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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
Boom In Hicxcle Trade.

The boom in bicycles is spreading far
into the strangest corners Of the earth.
The latest faraway order for wheels
was received from the Ameer of At
ghanistan, who has sent for a lot Of
English riding machines for the use of
the ladies of his herem. If the custom
spreads to harems there will be some
difficulty in meeting the demand.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
SUGGESTIONS OF LONG AGO.
had Luck and Evil Omens of tho Seven
tecnth Century.

had Luck and Evil Omens of tho Seven
toonth Century.
That 1t Is very i'll lucke to have a
Hare crosse one in the high way, says
Notes and Queries. That to have yell
low speckles on the Males of ones
hand Ia great signe Of death. That
when she left cheeke burnes 1t Is q
sIgne some bodie takes well OF yOu,
but II the right cheeke burnes 1t ID Il
signe OF i'll. That when mans nose
bleeds but a drop or two that Is the
sgne of ill-lucke, that when mans
nose bleeds but one drop, and at the left
nostrll, it is signe of good luche,
but on the right ILL., That II man
stumbles in n morning as soone as he
comes out OF dores, 1t Is a signe OF Ill
lucke That If man walking in the
fields finde any foure-leaEed grasse,
he shall in small while after finde
some good thing. That IL Is not good
to put on new suite, pare ones
Males, or begin anything on a
Childermas day. That II man
be drowsie. it Is a slgne of i'll
lucke. That 1t is signe of Ill lucke to
ilnGs money. That 1t Is naught for a
man or woman to lose their hose garter.
That 1t Is very unfortunate thing for
man to meete carly in morning an
ill-favoured man or woman, rough
footed Hen, shag-haired Dogge; or a
blRcke Cat. That 1t Is slgne of death
to some in that house, whore crlckets
have been many yeeres, If on a sudden
they forsake the Chimney Corner That
IL man be born In the day time he
heare Of anger. That TO dreame Of the
devil Is good lucke That to dreame OF
gold good lucke, but Of silver Ill. That
IL a man be born in the day time he
shall be unfortunate. That If a child
be born with Caule on his head, he
shall be very fortunate. That when
the paine OF the right hand ltcheth is
Is a shrewd slgne he shall receive
money. That 1t is great signo Of Ill
lucke, II Rats gnaw mans cloathes.
That II is naught for any man to give
a pair Of Knives to his sweet heart,
for feare 1t cuts away all love THAI Is
between them. That 1t Is Ill lucke to
have the salt-seller fall towards you.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

There is no end to the finds" in
Egypt. 1t has hitherto always been
believed that as much was known about
the sphinx as could be known; but now
Col. Roum, an American, by digging
round the base, has brought some very
curious facts to light. At the back OF
the figure was found shaft r'enty-
five feet deep with two passages run
ming out of it at the bottom. More i'm
portant was the discovery Of the long
lost cap Of the sphinx, which was
found fifteen feet below the surface Of
the little temple or shrine between the
paws. The cap Is painted red and Is
adorned with the three lotus columns
and the serpent. AS the hole in the
top Of the head Of the sphinx into which
the cap was fastened is still unchanged
the cap should be restored to its place,
We hope that Col. ROum's next find
will be the fragments of the nose,
broken off by an Arab ioonocast some
500 years ago. If these could be re-
covered and the nose restored the
sphinx would be "the father Of terrors'
no longer, and we might see that look
of benign calm which delighted the
ancient world, and made the Greek
poet speak of the sphinx as great
Latona's servant, mild and bland. -
SDeCtatOr.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
POINTS FOR THE HOME
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
STEAM HEATING.
ignorant Architects Sometimes MiSap-
ply Recent Inventions With tho Result
That Comfort IL made Impossible
Plan for n Residence.
1Conyriahted lsOa.1


The vAst increase in the number OF
The very large buildings, which is one
OF tho most marked features OF modern
architecture, has brought many new
problems to tho builders. There has
boon complete revolution in methods
OF construction. One OF the minor
ways in whioh this manifests itself is
in tho matter OF heating, II goes with
out saying that tho old style hot-air
furnace is incapable OF any develop
ment that would fit it for the sky
scraping structure one now finds on
every city block nor would it suit Che
huge rambling country houses that
have taken the place of tho square
box-lIke building that conteuted our
forefathers. The world of the present
day is not the world of twenty-five
years ago. Steam heating, it is true.
had it's original before these archi-
tectural changes had made themselves
telt; but it was crude at first, and has
developed to it's present perfection
under the spur Of necessity.
With its many eNrly imperfections
steam heating was slow in coming into
favor, and there are to-day many
worthy persons who hold a rooted
aversion to it, based upon unhappy
experience. II is not difficult to under
stand the reason for this when ono
visits building equipped with steam
heating apparatus of score or moro
years ago. The temperature is scarce
ly even bearable, for with tie steam
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
Firsr floor

General Dimensions Width, through
dining.room and back parlor, 80 fl.
8 ms. |; DEPTH including bay window,
43 II.
Heights OF Stories: Collar, 7 II. /;
first story. o IT. {; second story, Oft.
Exterior Materials Foundation,
stone; fret and second stories, clap
boards; band betweenArst and second
stories, band under caves, gables, dor
mors and roofs, shingles.
Interior Finish: Two coat plaster,
hard white finish. Flooring and trim
in hall, oak; elsewhere, N. O. pine.
Oak staircase. Kitchen walls win
scoted. All interior woodwork grain.
Alled and finished with hard oil VarniSh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
Something in n Name.

"Rivers, have you ever seen that
pretty cousin of mine?"
81 don't think I have, Brooks. What
is her name?"
Miss Lena Stout"
"Well, which is she?"
(Which what?"
Lean or stout?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
LITTLE HINTS AS TO FASHIONS.

All skirts are moderating in width.
A perfectly plain collar is an oddly
rarely seen.
Trimmings on bonnets are higher on
the left side.
Capes are mostly short, reaching
barely to the elbow and are fuller than
ever.
The new fashionable jackets have
tight backs, fronts gracefully curved in
to fit the figure and short curving
basques.
Sailor hats, with broad brlms, are
to be worn and will be trimmed II
desired in plain and striped ribbons,
with occasionally couple Of quilts.
In spite Of the fact that belts in
leather are as narrow as they can be
worn, the broad glrdle Of cloth to match
the gown often coming Apom underneath
the arms Is in favor.
Neck trimmings Of black, white and
colored tulle form an important part
Of women's toilettes; innumerable
rolled pointed and frilled collars are
worn and large bows in the back are
striking.
The great point in the making Of the
new sleeves seems to be to retain the
fullness in the usual place and yet re-
veal the shape of the arm. The Wide
godet skirt is fast disappearing for out
door wear and makes way for the skirt
gathered or plated across the back.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
He Felt Confident.

DO you worry about meeting your
notes?" said the victim of pecuniary
embarrassments.
mo" said the person who is iRdis-
criminately fippant. "I don't worry
about meeting 'em. Experience has
taught me that can just sit down and
trust to 'em to run across me. Wash
!ngton Star
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
Why MAYOR WALLACE Reslrned.

]. ". Wallace was mayor of Par
nassus, Pa. His official life is now a
matter Of the past. Religious scruples
worked the change.
Wallace believed that what work was
done should be attended to on week
days. His fellow-townsmeh differed
from him in views.
An ordinance before the council was
written on Sunday. In the mayors
eyes 1t was a grevious offense. He
could not countenance such disrespect
of the Sabbath.
And on the next day he resigned.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
Scaled the nnI With 3 KIss.

Unless the Geneva Times has been
misinformed, a certain dentist Of that
town has paid pretty dear for his
whistle. 1t says that fair young lady
from Waterloo has been having con-
siderable dental work done at Geneva,
1t is said that when rhe dentist had
completed the job he pronounced the
work done in a most satisfactory mSa e.
ner, and in order to seal the statement
in proper form, according to his notion,
planted kiss on the lips Of the young
lady in question. The young lady, con-
scious of his Waterloo, did not scream.
She assumed her most dlgnifled air
and looking the dentist squarely in the
face asked him for her bill The dentist
calamity informed her that it was $50.
every we'll" said the young lady, as
she turned to go, that has been liquid
ated. | have your receipt in full. u
Thereupon she left his parlOrs. The
doctor was dumfounded. He was non
plussed. 1t took him several days tc
recover from the shock and to realize
that it was a $50 kiss he gave to q
Waterloo young lady. 1t is said thai
he will not send his bill to her parents
but will charge the item to the profit
and loss account of his business.-Ex
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

twelve months gone through as many
editions and has made her Famous
everywhere in literary Europe, says the
New York Journal Despite the tact
that for two score years she has lived
a typical peasant woman's life, and mas
done the hardest kind of manual labor,
the poems she has written, 1t Is said,
will entitle her to be ranked with the
greatest poets Of Germany,
No author ever had briefer tale for
a biographer to tell than hers. She
was born in 1854 at Lengwethen, a
small village in East Prussia. Her
parents were desperately poor. She
went to the village school until she was
II years old, and then her education
ceased. Her mother was an Invalid,
and Johanna and her sister both mere
children, were obliged to attend to all
the household duties. Her father was
fond of books, but their poverty per-
mitted them to indulge in but one lur"
ury, which was a cheap weekly illus
trated paper. Not until last year. after
most OF her poems were written, did
she have chance to read single one
Of the great German writers.
Her body has been much enfeebled
by illness, but in spite Of this she still
works as she has for many years, not
only at her household tasks, but also
on the thrashing floor and in the stable,
in order to keep the wolf from the
door. Yet when her days task was
over and she was alone in her room
at night she would plan and write her
wonderful verses. Of intellectual COM
partnership or luxury Of any sort she
has known nothing, but her poems,
nevertheless, have such q broad human
interest about them that, II the reader
should pick up the book, knowing
nothing whatever about the author, he
would find it hard to say to what ma
ton she belonged.
Poverty and suffering and the cares
of maternity are the three dominant
notes in her book. "He who, like my
self, has sat at table with Want and
has drunk from the same cup with
MISERY, knows what living means,
she says in one of her poems. In
another place she shows that though
her daily life has been narrow in the
extreme, she has yet been able intui-
lively to grasp some of the broadcast and
most universal phases of existence, for
she says; Nothing is Unsuitable as the
human heart. If it has enough to cal
and drink it longs for costly vessels fol
che food to be served in, and once il
possesses these, it would ask for the
blue heavens as a tablecloth"
At 20 Johanna married young
peasant of the name of Voight. A sol
and daughter were born, but aside from
this fact there is no further mention O
her married life in her biography. Blu
there are several poems about children
and child life which are so full o.
maternal love that they could not fai
10 touch the heart of even the mos
careless reader.
She was brought to public notice anC
her verses published by Karl Schrat
tenthal, who discovered her talent!
and her work by the merest chance
during a pleasure trip he was making
through East Prussia, and it is he whc
has edited her book and become hel
biographer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

CoIors: All clapbonrIs, fawR
brown. Trim, including water-table,
corner boards, cornices, etc., white.
Outside doors and ceiling, oiled.
Shingles on side wAils left natural for
weather slain. Shingled roofs stained
n deep red.
Accommodations: Cellar under rear
half of house with inside and outside
entrance. Portiere openings connect
hall, parlor, sittiug-room and dining
room. Opon lireplOces in hall and
dinlng.room. Hat and coat closet in
hall. Buffers pantry, containing
dresser, connects kitchen and dining
room, Portable range and sink in
kitchen. Bathroom in second story,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

According to a report from Consul
Seymour of Palermo, experiments made
in that consular district with sulphate
of ammonia as a fertilizer for the cit
rus and the vine have proven very
Satisfactory
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

Dasher (meekly)-Pleeceman - take
me 'ome, pleash.
Policeman-All right, sir. Where do
you live, sir?
Dasher-Dunno. Alma shquare, Sun.
johnswood, b'lieye.
man-Remember the number
sir?
Dasher-N-no. Thash's all rye. Num-
bergh on door, m good fellow.-Fun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

Every person born on this earth has
the innate possibility Of knowing God
and of overcoming evil tendencies
gaining IL the end lifi eternaL-Rev
Ida G. Hultin.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
A PEASANT POETESS.
A GERMAN WOMAN, WHO HAS
JUST BECOME FAMOUS.
Does tho Worst Kind OF Manual LABOR
wrote at Night After the House
hold Labor, Stable Work and Thrash
ing Was Done.

O B z T T E r ex-
ample of the old
saying that poets
are DO I'm, OF
made" was ever af-
forded than by the
case CT Johanna
Ambrosi us, t h e
German peas a n t
woman whose small
volume OF poems
has within the last
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11
GEN. MACEO'S CAREER.
CUBAN GENERAL HAS had AN
ENTFUL CAREER.
10 of n Family That HaS Done Much
Good Fighting Service for tho Island
- Hatred of Spain Traditional
FoelinR.

OSE Antonio Ma
Geo, the Cuban gen
eral, was born at
Santiago de Cuba
July II, 1S4S, says
the New York Sun.
His parents were
Marcos Maceo and
Mariana Grajales,
mulattoes of that
city, and well es-
teemed for their
honesty and in
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-06-11

The United States has 4SO deaf mutea
to the million Of population.
The herald., 1896-04-26

cf electric street car aar~ivc. Tt was
constructed without regard to expense
The entire system cost about $500, 900
and comprises thirteen miles of double
road, reaching all thickly settled por-
tions of the city, with transfers in any
The herald., 1896-04-26

the whole coast of California, over 700
miles. there are but two natural land
locked harbors, San Francisco and San
Diego. The latter, although not as
large. is more easy of access and safer
for shipping than San Francisco. There
is less rain, fog or thick haze and more
claar weather in this vicinity than at all
points to the northward, and the en-
trance is less difficult to make and en-
ter on that account. Large vessels can
go about seven miles up the bay with an
anchorage width of channel of 500 yards
between the four fathom lines at low
water. This indicates sufficient capac-
ity to accommodate a large commerce.
The depth over the bar at low tide is
twenty two feet.
POSSIBILITIES OF THE FUTURE
AS the county develops the result is
felt directly in the city of San Diego
as the rapid growth of the last year in
dicates. When the Nicaragua canal is
again under way, as it will be in the
near future, millions of dollars of east
ern capital will flow into the city, devel-
oping her many resources. However,
San Diego is not idly looking forward
to a future. but is industriously carving
it for herself
The herald., 1896-04-26
MILLAIS' "HUOUENOTS"

Your favoric picture rises UP before me,
Whene'er you play that tune:
j see two figures standing i'll q garden
In the still August noon.
One is a girl with pleading face turned
upward,
Wild with Il great alarm
Trembling with haste she binds her
broidered kerchef
Around the others arm.
Whose gaze is bent on her in tender pity,
Whose eyes look into hers
With deep meaning, though she cannot
read it.
Hers are so dim with tears.
What are they saying in the sunny garden,
With summers flowers ablow?
What gives the womans voice its pas
sionate pleading;
What makes the mans so low?
"See, love- she murmurs, you shall wear
my kerchief,
1t is the badge. | know;
And it will bear you safely through the
conflict
If-if indeed you go?
"You will not wear it? Will not wear my
kerchief?
Nay. do not tell me why!
/ will not listen. If you go without 1t
You will go hence to die.
"Hush DO not answer! 1t is death, tell
you.
Indeed speak the truth.
You, standing there so full of life ana
courage,
So bright with health and youth.
The herald., 1896-04-26
STREET SCENE IN SAN DIEGO

"You would go hence, out of the summer
sunshine,
Out of the living, thinking. feeling present,
Into the unknown gloom?
Then he makes answer, "Hush! oh, hush
my darling!
Life is so sweet to me-,
So full of hope you need not bid me guard
If such a thing might be-
'If such a thing might be!-but not
through falsehood,
I could not come to you:
l dare not stand here in your pure, sweet
Knowing owing myself untrue"
"It is no SIM the wild voice interrupts
"rhis is no open strife.
Have you not often dreampt nobler war
In Which to spend your life?
"oh! for my sake-though but for my sake
wear it,
Think what my life would be
If you who gave its hrst true worth ana
Were taken now from me.
"Thinll of the long, long days, so slowly
Think of the endless years!
am so young! Must 1 live out my life
With neither hopes nor fears?'
He speaks again, in mournful tones, and
tender,
But with unswerving faith:
'Should not love make us Drawer, aye, and
stronger
Either for life or death?
"And life is hardest. Oh, my love, my
If / could bear your part
OF this great sorrow, L would go to meet it
With an unshrinkiny heart.
"Child! Child. I little dreampt in that
bright summer
When first your love I sought,
OF all the future store of woe and an
guiSh
Which I, unknowing wrought.
But you'll forgive me? Yes, you will for
give me,
I know when am dead.
I would have loved you--but words have
scant meaning;
God loves you more instead
Then there is silence in the sunny garden,
Until, with faltering tone,
She sobs, the while still clinging close to
him.
"Forgive me-go-my own.''
So human love, and faith by death un-
shaken,
Mingle their glorious psalm,
Albeit low, until the passionate pleading
Is hushed in deepest calm.
London Spectator.
The herald., 1896-04-26

city collection of 1000 books to serve as
q basis of 81 new public library.
Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, whose
literary tastes are well known. has writ
ten series of anecdotal sketches relat-
ing to French history. They will be pub
lished under the title Personal Charac-
teristics From French History.
First find thou Truth. and then,
Although she strays
From beaten paths of men
To untrod Ways,
Her leading follow straight,
And bide thy fate.
And whether smiles or scorn
Thy passing greet,
Or flndest thou flower or thorn
Beneath thy feet.
Fare on nor fear thy fate
AT heavens gate.
ED PAGE
Frederick Warne & Co. announce
Senor Castelcr, of the Public Men Series,
by David Hannoy. Justin Mccarthy
has prepared for them a sketch of Pope
Leo XIII. Lancashire ldylls also vii!
arrive from this house soon.
MCClure's for May is heralded as the
finest issue of that magazine yet. There
will be more of Lincoln, more OF Anthony
Hopes new novel and Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps will tell us about the Gates Ajar,
how she wrote it, and how it was re-
ceived-one of the great episodes in lit
erary and religious discussion.
The New Bohemia promises well. 1t
has many bright things, and would sure
ly flourish If there were not SO many of
the cheaper class of magazines. What
will be the end of these"
The herald., 1896-04-26
Fiesta Visitors Will Include This
in Their Itinerary
GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT
Both During the Past Few Years Have
Been Very Great
Matter Of Interest to Tourists, Home Seekers
and Capitalists Clearly Presented-The
Famous Coronado Beach

Many OF our La Fiesta guests will
wind up their full weeks enjoyment by
a trip to San Diego. Those who have
not visited our sister city for some time
will be greatly astonished at the number
&C new improvements and the growth
of the business center
Ten years ago San Diego was but
struggling, insignificant town with
about six thousand population, but to-
day it is compact and we'll built city
with population of over % 900 and en-
joys all the modern improvements
Among these may be mentioned one of
the finest sewer systems in the United
States. planned by Col Waring and
costing $411 900. An excellent water
system, supplied with pure water which
is brought fifty miles by fiume and pipe
from the Cuyamaca mountains: forty
FIVE miles of graded streets, five miles
of which are paved; a splendid electric
car system, extending from the water
front all over the city; a court house
costing S150.00O; twenty churches and
thirty church organizations; public IL
brary containing over $4,000 volumes;
coal bunkers costing $250,000; five local
railroads in addition to the Southern
California system; twelve miles of gas
mains; one of the finest theaters in the
United States, costing $780, 900 and seat
ing 1400 people; two daily newspapers;
three steamship lines and five incorpor-
ated banks. Il
SCHOOLS
In the public schools primary and
grammar, there are about 5000 pupils
enrolled and eighty teachers employed.
In the high school $50 pupils and twelve
teachers. The school buildings are
modern and convenient, as we'll as i'm
posing in their appearance.
Besides the public schools there are
several private schools and kinder
Sartens.
STREET CAR SERVICE
San Diego has magnificent system
The herald., 1896-04-26
An Obstacle Easily Surmounted

There are. no doubt insurmountable OBJ
stacles. But that barrier to the enjoyment
of health, chronic constipation, is not
among them. And this for the reason that
there is a thorough. prompt and non-grip-
ing medicinal agent, Hostetter's Stomach
Btters, adapted to its relief, as we'll as
to the removal of those bilious and dys-
peptc symptoms which accompany it. Vio-
lent purgatves, whether mineral or veget-
able, weaken the bowels and disorder the
stomach. The Bitters, on the contrary,
strengthens and regulates them both.
Moreover 1t tranquilizes the nervous sys-
TEN. and is Il cure for and medicinal safe
guard against kidney and malaria com
plants. 1t Is most genial and effective
ionic, counteracts the inirmities of age
and promotes convalesence. Sleep and APP
petite are both benefited by its use. 1t is
a standard remedy endorsed by the entire
medical frutprnity,
The herald., 1896-04-26

than at any place you can possibly
dream of.
The herald., 1896-04-26
1t Would Be Appreciated

A copy of The Heralds Fiesta edition
is valuable and an appropriate SOU
venir to Elail to distant friends 1t tells
all about the great festivities as well as
Southern California and Los Angeles.
Single copies cents. Postage cents.
AS the edition is limited, orders should
be sent in without delay.