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pearing In public, and what they should
wear and how they should wear 1t, and
how much of their heads they might
leave uncovered, etc. Very tlresomes all
this reform business. Now however,
thank heaven, these FefOrmers don't make
much Roadway. The newspapers have
killed them; that's one good thing the
newspapers have done, anyway.
Take the wells, for instance. What
could be uglier than the veil which such
men as Mohammed and Brigham Young
would have us wear? On the other hand,
what could be neater, prettier, daintier
than the wells prescribed by Queen Fash
ion2 Why, they run the whole gamut Of
human emotions; they speak a language
as eloquent as that OF flowers; they eX-
press thoughts hundred times more dell
Cately than words can do. Beginning with
the discreet veil of the wedding tour,
highly perfumed and in harmony with
the costume, there follows whole series
Of wells: the highly proper and mildly be-
coming Illusion" only In name; the court
room veil, rather thick, leaving the lips
exposed, intended for breach Of promise
cases, divorces, etc, the heavy spotted
veil admirably adapted for Opponents
worn by very good and very bad people;
the wedding veil, perfectly transparent,
perfectly cOlOriess, perfectly useless and
perfectly illogical, for it contains no
surprises" for the happy man. Surprises
come later. And last of all, the Widows
veil, which excludes the gaze of the world
completely, hence allowed to hang down
the back.
What an exquisite exhibition of feel
ing!" said to Bob Spray. DO you no
tice that every time We meet Spink's
widow she draws her veil over her face?"
Yes, said Bob, I've noticed it, and
it's very touching. Her husband owed me
a thousand dollars"
The transition from wells to hats is an
easy and natural one. for wells are older
than hats. In fact, they were the only
hats for many centuries. But if the long,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

thick veil of the Ofden time has shTunken
to mere patch of gauZe, so, too, has the
stately and dignihed bonnet been pushed
aside by the pert, saucy, tiny toque,
which threatens to expire in single rose,
as the uniform of the Georgia colonel
went out Of existence in the shape Of
shoulder-straps and spurs But the
tOque, though small, may cost a heap Of
money and represent much mental apDli-
cation. The very fact that it is o small
makes 1t the more necessary that it
should be as ezquisiteIy dainty in mate
rial and harmonious in color as human
ingenuity can make it. Ribbon rarely
enters into the construction of these
tOques, lace taking its place. Crepe de
Chine, llsse, velvet, Jet and feathers are
the favOrite materials out Of which these
tiny bits of headgear are fashioned. The
velvet is often rolled, the crepe de Chine
encircling it, and the combination set of
by small flowers on the top and in front.
But with that strange perVersity which
makes our sex so attractive to the CppO-
site One-nO matter how much men may
condemn it-Queen Fashion, when she
isn't wearing one of these hats from
LIiput, parades in head coverings of
extraordinary width Of brim.
a chRrmingly artistic hat appears in
the first picture, a white straw with vel
vet loops Of lovely shade of coral pink,
exactly matching the roses so dafntiIv
loose velvet strings and loops at the back.
Fancy straws are the most popular ma
terials for these hats, but some Of the
black lace ones are dreams of elegance
and style. One in particular, with an
Empire brim set OF with bow of salmon
pink ribbon and a large spray of roses in
harmonious shade, is full of cachet and
style. Another, of Tuscan straw with
white ostrich tips, relieved by eau de nj
bows has very taking air about it.
lined with velvet, with just an edge of
feather trimming and small ostrich
pIumes.
word Of warning to the wearers of
these movable flower gardens, when visit
ing what our English friends call the
zoo. The other day, In Central Park.
New York, a c4meleopard which the keen
er had neglected to feed, seeing one Of
foliage passing by within easy. reach.
the terrified lady upon looking up saw
her SO hst twenty feet or more above
her head. The animal made many V7rv
faces as he struck against the pins, glass
beads, etc. but when the hat had been
restored to its owner it had ceased to be
a thing Of beauty.
Two eccentric shapes are set forth Ia
the second illustration. Some women
look we'll beneath such brims-Others do
not Eos instance, you may take a black
crln cline hat, smOthered bsnsath shaded
pansles and tied with bows Of narrow
green ribbon velvet and set il rakishIv on
tbs side Of some heads; the effect would
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

The King of Whydah's wives were
/ objects of special care to himself, and
| of enforced veneration to his people,
says q writer well versed in African
/ affairs. The favOrite ones lived In Q
palace with him; the others were &C
| cOmmOdated in adjoining buildings. No
/ men were employed in the royal house
hold, and the King was served solely
by his wives. When visitors came to
| see the King he received them alone,
taking good care that his wives were
out Of sight. It was, indeed, held
sacrilege to so much as look at any of
these royal spOuses. When repairs,
which could not be done by them, were
needed in the palace, they migrated
from the affected portion, and the
plumbers and glaciers coming in had
to keep on shouting out the whole time
they were at work, in case any of the
wives not acquainted with the fact Of
their presence, should happen to pass
that way. When the Kings wives set
out to work in the plantations, which
they did every morning in patches of
three to four hundred at a time, they
used to cry stand clear, as they went,
and any men who were in their path
Frustrated themselves and did not dare
to raise their eyes till they had passed.
On account Of the awe in which his
wives were held, the King found them
very useful and executive to carry out
his commands. IF any person was
found guilty of a crime the King sent a
detachment of his wives round to the
mans house in order to strip it Of it's
goods and pull it down. This was usu-
ally very soon effected, for on the APP
prOach Of the Kings wives the man
was unable to remain and defend his
property.
When each man was so well supplied
with wives, it was but natural that his
children should be propOrtionately nu-
merOus. 1t is said that one man with
his sons and grandsOns rose and de
feated a powerful enemy, who was com
ing against the King. The family
numbered 1000 persons.
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be simply stunning. 1t would chime with
the bold profile, the mes retEousse, The
saucv chin, the mischlev Gus eye, and you
would ask, Who is that deucedly stylish
giEi?" Try the same hat on quiet de-
mure, goOdy-goody-look ing girl and she'd
have the appearance OF Y. II. @. A.
young man on glnger-Gle loot. The
great thing IN life is to make Your hat not
only ft your head but your character.
Now, ] know some men who insist upOn
wearing silk hats. You might take one
Of them in a Derby for q gentleman. But
In a silk. neveri
The question was asked me the other
day how large straw hats would be worn
this summer. Some suggested, as Iarce
as they could be had. That's about the
way 1t viii be; or, you might say, as large
as woman can carry
Why is it, wonder, said I to Bob
Spray, shat Miss Feath erly wears such a
tremendous big hat?"
1T isn't the hat that is so big, was
BOb's reply, it's the head that is so
small.
It viii be very serious matter when
two Of these monster hats attempt to sit
alongside Of each other this summer
There VIII be danger OF the brims coming
into collision, followed by black looks;
but there viii be one consolation: their
escorts viii be supremely unconscious Of
the storm raging beneath these banks Of
flowers.
In the last cut you Will find one of the
hliputian toqUes, of which spoke fur
Their back, made up of velvet, Jet, and
feathery aigrette. Or. if you like better,
the combination may consist of pansies
mounted on a roll of green velvet, edged
with Jet cOlOnet, mignOnette and pan
sizes forming the back. TO the right OF
this tiny toqUe, you will find an elegant
bonnet trimmed with flowers and loops of
velvet ribbon and having velvet strings,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

The thin fluffy bang remains IN favor.
IOrtOise-sheu pins are extremely sWag-
ger-nOt the Old-fashioned ones, long
and spindly, but the shorter, more eIab-
OrateIy carved article, with the wearer s
initial in flagree style at the end. The
dagger shape is also very much worn, but
must not project like the skewer pins of
a Japanese hair-dress. The imitation
cellulOid pins are quite as pretty, and
would almost deceive the tortoise himself.
Now that it is such q common thing for
ladies, young and old, to make use of
those light, fluffy, curly fEnges of false
hair in order to get those beautiful all but
Wayy effects. 1t behOoves the fair maid
ems especially to take good care how they
lean their heads against the waistcoats Of
their true loves; for the other evening, at
an entertainment given in one Of the coUn-
try clubs, a Well-knoWn man-abOut-tOwn
was seen walking uncOncernedly up and
down the verandas with a delicate scalp
Of golden hair hanging on the front Of
his waistcOat.-N York letter to Chi
cdQO Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

Mrs. Lakeside-"I wish to get a di-
vorce from my husband for outrageous
cruelty, inhumanity, brutality, non
supporb-"
Chicago Lawyer must have $50
retaining fee first, madam.
"But / haven't got it. I spent the
last $50 my husband gave me for this
bonnet this very morning"
Won't he give you any more"
"Not for several days, anyhow
Well, perhaps the gentleman you
wish to marry VIII lend it to You. -
NeJy York Weekly
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

By some singular instinct, a man
who was born blind can tell when he is.
opposite an object, and can perceive
whether it is tall or short, slender or.
bulky. He can also determine whether
it be a solitary object or a continuous
fence; whether a close fence or an
open one, and sometimes whether q
wooden fence, a stone wall or a hedge
None of the five senses has anything
to do with this percepti7e power, butt
the impressions are made on the skin.
of the face. and by It transmitted to the
brain. He, therefore, names this un7
recognized sense facial perception. -,
The presence of a Jog interferes with.
facial perception and makes the i'm
pressiOns faint and Enthusiastically, but
darkness is no impediment. A noise.
which distracts the attention interferes
with the impressions. In passing along.
the street he can distinguish shops
from private houses, doors from win
dows, and if the windows consist of a.
number Of panes. and not Of q single
sheet Of glass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

cheese-had been stopped short in the
midst of his order by a chance glance
at the enormous nasal appendage Of
the proprietor.
You may laugh, remarked the lat
ter with a grim smile, "bub my nose
is my fortune.
q" As freak in the dime museums 2"
"No, sir"
"Prospeotor for gas-weIIs ?"
"NOt at all. D."
"Certiier OF the purity of our by
drant water? 2"
The grocer shook his head.
Manager of an East Indian asa
fetida farm ?"
Couldn't be further away"
"Not without going on to China,
perhaps. Amt connected with the
Stock Yards ?"
Certainly not"
"Then I give it up. AS the ring
master in the circus would say to the
clown, why is your nose your fortune p
Because it leads me to mind my own
business. There's your crackers and
cheese. Twenty-Five cents, please"
That's one on you, stranger. Ha,
ha, hal" laughed a bystander, whose
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

The proof that Marat, the French
revolutionary leader, was really con
victed of theft has set at rest a long
standing controversy. Marat was In
England in 1776. was accused of a theft
of old coins, escaped to Ireland, was
apprehended at an Irish assembly in
the disguise of a German count, and
was brought from Dublin by habeas
corpus for trial in England. A con-
temporary letter describing the assizes
of 1776, at which it was thought that
GIarat would have been tried, is silent,
The clerk of assize to the Oxford cir
cult has at last supplied the missing
link in the evidence by finding that
Marat was convicted at the assizea
which commenced at Oxford on March
and ended on March z, 1777. The
delay in the proceedings is accounted
for by the absence ofthe accused in Ire
land
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

A FRENCHAIAN named Henri Dubuis-
son has just been awarded q gold medal
under rather curious circumstances.
He is, it appears, the senior undertake
er's man IN Europe, ana for the last
sixty-seven years he has exercised his
calling Of croqage-mort in Paris. This
interesting individual is now in his
eighty-second year, and q taste for the
profession he has so long followed may
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

nose, though lacking the majestic pro-
portions, possessed the high, paint-the-
town color of the grocer's own.
Seems like it was. Do you make
them three for quarter, boss ?"
"That goes"
well, your nose and your Joke to-
gether have taken away my appetite;
so take back the provisions, please,
and circulate the rosy"
"Been in the wholesale trade at one
time, I guess ?" remarked the proprie-
tor, pointing to the newcomers glass,
which was filed to the porcine line.
A rectifier, rather-Of mistakes"
Wouldn't care to have you practice
your profession here-at the price"
ooh, this is nothing to the way I
used to work 'em right after the war,
when I turned carpet-bagger, and ran
for Sheriff, down in Mississippi"
With pine-tOp "
"NO; good liquor. You see, I'd Just
come from Kansas. and hadn't much
money"
81 believe you.
$50, when L had an invitation, which
was disgustingly seldom, L used to re
mark, after I'd drank all but about
half a finger, that I'd got little grain
too much water for my whisky, and so
get a double-header. See ?''
Eyes. You wasn't elected, I hope p"
"No After it was over I concluded
that I hadn't been running. But I had
lots Offun, and it didn't cost anything. 3"
Not for board ?"
"Not a cent. III explain, for the in
formation may come handy to you. I
arranged with old man Block, who
kept the hotel, to board there for So
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

THE Chinese are in some respects far
in advance Of our boosted civilization.
When a house in the Celestial Empire
becomes uncomfOrtably dirty, instead
of turning everything upside down for
a week or two, to the destruction of
health, temper and happiness, they
simply burn the house and the old
man gees to his club, his wife to her
mothers, while the contractor is build
ing anew one. Thus the season so much
dreaded in this country becomes a
genuine holiday.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

WILLIAM GALLOWAY, who ran the
first locomotive on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, and was called the old
est railroad engineer in the world, died
recently in Baltimore, at the age of 80
years. He was retired in 1887 by the
Baltimore and Ohio Company, for
whom he had worked for over so years,
never missing a trip or meeting with
serious accident. In all, he ran his en-
CINE over /, $40, 900 miles.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

WHILE journeying on a train a ply
stefan gave one of his children a drink
of water by spreading a clean handker-
chief over the top of the glass, to pre-
vent the contact of the child's lips with
the tumbIer A still better expedient
with the same object in view has often
been. resorted to by the writer, and his
children have been instructed to prac-
tice the same precaution when obliged
to drink from a mug or tumbler on the
cars, steamboats,, or at public drinking
fountains. It consists in bringing the
lower edge of the drinking cup beneath
the lower lip, in place ofIetting it come
in contact with the mucous membrane
of the mouth. Teach the children to-
put both lips into the cup when they
take drink under such circumstances.
for 1t avoids real and considerable
danger of infection from certain conf
tagious diseases.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

LIEUTENANT Won BARBY, of the
Twelfth Hussar Regiment, Germany,
has taken the most interesting ride Of
late. He was riding with the troops in
the neighborhood of Merseburg, when
the horse took fright and bolted. All
efforts to restrain him being fruitless,
he gave him the rein, and waited his
opportunity to jump off To his dis
may the animal swerved suddenly in
the direction of a plateau Overhanging
a broad expanse of water; few mo-
ments and both horse and rider would
be over the edge. A bright fash was
seen for a moment, the saber of the Off
Ger fell upon the head of his steed, and
they beth came to the ground, the man
safe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

OUT in the wild West q mail bag was
emptied of valuable contents by parties
unknown and filed with stones. The
loss was not discovered until the bag
reached It's destination, and no one had
any notion where the theft was com
mitted within a thousand miles of the
journey. But a petroIogist was shown
the rocks, and he said at once that
there was only one place in the United
States where such was to found He
told where the place was, and a detec-
tive going there-it was $50 miles away
found two Cinamen at work in an
isolated spot, where it was subsequent
ly remembered, the robbed train had
stopped for water He promptly
charged them with the crime, and they
were so taken by surprise that they
confessed it. So much for rocks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

There they are now. It's as much as
I can do to rectify my own mistakes,
without looking after yours.
The grocer blew a blast upon his
sonorous proboscis that would have
startled q war-hOrse, and wiped his
eyes upon the corner of a coffee sack.
When he looked again the arectifer ~
had disappeared from the place.-Cbi-
cage ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

PRIVATE RICHARDSON, the only Man
chester man now surviving Of the Gal
liant Six Hundred, served twelve
years, has no pension, is nearly blind,
and drifts from wOrkhouse to work
house. A dozen other survivors of Bal
akIava are paupers either in or out of
warehouses,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

PRINCE AUGUsTN ITURBIDE, who has
been imprisoned in Mexico for CRITICS
ing the President, is the grandson Of
Emperor Iturbide. His mother was
Miss Alice Green, of Washington. The
young prince was adopted by the i'll
fated Emperor Macmillan. He was
educated in the United States, and is
at present an officer in the Mexican
army. As he is only twenty-four, it is
not likely that he viii be dealt with
harshly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

SmKwoRMs when newly Matched
scarcely weigh one-quarter ofan ounce,
yet in the course of their life, which
only lasts about thirty-fve days, they
will consume between 5000 and 1900
pounds Of leaves.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

DR. WEIsMAN, ponderOus pundit
among German biologists, is trying to
show that artificial notifications of Ev-
ing forms can be transmitted from one
generation to another. He has cut the
tails off some nine hundred white mice
in the hope that they viii breed a race
of mice without tails.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

An Irish boy in New York City
court recently pleaded guilty to burg
larry to save MS guilty brother, but the
brother came forward when he saw the
innocent one convicted and insisted on
being sent to prison in his stead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

FEW days ago I
received a letter
from q young conn
tryman, whose am
billions are soaring
away and dipping
t h cir tenderfoot
wings into strange
things. 1t may be
the same young
man whom Bill Nye
mentions In one Of
his t emper ance
lectures-I don e
know Among
other things he
wrote p lie a q
send me your criti-
cism on a few Of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

AN exchange speaks Of water in
which no 1ish can live, and yet the eiti-
zens o. a town near by are compelled to
uEla4 u. Wen nsh cant i've on
whisky, either, but great many per
sons uL4hk y "1uhou5 either cOmput-
sion or water.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04
KANSAS

TIE law of divorce in France has
been in operation since 1885, and dur
ing four years there have been 1881
divorces, which is at the rate Of % for
10000 marriages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04
HEADGEAR FOR WOMEN.
CHAR1IENGLY Artistic HATS FOR
SUIIHLEH DAYS.

Shapes, styles, and sizes to suit an
Feminine Tastes-bEOvabIe Flower Car
dsns to Crown the Heads OF 1Iaidens
Eair-The Greek Style of Wearing the
Hair Is stiu the Fad.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

OH A III ID D laid
down very strict rules
about Women's had
gear In his Koran.
and especially COR
corning wells. He had
married a widow, and
he knew how it was
himself. Paul wanted
the women TO cover
up their heads, too:
in fact, you'll find
that all writer's, that
is, refOrmers, have
{ K n a fling az
Women's dress, made
r7ITes abOut their an
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

WHILE Robert Wilson, living near
COlumbiana, Ala, was blowing in an
old field he unearthed a tin box con
tanning $3.50 in gold and $25 in silver.
The place was formerly owned by an
old gentleman who always buried his
money when he got drunk. It is sup
posed there is more somewhere on the
farm, as he was wealthy, and all his
money has never been accounted for.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

The efforts of English missionaries
to change the customs and habits Of
the Greenlanders have thus far been
unavailing. The old are sent to a pen
to die of starvation and neglect, and
the young get drunk as often as op-
pOrtunity offers. Getting drunk and
dying Of consumption are the only two
events Of any Importance in a Green
lander's life, and he won't innovate to
accommodate anybody.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

be said to have been hereditary, his
father and grandfather having been in
the same line.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

TEACHER Now. children. God made
the world In six days. Little Joe with
logical turn Of mind But he did not
finish it. Look at all de houses build
IN and de boys and girls dat have to
grow
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

The State of Michigan, almost alone
in the great sisterhood Of States,
doesn't owe a dollar, having discharged
its last financial obligation on 1st of
May. It's institutions are all well
equipped and cared for, and there is
nothing in sight calling for any expen-
diture that Will involve the creation of
any new Indebtedness. So Michigan
ders ought to be happy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

THERE are extensive deposits of pc
troleum in northern Peru, and an Ameri-
can gentleman has purchased a tract of
land twelve miles wide and twenty
miles long, covering the site Of ancient
oil works, and viii develop the proper
ty as an oil region. Hew formerly an
operator in the Pennsylvania oil fields.
He already has half a dozen flowing
wells.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

BEAUTIFUL is the year in its coming
and IN its going beautiful and
blessed, because It Is always the Year
Of Our Lord.