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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04
Fferee and FickIe.

When John Snowden was a boy he
always had a hobby. One winter it
was coins, and he daily tormented
every shopkeeper in the village for odd
specimens; in the spring it was pigeons ;
he sold all his coins, begged and Dor
rowed money from all OF the family to
buy fan-tails and rare breeds for his
dOve-cOtes.
Then he suddenly took fancy to col
Iect autographs. The pigeons were
neglected, and either died or were
stolen. john was busv In mailing
piteous appeals to every man or WON
an of distinction In Europe or America
to write their names on blank cards for
him.
He was succeeding very well when
the pursuit lost all interest for him.
He bought a printing press. Now he
besieged all his friends for orders
"Bill-heads, labels and cards, executed
with neatness and dispatch Before he
had executed the orders, however, the
delight Of type-setting palfed upon
him, and he gave 1t up.
When John grew to be a man he was a
violent AbOliti0nist for a few years.
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ChicagO,s MiIIiOnaire.

The man who told me this story had
something to say about "Old Hutch,
Of course. I never talked to Board
Of Trade man ten minutes without
hearing something about the remarka-
BILE old man. He seems to be as per
sistent in getting into mems minds
and on their tongues as was Charles
L in Mr.. Dicks Memoirs. This man
said:
"You can find old Hutch on one Of
the stools at cheap lunch-cOunter
down near the Board every morning of
the week. Goes in there regularly and
orders two soft-bOiled eggs and rolls,
and he looks at the check as closely as
any poor clerk In town. How's that
for a man with his money? Millions
and millions of wealth, and eating a 10
or 20 cent breakfast. But that's his
style. He surprised me the other day.
As long as I've been around the Board,
I never saw old Hutch wear any
thing but a black SLOUGH hat; but the
other day he appeared with one Of the
new-style straws with straight, stiff
brim. Nobody could look at him with
out smiling, and the old man 'tumbled'
and only wore it one day. He doesn't
care for dress, or comfort, or good iv-
ing, anyway. He has Just one passion
in life, and that's gambling. He is the
first man on the floor of the Board
always, and the last one to leave 1t.
Imagine, if you can, the supreme de-
light to such a man Of running a cor
ner such as he manipulated last De
cember. But he's almost parsimonious
in his daily life saw him at
the theater one time alone sitting
In s parquet seat without a soul to talk
to. He's a oner; that's what he is. -
ChicqqO MdL
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04
nd get q God night's rest in the fregh.

I could get good nights rest IN the reshs
cool air.
On one of my trips around Unique found
a curious and effective obstacle to cats and
bad boys crawling over fences that Will put
to shame the barbed wire and rOughened
tin appliances Of our own country. The
fences are all of adobe and on the top q
dWarfed chOlla cactus is planted, which
only needs a holding on place to grow
luXuriantly. A common cat will go clear
outside the city limits to avoid it. while the
than eat the green apples on the other side
of it.
Just before leaving the Unique River we
came to a native tannery, which was about
as primitive an affair as any we saw in the
whole Sierra Madres. For some two hun
dred yards along the wide river its bottom
was white with Outstretched hides held
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

will soon mingle with the mesquite and
then the great pitahaya tells US that we are
on the verge of the tropics. while each
tree in the orange orchard just below US
can be made out. and after a few more
turns on the twisting trails, even the yellow
CHANGES on the bright green trees become
distinct. Another half hour and we are on
the level, while not that length Of time has
to be added before palms are over our
head and the heat is almost unbearable to
those who have been for weeks on the
high mountain tops of the cool Sierras. In
a little over three hours we have dropped
from the land Of the pine to the land Of the
palm, and this, too, on mule-back, a feat
that can not @ performed in a great many
parts of the world outside of Mexico. with
its many marveis. We were now out OF the
wild forests and wild men and back again
among Mexican civilization, but q kind al
most unknown to the outside world. so
little is ever heard about it, although one
of the richest mining districts and one of
the Oldest points Of colonization on the
North American continent.
The Mexican town Of Urique, numbering
some 5000 people, was first established in
1912, years before Plymouth Rock ever felt
the foot of pilgrim and yet much of 1t is
as unknO own as the interior of Africa That
living cliff and cave jewellers should hav Q
been found but little ways of of the rough
and even dangerous trail that led to the
isolated town, that no one ever cared to
report to the world outside, shows what a
wonderful isolation can exist and be called
civilization. 1 sent my cook out one day
to get some butter, and the pers sons to
whom he applied told him that they had
never heard Of it, and were somewhat in
clined to think he was "guying" them when
he told them how it was made. The only
way out and in was on the back Of the mel
ancholy mule, and an old resident told me
that he believed that tWO-t thirds to three
fOurths of the people had never seen a
wagon; not even the old wooden carts of
the Mexicans that remind one so of Scrip
turaI times; certainly no wagon or cart was
ever hauled through the streets OF Ur1que.
The postmaster may have been able to read
and write, but he had to ask me where ev-
cry letter went in order to determine the
postage, the entire weekly mail hardly
equaling the daily mail of a town of ten
people with US. 1t was truly q place almost
as old, quaint and curious as a village Of
the cliff jewellers themselves.
Directly over the center OF this piet-
uresque mountain town. which forms the
subject of an illustration-alth ough less
than One-fourth Of it is given in the picture
lis the Rosario mine. one Of the prineipal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

s. but the ztspping-stone 70 these divine ia
st1tut5onss the family and the home, which
constitute the very foundation On which our
nation restsi and upon the health and
strength OF the wife and mother. depend
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mines of the district. Its ore runs from
$500 to $1,000 to the ton.
In fact. only the richest ores Of any mine
can be worked in the central Sierre Madres,
whore everything is carried for hundreds
of miles on mule-back at rates that would
make a freight-agents mouth water. Salt
for chlorinaCion works, that we get for IS
to SO a ton where railroads run, here
costs from 500 to S125 a ton, and even
much 10 ore during the rainy season Of about
three months. when all the mountain streams
are swollen, and the dizzy mountain trails
are dangerous in the extreme. 1t is az ainst
such enormous odds that man has to battle
against nature in this secluded part Of the
earth in order to get at her wealth that is
otherwise so laVishly streWn around. After
one has spent ten or twelve days on the
toughest Of known mountain trails in or
der TO reach this point and then rejects
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corners, and where they are kept for weeks
to rid them Of hair. OF course we tasted
but very little of the water below that
point. On enormous bent beams, at the
lower end. were to be found number of
hides stretched, and naked men scraping
them with sharpened stones. Despite the
style of work, the leather they make is re-
markedly soft and plant.
The descent into Cerro Colorado was the
most continuous steep I ever saw, and al
most before We knew it we were in the
tropics again. and that by an incline where
in a dozen places the uphill rider on one
zfg-zag could kick of the hat of the one be-
low him on the other course as he passed
him, and without taking his foot out of the
stirrup.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

~ Z FlF y 81 asked II UQaG
were til e
pOstOfice.
@Yep," the Postmaster answered,
placing his chin on his hand and squirt
ing a yellow stream at a lizard.
II am expecting a letter and
"Whut's yo' name ?"
Games HenwoOd."
"Any kin to old Zeb HenwOod that
lives down beyant the forks ?"
"NO."
Same name.
eyes, but that makes no difference"
ut mout not to you, but it does to
me-"
Glow SOP"
"WaI. eff you air any kin to old
Eeb you KANT git no letters outen this
office"
"I tell you that I am no kin to him,
but even if I were, that should make
no difference"
"But it do all the same. He pizened
my pup last fall, an that settles it with
him"
Il don't care anything about that. I
want to know if there's letter here
tor me ?"
"Yas, thar is one; come day befO'
yistidy"
Let me have it, please"
Not till you prove that you amt no
kin to old Zeb."
81 tell you that am no kin to him,
nd I also tell you that it makes no
difference whether I am or not.
81 know what you tell me-know
That as well as you do; but you amt
proved nOthin' yit
q don't have to prove anything. You
don't know who I am q"
"And / don't keer, nuther."
Il am q United States PostOfhce In
spector. "
CHATS all right.
"I know it is. Give me that letter"
"Not till you prove what L want you
to prove"
"If you don't give me that letter at
once III have you removed"
"What from ?"
"FrOm this pOstOfce."
Who'll remove me?"
"The GOYernm ent. A."
"WaII, now, Iemme tell you: This is
my pos tOfice. built this house my
self. "
"But as Postmaster you are under
the Government.
"No, I amt. I amt under nuttin'. -
"Are you going to give that letter ?"
mot till you prove"
"What is your name ?" the Inspector
asked, taking out a notebook.
"Bose Hicks
"Well, Mr.. Hicks, I'll see that you
are removed"
CAL right"
And more than that I'll have you
arrested"
UAIT ,rirrLE
"TI teach you what it is to keep
back a letter"
"All right"
"Il1 give you one more chance"
Better gemme two"
"NO, I won't give you but one"
Well, I'll shake you the dice for the
other one"
"You are a fool"
"AIl right"
"You haven't got the sense Of a mon
key,
"AinT compar'd myself with you yiit. "
eff you were to start out to look for
river you couldn't find spring
branch"
"AIl right"
"You give me that letter now, or
you'll have trouble"
'That's me-"
Give me that letter or I'll whale you
right here"
"Tm yo' man"
"Do you mean that you'll give me the
letter or fight ?"
"Hafter fight, I reckon, under the
circumstances"
just about that time the Inspector
knocked the old fellow off the stump.
He got up, rubbed himself, and said {:
"You air a putty quick pusson. Eff
thar's a thing I like it's a man that ain t
lazy"
He went into the house and brought
out the letter. just as the Inspector
"Thar's another letter here for you. "
"GiYe it to me"
"NO, not till you hit me ag'in."
The Inspector hit him again and he
klsO17osb+ tho other latter
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

Y last article left
our party on La
Cumbra Tor the
crest" Of the Sierra
Madr g g looking
down into the VAL
ley Of the Urique,
ONE 1000 to 5000
feet, and as we
stood among the
pines we could see
the plantations Of
oran ges far below,
writ o S Ii e u t.
SchWatka. in the
@ h i C a go Inter
Ocean.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04
1.-THE race is not to him who doth the swi

''Ihe race is not to him who doth the swifte5t
run,
Nor the battle to him who shoots with the long
est gun"
ssAn the samee' a long gun does CONT.
and 1.-The tallesb pole gets the persimmOns. -
If you are not satisfied with your equipment
for the race for financial success, or position
IN the battle OF life, take our advice and
Va, and our word for it they wilt show you
how to get a fresh start, with the biggest
possible chance of winning some of the big
prizes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

If not aboUe being taught by a man, take
this Good advice. Try DObGins' Electric
Soap next Monday IL won't cost much,
and you viii then know for yourself just
how good it is. Be sure to get no imitation.
There are lots of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

Song and dance man: ''DO you pass
members of the prOfession?"
Theatrical manager; 30, yes: very fre-
quently- without speaking to them"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

Sunday School Teacher; scNow Johnny
why did God send the hood?'
Johnny: cause the Conemaugh dan
was so rotten. "
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

A Profitable Industry-Visitor at a med
zeal college; ''Where did these skeletons
come from?'
Young Doctor: 'sYYe raised them.''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

TIE fashion Of keeping a jester to enter
tain court went out when the fool lawyer
began to practice in It.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04
SCHWATKA IN MEXICO.
AMONG THE RICHEST SILVER MINES
IN THE WORLD.

An Old Mexican Town Completely Isolated
from All the Rest Of the WOrId-ALexi-
cans Have the EkindIiest Feelings for
Americans and Welcome AN Emigrants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

DR.. Pierce's Pellets cleanse and regulate
the stomach, bowels and system generally.
One dose; purely vegetable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

Tt is rumored that Queen Victoria thinks
of bestOwing the Order of the Bath on
Thomas A. Edison. Congratulations, your
Washup.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

It would seem that when seamen get tired
Of ships fare, they would try to gather some
ocean currents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

There is nothing loud about the flannel
shiIt. On the contrary it is modest and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04

Amerioa's 'eTansill's Punch Cigar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-10-04
A POSF0FFICE BOSS.

HE follow
ing sketch
us from the
pen ofOpie
Pope Read,
the ininnit-
able hunnOr-
ist of the
ar GnSGJU
IFGUeteT:
The Post
m tie 7 at
Oak Flat
was SIGung
on a stump
in front of
his door
whena we'll
dre s s g d
s g e r
came up and
askedH that
W ere the
DOSGOL1Ce.
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Cnntenfnd ChiId.

Fond Mother-How do you like your
new governess, Johnny?
Johnny-Oh, like her ever SO
much.
I'm so glad my little boy has a nice
teacher at last.
"Oh, she's awful nice. She says
she don't care whether I learn any
thing or not so long as pop pays her
salary. "-NelJ York Weekly.
EMPERoR WILLIAM, Of Germany, is
a very hearty eater and drinker- He
consumes an enormous amount Of meat,
beer, and vine every day, and is never
troubled with indigestion. He prefers
q pipe to a cigar, and shows an ele-
ment Of greatness by detesting cigar
cites.
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e. When answering any of these advertisements
please mention this paper,
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AAR z STUDY. Bookkeeping. Permanently !
81 ~ EaE = Arithmetic, Shorthand, etc, thOra
0uRhIy taught by mail. Low rates. Circulars free-
BRYANT'S COLLEGE. 49, Main St. Bunalo. N. Y
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-11-02

The current Of favor is setting, not
enthusiastically but with q certain
calmly resigned decision, toward astra-
khan. The fine gray skins are used for
capes and jackets, while the cosrser
black skins, which are rather less costly
and certainly more youthful looking
than sealskins, are called upon to fur
nish vests and waistcoats for gowns
quite az often AZ to fit out wraps and
eloaks for the promenade. Furs appear
on Broadway and in the parks earlier
than common this season and Miss
Morosini is seen walking or driving In
an astrakhan cape of the large curled
black fur, with half sleeves reaching to
the elbows and edged about with dark
brown sealskin. Astrakhan is also com
bined with beaver. A rather good looking
girl of an English type whom noticed
on street in New York recently
wore handsome tailor gown OF brown
broadcloth with band OF golden brown
beaver at the bottom finished on either
edge with buttonhole stitching In silk
floss of clear golden tan. The short
round jacket Of black astrakhan had
standing collar Of beaver with boa ends
Jacket, muff and bonnet makes a
pretty suit OF furs. The jacket may be
made of brown cloth with waistcOat
and smart looking pockets OF beaver.
The brown felt bonnet or the fat tur-
ban hat will have trimmings OF brown
ribbon and beaver bands. The muff
will be quite small and made OF the
same materials, even to the ribbon
bows. Miss Mabel Harper, the
daughter of Mr.. John Harper, OF the
publishing house, who was married
fortnight ago to Mr. Leonard Cow, had
in her trousseau rather novel Direc-
tory redingote for travelling, OF bottle
green cancels hair with shoulder cape
of black astrakhan cloth embroidered
in floss and tinsel with twigs OF witch
hazel, with its weird yellow November
flowers This wrap was fastened in
front with heavy silver clasp OF simple
design for the high collar and was lined
with yellow silk from top to bottom The
touue of astrakhan cloth which went
with it was trimmed with double-faced
yellow and black ribbons. Mrs Cow
will make her first appearance in society
as matron, having barely reached the
age at which girl makes her debut.
Mr.. Cow, who has captured such a
youthful and pretty bride, is Scotch
man and will take her to Glasgow. 1t
was from him that she received one OF
the most beautiful things in her outfit,
long cloak Of rich dark sealskin with
sleeves high and full on the shoulders
and deeproll collar Of long dark Russian
sable, with cuffs of the same fur.
A shoulder cape of fine skins Of Rus
sian sable makes about as costly gar
ment as even q millionairess in her own
right is anxious to pay for. One such
completed by a fashionable furrier a
week since was composed ofsixteen skins
valued at 500 each and was sold for
81, 500. A collar and muff made to the
order OF an elderly and wealthy widow
and of generous proportions were accom-
panied by bill for 81, 300. A majority
of we'll dressed women are fain to con-
tent themselves with good limitations
in mink or Hudson Bay sable. Shout
der cape In which fur costs not over go
to $780,,
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serge was the material made en- suite
with q street costume OF English i'm
portation. The long cloak was made
with a full plain skirt and very full
waist, which fell like blouse over tho
skirt all around. forming sling sleeves
In front cOncealing small close sleeves,
which prote cted the arms. A wide band
woven upon the goods in heavy cord
effect formed border up and down the
front and about the hem, upon which
were crysanthemum designs in gold,
silver and dull red, with geometrical
figures in gold for an edge finish on
either side, The entire garment was
lined with scarlet satin and broad rib
hons. in gold and scarlet, tied it at the
throat. With tins luxurious garment
the Spanish looking bride was to wear
q capote of gray serge with scarlet vel
vet coronet, red bird in shaded tints
and one in gold A little bag muff fin
ished the costume. This was of gray
serge also, lined with scarlet satin and
trimmed on the outside with bows OF
scarlet and gold ribbon; in their midst
was perched a green bird with spread
wings.
The boa is little used except as a
finish to fur collar. That sybaritic
dream, the opera wrap or sortie de bal,
comes in deep red, old pink, lilac, pale
blue or gray velvet, plush or wadded
satin trimmed with the fluffy white
fur called Mandarin lamb. Those
who sit in deep conclave bordering the
dress of women have persuaded them
selves that with an effort they can re-
vive the popularity Of the royal ermine,
which has so far forgotten its ancient
dignity as to rest content with the me-
NAL rank Of lining.
Street gowns for the young woman,
although simple in fashion as those for
evening wear, have adopted and modi-
fed for their own especial use all the
diverse element Of the present revival
of antique and classic styles. The light
colors of the early autumn are warming
and deepening now to the dull, rich
tones that belong to the days when the
snow flies. Maize color, toned with
black, is one of the combinations which
now catch the eye. The only things
which deserve to be called novelties are
the shawl suitings which grow richer
and more elaborate every day. A wide
awake young matron who looked on
Mod ieska's Julie dc Mortimer the other
evening wore particular elegant shawl
gown. The body Of it was plain golden
brown cashmere, but the front breadth,
which was heavily fringed, was richly
with intricate Persian pat
terms woven in brocade. Such robe
pattern is not usually duplicated and
costs quite sum of money. 1t is more
often extreme in style than beautiful,
but has great possibilities and, we'll
chosen, is suitable for almost any 90
casion.
No woman is happy nowadays unless
she has something truly unique in tee
gown. pale lilac robe in soft wooden
stuff has much to commend it. There
ore loose jacket fronts and panels Of
velvet of deeper purplish tone, the
sleeves are tight to the wrists and the
oversleeves, lined with white, reach
the feet and are finished at the bottom