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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
5000 e., ',.....s..s 80. ,t.,.saa 5000
j. Il, HICK0K,
died Aug. 2, 1915, by pistol shot,
Aged 30 years,
Custer was lonely without him.
Erected by j. II, Rlordan, OF
New York, 1891,
"WILD BILLh

The Custer referred to, that was lone
ly without MIR, Hlckok, is the town and
not the General Of that name. And It
is said that the monument although
carved by Mr.. Riordan, Il local sculptor,
was paid for by the gamblers and sa-
lonkecpers of Deadwood, who, after
the tragic death of the frontier Bonn
bastes, "chIpped in to pay the ex-
penses of his funeral and the erection
of this tomb.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
JERSEY NEGROES BIKE.
IL Has All Modern improvements, Includ.
inn Pneumatic TIrea

IL Has All Modern improvements, Includ.
ing Pneumatic Tires.
The man who made this wheel was
an ingenious darkey who lives at FL
boron, n. j. He got the bicycle craze
and got 1t so bad that the lack of
money to buy one only whetted his
ambition. He had jack-knife, II
draw-knife and Ratchet and there
were plenty of trees, boards and bar,
rel-heads around Elberon. With these
primitive materials he constructed this
queer vehicle, says the New York Re
corder The wheels are made from
heads of a barrel, the larger front
driver being two inches thick. Both
have rubber tires, he having taken old
hose and nailed 1t on the edges be-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20

1886, and Rev Joshua Hart again took
the pastOrate in 1897 and served I'M
til 1903.
The church was burned and new
building erected in 1903, and this is
the structure now used as the parson-
age.
Ut was converted into dwelling
house in 1916, and is still in excellent
Condition. On the removal of the old
structure in 1913 to its present site and
It's conversion into a parsonage the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20

most beyond belief. A dozen men and
women are packed promiscuously into
one room barely large enough for two
to live in with decency. The meals
are served in an ordinary washb wi or
dishpan, into which the boarders
plunge their hands or their sroons,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
Sin gle Eyeglasses Prohibited.

Single eyeglasses are prohibited in
the German army. Even If a soldier
has one good eye, yet needs glasses,
he must perforce cover both eyes
with them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
Then WnY Make the Cuts2

Many Of the early wood cuts em-
ployed in books we're painted all by
hand, after the printing had been
doae.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
LIVE LIKE BEASTS.
FRlGHTFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
European Brlgands and Cut-thrOats Filth
Ter than the Digger Indians and More
MurderOus than the Awful MollIe Ma
guires-Two Murders Every Week.
RnrbarInns In Amerlon.


The people of the anthracite coal
counties of Observation-Disclosures,
Carbon, Lackawanna and Schuylkill-
make up such an chronological crazy
quilt as hardly can be matched in any
district of corresponding size in the
world, says Wilkesbarre correspond
ent. Arabs, Turks, Greeks, slavs,
Poles, Italians, negroes, Germans,
French, English, Irish, Scotch, Yam
KEGS a bewildering composite of race,
color and creed-are all crowded 10
gether in a little territory as small as
many OF the continental principalities.
The confusion of tongues heard on q
Saturday nig hit on the streets of any
mining town of the counties mentioned
is ike what conversazlone might
have been at the base of the Tower OF
Babel
In the actual work OF mining the
Slavs, Poles and Italians are princi-
pa ly engaged. With the downfall of
that organization of murderous scoun-
drels, known as the Mollie Maguires.
came a series of changes which event
ually resulted in the supplanting of
Irish, Welsh and Scotch labor in the
mines. Naturally it was from the very
lowest strata of society in these Euro
pean untrie5 that the ranks of the
new stock of miners were recruited.
When a wretch had committed such
deeds of villainy that even the recesses
of the Sicilian and Calabrian mountains
ceased to te q refuge for him, he made
his way owe the seas and found a safe
haven in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania, screened and guarded
by his fellow-c untrymen. 1t was not
all done in day, but the era of cut
throat orism and high wages
opened by men Of English-speaking
races has at la t absolutely given way
to an era which might almost be called
one Of human yermin and low wages
Live Filth and Vermln.
Human vermin hardly seems too
strong a term to one who takes even G..
cursory view OF the manner in which
they exist. An Italian boarding shanty
along the lines Of railroads or that Of
the Croton viaduct in New York while
it was in course OF construction was
bad enough; but an Italian boarding
house of that variety is luxurious com
pared with one in the mountains, here,
such as the miners live in. The stories
told Of the filth, the vice, the brutality
in these stew5 by those who have been
familiar with them for years are al
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
WHERE WILD BILL RESTS.

A Handsome Red Sandstone Monument
Marks the Place.
In the Deadwood cemetery, South
Dakota, is an ornamental shaft Of red
surmounted by n heroic bust
of the same material representing II
gentleman with long hair and fierce
On the pediment of the bust
the words "Wild Bill" are inscribed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
CRADLE OF A CHURCH
BIRTHPLACE OF PRESBYTERIAN.
ISM IN AMERICA.

The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Annlver-
sary Recently Celebrated in Hampstead,
Lifelong and stirring History Of an
Interesting Congregation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20

Devils of Monarchsm. Mrs. Lakesidei
The atrocities Of Russian tyranny are per.
fectly awful. Friend: What have you
learnedp Mrs. Lakeside; / saw in paper
this morning that in Russia no one ls per-
mitted to marry more than Ave times.--
New York Weekly
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, 4,

STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. 3D.
FRANK j, CHENEY makes oath that he ID
the senior partner of tho firm of Il. j. CmS3
NEY a. Co., doing business in the City Cd
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
TINT said firm will pay tho sum OF ONE
case OF CATARRH that can not bo cured by
the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In nv
presence this 9th day OF December, A. d.
1886.
~ A. w, GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IA taken internally and
acts directly on th9 blood and mucous SUR
faces Of the system, Send for testimonials
Tree. Il, j, CHENEY e. CO.,
, Toledo, o.
Halls Family Pills, 25c,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-20

SOME folks get so full of creed that
they have no room for charity.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
New Year. Day in Far on Japan.

.
Simple and characteristic outdoor
decorations make Japanese city or
village beautiful at the New Year
season. One Of the most common is the
straw rope. A rope with many wisps
of straw and strips of white paper
hanging therefrom, and other objects,
such as seaweeds, ferns, lemon
(orange?, a rn lobster shell, dried per-
simmons, charcoal, and dried sardines
attached thereto, will be stretched
either between the pine trees or above
the doorway. Each of the articles just
mentioned represents an idea-pine,
bamboo, seaweeds and ferns, being
eyergreens, are emblems of constancy
the straw fringes, according to a
legend often related, are supposed to
exclude evil agencies; '.the lobster by
its bent form is indicative OF old age OF
long life;" the lemon Tor orange?) is
.a|led daidai,. which word may also
acan generation Iafter] generstion;'
the dried persimmons are sweets long
and well preserved: the sardines, from
fsheir always swimming in swarm, de-
note the wish for a large family" and
.hc charcoal is AN imperishahle sub.
stance. Chic ago Tribune.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
! hat Would FIX Him.

A group OF artists in u city were
discussing the evil record OF a GER
tain man Of prominence the other
day, and various methods OF holding
him up to o0loquy were suggested,
none of which, however, seemed to
meet with general approval. Finally
one of them, in moment of inspira-
ton, exclaimed. ~ have it; let a
statue Of him be erected in one of the
parks" 1t was unanimously decided
that this suggestion hit the bull's-eye,
since, in the opinion of those present,
no greater punishment could be In
Ricted on man than to put up a
statue Of him like some of the mon
strosities already erected.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
a False Impression.

1t was formerly supposed that peo-
pie OF pale complexion, especially il
the hair was pronounced blonde,
fine and thin, were specially liable to
mental excitement and brain disorder.
Statistics which have recently been
compiled prove this to be another Of
the grave errors Of the oldtime ''spe
cialist" At the Kirkbridge, England,
asylum out of total OF 265 patients
only one has red hair and only three
either light hair or fair complexion.
In the New York, London and Paris
hospitals for the insane the same
proportion holds good Exactly why
dark-haired persons are more liable tc
mental disease than those OF other
shades of color has not yet been ex
planned.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
An AHsCdote OF the Oldrn Time.

In the time of Charles | of England q
court jester was cleverl y outwttcd by
nobleman, who had according to the
custom of the day, presented the jester
with sum of money.
On New Years morning the jester
came into the presence Of the noble
man. and received, as he expected, q
number gold pieces. He thought he
had not, been given enough, so he
tossed them in his hand, mutterin4'
that they were light. The nobleman
saw this. and said: "Prithee, Archy,
let me see them again; and, by the
way, there is one Of them ! would be
loath to part with
Naturally enough, perhaps, Archy
thought more coins were to be added
to his store, so he willingly returned
them to his lordship. But the noble
man put them into his pocket. saying,
II once gave my money into the hands
of fool who hadn't the wit to Keep
it. "--philadelphia Record.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22

Leaps and falls back on ragged reefs that
it,. gond him on again
TO burrow in the crcling sands that his
wild course restrain.
Beneath the smiling summer stars if sleep
ing peacefully,
No longer beast, a beauty now, the same
old king, the SEQ,
Touched by the full moons yellow light
with radiant majesty,
He murmers gently in his dreams, if ocean
dreams there be,
Repentance for his former moods Of rage
and cruelty.
What mystery Of life and death the oceans
waters hide!
What changing passions changing hearts
are taught by changing tide!
The ca enraged, the sea at peace, to one
who's at its side. .aa1f
Is but mirror of mans mind, mirror
vast and wide,
To show how small is earthly life in which
our souls confide.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
Decline Of a Pretty Custom.

The practice of having ladies' call.
ing day upon the second day OF the
year is going out of fashion, if indeed
it has not already gone. Some years
ago the fair sex had literally the right
of way in every direction, and it was
by tolerence alone that the sterner sex
was enabled to travel by car or stage.
1t is pity that ladies day" has de-
clined, for there was perfect piano.
rama of beauty to be seen when the
fair creatures, cartlcases in hand and
dressed in their handsomest and most
becoming costumes, and generally
trav cling in groups of two, three and
four, abounded everywhere. The air
was filled with their pleasant small
talk, and they looked very animated
and interesting. Selected.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
A Resolve to DO Better Is q Step In
.. the Right Direction.

A Resolve to DO BETTER Is Step In
.. the Right Direction.
1t is true, very possibly, that: only
one in a million of these resolutions
ever amounts to anything permanently
A month, week, a day, may see. the
end of them, and the old sin or 'delin-
quency or habit may be in the as
cendant again, sometimes, alas! re-en-
forced and stronger than before, strong
almost to the point of indifference as
to it's destruction on the part Of him
"breaking his oath and resolution like
twist Of rotten silk
What is the use? The question rises
in the mind of the owner of the broken
resolution; it can't be helped; the
breaker was made to break; it runs in
the blood; be was given the nature
that experiences temptation; he was
not given the strength to overcome
temptations; you can not change the
spots in the leopard; that is he, If you
HhHb w CudliSC llihif }Oo N"iiu '''AAS
thing other than he, you don't want
him; ancestry is stronger than desire
to do otherwise; it's of no use. And
thus the trick, the custom, the wholly
undesirable habit, is left to run its
race.
Yet that is but one possibility. and
when this stage of indifference has not
been reached how well it is. only to
have made the resolution, whether one
is successful in keeping it or not! Just
as hypocrisy is the tribute which vice
pays to virtue, SO the mere making OF
the resolution implies the knowledge
of wrong, and of right exceeding
wrong, and to make determination to
discard the wrong is already one step
! toward embracing the rights, in
fsct, embracing it's, while being the
resolve, however little way. The re
solve is the outcome of the best part OF
ones nature; the not keeping it is one S
weakness only. --Harper's Bazaar.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
A Liars Club Joke.

In Virginia forest the other day,
says New York paper, very large
tree was cut down, near the heart o.
which was found lock of hair, OF
rather two, ,intertwined OF darker and
lighter meshes. By carefully split
ing the wood the initials ~. S." and
"P. P.n were discovered, family leg.
ible, in what must have been the
bark several hundred years ago, By
carefully counting the rings which
covered the initials they were found
to support the theory that the mystic
letters stand for john, or "Johr
Smith" Hpf Pocahontas Powhatan,
whose locks Of hair had been in some
romantic mood intrusted to the keep
ing OF the cleft bark.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
HAPS AND MiSHAP S.

The "Moliagep gold nugget, found
at Mount Moliagel, Australia, in 1869,
weighed 100 pounds and assayed st5,-
900 in pure gold. ~
According to the last wishes of Rev.
Asbury c. Clarke, who died recently
in New York, his body was laid out
for burial in white broadcloth. @
The city council OF Richmond, Va,
has passed an ordinance to punish
young men who loiter near the fe-
male college and flirt with the stu
dents. ..- ......-. .....
From Long island to the extremity
OF the Florida peninsula is stretch
of 1900 miles Of shore line,
unbroken by a single mountain emf.
nence or headland.
Icebergs straying from the Antarc-
tic region have been much more nu-
merous during the past few years
than formerly. They are larger than
+, The northern bergs.
Thomas Brannigan, popularity
known as Lemons" on account OF
his having sold the fruit for more than
sixty years in Brooklyn, died lately OF
starvation, and he was worth 800, 900
at that.
There are two prominent hotels in
New York which have handsomely
fitted up smoking rooms in which both
mon and women are welcome, and in
which it is not unusual to see ladies
indulge in a cigarette.
I Purnell Fisher is negro giant Of
Bridgevine, Del. He is six feet seven
inches tall, and although spare, he
weighs 261 pounds. He shoulders 8
weight of $50 pounds with ease, and
has carried 400 pounds nearly 10t
yards.
! New England is rejoicing over AZ
historical discovery. While grading
an old burying ground the workn1e
! plowed up the maidstone of Nathanie
Woodcock, who was killed in 1865 and
was the first white settler buried o
Attleborough.
The custodianpf the alleged tom
of Romeo and Juliet ct Verona thu
other day locked up party OF tour
lists who refused his demand for eight
4 francs and gave him only four The
intervention Of tho mayor was needed
to secure their release, and now th'
tourists have put the matter in shs
hands Of the oourtA
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
The Scottish Hogmany.

satisfactory explanation of the
term "hogmany," used by. the Scots to
designate the last day of the old year,
has never yet been given, but there are
two suggestions which are quite plaus-
ible One is that the term ''hogmany'
is derived from 'hogenot" OF ''hogg
night" the Scandinavian name for the
night preceding the feast Of yule, when
animals were sacrificed, the word
.,hogg'' meaning to kill. The other de-
rivation is from the French, 'au gus
menez," 'to the mistletoe co." refer
ring to the Drlids' custom on New
Years eve of collecting the mistletoe
from the oaks, and after consecratine
it distributing it among the people d
the Gauls, by whom it was priced be.
cause Of the many virtues ascribed 70
it.-Exchange.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live BET
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation;
II has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because II acts on the Kid
news Liver and Bowels without weak
eninp them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. ;,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 5Oc and 81 bottles, but it is man
,factured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, 5yrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22

ard the maid must mark
The first foot to cross the door.
crest, Jeanne, for the hour is late;
How the wind doth moan and sigh"
Mother come knit beside me and wait
Till we see the Old Year die
My lover true will then come to me,
My love from the Solway shore;
This word he has sent, that his own shall
be
The first foot to cross my door"
True, Jeanne, the auld wives say that ill
Or good, for the coming year,
Will follow the one who Ger the sill
First steps. But the night is drear-
He can never brave this wind and rain.
So rest, now, and rise before
The day well dawns. When you listen
again
Your first foot may cross the door"
'Knit with me-" still the maiden said
Together they watch and wait;
The cuckoo clock sounds twelve o'erhead,
And her lover is at the gate,
"Ah, now" cried Jean, there's no ill to
fear.
But good luck is for us in store
Since my lover has braved the night SO
drear
The first to cross our door"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
Catarrh Can Not lie Cnrad

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as the,
can not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease
and in order to cure it you must take in.
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one OF the best physicians in this
country for years, and Is a regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with tho best blood puri-
fiers, acting directly on the mucous sur
faces The perfect combination Of the two
Ingredients is what produces such wonder
ful results in curing Catarrh Send for
testimonials, free
F. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists price 75c. #
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
II you would make man sensitive touch
his rocket
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22

In the human breast Despite repeated dis
appointments, the divine spark rekrsdles
after each. Though there may not be Silver
lining to every cloud, the vapors which OBJ
soure the sky oft watt aside and disclose the
full 'splendor Of the monday sun Thus is
hope justified. 1nvalids who seek the aid
from Hostetters Stomach Bitters in the hope
of something better than mere modification
Of tho evils from which they suffer, will find
that 1t justi1es their expectation. Chills and
fever, rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver and kid
ney trouble nervousness and debility are
thoroughly, not partly, remeded by, the Bit
ters. Loss Of flesh, appetite and sleep are
counteracted by this helpful tonic as by nc
other medicinal agent, and to the old, inttrm
and convalescent it affords speedily appre
cable benefit. A wineglassful lhree times
anv
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-12-22
An International Telephone.

An international telephone system,
TO cover all Europe with its network,
is one OF the latest movements to
bring the nations into more intimate
and more peaceful relations with each
other. The cities of Amsterdam, Rot
terdam, Brussels and Antwerp arc al
ready connected by telephone, and
the extension OF the lines is qnes.
ton of only a little time.