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The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

hardships that the fortune-seekers suf-
fered in the mountains will never be
fully known. A large number Of men
coming out of the warm, balmy air of
the semi-tropic valleys lost their lives
amid the snow banks and ice in the
mountains, and many a man was made
an invalid for life because Of exposure
to the biting cold during the stampede.
A severe blizzard ragged in the noun
tains for several days while the miners
were slowly trudging through them.
In one party of 100 men from New
Mexico four men were frozen to death
one morning, and it is thought that
fully twenty more died in the same
way in the mountains at that time. To
this day there are in California and
Arizona gray-headed miners who lack
a finger, a toe or an ear lost in the ter
rible cold of that stampede.
When at last the Rocky Belle dig
gings were reached it was soon seen
that there was no ore In the district
worth the digging except in the claims
held by Hank Binford and his friends,
and that the reports Of their finds had
been exaggerated beyond all reason.
Binford's own mine petered out a
year or two later, and he got only a
few thousand dollars from it.
The Rush to Tombstone.
With the possible exception of the
rush to the Leadville mining district
in Colorado, there has been none any
where in forty years attended with
more excitement than followed the
news of the finding of great deposits of
gold and silver in Tombstone in 1870.
Miners from every part of the Pacific
coast caught the fever for gold, and as
week after week samples of the Tomb
stone rock were more widely circulat-
ed. and rumors went forth concerning
the fortunes this or that man or COM
pany was getting out of the hills and
mountains about the new camp, thou
sands started for Tombstone. Hun
dreds of young men and youths in the
older States were wild with zeal to
hasten to the new Ell Dorado and
started across the continent with little
or no preparation. In less than four
months after Gird and the Hawkinses
began getting several thousand dollars
q day from their mines there were over
5000 persons in the camp, and several
months later Tombstone had popula-
ton of over 10000 men and 200 women.
There never was another camp in the
southwest like that at Tombstone in
1879 and 1880. Indeed, there have been
very few similar communities In the
world. For over seven months the
daily output of precious metals aver
aged about $4,000. Over a dozen men
went there penniless and came back
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Let the gentle art of revenge be left
to women. They understand better
than men how to insert the metaphori-
cal poignard under the fifth rib of their
enemies and to drive the iron into the
souls of those who have injured them.
Speaking of revenge, that was a neat
turn which Mrs. Smythe of Atlanta
gave to her dagger. Her husband had
been a candidate for the collectorship
of Georgia, but had been turned down
by the President, who appointed a ne
gro barber to the position. Finding that
all her neighbors had indOrsed the ne
gro in preference to Major Smythe, she
has thrown them into CONSERVATION by
offering to rent her mansion to the ne
gro at a nominal sum. No one but a
woman would have thought of that.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
New Danger to Firemen.

At a recent fire in the basement Of a
Chicago electric power house, the fire
men had great trouble in getting at the
blaze. They had to chop holes in the
floor of the dynamo room before they
could get a stream on the blazing pile
of waste. Not waiting for the dyna-
mos to be shut down, they crept
through the black smoke and turned a
stream on the flames. In an instant
they were flung to the ground with
great violence, and the hose was sent
flying into the air. A heavy current
had passed along the stream and had
shocked them. Though unconscious
when rescued. they quickly recovered.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
GoLD-HUNTERs or 185O OVERCOME ON THE DESERT by u

writer claims attention with this one:
Quite an odd find was happened upon
one day last week by Jack Lopez, who
is spending the summer at SWarthmore,
Pa. The house which has been taken
by the family is used in the winter as
a boarding school for girls, but was
originally a private house. While TAX
ing a look over the place, Lopez found
in the cellar an old well that was
boarded over and had trapdOor, with
an old-fashioned paddock. Thinking
the place might be utilized as a cold
storage, he tried to raise the trap, that
had evidently not been touched for
years. Not before breaking the lock
was he able to get it open, and then he
found the well too deep to see the bot
tom. With the aid of a rope and Ian
tern he discovered that there was some
thing moving in the water, and after
keeping very quiet for moment saw
what looked like fish swimming near
the surface. AS an experiment he de-
cided to do some angling, and soon had
a piece Of string with a bent pin and a
worm down the well. In ten minutes
he had caught twenty-one fish and then
decided to go out of the dark cellar and
examine his catch They proved to be
fish of the trout variety, but the oldest
part of it was that all were eyeless and
snow white. How they came there and
what kept them alive is a mystery that
none of the residents seem able to
solve, but the fish are plentiful and are
good eating, so Mr.. Lopez is satisfied
Philadelphia Record.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Feeding Birds.

''It is kindness, as we'll as a pleas.
ure, to Gagged birds to feed them pepper
grass and chick weed occasionally"
said bird dealer to a Star reporter. 1T
is something they need, as it rests them
up from the various seeds which are
fed them. Canaries are specially fond
of pepper grass, and it does them good.
There is no difficulty in finding it in the
lawns or in any of the parks, and no
objection is ever made to any one pull
ing a few branches. Chickweed grows
best in shady, protected places. and can
be found in abundance. The white
clover is also much relished by birds,
though the red clover is better, but the
latter is not so plenty except in the
larger parks. The truth is, any kind of
the grasses now, as they are in seed, is
good for Gagged birds. A bird can be de-
pended upon to eat no more than it
should eat, for there is hardly such a
thing as overfeeding them. They know
their limit, and they enjoy being kept
up to it las a change from the usual
eds."-WaShington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

lines that will be built by the Gelgian
company recently chartered, It is an
nOunced that the French govesHment
has completed important arrangements
for the extension of railroads from
Cochin China, the TonQuin region, well
into the adjacent Chinese provinces. On
the west the transcasplan lines are ap-
preaching Chinese territory, while rail-
road building under English govern
mental auspices in the Malayan penin-
sula is progressing with much enter
prise, and new concessions have just
been wrested from the Chinese govern
ment. Several million dollars is about
to be spent for constructing 200 miles
of road as an extension of existing
lines. All this work in and about China
means the gradual opening up OF an
enormous commerce with that rich and
productive empire.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Boa SWALLOWS A YOUNG LION.
But Help Came, the Cub Was Rescued
and the Boa Was Slain

But Help Came, the Cub Was Rescued
and the Boa Was Slain.
a boa constructor will swallow any,
thing at all when it wakes up hungry
and finds that dinner is not ready. This
is the story of boa which swallowed
cub lion whole. The cub was recoy-
cred by an operation, but the swallower
died. The operation was the simple
one of cutting the snake in two. and
nothing discourages a snake more than
that.
1t happened in Argentine, Kan. in
Lemon Brothers circus. The big boa
woke up hungry, and there being no
one around, the reptile began casting
about for something to eat Nearby
was a cage of lions, including a cub.
The cub was sleeping close to the bars.
The tail attracted the boas attention.
If man eats OK TAIL why should not
cubs tail make a good supper for
hungry boa? The boa swallowed the
tail. The cub did not discover the fact,
but slept calmly on. Perhaps the snake
liked the sample and concluded to eat
everything in sight, or possibly it dis
covered too late that the tail was fast
to the body, and decided that the east
est way out of the difficulty was to eat
its way out.
Owing to the formation of a boa's
asOphagus and stomach, food which
once passes the throat cannot return.
Spreading it's jaws to their utmost ca
paclty the boa swallowed at one gulp
the headquarters of the cub. Then the
cub awoke, and objected to playing the
role of Jonah to the snakes whale. 1t
cried and it's mother awoke. The old
female lion took in the situation at a
glance. The snake took in more of the
cub, until only the forequarters and
head were left outside. The cubs dam
roared and woke up every animal in the
circus. The lions, tigers, hyenas and
wolves roared and howled. Monkeys
and parrots chattered, the elephants
trumpeted and made frantic efforts to
break loose.
1t is characteristic of menagerie
that whenever anything out of the ordi-
nary happens, all the animals take a
personal interest in it. The turmoil
aroused the keepers, who rushed in to
ascertain the cause of it, and quiet the
animals. They quickly saw the cause
and rushed to the rescue. The snake
tried, literally, to back out, but he could
not. 1t was hard to tell whether he
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
DYING IN THE CHAIR.
An Electrician Describes the Scnsa
tions Felt in a Slow ElectrocutiOn.

An Electrician Describes the Sensa-
tions Felt in a Slow EIectrocutiOn.
An electrician who has been expert.
menting on himself in the electric
chair, undertakes to describe the SEN
sation Of electrocution. A sudden shock
is first felt, as If someone had struck
you on the head with a heavy mallet.
There is no pain. The brain feels be-
numbed. Bright lights dance and flash
before your eyes. Your head feels alb
normally large, somewhat like that of
a person troubled with vertigo.
heavy weight seems to be bearing down
upon your head. The pulse is high. and
feeling Of eXhilaration takes posses
sion of you. You feel as if you were
treading the air, with everything
around you blank You are alOne-the
only being, the only object, the only
tangible thing in the universe. You
gradually sink into inSensibility. A
fierce shock suddenly passes through
your entire system. You are again
struck ON the head with the mallet, the
same bright light dazzles your eyes,
and then all is a blank. This second
shock is caused by the turning off of
the current The experience thus de-
tailed was the result OF comparative
ly weak current, which was gradually
and cautiously turned ON. 1t is safe to
say that In cases of execution by cleo
tricity the victim experiences none OF
these sensations. In nine cases out OF
ten, he is killed instantaneously. To be
exact, it takes 1-235th part Of second
to kill a man in the electric chair.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

were at work in the fields below light
ming destroyed the steps and cut off
from their kinsmen the aged Indians
and children left in the village on top
of the mesa. To reach the unfortu-
mates, thus isolated. was impossible.
and all of them to the number of 300
perished. The surviving Acomas then
moved to a new home and ever since
regarded the mesa as sacred Thus
runs the legend.
Last week Prof. Libbey ard party
visited the mesa prepared to explore
it. A line was shot across the rock,
suitable tackle was made ready and
separately the members ascended in a
chair to the legendary home of the
AcOmas. The legend proved to have
been unfounded. Writing of the sub
ject Prof. Libbey says: "No traces of
former inhabitants were found Fur
ther, no affairs or traces of prayer
sticks were found. This fact best of
all shows the inaccessible character of
the place, because, If it had been ac-
cessible, the medicine men of the
Acoma tribe would have certainly used
1t for such purposes.
Not the slightest trace was found
which would enable me to believe that
a human foot had ever before passed
over the top of this famous rock A
few agile lizards and several gray
rats were the only occupants of this
castle in the air. Some fine specimens
of stunted pines, few species of flow
ering plants and the ubiquitous sage
brush lent variety to the surface on
the line of color of the bright sand
stone"
Thus dies legend that has been the
! inspiration of poet and romanist.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

A special cable dispatch from Paris
says that the Countess of Ancaster has
publicly announced that dancing has
become a lost art" We are constrained
to believe that Lady Ancaster is in er
ror While it is true that the stately
minuet and the quadrille of another
generation have gone the way of all
earthly things, other dances which be-
long to a higher form of art still hold
the center Of the stage. Who was it
few years ago that restored American
diplomacy in Paris to the lofty position
it once heidi T. Jefferson Coolidge.
And what means did he employ to win
that diplomatic triumph? Loie Fuller
and about a hundred yards of cheese
cloth. Certain forms of the dance have
disappeared, but others remain I'M
changed and apparently unchangeable.
The dance performed before Herod
when John the Baptist was beheaded
was the star attraction of the Midway
during the Worlds Fair. To-day it is
keeping the dime museum circuits busy.
The cotillon has gone and the polka and
the schottische are going. But what of
that? The new dances make up in lati-
tude what the older ones have lost in
longitude. High art in the dance is no
longer measured by gracefulness and
genteel department. 1t is measured
with yardstick and is entirely mat
ter of altitude. The dance undoubted-
ly has degenerated. But so long as a
Of nd
modesty can earn on the stage as a
dancer" a larger salary than is paid to
the President of this republic it is hard
ly fair to classify dancing among the
lost arts.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Rich Men of the Future.

The rich men of the next generation
are the thrifty poor people who live
in the little houses on the outskirts Of
town. and raise everything they eat on
their little patches of ground, putting
the larger portion of their earnings
away for the future. Most of them are
of foreign birth. The Americans Of
the same class live nearer town, and
pay rent, and are putting a portion of
their earnings into monthly payments
on a piano for the little Rosettes to
nound.-Atchison Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
HOW CHEWING GUM is MADE.
Processes Through Which 1t Passes
from the Tree to the Consumer.


Four million pounds of gum chicle,
the product of the Mexican sapota tree,
entered the United States during 1895.
This entire product, valued at nearly
81, 100000, became the basis of chew
ing gum. A walk through leading
chewing gum factory is interesting.
Here over 100000, 900 pieces of gum
are annually produced and shipped to
every portion of the world. Three hun
dred employees are engaged in the man
ufacture of the gum, the first step of
which is the importation of the raw
chicle, which is gathered by the poems
in Mexico and exported in bales CON
tanning about $50 pounds each.
The gum is taken from the bales and
chopped into small pieces. These are
freed from tree bark and chips by
steaming and picking. Then 1t is
ground in mills making 3,4OO reVolu-
tions a minute.
The ground gum is subject to COLI
tinnnrs heat of 140 degrees Fahrenheit
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Krueger at Church.

Hard by the presidents mansion al
Pretoria stands the austere little
church where Mr.. Kruger is wont to
pray on Sundays. No member of the
congregation is more regular than he,
and at times he leads the service him
self, and will even preach when in the
mood. Dom Paul himself draws large
audiences, but when not actively en-
gagged in the conduct of the service he
usually sits beneath the pulpit. being,
it is said, somewhat deaf at times. Dur
ing prayer all the men stand up.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Kansas City has an ordinance impos-
ing a fine of two dollars and a half on
every electOr who fails to vote at
general election. But the Supreme
Court of Missoori has just declared the
ordinance invalid, on the ground, so it
Is stated, that it is degrading to asso-
ciate the franchise with a money value
1t might be well to experiment with
suggestion. made some time ago. that
a capitation tax of, say five dollars per
annum, be laid upon every voter, to be
remitted if he casts his ballot on cleo
tion day, and vigorously collected if he
does not. Put in this form, the propo-
sition might pass the ordeal of the
courts
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
THE LEGEND A MYTH.

The Enchanted Mesa of New Mexico
Divested of Its Romance.
The legend of the enchanted mesa,
situated some distance south of Albu-
querque, New Mexico, has been eX-
ploded by party of explorers, headed
by Prof. Libbey of Princeton Univer-
sity. The mesa is perpendicular rock
rising 700 feet above the surface of the
plain and covering forty acres. Here.
according to tradition, Acoma Indians,
to the number of 800, dwelt in a vii
lage in the sixteenth century, their
means of access to the top of the mesa
being by steps they had cut in the rock.
Once while the able-bodied members
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

A German publication revives the
idea of restoring Metz to France. This
was advocated by Bismarck in 1871,
but the advice of Won MOltke prevailed,
he holding that it was necessary for
military reasons. The newspaper says
that the presence of Germans in Metz
is a constant menace to the French,
who will never forget their thirst for
revenge so long as the Germans retain
the city. 1t thinks that the Germans
should take this first step toward recon-
ciliation.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

A cablegram announces that the
Prussian under secretary for foreign
affairs has been compelled to take a
long vacation in order to regain his
health. Probably the hot weather had
something to do with his retirement;
his name is Baron Won Rotenham.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Vanity Fair of London sweetly re-
marks that ''the American eagle is a
noisy, Dragging, would-be bullying
bird; the Americans themselves are of
stupid mind, and the Yankee reminds us
of a toy terrier swapping at ourselves
in the person of a mastiff." oh, dear,
dear! Really, this is too bad. What a
change from 1776 and 1922
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

A woman of Chicago has taken a
very good way to put down the practice
of scorching, so common with certain
class of wheelmen. She was run down
by one of these fellows, and alleges that
she sustained severe bodily injuries.
Instead of having him arrested and
fined So, she has brought suit against
him for $4,000 damages.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

After the contumely of years has
been heaped upon the women of Chi
cago because of the supposed abnormal
size of their feet revenge has come in
the statement by a st. Louis physician
that the greater portion of the women
in that city are in danger of death from
lockjaw by reason of tight Shoes AS
they say in the play, 1T is for Chicago
to laugh"
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Those who are in a position to speak
with authority concerning Alaskan af-
fairs say that it would be folly for a
poor man to start for the Klondyke
now without a few thousand dollars.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Up in st. Paul the other night young
woman hastily left a spiritualistic
seance because when she jabbed hat
pin into the leg of spirit she dis
tinctly heard a ghostly swear-word
enunciated with great fervency. Well,
there are some things that no self-re-
specting ghost will tolerate.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

The ClC Teland Leader reports that "a
West Side woman wants $4,000 for sew
eral Kisses" Before closing such deal
we should insist on having a positive
understanding as to how many "sev-
eraI' are in Cleveland.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
A Dickens NIemanto

Charles Dickens Guild of Litera ture
and Art" started enthusiastically in
1851 to assist and provide for authors
and artists in difficulties, has just been
put an end to by private act of Parli-
meut. Whatever property is left is
transferred to the Royal Literary Fund
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Since the Alaska gold craze began
the snake and fish liar has had no
earthly chance to show what he can
do in the line of picturesque prevarica-
fiOn
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

The Review of Reviews: The
close of the century will have wit
messed the beginning of a profound
change in the industrial conditions of
China and the adjacent parts of the
Orient. Besides the great trunk rail-
roads that the Russians are to build in
the north of China, and the Chinese
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Novel Use of Bees.

Medicine in the form of honey is the
latest novelty. 1t is produced by keep
ing bees under glass, so that they can
only sip the sweets of flowers which
possess medicinal properties.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

Another important gold discovery
was made in New Orleans. A saloon
keeper discovered that he had paid ST.
600 for two "gold bricks" worth about
z cents a pound
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Scorched After His Train.

Only desperate necessity could urge
a wheelman to take such chances as
were faced one day last week by Jo-
seph e. Everett, of Brick Church. n. ].
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

A fashion paper anxiously inquiries:
"Will the pneumatic corset stayT
Probably not; it didn't come to stay
but to float.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Fish Story Without a Peer.

AS the fish stories of the amateurs
begin to drift in and render the joy Of
living at least. doubtful quantity, a
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

There are no courts in the Klondyke
region, but perhaps they are not neces-
sary where everyone observes the gold
en- rule
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

If Kentucky has begun TO give Iyncn-
ing bees ION general principles" she
should reform her principles.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Too Convenient.

'FWiggins had to have his telephone
taken out"
'Why?"
''WeII. he had told his wife they must
cut down expenses, and so she called
him up every afternoon to see whether
he had gone to baseball. Detroit
Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

The new Chinese mint at Canton coin
ed more than Ia 100000 10-cent pieces
last year.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06
Tiny Oxen Found in Asio

In Ceylon and neighboring countries
ON the mainland of Asia there is a
race of diminutive oxen which never
grow to more than two and a half
feet in height. Nevertheless. they are
strong, swift and very enduring.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

People make themselves very miser
able by telling Jokes on each other.
The Winslow mail., 1897-11-06

There never was woman who could
talk fast gracefully.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-02
General Markets,

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s. 3,25 Pennsylvania roller, clear, s3.15G3.9o'
do. strnieht. SS.So"4; western winter,
clear, $3.75G2.90; do straight S3.soa4.lO; city
mills, extra, s. l0a@.io. Rye Hour quiet
and easier at s225f'2.a5 per barrel, as to
quality. Wheat SLOW; contract wheat,
July, 1On70Ec. do. August G9QtaEc.; No. :
Pennsylvania and No. Delaware rel,
spot, 76c,; No. rcd. July, N%c.; do. Sep
tember, 7o8bc.; do Deccrnber, 115sc. Corn
quiet and steady; steamer corn, spot, 2fh
02'%c.; No. 2 mixed, spot and July, ZSl2(J
2S&c.; No. yellow for local trade, 3jQD
Sac, Oats quiet and steady; No. white
clipped. CARROTS, 251t@25%.c.; No. white,
July, 2i1dl2bc.: do August and Septem-