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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
BABY HAS FORTY MOTHERS.

New York.-They christened her Alice
st. John in the Old Ladies' Home in
Brooklyn after much discussion, and the
name, besides being pretty, fits as well
as any other. It is not an easy matter
! to find a name for a baby who has
forty mothers. This baby's mothers
are nearly all upward or eighty years
old, and they all have very positive
ideas about names and christenings and
good-luck charms.
Alice st. John was the baby who was
left on the doorstep Of the Episcopal
Church Home for Old Ladies in Brook
lyn. There is a founding asylum a
block away, and the persons who de-
serted the baby probably intended to
leave her there. but mistook the door.
It's cries were heard and the found
ling was brought in by Sister Alice.
She carried the baby into the parlor
and in two minutes the home was in
| a pleasant commotion, such as the old
est resident could not remember.
''This is our baby. The home will
adopt it," said the forty old ladies in
chorus, as they crowded around.
The sisters held consultation. For
years Sister Irene had been saying that
she hoped some day just such baby
would be left at the home, that they
might adopt it. This clearly seemed a
dispensation of Providence. Sister Irene
gave her voice for keeping the baby,
and so did all of the other sisters.
Within fifteen minutes a big, good
natured officer came over from the po-
lice station and said Of course that he
would take the baby right away.
''Who said anything about sending it
away?' shouted the excited old ladies.
The sisters explained.
The officer said that he would carry
the baby off until the morning, and then
the sisters could formally sign papers
and agree to care for the mite.
So the baby stayed at the home and
the next morning Sister Alice went over
to the station and signed paper which
gives to the Old Ladies Home as much
of tile deed to the baby as there is
to be had Alice st. John is now the
ward of the forty old ladies and of the
gentle-faced sisters in charge of the
institution In some respects she is
certainly one of the luckiest. as she is
one of the most loved and petted ba-
bies in the United States.
She was christened Alice st. John with
great ceremony by DR.. Bum. rector of
the home chapel. The name 1lice was
given her from the sister who found her
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

GOOD RECEIPTS.

Apple Flot-Is a simple yet delicious
dessert. Take one quart of water, one
cupful of sugar, the juice and pulp Of
two lemons, five tart, juicy apples and
four tablespoonfuIs of cornstarch. Put
the water to boil, moisten the corn
starch with a little cold water, stir it
into the boiling water, and cook slowly
ten minutes, stirring constantly. Take
from the fire, and add the sugar, lemon
juice and pulp. Peel, core and chop
the apples into smoil pieces, pour the
boiling cornstarch over them, and set
away to cool. Serve cold with sugar
and cream
Scotch Baked Apples-Are another de-
licious dessert. Peel and core large
Baldwin apples, fill the centers with
half cupful of sugar creamed with one
quarter of a cupful of butter, and place
a spoonful of orange marmalade on
top of each aple. Mix little sugar and
water, and brush over each one, then
sprinkle with bread crumbs, Drowned in
hot butter. Bake and serve hot with
whipped cream.
Ounce Apples-Part some large tart
apples, remove the cores. and fill the
cavities with ounce jelly. Have as
many squares of bread, with the crusts
removed, as there are apples, and place
a filed apple on each piece of bread.
Arrange on an earthen pie plate and
moisten we'll with ounce jelly dis
solved in water. Sprinkle thick1y with
powdered sugar, cover closely, and bake
in a rather quick oven until the apples
are tender. Serve with whipped cream.
Brown Betty.-Butter deep pudding
dish, and place layer of finely chop
ped apples in the bottom. Then add a
layer of very fine bread crumbs, and
sprinkle with sugar and spice. Add a
little butter, then another layer of ap-
pies, and so on until the dish is filed.
The top layer should be of the crumbs
seasoned to taste. Bake in a moderate
oven until quite brown, and serve while
hot with a hard sauce.
Lemon Pie.-For two pies, beat the
yolks of four eggs until very smooth,
add the grated peel of one large lemon,
and one and one-half cupfuls of sugar:
stir in two tablespoonfuls Of -four and
the juice of the lemon. Lastly, add
two-thirds of a cupful of water; stir
we'll. and cook until the mixture thick
ems. Pour into crusts of pastry, pre-
vlcus1y baked. Cover with meringue
made from the writes of the eggs and
four tablespoonfu1s Of sugar. Brown a
golden yellow,
Fruit Cake-Two eggs well beaten, one
cup very rich SWEET cream, one and one
half cups of -four through which is
mixed one cup raisins. one cup currants.
one-fourth pound citron chopped fine.
one and one-half cups white sugar. Stir
well and then add one and one-half
cups more hour into which has been
sifted two teaspoons baking powder.
Ice when baked with orange favored ic=
ing and use no spices.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
JACKS AND FIGHTS"

Jacks and Fights are regarded by
professional poker players as invincible
and are known as "The Dead Mans
Hand. Green Cloth superstitions.
His soul passed on to the far away.
AND ne cashed in his chips, as the gam
blers say.
This is the prelude and this is the end;
The story was told by the dead man s
friend.
You may call him a friend-oh, well
Such friendships as that sometimes
are true.
They sat together and dealt the cards,
And in frontier slang were known as
'pards"
The friend-and his name was Cam
Was dark and nervous, tall and slim.
He was quick to draw and quick to fire
AT the stranger who happened to raise
his ire.
He was loud in talk and coarse in jest;
Wicked and insolent e. en- at his best
One of those lawless, deVil-may-cares
Who laugh at women and jeer at pray
A queer little chap whom one seldom
heard speak.
But when he spoke his voice was low,
And his words had a sort of a musical
now.
The boys called him "'Parson"and 'Dea-
con-" too,
And asked him to preach when the
game was through.
But Tom, the "Parson,' smiled and
said
He thought he would rather deal in
stead.
Night after night he'd been playing
there;
Night after night he had left in despair
His ranch, his cattle, had melted away
Gone, like the smoke, in the love Of
play.
stubbornIy still he was making a stand
To win back his horses, his cattle, his
land.
A wee, w1nsOme girl by her mothers
Sat watching and waiting, while both
softly cried;
Listening and listening for footsteps
Waiting and watching in hope and in
fear.
The bets were quick and the stakes
were high,
For the limit there was the great blue
sky,
Money and horses, broncos and bulls,
Changed hands back and forth on the
dushes and fulls;
But on every new deal and on every
new play
Toms horses and cattle kept melting
away.
"Just one more hand; tits the last to-
night.
Here's your chance, my boy, If you
play them right"
These were the words of Gambler Jim,
And the ''Parson' smiled and looked at
him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
UNCLE SANS CANNIBAL SAILOR.

heart" but always speak Of it as the
interior of the stomach"
When a converted native desires to
say that he loves God with all his
heart he uses the words: Jan Mari
Dec ma "a balagu parika."
The men, who are tall and powerful.
wear nothing except strip of linen
around their waist, and it is their Gus
tom to tattoo their cheeks. breasts and
arms and to whiten their bushy hair
with chalk.
The homes Of these savages are in
the heart Of dense palm forests. There
on fixed occasions they indulge in the
widest orgies and dances. Chief OF
these is a grand carnival, in which all
the grown men take part and for which
they are bound to prepare themselves
by abstaining from several kinds OF
food This, however, is not a severe
penance, since it is regarded by them
, as a reasonable excuse for induIging to
a greater extent than usual in intox-
icating drinks.
When their nominal fast is over they
gather at the sound of drums and begin
a grotesque dance, which no women are
ed by the widest orgies. This is known
as the Duk-Duk dance, and is the grand
festival of the year.
A few weeks after it is over a second
dance is held in which women are the
leading performers. Their costume on
this occasion consists mainly Of par
rots' feathers stuck in their short,
crispy hair and of flowers and grasses
wreathed around their necks and arms.
A picturesque appearance they present
as, grasping each other by the hands or
bodies, they dance slowly around cir
Gle, which is illuminated by numerous
torches and in the center OF which 9
large drum is placed.
While they dance they sing nativs
airs and now and then break out into
a loud chorus, intended to show how
greatly they are enjoying themselves.
When the women stop dancing the
men enter the arena, and, since they
have arrayed themselves for the occa-
sion in crinoline-shaped garments,
fashioned from palm leaves, and which
extend from the head to the ankles,
they present an even more grotesQue
appearance than the women. Around
the drum they, too, dance, singing mean
while martial songs about the deeds OF
their country's heroes.
Cannibalism prevails as much as ever
in these islands, except in those few
districts which have become civilized
through the influence Of missionaries
and other Europeans.
Among these savages it has long been
a custom to kill the newborn male chill
dren, and though no trace Of such q
custom can now be found near Her
bertshohe, the German headquarters,
there is no doubt that it prevails ia
the interior of the country and that
human beings are still eaten there, az
they have been for centuries.
Savage as these natives are. they
rarely if ever attack a European.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
DEHoRN1NG CALVES

Procure from your druggist one stick
of caustic potash costing about ten
cents. Take your calf about a week
old and with a common pair of scissors
cut off the hair all around the young
horn Dampen the caustic in water,
and rub, repeating this process until
the skin is all off.
Put on -four if the horn bleeds much.
Be careful not to drop the caustic-
water anywhere except around the
horn, as it will leave blemish. I have
tried this method and find it a success.
It leaves a perfect well-shaped head
and no trace Of the horn whatever. Try
it once and you will always dehorn
your cattle this way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
A BAcHELoR.s REFLEcT1oNs.

New York Press: There is no happy
halter for the horse with the heaves.
An old bachelor is a man who has
thought seriously enough Of getting
married.
The average woman can keep 2 Sc
cret only as long as her hair viii stay
in curl
The average man quits getting his
teeth fixed ten years before he loses his
last political ambition.
If a woman had her own way her last
request would probably be for them to
fix her hair a certain way for the fu-
neral.
There are more men than women in
the world, but if half the women had
the men they wanted there would be
none of us left for the rest.
The average man respects a woman
who is honest enough not to try to
smile when he steps on the back of her
dress and they both hear it tear.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

/ .s................ ....ss......s..
A ful1-blooded cannibal is in the Unit
ed States navy. He is called "Black
John, the Cannibal," and is on board
| the Abarenda, attached to the Asiatic
squadron, under Commander Benjamin
F. TilIey. He is employed as a serv-
ant and is peaceable and tractable.
| The present location of ''BIack John
came about through Uncle Sans &C
QUESTION Of Tutuila, one of the Sa-
moan islands.
This energetic savage belongs in the
Solomon Islands, 1000 miles from Tu-
tuila, and he happened to be in Samoa
as result of the traffic in native labor,
really a covert form of slave trading
which was carried on for many years
by unprincipled traders in the South
Seas. BLACK John" and three of his
companions escaped after reaching Sa-
moa, and for twelve years made things
lively on one Of the islands. They all
died but John.
A few weeks ago Commander Ti1ley,
while making tour of Tutuila, discov-
cred a crowd of natives surrounding
and attempting to kill a big, strange
looking naked black man. That was
''Black John" Commander Tilley and
his men rescued him, and, in order to
protect him, took him on board the
Abarenda. Later it was learned that
ne was Solomon Islander and can
hibal Through an interpreter found
at Apia ''Black john told the story
of his life. To returning to the Solo
mon Islands he much preferred the
Abarenda and the protection of the
United States flag. So on board the Alb
arenda he is today, working away jolly
and Hght-hearted after years of strange
wild life, and the United States has an
other white mans burden" to look
after.
The following is by Ernst Won Hesse-
Wartegg, German explorer, whose pub
lished account of the Solomon Islands
has startled Europe:
The Solomon Islanders are very pc
culiar in many respects. Their Ian
guage is one of the strangest in the
world and one Of the most primitive.
They have no word for "God." The few
cannibals who have come under the in
huence Of the missionaries have added
to their native tongue the Latin word
"Deus.''
Neither have they any word for
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28
cULr1vAr1NG MORE LAND.

While land is passing out of cultiVa-
ton in England, Ireland has the good
fortune to yield a contrary record. Ac-
cording to figures of 1900, just issued
by W. P. Coyne, the superintendent Of
the agriculture granch of the depart
nent of agriculture in Ireland, the total
area under crops shows this year an in
crease of 81, 900 acres
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

It is recalled that when the late
William NJ. Evarts was secretary of
state in President Hayes cabinet he
said in an after dinner speech at Oma-
ha: ST like the west. like her self
made men, and the more I travel west
the more I meet with her public men.
the more I am satisfied of the truth
fulness of the bible statement that the
wise men came from the east
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

In other words. at the end of the first
full year he will have $37 800 which his
own money has made for him, and for
which he never worked. 1t is just like
picking up money on the street.
No other man in the world receives as
much money for labor as Mr. Schwab.
King Edward VII of England receives
about $1.9OO,O0O year, and hopes soon
to have that amount increased to 49,,
600, 900, but this is not wages. This
money is granted by his nation, that he
may be able to preserve certain en-
tourage, a certain dignity and state.
which will comport with his royal title.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT OUR
CANNIBAL SAILOR.
He is of a race that kills newborn
children.
His chief delight is the Duk-Duk
dance, savage orgy, accompanied
by the most extravagant debauch-
cries.
He is, on shipboard, Industrious
and useful.
His language is the most primitive
in the world.
He has no native word for God"
or heart
His dress is a strip of linen worn
about the waist.
He whitens his hair and beard and
tattooes himself.
He is tall and powerful.
He is susceptible to civilized inf1u-
ences.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

Those who would sacrifice their last
drop of blood are mostly very sparing
with the first.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-03-28

Charles M. Schwab is the highest
salaried man in the world. He is a
hired hand working for $1,OOO,O00 a
year. He is manager of the new steel
trust. capitalized at $3.50, 900, 0O0-the
greatest organization Of capital on the
face of the earth.
Mr.. Schwab's salary is usually quoted
at $500, 900 a year, but Kate Carew, who
interviewed this remarkable man, this
human catapu1t, for the Sunday Post
Dispatch, came away with the assur-
ance that his salary is not $500, 900, but
$1,OOO,O00
One million dollars a year!
More than $S3, 600 a month-almost 81
a minute, sleeping and Warrington the
use of one mans brain!
Such figures were never heard Of be-
fore in the history of mankind. Croe-
sus was a tyro at making money COM
pared with this modern Aladdin, this
conjurer of money.
Mr.. Schwab is as much of a hired
man as the poorest bookkeeper. He is
paid for the use of his hands and brain.
He is a day laborer; but for each day.
labor he receives 50, 739.
His salary is paid quarterly-$250,O 600
every three months.
Just see what opportunities this man
has to make money! ITO him that hath
shall be given" Suppose that he takes
his first quarters salary and invests it
at per cent. At the end of one year
,-15 months from the time he COM
menced work-the interest will amount
to SIS, 900, a total of $265, 900.
At the same rate the second quarter S
salary, at the expiration of nine months
(the end of the first Year, will amount
to $261, 25O, principal and interest.
The third quarters salary, drawing
interest at the rate of per cent, will
increase $500 in the six months in
tervening until the close of the first
full year, making a total Of 1921, 500.
The fourth quarters salary, drawing
interest for three months, will amount
ito $25S, 75O principal and interest
See the result By putting each quar-
ter's salary at 6 per cent interest, at
the end of the first full year after
drawing his first check, Mr.. Schwab
will have the totals:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-10
QUIET SUNDAYS.
Barberton Ministers Be.
gan Crusade
To Cause Closing Of All Business
on the Sabbath.
Especial Correspondence.)

Barberton, Dec. 10.--There Is n well
defined movement In Barberton. to.
ward stricter regulations, and quieter
Sundays. The talk and the agitation,
as far AS 1t has progressed, has been
confined TO the ministers and the con
gregatlons, who passed resolutions last
Sunday, urging that drug stores, tobac-
60 stores and all enterprises OF the
same nature, be closed on Sunday,
According to a prominent Rarberton
citizen there is swing Of the pendu.
lum of popular opinion at this time
toward quiet Sunday, and the people
of the town are taking sides In the
matter, as far as sentiment is concern
ed.
The churches are for closing all places
OF business, and the commercial In
terests are for keeping them open.
Beyond the passing of the resolu
tions In the churches, Sunday, no de
finite steps have been taken in tn,
matter.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-10
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Barberton's System Still Causes
Worry.
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence)
Barberton, Dec. 1O.--A better light
ing system, continues to be the mat
ter that interests Barberton people
vitality. and is causing them to do a
great deal of hard thinking. The N.
o. t. Co. will not accept a franchise
for lighting, unless there is stipula-
tion In the contract for five years.
The time is too long to suit a great
many Barberton people, and they OBJ
ject to five year contract. The N. o.
r. Co., however, stands fast, on the
ground that if a contract Is made they
would build plant at Barberton,
and they maintain that 1t would be
unwise for them to build for short
er time.
The fact that the Tuscaraw was ditch
Is nearing completion, and that its
completion brings the people to the
point where the suggestions that were
made year ago by Mr.. o. @. Barber
are again In order Is the the chief
source Of the hesitancy of the peo-
pie over signing five year contract
with the N. o. II. Co.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-10
LIKED IN AKRON.
The Renown Of the Great Author and Ply.
slclan, Or. A. ". Chase Is Accented by
Akron People.

It's by the words Of the people that
DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve Pills have
come into such active demand. The
for this medicine are
not dependent on the testimony of peo,
pie so far away that they cannot be
authenticated. It's home evidence
that convinces, because easily substan-
tiated. It's the simple statement OF
things done and told In the words OF
the relieved.
Mrs. ]. L. Sieber, OF No. 404 North
Maple St, Akron, Ohio, says: 'Dr. A.
". Chase's Nerve Pills are a splendid
spring tonic as well as nerve
tonic, When got the box at
Lamparter's drug store on South How.
ard st. was feeling down in health
and strength, dull, listless--no energy.
used but the one box yet feel strong
and we'll again in every way--plenty of
strength, energy and vigor consequent
ly like the medicine very much"
DIR. A. w. Chases Nerve Pills are
sold at 50c box at dealers or DR.. A,
w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
See that portrait and signature Of A.
w. Chase, NJ. D., nre on every package.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-10
COLONIAL
Will be Ready on
Time.
Pushing Work on New
Opera House.
Interior Work Is Now Being
Made.

Although but two months remain in
which to complete the Colonial Opera
House, il it is to be finished on seized
ule time, 1t Is believed by the contract
ors that the work can be accomplished.
The progress thus far has been rapid.
If the weather is normal from now
until the middle Of January, nothing
more will be asked, it Is said. The
work of the interior Is now being pre-
pared. The ornamental work will be
ready to be put up by the time the
building is under roof. The seats are
being made the scenery is being paint
ed-all the furniture will be ready be-
fore the first of February. The con-
tractors are under penalty to have
the house ready for opening Feb. u.
Manager Kerr has not yet secured the
opening attraction.