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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
a Lido of EEerEthfng.

There are in Boston to-day 142 pub
lie hotels and 800 apartment houses.
The average height of a man is g.
inches; woman, SO. inches.
Miss May Iillinghast of New York,
is the first woman who ever made a
church window in this country.
New York City's deaths and births
about balance each other.
Sir Edwin Arnold, author Of "The
Light OF Asia, has undergone a sue
cessful operation for the removal Of a
large tumOr from his forehead.
The Nile is supposed to have the
longest waterway of any river IL the
world, but we must wait little before
accepting all the surnises concern
ing it.
Prof. Graham Bell says that deaf
mutes are increasing at a faster rate
than the general population. This is
possibly due to the noises of modern
civilization.
A correspondent of the Boston TraU-
e5le3' suggests q new name, "WhUlge, "
for Washington Territory. Tt is the old
Indian name Of Puget Sound. Phebus,
what a namei
The imperial princes of Germany
rise at a. m, take a cold bath, break
fast at 80, and begin their studies at
z. Out of the twenty-four hours they
are allowed one hour and a half for
play.
A speech by the Greek orator Hyper
ides has been discovered at Athens.
Hyperides lived about 400 B. @. 1T is
a suggestive fact that the speech Just
found refers to bribery IN elections.
There were "foaters" before Agamem-
non.
The Albany Capitol has thus far cost
$4,000, 600 The Capitol in Wash
ington. which Sunset Cox In his book
DFonOunces the finest building In the
world. has cost all told up 70 the pres
ent time S13, GOO, 600. The Palace OF
Justice. in Brussels, which Is much
larger than either, cost $40, 600. Co.,
cold General a veteran who Was
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
An ODD Use for Wheat.

Very few Of the farmers boys and
girls in Illinois know how little cash
could be got for wheat in their State
fOrty-fve years ago, says the Farm,
Field and StOCbnl an. In those days,
Grade" or barter" was about all
farmer could get for his grain, even at
the small prices at which he was obliged
to sell. Speaking of this the other
day, an old gentleman who was an in
terested party handed us the copy Of
an agreement made some years ago.
in what was then Stark County, Hi
nOis, thirty miles from Peoria. If some
of the school "miss's" Of to-day were
paid in wheat instead of ORDERS" it
would require larger handbags" than
they would wish to carry.
Article OF agreement made and concluded
this 2lst day of March, A. D. 1914, between
Angelina WyckOffs of Stark County, of the
first part, and the subscribers to this article.
OF the second part.
-Witnesseth, the said party Of the first part
agrees on her part to teach a day school for
the term of four months, to commence on
the first day of April, to be kept in a house
on W. Trickle's place. in District No. 4, in
commence at 8 o'clock a. M, and dismiss at
5 o'clock p. m; further, to teach the follow
ing branches of learning, tOWit: Reading,
writing, arithmetic, geography, and gram
mar. ANGELINA WYCKOFF.
The said party of the second part agree
on their part to furnish said house and fuel.
and board said school miss. and pay her at
the rate of 81. 25 per week, to be paid as fol-
lows: To be paid in wheat at Peoria prices,
delivered at n. WyckOf's house by the first
of October. Each of US to pay our proper
ton of said bill. according to the amount of
scholars we nave signed or may send to
said school Said school to be dismissed at
any time the employers may think proper.
Subscribers names. No. scholars.
Washington TrickIe, 3
W1llIam W. EleglLl !
Charles YOcuLn.
RebeccR Eagon. .................56
Joseph Smith. zee. . ................
Benjamin Ably.
John EagOn.
Nehemiah WyckOff. ........... ...............75
stephen 4f1ckl9 Z
L. P. Clifford.
c. n, MANLY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
Her Son,s Wife.

A keen eyed, wiry little old lady, with
a determined expression upon her
countenance and an aggressive air gen
orally, sat directly in front of me on a
Western railroad train, writes a CORES
pondent. We had just left small,
dreary-Iooking little town in Kansas,
when the old lady turned around and
asked, "The next stations B, amt
it?"
"Yes, /" I replied.
Ct git off there" said the old lady,
and having begun her condolences, she
continued:
Yes, Pm going out there to live with
my daughter Harriet-that is, if we
kin git along together"
"You see, I been staying awhile out
In Ohio with my son Hiram, but me
and his wife never could git along in
this world, never! Amt it awful how
extravagant young folks are nowadays?
1t wasn't so when I was young"
"The times are different, I said.
"That's no excuse for a woman throw
ing away whole ha1f-lOaves of bread, is
it ?" she asked, sharply, and when I
made no reply, she went on:
"And that's Just what my sons wife,
Ellen, did. Then she uses a whole egg
evry morning for clearin' coffee, when
anybody knows that the yeller or the
white alone will do. I've often cleared
it with the shell alone, aud have
made it without any egg at ali, and it
didn't pizen US.
I still kept silence, for my sympathy
was with the sons wife, and the old
| lady persisted with her complaints.
"Another thing she takes good but
| ter, at thirty cents q pound, and
spreads it on beefsteak after it's cooked.
Think of that And she makes her
| gingerbread out Of half sugar, instead
| of all molasses, which is good enough
for anybody It was Just waste, waste,
waste in that house I expect to see
! the whole family in the pore house yit,
and I told my sons wife so every day I
was there.
What did she say?"
Not a word. She never minded me,
but kept right on. So I left, and Il
Harriet carries on like that, I'll leave
her, too"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
Phntogranhs of Hands.

For six months photographs of 8
very pretty and very unusual kind have
been multiplying in the shop windows,
is a wOman's hand. In the first that
appeared the hand held a glass Of
champagne, but the simple idea Of
photOgraphing wOman's hands seems
to have filed Iong-felt want, and it
has become quite craze. OF course,
mice people" keep the champagne out
of sight, but other things more absurd
have taken its place. One girl, on
becoming engaged, had photographs
of her hand wearing the engagement
ing and sent pictures to her most
intimate friends" by way Of announce
ment.
Commonly the hand is suspended in
the air, in graceful curves, as If the
owner were saying "ta-ta," and some
times it lies spread upon a pillow
The idea should be adopted by matri-
monial agencies, for there is hardly
better guaranty Of female beauty lex
cept for the compIexiOn) than a shapely
hand. It used to be said that a we'll
known actress, who was very proud Of
her foot, used to have it photographed.
At all events she appeared on the stage
in bare feet whenever there was a pos
sible excuse for 1t, and the first time
that she did it there was pretty stir
True, she wore sandals, but the little
that they covered would have been coy
cred by the floor. Estelle Clayton did
the same.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
Alcohol in France.

The quantity of alcoholic spirits exc
tracted by distillatiOn from wine-for
a long time the only distillation con
sumed in France been gradually
diminishing, in consequence of the
ravages caused by phyIloxera and
mildew in the vineyards of France,
falling from 18,148, 600 gallons in 1871
to 515, 900 gallons In 1886; and to
meet the ever growing demand for
spirits, this distiIlation has been re-
placed by alcohol distilled from mo-
lasses, beet-root juice, grape skins,
and from miscellaneous farinaceous
substances, especially maize and pOta-
toes.
The spirits produced in France are
now for the greater part distilled from
mOIasses. From 1910 to 1850 the aver
age yearly production amounted to
LOST, 900 gallons. It now reaches 49,
492, 600 gallons, or nearly tTO-ffths Of
the total production. Paint, oil and
DgILQ ReUjelU.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

A NEW kind of glass has been invent
ed IN Sweden. It contains no fewer
than fourteen substances, whereas the
common kind Of glass contains only
six. Phosphorus and borax are in
cluded, and they are not to be found IN
any other glass. The result is, accord
ing to those who believe In the new in
ventiOn. that whereas the highest power
of an old-fashiOned microscopic lens
reveals only the j, go, 000th part Of an
inch, this new glass VIII enable US to
distinguish 1-2O4, 700, O0Oth part of an
inch. Stupendous, but then who on
earth wants to have a look at the l-204s5-
100 00Oth part Of an incb2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

contras'-hOw would blue seeds look?
Dey would look like de blue ribbon
an de red roses on de POI white trash's
Sunday bonnet. OATS good huff rea-
son, but dat ain de bigges' one yit.
De fust million dat grOwed wuz rIz
In Africa, an ebryt'ing dat comes from
dat lam mus hab de sign oh 'rigina-
ton, an OATS always black. Oats de
Ian whar de pOssum an de culIud gin1-
men an WatermilIiOns comes to perfec-
ton; de hot sun draws UNI out. In dis
life we meets wild possibilities sometimes
an sometimes wild inpOssibilities. but
when I meets de cullud pussOn dat don
love watermillions I SEE, he am one OBJ
de impossibilities. When de white
man wants to know eff a million is ripe
he twis' his head on one side an look
powerful KNOWN; den he stOOp hissef
an thump de million; dat ain no way !;
ak de cullud man-he's de one dat
knows how; he jis' run his eye long
dat slim, tel he comes to de little curl
mex to de million, an eff OATS kinked
up tight like his own wool den he
knows dat WatermiliOn done spen' his
las day on dat vine.
Onc't dar wuz POI white man come
from de piney woods, I spec, an he
planted hissef a big million patch.
One day dat man SEE to me, he SEE {:
ST gwine fix my millions so dat de
niger dat 'propriates one is a dead
niger" I knowed right den dat
Providence gwine punish dat man.
Mex day seed him prOjickin roun'
wild a little yalIer box down in de
patch, an de mex mornin' de worms
or sumpin done cut ebry million often
dem vines; an OATS how Providence
ebened up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

pie or cane, are so thinly made as to
feEment easily, causing extreme acidity
of digestion-the worst thing for
health, looks or temper. Thin, pale
children, with Watery-bIue eyes. must
be kept from this peFniciOus state Of
things by taking charcoal lOzanges or
carbonate of ammonia, or the old do
nestle drink of ash water, which, as 8
cure for indigestion or dyspepsia. is
far too good to be lost. 1t Is made by
pouring a quart of boiling water on
five heaping spoOnfuls Of clean wood
ashes. allowing it to settle, and taking
half a cupful Of the water after meals
or when acidity Is felt.
To acquire suppleness, which Is the
beauty and useful grace of women,
training must begin In childhood-not
by gymnasium practice, which gives a
mechanical air, but by use Of every
muscle for some purpose. Let a girl
swing from trapeze, not to acquire q
difficult feat, but for the fun Of it, pure
and simple.
Running makes a trim ankle and
shapely leg, and girls should be en-
cOuraged to run as often IS possible In
Old-fashioned games of ball or pris-
0ner's base, which, as it used to be
played, left few fibers of the body withs
out stretch and refreshment. The
lodging, the feints, and sudden dashes
for base were good practice in tactics.
giving q quick eye and foot and 1.-the
body. The old-time village games
were the best survival of Greek tradi-
ton, and the best physical training We
shall ever know. When girls went out
to play with their brothers and neigh
bors' children in runs around an acre
field, 8 game of ball-not degenerate
baseball -Or throwing stones at 8
mark, the good effects survived in mind
and body. Among such girls it was I
knew one, trained to all sorts Of house,
keeping, too, whose hand was so fexis
bic she could turn her fingers back to
touch her wrist; another let her braces
lets slip over her slender hand without
unclasping; another, who never knew
a corset, and was elegantly tall, had
seventeen-inch waist, and a fourth was
cOmplimented by New York artists and
doctors as having an absolutely perfect
figure, so that exercise in its rudest
form is no bar to extreme refnements
of person.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

not on the pension roll, was shot dead
at Bangor, Me, the other day, at tha
age OF 30 years. He was the equine
hero at Gettysburg, where the nara
tive runs, having lost his rider. he
headed a column of troops and led
charge, receiving a ball in the neck
that left a scar always VISIBLE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
ANTICIPATIoE.

LIES soul OF bliss ne'er safes itself,
Nor credits as for what we're doing;
Our highest hope, our greatest wealth
Lies in the pleasure Of pursuing.
So measure We our ends alWaY,
In sunshine and in sorrow;
1t Is not what We are today.
But what We hope to be tomorrow
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
American and European Parks.

tent Of public grounds in various
American and European cities, with
comparison of acreage to population.
It is taken from the New York Herald:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
By FRED LUCIA soUIERs.

A good story is told of Rogers the
poet. A lady very fond Of her hus-
band, notwithstanding his ugIiness of
person, once said to the poet: what
do you think? My husband has just
laid out so guineas for q baboon Just to
please me-" "The dear little man,
said Rogers; otis Just like him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
JETAD0RE.
LOVE SONG.

Wen listen to news
That is trite and dihuse
And let borss take firm root to the hooEs
If they'll only have sense
In the quick present tense
To let tales be Endorsed by the door.
We love to have health
And We love to have wealth,
And smile from the one we adore;
But when cold bliZzarda blow
With a sWirling Of snow
Give US one who shuts closely the door.
american Commercial Traveller
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
CITIES

In digging among the ruins Of Pom
pei they have found a piece Of brass
to fit over the human cheek. The mod
ern cheek needs none.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
DE WATERMELON.
BY EUGENE FIELD.

nit can grow as big as hit pIeases wild
out limitations; hit knows dat de bush
would snap IN de middle To- hit was
half grown, den down hit come ker-
lump an bus's wide open, so hit SEE to
hitsef, "Dis vine good 'nough fer me, 4"
an dar hit lays fiat on de back an
grows a pOun' ebry night. I Waz set
tin In de sun outside de cabin Sunday
afternoon, cogitatin on speritul an
sexuala subjicks, when I spied a big
million cOOlin' in de mule trough; I
SEE to myself: Glow do all dat water
git inside dat milliOn?" Pears like de
po'es mus 'spand deyse'fs in demoOn-
light an de dew soaks in; dat FWOuId
take mighty big po'es an a mighty
heap o. dew to fill up dat million. Dat
dom SCUM like rational logickin Den
on a student I recOmmembers dat Onc't
I hearn ole mars say dat de WATERFALL
ion wuz de mos suclint vegetable dat
growed. Den I knowed right of, dat
in course he meant de million sucks
dat water through de slim. Any fool
could reason dat out. De stim is so
little an de million has to suck so
hard dat it turns de whole insides red
wild assertion. De mex question dat
agitates hitse'f to de t'inkin' mind is
what makes de seeds black. Oar is
two reasons fer dat One is, fer de
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
Avian Yenfrflonuisnl.

A Canadian OrnithOlOgist, Mr.. q. E.
THOMPSON, attributes cOnsi derable ven
triloquiaI powers to some birds. When
surprised In the act OF singing, these
feathered ventriloquists give forth a
faint song, that seems to come from far
away, though the singer may be only a
few feet distant. This curious decep-
lion is especially noticeable IN spar
rows but has been Observed also IN
bhrushes and robins -ATkaUSalg TruU-
Ger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19
A FINE COMPLEXION.
BY SHIRLEY DARE.

ONCERNING eating
for a fine complexion,
the brown bread and
syrup breakfasts and
suppers produce beau
.tiful skins and flesh
that looks as if It had
the grain Of marble.
But the syrup must
b @ re- bOiIe d and
skimmed we'll. for
most of the modern
sweets, whether of ma
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

The rudeness of DIR. Parr, the ceIe-
brated divine, to ladies was sometimes
extreme. To a lady who had ventured
to oppose him with more warmth of
temper than cogency of reaso ing.
and who afterward apoIogized for her
self by saying that it was the privilege
of women to talk nonsense, "No,
madam, he replied, cit is not their
privilege, but their infirnity. Ducks
would walk if they could, but nature
suffers them only to Waddle."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

WoRDs of wait-BriDg that bill next
week
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

shines are not what they used to be
then one had a heart to feel for an
other. ct give and bequeath to Lucy.
my wife, the sum @ one hundrer
pounds a year." said a well-to-do old
farmer. "Is that written down, meas
ter?"
eyes, replied the lawyer; ''but she
is not so oId-she may marry again.
Won't you make any change in that
case? Most people do"
cay, do they?" said the farmer.
well, write again, and say that if my
wife marries again 1 will give and be-
queath to her the sum of two hundrer
pounds q year. ThaPu do, won't it,
measter ?"
"Why, it's just doubling the sum she
would have if she remained unmar-
led" said the lawyer. cit is general
~ the other way-the legacy is les
sened if the widow marries again.
"Ay," said the farmer, "but him as
gets her IL desarye it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

Sir James, the turn-coat, then Mr..
Macintosh, once dining in a large
party with Parr, the conversation
turned on an Irish Catholic priest who
had been executed for treason at Maid
stone. Macintosh, violent in his OBJ
servations on the culprit, drew down
upon himself the wrath of the Doctor.
"Sir," said Parr, "the criminal who
has been hanged was an Irishman-he
might have been a Scotchman; he was
a priest might have been a lawyer;
he was consistent-he might have been
an apOstatel"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-19

/ Acres Inhabitants
in parks. to one acre.
Telegram-herald., 1889-04-26


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t1. 81 lise Eease I've in-fe.s q t-sse @IV
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ll-prasss.i tareus .-.t Pc -a1flft t-At al a
lA4a aas ~ 81 il er--r % ei stileluins
wash -e es-ts Is % efit- a. tte president -
I-s tat.si ~tafes- ALa tes "oret ~ iE -,
s-ss S-ee..afg hAfarl. t--t though "e
laFe tsiee ~ ul4cl ~o-1 Lele ~ - e can a.
Telegram-herald., 1889-04-26

Thus tho winnoamg of the wheat from
tho ch-f goes s-eaIiiy or. One man comes
In. presents n carl aud is shown into the cab
iuef roou which serves rs m ant.-room for
the library Wherein tho president receives his
~.sit0rs Doar1rcper Beitirr looks az him
intentlv Tor snace of tlrtv seconds. and
says 10 himseifi III know YOU the next time
you come And tie chances are fftr T. ore
that be VIII. This new corner u s member
Of tho now congress anI tlis Is his frst visit
n tie y bite House. Every two years new
congress comes in, with from 100 % 80
strange faces Those the do0rkcepor must
learn. f1T IL is ccrsi.er>l very unDrofessi0lal
in a Cerberfls not 10 rrc0Culze instantly the
elect Experience is . fine .cbooi and from
i0ug practice Nr IoetIler isahi- % Fix a new
face in his mind on seeing u ult once NJ
member u congress was ever required 70
present p {. card or speak tis name % soefier
. second time No only must be- reuemfer
the foes 4 members ~ congress and ether
persons entitlei T. consideration. bu- he
must not f1rget the rank y those Fho have
heen members ~ the brl-e or senate. bat
who are now IN private life AZ tbe q. hlre
House an sz has TO formal rights Hs
must take his place wita the com
mon herd often former oon -rrss-
nan or senator f0rSsts that bis o63rlal ri1rs
have been clipped. AMI t.-0uzh The forc~ Z
habit presents h.u1sof f-r admission ius- "a
h.s uz-i 70 a. This brings FL t1r io0rsearer
ore cf the sai5es- dates IS his p,~l-ien L
IS a futv wlir1 81 so ~ performed -l-h tact
and sod ats0ess. ard even ths1 Is painful -
both re~aras ~ - o-nrerrN1
we rev f18 men writing in three ar'e-
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Telegram-herald., 1889-04-26

sionally seen on the face II a successful as
pirant for appointment 20 place IN the en-
ploymeut OF Uncle sam All the down
stair rooms are closed except the east room,
aud through that vast and beautiful apart
ncnt dozen visitors are walking At the
foot Of the staircase leading 70 the executive
Offices above stands Sergt Dmsmore, man
with a keen eve IN his head and vigilance
that has won him fame.
At the top Of tho stairs in a gloomy cor
rldor that runs from end 70 end Of the old
house, where the gas must BE- kept turning
all day. we find a group II men They are
fumbling in their pockets for cards scri5-
bling on the backs thereof and whispering 10
tue short, swarthy man who stands guard al
the door and arranges the cards in a neat
little packet on his desk This is Doorkeeper
Loefller, who has stood guard at the door Of
the president room since the days Of Andrew
Johuson. II there Is any man of political
activity in this country who does not know
Locrler he must be willing 10 confess himself
unknown. Twenty years ago the 4th day Of
last month Locffier took up his station at this
desk, and hero he has remained. day after
day. - this hour Tho faces and manners Of
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur aud Cleve-
land arc as familiar 10 him aS the counte-
nances Of his wife and children. Hundreds
OF times n day, and every day, he walks into
the Presidents private Office. The cabinet
room is an open book to him. Has he seen
and heard many things Of which the world
never knew syllablel Does he carry
thousand little and few big secrets in his
breastl or course he does. But his lips are
sealed, and the secrets he knows will be car
ried 10 his grave.
AT once we discover that there are two
classes Of callers here. There are goats and
there are sheep. A man steps up, presents
card and is promptly shown into reception
room twenty feet from the door which leads
= the presidential sanctuIn. You viii have
to wait a little while, says Doorkeeper Loci.
fer. Another man steps up no better look
ing, OF no more draught or sail than his pre-
decessor, 50 far as appearances 90. Nr. Loef-
fer jumps from his seat, opens the door which
lads 70 the presidents room, bows politely,
AID the stranger enters with his head high IN
the air Who is het \ member of congress.
From 10 10 u O'Clock senators and represen-
tatives in congress have the right of way.
All others must present cards and await their
turn or tho p-esldeyts pleasure.