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The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense o
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cOus surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from re-
putable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney
d Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the BEST
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
PHYSICIANS BAFFLED.
Pro BOWMAN instructor Of Natural Seisncs th HsmIe GIsa
Cured Of Severe Illness by Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People after Physicians Failed
From the Republican,, Columbus Ind.

Prof. r. s. Bowman, the able instructor
of natural science in the famous HartsviIle.
0nd.) College, is we'll and favorably known
not only as an educator, but also as min :,
lister of the gospel, aS for a number of years
be was pastor of the United Brethren church
at Charlotte, Mich, before coming to Harts-
willie
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Changes.

''The world goes well, and life is all gayj
There is no tomorrow, just today
Smiling l said it, and turned to go
Thinking blindly 'twould ever be so.
A friend said softly, "Life is all woe;
Joy is thing never shall know"
Smiling she said it, calmly resigned,
Nor dreamed the cloud was al silver lined.
Later, when life had brought sore grief,
And robbed me of all that first belief,
L met this friend. All! joy had been there,
Lifted her burdens, and eased her care.
Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
Sbould Visit the Country.

Some of the Boston schoolmarms
need an occasional rural outing. One
of them placed this problem on the
blackboard: IF hen lays three eggs
a day, how long will 1t take to lay
thirty eggs"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
COLUMBUS BUGGY cos VEHICLES

Selling at about the same price as you
pay for inferior makes. Also large stock
of harness, whips, robes and bicycles at less
than cost. Big stock to select from.
A. G. X J. @. GLENN,
Manufacturers Agents,
2l5 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

$50 that young man says he would lay his
fortune at your feet 2, said .MabePs faith r.
"and narbsns Won can tell why? 81 guess
father. that he hasn't had it told yet"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

When your skin looks yellow, and you rise
in the morning with bad taste in your mouth,
take Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

THAT delightful Captain Casterbridge paid
you great compliment at dinner last evening"
''What was that?' "He took you for my sister"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

l believe Piso's Cure Is the only medicine
that will cure consumption. = Anna NJ.
Ross, WilliamspOrt, Pa, Nov. II, '95.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
A Favorite Poem,

l wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er wales and hills,
When all at once | saw crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze,
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of bay.
Ten thousand saw l at glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such jocund company.
l gazed and gazed. but little thought
What wealth that show to me had
brought.
For often when on my couch lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Wordsworth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

Lash's Kidney aud Liver Bitters is the best
family medicine, is purely vegetable and con.
tains 10 ingredients that are in any way in
s.,rf
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23
WINE PRESSES FOR SALE

Below Cost. Different Sizes. Also Stem
mers and Seeders.
Address, o. n. OWENS,
2l5 Bay St., San Francisco, Cal
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitters is a remedy
especially designed for the treatment of all
kidney, liver stomach and bowel troubles
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-23

The tobacco men of Kentuch., anu
Ohio protest against the proposed in.
crease of tax on manufactured tobacco.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Bottled Grape Juice.

Pick the grapes from the stems and
mash them. Strain the juice into a ket-
tie. boil it, remove the scum, strain it
into bottles and seal it as you would
canned fruit. The bottle may be tight
Iy corked and sealingwax put on above
the cork. If only a small quantity of
tuice is to be used at one time, small
bottles will be more convenient than
larger ones. But it will keep sweet sew
eral days after being opened in ordin-
arv weather. Lay the bottles on their
sides in cool, dark place. 1t will do
no harm to strain the wine when the
bottles are opened. Don't use sugar;
it IS unnecessary, and there is some
danger of making grape jelly instead OF
wine. Thus made it will keep for years.
Another way is to pick and wash the
grapes: add sufficient water to start
them in cooking, boil until the pulp is
tender and strain as for jelly; add a
small amount of sugar, sufficient to
make if pa1atable; bring to boil and
can in glass.-The Horticulturist.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

They now and then do a thoroughly
good thing in Colorado. The other
day three men went into a bank in the
town of Meeker and robbed it in the
rather brusque fashion practiced by
some professional gentlemen on Chi
cago shops not long ago. They got
through with the rob0ing process all
right. but they had TO do some shoot
ing therein. and the noise brought out
the citizens of the little town, who
were so urgent in protesting against
the free distribution of their money in
that way that they shot all three of
the gentlemen who had checked out
funds from the bank with revOlvers,
leaving all of them as proper subjects
for the undertaken. Evidently the
Meekerites are far from being any
meeker- than other folk and it will be
Il long day before any more gentry Of
that Kind make a call on them. 1t
looks like going backward in civiliza-
ton for citizens to feel that they must
stand ready to defend their own with
the strong hand, but perhaps if it were
generally understood that they are so
ready most of the professors of the
art of "hOlding up" would seek some
other means of making a living.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Suicide of a Rattlesnake.

The question as to whether the rat
tlesnake's venom is poisonous to itself
has often been discussed. but if any
satisfactory conclusion has ever been
arrived at we are unaware of the fact.
DIR. w. J. Burnett, formerly member
of the Boston Society of Natural His
tory, says that there are good reasons
for believing that the action of the rat.
tiers virulent poison is the same upon
all living things, vegetable as we'll as
animal. Other eminent naturalists COM
bat this theory and declare that the
juring vegetable is really preposter-
Gus. Burnett says: 1T is even just as
fatal to the snake itself as to other ami
mails" Then he relates the experience
of one Dr. Dearing The doctor had a
specimen Of the prolific rattler which he
kept alive in a cage. One day he irri-
tated the reptile so as to study the eff
feet of the anger thus provoked. The
snake strack wildly about a few times
and then buried its fangS in its own
body. Almost instantly, the expert
menter says. the reptile rolled over and
died. If this story is true, and we have
no reason to doubt the story, we see in
it the remarkable and unique physiolog-
ical fact of a liquid secreted from the
blood which proves deadly when intro
duced into the very source from which
it is derived.-St. Louis Republic.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

American apples, when the crop is
good and the various kinds are of per-
feet growth, are the finest fruit in the
world. There is no fruit of the tropic or
subtropic regions as good for all pur-
poses as apples Apples are superior to
oranges, bananas, lemons, tamarinds
and all other fruits in their taste for
the palate and their wholesome effects
as food. Their flavor is as various as
human tastes. From the sweetness of
honey they range to the sharpest acid
ity. They fill every need of the stopo-
ach for the vegetable juices which pro
mote health. There has not been in
a generation as prolific harvest of ap-
Piles as that of the present year. All
the branches of all the trees in all the
orchards have been overburdened with
their wealth of fruit. If the product
Of this year could have been distrib-
uted over five years of partial produc-
ton or Of famine the average would
have been sufficient for the entire pc
riod. In recent years the choicest va
rieties of apples have been scarce in
quantity and of inferior quality. They
have lacked form and flavor They
have been deteriorated by various
causes-from attacks of insects, by
drouths, late or early frosts and sea-
sonal influences for which there was
no apparent origin. This year all the
soil and climatic influences have been
favorable. In the fruit belts Of the
East and West the apple crop is pro-
digious. The quality is of the best.
The very culls and refuse this year
are superior to the choice fruit of some
previous years. The shipments of
American apples to Europe have begun
and are likely to be enormous in ex-
tent. The great crop this year will
cause the fruit to be distributed at a
lower price in Europe than ever before
In the past American apples have been
Il rare and expensive luxury to Euro
pean consumers. This year they will
have an abundance at low cost of the
most delicious fruit that the soil pro-
duppS
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
THE STEERSMAN.

The fore shrouds bar the moonlit sand,
The port rail laps the sea;
Aloft all taut, where the kind clouds
skim,
Allow to the cutwater snug and trim,
And the man at the wheel sings low
sings he:
"Oh, sea room and lee room
And a gale to run afore;
From the Golden Gate to Sunda Strait,
But my heart lies snug ashore"
Her hull rolls high, her nose dips low,
The rollers flash alec
Wallow and dip and the untossed screw
Sends heart throbs quivering through
and through
And the man at the wheel sings low;
sings he:
"Oh. sea room and lee room
And gale to run afore;
From the Golden Gate to Sunda Strait,
But my heart lies snug ashore
hard,
And pricked in his forearm be
A ship, an anchor love knot true,
A heart of red and an arrow of blue,
And the man at the wheel sings low;
sings he:
~Oh, sea room and lee room
And gale to run afore;
From the Golden Gate to Sunda Strait,
But my heart lies snug ashore.
-Bookman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

The bitter cry of the curates of the
Anglican Church is again brought to
the attention of the public, this time
bv the London Times. Many of them.
IL is said, receive such miserable sti-
pends that they are on the verge of star
walton. while others are obliged to put
their daughters into domestic service.
Allowing for certain amount of rhe-
torical exaggeration, there is no doubt
that the lower clergy of the church are
underpaid. Curiously enough. how
ever. the Wesleyan Methodists of Eng
land. most of whose clergy receive ade-
uuate salaries. report a falling off in
the number of ministerial candidates.
1t is greatly to the credit of the ill
paid clergy of the English church that
they themselves utter no complaints.
Ii is other people who give voice TO
their "cry"
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

The one quality that is more useful
than another in the world, if one wishes
TO achieve anything whatever, is tact
Brute force may succeed, but then
again it may fail, and in either case ii
leaves an unpleasant memory behind
1t: but if tact fails. all is still serene,
and one may try again with equanim-
ity. The very name of tact tells its
story. for, although in its first defini-
ton it simply means touch, it develops
the further implication of sensitive
touch then of adrOit discrimination.
then of delicate discerIment. Discern
ment of what? OF the right and fit. OF
that which gives the desired result in
the best way.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Great but Poor

Poverty seems to have been the lot
of most os the worlds great musicians.
BeethOven was always poor He
was the son of a rough, drunken
musician, who drove him to music with
blows. He afterwards followed his pro-
fession for the love of it, but it repaid
him very badly.
Handel was the son of a coachmaker.
and his mother had been a servant. AL
though he had place in the choir OF
the church as a boy, he was dismissed
when his voice changed, and became
really destitute.
\ poor woman gave him a home in
the attic of her house, and in after and
more prosperous years the musician
was able TO return the favor twice-fold.
which he did heartily and cheerily.
Rossini was also poor, and while in
Venice he wrote in bed during the cold
weather. in order that he might save
the expense of Il fire.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Farm Notes.

Michigan has new turnip disease.
1t dries upthe leaf. 1t is a fungus, which
accompanies wet, muggy weather. The
remedy, or preventive, is to burn all
the affected tops.
When salt is kept where the cows can
help themselves there is no danger Of
their eating too much. 1t is only when
it is kept from them for some time that
there is any risk of their doing 80.
Peach trees can be cut back very low,
which makes them stocky, but such
trees when two or three years old are
not as easily cultivated as trees that
are higher The low trees stand heavy
winds better however, and shade the
ground around the trunks from the sun.
Where it is desirable to keep the dirt
In place on any situation where the dirt
NAV become loosened and fall away, II
has been suggested by one who has test
ed them to use the japanese honey
suckle or Virginia creeper, as the vines
root as they grow, forming dense thick
cts of growth and take the place Of
sodding.
Ticks not only keep sheep poor, but
enfeeble them Experience has shown
that late dipping of sheep in the fall,
which destroys ticks, not only improves
the condition of the flock, but the gain
in growth of fleece is very marked.
When free of ticks sheep will not only
be more contented, but also escape dis
ease to great extent.
The roads would be much better If
wide tires were used on all wagons, as
they do not cut up the roads, but rath-
er serve to pack the gravel. The State
of Pennsylvania has law exempting
from certain taxes those who use wide
tires, and as metal wheels are largely
coming into use it is probable that in
the future nearly all wagons will have
wide tires.
Prof. E. B. Voorhees,, of the New Jer-
sey experiment station, is of the opin-
ion that the higher readers used in the
country schools should contain mostly
articles devoted to farm matters The
characteristics of breeds, soils, plaY
foods. cultivation of crops and oxer
subjects would prove not only intrest-
same time instruct them in tte very
ing reading TO pupils. but .ako at the
lines which will in the future be most
beneficial to them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

The old. cruel check rein has stiffened
up the fore legs of more livery horses
than all the work they have done. so,
too. of many track and driving horses
in the country. The check rein injuries
the muscles of the neck. and the fore
legs are affected. Often the shoer Is
blamed when it is the check rein. The
humane societies have the cooperation
If the city horse owners, who have
taken off the cruel check rein from the
carria ge horses and work horses. Aside
from the cruelty, this affection of the
usefulness of the horse should induce
the thoughtless, kind-hearted people
who drive horses to forever hanlsh the
torturous check rein as savage reno
that is painful to the horse and paintul
for most people to see. In behaif OF the
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

ity, Kingston. Ont, resents having his
English mail from Oxford addressed to
him Kingston, Ontario, U. S. A" Prin-
cipal Grant should feel fattered. The
Oxford dons evidently confuse him
with one "Gen. Grant, Z. s. A." AS
soon as the dOns have read up on an
cient history they will have time TO de-
vote TO the colonies" and then doubt
less Principal Grants letters will be
properly addressed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Odds and Ends.

When an artery is severed conpress
above the squirting surface. Blood from
the arteries enters the extremities. Ii
a vein is severed compress below the
squirting surface. Blood in veins re-
turns to the heart.
To freshen tan-colored shoes, dissolve
a tablespoonful of salt in little warm
water and add to pint of cold water,
in which an ounce of salts of lemon has
been dissolved Wash the shoes with
this, and, when thoroughly dry, polish
with soft flannel or bit of silk. 's-71
Move your pot plants. into winter
quarters. Clean the pots, trim away
rank growth decayed leaves and keep
everything about the plants scrupu-
lously clean to prevent decay. See that
windows near the flowers close tight,
as draughts are death to flowers.
The drain pipe should be disinfected
at least once week in warm weather.
Dissolve nickers worth of copperas
in half a pailful of water, and gradually
pour it down the pipe. An iron sink
may be kept from rusting by applying
with a brush a quarter Of a pound OF
asphaltum in spirits Of turpentine.
If the bottom crust of fruit pies Is
glazed with the white Of an egg 1t will
not be soft and soggy. The top of meat
and all kinds of raised pies should be
glazed. Beat the yolk of an egg for a
short time and add one spoonful OF
milk. When the pie is two-thirds done
remove from the oven, brush over with
the glaze, return to the oven and finish
baking.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
GRAPES for Winter Use.

Grapes need to be ripened wholly on
the vine. They will not, like pears and
apples, ripen in the cellar. The really
ripe grapes will endure several de-
grees of frost If this occurs early, so
as to warrant some warm weather after
it, some grape growers leave the grapes
on the vines for some time after most
of the leaves have been frosted. The
grapes will ripen thus, but very slowly.
1t is risky business, for a heavy frost
sometimes comes and spoils those
grapes left to ripen late.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Making Tile Porous.

In city sewers there is obvious adyan-
+aoe in having the outside of tile or pipe
glazed. and having the pipes closely fit
fed so that no water from outside can
come in at the joints. But for farm
drainage the more porous tile is the bet
for The burned clay out of reach of
frost. and coming in contact only with
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

England is blamed for espOusing the
cause of the Armenians while guilty
of injustice and oppression toward her
own dependencies. But the philosO-
pher who expects and demands that a
nation or individuals should act up
10 the same standard they demand of
their neighbOrs, has yet to take his
first lessons in the knowledge of hui
man nature
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

There is nothing on earth so beautiful
as the household in which Christian
love forever smiles, and where religion
walks. a counsellor and Il friend. No
cloud can darken it, for its twin-stars
are centered in the soul. No storms can
make it tremble. for it has a heavenly
support and n heavenly anchor.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Beware of Tight Carriers

Bicyclists, male and female, should
beware of tight garters and of stock
ings which are too thick. A garter
which is wide and has little pressure
is just as effective as a narrow one
very tight The result of wearing the
latter is bound to be bad, it being a fer
tile producer of varicose veins.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

In entering upon the work of pub
lie reader, the daughter of the late
Eugene Field will have the best wishes
of those who appreciate ted the genius of
her father, or enjoyed the pleasure of
his friendship.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

Faith and hope in the future, to be
sound and permanent, must grow out
of the knowledge of the past and re-
spect for it; and he who gracefully ac-
knowledges his obligations to the old is
all the better fitted to espOuse the cause
of fhp new
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

There is no law with regard to eat
ing and drinking and manner of living
which can be laid down as applicable
TO all individuals. Each person must
find out the law which applies to him.
self and obey it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

\ prominent Rhode Island yachts
man is having a steam yacht built that
is to have a guaranteed speed of thirty
eight miles an hour That's the way
TO trOt around the coast; but then, they
say it costs money
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

Banker Rambusch, of Juneau, Wis,
is another man who does not believe
in trusts. In one flight he has done
more 10 discourage trust than many
more pretentiOus crusaders.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

The Ohio w. C. L. L. has voted to
quit wearing feathers. Having moult-
ed, we hope the good members of that
excellent organization will now flock
fOopthpr
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
A Housekeeping Inhabitant.

''Lived here thirty years, and YET
never saw the city,
Never"
Did You ever have a desire to go to
town.
Well yes, l reckon l has. But you
see. fore the railroad come hit wuz toe
fur ter travel on foot, an the mule
wuz too busy plOwin'; an arter the rail
road come, they Went ter chargin' peo
pie fer travelin', an so 1 jest thought
I'd stay home an not bother bout see
in the world. But what do you reckon
happened ter us 'tother day?'
Don't know"
well. sir, my son John ackchully
bought a ticket. jumped aboard o. the
railroad, went ter the city an sub.
scribed fer n Atlanta
Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

A press dispatch says that murder
er hanged in Kentucky the other day
wore a sullen look on the gallOws. Per-
haps he was displeased about some
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

1t is what you say in your ad that
draws customers. Whether you hold
chem or not depends OH what you dc
afterwards.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

Dan Stewart has found a spot in
Mexico where Corbett and FitZsimmons
can fight. Now if they could only get
lockjaw until the day of the fight.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Setting Currant Cuttings ia Fall.

Setting Currant Cuttings ia Fall.
The eurrant roots more readily from
cuttings than most other fruits. It's
wood is, however, very soft, and II set
late in fall the cuttings will be consid
erbly injured before spring by freez
ing and thawing While the currant
bush is reasonably hardy on its own
root, its cuttings will not get root to
hold them from being thrown out. They
should be heeled in during the winter,
aud be planted where they are to re-
main in spring
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

Chicago anarchists are said to he emil
grating TO the Transvaal. Is it possible
that they are going to take the Kruger
cure!
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

Three ships at San Francisco have
been loaded with $4,000 tons of wheat
for India. WOt's the Endorsement
over there?
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Lamp Thrown In.

81 don't want the wheel. 1t is too
heavy"
'Say, I'll throw in lamp. Thatll
make it lighter. ."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

hoxse, we entreat you to abolish the
check rein if you still thoughtlessly tor
ture your horse with it.-Western Agri
culturist.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Farm life is wnat you make it.

The Chicago man who fired a revolver
point blank at a street car and missed
ii may get job on the police force.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09

How tantalizing heaven will be to the
women, to see so much gold lying
around, ana no chance to spend It'll