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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-19

A Few DargalDs in PianOG
Gilbert 6-octave square $500.
Emerson rs octave square $4,000.
/ Hoboken 7S-Oet:sve square STAT 90.
1 Halnes octave upright $4,000.
Will sell the above on small monthly
aymentS c. a. House.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-19
WANTED.

UyANTED-Managing Hotel Housekeeper.
w young lady for dental office, 10 shoo
girls at Ladies' Exchange, liz Main street. J..
b. CLARK, Manager.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
KANSAS CHURCHES.

Clafin Banner: st. Peter and Paul g
Catholic church, south of this place,
was appropriately dedicated with a
large crowd in attendance,
North Topeka item; Rev. W. L. By
ers, of the North Congregational church,
has begun the undertaking of building
an addition to their church, which will
be used as a public library and reading
room, The building is estimated to cost
$500. The plan is to enlist the help Of
people both in the church and outside.
At Hiawatha in the spring term of
the district court, a week was devoted
to a church injunction case. The con.
gregation of the Fairview church are
about evenly divided on the question
whether the church building should
stand where it is or be removed to what
is considered a more convenient loca-
cation. Judge Thompson has gone
home without rendering decision in
the case. Rev. Broad, Of Topeka, was
in attendance and the guest of Rev.
Conkling, pastor OF our Congregational
church.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

THERE is q paper in Spokane called
the Silver Outburst 1t is so breezy
that a seventy-twO knot gale Is but as
languid zephyr In its nostrIls. 1t is
three-ring circuss with the bands
playing till you can't rest. 1t is filed
with heavy matter, light matter, and
poetry In season. Its manager sug-
gets that perhaps we don't know the
Silver Outburst Is not edited with
tomahawks, and that ideas are way
laid In the Northwest that would be-
useful in business anywhere. To
which we hasten to confess we believe
the Silver Outburst has It's stockade
full Of ideas, and we are ready to take
a day off to sample them whenever
they flood this Office,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

THE syndicate of tramps have OBJ
tanned control at one end of a tele-
graph line that brings press reports.
A recent news dispatch in the papers
was to the effect that a man who had
given assistance" to a sidewalk beg
gar had received bequest of Sl2, 900
from the individual whose wants he
had relieved. The story is that the
gentleman referred to was requested
by a shabby man to provide him
something to eat; that he took the
shabby man into a restaurant, bought
him a meal, and gave him small
sum of money for the purchase of
further supply Of food; that the
tramp afterward came into posses
sion Of property, and at his death
left it all by will to his benefactor.
1t is not probable, however, that any
great number Of persons will be in
weighed by this report into invest
ments Of this kind any more than
they are caught by the lottery trick
of reporting that somebody some
where has drawn prize.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

council Of women started a few
months ago a sort of petition called
a Consent" the text of which is as
follows:
ave, whose names are signed be-
low, consent to give our influence in
favor Of an improvement in woman's
dress which will allow her the free
and healthful use Of the organs Of her
body when walking or taking exer-
else. In signing this paper no one
of us becomes responsible for the
suggestions of any one else, nor do
we promise to wear or 10 indorse any
particular style of dress. We simply
give our influence to help start a
strong and healthy movement in
favor of freedom and common sense
in dress, leaving ourselves free to
work for it as seems best to each
one."
More than a thousand women have
signed this document, among whom
are many who are distinctly conserv-
alive, though well known. 1t is now
proposed to circulate this document
among men as well as women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

WARD MoALLIsTER, it is said, has
been denounced from the pulpit by a.
New York clergyman for his un-
American utterances on social ques-
tions. The censure may be we'll de-
served, but it is doubtful If it will
serve any better purpose than as a;
new advertisement for Mr.. McAllisterI
among the set whose favor he has
won, There is a small but gradually
increasing class Of people in this
country who have had wealth and So,
clal prestige for generations, All that
American Institutions can do for.
those upon whom fortune has smiled,
has been theirs, and now they have
nothing to sigh for except such dis
tinctions as foreign aristocracies can
bestow, With this class Mr.. Nc
Allister has aimed to make himself
high priest. His right to assume the
role has often been questioned, but
his high-handed persistence bids fair
to secure him the coveted goal,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

PROF. BAEYER, Of Munich Uni
versity, has been rummaglng around
among the mummy graves of Achmin,
and he has made a study Of more
than archaeological interest. He has
exhumed the remains Of an embalmed
Egyptian princess, and with them a
lot Of cosmetics used for improving
the complexion and Frightening the
eyes three or four thousand years ago.
He is submitting the ingredients Of
his find to chemical analysis, and
hopes to put these ancient prepare
lions on the market for the benefit Of
the ladies Of to-day. Prof. Baeyer's
discovery indicates that, so far as
woman nature Is concerned, the
world hasn't changed particle in
1900 years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

The worst class of authors, from
the printers point of view, are those
who alter, and add and transpose
until proof is riVulet of type me-
anderiDg through a meadow Of appar-
emily chaotic inky cobwebs. Carlyle,
it is we'll known, was a terror to
compositors. The late Rev. ]. G.
Wood was another. When he sent
back his sheets to the press little bits
of paper were gummed along the
edges, each containing two or three
lines of writing. Burke was third,
for he returned his proofs in such a
condition that sometimes the whole
had to be set afresh. But Balzac was
the terror Of all terrors. With him
it was not a question of resetting
once; he would send fifty lines in
manuscript, and, receiving proof af-
ter proof, would alter and add until
he had evolved story His correc-
tions probably cost more than those
of any dozen, or even twenty, of his
contemporaries.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
Texas alone is easily capable OF sup
porting 20, 900, 900 Of population.

A New YORK specialist, DR.. Peter
son, says that among the insane PEG.
pie who visit his Office for treatment
are two "very insane" one acting as
a teacher and another who "has for
years been switching hundreds Of
trains daily on great railroad"
When the wrong switch Is thrown
some day and many lives are lost In,
O horrible railroad wreck, this in
sane man may be discovered and
sent to an asylum. 1t might save
some railroad much trouble If DR..
Peterson would commit his patient
to an asylum now before he has
caused the wreck. In such affairs IT.
is Just as well to lock the stable door
before the horse is stolen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

dress of the natter NIL council
this fact has been recognized.
The report Of the committee opens
with the statement that the mem
bers have concerned themselves with
endeavoriug to devise costumes suit
able for business hours, for shopping,
marketing, housework, walking and
other forms Of exercise, The further
statement Is made that anything in
the form Of uniform is deprecated;
that they desire to make their
recommendations such a. to insure
large liberty Of choice, and that they
hope to assist in delivering women
from the bondage in which fashion
has so long confined them.
In this connection it is of interest
that number of those who have
pledged themselves to wear one Of
these short costumes during the
Worlds Fair are women Of wealth
and leisure. All that the committee
has aimed to accomplish is in the
line Of walking costumes
AS to evening or reception toilets,
OF indeed gowns for the house or any
function, the trailing robe Of rich
material with all the features of the
conventional full dress gown is ap-
proved both by precept and example
by these women. Indeed, it is key
note of the movement that they do
not set aside one jot or little of the
conventionalitie of life. In fact,
several of this committee have re-
Gently had handsome evening gowns
made by Miss Barry, of Marshall
Field s. Co., who makes speciality Of
costumes that are in every respect
hygienic and yet that perfectly con-
form in general contour to the best
and latest modes. Some of these
evening dresses are not only rich and
elegant but are so truly artistic that
they would delight the soul of
painter,
In the interests of this reform, in
which the committee on dress has
taken the initiative, the national
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

Topeka Capital; Major Anderson
forwarded to Chicago an old parchment
deed to $50 acres Of land in Pennsylva
MIA that is dated in 1851. The deed
was given by William Penn to some
Of the early ancestors OF Thomas Buch-
man OF this city. It bears tho signature
of Penn, and is highly priced by the
family that have handed 1t down for
over 200 years,
From Salina; The Knights of Pyth-
las grand lodge elected officers as fol-
lows: Grand chancellor, w. II. Brden-
baugh, Of Wichita; grand vice chancel-
lor, p. O. Looms, Galena; grand pre-
late, O. @. Garrettson, Manhattan; grand
master of exchequor, F. s. Larabee,
Stafford; grand keeper of records and
feal, g. j. Neubert, Kansas City; grand
master at arms, W. Beardsley, Ottawa;
grand inner guard, George Earb, Ulys-
ses; grand outer guard, w. A. s. Bird,
Topeka; F. S, Merstetter was reelected
supreme representative.
Manhattan Nationalist: The old barn
and cattle sheds at the W. p. Higin-
botham ranch are burned. They made
a great light and some hundreds Of peo-
pie went out, the fire department also
making the run but they could accom-
plish little. The entire length Of barn
and sheds was 225 feet, substantially
built at q cost OF some $4,000. Two
water tanks and a windmill were also
burned. On these there was $75 insur-
ance and on the sheds $500. 1t is sup
posed that tramps set the fire. There
was narrow escape for the large barn
in which there were several valuable
horses.
Wichita special; The jury in the
Daniel Wren forgery case brought in a
verdict Of guilty. The case is but q link
in long chain Of swindles in which
Wren and a number Of other residents
of this city and county were and are en-.
gagged. The plan of action was for
one member Of the party to deed some
imaginary property to Wren. Wren
would re-deed this to another member,
taking mortgage on the property for
an alleged balance due. Elaborate alb
stracts to the property, tax receipts,
registration files and everything else
necessary we're forged, and these taken
east ard disposed Of. In the present
case Wren disposed of a mortgage to
the amount OF $4,000 to j. W. Ramsey,
OF Springfield, ILL.,, for imported stations
of that value Ramsey came out here
to inspect the property supposed to be
covered by the forged mortgages, and
was was shown q number of valuable
lots by Wren and his confederates, and
made to be believe they we're the ones
mentioned in the mortgages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

full breadths of double width mate
rial, or four Of medium single-width
goods, and for the length measure
from under the heel to the usual
waist line, The divisions begin just
above the knees, where cores nine
inches wide are inserted, with the
wide part uppermost, and joined.
At the waist this skirt is either
gathered or plated rather full in
front and very full behind, leaving it
somewhat scant in front. Pockets
may be placed on either side in front
Of the hips. When buttoned on a
skirt the placket is in the back.
However, this costume may be made
as a one-piece costume by carrying
the length right on to the shoulders.
In this case the skirt should have two
short packets in the fullness at the
back, with short band between to
button to the waist, In the front it
may open in tAe front fullness. With
this costume no leggins are required,
as high-topped boots reach to the
lower gathered edge. A garment
somewhat scanter Of this sort is
recommended to be worn under a
short princess dress.
The fourth Of these costumes is
"the modified Syrian" This, while
much like the Syrian, has the diVis-
ion beginning under the turn Of the
skirt about ten inches lower than in
the regular Syrian costume. In this
the extra fullness is taken out over
the hips by means of several small
cores on each side. To the waist
lining is attached a pair Of loose linen
drawers that do not extend quite to
the knee, and the outside material,
instead Of being sewed to band or
held in place by an elastic, is slightly
gOred and sewed to the lower edge of
these drawers. In this way the sup
port Of the costume from the shout
ders is secured. In walking the divi-
sion is not defined in the Syrian cos
tune, and as the upper part Of the
dress is more conventional 1t Is not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
STOCK AND FARM.

A bulletin Of great value to stock
raisers is being issued by the depart
ment of entomology Of the university
OF Kansas on the horn-hy Of cattle. 1t
is issued as warning to stock-rasers
against the horn-hy and presents valu-
able suggestions and methods for
avoiding and destroying this injurious
insect.
Topeka Journal: The fruit outlook
is encouraging. Farmers are somewhat
at variance as to the exact amount Of
damage done by frost, but none OF them
say that it amounted to much. In O
few parts of this county the frost in.
jured peaches, and south of the G ty
other fruits were damaged somewhat,
but taken as q whole the season prom
ises to be the best IN years. Pear trees,
especially, seem to be doing remarkably
we'll.
According to the report OF the agri-
cultural department recently issued
l45,30O pounds Of cotton we're grown
in Kansas last year. Chautauqua and
Montgomery counties are the leading
cotton districts.
Ell Dorado Advocate; Joe McCulley
says that he will have lots Of peaches,
but will not be burdened with other
fruit crops. Says that from some cause
his apple trees failed to bloom. This
is a general complaint. What is the
cause?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Stockton Record says the annual
extension of the Central Branch has
been put of for another year.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company laid off ten machin-
lists and four boilermakers at Argentine.
1t is said that the work In the shops is
very slack, and that the men we're given
a vacation until the work becomes more
plentiful.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: Proba-
bly, the longest passenger train that
ever pulled out OF the Un.on depot was
the Santa Fe train No. s, which left
here with fifteen coaches. The entire
train was pulled by one engine the cel-
ebrated Santa Fe No. 6, driven by En-
gineer Samuel Bradford.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

The multitudinous presence Of
seemingly invincible war vessels on
our ATLANTIC seaboard recently sug-
gests the other side Of the picture.
How could we sink them? OF course
the most effective adversary to send
against such steel-bound craft is the
torpedo, and unless thoroughly dirig-
ible 1t must have men to accompany
it, and so be torpedo boat The
Navy Department has called for de-
signs for a submarine torpedo boat
that, if invented, should prove a
marvel of destructiveness. This
boat must be built so that it can
stand the great water pressure at a
depth of $50 feet and remain there a
considerable time. 1t must be able
to remain stationary, rise quickly,
move backward and forward, carry
enough air for the crew for the maxi
mum of submersion, and be fitted
for Ave self-acting torpedoes The
vessels displacement Is not to exceed
$50 tons. Finally the boats material
must be of home make. Such speci-
flcations as these call for a destroyer
that will make the worlds heaviest
battle ships as panicky as blooded
horse walking on fire crackers
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

so exceptionally striking. A gym
nasium dress, not in any important
aspect different from the ordinary
gymnasium costume, is also sug-
gested.
The committee members who have
recommended these costumes-Fran-
ces E. Russell, Annie Jenness Miller,
Frank Stuart Parker, and Octavia
W. Bates together with several
other women prominent in the ma
tional council Of women = have
pledged themselves to wear some one
of these costumes during the Worlds
Fair. That they will succeed in pop
ularizing something which, while
modest and Hateful, will free woman,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
short skIrta for WnlkInr.


OF the four different styles Of walk
ing costumes recommended by the
committee on dress of the national
council of women, one at least is
trim, neat, artistic and withal wom-
anly, although truly the skirt Is I'M
conventlonally short, says the Chi
cago Post. This costume is in four
pieces and is of one colored material.
There is a long, graceful jacket open
ing over a blouse bodice; skirt
reaching several inches below the
knees, and leggins, neatly fitted and
buttoned as are gaiter tops. These
leggins extend up over the knees.
While this costume is, Of course, ex-
ceptlonal In being short Of skirt, it is
one that recommends itself, not only
because 1t is comfortable, convenient
and hygienlc. but from the fact that
1t is not calculated to challenge adj
verse criticism.
Another costume suggested by this
committee is what they call the
American costume" which is o short
one-piece gown with zouave jacket
open in the back as well as the front.
This gown has two box plaits in the
back and also in the front and fol-
lows the outline Of the figure without
fitting 1t closely.
The Syrian costume, also recon-
mended by the committee, is the one
which was so much mooted in the
London papers a few months ago.
The directions for making the skirt,
which closely resembles full Turkish
trousers, are as follows: Take two
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

kind from the thralldom of bedrag-
gled dress skirts, worn binding
braid, and, as a famous doctor calls
1t, "the savagely unhyglenic dress
that is the vogue for women" Is not
too much to hope for, although one
may not be able to confidently ex-
pect it.
Anything in the nature of uni
form or dress exclusively for bust
ness women will never be successful
so long as human nature remains
what 1t is. In the work I'M
dertaken by the committee on
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

JUDICIAL minds have clothed in
stately verbiage and given to the
world the dictum that any man when
he chooses to relinQuish a situation
may be stopped by an injunction.
There are of course instances in
which there would be no impulse
to swear out any such injunction.
For example, II the wise judges were
to resign.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

y A MEDICAL Journal says that chol-
era microbes will live in coffee two
hours. But that throws no light on
a matter Of vital concern to a great
many people-how long will the dam
gerous microbes survive in the mild
liquid that In boarding-houses and
restaurants is served for coffee?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

In the last six weeks female foot
pads In Chicago have robbed twenty
five pedestrians. Doubtless the police
deprecate this, but gallantry and
natural Difference to the gentle sex
seem to have restrained them from
making any arrests.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

HOPEFUL people who of late have
been finding themselves heirs to Eu-
ropean estates have generally set
their expectations at $4,000, 900.
This is too high. Think Of the bit
terness Of the disappointment in
volved in not getting $40, 100000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

A FOLLOWER Of Nautilus declares
that in 100 years the United States
will have population of 300, 900, 900.
And even that number will not be
crowded for room or lack of means of
support. Our great domain will not
be as thickly populated as many of
the states and kingdoms Of Europe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

Miss MEANS, Of Columbia, S. G.,
has been expelled from the Presby-
terrain Church because she was en-
ployed in the telephone exchange and
had to work on Sunday or lose her
place. Such action will reflect more
upon the church than upon the young
woman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

A COMMERCIAL traveller attempted
suicide, his excuse being that the
world was too wicked for him. The
world is occasionally almost knocked
out of its orbit by a body blow, but
this is believed to be the worst blff it
has received up to date.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

A STORY of sad bereavement comes
from Kansas City. According to
press dispatches, a gentleman, on
leaning Of the death Of an uncle who
had died intestate, burst into tears,
exclalming: Il am S12, 900 richer
than l was ten minutes ago" How
he must have suferedl
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

THE assertion is made that during
a recent storm in Colorado the clouds
showed mud" This can hardly be
true. The making Of a tin whistle
out Of a pigs tail would be easy in
comparison. Possibly the clouds
mudded mud, but they never showed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

ALEXANDER Of Servia seems to
have reached an embarrassing age.
He is little too old to be spanked
and a little too young to be a real
king while his father, Milan, persists
In remaining on earth.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

GEORGE GOULD has bought hotel
at Old Point Comfort, and Willie
Wallie Aston is already running a
couple in New York. The prejudice
against trade seems to be wearing off
In the minds of the Gotham 400.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

A LOCOMOTIVE is great machine
and exerts tremendous power, but 1t
wants q good foothold. A little
grease or little water In the wrong
place trips it up at once.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

ONE candidate for Office has adj
dressed rhymed epistle to the Presi.
dent unmindful Of the fact that it is
the soap factories which use poetry
mostly, instead of the Executive De.
partment of the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

ANOTHER batch of pugllists has ar
rived from Australia and been per-
mitted to land, a circumstance tend
ing to show that quarantine regu a.
lions are not what they ought to be.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

4THIs is what / call solid comfort,
was the remark OF the young hus
band when he partook OF his wlfe's
first sponge-cake.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

So MUCH is done by machinery on
board a warship that the old salt Is
seldom called upon to splice the main
brace.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

WHEN man finds q woman that
there is nothing too good for he
wants her to take him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08
NEW REFORMED DRESS.
GOWNS RECOMMENDED FOR
WOMAN'S WEAR.

The National Council of Women Suggests
Some Sensible md Hygienlc Costumes
that VIII Be shown In Chicago During
the Summer.