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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

not look in through the key-hole and
see me as I lay there asleep and make
a So, 600 painting Of me.
Just then there was a slight rattle st
the door, such as you hear when a
chambermaid attacks it with a pass
key and comes in the room to sweep
holes in the carpet and fill your lungs
full of debris. I smiled to myself, for
my own key was in tho door, and said
softly, as I bathed my blushing fea-
lures in the pillow, "Aha! aha ye
cannot enter now" But she continued
to rattle away with her key, and soon
saw, with horror, that my own was be-
ginning to lose it's grip, and finally it
fell to the floor with a loud report,
having been pushed out Of the lock
from the other side.
I can scarcely describe the horror of
my situation. 7 thought of handing
my handkerchief and peTful-eE- over
the transom to her, anu Degg1nE her,
if she had o mother or any other rela-
tives in whom she had any confidence
whatever, to go away. I thought of
going to the door and telling her that
we had better go through life as
nearly as possible by separate routes,
and that 1 needed rest really more
than I did society, but I did not dare
to get out Of bed for fear the door
would open, and I was wise, for it did
now burst open, as had feared, and a
tall girl in the prime of life, with fash
ing eye and distended nostril, came
into the room. With a wild shrek
covered my head with the bed-clothes,
shuddering till my teeth, which were
in tumbler of water near by, chatter
ed together.
Go away, you hateful thing, Isaid,
"and never, never come back again any
more"
"But I want to change them sheets, "
she said.
go away" I said again. Gwen
your voice is hateful in my sight. Take
my beautiful Seth Thomas silver
watch, if you will, but, OF go away,
and heaven will reward you even bet
ter than that"
She then skunk from the room, but
it was long time before I could go to
sleep. Even then my dreams were
troubled and my mind filed with ap-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07
A Snow Shoe Feat.

DR.. Nansen has performed the unique
feat Of crossing Greenland on snow
shoes. He is now ice-bound on the
Greenland coast, and many are wait
ing eagerly to hear the tale which few
expected he would survive to tell. We
may have to wait until early summer
for a recital of his adventures. DR..
hansen is an experienced explorer.
Two winters ago. accompanied only by
his faithful dog, he crossed on snow
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07


woman who is inclined to be literary
and is ambitious to become a writer,
must necessarily neglect all household
duties and give her time and attention
exclusively to scribbing, and if not
absolutely necessary, it is the general
impression that she does so from choice,
that she has no interest in life that
does not center in the ink bottle.
OF course there are exceptions to
every rule, but generally speaking,
this is entirely a mistaken idea.
My opinion is that one would fail to
find anything inspiring in an untidy
room.
Imagine ones self seated at desk
writing, perhaps, sketch on NEAT
ness" or any other subject, in fact,
with the room UnsWept, the bed not
made and things scattered around pro
miscuOusly.
Personally speaking, this would be
impossible.
If a lady neg1ects her household du-
ties in order to devote her time to
writing, believe me, she would neglect
them Just the same if she had no tai
ent for writing.
The minutes and half-hOurs must not
be wasted. We must remember that
the men and women who have made
their mark in the world are those who
have successfully conquered their own
incIinations to idIeness, and have
worked steadily and perseveringly to
accomplish their end.
Time passes very rapidly when one
is busy preparing manuscript. The
minutes 1engthen into hours, and al
most before one is aware of it the day
is at an end.
Never feel discouraged because your
progress is slow, but work faithfully.
Put one idea on paper and another viii
follow it, and still another, until you
have written a page.
Several years ago I came across q few
lines in a magazine that pleased me ex-
ceedingly. The authors name was not
given, but the sentence I have never
forgotten. It read as follows:
"The more you draw from the we'll of
thought the more clear and fruitful it
will be-"
This, think, is worthy of repetition,
and all authors and wOuld-be authors
will do well to commit it to memory.
One who writes and loves to write,
whose whole mind is, so to speak,
wrapped up in their theme, is never
lonely. They live in an imaginary
world and associate with ina ginary peo-
pie, and find enjoyment in so doing
that it would be impossible for any one
but writer to understand and appre-
ciate.
If housekeeping, a lady has very
little time to devote to this very pleas
ant occupation, but if boarding, her
time is generally her own, and taste
and talent for writing viii help to pass
the time both pleasantly and profit
ably.
I must say I find my greatest enjoy
ment at my desk, although the chatter
of my little three-year-OId is Ofttimes
the cause of my IOsing-what might
have been, if fully deyelOped-ap paying
idea.
However, we should not confne our
selves too closely to work and study,
but should remember that time spent
in taking needed rest is well spent,
and he who denies himself necessary
recreation because he is anxious to ac-
complish a certain amount of work,
viii find in the end that he has over
estimated his strength and that the
time has been worse than lost.-CHi
cGgO Ledger.
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His daughters and the President him
self have tried 20 make him believe
that there is no longer any necessity
for his continuing to work. But he
can not be induced to surrender his
position. Shortly after the election
Mrs. Harrison wrote to her father ask
ing him to resign and saying as soon as
they came to Washington she would
expect him to live at the White House.
This letter was accompanied by note
from General Harrison, who made the
same request, and was written.in such
a cordial strain as to leave no doubt Of
its sincerity. But the old gentleman
wrote to his daughter saying that while
he should be glad to be a frequent Wis
itOF at the White House he could not
think Of spending the remainder Of his
days IN idleness. That because his
son-in-1aw was President made no
difference in his own position, and that
while he fully appreciated their kind
ness he could not think of rendering
his resignation. So every day Dr..
Scott reaches his desk at the Pension
Office and works as faithfully as any
other clerk in the Office. His fellow
clerks say that his demeanor has not
changed a bit since the event of last
November. The venerable gentleman
Is now verging on four score years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

OWEN BROWN,
son of John Brown,
the hero of Bleed
ing Kansas" and of
Harper's F cry,
died at Pasadena,
Cal, not long ago,
aged Ga years. He
was the third, in
order, Of J,o h n
B wn' s twenty
children. He died
as he had always
lived, a single and
a singular man.
Three years ago,
writes Prof. L. B.
Sherry of Car1atOD
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PICTURE
81 CLARA Il. HOWARD.

Tonight comes a picture before me-
As I sit in the freight glow,
Watching the ennBers slowly dying
IT'S a scene from long ago.
1t carries me back to my chIIdho0d5
The same childish fancies I feel
As We're cOniured up by the nf6I1gnU,
And the hum Of the spinnlns-Wh5el'
en- back in the Lighthouse kitchen.
With its fire place deep and Wloes
The backlog blazing brightly
Queer shadows on every SIDE
Great sparks fly up the chimney,
We children watching them so
Think they VIII fall again tomorrow
Transformed into flakes OF snow
There, in the warnest corner,
The sleepy old tabby cat sits,
With a wary eye on the house dog +
Where he dOzes by starts ana nus. "
There on the well swept hearthstone5
Ny brothers are playing a game p
Their merry faces lighted up
By the blazing fOre-stick's flame.
Grandma. knitting there in the corner
In snowy kSrchief and cap,
Grandpa laying his pipe aside
To enjoy his evening nap. -
Father is reading the paper, Ef
His work for the day is done, -
And all sis tasks were ended
With the setting OF the sun.
NV sisters are carding the snowy wool
Into bats for mother to spin,
She draws the wheel to the hres1des
Her evening task TO begin.
can see her form IN the hrel1gnC,
And the same drOWsy fancies feel
As when watching her treading a measure
To the tune Of the spinning
The Wintry wind bowls in the chimney
And rae5ies the Oaken door,
Grandpa wakes from his doing,
To the fire adds a log or two more.
What cared we for WinUry weather.
And I the least of them all,
Proudly enthrOned on grandn1a's lap
UnWinding her big blue ball
Thus pass the moments swiftly
Grandma has finished her sock
I hear her saying softly:
TITS nearly 9 o'clock;
Time HCUle folk, like you, were asleep,
Tucked snugly away in bed,
AS she tenderIy kisses my drOWsy Ids
And pillows my dropping head.
Tonight, by my lonely hreside,
dream of the long ago,
Ere my heart was burdened with grief and care
Or my locks besprinkled with snow.
am back in the fre-lit kitchen;
The same childish fancies feel
AS when mothers feet, in the freight,
Kept time to the spinning wheel.
The drowsy old clock on the manteI
Is ticking the hours away;
The eInbers are slowly turning
To ashes, cold and gray.
Listening here to the WIntry blast,
SaLP memories over me steal
o. that group, from the Preside vanished,
And the long silent spinning-wheel
HARVEY Wis.
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LETTERS FROM TIE CORNERss
20 AFgye the Question.


f44it 1AObLlu
oval yes it do cost sumpthin" ses he
es bold es brass, but forty or fifty
dollars, reckon, wood take a Teller
rite slap clean threw the hole con
sarn.
Ny breth wus plumb. cumpIeaIv-
TUX away at this bOwled faced state
mint, so / jes gashed out, Forty or
fifty doIlers, man. I'd jes like to no
whar you air to git forty or fifty dol
Iers these hard times. Hear only las
weak you WIS reddy to pack the hull
kit an Doodle of us off to the pore
house cause of the tite times an failur
of craps, an now you want to give forty
or fifty dOllers to jine a sciety you no
nothin about.
eyes" ses he, "but eff [ line en- L
viii no sumpthin about EN-, won't L 81
3 4 doubt it, William Henery," ses I,
mildly. It's my opinion peple don't
aIays understan everything thay be-
long to. ~.ze
I do actIy beIeave William Henerv
he'd jes bin a stUdyin fur munths to
Oyercum all of my injunctions, fur he
knOwed 1 Wer hart an sole imposed to
all secret societies an sech things.
When he didn't hev a anser reddY he'd
jes hop off on to sumpthin eIts, es he
Il
Ses he:
"Pears to me, Hester Ann, es tho it
cant be nOthin very bad, seem es the
preacher belongs. He's a good preacher
an d good man, to. D."
Good men an good preachers to
sometimes stray into furbidden paths,
ses L. These secret things tibet won't
bear the lite of day he'd better be lef
to purish in the darkness that begot
them" ses L, a quotin Scriptur.
Well, Hester Ann, I do want to
jine EN- anyways" ses he, an I seen
| it want much use to say ennything
furder, so I jes arsked, kindly camIy,
81 jes like to no where the mummy is to
! cum frum."
"Ill raise it, ses he, confidently.
"But there is nOthin to sell, ses T.
"Tll hunt up enuff, ses William
! Henery, a scratchin his he'd with
/ cOrn-cOb.
well, I think you mite tell me
! WHARF its to cum frum, ses I.
"Wa-al, I've he'd thet money Iade by
long time, mos a year" I tell you,
| Mr.. Editur, L were jes hOPpin mad
! when he sed that, an I spoke rite up
! and ses sturdy, william Henery, YOU
! he'd mummy when wanted tLet washin
machine tibet only COS two doIlers."
Sorry to say I he'd, Hester Ann,
SEES he meakly.
you he'd mummy when I wanted
three stone jars to put the apple butter
in" I continual.
I'm afeerd I did, sed he kindly
sheapish.
lyon he'd mummy an never tOle me,
/ the wife Of your buzzum, an I looked
him threw an threw.
Never toIe nary a word, sed he,
! IOOlzin awful snealzy.
You better beleave was Intended at
him, an I talked purity plane to him.
He finally sed he'd Civ me hat the
mummy to say no more about it, an so
I tux the mummy an tide it up in
to an ole stoczin an hid it into the rag
! bag, WHARF no burgler man wood ever
/ think of loOkin.
It air awful nice wether fur maxim
! gardin an sope an sech, an am tolabIe
bizy. So good-by.
HESTER ANN SCoOPER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

HAD a very trying
in a Mich
igaR hotel. 1t was
painful, but not fatal.
d had been travelling
ALI the night before,
and fatigue and brain
ia g ere together
fighting for my exist
.ence. I got a room
when I arrived and
retired to seek much
needed rest. I had
just retired, in fact,
having carefully lock-
led the door and left
THE key In the lock,
THAT the curious could
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07
Welded to His Desk.

The Rev. DIR. Scott, the father OF
Mrs. Harrison, still remains at his desk
in the Pension Bureau at Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RECOLLECTI ONs OF A VISIT TO THEIR
CALIFORNIA HOME.

Climbing TO the Summit of the Sierra
Madre to Stake a CIaim-Interesting
"Reminiscences OF the Harper's Ferry
R.liH-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

A NEW theater to cost nearly 81. Goo.
600 IS to be built on the Champ ID
Mars, st. Petersburg.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07

cow was captured near Jupiter, Fla.
last week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-06-07
A BLUE STOCKING.
7 JEFFIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

HE woman who
Yields the pen"
and has a pen
chant for writing
is called a Blue
Stocking.
Why this very
peculiar title was
chosen is a mys-
terry to me, for
the term does not
seem in the least
a synOn nous
n e, However,
we viii not linger
over the name,
for we know it is
of little oODse-
quence; Femem-
bering, as we do,
the little quota
ton, "a rose by
any other name
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BILL ME-

Eas Teus OF Hotel Adventures mat Hsfau
the Traveller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

JERSEY Cry, Jan. 29.-The city board Of
finance win discuss the advisability of adopt
ing a new system for fixing the tax value Of
property in the city this week. At present
the question of valuation is left entirely TO
the assessor in whose district the property is
situated, and in consequence the assessor be-
comes man of influence in the district. The
new scheme is to establish a standard by
which all valuations are TO be gagged. The
ground Is 10 be assessed separately from the
building which stands ON it. The city is to
be apportioned into assessment districts and
the board of finance is to declare by resolu-
ton the tax value Of each square foot OF
property in the district, 50 that the assessors
have only to multiply the value per square
foot by the number of square feet in the AS
sesscd plot 70 get the valuation Of the land.
Buildings are 10 be classified into new or old,
and also according TO height and use, and the
value at which each class of buildings is 10 be
assessed is to he determined by the board.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

PATERSON, n. j.. Jan. 29-Richard Ran
court, is involved IN controversy with Rev.
John l.. Robinson, pastor IF the Division
Street Methodist church, this city. Rev Mr..
Robinson did not ike the way in which Mr..
Randall conducted the case of Rev. o. l..
Corbin when serious charges we're preferred
against him by young woman named Ma
loney. Mr.. Randall took professional inter-
est in Corbin, who had engaged his services,
and Rev. Mr. Robinson declared that Mr..
Randall did not act in professional manner
The result is a suit for SANDER in the supreme
court against the clergyman for $4,000
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

sIjs. es~-uharls y In Critical CoDds-
s.an--Na flew Yet

wgss Etss,aharls u In a Critical CoDdE-
sta.,-No clew Yet.
Pa iArEsPHfA Ian. - Mis- Annie Eisen-
hnrd' TIE hos pital nurse IN Camden who was
80 blast.liy assaulted early Saturday morn
ing. = said by hospital physicians to be IN q
critical condition There is great danger Of
inflammation setting in, In which event her
death viii likely follow.
The caSe Is still surrounded with mystery.
Public opinion in Camden as TO who conn
mittea the assault is divided. There are some
who think that the nurse wounded herself, al
though they have nothing definite on which
to base their belief Others think that Watch
man Joseph Ellis did il, although he has been
considered above suspicion, and the injured
woman exculpates him.
Yet another theory Is that Leopold Roth,
who lives not far from Merchantville, Camden
county, and who s-as an admirer of the wdS
man, is the person who assaulted her. The
fourth person who Is under suspicion is Ben
jamin Rosenberg, a nurse in the Jewish hos
pital of this city, who, il is said, was an un-
favored sutton Of Miss Eisenhardt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
Closing bids:
General Markets.

New York, Jan 2s.-FL0UR-ClgIic and firm;
i;y mill extras. $50 FOR Vest indies; super
s.ae. 81. 50: fine. SIG 2s5.
wHEAT-Qliet: Receipts. LOO bushels: ship
'.ients, none; No. / nd state. Sl.0S; No. 9 do,
&C.: No. red winter. January o. he. do. Fehru-
.Iy. 961xc; do. March. ssS4c. do. May. SI.001<
C'ORN-Dull; receipts. 0s00 bushels; ship
ents. 1S350s bushels: No. ? mixed. TIE cash:
o., January, 4ss4e.. to February. 433zc; do.
Iarch. 44ssc.. d.. = .ail. 539c-
OATS Steady: reccptS 5000 bushels: ship
tents. I.355 bushels: No. > mixed 4gIlc cash:
10. January, 4sIxc.: do. February. 4y3zc; do,
iarch. 1850.
RYE-Dull
RARLEY-Nonlinal
PoRK-Quief; mess. S1s. 1885 for news
LARD-Quiet; So. january. $50, February
and March.
MoLAssEs Quiet: new crop New Orleans, "a
Csc.
TURPEs fTNE-Taull at ss5za sic.
ROSIN-DuIl but steady: strained 10 good
81 .oasx6sI osJz.
PETROLEUa-Quief: refined in barrels, $40
FREIGHTS- Dull and unchanged.
BUTTER Dull but steady: western fancy
creamery. 25s52sc.
CHEESE Stesdy: Ohio fat. l0sz1IIxc
EGGS Easier state, I51xGi6c.; western. 151
i55kc-
RICE Nominal
SUGAR Refined firm: cut loaf and crushed
Sc: graduated, &C.: mold A. TIC
TALLOW-Dull; prime city. 5gSc.
COFFEE Steady fair casgoes Of Rlo 175kc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
he Need Not Render aa Account.

NEWARK, Jan. 29-The New Jersey court
of errors and appeals has just rendered a de-
cision setting forth that George w. Thomas
need not render an accounting of the money
borrowed by him for the purpose of raising
the 81. 100000 of treasure which sunk in the
East river with the British fIigate Hussar in
November, 1870. This reversos decree of
Vice Chancellor Bond ordering Thomas 10
give an account of the manner in which he
had spent the money loaned to him. The
Hussar sank near Randall's island with money
ON board to pay the British troops then in
this country Many attempts have been
made to md the lost gold.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
Killed by = hotter ExpImlon.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. "a terrific ex-
plosion occurred at Harvey's silk mill One
of the four large boilers in use exploded, tear
ing the engine and boiler rooms to pieces and
throwing the debris in every direction. One
side of the mill was completely wrecked and
the three floors were filed with bricks and
pieces OF timber. The engineer, Nicholas
Schistel, and Horace Anderson. fireman,
were badly scalded. August Albert, another
fireman, and Alfred Harvey, owner of the
mill, who were in the engine ROOM were
slightly cut by flying debris Schistel's home,
small two story frame house close by, was
literally torn TO pieces and his wife covered
with wreckage but escaped serious injury.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

New YoRx, Jan pa. r. Cazauran. tn
playwright, died in this city He was bnsl
ia France in 1921, and came to America whe.
about g years OF age. He became reporte-
ss1sd dramatic critic on The Louisville Courier,
md was supreme court reporter in Washin.
.s,ss before the war During the war he WA,
i correspondent. Removing to New Yor
c,sy. he became known as a playwright,
VITA Bronson Howard he wrote "The Ban :
s.s-s Daughter he was the author of ..Th,
ratal Letter, and composed or adapted -
Ie.ehated Case, = Mother and Son, 'sFrenc /
lelafs 2 etc
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
saFHLS aOa cIoq rrv xsaa
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

a Newark q. D, woman Mo HAD nesn

Newark ~. ID Woman Who Had Besn
Bitten ~ a afsd Dog Treated ia Paris.
EEwARK, Y. J., Jan. - Early in DeccD1-
Der Mrs Jacab Minute, Of this city. was lit
ten by dog. il was thought the dog was
mad, and Mrs. Minute was sent TO Paris for
treatment under PaSteur. She arrived home
on the steamer Ems, looking remarkably well
She said that on her arrival she was very
sick and at once was conveyed 20 the Hotel
de In Couronne, where she was attended by
Professor Roche, one of Pasteurs students
For twenty days she was under constant
Treatment no fewer than thirty NEGOTIATIONS
being made. She was told that her case was
a serious one, and that had she been three
days later there would have been no chance
OF saving her life. as the wound, being on her
nose, was especially dangerous 1t is hoped
that cure has been effected
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
smallpox in a Ponrhanse.

SYRACUSE, N Y. Jan. 29-Smallpox has
appeared at the Onondaga County poor house,
five miles from Syracuse Thus far the dis
ease has only appeared in the mems depart
ment, and all of the inmates of that depart
ment have been exposed There are about
100 men exposed. The sick are in the hospital
and one or TWO other rooms which have been
infected. Twelve persons are down with tho
disease. Armed guards have been put on
duty and strict quarantine established.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29

New YORK, Jan. ga private cable dis
patch received in tins city announces the
death at Wiesbaden, on Jan p, of Mr.. Bern
hard Westesmam, the senior and founder Of
the bookselling firm which bears his name
He was born in Leipsic seventy-five years
ago. His book importing house was estab-
lished in New York in lS4S, and the firm have
also branches in London, Paris and Leipsic
Mr. Westermam leaves widow, SON and
two married daughters
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-29
ClcprA.- 1rlnl Pn.tnon.d.

NEW YORK, Jan. oa.--The trial of ex- Alder
nan Cleary has been adjourned until We'd
nestiay TO allow his counsel 10 make applica-
ton for u change of venue in accordance with
the suggestion of Judge Daniels Notice has
been served ON the district attorney and the
argument ON the application viii be held be-
fore Judge Patterson in the supreme court
chambers