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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-11-02
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-11-02
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Indian Mario Exnlnined.

Miraculous as the feats performed
by the indian juggler appear to the
onlooker, there is no doubt that they
can all be reasonably explained. The
disappearance Of living being from
o basket In a place where trap-doors,
concealed exits or collision were Inn
possible, seems lnexpllcable; yet the
writer, quite by accident, detected
the way In which this trick 10 done.
A juggler stepped at Madras onto the
deck Of a Penlnsular and Oriental
Company's steamer, and offered the
company assembled, who were loung-
ing about highly bored by the old
method Of coaling, II they would sub
scribe, TO show them something bet
ter than common Juggling. The col
lection, Of course, was Forthcoming
at once; he cleared a space on the
deck, and told his wife TO lie dQwps
The young woman, who may have
weighed seven stone, but more prob
ably six, lay down, and her husband
placed over her shallow, fiat basket,
with q handle at the back, exactly,
resembling the baskets used fof veg
etables in East Anglia, and called a
"frail;" Then, With q light and
graceful gestufe, he took db the bas.
ket, and laid it down two or three
feet off, when 1t was seen that the
woman had vanished. Unfortunate
ly for the jugger, the writer accl-
dentally stepped on the edge Of the
"frall, and heard little cry OF pain.
The whole thing had been piece Of
superb acting The young woman
had learned to hook herself with her
fingers and prehenslle toes into the
strong matwork forming the top Of
the frall, and the husband, a slight
but powerful man, had learned to lift
her as II he we're lifting nothing but
the basket. The writer Of course
said nothing about his awkwardness;
the juggler, after one savage glance,
said nothing, either, and the trick is
still quoted as one which, owing to
the absence Of machinery, cannot be
explained away.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Ha, Hal, Han,

Mr.. O'Shea, the well-known war
correspondent, tells the following
anecdote of an adventure with a
herd Of Elephants "a young friend
asked me once to show him some ele-
plants, and took him with me,
having first borrowed an apron and
filled it with oranges This he was
to carry while accompanying me to
the stable; but the moment we
reached the door the herd set up
such trumpeting-they had scented
the fruit--that he dropped the apron
and its contents and scuttled off like
a scared rabbit. There were eight
elephants, and when l picked up the
oranges / found | had hve-and-
twenty. walked deliberately along
the line, giving one TO each, When
l got to the extremity of the narrow
stable turned, and was about to be-
gin distribution again, when l sud
denly reflected that if elephant No.
Z in the row saw me give two oranges
In succession to No, s he might i'm
agine he was being cheated, and give
me a snack with his proboscis-that
is where the elephant falls short Of
the human being-so | went to the
door and began de n0vo as before.
Thrice | went along the line, and
then / was in a fix l had one orange
left, and / had to get back toward
the door. Every elephant in that
herd had his greedy gaze focused on
that orange. 1t was as much as my
life was worth to give it to any one Of
them. What was | to do? ! held it
up conspicuously, coolly peeled it,
and sucked it myself. 1t was most
amusing to see the way those ele.
plants nudged each other and shook
their ponderous sides. They thor
oughly entered into the humor Of
the thing"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Bunny.

Bunny was little nut-brown girl,
as spry as a squirrel, and as full Of
life and fun. She did not care for
dolls, but was very much interested
in stocking an aquarium.
One morning, on her way to school,
she saw a little boy sitting on the
bank of a small pond, and peeplng at
something which he had caught UNI
der his hat. Bunny was at once all
curiosity.
"What is it, Patsy" she asked,
running up.
Sure, it's a frog with the most
illigant long legs you ever set your
two lookin' eyes on. He was sittin'
here, bawlin' to himself, but he
didn't get away from Patsy McGin-
MIS-"
"Oh, do want him for my qua
rluml" cried Bunny, peeplng under
the hat. "What will you take for
him, Patsy"
And she emptied her pocket before
Patsy's feet. l am afraid to tell the
girls what it contained, but the boys
will not be surprised to hear that she
had two soiled handkerchiefs, in
which were caught. two flsh-hooks, a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Drcss-suits and Hands.

1t is well-known fact that men
not habitually accustomed to wear
ing evening dress sometimes find diff
ticulty in disposing of their hands to
their entire satisfaction; indeed it
takes a "blooded" man to know what
to do with his hands and to be able
to forget them. The man with his
hands behind his back is a familiar
figure; and it is curious fact that
upon the signs which one may see in
various parts of the town announcing
dress suits for sale or to hire and dis
playing the figure of a man In even
ing dress, the man Is almost always
represented with one or both hands
behind his back. Even upon those
painted canvases, while the mans
face is bold his hands are shy. This
seems almost pity. 1t may be that
the painters are moved by a subtle
sympathy with the generality of
mankind or by the fact that the hui
man hand is a pretty difficult thing
to paint, but it seems as though,
both for arts sake and for the public
instruction, they should give to the
man on canvas the appearance and
the bearing of trained society man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
rIog WELLS IN HE WEST.
Indications that Kansas and Nebraska A.

Indications that Kansas and Nebraska Are
Located Over an Underground Sea.
The best scientists Of the land IA
yor the opinion that Nebraska, Kan
sas, and parts Of Indian Territory
are situated over an immense under
ground lake or sea, 1t Is a we'll
known fact that in several places In
Kansas whole sections of land have
suddenly disappeared leaving only
fathomless lakelets to mark the spot
where they were once situated. Proof
that there is something peculiar
with the foundation Of the section
Of the country mentioned may be
found in the celebrated tide wells"
of Polk, Butler, and Colfax counties,
in Nebraska. Polk County Is best
provided with these curious wells,
having between a dozen and twenty,
which roar and ebb and flow with an
unseen tide. The roaring Of these
remarkable curiosities (they cannot
be called natural wonders, because
they are the work of man, at least so
far as excavation Is concerned) is
caused by the inhalation and exhala-
tion of immense quantities of air.
There are hours, regular and uniform,
in which the air will rush out with a
loud, kissing sound, and again an equal
space OF time in which 1t seems that
all the air of the Platte Valley will
be sucked into the cavernous depths
of these wonderful wells. The period
of this ebb and flow does not seem to
depend upon either the seasons or
the state of the weather, but Is
thought to have some mysterious
connection with the high and low
tide periods of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. A meteorological OF
national reputation, who sought to
fathom the mystery of the "Platte
River tide-wells," and who issued a
little pamphlet with the title, "Roar-
ing Wells Of Nebraska" gave 1t as
his opinion that the roaring phen-
omenon was in some way connected
with the prevailing direction Of the
wind, being strongest in time Of
west or southwest breezes. The farm
ers in the three counties mentioned
as being best provided with these
tide-regulating, air-expelling wells,
believe that the water supply Is con-
nected with a body large enough to
have a regular ebb and flow Of tide.
All the wells In the counties of Polk
and Butler which are tide regulated
are of about the same depth, those Of
Colfax being deeper, but all extend
ing to a porous stratum having the
same general characteristics.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

s. S. Turner, who has been elected
to the House of Representatives In
the Seventh Congressional District
of Virginia to succeed Gov. OFFER
rail-, had once an escape from death
little short of the marvellous. He
was a Confederate soldier and after
the evacuation Of Richmond, with
four other men, climbed into a box
car to sleep. The car had been used
to transport powder and every crew
ice in the floor was filed with the
powder dust. In the morning one of
the men, after lighting his pipe,
threw the burning end Of the match
he had used on the floor. Instantly
there was an exp osiOD which killed
all but Mr.. Turner. He was terri
bly, injured and lay for weeks in al
most mortal agony, for opium or
other narcotics were not to be had.
He recovered finally, but bears still
the marks of the accident. OF the
torture he endured he cannot even
at this day be induced to speak.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
RELIC OF i. fRLY DAYS
FAMOUS JUMEL MANSION IN
NEW YORK CITY.
Where Washington and Other Illustrlous
Men Were Guests and Where Octogona-
rIan Aaron Burr Won Wife-Had
Haunted Room,
AssocInted with wnshInrton.

Connecting New York of to-day with
the New \ DIRK Of ancient times and as
ISOLATED with some of the lea ling char
altels Of that age of illustriols men is
the Jumel mansion, one Of the Oldest
pieces of architet ture in the metropo-
lis. Grand and picturesque in outline,
the old mansion has crowned enc of the
highest spots of ground on Manhattan
Island since 1853, when it was built by
Mary Philippe, George Washington's
first sweetheart, later the bride of
Roger Morris Time has only beauti.
fed the place by weaving around it
traditions Of love war, and peace.
Historians claim that no story of the
revolution is complete without the his
tory of the Jrmel mansion George
Washin ton and other men whose
names are part of the history of the re-
public dined in its banquet hall,
slept in its spacious chambers, and
danced on it polished floors. 1t is said
that Washington planned many of his
battles in the council chamber at the
end Of the hall 1t was into this room,
while Washington was medi;ating up
on some stroke of policy, that 100 In
dians, arrayed in feathers and bright
paint, slowly filed. bearing wreaths of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
PRIMITIVE GRAMMAR.



Everybody knows the story of the
Englishman who, dining with a man
DARN, desired to know what meat he
was eating. He pointed to the dish
and said interrogatiyely: "Quack-
quack?" His host shook his head
and answered with the politest of
smiles: "Bow-wow." And there, says
Longmans Magazine, you have the
language in its simplest elements.
AS yet, however, 1t possesses no
syntax, no order, no formative prin-
ciples. Now push the thing one stage
further. Let lis make verb, to eat,
The simplest way Of doing this is to
initiate the sound of teeth in grind
ing-especIally in grinding hard
grain, like corn, or coarse roots and
foodstuffs, Ny'm, nym, ny'm, or
nyum, nyum, nyum is about as
near as we can get to 1t in ordinary
letters, (The italian gn'm, gn'm or
the Spanish nm, nm, would repre-
sent it more accurately) Hence,
nyum-nyum is common symbol for
"to eat" with savages.
Now ask with an interrogative in
lection of voice, "Nyum-nyum Quack-
Quack?" and that MEANS Am / eat
ing duck?" The answer comes with
a shake of the head, "Nyum-nyum
bow-wow," and that means, "Oh,
DEAR no; 1t is dog you are eating.
True, the grammatical elements Of
first and second person are her sup
pressed, but so they are In many
primitive languages, and SO they are
even In the negro dialects of French
and English. lenses and persons are
frequently lost. "Him gwine town"
means "He is going to town" in negro
English. Him eat" means ale is
eatlng;" Him eat yesterday" means
ale ate" and so on generally. IL
have eaten" becomes in Creole French
"Moi finn mango" that is to say
"J'ai tlni manger," "Rich niger
him mulatto; poor mulatto, him mig
GER" gives the simple grammar Of
negro English; in Creole French
where ri" means "lui," it comes out
in the precisely analogous form
Negue richie, Ii mulatte; mulatte
pauvre, Ii negue," That is grammar
reduced to it's simplest elements,
Now, to carry the process one step
further. You see the remains Of a
duck lying on the ground in the
neighborhood Of your compound, and
you wish to know what has happened
to 1t. You ask a savage bystander,
"Bow-wow nyum-nyum quack-quack"
That is to say, "Has dog bitten my
duck?" The savage shakes his head,
pats his own round stomach, and an
swers with gusto, "Nyum-nyum
quack-quack." That means II have
eaten It,.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
DOGS HAVE THEIR LANGUAGE.
The Collie Came for Help and the New
fOundland Responded to the Appeal.

The Collie Came for Help and the New
foundland Responded to the Appeal.
When engaged in locating a rail-
way in New Brunswick James Cam
den, civil engineer, was compelled
one night by very severe snowstorm
to take refuge in small farmhouse,
says Forest and Stream. The farmer
owned two dogs-one an old New
foundland and the other a collie. In
due time the farmer and his family
went to bed, the Newfoundland
stretched himself out by the Chin
ney corner and Mr.. Camden and the
man with him rolled themselves in
their blankets on the floor in front OF
the fire. The door Of the house was
closed by wooden latch and fasten-
ed by a bar placed across it, Mr.
Camden and his man were just fall
ing asleep when they heard the latch
of the door raised, They did not
get up Immediately, and in a short
time the latch was tried again, They
waited a few minutes and then Mr..
Camden rose, unfastened the door
and looked out. Seeing nothing, he
returned to his blankets, but did not
replace the bar across the door, Two
or three minutes later the latch was
tried a third time. This time the
door opened and the collie walked in.
He pushed the door back, walked
straight to the old Newfoundland
and appeared to make some kind of a
whispered communication to him.
Mr.. Camden lay still and watched.
The old dog rose and followed the
other out of the house. Both pre-
sently returned, driving before them
valuable ram belonging to the
farmer, which had become separated
from the rest Of the flock and was in
danger of perishing in the storm.
Now, how did the collie impart to
the other dog knowledge Of the sit
uation unless through some super
sense unknown to us?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Professional Beantifiers.

Several Viennese physicians have
made speciality Of nomenclature
One Of them, DR.. Robert Fischer
says that his practice Of this nature
is so great that the days are not long
enough. Continues this frank speak
er: Numbers Of mothers put their
daughters through whole course Of
Identification when they are in the
marriage market. That's the time
when the most elaborate reparations
of the human form are ordered and
undertaken. l have a great deal
more to do in the spring and autumn
than for the most fashionable balls
of the year."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Saving and Spending.

The young should be not only en-
couraged to save out of their small
allowances or earnings, but they
should also be taught how and when
to spend. Above all should the truth
be impressed upon them that the OBJ
ject and end Of money Is to pur-
chase opportunity, to promote hap
piness, to improve and 'enlarge life.
OF itself it is nothing, and may be
made far worse than nothing; but
where the underlying purposes are
those of independence, justice, and
generosity-wbere the highest well
fare of self, of family, and of society
Is the desire uppermost In the heart
there both saving and spending &C
quire new dignity and will repay
careful culture.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

broken knife, her papa's screw-driver,
some nails, an old door-knob the
shell of a locust, which the original
owner had deserted; some specimens
Of beetles, and a quantity Of other
things of which 1 do not even know
the names.
The bargain was soon made, and
the next question was how to carry
her queer pet
Bunny settled the difficulty by
emptying her dinner-pail on the
grass, and installing Master Frog in
it; then she poured in little water,
to make him more comfortable, and
put on the cover; not too tight how
ever, lest he might smother. When
she had disposed of him to her salts
faction, she looked about for her din
uer, only to see the last of mammals
sweet, crisp cookies disappearing in
Patsy's mouth.
Never mind" thought Bunny, Il
am not hungry" and she trudged
away to school with her strange prize,
as happy as a queen.
For all that the time seemed very
long as the afternoon passed, and
Bunny looked at the clock every FIVE
minutes.
The last hour of school had come;
the children were studying their les
sons for tomorrow; the room was
very still. All of a sudden there
came voice from the corner where
Bunny's dinner-pale was set: "Unk!
INK! Kay-unk!"
"Bob Smith, said Miss Wood, quite
sternly, "bring me the pail from
which that noise proceeds.
Bob brought the pail, but, in his
eagerness to see what was inside, he
raised the cover a little; the frog
took flying leap over the teachers
desk, and landed in the lap of one of
the girls. Bunny could have sunk
through the floor.
Bunny, is this not your dinner
paiI?" asked Miss Wood holding
it up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

void of the fascination with which he
had won the hearts of many beautiful
women. Many stories are told of the
persistence with which Aaron Burr
fought for the heart OF Nine. Jumel.
She gave him no encouragement, never
guessing perhaps that he CARED for
her. To her surprise one day, as he
was taking her into dinner, he said,
with low bow, My hand is yours,
madam, my heart has belonged to you
for long time. The more she re-
fused to listen to his pleadings, the
stronger he urged his suit. AT last, he
said jOkingly that he would not listen
to her refusals, but would bring a min
lister and thus end the discussion.
Never dreaming that Burr would
carry out his threat, Nine. Jumel was
astonished one day to see her sutton
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Peasant Emperor.

NJ. de Blowltz, the Paris CORE
spondent Of the London Times, tells
a story OF the Gar, who lately dis
cussed with his courtlers the title by
which he might afterward be known
in history. His father had been
called Alexander the Liberator and
Alexander the Martyr. What should
the son be called?
Alexander the just" suggested
one.
"Oh, no." replied the Gar. II am
and shall remain the Peasant EN-
peror.' So some OF my nobility have
styled me in derision, scoffing at my
affection for the moujik. But | ac-
cept the title as an honor.
Il have tried to procure for the
humble the means of livelihood, and
this, l think, is the best and only
means of keeping the world going.
Henry ". dreamed OF giving ev-
cry peasant a fowl in the pot, and
my greatest ambition is to save the
Russian peasant from dying of hun
ger. For when people begin to I'M
derstand that they run no danger Of
starvation, they begin to bless God,
and end by loving the sovereign who
represents Him on earth.
@My greatest ambition Is to deserve
to bear to the last the title Of the
Peasant Emperor.
This may not be verbatim report,
for it is said the Emperor is not in
the habit of making long speeches;
but 1t possibly indicates the attitude
of his mind toward the people.
ccrNr,r nowcpanar Ia mot alvvaUu
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

known as the haunted room, 1t was in
this room that Nine. Jumel died. Some
of those who have slept in it say that
at II o'clock each night panel slides
down near the fireplace, and the rustic
of Nine. Jumers brocade gown can be
heard On some nights she steps
through the panel, walks to the mirror
and arranges her toilet. There are
people who have slept in that room who
accuse her OF being wickedly vicious,
and pinching the arms of any one who
happen to be found in her bed.
In the cellar, the place where Har-
vey, the English spy, was chained is
yet to be seen. MANY efforts have been
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19

"Oh, Miss Wood 1t wasn't trlckl"
said Bunny, almost crying. al wanted
him for my 'quarium. Please don't
keep me after school. I'm so hungry
now | could almost eat up my
Biography"
Perhaps Miss Wood was sorry for
the little girl; perhaps she had once
stocked an aquarium herself, At
any rate, she only said;
81 am glad that you are making an
aquarium; it is very instructive
amusement. But you must never
bring a frog to school again"
And Bunny never did.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
Brick from Stag.

The manufacture of brick from
blast furnace Stag has recently been
commenced in Germany. One set of
furnaces alone turned out over 5, 900,
900 bricks last year. The bricks are
weak at first aud have to be handled
carefully, but they become sufficient
ly strong for building purposes after
the lapse of six months.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-19
New Chamber Of Deputies.

1t is proposed to erect a new build
ing for the Chamber of Deputies in
Paris to cost $500, 900 francs. The
present hall is so small that members
are much crowded. There are to be
a great many comforts and con-
veniences in the new chamber which
are lacking in the present one and
badly needed.