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The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
ONE WOMAN'S Wit.
1t Came In Flash and Saved H.r Hus.
band Disgrace.

In the waiting room of the railroad
station at the foot of Montgomery street.
Jersey City, sat well dressed elderl.
man and woman, people of evident re-
spectability They had just arrived on
an incoming train. They were waiting
to make arrangements for the transfer
OF their baggage to this city. Beside the
man was a gripsack labeled "Weaver,
Hamilton, Canada - Finally the man,
who appeared to be extremely nervous.
arose and started toward the smoking
room. AS he did so a little old man.
attlred as q granger, and who had SPAR
king gray eyes, which were not even
concealed by the glasses he wore, grab
bed the man by the coat collar. The
man turned pale.
What do you mean?'' he asked of
the old fellow.
L mean that you've been smuggling
opium into the United States,' said the
old fellow "I'm detective. 4" And he
showed his badge.
He ran his hand up under the other
mans coat, at the back and, after fun
bling about, produced several bottles
and packages.
There's the proof, " said he. 'I've
been watching you ever since we cross
ed the border, at Niagara Falls, and
thought there was something wrong. !
don't know what to do in this case Do
you know that 1 could send you to
states prison for this?''
The derelict's lips quivered and he
looked pleadingly at the elderly wo-
man, his wife. Tears flashed to her
eyes. Finally, she said, hesitatingly:
You're quite wrong, sir That is
consumption medicine Ny husband has
long been endeavoring to conceal the
fact from me that he is victim of con-
sumption. Just before we left Canada
he had his life insured for my benefit,
unknown to me, he thought. l have
known of his deception ard whenever
he has left me, on the cars, knew that
he desired to seclude himself to take the
medicine.
There were tears in the eyes of those
standing about, and finally the detect
i've murmured few incoherent words
and departed.
The elderly man and woman boarded
a ferryboat and then Ninth avenue
elevated railroad train A reporter, who
had witnessed the waiting room scene,
sat behind them in the car
Neither Of them spoke word until
they were well up town. Then said the
man to his wife:
Mary, how could you lie so? How
came you To think of such a story?"
"John, could and would die to save
you disgrace. But for the lands sake
don't be tempted again." said She
New York Commercial.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
Turpentine Soaps.

Turpentine soaps, which are very
popular in Austria, are made of palm
kernel oil, with a little tallow and 20
degree lye, and brought to a clear
paste. From to per cent of the
black tar obtained by distillation in
the manufacture of stearine is added
and boiled Herewith, the soap being
salted out with strong lye or salt After
removing the lye the soap is ground in
hot water to make it transparent, and
9 or per cent of oil of turpentine
crutched into the cold soap in the
frames. The product, which may also
be filled with waterglass, has a fine,
dark, almost black color, and a pleasant
odor of tar or turpentine.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
Disappeared.


Though the Confederate army, when
General Lee surrendered surrendered
many thousand muskets," said an ord
nance officer of the army, II have great
doubts If 100 Of them are still in the
possession Of the government. In the
armories of the government in Illinois,
Massachusetts and California a few
may have been kept, but there are but
few. The War Department has q
few, but the wagon loads Of them have
disappeared no one knows exactly
where. AS an arm the rifles surrend-
cred were without value except in a
few commands where they had secured
modern guns. They were hurriedly
and cheaply made, generally by con-
tract work. l can't state now exactly
how many thousand muskets there
were, but there were least 10000 re-
corded as having been surrendered.
My own idea is that the most of them
wdre broken up as valuless, though
great quantity of them were sold as
Junk and scrap iron. The cannon have
also gone out of existence-most of
them in the same way."-Washington
Star
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
A Piece of Chalk.

David Allan, Scottish painter OF
some repute, who was born at Alloa In
1744, and died at Edinburgh in 1896
learned drawing by chance, as it were.
While a mere lad he happened to burn
his foot, and was thus made prisoner
for time. To amuse himself he used
to draw on the floor with a piece of
chalk, and by constant practice became
so clever at sketching, that when be
went back to school he drew a picture
of the teacher Furnishing a boy. This
vigorous effort pleased the lads but
angered the master, who rewarded his
skill by expelling him from the school
But the love Of drawing had now grown
so strong within him, he was sent to
Glasgow, there to make a regular
study of art. Afterwards he went to
Rome, where his training as a painter
was finished. He was known popu
larly at the Scottish Hogarth.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
All SOrts of Riches.

Was there ever such a season as this
for picking up riches by land and
water? Now it is discovery of pearls,
pearls by the bushel, that is distractine
newspaper men. This tale from Ar.
kansas beats the Dutch. Arkansas is
the last place in the world where one
would expect to tumble over real
pearls as thick as pebbles on the
beach; but wonders will never cease
If the Klondike gold fields are so diff.
cult of access, then why not travel tc
Western Arkansas, and go to pearl
hunting? The extent of these pearl de-
posits in the lakes and bayous reads
like a fairy story. Nuggets of gold
sound delicious, but how about "ropes
of pearls ?'-Boston Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

At Riverside novel charity has
been instituted in aid of the Children s
Home Society of California. Names are
being secured of persons who will dedi-
cate to the support of the society the
fruit from one or more orange trees IN
their orchards. This frnit will be sold
and the proceeds Devoted to the socio-
ty. 1t is simple and effective means of
assisting a worthy enterprise. 1t has
also this further recommendation that
it is the kind of charity that enlists SUP
port because people will be giving to it
without knowing it or having cause to
feel their loss.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

LondOn's latest fad-living without
bread-may be expected to run the us
ual course. Medical authorities will
not be wanting to testify to the harm
fulness of eating bread, especially
fresh bread, which is the kind most
people prefer. But in the end the peo-
pie will go back to the staff of life and
find their chief sustenance in the
cereals, just as they have done for ages.
There is no denying the injury that is
wrought upon delicate stomachs by hot
bread and fresh light bread. That may
be avoided, though, by eating toast,
gems, cracked grains, stale and unleav-
ened breads, and the like. The other
theory that bread introduces deleter
iouS mineral substances into the SyS-
tenn is not by any means proven. In
fact the biochemists, after years of pa
tient investigation, have become con-
vinced that all or nearly all forms of
disease are due to deficiency of certain
earthly substances, including those
complained of by this new school Of
dietarianS. They have prepared spe-
cial mixtures of the early salts as cura-
tive agents, which they recommend as
the means Of securing long life. Since
the beginning of history there have
been people hunting the philosopher
stone and the fountain of eternal youth.
The one is as elusive as the other.
Those who live to very advanced years
usually eat and drink what pleases the
palate, keep clear conscience and fol
low no dietary fads whatever.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

1t Is common maxim that history
repeats itself; it is quite as true but less
understood, that life repeats itself from
generation to generation. The mean
ness that has been forgotten, the lie
that was too small to be remembered,
the impurity, the hatred, the skepticism
that we think are hidden deeply in our
hearts, only lie fallow. possibly to bear
fruit in our sons and daughters "What-
ever we sow, we reap" This makes
life a problem of tremendous import
ance. But the fact that what we SOW
others may reap, complicates our re-
sponsibilities, and makes us not only
the arbiter of our own destinies, but
the prophets, for veal or for woe, of
those who come after us.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

The Pacific Smelter and Mining COM
pany of Los Angeles offers to put in a
$4,000 smelling plant in Prescott upon
payment of $4,000 cash and $4,000 in
stock of the home smelling company, it
being stipulated, however, that Mr..
Pritchard of that company be made
manager at a salary of 5000 month; !;
or, the company will put in the plant
for bonus of $4,000, $4,000 to be paid
upon arrival of machinery, and $4,000
when the paint is put up. The mining
exchange committee will hold another
meeting to consider the matter.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
Matched.

"Here are few letters I wish you
would mail for me, DEAR" said Mrs.
Tenspot to her husband, who was pre-
pairing to go out.
AS Mr.. Tenspot took them he glanced
at the stamps and asked:
. Fly dear, why did you put 10 cent
stamps on these letters? Two cent
stamps would have carried them
81 know it, replied Mrs Tenspot,
"but how would red stamp look on
envelopes of that lovely violet shade?
This new stationery is of all exquisite
color, and could not think of spelling
its effect with stamps which did not
harmonize. These purple Is cent stamps
are the nearest match the postoffioe
keeps. "-Harper's Bazaar
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
N0osing a Sea Lion.

A correspondent of Ram s Horn mar
rates pulling match between q sea lion
and farmer:
Near Tillamook, Or, au old German
farmer chanced to be driving along the
beach, when his watchful gaze was
greeted by the sight of large sea lion
some distance out on the sand, fast
asleep.
1t was the work of moment for ia,
cob to make lasso of stout rope he
had in his wagon, fasten the end Of it
to the hind axle and adjust the Moose
over the sea lions head Then Jacob
jumped into the wagon and started
homeward with his prize.
The sea lion did the same, and as his
team was the stronger of the two ia
cob started seaward at a good pace, and
only saved himself and his ''outfit" by
springing quickly to the ground, grasp
ing his jackknife and cutting the rope
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

That the peace idea is taking firm
root in continental Europe to-day is
indicated by press utterances which
from time to time find their way to this
side of the Atlantic. Speaking of "dec-
orative politics." as represented by the
interchange of royal visits and social
amenities between leading rulers,
which are having such prominent place
in continental history just now, the
principal journal of Vienna says: "The
acknowledged and universally recog-
nized object Of the triple alliance is
the maintenance and confirmation of
peace, while the dual alliance has the
same end in view, and there only re-
mains between the two alliances a no.
ble emulation which shall confirm
peace" And it very pertinently re-
marks in conclusion that sit is strange
in these circumstances that not the
slightest reference is made in any GUAR
ter to the disarmament and reduction
of the armies or the diminution of mil
itary burdens"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
SUPERSTlTIONS.
The Momentous Part They Sometimes Play
In Human Affairs.

rhe MomentOus Part They Sometimes Play
In Human Affairs.
The London Truth gives the follow
ing inside view of a great historical
event said to have been hitherto un.
published:
When Sir Charles Napier had con-
quered Mehemet Ali, he found it i'm
possible to force or coax the willy Egyp-
sian into signing the treaty which only
would make his victory effective. He
bad 10 interviews with Mehemet, in
which the Englishman by turns argued,
aattered and threatened his antagonist
who listened day after day with the
same immovab}e, smiling countenance
One day Sir Charles, in speaking of
England said casually that it "was
governed by lucky woman. A strange
flash passed over the pasha's counte,
lance, but he made no answer. AS soon
as Napier was gone, Mehemet sent for
the English consul, who was an Egyp-
tian, and demanded:
"You were in London when the Eng
lish queen was crowned. We're the
omens bad or good?"
"All good"
"You think that good luck is written
on her forehead?''
81 did not think upon the matter be-
fore, but now that you ask me l be-
lieve that it is. When she asked Allah
to help her i'll her work, her eyes ran
over. Allah loves the innocent. -
"No doubt of that" said Mehemet
anxiously. "She must be lucky.
Early the next morning he sent for
Sir Charles and signed the treaty. Eng
lish power and English cannon he could
brave, but not "the luck" written up
Oh the forehead of good woman whom
he had never seen.
General Gordon's remarkable influ-
ence over the Chinese was in large
degree due. it is stated, to their belief
in his extraordinary luck. During the
Tae- Ping rebellion hewas followed by an
army which did not comprehend either
his ability or his religious zeal, but which
believed that he was protected by an
invisible being who led him to victory.
No sword could wound him or bullet
kill. A certain black ebony cane which
he carried was supposed to be the mag
io talisman which brought him victory,
and General Gordon was shrewd enough
always to carry this cane when he led
them into battle.
These superstitions seem absurd to
us, but they at least show that the iS
norant men who hold them believe in
an invisible power who can give good
or i'll fortune at his will. Are they more
foolish than the educated, busy man,
who recognizes no power in life stron
ger than his own will and effort?
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

uments. Boston has always shown a
little more veneration for the past than
other cities. Marquette, La Sale and
some others Of our early colonial times
have of late years come to be memorial
lied in Chicago. In the line of this
awakening of the historic feeling the
Early Settlers Association of Dubuque
Iowa, together with the Iowa Institute
of Science and Arts, have held a meet
ing to arrange for a monument to the
pioneer Julien Dubuque. Designs have
been asked for a medieval castle built
of the various geologic formations Of
that locality.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
HOw'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY (G CO.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j..
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAK, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o..
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Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Hrll's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

If love were the offspring of merit.
then patriotism would find no difficulty
in showing why a country is worth low
ing. But the Russian loves a land that
has no freedom; the Spaniard, like the
Irishman, loves a country that has no
prosperity; the Chinaman loves a land
that has no inspiration; the Eskimo
loves a land that has for others no nat
ural beauty. Men of each of these ma
tionalities love their home land appar-
emily for no other reason than because
it is their own. So long as being born
in a country makes it's patriots, there
will be no better reason to give. If
patriots would make their cOuntry-if
the people would all help to make their
country-better worth loving, the word
patriotism would not sometimes mean
so little. 1t is poorly worth the
name if it implies no more than
the habit of association that at
taches the savage to his hunting
ground or brings back the eX
lied cat to it's wonted garret. True
patriotism is something more than
blind instinct Neither is it a PARTISAN
ship or a worship. 1t has been said
there is no such thing as a Turkish
patriot. The Turk is first and last
Mohammedan. Nor is patriotism a
mere sentiment. 1t is principle Of
duty and it becomes more benefcent
as it grows more enlightened. That
will be when patriots cease to cry, Our
inG Gicf
that it's public life and its politics shall
have nothing in them of which they
need feel ashamed.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
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The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

Some one has been looking over an
American book published in 1872 enti-
tied, THE Home: Where 1t Should Be
and What Should Be Put Into It," and
makes the discovery that the household
equipment costing $1,000 at that time
can be bought now for $400. The So
Kitchen clock of that period has drop
ped to 50 cents, furniture and carpets
cost less than half as much, window
shades less by two-thirds, and a dozen
solid silver tablespoons can be obtained
for large discount on $50. Their cost
now Is about 81 an ounce.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
AN OPEN lFnea TO morHeRs.

AN = z y
We are asserting in the courts our right 10 lhs
exclusive of the word " "CASlOKlA' anu
"PIrCHER'S CASTORIA." as our Trade Mark
l. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyaunis. MASSACHUSETTS
was the originator of PITCHERS CASIoKlA'
the same that has borne aud does now pear inc
facsimile signature of CIIAS. H. Fl.EIGl1EN Oh
every wrapper. This is the original " PIICHEKs ,
CASTORIA" " which has been used IN the MONIES
of the mothers of America for over thirty years
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see tnat II IS
the kind you hare aI7fays bought, ana mas the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me 10 use
my name except The Centaur Company OF whicn
Chas III. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1881. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.n
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

1t apears that the freight rates on
the great lakes are not the cheapest in
the world. Attention is called to the
fact that two Mexican dollars will pay
for the transportation of a ton of flour
from the Pacific coast to Hong Kong,
distance of between seven and eight
thousand miles. The two Mexican dol
lars can be bought for about 90 cents
Accordingly the Pacific freight rate is
about one-eighth of a mill, or one
eightieth of cent per ton per mile.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
NEVER AWAKE.

Some people will never wake up till the
last horn blows, and then they'll ask if
that's the horn for dinner. Delays are
DANGEROUS and ruinous. Thousands can
saw if they hadn't put off an opportunity,
they would have been rich ana happy.
Some never know they have rheumatism
until crippled by it, and all the while in
pain, thinking it will pass off. But st.
Jacobs Oil never dealys, and is always
wide awake. 1t goes straight to its work
of cure in a business way, and cures
rheuamtism in any form and at its worst
stage. It's live remedy.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
somethino Like a Blaze.

Prairie and forest fires, although
causing widespread mischief and even
ruin, do not last long. But it is on
record that In the year 14O0 a great
wood of cypress trees in the island Of
Crete. one of the largest in the Medit-
erranean, was set fire to either by NAL
Ice of by the suns heat or other acci-
dent. and could not be put out for sew
en- years. 1t is supposed that the resin
in the trees kept up the burning during
this vast space of time-that, in fact,
the fire grew upon what it fed on.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

The New English Dictionary" In
course of publication in parts in Lon
don, will be a ponderous evidence of
the immensity of the English language
in the latest section the 3,771 words ex-
tend only from ''Foisty'' to "Frankish, u
or more than double the number found
in the corresponding portion of the Cen
tury Dictionary.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
Valuable Franchise secured.

The franchise of easy digestion-one of the
most valuable in the gift of medical science
can be secured by any person wise enough to
use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, either to sup
press growing dyspepsia, or. to uproot it at
maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fever and
ague sufferers, persons troubled with nervous
ness and the cOnstipated, should also secure
the health franchise by the same means.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

The Mining News correspondent at
Randsburg reports that a great amount
of water is being developed at Squaw
Springs. The water is of good quality,
and the people of Randsburg are talking
of piping it to town. They had better
go right to work at it before the enter
prising johannesburg people monopolize
it and leave Randsburg in the dry.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
A ThaOrX.

Towne-I don't believe that alimony
can be legally collected.
Browne-Why not?
Towne-Well, marriage is generally
recognized as a lottery, so alimony
must be a gambling debt.-Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

Our country has hitherto had to bear
the reproach of having few relics or
monuments of past greatness. But the
sense of obligation to do justice to our
heroic ancestors or predecessors on
American soil is awakening. Washing
ton can show a number Of historic mon
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

A recent writer on the Baconian the
ory says the disappearance of Shak-
speare's manuscripts proves nothing.
Only two or three signatures and &
four-line receipt of Moliere are in exist
ence, and he was born after Shak-
speare'S death.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

Annie Whitening, a Pawnee squaw,
has sued for a divorce. Then that song
writer must have been misinformed
when he announced that "NVhite wings
they never grow weary"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder

The first two weeks meeting at the Ingleside
race course was great success, the manage
ment, under the able supervision OF +. ii. Green
the secretary of the association, LETT no stone
unturned to cater to the public's wants, in fur
nishing good cards for every days racing and
assured good honest sport, which was fulfilled
TO the letter. The second two weeks meet VIII
begin at Ingleside, November 29th to December
lite, inclusive, where some of the best horses in
the United States will contest for supremacy.
Visitors to San Francisco should avail them
selves of this opportunity and visit these beau
tiful grounds, WEIGH excel anything of its kind
in the Union.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

A woman has just died in England
who, having been disappointed in love
in her youth, incarcerated herself in a
bedroom for nearly half a century,
passing away her time in doing fan
CIV work"
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

Mrs. Browning was great poet, but
yet woman. The merciless biograph-
ers have rummaged in a parish church
and discovered that she was born
March 6, 1906, several years earlier
than heretofore supposed. Mrs. Brown
Ing was six years older than her hus-
band.
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

Train robbery may have certain TO-
mantle attraction for thieves, but the
crook who steals chickens makes more
money than the modern train robber
does
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29

The State of Pennsylvania is about to
bring suit against William Penn for un-
paid taxes in the city of Philadelphia.
What's the use of being in such a
hurry?
The Winslow mail., 1898-01-29
IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE.

It's the quality that's hfgff-2n LEA LAR SARDEN
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are not satisfactory. Don't accept an imitation
See that the manufacturers name is Htho-
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