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The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

matter Of some solicitude with him
how he should array himself for that
ceremony.
He was anxious not to be considered
lacking In respect for the French court,
where much formality regarding dress
was observed; but he knew 1t would be
an affectation for so simple republi-
can as he was to initiate the court
dress. He decided, therefore, and WISE
", to appear in plain suit of black
velvet, with white silk stockings and
black shoes.
Nevertheless, he deemed 1t best to
make one concession to the French
fashion of the time by wearing a wig
something which he had not been ac-
customed to do. He ordered of a wig
maker the largest one the man had,
and In season for the presentation the
man himself brought the wig and set
about trying 1t on.
But do all he could, the man could
not squeeze the wig on the philoso-
piers head He tried and tried, and
also essayed to convince Franklin,
against the evidence Of his senses, that
the wig was fit. Finally Franklin
said:
II tell you, man, your wig is not
large enough"
Upon this the Frenchman threw the
wig down In rage.
Monsieur" he said, "that is impossi-
BILE. It Is not the wig which Is too
small. 1t is the head which Is too
large"
Accepting the rebuke as deserved,
Franklin went to the presentation with
out any wig, and found there that the
simplicity Of his dress and the honesty
and candor of his manners won him
more esteem at the court than any con-
cession to fashion could possibly have
done
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Hard to Please.

The son of a well-known Providence
LAWYER came home at the end Of his
first term in college exulting in the fact
that he stood next to the head of his
class. His father was less easily sat
isfied
"What! Next to the head?'' he ex-
claimed. "What do you mean, sir? I'd
like to know what you think l send
you to college for! Next to the head,
indeed. Humph! I'd like to know
wby YOU aren't at the head, where you
ought to be-
The young man was naturally crest
fallen, but upon his return to college he
went about his work with such ambi-
ton that the end Of the term found him
In the coveted place. He went home
very proud Indeed. 1t was great news.
The lawyer contemplated his son for
a few moments In silence; then with
a shrug of his shoulders, he remarked:
"At the head Of the class, eh!
Humph! That's fine commentary oD
Brown University"
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Formation of Words.

The latest addition to the English
language Is the word "bike;" and it Is
here to stay, since Queen Victoria has
conferred the title of sergeant bike
man on the footman who taught the
numerous divers princes and princess
es the art of cycling. From time to
time words are coined when needed to
tersely describe fact or situation.
About fifty years ago Coleridge delib-
erately coined the word intensity, be-
cause he required it to express a GER
tain shade Of meaning. In Sponsors
time, "throughly'' was good English,
but it has since been suffering from
suspended animation. Our very use
full word, outsider" never saw the
light until Mr.. Polk was nominated
for President. Professor Marsh says
that an undue pressure was made upon
the delegates by those who were not
delegates, and some reporters described
it as pressure from outsiders" The
term filed long-felt want and soon
established itself as constitutional
part Of the language, yet Hart says that
1t had no more real claim than upper
slider, undersider, insider, left-sider,
and right-sider. The words sculptor,
peninsula, suicide, opera and umbrella,
were unknown until the seventeenth
century. In the last century Bentley
was criticised for using the then novel
words repudiate, concede, vernacular,
timid and idiom; and Campbell hesi-
tated about using the very new words
continental, sentimental, originate,
criminallty, capability and originate.
Horace says, Use Is the law Of Ian
guage, whether Of single words, gram
matical form, or grammatical cons true
tion." But Pope, in his Essay On Crit
icism'' gives some wholesome advice
'In words as fashion, the same rule will
hold;
Alike fantastic, If too new, or too old;
Be not the first by whom the new is tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside"
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Fell and Laughed.

Elmer F. Butts, aged 3 years. lives
with his parents in Carlisle avenue,
Cincinnati. One afternoon recently he
was playing ON the third floor of his
parents home when he climbed on the
window sill. Suddenly he lost his bal
ance and fell to the walk below, a dis
tance of % feet. A number of persons
saw the child fall and screamed, which
attracted the attention of the tots
father. who ran down, expecting to find
the mangled corpse of his little one. In
stead he found Elmer sitting up looking
around and laughing in high glee. A
doctor was summoned and after a very
careful examination found that the lit
tie one had escaped without an injury.
How this result was achieved is past
comprehension.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
WIFE DANCED IN PANTS.
This Did Not Suit the Husband, So He
Sought Warrant.

This Did Not Suit the Husband, So He
Sought a Warrant.
William and Louise Deitrichs, man
and wife, aged respectively 10 and IA
years, who live in Canarsie, suburb Of
Brooklyn, appeared recently in the
Grant Street police court, where Will
liam asked that his wife be arrested.
"What for?'' asked the justice.
"Well, she's too fresh"
"That's no crime. Besides, she looks
young enough to be fresh. How old is
she?''
"She's 4 years old, and if she's old
enough to be married she's old enough
to behave herself.
''How has she been misbehaving?"
''She had some boys up to see her,
and she put on my pants and danced for
them.''
''Is that true?" the justice asked the
girl.
"There wasn't any harm in it, said
she. II had on his whole suit. only
did it for fun
II can't put her under arrest for
that" said the justice to the youthful
husband. although don't approve of
it's
''Then | want warrant for my
mother-in-law and her father"
"What have they been doing?"
"When l kicked about my wife's act
ing bad, they licked me. They said,
You're part of our family now,' and
then they biffed me good"
Here William evinced signs of tear
fulness.
81 guess they won't do it any more"
said the justice. "You don't want to
have any trouble in the family if you
can help it. 1t will spoil your whole
life. Let me talk to the girl for a few
minutes.
After the conversation the young wife
promised that she would be more care
full in the future, and she and her hus-
band went away together.
''That is what comes of children mar
rying," said the justice.-New York
Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Sound Photography.

The reported discovery Of method
Of sound photography is By no means
incredible, since the photography is not
direct and the original sound waves set
up a vibration on a drumhead. This
drumhead is In contant with certain
LIQUID in such a way that the resultant
photographs are wondrous geometrical
designs, due to the expansion and VI
bration of this liquid. But there does
not appear to be any particular value
to the invention. otherwise than as q
mere curiosity. The sounds even from
the same person of the same tones
would never be exactly alike.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
His Busy Day.

Thomas Kennedy of Sidney, o., was
arrested one morning recently for
taken before Mayor Nessler and fined
So and costs. He had no money, but
secured the fine and costs and was re-
leased. Within an hour after being fined
he came back to the mayor and wanted
to be married. He brought his fiancee,
Miss Mary Wilkerson, with him. The
young lady paid for the license and the
mayors charges, and the mayor then
performed the ceremony.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days.
REMARKABLE GAIN In WEIGHT OF
A CALIFORNIA MINER.

A Physical Wreck and Not Expected tc
Liye-He Begins the Use of Pink Pills
and in Three days is Able to Walk
His Friends Corroborate His
Testimony.
From the Republican, Santa Rosa, Cal.
Here is a true story from CALIFORNIA;
Some three years ago, James H.
Falkner, of Santa Rosa, while pros.
pecting, discovered quicksilver mine,
and while preparing to work it, was
alone OIL his ranch, far from anyone.
1t was there he was attacked by pneu.
monia, and when found five days
after and carried to his home he was
apparently dying. He did not die.
however, bat for over year was in
daily expectancy of death from what
was pronounced by nearly all the ply
sicians as consumption.
At the end of about one year Mr..
Falkner heard that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were sometimes efficacious
in such maladies as his, and procured
some. The result was astounding, for
before three boxes of the pills had been
taken, the man who had been given
over, and could not walk without as
sistance when he began their use, was
working at his trade, and has ever
since been hale and harty man.
These facts are vouched for by such
men as Sheriff Allen, Mr.. e. l.. Nab
ley, the City Clerk, of Santa Rosa, Mr..
Perry Fits. the well-known lumber
dealer. and many others, and were
made the subject of quite an extended
article in the Santa Rosa Republican,
by Mr.. Virgil Moore, the well-kno wn
correspondent, who resides near Mr..
Falkner, and was familiar with the
whole circumstances.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain
all the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and re-
store shattered nerves. They are sold
in boxes (never in loose form, by the
dozen or hundred) at 90 cents box.
or six boxes for So so, and may be had
of all druggists or directly by mail
from DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re-
putable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of The system
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney
& Co. Testimonials Free
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
NO MORE LATE HOURS.
Citizens of This Town Must Come In Out
of the Night Air.


The town council of Blackshear, Ga,
has passed most unique and interest
ing ordinance, making it an offense for
any citizen of any age, size, color or
sex to be found OH the streets after 10
o'clock at night without good excuse.
When seen ON the streets after that
hour, they will either be arrested or
their names taken by the marshal, and
they must appear before the mayor the
next morning and explain their appear
ance at that hour in a satisfactory man
ner or pay the customary fine.
They call it the ''curfew ordinance"
and it was passed for the purpose of
getting rid of gang of loafers known
as the Brahma gang.
1t hits all the citizens, however, and
it is said there is liable to be strong
kick against such stringent legislation.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
A VEIL OE MIST

Rising at morning or evening from some low
lana, often carries in its folds the seeds of ma
laria. Where malarial fever prevail no ore is
safe. unless protected by some etlic ent medi-
cnal safeguard. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
both rejection and a remedy. No Ier-
son who inhabts, or sojourns in miasmatic
region or country, should omit to procure
this fortifying agent, which is also the finest
known remedy for dyspepsia, constipation,
kidney trouble ard rheumatism.
''Do you understand the nature of an oath ?'
81 IN a telephone girl judge
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
"After the Delu0e :"

The origin Of the oft-repeated phrase
Ia attributed generally to Prince Met
ternich; but Douglas Jerrold ascribes 1t
TO Madame Pompadour. The senti
ment is, however, traced back to Sue
tonious,
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
"A Philosopher Corrected.

When Benjamin Franklin went to
Paris as the representative Of the re-
volted American colonies, he had to be
uHAsented to the King, and 1t was a
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
Had No drudge Against Them,

Uncle Ned-Instead of coming to me
why don't you borrow from your
friends?
Dick-Why, because they are my
friends, uncle.-New York Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San
Francisco, Cal, the largest builders of gas
gasoline and oil engines on the Coast, are
making extensive preparations for the
seasons business.
They are filling several orders for large
irrgating plants and as this line of their
business increases each season, it is safe to
say the farmers throughout the State are ap-
preciating the advantages of irrigation with
water pumped by this cheap power.
The Hercules Works are at present build
ing an 80 IL. P. engine for Geo. +. Packer,
Cousa, which will raise 5000 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

WINE PRESSES FOK SALE
Below Cost. Different Sizes Also Stem
mers and Seeders.
Address, o. \. OWENS,
215 Bay ST., San Francisco, Cal
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
HOIIT'S school,.

AT Burlingame continues to maintain its
high rank as one Of the hest schools for
boys in California. .-Sqn Francisco Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
COLUMBUS BUGGY co.'s VEHICLES

Selling at about the same price as Won
pay for inferior makes. Also large stock
of harness. whips, robes and bicycles at less
than cost. Big stock TO select from.
A. G. & ]. Q GLENN,
Manufacturers Agents,
215 Market ST., San Franoisco. Cal
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14
WINE PRESSEI

Piso's Cure for Con- ump,ion is our only
medicine for coughs and col.!s.-Mrs. {.
BeltZ 439 Sih ave, ID nver. Col Nov. \ ,a5
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

No man is so worthless that he can
not get q good man to recommend him.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

She painted an exquisite picture
The cO'Ors were spread nice and thick;
Then, while meath tree, she fell doing,
calf gave the finishing lick.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

hear rattle, roar, and slam, a NUT
tered word that sounds like clam,
she's wrestling with that fiendish
Of ashes from the fire.
Then into the cold world she goes. and
bumps against a wind that blows
about her from those misfit clothes.
y, my, that blasted fire!
The pan of ashes veers about, hear a
wild bloodcurdling shout, the con-
tents have been empted out
On my Maria!
She rises in her fearful wrath and kicks
the ashpan up the path; then comes
the rest, the aftermath
She sails in on the fire.
She works an hour and maybe more: l
hear the contest through the door;
l hear her struggling Ger the floor;
AT last she builds the fire.
linen when it blaZes cheerfully, my dear
Maria sleeps the tea, and cooks the
WutdlS uOl LOT lie,
On that old kitchen fire.
No sign of conflict in her air, how calm,
how sweet beyond compare, is my
Maria, so dear, SO fair,
Who builds the kitchen fire!
New Haven Register.
What the Wood Fire Said to Little Boy
3 IL,
To the little boy that night,
The little boy of the golden hair,
As he rocked himself in his little arm.
chair,
When the blaze was burning bright?
The wood said ''See
What they've done to me!
stood in the forest, beautiful tree!
And waved my branches from east to
west,
And many sweet bird built its nest
In my leaves of green
That loved to lean
In springtime over the daisies breast.
"From the blossomy dells
Where the violet dwells
The cattle came with their clanking bells
And rested under my shadows sweet,
And the winds that went over the clover
and wheat,
Told me all that they knew
Of the flowers that grew
In the beautiful meadows that dreamed
at my feet!
"And the wild winds caresses
Oft rumpled my tresses,
But, sometimes, as soft as a mothers lip
presses
On the brow of the child of her bosom, it
laid
Its lips on my leaves, and l was not
afraid;
And listened and heard
The small heart of each bird
AS it beat in the nests that their mothers
had made.
"And in springtime sweet faces
OF myriad graces
Came beamng and cleaning from flowery
places,
And under my grateful and joy-givns
shade,
With cheeks like primroses, the little ones
played,
And the sunshine in showers
Through all the bright hours
Bound their flowery ringlets with siiyery
braid.
"And the lightning
Came frightening
From storm skies and frightening
The wandering birds that were tossed by
the breeze
And tilted like ships on black, billowy
SEAS
But they flew to my breast,
And / rocked them to rest
While the trembling vines clustered and
clung to my knees.
"But how soon," said the wood,
"Fades the memory of good!
For the forester came with his AK g.eam-
ing bright,
And 1 fell like a giant all shorn of his
might,
Yet still there must be
Some sweet mission for me;
For have not warmed you and cheered
you to-night!'
So said the wood in the fire
To the little boy that night,
The little boy of the golden hair,
As he rocked himself in his little arm
chair,
When the blaze was burning bright.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

II an air ship gets in your head, it
will make more trouble than a wheel.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-14

She rises Phoenixlike from bed, puts on
a rig to knock you dead, then in
moment she has fed
To build the fire.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-08
Right You Are.

What with a cheaply constructed
building built over slaughter
house drain and closet appliances
which in some cities in the United
States it is a crime to use, the Hilo
hospital may be better considered as
a place for well people to become i'll
than for sick people to be made we'll
The fault cannot be laid at the con-
tractors door; he did the best he
could for the money and the Gov
eminent succeeded in doing the
worst it could for Hilo. 1t is quite
probable that all of the money ap-
propriated was used in the con-
struction OF the hospital and it is
probable also that the person who
wrote the specifications for the
building knew no more about sani-
tation than hen does about her
ancestors. Relief might be had
through the Board of Health in
Honolulu if the distinguished men,
bers of that institution were so
inclined. For instance: let the
pleasures Of at least Que junket to
Japan, Australia or van Dieman's
land be postponed-say for a year
and let the money be used on a
little sanitary plumbing work in
the Hilo hospital. Plumbers come
high but so does a Government
junket to foreign lands and one
will offset the other. If this will
not be agreeable let the citizens of
Hilo extend an invitation to the
members OF the Board Of Health of
Honplulu tn come To Hilo for treat
ment whenever they may have an
attack OF illness Hawaii Herald.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-08

bng the constitution and changing
the time honored policy OF that
Union he has preserved.
1t is plain, then, that precedent
and propriety limit administration
measures to domestic policies. In
the support OF these we will chal-
lenge the competition OF the bes,
Republicans, and expect to zee
senators who are now 50 subject to
what they insist is obedience to the
administration on annexation fly the
track when the administration ex
PLOTS it's domestic policies r.
Call.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-08
oHrNEsE CROSSING THE MEX
CAN LINE

Seven Arrested by a United States
officer at oalabasas-Hundre
Gathered at the Boarder Await
ing a Chance to Enter Ariz ma.
Special dispatch to Tue Call.
NoaALEs, Ariz., Nov. 23.-For a
considerable time past scores of
Chinese have been landing at Quay
mas, a port in the State OF Sonora,
Mexico, whence they have been gra-
dually working their way to the
American frontier.
Recently they have been arrivin g
in greater numbers than usual.
Their avowed purpose has been to
eventually effect an entrance into
the United States over the Arizona
border, where for distance of $50
miles Uncle Sam has but seven
mounted customs inspectors and a
limited number of special Chinese
ihspoCtOto'
A few days ago the Chinese spe-
cials at Nogales were apprised OF a
concerted movement on the part Of
the Mongolians toward the Arizona
boundary line. Last night the first
of gang Of recently landed China
men crossed the line in the vicinity
OF Nogales, and rode across the
mountain trails to Calabasas, Ariz.,
a flag station on the New Mexico
aud Arizona Railroad north of No
gales, where they boarded the train
destined for San Francisco. They
we're promptly arrested by men,
Der Of the Nogales customs force,
who was on the train that the
Chinese boarded.
AS result of this bold attempt
to defy the Chinese exclusion act
seven Cinnamon now lapguish in
the Tucson Jail awaiting the arrival
of the United States Judge Davis,
when they will be ordered deported
to the Flowery Kingdom. There
are at present some 200 Chiuamen in
Nogales, Sonora, and vicinity.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-08
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Ladies Drawers, exceptional value
for 81 cents. at Sachs.

Ladies Drawers, exceptional value
for 81 cents, at Sachs.
Subscribe for The INDEPENDENT, so
r"uis yer month
Fishtail ferns for sale ip quaint
ties to suit, apply this Office.
Join our Suit Club, 81 per week
Medeiros & Decker. Hotel street.
Ladies' Shirts for SO cents. The
ST. Night Gown is a wonder at n. S.
Sachs.
Extraordinary bargains in Ladies'
Muslin Underwear this week at N. S.
Sachs.
Ladies night gowns, we'll made
good cotton, for so cents, Ladies
Chemises 3 for 81 this week, at
Sachs
Scotland is famed for it's fine
whiskeys, and the best brands of it
are obtainable at the Pacific Saloon
Ask for Andrew Ushers o. V.G.
'Doppelbrau," on draft is the
finest beer in town. 1t is on tap at
the Royal Saloon, aud is pronounced
very healthy and refreshing tonic
by all conoisseurs.
The favorite beverage of the no.
bility is Andrew Usher's whisky and
Schweppe's famous soda. The Royal
Annex, always up to date, is now
responding to the frequent calls for
"U. e. S"
Paddy Ryan is now assisted by
popular William Carlisle at the An
Choir Saloon, where Seattle Beer is
always on draught and other stimu-
lants furnished. Pointers on all
sporting events can be had, free of
charge from the athletic manager of
the Anchor.
The Favorite has become the
favorite resort in town. w. M. Cum
ningham carries an excellent stock
OF liquors and beers. Attention is
called to certain brands which will
be of special value to sportsmen
during the game season, as they
cause steady aim and straight
shooting.
From casks rotund, the mellow brew
OF Pabst springs perfect to the
light.
For nature sure and science true,
Conspire to brew it right.
The Royal and Pacific too,
Supply this perfect gem.
The Cosmopolitan is not behind
With checks which change with
them