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The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
TIE cENTlPEDE TURNED UP.
An AvesoIne PreseRtinient Drives a
New York Woman from
Arkansas.

New York woman, who lately
returned from the Arkansas hot
springs, is excited over what appears
to be a clever bit of foresight On the
part of her guardian angel. Some
time ago she went TO the springs in
search of relief from rheumatism, and
was conyalescing famously when she
suddenly had a presentiment that she
was to be stung by one Of the cent?
pedes that add to the attracts Of Ar
kansas resorts. There was no grCuad
for the conviction that haunted her.
She isn't nervous or fanciful woman.
and she had never seen centipede;
but she lived in mortal fear dav and
night. The physician said nerves.
and the woman reasoned with herself
and proved to herself q hundred ,l1e,es
a day that she was in no more danger
from centipedes than from tigers, but
all the same she couldn't shake off the
fear.
Everyone in the hotel knew of her
conviction and laughed at it. She
laughed at it herself in a tremulous
way. Finally the anxiety began to tell
upon her health, and her daughter in
sisted that, while there was no excuse
for the fear, it would be wiser for heI
to leave the place. The woman stout
ly said no. The water was curing her
rheumatism and she wouldn't be driver
away by an absurd fancy, but at last
one night she reached such a state OF
fear that she wakened her daughter
and said she was going away by the
midni ght train. She sentfor the porter
to take her trunk. When he arrived
she said:
John, let that trunk alone. I'm an
idiot, and I'm not going to allow my
foolishness to control me. won't CO."
The porter departed and the poor
woman dropped back into her chair.
white as a ghost.
i've signed my death warrant" she
said.
That was too much for the daughter,
who, being young woman Of some de-
termination, sent for the porter once
more, bundled her mother up, called
carriage, and took the midnight train
for New York, carrying a sheepish but
much-relieved mother with her. The
day after they reached here they had
letter from the proprietor of the
hotel. He wrote that an odd thing had
happened, and that it seemed so
strange that he couldn't resist writ
ing about it. The morning after their
hasty departure, q man went into the
room at nine o'clock and found, lying
just beside the bed, the largest cent?
pede that had ever been seen in that
neighborhood. There were screens in
the windows, and no one could offer
any explanation of the creatures pres
ence in the house; but there it was
lying, just where anyone, in getting
out of bed, would have put her foot
upon it.
The story isn't good hotel adver-
tisement, but is has made one woman
a firm believer IN presentiments.-
Y Sun
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
LIME FOR THE SOIL.

One form of lime, gypsum. has been
shown to be a most effective corrective
of black alkali, found in some parts of
the Uni: ed States.
IT is impossible to state definitely
for all loca tions and conditions what
form of lime is cheapest to use. Caus-
tic, or quicklime, is the most concen-
trated form and consequently the
most economical to handle.
Lime in the form Of carbonate of
lime, as in mari, wood ashes, etc., can
usually be applied with safety in the
spring or at any other season Of the
year, but autumn is always the safest
time to apply caustic or Stacked lime.
The use of lime as soil improver is
yerv ancient, and its value for this
purpose is generally recognized. Its
action as a fertilizer is both direct and
indirect. There are many soils in
which lime is deficient, notably in
soils derived from granite, mica schist,
and sandstone formations. On such
soils lime is of direct value in supply
ing a necessary element of plant food.
The frequency with which lining
should be practiced depends, among
other things, upon the character Of
the soil and the rate Cf application,
the number Of years involved in the ro-
tation practiced, the plants grown ana
their order Of succession. As gener-
al rule. it may be stated that from one-
half to one and one-half tons of lime
per acre every five or six years is suffi-
cient-Annerican Gardening.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Presbyterian board of foreign
missions has commissioned this year
80 new missionaries to the foreign
field.
Australia is to have a Catholic con-
gress about Easter time in 1900 on the
lines Of those held in Fribourg, Brus-
sells and other continental cities.
Some of the chaplains on American
vessels of war at Manila have begun
holding regular Protestant services in
private dwellings in the city of Manila.
These are the first Protestant services
in the Philippine islands.
The first time that Christian instruc-
tion in the Thibetan language was
given in Darchula in public was March
&c. The occasion was Children's day.
The leader was DR.. Martha Sheldon.
Every summer for 67 years the Meth
odists of New York and vicinity have
conducted revival services for a pc
riod of ten days at the famous camp
meeting grounds on Sing Sing Heights
ON the Hudson.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
THROUGH BLOCKADE TWICE.
Story of Havana Merchant Touch
ting Success of the Steamer
MOnt scrFat.

Senors 1. Gero and Enrique Fayo,
Cubans, were in Havana throughout
the war. Senior Gero, who is lead
ing business man cf the Cuban capital.
says: ''The poorer classes Of the peo-
PIE in Havana were better off during
the blockade than for many months
The Spaniards gave $1,000 free rations
TO the poor every day and il every
district or ward Of the city free lzitch-
ems were established, with both Cuban
and Spanish cooks. The blockade was
defective enough for several hundred
miles around the coast, but they could
not stop every ship laden with food
There was bound to be a slip some
where.
THE steamer Montserrat got
through the blockade twice, to my
knowledge, ard sold lots of food stuffs
Ito Havana merchants. Her cargo was
brought around by Cape San Antonio,
Jamaica, thence to Batabano, Cuba,
and overland to the capital by ~ail.
\ number of schooners from Mexico
with provisions for Havana managed
TO get their cargoes into the city by
this route. For some reason or other
the American warships allowed
French and English steamers to ply in
the tobacco trade at Sagua Lagrande
on the orthern coast. Every ten days
they would leave port and return reg
ularly to get another cargo Of tobacco,
and this they did during the Blockade
The men Of the Cuban commission
arrived in Havana harbor on the morn
ing Of September II, JUST as we were
leaving fer Key West, and l saw their
vessel entering. 1t was enc CT the
coldest receptions to foreigners I ever
saw. The reason for silence was the
fact that matters were in such an un-
settled condition that nobody seemed
to know whether to yell for the United
States or rot. But I can tell YOU there
will be great rejoicing and yelling in
Havana and other cities in Cuba if this
big free country determines to annex
the ;~1""d "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH,
Arctic-ExpIOrer GrceIy Tells of His
Rescue at Cape Sabine by
Capt. SchIey.

Gen. Greely tells, for the first time,
the details Of his awful winter at Cape
Sabine. Eighteen Of his party of
twenty-four explorers had perishea
from cold and starvation when Capt.
(now AdmiraD Schley, heading re-
lief party, rescued the survivors just
in the nick OF time. Summer crept
slowly on, but food came grudgingly,"
writes Gen. Greedy. Each worked to
the end, and even on the very morn
rome ever knew that death would that
day touch him. One after another
passed, and when mighty midsum-
mer gale from the south broke our
hitherto unterrified scientific oEserva-
tions, there were left seven wan spec
ters. There was not the physical
strength to raise the wind-struck tent,
and the end was in sight. Was it to
De life or death? 1t was foolish to
hope, for even now did not the mid
night sun. that marked midsummer,
from that very day (June ~ leave Us
with coming winter in inter darkness?
Had we seven. who were left, gone
through all those 278 days of suffer
ing amid these icy scenes for naught?
But fer all that there was stlolg
faith that this gale must favcr Ire
American ships that must be working
northward through the ice. Ard the
faith in country turned to reality 40
hours later. when our nations sailors
We'd in tender Offices and sympathy for
their comrades Of the army thus saved
from death. Ladies Home Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Small Enemies

Henry M. Stanley, in describing his
journey through the forests of Africa,
says that the most formidable foes he
encountered, those that caused the
greatest loss of life to his caravan ard
came nearest to defeating his expedi-
tion, were the Wambuti dwarfs. These
diminutiye men had only little bows
and arrows for weapons, so small that
they looked like children's playthings;
but upon the tip of each tiny arrow was
a drop of poison which would kill an
elephant or a man as surely and quickly
as rife. Their defense was by means
of poison and traps. They would steal
through the dense forest, and, waiting
in ambush, let fly their arrows before
they could be discovered. They dug
ditches and carefully covered them over
with sticks and leaves. They fixed
spikes in the ground and tipped them
with poison. Into these bitches and
on these spikes man and beast would
fall or step to their death. One of the
strangest things about it was that their
poison was mixed with honey. The ac-
count Of these small people and their
successful warfare influences one to re-
member the small enemies we all are
apt to encounter in habits, seemingly
harmless, but dangerous to welfare and
haDDiDeSS-Youfh'S COrnnariOn
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
AFTER TIE BALL HIT HIM.
Sensation of "a Soldier Shot ct Eel
Caney-An Age Before He Heard
Nan Swear.

First Lieut.. ". II. Wassell, Twenty
second United States infantry, writing
10 his parents in Pittsburgh, says: Il
was shot about four o'clock on the
afternoon of July / while storming I'll
Caney, northeast of Santiago. l was
looking through field glasses at Is,
time, and the ball cut through the
outer part of the little finger CT the
left hand joint next to the hand,
then through the palm of my hand,
out Just below the index finger, then
in the cheek about half an inch from
the left corner of my mouth. back
through my mouth, taking several
back teeth, downward through my
neck, still downward and toward my
spine, coming out about halfway down
my back, and about four inches from
my spine. ! haven't a bone broken. [
can swallow. and, thank God, l am
strong, and, aside from possible scar, l
Will be no worse off.
81 will never forget the sensation of
heing shot We had been under fire all
day-the hottest rain of bullets that
men ever went up against. The Span
iards were ali intrenched. They shot
us from behind their earthworks,
blockhouses, trees and church towers
All at once it seemed as if | was lifted
Up from the ground and whirled round
and round, CHI, so terribly fast. never
lost consciousness during the sensa-
ton. felt myself going. but l seemed
to realize that if 1 let myself go it
would be all over, so l took a brace,
and after what seemed an age Of this
whirling l was dropped to the ground.
Then it seemed as if no one would no
tice that had been hit.
at seemed an age before I heard
man swear and say: They have hit
Lieut.. Wassell.' He picked me up to
carry me down behind the crest of the
hill, and what a storm Of bullets the
poor fellow got as he raised me. |
didn't know how badly l was hurt, but
from the blood gushing from my mouth
and the pain in my back where the
bullet had left me, I imagined | was
in it pretty badly. Capt. Lochinvar
came 10 me, and / remember telling
him [ did not know whether I
was done for or only scared to death.
One Of the men dressed me as well as he
could with my first-aid bandages, and
/ lay under a tree until about six
o'clock. About that time some of the
Spaniards began a riot On the other
side Of me, and for little while the
bullets from friend and foe whirled'
over me and struck near me. About
sundown, the firing having ceased, I
was carried about a mile to the bridge
hospital. Here | was dressed. The
doctors were worked to death, and did
their best.
"All night and all the next day our
hospital was fired upon by Spaniards.
Toward the evening of the second day
L was put in a wagon and taken about
three miles to the division hospital,
which l left in the morning Of the Sd 10
go to Siboney. Twelve of Us rode in
the ambulance. 1t was good ten-mile
ride over the most abominable road.
That night they put me on board the
Cherokee for Key West hospital. L
didn't want to go, but it was not
matter of argument" Providence (R.
J) Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
New DoTfs.
J.) Journa

The shirt waists, and handsome odd
waists, have brought the belt into an
enviable positio-- Of elegance. Some Of
the recently-imported models are
worthy the prices demanded, since
they are of exquisite workmanship
and of the most artistic conception
Of form and colorings. The new
buckle is quite large, but broad rather
than high, invisibly closing and ex-
tending well across the front Of the
girdle. Gilt, steel and pearl are hand
somely wrought, but the newest and
most beautiful are in oXidizcd, enam-
elled, copper and antique effects.
Canoes cut from lava, or the shell of
the female cameo, are cut in high re-
lief, usually a single medallion, and
set in elaborate Moorish, Byzantine,
Venetian, Egyptian or East Indian
buckles. showing enamels of truly
wonderful colorings, considering that
they are not classed with iewelry
proper These buckles are used with
silk webbing or velvet belt straps,
from one to two inches in width, and
of any color shown in nature or con-
ceived by ingenious art.-Boston Her
q RI
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

1t .-Pokerley-'D you
believe in luck?" Whose
deal is it?"-N. Y. journal.
"Auntie. has kitty got pins in her
toes?' Il suppose So" Don't YOU
wish they were safety-pins ?'-Truth.
MY wife is always asking for
money" ''What does she Go with it ~
Doesn't do anything with it. don't
give it to her. Boston Beacon.
The Czar-'Have you sent out my
universal peace maEifesto?" Chan
cellor-''Yes, sire" "Then let us take
Up the estimates CT our improved
army AMI navy equipment."-Life.
Ever try electricity for your rheu-
matism, Uncle Josh?' should say 1
did. l was struck by lightnin' two diff
ferent times, and my rheumatic seemed
ter thrive under it.'-Detroit Free
Press.
These French army officers are
very polite people" said the girl who
has Travelled. yes" answered Miss
Cayenne. ''Ihey would put an inno-
cent man in Jail to avoid hurting a
friends feelings."-Washingt on Star.
Papa" said Tommy Tredway,
"Now, Tommy" replied Mr.. Tredway,
''1-shall answer only one more question
today. So be careful what you ask
"Yes, papa" "Well, 60 on "Why
don't they bury the Dead sea p
Household Words
I do not hate you, child" protested
the Woman in the Case. CT Cases. The
other was mere slip Of a girl, or at
most slip and threequarters, but she
had the feelings Of her sex; and she
quivered with rage. The conceit Of
her!" she hissed. "Ta think herself
prettier than 1 ami" For the gist of
remark is often in its Implications
Detroit Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Odd Bits of Information Which May
BE Found OF Value to
HOusekeepers.

Cherry vinegar is highly esteemed
by many bon yivants, and now is the
time to make it. Pour over two quarts
of sour cherries, lightly mashed, one
quart of good cider or white-wine vine
gar. Put in an earthen bowl and set in
a cool place for two days. Then strain
through a muslin bag, and to each pint
of liquid add three-quarters of a
pound of sugar and let it boil IS min
utes. Then strain, set aside to cool
and bottle. A little of this added to 4
glass half filed with cracked ice makes
a cooling summer beverage.
Among the pretty curtains for door
ways in the summer are the Indian cot
ton prints in wool effects. These have
palm-leaf patterns, and at little dis
tance take Oh the appearance of a fine
cashmere shawl. A cotton curtain of
some sort should always accompany
the voyageur or the guest at the sum-
mer hotel. With light portiere hung
over the doorway. the door may be left
open to get the benefit of all the ali
that is stirring.
Currant ice made of the fresh fruit
is a beautiful color, and is frequently
more acceptable than the creams. To
prepare it, soak a tablespoonful of
gelatin half an hour in enough cold
water 10 cover it. Pour over it a half
pint of granulated sugar, one of cur
rant juice, one of cold water and the
juice of one lemon. Freeze and pack
In case of sunstroke, when the face
is red and the head and body hot and
dry, remove the clothing at once,
bathe the body, face and head in ice
water and lay ice in towels on head and
neck, or remove to a private place,
strip, lay on wire mattress and sprin-
llle with ice water from a watering
pot
Cheese sandwiches are excellent to
serve with the salad course at dinner
or appetizing for the picnic basket.
Crate any cheese that is not too dry.
rub it to paste with butter, spread
the bread, dust with salt and paprika
and cut into strips.
An old Catslzili preserve is made of
plums and maple sugar. Melt the
maple sugar in little water and cook
with the plums, allowing pound fer
pound. This gives a tart sweetness
especially agreeable to many palates,
An excellent and simple remedy for
a sprain is said to be found by mixing
the well-beaten whites of six eggs with
a half cupful of table salt. Spread be-
tween thin muslin cloths and bind over
the sprain.-Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
FACTS OF VARIOUS KINDS.

1t takes more than 10000 election
officers to man the precincts in New
York.
The emperor of China has to fast 81
lays in each year for the sake of re-
igion.
The United States mail service
across the Rainy river, at Koochiching,
dinn., has been discontinued. The re-
suit is that a letter posted there for
Fort Frances, half mile distant on
he Canadian side, has to travel 1850
niles and takes eight days to reach its
destination.
A Funeral Reform association has
oeen organized in London. Its views
are thus expressed: mo darkened
1ouse, no durable coffin, no special
Mourning attire, no bricked grave, no
unnecessary show, no avoidable ex-
pense and no unusual eating or drink
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Marine Farming

1t has been shown that, acre for acre,
water is capable of supplying much
greater quantity of nitrogenous food
for man than land can supply. The cul-
tivation of water areas is called aquicul-
ture, and its products. in contradistinc-
tion to those of agriculture. are fish,
crabs, oysters, CLAIMS and other edible
marine animals. The art and science
of marine farming" are attracting
especial attention in Rhode Island
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
A COOKS MEASUREMENTS.

One pint of liquid equals one pound.
Two gills of liquid make one cupful.
spoonful.
Half pound of butter will make one
cupful.
Four cupfuls of flour make one
pound.
Two cupfuls of granulated sugar
make one pound.
Two round tablespoonfuls of flour
VIII weigh OuEce.@GOOd House
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Good Times in aIezico.

terests in Mexico says that there is
rot a manufacturing industry in Mex
leo conducted Oh business principles
that is not paying from 25 to 40 per cent.
on the capital invested, ard there are
any number Of undeveloped fields for
investment which are available to
Americans With little capital. Chi
ca.ec Cl.rc1-, e
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
SHOWN BY LOCAL RETAILERS,

Silver bowls for roses.
Figured silk mousselines.
White satin shirt waists.
Ready-made satin pipings.
Russian lace table centers.
Dot patterns in table linen.
Sashes of chiffon with ru1lies.
Perfectly tight-ftting coats.
Poplin weaves in plain and melange
effects.
New effects in plaid, checked and
blocked taffeta.
Mems Ascot ties III light colOrs for
dressy wear.
Small brooches in black satin for Louis
XVI. coats.
Kilt suits of small-checked brown,
blue and green cheyiot.-Dry Goods
Economist.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
lust So.

He was enjoying an ear of corn in
the good. old-fashioned way.
"You look as if you were playing the
flute" his hostess remarked, smiling.
"Oh, no." was the amiable retort;
"it's cornet I'm playing, by ear
Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Torpedo Boats Lost Speed.

After spending $4,000 in repairing
the torpedo boat destroyer Thrasher.
which recently ran ashore on the Cor
nish coast, the British admiralty finds
that it can make only "A knots an hour
instead of the 80 knots it made before
the accident
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
c., Rocteria Multiply.

Racteria multiply rapidly and tneS
u ii in a curious way. a slns,e SaIt
,reaks itself in two, then each hdiI M
,-o,vs until it becomes as large as 'ne
Chronicle
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Vines Are Long Lived.

The vine attains great age. con-
tinuing fruitful for ut least 400 years.
1t is supposed to be- equal TO the oak
as regards longevity
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-17
Murdered Rulers of Russia.

OF Tie = omDcrors and or20resses Of
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-08-27
FIFTEEN NEW wARsHlPs.
Naval board Decides Upon . Big Addition
to the BeA Fighting Force.

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 2O.-A naval
program for presentation to Congress.
involving the immediate construction OF
fifteen warshlps, was adopted today
by the naval board of experts to
whom the subject had been referred
by Secretary Long. 1t provides for
three sea-Coing barbette-turrct battle
ships of 13.OOO tons displacement and
a minimum OF eighteen and onc-half
knots speed when the vessels are load
ed to their deepest draft. or an aver
age speed above nineteen knots under
ordinary cruising conditions; three
irst-class armored cruisers Of 1900
tons and twenty-five knots speed. sim
liar to the Maine type but highly i'm
proved. and for six protected cruisers
Of 2.5OO tons and sixteen knots speed.
The reduced speed OF these ships,
which is uniformly about two knots
less than proposed Mt the preliminary
meeting of the board yesterday, was
brought about by the desire to secure
unprecedented range of action. on ac-
count OF the increased responsibilities
of the United States In the Pacific and
the certainty that these vessels or most
OF them will be required to make up
the fleet In that ocean. The sacrifice
of speed to endurance was advisably
made with view TO securing vessels
of at least 5000 knots radius. or capa-
bic of steamlng straight away from
San Francisco to Manila or Samoa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-08-27
The Killed and wou ndsd.

Washington. Aug. 2O.-The War De
partment has received the following:
Hong Kong. Aug. D.-Adjutan, Gen
eral. Washington: In assault on Ma.
Mia. August 18th. General Anderson
commanded division. General Near
thur. First brigade; General Greene,
Second. Losses were ms follows:
Killed:
First Sergeant Holmes. Astor bat.
terry.
Sergeant Crimens. Astor battery.
Bugler Patterson, Thirteenth Minne-
saDtn.
Private Thollcn. Twenty third infan.
try.
Private Dlnsmorc. First California.
Wounded:
Captain Eeaback. Thirteenth Mime
sofa. seriously.
Captain Bjornstad. same regiment.
badly.
Lieutenant Bunker. same regiment,
slightly. and forty enlisted men.
tSigned) MERRITT.
II will he noticed General Merritt, In
his Official report. makes no mention
Of the killing Of Private Phcnix. ns nn.
nounced by the New York World.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-08-27
A War Of 1eesalissloo.

Ponce. Porto Rico. Aug. 22.-A war
OF retaliation against the Spanish RES
idents OF the island within the Amcri.
can lines IN Observation-Disclosures for
the horrible outragcs committed by the
Spanish troops mt Gales. where over
80 persons are said to have been
mnchetcd by tho soldiers. The revolt.
Ing details OF the butchcry Of men ani
women. the ravishing Of young girls
md nnmelcss mutilations have stirred
a cry for vengeance.
Early this morning the natives burn.
&c the town OF Cotn. seven miles from
here. The Spanish residents fied for
their lives. Throughout the surround.
Ing country the Spnniards nre terror.
stricken and arc appealing to the
Americans for protection.