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The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
SPAIN'S SOLDIERS.
As Compared with the Yankee Boys
They Are LugubriOus and Luz
dtcrOus.

An Englishman, writing in a London
paper, says that physically the Yankee
Tommy Atkins is fine fellow enough
--deep-chested, bull-throated, and hard
as nails. You will never find in United
States regiment the undersized weak
lings so common in many armies. The
reason is that the high rates of pay at
tract to the colors many more recruits
than are actually required, of whom of
course only the best are enlisted. The
men are, almost without exception, ex-
cel,ent shots. The reason for this is not
far to seek. Stationed for the most
part in wild and unsettled country,
rife practice, confined with us, SO far as
the individual soldier is concerned, to
few weeks in each year, is with them
unceasing. There are no costly ranges
to maintain, nor is it necessary to erect
butts, The target, a paper one on
framework of iron, is set up outside the
fort stockade, and the squads go down
rounds before breakfast. Besides this,
there is usually more or less game in the
vicinity, and hunting parties are con-
stantiy being organized
A Havana correspondent says that,
compared to our soldiers either of the
regular army or of the national guard.
the gun carrier of Spain now in Havana
is lugubrious and ludicrous object.
His uniform, consisting of an il,-fitting
blouse and trousers of blue striped cot
ton drill, is best described as a suit of
pajamas. Add to the blouse and trous-
ers a coarse, wide-brimmed straw hat
and himsy canvas shoes with hempen
soles and you have the full dress of
Spanish soldier. Put a rusty, rickety
Mauser in his hands and you have the
same soldier on duty. He is hollow
chested, undersized, sunken-cheeked,
unshaven, blear-eyed, and generally
slouchy Gnd unkempt. In Havana he is
omnipresent-10,000 strong. He lois
in the cafes, drinking sugar and water.
He hangs about doorways and iron
bound windows, talking to senoritas.
He loafs on the street corners, glaring
at passing Americans. He swaggers
along Obispo street, the Broadway of
Havana, and he struts up and down the
plaza as though monarch of all he sur
veys. When an officer passes he be-
ccmes as humble as Criah Heep. When
an American passes he straightens up
and transforms his bearing into that of
latter-day Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
HELPING ABOUT THE HOUSE.
Here Is the Way One Man Dses 1t Who
Had About the Right
Ideas.

The helpfulness of a good man, when
1t comes to assistance in domestic af-
fairs, is apt TO be very much like that of
the Mr. Barker, says the Youths Com
panion, whose exploit is narrated be-
low:
His wife had asked him to hang pic
ture she had purchased for the parlor
and he had said that he would do it sin
a jiffy."
"You just get me the cord and pic
.ture hook" he said to his wife, "and tell
the servant girl to run down cellar and
bring mp the gtepladder, and carry it
into the parlor, and where's those two
little screw thinga-ma-jgs that go into
the back of the frame at the sides to
put the cord through? Look them up
for me; and I'll need the gimlet to bore
a little hole for the screws. Somebody
get the gimlet, or may be | can drive
them in with the hammer. Johnny,
you run down cellar and get the ham,
mer."
"I don't know but chair will be bet
ter than the stepIadder for me to stand
on. Somebody go out into the kitchen
and get me chair. ] don't want to
stand on one of the parlor chairs.
Got the cord? Just measure off
about the right length and fasten it in
those little things at the side.
There. now, there's your picture all
hung up in. good shape, and no fuss
about it. The difference between us
men and you women is that when we
have anything to do we go right ahead
and do it and make no talk about it,"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Honesty in the Empire City.

The proprietor Of one OF Manhattan's
most fashionable hostelries ordered
$4,000 worth of table silverware the
other day. When the goods were de-
livered he refused to take them at any
price, as tie name OF the hotel had
been stamped upon them. He explained
his strange action by saying that people
often dine at the house only to take
away knives, forks and spoons as
souvenirs. "If the name of the hotel is
not on them," he said. they leave them
alone, for their only reason in dining
here is to steal these stamped goods
and show them to their friends to prove
that they are in the habit of patronizing
fashionable hostclries."
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
CLOSE TO The MOON.
1t Is Drought Within Easy Reach Of
the World by a Recent
Invention.

Herr Johann Mayer, an Austrian leu
tenant, has just discovered method by
which the moon can be brought within
pistol.shot of the world, fguratively
speaking. Nothing among the many
marvels of modern invention is more
astonishing than this same discovery.
By his invention Herr Mayer says the
moon can be brought within distance
of 100 yards, in fact. aud explored most
thoroughly. Prof Gates combined
microscope-telescope was brought to be
a marvellous contrivance, but this latest
addition puts it quite in the shade. In
his success Herr Mayer has made a
wide departure from customary meth
DDS. In fact the monster telescopes
do not figure in his calculations what
ever. Without going into long-drawp-
out or technical explanation of the ap-
paratus he has constructed, it is novel
affair, in that an enormous parabolic
mirror so yards in diameter that re-
wolves upon fixed axis is the main
scheme of the apparatus. This concave
mirror which is of the ordinary "sil-
vered" glass has small convex para
bolic mirror suspended atits focus; and
this small mirror focuses the rays re-
ceived from the larger one, and throws
them on the lens of an immensely pow
erfGl microscope. Thus a clear and
brilliantly-lighted picture of the moon
CIR star under examiRation is brought
Immediately under the microscope,
which has a magnifying power Of many
million diameters. Herr Mayer ex-
plains that it will thus be possible, al
most, to see the time by the watch Of
the man in the moon," or to see the
bridges if any over the canals of
Mo-
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
WOMEN AS TEACHERS.
The Proportion Largest In the Unite d
States and Smallest in Germany.

me NrOROA tAch AhFE est In the OnIteu
States and Smallest I'm Germany.
There are in the United States, rough
ly speaking, 35o,OOO school teachers,
and of this number 12O, 900 are men and
23O,oo0 are women. In other words,
there are nearly twice as many female
as male teachers, and the disparity is
increasing year by year. According
to the last official census of Prussia
there were $4,000 school teachers in the
kingdom, of whom 5000 were women
and $4,000 men. Ii is evident, therefore,
that the Prussian preference is for male
teachers. In all Germany there are.
including the government, church and
private schools, $4,000 teachers, and
the number of pupils is nearly 10000
600. There are 100000 teachers in
France, of whom $4,000 are men and
$4,000 are women, the number of each
being subject to about the same ratio
of increase. There are, it is supposed,
about 100000 teachers in Great Britain,
but authentic figures are lacking.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
THESE ERIKG LOCN'
Superstitious Regard Thnt
sens rave for Mere
TriEcs.

''Life is made up Of little things az.
the smaller thcy are the more impor'an'
part they play sometimes, opseir -.
prominent street contractor 10 "a'
ington Star reporter. liow *" :.
pic fail to pick up horse shoe - = =
in their read. A pin has similar y,
fuence among many men, but ! uon
think have ever seen woman p'ck up
q pin in the street, though lacy ia"
much more use for them than men,
pick up pins and horse shoes as of'en co
| see them, and don't know that | nave
ever had any special good luck or pau
luck in consequence, and suppos
shall continue to do so to the emo OF the
chapter, call it superstition or anyth!nR
else you may. The lucky pickup Win
me, however, is marbles-the playing
alleys OF the boys-and am free TO ao~
init that would rather find maFpis
than any sma, thing that ] know o..
Good luck always has followed flnding
4 marble as far as am concerned, ana
IN talking about il l find that others
have had similar experience. MY op-
servation, though, is that marble 1no-
ing is the rarest kind of good luck Tor
women, though there is not as much
superstition in it as there is about the
horse shoe. You will be surprised upon
talking to your circle of friends to fina
how many there are who are pleased ~
pick up marble, and many of them VIII
be able TO give you substantial. reasons
fer their belief know Colorado lady
who resides in this city--an artist OF
some distinction-who tells me that she
has never failed 10 sell her pictures II
she had marble which she found in
her pocket, and has never been able TO
Go so if she did not have any. Simply
carrying the marble in the pocket does
not work the charm. 1t must be found,
and the more frequent the finding the
more frequent the good luck
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
SLIPPERY ELM TINE.
A Man of Middle Age Recalls One of
the Great joys of His BoyhOod
Days In the Country.

"About this time of the year, when
was boy, and the first warm days be-
gan to start the sap flowing in the
trees" said the man with the white
mustache, 1--WE boys used to swarm out
in the woods after slippery elm bark,
or slippery ellum,' as we called it. In
fact, slippery elm time was as much Of
an epoch in the year OF boy Of those
days as marble time, birch time, winter
green time, sassafras time or swimming
time, says the New York Sun.
"After picking out n suitable tree,
preferably a small one, as the bark on
the smaller trees was the more tender,
we'd line out with our jackknives an
oblong as large as we cared to, cutting
through the bark to the wood. Then
we'd loosen up ole corner and with a
tug or two the whole oblong would strip
off as slick as q whistle.
"The bark required little preparation.
All it needed to be fit for use was judi
cious scrapng off of the rough, scaly
outer bark from the smooth, white
LAYER of inner bark. Afterward it was
cut I'D into strips lengthwise of the OBJ
long. There's nothing nicer in the
world to chew than a bit of fresh slip
perry elm bark. Our mothers would
generally levy a contribution upon the
spois and dry it for medicinal purposes,
such as slippery elm tea, which was
frst-rate for sore throat, while as for
a sore finger or n boil or anything like
that a slippery elm popltice couldn't be
beat.
1--WE boys overlooked these useful
characteristics of the humble slippery
elm bark, however. All we cared about
was to get it to chew. 1t took the place
of gum, which was ranked with candy
and other like luXuries."
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Cninn,hus, Mnrriaxe.

The reason why Christopher Column
bus has not yet been numbered among
the saints may nat be generally known,
Il seems that his beatifcation has beel
urged for centuries. but has never been
decreed because his marriage certifi-
cate could not be procured. and conse-
quently his welded life, he leaving 2
son lDiego), was considered ccneubin-
age. Now that the Congregation of
Rites has recently discovered the miss
ing certificates, all obstacles are re-
moved, and ere long we may hear OF
"Christopher Columbus beatus."
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Now Comes nm Automatic Doctor

One of the most remarkable develop
ments of the automatic machine is
"Dr. Cureail" in Holland. 1t is a wood
en- figure with compartments all over
it labeled with the names of various all
ments. If you have pain, find its cor
responding location on the figure,
drop coin into the slot, and the proper
pill or powder will C ome out.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Eried Veal.

Place a veal outlet in a steamer over
a very hot fire. Let it steam until a
broom straw will pass through it with
case. Lift it carefully, season to taste,
roll it in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot
lard in deep kettle. A croquet basket
may be put in the fat, the veal placed
thereon, and when done 1t may be taken
out without danger of breaking.-N. Y.
LEDGER.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Wool from Limestone.

"An Indian chemist" says the Phar-
maceut:cal Era. "has applied for pat
tnts on process for making wool from
limestone. After some sort of chemical
treatment the rock is subjected to a
drawingvout process. by which, it is
said. it is converted into the finest and
most pliable wool, of beautiful white
color, soft as down, and both water and
fireDroOf"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
roreed Portraits of Mummies.

Dr. George Ebers, the well-known
novelist and psychologist. says that
large trade is carried on in Egypt in
forged portraits of mummies. When
the genuine portraits painted on wood
were first shown in Europe few years
ago they found such ready sale that
concern has gone regularly into the
business Of making the portraits for
sale.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Tne LARGEST Sec.

The bishop of Selma has probably the
largest see in the world, as il extends
over 100000 square miles of territory,
part of which includes the klondike
gold fields. 1t was his father who is sup
posed to have been satirized as Sergt.
Puzfuz IN tie "Pickwick Papers"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Sugar Is Seldom Adulterated i.

Nearly everybody entertains the opin-
ion that dishonest grocer has pen
chant for mixing sand with his sugar for
the purpose of gain. This is popular
error. for sugar is but rarely adulter-
ated.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
God snve the n.ng.

The first use on record of the express
sion God Save he King" occurs in the
Bible, in II Kings, where the crowning
of The king of Juda is described. Hail
Columbia" is altogether American.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Heat of Comets.

As far as calculations can decide. the
temperature of comets is believed to be
1000 times fercer than that of red-hot
Iron.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
A Strange Car.

From all accounts Car Nicholas II.
is really very foad of his wife. much
TO Dowager Czarina's disgust. as she
finds she is not the power behind the
throne that she expected to be. The
easy ceremony of the Russian cour:
gives great d:spleasure TO stichlers for
time-worn forms. Their imperial maj
estes actually exchange endearing
phrases in public. thing previously un-
heard of in Russia.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
What Causes Rain.

According to the American Primary
Teacher, the following answers were
recently given in written examination
to the question, What causes rain."
Fog"
Faucet"
"God."
"The ocean"
"Heaven." ~
"Pipes from the ocean,"
"The sun gives it,"
"The sun gets it from the ocean"
Sat night the sun goes down and gets
it,"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Largest Freight steamer.

The Cymrlc, the largest freight
steamer afioat, can carry about 10000
tons of dead weight, about what 625
freight cars can carry.
An Accommodating Ghost.
Mrs. Crane "just hates" Capt. Lane.
Mrs. Crane loves to tell ghost stories.
Capt. Lane is sea captain and navi-
gator. Twas last Friday evening ut
Mrs. Morels'. They were speaking of
apparitions, premonitions, forewarn-
ings, etc. "Oh," says Mrs. Crane, 81
just know spirits return. When Cousin
Louisa died in New York she appeared
10 me at precisely IL o'clock. Next morn
ing telegram informed us that she
had died exactly at H." "Ahem!" grunt-
ed the gallant skipper, "she might have
allowed for the difference in time
San Francisco News Letter.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18

Spanish Language I'm SOuth America,
With the exception of Brazil Spanish
is the prevailing language OF every
country II South .:nsriea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
NEARLY ONE THOUSAND.
Board on Auxiliary Cruisers Lists Many
Available Vessels.

Board on Auxiliary Cruisers Lists Many
Available Vessels.
New YORK, March 1.-THE special
board on auxiliary cruisers continued
all day the work OF ascertainIng til
facts III regard 10 vessels which may lie
available for use by the navy depart
ment. 1t was decided that the work OF
inspection should be sub-divided here.
after. one member going to Boston and
another to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Much of the day was spent i'll going
over the facts presented by owners Of
vessels and systematizing them. STEM
ographers were kept busy compiling
the data from the letters sent to the
board and the personal statements Of
owners. The list of vessels available,
including steamships, yachts, tugs and
other craft, which is now in the hands
Of the navy department. includes
nearly 1000. The great majority of
the vessels are at New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, where
they will be inspected and the list
sifted down to those worth considering
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
THE PRESIDENTS OWN"

Company Of six Hundred Volunteers En-.
rolled at Canton.
CANTON. o., March l7.-Officers have
been named for the regiment OF provi.
slonal troops organized in this city to
be known as 1.-The Presidents Own. y
The regiment Is composed Of more than
SOo volunteers at present, including
some OF the best young men Of the city
All of the staff officers selected are sub.
ject to the approval of Governor Bush.
nell. All, however, have had military
training. Within "a hours after cal!
for troops Is made. should cali come,
the Canton regiment Will be ready to
march. The members are adjusting
their life insurance policies, making
wills and transactiny other important
business. preparatory 10 starting io1
the scenes Of a conflict
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.

Contract Let for Transportation ~ the
Three batteries at Fort Riley. Kan.
CHICAGO, March IL. Colonel J. G.
8. Lee. quartermaster of the DEPART
men, of the Missouri, has made the
awards for the transportation of the
three batteries from Fort Riley. Kan.
The batteries are prepared for the
movement and the railroad companies
are under contract to make the start
from Fort Riley at once. One battery
goes to Fortress Monroe, another to
New Orleans and third to Savannah.
Each battery will require one Pullman,
two ordinary coaches, three fiat cars
four stock cars and six baggage cars.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
(VS OF SPAIN
U..,,ra,ions in This Coun-
the subject Of an Official
Communication.
,., Of a Formidable Fleet
+ Cuba Gives Encourage
mem to Cubans
Makes More Likely the Fail
Of ,br Scheme Of AutOn-
culy NV on Trial.

ku,>G1ox, March 1.-THE war
h,lons beng made by tbe United
the a.. mb.ing Of ships at Key
The purchase Of cruisers abroad.
be emergency measures IN the
d nav apartments have come
efic.a. attention OF the Spanish
mea,. ana the views Of the Span.
k,uat thereon have been commit.
! 10 tn state department. here.
/. a0, taken the form OF protest,
t.. a, !, does not appear that the
cayt.um ut CAIN or assert
-. tn "a .,,lon sncn internal
!, .s ;Ir United States may
egyu taaagl they be Of . char.
.aa a-o preparations for war.
Il IS Way OF represen tations.
In .-."naiv spirit, and with.
4. i - the serious influences
.Ae, separations will have in
oa7,. "a. tie Cuban Insurgents
L04.ea when the autono omv
. aayr is crucial trial through
saa ec..Jns. and in this way
iAe re.o.m, Premier Sagasta is
= carry out. 1t has been
y pointed out that the presence
fge ,!eet Of United States war
h. West cannot be regarded
ead.y measure, as the sending
swa, iiic.ally represented to bt
~ u ne went to Havana and
F,ava ra,urned the complimen'
- n short the presence o.
Fen>.ye fleet near Cuba, together
Dc VII laeasurcs taken by thu
Sate,, are regarded by Spain
1ls.y pr Judicial to the policy o
my winch Spain and the United
nave a X" approved, and an in
eAcoGr11 cement to the insurgent
F4Ai- .hr desires of both govern
iof III" success Of that policy
ant III the same spirit o
presentation, rather than o
elan Aa> pointed out that
'ar mtcd States against Spail
saeh ercumstances would be Ill,
iO'e 'eiore the world, and
,ah>' humanity and civiliza
iAe presentations containe,
me whatever to the Main
81 - redress or indemnit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17

ated oil over the country. The war
preparations are just what the country
needs and has needed for 20 wears
Many Of our ports have been almost
entirely defenseless. but this is being
remedied in rapid manner now In a
short time we will be comfortably for.
titled against any invasion from q for.
egn country.
Whatever the agency was. the of.
ic'als at Washington are positive that
the Spanish government had nothing
AT AL TO do with the blowing up of the
Maine. The president, when the time
arrives, Will demand an indemnify
and 1t will be paid There will be no
war.
Few Dependent on Main. Victims
Mr.. Morris department has charge
OF the work of settling the claims o,
the heirs of those lost by the Maine dis.
Yster.
1--WE have found on investigation.
,hat ont Of 31S men who were on the
boat. 63 were foreigners, said Morris.
"and had given when they enlisted for.
elgners as their nearest Of kin. Thirty.
ninc of those on the ship gave no mex,
ot KIN, when they answered the aues.
tons put to them OH enlistment.
''Of the 253 who were killed. we
We have succeeded III getting into cor.
respondence with l27 claimants l,
will surprise you to know that less
than 10 per cent of this number had
families depending Oh them, and many
have no direct heirs The balance o.
the number we have not, up TO thi.
time, been able TO reach.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
TREATY GIVEN UP
Hawaiian Islands to Be Annexed
by Resolution Passed in Open
Session.
a Resolution For That Purpose
Introduced by Senator
Davis
Upon the Authorization Of the
Committee on Foreign
Relations.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE senate
committee on foreign relations has
agreed to recommend that the Ha-
waiian islands be annexed by legislation
IN open session and agreed upon q
join: resolution for the accomplishment
of this purpose, which Senator Davis
was authorized to report to the senate.
Later, III the senate, Chairman Davis
reported joint resolution providing
for the annexation of tn, Hawaiian
islands.
The joint resolution went to the cal.
endar. Senator Davis did not give any
notice Of calling it up.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
IN FAVOR OF PEACE.
Cuban Government aud Insurgents May
Reach AN nd. r-tindiny.

Cuban Government aud Insurgents May
Reach AN !. nd. r-t tndiny.
MADRID. March II 1t Is asserted i'll
well informed circles that negotiations
are paving the way tor al understand.
ing between the Cuban government
and the insurgents, Oh grounds TO be
submitted tor approval TO the home
government.
The aspect Of affairs has undergone a
complete change, and there is strong
feeling in favor Of peace between the
United States and Spain
1t is alleged that knowledge Of this
fact led Curzon. parliamentary secre.
tary for the British foreign office. to
decline to reply to the questions put by
1iichael Davitt, anti. parnellite member
for South Mayo. as TO whether Great
Britain had offered TO mediate
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
SAYS III Is NOT TRUE.

Grosvenor Denies the President Wishes
Congress to Adjourn.
WASHINGTON, March II. .-Congress.
man Grosvenor Of Ohio in the house
denied emphatically that the president
desired congress to adjourn in the i'm.
mediate future.
1.-The suggestion that the president
has fixed date for adjournment, or
wishes to fix date said he, lis alb
solutely without foundation, and is
ridiculous
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-03-17
NOT OVER 500. O.OOU.OOO.

Attorney Of the .Junta Fixes the Upset
Pr &c Insurgents Would Pay.
NEW YORK, March l1.-Horatio s.
Rubens, counsel Of the Cuban junta
says the insurgents, to end the terrible
sufferings of many innocent people on
account of the war. might be willing to
accept proposition to pay an indem'
nity to Spain to evacuate. The insur.
gents. however, would not pay any
moro than 500. 900, 900. He said the
Cubans would have no trouble in get
ting money.