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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
A JOB FOR CONGRESS-
Investigate fhe administrations
Deal With Money! Sharks.
The Gold %yndIcale rs Playing a
Shrewd and Close Game. and the
Consequence Es Likely to BE
an Inflow of Bonds and an
Export of Gold to Deplete
the Treasury Reserve.

While Grover Cleveland is enjoying
himself at Buzzards Bay and letting
the government run itself as best it can
his goldbug friends in Wall street are
preparing to put another chattel mort
gage on the property of the country.
Gold continues to flow out Of the states
to Europe, and the syndicate which prof
itet to the extent Of $10,000,0OO by the
former sale of our bonds is keeping the
treasury on the verge of the 500, ,00O,-
900 which they contracted should re-
main unimpaired until October, when
it is probable that new issue of bonds
will become necessary. This will result
IN another profit Of millions of dollars
for the syndicate, it having been stipu-
lated that they should negotiate the
bonds if a further issue should be placed
Oh the market.
The transactions in gold make it ap-
pear that the syndicate is playing a
shrewd and close game. The conse-
quence is likely to be all inflow of bonds
and an export of gold that will so de-
plete the treasury reserve that the syn
dlcate will again be appealed to and the
milking process will be repeated to the
benefit of everybody interested except
the American people, who will have to
pay the fiddler.
Such an inefficient, incompetent, if
not corrupt, administration Of the coun-
try's financial affairs was never before
witnessed in our history, and the sub
ject is one that necessitates the imme-
diate attention of congress when it con-
venes in December. The responsibility
for the steady growth in the national
debt in time of profound peace should
be placed where it belongs, and in that
case the shoulders Of Mr.. Cleveland and
his advisers will be none too sturdy to
bear the burden. An investigation of
the relations existing between the ad-
ministration and the money sharks on
both sides Of the Atlantic is in order
and should be fearlessly and thoroughly
carried out by congressional commit
tee.-New York Dispatch.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17

onion juice. obtained by cutting a
slice from large onion and pressing
the remainder against CRATER Pour
this mixture into buttered dish after
all the ingredients are we'll incorpo-
rated. Set the dish into another con-
tanning hot water and bake. Serve
with tomato or cream sauce.-Ohio
Farmer.
Coffee as a Deodorizer.--A sprinl1-
ling of fresh-ground coffee will keep
game sweet for several days. Soon
after the game is shot, wipe off the
blood, cover the wounded parts with
absorbent paper, wrap up the heads.
and then sprinkle ground coffee over
and amongst the feathers or fur, as
the case may be; pack up carefully,
and the game will be preserved sweet
and fresh in the most unfnvorable
weather. Game sent open and loose
cannot, of course, be treated in this
manner, but all game packed in boxes
or hampers may. a teaspoontul Of
coffee is enough for a brace Of birds,
and in this proportion for more or
larger birds. Liverpool (Eng.) Mer-
curry.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
WEATHER IN HIGH ATTITUDES.
Signal Stations in tho Mountains of Eu-
rope and America.

Signal Stations in tho Mountains of Eu-
rope and America.
In paper recently read before the
Boston Scientific sociaty Mr.. Rotch, of
the Blue Hill observatory, makes some
statements about high-altitude sta
tions for meteorological observation.
The first summit station i'll the world
was that established in 1870 upon
Mount Washington. at an elevation of
G.2s0 feet. Some remarkable obscrva-
tions have been made there, such, for
instance, as temperature Of fifty de-
grees below zero during the progress
Of gale blowing at 1S4 miles an hour
The station at Pixies Peak, ii, 1874 feet
high, has been closed and there are
now but two summit stations in the
United States where observations are
made regularly, viz, at the Lick OBJ
scrvatory and at Blue hill, near Bos-
ton. The highest meteorological sta
tlon in the world is that maintained
by Harvard college observatory in
Peru, at the summit of El Misti. 10, 800
feet. 1t is visited several times a
month by one of the staff of the Har-
ward observatory below. at Arequipa,
who attends to it's self-reg gistcring in
struments, checks the readings, etc.
A splendid chain of high-ultitude sta.
tlons exists in France, including those
on Mount Vcntoux, G.25O feet. and the
Pic du Midi, 0,44O feet. The highest of
the stations established by NJ. Naliot
on or near Mount Blanc is at the
Rochers des Bosses, IA, 800 feet. which
is provided with self-recording instru-
ments capable Of running two weeks
without attention, and is in use during
the summer The Mont Blanc obser
vatory of M. Jansen is not yet in op-
Grafton; it has an altitude of Is, 7SO feet.
The highest permanent observatory
now in use in Europe is the sonnblicz
station, ITO feet, in the Austrian
Alps, which has given valuable results
Switzerland and Italy have well To-
Gated and equipped mountain stations.
and the one on Ben Nevis, in England.
though not SO high, has given a ten
years unbroken series Of hourly OBJ
servations OF course it is possible to
send self-rccording Instruments up in
balloons to a much greater heiGht
than a person could reach and be able
to breathe. An altitude of ten miles
and over has been reached by this
means in France, and last July in
Germany, with very valuable results.
Kites also have carried anemomcters
to considerable heights with good re-
suits DR.. Berson last year reached an
altitude OF 10000 feet, or nearly six
miles, making from his balloon soma
very significant observations upon
temperature and humidity, winds and
clouds, IN seldom visited region.
lie is said to have suffered little from
the diminishing pressure of the atmos-
phere at this great height, probably
because OF his inhalation Of oxygen
from time to time.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
THE MAFlA OF ITALY.
Origin Of the Blood-Staned Society-Thc
Massacre of Palermo.

Origin Of the Blood-Stained Society-Thc
Massacre of Palermo.
Crime-stained as it is to-day, and
ghastly with murder every step of its
tortuous, secret career, the Malta of
Italy sprang into being from an in
spiration of patriotism, but its very
birth was heralded by ibation Of
blood
The Malta society is over six hundred
years old, having it's origin at the re-
volt OF Palermo, which took place dur
ing an Easter ceremonial in the SUBJ
urbs Of that city, in the year 1882. A
beautiful young girl and her betrothed,
in accordance with the quaint and
primitive customs of that people, ap-
preached the Church of the HOLY
Ghost to be united in marriage at its
altar, and while the lover sought the
padre in the little room at the rear Of
the luilding his bride paused upon the
Threshold.
AS she stood there a drunken SER
gcant OF the French garrison, named
Druet, stlode up behind her threw his
arm abous l1er waist and kissed her.
With q cry of horror she tore herself
from his grasp and turned to ny, but
the heel of her slipper caught in the
coping of the stone pavement and she
fell, striking her head against sharp
projection OF the corncc.
AT that instant the returning lovers
eyes fell upon her prostr;i tc form, and
with the savage fury of wild beast
he threw himself upon Druct, bore him
to the earth, and drove his stilctto to
the wretch's heart, crying: ''Morte ALA
Francia"' C"Death to the French!'D
There was a moments pause of
silence, and then that maddened crv
became the roar of infuriated thou
sands. 1t swelled and dcepcncd; it
took more solemn meaning-it became
nationalized--nnd then burst forth:
"Mortc ALA Francia Italia anelea!''
c'Death to the French is Italy's cry!;)
For seventy-two hours armed bands,
headed by the father and betrothed of
the hapless girl, hunted down the
French.
But retribution was to come after
this carnival of blood, and in dread of
the vengeance of the French nation
these unhappy people formed them
selves into secret organizat tions with
the password and name of the society
made up Of the initial letters of the
words which compose that fateful
death cry, thus forming Malta.
Its object was resistance to oppres-
sion. and as the lapse of years added to
it's power and influence it stretched
forth its hand against the rich and
mighty in behalfot the poor and down
trodden. To-day it is the hideous cloak
of the assassin Of the night. London
Tit Bits.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
NEBRASKA HUMBUCS
The TriCks&erS Who Hre Called
administration Democrats"
The Financial Plank Adopted at Lin
cOln Interesting Particularly by
What 1t Does Not $ay-Plat-
form of IS92 Interpreted. Ac-
cording to the Ideas of
President Cleveland.

The financial plank of the platform
adopted by the SO called "administra-
tion Democrats" who met at Lincoln
on Sept. S, is an interesting document,
not only because of what itsays, but also
because Of what it fails to say.
That platform indorses the national
Democratic platform Of 1899, not, how
ever, as it appears, but according to
1.-THE Interpretation placed thereon by
the president. We had thought that, in
the estimation of Grover Cleveland,
John G. Carlisle and their yotaries, the
national platform of 1892 was SO plain
that he who ran might read and under
stand, and that he who did not sub
scribe adherence to it's plain mandates
was not Democrat, but now we have
the officeholders and office seekers un-
der the lead of Banker Harwood, an ex-
Republican, declaring that the platform
OF 1899 must have an Interpretation in
order that it may be understood at all;
that Grover Cleveland has interpreted
it, and that they believe in Grover.
That the platform of 1892 is ambigu-
GUS in it's terms and needs Interpretation
to be understood is exactly what bimet-
alllsts have contended for ever since
1893. But they have contended for more
They have contended and still contend
that the Interpretation put on the plat
form Of 1892 by President Cleveland is
without warrant, either in the letter OF
spirit Of that platform, and is irreconcil-
ably opposed to all Democratic history
and tradition on the subject.
This plank in the platform of 1892
was never considered III the campaign of
that year, the tariff being the only issue
discussed, and that was the issue on
which Mr.. Cleveland was elected. Had
the money plank been considered and
had Mr.. Cleveland interpreted it as he
now interprets it Mr.. Cleveland would
not have been taken from the genial
ompanionship of his Wall street friends.
To say, then, that Mr.. Cleveland s inter-
probation must be taken as orthodox
Democracy, and that the Interpretation
Of vast number of the Democratic
members of both houses of congress
must be rejected as unsound, is mere
nonsense. Between Grover Cleveland,
representing Wall street, and more than
175 Democratic mem bers of both houses
OF congress-, representing the Thought
and the bone and sinew of Democracy in
every section of the country, real Demo-
Gratis will prefer the latter.
But why did not our friends, the "pie
blters" and national bankers, tell the
people of Nebraska what Mr. Cleve-
lands Interpretation was? Why did they
not tear off the mask of hypocrisy and
in plain English declare for the gold
standard? That is what their declara-
tion Of adherence to Mr.. Cleveland's in
depreciation means Why, then, did they
not say SO? Do they fear the people?-
Omaha Wor]d-Herald.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
REMEDIAL VALUE OF FOOD.
Choose Menus Wisely and Throw Physic
to. the Dogs.

Choose Menus Wisely and Throw Physic
the Dogs.
There will come a time, says re-
cent writer, when no medicine will be
administered, except in acute and sud-
den attacks. Disease will be cured by
foods. a.
The intelligent housemother is test
ing the valuc of this assertion in her
daily ordering of tho meals Of her
household, for her lately acquired
knowledge of dietetics has put her on
the way to such enlightenment. A
list of food remedies compiled by the
Housekeeper is condensed and sug-
gestive. and worth cutting out and
pasting in the back of the family re-
ceipt book:
Celery is invaluable as Il food for
those suffering from any form of rheu-
matism; for diseases of the nerves and
nervous dyspepsia.
Lettuce is useful to those suffering
from insomnia.
Water cress is remedy for scurvy
Peanuts for Indigestion; they are es-
pecially recommended for corpulent
diabetes. Peanuts are made into a
wholesome and nutritious soup, are
Drowned and used as coffee, are eaten
as a RELISH simply baked, or are pre-
pared and served as salted almonds.
Salt to check bleeding at the lungs,
and as nervinc and tonic for weak,
thin-blooded invalids. Combined with
hot water is useful for certain forms of
dyspepsia, liver complaint, etc.
Onions are almost the best nervine
known. No medicine is so useful in
cases Of nervous prostration, and there
is nothing else that will SO quickly re-
lieve and tone up a worn-out system
Onions are useful in all cases of coughs.
colds. and influenza; in consumption,
insomnia, hydrophobia, scurvy, gravel
and kindred liver complaints. Eaten
every day, they soon have clearing
and whitening effect on the complex
ion. r
Spinach is useful to those suffering
with gravel.
Asparagus is used to induce perspir-
alton.
Carrots for sufferers from asthma.
Turnips for nervous disorders and
for scurvy.
Raw beef proves Of great benefit to
persons Of frail constitution, and to
those suffering from consumption. 1t
is chopped fine, seasoned with salt, and
heated by placing it in a dish in hot
water. 1t assimilates rapidly and af-
fords the best of nourishment.
Eggs contain a large amount of nu-
triment in compact quickly availa-
Bile form. Eggs, especially the yolks
of eggs, are useful in jaundice Beaten
up raw with sugar are used to clear
and strengthen the voice. With sugar
and lemon juice the beaten white of
egg is used to relieve hoarseness.
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
cleansing, healing and nourishing.
Fresh ripe fruits are excellent for
the blood and toning up the
system. AS specific remedies, oranges
are aperient. Sour oranges are highly
recommended for rheumatism.
Watermelon for epilepsy and for yell
low fever.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
RAILROADS.

THE eleven large roads west of Chi
cago now have an aggregate mileage of
sixty-three thousand nine hundred and
nine miles.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has aroused Brit
ish wrath by saying that it would pay
England to burn up her railroad equip
ment and replace it with American
models.
THE express companies doing busi-
ness in Minnesota evidently intend to
con lest the law recently passed in that
state declaring such companies COM
mon carriers and placing them under
the supervision of the state railroad
commission.
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Cranberries for erysipelas; are used
externally as we'll as internally.
Lemons for feverish thirst in sick
ness, for biliousness, low fevers, rheu-
matism, colds, coughs, liver complaint,
etc.
Blackberries as a tonic. Useful in
all forms OF diarrhea.
Tomatoes are a powerful aperient for
the liver, a sovereign remedy for dys-
pepsia and for indigestion. Tomatoes
are invaluable in all conditions of the
system in which the use of calomel is
indicated.
Figs are aperient and wholesome.
They gre said to be valuable as a food
for those suffering from cancer; they
are used externally as we'll as inter
nully.
bananas are useful as food for
those suffering from chronic tliarrhea.
Apples arc useful in nervous dyspep-
sia; they arc nutritious, medicinal and
vit@!izing; they aid digestion, clear the
voice, correct tho ;.cidity OF the stom-
ach, are valuable in rheumatism, in
sol.lnia and liver troubles. An apple
contains as much nutriment as a potato
in q pleasanter and more wholesome
form.
Grapes dilute thick blood, send the
circulation to the surface, remove OBJ
structions from liver and lungs, dis
solve aud dislodge gravel and cclculi,
and bring the stomach and Gowels to {,
healthy condition. .......
Pieplant is wholesome and apericut,
is excellent for rheumatic sufferers.
and useful for purifying the blood
Detroit Free Press.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-10-17
She Called Him a Donkey

''I-aw-observe there is fine collec-
tion of plawnts here" said Dudely
Canesucker, at the New York flower
show, to Miss Bondclipper
Yes, they are very fne,' observed
Miss Daisy Bondclipper.
I'm very fond of plants, myself,
doncher know. Do you know the
name Of my favorite plawnt?"
II think l can name it. It's the
thistle, isn't it?"-Texas siftings.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23
No. 649.-A Zigzag.

All the words described contain the same
number of letters. When rightly guessed
and placed one below another, the diago-
nails, beginning at the upper left hand let
ter and ending at the lower right hand let
ter, will spell name often given to Hora-
ito Nelson.
Crosswords: l. A row or rank 2. A
buzzing sound. 3. TO assist. 4. A mas
culine name. 5. Equable. 6. The flower
de-luce. z. A musical instrument 8. To
cheat. 9. To lift. 10. To stop. II. A re-
verberation. II. A plant beloved by Welsh
men. IS. A protuberance. IA. To scott.
Is. To battle. 16. A cupola.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23
No. 647.-Biographical Enigma.


My whole is a quotation (translated)
from Horace, containing 81 letters.
1. My AZ, 4, IL. 10, So, 49, "That mighty
orb of song"
Q. My 8, 70, 10, II, 1, 80, rs, so, 90, SO,
"The last great Englishman. "
8. My 80, II, 43, 81, z, 1.-THE father was
of Tuscan song"
4. My 76, 80, 10, 49, 80, so, &c, 81, "Na-
ture formed but one such man."
8. My "A, 40, II, 6, 81, %, Whom CHM
abue found among the sheep.
6. My 81, "a, 50, IS, rs, Last of the
Puritan tribunes, and the BEST"
2. Ny 30, 70, So, 40, "a, 70, So, 75, 80,
Laureate of the gentle craft.
8. My 81, 80, q 33, SO, "The hero born
by whom the undaunted Tyrolese were
led"
8. My 35, "a, 10, 9, SO, "a, IS, 49, 50, 4b,
4s, "Set free the negro and is worth a mil
lion fighters -
10. My 90, 4e, "A, Sc, "The shepherd
poet"
II. My 8, Sc, 40, 10, II, 81, 90, 65,
"Monarchs bowed the trembling limb and
thanked him for throne"
- My 9, 8, 68, 25, rs, 80, "Rome's'
sublimest homicide
1s. My 81, IA, 80, 81, SO, Expires
driveler and a show"
IA. My IS, 81, Al, 46, "Perished by the
justest doom which ever the destroyer yet
destroyed"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23
No. 648.-Charade.

"Dear me-, grumbled Uncle Joel, "since
the two of 'ALLs' and the simple meth
cd Of using them, one hardly dares step
out Of doors through fear that some hend
Of the ALL may be lying in wait fol- him
and will snap him up!" But poor Uncle
Joel's patience was taxed to the utmost
when one day, in working with some ma
Ohinery, he caught his finger in LONE"
and learned soon after that people all over
the village were laughing at the wry face
he made for the GALL" fiend was there un-
observed at the time of the accident, and
now Uncle Joel would "like to lay his
hands on him.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23

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No. 646.-Anagrams: Fishes. /. Por-
poise. Q. Grampus. 8. The Pout. 4. The
Turbot 5. The Muskallunge. 8. The Fly
ing Fish. z. The Cabrilla 8. Maokerel.
9. Oyster. 10. Menhaden II. The Whale.
10. Torpedo. ID. The Pike IA. Cuttleflsh.
Is. Lamprey. Is. Nautilus IL. Gilthead.
49, 8 q Orb
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.

cake. exit. NclsG
A line. loud noise. A method OF
cooking.
An escort To drill. To exulA
A lawyers Terror. A banquet.
pay.
A direction to To mock. To tribe.
oxen.
An exclama- Learning. ''No Ion ger
ton. possessed"
To behold. Withered. Ended.
No. 652.-Qualities Of Authors.
What author works to conflne water in
o canal?
What one is robustly healthy
What one is at the head of the Roman
Catholic church?
What one prepares food for the tablet
What one is part of the Netherlands
What one is a small, timid animale
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23

No. 651.-A Grammatical Puzzle.
Positive. Comparative. Superlative.
A farming kind of A multitude.
utenEil. frost.
An unbAksd A place for Tl0Aanx par
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23
Key to the Puzxler.

No. 638.-Numerical: Society.
No. 639.-Illustrated Refuses: ]. The
burden Is light that is we'll borne. Q. II
your CRATE be empty, pour coal on; II full,
stop pouring coal on. 8. When twilight
let her curtain down, she pinned it with q
star.
No. 640.-A Word Puzzle: Plague. Ague.
Page Gaul.
No. Transformation: Cost, Scot,
cot, Oct., ct.
No. 642.-Crossword: Gnu.
No. 643.-Numerical Enigma: Washing
ton.
No. 644.-Curtailed Decapitation: !.
Trunk, run. 2. Pirate, rat. 8. Scarf, car.
No. 646.-A Diamond:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-10-23

The unnumbered picture may be de-
scribed by word of five letters. From
these five letters 13 words may be formed,
to describe the 10 small pictures.
Nicholas.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-14
The Norwegian Plan.

1t is proposed, in Massachusetts. to
permit cities of 5000 or more inhab-
itants to adopt, IL they wish, the Nor
wegian system of regulating the liquor
traffic, In modified form. According to
the plan suggested in Massachusetts,
the company to whom q license shall
be issued by the state can receive only
per cent. profits on It's invested capi-
tai. One-half of the remaining profits
Is to go to maintaining public
coffee houses, or public reading rooms,
or both; one-fifth to the municipality
In which the liquor store is situated,
one-tenth to the county, and the re-
mainder to the governor and council
for the maintenance of state asylums,
reform schools and prisons
In commenting upon this proposition,
the Philadelphia Press makes the
rather unexpected admission that
high license and local option have
worked measurably well. but any prac-
ticable scheme that promises better will
be welcomed by the public. The con-
viction is steadily growing that bust
ness which causes so much crime and
costs state and municipal governments
80 much to control should return a
~ share Of It's profits to the pub
nohibitionist would doubt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-14
THAT BIG CANAL JOB.
pubIic Ownership Is Best

Minneapolis Tribune: 1.-THE bill as
passed is virtually a measure to subsidlZe
a private company to the extent OF SO,-
600 Under it the United States guaran-
tees the bonds of the company to that
amount. There is a pretense of protect
ing the government by giving 1t hrst
mortgage on all the property of the COM
pany-but the government had the same
protection in the case of the Paciilc rail-
roads, and what did it amount to? While
the promoters of those roads who received
the government subsidy made millions out
of the enterprises, the government has
never received one cent. The Nicaragua
canal seems TO he Il more uncertain speCu-
la ton for the government than even the
canal can be built for 800, 900 900, of which
the United States virtually furnishes sO,-
900. 600, but no intelligent man believes II
can be built for that money. 1t will prob
ably cost $500, 900 900 before 1t is finished, IL
1t ever is finished. If the canal Is feasible
and necessary, and our government is to
furnish the bulk of the capital, 1t would be
much better for 1t to undertake the work
single handed and alone than to admit
private parties as side partners. The side
partners will be sure TO get the best of
it in one way or another. If the govern
ment owns 1t outright 1t will be Il genuine
" national institution, and the United
States would have the right and the power
to defend 1t from all aggressors.'