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The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
suicfde in Fuu Dress.

Mrs. Rosser, who lately suicidedSyith
her husband, the French cyclist, in Mel
bourne, prepared herself for the great
event as carefully as if she had been
dressing for a ball. She put on her
most effective dress, elaborately curled
and dressed her hair, arranged her
self upon the bed in a graceful pose,
and died with her face set in a pleasant
smile. The writer knows of another
similar instance, but the woman in the
latter case hanged herself in evening
dress, with. all her jewelry on and a
touch of carn1ine on her lips. The av.
erage mans vanity is not small, but it
is poor passion beside that of the av-
orage woman, who would always rath-
er look well than be well.-Sydney
Bulletin.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
We Are COMING.

Oh, Uncle Sam, we've heard your call,
And we are promptly coming;
And when we reach the front wen set
The martial ball a-humming.
Uncle Sammy, here we are,
Right side UP for fight, sir,
And we viii show the Spanish dons
a thing in Yankee might, sir
We seek not glory, rank or fame,
We are not bold asgressoT9;
But we, as soldiers, pledge to free =,
The spoiled from the oppressors.
(Refrain.)
To stand beside our brave young land
In this her highest mission,
And fight her battles, Heaven-armed,
This is our proud ambition.
(Refrain.)
The Kingdoms of the world shall know
We are defenders fearless,
And when we plan TO lend hand''
Our fighting ways are peerless.
(Refrain.)
We're coming, coming, Uncle Sam,
Our lives, when you shall need them.
Wen swing 20 reach old ruddy Mars
Our noble flag of freedom.
(Refrain)
M. Phelps Dawson, in Leslie's Weekly
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
HOW THE DONS FIGHT
A Yankee Sailor Says They Go
About It Like Boys.
Tremendous Force of PrOjectiIes
Fired from Car Big Guns-Superi-
ority of Our Ships, Crews
and Guns.

Harry Prestidge, Of Fort Worth,
Tex, was for three years on the pro
tected cruiser Charleston, which re-
Gently arrived at Manila to assist Adj
miral Dewey in holding in check the
dons: The Charleston was off Brazil
in 1893 and anchored in the harbor Of
Rio Janeiro, and Mr.. Prestidge was an
eyewitness of the historic insurrection
between De Mello and Reikoto, and
saw much, or all, of the struggle be-
tween the opposing forces.
These people, and, in fact, all of those
inhabiting Spanish-America, are the
same general stock as are the pen
insular Spaniards and partake Of the
same race characteristics and pecul-
iarities of temperament that sway
that passionate and variable race.
These Brazilians fought for months,
and many were the hand-to-hand con
fiicts, in which hundreds of men were
seemingly inextricably tangled; but
when each battle was over there would
be probably two killed and five wound
ed. Mr.. prestidge says that the Span
iards fight like boys.
Speaking of the American navy, he
said: There is no way of describing
the tremendous power Of q project.le
fired from one OF the six, eight or ten
inch rifles when the aim is true.
Neither can words fittingly convey an
approximate idea of the effects Of the
conclusion on the man who stands too
near the muzzle as the gun is dis
charged. A man standing beside an
eight-inch modern rife when it is fired
would in all probability be badly in
iured and his clothes stripped from
Kim
Mr.. Prestidge cited one instance in
particular while the eight-inch guns
of the Charleston were being tested in
target practice. They were the fer
ward guns, and are set in round 'bOw
window like apertures which enable
them to be fred forward. The first
shot was dead ahead and the. concus-
sion-the lines of force radiating from
the muzzle Of the gun-stripped the
iron sheeting from the sides of the
cruiser.
Anent the strength of the United
States navy, Mr.. Prestidge said it was
most assuredly the superior Of any
equal number Of ships or vessels in the
world. "Our ships are new. our guns
are new, our crews and officers have
done nothing but practice and train
for years, and discipline has been cf
the strictest on all the ships" lie said
that anv man wOuld be foolish to ac-
cept for an instant the statep2ent re-
Gently published by prominent Eng
lishman in a London paper that the
splendid gunnery of the United States
navy was due to the fact that we had
employed English gunners. .'There is
something in every American that
makes a fighter of him, and the world
is finding it CUT" said Mr.. Prestidge.-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS.
How 1t Was Manifested by British
Tars at the AIDiOn's
launching. f9aA

It has been said that, next to the
savages and the infidels, sailors are the
most superstitious portion of humani-
ty. A few weeks ago, writes q London
CORRESPONDENT of the Baltimore Sun,
when the new British warship Albion
was launched, the bottle of rosewater
not CT champag gne, renember-with
which the duchess of York was to
christen Englands proudest vessel,
failed at the critical moment to break
against the ships bows. Immediately
there was no end of ominous talk
among the sailors about this abortivc
attempt at baptism. Mr.. Iyey, the
mayor of the place of laun ching, in
ting upon this fact, observed:
81 have been a sailor myself, and I
know what sailors are. There are
plenty of them who would rather have
three months of hard labor than serve
on board that ship. If anything hap
pens to her, they are sure to say at
once that it was because she was not
christened, and, in a way, it is quite
true that accidents do follow evil
omens. Suppose there is a storm. 1t
is a critical time, and there is a super
stitious man at the wheel. He needs
all his nerve and GOODNESS, but just at
the critical time he remembers the bad
omen. All says he to himself, that
bottle didn't break. Something is
sure to happen He loses his balance
and something does happen. 1t is in
that sort of way that these 'unlucky'
incidents do really bring ill-luck."
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Dickens pilgrimage.

One of the latest ideas in London is
a Dickens pilgrimage. An admirer of
the novelist intends personally con-
ducting a party of all who care to join
him in perambulating pilgrimage to
the spots in London hallowed by their
association with the writer. The
programme makes a start from Devon
shire terrace (where Dickens lived
from 1889 TO 1866, and passing Harley
street, Wigmore street, Wimpole
street, Welbeck street and Cover
street, arrives at Tavistock square.
Thence the route continues to Great
Ormond street, the Founding, Dough
~ street, Gray's Inn, Kingsgate street,
Lincoln Inn Fields and Eurnival Inn.
Several of the places lived in or re-
ferred TO by Dickens will be viewed,
some for the last time before demoli-
finn
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
CHIPMUNKS IN A CEMETERY.
They Are Increasing So Rapidly in
Brooklyn's Greenwood That u
Trspper May Ee Called In.

Greenwood cemetery is suffering for
the second time in its history from a
too great increase in its colony of
chipmunks. Eighteen years ago they
became such nuisance that trapper
was employed, and 2S. 600 small, striped
pelts were the results of his first year,
work, says the New York Sun.
This year it was noticed that an un-
usual number were about, even in the
early spring, when the ehipmunks first
appear after winters sleep. Now it
is estimated that there are at least
10000 chipmunks in the cemetery, and
a great deal of damage has been done.
Through their burrowing habits they
have undermined the gravestones, and
even in many cases caused graves to
sink in, when raiI.water has helped to
hollow out their burrows.
The chief enemies of the chipmunks
are the florists, for the animals nip
growing plants at the roots to reach
the sap. One Brooklyn florist says that
since Decoration day he has had to put
in $50 new plants to keep up an original
plat of $50. Florists with contracts
to keep graves in condition have en-
tered strong protests, but outside
florists, who work by the piece, have
been making money.
The eight special policemen on the
grounds have been furnished with poi
soned nuts to scatter about. No di-
minution has yet appeared in the chip
munk army, as they reproduce three
or four times year and increase four
fold in a season if not checked. But if
poison fails another trapper may be
called in.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
NO GOLD PLATE AT WINDSOR,
English Writer DispeIs an Illusion
Concerning VictOria's Table
Service.

''E. M. j." in a very interesting ar
ticle describing "The Royal Plate at
Windsor Castle destroys d long-cher-
ished illusion. For many years we have
been constantly reading and hearing
Of the great gold services at Windsor.
"E. NJ. j. asserts that there are no
such things.
The so-called gold plate is mainly
silver gilt. There are, of course, here
and there a-few vases, dishes, etc., in
pure gold,. but they are comparatively
few in number. The reason is not far
to seek. Independently of its enor-
nous cost the weight of real gold plate
would be SO great as to render it prac-
tically useless. Take, for instance, the
famous emperor S service. which is
only used for crowned heads, and Of
which it has been jocularly said that it
cannot be burgled, as it would require
q special train for its removal. Some
Of its epergnes weigh, as it is, several
hundred weights. Consider their
weight in gold Even Of the ordinary
fat dishes, of which there are dozens,
two or three arc quite as many as one
ordinary man can carry, without con
sidering the weight of the Yiands they
are meant to contain. Seven or eight
Of the-plates, with their thicl, gadroon
edges, again make one mans load;
while the great candelabra if made in
gold would be practically immoyable.
AS an example Of the weight of gold
plate, one has but to lift one Of pair
of flower baskets presented to her
majesty on the occasion of her jubilee.
Here we find on ornament not more
than twelve by eight inches, with a
plain twisted handle to initiate basket
work, which must weigh at least nine
to ten pounds! A dinner plate of stand
ard gold would weigh more than ~
times as much as silver one of the
same size and be worth for metal alone
about $6OO.-Pall Mall Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
who Goes Home ?

There is nothing more amusing, per-
haps, in allt the quaintand curious GUS
toms Of the house of commons than the
strange ceremony which marks the
termination Of its every sitting. Themo-
ment the house is adjourned, stentor-
ian-voiced messengers and policemen
cry out in the lobbies and corridors:
"Who goes home ?'' These mysterious
words have sounded every night for
centuries through the palace of West
minister. The custom dates from a
time when it was necessary for mem
bers to go home in parties accompanied
by links-men for common protection
against the footpads who infested the
streets Of London. But though that
danger has long since passed away, the
question: "Who goes home?'' is still
asked, night after night, during the
session OF parliament. No reply is
given, and none is expected.-Nine-
tecath Century.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Ne1 DrEts.


The shirt waists and handsome odd
waists, have brought the belt into an
enyiable position OF elegance. Some of
the recentlyimported models are
worthy the prices demanded, since
Ithey are of exquisite workmanship
and of the most artistic conception
of form and colorings. The new
buckets quito large, but broad rather
than high, invisibly closing and ex-
tending well across the. front; ofsthe
girdle. Gilt, steel and pearl are hand
somely wrought, but the newest and
most beautiful are in oxidized, cnam-
elled, copper and antique effects.
Canoes cut from lava, or the shell of
the female cameo, are cut in high re-
lief, usually a single medallion, and
set in elaborate Moorish, Byzantine,
Venetian, Egyptian or East Indian
buckles. showing enamels of truly
wonderful colorings, considering that
they are not classed with jewelry
proper. These buckles are used with
silk webbing or velvet belt straps,
from one to two inches in width, and
of any color. shown in nature or con-
cei9ed by ingenious art.-Boston Her
o'd
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
pine Smokers.

Men of strong fiber smoke pipes.
This assertion is based on critical OBJ
servation, and the longer | live the
stronger is my conviction of its truth.
After watching gang of Italians
eating their midday meal, picked out
nearly every one who would smoke a
pipe, my selection being put to the
proof as soon as bread and pork were
gotten out Of the way. Do not under
stand me to say that all men of strong
fiber smoke pipes. BY no means. Some
of the strongest mental as well as
physical material do not smoke at all,
and [ think there are few sterling fell
lows who inhale cigarettes. But take
men as they 60, here, there and every
where, in all the walks of life, the pipe
smokers are generally Harveyized
steel plate.-N. Y Times.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
ore of Perry,s Lake Erie Fleet.

Buried deep in the sands at the edge
of Spring lake, near Grand Haven,
Mich, lies the hull of the old sloop Por-
cupine, which w2s one Of Commodore
Oliver III. Perry's feet in the battle of
Lake Erie. The old boat is nearly gone.
She has lain there since 1873, when she
went out of service, and was beached
by gang of men who had tried to rig
her up as a lumber lugger. D. M.
Ferry, later a United States senator
from Michigan, owned the land where
the discouraged sailors flung the hull,
and he left her there to work deeper
and deeper into the sand. She is just
at the end of one of his docks now;
but he knew the honorable part she
played, and while he lived he refused
to move her.-Chicago Evening Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Rescre of GreeIx.

The story Of Commodore Schley's
relationship to the Greedy relief expe-
dition shows him up as q hero of the
first water. Greedy, the Arctic ex-
plorer, and the man now in charge of
the signal corps of the United States
army, with the rank of general. But
for Schley's expedition Greedy would
not to-day be occupying the position
where he is doing such good service for
his country, because, as the official
records show, if Schley had been 48
hours later in his relief he would have
found his present fellow-worker in the
cause of liberty a stiffened corpse
Baltimore American.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
sn1nnn cncnmher Salad.

This is an old housekeeper's recipe
for salmon-cucumber salad: Press
someboiled salmon through sieve and
mix with it mayonnaise dressing or
rich cream. Season the compound
with salt and cayenne pepper. Take
two thinly-cut slices Of cucumber that
have been in a bowl of ice water for
an hour previous, lay them OF slices
of bread and spread the salmon evenly
ever the cucumber. Put two slices to-
gether and you have delicate sand
yich.-Leisure Hours.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Shots That COst

In the event of war every shot fired
from the monitor Miantonomah will
cost Uncle Sam $3.50. The proiectlle
weighs 500 pounds and the powder over
300 pounds. 1t is claimed by the officers
on the vessel that this mass of steel
can be thrown with accuracy at least
six miles with the present elevation of
the guns and much further than that
should the guns be raised higher than
the elevation at which they are now
fixed on the vessels deck. The officers
will be careful to see that no shot is
wasted should they ever go into bat
tie. The ammunition will be used with
the best possible advantage, because
the monitor has storage room for only
100 proiectiles. Should the enemy ap-
pear the ironclad will not attempt to
run away, even though the enemy
should be more formidable than she
The monitor is not built to run, and she
will waste time in trying. She viii
clear for action at once and fight to a
finish. Down in the hold of the vessel,
far below the water line, $50 men live
and sleep-Detroit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
A Dewey Story.

Admiral Dewey was always a strict
disciplinarian, and occasionally in
ilicts punishment in curious ways.
Once while in foreign port he sudden
ly ordered the heaviest tackle to be
gotten out of the hold without delay.
After two hours work his order was
carried out, and he then directed that
large chew of tobacco which had been
thrown under one of the guns be
hoisted overheard. Never again on
that cruise was such an objectionable
oifense committed.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Some srtl,toDa.re s,o.,..,c.

Berlin boasts of 2,OO2 millionaires,
reclZoned on the basis of incomes that
would represent a capital of 100000
rnarks-that is. $4,000 a year. Only
1,103 OF these, however, actually have
the $250,CG0 of capital 7S have 100000
marks or over, and only five have the
2o,000,0oo marks that would make them
millionaires in England.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
wIIIiarn,s Decorations.

A Berlin newspaper says that the
orders of decoration worn by the em-
peror of Germany are worth over ,oo0,v
600 marks Ga little over .s23O, ,OO0). His
principal and most valuable decora-
tions are the insignia of the Black
Eagle, the Order of ST. John, of the
Garter, and of the Toison dor. In all,
he has over 200 crosses, stars. badges
and other insignia.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Rer,,n.s Bird Catcher.

Rerlin paws a salary to a aProfes:Sionai
bird catcher, who keeps scieI'iile -
stitutions supplied with biros' heS'S ~
and eggs. He is the only man III inc
emnire permitted TO do so.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Japan,s sacred City.

Kioto, japan. formerly regarded as
the sacred city of the mikado, is be-
ing thoroughly westernized' having
adopted the overhead trolley and cleo
trio lighting.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
,no,,on before Marriage.

In Sweden and Norway a legal mar
riooo is not allowed to be solemnized
till both parties produce certlhcates
attesting that they bear genuine vac
ei,-atiCE marks.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
Another f<ina of Ten.

Biggerstaff-You ought to board at
our house. Gildersleeye. The tea table
is daily feast of repartee.
Gildersleeve-Then it is repartee
table, is it?-Up to Date.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10
He groped for him in the bed, but him h

81 sleep net" quoth Rodrigo; "but tell me
who art thou,
Fer, il the midst OF darkness, much light
is On thy broW?"
II am the holy Lazarus, I come to speak
with thee;
I am the same poor Ieper thou savedst for.
charity.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10

He had ta'en some twenty gentlemen,
along with him to go,
For he will pay the ancient vow he to Saint
James doth owe,
To Compastella, where the shrine doth by
the altar stand,
The good Rodrigo de Bivar is riding
through the land.
Where'er he goes, much aims he throws, to
feeble folk and poor:
Beside the way for him they pray, him
blessing to procure.
For God and Mary mother, their Heavenly
grace to win,
His Lord was ever bountffu1; great was
his joy therein.
III
And there, in middle of the path, Il leper
did appear;
In a deep slough the eleper lay, none would
to help come near
With a loud voice he thence did cry: For
God our Saviour's sake,
From out the fearful jeopardy q Christian
brother take"
"
When Rodrigo heard that piteouS word, he
from his horse came down:
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10

When Rodrigo heard that piteou5 word, he
from his horse came down:
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10

FOR au raoy sala. 10 stay he made, that
noble champion.
He reached his hand 10 pluck him forth, of
fear was no account.
Then mounted or his steed of worth, and
MADE the lepeF mount.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-10

All at the nid-hour of the night, while
good Rodrigo slept,
a breath came from the leprous man, it
through his shoulders orept;
Right Through the body, at the breast.
passed forth that breathing cold
wot he leaped up with a start in terrors
T7a1lifOld
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