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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
wIFE SALE IN ENGLAND.
A Sturdy Brlton Sold Ills Better Half
and Throw In n Speech.

ana IhreW In bpoeCh'
The London Annual Register for 1889
gives an account Of singular wife sale.
Joseph Thompson, farmer, after a
brief married life of three years, ind-
ing the union irksome, agretd with his
wife to separate. Acting upon the pre-
valent notion that, by putting his
spouse up to auction, the marriage
bonds were legally severed, he came to
Carlisle with her and, by bellman, an
nounced the sale.
AT noon the auction commenced IN the
presence of large number of persons
the wife, q spruce and lively damsel OF
% years Of age, being placed on large
oak chair, with halter of straw round
her neck. Thompson then spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen, / have to offer to your
notice my wife, Mary Anne Thompson,
otherwise williams, who mean to sell
to the highest and fairest bidder. Gem
tlemen, 1t Is her wish. as we'll as mine
to part forever. She has been to me
only born serpent | took her for my
comfort and the good Of my home, but
she became my tormentor, a domestic
curse, a lady devil. Gentlemen, speak
the truth from my heart when | say,
May God deliver us from troublesome
wives and frolicsome women! Avoid
them as you would mad dog, roaring
lion, loaded pistol, cholera morbus,
Mount Etna or any other pestilential
thing in nature. Now, have shown
you the dark side Of my wife and told
you her faults and failings. Will now
introduce the bright and sunny side OF
her and explain her qualifications and
goodness.
"She can read novels and milk cows;
she can laugh and weep with the same
case that you can take glass OF ale
when thirsty; she can sing Moore's
melodies and plat her frills and caps;
she can make butter and scold the maid
she cannot make rum, gin or whisky,
but she is a good Judge of the quality
from long experience in tasting them,
therefore offer her with all her per-
fections and imperfections for the sum
OF so shillings"
The sequel of the story is that, after
waiting above an hour, Thompson
knocked down the "lot' to one Henry
Meers for 20 shillings and n Newfound-
land dog, and the parties separated, be-
ing mutually pleased with their bar
gains.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
NEWSY BRIEFS.

In Japan the wealthy classes regard
it as bad form to ride horse faster
than walk.
The winter is so mild in France this
year that daisies are already blooming
in the Partisan parks.
There are 39,951 Italians in New York,
the largest colony of this people in the
United States. Brooklyn comes second
with 1858.
During 1896 the London mint struck
off 72,245,295 coins, about 10000, 900
more than in 1894 The value of the
gold coin was 1852 625; of the silver
coins, f1,196,16S, and of the bronze,
f40,995.
In Tartary onions, leeks, and garlic
are regarded as perfumes. A Tartar
lady will make herself agreeable by
rubbing a piece of freshly cut onion on
her hands and over her countenance.
The influx of immigrants into South
Africa is continuing at such a rapid rate
that the Cape Times fears that before
many months have passed they shall
once more be face to face with the I'M
employed difficulty.
A farmer named Christ Bennecke ar
rived in Princeton, Ky, last week in
a prairie schooner with his family and
most of his household goods, having
driven all the way from Chadron, Neb.,
a distance Of about 1,4OO miles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
q LOVE YOU, ANNETTE"

20 the timer living-room. There in one
corner, looking very big and clumsy,
stood an oaken chest with the lilies of
France carved upon it. The old woman
unfastened a key from her chatelaine
ana knelt before the chest. She paused.
Monsieur must know" she said,
gravely, long way back in France my
people were not poor, but rich. That
was before the revolution, monsieur;
before their names were knitted into
the cruel madame's stocking. They fell.
We have always been poor enough
since. This chest contains my great
grandmother's ball gown. Monsieur
shall see"
She unlocked the chest and lifting
a covering of tissue paper shook out a
rich white satin gown, heavily en-
broidered with pale-blue forget-me-
nets. The stomacher was thickly sown
with seed pearls and wide ruffles of rare
old lace edged the neck.
The artist gave cry of admiration.
"a costume Of the time of Louis XVI.
How eXquisite!"
"Here are her slippers" continued
madame, holding up a pair of white
satin slippers adorned with furnished
gold buckles, "and these are the gloves
she wore To think I have them yet,
monsieur, and my grandmother
dust these 100 years. We might have
sold her toilette over and over again,
when we were hungry and cold, but we
always preferred to suffer for my
grondmother's sake. Now listen, mon
sicur. Little Annette, across the street,
you love her; have seen so. She has a
heart as sweet as a nut and as bonny
a face as ever the sunshine kissed. If
put these robes upon her she will
look like a grand dame fit for mon
sieur's brush. She will be fresh like
the rose and as beautiful. She shall
be monsieur's model and wi. make
his fortune"
That night when the sausage vender
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
DIDN'T WANT A FREAK.
The Little Girl Drew tho Line. at
Three-IIeaded Christmas Doll.

The Little Girl Drew tho Line. at u
Three-Headed Christmas Doll.
1t was in the toy department Of big
23d street shop and the salesgirl had
brought forth great array of dolls Of
all sorts and kinds and among them
the very latest in dolldom, the doll
which had three adjustable heads.
The little girl beheld them all with
growing interest, says the New York
Herald.
understandable, did you say?" asked
the little girls mother,
Eyes, ma'am," said the salesglrl;
"and when one head gets looking old
and battered you can take it off and
put on one Of the other two. They last
just three times as long as regular
doll"
Are you satisfied with this?" asked
the little girls mother, bending over
her. ut is much prettier, think, than
any Of the Others" The little girl shook
her head decidedly and screwed her
little face into a bowknot Of fearful sug-
gestlon.
whats the matter?" asked her
mother in establishment.
tits a freakY said the little girl
tearfully. "How would you like it II
I'd been a freak with three heads and
you didn't know which was me and
which was the other ones? l don't
want freak"
And she finally triumphed in a sim
gle-headed French doll with eyes that
could open and shut and squeak like
a live, normal baby.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
On That Day There Was Born SAVIOR
who Is Christ tho Lord.

On That Day There Was Born SAVIOR
Who Is Christ tho Lord.
Long, long ago, so far back that IT
cannot be definitely traced, the latter
days of December were set apart for the
festivities pertaining to pagan worship,
says the New York Mercury. Perhaps
It's earliest observance began with the
celebration of the winter solstlce and OF
festivities held in honor OF Saturn and
Bacchus. To-day Christmas is celebrat-
ed throughout the world not for its
pagan ancestry, but for its meaning as
the Christian festival of the nativity.
The keynote of Christmas joy Is
"Peace on earth, good will to men," The
first Christmas day that ever dawned
brought rejoicing in its wake. On that
day there was born In Bethlehem,
Judea, Savior, who Is Christ the Lord.
For those weary with sin, for those op-
pressed with sorrows, for the troubled
in mind for the weak and helpless he
came. But not to these alone. To the
Joyful and happy ones, to those rich In
this worlds goods to the successful and
prosperous he came. To the whole
world he appeared. None was forgotten
by him. And now to the outcast and to
the weary one, to the rich man and to
the joyful child he says the words;
Learn of me"
"If you suffer, Christ pities you.
II you be lonely, he is with you.
If you repent Of sin, he will keep you
in safety.
If you have great possessions, he says
unto you,
Give to the poor
On Christmas day at least let all
wrath and clamor and evil speaking be
done away" and let every one sing, with
the heart, GLORY to God in the high
est"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
"a TuRKIsH FIRE nRIoAps.
Its distinguishing Apparatus is Genoral-
ly OF but Little Avail.

A Turkish fire engine consists simply
Of hand pump, supported on two long
poles and carried on the shoulders of
four Of the tiremen, says writer in
Casters Magazine. The latter make a
great show Of haste, They run at 0
brisk trot and keep shouting and yell
ing all the way, pushing rudely aside
all wayfarers who are unlucky enough
to get in their line of march. But in
truth Turks are seldom in a hurry. II
may be that their speed on setting out
Is stimulated more by the expectation
Of being able to levy "backsheesh" II
they are early on the scene than by any
ardent desire to quench fire. The cloth
ing they wear is white and their lower
limbs and feet are bare, consequently
their progress is noiseless but for the
yells they emit as they push along.
There is high tower in STEAMBOAT
and another on the other side of the
Golden Horn at Galata, both of which
display flags on the alarm Of fire. The
flags are supposed to indicate the local
ity Of the fire, but as several localities
are sometimes enlivened by fires about
the same time these indications cannot
always be very explicit. II fires break
out during the night the bekjies might
watchmen) take up the cry and bawl
out with discordant information where
the fire is supposed to be.
When that formidable company OF
firemen with the handpump arrives on
the scene Of con1agration the bachi first
of all calls at the contiguous houses, as
yet untouched by fire, and nndeavors to
eXtort backsheesh for the eXertiOns his
men are about to make to save prop
erty. And woe betide those who admit
these rascals For the furniture Is
dragged out into the street and If the
household goods are not plundered
there they are probably destroyed be-
yond recovery. The writer has been
told that householders generally pre-
fer to bolt their iron doors and shut
their iron shutters rather than give ac-
cess to those plundering rufiians. Their
eXtinguishing apparatus is generally Of
little avail
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Provided for Contingencies.

A couple in Richmond, KY, on mar
riage bent went hunting for a justice
of the peace the other day The justice
is also an auctioneer, and not finding
him at his office the couple went to his
auction rooms. They found him auc-
tioning a lot Of cradles from bank
rupt sale. He was notified of the pres
ence Of the couple and their errand
He stopped the auction and married
them on the spot. Then, to reclprocate
his kindness probably, the newly we'd
ded pair bought one of the finest era
dies in the stock. And the crowd oil
customers cheered.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Butter In Denmark,

In Denmark the government inspec-
tors of butter exercise great pains to
keep Danish butter free from too much
water, and by calls for samples at ran
dom at the factories there is no way to
circumvent this inspection. AS a re-
suit Danish butter is sold in the Eng
lish market strictly up to market re-
quirements, and Danish producers have
grown to be exceedingly exact in the
percentage of water allowed to remain
in the butter they ship.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12

WINDOW. He always sung furiously in
the early morning, and a pot Of mignon-
cite in blossom adorned the sill.
Just across the road lived the sausage
,vender, a little old man, who wore a
wig and dressed in snuff color. He was
early at his post every morning, frying
sausages, but, being cruelty afflicted
with asthma, he could only speak in a
loud, hoarse voice; so his daughter, An
nette, a very dream of health and
beauty, would stand beside him in her
neat stuff gown and call in voice as
lusty as a chanticleer:
Hot sausages! Hot sausages"
Now, diagonally across on the next
street was tall brick building used as
a storehouse. Its lower rooms were
piled with dusty white bags full OF
grain, over which the satin-colored
mice frolicked and grew fat the live
long day, but up in the peak Of the
building was large garnet, rented to
poverty-stricken artist. Here were pic
lures strewn all about the room, while
In the middle Of the floor stood a stout
easel, supporting bare canvas.
Every morning the artist crept down
from his lofty quarters to buy hot
sausages of M. Laubeau, and to cast sly
glances of intense regard at Annette
who, for her part, kept on at her calling
as II there were no young men in the
world. But when he turned to go back
to his garnet, then would Annette smile
and toss her head, with its white cap, in
a coquettish ned to the little madame
across the road, saying as much: See
/ have an admirerw and madame would
smile back, for she dearly loved ro-
nance. Sometimes she would beckon
tn Annette, and when the girl ran light
ly across the street the old woman
would say
when shall the wedding be-"
"Ughw Annette would answer
could eat paint? I thrive now and
am comfortable. Monsieur must make
his fortune ere Annette weds him."
"And he shall do it," returned mad
anne; 81 will speak myself to monsieur"
That very day when the artist passed
her shop with a canvas well wrapped
in paper under his arm, the little
Frenchwoman called to him.
Come in" said she, "and show me
the picture"
Reluctantly he undid it and disclosed
pensive-faced Madonna.
"Oh, monsieur" exclaimed madame
"she has sickly look. do not wonder
you may not sell her; we have enough
like her. Monsieur must paint different
something gay and cheerful-fresh
you know"
II am too poor to hire a model" said
the artist, gloomily.
"Ah, true" replied madame, "but
suppose I could find model. Would
monsieur paint?"
Perhaps"
Come, then"
She led the way through the tiny shop
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Hours for sleep.

The truth Of the old adage that one
hour of sleep before midnight is worth
two hours after midnight is questioned
by DR.. e. p. Colby, who states that he
has made some study Of the subject
while in naval service during the re-
bellion. The ships company on ship
board officers and men alike-stand
four watches day and. night, with the
Interpolation of dog watch Of two
hours to change the time Of each set
of men on successive days. These men
are therefore obliged to get their re-
quired sleep very irregularly, but in
more than two years observation DR..
Colby could never discover that the
watch officers and men were not as
fully refreshed by their sleep as were
the officers of the ship who were re-
quired to stand no watch at all.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
snIrksd His DUTY and Lived.

A Bangor man relates an experience
which he thinks demonstrates that pre-
monitlon saved his life once. 1t was
during the civil war and he was en-
gineer on railroad in Kentucky. One
night he felt strange Discrimination to
20 out on his engine and finally so
strong did this feeling become that he
refused to take his engine. The man
who took his place lost his life, as the
engine went through bridge that had
been cut by the confederates.- Augusta
(Me) Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Women of Hungary.

Women in Hungary will henceforth
be allowed to enter the Buda-Pesth uni
versity and become doctors and apothe-
carries, or study in the philosophical
faculty. They must pass the same high
school examinations as the men, how
ever, and for that purpose the govern
ment will provide them with opportuni-
ties to study Latin and Greek.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Nothing ImpossIbIe.

It seems to be striking compliment
to feryent eloquence, or some other
peculiar power of persuasion, that
among the conversions made by revi-
valist at Tekonsah. Mich, recently
were two deaf and dumb persons, man
and his wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12

A Russian engineering and locomo-
tive company, largely financed by
French capitalists, is being founded in
Kharkov and will start with big gov
eminent order for engines for the ST.
berian railroad
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
RIVAL SHOT THE GIRL.
KENTUCKIANs FIRE, DEAD MAN
KILLING HIS SWEETHEART.
Strange True Story Tersely Told-One
Case Whore tho had Man Was Not
Punished and Lived to Marry AM
other Woman.

WASH IN G T o N
Star writer was
one Of n group in
q hotel lobby the
other evening, and
a New York drum
] mer had just fin
ished a story on
the old lines Of vir-
tue triumphing and
the william Of the
plot getting his just
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
Marriage.

The husband when he marrles be-
low his social level, elevates his wife.
When the woman marries below her
level she descends to her husbands
plane.-Rev. M. c. Peters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12

Goldfish are Of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in a large lake
near Mount Tsientsing and were first
brought to Europe in the seventeenth
century. The first in France came as
present to Nine. De Pompadour.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
shopI,eoper,s IngenIous DevIce

An ingenious device for attracting
custom was that of shopkeeper in 6
nearby town. Instead Of ordinary plate
glass a large number Of rough magnify
ing glasses formed the window. Seer
through one of these panes an orange
looked as large as a pumpkin and cher
ries as large as apples A great disad
vantage attaching to this novelty was
the fact that at the distance of few
yards from the window it was quite i'm.
possible to see into the shop. Every.
body knows that you must hold a mag
nifying glass very close to the eyes tC
see anything through it. Nevertheless
for some time, at all events, the enter.
prising shopkeeper did a splendid
Exchange.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-03-12
A PAINTERS MODEL.

ME. XAVIER kept
a shop at the end of
the street. Such a
tiny shop, with
only one window in
it, and a bit Of
counter piled high
with lunches Of
gay yarn and boxes
of cheap tinsels!
There was a. bird in
n cage in Tnananae'g
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
FRED WANTS A JOB.
Young Grant Would Be Pleased Were
He Called Secretary of War.

New York, Dec. ga petition is be-
ing circulated among all sorts of Re
publicans in the interest of Colonel
Fred Grant for secretary of war. The
petition was started by the president of
the Empire Republican League, but it
is being signed by many Republican
district leaders. The letter which will
be sent to the president-elect says,
among other things:
Besides his Pc Sonal efforts, Colonel
Fred d. Grant rendered efficient serv-
ices in other ways. He furnished more
than 90 detectives from headquarters
to purge the election rolls of fraudu
lent registration and was especially
instrumental in preventing the perpe-
tration of election frauds of any kind.
1t is not too much to say that never
before in the history of New York City
was there held SO pure and honest an
election as the last one, and this is
due directly to the effort and diligence
of Colonel Grant"
1t is said that the movement has the
entire sanction of Plat and his friends.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
HAD A LIv ELY TIME.
Prisoner Makes It Interesting For
Judge and Others at Yorkville.

New York, Dec. 26-The Yorkville
police court had a lively quarter of
an hour this afternoon. Sampel Drey-
fus was before Magistrate Wentworth
on a charge Of assaulting Mrs. Caro-
line Marcus. While the man stood be-
fore the railing in front of the mag
istrate's bench, Mrs. Marcus was fac
ing Moseby. Dreyfus, in a sudden
rage drew a pistol from his pocket
and aimed il directly at the woman.
Roun6snlall Griffin was standing close
beside Drevfus. He quickly clutched
the revolver and threw Dreyfus' hand
upward and all the other court officers
rushed uDon tine prisoner and over
powered him. Even the magistrate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
NAVAL PROGRESS.
Small Volume Issued, Copiously IL
Illustrated.

Washington, Dec 26.-The officials
of the Naval Intelligencer. which has
heretofore issued its notes on naval
progress as an annual report, today
issued a small volume, copiously illus
trated as part 1 of next years publ
cation, the secretary of the navy hav-
ing directed that the information OBJ
tanned from abroad shall be issued in
parts whenever sufficient data is col
lected to warrant publication.
In this way an attempt will be
made to place the information before
the service at the earliest possible
date.
The part which appeared today is
devoted to the latest vessels completed,
tried, launched or designed by foreign
powers, and the most recent develop
ments in armor and ordnance practice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
The Crow a scayenger.

The stomachs Of about 5000 crows
have been examined and the percent
age of food found therein reveals the
satisfactory fact that the crow, instead
of being the bandit we supposed him
to be, cunnigly fattening on the grain
cries and crops of the husbandman. is
benevolent scavenger, clearing fields,
orchards, etc. of all manner of mis-
chievous worms, mice and insects.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
A COUNTRY PROSPECT.

Want to get away Off
Taste the woodland joys;
Think I'll take day off
Day off with the boys.
Hear the kildees calling
In a loved retreat,
Where the nuts are falling
And the honey's sweet.
Take the city's riot
All its dazzling CLEANS,
For the old-time quiet
For the old-time- dreams.
Dreams / dreamed away off,
With the woodland joys
And a glorious day off
Day off with the boys
Atlanta Constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27

took hand in the melee. Dreyfus was
standing against his desk, and Magis-
trate Wentworth reached across and
clutched Dreyfus by thes<hroat and
hung on until Griffin has wrested the
revolver from his hands. Mrs. Marcus
screamed and had Mysteries for ten
minutes. When the officers searched
Dreyfus they found under his shirt a
dangerous Turkish knife.
A COMPLAINT was returned against
him for assault with attempt to kill,
and he was held under $1,000 bail for
trial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
Oil ON the Wabash.

The Wabash river for miles, east
and west oe Wabash. Ind, is covered
with crude oil, which emits powerful
and very offensive odor.' There have
been times before when the stream car
ried considerable oil. but never before
as now. and the water supply of many
cities below here is endangered. The
oil enters the Wabash from the Sala-
monia river, at La Gro, the SaIamonia
penetrating the oil fields.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27
THEIR HEARTS ALL RIGHT.
Youngsters Who Ran Away to Joi,
the Cubans.

Weston. N. Va. Dec. 26.-Earle. a
son Of Vice President Kunst of the
West Virginia & Pennsylvania rail-
road, with Roy. Hale. Roila Atchison
and Hale Sherrard. all under 90 ran
of from home yesterday to enlist in
the Cuban army. They were followed
by the Kunst boys father with a spe-
ciai train and captured at midnight at
West Milford. After a five-mile tramp,
young Atchison gave out and returned
home
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27

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