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The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
lsy Ricycle Freight.

A young woman, who rides bicycle
and is warm friend of the officers and
the officers wives heard the other day
some lament that all the young fresh
pork recently running about CLicka-
manga Park had met a most timely and
satisfactory end. She had read Charles
Lambs essay upon roast sucking pigs,
and she felt the pathOs Of this lament.
Being invited to dinner at camp the
other evening, she rode out to Chicka-
mauga on her bicycle in the afternoon.
On the way she espied litter of the
loveliest, the blackest, the dumping
est young pigs you ever saw. She
made a satisfactory bargain with far
mer for the purchase Of one OF the love
liest of said pigs. She had shawl
strap. She made the farmer give the
piglet bath and then she strapped his
squealing porcinosity to her handle
bars and rode into the camp with an
accompaniment Of sound that called out
by the coloners express command the
regimental band for serenade In her
honor after dinner. Hartford Times.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
Fleas

We have been asked to give In these
columns some advice as to the best
methods of ridding dwellings of fieas.
AS to the removal Of the pest, no bet
ter advice can be given than the follow
ing: Every house where a pet dog or
cat is kept may become seriously in
tested with fleas If the proper condi
tions of moisture and freedom from
disturbance exist. Infestation. how
ever is not likely to occur if the (bare)
floors can be frequently and thoroughly
swept When an outbreak of feas
comes, however. the easiest remedy TO
apply is free sprinkling of pyrethrum
powder in the infested rooms This
failing benzine may be tried. thor
ough spraying of carpets and floors be-
ing undertaken with the exercise of due
precaution in seeing that no light or
fires are in the house at the time OF the
application, or for some hours after
wards. Finally, If the plague is not
thus abated, all floor coverings must
be removed and the floors washed with
hot soapsuds. This is useful precan
tion to take in any house which 1t is
proposed to close for the summer, since
even a thorough sweeping may leave
behind some few flea eggs, from which
an all pervading swarm may develop
before the house is reODened.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

he made his first appearance in London,
England, and later made tour Of the
English provinces. On his return to
the United States he successfully sup
ported Charlotte Cushman E. l.. Da
venport, Clara Morris and Edwin
Booth. In 1875 he was engaged at the
California theater, San Francisco and
while there played in the support Of
Booth, Mccullough and other stars He
remained at that house for five years,
when he returned east, under the man
agement of Tompkins & Hill, for their
Boston theater. He opened in LAS
samoir," playing the role of Coupeau.
When the company dissolved Mr.. keene
went starring, opening his tour in Chi
cago, Ill.,, and since that time he has
been considered among the leading eX
ponents of Shakespearean drama His
wife, daughter and sister survive him
Edwin Arden, the we'll known actor,
was his son-in-lay. The remains were
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
Sense of Touch In Surgery.

There has been of late more or less
discussion on the use OF antlseptlc
gloves. These articles are strongly OBJ
jected to. however, by experienced sur
geons who claim that the surgeon ac-
ulires a sense of touch that Is of very
great value to him in performing DELI
cate and complicated operations. so
acute does this become that even lhe
extent of disease may almost be deter
mined by it. They believe that 1t is
possible to exercise sufficient care III
the washing of hands and the appllca-
ton of antiseptics to make such gloves
wholly unnecessary. BE this as it may,
the best surgeons are very reluctant to
adopt anything that interferes with the
delicacy of handling, which is their
chief pride, and upon which, to great
extent the safety Of the patient de-
pends.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

pearance on the regular stage occurred
Aug. 13. 1856, at the old Chinese build
lngs. New York city, when he played
minor role in Julius Caesar" for the
benefit of S. w. E. Beckner. He next
played for a season of five weeks with
}. II. Hackett, appearing as King Henry
~. to that we'll known actors Falstaff.
Mr.. keene was next engaged for the
stock company at the Newark, n. j.,
opera house, and after a brief season
there he Joined the company at John
Brougham's Lyceum, where he played
a variety OF roles. among others being
that of Robert Howard, in THE Peo-
pies Lawyer" with John e. Owens in
his celebrated character of Solon Shin
gle. Mr.. Keene then went to Woods
theater. where he played juvenile roles,
supporting many of the well known
stars of that day. including Lucille
Western, F. S. Chanfrau, Ada 1saacs
Menken and Mary Provost. He then
went to the National theater, Cincin
natl, O., as member of the stock com
pany, after which he went on a short
starring tour, playing the title roles
in Macbeth" Hamlet and Richard
III He then returned to New York
city and for four seasons was in the
stock at Woods theater. During this
engagement he played a great variety
Of roles, ranging from a clown in pan
tomime to tragic parts. In July, 1871,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

comes adherent to both inner and outer
surfaces Kangaroo tendon is used for
sutures, being the best material. The
wouns. is then closed, and the whole
thigh is bandaged, and finally a plaster
of-paris .audage, or a long splint is
applied. The patient is kept recumbent
for two weeks at least. gentle motion Is
commenced at the end of three weeks,
and the plaster is entirely omitted at
the end of from five to six weeks. This
operation has been performed several
times with great success, the Cniy fai'-
ures occurring where the muscles Were
imperfectly attached This state Of
things was entirely remedied, however,
in the later operations.
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The Sacrifice.

Ghorc once was a noble Lady
With eyes that were fire and fame,
But for the despair OF her lovers
This Lady was not to blame;
For she had not sought the homage
or those who to worship came.
She lived In an ancient city
That lay in the path of war.
IN the days when there was no pity
fof mother or maid. when the car
IL the conqror crushed TO earth
The least that his course would debar.
And women decided her glances
Were s'ares for the souls of men.
10 lure them away from the chances
OF others; and never again
In that modish and ancient city.
as her name for the tongue or pen.
But the victor came he invested
That city with foot and horse:
He Haunted the flags he had wrested
FROM those who had died in his course. {.
There was death If the city resisted
There was doubt if they yielded to
force.
The bosom Of every maiden
Was filed with fear of the Sack
.'he mothers they wept: and the children
Came weeping to them; but, alack!
Could bear not the enemy back.
Vain offer of ransom still Nainer
plea for mercy to him
VINO held to each savage retainer
BY spoils that We're shameful and
grim
False e'er to the fair. he were fainer
To foster each furious whim.
lhen up rose the noble Lady,
Whose eyes were fire and flame
And secretly out from the city
She stole in the darkness and came.
In all of her meutionless beauty.
TO the test Of the cong ror. Shame?
lie looked on the noble Lady
The Lady she looked on him
Mother of all that have made men fall
Was the look that she looked on him
And his will, that was fierce to conquer,
Grew weak, and his eyes grew dim.
'The soldiers of all your armies
The city they'll pass 1t by;
And the maidens, and all the mothers,
NO longer must fear or cry;
And the price for this far. great mercy
Do you hesitate? Wen, Ills T."
Fhe fercest of all his soldiers
And yet the trucst, the tried
lie set them to guard the city wall
Lest any his will defied;
Ana by morning light they had passed
from sight.
SO the women nor feared nor cried
1ut the sacrifce-the martyr
Sllnked in by the city gate
And slew herself by the sacred fire
Where the white -robed vestals wait;
Nor inter were they by the spot to stay
1han the woman-revered too late
Il. A. Osborne.
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TransplantinE Muscles.

The wonders of surgery will,it seems,
never cease. Among the most import
ant achievements is the transplanting
of muscles This has been successful
y done in the case Of patient who had
for half lifetime been unable to use
one leg on account Of paralysis occur
ring in early childhood. The opera
tion is thus described: "A six-inch
longitudinal incision is made on the
inner side of the thigh, with the middle
opposite the top of the patella. The
sartorius is dissected out. cut off at its
insertion, brought forward and attach
ed to the muscular fascia just above
and a little to the inner side Of the pa
tella. The attachment must be made
firmly by splitting the fascia and draw
ing the muscle through. so that it be-
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

that she was keenly embarrassed by
the stories, and SO was her husband.
In fact, he showed his extreme annoy
ance over them by thoroughly thrash
ing the supposed author thereof, the
first chance he got, in San Francisco a
few years ago. Mackay's pummeling of
Bonynge the chap believed to have in
spired the attacks on Mrs. Mackay, was
probably the only instance in history
of one lti-millionaire hammering an
other to avenge silly stories about his
wife. The encounter took place on
Jan. 27, 1891. in the Office of the Nevada
bank, of which Mackay is one-third
owner. Bonynge. who was once Mack
ay's broker, was talking to the presi
dent of the bank in his private office
when Mackay entered. The fun began
at once. Without uttering word the
Bonanza King rushed upon Bonynge
and pasted him one in the jaw" Bon
ynge instantly became a heap upon the
floor. AS he staggered to his feet
Mackay placed another right-hander be-
tween the eyes This time both went
down. for Bonynge managed to get
hold of the lapels of Mackay's coat, and,
though the under dog in the rough and
tumble roll around which followed,
managed to avoid much further punish
ment. Hellman, the president of the
bank, strOve in vain to part them, and
the row might still perhaps be in prog
ress had not the bank clerks been call
o1 IL, Naturally tho fpht n
spread in the papers everywhere. and
this resulted in just what Mackay didn't
want, the further circulation Of the
stories attributed to Bonynge
Bonynge has always been understood
to be an Englishman and to have orig
inally spelled his name Burning. He
cot rich as Mackay's broker, and some
years after Mrs Mackay began her So
cial successes in the old world sent his
own family to the other side for the
purpose of duplicating them. This
according to Bonynge did not please
the Mackays for some reason. At all
events things began to be printed in
the London papers about the Bonynges
which were not to their liking. They
anonymous, were inspired by the wife
of the Bonanza King" and, naturally,
things. also anonymous, soon began to
be printed about her. The exact ma
ture of these paragraphs has never been
made widely public in this country, at
least not if they We're really serious
charges. since the gist of what was re-
produced here was the before mention
ed insinuation that Mrs. Mackay once
washed clothes for living and the
more dreadful one that her father was
barber and not General Hungerford
of the United States army at all 1t is
only proper to say that two transatlant-
ic newspapers were punished for pub
fishing the alleged Bonynge stories.
One of these journals was Galignani's
Messenger of Paris and the other the
Manchester Mirror, both of which were
sued for libelipg Mrs. Mackay and both
of which were mulcted. And there is
no doubt whatever that Mrs. Mackay
was Miss Hungerford before her mar
riage to Bryant.
Mrs. Mackay's first social successes
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

the positive statement that she Will
return to England on June l. never,
never to come back save when it
Is absolutely necessary. Mrs. Mack
ay's reason for expatriating her,
self is probably the simple one
that she likes England better than
America. 1t has been stated many
Times over that at heart she would pre-
fer to live here. and that she is pre-
vented from doing so. mainly, by the
many stories printed from time to time
In the newspapers Of this country con-
cerning her early life; but this can
hardly be true, since the bittercst at
tacks upon her antecedents were pub
lished In London, and not here. Be-
sides. none of these charges, with the
exception. perhaps, of those contained
in one article printed some time in the
eighties, was of specially serious ma
ture, being chiefly in effect that, after
the death of her first husband, Bryant,
and before her marriage to Mr.. Mackay,
she was in such financial straits as to
be obliged to take in washing for liv-
Ing. 1t is undeniably true, however,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
A Patriotic Hen.

A Shenandoah, Pa, man has patri-
otic hen which laid an egg the other day
five inches long and one inch wide, in
shape suggesting torpedo. The hen,
he says, was particularly proud of her
patriotic feat. and cackled all day long
after it, until she became hysterical. 1t
is happy augury, it seems to me. If
my hen lays more of the same sort of
eggs. | propose to boil them hard and
send them down to the government as
ammunition. South Bethlehem Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
Humoy Mt Battle of Manila.

Grim visaged war has its humorous
az well as it's terrible side, and Capt
Gen Blanco is not the only humOrst
in the present conflict The cablegram
to Madrid from that redoubtable com
mander about the mule that was killed
at Matanzas set two continents laugh
ing and thousands of rhymsters to writ
ing verses. And ii is dull day when
he does not in dispatch to the Span
ish government destroy several Amer
lean men Of-war. But as humorist
the captain at Manila who requested
cessation of hostilities while he went
ashore for ammunition Is entitled to the
cake. The Petrel Of Dewey's f1eet, had
chased a gunboat up the Pasg river.
Seeing he was cornerpd the captain o!
the Spanish gnnbOat went to the Petrel
in a small boat under flag or truce
to make terms. The American captain
told him he must surrender or fight.
I'VE are willing to fight" replied the
Spaniard. Please allow Ms to send for
ammunition, because our store is ex'
hausted.'
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

v.val Of "Ermnie" at the Casino. IL
1889. In this she appeared as Cerse
but after four weeks she succeeded
Pauline Hall in the title role which she
afterwards played upon tile road. She
subsequently appeared at the Casino
in The Brazilian" with Marie Haiton
and afterwards. as member OF the
company at that house. was understndy
for Lillian Russell. whose role in Poor
Jonathan" she. On one occasion. played
for one week. She was also with Miss
Russell in La Cigale," and with Marie
Tempest she appeared in The Fencing
Master and The Tyrolean." frequent
ly taking the place of the prima donna.
She Subsequently toured the west with
two mpanies, and then reappeared in
New York in Brian Boru." Last sea-
son she joined the Castle Opera COM
pany, in Philadelphia, Pa, and has
since appeared with that company in
Washington, d. c., Baltimore. Nd. and
in New York city. She is still the lead
ing prima donna of the company, ana
has met with much success this season
at the American theater. Everywhere
Miss Golden has been greeted with IA
vor. and has had many tokens of appre-
citation, especially in Washington and
Philadelphia. Like many opera sing
ers, she receives much attention, but
takes little note of it. excepting to an
sWer requests for autographs. In con-
versation she is refined and sensible:
In word "a type of the earnest and
bright American girl, interested in all
that is beautiful, musically gifted, and
becoming each year of more and more
value to the musical public.
The Liebler company, which is next
season to manage the tours of Charles
Coghlan and Viola Allen. has secured
the American rights to the dramatiza-
tion of Hall Gaines "The Christian"
Miss Allen will play the part of Glory
Quayle in this work. beginning her sea
son at the Lyric theater on Oct. 3
Frank Worthing has been engaged foy
her leading man.
Wilton I.ackay is to star next sea-
son in Charles O'Malley," play by
Theodore Burt Sayre, which he gave a
trial production recently at Washing
ton. William Harris announces that
Andrew Mack will star next season ir
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

Grace Golden was born in New Har-
mony. Ind, her parents. Martin and
Bella Golden, having been professional
PLAYERS. Being gifted with good
voice she studied with Nine Maretzek
and later with Nine. Fursch hMadi, un-
der whose direction she learned some
twelve or fourteen operas. Her first
stage work was in small parts in grand
opera, at the Metropolitan opera house,
New York city. Her first opportunity
to win distinction came with the re
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
Took the Dare,

Thomas Wilson and Albert Merchant
of Chillicothe, Ohio, had been shootinp
an old revolver, and supposing it emn-
ty. Merchant laughingly pointed il At
Wilson. The latter dared him to mil
the trigger, and an instant later bali
penetrated Wilson's cheek and passed
entirely through his neck, coming out
at the back.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

The is remarkably good chess
player; in fact, it is only on rare occa-
sions that he is defeated at the game.
There is one priest in Rome who is
usually the pope's adversary. The
priest Father rGiella-has played chess
with him for thirty-two years past.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
Genuine Surprise.

How did the surprise party at the
Cawkers' turn out? Was it a genuine
surprise?" Indeed it was Some
body had given the Cawkers hint, and
when we got there the house was dark
and there wasn't a soul at home"
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

Triplets were the other day born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ramsay of Kan
sas City The mother is not vet Is
years old. Her mother, Mrs. Hede II
gave birth to her when only IS. This
makes Mrs. Hedges the grandmother of
triplets at the age of 36. Their COM
bined weight is 1875 pounds, and two
of them are girls.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

THE Ragged Earl play by Ernest
Lacy and Joseph Humphreys. The
most sensational scene in both pieces
is said to be practically identical The
settlement of the impending dispute
will probably be left to the courts.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
THEATRICAL TOPICS,
SOME SAYINGS AND DSINCS
IN STACELAND.
The Career. on the Stage. Of the Late
Thomas w. keene--He Was Deeply
Devoted to His Profession--Grace Col
den's Popularity Is Still Undimi q ished.

HE late Thomas w.
X e e n e was born
Oct. 26. 1910, in
New York city, and
as a boy evinced a
desire for the stage.
He became a mem
Der of several anna
teUr dramatic asso-
Citations. and was
ac " e in t h e ! +
ranks. His first ap-
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
MRS. MACKAY'S EXILE
STORIES, NOT SCANDALOUS
BUT HUMlLlATlNC.
AfeissoAse-'s Isad Picture-He Made Her
Look L.h~ en Ex-Wasiierwoman. and
She Bravely Hung the Painting In
Her Parlor.

II r r F. was some
talk not long ago
that Mrs. John w.
Mackay, mother of
Clarence M a C kay,
who, on Tuesday,
May II, m arr / e d
Miss Duer. W o u ! d
now remain a { e W
years in America,
hut this talk has
beeu set at rest by
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

E. S. Willard's illness from typhoid
fever reduced him in weight to 135
pounds.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

The proud father is always anxious
to give his first baby a-weigh.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

Thomas de Angels. son of Jefferson
de Angels, is arranging for season of
comic opera in New York. The past
season Mr.. de Angels has been identi
fled with the business staff Of THE
Wedding Day"
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

Mrs. Louise Carter is likely to ap-
pear in another play before she goes
back to New York from London. Da-
r!d Beiasco is at present at work on a
new play, which he expects to finish
before many weeks
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

MRS. J. w. MACKAY.
business is here, and he cares a lot
more about business than he does about
society.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

William Gillette is likely to be engag-
ed TO play the part of Sherlock Holmes
in DR.. A. Conan Doyle's dramatiZation
OF his series of sketches descriptive of
the achievements Of the greatest detec-
tive known to fiction. DR.. Doyle de-
clares that Gillette is the only man who
can do justice to the part.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

There once was a noble Lady
With eyes that were fire and fame,
But for the despair OF her lovers
This Lady was not to blame:
For she had not sought the homage
or those who to worship came.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29

Miss Beatrice Harraden. after re-
grettab bly, long period of illness, is busi-
ly engaged on modern play of serious
interest. Although the plot has been
acters are roughly but fully drawn, it
is, perhaps, premature to speak of its
possible destination. At the same time,
however, no surprise need be felt If
its production at the Lyceum, London,
should be announced later on, for Miss
Harraden is known to have had Miss
Ellen Terry in her minds eye in writ
ing it and Miss Terry has shown more
than common interest in following it:
development
The Press., 1898-03-10

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The Press., 1898-03-10

The most remarkable thing about Hrs.
Nellie J. Lord, of STAFFORD Corner, IN. H.,
is that she is alive to-day.
No one, perhaps, is more surprised at
this than Mrs. Lord herself. She looks back
at the day when she stood on the verge Of
death and shoulders. She looks ahead at a
life of happiness with her children, her hus-
band and her home with joy that only
mother can realize.
Mrs. Lord is the mother Of three children.
two of whom are twins; until the twins
came nothing narred the Joy of her lfc.
Then she was attacked with heart failure
and for year was unable to attend to the
ordinary duties of the home. In describing
her own experience Mrs. Lord says:
al had heart failure so bad was oltca
thought to be dead.
with this had neuralgia of the stom-
ach so bad 1t was necessary to give me
morphine to deaden the pain.
Sometimes the doctors gave me tern
porary relief, bot in the end it seemed as If
my suffering was multiplied.
Medicine did me no good and was bot
an aaggravation:
II was so thin my nearest friends failed
TO recognize me.
No one thought would live.
IL was in despair and thought that my