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The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.
Bereaved Widow Who offered
TOmbstOnes and Monuments ata
Great Sacrifice.

1t was Brooklyn widow who, on be
ing chided for adding her diamond sol-
taire earrings to the details of her sable
trappings Of woe, justified herself by
saying that they were the very conden-
sation of grief-cry ystailized tears. 1t
has been the fortune of another be-
reaved resident of the town of sepuI-
chred popularity, says the New York
sun, to attain an elegiac fame accom-
plished by few if any of her sex. These
III the vicinity who have recently had
the misfortune to have death in their
families have been made the recipients
of the following circular mailed them
with timely enterprise by woman who
owns marble yard near one of Brook
lyn's best-knoWn cemeteries:
II beg leave to inform you that If vo.l
intend or have concluded to purchase a
monument or tombstone for your plot
that have large assortment of the same,
of the finest and latest designs to suit a II
tastes. Owing to the death of my beloved
husband, necessity compels me under the
present circumstances to dispose of some
of my stock at sacrifice, thus offering you
q the same time a n opportunity which you
will seldom meet again in purchasing a
monument or tombstone at a very low
figure. l therefore kindly invite you to
favor me with a call and examine my stock
as it is no trouble to show 1t.
Hoping you will give the matter close
consideration, and realize my position,
remain. respectfully yours. -"
For several generations undue honor
has been paid the French widow who
made the marble mipstrel's voice
full stone" in Pere la Chaise relate how
she continued her husbands business
at the old stand" But the profession
al Brooklynite has given her the appro.
pirate spades and beaten her out of the
game.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
BELIEVED IN PHRENOLOGY.
Editor Man Has His Head Examined
and Is Proud Now.


We hare always been firm believer
in phrenolegy. We believe that mans
character is determined by the bumps
on his Uranium. There has been
great deal said pro and con about phre-
nology. Phrenology is a science which
shaws mans character by the crags
and chasms, the depressions and the
crcviees, the crevasses and the assures
in his head. 1t is claimed that by this
means it can be ascertained if your
father was ever in Jail for stealing sheep
or if any of your ancestry were hanged,
and what for, and if you would be
murderer if not too much of coward,
and if you pay your debts, and if you
patronize home trade or send to the
city for your groceries, and if you pay
for your whisky or sponge it off your
friends,
We went to phrenologist once. 1t
was when we were young and innocent,
before our heart had been hardened by
coming in contact with newspaper men
and learning to lie and dodge our cred
itors. Well, he ran his fingers, which
were none of the cleanest, through our
flowing locks and fingered our bumps.
The bumps are there yet, but the flow
ing locks have departed; Before he be-
gan we asked him his price for examin-
alton. He said it depended on the size
of mans brain, If it was good, big,
healthy brain the charge was 81, but
where the brain was prominent by its
absence the charge would be only 25
cents. He told us some things that
were very true. He said we were fond
of work. Now that was correct. We
always liked work so well that we al
lowed it to pile up around us just for
company. We never did any for fear we
would be without it. He also said we
were generous. True again. We never
gave our wife dime and then flung it
up to her, and we never took penny
out of the contribution basket at
church when it was taken up for the
benefit of the needy.
He said he could tell us about our an
eestry and would do so for an extra
quarter, but we refused, as the least
said ABOUT our ancestry the better for
all concerned. True, some of our an
cestry had a family tree, but it was not
the kind of tree that man would be
proud of or, with tears, ask the wood
,nan to spare. We know a good many
people whose ancestors had just that
kind of tree, but if they had their
just deserts they would be up the same
tree. There is not the least doubt in
our mind that the phrenologist is ben
efactor to his race and fills niche in
life as we'll as the bearded woman, the
living skeleton, the fat man OF the tat
tooed man.-Irwin Standard.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
FEMININE FASHIONS.
The Latest I'm Style pnd Materials fol
Ladies' Dresses,

The Latest I'm Style nnd Materials for
Ladies' Dresses,
All the shades of purple, mauve, vio-
Jet, pansy, wisteria and hyacinth are in
marked favor, both here and in Paris
and London.
French mohair retains all its acquired
popularity for certain uses in the world
of fashion, and among other spring ma
terials are found some novel and pretty
varieties in serge, armure, basket, trel-
lis and whipcord weaves in many stylish
patterns, and also in very handsome col
prings,
Some of the new French zephyr ging-
hams are shown in immense block pat
terms in cream and pink, ivory white
and Dresden blue. purple and pale lilac,
brown and fawn color, ETC., and many
of the designs have wide borders in the
same color blendings as the plaid, but
with more closely set crossing lines.
Spread out in their various fancy ef-
fects, they look like an array of huge
bandanna kerchiefs.
Very prim and exceedingly trim will
the fashionable girl of '9S look in the
Lenten costumes being made ready for
her use during that devout season.
Black and gray fabrics take precedence
of other styles made of heather-mixed
fabrics-stripes, bars, ETC., among the
tweeds and cheviots. But whatever the
textile, the gown is severe in effect, be-
ing made with plain, close, puffiess,
friliess little sleeves, narrow skirts, and
habit bodices very simply trimmed with
braid and tailor buttons. En- suite with
the gown are dark or gray gloves, a
sr,ali fur pelerine and muff, and O.
natty little turban or English walking
hat with a few feathers, wholly unlike
the boisterous variety of the winter,
and same graceful and compact folds
and loops of velvet,
Black and white effects are largely
in evidence this spring, both in utility
costumes and headwear, and in elabor-
ate evening toilets in which silks, bro
eades, nets, laces, chiffon and very
handsome jet garnitures are united.
Greatly redeemlng the scant, unfin-
ished look of many of the close, undec-
grated dress sleeves is the large bertha,
cane collar, or epaulette in some form
which protrudes beyond the shoulders.
This imparts degree of breadth and
will be used as q compromise between
the former elaborateness and the pres
ent lack of trimmings at the top of the
sleeve. Until we have become accus-
toned to this radical change in style,
which does not prove very becoming to
either women with long, slender arms
or those of unusual size. The large
sleeve was certainly boon to the for
mer, and it was equally serviceable to
the latter, for the abnormal size of the
arm was hidden by the expansiveness
of the balloon and mutton-leg styles;
and these full shoulder effects made the
ample waist look considerably smaller
by contrast-N. Y. Post.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
Whore EearinK Ceases.

Lord Rayleigh in q recent lecture
said that experiments had shown that
vibration of sound having an ampli-
tude of less than one=twelve-millionth
Of n eentimeter could still affect the
sense of hearing, Such a vibration
would be so short that it would have
to be enlarged 100 times before the
most powerful possible microscope
could render it visible, suppesing that
it were susceptible of being seen at
all. Old people, he said, do not hear
high notes which are audible to young
persons, and there Is reason to believe
that babies hear notes which are in
audible to their elders,-Yopth's Cons
panion,
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
Green Color of Italian Cheeses.

Scientific Investigations show that
the green color for which Parmesan and
other Italian cheese are remarkable is
due to the fact that the acid milk is
allowed to stand in copper vessels, 25
samples of green Parmesan cheese
showing for each two pounds of
cheese 0.8 to 3.3 grains of copper.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean,
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
What Cloves Are.

Cloves are the unopened flower buds
of small evergreen shrub resembling
the bay or laurel, which is indigenous
in Malacca, but is not much cultivated
in tropical regions of America. The
buds are gathered while still green and
smoked by a wood fire, and are then
dried in the sun. The four petals,
stamens and other parts of the flower
may be distinctly seen by anyone who
has the curiosity to soak a dried Glove
for a little while in hot water and to
then examine it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
TERRITORY OF ALTOONA, ss

TERRITORY OF ALTOONA, 90
County of Navajo,
I,J.H. Frisby, County Recorder In and for
the County of Navajo, Territory of Arizona,
and custodian of the records thereof. do
hereby certify that the foregoing and hereto
attached Articles of Incorporation OF the
Winslow Electric Light and Ice Manufactur-
ing Company. is full, true and correct copy
of the Articles of incorporation of said com
pany now on file in my Office; that said Arti-
cles of Incorporation were filed for record
in my office on the 9Th day of January A. u
1893 at 2;3Q o'clock p. M, and ore duly enter
ed of record In Volume No. of Articles OF
Incorporation, on pages Nos. 26, 27, 28records
of said Navajo county.
In witness whereof, l have hereE
} unto set my hand and seal OF ofhcS
j. II. FRIsBY,
~ County Recorder.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
am others Descended from onicers.

Miss Wellwood-Yes, belong to the
Daughters of the Revolution. and pride
myself upon being the most distin-
puished member of the society.
Mr.. Hargreaves-Indeed! 1 suppose
YOU trace your lineage back to some
man who was lion in his day, eh?
"No, my neutrality-suspicious. was
only private, but from all that can
learn he seems to have been the only
one in the whole army. ."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, ,e
County of Navajo. %


Before me, F. w. Nelson, otary Public
in and for the County and Territory afore-
said, personally appeared Frank Hart, j. x.
Woods, W. r. Campbell, U. u. Rand, A. I.
Cornish and F. C. Demarest known to me to
be the persons whose names are subscribed
to the foregoing instrument and duly ac-
knowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purpose and consideration
therein expressed.
~ Given under my hand and seal of
} Office this 7th day of January A. ID.
F. w. NELSON,
w Notary Public.
My commission expires December 6, 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
Profitable Russian Business.

The manufacture of steel rails has
been so profitable in Russia that rail
rolling mills have paid from so to 70 per
oent. dividends.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07
woodpeckers Are industrious.

Woodpeckers in California will carry
acorns 30 miles to store in their nests.
The Winslow mail., 1898-05-07

Know all men by these presents that we.
the undersigned, have this day associated
ourselves together for the p urpose of form
ing corporation under the laws of the Ter
rltory of Arizona, and do hereby certify:
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
TIGHTENING THE
 GORDON AROUND
 CUBAN COASTS
While the Blockade Is BecoDing More Effective tbe CoDdition of the Poor People of F1d-
 Vdnu Is PitiQble.
Copyrighted. 1S9s by James Gordon Bennett

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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
FAST CRUISERS TO SEARCH FOR
 SPANISH SHIPS
Five of UDcIe Sorn's Vessels to Be Sent After the Enemy's MeD-
 of-Wur and Merchantmen.

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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
HAITI HAS SHOWN
 HER FRIENDSHIP.

NEW YORK, April 27.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Hayti has shown her friendship for the United States by agreeing to pay, at a time when she could have avoided doing so, the claim of Bernard Campbell, an American, who was maltreated at Cape Haytien in 1889 for his refusal to enter the Haytian navy. Under the agree ment, reached to-day by Solicitor of State Penfield, representing the United States, and Minister St. Leger. repre- senting Hayti, the latter will pay to MT. Campbell on June l, $500O, and on June l, 1899, $5000 with interest for one year at 5 per cent. Hayti has not yet issued a neutrality proclamation, but this is daily expected, as is also ona from San Domingo.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28

in on them, as close as he could get, and not one of our ships was touched. What is to be said of a gunner that cannot hit a mark as big as the New York 2ooo or 3ooo yards away?
 The incident has great ly encouraged the naval officers, and they believe that when they lombard Havana they will destroy all the defenses in about one hour.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28

The fact that the Spanlards failed to strike such a large target as the New York, tow erlng, as she does, like a house out of the water, was evidence that they are not good marksmen.
 On the other hand, every shot that the New York fired after she got the range was pitched right into the batteries.
 It beganat 12:57and ended at I:IS.
 In point of time the engage ment lasted just IS minutes.
 The Herald-Call dispatch boat rounded the fleet after the engagement, and not a single casualty was reported. The Puritan and Cincinnati were left on guard at Matan- gas, and the New York re- turned to her old position. All told the United States ships fired -8o shots at the forts. This is by actual count from the Sommer N. Smith. The forts fired probably 2 shots.
 The bombardment devel- oped that the largest pieces mounted by the Spanish at MatanZas are 8-inch guns, and the best opinion is that there is not more than five or six guns there.
 Butfar more important than the destruction of Matanzas batteries is the conclusion about the future which may be drawn from the lombard ment.
 This conclusion is that Havana is abso= lutely at the mercy of the United States fleet whenever we choose to open fire.
 Sampson to-day, with guns which amount to less than one-tenth of his fighting force, silenced the batteries in IS minutes. He steamed right
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
Spanish Craft Sails Suddenly,

LONDON, April 2S.-The correspond ent of the Daily Telegraph at Gibraltar says: T have just arrived tonight from Algiers Con the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar). The Spanish tor pedo-boat destroyer Destructor de- parted in hot haste, I learned, after re- ceipt of telegram and had not re- turned at sunset. All kinds of runors are current and the British cruiser Charybdis is suddenly leaving to- night"
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28

the New York steamed quick ly in and circled around to the westward toward Point Rubal Cava, while the Puri- tan swung to starboard to en- gage the Maya batteries.
 Those Maya batteries were more formidable, and the fire. from them was more fre- quent, but the shells fell short.
 The New York ignored these batteries after a min ute, and proceeded to pay all her attention to the battery on Rubal Cava, which was being pushed to completion.
 It was a beautiful sight to see the target practice of the New York. A big balloon of smoke would suddenly rise from her side. The eye, fol- lowing the direction of the shot, would see an instant later a great cloud of dust and fragments of concrete and mortar fly high in the air. Then would come the roar of the piece, sullen and heavy.
 The New York had soon reduced the range from 7ooo to 3ooo yards and was toss ing shells into Rubal Cava at the rate of about three a min ute,, with wonderful pre- cision and apparently great destruction.
 In the meantime the Puri- tan was taking care of Point Maya. It was a long shot to that battery. It was so well masked that the only target was the infrequent smoke from the battery. But when the Puritan got the range her shells burst every time with in the fertilization, and great was the explosion thereof.
 High up in the air would go the cloud of a Spanish fort in atoms, looking for all the world like the ex- pIosion of a magazine of brown prismatic powder.
 Viewed from the deck of the Sommers N. Smith the Puritan was doing fully as much harm on the east side l of the bay as the New York
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
Fabulous Wealth.

The 'incalculable mineral wealth. of newly found mining regions largely run by syndicates and promoted by transportation companies is in too many instances really a fable The products of industry in legitimate fields of enterprise nearer home are far surer and promise more stable rewards No one will go unreWarded in the matter of improved health who use regularly Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters for malaria, dyspepsia, constipation. biliousness, etc
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28

from ship to ship would have made an almost perfect tri- angle.
 Just astern of the Cincinnati was the Herald=Call dispatch boat SommerS N. Smith, under com mand Of Commodore William BaZZeIi and Captain Frank Dunn, the only newspaper boat in the gulf to be within twenty miles of the engagement.
 From the deck of the Her ald-Call boat not a human being could be seen on any of the ships. The crews were all at quarters ready for the fun 10 begin.
 
 Nor could any living object be deserted on shore. The bay and shore of Matanzas were like the land and waters of No Mans Land.
 At a few minutes of ! o'clock there was a puff of smoke from the east shore and an S=fnCh she'll whiZZed toward the New York and fell short.
 Scarcely had the report died away than another puff of smoke foated from the point on the Maya side and easily blew away. This shell also fell short.
 The range to the east battery wa S nearly 1000 yards, but the fla 2 S hip promptly opened fire with one of her S-inCh guns and in a few min= utes the engagement was general and shore and bay were COv= cred with Wind=bIOWn smoke, while the hOI- lows between hills rOared with the can nonading.
 Continuing to cut loose with her guns, starboard and port as well as fore and aft,
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28

was doing on the west side.
 All this time the Cincln- natl had remained out of the action. One can readily i'm agine the distress and lmpa- tience of Captain Chester and his enthusiastic crew at not being allowed to take a hand in this first engagement ot the war with the Spanish.
 Presently Captain Chester si9naled for permission to engage and it was granted by the flagship.
 The Cincinnati, in less time than it takes to write it, steamed up to within 2ooo yards, broadside on, and be- gan to let fly with her guns at the batteries. The New York was just giving the sig nal to retire when one detl- ant shot was fired from Rubal CaVa.
 1t was the last shot that battery was ever to fire. One of the big 9uns on the Puritan fired back. ItWaS the best shot of the day. It struck the battery just where the gun was, tore it's way into the earthwOrkS and exploded, doing great destruction.
 Captain R. J. Machugh, an artillery officer of the British Army who was a spectator of the engagement from the Her. ald-Call boat, said it was one of the best shots he had ever seen made.
 Having practically demol- ished the Spanish batteries, the ships stood out to sea.
 Not a shell h a q struck one Of them, but there had been three narrow misses on the New York.
 The Spanish fired a shrap- neil once which had burst over the ship, a shell had struck just fore of her and another struck just aft.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
WORKS AND
 MEN GO UP

ON BOARD flagship New York, off
 Matanzas. April 27, from Heraid-Call correspondent (via Key WesD.-The bombardment of Matanzas, the first important hostile act of war, began half an hour ago, at minutes past 1
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-14
TALL ADVERTISING.
She Figured That 1t Would Cost Entirely
Too Much.


Too Much.
II was running a paper down in Ten
nessee then" prefaced the ex-news-
paper men whose only work now is to
collect what other people owe him in
the way of rents and interest. "One
of the few fine-looking women you find
In the mountains of that region walked
into the Office one afternoon and said:
Be youins the edtor?'
Upon being informed that I enjoyed
that distinction she looked me over as
though greatly disappointed, and then
told a long story of petty domestic
difficulties that had led to the disap-
pearance Of her husband about two
weeks before. Now she wanted to put
in a nice advertisement telling that he
was forgiven and that she longed to
have him at home. How much would
! charge her?
1.-Two dollars an inch,' I answered.
Taking pencil and a sheet of copy
paper she figured laboriously for pretty
nearly an hour. At length she tore
the paper into shreds and was deliber-
ately walking out Of the office when I
asked her If she thought the charge
was too high.
Il don't reckon I know anything
bout your BUSINESS, sub. But never
see that much money, let lone handlin'
OF it. Joe's wuth it, but | couldn't
never buy him back at them figgers.
He's foot 3 in his bare feet, sub, Joe
is. At 81 an inch | make It $3.50. I'll
Just have to go out an git his trail an
foller.'
i didn't even smile, gentlemen.
There was something noble in her
resignation. | advertised 'Joe,' got
other papers to copy, and we rounded
him up. One morning there was
ten-gallon key Of moonshine whiskey
at my kitchen door, and | did not ad-
vertise for an owner"