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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
HER ASPIRATIONS.
4 Ksasa. Girl who Took a Practical
View Of Educational
Advantages.

There was little of the idealistic about the
essay OF a Kansas girl at her recent gradua-
ton. Her teacher had given her for theme
the phrase: Beyond the Alps Lies Italy.
She astonished her preceptress and school
mates by these emphatic words:
81 do not care cent whether Italy hes
beyond the Alps or even IN Missouri do
not expect to set the river on fire with my
future career. am glad have good, very
good education, but ann not going to mis-
use it by writing poetry or essa-s about the
future woman. 1t will enable me to correct
the grammar of any lover may have, should
he speak of 'dorgs' in my presence, or say
he went somewhere. 1t Will also come
handy when I want to figure out how many
pounds of soap woman can get for three
dozen eggs at the grocery. So do not be-
grudge the time / have spent IN acquiring
It. But my ambitions do not fly so high. l
Just want to marry a man who can lick any
body of his weight in the township, who can
run an 8O-acre farm and who has no fe-
male relatives to come around and try to
boss the ranch. And | will agree to cook
good dinners for him that won't send him to
an early grave and lavish upon him whole
lot of wholesome affection and see that his
razor hasn't been used to cut broom wire
when he wants to shave. In view of all this
don't care if / do get a little rusty on the
rule of three and kindred things as he years
go by.-Chicago Chronicle.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
One and Two Nauehts.

An Irish counsel having lost a case
which had been tried before three
judges, one of whom was esteemed
a very able lawyer and the other two
but Indifferent, some of the other
counsel chaffed him a good deal.
''Well, now,'' said he, 'who the devil
could help it when there were a hun
bred judges on the bench?'' ga hun
dred?" said a bystander. There
were but three by ST. Patrick, -
replied the counsel, there was one
and two ciphers. Chicago Chroni-
Gle
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
snice Puddinr

Two cupfuls of sugar, two eggs, half
a cupful of butter and lard mixed. an
even tablespoonful of ground CHINA
mon, a teaspoonful each of allspice and
cloves, pinch of ginger and half a
grated nutmeg; beat these ingredients
well together, add half a cupful of mo-
Iasses, half cupful of milk and one cup
full strong cold coffee, three teaspoon
fuls baking powder, sifted through a
pint of flour, half a pound of currants,
one pound raisins (seeded), we'll Toured.
Thoroughly blend, then form into two
rolls upon the molding board; then tuck
into salt bags, tie tightly, leave room to
swell, put into kettle of boiling water
and boil steadily one hour, turning them
over three times during the cooking.
They will be light as feather, and can
be eaten with any sauce desired, though
they are particularly good eaten with a
lemon sauce What is not eaten at din
ner can be served cut in thin slices cold
for tea.-Ladies' World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
words That Made wars.

Great wars from little causes
spring; at least, that has been the
case in many fierce conflicts of the
past. A dispatch altered in one or
two points by Bismarck brought on
the Franco-German war. Palmerston
said facetiously that only three men
in Europe ever knew what the Schles-
wig-Holstein troubles, which led to
two wars, were about, and two of
them died before the conflict began,
while he (the third) had forgotten.
A sighting reference by Frederick the
Great, of Prussia, to Mime. Pompadour,
of France, was said to have been one
of the causes of the seven years war.
John Bright declared that England
and her allies drifted into the Crimean
war without realizing it until after
the commencement of hostilities, and
that, moreover, they did not know
what they were fighting for even after
they started.-London Mail.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
NaturaI AZ Arnnnd.

Sims Reeves, when a young man.
received singing lessons from a teach
er conspicuous alike for his ability
and brusque manner. One day while
at lessons Sims was requested to sing
a verse OF then popular song He
had scarcely sung the first line when
his teacher abruptly interrupted him
with '.Stop, sir, you are hat-very
fat "And you, sir, are sharp
very sharp was the instant retort of
the now famous tenor, as he picked
up his music and Indignantly left the
zoom.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Sentenced to the Workhouse.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. Esd. and
Frank Thompson, who are charged
with selling the bodies of pauper dead
and who were recently convicted Of
conspiracy by a jury and fined $3.50
each, were yesterday sentenced by
Judge Cooper to the yvorkhouse for
a term of IL months and 20 days,
which is the limit of the law. Frank
Thompson was recently arrested in
st. Louis, having four dead bodies
in his possession, and was brought
back to this city for trial The pris-
oners gave bond and have appealed
the case.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
CREMATED
A Rehearsal for an Entertainment
Ends in a Sad Manner.
ELEVEN GIRLS LOSE THEIR LIVES.
One of Their Dresses Caught Fire from 3
Gas Jet and the Blaze Was COmmuni-
Gated to Others-Tke Shrteks of
the Injured Agonizing.

Quincy, ILL.,, Dec. 23.-While the
school children of st. Francis pa
roohial school, Seventeenth and Vine
streets, were rehearsing yesterday
afternoon for an entertainment to be
given next Tuesday evening, one of
their dresses caught fire from a gas
Jet and ten minutes later four OF
them were burned to death, two died
an hour later and five others died be-
fore midnight. Half a dozen others
were burned more or less severely.
The dead. are Irena Freiburg, May
Wavering, Mary AIthoff, Bernardino
Freund, ColIetta Niddendorf, Mary
Hickey, Wilhelmina, Guttendorf.
Olivia Timpe, Addie Futterer, jose
phine Bohne and Margaret Warner.
All are between nine and eleven years
of age. Helen Soothing and several
other teachers, Father Nicholas and
Prof. Mushold, were painfully burned
IN trying to save the children.
The fire started in little dressing
room. Three or four little girls were
there dressing for the rehearsal and
laughing gaily among themselves.
dozen others were grouped in the
wings of the stage near the foot of
the stairs descending from the dress
ing room. The girls in the dressing
room had nearly completed their cos
tunes when one of them brushed
against the gas jet, but which it was
will never be known. A touch of the
dame was sufficient, and in an instant
her dress of cotton and light cloth
was in a blaze. She screamed and ran
out of the room, taking the blaze to
the others as she ran. One of the
girls with her dress in blaze jumped
out of small window into the stairs
leading to the stage down stairs. A
1amming torch she was, as she al
most fell down the stairs and rushed
into the groups of children standing
IN the wings. They were all clad like
her, in fancy costumes of cotton, lace
and silk, and the fire spread with in
credible rapidity from one to the
other. There were Ii children in the
cast of the Christmas entertainment
and only few escaped. 1t was all
over in ten minutes and in that time
four persisted. seven were fatally
burned and others more or less Sc
verely injured.
The shriel1s and screams of the in
jured were agonizing. The little ones
lay helpless and impotent on the
floor and writhed about in their ag-
ony. The dead were charred in most
cases beyond recognition The home
| of peaceful pleasure had in an instant
become a charncl house. The doctors
| fitted about on their missions of
mercy, seeking to supply soothing To-
| tions to those who were still alive
and seeking also to cover the charred
bodies of the dead with blankets or
other covering. The excitement in
side The building was soon intensified
by the situation without. The crowds
congregated in an instant and par
ents soon came searching anXiously
for their little ones. Besides the
many patients within the smoke
stained walls there were dozens of
fainting and heart-broken women
without.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
PASSING OF THE cAPEs.
Coats Are Now the More Popular
Wraps-The Various
Styles.

Capes have gone out and coats have
come in-box coats. 1t is an accepted
fact-accepted by the fashionable with
= sigh, and by the aesthetic with a
smile-that box coats are to be the
rage.
However, they are not so alarmingly
ugly as they have been. Some of the
models are graceful and elegant, some
are severely plain, but they are all eX-
pensive. An exclusive style coul6
scarcely be otherwise.
The box coat has one feature at least
to recommend it. 1t can be worn over
an elaborate bodice without fear of
crushing it, and that is an advantage
which trim, tight-ftting jackets can
not claim
One came from their embrace looking
much as though pressed between the
leaves of a monster book, and chiffons
and laces presented pitifully bedrag-
gled appearance. The box coat is warm
and comfortable, and does not rumple
ones waists.
The dearest coat made in this style
and it is dear in more ways than one
is magnificent creation in sable and
sealskin. 1t reaches clear to the ground,
Is box-backed and has long front
pieces of rich brown sable. This coat
stands its owner in something like
$780,
A jaunty wrap is of red cloth with
white velvet facings. It has a cape of
graduated ruff1es, and also has four
graduated flounces about the bottom.
Each founce and ruff1e is faced with
white velvet. There are smart revers
of red and white satin, and red-dotted
white chiffon throat bow to set it off.
A handsome three-quarter coat of
tan broadcloth is deliberately embroid-
cred with Cluny lace, appliqued.
Another coat which reaches to the
ground is made of dark green cloth and
has corded velvet sleeves.
A rather severe model is trimmed
merely with strapped stitchings of its
own material. 1t comes in delightful
shade of pearl-gray broadcloth, and is
made very plain except for the strap
pings and a high standing collar.-N
7. World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Unable to pronounce 1t.

The neighbors of a certain wellknown
Memphis Irish family say that the good
housewife and her lord never know what
domestic discord is except when the old man
goes home slightly in his cups Then there
is trouble, and plenty of it, for the old lady
is fire and tow and she says she has con-
sistently tried for a score of years to get
'EMoike to quit il" The storms, according
to the story, have grown less violent of late
years, and for that matter the tipsy periods
of ''Moike" are not of such frequent recur-
renee as formerly. Not long ago, so the
we'll tanked, and his wife met him.
'fYis,v she said, "ye're s-comin' home
agin, an t-that dhrunk. My, my, o, my,
Moike, an why is it yez won't call fur sarsa-
parilla whin We git enof?"
s'Bekase,' replied Mike. F'whin Oh gifts
enuf OF can't say fsar-sas-as-april-la,' an
now yez hav it."-Memphis Scimitar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
DECORATION NOTES.
Flowers and Ferns Are in Great
Favor for the Table in
Winter.

There are no more decorative objects
in the world than flowers. In the win
ter, when cut flowers are expensive,
growing plants in blossom and other
wise give touch of beauty to the room
that nothing else can equal.
Rubber plants that are kept fresh
and clean looking are very decorative.
Palms take the lead, however, for
beauty and distinction of appearance.
Among beautiful and handy palms
that also stand gas well are the Japan
csc sage palms, with their strong yet
frail-looking frondlike foliage.
A fern-dish is an acceptable gift and
an almost unequaled bit of decoration
for the dinner table, especially if it is
OF embossed silver, kept well polished
and filled with clean, lovely ferns.
The tiny dwarf palms, known as
Cocos Weddeliana, are we'll adapted for
table decoration, and will grow in a
good-sized fern-dish OF in jardiniere.
All foliage plants kept for decorative
purposes must be carefully cleansed by
sponging or spraying, in order that
they may show their full beauty.
Crystallized glasses are lovely orna-
ments, but there must be no attempt
at coloring them by dyes; only the
natural greens and touches of color
seen in nature are permissible. Nothing
is more inartistic than punches of dried
grass made crude and ugly by dyes
Properly crystallized grasses look as
If wet with dew or frosted with the
rime of early winter.
Lovely decorations for the Christmas
dinner table are composed of wreaths
and eyergreens of fine leaf; a large one
for the center of the table, and wreaths
OF graduated sizes reared in a horizon
tai position in pyramid form, one above
the other, and studded with holly Der
ries and small candles, to be lighted
Just before the guests appear.-Ladies'
World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
A NEWSPAPER suspENDs.
The DemOcracia of Manila, the Organ of
COterIe of FilIpInOs, Drops Pub
lIcatiOn for q Time.

Manila, Dec. 23.-The newspaper
Democraeia, the organ of a coterie of
Fiipinos, including the supreme
court judges. favoring American con-
troll in the Philippines, last night an
nounced that it has been decided to
suspend publication. The paper was
started at the suggestion and under
the patronage of the Philippine adj
visory commission. headed by Prof j.
G. Schurman. The Democracia printed
a single page, in big type. In the
statement accompanying the an
nouncement of its suspension, the
editor says he has been directed by
the provost marshal to retract GER
tain criticism of the clerical methods
adopted in regard to the management
of schools, and adds: Recognizing
the authority of the provost marshal,
we have no recourse except to comply
and have decided to suspend pubIica-
ton until the present extraordinary
conditions regarding press matters
disappear. When we know what laws
rule US, by what mode we are judged
and to whose jurisdiction press mat
ters are amenable, the Democracia
will reappear."
The paper has generally been a
warm supporter of the administr ira
ton. The provost marshal recently
threatened to suppress it for publish
ing an editorial asserting that Manila
streets were in a worse condition I'M
der the American than they had been
nnder Spanish administration.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
HIS Card.

A commercial traveller on his trip called
upon a well-known chemist. He was nerv-
Gus as he put his hand in his pocket and
handed out a card.
81 represent that concern, said the
you are Fortunate replied the chemist.
The commercial traveller was encouraged and
said:
with us is even more so. Ny firm has the
finest line of cosmetics in the country"
81 shouldn't have thought it, slowly re-
sponded the man of medicine. "Her com
plexion looks natural"
And he handed back the photograph which
the young man had given him by mistake.
He took it and left without waiting to make
any farewell remarks.-London Tit-Bits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Uncle Bill on General Principles.
Some c1ose-fisted men die of tn

some c1OSo-HSUeu men Ole OF the
grip.
Don't be over-confdent when
there's a woman around.
He who laughs at his trouble soon
has nothing to laugh at.
The fellow who'd rather beat a car
pet than his dog-tax isn't human.
It doesn't pay to be too forward,
especially in head-end collision.
Don't let your doctor be your cred
itor; he may take notion that your
heirs are better pay.
Some men don't know enough to
pound sand, and others haven't the
sand to pound away until they know
something.
The man who likes to appear in the
height of fashion when he's walking
in the valley of financial ruin isn't
necessarily philosopher.-Judge
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
The Farmer scored.

A farmer drifted into hardware store at
Mulhan and was asked by the manager:
Don't you want to buy a bicycle to ride
around your farm on? They're cheap now.
Can give you one for $35.
81 sooner put the $35 into cow" said
the farmer
"But think - said the manager, chow fool
ish you would look riding around town on q
COW"
''Oh, don't know" said the farmer; s'no,
a bicycle. kansas City journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
How's This9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
1edo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale.
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous.
surfaces of the system. Price Csc. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials.
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
An Extfnruisher.

Thump, thump! Rattle, rattle, crashl
Young Percy Stonebroke rolled down the
steps of the palatial residence of Mr.. Gold
bands.
Mr.. Goldbonds returned to the house, roll
ing down his sleeves.
Papa, o, papa, what have you been do
ing?"
This question came in anguished tones.
from the ruby lips of Arabella Goldbonds.
Putting out the light of your life" an
swered papa, who had done little caves
dropping in the hall the night before.-Bal-
timore American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
a Condo Him.

They had been engaged to be mar
ried Is years, and still he had not
mustured up courage enough to ask
her to name the happy day. One
evening he called in a peculiar frame
of mind, and asked her to sing some
thing tender and touching, something
that would ''move him. She sat
down at the piano and sang, Darling,
I am growing old. London Tit-Bits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Hyaetnth. in the House.

For house-growing, hyacinths would
better be planted in amaIgamated CO.
eoa-fiber and charcoal than in water
alone. Press this mixture down in the
glass bowl rather tightly. plant the
bulb and cover with the same. Water
about three times a week with tepia
water until they are in bloom.-N. Y.
World.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Prosperity for 1900.

Indications everywhere point to great pros
perity for the coming year. This is an in
variable sign of a healthy nature. The sue
cess of a country, as well as the success of
an individual, depends upon health. There
can be no health if the stomach is weak. IF
you have any stomach trouble try Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters which cures dyspep-
STA, indigestion and biliousness. 1t makes
strong, vigorous men and women.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
The burial of the AEaine's Dead.

Washington, Dec. 23.-'tile navy de-
partment has announced that the GER
emonies at Arlington attending the
b,.rial of the Names dead. which are
coming on the Texas, will take Plaae
at II o'clock, a. m. on the twenty
eighth inst.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
Try Grnfn-O! Try Grafn-O!

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
distress. IA the price of coffee. Is cts. and
25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
nc URGENT Dencsney BIN.

Washington, Dec. 2s-The urgency
deficiency appropriation bin. the first
of the important supply bills for the
government expenses, is practically
made up, and the total viii amount to
absps 1000. 0Oo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
The Florida Atr Line.

Through Sleeping Car line st. Louis to.
Jacksonville, Fla. Double daily service via
louisville, Lexington, Chattanooga, Allan
ia & Macon. Most attractive route. For
information address r. A. Campbell, G. p.
A, st. Louis, No.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28
500 Per week.

We pay $50 per week and expenses for man
with rig to introduce our Poultry Mixture.
Send stamp for terms. Excelsior Mfg. Co,
Parsons, Kans.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Washington, Dec. 23.-The postof-
flee department has decided upon an
issue of stamps commemorative of
the Pan-Anlerican exhibition at Buff
falo, next year. The stamps viii be
of the same size as those now used
and Will be in the denominations of
one, two. focr, five, eight and ten
cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

After all, the question which disturb
men most, is how to earn more and wor
less.-Atchison Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

'eWhy did Colt introduce an automobile
in his last farce comedy?" ''He was tired of
hearing the critics accuse him of horse
play. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Cora-''Do you like to hear girl whistle 2ss
Merritt-"No, but 1 like the way her mouth
looks when she gets ready to try."-Town
Topics
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs. and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. G.
Blunt, Sprague, Wash, March 8, '94.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Each package of PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES eolors either Silk, Wool or Cotton
perfectly. Sold by all druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Be your character what it viii, it will be
known; and nobody will take it upon your
word.-Chesterfeld
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Women. when cornered. cry, and thus
gain time in which to think up new excuse.
Globe.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Actors, VocaIists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

It is only when she is poor and homeIy
her is really in love- Chicago Dispatch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Self-respect is the corner stone of all viz
tue.-Sir John Herschel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

Childhood may do without a grand pu
pose, but manhood cannot.-Holland.
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DEHEXS FIAG SHIP OLYhPIACAPTAIN GRIDLEY,
Mrs. Gy mother of Captain Gde, command Of
Dus flag ship, at the destruction of the Spanish Nanaz s
of remedy. Peruna:
= Atte solicitation of friend Psran hutEtuv SAP
IS grand tonic and Onaas friend IN eer
hO9sehod After using fora short period feel IKE pers0u
Ann E. GrfdEy.
of of
and located
Hartmann Columbus, Ohio for free book
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The Best Presentation Tor CHILE

and Fever is bottle of Groves TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine In
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price, Soc
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

The proprietor of the Breeders Ga
zette, of Chicago, committed suicide
in a hotel at Memphis. Tenn, because
OF dependency.