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about half a dozen families of the name
of Jones at Ladd's Depot. The first place
to which they drove on Thorn street was
a tenement house, where they all had the
scarlet fever. ooh, my!" said Mrs. Net
tleby, drive on, quick. This isn't the
PLACED"
The next was a clergyman's house,
where a full-fedged prayer-meeting was
going briskly on. This isn't the place
either, said poor Mrs. Nettleby, waxing
more and more in despair.
And the third was a vinegar-faced old
maid who lived with her married sister,
and never had heard the name of Peck
field in her life.
"What shall do?" said Mrs. NettIeby.
Better go to a hotel, ma'am, said the
hackman who himself was beginning to
get out Of patience.
But 1t costs so much, said Mrs. Net
tleby. And tomorrow is Thanksgiving
Day. Is there train goes back to-
night?"
Tonight" said the hackman. SWhy,
it's past eleven already! And my horses
has got the epizOOtic, and I couldn't keep
EN- out no longer, not for no. Odyi But
I s'pOse I could take you to the twelve
thirty night express for a little extra!"
And this moderate specimen of the
tribe Of hackmen consented to be salts
fed with eight dollars.
Mar" whispered Gervase. where are
we gOing?"
Home, said Mrs. Nettleby, pronounc-
ing the word as if it were a peanut shell
she was cracking There was one com
fort, though-the Beggerley family would
have been repulsed by that time; and,
after all, cold beef was a cheaper way of
supplying the table than turkey at thirty
cents pound.
It was o'clock the next day when she
reached her own door, having paid in
hack and car fare enough to b ny half
dozen ten-pound turkeys, and with jaded
| and fretful children, violent headache
on her own score, and one of the travel
ing-bags lost "TlI stay at home after
this, said Mrs. Nettleby to herself. @Ehl
Parlor window blinds open! People talk
ing I do believe Nettleby's got company
to Thanksgiving, after ALL" And her heart
sank down into the sOles of her boots.
1t was quite true. The servant-maid, with
red and fiuTried face, opened the door.
"Maryi" said Mrs. Nettleby, who's
! here?"
Lots Of people, ma'am," said Mary,
looking guiltily over her shoulder.
Where are they?" demanded her mis-
| tress.
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won't do it. Why, such turkey as they
would expect would cost three dollars at
the very least. Get me a time table.
Nettleby. Send word to Mrs. Beggerlev
that I've gone away to spend Thanks
giving
MIR. Nettleby, who never dreamed Of
opposing his wife's viii in this or any
other m liter, wrote the letter accol d.
ingly, and put it in his coat-taiI pocket.
where it rem med; for he forgot ali
about it. Mrs. Nettleby packed up her
own things and the things of the four
little Nettiebys, and took the afternoon
train for Scrag Hollow, in Sug artuck
County.
Mamma, said Theodore Nettlebv-
the juvenile scions of the house of Net
tleby all had high-sOupdin appelations
--it looks all shut up and lonely. /
don't believe any one is at home
@PshaW!" said Mrs. Nettleby. People
in the country always live in the back
part Of the house" And carrying heavy
carpet-b bag in her hand she trudged
around to the rear door, followed by
Theodore, Lavinia, Eyongeline and Ger
vase, each Juggling a smaller bag.
Nobody responded to her repeated vol
ley Of knocks, but presently a little old
woman, who had come from a neighbor-
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ing cottage 80 the well for water vas
made to understand what was wanted.
MRS. Peckfeld?" said the little old
woman, in the high-pitched, shr1H voice
which so often accompanies deafness.
You're her cousin from the city, come
to spend Thanksgiving! Well; if that
amt too badi Mrs. Peck6eld started this
very afternoon for Ladd's Depot; got
some relations as lives there.
That's very strange, said Mrs. Net
tIeby. I telegraphed to her that was
coming.
Couldn't a got the telegraph, I guess,
said the little woman. But Mrs. Nettieby
knew better than that, for under the
corner of the piazza there lay torn en-
velope Of the Western Union Telegraph.
And she knew that Mrs. Peckheld had
fed from her, just as she, Mrs. Nettleby,
had fed before the Beggerley family.
But I'll be even with her, said Mrs.
Nettleby, grinding her false teeth. "Ill
90 to Lad1's Depot. What are the names
Of her relations there?"
The little old woman, after some medi-
tatiOn, sa d that it was Jones. At least
she thought it was Jones. She wasn't
quite certain. It might be Smith, or it
might be Brown. But she believed it was
Jones. And she believed they lived on
Thorn street. It was a long walk back to
the railroad depot, and the four little
Nettlebys were tired and cross. but they
fortunately succeeded in reaching it be-
fore the last northward train started. But
it was an express and didn' stop at small
places like Ladd's Depot, as Mrs. Nettle-
by found to her cost when she paid five
dollars for a hack to take her back to
Ladd's Depot.
On inquiry it was found that there were
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-06
His Breath Took Fire.

"Twelve years ago last month, in
August, 1877, said an old settler, ga
man met death in a peculiar and hOr-
ribIe manner in San Francisco. I be-
ieve that full and succinct account
Of this rare accident has never been
given the public, the proprietor Of the
establishment where it occurred keep
ing the facts from the reporters for
fear Of hurting his trade. They are
about as follows: James Harley, the
victim, had just recovered from an at
tack of delirium tremens. He had been
a regular sOt, and was thoroughly
soaked with alcohol His last attack
of the jim-iams' was the third he had
undergone within a few months. On
the morning in question he had started
on another spree. About eleven o'clock
In the day he had all the liquor on
board he was able to carry. Stepping
into a saloon on one of the principal
streets, he called for a swig of bug
Juice, which was promptly refused, the
bartender noticing the condition Of
the man, and remembering his late en-
gagement with the snakes. Harley
scowled and turned to a gas Jet to
light his pipe. A second later there
was drunken moan, a fash of aIcO-
hOIic fame. and Harley fell heavily on
the floor, his head and neck yelled in
smoke, while blue jets of flame were
issuing from his ears, mouth, and nos
triIs. As soon as water could be pro
cured water is u commodity rather
scarce around such places it was
dashed In the sufferers safe, not in
time, however, to save his life. The
face was as black as that Of a negro,
the ears were charred, the inside of the
mouth black, and the tongue roasted
to q crisp. 1t was a horrible and IN
canny death-One for which a dupi-
cate would be hard TO find.
With all respect to the author Of
this story, there is something about it
very suggestive of the sudden com.
plant that carried off Ananias.
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raresG stamps :


Customer Crushing into hardware
store)-Tve just got time to catch q
train. Give me a cora-POpper.
Facetious dea1er-DOn't you mean
pop-cOrner?
eyes, a cop-porner. Hurry upi"
Don't you mean a pon-cOrper ?"
Hang it, (excitedlyl, 81 said porn
copper, didn't L ?"
"No" (also ezcited), you said pom
copper"
Ct said corp-ponner.
"You said POrp-cOnner.
81 didn't.
"YOu did"
"YOu lie"
You're another"
"Take that.
"And that"
Give dollars or thirty days next
morning. )-NelU York sam.
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styles you ave President CIeveland's wife.
In justice to that lovely and IOvabIe young
lady be it said that she never claimed to be
a customer OF w ORTIZ But she bought her
bridal trOusseaU in Paris, and many Of her
reception and carriage dresses came from
the same city Of deli ht so the fashionable
inference was that Worth made them. They
ubeled him, for they were Nightmares in
long piled, vari9gated bushes. and mon
strOsities in silk and Dulging radiance. OF
all the aesthetic women in the last admins
tratiOEs the estimabie Mrs. Cleveland
showed the least taste. She was over
dressed. A sledgeh8mmer in the hands of
a quarry master could not have damaged
her personal beauty more than did the
changeable shades Of sheen satin and
velvet that sWOre at her face. She
made her first mistake in starting wrong.
She went to dressNaksrs who, oVeraWed
by her position, did not have the courage
to tell her what to wear, and, schoolgirl
fashion, she thought the richer the m a.
teriai the more becoming it would be
when worked up. She lost sight Of the
fact that youth is beauty, and does not
need point lace and diamonds, or the au-
tumnal grandeur th at belongs to the silks
and VelVets of middle age. Instead OF
wearing transparency cloths, or fine pine
plush and cOrals, the very thing to give
prominence to the lingering charms of a
duchess or a dOWager. All her dresses
were of the finest materials that money
could procure; they were needIessly costly,
and so aSsertiVe in cut and color as to bury
her youth. In her brOcaded silks and
plush princess robes, she looked more ike
a woman in the afternoon Of life than a
seminary girl scarcely yet in the sunshine
that frightened its morning. Even to-day
Mrs. Cleveland does not begin to dress
with the taste of her mother. Seen to-
gether on the pTOmenades of Buffalo and
Detroit. they might be taken for sis ers,
but for mother and daughter, never by a
strange judge. DAISY DART.
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Tosca.7 Fanny Davenport was the first
American woman to use the white stick,
and her example was initiated by Ada Re-
han, another actress, who invested thirty
five dollars and then her manager refused
to let her appear on the stage with it. Mar
garet NJ father had better luck, and Of late
she has played Juliet with an ivory stick
several inches higher than herself EsteQe
Clayton has white cane tipped with gold
and tasseled with pink, and the one that
Mrs. James Brown Potter used in getting
out Of her carriage was black pine with
silver trimmings. Mrs. Langtry was never
without her Tosca. She kept it In her coupe
and frequently carried it into the dry-gOods
stores when she was shopping. AS a rule
she preferred to step from the carriage un-
aided, using her cane for support, the foot
man receiving it from her before he closed
the door. Mrs. Hicks-LOrd leans on an eb-
Ony TOsca when she energies from her
brougham, and Mrs. Orme Wilson follows
white wood cane to the carriage step.
Excellent ideas may be derived from the
three toilets illustrated in the ensuing en-
and costly in the originals, but their essen
tial characteristics of design do not im-
peratively demand expensive textiles.
Especially as to the bOdices do they show
new and good devices. In the matter Of
cOiOrs, the latest one from Paris is Eihel-
red, or the exact color with which the tower
is painted. This in velvet and cloth makes
up into useful and becoming winter dresses
and nantes. and combines tasteluLy with
every fur worn, from the expensive sable to
the inexpensive dyed rabbit or squirrel
skin. Every shade of viOl It, accumulated
mauVes, and q reddish violet are being
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Ul some eighteen years. ana II-0
Thoug6t never a dannsel was one-half so bonnie,
The farmers boy Albert was equa-Ily su SUE 77
That May-Jennies sister-h1s near % -1U
cure.
And 30 these two sisters, by special request
We're there to take dinner, dressed UP Ii 'i0-
Jennie was pretty, and dainty. though vain,
While May was more sensible, honey ana
"Give jennie the wishbone," said Johnnie at
Accordingly, to her the wishbone was passed,
And all the while that her dinner she ate,
The wishbOne was resting close by her plate.
With united action, they all waded IN,
IT'LL their knives and their forks made bfeSo4aI
The turkey, when finally laid on the shelf
Was only a wreck OF its once gorgeous ser.
The squash, the potatoes, and cranberry sauce
And mincs pie and pumpkin, with crust all en-
Had each done its duty. and every one
Drew back and declared the dinner was done.
Nov, then, who viii wish?" cried Jennie, the
As high up she held the wishbone in air.
81 viii !" said they all, and then came a scufne
InsOmuch that the W1shbone was losJ IN the
shuttle
May was the first one the wishbone to spy.
And pursued by Johnnie, she quickly did fly
Clear through the sitting-roOm, into the hall,
In chamber, in cellar, in parlOr and all
Then from sheer exhaustion dropped into q
chair,
With cheeks all nglow, and tumble-down hair;
And Johnnie rushed up, and without much ado
Smaclled a kiss on her lips and don't know
but two.
''Let us wish" said May, "foE still have the
1t is due YOU, think, for your chase to atone"
Now, dear reader, We ought to have told you be-
fore,
That, though May liked Albert, she loved John
ME more,
And her honest wish. when she pulled on that
Was that some day she might have him all for
her own.
They pulled on the wishbone, and May won the
But what was her gain was by no means his
loss,
For from that very minute affairs took turn
And Johnnie and May are so friendly we learn,
That when Thanksgiving Day again takes its
place
They'll have hooked up together for Ife's rugged
race.
We know not what Alfred and Jennie will do,
But the neighbors oil think they viii get mar
ried, too.
Now May is ready at all times to own
That there's bOundless virtue in a turkey g
wishbOne.
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tend not to be at home? I've no pa
thence with you"
Three days afterward the three young
est Nettlebys broke out with scarlet
fever. The seven little Smitherses took it
Of them, the maid took it of the Smith
erses, and Mrs. Nettleby had her winters
work before her.
4 wish to goodness I had stayed at
home, thought Mrs. Nett eby.
And the amount Of thankfulness she
felt that year was not oppressive, in spite
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What Rare Stamps Are Worth.

The high prices which the rarest
specimens of stamps now realize viii
explain how it is that the trade in for
geIies has become what it is in these
days. The 1910 English stamp, Y. R.
Cblaclz), with the letters in the upper
corners, will easily fetch G1O used and
.e5 unused. The black stamp, without
the letters Y. R., can be sold for one
penny and two pennies each. The red
penny English stamp heads are not
worth much more than waste-paper
price. The standing prices are for the
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reputation. and bright emerald velvet and
ostrich tips are in vogue for bounets.
The hats in the drawings are from No
VEN Der models. The felts are EN- proiGereG
around the broad bEims with chenille. the
pattern IN general being @ wreath OF leaves
the crowns trimmed with one long, sweep
ing plume on the left side turned gracefully
up, and a panache Of tips in front together
with the tOreadOF or bOlerO hats seem
likely to prove the greatest favorites Tor
late autumn and winter wear. The bOierc
Is made in ordinary felt. velvet or in silk
corresponding to that OF mems hats. The
trimmings consist either Of large pOmpong
only used IN Spanish cOlors (Olack. orange
or scarlet}s ostrich tips curling over like
dogs ears-hence their name -aure1u de
ch16n'-tOrsadeS OF surah placed under the
Trims and knOtted on the hair at the SIDE
low, DorerO red, or black / mentioned
emerald-grsen, but neglected to state also
that q ySAIOW-greeu velvet called Nile mo
reEaGlOn whatever TO the faint green known
Dy that nalne). somewhat thjck-looklng IN
Unit DuE exceedingly artistic when arranged
IN conjunction with some more vivid tint.
6uch as orange or scarlet, sparingly used
Is also very fashionable What have above
alluded to as emerald some name bilLiaEda
green While another shade Of hop color is
known as verveine, soft and slightly faded
IN appearance reminding one OF the resed8
tone that had its high day Of fashionable
cele br1ty not very long ago.
1t is learned on the very best authority
that Worth does not feel kindly disposed
toward the late mistress Of the White
House, because Of an avalanche of letters
from old customers cautiOning him ag5, nst
Cleveland. One woman we'll known in
New York, Washington, and Newport So
c1ety ordered q ballroom dress, and said
In postscript, Give me anything but the
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TIE boiling points of potassium and
sodium have been satisfactorily deter
mined by an English physicist by pIac-
ing the metals in a hollow iron ball
surrounded with 2 screen OF dre-cIay
and heated with blow-pipe. An air
Thermometer was lowered into the
vapor Of the boiling metal, sealed, and
broken open under water, the tempera-
bure being then calculated from the vol
une of water forced into the bulb. The
mean results gave 742 deg. O (1,368
deg. T. as the boiling point Of sodium,
667 deg. G. 233 deg.) that Of potassium.
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neighborhood in N, and was one of
those who, as her maid Of all-wOrk ex-
pressed it, would skin flea to save the
hide and tallOw" Mrs. Nettleby liked
to make a show, but she had deep
rooted aversion to spending. And enter
tanning company on Thanksgiving Day
was one of the things that could not be
accomplished without the latter concom-
liant
Mr.. Nettleby. a little, weak-minded
man, who viewed his big wife with respect
full admiration, looked dubiously at her.
But, my dear, said he, how are you
going to help it? They've sent word they
are coming"
I'll go to your sister Belinda's, up in
Sugartuck County"
Mr.. Nettleby felt of his chin. "They
haven't invited US, said he; that is, not
especially"
40. fddIesticks!" said Mrs. Nettleb
-Belinda's always glad to see me and the
children. And as for staying at home to
gorge Mrs. Beggerlev and her six chill
dren, and Mr.. Beggerley's two sisters,
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FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR
THE LATEST FADs OF STYLISH NEW
YORK BELLIES.

Rich and Costly as wen as Pretty ana
Economical Toilets for Winter wear
The Prevailing CoIOrs - The Latest
Things in Wraps, Tea-GOwns, and Hats.
Nov YorZ Iattar 70 CLlcaao -
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a Prasnmine E.ittIe 81.

A little girl, who made very frequent
use of the word guess" was one
day reproved for it by her teacher.
Don't say guess Mary" said Miss
Jones, %say presume.
Presently one Of dary's little play
mates coming up to her, remarked:
81 think your cape is very pretty,
and my mamma wants your mamma to
lend her the pattern, because she Is go
ineg to make me one like 1t.
ahIy mamma has no pattern. vas
the prompt reply; "she cut it by PIE
sumo.
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and tea-goWns. Others like to leave their
bedrooms in the morning neat and trim
for the day.
OF more practical consideration are the
garments in which women, with long or
short purses, are going out OF doors.
Whether a girl be rich or poor she may
look like this (NO. y on the promenade, and
be in the November style, Tor the materials
may be either dear or cheap, according to
her ability to buy. Yesterday a heavy
maUrOn was out in magnificent japanese
CLOAK OF very lighr-gray cameIs hair, with
sleeves Of a darker shade covered with Jap
anese embroidery, finished with feather
trimming Of gray and Oriental cOIOrS to
match embroidery. At the same time q
granddRme emerged from a carriage and
was quite respondent in a metal brOcade
silk cloak OF most effective design, with
panels Of brown plush, emil rOidered with
metal, and sleeves and collar entirely OF
metal pass6menterie, lined with straw o.
Ored fancy brOcade. Along came the girl
from whom this sketch NO. y was made.
with imitation fur; her hat was felt with
a feather Of no nigh COST. and ner dress
was an inexpensive fabric. Yet she was
right in the fashion as to cut and cOlOrs,
neatness characterized her toilet and not
one man in a thousand would have guessed
how taste and economy had been combined
in her new outfit.
In the way Of pretenJiOusness out of
doors. something of a real effort is being
made to pOpularize the TOsca cane. known
in trade as the carriage cane. The stick
was originally the fancy of Bernhardts who
borrowed the design from the court of
Marie AntOinette, and added a fat braided
taSsel to the handle to correspond in color
with the costume worn in the play of La
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suggestive Of
privacy are some Of
the draped h ouse
robes Of very fashion
able women, and it
wasn't any wonder
that a bachelor, en-
eountering q lady
upon whom he had
made a morning call,
confusedIy b q gig 6 q
her pardon and began
to beat q precipitate
retreat He thought
t b a t her loosely
draped dress Of white.
with its saggsd waist
and open sleeves. was
a night gown. The
fact is that the dis
tinctiOnS betWe G n
chamber robes, bou-
dOir wrappers and
morning gowns in
which to receive Wis
itors have been we'll
nigh obliterated by
extremely fashionable
bellies, Some charac-
j. tiers reYel in the ease
OF dressing-gOWns
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W.FW thieves IaII ouE honest men
should get their work iu.-Nesg Orleans
ESeGge5as.
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q TEANKsaTYTNa WTgHBoNE.

Z Emmy and Johnny,
a nd Albert a q d
Mary
Sat at the table on
Thanksgiving Day.
The turke y, all
stuffed, and basted
and brown,
Upon a big platter
was turned upside
down ;
With its legs pointed
skyWaTd, its wings
piniOned back,
AS old Farmer john
son began the at
tack.
He carved a nice
piece from the rich
steaming breast,
And passed to ms
wife I'll o Fl r 8 {
piece, and BEST
Til en- said, NOW,
Miss Jenny, what
cut do you like ?"
20, please give me
Just what you nap
pen to strike
Some white meat, or
dark, or a leg, or a
wing.
She was a guest, ana
a sweet, pr q t Z =
thing
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BY DRIFT.

He Beggerley's com
ing here to spend
Thanksgi ving2" S aid
Mrs. Nettleby. Not
if I know it. "
Mrs. Nettleby was a
clOse-isted and calcu-
lating woman, no
lived in a handsome
house in a stylis b
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On inquiry it was found that there were