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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
YOUNG LAWYERS srRArAoEM.
II Might Have Worked but for an Unex-
peoted Incident.

IL Might Have Worked hut for nn Unex-
peoted Incident.
The following story Is told Of
Timothy Coffin, who was for long
time Judge of the New Bedford Dis
trlct' When a very young man he
was retained In a case Of sufficient
Importance to bring out almost every
resident of the town, so that the lit
tie New Bedford Court House was
packed when court was opened that
morning. Coffin had been secured as
counsel by the defendant Although
1T was his first attempt in open court,
he had made little or no preparation,
thinking that he could get through
somehow or other when the time
came. Thus, when the counsel for
the defendant came into court that
morning he was greatly surprised,
and no less agltated to see the big
crowd and realize the wide public in
terest in the trial at hand. He saw
that he looked upon the case too
lightly. The prosecution was strong,
and he had made not even u slight
preparation, To lose the case meant
the loss Of a hoped-for reputation.
Could he afford to commit this blum
der by displaying his ignorance of
the case? How could he get out of
1t? These were n few of the ques-
tlons that are known to have flashed
through the young lawyers head, for
afterward he himself told Of the aw.
full perpleXity Of the hour. Being a
shrewd inventor, he devised d plan.
AS soon as the court had been called
to order and the Crier had said his
little say, he arose and asked for a
postponement of the trial, on the
ground that he had just received a
telegram announcing the sudden and
fatal Illness Of his mother, who resid-
ed at Nantucket.
Scarcely had the words of this ap.
peal proceeded from the lips Of young
Coffin when an elderly woman quietly
arose in the balcony of the court
room and gave utterance to these
words:
"Timothy, Timothy, how many
times have chastised thee for ly-
ing?"
Timothy recognized the sound of
that voice only too we'll. 1t was that
Of his mother This being Timothys
first public case, the old lady had se-
cretly come up to New Bedford to
see how well her son would do. Her
presence was, of course, totally I'M
known to him. The further develop
ments need not be recorded here.
Suffice it to say that Timothy Coffin
in after years made sure that his ex'
cuses would not be thrown back al
him by any member of his own fam
ily.-Boston Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
A Rare Egg.

The sale in London of an egg Of
the extinct giant bird Epyornis at q
high price was lately noted. The
Epyornis was, in reality, the fabu.
lous Roc, Of Sinbad the Sailor in
Arabian Nights" 1t has been
brought to London by a Mr.. j. Proc
tor, Of Tamatave, in Madagascar. 1t
was discovered by some natives about
twenty miles to the southwest Coast
Of Madagascar, The egg, which is
Whitley brown in color and unbroken,
is fine specimen, thirty-three and q
half inches by twenty-eight inches,
and an even higher value is placed
upon it than upon the egg of the
great aux, which lived within the
memory Of man. The immense pro-
portions of the egg are better dem
onstrated by comparison with the
eggs Of the ostrich and crocodile. An
ostrich egg is about seventeen inches
by fifteen inches, and the contents Of
six such are only equal to one egg Of
the Epyornis. The measurements of
the egg Of the crocodile are normally
nine inches by six and a half inches.
1t would require the contents of six
teen and a half emu eggs to equal the
contents Of this great egg, or 14S eggs
Of the homely fowl, or 30, 900 of the
humming bird.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

A STRANGE EMIGRATION.
ShiplOads of Australians Seeking Home,
In South America.


In South America.
A curious emigration movement has
recently started in Australia. One
would suppose that the conditions of
life in that country are greatly prefer
able to those in Paraguay, but there
are those, apparently, who imagine
that they can attain greater prosperity
in the latter land, and hence THE move
ment now in progress, of which one
William Lane, prominent labor lead
err, is the organizer. The first contin-
gent of 200 emigrants have already
sailed from Sidney and these will be
followed during the year by 1000
others. The government of Paraguay,
according to the London Graphic, has
given tract of land to the emigrants,
who reckon among their ranks skilled
hands in every branch of industry, and
who take with them all the necessary
materials for new settlement on vir-
gin SOIL Money is not lacking, for the
lowest fee for male members is $500,
while the rich are supposed to contrib
ute their all to the common fund.
Women pay no entrance fee, but in
other respects they are to be placed in
the new commonwealth on an absolute
equality with men. The association is
to be worked entirely on cooperative
principles, without currency and it is
to be composed of number of village
communities, each self-administrativ
and all held in check by an elective
president. There is a strong feeling
on the temperance question, and all
members have temporarily taken the
pledge. Bushmen, laborers, artisans,
sailors, with sprinkling of profess
SIGNALS, have hocked from Queensland,
New South Wales, and South Austria
liza. Schools, printing offices, news
papers and manufactures are to be
speedily started"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

1t was late one June evening when
the young Countess, with her brilliant
train, again took possession of Crown
Leighton.
1t was the first time for many years
that Crown Leighton had been filled
with guests, All the state rooms were
thrown open; the magnificent apart
ments, so long closed, we're once more
filed with bright faces and cheerful
voices; once more the grand old man
sion re-echoed with the voice of mirth
and song.
The guest rooms, those beautiful
apartments set aside for the accommo-
dalton of visitors, were filed; it was
something like olden times to see gen.
tlemen Longing about the terraces,
ladies fitting through the superb apart
ments and lingering in the vast con-
servatOries, and servants hurrying to
and fro in all the activity and hustle of
large household.
"Thank heaven" said the house
keeper, piously, that | have lived to
see this day. My young lady will not
complain of quiet again.
LAZY Charnleigh had not forgotten
Crown Leighton during her triumphant
season in London; she had sent down
marvels in the way of furniture and
works of art. after all, )" she had said
to Lady Fanshawe, 81 am one of many
in London; at Crown Leighton I am
queen"
She might be pardoned if, finding
herself uncontrolled mistress of all this
splendor, she was somewhat led astray
by vanity and love of power She was
so young, and it was all SO novel to her;
she had but to express half wish, and
people fastened to crafty it. Wher-
ever she went servants and dependents
bowed low to her; she heard no voice
save that of praise and homage. Mr..
Clements declared that had she been
born to throne she could not have
conducted herself with greater grace
and majesty. Mr.. Dunscombe said
that, with all her beauty, grace and
accomplishments, she had wonderful
ly clear head for business, she under
stood everything most readily. "She
has what is rare quality among beau
tiful women-she has common sense,
he observed once in speaking of her:
and that goes further than any amount
of genius.
So Leonie, Lady Charnleigh, lived in
an atmosphere Of praise. She soon
made herself not only popular but be
loved in the neighborhood. She gave
parties that every one enjoyed; she
threw open her mansion for the enter
tainment of half the county; she
spared neither money, nor labor, nor
trouble to make every one around her
happy. Lt
"You are aperfect hostess" said Lady
Fanshawe to her, one evening after
dancing party: Il cannot tell where
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
A Question of Location.

AS a train drew into the Waldobo,
70 depot lady with an armful OF
bundles stepped into the car aisle.
Just then the door at one end OF
the car opened and the brakeman
said
"Waldoboro! Waldoboro!"
The lady Immediately started down
the aisle in that direction. When she
was fairly a.going the door at the
other end Of the car opened and the
conductor said,
"Waldoboro! Waldoboro!"
The lady stopped, bewildered, and
looking helplessly from one end OF
the car to the other, cried out:
(which end! Which endp
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
An unfnelInr Husband.

At the recent banquet of the Com.
merclal Exchange Mayor Cowherd
told story which no one seemed to
have heard before. During the re-
cent financial panic" he said, "a GER
tain man, like many others, found
one night that his real estate was I'M
salable, his firm bankrupt, and his
money locked up in a suspended
bank. In deepest dependency ha
walked slowly home and greeted the
companion OF his joys and sorrow.
Mary, he said, I'm fiat busted
Sos the bank. Sos the firm. I've
lost my money, and my house, and
everything-everythlng, mo, no
John, cried the loving wife as she
cast herself upon his breast-'not
everything. You haven't lost me.
That's so, Mary, said the unfeellng
brute that's so. | never reckoned
that any of the liabilities would get
away. kansas City Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
What Is a Creole?

Strictly speaking a Creole is a per-
son born in this country of foreign
parents. The word comes from the
Spanish Crlollo, meaning offspring,
child, and because of its Spanish orr
gin the word Creole has been re-
stricted In use; first, to children born
in Louisiana to fCrelgD parents; and,
second, to such children born to
Spanish or French parents. So we
speak of Spanish Creoles and French
Creoles. In the North the idea Is
prevalent that Creole has negro
blood, but it Is entirely wrong.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

DR. PHILIP sCHAFE ing. lie worked
his way through the gymnasium at
Stuttgart, and afterwards attended
lectures at Halle, Tubngen and Ber-
lin. He spent a winter at Rome,
working in the library Of the Vatican
by special permission of the Pope.
Last year, or fifty years later, he
worked in this library, securing Pope
Leo's permission through letter
from Cardinal Gibbons Young Schaff
was ordained in 1914. Then he came
to this country and was professor in
the Theological Seminary Of
the German Reformed Church of
the United States until the year
1863, In 1870 he accepted the
professorship of sacred literature In
Union Theological Seminary, in
which he was active until q short
time ago. He was many times sent
to Europe in the interest Of the
American Evangelical Alliance, DR..
Schalf is best remembered us Presi-
dent Of the American Bible Revision
Committee. His works are mainly
historical and exegetlcal,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
Won Moltke's serenade.

Won Moltke once went to Lindau,
as he thought, incognito. He ordered
a room on the ground floor in the
"Bayerische Hof" and went to bed
early, but forgot to draw his blinds
down. When he was just going to
sleep he heard music drawing near
He had been recognized, after all,
and was going to be serenaded again.
The difficulty was how to get dressed
without being seen. He dared not
strike a light. But presently the
glare Of torches lit up his room and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
Cost of British Defenses.

The British empire spends as a
rule upon defense from $3.50, 600, 900
to $3.50, 900, 900 year, of which the
military expenditure of India, with
the indirect expenditure for the sake
of India on mobile land forces at
home, forms the largest item. Almost
the whole of this vast sum is expend-
ed out Of British loans or taxes under
the control Of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom, and out Of Indian
taxes under the direct control of the
House Of Commons through the Sec
rotary of State, who Is a member of
the government of the day. This ex-
penditure, although vast, although
open to the reproach that it does not
do more than maintain fleet slight
ly superior to that Of France, and an
army Of very small numbers, is a
fleabite as compared Qn its i'll effect
upon the wealth of the natiOn) with
the military expenditure of Italy, or,
in less degree, with other continent
tai powers. The evidences Of the
Overpressure of taxation in India it,
self, many as they are, are slight in
comparison with those which are
present in the case of Italy, and it
may be assumed, therefore, that,
while the taxpayers of the United
Kingdom and of India may make
their voices heard in insisting upon
better value for their money, the ex-
pandlture will not in itself be brought
to an end by bankruptcy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
The Drummer's Advice.

First Passenger (on railroad)-
Travelling man, Ell? Familiar with
Boom City, | presumed"
Drummer-"Y esslree. Take 1t in
OIL every trip"
"Glad to hear it. l have never
been there. What hotel would you
advice me TO stop at?"
"The Boomton House
"Do you always go thereP"
mo, / have never stopped at that
hotel. But I've been to all the rest.
New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
Snenkinp or Lnonnins.

Speaking Of laconlcs, the Listener
has heard a Characteristic example of
Yankee village talk which has a GER
tain folklore value, in spite Of its
profanlty-perhaps on account of 1t.
A fellow in the village had gone
West, with a little money in his
pocket, intending to accomplish won
derful things. A few weeks after
wards he returns to the village out
Of pocket. Directly after his appear
ance one villager meets another in
the street, and the following CONVEX
sation ensues:
"'Bill's got home, b'gosh.
"'Has he b'gosh?'
eyes, b'gosh.
"'Well, b'gosh. boston Trans
cript.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

who is also the husband of the Queen.
According to the custom of NADIA
gascar the prime minister marries
the Queen. The present prime min
lister has married two Queens, the
present one, Ranavalomanjaka, and
her mother and predecessor who died
several years ago The prime minis
ter is go years old, speaks French and
English nuently, Is Commander.in1
chief of the Army Of Madagascar and
is man Of considerable intelligence
and polish. He usually consults the
Queen In the domestic affairs Of the
island, but at the same time exer-
cises arbitrary rule.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
MUST MARRY The QUEEN.
A Peculiar Custom of the Island of NADIA
naacur,

Peculiar Custom OF the Island OF Mnd0s
gascar.
The island Of Madagascar is a mon
archy, but not all of it Is under one
ruler The sovereign Of the Hora
tribe and of few other subjected
tribes is Queen RanayalomanJaka;
but the Sakalavas, almost one-third
of the entire population Of 1000, 900,
are independent and wear white
shell on their foreheads as a sign Of
their freedom, The Queen, like all
the Horas, has u light complexion.
She is about 80 years of age and
dresses in the garb of western civil
izatlon, her dresses being imported
from Paris, She is dignilled and
simple In her manners, and has a Pc
culiar fondness for Caucasian women,
especially for Americans
The power behind the throne is
the Prime Minister Rainilaiarlvony,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

the curious crowd stood close to the
windows, their noses pressed against
the panes. In spite Of that he felt
that he must rise, so he got up and
dressed. But as he put on each piece
of his apparel, the feat was greeted
with loud and prolonged applause.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
Live Toad in a Hail Stone.

30 A hail storm visited Pawtucket the
other evening, such as has not visited
that vicinity for years, If within the
memory of man. One woman picked
up a large hail stone and allowed it to
melt in her hand. She thought some
thing was inside the little piece OF
frozen rain, but was surprised to find
when all had melted little live toad
or frog in her hand. There is quite
general belief that a great many peb-
bles came down with the hail.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

If Prof. Garner really has mastered
the monkey language, as he says, 1t
won't be fair to let him go into the
circus hereafter at the ordinary price
of so cents, any more than 1t would
be in the case Of man with six eyes
one pair for each one of the triple
rings.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

WHEN man Is anxious to wed,
but hasn't got the necessary $3.50 for
a license, it looks as If he were marry
ing for q home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

A PHILOSOPHER Is a man who does
not try to argue with others until he
knows he can down them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15

MATTHEW ARNoLD's dogs, cat and
canary bird are mentioned dozens of
times in his poems.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-02-15
rHE LATE DR.. PHILIP scHAFR

at his home in New
York. He was born
at Coire, Switzer-
land, in 1919, His
father, who was a
soldier, died early
in life, and at 10
years of age the
boy was forced to
earn his own liv
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-13

Country papers with patent sides
seem TO stand the heat best. Perhaps
't's BECAUSE there is nothing fresh in
hen. -Picayune.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-13
ContagIousness of Chambers.

Regarding this terrible disease, Mr..
Percival states his conclusions, based
on his own experience, as follows:
/. That farcy and CHAMBERS, which
constitute the same disease, are prop
agated through the medium of sta
bling, and this We believe To be the
more usual way in which disease Is
communicated from horse to horse.
2. The infected stabling may har-
Dor and retain the infection for
months, or ever years, although, by
thoroughly cleansing and making use
of d~isinfecting means the c%ontagion
might be destroyed, yet it would not
be wise to occupy such stables imme-
diately after such supposed or alleged
diSinfection.
3. That the virus or poison OF CLAN
ders may lie for Il month in the horses
constitution before the disease breaks
out. or this we have had the most
positive evidence.
4. That when a stable Of horses be-
comes cOnta minated the disease often
makes fearful ravages among them be-
fore it quits, and it is only after d
period OF several months exemption
from all disease of the kind that 8
clean bill of health can be rendered.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-13
The Progress Of the South.

President l.. J. Brooks, of the Ten
nessee Press Association, in AN ad-
dress at Jackson the other day, ut
tered some pertinent facts concerning
the progress Of the South. He said !:
"When France, with a population Of
10000 0, paid Germany a war in
demnity of s 1000, 900, 600 the world
stood aghast; what think you, then,
of the 5000, 900 whites of the South
%'rending to the torch and sword three
billions OF property, and contributing
in twenty years 5000, 900, 900 as pen
sions to the federal government q
Notwithstanding such an enormous
drain upon these PROSTATE AMI en-
fcebled States, the sOldier-farmer of
1865 made il crop twenty years later
amounting to the muni1cent sum OF
$500, DOC, 600. These b~attle-scarred
veterans plowed like they shot, and
caused the aelds-baptized by their
blood-to blossom like the flowers of
spring.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-13
Brave Men.

Moral cOwardice is the cause of a
great deal Of sin in this world. The
young man starts out well in the
world, determined to ,be somebody.
lie falls in With a set of worthless
young fellows and becomes a hooGlum
before he is aware that he is not re-.
spectacle. They dare him to do as
they do to take more drinks TO in
dulgc in more fOolishncss, and he
comes to think that he is a brave
young man, when he is nothing of the
sort. lie is not brave enough to do
what he ought to do in the face of the
enemy of his soul. Young man, you
should have the courage to be a man.
Have. the moral courage to tell a man
why you refuse to credit him. Have
the courage to tell a man why You
VIII not lend him your money. Have
the courage to prefer comfort and pro-
pricty to fashion in all things. Have
the courage to discharge Il debt when
you have the money in your pocket.
Have the courage to own that YOU are
poor, and thus disarm poverty of its
sting. Have the courage, in providing
an entertainment for your friends, net
to exceed your means. Have the
courage to acknowledgment ignorance
rather than to seek knowledge under
false prctcnscs. Have the courage to
do without that which you do not
need, however much your eyes MAY
covet it. Have the courage to speak
to Il friend in Il seedy coat, though you
are In company with a rich friend, and
richly attircd. Have the courage to
speak your mind when it is necessary
that yOu should do so and to hold your
tongue when it is prudent for Won TO
Go so. Have the courage to show your
respect for honesty, in whatever puisc
1t appears, and your contempt for dis
honesty and duplicity, by whomsoevcr
exhibited. Have the courage to cut
the most agreeable acquaintance yol,
nave when you are convinced that he
lacks principles. a friend should bear
with a friends inarmities, but not
with his vices.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-07-13
QhrIrmurraf-SM
y MOILDN,T A Y

AT the top Of the hill | found q hat
less. coatless and shocless man sitting
on a rock and looking down upon a
cabin about 40 rods away. He looked
upfand gave me a nod, aud sat down
near by and inquired if he lived in the
neighborhood.
Right down thar" he replied nod
ding toward the cabin.
Wife gone to town 2"
'No: she's down thar
He had such a lonesome and fOrlOrn
expression that | yentured to ask if he
was in trouble.
Its this way, stranger" he re-
piled, after standing up to get a bet
ter look at the cabin. 81 fell out with
the old woman yesterday and had to
take the outside Of the cabin"
You had a family misunderstand-
ing?"
"'That's it. | left the cabin and
told her Id never cum back till she
begged my parding. That was at noon
yesterday, and I've sOt yere yer since"
waiting for her to take it back ?"
Eyes. When she gets over her mad
ness, she'll wave a rag outer the win
der as a signal. That's what I'm
lookin' fur now"
wouldn't it be better to 90 down
and do your share toward making
peace"
couldn't think of it. I've got to
hold on to my dignity, or the family
would go to smash, and I've got to be
boss, or couldn't live with her. She's
the most cantankerous woman in these
yer parts"
Suppose she doesn't wave a rag?"
"Then I'll sot here till l starye to
death I've got to conker or die. Yo'
might stop at the cabin as yo' go along
and sorter put in a word for me. Tell
her yO' talked with me, and that you
found NE so sUt that nothln' on the
face OF this airth kin unsot me-"
When | reached the cabin | found a
middle-aged woman seated on the
door step placidly smoking a pipe.
We salutcd, and then she knocked the
fire out of her pipe,.and said
stranger, l reckon yo' saw jim up
thar"
Yes"
Hes lookin' fer me to wave a rag::',
"He is"
WAL, now, you look at me fthat
we're Jim Oberly kin be sot, so kin his
wife! do declar', and I'm willing to
die by it, that I'll sot right here in my
sotnss till conker that emery man
or my bones eat through the floor. If
he won't give in, l won't, and if yo'
happen to pass this way agin next
week yoll find my skeleton right here.
and Jim's skeleton up thar, and my
skeleton will be WARM the triumph
ATTEST smile of victory.-M. Quad.