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The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

saw that the horse had wide expanse
OF treeless territory in front of him
she began to hope that some fortunate
circumstance might interpose in her
behalf. Her good angel had not de-
serted her. A company of Cuban
soldiers, who had been following the
guerrillas, were riding slowly over the
open plain that the wild horse with his
burden of beauty was traversing. The
Cubans heard the horse coming, and
they halted, suspecting that one of
their men was being pursued A full
moon was sailing in a cloudless sky,
and long before the wild horse reached
the Cuban column those in front were
puzzled as to the burden OH the flying
animals back. They were, however.
not left in doubt for many moments
The wild horse was very nearly ex-
hausted, and the moment he saw other
horses he ran among them and stopped
He was completely frightened out OF
his senses and SO weak that he made no
attempt to move when a soldier threw
a rope over his neck. The Cubans
could hardly believe their own eyes
Wnen they found young lady !aShed
to the back of the wild horse, and
when Miss Monica had somewhat re-
covered and told her friends how it had
all occurred there was no limit to the
fury that prevailed in the camp. Many
of the Cubans knew Miss Monica's
father, and the officers were power
less to control the frenzied soldiers in
their desire to be avenged at once.
They knew the location Of the guerrilla
camp. and they demanded to be led
against the inhuman wretches imme-
dtately. Never did set of land pirates
pay more dearly for their deviltry.
The Cubans fell upon their camp about
sunrise, while they were yet paralyzed
with liquor. and they shot everyone Of
them to death except the leader of the
gang, who was captured and hung later
in the day.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
New Experiment Station.

In deciding to establish agricultural
Experiment stations in Alaska, the
government has taken what every in
(elligent person will consider an ex-
tremely wise step. So little is known
OF the vegetable products Of Alaska.
that the work would be interesting if
for no other reason than that it would
iamiliarize us with what grows there.
But this is very far from the real in
tent and purpose Of the undertaking..
As the state becomes settled, the on ,s
ton of agriculture will become more
and more important, and it will he of
great consequence to settlers and
those intending to make that country
'heir home to know just what they
can raise there in order to suhsist The
headquarters of the experiment bureau
will he at Sitka. From this po;nt ,hc
department will work wherever there
appears to be most need for its inyec-
legations. Considerable research will
be undertaken in the lire OF surveys
and geological and meteoro,ogsna,
science. The value of such info-ma.
zion can scarcely be appreciated
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

ever reproduce for theatric purposes,
II the management Of the different the
aters is really serious and wants to
help to complete the good work, and
the public refuses to be persuaded to
sit out six or eight minutes more of
the entertainment furnished them, l
suggest mode generally in vogue
abroad. e., that the ownsr surrender
his or her hat at the door for which
check is given, and the hat returned
at the close Of the performance. This
is due to those few who paid for and
wish to see an entire performance,
and coHrteously and quietly sit until
the fall of the curtain, at which time
(again initiating their brothers across
the pond) a slight demonstration of
approval would be far more apropos
than the spasmodic applause which
greets the actor as he makes his en-
trance, causing frequent Interruptions
of the dialogue and killing the illu-
sion aimed at by both actor and au-
thor"
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
To Dam the Nile.

After a long discussion in the Eng
tish press, preceded by several centu-
ries of European Indifference of opin-
ion upon the same subject, the English
government stands at last definitely
committed to the great enterprise of
0amming the Nile at Assouan, at a
total estimated cost of $25, 900, coo. Sir
Benjamin Barker, it has been an
nounced, will start in few days for
.Assouan to take personal supervision
Of the famous work which is expected
to again make of Egypt tho fertile land
it was in the days of the Ptolemies.
AS AssOuan is the site of the uuarries
which furnished Egypt with the stone
for so many of its tombs and monu-
nlents there will be no lack Of materia'
for the immense mass Of masonry
which will be thrown across the urpcr
Nile, damming its waters at times az
far back as IA miles. At high Nile"
when the dam is completed the island
of Philae will be submerged and its
famous temple will rise from the bosom
of an immense lake. The great dam
NIA NC Ouiil uppA d HH1uUSi Ol iSIaNCS,
many of them solid rock, of the hard
syenite or quartz diorite and the river
at this point is so wide and shallow
the foundations can be put in dry.
The dam will be mile and a quarter
long, of compact granite, 20 feet high
at its lowest point. and 800 feet above
the lowest level Of the river below the
h
colossal dam will be carriage road
80 to 40 feet wide, and the dam itself
will be supplied with series of locks
making it possible to regulate the flow
and distribution of the water, & great
point in country where fertility de-
Ponds absolutely upon the Nile.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
FIRED UPON.

as they were preparing to camp.
dozen or more Spanish gue,'rillas gal
ioped up to the cart and overturned it.
brute who appeared TO be in command
and made a piteous appeal to him to
leave them undisturbed. She might as
we'll have talked to the stones in the
hills. The man could not read and, to
add to the terror he had already ex-
cited, Miss Monica discovered that the
guerrillas were all very drunk. They
found in the cart The leader of the
gang, after offering the young lady
drink from his bottle, staggered
against her and made an attempt to
take her face in his hands. Now thor
oughly alarmed and preferrng death
to dishonOr, the little Cuban quickly
drew stiletto from her bosom AMI
sprang at the monsters throat, barely
grazing his beard with the keen blade
His comrades laughed and hurrahed
and made all kinds Of sport of their
leader. The young la0y's knowledge
Of the character and spirit of the Gu
ban guerilla led her to believe that
she had aroused spark Of chivalry in
the men, and she appealed to them for
protection. They did force the mon
ster to let the pretty little tigress,"
as they called her, alone, and, after
some moments they went into camp,
or rather stretched themselves out un-
der the trees short distance away
rom the cart.
II cannot tell you what happened or
at least repeat One-half of the horrors
Of that terrible night" said Miss Mon
lea. II cannot recall it without shud-
Ger. While drinking and carousing
they butchered the man who was with
us with their machetes and laughed at
his d. ing agonies. One threw lariat
over my neck. and after they had dis
armed ne they bound my hands to a
lree."
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A very slight circumstance doubtless
saved the young lady from fate
worse than death, though it subjected
her to one of the most frightfu prdeals
ever endured by mortal flesh
One Of the guerrillas came into the
camp leading a very Withholding black
stallion, which he, in his drunken re.k-
f>lessness, declared was the devils own
sadsle horse. 1t appeared that they
mad Just stolen the fine animal and that
ne had thrown everyone who had
mounted him.
DO you think you could ride him,
my little tigress?" said one of the
guerrillas, approaching Miss Monica
and making all attempt to become IA
mlliar. Her answer, which was, II
should like nothing better than to try"
seemed to tickle the desperate charae-
tiers immensely. Miss Monica says that
she hardly knows why she made such
an answer. She realized that she had
no chance of escaping from the drunk
en- set and would Willingly have ex-
changed her position for the back of
the widest horse in the world. "All
rlght, shouted the guerrilla chief, "the
little tiger came near cutting my throat
and l will just send her to the devil
on horseback"
The big guerrilla seized the young
girl in his arms and running to the
wild horse which five Or six howling
devils were at that moment lashing to
tree. he threw her across the ami
mails back and shouted 10 his comrades
to fetch ropes. Let lis have some
fun he roared. Lash the little rebel
to the wild devils back and turn him
loose, and we will chase her off of the
island and save somebody the trouble
of Staying her.
This remarkable language was re-
ceived with shouts and laughter, and
the next moment dozen or more OF
these fiends were burrahing and bind
ing the terrified girl to the little less
terrified horse. Before Miss Monica
realized what her tormentors were do
ing one of the wretches cut the rope
that was about the horses neck and
fired pistol. The frightened animal
sprang into the air and struck the
earth a-running. Pistol balls rainel
about him, but, unharmed. he seemed
to sail above the earth with the wind,
and was soon beyond the reach of the
guerrilas. For the first few moments
Miss Monica says that she had little
hope of escaping with her life, but
When she had recovered breath and
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
Primitive Ice.Maktng,

The most ancient method of making
ice appears to be that practiced in
India. Holes are made in the ground,
dry straw is put at the bottom of these,
anG On it, at the close Of the day, are
placed pans of water, which are left
until the next morning, when the ice
that is found within the pans is col
!ec'ed. The industry is carried on
only in districts where the ground is
dry, and will readily absorb the vapor
given off from the water in the pans.
The freezing, Of course, is due to the
great amount of heat absorbed by the
vapor in passing from its liquid to its
gaseous form.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
Opera VS.. Drama,

The proposed return OF Maurice
Crau to America with his magnificent
opera company has raised again in
New York the old issue: Does the
Metropolitan season of opera injure
the business Of the regular theaters ?
On this point that careful observer,
Hillary Bell, says: "undoubtedly
Maurice Grau will claim part of the
moneys which the drama ao.cewaat IL
logically regards as its own. Last
season the Metropolitan hn'ps closed
until the arrival of Walter Damrosch,
even the grand opera patrons were
compelled TO depend for their occa-
sional entertainment On the theater
Yet 1t is to be observed that the great
proportion Of the amount earned by
grand opera would not in any case be
expended upon the play. In good
season Mr.. Grau takes in about $780,
900 at the Metropolitan. When his
company was absent, 4. 1t was last
winter, possibly $4,000 ~ ;nat sum is
spent In the theater. Tp. remaining
$3.50 600 is invested in diamonds or al
lowed to lie in banks. The drama
makes frequent protest that its right
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

most powerful man in Germany with
the exception Of the emperor. DR.. Lie
Der has always been greatly interested
in America, and has maintained close
relations with the German Central So
clety in the United States. He attend
ed the German conventions held at
Cincinnati, Pittsburg and Detroit, and
gladly accepted the formal invitation
to be present at the convention at Mil
waukce. Since he has been in the city
he has been the lido! Of the German
Catholics
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

fni earnings go to the support Of grand
opera, but the claim is not to be ap-
proved. The Metropolitan patrons are
rarely seen at the play. Sarah Berr..
hardt, Henry Irving and Eleonora
Duse attract some OF them to the the
ater, but in the great majority of in
stances they have received vivid i'm
pressions of acting at the Metropolitan
which are not maintained in the play.
Cur thGater possesses no such come
d.enn, or tragedienne as Nine. Calve,
no romantic actor who can rival Jean
de Reszke. no comedian equal in hui
NOR to EdOuard de Rcszke, no traged-
ian or character actor whose art APP
proaches that of Vicor Maurel. Tile
histrionic skill of certain of the great
singers far surpasses that of our re2u
lar actors that the grand opera peo-
pie are not attracted by John Drew,
Maude Adams, Richard Mansfield or
Viola Allen. Therefore it is evident
that the eXtravagant amount of money
spent in the Metropolitan would not in
any case be given to the drama. Last
winter, when the opera house was
closed, the theater. instead of being
more prosperous than usual. had less
than its customary support. 1t is
curious commentary on the art of the
actor that the arrival of circus in
town will defect more money from
theatric treasures than is withheld
from them by season of grand opera.
Our managers need not fear Maurice
Grau and Nine. Melba so much as Bar
mum and Buffalo Bill"
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

Marion GirouX was born in New York
city, in 1872, and made her professional
debut in f. E. Kicc's "Adonis.' during
the third year of its run at the Bijou
theater. She made her first pronounced
hit as Dorothy Neville, in T.. II Soth-
ern's production of sheridan, or the
Maid of Bath She afterward took
the place of George Cayvan in The
Grey Mare She this season appears
as Mrs. Smith. in Geo II. Broadhurst' s
new farce. why Smith Left Home. "
which is under the management of j
J. Rosenthal
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

which consists entirely Of Catholics.
That party holds the balance of power
between the socialists and the conser-
vatives, and the emperor, in order to
secure what legislation he wishes from
the reichstag, is forced to give DR.. Lie
yer whatever concessions he may de-
ire in the interests Of his church. 1t
Is common talk of late in Germany
that, though a Protestant country, ii
is ruled by Catholics, and it is due to
DR.. Lieber that such is the case. DR..
Lieber was born at Camberg. in the
province OF Nassau, and devoted him
self to the study of law. Entering
parliament at an early age, he has de-
voted his attention entirely to his po-
litical duties, and soon rose to be the
leader of the ceHtrists, and through
hem he has become admittedly,
though not avowedly or officially, the
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

Went to work oil salary and one bl
one he settled with them and aftcl
four or five years Of ince ssant labor h.
was at last able to reach the end OF
the long list of claimants. Today he
is able TO say, Il owe no man" Lew
Dochstaders courage is to be COM
mended. Such men are a credit tc
the profession.
The recent shake up in leading men
Is settled. Annie Russell gets Frank
Nortbing, recently with DAILY. Worth
ing's place with Viola Allen is taken
by Edward }. Morgan, the extremely
bright young man of late with the
l-yceum, and kyrle Belew stays in
London with Charles Wyndham. Bel
lew and Mrs. Potter. by the way. can
hardly be at violent odds as she has
rented to him her house in st. Johns
Wood, London, while she lives next
door with her father and mother.
The only place where violin making
| may be said TO constitute the industry
is Narkncukirchen in Saxony. with its
surrounding Villages. There are alto
2e'her 10000 people in this district on
gagged exclusively in The manufacture
of Niolins. The inha bitan!s. from the
small boy TO the gray-hared and
Wrinkled veteran and aged grandmoth
er and young girls, are all constautIy
employed in making some rar, or
other Of this instrument.
a molodrama by Theodore Burt
Sayre, Sir lIilliary's Wager" was per-
formed at a London matinee by Am
efican actors. There are two heroes
father AMI his son, in the days of
Charles II in England The father ba
comes hi2hWayman. the son is mis-
takcniy arrested as the criminal and
the former delivers himself up to save
me latter. James X. Hackett nlavs
the dnai role. and may DO so again in
this country.
Richard Mansfield, who is to pro.
dnce "CyranO de Bergerac" in this
country. has, gone to London to wit.
ness the performance Of NJ. Coauelin
the eminent French actor. in that play.
which is now running at the Lyceuu
thfater there
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

from the island OF Porto Rice and now
that the American army has taken
possession of the country this beautiful
young lady is unable to express her
JOY over the prospect OF returning to
her home. "No doubt" she says,
"everything will be greatly changed,
but there is no other spot on earth so
lovely as our island. and it will not
be long under the reign of peace before
the fields will yield rich harvests and
we will all be happy again.
Miss Monica is the heroine of most
remarkable escape from the hands of
the Spaniards. About a year ago she
was in Cuba, and in company with a
FAMILY Of reconcentrados she attempted
to make the journey across the coun-
try from the little interior plantation
OF Palma to Santiago, in the hope Of
hndlng some opportunity ct the latter
place to escape to the United States.
An officer, with a spark Of humanity in
his bosom, touched by the miserable
condition of the unfo,;unates. fur
nished them with a pass and assured
the young lady that no soldiers would
harm them. They had Al Gid cart, in
which they had loaded a few articles
OF clothing and scant supply of pro-
visions Miss Monica rode an old dom
key, which had been given to her by
one OF the faithful negroes Of her faith
er's Cuban plantation. They met sew
eral columns of soldiers, who did not
molest them, and they were beginning
to congratulate themselves over their
good fortune, when one evening. lust
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
II. d, WOLFF.

moro Wo!ff, minister from England 10
Spain, as the man who would conduct
matters between the two countries;
but, for many reasons, all was chang
ed, and M. Cambon was selected to
perform the difficult task.
This noteworthy diplomat has rep
resented his country in Spain Sr a
number OF years, and Spain sends in
return 10 England representative in
the person Of Count Casa Valencia.
SiF Henry VOLTS title in full is the
H;. hon. Sir Henry Drummond Wolf
anc besides he bears the title of COM
manGeE in many large and distin-
guishfd English ORGANIZATIONS.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18

the many we'll intrenched theatrica!
and oft-repeated wall of the better
half of the theater-going public. the
well-directed efforts of the press. the
ridicule Of the 'rdiculst,' and the
nearly support of the management, the
theater hat itself is thing of the
past But the end is not yet. The
long suffering can at least see the
stage-for time-but the actor
neither his side of the question nor
the authors has been presented. No
one unconnected with the theater
knows how conscientiously and earn
hestly the actor works to please his
public and to win just modicum of
recognition. Yet the public is as
thoughtless of him as the hat-ridden
woman was of the man behind her,
utterly ignoring the right of the au-
thor and the actor to proclaim the eX-
lstence of the last 200 or 300 words
the former thought necessary to the
complete eluciiatton Of his pot. The
very best efforts of the actor to rem
DER those words intelligently ana in
'elllglbly are destroyed by the noisy
throwing up of seats. the diving under
taem for hats and wraps, the replacing
OF rams and glasses preparatory to a
grand rush for the exit thereby fur
nishing the struggling actor a more
llfelike idea Of a panic than with all
ms art and arduous rehearsals he can
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
Is NEAR TO WILLIAM.
DE. LIEBER. FAMOUS GERMAN
CENTRiST LEADER,
1t Is Said That He Assists the Fnperor
to Rule the Nation. His Party Hold
Ing the balance Of Power 4. the
Reichstag.

r. f. NJ. LIEBER.
whose speech at
the recent German
convention in Mil
waukee has attrac-
ted general atten-
ton, is probably
the most influential
man in public life
in Germany today.
He is the leader Of
the centrist party,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
BELLE A MAZEPPA.
sENORITk MONICA LASREp TO
STALLION.
AtrociOus Deed of Spanish Guerillas-
Saved by . Band of Patriots Her
TOrmentors Captured and Shot by the
NevOlut ionists.

HERE is one wom-
an in this country
who reioiced ex-
ceedingly at the tri-
umph Of our arms
against the Span
iards. This is the
beautiful Miss Va
lencia Monica, who
Is now living in
San Antonio, Tex.
She is an exile
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
NntcI of the Sturp.

Lew Dockstader some years ago be.
came heavily involved pecuniariiy and
it looked as if his liabilities were oj
such an amount that he would neve,
be able to pay his creditors; but he
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
Advice.

In going into store to file a kick
aay: There was mistake made" !n-
stead Of "foL made mistaks."-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-18
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SOME SAYINGS AND DO,NCS
In STACElAND.
People Who Rise From Their Seats BE-
fore the Curtain Goes Down Depicted
~ DIsricabie Glass Opera W..
Dranaa-Notes Of the Plsyhouses.
A Scathing Indictment.

correspondent OF
the Boston Tran
script, who writes
over the signature
Not a Matinee
Girl and who is,
therefore, presump-
lively a woman,
draws this indict-
ment of one OF the
most eXasperating s
and illbred of all
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23
Mount Vernon'S Guard.

From the Washington star
Edward Parker, the little old colOred
man who occupies the sentry box at the
tomb Of Washington at Mount Vernon,
lives In Washington. That Is, his fam
lily live here, and he comes over by
special permit of the organization which
has control of the old home of the first
President of the United States.
For years the tomb Of Washington has
been constantly before this old Colored
mans vision. He has never missed
day from that dingy sentry box since
Mount Vernon passed into the charge of
the ladies, and before that, dating from
1841, he had lived on the place. He was
slave of John Washington and Is the
last Of the old servants now living.
Every other Saturday Parker comes
over to Washington, always carrying
with him an old-fashioned carpet bag, so
common In the days Of reconstruction.
The following Monday morning he may
always be seen half hour at least be-
fore the first train starts for Mount Ver-
non waiting around the corner Of Penn
sylVania avenue and Thirteenth street.
He has never missed the first train since
the electric cars began running to Mount
Vernon. Before that, the first boat to
Mount Vernon on alternating Monday
mornings always found him passenger.
Parker is indeed character. He as
sisted in burylng the last person con-
signed to the vault in Washington's
tomb. After that the key to the vault
was thrown into the Potomac. This was
In the early SOS.