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The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

what really caused the scurrilous book
to be written. Frenchwomen have been
known to be jealous.
Bernhardt was born about 1840. Her
father was an attorney Of Havre, and
her mother a Dutch Jewess Of
Amsterdam. Her early youth was
passed in the latter city, where, after
the death Of ler father, she lived with
her grandfather From this home she
was sent into the convent Of the Granda
Champ at Versailles, where she was
educated in the Catholic faith. At Is
the life Of the convent was exchanged
for the life of the Conservatoire.
II have never thought that was born
to be an actress. I have always known
that I was born to be a painter and
nothing else. If had had my way
should have been painter. OF all
things In this world l love painting best,
and did love it best then, and always
shall love it best. But circumstances
made an actress Of me. and at first a
very bad actress. I sank into complete
obscurity, but worked. played minor
parts at the Gymnase, sang in the
chorus at the Porte st. Martin, and did
general drudge work. But I never
stopped my study for a moment AT
last [ got another chance
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
CURIOUS FUNERAL RITES,
A Greek Archbishop Carrisd to the Tom

A Creek Archbishop Carried to this Tomb
In a Chair.
The death of the Creek arch bishop -
Corfu, which took place a few days
back, afforded an opportunity of wit
Messing the curious funeral rites ac--
corded by the Greek church to so ex-
alted an ecclesiastic. The archbishop
was an old man. and his death was not
unexpected For more than a month
the cathedral had been prepared for his
sitting in state The breath was
hardly out of his body when the corpse
was dressed in episcopal robes, and,
without being emblained, taken to the
cathedral and placed in a golden arm
chair, surrounded with lighted taper5.
with the miter in one hand and thu
gospel in the other. The populace
thronged to the church to view the
body and to kiss the archbishop's
hand. The priest desired to keep the
body there for three days, but the au-
thoritles had to interfere for the bens-
MT OF the public health. The funeral
was accordingly arranged for the sec
ond day. The church bells toled con-
tinuously. the theater and shops were
closed, flags We're hung at half mast
and the street lamps lighted and draped
with Grape. The whole OF the inhabi-
tants, however, treated the occasion
as fete day, and appeared in their
gayest clothes. The funeral procession
started from the cathedral at $3.50 a.
M rThran .ta nj ~,
standards flying preceded it, followed
by about a dozen church beades hold
ing lighted gilded lanterns Next came
three town bands playing a funeral
march; then boys carrying artificial
wreaths. Thirty-five priests followed
on each side. and an officer Of the army
holding cushion with the Greek cross
Of the Savior and the Russian grand
crosses Of st Anne. Then came the
corpse tied to the arm chair
still holding the miter and gos-
pel-carried by priests in gor-
geous yestments, with the chief
Greek officials taking the place of pail
bearers on each side Directly behind
followed the Roman Catholic arch
bishops and the representatives OF for
eign powers. The men of the garrison.
including the mounted battery and the
crew of Greek ironclad, brought up
the rear. On arrival at the cemetery
the body was taken into the church,
aud from there to the grave, which
was like a small room A stone chair
had been built in the middle, on which
the corpse was seated, and a hanging
oil lamp was arranged from the arch
above. When the body was lowered
and some earth thrown in. salute of
tWenty-one guns was fired from the
fort, as we'll as three volleys of mus
kerry over the grave The bands then
returned playing opera airs.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
THE FASHIONABLE CANINE.
The Blenheim Spaniel Is an Expensive

Inc fslehheim Spantel Is an Expensive
Little NIidger Beloved by the Fair.
The dog considered most desirable as
pet for woman is at present the
Blenheim spaniel, tiny, ten-pound
midget, with long fluffy ears and paws
fringed with white. He is all lemon
and white, and much prettier than the
black and tan varieties of his family.
He is worth all the way from $125 to
$500 to the man who has raised MIN.
The Japanese spaniel was favorite
this winter, and would be still il he
could be persuaded to live long enough,
but the climate or the food, or some
thing in this country qisagrrees with
him, and his owner seldom has the
pleasure Of his society longer than two
or three months. This little foreigner
is smaller, if any thing, than his Eng
lish cousin, and is all black and white,
and has supreme advantage over the
King Charles, the Prince Charles, and
the rest of them in the matter of his
tail, which is beautiful and long, and
curls over his back. "The closer a
Japanese spaniels tail clings to his
back the better his pedigree" said a
dog fancier, stroking one Of these pets
approyingly. "He eats only fish and
rice in his own country, and some peo-
pie think that it is because his food
is not prepared to suit him that he
cannot live here. Be that as it may,
have known a number of people to
use the greatest care in looking after
his welfare, only to meet with disap-
pointment in the end. Perhaps some
lucky fellow may be able to hit on
specific for keeping him alive, after
while, and then he will make fortune.
I sold a Blenheim to woman last
week who would have been glad to
pay higher price for Japanese if I
could have guaranteed that he woule
stay with her over three months
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

Of the trophies Of one of Sarah's own
hunting expeditions: in the bell pull,
cleverly disguished as clinging vine.
The door opened noiselessly and
framed man servant, who glided be-
fore until he had led us to the entrance
to the atelier-Sarah's reception room.
There his place was taken by little
apparition with shining black face and
hands and the loosely draped folds Of a
white silk zouave suit surmounting
black stockings, and. alas; conventional
black shoes. This tiny Turk. or Indian,
or negro-whatever he may be-would
have been perfect had his shoes been
in character. But they were heavy and
coarse. It took the room itself to re-
move the effect of the boys shoes. It's
furnishings are gorgeous and unique. At
one end is great fireplace. in which
fire logs spluttered and flashed. Over
In the corner nearest to the fireplace is
a pile Of cushions hooded by splendid
canopy and making divan of great
elegance. An Incompatible cabinet,
full of the mementos Of Sarah's wide
travelling, stands near There are three
pictures of Importance on the walls.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

grace which seems to be hers alone.
Har long white dress, covered by
white robe. fur-lined and still longer
swept behind her across the rugs. She
advanced with a little cry of praise for
America and all who came from there.
That is part Of her finesse. "Ah!" she
cried. you are from New York. 1 am
going to New York again. / feel as if I
must see New York once In a while. It
is SO new and fresh. II inspires me-"
This may or may not have been sincere.
But no one who heard her say it could
at that moment have doubted it's sim
cerity. u
For moment she stood before the fire
chatting. Then she sank down among
the cushions of the big divan ready to
answer questions.
The woman who sits there Is probably
nearly 60 years old. She became an ac-
tress because there was nothing else for
her to do. She stood small chance Of
making good marriage. because she
had no dot, and dot is an essential Of
good marriage in France. Her moth
ers good friend was the Duke of Morny.
a cousin Of Napoleon Ill, and the brain
lest diplomat of his reign. despite his
dissoute character. This friendship
made it possible for Sarah's mother to
place the girl i'll the Conservatory. 1t
was the only thing which was possible,
so to the Conservatory she went.
1t was there that she met Marie Co.
lumber who afterwards wrote "The
Memories Of Sarah Barnum," a book
which made horribly vicious attack
upon Bernhardt, and caused three duels
before it was suppressed besides gain
ing for the authoress a ewhipping
from Sarah herself. Columbier and
Bernhardt had devided the second prize
for elocutlon at the Conservatory, but
no one believed that Sarah could possi-
bly, keep pace with the other girl. Co
lumber was considered to be by far the
more promising Of the pair. Bernhardt's
vastly greater success may have been
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
IN A WARM CLIM ATE.
some OF the Discomfort, o, Living in .
Place Like Guerrero.

Place Like Guerrero.
Mr.. F. r. Guernsey, describing in the
Boston Herald visit to Guerrero, says
that the tarantula is sometimes found
there as big as mans two fists. Scor-
p1ons are of all sizes, but the one which
does the most harm by it's bite is d
smalllsh gray creature. The larger
ones bite so hard that the blood flows
freely, and the infected poison flows
off. There is a little snake called the
corallilo, which is particularly fond Of
getting indoors and nesting in ones
boots. It's bite is fatal Boots should
always be inspected for corallilos be-
fore they are put on--in Guerrero. II
scorpion creeps on the face or hands,
the person visited should carefully re-
should allow the horrible insect to
crawl just where it will. If it is not
disturbed, in all likelihood it will do
no harm; If it is attacked it is quite
sure to sting. The worst terror to the
people of Guerrero is neither snakes
AOA oCOA p1OIo, Dut Cue leu ciuIS. DCIOA 9
these insects the people flee in terror
from their houses They leave moth
ing behind if they can help it. An In
dian woman rushed out Of her cabin
with her children on the coming of the
ants being announced. In her terror
she left her baby behind the house
swinging in a hammock It was hoped
that it would escape; but when the ants
had departed the mother found that
the insects had crept down the cords
Of the hammock, and had left of the un-
fortunate child nothing but it's bones.
On some of the Guerrero sugar estates
great laZy-looking snakes are kept in
the store rooms to keep rats and mice
away from the sugar loaves. These
snakes are repulsive in appearance, but
harmless to human beings. Not all
the places in Mexico, however, which
have an agreeable climate are cursed
with insects and reptilian pests. Such
places as Cuernavaca, in the State of
Morelos, are too high above the hot
plains to suffer from venomous insects,
and yet so much below the cold table
land that the climate is a perpetuar
summer. Cuernavaca unites many of
the advantages Of the temperate zone
with all that is delightful and alluring
in the tropics. -
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
Strawberries for the Face.

A Southern woman says that she has
found it good plan when coming in
from drive or walk at this season
to battle the face in the juice of straw
berries. It is cool and refreshing to
the skin, and where the complexion is
pale, adds pretty pink tinge. The
water in which oatmeal and bran have
soaked are old-fashioned, yet excellent
remedies for giving a smooth skin.
Some country maidens use a concoc-
ton brewed from elder flowers to re-
move freckles. It is less harmful and
more effective than many a newfan
gled drug.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
JETS AM.

The cabmen OF Paris are forbido,
to smoke pipes while driving a fare.
dog market is held every Sunday in
Paris. where it is possible to buy any
thing from black and tan to a large
mastiff.
The old Putnam house in Rutland,
Mass. where Gen. Rufus Putnam lived.
is to be preserved as historical land
mark Of the Father Of the Norsh-
west"
The plant phytolacca electrica.
plant capable of giving electric shocks
Of somewhat startling severity, is most
remarkably disliked by the animal
world. 55
1t will surprise some people to know
that Seattle witnessed last week a re-
union Of the ''old-tmers," some of whom
settled in what is now the state Of
Washington about fifty years ago.
August Johnson of Boone, Iowa, has
just secured from some OF the workman
at the mines at Incline section of tree
found eighty feet below the surface Of
the ground and completely petrified
Miss Lillian Dent Of Bath Beach. l.. T.,
whose brother, Lieutenant James Cas-
per Dent Of the navy. has recently re-
turned from the China station, has two
L OIi4DSd apes WIllCu uE Drought NGE.
A couple of Indians near Seymour,
Wis, pasted together two of the adver-
tising dodgers of a cothier which show
on one side fac smile of confederate
$40 BILL and passed the bogus note on D.
small shopkeeper.
A Short Term Empress.-Binks-
yes, she carries herself like an empress,
and bosses me around all she likes now:
but wait until we are married. and then
see how she'll fawn and cringe Winks
To you? Binks,-No; to the servant
girl. .sgs. =e@
Mr. West End Ito pretty nursel-
Whose baby is t:lat?-a pretty little fee-
low! Nurse-Why, sir; it's your own
little boy. Mr.. West End-Really? My
wife changes nurses SO often that
cannot recognize my own flesh and
blood.
An effective fly poison, which has the
merits of being poisonous only to flies.
is made of the yolk Of an egg beaten
with tablespoonful each of ground
black pepper and molasses. 1t should
be poured in shallow plates and set
about.
Shopkeeper Ito importunate CONNER
cial traveler)-Simpkins, call the porter
to kick this fellow. out Undaunted
commercial traveler-Now while were
waiting for the porter, I'll show you an
entirely new line-best thing you ever
laid your eyes on.
There are so many fine artesian wells
in Brule county. South Dakota, that
when another one is finished it does not
create sensation. but gusher just fin
ished four miles South Of Kimball, less
than 1000 feet deep with eight-inch cas-
ing from top to bottom. yields 10000 gal.
Ions per hour,
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
Made a Goddess.

1t is possible for any Chinaman, or
even any Chinese woman, to become
deity by paying for the honor. A
few years ago rich and devout Chi
nese lady died in Soochoo. Her
friends thought that an apotheosis was
no more than her due, and communi-
Gated with the priests, who interviewed
the gods on the subject and discovered
that the God of the Left Little Toe
Nail had no wife. The old lady was
accordingly married to his godship,
and is now enrolled as the Goddess
of the Left Little Toe Nall Tho
honor cost the old lady's estate over
$4,000. g.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

cade is not imposing-it is merely
part Of the dead stone monotony which
lines the streets of Paris. But the mo-
notony ended when / rang the bell one
day in June. In Paris every residence
has its courtyard in the center To this
one is admitted through a door big
enough to pass vehicles as we'll as pc
destrians. This is guarded by con-
cierge, who keeps a sharp eye on visit
ors. So far, Sarah's house is like every
other house in Paris. But you have on
ly to cross the first threshold in order to
discover Sarah. She is there in the
grotesque copper vases which flank the
doorway leading from the court yard in
to her house, and which are unlike any
other copper vases ever designed by the
hand of man; in the great mooseskin,
which, surrounded by the deep, rich fur
of the black bear, hangs upon the wall
of the entrance way, and which is one
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
"A Ludicrous Mistake.

a cyclist who had lost his friend
asked an old woman if she had seen a
man on bicycle along there. She
answered: "No, sir; but I saw a man
mending umbrellas at the top of yon
lane" The cyclist went up the lane,
and was amused to find that the ssman
mending umbrellas" was his friend,
who had come cropper and was sit
ting among the ruins Of his machine
Comet Aster.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

One is Of Sarah's son. Maurice, made
when he was a boy of about 10, and
showing him accompanied by magnif-
cent hound. The other two are of her.
self, and are both near to life size. In
an extension, built in a window opposite
the picture Of little Maurice. Is big
cage occupied by splendid ape and
parrot of gorgeous piumage. They ap-
parently dwell together in peace and
harmony. a.
BY and by Madame came, the little
apparition in black holding aside the
curtains for her as she passed down
the three or four broad steps which led
into the room. She might have been
woman Of 25, as she walked down the
length of the atelier with that splendid
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
POWER OF KEROSENE,
WORKS WONDERS FOR A BED
RIDDEN MAN. g
His Lower Limbs Were Assuming a
vitreous Nature-A Retired Doctor
Cures Him ETectuaily-A Tramp in
Big Luck

MONG the curious
anomalies Of hu
man nature to be
met with in medi-
cal practice, none
are more battling
than the mental
freaks W no are
slaves of hallucln-
alton. The field is
a huge one to plow
in, and plentiful,
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
THE DIAM OND.

Jack Doyle, Of the New York club. Is
without doubt the one player in the
league who would stop at nothing to
win game for his team.
According to the averages most of
Anson's men are on speaking terms
with the balm fact, to date the Chi
cagO team is leading the league in bat
ting.-Ex.
When it comes to fielding, hitting,
base running and the sand to make an
uphill fight, where can you excel the
trio that roams around the Boston out
field ?-Ex.
There is no longer any evidence Of
internal dtssensions in the Baltimore
team. It they existed at all the storm
and stress Of the pennant fight has
smothered them.
Washington turned out twice as
many people last week as New York.
It was the old story exemplifed once
more--fans will not worship at the
shrine Of a loser @~m-
Pitcher Griffith. Of Chicago, is one of
those don't step on the tail Of me coat"
sort of important little chaps. In some
Of his movements he resembles John
Cl;rKson.-l.x
Dad" Clarke Is doing very good
pitching for New York. We had an idea
that his time for regular duty would
come sooner or later, and 1t came
sooner even than expected.
The New York Athletic clint, has ia.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
An Old Ex-senator.

The Hon. J. w. Bradbury, formerly
United States senator from Maine, cele-
brated his ninety-third birthday few
days ago at Augusta. He was born at
Parsonfeld in 1902, and was elected to
the United States senate in 1843, serv-
ing six years.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
"SARAH, THE DIVINE. J"
BERNHARDT AT HER HOME IN
FRENCH CAPITAL.
She Tells Correspondent of Her Early
Life and Her Struggle for Fame on
the Stage-Born for Palnter-She
Is Near to Sixty.

ARAH Bernhardt Is
the most wonderful
thing in Paris, and
there are m a n y
wonderful t h i n & S
there. She has not
as beautiful a home
now, I am told, as
her old hotel was,
but it is one Of the
m Os t b e a u t If Ii !
places that 1 have
ever seen. It's ia
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
VICTIMS OF jokes.
STORIES OF PEOPLEWHO ORIG
lNATE HOAxES.
How the Late p. L. Barnum Fooled
People and How He Was Fooled-The
Big London Hoax-A Joker in tho
Mines.


D-DAY'S genera
tion is familiar
with the accounts
of profitable hoaxes
perpetrated on gull
lible members Of
the community by
crafty advertisers
offering for so cents
"a superbly exc
cuted steel engrav-
ing Of C cor e
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15
Life as 1T Is,

Friend-What rent do you pay for
this house?
Taxpayer-Alas! own it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1895-08-15

The New York Athletic club has de-
cided not to place a base ball team in
the field.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

1t appears hat Byron called himself
Rvrn UIurn). and the family name of
Cowper is. orally, Cooper. Cholmon-
deIey is pronounced Chumley: Majori-
banks. Narchbanks; Wcmyss, Ncems;
Saint John. Srnjod or Singin; Arce-
deckne. Archdeacon; CoIyuhoun, HOO
hoon: Duchcsncs, Dukarn; Bethune,
Eeeton; Mrnzies, Mynges; knollys,
Knowles: Cover, Corr: DalZicl. Dael;
GiamiS. Charms; Geoghegan, Gaygan;
Ruthven. Rivcn: Dillwyn. Dillon: in
-Ab~Srgayenny. the Nv is not sounded: in
Hartford the t is cIidcd. and the e is a,
as in far. etc. No less remarkable are
many geographical names: Circncester
- pronounced Sicester: Pontefract,
Pomfret; Woodmancote. WoOdmucket;
IIallahon. Horn; Haddiscoe, Hadsker;
GrasSington, Gerstun; Gunthwaite,
Gunfit: Eckdale, Ashdale; Brighthelm-
stone, Brytun; Brampton. Brian,
Drawn: THRONE, Ooram: Meddlethorpe,
Threithrup; UttoXeter, TuXter; Peven-
sey, Pinsey; Rampisham, Ransom;
Crostwight, Corsit; Holdsworth. Hold
err: Kircudbright. KircoObry; Ilkley,
EthIa: CoXwold becomes lockwood,
and Marylebone sounds like Narrow
bOne.-N. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14
WITH THE SCIENTISTS.

When water freezes it expands with
a force which Trautwine estimates at
not less than 10000 pounds to the
square inch.
The water animals were lower in or
ganism and older in existence than the
air-breathing animals. They naturally
found their existence easier than did
the animals exposed to the vicissitudes
of the atmosphere.
y heavenly census is now being taken
by the Paris observatory; to count the
stars the heavens are photographed in
sections. Some of these sections show
only a dozen stars. while others of the
same dimensions show over 800.
j. f. Gore. writing on the Size of the
Solar SYSTEM" says that enormously
large as the solar system absolutely is,
compared with the size of our own
earth. it is, compared with the size of
thcvisiblc universe. merelyas adrop in
the ocean"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-12-14

Denmark, although a small country,
and relatively thinly populated, can
certainly lay claim to be the most pro-
gressive nation in Europe, and is deter
mined not TO permit the grass TO grow
under its feet. The state schools which
the government has established for
popular instruction in the most advan-
tageous methods of making butter and
other agricultural and farm produce,
which constitute the staple industry
of the kingdom. have already achieved
q success the fame of which extends
throughout Europe, and even to such
far-off countries as Japan and Siam.
The construction of the kiel canal by
the Germans has had its counterpart in
the organization of a magnificent free
port at Copenhagen, and now within
the last ten days a railroad ferry line
has been established from the Danish
capital to Malmoe in Sweden, by means
of which a tourist can travel all the way
from Cadiz, in Spain, or COnstantinople,
in Turkey, 10 the northernmost point
OF Norway and Sweden without leaving
the train.-N. Y. Tribune.