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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-06
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-05-06

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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

"NTf. I.angford, 1t seems this wa:
to me. Hasn't Bessie the first righl
to share of this money? Have 20,
laid the matter before her? Per
haps-"
His quiet voice interrupted her
miss Hildreth, 1t Is Of no use to tall
of Bessie or of any one else. Wher
| knew of the provisions of Rogeri
will | did not hesitate in my choice
Do you suppose there are no girls II
the town where | live? / didn't neet
to come a thousand miles to get {
girl, butt wanted you. Don't yoI
understand? In college | liked yol
next to Bessie-my love for her il
dead, but, Norma, don't you under
stand? | love you. take back the
proposition | made. When | wrote
that letter, | knew that you were the
only girl would wish to share in thu
arrangement suggested-but until Z.
came | did not know-that was real
ly in love. Sink the business part II
the depths of the sea; try to love me
little, Norma, for l want you to b.
my wife for good and true"
Norma's heart gave bound. Lang
ford's arm drew her close as sh'
soboed out her answer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Two Views of a MARRIAGE,

These verses are to he read twice: once
as printed, then the first and third and
second and fourth lines. 1t will be seen
that they give quite opposite meaningf
accordingly as they are read.
The man must lead a happy life
Who is directed by his wife;
Who's freed from matrimonial chains
Is sure to suffer for his pains.
Adam Of old could find no peace
Until he saw a woman's face;
When Eve was given for a mate,
Adam was in a happy state.
In all the females hearts appear
Truth, darling of a heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride.
Ne'er known in woman to reside.
What tongue IS able to unfold
The worth I'M woman we behold2
The falsehood that in woman dwell
Is almost imperceptible.
Fooled be the foolish man. say,
Who will not yield to woman's sway
WIZ changes from his singleness
Is sure Of perfect blessedness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Soldier Wins Wealthy Bride.

Miss Catherine Colfelt. granddaugh'
ter of the late James McManes. the
bhrewd politician and financier OF
Philadelphia. whose millions will even
tually revert to her, is in San Fran
,isco en- route to Yokohama, where
she is to become the bride of Lieut.
Earl Taylor of the Eightieth company
Coast artillery. stationed at Manila.
Mss Colfelt has the distinction Of hav.
ing refused offers of marriage from
TWO Grecian princes, George and An
Urea.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
A Helpful Word.

Edith had an errand to the kitchen
and was feeling her way through the
dimly lighted room. when she was
startled by seeing Ellen, the cook,
seated at one side of the window and
opposite to her a man. "Oh. Ellen!"
she cried, 81 beg your pardonl did
not know you were engaged" Not
yet, Miss Edith cried Ellen, in haste
and confusion. The next week Ellen
told her mistress to look for another
cook, as she expected to be married
very soon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
PRAISES CHILDREN OF JAPAN
Writer Enthusiastic over Infants o
FloWery Kingdom.

Writer Enthusiastic Over Infants
FIowery Kingdom.
A recent book on the children
various countries says "a baby Jap
anese girl is the most delightful crea
ture you can possible imagine; a radi
ant, happy, beautiful butterfly. She ii
rarely known to cry, for she is rarel!
slapped. What mother could have
the heart to touch so dainty bios
som as the childfoweT of this land O
flowers? The baby girl loves fun; sh'
loves toys, sweets and tea in little
cups; she loves to smoke, with s
funny pipe made OF brass and KEEP
in her sleevej and, above all, SHE
loves her big, round-headed doll. Sh,
Is wonderfully playful and gentle, this
child, always ideally dressed and al
ways self-possessed. She has thu
lOveliest mouth and teeth and twink
ing black eyes, and she knows 1t, too
The smallest Japanese wants to b'
beautiful; each baby girl has hel
dainty lacquer box of rouge and pow
der, she is like some wonderful fantas
tic tropical blossom, some dear littl,
dragon fly. And her hair-how blacl
1t is, with blue lights, and shining
where it is stiffened and gummed in
loops and bands till it seems to renec
the gold lacquer and coral-tipped PIN!
that brstle around her head! Great
competition goes on between girls al,
to whose hair shall be most becoming
ly arranged, whose the smoothest ant
most glossy, whose girdle shall be the
most gracefully tied and whose dress
shall possess the most harmoniou:
effect"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Grades Of eoodf.llowshln.

Henry Labouchere was once asked
what he called the prince Of Wales
now King Edward-when he dined at
Marlborough house Well" said
Labby. when the soup comes on
address him as Your royal highness.
The fish often softens the reserve,
and | get a little chummier. and often
as not call him Wales During the
entrees and joints get quite familiar
and he becomes Eddie" while he
slaps me on the back and dubs me
Labby'i"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

the interest which fell due in Septem-
her and then there would be more
interest in March and in September
again, and some time would come the
notes themselves.
Uncle RUDE has been so good to
me-" she said to herself as she wiped
the dishes that Elsie washed.
"Elsie, what would you do il You
had thousand dollars. OH, more than
that; all the money you wanted?"
me? Oh, I'd study music and take
the whole family to the mountains
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
An Old Soldiers Experience.

Dennard, Ark, Sept. 7th. Mr.. E. j..
Hicks, merchant Of this place, has
written for publication, an account OF
personal experience, which is very
interesting.
AZ am an old Federal soldier"
writes Mr.. Hicks, "and shortly after
the close of the war was taken sick.
| had aches and pains all over me,
fiuttering of the heart and stomach
trouble. l just simply was never
moment without pain. | could not
sleep at night, and | was always tired
and rearfully weak.
81 took medicine all the time, but
for a long time | was more dead than
alive. Altogether l suffered for over
twenty years, and | believe | would
have been suffering yet, or in my
grave, il had not read of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
~ got an almanac which told me or
this remedy, and | bought some OF 1t
| started with three pills a day, but
increased the dose to six pills a day. l
had not used many till my pains be-
gan to disappear. | kept on and now
l can sleep and eat as well as ever |
could, and | feel like new man, with
no pains or aches left.
81 will always recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills, for they are q wonderful
remedy"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Consumption Of EGGS.

Prof. Thompson, who is a statisti.
elan of reputation, has discovered that
in the city Of New York each family
OF five persons consumes on an aver
age four eggs day. In Chicago, IL
1t is accepted that the city has
reached population of 2,O0O,O 900, the
rate Of egg consuming is higher, and
every person in the city manages to
consume one whole egg each day in
the year.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

The engagement of Miss May Goelet
the well known American heiresS, to
the duke of Roxburghe of Scotland is
announced.
The dukes name is Henry John In
nes-Ker. He is 25 years old and bears
the following titles; Marquis of Rox-
burghe, earl of Kelso, Viscount Brox-
mouth, Baron RoXburghe, Baron Ker
of Cessford and Caverton in Scotland
Earl Innes of the United Kingdom, a
baronet of Nova Scotia, and lieuten-
ant in the Royal Horse Guards.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
DOCTOR SAID
"Qult Wrong Food and Eat Grape.
Nuts"

"oult Wrong Food and Eat Grape.
Nuts"
An Illinoisan who has been through
the mil says: Last Spring | was so
bad with indigestion | could not digest
even soft cooked eggs and doctor said
| must eat predlgested food and pre-
scribed Grape-Nuts. changed for the
better before had used one package,
eating 1t three times a day.
my improvement on Grape-Nuts
food was so wonderful that con.
cluded to use your food drink Postum
in place Of tea and to make a long
story short have not been without
Grape-Nuts and Postum since and my
present health proves my doctors
wisdom in prescribing Grape-Nuts. I
have got strong as a horse and well
and owe It all to your delicious food
and Postum" Name given by Pos
tum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
In the making Of Grape-Nuts food
all the indigestible ststches Of the
grain are transformed into Post Sugar.
Every particle Of Grape-Nuts is digest
ible in the weakest stomach. Physi-
clans have never found a stomach
too weak to digest and assimilate
It.
Look in each package for a copy OF
the famous little book, The Road to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

and pay off papas debts and hire a
girl to do the dish washing"
THAT would be pretty nice,
wouldn't it?"
You'd better guess it would"
Norma felt the letter in her apron
pocket and decided that she would
mail it.
Two weeks afterward a tall, broad
shouldered man with a firm chin and
steady gray eyes, was helping Norma
into the carriage that the boy from
the livery stable had just driven up,
Mr.. Iangford had come the day be-
FOL Q. and that evening had been spent
with the Williams who all agreed
that Norma's class mate was a very
interesting man.
AS Norma held out her cold, tremb-
ling hand she felt half sick with the
fear of what this ride might mean.
This man was so big and strong, so
deferential and so masterful. She
was glad that she had known him as
she had, and thankful for the honest
respect she had always felt for his
unsullied manhood.
Over the smooth road they sped.
Norma sought wildly for something to
say, but found no middle ground be.
tween the platitudes that her lips
would not utter and the purpose of
this drive, and that she could not
first touch upon But the man beside
her was talking, he might be saying
something that she ought to hear.
Very quiet his voice was as he told
her about his life in the West, about
the practice he had tried to build up,
about what their class mates had
done and we're doing. AS Norma felt
the culver of her excited nerves
throbOlng into quiet she relaxed her
tense muscles and leaned back, thank.
full that this man was giving her
little time.
you knew about Bessie?" he was
saying Bessie had been his fiancee
in those college days.
81 never knew which one of you did
It."
I'VE both did, | guess" he ansN er.
ed and his voice had far off sound.
IL was long way off and working
hard-it takes a long time for
young fellow to build up a paying
practice-an honest one-and then
she began to go with Johnson and
that Hadringham and | don't know
who else"
"Yes?" II was the infection more
than the word that helped him on.
We'll. | heard OF 1t. | was angry
with her and angry with myself-it
didn't seem just fair-she had waited
for me long time-but there were
the college debts, and when they
were paid | couldn't ask her to come
out. to that far away country to moth.
ing better than could offer her"
But il you loved each other"
Norma began and then the purpose
of this drive struck her dumb.
yes" he went on with what Nor
ma almost felt to be ominnus quiet,
but we grew apart instead OF to.
gether. People talked, you know.
was proud and so was she. and
well the bubble burst"
Some way Norma's vision began to
clear. She clutched at the bows Of
the buggy and clasping one Of them
tight she plunged in.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
LORD ROBERTS A HARD WORKER.
British Commander-n-Chief Man of
Much Eneruy.


Earl Roberts, the commandments
chief of the British army, is a man of
indomitable energy and tireless indus
try. During his tour of Scotland,
which began on Aug 8 and ended on
the odd he had nearly thirty inspec-
tons to make After travelling all night
to Edinburgh he started work an hour
and half after arrival, having three
engagements for the Sunday. He in
cluded among his engagements a visit
to the new naval base at st. Mar
garet's Hope and landed on Inchkeith,
the guardian fortress of the Forth.
His itinerary extended as far north as
Inverness, and eighteen cities and
towns were included in his tour. A
shor, stay at Stobs camp, where about
10000 men were under canvas, con-
cluded his arduous fortnight
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Noted LifesaNer.

The captain of lifeboat crew holds
seat in the British parliament. He
is Mai Lesley Of the Isle of Wight,
and while at home he is an active
worker wherever the services of his
crew are required. A short time ago
be earned glory for his boat by swim
ming from 1t to sinking French YES
sel with a lifeline. This brought the
thanks Of the French government to
the crew in general and the gallant
young major in particular.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Needed for a Picnic,

A spot on the edge of the woods.
with water near. Several persons
with sense Of humor. A camp fire
where corn and potatoes may be roast
I'D and coffee boiled. A red tablecloth
and little red-fringed napkins. WooS-
en- plates, knives. forks and spoone
All sorts of sandwiches, carefully
packed and wrapped in waxed paper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Corncob Sidewalks.

A man who has been travelling In
Iowa has hit upon an odd use OF
corncobs. He says 81 made trip
throughout a big part of Iowa recent
ly, and | found several grain ship
ping towns that had corncob side
walks. In spite of what one would
think about it, cobs make a pretty
good walk. They are a little rough
at first, but when the cobs become
trampled down the walk is smooth. "
New York Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

He is the only manageable duke IN
Scotland, has career free from scan,
dial, and rent roll of about 100000 a
year.
Miss Goelet is reputed to be the
heiress of $2O,OOO,OOO. In appearance
she is petite, and wears a charm OF
manner She is bright conversation
alist. She dresses exquisitely and has
seen just twenty summers. Her moth
er and mothers sisters have always
been noted for their beauty and charm
of manner.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Would Not Touch the Piu.

A recent traveller in Somalilano
gives the following curious incident
showing the Mohammedan hatred for
pigs: I'VE shot two wart hogs, one
a particularly big boar. Alan wished
to keep the tusks, but, of course, none
of the Somalis would touch the un.
clean animal. At last a bride Of 2
rupees induced the Midgan woman to
chop the tusks out with a Ratchet.
Even then she would not touch them
and with the help of two sticks
which she used like a pair of tongs,
put them on a camel. Then there was
a long dispute about the Ratchet. No
one would touch it; it had been defil'
ed OF course this was pure affectation
and playing to the gallery on thu
ayah's part. At home with her ma.
tive tribe she would have gorged all
the pig she could get. But it flattered
the Somalis and we marched off, the
ayai holding the Ratchet at arms
length as if it were going to bite
her"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17

said Toddles, who for some time had
had coveteous eyes on the cream toast
that Norma had prepared for her
uncle. Mr.. Williams pushed the plate
toward the eager little hands with a
brief, There, Toddles, eat II. don't
want It."
Are you not feeling well?" asked
Mrs. Williams as she peered anxiously
around the tea pot.
"oh, yes, we'll enough. Things got
kind Of mixed at the store"
Norma knew how her uncle had
been Strainlng every nerve To meet
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
PREFERS STAGE TO FORTUNE,
Half Million Dollars Could Not Tempt
MaraerY ROGERS.

Margery Rogers, the girl who had
the choice of giving up the stage or
FORGETTING 100000 beQuest, has
chosen the stage. Jacob Rogers, the
millionaire locomotive builder, who
gave over $70OO,OOO to the Metropolis
tan Museum of Art, made a stipula.
ton that his grandniece should for.
sake the stage before receiving a cent
OF his money. This was done before
his death and the girl told him that
she would not give up her profession
for all his money. So she was cut off
She is only 16 and hasn't even yet got
an engagement, yet she is satisfied
and hopes for career before the foot.
lights. She is a favorite with Sir
Thomas Upton.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Society to Work AmOno Criminals.

NNI 70 WIN NTTVTIy OTTTHIHdTS'
Rev. Edward A. Fredenhagen of To.
peka, Kan, has organized a society,
with local organizations in Kansas,
Missouri, Colorado and Oklahoma,
whose objects are the prevention of
crime, reform in criminal law and
prison management, evangelistic work
in prisons and the assistance of dis
charged prisoners by securing work
for them. The Society Of the Friend
less, as 1t is called. has been of sub
stantlal service to hundreds of prison.
ers, besides contributing materially to
the introduction Of several reforms in
criminal laws.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
Too Great a Risk.

An insurance agent called at the
house of a newly married couple and
during the conversation urged the hus-
band to take out a policy, but when he
heard the lair young wile say to her
husband, "les, do SO, Charlie, and III
bake you some nice pastry for your
supper" he stood moment, as If con-
sidering the risks, and then he closed
his book and fed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
NOTED BELGIAN IN AMERICA.
Ex-Mayor of Brussels Will Lecture in
This Country

rms Country.
ExMayor Charles Bulls of Brussels
has come to America to deliver a
course of lectures, one series of which
will be on the Congo Free State in re-
lation to the recent attacks of the Eng
lish and German public against the adj
ministration of King Leopold. 1t is
also expected that he will lecture on
the principles and problems of munich
pal art He is well known as a writer
on travels in Siam, Greece and the
Congo country, but is best known as
an art critic, with particular reference
to the field of municipal art. He had
much to do with the rebuilding of
Brussels, making it in his administra.
ton one of the finest cities in the
world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
John w. Gates Bon Mot.

In Saratoga they are telling of a
jest perpetrated by John w. Gates at
the expense of John A. Drake. The
twain were sitting on the veranda Of
Gates cottage at the Grand Union
hotel when a New York letter was
handed to Mr.. Drake. 1t was advices
from his broker Great Scott" he
calculated, as he read off the list of
purchases for his account, with the
usual polite suggestion about errors
and omissions excepted. I've got
stocks to burn" Lazily lifting one leg
across the other Mr.. Gates drawled
out; Don't see how you're going to
burn what is so heavily saturated with
water"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
prlvations Of the poor.

A Stun inspector told the Glasgow
Municipal Commission on the Hous.
ing OF the Poor that on some occa.
sions he had found families sleeping
in tiers-the parents on the floor,
then a mattress. and a layer Of chill
dlen OF the TOP.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
DRY District Rnse

Rodrick-That druggist had a great
scheme for putting stick" in his
soda water.
Van Albert-What was Il?
Rodrick-Why, he soaked the
straws in liquor and all his customers
tasted 1t and thought it was the glass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
snsnds Life In nolnn Good.

One of the most picturesque char
acters in Europe is the Countess
Schimmelmann of Denmark. She de-
votes her life to missionary work. For
eight years she has travelled extensive
ly in heather lands. She sold nearly
all her property and with the proceeds
bought the Pigeon, a vessel with
which she visited fifty-seven cities in
fifteen countries, preaching the Gospel
to sailors and the poor She has found
ed religious journals in England and
America. A German publisher gave
her $4,000 marks for her memoirs. She
Is not on good terms with her rela.
tives. who do not share her views, but
she has adopted three children and
given them her name.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-17
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
ByP II. KERR.
Copyrighted, 1908 By The authors Publishing Company

Norma Hildreth sat up in the ham
mock and looked with increasing won
der at the open letter in her hand.
Years ago, she did not stop to think
how many, she and the writer of this
letter had been college classmates
and his fiance had been a friend Of
hers. That the engagement was
broken she had long known, though
who had taken the first step she was
ignorant. But-and she turned to
the signature and read it again, TX.
L. Langford," it looked as his writing
did, when for a few brief months af
ter graduation they had carried on a
Gesultory sort of correspondence, but
and she caught her breath with a
little gasp, hadn't she heard that he
was dead killed by landslide, or
an explosion or something in the far
away state where she knew that he
had gone after his graduation from
the law school,
This was his writing and that was
his name; he was in the land OF the
living; he wanted to come to see her.
She read 1t all over again slowly, as
she sometimes used to do her Latin,
in the hope that it would soak In.
Here was this fortune the figures
danced before her Enthusiastically, into
which he was to come, il by the
first of EeSt year he was married
He was asking her to help him; ask
ing her, Norma Hildreth, to be his
wife in the eye of the law that a for.
tune might be realized; that done, the
money once firmly in her possession,
half of it and a divorce should be
hers. Such was the situation as he
had submitted it to her,
Why should she consider 1t for a
moment? Here with her aunt she had
a home. But some time 1t would
be broken up; the little property
would go, and ought to go to her
cousins, and what would become of
her?
Then there's Lena longing for
chance for her boy, and Carol with
her music-oh, wouldn't it be lovely
to do things?"
She leaned back in the hammock
and closed her eyes-all of her life
she had coveted money and figured
what it would do for her dear ones
we'll she would write to him, tell
him to come and see her. he might
have changed so that the plan he
proposed would be utterly impossible
10 her.
1t would soon be time to get supper
and she must write to Mr.. Langford
now, while what she wanted to say
was clearly in her mind. She would
consider it as a business proposition
and would see him at her aunt's
home whenever he might find 1t con
yenient TO call. She read the short
Aote hurriedly and decided that it
was formal and non-committal
enough; then she sealed it hastily,
that she might not be tempted to
change 1t. She had put her hand to
The pillow and would not look back.
At supper that evening she was so
preoccupied that she scarcely noticed
her uncle's troubled look, until Elsie
lsked, Does your head ache, papa"
mo"
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