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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
CONFESSED SHE DIDN'T DO 1T.
The Little Girl disappointed the Eek
pectatiOns OF Her Guilty Mates.

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pectatiOns OF Her Guilty Mates.
Something dreadful had happened at
the Queensville district school, says
Philadelphia Times. May Greene, the
belle of the village, had struggled her
Sunday sash out of the bureau, and,
"unbeknownst to her mother" had
worn it to school. Her triumph, how
ever was short-lived. She had hung
the sash most carefully on a hook in the
cloallroom while she ran out at recess
for good romp. On her return she
cut in two pieces. Every scholar was
carefully questioned, but no one, OF
course, knew anything about it. The
teacher accordingly announced that
when the afternoon session should open
she would lay all lessons aside and hold
court Of investigation. She herself
would be the judge. May Greene should
be the plaintiff and every scholar in
turn should come up into a witness
box, rugged up for the occasion, and tell
exactly what he knew about the mat
ter. She also said that if anyone would
confess his wrong-doing before the
opening of court he would be pardoned
and all proceedings stopped. Two guilty
boys, discarded beaux of the gay
coquette, were now pale with dismay
They had told untruths when privately
questioned and now they feared they
would not be able to brave them out
before the awful court ordeal-es-
pecially since it had begun to be whis-
pered around that they knew more of
the matter than had at first appeared
They therefore hit upon the following
expedient: The youngest child in the
school, little Annie Cork, was the pet
of the county. If she now could be in
duced to confess to the cutting of the
sash surely she would be pardoned on
account of her popularity. She was
therefore beset by the guilty young
sters, who, by dint of dire threats and
large brides, and by urging confession
upon her as duty, finally secured her
bewildered consent Ito confess" When
the afternoon bell rang the scholars
came in promptly, looking askance at
the awful witness box and at the mutt
lated finery floating out from the teach
er's desk The judge was about to open
court, when in came the criminals
triumphantly leading the innocent
child between them. They informed
the judge that Annie Cork had come to
confess, and, officiously placing her on
the witness stand, they withdrew to
their seats. The child's helpless atti-
tude was too much for the tender
hearted Judge, who took her by the
hand and said gently, "Well, dear,
have you really come to confess?"
"Yeth," she faltered, oppressed by
the earnest stiffness in the room; but,
gaining courage from the judges kind
ly manner, "Yeth, teacher-I'th come to
confetk-Pth come to confetti that l
didn't do It."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
A Common Homo.

Tho family must have a common
home, a united interest, bond OF af-
lection and duty, drawing all the
members together after their separate
labors, and making the welfare OF
each the happiness OF all and the dis
tress of each the sorrow of all. With
out this they are not true family,
but merely collection of units, like
grains of sand that happen to be
temporarily near each other, and may
as easily be driven asundeE Yet there
must also be expansiveness. 1t must
stretch forth its tendrils beyond the
home, and must exercise hospitality,
must be a power for good in society.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

building up, made circle with the
rope on the floor, and put seven differ
ent species Of snakes inside of the rope
circle. Every single one crawled over 1t
as II 1t wasn't there, and since then my
friend has lost faith in It's protective
powers" An old campaigner says to
reporter for the Inter-Ocean that this
was a poor test. "A hair larlat must be
made purposely for this use, and the
sharp projections Of the butts of the
hair be made prominent. A hair lariat
can be, and is, made as smooth as any
other lariat. They are strong, but USE
less as a protector from snakes. have
used one in places where snakes we're So
thick that half a dozen could be run
from under single bush, and never
knew one to crawl over or inside of my
bed"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Our Great Colleges We're Not Such VA
Institutions M They Are Now.

Our Great Colleges Were Not Such Vast
Institutions AZ They Are Now.
Dartmouth College consisted OF a
wooden building $50 feet long, so feet
wide and SO feet high.
At Dartmouth English grammar and
arithmetic were textbooks In the soph-
omore year.
Princeton, the greatest Presbyterian
college, was huge stone edifice, Its
faculty consisting of president, vice
president, one professor, two master OF
languages and seventy students.
Harvard University had four brick
buildings; the faculty consisted Of a
president and six professors, and in its
halls thronged 100 to 100 students.
Yale boosted of one brick building
and chapel with a steeple 1875 feet
highp The faculty was president, a
professor of divinity and three tutors.
The greatest Episcopal college in the
United States was William and Mary's.
1t was under royal and state patronage,
and was, therefore, more substantially
favored than most of our American
schools. At this time, 1t is said in a
curious old state report, the college was
a building of three stories, like a
brick kiln" and had thirty gentlemen
students.
The students lodged in dormitorles,
ate at the commons" and were salts
fed with what we would consider
prison diet. Breakfast, small can Of
coffee, biscuit, about an ounce Of but
ter. Dinner, one pound Of meat, two
potatoes and some vegetables. Sup
per, bread and milk. The only I'M
limited supply furnished was cider,
which was passed in can from mouth
to mouth. The days were spoken Of as
boil day, roast day, stew day, etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

bers are strict teetotalers every day In
the year except one. Regularly on the
first day of September, year after
year, all the adult members Of the COM
mune assemble in the parish church
and every one takes a solemn VOW be-
fore the altar to drink no wine, beer or
spirits from the morrow" Of the fol-
lowing day for the whole year. The
clause from the morrow" Is intro
duced in order to give them reward
for their virtue in the shape of whole
day of drunken carnival. AS soon as
they leave the church they begin to in
dulge in a horrible bacchanalian drink
ing, which continues throughout the
day, until neither man nor woman in
the village is sober This Is naturally
followed by considerable physical suf-
fering and then mental remorse, where
upon the penitent parish enters upon
its twelVe-month Of model sobrlety, and
all live like the Rechabites. Some stu
dents imagine that this queer proceed
ing may be prehistoric tribal custom.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
SCRAPS.

The household work of the families
in the United States was, in 1880. done
by 1,075,653 domestic servants.
Over one-half the population OF
Rhode Island and nearly one-half that
Of Connecticut is employed in the mills.
It is claimed that Lake Erie produces
more fish to the square mile than any
other body Of water In the world.
Native-born farmers of this country
form 26 per cent of its population;
farmers of foreign birth number 17.6
per cent.
OF all the handicraftsmen the car
penters were the most numerous when
the tenth census was taken, numbering
373,143.
1t is estimated by engineers whO
have studied the subject that 16,OOO,-
OOO-horse power goes to waste every
hour over Niagara Falls.
The letters in the various alphabets
of the world vary from IL to 2O2 in
number. The Sandwich Islanders al
phabet has IL. the Tartarian 202.
A Philadelphia ocullst, who has been
studying the human eye for thirty
years, declares that all great men Of
the past and present had or have blue
r gray eyes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

the first thing the men do on entering
the casino is to disrobe and search for
vermin, and moreover the majority sell
dom trouble themselves about resurn-
ing their raiment until they are ready
to go out. The condensation caused by
the sudden change Of temperature rem
ders the clothes so wet that after all
1t is only natural that the natives should
Immediately remove them.
"a casino can be described as simply
a cellar with a roof over 1t. 1t is a
Deep square excavation, with pyram-
ldal roof of rough logs, covered thick
ly with earth, At even short distance
1t can be easily mistaken for a small
hillock. The only light and ventila-
ton is by little opening at the top,
which is protected by a curtain made
Of fish skin. The internal arrangement
varies in different places in respect to
details, but the main features are the
same, Around three sides of the in
terror a bank Of earth is left, which
extends like broad step or divan. On
this the natives sit in their customary
squatting attitude
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

ment sufIlces of itself to keep the tem-
perature little above the freezing
point, which is considered comfortable
enough in a country where wood is so
precious.
"The casino has no door in our sense
Of the word. The following ingenious
method Is used instead: Close by there
Is little structure which serves as
vestibule. This has large hole in the
floor, and from the bottom Of this hole
or shaft extends tunnel which terml-
mates in the tlre-pit Of the casino. A
person desiring to enter casino goes
into the vestlbule, jumps down into the
hole and then crawls along the tunnel
until he reaches a corresponding hole
in the floor Of the casino. Woe to the
luckless stranger who fails to emerge
as soon as this hole Is reached, for
should he proceed any further he would
discover that the short section of the
tunnel which remains between this exit
and the flre-pit Is the stalk.
Crawling along in the dark, slippery
tunnel is not graceful proceeding,
and this bobbing up from the hole is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

A curious custom obtains in some
portions of Spain in regard to betroth-
ais. A young man who looks with
favor upon u handsome senorlta and
wishes to gain her hand, calls on the
parents for three successive days at
the same hour of the day. At the last
call he leaves his walking stick, and II
he is to win the desired bride the cane
is handed to him when he calls again.
But if he is not regarded with favor
the cane is thrown into the streeU, and
In this way the young man is made to
understand that further calls will be
useless,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

Lawyer for the defense) A"You werq
In the saloon when the shooting oc.
Curred%
Witness 0or the state)--"I was"
Lawyer-"State the location of the
saloon"
Witness-"No. All Chestnut street.
Lexington, KY"
Lawyer-"What was the defendant
doing when you entered the saloon?"
Witness-"He was treating the
crowd"
Lawyer-"What did he say?" I
Wltness-"He said: Mister Beaure-
gard, will you and Mister Blublud and
Mister Fireater and Mister Redeye and
Mister Cornbred and Mister Jefferson
join me in drink, suhs?"
Lawyer-"Your honor, the defense
rests. / would respectfully submit to
this intelligent jury that there are not
six plain misters in the whole state of
Kentucky"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Hair Ropes and snakes.

"There is a common superstition
among western cowboys that a rattle
snake will not cross hair rope" said
Super ntendent Brown, Of the Phlla-
delphia Geological Garden, the other
day. 1.-THE cowboy don't mind rattle
snake much, anyhow, but when he has
to spend the night in the open, he fire.
quently takes the precaution of enclr-
cling his camp with rope of this de-
scription, and then goes to sleep with a
quiet mind. l often wondered If there
was any truth in this belief, but never
happened to have hair rope and rat
tlesnake handy to test it, until one day
when friend of mine came from the
West, and we began talking on the sub
ject. He had a hair rope with him,
and we decided to try it on the snakes
In the reptile house. We shut the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
The postomoe In uIndoostnn.

The postofflce in India not only col
lects and delivers letters, parcels and
other articles, but acts to a certain ex-
tent as banker to the general public,
sells quinine and salt, pays military
pensions, and collects the revenue ac-
cruing to the government from land
and other sources. But to the fertile
brain of one of the oldest officers in
the department is due the latest devel-
opment in the work of the postofflce.
The Punjab postoffice has come for
ward as an elementary teacher. 1t not
only collects letters and delivers them,
but teaches boys in elementary schools
how to write them and address the
covers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
WANTED TO BORROW HIM.
Queer Request Two Women Made of n
PhIIndelphIan.


PhilndelphIan.
A genial Philadelphia, who for OBJ
vious reasons does not care to have his
name printed on this occasion, secured
a parlor car seat on an express train
for Reading a few days ago, and as he
was about to pass through the gates
was surprised to hear himself accosted
in feminine tones with the somewhat
startling question: please, mister,
could l borrow you for a while?"
Looking around, he found two
buxom women, who hastily and hest
tatingly explained that they were rid
ing on pass made out in the name Of
a gentleman and his wife, and, as the
gentleman was not present, they
wanted the genial-lookipg citizen to
place his bought ticket at the disposal
of one lady and take the other one
under his wing, while he personated
the absent owner of the pass.
which Is my wife?" he inquired
with an inward qualm, lest his own abb
sent better half should ever hear the
story.
"You can take your choice, sir" said
the lady in search Of an escort, and he
promptly did so by tucking the arm Of
the youngest fair one under his own
and leading her into the car. The
couple proved to be right jolly travelling
companions, and the citizens only re-
gret In the transaction was due to a
fear that the story might leak out and
get home ahead of him. But 1t didn't.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Never Comes.

Most people are looking forward to
a time when all their surroundings
will be satisfactory as compared with
the present; but that time never comes.
The perfection of contentment ever
eludes them. They may be happier in
some respects, to-day than they were
yesterday; but something wished for
is always wanting.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

the most northerly point reached by
steamers, or rather by steamer, since
but one trip a year is made to St.
Michael's, this by boat of the Alaska
Commercial Company.
Describing the country, he says: "All
the upper region Of Alaska extending
along the shore of Behring Sea presents
the same general features. This vast
desolate area is entirely devoid of trees
and is intersected by innumerable riv-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
CAN CURE ASTHMA.
A Leading Physician at Last Discovers
tho Remedy.

The majority OF sufferers from
Asthma and kindred complaints, after
trying Doctors and numberless Rene
dies advertised as positive cures, with
out avail, have come to the conclusion
that there Is no cure for this most dis
tressing disease, and these same per-
sons will be the more in doubt and skep-
tical when they learn through the COLI
umns of the press that DIR. Rudolph
Schiffmann, the recognized authority,
who has treated more cases of these dis
eases than any living Doctor, has
achieved success by perfecting REM
edy which not only gives relief In the
worst cases, but has positively cured
thousands Of sufferers who were con-
sldered incurable. These were just as
skeptical as some OF our readers now
are. DR.. Schiffmann's remedy no doubt
possesses the merit which Is claimed for
1t or he would not authorize this paper
to announce that he is not only willing
to give free to each person suffering
from Asthma, Hay Fever, Phthisic, or
Bronchitis one free liberal trial package
OF his cure, but urgently requests all
sufferers to send him their name and
address and receive package, abso-
lutely free Of charge, knowing that in
making the claim he does for his cure
a strong doubt may arise in the minds
OF many and that personal test, as he
offers to all, will be more convincing
and prove its merits than the publish
ing OF thousands Of testimonials from
others who have been permanently
cured by the use of his Asthma cure.
CDR. Schiffmann's Asthma Cure" as 1t
Is called, has been sold by all drug
gists ever since 1t was first introduced
although many persons may never have
heard of 1t, and 1t is with a view to
reaching these that he makes this offer.
This is certainly a most generous and
fair offer, and all who are suffering from
any of the above complaints should
selves Of the same, as positively no free
samples can be obtained after Oct. 10, Adj
dress DR.. r, Schifman, 1896 Rosabel street,
st. Panl, MINI.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
One's Wishes.

/ respect the man who distinctly
knows what he wishes. The greater
part of all the mischief in the world,
arises from the fact that men do not
sufficiently understand their own aims.
They have undertaken to build q
tower, and spend no more labor on
the foundation than would be neces.
sary to build hut.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Character.

Let every youth regard it as fact
that he must make his own character,
1t is a work which God has wisely
consigned to him. No other can do it
for him. Character is the unseen
spirit-garment that his own thoughts
and feelings weave about his soul
with INVISIBLE fingers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Railroad,

There is said to be only one settle
ment in Massachusetts, more than a
dozen miles from a railroad. Cum
mington is twelve miles from the
nearest line, but is only little further
away from three other railroads, be-
ing near the center of square formed
by four railroads.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Horses.

Recent statistics show, especially in
European countries, that the number
of horses used in cities and towns in
crease every year in more rapid pro-
portion than the population of the
some, and is owing, no doubt to the
greater number of public conveyances
and the traffic steam and electricity
bring
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

The heart will commonly govern tho
head: and it is certain that any strong
passion, set the wrong way, will in
fatuate The wisest of men; therefore
the first part of wisdom is to watch
this affections.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Horse Shoes Made from Paper.

A German veterinary surgeon has
discovered a method by which horse
shoes can be successfully manufactured
from paper. The paper is impregnated
with turpentine to make it waterproof.
The inventor claims that horse wear
ing these shoes cannot slip on greasy
roads.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Silence.

I'm the depth Of the sea the waters
are still. The heaviest grief is THAI
born in silence; the deepest love flows
through the eye and touch; the purest
Joy is unspeakable, and the most i'm
pressive preacher is the Silent one
whose lips are closed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

decidedly an abrupt manner of making
ones appearance in society. The de-
partwe is fully as ludlcrous. The soft
boots and fur clothing make no rustllng
and you behold the inmates disappear
instantly and silently through the floor,
after the fashion Of imps in panto-
mime. The interior Of the casino Is
always gloomy; the sides and roof are
blackened with smoke and covered
thickly with SCOT"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
ONE on ALAsKAs CASINOS FRoM DESIGNATIONS by RNY nARN

DESCRIPTIONS BY REV. BARNUM.
library. On the fourth side Of the
casino the main divan extends only n
short distance from the corners, leaving
free the middle portion where the en-
trance is situated
I'm the center Of the floor is a large,
square pit covered with logs. In this
pit, during the time Of the bath, q
large fire is built AT other times no
fire is used, as the presence of num-
Der Of persons in an air-tight apart
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

ONE OF ALASKA'S CASINOS, FROM
dents of the village, and also as the
hotel for any stranger, and, may add,
the chapel of the missionary, According
to Esquimeau etiquette, the casino is
reserved solely for men; women and
children rarely invade its precincts At
meal times, or rather at all hours, wives
bring the food which they have pre-
pared as far as the inner entrance. This
rigid seclusion will appear all the moro
appropriate when it is remembered that
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
RoRaa.

Rose bushes should be worked with
the hoe. simply stirring the top soil,
keeping them free from grass and
weeds, and applying plenty of manure
around them,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
Wanted.

To rent a well equipped and i'm
proved farm in Eastern Kansas or
Western Missouri Highest references
given. Address, j. BUSHNELL,
495 West 9TH Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
An Annual Drunk.

The oldest temperance society in the
world is the abstaining commune in
NAkIyka, In Siberia. all of whose mem
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

A woman looking after a rich husband is
wonderfully like confidence man looking tor
a farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

The sanguine man can draw q eonclusioi
from aG invisible promise.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
IN NORTH ALASKA.
SOCIALISM ON TRIAL AMONG
THE ESQUIMEAUX.
Thoy Are OF Moagor Intelligence hut
Manage to Illustrate tho Chief Prin-
chile of ProudLons Theory-story OF
y Missionary.

HE most explicit
and intelligent ac-
count Of life in far
away Alaska and Of
the strange habits
and characteristics
Of the natives that
has ever found Its
way into print is
from the pen of the
Rev. Francis Bar
mum, a Catholic
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

The pullets should not be made fat,
make them work for good deal that
they eat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

missionary. He IS STATIONED IN The
Yukon district, 400 miles beyond St,
Mlchael's, in Horton Sound, which is
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-03-01

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