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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
The subtIe Corsage Bouauet.

The gentle girl now goes seldom to the
theatre without q bouquet on her breast,
says a New York letter. The sentiment
tai suggestion is that pOsies naturally
grow there which is all very pretty as
an idea to instill into the susceptible
escort, but when the whole bodice isn't
big enough to hold ground for a single
violet, to say nothing Of a half bushel of
roses, the probabilities are awfully
strained. Secondly, again and moreover,
there is to the unTeasOning male observer
an instinctiveness of life in the floral
formation that is extremely fetching.
At each placid breath the top of the
bouquet slightly wavers to and fro, as
if swung by a zephyr; when she signs it
quivers in tremulous sympathy; her
giggles set it shaking with fragrant jolli-
ty, and her laughter puts it into violent
spasm of merriment. The poor fellow is
entranced by these rosy demonstrations
of acute sensibility, while at the same
time enchanted by her own lady-hke
composure. If he had any cool sense, or
memory of what he learned at school
about mechanical movements, he could
discern the deceptiveness of the bunch
of roses. It is no reflection upon the
girls anatomy to remind him that her
slim body would have to contract st.
Vitus' dance, or some other nervous dis
order, if the flowers motions were
precisely counterpart of the heavings
of her bosom. AS a matter of fact, she
provides the hub-the axis, so to speak
while the stems represent the spokes,
and the roses are at the rim or periphery.
Don't you easily enough comprehend
that, under these conditions, she needs
only take deep breath, or wiggle slight
ly, to impart the hveliest motion to the
end of the bouquet? All the corsage
bouquet is subtle, but quite explainable.
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she be granted a pension and receive
her back pay. She certainly deserves It,
and / hope she may get it. !"
How the Fair Sex Impose Upon Knights OF
Chicago News.
Although. men are supposed to know
all about barbar shops, few have
any idea of the number of pretty girls
and charming women who climb into the
big chairs and have their hair trimmed
or cut and their heads shampOoed every
week. It was about two O'Clock yesteF-
day afternoon that a couple of ladies and
little girl entered a West Madison street
barber shop and asked the proprietor if
he thought he would be free FROM male
customers for an hour or so.
81 want my head shampooed, said the
lady patron, and "Bessie's hair must be
cut, but should die if a man came in.
Now, if you lock the door or put some
body outside to say that you are engaged,
we viii get ready"
The barber treasured them and began
at once to ''shingle" Bessie. A woman
stood on each side of him, and from the
number of questions asked it would not
have been surprising had he taken off
one of Bessie's ears In the operation.
'NOw, do be careful and cut it even.
Don't you think you are cutting of too
much from this side? Try and leave
enough to bang, If you can. Hasn't the
child fine hair? What do you do with
the hair you cut?' were but few of the
interrogations with which he was piled.
/ When the child's head was satisfactO-
rily arranged, the younger of the women
sprang into the seat, piled her arctic up
on the highest seat, and prepared to be
washed. The raZOr-Wielder had some
trouble in taking down the Langtry knot,
but succeeded after dropping most of the
hair-pins on the floor. She had brought
her own comb, brush, towel, sponge and
soap, and although she made him wash
his hands right there, and clean his fin
ger nails-a luxury he had not INDUCED
in for more than mOnth-she had no
objections to the colognes and toilet wa
tiers on the stand, which she helped her
self to.
the head beautifully, but the seal is per-
tectly awful two days after. Now, 1
J don't want any such work, and if you
make the dandruff come out on my
head, I'll be back again, and make you
give me another shampoo for nothing.
So look to your laurels."
When her head was washed and dried,
as well as towel, bay rum, and 8 pair Of
big, strong hands could dry it, she called
for fan, which, of course, was not TO be
found.
eff had thought to bring one Well,
no matter, here's paper" and the morn
ing sheet was creased into a fan and
handed to the astonished tonsorical ar
fist with which to "fan dry" her hair.
J While this operation was in progress the
| man was asked how much money the
, business yielded. the ''price of such a jol-
ly big chair" what men talked about
when they were getting shaved, what
the strop was good for, and who got the
green tickets. After the tanning process
! the exhausted man was compelled to
t comb out the tanges, and, as he said to
| his partner when the tardy individual
: returned, "my head for football if she
didn't want me to do up her waterfall"
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''No great good is done by falterers
Who asks for certainty7-no good is certain
But the steadfast mind the undivided will to seek
the good.
TITS that compels the elements. and wings
A human music from the Indifferent air"
EMILY FAITHFUL.
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QUEER VIRGINIA CUSTOMS.

Stopping Train to Give a Little Girl a Ride
"A Sleepy SWitOhman.
From the New York Sun.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.1Time in Vir-
ginia has no value whatever, and, as it is
the universal practice there never TO do
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An, ladies you love to levy tax
On my poor little paper parcel of fame,
Yet strange it seems that among you all
No one was willing to take my name,
To write and re-write, till the angels pity her,
The Weariful words
Thine truly,
WHITTIER.
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A reward of $500 is offered by the
government of Texas for the arrest and
conviction of persons who either cut, IN
lure or destroy the fence of another IN
that State.
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We whose lives are such as they are may take a
solace in the thought that we have charitable,
good friend yOnder, who will make all right and
gracious in the end-eVen Death, the great White
8. L. CLEMENS mark TWain).
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ALBUM LITERATURE.

The following autographs, says the Boston Ga
nstte, were written in the album of lady who, II
"a needless to say flor they bear their own witness
was both young and charming"
MY dry old pen, alas no moisture yields,
And 30 only write, Yours,
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On the last page:
A woman shall not have the last word.
SAMUEL A. DRAKE.
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On the next page:
The force of mature will no further go"
And 80 sign myself, Yours,
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Look up. and not down.
Look forward, and not backWard;-
Look out, and not in,-
And lend hand"
We call these the WadswOrth notices They
are the translation in modern language of three
WOrds-Faith, Hope, Love.
EDWARD e. HALE.
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Peace if possible Justice at any rate.
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
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And below:
But to me it has just occurred
This last line to take.
Lucy LARCONf
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Underneath :

I'm quite content to-day, or any day,
To stand below my old friend I. B. A.
BAYARD TAYLOR.
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Nv autograph? IT'S pleasant to reflect
although the thought may cost single sigh
That what banker might with scOrn reject
Should have a value in q ladys eye.
JOHN G. SAKE.
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The Origin OF The POstOfaOe.

The postofice is an example of Their
mode in which things change while
names remain. It was originally the
office which arranged the posts, or places
at which, on the great roads, relays of
horses and men could be obtained for
the rapid forwarding of government dis
patches. There was a chief postmaster
of England many years before any sys-
tenn Of conveyance of private letters by
the Crown were established. Such letters
were conveyed either by carriers. who
used the same horses throughout their
whole journey, or by relays of horses
maintained by private individuals, that
is, by private post. The scheme of carry
ing the correspondence of the public by
means of Crown messengers originated in
connection with foreign trade. A post
office for letters to foreign parts were es-
tablished "for the benefit Of the English
merchants" in the reign of James l., but
the extension of the system to inland let
tiers was left to the succeeding reign.
Charles l., by proclamation issued in
1885, may be said to have founded the
present postoffice. By this proclamation
he commanded his postmaster Of Eng
land for foreign parts I'd settle a running
post or two, to run night and day be-
tween Edinburgh and London, to 60
thither and come back again in six days,
and to take with them all such letters as
shall be directed to any post-toWn In or
near that road" Neighboring towns
such as Lincoln and Hull were to be
linked on to this main route, and posts
on similar principles were directed to be
established on other great high roads,
such as those to Chester and HoIyhead,
to Exeter and Plymouth. So far no mo
nOpoly was claimed, but two years after
ward a second proclamation forbade the
carriage of letters by any messengers ex-
cept those of the kings postmaster gener-
al, and thus the present system was in
augurated. The monopoly thus claimed,
though no doubt devised by the king to
enhance the royal power and to bring
money into the exchequer, was adopted
by Cromwell and his parliament, one
main advantage in their eyes being that
the carriage of correspondence by the
government would afford ''the best means
to discover and prevent any dangerous
and wicked designs against the commons
wealth" The opportunity of an extern
siVe violation of letters, especially if they
proceeded from suspected royalists, was
no doubt an attractive bait, and it is
rather amusing to notice how the tables
were thus turned on the monarchical
party by means of one of the sOvereign's
own acts of aggression. However, from
one motive or another, royalists and
parllamentarians agreed IN the establish
ment of State post, and the institution
has come down without a break from
the days of Charles I. to our oWn.-Est0-
lash illustrated Magazine for February
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On'another page /:

VL -NlIOIlNOA PNbOs
'God bless us every one p says Tiny Tim;
can't do better than to echo him.
I. b. ALDRICH.
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On other pages :

On OLubE pdRVS.
The best things have been said before;
Why should make a cOuplet more,
Or measure quick ana clever strokes
With such q crowd of 'Keal Folks7'
ADELINE 7. ID. WHITNEY
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''Fhe story was called to my mind
again to-day" continued the captain,
'by reading in the report of Congress
that bill was introduced by a Congress
man from Michigan, asking that the dis
ability of desertiOn be removed from the
record of Franklin Thompson, and that
she be granted a pension and receive
her back pay She certainly deserves it,
and hope she may get it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20

The other night the door of Prof
Smith, ofthe Union school at Phelps, NY,
was covered with coat of tar and feathers.
The Professor had adopted a system of
discipline a little more severe than his
predecessor, which excited the pupils to
the tar and feather scheme.
"A watch made of Alabama gold, val
ned at $276 is in the possession of q Birn-
ingham, Ala, gentleman.
"A Reading, Pa, taxidermist has &
collection Of rs, 600 butterflies.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20

The season known to retail traffic as
'busy" wakes and wanes. Summer
comes and August, sweltering, intoler-
able, settles upon the deserted town. The
houses are like ovens, the streets like
blast furnaces, and everything that re-
mains behind the migratory population
is undergoing lingering process of Gre
nation. The proprietors have fed the
heat, one salesman TO a department. is
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{ Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the payment Of
the sum Of Twenty-Five dollars. which il
claimed to be due at the date Of this notice
upon certain M0Ftgage, duly executed and
delivered by Thomas Riley [singlel to Austin
F. Kelley, bearing date the 9th day of Decem.
Of the Register of Deeds in and tor the County :
Of Stevens and State of Minnesota, on the nth
day OF December A: D. 1882, at 8 O'Clock p. M
in book "H" of Mortgages, on page 1T and
post, anu no action or proceeding at law OF
otherwise having been instituted to recover
the debt secured hy said Mortgage, or any
part thereof;
by virtue of a power Of sale contained in said
Mortgage. and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided. the said Mortgage
will be forecloseed, and the premises described
in and covered by said Mortgage, viz: The
North West gua'ter (k) OF Sc ton number
Eight (8) in Township number One hundred
and twenty three (l73) North of Range uumher
Forty three I43] West 9Th. principal meridian
IN Stevens County, and State Of Minnesota,
with the hereditaments and appurtenances.
will be sold at public auction. to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt and interest
and the taxes, if any, on said premises, and
Twenty five dollars attorney s fee. as stipulated
in and by said Mortgage in case OF foreclosure,
and the disbursements allowed bv law; which
sale will h. made hy the Sheriff Of said Stevens
County, at the front door of the Court House.
in the Village of Morris in said County and
State, on Friday the 7th day Of March N. 1884,
at 20 o'clock A. NJ. of tlat day. sui j'ct to
redemption at any time within one year from
the day Of sale, ar provided nv law.
Dated January 2lst A. 1884.
AUSTIN F. KELLEY,
Spooner, Darling & Flaherty, Mortgage.
Attorneys for Mortgagee.
Morris, Mimi. 1919
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MORTGAGE Sale.

Default having been made in the payment
OF the sum of Four hundred and Eighty -four
Dollars which is claimed to be due at the date
of this rOtice upon certain Mortgage, duly
executed and delivered by Wvman Baker and
Harriet Baker This wifel to George Harding,
1881. and duly recorded in the office Of the
Register of Deeds in and for the County of
Stevens and State of Minnesota. on the 22ud
day of February A. D. 1881, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, in book I'D" of Mortgages, on page 432
and post and no action Or proceeding at law or
otherwise having been instituted to recover the
debt secured by said Mortgage. or any part
Thereof;
Now therefore, Notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a power Of sale contained in said
Mortgage, and pursuant to the statnte in such
case made and provided, the said Mortgage
will be foreclosed, and the premises described
in and covered by said Mortgage, viz: The
South West quarter \ of Section Number
Fourteen [l4]in Township Number One Hun
dred and Twenty three [i23] North of Range
Number Forty-four [44] West 5th. Principal
meridian, in Stevens County, and State of
Minnesota, with the hereditaments and appur-
tenances, will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt
and int rest, and the taxes, if any, On said
premises, and Twenty five dollars attorney s
fee, as stipulated in and by said Mortgage in
case of foreclosure, and the disbursements
allowed by law which sale will be made by
the Sheriff Of said Stevens County. at the
front door of the Court House, in the Village
of Morris in said County and State, on Friday
the 7th. day Of March A. D. 1884. at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ of that day, subject to redemption at
any time within one year from the day of sale
as rovided by law
Dated January 2lst. A. D. 1884.
GEORGE HARDING.
Spooner, Darling & Flaherty, Mortgage.
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Morris, Mimi. 10 16
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First publication Feb'y. 7th l,84.
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made in the payment Of
the sum of Seven hundred ninety three and
seventy -one one hundredths [793, IL 100 dol
lars which is claimed TO be due at the date OF
this notice upon certain mortgage, duly ex-
ecuted and delivered by Charles Umbach and
Rebecca Umbach This wife) to Henry B. Wolff
and Henry II. Wells, partners as Wolff &
A. D. 1883, and duly recorded in the Office of
the Register of Deeds in and for the County
of Stevens and State of Minnesota, ,on the 10Th.
day of March, A. d. 1888, at two O'Clock p. M,
in Book "G" of Mortgages, on page I26, and no
action or proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing been Instituted to recover the debt secured
BY said Mortgage, or any part thereof; =.
by virtue of power of sale contained in said
Mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said Mortgage
will be foreclosed, and the premises described
in and covered by said Mortgage, viz: Lots
nunber three l3], four al, five [6], six (6] and
seven ~, of section two ri, in township one
hundredtwenty five (t25) ).of Range forty three
sofa, with the hereditameuts and appurtenan-
ces, will be sold at public auction. to the
highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt and
interest, 4 nd taxes, 1t anv, on said premises,
and thirty dollars attorney g fee, as stipulated
in and by said Mortgage in case Of foreclosure,
and the disbursements allowed by law which
sale win be m lde by the sheriff OF said Stevens
County, st the front door of the old Court
House, in the Village OF Morris in said County
and State, on the 2ist day Of M,rch, A D.,
1884, it 10 o'clock a. m. Of that day, subject
toredemption at any time within one year
from the day of sale, as provided by law.
Dated Fsb'y 4th. A D., lH64.
HENRY B. WOLFF and
HENRY H. WELLS, partners
a. sWOLFF & WELLS,
Brown & Chew, Mortgages.
ATTORNEYS for Morfuareee - 16
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DONNElLY.
Mrs. John Harding was passenger
on Fridays way freight.

Mrs. John Harding was passenger
on Fridays way freight.
James O'Brien is agent for the
Lucas cookie machine. 1t is the most
successful apparatus for the farmers
use we have seen.
It took the railroad company a
couple Of days 10 re-adjust itself after
tie stoppage last week.
Uncle Dave Huddlestore offered a
watch and fiddle for one of the his
torlc properties of this village. the
other day.
Foreman Williams, of The Sun, paid
as visit on Saturday.
Mr.. John Malone, arrived from
Portsmouth, ". H.. on Saturday. to
rejoin his family.
Mrs. A. H. Taisey visited the
county seat on Saturday.
Miss Nellie Whiteley went down to
Morris to attend the NJ. @. c., enter
tainment last week.
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age for all the roads in the state il
about 56 per cent. On the contrary
the committee was told that tie oper.
ating expense was so heavy, you
know, that it was little short Of a
miracle that the company was able
to operate at all. In view OF the fact
that they are earning money on val
uation of $40, 600. 900 for u property
which cost the present owners less
than one-half tina. amount, one is apt
to smile when he reads of concessions
so called-to the joint demands of an
already overburdened people Rail-
roads, according to the late Judge
Black, are held by their owners simp-
ly as trusts, and that therefore their
tariffs should be reasonable and just.
Twelve or thirteen cents for sixty
pounds c;.rried 100 miles is certainly
neither reasonable FOR inst.
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It seems rather unsatisfactory that
the entire effectiveness of the Office
of railroad commissioner against the
encroachments of the companies on
the rights of the public. should be
found In an annual report. published
at the public expense, and-up to the
present time-of no practical value
whatsoever. It seems to be matter
of no greater moment than for mere
mention that a company-in the Ian
guage of the report-''promulgates
an order in defiance of the commits
sioner and of the law;' that the
law of common carriers is constantly
set at defiance, and the railroad COM
panles become a law unto themselves.
The people are too often in practical
experience of these facts to need the
report of railroad commissioner to
call them to mind, and it is becoming
a question as to just how fast the peo.
pie and their representatives are
bound by these grasping corporations.
The instance of the capture by
President Hill of the Manitoba road,
of the committee from the Grand
Forks farmers convention, was a
rather disappointing spectacle
to the people Of the Red riv-
er valley, we fancy. That
shrewd gentleman was profuse in
promises for the future. and he rather
led the committee to believe that
they had done a very unkind thing to
ask for any concession. To show them
that he entertained no ill-feeling.
however, he took them out in sleighs
to his farm and gave them q hot
meal. There was no mentioning Of
the fact--whether from shrewd man.
aaement or the physical superiority
Of its route, we cannot just now say
that his road was operated cheaper
than any other rond in the state while
its carrying rates were rs high rs the
highest. The Manitoba road is oper-
ated on q trifle more than Al per cent
Of it's gross receipts. while the aver
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Probate Notice.

State Of Minnesota, Stevens County, IS.
In Probate Court, Special Term, Feb'y llth
1884.
In the matter Of the Estate Of Christopher w
Gafney, deceased.
On reading and filing the Petition Of Celia
Gafney Of the Village of Morris said County
and state, representing, AMONG other things,
that Christopher W. GaGney, late Of said vii.
lage, on the Eighth day Of January A. D. 1884,
at said Village, died intestate, and being q
resident OF this County at the tims Of his death,
leaving goods, chatte1s and estate within this
County; and that the said Petitioner is the
widow Of said deceased and praying that
administration OF said estate be to Charles P !.
Maginnis Of said County, granted It is order
ed, that aaid petition b. heard before the
Judge OF this Court, on Monday the Third day
Of March, A. d. 1884, at ten o'clock A. M,
at Morris Village in said County. Ordered
further, that notice of said time and place OF
hearing be given to the heirs of said deceased,
and to Al persons interested, by publishing q
copy at this order for three successive weeks
pricr to- said day OF hearing, in "The Sum-" .
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Village OF Morris in said County.
Dated at Morris, the Eleventh day of
February, A D. 1884
BY the Court, JN0. A. GILTlNAN.
lSeal. Judge of Probate.
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Tomorrow is Washington's birth.
day. and in this connection we may
mention as a matter of general infer
nation that the gentleman has been
dead for several years. He was a
Virginlan by birth; was much esteem.
ed by those who knew him. and he
took no part in the late rebellion. A
masquerade party will be given in
his honor at Phoenix hall tomorrow
night, which, out OF respect for his
lack of Eli Perkins-like qualities,
should be largely attended.