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1t Is safe to say that one OF the
ambitions Of the average American
youth Is to become scientific pitch
er, writes Lester p. German, the star
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

A LIFE Of crime is oven the result
OF running in debt.
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

SOME kinds OF sanctity suggest the
need OF disinfs Giant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

Fsshs.n's J.-t~st Freaks.
New York correspondence:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26
HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD ~ FUNNY MEN
or THE PRESS.

Many Odd. Curao~s. snA LAaghabss Phasss
n Hama. Nst.re Graphically PsrtrAysa
By KmInsat wsrd Artists Of 0ur Own Dnv
"A Budget az F~n.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

TERRIBLE conflagrations have been
started by putting out furnace fires.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

FORTUNE tellers talk to long ears.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-07-26

49, AIRING are the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
CHURCH-eoINe IN HAWAII.

Adult Worshipers Smoking Pipes or Sleep
ing and Girls Enjoying Their Cigars
Sunday at the great church, not a
chimney to relieve its barn outline,
says correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript. A little girl sits at the
entrance smoking a cigar. This en-
trance is as floorless as if at circus;
the sexton, Chinaman all joints, is
pulling at the church bell. AS wor-
shippers enter, the bell-puller stops to
talk with those who come in, until
all sound ceases and we enter The
plastered walls inclose a large area.
Here is family in roomy pew near
the door-four children with the
mother and father. AS the service
progresses the children must be
amused; a loaf of bread is produced,
and while the mother nurses the
baby she cuts three slices from the
loaf and adds these to the spiritual
food which is offered her restless
young ones from the pulpit.
Directly below the preacher two
old women are seated sideways, con-
fronting each other, their arms firm
ly clasping the knees. Each smokes
a pipe; as they smoke they nod and
yawn. From the congregation loud
snores are occasionally heard; two
little boys, close by the
preacher, skirmish with umbrel-
las. One of the boys is
driven to the wall; the father Of
the defeated comes from the body Of
the church and roughly drives away
the boy who has discounted his
child. Young men and women stroll
down the aisles, or step over the
backs OF seats to get drinks,
sometimes returning with a
mug or calabash of water for a
friend. A horse thrusts his head
through window and looks quietly
upon the audience. However, in
spite of these events the main por-
tion Of the large assenblage seems
undisturbed; the mother with four
children produces rattle, a dernier
resort, to quiet the baby. A woman
is seized with headache, she loosens
her hair aud signals friend, who
crosses to her in beeline, bestriding
the backs Of the seats, and kneads
the muscles Of her head in native
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

June. In July the new cadets follow
and camp Is maintained until the end
of August. Meanwhile, the new cadets
have become full-Aedged fourth-class
men and are now known as "plebes, a
name which clings to them until the
following June, or whole year.
Routine OF tho Day.
Camp drags YEARLY by for the poor
plebe and II Is daily source OF wonder
to him that he has ever seen any at
fractions in the profession OF arms, He
goes TO roll calls, to squad drill to COM
pany drill, to artillery drill. He
marches to all his meals at the mess
hall, u quarter OF q mile away with q
cadet officer ut his heels directing him
TO keep back his shoulders, to draw in
his chin, to straighten out his knees,
to hold up his head, or to correct any
or all Of the thousand and one bad
tendencies OF the frail mortal In walk
ing. In addition to the above duties
he has TO be In immaculate condition
for dress parade, both morning and
evening. lie marches to instruction,
in swimming and to his dancing lesson.
All cadets are taught to dance, but the
plebes, not being recognized as having
much more than right to exist, do
not attend the hops that are given dur
ing camp. Our democratic Govern
ment insists that shall have fair
show and an even chance by making
them wait year or 80 to start in, so
that the green, awkward boys shall
not be so badly handicapped by those
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Utilizing the Moths.

Few persons suspect that the com.
mon moth may be utilized as a deco
ratiVe artist, but he may be, if one
only be watchful, patient and &C.
Quainted with the creatures habits
The larya of the moth has a habit OF
spinning about itself a sort of sac
from the material upon which ii
feeds. AS the worm grows it en-.
larges this sac by the process Of slit.
ting it and inserting new material.
Now, if a moth-worm that has en-.
closed itself in red flannel be after
ward transferred, sac and all, to
white flannel the growing insect will
slit it's red flannel covering and en-
large it with a covering Of white fan
mel.
II, then, the worm and the sac b.
transferred to blue bannel, the Great
ure will in course Of time enlarge the
sac with blue flannel, and thus clothe
itself periodically in red, white and
blue. Entomologist Southwick, Of
the Park Department, says that it IL
no great trouble to put moth
through this performance. - New
York Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
why Men Die Young.

1t appears, according to the regis
tration report of Massachusetts, tina
nearly twice as many women as mer
in that State live to be over 80 year.
of age This is accounted for by thu
great exposure Of men to accidents
to weather agencies, to the constant
strain of business life, to the anxiety
Of providing for the family, all O
which tend to shorten the life Of men
The deaths by accident among mer
are more than threefold greater thar
among women, and men commit sui
eide in about a threofold ratio as com
pared with women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
WILL NIAGARA FAIL9
Efforts I'm Switzerland seem to Show ]

Efforts In Switzerland Seem to Show DIM
Cultios In Harvesting Water Power.
Those who have been hoping TO
harness Niagara. Falls and thereby
supply power to the manufactures OF
New York City and State will be dis
appointed In the result OF expert
ments In that line which have been
going on recently in Switzerland,
and which are reported to the State
Department In Washington by Con-
sui Monaghan, who writes from
Chemnitz under a recent date stating
that the experiments in attempting
to utilize the waterfalls Of Switzer-
land for generating electricity for
manufacturing purposes have not
been successful thus far.
1t had been urged, he says, that
Switzerlands water supply II properly
utilized for obtaining electricity
would reduce greatly her cost Of pro-
ductlon, The fall from great nights
of her rivers led to the belief that
millions Of horse power were going to
waste In that country, and every effort
that science could suggest, ingenuity
devise or mechanics arrange was
made in different parts of Switzerland
to utilize water power In the gener-
alton Of electricity Yet statements
just published show that power costs
more in Switzerland than In England,
Germany or Bohemia. Fifty horse
power In Switzerland under the use
Of electricity generated by water
power costs SAG, against $24 in Eng
land and 500 In Germony. Three
hundred horse power costs in Switzer-
land 500, against S12 in England and
SIS In Germany Five hundred horse
power In Switzerland costs 1925,
against $40 in England, S13 in Ger
many and $13 In Bohemia. When
the cost of transmission Of electricity
from the waterfall to the point
where it Is to be used is added the
cost of water-generated electricity Is
even greater in proportion.
Up to this time the experiments
have not given the success or en-
enlargement that had been hoped.
Consul Monaghan suggests that pos
sibly very large plants which will
generate great quantities may re-
duce the proportionate price, but
when the cost Of transmission great
distances is added the expense per
horse power is greatly increased. He
suggests, however, that where the
generating machinery is used to sup
ply electricity for light at night and
power in the daytime the proportion
ate cost will be reduced, and that
with the constant improvements
going on in the field Of invention 1t
may be possible in the United States
so utilize the power of Niagara, Mis-
tlssippi Merrimac and other steams
for supplying electricity to the mills
and shops of this country. 1t will be
necessary, however, to improve upon
the work thus far accomplished in
Switzerland, and that which has
been done there has been under the
direction of theSmost skillful cleo
tricians and scientists of that part OF
the world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
In BarracIs and Tent

Every one who travels for the first
time along the beautiful Hudson be-
tween New York and Albany asks for
West Point, and is disappointed to find
how little Of interest can be seen from
the boat or the train. The United
States Military Academy is on broad
plateau several hundred feet above the
river and the railroads. 1t Is well
worth ones while, however, to stop off
at West Point and proceed up the
gradually ascending road to "the plain, "
which on large scale corresponds to
the usual college campus, Here the
visitor finds n little world peculiar to
itself, says the Washington Star. Ma
ture and man have cO-operated TO make
one of earth's most beautiful spots one
OF its most useful as WE'LL Shut in by
the Highlands Of the Hudson, which
rise in the rear Of the grounds like
small mountains, the military cadet
learns the rudiments of the art OF war
amid the most peaceful surroundings.
So quiet is the place that the casual
visitor fancies the cadet must float AZ
lazily through the academy as does the
flag In the breeze.
Gould the visitor follow the cadet
from reveille until taps he would CON
clude that the latter has a great deal
to do besides wearing fine clothes and
dancing the german. The writer has
labored sixteen hours q day on the
farm, but never in the busiest agricul-
tural season did he work as he did
while cadet at West Point. To UNI
derstand fully how this is true, one
must follow out In detail the compre-
hensive system requiring the great
amount of work that the cadet is called
upon to perform.
West Point, in view of its unique
position in tho educational world, has
o system peculiarly its own. The line
at which it divides from other great in
stitutions is that it pays its students a
small salary to cover all their expenses,
while in the usual case it is the stu
dent who does the paving. This fact
enables West Point to do about as it
pleases, and to withdraw from the in
dividual cadet that much-coveted priv
ilege The result is an iron discipline,
which, with salutary restrictions, is
wisely administered for the best inter-
ests Of all concerned. 1t must be re-
membered that this Is q national school,
maintained by the people, and that the
object in view Is the education of an
officer fitted to represent those people
in the army, all the more important on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

camp. This Is his summer off. He be-
comes second classman and leaving the
other three classes to make up the
camp, his class goes on furlough,
whence its unofficial designation as the
"furlough." Back comes the "furlough-
man" to resume student and barracks
life the first of September. and when
summer rolls around again he goes to
"frst-class camp" for, having arrived
at tho dignity of his senior year he
scorns to use any except the official
designation OF first class" Toward
the end of this year his is spoken of as
the graduating class, and at the end of
successful four years he goes on
graduating leave" for three months
and half, at the end of which, as a
second lieutenant, he joins his regi-
ment wherever 1t may be" in Maine
or Texas, in Alaska or Florida.
Not All Play Yet.
It will be noticed that when
the colleges give summer vacations
the military academy establishes
camp and hangs on to its
cadets during three summers
out of four. Camp brings a welcome
relief after months of hard study, but
nevertheless it includes good share of
hard work. Only drill books are taken
to camp and the cadet now does physi-
cal rather then mental work. He goes
to rifle practice, to infantry drill, to
light battery drill, to various kinds of
heavy artillery drill, and tomechanical
maneuvers, where he jacks up great
guns and puts into practical use the
principles { philosophy which he has
learned during term time.
He builds bridges OF pontoon boats
or of such materials as the woods af-
ford. The thermometer may be in the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
An Important Point.

Been buying a saddle-horse fol
my daughter" said the fat man to
the man with the spectacles
"So?" said the specialized man.
"Yes, l picked out nice bay,
we'll broke-tried him myself-and
brought him around for her approval.
She looked him over with as fine a
critical air as ! ever saw, but I'll bet
the cigars for the two of us you can
never guess what she asked me after
she got through"
mo, l can't guess. What was it?'
"She wanted to know if 1 was sure
the beast would never fade. "-Indi'
annapolis Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

fashion (omi lOmi. Pauslng in hlG
part Che Is, by the way the only
tenor voice In the choir), young
man takes from his pocket a little
mirror and comb, carefully ar
ranges his necktie and combs his
hair standing in full view.
Look" cries the preacher on tip.
toe, and with vigorous gestures, "look
at the sea, look at that old hill, there
are enough raw fish and taro, while
you are complaining Of famine! Why
doesn't the Lord bring you Gala
bashes full? Oh, you are too lazyl
60 to the ant" etc Turning to
me, the only stranger present, he
translates this part of the SER
mon, the interruption being received
with equanimity by the people.
Suddenly descending he borrows q
cap which he holds toward each per-
son In the audience, not excepting
his own family, for money or writ
ten promise TO bring 1t next Sabbath,
and enters into discussion of pros
and contras, when his parlshioners
object to giving, The delinquents
blush and stammer with native grace;
few young men who attempt to
slip away from their obligation are
checked by brisk turn of the minis
tersspectacles; he forces back change
upon such as give beyond his approval;
the little ones who have brought a
kaneta are praised and thanked, As
father guiding his children this
good man lives in their confidence
and love-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
II Often Hnnnens So.

$50 that's Josiah's picter that "
had TUX in the city," said Mrs. Corn
tossel's visitor.
Eyes"
oval, l can't say tibet it looks much
like Star. 1t hez skeery expression
round the eyes, an a drawed look
aroun' the mouth tibet amt nachural
An l never saw his hair like tibet in
all my born days"
Eyes" answered Mrs. Corntossel,
"Josiar did wanter go to the photo
graph man an git his money back,
but told him they want no use o.
dom it. 1 was just ez disappointed
ez he was, but l can't deny ez thet's
how he looked when the picter was
Tux"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
The Feminine Editor in Japan.

The Japanese Gazette, a Yokohama
paper lately edited by a lady now dis
placed by change Of proprletorship,
has a farewell editorial from her pen
which gives an amusing idea Of jour-
nalistic amenities in Yokohama, at
has been urged more than once" the
lady writes, "that under the present
editorshlp it has been impossible for
our contemporaries to write freely.
But when we recall the fact that we
have been termed a liar and virago,
likened to a senseless creature who
pokes the fire from the top, stigma
tized as an impostor, an irate female,
a female tlbber, and alluded to in a
variety Of other amicable ways, we
are tempted to wonder to what limits
journalistic freedom aspires to soar.
In another column the retiring edit
ress supplements her leading article
by a poem addressed to "My Editorial
Chair" in the course Of which she
hints that her sex is the real ground
for her enforced departure:
leave thee not with vain regret,
Nor yet with VOW to thee forgeti
A man, might have Hlled thee yet,
My Editorial Chair
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Flight Of Snipe.

Newspaper naturalists report ;
change Of habit among snipe in tina
they no longer follow the Atlantic
coast indentations in their southern
flights, but, departing from the Brit
ish provinces, fly out at sea, barrel!
skirtng the extreme end Of Cape Coo
or Nantucket, unless driven shore
ward by stress of weather From
Nantucket they pass out of sight o
land until they reach their feeding
grounds on the North Carolina
sounds, where snipe shooting is still
enjoyed in its pristine vigor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
B1sMARcK's private physician, d

BIsMARcK's private physician, DIR.
Schwenninger, has written an article
in which he severely criticises and
condemns various modern fads, such
as vegetarianism, the all-wool and
all-cotton doctrines, the Kneipp cure,
and the "Schwennit ger cure. He
explains that the "cure" named after
him is Gin every sense a clever swim
dle;" that it is misleading gener-
alizatiOn of methods and practices
which he does indeed recommend in
individual cases, but does not con-
slider adapted to different persons
without important individual vari-
ations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
OF their classmates who have had bet
ter early opportunities.

Of their classmates who have had bet
ter early opportunities.
Having established the plebe in
camp we may now turn our attention
to those parts Of the system which ap-
ply to all cadets alike. Unless failure
In examinations causes cadet to be
discharged from the service sooner, he
does not, in general, leave West Point
for two years from the time he enters.
He then receives q furlough for two
months and half and goes to enjoy
the comforts and freedom OF home, all
the more appreciated by reason of long
absence. The furlough summer Is all
too short, 80 pleasantly do the days fly.
The released cadet enjoys every mo-
ment OF his liberty. What other peo-
pie regard as a matter OF course he
considers the greatest luxury. To be
able to sit in rockingham, to wear
civilian clothing, to have pockets in
which to put his hands, to be able oc-
casionally to lie In bed in the morning,
all these privileges are to him the
acme Of bliss. At West Point the rail-
road station at the foot Of the hill is
"off limits Tor cadets, and to go to a
station every day of his furlough If he
likes, to get on a train and take a trip,
is, indeed, purchasing through ticket
to the seventh heaven.
The first year cadets constitute what
is officially the fourth class, but the
plebe class is the name generally ap-
piled. The next year this becomes the
third or "yearling" class, its members
being termed "yearling" from the
length of their stay at the academy
thus far. A cadet goes through a
"plebe camp" and "yearling camp"
but at the end of "yearling year" he
does not begin his third year with a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
account of its small size, which forms
the nucleus Of its defenders.
Noun 20, aI,o fr,dot

Now for the Cadet.
By this time the visitor is iuquiring
about the trim cadet, whom he has
seen disappearing around the corner
OF the barracks in response to the
solemn call of bugle. First of all,
how did he become cadet? He was
appointed by the War Department on
the recommendation of his Congress-
man. Each member of the lower house
Is entitled to have one cadet at the
academy all the time. If each candi-
date that he nominated were admitted
and graduated the Congressman would
have q selection every four years.
Many candidates fail on the entrance
examinations, and only about so per
cent OF those who are admitted are
successful in graduating, so that every
year or two the Congressman is apt to
find himself with cadet appointment
to bestow on some boy residing in his
district, and between the ages of II
and 20.
The President has the appointment
of one cadet from the District of Column
bia and ten from the United States at
large. The at large" appointments
are usually given to the sons of army
and navy officers, who, from the nature
of their position, do not, as a rule, re-
main long enough in one place to &C.
quire the necessary legal residence.
There are usually four or five hundred
applications for each of the cadet APP
pointments at the Presidents disposal.
Those candidates who pass the en-
trance examinations are admitted in
June, and Immediately upon reporting
at West Point are put under military
discipline which, as long as they re-
main at the academy, never relaxes,
These new arrivals are known in cadet
parlance as beasts" and the separate
part of cadet barracks to which the So
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
To Measure Oceans Depths.

An instrument has been invented
for sounding the depths of the sea
without using a lead line. A sinkel
is dropped containing cartridge,
which explodes on touching the bot
tom; the report is registered in
mlcrophone apparatus and the depth
reckoned by the time at which the
explosion occurred.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

officer the cadet may never have to
labor thus with his hands, but he will
have to command soldiers who do, and
he must know how it is himself.
Camp Life for Cadets.
AS soon as the cadets march into
camp in June guard is mounted, and
never until the tents are struck, at the
end Of August, is the camp without
sentinels. Night and day, rain or shine,
they keep their silent watch. About
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

once a week each cadet has, in some
capacity or other, tour of guard duty
which lasts for twenty-four hours. In
his best uniform he prepares for the
rigid inspection at guard mounting,
and that ceremony over, he goes or
duty. There are three reliefs, each
sentinel walking two hours and resting
four. It can hardly be called resting,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Gabrielli's Retort.

In 1868, Gabrielle, one of the most
beautiful of women and magnificent
of sopranos, demanded 5000 ducats
salary from Catherine II. of Russia.
The Empress objected that it was
larger than the pay of a tleld-mar-
shall. "Then let your fed marshals
sing for you" retorted Gabrielli.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Two Rose Trees,

At Cologne there is rose tree
which is believed to be 300 years old
and has a trunk of four feet in cir
conference. California has one al
Ventura which is now three feet in
circumference at the ground. 1t was
only planted in 1876 and now covers
9. 600 feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Durability Of Woods.

After two years trial with pine,
oak and greenheart in the Suez Canal
works, it has been found that while
pine and oak are destroyed by the
borer worm, the greenheart, which
comes from British Guiana, was I'M
harmed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

WHEN the Duke Of Monmouth was
executed for treason his duchess Or
dered every oak In the park to be
cut on the fateful morning. The
new growth, belonging to Lord
Ebury, is one of tho finest forests In
Britain.