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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1894

THE Topeka Advocate compares
Gov. Morrill, to Santa Claus, and says
there are no less than 5000 republi-
can stockings hanging up for gifts
IN evnectation of his Inauguration.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27
School Reports.
DISTRICT THIRTY-FIYE.

DISTRICT THIRTY-FIvE.
For the mouth ending Dec. 81,
1894:
Days taught, 10; pupils enrolled,
35; average daily attendance, 30.
The following is the standing in
department and scholarship for the
month:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

Some poor misguided farmer
living twenty miles northwest Of
town invited John Dawson to take
Christmas dinner with him. John
drove the twenty miles before dinner,
and the meal that he did eat caused
u famine in that mans household for
at least month to come.
"A jollifcation was held at the
home of Theo. Smith Christmas eve.
A few friends were invited to join the
merry-making. In entering the front
parlor tree loaded with many beau
tiful presents could be seen.
Kris Kringle made his appearance
as usual, and after distributing the
gifts left with the best Of wishes. A
dainty repast wasserved and the re-
mainder Of the evening was spent in
dancing and games.
ID. P. Ballard, formerly of Cali
fornia, IS under arrest and indictment
at Macon, Mo, for obtaining money
under false pretenses. He will be
remembered as the man who conduct
ed the Long Island Leader for a
time, thereby helping the republicans
to carry the county in 1893 Later
he started the Hurykajn in Topeka
But as that wouldn't hurry a bit he
left for Chicago, and afterward
turned up in Missouri with the above
mentioned result,
ANOTHER year has almost closed.
The joys and sorrows of our people,
their successes and failures for 1894
have now passed into history. The
year has not been prosperous one
for the people. Strikes, labor troub-
les, bond issues, crop failures and
armies Of the unemployed have char
acterized the year Let us hope the
people may become aroused, learn
their power and make 1895 the dawn
ing of period of peace and plenty.
The county commissioners have
decided to take advantage of the offer
of the Rock Island company to haul
coal free of charge for the poor, from
the mines in McFerrin, Colorado
The coal will cost ~ 90 per ton at the
also, as the mine is not on the
Rock Island, it will cost $500 per car
to get it to their lines over the Den
yer & Rio GraDde, The coal is for
free distribution to the poor, and no
one will be allowed to nave 1T who
has any wood on his farm, or can get
to cut wood on the shares, Thus,
through the courtesy of the Rock Is
land through Agent Bailey, the com
missiQners are enabled to get coal for
the poor with no great cost to the
county.
The HERALD understands that on
January l, the Hotel Bissell will have
a new landlord, Mr.. John Bissell.
Mr.. Lowe, who has conducted the
house for the past year, has been
to do business at a not
very profitable figure, owing to the
prevailing hard times aud crop fail.
lre. However, Notwithstanding this
drawback, Mr. Lowe has kept the
reputation Of ihr house fully up to
ts high standard, aud wherever be
goes will carry with him the blessings
IT those homelpss wanderers who
10 torud .bol,o, n,,ao. ~ s
,Irs lowe bos dono n mood mo.L
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will bav. ito nAn.nco for thair mo,nI
ma ,hrsinol ha,tarmont Tha-, 1,m
.omair in tho oi,y tor = 1.-Two y, $780,,
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-27

A very pIR8s9nt time was partlcl-
pated by both teacher and pupils, on
Friday afternoon, Dec 81
CASSIE G,BBs, Teacher.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

rs my life work. / never thought OF
making money by writing for pay,
and it was not until I came to Balti-
more that realized that 1 could write
anything which had n real money
value. l left Georgia on account of
the death of my daughter. We loved
her dearly, and could not endure life
amid the old associations without her.
gave up my school and moved to this
city and began teaching here. About
forty of my boys came from the south
to Baltimore to enter my school, and
had I not changed my religion would
probably be teaching to-day. Some
time after came here, however, 1
grew convinced that my religious
ideas were wrong, and from being an
Episcopalian / was converted TO Ca
tholicism and became a member of the
Catholic church. The most of my
students were Episcopalians, and when
their parents learned of the change in
my religious belief they withdrew
their sons from the school. and tho re-
suit was that / eventually gave up
teaching. In the meantime 1 had
published in a southern magazine, that
was then printed here in Baltimore.
These now form part Of my book,
known as the 'Dukesborough Tales
They attracted attention, but never
thought of their having any money
value until one day Mr.. Alden, the edi-
tor of Harper's Magazine, asked me
what had received for them. He was
surprised when l told him that l had
written them for nothing, and he said
that he would be glad to have me do
some writing for Harper's, and that If
could give him stories like those he
would pay for them. / then wrote
some stories for Harper's. They were
published and paid for, and have
been writing from that time to this.
My first story was published after
was fifty years of age"
As Richard Malcolm Johnston said
this looked into his bright blue eyes
and could not realize that he was
more than seventy years of age. 1t Is
true that his hair and mustache are
frosted silver, but his checks arc rosy
with health and his voice has the sill
very ring OF youth. He is tall.
straight, fine-looking man, and he is
full of enthusiasm and life He Is mod
est in the extreme concerning himself
and his work, and he told me that IL
was n continual surprise to him that
his stories were accepted by the maya
zines. ~ suppose" said he, sit is be-
cause they are to large extent of his
torical value. They picture a people
and a time which is fast passing away.
They are true to life, and they are
merely my remembrances of the peo-
pie of my boyhood. The dialect which
use is the language Of the people
among whom I was raised, and my
characters are real characters, with
their names changed"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

TIE human race is nearly ten ccntu
ries older than science had knowledge o.
before, as u result of the extensive ex
plerations OF the ruins OF Niffer, neal
ancient Babylon, IA described In u re
port To the state department by Minister
Terrell at Censtantlnople.
These explorations are being made a,
the expense OF Phladelphians ..and DIR.
Peters and Prof. Hilpricht. of tho Uni.
versity OF Pennsylvania, have supervised
the work.
Many tons of tables. vases, Inscribed
brick, sarcophagi and the like have been
eXhumed. the sensual and revolving
worship Of the god Bel Is more clearly
known, his colossal temple, with its $50
rooms, has been exposed and the relig-
ion, government and customs OF men
who lived 1000 years before Christ
have been revealed by the translated in
scriptons. Minister Terrell says that 1t
will require 20 volumes to contain the
descriptions OF these marvellous discov-
cries.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
OF the press reports to that effect is
awaited. Northwestern Lumberman.
TIMELY PROVERBS.

Chicago Herald:
A silly patient trusts a solemn fool.
A sweet name may conceal bitter
taste.
Beware of diseases that warn in
whispers.
He that attans peace OF mind is full
OF plenty.
The phenomenal child is found In
every family.
Revelation speaks through the in
ventor's work.
Fslly aud fraud look for ripe fruit
from rotten trees.
The theologic novel does not monopo-
liza the romance OF religion.
There is a kind Of ostentatious humil-
ity moro insufferably arrogant than the
haughtiest pride.
There is as much difference between a
cynic and u philosopher as between "a
butcher aud a surgeon. p.
In considering the question of com
parative greatness 1t should be remem-
bered that but ono man ever made jail
ers Of all Europes kings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
A SOUTHERN NOVELIST.
Richard Malcolm Johnston and
His Clever Work.
How Ills Conversion to Roman Catholic
isrn Changed Him from Educator to
Story Tellcr-HIs First Lit
erary Efforts.

spent an afternoon last week with
one of the most charming writers of
the United States, writes Frank G.
Carpenter in the Chicago Herald. refer
to Richard Malcolm Johnston, who
ranks with Uncle Remus and Thomas
Nelson Page as among the greatest
story tellers of the south, and whose
dialect tales of the Georgia hills have
delighted the readers of the magazines
for wears. 1t was at his home on
West North avenue in Baltimore that
/ called upon him. His house is a
three-story red brick, which is covered
the widest streets of the city. The
living rooms of the family are on the
second floor, and it was in the parlor,
furnished with antique pieces, that I
met Mr.. Johnston. He is not so rich
to-day as he was before the war, when
he owned plantation in the south
and possessed the luxurious surround
ings of q well-to-do planter of his
time. lie lives very comfortably, how
ever, and his income from his writings
isenough to support well himself and
iiiS iuiuily'
1t is not generally known to the
public that Richard Malcolm Johnston
is one of the best educators of the
United States. He was professor in
the university of Georgia at the time
the war began, and when it closed,
leaving himself and all his friends
poor, he opened II boarding school for
boys at his home, near Sparta, in
Georgia, and made here for years $780,
900 and upward annually by teaching.
He had about fifty boys, who paid him
tuition fees of $500 n year, and the
most famous families of the south sent
their children to him. Very few teach
ers in the United States to-day can
make as much as $4,000 year, and
the story of how Mr.. Johnston gave up
his school and devoted himself to
writing for an income about one-tenth
this size is an interesting one. He told
it to me in response to my questions.
Said he: 81 like the profession of
teaching very much and look upon it
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
AN INDIAN GHOST STORY.
1t Describes an Aii-NiglA Contest Between
Young Bravo and q Spook.

1t Describes an Ali-NiglA Contest Between
Young Bravo and q Spook.
Among the ghost stories with a moral
which have been told thousand times
by Indians who claim knowledge of
ancient history and unseen wonders,
one deals with the power achieved by
certain celebrated chiefs by fighting
with and overcoming supcrhuman OBJ
jects. The story runs that young
Indian of exceptional strength was
stopped one winters night by a terri
ble-loolxing object something like n
human being, but very tall and devoid
of arms or legs. 1t had every appear
ancc Of corpse. except that 1t fought
with great activity. The unequal and
uncanny contest continued through tho
night, but as day began to dawn tho
young man caught strong hold upon
his adversary and refused to let him 60
He continued tho fight until he was in
sensible, and when no recovered his
reason he found himself battered all
over and badly injured. But he ig-
norcd the pain because he was told by
the wise men Of his tribe that having
fought ghost without being worstcd
he would have supcrhuman power to
the end Of his days. This proved to be
correct, for no was able single-handcd
to fight whole squad of men, and
rigors of climate had no fears for him.
This story is told in connection with
the very old supcrstitution that tho
man who conquers ghost can conquer
fba world
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
BELIEVES IN MAGIC.
Tho Indian Has Some Curious Notions
About Plants and Animals.

ADOut anu Animhib.
Very reluctantly do civilized Indians
give up their ideas of magic. The idea
of worshiping growing objects is quito
n settled one among the tribes, and
some of the stories which connect corn
and flowers with beneflcent deities are
very pleasing and attractive. Animals,
too, says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat,
arc spoken of in very singular and
supcrstitious manner, and the different
sizes of beasts which are hunted is ac-
counted for in story of the creation
which is even moro realistic and prac-
tical than the one told in the first chap
ter Of Genesis. This story, which is
frequently repeated with variations, is
that at the time of the creation all the
beasts of the field and forests clamored
for priority in size. Each was vain
glorious and dictatorial, and one after
another was being humbled by being
made smaller than hated enemy, the
idea being that everything human and
otherwise that was born had prior
existence and came into the world with
the benefit of experience thus derived.
The doctrine of the transmigration Of
souls is SO general among Indians Of
various tribes that there was nothing
ut all peculiar about this, and it is very
probable that SOME of the early writer's
on this subject got their ideas from ey-
ceptionally intelligent cxponcrts of In
dian Buddhism, or something very SINH
lar to it,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
Chinese Mourning.

The monthly bills of the Washington
Gas Light company arc printed on paper
of peculiar dirty yellow tint which
happens to be the exact hue of the Chi.
nesc emblem of mourning. The long
strips are left regularly ut tho doors OF
all houses in the city, and at the Chi
nesc legation among the rest. just
after the change in minister's the strip
was left as usual in the vcstihulc oi
the legation, and, being carried 70 the
new minister, affected him profoundly.
1t was evidently intended, he thought,
rs notification of somebody's death,
and rs it was left at tho legation door
it doubtless indicated the bereavement
of some family high in Official life.
The minister at once gave orders to
close the house. The usual instru-
ments of mourning were brought cut,
the shutters were drawn, and passers-
by for the remainder of the evening
were RECALLED by a combination of curl
GUS noises, such as the Chinese only
know how to utter when engaged In
bewailing the dead.
When a gentleman Of the sixteenth
century fell victim to q woman's
tongue he promptly locked up her jaw
-literally-in an iron stall, which in
closed the head of the wearer, into
whose mouth a sharp gag was thrust.
This gentle instrument of correction,
says the London Telegraph, has q
short chain attached, suggesting that
the virago having been effectually 81.
fenced, was chained up by her lord and
master.
The "brank" appears to have taken
its name from tho Dutch word pranghe,
the yoke of q pillory. 1t was in use in
Scotland, as we'll as in many parts Of
England.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
Man IL a Battery.

The old time superstitious belief that
human beings should sleep with their
heads toward the north is now believed
TO be based on a scientific principle.
Some French savants have made ex-
periments on the body of a criminal
who had suffered death, and these tests
go to prove that each human body is in
itself an electric battery, one electrode
being represented by the head and the
other by the feet
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
A DISPATCH from Benton Il

A DISPATCH from Benton Uaibor,
Mich, IL the Chicago Herald, says:
a number Of people In this city
were startled Friday morning VI last
week. by u low, rumbing noise that end
ed In Il dull thud as though some heavy
body had struck the ground. At the
same time the earth tremb!cd aud
houses shook until the windows ratified.
"he noiso was unlike thunder, and
nothing resembling an aoroli;e has been
found, but there was nc installing the
shock aud oscillation Of the earth, which
continued for about two seconds. Some
think IL was an earthquake.
The people OF Benton .Harbor should
expel all fear. The earth tremb!ed
about that date all over the country, but
the cause was not an earthquake. 1t
was the fall OF the Democratic party.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

ELECTRICITY has come Into the world
with rush, and with 1t has come new
specialist, lawyer who makes a special
ty OF looking after the interests Of cleo
trlcal companies In the courts. 1t is a
new field, and the practitioners who sue
coed find 1t profitable one, for the cleo
trical Interests OF this country have be-
come very large. At the beginning of
1894. 1t Is computed that no less than
81, 900, 600, 900 was invested In the cleo
trical industry in the United States, d.
vlded as follows: Light and power
companies, 500, 900, 600; electric railway
companies, $500, 600, OOU; telegraph COM
panies, $3.50, 900, 900; electrical supply
companies, $3.50, 900. 900, and telephone
companies, 500. 900, OCo, -Detroit Jour
nal '....
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The date opposite each subscribers name in the
printed address each paper indicates the time 10
wEicl the description is paid. by observing this
a subscriber may know at all times Just how his sub
scription account stands. aud In any error is
made in Giving credit tor the payment Of money on
subscription. II il the duty OF the subscriber to
notify This office without unnecessary delay.
Usually the publisher continues sending the
paper until 1t is ordered discontinued whether the
subscription has expired not II subscriber de-
sires il discontinued he should notify this Office.
and pay up anearages IL there be any.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

TnE Puget sound lumber manutac-
turers have some prospect OF securing
another eastern outlet Tor their product.
Efforts are being made to revive the
Midland Pacific railway project. Mai
George b. Hubbard, OF New York, Is
pushing the enterprise. lie has been
on tour TO the Pacific coast, and
gathered data, which, when presented
to European and Canadian capitalists,
proved so attractive that, 1t Is reported,
the necessary means was secured To be-
gin tho building of the line. 1t Is also
stated that u contract has been awarded
to Senator Pettigrew, OF South Dakota,
for the construction Of the road from
Sioux Falls, la, to Tacoma, WASH,
1000 miles, The first section OF the
road TO be built will be that from Sioux
Falls TO the coal fields OF Wyoming, dis
tant 400 miles. The next will extend 10
Yellowstone Park. which will be- coir-
pleted during the the season Of 1896.
1t Is surmised that tho proposed line
will have close connection with the
Illinois Central, the Iowa division OF
which terminates at Sioux City. At
least it will. In connection with the
Illinois Central system, form another
great trans-contipentsl line. and thus
open up new avenue Of Pacific coast
lumber distribution eastward. Though
tie announcement that the Midland Pa
ellie has been pur under contract seems
e. t.int Ia the s,roug probability. that
the ioag viii be buzz. full veriii 'oi.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
WITH THE WHIP.
Ho Fiicked the Revolver From tho Stage
Robbers Hand.

"Therc is quito difference between
staging in the early days of the state
and now" said William Miller, tho
owner of the stage line running from
Cazadcro to Ulxiah, to a San Francisco
Call man.
"Whcn came here from Boston In
1854, / drifted about bit, and finally
went into the service of Charles Nc
Laughlin, tho man who was afterward
killed by jerome Cox. He was the
owner of the longest stage line at that
time. 1t ran with relays from San
Jose to Los Angeles.
II remember once, in a lonely coast
range canyon, through which the road
wound, we had little experience that
was thrilling for the moment. 1t was
about ten o'clock and moonlight
night. was just putting the horses
through. The stage was full of pas
sengers, and there was heavy treasure
box.
'Just as got around q bend in tho
road / saw the figure of man on
horseback standing by the side of the
road. He yelled TO stop, and saw q
gun barrel CLEAN in the moonlight.
The horses were going at speed that
might be called breakneck, and just
made up my mind to take the chances
of getting through. saw the gun
raised to the fellows shoulder as we
approached. I had my long whip in
my hand, and with a desperation born
of peril of the moment made a vicious
swipe at him.
~ don't know how IL occurred, but
the lash wound itself around the gun,
and rs we dashed by the whip was
drawn taut, and knew it had caught,
so held fast. was nearly pulled out
of my seat, but the gun was dragged
from the robbers hand and fell to tho
ground, at the same time It was dis
charged by the shock. It rattled along
the road for quite distance before the
whiplash unwound itself don't know
what the highwayman thought, but
Ill bet he was surprised"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
Glad to 500 Them.

Three American women abroad one
pleasant Sunday morning dropped into
chapel in the west Of Ireland during
service. The priest, who had just be-
gun the celebration, saw the strangers
ont of the tail Of his eye. There wcre
no pews in the chapel. So the rev.
crend father, hastily summoning the
big boy who was serving him, whis-
pered: 'Three chairs for the Amer
lean ladies, Michael; three chair for
tho American ladies'" The boy
looked astonished for moment
and then walked briskly to the
altar rail and facing the kneeling
congregation Of peasants and the three
strangers, he yelled at the top Of his
voice: Three cheers for the American
ladies'" Tho congregation and tho
priest, and the American ladies, too,
were paralyzed at the unexpected out
burst. But the good father saw in
stantly that he had been misunder-
stood, and went quietly on with the
service as IL nothing remarkable had
happened. AS for the dear American
ladies, they never knew the difference,
but they said aftcrward that the Irish
were certainly the most exuberant
people that they had ever met.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

JAMES Il. WILLETT, Washington
new postmaster. has appointed the re-
firing postmaster, Harry Sherwood, as
bis deputy. Mr.. Sherwood is n Michi-
gan man aud was deputy postmaster In
the Washington Office under President
Cleveland's first administration. Har-
rison appointed him postmaster, and no
now steps back into his old position.
probably TO rnmain.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
Railway Accidents in America.

The interstate commerce commission
has figured out that one person is
killed By railroad accident in this
country ont Of every i.t2i.0iO persons
who ride twcntyfvar lniiss
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
Notifying the Deity.

Many Chinese temples are provided
with bell at the entrance and when
the worshipcr enters he gives the rope
g pull and rings the bell in order that
the deity may be notified of his coming
and be on hand to attend to his bust
ness.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

EOR SALE.-A splendid so for farming
purposes. Well timbered and living
stream. One mile from city limits. Apply 4
this Office. Great bargain Eotf.
NOTICE.-Notice is hereby given, that after
~ this date the Board of Education of the
Township of L'Anse will pay no bills con-
without a written order from the purchasing
agent. Dated, LiAnse, Mich, May LIST. 1894
G ID. SHEA. Cl'k Board of Education. 33tf.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

OK account OF lack OF money five
hundred policemen 10 Chicago have
been laid off,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-11-17

Rev. T. DE WITT TALMAoE, the noted
pastor OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle, has
rendered his resignation anu will become
all evangelist.