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The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Brains Bigger Ihan Mans

According to Prof. Max Weber, of
Amsterdam, the only animals which
surpass man in the absolute weight of
their brains are elephants and whales;
but there are several that rank ahead
of him in the ratio of the brain weight
to the total weight Of the body. All Of
these, however, are comparatively
small animals. Among them are many
monkeys and certain members of the
squirrel and mouse families. No ami
NAL of greater bodily size than man has
a brain which is relatively as large as
his. Upon the whole, it seems that
mans mental superiority is due rather
to the quality and organiza ton than to
the size of his brain.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Sure Way to Prevent Fires.

Il heard good story while | was
down in Kansas the other day." said
f. G. Carlisle, the insurance agent.
There had been fire in the town, and
the fire engines had been unable to put
out the cOntiagr ton. because there
was something the matter with the fire
plugs. This had made it impossible
for the engines to get any water. The
result was disastrous fire. which de-
stroyed a great deal of property.
The condition of the fire plugs Gre
ated great Indignation, and at the meet
ing of the village Board of Trustees, or
City Council, l think it was-all of
those little towns are cities-the mat
ter was discussed at great length. 1t
was determined that precaution ought
to be taken against such accidents. The
best way in which it could he done was,
however, matter of dispute At last
one farmer arose and offered a resolu-
ton providing that the town marshal
be directed to examine the fire plugs at
least three days before each fire. and
put them in good condition. The sug-
gestion met with favor. and the resolu-
ton was passed unanimously.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Matthias Splitlog, the aged chief of
the Wyandotte Indians, who recently
died at Washington, was noted man
in his day. a man of enterprise and lib
erality. with shrewd business qualifica-
tions. and died the wealthiest Indian in
the United States. He belonged to a
Canada tribe, but came 70 Ohio early,
married a Wyandotte, and was adopted
into the tribe. SplitlOg was Il great
stickler for promptness in MS business
transa ctions, and never failed to meet
an appointment at the exact minute.
Some years ago he sold Il valuable tract
of land in Kansas City, Kan, to q syn
dicate for S150,000 and arrlixrel TO
meet the purchasers 1T certain tank
at 10 o'clock the next morning TO close
the deal. The Indian was on lime to
the second. but for some reason two or
three of the syndicate were few min
utes late. Owing to this lack OF pune
tuality Splitlog refused to make the
sale at the price agreed upon. but de-
manded several thousand dollars more
and got it, He declined TO accept a
check for the purchase money and in
sisted that every dollar should be paid
in gold, which was done.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
GREATER THAN NIAGARA.
Venezuelan Cataract More than Three
Hundred Feet High.

DR.. l.. O. Dart, who Is a member Of
the American expedition on the Orinoco
River, sends us the following highly en-
tertaining letter describing a magnif-
cent cataract which he has just discoy-
cred. We take great pleasure in pub
fishing the letter:
The people of the West Indies will
no doubt be interested to learn thar s.
A. Thompson and myself, while explor-
ing in the Imataca Mountains. some
fifty miles south by east from Cata-
lena, discovered a waterfall which
promises, when the whole truth Is def
nitely known, to rival some of the great
waterfalls of the world.
1T was three days after first hearing
the roar of falling water before we
reached the river, so difficult were the
mountains to climb and the forest to
penetrate. But the sight that greeted
us when we reached the river well re-
paid us for our hard work. Before our
eyes was great white wall of water
200 feet wide and more than 300 feet
in height. Above this the fall curved
behind a cliff and precluded farther
view from below. BY the aid of lianas
hanging from or over the rocks above.
and bushes growing in the crevices Of
the cliff, we aScended near the brink Of
the fall till our barometer registered a
height of $50 feet above our first point
Of view, and far up and around the YER
tical mountain the falling water again
disappeared, because of the curve in
the river. The river-what river we
know not for a certainty-appeared to
flow from the west, and, leaping the
cliff, strikes against concave wall of
rock on the southeast and Is dehected
from It's course till the fall faces the
north Above the point where our bar
Ometer registered the $50 feet Of sheer
fall we could not ascend, as we stood at
the base Of perpendicular wall of
granite. And by this time the hour was
late and we were forced to return to
our camp-a camp that consisted only
Of our hammocks and huge fire to dis
pei the dampness of the dark forest.
AS our provisions were low-in fact,
for some days we had been living on
wild game-we thought it wise to re-
turn to Catalena. This we did. Fur
ther knowledge of this grand waterfall
we hope to gain in the near future, and
on our second trip we shall not be sur
prised If we find there exists in the
Imatacas one of the great waterfalls OF
the world.
Asserting the rights of discoverers.
we have given to this grand scene the
name of the Falls of Manoah. This
name seems especially fit because of its
association with the legends of the peo-
pie concerning the Imatacas. Caracas
(VeneZuela) Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Zig Noses in Favor.

In Japan the nose is the only feature
which attracts attention. The nose de-
termines the beauty or ugliness Of the
face. according as it is big or normal.
This is probably due to the fact that
difference in noses constitutes about
the only distinction between one Japa-
nese face and another The eyes are
invariably black, the cheekbones high,
and the chin receding
In Japan a lady who has huge pro-
boscis is always a great beauty and
reigning belle. There are few large
noses among the natives, and lucky is
he or she upon whom nature lavishes
one.
In all japanese pictures representing
the supposedly beautiful woman the
artist Invariably improves on nature by
depicting this feature as abnormally de-
Vp1oOpd
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Portable Electric Light.

The German soldier already has a
very complete, and, it must be said,
complicated equipment; but it Is pro-
posed to add still more to the list of ar
ticles he carries. A portable electric
light has been produced, the whole APP
paratus not weighing more than half a
pound, and it is suggested that each
soldier should carry one in his pocket.
1t is urged in favor of supplying sol
diers with such a light that they would
be of inestimable value to men In
charge of powder magazines or artillery
depots, as the danger of fire and ex-
plosions would then be reduced to
minimum. Moreover, they could be
used In balloons, for signalling with
colored glass at night, and they would
also be very useful at trench digging,
pontoon throwing, and SO forth. The
spectacle of battalion working away
with the spade by the light of an elec-
tric spark stuck in their helmets would.
indeed, be both novel and picturesque.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
A Scientific Vision

One of the popular attractions at the
Munich Congress Of Experimental
Psychology last summer was a dark
room in which remarkable experiments
with X-rays were performed. A chem
ically prepared screen was placed in
front of the spectators, and the screen
being rendered fuorescent by the rays,
which proceeded from behind, a boy
was caused to pass slowly between the
screen and the source of the rays. AS
he passed, his bones, as well as his
heart, lungs and other internal organs.
were visible in shadowy outlines. Prof.
j. Mark Baldwin, of Princeton, describ-
ing this experiment in the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, says that the move
ments, in regular rhythm, of the organs
referred to were plainly seen.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Refining Influences of Poetry.

1t is a great mistake for any young
woman to judge poetry by the melodi-
Gus tinkling of current verse, and to
say that she "cant read poetry" Real
poetry finds a home in every woman's
heart. Its tenderness, its music, its va
grant fancies, Its vivid emotions are
more adapted to her nature than to
the masculine mind. If she does not
read the best poetry she is missing one
of the most refining and consoling in
fiuences that can enter her life through
the medium of books. woman who
has not read Keats" eve of st. Ag
nes.' Coleridge's "Christabel," Mrs
Brownings Aurora Leigh" Shelley's
"Adonais," Wordsworth's "Ode to I'm
mortality" Tennyson's 'Tdylls of the
King" and Longfellow's "Evangeline"
has unconsciously missed the greater
part of her emotional inheritance.-La-
dies Home Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

"a trunk for every suit Of clothes
and whenever the train stopped the
crowds would beg that some Of these
trunks might be handed out, and wom-
en- would fondle and kiss them. l need
not say that the trainmen were never
too particular as to whose luggage was
subjected to this alteration, and / have
had the pleasure of seeing my own port
manteau kissed by mistake. Before
the Prince arrived at Richmond his
room at the Ballard House was en-
tered by the ladies, and the pillowslips
and white coverlet were so soiled by
the pressure of hundreds of fingers
that they had to be twice changed by
the chambermaids. When he attended
church on Sunday the whole congre-
CATION rose as he departed, and climb
ed upon the seats to get better view
of him -
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Delaware is threatened with the loss
of one of its picturesque features, the
whipping post. For more than a CEN
tury this inspiring instrument of tor
ture has been in use for the punishment
of petty criminals. Now the constitu-
tional convention proposes to abolish it
forever. Delaware will he a sad little
nOnentity without lis distinguishing
whipping post. For years the State has
been kept before the public chiefly be-
cause of this relic of barbarism.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Mr.. Marion Crawford can look upon
his efforts as a novelist with Il vast
deal of complacency. More than half
a million copies of them have been sold
in the United States, and the demand
for them shows no sign of cessation.
while they have an enormous circula-
tin in England and the colonies, be-
sides being translated into French, Ger
man, Italian, and a number of other
langua geS
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

The Queen of ROumania has given
her royal approval of cremation as a
method of disposinS of the dead which
she thinks is not only hygienic but rea-
sonable. but she is panied 10 declare
that tIie method is very unpoetic and
somewhat conflicts with The senti-
ment conveyed in certain verses
written by her Majesty upon one of the
numerous occasions when she courts
the muse. In these verses she express
ed the belief of the future life of the
body as well as of the soul, and she can
see no cheer in ashes which she de-
clares arc dead in truth and in deed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
IMPROVING.

A celebrated German physician was
once called upon to treat an aristocratic
lady the sole cause of whose complaint
was high living and lack of exercise.
But it would have never done to tell
her so; so his medical advice ran thus:
"Arise at o'clock, take a walk in the
park for one hour, then drink Il cup of
tea. then walk another hour, and take q
cup OF chocolate. Take breakfast at
O'Clock"
Her condition improved visibly, until
one fine morning the carriage of the
Baroness was seen to approach the ply
sician's residence at lightning speed
The patient dashed up TO the Doctors
house, and, on his appearing Oh the
scene, she gasped out
"Oh, Doctor, 1 took the chocolate
first"
Then drive home as fast as you
can." directed the astute disciple OF
Aesculapius, rapidly writing prescrip-
ton, "and take this emetic. The tea
must be underneath"
The grateful patient complied. She
is still improving.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

The law proposed by Kansas wom-
an, making it an offense to wear cor
sets in that State may be made to work
so far as women resident in Kansas are
concerned. but how about those who
pass through ii on trains? Now when
trains approach Kansas and Iowa wait
ers from the dining-cars go among the
passengers taking orders for liquors
which may he served but not ordered
in those States. VIII they. under the
new law, come down the aisles with the
request to women, Remove your cor
sets Dlease:"
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Mysteries of HeIium.

AS further experiments are carried
with the new gas called helium-which
was recognized in the sun before 1t had
been found on the earth-the more re-
markable it appears. Many chemists
believe 1t consists of two gases, yet
they have not been able satisfactorily
to divide it. Prof. Ramsay, one of it's
discoveries, has failed in every attempt
to make it enter into a chemical COM
bination; Lord Rayleigh has found that
it possesses by far the lowest refractiv-
ity ever observed in any gas, and sur
prise is expressed at the astonishing
distances traversed by electric sparks
in darting through helium.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
The Heat of Flowers.

A Dutch naturalist in Java has made
some remarkable observations on the
increase of temperature which occurs
in certain plants at the time of flower
Ing. In one case the temperature in the
flower was 21 degrees Fahrenheit
above the tempera ture of the surround
ing air. All the plants in which this
phenomenon has been observed are en-
tomophilous; that is, those in which fer
tilization is effected by the aid of in
sects, and it has been suggested that
the rise of temperature may serve to
attract insects to the flowers.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
American Women and Royalty.

During the tour through Canada |
mad attributed the strange conduct of
the ladies to an excess of loyalty. As
soon as the Prince had left a hotel they
would rush into his rooms, seize all
sorts of articles, from a furniture but
ton to soiled towel, as souvenirs, and
even bottle up the water with which
he had just washed his face" writes
Stephen Fiske in the Ladies Home
Journal. But In the United States the
women were equally curious and syco-
phantic The luggage of the royal par
" was carried in small leather trunks
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
The Number of 4 as+ero,d.

In October last a small planet. or
asteroid, discovered by photography in
Berlin. was set down in the list of these
bodies as No. 424. Since the applica-
ton Of photography to the stars the dis
covery of asteroids has been very rap
id, no less than one hundred having
been found between February, 1892,
and October. 1896. Up to 1915 only
four asteroids were known Since then
not year has passed without the dis
covery of one or more.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Considerable interest is being taken
IN the reported discovery of a vein of
good domestic bituminOus coal between
Cheyenne, WyO.. and Grover, Colo. The
coal is being mined at depth of 12J
feet. and is said to be of good quality
If found in quantities to justify ex-
tensive mining the product will supply
large area in Eastern Colorado and
Western Nebraska with cheap fuel.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Americans are fond of guessing, but
that often they are wild gueSSeTs has
been shown again in Portland. Ore. \
grocer put demijohn of cranberries in
his window. and promised big. fat
goose to the person who guessed near
est to the numLer of them. Nearly 1000
persons guessed. some saying as high
as 100000. Careful count showed there
were 10. $50.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Queen Victoria has begun to prepare
the program of the ceremonies which
will celebrate the siXtieth anniversary
of her accession to the throne, and al
though these will not occur until next
year. rents in London are said TO have
risen already in anticipation of the
great number of strangers who will
visit the city.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Stunid Governor.

whats the matter, chum!' asked
the college student of his roommate,
who was making the air dark blue.
Matter? | wrote the governor TO
send me some money for text books and
here he's sent me the books. | can
never pay my bills at this rate.'-De
trOit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

When Ness County, Kan. farmer
runs out of meat, the Kansas City Star
says, he steps to his door just before
lie goes to bed and lets go both barrels
of his shotgun. The next morning he
picks up enough jackrabbits to keep
the pot boiling for week.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

ChicIe. an exudation of the sapota
tree of Mexico. is the basis of all the
chewing gum manufactured in the Uni
ted States Over 100000 pounds Of
this gum is imported into this cOun-
try annually, the product being valued
at 81. 300 Goo One factory made over
1O0.OO0.COO pieces of gum last year.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
In the w;,as of New York.

Yes" said the green goods man as
he linked arms with the come-on. this
friend of mine, whom | will Introduce
to you. is as good as gold. In fact, he's
regular brick"
He coughed softly behind his green
pocket andkerchief.-E
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Mr.. W. S. WItham, of Atlanta, Ga.
enjoys the plutocratic distinction of be-
ing president of more banks than any
other man in the world. probably. He
is at the head of no less than twenty
seven banks, all in the State of Geor-
gia, and he says every one of them is
making money.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

An average man who should under
take to live on strawberries alone
would have to consume eight-eight
pounds of them in day in order to OBJ
tain a sufficient quantity of one of the
most important elements of food, pro-
tein. But while he was getting the
proper amount of protein from the
Strawberries, they would give him sew
en- times too much of another necessary
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Second Nature.

'How do you find it possible to act
that role of the prosecuted wife so nat
urally?" asked the reporter. 1T isn't
very difficult" replied the great ac-
tress. The villain is my real hus-
band" nd."-Philadelphia North American.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

An Ohio woman is in st. Louis look.
ing for man who described himself to
her in letter as ten feet tall. He prob
ably is some fellow who thinks he has
cinch OH a federal appointment.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Natural Conclusion.

First Passenger-Oh, yes, | know
these Southern railroads very we'll I've
been riding on this line all my life.
Second Passenger-That so? You
must have got on little sooner than
did.-Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Probably the st. Louis Star was en-
tirely justified in denomiEating the re-
cent drowning of four school children
while skating as sad" Even at this
distance there appears to be nothing
hlariously jolly in II.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
His : hanCe.

Timmins--I have Il notion to write
one of these Scotch dialect stories
Simmons-But you don't know any
thing about Scotch dialect.
Timmins-l know as much ab0ut it as
the people who buy the stories.-Indian.
apolis Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
For Appearances Sake.

Flowery Fields-Wot's Weary doin
over dere?
Bowery Staggers-Tryin' ter make
out he's respectable. He's jes begged
a dime an he's tossin' it up ter see
whedder he shall git drink er a shave
Heads he gifts drink; tails he don't
git a shaye.-Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

A hot-headed Nirginian who sent a
challenge to an adversary TO meet him
in mortal combat was dragged before
d justice of the peace and fined $3.50.
There isn't enough of the code left to
frighten anyone.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Hoping for the Best.

She-You know, dear, we won't get
any of fathers money while he lives.
He-I know. but he's going to reside
with us and you're going to do the
cooking. Let's hope for the best
Cleve eland World
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

In solomon Mo-, a solid silver pitcher
IS TO be voted 10 1.-THE best husband" by
popular ballot. We cannot guess who
will get it, of course, but it is very GER
tain that the gentleman is dead.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
GauZY.

Miss Westside-DO you believe in
women wearing wells. Mr.. Kohlspring?
Kohlspring-I amphatically do We
are passably good-looking when you
look at us through veil.-Buffalo
Times
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

compound. namely, carbohydrates.
Forty-four pounds of tomatoes day
would supply nearly the right quantity
and proportion Of protein. carbohy-
drates. and fat, the three most essen
tial constituents of food. The chief
value of fruit consists in its acids,
which are important to health.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Exc.ss nf MOlestY.

Mamma-Bobby, heard you were
very naughty boy to-day. Now, tell me
all about it.
Bobby with sudden excess of mod
esty)-Teacher says it isn't polite to talk
too much about yourself.-Harper's
RaZar
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Edpah WOndah hs.

did you notice, Edgah, that the nail
cOmbina ton is broken up?"
NO. deah boy, you surprise me. L
wondah if it will affect the manicuah
artist, don't you knowY'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
His Rival,

"Did you notice how the audience
wept at that death scene of mine!'
asked transformer
Yes. They knew you still lived" an
swered his rival NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Free Press
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
EOOr Girl.

Bob. listen to this: The oldest love
letter iii !he world is 5000 years old
and is written on a brick ''S'pOse
the fel!er threw his proposal at the
girls head, ?"-Ally Soper.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Pull Togethe r.

Crummer-I am told that the Vokeses,
as 4 family. pull together.
iileland-They do indeed. called
the other night and they all united in
hauling me over the coalS.-Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Salt in Water.

A ton of Atlantic water, when evap-
GRATED. Yields 81 pounds of salt; ton
of Pacific water 10 pounds; the waters
of the Dead Sea more than twice as
much-1S7 pounds to the ton.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
They Didn't.

Sunday School Teacher-Now. boys.
speak right up and answer promptly.
Who carried off the gates of GAIA?
Every Boy promptly and in chorus)-
'TWa'n't me. | didn't touch them.-
Household Words.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
iNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and JOkelets that Are Supposed
to Have Been Recently Born-Sayings
and Doings that Are Odd, Curious and
Laughable-The Weeks Humor.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
OF Course Not.

Can you support my daughter in the
style to which she is accustomed"' ask
ed her father.
Pretty nearly" replied the editor
"Of course, | can't keep up the engage
ment luXuries l have been giving her
forever. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Morsseau. the French chemist. has
succeeded in making diamonds out OF
ordinary carbon, but they are so small
as to be visible only through the micro
scope.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

There were in the Confederate service
one commander-in-chief. seven gener-
ais. nineteen lieutenant generals. eigh-
ty-four major generals, BIB brigadier
generals
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
Splendid.

Jack-Do you find that club-swinging
increases your strength?
Toni should say so. You just want
to come up to my room and see the
amount of furniture | was able TO
smash after few days swinging with
those clubS.-Truth
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

Sam Jones says there are 100000 sin
ners in Boston. If that statement is
correct Boston doesn't deserve to rank
as city Of the first grade.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

And, of course" said Mrs. Upriver.
while in New York you heard the
opera and saw all the famous society
people,
No" replied the returned sigbtseef,
Il saw the opera and heard all the fa-
nous society people. New York Jour
nal
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24
A. d. 1868.

First Old Inha abtant Tin piping tones
i can remember when they used to
drive horses through the streets hitched
to wagons.
Second Old Inhabitant-That moth
ing. My father used to own two horses.
and when | was a little boy rode on
the back of one of them for moren FOR.
ty rods.
They then declared him to be the
champion liar.-Cleveland Leader.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-24

The title bailiff was formerly very
honorable, and the official was vested
with many important powers.