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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

A BLATANT anarchist at Chicago
meeting, held the other day, said that
ain this great country it is crime to
speak German, but during the late
war it was not considered a crime for
a German to fight for the Union. "
The Germans who fought for the
Union, their descendants and rela-
tives are just as ready to fight against
loud-mouthed blatherskites like this
fellow, who are generally driven from
their home countries for the country's
good, and who begin to reform the
Government of the United States be-
fore they get rid Of the Storage smell
that follows them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
A Flag to Summon to Church.

In the rooms of the Connecticut
Historical Society is exhibited piece
Of a bell showing the date of casting,
1929. This fragment which is in
two parts, is portion of the bell
which formerly hung for more than a
century in the old Center Church.
The old bell having broken in 1925,
the society, on Dec 10, 1925, voted
that "John Edwards, at the charge
of the Society, purchase Some Suit
able Red bunting for flagg to be set
on the State House to direct for
meeting upon the publick Worship OF
God" The old hell was sent to En-
gland at the expense of both the
first and second societies, where ii
was recast in 1929, and continued in
use here from that time until 1841,
when it broke, and new bell was
ordered. Hartford COurant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

uCHICK" MCMILLAN engaged in a
little target practice in Chicago
West Side saloon, and before it ended
Oflcer Rowan had been shot through
the legs and Officer Fitzmaurice
through the groin. At the height Of
the festivities Mr.. Mcmillan fortu-
natelygot in front ola bullet and quit.
Chicago is a live town.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

4 FARMER living near Elgin, who
had been bothered by some urchins
stealing a few grapes to eat, laid in
wait for them with a loaded shotgun.
When the youngsters arrived the gun
was hastily discharged, but the old
man happened to receive the charge
and dropped dead in his tracks, Nat
ure chooses her victims with rare
disCernment and discretion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

IL HAVE lived" says the indefatig-
able DR.. Clarke, ITO know that the
great secret Of human happiness is
thls-never to suffer your energies to
stagnate. The old adage of too
many irons in the fire. conveys an
abominable falsehood; you cannot
have too many, Poker, tongs, and
all-keep them all going"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

In a cave in the Pantheon, the
guide, by striking the flaps of his
coat, makes a noise equal to that
produced by firing twelve-pound
cannon. In the cave Of Smellin, near
Viborg. Finland, a stone thrown
down a certain abyss makes rever-
berating echo which sounds like the
diving wall Of some wild animal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Elasticity of Glass.

Among solids, glass is apparently
perfectly elastic. A plate of glass
bent under pressure and allowed to re.
main under stress for twenty-five
years, when released and carefully
tested for any permanent set was
found to have returned to exactly its
original shape.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

NOTHING Of character is really per-
manent but virtue and personal
worth. These remain. Whatever
Of excellence is wrought into the soul
itself belongs to both worlds. Real
goodness does not attach itself mere
ly to life-it points to another
wnrld
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

If some men knew proportionate-
ly as much when three score and ten
as they do when the hair begins to
dawn on their upper lip, the world
would not hold enough knowledge to
20 around.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

WE wonder II DR.. Johnson were
alive and making a dictionary If he
would follow his old method Of def
milton and enter Siam; "A kingdom
Of Eastern Asia, much abused by
France"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

THERE Is nothing new under the
sun. 1t was Chaucer who said,
with many a tempest had his beard
been shaken" and yet some irrever-
ent modern newspaper Photographer
thought he was original when he
said, "The wind blew through his
whlskers. s."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

THE hilarious group that have
their pictures taken while posing in
limp attitudes and wet bathing
dresses has had its run in newspaper
letters from the sea- Heaven for
give them. Surely there is no law
compelling a woman to make a holy
show of herself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
A Maine PHILOSOPHER,

Nearly every Maine village has its
philosopher, ofttimes in humble
guise, whose chief business is to OBJ
serve the ways of the world and duly
moralize thereon. Such philos-
Opher held forth in the corner grocery
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Door Nails.

GAS dead as a door-nail, found in
English texts over five hundred years,
comes from the wooden pin or nail
used to secure che door of a hut,
which by constant use would become
very smooth, hard, dry, and dead"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

BRAZIL may come out all right as
a republic, but 1t must be admitted
that the country was better of under
old Dom Pedro than 1t has been
since.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

If the rolling chair concessionaire
at the Worlds Fair would reduce his
rates about one-half he would secure
a much greater percentage Of reseats.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

HEREAFTER the shortening powers
Of lard will havea deeper significance
to certain members Of the Chicago
Board OF Trade.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02

A CALF which eats chickens is re-
ported from Hutto, Tex. That calf
will be served up in chicken pie yet,
and serve him right.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
FIVE dollars and costs is the lowest
club rate with Chicago policemen.

AN exchange observes that judges
are not sufficiently epigrammatic to
suit some people. Their sentences
are too long.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
HEIREss TO $4,000, 600.
Miss Helen M. Gould Who IL Soon to Ap.
pear In New York Society,

Po"I m NOW HUFK HOoI6ty,
The richest heiress In the country,
Miss Helen M. Gould, only daughter
OF the late great 6nancier and rail.
road magnate, Jay Gould, is to make
her debut the coming season in New
York, and society is all agog to learn
something OF this young woman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-02
Phillipsburg Herald

PHILLTPsBURG. KANSAS.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-25

A Choice List OF Summer Resorts.
In the lake regions of Wisconsin,
Northern Michigan, Minnesota,
Iowa aud the two Dakotas, there
are hundreds of charming localities
pre- eminently fitted for summer
homes. Among the following Sc
lected list are the names familiar TO
many of our readers as the perfec-
ton of northern summer resorts.
Nearly all of the Wisconsin points
of interest are within a short dis.
lance of Chicago or Milwaukee, and
none Of them are so far away from
the "busy marts of civilization"
that they cannot be reached in few
hours travel, by frequent trains,
over the finest roads in the North
west-the Chicago, Milwaukee ~
ST. Paul railway, and Milwaukee IL
Northern railroad:
Oconomowoc, Wis; Clear Lake Ia
Minocqua, Wis. Lakes Okoboji, Iowa;
Waukesha. WIS; Spirit Lake, Iowa;
Palmyra, Wis; Frontenac, MINI.
Tomahawk Lakes, Wis; Lake Min
netonka, MINI; Lakeside, WIS; Or
tonville, Mimi; Kilbourn City, Wis;
| (Dells OF the Wisconsin); Prior Lake,
Mimi; White Bear Lake, Mimi;
Beaver Dam Wis Lake Madison, so,
Dakota; Madison, Wis. Delavan, Wis;
Big Stone Lake, SO. Dakota; Sparta
Wis; Pewaukee, Wis; Elkhart Lake,
Wis; Wausaukee, Wis; Ontonango,
Mich; Marquette, Mich; Mackinac,
Mich.
For detailed information, apply
to any coupon ticket agent, or send
stamp for a free illustrated tourist
folder, to d. G. Brady, Southern
Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-25
Worlds Fair visitors.

An intending visitor to the COM
ing Worlds Fair at Chicago need
have no fear az to the possibility of
securing satisfactory accommoda
tions, at reasonable rates, at either
of the many hotels or residences
listed in a neat pamphlet entitled,
Homes for Visitors to the Worlds
Fair" compiled at great expense
and published by a Trustworthy
Chicago firm. This book contains
a list of about 5000 private fami-
lies who will accommodate visitors
in Chicago during the time of the
Fair, viz: May lst to October Both,
gives their names and addresses,
and a number of rooms each will
have to spare. The book also gives
list of the hotels and their loca-
tons; has twelve fall page, large
scale maps, each representing sec
ton of the city, so that with this
information before him the intend
ing visitor can, at leisure, select the
quarter of the city in which he
would prefer to stop, correspond
ING IN ADVANCE with one or more
families in that locality with re-
gard to rates and the accommoda'
ti@ns desired.
To help you in fixing in advnnce
r,,on vopr nlaoe Of residence while
attending the Worlds Fair, we have
placed in the hands of our agent at
your station copies of this work,
which may be obtained at 80 cents
nor cow. w. II. WINFIELD,
G. p. A. Cotton Belt Route
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-25
s.nAntonio ard Arkansas pass.

SOUTH BoUHD--So. 82.--HoRTH BoUED.-no 8
Nv Waco at q. IA. Arrives Q 30 y. n
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-25

W. Y. OWENS. Ticket Agent.
Under paoi6c Hotel Block. Opposite Possohhs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
LuckjeSt Man In Maine.

Il. w. Hartman. of Readfield, used
to drive IL stage from Rcadticld depot
to the seminary at kcntS Hill, about
four miles over the hills. One buster
ing day of winter Il package contain
ing 5000 in $50 bills was Il part of his
charge. In order to be particularly
careful of the money he put it on the
seat of the stage and then posted him
self on it. AS he weighed POO pounds
he considered the money tolcrably safe
but in some way his weight broke the
string and the seal of the package,
and i'll a fatal instant, when Harrl-
man rose in his seat to whip his horses
through Il particularly stubborn drift,
gust of north wind swept under him
and blew the grcenbackS far and wide
over the snow.
Hartman saw them speeding over
the field with a feeling of diSmay. but
he happened to be near his own home,
and at once called on his neighborS for
help. NO one was more popular in the
town than this same b. w. Hartman,
and the neighborS turned out as to Il
fire. BY careful searching of the fields
over which the bills had blown. all the
money was found but 500 The most
diligcnt search failed to discover it.,
and it was given up for lost
But theydid not count on Harriman's
luck. The field where the bill was
lost was about Il quarter of Il mile
from Harriman's barn. and one day
the next summer Hartman happened
to be standing in his barn door when
Il heavy wind sprang up, blowing di.
rcctly from that field. His attention
was attracted by a faded green object
that acted like a leaf and WAS cOminr
dancing across the field Hartman
watched it and saw it fluttcr directly
towards him and finally sail into the
barn door like a swallow. He caught
it and examined it. 1t was faded and
worn, but through all the wrinkles Of
time he discovered the beautiful fca-
lures of the $50 bill that blew away
from him the winter bcfore-Mainc
Farmer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
The Distance of Thunderstorms.

Although lightning and thunder oc-
eur always simultaneously, an interval
Of shorter or longer duration is usually
observed between these two phcnOm-
cna, which is due to the fact that sound
travels only at the rate of LOO feet
per second, while the passage of light
is almost instantaneous. Based upon
this fact it is an easy matter to tell ut
least approximately how many miles
II thunderstorm is away.
A normal pulse will beat about one
stroke to the second, and by counting
the pulSe-beats during the intervals of
the lightning and the thunder the lapse
Of seconds is arrived at, and conse-
4ucntly the number of feet, which can
be reduced to miles. For example: If
thirty seconds elapse between the flash
of the lightning and the crash of thun-
der the storm centre is at a distance
of $4,000 feet, or about six and Il half
miles. An almost accurate calculation
can be made with using Il watch with
a minute dial.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30

Most persons of average education
know astonishingly little about geogra-
ply. If one Is inclined to doubt this
statement let him take a newspaper
and begin to discuss with his neighbors
the topics mentioned therein. Let him
notice how many of them can locate
Dahomcy, the Soudan, or Mashonaland:
how many can follow intelligently a
description of explorations in the Are
tic regions; how many can give the
number of States in the Union, and
name their capitals without hesitation;
how many can tell you exactly where
the battle of Waterloo was fought, or
where the Ameer of Afghanistan lives.
South America and parts of Africa
might as we'll be a bowling Wilderness
for all that the average person knows
to the contrary. And yet we have all
of us studied geography and finished
it years ago.
A child should begin the study of
geography as soon as he can read, and
finish it-ncvcr. Every classroom
should contain series of maps suited
to the subjects that are studied and
recited therein. When n pupil describes
n battle, treaty, or the building of IN
empire, he should be obliged to point
out the very spot where the important
events took place. Thus his history
and his geography will help each other
to stand fast. The same method should
be use, III every class where ii can he
made practicable. Teachers are begin
ming to appreciate the value of Assoc
ciating facts in the minds of their
puHils.-Geographical Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
How to Behave So That You Will De
AlMaNs " il


First of all you want to learn not to
stay too long, says Il writer in the
Ladies' Home Journal. There is such
a thing. you know, as wearing ones
welcome out. and you certainly do not
wish to do that Then, having diScov-
cred exactly the hours at which the
meals are served, you should be on
time, and if breakfast is at 40. and
you have always had it at ., You must
still get up when the call-bell rings
and be downstairs at 7.3O, looking
bright and hungry: and, above all other
things, you must not mention that YOU
have been i'll the habit of breakfaSting
ut later hour. If you have friends
in the same place and they should
come to see you, and-we will put it
that way-have forgotten to ask for
your hostess, suggest to them that you
will go and ask her if she would not
like to meet them. Insist upon this
courtesy to her or else do not return
the call made, and ignore any further
visits. Then if it's Il house where only
one maid is kept, take care of your
own bedroom so that you will give as
little trouble as possible. If some lit
tie festivity should be gotten up in
your honor, turn in and, putting your
" tllN Nilttl, give ill lut HtlID
you possibly can both before and after
the party.
Try and not talk about any subject
that is very personal, and which will
make any one uncomfortable; and, if
your host should be rude enough to
get into any controversy before you,
keep quiet, or, what is still better, if
you possibly can, leave the room, and
later on refuse to discuss the matter
with anybody. When you go away
carry nothing but pleasant recollec-
tons with you, and forget every family
jar and every family secret that you
may have heard. Then. indeed. will
you always be welcome visitor, and
you will hear some day that your hos
tess says of you: Il like Dorothy to
visit me for she is such a comfortable
girl; and my husband and the children
are as glad to have her as | am.
Never Il servant makes Il complaint of
her causing any trouble, and each one
of them is more than glad to do some
thing for her. We say How do you
do| to her with pleasure, and Good
by with regret" Now that's what
every one of you wants to have said
about you when you visit.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
Porter's Foot Race in Paris,

Everybody knows those strong mar
ket porters who carry upon their backs
bags of flour that sometimes weigh 5OD
pounds. They are lusty fellows, with
square, massive shoulders, who are ell
lowed with extraordinary physical ell
Crgy.
We have thought it of interest TO
record the feat that has just been exc
cuted by one of the most remarkable
of them, Jean Labasse, the victor in II
race of new kind, got up by a Paris
IAN journal. 1t was question of start
ing from Feydeau street with a bag
weighing 22O pounds and proceeding
to the octroi of Corbeil, distance of
nineteen miles. There We're ten COM
pctitorS.
The start took place at s o'clock in
the morning of March 6. Each porter
carried upon his shoulder a bag con-
tanning mixture of sand and sawdust
weighing DO pounds. Jean Labasse
was the first to arrive, at 10 o'clock at
night, having travelled the distance of
nineteen miles in fourteen hours
Labasse was born at Saint-Andrc-
dAppel, in Dordogne March 10, 1869.
and is consequently twenty-four years
of age. He is five feet nine inches in
height, and of herculean strength AT
the tllne or the race he rested but
twice on the way, first at Juvisy after
making fourteen miles, and next Evry-
prtit-Bourg, at about three miles from
the goal. He distanced all his COM
pctitors by several hours. He was not
much fatigued at the finish.
Received at Corbeil by the munich
pality and flourish of trumpets, he
was the object of the ovations of the
population, which had been awaiting
him since & o'clock in the evening
Although Labasse is remarkable by
the development of his muscles, we
must add that he does not shine by the
qualities of instruction. He can neither
read nor write.
We shall complete this note by re
calling that Il tentative similar to that
of which LabasSe Is the hero once
found victim among the market por-
tiers. One of them had wagercd that
he could carry a 350-pound bag of
flour to Corbeil. Having got as far as
Evry, the Hercules drank a glass of
cold water and dropped stone dead.
Such useless excuses of muscular
fatigue are not unaccompanied with
dangcr.-La Nature.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
Besieged by Great Land Oral BIS.

Our laboratory in Jamaica was on
the side of Il rocky limestone hill,
honcycombcd in all directions by
cracks and assures and large caves. all
inhabited by big land-crabs. which
came out every night, usually in pairs,
to forage around our home. They
would climb the steep stone terrace
and the high steps to our door. where
they would stand peeping inquisitively
through the crack of the door. and
waiting and watching until the house
was quiet. Whenever we looked up
from our work in the evening we were
sure to see at least one gentleman
crab. and his wife beside him. standing
on tiptoe and cooking their long stalk
ed eyes. on the watch for Il chance to
slip in and explore the house. As soon
as we were well settled at our work
they would creep stcalthlly in and
wander everywhere, although they
We're especially fond of climbing up
the mosquito nets to the canopicS over
our beds.
crab hunt was the last event of
our day, and it was not without en-
element, for while the animals are
generally peaceful and we'll behaved,
they have big. formidable claws. and
they always fight when corncrrd. They
cannot be driven out. for while they
are timid and DESTROYS to escape. they
never go out of the door. but run side
ways along the walls. tumblng over
each other in their eagcrncsS, until
they reach Il hiding-place behind our
trunks or under the furniture. when
they resist all attempts to diSlodge
them, clinging to everything within
reach and waving their big claws ill
the most threatening way
| soon learned that the way to clear
the house is to sweep them with II
broom into the middle of the floor be-
fore they have time to hide, and then,
keeping them well away from the fur
niture and door-caSings, to hurry
them along until they are opposite the
open door, and to shoot them out with
push which sends them over the
steps and clear of everything down
the hill, for if they are simply pushed
out they hang by the tips of their
claws over the wall and out of sight,
ready to come back as soon as the way
is clear.-Scribner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-30
ORIGIN OF THE SOUL.
Peculiar Theory of an Albany Univcr,:
list Minister.

list Minister.
At All Souls UnivcrSalst Church.
Albany. the Rev. Charles III. Vail took
for his subject "I'he Origin of the HUI
man Soul as Revealed by Modern Sci
rncc. He discussed the phenomenal
Of spirit and its relation to the soul
of animals; then the "cmbryonic" and
revolution" series. The question was
asked i'll each: Whore did the soul
come in: At what stage in the dcycl-
oHMVnt: And was it something super
added or did it grow out of some
thing already existing in the animals ?
1t WAS declared that the soul of man
grew out of the "anima" of animals.
and this out of the lower forms of
vital force. and this out of the physical
and chemical forces of nature That
it acquired immortality at Il certain
stage. viz. sclf-conSciousncSS: in the
same way that each individual acquires
the capacity of abstract thought This
was illustrated by the action of
forces" showing that with the trans
formation of energy from plane to
plane there appeared new properties
and powers at each new birth which
is not gradual process. but at Il
bound. This was further enforced by
the history of the evolution of the
cosmos. in which it was shown that all
the forces are of derivative origin AS
at each new form of force and of birth
of the universal energy into Il higher
plane there appears new properties,
why may not Immortality be one of
these in the last birth? From a scien-
titic standpoint it is reasonable. 1t
was shown that the forces of nature
are but different forms of the one
omniprcSent divine energy. which be-
came more and more individuatcd I'M
til ut last it was completely individu-
atcd in the human soul, and so became
an entity, capable of self-eXistencc.
The spirit is truly born in sclf-con-
sciouSncsS: nature here reaches its
final goal-completc individuation.
Throughout the whole geological his
tory of the earth nature has been but
geStativc mother of spirit, and it was
only after its long embryonic develop
mrnt that ut last it came to birth, in
Sclf-conSciouSneSs, in man. The cncr-
gy of the ages has been poured into
the production of the high spiritual
qualities of humanity. To deny their
pcrmancncc is to rob the whole pro-
cess of its meaning Without mmor-
tality the cosmos has no meaning. and
so without the geStative method of
creation of spirit the whole geological
history previous to the advent of man
would have no meaning. AS physical
evolution finds its completion in man
so spiritual evolution reaches its goal
i'll the divine man, the ideal.