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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
WILL PROVE DESTRUCTIVE.

Aerial Gun Designed to Drop Shells In
side n Fort or an Enemy'a Vessel
Experiments are now being tried
with a view Of combining torpedo boats
and aerial machines in hostile opera
lions against ships or forts. A boat
has been designed to dive under water
and fire torpedo into a battle-ship
hull The proposed aerial gun will
send shell Of explosives through the
air and drop It on an enemy's deck or
into a fort. II the combination Of these
two machines should prove successful,
the craft will be the most wonderful en-
CINE OF destruction in modern warfare.
The aerial gun is 30 be placed in the
bow and to be operated as follows: Tho
boat, for instance, is moving along the
surface at a fifteen-knot speed. At the
word Of command her petroleum fires
are put out, the electric engine started,
the smokestack and air-shaft drawn
inside the vessel and covered over. She
Is made to sink by admitting water to
her tanks. At the same moment two
horizontal rudders at the stern, and
inclined upward, cause the eighty-ilve
foot steel cigar-shaped craft to dive
like a porpoise. She runs, ordinarily,
either three or thirty feet under the
surface, but she is built to stand the
pressure of depth OF seventy feet.
She has a constant tendency to rise,
but is kept below by the horizontal
rudders on her stern. Should she ac-
cidentally sink, there are automatic
arrangements, governed by the outside
water pressure that empty the water
tanks and compel the vessel to rise to
the surface The effect Of the fire Of
this machine Is the more appalling
because 1t can be delivered without CIV
ing the slightest sign to the enemy.
When approaching an enemy the ves-
sci rises to within three feet of the
surface, and a revolving looking-glass
is raised above the water. This re-
fleets down into the boat through q
tube all the surroundings. When the
range Of a hostile fort is obtained the
bow Of the boat is allowed to come on
a level with the surface Of the water,
barely exposing the mouth Of the aerial
gun. The body Of the gun is inside
the boat. The pneumatic pressure
sends load of destruction into the air
and down into the fort. The boat
drops back into the depths of the sea,
and the enemy cannot tell whence the
shot comes. There is no smoke; moth
ing in sight but few ripples on the
MISUNDERSTANDING DISPATCH.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
wonderful subterranean CITY has a non

wonderful subterranean city has a pop
ulation Of over thousand men, women
and children, scores of whom have new
er seen the light Of day or the earth's
surfaced This remarkable city has Ito
town hall, a theater and It's assembly
room, as well as beautiful church.
decorated with statues, all being FASH
Toned from pure crystalllzed rock OF
salt 1t has well-graded streets and
spacious squares, all well-lighted with
electricity. Az mentioned IN the fore
going, there are isolated cases in this
underground city where not a single
individual in three or four successive
generations has ever seen the sun or
has any idea of how people live on the
outside Of the earthl Their rock salt
houses are said to be perfect sanitari-
ums, and the average longevity of the
denizens of the Getty of the Salt Mines"
is said to exceed that Of the surface
inhabitants Of Galicia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

The national museum at Washington
has just received collection Of lemurs
from DR.. w. e. Abbott. who is en-
ployed in exploring Madagascar, the
great island newly annexed by France.
He is making his way into the inte-
rior, extensive regions of which have
never been traversed by the white
man, in hopes of coming across some
Of the strange savages who are said
10 Turk in the primeval forests and
mountain fastness.
There are at least two distinct tribes
pf Malagassy dwarfs, Who are among
The smallest people in the world. The
Kimos average only feet inches in
height. They are rather light in color,
have remarkably long arms and are
bold in defending their territory, using
spear and bow. OF pastoral habits,
they excel in certain handecrafts.
They dwell in the southern center Of
the island, at high elevation above
the sea.
Even more monkey-like are the Be-
hOsy, who occupy densely wooded
country among the hills of Bemaraha.
They jump from tree to tree Just like
monkeys, and are not easily followed,
lnasmuch as their territory is exceed
!ngly rocky. They are very timid, and
It is said that they die Of fright when
captured. In the northern part of Mad
Rgascar is the most remarkable ma
iural fortress in the world. 1t is occu-
pied by wild tribe who call them
selves the People of the Rocks. The
fortress is lofty and precipitous rock
Of enormous size-1,00O feet high and
eight square miles In area. Its sides
are so steep that it cannot be climbed
without artificial means Within it is
hollow, and the only entrance is by a
Bubterranean passage, portion Of
which is so narrow that only one per-
Bon can pass at time, while on either
side Of the path is deep water.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
To Make parIoles.

Savory darioles are suitable either
for luncheon or supper and may be
made with boiled or roast beef, veal OF
chicken. Mince the meat, season II
with salt, pepper and little nutmeg
add small quantity Of grated ham
(potted ham will answer the purpose)
and few shreds of red picked cab
bage chopped up and molstened sufil-
clently to form into paste with some
liquid aspicadelly. Fill some individual
molds with the mixture, and when set
turn out and place each on rather
thick slice of tomato; serve around a
pile Of finely shredded lettuce dressed
with mayonnaise. Almost any kind of
faky fish can be used in the same way
for filling dariole molds, but when this
is done a hard boiled egg should be
added in place of the ham and the aspic
should be whisked until frothy with a
small quantity of mayonnaise, before
being mixed with the fish.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
vnlturos shave Themselves.

The lammergeyer, or bearded vulture,
found throughout the whole mountain
chains of the old world, actually shaves
himself. The expert barber could not
ply the keen-edged razor to the stubby
beard of his particular patron more
deity than the monarch Of the noun
tain tops prunes his own bristly beard.
The head Of the vulture is clothed
with feathers, and from the sides Of the
under mandible proceeds row Of black
bristles. From this peculiar projection
of feathers the bird derives its name.
A layer Of similar bristles begins at tho
eye and covers the nostrils, forming
a fleecy mustache. With his strong and
sharp claws, which act as the razor, he
begins to trim his fibrous whiskers
with great care and dexterity. He
does this with great regularity and
soon the downy beard and mustache
give way to a full growth Of bristly
feathers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
He Eats Paner.

A new style Of contest has been in
vented by Charles Kellar. 1t will new
err become popular and Mr.. Kellar is
likely to go down in history as the
only man who ever held the paper
eating championship. Pie, hot corn,
apple, peach, dumping, watermelon,
egg, flshball, ham and" oyster, lobster
and clam eating championships have
been won and lost The tack-eating
championship also has several claim
ants, but Mr. Kellar thinks he is the
only bona fide paper-eating champion.
What is more, he desires to bet on his
proposition.
Mr.. Kellar has challenged the world
to meet him in paper-eating contest.
He says: "I'll eat paper against any
man in the world. I'm the champion
trying to get along. That's the reason
I'm looking for match. How much
can eat? Oh, never counted, but I
guess about five pounds day. Plain
paper, you know. 1t mustn't have any
printing on it."
"Do you eat anything but paper?"
asked an Office boy who had been care
fully weighing up the slender proper
tions of this gastronomic phenomenon.
"Oh, my, yes" said Mr.. Kellar's back
er, before the champion could reply.
HE eats steaks and roast beef. Paper
isn't enough for him. He's got an aw-
full appetite"
Mr.. Kellar looked pleased, but there
was an air of sadness in the voice of his
hacker as he spoke of his stars appe-
lite. It is customary for hackers of
sporting celebrities to provide for them
when no matches are in sight and af-
terward, too, in many cases.
"I'm on the level" Mr.. Kellar went
on to say, borrowing the trademark of
Jack Dalton of Hot Springs fame. I'm
dead on the level and my motto is
fair field and no favor. Good night"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Money Made of Gum.

The oldest money in use in the world
is coined by the mint officials Of the
Malay peninsula. 1t is a thin disk or
wafer of hardened vegetable gum,
which is obtained from the bola tree
and mixed with emery sand. These
coins have the smallest exchange value
of any medium in the world, excepting,
perhaps, the shell money Of the west
coast Of Africa. No other piece Of
money can be acquired with so small
an expenditure of time or goods as the
bola gum coin, and when a mana
European-happens to come into pos
session Of some millions Of them he Gs
not esteemed rich, but unlucky. Some
idea of the infinitely small value Of one
of these coins may be gained from the
statement that a copper cent can readi.
ly be exchanged for 10000 Of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Nnnnan Not nlrorced.

Mr.. H. Werner writes as follows to
the London Spectator: ALLOW me
through the medium Of your esteemed
paper to contradict the statement
made by the Paris correspondent Of the
Daily Mail about DR.. Nansen's remar-
rlage. know for certain that DR..
Nansen, before starting on his polar
expedition, did not obtain legal sep
aration from his wife in order to per-
init her to marry again in the event
of his disappearance or death, with
out being put to the trouble Of proving
his decease."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
The Missing Link Again.

Man has made another big stride to-
ward the verification Of the theory
that he Is a descendant Of the monkey
DR.. Cecil Reinheimer, while exploring
with a party in Southern Africa, dis
covered a race of bushmen, or low
grade Hottentots.
In a recent issue Of Nature Is short
letter from him, in which he says that
their language closely approximates
that of the higher apes. The kissing,
clicking and grunting sounds of tho
higher apes are almost identical with
those in the language Of the bushmen.
Not only this, but the features of the
men closely resemble those Of the apes.
Is this the lost link in the long chain
to establish Darwin's famous theory?
Mans brain was found to be simply
the brain Of a monkey, highly devel-
oped. In fact, man himself was found
to be simply higher ape. But there
was one link missing to this conclu-
sive chain. 1t is the fact that no re-
semblance could be found between the
speech Of man and monkey. No resem-
blance could be found between the
musical speech Of man and the grunt-
ing sounds of the ape Scientists ere
not able to tell whether mans speech
was a development Of the monkeys,
or whether it was an independent tone
Of voice, peculiar to himself Prof.
Garner has tried to establish the con-
nection, with what result has already
been told in the Sunday New York
journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
An Underground City.

1t is generally believed that light and
fresh air are absolute necessities to
human existence, and that If the nor
NAL supply Of either be cut of men
cannot long exist. 1t appears, how
ever, that there is at least one spot on
the globe Tor, rather, In the gIobe)
where civilized community of human
beings not only manage to exist, but
which live in a Furnishing condition
In place where sunlight Is totally I'M
known. The "City of the Salt Mines"
Is situated several hundred feet below
che surface at Wielicska GallcIa This
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
sIaterhood of Women.

It's OF course one Of the opposite
sex who is claiming that though the
universal brotherhood Of man is an
accepted fact, the universal sisterhood
OF woman is still undreamed Of, Wo-
men, he asserts, have no faith and
honor in their relations one with
anotheri hence strong fellowship is
impossible to them. In considering
the complexity Of the sex, however,
he has overlooked the existance of the
"woman's woman" who is very fair
prototype of the mans man." and is
no less true TO her standard of loyalty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Here,s a Hint for ChrI.tmnu.

A delicate and useful novelty is tho
cup, saucer and toast rack combined,
and makes charming gift to an in
valid or friend who breakfasts in bed,
1t is presented In china, the cup lovely
in shape and with handle. The plate
saucer, as 1t may be termed, has a
socket for the cup, while one side Is
supplied with rack for toast or muf-
fin, a little butter plate together with
knife rest Things OF this sort are
usually heavy and awkward to use,
but this, fortunately is not So
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Beware Of Olntmonso for Casarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering 1t through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
Dc used except on prescriptions from re-
putablo physicians, az tho damage they
VIII do 10 ten fold to the good you can
possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and
ig taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys-
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure he
sure you get the genuine. 1t 10 taken In
formally and made in Toledo, o., by +. j..
Cheney Sc Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by DruggIsts. price 76e per bottle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
AIl ths Comfortu Of Homs.

A Partisan lawyer has ordered Of one
of the makers of horseless vehicles a
conveyance to contain dining room,
two bedrooms, dressing room and
Kitchen. The cost is over $500, and the
owners intention is to make excursions
through all the most picturesque parts
Of France. Exchange
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Reforms Need more Than a nav

To bring them about, and arc always moro
complete and lasting whsu they proceed with
steady regularity 10 n contamination. Few OF
tho observant among us can havo failed to
notice that permanently healthful change, in
the human system are not wrought by abrupt
most salutary medicines which are progress
nye. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters l. the chief
Of these. Dyspepsia a disease Of obstinate
character is obliterated by IL
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life AWAY

It you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood. be made
well, strong and magnetic, full OF new life and
yigor, take No.To-B BAG, tho wonder-worrer
that makes weak mon strong. Many gain
ten pounds 10 ten days. Over 400, 900 cured.
Buy No-To-Bac from your druggist, who
will guarantee cure. Booklet and sample
mailed free: AID. Sterling remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
wien . Personnl AppllontLon.

Mr. Meeker - Did you know, my
dear, that scientists say It is the f.
male mosquito that bitesP
Mrs. Meeker-I have no doubt Of 1t.
Probably she has to support herself
while her lazy husband is down town
talking politics. Chicago Tribune
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
In ohIna labor unIons are growlng.

At Paris the great department. stores
have medical service for their en-
ployes, which includes an inflrmary
and outings in the country ut the sea-
shore.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Miss Braddon, the novelist, Is so OPP
posed to being photographed that she
recently refused 800 in cash and a
royalty on all photographs other that
might be sold.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

When bilious or costive, eat a Cascarot
candy cathartlc, cure guaranteed, loo, 300.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

The Brotherhood of railway train
men has paid out since its organiza.
ton 1881 $3.50 in sick and death bene-
ftA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con.
sumption far and wide. = Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumsteld, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1896.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Regeman's CRmphOr Ice with GIycerIne,
Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Feet
ChilbAins, Piles, &c. O. q. Clark Co.. New Haven OF
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

The Krupp works have 1900 fur
naces,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels Never sicken, weaken or grlpe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Paris departments stores board en-
ployes. su,N3t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Lord Rosebery has the finest coll
lection Of modern books in England.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Dog6sh oil is a new California In
dustry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

No cough 80 bad that DIR. Kay'S Lung
Balm will not cure IT. See I'D.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

DIR. Kay's Lung Balm Is tho safest, sureu
and pleasantest cure for oil coughs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

just try a loo box of Cascarets, tbs finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
vrctorIa,s Long Reign.

Queen Victoria's reign has now be-
come the longest in English history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

New York has l 800 A. u. T. mes
senger boys.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29
ODDITIES CORNER.
5oME QUEER AND CURIOUS
FEATURES OF LIFE.

Rueer Little Dwarfs OF MadaR RScar--'
He Eats Paper-An Underground City
Mirage in Soudan-vulturoa Shave
ThemsslveS--A Queer Race of People.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

An English mausOleum cost $780,
900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-29

Washington detectives use bicycles
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-13

ly OF Michigan, but now Of California,
has recently Joined the ranks Of the
elocutionists, and her name was on the
programme for Thursday evening in
recitation from her own writings,
Saved and Savior" Illness prevented
Mrs. Thorpe from being present, and
Genevieve Carpenter, young dramatic
reader took her place and gave the Sc
lection. There is not doubt that Mrs.
Thorpe would have been besieged for
rendition of the poem that made her
famous, "Curfew Must not Ring To-
night" Her intonation would have
been secondary feature, In the read
ing Of that inspirational and most dra-
matte idyl of the past, which was the
production of her brain and magma
ton at the age Of 16.
The young professor Of elocution and
oratory from Rutgers College, Living
ston Barbour, who has been compared
to Marshfield in his dual art, gave
great pleasure by his Interpretation OK
the "Christmss Carol" by Charles
Dickens. As the grinding, grasping
Scrooge, and the hearty cheerful nep-
hew he actually posed as two persons,
and the transitions were 80 instant and
artistic as to elicit unbounded applause.
Mr.. Barbour's voice has the power and
flexibillty of a musical instrument In
the handsof an accomplished musician.
His personality is SO strong that with
out the accessories Of stage or costume,
he holds his audience spellbOund by the
charm of his own individuality.
The very sensible manner in which
the whole science of elocution was
handled at this convention by the ex-
ponents Of art and culture in reading
shows a great advance over old
methods. The agony Of contortion was
nowhere manifest. and the unnatural
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-13
WHO OWNS 1T?
Does This Country Belong to Americans
or to Foreigners.

VI ~ HoEeIBueFbs
Southern Mercury: It Is high time
for the American people to wake up
to the fact that this country is going
into the hands Of foreign money lend
ers, and they will soon control it, If
they do not already own a majority of
the railroads, factories, breweries, fur
naces, etc. Only contemplate for
moment the vast interests now held by
foreigners:
Sixty per cent of the stocks and
bonds of the vast Pennsylvania rail-
road system is said to be owned in
Europe.
Nearly all the Illinois Central rail-
road, extending from Chicago to New
Orleans, with great city properties and
branches and laterals, is owned in Hol-
land.
Great ownership in the immense
properties of the New York Central
railroad company, and all its vast
railroad connections, is held in Europe.
A controlling interest in the Great
Northern railroad, running from Lake
Superior to the Racific ocean, Is owned
In England
A controlling interest in the North.
ern Pacific railroad, lying south of and
as extensive as the last named railroad,
is owned in Germany.
Large, II not controlling interests in
every other important railroad in the
United States, are owned by European
investors.
The immense Carnegie iron works
at Homestead, in Pennsylvania, are
owned principally in Scotland.
The controlling interest in the
famed Pillsbury Touring mills at Min
neapolis, the largest in the world, is
owned in England.
The great iron mines Of the Lake
Superior region, said to produce TO-
100000 tons of iron ore a year, are
largely held by English investors.
A controlling interest in the Grant
Shelters in Denver and Omaha, the
largest in the world, is owned by Eng
lishmen.
Foreigners own immense interests in
the breweries of the country, largely,
If not controlling.
The largest bankers of New York are
foreigners, or representatives of for
eign banking houses. These are the
great gold shippers.
A large percentage of our fire and
marine insurance is In foreign insur-
ance companies.
Five-sixths Of all the freightage OF
our foreign commerce is carried in for
elgn vessels.
Foreigners own millions Of acres OF
our farming lands.
They own many millions of dollars
in value Of our city properties.
Their mortgage loans overspread the
face Of the country.
Foreigners own millions Of acres Of
millions Of United States bonds, and
state bonds; and they own untold mil
lions Of city bonds, and other munich
pal obligations in the United States,
and vast amounts of other properties
not here specially stated.
So great has become the aggregate
Of all these ownerships in the United
States properties by foreigners living
in foreign countries that the aggre-
gate cannot be less than $1,000, 900 900
or $S,OOO,OOO,OOO, with an average of
earnings Of not less than 5 per cent
per annum.