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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Told In Answers.

Ada-"Jack says he wouldn't marry
the incest girl living" Dolly-"Pshaw!
AS If I'd have him!"
He-"Do you know that for the last
hour l have been watching for a good
chance to steal kiss from you?" She
indeed! Don't you think it might
be we'll for you to consult an oculist ?''
Knicker-"I tried to convince my
wife that 1 couldn't afford a new seal
skin cloak" Bocker-"And did YOU
succeed?" Knicker-"No; she wanted
the argument brought home to her."
Little James had been telling a WIS.,
itor that his father had got new set
of false teeth. "Indeedv said the yis-
itor; ''and what will he do with the
old set?" "Oh, l s'pose," replied little
James, they'll cut 'em down and make
me wear 'em."
Mrs. Uptown-"This is strange.
Here's letter from the servant I dis
charged the other day for refusing to
do things the way l wanted them done.
asking me to send her trunk" Mr.
Uptown-"There's nothing strange in
that" Mrs. Uptown-"Yes; but she
signs it, Your obedient servant"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

by his shadow was more than he could
be depended to guard But he had the
wing, and was the king of the baseball
world. Jim Hart, now of Chicago,
brought him from Chattanooga. For
two seasons he was in his prime. But,
alas! The balls he could put over the
plate were nothing to the high balls
he put under his belt Somehow or
other, Tom imagined he had signed a
contract to drink ali the whiskey in the
state, and he worked hard keeping
faith. Finally Tom contracted a glass
arm through his throat. Then they
moved the box back five feet on him,
and he couldn't get used to the change.
His drop failed to connect with the
plate as it had. Batters ceased to fear
him, and the tickle fans spoke of him
IN terms OF reproach. When it was
announced one day that he had been
sold to st. Louis there were some re-
grets, but no tears. Tom didn't last
long with ST. Louis. Then he went to a
minor league and finally into obscur-
lty. From time to time reports have
had 1t that Tom was working as
day laborer or farm hand some place
or other. Now he has popped his head
out OF ohscurity again, and will see if
there are not few kinks still remain
ing In his left wing.-Louisville Post.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

l have often heard it said that ar
corulhs u the subject you were read
1hg ABOUT, American wages were the
hlghest or the lowest in the world
Hhls is literally true They are at
once the highest and the lowest We
nave not as people begun to realize
until recently the full truth and moan
ing or the economic axiom that the
cost of labor is to be measured NOT NV
the wages paid, but by the value of
'iie product. We may pay much
hlgher wages than any country of Eu-
rope, because by superior machinery
and more highly trained skill in man
aging 1t one of our workmen can turn
out better product and a good deal
more OF 1t in day. Last year. when
Philadelphia iron firm underbid
british manufacturers for the supplv
OF 1000 tons OF iron piping to the CITY
or Glasgow, it was surmised by Glas-
COWS astounded city council that the
Philadelphia firm was paying smaller
wages to it's workmen. It was found
that higher wages were paid to the
American workmen, who, however,
produced, per man in the same time
over 25 per cent more piping than the
British. The Americans could sell
their product in Glasgow, 5000 miles
away, at the smaller price. Mr.. Jeans.
secretary of the British Iron Trade
association, said recently that the
labor cost of making a ton Of billets
and rails in America Is now from 25
to 35 per cent less than In Great Brit
ain. Operatives making certain
grade of shoes in Massachusetts re-
ceive three times the wages of Ger
man operatives, but our shoemakins
machinery has reduced the cost of the
American product to 40 cents pair,
while the same grade of shoes made In
Germany costs 5S cents pair. This
country is competing successfully with
the rest Of the world, not by demand |
ing from it's workmen twelve hours
labor at meager wages, but by using |
well-paid labor and the best machin- |
cry to improve the quality and in
crease the quantity of It's products
We are increasing the economy of
labor without reducing the wages Of
the artisan.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
What Thick Lips Mean.

Dr. A. Bloch, the French anthropolo-
glst, attacks the theory that thicl, ,ins
are denotement of sensualty, while
thin and delicate lips denote sniritna1-
lty, firmness and elevated Character
In recent paper the scientist claims
that the shape. size and color of tho
lips are purely race characteristics
and that in the hybrid people of Europe
and America, where there has been
such general intermingling of races
a child may well inherit from not yerv
remote ancestors lip forms that com.
pletely belle the actual character of
the child. as indicated by the lin
theory. Dr., Bloch's Investigations sat-
'isJ si'a1 that really thick lips in the
whi.e races are always anomalies or
freaks Of nature.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Child Labor.

In report TO the state department
Commercial Agent Stern at Bamberg
says 1t appears from the publications
OF the imperial office for statistics tha
the extraordinary DEVELOPMENT OF
German industry during the last few
years has brought about a consider
| able increase of female labor, as well
as an increased employment Of chill
dren, both in factories and in house
industries, says the Frankfort Ga
Zette
According to the census of 1895 there
were l,044,962 females employed in in
dustrial enterprises in Germany of
whom 14O,84O were married. The total
number Of women employed in 1882
was only 583 $50.
The reports of the factory inspectors
! commissioned by the imperial govern
ment show that, especially within the
last few years, German female work
ers have forced their way into spheres
OF labor which up till then had been
reserved to males. Thus it was OBJ
served last year for the first time that
young girls are not infrequently en-
ployed in establishments for the man.
ufacture Of glass instruments, where
formerly males were exclusively en-
ployed. The desire to reduce the cost
OF production leads to an increase of
female labor.
Still worse is the chapter on infant
labor in Germany. The German law
OF 1891 for the protection of artisans
caused material reduction of infant
labor. Since then it has increased
again
The little ones are, for the most
part, employed in the so-caIled house
lndustries-viz., winding yarn. MAX
ing baskets, threading needles, making
cigars, etc. 1t is stated officially that
in the Voightland (SaxonY children
down to the age of 5 and years are
employed in the "fat-stitch trade"
which is carried on in that part of
the country. aAd thc products of which
are brought % the American markets
in large Quantities. These children
earn about "a cents an hour, working
from eight to ten hours a day.
There can y. no doubt, says Mr.. |
Stern, that tie physical and mental
develOpmrn' IF the children is ma
terially l..1r capped i>y this kind of
and thai most regretta-
Bile sacrifices of human life are made
to the victorious German industries.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
A THIRD spy.
How the Sirdar Learned All He waoteo

Hso" e"e oiruar Learned All He Wanted
to Know.
Inc following story of the sirdar.
which comes to me bearing the author
lty OF relative of Lord Kitchener. il
lustrates more than any, perhaps, his
readiness OF resource. his determina-
tlon ana hlc painstaking, far-seeing
preparedness for events, says the Acad-
emy. One evening as our forces
neared khartum, dervish spy was
discovered in camp and promptly taken
TO headquarters for examination. It
was Juncture at which information
as to the enemys position and plans
was OF higher importance, but neither
the richest bribes nor the direst threats
could elicit one word from the nrison-
er' ne affected to be both deaf and
dumb. Scarcely was his hearing over
III nearing 1t could be called-when
another spy was led in. who proved
equally obdurate. 1t was maddening,
and in "the good old times" torture
and short shrift would have been the
late Of these brave gentlemen. AS it
was, they were led away. bound and
placed for the night in a well-guarded
tent.
About half an hour later, when all
was settling down to rest in camp,
there was fresh stir and hubbub. and
third spy was dragged in, who, also,
would reveal nothing and was finally
placed in the tent with his fellows.
Soon the guards heard a murmur Of
voices from within; the dumb spies
mad found their tongues, but it was i'm
possible to overhear their talk distinct
~ or to understand it. An hour or
more passed. Then the door of the
tent was thrown open and the third
spy appeared and asked to be con-
1ucted to headquarters. 1t was the
'irdar, who in disguise, had discovered
Ill he needed to know! 1t seems that
Lord Kitchener always takes the great
'st pains tc make himself master of
ne vernacular of any country to which
le is sent. He seizes every opportunity
II talking with the poorer folks until
lie literally speaks like a native.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Chinese Telegraphy.

The Chinese, owing to the multiple
fly of the characters in their written
language, have solved the problem OF
telegraphy by using numbers for trans
mission over the wire instead of char
acters. The numbers have to be rein
terpreted into characters when re-
ceived. To facilitate the operation
types are used On one end of each
type is character; on the other end
is a number By reversing and i'm
printing the types upon sheet of
paper the change is readily effected
with high degree of accuracy.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

There is only about one ball player
to team that has the broke habit"
says Jim Hart. Don't fool yourself
that they spend all the coin of the
realm. They have money up their
sleeves growing green with interest
One to team is pretty good average.
They may not save fortunes, but they
have enough to see them through a
winter or two at the end of year, and
you notice how they travel round the
country, out West, down to the Springs
and out on the coast. The managers
are not paying all that"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
in the National League, could make
the big fellow look ridiculous in a
pitching contest.
Dead-Arm" Catchera.

Dead-arm' catchers will smile in a
sickly manner this season. and then
there will be a change Of faces behind
the bat in several teams, If the I'M
pires live up to the proposed rev
rules regarding balks," says the Chi
cago Post. "Base-running will be
given an impetus that the fan THINKS ia
necessary, but the catcher's work will
be increased. The backstop will not
have the snap he has had, with pitch
ers like Hughes, Meekin, Thornton.
Callahan, Cunningham, Hawley. Crit
fifth, etc, using the art of bluff on the
base runner. Either the twirler will
have to let go the ball when he mo-
tiOns to deliver it to base or he will
have ball called on him. 1t is rea-
sonable to suppose, therefore, that the
pitchers who value their regulations
will not temp the nmpires to punish
them, and will ask the catchers to keen
a closer watch on second, first and
even third base. The result will be
that the backstops who are unable to
get the bali to the corners on the low.
swift and slightly arching throw that
IS easy Tor the bagman to capture will
be classed as dead arms in short order.
and the procession will move on with
out them"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
FACTS OF INTEREST.

Soldiers, sailors, domestic servants
and women are not allowed to vote in
Finland.
It is a very common sight in the
streets of Paris to see baby carriages
which are propelled by electricity.
Warm meals are supplied to all the
pupils in the public schools of Paris.
The cost of meal is about a half
penny.
The icebergs Of the two hemispheres
are entirely different in shape. The
Arctic bergs are irregular in form,
with lofty pinnacles and glittering
domes, while the Antarctic bergs are
dat-topped and solid-looking.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

clubs. He played second base for Kali
amazoo in 1888. going from that city to
Syracuse, where he remained in 1889
and also in 1890. He Joined the Cleve-
land Club in 1891 and has been a great
factor in its success and standing
since that season. He is not only a
clever infielder, but great run-getter
and ranks among the stars Of the game.
He has never played at any position
regularly except second base. His
work averages up well every year and
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

"A youth from the hurry burly street
Jams himself In a passenger lift;
anu tney shoot him stories high to NEE
Ahother, who beHdeth Ger a drift
copy. no smokes ana softly swear.
AS someone's poem he idly tears,
- Ut cnuckles with mirth sardonic:
% ,e calls to Barret and Jones and Flynn
brown and the one who has just come in
ana IN the language, torse and laconiC
Assigns them an
TO the city hall
olate house central, game or bout,
sermon horse race. boat race, club
Lecture, banquet, ball or rout.
write the news and not flub-dub."
he adds as parting; so on his run"
poes each reporter undismayed
Ane chase for copy has now begun
ana mats the way the papers made
over the desk in another nook.
anna pessimist pushes a pen
Soieihn as Poe's luguhrious rook
1e writes a leader on Public Men"
me telegraph chopper pastes and ships.
''@uihS one item to ten he slips
Nlth pipe in red eruption
ana steadily up the copy goes
10 me type machines in stately rows
not scred on "Corluption"
song of cheer,
puff of beer.
BIT or scandal i'm high life.
interviewed with Gottherocks
story of devoted wife,
paragraphs on Jerry's socks
ne mills go grinding. The 'make-up'
comes,
,HroWling because he learned the trade
oul ne sorts the slugs with nimble
thumbs
Ana that's the way the papers made
a rush and a roar is heard below,
"here the hurried presses clang and
clash
throwing OH twenty thousand or so
hach hour they run, while the newsies
dash
AooWn the street with something TO sell
1hats advertised best by a newsie's
yell
Paper, sir? Latest edition.
ana pat pat pat, fall the folded sheets.
READY for sale on the crowded streets.
ana each with a special mission.
Away they so,
Like flakes Of snow
10 meet in the throbbing crowd;
Eager each to scan the news,
loller grim magnate proud
On level all peruse
Politics. crime, society stuff"
fact and folly and pasquinade.
me the presses struggle to print |
enough
ana that S the way the papers made.
Richard f. Steele.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.
ABOUT 'Dead-Arm" Catchers--Pred;ctso,
That the Season Will Furnish, a Larpe
Crop OF Them-Ramsey Is to Don "a
Uniform Once More.


Thomas Toad Ramsey is once more
on earth. The greatest tWirler that
ever stepped into the box is to be
given trial by Indianapolis. The
Hlehds OF the once mighty southpaw
III Louisville are glad that Manager
Alien intends to give the erstWhile
ldol OF Louisville fans another chance.
Many years have passed since those
days back in the sos when the Asso-
clatlon batsmen used to fall beneath
the mighty left wing of r. Toad as If
Svengali had hypnotized them. But it
is stlll fresh in memory that the fam
Gus st. Louis Browns famed eighteen
times In one game. that he would send
the naughty Cincinnati Reds ont on
strikes FOR three consecutive innings,
ana that team Of sluggers, however
lhey might maui other tWirlers. never
had any terrOrs whatever for Ramsey
AS curve pitcher he has never had an
equal. The balls he used to send across
the plate at Eclipse Park were the
most puzzling possible. They would
Hoat up to the batter in "lnock the
cover off ne" style, and would sudden
~ take slant and a drop Just as the
plate was reached in a way that the
pest eye could not gauge As a batter,
blind man could have hit the ball
safe about as often as Tom did, as a
base runner an ice wagon could have
trundled down to first ahead of him,
and as fielder the territory covered
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

us have become used to disregardlns
organization until the slump came.
Then 1t was too late. Let US all push
organization this spring as it never
was pushed before. There is promise
Oh a brilliant advance all along the
line, if we but stand together and
march forward shoulder to shoulder
to the tune of more pay and shorter
hours
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
A Noted Second Baseman.

Clarence l.. Childs, the noted Sec
ond baseman of the Cleveland Club
was born in Calvary county, Maryland
on Aug. IA, 1868. He is resident OF
Baltimore, on the crosslots of which
city he learned to play ball. His debut
as professional was made in 1886
with the Petersburg Club of the Vir-
g1nla League. In 1887 he was a mem
Der OF the Johnstown and Shamokin
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Nothing tn Him

Watts-1 want to say that magician
was simply wonderful. Fancy pull
ing a rabbit out of a thimble, will
you? Lushforth-Once l got a snake
1S feet long, with lighted gas let in
his mouth, out of Quart bottle.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
Schen ck's Sexual Theory.

1t is reported from Vienna that DR..
Schenck, who recently promulgated a
theory about the prenatal determina-
tion of sex In human beings, is to be
disciplined by the Senate of Vienna
University for securing so much news
paper notoriety as he did in connec-
ton with his theory.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
On the RaCk

1t is getting to be the fashion to ad-
dress and stamp envelopes on the back.
With the direction written across the
folds, the letter cannot be opened by
an unauthorized person without the
fact being noted.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOM E ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORkMEN.

1he Cost of LRbor-Why American
manufacturers Can UnderselI the Ger
mans and the English Less Men
Needed to DO the Work
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21

No one has yet been able to explain
why glow worms are so much more
brilliant before a storm than at any
other time.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-21
CLARENCE l.. CHILDS.

he is classed among the standbys Of
the Cleveland Club by Manager Te-
beau
The times., 1899-07-29
A HoUsE-CLEANING.
The City Hall Receiving n Much
Needed Renovation.

The City Hall Receiving N Much
Needed Renovation.
The City Hall is undergoing thorough
overhauling from basement to roof It Is
many years since the halls and the walls
OF the old building have received such
extensive renovating. The work has been
in progress since the commencement OF
the summer holidays in the different
branches of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict. and will, in all probability be fin
ished by the opening of the October term
OF the court.
The necessity for extensive repairs be-
came evident during the blizzard last Feb
ruary, when the weight of the snow Upon
the roof caused it to cave in in many
places, thus dampening the walls and caus-
ing the plaster TO fall off. 1t was during
the progress of the trial of Edward Smith,
who was hanged for the murder of Ed
monia Jackson, that the melted snow first
made its appearance IN Criminal Court
No. l, and for two consecutive days the
workmen at the City Hall were Obliged to
keep the floor of the courtroom constantly
mopped to remove the water which ac-
cumulated. In Criminal Court No. . the
same condition of affairs existed.
Every foot Of the interior of the building
has been painted what is called pale
yellow pink color The new hue is very
pleasing to the eye. and will no doubt be
a pleasant surprise to the justices OF the
court and the attorneys when they re-
turn from their vacations. 1t will he in
striking contrast to the dull grey walls
which have met their gaze for many years.
The times., 1899-07-29
AMATEUR oARsMEN MEET.
Good Rowing at the Annual Regatta
of thc National Assncinfinn

Boston, July 2S.-The first day OF the
twenty-seyenth annual regatta of the Ma
tionai Association of Amateur OarsmeD.
which was held on the Charles River this
afternoon was marked by hotly contested
races, hair-raising finishes, and perfect
marine aud atmospheric conditions. Three
races and four trial heats were rowed and
each event was a magnificent contest.
Taere was but one accident during the day.
1t will necessitate the rowing over of one
Of the races, but was not serious and was
only the breaking of sliding seat in an
eight-oared shell. The races were started
promptly and ali were completed before
$50 p. m. OF spectacular features there
were not a few. The most striking was a
desperate squirt by the four-oared crew OF
the Pennsylvania Barge crew, of Phila-
delphia, who, after trailing the crew Of
the BrockyLlle Rowing Club. Of Ontario,
from the turn ar least three lengths in the
rear, final effort sent them across the
line about two inches in front and win
ming the race for them by less than a sec
ord. Two of the same crew had already
won one race. the senior pair Dared. which
further emphasizes the gameness Of thcis
exhibition.
As the result of the trial heats in the
intermediate single SOULS, O'Keefe, Of the
Atalanta Boat Club. of Springfield; Greer
Of the Jeffries Point Club. of East Bos-
ton; Mason, Of the Argonaut Rowing
Club. Of Toronto. and Kerns. of the
Wachusetts Boat Club of Worcester. will
face the starter in the finals tomorrow.
Following is the summary:
Senior four -oared shells-One and one
half miles. Won by Vesper Boat Club.
Philadelphia. c. Luefer bow. W. Carr
stroke; Pennsylvania Barge Club second.
Time, 1888,
Senior four-oared shell race. finals-One
and one-half miles Won by Pennsylvania
Barge Club Philadelphia, II. Moynahen
bow, J. o. Exley. Z. Marsh, J. Z. Demp-
sey stroke; Brockville Rowing Club second.
Time. 9;4S Ia.
Senior double SOULS, fnols-one and
one-half miles. Won by Wachusetts Boat
Club, Worcester Charles II. Lewis bow
E. II. Ten Eyck stroke; Delaware Boat
Club. Chicago, second. Time. 9:09 3-4.
The times., 1899-07-29
A BOY DROWNED.
The BODY Found Floating Near
Shore at the Bnthing Bench

shore nt the BnthinE Reach.
The body of Louis Hertzog. eleven years
old. was found floating on the water near
the bathing beach yesterday morning at
7:S0 O'Clock and was removed to the
morgue. 1t is not known how the boy was
drowned. Hertzog lived with his parents
at Chew's Alley northwest. where his
father owns a small grocery store The
boy left home Thursday afternoon to go
to the bathing beach. He did not return
home in the evening and his mother be-
came alarmed at his absence. whereupon
the police were asked to search for him.
The authorities in charge of the bathing
beach have come in for a great deal of
criticism on account of the fact that they
did not know that the boy was still in the
water when they locked up the bath
houses for the night He went to the
beach at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
it is claimed, and the body must have been
in the water fr0al a short time after that
hour until it was found, about seventeen
hours later Yesterday morning the police
asked the superintendent of the bathing
beach if he had seen such boy and re-
ceived a negative reply. Soon afterward a
message was received frcm the superip
teudent's Office 10 come for the body and
take it to the morgue. 1t then transpired
that a citizen passing near the beach had
SSen the body and called the attention OF
the employees to the fact that person had
been drowned. 1t was then that the body
was brought to the shore and the discov-
cry of the boys clothes in the bath house
lead to his Identification. II is said that
the drowning demonstrates a laxity in the
methods OF the officials of the beach in
locking up the places within the enclosure
without first ascertaining whether or not
all of the bathers have returned to the
bath houses and secured their clothing.
When seen by a Times reporter last
night DR.. William Tindall, member of
the Bathing Beach Committee made the
following statement From the position
of the body and the circumstances under
which it was found it is believed that the
little boy fell on his face in spasm or fit.
There was no distension of his stomach
from gas when the body was found, and II
he had been drowned in deep water he
would not have come to the surface so
SOON" DR.. Tindall believes that the little
fellow was in shallow water and fell In g
e,