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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

little did think when I dreampt last
NIGHT ABBOTT US a bein' drownt In a food
that it was the pit sark that was
gam tae catch 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

Johnnie Mamma, why do tbev
ca1l ministers, doctor? Notber-sgf
cant tell, Johnnie Johnnie srper-
maps IT'S because they are the piIlsv -
1lle church. mamma OonEefr
man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-20

The Ancient Esquimau tells of the storms
in the Arctic regiOns.-He is caught in the
New York blizZard-He viii return to his
hOme-The citizen, being awestruck be
the dread narrative, taketh stimulant-
Conclusion.
Then paused a time this weary man,
then paused he In his tale; he silent sat
and seemed to think of waves and ice
and gale. The citizen impatient strobe
across his cottage floor; anon he
glanced toward the fire, anon toward
the door The minutes seemed to drag
along, like ages, long and slow; but
then spake on that aged man, that
Ancient Esquimau: I've been where
icebergs raked the clouds, I've been
where the winds were Wild; I came TO
these far southern realms, in search Of
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05
THE FARMERS WIFE.

The acres the stock, the industry of the farmer
is his religion. How much the action OF the ma
obinerv of farm life depends upon the wheels that
move within doors, no one knows so well as the
farm woman. When perpetual motion is finally
an established fact, and we are so accustomed to
IT'S inexpicabe working as to cease to wonder at
it, it will then become to the working moving
world what the farmers wife is to the farm. Who
c.n fell from whence comes the energy that feeds
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

THERE is no question Of the present day more
vital to woman. than that of temperance. Nearly
every woman in the land has suffered either di-
recty or indirectly from the curse of intemperance
The time has arrived when the women of our state
should come forth and say what they think and
good time for saying it is at the convention to
be held at Hope.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05
TERMS: s1.oo PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
DAMS WIFE.

Up in early morning light,
Sweeping, busting, "setting right
0iling all the household springs,
Sewing buttons, tying strings,
Telling Bridget what to do,
Mending rips in Johnny's shoe,
Running up and down the stair,
Tying baby in his chair,
Cutting meat and spreading bread,
Dshing cut so much per head,
Eating as she can, by chance,
Giving husband kindly glance,
Toling, working, busy life,
"smart Woman,
Dams wife,"
Dan comes home at fall of night,
Home so cheerful, neat and bright,
Children meet him at the door,
Pull him in and look him DER,
Wife asks, show the work has gomez"
"Busy times with us at homer
Supper d0ne-Dan reads at ease,
Hannu4 nan--hnt one to please.
Children must be put to bed
All theirlittle pEhyers arp SAIL
Little shoes are placed throws,
Bed clothes tucked DER little toes,
Busy, noisy, wearing life,
Tired woman,
Dams wife.
Dan reads on, and falls asleep,
See the woman softly creep;
Baby rests at last, poor dear,
Not word her heart to cheer;
Mending basket full to top
Stockings, shirts, and little frock-
Tired eyes and weary brain,
Side with darting, ugly pain
"Never mind, It will pass away"
She must work, but never play;
Closed piano, unused books,
Done the walks to cosy hooks,
Brightness faded out of life,
saddened woman,
Dams wife.
Upstairs, tossing to and fro,
Fever holds the woman low;
Children wander, free to play,
When and where they will to-day,
Bridget loters-dinner IS cold,
Dan looks anxious, cross, and old;
Household screws are out of place,
Lacking one dear, patient face;
Steady hands-so weak, but true
Hands that knew just what to do,
Never knowing rest or play,
Folded now-and laid away;
Work OF six, in one short life,
Shattered woman,
Dams wife.
rEota Topnatt w
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

his stock is despised by his neighbors the farmer
who sows his fields to idleness and reaps nothing
is despicable. "Thou and thy son and thy daugh-
ter, thy man servant and thy maid servant, thy
cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates''
all must rest on the Sabbath day. What of the
wife! Curious, grim sort of appearance, that
oversight in the law, has it not? Mayhap she is
included under the. head of ssservant" Things
are not always SO called by their right names.
The watchword of the indoor life is hurry
hurry to 60 to bed SO as to able to hurry to get
up. Is she going to town for holiday? Hurry
to get the work done and the children ready:
hurry to get in the wagon, SO the horses can have
more time for the journey. Hurry to get through
shopping, SO as to hurry to get home SO as the
men can hurry to milk Hurry to get to bed SO
as to hurry to get good nights rest in order to
hurry to get up. How little do city people know
of this wild race with the lark engaged in by coun-
try people.
The wife of the New England farmer, and of
farmers the world over, for that matter, are the
women whose work is absolutely never done.
However much New England has progressed be-
You'd the rest of the world, the farmers wife
stands about where she always did. Statistics
show that no class Of women furnish such num-
Der of inmates to insane asylums as farmers
"tsoe. riis a sgF r. IN recre-
alton for them. ThS National Grange, The for
mers' organization, has done much in a work of
reform in this direction-a work so much needed.
This organization was the first secret order to
grant equal membership to women
stirring speech before the Womens conven-
ton in Washington was made on this subject by
Anna M. Worden, worthy master of Vineland
Grange, No. II. She says
1t is clear that the Grange has stimulated to in
telectual activity those who have come within it's
influence. The slumbering genius of hundred
thousand women has been awakened, and through
the perfection of their works have proved them
selves the peers of the highest lady of the land.
The papers bring us news. that from one end of
our grand republic to the other the pen of the far
mers' wives and daughters are busy; their voices
are heard in advocacy of those principles that
made our order necessity; their influence is felt
in the cause of temperance and moral reform. We
hear of her in county councils with timely words
of wisdom in Grange anniversaries, with adj
dresses and poems instillng new life into the
ORDER and with happy felicity embellishing the
practical routine duties of the hour Nor has wo-
manly modesty suffered by this new awakening
but so far as increased knowledge has been ap-
piled to the Improvement of her home, her family
and her surroundings, so far has her own nature
developed in all the graces of pure womanhood
TO woman the Grange is an educator in way
that no other society ever attempted. All
honor to the Grange; it founders 'builded better
than they knew" when they said to women
"Come up on to our platform and share our well
fare and its attanments.'
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

To anyone getting up club of ten subscribers
to WoMANs CHRONICLE, we will send the paper one
year free of charge.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

For some reason best known to himself, Mr..
oUvno, ,tvffss Danpury, vonn., rcu1wsry
placed his wife in lunatc asylum. But the peo-
pie of the town Indignantly deny that she is in
sane, and some ladies have taken the matter in
hand and have raised quite large sum Of money
with which to defend the case of the unfortunate
woman, and secure if possible her release Mrs.
Stone is the mother of seven Children one babe
of only three months. The family are respectable
and well to do, and the reason for the base con-
duct of the husband will probably remain mys-
terry.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

Mr.. FULLER, the new Chief Justice of the United
States, is described as in every way fitted to fill
the high position to which he has been called and
his appointment is regarded with satisfaction by
leading men of both parties. Mr.. Fuller is 40
years of age, prominent in his profession and his
private character is said to be most exemplary in
every regard. He has been twice married. has q
family of eight daughters, and possesses manner
that is pleasing and courteous in the extreme
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

In this issueMe give notice of a convention to
be held at Hope, Ark, May 10th to 18th. It is
the tenth annual meeting of the W. c. T. U. of
this state. This most important of the works of
good women going SO steadily on in the face of its
many discouragers will reap its rich reward ere
many more years. The time is rapidly approach
ing when it will not be regarded the proper thing
for young man to stand in saloon door and
bow to his lady friends. God speed the time! 1t
is rich in promise.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

The manners of our muscled hero, Mr.. John
Sullivan, do not seem to have been improved by
travel in Europe, where he has had the honor to
hobnob with the Prince of Wales and other model
gentlemen of noble blood. Either their nobility
doesn't rub off or our John is very slow to en-
brace his opportunities for mbibing responsibility.
His conduct while on board the steamship return
ing to America appears almost as remarkable as
his muscle. He happened to occupy stateroom
next clergyman, returning missionary, who
was travelling with four small children. The chill
dren naturally chartered child fashion, and this so
enraged the great American lion that he roared
forth his displeasure in words of profanity and
grossness, to the horror and CONSERVATION Of the
missionary, who has doubtless brought home some
new reflections upon the subject and need of home
missions
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-05-05

LARGE families are decidedly no longer the
fashion, and everybody discourses with SEEM
ingly extensive knowledge of the subject the
terrible care" "great responsibility" and
"endless trouble" Of numerous progeny. Of
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25

MIR. J. II. Gordon, on bis Tai
bot plantation, has just completed
the first silo ever made IN Ciai-
borne county. The silo, which is
above ground and sheltered from
the rain by a plank roof, is 1s
feet high, 90 feet long and IA
feet wide. The contents consist
of green corn-stalks, ears and
leaves, chopped into small pieces
and then covered from the ar by
hay pressed down closely, and the
whole then rooted over, as Just
explained. Mr.. Gordon intends
TO feed his milk COWS with tins
during the winter, and the result
of his experiment will be watched
with much interest. But there
seems 10 he no reason why he
should not succeed completely
| Port Gibson Reyeille.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
NEGRO DEMOCRATS.

Milton Turner, the promi-
nept negro of St. Louis, who is,
sued the cali fot.tb recent co'or-
ed DenoeFS IS ( invention in In
dianapollss,Hi cQnversation with a
corresponding in Washington.
last Monday, said: ''We intend
to prove the significance aud
power of ne negro vote in this
country by contributing our share
to the carrying of Indiana for
Cleveland and Thurman. In that
State there is already disaffec-
tion of from 5000 to 1000 negro
votes definitely reported. In the
State of Illinois at least one
forth of the $500 negro voters
will vote for Cleveland and Thur
man In that State the person.
al popularity Of Gen. Palmer, the
Democratic candidate for Govern
or, and of President Cleveland, is
making surprising inroads upon
the negro vote. In the States of
Michigan, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Massachusetts,
colored men of the highest per-
sonal character, such as ministers,
teachers, lawyers, physicians and
mechanics. are organizing and
giving their adherence TO the
principles OF the indianapolis con-
yention. These people are prin-
cipally young men, fresh from
the schools, and able to Judge for
themselves of the issues of the
day. The committee of which
am chairman was instructed by
the negro convention at Indiana
polls to cooperate with the Ne
tlonal Democratic Committee in
the matter Of speakers, literature
and other campaign work. L
hope for that purpose to call the
committee together IN New York
in few days We are ready, if
necessary, to place hundred
educated speakers IN the doubtful!
States. We have undertaken
division of the negro vote OF the
United States, aud have deter
mired to prosecute that object
until final success is achieved"
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
TEXAS CAMP MEETINGS.

Mr.. EDIToR:-Last year | at
tended, in an adjoining county
(Shelby, my first Texas camp
meeting. A number of things
pleased me very much: not a re-
proof administered during a single
service, heard no swearing-no
profanity, the sound of pistol
shots did not reach the ear, and
whisky seemed not to be. 1t
was said an officer was on the
ground. l do not know this to be
true. | am sure he had nothing
to do.
We are all given to compari-
sons. My Texas friends accuse
me of giving Mississippi prefer
ence, if possible. / do not say
they accuse me falsely. But this
camp meetInsSroughttwo things to
my mind { u the Insinuations of
Texan roughs and her semi-clvill-
zation; and y Of a camp meet
irg have attended in the courty
IN which your paper is published.
Mr. Editor, the firing of pistols,
the filnging of rocks, the Growing
like cocks, the. bollowlng like bulls
and the braying like wild asses
have been heard by some of your
readers.
But maybe it just HAPPENED
that all was so favorable at this
Texas meetingl l am just from
the annual feast for 1855 and what
| SAID of last year may be said
of this, and other aud bet
ter things may be added. The
quletness OF the nights would
have done credit to some private
homes-wHERE THERE WERE TWIN
RABIES. My slumbers were sound
and of unusual length on like oc-
casions.
Does some one ask, why am
writing? Simply, this (l) that
your notiors of Texas may be
correct-don't think her half-ciyll-
lied, (2) that Mississippi may be
benefited by following Texas
good example. However, Pike
county may take to herself some
credit for the good condition of
things here, she has given to this
part OF the State some good citi-
zens. But ! close,
Yours truly,
GHAs. K. SNuTH.
SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas,
August l6, 1888.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
The HOME OF rpeas A zoe.


Perched high upon a rock from
whose summit can be caught
gIimpses of the Hudson through
riffs in the foliage that still
clothes the lower ground, is a
small portion of the .shome by
horror haunted while Edgar
Allan. Poe was its occupant. The
"pallid bust of Pallas' and the
raven that quOth "Nevermore"
are quite as real to-day as tho
fireplace "where each separate
dying ember wrought its ghost
upon the floor But shorn of its
fair proportions, a dismantled,
shriveled shadow of the cottage In
which Poe lived and wrote nearly
fifty years ago, the battered and
riven walls are still objects of in
terest to many, and for weeks
they have been entered almost
daily by companies of relic hunt
ers who are permitted to ply their
vocation to their hearts content
by the practical who are at pres
cnr blowing up and carrying away
the crag upon which the cottage
stood.
Nature held fuller sway than
man fifty years ago in the vicinity
of Eighty-fourth street and Tenth
avenue. Poe's cottage was then
emboweied IN trees and was an
ornament to the landscape. 1t
Was two-storied building, with a
WIDE piazza at Its western face.
AT the northern end stood small
extension one story high. This
extension, or a part of 1t, is all
that remains to-day. A portion
of it, like that of the main build
ing, was of brick, the upper part
belng,of wood. The foundations
were of stone, and the cellar walls
of the old builling-said to be $50
years old-are still In good con-
dltion.
The floor, except the cellar door,
is almost intact. A couple of
wooden shutters flap at the will
of the wind. Much OF the lath
and plaster has been torn away by
relic hunters, but enough remains
to satisfy a small army, if wood,
plaster and bricks will satisfy The
demand.
Within three months the spot
has been a sort OF a rendezvous
for the professional as well as the
amateur photographer, so that
even after its destruction evidences
will remain sufficient to show those
who care to know how looked the
cottage in which Peo wrote tThe
Raven. - New York Times.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
THr corroN sAeelNe TRUST.

Facts revealed during and since
the investigations OF the house
CON mittee of ways and means in
the formulation of a tariff bill,
indicate plainly that there was
conspiracy on the part of the
manufacturers of bageing, first
TO-, decejYen the committee, and
then 81 plunder the people. 1t
lwilber be, remembered that the
democratic members of the COM
mittee, acting separately, first put
cotton bagging in the free sched-
ule, but when the bill was lald
before the full committee the
manufacturers made such urgent
representations and complaints
that the committee restored bag
ging the dutiable lists and placed
the duty mt Is per cent. But
the House, by very close vote,
restored it to the free list, in
which shape it has gone to the
senate. The following is an ex-
tract from a report made by a
representative of the bagging
manufacturers to those who sent
him to the committee:
SAT present." said Mr.. Sturgis,
"the duty on bagging is II cents
a pound or B cents a yard, and
the duty on the raw jute is about
ono quarter of a cent or 22-1OO.
The Mills bill first put both on
the free list, and when our COM
mittee went 10 Washington they
told congress that the effect of the
bill would be simply to wipe out
the cotton bagglag industry.
Then they put It on at Is cents
ad valorem, but that we insisted
would still leave US in a condition
to be wiped out. We were will
ing to accept a protection of 2
cents on tie yard, which would
be reduction of 334 per cent on
the present tariff, provided jute
was put on the free list. We
can get along on that and it will
be hard struggling, but We car-
not stand greater reduction"
The action of the House was
immediately followed by the for
nation Of the "trust" Of the bag
ging manufacturers, who had pre-
viously "cornered'' or mcnopoliz-
ed the supply, and by their re-
stricting the production and run
ming up the prlc5 of bagging
about 4 cents per yard. These
facts are strongly suggestive OF a
prs-arranged conspiracy, the OBJ
lect OF which was to get entire
control of the home supply and
market, and to exclude foreign
competition by a high protective
tarlf. The passage of the bill re-
pealing the duty on bagging would
break the backbone OF the con-
spiTacy and be an act of simple
justice to the millions OF people
engaged in the cotton culture.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
The NEW pRussIAN comaANpEs.

GEN. VoS WALDERsEE, VoN
MoLTKES 5 successor as Chief of the
Prussian army, was born IN April.
1882, and ne began his military
career in 1850, in the artillery.
After serving with his battery
during the Danish wal he was ap-
pointed to the general staff in lS-
66. and passed through the Aus
tro-Prnssian war with credit. In
January, 1870, he was sent to
Paris as military attache, and
when the Franco-Prussian war
began he was appointed chief of
staff to the Grand Duke of Meek
lenburg-Schwerin, with the rank
of lieutenant colonel. In 1878
he got his brigade, and in 1876
bis division. In 1881 he was
placed on the Emperor's personal
staff, and 10 1889 he became lieu
tenant geperal and adlutant to
the Emperor. Count VoN WAL
DERsEE > wife is an American, for
merly named Lee, OF New York
and many persons regard her us
possessing the strongest intellect
OF the two. She was the widow
of Prince FREDERICK EMILE AU-
GUST of Schleswig-IIolstein when
she married Count VoN WALDER-
SEE. The fact that the active
IF military affairs is
taken from the veteran YoN
MoLTKE and Is placed in the hands
OF a younger man gives rise to
some apprehension. 1t may be
only a precaution, but precau-
iions are suggestive when the at.
tiiude Of France and Germany to-
wafd each other Is considered.
Old General MoLrKE himself is
native Of Denmark. aud was born
10 October, $500. But he has
been in the Prussian service for
sixty-ssx years. He is still vir-
tnally at the head Of the army.
but its Onerous duties have been
shifted 70 younger shoulders.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25
woMEws WORK DURING THE WAR.

The Raleigh, n. c. News re-
ports an interesting souvenir of
the war in that city in the shape
of scrapbook containing speci-
mems of the various home made
fabrics used for clothing in the
Confeleracy. Every grade aud
color of fabric is represented,
from the coarsest copperas check
to the finest "silk-mixed," which
was made by carding minute bits
of old silk of any kind with cot
ton,abeut half and half, and then
weaving the cloth as fine as pos
sible on rough handloom.
The women of the South exhi-
blted tae most commendable and
Interesting ingenuity in utilizing
the rude resources of their coun-
try in the manufacture of dress
fabrics, including all that was
required for head gear and foot
wear. They did not, as is told
Of the Carthagenian women, give
their long hair to be twisted into
bowstrings, but if it had been
necessary they would have done
so. The Confederate women PROV
cd themselves equal 10 any sacii-
fee.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25

Georgia has one fortune teller
who can be depended on. She is
a young gIrl, and was recently
thought to be gypsy by awidow-
er who is looking for young wife.
and was therefore anxious To know
the future. The girl sal she'd
tell the first and the iuture and,
having first received a good fee.
she told the man to .take off his
hat. He did. Then she said /:
"You took off your hat; you will
put 1t back on. God loves YOU,
and if you don't look sharp the
devil will get you' The fortune
teller then walked away and left
him standing, looking "like the
boy the calf ran over" "-T New
York Sun.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25

Jennie June says: There are
only three classes of men that
now marrv-7 or contemplate mats
rlmony. Ono is the very poor
working man, for whom wife
furnishes th e very cheare t
form of service. Another is the
rich bachelor, or widower, who
has single blesscdness. and wants
a house and home in which he can
entertain; and II third, the
struggling but ambitious young
man, who knows how much a
solid, social footing and "con-
nections" help a man, and in>
tluence the bearing OF other peo-
pie towards him, and wanta a
wife as a stepping stone to for
tune.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25

Terrible wind storms swept
over the entire gulf coast last Sun
day reaching far out into the
interior. New Orleans was mum
dated and boats were plying back
ward and forward through some
OF the streets. A great deal of
property was destroyed and rail-
roads washed up, trains stopped.
telegraph wires down. elc.
The Magnolia gazette., 1888-08-25

We hope Congress wiitadjourn
before the Congressional Conven.
ventlon for the Sixth district
meets, so that our distinguished
Representative, Col. I. r. Stock.
dale, may be present. to witness
the unbounded enthusiasm of his
constituents IN nominating him
for a second term The old
"Cesar OF America has made a
good, strong and faithful Repre-
sentative aud our people are just
~ proud of his record.