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The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

The marriage of Miss Virginia Rouse
to Mr. David Lee, the secretary of her
father, was solemnized secretly in New
York, then the forgiveness of Mr..
Rouse was speedily obtained, and the
episode brought up to the real point
of interest. the breaking of the news
to Mrs. Rouse. 1t is most unfortunate
that time was chosen for this ordeal
when Mrs. Rouse was standing close to
d quantity of bric-a-brac. 1t Is true
that she gave all this portable prop
erty, or at least as much as she could
reach, to Mr.. Lee, but it came so fast
that its value as Il wedding gift con-
siderably and rapidly deprecated.
Mr.. Lee appears to have been much
struck by the rare generosity Of his
mOther-in-law and a few more rare
vases which he had been unable to
dodge. But as Mrs. Rouse finally add
ed her reluctant blessing it turned out
that family harmony was about the
only thing in the house that remained
unbrOken.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
HOMEGROWN Beef.

Since the monopoly of the beef-ship-
ping business by Chicago millionaires,
it has been almost impossible for farm
ers to find home butchers willing to
purchase their homegrown beef prod
uct. Yet steer or heifer beef fattened
at home is better than beef brought by
rail many miles, and kept for weeks,
hands of the meat retailer
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
KeeDiuo Hogs ia Baruyariis.

We once knew Il farmer who would
not keep hogs. He was prejudiced
against pork as unhealthful and
against the hog as being an especially
uncleanly animal. 1t Is true. as he
used often to say, that no other farm
stock will eat hay or other fodder that
a hog has nosed over or has trampled
upon. But that is itself no good rea-
son for discarding the hog. One of
his best uses is to keep in the barn
yard. or rather in that part of it which
has the manure pile. OF course, no
other farm stock would be fed here.
If cattle are fed grain of any kind, or
if horses are fed whole oats. the hog
will get much of his living from the
grain passed whole in their excrement.
In doing this he will add his own drop
pings both liquid and solid, to the pile.
and thus convert it into much more
effective manure than the farmer can
get without the labor Of turning over
and composing the manure pile.-Ex-
change
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Color Blindness Increasing.


"Color blindness is on the increase"
says New York optical expert. The
causes of this defect in vision that
may be otherwise perfect are not very
well understood. 1t would seem shat
the use of tobacco had good deal to
do with it. l have examined a great
many for color blindness, having on
several occasions been employed by
railroad companies to do SO, and in
every instance where the man exam
ined was found to be color blin,1 he
was a user of tobacco Women are
seldom afflicted in this way, hence it
must be caused by something that
men do which women do not. What
cases exist among women will be found
to be inherited from male ancestors.
have never known a woman TO be
color blind whose father was free from
the defect. l am a smoker, and my
perceptions of color are unusually
good, so that it is not impossible that
Il man may use tobacco without such
an effect, but l believe a large proper
tiOn of the cases are caused by to-
baccO"
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
THE CONFESSION.
Once l was a youngster happy,
Not shred of care | knew;

Once l was youngster happy,
Not shred of care l knew;
Mirth was ever on the tapis,
Winged with joy the moments flew
If l had heart ii never
Was the kind inclined to "loye,"
And the meaning of forever"
Was a thing l dreamed not of.
How | scorned my cousin Polly.
Nothing but a girl!' | said;
How | Knocked at melancholy,
Moony, spoony brother Ned!
But the height of my abhorrence
Was a chap who went around,
Quoting verses to ''his Florence"
With his eyes upon the ground. /
i
Woe for all my olden revels!
Mirth and joy-alack day!
Now I dance with the ''blue devils
If she looks the other way.
She.-my heart is limp as vellum j
When | touch her tiny glove,
And there naunts my cerebellum
"Love forever''-ever 'lovev'
But-tO direst alteration0
lawful irony of fate9
l. who from exalted station
Made such mockery but late,
Now-(and this my pen rehearses
With abasement most profOund),
Love to wander, quoting verses,
With my eyes upon the ground.
Detroit Free Press. 4
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

If the Emperor of Russia and the
German Emperor really believed in
the divine right of kings, they ought
to unite to put upon the throne of Con-
stantinOple the rightful heir thereto.
Such an heir exists, in the person of a
direct descendant of Constantine, and
of the Comnenus, NicephOrus and Pal
aeologus families-uniting in one in
dividual the claims of all three dyn-
asties. Surely, from the Old-fashiOn-
ed point of view. the title of such a
claimant should be deemed valid.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

A traveller tells funny story about
the neat capture of two thieves which
he and his companions effec-el in a
small town near the City of Mexico.
They had one of the wing rooms of
the inn, into which doors opened from
the patio and the yard. The up,,er
part of each door was arranged Nene-
tian-blind fashion. for transom venti-
latiOn. Early in the morning they
We're awakened by slight noises. and
saw, at each door, Il dirty. yellow hand
on a long arm searching downward
for the lock. His companion nit npon
the plan of trapping the knayes with
an old lariat lying on a table. They
loOped each end of it and silently snar-
ed the two wrists; then pulled the rope
taut, knOtted it, and left the thieves
dangling outside the doors. The stoi-
cal fellows uttered no sound, strug-
CLING vainly to sever their bonds with
long. ugly knives. The travellers en-
joyed the situation, and went back to
bed. At daybreak the landlord found
the rascals and set up a howl that
brought the whole town in an uproar
TO see the Indians, iattencd against
the doors, utterly unable TO gct loose.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

In spite of prohibitory laws. duelling
is still much in vogue in Italy, so as
indeed, actually 10 figure in the vital
statistics as Il cause of death. Be
tween 1879 and 1895 no less than 3,444
duels were fought, 800 of them be-
ing with sabers. A total of 4,475
wounds were inflicted, no less than 40
of them causing death. 1t is signifi-
cant that the greatest number take
place in hot weather, and the least in
winter. There is evidently some rela-
tionship between the state of the
weather and that of the blood, or the
famDpr
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Keen an Account.

1t is to be regretted that there are
not more farmers who initiate the ex-
ample of farmer in Vermont who
kept a close account Of what it costs
him to manufacture and sell butter
After considerable bookkeeping with
respect to his dairy herd, he found
that he made butter at cost of 131a
cents pound. How many farmers
are there who have been making but
ter for years. who know with anything
like reasonable accuracy what it costs
to make it, or whether the manufacture
has been any profit to them?
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
raging Grape Vines.

The advantage of spraying grape
vines is not alone in preserving fruit
from mildew and rot. Even when
these are not present on vines unspray-
ed, close examination Of the leaves
will show patches of brown, beginning
early In the summer, and gradually
spreading during the season. The ripen-
ing both of fruit and of this years
growth of wood depends on the vigor
and healthfulness of the leaves during
the growing season. Whatever injuries
the leaves must by so much delay the
ripening of fruit and injure its quality.
Now that the Bordeaux mixture ap-
piled early in the season is known to
secure healthful foliage, there should be
no neglect in applying it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
National Bank Issue

According to the act of July II, 1882
national banks having a capital stock
of $150,000 or less might deposit bonds
to the amount of one-fourth their cap
ital stock, this making the lowest
amount permitted, or S12,500 on the
minimum capital of $4,000. Upon this
deposit of bonds the Comptroller of the
Currency issues to the banks as de-
manded by them circulating bank notes
TO an amount not exceeding so per cent
Of the par value of the bonds. The
limit of the notes that may be issued
to bank is 90 per cent of it's capital,
if not in excess of S500,000; 80 per cent
If over 100000, but not more than ST.
100000; IS per cent il over $1,000,00O
but not more than S3,000,000 60 per
cent if over 100000 capital.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Only Large silos Are Profitable.

The silo depends on entire exclusion
of air for the preservation Of its con-
tents 1t is filled with vegetable matter
and carbonic acid gas, which, being
heavier than air, excludes it's entrance
from above. But if there is any leak
below through which the smallest par
ticle of air can reach the ensilaGe, it
VIII rot so far as the air extends. There
Is always more or less rot AROUND the
edges of Silos and at the top. But this
top loss is prevented by covering with
some worthless material, which will
rot and preserve the ensilage below. 1t
is not practical generally to make silo
for less than four or five cows, as the
waste of feed in the small silO will be
too great proportionally.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
What Grain Chaff Is For.

In it's wild state the chaff of grain
served a very important purpose in
shielding it from too early sprouting,
which with all kinds Of grain would
insure It's destruction by the ensuing
winter. If a head of wheat, rye or
barley or Of Indian corn is exposed to
the weather all winter some of it's
grains will survive till spring or of
the winter grains will fall out in time
for the best seeding in fall. 1t is thus
that these grains were perpetuated in
the ages before man learned to cult
vate and care for them. Even now
heavily bearded grains are less like
ly to be injured by rotting in NOW Or
stack if the straw and grain are wet
Often in threshing the straw will be
rotted around the band, while the grain
protected by it's chaff is uninjured.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

All quarrels, mischiefs, hatred, and
destruction, arise from unadvlsed
speech, and in much speech there are
many errors, out of which thy enc
mics shall ever take the most danger
Gus advantage
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

An English steamer has left Calves
ton for Liverpool with Il cargo worth
one million dolIars-the largest loads
it is said, that ever left an American
port. The freight list was over seventy
thousand dollars.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
The SDeed Of Blood.

1t has been calculated that, assuming
the heart beats 50 tines a minute at or
dinary heart pressure, the blood goes
at the rate of 27O yards in a minute, or
seven miles an hour, 16S miles day,
and 81 ,320 miles year.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

Youths are often carefully taught
how TO perform the various duties of
their occupations, but seldom now 10
secure their performance by other peo-
pie; yet in most of the pursuits OF IRE
the one knowledge is as requisite as
the other
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

green food is superseded by dry the
change should be gradual. Cornstalks
do this very nicely When put up in
the fall they are-always more or less
damp from their natural juices, which
only slowly dry out during winter.
The worst constipation is from tim
othy or other meadow grass hay Clo-
yer is rather laxative than constipat-
ing All animals fed mainly on mead
ow hay should have small amount of
linseed meal or boiled whole fiaxseed
fed daily with few oats These will
keep the bowels in good condition, and
also give the animal sleek. shining
coat, which is the natural result Of
good health and good digestion.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

1t is said at Madrid that Weyler has
been ordered to bring the rebellion to
a decisive issue" He has received
these orders many times. but he has
not carried them out, because he can
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

An Easy Living.-"Where are you
working now, Nary" "Ain't working
nowheres. l am in business for my
self. | got a couple dozen ladies that
pays me a quarter a week to come
around and ask 'em for place, and it
makes the hired girl they got mad and
she won't leave Cincinnati Enquirer
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

No one can witness the life of great
and good man from day to day With
out imbibing something of its havor.
No one can hear the records of his life
without generating goodness more
than ever before
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

On an almost inaccessible knob near
Howesville, Ky, stands a gloomy old
house with stone walls of castlelike
thickness, only reached by a winding
path about the cliff.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

The Kinzua viaduct, near Alton, Pa.
was designed and finished in eight and
one-half months without the use Of
scaffolding or even single ladder. 1t
is 2.1O0 feet long and 300 feet high.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

1t is to be hoped that Alfred Austin,
who is only laureate. will not write
an ode to the memory of William Nor
ris, who was poet.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

Some farmers in Jersey are making
money by raising pumpkins at five dol
lars ton. Anybody can now see how
popular the pumpkin pie has become.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Late Fall Seeding with Timothy.

Late Eall SeeQIng with Timothy.
Wherever it is desired to permanent
ly seed land for meadow or pasture
timothy-and, in fact, all the grasses
will succeed better if sown in fall, even
though late, rather than in spring;
we have sown timothy seed up to the
time the ground freezes up, and have
had a better catch than could be got
by spring seeding There is some
growth of timothy whenever an open
spell of warm weather comes during
the winter. If the ground is covered
with deep snow the timothy roots
will make some growth under it. The
wheat sOwn late may winterkill, but
the grass will not, even when exposed
to frequent freezing and thawing. No
doubt the tiny plant is thrown out to
the surface, but it catches hold of the
loose. wet soil again and grows as rap
idly as ever when suitable weather
comes. On the other hand, the spring
sOwn grass seed barely gets rooted
before it is liable to be pinched by
droughts, and that, too, before it has
got deep enough root to withstand in
jury from this cause.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Care of Farm Roadsidea,

Much of the attractiveness of coun-
try scenery. and with it the farms and
country places it includes, depends on
having well-cared-for road-sides. This
subject is getting more thought from
farmers than it used to do. Because
the roadsides do not have to be titled
it is often thought they are the fair re-
ceptacle of whatever stumps, stones or
other material is unwelcome else
where. Whenever a farm has to be
sold whose owner takes this view of
things he is apt to discover his mis-
take. A row of maple trees far enough
from the roadside fence to allow
path for walking or bicycling is
paying investment for any farmer to
make. If he lives ten or fifteen years
these trees may be tapped, and having
plenty Of sunlight they will yield more
and better sap than he can get from
trees of equal size in the woods.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
stomachic Treatment by Electricity

StOmachic Treatment by Electricity
The application of electric current in
the treatment OF nervous diseases of
the stomach has always heretofore
been attended with both risk and dis
comfort 1t was necessary to apply
only small doses, which had TO be
under perfect control. Some expert
ments in France have demonstrated
that this can now be done. The cur
rent is applied directly to the affected
organ by means Of a special electrode,
which the patient passes into the stom-
ach. This consists of a rubber tube
1mm. thick, which has at its lower end
a vulcanite tip, and which contains a
conducting wire. The patient first
drinks two glasses of lukewarm wa
ter, and then the electrode Is intro
duced and attached to the negative
pole of the battery. From Is to 20
milliamperes of current are employed
for five minutes. The treatment has
been so successful that French electro
therapists now look upon it as one
of the standard treatments for nervous
disorders of the stomach and iDtes-
tines
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

A comparison of the musculas
strength of woman with that of man,
including every important group of
muscles from toe to crown, has been
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

Precious beyond price are good reso-
lutiOns. Valuable beyond price are
good feelings.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

Why is it that women think it neces-
sary 10 form club before they are
willing to appear in sensible clothes!
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
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SSSoe

''The Way of Marriage" is the title
of Miss Violet Hunts latest effusion.
Ian Maclaren's Yale lectures on
preaching are about to appear in book
form under the title 1.-The Cure of
Souls
Grant Allen is said to be doing
Paris for the first volume of his con-
cities of the world. Florence is his
next objective point.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, who declares
he has been driven out of Norway by
the hostility of his countrymen, will
spend the winter in Italy arranging
and editing his peasant lyrics.
John Lane, he of the Bodley Head.
and of the Yellow Book, and of the
Aubrey Beardsley boom, is about to
widen his sphere of action. He has
opened branch offices in New York and
Chicago.
Henry Seton Merriman, whose novel,
THE Sowers," is the literary fad OF the
moment in London, has written new
story called "Dross," which is to ap-
pear serially before being put into
| book form.
The victims of Nordaus "Degenera-
ton" are avenged. The scolding Max
has written a new novel called THE
Malady of the Century" and the story
turns out to be cumbersome, awkward,
ana devoid of art or invention. SO,
at least, the London critics say.
George W. Cable, the novelist of
Louisiana life, has issued the first
number of new magazine called the
Symposium. 1t is announced as
magazine for the home-"for the home
of the wide-open door"-and is pub
lished at Mr.. Cables Massachusetts
home, Northampton.
The Comprehensive Index to Uni.
versal Prose Fiction by Zella Allen
Dixson, librarian of the University of
Chicago, is an alphabetical arrange
ment O.. the titles of over 10000 novels
in all languages. The compiler has
limited herself to novels founded on
fact-in other words, to purpose novels
of whatever kind.
wv. G. Tirebuck is a Liverpudlian,"
says the London Literary World, "and
shares with Hall Caine, William Wat
son, Richard lie Gallienne, and hosts
of others the credit of giving that city
the reputation of producing more mod
ern writers of note than any other town
in the kingdom" 1t might have add
ed the name of Ian Maclaren.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is seldom seen
in society. She is 45. A native of Ho-
bart, in Tasmania she has lived in
England since the age of 5. As most
people know, she is a granddaughter
of the famous DR.. Arnold of Rugby.
AT the age of 21 she married Mr. Hum
phrey Ward, the art critic of the Times.
Her long residence at Oxford and her
essentially academical surroundings
explain good deal in her books.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16

How a man does hate to say any
thing that will please his wife!
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-16
Changing from Green to Dry Feed.

ChangihS frOn1 Ureeh TO Dry Feeu'
All farmers recognize that sudden
change in spring to green feed for
stock, after being used TO dry feed
all winter, is unwise. But when the
change is the reverse, the effect,
though perhaps more injurious, is apt
to pass unnoticed until loss of health
compels attention. A rough, staring
hide always shows that the animal is,
or has been, constipated. 1t is not
necessary to dose with physic to rem
edy this evil. That will purge the sys-
tenn violently, and be followed by
equally violent reaction. Whenever
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
MEXICO WANTS GOLD.

Big Inducements VIII BE offered Men to
Dig the Yellow Metal.
CITY OF MEXICO, Aug. 23--After a
long discussion Saturday the govern
ment agreed, in view of the rapid de-
probation of silver, to offer to gold
miners from all parts of the world
many inducements, including exemp-
ton from taxation, to come to Mexico
and seek gold. It is proposed to keep
the gold in the country by putting on
practically prohibitive export tax,
the federal treasury to receive the gold
bars at the price of Mexican dollars at
the current rate of exchange on the
CAV of deposit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
HE WRITES ON.

Poker Chip" "Oh, know you," said
the Whist Pack, you're true blue"
Gentlemen, and old friend of mine.
Come over here by me, Chip. Now, Gig
arctic, old man."
Setting his head upon the rim of the
receiver in more comfortable position
the Cigarette began:
1.-The first thing that 1 can remember
is the fact that l was one of a number
of very young leaves that were sup
ported by the parent stem of a flourish
ing tobacco plant that hourished on
the soil of a plantation way down in
Cuba. L was very proud in those days,
mainly, because my place was well Up
on our stem and L could see a great
deal more of the world than my broth
ers who occupied places lower down.
I'm this balmy climate thrived and
grew, Notwithstanding the fact we
were often neglected, by reason of the
rebellion that was and is now raging in
those parts You see, my owner was
rebel and as he held a high commits
sion, was often away for weeks at n
time.
Zone day, how well L remember it, we
were Weakened by the rush of many
feet about us; dreadful noises filled the
air, and we were so surrounded by
thick smoke we could hardly see. From
what L had cleaned by the slaves that
tended US, i knew in a moment that a
battle was raging.
THE din became louder; hoarse
shouts of command and cries of agony
filled the air; now and then thud up
on the ground would tell me that some
brave man had fallen. Many times we
came very near being trampled on and
crushed, but by some miraculous
chance we escaped serious injury
was just bending down to congratulate
| the stem for our escape, when with a
rush a battery of Maxims-I think tina t
| is the name-came numbering in our
| direction. 1 was conscious of being
| crushed down by the weight of a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
BEYOND THE VEIL.

Beyond the veil of flesh what lies
OF bliss supreme for you and me,
Awakening of glad surprise
To rapturous felicity?
Have we not seen a heavenly glow
Light up the pallid dying face?
Reflection radiant, We know
From some serener, brighter place;
And fancy it cannot be far
From where our loved and lost ones are.
We never shall forgotten be,
That beloved would linger near
In tenderness and sympathy;
Though glad, would grieve to our grief
Would comfort, counsel. as of yore,
Would quickly come to our relief
If 'twere permitted, as before.
Ali may they not, could we but see.
Be close beside both you and me?
In that unknown our anchor lies,
Our hope, our expectation there;
Our longing souls it satisfies
To dream of what we soon shall share;
To feel that just beyond the veil
That hides them all from you and me
Await friends that will not fail
Reunions of eternity;
That what but prophetic feel
The wells removal will reveal.
Anne H Woodruff, in Chicago Advance.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
NEW PENSION POLICY.
Men Who Were Confederates and After
ward Became Loyal Will Be Pens1oned.

Men Who Were Confederates and After
ward Became Loyal Will Be Pensioned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. eat is not i'm
probable that official announcement
will be made in a few weeks of a radi-
cal change in the present attitude of
the pension bureau towards pension
claimants who had confederate war
service. Under the present construc-
ton of the laws, any service in
the confederate cause, irrespective of
later service for the government, is a
bar to pensions. Commissioner of Pen
sions Evans believes that if a claimant
served in any capacity in the confeder-
ate service, but later deserted or left
it's ranks, enlisted in the union army,
served there and was honorably dis
charged, it would be an injustice to
refuse him a pension. He believes that
having performed honorable service in
the union army, the past service should
be overlooked.