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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13

For some years there has been great
deal of speculation on the effect OF
opening canal from Lake Michigan TO
the Mississippi Valley. When the pro-
ject was first discussed, shipowners eX-
pressed grave doubts as to the pro
priety of such measure. 1t was claimed
that the amount of water required TO
keep this canal in active motion would
interfere with the navigation OF the De-
troit and st. Clair rivers. The channels
are not very deep, especially at certain
points, and 1t was stated that this
heavy drainage would shut out YES
sells of heavy tonnage, especially In the
late summer and autumn, when the
water in the great lakes is always much
lower than the normal. One set OF
vigators-notably those connected
with the project, and, of course, in
favor Of it-have insisted that this was
all humbug. There has been 80 much
discussion on this point that disinter-
ested experts have been looking the
matter up. 1t Is found that this canal
will require ten per cent of the volume
of water that goes over Niagara Falls.
After certain number of years this
amount will be double. 1t Is not diff
cult to see that to draw off a quantity
of water equal to twenty per cent Of
Niagaras flow might seriously inter-
fere with the navigation Of the rivers
aforementioned 1t Is said that the
water of the lakes will be lowered from
twelve to eighteen inches, and as sea-
sons Of excessive drouth are not UNI
common, a good deal more than this
must be allowed for, Then, the only
way to insure successful transit
through these rivers would be extensive
and deep dredging. This would neces-
sarily entail enormous expense. If the
canal project goes through, it would
be no more than fair to incorporate in
the contract an agreement to make the
channels Of the st. Clair and Detroit
rivers perfectly free, even in the driest
weather.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
WHISKY IN KHAMA's COUNTRY.
lie Can Keep His own People Sober, but
tho whites Give Him Trouble.

tho Whites Give Him Trouble.
King Khama, of the Bamangwatos,
South Africa, has long been known for
his antipathy to liquor dealers, Per-
haps there is no other country where
liquor is SO vigorously excluded, says
the New York Sun. Khama makes all
his own laws, and he endeavors to have
the punishment At the crime; and as
the drink habit in his opinion, is q
crime little less helnous than murder,
1t goes hard with the unfortunate sub
ject who Is seen to be unsteady on his
legs or Is caught with a surreptlous
whisky bottle, OF late years, however
the king has been having a great deal
OF trouble with the white men who
flock into his country and insist that
interference with their rotations is an
infringements Of their rights, A short
time ago, Khama, who Is getting well
along In life, paid visit to Cape Town
and made his first acquaintance with
railroad, steamship, the sea and
other wonderful things, While in the
capital he received a deputatlon from
the various temperance societies, and to
these kindred spirits he poured out his
grievances, His language shows that he
does not approve Of all features Of the
higher civilization" lie said:
II greatly rejoice in your words, my
friends / have no difficulty in keep
ing liquor from my own people, but my
difficulty is that the white people will
have liquor, and l do not know how
am to succeed in carrying out the law.
| have been almost In despair on the
subject on account Of this; but, so far
as my own people are concerned, |
never will give in. began when was
quite boy and determined that !
would have nothing to do with liquor,
and one Of my indunas present, who is
an older man than myself, Is one of
those who have supported me in this
matter; and have others who are
faithful to me and who are doing their
very utmost to assist me in the entire
prohibition Of liquor in our county,
The one difficulty is that we have whNa
people there who have another govern
ment, and cannot control them.
feel that | shall so back much stronger
and greatly cheered and comforted by
your words"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13

large book. II is not only hard to
fill, but awkward to hold and to store,
and unless carefully classified or In
dexed, 1t is bewildering when laid away
for a time, Do not paste the scraps
even with the edges of the leaves.
They will break some day and then the
cuttings are liable to be torn. If you
have book with stiff pages 1t is well
to bind the edges with strips Of mus
lin, as is often done with music. Use
-four paste or stickaline. All mucilage
does not darken paper, but many kinds
do, and 1t is not wise to risk such a
mishap. l have seen scrapbooks in
which paste made Of gum arabic had
been used, and the paper was so dis
colored that the print was illegible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
"sINoINo AS THEY TOLL
The DnrISles Retain Custom Which Tia,
Been Given Up by the Italians.

Tho Dnrllos Retain u Custom Which Has
Been Given Up by the Italians.
A reader of the Sun interested in It's
recent remarks about the cheerfulness
and good temper Of colored people in
general, has sent letter to the Office
upon the subject He says:
Everywhere that | saw darlSles at
work during my tour in the south they
seemed much happier than our northern
workers. The colored navvles that saw
on the east coast of Florida and the col
ored men at work in the phosphate
mines Of South Carolina nearly always
sang as they worked. But who Is there
that ever knew Of gang of Italian rail
road hands singing as they Welded the
implements Of labor?"
So far the Suns correspondent. It Ia
a curious fact that In Italy itself the old
custom Of singing while toillng has
been given up by the people. The we'll
known woman who writes under the
signature Of "Oulda" makes reference
to the change which has taken place
in this respect in an article published
in the last number of the Nineteenth
Century, She says;
Twenty years ago in Italy melody
was to be heard all over the country
The laborer going through the vines
sang his sternello or his rispetto to the
sleeping fields. The boy who drove
his yoked oxen or cows in the big
square cart beguiled the way with song,
joyous or amorous. The guitar and the
mandolin were heard at dusk at every
farmhouse door and in the streets Of
the town youths went singing and play
ing till the moon was high. There was
music all over the land, along the
hedgerows as in the city lanes, under
the poplars and mulberrles as beneath
the walls Of citadel and baptlstry. How
many a time at sunset or in the star
light have | listened to the beautiful
canzone Of the peasantry when the
sweetness Of the vine flower filled the
atmosphere or the dropped acacia bios
som shed its smell on garden paths.
Now rarely are those wood notes wild
ever heard to tighten and splrltualize
toll"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
Faculties for travellers.

The Nickel Plate road now offern
greater facilities to the travelling pub
lie than ever, the improved service hav-
ing been inaugurated May 18th. No
change Of cars between Chicago, New
York and Boston in either direction.
Superb dining cars between Chicago
and Buffalo In both directions. Trains
leave Chicago sos a. m. daily, except
Sunday; 1880 and 0;2O p. m. daily for
Fort Wayne, Fostoria, Cleveland, Bries
Buffalo, New York and Boston; l'SO pl
m. train arrives New York $3.50 ana
Boston o'clock the following evening.
City ticket office, III Adams street.
Tel. Main $780, Depot, Twelfth and Clark
streets. Tel Harrison 200.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
PHILOSOPHY.

Quick is the succession of human
events: the cares of to-day are seldom
the cares of tomorrow; and when we
lie down at night we may safely say to
most of our troubles, Ye have done your
worst, and we shall meet no more.-
Cowper.
Believe me, sir, those who attempt to
level never equalize. In all societies
consisting Of various descriptions of cit
liens, some description must be upper
most. The Jewelers., therefore, only
change and pervert the natural order
of things; they load the ediflce Of soci-
ETY. by setting up in the air what the
solidity Of the structure requires to be
on the ground.-Burke.
1t is a good plan, with young person
of character to be much affected by
ludicrous and absurd representations,
to show him plainly, by examples, that
there is nothing which may not be so
represented. He will hardly need to be
told that everything is not mere joke,
and he may thus be secured from fall
ing into a contempt of those particular
things which he may at any time hap
pSh W llHu 81 lTeuleu.- w Hdlely.
Cicero says that ito study philosophy
is nothing but to prepare mans self
to die" The reason of which is, because
study and contemplation do in some
sort withdraw from us and deprive us Of
our souls, and employ it separately from
the body, which is a kind of learning to
die, and a resemblance of death; or else
because all the wisdom and reasoning
in the world does in the end conclude in
this point to teach us not to fear to die.
Youth is the time of enterprise and
hope; having yet no occasion Of COM
pairing our force with any opposing
power, we naturally form presumption
in our own favor, and imagine that OBJ
struction and impediment will give way
before us. The first repulses rather in
flame vehemence than teach prudence,
a brave and generous mind is long be-
fore it suspects its own weakness or
submits to sap the difficulties which 1t
expected to subdue by storm,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
How to Make a sornnbnolr.

1t takes time and patience to make
a good scrapbook, but when finished no
money would persuade the owner to
part with it. If you were to begin now
to collect scraps about fancy work you
would find that in few years you
would have the best book imaginable
on the subject; and by referring to it
you would always be able to do work
that pleased you, but which soon goes
out Of fashion, the patterns being lost.
If you decide to make such collection,
buy a scrapbook which is strongly
bound and which has paper smooth
enough for you to write upon in ink.
Such a book should contain written
directions as well as printed ones. Do
not make the mistake of buying too
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
Bridget's View of the Question Had an
Element of Reason in It,

Bridget's View of the Question Had an
Element of Reason in 1t.
In many Of the large apartment
houses of New York the clothes are
hung on the roof to dry, and, as the roof
in the majority of cases is not large
enough to accommodate the combined
washing of all the apartments, each
family has different wash-day as
signed to it. On Wednesday, for in
stance, the entire wash belonging to
four families may be hung on the roof,
on Thursday giving place to the wash
of four other families, and so on. This
often leads to mistakes, and complaints
of losses are not infrequently heard.
Recently young married lady, who
occupied an apartment on the west side
of the town, engaged q new servant,
and directed her to exercise extreme
care in hanging out the clothes, and be
sure that they were not taken away by
any other girl. After the clothes came
back she went out to the kitchen, and
was Mortified to find that the clothes
were not hers, but belonged to some one
else.
ooh, Bridget" she exclaimed, these
are not our clothes! Why"-holding
up several of the garments in turn
''they don't even fitw
"Shure, marm," replied Bridget, tri-
umphantly, "they may not fit, but will
you consider the suparior quality
NV thim?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
JOLIET, NOT JoLLY-ET.
The Illinois CITY Passes an Ordinance on

The Illinois CITY Passes an Ordinance on
the Pronunciation of Its Name.
The city council of Joliet, ILL.,, has
passed an ordinance declaring that In
future the name Of the town must be
pronounced Joliet, not Jolly-et The
accent is to be on the first syllable, and
the 80" long sound. This is the ordi-
nance: Whereas, Great confusion has
arisen in regard to the proper pronun-
citation Of the word Joliet" and, as a
consequence, the correct spelling of the
name Joliet" greatly to the annoy
ance of many Of our people, and
Whereas, A careful investigation in
to the etymology Of the word, its origin,
and the intention of those who gave
the name to our city, all point unmis-
takably to the fact that its only correct
and proper pronunciation is that here
matter declared and directed in the
following ordinance; therefore
Be 1t ordained by the city council Of
the city of Joliet, that the only official,
SOAtSSS "Hu PAOpVi PiOhuhSi"'iNh NNN
spelling of the name Of this city shall
be Joliet, the accent on the first syl-
liable, with the 20" in such first syl-
liable pronounced it's long sound, as in
the words go" mo-" and "foe," and
that any other pronunciation be dis
owned and discouraged as interfering
with the desired uniformity in respect
to the proper pronunciation Of the
name Of our city. That it shall be the
duty Of the officers of our public schools
to prepare and enforce such rules as
shall seem best calculated to secure the
proper pronunciation and spelling OF
the name of our city, in the hope that
the proper training Of the young will,
in time, lend to that proper uniformity
of pronunciation so much to be desired
in the name of the city of Joliet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
Artificial Penrl.

It is possible to produce a film hav-
ing much of the appearance Of mother
of-pearl at a very trifling cost. For this
purpose are required one part nitro
cellulose, seven or eight parts Of 100 per
cent alcohol and twenty-one parts
ether. Soluble glass is used as a sol.
vent, ten parts of this to ninety parts
Of water being the proportion. A series
Of interesting experiments in color,
brllliancy and consistency are made by
adding bisulphite Of carbon in the pro-
portion of twenty-five parts to a hun
bred parts of the solution. Benzine may
also be added with the effect Of chang
ing the arrangement Of the colors and
varying their intensity
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
His Version.

Some years ago when l was pastor
in the town of Waynesboro, tram
was found dead under a haystack on
the outskirts Of the settlement, with
an empty bottle labeled "Laudanum,
at his side. A German being in the
town, and learning OF it, was greatly
exercised over 1t. Upon his return
home, he said to his wife, Der vas q
man come to de town. He got some
laudanum in de drug store. He crawled
under de haystack, and drank de lau-
danum. Den he vent to sleep, and ven
he wakes up, he vas dead"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
Is a Man pend After rlectrocntIon

1t can scarcely be a pleasant reflec-
ton to physicians who have examined
the victims of electrocution to realize
that they have probably been operat-
ing upon n person who was merely ply
sically stunned. There Is nothing that
goes to show that death took place in
the case where men have suffered the
penalty of the law in the electric chair.
The situation has some rather creepy
suggestions, and the up-to-date doctor
will hardly feel justified in putting the
knife into a human being who is only
in condition OF bodily insenslblllty
from an electric shock. it has been
proven that the mind may be quite 80
active during such periods as at any
other, and the thoughts Of the victim
when the surgeons are cutting him up
must be anything but agreeable. After
all, while it has its elements Of brutal
ity the old-fashioned neck breaking
process of hanging may have points
Of grace and is, perhaps, much more
sure as a method Of taking life than
any of the more modern inventions.
The guillotine had its compensatlons,
and it might be revived rather than
take the risk Of the halfway process
that the electric current as now applied
may be guilty Of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
A New EpidemIc.

Berlin is agitated over the outbreak
of new disease. 1t Is said to be Il
humanized form of the foot and mouth
disease well known as a malady affect
Ing cattle. The only wonder is that
humanity and the brute creation do
not have more interchangeable ills
than at present exist. People consume
the milk Of diseased cows, unconscious
ly, perhaps, but, nevertheless, the eff
feet is just the same. They attend sick
animals Of all sorts, and seem never to
dream that transmission Of disease IL
possible 1t is quite as easy to inocu-
late a human being with these germs
as 1t Is to produce the results Of vacci-
nation by bovine virus. While this cpl
demic Is new, in certain respects, It Is
said that there are continually recur-
ring cases of 1t all over the continent.
That there is not more Of 1t Is most re-
markable when the utter Indifference
Of the public to their milk and beef
supply is understood. The disease Is
not unknown here, but there are at
present no existing cases Of it. With the
high price Of beef the only danger is
that this article will be imported, and
that we may be bringing into our bor-
ders the cause Of some very serious
maladies. The first manifestation of the
illness are large blsters in the mouth,
with a good deal Of soreness and some
fever, In constitutions weakened by dis
ease, various complications are brought
about and there is grave reason to
fear that hitherto unknown forms may
spring from 1t, Disease germs are LA
BILE to cross-breed as well as other hv-
ing organisms, and in this way perils
that we know not Of may follow swift
upon the heels of carelessness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
SAT UP.IN THE COFFIN.
Supposed Corpse Stopped the Funeral at
Sank City, Wis.

Supposed Corpse Stopped the Funeral at
Sank City, Wis.
A funeral service which was being
held at Sank City, Wis, over the body
of Mrs. Fry, was suddenly stopped when
the supposed corpse arose in the casket.
Mrs. Fry had been taken suddenly i'll
with cramps of the stomach. Medical
aid was summoned, but soon the woman
became unconscious and apparently
died. The body was kept several days.
When the time for the funeral came,
the friends assembled. Some of the
attendants near the casket thought
they saw the woman's arm move, and
insisted on another examination being
made. It was finally decided to post
pone the funeral. Again the people
assembled at the house, and during the
preparations for the service the body
began to show signs Of life, and soon
sat erect in the casket. Mrs. Fry has
since explained that she was conscious
all the time of what was going on about
her, but was unable to make her con-
dition known, and it was only by the
greatest efforts that she had moved her
arm trife in the morning, thus Civ
ing notice that she was not dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
An Accumulated Fnct.

May 10Th the Nickel Plate road in
augurated a new train service. The new
summer schedule affords the same num-
Der OF trains as before, including
through service between Chicago
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Bos-
ton. The improvements also embrace
the shortening of time of trains be-
tween all Of the above cities City Ticket
office, Ill Adams street Tel Main $3.50,
Depot, Twelfth and Clark streets. Tel.
Harrison 200
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
A Good Reason Cor MornIng Nnn.

A Good reason IOr - morning Nap.
1t is claimed that one of the reasons
for the undisturbed morning sleep es-
pecially for children and delicate and
nervous persons Is based on a well UNI
derstood scientific theory. We are told
that the vitality Of humanity is at its
lowest ebb between two and half past
three in the morning. This being the
case, 1t would naturally require some
hours to restore the equilibrium. It is
very easy to see that II the cares Of the
day are taken up before this is secured,
the Individual would start in handi-
capped by a certain lack of force.
Where the rest continues uninterrupt-
edly until the voluntary awakening, 4
stands to reason that the system is in
much better condition to perform its
allotted task. So important to the we'll
being Of the individual is this little
understood and scarcely appreciated
quality that we call vitality, that It is
well worth while to see to 1t that every
condition is made as favorable as pos
sible To this end undisturbed rest,
With the best surroundings is thing
to which a good deal more attention
should be paid.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
The Electric srnchronlzer.

A number Of clocks are arranged in q
single system, with the master clock
provided with a circuit closer adapted
to close the circuit at predetermined
period before the hour, and break it
at the hour.
In the synchronizer system all the
secondary clocks are regulated to run
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-06-13
time. This synclironIzer may be APP
piled to any clock says the Scientific
American
The Weather Prophet.

II has been customary for certain
persons to place great amount Of re-
lance upon so-called weather prophets
people who profess to be able to pre-
diet what the weather will be one or
two months or an entire season in adj
vance. That such claims are haseless
ought to be evident to every one; but
the fact that the government keeps a
regularly established weather bureau,
and that weather bulletins are oflicial-
ly sent out, is sufficient to keep alive In
the minds Of superficial thinkers the
Mea that a weather prophet can fore
tell for n long time TO come, The wealth
err bureau usually gives out information
for few days in advance, This 1t Is
able to do with fair prospect Of correct
ness because there are clearly defined
scientific principles upon which their
observations are based, But in making
these assertions the government does
not emphatically proclaim absolutely
exact conditions. 1t is perfectly safe
to say that the weather prophet, as the
popular idea places him, especially the
one who claims some private methods OF
observation, Is little more or less than
an unmitigated humbug.