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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
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SPOTTER"
BY WILLIAM A. MORAN
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sc CPEAK1NG of .spotters,' S.

sCPEAKING of 'spotters,'" said
Isam johnson to a party of
railroad men, reminds me of an ex-
perience had one night last August
in Colorado"
Isam's fame as ga man of odd expert
ences" is well known, and whenever
he wishes to tell story he always
finds willing audience. He gave up
the ministry to become sleeping car
porter, which position he still holds, al
though he is expecting to lose it at
any time. Not that he fears to be dis
charged, however, for he thinks that
that would be too much good luck, but
he expects either to be killed or
manned. He thinks himself hoodoo.
Every trip he has made in the past five
years has been marked by some I'M
usual incident, and he believes that in
some way the cause of these affairs has
been traceable directly to him.
"Black and ugly and ungainly as
am" he often remarks, "why wouldn' It
be hoodoo? Look at these eyes
red as Holsters. Look at these lips,
they look like hunks of liver. Look at
these fetal over the ground" And
delivering thus himself he dove into his
story.
Speaking of 'spotters,' he said,
reminds me of how, one night last Au-
gust, my heart was set agoing by we'll
dressed, heightened chap who got
aboard my car at Elborn and bought a
berth to Winston. Winston, you know
is nothing but a telegraph office and
a water tank, at the top of the CONT
mental divide, on the G. o. & T. II. rail
road. Our train stops there at hall
past three a. M, and there isn't an
other town, house nor sign of house
within IS miles. asked myself: What
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
) News from Over the State
Grndea Prinon svrten,.

In addition to abolishing the flock
step" at the Kansas prison, Warden
Jewett has put in force the graded
prison system. The first grade, blue
suited prisoners, will have the best
place in the dining room and will be
quartered in the new modern cell
house erected six years ago. The sec
ond grade, gray-suited prisoners, will
have the second or intermediate place,
while the bad prisoners, in striped
suits, most of whom carry ball and
chain, will have the rear seats in the
dining room and be kept in the cell
house in the south wing. An effort
will be made to keep the best pris-
oners by themselves as much as pos
sible and the third grade prisoners
away from the others. A new prison
er will be placed in the intermediate
grade at first, and if he proves himself
worthy will be allowed to attend
night school, read books and will be
treated with as much consideration
as possible.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
marshal Crum,s Deputies.

The new deputy United States mar
sha1s under Marshal L. S. Crum have
been agreed upon since last summer.
They WI be Frank Flenniken, of EN-
poria, Office deputy at Topeka; Frank
McGrath, of Beloit, field deputy at
Topeka; C. j. Drew, of Burlingame,
field deputy at Fort Scott, and C. F..
Biddle, of Coldwater, field deputy at
Wichita. All are old soldiers except
ing Flenniken, who was not old
enough to enlist. Flenniken was for
many years the private secretary of
Senator Plumb. Frank McGrath was
a powerful factor in the Farmers Al
lance ten years ago. This is Crum's
third trial for the marshalship. He
was promised the place by Ingalls, and
Baker, and lost both times. After
Baker disappointed him, he trans
ferred his allegiance to Senator Bur
ton, and now, after hard fight, he
has won. He is a great friend of Cy-
rus Leland, who supported him in his
recent fight, although Leland and Sen
ator Burton are political enemies.
Crum was the late Senator Bishop w.
Perkins political manager until the
latter's death, about eight years ago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
A WORD ABOUT GIVING.
Some Women and Men Who COnside F
Themselves Generous Are Self
ishness PersOnFfied.

"No, she isn't stingy, she's just self
ish,'' said the old woman, speaking
of a relative. ''She'1 give money if
it's needed, she'll give share of any
thing that grows in her fields or her
orchards, but the one thing she never
pives is a mite of herself.
I'D expect her to send broth and jel-
lies if I were sick, or blankets if were
cold. but I wouldn't ever expect heI
to come and spend the afternoon with
me because [ was lonely, or to be really
interested in any trouble L had-or any
lows, either, for that matter. I'd never
think to carrying her any of my boys
letters to read, as I do to little Mrs
Stone at the corner. Toms been away
nine months now, on voyage, and
Mrs. Stone has heard every one of his
letters. We've hunted up together in
her big atlas the places where he'll go.
and when she comes across anything
about one of them in the newspapers
she always remembers and tells me
She doesn't do it just to please me,
either; she's interested.
''Mrs. Stone scarcely has a spare
dollar to share with anybody, but you
never think of that. 1 guess it's a:
much what folks'Il let you share with
them is what they share with you that
counts. "-Wellspring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
he CHANGED HIS MIND.
Founder of ZOar Community who
Was Won to MatrimOny by
DimpIes and Smiles.

In his article on "The Community of
Zoar," in Woman's Home Companion,
Mr.. Landon Knight writes as follows
of the founders attitude toward mar
riage:
During the first years of his admin
istration Bimeler openly opposed mar
riage, and devoted many long INSPIRED d.
discourses to showing the sinfulness
of the relation, but finally he fell a
victim to the dimples and smiles of a
village beauty, and he Immediately
mounted his pulpit and candidly ac-
knowledged in effect that his wires of
inspiration were probably crossed and
he had received She wrong message.
Where marriage had Ianguished it at
once grew popular, for the benedict
now held forth even more eloquently
concerning the beatitude of the rela-
ton than he had assailed it when act
ing under the false message. In his cd
age his enthusiasm concerning the
married estate was such as to subject
him to the charge of being a match
maker, from which we may infer that
his own union was happy, for he was
a sincere, earnest and helpful man and
altogether incapable of giving advice
from the same motives that actuated
the Short-tailed fox
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
TURKISH woMAN's VEIL

a part of most oriental religions to
keep the women in seclusion, and
that Mohammed of blessed memory
made the command a binding one.
Although the women of Japan
Corea and China are more or less Sc
Guided, particularly the women OF
China, who live in the zenana, they
do not wear wells. While they go
abroad in closed sedan chairs, their
heads are guiltIess of bonnets even,
except when severe cold weather
makes some sort of head covering
necessary.
Turkish danes of high degree wear
dainty squares of white illusion CO.
quettishly wound about their heads
and faces, which cover but in nowise
conceal their beauty. This style has
been growing smaller and more
diaphanous until now the Turkish
woman's face is less concealed than
the European woman's who clings to
the close square of tulle.
The Algerian women wear yards of
soft gauze about their heads and
shoulders. When coming in contact
with European men these are grace
fully draped so as to leave but the
upper portion of the face visible.
The fve-yard sarong of the Parsee
women makes a dress skirt, covers a
greater portion of the body, leaving
one arm and shoulder free, and is
then most artistically arranged about
the head. The Nautch girls, who
wear the curious nose-rings and ex-
pensive jewels on their feet and heavy
ankIets, make use of the sarong in
their gliding dances, but they seldom
use them for face covering. The mar
ried women and widows of the
Basque provinces use a combination
cloak and hood similar to that worn
by the women of San Miguel.
Mohammedan women have variety
of face wells, modified by climate and
the country in which they live. The
Yasmak of the Turkish and Egyptian
women is unknown to the women OF
India, who envelope their faces in the
folds of long, narrow gauze wells or
shroud themselves in their beautiful
ly embroidered arongs.-Louisville
COIlrier-JOurnaI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Na A1
Sg|.gG1EAJSl
IEsJl;]Is}z1
MRS. LELAND STANFORD.
the Greatest Woman PhiIan-
thrOpist of Our Time.

If at any time in the future his
tory of philanthropy in America
should be written, the name of Mrs.
Leland Stanford would have a promi-
nent place in that history. To her
would belong the distinction of hay
ing given more to the great cause of
education than any other woman of
her generation. Her private benefac-
lions will never be known, but they
have been many and large. She takes
first rank in the amount she has
given to educational, charitable and
other institutions.
Mrs. Stanford was Miss Jane La
throp and she was born in the year
1925, so that for six years she has
lived on the borrowed time" of those
who go beyond the threescore and
ten years of life. When she married
Leland Stanford about so years ago
he was a poor and struggling young
lawyer.
1t was Leland Stanford who
brought about that great triumph of
modern times, a railroad across the
Rocky mountains. His business in
stinct told him that the great west
could never rise to the full scope of
its wonderful resources until it was
connected by bands of steel with the
east. The best railroad engineers of
that day said that railroad up and
over the Rocky mountains was be-
yond the limit of human achievement.
Other engineers thought it possible;
and Leland Stanford said that it
should come to pass. He set to work
with invincible resolution to have the
road constructed and on the 10th day
of May in the year 1869 the road from
the Atlantic coast and the road from
the Pacific coast met at Promontory,
Utah, a point $50 miles from San
Francisco and little more than 1000
miles from Omaha. The last spikes
that connected the two lines of road
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
CHILDREN OF THE CAR.
All Girls and Their Care Is Entrusted
to an Irish Lady-An Affection
ate Father.

Although no boy has hitherto
blessed their hearth, four girls have
been born to their imperial majesties
Olga, the eldest; Tatiana, Maria and
the more-recently-arriv baby, whose
sex was such a disappointment to
the Russian nation. The care of these
children devolves upon Miss Edgar, an
Irish lady, and two Russian under
nurses. The children, however, occu-
py the same bedroom as their head
nurse, and the older ones also take
their meals with her, says Pearson's
Magazine. In their playroom the
mighty ruler of all the Russias is fire.
quently to be found gamboling with
his young daughters, whilst he never
allows a night to pass when he is at
home without making his way to kiss
them before seeking his own room.
Self-interes@ed kinsmen may ridicule
his efforts at reform; ak grinding and
ina ginary plot discovering officials
may try to render his life a terror, but
there is at least one pleasure of which
they cannot rob ths czar, and that is
in connection with LIS home life.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
WHEN LAURA GOES TO Play.

When Laura goes to play with Lou,
Who lives across the way,
She wears Bingham frock of blue
Just made for romp and play;
And oftentimes her hats askew.
When Laura goes to play with Lou.
When Laura plays with Lulubel,
Who lives up on the square,
She hasito dress up very well
And think about her hair.
It would not do to run pell-mell,
Up on the square with Lulubel.
When Laura goes to play with Lou
They picnic on the grass;
Two cups of milk, bun or two,
Is all there is to pass;
And yet it seems nice menu
To Laura. playing there with Lou.
When Laura plays with Lulubel
Their parties are so fine!
With china fragile as shell,
And silver all ashine,
And Nurse Celeste and Mademoiselle
To serve each course for Lulubel.
When Laura goes to play with Lou
Her bestowed doll she takes,
And though it's very far from new,
No difference 1t makes;
For over there IS a dolly, too,
That's old, but very dear to Lou.
When Laura plays with Lulubel
Miss French Doll is on hand,
For all the dolly folks that dwell
Up there are very grand,
With names like Clarice and Estelle,
Those Paris dolls Of Lulubel.
And so when Laura goes to play,
One easily can tell
II she is on to spend the day
In style with Lulubel,
Or in simpler way, tits true,
But merrier far, with little Lou.
Rose Mills Powers, in st. Nicholas.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
HISTORY OF THE VEIL.
Its Origin Is Lost In OBscurEty, Az
though 1t Was Doubtless First
Used I'm the Orient.

The custom of wearing face wells
among the women of the orient is .
very ancient one, and undoubtedly
the wedding and widows wells of our
day are remnants of that old world
fashion. The oriental woman prizes
her veil beyond any other article of
her wardrobe; rather than have a
strange man look upon her uncovered
face she will snatch a curtain, coun-
terpNne or her petticoats in her haste
to conceal her features, utterly re-
gardIess of other parts of her anato-
my which may be exposed by the
action. This need not seem so very
absurd when we remember that it is
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
could delicate tenderfOOt do at Wins

could delicate tenderfoot do at Wins
ton?
"There was one of two things: he
could go in the mountains and lose
himself, or he could wait at the sta
ton for number six and ride back the
other way. He's blooming coyote of
a "spotter,''' I told myself, and in
tends. to give the boys on No. 6 a
write-up.' And when I polished his
shoes cut notch in the soles close
up to the heels so that the other crew
would know who he was. Something
kept telling me, however, that I'd bet
ter search his grip and find out for
sure. If he was 'spotter' he would
have papers in his satchel that would
corroborate my suspicious. So 1
yanked the grip from under his berth
and opened it-and-'Good Lordy!
Good Lordy!' exclaimed, my eyes big
with the greatest surprise I ever had.
The grip was half full of diamonds,
gold rings-and greenbacks!"
''Then what did you do?"
'What did 1 do! What did 1 do! I
snapped that grip shut in a hurry, and
put it back where 1 got it in double
quick timeI The man was not spot
ter at all, but dod-jimmed robber!
s'He was the fellow that had commit
ted the Kansas City robbery! The man
for whom $4,000 reward was offered!
snow it was clear why he wanted to
get off the train at Winston. He actu-
ally wanted to go over in the mountains
and hide himselfl
81 made haste to the train conductor
and told him what I'd discovered. He
advised me not to call the man for
Winston, saying that he would wire
ahead for an officer to put him under
arrest at the next stop-and that when
the robber was delivered at Kansas
City we would divide the reward.
swell, for few minutes, was the
happiest man in the world Fortune
had smiled on me at last. stuck my
thumbs in the armholes of my vest
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25

and made them one were driven by
Leland Stanford. The spikes were
three in number. One was of gold
from California, one of silver from
Nevada, and the other of gold and
silver from Arizona. 1t was the COM
pletion of the most marvellous
achievement in railroading in Ameri-
ca. 1t was an achievement that
brought millions of dollars into the
Golfers of Leland Stanford, but he
and Mrs. Stanford have returned
many millions of it to California in
the university they founded and in
other ways.
When he was but 16 years old the
only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford
died. He was a promising lad who
was studiously inclined, and he had
said that when he became a man he
intended to establish a great univer-
sity His father and mother remem-
bered his words and the university
they have founded is their monu-
ment to the memory of Leland Stan
ford, Junior.
Mrs. Stanford has never cared very
much for society, and she has always
regarded her wealth as trust to be
administered for the good of others.
Most of her time in these the last
years of her life is spent in planning
for the university and in considerin g
how best to dispose of the large for
tune still left in her possession al
though she has already given away
SO many millions. = Detroit Free
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
HOW to Make Palms Grow.

If you want your palms to thrive in
doors, sponge the leaves once a week
with lukewarm water to which little
milk has been added. After this, stand
the plant for two hours in Iukewarm
water deep enough to completely cover
the pot. This is the only satisfactory
way to water palms, and many plants
are killed every year simply because
they are never properly watered.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Means wealth for the State.

Warden Jewett, of the Kansas PEN
itentiary, is pleased with the agree
ment entered into by the board of
directors for the purchase of Staiger's
island. He states that there is fine
timber on part of the land, which will
supply the penitentiary with wood
for brick burning and other purposes
for years. There are at least 600
acres of good bottom farm land. The
coal rights under the land are said
to be worth So an acre, more than
half of the SIS an acre, which the
state will pay for the land. Farmers
living near the prison are asking 500
an acre for their land, and if the state
legislature appropriates the money
to buy the island the prison officials
can be entirely independent of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Bath for the House Plants.

The plants in the living room become
dusty, and dust is not healthy for
house plants any more than for hui
man beings If the plants could talk
they would thank you for taking them
out of doors during warm spell and
giving them a shower bath. Make the
dirt around the roots soaking wet,
and they will not need moisture again
for a week. It is surprising how a
good bath from the sprinkling can will
BRIGHTEN them up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Gained Two pounds a Day.

C. J. Johnson, of Solomon Rapids,
marketed a load of hogs of his own
raising and feeding which averaged
2O2 pounds and sold at $500. These
hogs were fed for eight weeks on a
ration of wheat meal mixed with
water. When put up they weighed
1os pounds, making a gain of nearly
two pounds per day on this feed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Bold Escape from Prison.

M. Ottrie, a negro convict, escaped
from the Kansas penitentiary by rid
ing out of the yards on the trucks of
a coal car. Ottrie managed to get
under the car. He rode to a switch
outside the yards and ran for strip
of woods
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Coburn's Books in Demand.

F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
state board of agriculture, received
applications from the chancellors of
the Universities of Illinois and Ne
braska for 100 copies each of his re-
ports on Shorthorn and Hereford
cattle. In these institutions Mr.. Co.
burns reports are used as textbooks
in the agricultural departments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Acorns from McKinIex,s Farm.

Col s. A. Houston, of Lawrence,
has received half busheI of acorns
from the Mckinley farm in Ohio, and
his idea is to give them to people who
VIII plant them and grow monuments
to the martyred president.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
COmprOmtse at Fort Scott.

The contest over the Fort Scott
postmastership has been settled by
compromise agreeable to Congress
man Bowersock. EIdon Lowe, pres
ent postmaster and a Baker man, will
serve two more years and then o. A.
Cheney, a Burton man, will be ap-
pointed for four-year term.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Robbers Commit Awful Crime.

The coroner's jury in the case of
the murder of Carl E. Holt and his
niece, Hilda Peterson, whose bodies
were found at Greenleaf, returned a
verdict that the two were murdered
for robbery. Holt had nearly $1,000
in the house. The murderer stole
the money and a team belonging to
Holt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Something New i'm Tacks.

An alloy of aluminium has been made
with which nails, staples and tacks can
be madeto compete ith copper. Among
other advantages claimed for the new
material is that it is not affected by
the weather, and viii not deteriorate.
as in laying roofs, lining tanks. etc., as
the alloy is noncorrosiye.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Cost of One Pauper, $4,000.

Aunt Rosa Green, who has been an
inmate of the Atchison county poor
farm for upwards of 20 years, died
recently, aged II years. The average
cost of taking careAof pauper patients
in that county is about So week, so
that Aunt Rosa Green cost Atchison
county more than $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Outgrowth of AtchisOn Fight.

The Atchison Water & Ice company,
which is to build and operate new
water and ice plant in Atchison if
the city and citizens agree to certain
patronage, will shortly apply for a
charter. The new company is the
outgrowth of fight over the Atchi-
son Water company made by the citi-
zens.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Nrisp1nced Conndence

Visitor (at school treat)-Here is
sixpence for you, little boy; I saw you
give the whole of your apple to that
sickly looking little girl over there.
Now, tell me what prompted the noble
action?
Little Boy-'Cause l see a lot o. mag
gifts a-crawlin' in an aht that ere ap-
pie, and it give me the fair creeps.-
London Spare Moments.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Smallpox Record in Kansas.

DIR. W. B. Swan, secretary of the
state board of health, compiled re-
ports received from the county health
officers up to January IS, which show
that 139 new cases of smallpox de-
veloped in the state this month. This
makes a total of more than 500 cases
in the state, as $50 were reported in
December.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Where Land Sells High.

1t is said that farm land sells at
higher prices in the vicinity of High
land, Doniphan county, than in any
other section of Kansas. Fifteen
thousand dollars in cash was paid for
the Seaver quarter, owned by R. T.
Herrick; and J. M. Hull sold a quar-
ter section for $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Fair Dates Fixed.

A meeting of the Arkansas Valley
fair circuit was held at Hutchinson
and the dates for fairs were fixed as
follows: ST. John, August IS to %;
Garden City, August 25 to so; Great
Bend, September 1 to 6; Sterling, Sep
TENDER to Il; Hutchinson, Septem-
Der Is to 90; Newton, September %
to 81; Eldorado, September 20 to Oc-
tober 5; Winfield, October 6 to 10.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
VIII Rntse seed Grain.

At the county farmers institute in
Hiawatha a movement was started
for an experimental farm where fine
seed grain can be raised. The farm
ers pledged their willingness to pay
81 a busheI for the grades of seed
corn they know to be the desirable
product of their seed farms.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Emuoria Loses to Newton.

An order by the Santa Fe Railroad
company removes from Emporia to
Newton the trainmen of the middle
division. This takes from Emporia 40
men with families, who receive $38, 400
each year in wages.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
Little Grain Moving.

The expenses of the state grain
inspection department for December
aggregated S2.679 and the receipts
only 2,3O5. Little grain is moving at
this time of the year.