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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
HER SISTERS HONOR.
A Tale of English Life.
By Walter Besant-

child was in her lap. He is asleep.
Sir, Naomi You didn't know I had
such a lovely baby, did your He has
got his fathers eyes exactly, hash
he? Come and look at your son, Harry.
Kiss him, dear. He shall grow up as
handsome and as good as his father"
~Ohl my friend, said Naomi. What
shall do? What shall do? It tears
my heart to hear her and TO look at
her.
Well, there was very little to be done.
The librarian, who now showed himself
a person of infinite resource. went away
that very morning and brought back
with him medical man of wonderful
skill-quite a magical medical man-to
see the girl, and told him pieces of the
story. The medical man said that, con-
sidering everything. it was fortunate
she had not died in prison, and that she
would certainly die before many weeks;
that to such an organization as this
woman seemed to have, love and happi-
ness were the food of life; then he
added. What a murderer" He recon-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

affidavit Of the facts. We have also OBJ
tanned an AFFIDAVIT from the Iandlady of
the lodgings. There is no doubt pos
sible.
What ale you going-going to dor"
The man caught the back of the chair
and showed a CHASTITY face. Man. it is
ruin-absolute ruin-to me. You don't
know what mischief you may be doing.
will pay anything-anything.
AT the trial your wife would say
nothing; a word from her would have
ruined you. a word from you would
have saved her. What forgiveness
what consideration can you hopper"
Il will buy silence at any price. Look
here, there are only you and I present;
it doesn't matter what I say. It's all
true; did marry her. I told her it was
false marriage because I was driven
nearly mad. I suffered terribly at the
time, she ought TO think of that; I suf-
fered terribly. thought it was all over.
In her lifetime nothing was said. But
your wife is dead"
Dead? Is Ruth dead?" His face
frightened again. Dead Then it is ali
right! 1t doesn't matter to anybody"
1t matters to her memory and to her
| friends. She is dead. and now the story
! shall be told. Yes, Mr.. Stoke, you viii
/ face the whole truth
just then the door was thrown open,
/ and Lord Perivale himself walked in; he
bore in his hand a little bundle Of pa
J pers, which he threw upon the table.
What is the meaning of this an
nouncement. sir?" he asked his son
and this, and this. In the st. James
Gazette-in the Pail Maitland in the
| Observer this morning What does il
mean. say? 'On Friday, April %
Ruth. wife CT the Honorable Henry
Hendricksen Stoke, of Chester Square
| and Threadneedle Street, daughter o.
the late Nathaniel Heron, J. P, of Bar
chester, aged U.s. What is this, I ask?'
His son looked at the announcement
but made no reply.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
CHAPTER VI.

OUT AGAIN
-Hush?" Naomi held up her finger.
Il think she is in a sleep"
AT last you have her again. said the
librarian.
-Yes-at last. They let her go be-
cause she was i'll, and the time was 80
close at hand when she would have her
tfcket-of-leave. I brought her home
yesterday. She was a good deal excited,
poor. child, but at night she grew COM
posed and told me more than knew.
He was her husband-her husband
think of that The man went into the
witness box and sent his own wife TO
penal servitude. She did not stab him
in her misery because he had deserted
her-she wanted to kill herself. will
tell YOU all presently. He knew that,
too. Oh. villaini-villainl"
"ViIlainl vilIainl" echoed the Ii
brarian.
You shall see her directly. But she
frightened me this morning. She does
not know me. She thinks she has got
her baby in her lap-it was born in the
prison, and died in the prison. But she
is a married woman, remember. She
thinks her husband-oh, her husband
is with her. Tell me what should
do. Come in. Her eyes are closed. 1
think she is sleeping"
It was a Sunday morning in mid
winter. Outside, the church bells
rang, but it was not a quarter
where the call to prayer is needed, and
the feet of the people were not set
churchman's. Within, a bright fire, a
clean room, and in an easy chair the
prisoner set free. She had put off her
prison dress; they had suffered her hair
to grow, her beautiful light hair curling
about her forehead; her face, refined by
long suffering, seemed in its delicacy
and pale beauty to be the face of some
Christian saint who spent her days in
holy meditation; her eyes were closed,
but at the sound of the voices and the
shutting of the door she awoke and look
ed around.
Naomi, dear" she said, smiling.
Thank God She was once more in her
right mind again.
I have been asleep, think. I forgot
in my cell again"
Dear, said Naomi. Forget the cell.
Oh! Try to forget it. See, I have
brought you my friend-my best friend.
OH my dear, he knows all; he will ad-
wise US and help us. He has been very
good and kind to me, dear-while we
were parted. Because it was lonely
without yOu-and when one thought
no, no, it is all over. Oh! my dear
my uear-lU Is all over ana we are To-
gether. and can bear anything now
anything"
The librarian tried to speak. But he
turned away his face, and the tears
rolled down his cheeks even to his great
gray beard. Twas a soft-hearted Ii
brarian.
You have got to grow quite strong
and well again, my dear" he said, TAX
ing her hand and holding it while he sat
down beside her. quite strong and
well before you think about anything
Poor child"
Il shall never get strong or well
again, she replied. I heard the doc
tor in the inf1rmary say so. That mat
tiers nothing, except that shall be such
a trouble to everybody. OIL Naomi
dear, what a trouble have been to you
What a dreadful trouble. have spoiled
your whole life, my dear"
mot you-not you, Ruth" Naomi an
swered, hQarsely. But that villain
oh that villaini"
Don't, dear. It hurts me that any
body should call him names. At first
was hard upon him for the sake of my
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
The Number of stars.

When one looks at the ''star-span
gled" canopy Of blue on fine evening
he unconsciously thinks that the
number of bright specks which shine
to such fine advantage against their
azure background are beyond compu-
tation. Such, however, is not the
case. Bring the eye to bear upon
certain section of the sky, with some
first magnitude star for a starting
point, and see what an easy task it is
to count all those within large cir
Gle. You will not count more than
half thousand before you find out
that you have covered a goodly part
of the visible armament; in fact, there
are seldom more than 6, 900 stars Wis
ible to the naked eye from any one
point of observation.
a rare atmosphere may add thou
sand to this mum Der, but slight hazi-
ness is more likely to reduce the vfsi-
BILE number by one-f1fth or one-fOurth.
There are probably another 1000
which are never visible chose lying
around the poles, which gives us
8, 600 in all that would possibly be
visible to the naked eye. With an
opera-glass or a cheap telescope the
nuuD0T may D0 luCISdS6Q W OOO3 OOOs
while with larRe-sized instrument
like that of Lord Rose or the one at
the Lick Observatory 10000, 600 of
these worlds of greater or lesser mag
nitude may be counted.
The variance in the number to be
seen with the naked eye, the opera
glass and the more perfect aStrOnom-
ical instrument arises from the fact
that some are larger, some are further
away, while others yet are more brill
liant than their fellows. There are
only 20 of the entire lot known as
stars of the first magnitude; 20 are
second magnitude stars" 14O are
third, 327 are fourth, $50 of the fifth,
4, 400 of the sixth, and about IA. 600
of the seventh magnitude. At pres
ent our sun with his train of planets
is rushing through space, the stars be-
fore the train making way, while
those behind close up after it has
passed. St Louis Republic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
RetrIbutIon.

A farmer told this story the other
day at Newtown, L. l., to a New
York Evening Sun man: ftCrOps lad
turned out pretty badly and the pros
pect for sprouting was worse No
rain had fallen for many days I was
about discouraged. Ny boys were
f1ying a kite. Dad, they said, send
up message I took piece Of pa
per, half of a sheet of note paper,
and wrote on it; will it rain? Henry
E. Smith Then the boys sent up
the message, as you did many time
when you were boys. Well, that mes
sage went scooting away up. Before
long a whole flock, or whatever you
call it, of sparroWs came along. They
spied the kite and the message away
up there, and kicked up great rum
pus. They darted at the paper, drove
their little bills through it time and
time again, and pecked furiously at
it. Then they stood off some dis
lance as if inspecting their work,
and then they flew off and took up
their position in a big tree. The
boys shortly afterward when the air
became close and the big black clouds
began to bank themselves up all about
pulled down the kite. But small
piece of the paper remained. All of
the name but the y on the end of
Henry, the E and the S on the Smith
had been pecked away. That spelled
yes But the strangest thing was
yet to happen. That night there was
a thunderstorm, but strange to say
not a drop Of rain fell. Next morn
ing we found that the tree in which
] the sparroWs had taken refuge had
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
Learn to Tie a Knot.

a veteran sailor the Other day made
The remark, "If those people whose
business requires them to handle ropes
and tackling would only learn the
true art of tying knots many seri-
GUS accident in life might be aVerted.
There is not a single child in the land
but should be taught in early life to
make at least a couple OF scientific
bitches. This is one of the first
duties of sailor, and his selection of
knots covers the whole field Of en-
tanglement. The novice is hardly on
shipboard and out of sight of land
when he is called up to tie together
at the end of rope his soiled shirt
and clothes that need good scour-
ing, and is directed to have them
over the ships side into the briny
element for a good dousing. If the
knot is not properly tied he loses
them. It may seem trifing thing,
but 1t is just as important to know
how to tie correct knot as to be a
good Observation-Disclosures Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

There are so many Housers in
Houston county, Ga, that if a
candidate can get the family to vote
for him, he is generally sure Of cleo
ton. One of the old residents was
asked about this recently. well,
said he, there are so many Housers
in Houston that I can't keep track
of them. When one Of the family
runs for an Office, if he can get his
relatives to vote for him he's al
right. There are just 742 OF them
in the county"
aAll Of one family?"
@All of one family, and the old
grandfather of them all is alive yet
In meeting new acquaintances IL
Houston it is a good policy to say
very nice words about the family
for you may be addressing a nephew
a cousin, a brother-inIaW, or some
kind of a relative of the family.
MERCURY had wings on his heels
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

been struck during the night and
every blamed one of those sparrows
had been killed" what for?''
''Twan't the first time fellow was
struck down for lying was lt?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

freely and lightly; she went to bed her
self An hour afterwards she awoke in
alarm, and listened. Ruth was breath
ing Lightly and regularly. Naomi fell
asleep again. When she awoke again 1t
was morning. and Ruth lay dead.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

MERCURY had wings on his heels
He must have had soar feet.
The advocate., 1892-02-10

the Democratic party to secure themselves
against defeat in that state.
Now, in regard to the E.Jspsrity Of the
state, the gentleman says that Kansas has
been in the gripes-I believe that was his
expression. That is true, but, thank God
and the Peoples party, Kansas is out Of
that condition now. We have got control
Of the state, so to speak, and the prosperity
Of the people has improved and increased
dating from the day when che Alliance or
the Peoples party got control. Under Re-
publican rule that state, which had come
fresh from Che hands of Nature, without a
dollar of debt or mortgage upon it, was
so managed chat TO- day il has a debt in
farm and home mortgages of $40 rer
capita for every man, woman and child In
the state. The gentleman says we are pay
ing them off. Yes, sir, we are paying them
off because the sheriff IS foreclosing, the
mortgage companies are taking the land,
and to. day in that state homeless women
and men are wettiDg the soil Of Kansas with
their tears because, owing to the pernioious
policy of the Republican party, they find
themselves without homes.
And so the Peoples psrtyis moving on
the works of their political enemies.
J. G. H.
Washington, January 30, 1902.
The advocate., 1892-02-10
.INCUBATORS AND BROODERS.

BrOOdeRs only 96. Best and latest invention on
raising poultry Ad Geo. 3. Singer, CsrdlngtOn. 0.
The advocate., 1892-02-10

linois Mr.. Hopkins sometimes has thought
that We have said something that might re-
suit to the detriment of the Republican
party, and my good friend from Kansas
Mr.. Funston, the last, almost, of a great
party [laughter,] has endeavored to en-
tighten this House in regard to the price Of
corn in the great state of Kansas. He says
that it is 80 cents bushel, when read in
the New York papers that it only sold for
4S16 cents in New York yesterday and 3711S
cents in Kansas City.
Mr.. Funston. made no such statement
whatever.
The speaker protempore. Does the gen.
tleman yield9
Mr.. Simpson. l do not yield. have the
floor now and the gentleman may have il
later. This only goes to show how much
the Republican members know about Kan
sas. Laughter. say, sir, that this gen.
tleman has been posing as farmer, the
representative of the agricultural class, and
he stands up here to- day and tells US that
corn is so cents bushel in Kansas, when,
as matter of fact he can buy millions of
bushels at 80 cents.
Mr.. Funston. made no such statement.
Mr.. Simpson. There is curious coinci-
dence in connection with this question. Il
is this, that as the number of the Republ-
can Representatives from Kansas has de-
creased, the price of corn has gone up in
Kansas. Laughter.] Since the Peoples
party there has begun to rule, the price not
only of corn, but of nearly every other pro-
duct of the farm has advanced; and think
it is as we'll, when the great party that once
stood for the rights and liberties of the peo-
pie has now degenerated into the hands and
control of men who know 30 little about
the necessities of the country as my dis
tinguished friend from Kansas Mr.. Fun
ston, I think it is time that some other
party should take it's place.
Mr.. Simpson. Mr.. Speaker, am sorry
that this discussion has degenerated into a
controversy in regard to the merits or de-
merits of the Democratic and the Peoples
party in Kansas, and in regard to their
relative strength. merely called the at
tention of the House to the fact that my
colleague. Mr.. Funston, who has been pos
ing as 'farmer" and who has run as
farmer on the Republican ticket, was an
example of the ignorance of the farmers as
a class that the Republican party put
forward to represent them in Congress, and
that therefore the farmers had been mis-
represented here. Laughter. / have but
a few words TO offer IN reply to what the
gentleman has said. As to his warning TO
me against falling into the lap of the De-
lilah of the Democratic party, want to
say that it is quite unnecessary. There is
no danger. He had better reserve his warn
ings for his own party, because, as a matter
Of fact, as he knows and every intelligent
man in Kansas knows, the Republican party
did fall into the lap Of the Democratic De-
lilah in Kansas during the last election.
| lLaughter.l They found themselves in |
such sore straits that theY had TO unite With
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18
DIED..


the residence OF Der the Rev Geo d. Baker u. D.
in the Of her ace Abigail Bates Baker,
widow Of the Into Josiah W. Baker. 49,,
Funeral nj her residence 1z0 West Eeventh-st, this
city on Molda-. the Goth inst, at O'Clock p m
pAssErr-At White Plains. New York. June 18th sud.
denly John S. Bsssett r son OF Dr. John s. ana Mrs.
H. v C. Bassett. aged l. years .. w..
Funeral at White Plains. Grace Church, Satnrosy June
Trains leave TewYork 10 80 returning ;25 m.
BRISTOwcn Tuedoy, June IL, in the list year OF m"
age Isaac Bristow. ~ -. 10, c,,n,..
Rrooklrn. Saturday morning. at ii oclocS
PRONsOS-At New-Haven. June l5 1s0? William Henry
philips OF Henry T. and Ellen r. Bronson OF hye
rnri Services vii, be held at his fathers r.sdenee
Post Rooi Rye this Saturday afternoon at 30 0clock
Trim, leave Grind Central Depot At 03 o'clock return
ing 4 :cj o'clock.
cor HsEN-Elizabeth Coursen died June 10th: 1892
Cornwall y. V. at quarter past y. m
InterIrrnt at Woodlawn Cemetery.
KrIry-At No IS Wet t7fhst on Thursdav. June 10.
Mary Kelly the beloved wife OF james T. Kelly, ages
Funeral Service. will be held the hou.e on Sunday the
10Th IL 30. Relatives and friends are especHony
Yrternsnt at Ced1r Lawn Paterson. N. J.
Lt,yALp-On June IA, Minnie Ptman lewad, wife o
Earnest A. Iewald and daughter OF Rev j. b. ana May
s'rSise. June 10 sc 80 p m. re.aencc Of her
sister Mrs J. r. Smith. Fishkill- HURON
MALLABY-At Nutey. n j. on June II, 1892. THEODORE
M1llaby the 71th year OF his age 49,
Funeral will be held at Grace Chufeh Nutley.
n J. upon the arrival OF the $40 train via Sewark
branch Of Err, II r. foot West .3i-st, and $50 fooe
OF Jhanibers-st.. Monday. June 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18
The Judge cheerfuny

would like Of the stock" The 1udse cheerunS
sold him $4,000 woith. .,. Art. .,s
action ina better be kept for the present"
A few days later Iie jurisi met the approximations
OF the defendant company end talked stScx % MN;
he would do well. The Superintendent saw the P1nt
and invested. The judge deposited In bang @iovDW
n the eo0.00U 10 his own account ma fiOOo 10 INC
credit OF his company. -
Judgment was given for plaintiff. and the super
inendent OF the losing company went villa ana 40
eIared everywhere that the Judge was brlbe tainS
thief. Ills honor presently sent for both men ana
stuck in his mine Ito was therefore able to. pay
"A dividend Of ~ share, and handed each Of tlo
DAYS the mine Was sold for 100000 and the iudce
honorsbly gave Of his two stockholders 10000
"Why did you get me to buy stock Judge, inquiries
the rich and Modified superintendent, "when yc0
meant to decide against my cOmpany!' .
To tell the TRUTH answered his honor II nae
received 10000 from tho president here, and wa4
afraid II the matter went that way into the court
n; ght go upon the bench entirely unbisscd.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18
WHO SUPPORT TIE StLOONSf

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: In behalf OF the poor man and workman /
protest against the accusation that the saloon IS the
workncn's clubhouse that they are the main SAY
OF the saloon need DR.. Rninsfods kind Offices
10 establish any for ah,lr benefit. The saloons II
tho main supported by people Of mn'h klrR"r
incomes than the most OF us receive mainly by Ju''
such people as attend DR.. Ralnsfords church. The
great army of tramp,. dunkarls and loaiers Is re
cr,i,ed largely from the ranks OF just such people
rich mems Sons. having moncy to spend and unr
in which 10 spend IL. When their friends endure
them no longer they sink 10 thc bottom aud, having
never developed any manhood, SINK generally to n'e
no more Workmen made OF sterner snf than
the Doctor and don't throw up ,hc sponge bel r. thr
fight begins, rs the Doctor has done. IL he ava
those OF his standing in society really desire 80 crc
the saloon. will their wine nnd BEER. 10 say
ncthnc CT brandy and whi-tcy. ihc workman "iii
follow the fashion. and bankruptcy VIII s'iile The
question rapidly Let them practise m IRE and preach
less. $500 - v
New York, June A. 1902.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18

been Published In creuiar form. An examination Oh
this circular Will show concufvey the regularity OF
the party resulting In the appointment OF Juhee
Henderson and dr. C,,nc rs delegates. These pro
ceedlsgs by which Powers and Klesel clnm the light
TO recognition are wholly irregular. Five persons
claiming to he members or holding proxies Of mem
bcrs n the Territorial Democ'atic Central Commutec
OF 1883 which consisted Of twenty members. met VIM
out the chairman or secretary Of the committee ana
with six less thnn quorum proceeded T. rrm9vc az
vcanccs thus attempted n be created Win theli
frcads until ihey got comrlttee Of ten s,,i' one
made call ~ q convention In response Few
mon, members uf the Liberal party and nntn gonSs OF
the Democratic party. from three OF TOM chn,ies'
met together. called themselves a Democratic Con.
vention but denounced the Dcmocritic patty and
condemned all efforts promote Its success. th"n pro
cecdcd 10 elect Power and Klcsel. members cf the
Liberal party. 10 tho National Democratic convention
Tho delegation now here VIII vote for cleveland
while tho q, her men are said 10 be for 1lill."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-18
VOORHEES, WILL NAME GRAY.
4 SHARP DIVISION OF SENTIMENT IN THE IN
DIANA DELEGATION.

Ciica-o June IL C'llrman Mgrlrf Of inc IN
diana state Central Committee, WIS 70 day P'"plnAe
call f)r n meeting of the delegation Monday morning.
when It " Il he decided Eow the members VIII vote
Mr. Tacs1r' admitted that The delegaiion va some
what divided ms 10 policy. The Cleveland and Gray
adhcrcn,s he said. about equally divided A. 10
which candidate 30 support. Nr. Tagcart. thought
however that a complete understanding would be
rcncl.d ri Mondays meeting. William +. English
o. indianapolis who the Nicc-l'rcSdcn'ai can
ddalc O; the Democracy with Hancock. l. at inc
Palmer House II T. rot understood mat II" proposes
10 take prominent par' In III" coming convention, ~
which n. son Is Il delicate, but II i believed tha'
ho rc,c,sonts tl. views II the Cleveland men I'm
Ind ana.
Tho situation is d. mixed n ] ever saw " IN a
National Convention" NJ. English sa.1 In In
d ana especially. there i don't and inh"''@i"n on
every sl" We have 10 u't ri'c IN omr Na'e ana
the character Of the instructions given by our stat"
Convention was auci that each dclct" can interpret
,hcm 10 nj, himself. The result Of ih viii he
,na, every delegate will vote as sccrS best fr him
| reckon Oh II votes for Mr.. Crvehn1 ana i l"r
Mr. cray o. the first ballot.
-Wlrt DO you con,ldc9 Tho probable outcome "'
the convention, Mr.. ErG ~
Il should s.,y Ccyrhrd. sNll, would not risk a
cr. Air,.on a, 49,, ,t,se ~ the ,arc. II II sh"Hi
happen That both Cleveland and GRAY were ionnh
nnavaii7flc udnk thc Indiana delegation ~"nid 81
10 Palmer. 81 Iowa. although that Is a In"-upn tha'
has not M son aud Is not likely 10 arise.
W. A. Cull,p. Of Vlnccnr"S. ono OF the first OF 'he
GRAY delegates from Iadanaf on the sr"l'' 'h'i
Governor Gray j. serlois candiiIt' ana he VIII o
nominated by senator VOORHEES, on h'ha'f OF ,nc
state O., Indiana More than that. W. will STAY with
hin, II, Ion- ~ fncrc is clo.t " show thar We viii
be able 70 nominate him.
How may votes viii you iravc In the dcl"snnon
~Tli-iv"
How 90 gov make that ont
tlfuf fIs