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Four venerable women from the East Side ac
companied by a settlement worker were enter
tained at a country home on a recent day Dur
ing the afternoon the hostess took her guests for
drive. When they passed meadow. white with
nodding daisies. the old women's JOY knew no
bounds. and they begged to be allowed TO leave
the carriage and pick the flowers. 1T was one
OF the most pathetic sights I ever saw" said the
grandmothers all OF them and great -grandmothers
most OF them. wadng through the field with child
like glee"
The visitors carried back to their tenement
homes with them only huge punches OF daisies
picked by themselves and a generous bouquet OF
roses and other garden flowers. but best OF all. a
memory of happy day that had recalled their
childhood homes.
So many people remember to entertain the chill
dren, but few think that the aged too want
pleasures" said the settlement worker who told
the story.
woman who distributes flowers occasionally In
a crowded district OF this city learned her lesson
this point the other day She had noticed
among the sidewalk community on several occa-
sions toothless woman Of the unmistakable 'old
and tough variety, and whenever flowers had
failed TO "go around" had passed the wretched
creature by One day this week she was short
bunch. and she gave away the last bouquet
the old woman said sulkily: I'm older'n her'n
it's not TO give one. too" 1t was her
first intimation that she cared for the slight The
distributor went home. wishing. she expressed
it, that she had distributed a flower in her
life. Think Of that poor old soul having another
bitterness added her cup she said.
The next day she sought the old and said:
81 have no flowers to-day. but very soon l will
bring you a big bunch OF roses To her surprise,
Inc woman replied: "Oh. it's all right. | don't
mind. Ye needn't bother" But as the distributor
went on, the woman called after her Hay! hay
there" When the distributor went back the old
weakness: YOU might bring me teenty tinty pot
Of geraniums.' She will get her geranum.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-08

Chicago July 7.-President ". r. Harper. IN his
address before the National Council of Education
to-day, said in part
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Latest Kansas Events.
Medals for Kansas Men.

Of the 80 medals of honor awarded
by the war department for conspicu-
GUS gallantry in the Cuban-Philip-
pine-Chinese war, four were for
Kansans. W. B. Trembly and Edward
W. White swan the Rio Grande river
and fastened the rope by which Col.
Funston and his Twentieth Kansas
men crossed the stream. 1t was here
that Col. Funston earned his briga-
dier's star. Trembly is city clerk of
Kansas City, Kan, and White is "a
member of the fire department in the
same city. Lieut.. Arthur M. Fergu-
son, awarded a medal for the cap
ture of captain in a single-handed
charge against large force at Porac
in September, 1899, was a conspicuous
figure in the affair at the Rio Grande
river, where White and Trembly won
recognition. Ferguson is now in the
Seventeenth United States infantry.
While private in the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment John A. -Huntsman swan
the Marilao river with five others.
The feat was accomplished in the face
of heavy fire and resulted in the
capture of a number of FiIipinos and
a quantity of arms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Washington As An Athlete
COULD AN IRON BAR FARTHER OTHER


as he was the small brother of Sweet
Mary Gerrish" he accepted the bride
of an English deerhound to inform his
sister that George Washington had
come with a fine horse and sidesaddle
to ask her to ride.
At that period George was II years
old, and on this memorable ride the IA
Their of our country proposed after this
fashion:
"Look at the hand, Miss Mary. til
yours!"
Miss Mary, who was severa! years
older than her lovesick swain, gave a
merry laugh.
''Why, what in the world would do
with that hand, Master Washington?
have two hands of my own!''
When he made his meaning clearer
she informed him gently that she was
already engaged to that Maj. Tren-
holm who afterward was arrested as
a traitor, pardoned by Gen. Washing
ton and sent back to England in a
sloop-of-war. Washington did this at
the solicitation of that ''sweet Mistress
Mary" and the mammoth hand she had
refused and ridiculed received her
parting kiss as a benediction when she
thanked him and bade him farewell to
follow her husband to his own coun-
try.
When Lafayette visited Mount Yer
non for the last time he said to Mr..
GUSTS, the stepson of Washington
while recalling a former visit:
'You were then holding by a single
finger of the good generals remark
able hand, which was all that you could
do, my dear sir, at that time"
We are told of that wonderful hand
that if a cast of it could have been pre-
served to be exhibited in these days
of physical degeneracy it would be said
to belong to being of fabulous age.
His unusual size was not, however, a
distinction of the age in which he lived,
but, taken together with his breadth
of vision, his qualities s a leader and
his executive ability, it made him in al
requirements great man. Napoleon
L. was pygmy when compared to
Washington, but he greatly admired
the man who could so successfully ad-
minister national affairs through a ter
rible crisis to a safe conclusion, and as
he lamented his own small stature did
he in proportion admire Washington's.
Whenever he met one of our country
men abroad he was certain to ask:
How is the greatest American, Wash
ington?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
BITS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Suggestions Regarding a Number OF
Things Belonging to the Do
nestle Department

In buying the bedroom towels for
everyday use saving may be effect
ed by getting piece linen huckaback
and finishing in with a plain hem.
This comes in varying widths and in
cream and full bleach.
A fine weave of huckaback orna-
mented with crochet or knit linen
lace and insertion makes handsome
the Washington Star.
Some of the handsomest luncheon
cloths to be used on state occasions
have deep border of renaissance
lace. This lace, which washes well
and is handsome as long as it lasts,
is also popular for doylies and buffet
covers.
With regard to storing linen, It
should be remembered that shelves
in an absolutely dry cupboard are
preferable to drawers: White paper
cambria may be spread over the
shelves, and nothing should be put
away until thoroughly dried and well
aired, so that every vestige of
moisture has disappeared. Linen
collects dampness more quickly than
anything else. Should the linen
show signs of turning yellow, wiring
out in lukewarm soap and water, dry
and store again.
In buying ready-made Sheets see
to it that they are long enough.
Every sheet should be at least three
yards long, to allow for tucking in
at the foot and turning down at the
head.
Cotton cases should be made for all
mattresses, as many are careless
about protecting them by a cover I'M
der the sheet. These should be made
to button on, so that they can be
readily removed for laundering.
While ultra fashions in counter
panes change from year to year-the
marseilIes cover is always in good
form. If too heavy for night, it can
be removed and a light one substi-
tuted.
These quilts may be procured in
white or colors-hand or machine
embroidered. The most elaborate
come with the whole center in en-
broidery, a broad embroidered bor-
der outlined with drawn work and
a wide hem with a line of drawn
work at the head. On brass beds
these quilts are allowed to hang
down on all sides, taking the place of
the valance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

A wireless telegraphic installation
isbeing made on the Zugspitz, the high
est summit in Germany, and the postal
station at Ebisee at its base. The alti-
tude of the observatory is nearly 1920
yards above sea level.
Trees are now felled, in some places,
by electricity. A platinum wire, heat
ed white-hot by the current, is used,
stretched between two poles, as a saw.
There is less work than with saw,
no sawdust is produced, and the char
ring of the surface of division tends
to prevent decay. In some cases the
time required to fell a tree by this
method is only one-eighth of that nee
essary for saving.
In 1873 the best French lighthouses
were illuminated by mineral oil, and
the most powerful light equaled only
1000 candles. In 1883 the electric
light was introduced, by which means
the illuminating power was greatly in
creased. In the case of Calais light
house the illumination was increased
to $4,000 candles. At the present day,
owing to the rapid progress main
tanned in connection with lighthouse
illumination, a light equal to nearly
s,00o.0Uo candles Is produced,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22

TBE7ASHINGTON was the champion
AWE of athletic games, and the power
80 of his hand and arm was dis
played in several memorable instances.
He flung a stone across the Rappahan-
mock, and in 1772, when he was 40 years
of age, he could pitch an iron bar fur
ther than any man of his time. The
story of his throwing a silver dollar
across the Potomac lacks actual con-
firmation, and it must have surely been
q feat of later years, as the silver do
lar was less common then than now.
1t might have been a Spanish or Next
can dollar. The explanation that a
dollar went further in those days than
these is almost as old as the story.
Among the amusing stories of our
first president told in minor history
and in legendary lore are those which
endow him with miraculous powers of
endurance, giants stature and hands
of such size that none other ever
equaled him, they being of gigantic
dimensions. A pretty story of his first
wooing, at the early age of II, writes
NJ. L. Rayne, in the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, introduces his hand with dramatic
effect.
The time was the year of grace 177S,
and the place was Mount Vernon, a
beautiful romantic site in Fairfax
county, Virginia, on the right bank of
the Potomac, and within Is miles of
Washington, D. c., as it now stands.
There it was that a small boy in
roundabout and knickerbockers saw a
gay cavalier exercising pair of saddle
horses, while he talked in the sylvan
solitude, believing himself alone
will you ride with me, Miss Mary
Miss Mary, will you ride with me? May
have the honor of your company for
a ride this afternoon? Sweet Mistress
Mary, will you accept me for your gal
LIANT to ride at your stirrup. Peace,
Queen Bess, or I'LL larrup you with the
whip! Whoa, jade! Sweet Mistress
Mary, am George Washington, at
your command"
The small boy of that day was no i'm
provement on his prototype of this.
He answered in a fiutelike voice with
a knocking cadence:
Marry now, sweet Mistress Mary,
may 1 ride with you, or will you ride
with me, or go alone at your own sweet
will? Ha! Ha! Ho!"
The youngster laughed wickedIy at
the discontinue of the youthful
equestrian, who could not leave his
horses to administer punishment, but
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
A Pertinent emery.

A Crawford county paper begs some
philosopher to tell it what there is
about a transforming actor that
makes women forget God, honor, vir-
tue and everything else to sin with
him. 1t is moved to the question by a
case which recently occurred in Gil
rard. a woman there, aged less than
20 years, locked her two children in
the house and fed on train to meet
an actor who had been playing in a
cheap theatrical troupe in Girard and
other southern Kansas towns.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
EARLY Presidential Recepttons

AT Washington's Ievees the president
always appeared as private gentle
man, without the cooked hat of cere-
mony, and with no sword. All call
ers We're seated, and the rich pound
cake and plum cake of the day was
handed around with tea and coffee and
wine, custom that was imperat tive
in those days in good society. Every
Friday evening Mrs. Washington re-
ceived from eight to ten o'clock, and
the most elegant and refined people
attended those receptions, the license
which admits the general public not
having been extended. It was the day
of republican court, and rank, char
acter and full dress were necessary to
gain admittance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
DIVERSITY IN SLEEVES.
A JumbIe of the Modes OF Centuries
Past Seen in the Fashions OF
the Present.

The diversity in sleeves Is most
interesting when you study them
as an evolution in dress. You very
promptly discover that the present
fashion is merely a turning back to
the old days for Inspiration, which
IN part comes from the twelfth and
fourteenth centuries, when puffed
sleeves were worn, says the New
York Sun.
The sleeve worn at the beginning
of the nineteenth century had the
elongated puff below the elbow and
the cuff at the hand, very similar to
the sleeve of to-day. But the beau
ty of the present fashion in sleeves
is that it is not confined to any one
style and, as in everything else,
some consideration is given to the
choice of style that it may be most
becoming.
The bell sleeve, or one version of
it, worn back in the forties, is here
again, and slashed sleeves, from
which SO many pretty fancies are
adapted, were. worn several centuries
ago. The sleeve with the puff at the
elbow is an oId-time fancy which
originated in Venice, when the en-
tire sleeve was in puffs.
Tea gowns show the long angel
sleeves of centuries gone, and it is,
indeed, the medieval modes which
are the guiding principle of our
sleeves. The mixing up of periods is
perhaps more notably illustrated in
sleeves than in any other part of the
costume.
The same style of elbow sleeve
in the time of Louis XIV, and the
deep turn-back cuff comes to US from
the same period. Bands of ribbon
over the puff in perpendicular lines
are an old Venetian fashion revived
from the fourteenth century, and the
full undersleeve which we have been
wearing for more than a year comes
back to US from Queen Mary's time.
The oversleeve had long, droop-
ing point at the back, which we have
as yet discarded, but the undersieeve
was exactly the same then as now,
except that we allow ourselves more
liberty in variation so that there are
rarely two pairs of sleeves alike in
every particular.
The full pulled sleeve with large
puff at the top, worn in the renais-
sance period, appears again in a
pretty modified form made of thin
materials gathered full but falling
soft and close to the arm rather
than standing out like a balloon as
did the sleeves of a few years ago.
One of the prettiest modern
sleeves is the one with deep close
fitting loose sleeve of lace and the
soft hanging puff above gathered
into the arm size and banded lit
tie below the shoulder with lace in
sertion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
His Island Now Mainland.

In 1888 Albert Reeves, now of Dodge
City, purchased an island in the Ar
kansas river at Wichita for S1.5s. He
had long ago abandoned it as a use
less piece of land, but arriving in
Wichita last week to attend the cat
tlemen's convention he found that the
so feet OF water that formerly existed
between his island and the mainland
had been filed up by process of
gradual action, and that the property
is valuable. The land is at present
claimed and occupied by James Strick-
land and Samuel Bottles. Both of
these gentlemen have erected fine
residences upon the same. Reeves
served notice that they would be com
PEELED to pay him $1,000 for the prop
erty, or he will enter suit for posses
sion of the same, since he holds a
clear title and the government patent.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Court for kansas City.

Congressman Bowersock is pushing
his bill for federal court in Kansas
City. It provides that cases arising
in the counties of Wyandotte, John
son, Douglas and Franklin counties
shall be tried at Kansas City, The
grand jury, it is provided, will not be
called to sit at Kansas City, but bills
returned by the grand juries at To-
peka or Leavenworth from the four
counties named shall be certified for
trial to the Kansas City court.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
An EngIishman,s Tribute

George Washington is as much one
of our great English heroes as Alfred
the Great or Shakespeare is one OF
yours. The robust nature, the ances.
trail speech, are the common preroga-
tives of our blood. And as the wildest
dreamer in Great Britain cannot con
ceiye our two peoples being other than
Independent nations to-day, We have
nothing but honor for the hero who
achieved the happy and inevitable sep
aration.-Frederic Harrison.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Forget Your Aches and Pains.

As soon as possible dismiss from
the mind every suggestion that has to
do with illness. If you have had an
operation, and it is over, let it glide
into the shadowy background of mem
DRY. Do not dwell upon it, do not talk
about it. Cultivate thought about
others, about the great round world,
about its heroes and its martyrs, its
battles and its victories, its happy
homes and loving hearts, but utterly
turn from the night side of suffering,
except as you may relieve it, and dwell
in the blessed sunshine. There is no
sweeter thing on earth than to be one
of Gods 1ight-bringers, and to make
those about you stronger because you
are accomplishing. = Ladies Home
Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
The pillars of Happincss.

Of all the dispositions and habits
which lead to political prosperity, re-
ligion and morality are indispensa-
bic supports. In vain would that
man claim the tribute of patriotism
who should labor to subvert these
great pillars of human happiness
these frmest props of the duties of
men and citizens. The mere politi-
clan, equally with the pious man,
ought to respect and cherish them.
Washington, in His Farewell Adj
dress
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Not Only Believer in Prayer,
But a Man of Prayer.

cheeks wet with his tears, as solitary
and apart he prayed for help and guild
ance in that hour of extremity. 1t is
not strange that good Mr. Potts should
have been greatly moved by the sight,
as hurrying home, with tears in his
own eyes, he told his wife of what he
had seen; adding: eff there is any
man on earth that the Lord will listen
to it is George Washington; and I feel
presentiment that under such COM
mander there is no doubt but in the
end we will establish our independence.
and that God in His providence hath
willed it so.''-AdeIe e. Thompson. in
Chicago Advance.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
The Parson was willing.

At Plevna a jointkeeper cornered
Rev. w. H. Houston in the post office
and informed the reverend gentleman
that he must take a licking on ac-
count of a temperance sermon which
he had preached the day before. "All
right" responded the parson cheer
fully, and two minutes later the
friends of the jointkeeper were tax
ing him down to the butcher shop for
the application of beefsteak to a pair
of beautiful black eyes.-Kansas City
Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
THE FAITH OF
WASHINGTON

Washington was reverent of every
thing that was sacred. The impress
sion that the profane use of the name
of God made upon him is shown by this
order, issued while he was commander
In chief of the army:
Headquarters, Moor's House
West Point, July %, 1779
Many and pointed orders have been is
sued against the unmeaning and abomina-
BILE custom of swearing, Notwithstanding
which, with much regret the general OBJ
serves that it prevails, If possible more
than ever; his feelings are continually
wounded by the oaths and imprecations of
them. The name of the Being from whose
bountiful goodness We are permitted to
exist and enjoy the comforts of life is in
manner as wanton as it is shocking.
For the sake, therefore, of religion, de-
trusts that offcers of every rank will use
their influence and authority to check a
vice which is as Improbable as it is wicked
and shameful.
Words that ring as true as when they
were uttered more than a hundred
years ago.
Washington was not only believer
in prayer, but a man of prayer. Many
instances of this are related. How on
one occasion he sought shelter from
storm for the night at a house where
he was unknown, and where, owing to
the dangers of the war, he was received
with fear and doubling, but when, after
retiring to his room, the woman heard
him in prayer, she exclaimed to her
husband: snow I know that he is a
good man. and we are safe" The story
of the sufferings of the little American
army through that darksome winter
ct Valley Forge will be told as long as
our history endures. And as part of it
will endure the oft-told incident of
how as the good old Quaker owner of
the house Washington occupied as
headquarters was out alone one day he
was startled by hearing a solemn voice.
Going toward it he saw horse tied to
sapling tree, and then, half hidden
BY thicket OF underbrush, Washing
ton himself on His knees in prayer, his
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Why WASHINGTON Is Honored.

The hero whose memory we honor
was not man of genius or of the best
intellectual culture, but he was great
character-honest, simple, true, disin-
terested, incorruptible. He thought
not of private gain nor of personal
glory, nor of the aggrandizement of his
country, but, believing with all his
heart in the right of the people to gov
ern themselves, he gave his time, his
wealth, his life to make such govern
nent actual and permanent.-Bi Bishop
SpaIdin9
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Jackson's First Speech.

The oleomargarine discussion in the
house served to introduce Representa-
tive Jackson, of the Third Kansas dis
trict, to the house as debater. The
southern democrats had sought to
whip all members of their party into
line against the majority bill, and
Representative Jackson, who is the
only democrat in the Kansas deIega-
ton, had to combat the southern
democratic position.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
scott's Amendment Prevailed.

While the anti-oleo bill was under
debate in the house, Congressman
Scott, of lola, on behalf of the minor
ity of the committee on agriculture
offered the amendment to substitute
for the proviso in section 1, another
providing '"That nothing in this act
shall be construed to forbid a state
to permit the manufacture or sale
of oleomargarine in any manner
consistent with the laws of said state,
provided that it is manufactured and
sold entirely within the state" The
amendment was adopted 90 to &c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
From the Largest County.

In Wyandotte county, which has the
largest voting strength of any in the
state, republicans viii permit Nathan
sel Barnes, candidate for congress. and
E. A. Enright, candidate for govern
or. to name the delegates to the con-
gressional and state conventions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
Destroying Cottonwood Trees.

The farmers about Wichita are maxi
ing war on the cottonwood trees
which have for years adorned the
fields along the Arkansas valley. These
trees are being cut down by the thou
sands this winter. The farmers claim
they are a hindrance to the growth
of wheat and corn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-22
..rhe B1ac1k Woman,s Burden..

Representative negro women of To-
peka have taken up what they call
isThe Black Woman's Burden It is
TO reform the negro youth. They say
that statistics show an alarming prev
alence of crime among the young
people of the negro race, and it is due,
they believe, to parental neglect,
tdleness and bad home surroundings. .