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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
WINDOW MONEY DISPLAYS.
A Trimming Which Never Fails to
Draw "a Crowd Around Store
DOor-A Striking Instance.

81 have seen good many of what
we call money displays said pro-
fessional window dresser, talking
about queer phases of his business to
New Orleans Times-Democrat man,
''but the majority of them were not
especially successful. A mere window
full of money will draw a crowd, but
unless it has some special feature it
won't make people talk and is hardly
worth the risk and trouble involved in
getting it up. The most striking and
effective money decoration in my own
experience was one 1 arranged several
years ago for large northern dry
goods house. A good-sized square win
dow was placed at my disposal, and as
a beginning [ draped the interior with
cotton cloth, over which I had lightly
glued one-dollar bills in such a way
as to cover the entire surface. By the
time concluded that part of my work
every inch of the interior surface was
hidden by money, and the use of the
cloth enabled me to produce a certain
effect of bulk and mass which [ could
never have accomplished if I had
simply attached the bare bills to the
wall. The next thing I did was to
install four powerful electric fans,
which [ located just out of sight behind
the window casing. Two were at the
bottom and two were at the top, and
they were so adjusted as to create a
series of violent cross-currents of air
when they got to going together. All
that then remained was to dump in
half bushel or so of bank notes, shut
and lock the rear doors and turn on the
current. The moment the fans began
to whirl the window became the scene
of miniature financial snowstorm
and the air was literally thick with
money. 1t swirled to and fro like
autumnal leaves in a gale; it rose and
fell in fantastic eddies; it battered like
rain against the big plate glass in
front, and the effect was indescrib-
ably curious and fascinating.
''You see, there was nothing what
ever to the scheme except plain, bare
window, lined with money, and full of
more money, playing around like mad,
and the simplicity of the idea was the
very thing that made it so strange and
striking. We called the display "A Flur-
ry in the Money Market and it drew
big crowds for two weeks. suppose
you would naturally infer that such
spectacle would be very dangerous and
apt to tempt desperate crooks to raid
the window, but, as a matter of fact,
such was not the case. I used alto
gether about $500 in one-dollar bills,
and three-fourths of the entire num-
Der were attached to the cloth en-
ployed in the draperies. A thief MAX
ing a grab would have obtained very
little for his pains and risk The store
employed only one extra officer as a
guard, and doubt very much whether
there was any real need for him. I
have frequently dressed windows that
contained twice as much in rare laces
and costly bric-a-brac.''
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
Their DEEDS WIN Lie

So long as the flag remains unfurled
Memorial day cannot cease to be a
great and tender memory. Each ami
versary becomes more pathetic from
the fact that many of the "boys in
blue" are passing away to join the vast
army in the silent land. Every year
the ranks of the veterans on this side
of the river grow thinner, and the
steps of the marchers slower. Before
many years nearly all will have Joined
their regiments on the other side. But
their deeds can never die. Future gem
erations will read them, deep cut, defy
ing the tooth of time, on the marble of
the country's greatness. They will
blaze on the pillars of the union and in
the springtime of each year a CRATE
full people, bearing choicest flowers
natures sweetest emblem of love and
affection-will decorate their graves;
forthose grassy mounds will be known
as shrines for evermore; shrines
so long as the republic shall endure;
shrines where patriot knees will bend
and patriot eyes will weep so long as
freedom has worshiper and equality
of rights a devotee.-Detroit Free
Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Dublin still has about SO private
sIaughter-houses.
About 4s miles from Deadwood. S. D.,
peetors say is almost solid copper.
A Yonkers IN. " physician writes
to the London Lancet that he has had
most satisfactory results in many
cases of diphtheria by administering
anti-toxin by the mouth.
The Bushmen, or low-grade Hotten-
tots, on the plains of South Africa,
have language which has been proved
by GARNER to be close approximation
to that of the higher apes. 1t consists
of kissing, clicking and grunting
sounds.
England still holds the first rank
among the nations of the world in the
building of commercial ships. 1t is
shown in Lloyd's register of English
and foreign shipping that from the
shipbuilding yards of the united king
dom ,442, All tons of ships were turned
out last year, against SCI, 692 tons
turned out by all the other nations
combined. If war vessels are added
the respective amounts are 1,510, 1895
ana 1,O03, GS2.
Mr.. Arctowski, the geologist of the
antarctic expedition in the steamer
Belgica, calls attention to the differ
ence in the distribution of ice around
the two poles of the earth. The float
ing ice of the north, he says, comes
from true glaciers which are pushed
down through valleys until they reach
the water, but the glacial caps them
selves do not meet the sea. At the
south, on the contrary, perpetual snow
is encountered at the siXty-fifth de-
gree of latitude, and it is probable that
the floating ice of the antarctic orig
mates from layer covering the whole
polar crown.
Whether the salmon is a saltwater
or fresh-water fish is a question
often mooted. M. Jousset de BelIesme
has conducted a long series of expert
ments on the artificial breeding of sal
mon to test the question whether the
salmon cannot be made to breed with
out an annual voyage to salt water
His experiments extend over a period
of ten years and show conclusively
that the culture and breeding of Sal
mo salar in fresh water are entirely
practicable, and they lead to the infer
ence that while the habit of this fish
of visiting the sea is favorable to its
development, it is not absolutely
necessary, and is probably only re
Gently acquired.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
FOR MINISTERS AND LAYMEn

There are Sc Methodist Episcopal
churches in Baltimore.
There is an unprecedented activity
in the building of churches in Chicago
at the present time, and, in spite of
the labor difficulties which extended
far into the fall of last year, 81
churches have been built since then
or are still building.
Rev. DR.. Frederick z. Rocker, just
appointed chamberlain to the pope,
is the first American to be made a
member of the pontifica1 household
He is a native of New York city, 40
years old, and it was intended by his
father and uncle, both newspaper
men, that he should also take to their
line of life. The young mans taste lay
in another direction
DR. EI1icott. of Gloucester, has no
longer the distinction of being the
only oetogenarian British bishop. DR..
Richard Lewis, of LANDAU, has just
attained that distinction. and when
DR.. Temple, archbishop of Canter-
bury, celebrates his next birthday
November so. this year-there will be
three prelates who have seen their
sghtseth year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
WHEN THE DEAD AWAKE.
some strange Instances in Which
Corpses Have Seemed to
Feign Life. -

Tive persons hava feigned death
with marvellous exactness, but when
the dead feign life, or seem TO felgn
life, the spectacle is as gEewsoIne as
can well be imagined.
Not long ago Russian cemetery
was the scene of as weird wedding
as ever has been witnessed, says Lon
don paper. A young girl who had neen
bstrothed died on the eve of her mar
rage, and her friends decided tha6y
in spite of the intervening hand OF
death, the marriage ceremony Should
be carried on, and the ceremony was
performed at the side of the grave
and after the marriage the body was
returned to the coffin and lowered to
its long resting place.
It is less than a year ago that a
valuable cup was won in bicycle race
in Australia by man who was dead
when he passed the winning post. The
race took place at an electric light
carnival" so called, in the presence OF
5000 spectators. In the last lap
James SomervilIe, rider, forged to
the front and secured such lead that
his victory was assured. When with
in IS yards of the finish he was seen
to relax his ho1d>eR~fhe handle bar and
to relax his hold on the pedals. He
did not fall from the machine, how
ever, and amid frantic cheers dashed
by the goal, winning the race by half
wheel. AS he passed the finishing
post he pitched forward and fell to the
ground When he was picked up he
was found to be dead, and, what was
more, the doctors declared that death
had come to him when he was seen to
lose his hold of the handle bars. 1t
was a dead body that had ridden the
last 25 yards of the race.
On recent voyage the sealing
schooner Arietis was cruising about
200 miles off the coast of British Co
Iumbia, when she sighted dismantled
ship. The Arietis bore down upon the
derelict, and as she got near enough
man was seen on board grasping the
wheel and apparently steering the
craft. No other sign of man was seen
on the ship. The man at the wheel
was hailed. but returned no answer
just stood there grasping the spokes
of the wheel and looking straight
ahead. A boat was lowered and the
mysterious ship boarded. When they
came close to the man at the wheel
they saw with horror that he was
dead and had evidently been dead for
many days. The ship, which was
named the General Siglin, had sailed
from San Francisco for Alaska. She
had clearly been dismantled in a gale
and then abandoned by her crew. The
captain had refused to leave the ship,
and, finding his strength failing, he
had dashed himself to the wheel and
literally died at his post, steering the
craft for hundreds of miles with hands
that held the wheel in as firm grip
as when alive.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
To Protect Winged Pilots.

The American 0rnithologists' union
succeeded last year in protecting, by
means of carefully-selected wardens,
all of the known breeding-grounds
of the sea birds along the northern
Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine.
The union now appeals to the public
for funds to enable it to extend its
protection to the birds along the
southern Atlantic and gulf coasts.
These birds are threatened with ex-
termination on account of the use of
their beautiful feathers in millinery,
and they should be protected and pre-
served, their friends say, because of
their incalculable services as scaven-
gers, and as guides TO fishermen and
mariners.-Youth's Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24

curtains in jealous inspection of his
every movement. ''Horrid thing! It
wouldn't hurt him to at least glance
in this directionI"
But Robert was evidently too busy;
and it irritated the watcher as he be-
gan to whistle softly, and then to
sing in an absent-minded fashion, as
he bent over knot in the halyards:
There's just one girl in the world for mel"
Oh, was she the girl? Clarissa
asked herself feverishly; but there
was no one to answer the ques-
ton only Fifne, who yawned lazily and
snapped at the lace upon her mistress
sleeves.
ST could be happy forever with just one
girII'
Robert kept on singing with
cruel JUNCTION as he stood back and
watched the folds of Old Glory un-
furl, as they blew out from the mast
head, catching the soft May breeze.
Then Clarissa could bear it no longer.
She buried her face in the couch cush-
ions and found refuge in that relief
for all feminine woes-a good cry;
while Fifne, disturbed in her morning
nap, whined dismally.
Such an exasperating day as it
proved! There were bands and mill
tary companies, and everywhere the
stars and stripes were flying. Grand
father was in bed, suffering from
new ache in his wounded shoulder
memory of Antietam; and this fur
nished the girl pretext for keeping
all the shutters closed and making
theirs the only dismal house along the
avenue as the parade went by. With
white face and set lips she hid behind
the blind, and sadly followed with
fearful eyes the erect figure of Capt.
Hale as he rode past at the head of his
company.
'Oh, Fifne!" she murmured, sor-
rowfully. Il always knew that he
was proud. But at least he might
have glanced at the house, if not at
mel"
It was evening when she heard him
return. Black Don was proud,
though weary after the heat and con-
fusion of the day, and turned slowly
in between the high stone gate posts
of the driveway-and then, well, Clar-
issa never knew exactly how it hap
pened; but of a sudden there was a
mad rush of little white bundle of
silky hair from the porch, the de-
faint yaps and snarls of Fifne as
she snapped at the black horses feet,
and Capt. Hale, caught off his guard,
had been thrown by the shying horse,
striking his head against the cruel
edge of the big stone post. That
was the last of which CIarissa was
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24

conscious. Then, for the first Tine in
her % healthy years, she tainted.
That fact remains yet her own in
vioIable secret; for nobody ranlem
bered her during the excitement
which followed. After a time she
''came to- and, athletic golf girl
that she was, felt properly ashamed
of her own weakness. Then it was
that she learned the worst. Malicious
Fifne had frightened Black Don, and
Capt Hale was ingloriously lying OH
the library couch, with his right arm
in splints, and an ugly cash upon his
right temple.
HE must not die until he has for
given mel" Clarissa cried Historically
to Aunt Frances, as she uncercmo-
niously bundled her willing relative
across the intervening driveway and
, the lawns to the Hale mansion, where
all was sorrow at the mishap which
had followed the glorious beginning
of the day.
Clarissa expected reproaches frora
Robert Hale's mother, but instead she
received a tender kiss and caress,
and the two elder women consider
ately remained in the reception hall,
| while the peritent girl went half-re-
luctantly into the library, where, in
the subdued light, she discerned the
stricken hero propped up among sofa
pillows on the couch-it must be con-
fessed more prone to be profane,
with all strong mans Impotence of
pain, than to feel complacent over
| any hero-worship which might fall
to his lot.
But when he recognized Clarissa-
ali, that was another story! And he
was craftily moved to magnify his
hurt, and to work upon her tender
sympathies, until-weIl, in a lovers
quarrel the angle OF reflection is al
ways equal to the angie of incidence.
| In an incredibly short time that
wicked Robert had become surpris-
/ ingly cheerful, especially since Clar-
/ issa's face was somehow very near
his own, and his heart was melting
to feel her tears upon his cheek. and
she was softly calling him tdear, .
i and whispering out her penitence.
He was amazed to hear her con-
fess, sorrowfully: 81 have Deen !
And TO prove how repentant I am,
ROBERT am-Just-S -tO-indEAe
the supreme sacrifice for you'll"
Sweetheart! What?'' he inquired
in wonder.
'.I-am-go ing-to-g give = Fifne-
away! That is, when can find good
home for her. you know!"
Capt Hale laughed. rut only men
tally.
'.Yot q bit Of if, dearestl" he de-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
Fodder Tree from the Alriatic.

From the island of LISA, in the
Adriatic, agents of the agricultural
department sent cuttings of st. Johns
bread, which is a leguminOus tree.
suited for rather dry, caIcareous soils
in the southern states, Porto Rico and
Hawaii. Tt is a fodder tree, yielding
immense quantities of pods, which are
shipped and sold for cattle feed and
which are also used by brewers and
distillers. The tree commences to
bear when it is Is years old and yields
from $50 to $50 pounds of pod per tree.
On the island of LISA the bearing
tree yields pods to the value of from
$3.50 to Ss.5 per annum.-N. Y. Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24

and my father was wounded at
Petersburg" was the solemn response.
For the rest of his life he went around
with only one arm. It seems like your
father might have fired the shot which
deformed one of the handsOmest men
that ever lived
She knew that he was purposely
mimicking her affected use of the
southern like; but she would not I'M
bend. He leaned his arm over Black
Don's glossy neck, and regarded her
rnischievously.
what. an irony of fate, Clarissa!"
he said, teasingly, as he stood gazing
at her with a fondness which she
haughtily ignored. How ever did it
happen that you should have the blue
eyes, while mine should be the gray?"
AS Memorial day approached, how
ever, the breach between them grew
undeniably serious. The older mem
bers of both households smiled, and
shook their heads knowingly, and
moraliZed on the inevitableness of
lovers quarrels. Aunt Frances rash
ly took it upon herself to demonstrate
with her niece, for Robert was her spe-
cial favorite, and she could not bear
to have him made unhappy by Claris-
sa's caprices. She was unprepared,
however, for the rebuff which she met.
please don't ever mention Mr..
Hale's name to me again, Aunt
Frances. l have found him out-an
advantage which l appreciate. Better
to know his faults now than when it
might be too late!"
But Clarissa was by no means happy
in what she glorifed as her adherence
to principle. She was fearfully and
pathetically lonely, and she tried not
to hear when the black horse and his
rider dashed down the driveway on
their way TO the drills and parades,
which became so frequent with the
nearness of Memorial day.
The misunderstanding had deepened
now; for there had been other and bit
ter words, and each studiously avoided
looking in the direction of the other
when they met, which was but rarely.
Fair as garden OF the Lord was the
Memorial day; but Clarissa could see
no beauties in nature as she moped in
the sewing-room which overlooked the
driveway, conf1ding her unhappiness
to petted, snarling Fifne.
Out at the stable the groom was put
ting the saddle on Black Don-for the
coming parade, she knew; and pres
emily Robert appeared at the side door
carrying flag, which he proceeded to
run up the staff on the lawn.
"How handsome he looks in his uni
FORM" the girl meditated with bitter
ness, as she peeFed through the sash
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
Honoring the Soldier Dead.

The heroism of those whose graves
we decorate, whether they be "The
boys of '61'' or the ''Boys of 49, is one
of the bright jewels in the diadem that
crowns the brow of American liberty.
It is part of the heritage of every child
born beneath our flag. Therefore, in
honoring the men who died for the
flag we add to the inheritance of the
millions yet to come, for in giving tes-
timony to the courage and loyalty of
the men who sleep in soldiers graves,
we enhance the nations glory and
render the name of American citizen
of still more priceless yalue.-Detroit
Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24

The 3Oth of May was chosen and for
mally set aside as Memorial day on
May 5, 1868, in an order to the grand
army posts issued by Gen. John A.
Logan, then commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The general
public took part in the ceremonies thus
inaugurated and the customzwas so
pleasing TO the people at large that
within few years most of the north
ern states had made the day a
legal holiday, to be set aside during all
time for the special Observance OF
memorial services in honor of the dead
soIdiers.-Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24

or fishing tackle, or erect upon the
back of spirited black horse, which
from the first had been Fifine's es-
celebrated and classical case, the
neighborhood caused their acquaint-
ance in the first steps of love. Even
England and France could produce
no more splendid specimen of man
hood than was Robert Hale, as Clar-
issa was forced to admit to her un-
willing self.
Perhaps that was why the winter
which followed her Homecoming
proved such a pleasant one. AS the
weeks went by there was joy in both
households over the very evident in
terest which the young people took
in each other. They were not aware
of the plans for their future which
Aunt Frances so frequently discussed
with Roberts widowed mother. In
fact, they were not conscious of much
beyond the joy of living, of propin-
guilty, of the sympathy and under
standing which existed between them,
of community of tastes and inter
ests. Together they marveled at the
miracle of life through death, in
opening bud, and leaf, and flower;
but so far no word of love had been
spoken between them. They were
young; there was no need of haste.
1t was the springtide of life, as well
as the springtide of the year. But
Hard if these
Found NOT way to show their secret each
to each;
And so they did;
And one hearts fiower-dust into the other
slid
That Clarissa, imperious and exact
ing with all others, should be sweetly
submissive to him, was, in itself, the
most subtle fattery. When Robert
Hale heard her opinions and comments
upon the causes of a contest which was
fast becoming merely a tradition, he
only smiled indulgently, lenient to
them, as he would have been lenient
to any whimsical fancies on the part
of the woman whom he loved.
The first clashing of their wills came
late in the spring, when Robert was
offered and accepted the office of cap
tain of the newly-organized company
of Sons of Veterans. He was surprised
and amused at the imperiousness with
WHICH O1dIlSSd ureW HERSELF up, PrOuu
as another Juno, and condemned his
act.
mo man could offer me a more dead
ly hurt!" she announced, tragically.
My father was wounded at the battle
of Belmont. Those wounds ultimate
ly caused his death. Who knows that
your very father wasn't the northern
er who shot him!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
Importance of Fresh Air.

A great many people suffer from
Indigestion, women in particular,
and the cause of their suffering is, in
five cases out of seven, lack of fresh
air. Fresh air puriffes the blood,
stimulates circulation and prevents
indigestion. A large number of suf-
ferers work in badly ventilated
rooms or stores or in stuffy Offices.
They sleep in equally badly ventilated
rooms and they seldom think of a
cold sponge bath in the morning, yet
the cure for all their suffering IS with
themselves.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-24
Voting and the Pon Tax.

In several states the payment of a
poll tax is a condition of suffrage.
There is a poll tax in Arkansas, Della
ware (where it is called a registration
fee), Mississippi 1.-TWO dollars a head,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Georgia,
the requirement in the last state be-
ing the payment of all taxes since
1877. By the 1900 federal census. the
population of Georgia was 2,216,000,
and under the ordinary ratio of vot-
ers to population, one in six, the total
vote in Georgia should be about &c.,
600. Actually it is only one-third of
this, or 122, 900 last year.-Chicago
Chronicle