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The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
TAKING THEIR BIKES ABROAD
Fcre-Sighted Vyhcclwornen Are Max
ing Cheap TraRs-AtIant;c
Trips on Cattle Ships.

The knowing girl with slender
purse is not deferred from taking a
trip to Europe by the fact that scne
Of the leading ocean lines have raised
their rates of passage. Stateroom &C.
commOdatiOn that could be secured
last year for $75 is now $1G0, but the
wise girl passes such a high-priced
craft by. She takes passage on a cat
tleship for $50, $45, Or even $40: this
economy she supplements by taking
her wheel along with her to avoid miles
Of railway fare on +he other side. The
passenger list CT a cattle-ship that
sailed from New York, a ship with
room for 30 saloon passengers, showed
only five mems name S, the others near
ly all having the prefix Miss" before
them. On the previous sailing date of
the same line there were only four
male passengers registered, while the
bachelor maids were numerous, and
the proportion of bicycles taken along
was II to 81. Most of the passengers
were teachers, lecturers, or students
in some branch Of art or literature.
Il would rather go across on a cattle
ship than by the regular passenger
boats,' said a young woman who
makes not only virtue but pleasure
of necessity. In the first place, the
| cattle-ship does not toss and roll like
the others, owing to its heavy freight,
and. in the second place, you are out a
sea II days instead of eight, and. there
being 50 few pass engers, each comes in
for a share of individual attention
from the ships officers and attendants.
The cattle? Oh, the ventilation is so
perfect that you would not know there
were cattle on board unless you went
where they were, and they really add
interest and variety to the voyage. =
Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
THE HOSE LEAKED.
Bat IT Was Fixed That Way and
Did It's Wcr1s as Wei as
Desired.

! II have never had any kind of
sprinkler but that" said Mr. Subur-
banton, referring to line of what
seemed to be very leaky hose that was
laid around on his lawn. scattering
water in all directions; mo spraying
nozzles, no twisting sprinllers, no
nothing, not even a pipe on the hose.
| had ideas of my own about sprink-
ling lawns, and when 1 came here / put
EN- into use.
I 81 bought hose enough, as you see,
10 go quite around the lawn, and, in
stead of having pipe on the end Of il.
] plugged the end up. Then at regular
intervals along the hose, l cut little
slits to make it leaky. ] had first Sc
cured to the hose what I call feet, lit
tie strips of wood fastened TO it cross
wise to keep the hose in cne position,
that is, with the same side uppermost.
The Sits were cut so that they would
throw spray, some Of them on one side
and some On the other. In use the hose
is laid around a such distance from
the border Of the lawn that the spray
from the series of leaks along that
side Of the top Of the hose just reaches
the border; while the spray from the
series Of leaks along the inner side
just covers the square inclosed Ali l
have to do is to lay the leaky hose and
turn Or the water.
THE first time | had the hose out, q
day or two after we had settled down,
q neighbcr CT mine came along, stopped
and said:
! "'H-m. Your hose is leaking lit
tie? Just a lttle?'
/ "And I said yes; it did seem to be
little bit leaky, and the .reXt morning
my neighbor found the leaky hose out
Just the same, and on the next morning
it struck him that the spray from it
made a complete canopy over the en-
tire lawn, sprinkling every part Of it
perfectly.
! ''Now, as you will discover when you
90 out in the morning, there is not in
all this town in use spraying nozzle,
a flower Pot sprinkler, CT whirligig.
Every body here has adopted the leaky
hose system, and, as to the results, /
think YOU will say, as you look through
the town, that you have seen no other
place where the lawns were so uni
formly green and autiful.-Chicago
TimeS-Herald
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
UNCLE JERPY'5 REMARKs.
The cid Man was Not to BE Argued
Out of an Opinion of Long
Standing.

Uncle Jerry lives several counties
away from the state metropolis, but
occasionally comes down to visit his
more prosperous brother, who likes to
joke Jerry because he had always op-
posed the city in pursuit of fortune.
But Uncle Jerry is a good deal of talk
er himself, and when his Gander is Up
can say pointed things about as fast
as a rapid-fring gun can throw shot.
well" said the Detroit member Of
the family, in a self-satisfied way, 81
guess l did pretty well by coming to
Detroit. after all | might have lived
in the country till was hundred and
never had such fine residence and
srch horses and carriages as | have
here. Besides that, my bank account
is swelling all the time
sos your head snapped Uncle
Jerry, wko hates aristocratic pretcn-
sicHs worse than he does potato bugs.
After an evening spread in which
the chatting dish played conspicuous
part, the Detroit brother took another
occGEion to air himself, his chief pur-
pose to Josh" his rural brother.
Rather a handsome dining-roon,
hey, Jerry? Lays over your banquet
halls out at the farm somewhat? Don't
use much ware like this IS he toyed
with an elegant finger bowl, do you,
Jerry?"
Uncle Jerry swallowed couple Of
times so as to steady his voice, and then
said: "Bill, don't make a chatterin'
idiot outen yourself. We continer TO
eat in the kitchen, the back stoop or the
yard, just as we like, but we never do
our cookin' in the dinin room or wash
our hands at the table jest to show off
our fine china"
That enGed the chatting of Uncle
Jerry.-Detroit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Ninety-two flour mills in North Caro-
lima grind ali the wheat grown in the
state.
Coal production in New Mexico fer
tie fiscal gear 1897 and 1898 was $751;
583 tons. an increase in production OF
125, ,o44 tons.
A new scientific expedition to Central
Asia is being furnished by the Imperial
Russian Geographical society in Kasan.
The conduct CT the expedition is en-
trusted to Prof Sorolin.
One of the most remarkable things in
yellow fever is the sovness Of the pulse
in conyalescCnts. 1t will be found at
times as low as 20, ard even as 35, re-
naming so for days together.
The wild horses of Arabia will not
admit . tame horse among them; while
the wild horses of South America en-
deavor to decoy domesticated horses
from their masters and seem eager TO
welcome them.
The dryest of all fishes is, perhaps,
the river eel. yet. according to an analy-
sis - "a German chemist, &C per cent. Of
its substance is water. SalIncn comes
next with Gf.4 per cent. Lobsters and
oysters are four-fifths water.
It has been found that the moss Of
! the tanaracll swamps in Minnesota is
as good as that Of the south for uphol>
sterers' use, and there is promise CT an
extensive industrial development in the
preparation cf the new commodity.
i The sea-cucum mber, one cf the curious
jelly bodies hat inhabit the ocean, can
practically effacc itself when in danger,
by squeezing the water cut of its body
and forcing itself into narrow crack,
so narrow as not to be visible to the
naked oyc.
Soon the Natural History museum at
South Kensington, London, will have
on show the new ichthyosaurus, found
in quarry at Stockton near Leaning
ton. The head and body proved eX-
tremely difficult to get out Of the hard
las. but at last the creature had been
extracted in nine sections. About 10
feet in length, it is very fine specimen
of the old fish lizard. showing the four
paddles, the head On the long craning
neck and tail.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
WILD BUFFALO COWS.
A Herd Numbering Sixty-Tvvo of the
Animals Discovered in the
Colorado Mountains.

Henry Shaffnit, Sr., of Steamboat
Springs, has written a letter to Game
Warden Swan, of Denver, telling him
that herd of GO buffalo COWS had been
seen about 80 miles from that place.
He states that the count was accurate
ly made, although he does net mention
any particulars.
This would be q great thing fer the
state if it could be demonstrated that
this story is true, and the animals
could be corralled. Much conjecture
has been rife at the statehouse as to
where these animals have come from,
it not being known that there were
so many III the state. Still Mr.. Shaft
nit is a man of prominence, being own
er and proprietor of the Sheridan ho-
tel, and his story is accepted as fact.
The most prevalent idea, the one gen
orally accepted, is that they must
have escaped from the National park
at Yellowstone and worked their way
scuthward. This could be easily ac-
counted for by the fact that Utah's
"fnest" have been set TO watch the
boundaries of the park since the reg
ulars have been sent to the front, and
militia are notoriously lax in such
duty.
Warden Swan will take immediate
steps to ascertain particulars regard
ing this herd, ard if it is not demon
strated that they belong to the gov
ernment an effort will be made to put
them under surveillance in Lost park.
Others claim that the herd must be
that of Lost park, since it has not
been seen for sorae time. In any event,
no effort will be spared to find cut
about the herd ard corral it safely for
the benefit of the state, if possible If
tits the Lost park herd it must be great
ly augmented since last seen, as there
were not over 30 cows then This was
in the fall Of 1896. Nh one has report
ed seeing them since then.-Denver
Post
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
THAT MUTINY on SPANIARDS.
A Later Exploration Throws Light
on Their Alleged Misconduct
at Santiago.

Dispatches from Santiago dwell up
on the coed feeling prevailing between
the American and the Spanish soldier.
At Annapolis Admiral CeTvera and his
officers have only praise and express
sions Of gratitude for the treatment
they have received. From the prison
camp at Portsmouth, \. H.. come re-
ports Of contentment among the sea-
men confined there. Since the surren-
Ter AT Santiago there has been lut one
Incident that cid not harmonic with
this pleasant relationship Of the con-
luerors and the conquered. That was
the mutiny On the Harvard"
1t will be remembered that fter the
prisoners from Cervera's fleet were
collected and placed On board the Har-
rard to be brought to this country
there occurred what was called q
nutiny. 1t was said that the Spanish
prisoners, without any apparent cause,
suddenly revolted, rushed upon the
marine guard and only ceased their
demonstration when a volley killed
half a dozen Of them and wounded
many more. The officers. it was stated
at the time, did not participate in the
outbreak. The American interpreta-
ton Of this strange action was that the
Spanish seamen meant to try and seize
the ship. Since the arrival of the Span
ish officers at Annapolis they have fur
nished Information which shows that
the alleged nutiny was a mistake
growing out Of the inability of the
American marines and the Spanish
sailors TO understand each others lam
guage. The version which the Spanish
officers give is interesting.
It is told not in the spirit of com.
plant against the Americans, but to
account for the heretofore inexplica-
BE action Of the Spanish sailors. The
prisoners, as the account runs, had be-
gun 0 make themselves at home On the
ship and were in the habit OF climbing
into the rigging. An order was made
that they must not do this. But
through some laundering Of the in
terpreter the prohibition was not un
derStocd by many of the Spaniards
Soon after the issuance Of the order a
prisoner climbed into the rigging. The
American on guard called to him t.
come down, but the prisoner did not
understand wha he said.
Thereupon the marine pointed his
gun threateningly. He simply meant
the motion for moraleffect. But some
of the prisoners who were locking on.
and who had been impressed before
capture with the stories Of American
bloodthirstines rushed forwa I'd with
out arms to protest and to try 20 save
their comrade from what they thought
was threatened death. They had nI
idea CT mutiny or Of trying to take
the ship. In their impulsiveness they
presented a threatening attitude to
the Americans. The reserve guard was
called out and the volley was fired.
The excitement quickly subsidtd, and
as soon as explanations had been made
both Americans and Spaniards saw the
istake.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
EFFECT OF NAVAL TRAINING.
1t Wrought a Beneficial Change in
the Disposition CT the Boy
Who Vent to Sea.

$50 your boy has gone to the warp
said the lady with her arms full CT
packages to her friend who was hav
ing an eighth of yard Of ribbon
changed.
"He would Co." was the fearful re-
sponse. 81 do hope nothing viii hap
pen to him.
There won't" said the elderly lady,
enthusiastically. II had a boy in the
navy orce, and it was the making Of
him. Didn't YOU ever know that? 1t
was John, the one that's the mayor CT
a town in Dakota now. l tell you tha:
John was wild boy" she continued, as
they walked out of the store together.
"IIe used to make my heart ache many
a time with his capers, and above all
he was so utterly shiftless. He was
idle, careless in his manners and
speech, and so untidy. declare it took
all the rest Of the family to pick up
things after him and keep him from
looking like tramp.
"IIe was q dreadful trial, but I was
nearly wild when he came home one
day and declared that he was going
into the navy. There wasn't any war
then, but 1 knew that there was n
chance Of his getting drowned or killed
i'll some way, and then the bad com
pany and all that, and | fairly cried.
but father said to let him go. as his
morals couldn't be hurt very much,
and it was just as well to have him
drowned as go to jail. Awful thing to
say, wasn't it? But John certainly
was a case.
We'll, anyhow, he went, and ne was
gone for a little more than three years.
When he came home. my! How he had
grown, SO big and strong, but it wasn't
that surprised me most. [ never saw
such a change in his ways. He was
good-natured and obliging, never
wanted anyone to wait on him, and as
fer neatneSs-I declare he beat any
thing I ever saw! We gave him mis- old
room, and, do you know, he wculdn' t
let me or his sisters touch it. He kept
everything in order himself, and the
way he packed away things was eau
ton. And how handy he was! You'd
never believe it. Well, L just tell you
I was proud o him. nd I've blessed the
navy from that day to this--Chicago
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
BELGIUM'S WAR sYMpATHIES.
People strangely Divided ia Their
views Of the SponisEl-AIneri-
can Conflict.

Among the visitors at Camp Alger
one day lately was a lady from Brus-
sells. representing several Belgian and
Partisan newspapers. She came to
this country to learn the real circum-
stances of the war. When questioned;
she spoke freely of the sympathies of
her countrymen.
"The people of Belgium she said.
"have been quite divided in their SYM
pathies in regard to the present war,
and, strangely enough, the division is
racially quite contrary to what might
have been expected. There are two
distinct races III our country-the Wal
looms, of Celtic stocI who speak French,
and the old Flemish inhabitants. The
latter belong to the same race as the
Dutch-that is, they are Germans, and
they speak and write the Dutch Ian
guage Now, one might expect that
the Walloons would favor Spain and
the Flemish the United States, fer it
was the latter people who suffered SO
severely under Spanish misrule. But,
as a matter OF fact, the Flemish were
so long ruled by the dOns that they
finally became lmbued with Spanish
ideas ard they stand to-day as dis
tinct party hostile to your govern
mert. The more enlightened Wal
Icons, on the other hand, are equally
firm in their friendship for the United
States.
"The cleavage is along religious
lines. The Flemings are clericals-
that is to say, they support the domi-
nation OF the Catholic church, while
the Walloons ere anti-Catholic in re-
ligion-you will find not more than
1000 or 1900 Protestants in all OF
Belgium-but Catholic in religion and
Catholic in politics are two very diff
ferent things among us. 1t is the lib
eral, anti-Cathol:c, the so-called doc
trinaire party, which is friendly to
the liberal, democratic government of
your country.
'Snce the outbreak of the war there
has been growing sentiment among
us-and I believe in other parts Of Eu-
rope-in favor of this country. At
first only two papers in Belgium, one
of these a worlsingmen's journal, ex-
pressed themselves as hostile to the
Spanish interest, but since then the
whole liberal press has Joined them"
Washington Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Nearly all the gold coin in circula-
ton in the Sandwich islands is of
United States nlintage.
Half the ships Of the world are Brit
ish. The best OF them can be converted
into ships cf war in 48 hours.
In New York city there are private
charitable institutions which repre-
sent real estate valuation Of $40 0,GG0,-
OQ0.
The valuation of personal property
in Philadelphia is 1852, ,434,6 an in
crease Of $9, ,564,9S0 over last years Of
fetal estimate.
In times Of scarcity the South AT
rican natives sometimes rob the ants
nests, ard as much as five bushels Of
grain have been taken from u single
nest.
The magnitude of the Escurial, tn G
great Spanish palace, may be inferred d
from the fact that it would take four
days to go through all the rooms and
apartments, the length CT the way be-
ing reckoned at 30 Spanish leagues,
W hich is about 120 miles.
The smallest inhabited island in the
world is that on which the Eddystone
lighthouse stands. At low water it is
80 feet in diameter; at high water
the lighthouse, whose diameter at the
base is 2Ss4 feet, completely covers it.
1t is inhabited by three persons.
Householders, particularly they Of
the weaker sex. who live in perpetual
terror of burglars. VIII be pleased TO
read a reassuring statement in the
September Pail Mall Magazine to the
effect that only in one instance out of
every 326 burglaries is violence offered
to the inmates CT a burgled house.
The carrier who serves the Klondike
Nugget to subscribers in Dawson has
considerable trouble in finding their
residences \ few Of the dwellings are
thus described III the subscription
book: "The cabin with the screen
door" ''the slab house facing the
river" 'the big tert with two stove
pipes AID the cabin three doors
! ~o"th of where al the dogs are
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
FOUNDER OF TIE RED CROSS.
n Swizs Gentleman Hho Spent a Fer
tune and a Lifetime to Estab-
Eish This Movement.

To Mr.. Henri Dunant, Swiss gem
tleman, belong the honor of inaugu-
rating this movement. Being in Italy
ct the time of he battle of SoIferino,
June 24, 1859, he visited the battlefield.
Appalled, by the needless and terrible
suffering. he remained inLpy days, do
ing all in his power to relieve it. Dur
ing these terriSIe days Mr.. Dunant
conceived the idea of system of OF
Canized relief whereby aid could be
given under such circumstances. Re
turning home he published a little
book, called "RecolIections of Softer
appeal touched a responsive chord in
all hearts. Being invited to address
the Geneva Society of Public Utility
OF the subject, he unfolded to them his
plans. From that time forward he Ia
bored indefatigably to win a,lherenls
to his cause, writing articles, deliver
ing addresses, travelling from place 10
place, consulting officials high in a IL
fhoTity at the European courts.
BY the provision of the Red Cross
treaty surgeons, nurses, ambulance
trains and all hospital supplies are
considered neutral, provided they dis
play a uniform badge and flag accom-
panied by their national flag.
In compliment II Mr.. Dunant and
the Swiss government the protective
sign and the flag agreed upon was a
red Greel, cross on a white ground
the reverse of the Swiss flag. Turkey
alone has objected to this. Her sol
diers. in their intense hatred of the
Christian symbol, refused to work un-
der a banner with a red cross, and they
we're allowed to use a red crescent in
its place.
Mr.. Dunant is now about 20 years of
age. Having spent half his fortune in
establishing the Red Cross, and having
lost the other halt in unfortunate
business ventures, he lived for many
years, poor and forgotten, in plain
district infrmary IL Switzerland, of
which he himself was the founder.
Now, however, through the pensions
granted him by the dowager empress
of Russia and the federal council of
Switzerland, ami the generous gifts of
money sent him by the citizens of
Stuttgart, Germany, he is spending
peaceful old age in comfort and plenty.
Mrs. Belle NJ. Brain, in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
Thc DisanneEr.uC Coin.

The latest form of the collecting
mania in France is causing some en-
barrassment to tie state. Within the
last few months the republic has issued
a completely new coinage, and is rec
calling as fast as possible the cid cur
rency. The freshly pieces, how
ever, have disappeared from circula-
tion, having been absorbed by the col
lectors. As some 6,0O0,0C0 of copper
coins have thus been issued and have
vanished. the malady must be very
widespread. No doubt when people be
gin to appreciate that it is a poor spec
ulation to lock I'D penny for years in
the hope Of selling it for three half
pence, The present holders will "un'
Load "-Lcndc" Chi o1;cle,
The Winslow mail., 1898-11-19
CALIFORNIA; SALT.
Before the FALL Showers Begin 1884,
OOo,0 Pounds VIII Be
GarRereG IL.

The time for CALIFORNIA; great salt
harvest is at hard, and before the fall
showers come 120, 0,0C0, ,000 pounds cf the
product viii have been garnered
Count SO pounds of sea water 10 one
of salt and you will understand what
q vast quantity of brine is utilized to
satisfy our annual domestic needs.
California stands fifth among the
states in salt production, New York,
Michigan, Kansas and Ohio having a
larger output. The quality of Cali
fornia's best grades of salt is unex-
celled in all that goes 10 make a chem
ically pure, fne-fiavored product, fully
equalling he finest Liverpool article.
The history of the production of salt,
or chloride of sodium, in California,
is somewhat indefinite. It is known,
however, that both Indians and Span
iards, from 1916 to 1852, collected small
quantities from the bottom Of ponds
cn The Alameda bay shore. which bad
been left full of water by the receding
tides CT early summer, thin crust
Cf impure salt remaining on the
ground after the water had evapcr-
ated. in 1853 several persons, includ-
inG John Johnson, observed this crude
salt gathering, and purchased some
Of thetide school lands from the state
fer $1.2j per acre. The following year
Johnson surrounded some of his land
with levoes. so that a larger amount
of water might be retained. He gath
ered that season from 20 to so tons of
salt, which netted him $50 per ton
The following year $50 tens were col
lected, netting $40 per ton. \ number
of others entered the business, but
as the product was crude and impure.
the price fell away u7til in 1858 it sold
for SIG per ton.
By 1871 the business had so far ad-
Nanceu that nearly all foreign salt.
excepting that from Mexico and Eng
land, had been driven from the mar
ket. Prior to 1865 the demand for the
domestic article or salt Of any kind
was very limited all of the salted fish.
meats, etc, used being brought from
the North Atlantic ports. In 1868 one
brig alone discharged at San Fran
cisco 400 tons of Newfoundland salt
Goldfish.
Time has transformed California into
a large exported of salt Goldfish,
salmon, meats, ETC., practically all Of
which are cured with native salt. The
home product is also now used for
table and dairy purposes, silver min
ing, glazing pottery, curing hides,
making pickles, and various other pur-
poses.
The material from which the salt
Of commerce is made may be divided
into rock salt, BRINE from springs and
wells, and sea water. There are cor
siderable undevelopcd deposits of rock
salt and number of brine springs at
Black Lake, San Luis Obispo county,
but the output is of Only local in
portance. Rock salt Of exceptionally
fine quality is mined to the extent of
several thousand tons annually near
Dandy, in San Bernardino county.
This is shipped to Los Angeles. reduced
to brine, evaporated by fire heat, ard
ground for market. This is the only
plant on the coast using fire heat for
evaporation. The furnaces are sup
piled with crude petroleum-Sa
Francisco Chronicle.