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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Shopllfting In Paris.

The ways of woman shOplifters are
thus described in a foreign journal:
"At the Bon Marche and the Louvre,
in Paris, regular allowance is made
for shoplifting in the debtor and credi-
tor accounts; the daily sum thus reg
istered is surprisingly high. Besides
amateur kleptomaniacs, female thieves
make continual raid on the counters,
and, Notwithstanding the vigilance of
the ispectors, they manage to reap a
good harvest These women usually
wear skirts as full as fashion will al
low, with very deep and capacious
pockets; they also wear shoes, not
boots, and have stockings cut off, so
as to leave the toes free. They press
close to the counter, where rapid
motion of the elbow, favored by some
dangling fringe, catches the coveted
article and throws it down. Then,
quickly, the foot slips out Of the shoe,
and the toes, exercised by long prac-
tce, draw the lace, or whatever it may
be, under the long skirt, where it re-
mains hidden till an opportunity Oc-
ours of quickly secreting it in the
pocket"
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home. The assault upon the x:tch
woman created a sensation in Lead
vile. The police discovered the assail-
ant and arrested him. He boldly ad-
mitted having beaten and choked the
woman. He said she had deserved it,
and told why. The case came up for
trial and the court room was filled by
a curious crowd. drawn thither to hear
one of the strangest defenses ever put
forth in an enlightened hall Of justice
The defense was that Catherine
Rothenberg was witch, whom it was
necessary to destroy in order to break
her influence for evil. A dozen men
and women recounted the uncanny do
ings of the woman. Sickness had come
to one family because she had
sprinkled earth from a murderer's
grave in their water barrel; certain
man who had declined to make her a
present Of $5 had become cripple:
she had been seen prowling at mid
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

From the Washington Star: A good
story comes up from Cuba about
well-known naval officer. Wherever
the United States navy is known Com
mander Lucien Young is known.
Young was one of the men who went
to the rescue of the shipwrecked sail
ors at Samoa after the great cyclone in
1888. He also performed daring feat
off Cape Hatteras when the Huron was
lest, and was presented with sword
by the state of Maryland as a result
Of it. He was one of the landing party
at Honolulu when the cruiser Boston
sent troops there to support Minister
Stevens in his recognition Of the pro-
visional government which overthrew
Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii. Lucien
is a Kentuckian, and as a talker Is Sec
ond only to Joe Blackburn Of that
state. But to get to the story: 1t ap-
pears that some naval officers were to-
gether down in Havana, and late ar
rival wiped his brow, ordered drink
and remarked that he was completely
talked out as he had been up against
the greatest talker in the navy. 81
guess you must have struck Lucien
Young" remarked one Of the other Of
ficers. "No," he replied, Il have just
been up against plain Smith" well,
then. you have another guess coming
as to who is the greatest talker," re-
sponded the man who had mentioned
Young's name. 81 don't know what
your man Young can do" said the new
conner, "but have So to back my man
! Smith against him"
Taken" answered the champion OF
Lucien Young, quickly, and the money
was put up in third mans hands. 1t
was agreed that nothing should be said
either to Young or to Smith, but 1t
was arranged that this group Of naval
officers should bring them together and
| quietly allow them to get started on
! some topic. The arrangements were
| all made. The men met casually. A
drink or two was passed around and
some topic introduced with with both
Young and Smith were familiar. The
others dropped out, leaned back in
their chairs and smoked their cigars.
while Smith and Young talked against
each other over the table. This went
on for matter OF two hours and
each apparently doing his level best.
Finally, Smith brought his fist down
on the table with a bang and said:
"Lucien Young, you are the greatest
talker in the navy. III quit you right
here" The money was passed over to
Young's backer, and the joke explain
ed, amid loud laughter on the part Of
those who had perpetrated 1t upon the
two takers.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Fitzpatrick in u Tight Place.

From the Washington Times: The
late General Judson Fitzpatrick was
caught in a tight place near Chatta-
nooga during the civil war. The gen.
eral with his cavalry division, was
outside of the federal lines on a lit
tie raiding business. Being hard
pressed by the confederates it was
necessary for him to ford the Tennes-
see river in order to escape. He knew
there was a ford but did not know
where to find it. Riding up to plan
tation house he saw a fine looking old
gentleman, with the ladies of his fam
lily, sitting on the veranda He at once
demanded that the venerable planter
should lead him to the ford, which the
latter positively refused to do. There
upon General Fitzpatrick told him that
unless he complied with the request he
would be shot in a minute. At this one
OF the ladies exclaimed Indignantly:
General, have you father?" Kill
patrick replied: Eyes, l have, and a
mother. too, and they have a boy.
and that boy is in ID tight place!"
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Soldier and the Ant Hill.

Only the other day the Kansas vol
unteers got under fire SO heavy that,
after spreading out in line of skirmish-
ers, the order was given to lie down.
One unfortunate soldier Topped square,
ly into an ant hill. Thousands Of the
little pests swarmed angrily over him,
biting with the peculiar penetration .f
Filipino ants. In a second the soldier
jumped up. swearing and almost
screaming with pain. Lie down, my
man." shouted his captain. "All right,
SIR" and down Topped the unhappy
soldier. He could stand it only few
seconds, when he leaped once more to
his feet. Lie down, l tell YOU" in
sisted the captain. "Blankety blank,
captain, I can't" protested the poor
fellow. Just then a sheet Of Mauser
bullets flew past him, at all heights.
from his shin to his head. 1t was mar
velous that the standing soldier was
not hit in dozen places, but he
changed his mind swiftly about the
possibility of lying down. Down he
went, regardless of ants, shouting to
his commander: Eyes, can, captain!
BY the holy smoke, yes, I can, sir!"
And he remained down until the order
came to rise.-Manila Correspondence
Leslie's Weekly.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
A WITCH IN COLORADO
EXTRAORDINARY TESTIMONY
ADMITTED IN COURT.
A Jewess Found Uncanny-D0zen Mon
and Women Tell How She Worked
Evil Upon All Who Fell Under Her
DispIeasure.

Is there a witch in Colorado? Cath
crime Rothenberg, a beautiful Jewess,
was the one accused in the Leadville
court. There were dozens Of witnesses
ready to testify that she was a witch
She seems to have bewidered lot of
them with manifestations of IA certain
mystic power to afflict her enemies
with disease and misfortune. No few
ef than six different persons We're on
hand to display ills that she had prac-
ticed upon them. Chief among these
was one Martin Roberts, the technical
defendant in the trial. Martin Roberts
was arrested on a charge of having
broken into the residence of Catherine
ROthenberg and beaten her until the
blood ran out of her mouth. He an
swered the summons before the court
with tine counter-charge that she had
threat she had made some weeks be-
fore, and caused him to fall ill., even as
she had fOretold she would do.
Catherine Rothenberg went to Lead
Vile several months ago. Her hus-
band and child accompanied her. The
woman Immediately attracted atten-
tion for an air of oriental mysticism
that glowed in the Syrian beauty Of her
face. Soon she gained the reputation
of being able to exercise control"
with dead and gone Arabian sage as
her .geni. This control she began to
use in dealings with her neighbors, to
the end Of compelling their acqui-
escence in whatever she might demand
of them. Thereby came about the en-
tanglement of Martin Roberts.
The latter called on Mrs. Rothen-
berg one day to ask her advice con-
cerning certain mining proposition.
He wagered with her 500 that she
could not prophesy correctly the out
come of another speculation he wa.
interested in. To his amazement she
described what turned out to be the
precise condition of affairs. He went
home and told his wife about 1t. That
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Old Letters.

The house was silent. and the light
Was fading from the western glow;
read till tears had dimmed my sight,
Some letters written long ago.
The voices that have passed away,
The faces that have turned to mould,
We're round me in the room today
And laughed and chatted as of old.
The thoughts that youth was wont to
think,
The hopes now dead forever more,
Came from the lines of faded ink
AS sweet and earnest as of yore.
| laid the letters by and dreamed
The dear dead past to life again;
The present and it's purpose seemed
A fading vision full of pain.
Then, with sudden burst of glce
The children burst into the room,
Their little faces were to me
AS sunrise in the cloud of gloom.
The world was fun of meaning still,
For love will live. though loved ones
die;
! turned upon lifes darkened hill
And glored in the morning sky.
F. G. Scott.
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astute lady waXed skeptical. She
waited until her lord had gone to work
on his mine next day, and then she
called on the woman with the power
and entertained her for about ten min
utes with recital of the various kinds
of a fraud she considered her to be.
"a fraud" cried the strange Jewess,
flashing wrathful glance at her visit
or. Every well-Tll show you You
shall feel the power you take such
pains to scorn. When I make you a
beggar, make your husband madman
and your child cripple, guess you'll
believe"
Mrs. Roberts went home less COM
posed than when she began the process
of relieving her mind" Ere long she
was Mortified to find her husband los
ing his mental balance. He began to
complain of shooting pains in the head
and acted as though he were bewitched.
Mrs, Roberts remembered the Jewish
woman's threat and was convinced.
Physicians could not account for the
malady by any regular formula known
to medical science. They shook their
heads wisely, figured up their bills and
muttered something about it being
very strange" The subject of Mrs.
Rothenbergs witchcraft they thought
fully steered clear Of, neither denying
nor affirming the plausibility Of the
wife's explanation.
Roberts himself believed as his wife
did. His more lucid moments he de-
voted to desperate scheming for some
means of combating the womsn's ma
lignant design. How to break the spell
was the one thought that assailed him
night and day. He remembered that
Catherine Rothenberg had told him
once in their friendly intercourse that
whenever she succeeded in affecting
anyone with disease, as she often did,
there was but one way to destroy her
power over the invalid. That was for
the invalid to draw blood from her
mouth. Roberts finally concluded to
put this remedy to the test. He went
to the Rothenberg house while Cath
crimes husband WAS away and found
the alleged witch sitting in chair
holding her child in her lap. He laid
hands ON her unceremoniously and
beat and chopped her until her mouth
ran red with blood and she was rsft
Of her senses. This done, he went
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Phil Sheridan's Objection.

Gen. Meigs was the architect of the
pension Office in Washington and was
When Gen. Sheridan inspected the
building, Gen. Meigs accompanied him.
Sheridan went thoroughly over the
structure from top to bottom, without
passing any comment, but when the
inspection was completed he turned to
his guide with: well, Meigs, l lave
only one fault to find with it," "What
is that, general?" asked the delighted
ex-quartermaster general. "It's fire.
proof" replied Sheridan.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Growth of Holland.

1t is a curious country over which
Wilhelmina, the girl queen, relgns.
Eight hundred years ago less than 600
square miles of Holland were beyond
the reach of the tides. During these
eight centuries 10000 square miles OF
land have been taken" from the ocean
by dikes and drainage, and now, at
cost of about s5,OOO,OOO, part of the
Zuyder zee is to be drained and no less
than 800 square miles added to Hol-
lands present territory.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Poultry Notes.

In killing poultry all unnecessary
cruelty should be avoided. One would
think such advice to be without
cause, but it is a fact that the modern
way of bleeding the fowls to death
through the mouth and picking them
while they are dying is cruel and
should be abandoned. P. H. Jacobs
says that a blow on the head will rem
der the bird unconscious and that the
bleeding will not thereby be interfered
with.
II the hen gets lame and continues
so it is generally better to senG ner to
the kettle. 1t has been the experience
of many that a lame fowl stands round
so much that she gets fat and stops
laying. The queer thing is that she
will be found to have no signs of eggs
in her. This seems to be due to the
fact that the fat has increased to such
an extent that the formation Of even
embryonic eggs is discontinued. Why
a fat fowl should stop forming eggs it
is difficult to say, but it is fact.
Now that the cooler weather Of fall
has come. some of cur readers will
think that it Is of no use to look for
the red mites that are such pest in
the poultry house. But now Is the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

night in a cemetery near the grave Of a
gentleman of local note named Min
nick, whose departure from this life at
the end of rope had given him dis
tinction among the Shades" her eyes
had been observed to shoot fire, and no
less an authority than Roberts himself
had seen red spots in the corners OF
them
These interesting occurrences having
been solemnly sworn to, Roberts at
torney proceeded to show how sensibly
his client had jumped in and destroyed
a common menace to the community,
and requested accordingly dismissal
Of the case as a compliment to that
useful individual The Judge COM
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

cral Office who never surrendered, and
who was never discharged from the
confederate service. No war ever had
as many strange situations, as many
curious results, as that war;"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

It's all we'll enough for a man to
greet his wife with smile. but there
are times when it is better to wait up.
til the odor Of the smile" has some.
what abated.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
No Room for the W sun ded.

How to take care Of seamen wounded
in action is a hard nut for English
naval officers to crack. Every square
inch Of a modern warship Is planned
to be taken up by coal, food and num-
tions. There is no place for a man
with his leg or arm shot of except
overheard. and the naval officers admit
1t.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

promised the case by fning the pris
oner $50 for "blood-letting." That was
for depriving witch Of her power"
in the year of our Lord eighteen hum
dred and ninety-nine.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

When Johnny Reb Went uome-Former
Confederate Tells OF the Return of
Southern Soldiers After the Big War
Fitzpatrick in u Tight Place.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

Butter for Packing.-Butter that is
to be packed for future consumption
should be a great deal drier than that
intended for Immediate use. 1t should
also be packed solidly, so that when
turned out of the box it will not show
any crevices for brine to lodge, giving
II an unsightly appearance.-Ex.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17
Markets for Dairy Products.

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture is reported as saying:
The people in the Mississippi val
ley are alive to the new markets in
the Pacific for their products. That
we may be doing something along this
line the agricultural department has
sent an agent to China to establish
agencies for the sale OF our dairy prod
ucts. We find that this Puget Sound
section imports dairy products from
the Mississippi valley. One object OF
my present visit, therefore, is to en-
courage your dairymen to prepare
not only to supply their market but
the greater market which is opening
up in the Pacific. Good butter, neatly
timed, brings thirty to forty cents a
pound over there. We of the Missis-
sippi valley have concluded that a
great change is coming. Our great
markets will be to the west rather
than to the east"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-17

Demand for Texas Feeders.-The
cattle ranges in Texas have not been
in such excellent condition as now for
very many years, and as a result the
Texas grass-fat cattle are going to
market in fine condition and are bring
ing prices that are pleasing to ship
pers. Those that are held to be fed
or to be sold TO feeder buyers will go
into the feed lots in better condition
than usual. AS there is absolutely
nothing to indicate that there will be
any decline in prices and there is an
abundance of cheap feedstuffs in all
the states where feeding is done, there
may be expected an unusually strong
demand for feeders. The supply from
Texas will, of course, be principally
Young stuff. In Texas there will prob
ably be more feeding than was done
last season, and more corn will be fed
than in any former feeding period
Texas Stock Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
SAN FRANCISCO CALL.

BUSINESS OFFICE of the San Francisco
Call, corner of Market and Third streets open
until u o'clock every night in the year.
BRANCH OFFICES-527 Montgomery street,
corner Clay; open until $3.50 o'clock.
500 Hayes street. open until $3.50 o'clock
$50 McAllister street; open until $3.50 o CLOCK
e15 Larldn street; open until 9:So o'clock
I941 Mission street; open until ~ o cloch'
22Gl Market street, corner Sixteenth; open
until o'clock.
JOG Eleventh street; open until O'Clock.
1896 Valencia street. open until O'Clock.
Northwest corner of Twenty-second ana heh-
tncky streets: omen until O'CLOCK
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
FURRIERs, FURS, ETC
HELP WANTED-AGENTs.

ELECTRIC seal capes, Astrakan toques, si0 TO
$50 ROBT. WALLACE. 115 Kearny; top moor.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21


WANTED-Lady canvassers on soaps Whlen
sell on their merit; experience not necessagy Sn. ,
to make good wages. Apply at factory 'oV'
Mission
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
EMPLOYMENT WANTED-FEMALE

COMPETENT Danish girl desires situation as
cooking and housework: best of reference
MISS CULLEN. 1876 Sutter st.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
HoUsEs-LODGING-FoR SALE.

80 ROOMS, corner; rent s55................. $3.50
is rooms on Turk near Market. .......... $50
as rooms on Market St; rent S75......... /. 500
4S-room hotel in Oakland. ................. z, 900
S0-room house; clears $500 ................ 2 500
20 rooms on Eddy ST.. must sell. l......... COO
26 rooms corner; apartment house. 1.600
I1-room house; one floor .............. $50
90 rooms: fronts; clears s25O...... q 200
so rooms elegant corner; clears $780, . $3.50
groom fiat $50: s-room f1at........... $50
10 rooms; fine corner; clears 5000 ... $500
36 rooms on Market st: clears $500. -. ,45o
MONEY TO LOAN ON ANY HOUSE
ABSTRACTS SHOWING CLEAR TITLE.
H. C. DECKER. 1920 Market St, opp. Fifth.
LODGING houses to suit at honest prices:
money to loan buyers. Call PACIFIC COAST
EXCHANGE. 1o0I4 Market st. near Sixth.
FINE bargain, II rooms; vicinity Sixth and
Market; clearing S75 monthly: best bargains
in lodginghouses in city HEALY, 917 Market
5000 WILL buy a corner house OF 80 rooms; all
full. EITEL, 100Sla Market st.
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the occupants of stores, f1athouses, Office
rooms and residences TO overhaul and clean
their establishments as often as desired.
The average speed Of a carrier pigeon In
calm weather is 200 yards a minute. With
a strong wind in the direction of flight
some pigeons have covered 1900 yards
minute.
The most costly piece of railway line In
the world is probably that between the
Mansion house and Aldgate stations In Lon
don which required the expenditure OF
close upon $40, 1000 per mile.
At present there are only twenty-three
cities in the United States and Canada in
which carpenters work ten hours per day.
One hundred and five have the eight-hour
rule and 424 work nine hours per day.
Latest reports from some forty cities and
towns show that an era or almost unpse-
cedented building activity has set in. de-
spite the high and advancing prices OF iron.
steel. lumber, glass, paint and other ma
terial.
Kit Carson's rifle, which was carried by
him for more than forty years, and whicn
never failed him, is now precious rene In
the possession of the Montezuma Lodge OF
Masons at Santa Fe, or which ne was
member.
ONicers of the American and British war
vessels that were at Samoa during the re-
cent trouble there will erect joint memorial
To sailors of he TWO nations slain In the va
rious engagements. 1t Will be OF granite,
with the names or the British on one tablet.
and the names OF the Americans on the
other, surmounted py the TWO naes iEssr-
twined
crusade has been started in London
against the Sunday baked loaf" 1t aP-
pears that there is an act OF George Nv,
making II illegal TO bake bread on Sunday
In the city Of London. though the fact has
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long been ignored. The question of Sunday
baking IS now to be taken up in Parliament.
There are eight inches more rainfall on
the south shore of Lake Superior than on the
north shore, and three inches more in the
cases of Erie ard Ontario. There is also a
greater precipitation on the eastern shores
Of Lakes Huron and Michigan than on the
western.
The passing OF the ax-man from the
Is becoming something like an exodus.
Among other recently announced purchases
of Northern lumbermen Is a tract OF 100
coo acres of pine timber land in Calsieu
Parish, La.
Russia I'm Europe has forest area or
about 500 100000 acres. One-third OF the
country. indeed. is forest. 1t is to be noted.
of Russia is under careful crown manage
ment. and effective measures are taken 10
prevent waste.
The now fashionable game Of golf was
put down by an act of Parliament in Scot
land In 1S41 as nuisance. Then fines Were
inflicted on people who were found guilty
of playing the game. for IL interfered with
welding the club 10 pulling the bow.
France employs over 5000 women in her
civil service, telephone and telegraph Offices.
The municipality of Paris alone gives work
to 900 women. while the Bank of France
pays salaries 10 400 more. Two hundred
Credit Foncier," with earnings varying
from s175 to $3.50 and 1915 a year.
Aluminium has just been used for the con-
struction OF new freproof curtain to be
used I'm the opera house. Besancon. The cur
tain Is sixty feet wide by f1fty-four feet
high, and its total weight composed OF
aluminium sheets one-twelfth OF an inch