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The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
An Insane Rird

1 saw bird temporarily insane once,
I believe. l had been wandering over
the beaches on the Wenatchie Divide
after an unsuccessful pheasant hunt.
Seeing a big red-headed woodpecker on
a yellow pine, L let go my 22-caliber
Marlin at him, and knocked him down.
Going to pick him up, 1 saw the bird
climb the tree from the ground and
when he was about ten feet up he be-
gan to peck as fast as he could and TO
screech like the deuce at the same time.
He paid no attention to me, but kept on
pecking and screeching, in spite of nv
efforts to reach him. I finally succeed
ed in getting him, but he still pecked and
screeched. q couldn't imagine what
was the matter until after wringing his
neck l examined him, and found that
the bullet had simply scraped the skull,
producing, l suppose, conclusion of the
brain at first and temporary insanity,
SO to speak.-ForeSt and Stream.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
STATESMAN OUT OF A JOB.
Phase of Their Lives Unknown to tn g
General Public.

fhase or 1heIr Lives unknown TO tne
General Public.
The recent death Of Daniel w. Voor-
hees gives peculiar interest to the fol
lowing bit of correspondence by VIM.
E. Curtis In the Chicago Record:
During the closing hours of the Fif-
ty-fourth Congress three members of
the ''Millionaires' Club" as the Senate
has often been called, were sitting in
a committee-room condOling with each
other over the expiration of their public
life. Said one of them, and he came
from an Eastern State: Il have an
offer from a business concern to look
after its business interests in Washing
ton which will pay me about as much
as my Senatorial salary, and l think
will accept it. If l do, however, / shall
have to give up all hope of reelection
and consider my political career
ended"
Il would be mighty glad to give up
my political prospects" said No. 2, who
had been in public life for more than
a third of a century, "fOr such a job,
or anything else for that matter that
will bring me bread and butter. l have
lost all my practice, and it will be
mighty hard work to get it back again.
l haven't the slightest encouragement
for the future. The only thing l can
do is to go back home, work in my gar
den and raise enough vegetables to feed
my family. l have decided to try it,
and wait for something to turn up"
Il have no home to go to, l have nc
garden to work, and l haven't money
to pay my expenses there if had one, y
said Senator voorhees,, who was the
third member of the group. Il have
been in public life since 1861" he con-
tinued- 'thirty-siX years, and all the
money l have is in my pocket this
morning. l don't know what L am go
ing to do" and in melancholy tones,
cradle Senator described the hopeless
ness of his future.
1t was only few days ago that Sen
ators German and Allison were discus
sing Mr.. Voorhees, situation and trying
to contrive some method by which he
could be made comfortable for the rest
of his life. They could see no way to
give him pension. There was no posi-
tiOn on the government list to which he
could be appointed. So the only thing
to be done was to create one with duties
that would not be too irksome for a
man of his feeble health and salary
sufficient to keep the wolf from his
door, The situation of Mr.. Voorhees, is
not unique. There are several mem
bers of the Senate whose financial con
dition would answer the description he
gave of his own, and yet that body is
called the "millionaires' club"
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

The promptness with which water
runs from cleared lands is illustra ted
in the Adirondacks this year. On those
mountains wherever the trees have
been removed is not even a flake of
snow. 1t has all been melted and
rushed down to swell the rising
streams. On the mountains where the
trees are still left there is yet snow to a
depth of eighteen inches which will
gradually melt as the weather be-
coOmes warm, sink into the ground and
through the springs of the adjacent val
leys feed streams when they will need
feeding
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

"Excellencies." as all travellers know,
are dirt cheap in Europe, for every lib
eral man is so called by all the servants
and peasants in Italy and the other
Latin countries. Only one American
at a time, of all our seventy-odd mil
lions, is entitled to be so called. That
person is the Governor of Massachu-
setts. He is so by a constitutional pro-
vision of the Commonwealth. Not even
the President of the United States is
entitled to be so addressed. This mat.
ter was settled more than a century
ago in the convention which framed
our Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Title of Admiral,

It should here be explained that the
title of Admiral was not used in En-
gland in the earlier days, says the Lon
don Nautical Magazine. In fact, the
better opinion is that it was not So used
before the beginning of the fourteenth
century. He was called Capitaneus
Maris Captain of the Sea-, Keeper of
the seacoasts," Captain Of the King
mariners" The title admiral or
"Amiral," probably derived from the
Arabic amir or emir (prefect), was used
In foreign countries much earlier than
in England, and came to us from
France. Prynne c'Animadversions,"
p. 1867 states that there were Admirals
and an Admiralty Court in England as
early as the time of Henry l., derived
from our ancient Saxon kings-Alfred,
Edgar. Ethelred and others who had
the dominion of the British ocean.
None of these kings probably was more
potent that King Edgar, who, possess.
ing an absolute dominion of the neigh
boring sea, sailed round about it every
year and secured it with a constant
guard. These ships being very stout
ones, were in number 200; some writ
ers even affirm that there were 4,80o
sailing ships.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

sweet potatoes can as easily be growi
by farmers as ordinary potatoes, ex
cept that it is cheaper and better tt
buy the sets each year, as it is very diff
ficult to keep the seed through the win
ter until planting time. Those wht
have greenhouses divide the seed il
winter, and may multiply the sets sew.
eral times over from each eye before
spring 1t is this multiplication of seti
from single eyes that makes it possible
to sell sweet potato sets so cheaply.-
American CultiVatOr
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

lamp exploded, which caused a panic
and wild rush for the door, during
which three hundred spectators and
thirty-six actors were killed." This is
another illustration of the old saying,
Go away from home to learn the
news" There certainly has been no
such panic in a San Francisco theater
of recent years, and we doubt whether
there ever was.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
A device is on trial in a Boston hot

A device is on trial in a Boston hotel
which, it is hoped, will reduce the rate
of deaths by asphyXiation. A small
chamber of brass containing quicksilver
Is so attached to every jet in the house
that unlighted gas escaping through a
stOp-cock will ring an electric bell in
the office. One night recently two
guests accidentally left the gas on un-
lighted, and a prompt alarm to the
office proved the efficacy of the contriv-
aDpp
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
shorthorn Carrnts-

The large, coarse varieties of carrots
most used for stock feeding are not so
nutritious as is the shorthorn, which
grows most Of it's bulk near the surface
or slightly above 1t. AS the shorthorn
carrot can grow more thickly in the
row, 1T Is nearly as productive as the
deeper setting varieties, and it is also
more easily harvested. Five to six
hundred bushels of the shorthorn car
rot may be grown per acre. This is
paying crop at the usual price of this
root
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Subso;1ino for Orchards

In setting out trees of any kind it is
best not merely to make wide, deep
hole, but to thoroughly subsoil all the
land that the tree roots are expected to
occupy. If this is done there will be
much less injury from dry weather the
first summer. as the subsoiled earth
makes the best reservoir for water in
time Of need. This subsoiling is i'm
portant for land to be planted with
nursery stock, and is commonly prac.
ticed by the most successful growers.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Cleveland Plain Dealer: After much
delay the grave and reverend seniors
Of the Supreme bench of Iowa have
handed down a definition of the word
'swipe." 1t means according to this
unimpeachable authority ito steal"
and is thus made an actionable epithet.
Let this momentous definition be noted
down by those whose passions are cas-
lily aroused to the abusive pitch.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Chicago within the last few months
has had enough object lessons TO prove
beyond any question that it is impossi-
BILE for the officials of banking ilstitu-
tions to bring about a restoration of
general prosperity by loaning funds to
themselves
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Pekin Ducks and Water.

The Pekin duck is very valuable
variety, but it has the reputation of not
being hardy. If left to swim all they
will In cold weather, the fowls will
stiffen and become helpless. We long
ago learned that this variety needed
less water than any other, and will do
well If only occasionally on warm days
allowed sufficient water to battle and
wash themselves in. If kept from
water the Pekin duck Is a valuable
variety, being very prolific and matur.
ing early.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Peas for Poor Soils.

There is no better way to fertilize
poor land than to sow it with peas,
using phosphate of lime to furnish the
mineral fertility that this crop requires
to perfect the seed. 1t Is not nitrogen
which the pea crop most needs other
than what the pea roots supply by dis
integrating air in the soil and liber-
ating its nitrogen. But to form the
grain both lime and phosphate are re-
quired. With these supplied the soil
will grow richer every year.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Buvinr sweet Potato Sets.

Most nurserymen and seedsmen are
glad to furnish sweet potato sets for
planting. They can do it, too, more
cheaply than the average farmer who
has no greenhouse can do it for himself.
More sweet potatoes ought to be grown
by Northern farmers. They need a
warm, rich soil BY selecting cloudy
day, with probability Of rain, the sets
will get rooted in a few hours and be-
fore the top willis. The home supply Of
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

1t is stated that SO per cent of the
manufactured food products of the
United States are adulterated, and yet
the people of this country cannot con-
sumo all the pure foods they produce.
1t is clear, therefore, that we are 63 per
cent. an unenlightened people and need
q new illumination of some kind.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

The historical thin red line" so often
mentioned by English writer's in con-
aection with their scarlet-coated army
IS becoming decidedly thinner. For,
according to orders just issued by the
War Department in London, the chest
measurement for infantry recruits has
been reduced to thirty-two inches.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Phoenix, Ariz., rejoices because the
introduction of the Gamewell fire
alarm system does away with what a
local newspaper calls 1.-The time-hon-
ored system of giving notice of fire by
a discharge of revolvers." AS a
municipal improvement this is decided
ly noteworthy.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Dallas News: There are no floods in
Texas but of sunshine and song, and
there are enough of these to illumine
the gloom of Erebus and to swell all ST
lence with symphonies. Such is the
situation in cleaning, gorgeous, grand
old TpyaSi
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Fine Seed Bed for Ouious.

The roller is Indispensable for prepar
ing onion ground either for seed OF
sets. That with a shallow cultivation
better seed beG than will deeper tillage.
If the soil is made friable deep down
the onion may grow large, but it will
likely be thick necked and grow a crop
of Scullions.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
As Done in Janan.

A Japanese auction is a most solemn
affair. The buyers do not call out the
bids, but write their names, together
with the amounts they are willing to
pay, on slips of paper, which they put
into a box. These slips are looked
through, and the articles awarded to
the person who has made the biggest
offer
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
GOOSeberry Culture.

l have the best success with goose
berries that are not cultivated. l use
hard and soft coal ashes and cinders
as mulch and find that the bushes l
treat in this way are in every way SUI
perior to those not treated with the Gin
ders. l shall treat all my bushes, both
current and gooseberry, in this man
ner as fast as l can get the cinders.-
w. 3. H.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Mineral Manures for Spring Crops

MIHefaI WaHureS TOT SpF1nE CrODs
To be effective mineral manures fol
spring and summer crops must be ap.
piled early. They need some of the
spring rains to dissolve the fertilizer
so that the plant roots can make use
of It, Besides, as weather and soil be-
come warm and dry there is less need
Of the fertilizer, as the soil itself re-
leases more of it's own fertility under
such conditions.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

A Pennsylvania jury the other day
gave Anna Dickinson verdict of 6A
cents for false Imprisonment in an asy-
Ium. And now it will be just like those
fellows to try to cheat her out OF the
quarter cent.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

The Atlanta Journal announces that
"a splinter which had remained in the
foot of Miss Babe Martin for forty-four
years has worked itself out" This,
we believe, is one of the longest infan-
tile infections on record.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

In an italian daily newspaper, the
Roman Tribuna, of the 29th of Janu-
ary, occurs this extraordinary para
graph: I'm San Francisco, California,
there took place recently a terrific panic
In a theater. During a performance q
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

If the fellow who has been praying
FOR rain lately will send his address to
almost anyone in the lower Mississippi
Falley bis case will receive prompt and
careful attention.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Now Rev. Lyman Abbott intimates
that Jonah lied about his voyage with
I'm the whale. This is taking mean
advantage of Jonah when he isn't here
to give evidence in his own behalf.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

A Maine paper says that a man in
Biddeford has invented a pencil sharp
ener that will sharpen pencils. How
those New England reporters can pre-
yaricate
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Published at WINSTON. Arizona.

Speaking about house-c1eaning-bu
come to think of it. you'd better not if
you are talking for publication
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

The oyster is one of the strongest
creatures on earth. The force required
TO open one is more than nine hundred
times its weight.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

One report from Athens declares
there is compromise" in the air. That
is probably so, and the honor of Europe
is being compromised"
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Ram Pasha, commander of the Turk
ish forces on the Macedonian frontier,
undoubtedly will prove hard man to
buck against.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

BY their course in the Cretan affair
several European nations have earned
a sound thrashing, which they are
likely to get.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26
Dwarf Pears.

There Is one great advantage of
dwarf trees over standard. They come
into bearing earlier. A dwarf pear, for
instance, is produced by budding on a
ounce stock and natures sooner than
if on a pear stock. Dwarf trees should
be pruned at the top, otherwise they
are liable to fall over More trees can
be planted on given space than of stan
dard size, but Of course each tree will
not bear as profusely. The yield Is
nearly the same per acre for both. They
are in high favor with many, because
pruning, thinning, spraying and gath
ering fruit can be done so much more
easily from small trees than from high
ones.-Fruit Garden.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

People are like silver-plated knives
and forks; good care makes a big diff
ference in their looks.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Lenenhock and Humboldt both say
that single pound of the finest spider
webs would reach around the world.
The Winslow mail., 1897-06-26

Sometimes a man starts out to be q
wolf, and discovers that he is really Z
rabbit.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
FOR WOMEN TO READ.

Apropos of an attack in the Contem-
porary Review against American wom-
en-, the London Spectator INDUCES in
few remarks that go to show all Eng
lish persons are not daft on the topic of
American danes and maids.
Hot milk is the newest panacea for all
ills of the complexion. If the face is
wrinkled, sallow or otherwise the en-
thusiasts claim that hot milk will work
q marvellous cure. Washing the face in
milk at night is said to be refreshing
and will make the skin smooth and
white.
In washing anything made.of chamois
skin use warm water with little am
monia in it. Rub between the fingers,
but do not wiring the chamois. Press
between the palms of the hands to take
out the water and hang in the sun to
dry, rubbing every few minutes to pre-
vent its drying hard.
A laundress in family that prefers
the fragrance of orris root to the sweet
ness of mo smell at all" puts large
piece of orris root wrapped in linen in
the water in which the body linen
is boiled each week. When ironed the
linen clothes are placed in drawers con-
tanning violet sachets and are as sweet
MS breath of woodland when wanted
for wearing purnoses-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
1T HAS GOT INTO PRINT.

That alum is excellent for the gums
and teeth.
That full meal should never be eaten
when bodily exhausted.
That few drops of camphor put into
the water when bathing the face will
prevent the skin from shining.
That hot bath, if taken frequently,
will keep the skin in an excellent con-
dition, and is also an unfailing cure for
WEAKNESS.
That a foul breath may be sweetened
by simple mouth-wash of crystal per-
manganate of potash, in a tumblerful
of water
That hiccoughs may be cured by pull
ing the tongue several times minute.
keeping it outside the mouth, and then
letting it slip back again.
That homework, sweeping, busting
and other innumerable duties necessary
to keep things in order about house,
are beneficial to the general health as
well as excellent for the complexion.
That a fruit jar with a defective
cover may be made alright by putting
a little putty between the cover and
rubber, remembering to press the putty
in around the crevice as soon as the
top is screwed down as tightly as posi-
ble.-Good Housekeeping.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
FADS FOR FAIR WOMEN.

Monogram fans for bridesmaids are
pretty fashion revived recently. The
letters are traced in diamonds or paint
ed in tiny forget-me-nots on the out
side rib, according to the wealth of the
giver.
Bagpipes are said to be fast gaining
popularity among Scotch ladies, who
manage them very successfully, and in
struments highly ornamented and
somewhat softened in sound are made
in great numbers for their use.
Narrow velvet ribbon is very much
used this season, and endless loops of
black or white are combined with lace
or chiffon in pretty boas for the neck.
Vests of white silk or mousseline de
sole are trimmed crosswise with some
of the baby ribbon either in black or
colors.
Braiding is one of the specialties of
dress trimmings this season, and there
are all sorts and all kinds of braid in
various colors and widths, with plain
and waved edges, mixed with gold
thread. Military braids are also used,
and silk cord forms the clover pattern
on thin, gauzy materials used for trim
ming
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
THE CITIZEN MD FRIDAY MORNING MARCH 2G 1897
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The newest fad in autograph books
is one of cooking recipes, Each forlnu-
la written in the look has the sigma
ture of the contributing friend un-
der it.
A single order for 100000 pounds
OF smoking tobacco was a new record
Tor that line of business recently
achieved by Virg. mia. tobacco manu-.
featuring firm.
English place narnes are as interest
ing as American. The bishop of Worces-
Ter is trying to unite against their
win the parishes OF North Piddle and
Upton Snodsbury.
Last year Belgium imported 2.169 ,s47
pounds of raw hides from the United
States. The imports in the same time
from Argentina and Uruguay were
42.o0O,O00 pounds.
Citizens of Grand Rapids have de-
clared war against city ordinance
compelling property owners TO cause
the SNOW to be removed from their
walks before nine a. m.
In Nashville the patrol wagon is fur
nihhed with pneumatic tires to tho
wheels. The wagon is also used as an
ambulance, which explains the where
fore of the luxury.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02
BRIEF GOSSIP.


The Vermont legislature has passed
a bill prohibiting Sunday excursion
trains.
The drought is seriously affecting the
wheat in both Victoria and South Aus
tralia.
Four hundred and fifty large caliber
guns were built last y ear by the gov
ernment
Arizona convicts have been recently
leased for ten years at 70 cents per head
. day.
1t was Maine girl who asked the
photographer if he couldn't take her
hair red.
The buildings comprising the Bank
of England cover an irregular area OF
eight acres.
Motor omnibuses for the streets OF
Paris will be built to accommodate 30
persons.
The demand for low-heeled footwear
is increasing every day, according to
the reports of shoe dealers.
Nobody in Maine has got rich out
of the sardine business this year, and
the factories are sealing up earlier than
Hssal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02

Bridget once the fire lit
1t didn't want to burn;
But finally a plan she hit
To make II serve her turn.
The kerosene she did apply:
Ger wood and coal it flowed,
And then she winked the other eye
For the can did not explode.
The shotgun in the corner stood
And seemed quite free from guile,
When Willie, in sportive mood.
And with a winning smile,
Threw up the gun with deadly aim,
Saying: TON, stand from my road"
Successful was his little game
The shotgun had no load.
Mike sits upon a powder keg
And smokes his pipe of clay.
Come off O. that" his neighbors beg;
But Mike amt built that way.
The smoke curls upward round his head
The sparks fly through the air.
But with it all he isn't dead
There was no powder there.
IN. Y. World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-04-02

There can be no more terrible ordeal
to delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician.
This is the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are CORE
spending with Mrs. Pinllham at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can enter into every
detail of their illness, so that even
through correspondence Mrs. Pinzham
can treat her patients more inteli-
gently than the local physician.
1t is this fact alone which has caused
the tremendous line of correspondence,
which is ever increasing, between Mrs
Pinl1ham and women who are sick, and
it was from this fact also that Mrs.
Pinkham has wider experience and
greater knowledge of the treatment of
female ills than any practicing physi-
clan in the world. The greatest prac-
olNlOlIl Cdn db lllG llOSb nave less Indu
100 cases to which he can give his per-
sonal attention, while more than fifty
thousand cases have been handled by
Mrs. Pinkham during the last six
months.
Years ago women had no such re-
course, and in consequence many of
them dragged out miserable exist
ence; charlatans practiced on their ig-
norance and fears, extorted money
from them and effected few cures.
Nowadays woman may ask advice of
a woman who understands womans
ills, and theifact that this great boon
which is extended freely to women by
Mrs. Pinkham is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters which are received by
her prove. Many such grateful letters
as the following are constantly pouring