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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THE American cotton planter, says a
London cable to the New York World,
cannot afford to look longer with con
tempt upon the cotton crop of Eastern
countries. That of India has doubt
less cost it's English encouragers more
than it will return to them in the next
half century, and in some districts the
attempt to raise it has been temporari-
Iy abandoned, but Egypt appears to be
better fitted for growing the staple,
and, if the samples now being displayed
in Manchester are genuine, the United
States viii soon have to count upon
having a formidable rival The fiber
is of fair length and very firm, and al
though undoubtedly selected from ex-
ceptional bolls, would obtain favora-
BILE rating anywhere. The crop is also
much larger than usual, and its sue
cess may be looked upon as an add
tional reason why England viii never
abandon Egypt. To be independent
of the United States is the British cot
ton manufacturers dream, for he has
never forgotten the cotton famine Of
1865.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

come the pref uQIC6 which mas 4eE6COI ore
existed against them.
In diagonaIs and in wide vale goods
for spring tOpcoats the dark green shad-
ings are quietly effective to q quite ire
sistibls degree.
The double breasted long sack reefng
jacket made to fit loosely, is the bright
particular hit Of this season in the cloth
ing business.
Well-made trousers are seen at their
best under the present accepted vogue as
to measurements. The tendency toward
the absurd balloon revival has been hap
PLY checked. The correct trousers are
now cut reasonably snug about the hips
with a straight fall and a slight sharp
taper toward a point at the bottom.
Aside from the crush hat, the tall silk
stCvepipe is the only appropriate head
gear to be worn with evening dress.
SWelldom viii welcome the opera hat
back again when the proper time arrives,
for the silk hat is, upon occasions, very
much in the way and decidedly neon
venient to manage.
Some of the ultra swelIs win wear
white WaistcOats when the thermometer
is down near freezing point. The mo-
terial is washable, but Infinitely warmer
than the summer textures.
The figured waistcoat is the one sop
cast by the relentless fashion-mOlders
this season to the small army of men
with ready money to spend in costume,
and possessing a we'll defined penchant
for the natty and picturesque in dress.
In the variety Of style and beauty of
workmanship the American manufac-
turers of canes and umbrellas long since
distRnced European competitors. These
articles come forth in wondrous multi
plicity of design at this period of the
year, and for serYiceabiIity those Of the
best quality may be warranted to stand
all of the tests in contest with the best
10, s117
AS if to deprecate and discountenance
the wearing of the high hat with the
sack dress scoat, some of the leading
sweIIs have taken to wearing brown and
ight-cOlored Derbys with the garment.
This attitude makes the ASSOCIATION of
the high hat and swallowtal even more
distinctively correct, and Furthermore
acts as foil to any suggestion of en-
croachment upon the realm Of the skirt
coat of full evening dress.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

A PECULIAR result of the drinking Of
ice-cold water from a spring in Ston-
ingtOn, Conn, is reported. The water
flows from a creek in a high rock, and
the veins of a man who drinks from it
begin to swell, and he looks and feels
as though he were about to burst for
the next ten minutes The swelling
gradually subsidies and no serious eff
feet is felt, except a slight buzzing in
the ears. 1t is the talk Of the neigh
bOrhOOd, and everybody is eager to try
the effect Of the water A specimen
has been sent to Boston for analysis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
Talking to the Point.

He was riding in stage with sew
eral other passengers, when he acct
dental1y dropped his hat out of the
vehicle. Putting his head out of the
stage window he exclaimed in a stem
torian voice:
"Charioteer. pause, I have lost my
chapeau."
The driver paid no heed to the de-
mand. Again the Pompous fellow au-
thOritatively spoke:
"Charioteer, pause, I have lost my
ehRpeau."
No attention being paid by the driver
to this last command, a plain, blunt
little man, who had become disguised
with his fellow-traveler's Stiffness and
pomposity, put his head out of the
window and said:
Driver, hold on, this cussed fool has
lost his hat. "
This was perfectly ineligible to the
driver, expletive and all, and the hat
was recovered"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
Ion Inc Tnfants Shoot.

A charming young public school
teacher, withsa very lively set of young
charges, is responsible for the follow
ing tales, which appear in the Wash
ingtOn Post. She told the youngsters
to write compositions on Good Man
ners. This was the most unique, by
an eight-year-old:
Good manners is keeping your fresh
mouth out Of other peoples business"
The teacher drew a picture on the
blackboard of a boy wading in the
water holding a crab in the net. Little
Jules GARNER wrote:
The crab we see on the board is not
a deviled crab, but a salt water crab.
Is the dime novel disappearing from
the hands of innocence? Tt looks
that way. The teacher read her pupils
q short Indian story. They listened
with Open-mOuthed interest.
and tOmahawk few bv the bows
head and buried itself in a tree Now.
children, how many of you know what
a tOmahawk is ?"
No repOnse.
Come, any boy who knows what
tomahaWk is may hold up his right
hand"
One timid hand went up.
Well, Johnny, what is q toma-
hawk ?"
CA tomahawk Miss Mamie, is some
kind of a bird, I believed"
why do you think it is bird ?'
Because it is hawk, and you said it
few by the boys head"
Innocence forever, and down with the
%BOy Scout of Dead Mans Gulch !"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

Leavenworth (Kans.) Times Jan. 80.
Twelve mem be 8 of Company K, 18th In
fantry, at the Fort, are in a very pleasant
state of mind ust now. They have Just re-
ceiyed, through the Pacific Express compa-
ny, $1,000 their pOi ton Of the second cap
ItaI prize of 500 900 in the last drawing Of
tn Louisiana State Lottery.
The money was paid to Sergeant ThOs.
Marriott and by him divided between the
twelve Wh) had pooled heir issues. Each
put N so nts and as luck would have it.
one of the six ticke IS purchased with the So
drew ne-twen sieth of the 500, 600 prize.
The SeTg ant is loud IN his praise of the
Louisiana State Lottery, as he may well be-.
Fortune smiles upon the humble quite as
often as upon the high in life. fortune of
course being represented in this case by the
Louisiana state Lottery Company whose
pr es are far oftener drawn by those who
occupy an indIfferently exalted station IN
life than by the 400. Many a person has
suca a windfau az tai Teco1nted ia fhe
foregoing.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

In his article on "The Beauty of
Spanish Women" Henry T. Finck
says: eff were asked to state in one
sentence wherein lies the chief advan-
tage of Spanish women over those of
other countries. and to what they
chiefly owe their fame for beauty, I
should say that, if a Spanish girl has
round cheeks, and has medium-sized,
delicateIy cut nose and mouth, she is
almost certain to be a complete beauty ;
whereas, if an American or English
girl has a goodnose, mouth, and cheeks,
the chances are still against her having
a beautiful complexion, and fine eyes,
hair, and teeth, which Spanish girls
are always endowed with as a matter
of course. But, over and above every
thing else, it is the unique grace and
the exquisite femininity, unalIoyed by
any trace of masculine assumption or
caricature, that constitutes the eternal
charm of Spanish women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

He other day a pro
fessedlv WsIl-inform-
ed LADY said to nae:
& In depicting tn e
styles of dress worn
by American women,
does It ever occur to
you that, although
we get most OF our
costumes from Paris,
we take our accOmpa-
nyiRg manners from
London? She went
on to say that our
best behaved sWells
reproduced the Pc
likeness of aristocFat-
ic BritOns Well. Z
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

our Iaces and silk stockings need look
ing after. At least they did previous to
the formation of the new industry I am
going to tell about 1t was started bv
a highly respectable widow Of a clergy
man, who, being left in straitened
circumstances. and having been all
her life too much occupied with do
nestle and parOchial work to acquire
any money making accomplishment of
the usual sort, turned her facility with
the needle into the means of a livelihood.
She began by going to the houses of her
personal friends for days visit and in
forming the lady Of the mansion that she
had brought her thimbIs, offered to sew
on buttons, repair frayed buttOn-holes
and the like while they chatted. She
piled her needle 50 effectively that her
services were soon sought for by over
taxed, or indOlent, or philanthrOpiCalIy
inclined matrOns. 1t was not long before
she had all that she could do, later on
more than she could do, and later still
she brought several assistants-W0men
situated as she had been-intO the work
and now has a systematic and lucrative
business. You may often see her, or one
Of her corps OF assistants, on her WaV to
the days mending and repairing, but you
viii see nothing less than a welI-dressed
g6ntieWOman, looking as IF she were
going to spend the day with a friend
You would never imagine that the but
tons and strings, the frills and laCes, the
stockings and gloves Of 8 hundred fam
lies depend on her for their beautiful
completeness. but such is the case. She
can repair a lace dounce which has SUI
feEed from masculine foot as no Iady's
maid that was ever born can do. I saw
one, where her needle had thrown an sx-
quislte fern leaf over the darn, that the
owner declared was the prsttiest figure
in the whole fabric. Of course work like
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

DIVORCES, according to the report Of
the Commissioner of Labor, have been
granted in this country for the follow
ing causes: cone woman was granted
a divorce because her husband persist
ed in coming home at 10 o'clock at
night and keeping her awake talking.
This she called mental cruelty, and
the court agreed with her Another
woman secured a divorce because her
husband cut off her bangs by force,
and still another because her spouse
refused to cut his toe-nails. One wife's
feelings were lacerated to the point of
legal separation because her husband
would not wash himself, thus causing
her mental anguish. The sensibilities
of another wife were outraged past
cure because her husband said her sis
ter was a thief. One man got di-
vorce because his wife didn't sew on
his buttons"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

VI
Of campin.
"It,I be Jest like gipses or injuns,
ses she. John James he'd intended to
take US, but he want hardly able arfter
his russell with the bees, so he got
man to drive the TEEN fur US, an he
tOle US the way, sOse we cOOdnt pOssa-
bly, miss it, an we sturted.
90, deer!" ses the wilder; "ef I'd
only thunk to arsk John jim eff this
teller WIS a maryed man." an thare
she wurrited over ct till we stopped
fur dinner, an then when we went to
lode up agin she got in to the sete
with him, an ses she: cts q buteful
kintry we're a passin threw; jest see
the lark tibet sores above our hed's, an
then sinks to rest into them huge trees
thet grows on yander grassy mole"
"Humph! them nd make fust class
posts" ses he, a squirtin' tObaccer
JUICE.
60, yes, indeed" ses the wilder;
can then only think how nice them
post ses wood look a surrOundin' sum
vine kivered cottage, WHARF a young
cupple dwells in love an contentment,
with flowers in frunt an along the
grean brordered path, an a vegetable
patch on the back, WHARF the young
prepare fur the dinner of the one man
in the world she so fondIy loved. O!
what a picture of love and piece thet
simple word pOsts'es bring to my
mind an she leaned a Ieetle closter
to him an sithed
"Cit up, Baxter" ses he, a-squirtin
more tObaccer JUICE. The wilder looked
ct him kindly Gurus like, an William
Henery he started to Singer rite out,
but 1 trOmped on his corn, an thet
changed his tune. "GOl ram it Hes
ter Ann, if yure feat air so big you
KANT keep from trOmpin on a Teller,
I'll let mine hang out; an he put en-
onto the outside o. the Wargin-bOx, an
by the time I he'd him peacified it wer
time to camp fur the mite, which we
dun by a-putting up a pole, with sum
ole quilts an things onto 1t tibet Marian
he'd Civ us to make tent out of. Well,
we ct our supper tibet Marian he'd sent
aIOng-a ham bone an sum cole beens
an rOs'n years. The wilder an me wus
a-goin to sleap in the tent, an William
Henery an the man that wus a-drivin
US, into the wargin.
Well, we all went to bed jest like
gipses, so Dolly sed, an there cOOdnt
a ben a more romantic spot, 7 don't be-
leave.
went to sIeap rite off, fur I wus
tired es I Good be. don't think I he'd
ben to sIeap over a hat nour- it mite
hev ben IS minnits, but not more then
thet, when the wilder begin to hoIIer:
"I'm snaik bit! Pm snaik bit! Send fur
the doctors Take him off he's bitin'
mel" an other like things, an she out
O. the tent an threw the bresh an grass
like a crazy caf; an ct wus plumb
hour afOre William Henery an me an
the other man Good run her down an
find what wus the matter.
"Owl I'll dye of the rabbys," she
hollered, a rubin her shin; an look
ed, an instid o fndin' a snaik a-hang-
in to her, it want nOthin' only a pinch
bug, er stag beatIe, es some call 'em.
you'd better go a-campin' agin, ses
William Henery. But she made a slap
at him with her slipper, an hit him
betWixt the shoulders, but didn't dono
serus dammidge, so we all went back
to bed agin.
Your Trew Friend,
HESTER ANN SCOOPER.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
She Got Rid Of One Of Her Followers

Mistress Ito new girI)-By the by,
Bridget, I forgot whether I told you
or not when you came. but do not
allow my kitchen girls to have any fol.
lowers.
Bridget-Yez tOuId me when I came,
Mrs. ChucksIey, an I haven't fo1got.
I dhrove Mr. ChucksIey out az the
kitchen lasht night wild a dipperfuI Of
biIin' wather, mum.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

An eccentric old German living in
the town of Milwaukee recently went
to the city and chartered a street-car
for his exclusive use. He rode all over
the line and would not permit anybody
to get in the car with him. At another
time he attempted to charter a special
train to take him to his station, some
four or five miles north of the city.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

STANLEY sees fine prospects for rail
ways in Africa. According to his esti-
mates 500 miles could be laid down for
ST, 200, 900. The mileage would open
to commerce four great basins, with a
total area of 100000 square miles,
and total population of $4,000, 600.
OF the resources of theregion he speaks
in the highest terms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THE stock of the Chemical bank in
New York is held at a higher premium
than any other. The par value is 500,
but not a share can be purchased.
Twenty shares We're sold a short time
ago in closing up an estate, and each
soId-nOt for 800. but for $4,195 at
auction. The stock declares a divi-
dend of % per cent. monthly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

1EoRsz's soHooL sHons-made in or
large she's factory at Omaha Nebraska
Ask your dealer for them. Refuse to take
any others. If not kept in your town write
as asking where to get them. They wear
longer and fit better than any other shoes.
Shoes have always been made TOO narrow.
We make them vide. A reward of Fifty
Dollars in gold Paid for a pair of our own
make of shoes that contain particle OF
shoddy, or anything but sohd leather. We
make one hundred and fifty styles of We
mems, Misses and Chadren's sewed and
Standard Screw, Grain, Glove Kid and Don
COLA. Elegant styles, wide and good fitting.
We also carry one hundred and fifty styles
of Mems Goods, Rubbers, etc.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

A PACIFIC COAST paper has this
item: A school teacher at Kootenay,
B. O., recently saw a personal in an
Eastern paper soliciting correspon-
dence, etc. He took a flyer and re
ceived in return a check fer $3.50 to
come to Minneapolis and get bride.
The day of the marriage he Will also
get bank book covering "a deposit of
$4,000 subject to his order.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

head, and one species, the maigre, has
these bones larger in proportion than
many others. These two bones, called
colo stones, are regarded to possess
medicinal virtues. They were mount
ed in gold and hung round the neck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
a Good Substitute.

Ladies and gentlemen" said the
professor, 81 find that I cannot per-
form the experiment of initiation, as the
wind machine is out of order"
There was great groan Of disap-
pOintment.
However" added the professor,
suddenly, Il may be able to provide a
substitute. Is there a gentleman from
Chicago In the audience?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

A FRIEND and admirer once said to
Robert Browning: 81 have studied long
upon this passage in your poem, and
am unable to comprehend it. Pray,
tell me, what is the idea embodied in
it ?" Mr.. Browning read the passage
over and replied: Really, I cannot
tell; but I believe it will be worth your
while to keep on studying it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

He was a bright, handsome boy of six
teen, sunny 1apered, brilliant and engag-
ing, the delight Of his parents, the Joy of his
home, and the PRIDE of his class. But a
shadow fell across his bright prospects. Il
began with tIitiag cough; soon came pre-
monitiOns of consumption, his strength
failed, his cheeks grew hollow, and he
seemed doomed to an cary grave, Then q
friend advised Dr.. Pierce & olden Medical
D scOvery. He tried it and was saved.
Health and strength returned. his cheerful
vO ce rang out across the school playground,
his cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright.
he is still tie pride of mis- class and he
graduates this year with highest hOnors.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that can not be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo 0.
We, the undersigned have known 2. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any Obiiga-
tiOns made by their firm.
West&TTuaX, WhOlesaleDruggist Toledo, Ohio
WaIding, Ktnnan q Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio
3. II. Van HOesen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous SUP
faces Of the system. Price, 75c per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
LETTERS FROM THE CORNERS.
NzCK-oR-NoTHnS' Hail,

.R. EDITUR: Quick
les William H en-
cry swellin, WHARF
he wus stung by the
bees, he'd gon down
sum, we sUurted
fur Susan James.
She lived about 49
miles an a ] frUm
John Jones, but es
you he'd to go in a
wargin all the way
an we'd hev to camp
out 1 mite, the wild
Z 10Th iii, 4Io doc
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

Managing Editor-H'ml I under
stand that you are a graduate Of a
school of journalism. Am I right?
AppIicant-Yes sir. I have q di-
ploma showing that I have finished my
course with high honors.
Managing Editor-H'ml Yes, Pm
sorry, but We haven't any position on
this paper quite good enough for you.
-SOBaegUjIE8 Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN Is doing re
markedly well with her new magazine.
She is living at her home in Calumet
Place, and she has her regular hours
of editorial work.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THERE is a queerly matched couple
IN Atlanta. The husband weighs 40
pounds and the wife 300 pounds. When
they We're married the man weigh $50
and the woman 40.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THERE is living at a point ON East
Bay, near Pensacola, q remarkabl
Amily of four boys and one Young
woman. The boys consider their sis
ter to be one of themselves, she being
in nearly every respect as handy as a
boy should be and sharing the Iabors
of her brothers. They can draw the
lines of a ship, hew the timbers, build
and launch her, and sail her around
the world. Ehey have done it and are
doing it again. The schooner AxeI, a
fine little vessel which they built, is at
present somewhere on the Gulf under
command of one OF the brothers, who
is an expert navigator. The other
brothers and SISTER are now engaged
in building another aud larger yes
sci, which IS wen under way.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THERE lives near Pittsburgh an old
lady who has a movable birthday. She
had the good fortune to be born on
Easter Sunday and she insists on re-
ceiving presents and congratulations
on that festival, no matter when it oc-
ours. People have tried to reason with
the old lady, calendar in hand, but she
replies to them all: 81 was born on
Easter Sunday morn, ffty-six years
ago, and until I die Easter Sunday
viii be my birthday"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THE condition of a certain cat in La
moine, Ne, is literally at SKIES and
sevens. She has seven toes on her
hind feet and six on her fore feet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
FASHIONS FOR GENTLEMEN.
- sugeeslIoas - - 80.

" --a
REEN in the
invisible dark
shades viii be
a color per-
manently seen
In mixed suit
q II G IS q u d
spring over
coatings The
designers of
fine cloth fab
rics seem to
have made q
c o u G q rted
move to give
these rich and
sUbdued color
lngs an Oppor-
tunIty to over
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

A FARMER living between Marceline
and Brookfeld, Mo, found thirty-seven
bee trees during the summer and fall,
and as q consequence has on hand more
than a barrel of strained honey.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

FISH charms have been met with
among many nations. The fish called
the buIIhead is used by some of the
Russian peasants as a charm against
fever. Many kinds Of fish have two
hard bones just within the sides Of the
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

THE Mexican Government has lately
ordered I, 900, 900 grape cuttings from
California, and viii distribute them
free to all who wish to plant them in
Mexico
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

ONE MILLION DOLLARS in gold coin
weighs 1855 pounds avoirdupois, and
$1,000, 900 Of silver coin weighs 58,~
92O.9 pounds avoirdupois.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

A young man writes to inquire: ''Does q
college education pay?" No; it makes the
Did man pay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

The difficulty in the way of organizing a
joke trust is the fact that it is 50 trouble
some to elect the bored.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07

He: 'cBefore we were married, she was
yielding and pensive, but now it is ali
changed
His chum: en- what way?''
He: ''She is aggressive and eXpensive.' -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-03-07
MANNERS OF THE BRTTOEs.

Not as Nice as They Are FeTsresented-
Even the Processes and Duehesses Are
Rude as Compared to the Average Amer