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The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
AN AN11-A4 PA1,A14S4,
Dogs and Cattle of Al; Kinds Ase
Treated Very Humanely In
Holland.

The animals which are lucky enough
10 live in Holland are fortunate erea-
lures. Cows and pigs dot the land,
scape in every direction and roam with
the sheep and horses in the pastures
bordered by the canals, which they can
not cross. In Switzerland, on the 9th
ar hand, the cattle are kept shut up
most of the time in dark, sitting little
stables because there are no fences, and
otherwise the animals would stray,
says the Chicago Evening News.
The happiest dogs live in the Hague,
for muzzles are not compelled, and
everyone seems to take his dog along
when he goes for an airing. a touch
ing story connected with the history
of William the Silent, prince of Orange,
may have had ar influence in disposing
the Dutch people to general regard
and love for dogs. On the monument
of this prince in church at Delft is an
inscription referring to favorite dog
Of his. On one occasion when he was
In great danger from Spanish assassins
" ho were about to enter the tent where
he lay asleep the dog jumped on his bed
and by barking loudly awoke him in
time to make his escape. Afterward,
when be was assassinated, the same
dog is said to have pined away and died
of grief. The fine statue Of William at
The Hague also has the dog al his feet,
looking affectionately up to the face of
his master.
Horses are treated very humanely in
Holland and the barbarous check rein
is ,%1spicuous by its absence. In none
of the large cities of Europe will one see
the straight check, which draws back
horses head painfully. Side check
reins are sometimes used, but never in
convenience the horse.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Log Cahfn Philosophy.

Some folks will never buy almanacs
ez long ez dey kin tell dat springs
a-comin' by de chills en- fever.
Wen de Office gifts up in de mawnin'
en- goes scel1in' fer de man it ginrully
falls over hirn 'fo' it goes ten steps.
In time er peace some folks holler so
loud fer war dat wen de war comes dey
amt got no voice to answer ter roll call,
You can't ketch fish eff you talks too
much. Fish is like folks: Some er dem
abominates gossip.
Hard times has been ever sence de
worl' commence. I shouldn't wonder
eff Methusaleh didn't complain of 'em
wen de BARRIERS er diffrunt ginerations
charged him two dollars ter cut his
hair.-Frank L. Stanton, in Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
LACK ORIGINALITY.
A Frenchman Claims That All Amer
fcnn Women Dress Alike.

A Frenchman of sharp perception
who was recently in this country said
in speaking Of American women that
they were the most beautiful women he
had ever seen in any country, far, far
more handsome as type than his own
countrywomen, says L'Art de Ia Mode.
But for their toilets, ''bah," he said.
contemptuously "Any considerable
number of American women together
look as if they had come out of an
orphan asylum for adults, where the
inmates were all dressed alike with a
few variations throwA in, thanks to
the gifts Of sympathizing outsiders
who presented some elegant garments,
none Of which, however, reached the
women to whom they were suited
Allowing for the exaggeration of this
remark, there is yet so much of we'll
founded excuse for it it behooves
American dressmakers to sift out the
grains of truth from the cha1f Of BIZ
ased opinions and profit by these grains.
Dressmakers are not to hlame for the
orphan asylum appearance produced by
the wholesale use of ready7nade dresses,
but they are responsible for their short
sighted adherence to the fictitious
value of shapes and their lack of com
prehension of the value of variety in
dress goods, the obligation upon all the
artistic dressmakers 10 suit styles of
making to the goods in hand, and of
understanding the values of colors and
their possible and desirable combina-
tions for given wearer and occasion.
made wonderful strides, but a good
many Of them have not fully got their
bearings yet. When they do get them
they will be second to no dressmakers
in the world.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
e.gNcri.r ehRAcRae-..

Lady Cin general store - Have you
any POWDER" New Clerk-"Ies'm
What kind-gun, baking or facc?'
Chicago News.
Out Sleigh Riding-"Why, Jennie
your cheeks are blue with cold" said
Reginald. "No; I'm blushing," said
Jennie; "that's my blue blood, ,"-Har-
lem Life,
Pride" said Uncle Eben, s:am Ell
good ting in its place But er country
or er citizen is in hahd luck when he
ain got muffin much 'ceppin' is pride
ter be proud f."-Washington Star :.
Pat All Right.-"Out of work again
Pat? L thought that Old Skinflint gave
you a job?" "He did, sor, but Oil be
kilt afore Oil starve to death for the
sake of kapin' aloive, sor."-Detroit
Free Press.
why do you call it South Da-
kota novel?" Because it is thoroughly
up-to-date and ends with the state
1nenti And SO they were divorced and
lived happily eyer afterward.' Chi
cago Evening Post.
u noticed in those lines you wrote
in Miss Skimp's album that you said q
smile sailed DER her face serene
We'll, what of it?" ''It was easy navi-
cation, that's ALL" easy navigation ?''
"Yes, plain sailing. ."-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer,
-Useless.-"What do you think OF
that bill have prepared to introduc42..''
inquired one member of the Legislature
''It is a sheer waste of time replied
the other. at isn't practical enough
to become law, nor foolish enough to
get your name into the newspapers"
Washington Star.
On the Stump.-"In the days of the
wings was tory; in the days of the
liberals 1 an a conservative. / have
always been consistent" said the politi-
cal candidate. ''You have, indeed
said his rival. "But, gentlemen" he
added, ~ have been equally consistent.
though am not a conservatory" And
then he wondered why everybody
smiled.-Harlem Life.
Shifting the Responsibility.-"It
has been proved by half dozen wit
nesses,' said the police magistrate,
''that you are selling bread under
weight. Have you any explanation to
o1fer?" "The nour's SO bad these days,
your honor" replied the honest baker,
looking the magistrate fearlessly in the
eye, "that my conscience won't let ne
sell it to the people in greater quanti-
ties than 1 can help."-Cleveland Lead
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
THE BACHELOR GIRL.
She Keeps Herself Looking Well, and
IL Free from hf7ectation and
Grows Old Gracefully.

'She is wise in one respect, is this
bachelor GIRL" Ruth Ashmore writes in
Ladies' Home Journal. 'She has
learned the art of gathering years
gracefully. She appreciates, as she
loses her youth, that she must pay more
regard to her appearance, and that in
life's picture she must always be a
figure that looks well. Here the bach
eloF girl rises superior to the old maid,
for with all the old maids gentleness
she was a bit inclined toward dowdi-
ness. The bachelor girl impresses you,
when you meet her, with her natural
ness. Perhaps, as you grow to know
her we'll, you may wish thst her nat
uraI manner did not tend toward
brusaueness; but at least she is truth,
full. She is woman of business, and
che is gradually learning that 10 sue
ceed, alike in business and in society,
she must follow the example of her
brother and not carry her workaday
worries or joys into her social life. She
must learn the art OF being a grub or q
butterfly. as time and place demand
She is fond of pleasure. and, being
healthy and happy. she is kind and
charitable"
changed Their Sabbath.
Jewish congregation in Chicago
that of DIR. Emil g. Hirsch, holds DIVINE
servece on Sundays instead OF satur,
Javs. Hebrews all over the united
states are discussing the Propr1ety OF
. General change of the Jewish SAP e'h
tre- Saturday 70 Sunday
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
High Tension E,ectricity.

Prof. John Trowbridgc has been max
ing some most interesting investiga-
tions in high tension electricity, using
only very high voltage storage bat
tery and system of condensers. The
apparatus gave a four-foot spark;
Nothing could insulate it; not even
vacuum tube. 1t proved satisfactorily
the futility of endeavaring to insulate
lightning-rod. The great spark rep
resented over goo, 900 of volts tension
For a lightning-hash mile long this
ratio would give something like 1,oo0,7
o0o,0OO,O00 Of volts. The experiments
are of special interest as the absence or
an induction coil enables the voltage to
bemo accurately estimated,-4opth s
Companion,
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
AN ARKANSAS PASTEL.
A Word Picture with Very Pa.
thCtiC Toning.

A Word Picture with Very Pa
thctic Toning.
He sat on a backless wooden chair
in front of his little cabin, idly cutting
a ''yaller'' pine stick with his big jack
knife. The poorly-cultivated corn was
dry and yellow, but he had evidently
not touched it. He was characteristic
specimen of the men of the section,
tall, gaunt, ragged and yellow.
Eight or ten hounds lay around on
the dusty soil near him.
drew up my horse,
"Hello!" said; 1--WE need rain"
'Mebby," he said.
"You have a pretty good stand OF
corn there" said.
"Yep," he said, languidly.
About time you were getting it in,
don't you think?" asked.
"Mebby."
when do you think you will harvest
it? You couldn't have better weather" !"
Dunno"
''Now, look here" said. "You have
fair crop of corn there. Why don't
you get to work and take it in. l sup
pose, like all the, rest of you, you will
let your wife do it?"
Nope"
''Nell, it is wonder And you dom
know when you will go to work at it2''
Nope"
"And you are not going to make your
wife do it?"
''Nope."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that anyway.
never saw people who were as will
ing to let their wives do all the hard
work as you men out here. You make
their lives one long worry and sor-
row"
He got up and came over to the fence
and leaned his arms on it, The eight
or ten dogs followed him.
Miss" he said, slowly, yer mean
all right. 1 calkerlate 1 know what
yer drivin' at, an 1 reckon desarve
it, but jest don't go on ter day. l
feel kinder played out ter-day."
He pointed to the cabin with his open
knife. Yer see," he said, ''my old
woman is in there, dead!"
When l looked back at the turn of
the road he was sitting on the broken
chair and one of the hounds had its
head in his lap, and he had his face
buried in the soft hide of the hounds
ncck.-Ellis Parker Butler, in the Yel-
low Rock
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
TITLED LADIES AS FARMERS.
The Sisters of English Peers who
Are Engaged I'm Raising
Ponies and Cattle.

Lady Dorothea and Lady Estella Hope
ure demonstrating that peers sisters
can be successful in the practical busi-
ness of pony and cattle breeding. Their
farm is at EGenbrdge, near London,
where they work away regardless of the
fact that they have no chaperon to
guard them, says an exchange.
eve started with one pony" said
Lady Dorothea Hope, "and showed him
successfully, and SO we went on. OF
course, we bought largely from Lord
although our first pony did not come
from him, as matter of fact. We oply
go in for Shelties, not at all for Gallo
ways, and we only breed show ponies,
and not--as does Lord Londonderry
pit ponies, although, of course, we sell
to all buyers. We are very successful
with our ponies, and we take the great
est possible pleasure in breeding and
showing them. 1t is very nice, If one is
fond of the country, being able to live
the greater part of the year there, al
though like being in town, too.
SAT Edenbridge we have also a small
herd of Jersey cows, which we have
shown rather successfully. At one time
we went in fer fox terriers. But the
fashion in these dogs changes SO rapid
ly that we found we could not quite
keep up with it. So, as we only like to
have the very best, we gave the dogs up.
We take great pleasure in our farming
and are very proud of it, and glad that
people should know how successfully
we have proved that ladies can make
this sort of thing pay-if they have
taste for it."
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
He wished to Kick spain,s King.

When he was a schoolboy at Beau
mont college in England, Don Jaime.
the Carlist pretender to the throne of
Spain, was not exempt from the haz
ing which existed there and was obliged
to endure the same ill-treatment aus his
English schoolmates. One day a master
saw large boy Kicking his royal high
ness. What has he done?" asked the
master, Nothing" replied the culprt;
"but you see, sir, he may be the king
OF Spain by and by, and should like to
be able to say that 1 once kicked the
king Of Spain!"
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
"A MIXED RACE.
Americans Are a People Composed
of Almost All the Other Ma
tiOnaIitfes.

Not all Americans are Anglo-Saxons.
Even in the south, where the proper
lion of people drawn from that source
is greatest, there are strong infusions
of French, Irish and Scotch Irish blood.
In the west are extensive German, Irish
and Scandinavian populations, in the
east a vast Irish population, a large
Canadian French element, and an i'm
mense number of Germans. Even what
is called the Anglo-Saxon stock is mixed
with Dutch, Huguenot and Scottish
contributions, When this country has
hghting to do she does not look to one
race among her people, but to all, and
her foreign relations cannot be planted
on the af1initics of Anglo-Americans or
any other ethnic element. says the SYRIA
cuse Standard.
When we have cleared our minds of
error, prejudice and injustice, enabling
ourselves to understand what Ameri-
canism means-how it is not the pre-
dominance of any race or religion-we
shall perceive the exact worth and
character of the friendship subsisting
between Great Britain and the United
States. There is common language;
there is a common law; there are many
common political ideas; there are COM
mon interests in trade. so that the pros
perity Of the one is more or less inter-
twined with the prosperity of the other;
and lastly both are free states, having
an active. educated public intelligence,
peculiarly responsive to the appeals of
q universal humanity.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Dawson. First Anniversary.

''The River Trip to the Klondike" is
described in the Century by John Sid
ney Webb. The author says: "The
way back to Dawson over the trail was
not so easy, but got there soon after
the town had celebrated the first ami
versary OF its discovery, on August IT,
1906. The saloons were crowded. Such
signs as This game never Closes 1925
and $50 limit Straights barred, Flush
beats three of a kind indicated the
drift of the miners amusements. It is
worth noting that in all of the stories
about great fortunes made in this
country. no one speaks of the man who
took out 100000. and the only gold
mine he had was a saloon and dance-
hOuSaO
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
PLATINUM IN RUSSIA.
The Rare Metal Found Chiefly In the
Tral MOuntains.


Ural Mountains.
The steady and rapid increase in the
demand for platinum has resulted in a
sharp advance in price, and consequent
" in a somewhat corresponding in
crease in production, although the
metal is so rare that the production by
no means keeps even pace with the
growing demand. At present the
price of crude platinum at the mines
in Russia is 900 marks-about C As or
nearly $225-a kilogram, kilogram
being two and two-tenths pounds, says
the Philadelphia Press.
The Russian ministry of finances has
recently issued a report on the produc-
ton of platinum in Russia. 1t has long
been known that Russia led all other
countries in the production of this
metal, although it was first discovered
in America, and the report shows that
Russia at present furnishes 40 times
that produced in all other countries
taken together. 1t is nota vast amount
either. in the year 1880 the quantity
produced in Russia amounted to 2.94d
Kilograms; in 1895 it reached 4,413 lilo-
grams. This rare metal is found in
Russia only in the southern Ural, where
in mining for the metal the still rarer
metal iridium is found, but only in
small quantities. Last year the quan=
tity of iridium obtained did not
amount to more than four and one
tenth Kilograms, or about nine pounds.
Platinum is refractory metal, and the
methods Of working il are not known
in Russia, so that the ore is exported to
Germany and to England, and Russia
reimports so much of the worked-up
platinum as it requires,
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Clever Robbery of a Miner,

A certain Australian miner had gone
to sleep after securely planting his
trousers, containing $125, under his pill
low. In the middle of the night long
needle was thrust into the skin of the
sleeper's foot and then withdrawn.
Imagining himself bitten by snake,
the man arose, rushed out in fright
ened hurry for help-and came back to
find his trousers pockets turned inside
out and his money gone.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Actors Like the center of the Stage.

Perhaps the fondness of certain act
ors to-day for the center of the stage
is a survival from the time when no
other position was adequately lighted.
In the early days of this century, be-
fore the introduction of gas, the foot
lights consisted of half dozen or
more oil lamps, and the point where
their rays converged was very prop
erly known as the focus" Here all
important passages of the piece had to
be delivered, since elsewhere the ac-
companying play of feature was not
assuredly visible. 1t is told that when
one of Kean's admirers compliment
ed him at supper after performance
of ''Othello,' saying that in the great
scene with Iago he almost thought the
tragedian would strangle the villain,
Kean answered: .'Confound the fell
low! He was trying to get me out of
the focus!" Under the electric light the
face of the actor can now be seen in
the most remote corner of the stage
Scribneris
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
TERRITORY OF APIZONA,
County of Navajo.

TERRITORY OF APIZONA, CO
County of Navajo,
I, j. H. Frisby, County Recorder in and for
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
Winslow Electric Light and Ice Manufactur-
ing Company, is full. true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporated of said COM
pany now on file in my oficei that said Arti-
cles of incorporation were filed for record
in my Office on the 9th dsy Of January A. D.
1893 at 2: 30 O'Clock p. M, and are duly enter
ed of record in Volume No. of Articles of
incorporation, on pages Nos. @6, q, 2srecords
of said Navajo county.
In witness whereof, have here
, unto set my hand and seal Of of1ce
j. H. FRISBY,
County Recorder.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, &C
County Of Navajo. %

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, I &C
County of Navajo. Do
Before me, F, W. Nelson, Notary Public
in and for the County and Territory afore-
said, personally appeared Frank Hurt, j. X.
Woods, W. r. Campbell, U. z. Rand, A. T.
Cornish and F. C. Demarest knoWn to me to
be the persons whose names are subscribed,
to 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 ith day of January A. d.
}snAI} 1898. r.w. NELSON.
~ Notary Public.
My commission expires December 8, 1893.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
No Taxes to Pay There.

Klingenberg-am-Main, in Franccnia,
as result of the municipality engag-
ing in business. has no taxes to pay and
distributes profits to the individual cit
liens. The town runs terra Gotta works,
the profits of which last year, after the
town expenses had been paid, were co.
900 marks
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Honey on a Lightning Rod.

Honey dripping down lightning rod
is novelty reported from Indepen-
dence, Mo. The rod is on the spire of
the courthouse, and passes through Il
big brass ball, into which bees have
made their way, and where they have
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Qiamondx I'm Afrfcn.

1t has been discovered that the native
African chiefs In the diamond regions
have great quantities of valuable dia-
monds which were accumulated years
cFc. Ther treasure them as charms
and ara 49,. = = saN In
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Cxar's Golden Scepter.

The Russian scepter is of solid gold,
three feet long, and contains among it's
ornaments 26S diamonds, 800 lubies and
IS emeralds.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Gems Sold TO Duy Guns.

The sultan of Morocco, in order TO
furnish his army with modern weapons.
is sending a large portion of his famous
gems to Germany and England for
sale.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14
Recognise Gambling Debts,

Gambling debts are recoverable by
law in France, Spain, Venezuela, and IN
some cases in Germany.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-14

know all men by these presents that We
the undersigned, have this day associated
ourselves together for the p urpose of forms
Ing corporation under the laws of the Ter.
tory CT Arizona. and do hereby certify:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19

wherever he went In Fiehtown. Even
after he injured his arm and was COM
PEELED to retire from active participa-
ton In baseball his admirers remained
loyal. Such devotion to "A ball player
Is something unusual. The manner I'm
which Kilroy obtained the faithful fol-
lowing Is interesting. IL Is practically
the history of his connection with the
national game and is as follows:
Adjoining Port Richmond Is a part
of the city known as kensington. noted
for its textile manufactures. The latter
up of very fast amateurs and "A few
the residents of Fishtown a tried TO
get together a home team to beat them.
Several prize series had been played, al
ways with disastrous results for Port
Richmond. Early in the summer of 50
one of h members OF the team of the
preceding year discovered Kilroy and his
brother playing ball on a vacant lot. He
watched the former pitch a while and
concluded he a made a Ind. kilroy.
upon being asked. agreed to pitch for
Port Richmond. and a series with the
old enemy was arranged.
The first game was played In Port
Richmond on a Saturday afternoon.
Judging from the size Of the crowd. all
the residents OF the two districts of the
city were In attendance. The result was
all that could be wished for. The Ken
s.ngton players got one lonely hit of
kilroy tina. afternoon n the Fish
towners' were able for the first time TO
return the taunts Of their opponents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19
Soldier Presidents Of the United States.

fits g~lorifcation of the citizen. had gone
down beneath the weight of its own
contradictions. Mahomet. coming at a
later day. founded a kingdom. and es-
tablished a crude beginning with a
score or so of armed followers. who
aimed At no higher game mar larceny.
with q chance at murder. Ii was still
but . step. and that step a short one.
8os- the ~purposeful man and strong.
from the robber chief to the king, by
the grace OF God-and the sword.
II was from among the victorious
ranks Of the Normans that the Duke
William stepped to pick up the crown
OF England, and half the noble families
In England to-day trace their descent
and estates, some mail-clad fighting
mar who welded a sword with WILL
lam at Hastings. Their ancestors
came over with the Conqueror. and
they have not found IL necessary to do
anything since"
II was the rewards OF war that made
country gentleman. protector and
when the divine right of kings was
0uftressed up with precedent n age
into IN article OF faith.
djer comes to its fullest glory with Ma
pcleon Bonaparte- General Dugom-
mier seems q have recognized the
force Of the Law hat had existed since
primitive times. her he wrote the
coDmittee Of public safety. after the
hattie q 1oulon: Promote him or he