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The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
An Anccdote by Mark Twain.

Mark Twain writes for the Century
a tribute to his fellow-townsman, the
late James Hammond Trumbull. Mr..
Clemens relates the following anec-
dote:
Years ago, as l have been told, a
widowed descendant of the Audubon
family, in desperate need, sold a per-
feet copy of Audubon's Birds to a
commercially minded scholar in Amer
lea for a hundred dollars. The book
was worth a thousand in the market.
The scholar complimented himself up
on his shreWd stroke Of business. That
was not Hammond Trumbull's style.
After the war l-dy in the far South
wrote him that among the Wreckage
OF her better days she had a book
which some had told her was worth q
hundred dollars, and had advised her
to offer 1t to him; she added that she
was very poor, and that if he would
buy 1t at that price, 1t would be a
great favor to her. 1t was Eliot's In
dian Bible. Trumbull answered that
If 1t was a perfect copy it had an estab-
lished market value, like a gold coin,
and was worth a thousand dollars;
that If she would send it to him be
would examine it, and if it proved to
be perfect he would sell it to the Brit
ish Museum and forward the money to
her. 1t did prove to be perfect, and
she got her thousand dollars without
delay, and intact.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
stranger than Fiction.

The Gentleman gives currency to a
remarkable but well-authenticated
story which shows-what most people
are supposed to know already-that
truth Is stranger than fiction.
Some years ago the cashier of Liv-
erpool merchant received a Bank OF
England note, which he held up to the
light to make sure it was genuine. In
so doing he noticed some very indistinct
red marks, as If words had been traced
on the front of the note and on the
margin, and out of curiosity he tried tc
decipher them. At length he made out
the following sentence:
''If this note should fall into the hands
of John Dean of Longhihmar, he will
learn thereby that his brother is Ian
gushing a prisoner in Algiers."
Mr.. Dean, on being shown the note
lest no time in asking the Government
for assistance, and finally secured the
freedom of his brother, on payment OF
ransom to the Bey. The unfortunate
man had been prisoner for eleven
years, and had traced, with a piece OF
wood for pen and his own blood for ink
the message on the banknote, in the
hope of it's being seen sooner or later.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Atlantic Currents.

1t is an interesting fact in the records
of scientific progress that the United
States navy has for long time past
been dropping bottles overheard in the
Atlantic ocean at the Azores, in deep
water along the coast of Spain and from
the Madeira and the Canaries south
ward along the coast of Africa. The
fact that all these bottles that have
been recovered have been found on the
coast Of South America, ON the Antil-
les, and some of them as far west as
the mouth of the Rio Grande, suggests
the inference that every buoyant object
which has been dropped into the ocean
during the present geological epoch by
prehistoric or historic Spaniards, Por-
tuguese or Africans has found its way
to America and been stranded some
where between the tenth parallel south
and the thirtieth parallel north. In the
northern part of the Atlantic ocean the
currents run the other way, and the
mails have been delivered from Ameri
ca to Europe. In the Pacific ocean the
daily mails delivered on the west coast
of America from Mount st. Elias south
ward have proceeded from about the
twentieth parallel north, in the vicini-
ty of the Malay peninsula and archipel-
ago, thence have travelled through the
China sea and the Japanese sea to pick
up matters designed for the western
hemisphere.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
THE GLOVE TREE.
How the Buds Are Prepared For the Uses
of Commerce.

The Glove tree is native of the Mo-
lucca islands and belongs to the far
spread family of myrtles. 1t is tall,
very handsome evergreen, with ovate,
oblong leaves and purplish flowers, ar
ranged in corymbs on short Jolnted
stalks. The flowers are produced in
great profusion, and when they appear,
which is at the beginning Of the rainy
season, they are in the form of elongat-
ed, greenish buds These unexpanded
buds are the cloves Of commerce, which
derive their name from the Spanish
word clavo, "a nail, " so called from
the real or fancied resemblance of the
bud to a nail
Sometimes the Glove fruit appears in
commerce in a dried state, under the
name of mother cloves. :" 1t has an
odor and flavor similar to cloves, but is
much weaker.
The flower buds are beaten from the
tree and are dried by the smoke of wood
fires and afterward by the sun. Ii the
buds remain on the trees, the calices
gradually swell, the embryo seeds en-
large and the pungent properties OF the
cloves are to a great degree dissipated.
Gloves consist of two parts, round
head, which is, in fact, the flower rolled
up, inclosing a number OF small ila-
ments and the four points that sur
round the flower and form the flower
cup of the unripe seed vessel When
they are soaked for short time in hot
water, the flowers soften and readily
unroll. SO that all of the parts may be
seen
The entire Glove tree is highly aro-
matte, and the foot stalks of the leaves
have nearly the same pungent quality
as the calyx of the flower. --Philadel-
phia Times
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
What She Was Good For

A dreadful story comes from the
north of England by way of London
Answers.
An old Yorkshire collier, we'll known
for his success in the coursing-feld, re-
Gently surprised his mates by marry
ing an unprepossessing pauper wom-
an. He had been reckoned a confirm
ed hater of the other sex
"Why has ia gone and got spllced, lad,
at thy ageT one of his friends asked
him.
"Oh, that's not much of a tale" an
swered the old man, stolidly. 81 agree
wi We at Betsy yonder is no beauty
If she had been l shouldn't have wed
her. But that there dog O. mine, he
was simply pinin for somebody to look
after him while l was away at t. pit.
couldn't bear to leave him in the house
by hissen, so l hit on the idea O. marry
in Betsy. She's not handsome, but
she's mighty good company for the
dOpw
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
The Decline of Man.

There seems to be some uncertainty as
to the size Of our great mother. The
French orientalist, Henrion, member of
the academy, however, fixed it with a
precision satisfactory at least to him
self He gives the following table of
the relative heights of several eminent
historical personages:
Adam was precisely 1913 feet inches
high.
Eve was precisely ll8 feet 9.75 inches
high.
Noah was precisely l03 feet high.
Abraham was precisely 81 feet high.
Moses was precisely IL feet high.
Hercules was precisely 6 feet high.
Alexander was precisely e feet high.
julius Caesar was precisely 5 feet
high.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Aluminium Wire.

Aluminium wire is made of various
sizes and used for variety of purposes.
Among its newer uses is the manufac-
ture of door and window screens When
exposed to the weather, such screens do
not rust. Aluminium wire is used in
the manufacture of hairpins. In few
cases i'll this city aluminium wire has
been sold to be put up on roofs for use
as clotheslines The wire sold for this
purpose was No. gauge, which costs
so cents pound, and 1000 feet Of
which weighs "a pounds.
Aluminium pigs sell now at about AZ
cents a pound, which is about half the
price of year ago. The sale of manu-
factured articles of aluminium is all the
time increasing and things in great va
riety are made from it.-New York Sun
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

cts, and thought 1t good opportunity
for joke. Having helped the stran-
ger on with his coat, therefore, he pull
ed out the flask and said:
"Will you take a drink?'
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and drawing himself up, re-
marked rather severely:
mo, sir; l never drink"
at won't hurt you," insisted the wag;
cts the best"
young man." said the old gentle
man, speaking loud enough for all in
the carriage to hear, "if you persist in
drinking whisky you will be a ruined
man at 40. 1t is the curse of the land.
When l was a boy my mother died,
and the last thing she did was to call
me to her bedside, and say, John,
promise me that you will never touch
a drop of liquor"
"Oh, well, in that case" said the
joker, 81 must drink it myself" where
upon, suiting the action to the words,
he pulled out the cork and took a good
drink. A moment later he dropped the
bottle with an exclamation which GER
toinly didn't sound like blessing, and
yelled, ugh! ugh! My mouths all
raw"
Then it was that the old gentleman
discovered his loss, and to the amuse-
ment of the other passengers said:
"Ah, young man, you will be careful
before you take another mans property
again. l am Doctor -, and that bot
tie contained some quinine and iron
for one of my patients"
The young man got out at the next
c{o
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
ON AN ACTRESS.

Aye, sne played rarely, though it had been
played
A hundred times, and some of more renown
Have played it worse, but she bewitched the
town.
lowered with ethereal lovelness, she swayed
All hearts to love, while music lent soft aid.
She moved, she spoke, and, when she would,
drew down
Laughter unquenchable, the players crown,
Symbol that all her frolic rule obeyed.
Aye, she played rarely, but myself, who knew
What grief had gIipped her i'll its chill embrace.
Could hear dumb weeping in her words, an'l
through
Her every pose the anguished soul could trace
And pierce the frippery of art unto
The pallor shining III her perfect face
London World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inhamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness is the re-
suit, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever: nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. ]. CHENEY Il CO.. Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
.noerw,ereaT an TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use Of the word "CASTORIA," and
PITCHER S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
!, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis, Massachusetts,
vas the originator Of" PITCHERS CAsToRIA,"
he same that has borne and does now bear the
ac-simile signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on
very wrapper This is the original e PITCHERS
ASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
f the mothers of America for over thirty years.
,ook Carefully at the wrapper and see that it Is
he Kind you hare aIzays bought and has the
ignaturc of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
nv name except The Centaur Company of which
has. H Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Athletics in Japanese Schools.

Athletics hold an important position
In the schools of Japan. Once a year
there is a gathering of all the students
in a district to engage in athletic con-
tests. At one of these festivals 5000
boys and girls from all the schools
within a distance of twenty-five miles
were entered to take part A circular
race track, roomy enough for any army,
allowed four different kinds of games
to be performed at the same time.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
CENTEREO.

70 each mans life there comes time su-
preIne-
One day, one night, one morning, orone,noon
One freigh{ ed hour, moment opportune'
One rift through which sublime fulfillmcnts
gleam,
One space when fate goes tiding with lie
One once, balance 'twixt too late, too
soon,
And ready for the passing instant's boon
To tip in favor The uncertain beam.
Ah happy lie who, knowing l. to wait.
Knows also how to watch and work and stand
On life's broad deck alert, and at the prov
TO seize the passing moment, big with fate,
From opportunity's extended hand,
When the great clock of destiny strikes now |!
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

Lord Kelvin holds that the internal
heat of the earth has nothing to do with
the climates. The earth, he says, might
be OF the temperature of white hot iron
2,OOO feet below the surface, or at the
freezing point fifty feet below, without
at all affecting a climate.
To lessen, if not to abolish altogether,
the noise of a train when crossing a
bridge, a German engineer has devised
a scheme which has proved surprising
ly successful. He puts a decking Of
planks between the cross girders, and
on the planks a double layer of felt is
placed. In this way, any noise is pre-
vented.
In the French navy it has been found
that the electric search light employed
on men of war injuriously affects the
eyes of seamen who have to work about
the light, and dark-blue spectacles are
supplied to them for protection. Brown
eyes are less affected than gray or blue
ones, the reason suggested being that
the former are more heavily charged
with pigment.
In Russia a horse that is addicted to
the habit of running away has a thin
cord with running moose around his
neck at the neck-stay, and the end is
tied to the dashboard. When a horse
bolts, he always takes the bit in his
teeth, and the skill of the driver is use
less; but the moment the pressure Of
the cord comes on the windpipe the
horse is conquered.
A single tree, according to computa-
ton in knowledge, is able, through it's
leaves, to purify the air from the car
bonic acid arising from the respiration
of a considerable number Of men, per-
haps a dozen or even score. The vol
ume of carbonic acid exhaled by hui
man being in the course Of twenty four
hours is put at about 100 gall but
by BOuSSlngaults estimate, single
square yard Of leaf-surface, counting
both the upper and the under sides of
the leaves, can, under favorable cirCum-
stances, decompose at least a gallon of
carbonic acid in a day. One hundred
square yards of leaf-surface then
would suffice to keep the alr pure for
one man, but the leaves of a tree Of
moderate size present a surface Of
many hundred square yards.
Engines used in electric lighting are
required to run with great regularity.
An interesting device for detecting,
with extreme accuracy, any change Of
speed In such an engine is employed In
an Elizabethport factory. Two metal
plates are pierced with corresponding
slits and placed one in front of the 9th
er so that, when the Sits are in line, the
spokes of the fiy-wheel of the engine
can be seen passing them. One of the
plates is caused to oscillate, by means
Of an electromagnetic, at such rate
that the two Sits are in line every time
a spoke is passing. If there are six
spokes in the wheel, and the wheel
turns 400 times in a minute, the nova
BILE slit must oscillate 2,400 times in
minute. If the speed Of the engine Is
perfectly regular, spoke will always
be seen directly in line with the Sits;
If the speed varies the spoke will ap-
pear ahead or behind its proper place,
according as the rate Of the wheels
revolution is increased or diminished.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Simple Method to Test Water.

To test the purity of water there has
been found no better or simpler way
than to fill clean bottle three-fourths
full of the water to be tested and dis
solve in it half a teaspoonful of the
purest sugar-loaf or granulated will
answer; cork the bottle and place it in
a warm position for two days. If in
twenty-four or forty-eight hours the
water becomes cloudy or milky, it is
unfit for domestic use.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
LIGHTNING BUGS.
Taken For the Enemy's Fire, They Led to
a Pitched Battle.

Taken For the Enemy's Fire, They Led to
Pitched Battle.
q H Bell, prominent merchant of
Liberty Neb. told an interesting story
of how swarm of lightning bugs caus-
ed shot and shell engagement between
two armies during the late war.
II was member of the Twenty fifth
Ohio regiment, said Mr. Bell, land
Mr. G w Harris, whom | met on my
visit here was with the Fifty fifth Ten
nessee- L Just discovered that we fought
each other one night i'll May, 1864 at
New Hope Church. Ia Lightning bugs
in Georgia are more plentiful than wa
termelons i'll August by several millions
@ the square mile and OH more than
,ne occasion they gave US trouble.
About 2 o clock III the morning as
the two armies lay in their respective
works, 400 yards apart, nest OF bugs
hove in sight as we afterward learned
The armies were too close for pickets
Suddenly there was fash of light
Each side thought the other had opened
fire III some mysterious way, and we be-
gan to shoot We bazed away at one
another for an hour or more and Bed
lam reigned with shot and she'll The
timber between the lines was all killed
as if belted with an ak Fortunately no
lives were lost
1T was only the other day that
learned the extent of the damage caused
by that swarm of ligh:uing bugs
asked Harris how long his side was fir
ing. and he said until their ammunition
gave out We were in the same fix, and
if it hadn Leen for our poverty in this
respect that engagement would have
been terribly fatal st Louis Repub
lie
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
ImDortant if True,

eyes," said the poet, "the greater a
man becomes, the more pleasure he de-
rives from visits to the scenes of his
childhood"
"Humphy" retorted the cynic, "do you
know why? He just wants to hear the
old folks around there say they always
knew he had something more than com
mon stuff in him"
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
His Pertinent Question.

He had taken his punishment like
little man and for some time afterward
had been buried in thought.
Mamma !" he said finally.
"Well, Willie?"
."Do you really spank me because you
love me so much?''
"That's the reason I punish you,
Willie. -
"And don't you love papa at alp
Chicago Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Not So Funny.

In Pullman car on an English rail
Hay recently, says an exchange, a wag-
gish young man, noticing an elderly
gentleman trying to put on light dust
cat, went to his assistance. While
a,Is engaged, the young man observed
good-sized whisky flask protruding
rom one of the old gentleman's pOck-
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
NEVER CONTENT.

Some people are never content with any
thing. They will not find exactly what
they want even in heaven, if they know
some one is there ahead of them. For in
stance, some are great sufferers from neu-
ralgia. Friends have told them what is
best and certain to cure them. Not content
with what is said, they suffer on. Pain
Tayages and devastates the system, and
leaves it barren waste. st. Jacobs Oil has
cured thousands. Just try 1t.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Har Hone

"Dear me-" exclaimed Maud, who had
been reading fashion paper. Last
years engagement ring has gone wholly
out of STYLE
WHAT has taken its placer" inquired
Mamie.
81 don't know. But 1 hope it's BIZ
le."-Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

When the Declaration of Independence as
serted mans right to this, it enunciated an i'm
mortal truth The bilious sufferer is on the
road to happiness when he begins to take Hos
letters Stomach Btters, the most efficacious
regulator of the liver in existence. Equally re-
liable is it in chills and fever, constipation dys-
pepsia, rheumatism, kidney trouble and nerv-
business. Use it regularly, and not at odd in
tarValS
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

The Pacific Coast Jockey Club is to be
congratulated on the success it has achieved
on the merits of the races they have given
to the publid by furnishing good, honest
sport and square deal to all contestants.
Country visitors to the should not forget
to pass pleasant afternoon at the Ingle-
side Race Course.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
Mystery of Rain fall

At Greytown, on the eastern coast of
Nicarauga, the annual rainfall is 297
inches, while on the Pacific coast the
average precipitation is but sixty five
inches.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

her symptoms, surroundings and occu-
patton.
She will get advice from source
that has no rival in experience of wo-
mems ills. Tell her to keep nothing
back. Her story will be told to wo-
man, not to a man. She need not hesi-
tate in stating details that she may
not wish to mention, but which are
essential to full understanding of her
case, and if she is frank, help is certain
to come
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
High Liver.

De IL should think the man in the
moon would have the gout.
Van X-Why?
De L-Because he lives SO high.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
The Tigers Great Strength.

The tigers etrength exceeds that OF
the lion. Five men can easily hold
down a lion, but nine are required to
subdue a tiger.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
VeSuvius' Lava

1t is computed that all the houses in
London and New York could be built
of the lava thrown out by Vesuvius
since the first recorded eruption in \.
II
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.

It's the quality that's high in TEA GARDEN
DRIPs, TOBOGGAN MAPLE SYRUP and PELICAN
LOUISIANA MoLAssEs. For said by first-class
grocers in cans only. Money refunded if goods
are not satisfactory. Don't accept an imitation
See that TIE manufacturers name is lithO-
graphed on every can.
THE PACIFIC COAST SYRUP CO.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
MONTHS ON A CORAL ISLAND.
Adventures of the Crew of the NOrwe-
Sian Bark SeIadon.

Adventures of the Crew of the Norwe-
gian Bark Se1adon.
Second Mate Oleson, of the Norwe-
New Castle, N. S. W. on July 13, 1896,
for Honolulu, which was wrecked in
the South Seas in August, 1896, has ar
rived in London with a dozen of the
survivors, and tells a terrible story Of
their experience.
The SeladOn struck the reefs off Star
buck Island Aug. Z. The crew was
obliged to take to the boats, and the
vessel filled so rapidly that there was
no time to save clothing. They barely
got a few provisions, the ships COM
pass, and chart, and forgotIthe seXtant.
Eight men manned each of the two
boats and made for Maiden Island, as
there was no refuge at Starbuck ISL
and. Failing to find Maiden Island,
they tried 10 find Christmas Island.
was capSized and the mate drowned.
The survivors entered the other boat.
which was already disabled, and drift
ed, dangerously overloaded. The heat
of the sun peeled their faces and bod
les; their lips blackened and swelled
from want of food and water. The
only food they had in addition to the
small quantity of provisions which
carried from the vessel, was a few
small flying fish.
Finally the captain and the carpenter
became sick. Still there was no glimpse
of Christmas Island. Then they tried
a course they thought perhaps would
bring them to Samoa or the Fiji ISL
ands. Finally Capt. Jaeger died. After
twenty-three days, when food and wa
ter were exhausted, they caught little
rain.
The party drifted without food for
six days and finally, on Sept. 6, they
were cast on a coral island and their
boat was smashed by big wave. The
island upon which they were thrown
proved to be Sofia Island, inhabited by
ten people, and belonging to an Ameri-
can subject living in Samoa. They
lived there for ten months on turtles,
birds and bananas. The carpenter died
soon after they landed.
A few steamers passed the island,
and they tried to attract their atten-
tion by the waving of signals, but fail
ed. Finally they put off in small boat
and hailed a steamer which took them
to Sava, and from that place they trav-
eled to Sydney.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

L shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and wide.-Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1890.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

The annual taxes of the world aggl
gate the enormous sum IF 81. 35O,0 O
900
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05
The Big Yukon River.

On the Yukon, at a distance of from
700 to 800 miles from the sea, there are
many points where the river is twenty
miles wide.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-05

'King SolOmen's Treasure" only AphrOdis-
iacal Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 box,
weeks treatment MASON CHEMICAL Co, P. o..
Box 747 Philadelphia, Pa.