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The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
sweden's Telephone Service

London has 5000 telephones, New
York about 10000, Berlin 24,OOO. In
America the telephone costs about $125
Ter year; in Sweden about $21 per year,
md years contract limited to 400
.alls $40. A long g-distance conversation
hat in America would cost about So
.Osts in Sweden about % cents, and yet,
he Swedish telephones are the finest in
he world. Everywhere double CABLES
ire used, and almost all under ground
Telephones are to be found in almost
very house in Sweden. For small
Ium the subscriber can sit in his home
md have the news of the world at his
,ar. News companies send the news to
he subscriber if he so desires. BusLless
md social affairs are as much depend
mt upon the telephone in Sweden as
,peech itself. AS soon as yacht or
steamer drops anchor in any Swedish
larbor the telephone is at once put on
BOARD and connected with the shore,
md the whole of Scandinavia and the
continent is at the command of the
7oyager. Every railway staticn in
Sweden has it's telephone, and no vii
age OF hamlet Is so small but there is
longdistance telephone to be found.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Bending Cardboard.

An English inventor-name or loca-
ton we do not find given-is said to
have contrived tool capable of being
attached to any machine or apparatus
having transversing slide and fixed
table that will bend cardboard without
the need of score cut. thus preserving
the full strength of the material at the
bend. The tool in question is formed of
metal or wood and is in two parts, one
having a recess on one edge and the
other straight edge, having the upper
edge rounded off to fit into the recess
ON the edge of the first part, allowing
space between eqnal to the thickness of
the substance to be bent-the length of
the straight edge to be made to the
longest bend required. In using the
tool, the second mentioned part is made
a fixture to the table machine frame or
apparatus and the first part is attached
to the traversing portion. By placing
the cardboard to be bent on the straight
edge, then sliding the second part over
and along the board under a certain
amount of pressure, bend in the card
will be produced New York Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Edible Elenhant,s Feet.

African explorers of the Caucasian
race agree that one part of the ele-
plants carcass, when properly cook
ed, Is succulent dish that will regale
the most delicate taste. This part
very strangely, is the first joint of the
leg below the knee, which one would
suppose to be the toughest portion Of
the animal. To prepare the joint a
hole three or four feet deep is dug in
the earth, and the sides of it are baked
hard by means of live Goals. Most Of
the Goals are then taken out and the
elephants foot is then placed in the
rude oven. The hole is then filled with
dirt, tightly packed, and blazing fire
is built on top, which is kept replen-
ished for three hours. The foot is thus
evenly baked, and when done, instead
of strong, tough meat, it is Of q gela-
tinous consistency and may be eaten
with a spoon.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
They Played Poker.

In the summer of 1910 Henry Clay
went to Kentucky on his vacation.
Three nights after his arrival at GER
tain springs a sociable game began. In
the game were Mr.. Clay, Josiah Black
burn, John Hardin and Sam Clay, a
cousin of the statesman. 1t began on
Friday night and ran along with vary
ing luck. They were all old hands and
had the nerve to back their cards. At
IL o'clock Saturday night Blackburn
quit little ahead. He had been mar
ried only two months and was afraid
his young wife would think he was
dead. Sunday morning at 8 O'Clock
some one raped on the door. 1t was
opened, and a negro girl stood in the
hall. She had clean shirt in her hand,
and on the bosom was note from Har
din's wife, "For Mr.. John Hardin,
wherever he can be found" The door
was closed and play resumed Hardin
changed his linen at the table. San
Francisco Argonaut.
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A Remarkable Man.

The late Sir Isaac Holden, the
Scotchman, who rose from poverty to
become a millionaire ten times over by
inventing a machine for carding wool.
and who built a dozen mills In Eng
land and France, lived to be 90 years
old He was an ardent Methodist and
a preacher among the Wesleyans. He
was strongly Puritanic and always
stern.
Like many millionaires, his habits
were as simple as those of the poorest
paid clerk in his employ. Throughout
his life he never missed a days eXer-
else, unless he was confined to bed.
Eight miles a day was his "constitu-
tionaP' walk, rain or shine, hot or cold.
To this habit and his abStemiousness
at table he attributed the excellent
health which he enjoyed as an octo-
genarian. Never could he be tempted
to meat oftener than once a day-at
lunch. Breakfast and dinner were
made of fruit and some farinaceous
food. He never showed fatigue and
never complained of work or worry,
remaining as buoyant and energetic in
the SOS as a man of 3d.
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All that Is Left of CIeonatra

Where does Cleopatra's body rest?
Scarcely a layman who would not an
swer, "Why, in Egypt" After her ca
joleries, her wiles, her life of intense
If not very exalted loves, Cleopatra
was laid in one of the loveliest tombs
that have ever been fashioned by the
hand of man. But what change 1000
years have brought about! To-day an
ugly mummy, with an emblematic
bunch of decayed wheat and a coarse
comb tied to its head-a mere roll of
tightly swathed dust-lies crumbling
in a hideous glass case in the British
Museum. 1t is Cleopatra, the once
great Queen, Venus in charm, beau
ty and love.
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An International Engagement.

Announcement is made" says the
Boston Transcript, "of the engagement
of Sir John Ainsworth, her majesty's s
special commissioner in British east
Africa, to Miss Ina Scott, formerly Of
West Philadelphia. Miss Scott is sister
of the late Rev. P. Cameron Scott. who
was director and founder of the African
Inland mission. She went out to Africa
under the auspices of the Philadelphia
missionary council little more than a
year ago with her father and mother,
her sister, Miss Margaret, being already
Oh the missionary field. Sir John Aims
worth took a deep interest in the work
of the mission and aided materially in
the foundation of mission stations. He
formed close attachment for the ear
nest young missionary, the Rev. P.
Cameron Scott, who died ON the mis-
tionarE field last winter. Sir John and
Lady Ainsworth will probably not re-
main in British east Africa. They are
now at Machaki, but it is expected that
Sir John will return to England at the
close of his special governmental mis-
sion in Africa -
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GONE. GLINIMERING.

One ripe summer, fresh and fair, ha:
gone glimmering. What with rain anc
breeze and fair sun, the harvest has left US
grain enough to feed the world and hard
times are broken by a kindly hand. But
autumn changes come, and we cannot be
too self-content not to guard against What
perature of midday warmth and night and
morning chill, from the dampness of dewS
or vapors cast adrift on eastern winds
With the breath of such comes back to very
many old-time physical troubles of pains
and aches, rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness
and stiffness. This is crop not SPOKEN OF
in a farmers almanac, but it must be cared
for, else it will lay waste and grow misery
st Jacobs Oil is a reaper and binder; IT
reaps the field of pain and binds up and
cures. There is no bodily pain 1T won't re-
lieve, and to the whole group OF rheumatic
pains, it is certain and specific cure. Let
not the bounties that have been reaped be
marred by misery and pain. st. Jacobs Oh
is the helper to enjoy the better times.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
GOOD MONEY IN POLECATS.
Man Starts Skunk Farm and Ex
20

Man Starts a Skunk Farm and Ex-
poets Soon to Become Wealthy.
Edgar Brown, who lives all alone on
an island in the lake of the woods
about twelve miles from Rat Portage,
Ont, is the owner of what is probably
the most novel farm in existence. He
calls it skunk farm. The entire ISL
and is given up to the raising of pole
cats. Brown came to Duluth from St.
Louis, Mo-, in boom days, made for
tune and lost it again, like a great
many others. Two years ago he got
the gold fever and went into the Cana
dian gold fields. He had about $4,000
when he left Duluth, half Of which he
Invested in a gold mine, which he had
been told was the greatest mine in ex-
istence. He found rich ore and plenty
of free gold on the surface, but after
the purchase price was paid for it the
mine failed. Brown saw that he had
been swindled and this disgusted him
with gold mining.
lie had determined to come back into
the United States and go into real es-
tate again, when one day he discovered
that there were other ways in which
he could make money. While he was in
one OF the stores of the Hudson Bay
Company an Indian came in and sold
polecat skin. He noticed that the fur
was very fine, and that the company
paid $1.25 for 1t. He made some in
quiries and found the company was
willing to buy all the fur it could of
that kind for the same price. This sat
lsfied him that there would be money
In raising the animals for their fur.
He determined to start skunk farm
With this end In view he leased an ISL
and in the Lake Of the Woods, about
twelve miles from Rat Portage, with
an area of 1G0 acres. He employed n
number of half breeds to catch some OF
the little animals for him and they
soon had 200 or 800 in captivity. He
stocked his farm with these He built
little houses for them to live in in win
ter and made everything as comfort
able as possible for them. He person.
ally superintended their care, feeding
them himself. They are fed on fish en-
tirely, which is very plentiful there.
When feeding time comes Brown takes
little cart load of fish, pushes it
around to different stations he has
marked out on the island and whistles
for his pets. They always eat just at
dusk, feeding only once each day. At
the sound of the whistle the bushy-tail-
ed children of the devil" as they are
sometimes called, come scampering
from all directions.
Last year Brown raised 400 Of the lit
tie creatures and this year 1SO mothers
have families of from two to six each.
He has now about 1000 of the black
footed beauties and they multiply fast.
The Hudson Bay Company has con-
tracted to take all the furs and oil he
can furnish, and Brown says his farm
will soon be worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 year to him, with no danger
Of poor crops.
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In Webster's Old Home

A tourist who has been looking over
Daniel Webster's big farm at Marsh
field, Mass, found but one person who
was acquainted with the statesman. A
former superintendent of the farm
still survives, and relates how he drove
the oxen past Webster's window In or
der to crafty the dying mans desire
to see them once more. The old super
intendent denies that Webster was a
hard drinker, and insists that the only
trouble was that he did not have as
much money as he needed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
i'm all its stages and that is Catarrh. HALF
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, oequires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the potent
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietary have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of Testimonials.
Address, f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Teledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The Movable Carriage wheel Guard.

Movable carriage wheel guards are
made chiefly for use with light carriages
that are not equipped with fixed guards
The movable guard is of willow basket
work. In it's general outlines it is some
thing like coat or cloak hanger. It is
made to fit over section of the rim of
the wheel. The carriage guard is car
ried in the carriage, and when required
for use to protect the gown of woman
getting in or out it is simply held Oh
the wheel. .-EXchange
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Archbishop Janssens.

The late Archbishop Janssens of New
Orleans left an estate of only about
$4,000, which he inherited from his
father, and three-fourths of it he be-
queathed for religious and charitable
purposes He was entitled to hand
some salary for years, but drew barely
enough to pay the actual expenses for
his simple living, having allowed the
remainder to accumulate to pay off the
debt of the diocese.
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Desirable.

"Its perfectly disgracefulw she ex-
claimed
whats the matter?" inquired her
husband.
"Here's a description Of woman
who gets up in public and declares her.
self an Anarchist"
"Well," was the rejoinder, maybe
it's all for the best. l believe I'd like
to see women crowd the males out of
the Anarchist business. When they
threw bombs they wouldn't be so likely
to hit Observation-Disclosures Star
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PROTECTING Their interests.

1t was at the summer resort where
there was only one young man.
'"That young woman is wonderfully
popular" said the middle-aged man.
what makes you think SOP" inquired
his wife.
Cali the other girls are crowding to
the station to bid her good, bye"
''Oh, they aren't really going for the
sake of bidding her goodbye. They
want to make sure that she doesn't
carry away the engagement ring
Washington Star.
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Services to Suit the Weather.

Mr.. Hiland-The minister at our
church knows what sort o. a service to
hold on hot Sunday morning.
Mr.. Halket-Is that SO?
Mr.. Hiland-Now, last Sunday he
preached only twenty minutes and one
of the hymns was From Greenland's
Icy Mountains. ."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

citability, irritability, nervousness,
sleeplessness, and the blues, yet do
nothing to help themselves. These
indicate womb complications.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will relieve all this trouble.
Mrs. CHAs. KING, 1915 Rosewood
St., Philadelphia, Pa, says:-
81 had bcaring-down feelings, back
ache, burning sensation in my sto1n-
ach, chills, headache, and always had
black specI1s before my eyes. some
times had four and five fainting spells
day. Ihad several doctors, and tried
many patent medicines. l commenced
to take Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and never had anything
give me the relief that it has. can
truthfully say it has cured me-"
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Butler and Hoar.

Ben Butler, in a case in the Massa-
chusetts supreme court involving dam
ages for fatal injury, Senator Hoar be
ing on the other side, quoted Job,
" All that a man hath will he give for
his life. " That" said Mr.. Hoar,
was plea of the devil in a motion for
new trial, and don't think the court
Will be more impressed by it on account
of its modern Endorsement. +"
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
ALMOST INSIDE OUT.

The Stomach that is not turned thus by a
shaking up on the 'briny wave" must be well
fortified one. The gastric apparatus can be
rendered proof against sea sickness with that
stOmachic so popular among travellers by sea
and land-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t de-
tends the system against malaria and rheuma-
tism and subdues liver complaint, constipation
and dyspepsia.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Not Ont Long.

A certain judge in Kentucky is re-
ported to have ended his charge to the
jury the other day as follows: IF you
believe what the counsel for the plain
tiff has told you, you will give your
verdict for the defendant. But if you
are like me and don't believe what
either of them said l don't know what
you will do' The jury was not out
long.-NeW York Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Jailed,

"Mrs. Hashcroft does treat that new
boarder scandalOusly."
"Why shouldn't she? He is only go
ing to be in town a month and his
board is paid in advance. "-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Varied Methods.

81 suppose" said the young woman
with the inquiring mind, "that most
people who go in search of gold get it
by working the creeks and chasms."
mostly, MISS" replied Derringer
Pete, though once in a while some
fellow gifts lot of it by working a
bluff. f."-Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Reserved and Haughty.

Watts-We are fast developing an
aristocracy of wealth"
Potts. believe you. Wealth is get
ting more aristocratic every day. 1t
is almost unapproachable.- -Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
A Question in Grammar.

Mr.. Kink Ito a professor in Biddle
Observation-Disclosures" "Well, Mr..
Kink?' (Which is the past tense of
the verb 'to hoodoo'-hoodone or doc
did d?"-Harlem Life.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
All In the Same Boat.

Gus de Smythe-Those new boots of
yours squeak awfully. Perhaps they
amt paid for yet?
Johnnie Fewscads-That's all non
sense. If there is anything in that, why
don't my coat and my vest and my
trousers and my hat squeak too?-Lon-
don Fun.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Impossible to F1y.

General" cried the orderly, riding
up to headquarters in great excite
ment, "our left wing-is gone"
'Then 1t is no longer possibly to
fly" returned the general, thoughtful
ly. However, we should not forget
that our legs are left"
Thereupon he led the way.-Chicago
Post.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Remaina to Be Seen

81 suppose that Longshot will be too
proud to speak to anybody when he
comes back from the Klondike gold
fields"
"You can't TELL" replied Mr.. Sinnick.
ut all depends on whether he is in
condition to borrow or lend money!
Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
A Society Note.

''Was it quiet wedding?"
"Yes. only the relatives were pres
ent"
'Well, my idea of wedding would
be the restraining presence of a few
SiderS."-Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
He A1waxa noea

Chorus Of Excited Voices-Heayens!
A boat wrecked, you say? And none
Of it's occupants escaped?
Life-Saver (grimly)-Only the fellow
who rocked it.-Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
A Spanish Engine of War

"Have you any modern engines of
war;? asked the visitor.
"Yes," replied the Spanish General:
1--WE quit running our printing presses
by hand long ago."
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Fresh, ripe fruits are excellent for
purifying the blood and toning up the
system. AS specific remedies oranges
are aperlent. Sour oranges are highly
recommended for rheumatism
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
The Situation

'They say we can't have prosperity
until confidence is restored"
"Yes; and we can't have confidence
unilprosperity is restored."-Puck.
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Got 1t from a Book.

Mrs. Porkley-I often wonder how
people manage to understand each 9th
er in France.
Mrs. Gotham-How absurd.
Mrs. Porkley-Well, both my daugh-
ters speak French, and they can't un-
derstand each other.-Up-to-Date
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Not His Kind.

Farmer Timothy-Them sofies, young
man, may be all the style, but it would
take circus actor to lie in one Of
,'em.-Louisville Evening Post.
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"Nost New"

How old are you, littl' girl?" asked
the kind lady of a 3-year-old.
"Is not old at all" was the reply.
"l's most new."-Harper's Baza-.
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NeiphhorIy Repartee.

Mrs. 411-Willie Is lost and l can't
find him anywhere.
Mrs. 4O9-Have you inquired at the
dog pound? Philadelphia Enquirer.
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A Poor Excuse.

"What have you to say for yourself?"
said the Judge to the man who had
been convicted of stealing watch.
"My early education Is responsible
for it, your honor."
"How SOP"
81 was taught that in order to do
things properly it was necessary to
take me."-Detroit Free Press.
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Its Advantage.

"Slowboy says he would rather run
lawnmower than lie in a hammock"
''How absurdw
mo; he says his wife can't put the
baby in his lap when he is running the
lawn-mower."-D Free Press.
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DeIicacy.

"She used to be so delicate before
she took to the wheel"
"Wel, she's indelicate enough now."
Detroit Journal.
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Scientific Methods.
rch-Riches have wings.

Pfne-Possibly. But most million
aires seem to have succeeded in clip
ping them pretty closely.-Brooklyn
Life.
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They Differ

Don't you believe all you see In the
tunny papers about summer girls and
their engagements just for fun" said
the sad-eyed man.
''Why not?"
Il thought l had met that kind of
girl last summer; but she married me
good and tight before the year was
out. ut."-Philadelphia North American.
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Ella-What would be the result If women
were to get their rights? Jack-More men
would die old bachelors.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
PURE FOOD

Tea Garden Drips is pure sugar product.
The sweetest and best favored table syrup ever
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
''How SOP" asked the neophvte
Part of the Sport.

"Can you swim?" asked the girl who
had been at the beach before.
Eyes, indeed" replied the new ar
rival
"Well, you'd better pretend you can't
or you'll miss all the fun of having
some nice young -uan teach you."-
Chicago Post.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

81 can't sand Hobbs; he is the most offensive
Anglomaniac L know" "How does ne snow
it?' "He laughes at English jokes"
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used In my house.-D. Z.
Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa, Dec. IL, 1895
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Lost Onnortunitx.

81 am afraid the authorities at WASH
ington city are a trife Slow" remark
ed Mr.. Point Breeze.
"What makes you say that? asked
Mr.. Murray Hill.
'"They neglected to take census
while the flood Of office-seekers was at
its height" ht."-Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
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Strange.
TeIegraph

Visitor-What do you find the hard
est thing to draw?
Mr.. Crowley-Well, think monkeys
the most difficult.-Philadelp En-
Quirer.
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PURE FOOD

Toboggan Maple Syrup is absolutely pure and
rich in flavor Recommended by Physicians.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11
Charged the Name.

"They are not called chaperons any
more"
what are they called?
"Promoters."- ."-Chicago Record.
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.HUMOR OF THE WEEK
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Odd. Curious and Laughable Phases
of Human Nature Graphically Por-
trayed by Eminent Word Artists of
Our Own Day-A Budget OF Fun.
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His ExDerieucA

"On the whole" said the aged
weather prophet, 81 have found that
the safest course is to predict bad
weather"
"How SOP" asked the neophyte.
Because people are much more
ready to forgive you if the prediction
does not come true."-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Try SchiIling's Best tea and baking powder.
The Winslow mail., 1897-12-11

Don't let me drop, you wretch. I'll
let you have it for this when get
home. Help! H-e-l-pw- Bits.
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Woman's Way.

$50, after they had fought for her
she married the one who got whipped,
did she?
Eyes. She reasoned that man who
would fight a man who could whip
him must be braver than a man who
fought man he could whip."-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.