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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

robes OF virgin white shrOuded closely
in a Jealous veil, a creature so wrapped
IN shrinking maidenhOOd that her bold
lover feels a new impulse to care for
and protect her fOrever-instead of
this, 5he bride of to-day bears down
upon her immediately shirt-frCnted
lord, a shimmering billOw of self
assertive satin. She is crowned, not
hidden, by a veil that surges all over
and waterfalls everywhere, except over
her face. Her arms are full of big
tree of orange blossoms tied with yards
of ribbon. Thus, 1 say, she swOOps
upon him, and, so it has been cOnfded
to me, scares the life nearly out of him.
Oh it is all changed now. He is the
shrinker, and no wonder.
Isn't a bride, arrayed in as 6ormid-
able q lot of elegance as the young
lady of my picture, enough to cause d
weak-minded groom to yell for help /?
How is he ever going to get all that to
the altar? Probably when he asked
her" she dropped and sighed, and was
as sweet and dependent and shrinking
as any lovely woman Is liable to be
under such circumstances; but now a
man might be excused for boiling
right out Of the back door of the
CnuICA Wlleu he ECdlELGb lA6 Has f8Db "
run the risk Of being sWamped IN his
lady's train before he and the train
are one. Grooms, these days, are IN
clined to weak-mindedness. The en-
tire situation is the wOman's. Isn't
conscious power written all over this
brides dress? No matter how big
and handsome a groom might be, he
could not, as he kneIt beside such g
gown, look much more important than
might a stick Of hcOrice in an av-
alanche Ivory ottoman silk; front
draped In rich embroidered Hsse; sash
tied at side with a bunch Of orange
blossoms, the ends caught with silver
oats; collar, cuffs and revers Of bodice
of same silver embroidery: long
court train with a ruche of Nil-think
of getting married in all that Think
Of a groom peeping through the vestry
door and seeing q court train with a
ruche of Nil shOYelIng his bride toward
the atari
Even for the bride, L am told. get
ting married Is an awful ordeal. While
the responsibility, anguish, and awk-
wardness of the private performance
of asking is all his-the entire weight
of the public performance Of getting
smoothly. gracefully, and elegantly
married seems to rest upon US. lie
does his asking with no one to eriticise
him but US. He may be limp, knock
kneed, and nervOus-his hands may
shake and his voice quake, but it must
be confessed that we are inclined to
make allowances. Besides, we can, If
necessary, help him along if he gets so
tangled that ne steps. But at church
everY eye Is on Us. H he gets tangled
y0u can't de anything but whisper
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

the scare is over, and the officers off
Gus track.
The grill Ridgely thrilled wildly.
To whom could the wretch Aylmer
refer save Grace Dayton?
I am afraid Of those officers, went
on AyImer, @but, driving a mule, dis
guised as a Mexican carrying my min
ing equipment Sonora fashion, L shall
certainly pass unsupported if I meet
them
Sand the last consignment here ?"
AyImer's companion tapped the
hogshead as he spoke.
"I'll take it out and load basket
with part of it. The rest you send on
later, if safe"
AyImer's companion left the apart
ment The detective thrilled wildly
as AyImer himself, taking up a mallet,
began to knock off the hoops of the
hOgshead.
The detective was IN doubt as to how
to act. As the top boards were lifted
off, however, he sprang erect.
Leveling a revolver straight at the
head of the dumfounded smuggler,
he exclaimed, sharply:
"Percival Aylmer! you are my. pris-
Oner! A move, a cry, an effort to dis
obey me, or escape, and I viii kill
you!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
Artesfan Wells,
servant.

The question Of the deepest well in
America is not an easy one to answer
The data in regard to this matter are, to
say the least, somewhat mixed. So
far as we know, the well bored by Mr.
! George Westinghouse in the yard of his
Pittsburgh residence is the deepest one
which has been put down. At the time
of its abandonment it had reached a
depth Of 1850 feet. These may not be
the exact figures, but are quite near.
1t was bored for the purpose of obtain
ing gas. 1t was abandoned owing to
the fact that some of the tools became
fast at the bottom and could not be re-
moved.
The artesian well was named after p
province in France (ArtOis), where they
have been for long time in use. The
name is now often incorrectly applied
to any bored well. It should, strictly
speaking, be used only of those wells
where the water is raised above the
ground, or above the local water-bear-
ing strata, by pressure obtained from a
distant elevated source. For example,
the famous we'll at Grenelle, near Paris,
flowed at the rate of $50 gallons of
water per minute, at q height of 80
feet above the ground. It's temperature
is 80 deg. Fair. The we'll is 1.798 feet
deep.
A well at Pestb yields IT'S, 600 gal
Ions of water per day. 1t is 8, 100 feet
deep. The wateris hot, 161 deg. Fair.
It rises 30 feet above the surface.
In Algeria artesian wells have proved
to be an immense blessing to the cOun-
try Their number must now be nearly
so. Tt is said that they yield 800, 600
gallons Of water per hour. The first
! one that was sunk flowed at the rate
of a trifle over /, 900 gallons per min
ute. Temperature Of the water, Is
deg. Fair.
Usually the multiplication of wells
in any one section decreases the press
ure and the height at which the water
is delivered Thus when the well at
Passv was finished the flow of water
from the Grenelle WELL two miles dis
| tant, was diminished from 135 to 100
gallons per minute. The Passy well
for time reached 3, 800, 900 gallons per
day.
The deepest European well is in Ger
many, some twenty-five miles from
Berlin. 1t is 4,17O feet deep. The
Algerian wells are quite shallow, one
being but 200 feet deep. -MechaqljcGl
! NTo7go
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

low, throbbing organ, a few closely
gathered friends and neighbors, an
old preacher whose hands baptized,
few years back, the girl that now
stands to be married. She wears q
white frock that drags little at the
back and buttons simply to the throat;
over her face a veil that is held on her
dropped head by wreath Of orange
blossoms. A bunch of the same flowers
she holds in her trembling hands be-
meath her veil. Some tears are drip
ping quietly under the veil. too. She
is very happy and very, very
much frightened, and for moment
wishes she were one Of her simply
gowned bridesmaids, no one of whom,
however, could be mistaken for her, for
their straight frocIs are in some
soft color and they carry bright flow
ers. The groom is nervous, too, OF
course, but, dear me, he does not look
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

derkIy that, ii he doesn't brace Up5
yOu won't marry him at all, and that IS
as likely TO reduce him to a condition
Of complete mcOmpetenoy as it is to
inspire him to go on. IF here he
sticks, it is disastrous. Oh! the sense
of double responsibility is awful for
the bride.
Then -yOH wonder if you are saying
the answers right, and how Algernon
is coming through, and during the
chOked pauses he makes you decide he
isn't coming through at all, and that YOU
are glad Of it. Getting married is, i
am sure, as dreadful as what actresses
call a FIRST night
To go back to the bridal array pre-
sented by the wedding which is Illus
trated in this article. Matching the
court-trained bride herself, the brides
maids are most elaborate. They, too,
are done up in ivory silk, but it is
ivory silk relieved with green revers
and sashes of MORE. The bOdices have
a Direct6ire sort of ruching down the
front, that the prevailing fashion may
be deferred to. Their hats are turned
up with green and trimmed with ivory.
They carry each great bunch of lilies
of the valley tied about with sash rib
bon, and they wear besides gold chain
bangles, gifts of the bridegroom.
Fine, fine, fine, is it not-the great
church, the blare Of the organ, the
crowds, the gorgeous dresses 1t sets
an old-fashiOned body to remembering
dark little church whose stained
windows are Swallowed with ivy, q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

closely covered. The third IS that q
veil shall be worn. Orange blossoms
obtain-to use the popular word-and
have obtained since Eve, denied the
fabric of loom, wrought her, so says
ahe legend. a gown of the orange bios
som petals, and Herewith charmed
Adam afresh. Yet, Eve to the contrary
even, a nineteenth century union is
legal, and all that, though the bios
SONS be omitted or a substitute found
Simplicity should reign, but it doesn't
Eve to the contrary, too. Instead
Of a trembling, shy bit of girIhood com
ing yelled and shrinking unto her eager
groom, instead of a maid In simple
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s Reason Coz the Shriek.

sand Freedom shrieked when Kosci-
usko fell, - read a travelling man aloud,
from a volume of poems, as he was
jOurneying toward his next commercial
goal.
NO wonder she shrieked, said a
friend who was occupying the same
seat with him
"Why?"
"Think of the wrestIe that was jn
store for posterity with that name.
Freedom is essentially sympathetic
goddess, and the thought naturally
wrenched her heart-strings. " - Bier
chant TraUeIer.
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or feel bit more ike a piece of 1icor-
ice than does his little bride like an
avalanche. C1d-fashioned folks, look
ing at pictures like the one given here.
and reading of grand weddings like orr
pOrtraiture, wonder little if the droop-
ing, half-crying little bride of thirty
years back-but Why draw compari-
sons ? 1t is all the same thing, whether
done In satin and shine In a big fash
ionable cathedral with all "the world
to look at You and your dress, or In
meekness and muslin In a little village
church, on in a hack and q hurry, with
a bonnet, old gloves and a hastily Sc
cured license to add dignity 10 the
ceremony-it's all the same. and
whether or not content and happiness
go out of the church to follow the pair
WiiI-deGr cid chestnut that st is-oa
course depend not on the dress bus
the girl IN the dress. DGtslE Dart. "a
CRte9g6 LeGgel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
SETTING TYPE.

Hark to the click
OF the type in the stickI
They fall and they meet with monc5onOua
As swiftly the fingers that seize. them go round
10 hurry them into the stick
With a click, click,
There they are in the stieki
What do the types tell the world as they stand
Here it is satire; there elOquence grand.
Weak as nothing when single, combined they
A wonder-power in their click
AS in order they march into the stick.
Look again in the stick.
To the workers OF evil they sOrrow bet1dei
The cheat and OppressOr in vain try to glide
Away from the click, but the earIn cannon nloe
Them away from the click click
OF the types falling into the stick
As they click, click. in the stick,
MOnarchs and tyrants their mars hall1ng dread
They know that to freedom the types have
And the visions they see are in color blood red.
And they shake at the sound OF the click
Hark, the noise from the stick!
Guilt flies from the sound in a trenor OF fear;
But guilt cannot hide in the day or The night,
Though it try every method OF hiding or m9nI,
From the sound OF that terrible click.
Forever that click clickl
In the gas that makes the day-shine or IN the
That stick is forever increasing It's might.
And seeming to say Here we stand Tor the
OpPressors, beware Of the stickl
Those gray-colOred types in the stick
States, Inonarchies, pOtentates, pashas and kings
The painter, the player the poet who sings,
Stand in awe OF these poor, little, dull, Ieaden
And the ominous noise Of the click.
But these types in the stick,
To the just and the true all nations around,
To the whole Of mankind where the virtues
Most welcome to such is the musical sound
OF the types with their click.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

that detectives were on his trail, the
very day of Ridgely's appearance,
Aylmer had drugged and placed her in
the basket, to be thus secretly conveyed
to VEiavosa and a new captivity.
The gloom over a beloved parents
death subdued Joy for many a year, but
justice appeased, toned down grief
and devoted love gave to Grace Day
ton contentment and happiness, shared
in its fullest sense by her brave detect.
i've husband.
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and ~ takIng q

anu Dg tt@h1tlt5 4 proper 4ubSLSSb III tll5
general welfare.
In educating our children, in show
ing them the difference between good
and evil, in intoxicating true Christian
principles in their hearts, in teaching
them to "lOve God above all things
and our neighbOrs as ourselves" we
perform nothing more than our duty.
The love, honor, respect and submis-
sion shown by children to their parents
is exactly that which they are in duty
bound to do.
The soldier that becomes a deliverer
Of his country simply performs his
duty; had he neglected to do so he
would have sinned most grievously; in
deed, he might not be censured for it
by the world, but when the OppOrtu-
nifty offered itself, had he not taken
advantage of it, he would have vio-
lated his trust and be morally guilty OF
treason.
And so it is with everything else, in
religion, in business, in politics, in sci
ence, we require a principle to work on,
for without it we are a ship without q
rudder, an army without a general, a
being without an aim.
The only one principle to guard and
guide US is to do or duty in all things,
and, having done so through life, we
may expect to hear at the end something
like "WelI done, thou good and faithful
servant /"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

DUTY
~ E. ). DALTON.

HAT is duty That
which Is due, that
which is owing, that
which a person by
any natural, moral
or legal obligation is
supposed to perform.
To do ones duty in
all things is the one
great principleo of life.
We perform our duty
to God by the obsery-
ance of his laws, to
our country by being
W-abiding citizens
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
Foresight.

@Now, Artv, dear, said the Chicago
bride, @we VIII be Just as economical
as we possibly can, won't we?"
aTo be sure we VIII.
and We'll be as coy as can be-
won't we ."
Yes, indeed
And every week we'll put by a dol
lar or so outside of our regular savings,
and not touch it under any c1rcuIn-
stances
What for ?"
aWhy, for our divorce fund, Arty,
dear. Merchant IrGUeier.
IAURA-DO you know Flossie's favor
tie cOI0r2 Jennie-As she Is going TO
marry that septuagen tor las
money, ] suppose It mast be ola GOLD
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

FANCY there are
hardly more than
three rules which
may be laid down
as imperative for
a bridal costume.
One IS that the
gown shall be
white. The next
is that arms and
N e elk shall b e
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

within month one expert man-catcber
had disappeared, and one had been
found shot to death on lonely bit of
seacoast near the city.
Ridgely looked over the papers close
lY. Here was a statement that the
schooner Osprey would sail into the har-
Dor that evening with a cargo of bamboo
fancy wares, erOckery, and tea from
China. In some deft way it was also
expected that a certain large hOgshead
Ostensibly containing lead-fOil but IN
reality filed with opium, would be
landed so as to evade Government in
speetion. This package was to be
spotted, allowed to land, and in no
case to be seized until it had been
traced to the secret haunt where the
smugglers lived.
81 don't like it !" murmured Ridgelv
It's dangerous and unsatisfactory
kind of a case, and it takes my time
and thoughts from the Dayton affair
III fdstP'
With a thrill and a start, the detect
i've projected the last words. They
conveyed marYeling token of excite
ment and hope.
For he had happened to read the
last memoranda in the papers given
1LAL1 ny IL0 CA4o4s ttLlu us 1aSU 4ln9 was
a wonderful revelation to his excited
mind
These smugglers, " the penciled sent
ence ran, are supposed to have a haunt
down the coast. Lee Kirby and Will
lam Page, noted desperadoes, are act
i've members of the band 1t is limited
that the moving spirit and mOneyed
hacker is one PercivaI Aylmer"
"Aylmerp gasped the startled de
tective. "Ah! if it is indeed he, it is a
clue at last. All the pe1ils of earth
shall not prevent me reaching that
man, and through him the woman I
lOye-stOlen, bereayed Grace Dayton p
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
GORGEOUS COSTUMES.
HOW THE FASHIONABLE BRIDE or
TO-DAY IS ARBAXED.

The Awful Ordeal Of Getting DEarrfed-TEls
FasbiOnabiy Arrayed Bride Calculated to
Cause Weak-Ncrved Groom to Yen for
Help.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10

IEEW ToRK CoRREsPoNDENoE.l
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-03-07
0BITUARY.

Died, on Tuesday, Feb. I2th, at ao'clock
A. M. of cancer, Mr.. II. S. Steele. aged 6S
years. 2 months and days. Hewas born
near Whitewater, Rush county, Ind, on Dec.
6, 1890. Was married to his now bereayed wife
in February IS47. Removed with his family
to Harvey county, Kansas. in 1876, and ioca
ted six miles Southwest I'll Newton where he
has since resided. Deceased showed great
patience and fortitude during his long and
painful illness in which he was tenderly and
lovingly cared for. He was kind and affec-
tionate husband, an indulgent father, good
neiehbor and exemplary citizen. His men,
ory viii long be cherished by those who knew
him best. The funeral was held at his late
residence on Wednesday 18th. at II o'clock
A. NJ. ReY. Martindale of the NJ. E. church
officiating. A large concourse of mourning
and sympathizlng friends followed him to his
last resting place. He leaves wife and seven
FIVE sons and two daughters, 10
mourn his loss
The above was the father of Johnny Steele
late Deputy Post Master of Roseburg.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-03-07
90 coarerted Ga,nbler., J,

Mason Long the converted gambler, will
speak at the Baptist chnrch to night. We do
not approve Of this method oil advertising sin.
1t is better for man to live righteously from
his s'youth up" A converted gambler" is
no greater work to advertise than converted
liar, or converted prostitute, or converted
sinner of any ordinary type. The greatest
conversion recorded in the Bible was St. Paul,
and he was no s'gambler" but an upright gen
tleman in every sense of the word, humanity
speaking. Gambling is very bad practice,
but advertising it, does more harm, than the
gambling itself. A proper advertisement
would be, "There will be preaching at the
Baptist church this evening by Rev. Mr..
Long"
Again, whenever the Devils works will
draw more largely than the works of God,
then our state of society is quite morbid. If
to draw crowd, one must advertise that he
has been in the service of bis satanic majesty,
in preference to saying that he has studied
deeply in the schools and colleges of our land,
and in the reading of the Holy Scriptures, and
the sciences, then indeed society is in deplo-
able plight, AMI the vitiated taste OF the
public would become evident. There are lots
of converted gamblers" around town, but
some of them at least are ashamed to let peo
pie know that they ever did gamble at all.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-03-07
Uater Works.

Several Of our citizens met at the court house
Monday evening to consider the question of
water works for the city. The meeting was
called to order by w. F. Benjamin, and J. c.
Fullerton was chosen to act as Chairman and
G.. A. Taylor secretary. After discussing the
question for some time 1t was decided that the
city is unable at present to construct suita-
Bile system Of water works and that they are
only to be secured by forming corporation or
joint stock company for that purpose. A
committee Of five was appointed to investigate
the subject and report at their earliest conven-
ience. The members of the committee are
7. r. Sheridan, D. S. K. Buick, w. S. Ham
ilton, o. l.. Willis and w. F. Benjamin.
Now let US all give such encouragement to this
committee as will ensure the construction of
this much needed enterprise. Water works or
drouth, which,
Later: The water committee met last night
and incorporated with capital stock of $780,
900. The articles were signed by O. L, Willis,
T. r. Sheridan, w. S. Hamilton and. Buick
and Benjamin. The committee will solicit
stock right away, SO let everybody add 10 per
cent. 10 their property by making the water
works a success
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-03-07
PACIFIC CoAsr RAISFALL.
signal Service Report for the Month of
Febru0ry 1859

Few storms appeared on the Pacific Coast
during the month and these were as rule of
short duration, and were accompanied by lit
tie precipitation. Rain fell in Oregon and
Washington on the 9TH, 18th, 18th, 18th.
18th, 10Th, goth, 23d, and 27th; in California
on the 9th, 18th, 18th, 10Th, 23d, 24th and
25th. The mean temperature was higher
than the average February temperature, the
departure fion the normal being about g. for
stations in Oregon and Washington, and
about g. for those In California. The mean
monthly temperature at selected stations was
as follows: Portland AZ, Roseburg as, Red
Bluff 81, Sacramento so, San Francisco 81,
Fresno, So, Los Angeles So and San Diego
55. The rainfall was markedly below the
normal February rainfall in all districts. AT
all stations in Western Oregon and Washing
ton the rainfall was less than that for any Feb
ruarY since the commencement of observations.
The rainfall though light was well distributed,
both as regards the territory covered and in
time, thus securing the maximum benefit 10
growing crops.
The following table shows for selected sta
tions the rainfall for the month and for the
season to March Ist
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Spy.
Myrtle Creek Items.

Everybody wants boom.
Opposition is the life of trade.
Strangers in the village every day.
Teachers association next Saturday.
J. II. Whitsett was on our treets Saturday.
Mr.. Henry Jones' peach orchard is bloom
'ng.
Everybody is going TO the teachers associa-
tipn.
There are some fine looking prune orchards
here.
The children are anxious for the school to
begin.
Elder Manning preached in the village yes
terday.
Miss Sally Wiley is visiting on South Myr.
tie Creek.
Mrs. Jane Daily has been very sick for sew
eral week.
Mrs. Hattie Jones is recovering from her
late illness.
Marvin Hervey of Clark's branch gave us q
call Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Fitzpatrick and children have
returned from Portland.
Myrtle Creek has Druggist, DR.. Matney
supplies that long felt want
DR.. McCarty Is receiving numerous calls
both IN and out of the village.
educate man, for manhood, woman for
womanhood, both for humanity.
DR.. Falling is fitting up an office opposite
S. Selig's merchandise store on Main street.
One hundred and thirty persons attended
divine services at the Presbyterian church last
Sunday.
The words pass from lip to lip, ''didn'l
Rev. Haines deliver fine sermon Sunday
morning."
The Overland hotel under the management
of Mr.. Geo. Stevenson, Is receiving generous
patronage.
There is strong sentiment among ths
country people to trade in Roseburg ane
Portland, as there is home market for bu
| few products of the farm. We think it mean.
of economy to buy where we have TO sell.
NJ.