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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-06-06
MICROBES AND DIGESTION.

Serms Now Said to Eo Absolutely Nao-
essary to Proper ass..,ilation.
Inc ubiquitous microbc is known to
present two sides or phases to it's char
acter. One is that of a disease -produc-
ing organism, the other that of the
benefcent remover of dccaying matter
writes DIR. Andrew Wilson, and of ac-
tually assisting the animal body to
perform certain of is ordinary vital
unctions-digestion, to-,vit. TO what
extent the animal may be dependent
on microbes for its ;l@.. i1"l welfare is an
open question, but il q IT; IN researches
undertaken by DR.. j. Kijanizin, of the
University of Kieff, are to be credited.
there may indeed exist a closer alliance
between germs and their hosts than
has hitherto been deemed possible.
This investigator experimental upon
animals, feeding them on food which
has practically been stelilized, and Civ
ing them air which had been rendered
wholly germless. One result of this
regimen was to limit the assimilation
OF heterogeneous matter; the idea here
being that the presence of microbes in
the digestive tract is necessary to ef-
feet this desirable end of nutrition.
The microbes left in the intestine. or
originally present there, no doubt ac-
cornplished much of the work: but the
conclusion is that the microbes re-
cclved with the food constitute an es-
sentlal feature OF healthy assimila-
ton. Death was not the uncommon
fate Of many of the animals supplied
with the sterilized food and air. This
result may, perchance, arise from proc
csses Of self-poisoning such as the mi
crobes, naturally present in air and
food, obviate and prevent
What seems specially interesting,
however, is the new analogy which DR.,
kijanizin's experiments reveal between
the animal and the plant worlds. Ger
tain plants can only assimilate nitro
gen through the action and aid of the
microbes which live in nodules on their
roots. In Tie absence of these friendly
germs no assimilation of NITROGEN is
possible. Therefore the case Of the
plant would seem to be closely related
to that Of the animal, if it be proved
that the nutrition of the latter cannot,
proceed naturally without the aid Of
the helpful microbes
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JAPAN'S EMPRESS
One OF the Cleverest and Most Progress
i've Women of Her Land.

One OF the CIeverest and Most Progress
i've Women of Her Land.
The empress Of Japan is a clever
woman according to the japanese
standard. That she is amiable goes
without saying; she is deeply imbued
with western ideas with regard to the
status of woman, and the influence she
has exercised in the state as we'll as the
domestic circle has bccn worthy a
woman born and reared among the
most liberal ideas of the occidcnt, saws
a writer in the Pail Mall Magazine.
Her readers and teachers have found
their seed falling into good soil. She
began at once to interest herself in
silk culture, lacemaling and cmbroid-
erv. to,,oto o,,t .s.s ,I, a,,,.,.,..,
to instruct her majesty in the art of
silk weaving and care of the worms.
etc. Lace schools are under her pat
ronage, and she has never failed to en-
courage any industry and education
among women. She is most beneyo-
lent, giving to charity with free hand.
1t is said that she gives SO literally
OF her private allowance that
were it not for the care of the
chancellor of the cxchequcr she would
bea bankrupt before the end of the first
week of the quarter. Tho pccrescy;'
school is especially under her FOSTERING,
care, as well as several of the hospitals
IN Toxic. She is particularly fond of
children, and often goes into the chill
drcns wards with her arms full of
gifts for the little ones Each autumn
there is held a fancy fair or bazar for
the purpose of raising money for the
public charities, and her majesty makes
2 point of spending one afternoon there,
puying liberally; and, if one did not
now that she was the empress, there
would be no outward sign to discover
her identity. She wore tailor suit of
dark blue, sealslsin cloak and blue
bonnet, with feathers and aigrcttcs,
when | saw her, and was fair to look
upon. The entire survicc of the palace
and of the cnlpcror's table is European,
silver, porcelain and glass being
marked with the imperial crest of the
sixtecn-petaled chrysanthcmum, and
the kiri mon Of the Poulownia i1nperi-
ais appearing on the decorative design
woven in the white napery and traced
on the delicate porcelain surface.
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To Manufacture Glass Pipe.

A new method Of manufacturing glass
pipe has been discovered which prom
ises to revolutionize that industry It
has hitherto been found impossible to
mold large glass tubes of any great
length because the glass would cool
while running into the mold, and the
structure Of the tube was not homo
geneous. The new method consists Of
using mold with movable piston.
The piston is just enough smaller than
the outer shell of the mold to allow
for the thickness OF the tube to be
made. The piston is placed the bottom
OF the mold and as the molten glass is
poured in the piston is forced upward
by hydraulic pressure. Pipes are made
by this process in sections six feet long
and are used for sewers and water pipes.
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the candle. But in the matter Of suits
there might surely be some improve
ment That the becoming and graceful
bicycle costume is yet to be invented is
one OF the strongest impressions re-
sulting from a boulevard stroll. Now
and then you see a costume not conspc-
uously dreadful, but the overwhelming
majority recall the artists criticism
upon his pupils latest picture That's
not bad" said the artist. mo; it's not
bad, it's worse" 1t would seem as
though every style of bicycle suit had
its own peculiar disadvantage. Bloom
ers, of course, entail masculine not
to speak Of feminine, disapproba-
t1on The short skirt is simply in the
way and is little or no protection; the
long skirt gets still more in the way,
especially If it be full, while if scant
it shows off the figure most unfortun-
ately. A long sEirted bodice spreads
out like sail and catches the wind;
short-sllirted bodice makes you wish
it were longer. Wheel women too, diff
fer as to just which stye of suit is best
adapted for riding. One of Philadel-
phia's best bicyclists declares that the
only time she finds her long skirts in
the way is when she dismounts her ma
chine to climb a hill. All stout women.
it one may judge from the spectacle
upon the boulevard, are in favor of
bloomcrs-and the stouter the woman
the scanter the boomers Some riders
wear their Easter bonnets and new
spring capes when upon the bicycle
just as they would when in a buggy;
but although they present a grateful
contrast to the bloomered chaperones
OF the track, such apparel has certain
unfitncss. Not the least interesting
feature OF the boulevard show is the
spectators. They gather thiclSly upon
the sidewalk and cape for hours at the
rapidly revolving wheels before them.
Most of the crowd are men, and it is
curious to watch the expression on
their faces when they catch sight of a
woman bicyclist. This expression is
always the same, only varying in de-
gree. Bloomers bring out it's superla-
tive qualities 1t does not under any
circumstances, however, suggest espe-
clal respect, reverence or admiration
for the woman bicvclist: in fact. it
seems hardly inclined to take her seri-
ously at all. The sooner that she is
taken seriously, however, both by the
onloolScrs and by herself, the greater
will be the chance Of an Improvement
in her costume.
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WOMAN ON A WHEEL.
ehe may Have a Good Time, But She Is
Not Thing OF Beauty.

Not a Thing OF Beauty.
Bicycle riding for women may be a
Joy forever, but it is not thing of
beauty. If you're inclined to doubt
this. statement, says the New York
Evening Sun, just take stroll up the
boulevard any fine day, Sunday pre-
ferred. The Sabbath seems to appeal
particularly to the woman bicyclist.
1t isn't alone her much-dscussed cos
tune that violates all your accepted
standards Of the eternal fitness Of
things; the very act and motion of pro-
pelling, the wheel" becomes an extraor-
binary feat when performed by a wom-
an. 1t looks neither graceful nor ele-
CANT, and this, too, no matter how
slender and symmetrical of figure she
may be. For that, though, there's no
help. 1t women must indulge in bicy.
Gle riding, and if an awkward appear
ance is the inevitable penalty, then all
that each individual may for herself
consider is whether the game is worth
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CoMPAssEs oLu AND NEW.
Ihe Way of Making Good One at Yer
Trifing Expense.

Tho Way Of Making Good One at Very
Trihing Expense.
The motion of a small craft in rough
water causes the common compass card
to jump abouts SO much as to be perfect
~ useless to steer by, while a fluid com
pass remains steady and reliable under
all circumstances and conditions.
There are several fluid conpasses in
the market at reasonable price, which
can be depended upon in an emergency.
Ihe fluid on which the needle floats is
generally alcohol, to guard against
freezing, and is simply a development
OF a primitive compass used by the
daring seamen of the twelfth century,
The old-fashioned instrument. saws q
writer in Outing, consisted of an iron
needle, one end Of which was stuck into
piece of cork. The other end was
we'll rubbed with a load-stone, and
when the cork foated in an earthen-
ware bowl of water, the end SO treated
pointed to the magnetic north. In
spite OF the meager knowledge of those
early navigators concerning variation
and deviation, they generally managed
to make sufficiently good land-fall.
1t may not be generally known that a
sewing needle rubbed on a magnet and
carefully propped into vessel of water
will float and point to the north.
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Germans in Chill.

Forty years ago a German built his
hut on the shore of Lake Llanquihue
IN Chill. To-day there is a COLONY of
three hundred Germans at this place,
and they are entertained every night
by fireworks on the volcano Calbuco
winch has been in activity for year
and half.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
RAILWAY NOTES.

Cliff 7. Barrett, a sure enough Amer
lean, the city ticket agent of the Mex
lean National railroad, with headquar-
ters in the City of Mexico, was in ST.
Paul yesterday making the acquaint-
ance Of some of the local brethren. Mr..
Barrett has held his present position
for several years, and is responsible in
large degree for the up-to-date meth
DDS in vogue in the local ticket busi-
ness in the City of Mexico.
The Chicago lines here announced
yesterday that the rates put in effect
by the 500 line to Canadian points
would be met. These rates are in
tended to cover holiday business, and
go into effect today good. from now
until the end of the year, and returning
until Jan. 81.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
c. S. Fee, of the Northern Pacific,
ent at the meeting of the transconti-
mental association, which is scheduled
for tomorrow morning.
Travelling Pasengesr Agent w. E..
Woods, of the Maine Central road, has
reached the town, and will spend sew
eral days here among the local ticket
men doing missionary work.
w. G. Barnes, travelling passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific, with
headquarters at Omaha, was among
the visiting railroads on the Rialto
yesterday afternoon. r.
General Freight Agent J. T. Clark, of
from Chicago, where he was attending
the meeting yesterday of the Western
Freight association.
James H. Jagoe and William Cad
well, representing the West Shore road,
spent Yesterday in this city
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
NORTHWESTERN ADDS TWENTY
MOTIVES TO IT'S STOCK.
HINTS OF FASTER TIME
TO bic MADE SHORTLY BE-
TWEEN TWIN CITIES AND
CHICAGO.
FEATURES OF THE ENGINES.
They Are Five Tons Heavier Than
the Ordinary One and Have
Many improvements.

The Northwestern road has added
tWenty-four Schenectady locomo-
tives to its present equipment, and
at the general offices this is under
stood to mean that there will be a
general improvement in the running
time of trains all over the system.
The new engines are to be divided,
according to report, among the Mil
Waukee run, where six are to be put
on. the Council Bluffs run, with re-
lays at Clinton and Boone, To-, and
the ElrOy run. and the ST. Paul and
Minneapolis limited trains. In this
last announcement there is good news
for the dweilerS in this section of the
Northwest. for, Notwithstanding all
existing agreements to the contrary,
if one road stands ready to cut down
the present slow running time from
mere to Chicago, there will be much
greater chance of the longed-for
slash in the running schedules being
made.
1t is said that the prime cause in
moving the Northwestern company
to spend a small fortune on new en-
glnes, was the purpose of taking the
mail contracts on the Council Bluffs
run from Burlington. At present the
two competing lines make about the
same time. but it is expected that,
after its new engines have been made
fit. the Northwestern will send it's
trains whirling along at an average
of a clean forty miles an hour, or
that the Council Bluffs run will be
made in. about twelve hours. The
Northwestern is also said to be look
ing for trouble with the Milwaukee
on the Twin City run. 1t now means
fourteen hours to make the trip to
Chicago, but there are hints of re-
duction in the air if the conVerSa-
ton of officials of the road can be
taken as significant
The main feature of the new en-
gines is the great weight and size of
the drivers-75 inches in diameter
and weighing $4,000 pounds. The en-
gine, all told, is five tons heavier
than the ordinary engines. The new
engines also bear an Improvement
in that every wheel is supplied with
air brakes With the engines already
tried, seventy miles an hour has been
negotiated, and the big machines
were not hard pushed at that.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
HALF A DOZEN TURKEYS.
Gladstone Says That England
Could DevOur Them ALL

Gladstone Says That England
Could DevOur Them All.
LONDON, Dec. IA great meeting
of non-conformists was held in the
CITY Temple tonight to give an express
sion upon the condition of affairs in
Armenia and the attitude of England
towards the Turkish government.
Resolutions were adopted imploring
the government to compel the sultan to
afford security to the Christians in his
empire, under effective European guar
antaes, and urging that military rep
resentatives of the powers should be
present at the surrender of Zeitoun,
which it is feared the Turks are pre-
pairing to make the occasion for the
slaughter of all the inha abitants of that
city. Rev. Joseph Parker, who pre-
sides over the City Temple; Rev. John
Clifford, the distinguished Baptist di-
vine, and A. Spicsr, member of parlia-
ment for the Monmouth district, made
speeches vehemently denouncing the
sultan. A letter was read from Mr.
Gladstone, in which he declared that
a continuance of the present situa ton
in Turkey would constitute an ire
vocable disgrace for Europe. He did
not know, he wrote, who was to blame
for the action of the six powers in
prostrating themselves before the i'm
potent sultan, but England was able
to cope with half dozen Turkeys.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18

maintain his amateur standing. Jimmy
Baird, eX-captain of the same team,
stands charged with receiving s. and
more a day for Services" while TAX
ing a special course in engineering
at Ann Arbor, and was in the East
for three weeks, acting as an official
in the Pennsylvania-C a. A. game un-
der ar assumed name, afterward going
to see the Harvard-Princeron game in
order to gain some points he might
drill into the Western boys.
1t may Ne said that Mr.. Whitney is
loath to believe his own assertions in
their broadest sense. He would. he
says, like to have the accused players
and those accused of making the Of
fers mentioned cleared cf the charges,
but does not see how it car be dcne
unless they will come forward ard
under oath deny them. He is a stick
ler for pure amateurism, and asks CO.
operation of Western sporting writer's
in his efforts to secure the highest
grade possible in Western athletics.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
FOES Of ENGLAND.
IRISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE ACH-
ING FOR \ WAR WITH
BRITAIN.
ITS ARMY Is ORGANIZED.
OFFER OF 4 HUNDRED THOU
SAND MEN TO FIGHT FOR
AMERICA.
TREATING AN OPPORTUNITY.
Willing To Assist Amy Nation to
Wipe the British on the
Earth.
CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-THE following
utNe council of the Irish National Al
lance of America, and a copy Of it has
been sent 10 President Cleveland:
TO the Members of the Irish Ma
tlonal Alliance and the American Pub
lie: II has been publicly charged that
the policy of the Irish National alli-
ance is an Irish policy of hatred OF
England, and $ therefore contrary to
the interests of America. This calls
In question the loyalty to the republic
of our people. We declare it incontro-
vertihle that no more bitter. more per-
fdious or more unrelenting enemy than
Great Britain to the United States has
ever existed. England has ever been
the venseful foe of American liberty
ami republican institutions.
"Imhued with this conviction. and
seeing that Great Britain has avowed
her intention to trample upon the Mon
roe doctrine by her attempt to rob Ven
eZuela Of her territory, and has dared
to violate the integrity of our territory
IN Alaska. we hereby offer, as a proof
Of our loyalty and devotion to the coun-
~ VI w ll4N4I We are CllIZtIlS, 10 place
at the disposal of the president of the
United States without delay 100000 sol
diers. as brave as have ever shoulder
ed a rife. and every man of whom is a
believer in the principles and teachings
of the Irish National alliance. Our
army which is now organized, is ready
10 serve the American republic in any
part of this continent, and should the
sallfnrpAfrla Of bo
need its aid, will, either on Irish soil
or English ground, establish the fact
that the intrepidity. the valor and the
determination of the Irish brigade will
again prove the loyalty of Irishmen to
the United States.
ONLY TO GET AT BRITAIN.
Whether the nation which dares to
Interfere with American principles of
liberty be England or any other for
ei9n power, We care not. The men
whose faith is that of the Irish Ma
tional alliance stand ready to fight at
any moment for the honor and for the
rights of the country of our adoption.
This $ the loyalty our members bear
to the United States. We have proven
II On many hard-fought field. wheth-
Englishmen. Tories or rebels.
As 10 our relations with England,
we have no apologies to make, no ex-
cuse to offer. Should it be possible to
smbrol her with any power on earth,
We shall not hesitate to do so. The
chief object of the Irish National ALI
ance is to create the opportunity
which will enable us to drive the Brit
ish enemy from Ireland as it was driv-
en- from the United States. England's
cruelty. oppression and usurpation of
the rights of American citizens hasten
ed her utter defeat in America
We pray that the day may soon
come when we. the exiles of our own
land, shall assist in driving the foe, to
whom We bear undying hatred, from
ireland. We remain,
William Lyman, President, New
York.
John P. Sutton, Secretary, New
York.
-"P. V. Fitzpatrick, Treasurer, Chica-
go
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
70 California without Change
via llThe Milwaukee,D

On every Saturday during the winter,
an elegant Pullman Tourist Sleeper
will leave Minneapolis S:25 a. m.), st.
Paul (S:35 a. nn.), and arrive Los An
geles, California, at $50 p. m. follow
ing Wednesday.
Via 1.-The Milwaukee's'' famous He'd
rick Route to Kansas City, thence via
the A.. r. & s. F. Ry. through South.
ern California.
A most delightful winter route to the
coast.
Quicker time is made via this route
between st. Paul and Minneapolis and
California than via any other line.
Rate per double berth, $500 through
from st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave st. Paul and Minneapolis every
Saturday morning, arriving Los An
eeles every Wednesday afternoon.
For berths, complete informa ton,
and lowest rates. apply to "The Mil
waukee" agents, st. Paul or Minneap-
oils, or address
j. T. Conley,
Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
St. Paul. MINI.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
CLEAR RIGHT OF WAY.
Northern Pacific and st. Paul &
Duluth Come to Terms

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Dec. T.-Judge
Jenkins today sanctioned an amicable
adjustment between the receivers of
the Northern Pacific and st. Paul &
Duluth Railroad companies relative to
the much disputed right of way of the
main line of the Northern Pacific road
through the counties of Carlton, Aitkin
and Crow Wing, in Minnesota. The
Duluth company laid claim to the en-
tire right of way under it's congress
sional and swamp land grants. The
Northern Pacific laid claim to a strip
of land 400 feet wide for the entire
twenty-one miles. The st. Paul & Du-
luth company has agreed to convey a
clear title to the Northern Pacific re-
ceivers of a strip fifty feet in width
on each side of the tracks of the COM
pany, in return for a. clear title to the
remaining $50 feet of land on each side
of the roadway, and also to pay, at the
rate of So per acre, for the land in
cluded within the 100 feet. This will
give the Northern Pacific an absolute
and clear title to the right of way, at
a cost of but $31 per mile.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-18
WHITNEY WANTS AFFIDAVITs
From Sporting Men He Has
Charged With PrGfessionaIism.

Charged With Professionalism.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-Casper W.Whit-
ney, the Eastern oracle of amateur
athletics, is here. He came West with
carte blanche to offer the accused
players as much space in his journal
as rhey think they need to refute the
charges he made against them. He
came prepared with a valise full of
affidavits. which he asked the accused
players to sign, in order that he may
give them space in Harper's Weekly.
Up to this time not one of the men
under indictment, as it were, has sig
nitied any intention of attaching his
signature to the documents. Mr.. Whit
ney declares if these signatures are
not forthcoming before he returns to
New York, which he intends to do to-
night. he will print the documents just
the same. and underneath will outline
a statement that the persons most in
interest declined to affiX their names
TO them, and must therefore stand ac-
cused before all the world.
Ralph Hoagland and w. A. Parkyn
are, perhaps. the persons most in in
terest Outside of big Stevenson, center
of the Chicago Athletic associa tfon
All of these are directly charged with
receiving monetary offers for their
services. and it is understood that affi-
davits refuTing the charges have not
been signed. Manager Van SAINT, of
the University of Minnesota team, who
offered, considerable sum for the
services of the first named men, and
.Seho signed a statement some time ago
10 the effect that WhitneyS charges
Nere false now declines to make affi-
davit to that effect, while Hoagland
aud Parkyn are both noncommittal ON
the subject. Mr.. Whitney, however, is
free to confess that he has not been
a BILE to secure a denial from the play
ers themselves. Jim Hooper, center of
professionalism. When Mr.. Whitney
Wrote for his address he was told that
Hooper lived in Butte, Mont, where
flC is an aSSayer.
.iu.I how a man with such far
away address came to play upon the
University of Michigan team is not
o!ear in Mr.. Whitney's mind. Nor is
i: clear why Roger Sherman should
Olrer 5000 to Stevenson during a confab
on a cable train in this city, as well
a. during the c. A. A.-Rush medic
game in this city Oct. 5, to finish the
aeason in Ann Arbor. These charges
are made specifically, and, it is said,
not denied. Mr.. Whitney wants to
know how it is Bloomington, of the
Michigan team, could play base bail
with the Owosso, Mich, team and