manager of +. c.
Aliens publishing business, and Was very
popular.
Prof. Charles S. Carleton of Portland
was in the city Thursday. He has class
in voice culture formed in this city and will
| come here every Tuesday for the winter
season. Mr.. Carleton is a pupil of Ven
nuccini. Florence. taught in New Y ork TO,
| nearly We years and is regarded as one OF
the best instructors in voice culture that we
have. A very large number for q city OF
tile population of Augusta interested them
selves in voice culture last winter, and
| more propose to devote attention to this cul'
ture than ever before. Mr.. Carleton is a
welcome addition to the popular instructors
Who have classes in this city.
The Maine Central has had a number o!
remarkable excursions this year, but few
have been received with the same popular
approval tina, has been given the announce
meut of the annual excursion to Boston
| from all points in the State on Monday
or. %. At greatly reduced rates, with tick
cts good 10 return any time within two
week. thereafter. The following are the
..vay down" rates: Lewiston. 81; Bruins.
wick, 81; Bath, "a 25; Rockland, s.; An
gusts, s.; Bangor, s7.25; Ellsworth, s.
bar Harbor. s.; Pennington, s5.75; Wat.
erville, 1918 and other stations in proper.
fioa.
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T.. BILLIE TAYLOR

The Justin Adams Comic Opera Co. ha
not appeared to better aivantage during it
successful ruu 10 this city than when it Zen
dered billie Taylor" before a good au
dience Thursday night.
That spirited opera was given with vim
and was decidedly interesting. Mariol
Chester as Phgbe was more successful thai
on any night since Monday. She sang vel
and admirably played her part. Justil
Adams was delightful as the heavy villain
A. s. Kingsley nd Annie Jeffrey also SAM
decidedly well but tie feature of the even
log was the work and by play of two
genuine comedians, Miss Jaynes an
Jerome Slater. Messrs. Daily and Turne
we're both excellent in their parts ans
Msbelle Marlowe was as popular as ever
The farce comedy The Suicide Club viii
be given tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-20
STATE ASSESSORS.
County Conventions Nearly Over After a Sue
cessful Season.

The State board of assessors have been
holding conventions with the local assessors
of Penobscot county this week. IT,
The board was at VIM Tuesday and at
Bangor Wednesday. The sessions were I'M
usually successful and great interest was
manifested; only four out of the 63 local
boards of assessors from the various cities,
towns and plantations in the county not be
ing represented at one or the other of the
meetings.
The board will then take up Piscataquis
county, holding convention at Dover
Friday. Next week Somerset county will
be reached, conventions being held at Skow-
hogan Monday and at North Auson Tues
day. 80
When these are over the board will have
consulted with the local assessors and have
examined their books in the following
10 counties: Androscoggin, Aroostook'
Franklin, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, OK
ford. Penobscot, Pscataquis, Sagadahoc,
Somerset, Waldo aud Washington. Con
ven,ions will be held at Augusta and Water
Vile for Kennebec county before the enc
of this month. Cumberland and YORK
counties will not be visited till next year
Next month. November, the board will de-
vote to going over and compiling the re,
turns ya,hered st the conventions in th'
various counties which began early in Jin'
AMI have been running along since.
While the new valuation IL only msa'
| every two years by the board the member
| arc l,boring hard to clean up the detail wori
az much as possible this year so that they
NAV devote large part of their time anc
energies next year to the consideration OF
the wild lands ard shipping owned in the
| State. ~. al ~. ,. III
James Plummer, Esq., the genial ant
| ,onu,,r secretary of the board, returned
Thursday to Augusta from Penobsco
,oun,v and will rejoin the board at Dover
| Friday.
Mr.. Plummer says that the conventions
b-opoh III, the State, he'll this summer for
,he frat time. have all been most success
| Sui and that the board is more than satisheo
| nth the results obtained under the ne"
| l.,
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Obituary.

Mrs Lydia NJ. Hobart, wife Of Mr.. B. F
Barton, died in Windsor the l4th inst, age
Go years.
Mrs. Barton was born in Wiscasset, ant
at an early period came to Augusta, wher'
she spent the most of the years of her life
She inherited a sickly constitution, and TO
many years was confirmed invalid. In
deed it may be doubted she ever saw ;
really well day during her life. She was
woman of warm and generous nature an
of kindly impulses, and so far a
her strength would permit was always read.
to engage in good work and kind acts. Re
stricted by constant illness from a lars'
intercourse with the world. her intimat
friends and those who knew her good quail
tiles were few in number, but she Away
commanded the sympathy and regard o
those who knew her hest Death came a
Ia ,tss a ''sw .et reief" from the vicissitude
and sorrows of life, anu her weary spiri
found repose in the quiet and peace of tn
grave.