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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05
He Weeps.

After an interval OF nearly three
weeks after the contract for the county
printing had been awarded has pass
ed, the ecitor Of the Dispatch has
awakened to the fact thatShe is no
longer the publisher of the official
county paper, and he bemOanS his loss
In his last issue in his Characteristic
way by heaping abuse upon his success
full competitor.
D. At the time when Mr.. Royce should
have been looking out for his own int
ereStS here, he was down at Topeka
organizing the legislature and electing
state printer. The matter of county
printing then was but trihe, too
\ insignificant for big politician to
trouble himself with, but there he
also failed in his chief object.
This double disappointment seems
to have Jared bis entire anatomy,
and in the wall which follows, he ad-
mits that he is a firm believer in a
system which fosters and nourlsheS it.
self 10 kind of legalized plumber of
the public funds
Now, Mr.. Royce has a right to his
opinion whatever it may be. He also
has the right to conline himself
strictly to the truth in his published
statements, and no one dare deny it,
However that is too much to expect
or even hope for.
That the editor Of the Herald is
now and has always been republican,
ard a believer In. and advocate of high
principles and ideals in politics as in
other things, no one can refute. That
such is not the case with the editor OF
the Dispatch Is equally hard to deny.
The Herald was not rewarded by the
award of the county printing, neither
was the Dispatch punished. The
board must be credited with at least
common sense and reasonable judge
ment. Since Mr.. Royce has been
resident Of Phillips county he has
drawn more money from the public
funds than any other one man in 1t
with the possible exception of Con-
gresham W. A. Reeder. But now
that the board Of county commission
.eYs has refused to be dominated by his
wonderful personality and to permit
themselves to be made the Instrum-
ents for furtherng his selfish purposes
he has no more use for them and con.
dennis them along with the one whom
he had designed to "Squelch." And
this position is not strange, The
older the calf, the harder 1t Is to
wean. He has lost his hold on one of
the public teatS.
No, No, Mr.. Royce, its pretty late
now for whining. 1t is too late to
sigh for an opportunity after 1t has
passed. The opportunity to win the
esteem, the honor, the confidence Of
your contemporaries, your neighborS
has been yours, but you have missed
it. "You have been weighed in the
balances, and found wanting"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05

Uncle Cyrus found 1t agreeable to
care for his democratic friend Baltic
Waggener, who was made chairman
of the judiciary committee. Pringle
could have shown a fine compliment
to his rival for the speakership, Geo.
j. Barker, by putting him at the head
OF that important committee.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05

George "A. Clark, the retiring Sec
Rotary of state, recommends more
economy and reduced appropriation
for state printing purposes, George A.
Clark state printer.elect, dissenting.
Kansas Note in Kansas City Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05
A Farm Bargain.

a half section Of land in Walnut
township. 300 acres of tillabe land.
Rare bargain in one Of the best corn
prbduciug areas in this county.
Must be bought before March LIST to
get benefit of present price. VIII be
sold cheap Good water. Inquire at
this office.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05

The women Of Kansas are not TO
have any more suffrage privileges just
yet. The senate killed the measure
proposing to give them the right to
vote for presidential electors,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-02-05
Right.

"Be sure you are right then go
ahead" No better advice can he
given, whatever be the pursuit In
question. But in politics, this is a
rule which is seldom needed. The
general rule in politics Is win no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16

Chimmie Fadden Stories
RELATING TO ATHLETICS SC AND SENTIMENT SE

By W. Copyright by
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M. WE'LL & BRO,
1915 and 1919 First Ave.
NEW STYLES OF PISTOLS.
Automatic and Fire Eight Shots II
 Less Than Two Seconds.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 A new weapon in the shape of pistol has just been placed on the market by an old and well known firm of firearms manufacturers. It is an automatic pistol, and In no sense a revolver.
 The cartridges are inserted in a maga- zine opening from the end of the handle and eight, or any smaller number, may be put in at one time. No shell Is left In the barrel when the pistol is fired, and such is the rapidity of possible fire that eight shots have been discharged in one and three-ffths seconds. Aside from the su- perior safety of the new weapon and its rapidity of fire, the thing which will most commend 1t to the public Is the smooth ness of the exterior of the whole mechan- ism and the absence of projections to be encountered by the hand or to wear away the clothing, if 1t is carried in ones pocket On this account 1t will be pre- ferred to a revolver by watchmen and all who have occasion to carry such arms in their pockets.
 The ne wpistol is seven inches In length and weighs 23 ounces. The barrel is { inches In length. The caliber is 32-100 of an inch and the cartridge is rimless and smokeless.
 The action of this pistol Is automatic, tACepl lUdl lHc lIlBBcL lHuSt Do phicu tO fire each shot, the cartridges being sup piled from a detachable magazine inserted in the handle of the pistol. After the pis- tol Is charged with a filled magazine, one opening movement Is made by hand, bringing the first cartridge into the cham ber On pulling the trigger the cartridge is fired. the empty shell extracted and a new cartridge loaded into the chamber, all these operations taking place automatical- ly. without any manipulation of the arm. This automatic operation of the pistol is effected by the recoil of the moving parts, and, as a consequence. the recoil Is so ab- sorbed in being utilized that 1t has no dis turbing effect. The first shot can be dis- charged more quickly than from any arm made, as this pistol can be carried with perfect safety while the hammer is at full cock.
 No less than thirty-five separate parts go to the making up of this remarkable weapon, and 1t has been demonstrated that the pistol can be taken completely apart in five seconds. without the aid of any tool It has a number of safety feat ures which make 1t a weapon which can be handled with but little risk.
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keep next to me old gang; and I calls em togedder, and l says, What's doing?"
 "Your Dago wife has insulted me lady fren, he says. What are you doing?"
 Make a ring" 1 says.
 He had no right to mix in wit me alone, for he was overweight. and soft, at dat, and put him out of business, easy. But dat was only de commencement, for de gangs lined up, and when de man who was out had been dragged away we gets busy. Dere's one advantage in starting your scrap early in de day, for den everybody Is sober, and noting but fist is used; and when 1t Is over dere is a chance for a hand-shake, and a gailly-gailly, like dere had been no discussion at all. It was beau tiful wh--e 1t lasted. Duchess, being form, tainted at de first sight of claret. but Maggie, being New York, stood behind our gang, and gives us good tips to rush where de odder gang was getting shy. Our side won, bote on points and results; but none of us was as pretty as when de boat started. When we shook hands, and me fren, who was de floor manager told de orchestra to play, and called All waltz!" Maggie goes up to him, and she says, John ny" she says, you done beauti- full. I'll name de day whenever you like"
 Den dey waltzed.
 looks up Duchess, and p'chee! I found ue goil who started de row taking care of her "Chim- mie," says de goil, "It was lovely scrap, and your gang won, all right, but if I'd remembered dat your wife was Dago, and not onto our ways, I'd not been in- suited by her asking for me to give up me stein. Now she's coming round Go anu wash your face, before she sees you"
 Dat night when we gets home, and Duchess was patcnlng up me peeper, she says, soft like, "Chames are you much hoit?"
 Not holt at all, me dear," l says, giving her kiss. But you should seen de felly dat I mixed wit foist. Why did you ask?"
 Because, Chames, I started dat row on poipose.
 What tell" I says. T didn't tink you had de noive. What did you do it for?"
 Because Maggie is a good goil. but she wouldn't make up her mind to marry your fren de bar keep"
 Did you tink he needed a mouse under his eye to make Mag gie see what goou-looker he is," I says, trying to get next to her woman argument.
 No" she says. But all wo-
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President, bah!" says Duchess. What is de President alongside Cupid?"
 "Oh, he isn't so woise," I says.
 When woman like Madam Harding "-dat's Widdy-"has made up her mind dat it will be of de social and woildy advantage for her to make a marriage wit a man like Whiskers, it is de kind of resolve dat woiks magic" Duchess says. ''IJ is de kind of resolve dat man knows noting off he did he would be of such fright dat he would make de laws to keep women in jail wit veils over der eyes"
 Doing time," I asks, Hike de princesses in de Rabian Nights dat Miss Fanni9 reads de Kiddie?"
 De same," Duchess says. "Wid- dy is not jeune file, but she is not yet of a certain age, and she has desirable dot, and could marry any of many young men--but, she has of de determination to marry Whiskaire, and, foolish man, he tink dat it depend upon him we'd der she will or not. Mon Dieu! why does he not give up de strug- gle at once, and have time to tink or someting else?"
 But what has letting him beat her at golf got to do wit de lay out?' l says.
 Truly, mon ami, one would tink dat you have not de advant- age of a clever wife-you ask questions so stupid"
 Cut de gammon," says, land get to de evidence"
 'Whiskaire is of de common what you say?--is de man aver age"
 q wish his income was, too," says I.
 Nine hundred and ninety-nine such men out of tousand marry de woman who is de cleverest at fattering dere conceit. If dat wo- man is also of a stylishment- voila! o'est faitl"
 "All over but de rice trowing, eh? And Whiskers doesn't know dat her chains are on him?
 Even a stupid woman makes a man tink dat her chain is his or nament. In France desc ting is understood; and a goil is not al- lowed to pick out de man she will marry; her parents do dat for her"
 Duchess" says I, "I was won- dering wedder it is a good ting, or not, for me, dat your parents wasn't in America before I mar ried you"
 "It is foolish for men to con slider such subject-leave dat to women; dey is entitle to some amusement"
 I wonder what dat goil meant!
 What she was saying about Widdy's golf set me to tinking; and I remembers, before dey was married, MT. Paul won most al- ways from Miss Fannie, and she got a good handicap at dat. Since dey is married, she takes a mighty small handicap from him, and she wins out about as often as him. But what's de use of trying to figure out game where dere aint no rules; and where de wo- man is de only one who knows, for a fact, for what de stake is?
 But I was going to tell you about our trip on de picnic of de
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men need some reason for why dey will marry man. Widdy has her reason, par example, and a good reason for her. Maggie, being de same kind or a woman, in anodder way, needed de same kind of reason, In anodder way. Madam Harding see Whiskaire successful. in de only way dat she understands success, and she will marry him. Maggie seen her steady successful in de way she understood-and sne vii. marry him-Comprenez vous? Woman is all alike-wit difference"
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Chames," she says. I'm made up for style, and dat has noting to do wit salt water. 1t would never hang right again if 1 got dis skirt wet" 'I'm glad you give it name" I says. eff dat's a skirt you ought to give it something to make it grow. What is dose tings you have on your feet?" says l, trying to grab her ankles to drag her into the water, and p'chee! dat goil had on high heel shoesl
 But even Duchess has de croise. When de folks is all away from de house she plays croquet wit Mag gie, de house maid; for she says it makes her belt line smaller to bend over and swat dc ball But croquet is no more exercise dan reading de base ball news is play ing ball.
 Even Riddle has to be brought up in de fashion. Every morning de youngster is fetched to de noissery, in pajamas for exercis- ing close, and l teaches her swing clubs. Oats a good looking job club swinging-and l was de champeen of de Roseleaf Social Outing, and Life Saving Club. Duchess piped me giving Riddle her morning lesson for few days, and she says she would take a hand in de game herself. She did. De next time 1 give Duchess a lesson in club swinging I'll hire de wide, wide woild for de gym nasium, and move out de stars and moons, and tings like dat, so dat Duchess will have room to woik in. She broke everything in dat noissery, not barring her head and mine. Duchess told Riddle not to tell dat she had been play ing rough house; and to sweeten de Riddle not to forget, Duchess got some marmalade for her. "Tank you Hortense"-dat's Duchess-"Tank you, Hortense," says Riddle, "but I must not eat sweets in de morning, because dey distroys me waist line,' and de lit tie one went on her way, wit her figure all right-like littel keg'
 And Willy Widdy! Say, honest, you wonoer when she gets de time to take de exercise she must take to keep her figure as fit as 1t IS. If deres anyting-but polo-ln oe line of exercise sports dat Widdy doesn't play never heard de name of it. Duchess says dat de minute Widdy lands Whiskers she'll give up all her exercise, and grow so fat her trusso-hows dat? Trousseau? Tanks-her trousseau won't do her a bit Of good. It'll do Duchess a lot Of good; TOT what Widdy can't or don't wear, Duchess rakes off like mice. But French goils can keep dere figures witout training, and dat's why women's styles comes from Paris, Duchess says.
 Widdy plays golf wit Whiskers. I know her game, and l know oat she can give him a stroke a hol' and make him look like he was nlaying checkers; but p'chee! ne always beats her. Even when she takes a stroke from him on de long holes, he beats her.
 "Tell me why dat is?" says to Duchess. "A man wouldn't play off his Lame like dae to be made President of Washington, and go to his office every day in all de yachts in de American Navy"
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Hoods Sarsaparilla creates an appetite and aids in proper assimilation of food.
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= AY de whole woild has gone @N straight dotty on muscle. " It was always so down where I hung out as a kid, but de fine haired end of de woild has got it bad only since de time I began to pipe 1t off-since I got me job in Miss Fannie's house. When I foist come here all wo- men, and most men, would go tru Summer witout baking dere skins brown while trying to get long on muscle and short on fat. 1 foist fought it was only a bluff, and and dat society mugs would get cold feet beTore dey got muscle bound; but nay, nay; dey sticks to de game like 1t was ready money. You can tell wedder dey is in earnest about it when a man like Mir. Paul will cut off his shot of small bots in evening be- fore I has me hand well into de game of pulling de plugs.
 Shall I fetch anodder bottle, sir?" I says to him, wanting to n sneak, and butt in wit de odder soivants what was down to de beach, taking salt bat by moon- light.
 No more tonight, Chames," he says, after counting over on his fingers how many he has had. "No more tonight. I finds dat I goes off in me tennis if I do not deny meself. Take away de empty bottles; dey reminds me of me toist."
 ''No sugar in me cotfee," hears Miss Fannie say after dinner. Sugar runs me above me best riding weight, and I've promised to ride over to de polo game to- morrow. Will you ride wit us, papa, or driver" she says.
 "I'll drive, me dear" Whiskers says, ''but not in trap. I'll drive at golf" he says. "Chames, I'll want you to go to de links wit me early in de morning. to recover balls, while I practice driving. It's stonishing," he says to MT. Paul, "dat I drives much better when Chames Is wit me, dan when I has one of de caddies."
 I wonder! De caddies isn't on to de graft. When Whiskers drives, 1 hangs out on de fair green, about eighty yards from de tee, wit club in me fist, de way caddies does; and when his ball comes along, looking tired, and ready to stop, gives it swat, careless ike, and sends 1t on it's way about fifty yards furder. Whiskers never sees, cause he can't wear glasses when he golfs; and he's so tickled wit his good. woik dat he tips me liberal-and near goes croisy dat he can't make dose wonder drives when I'm not dere to help a good ting along.
 Well, having get me folks com fortable for oe evening, l chases down to de bading beach where de odder hands is having water sports in de light of de moon, and I joins in.
 Duchess is dere. but she Is shy in salt water "Take a running jump, and come in," I says to her. De water isn't feard of you; but I wonder de moon doesn't go under & cloud when it sees you in dose togs. What are you made up for. anyway" I says to her.
 Don't be impudent, Master
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-16
A Premature Count.

From the New York Sun.
 MT. La Follette's friends and associate. are counting their geese before they ar, matched. MT Roosevelt, in spite of hi opposition to monopoly, is not the man t, invite competition with his full line issues. He can do all the corporal batting and monoply- -shooing that he m in his business His candidate for
 president, 1t Is hardly premature to sume, will be balance wheel conserva person. not unfriendly to corpora tions not averse to silence and the backgrc of the stage
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Take a ride on the chutes at East Lake.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

In the District Court of the United for the Southern Division of the N ern District of Alabama-In the M of Ensley Publishing Company. bann- rupt-In Bankruptcy.
 The undersigned trustee will sell at public sale free from all lien, at the place of business of Ensley Publishing com pany, Avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. Ensley, Ala, on Satur- day. the 22nd of August 1903 commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. all the personal prop erty of the Ensley Publishing company. bankrupt, (except the choses in action). consisting of a newspaper and job outfit including besides the good will of said business. one Campbell printing press. 3Sx54, one 10x15 Chandler & Price press. one Sx12 Chandler & Price press; one BE H. P gasoline engine with necessary fixt- ures, two paper cutters, imposing stones, chases, newspaper and Job type, etc. If an acceptable bid for the whole plant. is not received the various articles will be offered separately.
 CHARLES W. MILLS, Trustee FRANK DEEDMEYER,
 J. w. TOMLINSON,
 Attorneys for Trustee.
 S-12-3t-11-16-fs
 IT. ' IL
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CAHEEN BROS, DRY GOODS.

Noera Flannes do scratch sting like ordinary han nels but are soft and smooth as silk warp fannels 2O41144; per wool soft smooth finish, just the thing for those wanting mixed flannel August
 Sale prce ward ...................,... 200 No 1OO13 this number is the most popular seller in
 the line it just fits for all medium purposes
 splendid, close texture, good heavy weight Aug
 nst Sale price, yard ......................25c 25c
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NEW LADIES' SUITS FOR FALL, 1903.
Tomoo Best
A FI .ANNFJ. SALE Annual August Event With Vs

an all round elegant piece of goods, August Sale
 price yard ......................... .40c Our No 62, lambs wool. you will realize it's value at
 glance, just as pretty silk warp flannel, all
 wool warp and filling, August Sale price, yard. .49c No l. this beautiful flannel is 7-8 yards wide, frm
 smooth all wool as soft silk and extra wide
 this is the pride of the mill August Sale price,
 yard ...................6 69c
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No 2435, splendid quality, 68 per cent wooI close
 nap, small thread smooth and free from knots,
 just the flannel for infants underwear, August
 Sale price yard BOG No 711 full width, extra heavy quality, 75 per cent
 wool smooth silk, positively don't sting or
 scratch just enough mixture of cotton to prevent
 shrinkage August Sale price, yard 3oc No. 4446 nothing prettier ever sold from roll
 of flannel all wool, beautiful weave good weight
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VERY LOW RATES.
To Washington, D. C.. and Return
 Southern Railway.

On August 30 and September 1 ar Southern railway will sell round trip cts to Washington. D. C.. at rate of fare plus 25 cents. Tickets limited return September 10. 1903 Round trip from Birmingham $2l 30. For particu sleeping car reservations, etc. apply senger office, Morris hotel building;
 phone 617. J. c. Lusk. District Passt Agent. 8-5
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Is Man Wholly a Free Agent?

How much do natural forces-light, heat, magnetism, etc.--control us inde- pendently of our own wills? In an arti- cle on tyrant nature in Harper's Maga- zine for August, Samuel Steen Maxwell describes certain electrical experiments on shrimps. which, among many others, go to prove the assumption that nature may tvrannize over us more than we realize. Science has discovered but little as yet of the effect of physical agents upon our animal activities. though Professor Loebs s wonderful work with the lower forms of life IS going rapidly forward in that gen eral direction.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-17
Shakespeare Club Questions
Act V

|. Does Leontes' repentance mer-
it forgiveness for his past folly?
?. Do you think Pauline's cutting
speeches to Leoutes. reminding him
of his injustice to Hermione, are
from a lack of delicacy Of feeling on
her part?
3. How did Polixines happen to
follow so Closely the fleeing lovers?
4. Was Camillo's deception blame
worthy?
;. What do you think of Perdita's
manner when appearing before
Leontes?
g. What is the object of the scene
between Analogous and the three
gentlemen?
I. What little speech in this scene
reveals to us Paulina's thorough
fidelity?
s. Note the Shepherds concep-
ton of true gentlehood.
9. Quote Leonte's tribute TO the
beauty of Hermione's character,
scene 3.
10. What style in the ages sculp-
ture made it possible for Hermione
to represent a statue?
II. Observe lPaulina's skillful
leading up to the idea of motion and
life in the statue.
u. Why is Hermione's silence on
leaving the pedestal, till she blesses
her daughter, a requirement of the
finest taste?
Is. Do you think Hermione's ST
lence and seclusion during Leontes
years of remorse inconsistent with
a tender, womanly nature?
ID. Why is the title winters
Tale, " appropriate to the play?