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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

MICHIGAN has law requiring for
eign corporations doing business in
the State to file copies of their ar
ticles of incorporation and to pay a
franchise fee to the State. OF course
the act was passed for the purpose
of holding to local accountability
railroad and insurance companies
and similar corporations Of other
States operating in the State Re-
Gently there was an attempt to en-
force the law and collect the fran-
chise fee against manufacturing and
mercantile companies doing business
under u charter and selling goods in
Michigan by agents with samples.
The Supreme Court has held that
the law does not apply to such cor.
porations, and that no franchise fee
is required If they do business in
the State. The decision is on the
same grounds as tho'e holding that
statutes Of States requiring a license
fee from commercial travellers and
peddlers is an interference with in
terstate commerce.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Feeding by Machinery.

An electric horse feeder, is a new
invention brought out by Mr.. Alder
son, of Chesterfield, for securing the
regular feeding of horses during the
absence from any cause Of the stable
man or groom The apparatus is de-
scribed as being very simple, the law
of gravitation being depended upon
to accomplish most of the work. The
first requisite is an alarm clock,
which should be good enough not to
stop casually, but need not be expen-
stve. The electric plant is that
needed for an ordinary electric bell,
four cells Of the Leclanche type Of
battery being sufficient for any dis
tance up to 200 yards The third
portion Of the apparatus is the feed
er-that is to say, the vessel holding
the corn and chat, as the case may
be. The clock, which is the prime
mover of the whole concern, may be
in the house, the harness room or
anywhere, but if it be more than 200
yards away from the feeder a more
powerful battery will be required.
To use the feeder, the first thing is
to set the alarm Of the clock at the
hour at which it is desired that the
horses should be fed. The food is
then placed in Unlike biscuit box,
which is turned upside down, and
placed in the proper compartment of
the shute, when the lid of the box is
drawn out, the corn then resting up
on the floor of a trap.like arrange
ment, held in its place by simple
contrivance. When the alarm goes
off button is pressed and the cir
cult is completed. A weight falls,
the bottom OF the feed box is re-
leased, and the corn falls out into the
manger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, an cccen'
trio New York millionaire, who Sc
estate is now being settled in the
courts, evidently anticipated the
claim Of dover right on the part OF
the woman who has posed In the pro-
ceedlngs as his common.l law wife.
Mr.. Richardson lived for many years
in a small, old-fashioned frame cot
tage, and his household consisted of
mlddle.aged woman and a young
colored girl. When a visitor entered
the hallway of the Richardson cot
tage the first thing that attracted
his attention was large board sign
hung near the entrance to the parlor,
upon which was painted, in huge
black letters the following informa-
tlou; "The woman you see here is
not my wife. She is my housekeeper
l am a widower and unmarried, Ben
jamin Richardson,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

SAMUEL FIELDEN, convicted as an
accessory to the Haymarket dynamite
massacre in 1886, sentenced to be
hanged but escaping that fate by the
communication Of his sentence to i'm
prisonment for life and pardoned by
Gov. Altgeld, announces that he will
abandon city life and so to farming,
He is hunting a location and will set
tie down when he finds a farm suit
able to his purposes and means.
Fielden's plan for the future is
marked by the highest wisdom. He
was the hest man by far in the an
archlst lot, and suffered more for be-
ing caught in Dad company than from
and criminal intent 1t Is to be de-
plored that great many other peo-
Pile will not quit their conspicuous
places in the uneasy life Of the city
and retire 10 rural pursuits, II a
sudden impulse to try farming should
cause large emigration from Chica-
go to the agricultural districts, and
move the refugees to follow lives of
bucolic industry, they would be
spared with satisfaction, and the
condition or comfort of those who re-
main would be greatly improved.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

Mrs. BAsEMAN, a Chicago widow,
recently rejected the suit of Mr..
jacobson, who Immediately hired q
German band to play tunes with sug-
gestive titles under Mrs. Baseman's
window. The lady stood the smiles
of her neighbors and the persistence
OF the band until patience ceased to
be the virtue that it is supposed to
be. Then she pleaded with the
leader, who refused to stop playing
on the ground that Mr.. Jacobson had
paid well for the music Thereupon
she went to court and Sc ured an in.
junction against the disappointed
lover, to restrain him from giving
such Objectionable expression to his
woe This shows Mrs. Baseman to
be a woman of nerve and action.
The developments following her re"
lection of Mr.. jacobson also demon
strate that she has rare good judy
ment in the selection Of husband,
for it is more than probable that
Jacobson, if accepted, would have ex.
hibited his tendency to make trouble
for the widow in some other way
than by a brass band. Perhaps there
is an inherent "toot" concealed within
Jacobson's composition that might
have caused the widow more grief in
later years as Mrs. Jacobson than did
the assembled toots of the whole
Teutonic aggregation. But there are
two sides to the question, and there
seems to have been a serious infrac-
tion Of personal liberty in the case.
If man is not going to be al owed
to show his disappointment in his
own peculiar way what is to become
of all the race of lovers who run up
against the cold shoulders Of their
charmeIsp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Mashed ON MiIlY.

At one Of the quiet summer hotels
in the Adirondack region Says the
Tribune), husband and wife at
tracted by their pleasant manner the
liking of the waiter detailed at the
table. Madam, like a true Ameri-
can, ca led for little more of some
particularly nice pie, whereupOn her
husband rebuked her loosely in his
care for her health. "No, no, Milly,"
he said; "you have had quite enough
pie for your good" Never you mind
him, Milly," said Elnathan, the
waiter, leaning over her chair, per-
feet mass OF sympathy; you kin hev
all the pie Their is; here's a hull one. 4"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
srATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
Usage Land Titles.

The Kansas Supreme Court settles an
old question in the case of john z.
Freese VS.. James Rusk, Maggie Rusk
and james =. Coffman, Error from
Kingman county. Affirmed. Johnston,
j.
l. The power TO correct mistake or
to cancel an unlawful entry of Usage
Indian trust and diminished reserve land
continues in the executive officers OF the
United States land department until the
legal title passes from the United States,
and their decisions upon all questions OF
fact are conclusive upon the parties and
binding upon the courts unless they are
vitiated by fraud and imposition.
2. When the commissioner OF the
general land Office cancels such an entry
before the issuance of patent, upon
proof tending to show that the claimant
did not have the qualification OF pre-
emptor and was not an actual settler
upon the land at the time Of the entry,
and there is no appeal from his decision
thereon, it will be treated as final an
conclusive, and mortgage executed by
a grantee of the one who made such un-
lawful entry before the cancellation was
made and while Tho title was in the
United States is invalid.
All the Justices concurring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
What He Wanted.

One evening, at a symphony re-
hearsal Of the Meiningen orchestra,
Bulow stopped the orchestra an ex-
claimed: Kettle drums forte" The
drummer, who thought he had done
pretty we'll already, redoubled his
Efforts; but again Bulow stopped and
shouted: "Kettle.drums forte!" Once
more the drummer put on extra
steam; and, when Bulow stopped
again, he exclaimed: Really, Herr
Kapellmester, if l beat any harder
shall break the drum-heads" "Who
asked you to do that?" Tetorted Blu
low, quietly; you play fortissimo,
and what / want is forte only"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Ammunition in Africa.

AL of the native Uganda soldiers,
/ noticed, had well-fllled cartridge
belts round their Wrists. In my in
nocence, as | thought of all the thun-
ders of the General Act of the Brus-
sells Conference, and all the ordi-
nances, enactments, and regulations
which had been published thereafter
by different powers having possessions
on the African coast, l wondered
how, in the very center Of Africa,
these people were enabled to keep
their belts so well repIenished with
cartridges of different and of the
most modern patterns,
IL had not been a month in the
country before / learned that, for
those who had the wherewithal to
trade, guns, powder, lead, and all tile
instruments of destruction thereunto
appertaining could be as easily pur-
chased in Uganda as in Pail Mall -
The British Mission in Uganda, 1898,
Rennell Rodd.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

IT is interesting to note that the
salary of the late Lord Chief Justice
Colerldge was $4,000 year, while
that of the Chief Justice Of the SUI
preme Court Of the United States is
$4,000. The Lord Chancellor re-
celves $50, 900 a year while in Office
and pension for life OF S25, 900 The
Lords of Appeal set $50, 900, and all
other judges 1926, 900. The income Of
the British Attorney General is at
least $50, 900 year, against salary
of So, 900 for the Attorney General Of
the United States, The latter figure
IS the salary Of our Secretary of State,
while all the English Secretaries Of
State get $25, OO0<a year, and, after
serving for a certain time, they are
entitled to $40, 600 year for life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
TIE JUMPING MERRYrHouaHr.

Works on the Same Principle ms Does the
Jumping Frog.
When the turkey has been duly
served, and nothing Is left but a pile
OF bones, pick out the merry
thought, the bone which is shaped
like the oneshown in the illustration.
Stretch across the bone a double
string, and twist the string around
a piece Of stick which just reaches
to the top Of bone, On this point
place bit OF soft pitch, or any very
sticky substance strong enough to
grip the end Of the stick; then place
the "merrythought" on the table,
and when the twisted stick has over.
come the resistance of the pitch the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEo-
PILE.

Tho Seventh Day Adventists are grow
Ing in Topeka. They took in several
members last week. Every member
agrees to faithfully observe Saturday as
the Sabbath.
The trustees OF the First Presbyterian
church Of Kansas City, Kan, have de-
cided to issue call to Dr. Fl. G. Men
denhall to fill the pulpit of that church.
DIR. Mendonhall at present resides at
Brooklyn and is the pastor OF the Green
Avenue Presbyterian church OF that city.
He is noted divine. This pulpit has
not been filled since Rev. Berry resigned
last spring.
At the opening Of the thirteenth annual
state convention of the Y. M. @. A., at
Ottawa, Willis X. Folks, OF Wellington,
was elected president and e. Alonzo
King, Of Leavenworth, secretary. A
large delegation was present Among
prominent workers present are State
Secretary +. q. A. Smith, e. N. Clark,
state secretary OF Michigan; George B.
Hodge, Of New York city.
Topeka Journal The Second Baptist
church, (colored) First street between
Madison and Monroe, Roy. G. d. Olden,
pastor, held its first annual meeting last
week. During the year seventy-fve
members have joined, making the total
membership 800. The financial report
read at the meeting showed that the
church had raised from its own people
$2,57980. Of which $2, 432.04 has been
paid out, leaving balance Of $14776
in the treasury. or the receipts the fol-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

AN American traveller In Nor
mandy says that In a country tavern
he found the Following printed card
on the wall detailing the law of that
land against intoxlcatlon after
two formal condemnations for scam
dalous and public drunkenness (mere
commlttals do not COUNT, the offend
CIR ipso facto, incurs the following
disabilities /, loss Of his vote: 2,
may not be voted for; g. may not
serve on jury; 4, may not exercise
any administrative faculty such as
acting as executor Of Will; 5, loses
the right to carry arms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

OUT West the train robbers took
several bags of gold from an express
car; and in Virginia other robbers
captured $4,000. These incidents
followed somewhat closely the two
cases in which the companies, having
got wind of intended lobberies, not
only defeated the robbers, but turned
the tables upon them, and either
killed or captured all the members of
two bands, Those successes of the
companies have, therefore, not
thrown much of damper upon this
industry; and perhaps it was too
much to expect that they should do
so. Express companies are sending
across the country at all times safes
containing large sums of money, prac-
tically undefended No doubt the
robbers have their confederates in
the service of the companies. They
know to the littIest details all the
facts-just how many dollars go by a
given train; where that train will be
at a certain hour, and what men
have charge of the money. Tuey
stake their lives against the money,
and generally win; for the employees
are men of peace, without any incen-
tive to MAKE themselves targets. An
unguarded railroad car full of ready
money is the weakest point in the
whole financial system of the coun-
try What are the express com.
panieS going to do about it?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

The interviews with convicted
Chicago murderer whose death SEN
tence was committed to imprlson-
ment for life are rather suggestive Of
the sensations Of man waiting for
death. The criminal said: mo one
can possibly describe them. 1t Is
one continual, awful torture, If the
people only knew the agony Of it
there would be no murders commit
ted, no matter what the proyocatlon
might be. / didn't sleep a wink
night before last, Whenever | shut
my eyes l could see the gallows over
in that corner Of the Jail, and every
footstep near my cell sounded like
the drop when Higgins went off," 1t
may be doubtful whether society de-
sres or has the right to intlict this
continual, awful torture" even in
revenge for the commission of the ir-
reparable crime Of murder. 3ut, on
the other hand it is still more doubt
full whether society desires to dismiss
a convicted murderer in a state Of
ecstatlc bliss. Asked how he felt when
news of communication of his sentence
arrived, the urdCrer-whose crime
was the most heinous, since its vic
tim was a woman--replied "Never
felt happier in my life. To think l
am not to die is to give me the great
est pleasure l ever experienced" 1t
may well be doubted whether this is
exactly the purpose for which the
criminal law exists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Fault Of the Constitution.

It SO happens, as it did when Gov
ernor Humphrey succeeded Governor
Martin, that the legislature convenes
eyeral days before the governor is in
auguarted
The Legislature will meet on the sec
ond Tuesday, January s, and the gov
ernor will take his seat on the second
Monday, January IA.
Governor Lewelling will be governor
week after the legislature meets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
STOCK 4No FARM.

From Kansas City, Kansas: But few
good heavy cattle are now coming to
market, and there are days when OK
porters are unable to fill their orders.
The common price for good 1,45O pound
steers is $5.00@5.25 and choice lot
would bring $3.50. These figures should
Justify full feeding.
Southern Kansas cattlemen will win
ter abou 10000 head of cattle in the
Usage nation this winter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
The Youn KITE lives Amusem mt

IIV 4 UI IL MUV IIVoT5 hIHUSVm 5HCSs
Although the youthful KhedIve of
Egypt does not smoke and is strictly
obedient to the Koran's injunction
not to use strong drink, he finds vari-
Gus ways Of amusing himself One is
in his yachts, of which he has four,
the largest being about as big as an
ocean liner. Under his rule woman's
position is fast improving in Egypt,
and harem life is disappearing. BY
the Mahommedan law an Egyptian is
permitted to have four wives, but at
present it is considered bad form for
a man to have more than one help
mate.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

SOME one makes the suggestion
that the north pole would have been
reached long ago if explorers were
not 50 anxious to get back home in
order to I'll engagements on the lee
ture platform.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

JAeGs-"I say, old fellow, can't you
lend me zen for month";" Nag s.
St. orry, but / haven't anything but a
fifty Got any changer" Jaggs-
"No: b 1t say, just make it fifty for
1ve months; that will do just as
we'll. detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
A Void Statute.

The Kansas supreme court decides
charpter 1919 Of the laws OF 1889, which
purporbs to amend the law relating to
the release of persons imprisoned for
failure to pay fine and costs, and who
are unable to pay the same, is unconsti-
tutional and void
All the justices concurring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

IT costs about $50 for telegraphing
70 inform the people Of this country
that the Sultan of Morocco Is Ill.
News comes high, but we must
have H.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Chattanooga First.

Chattanooga made the first Besse-
mer steel that was manufactured in
the South.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

. TRANSFORMER have done many
reckless things, but up to this time
they have not successfully interfered
with the progress Of d trolley car.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

ShonId Be the Mud CITY.

New Orleans is the crescent city,
from its situation on a bend of the
Mississippi.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

A HOTEL In which all the clocks
keep time and the same time would
be a curiosity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Niagara Wearing Away.

Niagara Falls are travelling back
ward at the average rate of nine feet
a year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

THE blatant egotist only proves
man to be at once the noisiest and
vainest of animals.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29

The devil always demands more
Than his due.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-11-29
Phillipsburg Herald

PAILLIPsBURG, KANSAS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-08-16
ONE WIFE TOO MANY.


John f. Bickford, of Portland, was ar
rested by Deputy sheriff Hooper at Naples
Tuesday on Il charge of bigamy. The
complaint is sworn to by George A. Caleb,
of Portland, father Of wife number two.
The complaint alleges that Bedford
has two wives now living i'll Portland.
Wife number one was Martha C. laboi,
of Portland. On January 3, 1894, Bick-
ford. under the name of Eugene F. Bick-
ford, WIS married in Ellsworth to Miss
Sadie May Caleb, of Portland.
Bickford is now in the county jail here,
and will be arraiEned in the municipal
court this Thursday morning. Tie says
in his own defense that he found the first
wife had husband named Edwards liv-
ing IN Portland when he married her and
because of this he left her.
He will endeavor to prove that she is
the one guilty of bigamy, not he.
Bickford is fifty years old and veteran
of the war.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-08-16

Notes from Bay Side.

Fred Murch is at work cutting stone at
Bar Harbor.
Miss Ethie Jordan went to Lamoine to
visit friends last Thursday.
Mrs. J. w. Whitaker, of Boston, came
to Mrs. Marshall's last week to spend
few weeks.
James r. Bickford, who has been at
Shady Nook, returned to Massachusetts
last Monday.
William Richardson and wife, Of Indian
Point, are the guests of Mrs. Richardson's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Seth A. Pomroy
Quite number went to Ellsworth last
week to see the circus. They report the
largest crowd and the poorest show for
years.
Hollis Austin and his sisters, Misses
Emma and Elvira, and their cousin, Mel
son Mcfarland, were the guests of Frank
and Ethie Jordan last Thursday.
gJoseph Pomroy, wife and daughter,Iof
Ellsworth, lvisited his sister, Mrs Mary
Cannon, and her daughter, Mrs. Hender-
son, Saturday and Sunday at Grove cot
tage.
DIR. George Warren and wife, of Boston,
ore spending a few weeks at Mrs. Marks.
Severe mental labor has compelled DR..
Warren to seek to regain his health by
visiting the picturesque shores of Maine.
Last Friday Capt. Marshall, of the
schooner civilian G. Eadie," took all
who wished to go on a blueberrying ex
curson TO Long Island. Berries were not
plenty YET no one seems to regret the
days outing. To-day the excursion was
repeated, but instead of going berrying
The vessel went to NeWbury neck to see
the yacht race. Although the wind was
light the yachts did we'll under the cir
cumstances.
Aug. f3
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-08-16
Newspaper Advertising Pays Best.

A neat illustration of the value of ad-
yertising money wisely expended was
given at a Portland Young Mems Christ
ian Association meeting, when the gen
eral secretary stated that he had some
curiosity to know what method of adver-
Using reached the most people. He had
circulated thousands of little dodgers,
giving notice of the meeting, and he
asked those who had seen them. and had
been moved to come through thatmeans,
to rise. The hall was packed as full as
it could hold, and of the entire number
about fifteen arose. Then he asked all
who had read the notice in the newspa-
pers, and had been influenced by them'
to rise, and the men rose in body
Passaic On. j. City Record.