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The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Animal Wars.

Twenty-Five years ago the mongoose,
the great enemy of snakes in India,
was imported into Jamaica to DESTROY
the rats which were devastating the
sugar-cane and other crops of the isl
and. Having exterminated the rats
the mongoos next attacked poultry and
all kinds Of game, as we'll as snakes,
lizards and turtles, and finally even
began to feed upon sugar-cane, banan-
as, pineapples, etc. But at length, ac-
cording to the account recently pub
lished by Prof. Duerden, of Jamaica.
the tables were turned against the in
yader. What its larger foes could not
accomplish seems to have been done
by ticks and other small insects. The
natural enemies of these pests having
been driven off by the mongoos the
ticks multiplied enormously, until
even human beings suffered from their
attacks. The little pests then fastened
upon the mongoos, which within the
past few years has notably diminished
in numbers. And now, as the mongoos
gradually disappears, the snakes, birds
and lizards are beginning to return.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

woman of 45. And now, she said, Il want
to give you little advice. have been
almost at deaths door with liver trouble
After the doctor had done all that he could
for me told him not to come again.
showed him bottle of Paine's celery com.
pound and told him l was going to give
that fair trial. As result 1 am strong
and WE'LL.
II sent right over to tie drug store and
got bottle of Paine's celery compound
and when had taken two bottles the sore
ness had left my stomach and my side felt
much better. After l had taken four bot
ties my side was much stronger, and l was
in better spirits and felt as though [ might
live and not be in such misery. Working
people nowadays work the vitality all out
every week, and all | ask is to be able to
earn the money have to every week.
"Paine's celery compound has enabled
me to do this, and has done me more good
than all the doctors PIT together.
"Wby, my nervous system is so entirely
strengthened that | feel like a new being,
and what is more, | look the good the medi-
cine has done me, right in my face and
eyes. Just tell all poor women for me that
for medicine to build one up, give Paine's
celery compound a fair trial, and if it dce3
not do it, then they mi ht as well de- [
have recommended II 10 several and it hal
helped in every case. | have great ell
to worry me, aud dose of the COMPOUND
II any one wishes to write me they can d
SO"
Why should sick person do anything
else but try bottle of Paines celery COM
pound
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

There was never remedy so eminently
successful, SO far above and beyond all
competition, as Paines celery pound.
Paine's ce'ery compound efI, cts marvel
Gus cures.
Where other remedies mserably fail
and where doctors do not succeed, there
Paines celery compound is found curing
disease, making people we'll and happy.
Here is the case of Mrs. Half, who lives
at lao Summer Ave., Newark, n. j., and
whose portrait is printed here:
"My, DOCTOR" she says, "called my dis.
nervous dyspepsia, and almost every other
name you could think of. When | was In
Portland, Ore, had enlargement of the
liver, and the doctor thought all the troubles
came from that severe spell of illness. That
was II years ago, and l have done nothing
but doctor ever since. | have had the best
physicians examine me, and see if they
could do anything for me. For months at
time my stomach and liver have been so
sore that [ could lie in bed only in misery,
and with such severe pain in my back, and
SO weak that l could hardly talk.
after l had bad night I would send
for the doctor, and he would leave me a
small box of powders and one or two other
medicines, and it would cost me "a every
time | had one of these spells believe /
have taken more medicine than any other
living woman.
LAST March | had call from a lady
friend of mine, who asked me, What is
the matter with your | replied by saving,
How well you look!' Yes she said. I
never felt SO we'll in my life She is a
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
The i" 500 Canal"

The 800 Canal" a familiar colo
oulaI designation for the Sault Ste.
Marie Canal, connecting the waters o.
Lakes Superior and Huron, is famous
in the history of canals and canal build
ing. Begun in 1855, by the State of
Michigan, it was subsequently trans
ferred to the United States Govern
ment. since which time very great i'm.
nroyements have been made. One lock,
said to be the largest in the world, Is
over 500 feet long and so feet wide,
with a lift of 20 feet. A much larger
lock was projected and is now nearing
comnletion on the site of one made in
1s55 the later structure being 1000
feet long. 100 feet wide and II feet
deem. The Importance of this canal to
lake navigation may be judged from
the fact that it transports every year
n larger tonnage than the Suez Canal,
hatveen the Mediterranean and Red
seas In the census year it bore %.
600 900 bushels of wheat, 100000 tons
of iron ore, 65000,000 feet of lumber
and great quantities of coal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
travellers dogs, though the balloons

travellers dogs, though the baboons
were ready to fight with any creature
that attacked them, man only except.
ed; and he owed his exemption solely
to the fact that the balloons could not
often gain a point of vantage.
The naturalist himself was once
stoned out of pass In a very few min
utes by these creatures, who sprang
upon ledges ard stones, looked down
for few seconds on the valley. growl-
ing, snarling and screaming, and then
began to roll down stones with so
much yigor and adroitness that the in
truders took to fight. The balloons evil
IDENTIFY knew the value of cooperation,
for the naturalist saw two of them
combine their efforts in order to set a
particularly heavy stone rolling. One
monkey. bent on making the most of
his missile was seen to carry stone
up a tree, that he might hurl it with
greater effect.
On the occasion when the dogs at
tackled the balloons, the baboons were
crossing valley, and as usual during
a march, the females and young were
In the center, the males heading the
column and bringing up the rear. AS
the dogs rushed upon them, only the
females took to flight.
The males turned and faced the en-
emy, growing, beating the ground
with their hands, and opening their
mouths, so as to show their glittering
teeth. They looked so fierce and ma
licious that the dogs-Arab grey
hounds, accustomed to fight success
fully with hyenas and other beasts of
prey-shrank back. By the time they
were encouraged TO renew the attack,
the whole herd had made their way,
covered by the rear guard, to the rocks
one six months old monkey alone ex-
cepted.
This little monkey sat on rock, sur
rounded by the dogs, but he was not
long left in his perilous position. An
old baboon stepped from a cliff near
by, advanced toward the dogs, keep
ing them in check by threatening ges-
lures and sounds, picked up the baby
monkey and carried it to a place of
safety on the cliff, while the whole
crowd of balloons watched the act of
heroism and shouted their battle-cry.-
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A CRITIC CORRECTED.
He Was on the Right Track, but Did Not
Go Far Enough.

he Was on the Right Track, but Did Not
Go Far Enough.
1t had been very bad attempt at au-
thorship, and the actor who had made
the venture into literature was sensible
enough not to quarrel with the unfavor.
able verdict Of the audience. It was
hard to admit that his genius was at
fault, but he did so with a good grace
and without reservation.
"I-er-I suppose you saw that COM
edy of mine?' he was saying to friend.
eyes, saw it. J."
In looking over the house I was
forced TO the conclusion that a great
many people were missing it, and l was
afraid you might be one Of them. -
'No. l staid till the very end."
1T wasn't very hilarious occasion,
was it?''
Not very, must admit It may be
that I didn't catch the spirit of the
thing. L hear so much about the density
of audiences that I suspect it was due
to my own lack Of appreciation that I
couldn't get enthusiastic. But some of
it was undoubtedly your fault You
misled me. "
"HoW?"
"You told me it was going to be- a
funny play"
That's what get for trying to be a
prophet. ! was sure it had all the symp-
toms when l started in with it. I re-
garded it as masterpiece of efferves-
cent hilarity.'
"You were wrong. That was the great
difficulty with the piece-it was too
somber. You must pardon my frank
ness, but that performance was positive
ly gloomy
My boy. you don't speak advisedly.
Your comment may be justified by your
point Of view, but it doesn't cover the
ground. "
81 had one of the best seats in the
house. "
But you should have been with me,
up Oh the stage, where you could watch
the audience. Then you would realize
that gloomy isn't the word. 1t was Sc
Dulchral ''-EXchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Seeing Rfght-Side UD.


The lenses of the eye produce on the
retina an inverted image of objects
looked at, and the question is often
asked, "Why do things appear right
side up when their images are wrong
side up?" 1t occurred to Mr.. Stratton,
of the University of California, to try
the effect Of preventing the inversion
of images on the retina. This was ac-
complished by means of an optical in
strument which excluded from the
eyes all light except that which passed
through the instrument itself. The in
strument was adjusted to the eyes at
8 o'clock one afternoon, and was not
removed Except at night, when the
eyes we're bandaged) until noon the
next day. At first, to the person whose
eyes were thus treated, everything
seemed topsyturvy and illusory, and
the mind instinctively tried to imagine
objects to be in the position in which
they ordinarily appear. After a time,
however, the feeling of the unreality of
what was seen passed away, and the
person experimental on even began to
imagine everything that lay outside his
field of vision to be arranged in the
same way as what he saw. This goes
TO show that habit and experience
counteract the effect Of the inversion of
images In the eyes.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
The HARsoR LIGHTS OF HOME.
I set my shalIop GA youth = shining sea

set my shallop GA youth X shining sea
That smiled mp et the sun.
"Hurrsb!" / cried. From homo a rover free,
Iii breast Hses waves alone
And storm and night seeneti faint and far away
And old wives hints Of wreck,
Like fairy tales, the while the sunshine Law
Like gold upon the deck.
But when upon the canvas Of the cloud.
Ink black in onward rush
And boarsely mouthing of the thunder loud
The Jagged lightning's brush
Limncd me my folly with each vivid stroke,
Then, in the driving foam
And st1ngiDg spindrift as the tempest broke,
"HoMel Eome!' l cried. "My horne!''
And through the inky curtain of the gale
There comes thread of light,
And DER the Sitting of the useless sail
Home voices cheer the night
For, see! Across the outer bar that lies
Smothered in creamy foam
There shines the welcome of a woman's eyes,
The harbor lights of homel
j. L. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee."
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Baboon Soldiers.

Man is not the only animal who car.
ries on his warfare by means of or.
ganized bands, and calls in the forces
of nature to assist him. The German
naturalist and traveller, Brehm, wit
messed In Central Africa fights that
were conducted in as orderly c, man.
ner as if the warriors had been really
men, instead of only somewhat liks
them in form.
The actors In the play were balloons.
and their enemies were In one case the
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
OLD PRACTICAL JOKES.
Scene of Confusion in King Georges
Court.

Scene of Confusion in King Georges
Court.
A practical joke may be defined as
one In which merriment is produced or
sought not by words but by action,
practiced upon a fellow-creature- com
monty an offensive or annoying action.
Even if harmless, it holds mp the suf-
ferer to ridicule, and intelligent human
beings do not need to be told that such
conduct is reprehensible.
But if the joke be we'll contrived,
sufficiently humorous in idea md neat
ly executed, we do not care so much as
we should If it fell under the ''practi-
cal' class. Who would not have liked
to be present at the royal masquerade
when Heidegger, master Of the revels
to George H., was confronted by his
double?
The Duke Of Montagu had obtained
a cast Of the great mans face. From
this he caused a wax mask to be fash
ioned and colored. Heidegger's tailor
supplied a fac simile Of the new and
gorgeous dress he was to wear, and
the duke engaged an actor to play the
part. He told the band, at the last mo-
ment, to strike up Charley Over the
Water at His Majesty's appearance
instead of "God Save the King"
They hesitated. But it was indubi-
tably Heidegger-features, voice,
clothes, and also imprecatiOns when
the conductor demurred. So the king
heard that reasonable air, perhaps for
the first time, on entering. We can
family imagine the tumult. Heldeg-
ger rushed to the band, struck the con-
ductor, set him playing God Save the
King" and rushed back to apologize.
Next moment he returned to the or
chestra, equally furiOus-that is, his
double eturned-ordering the band to
resume Charley Over the Water"
and the bewildered musicians obeyed.
There was never such scene in the
presence Of royalty.
The officers of the guard in attend
ance made a dash at the band with
swords, but those in the secret blocked
the way. Heidegger, dancing round
the king, made inarticulate protesta-
tions and excuses, whilst His Majesty
stormed and threatened, making for
the door. The situation became peril
GUS So the counterfeit stepped for
ward crying, with passionate indigna-
ton. Sire, the devil has taken my like
ness to undo me! Look at himn'
Heidegger saw his double, gasped,
gibbered and fell senseless. One may
think that longer and more compli-
Gated business" might have developed
from such an ingenious hoax, but for
d dramatic situation of its class this
could not be beaten.
In some parts OF South America good
foik store all the glass and crockery
broken In the twelvemOnth, and at car
nival time put it into sack attached
to the lofty balcony by n stout cord,
not quite long enough to reach the
ground. When a desirable victim pass
es beneath, the sack is quietly let go
to be stayed, with a hideouS crash,
upon his very heels. 1t is credibly re-
ported that foreigners unprepared for
this lest have tumbled headlong at the
shock and others have taken to their
beds with an attack of fever. These
are rare triumphs.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
HORSE POW ER.

The horse mas wonderful muscular
mower but will suffer great deal at times
with nervous attacks if not properly
groomed and stabbed This illustrates that
a great deal of neuralgia is caused by im-
nrudence and results from shock from cold
70 tbe nervous organism in parts most ex-
nosed tn the cold. Hence, neuralgia Is SO
aften & an an affiiction of the head, face and
neck, as they are frequently hhad'y pro
tected against intense cold Inc ond nds t6e ol
warmth to the afflicted part impaired by
the use of St. Jacobs Oil, together with the
soothing and strengthening influence OF the
remedy, lull The pain and quickly restore
good healthful condition of The nerves,
curing even the worst cases.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
How Fast Can bucks Fly?

While measuring the height and We
locity Of clouds recently, Messrs. Clay
ton and Ferguson, Of the Blue Hill
Observatory, observed flight of ducks
passing across their base-line in the
Neponset River valley. With their
theodolites they succeeded in measur-
ing the height of the ducks above
ground, 95S feet, and subsequent obser-
vations enabled them to calculate the
velocity Of flight Of the birds, which
was about 47.8 miles per hour.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A Gigantic Pear-Tree.

A famous pear tree, which had lived
nearly six centuries, near Toulon, was
destroyed recently by a violent wind
storm. The trunk was nearly twelve
feet In circumference. Monsieur Cha
baud, the proprietor of the ground on
which the tree stood, after correspond
Ing with nearly all the botanical So
cieties In Europe, could learn Of no
pear tree equal In size and age to this
one
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A Second Experience.
There Will BE No Doubt as TO What
Physicians VIII BE Called in Future
by Irs. Hurlbert.
From the Republican, Fresno, Gail

Physicians VIII BE Called In Future
by Mrs. Hurlbert.
From the Republican, Fresno, Gail
An interesting case comes from
Kingsburg, in Fresno County, Califor-
MIA. Mrs. Matte Hurlbert tells her
own story, and as she is lady who is
well and favorably known and we'll
worthy of credence, it vii be found in
teresting:
While l was living in Fresno City
IN 1693," Mrs. Hurlbert said, shortly
after the birth of what was then my
youngest child. / began to lose all
strength aud vitality, and was in a
very serious condition. DR.. Hayden of
Fresno, had been attending me, but his
efforts to help me proved unavailing,
and l was gradually growing worse,
though l tried all the doctors and rem
edies within reach. One day heard
OF DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, and l also read an advertise
ment about these pills in newspaper,
and made up my mind to give them a
trial as a dernier resort. | at once
procured supply. and took them ac-
cording to rule until had used four
boxes. By that time l was so much
improved in every way that I could
do my own housework and was in ex-
uberant spirits at my returned health.
[ felt splendidly until one year and a
half ago when another baby was born,
and l was taken just as before, and
brought very low again. The attend
ing physician feared that my illness
this time would result seriously, but
ne was not able to help me, so l again
turned to DIR. Williams remedy, and
after taking two boxes was up and
about my work again. l shall always
keep Pink Pills in my house from this
time ON, and shall turn to them alone
for medical comfort i'll the time of i'll
ness.
(SigneD Matte Hurlbert.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain,
in condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build up
the blood, and restore the glow of
health to pale and sallow cheeks. In
men they effect radical cure in all
cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excesses of whatever nature
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in
loose bulk at 80 cents a box or six
boxes for So. so, and may be had of all
druggists, or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec.
tady, N. Y.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
tncIslly able TO carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
NALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Transmission of Electric Powe,


The worldwide renown Of Niagara
Falls has lent peculiar distinction to
the great electric power plant recently
installed there, but the American Ma
chinist says that sin so for as the Nj
agara plant is a long-distance one the
work done up to date has been sur
passed in several instances, both in the
distance covered and the amount Of
power transmitted" Many of the
greatest electric power plants are
among the Rocky Mountains and on
the Pacific coast. At Fresno, Cal, a
reservoir on the brow of a nearby
mountain supplies the heaviest head Of
water yet used for such a purpose,
1,400 feet, and the power is distributed
over distance Of thirty-five miles. In
some of the Western installations the
water, after serving Its purpose in
generating electric power, is utilized
for irrigating land.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A THERMOMETERS FREE.

WARMERS SAFE CURE Co. of Rochester, \. Y :,
are sending ont limited number of accurate
spirit thermometers graduated from 20 degrees
below zero TO 120 degrees above and mounted
On heavy 4 X inch card board, in red aud
; cents In stamps to pay postage. To be sure.
his Tree distribution is intended to advertise
the celebrated Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
he thermometer will be found to be u useful as
gell ornamental article for the home or office
and well worth the little trouble and expense
Of sending for it.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Music for the Deaf.

At a meeting of the Royal Society in
December Prof. McKendrick describ-
ed method by which it was possible
to stimulate electrically the sensory
nerves Of the skin $50 that some Of the
elements of music rhythm and intensl-
ty-might be perceived and even enjoy
ed by those who had become deaf"
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
Animals Imitatiu0 PIauts

Not long ago Prof. Verrill exhibited
to the members Of the National Acad-
emy Of Sciences In New York some
beautiful examples Of mollusks, dwell
ing in the Sargasso Sea, that initiate
not only the seaweed among which
they live, but even the parasitic
growths found upon the weeds.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

Prof. Simon Newcomb, in q recent
paper, discussed the question Of stellar
distances. He said the stars of small
magnitude were evidently not as re-
mote from the earth as their faintness
would indicate, and this fact seemed to
warrant the Inference that the visible
universe has a definite limit in space
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A Cyclists Wants.

Customer see that you advertise to
supply cyclists with necessary parts to
replace those lost or damaged by acci-
dent
Cycle Dealer-Yes, sir.
Customer (taking out his list)-Well,
please give me two fingers and thumb
for a gentleman of so, decent sort of
nose for a girl Of 10, left leg for my
mother-in-law, two right and three left
ribs for myself, and please just send a
man up and measure my wife for a
broken neck. She HASN'T got it yet, but
she's getting there. Pearson g Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

ALI Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light coiored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. - Tea Garden DripS" is made from
sugar Cane and is strictly pure. Itis for sale by
irst-class grocers in cans only. Manufactured
oy the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP Co. All genuine
= Tea Garden Drips' have the manufacturers s
lame lithugraphed on every can.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

The Canary islands have a peculiar
plant known as the fountain tree, which
contains receptaoles for the collection of
rain. Several gallons of water are often
found in one Of these natural pitchers
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A Pertinent Query.

Deacon Johnson-Do yo' fink yo'
kood support nah daughter eff yo' n,sT-
ried her?
Jim Jackson-Suttingly
Deacon Johnson-Hab yo' ebber seen
her eat?
Jim Jackson-Suttingly.
Deacon Johnson-Hab yo' ebber seen
her eat when nobody was watchin her?
New York Tribune
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
A Reflection on Her Age.

"That prim Miss Passay is mad
enough to bite me. :"
whats the matter?"
"Why, she has just joined the new
society that believes that human i'm
pressions are mainly derived through
the sense Of smell.
"Well?"
We'll, l suggested that she was a
scentenarian. "-Cleveland Plain Deal
or
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

Prussia has had. including the pres
ent king, who is also German emperor,
seven kings. The royal house of Bohen-
zollern was established by Frederick
William of Brandenburg in 1901.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22

The mosquitoes found in swamps and
damp woods are generally more bril-
liantly colored than those varieties
which frequent human habitations
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-22
DON'T GIVE WAY TO DESPAIR,

Although you have suffered for long time
from malaria dyspepsia. kidney trouble,
nervousness or bilinuSne-s Know that Hos
letters Stomach BitterS has cured worse cases
than yours, and is potent to help you as it has
helped hosts OF Others. But alwavs remem-
Der that trite saying, DELAYS are dangerous"
Mole hills grow to be mountains ia conse-
quence of disregarding it, Check disease at
the outset with this Incompatible defensive
medicine