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The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
SOLDIER AS DECOY DUCK.
How a Chicago Genius Takes Advan-
tage Of the Patriotic Feeling
Now Prevalent.

South Clark street is still the most
picturesque and cosmopolitan thor
oughfare in the world Competition
among it's merchants stops at nothing
short of personal encounters. The dis
memberment of China by representa-
tives of the great powers of Europe is
now and again enacted on small scale.
All the elemental human passions are
on exhibition within a few blocks.
Tragedies and comedies follow each
other in such rapid succession that the
observer is bewildered. Every public
occurrence is at once reflected and en-
phasiZed in the shop win lows Just
now the war in the Philippines is the
text from which its merchants are
preaching trade sermons.
SandWiched in among the shops of
secondhand clothing merchants and
Chinese restaurants in the heart of the
street is a shooting gallery. It's pro-
prietor has taken advantage of the cur
rent interest in matters military. Look
ing through his window you catch the
CLEAN of a blue army overcoat. Closer
inspection shows hole in the back of
the coat, with a dark stain around it.
The man inside the coat has evidently
seen service. Probably he is just nome
from the Philippines. As you look he
picks up a rife and sends shot nome
to the center of the swinging target
Now you understand why the followers
of Aguinaldo cannot stand up before
our men. You will go in and have
closer look at the hero. So the shoot
ing gallery is always crowded, and its
proprietor smiles at the success of his
scheme.
South Clark street business men are
auick to adopt the successful schemes
IF their rivals, and there probably will
be a good demand on the street for
young men who are good shots and
1an set hold of en- army Uniform
Chicago Tribune,
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

Charles Assheton, a Sheffield police
man, has written an excellent history
Of Welsh literature.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox announces that
she will give $1,000 for any proof that
she did not write Laugh and the World
Laughs with YOU
Gov. Roosevelt believes good health
a duty. He exercises regularly and has
his children go through a regular
course of physical training.
Joel Chandler Harris has never seen
play acted. The only time he has Wis
tied a theater has been to hear a read
ing by James Whiteomb Riley.
A Boston daily is said to have quoted
''The Charge of the Light Brigade" in
full; and to have. given credit as fol-
lows: ga. Tennyson, in Arkansaw Ga
zette.'
President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins,
has to do a vast amount of writing, and
it is, he says, a consequence of this that
his hand is the despair of CORES pond
ents and typesetters. He dictates very
little, being more at home with the pen
IN his own hand.
Kipling's power of absorbing details
is said to be wonderful. He questions
and examines, draws and sketches, un-
til he has complete command of the
technicalities of machine; an engine
or anything that he is studying. He
has been known to hunt up mechanic,
after month, to verify his notion OF
the working of a valve, etc.
James NJ. Barrie finds recreation in
writing nursery verse;" which gener-
ally includes some very clever hits at
his many literary friends, among whom
it is circulated in manuscript. The
latest example represented George Mer-
edith and bis admirers as the famous
old lady and her family who took up
their abode in shoe. The illustrations
are Mr.. Barrie's own and are said to
| he 01lifa clever
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
WIT AND WISD0M,

A coquette always has more fools
than wise men on her string Chicago
Daily News:
''She seems like an amiable girl"
"Well, who wouldn't be amiable with
a lover in the ice cream business ?"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The preoccupied look ON a friends
face when you are telling him secret
is caused by his trying to decide to
whom he will tell it frst.-Atchison
Globe.
\ Fact.-Teacher-''N Patsy,
would it be proper to say: You can't
learn me nothing?'" Patsy-"Yes'm M"
can't. boston Traveller.
He Went Back After It.-Ex-Volun-
teer-"T'm going to Cuba for my
health" Friend-::'For your health?'
Ex-Volunteer = ''Why, yes. That's
where 1 lost it.''-N. Y. Journal.
They Worked in Combination.-The
Major-"And did the enemy keep up a
running fre?" The Corporal -"Well,
kept up the running and the enemy
kept up the fire all right. Stray
Stories.
81 firmly believe" she said that
woman should have the right to pro-
pose.'' "Of course, if woman proposes
he replied, ''she would give an engage
ment ring and other presents instead Of
receiving them "On second thought" !"
she answered. perhaps it would be bet
ter not to change existing conditions" "
Philadelphia Call.
DR.. Chargem-"Your friend needs
vigorous treatment; I never saw man
in such state of mental depression.
Can't you convince him that the future
holds some brightness for him?" Sym
pathetic Friend-"That is, unfortu-
nately, impossible. He has drawn his
salary for three weeks ahead and spent
the money. y.''-Pearson' Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Whence Came the Japaneser

The people of japan have shown such
adaptability to European ideas that
particular interest attaches to the con-
clusion of a writer III the ''Transitions"
OF the Japan society that the ancestors
of the present inhabitants of Japan
built the sepulchral chambers called
dolmens in that country. No similar
dolmens are found anywhere in Asia
until the search comes westward TO the
shores of the Caspian sea, ''and for
more closely allied forms it is necessary
to go yet farther to western Europe"
1t is shown that the original inhab-
itants of Japan, the Amos, were driven
out by invaders from whom the present
inhabitants are descended.-Youth's
COmDaniOn,
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Powers of the Raven.

Many stories are told about the
raven, a bird which really seems to
have reasoning powers. One story re-
lates how raven got a young hare for
dinner. 1t pounced upon the little
animal, but the mother hare drove it
away. Then the raven slowly retreated,
pretending to be afraid, until it de-
coyed the hare q considerable distance;
whereupon it rose in the air, flew back
swiftly and bore away the young hare.
A similar plan was adopted by some
ravens that wished to steal food from
dog. They teased him until he grew
so angry that he chased them, and,
then the artful birds turned sharply
around, easily reached the dish before
him, and carried off the choicer bits in
triumph. AS to the ravens power of
speech, the impression is that it can
talk if it will, but it is not loquacious,
and does not like to show off like a
parrot. But when it does speak, it is
very apt to use its words more appro-
priately than parrot does.-Golden
DaVS.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
A Kindly Queen,

The queen of Belgium is known to be
devoted to animals. One burning hot
day dog was drawing a milk cart con-
talnlng q stout peasant woman along
the highroad bordering the Royal park
of Laeken. The dog, utterly exhausted,
was straining and painting under the
heavy load, but the woman was cal
lous, and began to beat the poor beast
merciiessly to make him go faster. AT
that moment the queen in her pony
chase drove out Of the park. Seeing
what was going on, her majesty got out
and severely admonished the woman.
She then sent her servant to the castle
to fetch water for the dog, and insisted
on the peasant getting out and walk
ing, remaining herself standing in the
middle of the road in the sunshine until
the milk cart was out of sight.-Goloen
DAYS
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Liked His whisky to Burn.

Two negro laborers who had been at
work all the morning carrying bricks
and mortar to the workmen on new
building in South Washington were
overheard recently discussing the i'm
portant matter of locating the best
whisky. They sat in their dusty over
alls putting their pipes at the end of the
midday meal.
Brother Simon said one in a medi
tative tone, 'whar does yo' usually git
your dram?"
"Well, Brother Rastus, most in gen.
orally 1 buys my liquor at Mistah Dan
Jones'. Why does you ak me that ques-
tion?"
''Cos | gifts mine at Mister Bill Car
bev's. | wouldn't drink none o that
ole stale whisky of Mister Jones'. Mr..
Carbey he makes his fresh every day,
and it burns as it goes. Yo' can tas'e
it all de way" Washington Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
HOY penn Van Gat Its Name.

The name Of Penn Yam, the New ork
town which recently sprang into tenn
pory fame because of the fact that the
number of persons buried in its ceme-
terry exceeds its living population, is not
of Indian origin, as is the popular i'm
pression. The town was settled at about
the same time by Quakers from Penn
syIvania and Yankees from Connecti-
cut. AS a recognition of this fact the
settlement was first called Penn-Yan-
kee. Later the final two letters were
dropped, leaving it Penn-Yank. Final
Iy, for reasons of euphony, the final k
was elided and the name took its pres
ent form.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
MssS. johnson
Saved Gs'Csss
INSANITY fey
Eassss PSfakhasas

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month I grew worse and at last
became SO bad that / found was
gradually losing my mind.
"The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
Twas advised by friend to give Lydia
E. Pinlzham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before l had taken all OF the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
l advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it
fair trial. thank you for your good
medicine. ."-MRs. GERTRUDE NJ. JOHN
SON, .JoNEsBoRO, TEXAS.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
In Season..

A London paper gives this story,
which may possibly have a moral con-
cealed in it for some one in our coun-
try: AS well-known London clergy
man was recently ascending the steps
to his church, an old lady requested his
help. With his usual courtly grace he
gave the old woman his arm. On reach
ing the top step she halted, breathlessly,
and asked him who was to preach.
1.-The Rev. Mr.. -" he replied, giving
his own name "Oh dear" exclaimed
the old lady, ''help me down again!
I'd rather listen to the endless grind
ing of windmill. Help me down
again, I'll not go in.' The minister
smiled and gently assisted her down,
remarking as he parted with her, Il
wouldn't 90 in either if l weren't the
preacher. ."-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
A ,rissionaru,s Mistake.

Missionaries in China are expected to
know and practice medicine. A French
missionary not long ago put in consid-
cradle time and trouble curing native
whom a cataract had made completely
blind. When all was completed the
mans neighbors said to the mission
arv: sNow you must take him into
vour service so that he can earn a liv-
ing" "And why?" "You have de-
prived him of his only means of liveli-
hood. He was blind beggar. IN
Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Muffies the Exhaust.

The exhaust on steam yachts is muf-
fled by southerner's device, the pipe
through which the steam escapes en-
tering a channel in the bottom of the
boat to be cooled by the water, after
which it passes off through valve un-
der the propeller
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Mrs. Perkins Letter.

81 had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and cam
not praise your remedies enough. -
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, La.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
o1,i11 T onm
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07

LETTER TO MRS. P1NKHAM NO. o3,284]
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-For some
time L have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
AuorousIy Ambitious

II wish I'd been the last census of the
United States"
"Why?"
''Here's an article that says the last
census embraced 100000 women
Town Topics.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Technically Speaking.

Mr.. Graynes-That boy of mine grows
so fast we can't begin to keep up with
him in the matter Of clothes.
Mr. Weetpit inspecting the YOUTH
Iuotice he seems TO be long on legs and
short Oh pants.-Chicago Tribune.
After BEING Thrown Off the Train.
Weeping Willow-Alas. Dis world is
all bubble!
Tough Torncoat-Is, Ell? Well, it's
dc hardest burned bubble | ever seen!
Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1899-09-07
Cure for Nervous Disorders.

CNre tor Nervous Disorders.
For nervous disorders it is now found
that the finest cure is the simple one
of lying in bed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
OUR ISLANDS.

As q shadow of smoke they were vagus-ss the dusk
in the marshes.
Or an outline engraved BY the moon OK skeleton
tree;
With all their unknown and mysterious distance
about them,
A handful Of flowers they seemed in the lap Of the
sea.
But 10, at a cry that was toased BY the waves like
tange
OF seaweed and set by the harp Of ths winds to
a sigh,
Our pennants swept wide and grew dim ON the
prairie Of waters
Our masts trembfed out in the beryiline light OF
the sky
Not alone were there foes in ths desperate rush Of
the battle,
But demons there were. lurking under the clammy
white coils
OF mists interminged with breathing Of poisonous
blossoms,
That prisonsd our kindred In mesh Of their fever
born tolls so ri "
We weighed not the cost the gain. and we
sought not the guerion,
Yet all the wide world, locking on. hath pro-
nounced the decree
That their sons from henceforth and for ages Of
time are BROTHER
The son. Of the islands that sleep 10 the lap of
Hattie Whitney in Ltppineott'A
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
PAY FAIR SALARIES.

: The Republican county commission
sers OF King county do not need to be
alarmed because County Auditor Even
son thinks he sees chance to make q
little political capital. AS we have al
ways maintained that fair salaries
should be paid when Republicans were
In ONCE, 30 we 80 insist now upeRt Tho
same policy. and commend the COM
missioners for having the courage to do
what Is right.
When the Republicans were assailed
because they favored adequate pay,
wa defended them because we, believed
that to be right; and we do not see
any reason to change that view be-
cause the incumbents chance to be Pop
ulists. There was time when all
Joined III the demand. for reduced ex-
penses and lower salaries, but that was
because Of the necessity Of the hour.
Everybody had to retrench; people ac-
customed to the comforts and even the
lu&uties of life were reduced to a
paucity Of fare Unknown to the day
laborer. The taxpayers simply could
not pay. and salaries had to be re-
duced.
With the improved conditions. and
especially in view of the advance in
the price 81 most commodities. a more
liberal course Is not only possible. but
desirable, We do not advocate extrav-
agance, and we should condemn the
Republican commissioners if they failed
to temper generous purpose with a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
BoERs CHECK THE BRITISH.

Stormberg, where Gen. Gatacre met
severe reverses in his first encounter
with the Beers, marks a serious check
in Buffers movement toward the
Orange Free State. The dispatches indl-
cate that the Beers followed their ia
vorite tactics, and inflicted telling losses
on their enemy, while suffering none
themselves. They are reported to have
occupied an impregnable position. and
Gatacre. realizing the impossibility of
the British infantry getting at the Boers.
was compelled to retire in the direction
of Molteno. Considering the fact that
Gatacre had force of 1000 men, his
losses, in killed, wounded and missing.
are very heavy; and the report that 800
men of the Suffolk regiment and sos
Dorsetshires are unaccounted for indi-
Gates that many prisoners may have
been taken.
Gatacre's repulse probably will cause
a material change in Buffers plan of
campaign. To the Beers. q success at
the present moment Ia of incalculable
benefit, for by disposition they are not
calculated to endure defeat, and like,
other undisciplined soldiers their spirits
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
AFTERTHOUGHTs.

The Hon. Billy Mason must have put his
resignation in cold storage and forgot all
about 1t.
Dom Paul and the Beers are learning
that nobody can live In this world and do
as he pleases.
The Molineux trial is giving congress
umns Of the yellows.
The chaplain of the Indiana state peni-
tertiary. located at Jeffersonvllle, is very
appropriately named Comfort.
% % %
Senator Mark Hanna Gays that when he
has anything to announce he will announce
it himself. He can't fool the yellow jour
nails that way.
It may be well to recall the fact that
Stewards Folly" was the favorite name
bestowed on Alaska by the prototypes of
the Little Americans thirty years ago.
% 90 %
''He who fights and runs away may live
to fight another day." may be a satisfac-
tory line of action for some warriors but
Aguinaldo prefers to remove all doubts
by not stopping to fight. at
% 90 %
Evidently the English military authori-
ties have lost confidence in the opinion of
Gen. Miles-they have ordered 10000
pounds of ''embalmed beef from Chicago
for use In the South African army.
% 90 -
Times must be good in New York. A
leading firm of jewelers. in that city re-
Gently advertised In the Sun q pearl neck
lace, secured before the recent great ad-
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Hn1n or 4 nEHCnAxT MAnlxn.
Duty u - Provide u ~
Any Cost
New York Commercial


Probably BY this time the government
officials responsible for the condition Of
things on board the transport Manau-
ense. on which three companies of the
Thirty-flrst infantry recently arrived at
Manila, have been sufficiently cudgeied
by an ail-wise press to permit US to pass
them by.
But there II one phase OF the matter
to which we cannot forbear giving some
little attention, and that Ia the beggar-
lika poverty and neagerness Of our mer-
chant marine. which makes seaworthy,
decent and comfortable transports SO
dear In the market that there Is great
temptation to practice economy at the
expense Of security In the matter OF hir-
ing or purchasing vessels for the trans
port Of troops.
Nothing Is too good or too safe for
soldiers who 70 out to risk their lives to
uphold the honor Of their country's flag,
and II 10 the country's duty TO have on
hand somewhere such a large stock OF
trustworthy vessels that they can be Sc
cured mt short notice and reasonable rates
II the government itself does not care
to go into the shipowning business In that
direction. setsie8fs
We need a merchant marine at any
cost. The currency question Is an i'm
portant one. but hardly less so is this
matter of providing the country with a
fleet OF first-class vessels for transport
Ing our merchandise In times OF peace
and our boys In blue In times OF war.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11

The decision Of the Kentucky state board
of-eiectlon commissioners to give GER
tifieate of election to Taylor should. and
probably docs. settle the long drawn-out
contest in that state. Goebel may carry
ceives sufficient encouragement He has
everything to gain and nothing to lose by
continuing the contest. but it is doubtful ii
any great number of his own faction will
be willing to risk wrecking the Democratic
party OF Kentucky In order to save Goebel
from political oblivion.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11

would sink extremely low when the NJ
sue o. battle was against them. Al.
ready the student Of the situation n
South Africa has read Of dlssehsion
among the hosts confronting the Brit
ish. In exact proportion, It has seemed.
as the chance Of victory grew less.
While the optimistic dream OF some
EngiIshmen that Butler would eat his
Christmas dinner In Pretoria will not be
realized. II cannot be denied that. with
the exception Of stormberg. the Brit
ish commander has kept the Beers much
more busily occupied than they expect
ed. Previous to the, engagements near
Ladysmith and the battle Of Modder
river they were accustomed to boast Of
Majuba hill and to say that one Boer
was q watch for ten Englishmen. The
Lord, they declared. was on the side Of
the Transvaal. and would give them
the victory. Lately. however. the az
gressive movement OF Methuen has
caused them, to suspect that after all
they may have been mistaken.
There seems to be but one reasonable
explanation OF Cronje's failure to check
Buffers advance at the Modder after
fighting the British army to stand
still, Evidently Cronje's army. which
is made up, Of raw volunteers, could
not be held in Its position in the face
of apparent defeat, and the Boer gen.
eral was compelled by the attitude Of
his own men to withdraw from in
trenchments considered impregnable.
Gen. White at Ladysmith Is compen-
satins for losses inflicted on him early
in the war The sortie through which
his forces carried Lombardskop and de-
stroyed powerful guns belonging to the
enemy was brilliant feat OF arms.
and through 1t he struck a serious blow
at Joubert's forces. At the same time
a pigeon post has reached the army adj
vancins to the relief Of Ladysmith,
supplying the commander with maps
accutately detailing the disposition Of
fhe hAsiegers. while the bridge at Freere
has been rebuilt.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11

A Seattle genius has sprung new idea.
He proposes to use the perforated piles
which the teredo turns out In such guam
titles every year by saving them into prop
er lengths and putting them into bee
hlves NJ the, sses 10 ~ ~ AosisDconhsp
He aSys II tho bees insist on having the
cells six-sided. he win undertake to cross
the bee and the teredo and secure a tere-
doid, 30 to speak. which will, bore six
sided hole In log. and thus meet the
requirements. 1t is needless to say that
the aforesaid genius Is . Connecticut Yam
kee
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11

vance In Price nbssad.. whioh : oeEessd -
anyone in search Of . unique christmas
Gift for yso,poos A. The advertisement sp-
peared but once. a may s. inferred there
was bargain-coantss rush for the neck
- 20 -
II ia reported that Aguinaldo has tnken
his troupe over TO cavite province. where
he will continue 70 give his great spectsc-
uiar performance at one-nixht stands ex-
clusiveiy. with an occasional matinee.
% 20 ~
Having secured the headquarters Of tho
Anti-Imperiaiist League and cinch on
ANTITRUST conferences. Chicago IL trying
to land both national conventions. There is
nothing Of the porcIne nature about Chi.
cngo.
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TOO Much Trouble to Vote.

V1ctOrths b. G., PTOVtnce. M
In the city Of Greenwood the other day
a bylaw was submitted to vote involving
the expenditure Of considerable sum Of
money. 1t Is related that just IS votes
were cast out Of possible 400. OF which 81
we're In the affirmative, The great ma
jority of Greenwood citizens are like the
great majority in. Vancouver and other
places; they are quite ready to let the
minority dispose of their money. ITS
too much trouble to vote" is the usual
conclusion.
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No Inspiration In Their slogan.
9pokano Chronicle

The wall OF the free trader has been
lost in the deafenine rumble Of mighty
locomotives dragging great loads OF Amer
lean manufactures to the nations sea
ports; the cry of the FREQ silver agitator
cannot be heard above the merry Jingle
of Yankee dollars; the howl Of the calam-
ity prophet ia drowned by the tapping
OF hammers, the cracking Of wheels and
the whistles OF the busy factories. Yet
there remains one battle cry for the DEM
ocratic party in i9o0-the cry Turn the
islands loose"