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The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
A Winter In Old London.

The following account of life in Lon
don during a severe winter in Queen
Elizabeth's time is from John Bennett's u
serial Master Skylark," in st. Nicho-
las:
Then came a thaw, with mist and fog
so thick that people were lost in their
own streets, and knocked at their next
door neighbor's gate to ask the way
home. All day long, down by the
Thames drums beat upon the wharyes
and bells ding -donged to guide the wat
needs must fare abroad went over Lou
don bridge, because there, although
they might in no wise see 1t felt, at
least, as if the world were still beneath
their feet
At noon the air was muddy brown,
with bitter taste like watered smoke;
at night it was a blinding pail; and
though. after mid-December, by order
of the Council, every alderman and bur-
CESS hung a light before his door,
torches, links and candles only sputter-
ed feebly in the gloom, of NO more use
than jack-o' lanterns gone astray, and
none but blind men knew the roads.
The city watch was doubled every
where; and all night long their shouts
went I'D and down. what o'clock,
and a foggy nightv-and right and left
their hurrying slaves came humping
helplessly along the walls to answer
cries of "Murderv' and Of Help!
Watch! Helpw For under cover of the
fog great gangs Of thieves came down
from Hampstead Heath, and robberies
were done in the most frequented thor
oughfareS, between the very lights set
up by the corporation; so that it was
dangerous to go about save armed and
wary as cat In a crowd.
While such foul days endured there
was NO singing at st. Paul's, nor stage
plays anywhere, save at Blackfriars
play house, which was rooted against
the weather. And even there at last
the fog crept In through cracks and
crannies until the players seemed but
moving shadows talking through a
choking cloud; and Master Will Shaks-
peare's famous new piece, Romeo and
Juliet" which had been playing to
crowded houses, taking ten pound
twelve the day, was fairly smothered
off the boards.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

About three weeks ago, according to
the London Economist, there was on
deposit in the joint stock banks of En-
gland and Wales the sum of $3.50, ,000,-
geo of the peoples savings. Before
Americans become too much astonish-
ed at these enormous figures it should
be added that they show a falling off
as compared with the figures of the
previous half year. Otherwise they
represent n steady increase from 1856,
when the total was 1923, 100000. Be
sides this there is in the banks of Ire
land and Scotland f141 100000 and
t2,500,000 boarded up in the banks
on the Isle of Man and the channel isl
ands. Foreign and colonial houses
having London offices show the sum of
f243 100000 on their books, and private
bankers are estimated to have E50,-
100000 on hand. Therefore, there is on
hand the sum of 1887, 100000 of unin-
vested wealth in the British islands.
This Is a showing which probably can
not be eXcelled, unless it is in thrifty
France
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
a DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Farmers Boys Should Be Taught
Self f-Reliance from Infancy Plant
Frees-A Balance for the Grindstone
Feeding Down Young Grain.
BOYS on the Farm.

l am acquainted with an instance
where a certain farmer brought his boy
up just as you would train colt. He
was never allowed to exercise the least
amount of judgment in anything per-
tanning to farm matters. In fact he
was q mere machine. When the boy
was Is his father was stricken down
with lingering disease but still the
latter persisted in pursuing the course
of training his boy. He planned every
thing until three weeks before his
death. To-day his boy knows but little
more than an infant about laying out
his work.
AS soon as the boy is - years old his
training should begin. Show him that
chine, that he is put here to think, plan
and carry out work. Give him piece
of ground and teach him the first rudi-
ments Of farming, letting him see all
the while that he is working for him
self. AS he grows older, give him colt
or a COW, and let him raise stock for
himself. Then take him into confidence
as to the buying and selling of farm
produce, and occasionally let him man
age the farm for a day or so. Above
all, be patient with him. Nothing dis
courages the average boy more than
fault-tinding, which makes him grad
ually lose all confidence in his ability to
work. Good judgment, patience and
self-control will train your boy so that,
when at last you are unable to run the
old farm, you will have some one who
can easily assume the entire manage
ment in everything and do credit to his
parents early raining.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
The lions Roar.

Doctor Livingstone noted the odd re-
semblance Of the lions roar to that OF
the ostrich. Mr. N1illais says that
though the roar Of the latter is not so
loud. it has exactly the same tome as
that of the lion. But the ostrich al
ways roars his best, the lion very
seldom. That Is partly because a
good" roar needs q great physical
effort. The whole interior and muscles
Of mouth, throat, stomach and abdo-
men are, for the moment converted in
to an organ of terrific sound, and the
sound does make the earth trem ble-or
appear to do so. But the attitude Is
not that usually drawn. Uuless he
roars lying down, when he puts
his head up, like dog
barking, the lion emits his first
moan In any position, then draws in his
neck and lowers his head with ex-
tended paws, as if about to be Violent
~ sick; while at the same time the
hack Is arched, and the whole animal
bears an appearance Of concentrated
strain
This is Captain Millais' phonetic
rendering of the sound, taken when
listening to three Lions roaring their
best. '.Moan-roar-r-o-a
roar grunt- grunt- grunt- grunt
diving away)." Why lions roar, when
it ought TO pay better to keep silent, is
not yet explained. General Hamilton
was convinced that tigers hunting in
company roar to confuse and frighten
the deer. Possibly the lion roars,
when prowling around camp in the
hope of causing some Of the draft an
imals to break loose; at other times 1t
appears to be form of conversation
with others at a distance.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Strange African Race.

Queer stories are told of the Dokos
who live among the moist, warm, bam-
boo woods to the south Of Kaffa and
Susa In Africa. But four feet high,
of a dark olive color, savage and naked,
they have neither houses, temples, fire,
nor human food. They eat mice, and
serpents. diversified by few roots and
fruits. They let their nails grow long
like talons, the better to dig for ants
and the more easily to tear in pieces
their fayorite snakes.
The Dokos used to be invaluable as
slaves, and they were taken in large
numbers. The slave raiders used to
hold up bright-colored cloths as they
came to the woods where these human
monkeys still live, and the poor Dokos
could not resist the attractions offered
by such superior people. They
crowded around them, and were taken
in thousands.
These people have q queer habit of
speaking to Yer with their heads on the
ground and their heels in the air. Yer
Is their 'dea of a superior power, to
whom they talk in this comical way
when they are dispirited or veXcd, or
tired of ants and snakes The Dokos
seem to come nearest of all people yet
discovered to that terrible cousin to
humanity, the ape.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

4 Florida newspaper, cOmment ting
upon the intention of Virginia to erect
a statue to Edgar Allen Poe, makes the
trite remark that Poe has builded for
himself a monument more enduring
than brass in the poems which he left
as legacy for the world. That is no
argument against the statue All our
great writer's have left behind them
monuments of that sort, but aside from
one or two poems, not considered by
good judges to be his best, Poe is
sealed book to millions Of the people or
this country 1t is no rash statement to
say that he Is far better known and
understood in France and England than
he is in the land of his birth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
;|1fAzERSAigyaaE>s fASi
So Sz5zTs lly 1Tl|EBjlS

Leonard Huxley is making good prog
ress with the biography of his father
The book is awaited with great inter
est.
Studio Life in the Lake City," illus
trated from photographs, is an article
concerning Chicagos art circles, in the
National
In the Cosmopolis Edmund Gosse
speaks in the highest praise Of Pierre
Lofts latest novel, "Ramuntcho," a
story of the Basques. 'The melancholy
sweetness of LoH,' he says, lis exhaled
from every section of this book, which
is, in its narrow way, as perfect as his
wonderful genius can make it,"
''The Crime of Christendom; or, The
Eastern Question Down to the Present
Crisis" by the Rev. DR.. D. S. Gregory,
editor of the Homiletic Review, is to
be published Immediately. The au-
thor's object is to give a comprehensive
view of the Eastern question and to
bring home to the guilty parties the
responsibility for the periodically re-
curing massacres Of the helpless CHRIS
tianS in Turkey"
Most people now know that Maxwell
Grey" is a lady whose name, off her
books, is Miss Tuttiett She is engaged
on story which may come to be placed
beside her "Silence of Dean Maitland"
At any rate she is very hopeful about
the novel, but in such estimates au-
y;
title is good One-namely: "The
House of the Hidden Treasure" Half
the story is written, and we may look
for it about next Easter.
Ii Hung Chang's secretary has writ
ten to the Century company expressing
the pleasure the Viceroy is taking in
Gen. Horace POrters articles, Cam
paigning with Grant," now appearing
in the Century. Mr.. Pethick, the secre-
tary, says: His EXcellency has had
read to him Gen. Porter's articles on
Gen. Grant, and has been greatly inter-
ested in studying the character of his
great friend during the greatest of his
campaigns for the preservation of the
Union. 1t is a rare privilege to read
Of such deeds related so eloQuently by
one who honorably participated in
them"
How well 1 remember my first inter-
view with George William Curtis!"
says Curtis Guild, in his volume, "A
Chat About Celebrities" HE was
then employed by putnam on Putnam's
Magazine, about forty years ago had
a letter Of introduction to him from
mutual friend, and on entering the
office where had been directed found a
tall, thin gentleman seated upon ta-
BILE piled with books swinging his long
legs, and, with a pen in one hand and
pair Of scissors In the other, earnestly
laying down a case to Mr.. G. 2. Put
nam, who sat quietly before him. Glanc
ing at my letter, he said: L will be
thousand times obliged if you will ex-
cuse me for an hour. Don't fail to re-
turn; if you do | will never forgive
your he shouted when | went out.
When | returned it was to receive a
cordial greeting ant his apologies for
what he styled his rudeness. But
said he, Il was just making my arrange
ments to become editor-in-chief OF Put.
nam'S Magazine
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Folly of Military Stats,

AS the various Governors rode by on
horseback in the Grant memorial day
parade. each in plain dress, but at
question was natural, what is the use
of all that? Why should the eX-
ecutivcs of States of the union be or
ganiZed ON the basis of sonorous tiles
and gay uniforms? The national eX
ecutive is simplicity itself in its DEM
ocratic unpretentiousness. The eX
ecutives of the great American mum
icipalities present themselves before the
public with the dignity of quiet re-
ticence. Our State Governors alone in
American public life swing out with a
parade of unrealities. If the Governor
of a State We're first of all a military
officer, if the States were primarily
armed camps instead of citizens in
business. then the military staff would
have a reasona bleness. AS it is, this
prancing and betitled staff is both IL
rational and absurd. The efficiency of
these assistants of the Governor would
be as great without uniforms and un-
State executive needs no bracing of u
foolish imitation of foreign court to
make it respected by the people The
creation of fake generals and "col-
onels" by Governors pen, hundreds
of them year, is rightly exasperating
to the honored men to whom those
titles belong by service and devotion.
1yonT e l.,
pan, Prince Yamagata. when he visited
rs a year ago, found these imitation
colonels and generals who welcomed
him for the State in their brave un;
FERNS very amusing. They had never
smelled powder; most of them mad not
even served anachroniSms. Glitter
does no harm, bnt such unreality as the
military staff'' is out of place in this
y.-Illustrated American.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Farm Nnfaa.

Poor hay makes a poor feed. The
time Of cutting and manner of curing
are important items as regards quail
ity.
While mistakes do not always result
in loss, it Is as important to know how
to avoid mistakes as to be successful.
One of the surest ways of killing out
nOXious weeds is to cut them off close
to the top of the ground as fast as they
show up.
There is a fairly good demand in
market for we'll matured animals of
medium size that are in a good thrifty
condition.
1t is impossible to feed cattle with
profitable results that have been stunt.
ed during the early stages of their ex.
iStence.
Keep up the cultivation until the
crops can be considered as made
There is little risk of giving too much
cultivation; the opposite is generally
the case.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Teeth that Nav Take Root

A Russian dentist has at length solved
the problem of supplying US with false
teeth which will grow into the gums
as firmly as natural ones. The teeth
are made of gutta percha, porcelain OF
metal, as the case may be. At the root
of the tooth holes are made, and also
in the jaw. The tooth is then placed in
the cavity, and in short time a soft
granulated growth finds its way from
the jaw into the holes of the tooth
This growth gradually hardens, and
holds the tooth In position. 1t does not
matter in the least, according to this
enterprising Russian dentist whether
the cavity in which the tooth is placed
is one from which a natural tooth has
recently been drawn. or whether II
has been healed for months or even
Figaro.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
The Making of a Dictionary.

The first five letters of the alphabet
have now been finished in the new and
monumental oxford Dictionary. An
interesting table which has been pre-
pared shows the number of words Civ
en- under those letters to be 1851. OF
these 66,254 are main words, 1886
are special combinations explained un-
der main words, and 13, ,1S1 are subor-
dinate words. An analysis of the main
words brings out that 41,Io6 are in
current use. 1882 are obsolete, and
2,516 are alien. The figures Illustrate
the immense amount of labor involved
in the undertaking which DR.. Murray
and his colleagues have in hand.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

some Importance. The center of gray
ity is therefore thrown more to the
left side. This being the case, the
right arm is much more free than the
left. There may be also provision Of
nature in the use of the right hand
more than the left. Throwing a ball.
striking with a hammer or other vio-
lent exercise might have a depressing
or injurious effect upon the heart If
done with the left hand. This theory
Of balance and weight is by far tho
most rational one that has been put
out, and its further development will
be watched with great interest.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Why Are We Right-Handed /?

The question of right and left-hand
edness is 50 frequently brought up that
any Investigation of or light ON the
subject must be of general interest
1t has been observed that infants who
crawl about ON all fours make much
more use Of the right than the left.
unless they are left-handed. A scient-
list accounts for this by declaring that
right-handedness is caused by the To-
cation of the organs of the body The
heart being on the left side causes very
much greater weight than in the right.
During active life the heart and arter-
les filed with blood make the in
creased weight Of that side an item of
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
A ROvai Bracelet.

with a bracelet always worn by the
Queen. 1t was given her by the Prince
Consort in the second year of their
marriage. and held in a medallion the
baby face of the Prince of Wales.
When third child was given to them
the Queen had this picture removed
and carefully preserved, and that of
the new baby put in its place, and so
on through all the royal line of infants.
Now the little daughter of the Duke OF
York smiles up in the face of the great
grandmother from this loye-token, as
did her grandfather long years ago.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
PalanCe for Grindstones.

One of the most satisfactory little
improvements l have lately made is a
balance on my grindstOne. / turn with
a treadle, operated by my foot, and
this balance not only makes the stone
turn easier but also makes it run
much steadier. To make the balance.
l got piece of iron about five-eighths
of an inch thick, 31a inches wide and
10 inches long Had blacksmith punch
a hole in iron 2115 inches from one end.
of size to fit on grindstone shaft, on
end opposite treadle. 1t should be put
on so that long end of iron would be
opposite the little crank that treadle Is
fastened to, so that when treadle is
being pressed down by the foot the
long end will be going up, and when
the treadle is going up the weight of
iron will be going down and help raise
treadle. thus forming a balance.-Far-
mers' Union.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

Boston Is justly proud of its new pub
lie library building. which is said to be
one of the finest of the kind in the
world, but it has just discovered that so
much money has been expended upon
the building and its artistic appoint
ments that there is not sufficient funds
left for the purchase of books. Chicago
too is putting up magnificent home for
it's public reading matter 1t might pro-
fit by BoSton's unfortunate example. 4
city can do with less ornate structure
rather than run short of books.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Ouack Grass on Sandy Soil.

1t is very difficult to rid sandy soil
of either quack grass or of its equal
pest, the Canada thistle, because where
there is no hard subsoil the roots run
too deeply for the plow to bring them
up. The sandy soil is also so porous
and has so little vegetable mould that
the quack roots do not die quickly,
even if not allowed to send up shoots.
But on land wholly destitute of vege-
table matter it is hardly worth while
to get rid Of quack 1t will keep a sod
and prevent the sand from blowing,
which is difficult to do with any of the
cultivated grasses or with clover.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
The Behavior of the Japanese.

The japanese are as courteous as
they are theatrical and artistic. Their
courtesy and their art are very closely
allied. Their keen sense Of courtesy
and their unfiagging practice of it, has,
l believe, as much to do with the quiet
ness and fitness of their funerals as
has their fine artistic instinct. They
are as a nation even prouder and more
studious. l think. of their courtesy
than of their artistic excellence Cry
it; it will do you good"' l said once to
a poor japanese woman, who, crouch
ing beside her dying husband, was con-
trolling herself with an effort that
would, feared make her i'll. She laid
her little, slim, brown finger upon her
trembling, red lip and shook her head,
then whispered: 1T might disturb
him. Cry; it will do you good" l
said the next day when the man was
dead. and she seemed almost PROSTATE
with grief and over-enforced self-con-
troll. 1T would be most rude to make
a hideous noise before the sacred
Dead" came the soft reply.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Effect of Food ON Erps.

a systematic series of inquiries in
regard to the effect o. food upon the
size of eggs, develops the fact that
most feeders are very much in the dark
1pon this subject. 1t has been found
however, that ths grains have much
less effect in increasing the size of eggs
than meats, bran and other heterogeneous
foods, but grains fed in excess will
make the hen too fat and her eggs
will either be small {: be retained until
abnormally large. AS to the effect on
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

the number of eggs, opinions are about
equally divided. Perhaps the answer
TO either question depends more upon
the breed than upon any particular
food. The ideal food for laying hens as
given by prominent fancier is as fol-
lows: The combinat ton of 80 pounds
of corn, 10 pounds OF oats, 10 pounds OF
wheat, 10 pounds of barley and 10
pounds Of wheat bran, thoroughly mix
ed, gives the largest number of eggs
possible. This is used as the morning
soft food. with % per cent. of meat
grains"
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

by a lieutenant or the Marine corps.
The band is really a social organiza-
ton nominally under the control of the
Navy Department, and used by the offi-
GERS and the Government generally to
add to the pleasure of the semi-ofticial
entertainments given at the capital. The
position Of leader would be considered
a snap by almost any musician, and
the man who has just lost it was very
foolish 10 cut off his official head for the
alleged sake of art.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Feeding Down Young Grain.

On very rich land spring grain is apt
to grow too rank and its straw will
break down before the grain is filled.
making the entire crop a failure. 1t
is on such cases that pasturing stock
on spring grain may be a benefit to
the crop. We say may be" advised
ly, for the trampling of the plants in
soft earth must always be injurious,
however great may be the advantages
of cropping off its surplus growth. The
amount of feed that can be secured by
feeding down spring grain is very
small. 1t may pay to pasture with
sheep. or even with calves which will
not seriously poach the soil. But bet
ter than this, on very rich land. is to
run over the piece with a mower, cut
ting the leaves to within two inches of
the ground. These leaves will not
grow again. but their check while the
root beneath is rapidly growing will
iend up two shoots for one.-American
Tultivator.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

While the opportunities for making
wealth are rot so great on the farm
as in the city. there are ether advanta-
ges in rural life that completely offset
that questionable privilege. The work
is healthy. independent and free from
the harassing care that besets the toiler
in the crowded. rushing tide of munich
pal life. Back to the farm" should be
the cry of hundreds of men.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

BY the birth of the Duchess of York's
little girl. the number of Queen Vic
toria's descendants rises to eighty, sew
enty of whom are alive. She has had
nine children-four sons and five
daughters-fOrty-On grandchildren,
and thirty great grandchildren Two
of her children and eight grandchildren
have died.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

1t is SO difficult to reach corruption
by ordinary means that the trainers of
the new constitution of Delaware deny
trial by jury TO persons accused of
bribery. Under this constitution brib-
ers can be sent TO the penitentiary by
commission of judges. This looks
like an extreme measure. but there has
been great prOvOcation for ii in Della
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

In st. Louis the other day surgeons
performed an operation upon a dime
museum performer known as ''the hui
man ostrich" and removed from his
stomach several pounds of nails, tacks,
knife-blades, stones, glass and screws.
The man died, of course, but the oper-
alton was very successful.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04

Probably there Is no other city in the
world but Chicago where a railroad
bridge over a river would be so imper-
Iectly guarded that n train could run
into the open draw and fall into the
river. Perhaps, too, that is the only
river not sufficiently liquid to engulf
the passengers in Il watery grave.
The Winslow mail., 1897-09-04
Planting Cucumaers in Ridges.

Instead of planting cucumber seed
in hills where the roots of a dozen or
more plants will crowd each other, we
long ago learned that it is much better
to plant the seed in ridges only very
slightly raised above the soil around
put five to six inches apart. If some
of the vines are attacked by the cucum-
Der beetle others will escape, while 1t
is rarely that hill is attacked without
losing all the plants in it. Cucumbers
thus grown are much less likely to dry
in hillS.-EX.