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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
Sepa rating Metals Electrically.

TOmaSsi, an Italian expert, has pro-
posed Il mechanical Improvement in the
operation of the electrOlytic bath used
for the extraction, separation and rein
ing of metals, which may prove to be
of practical value. The aim Of the in
ventOr, says the Journal of the Frank
lin Institute. is to reduce the resist
ance in the electrOlytic cell, and there
by reduce the cost. His electrOlyZer
consists of a rectangular tank in which
are placed two anodeS between which
is placed Il circular metallic disc mount
ed on a gun metal spindle, and capable
of being rotated. The disc is partly out
and partly in the bath. and so comes in
contact with the air and the electrOlyte.
The part of the disc outside the elec-
trolyte comes in contact with two
scrapers, one on each side, which
scrape off the spongy deposit and de-
pOlaliZe the surface. The anOdes are
either in the form of plates. or in re-
ceptacles containing coarse powder.
When the cathode has Il sufficiently
thick layer of metal it is taken to Il
bath of molten metal similar to that
deposited, and the electrolytic deposit
is melted in the bath, and then the
cathode is taken back to the electro
lyzer. Mr. Tomassi claims that pOlari-
zatiOn is entirely done away with, that
the metal deposited is removed as the
deposition proceeds. and that the dens-
ity of the liquids in all parts is the
same,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
HOW THE LION TRAVELS.

fOW L II II LlON IA V ELo.
ably didn't approve. To make him for
get about using his front paws for
walking she put asbestos sandals on his
hind feet and then put stove under
the iron bottom Of the bear cage. Mr..
Polar bear liked it at first-he thought
the warmth just lovely-but as the heat
increased he lifted first one front paw,
then the other. After awhile he was
compelled to stand altogether on his
hind legs to escape injury, and Miss
FRITZ kept him in that elevated con-
dition for long time. Next day the
experiment was repeated, and so on.
until the bear no longer remembered
that his front paws ever were intend
ed for walking The picture shows
to what noble ends the bear uses them
now.
Herr Reimers of the Hagenbeck men
agerie trained his lion to ride wheel.
He objects to telling by what means he
induced the lion to mount a wheel; he
is afraid that some of his colleagues
may initiate the method and cut him
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
Proof Of 1t.

The art of putting two and two to-
gether" is humorously exemplified in
this dialogue from the New York
Weekly: Mrs. De Gree-"How did you
manage to get home SO early tonight
You said there were to be a number
OF limitations" Mr.. De Gree (promin-
ent Mason)-"The limitations had to
be postponed. All the regalia, dra.
periss. and so forth had mysteriously
disappeared" Mrs. De Gree-"Aha!
Now I've found out all about you Ma
SONS! So it's true. after all. ana you
said 1t wasn't" Mr.. Do Gree-"What'a
true?" Mrs. Do Gree-"You kee, =
goat"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
Nh Smoke and No Flash.

The new French rapidfire gun, in
vented by Colonel Humbert, is said to
make no flash when fired with smoke
less powder. The location OF such
gun, concealed in grass OF shrubbery,
would be completely undiscoverable to
an enemy.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
BIG, FIERCE BRUTES.
TO PRACTICE ARTS OF C1VILi-
ZATION.
Polar Bear ON n Very Hot FloOr-For-
got That He Used to Walk with His
Fore Feet-Lion on u Bike with y
Rooster ON His Head.
Especial letter.

Europe's wild beasts-those that are
caged-are having a hard time just
now, for their masters and mistresses
are preparing to get slice of the
profits which the forthcoming Paris
exposition is supposed to offer to any
one possessed of brains, enterprise and
freaks.
Miss FRITZ" Russian, trained her
Polar bear in manner which he prob
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28

trighten nybody. except. perhaps, city
boarders on farm.
The picture was taken at Hagen
beck's private animal park in Stell-
wagen.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
A Skimping Man.

Philadelphia Record: Hoax-Cutter,
the tailor, strikes me as being a man of
small ideas. Joax-I should say he
was; I had him make pair Of trou-
sers and the hip pockets will only hold
pints, confound him!
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
POLAR BEAR AWHEEL.

out in Paris. The lion is not long
distance rider yet, but can wheel twice
around the ring without falling off.
The lion has a deep-rooted aversion
against roosters; he won't even eat
them, but Herr Reimers persuaded him
that the pride of the barnyard is really
harmless and that his crow needn't
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28

Possibly the wisdom of man NAY
surpasa that Of woman. but wAsn It
comes to tact he simply isn't In It.
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04
THE sPoILER.
TCongregationalist.l


woman there was, and she wrote for the press
CAS- You or might do)
She told how to cut and fit dress,
And how to stew many savory mess,
But she never had done it herself, guess,
(Which none OF her readers knew.)
Oh, the hour we spent and the -four we spent,
And the sugar we wasted like sand,
At the heft Of a woman who never had cooked,
(And now we know that she never could cook)
And did not understand.
A woman there was, and she wrote right fair,
Gas you or might do.)
How out of barrel to make chair,
To be covered with chiDtz and stuffed with
'Twould adorn any parlor and give 1t an air!
(And we thought the tale was true.)
Oh, the days we worked and the ways we
worked
To hammer and saw and hack,
In making chair in which no one could sit
without a crick In his back.
A woman there was, and she had her fun,
Better than you and ~
She wrote out recipes, and she never tried one
She wrote about children--of course she had
none
She told us to do what she never had done
land never intended otry.)
And 1t isn't to toll and it isn't to spoil
That brims the cup of disgrace
It's to follow woman who didn't know beans
"a woman who never had cooked any beans,)
But wrote and was paid to fill space
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04

while one may feel that the display Of
courage by the British officers in the
Transvaal is rather more reckless than
necessary, it compels admiration never.
theless. 1t may seem pitiful that these
splendid fellows should be slaughtered
by a hidden foe, shot down from an un.
seen source, but perhaps, after all, it is
not wholly waste of courage. They
who die thus do mot die in vain; they
help to write With their blood ir.ini per.
ishable charactefythe history of their
country and their race-a race which
has that admirable and magnificent con-
tempt for death when duty calls to dan.
ger. Said Frenchman of the charge
of the Light Brigade: 'C'est .magnif.
ique, mais ce NEST pas la guerre.' y
May be so, but it shows What heroic
stuff the English soldier is made of,
and that is something. Z Said greater
Frenchman: 'L'infanteTie Anglaise est
la meillur du monde; heureuserhent il
ny en- pas beaucop." - The. British
soldiers are our kinsmen: theyAare Eng
lishmen and Irishmen and Seotchmen--
Brave hearts from Severn and' from Clyde,
And from the banks Of shannor'-
and whether in the Crimea, the Sou
dan or the. Transvaal they have had
and have the sympathy born of kinship,
as we unquestionablN baA theirs in our
late war with Span! "Blood is thicker
than water'' wdA the inscription on a
silver brick presented by Americans to
Captain Lorraine; of the British vessel
Niobe, who hurried from Jamaica to
Santiago de Cuba and put stop to the
massacre of the victims of the Amer.
lean vessel Virginius by the Spaniards.
And so it is. The American and the
English flags float over the two great.
Pest and best governments the world has
ever known, and they have not been
founded alone by wise craftsmanship,
but by that splendid courage and valor
without which no people can ever be.
come great and no nation long endure
In the march of civilization the Anglo.
Saxon leads the van.
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04
A Lost ART
And behold, one who left the city

/ And behold, one who left the city
'wHefme-wasspr yvutff 70 seek MS
fortune otherwise, returned after many,
many years. Wealth hat met him in
his travels, and honor had crowned him
with her wreath, and he returned to
the old home to look again upon the
scenes of his childhood.
And behold, he walked along the
street called Gay and wondered at the
handsome buildings standing where he
had once played at the ball, and was
delighted at the largeness of the trade
manifested by the busy keepers of the
shops. But there was one thing at
which he wondered more than at all
others, for he was courtly man and
Fhad been ever in the habit of dotfing
his hat to passing maiden and treat
ing all with grave and beautiful cour-
tesy. And as he walked he heard a
maiden's voice saying "Hello," and
looking up, behold, he saw it was a
greeting to young man, and the young
man was coatless and was smoking a
cigarette, nor was he ashamed nor did
he drop the cigarette but, putting the
same, walked along the street with the
maiden. And as they walked they met
other young men and maidens and they
did greet one another with the same
''Hello," and the hat was not always
doffed, but there was waggle of the
hand instead
| And the old man knew not the strange
{ ways, nor did he understand them, but
pondering the matter closely he decided
: that it must be some sort of holiday
: and these greetings were not the ex
change of courtesies among the leisure
7 classes, but must be those of busy house
/ maids and young day-laborers. And he
: wondered to see the same looking s(
. fresh and sweet and withal so delicatel,
: clothed, and he said to himself that il
all the countries through which he ha(
! travelled never had he seen the ordin
D ary wage-worker so well cared for
4 And as these thoughts were in hi
4 mind and his wrinkled brow was some
S what clearing with what seemed to hin
!. the solution of this strange problem b,
n heard sweet voice say Hello" ant
S looking around, behold there wer
: maidens in lovely carriage, and dia
), monds sparkled not more brightly thai
b did theiE eyes; and they We're dresser
= in garments of exquisite texture, an
S the same did fit them most perfectly, S
d that the maidens looked lovely in hi
/, eyes, nor could he fail to note the re
d finement in the tones of the voice. An
e with his hand he rubbed his eyes an
1t said to himself, ''Is this a dream, or di
T. actually hear the young miss sd
d "Hello," and did | actually see he
5, waggle the hand as greeting to th
d young man." And 10. it was no dream
d but the same was real; and whitherst
D ever he went throughout the city tn
d same sound of the "Hello' greetin
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04

was before him, and he was
and went to the hotel and sa
and pondered deeply upon t 4
And, behold, one who was u
a philosopher came and sat
whom he told the story of IA
and the strange things h,l
And the philosopher smil' !
about to speak, when there
den tinkling of a little bell.
said the philosopher, 9Th,
spoken for me. In that yol
solution of your problem"
And for a moment the nj
man was perplexed, and his |
tractedS but soon they cles
saw what the philosopher n
the same was right, for it
phone greeting. THE wags
hand is the belle ringing u
man, using the wireless tell
the street, and the Hello
pie announcement that the
has been made.
And the old man bowed h
said, II like better the cou
doffed hat and the mod
smile" Ia
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04

IS lasHfondpf5s ssS EAU J'1llsN u1lNl .
ing distance of November, the styles
become m6re positive and one feels a
little doubt about the set of her leftover
skirt and revised bodice. Mildred
amused us very much the other day.
She really looked very correct, after as
suming her early fall tailor-made ''peau
de sole" with its clinging sheath-skirt,
it's white stitched cloth revers-a funny
touch that, cloth on silk-and love of
fluffy white tie, fixed close to her
pretty chin. Of course hat, gloves and
boots were all they should be; trust
Milly for keen look after the accesso-
ries. She was going with one of her
numerous Southern friends (?) for a
drive-I'm not sure if to the Park or
Riverside. AT any rate a surprisingly
short time and she was back all in
trump over something, as could be seen
with one eye. We let her alone, and
sure enough it all came out. 81 hate
New York particularity," she said.
"Why, what's the matter?" ! asked.
II thought everything New York was
the one and only "You never know
what to count on, " she continued with
vehemence. II felt all right when |
started But you should have seen
driving New York in its new rigging.
Just all at once, in day, they've
changed into their EXTREMIST winter
things, and it's not really winter yet. |
couldn't stand it. You know | can't
talk when I'm badly dressed NOR any
other woman) so l made an excuse and
came home" That's just like Milly
for all the world, as you know.
And what she said is perfectly true.
Beware. for feel as fine as you may in
Knoxville or Atlanta, nine chances to
one you find yourself out of it here, un-
less you make a study of changing
modes with changing seasons. Stick
to the Bazar if you can't dive into
many fashion papers, and you're pretty
apt to be up-to-date.
But you may be sure Milly was not
canght mapping again. We sailed
forth, ON shopping intent, and the re-
suit will delight you, I'm sure. This
time will only glimpse" the fashions
and leave details for the future. BY
the way, did say that I'm much com.
plimented that you want me in your pa.
per. am, and whenever there's any.
thing strikes me as proper to be echoed
D you shall have it.
We may kick as we choose against
: tight skirts Il mean the stretched, bias
i scanned denominations that always make
d woman look as if she'd inadvertentl,
got her gown on hind-part before), but
it's no good, for they've come to spent
r the winter at least. Do you feel al
g almost uncomfortable impulse to bacl
y out of everywhere? Ido, and one thing
= sure, I'll turn my back on nobody with
Q malicious intent. The only permissible
g lConcluded on Second Page.l
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BE not in such haste, quoth she,
Perhaps we may still agree;
Fut mau, | protest, 1 was but in jest;
Cope prythee sit down by me;
FoR thou art the man, That verify can,
VIE me, If ever Pm won.
Thsrcfore | shall be at your call,
To marry farmers son.
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04
FOLK7SONmS.

The following is paper read before
the Tuesday Morning Musical Club at
its last meeting, by DR.. James A.
Duncan:
The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1899-11-04
Gossip Fronf1 Gd

New YORK, Oct. 30. You
found strength enough, l
wing its way to me over s
miles, and | rejoice over
HowEE ECHO and all it
Accept congratulations.
wishes.
And now for somethip.
"interest and not excite til
The ECHO" you say. Al,
of the injurious effect of a I
ment upon your class OF
would have said a KnoS
public might safely sws
diet without suffering n
ton. The weather b
charming. New Yorl
attractive as during 9
The women were somew
to attire, and have bee
streets with informed.
that seemed especially !
the dazzling Indian
Then one would have sa,
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have taken as my theme Folk Song
rather than folk music, because I be-
Geve that the words were in existence
long before there was anything that we
could call a tune, and because in dis.
cussing the theme from this point OF
view believe can best serve the pur.
pose of your committee in appointing
me to read this paper. Folk song, like
the fairy tales that delighted us in
childhood, and which many of us now
read for an entirely different reason,
belongs to such a remote antiquity that
;ts G.;:s;a :a;sst sa lcr.ia. sscss,l :. -
Like many other students of folk lore l
have my own theory, which give you
for what it is worth, it being, of course,
your privilege to adopt it or to adopt
any other that may better please yon.
Music in it's possibilities is well nigh
universal; in it's expression it is, in
forms more or less crude, to be found
everywhere. The wind through the
pines whispers in tones other than
those heard when it sweeps over sea
or plain. Crude metals and minerals,
in which music slept for ages, give forth
their harmonies when awakened, like
the daughter of the gods by the hero's
kiss, to the life-giving touch of human
genius. So in man music lies, and SC
far as we can learn it is among the ear.
liest expressions he has given of his
thought. Our Oldest literature is in
poetic form, as though men first chant.
ed in at least semi-song, before they
wrote their thoughts in prose. 1t may
be that when the warrior first learned
to cry for help, or to shout his victory
he began to learn that musical tont
carried farther than mere noise, an(
so soon learned to chant his joys an(
his woes. 1t may be that he learned t.
chant as rythm was suggested to hin
by the labors he was learning to per
form in the building of houses, and th'
rocking back and forth of infants in hi
arms. But however these things ma,
be I hold the ground that the music o
the early ages of man came into being
because it is mans most natural expires
sion of himself.
AS we study this folk music one thins
impresses us strongly, that each natiol
has it's own. So far as music itself |
concerned, that written by German
may be played by Frenchman, bu
there is for all that wide differenc
between French and German music
So far as the theme of the song is con
cerned, and the meter in which it /
written goes, there is very little differ
ence in the songs of the nations. Al
sing of love and war, and yet there is
cadence in the song of each nation be
longing peculiarly to that nation. An
just here is the fundamental differenc
between folk music and other music
folk song and other song. Folk music
like the folk tales, is the product nc
of an individual, but of a people. Fol
song is the nations musical wild flower
which is as truly it's own as the mos
growing under the snow ten thousan
feet above the level of the sea is differ
ent from that which grows in som
sweet dell in the Floridas.
The melodies to which these old song
are sung are very simple. I think ths
in the first instance they must hav
been chants, the compass of the musi
confined to but few notes, and all sins
ers taking single part-the men pc
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04

Professor Adolf Dir, an accom-
plished German scholar and linguist,
has invented a system of shorthand
symbols which will enable stenogra-
piers to report lin any n or all the
chief European languages as readily
and correctly as ,they. can in their re-
spective mother tongues. This sys-
TEN. upon which Professor DIR has
been engaged for "a long time, is ex-
planned in a volume which will prob
ably be issued in a few weeks by a
Paris publisher. Professor DIR is
j master of some thirty languages,
oriental included. His system has
nothing whatever to do with VIOLA
.puk," a dismal tad. which also was
made in Germany, hut which the pro-
.fassor has ridiculed. He has advised
all people in search of a universal
language" to learn English, and he has
given his reasons. English literature
is the richest and greatest in the
world. English is more generally
spoken than any other language since
tina mishap at Babel, 1t ia the univer,
sal language Of commerce.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04

Sir Thomas Upton will again chal-
lenge for the Americas cup in 1901.
Admiral Sampson was presented with
q sword by New Jersey.
Gen. Funston, it is said, will be
brevetted major general.
DR.. Charles M. Hyde, missionary, is
dead at Honolulu.
Mai. Eustaee Jameson, M. p, may I've
the next challenger for Americas cup.
Debs threatens the revival of the
American Railway union.
1nsurgent Commander Castro as.
sumes control Of the Venezuelan gov.
eminent.
Martin White, chief Of police Of
Omaha, died suddenly at his rooms in
the Merchants hotel of heart failure.
Capt. J.. B. Ross Of Union City has
been appointed receiver Of the First
National Bank Of Newport, Ky.
Col. r. w. Huntington, martne corps,
has been retired, to take effect Jan. 1
next.
Gen. Miles and party has started In
the generals private a FOR an extend
ed tour Of inspection Of the army posts
Of the West
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BARLEY

Leased to the Great Lakes Elevator
and Warehouse Company.
Winona, Mimi, Oct. 29.-The Ameri-
can Mailing company, which owns an
elevator here, has leased its elevators
at Chicago, Milwaukee, Wabasha and
some other points, to the Great Lakes
Elevator and Warehouse company for
one year. The remainder Of the ele-
vators belonging to the mailing COM
pany, including the n here, are ope-
rated as before, and the business done
here is not affected in any way by the
change. 1t is understood that the
lease of these elevators was made for
the purpose of handling this years
crop Of barley by a corporation sepa-
rate from the mailing company. The
Great Lakes Elevator Warehouse COM
pany was recently incorporated at MI
waukee with a capital stock OF $25,N (
The principal grain handled Is bari q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04
ALLEGED THIEVES WANTED.

South Dskota,s Governor Asks Mon
tana's Governor Tor Them.
Pierre, S. D., Oct. pa requisition
was issued on the governor Of Mon
tana for E. J. Crockett and Ed Jen-
nings, who were arrested in that state
on a charge of stealing horses in
Butte County. Crockett is emem-
bered In this city on account of Q street
duel between himself and Policeman
johnson several years ago, when they
emptied their revolvers at one another
at short range with the damage usual
ly following a French duel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04
sTRlANGLED TO DEATH.

Herroyvi1AE Fate OF a Little Gird lear
Manson, Iowa.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. pa grue-
some lind was made at the d. j. Skin
ner school house, five miles south Of
Manson. With her body hanging out
side of the window and the heavy
window on her neck was the ifeless
form of Levina Fitzgerald, a nine-year-
old girl. She had started for home the
previous night. but discovered she had
forgotten some books. She returned
to get them and finding the door
locked attempted to get in through the
window. The heavy sash fell on her
neck and she %strangled to death.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04

Lieut.. Gilmore's party is still in FIJI
4pfno bondage. An American naval Of
.fcer writes from Manila that the cap.
tives are in a pitiable condition, desti.
aute of clothing, without shoes Of hats,
and forced to provide for themselves
out Of the miserable allowance Of four
cents a day. Spanish accounts say that
the lieutenant and fifteen American
soldiers are guarded by. 200 Filipinos.
u it needs 50 many of Aguinaldo's men
to guard these starved and sick Ameri-
cans, the capture OF a few Tor might
seriously cripple the i15urgent forces.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04
KNIFE N FIRE.

A Mother Commits Suicide In the
esenc of Her Child! !ea.
Brownton, Mimi, Oct. 20: -Wednes-
day forenoon while Emil !.Iepinski, a
German farmer three mil .es south of
here, was in town wi IN a load of
wheat his wife commit oed suicide in
the presence of their six children,
ranging from three ] nonths to eight
years old, by cutting, her throat with
q butcher knife. a Ad afterward sat
urating her clothing with kerosene and
setting them on DIRE. When the hus-
band returned home he found her body
in the yard bflrncd to a crisp. The
motive for the act Is unknown.