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The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
New Cycle Game,

After many experiments a really in
teresting and practical game to be
played by men and women mounted on
bicycles has been evolved. 1t is called
Royal and meets with great favor
at all cycling centers. The game re-
quires two teams of nine riders each,
two judges, a timekeeper, a scorekeep-
er and a referee. The field or court
upon which it is played is divided into
right and left field. Riding courses
are chalked out indicating the field.
The cables form two upright sides. An
alleyWay constructed of cables extends
from the upper to the lower field on the
division line, between the right and left
field. The cables form two upright
sides, between which they play wheel
rolls, and Is driven backward or for
ward by the riders in passing at any
point between the lower and upper
field. This play wheel is a single twen-
ty-eight-inch bicycle rim, having four
and q half-inch pneumatic tire. The
idea Of the game is to drive this play
wheel from the center field through
attack Of opponents to a goal ahead,
riders using specially made sticks in
striking or driving the wheel. The ends
Of the alleyways are the goals for the
respective teams. Players ride in sin
gle file and always circle to the left
Then the two teams are constantly
meeting and passing each other in op-
q
the alleyway. The game requires much
skill in riding and is very exciting
Philadelphia Lancet.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Sending Bedclothes by Mail.

An old negro bearing huge bundle
of bedclothes which We're somewhat tn.
worse for wear and none too immacu
late in character raped at one of the
little windows up at the postoffice The
clerk who appeared in answer to the
summons was thus greeted by the afore
said darky
'Boss, Ize got tn send dis here bun
die O. bedclo'es to my old 'oman dowr
in Mis'sippi. Is dis here de place what
t'ze got ter start it OFF,"
"Oh, you want to send the package
by mail, do you?" asked the clerk,
without cracking a smile.
"Sartain, fer sho', boss. How much
is got ter pay:'' inquired the darky.
The clerk could not resist the temp
tation to play joke upon a fellow
clerk, so he said:
"Well, uncle, this isn't the place fol
you to leave your bundle, but if you
will just take it down to that window
below here''-indicating the general
delivery department-'an hand it in
LuC ClC1h uON OdC4C, AO WAAA pNV tA-e
right number of stamps on it and send
it eff for you.
''Thanke'e boss; thank 'ee. / sho' il
obleeged ter you, - said the unsuspect-
ing Senegambian.
He at once made his way to the de
partment indicated. Arriving there, he
thrust his huge bundle into the win
dow, into w...ch it fitted closely, at the
same time telling the astonished presid
ing genius of that department please tt
put stamps on it and sent it to "my ole
oman, Sallie Sanders, down in Water
Valley
1t is said that a GOODNESS now exists
between these erstwhile friendly clerks
in the Memphis postofice. Memphis
Scimitar.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We asserting in the courts right to the
exclusive use of the word CASTORIA," and
PITCHER S SCASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
l. DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis Massachusetts,
was the originator of" PITCHERS CAS- SrORIA,'
he same that has borne and does now bear the
ac-simle signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
very wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS
ASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
f the mothers of America for over thirty years
4ook Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
se kind yoM hare GIzOays bought, and has the
ignature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
~ name except The Centaur Company of which
has, H Fletcher is President.
March s, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, Md
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
He Favored the Idea.

"My DEAR he said as he laid down
the paper, you ought to read that ad
dress by Mrs Mouser, the eminent lee
turer, on womans S work She says that
whenever wife gets angry she should
stop and carefully consider the matter
for ten minutes before saying word to
her husband. That's grand idea.
''It is, eh?''
Il consider it so. -
''And where will you be when l be-
gin talking?''
"Oh, don know somewhere down
town, presume, but don't let that in
terfere with you at all. "
And she was SO mad that she didn I
say a word for the full time limit
Chicago Times Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
New Kind of Paper Money.

The next issue Of new bills from the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing will
be radical departure from the style
adopted year ago, as illustrated in the
81, So and So silver certificate Secre-
retary Gage discouraged the Issuing of
these bills as soon as he came inrD of
flee, and the en~ravers at the Bureau
were set to work several months ago
upon new designs.
Superintendent Johnson, of the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing, was
very proud of his work last year, but
from the moment the issue made its
appearance it was severely criticised
and the prediction was freely made
that counterfeiters would send out
dangerously close limitations. This has
proved true, for during the last year
there was considerable squirt il the
counterfeiting industry.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
BLACK AND BLUE.

Black and blue colors are not subject to
fashions this season nor in any season.
They hold their own and will not wash out.
They are pretty solid colors, and but for
the misery of wearing them, might become
fashionable. Some men take pride i'll wear
ing them as tokens of their profession. as
soldiers do their scars. But bruises, black or
blue, or both, ought TO have immediate at
tention, for under them may be nerve
hurt or muscle badly wrenched. A black
and blue bruise is a bad thing, not only
from its tender soreness but the confused
blood is preventing of regular circulation.
While sore spots like these will not wash
out. there is something that will rub them
out in no time, and that is ST. Jacobs Oil.
1t is peculiarly adapted to their quick cure.
a Pennant can be won only by hard knocks
with scars and bruises, but after the ball is
over, if any remain, this one cure is the
best. Bruises come from confusion i'll all
avOcations, and it is well to remember atall
times just what will cure them the best.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
EcOnOmy in RuviuU Saads

Economy is not paying less money for thing
than you expected to pay. True economy is
is good management, and about the worst man
agement a farmer can be guilty of is to buy
cheap seeds and thus cut the value of his crops
than its source, and crop cannot be any better
than its Iseed. Real seed economy is buving
seeds that bear the stamp of a house that is
known to be reliable; then the planter is abso-
lutely sure that he gets what he wants and what
he pays for. In every part of the country deal
ers sell the absolutely reliable seeds of D. NJ,
uniform good results for the last AZ wears. Ferrys
Illustrated Seed Annual for 1898, containing in
formation that no farmer or gardner can afford
to be without, will be sent free to anyone max,
ing application to the firm.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
THE HOSTETTER Co. WINS ANOTHER
CASE.
Infringement on their Bitters not ToIe-
rated by United States Court.

The United States Circuit Court for the
Townsend presiding, handed down an
opinion December 23d, 1897, granting in,
junction and accounting, in the suit of
The Hostetter Company against Isaac
Sommers and Louis Joseph, for infringe
ment on its Trade Mark. The jurist states
in bold and clear language, the rights ac-
cruing to the Hostetter Company, and the
liability incurred by all who would rob
them, by fraud or misrepresentation, of the
well-earned reputation and profits of a
business built up by the efforts of half a
century. The judge says in part:
"The complainant is entitled to protec-
ton against the appropriation of its trade
mark, by any and all unfair and dishonor-
able means, and a court of equity has pow
er to grant such protection whenever it
is satisfied that an attempt has been made
by ingenious subterfuges, to invade the
rights of an owner of a trade mark.
In the sharp contest between the individu-
al manufacturer, who strives to acquire
and retain the fruits of industry and hon
esty and the field of keen rivals, seeking
to wrest from him the prize of the public
goodwill, the inventive ingenuity of the
infringer has conceived great variety of
devices for evading the established rules of
fair dealing. Courts of equity find
ing that their ultimate object and effect
were to enable and induce the retail seller
of fraudulant imitation to palm it off on
an unsuspecting public for the genuine ar
ticle, and thus to contribute to the infringe
ment upon the rights of the original own
er, have not hositated to apply the remedy
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
FIVE REMARKABLE TRFES
Which Rank Among the Curiosities of
Plant Life.

Which Rank Among the Curiosities of
Plant Life.
The whistling tree, or Acacia fistula.
is found i'll Nubia and the Sudan.
The Arabs call it soffar, or piper. be-
cause of the whistling sound that il pro-
duces, and the specific name of fistula.
word also meaning pipe or flute, has
been given it for the same reason.
Insects infest the tree and deposit
their eggs in its shoots. A gall-like ex-
crescence about an inch and half in
diameter is produced at the base of the
shoots, and when the larvae have
emerged from circular holes in the sides
OF the shoots the holes, played upon by
the wind, produce whistling sound
equal to that produced by sweet toned
flute.
The COW tree is so called because
ityields an abundant supply of milk. To
obtain the milk deep incisions are made
in the tree, from which the fluid flows
into vessels placed ready to receive it,
This vegetable milk is white, somewhat
viscid and has an agreeable flavor, and
an analysis of it shows that it is very
much like the milk of COW in its COM
position. The COW tree grows on the
slope of the mountain chain bordering
on Venezuela
The cloth tree is found at Otaheite, in
the south sea. The bark is taken off in
long strips and put to soak overnight
in running water. The soaking softens
it, so that the inner fiber may be easily
separated from the rest of the bark.
The fibers are put together in lengths of
about l or 10 yards, and the lengths
are placed side by side until they are at
least IL inches in width, and two or
three layers of fibers are put one upon
another
The fbers adhere together in one
piece, and the mat, rial thus formed is
beaten upon smooth piece of wood until
it becomes as thin as muslin. 1t is then
bleached in the air for time, when it
is ready to be made up into clothing.
The stinging tree of Queensland is
pleasing to the eye, but dangerous to the
touch. Its effects are curious. It causes
great pain to the person or animal that
has the misfortune to get stung by it,
but it leaves no wound, no mark of any
kind, and for months afterward the part
stung is painful in rainy weather or
when in any way it gets wet Frequent
ly it is necessary to shoot horses and
dogs that have been stung by the tree,
SO maddening is its effect upon them.
The angry tree grows in Nevada, east
ern California and Arizona. When
in the least disturbed. this highly sensi-
tive tree shows its anger by rufaing up
it's leaves aud emitting disagreeable
odor.- ID. V. F. in Philadelphia Times.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
EPISODE OF THE LATE WAR,
Last Night of Southern Soldier on the
Battlefield.


Last Night of a Southern Soldier on the
Battlefield.
Don't leave me, captain! Oh, don e
leave me n'were the words that came to
me with an agorized shrek from bleed
ing and dying Confederate soldier on
the evening of the great battle of NAL
vern Hill, July /, 1862. He, mere
youth Of II years, lay in a heap, gasp
ing for the breath which was fast leav-
I1g him, along with the rays of sun
light, on that sad and memorable day.
[, for whom that piteous cry was meant,
was a staff officer of the brigade to
which the Louisiana regiment, the sol
dier boys regiment, was attached.
Well mounted, was galloping back
across that bloody field to report the
duty | had performed when suddenly
arrested in my course by the voice of
despair and woe, coming from nv
stricken comrade. The day was fast
passing away into darkness, darkness
that seemed to enshroud this valley of
death. The terrific cannonading on both
sides that had lasted for hours from the
surrounding hills (Malvern hill being
the central point of attack by the Con.
federates) was supplemented by the
booming of artillery and bursting of
shells from the gunboats on the ada
cent James river.
Nature seemed to revolt at this scene
of blood and carnage Thunder and
lightning and an avalanche of rain came
in quick succession with such great
force as to cause the stoutest heart to
quake. This great battle was the sew
enth days fight to capture the city of
Richmond. 1t was not an ordinary bat
tie, but a demons fight and the final
encounter between those two giants of
war Robert E. Lee and George B. Nc
Clellan. 1t gave the laurels of victory
to the southern chieftain, bedewed with
the tears of broken hearts.
Without stopping to consider what /
alone could do for the dying youth
amid the chaos and increasing darkness
of the night that prevailed, / turned
back and dismounted to keep lonely
vigil with the dead My horse, which,
strange to say, had seemed frenzied with
fear, became quiet and tractable ss
though be knew there was safety with
his master. l called the boy, who had
swooned away from loss of blood, and
was glad to know he was not dead.
Giving him the bride of my horse to
hold, I tore the sash from around my
waist to bandage his torn and bleeding
limb.
The boy was praying and called down
Gods blessing on me. His petition to
heaven seemed to lie heard The storm.
of wind and rain. although still high,
was abating. Naught but the mournful
wall of the wind through the surround
ing forest could now be heard. Tie
great armies that had so lately confront
ed each other in battle array had seem
ingly vanished from the scene. | was
alone OH battlefield with the dead.
Wet and dripping, with the chill of
night upon me, | waited for morning,
and he, too, the brave soldier boy, was
waiting for morning Oh, God, will it
ever come?
He clasped my hand with hope and
confidence and seemed to be happy and
without pain. believed he had gone to
sleep. Morning came, and he was still
asleep-asleep to wake no more -Daw-
son A. Blanchard in Washington Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
Extraordinary Action of a Flash on a
Mans Body.

Extraordinary Action of Flash on a
Mans Body.
The effects of lightning as it passes
TO earth through the body of q man
vary within an astonishingly wide
range. 1t sometimes happens that a
person is killed outright without any
symptoms or sign of injury. 1t may be
that death is preceded by collapse,
paralysis or convulsion. Usually there
are marks where the current has en-
tered or left the body, or clothes may
have been scorched, or hemorrhages
may have occurred, and more than one
case has been recorded where boots
have been torn off the feet and nails
driven out of the Soles of the boots. Sci
dom does it happen that lightning
leaves such appalling evidence of its
transit as that disclosed at an inquest
held at Hulford House, near Guild
ford. The evidence showed that the
previous Wednesday there had been a
single flash of lightning and a clap of
thunder, and about half an hour after
ward Maj. Jameson was found lying on
his face in a field quite dead. Around
him, in radius of several yards, were
his clothes and boots, which had been
torn and scattered about in an extra
ordinary manner The lightning ap-
pears to have struck him on the right
side of the head, tearing his cap to
pieces and burning his hair off. 1t then
passed inside his collar down the front
of his body and both legs into his boots,
which were torn to pieces, and then
passed into the ground, making hole
about eighteen inches in circumference
and three inches deep. His collar was
torn to pieces, the front of his shirt was
rent into ribbons, the jacket and under
vest were literally torn to shreds, and
the knickerbockers he was wearing
were stripped from him and scattered
on the ground. His stockings and gait
ers were similarly torn in pieces, and
ON the boots the lightning had a re-
markable effect. They were burst open,
some of the brass eyelet holes were torn
off. The skin had been torn off the
chest and the right leg was torn and
blackened; blood was issuing from the
mouth and right ear. In connection
with this fatality two circumstances of
a more or less unusual kind may be no
ticed. There is, first, the single light
ming flash, neither preceded nor follow
ed by others in the neighborhood, and,
I. secondly, the fact that the person who
was struck was Sin the open." The
latter comparatively seldom happens,
perhaps because shelter is instinctively
and unwisely sought. Here there was
no warning and no time for this, and
so, without any neighboring object at
hand to subdivide and share the Ls-
charge, the latter had only one route to
earth, viz, the body of its victim. The
wet or dry condition of the clothes is
an important point in such cases. 1t
often happens that in persons exposed
to a thunderstorm the clothes are wet,
and therefore afford comparatively
easy passage to any electric current. In
the case above detailed the clothes
were presumably dry, and therefore
bad electric conductors, and the de-
structive effect of the lightning would
be in proportion to the resistance en-.
cOuntered in transit.-Lancet.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
European Travel.

Children are taken abroad so young
that before they have reached an age to
appreciate what they see Europe has
become a twice told tale to them. So
true is this that recipe for making
your children good Americans is to
bring them up abroad. Once they get
back here, it is hard to entice them
away again. With each improvement
in the speed of our steamers vanishes
something of the glamour of Europe, and
the crowds that yearly rush across see
less and appreciate less in lifetime
than our parents did - heir one tour
abroad d-Exchange.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26

The amusements offered to the public in
the past meetings of the California Jockey
Club have been far in excess of their expec-
tations. In view of the fact that it's man
agement has the personal attention of it's
genial Secretary, Mr.. F. H. Green, who is
qualified to satisfy the lovers of equine
sport in securing the best-bred running
stock to fill the daily programmes and
course, which has been so literally patron
lied during their past meetings, and will
continue for two consecutive weeks, begin
ming January "a, till February 5th, inclu-
sive, visitors from the interior should visit
these beautiful grounds, which are super
ior to any in these United States.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
SHADOWING A FOOTBALLER.
The Scheme of n Team to Down Sue.
cessful Rival.

The Scheme of a Team to Down sue
cessful Rival.
Several years ago young athlete
named D. was conspicuous as foot
ball player. lie was swift runner,
reliable drop kicker and an excellent
all round player. He had proved such
tower of strength on his college eleven
that rival teams feared him, and when
rumors to the effect that he had received
money for his services were circulated
steps were eagerly taken by the foot
ball authorities of an opposing college
to investigate his amateur status. If he
had received money, as alleged, he was
no longer an amateur and could be de-
barred from a place ON the team.
Accordingly an emissary was dis
patched, with the usual oppressive col
lege secrecy, to the village of s.
where the suspected player resided when
at home. The father of D. was
well to do farmer, and the spy, passing
as book agent, experienced little diff
Guilty in getting him to talk about his
son.
Famous he said, with no great
show of enthusiasm. "Waal, 1 s'pose
the boy is famous, but there isr t much
in this football. "
"But fellow as famous as he is must
get good salary" the spy suggested,
with craftily assumed air of innocence.
Nope" said the farmer. Football
players don't get salary
'tThat's odd,' continued the SPY.
II heard he was kicking for cash.
"Waal, That's right. He is the IA
ther slowly admitted.
The spy was secretly overjoyed. He
chuckled inwardly and fairly hugged
himself with delight. In fancy the rival
team was already deprived of her strong
est player.
$50 he's kicking for cash at college,
is he?'' he echoed.
Eyes" the farmer said wearily,
Eyes, he's kickin for moro cash most
every letter l GET
And then the disgusted spy kicked
himself, metaphorically speaking, all
the way back to college. e.-Harper's Ba-
Zar.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Parliamentary Humor.

The London World gives this as an
illustration of the keen humor of JUS
tice Darling: On one occasion, when
Mr.. Gladstone was beginning to give
up the lead in the house of commons to
Sir William Harcourt, it was noticed
by the members that he left the house
at the dinner hour and Sir William
Harcourt led for the rest of the sitting.
Mr.. Darling one evening drove Sir Will
liam to fury, on failing to elicit a def
mite answer to an inquiry, by casually
observing in the course of his speech,
81 have noticed that lately the party
opposite, adopting an ancient precedent,
has set up greater light to rule the
lay and lesser light to rule the night. :"
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Bearded Bellies of Ancient Rome.

Among the Roman women at one Pc
riod there was morbid ambition to
grow boards, and they used to shave
their faces and smear them with un-
guents to produce these inappropriate ap-
pendages. Cicero tells us that at one
time to such an extent did the mania
for boards grow upon women that it
was found desirable to pass a law
against the "adornment. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
He Passed Ont.

II won't submit to being turned
iway," said the disappointed arrival at
;he hotel. "See here-I'm flush 70 And
he displayed a roll of bills.
II know, responded the clerk, "but
I've got a full house. "-Philadelphia
North American.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
THE CUBAN SCARE

Although the diplomatic entangelment with
the stock market Wall street expects no
serious complications. Nevertheless serious
complications with other maladies NAV be ex-
pected TO follow an attack of biliousness which
is not checked at the outset. The most effectuaI
means to this end is Hostetters Stomach Bit
ters an admirable remedy moreover, for dys-
pepsia, malaria, kidney trouble, constipation
and nervousness
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26

Il am very happy to say that my wife
never reads about any Of those senSa
tional murder trials"
'How do you manage it?"
81 always tear off part of a page,
and so she puts in the day hunting for
what she thinks l was trying to hide
from her" ."--Cleveland Leader.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Enjoy Themselves.

Reuben" said Mrs. Pendleton, who
had been reading the society news in
Louisville paper, what do you suppose
is revolutionary tea, which seems to
be all the go in the city?'
Il suppose it's tea whar the women
do a great deal of fightin.' replied
Mr.. Pendleton.-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Not So Easy.

"The world owes man living" re-
marked the perverted philosopher.
That's perfectly true" replied the
practical friend. "And the world stands
ready to meet the debt. What you find
the most fault about is that it isn't as
easy to draw checks as it is to draw
your breath. h."-Washington Star.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Severe on the Ladies.

Diggs-They say that it is lawful for
a man to gamble his wife away in Siam.
Biggs-A law like that would be of no
benefit in this country.
Diggs-Why not?
Biggs-It would be impossible to find
man willing to take the bet.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26
Long EA-Sd.

"You ought to have your ears boxed, "
said Miss Sharpleigh TO- a young fresh
man who had just stolen a kiss.
"Well," he Csked, ''why don't you
do it?''
81 would,' she replied, eff 1 had
box large enough. Chicago News.
The Winslow mail., 1898-03-26

Roggles-I wonder why the American
Greeks celebrate Thanksgiving day
with such a vim?
Woggles-It is their only chance to
down turkey.-Cincinnati Enquirer