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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
The Care of Table Linen.

1t is not enough to have fine table
1inen; it must be well looked after if
we want to keep it at it's best. You
may have a delightful meal to serve,
plenty of pretty china, glass and sill
yer, but if your tablecloth is not snowy
white and just the right stiffness your
table will be spoiled in appearance. EX
anime the table linen once week and
darn the smallest break. The secret of
this homely art lies in running the
thread SO far on each side of the break
that 1t does not Immediately fray and
pull out the fabric A tiny hole is cas-
lily darned, while a patch is very un-
slightly and ruins a nice tableclOth. An
under cover of canton flannel makes
the tablecloth look better as it throws
out the pattern of the damask, and it
also prevents the table from wearing
the linen. Tray cloths should be used
under all the dishes, the contents of
which are liable to be spilled. These
cloths save the tablecloth wonderfully
and are easily washed when they be-
come soled. When small cloths and
napkins are washed and dried and
ready to be ironed, dip them in boiling
water and wiring out between dry
cloths. Then iron rapidly with hot
flatiron and they will be glossy and
stiff. The method Of laundering counts
for much in the care of linen, and all
spots and stains must be removed be-
fore it is put in the wash. If fruit or
fai ho o10
place the linen over large bowl and
pour through it boiling water from the
tea kettle. Kerosene will take iron
dust and old fruit stains from the cloth
without injuring the fabric. Wash the
soiled spots in the oil before it is put
into hot water, or it will do no good.
Grass stains may be removed by wash
ing with alcohol. For chocolate stains
use cold water, then boiling water from
the tea kettle. Table linen should be
washed by itself to obtain the very best
results. After all the stains have been
removed, prepare suds of warm water
and let the linen remain in it fifteen
fabric between the hands in the suds.
II any difficulty is experienced it will
be better to boil the article rather than
rub on the board, as this wears the
fabric. Rinse through two or three
waters and add little boiled starch to
the second water If any stiffening is
tesired. The dainty woman who wishes
10 keep her table linen up to the stand
ard must be able to direct the laun-
Aress If she does not do the work her
self, for a housekeeper is judged great
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
4 SaW Mill Ira edy.

At Weinkle's SaWmill a mile below
Everett, Ga, the other morning, John
Holmes, a good negro was killed by
Hick McMullins, a desperate character.
The killing was the result of deliber-
ate intention on the part of McMullins
to kill someone for having been
elected from negro cabin where he
had been raising a disturbance 1t seems
that late the previous night party
of negroes gathered in the cabin Of
Isaac Williams for a frolic. Toward
the early hours of morning McMullins
became boisterOus and wanted to fight
with someone. He was put out of the
cabin and went away. On returning
in a few moments, he demanded ad-
mittance and the privilege of seeing
the man who elected him-Charles
Headey. The door was closed on Nc
Mullins and he shot between the
cracks. The negroes inside all hud-
died together and McMullins then
walked around the cabin and fired
through the back door into the bunch.
Holmes, an inotfensive negro of good
character, was struck and called for
air. He walked out Of the back door
and fell dead within few feet of it,
shot in the abdomen. McMullins made
his escape.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
BILLS LAST POT.
PHksR STORY OF GOOD OLD
DAYS IN DENVER.

N.s"s Life and Fortune Against Errin=
Divide by Pistol shot in the Shou-
down.
a Jovial-looking man, whose clean
redped double chm hung in rosy folds
upon the rim of his capacious turn
Gown collar, sat comfortably back IN
the depths OF leather cushioned chair
III d Chicago hotel and discoursed
learnedly to an audience of four. This
happened in Denver in 7S' the oder
man began. Maybe some of you
young fellows have heard Of Canada
Bill. He was the original three-card
man. Worked the Union Pacific from
Omaha to Denver in a granger make
up and caught from three to five suck
ers every trip. Any time he thought
ne needed fresh five thousand all he
mad TO do was to buy railroad ticket
and go out and get it. Tho night when
what I'm going to tell you about hap
pened we'd had pretty warm session.
Old Fred Argyle himself VAS in the
game. had got off way loser and was
feeling pretty sore about it. Maybe he
was $4,000 TO the bad, and Il fellow
named Wrigley, who'd made a strike
up the mountains and had come into
town with nothing to burn but money
mad won the most of it. Probably it
had got to be about 4 o'clock in the
morning when in falls old Canada Bill
IN his farmer makeup. The bank S
closed and Bill tries to get Argyle to
open up for him, which Argyle wont
do.
Well, then, I'll sit in here says
William, and in he sat. | notice Wrig-
ley looking the new player over pretty
hard, like he thought he must have
known him somewhere befo~y, but
Bills got on his goats beard and the
rest of his horny-handed jolly, and
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with his most irritating drawl. Wrig-
ley studies his hand minute and
finally stands it. Bill stands pat. He's
the ante man and Argyle is the dealer.
Wrigley turns pretty pale, but he
draws down 10 his hand and takes two
cards. He catches another nine, and
then lie just checks up his hand. Bill
bets $1,000. Wrigley throws his draft
into the pot.
'''It goes for what's left, he says. i
tnp myself
"Bill's hand is lying on the table in
front Of him. He picks it up, cool and
slow. and looks it over carefully Taen
be says:
81 wish you weren't broke. Eve
got pretty good mess of cards E@re
AID wouldn't mind some excitement.
well. I'm broke. and that's all
,aere is to it, says Wrigley, very nerv-
Gus and very mad.
"'Ain't you got any assets at all?'
inquiries Bill, in his most provoking
drawl.
mot cent says Wrgley.
Nothing in the way of collateral?'
"'Not damned thing
"'Oh, yes, you have says Bill in a
voice so strained and strange all turned
to look at him curiously. He throws
his big sombrero down on the floor and
strips his false beard off his face.
"Wrigley LOOKS at him like he saw a
/ ghost.
You have my wife says Bill.
She's an asset. isn't she? Anyhow
she's worth more to me than she is to
you, you scOundrel. And she thinks
more of me than she does of you, down
in the bottom of her heart. She'll go
home with me if you'll let her alone
"He banged his fist hard on the ta-
BILE. I'll ell you what I'll do he
shouts at Wrgley, I've got 100000
more here in good money. I'll put 1t
all in the pot. If you win I'll go back
East and won't say word. II | win
you agree 20 disappear without trying
to see the woman. Where you go
don't care. All you have to do Is to go
! Now, do you call me, you blackguard?
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
A Feminine Failing.

worry wears out more people than
work does, and fretting causes more
unhappiness in families than either
sickness or poverty writes Mrs. Mo-
ses P. Handy in the October Womans S
Home Companion. Indeed, the secret
of happiness may almost be said to be
making the best Of everything, and
good humor under all circumstances
the most useful virtue which man and
more especially woman, can possess.
There are good women who to-day
would peril life and limb for husband
and children, yet who daily render
their dear ones uncomfortable by 60
ing forth to meet trouble half way,
and by grieving over that which is
past and irremediable. If thing can
be helped by any effort Of yours, go
to work promptly and help it; If not,
waste no time in vain repining. When
your husband has made a mistake in
business and times are hard do not
wall over the mistake. Gather up the
fragments and stand by to help him.
If you can do nothing else you can at
least pretend that you do not mind;
can show him that you believe in him
still, and prophesy that better times
are coming. Nothing so chills mans
courage as the damp spray Of wifs's
tears. Did you never try to run your
sewing machine without oil? Don't
you know how the surfaces grind upon
each other, and how hard the work
is? Well, just as one hour of that
scraping will injure the machinery
more than a whole days use would it
properly Oiled just SO one days wor-
~ will dig more wrinkles in your face
and sprinkle more gray in your hair
than will months of patient, trusting
labor. Worrying is an essentially fem
anine failing, and there are women who
do it in spite Of themselves. If you
chance to be such a one, fret all to
yourself in the privacy of your cham
ber, provided you have any privacy.
But under any circumstances do not
empty yJur basin of cold water-or
worse, your bottle of tears-over the
sitting room fire"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

Il rather guess you could have heard
that famous pin drop then. Wrigley
was white as a sheet He tried twice
to speak before any sound came from
his throat. Then he said hoarsely:
It's a bargain. | call you
"Bill showed his money into the pot.
Wrigley showed down his hand with
a gasp. Bill turned his face up on the
table. He had four tens.
"Wrigley stared at them for a full
minute, his eyes starting from his head
Then before any one could stop him he
snatched a revolver from his belt,
thrust it in his mouth and fred.
That's the last time | cared to play
poker, boys"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
A Sense OF Insecurity.

I'm keeping sharp lookout fur
work, said Meandering Mike.
Flooding Pete gazed at him in mute
dismay as he added:
Il means it. You've gottcr keep a
lookout fur work desc busy days. II
you amt careful a stuation'll sneak
up behind yer an grab yer an have yer
under obligations to de pay roll before
yer knows what's happenin'." Wash
ington Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Wrigley sort of gives a sigh of relief

Wrigley sort of gives a sigh of relief
and goes on playing.
There isn't any limit, you know. A
man simply declares how much more
than he's got in front of him goes, and
that's all there was to it. We was
playing four-handed when Bill sits in,
and each of us had declared $4,000
more.
"I'll play as much as any one he
says, and at it we go. Canada seemed
to pick Wrigley out for mark from
the jump. The ante was 20 call 80, and
it made the game pretty warm, | as
sure you. Every time Wrigley would
stay Bill would jolt him about hun
dred more. Then he'd draw to three
card flush or an ace and king or some
such fool hand and come out with the
best. Naturally this cost Wrig.ey
quite bunch of money every trip, and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
The Lost Word.

The Lost Word.
The word of the wind TO the aspenS
l listened all day to hear;
But over the hill or down in the swalo
He vanished as | drew near.
1 asked of the quaking shadows.
l questioned the shy green bird;
But the falling river bore away
The secret l would have heard.
Then l turned to my forest cabin
In Glove of the Kaaterskills
And at dead of night, when the fire was
The whisper came to my sill.
Now l know there will haunt me ever
That word of ancient tongue.
Whose golden meaning, half OWNED,
Was lost when the world was young.
4 know I must seek and see it.
Through the wide green earth. and
round,
Though | come in ignorance at last,
TO the place of the grassy mound.
Yet It may be shall find it,
If / keep the patience mild
The flexible faith, the open heart,
And the calm of little child.
Bliss Cameron in the Congregationalist.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

I'm FALLS OLD CANADA BILL"
about sun-up he'd lost back all he'd
won off Argyle and as much more of
his own. He's pretty nervous as he
goes down the flume, but he keeps on
plugging away at Bill and never beat
ing him once. The rest of us don't
seem to be doing much except anteing
away our money.
Finally Bill beats a queen full for
Wrigley. who rips out big oath about
a fool for luck, digs up draft for $1O,-
600 and allows that if he loses that he's
broke.
"'It all goes says he.
Same goes with me- says Bill.
presently Wrigley picks up three
mines. Bill raises him couple of hun
dred before the draw.
ga thousand more snaps out Wrig-
ley, like he was tired of being perse-
cuted and was trying to make William
lay his hand down.
1.-TWO thousand more says Bill.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
SOrIiSt Soul,

Bettina-I needed a little money one
day when l was down town and bor-
rowed dollar from Irene Foxby.
told her that il forgot to return it she
must ask me for it. Gwendolen-Yes? =?
Bettina-Well it escaped my mind for
few weeks and the mean thing asked
me for it!
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Ora mmar. Not Time.

Goodness. Well miss the opera"
she said, impatiently. We've been
waiting a good many minutes for that
mother of mine
Hours, | should say" he replied.
somewhat acrimoniously
"Ours?" cried she, rapturously. "Oh!
George, this is SO sudden!" Then she
fell upon his neck-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
More Than He Could Stand.

yes" said the party who was speak
ing of the oldest inhabitant; "he was
104 years old and apparently in good
health just before he died"
went off suddenly, did he?"
Rather. He heard of a man aged
106 in the next county and the shock
killed him. PUCK
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Sea sOning Hints.


Small pickles, olives and capers
minced fine are an excellent seasoning
for a salad dressing Boston baked
beans can be improved by adding a
cup of sweet cream the last hour Of
baking. Three tablespoonfuls OF fresh
ly made Japan tea, with a bit Of nut
meg, give an indispensable flavor to
an apple pie. To give a fine ilayor to
corned beef hash, use good stock for
moistoning with a pinch Of salt, sugar
and cayenne. When making tomato
soup add a raw cucumber sliced fine,
boil soft and strain with tomato It
gives a pleasant seasoning
Wild Rose Cake.
Make the dough after the recipe
given for pond lily cake, fiavoring with
rose and strawberry instead OF peach.
Eake in two inch deep jelly tins, and
sandwich with pink icing, and the
same on top. made by substituting
finely pulverized pink sugar for white. }
When you have put the last layer O
pink icing on top. sift very lightly ovea
the top granulated white sugar.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

three on the shoulder. An enterpr1s-
ing tailor saw fit this autumn to run
a narrow piping of mink on the edge
of the revcrs, over the fronts and
around the tails, and his happy
thought has evidently found instant
favor, for these trimmed coverts are
almost the first of the fur-touched
wraps to go into active service.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Did More.

Did she make eyes at you when you
tried to flirt with herr"
More than that. She made whole
faces. ."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
He Had Seen Them.

81 think said the old lady wisely.
"that young Mr.. Binks has a hold on
Mabel's affections"
POSSIBLY, possibly" replied the old
gentleman, who had just glanced into
the parlor. "At any rate he has
hold on her waist. ."-Chicago Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Check rnAted.

They were speaking Of the new-wo-
man movement.
III girl proposed to you." she
said, you wouldn't dare refuse her"
III girl had the nerve and the
determination to make a proposal" he
replied. 81 wouldn't dare marry her"
In view Of the circumstances she de-
cided to wait for him to speak first.
Chicago Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

The little covert coat has been i'm
proving the shining hour by assuming
decorative touches of fur that will
undoubtedly prolong it's sphere of use
fulness far into the autumn. 1t has
appeared lately in gray, brown and
green, cut on the mode of basque
coat that is fitted to the figure with
a rounding tail on the hip and fat
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Reason for 1t.

"Why is she only in half mouring7
OF course, she married old Skinflint
for his money, but she ought to re-
spect his memory now that he's dead"
ooh, she thinks she's doing all that
is required under the circumstances.
He only left her half his fortune."-
Chicago Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
where the Trouble Lies.

YES" he said as he got up to kim
die the kitchen fire, loves young
dream is all right so far as it goes, but
the trouble is it is only dream."-
Chicago Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Once Bit. Twice Shy.

Doctor-Ppt out your tongue. Little
Colin-No feS.; did that to the teach
er yesterday and got spanking
Stray Stories.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety of Jokes. Gibes and Ironies.
Original and Selecied-Fiotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide ~ uumor-
Witty Sayings,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

Auntie-Youll grow up ugly II you
make such faces!
Efie (wiping away her tears)-Did
you make faces when you was little
girl, auntie ALLY Sloper.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Up to the Standard.

what is your idea Of good joker"
"Well, any joke that makes you mad
because you didn't think OF It youx-
self."-Detroit Free Press.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
FORWOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.

"A Calling GOwn-A Decorated Covert
Noat-A Feminine Failing-Frettins
Wears Out More Women's Lives Than
Work or Care.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

The TOuchstone OF Amiabllity.
Is there any woman who cannot bl
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
Saws Dancing Is SiIIy.

''Of all pastimes 1 think dancing
is the silliest, and I am never going
to indulge in it again." said n young
man who has been more or less of a
favorite in Washington society.
"Why do You say that?" asked a
friend. who was at loss to account
for this sudden change of heart.
81 went out to Chevy Chase lake
the other night, but dill not go to
take part in the dancing ont there. 1
merely wantod ride. A grouchy old
bachelor was my companion, and, much
against his will, we went over to see
the devotees of Terpsichore at the pa
vilion. The music was good, and
there were So many pretty girls that /
almost felt like taking whirl or two
on the floor. 1 remarked to my mis-
anthropic friend on the scene and the
music. He shifted contemptuously,
as expected.
''Put your hands up to your ears,
80 you can't hear the music, and then
look at them," he said.
81 did so, and the Transformation
was complete. 1t vas rs if some old
witch had waved her wand over the
gliding couples and changed them into
so many gyrating monkeys. The
graceful swing of the two-step became
regular toadhop. There was neither
rhyme, reason or rhythm in their
movements. It was an exhibition of
appalling absurdity. took my hands
away from my ears 50 that l could
hear the music, but the impression re-
mained, and felt disgusted. used
to be very fond of dancing and /
almost hate my bachelor friend for
destroying the illusion. Washing
ton Post.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
pAzgo ENGLAND WITH AN "AD."
The Original Progenitor Of Liberal Ad.

The Original Progenitor Of Liberal Ad.
vertising stin Living In New York.
Some of the nabobs of the pre- sent
day advertising world who think they
are ''the only pebbles on the beach"
ought to take trip to Poughkeepsis
and listen to the advertising narratives
an old man there may relate to them.
And the old man can substan late his
narratives with facts and proofs, and
is not mere yarn spinner like many
of his degenerate successors. His
name is De Linton Wing, and years
ago he won for himself the little OF
''progenitor of liberal advertising" by
his extensive advertising OF famons
brand Of flour of which he was the
proprietor.
1t is said that at ore time he was
worth $50, 900, 900. but lost his for
tune partly by speculation in buying
newspapers.
One of Mr.. Wings greatest adver
tising feats, according to the Albany
Observation-Disclosures, was the inser
tion in the London Times, much tc
the surprise of the slow-going Britous
of full-page advertisement of his
famous brand of flonr. 1t was claim.
ed as joke that Mr.. Wing. who alone
had the secret and the patent for the
manufacture of the Julian mills -four,
introduced in the ingredients moist.
ening of alcohol and hops that gave
pungency upon which many q family
was mildly exhilarated every morning
at breakfast, and he had as part OF
his business accounts letter from
Lord Palmerston, prime minister of
England, i'll which the latter expires.
ses the thanks of Queen Victoria and
her ministry for bags of his flour, be.
cause as the minister said. of it's ele.
waiting effects at each meal,
In the advertisement in the London
Times Mr.. Wing had such striking
lines as these: "Julian Mills see the
Queen; "Palmerston gets his Julian
cakes early and saves England's honor
by reason of the daring spirit they in.
fuse into him." In the middle of the
page was a wood cut-a most terrible
innovation for the London Times-of
Mr.. Wing seated between the Queen
and Lord Palmerston, who are both
bOSSluS Lin w COmO W ohN
live at Windsor. To this Mr.. Wing
responds: 81 am an American sove.
reign, creator than the British
crown"
One of Mr.. Wings greatest enter
pr.ses was during the great celebra
tion of 1858, over the Atlantic cable.
Albany turned out in great procession
at the head of which was great
wagon of d. L. Wing, made entirely
of -four barrels. Sixteen -four bar,
rels served as wheels and thousands
of barrel slaves formed an awning
over the body of the wagon, on which
fifty young ladies in bakers dress
were conducting a mimic bakery OF
the Julian cakes. Thousands of Alban.
ians were gratuitously served with
bread that day from the Julian mills
-four, and at the home of yearly every
poor family in the ward in which Mr..
Wing lived we're left that night a bar.
rel of -four and photograph of Wing
and Queen Victoria.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
How to Suppress the Mo quito.

Orders issued by the government oI
India to civil surgeons with entomo-
logical proclivities req sire them 80
make collections OF mosquitoes and
other flies that bite men or animals,
in accordance with the instructions
contained in Professor Ray Lanketer's
pamphlet" with view of determin-
ing the possible connection of mala
ria and mosquitoes. For the general
destruction of mosquitoes several
methods have been tried In many
places the engineer has been success
full by draining the marshy areas. In
others the use of kerosene, by throw
ing it into the water, where it forms
a film on the surface, has prevented
the developing larv;e from reaching
the air, and has thus brought about
their destruction. A more rece 1t ex-
pertinent has been the employment of
permanganate OF potash which is said
to kill the insect in all stages of its
development. AS this chemical has
also been largely employed for puri-
flying the water of doubtful wells, and
especial v with the view of protecting
against the cholera bacillus, il would
seem particularly applicable for uss in
India. Indian correspt ndence of the
Lcndon Lancet
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-10-19
STREET N.Pohct.'
ArTkk. IHe' rLeob
first hour of the storm.

first hour OF the storm. Fifteen min.
utes after the walls had topplsd in the
men, who had even formed ranks out.
side in the pelting rain, had appointed
delegation to wait upon Captain
Wheeler to ask permission to rende,
assistance to the town. The captain
joined his men. Without thought
Of their own loss, without thought OF
any danger, the whole troop crossed
the swollen river between the barracks
and the town, and were soon engaged
in the work of rescue, dodging pieces
of flying zinc or rushing into tumblins
houses.
On the night of the hurricane 1 was
sleeping on my own plantation in the
district of Bayamon, about ten miles
from the capital. At about half-past
seven o'clock Tuesday night my cap