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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Vaccination has just been introduced
In Afghanistan, by the advice OF Miss
Hamilton, an English physician, who is
in attendance upon the ameer
The latest novelty is a folding coffin
which permits the corpse to be raised to
sitting position, so that 1t may be
thus viewed by the mourners.
A wealthy gentleman in Paris, whose
wife could not resist the desire to
gamble, has secured legal separation
from her. In six months she had lost
$4,000 francs.
A valuable COW in Alderman (Miss.)
became suddenly ill and died. The
body was opened, and in the stomach
we're found about half the works OF
an alarm clock.
The wild tribes Of the Caucasus, Rus
STA, teach their children the use Of the
Dagger as soon as the youngsters are
able to walk They are first taught to
stab water without making a splash.
Madame Christine Nelson's present
home is In Madrid, and her dining
room is papered with the numerous
hotel bills she has collected during her
various tours in all parts of the world.
The mails between the New York
city and the Brooklyn postoffices will,
after March l, be dispatched through
pneumatic tubes. The time occupied
in transmission will be three minutes.
An umbrella, to be used ever lap
dog, is the latest wrinkle. 1t is at
tached to a frame which is securely
belted around the little darling's body.
Now, with couple of pairs of over.
shoes, he can defy the rain.
The midnight music Of cats so an
noyed Jerome Summers Of Weaverville,
N. Y, that he hurried out barefootes
with his pistol to shoot them. In the
yard he stepped on a rusty nail, which
caused lock-jaw, and in ten days b,
died.
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Do Mastodons stIn 1lve2

A very curious report comes from the
far northwest in our UNEMPLOYED Alas
kan possessions. It is that living mas
todons have been seen in those regions
by native Indians within the past five
years. Such reports have come before
from furriers, but as these were white
men with the vices Of civilization, they
were not fully believed. Now comes
confirmation from the Stick Indians
who live in that region. One OF them
lately reports that he followed an i'm
mense track that seemed to be freshly
made. Going to the brow Of an eleva-
ton he saw a sight that chilled him
and sent him quickly in retreat. 1t
was Of immense animals contending
in battle. He said 1t was bigger than
the post traders house, had great shin
ing yellow tusks and a mouth large
enough to swallow a man. Relics Of
mastodon bones have heretofore been
found with those Of prehistoric man.
Doubtless he was mans most danger
GUS enemy before history began. If this
story had originated in one of the SEN
sational eastern papers we should not
give 1t a moments attention. But 1t
comes from the Alaska News, which we
are charitable enough to hope is repu-
table paper, and readers of the Ameri-
can Cultivator are entitled to hear this
story, which, if true, is Of great scienti-
&c interest. 1t used to be thought that
mastodons could only live in hot, or at
least moderate climates. But the mas
todon had very heavy fur, as we know
from pieces Of skin found encased in ice
in Siberia some years ago. It is not
an impossibility that a few specimens
of the mastodon may have survived to
the present day in localities not access
sible to man.
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SAVED BY HIS BOO.
Intelligent Canine Dug His Master out
of CAVERN.

Intelligent Canine Dug His Master Out
of CAVERN.
Henry Miller came as near losing his
life near Greggs, ILL.,, this fall as a man
could and still escape, and 1t was only
owing to the sagacity Of his dog that
he ecaped death, says an exchange.
Miller went out one morning in
search Of nuts, taking his dog with
him. When he allghted from the train
he proceeded to walnut grove two
miles south OF Greggs.
After filling his sack he espied a
woodchuck on neighborIng side hill
and, shooting at It, ran II into Its hole.
Leaving his dog on guard no went to
the house Of Jacob Meyer, mile dis
tant, and borrowed a shovel with
which to dig the animal from Its bur-
row.
Miller soon dug deep pit In the side
Of the hill, when suddenly q portion
Of the overhanglng bank gave way and
buried him under half ton Of gravel.
Fortunately his face was not COW
cred and he was able to breathe, but
he was 30 weighted down It was Inn
possible TO move muscle. He shouted
for aid until he was hoarse and was
about to give up in despair when he
thought Of his dog. Calling the faith
full beast, he bade him dig. The dog
seemed to comprehend and scratched
gravel so zealously that at the end Of
half an hour Miller was able to move
one arm and eoon succeeded in escap-
ing from his position.
He was so thoroughly frightened he
took the first train back to the city.
Before leaving he refused an offer OF
$50 for the dog.
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Against the Wheel.

More than 5000 people in Toronto.
Canada, have organized themselves in
to an association called the "Pedes-
trian Protective Association for Con-
serving the Rights of Non-Bicycle
Riders" While the number Of bicycle
riders in the Canadian city counts UP
into the tens Of thousands, the riding
craze is nevertheless confined to the
more juvenile members of the COM
munity. Asphalt pavements are little
known in Toronto, and, as the gran
tie blocks Of which the roadways are
composed form but an unattractlve
course to the rider Of a wheel, the
granolithic sidewalks are monopolized
by the cyclists, with the result that
they have become a public nuisance
There exists certain ordinances re-
stricting the use Of the sidewalks to
pedestrians, but it has been futile for
a few policemen to cope with the law
breaking thousands Of bicyclists. A
mass meeting was held in the city hall
the other day at which indignation
speeches were made by the mayor and
other prominent citizens. With much
enthusiasm the proposition to form the
protective association was acted upon,
and more than five thousand citizens
have enrolled themselves Another
large meeting of non bicycle riders will
be held to act upon the report Of a
committee appointed to inquire into the
best method of abating the nuisance.
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cRIsBrNo AT HARVARD.


nc 10 No Longer wInked ut by the I'M
rs struCtorE.
The faculty Of Harvard university
has announced Its intention to separate
the college students handing in writ
ten work not their own, and to post
their names on the college bulletin
board, says Harpers Weekly. The Of
Tense thus to be dealt with is familiarly
known as "cribblng" The Harvard
faculty has determined and announced
that 1t is dlshonorable and merits pub
lie expulsion. The conclusion thus
reached is somewhat revolutionary and
the action taken has only been taken
with reluctance and after solemn
thought and full discussion. In
old times at Harvard, as in most
other colleges where what is
known as the "honor system in ex-
aminations does not prevail, cribbing
was not regarded as dishonorable,
though its expediency has always been
freely questioned, even by the patrons
OF the practice. II used to be the GUS
tom, when written examinations were
held, to garrison the examination
rooms with proctors, who patrolled tho
aisles and made 1t their business to
restrain as far as possible the propens-
ity of the examined to cheat. The re-
suit was that 1t was regarded as q
fair game to beat the examiners and
students Of honorable character often
used what furtive aids they might to
exc out their hating scholarship. On
ly when the examinations were in some
degree competitive, as where students
were trying for high rank or for schol-
arships, was cribbing felt to involve dis
honor. But conditions are declared to
have changed at Harvard The rela-
tons between instructors and students
are more familiar than they used to be
and the majority of the students are
believed to take their work more seri-
ously than they once did and to look
upon their instructors more as foun-
talns of information and less as hind
rance to ease, The faculty feels that
there are certain childish things that
ought to be put away from Harvard
forever, and cribbing is one of thOIn.
Hence this severe penalty for an Of
Tense which, 1t seems, is still very
prevalent among the more frivolous
undergraduates.
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REFLECTIONS IN A CHAPEL
Large Brass Cross which Serves as a
Mirror.

Large Brass Cross which Serves as q
Mirror,
Recently the governor Of one Of our
county prisons was greatly perplexed
by the discovery that the female Grim
inals In his charge managed in some
mysterious manner to ascertain the
presence Of every individual man on
the other side Of the impervlous dlvid-
Ing barrier which separates the male
from the female worshipers in the jail
chapel, says the London Hospital.
One Of the women inadvertently made
an exclamation, showing that she had
suddenly become aware that her hus-
band was within the same walls, al
though his presence ought, according
to the rules, to have been completely
unknown to her. None Of the officers
could account for an unpermitted
knowledge which was found to be
shared by all other women. AT last a
very careful examination Of the chapel
gave an explanation Of the mystery.
Although strictly divided, as we have
said, both the male and the female
prisoners faced the altar in their seats
and over II had been fixed very large
brass cross against the wall SO highly
polished as to form very good mirror.
and in its clear surface the women saw
the reflection OF every man as he passed
to his place and had enjoyed the spec
tacle with impunity till the wife's affec-
ton overcame her discretion. The
brass cross instantaneously disap~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-14
rwo nIcYoLE sroRIEs.
How the Queen Was Told Some Plat
Truths,

How tho queen Was Told Some Plain
Truths,
A well-known monarch, who, for OBJ
vlOus reasons, we will call the king OF
Ruritania, does not approve Of ladies'
cycling, says the Gentlewoman. His
daughter greatly enjoys the healthy
exercise Of spinning along the roads
OF her fathers dominion. She was In
the habit of rising early and going out
before breakfast. Unfortunately her
royal papa met her and her suite one
morning and he was so angry that all
the suite were we'll scolded and the
princess herself was kept in the palace
for three weeks and was not permitted
to attend any Of the court festivities for
the following month. The queen Of Ru-
ritania agrees with her royoal husband
in his dislike forcycIing, andvery strin-
gent court rules have been advertised,
closing many paths aud thoroughfares
to the overwhelming wheel. One day
her majesty was walking out with her
dogs when cyclist came along one OF
the shady alleys near the palace. The
indignant queen stopped the cyclist
and informed him that bicycles were
not permitted near the royal abode.
The cyclist, who must have been an
ill-bred churl, then proceeded to expos
tulate, garnlshing his language with
sundry words such as In England are
usually represented by the fourth let
ter of the alphabet and a DASH The
bewildered queen started In astonish-
ment, and her lady-in-waitlng, coming
up OPPORTUNITY 0or she had fingered
behind to gather some flowers at her
majesty's request) asked the rude BIZ
cyclist II he knew he was addressing
the sovereign lady Of his country. The
abashed cycllst was so overwhelmed
at this information that he said not q
word but mounted his bicycle and fed
away, and, report says, never stayed
his wheel till he reached--let us say
the capital Of the adjoining kingdom.
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entered.


A frown clouded the brow OF DIT.
Ralph Stanton, the eminent young ply
sician who everybody declared would
make his fortune in his profession,
and pretty Nellie Saville escaped, glad
to hide her flushed cheeks from her
cousins jealous eyes.
Mrs. Stanton threw herself languid-
ly into the depths of an easy chair.
$50 have found you at last, nay dear
Ralph. have been seeking you for
the last hour"
He hated this woman In spite OF her
dark, witching beauty. His uncle had
found that beauty irresistible, and by
late marriage robbed his nephew OF
the quarter of million which he had
taught him to expect would one day
be his.
What did you want with me?" he
asked CURLY.
'You are cross. I wanted your So
ciety; nothing more. Is there any
thing strange in that?"
Most flattering of you, my dear
aunt, l am sure"
1t was Mrs. Stanton's turn to frown.
Don't call me by that hateful name.
II / did marry your uncle, you might
remember that am not yet rs. By the
way, Nellie Saville quits the teens next
week."
"Indeedp
Eyes. Charming girl, isn't she?
Really, Ralph, If you should see the
dismal hole of a parsonage where that
girls parents live you would feel CRATE
full to me for my compassionate gen
erosity in taking her from It for q lit
tie while. Are you going to Lady
Campbell's this afternoon, Ralph?"
mo, detest tea and tennis"
$50 do l. Besides, have a head
ache. Will you prescribe for mel"
After the majority Of Mrs. Oak
brooks guests had departed for Camp
bell house, DR.. Stanton was pacing the
lawn with Sir John Dolby, smoking
cigarettes and talking politics; and in
doors his relative occupied velvet
lounge and tried to read the last new
novel,
He came to her at last; but 1t was
with serious face and an open tele-
gram in his hand.
my sister has met with an accident.
Levison wants me to go at once"
20, Ralph Is it serious? You will
return here?"
II think not" he returned, replying
to the latter question.
"You will come to Melton willows
at Christmas, Ralph"
II really cannot promise. Good-by."
She sat there until the sound of the
horses hoofs had died away, then she
!. crossed the room and looked at the
notes he had written. One was for his
hostess-apology and explanation, Of
course-but the other was for Miss
Saville." A moments hesitation-then
she tore 1t open.
Dear Miss Saville: Before you see
this you will know the reason of my
sudden departure But cannot wait
until our next meeting for the answer
60 the question / should have asked
you this morning If Mrs. Stanton's en-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-14
LouIsIANA's UNSTABLE SOIL,
A Man with Paddle Dug Channel
Four Miles Wide.

A Man with Paddle Dug a Channel
-Four Miles Wide.
AS is we'll known, the Mississippi
river is a very erratic stream, and the
nature of the soil at and near its mouth
at New Orleans is such that the force
Of the water continually changes the
channels, opening new ones and clos
ing the old. An important channel
owes its origin to the work of one
man. 1t is known as Morrison's cut
off in st. Mary's parish. 1t was once
solid land, but some forty years ago
a man named Morrison, finding that
he had to go long way around to
reach st. Bernard bay, jumped ashore,
and, with paddle, made a ditch
through which he was able to float his
boat When he returned two weeks af-
ter by the same route he found that
the waters Of Bayou Sale and st. Ber-
nard bay had taken the new channel
and that the ditch was 200 feet wide. 1t
is four miles wide to-day and the land
he cut off has been gradually washed
away until it now consists only of
string of small islands. MorrisoA's
cutoff is now the route for numerous
vessels running along the coast OF
South Louisiana. 1t was made in the
course Of a few hours with an ordin-
airy perogue paddle and by one man,
but would probably have cost the
United States thousands of dollars II it
had been undertaken as an engineer
ing enterprise and il the gulf waters
had not done the work.
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stolo clothea from corpneu.

Tramps are causing good deal Of
trouble in certain localities in western
Kansas. They open newly made graves
and exchange clothing with the
corpses. The dead bodies, after being
attired in the old clothes, are placed
back in their graves to await Gabrleps
signal Exchange.
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pIsmnl Is Worry superstltlous.

81 have known some people," said
Weary Watkins, that was so super
stitious that they wouldn't begin a job
of work on Friday"
81 wouldn't myself" commented Dis
NAL Dawson. "Ner on Saturday. Ner
Suaday. Ner Monday. Ner Tuesday.
Ner Wednesday. Ner Thursday"
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killed while relllng a Tree.

On Files creek, w. Va, while G.. w.
Daniels and Vincent Louk we're cutting
q tree, splinter rebounded as the
trunk broke from the stump, striking
Louk, and killing him instantly. He
was 20, and had been married six
months. Exchange.
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rest, for want Of better Fairgrounds,
and the truckman has abandoned the
fight; and where they crowd thickest
Fairgrounds of their own are being
fitted up for them In school and park.
Hereafter no school house shall be
constructed in the city Of New York
without an open playground attached
to or used in connection with the
same" says one Of the briefest but
most benefcent laws ever enacted by
the people Of the state of New York.
1t is all there is Of 1t, but 1t stands for
a good deal. No child Of New York,
poor or rich, shall hereafter be de-
spoiled of his birthright-a chance to
play; and as for the streets, does any
one imagine that New Workers. will
ever be persuaded to barter away their
clean and noiseless pavements and
pure air for the whirling dust-clouds,
the summer stenches, and the winter
sloughs of old, seasoned with no mat
ter what mess of political pottage? II
so, he is grievously mistaken. Colonel
Waring has shown us that the streets
Of New York can be cleaned, and any
future city government, no matter bow
corrupt or despotic, will have to reck-
on with him. And right we'll the en-
envy knows 1t; he may not refrain from
picking our pockets in future, but he
will at least have to do 1t with due re-
gard to the decencles of life.
Mulberry Bend is gone, and in It's
place have come grass and flowers and
sunshine. Across the Bowery, where
$4,000 human beings were shown to
live out of sight and reach Of a green
spot, four of the most crowded blocks
have been seized for demolition, to
make room for the two small parks de-
manded by the Tenement House Com
mission. Bone Alley, redolent with filth
and squalor and wretchedness, is to go,
and the children of that teeming neigh
borhood are to have a veritable little
Coney Island, with sandhills and shells
established at their very doors. Who
can doubt the influence 1t will have
upon young lives heretofore framed in
cutters?
l question whether the greatest
wrong done the children of the poor
in the past has not been the esthetiC
starvation of their lives rather than
the physical injury. Against the lat
ter provision has been made by strin-
gent tenement house laws, by the Wig
orous warfare upon child labor, by the
extension Of the laws protection to
stores as to factories, and by the re-
Btriction of the sweat-shop evil. In the
park to be laid out by the Schiff foun-
tain, in the shadow Of the Hebrew In
stitute-one Of the noblest Of charities
"a great public bath is to rise upon the
site Of the present rookeries, harbinger
Of others to come. All about new
school houses are going up, on q plan
Of structural perfection and architectu-
raj excellence at which earlier school
boards would have stood aghast. The
first battle for the schools has been
fought and won, and though there be
campaigning ahead without stint on
that score, the day is in sight when
every child who asks shall find seat
provided for him in the public school,
and when that scandal of the age, the
mixing of truants and thieves in a Jail,
shall have finally ceased, even as it is
now forbidden by law.-"Light in Dark
Places" by Jacob A. Riis, in the Cen
fury.
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Jules soule, a Mississippi newspaper
man, has died in the hospital "a New
Orleans, as the result Of bullet wound
inflicted by John H. Miller, editor Of
the Biloxi (Miss) Herald. The trouble
grew out Of newspaper controversy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-14

A dirty old bag arrested in New York
q few days ago had $4,000 concealed in
her excuse for dress. She said she
got the money from the sale Of rags
picked out Of garbage boxes.
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Lightning and Trees.

Cedar and fig trees are rarely struck
by lightning. The beech, the larch,
the fir and the chestnut also seem to
be peculiarly obnoxious to the bolts
Of Jove." There are trees. however,
which appear to attract rather than to
repel the lightning flash. The trees
generally enumerated in the category
of those which the lightning is most
apt to strike are the oak, the yew, the
elm and the Lombardy poplar.
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Inst Like a Woman.

Mrs. Cleveland has gone through the
house which the president re"eutly
purchased at Princeton and Aas aaclded
that 1t needs more closets, -E1.
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"Was It whisky that brought You
here?" asked the prison visitor. II
think, lady from the way the copper
smelled,7 answered Dismal Dawson,
that it was gin."--Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
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BETTER NEW YORK.
REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN
ADOPTED THERE.
Fairgrounds for the Children OF tho
Poor - Parks and Breathing-Places
in the Midst of the Congested Dis
trIots.


pom the road
which New York
has been treading
this half score
years there is at
last no turning
back, The streets
evacuated by the
trucks have been
occupied by the
children, the truck
mans with the
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slow-Pol,e Can,eIs.

Seven miles an hour is the ctnaelA
limit, nor can 1t maintain this rate
over two hours. Its usual speed Is ivn
miles an hour.
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TIME FOUND HER OUT.

q loved her. He
meant to tell her
so, and the mo-
ment for doing so
had come. The
fluffy golden head
was very near, a
few words had
been spoken-w'hen
the door opened
and ELLA Stanton
entered.
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HE LOVED HER.

trance had not prevented me from do
ing so. 1 want you to be my wife,
Nellie-my loved and honored wife.
Will you? Write yes or no soon to
your loving but impatient Ralph"
A small fire burned in. the CRATE.
She put the letter into her pocket, and
burned the envelope.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-14

The Metropolitan railway was
opened in 1868.
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"Dear Ralph" murmured the lady,
IT want you to write to him for me,
Nellie. He promised to let me know
how his sister was, but l suppose he
has not had time. He does not know
your handwriting, think"
Very soon Ella Stanton had dictated
a gushing, affectionate letter, and with
blanching cheeks Nellie had written it.
Don't close 1t now, Nellie. Throw
1t aside. There is only one other that
need be written now"
what is it," Nellie asked, trifle
YEARLY.
why, you know, dear, Mr. Graham
wants me to open the Brixton ba-
Eaar, but really don't feel equal to
the task. / must write to decline, but
he always laughs at nerves, and / do
SO hate being laughed at"
my Dear Friend: 1 have thought
fully considered the subject, and must
decline the honor. l am grieved be-
yond expression to disappoint you,
but, feeling as do, l cannot act other
wise. However, 1 feel confident that
you will meet with one worthier than
THAT what l cannot grant she will
1oyfully concede. Only onO thing l
ask-that this shall in no way inter-
fere with the friendly relations which
have always existed between U.s."
Il think II Is maEing too much Of