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The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Train de Luxe for Siberia.

The Russian government has recently
had built train of cars as q sample
of the railroad coaches that it proposes
to put upon it's line which, when COM
pleted, will run from st. Petersburg
on the Baltic TO Port Arthur on the
coast of China. The four coaches of
which the train is composed are said to
be superior to anything that has ever
before been constructed or used III Eu-
rope. There are staterooms for the pas
scngers, a saloon or parlor car, dining
car, bathrooms, telephone communica-
tion from one car to the other, and, as
a distinctly new feature, a section is
set aside as a gymnasium. This latter
feature Is introduced for the reason
that, when the line is completed, it will
be about twice the length of any rail-
way system in the world, and it Is as
sumed that the passengers travelling
over this long distance will require
some form of physical exercise as a
means of keeping themselves in good
state of health, The opportunity will
thus be afforded of pulling chest
weights, punching the bag, hauling
ones self up upon rings and In other
ways setting the blood in circulation,
and after half an hour or more spent
in this way bath can be taken. and the
traveller approaches lunch or dinner in
| a physical condition 10 do it full JUS
tice.-Boston Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Silver First.

An old Scottish dame rather too fond
of the mountain dew" was one day
"unco' drouthie," and without funds
wherewith to provide "a drappie." She
thought there was chance of getting
it on credit, so summoning her grand
daughter, she said: "Lassie, gang
round to Donald McCallum and bring
me a gill, Tell him I'll pay him i the
morning" Back came the child with
a refusal. Donald declined to part with
his whisky without the cash. Eager and
irritated, the old woman cast about foI
some means of raising the wind" and
her eye fell upon the family Bible.
Here, lassie," she said, "gie him this
and tell him to keep it until bring the
siller." Off went the little girl. but she
soon returned still carrying the Bible.
Donald was obdurate. "He says he
maun hae the baubees first, granny"
In anger the disappointed grandmoth-
er threw up her hands and exclaimed:
"Losh, did onybody ever hear the like
o. that! The man will neither tax my
word nor the word o. God for a gill O.
whusky!"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
RATHER ROUGH SPORT.
How the Hardy IrOnwOrkers Iaiti~te
New HendN tn the
Bustp cas-.

"Iron mills are hot places to work in,
their hard work." said retired iron
man to a reporter Of the Washington
Star.
"The other day / took walk through
several mills over in Pennsylvania that
I am interested in. AS | was going
through one the superintendent asked
me to wait and see a little fun. J did
SO, and / will tell you about it.
"a new man had come to work that
morning, and the men were about to
initiate him into the mysteries of the
business. You know it is SO warm that
the men strip tAetr bodies to ar. ppder-
shirt. When the trip hammers come
down they produce myriads of sparks,
which the men try to avoid.
"The newcomer had been told that he
was in danger of being seriously burned,
and that if he felt spark anywhere
about him the only sure way Of help
ing himself was to jump into big vat
Of water. which stood few feet away.
Finally one of the big trip hammers
came down with great force. and as it
did SO one of the men sneaked up be-
hind the newcomer and dropped small
piece of ice down bis back. You never
saw such squirming and agony in your
life.
Thinking of what had been told him.
he took run and jumped headlonG
into the vat of water. The men gath
cred around him and talked of an am
bulance, but he soon found he was only
the victim Of q joke" - Washington
Star.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
HER THEORY OFFENSIVE.
She Thought She Knew All AbORe
Bald Heads, But She
Didn't.

A girl who has theories has made up
her mind that of one of them, at least, she
will never again speak in public. At
somebody's tea, not long ago. she met
an elderly but still youthful-appearing
man who is a power in society. The
conversation turned on hair, and the
lack of hair, says the Washington Post.
"You can tell mans character from
the way badness begins with him." an
rounced the young woman who has
theories.
"a scolarly, studious, upright man
always grows bald at the crown of his
head first"
"And suppose he grows bald at the
emples first ?" asked the elderly gentle
nan, whose hair is really almost a
Bang.
''Oh," said the young woman, posi-
lively, hes a very different sort, then.
never knew man who grew bald
above his forehead who wasn't an ut
ter scoundrel at heart"
But" began her listener.
"Oh, he may conceal his real nature"
she went on, "but he's villain just the
same. Don't you agree with me?"
The elderly gentleman rose. His
voice trembled little.
Young lady," he said, 81 wear tou-
nee"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
KING AND BR1GAND.
Romantic Adventures OF a Caucasian
Outlaw and His Sudden
Execution.

The tribes in the Caucasus have, by
their irreconciliable hostility To Russian
administration, greatly retarded the
progress of civilization and made their
country a yeritable hotbed of outlaw
leSsness.
The Russian government is using all
the means in their power to attract SET
tiers 10 this district, but their eHoFts
are unayailing; the district continues
to be chiefly q place of hanishment tor
mid political offenders and members
of unprthQdox sects.
The alSortiveness to introduce any
thing like law and order into this law
less land may be judged by the follow
ing characteristic incident:
A notorious brigand named Ahmed
Abuzar-Ogli was convicted and then
transported for term of ten years TO
Saghalien for highway robbery. Pc
fore the expiration of this term be sue
ceeded in effecting his escape. and two
years ago he returned to bis native
place, village called Gunjal, in the Ellis
abetopol district, and commenced TO
rule like king the inhabitants OF the
neighborhood.
He did SO with the full oognizance OF
the Russian local authorities, who were
powerless to raise even protest
against the usurpation of their official
prerogatives. He administered the law
after his own fashion, dealing out JUS
tice with an impartial hand, and caus-
ing the simple peasant folk to wonder
at his wisdom.
This mans power and influence over
the minds of his coreligionists grew
with such amazing rapidity that it
would only have required a word from
him to cause revolution against the
Russians.
AS the officials in this village were
abjectly in fear of incurring Ahmed
Abuzar-Ogli's anger. it was due to the
chance visit of high government comp
troller that the true state of affairs
leaked out. Prince GaEtzin, the gov
ernor-general of the military district,
when aware of the facts, caused Ogli
to be arrested. court-martialed, and
summarily hanged as a warning to
others of his type.-
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Questions of veracity.

It is not wise TO accept the assertions
of historians as being always beyond
question, They have made many er-
rors. Mary of Scotland was not a beau
tiful woman; Richard III. was not a
cripple, and no more is the famous
Round Tower" anything else but a mill
erected by some of the early colonists.
1t is also not advisable to buy curios un-
less their authenticity can be absolute
" established. There is story of a six
teenth century traveller which is apro-
pos in this connection. He had visited
French monastery where he was
shown what was asserted to be the skull
of John the Baptist. With some sur
prise the traveller said: "Why, the
monks of - monastery showed me
the skull of John the Baptist recently" !"
True" said the exhibitor, not 4 whit
disturbed; "but those monks only pos
sess the skull of the saint when he was
a young man, while ours is his skull
when he was well advanced in age and
wisdom"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
KITE FLYING.
Pleasant Summer Pastime That Has
Rendered Invaluable Ala
to Science.

One of the most noticeable move
ments of the present time in popular
science is kite-nying, while its practice
as pastime is having Il large increase.
Its interest to our reader, however. is
almost wholly in it's scientific aspect.
says Appleton's Populag Science Month
ly.
To the question: What is really the
use OF all this practice with kites? MIR.
H. H. Clayton, superintendent al Blue
Hill observatory lin the suburbs of Bos-
ton) once replied nearly as follows:
eve arc living in an atmosphere Of
which we practically know very little.
Our position is Ike that Of crabs at the
bottom of the sea. 1t is expected that
such knowledge will be gained in these
aerial explorations as will enable the
meteorologist to predict hot and cold
waves and the various kinds of storms
more accurately and much carrier than
has been done heretofore. The observa.
tons have already become serviceable
in this direction, while the know edge
gained has modified opinions found in
the text books"
Truly there are mountain tops three.
four, and nearly six miles high. but
these are remote or inaccessible; be-
sides, the atmosphere enveloping hem
is mainly of the same stratum which
rests upon the surface of the earth else
where, only little rarefied. chilled and
broken in upon slightly in storms, when
the stratum is shallow, by the more
rapidly flowing stratum next above; SO
that usually what may be found on the
mountain peaks is merely the crest Of a
biilow of the lower atmosphere.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
THE PURITAN.
She is Without Doubt the Finest
Fighter In the Navy, Her Men
and Officers All Agree,

One of the warrant officers of the
United States monitor Puritan, which
is with the blockading squadron off
Cuba, gives in letter to friend in this
city some interesting observations on
the Puritan's work, says the New York
Sun.
I'VE are all convinced" he writes,
that the Puritan, under the proper cir
cumstances, is the finest fighting boa {
in the navy; but she has her restric-
tions. There is no question abou. the
high defensive qualities of the moni-
tor type for harbor work. Our low free
board makes us small target for the
enemy, and our 12-inch guns make US
very dangerous TO an enemy. Capt.
Harrington and Lieutenant Commander
j. Russell Selfridge have worked our
crew into fine condition, and there Is
no question as to the loyalty of the men
or their skill with the big guns. Our
low freeboard. however. precludes any
possibility of our coalipg at sea with
safety, and as our coal capacity is com.
paratively small. unless lee is af-
forded. so that the monitor may open up
her deck scuttles with safety, we must
return to a eoaling station. Such was
the case off Matanzas, where there is
an open sea to windward and no protec-
| tion. The Puritan did good work at
MatanZas. as you probably know. and
our guns were very effective. | notice
that some of the newspapers comment
ed on the fact that our fire was slow.
This was according to orders to prevent
waste of ammunition. We didn't want
the gun captains to throw away shots
carelessly in their first brush. Every
thing on board moved like clockwork,
and our men behaved splendidly."
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Chinese Candles a. Russian Dainties.

To most people q tallow candle ap-
pears more in the way of q necessity
than luxury, but the Russian blue
jackets who are enjoying shore leave
just now from the Rossia and the Ad-
miral Nakimoff appear to find in as
similating candles of Chinese make as
much gusto as an English child would
have in eating sugar stick. The
other day party of stalwart Muscovite
bluejackets were TO be seen going along
Queens road, and the avidity with
which they polished off joss candles was
a sight for the gods. Some of the men,
who were evidently petty officers,
elected to dine off candles as thick as
ones arm-regular No. 1 joss pidgin
rrangements-and streams Of grease
trickled from the corners of each mans
mouth. British and American Jacks
like their beer and rum, but they draw
the line at Chinese-made tallow can
dles.-London Telegraph.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
En9lIsh Diet,

A London correspondent of London
paper says: English diet affords an
example of the antiquated mode of life
IN England. Nothing could be more
primitive than the preparation of Eng
lish dishes. They consist of huge, fat
piece of bullock, sheep or pig. If the
meat is lean. as in poultry, fat is sup
Piled by punches of bacon. The motto
of these conservative islanders is:
What our forefathe hers did and flourished
on is good enough for u.s."
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Digging for Fish.

The natives of Kottiar are in the habit
CT digging every year in the summer
dry banks of the Vergel river for fish.
which they dig out by hundreds. just as
they would potatoes. The mud Jumps
are broken open and the fish. perhaps
eight or ten inches long, will always be
found alive and often frisky. as If just
removed from its supposedly native ele-
ment-the wafer
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Navies of the world.

The Army and Navy Year Book rates
the pavies of the world as fcllowsi /,
Great Britain; 2. France; 3. Russia; 4,
Italy; s. United States; 6. Germany; Z.
Spain; 8, Japan; G, Austria. and 10.
Netherlands. Under present naval con-
tracts Japan in 1899 will go to the fifth
place, crowding down the United States
and Germany one point.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
For Snake Bttea.

DIR. Frazer, of London, and others,
have shown that the bile of snakes CON-
tains q vaccine against their venom, and
NJ. Phisalix. of Paris, has recently made
experiments which prove the virtue of
the bile to belong to eholesterine and
other hillary salts. When eholesterine
is injected into guinea pigs the venom
loses its power over them.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
County Of Navajo. %

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, s
County Of Navajo. %
Before me- r, W. Nelson. q Notary Public
in and for the County and Territory afore-
said, personally appeared Frank Hart, J. X.
Woods, W. r. Campbell. U. z. Rand, A. T
Cornish and +. C. Demarest known to me to
bs the persons whose names are subscribed
to che foregoing instrument and duly ac-
knowledged 20 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..
r. W. NELSON,
~ Notary Public.
Ny Sammission expires December 6. 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Want. to Sell Her.e,f in SLAYER

A Danville (Ky.) woman has adver-
tised her desire to sell herself into slav-
cry for life for money enough to pur-
chase a comfortable home for her chill
dren, adding: "Will serve faithfully.
and endeavor TO make myself invalu-
able. always striving to please"
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
How They Catch nosues in Paris.

a year ago policemen stationed at the
crossings of principal boulevards of
Paris were provided with handsome
white enameled "billies" and helmets.
The patrols are now armed with a weap-
on new to the history of police annals.
1t is piece of chalk. When surround
ed by crowd of hostile toughs who
hustle the guardians of the peace the
patrolman deftly puts chalk marks on
the clothing of his assailants, who are
thus arrested when reinforcements ar.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Possible Oversight.

Miss Parvenu Gust home from abroadl
There we saw Venus de Milo. She
was very lovely, but she had no arms.
Miss Geraldine Parvenu (who staid at
home)-Did you look on the door Of her
coach ?-Detroit Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Cotton Manrfacture i'm rez,.o.

Mexico has been manufacturing cot.
tcl goods for centuries, the first cotton
mill on considerable scale having been
csta aoiished in Pueblo by an enterpris-
ing SPaniard in the sixteenth century,
rot long after the founding OF that city
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
HUNGER kfnnea.

Hunger stones" were seen IN the
Rhine last winter. They appear only
when the river is very low. and the date
of their appearance is then cut into
them. They are believed to foFebode
year of bad crops.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
TERRITORY OF ALTOONA, as
County of NaYhio, 0e

TERRITORY OF ALTOONA, I as
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 Manufacture:
ing Company, j. full, true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation of said COM
pany now on file in my office; that said Arti-.
cles of Incorporation were filed for record
in my ofice OH the 9Th day of January A. d.
1893 AZ 30 o'clock p. M. and are duly enter
ed of record in Volume No. OF Articles OF
Incorporatiop. on pages Nos. 2e, 81, 2srecords
Of said Navajo county.
In witress whereof have here
unto set my hand and seal OF office
j. H. FRIsBY,
~ County Recorder.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
How they Wed IN s-etp.

Marriage in Spain takes place by day
or at night. according to the fortune Of
the young people or their station in life.
If well to do the ceremony comes off in
the early part Of the morc;ug,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Bean Fever.

Bean fever has been added to the list
of epidemics like hay fever and rose
fever by a German Doctor, who has
christened his discovery "favismus. I"
His cure for the disease is to keep away
from bean fields.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Risks from lightning.

The risk of being struck by lightning
is five times greater in the country than
in cities. and 20 times greater at sea
than on the railway.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
IncontrovertibIe Proof.

Husband-Why do you tell il around
that Mrs. Puffy does all her own bak-
ing? You know nothing about it.
Wife-I do, too. Every one of the
family has dyspepsia.-Detroit Free
Press
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
AiIinEs of Middle-Axed Folks.

Physiologists say that of all people
in middle life at least one-third have
one ear in some degree affected by deaf
ness.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Test of Affection.

4 man must be awfully in love who
sincerely thinks woman pretty when
she Is having her hair washed.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-11
Berths May Be Sold,

The supreme court of Maryland has
decided that the purchaser of berth
or a section Of sleeping car has the
right to give another person the use
thereof If he leaves the car before 1t
reaches the end of the trip for which the
berth was bought. A passenger Sc
cured section. rode in IT for part Of
the trip and then soId his section ticket
to another passenger, he leaving the
train. The second purchaser was re-
fused the use of the section by the con.
ductor of the car and was elected, where
upon he brought suit with the above re-
sult-pcsto- Trarscrint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-04
Alva, Weyler's Predecessor.

Crossing the Flemish borders, Alva
laid siege to all the chief towns, and
every triumph he gained was sullied by
the most vindictive cruelty. In capitu-
lating the garrisons were shown no mer-
cy, and every atrocity which greed of
rapine, wantenneSs of lust and blood
thirsty love of slaughter could devise
was perpetrated by his express direc-
ton" In spite of these horrors the war
Of liberation among the Dutch went on,
and the beacon fires of freedom were
everywhere lighted
Unfortunately at the time Queen Eliz-
abeth of England had re-established
friendly relations with Spain, and the
trading merchants and hardy mariners
Of the Netherlands were excluded from
the kingdom. These rbeggars of the
sea, as they styled themselves, driven
back by necessity upon their own coun-
try, sought to establish a base for their
patriotic operations and fell upon the
Spanish garrisons in the Dutch seaports
Of Brill and Flushing. and, expelling
them, raised the banner of their Orange
deliverer.
Alva was in time succeeded by his
son, Don Frederic, but affairs took no
brighter hue for the Dutch. Towns were
taken by assault, and in spite Of Span
ish promises to spare life and property
Alva could boastfully write to King
Philip that they had cut the threats Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-04
Two Steps at a Time.

One evidence of the ever hustling char
acteristics of the average New Yorker is
shown on the stairways of the up town
station of the elevated railroad at Park
place and Church street. The steps of
these stairways are covered with rub
Der, but every other step has large iron
rings imbedded in the rubber.
This was caused by the fact that the
New Yorker is never content to wait
even one minute for train, and that
when he hears one approaching as he is
at the foot of the stairs he will rush up
the stairs two steps at time hoping to
catch the train.
As result the elevated railroad off,
cials noticed that the rubber mating on
every other step was wearing out twice
as quickly as the rest. For long time
they pondered as to the cause, and one
day. Manager Fransioli solved the prob
lem. To know was to act In his case,
and the steel REINFORCED rubber now
lasts if anything longer than the Or
dinary mats on the other steps.-New
York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-04
the burgners and all cne'garrison (of
Naarden) and had not left mothers
son alive. Self Culture.
He Did Not Recognize Whey.

The special correspondent of well
known trades paper furnished most
satisfactory laugh awhile ago for a
friend Of his who lives up in northern
New York state, and he does not know
it yet. He had gone up the state to visit
some mill or other, and the before men,
toned friend volunteered to drive him
over to his destination Now, while the
special correspondent has wonderfully
general fund of information he knows
little about ehe country, and when they
were passing large cheese factory he
exclaimed: why, there's creamery
Just wait a minute while l 60 in and
get drink of buttermilk.
With this he jumped out of the car
riage and entered the building. My
country friend says that whey is not
pleasant to take and that even the pigs
won't eat it. But when the special cor
respondent asked for buttermilk the
people i'll the factory gave him a big
glass of thin, aciduous liquid, which he
swallowed down at draft. The drive
was then continued The special CORE
spondent seemed to be very thoughtful.
He finally exclaimed in his explosive
fashion:
We'll, Smith, l don't know what
breed of cows you raise up here, but
that was the darndest buttermilk ever
tasted. Paper Mill.