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The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
"BELLS" ON BOARD SHIP.
How the SatiOrsncn heep Track of
the Time Of Day Without
Having Clocks.

Everyone who has read stories of the
sea has wondered why sailors keep time
by bells instead of by hours. The
''sad sea dog" Of the tale says: It's
eight bells, and all's we'll" and the
reader wonders why he calls them
'eigat bells" instead of the hour. There
are people who think "eight bells" is
eight O'Clock, and so with al the hours,
told off by bells.
At sea "bell'' is equivalent to o'clock
on shore. A bell is struck every half
hour. The day, beginning at midnight,
is divided into wa tches of four hours,
except the watch from four to eight t
o'clock p. M, which is divided into two
dog watches. A full watch thus con-
sists of eight half hours and it's prog
ress is noted by the number of strokes
on the beE. For instance beginning a
midnight, the end of watch, the bell
is struck eight times; half past IL is one
bell, one O'Clock is two bells, 1880 o'clock
is three bells, two O'Clock is four bells,
three O'Clock is six bells, four o'clock is
eight bells again, and so on.
The bells. except the odd bells, are
struck in pairs. thus: Three bells are
struck clang-clang, ciang. -Four bells
are struck clang-clang, c,ang-clang.
1t is a pleasant diversion on ship
board to hear the officer of the watch
strike She bells on the bridge and to
hear them answered by the bells in the
fo'c'sle, and all over the ship.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
INADEQUATE IDENTIFICATION.
Had the Wrong handkerchief and
Couldn't Get Her Check Cashed.

A woman who is newly come to town
went into one of the banks one day
last week to have a check cashed. The
paying teller examined the check with
that air of suspicion a paying teller
never loses.
you'll have to be identified, madam" :"
he said, politely.
The woman was in a great hurry.
Identified" she said, why, haven't
time to go and get anybody to identify
me. Besides, 1 don't know three peo-
pie in town."
I'm sorry" said the teller, "but the
rule is invariable."
But" protested the woman, II really
am the Mary L. Brown named on the
check. You don't doubt that, do you?"
The teller looked embarrassed.
Its only form, madam" he said,
''but we must insist on some identified
ton"
A happy thought struck the woman.
Her name was on her handkerchief.
Would the name on my handker-
chief be any identification? she asked.
The teller replied that it would
well, then," said she majestically,
handing over the square of linen, "per-
haps you'll be good enough to give me
the money now
The teller examined the handkerchief
and handed it back without word. In
one corner was daintily written in in
delible ink: Sarah JONES'"
The check was not cashed till next
day, and the newly-arrived woman has
discharged her MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
ON A TOMBSTONE.
The Queer Inscription Erected Over
the Grave Of "LOng-
Boot" Man.

"The queerest tombstone ever saw
was in Hays City," said man who has
known Kansas for a good many years,
and during the times when the short
grass sections were, as easterners say,
wild and woo!ly," lived in Hays City,
says the Topeka State Journal.
1T was years ago, when Boot Hill,'
the cemetery where men who fell with
their boots ON were buried, was n the
height of its glory and was growing
rapidly. Well, to make a long story
short, one of the wearers of long boots,
revolvers and bowie knives was killed
one day, and as in all such cases he was
promptly buried. AS soon as the COR
oner gave as the reason he was killed
that he was careless and did not have
his weapons on he was carried right
out to Boot Hill and buried.
"'Where is the tombston He ought
to have omething:' said one of the
party. All the boards that were kept
for such use had been used, so a mem
Der of the party rustied around and
came across a railroad signboard about
two inches thick That had the corners
cut off and looked much like head
board. 1t was painted white and seemed
to be just the thing, The name of the
owner of that six feet of earth was
painted on the board and it was set up.
and not till then was it noticed that
there was something on the other side.
There it was, in big black letters that
could be read for a quarter of a mile:
Look Out for the Cars"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
He Won Nearly x2oO.oOo.

The latest coup at Monte Carlo was,
it appears, made by an Englishman,
not. it is said, wholly unknown on the
London stock exchange. The other day
he went from one table to the other
placing the maximum on the same num-
ber, and, strange to relate, at each table
this number came up. The lucky player
then went to the trente-et-quarante
room and put the maximum On three
of the tables there, and at each he Sc
lected the right color. One of the head
croupiers said it was the worst day the
Monte Carlo rooms had known for some
time, and. moreover, stated that he be-
leved the Englishman had won a sum
of money amounting to nearly $500, 200.
st. James Gazette.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
The Cyanide Process

In 1897 one-tenth of the 1850
ounces OF gold produced was due to the
cyanide process. Only within the last
ten years has the knowledge been util-
lied that gold is soluble in solution
of the cyanide of potassium. Gold
bearing ore and sands Of low average
can be rrofitably worked by this
process alone, and the increasing yield
of the metal is in part due to the fact.
In South African mine ore containing
over 62 cents of gold per ton is profit
ably handled. At first two pounds of
cyanide FER ton was used, but the quan-
tity required now is half pound, the
operatioS having been greatly i'm
proved,-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
PLACING OF FURNITURE.
Much May BE Added to the Attractive.
ness of "a Room by
Good Taste.

It requires display of good taste to
arrange the furniture of a room in the
way which gives the room the most
satisfactory appearance. Everyone real
ICES the soothing, restful effect of some
rooms and commonplace effect of 9TH
ers, There is often no great difference
in the quality or cost Of the furnish
ings of two parlors, but one room is a
restful, quiet place, where no jarring
color offends the eye, while the furni-
tnre in the other appears to have heep
tossed into its place without care or
thought, The want in most parlcrs is
not the expenditure of more money, but
of the use of more harmonious eolors
and the more graceful arrangement of
the furniture. Exceedingly pretty cot
ton upholstery materials may now be
purchased in the paint mistletoe grecrs,
terra Gotta reds and other artistic col
ors now used by the most intelligent
decorators. A coat cf gray green or
any pretty tint of enamel will revolu-
and when a pretty cushion of cotton
upholstery in harmonious color is added
it becomes thing of beauty if it is q
graceful, sensible shape. After adding
cne such chair to a room it will usually
be necessary to fit over some other
pieces to prevent their looking shabby.
1t is astonishing to one who has never
experimental in this way what a
change a little dainty color will make.
The recovering CT too gaudy piece
here, the bringing forth of q daintily-
shaped chair to this point of the room
and the setting back of another may
make an unattractive room most at
tractive. The arrangement of fern
or palm in this place, and of table, books
or papers in that place all change the
effect of room. AS a rule, remember
that no one article Of furniture should
be given undue prominence. The colors
of the sitting,room should blend with
each other, but should not be of the
same tone of color. Bedrooms and 9TH
er rooms, like a dining-room or music
room, where there is one, may be prop
erly furnished in one color. Monoto-
nous color becomes very tiresome in
the parlor or in the living Y.
Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
A Siamese Cremation.

The utmost magnifcance character
lied the cremation of the late Phra
Charoew Rajathon the other evening.
a couple of shadow plays and a ma
rionette show were within the wat
grounds, and on all sides hung the rich
banners sent by friends of the deceased,
inscribed with wishes for his future
welfare. In one corner was a booth
containing the store of silver and other
articles which were to be, given, to, the
visitors. Each of these on arrival was
invited to dip into a black bag and
withdraw number corresponding to
that on one of the articles in the booth,
and the expenditure on these gifts must
have been most lavish. In a pavilion
facing the crematory refreshments
were served, and in another one could
watch the crowd, or later on witness
the magnificent display of fireworks.
AT about seven o'clock the fire arrived
from the king, and shortly afterward
H. R. IL. HT:ncc Bhanurangse came as
his majesty's representative to apply
the first light to the funeral pyre.-
Siam Observer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
A Florida Er0Rf.

Far on in March, when the thermome
ter had long been in the SOS, the wind
whipped suddenly into the north, and
the air cooled so degrees in night. We
were in the field, perspiring in linens,
when the change came, with an abrupt
overcasting of the sky. Whit like the
breath from a glacier struck us, the
wind blew each moment keener, and be-
fore we fairly saw how it was our teeth
were chattering. 1t seemed unbelieva-
be; but presently there was no doubt
that January norther was upon us,
two months out of season. When we
realized this, we set all hands at work
to earth over the half-grcwn potato
vines. Only few hours of the day were
left, but the men worked desperately
with hoes and plows through the bleak
twilight, and much was done. But not
all. When we came out, shivering, in
the first daybreak, we saw that our
short harvest was to be lameptably
shortened. We perceived now, at last,
how it was with us; we were not farm
ing, but gambling with the elements.
The climate had been merely toying
with us, trump card Of spring frosts
lying in it's sleeve.-F. Whitmore, in At
lantic,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
ONLY FUNNY TO FOOLS.
How War Appears When Viewed
from Certain Different
Points.

A number of printers, all of whom
were born since the last war, were sit
ting about the office of Secretary
Marsh one day lately when an extra"
was brought in which indicated that
war with Spain was near at hand.
''If we have war it will afford our
navy some good praetiee-just what it
nceds--and be better than Il dozen sham
battles" suggested one.
"And Spain will find it quite change
from bull fighting"
II don't believe there will be any
war;" said a baseball crank. Just as
we think every thing is all ready you'll
see a sign up: No game to-day. Wet
grounds-too sloppy on the Atlantic. )"
Il think we'll have to make up purse
for Spain,' said the pugilist of the
party. But if she don't stand up fer
four rounds she don't get any Of the
receipts"
"You boys areycry cunning" said the
veteran Marsh, wheeling about in his
chair. "It's easy to see that none CT
you know what war means. I'm older
than any of you, and know. In 1864,
when was working on the old Tribune,
eight men from that Office enlisted IN
the Twenty-fourth Michigan. They
were all fine fellows. the best of the lot.
Six of them never returned. The other
two got back so wasted and changed
that it was hard work to recognize them,
and they were carried from the depot
to the hospital on itters. One of
them, Witherspoon. personal friend of
mine, was shot through the wrist. Both
died. / saw several regiments leave
here, 1,2OO to 1,5O0 strong, composed Of
the finest young men in the state. 1
saw them come back with only 300 to
500 MANNED and broken men-- men that
had practically ended their lives. That
is what war is. 1t is only funny to
fools. Evening News.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
He KNEW MISS FILK1NS.
How Little Salt Became
Mander Marks MessenSer
board the Maine.

That charming favorite, Grace FIR
kins, is the wife Of Lieutenant COM
mander Adolph Mark, the judge ao'o-
cate of the naval court of inquiry "iiieii
investigated the destruction OF the oa'-
tleship Maine. Lieutenant ConnaEesi
Mark was formally the executive CT
ficer of the Maine, and was continu ueu
as such until within three weeks CT 'he
time the battleship was sent to Havaila'
when he was detached for shcre dut!.
When Commander Mark was first as
signed to the Maine he and Miss Fill.ins
had just become engaged to be mai
rled, and the naval officer was much III
love with the lady. Commander Mark
desired ships messenger, and ordered
second lieutenant one day to range
up all the lads in the ship, that he might
select messenger from them. \ dozen
youngsters soon stood in Commander
Marks cabin, al! eager to be eX-
amined, for to tc messenger for the
executive officer was coveted honor.
In the row of lads Commander Mark
noticed one little fellow staring with
wide-open eyes ut picture of Miss
Filkins on his desk. This somewhat
surprised him, ard it pleased him, too.
When this youngsters turn came to be
interrogated he stepped forward, but
did not remove his eyes from the photo
graph. He answered intelligently, but
somehow his gaze could not be diverted
from the ladys picture.
Finally the commander asked: do
you know this lady, young man?"
'"fes;;" pired the little .salt,, that's
Miss Filkins."
"How do ycu know Miss Filkins?"
my mother washed for her for nine
years, SIR"
1t is needless TO say that the little
apprentice was given the post CT mes
senger TO the lieutenant commander.
This boys name was Kogel. and abosit
1s months ago he was lost overheard in
storm off Cape Hatteras. A great
wave boarded the ship and sent the lad
into the sea. Four or five men sprang
overheard in the midst of the storm to
rescue the lad, and AID were saved but
poor little Kogei. 1''ho was,sucked, down
by the heavy sea and never seen again.
II is noteworthy fact that two sailors
of those who went overheard in the
storm after this boy were lost from the
ship for over two hours, and finally
we're saved, after having been almost
washed aboard of her by great a
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
F,,ter,ng MIX Before Using.

Central depots where milk is received
and filtered before being taken to the
consumer are now a feature of several
European cities. Large cylindrical yes
sells are divided horizontally near their
center by compartments containing
sand of three successive degrees of fine
ness. the coarsest being the lowest, and
as the milk arriving from the country is
poured through a pipe into the bottom
of these vessels it rises through the
sand filter and is run off by an overflow
pipe into a cool cistern, from which it
is drawn directly into locked cans for
distribution. The sand Is renewed each
time the filter is used.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
"FRONT" IN WASHINGTON.
Hotel Hall Boys with Monu1nenta
Gall Who Expect the Guests to
DO Part OF Their Work

The colored front" of the Washing
ton hotel is like no other hotel hall boy.
white or black, in the United States. He
doesn't hesitate 20 ask the guests to do
part Of his work. Old stagers at these
hotels do not appear to think it strange,
but folks accustomed to hotels in other
parts of the country are at first rather
surprised at the requests made of them
by the colored front" of the Washing
ton hotels. This is the style of it:
Coin to your room, sir?" asks a
front" with card and tray as guestis
about TO step into the elevator.
Yes" And then 'front.'" handing the
card, says:
'SVill you tap on Mr.. Honeycomb's
door and tell him this gemman is down
stairs and wants to see him?"
Your room is 81, and front" knows it.
and he also knows that Mr.. Honey
combs room is 60, and to save himself
a trip upstairs he'll bother you TO tap
at strange mans room and deliver the
message.
Or it is: "Dye know, sir, if Mr.. Bull
leyton is in his room? You've just come
down, sir, and there's a gemman here
wants to see him." Sometimes it is:
will you, please, sir, drop this letter
into Mr.. Finnigan's room?" And SO it
goes.
The northerner at first is a bit taken
aback. but he soon becomes accustomed
to the situation ard grins at the audaci-
ty of the request. Others tell the col
ored front" to go to the devil, and so
on. The colored 'front.' doesn't mean
any disrespect. 1t is only his way of
fryinn fn h,,< 4 =
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
LIFE A La CARTE.
S7sa 4ze, Alter All, Like ths courssz
of Dinner.

Mankind is like MENU" said the
other girl, 'All sorts of things, served
up in all kinds of ways. The world is a
big restaurant, and we poor girs- go in,
look over the menu, and invariably pick
out something that isn't good for us.
Almost everything dished up in these
modern days is indigestible. Fad me
three hearty, digestible men out of any
six you know.
"You can't do it. For example, there
IS Reggie ROllins-he comes in served
on the half-shell, as it were. He's a
harmless, good-natured chap, awfully
imposed upon by us girls, But we
couldn't do without him, 1t doesn't cost
much extra, and he acts as a relish.
lots of people believe in standing in the
shadow in order to appreciate the sun
shine. That, my dear, is the real theory
tor oysters coming first.
''Then there's your Jack and my Jack
every girl has Jack, the fellow who
runs errands, waits upon us, knows
everything and everybody-heo occupies
an important position and is really
necessary, and when well-seasoned he
influences the entire dinner. But he is
superfcially thin, and that's no pun.
either.
We'll, what's the use of going on :?
There's Charlie Scribbler and all the
rest Of your literary friends; they're
Ssh, food for thought and all that, all
brains-deep as the sea, and if you are
observing Lent they won't hurt you
once week.
'"Your actor friends are starred on the
menu in big type as an entree. By the
time you get to that portion of the din
ner you are ready to be amused. One
gets the most attractive dishes, un-
doubtedly, but no one takes them seri-
ously.
"Your lawyer, doctor and friends in
semi-sensible professions are roasts.
To my way of thinking the best thing
on the menu is the salad. The salad is
the man of wealth. He is rich and has
French dressing. Mr.. Dauber is des-
sert. Artists are visionary things like
angels food and floating island pud-
dings.
''Afterward there is string of fin
ishes, something like the preliminaries.
They are the curates, mentors and sec
ond-cousins that we take to ease our
conscience, as we do crackers and
cheese.
eff one takes wine-well, wine is a
luxury, like love; some girls think they
can't afford it. Besides, it signifies the
temptations and-well, there are din
ners and dinners, you know.
'But, my dear, the wise girl won't
order table d'hote. She'll take life a
la carte, choosing that which is good
and substantial. A good man, with
good principles, is like a good steak,
and that's what like better than any
thing else.'-N. Y World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
ROUGH EXPERIENCED.
Such as Arc Often Encountered IL
the Mountains of
Tennessee.

All old drummers who make wagon
trips" know that when night catches
YOU out on one of them you are glad
to find shelter almost anywhere. Ire
member late one night had driven as
far as I could, and, coming to little
log cabin in the Tennessee mountains,
stopped and inquired if could spend
the night there and get supper and
breakfast for myself, driver and team.
mons said: Eyes; git out ard come in.
If you can stand US, we can stand you
'uns one night"
| found this to be very interesting
family. The cid man told me he only
had 10 living children. None of them
had ever seen a railroad or train, and
only two had ever been out of the coun-
ty. After a supper of fried meat, corn
bread and buttermilk "fell into" con-
versa ton with mine host, and he re.
lated some wonderful hunting stories
He said he had killed 61 bears-which
he called "ba a'r"-and showed me some
ugly sears he had received in some OF
HIS bd IS utse' A-xC AidQ 6lSO fAltlCU
great deal of other wild game. Dur.
ing our talk in some way the name OF
Jesus Christ was mentioned The old
man said: "Jesus who? Don't think
He has ever been through here. Is He
a timber man or a drummer" / ar
rather timid when it comes to mission
ary work, so dropped back to s'ba'r'
talk as soon as possible.
I had figured all the evening how
we were all to sleep in that little house
Finally 1 saw them put seven of the
children crosswise in one bed, some
more went up ladder through tn,
,cuttle hole into the loft" and the res
crowded into the other three beds, anc
still there was one left for me. NJ
driver went to the stable.
In the morning as may he imagined
they had to bake several cakes of corr
bread before we all ''set in" to eat break
fast. The old lady baked three cakes
in the oven at time, and my driver
who was evidently paying pretty clos,
: attention to the preparing of break
fast, AYERS that when she took set O.
cakes out of the oven she put them il
the foot of one of the beds to keep then
warm until she had enough baked fol
all.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Joke ON the Gendarme.

Some joker or lunatic, the people
don't know which, went to gendarmes
on duty in the outskirts of Tacubaya,
Mexico, at night and told them that the
prefecture ordered that they arouse the
people in all the houses and warn them
that au earthquake was coming. The
obedient gendarmes did so, and the peo-
pie ran frightened to the fields and the
streets. When cold gave them more
shivers than the fright had they began
to think somebody had lied.-Chicago
Tribune, -.--.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Polite over the Telephone.

The managers of the telephone conn
pany operating he system at Versailles,
France, hold that the expression
"Hello!" used in response TO call IS
impnlite. The operators have been in
structed TO ask the subscriber who
rings up the central office: What do
you want?"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
No Head Covering for Girl- in Japan

There is no special head-coYering in
the native costume for girls. Iadeed.
the mode cf dressing the hair would not
admit OF hats and bonnets such as ours
There is rivalry among japanese girls
as TO whose hair shall be most becom-
in~:y AID artistically arranged, whose
e e be most gracefully tied. and
Y e rCLe show the most harmonious
e;-s, Is; and they are quite equal to their
w. tern sisters in the taste for person.
81 q orument. The Japanese parasol is
rseG as a shelter from the sun, and the
Errorean umbrella is gaining favor.
Ter Coirg cut in the rain there are rain
coats ard rain-hats made of oiled paper.
ST. Nicholas.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Lianid Refreshment.

The amount of liquid refreshment
taken by man of 10 years would equal
70,700 pints, and to hold this pail IL
feet high and more than $500 times as
large as an ordinary pail would be re-
Quired. ENQUIRER.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
The ReasOn.

In one of his books Mark Twain OBJ
serves that the reason there is COM
paratively little arabic land in Spain is
because the great majority of the Span
ish people are in the habit OF squa nder-
ing it on their persons, and when they
die ii is buried with them.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
f., c-,sn-ea Their Sabbath.

C--> C-ecn-ci Their saDoatn'
A jewish congregation in Chicago,
that of DR.. Emil G. Hirsch, holds Divine
servece on Sundays instead OF Satur-
aavs. Hebrews all over the, United
States are discussing the propriety of
q general change of the Jewish Sabbath
from Saturday to Sunday,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
He Desired to Know.

Mrs, Scrappingtop (viciously)-Even
though you are my husband, you are
a fool!
Mr.. Scrappington-Am I fool be-
cause am your husband, or am your
husband because am a fool?-N. Y.
Journal,