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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

"They are white" she whispered,
while that look Of intense horror daep-
ened in the diIated eyes.
Gerald Fenton felt that for some rea-
son he had terribly wounded or panied
Miss Thane by the fragrant gift.
They had been long acquainted and
he had never seen her thus moved.
81 am very sorry if I have wounded
you, TheO," he said, after an awkward
silence.
She made no reply. She was looking
past him at the far-aWay beauties of the
vernaI sunset. "See! the most beauti-
full cOIoring," she said, but there was
no look of admiration on her white
face.
Glow exquisite the tints, she CON
tinued; "that purple rose tint and gray
no artist can approach"
eyes" he answered, "I love the sun
set hour fully as we'll as [ do flowers. "
Again that strange expression deep
ened on her fine face.
Perhaps" thought Gerald, "the
white viOlets may have a connection
with some unpleasant romance or
tragedy of her past life. I have heard
she had history and it may be my
gift wakened some old memory; sorry
I gathered them at all, but one doesn't
always know"
Miss Thane. however, was to all ap-
pearances wrapped in the sunset glory
and did not notice his deep thought
fulness.
$50 much like the golden gates of
which we dream, is it nOt?" she said,
softly, slipping her hand through his
arm and Gerald, impelled by a strange,
still power of sweet spirit communion,
drew her to his heart and whispered,
eyes, TheO.
They had been up on the hills all
the afternoon; these two who loved
each other with a love rarely expert
enced in this sordid, selfish world; and
! she, becoming wearied, had sought out
a little nook to rest in, while he wan
/ dered down into quiet glen and
found the white, fragrant blossoms.
The beauties of the sunset died out
beyond the hills, and the shadows
| crept into the valleys.
"Let us return, Theo said; "this
/ has been such a perfect afternoon with
/ the exception Of"
Those vioIets, added Gerald, as
/ she hesitated.
Hardly, " she answered, looking at
! him with that strange expression OF
fear once more in her face. sit was
the message they brought, she said,
with a shudder.
There was something about her man
ner so forbidding that Gerald Fenton
/ dared not ask the question he desired
to; so he took her cold hand, sympa-
thetically, in his, and together they
crossed the meadows lying between the
low Hampstead range and the quaint
/ farmhouse which had known Thee all
her life.
Where did you gather those bios
SONS 2" she asked as they reached the
gate.
In the glen by the path, near the
/ spring" he answered. wondering curl
/ ously what difference it could make to
! her where they grew.
"The samel" She said, half audiblY,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
IABOR1s HOLY

Labor Is ho1y, be it's work coarse or hne
It's the law universal the mandate divine
That guideth the worlds throughout tnGBIts
space,
Or hzsth the seed in its soil-nuEtured place.
Then turn not aside. nor greet with q 1roFns
The Spirit Of Labor, that Weareth GODS crown
Labor Of hand, or labor OF brain,
If ruled by the good, is free from al STAIN
And the effort that answers the lo7Ehest need
Is blessed in the purpose and blessed in the deed
Then turn not aside, nor greet with froWn,
The Spirit OF Labor, that Weareth Gods crown.
Labor is life, and labor is love,
The unceasing prayer that Fisebh above
The sIuggard's beWEil and the idIsr's false woe
Be its path broad and high, or its path small
and low.
Then turn not aside, nor greet with froWn,
The Spirit Of Labor, that Weareth Gods crown
Ella Dale.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

Mr. Brandreth said that something
within him seemed to whisper that such
was the ease. The doctor gave him
large quantity of pepsin and a whisk
broom. In a month he rose from a
sick bed, which was not so sick after
all as he was, and, greatly emaciated,
he tried to stand upon his trembling
legs. He was now on the road to re-
cOvery, the cooking-schOOl having been
disintegrated as q result of trouble
over whether snow pudding could or
could not be made more serviceable by
putting borax in it. A new doctor told
him to go into the country and eat oat-
meal mostly. He did so. He stopped
at the High-Priced House - looking
north. Other inyalids were there en-
gagged in eating oatmeal with a far
away look. They were subsisting on
oatmeal, cuttle-bone, and the hope Of
a brighter and better world. The only
healthy man in the place was the pro-
prietor, who ate pork and slept in the
hay-mow Of nights.
Mr.. Brandreth says he thought oat-
meal was healthful, because one did
not have to chew it, but he found that
what he saved in chewing he lost in
digesting, for birds, who do not chew
their food, have to be provided with
"crop" and a teacup full of grindstones
in order to grind up their food while
they are engaged in hustling for more.
So also ruminators have to go around
with a whole quartette of stOmachs,
whereas man, endowed with one intelli-
gence which enables him to pry open
the future and cast UP the past. to
search the silent records Of departed
nations, to ransack the bowels of the
earth, and with powerful telescopes To
view the evening dress of the Loreuss
and at q distance admire the bosom Of
the night-man created a little lower
than the angels, man who occupies the
middle ground between thorough in
teIligence and mere instinct, between
the seraph and the qualified juror, man
with but one stomach and no gizZard
whatever, seeks to recover his shattered
health by eating Oatmeali
Why, asks Mr.. Brandreth again,
should we put into our stomachs sub
stance which poisoned Carlisle and
blows up six grist-miIls with no effort
whatever?
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good footing. Another effort and she
would be on the bank.
Mercyi" The rock, which seemed
so firmly Embedded in the earth, was
slipping from its place. pheo reached
frantlcally for the oyerhauging grass.
1t seemed for moment that the sod
would bear her weight until she could
regain her position, but It suddenly
gave way and she was precipitated TO
the rocky bed below.
And there they found her, some hours
later. rigid In death. Gerald had found
the way of escape.
A CHASTITY wound IN her temple,
from which the blood had trickled
+ down over the pebbles, told how, and
/ at what fearful cost, the evil was
+ averted.
Bearing her tenderly away from the
+ fatal spot, and across the sunny mead
/ Ows, they laid her down In the dear.
familiar rooms.
Within the stiffened fingers were
found bit of grass and q few white
/ blossoms
Gerald FentOn bowed his agonized
face over that of his dead love, and
saw, with dumb, passionate pain, the
/ wlthered viOlets taken from the cold
cold hands, "whiter than they"
Then a moan of anguish burst from
his bloodIess lips.
"Oh, my God, why must this be,
when 1 love her so, and when Thou
art kind and loving Father ,"
But there was not one to give answer
Gerald Fenton went away forever
from that quaint little valley home
/ where he had been so happy.
Every foot of the dreamy meadow;
breathed to him sweet memories tina.
would bring but unrest; but the hills
those low, beautiful hills of Hemp
stead, where bloOmed the fatal whit,
blossoms, had turned into things o
evil and abodes of a strange haunting
terror, and in their presence he cOult
not bear his bereavement.
So he went away, and the good PEG
pie of Hampstead tell of the gypsy
warning in connection with the story o
| the accident, and say that it was bu
the hand of fate.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

Two MONSTER Russian guns have
been sent to Sebastopo1 for the pur-
pose of being placed in the new iron
clad Sinope, and although some Of the
details must be inaccurate, the official
description is too interesting to be ig-
nored. They are 12-inch pieces,
weighing so tons, and throwing pro-
jectiIes of nearly half ton. The
powder charge is 27O pounds, and the
initial velocity 5000 meters, while the
distance of the lannon's ranges is said
to be 90 versts, or over IS miles. As a
consequence the fire of the guns can
only be directed by the map, the OBJ
ject fired at being out of sight. Two
men, however. suffice for each gun,
as they are worked by hydraulic ma
chinery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

"Then she shut her eyes for a short
time, remaining silent-so silent that
it seemed an eternity to melville I
waited, sick with suspense.
Shortly she looked up and said, sor-
rowfully: 1 see a young man coming
out of a little Valley valley with a
spring and he carries white blossoms.
Alas alas for him! he, too, is your
lover
Gerald FentOn was in no wise super
stitious, but he could not help repress-
ing a shudder at the strange story. 1t
was all plain to him now why she was
so terrified on the hills-only too
plain.
"Did your first lover die?" he asked.
eyes, she answered in husky tones
che was killed in a railroad accident a
month later"
And now, said Gerald, with a
SILVER, 1T is my turn, I presume ?"
Hush" she said. 60, is there no
way of escape?" She looked up in
painful questioning. "Must it come ?"
she asked.
Don't grieve, dearest" Gerald re-
piled, soOthingly; "the other may have
been simply a happening. Nothing
may ever come to separate us-nOt for
years at least.
"But I fear we cannot avert it, she
sobbed. Il feel the icy chill of death
almost now. Your visit to the from
tiers next week, you know; that may
be the fatal excursion"
"I need not go; it isn't really neces-
sary."
TheO sighed in relief.
well, she said, 1T is very kind Of
you to give up that excursion because
"Whims. Theo, whims. That IA
tality was only a happening death
comes to all, you know-and the
gypsy, perhaps, had no more of an in
sight into the future than we have"
But Theo did not reply to this, al
though she tried heroically to persuade
her soul that Gerald was right.
Gerald felt strangely impressed with
Miss Thames revelation, however, and
attached more Importance to it than
he would own, and was very careful of
his goings, even in Hampstead. The
evil might be outwitted, he thought.
It was a beautiful day, one Of those
perfect days In June over which poets
rave and writer's of romance must needs
weave into their stories, and Theo de
elared at was too lovely to remain in
doors.
She would walk to the meadows, and
| beyond to the hills, perhaps. Once
among the low hills, she concluded to
Just take a frightened peep into the
shady retreat of the spring.
Descending cautiously, through sun
and shadows the girl reached the path
leading thither; here she paused; up
there on the shelving bank grew the
fatefuI blossoms prOfusely In the
/ springtide. This was only June, and
/ perhaps there were a few in bloom yet
If she could gather a few of them her
self it might make a way of escape foE
/ Gerald; who knew?
Yes; they were like death-so white,
/ and Th6O shivered; but then
/ Now, where next could she step
/ An! here was a stone which promised
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

that 1t would be almost wicked to In
sist on his living just to please the
members of his household, and, If they.
could do it deIicately, they would like
to tell him that they viii excuse him.
any time he desires to go
He was the picture of health at 20,
and his rich. warm blood scOoted
through his elastic arteries with the
vigOr and thrill of young manhood, At
that time he got job as lanitor of q
building in a large city, the name Of
which he would not give me. He was
we'll paid, and also boarded himself
in a spare room, so that he saved most
of his salary. Then a young lady's
cooking school rented one Of the rooms
on the second floor front. They offered
to give him the luscious fruits of their
! labOrs. He thanked them with tears
/ IN his eyes, and saved $40 per month.
He would have lard soaked CrullerS
one day, and laudabIe blanc mango the
next. Some days he would eat nothing
( but sweet cake, with edges of citron
and moss agate English cUrFants in
/ side of it. Then again he would SUBJ
sist on lattice-work pie with siIuriau
foundations and asphalt filing.
Years rolled by. One by one the
| girls got married, and opened up new
! fields of gastric disturbance elsewhere,
but Mr. Brand1eth still refused to
throw up his job, though he began to
! feel quaImish sometimes andill at ease.
| At home on the farm he could eat large
quantities of everything, and all he had
ever worried about heretofore was the
question of when he could get things
| to eat.
So he went on eating the cuisine
| Stag from the girls great pie works.
| Falsely economical he would cut a loaf
Of homemade bread by means of acid
one day and eat it the next. Then he
would break into mince pie and eat
the Waterbury movement out of it.
Soon his health failed. A doctor
| came and told him he was a sick man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

MRS. GLADSTONE has just celebrated
her 77th birthday, every one of which
has been celebrated at the same place
-Hawarden Castle. She was born
there, and inherited the castle from
her father. Mrs. Gladstone has been
a genuine helpmate to her husband.
She has not onlp helped in his private
life by her accomplishments as a house
keeper, but she has helped him in his
public career by performing the duties
of his secretary in the early days Of
their married life, and she has has al
ways been his chief adviser. She is
the mother of seven children, all of
whom are a credit to their parents.
Miss Helen Gladstone is the President
of Newman College, and one of the
sons is the Vicar of HOwarden.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

the tel Graph poles and wires as cate
lined against the sky, aud he wonders
that no artist has put - canvas som
q the striking groupings that he has
seen. AIR. ViI1iers is not alone in adj
1niring these poles and wires from an
artistic standpoint. It is common
sense and not an appreciative eye that
has doomed them to the bowels of the
earth
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

The pharmacists throughout Illinois,
or a great majority of them, are OPP
posed to the present pharmacy law,
and the bill introduced in the State
Senate to repeal the act is likely to
receive hearty support. The history
of the law is given as follows in a
circular:
About four years ago a small number Of drug
men got together and called Themselves Drug
gists' Association, or Drug Union of the State
of Illinois" They appointed board known as
the Board Of Pharmacy" drummed up a law
known the drug law of the State, and had
themselves appointed as said board. This
board has the power to levy g special tax Of g
on every drug man in the State They use this
money to crush every drug man who viii not
sign the contract. Ask the board that is living
on our money, and who viii come to you this
winter for more laws If they were not appointed
by the Bloomington meeting. and if there is not
a resolution now before that association, that
this beard has to report to. to put every man
that viii not join this wicked conbinasi9z on
the blacklist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

CARDINAL GIBBONS to the prisoners
of the Maryland Penitentiary: 81 was
in prison myself six years. They
called it a college, it is true, but 1t was
not much different from prison. The
discipline was as rigid, if not more SO,
than at West Point. We had to go.
whether we liked it or rot, at the
sound of a bell to our meals, to bed,
everywhere. The first night I was
there I asked where I was going.
There was a solemn silence at my
question. I only. knew 1 was going to
my little bed till the next morning.
We had the same round Of lessons,
marching in procession, and services,
day in and day ont, all the six years.
We wore a black uniform, and had to
obey a strict discipline. And yet,
whatever I have learned of theology.
history, and other matters, I attribute
to the work of those six years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

THERE is a disconsoIate orator in the
Ohio Legislature. It is Senator Geyser,
who permitted a newspaper correspond
ent to take the copy of a speech which
he intended to deliver. The correspond
ent failed to return the copy, and when
the question came up the Senator could
not make his speech. He found out,
however. that it was filed at the teIe-
graph Office as a dispatch. The man
ager refused to give it up. Going to a
Justices court, Geyser procured writ
of replevin. When the constable served
it he was told by the manager to go to
the operating-room and take the prop
erty. The speech was in the hands of
dozen different operators, and the
constable, not being able to identify
the copy, went away without it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
THIS is a record of governmental
twists and turns in France:

Rev. ROBERT COLLIER has presented
Cornell University with an old factory
bell which has an interesting history.
1t was the bell that rang him to work
every morning in his young days and
fixed the time when the days toll was
over. The bell will be used at Cornell
for summoning the students to their
classes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

The Kansas alien land law is in line
with those of Indiana, Illinois, and the
United States. Soon or late all the
agricultural States viii be found pro-
hibiting the ownership of land in large
quantities-at any rate, to any but
citizens O. persons who have signifed
their intent Of becoming citizens. But
the bill now before the Kansas Legis-
Iature contains a provision which might
well have been grated upon the land
laws of other States. It permits an
alien to become the owner of any
quantity of farming land less than 100
acres. This is not enough to create
danger Of alien 1andlordism, and is
enough to bind the owner to the laws
and constitution of the country. There
are very few anarchists who own real
estate; none who own and cUIt5vate
small farms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

THE finest railway station in the
world is said to be the terminus sta
ton in Bombay, India, of the Peninsu-
lar Railway. II was finished last May
and named in honor of the Empress of
India. It took ten years to build it
and cost nearly $4,000, 900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

A CARLOAD of HOLSTERS from the East
were planted partly at the mouth of
Columbia River a few days ago, and
the rest at Port Townsend, W. T.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

GRAY hair for women is becoming
such a rage in Paris that locks which
until lately would have been dyed a
golden brown are now bleached white.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

In Michigan last year it cost 26 cents
to produce and market a bushel of
oats and 10 cents to produce and mar
ket bushel of corn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

The raisin crop of California the
past year reached 9O4,O 900 boxes of
twenty pounds each.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

PAULUs, the comic singer who has
made BOulanger, receives an income Of
about 100, 600 francs a yea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

New ORLEANS continues to roll up
the fund for the family of James Civ
ems, hero of the steamer Hanna d;sas-
ter. The largest subscription yet made
is 1868 60, that of the children and
teachers Of the public schools.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
a Choice Selection Of 1nter,
esting Items.

FRANCES 2. WLLARD's autobiogra-
ply appears about March 1.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

The Kibo, the Ioftiest peak of Afri-
cas- Hottest mountain, Kilima-N jara,
has finally been assembled by Otto
EhIers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

IL Stanley is not lost and Bicycle
Stevens still wants to find somebody,
why not start him out In search Of
Tascott
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

ALMOST every American, English,
German, and French newspaper has
called Boulanger a charlatan, but he
can afford to laugh at them. Votes
count.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

THE rarest collection of old watches
in this country, if not in the world, is
owned by Giovanni P. Morosmi, at r.
vington on the Hudson. He has from
800 to 1000, worth about $3O,OOO
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

ACCORDING to late estimates the pop
ulation of the Territories is as follows
Dakota, 10000; Utah, 100000; New
Mexico, 175, 900; Washington, 167, 982 ;
Montana, 40, 900; Idaho, 100, 1000; Wy
oming, IS, 900; Alaska, 1880; Arizona,
90. $50.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

Miss NELLIE O'DoNNELL, the newly
elected Superintendent of Public
Schools in Shelby County, Tenn. is
only % years of age. After gradual
ing in 1885 she became a teacher in
the public schools, then a principal.
She has shown not only ability as an
instructor but a decided talent for
business
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

a u N a ia VILE
n Tenn, I met a
Imam who Is trying
the heaIbh-giying as
of Tennessee for his
constitution, writes
Bill Nye. I got to.
t a kim g with hinG
about his trouble
It is IN the nature Of a
gastric disturbance.
which makes his life
a burden to him. He
only lives because ne
thinks he ought not
to cut his life shol6
on account of his
family, but his family
are beginning to find
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

PROF. DAVIDSON says that the En-
glish language is easier to acquire than
any other spoken, while only half a
dozen English-speabing people have
been able to master the Chinese. He
thinks the whole world viii speak only
English in time.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
HoH to Take Care Of Baby.

A Pennsylvania woman has found out
way to take care Of children Just be-
ginning to walk. She removes the
upper drawer Of the bureau and seating
the child IN the lower drawer, turns
the key. The child is said to be happy
in its narrow quarters and sits and
crows for half an hour at time. Some
times she goes away for an hour or two
shopping or visiting and always finds
the baby happy and contented on her
return.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

THE greatest emigration society at
present is the Argentine Republic. 1t
will spend this year 5000, 900 to bring
immigrants from the north of Europe
alone. Ships from England, Holland,
and France are taking them over by
thousands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29
OATaEAL DIET.

"a. T3randrstIi, OF rennessss-r,9ll So
Pathetic Picture OF a Ilyspsptie.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

IN a recent lecture on the advance of
women Mrs. Antoinette Blackwell
called attention to the fact that while
"forty years ago none but a few women
thought of having any non-domestic
work, now 100000 women are CLASH
ned in such work. There are $4,000
accountants, clerks, and saleswomen,
A75 clergymen, and seyenty-fve law
yers in this number
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

A BILL 60 amend the penal code so
that combinations of workingmen for
legitimate purposes cannot be punished
under the conspiracy clauses" has been
introduced into the New York State
Assembly. The bill provides that no
act shall be deemed unlawful because
done or agreed to be done by num-
Der Of persons which would not have
been deemed unlawful if done or
agreed to be done by a single person.
FREDERIcK VILLERs, the war artist
of the London Graphic, who is now
visiting this country, is very much i'm
pressed with the picturesque effect OF
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AN'sditor may not be a pugilist, but
he Strikes out" a great deal when
cutting down a..