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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23
PERSONALS.


Mrs. II. G. Spaulding is seriously
i'll.
Mrs, John Scott is visiting at Os-
born.
T. N. Jones of Alma, Neb., is in
town.
A new girl baby at Mr., and Mrs. j.
M. Coles.
Mrs. Lee Sorivener has gone on a
visit to Iowa.
Miss Nellie Sherer has just return
ed from a visit to Logan.
James Wood is arranging for a trip
to the State of Washington.
Frank Strain is of on a prospecting
tour to Grand Junction, Colo.
G. w. Rosser and family of Plum
township, have removed to Denver.
G. M. Spaulding, a capitalist of
Burlington, Vermont, is IN the city
Mrs. Sol. Rosenberg of Stockton
is visiting her brother, Sam. ROsen-
berg.
Doctor Wallace and Dell Cham
plain talking up a trip to Utah and
J Montana.
The Baptist Church is in the
hands Of the carpenters who are put
| ting on the inside finish.
| Roadmaster a. B. Thompson says
they have had a great abundance OF
rains in the west part Of the state.
H H. Bennett is in Colorado on
business, when he returns he will
/ make an extended visit to Minnesota
Mrs. Marsh Of Holdrege, who was
visiting with Mrs. Fox, has gone &c
Phillipsburg. Republican City In
dependent.
Lawyer G. A. Lewis accompanied
Frank Strain on his western trip
They left Thursday and Mr.. Lewis
will go as far as Grand Junction.
Colo.
George A. Spauldlng took trip to
Topeka the first of the week to con
! fer with the officials Of the Rock Is
land in regard to our proposed water
works.
Mrs. F. A Smith and babe toOb
/ Wednesday mornings train for g
three months visit at PrOphetstOwn
! III, her former home. She will stOT
of and visit friends at ST 5oe.s Mo
Rev. B. II. Fleisher VIII preach tbe
memorial sermon ia this city On tA'
/ 25th inst, at IL o'clock, q. M Rev
FIeisber Is a splendid speaker and L
! IS hoped that a large audience viii oc
present.-Eallg fssag1d Lea ter
Attorney Gill ana Frank Strail
were in this city Friday and Satur
: day. They went fishing at nigh
and succeeded IN catching a fine mes
of nsh among which was a.iaFge cat
: fish weighing tsn pounds and iv
ounces. Island Leader.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23

H A. Harmon not only keeps
constantly on hand the best and pur-
est drugs, but has a splendid assort-
ment of wall paper which he is sell
ing at bedrock figures. If
The Baptist Church has just pur-
chased about four hundred fine as
sembly chairs for their new church
L. b. Countryman who furnished the
goods says it will be the best furnish
ed church in this part of Kansas.
We wish to call the attention of
our readers to the largest advertise
ment which has ever appeared in this
paper. We refer to the ad. of the
Chicago Fair, containing a partial
list Of their prices for May.
Rev. I. S. Hall Of ST. Francis,
formerly of Phillipsburg, advertises
that he had two ponies and a mare
stolen recently from his stable. The
mare belonged to Jacob Nipps of this
place. who had loaned her to Rev.
Hall.
The people of Norton are we'll
pleased, we learn, with their water
works. They are self-sustaining or
IN other words enough people take
! and pay for water to defray expense
Of operating and interest on the bonds.
! We learn that a similar condition of
| things exist in Stockton.
| You can always find the freshest
vegetables, the finest dried fruit and
the best and cheapest groceries al
! George Coles. He buys butter, eggs
and other farm products, paying all
that the market will Justify. Farmers
/ if you want to sell produce or buy
groceries try Coles.
There will be a school entertain
ment by the members Of the High
School, two evenings, May % and a
Change of program each evening
''Brac, the Poor House Girl - Friday
May %. ''The Heroic Dutchman OF
'76," Saturday, May "a Proceeds
for the benefit Of the School Library
] Come and aid in a good cause. Ad
mission, 10. 20 and 30 cents. Re
served seats on sale at butchers
T News Stand Doors open at 7:3O
curtain rises at $50.
Recently Editor Boyd of the Lo
/ gan Freeman has been roasting 81. J.
; Shaver, an old soldier of Belmont
/ Township, and among other things
charged Shaver with spending hii
money in an improper manner, etc
Mr.. Shaver responds in the LOgaI
Republican and last week printed al
itemized statement OF bis expendI
lures. Here is one Of the items;
s. so on a case Of beer that BOYD and / bouch
in '-csh00t. = ana Which Boyd ''5tltZ' me fOt th
express charges AFTER drinking more tnen hI
ehaFes but then Boyd needed beeE and Doodle a
] hnig fot sheriff, yoa know
That was q shabby trick, a MAJ
WhQ IS constantly charging other PEG
pie with being FasGals, ought himsel
to be man enough to put up his shar
for the sehnaps, bought in partner
ship,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23

butcher will not be undersold in
wall paper.
Pants, oils and varnlsh sold at
S. S. Fisher and Co.'S.
Geo. Cole delivers goods. Leave
your orders with him.
Get chicken for your Sunday
dinner at Evans.
Keep your money at home by
buying -four and feed of G. w. Cole
Wall paper at bed rock prices at
Butchers. Eight cents a bolt.
Fresh, smoked, and salt meat, at
Evans.
Another car load of genuine
Glidden wire at French & Johnston's.
There is lots of whoopng cough
now among the children Of Phillips
burg.
IS. S. Fisher & Co.'S. is headquar-
ters for cigars. They always keep
the best brands.
Highest market price paid for
butter, eggs and corn by 81. S. Pol
ing & Go.
DO not fail to examine G.. r.
Thacker's patent cultivator at Carpen-
ter's blacksmith shop east of the Bis
sell house. At
%. &. johnson and e. E. Korns
bought the w. B. Stubert farm last
week. It is between Phillipsburg
and Marvin.
Ten shares of stock in series "a
of Phillipsburg Building and LOaI
Association for sale. Enquire a
HERALD Office. IF
g. w. Cole will keep constantly
on hand Marvin Mills -four and choE
feed, bran, shorts, ETC., at lowest liv
J ing rates. If.
John 6. Gebhart has just re
ceived a fine line of new ready mad
} clothing. He viii save you mono,
in that line. Try him. st.
AT the late term of court after
case had been tried, it was ascertain
ed that one Of the jurymen resided
+ IN Nebraska. OF course that fac
spoiled the trial for that term.
Arlington is closing out his en-
tire stock of wall paper at cost. Sc,
|. him and be convinced. IF you wan
to do your own work he viii advis
you what to use and how to use it.
We wish to call the attention 0
, our readers to the largest advertise
ment which has ever appeared in TIL
paper. We refer to the ad. Of tn
; Chicago Fair, containing a pArtI8
list of 5their prices for May. ''i: %
/ tj-f az IL s:,-.r.~ F9f 4
The following named enumers
tors have beer" abpointed up to thi
whiting ia this county; Charlie
: EtedeTicks OF PhillipsbBEgs AEFbp
s aEyg9od as Deer Creak, + Is. Break
e Of Freedom, Miranda H0ach of Al
] leade. ], Y. Lee. Of Belmont, and Gee
Bell Of Marvin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23
MRS Meldrum,a Tea .

Last Saturday afternoon Mrs. G..
w. Medium very pleasantly enter
tanned a party of ladies at an after
noon tea, taking this occasion to in
trOduce her sister Mrs. COmparet Of
Denver to her friends in Phillips
burg. After serving a most enjOya-
BILE repast, Mrs. Medium called In
Music to her aid and the evening
shadows began to fall before the par
ty dispersed, all pronOuncing it a most
delightful afternoon and eager for its
repetition. 1t has been maiciously
affirmed, probably by some envi0us
member of the sterner sex, that on
occasions of this kind, the ladies are
wont to indulge in their purely
feminine proclivity for gossip, but
we have been credihIy informed
that last Saturday the conversation
was all of the most intellectual order
and was replete with bOn-mOts and
witticisms worthy of preservation.
Those present were bIesdames Wal
lace. Shearer, Hoffman, French,
Leavitt, SewelI, Handy, Robertson,
Colby, Brainerd and Misses Da1forth
Move, Shearer, Buckley and BisseIl.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23
THE HERALD.
pHII.LIPSBURG, KANSAS
The best of meat at Evans.

~ l. ne Do5L OL IlodJ III 14Vdu s.
Go to Butchers for family and
pocket bibles. If
Wanted by H. S. Polling & Co.,
duck and geese feathers.
Evans keeps the best meats IN
the city.
butcher, at the post office is sell
ing % cent novels for Is cents.
New millinery received constant
ly at Mrs. @. James, call before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Bishop ThomIs, of the E plscopal
Church of Topeka, was in Phillips
burg Tuesday and confirmed a class.
Cabbage, tomato, and sweet po-
tstoe plants for sale by Jos. G. Geb-
hart 2t
There was a heavy rain, wind and
hail storm from Belleville eastward
last Tuesday night.
C. R. Thacker's riding listing
cultlvator and weed cutter is the best
there IS on the market. At
Prime leaf lard, free from cotton
square.
F. T. M. butcher, at the postof-
flee, is agent for all the eastern news
papers. You can subscribe for any
of them through him If.
Good farm loans in this county
and city loans on Phillipsburg prop
ePty will be filed without delay by
VIM. Bissell.
H. B. Reynolds has been appoint
ed Under Sheriff to Sheriff Lee Scriv
ner. We believe the appointment
will give good satisfaction.
Frank Stinson will soon remov,
his residence back about fifty feet 81
as to have more front yard. He vii
also make other improvements.
John G. Gebhart has just re-
ceived a fine line Of new ready made
clothing. He will save you money
in that line. Try him. st.
g. w. Cole has enlarged hi.
store room and Will keep a wholesale
-four and feed store in connection
with groceries. tt.
Smithing Coal, Gen
ulne BlOssburg, kept
by Decker & Son.
IF. T. III. butcher has just re
ceivsd tie largest ana finest stock %
wall 'Bdperi ever brought to Phillips
Bitih I'R D0n'b buy any Elll you ekatiiin
hiSSb the 'bdst5fhc6.. II '''' '.N '''' "a
h'- wish. to cali the attention Q
our readers TO the largest advertise
fitBnE which has ever appeared ia 'ttli
Baas We FateC f8 fBa Rd oE %
CHICAGO Fair, containing q pRFblE
list Of their prices fOE May,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23

The State Of kansas rs. Chas.
Nickel Of Greenwood township was
tried before Justice IoWnsley and a
jury three days this week. The de-
PENDANT is charged with committing
a misdemeanOr in that some two
weeks ago ne set out a FIRE, which got
away from HIM, damaging consider
able property belonging to his neigh
bors. County Attorney Sherer pros
ecuted, and Stinson & Gall defended.
The jury returned q verdict Of not
guilty,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23
90 20 for Water WorIzs 2

Friday, this week, is the day des-
ignated to vote on the proposition to
issue city bonds to the amount of
$4,000 to be expended in putting in
a system of water works ia Phillips
burg. While DESTROYS of enCOurag-
ing every legitimate movement which
has for its Obiec5 the we'll being of
our town, we have felt that this bond
proposition would bear considerable
discussion and was not an entirely
one sided question. We have hereto
fore stated the several advantages
which might accrue to Phlllipsburg
by putting in these contemplated
works, VIZ:
LIST. About $4,000 Of the whole
amount expended will be paid out
here for labor.
End The town will be much bet
ter protected from the ravages by fire
than now.
Bird. Wells will be largely dispens-
ed with as water can be conveyed in
to dwellings at a cost Of about $500
to $1,000 per year.
4th. Residence grounds can be
Watered and the tame grasses made
/ to grow, also fruit and ornamental
trees, thus identifying the town and
making it more attractive.
5th. The streets can be sprinkled
and the dust kept down thus making
! life more pleasant here.
/ 9Th. The Rock Island railway has
expressed a willingness to supply
their depot here at a cost not to ex-
coed what it now costs it for water,
/ which we understand is about $4,000
/ per month.
Finally. The establishing Of water
works is the fashion ali over the west
in towns having a population of ] 600
/ or more, and such improvement is
considered as so essential that strang-
] ers seeking new homes are attracted
to the enterprising and beautihed
towns rather than to those giving evi-
dence of lack of prOgresslVeness and
thrift.
We learn that without hardly an
exception the scores Of towns IN the
west where water works have been
established the people are pleased
with them and consider the outlay as
money well expended.
The HERALD cannot conscientIousIy
/ urge electors to vote for the bonds
nor against them, for it IS question
on which our readers can form as IN
telllgent an opinion as we. We DO
say. carefully investigate the subject
make up your minds IS what your
duty is in the premises. and then &C!
as your best judgment prompts you
-Rumo4 has It that w. IL Moore
the expert accountant who is engag
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23
Wanted

Everybody TO use one of O. B
Thaeker's listing cUltivators- It
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-23

-Rumor has it that w. IL Moore,
the expert accountant who is engag-
Cd ia examining the County Treasur-
er's and County Clerks books from
the organization Of the county, has
finished his work down TO the close
OF d. j. Smiths terms, and End the
books and accounts practically ElghU
that far. 1t VIII require some tl1ae
yet TO complete the work he has 70
do,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-26

had always been careful to keep his
bead toward me. | should be torn to
pieces as Kaldhein had beenl Down the
stairs l dashed, across the courtyard,
and toward a lofty old tower which
stood in one corner of the castle. Uu
the winding stairs of this ran with q
speed which belongs only to franti-
cally terrified creature, until reached
the fourth story, where l dashed through
an open doorway, slammed behind me
an iron door, which shut with spring,
and fell gasping upon the floor.
I'm less than a minute l was aware,
ty slight rattling of the great hinges,
that something was pushing against the
door, but did not move. knew that 1
was safe. The room in which lay was
prison dungeon, and in it, in the olden
times, it is said men had been left to
perish. Escape or communication with
the outer world was impossible. A little
light and air came through the narrow
slit near the top of the wall, and to force
the door would be impossible.
81 knew that the invisible dog, or
whatever it was, could not get in unless
the door was opened. 1 had frequently
noticed that when he entered room it
was through an open door, and some
times knew of his approach by seeing
an unlatched door open without visible
cause, so feeling secure for the present
lay and gasped and painted.
"After the lapse of a few hours, how
ever, was seized by new terror. How
was l ever to get out Of this horrible
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-26
HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

Kansas Granger's Dlsheartening Ex.
perience with Cipher Dispatches.
To prevent mistakes in transmitting,
the grain and commission men have a
well-established cipher in which words
that are not liable to be mistaken by
the telegraph operator are used in place
OF the quotation figures. Some Of the
Kansas City firms use the cipher in cor
responding with their out-of-town Gus
toners, and others do not, as the gem
eral run of customers are not familiar
with the cipher.
A Kansas man was in Kansas City
last year and made large purchase of
wheat with leading commission house
on four per cent. margin. He request
ed the firm to telegraph him the quota
tions next day, and clerk of the firm
was instructed to present him with a
cipher key, but neglected to do so.
The Kansas man now tells the story
of his speculation with great gusto.
The next morning he received tele-
gram:
Opened, disgust
He was somewhat surprised, and failed
to make any sense out of the message.
A little later he received another mes
sage.
"Disgusted"
He did not know what it meant, but it
was signed. So he telegraphed back to
the commission firm:
$50 am l."
little later came telegram;
'Disgusting."
By this time he was getting mad, and
sent back another message:
Il should say it was disgusting.
What do you mean?'
Before he had fairly got his answer
on the wires there came another mes
sage:
''Disheartened."
So was the Kansas man; so he waited
and did not answer. But when an
other message came in Dishonest" he
sent back word:
II won't dispute it, and l think YOU
are crazy also. Sell all my wheat at
once"
A little later he received message:
Sold just in time. Now disgorge."
To say that the Kansas man was mad
would be putting it mildly. He took the
train that night for Kansas City to see
what it meant, and when he found out
he treated all around.
Disgust translated is 99% cents, dis
gusted, 99X cents; disgusting, 100 cents:
disheartened, 1OoH cents; dishonest
100H cents, and disgorge, 99X.-Kansss
City Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-26

mo doubt they do" answered, s'or
the poet and playwright would not have
thought of it
She sat silent again for little while,
her eyes lit with light that was inde-
scribable.
81 wish knew" she said, presently,
''if, outside of plays and stories, they
ever do. l wish knew. 1 wish I
knew"
She clasped her hands and looked at
me as though must tell her. At least,
felt that way, and in order to turn her
eyes from me for a moment, l repeated
that thought they did.
She hung upon my words with q look
which resembled Joy in her face.
81 have dreamed of il" she said, "I
have hoped for it for years. I have
thought of the possibility of 1t every
waking moment of my life. I have
longed for it with all my soul. Why?
Because my husband went away fifteen
years ago-went in unreasoning anger
Jealous without cause, and / have
listened for his footstep every moment
OF my waking life since. / have lived
In this house, working like a slave to
keep 1T, that he might know where to
find me when he came, because we lived
here together. Every night through
all the long, lonely years of his absence
i have kept light burning in this
room that he might see 1t and
think was within waiting for him.
am not so old as look. am thirty
five, and you might think me sixty, so
much have 1 suffered. Sometimes
dream that he has come, and for long
time after l am almost sure that he will;
but the years go on and am still alone.
But now, that l have seen that play,
Enoch Arden, feel something like hope
growing again in my heart Let come
what will, will wait right here in this
house until he comes or / go to my
grave"
looked at her snow-white head, and
her delicate, withered face, and felt my
heart swell. l had read of martyrs, but
she was the first one / had ever seen.
What words had for a sorrow like hers?
The next night left the city. She
was in her sitting-room when started,
going on with her weary waiting, and as
l looked back from the corner of the
street saw the window lighted by the
lamp which burned for him whose COM
ing was so long delayed-and-well,
am not ashamed to say that tear rolled
down my cheek as l thought of the
woman who waited within.-Gertrude
Garrison, in Texas Siftings
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woMAN's COLD STARE.
A Bad Habit Which Causes a Great De
oF

A Bad Habit Which Causes a Great Deal
of Hard Feeling.
1 have passed through a room filed
with well-dressed, well-educated and
supposedly well-bred women, where 1
was stranger to all, and 1 have felt
that it would be a less painful matter
to ascend the scaffold for my execution.
Afterward meeting these same ladies,
perhaps found them kind and tender
hearted, and never consciously wound
ing another.
Yet this habit of coldly staring at a
stranger had grown upon them without
their knowledge. / have seen this
habit carried to its extreme AZ summer
watering places. Little girls and young
misses cultivate this cold and critical
stare, and ] am often surprised to see
the rudeness and terrible lack of careful
breeding which these eiegantly-appar-
eled small damsels from our ''best So
ciety" exhibit on the streets in this re-
spect.
/ have noticed groups of young girls
with their school books on some of our
most fashionable streets, and have seen
them haughtily gaze at the people whom
they passed or met, and have heard them
give vent to peals of laughter before the
unoffending victim of their bad breed
ing was out of earshot
If the fashionable schools which teach
young girls how to walk and sit, and the
proper manner in which to enter a room,
would also teach them how to look at a
stranger in a respectful and kindly man
~ Cd g. ~
and withering stare of criticism, it
would materially improve the manners
of the rising generation
Affability, cordiality, kindness and
amiability are wonderfully charming
qualities in women, and we all need to
cultivate them.
There never yet was a woman 80 gift
ed, wealthy, beautiful or high in social
position that cold, distant and super
cilious bearing would not mar her cnarm.
There are SO many sorrowful things in
life, there are so many hurts and wounds
for all of us, it seems to me that every
woman ought TO cultivate sweet man
ner and a kindly glance for the stranger
or acquaintance. 1t costs nothing, and.
like ray of sunlight, it warns and
strengthens many a frostbitten life
whereon it falls
think some women or girls have the
idea that naughty and proud bearing
impresses stranger with sense of
their Importance This is a mistake,
The truly great are never arrogant or
cold, but modest and kind in demeanor,
while the unworthy and presumptuous
often assume ansair of superciIious dis
dain with strangers to hide their natural
deficiencies n. Y. Journal
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FAITHFUL DOG.
in the kitchen of the castle, and 1t was
not long before felt like myself again.
The storm had now almost passed away,
and arose and went to my own rooms,
my friend and protector still keeping
close to my side.
ION the morning of the next day, as /
sat wondering what had happened to my
servants, and whether my father had
been apprised of the disaster to the
castle, felt something pulling at the
skirt of my coat. / put out my hand
and found that it was the invisible dog.
Imagining that he wished me to follow
him, arose, and, obeying the impulse
given me by his gentle strain upon my
coat, followed him out of the door,
across the courtyard. and into the open
country. We went on a considerable
distance. A gentle touch of my coat
admonished me when turned from the
direction in which 1t was desired that /
should go.
"After a walk of about half an hour /
approached great oak tree, with low,
wide-spreading branches. Someone was
sitting beneath it. Imagining the truth,
1 rushed forward. 1t was Mariel
''It was needless for US to say any
thing, toexplain the state ofour feelings
toward each other. That tale was told
by the delight with which we met
When ] asked her how she came to be
there She told me that about an hour
before. while sitting in front of her
fathers mansion, she had felt some
thing gently pulling at her skirts, and
although at first a little fright
ened. she was at length impelled by
curiosity to obey the impulse, and
without knowing whether it was the
wind or some supernatural force which
had led her here, she had come.
I've had great deal to say to each
other. She told me that she had beer
longing to send me ! message to warn
me that Colonel Kaldhein would
eersstnly kill me the next time e ss1