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The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Cite. Bnried by Sand Storms.

Sven Hedin, the Norwegian traveller,
has discovered on the north side of
kuen Lun Mountains, and in the edge
of the great desert of Cobb, the ruins
of towns which he thinks were buried
by sandstOrms about 1000 years ago.
The largest town was nearly two miles
and half long, and canal connected
1t and the surrounding country with
the Kerija River. The houses had
walls Of plated reeds covered with
mud and then coated with white plas-
ter, and on these plaster walls were
well-executed paintings Of men, ami
mails and flowers. Poplars, apicots
and plum trees had evidently fourished
there before the invasion Of the sand.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Our army, which is about 25,000. cost
last year little over $16,000000,
which was $64O a man. This is rather
expensive, as compared with the cost
of maintaining soldiers in Europe. But
it should be remembered that our men
get good food, and that the cost of
Transporting soldiers in a country that
is 5000 miles wide and $500 miles
from north to south is slightly different
from the cost of shifting men about in
a country no larger than many of our
States. The soldiers deposited with the
paymasters during the year S420,3 1893,
which is doing pretty well in econo'
MIXING on S13 a month.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The London Times is responsible for
this: "It is not generally known that
the talented wife of Mr. Mckinley was
called to the American bar in the early
part of 1898, and that she enjoyed for
a long while the distinction of being the
only lady of the legal profession who
pleaded on behalf of clients before her
own husband, who was the judge of the
circuit in which she practices" Amer
leans who want to learn things about
themselves that are not so will do well
to read the English newspapers.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Saved by His Kite.

The New York News prints a story OF
a boy twelve years of age, named James
Grimes, who went on the roof Of the
apartment house where he lived to fly
kite. He swung the kite over the rear
Of the house, and started on run to-
ward the front to give the kite rise.
The kite scared gracefully upward.
but James, in his excitement, forgot
about the open-air shaft, and stepped
into 1t. He shot downward through
space, a distance of almost fifty feet.
When the people reached the cellar
they found the boy unconscious, with
the kite tugging at the string grasped
in his tightly shut hand. A doctor was
Immediately summoned, who declared
that beyond the great shock the boy
was uninjured. He revived and soon
was walking about the room.
The doctor expressed surprise at the
boys escape from instant death, and
accounted for it on the theory that the
pulling of the kite broke his fall.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
The Highest Clouds.

During the past year committee of
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has been engag-
ed in measuring the height Of clouds
with the aid of photography. Stimuli
taneous pictures Of cloud are made
by two cameras placed 600 feet apart
and connected by telegraph wires.
From the amount of displacement of
the cloud caused by viewing 1t alter
nately from each end of the 600-foot
base-line, it's height can be calculated.
Some of the "mackerel-sky" clouds
photographed were seven and quarter
miles high. The loftiest clouds whose
elevation was thus measured belonged
to the type known as cirrus or "curl-
cloud" the height being a little more
than seventeen miles.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Fort Blunder,

General Miles has recently recon-
mended the fortifying of number Of
our seaports and the enlargement of
some of the posts along our frontier.
One of these is Fort Montgomery, that
stands at the outlet Of Lake Cham
plain. The mentioning of this long
forgotten old fort recalls a queer fact
connected with Its beginning, and long
ago forgotten. In 1S41 it was decided
to build large post at the entrance to
Lake Champlain, and work was begun
on Fort Montgomery, as 1t was called.
After a good deal Of work had been
done it was found that the walls of the
fort were over the lines dividing the
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
The enforcement of our immigration

The enforcement of our immigration
laws appears to be having a good effect
In preventing Objectionable persons
from coming to this country and in
turning the tide of undesirable emigra-
ton TO South America. The effect is
only beginning to be perceptible at the
ports of entry, however, and it will be
many years before the mischief already
done in the country at large can be
overcome. A long course of external
vigilance and internal Improvement is
needed to make the population of this
country all that it ought to be. or even
what we like to believe that it is now.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Il allow yer about the best bunch of
gkunks l ever see," was his greeting.
whatever do ye mean in stampedin
chat herd? Get up an get busy, all of
ye. Scatter and see that them bulls
don't drift to where we all KANT find
'em. Hear me?'
Which we do, Bill" drawled Cur
ley from where he lay all spra wled out
in the ground. "An' we all amt goin'
to do nothin' of the sort. 1 allow them
bulls is all right where they be, and
they ain't no use in stirrin' of 'em, none
whatever"
WHO'S boss of this gang, me or you,
ye wuthless cayote? Ye done all the
michief with yer burned quirt. Get up
out of this or I'll sink my boot into ye."
(Which ye won't do nothin' of the
kind, BILL was the growing answer,
as "Curley' half rose and returned the
scowl Of the boss with interest. II al
low they amt goin' to be no bootin'
yere. also allow I'm goin' to stay
right yere. Eff they's goin' to be any
bOotin' L hereby declares myself into
the game, and so 1 tells you plain"
kin ye shoot?' roared Bill, unlimber-
ing as he spoke.
The two men gazed wrathfully at
each other for a moment and then the
pistols blaZed out, shot following shot
until all were empty. When the action
was over "Curley" was lying still on
the ground with hole in his lungs and
| Bill was nursing a badly wounded
shoulder.
Well, 1t was bad business, but then
none of the others felt any call to In
terfere, and the combatants were hast
ened back to the ranchhouse and med
ical aid summoned. Fortunately
neither was fatally hurt, but "Curley'
did hospital duty for the rest of the
season and Bill took charge of the sta
bles. He was scarcely "fitten," as he
said, for duty with the herd.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Measuring Its Own Velocity.

By means of an electrical device ex-
perimenters, acting for the United
States Board of Ordnance, have recent
ly succeeded in obtaining Photographic
records of the motion of a projectile
while yet inside the bore of a cannon
The projectile carries a rod of wood
attached to it's front end, and copper
rings, encircling this rod at fixed in
tervals, successfully form electric con-
facts as the rod is driven from the gun.
Each of these contacts produces an
automatic record on a Photographic
plate The Scientific American, In de-
scribing the apparatus and expert
ments, says that the shortest distance
travelled by the projectile between two
successive records was 81 centimeters,
which is little less than an inch and
a half, and that some Of the time inter-
vals between the records were only one
two-thousandth of second.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

An extraordinary instance of heredi-
tary tendency to suicide was told by
Prof. Brouardel in Paris lately. A
farmer near Etampes hapgeI himself
without apparent cause, leaving FAM
lily of seven sons and four daughters.
Ten of the eleven sub seqCently follow
ed the fathers example, but not until
they had married and begotten chill
dren, all of whom likewise hanged
themselves The only survivor is 4
son, who is now 6S years of age aud
has passed safely beyond the family
hanging age.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Sixteen young women of Remove, Pa,
have organized the Edelweiss Social
Club, the purposes of which are to fur
nish entertainment for invited young
men. They have engaged club-room
and are arranging 1t in a delightful
manner. Just what the initiatory cere-
monies will consist of the young ladies
will not say, but one of the girls has
admitted that a kiss and hug shall
be the password for sll male members.
The young women who are the prime
movers in the novel club declare their
object is to get the young men off the
street corners during the winter. and
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The old practice of disposing of a GER
tain undivided portion of land which is
sold for taxes is still maintained in sew
eral States, and at such sale in Kan
sas City not long ago a man is recorded
as having purchased a vigintillionth of
a square inch, in other words that por-
ton which would result in dividing a
square inch by followed by 120 ciph-
ers. Here is a pleasant problem for a
winter evening.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Mexican RurialS

The Mexicans have a queer way of
burying the dead. The corpse is tightly
wrapped in century plant mating, and
placed In a coffin hired for about a shil-
ling. One or two natives, as the case
may be, place the coffin on their heads
and go at trot to the grave, where the
body is inferred, and the coffin is then
returned. The wealthy class use the
tram cars as hearses, and the friends
follow beside the car on foot.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

The Philadelphia free libraries claim
they have the greatest circulation in the
;world. From Oct 80, 1895, to Sept. 30,
1896, 1,293,O04 volumes were circulat-
ed, exclusive of the reference books
consulted in the library buildings.
These figures, if correct, exceed those of
Manchester, England, Chicago and Bos-
ton, hitherto considered as the largest
in the world.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

inasmuch as the club girls are all pretty
and fetching, their object will doubtless
be attained. Lovemaking will not be
allowed under penalty of fine. The
girls will darn stockings and knit nit
tens for the boys, but the latter, in
order to be available for membership,
must refrain from smoking, chewing
and drinking
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

A precedent interesting to women
has been established by the London
County Court. A lady brought suit
against st. Georges vestry for dam
ages from the careless driving of
water cart, which drew so near the
sidewalk that her dress was sprinkled
and spoiled. The Court awarded her
seven guineas.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Paris policemen have been supplied
with electric dark lanterns, by means
of which they can see 1oO feet away.
They were employed successfully in
recent raid In the BOis de Boulogne on
the homeless persons who sleep there
q night
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

There is a suspicion that the reported
discovery by a Maine man of a perpet-
ual motion machine that would saw
wood was nothing more than dis
gruntled or expectant politician.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Bret Harte says he has written over
600 short stories. Yes, but those he
wrote previous to 1876 were worth
more than are those he has written
since. He has become prolific at the
expense of that quality which lent such
a charm to his earlier work.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

There is nothing very remarkable in
a Chicago girl marrying a blind mu-
sician in East Liverpool, Ohio. Love
Is said to be blind. Besides, marriage
with a Chicago girl often has a ten
dency to open ones eyes.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

: A French physician says that "the
fumes of gasoline will raise the voice
OF a woman several notes." A match
added to that combination will also
raise the rest of the woman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

Great Britain has refused to assent TO
the partition of China. She prefers a
retaining wall to a partition.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
Stanley's Compliment.

Dean Stanley actually suffered from
listening to music, and yet Jenny Lind
once told Max Muller he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever re-
ceived. Stanley was very fond Of Jen-
ny Lind, but when she stayed at his
fathers palace at Norwich, he always
left the room when she sang. One
evening Jenny Lind had been singing
Handel's Il know that my Redeemer
liveth." Stanley, as usual, had left the
room, but he came back after the music
was over, and came shyly up to Jenny
Lind.
you know" he said, IT dislike
music; don't know what people mean
by admiring it. l am very stupid, tone
deaf, as others are color-blind. But"
he said with some warmth, tonight
when from a distance / heard you sing
ing that song, had an inkling Of what
people mean by music. Something
came over me which 1 had never felt
before; or, yes, had felt it once before
in my life" Jenny Lind was all atten-
ton. "SOme years ago." he continued,
II was at Vienna, and one evening there
was tattoo before the palace per-
formed by 400 drummers. felt shak-
en-, and tonight, while listening to your
singing, the same feeling came over
me; felt deeply moved"
"Dear man." she added, "I know he
meant it, and more honest compliment
I never received in all nv life"
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
subterranean Temperature.

1t is estimated that the temperature
of the earth at a depth of 200 miles is
not less than $4,000 degrees Fahren'
heit
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13
His Fare.

Archibald Forbes, the famous wal
correspondent, once told an amusing
story connected with a lecture which
he delivered at West Chester, Pennsyl
vania. On arriving at the station In
that place a negro hackman pressed
forward, and offered his services to
take the lecturer to the hotel. On ar.
riving at his destination, Mr.. Forbes
asked the hackman what his fare was
well, sah,' replied the negro, with
comprehensive grin, "if you'd jess
glib me ticket to de lecture, sab, dat's
all 1 ask, and I'd be right glad to get
it."
"Why, certainly" replied Mr.. Forbes,
feeling that here, indeed, was an un.
expected tribute; ''I'll give you one; and
| haven't you a missis?"
eyes, sah," was the prompt reply
''I's got missis."
'Well, you shall have one for her
too," said the lecturer, who forthwith
requested his agent to hand the man
| the tickets. That evening he looked
about the hall for his colored admirer.
but saw nothing Of him. The next
morning, on ordering a hack to go to
the station, he discovered that the
vehicle was driven by the same man.
81 didn't see you at the lecture last
night" said Mr. Forbes.
"No, sah," replied the darky, frankly,
81 was not dar"
"But 1 gave you tickets for yourself
and your wife," said Mr.. Forbes, in
natural astonishment.
''Yes, sah," returned the hackman
with one Of his broadest smiles; ''but
you see me and my missis don't know
much about lectures, sab, and we
thought we'd rather hab de cash; so
done sold dem tickets for dollar, sahw
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

No man is so worthless that candi-
date will not treat him with great re-
spect.
The Winslow mail., 1897-02-13

No woman is competent to handle
the kin question; she is toe sympa'
thetic.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
NEW YORK Markets.

Wheat-Steady market and quiet
trading. March, s9%c.; May, s6hc.
July, s2Ac
Corn-Spot dull and inactive. May
3O1Sc.
oats-Market steady; old prices
May, 225sc.
Eggs-Market firm; moderate trade
State and Pennsylvania, fresh, 16Q
l6Ac.; ice house, 13@15c.; western,
fresh, 15@l6c.; lined, 13@1316; south
ern, 14@14%c.
Lard-Steady; moderate demand
Prime western, $4. 3O
Pork-Market steady; trade quiet
Extra prime, nominal, short clear,
es.76@1O.25; mess. Ss. 5o@s.75; family,
50. 100000
Butter-Market for choice firm
Creamery western extras, coke; stat.
and Pennsylvania, extras, 14@19c
creamery, western seconds, &c.,; stat,
dairy, half-firkin stubs, fresh factory
13c.; state dairy, half-frlin tubs. fal
made extras, lO@15c.; western imi
tation creamery. seconds to firsts
l1@l6c.; western factory. frsts to ex
tras, s1l@11c.
Cheese-Marlxet firm; fair demand
cream, large size. fall made, col
ored, like; large, common to choice
part Skins. 3@7kc.
Potatoes-Market firm; prime steady
Long Island, in bulk, per barrel, 81. rs a
Sl5O; New Jersey, round, choice, pc
barrel, SOC 0s1.12.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
FEDERAL PATRONAGE
A Representative Of Senator-elect
Platt Visits Major Mckinley.
NEW YORK APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSED
Hopes That No One VIII BE Given q
Place Who VIII Interfere In
the Work Of the Or
ganizatiOn.

Canton, o., Jan. 20-The New York
republican organization, in the person
OF Edward Lauterbach, called on Major
Mckinley yesterday afternoon and ex-
planned the wishes and purposes of the
New York republicans who are follow
ers of Mr.. Platt Mr.. Lauterbach said
the organization desired harmony and
hoped the federal appointments would
not be Objectionable 1--WE don't ex-
1ect to ask for any ones appointment,
said Mr.. Lauterbach, "but we trust no
one will be appointed who will inter-
fere in the work of the organization
or be source of annoyance to it."
what about the cabinet?" was asked.
New York WILL in my opinion" said
Mr.. Lauterbach, "have q representa-
tive i'll Major McKinley's cabinet. Of
course do not know who will receive
the honor. We discussed several men,
all OF whom would be very acceptable.
Among them We're Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford, Benjamin f. Tracy, j. Sloat
Fassett and Coz Agressman Payne. Mr..
Platt is not and will not be a candidate
for the cabinet. He has been suggested
as possible secretary of the treasury,
but l know he is satisfied with his
present position and wants to retain
it." Mr.. Lauterbach's interview with
Major Mckinley was a formal one and
he did most of the talking, he says.
w. J. Arkell, Hamilton the cartoonist
and Abner Mckinley were among
the callers on the president-elect dur
ing the day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
NEW U. S. SENATORS
Elections Ratified by Several State
Legislatures To-day.
PLATT RETURNED AFTER i6 YEARS
Penrose Elected in Pennsylvania, Fair
banks in Indiana and Kenney in
Delaware---Pritchard Reelected
by Majority of One.

New York, Jan. 20.-The legislatures
of a number of states will meet in joint
sessions to-day to elect United States
senator's. In New York the election of
Thomas c. Platt, republican, was rati-
fed, he receiving liz votes, Hill 81 and
George 4. In Pennsylvania, Hon. Boies
Penrose, republican, of Philadelphia,
was elected. He received 16s of the
the 202 votes cast. In Connecticut the
reelection of Orville II. Platt, repub-
hcan, of Meriden, was ratified. The
vote in the senate was unanimous.
Joseph B. Sergeant, democrat, of New
Haven, received "a votes in the house.
The New Hampshire legislature rati-
fed the reelection of Jacob H. CALM
ger In Delaware Richard R. Kenney,
free silver democrat, was elected. He
received all the votes. The rump legis-
lature elected j. Edward Addicl1s. In
diana elected Charles w. Fairbanks,
republican, over d. w. Voorhees,, demo
crat, and Leroy Templeton, populist.
ii. c. HansbrougA, republican, was re-
elected from North Dakota by a total
vote of 6s to 25 for Bently, populist In
Arkansas James X. Jones was re-elect-
ed by big majority. The populists
voted for j. r. Sovereign and the three
republicans for Gen. Powell Clayton.
Senator Vest was reelected from Mis-
souri,. He received the votes of 10
senators to Kearns, republican, IA,
and the vote of s5 representatives to
Kearns "a and Jones, populist, 4. In
Colorado Henry NJ. Teller was re-
elected. He was supported by demo-
Gratis, populists and silver republicans
and received all but three of the votes
cast, those going to Judge Allen, Nc
Kinleyite. The vote for senator in
North Carolina resulted as follows:
In the senate-Pritchard rep, "a;
Thompson, pop, IS; Daughton, DEM,
T. In the House--Pritchard, So;
Thompson, "a; Daughton, 81. Total:
Pritchard, Sc; Thompson, AZ; Daugh-
ton, "a. Pritchard's vote is exactly a
majority of both branches of the legis-
lature, the mem bership being 40
At Springfield, ILL.,, William E. Mason,
republican, of Chicago, was elected to
succeed Senator Palmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
WEYLER IN THE FIELD
The Spanish General Again Leads
His Army in Person.
PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
Incomplete Details Received of an At.
tack by the Insurgents on
the Towns of Tapaste
and Placetas.

Havana, Jan. 20.-The whereabouts
of Captain General Weyler, who yes
terday accompanied by his staff started
for the field, is unknown. The gem
eral took a carriage from the palace to
the outskirts of the city, where he
mounted horse and rode in the direc-
tion of San Jose de las Lajas, to the
southeast of Havana. He was escorted
by several regiments of calvary and
body guard of negro troops recently
drafted into the service The news
papers here now give incomplete de-
tails of an attack made by the rebels
upon Tapaste, province of Havana.
The fight occurred on January 10, and
the fact that the news of the engage
ment has been SO long suppressed is
taken to indicate Spanish defeat.
The newspapers state, under govern
ment permission, that when the insur-
gents attacked the town the residents
took refuge in n church. The Spanish
defended the place for four hours until
the rebels retired. No mention is made
of losses on either side. Further de-
tails are at hand of the recent rebel
attack upon Placetas, in the province
of Santa Clara. The rebels entered
the town from different directions.
They crossed the line of forts and at
tackled several houses. Later there
was fierce fighting in the streets, which
lasted for three hours, when the re bells
left the town. The insurgents left six
of their number dead in the streets.
The garrison had sixteen men
wounded. One woman resident was
killed and three male citizens and a
child were wounded. Nineteen persons
in the town have been arrested on the
charge of having been implicated in
the attack.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
The Ohio senatorship.

New York, Jan. 20-Gov. Bushnell
of Ohio, in an interview with a re-
porter of the United Associated
Presses, says he will take no action
one way or the other towards
the selection of successor for sena-
torial honors in place of Senator Sher-
man until the resignation of the lat
ter is in his hands He denies a pub
lished statement that because of the
large expenses attached to the calling
of the legislature together in special
session to elect United States sena-
tor he will resort to his appointing
power. He declares that the expense
is comparatively small, as the mem
bers of the Legislature are paid by the
YEAR
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-01-22
For International Coin.

Washington, Jan. 20.-O w. Stone
Of Pennsylvania, from the committee
on coinage, weights and measures. has
reported to the house his resolution au-
thorizing preliminary proceedings
looking to the adoption of an inter-
national coin. He says that the one
thing to be sought is one international
anita common denomination of value
SO fully recognized and accepted by all
commercial nations that all values in
International transactions, all statistl-
eal statements and market quotations
shall be expressed in its terms.