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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Anton's footgear is expensive. His
wooden shoes, as well as those of
leather, must be made to order. He
wears his fathers trousers, coats and
vests, shirts, underwear and hats, and
would be taken for a young man of
twenty if it was not for the freshness
Of his complexion and his youthful
manners.
Where nature is SO generous in one
direction she must be expected to even
things up. So it happens that Anton is
by no means bright boy, but as in the
case of NJ. Canon-Berg, he enjoys aver
age intelligence and a sunny temper
In his village they call him "the rub
Der ball." on account Of the rotundity
Of his features.
The causes that contributed to the
boys extraordinary size are as yet hid
den to the scientists who have under
%aken to explain the phenomenon. He
comes from normally built parents and
ais numerous brothers and sisters are
distinguished neither for largeness nor
for extraordinary toes or fingers. An
ton has never been big eater.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
PERSONAL.

Luigi Ardlti, the famous Italian opera
conductor, has written his reminiscent
ces
The United States consul general at
Berlin, Charles De Kay, has organized
fencing club in that city.
Mrs. Orr, an inmate Of Kingston,
Ont, house of industry, is now 40 years
old. She has just been baptized.
George Moore, working miner OF
Grand Ronde, Wash, has just celebrat-
ed his one hundred and second birth
day.
Governor Boutwell, owns one OF the
largest and best farms in Middlesex
county, Massachusetts, the Chestnut
Hills farm" in the town Of Groton.
Rev. Eugene A. Hoffman, dean OF the
General Theological seminary, New
York, has given $4,000 to st. Luke's
hospital for room for the treatment
of Protestant clergymen.
Miss Balfour, sister Of the leader Of
the House of Commons, reads all the
principal newspapers, daily and weekly
and marks whatever she thinks will be
of use to her brother and his colleagues.
Lord Francis Hope, brother Of the
Duke of Newcastle and heir presump-
tive to the dukedom, was granted a
discharge in bankruptcy in the London
bankruptcy court Thursday, subject to
his payment of 10 shilings in the
pound Of his liabilities, which amount
to e657 ,942, or about S3,25O,OOO. Lord
Hope is the husband of May Yohe, the
actress.
Rev. Peter Mackenzie, who died late
ly In London, was once stopped by a
highwayman who demanded money.
The minister offered him a half crown,
and that not being accepted doffed his
coat and gave him what the man now
describes as dashed good licking"
The highwayman subsequently became
one of DR.. Mackenzie's converts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
FORTS ON THE YUKON.
England Preparing to Hold Disputed
Territory In the Pacific Northwest

England preparing 10 holu Dhpuvou
Territory in the Pacific Northwest
A party OF miners from the head
waters Of the Yukon have arrived on thS
schooner Mary Buhne from Oonalaska,
and report that the Canadian govern
ment Is establishing well equipped for
tihcations on commanding bluffs over
looking the strategic points on Forty
Mile creek and elsewhere along the
supposed boundary line, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, A large company
of Canadian military police are busily
engaged in exploring the country for
mountain passes both in Alaskan and
Canadian territory. A loop of Forty
Mile creek runs into British territory,
and to reach the most valuable mines Ii
is necessary for American miners to
pass through small portion Of foreign
territory. The river Ia very narrow
and the police have erected on towering
cliffs fortresses which completely guard
the travel on the river. At several
points breastworks, substantially built
of stone, have been erected, and on the
whole the actions OF the police would
indicate that preparations are being
made to accommodate large squads Of
troops at various points along the boun-
dairy, and particularly in the vicinity of
the placer mines However, the po-
lice are very kind to the American min
ers, rendering them every assistance
possible and in many ways bestowing
small favors and endeavoring to allay
suspicion or unpleasant inquiries as to
the object of such war-like prepara-
lions. Small detachments attired in
citizens clothes have visited all the Inn
portant mining camps, accommodating
the surrounding country. What their
object was they do not state. Thomas
Buchanan, q Yukon miner, who has been
on Forty-Mile creek for three or four
years, speaking Of the military posts
erected by the Canadian police, said:
"All their Notifications are built of
heavy stone, through which are port
holes commanding the paths and
rivers. A few men, properly
armed, could withstand large
force of soldiers. The police
themselves are noncommunicative, and
the commandant says the forts are to
shelter the provincial police. Some Of
the very richest placer mines Of the Yu-
kon region are under the immediate
command of these forts, Of which ten
have been erected this year."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
A Costly bug.

Secretary Morton was showing re-.
porter through the chronological bu-
reau the other day, and this is part Of
what the reporter says he did: 1--WE got
a bug in there that cost the government
$4,000; he don't look it, but he did.
It's a fact. One day an outfit of scien-
lists started in pursuit Of this bug.
They ranged all over the hemisphere
and stuck to his trail like bloOdhounds;
they ransacked North American all the
way from the isthmus to Alaska. After
the most remarkable adventures by
flood and field they freed their bug and
took him prisoner. He was then
brought captive to Washington, and
he's right there now in that brick
house, the highest priced bug on earth.
A roundup Of the total expense Of that
one bug hunt came to over $4,000. But
we got the bug"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
BAD SMELLS.
EnElanGs Efforts to Improve Conditions
in India.


Under English rule "local self-gov
eminent" has been bestowed upon tn,
people Of India, so the board has to lool
around for means to pay for water AMI
drainage schemes and town conserv'
ancy; the barrier dues are one Of them
and the carriers, who have just come In
are as disconnected as the people Of thu
town, who pay, one way and another, /
shilllngs per head annually for Local
rates, says the Gentleman's Magazine
-Four annas for each cart entering
Singhpur, in addition to four tolls or
the road from Panhunder! 1t Is mon
strous! How will they get food to-day
for themselves and their bullocks"
Here some women, passing on their way
to the tank, halt and listen to the dis
pute and join in the complaint that "thI
taklSus' is grievous, the children's foot
is being taken away" The toll con-
tractor has no concern with their feel
ings, and only observes that 1t Is the
"hukm" or command OF the govern
ment and proceeds to rake in his dues
The district officers say that the in
gratitude Of the people is most discour'
aging; latrines have been put up, the
filth is carted away daily to distance
from the town, street drains arr
cleansed stray dogs are destroyed, OF
lamps have been erected in the streets
water of good quality distributed t
standpipes for public use, and they have
a local board, presided over by thu
Taluq native revenue officer, and ye
they are not happy. 1t is really too
bad. Some Of the people will POSITIVELY
not drink the water coming to them II
metal pipes, and some still neglect t
use the public latrines, preferring t
resort to the open country outside thu
town, according to old custom. A NATIVE
hand-loom weaver of whom there arr
many in Singhpur, told one of the col
lectors poems, who told the head clerk
who told his superior, that the people
were not ungrateful, but they were al
queer and liked their own ways, whicl
the English did not understand; the.
did not notice the odors which the En-
glish called bad smells; they liked Il
take their thinking water from the vii
lage we'll, or the temple tank, especial,
the latter, which had been blessed b,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
ACCUSED OF ABDUCTION.
Musical Instructor Is Arrested on 6
Grave Charge.


Grave Charge.
Professor Harold Land, director Of
the Ladies' Military Band of Creston,
Ia, has been arrested on charge Of
abduction. He represented himself as
a. widower, and has had living with him
two young women whom he introduced
as his sisters, Mabel and Helena. They
were both members Of the band. May
or Scurr of Creston last week received
a letter from Mrs. Gilmore Smith Of
Wingham, Ont, in which she asserts
the two women are daughters of hers,
who disappeared from home over year
ago and Of whom no trace could be
found. She charges that Land is an
assumed name and that his real name
is Duncan Summers, and that he has a
wife and children living in Canada.
Mrs. Smith inclosed letter she re-
ceived from her younger daughter,
Helena, which implores her mother to
forgive her and to aid her, representing
that she is badly treated by Land and
her elder sister. The chief of police at
once Investigated the matter and the
two young women confessed that the
facts stated in the letter were true.
Land was Immediately taken into GUS
todV
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
STARVING PARIS pocroRe.
Free Hospitals Cut Into tho Practice OF
Many Physicians.

Free Hospitals Cut Into tho Practice OF
MANY Physicians.
A double suicide, which shocked
Paris the other day, brought to the at
tention Of the public the financial
straits in which, 1t is said,
the majority Of the physicians
of that city live, says the
New York World. DR.. Arnaud de
Lanyard, an old physician who had
been decorated by the government for
brave conduct during the cholera cpl
demlc many years ago, committed sui
eide with his wife because his practice
had dwindled to the vanishing point
and starvation was staring them In the
face. In commenting upon the trag-
edy several newspapers asserted that
in Paris not more than one doctor out
Of five is able to make more than the
barest living. Among the causes OF
this poverty among physicians Is tho
restitution of most Of their patients,
Medical science has made great strides
too, that maladies Of all sorts are more
quickly cured, and such precautions
are taken to prevent the spread Of con-
.aglous diseases that epldemlcs are be-
coming practically unknown. The num-
Der of doctors, on the other hand, has
rapidly increased. Another reason why
there Is not practice enough to go round
is that in many Of the hospitals people
can be treated for nothing or at q very
nominal figure. Many of these hospi-
tails have trained schools, which are
free, in which are taught tho rudlments
Of medicine and surgery. These
schools are largely attended and many
sick people are taken in hand at their
own homes by some member Of the
family who has prollted by this In
struction.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
cured bv a schIatter Handkerchief.

Nathan w. Baker, proprietor of the
Baker house at Lewisburg, Pa, asserts
that he was wholly cured of acute in
flammatory rheumatism, from which he
was a sufferer for score of years,
through the mysterious power of Fran
els Schlatter, the Colorado healer. None
of the local doctors were able to help
Mr.. Baker, and it was only by the aid
of crutches that he was able to move
about when not confined to his home
entirely. Miss Fasnaught, a Lewisburg
girl who was visiting Denver friends,
had Schlatter bless handkerchief, and
then she sent it to Mr.. Baker. He
placed it over the affected part of his
body, and says he was able to walk
without pain or trouble in twenty-four
hours. Now he claims to be better than
he has been for years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
DOCTOR wlrH A REcoRp.
He Is Mixed Up with Many Civil and
Criminal Cases.


Criminal Cases.
DR.. William d. DeKraft, now a pris-
oner in Bellevue hospital, New York,
possibly has more charges Of fraudulent
practice hanging over his head, is inn
plicated in more litigation and has more
unsatisfled judgments recorded against
him than any man in the city. He has
had civil and criminal actions brought
against him for defrauding people Of
sums Of money aggregating nearly
100000. He has been arrested numer-
GUS times, and In some manner has up
to now eluded punishment. He has
readily found victims in all classes Of
life, who have invested large sums of
money in his plausible schemes and
bogus companies. He has conducted an
"Electropathic Institute" for some time
at 30 West Thirtieth street, and has
been dispossessed for non-payment OF
rent. Men and women alike seem to
have fallen under his mysterious In
fuence. He has been accused of alien
ating the affections Of q wife from her
husband. He has had others arrested
on all sorts Of preteXts. He has brought
actions claiming damages for false inn
prisonment, and is now held for the
grand jury on charge of perjury COM
mitted during his examination in bank
ruptcy and for having claimed as cred
itors three men to whom he says he
owed more than $4,000 and who de-
clare that he never owed them cent.
He has been in contempt of court over
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30


and over for non-appearance at supple
mentary proceedings, and he is now
said to be shamming sickness in order
to evade examination. Half a dozen
law firms have stacks of papers concern
ing his many complicated cases, and an
array Of process seekers have haunted
his quarters for so long that their faces
have become familiar to the residents
in the vicinity.
On Aug. 20 he presented the petition
to the Court Of Common Pleas to make
an assignment Of property for the bene-
fit of creditors and get his discharge.
In his schedule of creditors appeared
the name of w. D. Fricke, of Brooklyn,
to whom he claimed to owe $685.;
Daniel Z. Ryan of Barton, Fla, to whom
he said he owed $44,750, and Robert W.
Moore, 9,472.
Before a police magistrate each Of
these swore that he did not owe them a
cent. Moore is clerk in store who
had never had more than his salary
he earned and yet DeKraft swore that
he had lent him $4,000 in money.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
CAST BREAD ON WATER.
A Brooklyn Man Receives 100000 for
BeRricnding an Old Woman.

"A brooklyn Man Receives 100000 for
BeHrlcnding an Old Woman.
About four years ago Henry Lewis, a
confectloner who lives with his wife
and six children in Brooklyn, found an
aged woman sitting on the stoop of his
house. She was poorly dressed and evil
IDENTIFY without funds. AS she showed
evidences Of culture, he invited her to
his home. She accepted, and Mrs. Lew
is refused to let her go. The aged Wis
itor remained with them until six
months ago, when Lewis found it a
difficult matter to support his family.
Then she told them she would not con-
tinue to be burden to them, and in
sisted on going to the poorhouse at
Flatbush, where she remained until a
few weeks ago, when she returned She
had gone away comparatively pauper,
but returned worth over 100000, which
she has turned over to Lewis for his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
Canary Cultnrr in Germany.

About 25O,OO0 canaries are raised
every year in Germany and, besides
the 100 900 birds that are sent to Amer
lea, the English market takes about
50 900, the next best customers being
Brazil, China, the Argentine Republic
and AU bria, to which countries sales
men are sent with large numbers Of
birds yearly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

the presence of Vishnu; and they did
not like the dung-carts parading the
streets and standing in the market
place. Least of all did they like pay
ing weeks earnings every year to the
local board when the cost Of food was
increasing. They were very poor men;
what should they do?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
Ground to Pulp.

At Idaville, Ind. Levi Benney, in at
tempting to remove some obstruction in
a corn husklng machine, met with a
horrible death. His sleeve caught in
the machinery, pulling his right arm
from it's socket and grinding it to bits
and his head passed between the roll
ers, smashing it to pulp.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

kindness in taking her in and caring
for her when she was without a friend
The discovery that she was heir to the
money was made when the surrogate
of San Francisco inquired for her
through the Brooklyn surrogate, and it
was discovered that she was an inmate
of the poorhouse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
The Powder Blew Up.

hrs. Fred Seibert, of Middletown,
Ohio, found some funny looking powder
which she threw into the stove. Mr..
Seibert now has new stove and is
pay ing a doctor to get his wife back
into share.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
pertnmes aud MIornhes.

A French sayant has discovered that
many perfumes aid health by Destroy
ing disease microbes. Thyme. lemon,
mint, lavender, eucalyptus and other
scents proved very useful.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

10 AuIui hlOtulyi anu pS 10 ~ plSdptlhI
boy living with his parents, well-to-do
people, at Haindorf, in lower Austria.
He is ten years old, says a writer in
that paper.
This growing Colossus weighs at the
present time $50 pounds, his breast
measures 40 inches from arm pit to
arm pit, and his head Is 20 inches in
diameter. He is exactly five feet
high.
AS a small child he was 10 phlegmatic
that he refused to learn to walk for four
years after his birth. With the begin
ming of his fifth year he began to creep,
and after little while learned to walk.
When baby Anton was thought rather
small, His mother nursed him until his
fifth year, and he took little solid food
before that time. On his sixth birthday,
when there was a party at his fathers
house, the boy first attracted attention
on account Of his large features.
During the last two years he has
gained over seventy pounds in weight
and two feet in height.
Nature gave Anton six toes and six
fingers on each hand and foot. AS the
portrait printed in the Sunday World
shows, all these members are perfectly
developed and well shaped except that
the small fingers stand out from the
rest. The joints, however, work like
those of the other fingers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

than six weeks ago she arrived In this
country. Her remarkable personal at
Effectiveness was made the subject OF
many newspaper articles, not few OF
which were accompanied by pictures OF
her lovely face and wavy hair Appar-
emily the fame of her beauty has tray
eled to the far northwest, for couple
of days ago Miss Studholme received by
mail an offer Of marriage from Haines
Webster Of Fort Casper, Wyo. Mr..
Webster explains in his letter that he
has frequently seen pictures Of Miss
Studholme in the papers; that he Is an
Englishman; that he owns ranch; that
he has 300 horses-she can have fresh
one every day in the year if she wants
1t, he says-and cattle galore, and that
a bank at Green River, Wyo., or the
Chemical National Bank in New York
city will give information as to his
wealth. He wants Miss Studholme to
enter into correspondence with him
with matrimony as the ultimate object
and he will either send her his photo"
or, better still, If she desires it, he will
come on to New York to see her. There
is much moro than this in the letter,
of course, every line breathing ardent
devotion and assuring the recipient that
the writer, though he has thus suddenly
declared his admiration, is not one to
change his opinions or falter in his re-
gard.
Miss Studholme was astonished on re-
ceipt Of this letter, not so much on ac-
count of the subject discussed as Of her
correspondents evident sincerity. Like
most stage beauties, she is familiar with
the maudlin sentimentality usually
found in such missives, but declares
that never before has she received a
letter from an admirer who seemed to
mean so much. 1t is understood in
New York that Miss Studholme is al
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30

Santa Claus cannot come down the
chimneys now, but he gets there Just
the same.--SomeTville Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
THE BIGGEST BOY.
vs. TEN YEARS OLD AND WEIGHS
100 POUNDS.
HAS Twelve Fingers and Toes -- Wears
His Fathers Clothes, Never Was n
Big Eater and Looks to he TWEEN
ty.

HE Sunday World
last week pub
lished a portrait
and biography Of
the heaviest living
man. M. Canon
Berg, Of Paris. To-
day the picture of
his only youthful
rival, the largest
boy IN the world, is
given. His name
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-01-30
WANTS TO MARRY HEB
WEALTHY RANCHER'S OFFER
TO AN ACTRESS.
He Writes Her letter and Tells OF
His Vast Wealth and What She
Might Expect as His Wlfe-Can Have
Fresh Horse Each Day In the Year

ELDoM has a wom-
ans b ty re-
ceived substantial
recognition more
speedily than in
the case Of Miss
Marie Studholme.
the English act
ress who is the
theatrical sensa-
ton of the hour in
New York. Less
The record-union., 1896-11-07

or built into houses or wells. and these.
together with the position OF the odd
mounds, many Of which still retain their
ancient names, enabled him to fix with
certainty the limits Of Asoka's citadel.
and also to indicate roughly the possi-
BILE sites Of particular buildings for ex-
ploratory excavations, without which,
of course, no detailed identifcations
could be decisively attempted.
Unfortunately most of the likely
mounds now contain Mohammedan
graves, for the Mohammedan invaders
were wont to seize the highest mounds
for their residence and burial grounds,
and for centuries they have used these
ruins as quarry for their building
material. Still, beginning has now
been made, and already at Patna,
where five years ago no stones of the
Asoka period were suspected to be,
there may now be seen pieces Of the
well known stone posts, the so-called
Asoka railings, with their quantity fig
ured medallion-like bosses, by which
Asoka perpetuated In stone the origi-
nal wooden fences which surrounded
the sacred Buddhist spots. And close
by, one may see, about twelve feet be-
low the present surface, parts of 1.-The
wooden walls" of Palibothra, with their
marvelously we'll preserved Sal timber,
over twenty centuries old.-Calcutta
Englishman
The record-union., 1896-11-07
THE STATES COUNT.

The claim made by the Democrats
that enough double votes for Presi-
Dental Electors were thrown out to
change the result in California Is alb
surd. 1t is improbable that there were
enough stupid men at the polls on
Tuesday to exercise such an influence
upon the election
But it is claimed. also, that those
making the returns to the newspapers
have not aggregated the votes of the
Populists and the Democrats, and have
thus given the news a false color, and
that the correct aggregation gives the
State to Bryan. If any have done that
they are silly pated. The reporter or
election officer who has done so will
simply have the knowledge that he has
caused some confusion among and has
misled his fellow citizens.
1t may be that some hundreds Of
votes were reported in that way. and
these may change the result as now an
nounced In this State. So, too, there
has been some wild figuring by news
papers, and we find discrepancies be-
tween detailed and tabulated reports
all favorable to Bryan. But the cleo
ton of Governor Mckinley to the Pres
idency will not be affected by these
changes. California may be taken out
of the Republican column, which we
shall regret, but the victory for the
amalgamated opposition will be very
much like a skeleton-of no earthly use
except to illustrate a dead subject.