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The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
About Preach RS.

A simple young fellow who had been
reading, perhaps, 'Ingersolls Mistakes
of Noses" or something of the sor,,
once said to a good old preacher: Say,
preacher, whenever a man who has got
son who is not fit for anything else he
generally makes preacher out of him,
don't hep And the good man replied:
We'll, God only had one son, and He
made preacher out of Him."
Another one of this class said to a
preacher: Whenever fellow has an
idiot for a son he puts him to preach
ing, don't hep The preacher replied:
Il think not Your father didn't make
a preacher out of you. did hep
A few days ago | returned to Mis-
souri, after three weeks tour through
the East. and on arriving home | called
upon my faithful cOlOred servant, who
has lived in our family for thirty years
and who is my loyal devoted friend
and had him go over the place with me.
| talked to him about the horses, cows,
the dogs and the yard, etc. Everything
seemed in excellent condition. | re-
marked to him finally that | didn't see
anything of my chickens around the
yard, and asked him what had become
of them. Chickens, Governor did you
say? Don't you know there is a Meth
odst conference going on here i'll this
town? Dem chickens is smart, and
tbey done took to the brush until con-
ference is all over and the preachers
am gone"
Speaking of chickens reminds me. 1t
is a custom among the Methodist
preachers in some of the States to open
their annual conferences with a hymn
"And are we yet alive to see each 9th
er's face?" In certain town where
conference was held the preachers were
treated with extraordinary hospitality.
Every housekeeper had the table groan-
ing with fried chicken and yellow
gravy. All the chickens were killed off
to satisfy the white-cravated epicures.
The day after adjournment the even
ing paper of the town had a picture
showing two scrawny young roosters
peeping at each other out from under
the barn, crossing their necks and say
ing. And are we yet alive to see each
others face?'-Gov. Stephens Of Mis-
souri,.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
MRS. PINKHAM'S VICTORY
Mrs. Sidney Hamlet.
Cured by Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

RED HOUSE, VA.-To Mrs. Pinkham:
my heart goes out in sympathy to all
who are suffering with troubles pecul-
lar to the female sex.
'Iwould like to express my gratitude
for what your Vegetable Compound has
done for me. l have been a sufferer
since girlhood; did not then know the
cause of dreadful sick headaches and
other troubles. I could not take long
walks, lift or carry anything heavy, and
was very nervous. &
Last summer I was almost an
invalid; could not walk across INV
room without pain. 1 sent for our
physician. He pronounced my case a
bad one of Prolapsus Uteri,' conges-
ton and liberation of the womb, and
said I was to lie abed. was so dis
tressed to find myself so helpless and
useless to my family; saw your Com
pound advertised and thought would
try it. I took several bottles, and used
the Sanative Wash and Pills as directed,
and now am as strong as l ever was,
and do all my own housework. can
walk more than mile without any
inconvenience. Oh! am truly CRATE
ful. 1 cannot write the good you have
done me. Words are inadequate to
express it. May God bless you for the
good you are doing. SIDNEY
TAMLET. Red House, Va.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The abuse of the right of petition
consists, in part, in an indiscriminate
use of that method Of reaching de.
sired end. II. is truism that the OBJ
tanning of signatures for petition is
usually an easy matter. Men sign out
OF good nature, to get rid of importuni-
ty, because they have signed similar
documents, and so on, and sometimes
the body of the petition is not even
read. An excellent illustration of reck-
lessness was recently furnished. A cit
izen complained to the Governor Of a
State because certain criminal had
been pardoned. The Governor sent for
the papers In the case, and the COM
plainant was found to have signed the
petition for pardon. He had put his
name to the paper without reflection,
and had forgotten the fact. But when
his own request had been granted, he
Indignantly held the Governor guilty
of an act injurious to the public in
terest!
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
NEVER TOO SURE.

Against the probability or possibility OF
miscbance or accident we can never be too
sure. But if we should stop to consider
how great is the chance of sudden death,
we should be made too timid and unhappy,
Canton is needed not to be fOolhardy, and
nrecaution to know what is best to do when
an accident happens. One day this winter
two men were walking, and one said !;
s.We're too timid in treading on slippery
places. L tread firmly and never think
about them, and so escape a fall" ;" ''Never
be too sure" said the other, ''it is that
that throws you off and makes the fall the
harder" Just then they came upon place
covered with thin snow, where kids had
been sliding. The first speaker slipped, and
came down with his foot turned and badly
sprained his ankle. He was cripple on
crutches until short time ago, having used
many things without benefit; Up p, to 2h;nh tnat
when used. cured him completely, so that
he walks as usual. There is probiSa1 blllffP
that for the rest OF the season ne " Fl ho~;H wn,n
this great remedy ready for use.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Incompetent.

Nothing is more discouraging to me
than the general inefficiency of young
women of good education and good
home environment who are-suddenly
perhaps-thrown upon their own re-
sources, and who come to me for ad-
vice and for help in securing situations
in which they can be self-supporting,"
said lady who gives much Of her time
to philanthrOpic work. and" she add
ed, "the most hopeless cases are those
of the young women who feel that they
can do almost anything. because no
one ever yet succeeded in the limitless
field of anything"
at seems as though l ought to be
able to earn a living with all my edu-
cation and accomplishments" said a
young woman suddenly reduced from
affiuence to the necessity of earning
her own living. Il can play the piano
unusually well, and paint very cleyerly
on china, and embroider, and do all
kinds of fancy work, and write very
clever verses, and recite or sing very
WELL" But the cash value of all Of
these accomplishments combined was
less than the value of the unlettered
Irish servant girl, who could go into a
kitchen and cook fairly WELL comments
"Harper's Bazar."
1t would seem that there was some
thing wrong with our educational sys-
tenn when our educated girls are so ig-
norant of the practical duties of life.
| They are now taught something Of
cooking and sewing in many of our
public schools; but most of them regard
this as mere amusement, and it counts
for little in fitting them for the actual
and practical work of cooking and sew
ing and the care of a home.
| If mothers do not teach their daugh-
| ters these things in their own homes,
they will not be learned at all. And the
mother has failed in her duty if her
daughter, at the age of % or %, finds
herself utterly lacking in the ability to
earn a dollar if it becomes necessary
for her to do so, and utterly incompe-
tent to discharge the duties of the home
to which a husband may take her.
There is no higher maternal duty than
that of fitting ones children for the
future that before them waits as wives
and mothers or as useful self-support-
ing women.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Safety in Buying Seeds.

There is no other way to measure the value
of seeds than by the value of the crop. A good
crop simply can not come from poor seed
Second-rate seeds will waste good land, good
fertilizer, and good labor, and the crop won't
paw expenses. Now the practical farmer
cannot afford to waste time testing seeds to
find out whether they are true to name, sound
and clean, it stands to reason that the only
safe way to buy seeds is to seek the protection
of name that has stood for reliability in the
past The great seed house of ID. NJ. Ferry &
Co, Detroit Mich, has sold seeds all over
the United States and Canada for the last
forty-two years, and the steady growth OF
the business is a sure indication that Ferry
seeds have given satisfaction, Ferry's Seed
Annual for 1895, standard guide for farmers
and gardeners, containing much valuable
for
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The state of public sentiment In Can
ada toward the United States is not of
the friendliest nature, If some one,
signing himself IAN English Visitor"
in the st. James Gazette Nondon). is
to be believed. He says: prof. Gold
win Smith stands alone as consistent
advocate Of the erasure of Canada
from the map; and he is without fol-
lowing or influence, except that COM
manded by social position and intellec-
tual eminence. One cannot help admir-
ing his courage in facing the over
whelmng tide of public opinion. His
obvious evaporation Is the meas
ure Of his failure and the proof of Ca
madam independence. The anti-Ameri-
can spirit is, indeed, absolute. | have
been amazed at It's strength and int en-
sity. In some quarters it amounts to
an almost fanatical hatred If those
EngliShmen at home who have had
enough of American abuse and blus-
ter-and l think we are all getting a
bit sick of it-want to find themselves
in congenial society, they should run
over to Canada, where they will hea"
sentiments vigorous enough to satisfy
the most impatient. Everybody is not
equally bloodthirsty; but l verify be-
lieve that, next to duty on American
wheat, the most popular thing in the
eyes of Canada which it Is within the
power of England to do would be to
administer to the United States a good
ringing diplomatic box on the ears.
This is not merely empty jingOism.
The Canadians, who have much better
opportunities of judging than we have.
do not believe that the Americans
mean serious business against Eng
land; but they are willing to abide the
issue, even If it should come to that,
although they are perfectly well aware
that they would be the chief sufferers
At the time of the Venezuela crisis, for
two days after President Cleveland's d
message, Canada expected war; yet
there was only one feeling throughout
the cOuntry-the hope that Lord Sails
bury would stand firm. They knew
the brunt would fall upon themselves,
but every man was ready to stand to
his rifle and face it. Some may pooh
pooh this as empty bOasting. For my
part. / have been assured Of its truth
quite independently by too many calm
and thoughtful men not to be impress
ed by it."
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The Dominion is evidently deter
mined that the Yukon gold fields shall:
yield up to it all the revenue which car.
possibly be gathered from them, ami
Is now laying royalty Of % cents Il
cord on the cordwood with which ths
miners thaw out the gold from its icy
matrix and cook their rations of side
pork and coffee. The logs for their
cabins are similarly taxed. and a SUBJ
stantial fraction of the gold they dig
Is also levied upon by minions of her
revenue stationed there These ordi-
nances look rather mean, but we are
not complaining of them and are not
likely to institute any Of the same sort
in reprisal when the golddigging comes
around within our own lines.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

In SIX languages" No doubt a saga
clous silence saves many difficulty.
But Bismarck has been babbling in his
ola age. He has volunteered the opin-
ion that our much misunderstood Mon
roe doctrine Is uncommon insolence to
the rest of the world, and does violence
10 the other American States, and Eu
ropean States with American inter
ests." 1t Is very difficult thing to be-
lieye that such a great mind could
Dlunder after this fashion. But then
when Polonius grows old he will talk
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
STARS WILL SHOWER DOWN.
Astronomers Expect a Rain of Fire
in Two Years.


The astronomers look for the next
great meteoric shower on the morning
of Nov. 10, 1899. They calculate that
the earth will then pass again through
the center of an immense swarm of me-
teoroids, as they are called before COM
bustion. These great 'Leonide star
showers" as they are called, occur at
intervals of every thirty-three years
and one day. The great shower Of 1899
occurred on Nov. u; that of 1888 on
Nov. 13, that of 1866 on Nov. IA, and
consequently a repetition of the next
wonderful phenomena is expected on
the morning of Nov. Is, 1899.
In the meanwhile, however, as the
aggregation Of meteoroids is of i'm
mense length one end of it will encoun-
ter the earth in 1898 and the other in
1900, making, as Prof. Lewis Smith,
the distinguished astronomer of Roch-
ester, n. Y, says, considerable show
ers in those years also. Not only this,
but 1T is stated on the same authority
that many forerunners of the great
shower may be expected to come with
In the earth'S atmosphere on Nov. IA,
1897, because many of the meteoroids
are always considerably in advance Of
the main cluster. Prof. Swift says
'the thickness of the meteoroidal
stream is 100000 miles and the dura-
ton of the sho- er is equal to the time
of the diagonal passage Of the earth
through it, usually from midnight to
showerof Leonides every November we
know that there is a vast ring formed
by the comets tail and that the i'm
mense shoal in one portion is the prod
uct of the exploded comet itself,
through which we pass once every
thirty-three years and day"
The meteoroids are dark bodies, and
1t is only when they pass into the
earth's atmosphere that they are ig-
nited by friction and / ,come visible for
a few seconds. The stream makes a
revolution around the sun in about thir-
ty-three and One-fourth years and by
consequence the earth passes through
1t In new place each year. The length
of the swarm is SO enormous that al
though at perihelion it moves at the
rate of nearly twenty-five miles a Sec
ond, yet it takes it two years to pass
the earth, so that when its hinder part
is still with us it's advancing side will
have reached the orbits of Jupiter and
Saturn. Notwithstanding this extent
it is but fraction of the entire orbit.
Prof. Swift says: "This great cluster
will reach the earth's orbit about June
1, 1899, but the earth will not have ar
rived there then, but will be due nearly
six months later, when our planet will
plunge into the swarming mass and for
at least five hours we shall experience
literal rain of fire. Baltimore Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Eggs May Be Kept Fresh For Months.

Eggs HAHJ DC fktPt IfCs11 Il UI -hIUHIIs'
lit is impossible in some sections of
the country to get perfectly fresh eggs
during the winter season." says Mrs
S. T. Rorer in The Ladies Home Jour
nal ITO guard against this, in summer
time, when they are cheap, pack them
in line water, and they will keep in
coed condition for three months. Pour
one gallon of boiling water over a
pound of lime; when settled and cold,
pour it carefully over the eggs which
you have packed, small ends down, in
place. Eggs may also be packed i'll sail; ;
anything that will close the pores of
the shell and prevent evaporation will
preserve eggs -
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Eating In NJ exicO.

Mexico is land where people like
to eat and eat good deal The dinner
table is well spread. and there is an
abundance Food is served i'll courses
and often many of them. A common
bill of fare i'll thousands of houses at
noon will be: Soup, called caldo. or
broth; rice, or macaroni, known as so
pa; baked and stuffed tomatoes and ar
tichokes, most delicious vegetable
two kinds of meat, often chicken and a
roast, or chops and steaks; fried pota-
toes salad. beans, which always ap
pear; fruit and several kinds of sweets
and then coffee Everything comes on
separately. served by boy or maid
This is very usual repast and is fire
quently varied with fish from Vera
Cruz or the fresh water lakes Red wine
and pulque are usual table drinks. -
Cor Boston Herald
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Rich Strike In the Desert.

One of the richest mining strikes
ever made on the desert has come to
light within the past few days. Samuel
Temple, well known in San Bernar-
dino, was the lucky discoverer. For
years the land about Twenty-Five
Palms has been known to be rich, but
those seeking mines went farther
away, and over the land in which this
strike was made thousands have passed
on their way to the new Ell Dorado
Virginia Dale. The new strike is To-
Gated about two and half miles from
the mill at Twenty-Five Palms.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The world at large has long looked
upon attempts to solve the mystery Of
the icy north as foOlhardy and uncalled
for. A certain admiration is provoked
by the daring of the men willing to un-
dertake them, and the written sto"y Of
those who have been so fortunate
as to return makes interesting reading,
but the substantial benefits gained have
not been sufficient to offset the dread
record of tragedy attaching to the full
history of polar exploration.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
! CHILDREN TEETHINC.,'
MES. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always be
used for children teethng. 1t soothes the child soft
ems the gums allays ali pain wind collie and 10
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty I've cents
bottle. IL is the best OF all

Among the many devices to assist the
blind one OF the best is typewriter in
which the keys have raised letters and
which punctuates the paper with either
letters or the dots contained in one of
the blind alphabets
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

Some time ago naval expert wrote
an article for the Pail Mall Gazette of
London, in which he said the battle
ships Massachusetts and Indiana of the
United States navy were a match for
all the Spanish warships afoat This
may not be an exact statement, but 1t
riorty of our navy over Spain's. Spain
has more vessels than we have, but
most of them are old and would be
helpless in an encounter with any Of
our ships. If there ever should be a
war between the two countries Spain
would be swept off the seas in week.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Drithel.

A drink called drithel is popular
Ia lie north of England. The cotton
hands of Manchester and the factory
workers get through nearly 10000, 900
pints of this stuff every year. 1t is made
from hops. hemlock rott. parsley and
Glove and is one of the most dangerous
liquors ever brewed The northern
counties pay about SO. 900 year for
the output OF drithel.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

In our family of States, as in a house
hold, there are now and then exhibit
tions of selfishness and indifference
even occasional 0utbursts of anger. But
let real trouble come, as in the case Of
the yellow fever visitation in the South,
and discord ceases. sympathy and aid
are quickly offered. What finer evil
dence that we are one people than this
ready response when need arises! In
our body polite, as in the human body,
If one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH

To recklessly experiment upon himself with
hope of relief is the dyspeptic. Yet the nos
trums for this malady are the sands of the
sea, and, presumably, about as efficacious.
Indigestion, that obstinate malady, even if of
long perpetuity, is eventually overcome with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, an appetizing tonic
and Alternative which cures constipation, fever
and ague, bilious remittent, rheumatism kid
ney complaint and feebleness.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

country to embark in the learned pro-
fessions with no especial aptitude for
anything except avoiding manual labor,
is constantly on the increase. 1t ID
greatly to be deplored, for to such fail
ure is almost the inevitable result Thu
trouble with these young men is thaE
they do not understand the dignity q.
manual labor. They do not realize THAI
honors and fortune may be more read
ily realized outside of these so-called
learned professions than in them, ami
that it is just as honorable to swing 1.
hammer or to hold a plow as it is to
make a speech in court or amputate a
limb
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

On an Eastern street railway were re-
Gently exhibited specimens of the old
and new passenger cars. The old stage
seated twelve persons, inside and on
top, while the modern car, which occu-
pies less space, provides seats for for
ty-two, to say nothing of the facilities
for hanging on to straps.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

Some time ago writer for the Farm
ers' Union asked very ardent admirer
of Prince Bismarck what he thought
was the secret of that great mans won
derful influence In reply, his German
COMPANION said: mine friendt, Bis
marck knows how to hold his tongue
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The old world vineyards have been
Of uncertain dependence for years and
the output becomes more and more pre-
cariOus. The end is evident America
will be the worlds greatest vineland
in the near suture. Already the Cal.
ifornia vintage IS getting in competi-
ton with the older wines of commerce
1t but needs little more care in culti-
vation and expertness in manufacture
ing
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

The Pacific Coast Jockey Club is to be
congratulated on the successlt has achieved
on the merits of the races they have given
to the publid by furnishing, good, honest
snort and a 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., 1898-02-12

1t is possible to obtain a divorce in
in that State. Why not abolish the
time limit altogether and offer divorce
chrome with every pound of tea?
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Particularly Patient.

Patience, my dear, patience" said
Harkins blandly to his wife one morn.
ing at tho breakfast table when she
spoke tritie sharply to one of the chill
dren for dropping his bread, buttered
side down, on the cloth. "You know
that accidents will happen, and we were
children ourselves once. I'm sure that
BERTHE didn't mean to-great Jupiter |
There goes Harold's glass of milk all
over my new trousers. If l on't-oh,
you'd better skedaddle from the table,
young man. 1t beats everything. Get
cloth, somebody, and clean up this mess.
1t beats thunder that man can t sit at
his own table without being tormented
and bespattered as l am every time try
to eat meal under my roof Look at
these trousers-absolutely and utterly
ruined. Just wait till 1 get hold of that
boy Just wait till l lay hands on him,
and I'll teach him how to deliberately
throw glass of milk over guinea pair
Of trousers. Don 1T tell me that he didn't
mean to do it. He came to the table
with the intention CT doing it, and L
I-well, you'll see what I'll do when /
get huld of him. Strand Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

A clergyman in Milwaukee asserts
that "the nude figures on So bill are
positively indecent" There is some
consolation, then, in the thought that
even if one be poor ones morals at least
are uncontaminated by the Govern
ment
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12

A New York physician adyertises to
ural position" Gentlemen who have a
few ears still outstanding will do well
to bear this advertiser In mind
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
An Enemy of Humanity.

There arc probably few persons of ma
ture years who have not read the story
of the man who put the sick beggar up
on his best horse in order to take him
to his home and friends. The beggar
suddenly recovered his strength and
rode off with the horse that was the
pride of the desert and the fortune of
his owner. The man called after the
thief and begged him to halt for mo-
ment Safe from pursuit, he did SO,
when his benefactor implored him never
to tell how he obtained the horse, as the
incident, if known, might stand in the
way of relief of some honest beggar who
sought charity by the wayside. Although
it is claimed that the story is very old
one, it is just as applicable to our time
as it was when the affair occurred
1t is the professional beggar who
makes the most terrible suffering posi-
BILE to those who are too proud, too hon.
est or too timid to ask for what they
need. New York Ledger.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-12
Early Training.

1T seems strange that they should
make such a vulgar display of their
wealth I"
"Oh, | don t know-he started as
Sindow dresser Chicago Journal