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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE.

Of the 276,OoO foreigners resident in
Germany, $4,000 are Austrians, only
1000 English.
In Lucerne there recently died
man who had made the ascent of
Mount Pilatus rs times.
The annual product of currants in
Greece is about 1000 tons, but last
year, owing to the downy mildew, it
fell to $4,000 tons.
There are hints from Paris of the
return of the once fashionable fervon-
iere-a jewel to be worn on the fore
head and held in place either by 3
velvet band or fllet of gold.
The moving sidewalk of the Paris
exposition was great success; $685.
3os persons paid for the privilege of
using the platform, while only $685.
s67 used the railway that carried pas
sengers IN the other direction.
A certain Paris millinery firm was
established in small way ten years
ago. The first year its profits were
So, 100. The next year they had leaped
TO $4,000, and In three years had
reached $4,000. The last years ball
ance showed s415.oO0 on the right side
OF the ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17

the parlor trying to call up some Of
our old cheerfuIness, I was deputed
to go after the headache" and carry
it to the dressmaker's room. The
others scattered to gather up the
needful for a lunch, and I went 10
and tapped on the artists door.
found her perched on stool in
front of her easel, her feet doubled
under her and the blanket from her
bed pinned around her. She had
some white paper pinned around the
lamp to throw all the light On the
canvas, and she was painting away
for dear life.
you'll spoil your canvas, working
by this light. And you will make the
head worse. They have sent me after
you've are going to have katie
klatch. Come on"
She looked up with wide eyes star
ing out of white face that had the
peculiar strained look that comes
there when headaches interfere with
dining too frequently, and the brush
fell from the nerveless fingers while
she shivered.
'It's an order, you know. And
was nervous, anyhow, and could not
sleep"
81 know
I turned out the light, tucked my
hand under the patched sleeve and
led her out, closing the door be-
hind us.
eve are going to try and decide
something about the veterans song
bird. She is going to vanish into
space if we don't. And it will make
things unpleasant trying to make him
understand. As the rule of the
hostelry is that we mind everyone
else's business with even more as
siduity than our own, you must help
US out, for we are going to decide
upon something tonight
At the dressmaker's door the odor
of boiling coffee greeted our nostrils,
and we shifted. There was a royal
spread of rye bread, Swiss cheese and
wiener-wurst, and the dancing master
was doing the honors.
"Just in time, mesdames. I will
now pour the coffee. Behold, it is on
the boil. A dash of cold water to
settle it, and-voila!"
We did justice to the banquet, and
while we slipped our hot coffee We
considered the matter of the SONG
bird, who had gone to bed because
she was tired. She was always tired
now, and the veteran had gone to his
room in a bad humor. He kneU it
was our fault, somehow.
"What's to be done?"
I took the scissors away from the
clerk, who was cutting cheese with
them, and tapped them on the table
to call the meeting to order. The
sketchist, who was balancing on the
footboard of the bed ard gazing alb
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
NEW PACKAGE CARRIER.
straps Are Wound ON sprins-con-
trOIIed wheel which Winds Them
Up Automatically.

The ordinary package carrier for
use on bicycles is a clumsy affair,
and no provision is made for the
care of the straps when not in use,
so that when 10 package is attached
the carrier becomes an unsightly af-
fair, with its dangling straps and
projecting frame. To improve the
looks of this handy device without
impairing its usefulness has been
the effort of western genius, and
his newly patented carrier is shown
herewith. The straps are wound on
a spring-controlled reel, which is con-
tanned in the circular barrel at the
rear of the bar. When it is desired
to attach a package to the bicycle
the ends of the straps are grasped
and pulled outward to the required
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
Loves Sacrifice.

The following, which, we are sure,
is an exceptional case, is narrated of
a certain Mr.. and Mrs. Cabif, OF No
Observation-Disclosures:
Mrs. Cabif1's education in the art
of cookery had been somewhat neg
lected, but she did her best, and her
husband struggled manfully and I'M
complairingly with the tough steaks
and sour bread she set before him
day after day.
One morning. about three years
after their wedding, she said to him:
"Oliver, you don't love your wife
as you did once!"
''Why do you say that?" he asked,
in surprise.
because you don't eat the things
I cook any more"
"Phillida," rejoined Oliver, with all
the earnestness he could command,
81 love you as fondly as ever, but my
digestion is ruined!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
THE SECRET OF THE OPAL.
a Little Tale which illustrates the
Fact That It Is an UnIucky
Gem.

The newIy-received opal ring fell
from her finger suddenly, and rolled
away across the floor. The Man, stoop-
ing to recover it, fancied that it
cleaned like tear. The Girl, happy
in its possession, deiighting in its play
of life and color, insisted that it shone
like a smile or a star. The Woman,
watching the pair reminiscently from
the window seat, thought that it
looked like a drop of blood, says the
Chicago Tribune.
81 am o1d-fashioned enough to be
superstitious about opals,'' she said,
presently. 81 don't really suppose
there is anything in the old idea, but
I'm sure I shouldn't care about hav-
ing one for an engagement token. Even
the commonplace diamond would be
far better, in my opinion
The Man smiled indulgently, yet
with the suggestion of a sneer. The
Girl, glancing at his face that moment,
saw something in the strong features
and half-veiled expression that she
had never seen before. She looked at
the Man as she might have looked at an
utter stranger, studied for the first
time. Then she shivered little, unac-
countably, turning away.
cts my turn to be superstitious
now" she smiled. Somebody must
certainly have walked over my grave
just then"
The dawning sneer on the Mans
face grew stronger, tempered, as it
was, by his tenderness for the Girl.
''You must learn to repress those
ridiculous tendencies, dearie,' he said,
his voice something sharp with the i'm
patience he had longed to express to-
ward the Woman. s'There is nothing
I dislike and despise more than absurd
ideas of that kind. I am afraid shall
ride roughshod over all such fancies
ON your part after we are married"
The Woman shivered now, but she
said nothing. The Girl looked at the
Man with wide eyes, fascinated by that
uncomprehended something she had
never seen before. AS comprehension
grew the timid look in her eyes deep
ened, struggled with growing deter
mination, vanished in troubled sad
ness. She withdrew her gaze from the
strong, kind, plain-featured, and
slightly hard face before her with diff
ficulty, and turned then toward the
open window. The meaning of those
small, hard lines and wrinkles about
his mouth and eyes became plain to
her as her glance fell away from them.
NO." she said, quietly, "you will
never ride roughshod over any fancies
of mine. have changed my mind. We
shall never be married"
When the Man went away his face
was white and his eyes angry. He car
ried the opal ring in his hand and
never knew it. Becoming conscious of
it's presence there half an hour later,
he slipped it into his pocket with a
sigh.
''I'n be growing idiotically supersti-
tious next, I suppose" he muttered,
grimly, with smile at his own weak
ness, "but it certainly does look like a
tear"
The Girl meanwhile, dry-eyed but
pallid, was talking it over with the
Woman.
"Opals certainly do mean tears she
said at the conclusion of the talk. ''But
that one didn't look like tear to me,
somehow"
eft didn't look like tear said the
Woman, quietly; sit looked like a drop
of blood"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
GRACE AND CARRIAGE.
weighed in the Balance Against
Beauty of Face and Form
Always Wins.

A woman may have a face as per-
feet in its classic outlines as that
of Greek goddess, her figure may
be well proportional, and yet she
may appear unattractive because she
does not carry herself well. Beauty
of feature and form weighed in the
balance against grace and carriage
is always found wanting, says Hester
A. Bassett, in Woman's Home Com
panion. My 1ady's gowns may be
modelled after the most elegant
Worth creations; her chapeaus may
come from the shop of Partisan
milliner, and yet it may be a source
of annoyance to her that she does
not make as smart an appearance
as the governess of her children.
Why? Simply because she does not
stand properly. The minute she
stands lightly poised on her feet,
with knees straight, chest well out,
stomach fat, shoulders back, and
the body from the waist fitting ever
so slightly forward, she has acquired
a certain smartness of effect that no
amount of beauty nor fine clothes
could give. A woman cannot stand
correctly and look slovenly. And yet
how few women do stand properly!
An awkward posture is the chief
fault in the beauty of American wom-
en- who have passed 80. One must
note with regret the settled figures
and protruding abdomens, for it is
the tendency of the body to fall back
heavily to the heels unless there is
some exercise to offset the action.
The springy step soon becomes a
thing of the past, and walking, in
stead of being rhythmic falling for
ward, becomes a jerky up-and-down
movement. The abdomen from that
time begins to protrude unpleasant
" and grace is lost.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
summer waists.

The white wash waists are smarter
than any other color, in both thick
and thin materials. Next to them in
favor come the stripes; polka dots,
plaids and startling effects generally
are quite out of fashion. Tucked and
embroidered muslin waists are the
next smartest, it might be said, and
the very fine lawn on which is seen
such beautiful handwork. These are
made invariably with the blouse eff
feet in front, and with a little full
ness in the center of the back, that
fullness drawn down, of course, I'M
der the belt. Very few of the waists
have a yoke at the back, but the
more elaborate ones have all yoke
in front, narrow, tucked yoke o.
The same material as the waist or Of
lace. VaIenciennes lace, real or imita-
ton, is considered the most fashion
able to use. In silk waists the smart
est are those made of liberty silk.
with lace yokes IN round effect, and
below the lace yoke the waist in mar
row tucks bIousing just in front, and
with a tremendous curve IN at the
sides. All the silk waists made on
this model are lined.-Harper' Bazar.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
1irhtMeighta 1n Favor Again.

A distinctive feature in the construc-
ton of 1901 models is the fact that
Iightweights and one-inch tubing have
come again into vogue, an up-to-date
Improvement that will influence not a
few riders TO discard their ancient
mounts ard buy the new makes. This
will tend to increase the sales for this
season. Heavy bicycles will be rele-
gated to the tall timber, and a few
years hence, the dealers say, they will
be practically out of existence. The
chainless bicycle, the cushion frame
and the coaster-brake are making a
popular bid for public favor, and the
sales of the chainless variety this sea-
son are expected to show noticeable
Improvement over the sprocl1et wheels.
The chainless wheel is neat in appear
ance, has many advantages to COM
mend it, and has reached such degrce
of perfection that it may now be said
to be satisfactory for any use to which
it may he put.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
BuFFALO-HUNT DEBT PAID.
k...as Farmers nave Cancelled
Boads That Have n HOST
Curious History.

Reno county has just paid on
s., 600 bond issue to an eastern hrn1r
which cancels a debt made IL years
ago to save the people OF that county
from starvation. This issue of bonds
was made fraudulently, but the east
ern investors, when they learned OF
the true conditions, failed to prose
cute the offenders. The bonds were
issued and sold by the county clerk
who said the money was to be USED ZOE
the accommodation of an increase lIk
the number of school children. rms
seemed to be pretty good sign thaI
the county was improving, and hence
the investors in New York bit Ike the
real fish they we're an through the
great Kansas boom, says a special cor
respondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
In 1884 prasshoppers took all the
crops, while in the two previous years
thev had generally been charitable
enough to leave sufficient to feed the
families through the winter. Thus the
fall of 1884 found the Kansans nearly
destitute, and with not a thing in their
houses for the winter. James Barclay
then county clerk, called a mass meet
/
ey in going east to sell $4,000 issue OF
school bonds if the people would vote
them. They proceeded to issue them
then and there. These bonds were.
sold for >, 500 and the money brought.
back to Reno county,
Like the real Kansas rainbow chas-
ers of early days, the people did not
try to spend the money for -four or
meat, but put it into ammunition
They were going to kill buffalo. Most
| of the inhabitants had never been ives t.
of their own county, but they thought.
buffaloes existed in large numbers. So
the whole male population, numbering
| about 500, took guns in hand and start
ed westward. After they had pene-
trated far into Oklahoma they sighted
and killed herd of so. AS they were
making for home with them spell OF
warm weather came on, and all the
meat was spoiled. They managed to
skin the carcasses, and sold the hides
for enough to pay for the ammunition
used. Then, with only $500 of the 800
left, they started in buying the nee
essaries of life. The debt they had
created did not worry them in the
least, but the thrifty farmers of that
county who came there later have wor-
ried a good deal over it of late, and at
last have paid off the buffalo-hunt
| debt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
TIE TWO BUILDERS.

Two men, Chinese legend runs,
Once found that each must build
A house And each, in building, was
An artisan most skilled.
But one thought of the days of work.
And weary was at heart.
The other thought not of the toll,
But how 'twere best to start.
The one kneIt down before his Joss,
With countenance dismayed.
He asked the Joss to build the house,
And prayed, and prayed, and prayed
The other gathered up his tools,
And straight the task assailed.
He hewed the Joists and hung the doors
And nailed, and nailed, and nailed.
The one prayed on. before his Joss,
Through all the weary while
The Joss peered from the altar smoke
With something like a smile.
The other, when he built his house,
Took all the extra planks
And burned them at the JOSS feet
An Offering of thanks.
The one looked up from where he knelt,
And cried: "Oh, wretched man,
You did not wait for holy aid.
Yours was a wicked plan
The other smiled, and answered him:
d not ask Joss to bless
A quality that might be termed
AS simple laziness."
The beauty of the legend is
That 1t may be applied
To any work we may attempt,
Or any faith beside.
For, asking Providence to do
Some toll which we would shirk
Is apt to teach a lazy man
The usefulness of work.
Baltimore American.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
The Future of the Bicycle.

The bicycle may pass, but it will
pass only when the cycle of human
development which produced it has
run its full course and the people that
made it marvellous in human annals
have passed away forever. For,
looked at from any point of view,
whether from that of service or pleas
urc, or the result of human thought
and skill or adaptation to popular
needs, the bicycle stands to-day as the
consummate achievement of our me-
chanicaI development.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
Average Man won't Do 1t.

A cycle authority gravely advises
cyclists, if they would reap the full
benefit of the wheel, to invariably
have a vigorous rubbing down after
each spin, and put on an entire
change of clothes Immediately.
Nothing is more uncomfortable, not
to say injurious, than to remain clad
in clothing that has been saturated
with persipration,' says the expert.
There may be two answers to this.
The first is that no rider of sense has
any right to come home Saturated
with persipration," unless he has
been in regular race, and then he
will have a trainer and rubber to rub
him down and change his clothes. As
for the ordinary rider, it is very
doubtful that he can be made to see
the necessity for a rub down and a
change of clothing. Washing his face
and hands, and changing sweater
for a shirt is as far as he will so.
There is no denying the fact that
very few people ride the bicycle for
their health; it is for fun or fashion,
and with such people rules don't
count.-Golden Days.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
sentIy into his coffee cup, flushed a

sently into his coffee cup, flushed a
deep pink.
eff you thought-if she cared-if
might he said, and [ replied,
promptly: "The very thing! How
stupid we have been, after all"
There was a chorus of assent, and
the little dressmal1er added:
eve certainly do think-and I hap
pen to know that she does care-and
you may. Why not?''
And so, with superb scorn of such
matters as pecuniary obstacles, we
planned out the immediate future of
the song-bird and the sketchist. The
clerk said he could get transportation
from the southern paper and an
opening in the sketchroom, as the
editor was a friend of his. The little
dressmaker said she would fix the
song-bird's clothes evenings, and the
rest of us said we would help. The
little artist said she had a small
"pot-boiIer'' we could rattle, to help
out on incidentals, and the dancing
master said that he would get up a
benefit at the nearest hall, and we all
agreed to sell tickets.
And so everything came out just
as we had planned, which does moi
always happen. A short time after
we all sat in the parlor and read a
letter from the sunny south telling
about a small married woman with
pink cheeks and a happy sketchist
who was doing we'll on a southern pa
per, and they both expected to com
back next winter. And we were al
very happy except the veteran, who
said the song-bird had gone for good
and it was all our fault. And perhap-
he is right.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
Afterthoughts.

When our Reputable on precedes us, we
are seldom able to come up to it.
You may get credit for good inten-
tions, but it takes successful action to
bring you cash.
Somehow it never seems to be our
luck to keep at the right end of the
Horn of Plenty.
Second thoughts may be the best,
but their dilator1ness generally makes
them unavailable.
Always to do ones best is highly
commendable, but judicious selection
of tasks gives better results with less
work.-Indianapo News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
Motor bicycles Easily Handled.

That the motor bicycle viii play a
more or less important part il the cy-
cling world this year is admitted. \
ncacticaI mechanic. who is also an en-
thusiast on the bicycle, said recently
to New York tribune representative
that the motor bicycle would be appre-
c;ated more as If became better known
TO wheelmen. and added: ''The aver
age rider of the bicycle seems 70 think
that it will require several days and
much trouble to learn to handle mo
tor bicycle 1t took me just five min
utes to master the thing, and then
could handle it as well as any Of the
experts. What astonished ne most
was the fact thar did not notice the
additional weight-something feared
by the average wheelman. When
speeding I used the motor On the hills
and when going against the wind, but
on the level Rad I pedaled along just
the same as / would have done on an
ordinary bicycle The simplicity OF
the motor bicycle is bound TO be one
Of its strongest recommendations.
The machine is sure to be popular
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
A POPULAR MISTAKE.
In Spite of Statements to tie Con-
trary, More Bicycles Are Now in
Use Than Ever Before.

The number of bicycles being man
ufactured to day is greater than ever
before since it came into popular use.
Fortunately it is no longer a fad of
the idle and the excessively rich, or
the victim of the crank. It is no
longer ridden for notoriety and fool
ish display, nor to serve the purpose
of elf-advertisemcnt of those who
were born not many removes from
their gibbering prototypes. The silly
and vain specimens of RECONSTRUCTED
humanity no longer use it as a meth
cd of slow suicide which will be de-
scribed in detail in the daily press, or
to win a bag of vulgar prize-money,
offered in the interest of vulgar adj
vertisement and personal greed. It
has successfully withstood and nobly
survived all these obstacles to it's
popular adoption, and stands to-day
the best beloved and most Loyalty
supported contribution to the needs,
the health, and the happiness of mod
ern life. No one can say any longer
that vanity, pride, or vulgarity mo-
nopolize it, for. it has gloriously de-
livered itself from all contact with
these, and receives its patronage to.
day from those who use it because
they need it and love it, and honor it
by their sensible appreciation and
reasonable enthusiasm We congra t.
ulate the sensible men and women OF
the country that the time has come,
and so speedily, when coarseness in
any form of expression is no longer
connected with this splendid inven-
ton, which is so well adapted to
meet the needs and add to the health
and pleasure of the people.-Leslie's
WnalSlU
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
oLD-TIME AUTOMOBILE.
Providence Or. IL Man Claims That
He Had a HOrseIess Carriage
Built in 1856.

Joseph P. Manton, of Providence,
r. I, claims to be the father of the
horseless carriage. At a meeting of
the Automobile club, of that city,
Mr.. Manton entertained the gather
ing with description of his steam
vehicle built in 1866, says the Provi-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17

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must be accompanied by the name OF the
author; not necessarily for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith on the
part OF the writer. Write only on one side
OF the paper. Be particularly careful in
giving names and dates, to have the let
tiers and figures plain and distinct
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I.ncntinr &c I.nnn-

Jack-I made two calls this after
noon, and I must have left my UNI
bre1Ia at the last place called.
Tom-How do you know but what
you left it at the first place?
Jack-Because that's where got it.
-Tit-Rits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17

Church = What does a bachelor
mean when he says to friend who
has just become engaged that he
hopes he'll have luck?
Gotham-Why, he means he hopes
after the engagement is broken that
he will get the ring back.-Yonkcrs
Statesman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
All Arrnnred

'eYour typewriter girl didn't leave
when you cut her salary DOWN."
mo. She said she'd stay and not
do so much work; that she had O
lot of books she wanted to read. any
wsy."-Puck.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17

a hen-pecked man being told that
an old acquaintance was married ex-
claimed: 81 am glad to hear it,
But, rejecting a moment, he added,
in a tone of compassion and forgive
ness: "And yet I don't know why
I should be; he never did me any
harf,l. ''-Tit-Rifs
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
Els Fasciuating Way.

II wish I had that five dollars
Skitts owes me-"
Why don't you ask him for it %
''I'm afraid to go near him for fear
he'll borrow more money of me- -.
Chicago Record.