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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Origin of you're It."

Boys do you know why you say,
You're it,! when playing tag? OF course
not; the professor didn't either when we
asked him the other day, but he prom
ised to put his entire mind upon so i'm
portant a subject and let us know at
once.
This Is what he says, though with
some Of his big words left out.
"The people who live over in England
do not seem to think much of the let
ter H. being in the habit of dropping
1t from the words where 1t belongs and
putting it where 1t does not Belong
What fun there is in it, or why they do
1t, no one can tell; but they have been
in the habit Of it for good many hun
bred years.
For this reason, when the little Eng
fish boys who were great, great grand
fathers years and years ago We're hav-
ing grand times in their games they
too, kept dropping their his from the
words they were shouting.
80, when they played tag, as boys do
now, touching each other with their
hands, whenever one boy hit another he
at once shouted out: You're it, for he
could not say hit, you know
"And all the generations of little boys
who have since then been playing the
game continued to say it. instead of
Hit even after our fathers learned in
America to always put their his in every
other word where they belonged.
Now, boys, let me whisper a word OF
warning. Don't tell your teacher what
the professor says. If you do she'll
never give you any peace, but will rap
on the window at every recess and tell
you to say hit instead of it..
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

The priests Of the Catholic Church
have three special ways of shaving tho
head. Those Of the Latin Church shave
the whole crown, leaving fringe OF
hair that represents the crown Of thorns
worn by the Savior; and this is called
st. Peters tonsure. The priests of tho
Greek Church shave the whole head and
call It the tonsure Of st. Paul. The other
special tonsure Is called that Of Simon
Magnus. A semi-clrcle is shaven from
ear to ear, above the forehead, but 1t
does not reach to the back Of the head.
where the hair Is allowed to grow This
last is the one usually adopted by the
Irish missionaries.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
GREAT MEN ON EATING.

In good eating there is happiness
Apicius.
Thou shouldst eat to live, not live to
eat.-Cicero.
Eating to repletion is bad, but what
we eat should be good of its kind.-Dr.
S. S. Fitch.
1t is not the eating, but the inordinate
desire thereof that ought to be blamed.
st. Augustine.
Animals feed, man eats; tell me what
you eat and how you eat, and 1 will
tell you what you are; the man of in
tellect alone knows how to eat.-B. Sa-
varin.
Eat not for the pleasure thou mayest
find therein; eat to increase thy
strength; eat to preserve the life which
thou hast received from heaven.-Con-
fucius.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
A Bird Imprisoned in a Flower.

A lady of New Orleans relates that
some days since the first hummlng bird
Of the season made It's appearance in
her garden, slipping indiscrlmlnately
from the wealth Of sweets. Later in the
afternoon she observed the little fellow
lowering around a spike Of annuncia-
ton lilies which had shot up perfectly
laden with bells. The next morning
early when she went out for a stroll
through the garden she heard flutter-
ing and faint cheeping from the neigh
borhood of the lily bed. For some time
she could see nothing to account for the
faint sounds, but at last was aston
ished to discover that one Of the lily
bells had closed its petals, imprlsoning
the humming bird within. 1t Is proba-
BILE that the bird had buried its beak too
far in and extracted so much honey as
to cause the already fading flower to
collapse suddenly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Let the Bear Eat Him.

Speaking Of Embarrassing adven.
lures" said the president of the Ancient
Order Of Ananias the other day, as he
lighted match at the tip Of his nose,
reminds me of little picnic excursion
I had about five years ago up in the
Rockies. There was a party of us out
there from Chicago hunting and fishing
We were camped on a trout stream
away up in the Ute Pass, and, as I
would rather fish than lug a gun about
all day, / made daily trips to the stream
One day 1 went much farther than ever
before and finally came to a pool that
lay between two high rocks. To reach II
had to climb up the mountain side and
out on shelf Of rock that overhung
the pool twenty feet below. I dropped
my fly and as fast as 1t struck the water
had a spreckled beauty on the end of
my line. But all at once l heard
scratching on the rock behind me and
on looking around I saw big she grlz-
ely bear coming for me with her mouth
wide open. There was, without gun,
pistol or even pen-knife to defend my
self with, and sure death If 1 jumped
into the stream"
What did you do?" cried the Boston
man in great excitement.
do? What could 1 do? 1 just sat
there and let the BANKED thing eat me
up"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
A Water Toboggan.

In Perak, state in the Straits Set
Elements, the Malays have one form
Of amusement which is probably not to
be enjoyed anywhere else in the wide
world.
There is huge granite slope in the
course Of mountain river, down which
the water trlckles about two inches
deep, the main stream having carved
out bed by the side Of the boulder.
This rock, the face of which has been
rendered as smooth as glass by the con-
slant flow Of the water during hum
dreds Of years, the Malays-men, wom-
en- and children-have turned into a
toboggan. Climbing to the top of the
rock, they sit in the shallow water with
their feet straight out and a hand on
each side for steering, and then slide
down the 60 feet into a pool Of water.
This is a favorite sport on sunny
mornings, as many as 200 folks being
engaged at time, and sliding so quick
ly one after another, or forming rows
Of two, four and even eight persons,
that they tumble into the pool con-
fused mass of screaming creatures.
There Is little danger in the game, and
though some choose to sit on a piece
of plantain, most Of the tobogganers are
content to squat on their launches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Boys ComposltIon on snllors.

The following is declared to be the
work of a pupil in an English element
airy school: "Seamen are what we call
sailors, and captains, and training ship
boys The sailors you see in the streets
are nice little fat men, with red and
brown faces They ware boys coats
and hats, and their trousers are too tlte
for them above and too wide for them
down below. 1t makes them feel very
riled. Sailors don't ware collars be-
cose their necks are so thick; and they
always have their boots hlackened for
fear the captin might see them round
a corner They don't carry their best
close in boxes, but they ty them up in
big red and blue handkerchlefs, just
like Christmas puddens. Sailors are
very fond Of their mothers and sisters,
and you neerly always see them taking
them out to walk. The reason why
sailors like to get drung is becose 1t
makes them roll about like as IL they
were on the ocheant."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Father Violet.

When Napoleon left France for Elbe.
he said, II will return with the vlolets,"
and the followers who awaited his re-
turn wore always on their breasts vio-
let, and in their gathering they always
drank to the toast Of Corporal Violet"
Prints are In existence that In two vio-
let's have the outlined profiles Of Ma
poleon and Marie Louisa, and beneath
these are the words EN- prlntemps II
revlendra. There was popular song
early in this century, called lie Pere
de la Violette." and lie pere was NaDo-
leon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Cold Day on the Railroad.

"The coolest day ever knew" said
the travelling man, was when tray
eled up the branch to Clinton last win
ter. 1 knew it was cold when 1 saw
the fireman get on top the engine with
a shovel to shovel away the smoke as
fast as it froze. Soon after we started
the conductor entered the car, knocked
his head against the side of the door
to break Off his breath, and yelled tick
etsr' before it froze again. But 1t was
no use, the word only penetrated a few
feet and stuck fast in the atmosphere,
but. as we could all see clearly, we could
not help noticing that word tickets
frozen up in the front end Of the car,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

place at Washington. The document
airy collection there is the largest Of it's
kind in tho world, containing upward OF
100000 volumes, Her appointment was
made solely because Of her merit and
the marked ability she has shown in
similar lines Of work, Of which she has
always made a speciality. Her work re-
suited In giving the Los Angeles library
one of the most complete collections in
the country, and scheme Of classlh-
cation Of them, devised by her, won her
medal at the worlds fair, and Its
adoption has been decided upon In the
government bureau, Miss Hasse has
done some commendable literary work
on horticultural and kindred topics.
She Is also interested in athletic sub
jects, and Is an enthusiastic cyclist.
Her particular fad, however, In sports
is fencing, in which she Is an expert.
Her father Is DR.. Hasse, OF the Soldiers
Home, Santa Monica, Cal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

and we were ready when the smiling
conductor passed along, He smiled be-
cause he couldn't help It. He wore that
expression when he entered the ozone
and II stuck to him. The poor fellow
hit his hand against the seat In front
of me and broke his little finger off as
clean as II 1t had been an iclcle, 1t
ratified down onto the floor, but he
picked 1t up calmly and put 1t in his
vest pocket. You see he was used to
that rum"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
order Of the Garter.

The widely circulated report that
Queen Victoria proposed comforting the
order Of the Garter on little Queen VIII
helmina, Of Holland, Is found to be en-
tirely without foundation. 1t would be
an unprecedented act. as the Garter
has never yet been bestowed upon a
female foreign sovereign, and in no case
would 1t be given to one under the age
Of 49, The Queen Regent Of Holland
and the Empress Of Russia have both
received the Royal Order Of Victoria
and Albert from the Queen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

A clerical friend Of mine is fond of
apt illustrations. The other day he
closed most pathetic discourse as fol-
lows: when a man jumps from a
horse car without waiting for it to
stop, and the car goes right on as II
nothing had occurred, 1t should serve
to remind that man that one day he will
leave this world in about the same
manner, while the world will proceed
as though nothing remarkable had
transpired."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
An Honorable Record.

The honor of being the oldest man In
point Of consecutive years in the en-,
ployment Of the city of Philadelphia Is
accredited to Uncle David Brown, mes
senger in the Health Bureau. Uncle
David has just celebrated his fifty
eighth year Of service in the health Of
fee, and gives promise Of contributing
his faithful labors to the city for mary
years to come.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
A GIRL HoNoRED.
Chosen to Position Of Government lie
brnrIan.

Chosen TO Position OF Government Lie
brarlan.
Miss Adelaide Hasse, Of Los Angeles,
Cal, who has just been appointed chief
Of the department of government doc
uments and files at Washington, is a
Wisconsin girl, having graduated from
n Milwaukee high school. Secretary
Morton was attracted to her ability as
u librarian by her method of lndexing
publications Of the agricultural Depart
ment while in the Los Angeles public
library. AS city librarian, Miss Hasse
made repeated requests for publications
of the department at Washington, and
II was during this correspondence that
Secretary Morton became acquainted
with the system of filing in vogue at
Los Angeles and It's inventor, On ac-
count of some misunderstanding with
Los Angeles library trustees both Miss
Hasse and her assistant recently re-
signed her position there, which she had
held for six years, A few days later
she received a telegraphlc offer Of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Smoked a CLEAR on the GalIows.

Douglas Henderson and Frank Jeffrey
were hanged at Murphysboro, ILL.,, re-
Gently for the murder Of ]. Toyle at Car
tervllle last winter Henderson walked
to the gallows smoking a cigar. Jeffrey
showed signs Of nervousness, but both
climbed the thirteen steps Of the scat
fold without effort. Jeffrey on the scat
fold declared he was going to do for a
crime he never committed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

The average height of man in the
United States is five feet ten and one
half inches; in France, five feet four
inches; in Belgium, five feet six and
one-fourth inches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
A BABO0N FLAGS 1T.
STOPS THE TRAINS FOR HIS
MASTER.
He Does % Mans Work Very well-And
Also Keeps House and Attends to His
Masters Comfort Generally-A Gifted
Family,
It IS A PLEASURE

II IS A PLEASURE
to present to read
ers the story Of a
baboon who is
rendering use flu 1
service to the COM
munity. The ba-
boon referred to is
in the service Of
the Cape Govern
ment Railway De-
partment. Cape
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

the signature affixed to the work must
send the mind of many visitor pleas
antly back to the early sixties and our
civil war The artist, Henry Mosler,
came into considerable prominence
then, He was n lad in ClnciAnati, the
city Of his birth, Major Anderson was
there just after the bombardment Of
Fort Sumter, and Mr., Mosler saw him
throughout the festivities incident to
his passage through the place He
made some sketches apropos of the occa-
sion and sent them to the editor Of Har-
per's Weekly. They were promptly ac-
cepted, and their author was commits
stoned out Of hand to act as the special
artist In the west for the periodical at
that time foremost in the pictorial cele-
bratlon Of the war Mr., Moser started
FOR Louisville and sketched episodes In
the trouble thereabouts. Within short
time he met Sherman, who gave him n
rather bluff reception; but he was soon
at home in military life, and made
friends with the commander, who at
first seemed to doubt that so young a
man could be anything but an obstruc-
ton at the front. He saw the battles Of
Mumfordsvllle, Perrysvllle, Somerset,
Shiloh, and Pittsburg Landing, besides
many nameless minor actions In va
rious parts of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Mississippi, and Alabama. All through
this period Mr., Mosler sent sketches and
correspondence to Harpers Weekly, and
old readers of the paper will remember
the spirit and picturesqueness Of his
work. In 1863 he threw up his commits
sion and went to New York en- route for
Europe, where he contemplated long
course Of artistic study His employers
in the East were astonished when they
saw him. They had expected an older
man. But already Mr.. Moser had con-
firmed the faith which had been placed
in his work, and not long after his ar
rival in Europe he showed even more
concluslvely that his talontS were Of n
substantial character. He entered at
ouce upon career which has been UNI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18

Miss Mindora L. Berry of Oakland,
Cal, is to conduct summer school for
the education of prospective mi ssicnar-
te5 to China and Japan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
MOSLER, THE ARTIST.
HE FLoURISHED DURING THE
LATE CIVIL WAR.
The War Pictures in Harpcr's wool,iy
We're Among His Most Notable Work
--IEas Recently Finished Painting
Destined TO Becomo Famous.

NE of the consplc-
uous pictures in the
current exhibition
at the Academy Of
Design Is the large
production In the
north gallery entl-
tied Last Mo-
ments," 1t is a
death scene in an
old European inte-
rlor. The subject
renders 1t anything
but cheerful, yet
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
Origin OF You're It-Learning to wafis
Two Little Tots in Church-Boys
Composition on saIlors-A Water To-
boggon.

The floor Is apt to rise up quick
And hit me quite a blow,
Which makes me feel I'd like to sit
That's why I'm sitting now.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-18
bradley of Kentucky.

This is the latest portrait Of w. o.
Bradley, who has been chosen by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-23
END OF THE GREAT LOVE FEAST.
Blue and Gray Reunion Closes a: the At.
lanta Exposition.


ATLANTA, Sept. %. - The remarkable
series of blue and gray reunions beginning
at Louisville, and continued at Chicka
mauga hAttle1ield, has ended here in a
gathering that was not less enthusiastic
than any of those preceding. The Chicka-
mauga reunion cmptied "a large proper,
tion Of its throng into the city and there
has never been such multitudcs here as
gathered to close the great coming to-
gether Of the north and south.
Among the distinguished men present
were Governors Morton, Of New York;
Woodbury., of Vermont; Mckinley, of
Ohio; Werts, of New Jersey; Mcintyre, OF
Colorado, sand Holcomb, of Nebraska;
Generals Schofield, Dodge, Howard, Hor.
nee Porter, J. \. Williamson and Long.
street, with many others who bore n lead
ing part in the events of lS6l-5. They
were backed by swarm of veterans on
both sides who only carried muskcts and
fought in the ranks.
There were receptions and greeting dur
ing the morning and afternoon, but the
principal gathering was in the Auditorium
in the exposition grounds. Here there was
a packed audience. Speeches We're made
by prominent Union and Confederate ex.
soldiers. When Governor Morton entered
there was loud applause, and Mckinley re-
ceived similar ovation. Probably the
man who was received with the widest
enthusiasm was General Longstrcct
Among the speakers was General Lucius
Fairchild, and the gathering was aS noted
for the patriotism with which it was per.
Iucatcd rs any that had preceded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-23
OLD HENS SAYS "pHEsTO CHANGE
Snow Succeeds the Hot Spell with Char.
actcristic Suddenness.


acteristic Sudtienness.
Dispatches from the west and north
west for the last two nights are summar,
lied as follows:
Lead City, ). Drain commenced fall.
ing here and turned to snow within two
hours. The ground was covered with sew
eral inches of snow, with no signs of abat-
ing. The storm, although out of date,
proves very valuable, rs it extinguished
the forest fires which havci5en raging for
the past two weeks, destroying millions of
feet of valuable timber on the Limestone
range. some fifteen miles from here. 1t is
growing colder and Il blizzard will likely
follow. 1t is showing throughout the
Black Hills and northern Wyoming.
There is four inches of snow at Sheridan,
six at Parkman, one at Gillette, one at
Corinthin (Wyo.) }, one at Dcadwood, and
showing still.
Dcnvcr.-For a week Colorado has been
sweltering under heat unusual for Sep
tcmbcr, but there came n sudden change,
a chilling wind from the northeast send
ing down the temperature like shot. After
al hour of rain snow began falling. This
Is the earliest snow this vicinity has wit
messed for many years, and it is the first
of the season. Reports from throughout
the northern half of the state tell a similar
tale; in the mountains the snowfall is
very heavy.
salt Lake City.-Climatic conditions
have taken a sudden change and this city
has been visited by heavy rain and after
ward by a snowstorm, which broke the
drought that has prevailed since June.
Leadville, Colo.-A heavy storm is rag.
ing. The Thermometer is considerably be-
low freezing.
Rawlins, Wyo.-This section of Wyo.
ming was visited by the worst September
snowstorm for twenty years There is "a
foot of snow on the level.
Marshalltown, lathe protraoted siege
of intense hot weather has been suddenly
broken by rain and Il cold wave, tempera-
turc decreasing nearly 10 degrees in two
hours. Severe frost W i'll follow if it clears
and the wind subsidies.
Sioux City, lathe unprecedented
F, September hot wave has been followed by
a great drop in the temperature, and over
coats are being worn.
Miiwaukcc.-A terrific storm swept
! over the city last night, the wind reach
ing a velocity of fifty miles an hour. In
Z the state q number of fatal accidents are
reported and Others will probably be
heard from. Many telegraph wires are
I down.
Lacrosse, Wis.-The long spell Of heat
ended suddenly with a furious rain in
which nearly half an inch of water fell in
twenty minutes. The rain was accom-
panied with wind reaching an extreme
velocity of nearly forty-five miles an hour.
The temperature was ~ degrees just be-
fore the storm and at o'clock last even
f., ing it was u.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-23
soUELCHEp A BRITISH ANARCHIST.
Charles winfrcd Mowbray Cholsed on by
the POLICE.

CHICAGO, Sept. 23-"Thc ballot box il
gigantic swindic from top to bottom. am
against all government and advocate the
abolition of all law and authority" These
were the nitintory uttcranccs Of Chas. w.
Mowbray, the British anarchist who has
just arrived here from London to carry on u
campaign u education in the idea of
absolute government. He does not
advocate violence to bring this state oi
things about, however Notwithstand.
ing this Mowbray found that he had
drought his pigs to n bad market" rs it
were, when hc attempted to spread hi
propaganda ut Il labor picnic ut Belmont
Park.
Mowbray has been disappointed ON all
sides since he has been i'm this city. The
Trade and Labor Assembly, recognized as
the central body Of the trades unioni>ts,
denounced him ut its last meeting, and
attendance Mt the park was very small.
Police Inspector Schaack had made prep
arations to nip any kind of radical demon
stration before it had gone too far He
was present with detail of police in citi
zens clothes. and n block away 100 uni.
formed officers and three patrol wagons
waited the signal to make descent on
the gathering Mowbray started in by
abusing the police and newspapers. In
spcctor Setback bore this without inter
ference.
But when the speaker began berating
the stars and stripes, and hoping for the
glorious day when the red emblem would
bc raised triumphantly aloft, the inspector
gave the signal and Captain Schucttlcr.
who was on the platform, laid his heavy
hand on the shoulder of the speaker. Now
bray had not expected this, and was plain
ly disconnected. He stammered and looked
dismaycd, and attempted an explanation.
but the big police captain remarked ~ on
have got To stop that kind of talk. y and
that settled it.
Mowhray insisted, however, that there
was not n scintilla of violence in the doc
trinc he taught. 1t was no use. he had TO
stop. There We're few radical reds"
who attempted resistance, but they were
squickly quclched, and one arrested. Mrs.
Lucy Parsons was present, and after
Mowbray experience she remarked: lit
don't surprise me. Liberty is dead in
Chicago. Any one can see that" To
which the police replied: Anarchy il
dead in Chicago for all time"