Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-15

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
One Divorce TO Three Marriages.
According to statistics furnished by
a missionary, there were in Japan,
during recent year, 1885, 89 marriages
and 116,775 divorces-about one di-
yOrce to every three marriages.
Preparation Of Indian Territory.
The official census of the Indian ter
ritory places the population at 447,-
1913, including 56,O33 Indians. The
population of the Indian territory is
1881 more than that of Oklahoma.
Bo~r. Form Christian EndeavOr Society.
The 200 Boer prisoners at Camp
Deadwood, st. Helena, have thriving
Christian Endeavor society. 1t was
started at Camp Simonstown, South
Africa. Sometimes over 1000 attend.
winning Age of Chickens.
Prof. Lloyd Morgan, in a recent adj
dress, stated he had found that young
chickens, taken straight from the in
cubator, could swim very well, the
power of swimming being perfectly
instructive.
~"uId e d Her ID .ys in Spain.
Queen Isabella, 20 years old and sadly
broken in health and spirit, desires
to end her days in Spain, from which
she has been banished for % years,
and there is good prospects that her
wish will be gratified.
john Sherman Was the Last.
John Sherman was the last of the
great band of Ohio publicists who
came into prominence with the rise
of the republican party. 1t embraced
Sherman, Chase, Stanton, Todd, Bing-
ham, Giddings, Wade and Schenck.
Ch,mnev 40 Feet II eh
Belgium possesses the highest chin
ney in the world, the Silver Works
company, at Antwerp, having COM
pleted the construction of a shaft 40
feet high. The interior diameter at
the base is about 25 feet and at the
top II feet.
They All Make VIOIIns.
There is really but one place in the
world where viOlins are made extern
sively. That place is Markneukirchen,
with it's surrounding villages. There
are altogether about $4,000 people
living there who do nothing else but
make violins.
Negroes Want to Build 1t.
The suggestion of monument to
Cassius NJ. Clay has met with much IA
Vor among the colored people of Wash
ington. 1t is proposed that all the
contributions come from their race so
that the monument shall be a memo
rial of the colored people of the coun-
try to the Kentuckian.
Keeps Track OF Uncle Sans Coal.
Admiral Bradford, chief of the bu-
reau of equipments and supplies in
the navy department, is known as a
man of system and has hanging in
his private office a bulletin showing
the exact amount of coal available for
purchase by the navy at the different
ports throughout the world.
Cost of "A Bogus Title to Date.
Anna Gould's title as the Countess
Castellane has cost, up to date, &c.
100000 francs, which would be an
enormous price if there were any
such thing left in France as nobility,
which there is not, any more than
there is in the United States of
America.
ConsueIO's Money Paya the Bulls
Irishmen in this country will be in
terested in the elevation of the young
duke of Marlborough to the post OF
lord lieutenant of Ireland. His wife
whose money runs the house of MARI
borough, and who will preside at the
''castle" in Dublin, is Vanderbilt
of New York. American girls will now
preside in social way over two OF
Britain's problems" Ireland and
India.
"WNrv'' and the ''LirtI@ amb"
The ''Mary" who had "a little lamb
was little Massachusetts, girl who
had adopted one of pair of twiI
lambs. The lamb strayed away an6
on her way to school Mary found il
and actually did take it to school will
her and to the class. A young mar
named Revision, the son of a Boston
riding master, was at school that day
anil wrote the lines which have be
come immortal. The lamb lived to .,
a very old sheep and was finally l1illec
by an angry cow.
Facts for Bible Students.
The Bible has been so called only
for the last roo years. It was for
merly called 1.-The Books or tn,
Divine Library 1t was written by
degrees during period of about / ,60
years 1t is easy to remember tn,
date 1892, and one can easily keep thi