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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
HE HAD COURAGE.
But His Male-Up Was Lacking in Strategy
and 1t Avaiied Him Not.

and 1t Availed Him Not.
There are many times, albeit not char
acterized by startling frequency, when
the nerve - the emotional nerve - of
Macallistcr McIlhennv reasserts itself,
and for the moment gives hope to his
friends that he will yet storm the cit
claim it as his own, says the Detroit
FREE Press. The latest recrudescence,
so to speak, in this line manifested it.
self recently.
The buoyant and hopeful Mac had
found another sweet creature who had
permitted him to visit her after the first
call. In that alone was a certain tri-
umph to which Macallister McIlhenny
was not slow to respond.
On the occasion of which this chron-
icle treats he had tarried until he was
in sight of the wee sma' hours, and in
wild burst Of enthusiasm he had pro-
posed to her, as he had many, many
times proposed to so many, many other
maidens.
But the girl resented it as if men were
plenty.
"Go!" she answered him, haughti]y,
':go, sir!''
She was SO radiantly beautiful, and
Macallister McIlhenny was SO dead in
earnest, that before she knew what
had happened he had bent forward and
kissed her with aloud report.
''Sir!' she exclaimed, with great in
dignation, ''you have gone too far
II beg your pardon" he replied, non
chalantly, ''you told me to go, but you
didn't say how far, and went.''
But it availed him not. He had the
courage, but he lacked the strategic
quality, and once more he found him
self an emotional wandercr upon the
face of the cold, repellent earth.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
EFFECTS OF ANTITOxINE.
Its Use IN Germany Followed by Most
Hpueficcnt RpSuifS.

Its Use IN Germany Followed by Most
Eenefccnt Results.
Statistics showing the effect of the
use of diptheria antitoxinc in the Ger
man cities of Halle and Altoona We're
recently published, says the New York
Times. Between November IL, 1894,
and January IS Of this year, ia cases
were subjected to the serum treatment
in Halle, and the reports come from
thirty physicians. There were only
nine deaths, or a mortality Of less than
s per cent. Of eighty-nine cases treated
in private houses, six had a fatal ter
mination, and there were three deaths
out OF the remaining twenty-five cases,
which were treated in hospitals
In Il hospital at Altona antitoxine
WIS used in siXty-thrce cases between
September /, 1894, and March /, 1895.
Eight of the patients died, SO that the
mortality was 1860 per cent. In
thirty-onc of the siSty-thrce cases
trachcotomy was required but only
three OF these patients, or less than 10
per cent, succumbed to the disease.
This is regarded as a remarkable rec
ord for series of cases of this kind.
The annual mortality from diphtheria
in this hospital during the preceding
seven years had ranged from 1928 to
37.27 per cent
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
TEST TIE LIFE or RACES,
Interesting Experiment Shows White W.
taiity Greater Than Black.

Interesting Experiment Shows White W.
tai,ty Greater Than Black.
Many queer incidents are to be met
with at the public institutions in this
city, says the Philadelphia Record
The one that has attracted the most at
tention from scientific standpoint for
some time past was race for life or
death between a wee black atom of hui
manity and white one just as small
At one of the founding hospitals up
town the other day a colored male child
and white male child exactly the
same age, and weighing the same to
the fraction Of an ounce, were received
at the same time. They were both suf-
fcring from the same nilnent, which
appeared to be rather lack Of strength
than disease. The pulse and Temporal
ture were the same, and they were
placed in the incubators at the same
time. Here was a capital chance to
make test Of the stamina in the two
races, and the doctors entered into the
affair as heartily as if the little ones
were their own. 1t was a close call for
either one at first, but finally the pick
aninny seemed to grow stronger, Then
the white baby forged ahead, but
finally gave way to the colored one.
The white youngster never seemed to
give up heart. He even looked hope
full, while the black one appeared to
view continuation of the contest as
useless. One day the colored baby gave
up the struggle and died, but the white
youngster took a turn for the better
and now looks as if he would live out
mans Biblical allotment of wears
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ABOUT STRAWBERRIES.
The Place Which They Occupy i'll Bellies
IettreS.

The ancients did not know anything
about the strawberry. 1t was not cul-
tivated until the fifteenth century, says
the Pittsburgh Times, and perhaps first
in England. Shakespeare was fond OF
it, as he was of all good things. Sc
much is to be inferred from what he
makes Gloster say to the bishop of Ely
in the third scene of the third act of
"Richard Ill., .u -a....-
''My Lord of Ely, when l was last in
Holborn | saw good Strawberries in
your garden there. | do besecch you
to send for some of them"
And the bishop, undoubtedly pleased
at the complim to his garden, re.
piled:
Marry, and will, my lord with all
my heart
In Henry "" there is an interest
ing suggestion as to how they were
cultivated in the early day, as he makes
the bishop say:
The strawberry grows underneath
the ncttlc; and wholesome berries
thrive and ripen best neighborcd by
fruit Of baser quality"
spirits, author of the Complete Angler;
or,thc Contcrlplativc Mans Recreation, "
who, when he retired from business
with q competency, ''livcd mostly III
the families Of eminent clergymcn of
England, of whom he was much be-
loved'-he. too, was fond of the glo-
rious berry, for did'he not preserve the
saying Of DR.. Boteler, that ''doubtlcss
God could have made better berry,
but dou God never dido"
What did Horace Walpole do with
the twenty thousand pounds a year he
derived from the sinecure offices which
his atfectionatc father bestowed on
him? He spent it in building the
Gothic mansion which he called Straw
berry Hill.
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A JOURNALIST.
One Newspaper Writer Who Was Born to
the Work,

one Newspaper Writer Who Was Born to
the Work.
The multitudes Of young people who
are aspiring to be Journalists may gain
an idea what u born journalist really
is from the case Of NJ Augustc Vac
querie, distinguished newspaper
man" who died recently in Paris.
1t is stated on good authority that
from the time he began writing for the
press, at the age of about twenty. to
the time Of his death, at sevcnty-six,
Vacquerie had published in the French
journals twenty thousand, articles
signed with his name
For the greater part of this time he
published at least one signed article
every day. These articles were of a
high literary quality, and not only in
teresting but full Of spirit, hopefulness
and reformatory enthusiasm.
A man OF letters one day said to him:
I'M. Vacquerie, how can you write
every day an article full Of youth, spirit
and sense? 1t must be crushing taslS!''
"Why, no. answered Vacqucric
with surprise, ''it is no task at all. On
the contrary, it is necessary for my
health. Instead of wearying me, it
rests my brain to write an article
every day."
sucn man may surely be pro-
nounced born journalist. M. Vac
querie had not only gayety and bright
ness, but an important something
which many of our own journalists
sadly lack-a serious purpose and q
sense Of responsibility. A newspaper
always fills in its duty if it permits its
desire to' be eight" to render it flip
pant.
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
LIVING IN WASHINGTON.
How People Are Attracted to the N,
tiOnal CaDftai.

How People Are Attracted to the Ma
tional Capital.
1t would naturally be supposed that
business depression or financial panic
would not be felt in the city of Wash
ington, but this is not entirely the case.
At least two-thirds Of the inhabitants
of this city derive their living, directly
or indirectly, from the government,
says the Washington Star. The mer-
chant is dependent in a great measure
upon the patronage of government EN-.
ployes for support, and the two largest
stores in the city recently moved off
Pennsylvania and up town in order to
be convenient to the big departments.
In addition to this, an enormous sum is
paid out here directly from the treas
ury for pensions. Hundreds of pen
sioners have moved to the District of
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
Names OF the Mississippi.

The Mississippi has over a dozen ma
tive names, designations being given at
different points in it's course The AL.
gonquins called it the Meche Sabe, 9th.
er tribes termed it Chucagua, Mico,
Tumalasen, Tapala Ri and other names.
The Algonquin name was finally adopt
ed by the whites for the whole river.
The meaning is "father of waters"
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
Lontton's Death Rate.

London in 1894 had population OF
4,349, 1855 spread over 121 square miles,
according to the recent report of the
registrar general; an average of 37,25O
to the square mile and So to the acre.
The most densely populated districts
are Whitechapel; with 1866 to the acre,
and Shoreditch with 161. The death
rate was 17.S to 1000, the lowest since
record has been kept. The highest
death rate for the year in any English
town was 1913 in Liverpool.
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THE BRILLIANT DIAMOND.
An Old Couple Who were Fascinated with
Its SDarklinr Rava

An Old Couple Who were Fascinated with
Its Sparkling Rays.
u have often wondered" !" said jew
eler, Sat the fascination a brilliant big
diamond possesses for some people,
don't know how to account for it, but
the commandment that refers to covet-
BUSINESS is broken every second of the
day in front of my window. And the
erring ones are not mostly women,
either, as is generally supposed, but
men-some in the sere and yellow
epoch of age-stand before that window
and gaze upon my poor display of gems
with straining, bulging eyes. Last week
sold diamond that weighed little
over five carats. Previous to the sale T
The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-08
Ice In Russia.

Next to the United States comes Rus
sia in the consumption Of ice Through
out the summer ices are sold in the
streets Of almost every Russian town;
the demand in the shops is enormous,
and tea, as well as wine and beer, are
usually consumed half frozen. In St.
Petersburg alone there are over ten
thousand icehouses, where the winters
harvest is stored
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17
CHAPTER xIL-CoNr1NuEp.


zone night Maj. Sholto lost even more
heavily than usual. I was sitting in my
hut when he and Capt. Morstan came
stumbling along on the way to their
quarters. They were bosom friends,
those two, and never far apart. The
major was raving about his losses.
'''It's all up, Morstan,' he was say
ing, as they passed my hut. Z shall
have to send in my papers. am a
ruined man..
Nonsense, old chapr said the
other, slapping him upon the shoulder.
I've had nasty facer myself, but
That was all 1 could hear, but it was
enough to set me thinking.
ga couple of days later Maj. Sholto
was strolling on the beach; so took
the chance of speaking to him.
az wish to have your advice, major,
said I.
'''Well, Small, what is it?' he said,
taking his cheroot from his lips.
81 wanted to ask you, SIR said l..
who is the proper person to whom hid
den treasure should be handed over.
know where half million worth lies,
and, as cannot use it myself, I thought
perhaps the best thing that could do
would be to hand it over to the proper
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17

by a convict gang in the woods. He
was sick to death, and had gone to a
lonely place to die. took him in
hand, though he was as venomons as a
snake, and after couple of months I
got him all right and able to walk. He
took kind of fancy to me then, and
would hardly go back to his woods,
but was always hanging about my hut
] Learned a little of his lingo from him,
and this made him all the fonder of me.
''Tonga-for that was his name-was
a fine boatman, and owned big, roomy
canoe Of his own. When found that
he was devoted to me and would do
anything to serve me, saw my chance
of escape. I talked it over with him.
He was to bring his boat on certain
night to an old wharf which was never
guarded, and there he was to pick me
up. / gave him directions to have sew
eral gourds of water and a lot of vans,
cocoanuts and sweet potatoes.
He was staunch and true, was little
Tonga. No man ever had more faith
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17
SURE SIGNS.
Ephraim's sprucin' up. He's ben

Ephraim's sprucin' up He's ben
widower nigh q year.
He hain't never wore no such clo'es before,
And you might think twas kind O queer
His featherin' out so. Gracious mel
You'd have to be just as blind
AS o two-days kitten. not to see
What Ephraim's got in mind
He's got o checkcred nccktie, pink ~.
And white: and he paStes his hair,
What little he's got, down over the spot
Where it's gittin toler'ble bare
There's powerful strong perfumery smell
When he hists his hankerch'f out.
And he's bought kid gloves. II amt hard to
What Ephraim's thinkin' about
When Henrietty was livin'. he used
To let things slip and slide;
He was terrible slack, and close; hung back,
And didn't have no great pride.
He's paintin' the house now, and tearin' down
The ole wing. and spendin' free,
And havin bay winders put in Hull town
Knows what his intentions be.
He's bought q new buggy he didn't need,
Without any sort o. excuse;
He goes round with smirk. awful clipper and
chirk:
He's frisky's a colt broke loose
And VIC don't know whether it's Mary Chase
Err the Widow Bedell, er who
But it's jest as plain as the nose on your face
What Ephraim's goin to do.
Emma A. Upper, in Puck.
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I ful mate At tha nirht named he had

full mate. At the sight named he had
his boat at the Wharf. AS it CHANGED,
however, there was one of the convict
guard down therea vile Pathan who
had never missed chance of in
sulting and injuring me. had
always vowed vengeance, and now
had my chance. ] was as it
fate had placed him in my Way that /
might pay my debt before / left the
island. He stood on the bank with his
back to me and his carbine on his
shoulder. looked about for stone to
beat out his brains with, but none
could l see. Then a queer thought
came into my head and showed me
where could lay my hand on a weap-
on. I sat down in the darkness and un-
strapped my wooden leg. With three
long hops I was on him. He put his
carbine to his shoulder, but struck
of his skull in. You can see the split
in the wood now where hit him. We
both went down together, for could
not keep my balance, but when / got
up found him still lying quiet enough.
I made for the boat and in an hour we
were we'll out at sea. Tonga had
brought all his earthly possessions
with him, his arms and his gods
Among other things, he had a long
bamboo spear and some Andaman
cocoanut mating, with which ! made
sort of sail. For ten days we were
beating about, trusting to luck, and on
the eleventh we were picked up by
trader which was going from Singa-
pore to Jiddah with crowd of Malay
pilgrims. They were a rum crowd, and
Tonga and l soon managed to settle
down among them. They had one
good quality-they let you alone and
asked no questions.
''Well, if were to tell you all the
adventures that my little chum and /
went through, you would not thank
me, for would have you here until
the sun was shining. Here and there
we drifted about the world, something
always turning up to keepus from Lon
don. All the time, however, I never
lost sight of my purpose. I would
dream of Sholto at night. A hundred
times have killed him in my sleep.
At last, however, some three or four
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17

years ago, we found ourselves in Eng
land. I had no great difficulty in find
| ing where Sholto lived, and set to
| work to discover whether he had real
! lied the treasure, or if he still had it.
| I made friends with some one who could
| help mel name no names, for l don't
want to get anyone else in a hole-and
I soon found that he still had the jew
els. Then tried to get at him in many
ways; but he was pretty sly, and had
always two prize-fghters, besides his
sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over
him.
zone day, however, got word that
he was dying. hurried at once to the
garden, mad that he should slip out OF
my clutches like that, and, looking
through the window, saw him lying
in his bed, with his sons on each side
of him. I'd have come through and
taken my chance with the three of
them, only even as looked at him his
jaw dropped, and 1 knew that he was
gone. 1 got into his room that same
night, though, and l searched his
papers to see if there was any record of
where he had hidden our jewels.
There was not line, however, so /
came away, bitter and savage as man
could be. Before I left I bethought
me that if ever met my Sikh friends
again it would be a satisfaction to know
that I had left some mark of our ha-
tired; so / scrawled down the sign of the
four of us, as it had been on the chart,
and pinned it on his bosom. It was
too much that he should be taken to
the grave without some token from the
men whom he had robbed and befooled.
s'We earned living at this time by
my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and
other places as the black cannibal. He
would eat raw meat and dance. his war
dance; so we always had a hatful of
pennies after days work. 1 still
heard all the news from Pondicherry
Lodge, and for some years there was
no news to hear, except that they were
hunting for the treasure. At last, how
ever, came what we had waited for so
long. The treasure had been found.
It was up at the top of the house, in
Mr.. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical
laboratory. l came at once and had
look at the place, but could not see
how with my wooden leg I was to make
my way up to it. I learned, however,
about a trap-door in the roof,
and also about Mr.. Sholto's sup
per hour. It seemed to me that
could manage the thing east
ly through Tonga. I brought him
out with me with long rope wound
round his waist. He could climb like
cat, and he soon made his way through
the roof, but, as i'll luck would have it,
Bartholomew Sholto was still in the
room, to his cost. Tonga thought he
had done something very clever in kill
ing him, for when / came up by the
rope I found him strutting about as
proud as peacock. Very much sur
prised was he when made at him with
the ropes end and cursed him for lit
tie bloodthirsty imp. took the treas
ure-box and let it down, and then slid
down myself, having first left the sign
of the four upon the table, to show
that the jewels had come back at last
to those who had most right to them
Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed
the window, and made off the way
that he had come.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17
Salaries and Incomes of Rulers.

There is certainly one very nice fea-
ture about being a potentate, and that
is the income that comes to the occu-
pant of a lofty place. Besides having
all his wants attended to, and a large
number of palaces at his disposal, the
emperor of Russia is said to receive
$4,000 day; the sultan of Turkey re-
ceives $4,000 day; the emperor of
Austria rejoices in $4,000 day; EN-
peror William has to get along on $4,000
from breakfast to bedtime; Queen Vic
toria has $4,000 to spend every week,
and the president of the United States
receives a trifie under thousand dol
lars week, but a great deal of free
advertising goes with the Office.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-07-17

~ WISH TO HAVE YOUR ADVICE, MAJOR. .
authorities, and then perhaps they
would get my sentence shortened
'''Half a million, Small?' he gasped,
looking hard at me to see if / was in
earnest.
"'Quite that, sir - in jewels and
pearls. 1t lies there ready for anyone.
And the queer thing about it is that
the real owner is outlawed and cannot
hold property, SO that it belongs to the
first conner
mered-'to government But he said
it in a hating fashion, and I knew in
my heart that / bad got him.
"'You think then, sir, that I should
give the information to the governor
general@ saidI, quietly.
'''Well, well, you must not do any
thing rash, or that you might repent.
Let me hear all about it, Small. Give
me the facts
81 told him the whole story with small
changes so that he could not identify
the places. When had finished be stood
stock still and full of thought. / could
see by the twitch of his lip that there
was struggle going on within him.
'''This is very important matter,
Small he said, at last. You must not
say word to anyone about it, and I
shall see you again SOON
1.-TWO nights later he and his friend
Capt. Morstan came to my hut in the
dead of the night with lantern.
4 want you just to let Capt. Nor
stan hear that story from your own
lips, Small, said he.
II repeated it as I had told it before.
g Tt rings true, eh?' said he. It's
good enough to act upon?'
"Capt. Morstan nodded
'ssLook here, Small, said the major.
'We have been talking it over, my
friend here and /, and we have come to
the conclusion that this secret Of yours
lis hardly a government matter, after
all, but is private concern sof your
own, which of course you have the,
power of disposing of as you think
best. Now, the question is, what price
would you ask for it? We might be in
-clined to take it up, and at least look
into it, if we could agree as to terms.
He tried to speak in a cool, careless
way, but his eyes were shining with
excitement and greed.
'''Why, as to that, gentlemen an
severed, trying also to be cool, but feel
ing as excited as he did, there is only
one bargain which a man in my posi-
ton can make. / shall want you to
help me to my freedom, and to help my
three companions to theirs. We shall
then take you into partnership, and
give you fifth share to divide be-
tween you
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-10-04

Sixty-four hundredths of an inch OF
rain fell last night and quite as n UGH fol.
lowed at intervals up to noon to-day. This
is the usUal October storm that marks
the final passing of the summer, although
no frost of consequence has yet touched
vegetation here. The farmers say it will
delay the corn harvest, but it will
serve to season the fodder so that every
particle of it can be gathered.
P. H. Lease is down from Espanola
valley to-day. He has contract to ship
to Colorado points four or five car loads
of apples, if the freight rate is made
reasonable. All summer Mr.. Lease has
supplied Creed, Silverton, Alamosa and
other southern Colorado points with
fruit and vegetables, and has paid the D.
& R. G. company about 5000 a month for
transportation charges. He in common
with other Santa Fe county fruit growers
expresses hope that the railroad and ex-
press companies will next season do the
fair thing and materially reduce the
present high rate for these commodities.
Recent visitors to San Juan county
state that Judge E. G. Foster, of Iowa,
who is accompanied by his wife, the
famous Republican orator, Mrs. J. Helen
Foster, ia now there and enuaped in the
construction of a canal on the mesa back
of Pennington. The primary object is
to wash gold from the placer ground
thereabouts.