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The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

In Kentucky even lynching is done in
so courteous a manner that the subject
is left nothing to desire. For instance,
the vigilance party at Owensboro did
not violate the sanctity of Christmas
day by their act, but considerably
waited till 2:3O next day before ad-
dressing themselves to the disagreed
bic but necessary task. Even then
great consideration was shown for the
religious needs of the prisoner. The re-
port says that "he was given ample
time to pray" But when he had fin
ished his petition the lynchers proceed
ed resolutely and he was strangled to
death. Even during the operation Of
choking the alleged murderer to death
no disturbance occurred. The dispatch
States that 1.-The lynching was the most
quiet and orderly, perhaps, ever con-
Quoted in the State, and few persons
save those having business on the pub
lie square at the time knew anything
of it." Here again we see that delicate
Kentucky consideration for the feel
ings of others Instead of whoOping
and bowling about and awakening
those who did not take part in the
ceremonies the participants conducted
themselves in "a quiet and orderly"
manner, thus setting an admirable ex-
ample for others.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

figures and hentracks. Walking up
and down the floor, lie would dictate
to me slowly in that cracked Rip Van
Wrinkle voice of his and l could follow
him easily on the typewriter.
lone day when we met as usual for
work he seemed to have prepared more
elaborate notes than usual and in
stead of walking about the room he
sat down, quite a distance away from
me, and began to dictate the chapter
treating of his closing Australian eX-
periences. There was a pathetic quiv-
er in his voice as he spoke of the many
happy days he had spent in that far
away land, among comparative stran-
gers, and added that he hoped his book
would come TO them as a sort Of hand
clasp between friends who would new
er meet again in this life.
1T was very affecting. Ny eyes
grew misty and l had to stop writing.
Suddenly 1 felt a kindly hand on my
head and Mr.. JeffersOn's voice said:
That's what l wanted. Cry all you
want to, my girl. L cried myself last
night when l wrote that, but l was
afraid no one else would. l guess it
will do"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Making a Wagon Box.

The first thing to do is to fit the bot
tom boards. Cut them a few inches
longer than the box is to be when fin
iShed, and saw off the ends after whole
is put together. Do not try to econo-
mize by using less than six good side
straps, or going without rods, for the
box will soon become so loose and rick
ETY. as to be constant annoyance.
BasSwood, according to the Western
PlOwman, is the best material. all
things considered, for wagon boxes.
1t is tough, light, and if kept dry, very
durable. Elm does very we'll for bot
tom boards if the right kind of elm
is selected there being a great differ
ence in the timber going under the name
of white or water elm. We have in
some of our forests, quite common.
tree which is called chestnut elm, but
not generally distinguished from the
common water elm, so very similar is
it in appearance. The wood Of this
tree very much resembles that of the
chestnut. 1t is firm in grain and will
not warp more than Eastwood. Beach
is sometimes used for wagon boxes. 1t
is durable, but too heavy to recon-
mend. Pine makes a light, nice box,
but is more expensive in some localities
than most other lumber, and not as
durable Eastwood on account of its
being so easily bruised and Clipped
off.-Rural World.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

A Boston woman who has lately re.
turned from England brought with her.
among other curiosities collected dur
ing a long residence abroad, a piece of
fancy work which was purchased at a
fashionable charity bazar in London.
II is knitted shawl about half yard
square, and its color is pink The ex-
ecution Is Indifferent, the usefulness or
the beauty of this article is not appar-
ent, yet the present pOSSeSSOr values it
beyond price. 1t is the handiwOrk of
the Queen of England, and sent by her
to the baZar, where it was raffied for
This royal handmade shawl has a
guaranteed historette attached. and
though not signed by the Lord Cham
berlain or the Prime Minister, there is
a real Countess, not to mention the
original owner, to swear to the genu-
ineness of the document going with
the article.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

A bright young Chicago man has
written an entertaining book of South
American travel which wins praise
from more people than his friends,
but even the author must smile to read
in a Chicago Sunday newspaper the
following finale to a review of his book
How much do any of us know Of South
America? How many of us ever heard
that Venezuela meant originally Little
Venice, and was so named by Euro
pean? Young Mr.. Norris deserves the
thanks of a public either too busy to in
form itself about its own hemi-demi-
sphere or too Indifferent" If the ele-
vator boy or mailing clerk who wrote
this enthusiastic review ever went to
school he would have known that Venv
ezuela, Little Venice, is popularity sup
posed to have been so named by Eu-
ropean and not by an Australian BUSH
man or an inhabitant of Mars, as the
naive statement of the reviewer might
indicate He would also know that the
average American citizen is tolerably
we'll acquainted with the history and
geography of South America, and can
distinguish between Simon and Patsy.
Bolivar The reviewer should send to
Washington and get the handbooks Of
the bureau of American republics.
Then when the elevator shift is chang
ed he can read up on a heap of things
he is seemingly unaware of.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
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Raising Good Cows.

L think | should ask that l might give
this faith to those engaged in dairying,
VIZ: That you can raise dairy cows
with the absolute certainty of success,
and no guesswork about it-cows that
Will make from ten to twelve pounds
ofbutter week-and it all hinges upon
the proper selection of both Of the dam
on one side and the sire on the other.
1t is not theory. l have had fine
chance to travel and observe for the
last eight years, and know what l am
talking about. If there is anything to
make me feel wild it is to see farmer
keep lot of worthless cows and breed
and feed a COW that will not pay for
her keep.-Cow Culture.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

Senator Davis, of Minnesota, says
that the country has never experienced
such hard times as in 1857. Money
was not only scarce, but there was no
money in circula tion-none to be had
anywhere. Along the Chippewa, Black,
Mississippi, and other rivers sawlogs
were legal tender. In fact, everything
that possessed any sort of value passed
as token money. Up in Northern Wis
consin copper was mined, and copper
cents were minted and issued by pri-
yate individuals. The general store
keepers issued their own scrip, and it
passed for money many time. We
had every kind of token money except
wampum. We didn't get quite that far
back to the primitive method and me-
dium of exchange"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Farm Notes


If trees are pruned properly while
young the necessity of cutting off large
limbs will be avoided.
The first month of milking will de-
eide the question Of whether the heifer
should be kept in the dairy or turned
to the butchers block.
Do not attempt the raising of too
many varieties of apples. If for home
use they should be timed to come in at
all seasons; but for market too many
kinds will make a great deal of trou-
BILE, without yielding a corresponding
degree of benefit. Let neither the ear
ly nor the late supply consist of more
than one or two varieties.
All machinery, wagons, ETC., that are
not under shelter will be exposed to
SHOWS and rains, and consequently rem
dered almost worthless for use in the
spring. If it is cheaper to buy new
tools every year then there is an ex-
cuse for neglecting the tools, but it is
generally the case that the farmer
who does not take care of his imple-
ments has but little interest in his
farm.
Are pure breeds high? This may be
considered by examining the methods
in England. No farm in that country
contains any but choice beef cattle, as
the farmers endeavor to excel in choice
beef. Although the English farmers
have been using the ShorthOrn breed
of cattle for over a century, yet it is
nothing unusual for choice bull TO sell
for $1,000. They want only the best to
be had, and they find it pays to use
no other.
When looking over the prices quoted
for any article produced on the farm,
and which is be sold. it may be no.
ticed that there is quite a difference
between inferior and extra choice"
grades. The difference between 3 and
cents per pound is but 1 cent, but it
represents $3.50 on a 250-pound hog
Only the extra choice" brings the
highest price, and no farmer should
sell anything that cannot be SO graded.
Good beef cattle should not weigh
less than 1000 pounds each, and as it
is not difficult to make every animal
in a herd weigh 1900 pounds, the
cause of lack of profit in cattle can be
easily pointed out-inferior stock. At
the fairs many of the prize steers
are the result of using pure-bred Short
horn or Hereford bulls with common
cows and pushing them with liberal
feeding. Any farmer can do the same.
No prize steer has ever yet been seen
that was not pure-bred or grade ami
NAL.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
About Doctoring Fowls.

While it undoubtedly is Improbable
to doctor very sick fowls, it is advisable
to treat slight cases, or rather diseases
in the first stage. Such ailments like
colds sore head, lameness from cramps
or rheumatism, ETC., can be easily treat
ed, and it is advisable to do so, but
when these troubles turn into roup,
cholera, liver troubles, and other con-
tagious diseases, then it is far better
to kill the patient. 1t must not be for
gotten that poultry and eggs are food
for us, and diseased poultry and eggs
are as dangerous as diseased beef or
pork would be. We firmly believe that
when a fowl once contracts con-
tagious disease the taint can never be
eradicated from the system, and we
will not eat such meat, no matter
how apparently cured the fowls NAV
be. Neither will we eat eggs laid by
hens that have had a contagious dis
ease. Yet in this particular, how care
less are farmers s?-Colman's Rural
World.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

Hale, the victorious cyclist, not only
broke the wheeling record, but the diet
ary score also. On the first day his con-
sumption of food by wight was 34115
pounds, on the second 80 pounds, and
the total weight in six days was 1924
pounds. This goes beyond the perform
ance of the Zulu Kaffir, who makes
nothing of consuming fifteen or twenty
pounds of baked elephants foot at a
sitting, but who follows up his feast
with a fast of considerable duration,
not trying to live the pace for week
together, as Hale succeeded in doing
without apparently incurring any in
Jury
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
1T BROUGHT TEARS,
So Joe Jefferson Was Satisfied with
What He Had Written.

So Joe Jefferson Was Satisfied with
What He Had Written.
A young Chicago matron tells the fol-
lowing characteristic story about JOS
eph Jefferson:
Several years ago." said she, 'when
Mr.. Jefferson was preparing his auto
biography he was obliged to do a great
deal of the work while on tour. A
publishing house with which l was con-
nected at one time recommended me
to him as an amanuensis who had had
considerable experience in the prepar-
alton Of manuscript for publication and
Joined the actor in St Louis.
''Mr. Jefferson would spend several
hours every night after the play in
making notes of what he wanted to
say. The next afternoon he would die
tate to me. Usually he would bring
in great collection of memoranda jot-
ted down on envelopes and scraps Of
paper, and sometimes he would appear
with a newspaper whose margins
would be literally covered with queer
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Keeping Apples in Pits.

Apples can be kept in cellars better
than above ground provided they be
not brought in contact with the soil
This is sure to injure their flavor,
though it prevents either rOtting or
willing from contact with changing air
There should always be some box or
barrel to enclose the apples before
burying them, and they should be COW
cred deeply enough to be near the freez-
ing point all winter If the apples are
sound when put in there will be little
or no rot when they are taken out of
their winter quarters.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

One of the largest nuggets of pure
gold of which record has been made
that was ever found in either North
or South America is, says the New
York Sun, now in the Office of Carter,
Hawley & Co., William street and Ex-
change place. 1t was found on a
placer mine in Dutch Guiana, ON the
north coast of South America, In No
,vember last. 1t is in the shape of an
irregular honeycombed triangular
plate that is about ten inches long on
the base line, by six and a half inches
high to the apex and an inch and half
thick. 1t weighs 1854 pounds troy, and
seems to be pure enough to sell for $50
an ounce. or $3,753.60 for the whole
mass.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Ten Acres

A farm of ten acres can be made to
produce all of most things large fam
lily needs, and can be run at small ex-
pense. To begin with, a driving horse
and two COWS can be kept on it, at small
expense, and the horse will give world
of pleasure to the family, while the
cows, if so managed that one is fresh
in the spring and the other in the fall,
will furnish milk and cream in abun-
dance, and ought in addition to furnish
all the butter needed. Then quarter
of an acre of poultry yard stocked with
forty or fifty hens will give eggs and
chickens in abundance, and few tur-
keys for Thanksgiving and the holi-
days. An acre in garden and small
fruit will furnish vegetables and fruits
sufficient for the family wants, so that
there will be a constant succession from
the time asparagus comes in April un-
til winter sets in. and then the cellar
will be stocked with canned fruits and
vegetables to last through the winter.
Allowing two acres of land for pasture,
one for garden and truck patch, which
includes small fruits, and half an acre
for ornamental grounds around the
house. we have six and a half acres left
to cultivate.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
ue- The E1berta Peach.

SO many varieties of fruits are intro
duced with a great flourish only to be
discarded in the course Of a few years.
Some kinds, however, seem to insure
permanent popularity, which is a sign
of their value. The Elberta peach is
one of these. It seems rather to grow
in popularity-as the years roll by. 1t
is considered the most desirable of all
the yellow flesh peaches-Crawford's S
Yellow excepted. Possibly some of it's
popularity comes from its high color
ing. 1t is one of the darkest Of all, In
this respect approaching a nectarine.-
Meehan's Monthly.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Straw for Fattening Stock.

When cattle, horses or sheep are fed
very concentrated and nitrogenous
foods they will often show a decided
liking for grain straw, which If fed on
alone could not be eaten in sufficient
quantities to sustain life. What this
fattening stock seeks in the straw is
first more of the carbonaceOus element
of food, and secondly, something that
will distend their stomachs while fur
nishing little nutrition. In this respect
the domestic animals are wiser than
man, who, when he can get it, Overloads
his stomach with indigestible food, and
then resorts to drugs instead Of to more
bulky food for relief.-EXchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

1t is the practical aspect of civil serv-
Ice reform that makes it unassailable
Great as its benefits are to the public
service, they might not be able to pro-
tect it against a combined attack in
Congress if the Spoils system were
really, as it was once thought to be, a
strong tower of defense for the poll
tician. He has learned that it is the
weakest point in his armor. He, in self
defense, is now ranged with the friends
of good government on the side of civil
service reform.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

At Philadelphia Il wagon loaded
with gasoline collided with an electric
car. The wagon was demolished and
the oil flooded the street. The accident
attracted the attention of motorman
the scene. Seeing the oil running under
his car, he turned on the current to get
away. A spark from the wheel i'm
mediately ignited the gasoline fumes
and instantly the street was ablaze.
Four pople were injured, one seriously,
end one horse was burned to death.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Pure Water for Hogs.

No more animal is more likely to
suffer from lack of water than is the
hog. This is mainly because this stock
is often fed milk or swill, the latter
and both utterly unfit to take the place
of water. Fattening hogs especially
should be given all the water they will
drink, as it keeps them from becoming
feverish, which Injuries the quality of
their pork.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Deem Draining.

Deep undertaking is a protection
against damage from droughts. That
may seem paradoxical to some-that we
drain to get water out of the soil and
drain to get water into the soil-yet we
know from personal observation that
growing crops over and around the
drains, in time Of severe drought, will
show almost as much superiority over
those growing on undrained land as
would be seen by comparison of the
same lands in an excessive wet time.
-Ey
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

merchant Is crushed the price of coffee
and sugar will be raised and the trust
will make good its loss and will take a
million or so in addition as payment for
the trouble this impudent fellow gave
it. There is entirely too much imper-
tinent criticism and rebellion against
these mOnopolies. The Independent
business men and the people generally
need to be taught their place. 1t is
earnestly hoped that the monopolies
will be even more severe in the future.
Put the screws on hard. The break
will come the sooner!
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS CONVERSATIONAL
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
Clover Should Be Sown ThickIy in
Order to Destroy the Weeds-A Farm
of Ten Acres Enough-Keeping APP
pies in Pits.
The Use of Clover

Farmers who SOW clover seed thinly,
with the expectation that it will spread
so as to fill the vacant spaces, make
great mistake. 1t will spread, but so
slowly that weeds, which abound in all
soil that is rich enough to produce any
thing, will crowd and stunt it. On the
contrary, If the seeds are close enough
together, and the soil is in good enough
tilth and richness to make a clover
plant each two or three inches square
of space, the clover will go very far to-
ward crowding out the annual weeds,
like ragweed and charlock. These start
very early, but their early growth is
slow, and they are completely hidden
under the broad leaf of clover when it
gets its third. fourth and fifth leaves.
Where the clover once gets the start,
it will keep it. We have seen in grain
fields in June or July good clover
growths, and have examined under
them the soil with n microscope, find
ing there thousands of weeds that had
germinated and put out one or two
leaves, only to be smothered down by
the larger clover growth. IL is well
known to farmers that the second year
crop of clover, if a good Seeding, fills
the soil so that nothing else can grow.
But the first years clover crop cannot
smother biennial weeds like red root,
shephurd's purse and tn plantains.
These start in the fall, and are ready in
spring to make an earlier growth than
newly sown clover can be.-American
CultiYatOr.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Fish that YaWn.

It is not generally known that fish
yawn. The writer saw a turbot yawn
twice, and cod Once-the latter being
one of the widest yawns accomplished
by any animal of its size. The yawn
of a turbOt, being something not COM
monty seen, deserves more particular
description. A turbot's mouth is twist
ed on one side, rather as if ii had be-
longed to a round fish which some one
had accidentally trodden on and
souashed half fiat. The yawn begins
at the lips, which open as if to suck in
water. Then the jaws become distend-
ed. and it is seen that this is going to
be a real, genuine submarine fishs
yawn. But the yawn goes on, works
through the back of its head, distending
the plates of the skull, and comes out
at the gills, which open, show the red
inside. are inflated for moment, and
then. with a kind of stretching shiver
of it's back, the fish fattens out again,
until. if unusually bored, it relieves
itself by another yawn.-Spectator.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

The sending of cotton from the South
to San Francisco for reshipment thence
to China and Japan is one of the anOm-
allies of commerce. Cotton for the Ori-
ent has hitherto been shipped entirely
from New Orleans and Mobile, but the
demand has increased so enormously
in the last year that those ports alone
can no longer supply it, and it has been
found necessary to send vast quantities
overland by rail to California.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

bids fair to wipe out all trotting records
achieved by the Maud SIS, Nancy
Hankes and Alixes of the trotting turf.
He has never been let out to his full
speed yet If he was he could probably
give the fast mail close rub. He can
both trot and pace, and travels like the
wind.
1t was some trouble to break him to
harness, but when once he understood
what was expected Of him he got down
TO work
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
Co1orinc Butter in Winter.

There is no moral wrong in coloring
winter butter, provided it be made of
cream that has not acquired bad odors
from feed or from exposure We have
known farmers to color butter that
was made for their own use. They
claimed, and truly, that the yellow
color made the butter more appetizing,
though the taste was not changed But
strain of Jersey or Guersney blood
will impart more color to winter butter,
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
a Pacing Ostrich.

This is the ostrich which sets the
pace. He is the pioneer ostrich PAGER
which pulls a sulky. His owner thinks
pacing by ostriches is the coming sport
when the horse is ultimately retired, as
is threatened by the advent of the bicy
Gle, the electric car and the horseless
carriage.
This particular ostrich in his pacing
act is an attraction at Elitchs Garden
in Denver, and he strikes a lick which
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

Nearly everybody learns to do some
thing nowadays. The man or woman
of fashion usually plays on some musi-
cal instrument or recites. The newest
thing, however, is the mastering of the
art of the prestidigitateur. Many Of
the swell men have become adopts and
entertain their guests with tricks of
-conjuring. To do this well quick eye.
a dextrous hand and a ready tongue are
necessary.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
A New College.

''Yes," said Mr.. Spiffin, 81 never had
no such chance at an education myself,
but 1 am determined that my son Alb
ner shall have the best there is going.
l shall send him to college"
yale, Harvard or PrincetonY'
Il haven't decided yet. What's this
electoral college l see mentioned in the
newspapers so much ch"-Pittsburs
Chronicle
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
A 1'rann Rooster.

Chitwood, Ore, has a rooster which
came there in the pilot Of railroad
engine, and since his arrival has be-
haved properly; but before his advent
there had made two prolonged stops
in his progress along the line of the
railroad, and had run with Il flock OK
sheep. and then with a herd of cattle
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

There is no royal road to wealth, and
there is no way to shoe a horse except
to nail on the shoe. So says a black
smith, and, in proof of his assertion,
he states that while nearly 200 patents
have issued for horseshoes and $4,000
paid into the patent office at Washing
ton, not one of the inventions has ever
hoon ISa6
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27

Twenty-Five turkey gobblers at New
Brunswick, n. j.. attacked a tramp
who had entered their inclosure with
felonious intent, and when he got away
he had no turkey, nor as much clothes
or cuticle as when he started in.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-27
a la RarI-ia

The Irishman was drunk and the
Scotchman was lecturing him severely
upon the evils of intemperance.
'If were to come home like boiled
owl what would my wife say" asked
the Scotchman.
'Hoot, monw responded the Irish
man.-New York Journal.