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turned her vivaciOus face and sparkling
black eyes upon the handsome young
man who stood before the rustic bench
in the grounds surrounding her fathers
elegant mansion.
"I'm glad to learn that my opinion
Is not we'll founded"
81 received this paper two good hours
ago, smiled the young lady, at the
same time pointing to a vacant space
on the bench beside her
81 see And you have already made
the fashion department your own ?"
Entirely, and I've at last decided
on the style of the new gown that
father brought me from Paris, and
that I never would have made up.
AwfuIly nice, isn't it."
Decidedly. But what were you
reading so interestedly?
The opening chapters-yOu won't
laugh at me, Pm sure-the opening
chapters of a new serial novel by Nal
com Graeme, whoever he may be.
"And you like it ?"
Better than Rob Roy, with dashing
Di Vernon, my favOrite heroine"
"Tell me something about it, please. "
"Gladys Rowland, the heroine, is a
beautiful young lady with hosts of adj
mirers. She likes them all, but has
no idea of tying herself to any one of
them"
What did you say her name was ?"
Gladys Rowland. Why|
81 thought it might have been Viola
Vane"
"You have the hardihood to fatter
me, have you?"
"Nothing could have been further
from my thoughts. / had the unfOr-
tunate admirers in mind.
"Ihen you call me a cOquette ?"
The eyes of the little maiden were
swapping with suggestion of anger
now.
"By no means. The fair Gladys is
that, I trust ?"
"N-n-o. She's exactly my ideal of a
girl "
And has she no preference ?"
eyes. She likes the artist the best
Of all, but viii never marry him"
"And why not ?"
Because he is so persistent"
"Then yOu-I mean she-don't adj
mire cOnstancy? ?"
"Yes, we do, both of us, until it be-
comes Obstinacy."
Gean ArnOtt WINGED a little at this
reply, which was emphasized a lit
UAC ~ q uOoS u t-45 AclAL ACdNl u u44C
speaker.
Gean was a young lawyer with a
small practice, but a fine education,
sterling common sense, and a determi-
nation to rise in his profession.
He had loved Viola Vane as long as
he had known her, plus the twenty
minutes he had been obliged to wait
for an introduction. This had been
over a year now, and ali that time he
had been a most ardent sutton for her
hand.
More than once she had refused him,
but always in a way that left him
some ground to hope for ultimate sue
cess.
In this he was encouraged by the
knowledge that, though he had twenty
rivals, at least, no one of them was
more favored than himself.
"Then you think she viii not wed
the artist ?" queried he, after a mo
mentary silence.
@Pm sure of it. She has too much
character to marry any one"
But this is a novel, and the princi-
37aE attraction Of that department. Of
fiction is the mystery surrounding the
denouement.
Irae; but the author, who, not
Whilst apding the masculine nom de
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

& middIe-aged farmer came to a
foung Vermont minister the other day
md said; "ParsOn, L don't want to
rOuble ye too much, but I wish ye'd
he the knot for ne and 'Ldzebeth over
lgain.
Why 500" asked the young man.
Weren't you legally married before %
Yes, I suppose so, was the reply,
but twas done by a justice of the
peace and was a kinder cheap Job I'd
)e Willin' to pay two dollars for a
yinooine peEfeshiOnaI hitch. - Bur
Ej9tgt075 Free Press.
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numbers more are to follow in which
one Of two things may develop"
And they are ?"
GLADYS may adopt new views or
the artist may improve upon acquaint-
ance, and awaken feelings and senti-
ments of which she has now no knOwl-
edge"
"Spare your eloquence! You are
not addressing jury"
"No, I'm arguing with the Judge,
and very fair one, L must admit.
I'll wager anything that she VIII
marry the artist.
"DOne! What shall be the penalty q"
II viii make my demand when the
novel is completed"
agreed! VIII do the same.
But you won't win.
THAT remains to be seen. Three
weeks from to-day I VIII call with the
very last number, which, with your
kind permission, I viii read to you.
Until then, adieu.
At the appointed time the young
lawyer appeared with the periodical in
his hand
He found Viola seated on the same
rustic bench, awaiting his arrival.
what of our fair heroine 2" he
asked, when he had returned her satu-
tatiOn and taken her prOffered hand.
Has she shown any disposition to
accept the artist ?" was her smiling
cOunter-questiOn.
@I'm sorry to say that she has not,
but In the three chapters which remain
she may relent. How about the artist %
To confess the truth, I rather like
him. He reminds me of some one I
have known, Just who, / can't recall. If
Gladys were other than the strong
willed. sensible girl she is, I would not
feel so confident as 1 do of winning the
wager. But let us proceed I trust
you have not read it by yourself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

GREAT men stand like solitary tow
ers In the city of God, and secret pas
sages running deep beneath external
nature give their thoughts intercourse
with higher intelhgenees, which
strengthens and controls them, and Of
which the Iaborers on the surface do
not even neaml
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

s'Was Miss Yeilowleaf's portrait a good
hkeness?'' cit must have been; she refused
to take it from the artists"
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DIsFNCHANTNFNT


While we gaze IN admiration
On a sweet and radiant lass,
And think only sweetest music
Through those coral lips can pass.
We're awfully shocked to see her
Down the garden pathway stride
And hear her cry. Say, Johnnie come in,
Or mother viii tan your hide !"
Mrs. WICKWIRE - If woman were
given the ere dit she deserves, I don't
think man would be quite as prominent
in the worlds history Mr.. Wickwire
4 guess you are right. If she could
get all the credit she wanted, he'd be
in the poOrhOuse.
WHERE he put his faith: Long
suffering Wife-How do you expect a
woman to provide vittals and drink
when you don't bring home no cash
Saturday night? Why,
AI'rier, the grocer and the butcher amt
moved, has they?
NERVOUS Gentleman Now, be care
ful how you drive, cabby, and go slow
" over the stones, for I hate to be
shaken. And mind you pull up at the
right house, and look out for those
dreadful steam cars. Cabby-Never
fear, sir, I'll do my best. And which
OrspitaI would you wish to be taken to,
sir, in case Of an accident?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

In Siam a man can gamble away his wife;
or rather he could if he could find any one
willing to take the bet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
STUFF AND NONSENSE.

GAINING ground-Tbe successful real
estate man.
THE proprietor of a crematory is de-
pendent upon his urnings.
LANDLADY- do you like your
eggs? New boarder-Fresh
AZURE cure for the blues" sounds
rather cerulean as well as paradox
zeal.
HE-DarIing, VIII you love when Pm
gone? She-Yes; if you are not too far
gone.
WHO can give US the name and adj
dress of the shoemaker that first tried
to cobble stones?
REPUBLICS were ever ungrateful.
We put our great men on postage
stamps, and then punch their heads.
An old maid said she wished she was
an auctioneer, for then it would be per-
fectly proper to say, Make me an
offer.
A WRITER takes a whole column In a
newspaper to tell What We Drink,
while another has simply to wink at
the bartender.
ED-My grandfather died tonight.
! Al-And I suppose you viii have to
pay for the funeral? Ed-Oh, no, the
city pays the expenses; grandpa was
j hung.
Mrs. SHAW, the whistler, separated
from her husband a few years ago and
earns her own living. We suppose she
asked him for money and he said she
might whistle for it, so she did.
An old man of our acquaintance says
/ he was born at the wrong time. "When
/ 1 was young, he says, young men
were of no account, and now that 1 am
/ old, old men are of no account.
YES, sab, said Maj Rifle, "the
/ KentuckiaDs are a courageous set Of
men, sab. Brave and self-reliant in any
! peril. CHATS very true" replied
Billy BHven. Inever knew one of them
! to take water.
WOMAN Ito tramp - Want some
/ thing to eat, Ell? Well, here's some
cold hash Tramp-But I haven't got
I anything to eat it with. WOman-Just
keep on a little further and you'll find
fork in the road.
JIMsON-Great heavens old man,
what have you been doing with your
self? Why, you're covered with mud
from head to foot Wilson, dined in
a Bowery restaurant, and a waiter upset
a cup Of coffee on me.
NEPHEW Crying to make a good i'm
pressiOn) - Uncle, this port Is excel
lent. Uncle-WelI I should think so
it is fifty years old. Nephew-By JOve,
you don't say so! What superb wine
it must have been once!
Mr. GALL wonder what you were
dreaming about last night? You
reached out and patted the marble top
of the table and smiled. Mrs. Gall
Oh, [ remember now. I dreamed I was
patting you on the cheek.
GmDED youth (to charming young
lady whom he meets on the cars)-Aw,
good morning, Miss Dasher. Glad to
meet you. We do not see as much of
you now as we did when we were at
the beach for the bathing.
WHAT'S the matter, Eddie ?" Willie
Thomas has gone and moved out of this
street, boo hoo" well don't cry;
there are plenty Of other little boys in
the neighborhOod to play with. "Y-e-s,
but he's the only one I could lick. 3"
DISENCHANTAFENT,
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care you going to the ball this evening2''
remarked the mUsket to the powder flask.
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It is the lie abilities asset were that make
the successful assignor.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
Oregnn. he Paradise of Farm

Mid cquable climate certain abund crops Bsz
grain grass and stock country the Vorld Full in
formation free Address the Oregon Immigration Board
Portland, Oregon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

In all the superior people I have met,
[ notice directness, truth spoken more
rudy, as If everything Of obstruction
II malformatiOn had been trained
sway.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27
A NOVEL COURTSHIP.
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.

~N- <EADING the fashion
II PIcolumn, Miss Vane ?"
p u Indeed I am not"
- IA e Il thought"
81 "a "That all girls are
zxe<2I e alike Well, Mr.. Gean
: 4Y1z$- sSS777S Arnott, for once you
-Y. FIAlF are mistaken. I differ
23f ES8{t in many respects from
- etgss st the giddy- headed ma
l|Zz~ jority of my sex.
Viola Vane, pretty,
petite, and Just trife inclined to be
pert, closed the literary and society
journal she had been reading and
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TIE childish miss resents a kiss and
,1ns the other way but when ct last
ionae years have passed it's different
hey Bay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

When Baby wss sick, we gave hsr Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorias
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoris,
When she had Children. she gave them Caatoria.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

Smoke the best-'Tansin's Punch' Cigar
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Shoe Manufacturers, Omaha, Nebraska.
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capable Of loving the artist, yet three
numbers more are to follow in which
one of two things may develop"
" md fbav aTa 20
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A COOLER on THE SEA SHORE.

Miss Boston You viii please excuse
ne, Mr.. Schraubstader; I believe
mother Is calling me
Mr.. Schraubstader- Why certainly.
With pleasure. - Chicago Ledger.
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Kansas. Send for circulars and free railroad
pass.
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Wv. MORSE & CO.,
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s Of Mems Goods, Rubbers, &c,
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FOR CHILDREN

CHRIS F1IAs AT TIE KERCHIEFa-. go
cts; 1.S0 dOz.l Lewis. CAUGHT EA PIPING.
$50 cts; So dOz.) Lewis CHRISTMAS GIFT,
(15 cts; S1.4 dOz.) Rosabel. GOOD TGOIEGS,
u cts; $40 dOz.) RUsabel. KING WINTER,
go cts; s. doz) Emerson. MESSAGE OF
CHRIsTAIAs, go cts; So dOz.) TOwne.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-19
PICHICKIEG At EAST PARK.
A JOLLY TIME HAD BY THE TRADES
AND LABOR UNIONS YESTERDAY.
Complete List of Prize Winners in the
Various Games-Lucky Gate
Numbers.

The second annual picnic of the Trades
and Labor Unions, which took place at
East Park, yesterday, was well attended,
and a most enjoyable time was had by all.
Following is list of the winners of the
various races and games:
Boys race az years old)-First prize,
baseball, won by w. Heyer; second, cuff
buttons, F. Fuller; third, pocket knife, w.
Motley.
Boys race Us years old)-First prize, silk
muller, E. Fay; second, sleeve buttons, ].
Smith; third, scarf pin, f. Stevens.
Gentlemens race-First prize, box of
cigars, ]. w. Long; second, box of cigars,
w. White; third, box of cigars, G. Jack
son.
Merried mems race-First prize, sack of
potatoes, J. Appeley; second, picnic ham,
Mr.. Dixon; third, sack of onions, Mr.. Sulli-
van
Married ladies' race-First prize, cologne,
Mrs. Downing; second, kid slippers, Mrs.
Churchill; third, knife case, Mrs. Masklen.
Fat mems race-First prize, sack of po-
tatoes, A. Osborn; second, box of cigars,
Mr.. Pheiffer; third, knife, L. Miller.
Young ladies' egg race-First prize, CO.
logne set, Miss P. Upman; second, toilet
soap, Miss V. Upman; third, cologne, Miss
G. Grasserr.
Girls race (under Is years old)-First
prize, doll, Kitty Scherden; second, ex-
tracts, L. Hugo; third, pocketbook, NJ.
Fat ladies' rsce-First prize. silver spoons,
Mrs. Downing; second, ladies' jewelry, Mrs.
Mackler; third, pocket knife, Mrs. Win
ings
Three-legged race-First prize, box of
cigars, ]. Smith, second, fishing pole, H.
Storrer; third, sleeve buttons, w. Hilbert.
Three standing jumps First prize, box
of cigars, Mr.. Silvey; second, socks, Mr..
Jackson third, sleeve buttons, Mr.. Ken
inste.
Members race-First prize, vases, Mr..
Dolan; second, pitcher, Mr.. Hady; third,
extracts, Mr.. Dixon; fourth. pitcher, T.
Cady; fifth, album, P. Garbelin; sixth,
necktie, T. Weeland; seventh, hat rack, NJ.
Alexander.
Hop, step and jump-First prize. slip
pers, G. Jackson; second, cigars, Mr.. KEN
listen; third, flask of whisky, Mr.. Cousinny.
Stone throwing-PiiZe, wine set, Mr..
Cousinny.
Putting stone from the shoulder-prize,
rocking chair, Mr. Schirman.
Best gentleman jig and reel dancer
prize, So hat, Mr.. Dillon.
Best lady Jig and reel dancer-Prize, pic
ture, Mrs. Norton.
Best gent hornpipe dancer-Prize, gal
lon of whisky, Mr.. Cousinny.
Best Waiting couple-Gents' prize. hat,
Mr.. O'Neill; ladies' prize, fan, Mrs. O'NeiIl.
Following is list of the lucky numbers
drawing gate prizes which were uncalled
for at the park First prize, case OF ale, No.
SO; second, lamp, 154; third, case of wine,
90; fifth, parasol, 10; seventh, vest pattern,
III; twelfth, corset, 125; thirteenth, half
dozen handkerchiefs, 354; fourteenth, purse.
%. Parties holding these numbers will re-
ceive their prizes by calling at 6lO L street.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-19
TRIED THE ELIXIR.
Fl. Seymour, an Aged Miner, Wanted to
be Rejuvenated.


be Rejuvenated.
Is. F. Chronicle, August 18th
A local railroad man who arrived home
from Nevada City, yesterday, says that ne
saw the effects of a trial of the elixir in
that town. The experimenter and disciple
of Brown-Sequard is a young doctor of the
| mining town, and the patient well-known
aged miner.
Henry Seymour is known by mining
| men all over the State as the lucky man,
who, on two occasions struck it rich"
but who is now not particularly burdened
with wealth. In the first strike he made
$4,000, and to use an expressive, even if
| inelegant phrase, "he blew it all in" The
second time he is reported to have made
Sl50,000 and now he has not very much
more than what he stands up in. He is q
cheerful and remarkably well-preserved
man, and is general favorite, verging on
his eightieth year. Hale and hearty as he
is, he nevertheless was DESTROYS of being
more nimble on his pins and sought out
the young doctor referred to when he
heard of the elixir.
The medical man was glad to have pa
tent so ready 10 beexperimentedu upon, and
few days ago he injected the elixir in the
right forearm of the miner. The fluid
was taken, it is said, from young pig. At
first the man did not suffer any inconven-
fence, nor yet did he feel in any way reju-
venated. After short time the arm in the
neighborhood of the injected part became
much infamed, and on the third day the
swelling had spread down to the hand and
up to the shoulder. When last seen by the
informant referred to, the miners arm had
swelled terribly. 1t had purple color and
gave him the most intense pain. The
fingers of the hand were double their
natural size, and it is impossible to pull
coat over the arm. Doctors who have been
called in entertain the gravest doubts as 10
the mans chances of recovery, even if his
arm is amputated. A consultation was TO
be held yesterday to decide what should be
done in the case,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-19
EoLsoM's BIG DAM.

The waters Of the American Success
fully ReVerted-The Old Masonry.
Several days ago the waters of the Amer
lean river were turned upon Folsom's big
dam, and with roar they tore through
the three openings which had been pre-
pared for them.
The Folsom Telegraph thus describes the
present condition of the big dam: The
openings easily accommodate the flow OF
water. The loose rocks are being removed
from the bottom of the gap, and bed o;
concrete has been laid there. One course
of stone will be put down Immediately.
Getting ready 10 lay the first course OF
stone and preparing the foundation has
taken up considerable time, but work will
now be done much more rapidly and cas-
Ter than before the gap was cleared.
The river Is lower than it has been for
years, and this helps the LABOR along
greatly.
The river below the dam is very muddy
now, the increased force of the currenf.
caused by the change in the way the river
ran, rolling it up. In couple of weeks
the dam will be built up about level all the
way across, and the gap be thing of the
past.
1ue oounudiles Oh Inc Ola masonry, laid
twenty years ago. is plainly defined, and
the work looks substantial and durable.
Had the plans of the same been carried
out. we do not believe il would have been
strong enough TO have stood the immense
weight of water that would have accumu-
lated behind it. The present dam will be
twice as large, and. of course, twice as
strong as the original one would have been.
A large amount OF rock and gravel has
had to be removed from the river bed in
the gap, and is thrown outside near the
bank oil the river.
Two engines are now used on the other
side, and bridge has been made across the
river fer temporary use, by sinking boxes
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-19
NO POETRY IN TROUSERS.
Men Were Never So Badly Dressed as at
Present.

Men Were Never So Badly Dressed as at
Present.
All costumes are going out. Manchester
invades the secretest village of the Alb
ruzzi; and even the peasants are Iow
abandoning their dress. Civilization has
triumphed over picturesqueness, the stove
pipe black hat is making its way to the
Pyramids, and the formal coats and I'M
couth trousers of the West are invading
the East, and driving out the flowing
Oriental robes. This world is getting
frightfully monotonous and ugly. Colors
are going out and man is endeayoring as
far as he can to make himself hideous.
Think of the old Florentine streets, of the
Rialto at Venice of the Mart of Genoa, of
the Forum of Rome, of the Piazza of ST.
oily and Naples, OF Siena and Milan and
Pisa, and Mantua and Verona, in the
golden days of their prosperity, in the
time of their republics and monarchies,
what picturesqueness, what variety of cos
tune, what brilliancy of color, what ami
nation there was How spIendidly their
figures grouped together in the streets and
market places! All was picture wherever
one looked. Gorgeous colors flashed in
the sunlight. Rich robes swept the pave
ments. Digniiied figures moved along in
costumes BETTING the majesty of man and
the beauty of woman.
Remember the old Venetian and Flor
entine and Sienese pictures which report
the aspect of their cities in those days, and
contrast them with the dull, monotonous
vulgarity that now characterizes their
street life. Are We any better for all this
| change? Have We gained anything by
the sacrifice of all this variety and beauty Z?
Compare the England of to-day with Eng
| land of the time of Elizabeth simply for
costume. Never have men been SO badly
| dressed as in this nineteenth century.
Prose has triumphed over poetry, ugliness
over beauty. What loss to art Great
deeds are still done. Great men live and
move and act. Great events occur-full
of interest and fraught with great conse-
quences. But how represent them in art :?
| The heart may beat as high, the purpose
be as noble, the act in itself as grand but
how can you represent it in art, vulgarized
by trousers, and debased to the eye by our
modern dresses? This great man who IL
lumined our age by his wit, his wisdom,
| his courage, his foresight, his generosity,
deserves statue; but how can art repre-
sent what the mind Graves so long as he
wears our dress ?-BlacktcooF Magazine
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-19
4 CASE IN POINT.

In our forefathers' days, pimples were at
tributed to diseased blood But modern
medicine has demonstrated that rich food
does not create eruptions By fouling the
blood, but rcsards digestion, which makes
the stomach torpid. and the circulation
sluggish, and in turn causes an enfecbled
action OF the pores which congast or become
piraply. The modern theory therefore is not
to treat the blood, but the stomach aud liver,
and it isUnder this new idea that Joys Vege-
table SGrsapaTilla was conceived. It is wip-
ing the old blood disease +" idea out of ex-
istence. \ case III point: e have had for
years spells OF indigestion and dyspepsia and
tried nearly everything Finally took one
OF the leading sarsaparillas. 1t caused PIN
Piles 10 break out on my face, which
was told was caused by the potash. Hearing
that joys Vegetable Sarsapariila did not con-
tain mineral, sent for it. The pimples dis
appeared and have had no return OF the
old spells. II is cure for Indigestion aud
dyspepsia and the attendant lace eruptioIs."
Mrs. c. D. STUART,
y