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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
Would Propagate Authors.

AZ a recent meeting of the French
Society Of Authors a member suggests
cd that the adult sons and daughters
Of the authors ought to be received
after the regular meetings and given
a chance to fall In love with each 9th.
or. He held that from such mar.
riages, with literary parentage on
both sides, a superior race of authors
would result. His suggestion was
not adopted.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
Pulling Strength.

The pulling strength OF men and
animals was recently shown In an ex'
hibition of circus at Madison Square
Garden, New York. For each pound
Of It's own weight an elephant can
pull 70 of a pound; camel, rs, and
q horse lit Of pound. A man can
pull .S2 OF his own weight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
MarrIaao customa Of sumatra.

The treatment accorded women IN
the island Of Sumatra ought to be a
great satisfaction to the advocates Of
women's rights. At marriage the
worldly possessions Of the husband are
made over to the wife, and he thence
forth devotes his energies to increas-
ing this fortune. Divorce is practi-
cally unknown, perhaps because hus.
band and wife do not live together.
but live In separate houses.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
Koreans Eat Dog Meat.
In Korea dog meat Is In great 70.
guest at certain seasons.


Your child has an unfortunate habit
of grazing his limbs and the sore
places do not heal quickly. When next
he breaks his skin let 1t be your task
to break an egg. Within the empty
she'll you find lining Of membrane.
with q little care you will be able
to remove this, and to lay 1t, wet sur.
face downward, upon the sore place.
Cover with linen and put on band
age. The sore spot will heal quickly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
LARGE Hsnds at a Premium.

At the famous Russian fair at Mini
NOvgorod a curious method Of selling
turquoise gems Is sometimes prao-
ticsd. On payment Of fixed sum .
person is allowed to plunge his hand
into bag nlled with the stones, and
becomes the poSsessor Of as many -
he can clutch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09

at schlpke Pass, and he also served
in the Turkestan campaigns. He Is
held In high esteem by the officials at
st. Petersburg, and, 1t is said, was
first sent east at the special request
of Alexieff. Gen. stoessel is about IS
years Of age, 10 Of sanguine disposl-
ton and is possessed Of rugged con-
Btitution.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
Lofty Pootofnces,

Among the Alps there ara several
postoffices at a height Of 5000 feet
or 1000 feet. A letter box on the very
summit Of the Laugaud, from which
the postman makes four collections
daily, is nearly 10000 feet above the
sea level.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
COMMANDS AT PORT ARTHUR.
Gen. stoesseI One Of the Foremost Of
Russian Soldiers.

Gen. Stoessel Is the commander OF
the beleaguered Port Arthur garrison
and has been In supreme control
since Viceroy Alexleff departed for
Mukden some weeks ago. Gen. Stoes-
sci distinguished himself in the Turk
ish war, having fought at Plevna and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
Man,a Great FallInu.

II Is q wonder that some sardonio
schopenhaur has not before now de-
scribed man as the only one Of the
animals that does not learn by OK.
periencA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09

attack on him by the Los Angeles
Examiner, created a sensation in the
conference by resigning the honor.
DR.. Day has been chancellor Of SYRIA
cuse university since 1894.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09
WOULD NOT BE BISHOP.
Or. Day Rejects Honor rendered by
Methodist Conference.

The Rev. DR.. ]. r. Day. whose cleo
ton as bishop by the Methodist con-
ference at Los Angeles followed an
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-09

authorship Opportunity which the literary fame OF
Ingalls, is claimed in June magazine article
Gglot he wrote the sonnet first and
Italian 1887 He prints deadly parallel his
called 1t I'll Fato"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17

ran to the mountains, where she has afa
 ways lived. hiding her grief as best she could Her pretty figure grew thin and
 her voace grew weak with weeping, but she still answers all who call her.
 Narcissus. vain and pleased with his own beauty, continued to attract the nymphs. One, at last. with more spirit than the rest prayed that some time haI might be treated as he had treated the nymphs The prayer was granted.
 Stopping to rest after the hunt one day, he found a beautiful. clear pool; the grass grew fresh and green about 1t. The sun never heated it. Narcissus was tired and thirsty. The pool was deep and cool and inviting. He stopped dpwn to drink and saw a face reflected in the water. He saw dark curls and beauti- ful. soft eyes. pair of red parted lips. white, rounded neck. He thought he had never seen so beautiful a being be- fore. He fell in love with the face in the pool-his own face. Stoopang furth- CT. he tried to kiss the lips; the face fled as he touched 1t. He tried again and again. He plunged in his arms to catch the fair one. Nothing but ripples remained. He could not leave the spot for fear of losing the lovely vision.
 Poor Narcissus. at last in love, but with his own reflected facet He grew thin. lost his color and strength, until finally he pined away and died
 The nymphs mourned for him and tried to bury him. but could find no trace Of him. Instead. where he lay gazing at the beautiful face. beside the dark, clear pool. little flower sprang up dark pur. pie within for grief. surrounded by white petals. This fair. frail flower the nymphs tended carefully and named for their be- loved Narcissus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17
THE MA.N-oT-wAR.

At the time of the war with Spain thero were numberiess Maine. vizacyas. Ore gons and Santa Teresas. owned ana cap- tained by the small heroes of this coi1n- try. Now the names run to Cxarevftch, Retvixan, Poltava, Asama and Yashima, pronounced with an accent and express sion wholly original
 There is mechanical toy which few boys that know possess. It would bring more realism into the smelling lof Port Arthur It is a toy battle ship made of wood and stiff pasteboard. It Is q first rate imitation of our own war ships. Through the centre of the ship is a de- tachable deck: on this deck the turrets. smokesstacks davits and other deck fx- lures are loosely arranged. Inside of ths hull is percussion cap under the deck. beneath the cap is secured strong spring. one end of which Is Ioose.x and to the other end is tied strong cord. Tho free end of the spring is held in a catch until ready for action. Pull the cord. the spring is released from it's catch, files up and strikes the cap. and produces a small explosion which demolishes the whole vessel as if a submarine torpedo had attacked 1t.
 Within a few minutes the boat can bs rebuilt new percussion cap put in place. the spring refastened. and the battle ship is ready for another attack.
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rollicking roll in the mud, when I no- ticed a great commotion going on in our house. Cousin Anna and Mary Anne, our hired girl, were both hard at work turning the house inside out, hanging up fresh curtains and alto- gether making things so beastiy clean that respectable dog couldn't find place to roll in. waited long time Tor Cousin Anna to start to get me, with the object of washing me up. but the morning passed and she never came Naturally I felt aggrieved, for l had been looking forward to giving
 her good time trying to catch me. 50 when found that she was too busy
 to notice me I crept up around the kitchen door to see what was the mat
 ter. There was great stewing and baking going on, and Mary Anne threatened me with a broom and said: Don't you be showin' yer face around here to-day, yer dirty pun. or the missionaries II be carryin' yer off to China, and good luck to thim for 1t. sez l."
 Back to my kennel I scampered at this. Tor I had found out all that wanted to know and remembered perIectiy when Cousin Anna's mission aries had been to visit her before.
 PiSeSHueu 10 De SnOOZfnR when Mary Anne brought out my dinner. but was only waiting my chance and I Knew that 1t had come when Cousin Anna drove off to the train to meet the missionaries and the hired girl ran out to the house of a neighbor. Then took good, long roll in the mud and crept into the house through the coal nole window. As I expected Mary Anne nad left the cellar door ajar, which ,s one or her habits and much worse T think than rolling in the, mud. al- though not so bad as being clean.
 IT you had seen me going through that house you would have lauphed
 began at the front door, splasbed the parlor curtains. pulled off several rancy table covers and made a hail or the hearth rug. Then I ran into the sitting room and had soroe f,,n with the plants. The canary was acar- ed out of his wits, but I couldn,t raaa,, him SO tore up lot of paners sna scattered them about and ran into the dining room. -''o 'Ne
 NeVer will forget the snort T had there. The dining table was al, sa. ready Tor the missionaries banouet
 You may imagine how that table look ed after I had pranced up and down The center several times and ended bv pulllng the cloth half way off,
 But knew there was very little
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time before Cousin Anna would get home, so I raced up stairs. I knew in stinctively which rooms were meant for the missionaries. Hurried as was by the fear that my mistress or Mary Anne would arrive, would not slight anything. l pulled at the curtains and bureau covers and overturned the chairs. I was in the very midst of up- setting the washstand things when the kitchen door opened and Mary Anne came in. I heard her going into the dining room and then she gave an aw- full shriek. I suppose she had seen the table, but don't know what there was to make such a fuss about. She came on through the house shrieking and grooming at every step and the re- marks which she made about me were sufficiently cruel to make me fear for my life.
 sprang on the missionaries beauti- ful white bed What I had done to create all this havoc didn't know, but felt that I might as we'll see the fun out now. and stirred up a per- feet riot among our best bedclothes. Then, wild with excitement, I ran down stairs barking furiously at the top of my lungs and reached the front hall just as Cousin Anna and the mis- sionsries came in. She gave one look at the best parlor and led the mis- sionaries straight up stairs, saying that perhaps they would prefer to rest before tea But when they saw their rooms they said they didn't care to rest. On the way down stairs they cautioned Cousin Anna not to be too much disturbed by the actions of a beast without reason, that was only | playful and didn't mean any harm. But l when they saw the dining room they Ichanged their minds and said that hu- man nature could not be expected to | stand it. I had thought them rather nice at first, but this speech gave me an insight into their true character.
 Cousin Anna said not word. but she picked me up by the back of the neck and carried me out to the kennel and here I have been chained up ever since. Mary Anne helped her to chain me. and I heard her tell Mary Anne to go at once to the butchers boy and to say he should be paid to take me away. He said he wanted 6 dog, said Cousin Anna. Here Is a nice one Tor him. don't care what become: of it."
 or course Mary Anne was only toC glad to go. and the butchers boy is al ready at the gate. I am not afraid t, go with him, for he has noticed m, Kindly and really need young life This place Is too sedate for me.
 My mistress was just out to bid m, goodby. She gave me a delicious bon, and said, oh. Baby. why did You q, it?"
 wonder if shall ever have such warm home and so much to eat again
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THE ROBINS FAIRY.

The apple tree nearest the house was a shower of pink and white blossoms, for this was Whitsunday, the apple blos- som's own day.
 This apple tree was just outside Hell ems window. All day Helen sat at this window in big chair with pillows piled about her, waiting for the great do2tor from over the sea who was coming to make her walk. Helen loved the old tree. even in winter, when it's. bare branches scratched her blinds and when the icicles hung from it's boughs. But now! It was glorious. Such a mass of sweet pink and white bloom the little girl had never seen. Never before were its leaves so green. its blossoms so lovely. she thought.
 This Whitsunday two other little peo- pie besides Helen thought the old tree the finest they had seen, Two little robins on their honeymoon alighted upon one of the fiowery boughs. Said Robin Red Breast to his bride: Dear love, this is sweet. sweet"
 DO you like 1t here. dear. dear?" twit- tered the little bride robin. Then they talked 1t all over; how sheltered a spot 1t was; how near the rich ploughed fields. where the angleworms dwelt. and how the closeness to the big house would keep away bad boys looking for eggs.
 At last MT. Robin flew away, leaving his little wife to look around and get set tied. She hopped on inc twig. then on another. exploring the whole tree. When she came back to the notch she had chosen she saw Helen watching her. In- stead of flying away, she put her dainty head first on one side. then on the other. and looked Helen squarely in the face. Little bride robin noticed the pale face and big gentle eyes, the thin hands and eager look, and decided that she and that little girl would be friends
 When robin returned the house was cleaned ready for the nest He hurried and futtered. He brought great straws and strings. His wife brought threads and bits of dress goods, which she found hanging on the boughs nearest the win dow. When 1t was dinner time a voice from the window called. Here. here. sweet, sweet That sounded familiar. The robins looked up. Helen was hold ing them out handful of crumbs With the bravery and intuition of her sex lit- tie bride robin hopped upon the wirdow- sill and gathered up the crumbs. When
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cruel Man.
Cincinnati Times-star.

Cincinnati Times-Star.
 The little woman was weeping. Her hair was becoming rufiied up. and her nose was unbecomingly red.
 What is it. dear?" asked the friend who has been married, longer time. "has he said anything to hurt your feelingsY
 Said anythingT repeated the Iittle woman. repressing her sobs for mos ment. mo. but what do you think Frances--he went shopping with ma tn-day. and he insisted on my buying something before we got out of the store. Boo-hoo" And she resumed the iachryma1 solo.
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THE STORY OF NARCISSUS.

All boys and girls know the lovely spring flower with white petals and the deep colored centre that blossoms near springs almost before the winter has gone. So frail and delicate and fleet ing. 1t is like the dream-youth for whom it was named.
 The story is that years and years ago, before any of you can remember, there lived a very beautiful youth named Mar cissus. He lived in Greece, a land where beauty in all things is loved. Unfortu- nately, he knew that he was fairer than other boys. He used to idle by the banks Of clear streams to see his own reflection in them, for when Narcissus lived there were no mirrors.
 He hunted all day long, sometimes alone, again with other youths. He spent his days following game through the fields and woods and beside the rippling mountain brooks.
 Often in these mountains he met fair wood maidens called nymphs. These maidens thought Narcissus the most beautiful being they had ever seen and they tried in vain to attract him. He was too sure of his own beauty to see charms in any one else.
 One maiden in particular, named Echo, saw Narcissus often. She longed to speak t1 him as she saw him pursuing game up the mountain side or resting by a cool, drowsy spring But poor Echo could not call him. She had offended her mistress Diana and the power to speak first had been taken from her. One day Echo came upon Narcssus as he lay sleeping She startled him and he sprang up, crying, "w hos here?" Echo answered. Here" Narcissus was too sleepy to see her, so he called again. Come to me-" Echo could only reply, ITO me"
 Narcissus started for the spot whence the voice came. Upon perceiving who 1t was Narcissus turned away. declaring he wanted no maid. Echo, despairiEs,
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nest and there lay little pink egg and here comes Mrs. Robin. back from her breakfast. With little chirp of joy she fiuttered on to the pretty pink egg.
 I shall hatch this egg," she said. poor little deserted thing. 1t needs mother" So she cuddled the pink egg for two days. Then the shell broke and out came pink and white figure a real live fairy. Helen saw it herself. so she knew 1t was true.
 The apple blossom fairy kissed the lit- tie brown mother bird again and again. You are a dear. sweet little robin" she said. "A wicked enchantress shut me up in that she'll It was pretty shell, any, way. I never should have gotten out but for you dear people. You wait for me; I'll be back soon," and the pink fairy shook out her gauzy wings and fiuttered off
 Suddenly the birds heard a faint
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THE AMATEUR MAGICIAN.

The little feats here described may be performed by any ordinary careful boy. and they will excite as much wonder as many of the tricks done by a regular magician.
 You will need only bottle and an egg. The neck of the bottle should have ;an internal diameter a little less than the diameter of the egg, andayour proposition Is to make the egg enter the bottle by the neck without your touching 1t and with It's shefl unbroken. As the neck of the bottle is smaller than the egg this seems impossible, but the more in- possible the feat seems the better 1t is.
 The first thing you have to do Is to boil the, ,esx hard. Then without break Ing the she'll, soak it in strong vinegar for little while. which will have the effect of softening the shell. You need not say anything about this softening process to the spectators: the more de- tails you keep from them the better the effect.
 Put the bottle on the table. and into 1t throw bit of burning paper. Then place the small end of the egg in the mouth of the bottle. fitting 1t closely by pressing 1t down so as to tuch the rim all around. Then remove your hand and wait for the egg to do the rest.
 Tn a few minutes it will begin to get slender and to move down the neck of the bottle. It Is a queer sight to sec 1t lengthen itself out in that way without being touched. and that 1t will continue to do until it falls to the bottom of the bottle. You may vary the feat by using banana instead of an egg. thus making 1t peel itself. Having thrown in the burning paper. put in the mouth of the bottle the end of a banana, the skin of which you have slit in three or four places lengthwise, and 1t will gradually be drawn, Into the bottle. throwing aside the skin as 1t goes down.
 Think of Number.
 Tell some one to think of a number, but not to tell you what it Is Then tell him to double 1t. When that is done, give him an even number to add to his last number. Now tell him to naive the whole, then from what Is left take away the number he first thought Of When this Is done, if he has reckoned correctly. you will be able to give him the exact re- mainder, which will simply be half of the even number, you gave him. For in-i stance, suppose your playmate thought of seven. He doubles 1t. making fourteen. You tell him now to add an even num- Der, say six. He adds fourteen and six making twenty. Then he halves the whole, getting ten. Now If he takes away the number he first thought of he will have three, which is just half of six. the number you gave him to add.
 Take a piece of sewing cotton and soak 1t in a strong solution of salt or alum. To
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the bright eyed husband reflected how many of his friends had to spend all the morning in the field to get dinner he thought what fine thing it was to have a pretty and popular wife. So days went by and the nest was done.
 Helen watched 1t patiently and joyius- ly. "I couldn't go to them.' she said. so they have come to me. See. nurse: look, mamma; there will be little eggs and I shall see the baby birds"
 At last, such beautiful day as 1t was! The five blue eggs lay in the nest Helen watched every day until Hlte in the after noon, when she fell asleep. She made nurse promise to waken her if the baby birds came while she was sleeping.
 One afternoon no one was looking. and
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to escape this dose is 10 elude my mis- tress when 1 know that my thickly coated condition portends a bath.
 Ah what scampers I have led the kind old lady! All round the house and down the road, and into the neighbors gardens. That was when the mud on my coat was dry. When 1t was wet and I still dripped with thick, yellow paste. and my feet were very, very dirty, I always raced through the house. It Is lots of fun. but somehow my mistress never seems to enjoy it., which is a pity. for that ir why it isn't going to last.
 But l can't feel very sorrowful when I think of this morning. The best thing of all happened, and really it was more fun than chasing chickens. was out in the back yard, having a
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''Tweet. tweet." Mrs. Robin hurried to her nest There were five baby robbins. She looked again; so did Helen from the window. Helen rubbed her eyes and counted the five big heads and yellow bills again. All around fiuttered hun- dreds of pink apple blossom fairies. The pink fairy sat upon the edge of the nest They are your very own little hirdiesr'' said the fairy. While yow were taking such good care of me my fairies found your little blue eggs. and your birds have been matched in fairyiand." This was too much for Helen to believe. She sat up and rubbed both eyes and looked hard out of the window. There sat the little brown mother robin on her five blue eggs. with pink and white apple blos- sorns all around her. ''well. do believe dreamed every bit of that" said Helen.
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 fault She is very. very clean. And that is not all. for I would not so much mind that if she kept it to her self, but she insists that I shall be clean. also. Could anything be more exasperating? From my childhood up I have been in the habit of rolling in all the mud I could find. At first l did this to cover up my light coat which gave me the reproachful title of vel low dog" The habit naturally grew upon me, and I enjoyed it in peace. un- til I came here. but now every time l take a delicious roll in the mud and am drying myself in the sun with the warm dirt caking on me in way that love. my mistress is sure to appear and carry me into the house. where she plunges me into a horrible prep aration of soap and water. Lately have learned that the only way for me
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a big boy came across the fence straight for the tree He must have spied the nest before. Up the tree he shinned and took all of the five blue eggs from the scold- ing mother bird. Poor little brown wo- man! She flew at the boy and called and called for help, but the boy ran off with her eggs. When father robin came home that night he found the little moth CT half distracted with grief. They both mourned and cried all night. When Helen went to thow out the crumbs for supper she saw what had happened and she cried, too.
 The next morning Helen was put into her chair early. so that she might com fort the robin family. she said. She looked down into the tree. into the little