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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
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Not a week passes that numerous
readers do not write to inquire the
value of some more or less rare stamps
in their possession, not realizing how
difficult it is to fix such values. Stamps,
apart from their intrinsic value of two
or three cents when uncanceled}, are
merely curicsities and have no actual
value.
Some people would not give a dollar
for a hundred of the rarest stamps in
the world, while others would mort
gage a house to obtain possession of d
single stamp. Some Of the prices paid
for stamps in this country are such as
may well amaze the young stamp col
lector, and In Europe the mania is 30
great that some collections are almost
priceless.
M. Philippe de Ferrari has a colIec-
ton of $50. 600 stamps, and he has sold
one collection to a Partisan stamp lover
for $50, 900.
Mr.. Burnett, an English collector,
has stamps valued at $4,000, and
many collections, by no means remark
able, have been sold in England for
So, 900.
The late Duchess de GaIiera accu-
mulated three thousand albums, which
are HOW Ftiu0Ll dG SoHlUsUUU.
At the Paris mint there is a remark
able collection, and the Rothschild col
lection in Paris is so costly and so
highly priced by its owner that it
Is guarded like the KohinOOr, and only
experts are allowed to see it.
At a recent London auction some re-
markable prices were realized. British
Guiana stamps brought the following
A 4 80 II.
$185; uncanceIed, $3.50; four L., issue
1853, S. each; and pair of &c Magen-
tas of 1856, $50.
These prices are paralyZing to the
ordinary reader, but much higher fig
ures have been reached in other sales.
Here are a few samples:
The 15c and 30c Reunion stamps
bring $500, and the New Brunswick &c
stamp finds ready purchaser at $3.50.
The set of four 1852 Hawaiian stamps
are valued at 81, 500, and the 1847 Maui
rItius stamps, &c and &c, can rarely be
had under $500.
Old Brazil black stamps range in
value from s. to SO. 50; the green and
yellow ones of BuenOs Ayres bring as
high as $25 each, while the red ones are
worth $50.
The vermiIion One-franc French
stamp of 1849 and "V. R." black En-
glish penny stamp are considered cheap
at fifty dollars apiece, while the Null
ready wrapper on India paper, issued
in 1910, has been sold for $400.
The prices are enough to send a cold
chill down the back of the youthful col
Iector who is rejecting whether he can
afford to invest fifty. cents for an 1858
Peruvian One-penny red. But that is
no reason why the collector should not
collect, if it gives him pleasure. It is
a harmless amusement and incidentally
teaches history to the collector.
But there is a drawback, as there is
to every amusement.
Many a collector, young and old, has
stamp he prizes as the gem of his
collection, supposed to be worth dol
lars, when it is not worth cents. How
ever, it is a consolation to know that a
counterfeit gives Just as much satisfac-
ton as a genuine stamp, until its spuri-
GUS character is discovered, and such
discovery very rarely happens
Golden Days.
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so little writes Lieut.. Frederick SchWatka,
In the Chicago Inter Ocean. There were
twelve beasts altogether. and as motley a
crowd OF mules as were ever gotten to-
geGher since the days Of SanchO Penza and
Don QuiXote,
The Mexican mule is a sort Of cross be-
tween a mountain goat and flying squirrel,
with the distinct difference that It's surplus
electricity flows OF from the negative pole
instead OF the positive as with the goat 1t
IS IN Its meanderings on the mountain trails
that it shines Respondent, but with iuster
wholly its own that can no more be COM
pared with any other than can the fash Of
diamond be compared with the fire Of the
opal would like to place it alongside Of
the American mule for com parisCn in the
deadly double column" of the newspaper
but the Mexican beast would kick out the
intervening rule and "pi" the type before
enough was up to form an opinion.
On the mountain trail this distinct spe-
cles of mule was never known to fail, al
though he has an eXasperating and blood
curdling way Of stumb bling along over it
that would raise the hair on end of
watched the mule was compelled to ride,
with view Of discovering his methods of
trying to scare me to de attn as payment for
past injuries. Oftentimes the trail would
lead past dizzy heights or cliffs, where one
could look sheer down far enough to be
dead before he reached the bottom should
ne fail, and every few fest along the trail Of
foot to a foot and a half in width it
would have tumbl6d in a foot or so and
again taken up the original inclination of
the mountain or about that of the leaning
tower Of Pisa, Here the mule would al
ways be sure to stick one foot out and
stumble a little bit, but always regain its
equilibrium at the next step. having clearly
done it Intentionally, and for no other Dur-
pose than pure cussedness. One can
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desk. and the two men fred at the sams
second
Rollins bounded in the air and drop
ped dead on the floor, with a bullet
through his heart.
Bob surveyed the bleeding body for
a moment, then. placing his pistol in
his hip pocket and taking a roll Of
money from his drawer, he hurried out
of the house, sprang on the horse that
Rollins had ridden. and vanished from
Loves Valley forever.
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In All Fonr WAYS.

@CouId I get a little information
from your" asked farmer-Iooking
man at the Third Street Depot of Of
fcer Button the other day.
"Yes, sir"
well, I want to know how these
confidence men work.
In various ways. Sometimes they
borrow money and give a worthless
check on a bank"
@They do, ell ?" gasped the man
with a sudden start.
@Yes; and again they borrow money
and turn over a check to a trunk.
When you go to look at the trunk = Is
not to be found r"
"By George" muttered the man.
"Then, again, they'll sell you a
bogus bond or borrow money on 1T.
"Sakes aEve!"
And they sometimes hire the victim
to boss a mill or factory somewhere,
and then borrow money to pay a
freight bill
aFour different ways!" shouted
the man, as he jumped clear off the
floor.
Yes
"And I'll be hanged if I haven't
been taken In on every one of them IN
a ride of a hundred miles Say, come
down and show me the riYer-the
deepest spot in the river-the place
where L can drop IN and nobody can
fish up my dough-headed cadaVer p
Detroit ETeSS Press
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30

The days went on, and Dix was sell
dom seen. She lived In the strictest
retirement - returning no calls and
avoiding her former associates as far
as was possible in a country commu-
nifty.
Mrs. Maxwell died and was laid be-
side her dead boy under the Cumber-
land pines.
A few weeks later Rollins returned
to Loves Valley. He was pale and
haggard, and his face was disfgured
by a dark, struggling beard. His most
intimate acquaintance hardly knew
him for the rOlicking, handsome, rosy
checked young man who had been the
life of the valley only half a year be-
fore.
He went straight to see Dix. She
was making her home with the Widow
DOdd. What conversation passed be
tween the lovers at that mournful
meeting was never known; but as the
dusk crept up the Cumberland height,
he babe her good-by, and galIoped off
to the Valley store where Bob Wilkin-
son made his headquarters.
Throwing his bride over a post, he
went In.
Bob was sitting by the store, his feet
/ cooked up on the back Of q CHAIR, a
/ cigar in his mouth, and newspaper
spread open on his knees.
A brace Of young mountain boys
/ were sitting On the counter, chewing
/ tobacco and swapping smut.
Bob Wilkinson, said Rollins, strid-
ing straight up to the rufdan, @Iunder-
/ stand that yOu insuIted Miss Maxwell
in my absence"
Il low that you refer to the night
rode up thar on my nag an tot her a
few little fac's, replied Bob, coolIy
laying down his paper, @an' eff fae's is
/ insults I low I insulted her"
'DraW, curse you r. shouted Rollins,
leveling his revolver at Bob. Draw,
you coWardIy dogF'
90, thet's the kind O. a circus hits to
be, Is hit ?" responded Bob, turning 9
handspring over the counter. Wuu
III be ready fer y in q fash. "
With that he drew a pistol from sht
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e--AOtL55AA -5OFC ' al
"a AM ley to the waters of
G5-sg55s53V|" Caney Fork.
IIDNSEi',NS9 Pears to me 'zif
John WIS stayin'
powerful long, Dix"
she said, in a high, faIsetto voice, to a
girl who sat sewing in the shadow of
Virginia creeper on the gallery with
out. Powerful long. He said he'd
be back by one o'clock, an hits nigh
onto five"
Retiring into the house, she returned
a moment later with black sun bon
net folded lengthwise and laid turban-
like on her thick, silvery hair.
"Whar y steppin', mother"
Dix dropped her work in her lap
and pushed back her curls as she put
the question.
"Steppin' down to see Wildly Dodd.
Her son Dave went with John, an per-
haps she kin tell what's a-keepin' EN-
Put the dttle on fer supper, an keep
things tidy till 1 come back"
The old woman went her way with
long, quick, ungracefuI steps, while
Dix rolled up her sleeves and bounded
into the house.
A few moments later lad came
painting down the road, his face fushe
and his eyes flashing with excitement
handsome lad withal, though rude in
dialect and rough in dress.
Dix oh, Dix Dix-ee" he shouted,
throwing back his head and testing his
lungs to their utmost limit.
as that you, Jeems," answered the
girl, appearing on the gallery holding
brick on which she was sedulously
sharpening tabIeknife.
Eyes; and fer Gods sake come yurr -
What's up, Jeems ?"
"COme yur-r-r, say"
Dix laid the brick and knife on the
gallery rail and few down the path to
the gate.
"Hain't ye heerd the news bout
John ?" queried the boy, turning his
face uneasily away from the searching
look of the girl.
"What bout John, Jeems? What is
hit ?" She spoke in short, quick gasps.
beginning to twist and untwist her
fingers in an agony of apprehension.
"Why-er-you see, John an his
hands wus-Oh, Dix! I c-a-i-n'-t tell p
"JeemsP'
The girl caught the lad by the
shoulder with a grip that made him
shrink and made him throw up his
naDu TO loosen AGE HOlU. a look OF uQ-
utterable horror crept into her deep.
dusky eyes. Her face was dashed a
deadly white. She shivered and stag
gered back, crying
ooh, tell me tell me tell mel"
"I'll tell ye, Dix, but don't take on
that'n way John an his hands WIS
down ter tn still, an passel o. them
rev'nOo men run in on 'em, an they
he'd a skrimmage, an John was shot. ="
90, poor John! o, my buddy my
poor buddyp And the girl sank moan
ing on the grass. as he dead, Jeems
Is he dead ?"
-er-don't know, Dix" hesitate6
the boy. his eyes wet with unsheG
tears, "but he -er-shot three
times, an'-thar, Dix! Looky thar
They's a-totin' him home now LOozy
Don't y see?" And he pointed up tn,
road, where, over the rise of a low hill
appeared a party of hardy mountain
ers, bearing the body of man on
stretcher made of twisted boughs.
Dix rose to her feet, and with low
pitiful vail, tOttered forward to NEE
the men. They laid their burden dow
in the grass and shadow by the road
side as she approached, and Dix
throwing her bare, white arms arounC
the corpse, printed passionate Esse
on the brow of the brother she ha,
loved so well.
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III

The dead boy had been borne to his
grave in the grim businesses of the
mountains.
Mrs Maxwell sat by his vacant
chair, paralyzed and dumb in the
presence Of the calamity that had
fallen upon her house.
Dix pursued the daily rounds Of her
home life, and, Judging from her calm
and passiOnless manner, she had be
come recOnci1ed to her brothers death
and Bert's desertion, for her lover
had left the valley at the same hour
that the corpse Of John was being
carried over the mountains to the
home that he had left In the flush and
vigor and beauty of young manhood
a few brief hours before.
Dix had found a letter in the pocket
of her dead brother letter which he
had written to his cousin at Cooke
vile on the day ne was shot and had
not had the time to mail. In this let
ter was the following passage:
I think that Bob Wilkin5onts up to some
devilment. He has been at Bloomington
with the officers. He hates Dix now as
much as he once pretended to love her and
il he can swamp us all, I believe ne VIII
try it.
Dix had read this, and had heard
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the latter was shaken, she was con
vineed Of the Perfdy Of her former
lover.
It was a wet and windy nigi4t In No
vember, 1879, full three months after
the tragedy at the still.
Dix was knitting before the fire.
Mrs. Maxwell lay in a dull stupOr on
the bed. She seldom spoke nOw-sel-
dom seemed to comprehend what was
said or done in her presence.
There came a rap at the dOor-a
sharp, quick rap-and Dix opened 1t to
find herself confronted by Bob Wilkin-
son.
"Howdy, Dix? Iwus q passin' on
hOssback, an ez hits pow'ful dark, I
lowed I'd stop by an borry lantern,
ef-'
Bob Wilkinson!' cried Dix, "Ieave
this house, an if y ever come nigh hit
agin 1 won't answer fer what hap
pensP'
She looked magnificent as she stood
there in the red freight, her raven
tresses falling in Grip curls over her
shoulders, her large, liquid eyes
flashing with resentment, her 1.-the
form quiyering with the intensity of
her rage.
"LoTd-ee!" sneered Bob; "you'd
make q f1st-rate play-woman, like them
ar I seed up t. tn Nashville theayter,
las winter Wus year.
Dix slammed the door in his face.
He opened it fercely. and strobe
raving into the middle of the room.
Course you, Dix Maxwell p he cried,
in a palsy of passion. "You cast me
off for tibet deyil-wheIp of a Bert Rol-
Inns, an I swore I'd git even with y fer
hit, an I want y to know tibet I've
done KEEP my oath. I toll Bert thar
was a still in Loves Valley, an I toll
him precisely whar hit wus located"
Bert knowed hit without y telIin'
him, said Dix, dehantly
"NO, he didn't, my darlin' Thet's
jis' whur y are mistaken. Bert nary
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.SCHWATKA IN. MEXTCO.
THE ExPLORER IN THE Fart or
THE SIERRA LLADREs.

PeouIiarities Of the Mexican aIuIe-ssOId
Steamboat" and sis Eceentricities-Dif-
ference Between the American Mule and
tie $500 LLount.in IrasLar.
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a u the from
~ tier Mexican
{ O Wn o T
Carichic, at
the foothills of the
I Siera Madrre range.
i've accumulated q
n u IN b e Z of thor
lOughbred Mexican
mules Tor our pros
ipective journey into
tine heart Of tn q
great COrdileras. of
wv HE b we in tn 9
United States know
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Mrs. Maxwell found the Widow
Dodd in her best dress and a stiffy
starched sap with flying frills.
"Tharl" cried the widow, triumph
antIy, as Mrs. Maxwell strobe in !;
"thar told Mandy Ann Marian tibet
we'uns d hev a caller fore chicken
roost, fer let the dish-rag drap ez I
WIS a-wipin' breakfuss things, an L
nev knOwed thet ar sign to fail yit.
But, bless mel / hain't said howdy,
Mis- Maxwell-an' how's yer darter,
Dix"
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division Of time when a woman VIII
spend two hours II putting up her hair
and only one minute IN snatching her
husband bald-headed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30
RAIDING 'MOONSHINERS
In the Cumberland Mountains.

BY WILL HUBBARD HERMAN.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30

very little regard for crops OF the cost
of board at COOkeville at that particu-
lar moment. She wanted to know
what Bob Wilkinson had seen, and
when the widow left the room to look
after the welfare of a roast in the brick
furnace out in the back yard, she rose
and passed into the room where Aman-
da was working at a rickety old loom
in the corner.
"Hit's tiresome to a buddy-weavin'
is, vOuchsafed Mrs. Maxwell.
eyes, was the reply. 81 lowed tibet
I'd rest a spell, an walk up t yer house
bimeby.'
DO" said Mrs. Maxwell. Come
up and stay with we 'Uns till to-mOrry.
Dix S lonesome like, an she'll be ire
MENUS tickled t. see ye.
Half an hour later, after inviting the
widow to Sunday dinner and bidding
her, with a sly wink, to 'perk up with
an extry feather, fer Deacon Tracy d
{ be thar" Mrs. Maxwell started for
home, accompanied by Amanda.
/ "What WIS hit thet Bob Wilkinson
! seed ?" ventured Mrs. Maxwell as soon
/ as they were out of hearing.
W won't tell nary one"
"No."
"Hope-y -may-die-y'-won't?"
yes"
90, wall, he seed Bert Rollins It
Bloomington las week, a-talkin' with
the rev'noO man; an he an an officer
went to Leb'non on the stage together,
an the officer come back yistiddy, an
he n a passed. o. his men started off fer
DeKalb County t s'arch fer stills; and
Bob lows that Bert done gwine Direct
ed 'em ter go t Loves Valley"
Il don't b1ieve nary word O. hit, "
exclaimed Mrs. Maxwell, emphaticaIIy.
Mary word. Bob's the Hest dog in
these mountings. My gal give him the
mitten, an he's Jealous cause he thinks
Bert an Dix II make a match o hit,
a n L bieve he'd do anythin' t. ruin US,
he's tibet hOngry fer revenge"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-30

''Then I am to understand that this
/ is your final answer, Miss Stubbles ?''
my final answer"
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from the Widow Dodd herself Of the
remarks that Bob Wilkinson had made
concerning Bert, but while her faith in
the latter was shaken, she was con
vinced of the perfdy of her former
lover.
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R S NJ A X W 3 LII
stood in her doorway
looking down the
highroad that winds
through Loves Val
ley to the waters of
Caney Fork.
Pears to me 'zif
John WIS stayin'
powerful long, Dix, "
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''Sincerei Oh, Miss StubbIes.'
'TYOu have certainly made an impress
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-04
Chicago Horse Market.

The following is a report of sales
made by f. j. Berry & Co., Union Stock
Yards Commission stables, Chicago.
during the last week: Carriage team, 6
years, 153{ hands, 2,4OO pounds. $500;
carriage team, 5 years, 16 hands, $500
pounds, $500: driving team. years, 1511a
hands, 1900 pounds, 1910; driving
team, 5 years, 1515 hands, 1900
pounds, $3.50; driving team. 6 years, Is
hands, 1000 pounds. $40; bay driver, 6
years, 16 hands, LOO pounds, $50; bay
driver, years. 16 hands, LOO pounds,
$3.50; chestnut driver, 6 years, 154
hands, 1,050 pounds. sl20; brown driver,
years, 16 hands. 1,l50 pounds, s225;
sixty-eight horses sold at Saturdays
auction sale, S9,S26.50; one carload to go
East (mixed), per head, 1854; one car
load to go East common, per head, 500;
one carload to go North. per head, s136;
pair of chunks, 5 years. l51s hands, 1900
pounds, $3.50: pair of chunks. 5 years,
1515 hands, 1900 pounds, $40; draft
team. 5 years. 16 hands, 1000 pounds,
$3.50; draft team, years, 16 hands, 8, 100
pounds, $445; ten streeters, per head.
sl20. Total sales OF the week, ZIG
horses, S29,16
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Horse Trade Features.
National Stockman.


Year by year the gap between the
prices for common, ordinary and first
class horses is gradually growing
wider. This was demonstrated more in
the year 1888 than ever before. The
values of low grade horses have gradu-
ally gone down, while those of the bet
ter kinds have been fully maintained.
There was some complaint in regard to
prices of horses within the past year,
but it will be noticed that this com
plant has come principally from those
who have second-clasS stock to put
upon the market. Without any special
demand for any kind of horses, the
markets have been rather quiet at all
centerS, even with quietness which pre-
vailed, the volume of business is as
large, perhaps, as for any other year of
the past decade. Aside from the ordin-
airy markets for horses some extra
ordinary prices have been obtained for
animals of superior excellence and
breeding, and in no other year before
nave such sales been chr0nicled as dur
ing the past twelve months. Prices
have been realized for individual speci-
mems or every class and breed of horses,
that were never obtained before. Some
draft horses have changed hands at en-
ormouS prices, and it will be noticed by
the careful observer that what are con-
sidered fancy prices are confined no
longer TO the transactions of the own
erS and fancierS of trotting and running
horses. 1t is only reasonable to pre-
sumo that the next twelve months will
even show Improvement over what has
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-04
BIG PRIZES OFFERED.
The Great Interstate Drill {
Occur at Galveston,

Occur at Galveston.
GALVESTON, Tex, March 3.-The
committee to fix the prizes for the in.
terstate drill and national encampment,
to be given here during the semi-cen-
tennial exhibition, from June to June
I5, has set aside $4,000 in prizes. The
prizes for the interstate infantry drill
open to all volunteer companies in the
United States aggregate $500. The
first prize is $1,000, second $1,000, and
third $500. The companies to compete
are to consist of six fours. The prizes
for state troops are the largest ever yet
offered at any drill, aggregatiug for
Texas infantry companies S3,700. For
Texas maiden companies $4,000 is
offered. Besides this prizes are offered
for state and interstate drills, gattling
gun detachmentS, state and interstate
cavalry and zouaveS, open to all COM
panies. besides number of large indi-
vidual prizes for soldiers and officers.
inspection, discipline, etc. BY the
terms of the contest the light guards of
Houston. Tex. are barred from Compel
ing in the interstate contest; prizes of
$1,000, and $500 are offered for the best
band music. A Mardi Gras celebration
Will be given in connection with the
drill, and other attractions have been
provided, making the affair the biggest
celebration event that has ever occurred
in Texas.