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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-28

my appetite was gone. Fine life Of
the Dominecker hen might have been
spared.
"I expect a powerful sermon from
you termorrer. bro her, my affection
ate host remarked. We anu had our
feelin's stirred up in some time an we
want 'em stirred. Jest want you ter
pile doctrine up on that pulpit til You'd
think it was a fodder-stRck. IhGt's the
only way to please our folks.
We returned to the sitting room.
Something had to be done.
Nov, brother" said the host, "jest
step right up thar and go to bed, fur
you'll need q little sleep"
Thank you, but let me go out and
see about my horse"
ooh, no; I've fixed him all right.
"But I'd rather look after him
again.
Wall, I'll go out and see to him.
You list must sleep, fur we want
powerful sermon termorrer. Take off
yo' shoes right down here by the fire"
"NO, I'll take them off upstairs.
The room above was reached by
means of a ladder. / babe them good
night and climbed no. My intention
was to escape before daylight. could
not help but grOan when I glanced
about the room. There was no window
and I could not escape through the
room below. 81 must make a hole
through the roof, L unused.
Would they never stop talking? At
last they were quiet. The clapboards
must have been held down with spikes.
It was awful work, but at last I sue
ceeded in making AN opening large
enough, To get out on the roof was
an easy matter, bur how was I to get
down? I crawled to one corner and in
trying to climb down slipped and fell
off. L fell on a dog It must have
killed him. for nothing far removed
from the grave could have sounded
such a note of despair. The old man
did not awake. I roamed round and
round trying to find the stable Found
it at last. Went into the wrong stall
and was kicked by a colt.
I mounted and rode away. My horse
was so tired, notwithstanding his food
and rest, that he travelled with diff
Guilty; but I urged him on. Daylight
came and then I cursed myself L had
left my horse, a magnificent animal,
and had taken an old stiff-jointed,
knOck-kneed thing that would not have
brought $40 on the public square of q
village. Should L go back? Oh, no.
rode or stumbled on until the old
plug gave out, and then walked and
carried my saddle.
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the narrow fringes to denote the ut
lines of the fronts.
The rage for high. sleeves increases,
and as these give a good effect to a thin,
straight figure, folded bOdices, with the
pleats or gathers set in at the shoulders,
are excee dingly fashionable, and the
plain, close fitting bodice is left entirely
to the tailor, who Just now is less in IA
vor But my third sketch shows how the
spring will probably transfer her tickle
favor to close fitting gowns which show
OF the figure, but combined with high
shOuldered sleeves. This toilet in the
original was made of mRuve faille,
trimmed with black astr akhan, and en-
broideries and grelots of antique silver.
A muff was silk, astrakhan and silver en-
brOideries to correspond. A pretty bon
net formed of mauVe Furah ribbons and
coques was surrounded by a border Of sill
yer embroidery. Velvet sleeves are gem
eraI but only where some of the same
fabric is used in the skirt. Damasse
material for those woven IN shawl pat
terms or rsIief brocades are much used
with plain cashmere, the sIeeN es always
of the fancy fabric, and generally q vest
or a back and front plastTOn, and some
panels or n tabler IN the skirt. The
guipUTe embroidery is being copied at
low prices, but thu deep points in this
material have not yet become hciently
cheap to be generally used Some new
bLlIlLtl4Ll5" u lAAo diBAiAIuC PC la q L4l5
leaves and scrolls partly Of silk, wool,
and tinsel but the Old-fas hioued trim
mings of silk cord and gimp which ere
revived in new designs during last season
are not likely to be developed just yet.
BY the way, women who have lamented
the insecurity of the ordinary dress
20 .kets (Which in their natural state cer-
tainIy offer every advantage to the enter
prising thief VIII Oubtiess rejoice to
hear of new invention, by the use of
which they can in future carry untold
gold In the pockets Of their skirts with
out running any risk Of being 10 bed.
There is no patent on It. Some of our
dressmakers are making them whenever
ordered He ded by q strong piece of
webbing, which should be securely fas-
tened to the skirt of the dress at the
yvaistband, this pocket is arranged with
srring which opens Immediately when q
small brass button is pressed by the hand.
No one but the Wearer can possibly open
the pocket, and for further security it is
finished at the end with q small chain,
which viii effectually prevent IT'S being
cut away from the dress itself. An in
serted hand would be caught like q
weasel in q steel trap.
DevCut lovers anxious 10 md some
thing novel In the wag OF gift viii be
charmed with the latest fancy In lace
pins They consist simply OF fac
simile In gold Of the signature of the
she for whom they axe purchase . the
5sweler having previously had, OF course
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yam ter jim Mason's he'll keep you in
the finest sOrter shape. Lives right
down thar at the foot of the hill"
The traveller turns away disappOint-
ed, of course, but he has placed q
wreath of faith upon Jim Mason who
lives fright down thar" and onward
he goes through the darkness. His
horse stumbles, and sometimes he has
to stop and feel his way. Mile after
mile Is passed, it seems, but no beam
of light comes trembling out to meet
him. He curses the man who has lied
to him, and III his anger he thinks of
finding his way back and choking the
scoundrel, when suddenly light down
the valley warns his heart. He rides
up to q cabin. "Hal1Oa!" Door is
opened; man pOkes his head out.
Jim Mason live here?"
what do you want with him ?"
Il want to stay all night"
ooh, lowed mebbe yer wanted ter
snatch him up befo' the Gran Jury.
Yes, live here
Well, was told away back yonder,
/ don't know how far, that you would
accommodate me for the night"
"Red-headed Teller was it that told
you?" he asked, still standing with his
head pOked out.
Il don't know; it was too dark to
see"
"Wa1, if it was a red-headed Teller
it was my sOn-in-law, an reckon he's
the biggest liar in East Tennessy."
"I don't know who it was, but the
question Is, can I stay"
Questions mighty easy answered.
You KANT"
"But, my dear sir, I can not so any
further.
"Bleeged to you for CALM me q dear
sar, but i reckon you'll halter 90
furder. Sam Mayhem lives right down
thar, an / think he'd be glad to take
YOU. Jest tell Sam that you air from
Texas an know his folks that went out
thar three years ago. Tell him YOU
knOwd ALI, and lobe, and the rest of
'em. My brother Pete went ont thar
with them. Community lost a good
man when Pete left, L tell you. Tall.
rawbOned Teller that could lift one side
of steer"
was the traveller, and I saw my
chance. No c0suistry could stand up
against such Inducements to tell lie
yea, so great a necessity of it. /
would deceive him.
Ny dear sir. 1 am from Texas, sure
enough, and do know his people,
though, of course, not intimately"
know AIf?"
Eyes"
"An' Tobe?"
edo"
@Look here, you mout know mr.
brother Pete, that lives out there IL
CaIhoon County"
81 am acquainted with him. Gu
there he is known as Long Pete.
Wall, I declar, stranger, you al
gettin' interestin'
Shall get down and come in p
eyes, but wait q mini5. Now you ii
a truthful man, air yOu?"
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faithfully resemble cork, both in color
and texture, and it is upon this bilious,
sponge-lille material that one is invited
to conduct ones frivolous correspond
ence. Certainly the newest stationery is
about as hideOus and as stupid as any
thing wherewith we have been afflicted,
and that is saying q great deal; but the
worst Of it is that We are only at the be-
ginning Of an epidemic Of realistic note
D per. I have noticed that the introduce
ton of new color or texture in station
cry invariably leads to a series, and thus
I confidently await the appearance of sim
uIated tOWeling with the address
stamped to initiate red marking-cOtton.
Materials now to be used for dressy bon
nets are light velvet faille, stitched to
initiate quilting, cloth, and crepe de
Chine, with lace, feathers, and fi1igree
gold. A pretty capOte was made of pink
velvet with white lace over, edged with
gold braid, and Ornnmente ed with aigrettes
set IN lace. A white capOte was en-
brOidered with pink and gold and had
black aigrette. A pink faille quilted,
capOte, with a crOssway band of faille on
the brim and vleuX rose aigrette; black
velvet strings. A capOte made of tiIeul
crepe de Chine, with SILVER embroidery
cTeam-c OlOred roses outside and a file
gree dragOntiy disporting on them. An
other bonnet was open black passemen-
terie over emerald green velvet, feathers
and algrette sprfnS1ng from black peau
de sole bow. The capotes and tOques
with strings continue small but hats are
large, and of all imaginable shapes. The
hair is still worn dressed high for even
ing, making the head to look as small as
possible, and only an aigretie or small
tuft of flowers or ribbon toward the
front. But the incest thing in bonnets
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Sanderson will preach Powerful
glad to see you. Why, brother, I
hope you ant sick, air you ?"
I must have looked bad at that mo-
ment; indeed my hair must have begun
to rise on the top Of my head. Preach
II couldn't have said six words.
Would it do to undeceive the old fell
low? No. He was comical in some re-
spects, but his eyes said Don't YOU
fool with me"
The woman entered: EUR pity sake,
Dick, air you still trying ter eat the
brother up :? A pusson would think that
you never hurt nobody IN your life, you
air so lovin', but Sam Belts wouldn't
think so.
Wall, he told me a lie, Puss, an I
won't stand that frum nobody. I don't
mind man cheatin' me outen a dime
once in a while, but 1t won't do fur a
pusson ter lie ter me about nothiE' q
tall
Come on, brother, an eat a bite,
said the woman.
I had been exceedingly hungry, but
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way, and at one time fell to his knees.
1t must have been twelve o'clock when
saw another light. When / yelled
a man opened the door.
Who's that? ?"
Another lie might be successful. I
would take q desperate chance.
81 am a preacher" answered,
cold, hungry, tired, and lost in this
awful night of darkness. Can you take
me in?"
what sort of a preachers"
Methodist.
wall, I reckon he KEN" a wOman's
voice answered. "Jest get right down
an come in, an Dick, you take the
brothers boss. Bless my life; the
idea of a preacher bein' lost SIGH
night as this. Walk right in, brother"
They had been to bed, but a great
lOg-fire burned in the immense fire.
place The man took my horse and
the woman busted herself with putting
her house in order, and, during the
time, deplored the hardships to which
[ had been subjected. The man, q
cOmicaI old fellow with dead-grass
whiskers, soon returned and shook
hands with me time and again.
mighty glad ter see you, brother.
Han't been q preacher at my house fur
q powerful long time. Powerful glad
ter see you. Stranger come along in
the arly part of the night an wanted
TO stay with US, an although we've got
hrst-rate bed upstairs I sent him on
down ter Sam Mason's, cause J. lowed
suthin' mOUb happen. Powerful glad
ter see you"
He leaned over, and, placing his hand
on my knee, gazed affectiOnately into
my face.
Dick" exclaimed his wife, "don't
| eat the brother up, fur mussy sake"
mo, Puss, he reiOined, 81 love you
too well ter deprive you of that air
! pleasure. Brother, what Is yO' name 2"
"SandersOn," L answered.
"Wau, 1 am powerful glad to see
! you. Puss, slip out thar an snatch the
! feathers often the Dominecker hen and
| cook her fur Brother SandersOn. Wake
up Sim an tell him thar's er preacher
in the house Wush you could a met
my daughter Polly, but she married
Nat Buckley last week. As good a
worker at the mOurner's bench as you
ever seed. Drawed the Pettygast boys
in when nobody else could teach 'em.
| I'm powerful glad ter see you. What
sort Of q boss air yOd Tidin' ?"
A pretty fair animal"
"Wall, 1 reckon we ken strike up a
trade Tomorrow before church time.
Before church time?"
"Yis the meetin' house Is right down
thar in the hoIler; so you didn't miss
it so mighty fur after all. Don't pay
no 'tent1on to that noise It's only the
DOminecker hen q squawlin' Better
squawl, too, fur when that wife of mine
spreads the palms OF her hands out on
a hen, why the hens life ends pretty
soon afterwards. if not right thar.
Mighty good thing they sent you, fun
our regular preacher is sick an KANT
fill the pulpit, an the folks don't know
it, but I reckon you hearn Of it an
come to take his place. Wall, I'll git
up arIy an build a fire in the meetin
house, an my boy ken ride all arOun
an tell the folks that have hearn o.
Brother Rice's sickness that Brother
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THE LOST CHILD.
NJ mrs. NAPoTHoN B. moRANoz.

Lost Lost in the bswildering throng,
Baked by the human current, surging strong
amid the savage roar It's voice Is drowned,
y o ear has caught the feeble, plaintfVo sound
Mamma mamma !" it calls, then glances shy
Beuaying dread OF every passer-by.
It's eyes are tear-bliud and its feet
are, o, so weary, wandering the street,
Mamma! mammal" il calls, aud calls again.
Adding each time keener note Of pain;
IT runs. then pauses, overwhelmed with IeHrsl
For only strangers cross its mist OF tears.
The traces of q mothers care
Still linger in the curled and sunny hair;
The playing children tempt it not to stop,
Though ia its hand is clutChed a striped top
And as it hurries through the alien town,
One little stocking slips unhesded down.
At last the faint appeal Is heard.
And sleeping hearts OF sympathy are stirred
Some bend TO ask its name Its mother
name
On ali the world it seems to have no claim.
1t stares at every one in blank amaze,
While Ger it's face tangled ringlet strays.
Arrested on it's Grant course.
The very tears are scared back to their source;
One chubby hand is lifted TO its brow,
It's head droops like broken flower now
To ask, suggest, or coax alike are vain,
But suddenly from out the crowd
A presence dawus, like sunshine from n cloud
A sob of giaduess heaves the little breast
Bystauders need no moro, they know the rest.
Mamma mamma :" it shouts with ringing Joy,
And to her hear5 the mother clasps her boy.
NEW YORK CITY.
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o specimen Of the young lady's auto
graph submitted to has inspection. as
eech girls nGme-even &c it be so usual q
one as Maud is written differently,
every brooch is quite distinct ia design,
and being very light and delicate, they
make exceedingly pretty little fasteners
Tor @ 5sbCt. When the donor is quite
secure in the affections OF the young lady
to whom he wishes 20 present one OF
these novel brooches, he might fn3 his
own golden signature more appropriate
and Welcome, and / have no doubt that
We shall ind all next seasons brides
with more or less iileRible Jacks" and
Charles" shining among their lGces.
The jeweler merely shapes the wire into
a fac-simile Of the autograph, and there
you are-if you have the money TO pay
for It.
Right here let me give assurance that
bare fest are not to become fashionable in
parlOrs. There was no danger OF it2
Well, don't know about that. The cable
brought the assertion that Sarah Bern
hardt was enacting Joan Of Arc with
naked feet, and many a style has been
liked by that actress example. The dis
patches said that, IN the prison scene Of
the play. the unfortunate maid appears
in gray tunic that barely hides her nude
limbs. / am now able to say, on the au-
thOrity Of a private letter from Paris,
that Sarah's pedal extremities are en-
cased IN Aesh-tinte tights, having toed
feet, thus giving the appearance Of naked
ness. 1t may be that toed hosiery will
come into vogue, but the cable man mis-
led US as TO Bernhardt's realism.
Inventors of fashionable stationery,
seeking about for something new to tempt
the public, have hit upon something very
ugly, i have received some correspond
ence with note paper and envelopes that
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81 have always been regarded as
such.
"Ah, bah, an I don't like ter doubt
you, but thar's just one thing, an
only one, that looks a little sus-
picious.
aTeIi me what it is, and I VIII en-
deavor to explain"
aWush you would explain. You see,
T ant cot no brother Pete an never
did have none. I'm Pete myself.
KnOwd YOU was a rascal soon as I
heard you speak. Goodnight.
He shut the door and I turned away.
Ny horse stumbled, so rough was the
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tomless pits of blackness. A ray of
yellowish light, trembling its way
through the gloom, comes down from a
hill where dogs are barking. The
traveller is gladdened and, riding up to
a log cabin, shouts "HaIIoa!" Some
one opens the door.
"I would like to stay over night with
you. I am cold, hungry, and tired,
and don't believe I can go another
step"
"Wau, we KANT take in no pusson,
Gaze we ant got no place for pusson
ter sleep; but eff you'll 60 right down
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THEY TOOK HIM IN.

O be overtaken by
night in the lone
lest part of East
Tennessee is to the
traveller a condition
to be lamented,
writes Opie p. Read,
in the Chicago
Times. The road
is rough and the
deep valleys have
gathered q darkness
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m1ngs, how great q variety Of materials
may be used IN adaptations of that outfit.
Generally speaking, the gowns this spring
In style and outline repeat the models of
the winter. Princess dresses, with Greek
draperies, will prove more than ever pop
ular, but not to the exclusion of either En-
pire or DirectOire styles. COrsages viii
belong, Notwithstanding the success of the
Empire cOFsage, which is really q long bod
ice, with its length disguised by its wide
sash, Ingenuity is still at work deVising
new and odd effects for sleeves both long,
short. full and narrow. a vari-
ETY. Of fabrics will be used in early
Spring mHntles, and the picture shows
one which matches the accompanying
dress of broadly striped goods. The
edges are trimmed with gray fur, but imi-
tatIOn astrakhan may be used effectively,
and such street rig may DO made up
very reasonably as TO cost. If you can
afford o buy more extensively, you
should be pleased with the great variety
OF beautiful fabrics that are now crowd
ing the market in CoTah silks of two
shades of one color, or in contrasting
tints. On one shot foundation of gold
and reseda is q fine design in brocade in
beautifully shaded tints of rose. Most
Of the new wooden gowns intended for
day wear are literally mixed with velvet,
and there is a decided partially for
fringe, although 1t Is as yet only used in
small quantities, the wider kinds to out
line panels or the front of the basque
which then usually forms a point-and
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EW tie IaT glands WulCA AOIL4Su J1ie
~ roots, and render it glossy, soft and
thick. These alkaies dissolve the fat,
and soon the lady Is distressed to find
that her hair is breaking off or falling
out Alcohol, whether in form Of the
various hair tOnics, or bay rum, is
equally injurious, and to It's use In bar
Der shops are the most OF the bald
heads due.
When one feels that the head needs
q "good shampoo" the yelks Of eggs
alone should be employed, with plenty
of water. The yeIk of an egg is almost
aIOil, and for that reason an emOIlient,
but no alkah nor soap should be used
if it is desired TO preserve the hair at
its best.
Dandruff is q great injury to the
hair, and it has never yet been under
stood, though some have pretended to
have discovered its cause and cure.
But this we have noticed and proved,
those who wash their heads In cold
water daily never have it. Brushes
and combs should be kept very clean,
and no one should use those of another.
When there is dandruff, cleanliness,
washing in cold water, and sometimes
little brandy Will remove 1t.
The use of fine combs, unless when
absolutely necessary, Is greatly to be
| condemned, and it is far better to dis
| card them entirely. Many ladies find
it incOnvenient to wash their heads
! daily, on account Of their bangs, and
such depend upon the fine comb for
cleansing the scalp, with an occasional
shampoo. There are more exudatiOns
from the scalp than from the clear
skin, and the pores need clearer field,
so to speak, than they have with the
| Accommodations which catch to the hairs
and mat down tightly until they form
little scales, which being of refuse
matter turn sour and acrid, and finally
cOntaminate and heat the little fat cells
| which nOuIish the hair. These scales
accumulate until they keep up a sort
! of irritation and itching Of the scalp,
! and finger nails poison it, and before
( one knows 1t the head Is one mass of
/ scaIv dandruff, and before long the
! head Is sore in spots and the hair be
| gins falling.
Ladies whose neatness In other re-
/ spects Is prOverbia1, VIII not wash their
! hair daily-because- because ~ well,
! they can give no reason, only that they
were taught that 1t was not at all nee
essary. And when the scalp Is not
kept cool and free of dandruff. and the
seeretions which cause it. the hair often
loses It's coloring matter. The heat in
the cells destroys it, and young per
sons turn gray who ought not wear that
token of age for many years yet.
The writer of this is forty-three. and
has not one gray hair yet, and thinks,
| with some reason, that the regular
washing of her head In cold water
every morning since she was q child,
is the cause, and her hair is soft and
silky, and quite abundant for that age.
Her brothers and relatives younger
than herself are bald and gray. be
cause they don't think cold water
good for the scalp. EMMA VLO.
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~ - CoREEsPoNDENcE.1

DARING winds Of
March, the month
which comes In leo
nine and goes out
lambiike, are now
heard IN the land,
and We are able to
tell, in words aud
pictures, the clothes
that will be worn
by very fashionable
women. Those who
can buy such gar
ments to order, and
those who can ex-
pertly make them,
may md authentic
instruc tiOns here.
The initial toilet
consists Of q grace
fUI gown in q COM
bjnation Of mauve
faills, black lace,
IN d grelots. The
bonnet was Of sill
yer openwoTk, with
bOrderings of pansy
velvet. But with
the idea provided
for the outlines Of
dress an d trim o.
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ANY ladies wash
their II e ads with
preparations of al
llalies, ammonia,
bOrax, and ev en-
baking soda, and
sometimes washing
soda, but these are
each and all hurt
full both to hair and
scalp, for the life
and vigor of hair
comes from the lit
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one OF ms C4efhS the slA t6SuL4l3 ISM
it 2"
Seventeenth, sir.
Dear me, pondered the employer,
Give lost u day somehow"
well, Il 1t was last Sunday you
lost, said the innocent clerk, thought
fully, Il think I can tell y0u about it.
/ was taking drive on the other side
of Harlem hiver, and as [ was passing
Gabe Cases 1 saw"
@Ahemr' coughed the old gentle
man; @I-er-here, take these letters
to the mail at once"
And when the faithful clerk got his
salary raised yesterday he began to
dimIy catch on to the proposition that
nothing is more useful ia business than
q good memory, with a frst-c1ass for
gettery as sort Of beek-stop, as it
were.
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FEMININE FASHIONS.
CLOTHES THAT WILL BE WORN by
VERY STYLISH WOMEN.

GRACEFUL Gowns for Spring 1venr - The
Princess Dress Retains It's PopulgrIty-
Corsages Grow Longer and Sleeves short
err Dresses with ThieF-Proof Pockets 49,
Fashion Gossip