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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13

A Trenton paper tells Of a small
boy who walked into a grocery store
the other day on his way to summer
school and, as the grocer drew the
order book towards him, said: ~ want
three and a half pounds Of sugar. It's
six cents a pound, amt it? And rice
is eight /? want two and a quarter
pounds Of that. Aud q quarter
pound Of your seventy-cent tea, and
two and a ffth pounds Of thirty-tive
cent coffee, and three plnts Of milk.
That's eight cents a quart amt 1t ?
And please give me the bill" he ended
breathleSsly, "for l have to get to
school," The grocer made out the
bill and handed 1t to the boy, asking
as he did so: "Did your mother send
the money, or does she want the goods
charged ?" The boy seized the bill
and said with a sigh Of satisfaction:
ma didn't send me at all. It's my
lesson and had to get 1t
done somehow. Star
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13

Girls, did you ever think that boys
have more self respect than the men,
bers Of your SEX There is not a young
man Of any responsibility that would
be seen with a drunken girl. You
might search the streets with a fine
tooth comb and not find young man
who would lock arms and go promen-
aiding with a lady who is putting a CT
gar or squirting tobacco juice around
on the sidewalk. Girls have no hest
fancy in accepting the company of
such characters, and too many Of
them are too anxious for the champi-
onship, heart hand Of everything that
wears pants. Society will be refined
when the girls demand Of the boys
the same purity Of character that the
boys demand Of the girls. over the
heads of the young ladies Of the land
hangs the possibilities Of the greatest
moral reform that ever swept over
this country.-Seneca Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
STATE OF "A
A Bank For Prairie View.

Prairie View is to have a Bank. S.
E. Ware editor, and P. NJ. Harmon,
lawyer, both of Clifton, Kansas came
to this place last week and have form
ed an organization Of State Bank.
A number OF business men will have
stock in it and II will be a great thing
for the town. Among the business
men interested are, A Van Diest, Jno
Prlnsen, G.. w. Bowman and A. f.
Walker. Messrs. Ware and Harmon
have rented the Baron building where
the Bank will be located for the pres
ent. Space forbids further details,
but will tell you all about 1t" In our
next issue, Prairie View News,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
!. W. HAGEMAN,
II, l., BOGART,
w u DUWNHIf
Members OF Board Of Commissioners

Phllipsburg, kans., Aug. o, 1903,
The Board OF County Commissioners met in
special session to examine into personal proper
~ of various parties as reference TO notes and
mortgages,
On motion, the case Of F. D. Kemblc was Ia.
ken up and the following offer was pregented 70
the Board OF County Cpmmissi oneIs
ITO the honorable Board OF County COmmis,
siOners, Phillips County, Kansas,
Comes now f. ID. kemble, by W. A. Barron,
his attorney, and asks that his assessment Of
notes and mortgages for 1913 DO raised TO Sls 200
said raise in assessment TO be in full settlement
Of all assessments up to and including 1876"
On motion, above proposition was accepted.
On motion, the case Of j. j. Without was ta-
ken up; the amount Of personal property add add
ed to the tax roll for 1902 was S2SOl5; for 1903,
was s. ,j60c0.
On motion, the case Of Boyce Without was ia
ken up and the amount OF personal property
added to the tax roll for 1902 was Sl,lS7 and for
1913, ,912.
On motion, IL was ordered that the County
Clerk send to parties designated by W. G.. Bis.
sell, letters notifying them Of their failure to
list property and sending them BLANKS for that
purpose and hold said blanks subject 70 the
order Of the County Commissioners.
, On motion, Che case OF Mr.. GOdfray was taken
mp and the amount OF personal property added
to the tax roll for 1902 was 1915 and for 1908,
3,lI5.
STATE OF KANSAS, l.,
Phillips County, So
1. j. f. Rambo, county clerk 10 and for the
state and county aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing 10 be a correct
aud true record Of the proceedings Of the Board
Of County Commissioners held in my office at
Phillipsburg ON the 9Th day Of August 4, ID.
1913, j, +. RAARo, County Clerk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
Special Meeting Of Commissioners,

STATE OF KANSAS,
Phillips County,
To Fred Veeh, chairman of the Board OF Com
missioners OF said county.
We, the undersigned, members of said Board
request you to call a special session of said
Board for the purpose of taking such action as
may seem best with reference to listing such
personal property as has been enormously omit.
cd from tax rolls and hearing evidence in refer:
ence thereto and examining records CONCERNING
come hefobe the Board. And we request that
such special session be held at the office of the
County Clork on the 9th day Of August, 1903, at
10 o'clock a, m, Respectfully,
]. W. HAGEMAN.
NJ. L. BoGART,
Members Of said Board
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
The Leading County Paper The Official Advertising Medium

self respect, and set them on their
feet They have been the agents in
the conversion of many of the worst
gamblers of the city, some of whom
are found nearly every day or night
preaching the gospel on the streets;
and thus the Lord seems to be adding
to the Church daily such as shall be
saved. L. @. CHASE.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13

Rocks county, our nelghbor to the
south, is placed third In the list Of
big wheat producing counties. We
may not break the record on anyone
crop up here in Phillips but taking
the total production Of all crops
raised, there are few counties
ahead Of Phillips. We have good
corn, good, alfalfa, and lots OF them.
The same is likewise true Of all
farm products
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
Commissioners Proceedings.

The board OF county commissioners met Mon
day, Aug. 3. 1903, to make the tax leves for the
ensuing year
On motion ]. W. Hageman was elected chair
man pro TEN, Chairman Veeh going away.
The following levies were nader
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13
STATE OF KANSAS, / o,
Dl.II.... T.,,,Nu =

STATE OF KANSAS, o..
Phillips County,
To j; W. Hageman and NJ. L B8gPEt, camnis,
sioners of said county,
Gentlemen AT the request of yourselves as
members of the Board of Commissioners, you
and each of you are hereby notified that said
request for special session of said Board is here
by granted, and you are requested to be and
appear at the time and place above stated for
the purposes aboYe set forth:
Fam VEEH, Chairman,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13

State Of Kansas Phillips county, So.
IJ.F Rambo, couRty clerk in and for the
county and state aforesaid, do hereby CO rity the
above and foregoing lie true and correct rec I'd
OF the meeting OF the board of county commits
sioners held at my Office on the 3, 4 and 5th
days Of August, 1908.
J.F. RAMBo, County Clerk.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-08-13

We, the undersigned, members OF the Board
OF Commissioners OF Phillips County, Kansas,
do each hereby accept personal service of the
above notice Of special session,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
Why BE Quit.

Senator Aldrich used to be shaved
by a colored barber of the name of
Dickson whenever he went to Boston.
One morning he opened a converse
ton by saying: 81 believe you are a
member of the African Church in
- Street"
"No, sab; not at all, sah," was the
reply made with much dignity.
"Ah, I thought you we're when I
was here last"
"But not dis yeah, sah."
"Ah, have you resigned?"
"WelI, sab, it wuz dis way: I
jined dat church en- good faith and
de fust yeah I give ten dollars to'ds
the stated gospel, en- all de church
people calls me Brudder Dickson
De second yeah ma bizness fell off,
en- I give five dollars; en- all de
church people dey call me Mister
Dickson Do dis razzer hunt you,
sah?"
"Not at all; it is very easy"
"Thank you, sab; well, de third
yeah I feel so polly dat I don't give
nuthin' It all fur preachin', en- all de
church people dey pass me by en- say
dat old niggah Dickson After dat
I quit 'em."-New York Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
Another Distinguished Tar Heel.

Everybody has been struck by the
large number of native Tar Heels
who leave North Carolina and make
names for themselves in other States.
They are to be found in every State
and Territory, and in nearly every
town and city of any Importance, in
the United States, and some of them
have gone to foreign lands and
achieved fame and success. It seems
that almost everybody who has done
anything of Importance either went
from North Carolina or descended
from North Carolina stock. A gen
tleman who is compiling a list of
famous North Carolinians in other
States says he had added to the roll
the name of one of the most progress
sive young business men on the Pa
cific slope in the person of MI. Sam
uel Hill, of Seattle, Wash. MI. Hill
left North Carolina when quite young
and was educated at Harvard Col
lege. Afterward he married a daugh-
ter of the president of the Great
Northern Railroad and became an ex-
pert in transportation business,
through extensive service OF the
Great Northern. Mr.. Hill was en-
ployed by the French Government
to make an exhaustive report of the
Trans-Siberian Railroad, being the
first American to traverse that great
line. He has travelled much in the
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

Gastonia Gazette: We cannot re-
frain from congratulating our
Cherryville friends upon the good
things of life they are enjoying and
upon the progress they are making in
the right direction. AS related in
correspondence published in another
column, an old-time singing out of
the Southern Harmony and the Tim
brel of Zion was a recent attraction
at one of our churches, and the
young men of the town have organ
lied a regular Friday night debat-
ing society. There is no congrega-
tional singing in the world fit to be
named on the same day with the per-
Torrance of a congregation we'll
trained by the old-time do-me-soI
methods, and there is no discounting
the educational value and practical
usefulness of an interesting and
properly conducted debating society.
Our Cherryville friends have two of
the good things of life to enjoy, and
we wish them good luck in their
two valuable institutions of civiliza.
ton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
THE HOME CIRCLE
At Lasts

AT Last
When on my day of life the night is
falling
And, in the winds from unsunned
spaces blown.
I hear far voices out of darkness
calling
Ny feet to paths unknown
Thou who hast made my home of life
so pleasant,
Leave not its tenant when its walls
decay;
o Love divine, o Helper ever pres
ent,
Be Thou my strength and stay!
Be near me when all else is from
me drifting;
Earth, sky, homes pictures, days
of shade and shine,
And kindly faces to my W uplift-
ing
The love which answers mine.
I have but Thee, o Father! Let
Thy Spirit
Be with me then to comfort and
uphold;
No gate of pearl, no branch of palm
INERT,
Nor street of shining gold.
Suffice it if, my good and i'll unreck-
oned,
And both forgiven through Thy
Astounding grace,
/ find myself by hands familiar beck
oned
Unto my fitting place.
Some humble door among Thy many
mansions,
Some sheltering shade where sin
and striving cease,
And flows forever through heavens
green expansions
The river of Thy peace.
There, from the music round about
me stealing,
/ fain would learn the new and
holy song,
And find at last, beneath Thy trees
of healing,
The life for which I long.
John g. Whittier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

promise (nine times in ten a pleasant
little fction), that by and by you will
retire, ease up, and end your life in
idle luxury.
The business game is not alone for
the pleasure of the spoils, but for
the joy Of playing.
What the world may call greed
and avarice you know to be the fasci-
nation of success-the intoxication
of accomplishment, and it will keep
you untiringly at ton your mettle
in the battle-tiIl the end of life.
For life is work.
And work is life.-D. Herbert
Moore, in Judicious Advertising.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

"Thia Ia No. 145 of our series of the Worlds
Best Poems, selected especially for The Pro-
greBsiv0 Farmer by the Editor. In this series
selections from the following authors have
alrSady appeared: Burns, Bryant, Mr.. and
Mrs: Browning, Byron, Goldsmith, Holmes,
Kipl1ng, L8niOr, LongfOlloW, Lowell, Mark
ham, Macaulay, Milton, Moore, Poe, Pope
TSnnySOn, FimrOd, Riley, Ryan, SCOTT,
shakespeare, Shelley, and others.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
How to Clean Dress Goods.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-A wooden
dress skirt may be wonderfully
freshened by first removing inc
spots with warm suds to which a III
tie ammonia has been added, but the
skirt should be thoroughly brushed
before it is dampened. After rem0'-
ing the spots, slip the skirt over YOU
ironing board, then dampen Sllgh1'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
Aunt Jennie's Letter.

Our TWO letters this week are wide
~ different, but both are interesting
The one from N. 81. impresses me-
as it will all mothers who like to
practice economy. There is so much
waste of good material that might
be saved if we only knew how to use
dye and make it look like new goods.
This can be done without a great
amount of money and requires less
time than most women imagine, and
is not very much trouble.
Some mothers contend that it is
their duty to dress better than any
other member of the family; and do
not hesitate to buy the better quality
of material for themselves, knowing
that after they have finished with
the garment they can fashion clothes
for the children which will wear
equally as well as the new inferior
goods and have the additional charm
of looking better. It is especially
true of winter goods as they can be
made darker than they we're origi-
nally and with a bit of color make
very pretty suits.
Buttons are to be used extensively
for trimming this season. Somehow
we like the mode, for no dress seems
finished unless there are buttons
on it.
There is a chilliness in the breeze
which floats in at the window near
me that hints ofcooler weather, and
the future need of wraps. The knit
ted jacket promises to be exceeding
ly popular, especially with the school
girls and there is no prettier ac-
| compartment as a hat than the
crocheted or knitted tam-o'shanter
cap of the same color. If the band
is properly made it can be pulled
| uOWu over Iuo ears Ou FC1J CO4N -
rainy days, thus forming a kind OF
hood, which is not only comfortable
but becoming to fresh young faces
It costs quite a neat little sum to
hire these articles made, but if you
know how to do them for yourself
the zephyr can be had for a small
sum-.
Mrs. S. E. Ms letter [ regard as
eminently sensible, and [ hope that
our farmers will give it careful at
tention.
If you have read "a prize offer
on our page last week, re-read 1t ana
call some friends attention to It, l
have read the book offered and kno"
that it IS well worth your time 10
try for it. We expect this depart
ment to be unusually interesting THIS
winter and with your help we can
and will make it so.
AUNT JENNIE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
The Joy Of Working.

curtained window at the scurrylng
ACKNOWLEDGMENT on the way to It's
daily toll, that you have the best OF
it because you can snuggle back be-
meath your luxurious covering and
sleep until Jeems or Meadows brings
your corning coffee and paper and
asks if you prefer the Yellow
Dragon or the Green Devil for your
forenoon spin.
Do not lay the fattering JUNCTION
to your soul that yours is the happier
lot.
Yonder youth with swinging step,
with fists dug deep into the pockets
of his thread-bare coat and a cold
luncheon wrapped in paper tucked
beneath his arm, tastes a finer, sweet
er Joy than all your luxury can
bring.
His is the pleasure of incentive
the glory of work.
For there is a zest to it all. The
quick spring from bed at the alarm
clocks summons, the hastily swallow
ed breakfast, then out into the wine
like air of early morning. To work.
vigorous work of brain or Drawn,
whether it be scratching away at a
desk or directing the eternal grind
of clanking machinery.
1t is neutrality-suspicious.
Do not pity these work-a-day folk.
Save your sympathy for the hapless
and hopeless idle fellows-the I'M
fortunates or unwiIlings; alike COM
miserable.
Joy goes with the working masses.
There is JOY in the monday lunche-
on, whether in a gilded cafe or a cold
snack hastily devoured "before the
whistle blows"
The evening meal is a feast to the
weary man, and his ~well-earned rest
is the greatest JOY of all. Hard work
is the greatest of all cures for in
somnia.
Thank God you can work!
Though your Office labor strains
your nerves and racks your brain,
though the "shop" takes the best
of your strength and vitality-be
glad to be living, an active part of
the working world.
You must earn your amusements
before you "a enjoy them. Ennui
has no part in the strenuous life.
Be glad, for conscience sake, that
you are not one of those most mis-
cradle of all men, a fellow without
a job-a human machine standing
idle, rusting and losing it's value from
disuse.
Thank God you can work.
When sorrow and grief come, when
you seek to forget, to crush out cruel
thoughts, thank God that you can
absorb yourself in your occupation,
plunge deep into the details of your
duty.
Thank God that you can work
that you can grasp your pay envelope
and say: "This is mine, the rightfuI
pay for the labor of my brain, the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters intended for this departma, -.
should be addressed to "Aunt Jennie > no-o
Of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n, c
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-03
A Big GAME OF GRAFT
Attorney Saiisbury's Sensational Dis.
closures al Grand Rapids.
MANY PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED.
The Proposition for Water Supply fer Grand
Rapids Gave Cotcre Embracn, the Mayor
and O;hcr Officials Op?or uriy 10 Victim.
lze Bidders From al Parts OF the County a
Remarkable Narrative.

cr,,d p,,;ds Mich ,S,.,,,n -Th,.
l"' '>"''.'' ~ 49,, ,,'>,
confession "' eA''>''y N'o'"cy l'''''
X. Salisbury in regard 10 the notorious
wafer scandal in ,ai, city was told for
4, ,;. ,i,,, ,,,,l,,,;r
N"N 80 ~ ~
ary examination "' 9'"'e senator -"
vid Burns, and 1t has created trcmnc-
1ous sensation ON account of the Mum
.,t n.a,,,;,,,,, ,....,u. :, ,,,,,,c,te.
o'' o' ~ '''''''' ~ y >''''' It ''''p''l
N addlt'on 10 'nc y "'I'''a'H d"u l'' '
t''e' 3iiI'a'S VINO were a'''S''" Oh O''o
cry charge" 10 days ago,
Never once ana o"''ou'y haIG 10 ''-
'e' 10 hoteH' ana NC 'c"'N'E" "'S te"-
Iimony 'rad'y ana raP'H'y' giving
names aa'c' ana occurrences ,l'''' a3 a.
'NT0gh inc 1"'HFu c,'h'" n'PPe''eu
o''y last week. ''H'S'd 81 l"''I 'c''9
ago; r
me eAan''l''t'"" "' o'''''o' "t' H.,
was Coi''p'c''ly '"Hl 10 we" ~ t'c Htp'
OF the conspiracy as rc'a'ed ny o'',,
oury' AS names ., many P'"'''''.e,'i
l'e'i were 'n'''''o'I'o ny o"'HouLy '','
lhe amount nc pa'" |" caon 'o' 'le'' ~
""'"Se "' S''t'''c was SN'"; ''l'e M"'
Sopp''HH'o ","' '''"' :" ,u' " ''e
'nIH"H'ou' ''e '''' "''bel t"", ~ ~ 'pp'". p'.
he persons imp'l'"tcd oy oa'Hou.y
during ms testimony against o'ate
senator hurn' ana lUc amounts "c d'
'eEcd they received are as 'olloMs:
George K 't'ry' cN-I''a!o'' p'SI@o'
J., O!a'k Hproat, manager ,''1nu NAP
rs 'cln"1ra,, S5',5' n. ~ Na",rl m;i o;';
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-03
TUURMONT COUNTY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER

and spark1ed rs she did so. But the
cleaning and sparkling was not from
| the sheen Of tears; it was the flashing
| Of Il malice as profound and more ex'
| ultant than his.
II have finished my letters" said
Hammond, at length, and tossing aside
| his pen.
but not sealed them" said Nancy,
| who had secretly folded n blank sheet
of paper into the form of letter.
That will be done in moment"
said Luke, seeking 'or scaling-wax. II
| swear there was q stick of wax here
| this morning" said he, and then turned
his back to Nancy to seek for more in
his desk
AS quick as light, and as noiseless.
Nancy exchanged tle letter folded in
| blank for the one Hammond had writ.
| ten to his friend in Paris, extracting
the letter from it's envelope and re.
placing it with the former
Hammond turned, sealed the letter,
and placed them in his bosom.
Now. Nancy" said he, Il must have
some sleep. You had better so lie
down. Tell stephen to wake me"
stephen sleeps" said Nancy.
"Well. tell Daniel to wake me at ten.
I must send Stephen at that time to
my Office to say that | am out of town
and to bring me my letters. Curse the
letters, they have been nothing but
duns of late. Good morning. Nancy.
Don't dream-no dreams. Dreams
don't trouble me, Nancy. | am too
matter-of-fa to drcam'-he was put
ting fresh caps on his entirely
too mattcr-oT-fact for that nonsense,
Mrs Nancy Harker"
Nancy was leaving The library when
he excla med.
But ii is strange about that idiot
When I saw him and Charles. let me
think-Saw them playing together
twenty years ago both boys seemed
equally bright-morc like twin brothers
than cuisinS, Nancy. My boy was not
so tall and stout as the other. only be.
cause my boy was the younger. Young
Marks seemed all right then"
Yes" said Nancy; there was no
sign of idiocy then. Rut two years
after the unfortunate boy began TO
droop and fail, first in mind and then
in body. SO rapidly did his inlirmty
increase. that in Il year from it's first
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-03
CHAPTER XIV.
THE DLATu OF OLD IAN.

Illt DIAL IL OF OLD IAN.
Ten O'Clock, the hour for awakening
Hammond, arrived, and Daniel raped
at the library door
Luke aWokr with start. and on
hearing Daniels growing voice opened
the door.
Daniel started back Ia surprise, for
Hammond was as pale and care-worn
US il he had been sick and confined to
his bed for year.
"What are you staring att" de.
manded Luke. "Nhat is the news be.
tow!
Il pecpcd in at the gentleman said
Daniel. ANA he ordered me TO send his
breakfast to hm at once"
"Ah. lie is growing strong very
fast said Hammond. And how il
the LADY,
Mrs. lIaIier was there Just now"
replied Danic!. "$hc said tie young
lady was brighter tAi5 morning but
still refused to eat
THAT girls obSrinacy ana powers OF
endurance astonsA mc." thought Luke
by my lie. she viii make Il Qucculy
Wifc--a regal spouse. But she'll starve
before she will yield, Wen, Wen let
her starNe until night. Better she
should be weak than strong
Then aloud to Daniel
"NoW so awake Stephen. and tell him
to come 10 me. 'IAen YOU may take
five hours Of sleep. Daniel Tell Fan
| Shall soon be ready for hrCaklaSt.'
Daniel departed. and Hammond sat
down 10 think until stephen should
appear.
Il have been annoyed by the most
horlid and dismal dreams while !
slept" thoIght he. "Maitcr-of-fac; or
not, | have had Il terrible nightmare
crushing the blood out of my heart
until it beats as soft and limp rs Il
rag"
He sought relief in his decanter, ana
thought again.