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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15

New York Graphic.
''Is there q very great demand uees
adays for the common wire hairplas',
Querried the writer Of a Broadwae
dealer in fancy goods recently.
'"Fhere IS always some demand 6ol
the useful little article, replied ths
dealer, shut the present style of heiR
dressing, which dispenses with the uss
OF the wire pin. and the use Of thOss
large ornamental pins now so popular
with the ladies, has tended to lowa
the demand for the more common an
ticle considerably. manage, how.
ever. to sell about a ton ofcheap hsir~
pins every year.
what become of all the hairpins?''
81 fear you will have to ask Nine.
Miss Debar for the solution OF that
cOnundrum. 1t is one of those uues
tions which. like the sphinx's riddle.
it likely to remain unanswered for ali
time. I can only suggest that perhaps
the hairpin goes the way of old bustles,
buttons, ribbons, and all other dis.
carded articles Offeminine adornment.
If it we're not for the innumerable uses
to which a woman can put the simple
little hairpin, it would have vanlshs6
into history along with the high comb
and hOOpskirt. don't believe there
is any tool which the average woman
can manipulate with snch consum-
mate skill and dainty dizziness as Che
harpin. With a hammer or sharp
edged tool such as the chisel a woman
succeeds in doing little more than
brulsing or cutting her fair fingers, but
place harpln In her hands and
watch the wonders she performs. Oue
who had never before saw a harpin in
the hands Of a woman would never
imagine that SO many devices lay hid.
den within so small a bit of metal.
'With the harpin women opens
envelopes, fastens her dress, suspende
calendar or picture on the wall,
picks her teeth, and cuts apart the
leaves OF her magazine or book. JIG
becomes an occasion an improvised
nut pick, or shoe and glove buttOner,
or is as swiftly transformed into q
hook, scoop, or crank. Nor is this
complete catalogue Of the manifold
uses of the modest harpin. Necessity
is the mother of invention and so the
harpin becomes the tool of the mo.
ment for whatever purpose the fair
mechanic wills"
''Then you believe that the hairpiu
has come to stay?"
al think it has, or at least it will re.
main until manual training forms
part of the education of our girls In
the schools and colleges. You may
rest assured. however. that the HAIR
pin will receive the attention of az
least one more generation of women"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
Canada's Immiglan

No one in Canada would wish to in
terfere, says the Toronto Globe, W it'll
any influx of settlers that could in any
sense be described as spontaneous and
equitable. Our country is large, and
its waste places are waiting to be occu-
pied by thrifty and industrious popu-
lation. Nor is there any objection to
poor immigrants simply because they
are poor. Canada has to a very large
extent been made what it is by poor
men. and thousands of our most sub
stantial farmers came to this country
with very little, if any, cash; though
with q large amount of energy and
hOpefulness. 1t would have been sui
cidal to put any hindrances in the way
of such, and 1t would be equally folly
and something worse to make any OBJ
jectiOns to the arrival of similar immi-
grants today. Immigrants who have
come on their own proper motion, and
at their own individual expense, have
always been, and are most valuable and
most welcome, though their pecuniary
resources may have been almost ex-
hausted before getting properly to
work.
But what Canadians of all classes
think that they have a right to com
plain of, and to protest against, Is the
custom which Is becoming more and
more common among some in the old
country of sending out at the public
cost, individuals who have been de-
pendent upon the public charity, and
who are utterly unsuited for the kind
of work to be had In Canada, or max
ing their way in any capacity IN the
new lands. The revelations of the last
few weeks made it clearly manifest that
a large percentage of the immigrants at
present landing in Canada are of this
description, and it is neither unseemlv
nor ungrateful for both the Canadian
government and people to take vigor-
GUS measures against such undesira BILE
invasion.
Steamboat agents and others have for
years been taking the most unscrupu-
lous measures for getting the offered
percentage on each immigrant, and have
accordingly been bringing over ~dOmes-
tic servants" that know no more about
house work than a COW, and farm labor
ers who could not tell the difference
between a harrow and pillow. 1t is
time and more than time that this Job
berry should be stopped and that all
understand that, If they send helpless
ond moneyless people to Canada, they
do so at the risk of having their prote-
ges turned back upon their hands.
England Is Directing, and very prop
erly, TO be made the receptacle for hui
man refuse from the European cont
nent. Canada objects and with equal
/ Justice, to being made something SINH
lar for the helpless paupers of English
/ origin and rearing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-15
GENERAL REWs

Mrs. Cleveland Friday morning re-
ceived the ladies of the Cincinnati com
mittee and received an invitation from
them TO attend the centennial.
Gen. Henry W. Birge, one of the IA
nous commanders of the army Of Shen-
andoah during the rebellion, died FRI
day morning at the Gedney house in
New York from paralysis.
The steamer Evansville, a raft boat,
exploded a few miles below Winona
Mimi, Friday forenoon. Several were
scalded, but it Is thought no fatalities
viii result.
Harvey Newcomb, better known as
Bobby" NewcOmb, of the NeWcOmb
family, died at Tacoma, W. Il. on Fri
day of pneumonia. He had been In the
minstrel and variety business for TWEEN
ty-twO years, and was noted for his song
Where the Pansies Grow"
On Friday G.. K. Murray was stand
ing In a cigar store in Chicago when
James Bell, a young business man of
Hyde Park, entered with a penknife
and deliberately cut off Stevens ear,
and placed it In his pocket, walked
away. 1t Is said to be a punishment
for intimacy with Mrs. Rel.
The boiler in the plate mill of the
Eureka iron and steel works at Wyan-
dOtte Mich. exploded with frightful
force, on Friday wrecking the entire
building. Two or three employees were
killed and several wounded.
The miners in the Blue stone dis
trict, in Virginia, went out on a strike
for two weeks pay on Thursday. A ne
gro was arrested for disOrderly conduct,
and at ten o'clock at night about 100
negroes attacked the guard, for his re-
lease, when a general riot occurred, sew
eTal men being shot, though none re
ported fatally injured.
Three seats in the New York ex-
change were sold Friday. The prices
were 1910, 1850 and 1856. A few years
ago membership in the exchange was
worth $4,000.
Jay Gould returned to Kansas City
early Friday morning in his special car
Atlanta. 1t was reported that Mr..
Gould was very low, having had a Sc
we're attack of illness at Omaha, and he
decided that it would be best for him
to return at once to New York.
Henry f. Sheridan died of consump-
ton at his residence in Chicago Thurs
day night. Sheridan was for many
years alderman and for one term he was
IN the Illinois legislature. He was one
of the few whose integrity was never
questioned.
A thirty foot packet was launched at
Wilmington Saturday for o. E. Wilmer
of San Francisco, in which he proposes
to sail from the coast of Maine to As
pinwalI and after portage across the
isthmus to resume his journey to San
Francisco. The vessel is on a new
principle, which it is thought viii rev
Olutionize ship building. The system
consists in ballasting with water taken
through permanent holes in the bottom
and acting upon oil in a metal ballast
ing chamber. It is claimed such YES
sci can neither be upset nor sunk.
The Cunard steamship Etruria, which
left Queenstown May 27, made the voy-
age in six days two hours and fifteen
minutes, beating the record made in
May, 1887, by the steamship Umbria.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
How Calico Cot it's Name.

The derivation OF this word is very
interesting as of such an ancient date
is It's origin. Mrs. Lenowena says IN
her ''Travels in India" that in the
year 1893, Just ten months and two
days after leaving the port of Lisbon,
VascO da CANA landed on the coast
of Malsbar at Calicut, or more prop
erly Kala Rhoda, Getty of the Black
Goddess" Calicut was at that peri
Cd not only q very ancient seaport
but an extensive territory, which
stretching along the western coast Of
Southern India, reached from Bombay
and the ad jacent Islands to Cape
COmorin. 1t was at an early period so
famous for its weaving and dyeing OF
cotton cloth that its name becR me
identified with the manufactured fab
riC, hence the name calico. 1t is now
gener ally admitted that this ingenious
art originated IN India in remote ages
and from that country found it's way
to Egypt.
1t was not until the middle Of the
seventeenth century that calico print
ing was introduced into Europe. A
knowledge of the art was acquired by
some of the servants OF the Dutch
East India Company, and carried to
Holland, whence it was introduced IN
London in the year 1876. 1t is sur
prIsing for grOwn-up children, as well
as our young folks, to learn that
"Pliny, as early as the first century
mentions In his natural history that
there existed In Egypt wonderful
method Of dyeing white cloth" Cali
CO cannot be desL ised when it boasts
Of such antiquity. The shoddy make
up Of the present day may look down
with contempt upon the calico Dress
''but what kind of lineage has lt2" the.
calico can proudly ask.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
LOVE LloHTEns LABOR.

A good wife rose from her bed one morn,
And thought with a nervous dread
o. the pile of clothes to be washed, and
more
Than a dozen mouths to be fed.
There's the meals to be got for the men in
the field,
And the children to TX away
To school and the milk TO be skinned
and churned;
And ali to be done that day.
It had rained in the night, and all tbs
wood,
Was as wet as it could be;
And there were puddings and pies to bake,
A loaf OF bread for tea.
And the day was hot, and her aching
head
Throbbing YEARLY, as she said.
IF maidens but knew what good wives
They would be in n haste to we'd"
''Jennie, What think you I told Ben
Called the farmer from the we'll;
and "A flush Crept up to his brOnzed brow,
And his eyes half bashfully fell;
1T was this, he said. and coming near,
He smiled and STOPPING down,
Kissed her cheek-'twas this, that you
were the best
And dearest vile in town.
Tile farmer went back to the field, and the
wife,
In a smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
She'd not sang for many a day.
And the pain in her head was gone, and
the clothes
We're white as the foam OF the sea;
Her bread was light, and her butter was
sweet
And golden as it could be.
''Just think" the children all called, in a
breath
TON Wood has run OFF to sea!
he wouldn't know. if he had only had
As happy q home as We"
The night came down, and the good wife
smiled
To herself as she softly said:
''1is so g eet to labor for those we love,
Its not strange that maids will Wsd!''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
A Ingenious conereesman

An Ingenious Congressman
Washington Correspondence Chi.
cagO Herald: Sunset Cox has been
quarter of a century in the lower
house Of congress, and in his time has
been a little wild and needed mora
fun than his own witticisms and the
debate in the house afforded him.
But he has changed his habits in this
respect and Is taking much better care
Of his health than he used to do. Cox
married q comedy woman with q
handsome fortune, and never likes 20
do anything to displease her. Hs has
no children and is wrapped up Ia
those domestic relations which his
wife affords him. But he used to
want to have a good time, away from
the restraining influences of domestic
matters, about once a week.
''CO1 used to get out OF the house
by very novel and character ex-
cuses" said one of his old chunns
recently. when he Intended to
make a night Of it he would
invariably go home at an early
hour, dress himself in his slippers and
smoking coat, crawl well down into
8 comfortable chair, read to his wife
tones on his ability to get away from
the cares of public life. He generally
expressed himself as not feeling first
rate and CTaWled into bed before II
O'Clock. About midnight the crowd
down at the club who were to enjoy
the society OF the funny statesman as
per arrangement, would send a dele
gate to COX's residence. He would
rap gently on the door, and the
statesman would complain bitterly
at being disturbed, although he had
been resting with one eye open and
his mind bent on the good time in
waiting. He generally felt too badly
TO go to the door and Mrs. Cox
would kindly consent to go herself.
The delegate from the crowd always
wore a very serious look. aud spoke
IN tone OF great Importance and ap-
prehension. He would tell Mrs. Cox
that there was q caucus on hand at
which her husband was to preside He
always deprecated the fact that the
business OF the caucus could not pro
coed unless her husband was there, as
no one could conduct the proceedings
without the information he carries in
his head. Cox would first hear this
statement and would groan like q
boy who has gOrged himself with June
apples. When Mrs. Cox returned to
the bed and informed him OF what was
wanted he appeared TO be in the great
est agony, and would threated to
resign his place in congress. if this
thing is kept up. Then ne would 90
to the door with Mrs. Cox and beg
like q good fellow to be let off. But
the messenger would be immovable,
and would declare that his absence
from the caucUs WOui6 entail untold
inconvenience. Then Cox would
dress himself, and in going out Of the
house would express considerable
discontinue in suppressing his laugh
ter over the accomplished manner IN
which the scheme was worked. When
he returned to the house in time for
breakfast next day, his prolonged
absence would always be on account
of the lateness Of the hour at which
the caucus adjourned and his dislike
to awaken the good housewife"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
Cotton.

Though known from prehistoric
times, the use of cotton for cloth did
not become general until after the first
successful American cultivation of the
fibre in 1890. In 1871 the worlds
yield was 400, OOO,O 600 pounds and that
of the United States 2, 600, 900 pounds.
Since then the American development
of the industry has been stupendOus.
the present production of the United
States being six times as great as that
of the whole world a century ago and its
home consumption being equal to the
worlds product fifty years ago. 1t has
been calculated that, with the appli-
anees of 1880, the manufacture of the
worlds cotton IN 1926 would have occu-
pied about so, 600, 600 people, while it
would require 800, OOO,O 600 persons at
the present time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06

Cleveland PlaindeaieF-
For several days past the men and
boys, and the women and girls Is we'll
at Evansville, Indiana, have been seen
to take a startled look and quietly
turn about to stare at a certain man
whom they CHANGED to meet upon the
street. The object of SO much curl
osIty IS John Powers, who Is now q
farmer in the Sucker state. Powers
fOrmely had a full head of curly. black
hair and q heavy beard. Now he
hasn't a hair on his body. Asked the
cause OF the metamOrphose, Mr..
Powers replies that he has no idea
what occasioned his loss unless it be the
use Of quinine. NotlOng since hesays,
he became III while working in his field
He went to the house and took 8
heavy dose OF quinine and went to bed
In two or three days he recovered and
and felt as usual except for a partic
ular numbnsss Of his skin. BE went
to work again. but soon noticed that
his hair and beard were dropping out,
and in q week be says he had not g
hair left on his entire person. He has
grown some what used TO his loss and
bot for the staring at him by people
who have not become accustomed to.
his appearance he would never thin 3
Of t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
Anew Material for Boats.

Navigators in central Africa know
that boats of iron and steel quickly
cOrrode in tropical waters, while those
of wood are attacked by white ants. A
missionary society has therefore built
a steam canoe for Lake Nyassa of the
comparatively new alloy known as delta
metal, which resists corrosion, is light,
and as strong as steel. The vessel is
twenty-one feet long, with a beam of
seven feet, and depth of three feet,
and draws only sixteen inches of water
with engine and boiler on board.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06

success in life may depend some
shat on circumstances. but it depends
more on the individual said Mr..
5kute, who is noted for his wealth and
oenurious habits. THAT'S So" said
.BiIlson, one Of the millionaire's audi
snce. ''When first came to this
own, had fifty cents. Now what
10 you suppose I did with It?'' ooh
shaU's an easy one" said Billson.
Anybody that knows you, Skutss
Fouid know what you did with that
fifty cents" ''Well. what did I do
with it2'' 'sVVhy you've got it yet. ~
Merchant Traveller.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06
THE HERALD.
KANSAS
PHILIPsBURG,
GENERAL NEWS.

Benjamin 7. O'Hubbard died in
Joliet prison Sunday. He was the
wrecker of the First National bank, of
Monmouth. His shortage of $116, 600
caused the concerns doors to close in
1885. O'Hubbard was the cashier. He
was tried In the United States court in
Chicago and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment at hard labor. He had
been ailing for a long time and was re-
duced to a mere shadow of his former
self. Several attempts to procure
pardon from President Cleveland re-
suited in the refusal at each aPplica-
ton.
Myriads of grasshoppers have APP
Peared in many parts of southern In
diana, and are devouring all vegetation
as they go. They destroy meadows
first, then the foliage Of trees and next
corn, oats and garden vegetables.
Thousands of acres of meadows have
been devastated by them.
The jury in the $3.50, 900 damage suit
IN which r. D. Lancaster surveyor Of
the port of St. Louis was plaintiff. and
Congressman John NJ. Glover, defend
ant, has returned a verdict. The case
has been bitterly fought for year. 1t
grew out of the charges made IN Wash
ingtOn by Glover when the president
appointed Lancaster. Lancaster is
given a total of thirteen cents damages.
The supreme lodge of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen met at Louis
vile on Monday morning in annual
session, with Supreme Master Work
man w. H. Jordan of Oakland, Cal,
presiding, and about 100 delegates
from all parts Of the country were
present.
John r. Dunn, the lawyer con-
eerned in the Manhattan Banking COM
pany robbery, was Monday sentenced
to nine years and eight months in the
state prison, the full penalty of the law.
1t is said that the wife OF Jack Hay-
erly, the we'll known negro minstrel
manager, induced hmm to give her so
every night ont of the receipts of the
show, so that when he went into bank
ruptcy she possessed a fortune of about
$50, 600. He begged her to lend him
the money, but she refused him and
today they are living comfortably on
her savings.
William Patterson was hanged at
Louisville Friday morning at 6:1O in
the yard Of the Jefferson county Jail.
He Is a colored man and was convicted
with another colored man for assault
ing and fatally beating Miss Jennie
Bowman on April %, 1887. Patterson
protested his innocence.
The Pesth joint committee of delega-
tions unanimously voted war credit
of AZ, 600, 600 forms.
The reports from Paris that Count
De Lesseps is dead is false. He is
alive and we'll
In commons Friday afternoon the
chairman announced the imprisonment
of John Dillon, member of the house,
for violation of the crimes act John
Morley gave notice to the house that he
would introduce a resolution declaring
that the operation and administration
of the crimes act would undermine the
respect for law, estrange the minds of
the people of Ireland and deeply injure
the common interests of the United
Kingdom. Gladstone gave notice that
on Monday he would ask the govern
ment to appoint day for the discussion
of Morley's resolution.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06

At q meeting OF Colorado delegates and
alJernates OF Colorado delegation to re-
publican national convention at Chicago,
was unanimously voted that cordial thanks
be extended to the management Of the c..
b q q conn any for their courtesy and for
the perfect accOmm OdatiOns Afforded for the
journey. The train consisted OF ten sieepers,
with drawing room and dining ans Jour
ney was made on time without accident or
delay OF any kind. Entire delegatioa ez-
press themselves delighted with the trip.
J. @. EoNT0OEIERI for delegation.
Dated BURLINGTON June II
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-06

We are pleased to learn that so many
Of our young people are preparing to
attend Elliott's Business College, Bur
hngton, la. 1t is undoubtedly the
finest school ia this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-25
Excur>ions and Picnics.

The first excursion OF the season OF the Carroll
Institute viii Be given 70 Bay Ridge next Tuesday,
the 26th Inst. Three trains viii be run TO the
resort. the last returning at . p.m-
The Arrow smith viii go down 10 Colonial Beach
tomorrow, leaving her wharf at s:45 a.In and
returning 70 the city at PIN
The steamer Cecile makes hourly trips every day
from Mattanos wharf 10 City View, from am. 10
u pm.
he CorcOran VIII accommodate all who desire
70 escape the city's heat tomorrow by making
three tripS 70 MARSHALL Hail. at 10 30 a N and 30
and $50 pm
n steamer Pilot Boy has been chartered by the
b mai Birth for tomorrow and Will take an excur.
sion 70 COtlugwOOd Beach.
Inc Excelsior Will make her regular trim IN
Great AIS and CABIN John Bridge Tomorrow
lie nrst moonlight excursion OF the Palais
Roy Al Beneficial Association will Oe given TO Mar
shall Hall on Monday, June %, on the steamer
COrcOTan- The boat leaves the wharf at 6 O'Clock
sAaTp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-25
Affairs i'm West Washington.

On THE RIvER-Spendlng the afternoon and
evening on the river, or at the different boat land
ings above this place, is a fayorite diversion OF
many people this hot weather. and old boating
men say that boating was never so popular as
now. Yesterday afternoon and evening the river
was crowded with pleasure boats of all sorts.
ALLEGED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS James Nc
Cracker. Tor driving horse with sore back, was
arrested yesterday, ana was required 10 leave COL
lateral.
Tue nrst Of series OF games between the Olym-
PIC and D. &. Baseball Clubs was played yester-
uay, anu resulted In decisive victory for the
former by a score OF % 10 4.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT z
a. hL-Oreat Falls temperature, SO; condition,
80; receiving reservoir, temperature, 81; cOndi-
Ton ~ horth connection, 50; condition at south
Connection 49, distributing reservoir, tempera-
tnre, 50; condition at inluent gate-house, IS;
eondIon at eIluent gate-hou5e. Sc High tide
In the riyer to-day at TAI p H.. low tioe at 2;II
ID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-25

HELD FUk The GKAND JURY IN 81 UUU BA1L-
James Moore, the notorious negro burglar ar
rested by Detectives Carter and Mahon, was ar.
raigned in the Police Court this morning charged
with burglary at the house OF Mr.. Walter B. Grant
He pleaded guilty and said that he did not enter
the house alone. "Who was with your" asked MIR.
sheppard ''Mr. Sullivan" he replied The case
was sent 10 the grand jury and Moore was CON-
United 70 lall In defaulL OF 81. 900 bail.