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The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
The BOy Preach ed.

A hush fell upon the congregation
while the famous boy preacher but
toned the third button of his Prince
Albert preparatory to his opening sen,
tence. Far and wide throughout the
land his influence had been felt. The
sound of his voice had electrified null
titudes. The vigor and freshness of
his discourse had charmed million
hearers. At length the Albert was
buttoned. Placing his hands behind
him the speaker said-or rather, he
tried to say it, for the inarticulate
sounds that issued from his mouth
bore no resemblance to any language.
The congregation stared in astonish-
ment. The orator stopped in dismay
and suddenly retired in confusion.
Alas for the forgetfulness of genius.
The boy preacher had left his false
teeth at home.-Harlem Life.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
SPANIARDS IN A HOLE.
A Curious Feat Performed by the
GunbOat Dolphin at
Santiago.

One of the interesting details of the
second shelling of the coast defenses
at Santiago was performed by the gun
boat Dolphin, popularly known during
Mr.. Cleyeland's administration as ''the
presidents yacht" and further known
to naval men as "the ship which broke
John Roach" Firing had ceased, and
the vessels taking part withdrew off
shore. Presently the Dolphin, break
ing from the rest, steamed back and
began a spirited action against some
thing OF land. There was railroad
bridge n sight, so the supposition was
that she was trying to knock the slen-
der steel supports from under it. But
presently her business was plain to
sight. At one end of the bridge there
was short tunnel; into this a train
had hurried and stopped, having
escaped the solid shot with which the
Dolphin had attempted to strike it. 1t
was, as l say, a short tunnel. When
the engineer had his locomotive hid
den, the rear of the train was still ex-
posed and when the conductor ordered
him forward so as to cover the rear, the
locomotive as far as its bell projected
from the tunnels mouth. Thus the
Dolphin kept it lodging until shell
TO the rear tore up rails and bed, and
another to the front detached a piece
of the hill, and stuffed the tunnels
mouth with it. Having (actually) put
the enemy in hole, the Dolphin turned
back to the flagship, and reported that
she had captured prize, but found it
impossible to tow it to port.-Santiago
Cor. n. Y. Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
ANGLING FOR SURGEONS.
The Capturing of HaIf-Ton Fishes
Is Not Exactly PinhOOk
Recreation.

I saw a sturgeon in Victoria, on the
cannery floor, measuring II feet by the
tape and weighing more than 600
pounds. Anyone wishing to deceive
the public by aid of a prevaricating
camera should pose beside Lis 12-foot
fish. The men who skillfully and Ia
boriously reduced it to sections with
an ak said it was not an uncommon
fish, though the biggest on the floor:
that they often found them far larger
and weighing as much as 1900 pounds.
Two men lifting a half-ton fish into
their boat is the exciting feature of
sturgeon fishing. The sturgeon, if not
fastened in his thick hide, is apt to re-
sent it. He shakes his head in en-
phatic dissent; and head three feet
long and as big as log, when vigorous
ly shaken by a half-ton body, is a
thing to be avoided. The tail, too, is
source of danger, for it not only slaps
with energy, but can cover a large sur
face with one application. The man
new at the business is apt to get hurt
the first time he helps to coax wrig
Cling sturgeon of standard size over
gunwale.
On the floor of the cannery the stur-
geon is a great inert mass of flesh. The
first operation of the butcher is to
chop off the head and tail with an ak,
and for these free gifts of nature the
Indian and Chinaman are eagerly wait
ing at the door, The fins are cut Oft
with knife, and these are not allowed
to go to waste. AS the refuse is SHOW
eled along the planks to the river there
is little allowed to pass the coast ma
tive and his cousin of the braided hair.
Cinnamon potter around the place and
help to clear away the refuse for the
sake of what they can CLEAN, and have
a weakness for taking parts not in
tended for the river. When such Mon
goiian tricks are discovered the China
men are all driven out with more noise
than ceremony, but they take their ex-
pulsion with oriental indifference, and
in few minutes are all back again
Toronto Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
BARBED WIRE ~ WAR.
Much CT 1t Was Used by the Span
iePIs In Making ''2'EOcaas"
or Abatis.

Many accounts of the operations near
Santiago and other places in Cuba show
that barbed wire plays an important
part in the defense of the island. 1t
has been known ever since the revolu-
tion began in Cuba that the Spanish
trocha or dead line was marked with
barbed wire, but until the United States
troops reached the island there were
only indistinct ideas as to how the
wire was used and to what extent II be-
came an impediment to an invading or
opposing force.
IT was believed by many that these
barbed-wire abatis were simply wire
fences Of from four to eight feet high,
but it has been found that they are
not built on the fence plan. The wire
is stretched from tree to tree at ir-
regular heights. Sometimes a strand
Will be fastened to stump, and from
there to a height Of eight or ten feet
on a tree, then down again TO the next
tree to a height Of three or four feet
from the ground. In this way hedges
with six or eight strands of barbed wire
are run along for miles. the construc-
tion being so irregular that one never
knows where to look for the individual
strands. The whole forms formid-
able barrier.
This style of abatis is popular in all
southern countries, and has been used
wherever there has been a war since
barbed wire became a commercial COM
modify. The only thing like barbed
wire hedge used in the civil war was
telegraph wire hedge at the siege Of
Knoxville.
1t has been said by the Cuban and
South American leaders that the barbed
wire is superior to wood abatis made
from limbs of trees, because the wood
can be torn to pieces by artillery fire.
and once down the forces can march
through the breach. 1t can also be set
on fire. The barbed-wire abatis can
not be destroyed in that way, and it
has been suggested that a dynamo
might make the collection of wire
strands exceedingly hard to handle.
But it does not appear that scier titic
methods have been employed by the
Spaniards, and their wire hedges were
simply irregular, obstinate and most
uncomfortable things which yielded,
however, to the nippers with which the
troops were supplied.
The large manufacturers Of barbed
wire say that while great quantities of
their product were sent to Cuba dur
ing the last two years, they have no
means OF knowing how much of it was
used in building defensive works. They
discredit the report that the American
expedition to Manila carried many tons
Of barbed wire to be used in building
hedges similar TO those used in Cuba.
They believe that much wire has been
sent there, but they say that it will be
used for purposes of peace and not for
WARN. Y. Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
Homes of the Anthracite Miners.

Each little house, with the boxes,
cubby-holes, and fences about it, has
been built by the man who lives in it..
And he is a laborer, a struggler for
mere existence, not deft in the use of
tools, nor with an eye for the SYM
metrical, nor with an appreciation for
anything beyond the most primal facts
Of living. The roofs of the buildings
slant at all angles, with no two sides of
the same length or DETECTION. One por-
tion will have caves, while its compan-
ion will scorn the luxury. The same
incongruity prevails everywhere. Some
of the small openings used for windows
are high, while others are low. One
door will open in, and another out.
The hinges have evidently come from
the company scrap-pile, and the staples
and latches and locks from the same
source. Some of the roofs have shin
giles, others weather-boards, while
others are formed of great pieces of
rusty sheet,iron.-Jay Hanbridge, in
Century.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
EeI-Shaped Life Preservers.

A practicable life preserver, or life
float, at last seems to have been in
vented, which meets all the deficiencies
that have therefore characterized
devices of this nature, The difficulty
with most contrivanees for this pur-
pose is, primarily-especially in the
case of cork waistcoats-that they are
so bulky as to impede action to a very
considerable degree, if not altogether;
but this is avoided in the new belt,
known as the Louiton float, which, as
explained and illustrated in the
French journals, has the appearance
of Conger eel with cor3cal ends.
Made Of sheet rubber, it passes round
the neck, across the chest and round
the waist, and can be inflated in one
minute by the mouth; it's weight is
about one pound, and it is alike fiexi-
bic, light and easily placed in position.
N. Y, World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
AUNT LuciNoA.s COOKIES.

. baker, you haven't IL az your shop,
A cookie ist 70 be tried.
Tor the art OF making them came TO
stop
when my Aunt Lucinda died.
I can see her yet. with her sleeves uproiled,
AS l watch her mix and knead
The -four and eggs. with their yolks OF
gold,
The butter and sugar, just all they'll hold'
And spice them with caraway SEED.
oh. that caraway seed, 1 see the nook
Where it grew by the garden wall;
And just below is the little brook
With the laughing waterfall.
Beyond arc the meadows, sweet ana talr,
And fieckcd By the sun and SHADE;
And all the beauties OF earth and air
Were in those cookies, so rich and rare,
My Aunt Lucinda made
So. add one more to the worlds lost arts,
For the cookies you make are sad
And they haven't the power to stir our
hearts
That Aunt Lucinda's had;
For see her vet, With sleeves uprolled,
And l watch her mix and knead
The flour and eggs. with their yolks of gold.
The butter and sugar. just all they'll hold,
And spice them with caraway seen.
Nixon Waterman, in L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

Tobacco seeds are so minute that
thimblcful viii furnish enough plants
for an acre of ground.
Prof. A!snel says that between the
ticks of watch ray of light could
move around the globe.
Ii is estimated that Europe has as
many as $4,000 match factories, with
an annual trade valued at over $780,
100000.
1t is believed that lightning is visible
at distance CT $50 miles, but opinions
still differ as to how far away thunder
can be heard.
From December /, 1897, to July /,
1898, the company having the lease of
the Philadelphia gagworks paid to the
city $l,024,337
Efforts are being made to revive the
flax industry in certain parts of Eng
land, where it has fallen into desue-
tude, especially in the county of Lin
colnshire.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world has been pre-
pared by London, Berlin and Partisan
astronomers. II SHOWS at least Oc ,UUU,
000 stars.
How Quick Can Man Wink ?-Ex-
periments have been going on with an
ingenious machine which shuts over a
mans eye so that the eyelid as it winks
opens and closes a chronograph. So
far the quickest wink on record is
about a sixth Of a second.
Red light is not the lowest kind Wis
ible to the eye. When body is heated
up it emits first gray" glow and
then a red glow. Herr hummer finds
that this gray light is perceived by the
rod" formation and the real light by
the cone" formation In the nervous
structure of the eye.
Oysters are now being sent to Eu-
rope from New Zealand, being frozen
In solid blocks. The oysters are opened
and then frozen in blocks 12 inches
long, six inches wide and two inches
thick. The blocks are wrapped in pa
per and packed eight in case. Should
the experiment prove successful, a
new industry promises to be started
in the colony.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
A Strange Use for Bibles.

1t seems that gold leaf for decorative
purposes is, as regular matter of
business, packed In little books made
up of the unbound pages of Holy Writ
cut to the requisite size for the pur-
pose, and stitched together. On in
quiry, l learn that the practice of pack
ing the material in this way is we'll
established one, and that the Bible is
selected for this purpose because, as
a rule, the type is more evenly set, and
the printing generally finer and better
executed. On the other hand, hear
from other sources that the use of the
Bible is looked upon as sort of guar
antee that the leaf is of the best pos
sible quality. 1t appears that the
Book of Common Prayer is also en-
ployed for the same purpose. Gold
leaf books are made up and supplied
to the trade by an enterprising firm in
Birmingham. An enterprising gentle
man in London also supplied them. 1t
is evident that the books are made up
from the sheets in which they leave
the press, and before they are folded,
-Ceylon Standard.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
Sweet Child.

"No," said little Tommie, in reply to
the preachers question, 81 never go
fshin' on Sunday"
"Ah," said the good man, who had de-
cided after much urging to stay for
dinner, I'm very glad to hear that.
thought you didn't look like boy who
would fish on Sunday"
"Nope," the little man went on. "I
wouldn't want to set out anywhere
danglin' pole in the rain, and when
it don't rain Sundays I always ride
my bike all cleveland Leader.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
IMPROVED Gunnerx.

The wonderful strides made in the
science Of gunnery since 1910 are shown
by the fact that at that period a 68-
pound projectile fired with a charge of
18 pounds of powder gave a muzzle ve-
locity of between 1000 and 1,1G0 feet
second, while at the present day 100
pound shell, fired with 14a4 pounds of
cordite, gives a muzzle velocity of $3.50
feet a second.-Bostol Budget.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
The City of Hong-Kong.

Hong-Kong is both a city and an
island. It is about 90 miles in area, sep
arated from the mainland of China by
a narrow stream, and was ceded to
Great Britain in 1861 as indemnity for
what is known as "the opium war;
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
TERRITORY OF APIzoNA, =
County of Navajo. 2

County of Navajo, %
I, ]. H. Frisby, County Recorder In and fon
the County of Navajo, Territory of Arizona,
and custodian of the records thereof, do
hereby certify that the foregoing and hereto
attached Articles of incorporation of the
Winsow Electric Light and Ice Manufacture
ing Company is a full, true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation of said coma
pany now on file IN my Office; that said Arti7
cles of Incorporation were filed for record
in my Office on the 9th day of January A. D,
1893 at 2:3O o'clock p. M, and are duly enter
ed of record in Volume No. of Articles of
Incorporation, on pages Nos. 26, 27, 28records
of said Navajo county.
~ In witness whereof have here
} unto set my hand and seal of office
}sEAL} this sth day of January A. d. 1S98
j. H. FRIsBY,
~ County Recorder.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
A Bit of Ffnesse.

She-So many tall men marry little
women!
He-Yes; a man likes to have wife
who can pretend to look up to him.
Puck. -, 49,. ..-..---.-
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-17
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County of Navajo.

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, 20
County of Navajo. %
Before me. f. w. Nelson, Notary Pablo
in and for the County and Territory afore-
said, personally appeared Frank Hart, j. x.
Woods, w. r. Campbell, U. 2. Rand, A. T
Cornish aud F. G. Demarest known to me to
be the persons whose names are subscribed
o the foregoing instrument and duly ac
knowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purpose and consideration
therein expressed.
~ Given under my hand and seal of
} Office this 7th day of January A. d.
}srA1 1898. W, NELSON
~ Notary Public.
My commission expires December 8, 1898.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25


And that is not o drop In the bucket
to the amount Of gold that lies hidden
In the hearts OF those mountains to-
day. The above table shows that 1853
was the banner year In the production
of gold in California, five millions
more being taken ont that year than
any other since its discovery in 1913,
ana IL also shows that since 1890, the
lowest amount being produced that
year, the production has almost
doubled. The largest nugget that has
ever been discovered in the world was
found by the Graves brothers last
year in Trinity county.
It was late In the afternoon OF Aug
80, 1853, that crossed the summit of
those grand old Sierfas and started
down long and marrow backbone of
the mountain that divided the waters
Of the north and middle forks OF the
Yuba river. Far down in . dsep dark
canyon on the north side Of the ridge
lay the south fork OF the north fork OF
the Yuba and from the river to the
top OF the ridge there was . dense
forest of hemlock timber. We could
find no dry wood on the ridge to make .
camp are, 20 We went down In the
timber, where We found . fallen tree
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
The Eldon Railroad.

The Fulton (Mo.) Sun Is after the
Eldon railroad, and says:
The company has made a PROPOSE
tion to Mexico for a division and
round house which has not been ac-
cepted yet. The company is looking
for such q point and want to know
what Fulton will do II the road is run
here and make division. The road
will be built in the near future and on
some line south of Paris to the Mis-
souri, river.
Mr.. J. E. Houghland, General
superintendent of the road, has writ
ten to parties here and states what
the company wants IL the road and
division come to Fulton and from
what we can learn at present, is about
as follows:
The company wants the right of
way through the county they locate
in; also through the city. The right
of way is to be 100 feet wide and at
the depot and yards it is to be 200
feet In width and 1900 feet in length.
Also eight acres of ground for the
round house and shops. They also
want $50, 600 subsidy in notes as per
sample in our possession. If the road
IL surveyed through this county
and city the company would ask all
these and would put into the construc-
ton Of the road about s300, 900.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
Priceless Pain

ar prics can be placed on pain, Mothers
Friend Is worth its weight in gold a. an aiiev.-
ator MY wife suffered more In ten minutes with
either Of her other two children than she did al.
.sosstsssss sss ssi.s Esa of ne Blessing
10 any one expecting to become mother" says
Q customer.
Thus writes Henderson Dale, Druggist,
of Carmi, Ill, TO the Bradheld Regulator
Company, of Atlanta, Ga, the proprie-
tors and manufacturers Of "Mothers
Friend" This successful remedy Is not
one Of the many internal medicines ad-
yertised to do unreasonable things, but .
scieutifcally prepared fniment especially
effective In adding strength and elasticity
10 tboee parts of woman's organism which
bear the seyeresk strains of childbirth. :
The liniment may be used at any and
ali times during pregnancy up to the
very hour of confinement. The cartier It
q b.ruu, and the longer used, the more
perfect viii be the result, but It has been
used during the last month only with
great benefit and success.
II not only shortens labor and lessons
the pain attending II, but greatly diniiu.
ishes the danger to Life OF both mother
snd child, and leaves the mother in q con-
dition more favorable to speedy recovery.
"Notherss Friend IS sold by druggists
at tI.oo, or sent by express on receipt Of
Valnabie book for women, Before
Baby l. Bon, ?, sent free on application.
mn Oaa9RElo aEsULaIoa CO.. aiiaasa. O..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
STRANDED AT ST. MICHAEL.
Large Party from Paris, No, Await
the City of Pans in Vain.

SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. IA large
party of Paris, Mo-, people are re-
ported to the steamer Navarro to be
stranded on the beach ut st. Michael.
They have for several months been
waiting the arrival of the silver
steamer City Of Paris, In which they
have an interest. They do not know
the City Of Paris is still In Seattle, and
that no arrangements have yet been
made for towing her north.
The members Of the company now
in the North left several of the officers
here to see about bringing her through.
The latter have made several towing
arrangements, but all fell through. The
party have about exhausted their pro-
visions, and may have to be sent back
by the government. II is not known
when the cutter boat will leave Seat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25
Fire at Monroe Citv.

MONROE CITY, NO., Aug. 1s.--Firs
was discovered in the McCarty block
about 12 O'Clock last night. In few
minutes the fire department had o
stream OF water playing on the Boul-
ware & Sullivan clothing stock. BY
the hardest work the building was
saved, but ssock valued at Oil, 900 was
destroyed by fire and water. The IRE
originated In the center of the build
ing and did not leave an entire suit Of
clothing In the house. The stock was
insured for s1,5o0. The A. Boulware
dry goods stock was damaged slightly
by smoke. w. T. Regland and B. p.
Nelson, oziiee and contents, on tho
second floor, were slightly damaged.
@. q. McCarty owned the building and
IL was insured for $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-08-25

HON. E. W. STEPHENS, writing in
his Columbia (Mo.) Herald, referring
to modern political bossism, says:
"But to good men more than to bad
ones is due corruption in political life.
Men of character and influence, dis
gusted with the methods of dems-
gogues and unwilling to beslime them.
selves, keep away from politics al
together and give the whole business
over to the hoodIums. II they would
devote to politics one fourth the
thought and attention they do to their
own business they could easily over
come the bad element. The little
political bosses and manipuiators are
exceedingly limited in ability and can
be overcome without any great effort.
When 1t is considered that so much 10
involved In the selection of public Of
ficials, that they make and enforce
the laws, regulate the liberties and
lives OF the people, impose and collect
taxes and largely determine the pros
perity of the country no good citizen,
however great the sacrifice, can afford
to ignore his duty in the matter of
nominations and elections. 1t Is sui
cidal and criminal to refuse to do so.
A man can not consistently denounce
corruption In public life and protest
against evils In the civil service, when
he has refused to take any part in the
formulation Of party politics or the
selection OF public servants. 1t is ad-
mitted that there is much In politics
that Is exceedingly offensive. The
loud -mouthed brawler, the brutal
political leader, the chicanery, the
lying, the demagoguery, the wicked
ness and worse perhaps than all, the
woeful ignorance Of many voters and
their susceptibility to the arts and in
trigues Of the political shyster, all
these are unpleasant. But shall We
allow all this to run the country In
which We live or shall we take up
arms against this sea Of troubles and
by opposing end them9 The people
at last can be trusted. They will fol-
low clean, brave, true man when he
has once won their confidence; and
one such man can put Q thousand
miserable demagogues 70 fight. The
liar and the bcodler have neither in.
fiuence nor courage. Their dupes and
victims can be easily taken from
them. Ability, bravery, aggressive
ness and purity are weapons Infinitely
more effective than the wretched arts
Of the sycophant and the intriguer.' p