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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

home. Mrs. Lamont was born at
Cortland, N. Y, in 1857, the
daughter of aprosperous farmer She
attended school in an adjoining town
and afterwards went to Elmira Col
lege. When she was about 10 years
old her parents moved to McGraw-
vile, a small town near Cortland,
and it was here that she met Mr.. La
mont, then a young college fellow
who came home to McGrawville to
spend his vacation. Most of the
courtshtp Of the young couple was
carried on during college days and
finally the fiery Daniel induced his
sweetheart to forsake the Elmira
halls of learning and be a blushing
bride instead of a sweet girl gradu-
ate. They were married soon after
this, in June, 1875, and went to AL
bany to live, There their two eldest
children were born; and there they
lived until Mr.. Lamont was made
Mr.. Cleveland's private secretary in
1884. The next four years were spent
in Washington, where their third
child was born and named by Mrs.
Cleveland herself, Frances Cleveland
Lamont. The last four years Mrs.
Lamont has spent principally in New
York, her longest absence being last
year, when the entire family went
abroad in March and travelled until
October.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

say is this; It's pity your ma took
the trouble to 60 to the matinee when
she might have have had one rightat
home, But If she should happen in
now, you'd get a punishment you
naughty child"
Don't" walled Ruth "It's worse
than punishment, this is, It's a les
SON."
"Very we'll, said Hannah, lowering
her voice, 'if that's the way you look
at it, you can go upstairs and ask
Mary to take Off your wet clothes.
I'll put kitty out in the sun, and
she'll soon forget all about her fright. 4"
"Thank you, Hannah, you're very
kind not to let mamma know; but I
shall tell her myself when she comes
home. I'm going to be good now, {"
Ruth said as she started up the
stairs.
"Ha hal" laughed Polly, derisively.
"Hear that! Going to be good. Ha!
ha. ha!"-Our Little Ones.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

ready to break over your blessed
little head. Take care!"
"Ruthie," shouted Hannah, as she
threw down the basket of clothespins
and rushed toward the laundry;
"Ruthie, stop! You wicked childp
"Stop!" cried Polly, from the perch
up in the wistaria vines, Stop!
stop! stop"
But the demand came all too late,
for st that moment there was a
splash and splurge, flying leap to
the laundry floor. There stood Pussy
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

IL AM determined not to marry I'M
til / can find lady who, as my wife,
will make good impression on So
ciety." "That's all very well, but
suppose the lady whom you select is
equally determined not to marry un-
til she finds a man who possesses
the same qualifications" Fllegende
Blaetter.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14
SWALLOW HANGS A sPARRoM.
A Most Remarkable Encounter between
Two Birds.

A Most Remarkable Encounter Between
Two Birds.
Editor Haddaway, Of the Easton
(Md.) Ledger, gives an account Of a
most remarkable encounter between
a barn swallow and an English spar
row. The swallow, as stated to the
editor, had built its nest among the
rafters Of the barn of Mr.. Denney,
near Royal Oak, in Talbot County.
While on the nest the swallow was
attacked by the sparrow, and the two
birds had furious battle, which
went on sometimes in the air and
sometimes on the ground. The swal-
low was courageous, but it had not
the wind of the sparrow, and finally
had to yield to Its antagonist. HaV-
ing driven the swallow from the
barn, the victorious sparrow took
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

mother, Much
Of her time is
given to in
structing her
children, to
W h o m S h g
teaches daily
both music and
sFrench. She
lis fond Of so
clal life ana
nothing pleas
es her more
than to draw
h er frie n d s
about her at
her pleasant
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

l laid them, and hid them,
And know how TO mind them.
Time enough 10 be proud
When for chicks you are scratching,
And talking so loud
May be bad for the hatchlngn
Little Men and Women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14

Now who's done tho bestp
Just look In my nest.
In my nest In that keg
There's fine yellow egg,
Outl Out! rs / walk about
I've something to talk aboutn
aoultl quilt" said the turkey hen,
"Quitl quitl What blusterl
Ono egg Isn't worth all that
Furry and huster;
I've q nest full of eggs
Where nobody can find them,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
a COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.

Something that WIN Interest the Juvenile
Members OF Every acknowledgements Ace
lions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute,
and Cunning Children.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-09-14
MRS. DANIEL LAMONT.

A Charming Woman and Devoted Wife
and Mother.
Mrs Daniel Lamont, the wife Of
the Secretary Of War, is a charming
woman and q devoted wife and
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will no.
accept any substitute if offered.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28

sure the former against such imper.
fections as shall be positively insight.
ly or faint the breath. The adv ce oil
your dentist should be sought as to the
proper tooth powder TO use, as many
of the compounds on the market con.
tain harmful acids and gritty sub
stances. There is no surer way to de-
stroy the teeth than by the want OF
brushing or raising after eating fruit.
In California where fruit OF all kinds
is SO cheap for ten months IN the year
as to be with n the reach of almost the
poorest beautiful teeth are rarely
found, while it is very common
thing TO see even Young women with
false teeth. Excess in the use OF fruit
somel ines produces undue acidity OF
the stomach, which also reacts on the
teeth.
Six ounces of rose water, mix ID with
two drains of ch crate of potash, is an
excellent puri er OF the breath Rinse
the mouth after each meal. Tor acid
ity of the stomach, which gives bad
breath. use solution of n teaspoonful
of baking soda and half as much salt
in glass of water. Drink little of
this and rinse The mouth well.
A box of the very fin st powdered
charco i, viii h can only be obtained
at drug store, should be always at
hand. Give the teeth an casional
b rushing with it, or rub n little i =
tween the inter>tices of the teeth at
night, brushing it out in the morning.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
Learned Her Secret.

az be ieve that Hilda is engaged,
remarked the girl with the ruifles on
her skirt.
"Why, did she positively deny ito"
queried the girl with the grass-g cen
I'll YES.
Didn't k her I not e, tn ugh,
that she thinks every IN that looks
at her IS N love with her"
"Oh! Well, you may be right. l
have noticed that there is always a
bun Of roses in her window nova
days.
ayes, and she has begun to speak of
Arthur as Mr.. Smy the.
Come to think of il, she does. He
was there wien l ran in o b rrow her
lew skirt pattern the Their day; l
co, Id see that she had 4 cen crying"
eyes. / wonder why man a ways
looks so supremacy foo ish when he is
frs engaged-he always has kind of
an APP logetic air"
"Perh ps he means to apologize t.
tn" other z rls for not having asked
them first" suggested the girl with
the grass-green gloves.
Maybe. | no ice t at no one really
takes any interest IN an engaged man,
e cept, pc haps the Tourist. 1t is
different W tn a girl, though"
Isn't it? The fact that she is
ticketed taken seems TO add TO a
man interest. Now, there was Julia
you remember Julia?'
Yes, plain little thing dressed in
black. The men went wild over her"
Didn't they? and all because she
gave out that her heart was buried in
the grave Of the man she was engaged
to-"
II remember; the girls used to call
her the 'brevet widow"
Ibid you ever have q widow for
che peron?" s ddenly asked the girl
with the ruffles on her skirt
mo. why do you ask?'
81 ecau>e / have, and it is ever so
much nicer. 1t saves you lots of
mistakes, and besides. she has no
husband to confide in, 50 your little
tricks are not in danger OF being re-
peated to the other men before you
have perfected them"
The girl with the grass-green gloves
rubbed her nose thoughtfully. Il be-
lieve You are right" she said. 81
once had perfectly lovely Irritation
spoiled just because my chaperon s
husband told the man that | blon-
dined my lair every Fr day morning"
GLOW perfectly horrid! And you
had told him?"
THAT golden hair was hereditary
In my family, and that l always spent
Friday morning in the kitchen learn
ing to cook.
"What shame! Look! Here comes
Hilda aud Arthur is with her"
Il see, and they seem to be quarrel
ing desperately. Yes, they are un-
doubtedly engaged"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
They Never SEQ the sun.

The Rev. Stopford Brooke is doing
his best to raise support for the
Women's Trade Union League, an or
ganization which is intended to raise
the sta us of the poorest class of women
workers. Speaking on the subject the
other day, Mr. Brooke said thousands
of these poor women were living on
the very verge of starvation, their
hours of labor protracted to the very
last strain of the rope without n mo-
ment's peace of mind, without a mo-
ment's leisure for self-education or for
enjoyment, and when, with throbbing
eyes and shaking hands and palsied
brain they staggered into bed, 1t Is
only to sleep in unhealthy rooms a
sleep that does not rest them, and To-
rise dav after day for years and years
to the same round of hopeless toll.
The women to whom he al. uded
earned from IS TO rs week, while
those grade above them earned 12s,
for more skilled work, each class la
boring ten hours Day
'Of what use is my life? Why should
/ go on living?" one of these workers.
n girl of Is, said TO him a few days
ago. 81 can never rest, / can never
look upon q green field, can never see
the sun. L go 10 work at z, sometimes
at 6 o'clock, hoping to get away earlier,
but frequently / am not able to do so,
for orders come in late and have TO be
attended TO the same night. To-day |
was at work at Z and / did not leave
my place till 9. IL l did not stay my
master would dismiss me, or he would
not help me in the winter when work
Is slack, and if / lose my work /
starve."
Asked about the official inspection
of work-rooms, she replied that it was
general y known when the inspector
was coming, and anyhow they dare
not betray the truth to him.
Nobody cares for us; we don't even
care for ourselves. All we want is q
matre to lie on, crust to eat and a
dress to put on. I'm is, and I'm sick
of IL already"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
fro BE CONTINUED. I
THE PRESIDENTS FLOWERS.
Something about the White House Con-
servatory and It's Management.

Something about the White House Con-
servatory and It's Management.
The White house conservatory oc-
cupics about an acre of ground states
the New York Sun. There are eight
greenhouses devoted to the growing
of plants The conservatory proper
is divided into two parts tropical and
temperate. The system of heating
lighting and ventilating is as near
Perfect as could be devised. All OF
the buildings are under glass, There
are nearly ., 0OO varieties and 80. 900
plants. Hundreds OF very rare trop-
ical plants are TO be seen. as well as
all the native or more common
ly known flowers. The rose
reaches its most perfect state in
those grounds GA an average 100
, 70 .es day are placed in the White
house The president gets basket
almost every morning for his Office.
occasionally the supply runs short
and something else is substituted A
fine basket OF roses decorates the
VIII To house dinner table live or six
days every week. Each lady at the
table receives half dozen. and each
gentleman a boutonniere
The appropriation for the White
house conservatory averages about
g.. 900 yearly. With this sum the sal
aries of three men have to be paid.
the house kept in repair and soil and
plants purchased The conservatory.
like the white house itself, is open TO
visitors. All the children in the Dis
trict OF Columbia have the privilege
OF going once year. Owing to the
limited space persons who wish TO in
spect it must receive permission to do
So and they are accompanied 10y the
superintendent or a guide. 1t is one
o the attractions Of Washington Stu
dents OF botany and Horticulture who
come to the city do not feel that their
visit is complete unless they are able
/ TO spend an hour or two there.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28

The counrryfolk round Firholme
still talk of the glories OF thaE day.
1t was Of all days in the year the one
best suited for birthday the twenty
first OF June The roses were in
bloom; the golden laburnum and the
purple lilac had given place to the
warmer hues OF summer flowers.
Sir Carlos stood. soon after sunrise,
looking round over the home that was
his Inheritance On the night before,
his mother had taken him into the
room where his father died. She told
him of the curse of the Carews. OF the
obstinate self-wlll that had brought SO
many of them TO n sudden aud violent
death. He had listened. and seemed
deeply impressed.
In the silence of that room. where
her own solemn promise had been
given to her dying husband she spoke
TO her son with the utmost tenderness
and elo4uence. aud he was more
touched than he lad ever been in his
life before. On the morrow, she told
him, he would take his life into his
own hands. with all its grave respon-
sibilities and impoI tant duties. She
did not ask him now for promise of
obed ence to her. That which she
had not exacted from him as child
she could not ask now that he was a
young man. But she impored him
TO take counsel and advice when he
was in any difficulty, and not be head
strong. He was deeply touched.
Mother and son knelt together in
the great tapestried chamber; and he
promised that he would do his best to
check the SELF will that had brought SO
many OF his race to an untimely end.
Il will oe blessing to you. mother
he said. mot trouble ahd | vii. do
what can to reno, e the curse of the
Carews '"
No mother in England was happier
that night than gentle Lady Carew.
Sir Carlos rose with the sun. and
went out 10 look at the magnificent
home that on this day became his by
inheritance. He stood on a grassy
knoll in the park which overlooked all
the lower ground. His eyes gl!stened
as they roamed over the noble park
with its superb trees, the winding
stream where the cattle stood knee
deep, the picturesque pile of buildings
standing in the midst of luxurlant
foliage and the sheet of water called
the Holme Mere,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
Notes by the Way.

A ladies' ociety in Windsor is called
''The Merry Wives"
Mrs. Amelia Barr is said to make
from $1,000 to Sl4, 0C0 year from her
literary work.
Antique candlesticlfs are the weak
ness CT Mrs. Jesse Grant, who has a
large collection of gold, silver and
ceramic specimens, to which she is
constantly adding.
DR.. Mary utnam jacob has been
elect President of the neurological
sect on Of the New York academy of
Medicine. ing the first woman ever
elected - tie Presidenc " of section
of that institution since its foundation
twenty-six years ago.
Mrs. Cleveland tastes in jewelry
are very simple. Although the possess
sor of a number of rings, she rarely
wears any except her wedding ring.
A fayorite ornament on dress occa-
sions is beautiful diamond star whicb
was one of her wedding gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs William Waldorf Astor
ar treading the patti of charity, which
sometimes leads % an entrance into
so iety. Scarcely week passes that
is not held at their London residence,
Is Carlton House Terrace.
Mrs. Frances Hodg on Burnett is
soon TO leave Washington for a year S
so ourn abroad. Much of her time
will be spent in London, where she is
almost rs " ell known in society as in
New York, but in the autumn she will
make a tour of Egypt and the Holy
Land.
Eleonora Duse is now the subject of
wonderful pen pictures by English
journalists. One report says that she
is "a beauty of the Nirgilian type, her
face being one of those marble south
EN- IA es which reflect, as in mirror,
the workings of the restless soul be-
meath"
Princess May of Teck gives evidence
of the patriotism inherited from her
mother by choosing the products of
the manufactures in the three king
, doms for her bridal trousSeau. Scotch
tweeds made in Paris fail to pass mus
ter with the Duche of Teck, and she is
| particular in the smallest details to in
sure their purcha,e s being entirely
British.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
Dreanland.

Idiearnt Of the days of long ago
Last night. when the shadows lay
Cold and dark on the garden walk
And the moorland wild and gray
/ stood where the brook went singing on
Down TO the far Off sea,
" here the mill-wheel turns with mea
ured sound
OF sweet, weird melody.
/ stood by the homestead on the hill,
Where the trees TO, k to and fro,
rThe rocks fly by, and the children laugh,
And the hawthorn falls like snow;
/ could see the lilac an yellow eorse
In the old familiar place;
felt the tou OF your dainty hand,
And watched your smiling face.
All me, woke to this saddened life
+ ON that dream of long ago
To miss for ever your presence dear
In my daily cares below.
Only nest that is empty now,
A song in a minor key,
A love that must ever be incomplete
Till the rest of eternity
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
The Oldest city in the world.

Damascus is the Oldest city in the
world Tyre and Sidon have crum-
bled on the shore Baalbec Is ruin;
Palmyra is hurled in desert; Ninevah
and Babylon have disappeared from
the Tigris and the Euphrates Dam
ascus remains what it was before the
days of Abraham. "a center for trade
and travel-an isle OF verdure in tn e
desert; a pres Dental capital with
martial and sacred associations ex-
tending through thirty centuries. -
Jewolers' Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
The Wond rruI Egg.

How many people who are fond OF
eggs and eat them daily. ever stop to
think what wonderful thing an egg
is. 1t is one OF the greatest wonders
Of nature What pa of the egg is
the animalp The clear white part?
No. The yolk? No that is merely
food. Break raw egg and beside
the white and the yolk what do you
findp On the membrane which covers
the yolk you see little whitIsh circle.
That is the animal. When nature
brings the young animal at an early
period into the outer air or water it
provides it with means TO live. A
young alligator no larger than tiny
lizard. takes TO the water the moment
il creeps out of the shell. and begins
to devour what 1t can. 1t needs no
nrOtQctDr
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
CHAPTER ".

1t was after the dismissal OF the tu-
tention OF going to Oxford. DR..
klsdale highly approved the
plan. but would have been bet
ter pleased had the proposal come
from Lady Carew herself. lie did not
like the way in which young Sir Car
los had taken the matter into his own
hands.
However il was a relief TO him to
know that the boy who would so soon
be young man. would be under
proper authority for the next two or
three.years. so Sir Carlos went to
Oxford. and. for the first time in her
life, Lady Carew was parted frem her
son.
Many times during the next three
years she went from Firholme to Ok
ford. There was one thing she could
not help admitting to herself when
she reflected, and it was that she had
never really thwarted him. They
had not once come Into collision; and
she was compelled to own that the
reason was she had never opposed
him. She had always foreseen where
they would disagree, and avoided the
cause. The most tender love existed
between mother aud son. and as yet it
had not been Swallowed by disagree
ment
The three years that Sir Carlos
spent at Oxford wero passed by Lady
Carew in preparing for his majority.
Never had firholme been more. pros
porous than under her gentle rule. A
large sum OF money was saved during
the young heirs minority anu the
promise OF no young mans life could
have been fairer.
When he left Oxford. he travelled
for year and half his mother going
with him, and then he came of age
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
An Imperial University for Women.

Writing in the Nineteenth Century
Canon Browne suggests the formation
of an imperial universe y for women in
which the curricui um would be adapted
to the requ rements of women and open
up n career TO them in connection with
the higher education comparable in
honor and emolument with that open
to men" At Oxford and Cam bridge
women cannot qualify for degrees.
The writer doubts whether the best
educational course for men is, in any
case, the best educational course for
women. Ills ideal university would
have a central council-a senate with
degrees, fellowship, etc; and women
holding the degrees of this university
would have some share in its manage
ment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
Wash Day.

"I don't know of any one thing that
impresseS me more with the idea of the
brotherhood of man." sa d humorous
writer recen ly, than the universally
OF the observance of Monday as wash.
day.
mo matter where a man may live,
on that day he sees the wishing wav-
ing: if in The city, in his own back
yard or from p LEY lines from back
windows or on roofs: if in the suburbs
and his work be in the city, in many
yards as he train flashes by.
I'VE may differ on questions OF
church or state, but we all agree on
Monday as wash-day."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
August
Flower

I used August Flower for Loss OF
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles gained 90 lbs.
1 have sold more of your August
Flower since l have been in business
than any other medicine l ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co., KY. y
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-07-28
Haked Omelet.

Heat six tablespoonfuls Of milk and
melt small piece of butter in it. Do
not let it boil Take six eggs, beat
the yolks with a tablespoonful of salt,
a dash of pepper and tablespoonful
of flower. Stir into the hot milk, add.
ing lastly the stiffiy beaten whites. a
little parsley, and pour into we'll.
buttered iron spider. Put into hot
oven. In few minutes it will be
risen firmly and delicately Drowned.
slip on a platter, folding it in the
middle.