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The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
NO MAP OF UNITED STATES.
Possible Explanation of a Bermuda
Boys ignorance of American
History.

"The school children of the Bermudas
know nothing of American history"
says New York woman who has Just
returned from Hamilton, according to
the Sun. Zone day 1 stopped and
talked with bright little colored boy
on the street. The Bermuda negro, you
know, is superior in intelligence to the
southern negro of this country. He
has neither the thick lips nor the fiat
nose of our American negro. His su-
periority is accounted for by the fact
that he has in his veins the blood of
the Indians captured in King Philips
war and taken as slaves to the Ber-
mudas.
"'Do you go to school?' 1 asked the
boy.
"'Yes'em.'
"'Who owns these islands?'
England
"'Who rules England?'
"'Queen Victoria
"'Where are the United States"
"'South of Canada
"'And do you know who is president
of the United States?'
'Yes'em; George Washington
"When l had visited one of the little
schools at Hamilton l did not wonder
that Washington was the only Ameri-
can president the boy had heard of.
On the walls were maps of every i'm
portant country in the world but our
own, and found that the teachers said
as little of the United States as they
cOu1d !"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
HIS BIG MARRIAGE FEE.
bridegroom Loses His Chewing To-
bacco md the Preacher Profits.

BRIDEGROOM Loses His Chewing To-
bacco and the Preacher Profits.
The ministerial story teller was spin
ming another yarn about his expert
ences at other peoples weddings, says
the Marquette (Mich.) Mining Journal.
81 think the largest Zee ever received"
he said, resulted from my receiving
the strangest one. My services were
secured to perform the ceremony for
a young couple out Of the wealthiest
families of my parish. 1t was church
wedding and a very swell affair indeed.
At the conclusion Of the ceremony the
groom handed me a small envelope
which I supposed contained my fee.
Of course. 1 did not open it until I got
home. Imagine my surprise when I
found, not money, but liberal chew of
fne-cut tobacco. My good sense told
me that it was not intended as an in
suit, SO awaited developments.
"a fortnight later, when the newly
married couple had returned from their
wedding tour, the groom called on me,
offered most profuse apologies and
made explanations. 1t seems that he
was addicted to the use of tobacco and
had placed a little in an envelope for
his needs right after the ceremony. He
had placed my fee in similar envelope
and in the confusion of the ceremony
and the hasty start on his journey had
mixed the two. By way of reparation
he then placed in my hand another en-
VelOpe containing $780,"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
DOCTOR AND A MAN.
Gently Passed Away in RIas-
s0chusetts.

The discoverer Of collodion died in
Dedham lately, notes the Boston Her.
aid. He was DIR. John Parker May
nard, who had been the leading physi-
clan there for many years. This dis
covery was made while DR.. Maynard
was still a medical student. He had
the conception in his mind at that
time, and engaged in series of expert
ments in a little building which he
erected outside Dedham village, and
finally brought them to a success. His
object was the application of collodion
to operations in surgery, and he dem
onstrated his usefulness here by ap-
plying it in 1847. He had sought to aid
surgery in this way rather than to
hence gave collodion without price to
the medical profession.
DR.. Maynard was a modest man and
never asked credit for himself for
what he had done. He thought that any
advantages that came from it should
be the property Of his profession in
the interests of human suffering. Col
iodion has grown into a much wider
use since that time, but it is probable
that there is less general knowledge Of
the man to whom the world owes its
introduction. Dr. Maynard was never
forward in enlightening them to the
facts of its origination- He died at the
age of 81, after a long and useful and
most honorable career in surgical and
medical practice.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
HE'S A LOBSTER.
An Expression Now Popular That
Originated in jerseys ALI
Winter Race Tracks.

The expression "he's lobster which
has become SO general in colloquial use
about town as to convey a clear-cut
message of contempt or derision, has
somewhat peculiar origin, says the
New York Sun. There is nothing about
lobster, which the elder Dumas, it
may be recalled, described as "the car
dinal of the sea-" to invite derision;
but a few years ago when all winter
racing was customary thing in the
vicinity of New York, especially in
neighboring New Jersey, a mud horse
that failed to realize the expectations
of those who bet money upon it was
called a lobster" an allusion to its
mode of progression. Horses which had
been generally defeated were lobster
horses, and as this colloquial express
sion got to be more general in use on
the race tracks, it began to be applied
not only to horses but to men and
things as well. A lobster car was car
that made slow time; lobster boat
was a boat in which rapid time could
not be expected. A lobster calculator
was a man who took too long, in the
judgment of his critics, to add up an
account, and so gradually the name lob
ster has come to be accepted as desig-
nation of sloth or inferiority and "he's
o lobster" has come to be regarded as a
phrase of disapproval.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
ANIMALS AND WATER.
What Do Polar Creatures Drinke-
Water in the Deserts.

What Do Polar Creatures Drinke-
Water in the Deserts.
Tame rabbits are commonly kept
without water, but they may be seen
licking the bars of their hutch after a
shower and drink eagerly when they
have the chance. Most other rodents,
including rats, are thirsty creatures.
The only animals living in very dry
places which seem able to do entirely
without drink are snakes and reptiles.
In the cold desert of shifting sand in
Kashgar there were no reptiles, and not
even a fly. But the Afghan boundary
commission found swarms of lizards
and a new and venomous species of
adder in astonishing numbers in the
awful desert Of hot, shifting sand at
the corner where Persia, Beluchistan
and Afghanistan meet. We must note
one exception, the giraffe, which Mr..
Dryden believes exists for three-quar-
ters of the year in the North Kalahari
without water But this cannot be
proved until the desert has been ex-
plored and the total absence of water
confirmed. There is known to be water
beneath the surface, and if the giraffe
does live waterless he must mbibe his
liquid nutriment at second hand in the
juices of the leaves of the tree, which
have their roots in the moisture.
Seals do not apparently drink; neith-
er do cormorants ard penguins, but
there can be little more evaporation
from their bodies than those of fish
and their food is wet and moist. A
more difficult question is that of the
water supply of arctic animals in win
ter. Possibly they eat snow. There is
abundant evidence that, though many
animals can exist without water for
long periods, this abstinence is not vol
untary and when unduly protracted
causes suffering and loss of health
PHILADELPHIA LEDGER
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A traveller can nowadays journey
around the world in so days.
A new kind of apple, red within as
well as without, has turned up in Colo
RADIO.
Washington's birthday was this year
a legal holiday in Iowa for the first
time
America contains 229, ,722 miles Of rail
way and the rest of the world 204,231
miles.
Hard times multiply the enlistments
il the army, and most Of those who en-
list give absence of employment as the
influencing cause of their action.
The largest mule in the world was
bred in Missouri, is 10 hands 21k inches
high and weighs 1880 pounds. He has
been sent to London menagerie.
The town OF Bethlehem, in Penrsyl-
vania, was named in 1741 by party of
Moravians, who assembled in barn
where the town is located to celebrate
Christmas.
The diminution in the number of
deaths on the great lakes, notwith-
standing the increase in the lake ma
rine, is attributed to the efficiency of the
weather bureau.
1t has recently been claimed that iron
ships fitted with electric plants suffer
rapid deterioration of their pipes hav-
ing direct connection with the sea, due
to electrolytic action.
The cooperative societies in what is
known as the Colne valley, a district
starting about nine miles from Man
chester, England, are making an effort
to start q wooden mill.
Public libraries spend vast sums of
money to make their collections COM
plete. In the Boston public library is
collection Of works relating to Shake
speare which cost $4,000.
Harmsworth Brothers, proprietors of
the London Daily Mail, Evening News
and other publications, gave an order
for white paper the other day that
amounted in value to $3,750,G00.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
COMMON BLESSINGS.
They Are Not Sufficiently Appreciated
by Most PeOuIc.


by Most People.
The vast majority of people are apt
to depreciate their blessings and ex-
aggerate their misfortunes. All per-
sons in health of mind and body must
admit, whenever temporary sorrow may
be theirs, that their blessings have
been far greater than their misfortunes.
1t can be demonstrated to the most OBJ
durate misanthrope that the greatest
need of most persons is not greater
blessings, but the power to appreciate
the blessings we have. The things
which refine and ennoble a nature,
which lift the thoughts toward Heaven
in a perpetual flood of gratitude are
absolutely free. The love of the fam
lily, the Joy in the company of sister,
mother, father and brother are the
greatest joys of the humblest and great
est among US. The infinite beauty of
nature lies an open book for every
one TO read who can. The glory of
shifting clouds and azure sky, the love
illness of the colors of the wild flower or
of the lichen, and the song Of the wild
bird are absolutely free. It is only
the grossness of our own natures and
the hardness of our own hearts that are
at fault if we fail to heed them.
God has given us these things free
to refine our natures and win our hearts
from selfish desires and gross worldly
fear. These things that are free are
full of infinite Joy and infinite interest
when we are able to understand them
even in part. They are most valuable
in lifting up the nature to the highest
plane and teaching US to love those
things that God loves rather than any,
thing that wealth can buy or obtain. 1t
is time to seek culture through other
means when we have made best use OF
the means of culture which are spread
out everywhere in the natural world.
Wealth will not give us that pure heart
thatsees God in every part of the natural
world-in the grass beneath our feet
and the creatures that fill the spaces of
His universe.
We do not often think what coarse,
unloving world this would be If wealth
was evenly distributed so that every
one would have enough to crafty all
his coarse tastes, and thus blot out the
glory of the natural world. Tt is a;
fortunate thing that wealth is limited,
even if it does not always seem to fall
into the best hands. Such power put
into many hands would make sad havoc
with the natural world. What we call
enterprise has already done enough to
destroy natural beauty, to uproot the
wild flowers and drive away the wild
bird. Wealth is in no way essential
10 life of the greatest refinement. No
magnate of wealth ever lived a life of
such keen enjoyment and refinement as
Thoreau in his lonely cabin in the
Maine wOods.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
r,he DRINK n Nzan needs.

An average man requires So ounces OF
food per diem. He needs 81 ounces
of water for drinking, and in breathing
he absorbs 80 ounces of oxygen. He
eats as much water as he drinks, so
much of that fluid being contained in
various foods. In order to supply fuel
for running the body machine and
make up for waste tissue he ought
to swallow daily the equivalent of 20
ounces of bread, three ounces of po-
tatoes, one ounce of butter and one
quart of water. The body is mostly
water. The body of man weighing
154 pounds contains 96 pounds, or 46
quarts, of water.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
A Novelty Gold Mine.

In one of the rivers in California, gold
is collected by means of an iron cylin-
der, which is constructed somewhat on
the principle Of diving bell. The
cylinder containing the workman is
lowered, air is forced into it, and by a
series of pipes under pressure, the
workman sends the gravel from the
river bottom up to the deck of the boat.
There 1t is poured into proper recep-
tacles, is sluiced and washed, and the
gold separated from the refuse. While
the men engaged in this work do not
gather gold in Klondike quantities,
they make a fine living, and one which
they think they may depend upon fol-
q long time.-N. Y. Ledger,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
iMVENTED Lekp PIPE.
g Usual, Tfiz.lsh the Genius DID not
Crofit by His Idea.


There was born in Milton, Pa, in 1909
man of wonderful genius, it is said.
lis namc was Robert Seydell, and he
lied il 1347. Four children survive
aim, two of WON still reside there-a
son, Jacob Scydell, and a daughter,
Mrs. III. L. Gray.
Mr.. Seydell was coppersmith and
was almost continuously working ou'
some device connected with the ma
chincry in his factory. To him, 1t is re-
lated by some Of the Oldest citizens OF
this place, belongs the discovery OF the
process of making lead pipe, and like
many other inventors the idea OF max
ing the same was stolen from him and
further Geveloped to its present form
of manufacture.
1t was in the latter part of the '3Os
that the IDEA suggested Itself to him,
and the following is the way it brought
it out: He first took slug, or casting
of lead, placing it on a mandel, or rod
Of steel, about IS feet long and one inch
in diameter; the mandel was highly
polished, and upon this he drew or
rolled out the lead to the full length OF
the rod, thus giving him an inch bore,
and the material was rolled, it is said,
to a One-fourth inch, making total
diameter of IL inches for the pipe.
After completing several sections Of the
length Of the randel he soldered them
together, making the pipe of whatever
length he desired.
He put it to practical use by fastening
it to pump-heads and also rur s'rg it
from springs to connect watering
troughs and spring houses in the cour-
try roundabout here. Being greatly
pleased with his discovery, and receiv-
ing the most fattering of comments
from his friends and neighbors in this
section, he concluded to make his in
vention more widely known, and hence
made q visit to Philadelphia, taking his
device with him.
At the Franklin institute in that city
he gave his first exhibition to quite
number of inventors, artisans and me-
chanics. As it is now related, every one
of whom witnessed it were more than
delighted, and SO expressed themselves
in his immediate presence.
1t was not long that he was allowed
to remain in a condition of supreme
happiness over his invention, for a
short time after he made a disclosure
of his discovery, and while yet in Plila-
delphia, he found out that by the very
persons to whom he had given 20 ex-
hibitio1 Of the process of making lead
rina bic i1eo boJ 1oa, ,,coJ opd ;,o
proved upon.
Mr. Scydell was q man of great piety,
an enthusiastic devotee of the church
the Baptist-with which he was con-
nected.-Philadelph Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
SHOULD lombard MADRID.
An Original and Enthusiastic Citizen
of Chicago Has a Scheme to
End the War.

His en- husiasTn was unbounded- He
was an original American and wante1
everybody to know it. But he could
see reason for pro1onging the war
with Spain. He had plan for ending
the conflict at once with one decisive
blow. II all took place in front of the
Chicago Chronicle office while he was
reading the war bulletins. and especial
ly those which recorded the victory of
Commodore Dewey in the Bay of Ma
Mia. He swung his arms abroad and
voiced his sentiments in this wise:
II tell you they never had chance.
All we got to do is to go over there and
wipe them off the earth. Dewey COM
menced this thing, now let the other
fellow get action, that's what l say"
"What would you do?" asked an inter
ested bystander.
"Send Sampson-I guess that's his
name-over to Europe with orders to
lombard Madrid. That's what I'd do.
Blow the blamed Spanish capital into
the ocean. Then it'd all be over but the
reports"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
THE SHIP IN PROFESSIONS.
1t Is an Cid Custom and still Popular,
Dating Back a Century
CIR More

A pretty feature in Washington pro-
cessIons, says the Star, political and ma
tional, for many years, has been the
ship of state" or constitution, as
float, often complete in it's appoint
ments, armed with miniature cannon,
and manned by sailors. Sometimes the
intervals between the appearance of
such floats have been of such length
that the ship is hailed as an entirely
new figure. Under the name of Con
stitution'' or Union" however, the ship
float has been feature in political
demonstrations in the United States
for over century. AS far as known the
first exhibition of the kind Cat least in
this part OF the country was in Bal
tlmore in 1786, and the credit of its in
PRODUCTION belongs to Commodore
Joshua Barney, who, though mere
boy, was valiant officer in the revolu-
ton, and distinguished himself in the
war Of 1912 with his flotilla. In that
year the ratification of the constitution
was the great question before the peo-
pie, and there was a division of senti-
ment on it, those in favor Of its ratifica-
tion as framed forming the federalist
party. In Baltimore great federalist
demonstration was projected-a pro-
cession from the eastern part of the city
around what is now the harbor to the
hill south of the basin, and mass meet
ing Commodore Barney took a promi-
nent part in this affair, had his ship in
line under the name of the "Fedcralist," ;"
and the name of Federal Hill naturally
attached to the vicinity to which the
ship led the line and where the meeting
Was held
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS.
Every City, Great and Small, He's a
Leader of Some Kind


Leader of Some Kind.
One who has Travelled pretty much
all around the globe, made a peculiar
observation at a social gathering few
nights since. He had noted that every
city and almost every village had
dominant attraction, no matter in what
part of the globe the attraction was so
placed. He was somewhat surprised
that Cincinnati had nothing so far out
classed other attractions as to be the
first thing suggested as worth a visit
He was inclined to think that the sum-
mer resorts would have been the thing
in the proper season, and then next
to these the Art museum.
"Now," he said, 'if you go to London
the first thing is, have you seen Wind
sor or the tower? In Paris they say
have you seen the Moulin Rougue or
the Chat Noir? and neither is worth
seeing. In Texas, if you are in San
Antonio, they will say, have you seen
the Alamo? and in San Francisco, have
you seen the Golden gate?
GAS you come east, if you stop in
Salt Lake City, they want to show you
the temple, and in ST. Louis they take
you first to Shaw's garden. Then you're
through with that place unless they in
sist on showing you Simmons, the big
gest hardware house on the earth.
"At Chicago they ask you to visit the
stock yards, and finally ask you if you
are stopping at the Auditorium. Of
course, at Niagara its the falls, and at
Buffalo it's the grain elevators. Once
1 was in the valley of the Roanoke, in
Virginia, and dozen times was asked
ii L had seen the pear orchard of Mr..
Somebody, who has the largest peach
and pear orchard in the world.
SIN fact, never was in a place any
where in all my travels where there
wasn't an attraction of some kind,
though it may have been only factory
or bit of natural scenery. Every
place has leading attraction, and If
you are visitor you are sure to be
made aware of the leading place to
visit. Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
! une.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
wedding Present of George III. IA &
Boston TTusoum


Studded with hundreds of diamonds,
great and small, lies in a glass case in
the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts the
wedding gift of George III. Of England
to his bride, Queen Charlotte, says the
Globe. Very recently this superb ad-
dition to the treasures Of the museum
has been procured through the death of
the lady in whose life possession it
was invested.
This magnificent and historically in
teresting relic is a chatelaine watch,
with belt clasp, band and pendants, all
OF the finest gold and thickly incrusted
with jewels. 1t was presented by King
George to his queen at their marriage IN
1861, and by her was worn, no doubt, at
many gay and social function of state
ceremonial
The ornamentation of the watch and
its attachments are in the highest de-
gree elaborate. The clasp, which Is
generous in size, bears in its center,
within an oval of lapis lazuli, the queen
consort's crown, resting upon cushion,
the whole wrought in diamonds. On
the band below the clasp, on similar
background, are daintily enWrought'
also in diamonds, the royal sccPter, sur
mounted by It's cross, and the rod OF
equity, tipped with the dove. The two
rods are crossed and are united at the
point of juncture by delicate ribbon
Of diamonds. Upon the watch itself,
again, appears upon a background Of
blue the monogram &C. r" surmounf-
ed by crown, also wrought N pre-
cious stones.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-25
A SENS,ELE HEIR.
He Was Anxious to Keep Faith in
Spite OF Money.

pretty story is told of a young
clerk in a dry goods store who has re-
Gently come into possession of large
fortune through the favor of an old
gentleman distantly related to him,
says the Youths Companion.
The young fellow listened with
amazement to the news impaired to
him by his employer and the old gen
tleman's executor one afternoon.
Il suppose | must not expect your
services as clerk any longer" said the
dry goods merchant, with smile. Il
shall be sorry to lose you."
"Oh, | shall stay my month out, of
course, sir said the boy promptly. 81
shouldn't want to break E1y word lust
because I've had some money left me-"
The two older men exchanged
glances. The money referred to was
nearly S30o,o0o.
Well said the lawyer, stroking his
mouth to conceal his expression, 81
should like an hour of your time be-
tween ten and four tomorrow, my
young friend, as it will be necessary for
you to read and sign some papers"
'Yes, sir,' said the clerk. 81 always
take my lunch at quarter before 10
I'll take that hour for you instead to-
morrow. If | eat good breakfast,
can get along all right till six o'clock
The two men again exchanged
glances, but neither said word to
spoil the boys Inconsistencies that he
was taking his good fortune in an un-
usual way.
WELL" said the lawyer, when the
door had closed on the modest heir tc
thousands, "all can say is, if that boy
ever uses his money to anybody's disad
vantage, l miss my guess!" And the
year that has elapsed since then has
gone to prove the truth of his words.