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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

stories of the lives of other men who
rise to fortune through the force Of in
dustry and their own ability. The
present Postmaster General was born
in Chambersburg, Pa, in 1888. When
a boy he worked in the little brickyard
owned by his father, and left that to
enter q book store at $l.25 a week.
His next move was to Philadelphia,
and he got there aided only by the
sturdy legs that trudged over every
foot Of the way between Chambersburg
and the city Of white marble steps. In
Philadelphia he married, and was made
Secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tian AssociatiOn-twO events that hap
pened not very far apart.
In 1861 his father-in-law started him
in a store which was the beginning of
his present immense establishment.
That is the story of his life. And 1t is
as different from his present existence
as the brickyard of his boyhOod is diff
ferent from the POstOfice Department
Of the United States,
The present family of the Postmas-
ter General consists of that official
himself, Mrs. Wanamaker, Thomas B.
and L. ROdman Wanamaker, and the
two girls, Misses Minnie and Lilly, the
former a debutante of this season and
the latter a sprightly young lady Of 10.
One of the sons, the elder, is in Phila-
delphia, while L. r. Wanamaker is in
France representing the firm of Wan
amaker & Co.. of Philadelphia. Mrs.
Wanamaker and her two daughters
are in Washington. -
The house occupied by the Wanna
makers is not only historical but sur
rounded by memories of the most
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

marks the Cabinet officer. Between
Mr.. Wanamaker's desk and the corri-
dor of the department there is but one
door, and that Is Of Iattice-work. No
you what you want or Why you want
ante-rOom, and are then privileged
to walk up to the desk of the Postmas-
ter General, make your little speech,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
A dark SECRET.
The Story Of a Tragic
Life Drama.
By 3. II. DAVY.
oHAPrER NvI-Contlnuea.

CHAPTER XVI-COntinueds
Further concealment is becoming al
most impossible. 1t is incredible to me
how the secret has been kept so long.
Surely your husband must have some
suspicion, he must have seen"
He has not the slightest idea, I tell
you. If I thought he had, Td-Id kill
myself.
@No, no; not that. There is another
alternative, my poor child-a better one
the plan L was suggesting to you just
now. You viii trust yourself to ne"
His emotion seemed to choke him.
4 am thinking about it. Whether
can bring myself to promise-
I dropped my bag lightly on the ground.
I wanted both hands free-free to grappls
with him-tO shake the truth from him,
if 1 could get at it no other way.
But you seemed to consent! Tell me
again that you CONSENT" he exclaimed,
eagerly.
Eyes. When the time arrives, you
have but to say, Come andI Will go with
you when and where you please" She
spoke with strange cOmpOsure, consider
ing the terrible import of her words.
If could feel quite sure" he be-
gan, hesitatinglY
do you mistrust me2 Do you fear I
shall change my mind?" she asked, with
laugh that sounded hysterical. Shall
I write it?"
A good thought. But viii write and
you shall sign" he answered. 1T will
help you to remember, and may be of use
should any difficulty arise"
They we're far too much absorbed to
notice that L changed my position so
that I could now see as we'll as hear
GascOigne wrote in his pOcketboOk,
then he handed it and the pencil he had
used to George.
Your signature is sufficient, he said.
She wrote, and, as hereplaced the book
in his pocket, he added, 1T would take
more seIf-possessiOn than I feel quite
master of to face your husband tonight. "
Then you must fy-quickIy, for even
a slow One-horse cab"-and she laughed
lightly as she said it" should be here by
this time. Will you 60 out through the
stable yard?" They knew of my return
Then they had had me watched
mo" said he, firmly. Il came in by
the front entrance. / Will leave by it.
I crept cautiously away. I believed I
knew their secret now. 1t was a vulgar
one enOugh-only the old story of false
friend and an unfaithfuI wife. But, oh,
my God, how had been befooled!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

There is not a single employee Of the
United States Government that works
harder or more hours a day than the
Postmaster General. He rises at 6,
breakfasts at 6 80, reads the morning
papers, and is at his desk at 8 o'clock,
an hour before the department is
open for business or the clerks have
arrived.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

Mrs. Hobbs Cparenb of an infant ter
FOR and several haR-grown terrors)-
Well, Mr.. Hobbs, since you are so dis
satisfied with the way am raising our
darling Willie, maybe yOu viii cOnde-
scend to inform me how you would
raise boys.
Hobbs-CertainIy; every boy ought
TO be kept in a hogshead and fed
through the bunghOle until he Is y
years of age.
And when he reaches the age Of
1872"
stop up the bunghole."
DR.. G.. MUNRO SMITH states that
diet of twelve to fourteen ounces OF
chemically dry food, digestibIe and with
the ingredients in proper proportion,
Is sufficient for the daily needs of an
aYerage-sized man on moderate work
Most persons eat literally twice as
much.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

OBODY likes a good
story or joke better than
John Wanamaker, and
none can laugh with
more heartiness, writes
a Washington cores
)pOndent. The story Of
his early life Is brief,
and very much like the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
STORY OF Al BUSY LIFE.
hon. JOHN VVA1A aEAEzER, POsTMAs-
TER GENERAL

EOw He Won His Way in the yFOrId-EIis
Public and Home Life-PersOnaf Char
aeteristics and Business 8IethOds-His
Wife Woman of Tact.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
Rushin's Domestic Romance.

When John Ruskin was young and
already famous, he was one evening
at Il party in London. when a lady
showed him Il beautiful girl who, she
said, ought TO be his wife.
Ruskin was too cnamored of the
beautiful in art to fall in love with
beautiful human creature. said the
critics, when, few months later he
married the girl.
He gave her magnificent home,
and admired her and hoped that she
would be throughout life his ideal COM
panion. His friends say that he adored
her. But women want something
more than alteration, they want love.
After a time, John Ruskin brought
Millais. the painter, to his house. and
asked him to paint his wife's portrait.
Millais was then. as he is now. a man
of superb physique, with lion-like
glance and tremendous length and
breadth of limb. While he was paint
ing the portrait he fell in love with
his friends wife; and the wife? Did
she not reciprocate the passion which
she had inspired?
John Ruskin, with his far-seeing
eyes, saw the unfolding OF this ro-
nance, which might become tragedy,
and he took the heroic course.
When he found that his wife did not
love him. without any accusation or
blame-and there was ground for
none-he secured a divorce, then walk
ed into church one morning with his
late wife and Millais. and stood by
while they were married. This was
heroic, and it was like the grand spirit
which has always animated John Rus
kin's breast.
The painter Millais has become the
leading artist in England. and has
been knighted Lady Milias's fault
less beauty is one of the charms of
London society. Neither of the two
forgets how Ruskin helped them, even
after they were married. on the way
up the hill to fame and fortune. Lady
Millais has posed for her husbands
most famous pictures. 1t is her face
that is represented in The Huguenot
Lovers" now in the Vanderbilt col.
lection in New York.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
A Profitable Public Forest.

The Sihl-Wald has been owned by
Zurich ever since 1909 at least, and
has been carefully administered for
centuries, says the Boston Herald 1t
is now managed on the most approved
scientific principles by corps of
trained foresters and permanent
working force SO well organized that
important work is successfully exc
cuted by common laborers under the
supervision of a forester of the lowest
grade. Economy as strict and watch
ful as that of any private enterprise
prevails, together with wise and
open-handed liberality in providing
for the welfare of the property. Last
year the net profits were something
over IS an acre, or total of about
$50, 600 for the city treasury. The
city does the entire work-lumbering,
manufacturing and administration. 1t
employs the best modern labor-saving
devices. such as lumber slides, porta-
BILE railways, and n railway to the
mii1s. In the saw mill the principal
machinery is American, and in its
factories the forest management works
up the product into great variety of
marketable material, and also manu-
features nearly everything it uses. An
elaborate and costly apparatus has
been successfully introduced for in
jecting wood with solution of copper
sulphate under hydrostatic pressure
making its products last twice or three
times as long as ordinary wood, so
that there is wide demand for the
telegraph poles railway ties, wooden
pavement, shingles and other articles
treated in this way. The net profits
of the forest will be largely increased
by new railway building into the
valley. Almost half the annual yield
of wood is from trimmings alone. The
proportion of tire-wood is generally "A
per cent, yielding 81 per cent of the
total revenue.
In this economic treatment of the
forest its value as a pleasure ground is
not forgotten. The management
maintains throughout the domain
network of well-kept roads and paths.
with occasional benches along them,
while it aims to preserve the landscape
unframed and make the place thor
oughly and pleasantly accessible.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
Royal Fish.

While old and wise heads of the
United States and England are carry
ing on dignitied quarrel over the
ownership of the seal in Behring Sea,
let me tell YOU something about royal
fish.
You know that Kings and Queens
have many rights and perogatives.
Well. one of these pcrogatives of En-
glish rulers in ulden times related to
royal fish. Royal fish are sturgeon and
whale. which are considered the finest
of deep-sea fish. For this reason, ''on
account OF their superior excellence"
whenever one of these fish was thrown
ashore or caught near the coast of
England 1t became the property of the
King. This seems very unjust to those
who might secure the whale or stur-
geon. for they We're compelled to give
it up without receiving any pay. How
ever the King had some ground for
claiming these royal ti>h as his proper
". because it WAS he who guarded and
protected the seas from pirates and
robbers, and in those days there were
very many of them.
The most peculiar feature of the
custom of royal fish was this-tiat
while the whole of the sturgeon be-
longed to the King. only half of .
whale did. For it was Il prcrogative
as it is called. of the Queen that the
tail of every whale caught in the way
have told You was her property. while
the head was only the Kings. The
reason for this division. rs given by the
old records, was to furnish the Queens
wardrobe with whalebone: and this
reason is more amusing than the Gus
tom is peculiar. for the whalebone lies
entirely iu the head of the whale. But
there are many more rs strange and
amusing customs recorded in England's
early laws.
This right to royal fish was considered
of great importance. and was carefully
guarded for many generations 1t was
also prerogative of the Kings of
Denmark and the Dukes of Normandy.
and from one of these it was probably
derived by the Princes of England. -
". Il. s. :" Ha,per's Young PEOPLE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
Practical Suggestions.

Carelessness in measuring and pre-
pairing dish is often the course Of fall
ure When receipt is found good it
should be followed exactly.
1t is not only an economy for home
makers to keep an account book, but
it is a great satisfaction to know from
year to year exactly what has been ex-
pended.
The excellence of baked potatoes de-
ponds upon eating as soon as done and
not before. They are worthless till
cooked. and dry rapidly as soon as
baked through.
To remove claret stains from table
linens rub on salt as soon as possible
and wash in the usual way. If not en-
tirely removed apply lemon juice and
dry in the sun.
What is more disagreeable to use
than a rusty tiat-iron? Rub them with
with fine emery dust and sweet oil. II
you can not make them smooth send
them TO factory and have them
ground.
If the stove is cracked a good cement
is made for it as follows. Wood ashes
and salt in equal proportions, reduced
to paste with cold water. and filled
in the cracks when the stove is cool.
1t will soon harden.
Save stale pieces of bread, and when
an easy day comes dry them thorough
IL in an open oven, and with rolling
pin crush as fine as dust. These, Their
will always be at hand for preparing
oysters, outlets. croquettes. etc.
Go to bed at night to sleep, and not
TO think over the troubles of to-day.
nor the antici pated trials of tomorrow.
One woman said: Il plan my next
days work each night after retiring"
Poor, little, nervous thing, she looked
it.
Keep celery fresh by rolling it in
brown paper sprinkled with water,
then ia damp cloth, and put in cool,
dark place. Before preparing it for
the table, submerge it in cold water
and let it stand for an nour. 1t will
be found very crisp.
When furnishing home. do not
neglect to purchase pictures. They
serve to recall pleasant memories and
scenes, and when hung to harmonic
with the furniture and in keeping with
the use of the room, they are highly
OihaihCHtdi. Dus Soou oHco, VI uOuc.
When one is fatigued tea is an eff
cient restorative. 1t forms an agree
able warm drink, which is neither
heating to the blood, nor oppressive to
the stomach, particularly if taken
slowly when one is sitting quietly.
Large quantities. however induce
nervous disorders.
The importance of letting the sun
light fall into all parts of our dwellings
can not be too highly estimated. Good
health is dependent on sunlight and
pure air. An eminent physician has
said: Sunlight should never be ex-
cluded except when so bright as to be
uncomfortable to the eyes.
Silver. washed after each meal in
very hot water, with sometimes little
ammonia in it, will be bright and shin
ing for long time without other clean
ing. When Il more thorough cleaning
is necessary, use any good silver
polish, being sure to rub lightly, as the
bright luster soon wears dull, and if it
be plated, soon wears off. Good House.
EeCptHq.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
GERMS IN A BABY'S JAW.
How the FIfty-two Teeth Come Out Into
the Daylight.

The development of teeth germs,
from infancy to mature life. is one of
the most interesting phases of human
growth. Pass the finger along the
tiny Jaw of the newcomer. Not only
is there nothing which presages future
teeth, says an exchange. but the jaws
themselves seem too delicate aud frail
to become the sockets for such hard
working portions of the anatomy.
Yet there are tifty-two tooth germs
hidden there, waiting their time,
though not all of them could be de-
tected by the most skillful dissection.
Twenty of these are for the temporary
teeth, with which, in due time, the
child will begin to gnaw or chew his
way through life: the others include
the permanent set and the molars.
none of which begin to make their
presence known till the child is about
years old, and the wisdom teeth
do not usually appear till about Is.
The little pulp-germ grows and de-
velops till it approXimates the shape
of the tooth it Is to become; then it
begins to calcifv. forming the dentine
part of the crown, while the enamel is
deposited by an Independent process.
The surface of the crown attainS its
full size before the process of elonga-
ton commences. Then gradually it
pushes its way outward through the
gum, absorbing the tissue as it adj
vances till the pure white enamel
peeps out, to the mothers great de-
light. The first sight of the incisors
usually appears at about the age of
five months, and the temporary set OF
twenty is completed at about three
years of age, but there is no uniform
ity or certainty in regard to the age or
which of the four central incisors will
first appear. The process of teeth
ing is almost invariably one of dis
turbance to the health of the child; he
is liable TO fret and worry. especially
if the outer membrane or skin of the
gum proves tenacious and does not
readily absorb. In this case it should
be lanced-an operation which is hui
name, in that it relieves the discom-
fort of the child, and is entirely harm
less. rs there is seldom any hemor-
rhage worth the name. and if there
should be slight flow of blood it read
lily yields to simple treatment. The
application of a dust of powdered alum
is usually sufficient.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
Ran From Papa's Pipe.

The legislature of Rhode Island has
never undertaken the duties aid re-
sponsibilities of the parent. and there
is no law against the use of the noxious
cigarette in the Providence Planta-
tons. Every father of family is left
free to deal in his own peculiar fashion
with any paper cigar dude whom he
may discover among his progeny.
William Anthony Peck. foreman in a
jewelry factory in Providence, under
took to cure his 14-year-old son, Rufus
of smoking cigarettes by obliging the
lad to keep Il ten-cent apple-wood
pipe, loaded with strong ''cut-plug"
tobacco, going for an hour ut stretch.
Rufus became awfully sick in conse-
quence. and then his father made fun
of him. which excited the indignation
and luminosity of the boy. and that is
why he ran away and got picked up in
New York by Il policeman.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
He Paid For His Freshness.

On through Eastern train of the
Pennsylvania road, one day last week,
all the seats in the car were taken ex-
cept two. A lady sat in one and a
man from the West with a big SOM
brero occupied the other. He was
fine looking, manly fellow, and was
taken 10y those around him for law
yer. At the next station an unattrac-
tive drummer got on the car. He
sized up the situation at a glance
The lady was pretty and that settled
1T. Without even asking her he sat
down by her and at once commenced
to make himself agreeable. She tried
to avoid him and looked out of the
window, but the fellows gall was inn
maculate, and he maintained the one
sided conversation. The Western man
was calmly watching the proceedings
and stood it rs long as he could. Co.
ing up to the lady he said: Madam,
l see you are annoyed. Would you
prefer to have my seat" 20, thank
YOU" she replied, certainly" and the
big man helped her to transfer her
valise, while the other passengers tit
tered at the drummer's discontinue.
The latter was boiling over but kept
down his wrath until he got to AL
toona, and then he demanded salts
faction for the insult. The words
were scarcely out of his mouth before
the Western man banged him on the
jaw, and then with his boot kicked
him around as q foo tball. Stand
back" yelled some of the tickled pas
sengers. Kick him harder" they
shouted together, and that drummer
finally crawled under car to escape
further punishment, a wiser and sad
der man. Everybody wanted to know
who the Western man was. He turned
out to be the Captain of Pacific mail
steamship out on q vacation.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch. =
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
A Characteristic Chinese Incident.

There is small family named
Chang. consisting of n mother and
son of eleven summers, living in a
place north of Picking called The Old
Tiger Cave" The old lady was sud-
denly struck down with some severe
and incurable malady one day last
moon, which grew worse from day to
day. They were too poor to call in
doctors to give her proper treatment,
and her faithful son, who had constant.
" attended on her. seeing his mothers
severe illness and their abject poverty
and hel p!esSneS>. took Il knife and
sliced off a big piece of flesh from his
thigh and after invoking the blessing
of heaven. boiled and gave it to her as
medicine aud food. Heaven was so
much pleased with such II child, full of
filial piriy. That it granted lis earnest
prayers. and his mother, from the day
when tie human flesh medicine was
administered. rapidly recovered. and
was up in ten days. When that
medicine was given 10 her the boy did
not inform her of its composition until
she was well, when Il big wound from
which the mixture was made was shown
her. 1t is alleged that tie BOY suffered
no pain or Inconvenience from the
wound. for Heaven nu>i have relieved
him from the otherwise great pain and
bleeding. for this SO noble Il iiiial act
which is not to he found every where.
When it was made known Ia the public
he was held up aS an example of true
and genuine tiiiai pieiy which was
taught by our Great Sage. The official
of that district will memorializc the
Throne 10 erect Il tablet or an arch for
his noble anal brave dec, in Iescu;no
his mother from death by endaugering
his own life - Chiacse TiHaCs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
A Common Meridian.

Italy is making another attempt to
induce the nations to settle on a COM
mon meridian for the use of the world.
At the conference held in Washington
England and America agreed to accept
the meridian of Greenwich. but the
other nations refused to ratifv this ar
rangement, and at the forthcoming
conference. which will shortly take
place in Rome, Italy will propose that
Jerusalem be accepted as the common
meridian, aud the place which shall
therefore give the time for the whole OF
the world
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-11-06
King George and the Piano.

The King of Greece was fearfullv
bored, when at AK. by the GETS made
at him by professional beauties who
nad not the talent to conceal their art.
One of them hired the fiat near his
lodging. and piano. Her musical
education was neglected But she
knew how to play the Greek hymn.
Whenever his Majesty returned from
the baths she struck it up.
If there is an air the King hates more
than another it is that one. He has had
to listen to it many times every dav at
Athens for twenty seven years. When.
ever he goes to 4 casino. concert. or
opera, the orchestra gives him several
bars. In short. it is to him so fearful
ly hackneyed that it CRATES on his
nerves if, when it is being PLAYED he
cannot think of something else, and
thus shut it out from his ears. But the
professional beauty stumbled, and got
so involved III false notes that he could
not be deaf 10 her performance. He
lost his t'mper over and over again.
and sent message after message to the
landlord to beg that he would silence
her pianoforte. This the landlord
feared to do. as the lady spent money
far more freely than the potentate, and
drew to the hotel rich fools, who paid
for poor champagne as though it were
Widow Cliquot's best
The affair was arranged by Greek
from MarSeilles making the acouaipt-
ance of the lady and contiding to her
some of his Majesty's defects. One of
them was born hatred of music. which
he thought noise. and the other taste
for frumpish German women. who
never painted, kept quiet, and had not
soul above knitting and darninc
stockings. The beauty changed her
tactics accordingly. His Majesty was
no longer bored by the Greek air. and
| should not wonder if he sent an
Order to the diplomatic person who in-
duced his fair neighbor to shut up her
piano.-Paris Letter in London Truth.