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The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
LCcx CUT FcR A STRAY MOoN.
Round E:ack Cody 60J.00O Niles Away
wanted by an AstrO1oEaer.

wanted by an AstrO1OEier.
American astronomers are requested
to keep their eyes open for IL stray
moon, which Dr.. Waltemath, of Ham
ouFS' is anxious 10 find again. His OBJ
Ject, says the New York Sun. is to ac-
count for and control certain Irregular
ltIes i'll coming to time Oh the part CT
the Old moon that we are accustomed 10
see. lie knows exactly what sort of IA
moon he wants and where il ought to
oe. Its apparent diameter is 40 sec
ohds. but its real diameter is 42O miles.
IT'S surface about one-twenty-fifth and
ITS bulk one-eightieth that CT the yis,-
Die moon, and it is 6l5. 900 miles histant
from the earth, and two and two-thirds
times as far as our moon.
This little moon has been seen n uun,.
Der CT times in the last 200 years. Dur
ing the seventeenth century il ap-
pedretl' as 4 fiery red bail with a,white
streak across it. Later observers de-
scribe il as OF the dark gray color Gf the
spots OH the moon. and as ii so,snd,
black body, so that ii had probably
cooled off in the interval Cassini, the
rather, saw it at Montpelier November
:, 1909, and seven other appearances are
noted in that century. DR.. Ritter, IL
Hanover sehool-teacher, saw it with the
naked eye in bread daylight in fhe
neighborhood of Naples June II, 1865.
it crossed the sun from right 10 left.
Mr.. Convey saw ii al North I.ew;sburg,
o.. September 4. 1879. None of the OBJ
servers had any idea OF its true nature,
however, till Dir. Waltemath made his
discovery.
February 3 of this year the little
moon PASSED over the sun. and il will
do it again July so. Its mean synodie
course is III days. and its daily mo-
tion little over three degrees. Any
one noticing its wanderings Will please
inform DR.. George Waltemath at Ham
rg-on-the- Elbe.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Your Nose.

The nose, the form of which has so
much to DO with the beauty of face
is amenable TO culture. and we have 1t
On the authority of a German physician
that it is beyond dispute that during
half an ordinary human life the ucse
IS capable cfreceiving more noble form.
The mental training of an Individual
has great deal TO do with shaping the
2Ose.-Detroit Free Press.
Pendulum clocks were invented after
Galileo stood observing the lamp in
sl,nrch SWINGING to and fro.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
when You WrIte 70 the Queen.

The paper on which letters to Queen
Victoria are written must not be folded
No communication which bears evil
dcnce Cf having been creased will ever
fall into her majesty's own hands. The
proper method is TO write on thick,
glossy white paper, and to dispatch the
missive in an envelope which fits it.
Any folded communication never
reaches the queen, for the simple rea-
son that she never looks at it. All
such letters are opened by the mistress
of the robes, and, as a rule, their con-
vents never get beyond her, or, if the
letter is of Importance, it is returned
TO the writer with the directions how
to forward it.-N. Y. Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
MILK, BEER AND SUGAR.
The Diet on Which @ Russian Has
Lived for Twenty Years.

There is a Jew, native of Litsk,
Russia, living in the east end Of Lon
don who has tasted for 20 years, his
sole daily diet during that time con-
sisting of six pints of milk, three pints
of beer and half pound of Demerarn
sugar. His name, says the New York
Times, is Morris Fox. He is an excel
lent Talmudical scholar, and, in spite
of his frugal meals, he is the most
wealthy, intelligent and wide-awake
person in his quarter. He is now about
40. At the age of II, it appears. he
caught some lingering fever which
shattered his digestive organs. He took
many kinds of treatment from many
physicians until his stomach became
Injured to all medicine. At the Kieff
hospital they vainly tried to cure him
by sporging and electrolysis; at Vienne
his physicians included the well-k1lown
Drs. Albert and Northnagel. His treat
ment at. Carlsbad was a failure; then
he travelled to konigsberg, when the
physicians decided that he must live
on sugar, milk and beer. Re adopted
their prescription and soon regaIned
normal health. For 20 years no solid
food has passed his mouth.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
COURAGEOUS HlNDUS.
They Feariessly Attack wild Animals
and Reptiles.

In some things the natives of Bengal
and l3ehar are wonderfully courageous,
and he bravest deed that | ever wit
nessed says Il writer in Gentleman's
Magazine, was performed in the coolest
manner possible by two of my own do
nestle servants. One morning, while
seated in the veranda of my bungalow,
a mad jackal rushed through the
grounds and went under Il raised 60
down, which was close to the bunga-
low. | left the yeranda for my gun,
and on my return | discovered two of
my servants armed with hog spears
creeping under the godown until they
came within striking distance of the
jackal, when they quickly transfiXed
him with their spears. The offer of Il
bank check on the Bank of England
would not have induced me to act in
the way that these brave fellows did.
An old mihtar (sweeper). man of
the lowest caste in my service. who was
nearly bent double with age, was the
snartest hand at killing venomcus
snake that | ever knew. The old fell
low used to sit up at night III the FOWL
house for the purpose of destroying the
Cobras that came after the eggs; and
one morning before dawn stepped
into the verunda of my bungalow in
time to see him pulling KARAT out of
Il hole with one hand, which grasped
the reptiles tail, while in the other
hand was held stick, which promptly
descended on the karit's head as soon
as it appeared in view. 1t was all done
very neatly and smartly, and as quietly
as if the old man had been crushing a
beetle
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
A WELCOME TO a MONARCH.
Reception Given by Mayor CoIxi,. or
ChicNgo. to L I'M. IEr L,nuc

Hecepticn Given by Mayor CoIxia. of
Chicago. to King i<ciakaun.
Three men were discussing the pro-
priety Of the call made by President Me-
Kinley upon President Dole. The dis
cussion brought out this story:
II think old Harvey ID. CoIvin knew
how to do things when it came to enter
tanning folks from abroad. especially
hand-me-dcwn-kings," said one of the
two. He was mayor of Chicago when
Kalakaua passed over the country in
search of Il loan. Colvin was rough and
ready, and wore a shirt with a ruffle
front and Il diamond in the middle.
which always made me think of bar
keeper on his day off. When the king
and his suite arrived in Chicago. Colvin
and his staff were at the sta tiou and the
mayor took the king by the hand as
warmly as if the king had been a ward
politician. The carriages moved quick
ly to the Grand Pacific hotel. Clark
street was jammed with people clamor-
ing for the king to come out. The
hour was early in the day. AT the re-
quest of Mayer Colvin, KaIakaua
stepped out on the veranda and bowed.
The populace, unused to sights of kings
in flesh, yelled. Mayor Colvin waved his
hand and shouted:
:" His majesty, the king Of the Sand
wich islands,
The populace yelled, laughed. and
hooted. Then the mayor, remen nbering
the early hour, turned to his royal guest
ard said:
We'll, king, you must be tired. Bet
ter go and wash up and then we'll have
breakfast
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
The Old Circus Mnu

"If / were going to give a word of
advice to young man just embark
ing in the show business" said the cid
circus man, Il should say never let
giraffe drink out Of a pond or Il stream,
because he's almost certain to drink
too much. You see the giraffe doesn't
really realize that he's drinking until
he begins to take the water into his
stomach, and he doesn't stop drinking
until he's got enough there The re-
suit of this is that his neck is still full,
a long column of water that he doesn't
need, but that he takes in Just the
same, ard often with disastrous re-
suits. | have known many giraffe
to Xix himself by drinking too much,
and | feel that l cannot do nv Young
and ambitious friends a greater service
than by warning them OF this character
istic. The giraffe should be watered
invariably from bucket IN. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
PECULIAR CHIMEsE CUSTOMS.
The Young Are Buried with Few Ea-
neral Rites.

neral Rites.
The customs of the Chinese in the
matter of death and burial are certain
~ peculiar. Infants are buried sum-
malily without coffins, and the young
are Inferred with few rites, but the fu-
nerais of the aged of both sexes are
elaborate in proportion to the number
of the descendants and TO their wealth.
When a childless married man dies, his
widow raay perform all the duties Of
q sen toward him, may remain in his
house, and may adopt children to rear
as his heirs, and as worshippers of the
family names. If his widow purposes
marrying again, a young male relative
may, with the consent of senior mem
bers of the clan, undertake the services
expected from son, and may inherit
the estate of the deceased. When one
is about to die, he is removed from his
couch to bench, or to mat on the
floor. because of belief that he who
dies in bed will carry the bedstead as
a burden into the other world. He is
washed in a new vessel, in warm water,
in which bundle of incense sticks is
merged. After the washing the vessel
and the water are thrown away togeth-
er. He is then arrayed in full suit
of new clothing, that he may appear
at his best. He breathes his last in
the main room before the largest door
in the house, that the departing soul
may easily find its way out into the
air. A sheet of spirit money drown
paper having a patch of gliding on one
surface) is laid over the upturned face,
because it is said that if the eyes are
left uncovered the corpse may count
the row of tiles in the roof, and that
in such case the family should never
build more spacious domicile.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Received ger Sailors.

For the first time in history Queen
Victoria has held reception Tor some
of her sailors. The affair took place at
Osborne house after the return OF the
cruiser St. George from three-years
STAY in South Africa. Thu crew had
had much fighting to do while there
and after the ship reached Portsmouth
81 officers and 284 men were presented
to the queen personally.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
RID A TOWN or RATS.
The Ingenious scheme of Maine
Seaman.


Seaman.
Nobody has seen or heard of rat
about Castine, Me-, since last summer,
saws the New York Sun. In July, when
the whole town was overrun with rats
and everybody was in a panic over
their destructive work, cCasting
schooner came there for wood, and the
cantain sold Ben Wardell 4 receipt for
killing the animals. For week or two
Wardell went from house to house sell
ing yellowish gray powder, which he
offered to give away if it failed to de-
strov the pests. Then the rats began
to die. Their bodies were found in out
houses and cellars and in bitches by the
roadside. The smell was bad for Il
time, but the rats were gone and not
one has been seen since. The cOmpO-
sition Of the powder remained q secret
until WardeIl enlarged his business and
began to sell it in other towns. The
Castine druggist was naturally anxious
TO know what killed the rats, and made
note Of the articles which Wardell
bought. He never asked for any kind
of Doison. but the drug yerder believed
that he purchased more ca!cine plaster
than any ordinary man had need OF
,sipr. He mentioned it to WardeIi one
dnv and the secret was out. The rat
killing powder was composed Of Indian
meal and calcine plaster in equal PARTS.
The rats ate the mixture for the meal it
contained. Then they had Il great
thirst. The water caused the mass to
harden in the stomachs of the rats,
after which their digestive functions
ceased to operate and the rats starved
10 death
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Forest in q Former Lake Bee.

Lake Rikwa, or Leopold, between
Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa, in cen
trail Africa, which when first discov-
cred, 10 years ago, was $50 miles long
by 80 broad, is reported by recent tray
clers to have dried up completely. The
bed Of the lake is now plain covered
with thick woods. Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
After q Long Fight.

At last, after a quarter of a century,
there seems to be a disposition among
British legislators to give the deceased
wife's sister bill real chance. 1t is
stated that it will be taken mp and
passed at the next session of parlia-
ment, thus taking away from the Brit
isb humorists one of their Oldest stand
lh,.s --------
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
He Can answer Questions.

A curious character in Paris is a man
who makes his living by strolIing along
the bouleyards and making wagers at
the cafes that he can answer correct
" any question that relates to the his
tory of. France. He always wins the
bct.-N. Y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09

A shepherd at Chambery, Savoy, en-
ploys a horse instead of q dog TO keep
the herd together. The horse under
stands the orders given him and carries
them out as intelligently as the best
trained dog,
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Profitable Russian Business.

The manufacture of steel rails has
been SO profitable in Russia that rail
rolling mill; have paid from 60 to 20 per
nant lividends.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
IN THE NATURAL GAS DISTRICT
A Very Urattroctive Place Where
Many Accidents Occur.

A Very Urattroctive Place Where
Many Accidents Occur.
Passing through a gas-belt one will
see near the roadside, in farm lot, a.
mud-besrattered, weather beaten der
rick, with the apparently rickety ac-
compartment of crude appliances made
familiar years ago in the oil regions
a small reversing engine, rusty loco
motive boiler. usually without a stack
and leaking at every seam; the pom
derous wooden walking beam slowly
oscillating night and day, stopping only
to give place to the use of the bull wheel
when the drill is raised and the sand
pump is lowered, or a newly-dressed bit
is put in service. Crude as the rig and
all its details may seem at first glance,
every part is soon seen to have its use,
and the journey cf the bit from the
surface 10 the unknown, and perhaps
barren, depths, is always accompanied
by interesting and ever-varying devel-
opments. says Cassier's Magazine.
At night the measured beat and clat-
ter of the rig in the dim light of few
Pickering torches of gas, riped from
some neighboring we'll; the trembling
derrick, its lofty top lost in the dark
ness; the driller carefully manipulate
ing the temper screw after each stroke.
controlling the bit at the end Of rope
perhaps half a mile below the surface.
all form q weird sight. Accidents are
frequent, and the slightst carelessness
may result in dropping the tools, the
recovery of which requires patience
md often GREAT inOenuitV
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
,roodpecIsera Are Industrious.

Woodpeckers in California will carry
,corns 30 miles to store IN their nests.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
STRICT BOARDING SCHOOL.
Three Callers "a Year Mt Twenty Min
utes q CaII fer Girl Students.

utes q Call fer Girl students.
The young ladies II the normal
school in Winona were lately thrown
into Il furry of excitement, says the St.
Paul (Minn.) Dispatch. They were
called into one OF the recitation-rooms
and put through rigid examination
about the number of callers each had
and description of each caller. They
were told that it was highly improper
to receive u caller from out of the city,
and that many of the young men of the
city were not proper persons with
whom to associate.
1t was also considered highly i'm
proper to receive a call which was of
more than 20 minutes duration. In all
over a dozen questions were required to
be answered, all of which were in regard
TO the subject cf gentlemen callers.
A number of rules were given to the
young ladies, which they were told they
must obey. Among them was one for
bidding the same young men to call
upon them more than three times
year. and then the call must be purely
formal and not exceed 15 or 20 minutes.
The young ladies were also requested
TO furnish n list of their callers and
their characters, and as to the general
subjects of conversation when calling
or riding, and if the landlady where
they boarded approved of the young
men.
Some of the young ladies are indig-
nant. and say they will not submit to
such rules, while others believe they are
all right, and propose to follow them.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

who have relatives and friends at Eari- boro and other points in that section are rbesieging the telegraph office for news, but the agent has either left Earlboro station to gather further in- formation or perhaps has been slain or driven to seek shelter If the Earl boro agent cannot be reached soon by wire train will be dispatched from here at midnight bound for the scene Of reported massacre under orders from Judge Springer and having on board all the available Deputy Mar shals under command of Captain Ora dy, while the Secretary of War will be wired to order troops from Fort Reno.
 The general offices of the Choctavy Oklahoma and Gulf road have ordered out special train from Shawnee bear ing volunteers armed with Winchesters to intercept the Indians at Earlporo and prevent further bloodshed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
RELIEF PARTY
 ABOUT TO MOVE
Will Sail for Skaguay and Dyea on the 23d Ot
 January.
Interesting Letter From Ex- Collector WaSSOn of
 Seattle.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 1.-The Gov ernment relief expedition will start for the Klondike on the steamship Oregon which sails from here on January g for Skaguay and Dyea. Arrangements were completed to-day with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company by General H. c. Merriam, commanding the de- partment of the Columbia, for the transportation of the men, mules and supplies.
 The advance party will consist of sixty men from the Fourteenth In- fantry, and with them they will take 100 mules and 25O tons of supplies.
 Captain Ruhlen of Fort Riley will have charge of transportation.
 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 11.-Andrew Wasson, ex-Collector of the Port at Seattle, who is now at Dawson City, N. w. T., has written a letter to his wife, who is now in this city, in which he tells of some interesting things about affairs in the Alaskan gold fields He writes that one day in the latter part of November there was great ex- citement caused by a raft going down in the ice loaded with beef the men crying out and offering 5000 for a line to land them. which was not possible.
 One day he counted thirty-six boats rushing down the river with the ice. but it was impossible to lend any as- sistance. On November 16 the ther- mometer was 25 degrees below zero, with but little hope of 1t going higher for eight months. The days were short, there being no light except between 10 a. m. and 3 D. m.
 Wasson says: 'I am afraid there will be great suffering and loss of life here this winter as provisions are not to be had at any price. Many hum dreds went down the river to Fort Yu- kon, where the steamers are stopped with provisions, and hundreds are still going up. Many who go out will re- main, while others will return in the spring with provisions. We can expect no relief now until next June or July. when we look for steamers up the river from St. Michael. The condition here IS terrible. Wood is $60 a cord and It burns out about as fast as one can put 1t in the stove. A newspaper of re- cent date would sell for any money. Writing paper and envelopes have given out. Letters are being written on wrapping paper and sent out to be put In envelopes and stamped.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

two Seminole Indian boys who were burned at the stake by a mob, are buried, and opened the temporary grave where the charred bodies were resting.
 Only the trunks of the bodies re- mained. The legs and arms were en- tireIy burned off and the bodies were unrecogniZable. A common trace chain was around the neck of each and secured by the paddock. The chain was removed and brought back to Wewoka. It will be used as evidence in the inves- tigation. Commissioner Fears is thor oughly Investigating the matter. Wis dom is here to report what takes place to the Interior Department. The re- port that the Indians are rising is wholly false and without foundation
 It is rumored that the people along the Oklahoma line are much excited and fear the Indians will cross the line and endeavor to avenge the death of their brothers. This, however, need not be feared, as all is quiet and serene in the Seminole nation. Yet a feeling has been created by the cruel and nasty action of the mob.
 Second Chief Hullsutter has directed the band chiefs of the Seminole nation to urge the Indains to be quiet and not commit any reprehensible acts. Sem sationa1 reports as to an Indian out break are not to be relied upon.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
convicted of grand larceny in Kern

convicted of grand larceny in Kern County.
 David McKean's application for a of burglary in San Francisco. sentenced to two and a half years, and his term will expire April '.
 w. F. Baird's application for a par ole was granted. Baird is confined in Folsom prison under a six years sen tence for forgery committed in Madeira County.
 James w. Flood, the embedding cash fer of the Donohoe-Kelly Bank, asked the directors for recommendation for pardon, but the matter was put over for one month.
 In the cases of Charles Osgood, B. F. Staley and George Chadwick, all serv- ing long terms for participating in the famous white cap cases of Lake Coun- ty, the board returned their applica- tions for pardon to the Governor with out recommendation.
 At the banquet this evening at War den Hale's residence, in honor of E. J. DePue, the following guests were pres ent: Prison Directors F. J. DePue, James H. Wilkins, Robert M. Fitzger- aid, Daniel E. Hayes, Robert T. Dev- lin; Supreme Judge w. c. Van Fleet Hon. W. w. Morrow, Superior Judge Frank M. Angellotti of Marin County. Hon. F. H. Gould. Warden Charles AuI of Folsom prison, Warden w. E. Hale of San Quentin, Clerk of the Prison Directors J. V. Ellis and Hon. B. F. Smith
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
THREE HUNDRED GATHER 0N TRIBAL
 DAKcING GROUNDS.
Seni1oies Gathering n Force Near Earf- 6oro ard Settlers Are Fleeing From
 an Expected Massacre.

OKLAHOMA CITY, o. T., Jan. H. Word reaches here tonight that 300 Seminole Indians have gathered at the tribal dancing grounds, three miles south of Earlboro, O. T., and that many settlers of that section of the terri tory are fleeing from an expected mas sacre. All sorts of wild rumors are in circulation here, including a story that twenty-five persons have been slain by the Seminoles, but up to a late hour tonight no positive news of any actual attack upon the white settlers has been received.
 MUSKOGEE, I. T., Jan. 11.-United States Marshal Bennett received a tele- gram tonight from one of his deputies at Maud, O. T., in which the deputy gives report in circulation there that the Seminole Indians are on the war path and that a band of some 200 In- dianS have maSSaCred twenty-five per sons. Marshal Bennett has made ar engagements to depart in the morning for the scene of the reported uprising. He is very popular with the Seminoles and hopes to be able to quiet them.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
THE LAW OF FEBRUARY 27, 1893.

duty the State Board Of Prison Directors, the price, public notice
  . prison goods shall filled individual during Warden approval . the Board of Prison Directors.
  the order which they made but when the demands shall be registered the prison in the the of the mill the 2 and fifteenth day of June of each the Board Prison Directors Warden
 
 expedn provided that orders shall others provided further that the
  ,. the goods.
 .fH by land can Notary residing township applicant resides, provided falsely audulenty pou goods o of shall be guilty o . ct