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The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21


Mr.. John Peterson, of Platonville
La, was very agreeably surprised not
long ago. For eighteen months be had
tried three of the best doctors in New
Orleans, besides half dozen or more
patent medicines, but received very lit
tie relief. -Ohamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhea Remedy, having been
recommended to him, he gave it trial
and to hislgreat surprise, three doses
of that remedy effected a permanent
cure. Mr.. W. McNamara, we'll known
merchant of the same place, is well ac-
auainted with Mr.. Peterson and attests
to the truth of this statement. This
remedy is for sale by w. r. Campbell.*
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

The Williams News contained the
following: The Animatoscope Company
exhibited to large audience at the
opera house last night, and the various
views, especially those depicting scenes
of moving interest in connection with
the current war, were enthusiastically
received.
A brief panoramic history of Cuba,
the Pearl of the Sea, under Spanish op-
preston was given, and the pictured
representation of the Maine, first as
proud and stately ship entering Havana
harbor, and afterward as pitiful wreck,
with brave men cruelty entrapped and
entombed where the ship went down,
was vivid and life-like enough to make
the spectator remember the Maine to
the bitter end. When two Spanish war
ships, victims of Dewey, fitted into
sight on the canvas, the audience burst
into unrestrained applause over the
glorious victory they recalled, while
Butcher Weyler's cruel face was greeted
with groans and Kisses. The reverse
pictures gave the exhibition the spice
of humor, and the entertainment was
pronounced excellent by those who at
tended.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Mrs. w. FL. Burbage, sister, daughter
and son, left for Southern California
coast towns the latter part of last week
to spend the summer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Mrs. F. W. Nelson left ON No. Thurs.
day morning for the Pacific coast, to
spend a few months, enjoying the baths
and inhaling salt water air.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Good old reliable, imported, unadul-
terated gin, like your fathers used to
drink, for family purposes at che Nav
ajo.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Don't forget the war show at Opera
House Saturday night. Seats now On
sale at the post Office.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

tiful ever published and are handsome
enough to go INTO any home. Send US
the list of names and stamps to-day as
the edition is limited. There is no ad-
vertising on any of the engravings. In
sending state whose engraving yon de-
sire.
Address, Pastelotype Co., % Duane
street, New York City.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

A Georgia judge recently threatened
to brain a Georgia editor with bottle.
The editor was not frightened. He saw
there was nothing in it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Some women are hard to please. They
hardly get wedding dress before they
are looking up material for divorce
suit.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21
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from II to 25 hundred dollars year
Enclose stamp for full particulars or
25c for 81 sample Big Rapids Mineral
Water Co, Big Rapids, Mich.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

District Attorney Burbage paid the
county seat his customary visit the first
part of the week
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

Tuesday morning about o'clock, the
alarm of fire was sounded, caused by
the Vienna Bakery and Ice Cream Par
lor having caught fire from defective
1ue. crowd of earnest workers al
most Immediately gathered at the con-
fagration, and by good judgment and
hard work confined the fire to the one
building Ernest Ferar, the proprietor
of the establishment, Notwithstanding
he was burned out in the morning was
delivering bread, pies and cake to his
customers at three o'clock the same af-
ternoon, as though nothing had occur
red to interrupt his daily routine of
business. Mr.. Ferar will Immediately
erect brick building on the site of the
one just destroyed. He is full of grit,
energy and determination, and will not
allow such thing as being burned out
stop him from doing business.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21
TALK OF THE TOWN.

China, Glass and Tinware below cost
at Meguire's.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

A fresh lot of candies just received
at Meguire's. y
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

be up to date and see the great war
show at the Opera House tonight.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21
TbR otnaIpaa mntl.
SATURDAY, MAY 81, 1898.
SECRET SOCIETIES.

~A1Lodge, No i5, sSS aSd Z. e. NJ M%iMefbeM aTe beiS
"a in Masonic Hall, on the second
of each month. Visit
attend. W n, RuRp a'SSE ~ " 1FeI NJ 10
EDWIN y. FRASER, Secretary.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21
POST OFFICE HOuRS.

7:90 m. 'A ~
Sundays from to p m.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-21

CONDENSED TIME TABLE NO. 2,
EFFECTIVE JANUARY, 90, 1898.
The times., 1898-05-08
A Rock bv Minister Romero.


A work Of particular interest to Wash
ington people and to students of con-
temporary history everywhere, is Geo
graphical and Statistical Notes Of Mexi-
CO. by Don Matias Romero, the MeXi-
can minister. 1t is made up largely of
statistics. as the name indicates, and its
general purport is explained by the very
brief preface, which, in full, is as fol-
lows:
am printing IN book form the several articles
that | have published from time to time during
my many years residence in the United States,
with view to dspei errors prevailing here about
Mexico, and so promote the good Will and m
crease the commercial. political and social re-
lations between the two countries. Those papers
are preceded by one containing geographical and
recent statistical information on Mexico. that !
have not seen collected in any single book IN the
English language. To answer great many demand 8
for information that constantly receive from
citizens of this country, have concluded to give
at once that paper to the public
The Ignorance of Americans in general
with regard 10 their immediate neighbors
is something deplorable. Most Of US know
more about England Scotland, France
and Germany than we do about Mexico or
Canada, or even parts of our own coun-
try. One reason for this is the paucity
of books on these our neighbors and
Minister Romero's book win be found
most useful as a work Of reference. The
absolute reliability and accuracy of its
statements is a quality which can hardly
be oVerrated. 1t is, as the preface indi-
Gates, made up largely of information
for which Americans have asked many
times 1t deals with Mexico from nearly
every possible point OF view. The history
and conditions of railways and mines,
the trade between Mexico and the Unit
| ed States. the success with which sugar,
| coffee, tobacco and other products can be
! raised, the character OF the population,
| the ethnoogy of the natives, the fora
| and fauna OF the country. and about a
| hundred and fifty other things, are treat
| ed il a brief and effective manner.
| All the statements are supported with
carefully compiled tables OF statistics,
| and with references TO various authorI-
| ties, and the book is literally crammed
with Information Minister Romero pos
| sesses to a most unusual degree the talent
| of condensation. He always knows what
he is talking about, and he never wastes
| a word. This is eminently true of him
! in writing of his own country. It would
! be safe TO say there are not two sem
| tsnces In this book OF nearly 300 pages
| which repeat the same information. and
| not one which could be omitted without
| loss to the value of the work. TO any
| one who wishes to know all that is to
be known about Mexico this book will be
good basis from which TO branch out
to the study of other books and a good
standard by which to test their state
! ments.
(New York: C. P Putnam's Sons.
! Washing; on: All booksellers
The times., 1898-05-08
CURRENT VERSE.
Reunited.


I've been thinkin' OF it over, an il pears to me
The wars the biggest blessin' that has ever come
Course, thar'il be some sghtin'. an few more
whar the daisies in the mcdder look their pur-
tiest at me-
For that's to be expected; but-the ihing that
That wars heavenly blessn', is the wounds
that it'll hcall
The old wounds hats been rankin senee the
Said we'd res, an think /, over by that old-time
apple tree!
see the boys that fix us in tic t'.ioa coats OF
blue.
On the same ereun, hale ar hearty. an a
An hea1 the ban play Dixie" sa' see 'em
Till j can't tell whar the blue is. an I'm
mixed up on the grdyi
The old war tunes air ringing. an ''Dixie's''
BuI Yankee Doodle follers lore it's half way
10 the skies!
An tn ~, star spangied Banner is in ever
steenle's chime.
An tell you we're a-hayin' halleluia time,
I'm glad lived to see it! I'm glad the time
When North and South we answer to the roll-ean
of the drumi
When thar amt no line divides US but North
an South stan
For jest one common country-one freedom
loyin' land,
That's whar the wars blessin that's whar
pears like I
A brighter mornin' breakin' on the hills tor
you an me-
It's shoulder 20 shoulder-thsr amt no blue
An we're sioutin' "IIalleIua," an we're happy
The times., 1898-05-08
.The Standard Bearer.

1.-THE Standard Bearer" by S. r.
Crockett, is a tale of the Covenanters,
done in much the same manner as some
Of his former work. There are people
who think with some justification, that
Mr.. Crockett would do better to stick to
the short story instead of adventuring
in the more ambitious field of the novel.
This latest novel of his win be likely 10
confirm them in their belief The hero
is one Quiniin Mac Clellan, of Ardarroch.
who tells the story himself. The begin
ming of his adventures recalls Lorna
Doone," ins0much as IL concerns a shep-
herd lad and little maid of high birth.
This little maid Mary Gordon by name
reappears later on in the book, to be-
come the sweetheart of Quintin. The
path Of true love does not run smooth, by
any means. in those troublous times, but
the lovers are finally united, and the fl
dus Achates of the hero. who happens
to be his brother, Hob, also gets him a
wife. The book will interest anyone TO
whom the history Of the Covenanters is
matter of concern. for the history Is
cleverly wrought into the story. and 1t is
told vita fire and force which betokens
writer brought up in the faith
To Mr.. Crockett the traditions of Arys-
| moss and Balmaghe are household le-
gends. They are his birthright and he
treats them with the assured touch of a
son of the soil. The hard, bleak, rug
ged life of the Scottish Covenanters has
its fascinations from a novelists point
| of view, but IL is barely possible that
| these destinations might be better
! brought out by one TO whom the Cove
nanters were not so plainly the chosen
| people. The contrasting lights and shad-
| ows of that picturesque time can hardly
| be appreciated by man whose every
| instinct binds him to only one sort
/ Of light. He is bound to make a black
| and white drawing and that is what
THE Standard Bearer" is. 1t is a good
| story but II IL not a great novel, be-
1 cause II is told from one side The real
/ novelist sees all sides.
/ (New York: d. Appleton & Co. Wash
/ ington: All booksellersD
The times., 1898-05-08

whether. in an age ia restless as this, she
really needs to jump at the conclusion
that women are the more unquiet divis-
ion OF the human race. and whether al
ter all, there are not as many women
staying quietly in place and minding their
own business and forming sound, sweet,
rational opinions on affairs in general as
there are men. BY the invention of ma
chinery, which reduced by three-quarters
her labor in the home paid and unpaidl,
woman has been forced into shops and
factories. and she thus shares in the pro-
gressiyeness of very changeful age.
But to claim that woman. as sex. is
more restless than man, is an assertio"
which is open to grave doubt.
(New York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: All booksellers. $1.25)
The times., 1898-05-08
From the Rihliomnniac.

As long as I've library know viii not starve:
For example, think what a fine slice Of Bacon ]
can carve;
Or else III try nice Lamb chop, or If that won't
do me.
And prefer a chicken, rve a Cooper, too, you
see.
also have a Field wherein the choicest things do
grow;
And if want my diet sves; have Some Caine.
also;
And should my stock OF food that's fresh by any
misha? fail,
suppose ia have to fall back then on something
that Is Stael.
But then. who viii prepare my nealsp Just let
me take a look
Ha, ha! have it, All my food I'll make Rose
Terry Cook;
And since cannot serve myself at table. why,
you see
I'm glad ri always have a Butler there to
wait me
Charles F. Cotton. in New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The times., 1898-05-08

and one is tempted to recall this pungent
remark after perusing Mr. Laurence Hut
toms late work, "A Boy ! Knew and
Four Dogs
This book belongs to the class OF ought
not-to-be-ograph!es. and there is pun
in the beginning Of he second half of II
which removes any scruples one might
have as TO the use Of puns in describing
the narrative There is really no reason
why anybody should read this book, IN
less wildly desirous to know what hap
pened to Mr.. Hutton personally, when
he was a little boy, and what has hap
pened to his dogs since that time Al
most any man past middle life could tell
as interesting a tale Of his early years,
and could produce daguerreotypes OF
himself and his relatives. and have them
reproduced in half-tones so that the
reader would know how he looked in
kits, and how he looked in his first pair
of long trousers. and how he looked At
va Gus intermediate stages, and how his
mother and father ana grandfather and
uncle and second cousin and the boy next
door and his aunt's hired girl looked
OF course, The relatives of the boy In
this story may have been very remarka-
BILE people. and it may be worth record
ing that the hoy once had his nose duck
ed unceremoniously into saucer of
scaldinG molasses candy, and that it
/ hurt but most boys have had experiences
! quite as exciting as that. About the only
! thing in the whole first half OF the book
! which is really of interest to the public
| is the fact that when the boy was ten
! or eleven years Old he was pa,ted on the
/ head by Thackeray.
The second half OF the book is a little
more cXcusable. Almost anybody likes
n nj = 13,sn
acteristics are exploited by somebody
who cares for him. That sort OF thing
I IS much more entertaining, as d rule,
/ than mans "reminiscences of his own
| early youth; and Mr. Hutton evidently
! does Ike dogs He has had some inter-
/ esting dog friends. TOO. and knows how
! to tell about them in a sympathetic and
| happy way, and some of his artist
| friends have done very well by his dog
! friends in the matter of portraits. too,
| although 1t might have been possible to
| get along without quite so many pic
! lures of the same dog. Mr.. Hutton
seems 10 be suffering from the picture
fever. It might also have been possible
! TO dispense with the letters in verses
written 20 the friends of the dogs, and
signed by the dogs names.
/ It looks very much as II Mr.. Hutton
had been tempted to this literary per-
/ formance by the example of William
/ Dean Howels in his "A Boys Town. 3"
| There was a good deal Of egotism and
cotton batting in that. but it had the
| merit Of reproducing in quite a vivid way
| the atmosphere Of growing Ohio town
in the early days Of the West and It also
| caught the atmosphere Of boy life and
was in some sense a biography of the
| typical boy.
Mr. Hutton has merely published a Sec
ton Of the history of the Hutton family.
and family histories. while interesting 70
| the genealogist, and 10 members of the
/ family in question. are not interesting
| to the public unless tire subject IS n good
deal more celebrated than Mr.. Hutton.
(New York: Harper & Bros Wash
ington: All booksellers)
The times., 1898-05-08
.NNuuId Any NI.ans"

Mr.. Charles Didier, autho- OF ""TwiXt
Cupid and Croesus." one OF the most
original conceits ever placed before
surprised public has written a little nov
elette called by the enigmatical title
Would ANY Man." It is safe 10 say
that the title is not a bit more enigmati-
cal than the book Itself. 1t Is a small
volume, bound in a gay red cover, and
IL bears the title on both sides, so that
one feels a delicacy about carrying ii
about in publc-the title being SO eX
tremely striking. and impossible to hide.
However that has nothing 70 do with the
real merits of the boGk About half
these merits are to be found in the IL
Illustrations. which are very clever, espe-
cially the portrait OF the heroine which
forms the frontispiece. There is one il
Iustration. however, representing the he
70 and heroine out walking together,
which is distinctly reminiscent, and if
Mr. D.dicr did not reproduce il bodily
from the Cupid and Croesus' idyl he
came perilously near doing So
The book ends in most abrupt fash
ion recalling The Lady or the Tiger"
Since the appearance of that remarkable
conundrum there has been nothing which
came so near DtlnB IFS tludl as tllS
Would Any Man. IT Is emphatically
true OF Mr.. Didier's little book that IF
you know which thing the hero did you
know what kind of a person you are
yourself" (That was said to bo Stock
toms reason for leaving his story unfin-
ished) II would cheat the reader Of the
proper interest in the book to tel just
! what this question is but II is one of
| considerable interest, and il is the strong
Of Ra ssFr AG f, rt-l
! style, there IS none and very little pune
| tuation and grammar. The author com
mits the crime of omitting the interroRa-
! ton point at the end of many questions
! of using ITS" for its" and of leaving
| out commas where they should by all the
! laws of good writing be inserted The
conversation is altogether TOO cOlloquia
| for dignity, and there are collOquiaiism.
! IN other places where they do not belong
| Had Mr. D!dicr taken little more pain.
TO finish his story II would have beer
| very good At its present stage it is crude
| originality.
| Baltimore Williams & Wilkins Co
Washington: All booksellers)
The times., 1898-05-08
The Portrait.

When lonely, late. and far from love.
restless through my chamber move,
Or brood with sad surmiSe.
One gaze yet claims Ae as its thrail;
My iady's picture from the wall
Looks down. in silence noting all,
And follows with her eyes.
Dear eyes, so tender. frank and sweet,
Aye smiling when our glances meet,
As though TO bring me cheer,
Forgive the thankiess huInoTs black
Which sometimes drives your comfort back,
Yext that herself ! Still should lack
Whose portrait bides so near!
Forgive me that from YOU turn
To where. like jewels in their urn,
Her letters lie concealed;
That slew ! con thrm line bv line.
Till from each treasured page doth shine
\ flame that leaps 90 mate with mine,
Her very soul revealed!
o haunting pictured eyes. | know
How constant is the debt 1 owe
Your WitchcTy Of art
Yet you're hT counterfeit at best,
While here her absolute self eXprest,
Tells me farthest East 20 West
She follows with her heart.
Pail Nall Magazine
The times., 1898-05-08
Down at Lish Li.,Ie's store.

The war with Spain Is really on
It's fought morn. noon, n night;
M folks is happy who wuz born
A-spoiiin' for a fight.
The Eagle screams and flaps his wings.
N great N small guns roar,
N all the air is thick with smoke
Down at 'Lish Little's store.
The Spanish fleet is blown sky-hlgh
dozen times day;
Old Weyier's wailoped, n the Dons
Are doomed n made to paw
In blood n money both. thrice DER
Thrice o'er in gold and gore
For our good ship. the martyTed Maine,
Down at 'Lish Little's store.
There's millions voted for defense.
N billions for the chance
To wipe the earth with little Spain
N make Alfonso dance
For Uncle Sam; N day n night
The deadly broadsides pour
From bearded n unbeardPd lips
Down at 'Lish Little's store.
The war Is fought, n ended. too,
Right there before they quit;
No man goes home 10 leave the fight
Uuhnished-nOt a bit.
Fact Is, there amt no kind q use
In Congress yotin' more
o. money or o men, while Spain
Is licked at 'Lish's store.
Boston Globe
The times., 1898-05-08
The Charge of the Bargain Brisad,

Bargain Sale Bargain Sale,"
Newspapers thundered.
Up 10 the Palace Of Trade
STROBE the Six Hundred.
Forward, Oar fortunes made,
Charge on the clerks.'' they said.
Into the Palace Trade
Rushed the Six Hundred.
Goods sold for half their worth"
Was this a cause for mirth?
Women who say. the sign
Not even wondered.
Theirs not TO make reply,
Theirs not 20 reason why.
Theirs but To simply buy,
Buy in the Palace Trade
Thought the Six Hundred.
Bargains 10 right OF them,
Bargains IL LETT of them
Front Of theni-bacS OF them
Nolleyed and thundered.
What they bought none knew vel,
Weak ones grew faint and fell,
Tho dresses ripped. ker-T-rrscki
Into the crush pcil-mell
Dove the Six Hundredi
Boldly and well they fought;
Then home her spoil brought
Each wife and daughter.
Let this BE- their defense,
All saved at least ten cents
Some saved quarter.
Frank sawin Bailey.
The times., 1898-05-08

'The Londoners," by Robert Hichens,
is probably the most extraordinary far
rago OF extraordinary people which was
ever put together outside an opium dream.
il is absurd TO the very limit Of absurdity.
extravagant in its imaginations 10 the
verge Of impossibIuty, and without any
apparent object in coming into the world.
II is a sort Of Alice IN Wonderland trans
lated 10 waking life. Some Of the char
scters and their remarks strongly remind
one Of the inconsequential White Rabbit
and the irascibIe Duchess. But there IS
sort OF undisturbed consistency about the
thing which impresses one, and there is
The times., 1898-05-08
A Gentleman.

] knew him for a gentleman
by signs that never fail;
His coat was rough and rather worn,
His checks were thin and pale
A lad who had his way to make.
With little time for play;
! knew him for gentleman
By certain signs today.
He nat his mother on the street;
OFF came his little cap
Ny door was shut; he waited there
Until ! heard his rap.
He took the bundle from my hand,
And when | dropped my pen,
He sprang to pick II up for me-
This gentleman Of ten.
He docs not push and crowd along;
His voice i gently pitched;
He does not fling his books about
AS if he were bewitched.
He stands aside 20 let sou pass;
He always shuts the door;
lie runs on errands willingly
To forge and mill and store.
He thinks of you before himself,
He serves YOU il he cGn.
For. in whatever company.
The manners make the man.
Az ten OF forty. It's the same;
The manner tells the tale.
And ! discern the gentl, man
BY signs that never fail.
Ii. E. s.
The times., 1898-05-08
Ges1rgfIIa.

The little lady shakes her head,
And VOWS that .le will never wed;
But even While the tale she tells,
There comes = so, nj Oi weddins-bells!
Oh. YOU may trust she fekle vane
That only points 10 veer again,
But not the dainty little head
That shakes 10 say she viii not wed.
Charles Henry Webb.
The times., 1898-05-08
LITERARY NOTES.

The Youths Companion for the week
Of May 10 contains an article on Hunt
ing the Polar Bear" by Gen. Greedy. II
may be remembered by people who were
interested in the Greedy expedition thar
the man who rescued that unfortunate
party in 1884 was Commodore Winfield
Scott Schley, now commanding the flying
SQUADRON
The times., 1898-05-08
An AuIobinErnnhN.

Somebody with more common sense
than regard for the English language
once said that autobiographies were di-
yided into two classes-Ought-to-b be-ogra-
phIes. and not-to-be-ographies,
The times., 1898-05-08

Mary 2. wilkins novel, "Madelon." has
been dramatized by an Engiishman Hon
Stephen Coleridge. The probabilities are
that it will make a fairly good play al
though il is not a very good novel
The times., 1898-05-08

A first edition of KiDling's Depart
mental Ditties' sold in London the other
day for S95. 1t was printed at Lahore,
on coarse paper. and bound to resemble
a government report.
The times., 1898-05-08

c. d. Gibson is making for Scribner's
Magazine a series of drawings. which he
viii cali "A New York Day" In this Sc
ries will be represented the typical scenes
of typical twen;y-four hours in that
city
The times., 1898-05-08

w. Churchill. author of THE Celebri-
ty," is being bothered by people who in
sist on finding the Original" of his hero.
He says that the hero had no original.