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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
How Did He Do III

Charles NJ. Schwab is still telling
his friends his amusing experiences
while abroad. One Of these relates
to an inscription he saw on the pla.
card fastened to the breast of beg
gar in Paris. Here is the literal trans.
lation:
Gentlemen and Ladies-Klndly as.
sist poor man who has lost both his
arms and is compelled to hold out his
hands for aims" New York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Must Look the Same.

Little Sister was complaining tear.
fully about something her mother had
told her to do.
very WELL" said grandma, 1--WE will
trade OF this mamma for another
one"
"All right" said little sister, "but
we'll have her look just like my NAM
ma now, won't WEI"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
stoddard's Modestv.

As Is not the case with many pres
ent-day celebrities, no one could Justly
accuse Richard II. Stoddard with be-
ing pulled up with an exaggerated
idea Of his own greatness.
Well" said a friend to him several
years before his death. "the papers
will say a lot about you when you
die"
my f1end." was the poets quiet
reply. Il viii scarcely be mentioned"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Those Melancholy DAVIS.

81 wonder what inspired Bryant t.
write the line, The melancholy day.
have come" remarked Mrs SmitherI
inquiringly.
why. in Bryant's day the womeI
did their housekeeping in the fall,
said Smithers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

stopped smiling and turned his other
side to the fire before answering.
"Ill promise on the condition that
you will permit me to continue our &C.
quaintance-If may come to see you
and learn to be friends. | could not
thank you In lifetime for what you
have done. so we will let that pass.
It was brave and"
He was going TO say'sweet but re-
Trained wisely. Neither did he tell her
he had the wet belt and tie which she
had knotted together. lie would keep
that always
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
WILLING to Obllue.

az may as well tell you, younG
man." said Miss Spooner's father
that I always close up the house and
turn out the lights by 10 o'clock"
Don't bother tonight, sir" repllet
Jack Merry. "I'll attend to that foj
you"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that a trial of
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
ct once. Not alone because 1t is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be SUI
perior to any other brand, but because
each 1Oc package contains 16 ozs.,
while all the other kinds contain but
u ozs. 1t is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
win
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Her RuIlnq Passion.

THE next house | build I'll leave
out all the woodwork"
why sol"
Because at homo now every time
get a poor dinner my wife says:
There was no time to bother with the
cooking. Henry. We had to wash all
the woodwork today"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
BIG DROP I'M BINDER THYME

we are selling the highest grade standard
nlnder twtne made, shipping it to any address
IA any quantity and at much lower price than
oealers can buy In carload lots. For our
special inside price, our guarantee and money
refund offer, for cur insurance proposition
against hail or storm, for the lowest price, the
most liberal binder twine offer that will be
nlaue thls season, cut this notice out and mail
t' us to-day and you will hear from us by return
nail. Address,
SEARS. ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago. Ill
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Grass EvapOrates Water.

The amount Of water given of by
an acre Of grass is estimated at thirty
hogsheads a day. About 300 parts, by
weight, Of water pass through a plant
to one part fixed and asslmilated in
its tissues.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Rest and Labor.

Extended experiments in Paris
show that in given period of labor
the total quantity produced is in.
creased by intervals Of rest. especially
when short resting intervals are null
tiplied. Rest acts as a stimulant.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
This viii Interest Mothers,

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LEROY, NY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
When Your Grocer Saw.

he does not have Defiance Starch, you
may be sure he Is afraid to keep it un-
til his stock of IL or packages are
sold. Defiance Starch is not only bet
ter than any other Cold Water Starch.
but contains 16 OF. to the package and
sells for same money as II OF. brands.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Makeun Of a Sailor.

At recent dinner Of the st.
Georges Society at Delmonico's, Capt.
w. H. Stayton said that the popular
idea Of a man-o'war's man seemed
to be a blue shirt inhabited by a
thirst.-New York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
,dore or Less.

Biggs-Puffklns REGARDS himself as
the one man in a thousand.
Diggs-Ts that all? | thought he TO
Earded himself as the other s99.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Did She Throw Him over2

THAT Charlie Pinchback iS q mean
man."
What has he done?"
"You know, he's engaged to Tilda
Rickrack. Well he found a ring
somewhere ct bargain and gave it
to her. It was too small for her
finger. What do you suppose he
did,"
"What?"
advised her to diet until she could
get 1t on."-Stray Stories.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Distribution Of Houses.

Italy and Spain have fewer houses
in proportion to their population than
any other country in the world; the
Argentine republic and Uruguay have
the most.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
uncuItlxatsd ENGLISH Land.

Dartmoor, which occupies one-ffth
Of the area of the county of Devon,
is the largest tract Of uncultvated
land in England.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Radlum In Pltcbbl.nd..

Specimens Of pitchblende, which
have been exposed in the museum at
Vienna for 100 years. show radio 40.
tivity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

The well earned reputation and increas.
ing popularity of the Lewis "Single
Binder" straight sc cigar, Is due to the
maintained high quality and appreciation
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Cautious.

do you let work worry your"
mo; nor don't let worry work me,
eIther."-Clncinnati Commercial-Trib
une.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Some people seem to think they
can't accomplish anything without
making . lot Of noise.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IA, 1900
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

The course of study Of woman's
club reads very thrilling compared
with a cook book.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
ExtermInate JackaIs.

For the determination of jackals, a
poisoning club for the whole of Cape
Colony Is suggested.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Some people take things as they
come and make the worst of them.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Some men have no visible means OF
support when their wives are absent
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

While the plotter schemes the plod.
der gets there.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Try me just once and I am sure to
come again. Defiance Starch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Girls may not convert young men,
but they at least draw them to church.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
TOLD IN CALIFORNIA.

helping the
kid n eys Is
helping the
whole body,
for It Is the
kidneys that
remove the
poisons and
waste from
h 9 bod y.
l. Q arnin &
this simple
lesson ha s
made many
sick men and
womere wall
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

When a young man finally gets
married the girls who also ran are
unanimous in condemning his choice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Every young man has plenty of OPP
portunities to make fool of himself.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

No man ever thinks a woman talks
too much-for a woman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago, III.

Lots of people become visionary
without consulting an eye specialist.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Many a man is too stubborn to admit
that he is related to the mule.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that 1t
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23
Miss Q. Ery-Who made your trous

ers, little boy?
Willie B. Oston-Madam, why do
you interrogate what Is self-evident
truth? am the victim Of my moth
er's good intentions.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Mexican Cotton
Mexico produces about 4S,00O,00O
mounds of cotton annually.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-06-23

Every man imagines he has lot of
friends until he mas occasion to use
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
Girls must be girls.

man, too brainless to hold a husbands
interest through the first year of mar
rage and a bore even to her own chill
dren (if they are fortunate enough to
take after their father), why, there
will be nothing wonderful in this. But
if during the process of evolution some
silly fancy enters their silly little brains
and they elope or. do any of the re-
rnarkable stunts one reads about in the
daily papers, why, people think it sim
ply depravity; that's all.
But it isn't.
It's simply downright stupidity on
the part of some foolish mother. herself
probably the victim of a foolish bring
ing up. And so the endless chain goes
on.
And can you blame the poor little
bud on the withered plant? Not bit
of it!
Blame the keeper of the dollhouse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
HOW TO BRING BAD
LUCK ON YOURSELF.

XXOU have no doubt often seen
posted conspicuously in an Of
fee the notice: Don't tell me of
your troubles. 1 have plenty Of my
own
You never thought of it, perhaps, but
making the most of all your troubles,
dwelling on them in your mind. talk
ing about them to others, going to bed
with them at night and getting up
with them in the morning is a sure way
to breed ills far more serious than any
that have come to you yet. Believe
me, it never fails.
There is Mrs. Killjoy. When she was
child she used to run to her mother
with every little disappointment and
finger ache and make it out twice as
great as it was for the sake of getting
sympathy and petting. The foolish
mother encouraged the child in the
habit until it grew so that the woman
is a horror to sensitive acquaintances-
If she sees you in the evening she Will
recount every infinitesimal unpleasant
incident of the day, .exaggerating it, in
tensifying it, stretching it to the ut
most verge of truth, in order to have
you pity and help her. If that Kill1oy
woman breaks her finger nail she makes
as much fuss over it as if she had bro
ken her leg. If she gets a grease spot
| on her gown it is a blot on the sun; II
anybody speaks unpleasantly to her it
| is a grievance to her for the next six
! months.
| Mrs. Killjoy moves from one boarding
| house to another. All the landladies
| abuse her apparently. This one starves
| her, that one freezes her, the other does
not take proper care of her rooms or
her property. Somehow fate has got it
in for her, Mrs Killjoy.. She wonders
why she never can find pleasant lodg-
| ing houses, such as other lone women
secure, where the mistress win show
! her little human kindness. The fact is,
Mrs Killjoy is so fussy, peevish and
! complaining that the landladieS come
to dread the sight of her If she goes
| away for a time their rooms are always
| engaged when she returns. She Won
| ders why sher evil Tuck" works against
her even in the matter of lodging
/ houses.
| At length. carrying with her the
| thought of i'll luck and habitually max
| ing something evil out of nothing, this
| self created misfortune is beginning to
| strike in on Mrs. Killjoy. She is such
| nuisance that persons really do speak
4 rudely to her sometimes to get rid of
! her She has worried people concern
| ing business matters so much that they
| really do not care when they pay her
| what they owe her or sometimes
| whether they pay her at all. When she
| makes bargains with people they some
| times do not keep their contracts. She
| has been saying all her life that she
| was thrown among villains who swim
| died her, so what wonder if it is begin
| ming to be true?
How to call down bad luck upon
yourself? Initiate Mrs. Killjoy. Tell
ing of bad luck brings bad luck.
But if you would have good fortune
good health, plenty of friends, take ex-
actly the opposite course. If unpleas-
ant incidents occur during a day, fol-
heavens sake, keep them to yourself
even put them out of your mind alto
gether. You can do it. Above all. dom
pour the story of your petty annoy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
Mechanical and
Scientific Grperte
Hmong Momen


void, the patent attorney and expert of
New York city. the young lady who at
the mature age of fourteen constructed
a telephone in her home and who today
can take apart a clock or a bicycle or a
sewing machine and put it together
probably better than it was in the first
place. No doubt she could do the same
with an automobile or a steam road
roller. She is especially interested,
however, in electrical machinery and
electrical science.
Miss Griswold recently returned home
from doing jury duty at st. Louis,
where ten solid acres of machinery en-
gagged her attention. The groups she
and the other gentlemen of the jury
passed judgment on were five. as fol-
lows: First, steam engines: second, va
rious motors; third, general machin-
cry; fourth. machine tools; fifth, arse
nal tools.
With a solid and patiently acquired
knowledge of mechanics and construc-
ton Miss Griswold is none the less,
perhaps because of her knowledge, ex-
tremely modest. She declares she
learned far more wisdom than she inn
parted as a machinery juror at the
worlds fair. Individuals of interna-
tional fame in the field of electrical en-
cheering and naval machinery were
her confreres. Along with the men of
~
mechanical experts viewed the machine
exhibits with this young American wo-
man and gave their judgment in the
| jurors meetings. The woman of her
was charmed with the exquisite man
ner and perfect courtesy of the French
| experts, a courtesy manifested not only
I to the one woman juror, but toward the
/ other gentlemen the board. Our
/ own countrymen will not grudge to
| their French brother jurors the high
| compliment Miss Griswold pays these
when she says that perhaps their court
| ly manners influenced the atmosphere
/ of the meetings.
Certainly 1 never met a group of
men who were discussing points of diff
ference that so thoroughly maintained
| perfectly even temperS amid such Sc
rious differences of opinion. 1t was
delight and a good part of my contin
uing education to serve on this jury
| You will note the words my contin-
uing education" Edith Griswold is full
| filling the mission whereto the race was
called-to be always learning. Posi-
bly, if the members of some wonlen's
organizations had had the estimable
privilege of attending the deliberations
of those scientific gentlemen they, too,
| might have learned an important les
son-that of perfectly good tempered
and polite elaboration
With the systematic, exact mind of
the mathematician Miss Griswold COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

it out sooner or later. not through
standard works of literature, certainly,
and perhaps, indeed, in anything but
the way her mother would have chosen
for her?
We can't control the world. you know
It is goodness and wholesomeness, with
knowledge, that counts, not the sugary
goodness that comes of silly emptiness
of brain.
But, to return to the main subject,
there is no reason in the world why
girls who ought to be refreshing in
their wholesomeness and simplicity
should be tight laced, French heeled
gigglers full of sentimental nonsense
and crude and warped ideas of life.
There can be no reason unless you give
as eason some silly mother who thinks
girls must be girls-of that kind-and
that they are simply working out their
evolution in the ordinary manner If
they simply "evolute" into the, alas, too
common type of silly, extravagant wo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
FALSE LOVERS.

He is callous individual who after
breaking a girls heart will congratu-
ate himself upon having got out of his
engagement. He is the type OF the
false lover, for he will promptly go and
make love to some other girl. He is al
ways in love with some one in his own
short lived fashion. Believing himself
to- be truly in love, he sets about max
ing the girl return his affection, ana
after much wooing she may give MIN
the love of her life. Once engaged, the
false lover gives up much of his love-
making, and his weak affection dies
completely out He has not intended
to be hard hearted; it is only that he
does not feel so keen upon marrying as
he did. He begins to picture some 9TH
er ideal, and before long things nave
come to such pass that he feels that
he must jilt the girl he has asked to
marry him, must throw her over and
be free again. Hard it may be Ter the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

to obtain a higher education at johns
Hopkins. A conservatism that more
than suggested bigotry and prejudice
was in the air at Johns Hopkins then,
yet the brainy girl students won out,
as they always do.
Miss Ladd's speciality was mathemat-
les in those days, and so gifted was she
in this branch that she won fellowships
in it at the university. After finishing
her studies at Baltimore she went to
Europe and pursued them further at
Gottingen and Berlin. In 1882 Miss
Ladd was married to Professor Fablan
Franklin, mathematician and editor,
also of Johns Hopkins.
Marriage with a fellow scientist did
not. however, close Mrs. Franklin's own
independent career, but only stimulated
it. She continued to delve into stud
les the most abstruse and difficult.
Color color vision and its psychology
and laws of manifestation have claim
ed her thought for years. She at length
evolved her own theory of color vision
and made it public in 1892. 1t received
immediate attention and consideration
from scientists in Europe and America.
1t sounds like an encyclopedia list, the
mention of the studies she has made,
the papers and text book lessons she
has prepared. She was associate ed
itor of the Dictionary of Philosophy and
Psychology she has charge of the de-
partment of optics in a psychological
periodical and is a writer on various
other topics.
Christine Ladd Franklin was also an
able representative of her sex at the
St Louis fair. She was early selected
to read two papers at one of its con-
crosses. One paper was read before
the section of logic and was entitled
1.-THE New View of the Infinite which
sounds sufficiently learned The other
paper was for the section of psychology
and was on the logic of the color ele-
ment In her lectures at Johns Hop
kins Mrs. franklin will deal with color
vision and symbolic logic. Having
studied the psychology and physiology
of the nervous system as she has, 1t IS
interesting to note that this learned
lady is strongly in favor of cycling as
an exercise. She writes:
1.-The development of the neuromus-
cular system involved in learning the
nice system of balancing required in
riding a wheel is an important source
of added mental power, as every psy-
| biologist knows
ALICE w. MORTIMER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

The prototypes of the sensitive plant
and of the cactus are obvious. but did
YOU ever consider for your own salts
faction. perhaps. another point of sim
ilarity?
Did you ever notice how much more
quickly some plants seem to shoot UP
and come to maturity than others-how
when they have barely a stem and a
couple of leaves they blossom and then
in nine cases out of ten never amount
10 anything again? On the other hand,
some other plant you voted slow be-
cause it did nothing but wax tall and
fat and round and put out leaves eter-
naIly-why. that plant suddenly bore
not one, but dozens of beautiful bios
SONS and remained the sturdiest plant
in the lot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29

but she must begin early. She must
give a girl the right sort of books to
read-classics instead of the usual
mushy girls books" And why on
earth, since we are on the subject,
should there be such a thing as girls
books?" Is 1t that their brains are too
weak to digest solid intellectual food
and they must be fed, so to speak. on
intellectual angel cake and marshmal-
lows? The girls book is often the
excuse for the future "woman's novel;
and ''woman's play and neither, by
the way, adds to literature or to the
drama
AS for its sole excuse-that it elimi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-29
Sudden Developers.

And that's the way with women
Watch the girl who at twelve longs for
corsets. at thirteen leases until she has
a pair at fourteen thinks of having
love affair and at sixteen is at her
prime, a perfect young lady" with hair
turned up, skirts turned down and all
the airs, graces and crafty wisdom be-
longing to eligible" femininity. Watch
that girl at twenty-five and notice the
perceptible whiting of the blossom. At
twenty-five she is passe, at thirty old
Then there's her. chun who enjoyed
her dolls at thirteen, was voted slow
by the advanced set in school when she