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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
GREATEST FUNNY MAN.
AN ATTEMPT At AN INTERVIEW WITH
MARK TWAIN.
his Advice 10 Hummelshine, Plain Truth is
the Most Amusing Thing You Can Iell-"Tcm
Sawyer" in Real Lifa
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Nothing discourages q man liko be-
Ing hanged" wrote Mark Twain. lie
had doubtless never attempted 10 find
and interview the greatest living Amer
lean hUmorist. / have. ] found him
once. When next | tried he had fed TO
Europe. II NAV have been because be
knew | was coming the second time.
VINO Knows9 Mr.. Clemens is slngularly
modest and retiring.
"The future OF American humor,"
he saiS, is "interesting, but problem
atical. There are only thirty five jokes.
You may set that down as first prln-
ciple. All others ate variations. Only
thirty-fve jokes exist. Perhaps some
American will discover the thirty
sixth. That would be worth living
for.
"But there are more than thirty.fve
ways Of being funny" he continued.
They may be divided into two great
great groups-being funny Intention
ally and being funny unconsciously.
There are more men who do the latter
than there are who do the former. l
suppose IL is to the first you
refer mainly. I can give pro-
fessional funny men one piece of adj
vice, and at the same time reveal
to you a trick OF the trade. The fun
NEST thing in the world is the truth.
Tell the plain truth aud people will
always laugh at 1t, take 1t as a Joke. IL
get up at a dinner and refer TO man
as an insIncere galOot-I mean man
who is present at the dinner-he, as
we'll as everybody else, will laugh.
Everybody at the table knows that he's
a fraud. ana always has been a fraud,
and always will be fraud. Bnt when
l tell them OF It they smoker and laugh
and think I'm just the funniest man
alive
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

gard to drafting a pattern for . sailor
blouse, as 10 is 80 very simple. There
should be tape measure, and this
should be the guide. A loose measure
should be taken around the chest under
the arms, and this will give the width
Of the blouse. The length should Dc
taken on the boy, or at least on some
garment that will give the waist length
from the shoulder at the top and under
the arms. The arm sizes can be hol-
lowed out, the form following the dia-
gram. The arm size does not want to
be too low, or the blouse would soon tear
out. A good guide would be to have the
lower edge OF the arm size sbuut one
third the length of the whole. A fold
should be allowed for hem on each
side. The fronts can be cut so as 10
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

thread for the barring and everlasting.
The outer end of the buttoDhols is bet
ter worked round, and the inner is to
be fastened of strongly by several
stitches,
HOW TO MAKE AN oyERCoAT.
II the maker OF the jacket has taken
. model after drafting the jacket, she
will find IL useful In cutting an overeoat,
for all there is TO do is 10 leDgthen the
skirt, leaving out the side pieces and
making both front and back pieces an
inch wider. All overeoats must be
lined and therefore cut wider and longer
to allow for the thickness. The same
rules for bushelIng and cutting OF the
goods must be observed, and even more
attention paid te the details OF
basting aud pressing, as the oVercoat
needs to be q perfect garment The
overcoat has bat seven pieces-two
fronts and backs. two sleeves and the
collar. If preferred, the back can be
cut in one PIECE. Down the front on
the inside there are to be two pieces OF
the goods as tacing-from top to bot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
HOW TO Mako
GIRLS CLOTHING.
SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOEI WORK
Jackets, Basqa@ Ad DrssSss-A Suit For
Either Ss1-Waiss FOr Girls Of From Ten
10 Fifteen Tsars-Plain Skirts-Nodd For
Elon jackets.
tCopyrigAt. 1ssAl

In the line Of dressmaking for child
rem II is really more difficult to get
good effects in garments for very
small children than for those Of larger
growth. There is time IN the child
ren's livesswhen boys and girls dress
very nearly alike, and suit that will
be useful TO mothers OF such little ones
is presented here with diagrams and
and full instructions how TO make It. IL
consists OF two garments, a belted froc x
and tiny jacket 10 wear over it In the
front. Fig. / shows the back, the
front. 3 the vest and the sailor collar.
The sleeves are not portrayed, IS they
are to be bishop for girls and plain
coat for boy. The mark down the front
Of the jacket shows where a facing OF
contrasting color is TO go, and it should
be ike the sailor collar aud vest No.
slides under TIE figure until Ii joins
properly at the neck and then It is sewsd
securely. Ii closes with small buttons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

Skirts for girls OF these ages are usu-
ally perfectly plain and gathered either
to a band or sewed to the dress. This
Is by far the better way. For gathering
these skirts the old manner Of gauging
them Is considered the neatest. This is
done by turning down the edge and
taking long even stitches with thick
thread that must not show on the outer
side. Sometimes three gauging threads
are set half an inch apart and the
stitches set exactly opposite each other,
which gives them fluted appearance.
To sew a gagged skirt to the waist,
take one stitch in tbs outer portion Of
each fold Of the fluted edge and sew il
tightly to the under edge Of the belt or
waist.
MAKING A STRAIGHT SKIRT.
1t making a straight skirt the seams
should be clipped at q distance OF a
quarter OF a yard through the selvage
and the seam pressed apart. The hem
must be turned evenly and be neatly
sewed, so that the stitches do not show
on the outside. Straight skirts are
worn by girls up to 16 and often after
ward, but gored skirts are not often
| but upon girls under Is. When
they are, the live gOred," or rather
/ We pieced, for the TWO back breadths
ara quite straight. The diagram
shows how they are to be placed
the material will admit Of it, the front
| and two side breadths can be cut from
one fold OF the cloth, one up and the
/ other down. II material 81 inches wide
| is employed, there need be but two
! lengths, as the two back pieces come
| from one and the three front ones form
the other when there is no nap or
| figure.
Diagram 1 represents the front
| breadth doubled, 2 the two side cores and
3 the two back breadths. They are 10
/ be basted together, beginning all seams
from the top, and any irregularlty
comes at the bottom, whore II is to be
! trimmed oil. The skirt can be lined
throughout and then faced up With one
thickness OF bias wigan, covered In
turn with alpaca or dress material, or
dress material, or 1t may be faced up
only. II is more satisfactory TO line IL
and press all the seams neatly. Then
sew the facing around In seam and
turn IL upward, leaving the dress ma
terial little longer than the facing.
Basic this up firmly and press it well
before catstiching the facing down.
The pressing Of the facing at this stage
brings 1t sohdly into the right position,
ana it will never wrinkle or sag. The
skirt should not be too stiff nor yet too
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

the fronts. When IL Is all basted firm
~, try 10 on again, right side OUT
this time, aud adjust the gathers and
then sew the seams and finish of the
waist. The sleeve is 3 plain balloon puff.
she lower portion plain, and the upper
gathered and sswed on at a point just
above the elbow and brought upward TO
the shoulder seam, where IL is sewed in.
The waist can be finished with dFaped
bslt,or 1t can be plain and have piping.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

where the corner turns over for the
lapel, and the line drawn down shows
the lap for the buttons. The collar is
to be sewed to the coat when all else is
finished, the mark coming 20 the seam
In the back. A belt of the same is to be
stitched TO the jacket. The front lining
may be wadded, but the back should
not be. ALI seams must be pressed as
fast as sewed to Insure good appearance.
The collar should be faced with sateep
and interlined with buckram.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
How TO Make
BOYS CLOTHING.
DIRECTIONS FOR CUTTING AND FITTING AT
HOME.
Suits for All Ages and Sizes-How to Make a
Blouse Suii-ShOr! Trousers, Long Trousers and
Knickerbockers The Norfolk Goats and Reef
srs-Finishing and Pressing.

The first suit OF clothes for little
boy Is comparatively easy TO make, as 1t
is usually cut with sailor blouse, and
that is extremely simple, the collar be-
ing the most difficult portion to adjust
The trousers are Of three kinds-the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

clinging. One thickness Of wigan and
the facing will be enough. No braid is
required as long as the dress does not
reach the ground. The cores should be
two-thirds larger on the bottom than the
ton
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

Then the back and front are sewsd to-
gether, the neck bound and the sailor
collar sewed on, the ends meeting In
3 point. The sleeves are added, accOr-
ding 10 their kind, aud the little jacket
Is finished. But before the back and
front are seWed together the large back
piece Gig. 81 is plated on TO Fig. l
and the plaits tackled tightly to the
belt line and from there left loose. Fig.
6 is seWed up where cut down and The
-laitl laid In and hemmed, and this Is
under Fig. 6, the arm size and
coming exactly. Then the
sewed up, which makes one
two, and the skirt is hem
..u,. ....-..od of. The sleeves arc
E in after the final scanning is done
g com pOsite garment can be made of
Ost anything and requires one yard
goods "A inches wide and half yard
Of other material for collar ana iacings
for a child OF 6. In this IL requires
neatness and accuracy. The belt can
be OF stiffened material or for boy Of
leather.
MAKING A MODEL WAIST
The second diagram shows a model
waist for girls from 10 70 IS years. The
figure at that age Is so Immature little
opportunity is given for a stylish fit,
and for that reason much drapery and
many plaits or gathers are seen on
such gowns. The primary movement
Is to draft lining. To do this, meas
ore with a tapeline from throat TO waist
line and make dots on q piece OF paper
&C each end OF the length found. Then
measure from top of shoulder, joining
the neck 70 waist line, and dot these
figures at an equal distance with that
between the middle OF the throat and
the line from the shoulder. This gives
the measure for the curve In the neck
in front. Then measure from the mid
die Of the front TO the seam under the
arms, and that gives the exact width Of
the front. The measure from under
the arm TO waist line aud from the
shoulder seam, where the sleeve goes in,
also dotted as fast as measured, gives
the slope or the arm size aud the
shoulder, and by following diagram
Fig. perfect front may be drafted
that is sure 10 ft. The darts can bs
taken In deep or shallow, as the case
may demand. The side fronts, the side
ecks and the center backs can all be
ssured in the same manner. They are
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

PHILADELPHIA. June 1.-THE old Liberty
bell has been taken down from the place
where 10 has been suspended IN lndepsno-
enco Hall and placed 10 handsome - nhre
navilion made Of quartered OAK and glass.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

done. The shoulder seams, outside only,
are sewed after having stitched the arm
sizes on the wrong side and turning
them with the other part. The shout
der seams being pressed fiat, the lining
is sewed neatly down over it. The neck
also is sewed and turned with the other
seams, so that there are no raw edges.
The Jacket is trimmed to suit, the most
common way being soutache braiding in
metal braid. 1t requires goods as wide
as the bust measure for this jacket, as
there are no seams.
MAKING AN EToN JACKET.
The Elton jacket model is also drafted
from the model basque, but has three
pieces only-two fronts and back In
one piece. Elton jackets are made OF
any kind Of goods, sometimes even cot
ton, in duck and piQue. The draft
should be made first, the pattern then
cut and tried on, having the arm sizes
loose. The under arm seams are then
sewed and the lining stitched to the
outside and turned. The shoulders are
then sewed and the lining felled. Braid
or breloques are used for trimming. II
requires three-iourths Of a yard OF &C.
inch goods to make this jacket.
OLIVE HARPER.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17
MAKING A sAILOR RLOUsF.

It requires - yards Of blue flannel
Sc inches wide for saitor blouse for
boy from ( to years old, and more if
the boy is larger. The measure should
be taken from the top Of the shoulder
to the waist line and then allow six
inches deeper for: the hem and for the
part that falls over. The little white
blouse shirts 10 wear under the short
Jackets are cut by the same pattern.
To cut the blouse, fold the cloth so that
the two selvages come together and lay
the pattern so that the center Of the
back comes on the fold. There should
be no seam in blouse except on the
shoulders. See that the nap, If there is
one, runs downward, and pin the pat
tern securely, sc thsethe lower edge of
the pattern is even with the end Of tie
cloth, and then gut it out.
There is no exact rule to give in re-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-06-17

long and flsring ones, the tight knee
pants and the knicker6ockers, which
are gathered TO band at the knee.
This latter kind is preferable, as the
fullness relieves the strain, and the
garments do not wear out half as fast.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-27
Barnun' S Circus

Will be gala day for the girls. Your best fellow
will be around early and expect you to look your
prettest There will be lots of other girls at the
circus and you must tog out to compare favorably.
Get a new dress for the notwithstanding light
and airy, fit for a fairy-sOmething in Crlspe
Cloth or P0ngee only 10c to l5c yard at Pol
LAsKYs (they sell for lSc to 25c everywhere else)
Or if you want something better get a Cashmere,
or Henrjetta or a Serge, they are having
Clearance Sale in these goods at PoLLAsKYs-sell.
ing them off at onehalf price,, trim it up with
lace or ribbons, and there you are. And remem
Der your Sh0es--its funny how pretty foot
touches a fellows heart-if they are shapeless OF
worn be to get spanking new pair (they
closing out elegant 81. SO to s.. SO Shoes for
81. "A at PoLLAsKY's) and your PardSOl and Fan
must keep up with the procession, fol- there must
be nothing shabby about you when ten thousand
eyes looking at You, especially when they can
be had for so little money at POLLAsKY's STORE.
1t will surprise you how few dollars judiciously
spent at PoLLAsKYs Cts the best place in the
county to buy things) will make you the loveliest
being on earth III some fellows eye, and put
Barnums $40 600 prize beauty in the shade.
Girls who wise
VIII follow this advice,
And the preacher will secure you the prize.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-27
Grand Clearance Sale

In Mems Clothing and furnishings
SD and SIS Fine Dress Suits for SO 90 to $12 OO
S and u all Wool Suits for 90 to OC
5 and s good durable Suits SO to OC
Elegant 5 Dress Pants now 90 to O(
You going to the circus, and want to lool
as we'll as the other fellow Don't expect a Cir
to admire the whiskers on your pants. Spruce w
for the occasion, and save 25 to SO per cent. OF
what you buy at the same time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-07-27
In Shoes

We have enormous stock. An elegant Fin
Shoe worth $500 to 81. 80, sell for $1.5C,
A high grade Cordovan, Kangaroo or Calf Shod
never sold less than SO 50 to $500 sell id
81. % to SO. 25. The cut in prices Hat
or Shirts-in fact everything.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
State Historical Society

TOPEKA, Kas., January s, 1894
The eighteenth annual meeting Of
the Kansas State Historical Society
will be held IN the hall of the House
Of Representatives, at Topeka on
Tuesday eveneng, January Is, 1894,
for the election Of one-third of the
members of the Board Of Directors,
and the transaction of such other
business as may come before the
meeting. Addresses will be delivered
by the President Of the Society, Hon.
P. g. Lowe, also by Prof. E. B. Cow
gill, Hon. I. D. Thatcher, and others.
A mesting Of the board Of Directors
will be held at ? O'clock p. m. Of the
same day in the east rooms of the So
siety. All members Of the board are
requested to be present,
+. q. ADAMS, Secretary.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18

whit holLer, not a whit more conquer
ors of Our sins or masters OF our COR
ruptions, not a step nearer to God or
heaven, than we we're at the begin
ningY We are Of the many that
throng Jesus, not Of the faithful few
who touch him. We go through a
certain round Of Christian duties; we
are thus brought outwardly in con
tact with the Lord; but we come ex'
pecting no blessing, and so obtain no
blessing,
You who are unsaved, you who at
tond the services Of Gods house with
so little profit to your souls, is it not
at least possible that the explanation
OF all this barrenness and unprolta-
bleness may be herein the fact that
you have been thronging Christ, and
not t9sehlRg hlm'
Only come to hum now, saying, IF
I may but touch him, I shall be
whole" Only come, looking for
good, and you will find good; expect
Ing mercy, and yen viii obtain mercyi
bringing your heart TO be healed, and
it shall be healed, When you read,
when you mediate, when you hear,
when you pray, 80 do it that Christ
shall be compelled 10 say, Somebody
hath touched me-" lie is only wait
ing for this, that 80 virtue might 90
forth from him to thee; and thou, who
earnest fearing and trembling, who
earnest, it might be, behind him, as
hardly daring to own either to thy
self or Others what thou vert looking
for from hlm-shalt go away strength
ened, treasured, healed, an open con-
fessor Of the faith; boldly declaring,
in the face Of all, what God bath done
for thy soul, as this woman declared
what he had done for her body.-M
ReU. Richard Trench.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
Commissioners Proceedings.

Monday, January 8, 1894.
The board met in regular session as provided by
law, Monday, January Sth 1904, and organized as
new board,
Present, Messrs Halbcrt, Tannahi and Cribbs.
On motion I, ID. llOlbert was elected chairman
Of the board for the ensuing year.
On motion adjourned.
SPECIAL SESSION, JANUARY s, 1894. -CALL
To II. j. Ilalbert Chairman Board of Commits.
sioners Of Phillips County, Kansas:
sIR-You are hereby respectfully requested to
call special meeting Of the above board at the
1894 at o'clock p, m, for the purpose of letting
the contract for the county printing for the ensu,
ing year, and for the ira, saCtion Of such other
business as may come legally before the board.
Signed q. u. CRlBBs,
G IL TANNAHILL.
Members of Said Board.
To q. II Tannahil and G, D. CRIBS, Members Of
the Board Of Commissioners OF Phillips County,
Kansas:
GENTLEMEN :--Whereas, there has been pre-.
sented to me Il request signed by two members OF
the above board, requesting that | call u special
meeting Of said board, for special purposes there
In stated therefore you and each Of you will take
notice that there will be special meeting of said
board at the time and place therein stated and for
the purposes therein set forth.
Signed; T. J. uALBERT.
We hereby accept service Of above notice.
olBueu' ". -. CHlBBS,
g. Ii. TANNAHILL.
Members Of Said Board.
Board met pursuant to call January 9Th 1894, at
clock p. nj all members present
Called to order by Chairman Y. j. HQlbeTt,
or Notion the county printing was let as fol-
lows:
The old contract of the HERALD of 1893 was
continued in force by the new proprietors for one
year.
On motion the same contract is to be entered
into. by the Dispatch, with J. Q. Royce at the
head, except delinquent tax and job work and ls
to furnish an extra copy of the paper to put on
file in the Office of the county clerk
On motion the clerk was instructed to get q
book to keep record Of the poor farm.
Adjourned.
State Of Kansas Phillips County, IS:
j, |. d. Thornton, county clerk in and for the
county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify the
foregoing to be true and correct record of the
proceedings of the board of commissioners of
Phillips county. Kansas, had at their special ses-
sion. January 9Th, 1874
Witness my hand and the seal OF said county,
this Sth day of JANUARY, 1894 80
lsEALI l. D. Thornton, County Clerk
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-01-18
First publication January II, 1S9l.-2w.
Road Notice.

To whom II may concern:
In pursuance of an order made by the board Of
county commissioners of the county OF Phillips,
in the state of Kansas In regular session on the
9Th day of January, a. d, 1S0l notice is hereby
given that John II. Thomas and others, house
holders Of said county. residing in the vicinity
where it is proposed to lay out and establish TIE
road below mentioned have presented to said
board their certain petition, praying the laying
out und establishment OF public road in said
county az follows: Commencing at the south
east corner Of section 10, town 5, range 10, west
of the 9Th p. NJ. Running thence west on sec
ton line between sections 10 and Is, and 10, 8
and II, and IS, to the range line between ranges
10 and 20; thence north on the range line one
mile To the southwest corner OF section 5, town 8,
range ~, thence west on section line between
sections and IL and 2 and IL, to the quarter sec
ton corner between sections and II, town 8,
range 20, to intersect north and south road run
ming through sections 2 and II on the quarter sec'
ton line; said road to be laid the section lines
as near az practicable. Said road to be laid sixty
feet wide; and that +. C. Albright, g. G. Lappin,
and e. Aultman, viewers duly appointed will
meet at beginning Of said road, with surveyor, on
the 9Th day of February, a D. 1894, and proceed
to view said road, and to give all parties hear
Ing,
Witness my hand and the seal Of said county,
affixed at my Office in said county, this 9th day OF
January, A. d. 1894,
lsEALl j. F. ARNOLD, County Clerk.