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The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
GENTLE COURTESY,
An English Society Woman Who Had
Big Heart.

Lady Camilla Gurdon, in her memories
Of Suffolk, tells o story of a society
woman who was sweet-natured and
generous enough to give the poor of her
very best She used to visit the large,
dreary worBhouse in the manufactur-
ing town near her country home. For
this, she dressed herself carefully in
her best clothes, and wore all her
brightest jewels. For" said Gertrude,
simply, poor people care much more
to see one in ones best things than
rich people do. 1 wonder why every
body generally puts on common duli
old clothes to visit cottages!"
One night, we went together to a
party, my pretty Gertrude dressed in
every color of the rainbow, with dia-
monds sparkling on her Wavy hair and
shining about her soft, round throat
AS we alightcd from our carriage, the
prince and princess Of Wales happened
to arrive, and we stood aside on the
steps to let them pass,
As usual, there was q crowd of peo-
pie waiting to enter the house. a poor
woman, just behind US, was vainly en-
deavoring to lift her child, little Grip
pie, so that lie might see the princess;
but each time that she pressed forward,
a policeman pushed her back. The
child broke into 4 waili
"Oh, can't see her! / can't see her!
You promised ! should see her, mann
my"
Gertrude turned quickly. Give me
your little boy" she said, and she took
the astonished child in her arms. II
viii hold him up. He can have much
better view here"
With a queenly gesture, she waved
aside the bewiidercd policeman. The
little cripple pat his tiny, wasted arms
trustfully about her neck, and leaned
eagerly forward to see all that was to
be seen; and when the sight was over,
and Gertrude gently disentangled her
self from his poor little hands, TO give
him back to his mother, the child dIrJQts p1t- {
his pale lips to her rosy cheek apgld kissed
her.
Pretty lady! pretty lady!" he said,
admiringly,
His mother broke into torrent of
thanks and Apologies, while Gertrude,
gathering sldp her brilliant train,
PASSED into the house,-Youth's Com
panion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Papa, what is meant by taking time
by the foreIock?'" In most cases, my
son, it is worrying about things that
never happen. Chicago News.
"Have you ever noticed how war pro-
notes a literature Of it's own ?'' ''Yes;
that is enc of the horrors of war. =
Philadelphia North American.
Willie Boy-''If promise to learn my
lesson, papa, will. you. give me a quar-
ter?" Papa-"Ycs, my son." Willie
Boy-"And what will you give ne if 1
do learn it it?"-Truth.
In the Nursery.-Little Hans Ito
Karl)-"Look here, Karl; we must be
very naughty to-day, so that we can
promise on papa's birthday tomorrow
that we will be better" = Fliegende
Blaetter,
Saving His Neryes,-"What!" shouted
the stern parent, mot marry my daugh-
ter? Why, sir, you have sat with your
arm about her hour after hour" Eyes;
that was to keep her from singing, >
Detroit Free Press,
"Cur representative" says the Plunl-
vile Bugle, whose editor did not get the
post office, ''has been in congress a
year or thercabputs, and the only meas
ure he has ever opened his mouth about
is a pint t''-Indianapolis Journal.
An Able Man-''Yes, sir; Bleecller
would make money out Of anything"
''Is he so lucky?" ~ should say So.
Why, he married pennilcss girl two
years ago, and he got her position that
brings him in 81 eco year. Life.
Fine Distincticn.-"They do pretty
things in Boston," said the Occasional
Liar. ''What Go you suppose l saw the
last tire I was theref' ''Give it up"
sang the chorus. GA sign that said
'2.50 pants marked down from eight
dollar trousers - Cincinnati En-
0Uirer
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Hcncaty ia the Empire CITY.

The proprietor of one of Manhattan's
most fashionable hostelries ordered
$5.Co0 worth Of table silyerware the
other day. When the goods were de-
lirered he refused to take them at any
price, as tie name Of the hotel had
been stamped upon them. He explained
his strange action BY saying that people
often dine at the house only to take
away knives, forks and spoons as
souvenirs. IF the name of the hotel is
not OF them" he said, they leave them
alone. for their only reason in dining
here is to steal these stamped goods
and show them to their friends to prove
that they are in the habit of patronixing
hcstclrics."
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
INSECT NURSES.
Bees and Ants That Look After the
Sick.

The care of the young is always con-
sidered one of the most important CT
the industries of the commune. Among
the bees and ants the care of the young
is relegated to the younger sisters, al
though the elders do not scorn these
duties if they find their performance
necessary However, the first work OF
the ant or bee just emerged from the
pupa state is that of nurse, and most
tender ard devoted one she is. Espe-
cially are the ant nurses solicitous
about the health and comfort of their
small charges. In some species the
young ant grubs are assorted into sizes.
those Of the same age being kept in the
same apartment, suggesting 4 graded
school. When the ant babies are hun
cry they stretch up like young birds,
ard their nurses regurgitate partly di-
gested food into the gaping, hungry
mouths. The nurses keep them very
clean by licking them with their long
tongues, and, what is more interesting,
are very careful to keep them in the
right temperature. When the sun
shines kot on the nest in the morning
lI6 EuISeS CUII ~ t1iN
lower compartments, but toward night
they carry them again to the upper
nurseries. The nurses show great in
terest in the young when they emerge
from the pui.a state, helping them TO
ctraighten cut their new,y freed an
tennae and legs, then taking Eand at
their education by leading them around
Tie city and showing them the ways of
the fornnic world.
All the members of the insect COM
mure are shining lights in their devo-
tion to the young. The moment an ant
nest is attacked those citizens who are
not detailed to fight the intruders will
snatch up the babies and flee with
them to places of safety. or when hard
pressed will fight to the death for their
protection. This is worthy of note,
since it is not the mother instinct for
saving her young but is race instinct
instead. 1t may here be stated that
:he objects popularly known as ants
eggs are not the eggs, but the young
grub ants: the eggs are too small to be
seen we'll with the naked eye.-"Insect
Communities by Anna Botsford Com
stock, in Chautauquan.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
SHOE HlEROQLYPHICS.
Occult Symbols Devised to Deceive
EVoT,lGni1ind.

Occult Symbols Devised to Deceive
EVOp2Gni1i Kind.
''Pcople often ask me the meaning of
the apparently c>azy hieroglyrhics and
figures that are stamped on the inner
side of the uppers Oh ready-made shoes
nowadays" said an T street shoe deal
e. to Star man, ''As every shoe man
ufuctory has q secret stamp code Of its
own, and there is, therefore, no posi-
bility Of the general public learning
more than that such codes exist, l may
rs we'll tell you that the vanity Of mod
crn Eort2ls, and especially women, is
at the bottom CT these peculiarly
stamped characters and figures. You'd
be surprised to know, for instance, how
many women there are who imagine
that they wear No, 3 shoe, when in
reality their size is a couple Of figures
larger. y shoe salesman who under
stands his business can tell precisely
the number Cf the shoe q woman cus~
toner wears at Il GLANCE. But as often
as not woman whose foot is a No. 5
calls for q shoe a couple of sizes small
or, and the mysterious stanpedhiero-
glyph scheme was devised for the pur=
pcsc Of encouraging her in the belief
that her foot is a couple Of sizes smaller
than it really measures in shoe leather.
"Whcn woman calls for a number
to ft q number foot, no shoe sales
man of this era who cares anything for
his job is going to say: Madam, your
foot requires number s. ITc simply
breaks cat shoe CT the style she re-
quests that he feels confident will fit
her comfortably, and let's it go at that.
GA woman rarely thinks to inquire if
the shoe is really of the size she asked
for, for she takes it for granted that the
salesman has given her what she de-
nanded. But when woman does ask,
for instance: This is number 3, is it"
it's the salesman's business to unblush-
ingly reply: 'Yes'rn, it's a number g.
The woman customer might examine
the hieroglyphs inside the uppers for
week without finding out any different,
and even if she had the key to the puzzle
it would only make her feel bad, so
what would be the use ?"-Washington
Star,
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
A THRIFTY INDIAN GIRL.
She Secured an Education and Saved
Enough to Furnish n Home.

She Secured an Education and Saved
Enough to Furnish Home.
In 1892 the "Seger" school was built
in Oklahoma territory, among a colony
Of Oheyennes and AraPahoes, consid-
cred among the widest, most backward
end nonprogressiye of al the Indians.
Fortunately the superintendent of the
lew school, Mr.. John Homer Seger, had
already gained their confidence in an.
other capacity, so that when they were
asked 10 put their children in school
they said that they would as soon as
they were weaned. And they carried
this out literally,
Many incidents are told illustrating
the splendid work which has already
been accomplished directly and indi-
rectiy by the school, for often the influ-
e1ce in the community is equal 70 the
actual amount of education within the
school walls.
One of the giri pupils who entered the
school when it opened has had quite
remarkable record. Having no previous.
education and leaving her really savage
home for the first time, she has demon
strated what education is doing and
will do for the red man. There is sys-
tenn in nearly al the government In
dian schools by which those pupils
who are both Industrious and frugal
may earn 1noEey in the sewing-rcom, or
on the farn or in some one OF the
schools other industrial departments.
Of course, this must be outside CT their
n
regular work. This young girl. after
taking. a regular course as a scholar,
was Judged capable Of filing salaried
position. In the course Of short time
She flied net one, but several, and
worked in the sewing-room besides. Out
of her savings she bought wagon. har-
ncss, team, organ, bedroom set and
sewing machine, all In view OF her pros
pective marriage to a young Indian to
whom she was engaged, and when they
were married she took enough savings
with her to build neat home! All
this vas accomplished in three years.
m --f ~, - 'i'r--'i' 2
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
CHINESE LADIES ENTERTAIN.
SeIni-PubIic Dinner Given to Euro-
LEAN Ladies.

Two years ago who would have be-
lieved in ten Chinese ladies' Of distinc-
ton from various parts Of the vast en-
pire inviting some so or so European
ladies of different ~nationalities to a
large semi-public dinner. and not only
inviting them, but themselves sitting
down with them, conyersing with them
as Ear as the exigencies Of language
permitted, and partalIlng Of the for
eign fare in regular European style,
knives and forks, champagne and flow
er-spread tablecloths all included?
But it has taken place.
The dinner was lately held in the
largest dining-hall in Chang Su Hos
garden. All the foreign consuls' wives
were invited, together with certain
number of missionary ladies and few
others. There was goodly gathering
of Chinese ladies, with little sprink-
ling of natural-footed Mauchus, and al
though when dinner was announced
certain number of gentlemen, kindly
experimenting arrangements, called
out: Foreign ladies to this side, be-
cause it is warmer!" yet Chinese and
European ladies sat down fairly mixed.
There were several little girls at the
banquet, three especially noticeable in
vapor-colored satin gowns, cleaning
with pearls, so as to produce quite a
moonbeam effect as they were carried
away in their men attendants arms,
under the electric light, the rouge on
their little faces preventing anyone
noticing the effect that crippling had
there. Women servants waited behind
many Of the Chinese ladies to light
their pipes for them, etc, otherwise
the dinner was entirely served by men.
For hundreds of years now the Chi
nese have treated their wOTncnk;nd as
q negligible quantity, and yet with all
their neglect and suppression no inlpar-
tial person could look around and not
be struck by the quiet dignity of the
Chinese ladies among what must have
been to them very different surround
ings.-Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
BLOODHouNDS OF THE SOUTH.
Formerly Used to Catch Slaves, Lat
terty to Pursue Criminals.

rOrmcrly USe0 to catch slaves, Lat
teriy to Pursue Criminals.
The bloodhound is now used only in
the pursuit of criminals. Every south.
ern penitentiary has brace or more
of them. They gre not infrequently o
part of the sheritf's outfit. The breed
is not always pure, but the dogs serve
their purpose better than fairly WELL
Their keenness of scent is one of the
most remarkable things in nature,
though it is of value chiefly in the more
thinly-settled region. 1t seems incred-
ible that the mere temporary pressure
of a mans boot Or shoe upon the ground
should leave traceable scent for "a
hours, provided that there has been no
rain, but there is no doubt that it does.
Sometimes in the south murderer
breaks Jail. Until the universal intro
duction Of chilled steel cages this was
not a difficult matter. Dogs are tele-
graphed for at a distance probably of
15o miles. They arrive day after the
escape. They are led in leash to the
point where the criminal is supposed to
have made his exit and uncoupled.
They take up the scent instantly and
follow it rapidly. The man must have
crossed much water or confused his
trail with the hurrying footsteps of
dozens of others to throw him off,
Always supposing that "a hours is
the extreme limit Of 'law" allowed the
fugitive, the bloodhonnds are the best
means Of effecting his capture. Having
far to travel, they do not bay. They
have no breath to waste.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Review = Teacher = "Now,
Class, what did the Master turn the
water into?" Dairyman's Son-"The
milk, sir Detroit Free Press.
-"Is.papa strong as Samson, aunty ?"
"Why, no, Willie, of course not" "Well,
mamma sasI he had you on his hands
for two months. -!Scribner's
But she married with her eyes
open, did she not?" ''Well, she knows
who all were at her wedding, and how
they were dressed. Detroit Journal.
Poverty" said the platitudinous
boarder, s.is the cause of most crime"
Strange, isn't it, commented the
Cheerful Idiot, "how straitened circum-
stances will make a man crooked ?''-
indianapolis Journal,
-Talkative.-"You was in the min
strel business, wasn't you, Mr.. Mari
gold?'' why, no, Johnnie; what makes
you ask that? p 'Pa said that if YOU
could only be corked up, you wouldn't
be such a bad sort of fellow" -Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
-Resenting It.-"Cyrus Winterside, 2
snapped the indignant wife. as the quar-
rel waHed fieTcer, 'you married me for
my money, and you know it," "'Tis
false!" roared Mr. Winterside, 81 mar.
ried you for your amiable disposition
you yirago!'- Chicago Tribune.
Metaphysical. = Bronco Pet c
(thoughtfuliy)-"Wonder wot ever be
come Nv Tarantula Jim?" Grizzly Dan
-''W'y, don't you remember helping t.
lynch him last July?" Bronco Pete
IVY, Nv course l do!-but I wonder
wot ever become Nv him finally
Puck
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
FEWER LO5STERS EVERY YEAR.
Fish and Game Commissioners Re-
pOrt q Decrease.

Short Holsters are still being killed in
large numbers. In spite Cf the work
of the commissioners of fish and game
TO prevent the traffic in Holsters less
than 1917 inches in length, during the
last eight years the lobster fisheries
have steadily decreased. The last re-
port of the commissioners, just issued,
shows: In 1890 the catch of egg-bear-
ing Holsters was 10000; this year the
returns so far received indicate about
10000, and of all others a decrease of
ten per cent. below last year ard As
per cent. below 1890. This is not a sud-
den decline, but steady one, showing
that if something is not done to pre-
serve this valuable crustacean its end is
near.
The board says: "We recommend
shorter open season, and the prohibi-
tioc of the sale of all inland game killed
in this commonwealth. Something
should be done to prevent the pothuntcr
and snarer from carrying on his de-
structive work. The taking of game
with the aid of ferret is prohibited,
but the possession of ferret in field
or wood should be prima facie evidence
of intent to use it.
1T is now allowed by law TO kill deer
during the month of November, except
on the cape, AS they are appearing in
considerable numbers in various sec
tiors Of the state, we recommend that
they be protected for a term Of years. "
The commissioners have met with sue
cess IN i.~t"hing Morgolian pheasants
at the Ninchester breeding place, and
Mr.. Hobart Ames, OF North Easton. and
Mr.. II. ". Foster, Of Fftohburg. have
also been successful in raising pheas-
ants in cooperation with the board, The
chief step that has been made is in tne
use of the brooder and incubator. 1t
was at first thought tn these could nj OF
be used to advantages with the young of
so wild u bird, but after some expert
menting it has been found possible to
hatch 95 per cent. of the chicks, and
with little more experience ii is hoped
TO hatch them all.-Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
DAUDET DETEsTED ANIMALS.
Fled from Amy House Where He Saw
Lap Dog.

Fled from Amy House Where He Saw
Lap Dog.
Daudet had lurking kindness for
sinners. He pitied them, for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything, says London
Truth. But the self-righteous were
more offensive to him. think he was
right in saying that men and women
who passed for never having sinned are
unpleasant companions, and, from the
day of Judgment standard, perhaps the
worst sinners of all. The sensibility
shown in Jack" and other works did
not extend to animals. Daudet. though
Cigalier, was deaf to the chirp of the
grasshopper and cricket. Birds have
no place in his rural sketches. He could
not understand the touching beauty of
the 'last friend" at the poor mans fu-
neral.
Animals were simply brutes to Dau-
det. AT best they were warnings to hu-
man beings not to live merely TO eat,
sleep and leave posterity behind them.
They sometimes were vice incarnate.
Such were the fox, the serpent, the
/ scorpion. What a selfish, heartless
thing the ant was IT had head If you
will. but it was the sort of head that
organizes labor in sooty factory towns.
The dog was the beastliest beast of
any. Daudet fled from every drawing
room where he saw lap dog.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

A Chinese typewriter has been IN
vented by DR.. Sheffield, Of Jungeho,
China, wkich has wheel carrying over
4,000 characters, arranged in 30 circles.
1t is said to exceed so far the speed CT
the sviftest Chinese writer, that its
value is assured.
Heretofore, perfumery has been de-
tached from flowers by soaking them IN
lard. 4 Parisian has now found way
Of gathering the fragrance by simply
soaking the flowers in water, Il process
which can be repeated several times
without destroying the flowers,
Nearly 4s.CO9 patents were granted
by the United States patent ofiice last
year, or mere than in any preceding
year. Inventive genius is evidently
active III this country. Not one in
hundred of these inventions will per-
hars ever come into practical use.
The total value Of the mineral prod
ucts cf this country last year is re-
ported to be about $740,C00,000. The
greatest loss is in silver. The yield
was $50, ,0C0 ounces less than in 1896,
and the value dropped about S5,7oo,oco.
The gain in gold was $4,000 ounces, or
So, $50, COO.
-'During the course of recent lee
ture at Montevideo," says Science. "Dr.
Sanarelli stated that the serum lie has
obtained from the animals with which
he has been experimenting, is effective
against yellow fever, and that it will
very probably cure yellow fever in hu-
man beings"
The Massachusetts, cattle commits
sioners' annual report, just issued, says
that the number of cattle paid for as
victims of tuberculosis during the year
was 1886, ard the amount paid for them
was S179,S67. Quarantine and killing
expenses and arbitration brought the
average amount paid for condemned
cattle to S34 Cer head
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Animals ThRt CrcIe.

1t may surprise many to learn that
there actually exist a large number ot
animals and birds WHICH derive almost
as much enjoyment as human cyclists
from trips on the bicycle. Of course
considerable time and patience were
necessary to educate them up to the
appreciation Of the finest health-givine
pastime on earth. AS might be ex-
pected, monkeys take an easy first
place after mankind in their regard
of the wheel. Besides these, dogs have
been trained to ride cycles. Members of
the feathered world have proved apt
pupils in cycling, and there are at least
two cockatoos whose command of the bi-
cycle is as perfect as If is wonderful.
One belongs to the Bellonis, the owner
of the very talented family of birds,
and, besides ordinary riding, it gives
an aerial performance, riding a tight
wire. The other clever cockatoo was
trained by Mile. Irma Orbasono, and
rides tricycle.. But these two birds use
their beaks for the purpose Of steering
their machines and pedal with their
claws, London Cycle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
AMERICAN SCHOOL AT ATHENS.
Crisis of Political Affairs Had a bad
Eject ora IT.

Crisis of Political Affairs Had n bad
Eject ora 1t.
In a year of war and rumors of war
an archaeological explorer finds his oc-
cupation well-nigh gone, says Litera-
ture. Throughout the long drawn crisis
of the past spring and summer both the
Greek government and the tGrssseski rrssssek- ,,eo-
pie behaved toward the foreign repre-
sentatives of FaieGrsfcseif re q their midst with
eHtraoralnaaTrNsScourtesy aTs detaching them
d l1saSss llsirely from the feelings of ir-
ritation or resentment which were man
ifested toward the European powers.
But with one-half of the available
peasantry drawn off for the fighting
line and reserves, and the other half
able to think and talk of little but war,
it was naturally difficult to effect ex-
cavations during the spring.
Thus the American school in Athens,
which had planned for last spring tho
opening of the campaign which is TO
uncover Corinth, only did about
weeks work. The government was too
busr to proceed with the promised cx-
preparation of the site, and finally the
director, Mr.. Richardson, bought for
himself a small tract east of the tenn
pie, and there came quickly on the re-
mains Of a stoa, which seemed to indi-
cate the proximity of the agora of the
city. But the work was not proceeded
with II is to be resumed in March,
if the appropriation has by that time
been duly carried through, but the great
depth of the soil will entail great ex-
rapco
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-09
Prnrress In CE.ne.

It has been agreed by the Chinese
authorities that Chinese girls at Sharg-
hal shall receive an English education.
This was decided in a recent meeting
of influential merchants and public Of
ficials of high rank. It was also agreed
to establish and cndow q school at once,
and the annual subscriptions were paid
before the meeting adjourned. The
London papers, in that it has emanated
from the Chinese themselves, consider
the movement remarkable one. With
education, footbinding is to be abol-
ished; greater freedom for women in
the family is to be encouraged; and
their intellectual development advanced
III every way. 1t is believed that other
treaty ports will follow the example
of hanghai.-Chicag Inter Ocean.