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The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Her AnceetOr.

An Australian woman of great charm
and tact tells many amusing stories of
the strange questions put to her by
people with a thirst for information
about her native land.
lit is very common thing for me
to be asked if the bushes are still
thick where live, or whether our
house is in the clearing" she says,
plaintively; "and know they often
regard my veracity as . doubtful
quantity when I tell them Australia
is not all bush by any means. But
an old lady asked me a new question
one day. She evidently supposed
that all the dwellers in Australia were
descendants of the criminals trans
ported to Botany Bay.
Z" is it possible for convicts to edu-
cate their children so we'll, ordinar-
ily?' this terrible old nglishwoman
asked me, surveying me through her
lorgnette as I finished telling one of
her friends about my school days.
But my father was not a convict,
madam 1 said, with natural sur
prise.
"'Ah,' she said, meditatively,
then 1 suppose it was your grand
father who was sent there. OF course
much can be done in the third genera
ton
"I should have been angry lii il
had been worth WHILE" the Australian
adds, with admirable wisdom. "But
she surveyed me so impersonally that
I didn't even tell her there was actu-
ally a part of the population of my
country which did not come from
convict stock. k."-,Youth's Companion,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
OPTIMISM.

There's word Of gentle meaning.
"Afterwhile.'
SIS the sesame of dreaming,
"Afterwhile."
When our fortunes halt and vary.
It's the watchword of the fairy,
From hopes sweet vocabulary,
"Afterwhile."
We will hear no sounds of battle,
"Afterwhile.'
We will miss the cannon's S rattle.
"Afterwhile.'
Men will put away the saber
Aud together they will labor
Each to help helping neighbor,
"Afterwhile."
This old earth will cease it's sorrow,
''Afterwhile."
There will dawn peaceful morrow,
"Afterwhile.'
When all grief is but tradition.
Giving Cts ITS rightful mission)
Contrast to life's blest condition.
"Afterwhile.''
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

Mrs. Louisa Reed Stowell, of Wash
ington, graduate of the University
of Michigan, has taken up line of
work seldom attempted by women,
and is achieving great distinction in
her profession. Her work at the
University was almost entirely phar-
maceutical in character, dealing with
the study of dried roots, barks
and herbs. During this period she
wrote series of articles upon the
microscopical structure of wheat and
flour that drew widespread attention
to her work. She was soon offered
position in the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington for the especial
purpose of making microscopical ex-
aminations of wheat, with view to
finding out which varieties of wheat
were best adapted to soils in the diff
ferent localities of the United States.
From the beginning of her career
Mrs. Stowell has received recognition
in her branch of work. She was mp
pointed member of the faculty of the
Woodruff scientific expedition, and
was the first American woman elected
member of the Royal Microscopical
Society of London. She is also ar
honorary member of the Michigan
Pharmaceutical Association and for
several years she has been president
of the Northwestern Collegiate Asso-
citation. AS contributor to scien-
tific publications she takes first rank,
being able to illustrate her own arti-
cles in an accurate and artistic way.
New York Tribune.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
An Old Family.

The eighteen-year lad who is
heir to the throne Of Japan seems to
hold the worlds record in the matter
of pedigree. He is the last male de-
scendant in the order of primogeniture
of dynasty which he's :eigned 1900
years,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
A Successful Preacher.

An English bishop, as he was going
about his diocese, asked the porter of
lunatic asylum how a chaplain whom
he, the bishop, had lately appointed,
was getting on:
80, my lord" said the man, chs
preaching is most successful. The
hidiots henjoys It particklar. -
Ladies' Home journal.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
An Up-tO-Date Burglar.

"Leave the house," cried little
Binks, making brave bluff of
strength to the burglar.
81 intend to, my small FRIEND" re-
piled the burglar, courteously "I
am merely after the contents. When
l take houses I do it through the
regular real estate channels. "-Har-
pers Bazaar.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUcHTER.PRovOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

She Was-A Question: Must Stay in the
Air Undoubtedly - Came With u
Shock-A Genius-One wife Too Many
Easily Arranged-Fair Warming, Etc.
He met her In the hallway dark
And very promptly kissed her;
Then answered to her naughty glance,
Il thought you were my sister,"
He found that night that he was right.
His love, alas. had missed her,
For when he asked her for her hand
She said she'd be a sister
Brooklyn Life.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Fair Warning.

"Why, Laura" said Mr.. Smokers,
the humorist, sis that pistol by the
side of your plate?'
"It is, my DEAR replied Mrs.
Smokers, sweetlv. cit is loaded,
too. We have biscuits of my own
make for breakfast, and l wish to dis
courage criticism. Puck.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
MOtherly Pride.

ooh, did you hear about Mrs.
Marbles baby almost getting burned
alive in the fire at their house?"
Good gracious! No! Is it pos
sible?"
Eyes. She only had time to get
his best dress ON him and curl his
sweet little hair before the fremen
carried them out. .'-Cincinnati En-
1uirer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Easily Arranged.

"Dear Charlie, if I marry you, will
you get up and make the fires in the
morning."
Darling girl, we will get married
in the summer. Before winter you
will get used to the idea of making
the fires yourself. Chicago Record.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
A Genius.

Mrs. Wickwire- "Why don't you
exercise the talents the Lord has be-
slowed on you, instead of begging?"
Dismal Lady, the Lord
has given me the best beggin' talents
in the profession. - Indianapolis
Journal
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Certainly Uncertain.

"When woman reaches a certain
age" began the philosopher, when
the man who observes things inter
rupted.
''Her age is then uncertain, said
the interrupter. San Francisco Ex-
aminer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Came With Il Shock.

Harold latter the fateful question
had been put and answered )-"Did /
surprise you, dear?"
Maud-''Surprise me? You para
lyzed me! I gave up the idea two
years ago of your ever having spunk
enough to propose. Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Brown Duck skirts.

For shopping brown duck skirts are
most serviceable. These are trimmed
in bands of white, or darker brown.
One very pretty ore seen recently he'd
bands of blue duck put straight
around. The first band was very
broad, and they grew smaller and
smaller toward the top.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

Fashion says our fans are growing
larger, and in the very near future the
oldtime immense fans will be the
proper thing. For several years the
pretty soft ostrich fans have been
hidden away as out of date, but you
may now bring them out as being
the latest and newest thing, and air
them on the very swellest occasions
with the greatest assurance of being
correct. Gauze fans of black with
white lace, and white ones with black
lace, are still good, and, withal. the
spangled fans hold their own. Hand
painted fans, with figures in Cont
mental costumes, are used. japanese
embroidered ones on gauze are par
ticularly handsome, while the thirty
five-per cent paper fan is dainty and
dressy.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Undoubtedly.

Tommy, stop eating with your
fingers
"Well, fingers were made before
knives and forks, pa
"Yours went. San Francisco
Examiner.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

ARGOT had no
very particular
reason for re-
f II s i n e the
young gentle
man who was
so very desir-
Gus of being
her r e g gle.
Yet had she
spoken t h a t
fatal n,onosyl-
liable which has
struck cold to
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

Small Boy (just in from play, to his
mother)-"Mamma, is my face dirty?"
Mother without looking up
eyes"
Father latter the boy has gone to
wash his face e)-"How could you tell
his face was dirty without looking at
it,"
Mother (who knows all about small
boys)-"It is always dirty when he
comes in from play. New York
Journal.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

First Critic-"There is no excuse
for that man trying to play Hamlet. !"
Second Critic" Eyes, there isl
He's getting paid for it. t."--PucE-
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
One Wife Too MANY.

"Alfonso," said Mrs. Midas, "here
is heading in this paper that says,
Had One Wife Too Many The rest
of the article is torn off. How many
wives do you think the brute had?"
Zone, probably" was Midas's
prompt reply Chicago Times
Herald,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Feminine View of 1t.

Mrs. Diggs-''I was too i'll to at.
tend the Woodbe- -Uperton wedding.
Were you there?"
Mrs. Biggs-"Yes, indeed"
Mrs. Diggs-"And what did you
think of the presents? The papers
praised them very highly"
Mrs. Biggs-"They were just too
lovely for anything. I do wonder of
what firm they rented them. Chicago
News.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
WO1pan's Gossip.

Miss Annie l.. Diggs has been made
state librarian Of Kansas.
Two hundred women attended lec-
lures at the University of Berlin last
semester.
The trustees OF the University of
Pennsylvania have decided to ad-
NIT women Is students in the univer-
sity.
In Norway law has recently been
passed which makes girls ineligible
for matrimony until they obtain GER
tifcates Of proficiency in knitting,
baking an l spinning.
Paris women who wish to run auto
mobile carriages are obliged to pass
an engineering examination. The
Duchesse d'Uzes has set the example
to other fashionable women.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
The Effects OF Bad Temper.

Bad temper is beauty's greatest foe.
t curdles the blood and brings
wrinkles, and bad complexion is the
result. The following advice is given
to women who wish to preserve their
good looks or to improve their bad
ones:
Take wholesome delight in physi-
cal exercise and outdoor sports. The
pale, delicate girl is no longer "inter-
esting"
Have freedom and comfort in dress
at all times
Decide upon a definite aim in life,
and choose one that is worthy of an
immortal soul.
Be superior to envy, jealousy and
uncharitableness.
Control Your temper for the sake of
your good looks, as well as for your
health. 1t is not enough, either,
merely to keep from giving anger it's
outward expression. A smoldering
fire is far more dangerous to health
than that which comes to the surface
and is quickly extinguished A dis
POoitAoi W AlCu CCutiuuully DOllS
within often finds physical expression
in boils and ulcers. Wrath has a nat
ural tendency to curdle the blood,
and the continually curdled condition
is bound to show itself on the surface
sooner or later. 1t is al old story
that anger interferes with the diges-
ton, fact which 10 nevertheless fre-
quently disregarded, as more than one
irascible dyspeptic can testify.
Live above worry, care, fear, and
all other corroding and inharmonious
thought.
Finally, cultivate a sweetly serene
frame OF mind under all circumstances.
Do not allow yourself to be creature
of moods, in depths of gloom and de-
preston one day and on the heights
of hilarity and mirth the next.--Pitts-
burg Dispatch
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Must STAY in the Air.

"I wonder why it is said that
rumors fy?"
"Well, they usually have no ground
to stand on. '-Detroi. Free Press.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
III,

Margot was undressing. Every
body knows that a girls undressing
takes much longer than her dressing.
Tonight Margot was longer than
usual; that is to say, about two hours.
She combed her tresses III IN absent
minded way for full forty minutes.
At the end of that period (by which
time the air round her comb must
have been charged with great guam
tity of electricity she sat down on the
side of her bed and decided to accept
Reginald.
She arrived at this decision by the
appended route of reasons:
"It was all a plot-fancy! He
bribed the tramp to attack me so that
he might rescue me, and-and make
me like him." She then turned to the
left, thus: "But I have liked him all
along. ever So"
And to the right as follows: cit
was deceitful thing to do; most girls
would have nothing more to say to
him."
She then recollected that Reginald
had often informed her that she was
quite different to other girls. Margot
did not bear in mind that every cub
in love tells his sweet one this. Hav-
ing been informed of the fact by such
an excellent Judge of character as
Reginald, she now believed herself to
be an exceptional girl, quite out of
the common ruck. Therefore she
went straight ahead in this Pharisaic
fashion.
$50, as I am not like most girls,
shall accept Reginald. I believe him
to be an honorable boy, the soul of
truth and the embodiment of integrity,
so that he must be very, very fond of
me to have stopped SO low as to league
with horrid tramp against me. lam
fortunate to be so beloved"
And with this Margot said her
prayers and got into bed. d.-London
Weekly Sun.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
Dangers of Flowered ParasOls.

Don't buy a lowered parasol unless
you care to look ss though you had an
attack of measles when the sun shines
through it,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
A Question.

Mike-"Uts twins, Pat; wan bhoy
on wan gur-rl."
His Brother-"Begorra, thin am Oh
al uncle OF an aunt, Oh dunno?"-
Puck.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05
/ THE MIND Of A MAID,
CHARACTERS.

CHARACTERS.
Maigot carpenter. .........A young lady
Reginald Oldercheek "A young gentlema an
1rimes. .......... ............A A tramp
Scene-Margot's boudoir, afterwards
Woodchester High Road, and afterwards
Margot's bedroom.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-08-05

full tilt into the tramp and sent him
flying.
Then, springing off his machine,
Reginald let the thing fall, and flew
at Margot's assailant with the courage
and energy of mastitf. After roll
ing Grimes over and over, Reginald
finally gave him final shove into the
ditch despite low "Old ard 'guv-
nor'') and then went back to Margot.
'Oh, thank you, SO much, Mr..
Oldercheek; how lucky you were so
near That horrid MANI
'I'll lay into him again if you like!"
was Reginald's chivalrous offer.
"Oh, no, you have punished him
enough, I think. Let us go back.
Stay with me, won't YOU
'Of course I will" exclaimed
Reginald, and SO, wheeling his own
machine, he began to accompany Mar
got back toward Woodchester at a
slow pace.
For some little time the tramp lay
quite still where Reginald had de-
posted him. Presently, however, he
looked up, and, seeing that his en-
ployer was fast disappearing, he got
up and gave chase. So softly did he
run that Reginald and Margot were
not aware of his proximity until he
was close upon them. Then Margot
gave half scream and clutched her
knights arm. Reginald, with certain
vague misgivings, faced round on the
man.
''Storp-'ere-where's that other
'arfquid?" gasped Grimes, hoarsely.
''What do you mean?' demanded
Reginald, bound to keep his end up
before Miss Carpenter.
'"The other 'arf-quid you said you'd
give me for attackin' this yer young
gell!" was Grimes's explanatory re-
joinder.
Margot gazed wonderingly at Reg
inald, whose face told her that the
tramp was attempting no illegal ex-
tortion. Reginald saw smile creep
ing round her lips. Silently he hand
ed Grimes the coin. The tramp
pocketed it, and then departed, Civ
ing vent to what sounded in Reginald's
ears like satirical chuckle.
When he had gone Margot and Reg
inald wheeled silently back to Wood
chester, :-arting, with some little EN-.
barrassment, at Margot's gate. -
The record-union., 1898-08-30
MENACE OF GRAvEYARDs.
Dangers to the Living Caused by
Their Presence,

Innumerable proofs, furnished by
scientific men Of all ages, recently by
the French doctor Pasteur, show that
earth retains instead Of destroying the
germs Of disease contained in a body,
and that in some degree it will vitiate
its surroundings.
Since Hannibal's army was decimated
by effluvia from an ancient graveyard
he unwittingly demolished, history has
repeated itself. The cholera in London
in 1854 was ascribed to the upturning
of the earth where victims of previous
plague had been buried.
The French Academy of Medicine To-
Gated the origin of diseases Of the lungs
and the throat in putrid emanations
from the Partisan cemetery Pere la
Chaise Of the older churchyards of
Paris, once honeycombed with graves,
that of the Innocents is remarkable.
Established on the present site of the
market called "Halles Centrales," it
bred pestilence for centuries without
hindrance. Finally it became notori-
Gus as a nuisance, so that it had to be
abolished. Innumerable skeletons We're
unceremoniously carted to the Cata-
combs on April Z, 17S6. Lyon Playfair
asserts that Roman fever originates not
in the Pontine Marshes, but in decay
ing bodies of the millions buried in the
Eternal City. Doctor Domingo Freire
found in cemeteries Of Rio Janeiro my
RAIDS of microbes in corpses, Identical
with those in persons stricken with yell
low fever, year after burial.
Drainage from cemeteries in Philadel-
phia has polluted water Of the Fair
mount reservoir. The Centennial dys-
EMERY of 1876 has been attributed to
this cause A continued prevalence OF
typhoid fever in this sparsely Inhabited
city must be ascribed to the same
cause.
Mortality by yellow fever was twice
as large in portions of New Orleans
where large cemeteries are located as
elsewhere.
In Cuba this plague RACES almost con-
tinually Bodies of the victims of dis
ease and Spanish cruelty. estimated to
number 10000, are inadequately pro-
tected against high temperature and
moisture; their emanations are men
ace to our soldiers more terrible than
Spanish guns. American officers should
be delegated to destroy sthese bodies
before they do harm. The Austrian
Government permits the destruction of
those who have fallen on the field of
battle by the erection of pyres, prac-
tice which ought to be made obligatory
on the military authorities Of all civil
lied nations. Over 100000 bodies of
Napoleon's army of invasion were ere
mated in 1912 by Russians. More men
died before Sebastopol by inhaling mi
asma of purified bodies than were
killed by the enemy. Some 40OOO
corpses poisoned the air after the bat
tie of Sedan, until inhabitants of ad-
jacent Belgian villages prevailed on the
Government to appoint in 1871 an off,
Ger to relieve the distress. By satur-
ating them with naphtha, he succeeded
in burning 800 bodies in an hour, until
all were consumed. Long experience in
the East Indies has shown that danger
The record-union., 1898-08-30
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.

Those who are fearful that Hawaii
states to be made into States should
pocket their fears. There is no like
lihood that any such thing will be
done. certainly not for many years. If
ever. There is no hardship in q ter
ritorial system. TIL people can live
just as happily under it, and prosper
just as we'll under the territorial or
district forms, as can those in States.
sponsibilities which citizens of States
must shoulder, while they receive as
ample protection as do the citizens Of
sovereign States.
They have no divided allegiance. They
are essentially citizens of the nation,
and they have reason to be proud Of
the fact. In Territories local affairs
are always in the hands of the people.
and the power of Congress over them
is very seldom exercised, and when it
is done, it is wholesome thing. No
one ever heard of Territory or Dis
trict revolting-Utah was exceptional,
but even Utah, though she kicked
against the pricks, was simply used by
a church tyranny
The territorial form of government
under the American system is greatly
to be preferred to the colonial system
of France, or of England, in that it is
more. liberal, more domestic, and less
restraining on the part of the supreme
power.
The record-union., 1898-08-30

over half a mile wide and one mile and
half long. The whole system can
be perfected, including the bitches,
dams. etc., already in existence, for
something in the eighborhood of $3.50, :
600
In the foothills we pay SO per acre
for water for irrigating purposes, and
this would probably be the price on the
plains. Twenty thousand acres at So
per acre would be $50 600 with per-
haps $4,000 for expenses, leaving a
balance of $4,000, an income clear of
expenses of $4,000 per annum from q
$2oO0OO investment. Sixteen per cent.
net. Capitalists should tumble over
themselves as they did after the two
hundred millions of Government bonds.
They We're only three per cents, but Of
course they like that better than six
teen. But perhaps that was patriot
ism. Well, patriotism like charity
should begin at home And if making
a, section of our native State prosper
Gus and happy for an income of sixteen
per cent, isn't patriotism in its high
est sense then it is beyond my COM
prehenSion.
To farther supplement the supply of
NdeCI anu uOuDle OI even lISDlG the
vast acreage water storage, reservoirs
could be built at two points, one fif-
teen and one forty miles higher up in
the mountains: there are excellent sites
at both points. These reservoirs would
cost more to build than the lower one
proposed, but would enable a company
to monopoliZe the entire water supply
for vast region. The lower reservoir,
however, is the key to the position, for
through it all the waters could be dis
trlbuted. An advantage of no mean i'm
portance, that would accrue to COM
pany owning the entire system lies in
the fact that the water dropping into
the distributing reservoirs supply
ditch could be taken up by a pipe a
quarter Of a mile above it's destina-
ton and dropped into the reservoir
with a 110-foot pressure. Or taken
up in a pipe four miles long would
drop with g. 450-foot pressure. This
pressure could be utilized by being at
tached to dynamo. The electricity
generated could be transmitted to Ply
mouth, distant one mile, thence sent
north and south along the Mother
Lode, supplying cheap power for the
mines and mills. This utilization of
what would be wasted power, would
pay the running expenses of the entire
system of waterworks, leaving the in
come from the water intact.
To the skeptical I would say that the
amount Of water running to waste
every year is far in excess of the
amount needed for irrigating purposes,
and that the sites mentioned as stor-
age and distributing reservoirs would
hold water for almost an unlimited
amount Of land.
Southern California has brought
water to her parched deserts and plains
through long and tortuous ways and to-
day her once almost deserts, smile with
beautiful homes. The wealthy and
noted of the world have taken up their
residences there. Yet Central and
Northern California, possessing re-
sources that makes Southern California
green with envy, is scarcely known or
needed outside Of our own State, be-
cause her resources are undeveloped.
In the above I have pointed out where
the first thing needful (wateD to the
development of our part of the State
can be obtained OBSERVER.
Plymouth, Aug. q, 1898.