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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
At P0Werful Writer
Murat Ha1sted as War Critic.-He Says the
Battle of Manila Bay was Wrongly Fought.

decorations were begun, the alabas-
ter walls, inlaid with jewels represent
ing the fairest flowers on the bank OF
the Nile, were nearing perfection. Inc
masons whose magic hands were erect
ing this architectural wonder received
little cash, but large supplies OF foou
the first of every month. These sup
plies We're to last them whole month.
But even thirty-three centuries ago
things went wrong In the commissary
department, and contractors grew r1ch,
Time after time the food gave out oe-
fore the month had passed and tha
builders suffered. But once when the
supply lasted only two weeks the pro-
verbal worm doubled in Its tracks anc
the oppressed rose In wrath. The con
tractor was obdurate. He declared the
men had wantonly wasted their ra-
tons and should have no more. The
body Of workmen marched to the con-
tractors house and squatted at his pai-
ace gate and vowed they would stay
| there till they had justice. They spoileo
the view, their noise disturbed the
offered to compromise by laying tns
matter before Pharaoh, the mob knew
that victory was theirs. They graspeo
the fact as fully in those days as now.
that when a contractor yields an Inch
the king Of labor can sweep him a
mile. Pharaoh wanted his temple. The
bagatelle of a few million sacks o.
corn was nothing to him. Pharaoh or
dered the request OF the workman
granted, and all went we'll for time
But the same thing occurred nex'
month. The men, encouraged by thell
previous successes, struck again. Agar
they were victorious, and the big gran
aries had to be drawn upon before they
would resume the work that was to D'
Egypts pride.-St. Louis Post DIS
patch.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
WRECKED BY HAIR DYE.
Salvation Army Corps Broken Up by the
Vanity of Member.

Salvation Army Corps Hroken Up by the
Vanity of Member.
Even the enthusiastic women who
devote their lives to Salvation Army
work are not above the vanities char
acteristic Of their sex as a whole-thas
is, II one may Judge by the deplorable
outcome Of scandal in corps No. 2,
which fer years conducted it's peculiar
work In Elsey chapel ON Jewett ave-
nue., Jersey City. Factional bitterness
caused by woman's gossip, has result
ed in the disbandment Of the corps All
Salvationists when they join the army,
OF course, are supposed to renounce
the vanities Of the world. and corps No.
2 was very strict in such matters. One
of the sisters one day, however, OBJ
served that the child of another sister
purchased a bottle Of hair dye. The
mother of the child had beautiful hair
and the observing sister began to talk
the result Of her observation over With
other sisters, until 1t came to be the
quiet gossip of the corps. Finally the
stories reached the ears Of the sister
with the black hair, and then there
was a time. She went to the officer IN
charge Of the corps and demanded that
the originator of the hair dye story
be tried by court-marlial. This was
granted. There were interesting scenes
at the trial and the accused sister was
| acquitted. The accuser left the corps,
taking many OF her friends with her.
The accused remained, but there were
enough Of the friends OF her opponen;
left to make life unpleasant for her.
Then she resigned from the corps. TAX
ing many of her friends. The corps
after that could not pay expenses.
| mex. ters lest interest in their work.
| and finally disbandment put an end ia
| the trouble.
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TWO YOUNG WOMEN,

rouring the United States la = Special
Car Costing $500 Day.
Three hundred dollars a day Is what
It is costing two young ladies who are
doing" the United States. In this
grand total are included porters.
maids, a luxurious private car, we'll
stocked refrigerator and pantry ana
carriages at whatever spot the two
young ladies wish to stop. Many ex-
pensive pleasure parties have passed
through the Denver Union depot, but
none more so than that of special
Fitchburg car 200. which was coupled
to Rio Grande passenger train No. l
for the west yesterday morning, says
Danver Post. The car was scrubbed Ct
6 O'Clock and shone like handsome
coach OF plate glass, nickel and brass
equipments, fresh from the shops. At Z
o'clock q florist up town sent down
three large boxes and minute after a
porter began loading the ice boxes
under the special with fruit, bottled
goods and sundry other edibles and
drinkables. Breakfast had been pre-
pared by a hotel. The special car was
different from most specials. Muslin
curtains as immaculate as the driven
snow werc at the windows. Palms
sprang up from Japanese jardinieres
on each side Of the door leading into
the reception. or observation room. A
bookcase held q complete assortment
Of books on the United States and es-
pocially tho west. Rugs covered the
leather divans. and gorgeous pillow.
were scattered artistically about The
two younR lAdles were Miss Dollie
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His mesako Called.

One morning this week in Chicago
while the morning calls on President
Mckinley were being made, bright
looking colored woman drove up In a
cab. She carried with her baby. She
called on the president and showed
him a letter from him, which was sur
rounded by gold frame. The letter
expressed the presidents thanAs to her
for naming her baby Mckinley. sac
proudly showed Mckinley" to the
head of the nation, and he seemed
pleased to see the child. His full name
is Mckinley Emanuel He was born
March 2, 1897.
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Smith Mortified the countryside about
Boiling Springs. and crowd OF
nelghbors gathered at the home to Of
fer consolation to the parents and
family--and to combine in an effort to
find and punish the murderer. Daisy
had been sent by her father. early
that morning, to gather sweet fern IN
the meadow. He wanted the fern to
use In a medicine which he was pre-
pairing for sick horse. Daisy went
skipping and singing away, remark
ing joyously that she just knew
where plenty of fern grew. and that
she'd not be gone long. Twenty min
utes later Farmer Smith heard gun
shot. He looked up and down the
road, but could see nobody, go he con-
cluded that the boys were shooting at
the crows in the orchard. But Daisy
did not return. He waited for over an
hour. Then he grew uneasy, and walk
ed slowly down the road toward the
meadow, calling her as he went, but
getting no response. At a sharp turn
In the road he saw something fluttering
over in the meadow. 1t looked much
like Daisy's apron-and, sure enough,
It was. From the fence he could see
his daughter lying at the meadows
edge under the maple tree. He thought
she must have fallen asleep. but as he
hurried near he saw blood on her
hands, her face, her neck, and great.
gaping cash In her throat. She was
dead. Daisy was the youngest OF his
family of five girls. She was the pref
tiest of the lot-and the neighbors often
told him that they were all good look
Ing. He warshiped her. and here he
found her dead-murdered Did the
old man cry an alarm? Did he run
away In horror? No. He fell upon his
knees by the side Of hts child's body;
ae kissed her lips. then raising his
face and eyes to heaven. he called
upon God to avenge the crime. to point
ont his child's slayer that the law
might mete just punishment. His
prayer has been answered. Edward
Criss,ng ger, caught red-handed. and
about whom chain OF evidence was
woven before the sun had set that day
confessed. The law will do the rest.
! Almost beside himself with grief
farmer Smith. though almost 70 years
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
A Lucky Kick.

While kicking some dirt at the city
dump at Leadville, Colo, Frank Burk-
hart unearthed a cave. in which he
found some very rich ore exposed. The
officers were at once notified, and upon
investigation found cache from which
they extracted fifty sacks OF gold and
silver ore. The stuff had evidently
been hidden away during the last ten
days, and has been stolen from differ
ent mines, as it was Of different
character. From samples assayed the
ore Is shown to be enormously rich.
and will probably prove to be worth
S11O,0
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old. lifted the body Of his murdered
child in his arms and started for home.
When he reached the open gate
through which the path lay under the
great walnut trees to the door Of tho
big. comfortable farmhouse, he could
hear his wife and some of the girls
talking in the kitchen. They were
getting dinner, for he could hear the
clash OF the pans. He reached the
kitchen door when suddenly his
strength gave way and he and his
precious burden fell headlong On the
pHoor AS he fell he gave an agonizins
yell, the sound of which reached the
kitchen and the women folks hurried
out. The father was insenslble and
the body of Daisy lay in his arms,
drawn tightly to his breast, her blood
oozing oat upon his hands and face.
Dasy's long hair had fallen over her
neck. almost concealing the awful
wound in the throat. 1t was the moth
er's hand that brushed the tresses back
and disclosed the terrible secret OF
her child's death. Soon the rather re-
vived, and told how he had found her
In the meadow. An alarm was given
and soon the neighbors gathered.
| Lafayette Wynn and William Helm
suspected Edward Crisslnger OF the
murder. Three months before he had
met one OF Daisy's sisters on lonely
road, and because she repulsed him no
attacked her brutally
He had recently paid the penalty Tor
this indigRity, and, somehow or an
other, Wynn and Helm thought that
Crissinger ought at least to be asked
about Daisy's murder. They hurried
to Crissinger's home. All the other
members Of Crissinger's family were
down at Smiths with the other neigh
bors, helping to care for the body OF
the murdered girl. but Ed. said that
he did not care to 60 When Wynn
and Helm reached Crissinger's they
found Ed. washing a shirt and pair
of trousers. There was blood on both.
In shanty they found gun that had
Just been fired, for there was powder
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the throat cut and three gun
shot wounds In the back. Crissin-
ger, two hours later, was seen
by neighbor washing n blood
stained shirt and pair Of overalls near
his home, a mile away. in the stiffen-
ed fingers Of the dead girl was tuft
Of fern which her father had bade her
gather in the meadow, and her head
nestled on a pillow Of crimson leaves
that had fallen from maple-the
tree under which Crissinger sat when
the girl first saw him. Under this tree,
too, was found clue that fastened the
crime upon hIm--the stem of corn
cob pipe. 1t was the fitting of this
lost stem in the pipebowl found in
Crissinger's pocket that caused him to
give up and confess. The strong wall
If the Northumberland county jail was
the only thing that prevented crowd
Of farmers from stringing Crissinger
20 the tree under which he committed
his deed, but now they have become
reconciled, for they feel that the law
will deal Justly with him. The muir
der of pretty. plump, blue-eyed Daisy
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

Dewey victory with a bluffness that
may not be sweet to all American ears,
but it may be said that he seldom says
what he does not mean and he cares
little what the public may think Of his
opinions. Mr.. Halstead Is a typical
week and lived in a garret, where he
did his own cooking. He was as bold
and audacious a youngster as he Is
q fearless and outspoken man. With
an Aladdin-like suddenness he became
the proprietor Of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, and at the same time a ma
tional character. He was reporter, po-
lice reporter, general political reporter,
managing editor and owner. 1t was as
the editor OF the Commercial, after
ward the Commercial Gazette, that Mr..
Halstead made his mark. OF recent
years he has lived in the east, and has
devoted himself to newspaper and lit
erary work as a contributor. He Is a
free-lance In politics and has seen both
political parties alternate $50 as to
agree" with his views, always intensely
American. He was a great Blaine man
always. In 1896 he supported Bryan
very warmly. Although the ablest
writer in America ha Is never regularly
employed on any great paper. lie
claims that they are nearly all owned
in England.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
Richards and Miss Katle Roberts OF

Richards and Miss KatIe Roberts Of
England. Miss Richards Is the daugh-
ter of G. w. Richards, general manager
Of the Dominion Steamship line, run
ming steamers between Liverpool end
Boston. Miss Roberts Is his niece.
Both are handsome, stylish and vastly
Interested in everything they see. Both
have unlimited credit and appetite for
Sightseeing. Their wants are gratlfied
in regal manner, and they are per
sonally attended by two porterS, two
maids, two cooks and waiter.
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moisture in the barrel. Ed. was taken
prisoner and Coroner Shindel that
night quietly brought him to prison
1t was learned that the young fellow
had bought q new knife that morning
This knife was found In a knot-hoie
In tree near where he washed his
clothes. The blade was bloody. Then
the pipe-stem was found under the
tree where the girl was murdered. The
stem fitted a bowl that Crissinger had
in his pocket. With such evidence
against him, Crissinger broke down
and confessed.
Time and time again Edward Girls
singer had tried to force himself into
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

Elias Kline Of indianapolis. Ind. an
old man, dealer in picture frames.
whenever he patronlzed the wholesale
houses INDUCED in Jokes with clerks.
While standing in Lieber G. Co.'S nogo-
tiatins with q clerk he suddenly ut
tered an exclamation and tottered. The
clerk, supposing one Of his customary
jokes was being played. stepped to one
side and let him fall. but when he
stopped over Aim 1e found that Kline
was dead.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
SAVES TIME AND HEALTH.

wanamsker Is Watched by rhysicians
At All Times.
TO the busy man of affairs every mo-
ment Ia valuable. Every expedlent to
Aaye time Is resorted to by men who
make and manage great fortunes and
who are part of the hustling business
world. It Is not generally known. hoy
ever, that 1t is not rare thing for
such men to pay doctor for looking
them up at all sorts of times and see
that they do not break down. There
are several business men in this city
who have this sort Of an arrangement,
but John Wananiaker, 1t Is said, was
the first OF them to adopt this time
saving and llfesavlng scheme. 1t would
appear that the life insurance compa-
MES which have insured Mr.. Wana-
makers life for more than $1.000,00O
could afford to pay doctor to look
after him, but they don't. Mr.. Wana-
maker never goes to the doctor. The
doctor hunts Mr.. Wanamaker up, and
is responsible for his health. At least,
Il used to be so. The physician had
carte blanche to see him upon all oc-
casions. He might come in and look
at him only, or he might ask to sec the
great merchants tongue or feel his
pulse, Mr.. Wanamaker was never too
busy to see the doctor, but he was too
busy to look him up, and 80 the result
has been that the former saves time
ana health and the latter gets COM
Portable salary. The plan pays both.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
SKIN OF FROGS.
Grated Successfully Upon Joseph Suili-
van of Kansas.

Joseph Sullivan of Solomon City,
Kan. thresher, was about three
weeks ago severely burned on the hip,
the skin coming off over a surface six
by eight inches in size, and the place
falling to heal A grating experiment
has been used and Is proving success
full. The skin Of frogs abdomens has
been cut in strips and bound on the
raw surface, being moistened with salt
solution and held by bandages. Strips
taken from the arms Of friends have
also been used. and over half OF both
kinds have grown and are making the
surface as good as new. The man has
suffered much pain, but as the new
skin grows fast it will soon be fully
healed and he will be able to resume
work. The experiment has been watch
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
FIRST STRIKE.

e Was In lA0v u. c.. and Pharaoh Was
the Offending Boss.
The hrst labor strike occurred in
Egypt. There may have been no trades
unions in those days. 1450 B. c., but
Pharaoh found the work on his Tenn
ole of Thebes effectually delayed by q
strike and as serious 4 situation to face
q ever an Illinois coal baron had to
confront. The temple that was to
astound the world and stand rs mon
ument to Egypt's greatest king was
under way. Its graceful outlines were
well defined. even its gorgeous interior
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commanded a rev tsion to the garo OF
the running footman" OF the last cen
tury. This change was given effect.
and the result you may see In the ac-
companying picture. result that II
quaint and picturesque. The duchess
Of Marlborough Is a good artist.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
Hellboy Kills . Man.

Lewis Richter, employed as a bell
boy at the Hotel Allen. Allentown. Pa.
quarreled Saturday night with Jacob
Keyger, aged sixty-fiye. and Richter
struck Keyser with his fist on the jaw.
knocking him down. Kcyser was pick
ed up In an unconscious condition.
Every effort falling to revive him. he
was removed to the county almshouse.
where he died shortly after his arrival
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
A UNIQUE CRIMINAL.
WAS GEORGE X. JACKS OF
CHICAGO.
Hanged for Numbering A. r. BIcHee. n
MIX Peddler--A Strange Career of
Ups and Downs Finally Ends on the
GRlloWs.

EORGE H. JACKS,
who waylaid and
murdered Andrew
f. NfcGee, an eni-
ploye Of the Chas.
Creamery company,
in the hallway OF
the double Nat
building at 2030 In
diana avenue, Chi
cago, on the morn
ing of Feb. 26, was
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
CHANGED THEIR LIVERY.

When the present chatelaine OF Blen-
helm palace took up her abode In that
Marlborough home she made many al
teratlons in the arrangement Of af-
fairs. She bad an eye for the pictur-
esque and few things that she did were
wrong from the point OF view Of taste.
The commonplace monotony Of the or
dinary footman's attire did not hit the
artistic sense OF the duchess. md she
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

U r A + II A L.
STEAD, who has
Just returned from
the Philippine ISL
ands, has had a
career quite as not
able as any of the
noted journalists
Of this country.
Mr.. Halstead criti-
cises tho battle Of
Manila (nOt the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

EUW AKU CRISSINGEk
the company of the good-looking Smith
girls. He told his friends that hs
would like to have one Of them for .
sweetheart, but his company. for soma
reason, was Objectionable. After he
met and violently attacked the ono
Smith girl he kept away from the
house, although Daisy reported q
home, on several occasions, that he
had met her at the crossroads store
and tried to talk with her.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27
TRAGEDY ON A FARM.
PRETTY DAISY SMITH KILLED
NEAR A TREE.
Tho Cruel nrurdcr Done by n Persistent
but Rejected Suitor for Her Hand
The Crime which Has Startled u
Heretofore Quiet Community.
DIV CRISSIN-

DWARD CRISSIN-
GER, l9 years old,
Is an inmate of the
county jail at Sum
bury, Pa. "a self
fessed murderer.
His victim vas
pretty 16-ysar-old
y aisy 8 II | t h,
whose body was
found in her faith
er's meadow with
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

Some men are 80 busy that thay have
no time to enjoy prosperity.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

claiming that Willows instead OF him
self murdered MCGEE. His remains
were sent to Muskegon for burial.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

ed By physicians, and the frog skin
gratis havo been particularly interest
inu
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-27

Advice is about the only thing the
average man will give freely without
money and without price.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-05
BOGlES ARE FASHIONABLE.
Weird Ornaments Made Out of All Sorts
of Queer Things.

There is new mode of decoration
that ought to be very popular with
women. 1t is called boyle making, and
consists of evolving quaint ornaments
out of the most weird and unthinkable
material. A wild and solemn owl may
be modelled from the pelvis Of a cat or
dog if one is lucky enough to find such
a thing along some seashore. The jaw
bone of an OK may contain a smile in
every tooth If the teeth are properly
decora ted and the whole will make a
very striking ornament. Bones of all
sorts-to be supplied by the cook, shells,
moles' feet. shoe buttons, old gloves,
hair pins are all useful for bogie decor
ations.
With the aid of paint brush some
very pretty bogies. as well as the gro
tesque ones, may be produced Beauti-
full orchids, for instance, may be mod
eled from the bones of the cod.
These bogie ornaments have just been
invented by a young Englishwoma an
She is an artist of extremely original
turn of mind, and her "Bogie show"
that is being held in London attracts
much attention. The princess of Wales
purchased Smiley Pogg. an amiabe
tiend formed of a cowry shell and chick
en- bones. The most striking boyle was
Dim, an apparition with a real back
bone and grayish fur. His arms and
legs are chicken bones his wings of
dried fish fins and on his wax face
CLEAN to unearthly eyes of shoe but
tons.
OF course considerable art is required
to make these bogies, and few people
can expect to equal the creations of the
young artist. She has made copies in
clay of many of her works. and quaint
and curious jugs, vases, flower pets ard
match boxes are the result Spunk,
reproduced in pottery, is shown in the
illustration. Originally he was made
of snail shells with ears of the pelvis
of a goose. A great deal of amusement
can be got out of making bogies, and
at little expense good ones can be
turned into pottery.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-05

opinion on this matter was voiced by
George E. Armstrong. his mouthpiece
and credit man of the concern.
Nv" believe the new law will prove
a disappointment he said I'VE have
never been in favor of it. and a few
months of its workings will disappolnt
everyone. 1t is not so much that it
favors the debtor class at the expense
OF the merchant, as that it is incon-
siEtent and will not work well. 1t is too
soon to say much about il yet, but our
general feeling is that it will not ac-
complish what is claimed for it. There
are, it will be found. ways of getting
around its provisions. You speak of
the provision of no preferences Yet
a case has already come to our notice.
decided up in Michigan, where firm
practically gave preference, actually
got property into one of their creditors
hands, and the court let it stand.
The new law. on the whole, makes
cleverness and good business manage
ment of little use. There is no object
in being before the next man. We
would much prefer to take our chances
with clear field. AS l have said, we
think the law, after few months trial,
will not prove satisfactory"
The views of George L. Putnam of
the house of Sweetzer. Pembroke &c
Co. vary decidedly from those of the
Clliln concern. Mr.. Putnam Is en-
phatic in his approval of the law
1T is a step in advance" he said
land good law, I have been in favor
of it all along. 1t is fairer to the small
merchant, and fairer to the larger. AS
to the matter of preferences it is an
advantage. There is now no rush and
hurry to file claims. We as a large
firm are willing to take our chances
with the small firms. I have yet to find
II = |, tt,I
to either merchant or debtor. 1t seems
thoroughly fair A better law of course
might have been made-this is a COM
promise-but this will do we'll.
There is another thing" went on Mr.,
Putnam. The business of bankruptcy
is now put on a much simpler basis.
There will be comparatively little